"00010","J. 1","","","","Berosus, Manetho. Xenophontis equivoca, Fabius Pictor. Myrsilus Cato de originibus Antonini itinerarium, Sempronii Italia, Metasthenes, Philo de temporibus, Annii Viterbensis chronographia, Aretii Sicilia & Hispania,","","12mo. Antwerp 1545.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 1, as above.","[Annius, Johannes.]","Berosi sacerdotis Chaldaici, Antiqvitatvm Libri Qvinqve, Cum commentariis Ioannis Annii Viterbensis . . . Antverpiæ: [Typis Ioan. Graphei] In ædibus Ioannis Steelsii, M. D. XLV. [1545.]","D52 .N2","

Sm. 8vo. 308 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut initials, printer's imprint at the end.

Brunet I, 300. Tiraboschi VI, 875. Ginguené III, 405.

Rebound in half red morocco, lettered on the back in gilt: Berosvs./Antiqvitates/cum/Commentariis/Annii./; margins cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. An early autograph signature, Rich. Monnox 1694, is on a fly-leaf at the beginning; a manuscript inscription at the end and a few marginal notes are in an early hand.

Johannes Annius (Viterbensis) [Giovanni Nanni], 1432-1502, Italian scholar and author. This book, originally printed in Rome in 1498, was published as a collection of fragments by the authors named, but was soon proved to be the fabrication of Annius.

Jefferson's title as above follows the list of contents on the verso of the first leaf." "00020","J. 2","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 2, Dynasties de Manethon, par le Comte Jean Potocki, 12mo.","Potocki, Jan, Count.","Dynasties du Second Livre de Manethon par le Comte Jean Potocki. A Florence: Chez Guillaume Piatti, MDCCCIII. [1803.]","DT83 .A2 M42","

First Edition. 12mo. 64 leaves. One of 100 copies printed.

Quérard VII, 296. Estreicher XIV, 505. Hilmy II, 133.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, by John March (in August 1805, cost 75 cents). Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Count Jan Potocki, 1761-1815, Polish antiquarian, orientalist and historian, had correspondence with Jefferson, see no. 4 below.

This book is dedicated to Cardinal Borgia." "00030","J. 3","","","","Chronologie de Manethon. par Potocki.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 102, as above.","Potocki, Jan, Count.","Chronologie des Deux Premiers Livres de Manethon. Par le Comte Jean Potocki . . . Avec permission de la Censure. à St. Petersbourg: De l'Imprimerie de F. Drechsler, 1805.","DT83 .A2 M4","

First Edition. 4to. 18 leaves, list of errata on the verso of the second leaf. One of 100 copies printed.

Quérard VII, page 296. Estreicher XIX, page 505. Jolowiez 3270. Hilmy II, page 133.

Original marbled boards, with the original paper label on the front cover. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author.

On August 10, 1806, Levett Harris wrote to Jefferson that he had sent:

. . . a work of the Count Potocky, namely, l'histoire ancienne des provinces de l'Empire de Russie, with the cronologie de Manethon, which the author desired me to present to you in his name . . .

The books had not arrived on March 28, 1807, when Jefferson wrote from Washington to Levett Harris, acknowledging the receipt of letters and parcels. The letter closes:

to this I must add by anticipation my thanks . . . to Count Potocki for the two works from him, which you mention to have been sent by m[???] A. Smith, and which, I doubt not will come safely to hand . . .

For the Histoire ancienne . . . de Russie, see no. 248." "00040","J. 4","","","","Principes de Chronologie anterieure aux Olympiades. par Potocki.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 103, as above but with the reading anterieures.","Potocki, Jan, Count.","Principes de Chronologie, pour les Temps Antérieurs aux Olympiades. Par le Comte Jean Potocki . . . A St.-Petersbourg: De l'Imprimerie d'Alexandre Pluchart et Comp., 1810.","DS61 .P86","

First Edition. 4to. 45 leaves; text in double columns; the permission de la Censure on the back of the title, and list of the errata on the last leaf. One of 100 copies printed.

Quérard VII, page 296. Estreicher, page 505. Red straight grain morocco, gilt ornamental borders, marbled endpapers, g.e., flyleaf watermarked J. Whatman 1806. Probably a presentation binding. Signed by Jefferson at sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author.

On August 19, 1810, Count Potocki wrote from St. Petersburg to Jefferson:

Votre Excellence . . . ayant bien voulu témoigner de l'estime pour mes ouvrages je la prie de vouloir bien agreer le present exemplaire, qui contient toute ma doctrine chronologique. J'ai plusieurs renseignements à demander sur l'Amérique, et si votre Excellence vouloit entrer en correspondence avec moi, je la prierois de me faire parvenir sa réponse par le canal du consul Américain Levet harris . . .

On June 1/13 of the same year Levett Harris had written from St. Petersburg:

. . . I likewise add a packet from Count John Potocky containing the commencement of a new & very interesting work he is now occupied with . . . I informed Count Potocky that the former copies of his Works which I sent you could not fail to have given you great satisfaction and I should feel much obliged by your confirming this in the next letter You honor me with. Count P. will receive such a communication from me, I can assure you with great pleasure . . .

On September 13/25, Levett Harris wrote again:

I have the pleasure of transmitting You herewith a copy of the last work of Count John Potocky of which he requests your acceptance . . .

The book was received in March 1811. On March 8 Dck. Barthe wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

I Have the Honour of forwarding to You per Mail, a Package intrusted to my care at St. Petersburg by Mr. Levett Harris. I had flattered myself with the prospect of getting here early in November last, but the Brig on board of which I was supercargo having been detained by the British in coming out of the Sound and sent to London; my return home has been delayed considerably, although vessel & cargo were restored without trial.

To this Jefferson replied on March 17:

Th: Jefferson acknowledges the reciept of a letter and volume from Count Potocki which m[???] Barthe has been so kind as to take charge of and forward to him; he returns him his thanks for this mark of attention and salutes him with respect & his best wishes.

Jefferson acknowledged Potocki's letter above on May 12, 1811:

I have recieved your letter of Aug. 19. & with it the volume of Chronology you were so kind as to send me, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. it presents a happy combination of sparse and unconnected facts, which brought together & fitted to each other, forms a whole of symmetry, as well as of system. it is as a gleam of light flashed over the dark abyss of times past. nothing would be more flattering to me than to give aid to your enquiries as to this continent . . . but time tells me I am nearly done with the history of the world; that I am now far advanced in the last chapter of my own, & that it's last verse will be read out ere a few letters could pass between St. Petersburg and Monticello . . .

Count Potocki died in November 1815 and Jefferson eleven years later, on July 4, 1826." "00050","J. 5","","","","Sanchoniathon's Phaenician history by Cumberland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 57, as above, with reading Phenician.","Sanchuniathon.","Sanchoniatho's Phœnician History, Translated from the First Book of Eusebius De Præparatione Evangelica. With a Continuation of Sanchoniatho's History by Eratosthenes Cyrenæus's Canon, which Dicæarchus connects with the First Olympiad . . . By the Rt. Revd. R. Cumberland, D.D. late Bishop of Peterborough. With a Preface giving a Brief Account of the Life, Character, and Writings of the Author, By S. Payne, A. M . . . London: Printed by W. B. [?Botham] for R. Wilkin, MDCCXX. [1720.]","DS81 .P5","

First Edition. 8vo. 280 leaves, folded chronological table; publisher's advertisement at the foot of the last page.

Lowndes I, page 568.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. At the end the initials s l are written in ink.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price: 11.2.

Sanchuniathon, an ancient Phœnician sage, whose mythological writings Philo Herennius of Byblus claimed to have translated from the Phœnician originals.

Richard Cumberland, 1631-1718, bishop of Peterborough, the friend of Samuel Pepys, hoped to prove in this work that the heathen gods were mortal men. Publication was interrupted by the Revolution, and postponed until 1720, when the book was posthumously published by Squier Payne, Cumberland's son-in-law, who added a life of the Bishop. On the last leaf is the advertisement The other Part of this Work is ready for the Press, entituled, Origines Gentium Antiquissimæ . . ." "00060","J. 6","","","","Josephus, Gr. Lat. Bernardi.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 116, as above.","Josephus, Flavius.","Flavii Josephi Antiquitatum Judaicarum Libri Quatuor Priores, Et Pars magna Quinti, Gr. Lat. Cum Exemplaribus MSS. collati, & illustrati Notis amplissimis D. Edvardi Bernardi S. T. P. Item Historiarum de Bello Judaico Liber Primus, Et Pars secundi, Gr. Lat. Ad Codices MSS. itidem recogniti & emendati. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCC. [-1687.] [1700, 1687.]","DS116 .J53","

Folio. 2 parts in 1. 245 leaves, the last leaf of the first part has the catchword Bello Judaico on a slip pasted down and is followed by the title for the De Bello Judaico. Liber Primus, et Pars Secundi, with the imprint dated 1687; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; on both title-pages is an engraved vignette by MB [Michael Burghers], representing Athene with emblems in the foreground, the Sheldonian and colleges in the background, that on the earlier title-page unsigned and printed in reverse.

Lowndes III, 1235. Graesse III, page 480. STC J1081.

Old vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 10.0.

Flavius Josephus, c. 37-c. 95, Jewish historian, produced his literary work under the patronage of Vespasian, and was the recipient of one of the pensions which that emperor was the first to bestow on Greek and Latin writers.

Edward Bernard, 1638-1696, English scholar, was Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford. This edition, planned originally by Dr. Fell, was never finished; the completed parts were printed in 1686 and 1687, and published in 1700 with a new title-page. The interruptions suffered by Bernard inspired Clement Barksdale's lines:

Savilian Bernard's a right learned man;

Josephus he will finish when he can." "00070","J. 7","","","","Josephus. Gr. Lat. Havercampii et Hudsonii edente Oberthür","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 58, as above.","Josephus, Flavius.","Flavii Josephi Hebraei Opera Omnia Græce et Latine excvsa ad Editionem Lvgdvno-Batavam Sigeberti Havercampii cvm Oxoniensi Ioannis Hvdsonii collatam. Cvravit Franciscvs Oberth[???]r . . . Tomvs I [-III]. Lipsiæ: Svmtv E. B. Schwickerti, cI[???]I[???]ccLxxxII [-cI[???]I[???]cclxxxv] [1782-5.]","DS116 .J55","

3 vol. bound in 6. 8vo. vol. I, 608 leaves (292 and 316); vol. II, 576 leaves (316 and 260); vol. III, 683 leaves (337 and 346); Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Graesse III, page 480.

Calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, m. e.; initialled by Jefferson in two places in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue as 6. v. 8vo. with the price: 40+12.

Franz Oberthür, 1745-1851, German scholar, was a native of Wurzburg.

Sigbert Havercamp, 1683-1742, Dutch philologue, published his first edition of Josephus in 1726, 2 vol. folio.

John Hudson, 1662-1719, English classical scholar, was at one time Librarian of the Bodleian. His edition of Josephus was posthumously published in 1720." "00080","J. 8","","","","Josephus. Eng. by Whiston.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 117, as above.","Josephus, Flavius.","The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian. Translated from the Original Greek, according to Havercamp's accurate Edition. Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, with the Appendix, or Life of Josephus, written by himself: Seven Books of the Jewish War: and Two Books against Apion. Illustrated With new Plans and Descriptions of the Tabernacle of Moses; and of the Temples of Solomon, Zorobabel, Herod, and Ezekiel; and with correct Maps of Judea and Jerusalem . . . By William Whiston, M. A. Some time Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. London: Printed by W. Bowyer for the Author: and are to be sold by John Whiston, Bookseller, MDCCXXXVII. [1737.]","DS116 .J7","

First Edition of this translation. Folio. 632 leaves, folded engraved map and two folded plates all mounted; 2 additional leaves in signature dd contain a Postscript by the translator; at the end is A Compleat Chronological Catalogue of Mr. Whiston's Writings on 3 pages, with a short Publisher's advertisement, and Directions to the Bookbinder.

Lowndes III, page 1235.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the first upper case alphabet.

William Whiston, 1667-1752, English divine and mathematician, and Goldsmith's model for the Vicar of Wakefield, was a friend of Sir Isaac Newton, whom he succeeded as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge, and whose chronological system he attacked (see no. 135)." "00090","J. 9","","","","Decreta Romanorum pro Judaeis facta. Krebsii.","","8vo. Lipsiae. 1768.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 59, as above.","Krebs, Johann Tobias.","Decreta Romanorvm pro Ivdæis facta e Isoepho collecta et Commentario Historico-Grammatico-Critico Illvstrata. Adivnctvm est Decretvm Atheniensivm pro Hyrcano Pontifice M. Ivdæorvm Factvm Commentario Illvstratvm a Io. Tobia Krebsio Illvstris Moldani Rectore. Lipsiæ: Svmtibvs Caspari Fritsch, cI[???]I[???]cclxvIII. [1768.]","DS116 .J56","

First Edition. 8vo. 237 leaves.

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie XVII, page 98. Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, m.e.; initialled by him at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4+2.

Johann Tobias Krebs, 1718-1782, German classical and Hebrew scholar, was one of the earliest pupils of J. A. Ernesti, to whom this book is dedicated." "00100","J. 10","","","","Perizonii Ægyptiarum originum investigatio. Perizonii origines Babylonicae et Aegyptiaca.","","12mo., 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. nos. 3 and 4, as above.","Perizonius, Jacobus.","Jac. Perizonii ægyptiarium Originum et Temporum Antiquissimorum Investigatio, in qua Marshami chronologia funditus evertitur, tum illæ Usserii, Cappelli, Pezronii, aliorumque, examinantur et confutantur. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Johannem vander Linden, Juniorem. MDCCXI. [1711.]","DT83 .A2P4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 279 leaves in eights, a cancel leaf marked S7* inserted after S7 and 3 leaves cut away; vol. II, 201 leaves in eights; titles printed in red and black, that to Volume II reads: Jac. Perizonii Origines Babylonicæ et Aegyptiacæ Tomis II . . . with the same imprint as in volume I. The Privilege in vol. I is in the Dutch language.

Graesse V, page 203. Van der Aa XV, page 185.

Rebound in half brown morocco in February 1905 by the Library of Congress, original m.e. preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes. On the titles of both volumes is written in an old hand: pretii 5sh.

Jacobus Perizonius [Jakob Voorbroek], 1651-1715, Dutch classical scholar." "00110","J. 11","","","","Historiae poeticae scriptores antiqui sc. Apollodorus . . . . . . . . Conon. Ptolemaeus Hephaest. F. Parthenius. Antoninus Liberalis. Gr. Lat. Gale.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 5, Historiae Poeticae Scriptores antiqui, sc. Apollodorus, Conon, Ptolemæus Hephæst, F. Parthenius, Antoninus Liberalis. Gr. Lat. Gale. 8vo p.","Gale, Thomas, editor.","Historiæ Poeticæ Scriptores Antiqui. Apollodorus Atheniensis. Conon Grammaticus. Ptolemæus Hephæst. F. Parthenius Nicænsis. Antoninus Liberalis. Græcè & Latiné. Accessere breves Notæ & Indices necessarij. Parisiis: Typis F. Muguet. Prostant apud R. Scott, Bibliopolam Londinensem, MDCLXXV. [1675.]","PA3499 .M9 G3 1675","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 386 leaves; Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns, a half-title at the beginning of each book, woodcut vignette on the general title.

Brunet III, page 227.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the 1815 bookplate tipped in on the dedication leaf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; numerous marginal notes written in ink in Greek and Latin, some signed with the initial J.

Thomas Gale, 1635?-1702, English classical scholar, Dean of York. His dedication to Joseph Williamson is dated from London, 1675.

Robert Scott, bookseller of Little Britain, had warehouses also in Paris, Frankfort and other European cities." "00120","J. 12","","","","Apollodorus Gr. Lat. Heyne.","","4. v. 12mo. Goettingae. 1782.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 6, as above.","Apollodorus, of Athens.","Apollodori Atheniensis Bibliothecæ Libri Tres. Ad Codd. MSS. Fidem recensiti a Chr. G. Heyne. Gœttingæ: apud Ioh. Christ. Dieterich, 1782.—Ad Apollodori Atheniensis Bibliothecam notæ avctore Chr. G. Heyne cvm commentatione de Apollodoro argvmento et Consilio operis et cvm Apollodori Fragmentis. Pars I. [-III.] ib. 1783.","BL780 .A6","

Together 4 vol. sm. 8vo. vol. I, 147 leaves; vol. II, 268 leaves; vol. III, 191 leaves; vol. IV, 256 leaves; pagination continuous in the last 3 vol.

Brunet I, page 345. Graesse I, page 162.

Bound for Jefferson in French calf, gilt line borders on sides, gilt ornaments on the backs, marbled end papers, m.e. It is probable that the three volumes by Heyne were bound at a different time. They are lettered vol. I, II, III, on the backs, and are not listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, in which the Apollodorus is entered, without price, except for the binding: rel. 5f4. Each volume is initialled by Jefferson in two places, at sig. I and T, Ii and Tt and so forth.

With the first volume is bound:

Mitscherlich, Christoph Wilhelm.

Epistola Critica in Apollodorvm ad virvm illvstrem Chr. Gottl. Heyne. Accedvnt nonnvlla in Stativm et Catvllvm avctore Chr. Gvil. Mitscherlichio. Gœttingæ: apud Viduam Abr. Vandenhœkii, 1782.

12mo. 46 leaves, with collation A-C12, D10, some leaves unopened.

Apollodorus, fl. B.C. 140, a grammarian of Athens. The Bibliotheca contains an account of the mythology and the heroic age of Greece.

Christian Gottlob Heyne, 1729-1812, German philosopher and antiquarian, the originator of the scientific treatment of Greek mythology. This is his first edition of Apollodorus.

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich, 1760-1854, German scholar." "00130","J. 13","","","","Herodotus. Gr. Lat. Gronovii.","","9. v. 12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 7, as above, with Foulis.","Herodotus.","[???] τoν 'Hϱoδoτoυ [???]λικαϱνασσεως [???]στoϱια. Herodoti Halicarnassensis Historia. Ex Editione Jacobi Gronovii; Tomis Novem . . . Adjectus est, ex eadem editione, Liber de Vita Homeri; vulgo sed falso, adscriptus Herodoto. Tom. I. [-IX.] Glasguæ: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M. DCC. LXI. [1761.]","PA4002 .A2 1761","

9 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 238 leaves; vol. II, 200 leaves; vol. III, 176 leaves; vol. IV, 181 leaves; vol. V, 125 leaves; Vol. VI, 131 leaves; vol. VII, 227 leaves; vol. VIII, 136 leaves; vol. IX, 152 leaves; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

Graesse III, page 255. Ebert 9548. Dibdin, page 155.

Original calf, gilt backs; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Probably from the library of George Wythe, who bequeathed his library to Jefferson and who owned a number of Foulis' editions of the classics. A marginal note in Greek in the first volume appears to be in his hand.

Wythe sent to Jefferson a catalogue of the Foulis editions immediately after the fire at Shadwell on February 1, 1770. On March 9 he wrote:

I send you some nectarine and apricot graffs and grapevines, the best I had; and have directed your messenger to call upon major Taliaferro for some of his. You will also receive two of Foulis's catalogues. Mrs Wythe will send you some garden peas . . .

Herodotus, c. 484-425 B. C., Greek historian, ''the Father of History.'' Herodotus is usually placed first on lists of historical authors on requested reading lists supplied by Jefferson.

Robert Foulis, 1707-1776, and Andrew, his brother, 1712-1775, printers to the University of Glasgow, designed this series of Classics in forty-one volumes to render the reading of the Greek Historians more convenient for Gentlemen in active life." "00140","J. 14","","","","Thucydides. Gr. Lat. Wassii & Dukeri.","","8. v. 12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 8, Thucydides, Gr. Lat. Wassii et Dukeri, 8 v 12mo, Foulis.","Thucydides.","ò τoυ &thetas;oυκυδιδoυ πoλεμoς πελoπoννησιακoς. Thucydidis Bellum Peloponnesiacum. Ex editione Wassii et Dukeri. Tom. I. [-VIII.] Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, MDCCLIX. [1759.]","PA4452 .A2 1759","

8 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 185 leaves; vol. II, 150 leaves; vol. III, 151 leaves; vol. IV, 178 leaves; vol. V, 134 leaves; vol. VI, 151 leaves; vol. VII, 136 leaves; vol. VIII, 152 leaves.

Graesse VI, page 149. Ebert 22929. Dibdin, page 411.

Calf, gilt backs, uniform with no. 13, etc.; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thucydides, c. 471-c. 395 B. C., Athenian historian.

Charles Duker, 1670-1752, German scholar, was a pupil of Perizonius, several of whose books are in this collection.

Joseph Wasse, 1672-1738, English classical scholar." "00150","15","","","","Thucydides. Gr. Lat. not. var. Dukeri.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 118, as above.","Thucydides.","&thetas;oυκυδιδoυ πεϱι τoυ Πελoπoννησιακoυ πoλεμoυ Bιβλια oκτω. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo, Cum Adnotationibus integris Henrici Stephani, & Joannis Hudsoni. Recensuit, & Notas suas addidit Josephus Wasse. Editionem curavit . . . Carolus Andreas Dukerus . . . Amstelaedami: Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731.]","PA4452 .A2 1731","

Folio. 347 leaves, engraved frontispiece by J. C. Philips after G. F. L. Debrie, vignette on title, headpiece by Folkema, 2 double page engraved maps, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Brunet V, page 845. Ebert 22928. Dibdin, page 410.

Henricus Stephanus (Henri Estienne II), 1531-1598, was a member of the French family of scholars and printers.

For John Hudson, see no. 7." "00160","J. 16","","","","Thucydides translated by Hobbes.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 119, as above.","Thucydides.","Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre Written by Thvcydides the sonne of Olorvs. Interpreted with Faith and Diligence Immediately out of the Greeke By Thomas Hobbes Secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire. London: Imprinted for Hen: Seile, 1629.","DF229.T5 H6 1629","

First Edition. Folio. 290 leaves: engraved title in compartments, 3 engraved folded maps (one backed), 2 plates; at the foot of A4 a list of Errata headed These errours of the Presse, I desire the Reader to correct with his Penne, thus.

STC 24058. Johnson, Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages, page 4, no. 10.

Original calf, rebacked; an engraved map of Greece, dated 1781, inserted. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; some passages underscored in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4/6.

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, 1588-1679. This translation was the first published work of Hobbes. It was made some years before its publication and the preface shows already his interest in the social order." "00170","J. 17","","","","Thucydides. Eng. by Smith.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 104, as above, 4to.","Thucydides.","The History of the Peloponnesian War, Translated from the Greek of Thucydides. In Two Volumes. Volume the First [-Second]. By William Smith, A.M. . . London: Printed by John Watts, MDCCLIII. [1753.]","DF229 .T5 S6 1753","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 209 leaves; vol. II, 249 leaves; folded engraved map (backed) in each volume, engraved vignette head of Thucydides on each title and headpieces by G. Vander Gucht; the reading In Two Volumes is omitted from the second title; list of subscribers at the beginning of vol. I. This copy lacks the portrait frontispiece.

Lowndes V, page 2680.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the first upper case alphabet in vol. I, not initialled in vol. II. A few contemporary manuscript notes occur and also pencil notes of a much later date.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for an 8vo. edition of this work. This is corrected in the 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues.

William Smith, 1711-1787, English translator from the Greek. In his Preface to this work Smith gives a history of previous translations of Thucydides, beginning with that of Claude de Seyssel into French in 1527, and including a critical analysis of the translation by Hobbes (q. v. no. 16, supra) who however sorry and mischievous a philosopher, was undoubtedly a very learned man. The maps are borrowed from the last edition printed in Holland of the original, 1731." "00180","J. 18","","","","Xenophontis Hellenica. Gr. Lat. Wells.","","4. v. 12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 9, Xenophontis Hellenica, et Agesilaus, Gr. Lat. Wells, 4 v 12mo, Foulis.","Xenophon.","τα τoυ Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Eλληνικα και ò Aγησιλαoς. Xenophontis Græcorum Res Gestæ; et Agesilaus. Cum annotationibus Edwardi Wells. Tomis Quatuor. Tom. I. [-IV.] Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M.DCC.LXII. [1762.]","PA4494 .H3 1762","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 128 leaves; vol. II, 161 leaves; vol. III, 173 leaves; vol. IV, 145 leaves; the Agesilai Encomium has separate pagination. Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves. List of books printed by R. & A. Foulis on the last leaf.

Not in Dibdin. Not in Ebert. Advocates' Library Catalogue, page 987.

Original calf, gilt backs, uniform with no. 13, etc., above. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout with the exception of sig. T in the last volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Xenophon, born c. 430 B. C., Greek historian. The Hellenica covers the period from 411, when the history of Thucydides finishes, to 362 B. C.

The genuineness of the Agesilaus, an eulogy of the Spartan King, Agesilaus II, has been disputed.

Edward Wells, 1667-1727, English divine." "00190","J. 19","","","","Xenophontis Cyri expeditio. Gr. Lat. Hutchinson.","","4. v. 12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 10, Xenophontis Cyri expeditio, et Hipparchicos, Gr. Lat. Hutchinson, 4 v 12mo, Foulis","Xenophon.","τoυ Ξενo&phis;ωντoς [???] τoυ Kυϱoυ Aναβασις. Xenophontis Expeditio Cyri. Tomis Quatuor. Ex Editione T. Hutchinson . . . Tom. I. [-IV.] Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M.DCC.LXIV. [1764.]","PA4494 .A4 1764","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 134 leaves; vol. II, 130 leaves; vol. III, 126 leaves; vol. IV, 138 leaves; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves, publishers' list of classics on the last leaf of vol. I; two unsigned leaves at the beginning of each volume for the half-title and title.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert. Dibdin, page 453.

Original calf, gilt backs, uniform with no. 13, etc., above. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I throughout.

Thomas Hutchinson, 1698-1769, English scholar. His first edition of the Anabasis, frequently reprinted, was published in Oxford in 1735." "00200","J. 20","","","","id. Eng. by Spelman.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 60, The same, Eng. by Spelman, 2 v 8vo.","Xenophon.","The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks. Translated from Xenophon, with Critical and Historical Notes, by Edward Spelman, Esq; in Two Volumes. The Second Edition. London: Printed for D. Browne, C. Davis, A. Millar, S. Baker, and John Whiston, 1749.","DF231 .32 A3 1749","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 188 leaves, engraved frontispiece by P. Fourdrinier, folded map; vol. II, 178 leaves; both titles printed in red and black, that to the second volume reads as above except that In Two Volumes is replaced by Vol. II. A Geographical Dissertation, signed R. Forster on 39 leaves at the beginning of the second volume.

Lowndes V, page 3012.

Rebound in half-red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes; some passages marked in pencil; in vol. II, page 224, at the speech of Medosades to Xenophon: we give you Notice . . . to leave the Country: Otherwise, we shall not allow you to remain here . . . Jefferson has written in the margin a bull.

Edward Spelman, d. 1767, English author and translator, originally Edmund Yallop, adopted the surname of his ancestor Sir Henry Spelman (q. v.). His translation of the Anabasis is dedicated to Lord Lovell, and was first published in 1742. John Whiston, whose name appears in the imprint as one of the publishers, was the son of the translator of Josephus, no. 8 supra." "00210","21","","","","Xenophontis Cyropaedia. Gr. Lat. Hutchinson","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 105, as above.","Xenophon.","Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Kυϱoυ παιδειας Bιβλια oκτω. Xenophontis de Cyri Institutione Libri Octo. Græca recognovit, cum Codice MSto Oxoniensi & omnibus fere libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, Versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica, binisque Dissertationibus præmissis auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, æ. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas, Variantium Lectionum delectum, Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson A. M. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXXVII. [1727.]","PA4494 .C5 1727","

4to. 290 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Vertue, engraved arms on the first page of text, folded engraved map; Greek and Latin text in long lines, the Greek above the Latin, notes in double columns below.

Brunet V, 1492. Graesse VI, 486. Dibdin, 452.

This is the first edition of Hutchinson's Cyropaedia, and was frequently reprinted." "00220","J. 22","","","","Xenophontis Cyropaedia. Gr. Lat. Hutchinson.","","4. v. 12mo. Foulis.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 11, as above.","Xenophon.","τoυ Ξενo&phis;ωντoς [???] τoυ Kυϱoυ παιδεια. Xenophontis Institutio Cyri. Tomis Quatuor. Ex editione T. Hutchinson. Tom. I. [-IV.] Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiæ Typographi, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767.]","PA4494 .C5 1767","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 158 leaves, vol. II, 137 leaves, vol. III, 152 leaves, vol. IV, 186 leaves; publishers' list on the last leaf of vol. III; Greek and Latin text printed on alternate leaves.

This edition not in Graesse, and not in Ebert. Dibdin, page 452.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 bookplates preserved. Initialled by Jefferson throughout at sigs. I and T; a few small corrections in ink.

On April 15, 1806, Jefferson purchased from P. & C. Roche of Philadelphia a copy of Xenophontis Cyropedia Græcæ & Latinæ. 4 vol. in 8vo. reliés 10.00.

His undated manuscript catalogue lists the Foulis edition, 4. v. 12 mo., with the price 8/-.

For Hutchinson's first edition see no. 21 above." "00230","J. 23","","","","Mitford's History of Greece [to the death of Philip]","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 106, Mitford's History of Greece, 4 v 4to.","Mitford, William.","The History of Greece. By William Mitford, Esq. The First [-Fourth] Volume. London: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808.","DF214 .M68 1808","

4 vol. 4to. vol. I, 301 leaves, vol. II, 282 leaves, vol. III, 292 leaves, vol. IV, 329 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of each volume.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Old tree sheep; initialled by Jefferson in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Jefferson tried to get an octavo edition of this book. On February 28, 1810, he wrote from Monticello to Milligan:

I observe by the Reviewers that a IVth. vol. of Mitford's history of Greece came out in 1808, in 4to. if an 8vo. copy is to be had I should be glad of it. I have such a repugnance to the handling of 4tos & folios, that I always prefer waiting for the 8vo. or smaller editions.

On September 26 he wrote again referring Milligan to his letter of Feb. 28, and reminding him that to a former request:

I added one for Mitford's history of Greece, if an 8vo. edition could be had, and also for the 4th. vol. of that work, just published if that volume also had been printed in 8vo. and I at the same time asked the favor of you to forward me my account. not having heard from you I have still to repeat the same requests . . .

On June 4 of the following year, 1811, W. Rives wrote to Jefferson from Milton:

W. Rives offers his most respectful compliments to Mr. Jefferson, & informs him that he is at present unable to communicate the precise amount of the costs of Mitford's Greece & Mrs. Macauley's England, but will procure the agent of Brown & Rives in this place to obtain a particular statement of them from the house in Richmond. The manner in which Mr. Jefferson proposes to discharge these costs will be perfectly convenient & satisfactory. — If Mr. Jeferson should wish to retain Col. Barbour's Mitford for any other purpose than a comparison of it with his own, W. Rives is authorized to assure Mr. Jefferson of the readiness & pleasure with which it will be continued in his use . . . William Mitford, 1744-1827, English historian. The History of Greece was undertaken at the suggestion of Edward Gibbon, and the first volume originally published in 1784. A fifth volume appeared in 1810." "00240","J. 24","","","","Arriani expeditio Alexandri. Gr. Lat. Vulcanii.","","fol. Stephanus 1575.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 120, as above.","Arrianus, Flavius.","Aϱϱιανoυ πεϱι αναβασεως A'λεξανδϱoυ, [???]στoϱιων βιβλ[???]α η. Arriani (qui alter Xenophon vocatus fuit) De Expedit. Alex. Magni, Historiarum Libri VIII. Ex Bonavent. Vvlcanii Brvg. noua interpretatione. Ab eodem quamplurimi loci ope veteris exemplaris restituti. Cum Indice copiosissimo. Alexandri Vita, ex Plvt. Eivsdem Libri II, De Fortvna vel virtute Alexandri. [Geneva:] Anno M. D. LXXV, Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, Cvm Privilegio Cæs. Maiest. In decennium. [1575.]","PA3935 .A3 1575","

Folio. 148 leaves; woodcut Estienne device on the title; Greek and Latin texts printed in parallel columns. On the last leaf is the Nomina autorum qui ab Arriano citantur.

Graesse I, page 227. Renouard, Annales de l'Imprimerie des Estienne, page 142.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. Ii. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

Ordered by Jefferson from the 2d Part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787 in a letter to Stockdale written from Paris on July 1, 1787.

The list as sent to Stockdale reads: 4362. Arriani. 8/6. amplified in a memorandum in Jefferson's handwriting: 4362. Arriani expeditio Alex. Gr. Lat. fol., neat. 8/6. Steph. 1575.

The book is listed in Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 8/6.

Flavius Arrianus Of Nicomedia, born about 96 A. D., Greek historian and philosopher, the friend and pupil of Epictetus.

Vulcanius [i. e. Bonaventura de Smet], 1538-1614, Belgian scholar, and Professor of Greek at Leyden. This is the first edition of his Arrianus, which was the first critical edition with the Greek and Latin texts." "00250","J. 25","","","","Arriani expeditio Alexandri. Gr. Lat. Raphelii.","","8vo. Wetstenii 1767.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 61, as above.","Arrianus, Flavius.","Arriani Nicomedensis Expeditionis Alexandri Libri Septem et Historia Indica Græc. et Lat. cum Annotationibus et Indice Græco Locupletissimo Georgii Raphelii . . . Amstelædami: Apud Wetstenium, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","PA3935 .A3 1757","

8vo. 444 leaves, engraved frontispiece, folded engraved map, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Brunet I, page 497. Graesse I, page 227.

Old half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Van Damme, Amsterdam, in March 1788, when Jefferson was himself in that city. On March 18 the latter sent a large order to Van Damme including a number of books from De Bure's catalogue, of which no. 4771 was Arrianus. Gr. Lat. Raphelii. Amstelodami Wetstenii. 1757. 8vo.

On June 25 Van Damme reported to Jefferson (now in Paris) that he had purchased the De Bure books as requested, and had sent them to Paris. The price of the Arrianus was 7-10.

The book is entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue and with the same error in the date of printing, 1767, as in his entry quoted above. The error was copied in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, but corrected in the later editions." "00260","J. 26","","","","Quintus Curtius. Maittaire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 12, as above.","Curtius Rufus, Quintus.","Quinti Curtii Rufi De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Libri. [Edited by Michel Maittaire.] Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, M DCC XVI. Cum Privilegio. [1716.]","PA6376 .A2 1716","

12mo. 120 leaves, title printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments.

Graesse II, page 311. Ebert 5553. Not in Dibdin.

Bound in tree calf, marbled endpapers, for Jefferson by John March; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. This copy formerly belonged to Richard Strugnell, who has scribbled on the title-page and in other parts of the volume; the words Anne R. below the Royal arms on the leaf of License have been crossed through, and Geo: Rex written above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Quintus Curtius Rufus, fl. A. D. 41-54, is known only for his biography of Alexander the Great.

Michel Maittaire, 1668-1747, French bibliographer, was for some years tutor to Philip Stanhope, to whom Lord Chesterfield addressed his Letters.

This edition of Quintus Curtius's work is dedicated by Maittaire to William Baron Wingham, Lord Chancellor, Cal. Dec. 1715." "00270","J. 27","","","","id. not. var.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 62, Quintus Curtius, not. var. 8vo Elzevir","Curtius Rufus, Quintus.","[Q. Curtii Rufi, Historia Alexandrii Magni. Cum notis selectissimis variorum Raderi, Freinshemii, Loccenii, Blancardi, etc. Editio accuratissima, accurante C. S. [C. Schrevelio] M.D. Amstelodami: ex officina Elzeveriana [Daniel Elzevir], 1673.]","PA6376 .A2 1673","

8vo. 448 leaves, folded engraved map, a few woodcut illustrations in the text; J. Freinshemii Supplementorum in Q. Curtium on 70 leaves at the end has separate pagination. This copy is imperfect, and lacks the title-page (supplied in ink) and the plate at page 184.

Graesse II, page 311. Willems 1482. Pieters, page 295.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate. The Elzevirs published three editions of Quintus Curtius in octavo, in 1658, 1664 and 1673. Each was a reprint of the other. In the absence of the title-page or other information it cannot be ascertained which was in the Jefferson collection.

The Elzevir editions of 1656 and 1670 are entered by Jefferson in his dated and undated catalogues (in the latter with the prices). These were not sold to Congress in 1815, but copies of these editions were in the auction sale of 1829.

Cornelis Schrevelius, 1608-1669, Dutch physician and scholar." "00280","J. 28","","","","id. cum supplemento Freinshemii Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 63, Id. in usum Delphini, cum supplemento Freinshemii, 8vo","Curtius Rufus, Quintus.","Q. Curtii Rufi de Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Cum Supplementis Freinshemii. Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Michael le Tellier è Societate Jesu. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini. London: Impensis A. & J. Churchill, 1705.","PA6376 .A2 1705","

8vo. 296 leaves, text in long lines, notes in double columns, 2 pages of Exemplaria tam Mss. quam edita Curtii ex Freinshemio; publishers' advertisement on the verso of the last leaf.

Graesse II, 311. Ebert 5551. Lowndes I, 573.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A few contemporary manuscript notes occur. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the Library of Peyton Randolph, whose bookplate was present in 1903 when the Library card was printed, but has since been removed.

A copy was ordered by Jefferson through Stockdale, on July 1, 1787, from the 2d. Part of Lackington's catalogue, no. 4623. Q. Curtius 1/6. Jefferson's own memorandum includes the edition: 4623. Q. Curtius Delphini. 8vo. 1/6.

Johann Freinshem, 1608-1660, German scholar. His first edition of Quintus Curtius was published in Strassburg in 1639. The first Delphin edition was published in Paris in 1678. For a note on the Delphin editions see no. 52." "00290","J. 29","","","","Quinte Curce de Vaugelas. Lat. Fr.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 13, Quinte Curce, Lat. Fr. de Vaugelas, 12mo.","Curtius Rufus, Quintus.","Quinte Curce de la Vie et des Actions d'Alexandre le Grand, de la Traduction de Monsieur de Vaugelas, avec les Supplemens de Jean Freinshemius, Traduits par feu M. du Ryer. à Berlin: Aux Depens d'Ambroise Haude, 1746.","PA6377.F5V3 1746","

2 vol. in 1. 8vo. 273 leaves; this copy lacks the portrait; the French title is followed by a Latin title, each with an engraved medallion portrait, and preceded by a half-title; sig. Si has the half-title for Tome Second. The French and Latin texts are printed in parallel columns.

Graesse II, page 313. Ebert 5567. This edition not in Quérard.

Old vellum (back gone); red edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The initials S. B. written in ink on the title-page.

From the library of F. R. Salzmann, [?Friedrich Rudolf Salzmann, 1749-1821] whose bookplate (Ferdinand Wachsmuth del.) has been removed from the inside cover since the printing of the Library catalogue card in 1903.

Two editions in French are listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, both with prices:

Quinte Curce de Vaugelas et du Ryer. 4to. 1.16.

Quinte Curce de Vaugelas. Lat. Fr. 12mo. 3 (livres).

Claude Favre, Seigneur de Vaugelas, Baron de Péroges, 1595-1650, French grammarian and man of letters. The first edition of his translation of Quintus Curtius was posthumously published in 1653.

Pierre du Ryer, 1605-1658, French author and translator, secretary to the King of France." "00300","J. 30","","","","Blackwell's life & writings of Homer, & court of Augustus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 64, as above.","Blackwell, Thomas.","An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer. By Thomas Blackwell, J. U. D. Late Principal of Marishal College in the University of Aberdeen. The Third Edition. London: Printed for E. Dilly, at the Rose and Crown in the Poultry, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","PA4037.A2B5 1757","

8vo. 216 leaves, portrait frontispiece by G. vander Gucht, engraving on the title-page, and engraved head and tail pieces by G. Scotin after Gravelot, large folded map, the last leaf with a list of books printed for T. Oswald at the Rose and Crown in the Poultry.

Lowndes I, page 213.

Old calf, gilt line borders on the sides; with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate. Initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson, who has written on the fly-leaf in ink:

A man who would enquire why such a particular poet as Homer existed at such a place, in such a time, would throw himself headlong into chimaera, & could never treat of such a subject without a multitude of false subtleties & refinements. he might as well pretend to give a reason why such particular generals as Fabius & Scipio lived in Rome at such a time, & why Fabius came into the world before Scipio. for such incidents as those no other reason can be given but that of Horace.

Scit genius, natale comes, qui temperat astrum

Naturae deus humanae, mortalis in unum

—Quodque capuit, vultii mutabilis, albus & ater.

Thomas Blackwell, 1701-1757, Scottish classical scholar. The first edition of this Enquiry was issued anonymously in 1735." "00310","J. 31","","","","Diogenes Laertius. Gr. Lat. Meibomii.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 107, as above.","Diogenes Laertius.","Diogenis Laertii de vitis, dogmatibus et Apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum Libri X Græce et Latine. Cum subjunctis integris annotationibus Is. Casauboni, Th. Aldobrandini & Mer. Casauboni. Latinam Ambrosii versionem complevit & emendavit Marcus Meibomius . . . Additæ denique sunt priorum editonum Præfationes, & Indices locupletissimi. [In Diogenum Lærtium ægidii Menagii Observationes & emandationes, hac editione plurimum auctæ. Quibus subjungitur Historia Mulierum Philosopharum eodem Menagio scriptore . . .] Amstelaedami: apud Henricum Wetstenium, cI[???] I[???] c vIIIc. [1692.]","B168 .D4","

2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 336 leaves, engraved frontispiece, plates with portraits of the philosophers; vol. II, 252 leaves; titles of both volumes printed in black and red, engraved emblematic device on each title-page; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; at the beginning of vol. I is Catalogus editionum Diogenis Laertii ab infantia Typographiæ usque ad annum 1663.

Graesse II, page 396. Ebert 6176. Dibdin, page 124.

Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and i and t. On the fly-leaf of vol. I are manuscript notes in the handwriting of Thomas Mann Randolph. The name R. Rudyerd 1716.pret. £1:10s is written on both titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Diogenes Laertius, fl. A. D., 222-235, is known chiefly for his biography of the Greek philosophers, of which the first edition was published at Basel in 1533. This edition of 1692 contains the Greek text after the edition printed in Rome in 1594 amended by Meibomius, and the Latin version of Ambrosius. At the foot of each page are the notes of Stephanus, the Casaubons, Aldrobrandini and Meibomius. Volume II contains the annotations of Ménage, and his Historia Mulierum philosospharum.

Marcus Meibomius, 1630-1711, German classical scholar and musician, lived for a time under the protection of Queen Christina of Sweden, and eventually became librarian to the King of Denmark.

Aegidius Menagius [Gilles Ménage], 1613-1692, French scholar, lived for years in the household of Cardinal de Retz, and was immortalized by Molière as Vadius in Les Femmes Savantes." "00320","J. 32","","","","Diogenes Laertius, Eunapius. Gr. Lat. 2. v.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 14, Diogenes Laertius et Eunapius . . . (as above).","Diogenes Laertius.","Diogenis Laertii de Vitis, Dogmatis & apophthegmatis clarorum Philosophorum, Libri X. Hesychii ill. de iisdem Philos. & de aliis Scriptoribus, Liber. Pythagoreorvm Philosoph. fragmenta. Is. Casavboni notæ ad lib. Diogenis multò auctiores & emendatiores. Evnapii Sardiani de vitis Philosophorum & Sophistarum Liber, cui accesserunt eiusdem Auctoris Legationes. Omnia Graecè & Lat. ex editione postrema. Coloniæ Allobrogum: apud Joannem Vignon, M. DC. XVI [1616.]","PA3965 .D6 1616","

1 vol. bound in 2. Sm. 8vo. 648 leaves. The first four leaves of Hesychius lacking, as usual; separate title for Eunapius; printer's device on both titles, woodcut initials, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns. The volume division occurs after Rr3.

Brunet II, page 719. Dibdin, page 123.

Bound originally for Jefferson in two volumes, rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 bookplates preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes; some manuscript marginalia in Greek; some leaves foxed and stained.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue as a 12mo. with the price: 4.10.

Hesychius, fl. 5th cent. A. D., grammarian of Alexandria.

Eunapius, born A. D. 347, Greek sophist and historian.

Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614, classical scholar. Born in Geneva of French descent, Casaubon moved to England n 1610 and became naturalized." "00330","J. 33","","","","Diogene de Laerce.","","12mo. Paris 1668. 2. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 15, Diogene de Lærce, 2 v 12mo, Paris, 1668.","Diogenes Laertius.","Diogene Laërce, de la Vie des Philosophes. Traduction nouvelle. Par Monsieur B*******. [-Seconde Partie.] A Paris: En la Boutique de Langelier, Chez René Gvignard, M. DC. LXVIII. Avec Privilege dv Roy. [1668.]","B168. D6","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 236 leaves; vol. II, 195 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination; at the beginning of vol. I: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois, le 22. May 1668.

Barbier I, col. 994. Graesse II, 397. Ebert 6185, note.

Calf, gilt ornaments on the back and labels lettered: Diogene/Lærce/Tom. I. [-II.]/; blue silk bookmarks, bound for Jefferson by John March (the backs slightly damaged by scorching). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in volume I. The name of the translator, Gilles Boileau, written in ink on the title-page of the first part (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The book was purchased probably in 1802. The binding, which cost D. 1.00, is on March's bill for October 11 of that year.

Gilles Boileau, 1631-1669, French poet and translator, was the brother of Boileau-Despréaux." "00340","J. 34","","","","Stanley's lives of the Philosophers.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 108, as above.","Stanley, Thomas.","The History of Philosophy: Containing The Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. The Fourth Edition. In which the innumerable Mistakes, both in the Text and Notes of all former Editions are corrected . . . To which is prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London: Printed for A. Millar, A. Ward [and others], MDCCXLIII. [1743.]","B111 .S82","

4to. 426 leaves; text in double columns; engraved portrait frontispiece (lacking in this copy).

Lowndes V, page 2493.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903, with the bookplates preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T and with a few pencil notes in his hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate.

Thomas Stanley, 1625-1671, English poet and philosopher, dedicated this work to his uncle, Sir John Marsham, the chronologist. It is derived to a great extent from the works of Diogenes Laertius." "00350","J. 35","","","","Justin. not. var.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 65, as above.","Justinus, Marcus Junianus.","Iustini Historiæ Philippicæ Cum integris Commentariis Iac. Bongarsii, Franc. Modii, Matth. Bernecceri, M. Z. Boxhornii, Is. Vossi, I. Fr. Gronovii, I. G. Graevii, T. Fabri, I. Vorstii, I. Schefferi, Et excerptis H. Loriti Glareani atque Editoris Oxoniensis. Curante Abrahamo Gronovio. Editio Secunda. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans, 1760.","PA6445 .J6 1760","

1 vol. bound in 2. 8vo. 648 leaves (308 and 340); engraved frontispiece by F. Bleyswyck, engraved device on the title by v. d. Mr., title printed in red and black; Notae, Excerptiones Chronologicae, Index, Corrigenda, etc. in the second volume.

This edition not in Graesse. Ebert 11157. Dibdin, page 215.

Bound for Jefferson in two volumes, calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by him at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's dated and undated manuscript catalogues list another edition of Justinus: Justin Amst. Wetstenii. 24s the latter entry with the price: 1-16. These were not sold to Congress.

Marcus Junianus Justinus, Roman historian of uncertain date. His work is taken from the now lost Historiae Philippicae of Trogus Pompeius.

Abraham Gronovius, 1695-1775, Dutch scholar. The dedication of this edition of his Justinus is dated from Leyden, x Kal. April, 1760, and is addressed to the Proceres of the Academiæ Lugduno-Batavæ. The first edition was published in 1719." "00360","J. 36","","","","id. Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 66, as above.","Justinus, Marcus Junianus.","[De historiis Philippicis et totius Mundi originibus. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Josephus Cantelius . . . In usum Delphini. Huic editioni accessere Jac. Bongarsii excerptiones chronologicæ historias accomodatæ. Londini: impensis R. Clavell, H. Mortlock, S. Smith et B. Walford, 1701.]","PA6445 .J6 1701","

8vo. This copy is imperfect, and lacks the title-page and some preliminary matter; it collates: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Ee8.

Graesse II, page 513. Ebert 11149.

Rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress in 1912. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A number of drawings and scribblings occur (not by Jefferson).

The original Delphin edition was published in Paris in 1677 in quarto." "00370","J. 37","","","","Diodori Siculi libri XV. de XL. Gr. Stephani. 1559.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 121, as above.","Diodorus Siculus.","Διoδωϱoυ τoυ Σικελιωτoυ βιβλιo&thetas;ηκης ιστoϱικης βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα εκ των τεσσαϱ[???]κoντα. Diodori Sicvli Bibliothecæ historicæ libri quindecim de quadraginta. Decem ex his quindecim nunquam prius fuerunt editi. [Geneva:] Anno M. D. LIX Excvdebat Henricvs Stephanvs illustris viri Hvldrici Fvggeri typographus. [1559.]","PA3965 .D3 1559","

Folio. 430 leaves, Estienne device on the title, woodcut initials and ornaments; printed in Greek letter.

Brunet II, page 715. Dibdin, page 119.

French red morocco, gilt back, gilt line borders on the sides, marbled endpapers, g.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. i and t. The autograph signature of Macé du püy St. Cyr, 1663, is written on the title-page and at the end. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Diodorus Siculus, fl. 60-21 B. C., Greek historian. This edition was edited by Henri Estienne, and is the first of the greater part of the work; an edition containing only books XVI to XX was published in Basle in 1539.

Henri Estienne, 1528-1598, French printer and scholar, was the second of that name, and the son of Robert Estienne." "00380","J. 38","","","","Diodori Siculi libri 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Graece Basiliae Diodorus Siculus. Latiné Rhodomanni . .","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 16, Diodori Siculi libri, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Gr. Basiliae, et Lat. Rhodomanni, 4 v 12mo","Diodorus Siculus.","Διoδωϱoυ Σικελιωτoυ ιστoϱιων βιβλια τινα τ[???] ε[???]ϱισκ[???]μενα. Diodori Sicvli Historiarvm Libri Aliqvot, qvi extant, opera & studio Vincentii Obsopoei in lucem editi. Cum gratia & priuilegio ad triennium. Basileae: Oporin, 1539—[Bibliothecæ historicæ libri XV de XL . . . Hanau: Wechel, 1611].","PA3965 .D3 1539","

4to. and sm. 8vo. The Basel edition, in quarto, is the first edition of the Greek text, and has been cut down by Jefferson to resemble a duodecimo, and conflated with the octavo edition which is the Latin translation by Rhodomann. The whole is bound in four small volumes, of which the first is now lost. Notes on the fly-leaves of vol. II and III signed by F. Vinton, and made after the loss of vol. I, give a full explanation of Jefferson's procedure.

The volumes are bound in tree calf, with marbled endpapers, gilt backs, lettered II, III, IV, probably by Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume at sigs. I and T and a few marginal notes in his autograph. The inscription Conradus Pfistorius, Basiliensis obtulit 1611, and other manuscript notes are on the title-page of vol. III. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The Basel edition was probably bought from Froullé in 1792, to whom on October 10 of that year Jefferson sent an order for a number of books including:

Diodorus Siculus, ab Obsopoei Gr. Coln. 1539.

This edition or any smaller one which is complete either in Greek alone, or Greek & Latin.

Jefferson had tried to get a copy of this edition in 1788.

On March 23 of that year an order to Van Damme included no. 158 in his catalogue: Diodorus Siculus. Græcé. Basiliæ 1539. 8vo. Four months later, on July 25, Jefferson cancelled his order to Van Damme for this and other books as he had trouvé l'occasion d'acheter ailleurs.

Only four days before the order was cancelled, on July 21, Jefferson had written to Monsieur Gautier (of the house of Grand & Co. in Paris):

I am much obliged to you for the communication of the Deuxponts Catalogue of Greek & Latin books . . . I have their Plato which I like much. I wish they could be induced to print Diodorus Siculus & Dionysius Halicarnasseus in the same format. these are the only Greek authors of esteem which have never been printed but in large formats. there is indeed an Octavo edition of Diodorus printed at Basle. but it is of 5. books only out of 15. which remain, it is without a translation which is necessary for much the greater part of readers, and it is in an obsolete character, abounding with contractions now out of use, & little known. so that in fact it is worth nothing. Wesseling's edition of Diodorus, and Hudson's of Dionysius, exactly copied, but in Octavo format, would certainly meet with great success, the translation being printed on the same page with the original. perhaps if you were to suggest this to the printers of Deuxponts, they might think it worthy their attention . . .

The edition of 1539 was one of the books which Mrs. Paradise was commissioned by Jefferson to buy in the Pinelli sale in April, 1789. In a letter written to her from Paris on April 6, Jefferson takes the liberty of mentioning that he will go to the price proposed in your letter for the Diodorus Siculus in 4to. The price proposed was too low, and the lot, no. 7380, went to Lord Spencer for £1. 17. 0.

Both editions are listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, the former as an 8vo.:

Diodori Siculi libri 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. graece.

8vo. Basiliae. 4. 10.

Diodorus Siculus. Latiné Rhodomanni. 8vo. 4.

Vincent Obsopoeus, d. 1540, German classical scholar, was a native of Franconia. He was the first editor of the Greek text of Diodorus Siculus.

Laurent Rhodomann, 1546-1606, German classical scholar. This is the first separate edition of his Latin translation of Diodorus. It had previously been printed, in 1604, with the Greek text of Obsopoeus." "00390","J. 39","","","","Stanyan's Graecian history.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 67, as above.","Stanyan, Temple.","The Grecian History. From the Original of Greece, to the End of the Peloponnesian War. Containing the Space of about 1684 Years. In Two Volumes. By Temple Stanyan, Esq; Volume the First. The Second Edition Revis'd and Enlarg'd. [—Volume the Second, Now originally Publish'd.] London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, MDCCXXXIX. [1739.]","DF213 .5 .S79","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 256 leaves; engraved frontispiece in compartments by Van der Gucht, folded engraved map; vol. II, 196 leaves; engraved frontispiece as in vol. I.; titles printed in red and black, that of vol. II with a different reading; some leaves foxed.

Lowndes V, page 2494.

Original calf, gilt line borders on sides, gilt backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Temple Stanyan, d. 1752, English classical scholar, dedicated this work to John, Lord Somers, Baron of Evesham. The Preface contains a critical account of the Greek, Roman, and some English historians. The first volume was originally published in 1707." "00400","J. 40","","","","Potter's antiquities of Greece.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 69, as above.","Potter, John.","Archæologia Græca: Or, the Antiquities of Greece. The Seventh Edition. By John Potter, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Volume the First [—Second] . . . London: Printed for G. Strahan [and others], MDCCLI. [1751.]","DF76 .P858","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 250 leaves; vol. II, 229 leaves; numerous engraved plates; titles printed in red and black, with different readings specifying the contents.

Lowndes IV, page 1932.

Old calf, gilt; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title-page of each volume Jefferson has written in a youthful hand Ex Libris Thomae Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Potter, 1674?-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury, is described on the title of vol. II of this edition as Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. The work was first published in 1697, 1698." "00410","J. 41","","","","Voiage d'Anacharsis en Grece par l'Abbé Barthelemy","","8. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 68, as above.","[Barthélemy, Jean Jacques.]","Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, dans le Milieu du Quatrième Siècle avant l'Ère Vulgaire. Seconde Édition. Tome Premier [-Septième.]—Recueil de Cartes Géographiques, Plans, Vues et Médailles de l'Ancienne Grèce, relatifs au Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis, précédé d'une analyse critique des cartes. Seconde Édition. A Paris: Chez de Bure, l'aîné, M. DCC.LXXXIX. Avec approbation, et privilège du Roi. [1789.]","DF28 .B2 1789","

Second Edition. Text in 7 vol. 8vo., atlas of plates in 1 vol. 4to.; vol. I, 203 leaves; vol. II, 287 leaves; vol. III, 283 leaves; vol. IV, 285 leaves; vol. V, 275 leaves; vol. VI, 259 leaves; vol. VII, 231 leaves; Atlas of plates, 21 leaves containing the Analyse Critique des Cartes de l'Ancienne Grèce . . . par M. Barbié du Bocage, 31 folded plates.

Quérard I, page 200. Catalogue des Ouvrages de J. J. Barthélemy, page 8.

Bound for Jefferson in calf (vol. I rebacked, and vol. II repaired at the joints); the text of the Atlas of plates cut down and the plates folded to octavo size. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T (vol. 7 at sig. t); below the plate in vol. II the name Watterston is written in pencil.

Purchased from Froullé on December 27, 1788. 2 copies, 7 vol. 8vo. br. 90 (livres). The atlas of plates is not included in this bill.

The second copy was bought for James Madison to whom Jefferson wrote from Paris on January 12, 1789:

. . . we have lately had three books published which are of great merit in different lines. the one is in 7. vols 8vo. by an Abbé Barthelemy, wherein he has collected every subject of Graecian literature, after a labour of 30. years. it is called les voiages d'Anacharsis. I have taken a copy for you, because the whole impression was likely to be run off at once . . .

Jefferson had similarly described the book among the things worth reading in a letter to Doctor Currie of Richmond, Virginia, written on December 20, 1788:

. . . a work on Grecian antiquities by the Abbé Barthelemi, of great classical learning, the produce of 20 years labor is now in the press, about 8. vols. 8vo. . . .

And again, on March 24, 1789, to Doctor Willard:

. . . The most remarkable publications we have had in France for a year or two past are the following. les voiages d'Anacharsis par l'Abbé Barthelemi. 7. vols. 8vo. this is a very elegant digest of whatever is known of the Greeks; unuseful indeed to him who has read the original authors, but very proper for one who reads modern languages only . . .

A copy with the atlas was bought for Jefferson from Goldsmith, through William Short, on June 20, 1790, price 45 (livres). Jefferson bought other copies for members of his family and for his friends, which appear on his book bills from time to time. A copy without the atlas and without price is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean Jacques Barthélemy, 1716-1795, French scholar and numismatist. The first edition of this work was published in quarto in 1788. At the sale of the author's library in 1800, a copy of the octavo edition of 1789 bound in papier velin, with the atlas broché, lot no. 906b, brought 74.19. livres." "00420","J. 42","","","","Athenaei Deipnosophistae. Lat. Natale de Conte.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 122, as above.","Athenæus.","Athenæi Dipnosophistarvm siue Cœnæ sapientum Libri XV. Natale de Comitibvs Veneto Nvnc primum è Græca in Latinam linguam uertente . . . Ad potentissimum Ferdinandum, Pannoniæ, Boemiæ, ac Romanorum Regem . . . Venetiis: apud Andream Arriuabenum ad signum Putei, MDLVI. [1556.]","PA3937 .A5 1556a","

First edition of this translation. Folio. 156 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut initials; chiefly in italic letter, with passages in Greek, printed in double columns.

This edition not in Brunet. Graesse I, page 244.

In a contemporary Venetian binding of calf, blind stamped roll borders and inner frames on the sides, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The initials JG in an old hand on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the Library of Benjamin Franklin. Purchased in 1803 by Jefferson from Dufief, cost $1.50., at the time the latter was trying, without success, to sell Franklin's library to Congress.

On February 4th, 1803, Jefferson wrote to Dufief:

I recieved . . . last night your letter of Jan. 31. with Doctr. Franklin's catalogue, which I have this morning sent to the chairman of the library-committee of Congress. I observe in it the following books Athenai Deipnosophistorium. fol.

Philostratus works from the Greek. fol.

Durham's Physico and Astrotheology. 8vo. which I will ask the favor of you to send me with those you are about forwarding me . . .

Dufief replied on February 14:

. . . Aussitot la lecture de votre lettre j'ai fait mettre a part les trois ouvrages de votre choix—je vous les adresserai à la premiere occasion favorable . . .

Dufief eventually sent the books on February 26, and the bill on March 1.

For the Philostratus see chapter 16 and for Derham, Physico Astrotheology see chapter 27.

Athenaeus, fl. 190 A.D., Greek rhetorician and grammarian, was an Egyptian by birth. The Deipnosophistæ, or Dinner Table Philosophers, was first published by Aldus in 1524.

Natale Conti, 1520-1582, Milanese scholar." "00430","J. 43","","","","Bryant's mythology.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 109, as above.","Bryant, Jacob.","A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable; and to reduce the Truth to its Original Purity . . . Vol. I [-II]. The Second Edition. [-Vol. III.] By Jacob Bryant . . . London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Elmsly, B. White, and J.Walter, M.DCC.LXXV. [-M.DCC.LXXVI.] [1775, 1776.]","BL305 .B7","

3 vol. 4to. First Edition of vol. III, second edition of vol. I and II; vol. I, 268 leaves; engraved frontispiece of the Marlborough Gem by Sherwin, engraved map; vol. II, 272 leaves, folded engraved map; vol. III, 305 leaves; engravings in the text throughout, and numbered plates by Basire. In vol. III, leaf Ggg4 has been inserted and has the lower margin cut away.P>Lowndes I, page 296.

Original sprinkled calf, with marbled end papers; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

From the Library of George Wythe, with a number of manuscript notes and corrections by him.

Jacob Bryant, 1715-1804, English antiquary and bibliographer, famous for a collection of Caxtons which eventually went to his one time pupil, the Marquis of Blandford.

The first 2 volumes of this work were originally published in 1774. The second edition was published in 1775 as above, and not in 1780 as erroneously stated by Lowndes." "00440","J. 44","","","","Horatii Tursellini historiae universalis epitomen.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 17, as above.","Tursellinus, Horatius.","Horatii Tursellini, Romani, Historiarum, ab origine mundi, usque ad annum à Christo nato, MDXCVIII. Epitomæ Libri decem. Cum brevibus Notis, duplici item accessione, usque ad annum MDCXLII. Ac duplici Indice. Editio ultima prioribus correctior. Ultrajecti: apud Gulielmum vande Water, MDCCX. [1710.]","D18 .T65","

8vo. 319 leaves, engraved frontispiece by P. Sluyter, printer's woodcut device on the title, title printed in red and black.

Not in Brunet. Quérard IX, page 587.

Rebound in half red morocco, original sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Horatius Tursellinus [Orazio Torsellino], 1545-1599, Italian historian and man of letters. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1631; the first Utrecht edition in 1703. By an arrêt of the Parliament of Paris on 3 September 1761, this book was ordered to be burned as containing pernicious documents." "00450","J. 45","","","","Perizonii commentarii in epitomen Horat. Tursell.","","3. v. 4to. M. S.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 110, as above.","Perizonius, Jacobus.","Liber Primus [-Decimus] Commentariorum in Epitomen historiarum Horatii Tursellini ex privatis lectionibus celeberrimi Jacobi Perizonii. Anno MDCCXIV.","","

Original holograph Manuscript bound in 3 vols. 4to., written in ink on thick paper, measuring 10½ by 8 in., in long lines, 28-32 to a page, the headlines cut into or cut close by the binder, other margins wide. Vol. I, 298 leaves including 6 blanks: title, Liber I, paged 1-375 (some irregularities), Liber II, paged 1-210; vol. II, 312 leaves including 1 blank: Liber III, paged 1-255; Liber IV, pp. 1-127; Lib. V, pp. 1-64; Lib. VI, pp. 1-75; vol. III, 200 leaves, including 4 blanks: Lib. VII, pp. 1-92 (with irregularities); Lib. VIII, pp. 1-91 (with irregularities); Lib. IX, pp. 1-102; Lib. X, pp. 1-105.

The volumes are bound in calf, gilt backs, m. e., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. On a fly-leaf of vol. I is written:

This Book containing three Volumes

I give at my Death to the Revd. Mr. Thos. Dawson

Rector of Bruton Parish.

July the 4th. 1743. H. Potter.

The Revd. Mr. Thos. Dawson had been appointed rector of Bruton Parish, Williamsburgh, in 1743, the year of the above deed of gift. In 1755 he became Commissary and President of the College of William and Mary, and died in 1761.

Jacobus Perizonius, 1651-1715 (see no. 10) made special manuscript copies of most of his works for Leyden University where he occupied the chair of eloquence and history. No printed edition of this manuscript is listed in the bibliographies." "00460","J. 46","","","","Perizonii animadversiones historicae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 18, as above.","Perizonius, Jacobus.","Jacobi Perisonii, Ant. F. Animadversiones historicæ in quibus quamplurima in priscis Romanarum rerum, sed utriusque Linguæ Autoribus notantur, multa etiam illustrantur atque emendantur, varia denique antiquorum rituum eruuntur, & uberius explicantur. Amstelædami: ex officini Henrici & Viduæ Theodori Boom, 1685.","DG211 .P44","

First Edition. 8vo. 260 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title-page (Haghen no. 2).

Van der Aa XV, page 183.

Old calf, gilt backs, sprinkled edges; joints repaired and new end papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title is written pretij 5sh. in an early hand." "00470","J. 47","","","","Dionysii Halicarnassensis. opera omn. Gr. Lat. not. var.","","6. v. 8vo. Lipsiae 1774","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 70, Dionysii Halicarnensis opera omnia, not. var. Gr. Lat. 6 v 8vo, Lipsiæ, 1774","Dionysius Halicarnassus.","Dionysii Halicarnassensis Opera Omnia Græce et Latine cvm annotationibvs Henrici Stephani, Frid. Sylbvrgii, Franc. Porti, Isaaci Casavboni, Fvlvii Vrsini, Henr. Valesii, Io. Hvdsoni et Io. Iac. Reiske. Lipsiæ: Svmtibvs Gotth. Theoph. Georgi. cI[???]I[???]cclxxiv. [-cI[???]I[???]cclxxvII.] [1774-1777.]","PA3966 .A2 1774","

6 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 349 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacks the first leaf, a blank; vol. II, 339 leaves; vol. III, 338 leaves; vol. IV, 380 leaves; vol. V, 360 leaves; vol. VI, 410 leaves; separate signatures but continuous pagination throughout the volumes; the titles vary in the different volumes, and all except the first have the volume number on the title-page, the first volume is numbered on the half-title; Greek and Latin text in long lines, the notes in double columns.

Graesse II, page 400. Ebert I, 6224. Dibdin, page 129 Contemporary calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r.e.; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout; foxed leaves in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on December 13, 1788, price 78 (livres). Entered at this price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Dionysius Halicarnassus, fl. 30 B.C.-8 B.C., Greek scholar and historian. Dionysius went to Rome about 30 B.C. and lived there for more than twenty years before writing his account of its antiquities. This was the only edition of the Greek text in octavo until that date.

Johann Jacob Reiske, 1716-1744, German philologue, was the general editor of this work." "00480","J. 48","","","","Dionysii Halic. quae extant. Lat.","","small 8vo. Hanoviae. 1615.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 19, Id. Quæ extant, Lat. p. 8vo Hanoviæ, 1615.","Dionysius Halicarnassus.","Dionysii Halicarnassei scripta qvæ extant omnia, Historica et Rhetorica; nvnc primvm vniversa latine edita: illa quidem olim per Gelenium; sed ita modo interpolata per Frideric. Sylburgium, vt penè noua versio dici queat . . . Hanoviæ: Typis Wechelianis, apud Hæredes Ioannis Avbrii, Anno M. DC. XV. [1615.]","PA3966 .A2 1615","

2 parts in 1. 8vo. 464 and 248 leaves, printer's woodcut device on both titles.

Graesse II, page 400.

Old vellum, gilt frame sides with arms in the center and ornaments at the angles. A prize copy presented to Jacobo Hoflandio, at Rotterod. ix Calend. Aprilis, 1650. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the first alphabet. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A copy of this edition is listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 5/-. A copy of Halicarnassis (Dionysii) antiquitates, Lugd. 1555. 2.v. p. in 12 was ordered by Jefferson from Van Damme (Vol. I of his catalogue, page 237), from Paris, on March 23, 1788, but apparently not obtained.

Frideric Sylburg, 1536-1596, German classical scholar. Sylburg was for some years employed by Wechel to edit his series of the classics, and later worked for Commelin at Heidelberg in the same capacity." "00490","J. 49","","","","Denys d'Halicarnasse.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 111, as above.","Dionysius Halicarnassus.","Les Antiquités Romaines de Denys d'Halicarnasse Traduites en François: Avec des Notes Historiques, Geographiques, Chronologiques et Critiques. Par M.*** Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: Chez Philippe-Nicolas Lottin, M. DCC. XXIII. Avec Privilege du Roi. [1723.]","DG207 .D587","

2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 358 leaves; vol. II, 387 leaves; 5 engraved maps and plans in the first and 3 in the second volume; in the first volume is the Catalogue des Auteurs Cités dans les Notes de cet Ouvrage; the Chronologie Grecque-Romaine selon Denys d'Halicarnasse, with separate pagination, is on 19 preliminary leaves.

Quérard II, page 480. Barbier I, col. 223.

Old French mottled calf, gilt backs, gilt line borders on sides, blue endpapers, r. e., a leaf missing in volume I at the end of the Chronologie. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

A French edition in six volumes bought from Froullé in 1788 for 78 (livres) was not for Jefferson's own library.

François Bellanger, 1688-1749, French humanist and scholar. This is the first edition of his translation of Dionysius Halicarnassus and was the earliest of a number of translations made by him from the classics. It is dedicated to Monsieur Barentin." "00500","J. 50","","","","Polybii historia. Gr. Lat. Casauboni.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 123, as above.","Polybius.","IIoλυβιoυ τoυ λυκoϱτα Mεγαλoπoλιτoυ ιστoϱιων τ[???] σωζoμενα. Polybii Lycortæ F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacvs Casavbonvs ex antiquis libris emendauit, Latine vertit, & Commentariis illustrauit . . . [Frankfort:] Typis Wechelianis sumptibus Daniel. & Dauid. Aubriorum & Clementis Schleichii, M. DC. XIX. [1619.]","PA4391 .A2 1619","

Folio. 668 leaves; Wechel's woodcut device on the title-page, title printed in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, lower margin cut away from the title.

Ebert 17692. Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics, page 328.

Old calf (back cover gone), marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Jefferson bought a copy of Polybii cum notis casoboni, 3 vol. 51 (livres) from Froullé on August 16, 1787, apparently not for his own library.

Polybius, c. 204-c. 123 B.C., Greek historian. His history was a source book for Livy, Cicero and later historians.

For a note on Casaubon see no. 32. This is his second edition of Polybius. The first was published in Paris in 1609 by Drouart, who supplied copies to Wechel distributed by the latter with his own title-page, and reissued in 1619." "00510","J. 51","","","","Polybius. Gr. Lat. Casauboni. not. var. recensit Gronovius. re-edidit Ernestus Lipsiae 1764. apud Krausium. Polybius by Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . .","","8 vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 71, Id. Gr. Lat. Casauboni, not. var. Gronovii et Ernesti, Lipsiae, 1764, and Eng. by Hampton, 8 v 8vo.","Polybius.","IIoλυβιoυ τoυ λυκoϱτα ιστoϱιων τα σωζoμενα . . . Polybii Lycortæ F. Historiarvm qvæ svpersvnt interprete Isaaco Casavbono ex recensione Iacobi Gronovii cvm notis Casavbonorvm, Vrsini, Valesii, Palmerii et Iacobi Gronovii . . . Præfationem et Glossarivm Polybianvm adiecit Io. Avgvstvs Ernesti. Lipsiæ: apvd Io. Pavl. Kravisvm, 1763,4.—The General History of Polybius. In Five Books. Translated from the Greek. By Mr. Hampton. The Third Edition. In Two Volumes . . . London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, For J. Dodsley, 1762,3.","PA4391 .A2 1763","

8 vol. 8vo. These editions were issued in three and two volumes respectively. They were conflated by Jefferson, and bound for him in 8 vol. calf, gilt backs, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume, at sigs. I and T, Ii, Tt, Iii, etc., with the necessary periods inserted in the double lettered signatures. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

The Ernesti edition was purchased from Froullé on August 16, 1787: idem [i. e. Polbyius] donné par hernesti, 3 vol. 8vo. 36 (livres). The English edition was ordered from Lackington's last catalogue, no. 988. Hampton's Polybius. 4 vols. 8vo. 14/-, in a letter to John Trumbull, written from Paris on May 18, 1788, who on June 20 reported having sent the books from Lackington, including Polybius 16/6.

In Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue the price of the two editions together is listed as 52-16 (livres).

Johann Augusti Ernesti, 1707-1781, German classical scholar and theologian.

James Hampton, 1721-1778, English scholar. The first edition of his translation of Polybius was published in 1756-61." "00520","J. 52","","","","Livy. Dujatii in usum Delphini.","","5. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 112, as above.","Livius, Titus.","Titi Livii Patavini Historiarum Libri Qui Extant. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Dujatius . . . in usum serenissimi Delphini . . . Accessere Librorum omnium deperditorum Supplementa, per Jo. Freinshemium . . . Parisiis: Apud Fredericum Leonard, M. DC. LXXIX. [-M. DC. LXXX., M. DC. LXXXII.] [1679-80-82.]","PA6452 .A2 1679","

First Delphin Edition. 4to. 5 vol. only [should be 6]. Vol. I, 502 leaves including the blanks and titles, the last leaf of text before the Index has the catchword Joan.; vol. II, 448 leaves; this volume begins with the half-title for Tom. I, Pars II; the title for Tom. II has the imprint dated Paris, 1679; vol. III, 415 leaves; vol. IV, 358 leaves; vol. V, 396 leaves; printer's device on each title-page, engraved plans, full-page and folded plates, medallion portraits, woodcut illustrations; text in long lines, above the notes in double columns.

Brunet III, page 1107. Graesse IV, page 229. Ebert 12106. This edition not in Dibdin.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. At the head of the two full-page plans in vol. I is written in ink Tomo jo. pag. 136, and similarly in the same hand on the plate of medallion portraits in vol. II, Tomo 2. pag. 620. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

This volume was in Jefferson's possession before January 9, 1813, on which date he wrote to Dufief for an edition in smaller format:

I possess also the 4to. Delphin edition but I dislike such cumbersome volumes . . .

This is the only example of an original Delphin edition in Jefferson's chapter on ancient history, though there are a number of the London reprints in 8vo. The Delphin classics were originally published in Paris, 1674-1730, 64 volumes quarto, begun under the editorship of Bossuet and Huet, tutors to the Dauphin, son of Louis XIV.

A sixth volume of this edition was published in 1682. It was never a part of this copy, on the flyleaf of volume I is written: Livii historia 5 volumes 5 Guineas.

Titus Livius, 59 B. C.-A. D. 17, Roman historian." "00530","J. 53","","","","Livio del Nardi.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 124, as above.","Livius, Titus.","Le Deche di T. Livio Padovano delle Historie Romane, Tradotte nella lingua Toscana, da M. Iacopo Nardi, cittadino Fiorentino, & nuouam[???]te dal medesimo gia la terza volta riuedute, & emendate . . . Con la Tauola de Re, Consoli, Tribuni militari con la podesta Consolare, & Dittatori, che per i tempi correnti sono stati creati nella città di Roma . . . In Venetia: nella stamperia de Givnti, M D LXII. [1562.]","PA6456 .N3","

Folio. 1 volume bound in 3. 523 leaves (165, 179 and 179) the last leaf, probably a blank, cut away; woodcut device on the title, woodcut initials, register, printer's device and colophon at the end; a few leaves unopened; some leaves damp-stained.

Graesse IV, page 235.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers. Initialled by him at sig. I and T in each volume; some passages scored under in red crayon and some in pencil. On the title-page is an autograph signature which appears to be by Jefferson, signing his name in an Italian form. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jacopo Nardi, Florentine historian, was born in 1476. The first edition of his translation of Livy appeared in 1540." "00540","J. 54","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 20, Livius, supplementis Freinshemii et notis Joan. Clerici, Watsteni, 10 v 12mo.","Livius, Titus.","Titi Livii Historiarum quod exstat, cum integris Joannis Freinshemii Supplementis . . . recensuit et notulis auxit Joannes Clericus. Amstelaedami: apud Henricum Wetstenium; Traiecti ad Rhenum: apud Gulielmum van de Water, cI[???]I[???] cc x. [1710.]","PA6452. A2 1710","

10 vol. sm. 8vo. vol. I, 244 leaves; vol. II, 246 leaves; vol. III, 235 leaves; vol. IV, 224 leaves; vol. V, 232 leaves; vol. VI, 248 leaves; vol. VII, 254 leaves; vol. VIII, 248 leaves; vol. IX, 252 leaves; vol. X, 182 leaves; XIV folded and numbered engraved maps; engraved frontispiece-title in each volume, some signed by J. Goerce; the printed title, which is in red and black, occurs in vol. I only.

Graesse IV, page 229. Ebert 12108.

Sprinkled French calf, gilt backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. On the end flyleaf of the last volume is written in ink in another hand: Th:s Jefferson late President of the United States. This set was formerly in the library of William Byrd of Westover, in Virginia, and has his armorial bookplate preserved in volumes II, III and X. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate is in all the volumes except vol. I from which it has been partially removed, and vol. VIII, both of which have modern plates; the name of a former owner, with the date 1789, has been scratched out from the inside covers of the volumes, and cut away from the first title.

Bought from Dufief, Philadelphia, in February 1813, price $12.50.

A copy of this edition was offered to Jefferson in a letter from Koenig of Strassburg on May 26, 1788, price 30 (?francs), but evidently was not purchased. At the end of 1812 Jefferson had no edition of Livy in 8vo format, and on December 25 of that year wrote to Dufief at Philadelphia asking for copies of Livy and Tacitus in Latin. any edition in 8vo. or any smaller size, of a good type, of either of them will do. but I should prefer . . . Tonson's 12mo. edition of Livy in 6 vols. edited I think by Maittaire . . .

In reply Dufief sent, on January 4, 1813, a copy of an Elzevir edition in 4 volumes, $8.00. Jefferson wrote on January 9:

I recieved last night your favor of the 4th. with the Elzevir Livy, which, having your permission, I now return because I already possess that edition, and it is too small in it's type for my eyes. I possess also the 4to. Delphin edition but I dislike such cumbersome volumes. having a desire to give Livy a reading at this time, I wished a handy edition and of a type suited to a Septagenary. Maittaire's is the best for my purpose, being of a good print, in 6. vols 12mo. there may be others perhaps equally suitable. such an edition I will thankfully recieve from you.

On February 1, Dufief wrote offering to Jefferson the 10 volume edition described above, and which he purchased:

Je n'ai pu encore malgré toutes mes recherches réussir à trouver l'édition de Tite Live par Mattaire. Mais je puis obtenir un exemplaire d'un autre Editeur, en 10 vol8 12o reliés, prix 12-50 ct. En voici le titre: ''Titi Livii historiarum quod exstat, cum integris Joannis Freinshemii Supplementis emendatioribus et suis locis collocatis, tabulis Geographicis & copioso indice. Recensuit et notutis auxit Joannes clericus''. Amsterdam 1710 . . .

Jefferson accepted this on February 11:

I thank you for the trouble you have taken to find a copy of Livy for me. that which you mention in your letter of the 1st. inst. just now recieved, will answer perfectly, & probably better than Maittaire's . . .

Dufief's bill for this copy was receipted on May 29, 1815. It was the William Byrd copy, in the catalogue of whose library it is listed as being in case no. H., sixth shelf, duodecimo.

There is no entry for this edition in Jefferson's manuscript catalogues, though the book was sold to Congress in 1815.

Jean Leclerc [Joannes Clericus], 1657-1736, Swiss philosopher, theologian, critic, and man of letters, was professor of belles-lettres, philosophy, hebrew, and ecclesiastical history at the Collège des Remonstrants, at Amsterdam." "00550","J. 55","","","","Sallust. Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 73, id. Delphini, 8vo.","Sallustius Crispus, Caius.","C. Sallustii Crispi Opera omnia, quæ extant, Interpretatione et Notis illustravit Daniel Crispinus, in usum Serenissimi Delphini . . . Londini: Typis Gul. Strahan. Impensis S. Ballard, W. Innys, A. Ward [and others], M.DCC.XLVI. [1746.]","PA6653 .A2 1746","

8vo. 176 leaves; title printed in red and black, text in long lines, Interpretatio and Notae in double columns.

Rebound in half red morocco, by the Library of Congress, with the armorial bookplate of George Wythe and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates preserved. Some side notes in ink by Wythe. Not initialled by Jefferson.

One of the books bequeathed to Jefferson by George Wythe.

Caius Sallustius Crispus, B. C. 86-34, Roman historian. This edition of his works is a late reprint of the London edition of 1697, copied from the original Paris Delphin edition of 1674, and is unnoticed by the bibliographers.

Daniel Crispin, fl. 1746, Swiss man of letters." "00560","J. 56","","","","Sallust. Wasseii. not. var. Julius Exuperantius . . . . ","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 72, Sallust Wasseii, not. var. et Julius Exuperantius, 4to p.","Sallustius Crispus, Caius.","C. Crispi Sallustii quæ extant; cum notis . . . Accedunt Julius Exsuperantius, Porcius Latro; et fragmenta historicum vett. Cum notis A. Popmæ. Recensuit, Notas perpetuas, & Indices adjecit Josephus Wasse . . . Præmittitur Sallvstii Vita, Auctore, V. Cl. Joanne Clerico. Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis, apud Cornelium Crownfield, MDCCX. [1710.]","PA6653 .A2 1710","

4to. 535 leaves; the Addenda ad notas in Fragmentum are preceded by a letter by the Rev. P. Parkes, rector Staplefordiæ de Thany in com. Essexiæ (Stapleford Tawney Essex); separate pagination for the Fragmenta; title printed in red and black, text in long lines above the notes in double columns; some leaves badly foxed and discolored. Graesse VI, page 240. Ebert 20027. Dibdin, page 347. Bowes, page 378.

Rebound in half red morocco, by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T." "00570","57","","","","id. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 21, as above.","Sallustius Crispus, Caius.","Caii Salustii Crispi quæ supersunt omnia. Ex recensione Gli. Corte. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1749 [or 51, or 77].","","

8vo.

A copy of this book was included in the library Jefferson bought from the Rev. Samuel Henley on March 3, 1785. It was sold to Congress in 1814, but was either missing at the time of the sale or was lost immediately afterwards. The book is not checked in an early working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is the first entry in an undated manuscript list headed Congress Library Books missing, made between 1815 and 1830. The entry is omitted from all the Library Catalogues after that of 1815." "00580","J. 58","","","","id. Mattaire.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 22, as above, 12mo.","Sallustius Crispus, Caius.","Caii Sallustii Crispi quæ extant. Londini: ex officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, M DCC XXV. [1725.]","PA6653 .A2 1725","

12mo. 102 leaves, title printed in red and black, printer's woodcut device.

Graesse VI, page 241. This edition not in Ebert. Not in Dibdin.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress with the 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Some leaves discolored.

A reimpression of Maittaire's edition of 1713." "00590","J. 59","","","","Caesar Delphini.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 75, Id. Delphini, 8vo.","Caesar, Caius Julius.","C. Julii Cæsaris quæ exstant, interpretatione & notis illustravit Joannes Godvinus Professor Regius in usum Delphini. Juxta editionem Parisiensem. Editio Tertia. Londini: E Typographæo Mariæ Matthews. Impensis J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, J. Bowyer, H. Clements, Gul. Taylor, T. Ward, Gul. & J. Innys, & Gul. Churchill, M. DCC. XIX. [1719.]","PA6235 .A2 1719","

8vo. 332 leaves, folded map, title-page in red and black; text in long lines, notes in double columns; some leaves foxed and discolored.

Old sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

Caius Julius Caesar, c. 102-44 B. C. The first Delphin edition of his works was published in Paris in 1678." "00600","J. 60","","","","Caesar notis Davisii et variorum, Metaphrasi Graeca. Cant. 1727.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 74, as above.","Caesar, Caius Julius.","C. Julii Cæsaris et Auli Hirtii quæ exstant omnia. Recensuit ac selectis Petri Ciacconii, Francisci Hotomanni, Joannis Brantii, Dionysii Vossii et aliorum notis suas addidit Joannes Davisius. Accedunt ejusdem curæ secundæ nec non Metaphrasis Græca Librorum VII. de Bello Gallico. Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis, MDCCXXVII. [1727.]","PA6235 .A2 1727","

1 vol. bound in 2. 4to. 458 leaves (168 and 290), folded engraved map as frontispiece to each volume, 1 folded engraved plate. The sheets containing the Greek translation, (a-m) have been removed and used to interleave the corresponding Latin text at the beginning of the work. The volume division occurs at the end of sig. Tt.

Graesse II, page 8. Ebert I, 3277. Dibdin, page 65.

This edition not in Bowes.

Bound for Jefferson, in two volumes, tree calf, marbled end papers; initialled by him at sigs. I and T, and Iii and Ttt. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Davies, 1679-1732, was President of Queen's College, Cambridge. His edition of Cæsar's Opera was first published in 1706 (Bowes 371)." "00610","J. 61","","","","id. Fr. de d'Ablancourt.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 23, as above.","Caesar, Caius Julius.","Les Commentaires de Cesar, de la traduction de N. Perrot, sieur d'Ablancourt. Edition nouvelle, reveuë & corrigée. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre Mortier, MDCCVIII. [1708.]","PA6240 .A1P4 1708","

12mo. 288 leaves: a-d, A-V12 (the first leaf lacking), engraved frontispiece, folded engraved map and plate, printer's device on the title (in this state not in Silvestre and not in Hæghen), publisher's catalogue on the last 2 leaves; title and 2 plates mounted.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, or in Ebert.

Rebound by the Library of Congress in half red morocco; with the 1864 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, French translator from the classics. The first edition of his translation of Cæsar's Commentaries was published in 1650." "00620","J. 62","","","","Florus. not. var.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 76, as above.","Florus, Lucius Annaeus.","L. Annæi Flori Epitome rerum Romanarum ex recensione Jo. Georgii Grævi cum ejusdem annotationibus longe auctoribus. Accessere notæ integræ Cl. Salmasii, Jo. Freinshemii, & Variorum. Nec non Numismata et Antiqua Monumenta in hac nova editione, suo cuique loco inserta. Cum variantibus, lectionibus & Indice. In fine additus est L. Ampelius ex Bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii. Tomus I [-II]. Amstelaedami: apud Georgium Gallet, M.DCCII. [1702.]","PA6386.A2 1702","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 278 leaves, 1 folded leaf with a table printed in red and black inserted at page 156; engraved numismatic and other illustrations in the text, including one full-page engraving of a column, and a trireme; vol. II, 194 leaves, titles printed in red and black. In vol. I the text is in long lines with the gloss below in double columns; in vol. II the text is in long lines and is followed by the notes in long lines.

Graesse II, page 605. Ebert 7689. Dibdin, page 150. Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes.

Lucius Annaeus Florus, Roman historian, lived under Trajan and Hadrian. His epitome of Roman history covers the period from the foundation of the city to the establishment of the empire under Augustus, and is drawn chiefly from Livy." "00630","J. 63","","","","id. Lat. Fr. Le Mothe le Vayer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 24, as above.","Florus, Lucius Annaeus.","Epitome de l'Histoire Romaine, fait en quatre livres par Lucius Ann. Florus et mis en François sur les traductions de Monsieur, frère unique du Roy. A Paris: chez Thomas Jolly, M. DC. LXX. [1670.]","PA6387 .F8L4 1670","

12mo. 239 leaves only: ã6, A-T12, V5, imperfect at the end, several leaves of Table missing, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, French and Latin text on opposite pages.

This edition not in Graesse. Not in Quérard.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf by John March; with Jefferson's original shelf-mark: C.1./24 written on a slip and pasted on the title-page, on which is his autograph signature in an early hand: Ex Libris Thomae Jefferso[n] (the last letter cut away by the binder.) Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

François de la Mothe le Vayer, 1588-1672, French academicien, the translator, was at one time tutor to Louis XIV. This work is dedicated by him to Monseigneur le Duc d'Anjou, frère unique de sa Majesté." "00640","J. 64","","","","Florus by Stirling.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 78, Id. Stirling, 8vo.","Florus, Lucius Annaeus.","L. Annæi Flori Rerum Romanarum Epitome. Or, an Abridgment of the Roman History by L. Annæus Florus . . . For the Use of Schools. By John Stirling, M.A. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Gordon. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by T. Astley, M DCC XXXVIII. [1738.]","PA6386 .A2 1738","

First edition of this translation. 8vo. in fours. 124 leaves, text in double columns, Ordo in long lines below. The work ends on Yi verso, page 162, and is followed by a Geographical Index, Vocabularium and Themata Verborum; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Graesse II, page 606. Not in Ebert.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Ordered by Jefferson in a letter to Stockdale, written from Paris on July 1, 1787, no. 3912 in the second part of Lackington's catalogue, price 1/6.

Listed at this price, in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

John Stirling, D.D., d. 1777, Vicar of Great Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, was the author of several translations from the classics. The preface to this work was written from Gadbridge near Hempstead, undated." "00650","J. 65","","","","Florus Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 77, Id. Delphini, 8vo.","Florus, Lucius Annaeus.","L. Annæi Flori Rerum Romanarum Epitome. Interpretatione & Notis illustravit Anna Tanaquilli Fabri Filia, jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Londini: Impensis R. Clavell, H. Mortlock, & S. Smith, M DC XCII. [1692.]","PA6386 .A2 1692","

8vo. 176 leaves; title-page printed in red and black; the text printed in long lines, the Interpretatio and Notae in double columns.

Graesse II, page 605. Ebert 7685. STC F1378.

Rebound in red morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress, gilt line border on the sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 1 f 16.

The first Delphin edition was printed in Paris in 1674." "00660","J. 66","","","","Vertot. Revolutions de Rome.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 25, as above.","Vertot, René-Aubert de.","Histoire des Revolutions arrivées dans le Gouvernement de la Republique Romaine. Par Mr. l'Abbé de Vertot . . . Quatrième Edition augmentée d'une Dissertation de l'Auteur, sur le Senat Romain, &c. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A La Haye: chez Antoine Van Dole, MDCCXXXIV. [1734.]","DG231. V557","

3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 221 leaves; vol. II, 229 leaves; the last two with a list of Livres imprimez chez H. Scheurleer . . . vol. III, 249 leaves, at the end Difficultez touchant la Constitution du Sénat Romain, proposées par Milord Stanhope . . . et résolues par Monsr. l'Abbé de Vertot . . . A la Haye: chez Henri Scheurleer, 1722, with separate title, the last three leaves for Scheurleer's Catalogue; titles printed in red and black.

Burnet IV, page 595. This edition not in Quérard.

Old calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout; a small note written in ink in vol. II, page 45; 2 leaves, probably blank, torn away at the end of vol. I; title leaf in vol. III lacking. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

René-Aubert de Vertot, 1655-1735, French religieux. The first edition of this work was printed in Paris in 1719." "00670","J. 67","","","","Annales Romaines par Macquer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 26, as above.","Macquer, Philippe.","Annales Romaines, ou Abregé Cronologique de l'Histoire Romaine, depuis la Fondation de Rome, jusqu'aux Empereurs . . . A Paris: chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, M. DCC. LVI. [1756.]","DG210 .M17","

First Edition. 8vo. 284 leaves, sheet Z misbound. Quérard V, page 419.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé on June 27, 1787, price 4 livres.

Philippe Macquer, 1720-1770, French scholar, was a member of a Scottish Catholic family who emigrated to France on the fall of the Stewarts. He was a brother of the chemist, Pierre-Joseph Macquer, q. v." "00680","J. 68","","","","Plutarchi vitae. Gr. Lat. Cruserii.","","4. v. small folio.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 113, as above, with reading 4 v p. fol.","Plutarch.","Toυ σo&phis;ωτατoυ Πλoυταϱχoυ παϱαλληλoν, βιoι Pωμαιων και Eλληνων. μ&thetas;'. Sapientissimi Plutarchi paralellum, Vitæ Romanorum & Græcorum. Quadraginta nouem. [Florentiæ: in ædibus Phil. Junta, 1517.]—Plvtarchi Chæronei, Gravissimi et Philosophi et Historici, Vitæ comparatæ illustrium Virorum, Græcorum & Romanorum, ita digestæ ut temporum ordo series que constet, Hermanno Crvserio I. C. . . . Basileæ: Apvd Thomam Gvarinvm Anno M. D. LXIIII. [1564.]","PA4369 .A2 1517","

These two editions conflated and bound in 4 vol. folio. Vol. I has the half-title for the Giunta edition as above, preceded by a leaf with the Giunta device. Vol. II has the title for the Basle edition (backed), vol. III and IV have no titles. At the end of the last volume (1564 edition) are lives by Aemilius Probus [Cornelius Nepos].

The books were bound for Jefferson in calf, and are initialled by him in each volume; numerous MS. marginal notes in several hands and the signature of Wm. Cocke. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Plutarch, c. 46-120, Greek biographer and miscellaneous writer, is known chiefly for his Parallel Lives, of which the Giunta edition above is the first printed edition. The work was frequently reprinted and translated. The first complete edition of Plutarch's Opera was published by Stephanus in 1572, see the next number.

Hermann Cruser, 1510-1575, Dutch classical scholar." "00690","J. 69","","","","Plutarchi vitae. Gr. Lat. Eng.","","13. v. 12vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 27, as above.","Plutarch.","Πλoυτ[???]ϱχoυ τo[???] Xαιϱων[???]ως παϱ[???]λληλα, [???] β[???]oι παϱ[???]λληλoι. Plvtarchi Chæronensis Parallela seu Vitæ parallelæ. Id est, Vitæ Illvstrivm virorum, quos binos quasi paria composuit . . . Interprete Hermanno Crvserio, I. C. . . [Geneva: H. Stephanus, 1572.]—Plutarch's Lives. In Six Volumes. Translated from the Greek . . . To which is prefixed, The Life of Plutarch, by Mr. Dryden. Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Donaldson, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","PA4367 .A2 1572 v. 9-21","

These two editions conflated and bound in 13 volumes 12mo. Each volume has at the beginning a title from the Edinburgh, or a half-title from the Stephanus edition. The Stephanus edition is the first edition of the Opera of Plutarchus and was issued in 13 volumes. The remaining volumes are in the Jefferson collection, but were separated by him from the Vitae, and are in chapter 16, Ethics.

The volumes are bound in calf, gilt backs, with the volume numbers 1-13. Each is initialled by Jefferson on any leaves which bear the signatures I and T in any form. Each title or half-title has the volume number written in ink by two hands, one of which may be Jefferson's; paragraph numerals in the margins of the text are by Jefferson. An analysis of the contents in pencil on the fly-leaves of each volume is in a later hand. The first title of the Edinburgh edition has the autograph signature Ex Libris Jno. Taylor, and the date 1787 in another hand.

The volumes have the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate, with the exception of vol. III which is from another copy with marbled edges, and has been rebound with new endpapers and bookplate.

The Stephanus edition was at one time in the library of William Byrd, whose autograph signature is on the title-page of vol. I of the Opera. It is entered in his Library Catalogue: Case 15. Fourth Shelf. 8vo. Plutarchi Opera—6 Tom., [do] in 7 Tom.

The set contains a duplicate copy of vol. XIII of the Stephanus edition, containing the Appendix, not listed in Jefferson's manuscript nor in the printed Library catalogues. Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. [1][???], and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the half-title is written, not by Jefferson: Excudebat H. Stephanus, Parisiis, 1572.

Jefferson bought several editions of Plutarch's works. In 1787 he bought a copy from Froullé in Paris; in 1791 he bought a set from John Pemberton, the Philadelphia quaker, who wrote to Jefferson on July 16:

I send the books thou paid for 2 months past. they are not in such good order as I could have wished. they suffered while in the Bookseller's hands—that if thou does not approve of them I cannot insist on thy taking them.

6 vol; Plutarch's lives, Greek.

7 vol; do . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10

[The books were paid for on May 16 according to an entry in Jefferson's note book.]

In the following year, 1792, Jefferson ordered from Lackington's catalogue a copy of the 1762 edition, which he describes as ''4421. h.b. not uniform, 12mo. 9/-.'' On April 15, 1806, he bought from Roche of Philadelphia Dacier's French edition, 14 vol. 12mo. The undated manuscript catalogue has an entry: Plutarchi vitae, 7 vols. 8vo. Gr. Lat. 60f4." "00700","J. 70","","","","Cornelius Nepos.","","not. var. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 79, Cornelius Nepos, Notis Varior. 8vo.","Nepos, Cornelius.","Cornelii Nepotis Vitæ Excellentium Imperatorum, Observationibus ac Notis Commentatorum, quotquot hactenus innotuere, Illustratæ. Accesserunt huic Editioni præcipuorum Græciæ Imperatorum Icones æri incisæ, ut & Index Rerum & Verborum præcedenti multo auctior & emendatior. Amstelodami: Ex Typographia P. & J. Blaeu, prostant apud Wolfgang, Janssonio-Waesbergios, Boom, à Someren, & Goethals, M DC LXXXVII. [1687.]","PA6515 .A2 1687","

8vo. 256 leaves, text printed in long lines, notes in double columns, engraved medallion portraits in the text, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Ebert I, 5262. Dibdin, page 269.

Rebound in calf, marbled endpapers, in the late nineteenth century. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title-page the autograph signature: R. Blythmans. 96.

Jefferson bought a copy of an edition of this book from Milligan on March 5, 1815, at which time Milligan was supplying replacement copies of books missing at the time of the sale of the library to Congress.

In a letter to Thomas J. Rogers, written in December 1823, concerning his forthcoming biographical dictionary, Jefferson expressed the opinion that the works of Cornelius Nepos would be suitable for children when at the reading school. nothing would interest them more than such works as Cornelius Nepos . . .

Cornelius Nepos, c. 99-c. 24 B. C. This is the fourth variorum edition of this work, which contains parallel lives of distinguished Romans and foreigners, and is an exact reprint of the edition of Hackius of 1675, including the dedication. The first variorum edition appeared in 1658." "00710","J. 71","","","","id. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 30, Cornelius Nepos, Foulis, 12mo.","Nepos, Cornelius.","Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitæ. Ex editione Oxoniensi. Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M DCC LXI. [1761.]","PA6515 .A2 1761","

8vo. 156 leaves: publisher's list on the last leaf.

This edition not in Graesse. Ebert I, 5271. Dibdin, page 271.

Original calf, gilt back, uniform with no. 13 etc. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The editione Oxoniensi was printed in 1697." "00720","J. 72","","","","Cornelius Nepos.","","12mo. Cruserii.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 28, as above.","","","","

This entry appears in Jefferson's dated catalogue, in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue and all subsequent catalogues to that of 1849, inclusive, after which it is dropped.

It appears to be a ''ghost'', as no edition by Cruser of the work of Cornelius Nepos is listed in the bibliographies, nor in the biographies of Cruser.

The Vitae of Cornelius Nepos are sometimes joined to Plutarch's Vitae Paralellorum of which Cruser edited an edition, and which may account for Jefferson's entry." "00730","J. 73","","","","Cornelio Nepote. Lat. Ital. dal Bandiera.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 29, Id. Lat. Ital. dal Bandiera, 8vo, p.","Nepos, Cornelius.","Cornelio Nipote della Vita degli eccellenti comandanti: In volgar Toscano recato a riscontro del testo Latino, ed illustrato con note di varie maniere per Alessandro M. Bandiera Sanese de' servi di Maria. Quarta edizione migliorata e ricoretta dall'Autore. In Venezia: MDCCLXI, appresso Tommaso Bettinelli, con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio. [1761.]","PA6516 .18B3 1761","

8vo. 228 leaves: A-Z, Aa-Dd8, Ee12, the last a blank, 2 folded leaves with printed tables.

Not in Graesse, Brunet, Ebert. Only the edition of 1743 in Schweiger and in Moss. Argelati, Biblioteca degli Volgarizzatori, published in 1747, has the edition of 1743.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, gilt line borders on sides, marbled end papers, m. e.; initialled by him at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price: 2-10+2, the latter figure probably for the binding.

Alessandro Bandiera, b. 1699, Italian scholar. The first edition of this translation was published in 1743." "00740","J. 74","","","","Middleton's life of Cicero.","","3. v. 8.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 114, as above, 2 v 4to.","Middleton, Conyers.","The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In Two Volumes . . . By Conyers Middleton, D.D., Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge. London: Printed [by James Bettenham] for the Author, MDCCXLI. [1741.]","DG260 .C5 M5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Large paper. Vol. I, 316 leaves; vol. II, 298 leaves; engraved head of Cicero on the title of each volume, engraved head and tail pieces and initials by Gravelot; list of subscribers at the beginning of vol. I, printer's imprint at the end of each volume.

Lowndes III, page 1544.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1905. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes; a marginal note in his hand in vol. I, page 450; pencil marks are not by Jefferson.

There is no entry for a quarto edition of this work in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue. The 1815 Library of Congress catalogue correctly describes this copy as 2 v. 4to.

Jefferson bought a copy of the 3 volume edition from Milligan in 1808: March 8, 1808. To 1 Middleton's Cicero. 3 vols. calf, gilt. $10.50. He had at one time tried to buy a copy in London. An undated note in Jefferson's writing lists a number of books to be sent from London including Middleton's Life of Cicero. the 8vo. edition & no other.

This work has a place on most of Jefferson's recommended reading lists. His opinion of it is expressed in a letter to Mrs Anne Cary Bankhead, dated from Washington, December 8, 1800:

I like much your choice of books for your winter's reading. Middleton's life of Cicero is among the most valuable accounts we have of the period of which he writes . . .

[See also Tacitus, no. 80.]

Conyers Middleton, 1683-1750, English divine, and 'Protobibliothecarius' of the University Library of Cambridge. The list of subscribers to this work, which numbers three thousand, is exceptionally interesting. Only two of the names have American addresses: Jonathan Blenman, Esq; attorney general of Barbadoes, and John Peare, of Antigua, Esq. Other names of American interest are the right hon. the Lord Delawar and Thomas Hollis." "00750","J. 75","","","","Velleius Paterculus.","","not. var. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 80, as above.","Velleius Paterculus, Marcus.","[C. Velleii Paterculi quæ supersunt ex Historiæ Romanæ voluminibus duobus. Cum integris scholiis, notis, variis lectionibus, et animadversionibus doctorum. Curante Petro Brumanno. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1719.]","PA6798 .A2 1719","

8vo. 452 leaves only, should be 454, lacks the title, engraved frontispiece and the last leaf, probably blank.

Graesse V, 163. Ebert 23481 note. Dibdin 421.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress in 1921. Initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson, who has supplied the title in ink on a blank leaf at the beginning:

Velleius Paterculus cum notis Variorum curâ P. Burmanni Lugd. Batav. 1719.

Additions are made in another hand (possibly that of Thomas Mann Randolph) below which has been added the title written in pencil.

Marcus Velleius Paterculus, c. 19 B. C.-c. A. D. 31, Roman historian.

Pieter Burmann, 1688-1741, Dutch classical scholar, was a pupil of Grævius and Gronovius and succeeded Perizonius to the chair of history and Greek eloquence at Leiden." "00760","J. 76","","","","id.","","8vo. Oxoniae.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 81, Id. Oxoniae, 8vo.","Velleius Paterculus, Marcus.","M. Velleii Paterculi quæ supersunt: cum variis Lectionibus optimarum editionum; doctorum virorum conjecturis & castigationibus; et Indice locupletissimo. Accedit annotationum libellus. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Anno. Dom. MDCCXI. Prostant apud Joan. Wilmot [1711.]","PA6798 .A2 1711","

8vo. 130 leaves, engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre by MB [M. Burg] on the title-page, Wilmot's advertisement below the imprint.

Lowndes IV, page 1798. Graesse V, page 162. Ebert 23479 (note).

Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The name of the editor Joh. Hudson and the marginal entries of the corresponding arabic numerals to the roman numerals in the text are probably not by Jefferson. The early Library of Congress catalogues erroneously date this copy 1791. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For a note on John Hudson, 1622-1719, see no. 7. This is the second edition of his Velleius Paterculus, originally printed in Oxford in 1693." "00770","J. 77","","","","Dionis Casii. historia et Xiphilinus. Gr. Lat. Xylandri.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 125, as above.","Dio Cassius.","Tων Διωνoς τoυ Kασσιoυ ϱωμαικων ιστoϱιων βιβλ[???]α π[???]ντε κα[???] ε[???]κoσι. Dionis Cassii Romanarvm Historiarvm Libri XXV, Ex Guilielmi Xylandri interpretatione . . . [Geneva:] Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, Anno M. D. XCII. [1592.]—Xiphilinus, Joannes. Eεκ των Διωνoς κλoγαι Iωαννoυ τoυ Ξι&phis;ιλινoυ. E Dione Excerptæ Historiæ ab Ioanne Xiphilino. Ex interpretatione Guilielmi Blanci, à Guilielmo Xylandro recognita. Henrici Stephani in Ioannem Xiphilinum post duos egregios messores Spicilegium. Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, Anno M. D. XCII. [1592.]","PA3947 .A2 1592","

2 vol. in 1. Folio. ?[i] 414 leaves; [ii] 204 leaves; Estienne's device on both title-pages, woodcut initials and ornaments, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Brunet II, page 712 and V, page 1504. Graesse II, page 393 and VI, page 495 (with date misprinted 1572). Dibdin 126.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs i i and t i. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the Library of William Byrd, with his armorial bookplate. In his library catalogue it is listed in Case 15. Second Shelf. folio. Deonis et Ziphilini. Opera.

Dio Cassius Cocceianus, c. 150-235, Greek writer of Roman birth. Part of his original history remains and part is preserved in the epitome of Joannes Xiphilinus.

Joannes Xiphilinus, fl. 1075, a monk of Constantinople. His epitome of Dio Cassius's work was prepared by order of Michael Parapinaces.

Guilielmus Xylander was the pseudonym of William Holtzmann, 1532-1596, professor of Greek at Heidelberg University.

For a note on Henri Estienne see no. 15." "00780","J. 78","","","","Appiani Alexandrini historia. Gr. Lat. Tollii.","","2. v. 8vo. Jansonii 1670.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 82, as above.","Appianus Of Alexandria.","Aππιανoυ Aλεξανδϱεως ϱωμαικα. Appiani Alexandrini Romanarum Historiarum Pars prior . . . Alexander Tollivs, Utrumque textum multis in locis emendavit, correxit & Henrici Stephani, Ac Doctorum quorundam Virorum Selectas Annotationes adjecit. [Pars Altera . . . ] Amstelodami: Ex Officina Joh. Janssonii à Waesberge, Et Johannis à Someren. Anno M. DC. LXX. [1670.]","PA3873 .A2 1670","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 309 leaves, engraved title; vol. II, 368 leaves; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; the colophon at the foot of Iiii8 recto reads: Hardervici: Ex Typographiâ Pauli Vanden Houte . . . Anno M. DC. LXX.

Graesse I, page 168. Dibdin, page 32.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes.

A copy of this book from De Bure's catalogue was bought by Jefferson while in Holland on March 18, 1788, from Van Damme of Amsterdam. Van Damme sent the book to Jefferson in Paris in June, price 12 (Dutch livres). The book is entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with this price.

Appianus of Alexandria, fl. A. D. 138, Roman historian. His work was originally written in Greek and is a valuable source book for the history of various peoples and countries to their incorporation in the Roman Empire.

Alexander Tollius, 1625-1675. This is his first edition of Appianus, and was founded on that of Henri Estienne." "00790","J. 79","","","","Appiano Alessandrino dal Braccio é Ruscelli.","","12mo. Ven. 1567.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 31, as above.","Appianus Of Alexandria.","Appiano Alessandrino delle Gverre de'Romani, cosi esterne, come civili. Tradotte da M. Alessandro Braccio Secretario Fiorentino. Nuouamente ristampato & tutto ricorretto, & di copiose tauole migliorato. Con l'Istoria della Gverra Illirica, & di quella contra Annibale, del medesimo Autore nuouamente ritrouata in lingua Greca, & tradotta in Italiano dal S. Girolamo Rvscelli. Venetia: M. D. LXVII, appresso Domenico, & Gio Battista Guerra, fratelli. [1567.]","PA3873 .A3 1567","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 296 leaves (208 and 88); the last leaf of the first part has the Register, woodcut Phoenix device and the colophon, and is followed by the second title, with imprint dated 1567 (colophon dated 1566); separate pagination; printed in italic letter throughout.

Graesse I, page 270. Argelati, page 74.

Bound in calf for Jefferson by J. March, marbled end papers, with Jefferson's original shelf-mark C.1. /31 [Chapter I. no. 31] in ink, on a slip pasted down on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Ordered by Jefferson while in Holland, on March 23, 1788, from Van Damme, no. 282 in his catalogue. It is listed without the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Alessandro Braccio, d. 1503, a Florentine, was Secretary to the Republic of Florence. The first edition of his translation of Appianus, made from the Latin version of Candido, appeared in 1563.

Girolamo Ruscelli, d. 1566, Italian man of letters." "00800","J. 80","","","","Tacitus Gronovii. not. var. Amstel. Elzevir 1672. & Eng. by Gordon.","","9 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 83, as above with Cronovii.","Tacitus, Cornelius.","C. Cornelii Taciti Opera, quæ exstant . . . Joh. Fred. Gronovius recensuit, & suas notas passim adjecit . . . Amstelodami: apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1672, 3.—The Works of Tacitus. In Four Volumes. To which are prefixed, Political Discourses upon that Author . . . The Second Edition, corrected. London: Printed for T. Woodward, and J. Peele, 1737","PA6705 .A2 1672","

9 vol. 8vo. This set consists of the Elzevir edition (Willems 1479), 2 vol. and the second edition of the English version by Thomas Gordon, 4 vol., conflated by Jefferson and bound in 9 vol., tree and marbled calf, gilt backs, plain endpapers: Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T wherever they occur, vol. 1-7, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, vol. 8, rebound with a new bookplate, vol. 9, repaired and with the 1864 plate. This volume has the plates and maps folded to 8vo. size. Vol. 2 has the stamp of R. D. Cooke, 18 Church Street, New York on the Library of Congress bookplate. The Elzevir edition has the autograph signature of Ludouicus Alexander Croiset in several places. Some of the volumes are scorched and water stained.

Jefferson bought a copy of Gordon's Tacitus from Stockdale, price £1-4, in August, 1787, and a copy of Taciti cum notis variorum 4 vol. price 28 livres from Froullé in the same month.

On July 1, 1787 Jefferson wrote to Stockdale:

. . . If you can procure for me a copy of all Tacitus's works in Latin, in usum Delphini and in 8vo. send them: and in that case send also from Lackington No. 1529. Tacitus's works by Gordon 5.v. 8to. 14f6. but if you cannot find the precise Latin edition above indicated, do not send the English one.

Stockdale replied on July 10:

Tacittus's Works in Latin is not to be got in 8vo.

On August 3, Stockdale had found a copy of Gordon's book and wrote:

. . . I should have sent the Articles off sooner had it not been for the difficulty I had to meet with Gordon's Tacitus, it being entirely out of print; it is bound, but I hope it will answer your purpose, the price is £1.4.

A copy of the Elzevir edition was offered to Jefferson on May 26, 1788, by Koenig of Strassburg, and was one of those sent to Paris, chez M. Prevost, libraire, and put de coté for Jefferson.

The Elzevir and Gordon editions are entered together on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue as on the dated, with the complete price: 75 (livres).

Jefferson's opinion of Tacitus was expressed in a letter to Mrs. Anne Carey Bankhead, written from Washington, December 8, 1800:

. . . Tacitus I consider as the first writer in the world without a single exception. his book is a compound of history & morality of which we have no other example

Of Gordon's translation he wrote on May 1, 1813, to Charles Clay, to whose son, Cyrus, he had sent a copy of Tacitus (bought from Dufief on Jan. 4, 1813 for $8.00):

. . . the solidity of his [i. e. Tacitus] matter, his brevity, & his fondness for point & antithesis make him difficult. I would advise the use of a translation, to be read after the original . . . Murphy's is preferred by those who cannot read the original, and who do not therefore know the spirit of the author. But those who do find much more of that spirit in Gordon's. his selection of Tacitus & Sallust for translation seems to have been dictated by the similar causticity of his own genius . . .

Cornelius Tacitus, c. 55-120, Roman historian.

Thomas Gordon, d. 1750, Scottish miscellaneous writer. The first edition of his translation of Tacitus was published in 1728, in 2 vol. folio." "00810","J. 81","","","","Tacitus Brotier. Tacito por Sveyro. Tacitus by Gordon.","","12. v. small 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 32, Tacitus, edition of Brotier, with Span. por Sveyro, and Eng. by Gordon, 12 v, p 8vo.","Tacitus, Cornelius.","C. Cornelii Taciti Opera supplementis, notis et dissertationibus illustravit Gabriel Brotier . . . Parisiis: ex typographia L. F. Delatour, 1776.—Las Obras de C. Cornelio Tacito. Traducidas de Latin en Castellano por Emanvel Sveyro, natural de la ciudad de Anuers . . . En Anvers: en casa de Pedro y Iuan Bellero, 1619.—The Works of Tacitus. With Political Discourses upon that Author. By Thomas Gordon, Esq. The Fifth Edition Corrected. Dublin: for J. Williams [and others], 1778.","PA6705 .A2 1776","

12mo. and 8vo. The three editions conflated by Jefferson, cut to size and bound for him, probably by March, in 12 vol. calf, gilt backs (vol. I, tooled to a different design) marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T wherever they occur. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (in vol. 9 placed inside the back cover, the 1822 plate being in the front cover); on the Spanish title the initials e h are written in ink. The Brotier edition was purchased by Jefferson from Goldsmith in Paris through William Short in 1790. In an undated letter, written in that year, Jefferson sent Short a list of his requirements, including:

. . . Tacittus de l'Abbé Brotier (or some such name) in 6. or 7. vols 12mo. Frouillé sent it to me once & I returned it. I would prefer it unbound if to be had so . . .

Short procured the book from Goldsmith and sent it to Jefferson on June 20, with a copy of Goldsmith's memoire (marked pd. June 29, 1790.) which included Tacite de l'Abbé Brothier. 7 vol. 21.10 (livres).

The Spanish translation was bought from Lackington, ordered with others in a letter written by Jefferson on September 9, 1789, at the moment when he was about leaving Paris for some time. This book was no. 9680 in the catalogue: Tacitus in Spanish. 8vo. 6/6.

This edition in Spanish is the only one of the three under consideration listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Gabriel Brotier, 1723-1789, French humanist and Jesuit, was librarian of the College of Louis-le-Grand. His first edition of Tacitus was published in 1771 in 4to.

Emanuel Sueyro, born in 1587 in Antwerp, of Portuguese ancestry, is chiefly known for his translations into Spanish.

For a note on Gordon see the previous entry." "00820","J. 82","","","","Suetonius. Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 84, as above.","Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius.","C. Suetonii Tranquilli Opera omnia quæ extant, Interpretatione et Notis illustravit Augustinus Babelonius, jussu Christianissimi regis, ad usum serenissimi Delphini . . . Londini: E Typographæo Mariæ Matthews. Impensis R. Knaplock, J. & B. Sprint, B. Tooke [and others], M.DCC.XVIII. [1718.]","PA6700 .A2 1718","

8vo. 400 leaves; title printed in red and black, text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Lowndes V, page 2543.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Bought from Lackington, in a letter from Jefferson written from Paris on Sep. 9. 1789, giving an order for a number of books from Lackington's last catalogue, including 9292 Suetonius Delphini. 8vo. 4/6.

It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, fl. A. D. 98-138, Roman historian and private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian. The first Delphin edition of the Opera was published in Paris in 1684 in quarto." "00830","J. 83","","","","Historiae Augustae scriptores sex. viz. Aelius Spartianus. Julius Capitolinus. Aelius Lampridius. Vulcatius Gallicanus. Trebellius Pollio. Flavius Vopiscus . . . . . . . . .","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 85, as above.","","Historiæ Augustæ Scriptores VI. ælius Spartianus. Julius Capitolinus. ælius Lampridius. Vulc. Gallicanus. Trebell. Pollio. Flavius Vopiscus. Cum integris Notis Isaaci Casauboni, Cl. Salmasii & Jani Gruteri. Cum Indicibus locupletissimis Rerum ac Verborum. Tomus I [-II]. Lugduni Batav.: Ex Officina Hackiana, A[???] MDCLXXI. [1671.]","DG205 .H5 1671","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 572 leaves; vol. II, 472 leaves; engraved frontispiece in each volume, printer's woodcut device on the printed title (lacking in vol. II). The text in long lines, the commentaries in double columns.

Brunet III, page 226. Graesse III, page 304. Ebert 9831.

Old vellum, gilt backs; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Probably purchased from Armand Koenig of Strassburg. A copy of this book was included by Koenig in a Liste de livres relíés nouvellement acquis, du formal in Octavo. etc; offered to Jefferson in a letter sent to him at Paris on May 26, 1788.

For a note on Casaubon, see no. 32.

Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumise], 1588-1653, French classical scholar.

This work was originally published in Milan in 1475, and was frequently reprinted. The first edition by Salmasius of Casaubon's notes appeared in 1620.

Jan Gruter, 1560-1627, Dutch scholar and critic." "00840","J. 84","","","","Xiphilinus.","","2. v. 4to. Gr. Lat. Guilielmi Blanci.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 115, Xiphilinus. Gr. Lat. Blanci, 2 v 4to.","Dio Cassius—Xiphilinus, Joannes.","Eκ των Διωνoς τoυ Nικαεως Pωμαικ[???]ν [???]στoϱιων . . . [???]πιτoμ[???] Iω[???]ννoυ τoυ Ξι&phis;ιλ[???]νoυ Dionis Nicaei Rervm Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexãdrum Mamææ, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino . . . Lvtetiae: Ex officina Roberti Stephani, M. D. LI. [1551.]—Dionis Nicæi, rerũ Romanarvm a Pompeio Magno, ad Alexandrum Mamææ filium Epitome, Ioanne Xiphilino authore, & Guilielmo Blanco Albiensi interprete. Ad Georgium Armeniacum, Cardinalem Ampliss. Lvtetiæ: [Robertus Stephanus] M. D. LI. [1551.]","PA Byzantine","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. These two volumes, containing the original Greek text and the Latin translation have been conflated by Jefferson, and rebound, with the Greek and Latin texts on opposite pages, a title-page at the beginning of each volume. The title-page of the Greek text has Estienne's device, that for the Latin translation is one of the copies with the arms of George d'Armagnac, Cardinal.

Graesse VI, page 495. Renouard, page 80, nos. 8, 9.

Bound in calf for Jefferson; initialled by him at sigs. i. i and t. i in the first volume, not initialled in the second. A few marginal references in his hand. On the title-page of the first volume is the signature of Wm. Le Neve, 1724, and in an earlier hand pret. 4ll. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

See no. 77." "00850","J. 85","","","","Herodian. Gr. Lat. Eng.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 33, Herodianus, Gr. Lat. Eng. 2 v 12mo.","Herodianus","Hϱωδιανoυ ιστoϱιων βιβλια η. Herodiani Historiarum Libri VIII . . . Præmissa est M. Antonini Philosophi Vita, à Jo. Xiphilino conscripta. Edinburgi: In ædibus Tho. Ruddimanni, Sumptibus Jo. Patoni, M. D. CC.XXIV. [1724.]—Herodian's History of His Own Times, or of the Roman Empire after Marcus, Translated into English. With large Notes, explaining the most remarkable Customs, Ceremonies, Offices, &c. among the Romans . . . By J. Hart . . . London: Printed for the Author, And sold by T. Waller, T. Payne, and R. Dodsley, MDCCXLIX. [1749.]","PA4001 .H4 1724 copy 2","

8vo. The two editions cut to size and conflated by Jefferson; bound for him in 2 vol. calf, gilt backs, plain endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and with marginal reference numerals by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Graesse III, pages 253 and 254. Lowndes II, page 1052.

Herodianus, fl. 3rd cent. A. D., Greek historian. His history covers the period from 180-238 A. D. and supplements that of Dio Cassius. The first separate edition of his Historiarum was published by Aldus in 1524.

Angelo Poliziano, 1454-1499, Italian humanist, the translator into Latin." "00860","J. 86","","","","Biographia Classica.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 34, as above.","[Harwood, Edward.]","Biographia Classica: The Lives and Characters of all the Classic Authors, the Grecian and Roman Poets, Historians, Orators, and Biographers. With an Historical and Critical Account of them and their Writings . . . The Second Edition, corrected and improv'd. To which is now added, at the end of every Life, a List of the best and most curious editions of each Classic Author. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for Daniel Browne, M DCC L. [1750.]","PA3005 .H3 1750","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 173 leaves: A5, B-P12, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; vol. II, 150 leaves: []2, B-M12, N, O6, P4.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Old mottled calf, gilt back, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes.

From the Library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate.

Edward Harwood, 1729-1794, English classical scholar. The 1750 edition appears to be the earliest recorded of this work." "00870","J. 87","","","","Orosius.","","small 4to. Paris 1506.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 86, as above, but with the reading p. 4to.","Orosius, Paulus.","Pauli Orosii Historiographi clarissimi opus prestantissimum. Parhisiis: pro Ioanne petit, 1506, 21 Jan.","PA6518 .08 1506","

Large 12mo. 142 leaves; Petit's criblé device on the title-page, woodcut initials, colophon.

Graesse V, page 51.

Old calf, gilt back, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. ii and ti, an autograph signature in an early sixteenth century hand on the title-page; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Froullé on May 17, 1788, price 6 (livres) and entered at this price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Paulus Orosius, fl. 415 A. D., Spanish historian and theologian. This edition of his History was edited by L. Thibault." "00880","J. 88","","","","Juliani imperatoris Caesares. Gr. Lat.","","8vo. Erlangae. 1785.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 35, as above.","Julianus, Flavius Claudius.","Ivliani Imperatoris Cæsares ex recensione et cvm adnotationibvs Theoph. Christoph. Harles. Erlangæ: svmtv Wolfgangi Waltheri, cI cI[???] cclxxxv. [1785.]","PA4225 .J4C3 1785","

First Harlesian Edition. 8vo. 132 leaves. Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Ebert 10992.

Calf, gilt line border on the sides, marbled end papers, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book was probably purchased in Paris between March 23 and July 25, 1788. On the former date Jefferson ordered a number of books from Van Damme's catalogue, vol. I, page 310, including Juliani opera 1583.

On July 25, 1788 he cancelled the order for this and several other books as he had trouv l'occasion d'acheter ailleurs. The 1785 edition is listed in the undated catalogue, with the price 2.4+2 (probably including the binding).

Flavius Claudius Julianus, 331-363 A. D., Roman Emperor, usually known as Julian the Apostate.

Theophilus Christopher Harles (Gottlieb Christoph Harless), 1738-1815, German classical scholar and bibliographer." "00890","J. 89","","","","Julian's select works by Duncombe","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 87, as above.","Julianus, Flavius Claudius.","Select Works of the Emperor Julian, and some Pieces of the Sophist Libanius, Translated from the Greek. With Notes from Petau, La Bleterie, Gibbon, &c. To which is added, The History of the Emperor Jovian, from the French of the Abb De La Bleterie. By John Duncombe, M.A. In Two Volumes . . . Volume the First [-Second]. London: Printed by J. Nichols for T. Cadell, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","DG317 .A4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I. 193 leaves, list of errata on the last leaf; vol. II, 202 leaves; the last a blank; errata on the verso of the penultimate leaf.

Lowndes III, page 1328.

Old calf, repaired with new end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes.

This book was ordered by Jefferson from Paris, in a letter to Stockdale July 1, 1787, to be obtained from Lackington, no. 6522 in the 2d. part of his catalogue for 1787, price 10/6. It is listed, without price, in Jefferson's undated catalogue.

The first edition of the collected works of Flavius Claudianus Julianus [Julian the Apostate] was published in Paris in 1583.

John Duncombe, 1729-1786, English miscellaneous writer. On the recto of the penultimate leaf of this work Duncombe states that since the printing of the book he is enabled, by the Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique, (4me dition, 6 tomes, 8vo. Caen, 1779) to add an account of a writer to whom he is much obliged, and appends details of the life and works of John Philip Ren de la Bletterie." "00900","90","","","","Life of Julian.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 36, as above.","[La Bletterie, Jean Philippe Ren de—Williams, Anna.]","The Life of the Emperor Julian. Translated from the French. And improved with Coins, Notes and a Genealogical Table . . . London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1746.","","

First edition of this translation. 12mo. 187 leaves, engraved numismatic frontispiece by J. S. Mller.

Lowndes III, page 1238.

Early cards for this book are still in the Library of Congress card catalogue, but the book has disappeared.

Jean Philippe René de La Bletterie, 1696-1772, French historian and man of letters, was professor of eloquence at the College Royal. His Vie de l'empereur Julien was originally published in 1735.

Anna Williams, 1706-1783, English poet, the translator, was a friend of Dr. Johnson with whom she made her home after becoming blind about 1740." "00910","J. 91","","","","Eutropius cum metaphrasi Graeca Paeanii, item Sextus Rufus, Anonymi funebris oratio in Constantinum et Messala Corvinus.","","Not. Var. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 88, as above, but with the reading Covinus.","Eutropius.","Eutropii Breviarium Historiæ Romanæ, Cum Metaphrasi Græca Pæanii, Et Notis Integris . . . Recensuit Sigebertus Havercampus, Qui & suas & Christoph. Augusti Heumanni Notas adjecit. Cum Indicibus copiosissimis. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Johannem Arnoldum Langerak, M D CC XXIX. [1729.] ","PA6384 .A2 1729","

8vo. 462 leaves, half-title for Παιανιoυ μετα&phis;ϱασις εις την τoυ Eυτϱoπιoυ Pωμαικην ιστoϱιαν on Nn8; title-page printed in red and black, a plate with two engraved coats of arms at the head of the dedication.

Graesse II, 529. Ebert I, 7183.

Old vellum, gilt, arms on sides, line borders, corner ornaments; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 book plate. Jefferson bought a copy of Eutropius, Gr. Lat. 12mo. price 1/-, from Lackington, no. 12494 in his catalogue for 1792.

Eutropius, latter half of the 4th century, A. D. His Breviarium covers the history of Rome from the foundation of the city to the accession of Valens.

Sigbert Havercamp. See Josephus, no. 7.

Christophe Auguste Heumann, 1681-1764, German scholar." "00920","J. 92","","","","Ammianus Marcellinus.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 126, as above.","Ammianus Marcellinus.","Ammiani Marcellini Rerum Gestarum Qui de xxxi. supersunt, libri XVIII. Ope MSS. codicum emendati ab Henrico Valesio, & auctoribus adnotationibus illustrati . . . Editio Posterior . . . Parisiis: ex Officina Antonii Dezallier, M.DC.LXXXI. [1681.]","PA6203 .A2 1681","

Folio. 431 leaves, engraved device on the title, engraved headpiece, and medallion portraits; printed in Greek, Latin and italic letter, the text in long lines, the gloss in double columns.

Graesse I, page 104. Dibdin, Greek and Latin Classics, page 19.

Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ammianus Marcellinus, c. 325-395 A. D., a Greek by birth, but wrote in the Latin language. His history of the Roman Empire forms a continuation of that of Tacitus, and covers the period from the accession of Nerva to the death of Valens, A. D. 96-378. The first edition was printed in Rome in 1474.

Henri de Valois [Valesius], 1603-1676, French classical scholar, first published his edition of Ammianus in 1636. This second edition was published by his brother Adrien de Valois, 1607-1692, who incorporated also the notes of Lindenbrog." "00930","J. 93","","","","Ammianus Marcellinus. Ernesti. Lipsiae. 1773.","","1. tom. in 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 89, Ammianus Ernesti, Lipsiae, 1773, 3 v 8vo.","Ammianus Marcellinus.","Ammiani Marcellini Rervm Gestarvm Libri qvi svpersvnt ex recensione Valesio-Gronoviana. Indicem Dignitatvm nec non Glossarivm Latinitatis adiecit Avgvstvs Gvil. Ernesti. Lipsiae: e Libraria Weidm. Hered. et Reichii, cI[???] I[???]cclxxIII. [1773.]","PA6203 .A2 1773a","

1 vol. bound in 3. 8vo. 439 leaves: 18, A-Z, Aa-Nn7 in eights, (A)-(S)8; the volume division occurs after T8 and Nn2; printed in long lines, in Greek, Latin and italic letter.

This edition not in Graesse. Dibdin, page 20.

Bound for Jefferson in 3 vol. French calf, gilt backs, pale blue endpapers; initialled by him in each volume; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Bought from Froullé, December 13, 1788 (in 1 vol. 8vo. broché), price 12 livres. The binding into three volumes was done before the book was entered into the dated or the undated catalogue; the latter entry includes the price, 12 livres, but has not the binding price.

For a note on Ernesti see no. 51." "00940","J. 94","","","","Zosimus. Gr. Lat. Oxonii.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 90, as above.","Zosimus.","Zωσιμoυ K[???]μητoς κα[???] απo&phis;ισκoσυνηγ[???]ϱoυ ιστoϱιας νεας β[???]βλoι [???]ξ. Zosimi Comitis & Exadvocati Fisci, Historiæ Novæ Libri Sex, Notis Illustrati. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Anno 1679.","PA4500 .Z6 1679","

8vo. in fours. 196 leaves, engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page; Greek and Latin in parallel columns; the dedication to John Dolben (when Bishop of Rochester) and Richard Busby is signed T. S. [Thomas Spark.]

Lowndes V, page 2035. Madan, Oxford Books, 3242.

Original panelled calf; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the inside cover is written E libris Josiae Johnson Aulae Clarensis Alumni A. D. 1753, and a few letters are scribbled in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Zosimus, fl. late 5th century A. D., Greek historical writer. This is the first English edition of his Historia Nova, of which the first complete edition had appeared in Cizae earlier in the same year.

Thomas Spark, 1655-1692, English classical scholar, edited this book as one of the classical year books of Dr. Fell." "00950","J. 95","","","","Nicephori Breviarium Historicum de reb. gest. ab obitu Mauricii ad Constantinum usque Copronymum. Gr. Lat. Petavii.","","small 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 37, Nicephori Breviarum historicum de rebus gestis ab obitu Mauricii ad Constantinum usque Copronymum, Gr. Lat. Petavii, p 8vo.","Nicephorus, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople.",". . . Nικη&phis;oϱoυ πατϱιαϱχoυ Kωνσταντινoπ[???]λεως Iστoϱ[???]α συντoμoς [???]πò της Mαυϱικ[???]oυ βασιλε[???]ας. S. Nicephori Patriarchæ Constantinopolitani Breuiarium Historicum, de rebus gestis ab obitu Mauricij ad Constantinum vsque Copronymum. Nunc primum vulgatum, ac Latinè redditum opera Dionysii Petavii, è Societate Iesv, cum eiusdem notis chronologicis. Accesserunt & alia insuper Fragmenta Theophanis, Nicephori Gregoræ, Pacyhymerij, & aliorum nondum in hanc diem edita. Parisiis: apud Sebastianvm Chappelet, M. DC. XVI. (1616.]","DF571 .N5","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 322 leaves; 2 parts in 1. ã, A-T8, TT4, V-Z8, Aa-Bb8, a, B, c-n8, o6, Greek and Latin text of the Historiarum on opposite pages; on ai the half-title for Ad Nicephori Breviarum notae chronologicae. Autore Dionysio Petavio è Societate Iesv, with separate pagination.

Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse. Not in Quérard.

Rebound in half morocco, original marbled edges preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Purchased from Koenig. Ordered by Jefferson from Paris, June 29, 1789, one of a list of books selected from Koenig's catalogue; price, relié, £2.10.

Saint Nicephorus, c. 758-829, Byzantine historian and patriarch of Constantinople.

Denis Petau [Dionysius Patavius], 1583-1653, French scholar." "00960","J. 96","","","","Histoire de Constantinople de Procope [ut econtra]","","8. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 39, Histoire de Constantinople de Procope, Agatias, Menandre, Theophylacte, Simocatte, Nicephore, Leon, Nicephore Bryenne, Anne Comnene, Nicetas, Pachymere, Contacuzene, et Ducas, par Coussin, 8 v 12mo.","Cousin, Louis.","Histoire de Constantinople depuis le régne du l'ancien Justin, jusqu'à la fin de l'Empire. Traduite sur les originaux Grecs par Mr. Cousin, Président en la cour des Monnoies. Dédiée a Monseigneur de Pompone, Secrétaire d'Etat. Tome I [-VIII]. Suivant la copie imprimée à Paris chez Damien Foucault, [?Amsterdam: officine de Wolfgang] M.DC.LXXXV. [1685.]","DF551 .C8","

8 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 348 leaves; vol. II, 288 leaves; vol. III, 318 leaves; vol. IV, 252 leaves; vol. V, 252 leaves; vol. VI, 2 parts in 1, 384 leaves; vol. VII, 380 leaves; vol. VIII, 252 leaves; engraved frontispiece in vol. I, and vignette headpieces in each volume; printer's device as used by Wolfgang of Amsterdam on each title-page.

Graesse II, page 288. Ebert 5363.

Original French mottled calf, marbled end papers, g. on m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

An earlier entry of this book in Jefferson's dated catalogue lists the authors in full, with the description 8 tomes in 10 vols. 12mo. This appears to be the copy bought from De Bure and sold at the 1829 auction. The undated catalogue has only the 8 volume edition, with the price 15 (livres).

Louis Cousin, 1627-1707, French man of letters. The first edition of this abridgment was published in Paris, 8 vol. 4to, 1672-74." "00970","J. 97","","","","Histoire Romaine de Xiphilin, Zonare et Zosime. p. Coussin.","","32. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 38, as above, but with spelling Zonase.","Cousin, Louis.","Histoire Romaine, écrite par Xiphilin, par Zonare, et par Zosime. Traduite sur les Originaux Grecs, par M. Cousin, President en la Cour des Monnoyes. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris, chez la veuve de Damien Foucault [?Amsterdam: Officine de Wolfgang], M.DC.LXXXVI. [1686.]","DG13 .C6","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 240 leaves, including the engraved frontispiece by R. de Hooghe, the last three blank; vol. II, 174 leaves; engraved headpiece on the first page of the text in each volume; the second volume has Tome II on the title; woodcut sphere device on the titles as used by Wolfgang of Amsterdam.

Graesse II, page 288. Ebert 24179.

French mottled calf, marbled end papers, g. on m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the first volume. and sig. Ii in the second. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Two copies of this book are listed in Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the prices 4. 10 and 3.15 (livres). In the dated manuscript catalogue there is an entry for another copy of vol. II only.

The first edition of this work was published in Paris, 1678, 4to." "00980","J. 98","","","","Histoire de l'empire de l'Occident. viz. Eginard, Tegan, Anonymus, Nitard, St. Bertin, Luitprand, Witiquind. par Coussin.","","2 v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 40, as above.","Cousin, Louis.","Histoire de l'Empire d'Occident. De la Traduction de Monsieur Cousin, President en la Cour des Monnoyes. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Robert Pepie, M. DC. LXXXIX. [1689.]","D118 .C86","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 268 leaves; vol. II, 176 leaves.

Not in Quérard. This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert.

Original sheep, gilt backs, sprinkled edges; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes, 2 small marginal annotations in ink. Both the bindings are scorched, and the books waterstained. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4 (livres).

The first edition of this work was printed in Paris in 1683." "00990","J. 99","","","","Procopii Anecdota, sive Arcana historia. Gr. Lat. Alemanni.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 127, as above.","Procopius Cæsariensis.","Procopii Cæsariensis. V. I. Aνεκδoτα. Arcana Historia, Qui est liber nonus Historiarum. Ex Bibliotheca Vaticana Nicolaus Alemannus protulit, Latinè reddidit, Notis illustrauit . . . Lvgdvni: [Ioannis Ivllieron] sumpt. Andreæ Brugiotti Bibliopolæ Romani, M. DC. XXIII. [1623.]","DF572 .P8","

First Edition. Folio. 170 leaves, Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns, the notes of Alemannus in long lines; engraved vignette on the title-page, engravings in the text, woodcut ornaments and initials; the printer's name in the colophon.

Brunet IV, page 897. Graesse V, page 455.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4/-.

Procopius, born about 500 A. D., Byzantine historian, was a native of Caesarea in Palestine. The Anecdota, or Unpublished Memoirs, form a Chronique Scandaleuse of the court of Constantinople from 549 to 562.

Nicolo Alemanni, 1583-1626, Greek antiquarian." "01000","J. 100","","","","Goldsmith's Roman history.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 93, as above.","Goldsmith, Oliver.","The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith. The Second Edition. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, T. Davies, and L. Davis, M DCC LXX. [1770.]","DG210 .G5","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 258 leaves; vol. II, 260 leaves, this copy lacks 5 leaves in vol. I, 2 in the first sheet including the title, and Kk2-4.

Lowndes II, page 909. Williams, Seven Eighteenth Century Bibliographies, 145. Scott, Oliver Goldsmith, 223.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1925. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes.

Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774. The Roman History was first printed in 1769, and was reprinted for the same publishers in 1770. The bibliographical references above are to the first edition of which this is an exact reprint. Samuel Baker and George Leigh, the first two names in the imprint, were the founders of the firm of auctioneers now known as Sotheby and Co." "01010","J. 101","","","","Gibbon's hist. of the decline & fall of the Roman empire.","","13. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 92, as above, but with the reading Gibbon's history.","Gibbon, Edward.","The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; Volume the First [-Twelfth]. A New Edition. [Vol. I-VI] London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1783, [vol. VII-XII] Basil: Printed by J. J. Tourneisen. Paris: sold by Pissot, 1788, 1789.—The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . . . Notes to the Six Last Volumes, ib. 1789.","DG311 .G421","

Together 13 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 240 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Jno. Hall after Sir Joshua Reynolds; vol. II, 256 leaves, folded maps; vol. III, 210 leaves; vol. IV, 226 leaves; vol. V, 221 leaves; vol. VI, 215 leaves; vol. VII, 194 leaves; vol. VIII, 218 leaves; vol. IX, 205 leaves; vol. X, 195 leaves; vol. XI, 208 leaves; vol. XII, 180 leaves; vol. XIII, 228 leaves. This copy is mixed; the first six volumes are the regular London edition, the others the Basle pirate which form part of a Series of English Authors, printed in the original language. In this copy the Swiss volumes each have the cancel title, with the Paris imprint added, and the Basle imprint in each volume reads Printed by J. J. Tourneisen [not for as in some copies].

Lowndes II, page 884 (the London edition only). Norton, A Bibliography of the Works of Edward Gibbon, nos. 35, 46.

The volumes are in the original calf, with the exception of vol. XI and XII, which have been rebound in sheep, the original backstrips preserved; vol. I has the 1822 plate, the other volumes that of 1815. These books suffered in the fire of 1851, and many of the bindings have been repaired. The original backstrips of all the volumes have been preserved with the exception of vol. V from which it is missing, and vol. I and X which have renewed backstrips with a later form of the eagle and stamp. Each volume is initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson, and in vol. XII, page 52, he has written the following lines from Ossian:

I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate, the stream of Clutha was removed from it's place by the fall of the walls. the thistle shook there it's lonely head. the moss whistled to the wind. the fox looked out from the windows: the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Ossian's Carthon.

This version differs slightly from the printed one, and may have been quoted from memory. Jefferson had a great respect for the Ossianic poems (see chapter 34) and was not ashamed to own that he thought this rude bard of the North the greatest poet that has ever existed.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 26/6+rel.

Volumes I and III were at one time missing from the set, but were recovered. They are entered on the manuscript list, made after 1815, headed Congressional Books Missing.

Jefferson was interested in helping Pissot in the production of cheap reprints of English authors. On July 6, 1788, he wrote to Francis Hopkinson from Paris:

A printer here has begun to print the most remarkable of the English authors, as that can be done here much cheaper than in England or even Ireland. he supposes America could take off a considerable number of copies, & has therefore applied to me to find a sure correspondent for him. being unacquainted with the printers of Philadelphia & the booksellers, yet satisfied that that would be the best place for him to have a correspondent, I must ask of you to recommend one and to hand to him the inclosed proposals, & the piece of a volume which we send as a specimen, an Octavo volume will cost here 96 sous, which are exactly 4/- sterling, bound & with the abatement of 10 percent about 2/8 sterl. the same in London would cost 7/· above all things let the correspondent be solid in his circumstances. if young m[???] Beach has begun to exercise his destined calling of a printer, he could be the best correspondent for Pissot for many reasons; one is that Pissot is personally known to him, having been the bookseller of Dr. Franklin . . .

This letter interested Franklin in the matter, and he wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on October 24, 1788:

Mr. Hopkinson has communicated to me a Letter of yours with a Proposal of Mr. Pissot's respecting his Editions of English Books. I am much oblig'd by your thinking of my Grandson on this Occasion; And if Mr. Pissot will send over a Dozen of each Work as a Trial, I will take Care that the Terms propos'd shall be punctually comply'd with . . .

Gibbon's Decline and Fall is included in almost all Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian. This history was originally issued in quarto from 1776 to 1778, which edition is one of the ''Grolier Hundred''." "01020","J. 102","","","","Histoire du bas empire par le Beau.","","24 v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 42, as above.","Le Beau, Charles.","Histoire du Bas-Empire, en commençant à Constantin Le Grand. Par Monsieur Le Beau . . . Tome Premier [-Vingt-Quatrieme]. A Paris: chez Desaint & Saillant, M.DCC.LVII.[-M.DCC.LXXXVI.] [1757-1786.]","DF551 .L43 Copy 2","

First Edition. 24 vol. (only) 12mo., half-titles in vol. XI-XVIII inclusive, Fautes à corriger in each volume. The imprints vary from time to time, and from vol. XV, 1773, Desaint's name is replaced by Veuve Desaint.

Brunet III, page 899. Quérard V, page 8.

French mottled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson throughout at sigs. I and T. Jefferson may have bought the book in 1786 whilst he was in France, and during the course of its publication. The complete work with 2 volumes of tables should have 29 volumes. The author died in 1778 whilst vol. XXII was in the press, and the work was completed in 1811 by Ameilhon; the two volumes of Tables Alphabétiques were added in 1817 by Ravier. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles Le Beau, 1701-1778, French historian." "01030","J. 103","","","","Aelianus Perizonii.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 94, as above.","Aelianus, Claudius.","Kλ. Aιλιανoυ σo&phis;ιστoυ πoικιλη ιστoϱια, Cl. Aeliani Sophistae Varia Historia, ad MStos Codices nunc primum recognita & castigata, cum Versione Justi Vulteji, sed innumeris in locis ad Graecum Auctoris contextum emendata, et perpetuo commentario Jacobi Perizonii. Accedunt indices, & plures, & superioribus longe locupletiores. [-Pars Altera.] Lugduni in Batavis: apud Johannem du Vivie, Isaacum Severinum, 1701.—Perizonius, Jacobus. Jac. Perizonii Dissertatio de Morte Judæ . . . ib, 1702.—Jac. Perizonii Responsio ad nuperam Notitiam de Variis Aeliani, aliorumque auctorum, locis, ib, 1703.","PA3821 .A4 1701","

4 parts in 2. 8vo. 294 leaves, 364 leaves, 46 leaves; 55 leaves; engraved frontispiece in part I, and vignette on each of the four titles by P. Sluyter after J. Goeree, engraved illustrations in the text, the first title printed in red and black, De Varia Historia in Greek and Latin in parallel columns; on E1 of the last tract is the half-title for Jac. Perizonius Responsio II.

Brunet I, 62. Dibdin, page 2.

Contemporary vellum. Not initialled by Jefferson in either volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Claudius Aelianus, fl. 200 A. D., Roman author who wrote in Greek. The Varia Historia, in fourteen books, was first printed in Rome in 1545. This is the first edition by Perizonius and the first edition of the two appended tracts by him, frequently found with this edition.

For a book by Perizonius, see no. 10 above." "01040","?J. 104","","","","Aeliani variae historiae. Gr. Lat. Vulteii.","","16s","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Aelianus, Claudius.","æliani variæ historiæ libri XIIII. Item, Rerumpublicarum descriptiones ex Heraclide. Cum Latina interpretatione Iusti Wlteij Wetterani, vtriq; è regione accommodata, & ad Græcũ exemplar, multo quam antehac emendatius, nunc denuò quàm diligentissimè recognita. Lvgd: apvd Ioan. Tornæsivm, Typogr. Reg., cI[???].I[???].xxcvII. [1587.]","PA3821 .A4 1587 copy 2","

16mo. 264 leaves, printer's device on the verso of the last leaf, recto blank, title within a woodcut ornamental border, Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns. In sheets a and b the text is printed on one side only, those sheets have therefore 16 instead of 8 leaves.

Graesse I, page 24. This edition not in Brunet, and not in Quérard. Not in Baudrier.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson and the few manuscript notes are not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2 f.

This may have been Jefferson's copy and omitted from the 1815 catalogue in error, the number written in ink on the 1815 bookplate is undecipherable. The copy is credited to the Jefferson collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues.

The first edition was printed in Rome in 1545." "01050","J. 105","","","","Chronicon Alexandrinum. Gr. Lat. Raderi. Monachii 1624.","","4to. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 91, as above but reading p. 4to.","Chronicon Paschale.","Chronicon Alexandrinvm idemqve astronomicvm et ecclesiasticvm, (vulgò sicvlvm seu Fasti Sicvli) ab Sigonio, Pamvinio, aliisqve passim Lavdatvm, partimqve Graece editvm; nvnc integrvm Græce cvm Latina interpretatione vvlgatvm opera & studio Matthaei Raderi de Societate Iesv. Monachii: ex Formis Annæ Bergiæ vidvæ, cI[???]. I[???]. xxiv. [1624.]","D17 .C5","

4to. 491 leaves: A-Z, AA-ZZ, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Zzzz, Aaaaa-Zzzzz, Aaaaaa-Hhhhhh3 in fours; Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, the latter in Italic letter.

This edition not in Brunet, not in Graesse, and not in Backer.

Rebound in half brown morocco in 1906 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

On the title, in an old hand, is the signature formentin.

Bought from Froullé on March 19, 1789, price 9 (livres) Listed without the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Matthew Rader, 1561-1634, German jesuit. His first edition of the Chronicon Paschale was printed in Munich in 1615." "01060","J. 106","","","","Valerius Maximus.","","not. var. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 95, as above.","Valerius Maximus.","[Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri IX, ex recensione Ant. Thysii Lugduni-Batavorum, 1670.]","PA6791 .V6 1670.","

8vo. 445 leaves only, should be 446; lacks the first leaf with title.

Graesse VI, ii, page 245. Ebert 23330. Dibdin 418.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with a modern bookplate, the 1815 bookplate preserved, pasted down on to a fly-leaf on which another pasted slip has a manuscript transcription of the title. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The few manuscript notes in the book are not in his hand.

Valerius Maximus, fl. A. D. 14, Latin writer. The Maximi dictorum factorumque is a commonplace book of historical anecdotes for the use of schools, taken from Cicero, Livy, Sallust and other authors." "01070","J. 107","","","","Frontini stratagemata. Gaesbeeck. 1675. Frontini strategemata. Amst. 1675. Astutiae militari del Frontino. Ven. 1537","","16s., 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 44, Frontini Stratagemata Gæsbeeck, 1675, 16, and Ital. Ven. 1537, 12mo.","Frontinus, Sextus Julius.","Sexti Julii Frontini viri consularis Strategematicωn sive De solertibus Ducum Factis & Dictis Libri Quatuor. Samuel Tennulius variis Mss. contulit . . . Lugduni-Batav. & Amstelædami: ex officina Abrahami & Adriani à Gaesbeeck, Anno M DC LXXV. [1675.]—Astvtie Militari di Sesto Iulio Frontino huomo consolare, di tvtti li famosi et eccellenti Capitani Romani, Greci, Barbari, et Hesterni . . . MDXXXVII [Tradotta da Fr. Lucio Durantino]. Vinegia: stampato par Giouan' Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio, ad instantia di M. Andrea Ariuabeni. [1536].","PA6389 .F418 1537","

12mo. and small 8vo. These two editions conflated by Jefferson, cut to size and bound in 1 volume. First edition of the Italian translation; title within a woodcut border and the text printed in italic letter throughout. The Amsterdam edition has an engraved frontispiece by Decker.

Ebert 7961 and 7970.

Calf; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1902, probably copied from Jefferson's binding; the 1815 bookplate preserved on the new white endpapers. Each of the books is signed by Jefferson at sigs. I and T where they occur.

Bought from Van Damme of Amsterdam in 1788.

On March 23 of that year Jefferson wrote to Van Damme requesting him to send to his Paris address a number of books from his catalogue including

no. 218. Frontini Stratagematum. Lugd. Bat. 1675. 12mo.

Frontino. Astutie militare. Venetia. 1537. 12mo.

Van Damme's bill, June 25, 1788, includes the Amsterdam edition of 1675, price 2.10.

The receipt of the book was acknowledged by Jefferson on June 29.

The Amsterdam edition is entered twice in the undated as in the dated catalogue, the first time in a separate entry, and later with the Venice edition. In the undated catalogue the former entry has the price 2 (livres).

Sextus Julius Frontinus, c. A. D. 40-103, Roman soldier and author, and at one time governor of Britain. The first three books of the Strategematicon contain examples of military strategem from Greek and Roman history for the use of officers. Liber IV is the work of another author." "01080","J. 108","","","","Historiis antiquis collectanea. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 97, Historicis antiquis Collectanea, Gr. Lat. 8vo.","Upton, James.","[Πoικιλη Iστoϱια, sive Novus Historiarum Fabellarumque Delectus, quam ex Aeliano, Polyæno, Aristotele, Max Tyrio, aliisque probatissimis Scriptoribus Græcis, desumptus: Versione et notis illustravit Jacobus Upton, A. M. . . . Londini, 1726.]","PA260 .A2U7 1700","

8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. with separate signatures. This copy is imperfect, lacking the title and several leaves at the beginning and at the end.

Not in Lowndes. Watt 932v. Allibone III, 2499.

Old sheep, damaged and rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Many leaves have interlinear and marginal translations into English in pencil in another hand; the title Historicis antiquis collectanea is written on the first present leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Upton, 1670-1749, English schoolmaster." "01090","J. 109","","","","Polyaeni stratagemata. Gr. Lat. Vulteii.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 96, Polyæni stratagemma, Gr. Lat. Vulteii, 8vo","Polyaenus.","Πoλυαινoυ στϱατηγηματων βιβλoι oκτω. Polyæni Strategematum Libri Octo. Justo Vultejo interprete. Pancratius Maasvicius recensuit, Isaaci Casauboni, nec non suas, notas adjecit. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Jordanum Luchtmans, & Johannem du Vivié, 1690.","PA4390 .P5 1690","

8vo. 448 leaves, engraved title-page by T. Mulder, woodcut device on the printed title; Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns.

Graesse V, page 393. Dibdin, page 326.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress with the book plates preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Numerous annotations in ink (possibly by William Byrd). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the Library of William Byrd of Westover, with his armorial book plate (listed in his catalogue, Classics, seventh shelf, octavos).

Polyaenus, fl. 2nd century A. D., a Macedonian. The Strategematum, a collection of stratagems and maxims of strategy in the form of anecdotes, was written at the outbreak of the Parthian war, and dedicated to the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

Pancracius Maaswyck [Maasvicius], 1658-1719, Dutch scholar, was a native of Leyden. The Polyaenus of Casaubon and Vultejus was originally printed in 1589. This is Maaswyck's first edition." "01100","J. 110","","","","Apophthegmata. Graeca. Latina. Ital. Gall. Hispan. Tunningii.","","8vo. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 44, as above, but with the reading p 8vo.","Tuningius, Gerardus.","Apophthegmata Græca, Latina, Italica, Gallica, Hispanica; collecta à Gerærdo Tvningio Leidensi, I. C. [Antwerp:] Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, cIc. I[???]. cIx. [1609.]","PN6299 .T8","

First Edition. 8vo. 296 leaves, the Plantin compass device on the title (Haeghen no. 38).

Graesse I, page 167. Not in Ebert. Van der Aa XVIII, 244.

Original vellum. Jefferson has written his initial T before sig. ii, and placed a period after the first i. An old slip of paper with the word Britannica written by Jefferson has been torn from a larger piece and used as a bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ordered with other books by Jefferson from Armand Koenig of Strassburg on June 29, 1789: Apophthegmata Gr. Lat. Ital. Gall. Hisp. Tuningii. 8vo. 1609. Antw 1'' 16. Koenig wrote on July 8 to report he had sent the books, and enclosed his bill. With regard to this item he noted that Le prix de 36 s. dans le catalogue est une erreur, il doit etre de 3.

The book was billed at £3. It is entered without price on Jefferson's undated catalogue.

Gerardus Tuningius (van Tuningen), 1566-1610, Dutch scholar. At the beginning of each part of this work are complimentary verses to him by various poets and scholars written in the languages listed in the title." "01110","J. 111","","","","Lycosthenis Apophthegmata.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 43, as above.","Lycosthenes, Conradus.","[Apophthegmata ex probatis Græcae, Latinæqve lingvæ scriptoribus. A Conrado Lycosthene collecta, & per locos communes, juxta Alphabeti seriem digesta. Postremâ hac editione diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris erroribus expurgatâ, plurimisque centuriis quæ in alteram literam designatæ sunt, locupletata. Accesserunt Parabolæ sive similitudines, ab Erasmo ex Plutarcho & aliis olim excerptæ, deinde per Lycosthenem dispositæ, ac nunc primum aliquot Centuriis auctiores editæ. Londini: apud Thomam Harperum, pro Societate Stationariorum, 1635.]","42/6533","

1 vol. bound in 2. 8vo. 410 leaves only, should be 412: A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Eee8, Fff4; this copy lacks the title and A6; the half-title for Parabolarvm sive Similitvdinvm . . . olim ab Erasmo Roterodamo . . . is on Xx5. The volume division occurs after sig. Ff.

STC 17004.

Bound for Jefferson in 2 vol., tree calf. Initialled by him at sigs. I and T.

Several early signatures occur: Roger Janion, Anno 1669; Thomas Janion; William Janions booke 1668; in the upper margin of A3 is written: The gift of Joseph Watkins? [name partly cut away by the binder] to the Library Company March 10th. 1739/40. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Conradus Lycosthenes [i. e. Conrad Wolffhart], 1518-1561, German philologue. The first edition of the Apophthegemata was published in Basle in 1555, and of the Parabolae in the same city in 1557." "01120","J. 112","","","","Dinothi Memorabilia.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 45, as above.","Dinoth, Richard.","Richardi Dinothi Normanni Constantinatis de Rebvs et factis memorabilibus loci communes historici. Basileæ: Ex officina Petri Pernæ, M. D. LXXX. [1580.]","AG241 .D5","

First Edition. 8vo. 312 leaves; woodcut device on the title, woodcut initials; first leaf backed; at the beginning the list of authors cited.

Not in Brunet. Not in Heckethorn. Haag IV, page 282.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "01130","","","","","","","","","Dinoth, Richard.","Sententiæ Historicorvm Per Richardvm Dinothvm Normannum Constantinatem collectæ. Basileæ: Ex officina Petri Pernæ, M. D. LXXX. [1580.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves, the last leaf backed; woodcut device on the title.

Not in Brunet. Not in Heckethorn. Haag IV, page 282.

Richard Dinoth, d. c. 1590, French historian, a Calvinist, was expatriated for religious reasons." "01140","J. 113","","","","Kennet's antiquities of Rome","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 98, as above.","Kennett, Basil.","Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. I. A Short History of the Rise, Progress, and Decay of the Commonwealth. II. A Description of the City . . . With Copper Cutts of the Principal Buildings, &c. To which are prefix'd Two Essays; concerning the Roman Learning, and the Roman Education. By Basil Kennett, of C. C. C. Oxon . . . The Eleventh Edition Corrected and Improved. London: Printed for W. Innys, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton [and others], MDCCXLVI. [1746.]","DG76 .K34","

8vo. 226 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by V. de Gucht, 14 full page and folded engraved plates; title printed in black and red.

Lowndes III, page 1263 (without date).

Old calf, gilt line borders on the sides. Initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson, who has written his name on the title-page: Ex Libris Thomae [Jefferson], the last word cut away leaving an oblong hole in the paper; both the initials and the inscription are in his early hand. On the fly-leaf is the signature of Robert Lewes, May 23, 1756, with a portion of the inscription torn away. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Basil Kennett, 1674-1715, miscellaneous writer, was the younger brother of Bishop White Kennett (see no. 472). His Romae Antiquae Notitia, dedicated to the Duke of Gloucester, was first published in 1696 and passed through many editions." "01150","J. 114","","","","Vie privée des Romains par D'Arnay.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 48, as above.","Arnay, Jean Rodolphe d'.","De la Vie privée des Romains. A Lausanne: chez Marc-Michel Bousquet & Compagnie, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","DG90 .A6","

12mo. 75 leaves.

Quérard I, page 98.

Contemporary calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2.10 (livres).

Jean Rodolphe d'Arnay, eighteenth century Swiss historian. The dedication of this book to Jean Jaques Sinner is dated from Lausanne, le 24 Juin, 1752, and the first edition appeared in that year. Quérard erroneously states this edition of 1757 to be the first." "01160","J. 115","","","","Moeurs et coutumes des Romains par Bridault.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 49, as above.","Bridault, Jean Pierre.","Moeurs et Coutumes des Romains. Par M. Bridault, Maître de Pension. Tome Premier [Second]. A Paris: chez P. G. Le Mercier, M. DCC. LIV. [1754.]","DG76 .B85","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 154 leaves; vol. II, 162 leaves; the chain-lines are perpendicular instead of horizontal in the last sheet (2 leaves) in each volume. At the end is the Extrait des Offices de Ciceron with the Latin (in italic letter) and the French (in roman letter) texts on opposite pages.

This edition not in Quérard.

Mottled sheep, gilt back, marbled end papers, g. e.

Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes at sigs. I and T; the last sig. T falls on the half title for the Extrait des Offices de Ciceron. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3.

Jean Pierre Bridault, d. 1761, French scholar and author." "01170","J. 116","","","","Lipsii antiquitates Roman. et Fabricii Romae collatio. Lond. 1692. ","","2mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 46, as above.","Lipsius, Justus.","Justi Lipsii Roma illustrata, sive Antiquitatum Romanarum Breviarium. Et Georgii Fabricii Chemnicensis veteris Romæ cum nova collatio. Ex nova Recensione Antonii Thysii, J. C. Cui accesserunt in hâc Editione Justi Lipsii Tractatus Peculiares . . . Cum Figuris Aeneis. In usum studiosæ Juventutis . . . Londini: Impensis Abelis Swalle, & Tim. Childe, MDCXCII. [1692.]","DG76 .L76.","

Sm. 8vo. 193 leaves: []2, B-Z8, Aa7, A8; engraved frontispiece, 1 folded plate, engravings in the text; half-title for Georgii Fabricii Chemnicensis Roma . . . on R4 recto, Index on the last sheet. On Aa7 verso a list of Libri novi quos apud Abel. Swalle & T. Childe venales prostant.

Not in Lowndes. STC L2362. This edition not in Van der Aa.

Original sheep, sprinkled edges (back scorched). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

On the fly-leaf at the beginning (2 pp.) is written in ink in an early hand a list of books headed A Method from Mr. Peter Brown, and at the end is similarly written Mr. Halls method for a fellowship for philosophy with a list of books on 3 pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Justus Lipsius [Joest Lips], 1547-1606, Belgian scholar. The first edition of this work was published in Leyden in 1645.

Georg Fabricius, 1516-1571, German poet, historian, and archaeologist. His Roma, an exhaustive study of the antiquities of Rome, was originally published in 1550.

Antoine Thysius, c. 1603-1665, Dutch historian and philologue, was a pupil of Heinsius, whom he succeeded as librarian of Leyden University." "01180","J. 117","Tracts in antt: history. viz . . . . . . . . . . Description of Priestley's biographical chart Fabbroni della farfalla Fabbroni del bombice e del bisso degl' antichi 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 99, Tracts in Antient history by Priestley and Fabbroni, 8vo.","Three tracts bound together in one volume 12mo., marbled sheep, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as in his manuscript catalogue quoted above (Farfalla written with a capital initial letter). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]CT105 .P7 1785[/TBE]","Description of Priestley's biographical chart.","i.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","A Description of a Chart of Biography; with a Catalogue of all the Names Inserted in it, And the Dates annexed to them . . . By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. A new edition, with improvements. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1785. Where may be had by the same Author, A New Chart of Universal History. [Price of each Chart and Description, &c. 10s.6d.]","","

12mo. 15 leaves: A-B6, C8, 2 engraved folded charts by J. Priestley; the last two leaves contain A Catalogue of all the Names.

Not in Lowndes. Fulton and Peters, page 6.

On July 24, 1786, Jefferson wrote to Stockdale from Paris and ordered, unbound, ''Priestly's biographical chart, with 2. of the pamphlets, the one I received with mine wanting several leaves.''

Stockdale's bill for August 18, 1786, included Priestley's Biogl. Chart and the description, each at 10/6. An N.B. reads:

The Bookseller will not sell the description of the Chart separate, nor will he make make [sic] the book perfect, but if you will at another oportunity specify the pages wanting, I will endeavour myself to get them at the booksellers. J.S.

This was acknowledged by Jefferson on September 13. Copies of this book and the Chart appear more than once on Jefferson's book bills.

Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804, English theologian and man of science, came to America in 1794, where he lived for the remaining ten years of his life. He was a friend and correspondent of Thomas Jefferson over a number of years. This is the eighth edition of his Description of a chart of Biography of which the first was printed in Warrington in 1765." "01190","J. 117","Tracts in antt: history. viz . . . . . . . . . . Description of Priestley's biographical chart Fabbroni della farfalla Fabbroni del bombice e del bisso degl' antichi 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 99, Tracts in Antient history by Priestley and Fabbroni, 8vo.","Three tracts bound together in one volume 12mo., marbled sheep, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as in his manuscript catalogue quoted above (Farfalla written with a capital initial letter). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]CT105 .P7 1785[/TBE]","Fabbroni della Farfalla.","ii.","","","Fabbroni, Adamo.","Della Farfalla Simbolo Egiziano Dissertazione di Adamo Fabbroni Socio dell' Accademia Etrusca di Cortona . . . Firenze MDCCLXXXIII. Per Anton-Giuseppe Pagani, e Comp. Con Approvazione. [1783.]","","

12mo. 25 leaves.

Adamo Fabbroni, Florentine man of letters, was the brother of Giovanni Fabbroni, q. v., with whom Jefferson had correspondence." "01200","J. 117","Tracts in antt: history. viz . . . . . . . . . . Description of Priestley's biographical chart Fabbroni della farfalla Fabbroni del bombice e del bisso degl' antichi 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 99, Tracts in Antient history by Priestley and Fabbroni, 8vo.","Three tracts bound together in one volume 12mo., marbled sheep, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as in his manuscript catalogue quoted above (Farfalla written with a capital initial letter). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]CT105 .P7 1785[/TBE]","Fabbroni del bombice e del bisso degl' antichi.","iii.","","","Fabbroni, Adamo.","Del Bombice e del Bisso degli Antichi Dissertazione di Adamo Fabbroni . . . In Perugia MDCCLXXXII. Nella Stamperia del Costantini Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1782.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 48 leaves, folded plate, imprimatur on the last page.

At the foot of the last page Jefferson has signed his initials in the script capitals used by him in signing his books.

These three tracts, bracketed together, are entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue." "01210","J. 118","","","","Histoire universelle de Bossuet.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 52, as above.","Bossuet, Jacques Benigne.","Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle. Pour expliquer la suite de la religion & les changemens des empires. Premier Partie. Depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à l'Empire de Charlemagne. Par Messire Jacques Benigne Bossuet . . . Dixieme edition.—Continuation de l'Histoire Universelle . . . Tome Second. Depuis l'an 800. de Nôtre Seigneur jusqu'à l'an 1687. inclusivement. [Par Jean de La Barre.] A Amsterdam: aux dépens d'Etienne Roger, 1710-14.","D21.B74 1710","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 222 leaves, including the engraved frontispiece by A. van Buyssen, 3 folded engraved maps; vol. II, 286 leaves, including the engraved frontispiece, the last 5 for Roger's Catalogue; titles printed in red and black, engraved device on each title-page by Sluyter after Roger.

Barbier I, 750. This edition not in Brunet, not in Quérard, not in Verlaque, Bibliographie Raisonnée des Oeuvres de Bossuet, not in Urbain, Bibliographie critique de Bossuet.

French mottled calf, gilt backs, vol. II, with the original marbled end papers (one gone), vol. I joints repaired and end papers renewed. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed in Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price 3f. Another edition is also listed in the undated catalogue, in 4to. price 11.0.

Jacques Benigne Bossuet, 1627-1704, bishop of Meaux. The first edition of the Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle, an early French philosophical history, was published in Paris in 1681, and the book was frequently reprinted and translated.

Jean de la Barre, 1650-1711, French man of letters. The first edition of his Continuation of Bossuet's Histoire Universelle was originally published in 1703." "01220","J. 119","","","","Essai historique et chronologique de l'Abbe Berlié.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 53, as above.","Berlié, L'Abbé de.","Essai Historique et Chronologique, sur les principaux événements qui se sont passés depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours. Par Mr. l'Abbé Berlié. A Lyon: chez Jean Deville, M.DCC.LXVI. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1766.]","D11 .B51","

First Edition. 8vo. 238 leaves: ã4, [???]2, A-Z, Aa-Ff8.

Not in Brunet. This edition not in Quérard.

French mottled calf, gilt ornaments on back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson tried to buy a copy of this work for the Library of Congress from Charles Pougens, Paris, in 1803. On June 9 of that year it is one of a list headed by Pougens: Articles demandés par Mr. Jefferson et qu'on n'a pu encore trouver, with the annotation: Introuvable ä moins du hazard d'une vente.

It is entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.4.

Nothing seems to be known about the Abbé Berlié. Quérard gives 1779 as the first edition of this work and ascribes it to the comte Théophile Berlier, who, born in 1761, was five years of age at the time of the publication of the first edition in 1766." "01230","J. 120","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'hist. anc. avant J. C. par la Combe","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 54, Abrégé Chronologique de l'histoire Ancienne avant Jesus Christ, par La Combe, 12mo.","Lacombe, Jacques.","Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire Ancienne des Empires et des Républiques qui ont paru avant Jesus-Christ. Avec la notice des Savans et Illustres, & des Remarques historiques sur le génie & les mœurs de ces anciens Peuples. Par M. Lacombe, Avocat. A Paris: chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, M.DCC.LVII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1757.]","D59 .L14","

First Edition. 8vo. 284 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 365.

French mottled calf, gilt line borders on the sides, gilt back, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.10.

Jefferson tried to buy a copy of this book in 1803 from Pougens in Paris for the Library of Congress. It is one of a list sent by Pougens on June 9 headed Articles demandés par Mr. Jefferson et qu'on n'a pu encore trouver.

Jacques Lacombe, 1724-1811, French avocat. This work is dedicated to President Hénault, with whom and Philippe Macquer Lacombe collaborated on the Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal, q. v. no. 181." "01240","J. 121","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'histoire des Juifs.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 51, as above.","[Charbuy, François Nicolas.]","Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire des Juifs, jusqu'à la ruine de Jérusalem par Tite sous Vespasien. Avec des discours entre chaque époque . . . A Paris: chez Hug. D. Chaubert, Claude Herissant, M.DCC.LIX. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1759.]","DS114 .C4","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 272 leaves, engraved headpieces by St. Aubin, after Gravelot, St. Fessard direx, dated 1759. Publisher's Avis on the last leaf.

Barbier I, 29. Quérard II, page 132.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e.; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3.10.

François Nicolas Charbuy, c. 1715-1788, French professor and littérateur." "01250","J. 122","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'hist. des Empereurs Romains. Richer.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 3. no. 50, Abrégé Chronologique de l'histoire des Empereurs Romains, Richer, 2 v 12mo.","[Richer, Adrien.]","Nouvel Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire des Empereurs. Tome Premier [Second]. A Paris: chez la veuve David, jeune, M. DCC. LXVII. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1767.]","DG270 .R5","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 308 leaves; vol. II, 312 leaves.

Barbier III, 537. Quérard VIII, page 36.

French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r. e.; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7.0.

Adrien Richer, 1720-1798, French author. The first edition of this work was printed in 1753,4, and, according to Barbier, la dédicace de l'auteur, Adrien Richer, au président Hénault, et l'avertissement qui la suit, ont été retranchés dans les exemplaires avec nouveau titre daté de Paris, 1767." "01260","J. 123","","","","Histoire ancienne de Milot.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 55, as above.","Millot, Claude François Xavier.","Elémens d'Histoire Générale. Premiere Partie. Histoire Ancienne. Par M. l'Abbé Millot, de l'Académie Françoise, & des Académies de Lyon & de Nancy. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Nouvelle édition, augmentée. A Paris: chez Durand neveu [de l'Imprimerie de Prault], M. DCC. LXXVIII. Avec Approbation & Privilège du Roi. [1778.]","D59 .M65","

4 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 231 leaves; vol. II, 236 leaves; vol. III, 236 leaves; vol. IV, 240 leaves; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard VI, page 142. Not in Backer.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled at sigs. I and T in each volume by Jefferson, who has written on the fly-leaf in vol. I:

'Millot a du moins le merite d'avoir ecrit l'histoire en philosophe, et de ne s'etre jamais souvenu qu'il etait jesuite et pretre.' lettre de d'Alembert 57. Voltaire 310.

Jefferson bought three copies of this work from Froullé, on June 27 and August 16, 1787, and January 31, 1789, each set relié, price 12 livres. The one for his own use is listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, with that price.

Millot's histories are usually to be found on Jefferson's lists of recommended reading.

Claude François Xavier Millot, 1726-1785, French historian, scholar, and jesuit abbé. D'Alembert's justification of him as quoted by Jefferson, was originally spoken to reassure the members of the Académie Française, who were hesitating to elect him a member of that body. The Elemens d'Histoire Générale was originally published in 1772,3; it was frequently reprinted, and translated into several languages.

For Jefferson's copy of Part II. Histoire Moderne, see no. 154." "01270","J. 124","","","","Histoire ancienne de Rollin.","","13. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 56, as above.","Rollin, Charles.","Histoire Ancienne des Egyptiens, des Carthaginois, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Medes et des Perses, des Macedoniens, des Grecs. Par M. Rollin . . . Tome Premier [-Treizieme]. A Amsterdam: chez J. Wetstein et G. Smith, 1735-41, and Paris: chez la Veuve Estienne [de l'Imprimerie de Quillau], 1735,6.","D57 .R7 1735","

A mixed set. 13 vol. 12mo. vol. IX and X are the original Paris edition printed by the veuve Estienne, 1735,6. The books collate as follows: vol. I, dated 1740, 276 leaves; vol. II, 1741, 264 leaves, the last a blank; vol. III, 1739, 310 leaves; folded engraved plan; vol. IV, 1735, 252 leaves; folded engraved map; vol. V, 1740, 262 leaves; vol. VI, 1741, 300 leaves; vol. VII, 1735, 254 leaves including half-title, (sig. Y misbound); vol. VIII, 1735, 308 leaves; folded plate; vol. IX, Paris 1735, 316 leaves; vol. X, ib, 1736, 294 leaves; the leaves in the first alphabet have asterisked pagination [*1]-120*, the second alphabet begins separate pagination, the printer's imprint is at the end of both the Paris volumes; vol. XI, 1737, 317 leaves; including the title for Tome Onzieme. Seconde Partie, with separate pagination; vol. XII, 1739, 324 leaves; vol. XIII, 1739, 269 leaves; titles of the Amsterdam edition printed in red and black with printers' engraved devices, the Paris titles in black without devices.

Original calf, gilt backs; the 2 volumes with Paris imprints measure slightly larger, they are also in original calf, gilt backs, and have marbled end papers, r. e.

Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout (in vol. XI, at sig. I in both alphabets). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

The volumes of the Amsterdam edition are from the library of George Gilmer, and have his signature in several places, in vol. II with a portion of a date in French: G. Gilmer son Livre le vingt neuvieme de Novembre. Vol. I and II have also the signature Ex Libris Johannis Walker, with the date 1760. Vol. IX and X, the two volumes of the first edition, are from the library of Lord Dunmore, and have his autograph signature on the titles. [The Gilmer and Walker families were closely related, and were connected by marriage with the Merewether family and hence with Martha Jefferson. John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, was the colonial governor of Virginia at the time of the Revolution, and returned to England in 1776.]

Charles Rollin, 1661-1741, French historian. The first edition of this work was printed by Estienne in Paris 1730-1738." "01280","J. 125","","","","Universal history.","","20. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 100, as above.","An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes &c. with a General Index to the Whole . . . Vol. I [-XX.] London: Printed for T. Osborne, A. Millar, and J. Osborn, M.DCC.XLVII. [-M.DCC.LXVIII.]","[1747-8.]","D20 .U59 Copy 2","

20 vol. only. 8vo. Folded and full page engraved maps and plates in every volume by Basire, Monk, Blundell, Guignion and others, many in this copy lacking and some defective, printer's device on every title-page. A List of the Names of such Subscribers as are come to hand includes the German Town Library of Philadelphia and the Union Library Company of Philadelphia. This copy is without vol. XXI, the Chronological Tables to the foregoing Twenty Volumes, printed in 1754.

Lowndes V, page 2740.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate in each volume with the exception of vol. I and vol. XVII from which it has been removed; in vol. IV the plate is partly torn away. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

On October 25, 1825, in a letter to George Washington Lewis on the history course at the University of Virginia, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the antient Universal history should be on our shelves as a book of general reference, the most learned, and most faithful perhaps that ever was written. it's style is very plain, but perspicuous . . .

Jefferson had the ancient portion only of the Universal History; the complete work had in addition a modern portion in 44 volumes. The first edition was in folio, 1736-65, 26 vol. The compilers of the ancient portion were George Sale, q. v. Chap. 17, John Swinton, 1703-1777, English historian and antiquary, John Campbell (q. v. Chap. 3), George Shelvocke, d. 1760, Archibald Bower (q. v. Chap. 5) and the impostor George Psalmanazar, 1679?-1763." "01290","J. 126","","","","Howel's history of the world.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 128, as above.","Howell, William.","An institution of General History, or the History of the World. Being a complete body thereof, from the beginning of the world till the monarchy of Constantine the Great . . . The Second Edition with large additions. By William Howel, LL.D. sometime Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge . . . London: for Henry Herringman, Thomas Basset, William Crook, and William Cademan, 1680—An Institution . . . The Second Part . . . ib: for Thomas Bassett, William Crook, and William Cademan, 1680—An Institution of General History, or the History of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the World. Contemporary with the Second Part . . . ib: Printed for the Authors Widdow, by Miles Flesher, 1685—An Institution of General History, or the History of the World. The Third Part . . . ib., 1685—An Institution . . . The Fourth Part. ib., 1685.","D57 .H85","

Folio. 3 vol. vol. I, 498 leaves [this copy lacks sig. Zzzzz and sig. Gggggg]; vol. II (lettered Part 3 on the binding) 376 leaves; vol. III (lettered Part 2 on the back) 109 leaves; titles printed in red and black, publishers' advertisement on the last leaf, some leaves foxed.

Lowndes II, page 1130. STC H3138.

Bound in old calf, repaired and some endpapers renewed by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume.

William Howell, 1638?-1683, English historian. The later volumes of his history were published by his widow Mary Howell, and dedicated by her to King James II." "01300","J. 127","","","","Raleigh's history of the world.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 129, as above.","Raleigh, Sir Walter.","The History of the World, in Five Books. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt. The Eleventh Edition, printed from a copy revis'd by himself. To which is prefix'd the Life of the Author, newly compil'd from materials more ample and authentick than have yet been publish'd; by Mr. Oldys. Also his Trial, with some Additions: Together with a new and more copious Index to the whole Work. In Two Volumes. Volume I. [II.] London: Printed for G. Conyers, J. J. and P. Knapton [and others], MDCCXXXVI. [1736.]","D57 .R17","

2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 340 leaves; vol. II, 246 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue, dated 1735, 8 double page maps, title printed in red and black, text in double columns.

Brushfield, The Bibliography of Sir Walter Raleigh, page 224.

Old calf, restored and end papers renewed by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T and 5I and 5T. The two marginal notes are not by Jefferson.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work from Lackington's catalogue in a letter to John Trumbull, written from Paris on October 2, 1788:

I subjoin below a little note of what I wish to have from Lackington . . . 438. Raleigh's history of the world. 7/6.

The receipt was acknowledged by Jefferson on November 1:

I have duly received your two favors of Oct. 10. & 17. and also the books from Lackington's . . .

Raleigh's History of the World in 2 vol. folio is entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 5/6.

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552?-1618. The History of the World which covers the period from the Creation to 130 B.C. was first published in 1614, and was Raleigh's last printed work. It was written between 1607 and 1614, when Raleigh was a prisoner in the Tower, and was intended for Prince Henry, whose death in 1612 deprived Raleigh of his chief motive for the continuation of the work.

Sir William Oldys, 1696-1761, Norroy king-of-arms. This is the first edition of his life of Sir Walter Raleigh." "01310","128","","","","Hearne's system of universal history.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 101, as above.","Hearne, Thomas.","Ductor Historicus: or, a short system of Universal History, and an Introduction to the study of it. The Third Edition augmented and improved. In three Books . . . By Tho. Hearne, M. A. of St. Edm. Hall, Oxon. London: Printed by H. Clark, for Tim. Childe, 1714—Oxford, 1704.","","

2 vol. 8vo. engraved frontispiece in each volume.

Lowndes II, page 1022.

Thomas Hearne, 1678-1735, English antiquary, was at one time assistant to John Hudson, Librarian of the Bodleian. Soon after taking his degree he refused an opportunity of coming to Maryland as a missionary. The first edition of this work was published in Oxford in 1704, and volume II was not reprinted for this edition." "01320","129","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 47, Goldsmith's Essay's, 12mo","","","","This entry is not in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and no edition of Goldsmith's Essays is credited to the Jefferson collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues (in which the Essays are placed in chapter 44). There is not a copy from Jefferson's Library in the Library of Congress at the present time." "01330","1","","","","Leçons d'histoire de Volney.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 86, as above.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Leçons d'Histoire, prononcées a l'école Normale, en l'An III de la République Française . . . Accompagné de Notes, et de trois Plans relatifs à l'art de construire les salles d'assemblées publiques et délibérantes. Par C.-F. Volney, Membre de l'Institut. A Paris: chez J. A. Brosson, an VIII. [1799.]","D16 .V92","

First Edition. 8vo. 126 leaves, folded engraved double-page plan.

Quérard X, page 273.

Jefferson's copy was bound by J. March in August 1805, at a cost of $1.00, and therefore probably in calf, gilt.

It was purchased from P. & C. Roche, of Philadelphia, one of a list which Jefferson ordered from their catalogue in a letter dated from Washington, May 17, 1805.

The books were sent by Roche on May 20, with the bill:

1. Leçons d'histoire par Volney 1 volume 8vo. Broché (C'est par erreur que l'on a porté sur notre Catalogue cet ouvrage en 2 vols.) 1.25

A translation into English, with the title Lectures on History, was published in London in the same year 1800, of which Jefferson bought a copy for the Library of Congress from Rapine, Conrad & Co., on May 4, 1802, price 75 cents.

Volney's Leçons d'Histoire is usually included in Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney, 1757-1820, French savant, was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson, and visited him at Monticello. The Leçons d'Histoire is one of Volney's minor works, written when he was Professor of History at the newly founded Ecole Normale, where his colleagues, as given on the back of the half-title of this book, included Lagrange, Laplace, Haüy, Daubenton, Berthollet, Bernardin-St-Pierre, Laharpe and others." "01340","2","","","","Blair's chronology.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. A, Blair's Chronology, fol. grand.","Blair, John.","The Chronology and History of the World, from the Creation to the Year of Christ, 1753; illustrated in LVI Tables; Of which IV are Introductory & include the Centurys prior to the Ist. Olympiad; And each of the remaining LII contain in one expanded View, 50 Years or Half a Century By the Revd. John Blair L.L.D. . . London: Printed in the Year MDCCLIV. [1754.]","","

First Edition. Folio. 58 engraved and 15 printed leaves: engraved title, the letterpress by Kitchin after Champion, vignette by S. F. Ravenet after Eisen, engraved leaf of dedication to Philip Earl of Hardwick with his arms by J. Bayly, 3 printed leaves unsigned, B, C, D, each a single leaf, 56 numbered engraved plates of text, double-page with the exception of nos. 21 to 28 which are single leaves, A-I in printed single leaves; the double-page plates are engraved on both sides, the single ones on one side only.

Lowndes 1, page 215, erroneously gives 1756 as the first edition.

The three unsigned leaves at the beginning contain the List of Subscribers, which includes Richard Peters, Esq. of Philadelphia; The Library Company of Philadelphia; The Academy of Philadelphia; Mr. Charles Willing, of Philadelphia.

John Blair, d. 1782, Scottish chronologist." "01350","J. 3","","","","Newton's chronology.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 140, as above.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. By Sir Isaac Newton. London: Printed for J Tonson, and J. Osborn and T. Longman, MDCCXXVIII. [1728.]","D59 .N561","

First Edition. 4to. 196 leaves; engraved headpiece by Foudrinier, engraved initial, 3 folded engraved plates containing a Description of the Temple of Solomon; a4 verso has Advertisement and Errata.

Lowndes III, page 1674. Gray, Sir Isaac Newton, a Bibliography, 309.

Original calf, rebacked, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and with corrections in ink by him; on page 103 the word Crete is altered to Sicily.

Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727. This system of ancient chronology was composed by Newton as a young man when at Cambridge, but not published. In 1715 he gave it to the Princess of Wales who allowed the Abbé Conti to take a copy of it, and in 1725 it was published in France without the permission of Newton who had neglected to answer two letters from Freret, the publisher. Newton then consented to prepare his work for the press, but died in 1727 before the preparation was complete. The book was issued by Newton's friend, Henry Pemberton, in 1728. The dedication to the Queen is signed by John Conduitt, Newton's nephew by marriage, who succeeded him as master of the mint." "01360","4","","","","Helvicus's chronology,","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 159, as above.","Helwig, Christoph.","The Historical and Chronological Theatre of Christopher Helvicus . . . Faithfully done into English according to the two best Editions, viz. that of Francofurt, and that of Oxford. And inlarg'd with Additions all throughout, and continued down to the Present Times. London: Printed by N. Flesher, for George West and John Crosley, Booksellers in Oxford, 1687.","D18 .H49","

Folio. 139 leaves; title-page printed in red and black.

Arber, Term Catalogues II, page 176. Madan 2170 note. STC H1411.

Christoph Helwig, 1581-1617, German chronologist. This work was originally written in Latin and published in 1609. The Francofurt and Oxford editions mentioned in the title were printed in 1666 and 1651 respectively. This is the second edition of the English translation which had first appeared in London in 1677. In this edition Roger L'Estrange's License, October 19, 1686, is on the verso of (c)1. The work is arranged in tabular form; it begins with Adam and ends in 1685. There is no mention of the discovery of America, of Columbus nor of other American explorers. The invention of the art of printing by John Gutenberg of Strasburg is noted in the year 1440." "01370","5","","","","Weeks' introduction to chronology.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 1, as above.","Weeks, J. Eyre.","Introduction to Chronology. Dublin, 1750.","","

12mo.

No copy of this book has been located for collation, and no copy has been traced in any bibliography. Not in the

British Museum Catalogue.

James Eyre Weeks, or Weekes, who may have been the author of this work, died in 1762." "01380","6","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 11, Colvin's historical letters, 12mo.","[Colvin, John B.]","Historical Letters; originally Written for and Published in the Virginia Argus: including a brief but general View of the History of the World, Civil, Military and Religious, from the Earliest Times to the Year of our Lord, 1811 . . . Richmond: Printed and Published by Samuel Pleasants, 1812.","D7 .C7","

First Edition. 12mo. 142 leaves: []4, the first a blank, []6, C-Y6, the last a blank, in a 25 letter alphabet.

This edition not in Sabin, not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to him from Washington City, March 26, 1813:

I beg you to accept the accompanying volume of ''Historical Letters.'' I confess I am ashamed of the typographical execution of the work, the badness of which is chiefly to be attributed to its being published to the South of the Potomac. It is a reproach to that part of the United States that so useful an art as that of printing, should be there so much neglected, in point of embellishment, as it is . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 8:

I thank you for the historical work you have been so kind as to send me . . . it will also be a convenient Manuel even to proficients, who often wish to consult shorter works for a refreshment of memory when occasion occurs for taking more general views. for these purposes doubtless the work you sent me will be useful, & it's cheapness as well as brevity will probably bring it into considerable demand . . .

In the second edition of this work published in 1821 by Milligan in Georgetown, this letter is quoted in full.

Jefferson is mentioned in the text of the volume, page 282:

In 1801 Thomas Jefferson was elected to the same office [i. e., the Presidency], and was re-chosen in 1805: He voluntarily retired in 1809, when James Madison succeeded him.

John B. Colvin, fl. 1800-1821, American newspaper editor and lawyer, was for a time a clerk in the State Department in Washington. The Preface Dedicatory of the book, dated October, 1812, is addressed to Mrs. James Madison." "01390","7","","","","Priestly's description and chart of biography.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 88, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","A Description of a System of Biography; with a Catalogue of all the Names inserted in it, and the Dates annexed to them . . . By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. A New Edition, with Improvements. Philadelphia: Printed by Akerman & Hancock, for Mathew Carey, 1803.","CT105. P7 1803","

8vo. 31 leaves, 21 folded engraved chronological charts, the first two by Shallus, unnumbered, the remainder unsigned, and numbered 1 to 19.

This edition not in Sabin. Fulton & Peters, page 7, record two issues of this date printed in Philadelphia.

The charts extend from 4000 B. C. to 1750 A. D.; the last three names are Adam Smith, Sam. Johnson and Barthelemy.

For an edition without the charts see Chap. 1, no. 118.

This book was missing at the time of the sale of the Library to Congress, and a copy was supplied by Milligan at Jefferson's request, on May 6, 1815 (bought from William F. Gray, Richmond, price $2.00).

The above entry in Jefferson's catalogue is preceded by an entry for the 12mo. edition already placed by him in chapter 1. See no. 118.

There is a separate listing of this edition in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue (page 13, no. 2) so it is possible Jefferson had another copy." "01400","8","","","","Priestly's lectures on history.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 87, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","Lectures on History, and General Policy; to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [II]. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1793.","D7 .P9","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 212 leaves; vol. II, 248 leaves; a folded engraved chart as frontispiece to each volume.

This edition not in Lowndes. Fulton & Peters, page 13.

The first edition of this work was printed in Birmingham, England, in 1788. The dedication, reprinted in this edition, is dated from Birmingham, Jan. 1, 1788, and addressed to Benjamin Vaughan, to whom these lectures were formerly addressed . . . as a pupil." "01410","9","","","","Chr. Stephani Dictiona[???]. Histori[???]. Geographi[???]. Poeti[???]. Lloydii. Oxon. 1671.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 160, Car. Stephani Dictionarium Historic, Geographicum, Poeticum, Lloydii, Oxon, 1671, fol.","Estienne, Charles.","Dictionarium Historicum Geographicum, Poeticum, Authore Carolo Stephano . . . Editio Novissima . . . Recensuit, supplevit, locisque penè infinitis emaculavit Nicolavs Lloydivs, Collegii Wadhami in celeberrima Academia Oxoniensi Socius . . . Oxonii: excudebat G. H[all] & D[owning], sumptibus Johan. Williams, Georg. West, Amos Curteyne & Johan Crosley, Anno Dom. 1671.","DE5 .E7","

Folio. 420 leaves; the title for this edition is followed by that for the edition of 1670, of which this is a reissue with a new title-page.

This edition not in Lowndes. Hazlitt II, page 355. Madan 2909. STC E3348.

Charles Estienne, 1504-1564, the third son of Henri Estienne, originally published his Dictionarium, the first French encyclopedia, in 1553.

Nicholas Lloyd, 1630-1680, English historical compiler. His edition of Estienne's work was published after thirty years' labour." "01420","10","","","","Abr. of the historl., geographl., chronologl. & poeticl.. dict.","","1st. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 89, Abridgment of the historical, geographical, chronological and poetical dictionary, 1st vol. 8vo.","","An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary, exactly describing the Situation, Extent, Customs, Laws, Manners, Commodities, &c. of all Kingdoms, Common-Wealths, Provinces, Islands and Cities, in the known World. Containing likewise the Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes, Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, and other eminent Persons; with an Account of the Inventors and Improvers of Arts and Sciences, Philosophers, and all Celebrated Authors. Also the History of the Pagan Gods . . . The Whole consisting of a curious Miscellany of Sacred and Prophane History, Extracted from Moreri, Bayle, Baudrand, Hoffman, Danet, and many more of the best and choicest Historians, Geographers, Chronologers and Lexicographers, Antient and Modern. In Two Volumes . . . London: Printed for J. Hartley, W. Turner and Tho. Hodgson, 1703.","","

Sm. 4to. vol. I [only]. 380 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last page. The caption title on the first leaf of text reads: An Abridgment of Moreri's, Baile's, Hoffman's and Dannet's &c. Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical, and Poetical Dictionaries . . .

The book is technically a small quarto but has the appearance and measurements of an 8vo.

Arber, Term Catalogues III, 380.

This appears to be the first edition in this format. The complete work is in 2 volumes." "01430","11","","","","Dictionnaire de Bayle.","","4. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 16, as above.","Bayle, Pierre.","Dictionaire Historique et Critique, par Mr. Pierre Bayle. Cinquieme Edition, Revue, Corrigée, et Augmentée. Avec La Vie de l'Auteur, par Mr. Des Maizeaux. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Amsterdam, Leide, La Haye, Utrecht: chez P. Brunel [and other Libraires], 1740.","CT95 .B28","

4 vol. Folio. vol. I, 428 leaves; vol. II, 460 leaves; vol. III, 459 leaves; vol. IV, 358 leaves; title-pages in red and black, engraved vignettes on the titles by P. Tanjé after A. van der Werff, and by I. M. Schenk, engraved headpiece by B. Picart.

Quérard I, page 231. Haag I, page 76.

Pierre Bayle, 1646-1706, French philosopher and man of letters. The Dictionnaire historique et critique was originally published in 1696 and was the first work published by Bayle in his own name. It was immediately proscribed in France and Holland.

Pierre Desmaizeaux, 1666-1745, French scholar, was a member of the Royal Society of London." "01440","12","","","","Dictionnaire de Moreri avec deux supplements,","","10. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 162, as above.","Moreri, Louis.","Le Grand Dictionnaire historique ou le mélange curieux de l'Histoire sacrée et profane . . . tirées du Dictionnaire critique de M. Bayle, par Mre. Louis Moreri . . . Nouvelle . . . édition . . . [par Louis François Joseph de La Barre, avec le collaboration de l'abbé Jean Le Clerc et de M. Vailly.] Paris: J. B. Coignard [or D. Mariette], 1725—Supplément au Grand Dictionnaire . . . de M. Louis Moreri, pour servir à la dernière édition de l'an 1732 . . . [Par l'abbé C. P. Goujet.] Paris: la Veuve Lemercier, 1735.—Nouveau Supplément au Grand Dictionnaire . . . de M. Louis Moréri . . . [Par l'abbé Goujet.] Paris: J. Vincent, 1749.","","

Together 10 vol. Folio. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Quérard VI, page 313.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8. o. (livres).

Louis Moreri, 1643-1680, French polygraph, was a native of Provence. The first edition of his Dictionnaire was published in Lyons in 1674. Copies of the 1725 edition, which was the finest that had appeared to that time, have the imprint of Coignard or of Mariette.

Louis François Joseph de La Barre, 1688-1738, French scholar, the editor of the edition of 1725.

Claude Pierre Goujet, 1697-1767, abbé, French historian and man of letters. This is the first edition of his first supplement to Moreri's Dictionnaire. The second supplement was originally published in 1748." "01450","13","","","","Collier's historical dict.","","4. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 163, as above.","Moreri, Louis—Collier, Jeremy.","The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary; being a Curious Miscellany of Sacred and Prophane History . . . Collected from the best Historians, Chronologers, and Lexicographers; as Calvisius, Helvicus, Isaacson, Marsham, Baudrand, Hoffman, Lloyd, Chevreau, and others; But more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his Eighth Edition Corrected and Enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; In Two Volumes in Folio . . . The First [-Second] Volume. The Second Edition Revis'd, Corrected and Enlarg'd to the Year 1688; By Jer. Collier, A.M.—A Supplement to the Great Historical . . . Dictionary . . . Together with a Continuation from the Year 1688, to this Time, by another Hand.—An Appendix to the Three English Volumes in Folio of Morery's Great Historical . . . Dictionary . . . By Jer. Collier, A.M. London: Vol. I and II for Henry Rhodes, Thomas Newborough, the Assigns of L. Meredith, and Elizabeth Harris, 1701; Supplement, for Henry Rhodes and Thomas Newborough, 1705; Appendix, Printed by Geo. James, and sold by R. Sare and F. Gyles, B. and S. Tooke, G. Strahan, W. Taylor, J. Bowyer and W. and J. Innys, 1721.","D9 .M82; D9 .M83","

Second edition of vol. I and II. First Edition of the Supplement and the Appendix. Folio. Vol. I, 411 leaves; vol. II, 315 leaves; Supplement, 346 leaves; Appendix, 280 leaves; engraved portrait of Collier by R. White as frontispiece in vol. I; titles printed in red and black; lists of Subscribers in the Supplement and in the Appendix (include the name of Narcissus Luttrell).

Lowndes I, page 497.

For a note on Moreri see the previous number.

Jeremy Collier, 1650-1726, English non-juror, founded his dictionary, originally published in 1701, on that of Moreri from which it was in part translated. It was compiled during the controversy caused by his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. The Preface in the first volume gives an account of previous dictionaries." "01460","14","","","","Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique par l'Abbé Lavocat.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 3, as above.","Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste.","Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif; contenant l'Historie des Patriarches, des Princes Hebreux, des Empereurs, des Rois, et des grands Capitaines . . . Avec leurs principaux Ouvrages & leurs meilleures Editions . . . Par M. l'Abbé Ladvocat, Docteur, Bibliothéquaire, & Professeur de la Chaire d'Orléans, en Sorbonne. Nouvelle Edition corrigée et augmentée . . . Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. Supplément au Dictionnaire Historique . . . A Paris: Du Fonds de la Veuve Didot, chez Le Clerc, 1777, 89.","YA 15933","

Together 4 vol. 8vo. First Edition of the Supplément. vol. I, 368 leaves; vol. II, 394 leaves, vol. III, 422 leaves; Supplément, 354 leaves; folded printed genealogical table of the Estienne family. The imprint of P. Fr. Gueffier is at the end of vol. I and of Lottin at the end of the Supplément.

Quérard IV, page 387.

On August 8, 1789, Jefferson purchased an edition of this work in four volumes from Froullé, price 17 livres. He bought other editions in the same year as follows: July 23, 1 volume, 21 livres; July 26, 9 vol. 8vo., 46 livres, and another in 1 volume, 17 livres. In 1803 he tried to buy a copy for the Library of Congress from Charles Pougens, who in a letter to Jefferson dated from Paris, June 9, reported the Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique par Ladvocat 4 vol. in 12, to be Epuisé et peu estimé.

The edition in 4 vol. 12mo. is listed without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat, 1709-1765, for a time Librarian at the Sorbonne, first published this work, an abridgment of Moreri's Dictionary (see no. 144 above) in 1747.

Charles Guillaume Leclerc, 1723-1794, published Ladvocat's work, and added the Supplement." "01470","15","","","","Dictionnaire historique par un societé de gens de lettres.","","9. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 90, as above.","[Chaudon, Louis Mayeul.]","Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique; ou Histoire Abrégée de tous les Hommes qui se sont fait un nom par des Talens, des Vertus, des Forfaits, des Erreurs, &c. Depuis le Commencement du Monde jusqu'a nos Jours . . . Avec des Tables chronologiques pour réduire en Corps d'Histoire les Articles répandus dans ce Dictionnaire. Par une Société de Gens-de-Lettres. Septième édition, revue, corrigée, & considérablement augmentée . . . Tome Ier [-IX]. A Caen: chez G. Leroy; A Lyon: chez Bruyset, Freres, 1789.","CT142 .C5","

9 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 388 leaves; vol. II, 354 leaves; vol. III, 390 leaves; vol. IV, 361 leaves; vol. V, 306 leaves; vol. VI, 321 leaves; vol. VII, 270 leaves; vol. VIII, 303 leaves; vol. IX, 269 leaves.

Barbier III, 499. Quérard II, page 158.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this edition for the Library of Congress from Charles Pougens of Paris, who, in a letter dated June 9, 1803, included it in a list of articles demandés par Mr. Jefferson et qu'on n'a pu encore trouver with the notation that ''On reimprime cet ouvrage a Lyon en 12 vol. 8o''

The edition in 9 volumes is entered without price, in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Louis Mayeul Chaudon, 1737-1817, French abbé, man of letters, and bio-bibliographer. The first edition of this work was printed in Avignon in 1766, and was intended to supersede Ladvocat's abridgment of Moreri's Dictionary (see no. 146). The seventh edition described above was the last of which Chaudon was the sole editor. According to Quérard it should have a supplement in four volumes." "01480","16","","","","Dictionnaire des hommes marquans de la fin du 18me siecle,","","2. to. in 1. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 91, as above but omitting 2. to. in 1. vol.","[Coiffier de Verseux, Henri Louis, Baron.]","Dictionnaire Biographique et Historique des Hommes Marquans de la Fin du Dix-Huitième Siècle, et plus particulièrement de ceux qui ont figuré dans la Révolution françoise. Suivi d'un supplément et de 4 tableaux des massacres et proscriptions. Rédigé par une Société de Gens de Lettres. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. Londres [Hambourg], 1800.","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 256 leaves; vol. II, 264 leaves; vol. III, 275 leaves; 4 folded printed tables.

Barbier I, 956. Tourneux IV, 20560. Graesse II, 386.

This book was in Jefferson's library before October 22, 1801, when a copy was offered to him by Dufief:

Je viens de recevoir de Londres un ouvrage curieux intitulé ''Dictionnaire biographique & historique des hommes marquans de la fin du 18eme. Siecle & plus particulierement de ceux qui ont figuré dans la Revolution française &c.'' Je me propose de le garder quelques tems afin de le lire; ainsi s'il vous interesse il sera a votre disposition: prix six dollars les 3 v. 8vo. . . .

Jefferson replied on November 1 that he already owned a copy:

. . . I have the Dictionnaire des hommes Marquans. judging of it's merit by turning to the characters I personally know, it is the work of a zealous partisan of the ancien regime. still it is useful to possess . . .

The work was issued in 3 volumes 8vo. as stated by Dufief. Jefferson describes his copy as 2 to. in 1 vol. The 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues make no mention of the number of volumes, implying that the book was perfect in one volume.

Neither Jefferson nor Dufief suggests the author's name. The work, formerly ascribed to Dubois de la Maisonfort, is now attributed to Coiffier de Verseux.

The biographies include Sir John Adams [sic], l'un des fondateurs de la rép. américaine and George Washington. There is no biography of Jefferson." "01490","17","","","","Galerie des hommes illustres de la Platiere.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 141, as above.","La Platière, Sulpice Imbert, Comte de.","Galerie universelle des hommes qui se sont illustres dans l'empire des lettres depuis le siècle de Léon X. jusqu'à nos jours . . . ornée de leur portraits. Paris: Bailly, 1787-8.","","

Second Edition. 4 vol. 4to. No copy of this work has been located for collation. It was issued over a period of years, the complete work having seventy-eight cahiers, each with a portrait. The work was originally issued anonymously par une société de gens de lettres, but the second edition is signed by le Cte. de la Platière.

Quérard IV, page 179.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers to this work. In an undated letter, probably written about 1788, La Platière wrote to him:

L'Histoire Générale des femmes des matieres les plus inconnues Doit naturellement servir de Suite à la Galerie universelle des hommes célèbres que vous avez bien voulu honorer de votre souscription . . .

This work is listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Sulpice Imbert, comte de la Platière, fl. 1788, French soldier, author and artist." "01500","18","","","","Dictionnaire de diplomatique par Dom de Vaynes.","","2. v. 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 92, as above.","Vaines, François Jean de.","Dictionnaire Raisonné de Diplomatique, contenant les regles principales & essentielles pour servir à déchiffrer les anciens Titres, Diplomes & Monuments, ainsi qu'à justifier de leur date & de leur authenticité. On y a joint des Planches rédigées aussi par ordre alphabétique & revues avec le plus grand soin, avec des explications à chacune, pour aider également à connoître les caracteres & écritures des différentes âges & de différentes nations. Par Dom de Vaines, Religieux Bénédictin de la Congrégation de S. Maur. Tome Premier [-Second]. Paris: chez Humbolt [De l'imprimerie de Didot], 1774.","CD40 .V14","

First Edition. Second issue. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 286 leaves, 25 engraved plates; vol. II, 244 leaves, 26 engraved plates, printer's imprint at the end. The first issue has Lacombe's name in the imprint, and vol. I. dated 1773; this issue has a cancel slip with Humbolt's imprint pasted over that of Lacombe.

Brunet V, page 1028. Quérard X, page 9. Robert, Supplement a l'Histoire littéraire de la Congregation de Saint Maur, page 93. De Lama 644.

Entered on Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, price 15.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens, June 8, 1803, at the same price (reduced for him from 18) was intended for the Library of Congress.

François Jean de Vaines, fl. 1753-1790. A Parisian by birth, de Vaines made profession at Saint Faron de Meaux in 1753 at the age of nineteen, and is known to have been living in April 1790." "01510","19","","","","the Chronologist of the war of 1789-96.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 4, as above.","","The Chronologist of the Present War; or general historical and political register. Containing a faithful series of the events which have occurred in Europe, &c. from the commencement of the French Revolution, to the end of the year 1796, including a space of nearly seven years . . . Chronology, one of the Eyes of History. The Second Edition, with many additions and improvements. [The Chronologist of the Present War . . . continued from the commencement of the year 1797 to the conclusion of the year 1798 . . .] London: for G. C. and J. Robinson, 1797, 1799.","DC 147 .5 .C55","

2 parts in 1. 12mo. 252 leaves: []4, B-P12, Q8, R-Y12. The first part ends on Q6 verso, Q7 has the half-title and Q8 the title for the second part; signatures and pagination are continuous.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. London Catalogue of Books for 1799, page 21.

Jefferson owned, or had seen, a copy of this work before December 7, 1804. On that date he wrote to Abiel Holmes, recommending books for his use in writing the American Annals:

The Chronologist of the French revolutionary war. 12mo. Lond. 1797. gives the events of that war with minute dates. [See No. 444.]

Jefferson may have bought a copy from Dufief. It is one of a list of books written by him on the back of a letter from Dufief, dated September 29, received October 6, 1813.

The election of Thomas Jefferson as Vice-President, and of John Adams as President is noted under the date February 8, 1797: there were votes, for the choice of President, for John Adams, 71—Thomas Jefferson 68 . . . In obedience to the laws of the United States the President then declared, that John Adams was elected President of the United States for four years, to commence on the 4th of March next; and that Thomas Jefferson was elected Vice-President for four years, to commence at the above time.

Several other interesting references to American affairs occur." "01520","20","","","","Hardie's Remembrancer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 5, as above.","Hardie, James.","The American Remembrancer, and Universal Tablet of Memory: containing a List of the Most Eminent Men, whether in Ancient or Modern Times, with the Atchievements for which they have been particularly distinguished: as also the Most Memorable Events in History, from the earliest period till the year 1795, classed under distinct Heads, with their respective dates. To which is added, a Table, comprehending the Periods at which the most remarkable Cities and Towns were founded, their present Population, Latitude, and Longitude. The whole being intended to form a comprehensive abridgement of History and Chronology, particularly of that part which relates to America. By James Hardie, A. M. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Thomas Dobson, 1795.","D9 .H27","

First Edition. 12mo. 136 leaves, including two blanks, folded table, subscribers' names on eight leaves at the end, errata list at the beginning.

Sabin 30317. Evans 28800.

Jefferson either owned, or had seen, a copy of this work before December 7, 1804, for it is included in a list of books suggested to Abiel Holmes as useful for his history (see the previous entry):

Hardie's American Remembrancer, 12mo. Philada. 1795. may furnish something.

It is also on the list of books written by Jefferson on the back of a letter from Dufief, 29 September 1813.

Jefferson was not one of the subscribers to this book. The account of him in the chapter on Eminent Men (page 22) notes that he was a representative in congress at the declaration of American Independence, July 4, 1776: was sent as ambassador to the court of France 1784; appointed secretary of State 1789; resigned and retired to private life 1794. He also wrote notes on Virginia which are much celebrated.

In the chapter on Memorable Events Jefferson is listed as one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

James Hardie, ?1750-?1826, a Scot, emigrated to New York at the instance of the poet Beattie, and taught at Columbia College from 1787-1790." "01530","21","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'histoire universelle. par Hornot.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 7, as above.","[Sleidanus, Johannes—Hornot, Antoine.]","Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire universelle depuis les premiers empires du monde jusqu'à l'année 1725, traduit du latin avec des augmentations [par Hornot]. Amsterdam et Paris, 1757.","","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. No copy of this book was located for collation.

Barbier I, 17. Quérard IX, page 190.

Johannes Sleidanus [Johann Philippson, dit Sleidanus], 1506-1556, German historian. This work is a translation and adaptation, with a continuation, of the De quatuor summis imperiis . . . of Sleidanus, first published during his lifetime. Quérard attributes this Abrégé chronologique to John Sleiden, historien anglais. The translation and continuation was by Antoine Hornot, which, according to the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, is a pseudonym for Dejean." "01540","22","","","","Millot. Histoire moderne.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 10, as above.","Millot, Claude François Xavier, Abbé.","Elémens d'Histoire Générale. Seconde Partie. Histoire Moderne. Par M. l'abbé Millot, des académies de Lyon & de Nanci. Nouvelle édition. Tome Premier [-Cinquième]. A Paris: chez Durand, neveu [de l'Imprimerie de Prault], 1777-1778.","D18 .M6","

5 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 224 leaves, the last with the publisher's Notice des Ouvrages de M. l'Abbé Millot, and of l'Abbé Nollet; vol. II, 224 leaves; vol. III, 236 leaves; vol. IV, 226 leaves; vol. V, 218 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of the last volume, a number of cancel leaves throughout. The title of vol. I reads as above; in vol. II, III, and V, the author is described as de l'Académie Françoise, and in vol. IV de l'Académie Françoise, & des Académies de Lyon & de Nancy.

Quérard VI, page 142.

Jefferson bought three copies of this work, one of which was for Madison, from Froullé, at 15 livres each, charged on the bills for June 27 and August 16, 1787 and January 31, 1789. On Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue the price was originally written 13-50, changed with the pen to 16-5.

For the first part of this work, the Histoire ancienne and a note on the author, see no. 126. The Histoire Moderne was first published in 1773." "01550","23","","","","Salmon's Modern hist.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 164, as above.","Salmon, Thomas.","Modern History: or, The Present State of all Nations. Describing their respective Situations, Persons, Habits, and Buildings; Manners, Laws and Customs, Religion, and Policy; Arts and Sciences, Trades, Manufactures and Husbandry; Plants, Animals, and Minerals. By Mr. Salmon. Illustrated with Cuts and Maps, accurately drawn according to the Geographical Part of this Work, by Herman Moll. The Third Edition . . . In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed for T. Longman, T. Osborne, J. Shuckburgh, C. Hitch, S. Austen and J. Rivington, 1744-46.","G114 .S17","

3 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 400 leaves; vol. II, 427 leaves; vol. III, 322 leaves; numerous engraved maps by Moll, and numerous engraved plates of illustration; text printed in double columns, titles printed in red and black.

Lowndes IV, page 2179. Sabin 75826. Cordier I, 28.

Thomas Salmon, 1679-1767, English historical and geographical writer, travelled widely and wrote this book, first published in 1725 in 32 vol. 8vo., partly from his own observation. Pages 138 to 636 in the third volume of this edition relate to America.

Herman Moll, d. 1732, Dutch geographer and map maker, established himself in London in 1698, and published numerous geographies and maps." "01560","24","","","","Thuani historia.","7. v. fol. (1545-1608.","","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 165, as above.","Thou, Jacques Auguste de.","Jac. Augusti Thuani Historiarum sui Temporis. Tomus Primus [-Sextus] . . . [Sylloge Scriptorum Varii generis et argumenti . . . Tomus Septimus.] Londini: excudi curavit Samuel Buckley, 1733.","D228 .T52","

7 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 484 leaves; vol. II, 427 leaves; vol. III, 432 leaves; vol. IV, 453 leaves; vol. V, 427 leaves; vol. VI, 405 leaves; vol. VII, 526 leaves; in twos; titles of volumes I-VI printed in red and black, of volume VII in black, engraved portrait frontispiece of De Thou in volume I by J. Cheveau, engraved vignette on each title, head and tail pieces by G. Vertue, R. Baron and others; printer's imprint at the end of the first five volumes, the last two unsigned; volume I printed by Henry Woodfall, volume II by Samuel Richardson, volume III by James Bettenham, volume IV by James Roberts and volume V by Thomas Wood. In the Library of Congress copy collated above the first volume has a half-title, the other volumes, with the exception of the last, have only one leaf (the title) in the first sheet.

Lowndes V, page 2679.

Jacques Auguste de Thou, 1553-1617, French historian, statesman and bibliophile. His Historiarum, written in Latin for the sake of impartiality, was first published in 1604-1608. This London edition of 1733 was inspired by Dr. Mead (q. v. no. 904) who bought the materials collected by Thomas Carte, and paid Samuel Buckley to edit the work. According to Nicholls, the unsigned sixth volume and the last part of the seventh were printed by Edward Owen, and the first six books of the seventh by Bowyer." "01570","25","","","","De Thou. Histoire universelle avec la suite par Rigault.","","11. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 142, as above.","hou, Jacques Auguste de.","Histoire Universelle de Jacques Auguste de Thou, depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'édition Latine de Londres, avec la suite de l'Histoire de Jacques Auguste de Thou par N. Rigault. Basel, 1742.","","

11 vol. 4to.

According to the Library of Congress catalogues printed after 1815 Jefferson's copy of this work was printed in Basel in 1742. No example of such an edition has been located for collation, and no edition of 1742 is mentioned in the bibliographies.

Barbier II, 837.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, II. v. 4to. without information as to place or date of imprint, with the price 55.0. (livres.)

The Histoire Universelle is a translation from the Latin edition printed by Samuel Buckley in London, 1733.

The first edition of the translation into French was printed in Londres [Paris], in 1734, 16 vol. 4to. The first edition in 11 volumes appeared in La Haye in 1740. The translation was the work of several scholars, of which the chief were: Jean Baptiste Le Mascrier 1697-1760, Charles Le Beau, the author of Le Bas Empire, q. v. no. 102, Pierre-François Guydot Desfontaines, 1685-1745, and others.

Nicolas Rigault, 1577-1654, French scholar, was the author of the Suite de l'Histoire de Jacques de Thou, which consisted of three books, and covered the period from 1607-1610." "01580","26","","","","Introduction à l'histoire de l'Univers de Puffendorf.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 8, as above.","von Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr.","Introduction à l'historie générale de l'univers . . . par M. le baron de Pufendorf. Nouvelle édition [publiée par Bruzen de La Martinière] . . . Amsterdam: Z. Chatelan, 1732.","","

4 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation. The complete set is in 7 volumes, Jefferson's copy was without the last three with the Histoire de Suède.

Quérard VII, page 371. Graesse V, page 504.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 15.0. (livres).

Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf, 1632-1694, German jurist and historian. The first edition of this work, written when von Pufendorf was historiographer royal at Stockholm, was published in Utrecht in 1685. For a note on Bruzen de la Martinière, the editor, see no. 304." "01590","27","","","","Perizonii historia seculi sextidecimi.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 9, as above.","Perizonius, Jacobus.","Jac Perizonii rerum per Europam maxime gestarum ab ineunte saeculo sexto decimo usque ad Caroli V. mortem, &c . . . commentarii historici. Lugduni Batavorum: apud J. Van den Linden, 1716.","","

8vo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse. This edition not in Van der Aa.

For a note on Perizonius see no. 10. The first edition was published in Leyden in 1710." "01600","28","","","","Tablettes chronologiques de l'histoire universelle de Langlet du Fresnoy.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 6, as above, 2 v 12mo.","Lenglet du Fresnoy, Nicolas.","Tablettes Chronologiques de l'Histoire Universelle, Sacrée et Profane, Ecclésiastique et Civile, depuis la Création du Monde jusqu'à l'an 1775 . . . Par M. l'Abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy. Tome Premier; contenant l'Histoire Ancienne. [Tome Second. Contenant l'Histoire Moderne.] Nouvelle Édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée, par J. L. Barbeau de la Bruyère. Paris: chez les Frères De Bure, P. M. Delaguette, 1778.","D11 .L6","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 440 leaves; the last a blank; vol. II, 446 leaves.

Brunet 21257. Quérard V, page 159.

Entered on Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, price 15.0.

Jefferson bought a copy from Pougens, June 8, 1803, at the same price (reduced for him from 18) intended for the Library of Congress.

Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy, 1674-1755, French scholar and historian, wrote several introductions to history, some under a pseudonym. The Tablettes chronologiques first appeared in 1729 and later editors have made the necessary additions of subsequent events. The short description, under date 1774, the latest in this edition, of the troubles of the Colonies Angloises d'Amérique ends with the information that (ces troubles durent encore en 1776.) The discovery of America by Christoph Colombe, Génois, is recorded under the date 1492. The invention of printing is described under the year 1442: Jean Mentel, Gentilhomme de Strasbourg, à qui on a fait l'honneur de l'invention de l'Imprimerie, si utile aux Lettres & aux Sciences. Pierre Schoiffer, de Gernsheim, travaillant à cette recherche avec Jean Fust & Jean Guttemberg, à Mayence, inventa vers 1450. les lettres mobiles, & ainsi il peut être regardé comme le véritable inventeur de l'Imprimerie, quoique Guttemberg eût fait le premier des essais.

Jean Louis Barbeau de la Bruyère, 1710-1781, French scholar and author, was the editor of this edition." "01610","29","","","","Russell's History of Modern Europe.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 94, as above.","Russell, William.","The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and a View of the Progress of Society. From the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son. A New Edition, enlarged and greatly improved. Vol. I. [-V]. London: Printed for G. G.J. and J. Robinson [and others], 1786.","","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 300 leaves; vol. II, 288 leaves; vol. III, 282 leaves; vol. IV, 284 leaves; vol. V, 283 leaves.

Lowndes IV, page 2156.

Russell's History of Modern Europe is listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, and is included on almost all reading lists and schedules of work prepared by him for others.

William Russell, 1741-1793, Scottish historian and miscellaneous writer. This is the first complete edition of this work. The first edition of the first two volumes was issued anonymously in 1779, followed in 1786 by the remaining three volumes, with the name of the author." "01620","30","","","","Tableau chronologique de l'histoire de l'Europe de 476 à 1648.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 93, as above.","[Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri.]","Esprit de l'Histoire Générale de l'Europe. Depuis l'An 476, jusqu'à la Paix de Westphalie . . . A Londres: de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, 1783.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours, 252 leaves; list of Subscribers on the last 5 pages.

Barbier II, 187. Not in Quérard.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 12f.

Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet, 1736-1794, French avocat and publicist. On account of his political opinions he was compelled to live abroad for some years and was in England at the time this book was published. He was guillotined in France in 1794." "01630","31","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 112, Coup d'oeil politique sur le Continent, par Satadin, 8vo.","[Saladin, Charles.]","Coup-d'oeil politique sur le Continent . . . Londres: de l'imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, et se trouve chez J. Deboffe, A. Dulau, et T. Boosey, Janvier, 1800. [prix cinq shellings.]","AC901 .M5 Misc. Pamph. 784.","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 103 leaves, separate pagination for the Notes; printer's imprint at the end. Au lecteur dated from Londres le 18 Décembre, 1799; dated at the end of the book Du 30 Décembre 1799.

Barbier I, 784. Quérard VIII, 396.

Charles Saladin, dit Saladin-Egerton, 1757-1814, Swiss writer and politician, left Geneva after the insurrection and settled in London. The Coup d'oeil was published in Paris simultaneously with the London edition." "01640","32","","","","Gazette de Leyde.","","7. v. 4to. 1781-1793.4.5.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 143, 11 v 4to. 1781-1793, 4, 5.","","Nouvelles Extraordinaires de divers endroits. Leyden: [Etienne Luzac] 1781-1795.","AP25 .N6","

11 vol. 4to. Published bi-weekly, on Tuesday and Friday; caption titles; bound in yearly volumes, with an added half-title: Nouvelles politiques publiées à Leyde.

Hatin, Les Gazettes de Hollande, page 146, seqq.

Jefferson subscribed to the Gazette de Leyde from 1781 to 1795, and frequently referred to it in his correspondence, particularly during the period of his residence in Paris. In a letter to John Jay, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the United States, written from Paris on June 17, 1785, Jefferson mentioned:

I send you herewith the gazettes of Leyden and that of France for the last two months, the latter because it is the best in this country, the former as being the best in Europe . . .

Similarly on August 3, 1788, at the close of a letter on European affairs to the same correspondent, he wrote:

The gazettes of France to the departure of my letter will accompany it, & those of Leyden to the 22d. of July, at which time their distribution in this country was prohibited. how long the prohibition may continue I cannot tell. as far as I can judge it is the only paper in Europe worth reading . . .

On February 12 of the same year, Jefferson wrote of the Gazette de Leyde to C. W. F. Dumas, the American consul at The Hague:

the paper is much read & respected. it is the only one I know in Europe which merits respect.

References to Jefferson occur in the text of several of the news letters relative to the United States.

The Nouvelles Extraordinaires de divers endroits, usually known as the Gazettes de Leyde, was established in 1680, and, with various suppressions and revivals, survived until 1814." "01650","33","","","","Istoria d'Italia del Guicciardini.","","2. vol. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 166, as above.","Guicciardini, Francesco.","Della Istoria d'Italia di M. Francesco Guicciardini Gentiluomo Fiorentino Libri XX. Tomo Primo [Secondo]. In Venezia: Presso Giambatista Pasquali, 1738,9.","","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 392 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Jo. Ferretti after Jo. Mich. Liotard, engraved genealogical tree; vol. II, 414 leaves; titles printed in red and black, engraved printer's device on both titles and on the last leaf of vol. II (otherwise blank) and engraved head-pieces by Ant. Visentini, engraved pictorial initials and tail-pieces signed A. F.; the imprint on both titles and the colophon in vol. I are dated 1738; the dedication by Pasquali to Francesco III in that volume and the colophon in vol. II are dated 1739 (the former the 31 Gennario). The copy collated was without the 12 pages mentioned by Brunet as having been printed à Venise sous la date de la Haye, 1740.

Brunet I, page 485.

It is possible that this book was not delivered to Congress in 1815 with the rest of the library. In a working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, it is not checked as present, and is included in the manuscript list made after 1815, of Congress Library Books Missing.

Francesco Guicciardini, 1483-1540, Florentine historian and diplomat. This work was written during the last years of his life, and originally printed in 1561-1564." "01660","34","","","","Il Sacco di Roma del Guicciardini.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 12, as above..","Guicciardini, Luigi.","Il Sacco di Roma descritto in due libri da Francesco Guicciardini Edizione Seconda. In cui trovasi aggiunta la Capitolazione tra il Pont. Clemente VII. e gli agenti dell' Imp. Carlo V. In Colonia, 1758.","","

8vo. 130 leaves.

Brunet II, page 1805.

Luigi Guicciardini, 1521-1589, was the brother of Francesco Guicciardini, the Italian historian and statesman, to whom this work was formerly attributed. The first edition, printed in 1644, was without the capitolazione tra il Pont. Clemente VII. Although the imprint is Colonia, the book was probably printed in Lucca, Italy." "01670","35","","","","Istoria di Napoli del Giannone.","","5. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 145, as above.","Giannone, Pietro.","Istoria civile del regno di Napoli di Pietro Giannone . . . Tomo Primo. [-Quinto]. Palmyra [Geneva], 1760, 62, 63.","","

5 vol. 4to. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

This edition not in Haym. Tipaldo VII, page 321.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 45 (livres).

Giannone's History of Naples was one of the books intended for the original Library of Congress. It does not appear in the first Library catalogue, April, 1802, and is one of twelve entries on an undated manuscript list headed Articles not yet obtained, endorsed by Jefferson recd. May 2, probably from Cadell & Davies, 1801.

Pietro Giannone, 1676-1748, Italian historian, spent twenty years in the compilation of this work, which, soon after publication (Naples, 1723) was put on the Index. The author died a prisoner in the citadel of Turin." "01680","36","","","","Rerum Venetarum historia Justiniani.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 167, Rerum Venetarum historio Justiniani, fol.","Giustiniani, Pietro.","Rervm Venetarvm ab Vrbe Condita ad annvm MDLXXV. Historia. Petri Ivstiniani, Patritii Veneti. Aloy. F. Senatorii Ordinis Viri Ampliss. Nvnc ab eodem denvo revisa, & rerum memorabilium additione exornata. Cum Indice locupletissimo. Cvm Privilegio. Venetiis: apud Ludouicum Auantium, 1576.","","

Folio. 274 leaves; printer's device on the title-page and on the verso of the last leaf, otherwise blank, colophon on the penultimate leaf.

Cicogna, Saggio di Bibliografia Veneziana, 595.

Listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue with the price 3/-.

4323. Justiniani 3/. is one of a list of books from the 2d. Part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787, ordered by Jefferson in a letter to Stockdale from Paris, July 1, 1787. This listing is amplified in a memorandum in Jefferson's handwriting:

4323. Justiniani historia Veneta. fair. gilt. fol. 3/.

Pietro Giustiniani, 1490-1576, Venetian scholar and politician. The first edition of this work was published in 1560." "01690","37","","","","Opere Istoriche del Machiavelli.","","2. v. 12mo. [2d. wanting]","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 13, as above, 1st v 12mo.","Machiavelli, Niccolo.","Opere di Niccolò Macciavelli, coll'aggiunta delle inedite. Tomo I. Londra: si trova in Parigi Appresso Marcello Prault, 1768.","","

Vol. I only. 12mo. 216 leaves; engraved title by J. M. Moreau after F. Godefroy, engraved portrait of the author by Littret.

Brunet III, page 1275.

The entry on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue does not record the loss of a volume: Opere Istoriche del Machiavelli. 2 v. 12mo. 8.0 (livres). These two volumes, though separately priced as above, form a part of an edition in 8 volumes. Jefferson, followed by the 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues, divided the set, the remaining volumes of which will be found in chapter 24, Politics.

Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Florentine statesman and historian." "01700","38","","","","Roscoe's life of Lorenzo de'Medici.","","8vo. 3. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 95, as above.","Roscoe, William.","The Life of Lorenzo de'Medici, called the Magnificent. By William Roscoe. The First American, from the Fourth London Edition, Corrected, in Three Volumes. Vol I [-III]. Philadelphia: Printed for Bronson & Chauncey, 1803.","","

3 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 229 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Laurentius Medices by D. Edwin; vol. II, 216 leaves; vol. III, 228 leaves; engraved vignettes on the title-pages (the Medici arms and the device of Lorenzo), engraved medallion head and tail pieces.

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Moreni, Serie d'Avtore di Opere risgvardanti la celebre Famiglia Medici.

Jefferson's copy was bound by J. March on September 30, 1805, at a cost of $3.00 ($1.00 each volume).

William Roscoe, 1753-1831, English historian, writer of verses for children, and banker. The first edition of this work was published in Liverpool, 1796, and the Fourth London edition in 1800. See the next entry." "01710","39","","","","Roscoe's life of Leo X.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 144, as above.","Roscoe, William.","The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. In Four Volumes. By William Roscoe. Vol. I [-IV]. Liverpool: Printed by J. McCreery; for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1805","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. vol. I, 249 leaves; vol. II, 241 leaves; vol. III, 265 leaves; vol. IV, 234 leaves; deMedici arms on each title-page, 4 engraved portrait frontispieces, vignette headpieces and medallion tailpieces.

Lowndes IV, page 2128.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in calf, gilt, by John March in 1807, cost $12.00. It was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Allerton near Liverpool, 4th June, 1805:

It is with particular pleasure that I avail myself of the opportunity afforded me by the publication of my history of The Life & Pontificate of Leo X. of requesting you will do me the honour of accepting a Copy, as a humble but very sincere token of the respectful esteem & attachment of the author . . . I also flatter myself with the hope that the principles avowed in this work will be found in unison with those sentiments of enlightened toleration, liberal policy, & universal benevolence, which have been no less strikingly evinced in your practice, than energetically recommended & enforced in your public addresses to the great & increasing Nation over which you so deservedly preside.

On June 8, 1806, Jefferson received the following letter from E. Bronson, Philadelphia, written June 6:

I have this day received from Mr. Roscoe of Liverpool a letter dated the 4th of June 1805 accompanying two copies of his Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, one of which he presents to me, and requests me to forward the other to ''His Excellency Thomas Jefferson President of the United States by the earliest conveyance.'' By some accident the package containing the books and the letter has lain in the custom house ever since August last without my knowledge . . .

This letter was acknowledged by Jefferson and one from him despatched to General Muhlenberg, the Collector of Customs for Philadelphia, on the same day, June 9, from Washington:

Since writing my letter of yesterday I learn from m[???] Bronson that there was lodged some time ago in the custom house of Philadelphia, a book from m[???] Roscoe of Liverpool intended for me but sent under cover to m[???] Bronson, who has left it with you for me. as I presume it is too bulky to come by post, I will pray you to send it with the wines & place it's duty on the same account . . .

On July 1 Jefferson wrote to Roscoe (under cover to Mr. Maury, United States Consul) at Liverpool:

By some accident which has not been explained to me your letter of June 4. 05. & the copy of your history of the Pontificate of Leo X. which you were so kind as to destine for me have laid in one of our custom houses near a twelvemonth. the letter is now recieved, & the book expected by the first conveyance. I pray you to recieve my thanks for this mark of your attention, and I anticipate with pleasure the reading of a work which, for it's taste and science, will, I doubt not stand worthily on the shelf with the Life of Lorenzo de Medici. and both will continue to mark honorably the age we live in . . .

Mr. Maury acknowledged from Liverpool on October 22, 1806, the receipt of the letters and his ''great pleasure in the execution of the commission.'' He supplied Jefferson with an account of Mr. Roscoe, explaining that he, ''besides being an author, is also (what you would hardly suppose) a banker, and happens to be mine . . .''

Roscoe wrote concerning the delay on April 25, 1809 (received by Jefferson on August 6):

It was with great concern that I found from the Letter with which you some time since honour'd me, that the volumes of the Life of Leo X. had been so long in arriving at their destination. If however they should have the good fortune to afford you any amusement, and particularly if the sentiments on political & moral subjects, which unavoidably obtruded themselves in its composition, should meet with your assent, it will much more than compensate me for the bigotted censures & illiberal remarks of those who assume to themselves the same intolerance as they condemn in the Church of Rome . . ." "01720","40","","","","Historia de Espana di Mariana y Miniana.","","16. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 14, as above.","Mariana, Juan de.","Historia general de España, compuesta, emendada, y añadida por el Padre Juan de Mariana. De la Compañia de Jesus. Tomo Primero. Nueva Edicion.—Historia General de España, o Continuacion de la Historia de España, del R. P. Juan de Mariana de la Compañia de Jesus. Dividida en Cinco Tomos . . . Traducida en Español de la Continuacion de la Historia que escriviò en Lengua Latina el R. P. Fray Joseph Manuel Miniana del Orden de la Santissima Trinidad. Tomo XII. de la Historia, y Primero de la Continuacion. En Amberes [Lyons]: A costa de Marcos-Miguel Bousquet y Compañia [1737-9].","","

First Edition with this imprint. Together 16 vol. 12mo. The above title was taken from a copy of the second ''Amberes'' edition, 1751-6, the only edition of that imprint of which a copy was located.

Brunet III, page 1423. Palau V, page 57. Salva II, 3017. Backer V, 551.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 30 francs.

Juan de Mariana, 1536-1623, Spanish historian. This work was originally written in Latin, and published in Toledo in 1592. The author himself translated it into Castilian.

José Manuel de Miniana, 1671-1730, Spanish historian." "01730","41","Tracts historical. viz . . . . . . . . . Portrait de Philip. II. par Mercier. La destruction de la ligue . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 96, Tracts historical of Philip II, and the league, 8vo.","","Portrait de Philip. II. par Mercier.","i.","","","[Mercier, Louis Sébastien.]","Portrait de Philippe II, roi d'Espagne. A Amsterdam, 1785.","","8vo. 162 leaves; no copy was seen for collation. Barbier III, col. 957. Palau V, page 160." "01740","41","Tracts historical. viz . . . . . . . . . Portrait de Philip. II. par Mercier. La destruction de la ligue . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 96, Tracts historical of Philip II, and the league, 8vo.","","La destruction de la ligue.","ii.","","","","La Destruction de la Ligue, ou la Réduction de Paris, Pièce Nationale en Quatre Actes. A Amsterdam, [i. e. Paris] 1782.","PQ 2207 .M6A7","

First Edition. 8vo. 117 leaves.

Barbier I, 913. Quérard VI, page 60.

These two tracts entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4.0 each tract.

Louis Sébastien Mercier, 1740-1814, French dramatist and miscellaneous writer, corresponded with Jefferson in 1802 and 1803, signing himself as Mercier membre de l'Institut national de France." "01750","42","","","","Obras de Stockler.","","tomo Imo. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 16, as above.","Stockler, Francisco de Borja Garcão, Barão de Villa da Praia.","Obras de Francisco de Borja Garcão Stockler, Secretario de Academia Real das Sciencias &c. Tomo I. Lisboa: na Typografia da mesma Academia, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 210 leaves.

Silva II, page 355, no. 622.

Jefferson's copy was bound by J. March, on October 7, 1806, in calf, gilt, price .87½ cents.

The book was a presentation from the author. On June 20, 1806, John Vaughan wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

In a Box of Books forwarded to the Socy. from the Lisbon Academy, thro' the instance of the Chevalier Freire—I found two from the Secretary of that Academy Mr. Stockler—one entitled a letter to Editor of the Monthly review &c—the other the first Vol. of his ''Obras''—They are a present from the author to yourself, he has sent another copy to the Society . . . I send the Books in separate Packets by the Mail . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 24:

. . . I recieved by post the books you were so kind as to forward from m[???] Stockler. would it be against rule to mix my thanks with those of the society in your letter to him?

Vaughan answered on July 8:

I shall with pleasure add your acknowledgem8 to that of the Society to Mr. Stockler.

Francisco de Borja Garcão Stockler, Barão de Villa da Praia, 1759-1829, Portuguese scholar and poet. The second volume of the Obras was published in Lisbon, 1826." "01760","43","","","","Historia del luxo y de las leyes suntuarias de España por Sempere.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 17, as above.","Sempere y Guarinos, Juan.","Historia del Luxo, y de las Leyes suntuarias de España. Por Don Juan Sempere y Guarinos . . . Tomo I [II]. Madrid: en la Imprenta Real, 1788.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 112 leaves; vol. II, 112 leaves.

Palau VI, 488. Ballester, Bibliografia de la Historia de España, p. 104, no. 480.

Listed as 2 v. 12mo., without price, on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Juan Sempere y Guarinos, 1754-1830, Spanish lawyer and writer. This work is dedicated to Don Joseph Moñino, conde de Floridablanca." "01770","44","","","","Expedicion de los Catalanes y Aragoneses contra Turcos y Griegos. por de Moncada Conde de Osona.","","small 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 15, Expedicion de los Catalanes y Aragoneses contra Turcos et Griegos por Moncada de Osona, p 8vo.","Moncada, Francesco de","Expedicion de los Catalenes y Aragoneses contro Turcos y Griegos, dirigida a D. Juan de Moncada, arzobispo de Tarragona, Por D. Francisco de Moncada, conde de Osona, su sobrino. Con Licencia. Madrid: Por D. Antonio de Sancha. Año de M DCC LXXVII. [1777.]","","

8vo. 201 leaves, no copy was seen for collation.

Palau V, 211.

Listed without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Francesco de Moncado, Conde de Osona, 1586-1635, Spanish general, diplomat and author. This is the second edition of this work, first published in Barcelona in 1623." "01780","45","","","","Robertson's hist. of Charles V.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 152, as above.","Robertson, William.","The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. with a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. In Three Volumes. By William Robertson, D.D. . . . Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed by W. and W. Strahan, for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, 1769.","DD179 .R6","

First Edition. 3 vol. 4to. vol. I, 212 leaves, errata slip at the end; vol. II, 242 leaves; vol. III, 250 leaves; errata for vol. II, and III on the recto of the last leaf.

Lowndes IV, page 2106.

An early owner of the copy in the Library of Congress collated above, was Ja. Key, who has signed his name on sig. K, in Jefferson's manner though more fully; using the printed K, he has written Ja. before it, and ey after.

William Robertson, 1721-1793, Scottish historian. See also no. 469.

Charles V, 1500-1558, Roman emperor, and (as Charles I) King of Spain." "01790","46","","","","Watson's hist. of Philip II.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 128, as above.","Watson, Robert.","The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By Robert Watson, LL.D. . . . In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III]. The Third Edition. London: Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell in The Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1779.","","

3 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 228 leaves; vol. II, 216 leaves; vol. III, 208 leaves.

Lowndes V, page 2856. Palau VII, page 226.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 15/-.

Robert Watson, ?1730-1781, Scots historian. This history, which deals with the period 1548-1598, was originally issued in 4to in 1777. It was frequently reprinted and translated into various languages until superseded by the work of William Prescott.

Philip II, 1527-1598, King of Spain." "01800","47","","","","Watson & Thomson's hist. of Philip III.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 129, as above, with reading history for hist.","Watson, Robert.","The History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain. The First Four Books. By Robert Watson, LL.D. Principal of the United College in the University of St. Andrew's. The Two Last by William Thomson, LL.D. Second Edition. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, J. Robson, and J. Sewell, 1786.","DP182 .W34","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 232 leaves; vol. II, 206 leaves.

Lowndes V, page 2856. Palau VII, page 226.

Jefferson's copy was purchased in September 1787 from Stockdale, to whom the former wrote from Paris on October 10, 1787:

Your favor of Sep. 21. inclosing your account came safely to hand. I observe one error in it, a History of Philip 3d. charged as a quarto edition 25/. whereas it was the 8vo. edition in 2. volumes which I presume was cheaper . . .

On July 17, 1788, Jefferson again wrote to Stockdale concerning his bill for this book:

. . . I must refer you to my letter of Oct. 10. 1787. for an explanation of the credit I state on the next leaf for Watson's Phil. III . . . I put this letter under cover to m[???] Trumbull who will be so good as to pay you the balance of £13-12. should I have mistaken the price of . . . the octavo edition of Phil. III. which was the one you sent me, he will be so good as to accede to your correction . . .

For a note on Robert Watson, see the previous number. The first edition of this book was published in 1783.

William Thomson, 1746-1817, Scottish miscellaneous writer.

Philip III, 1578-1621, King of Spain." "01810","48","","","","Abreg' Chronologique de l'histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 18, as above.","[Henault, Charles Jean François; Lacombe, Jacques; and Macquer, Philippe].","Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal, divisé en huit Périodes . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Jean-Thomas Herissant fils, 1765.","YA 20262","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 376 leaves; vol. II, 355 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of the Privilège in vol. II.

Quérard IV, page 63. Bernandes Branco I, 198. Palau IV, page 16.

This work was originally issued in 1765, and remaindered in 1777 with a new title-page. Jefferson's copy was of the latter issue. The title-page of the first issue has been given above, as no copy with the date 1777 was available for examination. The 1777 title-page is not mentioned by Quérard nor by Bernandes Branco.

Jefferson bought two copies of this work from Froullé, both on September 24, 1787, price 10 livres for the two.

A copy is listed on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5 (livres).

At the end of the Evenemens Remarquables of the year 1492 (Vol. II, page 8), is the passage: Cette année si mémorable pour l'Espagne par la prise de Grenade, ne l'est pas moins pour le monde entier, par la premiere découverte de l'Amérique, qui est entièrement due à Christophe Colomb, Génois, quoique cette partie du monde ait pris le nom d'Americ Vespuce, Florentin, qui n'y alla que cinq ans après.

Other references to America occur.

Charles Jean François Henault, 1685-1770, French historian.

For a note on Jacques Lacombe and Philippe Macquer see no. 123 and 67." "01820","49","","","","Revolutions de Portugal de Vertot.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 19, as above.","Vertot, René Aubert de.","Revolutions de Portugal. Par M. l'Abbé de Vertot, de l'Académies des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigée. A Paris: Chez les Libraries Associés, 1786.","","

12mo. 204 leaves, the verso of the half-title leaf, facing the title, has the list of the Associés, numbering 13, beginning with Didot le jeune.

Querard X, page 130. This edition not in Palau.

Purchased from Froullé on November 6, 1788, price 2 (livres).

Entered without the price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

René Aubert de Vertot, 1655-1735, French historian. The first edition was published in 1689, see the following entry." "01830","50","","","","Conjuration de Portugal en 1640.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 20, as above.","[Vertot, René Aubert de.]","Histoire de la Conjuration de Portugal. A Paris: chez la veuve d'Edme Martin, Jean Boudot, & Estienne Martin, et chez Claude Barbin, 1689.","DP537 .V56","

First Edition. 12mo. 140 leaves, engraved frontispiece; the last has the Privilege, and the date: Achevé d'imprimer pour la première fois le 18. Juin, 1689.

Barbier II, 683. Quérard X, page 129.

This is the first edition of the Révolutions de Portugal described above." "01840","51","","","","Epitome de las historias Portuguesas por Manuel de Feria & Sousa.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 97, Epitome de las historicas Portuguesas, por Feria and Sousa, p 4to.","Faria e Sousa, Manuel de.","Epitome de las Historias Portvgvesas. Primero i Segundo Tomo. Divididos en quatro partes. Por Manvel de Faria 1 Sovsa . . . En Madrid: por Francisco Martinez. A costa de Pedro Coello, Mercader de Libros, 1628.","DP537 .F22","

First Edition. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. in eights. 158 and 202 leaves; woodcut arms on the verso of both title-pages, woodcut initials and illustrations in the text, continuous pagination.

Silva V, page 415, no. 496. Palau III, page 186.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price: 7-0.

Manuel de Faria e Sousa, 1590-1649, Portuguese historian and scholar." "01850","52","","","","Anecdotes de Pombal.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 98, as above.","Pombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello, Marquez de.","Anecdotes du Ministere de Sébastien-Joseph Carvalho, comte d'Oyeras, Marquis de Pombal, sous le Regne de Joseph I, Roi de Portugal. Nouvelle Edition revue & vérifiée sur les Décrets émanés du Trône, sur d'autres Pièces justificatives & sur le témoignage des Auteurs impartiaux . . . A Varsovie: chez Janosrovicki, 1784.","","

8vo. 232 leaves.

Sabin 63909. Silva VII, page 213, no. 4. Estreicher XIV, page 72.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1-15.

Sebastião José De Carvalho e Mello, Marquez de

Pombal, 1699-1782, Portuguese statesman, who from 1750 to 1770 during the reign of King Joseph, exercised the powers of a dictator in Portugal. This is the second edition of the Anecdotes which were first published in Warsaw in 1783. A portion of the work relates to Brasil and to the expulsion of the Jesuits." "01860","53","","","","Histoire de France du P. Daniel.","","10. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 146, Histoire de France du Pere Daniel, 10 v 4to.","Daniel, Gabriel.","Histoire de France, depuis L'Etablissement de la Monarchie Françoise dans les Gaules, Dediée au Roi, Par le P. G. Daniel, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Nouvelle Édition . . . Tome Premier [-Dixième] . . . Paris: chez Denys Mariette, Jacques Rollin, Jean-Baptiste Delespine, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, fils, 1729.","DC37 .D178","

10 vol. 4to. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I by Thomassin after Verdier, folded engraved maps and plans, engraved headpieces, some signed by Baquoy after Boucher, small engravings in the text, woodcut initials and other ornaments; vol. III and V have at the end the imprint of Jean-Baptiste Delespine, 1729; vol. VI, VII, and X that of Jean-Baptiste Coignard Fils, 1728, and vol. VIII and IX that of Jacques Vincent, 1728.

In the copy in the Library of Congress from which this collation was made vol. I ends on HHhh4 verso, and has the catchword Table.

This edition not in Quérard, not in Monad, and not in Backer. Not in De Ricci-Cohen.

Gabriel Daniel, 1649-1728, historiographer of France, was a Jesuit abbé." "01870","54","","","","Histoire de France de Mezeray.","","7. v. 12mo. [1st. wanting]","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 21, as above.","Mézéray, François Eudes De.","Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire de France, par François de Mézéray . . . Nouvelle édition, augmentée de quelques pièces originales, et de l'Abrégé de la Vie des Reynes par l'Auteur. Amsterdam: H. Schelte, 1701.","","

No copy was located for collation. The 1701 edition which, according to the Library of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1815, was in Jefferson's collection, had only six volumes, not seven as described by Jefferson above.

Quérard VI, page 104.

François Eudes De Mézéray, 1610-1683, French historian. His family name was Eudes, and the name Mézéray was adopted by him from the name of a village in which he owned land." "01880","55","","","","Histoire de France de Velly . . . . . 1315. de Villaret 1314-1469. de Garnier 1469-1560.","","1-7. vols, 8-17., 17-30, 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 22, as above, but with the spelling Vilaret.","Velly, Paul François—Villaret, Claude—Garnier, Jean Jacques.","Histoire de France depuis l'Establissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV. Par. M. l'Abbé Velly [-M. Villaret, M. Garnier]. Nouvelle Edition. Tome Premier [-Trentième]. Paris: chez Desaint & Saillant, 1760-1786.","DC37.V44","

30 vol. only. 12mo. All volumes were printed for Desaint and Saillant, either in partnership or separately, and some during the partnership of Saillant and Nyon. Six volumes (VI, XI, XIV-XVI, XVIII) have the imprint of P. A. Le Prieur; vol. XII has that of Moreau, and vol. XXIII to the end that of J. G. Clousier; the words Nouvelle Edition are omitted from some of the titles; from vol. VII to the end the title includes the prix: 3. liv. relié.

Quérard X, page 92.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 77.0 (livres).

Jefferson had only the 30 volumes of text. The complete work had an additional three volumes of Tables and engraved plates in 15 volumes quarto.

Paul François Velly, 1709-1759, French historian, planned the history of France, but died before the completion of the work. His name is on the titles of vol. I-VII.

Claude Villaret, 1715-1766, continued the work, and carried the history to 1469 (volumes VIII to XVIII; on the last mentioned the title reads: Commencé par M. Villaret & achevé par M. Garnier).

Jean Jacques Garnier, 1729-1805, completed the work to the year 1564, ten years before the death of Charles the IX." "01890","56","","","","Millot. Histoire de France.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 23, as above.","Millot, Claude François Xavier.","Elémens de l'Histoire de France, depuis Clovis jusqu'à Louis XV. Par M. l'Abbé Millot, de l'Academie Françoise. Sixième Edition. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A Paris: Chez P. E. G. Durand neveu, [De l'Imprimerie de P. Fr. Gueffier] 1787.","","

3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 216 leaves; vol. II, 225 leaves; vol. III, 230 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of Tome II.

Quérard VI, page 141.

Jefferson bought several copies of this work from Froullé between 1787 and 1791. His first copy was bought on June 27, 1787, shortly after publication. The copy entered on the undated manuscript catalogue is priced 9-15 which may have been inclusive of the binding. The price on Froullé's bill was 7.10 (livres).

This work is usually included on Jefferson's lists of recommended reading.

For a note on Millot see no. 126. The first edition of this work was published in 1767-1769." "01900","57","","","","Instructions sur l'histoire de France par Vetour.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 24, as above.","Vetour.","Instructions (nouvelles) sur l'histoire de France, à l'usage de la jeunesse. Paris: Servière, 1786.","","

First Edition. 12mo. No copy of this work was located for collation.

Quérard X, page 133.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 3 (livres)." "01910","58","","","","Varila hist. de St. Louis et Louis Xme.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 25, Verila. histoire de France de St. Louis a Charles IX, 9 v. 12mo.","Varillas, Antoine.","La Minorité de Saint Louis, avec l'Histoire de Louis XI et de Henri II. Par le Sieur Varillas. Seconde Edition, revüe & corrigée. A La Haye: chez Adrian Moetjens, 1687.","","

12mo. 270 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Quérard X, page 55.

The Library of Congress 1815 catalogue has one entry only, as above, for this and the four following books, 9 volumes in all.

Antoine Varillas, 1624-1696, French historian. The first edition of this work was printed in 1685." "01920","59","","","",". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Ire.","","3. v. 12mo.","","Varillas, Antoine.","Histoire de François I. Par Monsr. Varillas. Nouvelle Edition, revüe, augmentée & divisée en trois Tomes. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A La Haye: chez Arnout Leers, 1686.","","

3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 183 leaves; vol. II, 223 leaves; vol. III, 166 leaves; the last two blank; printer's woodcut device on each title-page.

This edition not in Quérard.

First printed in Paris in 1685." "01930","60","","","",". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henri IIde.","","2. v. 12mo.","","Varillas, Antoine.","Histoire de Henri Second, par Monsieur Varillas . . . Paris: C. Barbin, 1691, 2.","","

2 vol. 12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

Henri II, 1503-1555, titular king of Navarre." "01940","61","","","",". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis. IIde.","","12mo","","Varillas, Antoine.","Histoire de François Second par Monsieur Varillas. A La Haye: chez Adrian Moetjens, 1693.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 152 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title (Haeghen II. Moetjens 2).

Quérard X, page 54. 194" "01950","62","","","",". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles IXme.","","2. v. 12mo.","","Varillas, Antoine.","Histoire de Charles IX. Par le Sieur Varillas. Nouvelle Edition, enrichie à la fin de chaque Tome des principaux endroits qu'on a retranché dans l'Edition de Paris. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Cologne: chez Pierre Marteau, 1686.","","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 220 leaves; vol. II, 195 leaves; sphere device on the title-pages.

Quérard X, page 55.

First printed in Paris in 1684." "01960","63","","","","Histoire de France de Comines.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 169, as above.","Comines, Philippe de, Sieur d'Argenton.","Les Memoires de Messire Philippe de Comines, Seignevr D'Argenton, Contenans l'Histoire des Roys Lovys XI. & Charles VIII. depuis l'an 1464. iusques en 1498. Revues & corrigez sur diuers Manuscrits, & anciennes Impressions. Augmentez de plusieurs Traictez, Contracts, Testaments, autres Actes, & de diuerses Obseruations. Par Denys Godefroy, Conseiller, & Historiographe ordinaire du Roy. A Paris: [Sebastien Cramoisy] de L'Imprimerie Royale, 1649.","","

Folio. 324 leaves and 2 double leaves with genealogies of the Kings of France and of Philip de Comines respectively, engraved royal arms on the title-page, engraved headpieces, initials and vignettes; Cramoisy's name occurs in the colophon.

Brunet II, page 191. This edition not in Quérard.

This book was evidently not delivered to Congress with the rest of the library in 1815. In a working copy of the Library catalogue, 1815, it is not checked as present, and is one of a contemporary manuscript list headed: Congress Library Books Missing.

Philippe de Comines, Sieur d'Argenton, c. 1445-c. 1511, French statesman and chronicler, was a native of Flanders. His Memoires were first printed in part in 1525. This is the first edition edited by Denis Godefroy, 1615-1681, French historian." "01970","64","","","","Histoire de Henri le grand de Prefixe.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 26, as above.","Péréfixe, Hardouin de Beaumont de.","Histoire dv Roy Henry le Grand. Composée par Messire Hardovin de Péréfixe, Evesque de Rodez, cy-devant Precepteur du Roy. A Paris: chez Thomas Iolly, 1662.","YA 10396","

12mo. 232 leaves: ã, A-S12, T4. This edition not in Brunet and not in Quérard.

Hardouin De Beaumont De Péréfixe, 1605-1670, Archbishop of Paris, and member of the Académie Française, was at one time tutor to Louis XIV. The first edition of this Histoire was published in Paris by Edme Martin, in 4to., 1661. The book was frequently reprinted in Paris and in Amsterdam.

Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610." "01980","65","","","","Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia del Davila.","","5. v. small 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 99, as above.","Davila, Enrico Caterino.","Istoria delle guerre di Francia (dopo l'anno 1559 al 1598). Venezia, 1745.","","

5 vol. 8vo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 21.0 (livres).

Davila's history of the civil wars of France is on most of Jefferson's lists of recommended reading in history. In a letter to George Otis written from Monticello on December 25, 1820, Jefferson stated:

Mr Adams's criticism on Davila and Hume is just; that the former is an apology for Catherine of Medicis, and the latter of the Stuarts . . .

Enrico Caterino Davila, 1566-1631, Italian historian. The first edition of this work was printed in Venice in 1630." "01990","66","","","","Memoires de Sully.","","8. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 27, as above.","Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de.","Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, Ministre de Henri IV, mis en ordre, avec des Remarques, par M. L. D. L. D. L. [l'abbé P. M. de l'Ecluse des Loges] Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée & Augmentée. Tome Premier [-Huitième]. A Londres [Paris]: 1778.","","

8 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 232 leaves; vol. II, 278 leaves; vol. III, 278 leaves; vol. IV, 228 leaves; vol. V, 244 leaves; vol. VI, 238 leaves; vol. VII, 236 leaves; vol. VIII, 186 leaves; engraved portrait of Sully and of Henry IV at the beginning of vol. I.

Barbier III, 206. Quérard IX, page 290.

Purchased from Froullé in September 1788; billed as 1. Suilly 8 vol. in 12, br. 16.

Entered without the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Sully's Memoires are usually included in Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, 1559-1641, French statesman. His memoirs, which are valuable source material for the history of the period, were originally published in 1638. The first edition of the adaptation by l'Ecluse was issued in 1747. Two supplementary volumes were added to the edition of 1778, not in the Jefferson collection." "02000","67","","","","Lettres de Louis XIVme. par Morelly.","","2. v. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 33, as above.","Louis XIV.","Lettres de Louis XIV. aux Princes de l'Europe, à ses Généraux, ses Ministres, &c. Recueillies par Mr. Rose, Sécrétaire du Cabinet; Avec des Remarques historiques, par Mr. Morelly. Tome I [-II]. Paris & Francfort, en Foire: chez Bassompierre, 1755.","DC129 .A2","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 111 leaves; vol. II, 152 leaves; titles printed in red and black; each volume with a page of Corrections.

Quérard V, page 366. Monod 3996.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. These letters were written between 1661 and 1678, and according to Morelly in his preface, formeroient une Histoire très-fidèle de la vie de Louis XIV.

Morelly, b. 1769, French political writer.

Toussaint Rose, 1611-1701, secretary to Louis XIV, and a clever forger." "02010","68","","","","Histoire militaire du regne de Louis le grand. par le Marquis de Quincy.","","7. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 148, as above.","Quincy, Charles Sévin, Marquis De.","Histoire Militaire du Regne de Louis le Grand, Roy de France, où l'on trouve Détail de toutes les Batailles, Sieges, Combats particuliers, & generalement de toutes les actions de Guerre qui se sont passées pendant le cours de son Regne, tant sur Terre que sur Mer, Enrichie des Plans Necessaires. On y a joint un Traité Particulier de Pratiques & de Maximes de l'Art Militaire. Par M. le Marquis de Quincy . . . Tome I. [-VII.] Paris: chez Denis Mariette, Jean-Baptiste Delespine, Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1726.","DC127 .6Q7","

First Edition. 7 vol. 4to. vol. I, 359 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Duflos after Martin; vol. 377 leaves; vol. III, 380 leaves; vol. IV, 353 leaves; vol. V, 315 leaves; vol. VI, 342 leaves; vol. VII, 426 leaves, on Ai the title-page for Maximes et Instructions sur l'Art Militaire . . . with the same imprint and date, separate pagination; folded and double-page printed tables inserted in each volume, 2 engraved portraits in circular compartments as head-pieces on the first page of text in each volume, numerous engraved double-page and folded plans.

Quérard VII, page 405.

Charles Sévin, Marquis de Quincy, c. 1660-c. 1729, was the Brigadier of the Armies of France.

Louis XIV, 1638-1715." "02020","69","","","","Histoire de Turenne.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 149, as above.","[Ramsay, Andrew Michael.]","Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal Général des Armées du Roy. Tome Premier. [Tome Second. Contenant les Preuves en trois Parties.] Paris: chez la Veuve Mazieres & J. B. Garnier, 1735.","DC130.T9R17","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 360 leaves; vol. II, 176 leaves; titles and half-titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I by N. De Larmessin after Meissonier, engraved arms on both titles, engraved initials, engraved head-pieces and culsde-lampe by J. B. Scotin, 13 engraved folded maps and plans by le Sr. Coquart. In the Library of Congress copy from which this collation was made, the engraved head-piece on sig. Ai is printed upside down.

Barbier II, 797. Brunet IV, 1097. Quérard VI, 449.

Andrew Michael Ramsay, 1686-1743, a Scot by birth, emigrated to the Netherlands and thence to France, where he was known as the Chevalier Ramsay. He lived with Fénélon until the death of the latter, after which he became tutor to the sons of the Pretender and others." "02030","70","","","","Memoires du Cardinal de Retz.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 29, as above.","Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de.","Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable en France, pendant les premières Années du regne de Louis XIV. Augmentez considerablement en cette presente édition. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A Amsterdam [without name of printer], 1718—Memoires de Mr. Joli, Conseiller au Parlement: contenant l'Histoire de la Regence d'Anne d'Autriche, & des premières années de la Majorité de Louis XIV. jusqu'en 1666. avec les intrigues du Cardinal de Retz à la Cour. Tome Premier [Seconde]. A Amsterdam: chez Jean Frederic Bernard, 1718.","DC130.R4 DC130.J7A18","

Together 5 vol. 12mo. and 8vo.; titles in red and black.

Quérard VII, page 549.

Two editions of the Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz were published in Amsterdam in 1718, without name of printer. Copies of both are in the Library of Congress, but it is not possible to know which edition was in the Jefferson collection.

Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, 1614-1679, French churchman and agitator. The first edition of his Mémoires appeared in Nancy in 1717.

Guy Joly, fl. 1648-1665, French historian. The Mémoires de Mr. Joli are usually found with this edition. In later editions of the Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz the memoirs of Gui Joli and of Marie de Longeville, duchesse de Nemours, were added, 7 volumes in all." "02040","71","","","","Memoires de comte de Forbin.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 30, as above.","Forbin, Claude, Comte de.","Mémoires du comte de Forbin, chef d'escadre, chevalier de l'Ordre Militaire de Saint Louis. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez François Girardi, 1730.","DC 130 .F6A3 1730","

First Edition. 2 vols. 12mo. vol. I, 194 leaves; vol. II, 174 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I; phoenix device on the titles, titles and half-titles printed in red and black.

Quérard III, page 160.

Claude, Comte de Forbin, 1656-1733, French naval commander. His Memoirs, edited by Simon Reboulet and Louis Daniel Lecomte, and first printed in 1729, supply interesting information with regard to the navy in the time of Louis XIV.

Simon Reboulet, 1687-1752, French historian.

Louis Daniel Lecomte, 1655-1728, French abbé and historian." "02050","72","","","","Memoires de Brantome des Capitaines François.","","2. v. 24s.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 32, as above, 2 v 16.","Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de.","Mémoires de Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantôme, Contenant les Vies des Hommes illustres & grands Capitaines François de son temps. Premiere [-Quatrième] Partie. A Leyde: chez Jean Sambix le Jeune, à la Sphere, 1699.","","

4 parts in 2 vol. 12mo. part I, 212 leaves; part III, 223 leaves; part IV, 177 leaves; woodcut sphere device on the title-pages; no copy of part II was available for collation.

This edition not in the Elzevirian bibliographies and not in Quérard.

Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, c. 1540-1614, French historian and biographer. Les Vies des Hommes illustres et grands Capitaines François was first published with the Sambix imprint, actually by Daniel Elzevir, in 1666. It forms part of a set of which the other volumes contain Les Vies des dames illustres, Les Vies des dames galantes and Les Vies des hommes illustres & grands capitaines estrangers de son temps." "02060","73","","","","Pauli Jovii sui temporis historia.","","2. v. in 1. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 168, as above, omitting 2. v. in I.","Jovius, Paulus.","Pavli Iovii Novocomensis Episcopi Nvcerini, Historiarvm svi Temporis Tomvs Primvs [Secvndvs], XXIIII Libros complectens, cvm indice plenissimo. Lvtetiæ Parisiorum: ex officina typographica Michaelis Vascosani, 1558, 1560.","","

2 vol. in 1. Folio. vol. I, 258 leaves; vol. II, 368 leaves; woodcut initials and headpieces.

Graesse III, page 490. Ebert II, 10970. Not in Quérard. Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 6 (livres).

This book was evidently not delivered to Congress with the rest of the library in 1815. In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 catalogue, it is not checked as present, and is included in a manuscript list headed Congress Library Books Missing.

Paulus Jovius (Paolo Giovio), 1483-1552, Italian historian and biographer. This history, which covers the period from about 1494 to 1547, was first published in Florence in 1550-1552, and is dedicated to Andreas Alciatus." "02070","74","","","","Vie privée de Louis XV.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 35, as above.","[Moufle D'Angerville.]","Vie privée de Louis XV, ou principaux Evénemens, Particularités et Anecdotes de son Regne . . . Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Orné de Portraits. Nouvelle Edition. A Londres: chez John Peter Lyton, 1784.","","

No copy was seen for collation.

Barbier IV, 991. This edition not in Quérard and not in Monod.

Listed, with the price, 15.0 (livres) on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Moufle d'Angerville, d. 1794, French avocat, scholar and author, was an anti-revolutionist. His Vie privée de Louis XV was originally published anonymously in England in 1781. A modern edition of this work is cited as one of the authorities in the life of Louis XV in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Louis XV, 1710-1774, King of France." "02080","75","","","","Memoires de Pompadour.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 34, as above.","Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson le Normant D'étioles, marquise de.","Memoires de Madame la Marquise de Pompadour. Où l'on découvre les Motifs des Guerres, & des Traités de Paix, les Ambassades, les Négociations dans les différentes Cours de l'Europe . . . Ecrits par elle-même. Tome Premier [Second]. Liege: 1768.","DC135 .P8M5","

Second Edition. 2 vol. in 1. 8vo. vol. I, 80 leaves; vol. II, 68 leaves.

This edition not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Impériale, Histoire de France, II, page 324, no. 46B. Monod 4228. Theux, Bibliographie Liégeoise, I, 272.

This book is listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price 2.0. In a letter to Maria Cosway, from Paris, October 12, 1786, Jefferson quotes the lines on Madame de Pompadour for which Masers de Latude was imprisoned in the Bastille (see no. 219):

you know this was for making four verses on Mme. de Pompadour. but I think you told me you did not know the verses, they were these. ''Sans esprit, sans sentiment, Sans etre belle ni neuve, En France on peut avoir le premier amant: Pompadour en est l'epreuve''.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour [Madame Le Normant d'étioles], 1721-1764. These Mémoires, originally published in 1766, are now ascribed to Crébillon fils, though at one time were considered authentic. According to Theux they were printed abroad.

Claude Prosper Jolyot Crébillon, 1707-1777, French novelist, was appointed to the office of censor in 1759 through the influence of Madame de Pompadour." "02090","J. 76","","","","Memoires de la Comtesse du Barri.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 36, as above.","[Mairobert, Mathieu François Pidanzet de.]","Anecdotes sur M. la Comtesse Du Barri . . . A Londres: [i. e. Paris] 1775.","DC135 .D8M2","

First Edition. 12mo. 176 leaves; in this copy the last sheet has been inserted from another copy, with lower edges uncut, and is printed on differently water marked paper with the wire-lines vertical. This edition is complete without the portrait mentioned in some bibliographies, and which first appeared in the edition of John Adams, 1776.

Barbier I, 59. Tourneux 22512. This edition not in Quérard.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1921. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title is written in ink par Mathieu Franc. Pedanzet de Mairobert.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 6.0 (livres).

Marie Jean Bécu, comtesse du Barri, 1746-1793, mistress of Louis XV, was guillotined on December 7, 1793.

Mathieu François Pidanzet de Mairobert, 1727-1799, French writer, and reputed author of this work, committed suicide in 1799. The preface states that quoique cet Ouvrage soit une vie très complette de Madame la Comtesse Dubarri, l'Auteur, pour lui ôter tout air de prétention, a préféré le titre modeste d'Anecdotes." "02100","77","","","","Histoire de la guerre des Alpes de 1744. par le M. de St. Simon.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 147, as above.","Saint-Simon, Maximilien Henri, Marquis de.","Histoire de la guerre des Alpes, ou Campagne de 1744, par les armées combinées d'Espagne et de France, commandées par l'Infant don Philippe et le prince de Conti . . . Amsterdam, 1770.","","

4to. No copy of this edition was located for collation. The first edition was published in the previous year, 1769, and to this second edition had been added l'Histoire de Coni, depuis sa fondation en 1200 jusques en 1744.

Quérard VIII, page 376.

Listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Maximilien Henri, Marquis de Saint-Simon, 1720-1799, was at one time aide-de-camp to the Prince of Conti." "02110","78","","","","Vie de Voltaire.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 100, as above.","[Du Vernet, Théophile Imarigeon.]","La Vie de Voltaire, par M * * *. A Geneve, 1786.","YA 3472","

First Edition. 8vo. 130 leaves.

Barbier IV, 1018. Quérard, Bibliographie Voltarienne, 966.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 6+rel.

Théophile Imarigeon Du Vernet, 1734-1796, French historian and man of letters, was a friend of Voltaire and of the Encyclopédistes. His Vie de Voltaire was written while he was confined in the Bastille for his opinions. François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher, dramatist, historian and man of letters.

During the debate on the purchase of Jefferson's library in the House of Representatives in October 1814, the works of Voltaire (with Callender's Prospect Before Us, see chapter 24) were the books specifically mentioned as ''objectionable'' by the opponents of the purchase.

See Annals of Congress, vol. 28, page 398." "02120","79","","","","Memoires de Voltaire.","","2. v. in I. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 38, as above, but omitting 2. v. in 1.","","Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire de M. de Voltaire; dans lesquels on trouvera divers Ecrits de lui, peu connus, sur ses différends avec J. B. Rousseau & d'autres Gens-de-Lettres: Un grand nombre d'Anecdotes: Et une Notice critique de ses Pièces-de-Théatre. Ire. [-II[???]] Partie. A Amsterdam, 1785.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. 136 and 122 leaves.

Barbier III, 242. Quérard II, page 159.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3 f 12.

According to Barbier this work was written by the Baron de Servières, revised and edited by Louis Mayeul Chaudon. Quérard stated this to be an error and that Chaudon was the author.

For a note on Chaudon see no. 147.

The Baron de Servières, fl. 1785, was an officer in an Orleans cavalry regiment, and a member of several learned societies." "02130","80","","","","Soirees de Ferney","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 101, as above.","[Despréaux de la Condamine, Simeon.]","Soirées de Ferney, ou Confidences de Voltaire, recueillies par un ami de ce grand homme. Paris: Dentu, An X.-1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 170 leaves.

Barbier IV, 512. Quérard II, page 529.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March, in calf, gilt, on March 7, 1805, price $1.00. It was bought from Reibelt in 1804, listed on the January bill, 1805, price $1.00.

Simeon Despréaux de la Condamine, born c. 1755, fl. 1818, French man of letters. Ferney, a village in the department of Ain, was presented to Voltaire in 1759 by his niece, Madame Denis, the widow of Nicolas Charles Denis." "02140","81","","","","Legende de Charles Cardinal de Lorraine.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 37, as above.","[La Planche, Louis Regnier, Sieur de.]","La Legende de Charles, Cardinal de Lorraine, & de ses frères, de la maison de Guise. Descrite en trois liures, par François de l'Isle. A Reims: de l'Imprimerie de Iaques Martin, 1576.","DC112.G83 L2","

First Edition. 8vo. 125 leaves.

Barbier II, 9215. Brunet III, page 1095. Not in Quérard. Bibliothéque de Reims, Catalogue des Imprimés du Cabinet de Reims, IV, 596.

Entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Louis Regnier, Sieur de la Planche, c. 1530-c. 1580, French historian and politician. This work is attributed to him by Barbier, and is included in the lists of his works in various biographies of him. Brunet puts the book under Lisle, but explains that it is attribué à L. Regnier de la Planche. At the end of the book is Fin du premier liure but the rest of the work remained in manuscript and was not published. This appears to be the first edition, and Barbier to be in error in listing an edition of 1574, Reims, Martin (ou Geneve). The book is omitted from the 1872 edition of Barbier.

Charles de Lorraine, 1525-1574, archbishop of Reims and Cardinal." "02150","82","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'histoire de France par Henault.","","3 parts in 2 v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 28, Abrege Chronologique de l'histoire de France, par Henault, 2 v 12mo.","[Henault, Charles Jean François.]","Nouvel Abregé chronologique de l'Histoire de France; contenant les Evénemens de notre Histoire depuis Clovis jusqu'à Louis XIV. les Guerres, les Batailles, les Sièges, &c. nos Loix, nos Moeurs, nos Usages, &c. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée . . . [Seconde—Troisième Partie.] Paris: Chez Prault père, Prault fils aîné, Desaint, Saillant, Durand, 1775, 4.","DC35. H42","

3 parts in 2. 8vo. Part I, 200 leaves; part II, 158 leaves; part III, 194 leaves; pagination continuous.

Quérard IV, page 63.

Listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 14-8.

Jefferson bought a copy from Pougens for the Library of Congress, June, 1803, at the special price of 25, reduced from 30 (livres).

For another work by Henault see no. 181." "02160","83","","","","Memoire sur la vie et les ouvrages de Turgot par Dupont.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 102, as above.","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Mémoires sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de M. Turgot, Ministre d'État. Première Partie [Seconde Partie]. Philadelphie [Paris: Barrois l'aîné], 1782.","DC137.5.T9D8","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1; Part I, 79 leaves (including 4 leaves of errata); Part II, 134 leaves.

Barbier III, 257. Quérard II, page 707. Hildeburn 4194. Not in Evans.

Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1739-1817, French economist and statesman, was the intimate friend and confidential adviser of Turgot, whose works he edited, see chapter 24. He became a friend of Jefferson, who described him as one of the ablest men in France, and with whom he was in correspondence for almost twenty years.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, 1727-1781, French statesman and economist." "02170","84","","","","Vie de Turgot par Condorcet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 103, as above.","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Vie de Monsieur Turgot . . . Londres [i. e. Paris, or Utrecht]: 1786.","DC137.5.T9C7","

First Edition. 8vo. 163 leaves.

Barbier IV, 1015. Quérard II, page 270.

The Vie de Mr. Turgot. 8vo. Broche. price 4. 10., was purchased by Jefferson from Froullé on June 27, 1787. No details of edition or date are given, but it seems probable that the reference is to the recently published book by Condorcet here described. It is listed without price on Jefferson's undated catalogue. Several editions or issues of Condorcet's work appeared in 1786, and it is not possible to know which was in the Jefferson collection. The copy collated is one of two issues in the Library of Congress.

In a letter to C. W. F. Dumas, United States Consul at the Hague, dated from Paris, September 22, 1786, Jefferson wrote:

I thank you for the copy of Turgot's life, & will forward those directed to Mr. Jay, Dr. Franklin & Mr. Morris . . .

Marie Jean-Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, 1743-1794, French savant and revolutionary, repudiated his aristocratic background and identified himself with the encyclopédistes. In his Avertissement to the life of Turgot, of whose physiocratic doctrines he was a follower, Condorcet mentions that the mémoires sur la vie de M. Turgot, qui ont paru en 1783 [i. e. those of Dupont above] auroient dû sans doute m'empêcher d'écrire, but explains that he has approached the matter from un point de vue différent." "02180","85","","","","Bastille devoilée.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 105, as above.","","La Bastille Dévoilée, ou Recueil de Pieces Authentiques pour servir a son Histoire . . . Paris: chez Desenne, 1789-90.","DC167.5.C48","

First Edition. 8vo. 9 livraisons in 2 vol.; folded plates Barbier I, 1638. Bibliothèque Nationale, Catalogue de l'Histoire de la Révolution Française, 6884. Tourneux, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution Française, III, 12398a.

Jefferson's copy was purchased for him at his request by William Short in Paris. In a letter to the latter from New York, May 27, 1790, Jefferson wrote:

. . . send me if you please the records of the Bastile which they had begun to publish . . .

Short obtained the 9 livraisons from Goldsmith at 1/16 each, 16.4 in all, paid on August 2, 1790.

Jefferson was present at the fall of the Bastille and wrote an account of it in his autobiography, and in letters to his friends.

This source book for the history of the Bastille and its prisoners has been variously ascribed to Charpentier, and to Louis Pierre Manuel (born in 1751, beheaded in 1793), the author of La Police devoilée. According to Tourneux neither of these was the compiler of the work. Tourneux' number 12398a, the edition in 9 livraisons, is dated 1790, and not 1789-90 as this copy. His no. 12398 is an edition of 1789 of which he knew of one copy only. Each livraison has a notice to the effect that the proceeds were destined au soulagement des hommes blessés au siége de la Bastille, aux veuves & aux enfans de ceux qui y ont péri, ou qui sont morts des suites de leurs blessures.

The book contains interesting source material for the affair of the Diamond Necklace, see chapter 23." "02190","86","","","","Histoire de L'Etude.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 106a, Histoire de Latude, 8vo.","[Latude, Jean Henri Masers de.]","Histoire d'une Détention de Trente-Neuf Ans, dans les Prisons d'état, écrite par le Prisonnier lui-même. A Amsterdam: 1787.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 56 leaves: A-G8.

Barbier II, 660. Quérard I, 243 and V, 594.

Jefferson's copy was in his possession before March 1802, at which time it was borrowed from him by Benjamin Rush.

On March 12 Rush wrote to Jefferson:

. . . For several years I have been engaged in investigating the Causes, Seats, and remedies of madness, & other diseases of the mind. Before I commit the results of my inquiries and Observations to the press, I wish to read every thing that has been published upon those Subjects. Le Tude's history of the Bastile, and of a Lunatic hospital in which he was confined under pretence of madness, I have heard contains many curious facts upon that disease. In my inquiries for this curious book I was informed that you had a Copy of it. Could you favour me with the reading of it, you would add greatly to my Obligations to you. It shall be returned in a week or ten days after I receive it . . .

Exactly one year later on March 12, 1803, Benjamin Rush returned the book:

I return Latude with many thanks. It is I find an Abridgment only of a large work in which is contained an account of a hospital of deranged people with whom he lived for some time after he left the Bastile.

After the death of Latude, Jefferson received a copy, at the former's request. The Postscript of a letter from Fulwar Skipworth to Jefferson, written from Paris on January 15, 1805, reads:

P.S. Poor old Latude, who passed more than a third of the last century in dungeons & in Irons, & who I believe you know, died about a month ago. Not long before his death he left with me two of his Books containing the memoirs of his captivity, & two prints of his picture, requesting that I should forward the whole to you, & that you should present one of each to the House of Representatives in Congress. I therefore avail myself of the opportunity offered me by M. Randolph of complying with one of the last & most earnest desires of that singular old man . . .

In a letter to Maria Cosway, written from Paris on October 12, 1786, Jefferson described his acquaintance with the author, imprisoned from 1749-1784 for an offence against Madame de Pompadour (q. v. no. 208.):

De la Tude comes sometimes to take family soupe with me, & entertains me with anecdotes of his five & thirty years imprisonment. how fertile is the mind of man, which can make the Bastile and dungeon of Vincennes yield interesting anecdotes. You know this was for making four verses on Mme. de Pompadour . . . I have read the memoir of his three escapes . . .

Jean Henri Masers de Latude, 1725-1804, also known as Danry, famous prisoner of the Bastille, is said to have disavowed this work. It is attributed by Barbier to the Marquis de Beaupoil. Quérard lists the book under Beaupoil, and again under Masers, with reference to the Beaupoil entry." "02200","87","","","","Moore's Journal of 1792. in France","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 41, as above.","Moore, John.","A Journal during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August, to the middle of December, 1792, to which is added, An Account of the most remarkable events that happened at Paris from that time to the death of the late King of France. By John Moore, M.D. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II] . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Henry & Patrick Rice, and James Rice, & Co. Baltimore, 1793,4.","DC26.M812","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 119 leaves; vol. II, 162 leaves; publishers' advertisement on 5 pages at the end.

Evans 27342. This edition not in Lowndes.

John Moore, 1729-1802, Scottish physician and man of letters. The first edition of this book was published in London in 1793." "02210","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Vie de Voltaire par luimeme.","i.","","","Voltaire, François Arouet Marie de.","Mémoires pour servir a la Vie de M. de Voltaire, ecrits, par lui-meme. A Geneve, 1784.","","8vo. 86 leaves; Epitre au maréchal Keith, in verse, on 23 leaves at the end. No copy was seen for collation." "02220","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon.","ii.","","","[Le Michaud D'Arçon, Jean Claude éléonore.]","Histoire du Siege de Gibraltar, sous les ordres du Capitaine Général Duc de Crillon . . . Contenant les événemens mémorables qui s'y sont passés pendant l'été de 1782, & le séjour de Monseigneur Comte d'Artois & du Prince de Bourbon. Par un Officer de l'Armée Françoise . . . A Cadix: chez Hermil, Frères, 1783.","","

8vo. in fours. 51 leaves, 4 folded printed tables at the end.

Barbier II, 792. This edition not in Quérard. Abbott 76.

In Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, this is the first entry in his Chap. 3. Modern history, British, with the price, as follows: Memoire de seige de Gibraltar (par le Duc Crillon) [Tracts-2-10.

Louis de Berton des Balbes de Quiers, duc de Crillon-Mahon, 1718-1796, French general.

Jean Claude éléonore Le Michaud d'Arçon, 1733-1800, French engineer." "02230","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater.","iii.","","","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","Lettre du Comte de Mirabeau à * * * sur M. M. de Cagliostro et Lavater . . . à Berlin: chez François de Lagarde, 1786.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves: A-C8, *8, the last a blank; the last signature is for the Appendix, with separate pagination, dated from Berlin, 25 Mars 1786.

Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse. Not in Quérard.

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, French statesman.

Count Alessandro Cagliostro [i. e. Guiseppe Balsamo], 1743-1795, Italian alchemist and impostor. He was implicated in 1785 in the affair of the Diamond Necklace, q. v., chapter 23.

Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1741-1801, Swiss poet and physiognomist, author of Pontius Pilatus, published in 1782, discussed in this work." "02240","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse.","iv.","","","","Correspondence secrète, concernant la Constitution de la Prusse, dupuis la règne de Frédéric-Guillaume II. Potsdam, 1788.","","8vo. No copy of this work was located for collation." "02250","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Mémoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié.","v.","","","Follie, Louis Guillaume.","Mémoire d'un François qui sort de l'Esclavage. Par M. Follie, officier d'administration dans les colonies. A Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris: chez Laporte, 1785.","","

First Edition. No copy was located for collation.

Quérard III, page 148. Not in Gay. Rouard de Card, page 34.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book, listed in his undated manuscript as a separate entry, with the price 1-4.

Louis Guillaume Follie, b. 1761, fl. 1792, French traveller and colonial administrator, embarked on the Deux-Amis at the end of 1783, and was shipwrecked at Cape Noun, where he and his fellow passengers were taken by the Moors and kept as slaves for more than a year." "02260","88","Tracts in foreign history. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . Vie de Voltaire par luimeme Memoire pour servir à l'histoire du siege de Gibraltar. par le Duc de Crillon Mirabeau contre Cagliostro et Lavater Correspondence secrette sur la Prusse Memoire d'un François sorti de l'esclavage des Barbaresques par Follié Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 104, Tracts in Foreign history, to wit, Voltaire, Crillon, Mirabeau, La Prusse, les Barbaresques, l'Abbe de Mably, 8vo.","Six tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Eloge de l'Abbé de Mably par Brizard.","vi.","","","Brizard, Gabriel, Abbé.","Eloge historique de l'abbé de Mably, discours qui a partagé le prix au jugement de l'Academie royale des Inscriptions et belles-lettres en 1787, par M. l'abbé Brizard. Paris: Demonville, 1787.","","

First Edition. 8vo. Portrait by St. Aubin. No copy of this separate edition was located for collation.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the abbé Brizard to whom the former wrote from Paris, on December 4, 1787:

Monsieur Jefferson a l'honneur de remercier Monsieur de Brizard de l'excellente ouvrage sur feu l'Abbé Mably qu'il a eu la bonté de lui envoyer. L'eloge est vraiment digne de cet auteur celebre, et estimable autant que celebre. ses ouvrages y sont analysés et characterisés de sorte à faire voir que l'analyste en feroit d'excellentes dans le meme genre s'il le voudroit. M. Jefferson prie très ardemment que sa patrie pourroit remplir toutes les esperances que Monsieur Brizard a la bonté d'en former . . .

Gabriel Brizard, 1730-1793, French man of letters and juriconsulte. This Discours divided the prize with that of Lévesque at the Académie Française. It is reprinted in the collected works of Mably.

For the Abbé de Mably see chapter 24.

These six tracts are listed together, without price, on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue." "02270","89","","","","Vie de Jeanne de St. Remy de Valois Contsse de la Motte.","","2 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 15, unnumbered [Vie de la Comtesse de la Motte, 2 v 8vo, see Book of Kings].","La Motte, Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, Comtesse de.","Vie de Jeanne de St. Remy de Valois, ci-devant Comtesse de La Motte . . . avec plusieurs particularités ultérieures, propres à éclaircir les transactions mystérieuses relatives au Collier de Diamans, a son emprisonnement, & à son evasion presque miraculeuse, &c., &c.; & sa Requête à l'Assemblée Nationale, à l'Effet d'obtenir une Révision de son Procès. écrite par elle-même. Tome Premier [-Second]. Deuxieme Edition. A Paris: chez Garnéry, l'An Premier de la République Française. [1793.]","DC137.5.L3A2","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 234 leaves; vol. II, 216 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 510. Tourneux 21153. Hayn 146.

These two volumes form vol. III and IV of Jefferson's Book of Kings, see no. 411.

Jefferson was in Paris at the time of the imprisonment of the Cardinal de Rohan for his connection with the affair of the Diamond Necklace and several times mentioned it in his correspondence. For an account of this, and Jefferson's pamphlets on the subject, see chapter 23.

Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, Comtesse de la Motte, 1756-1791, French adventuress. The first edition of this work which contains her version of the affair of the Diamond Necklace, was printed in London in 1791, and, according to Tourneux, was bought up by de Laporte, intendant de la Liste civile, and burnt on the 26 May, 1792, with the exception of one copy which escaped destruction." "02280","90","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 45, Sketches of the history of France, by an American,","12mo","","Sketches of the History of France, from the earliest historical accounts, to the present time—1806: with some remarks concerning the life and achievments of the celebrated Napoleon Bonaparte, now Emperor of France. By an American . . . Richmond: Printed by Seaton Grantland, February-1806.","DC39.S63","

12mo. 52 leaves: []6, B-H6, I4.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin. Not in the Richmond Library Catalogue. Not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March, on April 26, 1806, in calf, gilt, cost .75.

Contains references to the American Revolution and the affairs of the United States." "02290","91","","","","Impartial history of the revolution in France.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 106b, as above, omitting 2. v. in 1.","[Rabaut Saint étienne, Jean Paul.]","An Impartial History of the late Revolution in France, from its Commencement to the Death of the Queen, and the Execution of the Deputies of the Gironde Party. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. [Translated by James White.] Philadelphia: Printed for M. Carey, July 17, 1794.","DC161.I34","

2 vol. in I. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 143 leaves; vol. II, 121 leaves; the first 2 leaves in the first volume have the publisher's advertisements.

Evans 27588.

Jefferson may have bought his copy from Dufief, to whom he wrote from Washington on January 9, 1800:

I am much obliged to you for thinking of me when you got the copies of Rabaut and [name obscured] Mayer . . .

This book is the first on the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Milligan, on March 28, 1815, after the sale and before the delivery of his library to Congress, with a request that Milligan try to get and bring on.

A copy was purchased by Milligan on April 7, price $2.50, and billed to Jefferson with other books on July 13, 1815.

This work frequently has a place on Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Jean Paul Rabaut Saint étienne, 1743-1793, French Huguenot patriot and author, was a native of Nîmes; he met his death by execution after having been proscribed. The first French edition of this work was published in Paris in 1792.

James White, d. 1799, English scholar and novelist. The first edition of this translation was published in London in 1792; editions were printed in 1794 in New York and Boston as well as in Philadelphia." "02300","92","","","","Essai sur la Revolution Française par Paganel.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 107, as above.","Paganel, Pierre.","Essai historique et critique sur la Révolution Française, dédié à M. le comte de Lacépède, ministre d'Etat . . . Par M. P. Paganel . . . Paris: Plassan, 1810.","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. No copy of this edition has been located for collation. According to a statement on the title-page of the second edition, issued anonymously in 1815, the first edition was destroyed by order of the government: La 1ère. édition fut enlevée entière, par ordre de l'ancien gouvernement, en 1810, et détruite en totalité en 1813. The totalité was not complete and several copies escaped destruction.

Quérard VI, page 545. Tourneux I, page 101.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author, who wrote to him in November 1810:

Lorsque, par la foi d'un approbation ministérielle et d'une censure légale, je me décidai á faire imprimer mon essai historique sur la revolution française je destinai le premier exemplaire qui sortiroit de l'empire a Monsieur jefferson à l'expresident de sa république. j'attachois un grand prix et meme quelque gloire pour moi à le distingue parmi les chefs des gouvernemens et des peuples . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 15, 1811:

I recieved through m[???] Warden the copy of your valuable work on the French revolution, for which I pray you to accept my thanks, that it's sale should have been suppressed is no matter of wonder with me. the friend of liberty is too feelingly manifested not to give umbrage to it's enemies . . . the perusal of this work has given me new views of the causes of failure in a revolution of which I was a witness in it's early part, & then augured well of it . . . the art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason & information . . .

Pierre Paganel, 1745-1826, French historian." "02310","93","","","","Revolution de France de Desodoards.","","2. v. in I. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 108, as above, but omitting 2. v. in I.","Fantin Des Odoards, Antoine Etienne Nicolas.","Histoire Philosophique de la Révolution de France, Depuis la convocation des notables, par Louis XVI, jusqu'à la séparation de la convention nationale; Par Antoine Fantin-Desodoards, citoyen français . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. À Paris: [chez G. Bridel] de l'Imprimerie de l'Union, ct se trouve chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1796 (n. st.) IV.","","

First Edition. 8vo.

Quérard III, 64. Tourneux I, 51. Backer III, 542, no. 7.

Jefferson bought a copy from Reibelt, in February 1805, price 2.40.

Antoine Etienne Nicolas Fantin des Odoards, 1738-1820, French publicist and historian. This work is frequently included by Jefferson in his lists of recommended reading." "02320","94","","","","Abregé chronologique de la revolution de France. par Desodoards.","","3. v. 12mo. 1802.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 40, as above.","Fantin Des Odoards, Antoine Etienne Nicolas.","Abrégé chronologique de la Révolution de France, a l'Usage des écoles publiques; Par Ant. Fantin Desodoards . . . Tome Premier [-III] . . . A Paris: chez Barba, An X. (1802)","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 266 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, publisher's advertisement on the back of the half-title; vol. II, 252 leaves; vol. III, 249 leaves; the last 3 leaves with the publisher's Catalogue.

Quérard III, page 63. Tourneux I, 82. Backer III, page 543, no. 11." "02330","95","","","","Memoires de Dumouriez, 2. v. in 1.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 110, Memoires de Dumouriez, 8vo.","Dumouriez, Charles François Dupérrier.","Mémoires du Général Dumouriez, Ecrits par lui-meme . . . [Tome Second.] Hambourg et Leipzig, 1794.","DC 146 .D9A23 (Vol. I.)","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. 8vo. Vol. I, 92 leaves; vol. II, 127 leaves.

Quérard II, page 681. Tourneux 26634.

On January 9, 1800, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Dufief in Philadelphia:

. . . should you possess Doumourier's account of his campaigns, Carnot's or Madame Roland's books, I will thank you for them, by the stage . . .

Jefferson expressed his opinion of Dumouriez in a letter to Doctor Gilmer, written from Philadelphia, June 28, 1793:

. . . Dumourier was known to be a scoundrel in grain. I mentioned this from the beginning of his being placed at the head of the armies: but his victories at length silenced me. his apostacy has now proved that an unprincipled man, let his other fitnesses be what they will, ought never to be employed . . .

Charles François Dupérrier Dumouriez, 1739-1823, French general at the time of the Revolution. Jefferson's criticism refers to his attempt to overthrow the Revolutionary government after his defeat at Neerwinden in January 1793." "02340","96","","","","Memoires de Marmontel.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 39, as above.","Marmontel, Jean François.","Oeuvres posthumes de Marmontel, Historiographe de France, Secrétaire Perpétuel de l'Académie Française. Imprimées sur le manuscrit autographe de l'Auteur. Mémoires. Tome Premier [-Quatriéme]. A Paris: Chez Xhrouet, Déterville, Lenormant, Petit [de l'Imprimerie de Xhrouet], 1807, 1804.","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 200 leaves; vol. II, 166 leaves; vol. III, 178 leaves; vol. IV, 173 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of vol. II, III, and IV. The half-titles read: Memoires d'un Père pour servir à l'Instruction de ses enfans.

Quérard V, page 552.

Jefferson's copy was purchased from P. & C. Roche, Philadelphia, in a letter dated April 3, 1807:

I some considerable time ago wrote to ask that if a copy of the Memoires de Marmontel in French should come to your hands, I should be glad to get it . . .

The book was sent on April 26 (the letter endorsed recd. May 7), price $6.00, broché.

These volumes were either not delivered to Congress with the rest of the Library in 1815, or were lost at an early date. In the working copy of the Library of Congress catalogue of the Jefferson books, 1815, the entry is checked but the check mark is crossed through. The volumes are included in the manuscript list, made after 1815, of books headed Congressional Library Books Missing.

Jean François Marmontel, 1723-1779, French writer, dramatist, and historiographer of France. These Mémoires, nominally written for the instruction of his children, form the first four volumes of the Oeuvres Posthumes in eleven volumes." "02350","97","","","","Reponse de Carnot sur la conjuration du 18. Fructidor.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 42, as above.","Carnot, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite.","Réponse de L. N. M. Carnot, Citoyen Français, l'Un des Fondateurs de la République, et Membre Constitutionnel du Directoire Executif: au Rapport fait sur La Conjuration du 18 Fructidor, An 5e. au Conseil des Cinq Cents, par J. Ch. Bailleul, au Nom d'une Commission Spéciale. 18e Floréal, An 6e. Londres: chez J. Wright, 1799.","","

Sm. 8vo. 116 leaves.

Tourneux I, 4882d. This edition not in Quérard.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Dufief in January 1800, see no. 233.

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, 1753-1823, French general, politician, and regicide. This pamphlet was written in answer to accusations of conspiracy against the republic, and was first printed in Paris in 1798. This London edition is signed at the end: L. N. M. Carnot. 18 Floréal, an. 6. Reference is made to French possession de la Louisiane et de la Floride, que le roi d'Espagne nous auroit cédées . . . non pas de créer un nouveau royaume en Europe, mais au contraire de républicaniser une vaste et belle contrée de l'Amérique, qui nous eût donné une si grande influence sur les Etats-Unis . . ." "02360","98","","","","Appel a la posterité par Made. Roland.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. III, as above.","Roland de La Platière, Marie Jeanne Phlipon.","Appel a l'Impartiale Postérité, par la Citoyenne Roland, Femme du Ministre de l'Intérieur, ou Recueil des Ecrits qu'elle a rédigés, pendant sa détention, aux prisons de l'Abbaye et de Sainte-Pélagie; Imprimé au profit de sa Fille unique, privée de la fortune de ses père et mère, dont les biens sont toujours sequestrés. Première [-Quatrieme] Partie . . . A Paris: chez Louvet [1795].","DC146 .R7A2","

4 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Part I, 69 leaves; Part II, 55 leaves; Part III, 60 leaves; Part IV, 72 leaves; each part with separate title-page and pagination.

Quérard VIII, page 123. Tourneux 25113.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Dufief in January, 1800, see no. 233.

Marie [Manon] Jeanne Phlipon Roland de La Platière, 1754-1793, was the wife of the French statesman Jean Roland. This Appel was written in prison, where she was thrown after the death of the King, and edited by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc whose Avertissement is dated Paris, 20 germinal, an 3e de la Republique. Madame Roland was executed by the guillotine in 1793, and her husband committed suicide shortly afterward." "02370","99","","","","Tableau des operations de Bonaparte par Chas.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 113, as above but omitting 8vo.","Chas, Jean.","Tableau Historique et Politique des Opérations militaires et civiles de Bonaparte, Premier Consul de la République Française; orné de son Portrait. Par J. Chas, de Nîmes. Ouvrage dedié a Madame Bonaparte. A Paris: chez Arthus Bertrand, de l'Imprimerie de Guilleminet, An X—1801.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 152 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Bonaparte by J. B. F. Massard after J. B. L. Massard Fils; publisher's advertisement on the last two leaves.

Quérard II, page 144.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in calf by John March, billed on October 11, 1802, price $1.00. It was a gift from the author who wrote to Jefferson from Paris, December 12, 1801 (received Feb. 25, 1802):

. . . Daignez, monsieur le president, accepter un exemplaire du tableau historique et politique des operations civiles, et militaires de bonaparte premier consul de la republique francaise. ce n'est point un vrai eloge que j'ai entrepris, & j'ecris pour tous les siecles et pour tous les peuples . . .

In this letter Chas mentioned that he was working on a new edition of his Histoire politique et philosophique de la revolution de l'amérique septentrionale [see no. 485].

Jean Chas, c. 1750-c. 1830, French juriconsulte and author, was born in Nimes and died in Paris of misery and starvation. This work contains a reference to, and a quotation from, the grand et vertueux Washington." "02380","100","","","","Campagne de la grande armée (1805) par Castillon.","","2. tom. in I. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 43, as above.","Castillon, Bernard.","Campagne de la Grande Armée, précédée d'une introduction préliminaire depuis le 18 brumaire an VIII jusqu'au traité de Presbourg, suivie des différentes conventions passées entre les cours d'Angleterre, de Russie, d'Allemagne et de Suède. Ouvrage publié par B. Castillon. Bordeaux: Castillon, 1806.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. No copy of this work was located for collation, the above title was taken from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

The book was issued in 2 volumes. Jefferson's copy was apparently bound in 1.

Not in Quérard. Labadie, Imprimeurs et Libraires Bordelais, page 148.

Bernard Castillon, d. 1837, printer of Bordeaux." "02390","101","","","","Chateauneuf Histoire des Generaux de la revolution.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page II. no. 44, Histoire des Generaux de la revolution, par Chateauneuf, 5 v 12mo.","Lapierre de Chateauneuf, Agricole Hippolyte De.","Histoire des Generaux qui se sont illustres dans la Guerre de la Révolution par A. Chateauneuf. Première [-Vingt-quatrième] Partie. Paris: chez l'Editeur [de l'Imprimerie de P. Guefier], 1809-10.","","

24 parts in 5 vol. 12mo. Jefferson had the edition of 1809-10, as above, of which no copy has been located for collation.

Quérard II, page 155. Not in Tourneux.

The first edition, with the title Cornelius Nepos français, ou Notices historiques sur les généraux, les marins . . . was published in 1804.

Agricole Hippolyte De Lapierre De Chateauneuf, 1765-1842, French historian." "02400","102","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 150, Histoire de France depuis la revolution de 1789 a 1793, par Toulongeon, 2 v 4to a la mort de Robespierre.","Toulongeon, François Emmanuel, Vicomte De.","Histoire de France depuis la Révolution de 1789, écrite d'après les memoires et manuscrits contemporains, recueillis dans les depôts civils et militaires. Par le citoyen F.-Emmanuel Toulongeon, ancien militaire, ex-constituant de l'Institut national de France. Avec des Cartes et Plans. Paris: Treuttel et Wurtz, an IX (1801)-1803.","","

2 vol. 4to. No copy of the quarto edition was located for collation. The complete work was in 4 volumes, 1801-1806. From the letters of David Baillie Warden quoted below, which show also that Jefferson's copy was sent to him unbound, and from the entry in the 1815 catalogue, as above—the death of Robespierre occurs at the end of vol. IV—it is clear that Jefferson's copy was complete, and that he had it bound in 2 volumes.

Quérard IX, page 513. Tourneux 76.

Jefferson obtained his copy in 1815 from Paris through David Baillie Warden.

On November 1, 1812, Warden wrote to Jefferson from Paris (received at Monticello September 14, 1813):

By the Hornet, I forwarded Toulongeons' Work, some brochures, and a Box of garden-seeds, from the Garden of Plants . . .

The postscript of a letter from Warden to Jefferson, written on April 1, 1813 (received September 17) reads: P. S. Having ascertained that the Captain of the Hornet left several trunks and cases, at Strasburg, which he refused to take on board, belonging to the Philadelphia Society &c. and learning that the copy of Toulongeons' work to be forwarded by this opportunity was left at Cherburg, I send, by Mr. Hasler another copy. The author died lately—much regretted—the sudden departure of Mr. Hasler does not allow me time to have it bound.

On December 29, 1813, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Warden, in Paris:

I need much of your indulgence for the want of punctuality in acknoleging the reciept of your several favors . . . the copy of Toulongeon, mentioned in the letter of Nov. 1. 13. to have been sent by the Hornet, was not recieved . . . Dr. Stevens forwarded safely the Codes de France, and m[???] Hasler the second copy of Toulongeon you were so kind as to send, as mentioned in your letter of last April . . . on the observation, in your last, that time had not permitted you to have Toulongeon bound, permit me to pray the omission of that circumstance on your favors, not only as unnecessarily increasing the burthen on you, but as they come lighter & safer by the mail when unbound . . .

Warden acknowledged the receipt of this letter on May 5, 1814:

Yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 29th of December last . . . The first copy of Toulongeon was left with other volumes at Cherburg, the Captain of the Hornet refusing to take the case which contained them on board . . .

On February 27, 1815, Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book to Warden, with his comments:

. . . I send you a copy of my Parliamentary Manual, and am to acknolege the reciept of Toulongeon, whom I have read with great satisfaction and information. he has given me the first luminous view of the course of the French revolution to the death of Robespierre, of which till then my ideas had been entirely chaotic, he has solved to me the riddle of the Jacobins. many of the earlier set of them had been personally known to me, and altho' I knew them disposed to establish a republic on the ruins of the constitution of 91. yet I could never recognize them in the anarchical proceedings which overthrew all government, a history of that club would be curious, & valuable. but what we now want especially is a history of the Directory, and one of Bonaparte. I hope some well-informed, candid, plain narrator is engaged in it. no one would do it better than M. Toulongeon . . .

On August 10 of the same year, in answering a query of John Adams on Dumouriez (see no. 233) Jefferson wrote:

you will find his character in the most excellent revolutionary history of Toulongeon.

François Emmanuel, Vicomte de Toulongeon, 1748-1812, French historian and author. The first edition was published at Strassburg and Paris, by Treuttel and Wurtz, 2 vol. 8vo." "02410","103","","","","Biographia Gallica.","","2. v. 12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 31, as above.","","Biographia Gallica: or, the Lives of the most eminent French Writers of Both Sexes, in Divinity, Philosophy, Mathematics, History, Poetry, &c. From the Restoration of Learning under Francis I. to the Present Time . . . Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for R. Griffiths and L. Davis, 1752.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 150 leaves; vol. II, 156 leaves; the first leaf in vol. I has the half-title on the recto and the advertisement of Lockyer Davis on the verso. The second volume has no half-title; the second and third leaves contain a list of Books and Pamphlets sold by M. Cooper and G. Woodfall; errata list in both volumes.

Lowndes I, page 205. Not in Halkett and Laing.

Biographia Gallica, an anonymous publication, was possibly compiled by the publisher, Lockyer Davis, 1719-1791." "02420","104","","","","Pelloutier histoire des Celtes.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 46, as above.","Pelloutier, Simon.","Histoire des Celtes, et particulierement des Gaulois et des Germains, depuis les Tems fabuleux, jusqu'à la Prise de Rome par les Gaulois: Par Mr. Simon Pelloutier. Tome Premier. [Second.] A La Haye: chez Isaac Beauregard, 1750.","DC62.P386","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 310 leaves; vol. II, 215 leaves; titles printed in red and black; at the beginning of each volume is a list of the authorities cited and the editions used in compiling the book.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Graesse. According to Quérard the first edition was printed in 1740-1750.

Purchased in 1785. In a letter dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, addressed to the Rev. Samuel Henley, concerning the purchase of his library, Jefferson wrote:

From miss Digges I purchased Pelloutiere's history of the Celts. 2 vols. 12mo. belonging to mr Gwatkin. I shall be obliged to you to add their worth to your draught on me, & to permit me to make you the channel of it's communication to mr Gwatkin . . .

Simon Pelloutier, 1694-1757, German historian of French descent." "02430","105","","","","Wotton's view of Hicke's thesaurus.","","4to","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","This book was possibly not sold to Congress in 1815. Wotton's name is listed in the Index of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue with reference to this chapter, which contains no title by him." "02440","106","","","","Olai Magni gentium Septentrionalium historiae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 47, as above.","Magnus, Olaus.","Olai Magni Gentium septentrionali[???] historiæ breviarum. Amstelodami: apud Ioannem à Ravesteyn, 1669.","","

12mo. 276 leaves, engraved title-page.

Brunet III, page 1302. Graesse IV, page 359.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, in Chapter 1, with the price, 1.16.

Olaus Magnus, 1490-1558, archbishop of Upsala.

The Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus was originally published in Rome in 1555.

Cornelius De Schryver, 1482-1558, a native of Amsterdam, was the author of this abridgment of the work of Olaus Magnus, first published in Antwerp in 1558." "02450","107","","","","[Jornandes de rebus G[???]ticis. in Cassiodorus.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 12 as above, cross-reference, unnumbered.","","","","For the Opera of Cassiodorus see chapter 44. It contains Jornandis seu Jordani episcopi ravennatis De G[???]tarum sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis, ad Castalium, a compression by Jornandes (fl. c. 550) of the twelve books of Cassiodorus, now lost." "02460","108","","","","Histoire des Goths de Jornandes par Maupertuis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 48, as above with reading Maupertius.","Jordanes.","Histoire Generale des Goths, traduite du Latin de Jornandes, archevêque de Ravenna [par Drouet de Maupertuis]. A Paris: chez la veuve de Claude Barbin, M. DCIII. [i. e. 1703.]","","

First edition of this translation. 12mo. 168 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 245.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue (in chapter I), with the price, 1.4.

Jordanes, fl. 6th century, the historian of the Gothic nation. De Rebus G[???]ticis, based on the work of Cassiodorus, was written by Jordanes in 551.

Jean Baptiste Drouet de Maupertuis, 1650-?1730, French religious writer." "02470","109","","","","Schefferi Lapponia.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 114, as above, but with reading p 4to.","Scheffer, Johann.","Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis Lapponia id est, Regionis Lapponum et Gentis nova et verissima Descriptio. In qua multa de origine, superstitione, sacris magicis victu, cultu, negotiis Lapponum, item Animalium, metallorumque indole, quae in terris eorum proveniunt, hactenus incognita praeduntur, & eiconibus adjectis cum cura illustrantur. Francofvrti: ex Officina Christiani Wolffii typis Joannis Andreae, 1673.","","

First Edition. 4to. 197 leaves; engraved title frontispiece, folded engraved map, title printed in red and black, woodcut on the printed title (repeated on page 300), numerous woodcut illustrations.

Graesse VI, page 279. Qvigstad and Wiklund, Bibliographie der Lappischen Litteratur, page 15.

Johann Scheffer, 1621-1679, German antiquarian, a native of Strassburg, was a descendant of Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim, the partner of Johann Fust." "02480","110","","","","Histoire ancienne du gouvernement de Cherson. par Potocki.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 151, as above.","Potocki, Jan, Comte.","Histoire ancienne du Gouvernement de Chèrson, pour servir de suite à l'histoire Primitive des peuples de la Russie. Par le Comte Jean Potocki . . . St Pétersbourg: Imprimé à l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, 1804.—Histoire Ancienne du Gouvernement de Podolie . . . Avec Permission de la censure, ib. de l'Imprimerie de F. Dreschler, 1805.—Histoire ancienne du Gouvernement de Wolhynie . . . Avec permission de la Censure. ib. de l'Imprimerie de l'Academie, 1805.","","

Together 3 vol. 4to. First Editions. Part I, 30 leaves; the advertisement of a projected translation into German is pasted down on the back of the title; Part II, 26 leaves; Part III, 12 leaves; the last two leaves with the errata for parts I and II.

Quérard VII, page 296. Bibliothèque Imperiale de St. Petersbourg, 1142, 1145, 1146.

Presentation copy from the author, sent through Levett Harris, the United States Consul at St. Petersburg, on August 10, 1806, see no. 3." "02490","111","","","","Memoires secrets sur la Russie.","","2. v. 8vo. Amsterdam. 1800.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 117, as above.","[Masson, Charles François Philibert.]","Mémoires secrets sur la Russie, et particulièrement sur la fin du règne de Catherine II et le commencement de celui de Paul I. Formant un tableau des moeurs de St. Pétersbourg à la fin du XVIIIe siècle . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. Amsterdam: An VIII. [1800.]","DK171 .M41","

First Edition, first issue. 8vo. A later issue in the same year has Charles Pougens' Paris imprint.

Barbier III, col. 253. Quérard V, page 609. Jefferson's copy was bound in calf, gilt, by John March, in June 1807, price $2.00.

The work was issued anonymously. It was introduced to Jefferson by Reibelt, who, writing from New Orleans in February, 1807 (the letter endorsed by Jefferson recd. Feb. 23. 07), revealed the authorship:

. . . Les Memoirs Secretes de la Russie sont l'ouvrage le plus interessant, qui n'a jamais paru sur ce pays. L'auteur en est Masson—Professeur d'Alexandre sous les ordres de mon ami Laharpe.—Vous lui permetterez par ce Motif d'habiter votre Bibliotheque . . .

This work usually has a place in Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Charles François Philibert Masson, 1762-1807, French soldier and author, held various military and other appointments in Russia until 1797 when he was exiled from that country and returned to France.

The Empress Catherine's opinion of the American Revolution and of George Washington is given in a note on page 121 of the first volume. Two additional volumes of this work were published in 1802, 3. The name of the author is given in the last volume of the second edition, from which some of the more secret of the memoirs were omitted." "02500","112","","","","Histoire de Catharine II. par Austera.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 116, Histoire de Catharine II, par Castera, 3 v 8vo.","Castéra, Jean Henri.","Histoire de Catherine II, Impératrice de Russie. Par J. Castéra . . . Avec seize Portraits ou Cartes, gravés en taille-douce. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. Paris: chez F. Buisson, An VIII. [1800.]","","

3 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 228 leaves; 6 engraved plates including the portrait frontispiece; vol. II, 208 leaves, 4 engraved plates of portraits; publisher's advertisement on the back of the half-title; vol. III, 256 leaves, engraved portraits, folded engraved map.

Quérard II, page 77. Bibliothèque Imperiale de St. Petersbourg I, page 205, no. 188.

Bought from Reibelt in 1804, billed on January 23, 1805: Hist. de Catherine II. Austera. 6. 78. In his manuscript catalogue Jefferson follows Reibelt's spelling of the author's name. The name is correctly printed in the Library of Congress catalogues.

Catherine II was the only exception made by Jefferson in his anti-monarchical diatribe written to Governor John Langdon of New Hampshire from Monticello on March 5, 1810:

. . . there remained then none but old Catharine who had been too lately picked up to have lost her common sense . . .

Catherine II, 1729-1796, empress of Russia.

Jean Henri Castéra, born c. 1755, French author and translator. This work was first published in 1797 with the title Vie de Catherine II . . . and contains references to the American Revolutionary War and to John Paul Jones and his employment by Catherine." "02510","113","","","","Tooke's life of Catharine II.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 115, as above.","Tooke, William.","The Life of Catharine II, Empress of all the Russias: with an elegant Portrait of the Tzarina, and a correct Map of the Russian Empire. By W. Tooke, F. R. S. Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and of the Free Economical Society of St. Petersburg. First American Edition. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Published by William Fry. H. Maxwell, Printer, 1802.","DK170 .T6","

2 vol. 8vo. in fours, vol. I, 285 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin, folded engraved map; vol. II, 286 leaves; engraved plate with musical notation; the last sheet with the List of Subscribers, which includes Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin. This edition not in the Catalogue of the Bibiliothèque Imperiale Publique de St. Petersburg.

This work is on most of Jefferson's recommended reading lists in history.

William Tooke, 1744-1820, English historian of Russia, was for a time chaplain to the English merchants in St. Petersburg. His Life of Catharine II is founded on that of Castéra, and was first published in London in 1798." "02520","114","","","","Vie de François Le fort de Russie par Basseville","","8vo. (given by the author).","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 118, Vie de François Lefort de Russie, par Basseville, 8vo.","Bassville, Nicolas Jean Hugon de.","Précis Historique sur la Vie et les Exploits de François Le Fort, Citoyen de Genève, Général & Grand-Admiral de Russie, Président de tous les Conseils de Pierre-Le-Grand, Empereur de Moskovie . . . Par Mr. De Bassville . . . Seconde Edition, corrigée des fautes de la première. A Lausanne: chez Grasset et Comp., 1786.","","

12mo. 86 leaves.

This edition not in Quérard. This edition not in Barth. Bibliothèque Imperiale de St. Petersbourg I, page 80, no. 302.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, and is so described by Jefferson in both his dated and his undated catalogues. In August 1786 Jefferson was in correspondence with de Bassville, for whom in his official capacity he had performed some small service, and, this edition having been published in that year, it may have been presented at that time.

François Le Fort, 1656-1699.

Nicolas Jean Hugon De Bassville, 1753?-1793, French author and diplomat, was secretary to the legation at Naples in 1792 and assassinated by the populace of Rome on January 13, 1793. The first edition of this book was published in Geneva, 1784." "02530","115","","","","Histoire de Sobieski roi de Pologne par l'Abbé Coyer.","","3 v. in 2. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 51, as above.","Coyer, Gabriel François.","Histoire de Jean Sobieski, Roi de Pologne. Par M. l'Abbé Coyer. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A Varsovie, et se trouve à Paris: chez Duchesne, 1761.","DK431 .C88","

First Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 226 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Chenu after Garand; vol. II, 193 leaves; vol. III, 204 leaves; in the imprint of vol. II the name Warsovie is so spelled; the fleuron on the title-page of vol. I differs from that on vol. II and III. At the end of vol. III is a list of Livres Nouveaux, ou nouvellement réimprimés, Depuis l'Année 1759, jusqu'à la présente Année 1761. Qui se vendent chez Duchesne, preceded by a list of the Ouvrages de M. l'Abbé Coyer, in which the present work is the last: Historie de Jean Sobieski, Roi de Pologne, avec son Portrait, 1761. 3 vol. in 12. 7l. 10 s.

Quérard II, page 328.

Jefferson had his copy bound in 2 volumes; the entry in the undated manuscript catalogue includes the price 6.0. In 1803 Jefferson tried to purchase from Pougens for the Library of Congress a copy of the Abregé chronologique de l'histoire de Pologne, by the same author. On June 9 in that year that work was included by Pougens in a list of books he had been unable to procure for Jefferson and reported that it was rare, attendre le hazard d'une vente.

John III (Sobieski), 1624-1696, King of Poland.

Gabriel François Coyer, 1707-1782, French author, was a member of the academies of Nancy, Rome and London." "02540","116","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'histoire de Pologne.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 50, as above.","[Schmidt, Fryderyk August.]","Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Pologne. Varsovie et Dresdè: Michel Groell, 1763.","","

First Edition. 12mo. (according to some bibliographies, 8vo.) No copy of this book was available for collation.

Barbier I, 16. Quérard VIII, page 526.

This book is entered without the price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Fryderyk August Schmidt, d. 1807, Polish historian." "02550","117","","","","Histoire de l'anarchie et du demembrement de Pologne. par Rulhiere.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 119, as above.","Rulhière, Claude-Carloman De.","Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne, et du Démembrement de cette République, par Cl. Rulhière. Suivie des Anecdotes sur la révolution de Russie, en 1762, par le même auteur. Tome Premier [-Quatrième]. Paris: Desenne; à la Librairie Stéréotype, chez H. Nicolle; et Desenne jeune, [De l'imprimerie des Annales des Arts et Manufactures] 1807.","DK434 .R9","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 213 leaves; vol. II, 255 leaves; vol. III, 237 leaves; vol. IV, 218 leaves; printer's imprint on the verso of each half-title.

Quérard VIII, page 281. Estreicher, Bibliografia Polska X, 23. Finkel, Bibliografia Historyi Polskiej, 9386. Chevalier, Claude Carloman de Rulhière, page 425.

An Histoire de Pologne, 4 vols. 8vo. was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost $4.00.

This work is included in Jefferson's lists of recommended reading.

Claude-Carloman De Rulhière, 1734-1791, French poet and historian, was secretary to the legation of St. Petersburg at the time of the Russian revolution. The Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne was posthumously published under the editorship of P. C. F. Donau. Of the three issues of the first edition it is not possible to know which was in the Jefferson collection. The copy in the Library of Congress described above is of the first issue." "02560","118","","","","Coup d'oeil sur la décadence de la Pologne par Komarzewski.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 120, as above.","Komarzewski, Jan Chrzciciel.","Coup-d'Oeil rapide sur les causes réelles de la Décadence de la Pologne; par M. de Komarzewski . . . A Paris: chez Bertrand-Pottier, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 135 leaves, the last with the errata.

Quérard IV, page 312. Estreicher II, 411.

This may be the book referred to by D. B. Warden, in a letter to Jefferson written from Paris on September 17, 1809 (received at Monticello November 22):

I have the honor of sending you, to the care of Mr. Bullus, a history of Poland, and a brochure, which are presented to you, by the author—a Polish General. I lately sent a copy of the same, via Holland: if you receive both, please to give one to the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia . . .

In a letter to William Duane dated from Monticello July 25, 1811, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have been lately reading Komarzewski's Coup d'oeil on the history of Poland. tho' without any charms of stile or composition, it gives a lesson, which all our countrymen should study; the example of a country erased from the map of the world by the dissensions of it's own citizens. the papers of every day read them the counter lesson of the impossibility of subduing a people acting with an undivided will . . .

Jan Chrzciciel [Jean Baptiste] Komarzewski, 1748-1810, Polish general under King Stanislas-Auguste, and author of several books." "02570","119","","","","Revolñs de Hongrie.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 52, Revolutions de Hongrie, 6 v 12mo.","[Brenner, Domokos Antal Ignácz.]","Histoire des Revolutions de Hongrie, où l'on donne une idée juste de son Legitime Gouvernement. Tome Premier [-Sixieme] . . . A la Haye: chez Jean Neaulme, 1739.","DB932.3 .B76","

6 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 227 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of François Rakoczy by Folkema, 1739, folded engraved map; vol. II, 178 leaves; vol. III, 198 leaves; vol. IV, 184 leaves, the last a blank; vol. V, 207 leaves; vol. VI, 238 leaves; engraved device on each title, the titles, printed in red and black, vary in each volume according to the contents; in the copy collated there was no half-title in vol. I, present in the other volumes.

Barbier II, 114. Quérard I, page 501.

Domokos Antal Ignácz Brenner, Hungarian abbé and historian. Little seems to be known of him, and the bibliographies are for the most part ignorant of his given names, referring to him only as abbé. The first edition of this book was published earlier in the same year in two volumes quarto.

Prosper Marchand, 1675-1756, French scholar, the editor of the work, states in the Avertissement that L'Auteur, qui n'a pas jugé à propos de se nommer, est sans doute Hongrois de naissance . . ." "02580","120","","","","Loccenii rerum Suecicarum historia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 53, as above, but with reading p 8vo.","Loccenius, Johannes.","Johannis Loccenii Rerum Svecicarum Historia a Rege Berone tertio usque ad Ericum decimum quartum deducta, & pluribus locis, quam antehac, auctior edita. Accedunt Antiquitates Sveo-Gothicae. Holmiae: ex officina Johannis Janssonii, 1654.","DL646 .L8","

First Edition. 306 leaves, separate title for the Antiquitatium Sveo-Gothicarvm . . . Libri Tres. Editio Seconda emendatior & auctior; printer's woodcut device on both titles.

This edition not in Graesse. Ebert II, 12160.

Johannes Loccenius, 1598-1677, a German by birth, became professor of German at Upsala University and historiographer of Sweden. According to Graesse the first edition of the Antiquitatum Sveo-Gothicarum was published in Upsala in the same year, 1654." "02590","121","","","","Voltaire's history of Charles XII. of Sweden.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 15, unnumbered: [Voltaire's history of Charles XII, of Sweden, 12mo, in his works ch. 44]","Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.","The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. By M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. The Seventh Edition. With a complete index, London: Printed for C. Davis, in Pater-Noster-Row. MDCCXL. 1740","","

Bound in the original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I [the signatures run to P only], and on the fly-leaf is his signature Thos. Jefferson, 1774. On the title-page is the signature J. Wayles.

The 1815 catalogue was in error in referring this number

to the Works of Voltaire in chapter 44, which is a French edition.

This book was apparently missing at the time of the sale to Congress; it is now in a private library." "02600","122","","","","Histoire de la derniere guerre de Suede. de Peleus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 54, as above but with de la Suede.","[Peleus, Julien.]","L'Histoire de la derniere Gverre de Svede, en laquelle sont amplement décrits, tous les Sieges, combats rencontres, & batailles des Suedois, contre les Dannois: Ensemble leur Paix, par l'entremise du Roy de la Grand' Bretagne. A Paris: chez François Pomeray, 1622.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 174 leaves: ã4, A-X8, Y2, printer's woodcut device on the title; the dedication signed Pelevs.

Not in Barbier, Brunet, Graesse, or Quérard.

Julien Peleus [Pilieu], d. 1625, French lawyer and man of letters. According to Brunet his historical works are tout à fait oubliés." "02610","123","","","","Sheridan's revolution of Sweden.","","12mo","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Sheridan, Charles Francis.","A History of the late Revolution in Sweden: containing an Account of the Transactions of the three last Diets in that Country; preceded by a short Abstract of the Swedish History, so far as was necessary to lay open the true Causes of that remarkable Event. By Charles Francis Sheridan, Esq; of Lincoln's-Inn, and Secretary to the British Envoy in Sweden, at the Time of the late Revolution. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1778.","DL766 .S5","

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with price, 2/-.

The author of this book is listed in the Index of the 1815 Library Catalogue, with reference to chapter 2, but his book is not entered in that chapter. The copy described has the eagle stamp on the back in use by the Library of Congress in 1815, and has the 1822 bookplate. It is not in any of the Library of Congress printed catalogues, and was apparently first catalogued for the card catalogue made in 1904, though the early form of the eagle on the back, and the bookplate, make it clear it was in the Library many years before that date. In the circumstances it is not possible to know whether the book was delivered to Congress or not.

Since writing the above, the volume has been rebound in brown buckram (in March 1948) and the eagle and the bookplate lost." "02620","124","","","","Lord Molesworth's account of Denmark.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 56, as above.","[Molesworth, Robert, Viscount Molesworth.]","An account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692. Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie, MDCCLII. 1752.","","

12mo. 111 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Robert Molesworth, Viscount Molesworth, 1656-1725, was born in Dublin. This book was written after the abrupt termination of Molesworth's mission to Denmark in 1692 as envoy extraordinary to that country.

The first edition appeared in 1694." "02630","125","","","","Histoire de Dannemarc. par Mallet.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 55, as above.","Mallet, Paul Henri.","Histoire de Dannemarc. Geneva, 1763.","","

6 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Graesse IV, 354. Quérard V, 471. Vaucher, Catalogue de la Bibliothéque Publique de Genève, II, 824.

Listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price: 15.0.

Paul Henri Mallet, 1730-1807, Swiss historian, was a native of Geneva. The first edition of this book was published in Copenhagen, where the author occupied the chair of belles lettres, in 1758. The Geneva edition of 1763 is the second edition, and according to Graesse and Quérard was actually published in Paris. The first two volumes contain the Introduction, which was originally published as a separate work in 1755, and later reprinted separately under various titles; the translation into English was issued by Bishop Percy with the title Northern Antiquities." "02640","126","","","","Vie de Frederic II. roi de Prusse par Treuttel.","","4. v. 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 121, as above.","[Laveaux, Jean Charles Thibault de.]","Vie de Frédéric II. Roi de Prusse. Accompagnée de Remarques, Pièces justificatives et d'un grand nombre d'Anecdotes dans la plupart n'ont point encore été publiées. Tome I [-IV] . . . A Strasbourg: chez J. G. Treuttel & à Paris, 1788.","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 153 leaves; vol. II, 184 leaves; vol. III, 168 leaves; vol. IV, 173 leaves; engraved title-pages with a different medallion portrait in each volume; the Vie finishes on K7 verso, vol. IV, and is followed by Remarques, Anecdotes, Pièces Justificatives et autres particularités, sig. L-Q, with continuous pagination; the last alphabet contains Autres Anecedotes et Particularités . . . with separate pagination. Vol. I has the imprint of Levrault at the end, and vol. II that of J. H. Heitz. The titles vary after the volume number according to the contents of the volume.

Barbier IV, 979. Quérard IV, page 637.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book from Froullé immediately after its publication, listed on the latter's bill on May 10, 1788. The books were broché and the price 13. 4 livres. The price as entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue was 13 .4+8. The additional 8 livres may have been for the binding, or Jefferson may have bought the three volumes of Lettres sur la vie de Frédéric II which were published later and added to this edition of the Vie.

Frederic II [Frederick the Great] 1712-1786, King of Prussia.

Jean Charles Thibault de Laveaux, 1749-1827, French grammarian, lexicographer, historian, journalist and translator." "02650","127","","","","Tableau de la vie et du regne de Frederic le Grand. par Grimoard.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 122, as above.","Grimoard, Philippe Henri, Comte de.","Tableau Historique et Militaire de la Vie et du Regne de Frédéric le Grand, Roi de Prusse. Par M. Le Comte de Grimoard, Colonel d'Infanterie. A Londres: et se trouve a Paris, chez Didot fils aîné, 1788.","","

First Edition, 8vo. in fours. 179 leaves, the last with the Fautes essentielles à corriger, and the Avis au Relieur; 28 engraved maps by Bernard on 18 numbered folded plates.

Quérard III, page 481.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8 livres.

Philippe Henri, comte de Grimoard, 1753-1815, French soldier and author. This book was founded on the French translation by Laveaux of the German work by Muller." "02660","128","","","","Traits characteristiques et Anecdotes de Frederic II.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 123, as above.","Frederic II.","Traits characteristiques et Anecdotes de Frédéric II. Strassburg: J. G. Treuttel, 1788.","","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Not in Barbier. This edition not in the Gesamtkatalog der Preussischen Bibliotheken.

Bought from Froullé, on December 13, 1788, for 1 f 10. and listed with the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

The work is a translation of Anekdoten und Karakterzüge aus dem Leben Friederich des Zweiten first published in Berlin, 1786. A translation into English was published also in 1788." "02670","129","","","","Segur's history of Frederic-William II.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 126, as above.","Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte de.","History of the Principal Events of the Reign of Frederic William II. King of Prussia; and a Political Picture of Europe, from 1786 to 1796. Containing a Summary of the Revolutions of Brabant, Holland, Poland, and France. In Three Volumes. By L. P. Ségur, the Elder . . . Translated from the French. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed for T. Longman and O. Rees, vol. I. and II. by G. Woodfall, vol. III. by H. Baldwin and Son, 1801.","DD414 .S4","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I,204 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Chapman; vol. II, 195 leaves; vol. III, 185 leaves.

Lowndes IV, page 2236. Not in Halkett and Laing.

This book was recommended to Jefferson by Caspar Wistar, Jun., who also sent him a copy. On March 22, 1804, Wistar wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

. . . Have you met with a work of the ci devant Count de Segur (who I believe was the French Minister at Berlin when you were in France) entitled a History of the principal events of the reign of Frederic William 2. It has been much commended by several very intelligent gentlemen here . . .

To this Jefferson replied from Washington on March 27:

I recieved last night your favor of the 22d . . . I have heard of Segur's work with great commendation, but never saw it.

On May 4, Caspar Wistar sent the book:

. . . I took the liberty of placing in this box [i. e. containing La Cepede's work upon Fishes] Segur's Account of Fk. William of Prussia which I believe you will read with great interest . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 7:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Doctr. Wistar for the copy of Segur's Frederic which he shall read with great satisfaction knowing the author to be a man of talents and information . . .

This work is included in Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

Louis Philippe, Comte de Ségur, 1753-1850, French diplomat and historian, ambassador for Louis XVI at St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Vienna. This is the first edition in English of his Histoire . . . de Frédéric-Guillaume II, originally published in 1800. In his preface, dated London, March 31, 1801, the translator gives an account of the Comte de Ségur, and explains that the spelling of the proper names in his translation is in accordance with the usage of the Rev. W. Tooke (see no. 251). References to the American Revolution occur." "02680","130","Tracts of foreign hist. viz. Vie privée du Prince Henri de Prusse. Apologia por los Agotes de Navarra por de Lardizabel. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 57, as above.","","Vie privée du Prince Henri de Prusse.","","","","[Guyton de Morveau, N.]","La Vie privée d'un prince célèbre, ou détails des loisirs du prince Henri de Prusse, dans sa retraite de Reinsberg. Berlin, 1785.","","

8vo. No copy was located for collation. Barbier IV, 984. Quérard III, page 562. N. Guyton de Morveau was the brother of the chemist,

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, q.v. This work, which has been erroneously attributed to Mirabeau, was published under the name Brumore by which the author was known at the court of Prince Henri." "02690","130","Tracts of foreign hist. viz. Vie privée du Prince Henri de Prusse. Apologia por los Agotes de Navarra por de Lardizabel. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 57, as above.","","Apologia por los Agotes de Navarra por de Lardizabel.","","","","Lardizabal y Uribe, Miguel.","Apologia por los Agostes de Navarra, y los Chuetas de Mallorca con una breve digression à los Vaqueros de Asturias. Madrid: Viuda de Ibarra, 1786.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Palau IV, page 184. Cejador y Frauca VI, page 245.

The two tracts are entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Miguel Lardizabal y Uribe, b. 1714 in Mexico, was the brother of Manuel Lardizabal y Uribe, to whom this work is attributed by Palau. He was a correspondent of Jefferson, and his agent for the purchase of Spanish Americana, see chapter 29." "02700","131","","","","Oeuvres de Frederic roi de Prusse.","","17. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 124, as above.","Frederic II, King of Prussia. [Frederick the Great.]","Oeuvres Complettes de Frédéric II, Roi de Prusse. Tome Premier [-dix septieme]. Without name of place or printer [Berlin?] 1790.","DD405.","

17 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 176 leaves; vol. II, 220 leaves; vol. III, 198 leaves; vol. IV, 206 leaves; 7 folded engraved plates; vol. V, 194 leaves; vol. VI, 216 leaves; vol. VII, 192 leaves; vol. VIII, 196 leaves; vol. IX, 170 leaves; vol. X, 262 leaves; vol. XI, 229 leaves; vol. XII, 215 leaves; vol. XIII, 174 leaves; vol. XIV, 170 leaves; vol. XV. 234 leaves; vol. XVI, 209 leaves; vol. XVII, 174 leaves.

This edition not in Quérard; not in Brunet; not in the Bibliothèque Nationale; not in Droysen, Beiträge zu einer Bibliographie der prosaischen Schriften Friedrichs des Grossen. British Museum Catalogue, col. 189.

Purchased from Goldsmith, Paris, in June 1790, through William Short. In an undated letter to Short, written in that year, Jefferson sent a list of his requirements, including

Les oeuvres du roi de Prusse. best edition. I believe that of Bâle was the best. I do not know if a better is come out since.

Short procured the work from Goldsmith on June 20 and sent it to Jefferson with a copy of Goldsmith's memoire (marked pd. June 29, 1790), the cost being 60 (livres).

Jefferson mentioned the publication of the first edition of the works of Frederic II in the letter he wrote to Doctor Currie of Richmond, from Paris, December 20, 1788, previously quoted relative to Barthelemy's Anacharsis, no. 41:

. . . in the literary way we are like, after a very long dearth of good publications, to have some things worth reading. the works of the late K. of Prussia in 16. vols 8vo. appear now. they contain new and curious historical matter . . .

Again in the letter to Madison on January 12, 1789:

. . . the works of the K. of Prussia, in 16 vol[???]. 8vo. these were a little garbled at Berlin before printed. the government lais it's hands on all which come here, and change some leaves. there is a genuine edition published at Basle, where even the garblings of Berlin are reestablished. I doubt the possibility of getting a copy, so vigilant is the government as to this work. I shall obtain you one if it be possible . . .

Similarly on March 24 to Doctor Willard, Jefferson included this as one of

The most remarkable publications we have had in France for a year or two past . . . the Berlin edition is in 16. vol[???]. 8vo. it is said to have been gutted at Berlin: and here it has been still more mangled. there are one or two other editions published abroad, which pretend to have rectified the maltreatment both of Berlin & Paris. some time will be necessary to settle the public mind as to the best edition . . .

Jefferson originally subscribed for three copies of the Oeuvres Posthumes of Frédéric II, but it is doubtful whether he took the copies. On January 23, 1787, he wrote to Wurtz at the Hotel de Lyons:

J'avois souscrit, Monsieur, pour les oeuvres posthumes du roi de Prusse, edition de Berlin qui auroit du m'etre delivré aussitot qu'elle a paru. à peu près unan après qu'elle a paru, on me propose, non pas les ouvrages du roi de Prusse, mais ce qu'on a substitue ici à leur place par des cartons. vous sentez bien Monsieur que les propriétaires n'ayant pas rempli leur engagement ni pour le tems ni pour la chose, la justice ne vaut pas que je reçoive un tout autre objet que celui pour lequel j'avois souscrit, et que ne me disposerait pas d'acheter la veritable edition ne me vaudroit rien. ainsi, Monsieur, je vous prie de trouver juste que je ne la reçoive pas, comme assurement je ne le ferai . . .

Exactly two years later, on January 21, 1789, Wurtz wrote to Jefferson:

Je vous prie de vouloir bien faire prendre les Trois Exemplaires des Oeuvres posthumes du Roi de Prusse en 15 voll in 8o. pour lesquels vous avez souscrit, & d'en faire payer le montant de 180—à raison de 60—l'Example prix de Souscription. P. S. Vous etes prié d'envoyer le matin.

This work is on many of Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Frederic II, King of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great, 1712-1786. The first edition of his complete works appeared in 1788.

Jefferson's undated catalogue has an entry for the Oeuvres du Philosophe de Sans souci 4 v. 12mo. 8f." "02710","132","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 27 [Memoires de la Margrave de Bareith ecrits de sa main, 2 v 8vo, see Book of Kings, ch 3].","Wilhelmine, Consort of Frederick William, Margrave of Bayreuth.","Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Bareith, Soeur de Frédéric-le-Grand; Ecrits de sa main. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez F. Buisson et Delaunay [vol. I. de l'Imprimerie de Me Ve Jeunehomme, vol. II. de Feugueray], 1811.","","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 206 leaves; vol. II, 177 leaves.

Quérard X, page 514.

These two volumes form vol. I and II of Jefferson's Book of Kings, see no. 411. They were sent to Jefferson in April, 1812, by Madame Noailles de Tessé. A letter to William Short dated from Monticello April 26, 1812, mentions:

. . . the letter from Made de Tessé with the Memoires of the Margrave came to hand only the last week . . .

On December 8, 1813, Jefferson wrote to Madame de Tessé:

While at war, my dear madam and friend, with the Leviathan of the ocean there is little hope of a letter's escaping his thousand ships; yet I cannot permit myself longer to withold the acknolegement of your letter of June 28 of the last year, with which came the Memoirs of the Margrave of Bareuth. I am much indebted to you for this singular morsel of history which has given us a curtain view of kings, queens & princes disrobed of their formalities. it is a peep into the stable of the Egyptian god Apis. it would not be easy to find grosser manners, coarser vices, or more meanness in the poorest huts of our peasantry. the princess shews herself the legitimate sister of Frederic, cynical, selfish, and without a heart. notwithstanding your wars with England, I presume you get the publications of that country. the Memoirs of m[???]s Clarke and of her Darling prince, and the Book, emphatically so called, because it is the Biblia Sacra Deorum et Dearum sub-coelestium, the Prince regent, his Princess and the minor deities of his sphere, form a worthy sequel to the Memoirs of Bareuth; instead of the vulgarity and penury of the court of Berlin, giving us the vulgarity & profusion of that of London, and the gross stupidity and profligacy of the latter, in lieu of the genius and misanthropism of the former. the whole might be published as a Supplement to M. de Buffon, under the title of the 'Natural history of kings & Princes', or as a separate work & called 'Medicine for Monarchists' . . .

Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Bayreuth, 1709-1758. The first edition of these Mémoires was published in 1810." "02720","J. 133","","","","Constitution of the Germanic body.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. No. 127, as above.","[Necker, Karl Friedrich.]","The Constitution and Government of the Germanic Body. Shewing how this State has subsisted for Three Hundred Years past, under the Emperors of the House of Austria. . . Compiled from the Fundamental Laws of Germany; the Histories of the Empire, and the best Authorities. Translated from the Original [by Stephen Whatley]. London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1745.","JN3233 .N4","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 154 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing I, page 422 [translator's name spelt Whailey].

Old calf, gilt back, plain end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The autograph signature of Thomas M. Randolph. Cost 4/ stg. on the inside cover.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Karl Friedrich Necker, d. 1760, was born in Custrin in Pomerania. In 1724 he became Professor of German law at Geneva, and in 1726 a citizen of Switzerland. The original edition of this work was published in French at Geneva, in 1742.

Stephen Whatley [or Whately], fl. 1712-1741, English author and translator." "02730","134","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'hist. et du droit publique d'Allemagne par Pfeiffel.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 58, as above but with the reading Pfeiffer.","Pfeffel, Chretien Frédéric.","Nouvel Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire et du Droit public d'Allemagne, par M. Pfeffel, Jurisconsulte du Roi au Départment des Affaires Etrangeres. Tome Premier [-Second.] A Paris: chez Delalain, 1777.","","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 368 leaves; vol. II, 348 leaves; the last with list of Errata.

Graesse V, page 247. Quérard VII, page 113.

On June 27, 1787, Jefferson bought a copy in Paris from Froullé, price 12 (livres). It is listed without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. He also bought for the Library of Congress a copy from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price of 10, reduced from 30 (livres).

Chrétien Frédéric Pfeffel, 1726-1807, French historian and juriconsult. This is the fourth edition of this work, originally published in Paris in 1754." "02740","135","","","","Histoire de l'empire par le sieur Heiss.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 59, as above.","Heiss Von Kogenheim, Johann. ","Histoire de l'Empire, Contenant son Origine, ses Progrès, ses Révolutions, la forme de son Gouvernement, sa Politique, ses Négociations, & les nouveaux Réglemens, faits dans les Traités de Westphalie, &c. par Mr. Heiss . . . La Haye: A. Moetjens, 1685.","","

Second Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

This edition not in Quérard.

Johann Heiss von Kogenheim, d. 1688, German historian. The first edition of this work was published in 1684, 2 vol. 4to." "02750","136","","","","Tableau des revolñs d'Allemagne par de B.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 60, as above.","[Briel, J. H. D.]","Tableau des Révolutions de l'Empire d'Allemagne depuis Othon-le-Grand jusqu'à nos jours, par J.-H.-D. B. auteur des Nouveaux contes moraux sous le titre d'Heures de loisir. Paris: Froullé, 1787.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. No copy was located for collation.

Barbier IV, 642. Quérard I, page 512.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue. The volumes were issued when Jefferson was in Paris and making large purchases from Froullé.

J. H. D. Briel, fl. 1787, French author. 275" "02760","137","","","","Brief acct. of the hospital of St. Elizabeth. Lat. Eng.","","8vo. grand.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 154, Brief account of the hospital of St. Elizabeth, Lat. Eng. Gr. 8vo.","St. Elizabeth.","Historia succincta Hospitalis S. Elizabethae, extra Muros Imperialis Monasterii S. Maximi Ordinis S. Benedicti, prope Treviros.—A brief Account of the Hospital of St. Elizabeth, annexed to the Imperial Monastery of St. Maximin, of the Benedictines, in the Electorate of Treves. Translated from the Latin. With Notes, and Miscellaneous Observations [by Capell Lofft] . . . London Sold by C. Dilly; and Punchard and Jermyn, Ipswich, 1786.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. According to Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress catalogues his copy contained the original Latin version and the translation into English; no copy of the Latin work has been located for collation; the English edition collates as follows: 86 leaves: []1, a-g4, B-O4, P5; the preliminary matter, in the first alphabet of signatures, contains the Preface to the Translation, the dediction to Your Imperial Majesty, Protector of the Church, signed and dated The Advocate of the Poor, London, Jan. 1, 1786, and a Note to the Author's Preface of which sig. fiii verso to giii have Extracts from the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and the King of Prussia: confirmed unanimously in Congress, May 17, 1786; A Brief Account begins on sig. B; sig. Li verso to Miv verso, contain Extracts from the American Constitutions, taken from Jackson's Constitutions of the American Independent States; sig. N begins A Sketch of the Life of Father Paul of Venice.

Not in Sabin. Not in Barbier. Halkett and Laing I, page 232. The London Catalogue of Books for 1786 lists the Latin edition (price 7/-).

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Thomas Brand Hollis, from London on April 17, 1787. In his letter Hollis described the book as having ''many singular notes & circumstances.'' Jefferson wrote to thank Hollis from Paris, on July 2. This reply and Hollis's presentation letter are quoted in no. 389, q. v.

On the last leaf of the book is a list of References Omitted including on the part of the United States,

Tho. Jefferson, Paris, July 28, 1785.

B. Franklin, Passy, July 9, 1785.

John Adams, London, Aug. 5, 1785.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Capell Lofft, 1751-1824, the translator, English miscellaneous writer." "02770","138","Tracts historical. viz. Eloge de Marie Therese par Frisi. Histoire de la guerre et des negociañs qui ont precedé le traité de Teschen 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 130, Tracts historical, to wit, Marie Therse, et la guerre et traité de Teschen, 8vo.","Two tracts, bound together in 1 volume 8vo (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Eloge de Marie Therese par Frisi.","i.","","","Frisi, Paolo.","Eloge de l'imperatrice reine Marie-Thérèse, par M. l'abbé Frisi, traduit de l'Italien, par M. l'abbé M***. Amsterdam, et Paris: Leroy, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

Paolo Frisi, 1727-1784, Italian mathematician, and a member of the Barnabite order. In addition to the mathematical works for which he is celebrated he wrote several Eloges including this one of his patron, the Empress Marie-Thérèse." "02780","138","Tracts historical. viz. Eloge de Marie Therese par Frisi. Histoire de la guerre et des negociañs qui ont precedé le traité de Teschen 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 130, Tracts historical, to wit, Marie Therse, et la guerre et traité de Teschen, 8vo.","Two tracts, bound together in 1 volume 8vo (no longer in the Library of Congress).","Histoire de la guerre et des negociañs qui ont precedé le traité de Teschen.","ii.","","","","Histoire de la Guerre et des Négociations qui ont précedé le Traité de Teschen. A Neuchatel, de l'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique, & a Geneve: chez Barthélemi Chirol, 1783.","","

8vo. 76 leaves; the half-title for the Traité de Paix . . . conclu & signé a Teschen . . . on G7 recto.

Not in Barbier. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de Neuchatel II, 13025.

Reference is made to the American Revolution.

These two tracts are entered together on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 1.16." "02790","139","","","","Antiquitates Fuldenses.","","folio. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 153, Antiquitates Fuldenses, p. fol.","[Brouwer, Christoph.]","Fvldensivm Antiqvitatvm Libri IIII. Avctore R. P. Christophoro Brovvero Societatis Iesv Presbytero. Antverpiae: ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam & Filios Ioannis Moreti, 1612.","","

First Edition. 4to. 200 leaves, including the engraved frontispiece and full page and smaller engravings in the text, engraved vignette on the title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut Plantin device (Haeghen no. 80) on the recto of the last leaf, otherwise blank.

Van der Aa II, 1424. Backer II, 219.

Listed without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue: Antiquitates Fuldenses (Germany) fol.

Christoph or Kristoffel Brouwer, 1560-1617, native of Arnheim, was for some time rector of Jesuit College in Fulda, to the abbot of which this work is dedicated." "02800","140","","","","Historia delle guerre della Germania inferiore del Conestaggio.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 61, Istoria della guerre della Germania inferiore del Conestaggio, 12mo.","Conestaggio, Girolarno Franchi.","Historia delle Guerre della Germania inferiore. Di Jeronimo Conestaggio Gentil'huomo Genouese, Divisa in dieci Libri. Con la Tauola delle cose notabili. Without name of place or printer [Leyden: Typographia Erpeniana], 1634.","","

8vo. 268 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title; the dedication is dated Di Colonia il dì primo Aprile. M.DC.XV. and signed G. B. B.

Haym I, page 163. Not in Brunet.

Listed without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Girolarno Franchi di Conestaggio, d. 1635, Genoese historian. The first edition of this work was printed in Venice in 1614." "02810","141","","","","Histoire secrete de la cour de Berlin par Mirabeau.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 125, as above.","[Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.]","Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d'un Voyageur françois, depuis le 5 Juillet 1786 jusqu'au 19 Janvier 1787. Ouvrage Posthume. Tome Premier [-Second]. [Paris] 1789.","DD414.M6","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 120 leaves; vol. II, 141 leaves. Barbier II, 831. Quérard VI, page 158. Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on January 23, 1789, price 9 livres. Listed without the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, French statesman. The Histoire Secrete, in the form of letters, is an account of his secret mission to the court of Prussia in July, 1786. The first edition was published in Alençon earlier in the same year." "02820","142","","","","Relationi del Cardinal Bentivoglio.","","12mo. Brusselles. Meerbecq. 1632.","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 62, as above, omitting Brusselles.","Bentivoglio, Guido, Cardinal.","Relationi del Cardinal Bentivoglio. Brussels: Giovanni de Meerbeecq, 1632.","","

8vo. 256 leaves, woodcut portrait on the title-page.

This edition not in Brunet, not in Graesse, not in Ebert, not in Pirenne.

Possibly bought from Lackington. The book is listed in a memorandum by Jefferson: 4923 Relation del Cardinal Bentivoglio. 12mo. 1/-

Listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Guido Bentivoglio, 1579-1644, Italian cardinal, statesman and historian, was for a time nuncio to Flanders. The first edition of this work was published in 1629." "02830","143","","","","Della guerra di Fiandra dal Bentivoglio. 1ma. parte. 12mo. Colonia. 1635. Dell Historia di Fiandra del Bentivoglio. 2da. parte. 12mo. Colonia. 1636. Della guerra di Fiandra dal Bentivoglio. 3a. parte. 12mo. Colonia. 1640.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. nos. 63, 64, 65, as above.","Bentivoglio, Guido, Cardinal.","Della Guerra de Fiandra, descritta dal Cardinal Bentivoglio, Parte Prima [-Terza]; con le aggiunte fatteui dall' Avtore. Colonia: [i. e. Leyden: Typis Erpeniana] 1635, 1636, 1640.","","

3 vol. Sm. 8vo. vol. I, 312 leaves; vol. II, 208 leaves; vol. III, 296 leaves; titles printed in red and black, printer's woodcut device on each title-page.

Brunet I, page 778. Pirenne 2376.

Ordered by Jefferson when in Amsterdam, on March 23, 1788, from Van Damme, from his catalogue, vol. I, page 52: Bentivoglio della guerra di Fiandra. Cologne, Elzevir 1635. 3 v. 12mo.

Listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

The first editions of these three volumes, which cover the history from 1559 to 1607, appeared in 1632, 1636 and 1639. The edition of 1635, 1636 and 1649 has the imprint Colonia but the device of the Leyden press founded by Thomas Erpenius." "02840","144","","","","Strada de bello Belgico.","","2. v. 16s. 1648.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 66; The same, Lat. 2 v 12mo.","Strada, Famianus.","Famiani Stradae Romani, è Soc. Ies. de Bello Belgico Decas Prima [Secunda] . . . [Amsterdam: J. Blæu] Iuxta Exemplar Romæ impressum [vol. I] apud Hermannum Scheus, [vol. II] apud Hæredes Francisci Corbelletti, 1648.","","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 311 leaves; vol. II, 351 leaves; 12 engraved plates of portraits in each volume, titles printed in red and black. The titles differ in the two volumes; in vol. I, after Decas Prima the title reads ab Excessu Caroli V Imp. Vsque ad initia Praefecturae Alexandri Farnesii Parmae placentiaeqve Dvcis III. Editio postrema, correctior & accuratior; in vol. II after Decas Secunda the reading is ab initio Praefecturae Alexandri Farnesii Parmae placentiaeqve Dvcis III. An. MDLXXVIII, Vsque ad An. MDXC. Editio passim correctior, praecipue in Indice, qui in Romana, aliisque, mendis scatet.

Bibliotheca Belgica S. 37. Pieters, L'Imprimerie des Elsevier, page 415. Backer VII, 1610.

Jefferson's copy was ordered from Van Damme's catalogue—vol. 2, pa. 235, in a letter dated March 23, 1788. The book was sent with others on June 25, 1788, price 4. 10. It is entered at this price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, but as 2 v. 16s instead of 2 v. 12mo.

In Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue the entry for this book is followed immediately by the translations into Italian and French. In the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the three books have become widely separated. The entry for this book is the last instead of the first and, owing to a mistake on the part of the compositor, it is separated by nine entries from the French edition to which it refers: The same, Lat. 2. v. 12mo.

Famianus Strada, 1572-1649, Italian historian. This is the second Amsterdam counterfeit edition of this work, distinguished from the first by the correct numbering of page 275 in vol. I. The work first appeared in Rome, in 1632, folio." "02850","145","","","","Guerras de Flandes de Strada por de Novar.","","7. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 67, as above.","Strada, Famianus.","Guerras de Flandes. Primera decada, desde la muerte del Emperador Carlos V. hasta el principio del Govierno de Alexandro Farnese, Tercero Duque de Parma y Placienca. Escriviòlas en Latin el R. P. Famiano Estrada, de la Compañia de Jesus. Y las traduxò en Romance el R. P. Melchor de Novar, de la misma Compañia. Nueva Edicion, enriquecida de lindissimas Estampas, en la qual se enmendaron essenciales Erratas. Tomo I, Part. I [-Tomo III, Part II]. En Amberes: por Marcos-Miguel Bousquet y Compañia, 1748.","","

3 vol. in 7. 12mo. [vol. I.] Tomo I, Part. I, 272 leaves; [vol. II.] Tomo I, Part. II, 299 leaves; [vol. III.] Tomo II, Part. I, 179 leaves; [vol. IV.] Tomo II, Part. II, 240 leaves; [vol. V.] Tomo II, Part. III, 258 leaves; [vol. VI.] Tomo III, Part I, 217 leaves; [vol. VII.] Tomo III, Part. II, 225 leaves; vols. I, II, and III have engraved frontispieces and the titles printed in red and black; numerous engraved portraits, folded plates.

This edition not in the Bibliotheca Belgica. Backer VII, 1613, mentions this Spanish translation without specifying any edition.

Ordered by Jefferson from Paris on September 9, 1789, in a letter to Lackington with a list of books from his last catalogue, to be packed very securely in a light box, 9876. Estrad's history of the wars of Flande, Span. 7. v. 12mo. £1.2.0.

Entered without the price, the last entry in chapter 2, in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Melchor de Novar, 1629-1707, Spanish jesuit. The first edition of his translation was published in Cologne in 1681. The Bibliotheca Belgica (Nijhoff) no. 83 has an edition of 1749, 3 vol. 4to. by the same printer with a note that the book was probably printed in Geneva or Lausanne, and not in Antwerp." "02860","146","","","","Strada. Histoire de la guerre de Flandres. traduit par Du Ryer, 2. v.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 68, Histoire de la guerre de Flandre, par Strada, 2 v 12mo.","Strada, Famianus.","Histoire de la guerre de Flandre, de Famianus Strada, traduite par P. Du-Ryer . . . A Anvers: chez la veuve de Barthelemy Foppens, 1705.","","

3 vol. in 2.? 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation. The edition was issued in 3 volumes. Jefferson calls for 2 vol. only in two manuscript catalogues.

Bibliotheca Belgica S 68. Backer VII, 1615.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5 f 8.

Pierre du Ryer, 1606-1658, French poet and translator. The first edition of his translation of Strada's work was published in 1644-49. 286" "02870","147","","","","id.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 171, Strada, Histoire de la guerre de Flandres, par du Ryer, 2v fol.","Strada, Famianus.","Histoire de la Gverre de Flandre, escrite en Latin par Famianvs Strada, de la Compagnie de Iesvs. Premiere [-Deuxiesme] Decade; mise en François par P. Dv-Rier . . . A Troyes: chez Nicolas Oudot, et se vendent à Paris: chez Avgvstin Covrbe, 1659, 61.","","

2 vol. folio, vol. I, 312 leaves; vol. II, 362 leaves; engraved device on each title-page, engraved portraits in the text in vol. I and 1 engraved portrait in vol. II; titles printed in red and black. Volume I is the third, volume II the second edition.

Bibliotheca Belgica, S 58. Backer VII, 1615.

These volumes are reimpressions of the Paris editions of 1650, 1651.

The books were evidently not delivered to Congress with the rest of the library in 1815. In a working copy of the 1815 catalogue the entry is not checked as present and is included in a manuscript list, made after 1815, headed Congress Library Books Missing.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 7. 4." "02880","148","","","","Aitzema's Hist. of the united Netherlands.","","1650. 1651. small fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 9. no. 155, Aitzema's history of the United Netherlands, 1650, 1651, p fol.","Aitzema, Lieuwe van.","Notable Revolutions; Beeing a True Relation of what hap'ned in the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the years MDCL and MDCLI. Somewhat before and after the Death of the late Prince of Orange. According to the Dutch Copie, collected and published at the Haghe 1652. By Lion Aitzema . . . The Principal matters handled herein, you shall have in a Table at the end of the Book. London: Printed by William Du-gard, by the Appointment of the Council of State, Anno 1653.","DJ171 .A28","

Sm. folio in fours. 370 leaves.

STC A821. Hazlitt IV, page 3. This edition not in Van der Aa.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 2/6.

Lieuwe van Aitzema, 1600-1669, Dutch historian, was a native of Friesland. The original Dutch edition was printed in Gravenhage in 1652 and frequently reprinted." "02890","149","","","","De Witt's state of Holland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 131, as above.","[La Court, Pieter de.]","Political Maxims of the State of Holland: comprehending a general View of the civil Government of that Republic, and the Principles on which it is founded; the Nature, Rise, and Progress of the Commerce of its Subjects, and of their true Interests with respect to all their Neighbours. By John De Witt, Pensionary of Holland. Translated from the Dutch Original, which contains many curious Passages not to be found in any of the French Versions. To which is prefixed, Historical Memoirs of the two illustrious Brothers Cornelius and John De Witt [by John Campbell]. London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1743.","","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 256 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. Watt I, 301e. Not in Halkett and Laing.

Pieter de la Court, 1618-1685, Dutch historian.

Jan de Witt, 1625-1672, Dutch statesman. This work is a translation into English, first printed in 1702, of the Aanwysing der heilsame politike Gronden en Maximen van de Republike van Holland . . . 1669, by Jan de Witt, a revised and enlarged edition of the Interest van Holland, 1662, of Pieter de la Court, published without his consent.

John Campbell, 1708-1775, English miscellaneous writer. The edition of 1746 has his name on the title-page." "02900","150","","","","Histoire de la Hollande 1609-1679. par Neuville","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 69, as above.","[Baillet, Adrien.]","Histoire de Hollande. Depuis la Treve de 1609, ou finit Grotius jusqu'a Notre Tems [—Depuis la Mort du Prince Maurice.—Depuis la Mort du Prince d'Orange Frederic-Henri.—Depuis la revolution causée par les guerres qui ont précedé la Paix de Nimegue]. Par M. De La Neuville. Tome I [-IV]. A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraries Associez, et se vend a Brusselles: Chez Josse de Grieck, 1702.","DJ155 .B15","

Second Edition. 4 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 165 leaves; vol. II, 161 leaves; vol. III, 114 leaves; vol. IV, 188 leaves; the titles of vol. I and III are printed in red and black, of vol. II and IV in black.

Barbier II, 7440. Quérard I, page 20.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4-16.

Adrien Baillet, 1649-1706, French author, was born in the village of La Neuville, whence he took his nom de guerre. The first edition of this work was published in 1693. This book is usually bound in two volumes, hence the red and black title pages in vol. I and III. Jefferson's copy was evidently in four volumes." "02910","151","","","","History of the United provinces.","","8vo. Lond. Johnson. 1788.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 132, as above.","","History of the Internal Affairs of the United Provinces, from the Year 1780, to the Commencement of Hostilities in June 1787. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787.","DJ201 .H6","

First Edition. 8vo. 180 leaves: []3, B-Z8, Aa1.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. London Catalogue of Books 1786-1791, page 114.

On January 16, 1788, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Stockdale, adding to a previous order two books, of which the second was

The history of the internal affairs of Holland since 1783. printed also by Robinson if I recollect rightly. send them in boards . . .

Jefferson's entry in both his manuscript catalogues dates the book 1788. The imprint is dated 1787, and the book was printed between June and December in that year; it was not reprinted in 1788. The 1815 catalogue repeats Jefferson's entry, but the mistake is corrected in the later Library of Congress catalogues, which give 1787 as the date but catalogue the book under Johnson as the author. In his order to Stockdale, Jefferson mentions no author, and in view of his treatment of proper names it is not out of order to suggest that by Johnson he meant Robinson. The book is listed without an author's name in the London Catalogue of books.

Several references to America occur in the book." "02920","152","","","","Revolution des Provinces unis. de Mandrillon.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 70, as above.","Mandrillon, Joseph.","Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire de la Révolution des Provinces-Unies, en 1787. Par M. Jh. Mandrillon . . . A Paris: chez Barrois l'aîné, 1791.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 133 leaves a4, A-K8 []1, L-Q8; on the last page is the publisher's list of works by Mandrillon, which includes Le Spectateur Américain see no. 497. The unsigned leaf between sigs. K and L is for the half-title of Remarques sur le Stadhoudérat. The dedication to Frédéric-Auguste, duc de Brunswic, is dated from Paris, le 1er. Décembre 1790.

Quérard V, page 486.

Joseph Mandrillon, 1743-1794 (died on the scaffold), French littérateur, was a member of the academies of Haarlem, Bresse, Philadelphia and others.

This work contains references to the American Revolution." "02930","153","","","","Vie de Ruyter.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 71, Vie de De Ruyter, 12mo.","Richer, Adrien.","Vie de Michel de Ruiter, Lieutenant-Amiral-Général de Hollande et de West-Frise. Par M. Richer, Auteur de plusieurs Ouvrages de Littérature. Tome Premier [-Second]. Prix 3 liv. les deux volumes brochés. A Paris: chez Belin [De l'imprimerie de Chardon], 1783.","DJ136 .R8R5","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. 12mo. vol. I, 115 leaves; engraved portrait of Michel de Ruiter by and after Pierron, publisher's advertisement of works by the same author on the back of the half-title; vol. II, 131 leaves; printer's imprint at the end. These volumes, whose half-titles read Vie des plus célebres Marins, form part of that set, issued in thirteen volumes 12mo., Paris, 1780-1786.

Quérard VIII, page 36.

The price as given on the title reads 3 liv. les deux volumes. On Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue he has entered the price 2 f rel. 15s.

Adrien Richer, 1720-1798, French historian.

Michel Adriaanszoon van Ruiter, 1607-1676, Dutch admiral." "02940","154","","","","Histoire du Prince d'Orange de Lamigue.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 72 ''. . . . 2v. 3mo.''","Lamigue, Isaac.","Historie du Prince d'Orange et de Nassau . . . Lewarde: F. Halma, 1715.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. Small 8vo.; engraved portrait, plates and plans.

No copy has been located for collation. There is a copy in the British Museum, listed in the catalogue under Lamigne, and in the Bibliothèque Nationale, of which the catalogue states that the Dedication is signed I. Lamigue." "02950","155","","","","Grotii annales et historiae de rebus Belgicis","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 170, as above.","Grotius, Hugo.","Hvgonis Grotii Annales et Historiae de rebus Belgicis. Amstelaedami: ex Typographejo Joannis Blaev, 1657.","","

First Edition. Folio. 302 leaves, engraved portrait of Hugo Grotius by W. Delff after M. Miereveld on the verso of *6; woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on the title (Haeghen no. 7).

Graesse III, 163. Ebert II, 8977. Meulen, 30, no. 238.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3 f 12.

This book was missing at the time of the sale of the library to Congress in 1815. In the working copy of the Library catalogue of 1815 the entry is not checked, and is one of a manuscript list headed Congress Library Books Missing.

During the years 1788 and 1789 Jefferson was trying to obtain a translation of this work. On March 18, 1788, when in Amsterdam, he wrote to Van Damme sending him a list of books that he wished him to procure á des prix assez raisonables, et de les faire passer á Paris á son adresse.

This list included Traduction des Annales Belgiques de Grotius, en Anglois, Italien ou François.

On January 25, 1789, Jefferson wrote to Van Damme from Paris, and sent him marked catalogues of books he required. This letter contained a postscript:

P. S. ayez la bonté d'observer que c'etoit une traduction en Anglois, Italien, ou François de Grotius de rebus Belgicis, et non pas l'ouvrage original en Latin que je vous ai demandé. je possede deja le Latin.

On January 29 Van Damme, in a letter concerning a forthcoming sale of books, wrote:

Je acquirai en attendent, un exemplair de H. Grotius, de Rebus Belgicis Folio de vostre commission.

The next entry in Jefferson's undated manuscript reads: Grotius de rebus Belgiciis. 2 v. p. f. This was not sold to Congress.

Hugo Grotius, 1583-1645, Dutch publicist and statesman. The Annales et historiae was begun by Grotius as an official duty after his appointment in 1603 as historiographer to the United Provinces. It was first published posthumously by his sons Peter and Cornelius. For other works by Grotius see chapters 16 and 17." "02960","156","","","","Stanyan's acct. of Switzerland.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 73, Stanyan's account of Switzerland, 12mo.","[Stanyan, Abraham.]","An Account of Switzerland. Written in the Year 1714. Edinburgh: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1756.","DQ22 .S8","

12mo. 120 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 13 [By Temple Stanyan]. Lowndes V. 2494 (under Temple Stanyan). Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, 744 (under Abraham Stanyan).

Abraham Stanyan, 1669?-1732, English diplomat, went as envoy to the Swiss Cantons in 1705 and again in 1710. This book was written after his return to England in 1712, and originally issued anonymously in 1714. The author was the elder brother of Temple Stanyan (q. v.) to whom the book was for many years ascribed, owing to a mistake in the Bodleian Library catalogue, copied by other bibliographers." "02970","157","","","","Tableau des revolñs de Geneve par d'Ivernois.","","3to. in 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 133, as above, but omitting 3to.","[Ivernois, Sir Francis d'.]","Tableau Historique et Politique des Révolutions de Geneve dans le Dix-Huitième Siècle. Dédié à Sa Majesté Très-Chrétienne, Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre, Par Mr. . . . A Geneve: [chez Quiby et Boisselier] 1782.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 212 leaves, including the half-title for the Seconde Partie.

Barbier IV, 649. Barth 3290. Rivoire I, 1135. Karmin 5a." "02980","","","","","","","","","Ivernois, Sir Francis d'.","Des Révolutions de France et de Genève. Par M. D'Ivernois. Londres: de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & Fils, se vend chez P. Elmsley, J. Debrett, J. Deboffe, & chez les principaux Libraires, Octobre 1795.","","

2 parts in 1. 8vo. in fours. 252 leaves: []4, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Qqq4; on []4 is a half-title for La Révolution Française à Genève . . . Troisième édition; on Cc4 is the title for Réflexions sur la Guerre. Par M. D'Ivernois. En Réponse aux Réflexions sur la Paix, addressées à Mr. Pitt et aux Français . . . Seconde Edition, considérablement augmentée, 1795; on Aa4, recto, with caption title, begins, Lettre de M. Chauvet à un de ses Amis, habitant du Pays de Vaud; continuous pagination throughout.

Not in Sabin. This edition not in Barth. Rivoire II, 5327. Karmin 11g.

Jefferson's copies of these books were gifts from the author, with whom he was in correspondence during 1794 and 1795 concerning the proposal of d'Ivernois to remove the University of Geneva from that city to the State of Virginia. During this period d'Ivernois sent to Jefferson, in addition to the plans for the University, much manuscript material on the revolution in Geneva, including portions of his history and translations into English intended for the American papers. The letters and other manuscripts of d'Ivernois were all sent in duplicate, an original under cover to John Adams at Philadelphia, and the duplicate directly to Jefferson.

On November 21, 1794, John Adams wrote to Jefferson: I am desired by our old acquaintance Mr. D'Ivernois to transmit you the inclosed Papers for your inspection Opinion and Advice. The poor Fellow has been obliged to fly a Second time into Banishment. The first time, he was driven out as a Democrat: but it is now Day about as they say, in Geneva, and he is compelled to run as an Aristocrat. Shall we print his History? What shall we do with his Academy? . . .

D'Ivernois' letter was dated from London, October 11, 1794, and read in part:

J'ai l'honneur de vous addresser le tableau de la Révolution française à Geneve qu'on m'a fortement invité à faire imprimer dans ce pays cy, et où en rectifiant quelques erreurs legeres qui s'etaient glissées dans la premiere narration Anglaise, j'ai ajouté beaucoup de faits que j'ignorais encore lors que je vous l'adressai . . . Dès qu'il le sera, j'aurai l'honneur de vous en envoyer un exemplaire, et si vous pensiez que la réimpression de cette traduction Anglaise en Amérique put y etre de quelqu' utilité, j'en serais d'autant plus flatté . . .

On February 5, 1795 Adams wrote to Jefferson:

The inclosed Pamphlet and Papers I have received this week from the Author [d'Ivernois], with the request to transmit them to you . . .

This was acknowledged by Jefferson on the following day.

On January 31, 1796 Adams sent to Jefferson the copy of Des Revolutions de France et de Genève, with a letter beginning:

I have received from our old Acquaintance D'Ivernois the inclosed volume for you in the Course of the last Week . . .

Jefferson replied on February 28:

I am to thank you, my dear Sir, for forwarding Mr. D'Ivernois' book on the French revolution. I recieve everything with respect which comes from him. but it is on politics, a subject I never loved, & now hate. I will not promise therefore to read it thoroughly . . .

The first part of this work is written in the form o letters, and the Introduction, dated from Londres, ce 25 Juillet 1795, begins:

Les trois Lettres suivantes furent addressées à un Américain, à l'époque où les émissaires Français prêchaient ouvertement à la République du noveau monde les mêmes principes de soulèvement sous lesquels venait de succomber celle de Genève. Graces immortelles en soient rendues à Washington!

The copy collated is of the third edition; the second edition, published in July of the same year, was without the Refexions sur la Guerre. Jefferson's manuscript entry calling for 3. to. in 2. v. makes it clear that his must have been the third edition, which was published in London in October, and received in Philadelphia by John Adams in the following January.

Sir Francis D'Ivernois, 1757-1842, a Genevan, became a naturalized British subject when exiled from his native country, and was knighted by George III. He was introduced by Richard Price [q. v.] in 1785 to Jefferson, who thus describes him to Wilson Cary Nicholas, in a letter written from Monticello on November 23, 1794, for the discussion of the Geneva University proposal:

. . . a Mr. D'Ivernois, a Genevan, of considerable distinction for sciences and patriotism, & that too of the republican kind, tho you will see that he does not carry it so far as our friends of the National assembly of France. while I was at Paris, I knew him as an exile for his democratic principles, the aristocracy having then the upper hand, in Geneva. he is now obnoxious to the Democratic party . . ." "02990","158","","","","Le Philadelphien à Geneve.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 134, as above.","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Le Philadelphien à Genève, ou Lettres d'un Américain sur la dernière révolution de Genève, sa Constitution nouvelle, l'émigration en Irlande, &c. pouvant servir de tableau politique de Genève jusqu'en 1784 . . . Dublin [i. e. Carouge, Geneva], 1783.","","

First Edition. 112 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Sabin. Quérard I, page 520. Barth 3306. Rivoire I, page 2631.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author. The postscript of a letter written to him from Paris December 27, 1786, reads:

Voulez vous bien accepter l'exemplaire d'un ouvrage que j'ai fait en faveur des Genevois il y a 3 ans et qui vous donnera quelque de leurs afaires.

Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, French journalist, social reformer, and revolutionary leader, was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson. He came to the United States before the French revolution on behalf of a group of French financiers, and was executed in 1793 after his return to France. This is the first edition of this work, which appeared in Geneva in August, and was followed by another edition with the same imprint." "03000","159","","","","Histoire de l'empire Othoman par le Prince Cantemir.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 156, as above.","Cantemir, Dumitru, Prince of Moldavia.","Histoire de l'Empire Othoman, où se voyent les causes de son aggrandissement et de sa decadence. Avec des notes très-instructives. Par S. A. S. Demetrius Cantimir, Prince de Moldavie. Traduite en François par M. de Joncquières, Commandeur, Chanoine Régulier de l'Ordre Hospitalier du Saint Esprit de Montpellier. Tome I [-II]. Paris: chez Despilly, 1743.","DR439 .C23","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 178 leaves; vol. II, 197 leaves; titles and half-titles printed in red and black, text in double columns, an engraved headpiece and initial by F. G. Scotin on the first page of dedication in vol. I.

Graesse II, page 38. This edition not in Quérard.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 10f. Jefferson had either only one volume of this book, or had the two volumes bound together. His manuscript catalogues give no indication of more than one volume, nor do the Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish his collection.

Dumitru Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, 1673-1723. This work, a source book for Ottoman history, was originally written in Latin. At the end of the second volume is an account of the life of the author, with a list of his writings.

De Joncquières, ?fl. 1743, of Montpellier, translator.

Pierre Nicolas Desmolets, 1678-1760, French priest. Desmolets edited this translation, and dedicated it to le comte de Noailles, from Paris, 22 December, 1742." "03010","160","Tracts on the Turks. par Peyssonel & Volney. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 135, as above.","","","i.","","","Peysonnel, Charles de.","Lettre de M. de Peyssonnel, Ancien Consul-Général à Smyrne, ci-devant Consul de Sa Majesté auprès du Khan des Tartares, à M. le Marquis de N . . . Contenant quelques Observations relatives aux Mémoires qui ont paru sous le nom de M. le Baron de Tott. A Amsterdam, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 66 leaves, the last with the errata.

Quérard VII, page 111.

Charles de Peysonnel, 1727-1790, French political writer, succeeded his father as consul at Smyrna.

François, Baron de Tott, 1733-1793, French diplomat. The Mémoires to which this work refers were published in Amsterdam in 1784." "03020","160","Tracts on the Turks. par Peyssonel & Volney. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 135, as above.","","","ii.","","","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Considerations sur la Guerre actuelle des Turcs. Par Mr. de Volney . . . A Londres, 1788.","YA833","

First Edition. 8vo. 73 leaves: []1, for the engraved title, A-I8, the last a blank; according to Quérard there should be one map.

Quérard X, page 273.

For a note on Volney see no. 133. This work is dated at the end: Terminé le 26 Février 1788." "03030","160","Tracts on the Turks. par Peyssonel & Volney. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 135, as above.","","","iii.","","","Peysonnel, Charles de.","Examen du Livre intitulé Considérations sur la Guerre actuelle des Turcs, par M. de Volney. Par M. de Peyssonnel . . . A Amsterdam, [Paris] 1788.","YA833","

First Edition. 8vo. 170 leaves: []2, A-X8, the last a blank.

Quérard VII, page 111.

Bought from Froullé in October, 1788, price 3 .12.

The entry for these three tracts on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue is similar to that on the dated one, above, and is without the price." "03040","161","","","","Introduction à l'histoire de l'Asie, de l'Afrique et de l'Amerique par la Martinière.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 77, as above.","Bruzen La Martinière, Antoine Augustin.","Introduction a l'Histoire de l'Asie, de l'Afrique, et de l'Amerique. Pour servir de suite à l'Introduction a l'Histoire du Baron de Pufendorff. Par Mr. Bruzen La Martinière, Géographe de S. M. Catholique. Tome Premier [Second]. Amsterdam: chez Zacharie Chatelain, 1735.","D22 .B91","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 265 leaves; vol. II, 286 leaves; engraved frontispieces by B. Picart and Folkema, engraved vignettes by Picart, 4 folded engraved maps; titles printed in black and red. In volume II 70 leaves at the end contain a Catalogue des Livres François et Latins, qui se trouvent . . . chez Zacharie Chatelain.

Quérard I, page 545. Sabin 8783.

Listed without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Antoine Augustin Bruzen La Martinière, 1662-1746, French man of letters, translated into French Von Pufendorf's Einleitung zur Historie der vornehmsten Reiche und Staaten, 1682, with the title Introduction a l'Histoire Générale et Politique de l'Univers (see no. 158 above), to which the two volumes here described were intended as an appendix." "03050","162","","","","Cambridge's history of the war in India.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 138, as above.","Cambridge, Richard Owen.","[History of the War in India, between the English and French . . . Dublin: Printed for George and Alexander Ewing, 1761.]","","

8vo. No copy of this edition has been located for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Grose, and not listed in the British Museum Catalogue. Not in the Bradshaw Irish Collection in the Cambridge University Library. Jones, General Catalogue of Books that have been printed in Ireland from 1700-1791, page 76.

This Dublin edition in octavo, which, according to Jefferson, the early Library of Congress Catalogues, and the Jones catalogue (where it is priced 6/6) is entitled History of the War in India, as above, was evidently a pirate. The Catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale has an entry for a Dublin edition in quarto for the same year, 1761, 385 pages, appendice de 64 p. et l'index. pl.

Richard Owen Cambridge, 1717-1802, English poet and historian, chiefly known for his poem The Scribleriad. His Account of the War in India is his most important prose work." "03060","163","","","","Parker's Evidence of British transactions in the E. Indies.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 158, as above.","Parker, —. of Lincoln's Inn.","Evidence of our Transactions in the East Indies, with an enquiry into the general conduct of Great Britain to other Countries, from the Peace of Paris, in 1763. By Mr. Parker, of Lincoln's-Inn. London: Printed for Charles Dilly, 1782.","","

First Edition. 4to. 177 leaves, An Enquiry into our National Conduct to Other Countries has separate pagination.

Not in Lowndes. Catalogue of the Library of the East India Company, page 23.

No information as to the author is available. His first name is not given in the book, nor in any of the bibliographies and catalogues consulted." "03070","164","","","","Historia de la Yndia Oriental por Antonio de San Roman.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 157, as above.","San Roman [de Ribandeneyra], Antonio.","Historia general de la Yndia Oriental los Descubrimientos, y Conquistas, que han hecho las Armas de Portugal, en el Brasil, y en otras partes de Africa, y de la Asia; y de la Dilatacion del Santo Euangelio por aquellas grandes Prouincias, desde sus principios hasta el Año de 1557. Compuesta por Fray Antonio de San Roman . . . En Valladolid: por Luis Sanchez acosta de Diego Perez, Año de 1603.","DS411 .7 .S19","

First Edition. Folio. 420 leaves; engraved title-page of architectural design with portrait at the head by Juan Baptista Morales, 2 plates in the text, text printed in double columns.

Sabin 76188. Palau VI, 425. Medina II, 488. Rodriques 3132. Salva 3396. Alcocer y Martinez 443.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 14.0.

Antonio San Roman [de Ribandeneyra], fl. 1603, Spanish historian, was a native of Palencia and a Benedictine. This work contains an account of the discoveries of Columbus and of the Portuguese explorations and conquests in Brazil." "03080","165","","","","Instituts de Tamerlan par Langles.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 137, Instituts de Tamerlan, par L'Anglés, 8vo.","Timur, The Great.","Instituts Politiques et Militaires de Tamerlan, proprement appellé Timour, ecrits par lui-même en Mogol, & traduits en François, sur la version Persane d'Abou-Taleb-Al-Hosse[???]ni, avec la Vie de ce Conquérant, d'après les meilleurs Auteurs Orientaux, des Notes, & des Tables Historique, Géographique, &c. Par L. Langlès . . . A Paris: chez Née de la Rochelle, Lottin de S.-Germain, Didot fils aîné, [De l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & de Lottin de S. Germain] 1787.","DS23 .T593","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 265 leaves: []2, a-g8, h[???], A-Z, Aa-Bb8, Cc1; engraved portrait frontispiece of Timur d'après une peinture Indienne, folded plate at the end in three compartments, lettered Planche Iere, Planche 2[???]e, and Planche 3e. respectively. The first alphabet of signatures contains the life of Tamerlan. The text of the Instituts, with separate pagination, is in 2 parts, with a half-title for the second part on sig. K8, page 159; it ends on Rlv verso, page 264 and is followed by Tables, Historique, Géographique and des Matieres.

Quérard IX, page 477. Wilson, Bibliography of Persia, page 228.

Louis Mathieu Langlès, 1763-1824, French orientalist, and founder of the School of Oriental Languages in Paris." "03090","166","","","","Histoire de Genghizcan par m[???] Petis de la Croix.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 75, Histoire de Gengtrizcan, par Petis de la Croix, 12mo.","Pétis de La Croix, François.","Histoire du Grand Genghizcan Premier Empereur des Anciens Mogols et Tartares . . . Traduite et compilée de plusieurs auteurs orientaux & de voyageurs européens, dont on voit les noms à la fin, avec un abregé de leurs vies. Par feu M. Pétis de La Croix le pere, Secretaire Interprete du Roy és Langues Turquesque & Arabesque. A Paris: dans la Boutique de Claude Barbin. Chez la Veuve Jombert, 1710.","DS22 .P49","

First Edition. 12mo. 293 leaves: ã8, [???]3, A-Z, Aa-Zz in eights and fours alternately, Aaa[???]; on [???]3 is a Catalogue des Livres du fonds de Librairie de feuë la Veuve de Claude Barbin; on Xx[???] to Aaa5 is the Abregé de la Vie des Auteurs dont on a tiré l'Histoire de Genghizcan; errata at the end.

Quérard VII, page 85.

François Pétis de la Croix, 1622-1652, French Orientalist. This work, which was undertaken at the request of Colbert, occupied him for ten years, and was published by his son, François fils. A translation into English was published in 1722.

Jenghiz Khan, 1162-1227, Mongol emperor." "03100","167","","","","Histoire de Timur Bec. par Petis de la Croix.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 76, as above, with 4 vols.","Sharaf Ad-Din 'Ali, Yazdi—Pétis de la Croix, François, Fils.","Histoire de Timur-Bec, connu sous le nom du Grand Tamerlan, Empereur des Mogols & Tartares. En forme de journal historique de ses victoires & conquêtes dans l'Asie & dans l'Europe. Ecrite en Persan par Cherefeddin Ali, natif d'Yezd, Auteur contemporain. Traduite en François par feu Monsieur Petis de la Croix . . . Avec des Notes Historiques, & Cartes Geographiques. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Paris: chez Robert-Marc d'Espilly, 1722.","DS23 .S5","

First Edition of this translation. 4 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 278 leaves; vol. II. 222 leaves; vol. III. 214 leaves; vol. IV. 156 leaves; five folded engraved maps, two in vol. III, and one each in the other volumes.

Quérard VII, page 85. Wilson, A Bibliography of Persia, p. 207. Schwab, Bibliographie de la Perse, 446.

Sharaf Ad-Din, [Ali Yazdi] fl. 1420, Persian author, completed his Zafarnama, the life of Timur-Bec, written under the personal supervision of the latter's grandson, in 1425.

François Pétis de la Croix, 1653-1713, French orientalist, the son of the author of the Histoire du Grand Genghizcan, made the translation which was published posthumously and was later translated into English. The Avertissement contains a list of twenty-one books translated or compiled by him.

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Pétis de la Croix, 1698-1751, the son of François fils, published this work, and dedicated it to the Abbé Bignon.

Timur Bec, commonly known as Tamerlane the Great, 1336-1405, Oriental conqueror." "03110","168","","","","Du Halde's history of China.","","1st. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 136, as above.","Du Halde, Jean Baptiste.","The General History of China. Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet. Including an Exact and Particular Account of their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts and Sciences. The Whole adorn'd with Curious Maps, and Variety of Copper-Plates. Done from the French of P. Du Halde. [by R. Brookes.] Volume the First. London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1736.","DS708 .D86","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. vol. I [only] 263 leaves; engraved frontispiece and plates by V. der Gucht, engraved folded map, title printed in red and black.

Lowndes II, page 693. Cordier I, 33. Backer IV, 37.

Jefferson owned only the first volume of this book, issued in four volumes, and it is possible it never reached the Library of Congress. It is listed in the 1815 catalogue, but not checked as present, and Du Halde's name does not appear in the index. The entry was dropped from subsequent catalogues. The book is on an early manuscript list headed Congress Library Books missing.

Jean Baptiste Du Halde, 1674-1743, French geographer, member of the Society of Jesus. The first edition of this work, in French, was published in 1735.

Richard Brookes, fl. 1750, English physician, author and translator." "03120","169","","","","Historia de la conquista de la China por el Tartaro. por Palafox.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 74, as above.","Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de.","Historia de la Conqvista de la China por el Tartaro. Escrita por el Illustrissimo Señor, Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoça, siendo Obispo de la Puebla de los Angeles, y Virrey de la Nueva-España y a su muerte Obispo de Osma. En Paris: Acosta de Antonio Bertier, 1670.","DS754 .P15","

8vo. 199 leaves, engraved frontispiece.

Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, I, col. 257.

Listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price 1.10 (livres).

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, 1600-1659, a Spaniard, was bishop of Puebla de los Angeles in Mexico where he antagonized the Jesuits by his efforts to protect the natives from Spanish cruelty. After his death Charles II petitioned for his canonization but was defeated by the Jesuits." "03130","170","","","","Kaempfer's history of Japan. Eng. by Scheuchzer.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 172, as above.","Kaempfer, Engelbert.","The History of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present State and Government of that Empire; of its Temples, Palaces, Castles and other buildings; of its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds and Fishes; of the Chronology and Succession of the Emperors, Ecclesiastical and Secular . . . Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam. Written in High-Dutch by Engelbertus Kaempfer, M.D. Physician to the Dutch Embassy to the Emperor's Court; and translated from his Original Manuscript, never before printed, by J. G. Scheuchzer . . . With the Life of the Author, and an Introduction. Illustrated with many Copper Plates. Volume I [II]. London: Printed for the Translator, 1727.","DS808 .K127","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 230 leaves; vol. II, 156 leaves; titles of both volumes printed in black and red, engraved title in vol. I enclosed in a border with symbolical designs in compartments; full and doublepage engraved illustrations by Van der Gucht, engraved folded maps and plans; subscribers' names on the last 2 unsigned leaves in vol. I.

Lowndes III, page 1252. Cordier, Bibliotheca Japonica, col. 413, 414. Pagès, Bibliographie Japonaise, no. 390.

Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1715, a native of Westphalia, originally wrote this book in the Dutch language. The manuscript was bought by Sir Hans Sloane, who caused it to be translated into English. The first edition in Dutch was published in 1777-8.

Sir Hans Sloane, 1660-1753, English physician, president of the Royal Society. The imprimatur for this book is signed by him, April 27, 1727.

Johann Gaspar Scheuchzer, Swiss physician, the translator." "03140","171","","","","The revolt of Ali Bey. by S. L. Kosmopolitos.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 139, as above.","L[usignan], S[auveur].","A History of the Revolt of Ali Bey, against the Ottoman Porte, including an Account of the Form of Government of Egypt . . . To which are added, A short Account of the present State of the Christians who are Subjects to the Turkish Government, and the Journal of a Gentleman who travelled from Aleppo to Bassora. By S. L. Koσμoπoλ[???]της. London: Printed and sold for the Author, by James Phillips [and others], 1783.","DT98 .5.L8","

First Edition. 8vo. 137 leaves including the leaf of errata; on a[???] verso the author's advertisement: The Greek Language, both Ancient and Modern, Taught by the Author . . .

Halkett and Laing III, 89. Cushing, page 310. Ibrahim-Hilmy, The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan, I, page 396. Lorin, Bibliographie Géographique de l'Egypte, II, 2657.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue (the name Cosmopolitos so written, not Kosmopolitos as above), with the price 4.15.

Sauveur Lusignan, born c. 1736 is described by Cushing as an English writer. According to his own account he went to live in the East at the age of ten, and in 1771 he was presented to Ali Bey in whose service he remained until the defeat of the latter.

The Journal of a Gentleman was begun on November 2 and finished on December 2, 1780, and not 1768 as stated by Ibrahim-Hilmy." "03150","172","","","","Histoire d'Algiers par Laugier de Tassey.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 84, as above, with the reading Algers.","Laugier de Tassy, N.","Histoire du Royaume d'Alger, avec l'Etat présent de son Gouvernement et ses Forces de Terre & de Mer, de ses Revenus, Police, Justice Politique & Commerce. Par Mr. Laugier de Tassy, commissaire de la Marine, pour sa Majesté Très-Chretienne, en Hollande. A Amsterdam: chez Henri du Sauzet, 1725.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 198 leaves, engraved vignette on the title, 2 folded maps, title printed in red and black.

Quérard IV, page 614. Gay 917. Rouard de Card, 19.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0.

N. Laugier de Tassy, fl. 1725, was for a time attached to the French consulate at Algiers, and later held an appointment in Holland. Gay cites an edition, Amsterdam 1724, apparently in error." "03160","173","","","","Histoire des etats barbaresques traduite de l'Anglois.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 11. no. 78, as above.","[Laugier de Tassy, N.—Boyer de la Prébandier, Pierre.]","Histoire des Etats Barbaresques qui exercent la Piraterie, contenant l'origine, les Révolutions, & l'Etat présent des Royaumes d'Alger, de Tunis, de Tripoli & de Maroc, avec leurs forces, leurs revenus, leur politique, & leur commerce. Par un Auteur qui y a résidé plusieurs années avec caractere public. Traduite de l'Anglois. [By Boyer de la Prébandier.] Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Chaubert, Herissant, 1757.","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. 204 and 148 leaves.

Barbier II, 750. Quérard IV, page 613. Gay, no. 451. Rouard de Card, page 14.

Entered in Jefferson's undated catalogue with the price 5.0.

Pierre Boyer de la Prébandier, fl. 1750, French physician on the faculty of Montpellier. This is not another edition of the previous number, but is a re-translation into French from a translation of that work into English." "03170","174","","","","Etat de l'empire de Maroc en 1694. par Pidou de St. Olon.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 79, as above.","[Pidou de St. Olon, François.]","Estat Present de l'Empire de Maroc. A Paris: chez Michel Brunet, 1694.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 122 leaves, 6 engraved plates and 1 folded plan by F. Ertinger, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Barbier II, 301. Not in Quérard. Gay 1264. Rouard de Card, page 27.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.0 (livres).

The copy described is without the name of the author on the title-page; that described by Rouard de Card has the name of the author which also is given by Jefferson, as above, making it probable that there were two issues of the book.

François Pidou de St. Olon, 1640-1720, French diplomat, was for a time ambassador extraordinary to Morocco. The dedication of this book Au Roi is signed Pidou de S. Olon." "03180","175","","","","Revolutions de Maroc. par Brathwaite. tradñ.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 80, as above.","Braithwaite, John.","Histoire des Révolutions de l'Empire de Maroc, depuis la mort du dernier Empereur Muley Ismael . . . Traduite du Journal Anglois, écrit par le Capitaine Braithwaite, qui a accompagné Mr. Jean Russel, Ecuyer, Consul-Général de Sa Majesté Britannique en Barbarie; & qui a été témoin oculaire des plus remarquables événemens mentionnez dans cet Ouvrage. Et enrichie d'une Carte de cette partie de l'Afrique. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre Mortier, 1731.","","

First edition of this translation. 12mo. 252 leaves, the first and last blanks, folded engraved map, title-page printed in red and black.

Gay 1218. Rouard de Card, page 31.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3 (livres).

John Braithwaite, 1700?-1768? was in the service of the Royal African Company, to the Governors of which the first edition (London 1729) of this book was dedicated. The diary of the narrative extends from March 1727 to February 1728, and is followed by a Suplément, and Observations naturelles, Morales, & Politiques sur le Pays & les Habitans. The English edition was quickly translated into Dutch, German and French." "03190","176","","","","Memoire sur le royaume de Tunis. par de St. Gervais.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 81, as above.","Saint Gervais, de.","Memoires Historiques qui concernent le Gouvernement de l'ancien & du nouveau Royaume de Tunis. Avec des Reflexions sur la Conduite d'un Consul, & un détail du Commerce. Dédiés à Mr. le Comte de Maurepas, Commandeur des Ordres du Roi, Ministre & Secretaire d'Etat de la Marine. Par Monsieur de Saint Gervais . . . [Genève] A Paris: chez Ganeau, fils, Henry, 1736.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 178 leaves.

Quérard VIII, page 337. Gay 1383. Ashbee, Bibliography of Tunisia, page 57. Rouard de Card, page 22. de Saint Gervais, was at one time the French consul at Tunis." "03200","J. 177","","","","Ray's American Tars in Tripoli.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 13. no. 82, as above.","Ray, William.","Horrors of Slavery: or, The American Tars in Tripoli. Containing an account of the loss and capture of the United States frigate Philadelphia; treatment and sufferings of the prisoners . . . public transactions of the United States with that Regency, including Gen. Eaton's Expedition . . . Written during upwards of nineteen months' imprisonment and vassalage among the Turks. By William Ray . . . Troy: Printed by Oliver Lyon, for the Author, 1808.","HT1345 .R3","

First Edition. 12mo. 150 leaves: A-Z6 (in a 24 letter alphabet), Aa6, the last a blank: Z3 is a blank with the sig. Z2 faintly printed; Z4 has the title for: Poetry, published in The Albany Register, during the summer of 1807. By William Ray. The copyright slip is pasted on the back of the first title-page; woodcut at the head of the Exordium, and on the first page of Poetry; several leaves foxed and one leaf damaged by damp.

Sabin 68034.

Original sheep with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, a minor correction in ink.

Jefferson's copy was originally a presentation from the author. On March 24, 1809, immediately after his retirement from office, Jefferson wrote to the President, James Madison:

I inclose you several letters which must have been intended for the office, & not the person named on the back . . . Among these letters is one from Ray author of the War of Tripoli. he sent me one of his books, & in answering him with thanks I used the complimentary phrase he quotes. he lays hold of it to beg 100.D. of which I shall not be the dupe. I inclose it to you, as I think he has too much genius for the low station in which he was in the navy . . .

The book, which for the most part is in the form of a diary, in prose interspersed with verse, contains references to the negotiations of Jefferson, as President of the United States, with the Bashaw of Tripoli, and quotes in full the letter, dated May 21 [1801], in which he suggests to the Bey that the apparent truculence of his letter of the 25th of May last, was rather that in rendering into another language those expressions . . . which seem to imply purposes inconsistent with the faith of that transaction, your intentions have been misconstrued . . .

An original manuscript draft of this letter by Jefferson is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

The first poem in the Poetry at the end, dated Amsterdam, July 4, 1807, is entitled: Independence. Tune—''Anacreon in Heaven'' [The Star-Spangled Banner], of which the second stanza reads:

While Jefferson o'er us sublimely sits head,

No treason the league-union'd states can dissever;

Of freedom the guardian—of tyrants the dread,

His name will grow dearer and dearer forever;

When worlds cannot save—

Green garlands shall wave,

And Liberty blossom o'er Jefferson's grave,

To prove nature's equal eternal decree—

Heav'n ne'er form'd us slaves—man was born to live free.

The rhymed Exordium has a tribute to Jefferson in 17 lines beginning:

Amongst our worthies, count as one,

The great, the peerless Jefferson.

This was one of the missing books at the time of the sale to Congress in 1815. On March 28, 1815, Jefferson sent a report to Milligan of the missing books, including Ray's American tars in Tripoli. 12mo. printed in the U S., with a request that he try to get copies and bring them in.

On December 7, 1815 George Watterston wrote to Jefferson:

. . . I find, on reexamining the book [i. e. the catalogue] that there are two works which have not been received viz—''Rays American Tars in Tripoli & Morris' Accounts''. These are the only deficiencies I know of . . .

This letter was endorsed by Jefferson:

Morris. C. 24. 439.

Ray's Tripoli. C. 2. 82. marked---

On March 2, 1816, Jefferson wrote to Watterston:

. . . I remember that Ray's Tripoli C. 2. 82. was missing . . .

In the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the book is not checked as present. It is included in a later manuscript list headed Congress Library Books Missing, and it is not known when it was delivered to the Library. William Ray, 1771-1827, one of the Algerine captives, gives his full biography in the Exordium. Of Litchfield County's mud and clay /was form'd the flesh of William Ray/ and Salisbury the very place. He went to sea in 1802, and in 1803 joined the U. S. frigate Philadelphia. The ship ran aground off Tripoli, and the officers and crew were made prisoners, being treated with great cruelty until June 3, 1805, when articles of peace were signed and the men returned home. His verses won for Ray the honor of laureate for the next Fourth of July." "03210","178","","","","Etat de Tripoly, Tunis et Algers.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 83, as above.","[La Faye, Jean Baptiste de.]","Etat des royaumes de Barbare, Tripoly, Tunis et Alger, contenant l'histoire naturelle et politique de ce pays; la manière dont les Turcs y traitent les esclaves, etc.; avec la tradition de l'Eglise pour le rachat et le soulagement des captifs. Rouen: G. Behourt, 1703.","","

First Edition. 12mo. No copy of this book was located for collation.

Barbier III, 297. Quérard IV, page 390. Gay, page 41. Not in Rouard de Card.

On Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue this book is entered with the price 3 [livres].

Jean Baptiste de La Faye, fl. 1703, French author, was a mathurin friar." "03220","179","","","","Voiage dans les etats barbaresques.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 15. no. 85, as above.","","Voyage dans les États Barbaresques de Maroc, Alger, Tunis et Tripoly; ou Lettres d'un des Captifs qui viennent d'être rachetés par MM. les Chanoines réguliers de la Sainte-Trinité; suivies d'une Notice sur leur rachat, & du Catalogue de leurs noms . . . A Paris: chez Guillot, 1785.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 102 leaves; on 4 leaves at the end, with separate pagination, is a Liste des trois cents treize Esclaves François rachetés à Alger en 1785 . . .

Playfair, Bibliography of the Barbary States, 117. Not in Barbier. Rouard de Card, page 15." "03230","180","","","","Ludolphus's history of Ethiopia.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 12. no. 173, as above.","Ludolf, Hiob.","A new history of Ethiopia. Being a full and accurate description of the kingdom of Abessinia. Vulgarly, though erroneously, called the Empire of Prester John. In four books . . . illustrated with copper plates. By the learned Job Ludolphus . . . The second edition. To which is added, A new and exact map of the country: as also, a preface . . . with the life of Gregorius Abba; and the author's opinion of some other writers concerning Ethiopia. Translated out of his learned manuscript Commentary on this history. Made English by J. P., gent. London: Printed for Samuel Smith, bookseller, 1684.","","

Folio. No copy was seen for collation.

STC L3469.

It is possible this book was not delivered to Congress. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is on the manuscript list of books missing from the Congressional Library.

Hiob Ludolf, 1624-1704, German orientalist. The first edition of this work, written in Latin, was published in Frankfort in 1681." "03240","181","","","","Rycaut's history of Turkey.","","8vo","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Rycaut, Sir Paul.","The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire . . . In three Books. By Sir Paul Ricaut, &c. London: Printed for I. Cleave, A. Roper, R. Basset, and A. Bosvile, 1701.","","

This book is in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue as above. The author's name appears in the Index to the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, but the book is not entered in the body of the work.

Sir Paul Rycaut or Ricaut, 1628-1700, English traveller and author. This work was originally published in folio in 1668. The octavo edition is an abridgment, and is attached to Savage's History of the Turks, 2 vol. 8vo. 1701." "03250","1","","","","Domesday book.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. B., as above.","","Domesday-Book, seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi regis Angliæ, inter Archivos Regni in Domo Capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus: jubente rege augustissimo Georgio Tertio prælo mandatus typis. Vol. I [-II]. [London: Joseph Jackson] 1783.","DA190.D4","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 384 and 240 leaves.

Lowndes II, page 659. Nichols, Anecdotes of William Bowyer, page 318. Johnson, Typographia, 248.

The Domesday Book, the record of the survey of England made for William the Conqueror, was finished in 1086.

This is the first printed edition of the whole of Domesday, and took ten years to print. A volume of Indexes was added in 1811, and a supplementary volume in 1816.

The date of Jefferson's copy is omitted from all the Library of Congress catalogues; this however is the only possible edition." "03260","2","","","","Cambden's Britannia. Lat.","","4to. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue. page 18. no. 22, Cambden's Britannia, Lat. p 4to.","Camden, William.","Britannia sive Florentissimorvm Regnorvm, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. Authore Gvilielmo Camdeno. Nunc postremo recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam editionem adaucta. Londini: [Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georg. Bishop, 1600.","","

Fifth Edition. 4to. in eights. 452 leaves; engraved title with the Map of England by William Rogers. This edition has a postscript, separately paged, in answer to Ralph Brooke's Discovery of certain errors . . .

STC 4507. Lowndes I, page 357. Hazlitt II, page 78. Johnson, A Catalogue of Engraved . . . English Title-Pages, page 52, no. 4.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for 2 copies; only one was sold to Congress in 1815.

William Camden, 1551-1623, English antiquary and historian. The first edition of Britannia was published in 1586, and Ralph Brooke's attack on Camden, answered in this edition of 1600, was founded on the fourth edition, 1594." "03270","3","","","","id. Eng. by Gibson.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 76, Cambden's Britannia, Eng. by Gibson, 2 v fol.","Camden, William.","Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent Islands. Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: and Translated into English, with Additions and Improvements. Revised, Digested, and Published, with large Additions, by Edmund Gibson, D.D. Late Lord Bishop of London. The Third Edition. Illustrated with Maps of all the Counties, and Prints of the British, Roman, and Saxon Coins. Vol. I [II]. London: Printed for R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman [and others], 1753.","DA610.C17","

2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 275 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Camden by R. White; vol. II, 297 leaves; titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved double-page maps, plates of coins, etc., woodcut illustrations and ornaments, text in double columns. Sigs. N to P in vol. I contain a list of Books and Treatises relating to the Antiquities of England.

Lowndes I, page 357.

Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, bishop of London, was for a time librarian at Lambeth. His first edition of Camden's Britannia was published in 1695." "03280","4","","","","Horsley's Britannia.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 77, as above.","Horsley, John.","Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain: in Three Books. The I. Contains the History of all the Roman Transactions in Britain . . . II. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures . . . III. Contains the Roman Geography of Britain . . . To which are added, A Chronological Table, and Indexes to the Inscriptions and Sculptures after the manner of Gruter and Reinesius. Also Geographical Indexes both of the Latin and English names of the Roman places in Britain, and a General Index to the work. The whole illustrated with above an hundred Copper Plates. By John Horsley M. A. and F. R. S. London: Printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.","DA145.H81","

First Edition. Folio. 302 leaves, engraved headpiece by Vander Gucht, 105 copperplate engravings of maps, inscriptions, etc.

Lowndes II, page 1122.

John Horsley, 1685-1732, English archaeologist. The dedication of this work to Sir Richard Ellys is dated from Morpeth, Jan. 2, 1731/2; the author died on January 12, 1731/32, the day before the publication of the book." "03290","5","","","","Monumenta Anglicana.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 23, as above.","Le Neve, John.","Monumenta Anglicana: being Inscriptions on the Monuments of several eminent persons deceased in or since the Year 1650, to the end of the Year 1679 [the years 1680 to the end of 1699; 1700 to the end of 1715; 1650 to the end of 1718]. Deduced into a Series of Time by way of Annals. By John Le Neve, Gent. London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for the Editor, [vol. III and IV sold by Henry Clements] 1718, 17, 19.","CB411L5","

First Edition. Together 4 vol. 8vo. in fours. [I] 114 leaves; [II] 114 leaves; [III] 172 leaves; [IV] 154 leaves; the titles of vol. [III] and [IV] vary from those of vol. [I] and [II].

Lowndes III, page 1341.

John Le Neve, 1679-1741, English antiquary. The subscribers' names in the first part of this work include Narcissus Luttrell and Sir Isaac Newton; in the third part, Thomas Baker, D.D. of St. John's College in Cambridge, and White Kennet, D.D. Dean of Peterborough. Another volume was issued covering the period from 1600 to 1649." "03300","6","","","","Verstegan's antiquities.","","8vo. do. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 24, Verstegan's Antiquities, 8vo.","Verstegen, Richard [i. e. Richard Rowlands].","A Restitvtion of decayed intelligencies in antiquities, concerning the most noble and renowned English nation. By the studie and trauell of R. V. Dedicated vnto the Kings most excellent Maiestie. London: Printed by Iohn Bill, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1628.","DA152.V4","

4to. 187 leaves, engraving of the Tower of Babel lettered Nationum Origo on the title-page, engravings in the text, colophon on the last page, title printed in red and black.

Lowndes V, 2764. Hazlitt I, 438. STC 21362.

Jefferson's entry calls for two copies as above. The 1815 catalogue calls for an edition in 8vo; the later Library catalogues attribute to the Jefferson collection the edition in 4to here described.

Richard Rowlands, fl. 1565-1620, English antiquary, was the grandson of Theodore Roland Verstegen, whose family emigrated to England from the Gelderland about 1500. Richard Rowlands was brought up in England, but eventually moved to Antwerp where he changed his name to the paternal Verstegan. The first edition of this book was printed in Amsterdam in 1605. The edition of 1628 is the first one printed in England." "03310","7","","","","Antiquitates Albionensium Langhorne.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 25, as above.","Langhorne, Daniel.","Elenchus Antiquitatum Albionensium Britannorum, Scotorum, Danorum, Anglosaxonum, &c. Origines & Gesta usque ad annum 449 quo Angli in Britanniam immigrârunt explicans. Unà cum brevi Regum Picticorum Chronico. Per Danielem Langhornium, S.T.B. London: B[ennet?] G[riffin?] for Ben. Tooke, 1673.","DA135.L279","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 185 leaves.

Lowndes II, page 1308. Not in Hazlitt. STC L393.

Daniel Langhorne, d. 1681, English antiquary, was the author of several works on early English history of which this was the first." "03320","8","","","","Sheringham de Anglorum gentis origine.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 26, as above.","Sheringham, Robert.","De Anglorum Gentis Origine Disceptatio . . . Quâ etiam de Veterum Britannorum Origine aliquoties disceptatur. In Annotationibus Difficilia explicantur, & è re nata varia dubia Philologica discutiuntur. Authore Roberto Sheringhamo Cantabrigiensi, Collegii Gonvilii & Caii Socio. Cantabrigiae: Excudebat Joann. Hayes, Impensis Edvardi Story, 1670.","DA155.S552","

First Edition. 8vo. 272 leaves, errata on the last leaf.

Lowndes IV, page 2380. Hazlitt IV, page 356. A List of Books Printed in Cambridge at the University Press, 1521-1800, page 25. S. C. Roberts, A History of the Cambridge University Press 1521-1921, page 171.

Robert Sheringham, 1602-1678, English royalist divine, was one of the Fellows ejected from Cambridge University. 332" "03330","9","","","","Macpherson's introdñ to the hist. of Gr. Brit. & Ireland.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 64, Macpherson's introduction to the history of Gr. Britain and Ireland 4to.","Macpherson, James.","An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland. By James Macpherson; Esq. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1771.","DA135.M172","

First Edition, 4to. 155 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last page.

Lowndes III, page 1446.

James Macpherson, 1736-1796, a native of Invernessshire, chiefly known as the self-alleged translator of the Ossianic poems, travelled in the American colonies and was for a time secretary to Governor Johnstone at Pensacola, West Florida. An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland, written for his private amusement, aroused opposition; a confutation of its statements was written by John Whitaker and published in the following year. [See the next entry.]" "03340","10","","","","Whitaker's refutation of Macpherson's introduction.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 27, as above.","Whitaker, John.","The Genuine History of the Britons asserted. In a Full and Candid Refutation of Mr. Macpherson's Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland. By the Rev. Mr. Whitaker, author of the History of Manchester. [London:] Sold by Dodsley, Payne, Baker and Leigh, Cadell, White, Lowndes, Davis, [and others] 1772.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 156 leaves.

Lowndes V, page 2895.

John Whitaker, 1735-1808, English historian." "03350","11","","","","Gildas. Eng.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 1, Gildas. Eng. 16.","Gildas.","A Description of the State of Great Brittain, Written Eleven Hundred Yeares since. By that ancient and famous Author Gildas, sir-named the Wise, and for the excellency of the Work translated into English . . . With his sharpe and Christian Reproof to the Kings and Priests of those Times. London: Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock, 1652.","","

12mo. 231 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of

Gildas, by Will. Marshall.

Lowndes II, 892. Hazlitt II, 250. STC G727.

Gildas, c. 516-c. 570, historian of Britain, whose work is one of the source books of British history.

Thomas Habington, 1560-1647, made this translation, first printed in 1638, whilst undergoing imprisonment in the Tower." "03360","12","","","","Eadmerus Seldeni.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 78, as above.","Eadmer.","Eadmeri Monachi Cantvariensis Historiæ novorvm siue Sui Sæculi Libri VI Res gestas (quibus ipse non modò spectator diligens sed comes etiam & actor plerunq interfuit) sub Guilielmis I & II & Henrico I Angliæ Regibus, ab anno nempè salutis MLXVI ad MCXXII potissimum complexi. In lucem ex Bibliotheca Cottoniana emisit Ioannes Seldenvs, & Notas porrò adjecit & spicilegium . . . Londini: Typis & Impensis Guilielmi Stanesbeij, ex officinis Richardi Meighen & Thomas Dew, 1623.","DA190.E12","

First Edition. Folio. 120 leaves, woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations of seals, title printed in red and black.

Lowndes 11, page 707. Hazlitt IV, page 35. STC 7438.

Ordered by Jefferson on September 9, 1789, in a letter to Lackington, no. 8809 in his last catalogue price 5/6. Listed without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Eadmer, d. 1124?, monk of Canterbury and English historian.

John Selden, 1584-1654, English jurist, edited Eadmer's work from a manuscript in the Cotton Library. The dedication to the Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, is dated V. Id. April, 1623." "03370","13","","","","Anonymi brevis relatio de Willielmo Normannorum comite. [in Taylor's Gavelkind]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 17. unnumbered, as above.","Taylor, Silas.","[Brevis Relatio de Willelmo, Nobilissimo Comite Normannorum, Quis fuit & unde Originem duxit, &c. Ab Authore Anonymo, Temp. Hen. Primi. Londini: Typis Guil. Wilson pro Johanne Starkey, 1663.] in The History of Gavel-Kind; with the Etymology thereof . . . London: for John Starkey, 1663.","","See chapter 18. The Brevis Relatio occupies the last four sheets of the History of Gavel-Kind, with title on Bb1." "03380","14","","","","Rerum Britannicarum scriptores vetustiores et praecipui. Heidelb.","","1587. fol. [TBE]viz. Galfridus Monumetensis. Ponticus Virunnius. Gildas. Beda. Gulielmus Neubricensis. Ioannes Frossardus.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 79, as above.","","Rervm britannicarvm, id est Angliæ, Scotiæ, vicinarvmqve insvlarvm ac regionvm: scriptores vetvstiores ac præcipvi. Galfredi Monvmetensis, cognomento: Arturi de origine & gestis Regum Britanniæ libri XII. Pontici Virvnnii Britannicæ historiæ libri VI . . . Gildæ Sapientis, de excidio & conquestu Britanniæ epistola. Bedæ anglosaxonis Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ gentis Anglorum libri V . . . Gvlielmvs Nevbricensis de rebus Anglicis libri V. Ioannis Frossardi Historiarum Epitome . . . Heidelbergæ: [apud Hieronymum Commelinvm,] 1587.","DA130.A2R4","

First Edition. Folio, 297 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut initials.

Burnet IV, page 69. Graesse VI, page 333. Gross 577.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 19.19.

Hieronymus Commelinus, c. 1550-1597, printer, a native of Douay, was the editor of this work, the first printed collection of English chroniclers." "03390","15","","","","Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui. edited by Henry Savile.","","fol. London. 1596. [TBE]viz. Gulielmus Malmesburiensis. Henricus Huntindoniensis. Rogerus Hovedenus. Chronicon Ethelwerdi. Ingulphus.[/TBE]","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 80, Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post Bedam praecipui, by Savile, fol Lond. 1596, sc. Gulielmus Malmsburiensis, Henricus Huntindoniensis, Rogerus Hovedenus, Chronicon Ethelwerdi, Ingulphus","[Savile, Sir Henry, Editor.]","Rervm Anglicarvm Scriptores Post Bedam Præcipvi, ex Vetvstissimis Codicibvs Manvscriptis Nvnc Primvm in Lvcem Editi . . . Londini: Excudebant G. Bishop, R. Nvberie, & R. Barker Typographi Regij Deputati. Anno ab incarnatione, cI[???] Ic xcvI. [1596.]","DA170 S26 1596","

First Edition. Folio. 522 leaves followed by 30 leaves of table, printer's woodcut device on the title, separate titles for each part within woodcut borders, woodcut initials.

Lowndes IV, 2195. Hazlitt II, 200. STC 21783.

Contains the chronicles of William of Malmesbury,

Henry of Huntington, Roger of Hoveden, Ethelwerd and Ingulph, the last named with the addition of the forged passage which makes Ingulph a student of Oxford in the twelfth century.

Sir Henry Savile, 1549-1622, provost of Eton and one of the most learned scholars of his day." "03400","16","","","","Anglica, Normannica, Hibernica, Cambrica, a veteribus scripta ex bibliotheca G. Cambdeni.","","fol. Frankf. 1603. [TBE]viz. Asserius Menevensis. Anonymus de vita Gulielmi primi. Thomas Walsingham. Thomas de la More. Gulielmus Gemeticensis. Giraldius Cambrensis.[/TBE]","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 81, as above, with variations in spelling.","Camden, William.","Anglica, Normannica, Hibernica, Cambrica, a Veteribvs scripta: ex quibus Asser Meneuensis, Anonymus de vita Gulielmi Conquestoris, Thomas VValsingham, Thomas de la More, Gulielmus Gemiticensis, Giraldus Cambrensis: Plerique nunc primum in lucem editi, ex Bibliotheca Gvilielmi Camdeni. Cvm Indice, tvm verborvm, tvm rervm in Opere hoc toto cum primis memorabilium locupletissimo. Francofvrti: Impensis Claudii Marnii, & haeredum Iohannis Aubrii, 1603.","","

Folio. 471 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Lowndes I, page 358. Not in Hazlitt. Not in STC.

The edition of 1603, collated above, is called for by Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and by the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815. The later Library catalogues assign to Jefferson the earlier edition printed in Frankfort in 1602.

William Camden, 1551-1623, English antiquary and historian. This edition of the chronicles of the early English historians, first published in 1602, and dedicated to Sir Fulke Greville, grew out of the preparatory labors for his Britannia. The chronicle of Asser contains the interpolated passage regarding the foundation of Oxford University by Alfred the Great." "03410","17","","","","Historiae Anglo-Saxoniae scriptores decem. by Twisden, Selden, Usher & Somner.","","2. v. fol. Lond. 1652. [TBE]viz. Simeon Dunelmensis. Joannes Hagulstadensis. Richardus Hagulstadensis. Aluredus Rievallensis. Radulphus de Diceto. Joannes Bromptonus. Gervasius Dorobornensis. Thomas Stubbs. Gulielmus Thorne. Henricus Knighton.[/TBE]","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 82, as above, with reading X. for decem.","[Twysden, Sir Roger.]","Historiæ Anglicanæ Scriptores X, Simeon Monachus Dunelmensis. Johannes Prior Hagustaldensis. Ricardus Prior Hagustaldensis. Ailredus Abbas Rievallensis. Radulphus de Diceto Londoniensis. Johannes Brompton Jornallensis. Gervasius Monachus Dorobornensis. Thomas Stubbs Dominicanus. Guilielmus Thorn Cantuariensis. Henricus Knighton Leicestrensis. Ex Vetustis Manuscriptis, nunc primùm in lucem editi. Adjectis Variis Lectionibus, Glossario, Indicéque copioso. Londini: Typis Jacobi Flesher, sumptibus Cornelii Bee, 1652.","DA170.T97","

First Edition. Folio. 827 leaves, title printed in red and black, small engravings, text in double columns, half-titles before each part, continuous columnation.

Lowndes V, page 2731. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, I, page 843. Not in Hazlitt. Gross 599.

STC H2094.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in 2 volumes. Entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 40-19.

Sir Roger Twysden, 1597-1672, English antiquary." "","18","","","","Temple's introduction to the history of England.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 20. [Temple's Introduction to the history of England, in his works, No. 95]","","","","A separate edition in 8vo. is entered in Jefferson's undated catalogue, price 1/-. No separate edition was sold to Congress; in the 1815 catalogue the entry is as above." "03420","19","","","","Ld. Lyttleton's hist. of Henry II.","","4. v. 8vo.—1154.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 28, Lord Lyttleton's History of Henry II, 1154, 4 v 8vo.","Lyttelton, George, Baron Lyttelton.","The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the Age in which he lived, in Five Books: to which is Prefixed, a History of the Revolutions of England from the Death of Edward the Confessor to the Birth of Henry the Second: By George Lord Lyttelton. The Third Edition. Vol. I [-IV only]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1769.","","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 248 leaves; vol. II, 261 leaves; vol. III, 250 leaves; vol. IV, 290 leaves; engraved arms of Lord Lyttelton on the title-pages.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, II, 321.

George Lyttelton, first Baron Lyttelton, 1709-1773, English scholar, statesman and author, is mentioned in the works of several contemporary authors, and caricatured as Gosling Scragg by Smollett in Peregrine Pickle. The first edition of this book was published in 4 vol. quarto in 1767. Two more volumes of the octavo edition were issued subsequently in 1772 and 1773 respectively." "03430","20","","","","Matthew Paris. Lat. fol. by Watts [William I. 1067-H. III. 1273]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 84, as above, with reading W. I. for William I.","Paris, Matthew.","Matthaei Paris Monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia Major. Juxta exemplar Londinense 1571, verbatim recusa . . . Editore Willielmo Wats . . . -Vitæ Dvorvm Offarvm sive Offanorum, Merciorvm Regvm . . . per Mathæum Parisiensem. Londini: Excudebat Richardus Hodgkinson [part II. Milo Flesher], prostant apud Cornelium Bee & Laurentium Sadler, 1640, 1639.","","

2 parts in 1. Folio. 583 and 168 leaves, engraved frontispiece by T. Cecill.

STC 19210. Hazlitt III, suppl. 66.

Matthew Paris, d. 1259, English historian and monk. The Historia Major contains the St. Albans Chronicle to 1188, Roger de Wendover's chronicle, 1189-1235, both revised by Matthew Paris, whose own chronicle begins at 1235. The first edition was printed in 1571. This is the first edition edited by William Watts, 1590?-1649, chaplain to Prince Rupert." "03440","21","","","","Matthaei Westmonasteriensis flores historiarum.","","fol. 1-1307.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 85, as above.","Matthew Of Westminster.","Flores Historiarvm per Matthæum Westmonasteriensem collecti, præcipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad Annum Domini, 1307. Londini: ex officina Thomæ Marshij [secundo die Iunij], Anno Domini, 1570.","DA220.M438","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, each with 234 leaves, the last a blank; title within a woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials; the colophon gives the exact date of printing; Liber Secundus begins on Aaa, with separate pagination.

Lowndes III, page 1517. Hazlitt IV, page 166. STC 1765a. Gross 1774.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 12.0.

Matthew of Westminster is a fictitious name, derived from Matthew of Paris, whose chronicle was the basis of this work, and Westminster Abbey, where his manuscript was at one time kept.

Matthew Parker, 1504-1575, archbishop of Canterbury, was the editor of the Flores Historiarum, of which the first edition was published in 1567. The second edition, with additions from other manuscripts, was published by Thomas Marsh in 1567, in 2 issues, both dated June 2, but with different titles, the other reading: Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis de rebus britannicis . . ." "03450","22","","","","Brady's hist. of England.","","2. v. fol. 59 A. C.-1216.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 83, Brady's history of England, 59 A C-1216, 2 v fol.","Brady, Robert.","A complete History of England, from the First Entrance of the Romans under the Conduct of Julius Caesar, unto the End of the Reign of King Henry III . . . [-A Continuation of the Complete History of England: containing the Lives and Reigns of Edward I. II. & III. and Richard the Second.] By Robert Brady, Doctor in Physic. [London] In the Savoy: vol. I. printed by Tho. Newcomb for Samuel Lowndes, 1685, vol. II. by Edward Jones for Sam. Lowndes, and Awnsham and John Churchil, 1700.","DA130.B81 and DA130.B82","

Together 2 vol. First Editions. Folio. vol. I, 541 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of James II by R. White after Saml. Lowndes; vol. II, 313 leaves, engraved frontispiece with the title and portraits of four kings in oval compartments by R. W[hite]; the text is followed by the Appendix with separate pagination.

Lowndes I, 253. Hazlitt III, page 23 (no collation).

Arber II, page 144 and III, page 70. STC B4187.

Robert Brady, d. 1700, English historian and physician. The tory and monarchical tendencies of his history were approved by Hume (q. v.) but provoked Sir James Tyrrell to write a whig history in opposition; see the following entry." "03460","23","","","","Tyrrel's hist. of England.","","5. v. fol. 1399.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 87, Tyrrel's history of England,—1399, 5 v fol.","Tyrrell, James.","The General History of England, both Ecclesiastical and Civil; from the earliest accounts of Time, to the Reign of his present Majesty, King William III. Taken from the most ancient records, manuscripts, and printed historians . . . Vol I [-III]. London: [vol. I. and II.] Printed, and are to be sold by W. Rogers, R. Knaplock, A. Bell, and T. Cockerill, 1700 [vol. III. i.] for W. Rogers, J. Taylor, J. Nicholson and A. Bell, [ii] for W. Rogers, J. Taylor, J. Sprint and A. Bell, 1704.","DA30.T992","

3 vol. in 5. Folio. vol. I, 356 leaves, 4 folded printed tables, engraved frontispiece by M. Burghers; vol. II, 608 leaves; vol. III, 667 leaves; the titles vary according to the period covered.

Lowndes V, page 2734. Hazlitt IV, page 390.

James Tyrrell, 1642-1718, English historical writer, shared the political views of his friend John Locke, and wrote the General History of England to confute the monarchical opinions of Robert Brady (see the previous number). The first volume was originally issued in 1696, and reissued in 1700 with a new title-page. The other volumes in Jefferson's copy were of the first edition. Tyrrell's intention, as stated on the first title, had been to bring the history to the reign of William III, but he died before completing the work which ends with the reign of Richard II." "03470","24","","","","History of Edw. II by E. F. written in 1627.","","fol. 1284-1307.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 86, as above.","[Cary, Sir Henry, Viscount Falkland.]","The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II. King of England, and Lord of Ireland. With the Rise and Fall of his great Favourites, Gaveston and the Spencers. Written by E. F. in the year 1627. and Printed verbatim from the Original . . . London: Printed by J. C. for Charles Harper, Samuel Crouch and Thomas Fox, 1680.","","

First Edition. Folio. 82 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black.

Halkett and Laing III, page 85 (attributed to Edward Farrant). Hazlitt III, page 77. STC F313.

Sir Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland, d. 1633, lord deputy of Ireland, states in his Preface, dated 20 Feb. 1627, and signed E. F., that he spent one month in writing this book." "03480","25","","","","Polydori Virgilii historia Angliae.","","8vo. 1060. A. C.-1538.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 29, as above.","Vergilius, Polydorus.","Historiæ Anglicæ xxvii. Autore Polydoro Virgilio . . . Ex nova editione Antonii Thysii, J. C. Lugduni Batavorum: J. Maire, 1651.","","

8vo. 490 leaves; the date at the end is 1649.

Hazlitt IV, page 393.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0.

Polydore Vergil [Polydorus Vergilius], ?1470-1555, Italian historian who became a British subject by naturalization in 1510, was a close friend of King Henry VII at whose request this history was written. The first edition was printed in Basel in 1534, and dedicated to Henry VIII. The early editions brought the history to 1509, and further chapters, carrying the history to 1538, were later added.

Antonius Thysius [Antoine Thys], 1603-1665, Dutch scholar. In this, his first edition of this work, he overlooked the reign of Henry VIII while the book was passing through the press, and ultimately inserted it at the beginning of the book." "03490","26","","","","Habington's hist. of E. IV.","","fol. 1461-1483.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 88, Habingdon's History of Edward IV, 1461-1483 fol.","Habington, Thomas.","The Historie of Edvvard the Fovrth, king of England. By Wm. Habington Esquire. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640.","DA258 .H2","

First Edition. Folio. 118 leaves, portrait in an escutcheon by Elstracke, printer's woodcut device on the title.

Lowndes I, page 966. Hazlitt I, page 196. STC 12586.

Thomas Habington, English antiquary. This work, published by his son William in 1640 at the command of Charles I to whom it was dedicated, was written during Habington's imprisonment in the Tower for complicity in the Babington plot. It is reprinted in Kennett's Complete History of England. see no. 377. See also Gildas, no. 335." "03500","27","","","","Moore's life of Richard III, 1483-1485.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 65, Moore's life of Richard III, 1483-1485, 4to.","Saint Thomas More.","[The history of king Richard the thirde (vnfinished) writen by Master Thomas More than one of the vndersheriffis of London: about the yeare of our Lorde. 1513 . . .] in The vvorkes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the Englysh tonge. Printed at London at the costes and charges of Iohn Cawod, Iohn VValy, and Richarde Tottell. Anno. 1557.","PR2321.A1","

First Edition. Folio. Full collation as follows: ¶ ¶8, a-f, h-z, aa-zz, A-Z, AA-BB8, CC8+1, DD-YY8, ZZ[???]. The caption title for The history of King Richard the thirde as above is on cii recto, and the History extends to eiiii recto; black letter, double columns, title within a woodcut border, woodcut initials, colophon on the last page.

Lowndes III, page 1606. Hazlitt H. 401. STC 10876. Pforzheimer II, 743.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue call for The history of King Richarde the thirde only. The later Library catalogues credit the Jefferson collection with the 1557 edition of the Workes as above.

Saint Thomas More, 1478-1535. As Sir Thomas More he was lord chancellor of England. The History of Richard the thirde was first printed in this collected edition of More's works, edited by Rastell, who states in the caption title quoted above that it was written in 1513. The work appears to be a translation from a Latin original, supposedly by another author." "03510","28","","","","Walpole's historic doubts of Richard III.","","4to. 1483-1485.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 66, as above.","Walpole, Horace.","Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. By Mr. Horace Walpole . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1768.","","

4to. 76 leaves, 2 engraved plates including the frontispiece by Grignion after Vertue.

Lowndes V, page 2821.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3/6 rel.

Horace (Horatio) Walpole, fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797, English author and wit. The first edition of this work was published earlier in the same year." "03520","29","","","","Ld Bacon's hist. of Henry VII.","","fol. 1485-1509.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 89, as above, with the reading History.","Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans.","The Historie of the reigne of King Henry the Seventh. Written by the Right Hon: Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary table. London: Printed by R[obert] Y[oung] and R[ichard] H[odgkinson] and are to be sold by R[ichard] Meighen, 1641.","","

Folio. 132 leaves, portrait frontispiece.

Lowndes I, page 95. STC B298. Pforzheimer, no. 33.

Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626,

Lord Chancellor of England. The first edition of this work, which is reprinted in Kennett's Complete History of England, was published in 1622." "03530","30","","","","Ld Herbert of Cherbury's hist. of Henry VIII.","","fol. 1509-1546.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 90, as above, with the reading History.","Herbert, Edward, Baron Herbert of Cherbury.","The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. London: Printed by Mary Clark, for Ann Mearn, and are to be sold by Tho. Sawbridg, 1683.","DA332.H52","

Folio. 332 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Henry VIII by W. F[aithorne].

Lowndes II, 1047. Hazlitt II, 277. STC H1507.

Edward Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, 1583-1648. The first edition appeared in 1649. The book is reprinted in Kennett's Complete History of England, see no. 377." "03540","31","","","","Godwin, Bp of Hereford's annals of H. VIII. E. VI. & Mary.","","fol. 1507-1558.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 91, Godwin, Bishop of Hereford's Annals of H. VIII, E. VI, and Mary, 1509-1558, fol.","Godwin, Francis.","Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Written in Latin by . . . Francis Lord Bishop of Hereford. Thus Englished, corrected and inlarged with the Author's consent, by Morgan Godwyn . . . London: Printed by A. Islip, and W. Stansby, 1630.","","

Folio. First Edition of this translation. 178 leaves, woodcut borders, initials and headpieces, engraved portraits on the letter press by T. Cecill of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Queen Mary.

Lowndes II, 905. Hazlitt I, 186. STC 11947.

Francis Godwin, 1562-1633, bishop successively of Llandaff and Hereford. This book was written by him in Latin and first published in 1616; the translation is by his son, Morgan Godwin." "03550","J. 32","","","","Strype's annals.","","2. v. fol. 1558-1580.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 92, as above.","Strype, John.","Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and other various Occurrences in the Church of England; during the first twelve years of Queen Elizabeth's Happy Reign [-Commencing at the Thirteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: And ending at the Conclusion of the Year of our Lord, MDLXXX] . . . Compiled faithfully out of Papers of State, authentick records, publick registers, private letters, and other original manuscripts. Together with an Appendix or Repository, containing the most important of them. By John Strype, M. A. Vol. I [-II]. The Second Edition, with large additions both in the History and Appendix. London: Printed by, and for, Tho. Edlin, 1725.","BR756.S87","

2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 342 leaves; vol. II, 430 leaves; titles printed in red and black, that for vol. II differing from that of vol. I and the imprint reading Printed for Thomas Edlin; the first leaf of vol. II (in this copy placed in vol. I) is for the Recommendation of Mr. Strype's Abilities for writing an Ecclesiastical History, and of his New Work (being the Second Volume of his Annals of the Reformation . . .); the Appendix in each volume has separate pagination; vol. II contains at the beginning a Catalogue of Manuscripts and other Old Books, made Use of, or Cited in these Annals, As well as in the former Volume, and at the end A Catalogue of all the English Popish Books, writ against the Reformation of the Church of England; from Queen Elizabeth's first Entrance to the year 1580. With the names of such Learned Divines, as answered them; list of subscribers in vol. I.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, 872.

Old calf (vol. I rebacked and with new endpapers, by the Library of Congress in 1901); initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

John Strype, 1643-1737, English ecclesiastical historian and biographer. This is the second edition of the Annals, originally published in 1708-9. A third volume, with continuation to 1588 was published in 1728. The subscribers to this edition include His Excellency, William Burnet, Esq., Governor of New York, the Rev. Tho. Baker, B.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Henry Bradshaw, Esq." "","33","","","","[Mallet's life of Ld. Bacon. in Bacon's works.] 1560-1626.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. Unnumbered, as above.","","","","

For the Works of Sir Francis Bacon, see chapter 44.

David Mallet, 1705?-1765, Scottish poet and miscellaneous writer." "03560","34","","","","Speed's history of England.","","fol. 1060. A. C.-1605.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 93, as above.","Speed, John.","The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their Originals, Manners, Warres, Coines & Seales: with ye Successions, Lives, acts & Issues of the English Monarchs from Iulius Caesar, to our most gracious Soueraigne King Iames. by John Speed. Imprinted at London [by H. Hall and J. Beale]: and are to be sold by Iohn Sudbury & George Humble, 1611.","","

First Edition. 416 leaves, engraved title in compartments by J. Hondius. This work was intended as a continuation of the author's The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. No copy was seen for collation.

Hazlitt II, page 572. STC 23045. Johnson, page 32.

John Speed, ?1552-1629, English historian, dedicated this work to King James I." "03570","35","","","","Baker's chronicle.","","fol. 1060. A. C.-1625.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 94, Baker's Chronicle, 1060, A. C.-1625, fol.","Baker, Sir Richard.","A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Romans government unto the reign of King Charles. Containing all passages of state and church, with all other observations proper for a chronicle . . . The second edition, enlarged with divers additions, marginall notes, and the names of the severall mayors and sheriffes of London, added at the end of every king and queens reign. With an alphabeticall table containing the chief matters in this book. London: Printed by J. Flesher and E. Cotes: and are sold by L. Sadler and by T. Williams, 1653.","","

Folio. 336 leaves, engraved title-page in compartments by Marshall. No copy was examined for collation.

Lowndes I, page 101. STC B503.

Two issues were printed in this year, it is not known which was in Jefferson's library.

Sir Richard Baker, 1568-1645, first published his Chronicle in 1643. It was frequently reprinted and also appeared in a number of abridged, continued, and otherwise edited editions." "03580","36","","","","Osborn's narrative of Charles I's imprisonment in I. of Wight.","","p. 4to. pamph.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 30, Osborn's Narrative of Charles First's imprisonment in the I. of Wight, a pamphlet, p 4to.","Osborne, Richard.","Narrative of Charles First's Imprisonment in the Isle of Wight. London, 1662.","","

4to. No copy of this work was located for collation. It is not listed in the bibliographies nor entered in the Stationers' Register.

Richard Osborne, fl. 1648, was an attendant on the King in Carisbroke Castle, Isle of Wight, and was implicated in a plot to free His Majesty in 1648, for which he suffered imprisonment." "03590","37","","","","Eikων basilike.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 2, as above.","Charles I, King of Great Britain.","E[???]κ[???]ν Bασιλικ[???]. The Pourtraicture of his sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings . . . Reprinted in R. M. An. Dom. 1648.","","

8vo.

Jefferson's entry, followed by that of the Library of Congress as above, calls for an edition in 8vo. The entry in the later Library catalogues reads: Eikòn Basiliké, 12mo.

Almack has 2 editions Reprinted in R. M. [i.e. in Regis Memoriam] no. 22 in 8vo., and no. 8 in 12mo.

The authorship of the Eikòn Basiliké has been attributed to Charles I, 1600-1649, and to John Gauden, 1605-1662, bishop of Worcester. For a full discussion of the subject, see Almack, A Bibliography of the King's Book or Eikon Basilike." "03600","38","","","","Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae.","","12mo. 1640-1648.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 4, as above.","Charles I, King of Great Britain.","Reliquiæ sacræ Carolinæ, Or the vvorks of that great monarch and glorious martyr King Charls the I. Collected together, and digested in order, according to their several Subjects, civil and sacred. The contents appear in the next ensuing Pages . . . Hague: Printed by Samuel Browne, 1650.","DA400.C47","

12mo. 3 parts in 1; 336 leaves, title of the Elκ[???]ν Bασιλκ[???] dated M. DC. XLIX.

This edition not in Lowndes. Hazlitt II, page 91. STC C2072.

Charles I, 1600-1649, King of Great Britain and Ireland. The imprint on the title of this book is fictitious." "03610","39","","","","A defence of the Eikων basilike.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 3, A defence of the Eikon Basiliké, 12mo.","[Hollingworth, Richard.]","Vindiciæ Carolinæ: or, a defence of Eικων Bασιλικη, the Portraicture of his sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. In reply to a book Intituled Eικoνoκλαστης, written by Mr Milton, and lately re-printed at Amsterdam . . . London: Printed by J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1692.","DA400.C49H8","

8vo. 80 leaves, engraved frontispiece portrait by R. White.

Halkett and Laing VI, page 187. Lowndes II, page 723. Hazlitt II, page 287. Arber, Term Catalogues II, 429. STC H2505.

This work is usually ascribed to Richard Hollingworth, 1639?-1701, but has also been attributed to John Wilson, English playwright, 1627?-1696. This edition of 1692 is the first one in the bibliographies; Arber, Term Catalogues II, 386, no. 12 is an edition listed in the Reprints, November, 1691." "03620","40","","","","Relation veritable de la mort de Charles I.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 31, as above.","Charles I.","Relation véritable de la Mort cruelle et Barbare de Charles I, roi d'Angleterre; arrivée à Londres le huitième Février mil six cent quarante-neuf. Avec la Harangue faite par Sa Majesté sur l'échafaud. Traduite de l'Anglais en Français par J. Ango, sur l'imprimé à Londres chez F. Coles. Réimprimée a Paris: par Lepetit, 1792.","","

8vo. 80 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Quérard.

The first edition of this translation was published in London by F. Coles in 1649." "03630","41","","","","Historia della Grande Bretagna dal Leti.","","5. v. 12mo. 1060. A. C.-1649.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 5, as above.","Leti, Gregorio.","Il Teatro Brittanico o vero Historia della Grande Brettagna . . . Scritta da Gregorio Leti. Parte Prima [-Quinta] . . . Amsterdamo: Per Abramo Wolfgang, 1684.","DA615.L64","

5 parts. 12mo. Part I, 360 leaves; part II, 288 leaves; part III, 292 leaves; part IV, 292 leaves; part V, 316 leaves, the last two blanks; printer's woodcut device on each title-page; the name of the dedicatee is on each title-page except the last.

Lowndes III, 1347. Grose 217. Van der Aa, XI, 368. This edition not in the STC.

Listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5/-.

Gregorio Leti, 1630-1701, Italian historian, was a native of Milan. He lived in London from 1680 to 1683, and was historiographer to King Charles II. This work was first published in London in 2 vol. 4to, 1683, but its publication gave offence to the English Catholics, and Leti was banished, fleeing to Holland, where he died in Amsterdam." "03640","42","","","","Ld. Clarendon's history of the rebellion.","","6. v. 8vo. 1625.-1660.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 32, as above.","Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon.","The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in 1641 . . . and the happy conclusion thereof by the King's blessed restoration in the year 1660 . . . Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1720.","","

3 vol. in 6. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation. Engraved portraits. This edition was issued in 3 volumes; Jefferson's copy was evidently bound in 6.

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Wood-Bliss.

Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674. This book is one of the most valuable of all the contemporary accounts of the Civil War, and the manuscript was completed and revised by the author whilst in exile, where he passed the last few years of his life. The first edition was published in Oxford in 1702, 3, 4." "03650","J. 43","","","","Ludlow's memoirs.","","3. vols. 8vo. 1626.-1672.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 33, as above.","Ludlow, Edmund.","Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland, One of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.-Memoirs of Lieutenant General Ludlow. The Third and Last Part. With a Collection of Original Papers, serving to confirm and illustrate many important Passages of this and the preceding volumes. To which is added, a Table to the whole work. Switzerland, Printed at Vivay in the Canton of Bern [?London], 1698-9.","DA407.L9","

First Edition. Together 3 volumes. 8vo. vol. I, 221 leaves, the last a blank, lacking; [vol. II] 216 leaves, the last a blank, lacking; this volume has no title-page, the half-title for Part II is on Ff1, pagination as well as signatures are continuous; vol. III, 233 leaves. The portrait which should be in vol. I is lacking in this copy.

Lowndes III, page 1412. Hazlitt II, page 370. Grose 2875. STC L3460-3462.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers by Joseph Milligan; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume (in vol. II at sig. Ii and Tt); waterstained throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

The binding was executed for Jefferson on February 24, 1809, billed on March 8, price $3.00. This book is on most of Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

Edmund Ludlow, ?1617-1692, English regicide, spent the last years of his life in exile at Vevey, where his Memoirs were nominally printed. The Preface to vol. III is dated from Bern, March 26, 1699. In vol. I is an account of the reduction of Barbadoes by Sir George Ayescue, with the aid of the Virginia fleet, in 1651." "03660","44","","","","Temple's works.","","2. v. fol. 1665-1679. insert ante.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 95, as above, omitting insert ante.","Temple, Sir William.","The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. In Two Volumes. Volume the First [-Second]. To which is prefixed, The Life and Character of Sir William Temple. Written by a particular Friend [Jonathan Swift]. London: Printed for T. Woodward, S. Birt [and others], 1750.","D273.A2T4","

2 vol. 4to. vol. I. 248 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vertue after P. Lely; vol. II, 291 leaves, in twos. The book is technically a quarto, but measures 12 in. by 9 in. and has the appearance of a folio. The general title of volume II is differently set up from that in volume I and has only an ornament between the words Volume the Second and the imprint; each work has a separate title-page. On 6P1, page (525), at the end of the second volume is the title for An Introduction to the History of England . . .

Lowndes V, page 2602. This edition not in Grose.

Jefferson entered this work twice in his dated manuscript catalogue, the first to indicate its rightful place, between Ludlow's memoirs and the Account of the Rye House plot, with the indication see post; the second as above on the next leaf where he had plenty of room, with reference to the former entry.

Sir William Temple, 1628-1699, English statesman and author.

Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745, dean of St. Patrick's, secretary and friend of Sir William Temple, whose papers and memoirs he prepared for publication." "03670","45","","","","Account of the Rye house plot.","","fol. 1683.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 96, as above.","[Sprat, Thomas.]","A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the late King, His Present Majesty, and the Government: As it was Order'd to be Published by His late Majesty. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Thomas Newcomb, One of His Majesties Printers; and are to be sold by Sam. Lowndes, 1685.","DA430.S75","

First Edition. Folio. 160 leaves; the verso of the first leaf (recto blank) has the authorization of James II to Thomas Newcomb One of Our Printers, to Print this Account and Declaration; and that no other Person presume to Print the same, dated from Whitehall, 23 May, 1685, and signed by Sunderland. The second alphabet is for the relative tract Copies of the Informations and Original Papers relating to the Proof of the Horrid Conspiracy against the late King . . . usually bound with Sprat's work.

Lowndes V, page 2483.

Thomas Sprat, 1635-1713, was made dean of Westminster in 1683 and bishop of Rochester in 1684. This work was published anonymously, and was compiled to express the author's gratitude for these preferments. A second edition was published in the same year." "03680","46","","","","Welwood's memoirs.","","12mo. 1603-1689.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 6, as above.","Wellwood, James.","Memoirs of the most material transactions in England, for the last hundred years, preceding the Revolution of 1688. By James Welwood M.D. London, 1718.","","

12mo. 179 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes IV, page 2872. This edition not in Grose.

James Wellwood, 1652-1727, English physician. The Memoirs, which contain a statement of the Whig case, were first published in 1700 and frequently reprinted, in authorized and pirated editions. This edition of 1718 contains a short introduction giving an account of how the memoirs came to be written." "03690","47","","","","Histoire d'Angleterre de Rapin.","","10. v. 4to. 59 A. C.-1689.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 67, as above.","Rapin Thoyras, Paul de.","Histoire d'Angleterre, par Mr. De Rapin Thoyras. Tome Premier [-Dixieme] . . . Seconde Edition. A La Haye: chez Alexandre de Rogissart, 1727.","DA30.R19","

10 vol. 4to. vol. I, 294 leaves; vol. II, 268 leaves; vol. III, 256 leaves; vol. IV, 282 leaves; vol. V, 238 leaves; vol. VI, 250 leaves; vol. VII, 226 leaves; vol. VIII, 370 leaves; vol. IX, 294 leaves; vol. X, 374 leaves; engraved frontispiece in the first volume by F. M. La Cave, and portrait of the author by Jacobus Houbraken after Brandon, engraved portraits of Kings of England by La Cave in vol. I, II, and III, engraved maps and head and tail pieces. The work of Rapin ends with volume VIII and includes the history of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of Charles I. The list of illustrations is in this volume. Volumes IX and X are the continuation by Durand and take the history to the accession of William III and Mary. These two volumes have no illustrations and the words Seconde Edition are omitted from the title. The title of each volume varies according to the period of history covered.

Quérard VII, page 445.

Jefferson considered this the best history of England. In his description of Jefferson's library during his visit to Monticello in 1815, Francis Calley Gray wrote in his Journal:

. . . Rapin was here in French, though very rare in that language. Mr. Jefferson said that after all it was still the best history of England, for Hume's tory principles are to him insupportable . . .

Ten years later (October 25, 1825) in a letter to George Washington Lewis concerning the books for the history course at the University of Virginia, Jefferson wrote that of England there is as yet no general history so faithful as Rapin's.

Paul de Rapin, sieur de Thoyras, 1661-1725, French historian. The first edition of his history of England was published in 1724 in eight volumes.

David Durand, 1680-1763, French Protestant theologian." "03700","48","","","","Hume's history of England.","","8. v. 8vo. Cadell. 1790. Lond. 59 A. C.-1688.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 36, Hume's history of England, 59 A. C.-1688, 8 v 8vo.","Hume, David.","The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In eight volumes, illustrated with Plates. By David Hume, Esq. A new Edition, with the Author's last Corrections and Improvements. To which is prefixed, a short Account of his Life, written by Himself. Vol. I [-VIII]. London: Printed for T. Cadell, and sold by T. Longman, 1790-91.","","

8 vol. 8vo. No perfect copy of this edition has been located for collation.

Jefferson's copy was purchased from Lackington's catalogue for 1792, price £3. 0. 0.

The book was one of a list sent to A. Donald of London on November 23, 1791; Jefferson's original memorandum had specified catalogue no. 1843. Hume's H. of Eng. 8. v. new in a curious & very elegt. bind[???]. inlaid wth. moroc silk headbands, registers ib. 8.v. 8vo. 1790. The list actually sent to Donald read: No. 1843. Hume's £3.-or 1841. Hume's £2.-14.-or 1842. Hume's £3. The last mentioned, no. 1842 was the copy sent to Jefferson, and, to Lackington's bill, which contained only the number, the key word and the price, Jefferson has added that it was in 8 v. 8vo. 1790. Russia leather.

There had been a copy of this work in the Shadwell library, purchased from the bookshop of the Virginia Gazette on March 7, 1764. Jefferson had read it when young, and frequently expressed his opinion of it, both in speech and in writing.

On June 11, 1807, in a letter to John Norvell, of Danbury, Kentucky, who had written to ask advice on reading, Jefferson wrote:

History in general only informs us what bad government is. but as we have employed some of the best materials of the British constitution in the construction of our own government, a knolege of British history becomes useful to the American politician. there is however no generat history of that country which can be recommended. the elegant one of Hume seems intended to disguise & discredit the good principles of the government, and is so plausible & pleasing in it's style and manner, as to instil it's errors & heresies insensibly into the minds of unwary readers. Baxter has performed a good operation on it . . .

Again, to William Duane, on August 12, 1810, when trying to get Baxter's History reprinted, Jefferson wrote:

Our laws, language, religion, politics, & manners are so deeply laid in English foundations, that we shall never cease to consider their history as a part of ours and to study ours in that as it's origin. every one knows that judicious matter & charms of stile have rendered Hume's history the Manual of every student. I remember well the enthusiasm with which I devoured it when young, and the length of time, the research & reflection which were necessary to eradicate the poison it had instilled into my mind. it was unfortunate that he first took up the history of the Stuarts, became their apologist and advocated all their enormities. to support his work, when done, he went back to the Tudors, and so selected and arranged the materials of their history as to present their abitrary acts only, as the genuine samples of the constitutional power of the crown; and, still writing backwards, he then reverted to the early history, and wrote the Saxon & Norman periods with the same perverted view. altho' all this is known, he still continues to be put into the hands of all our young people, and to infect them with the poison of his own principles of government. it is this book which has undermined the free principles of the English government, has persuaded readers of all classes that these were usurpations on the legitimate and salutary rights of the crown, and has spread universal toryism over the land. and the book will still continue to be read here as well as there. Baxter, one of Horne Tooke's associates in persecution, has hit on the only remedy the evil admits . . .

Hume's History is not recommended by Jefferson to any enquirers for reading lists, but is replaced by Baxter's History with the information that this is Hume's text republicanized.

For Baxter's History, with further criticisms by Jefferson of Hume, see no. 405.

David Hume, 1711-1776, Scottish philosopher and historian. The History of England was first published in Edinburgh, 1754-1759." "03710","49","","","","Revolutions d'Angleterre par le P. d'Orleans.","","3. v. 12mo. 59. A.C.-1691.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 7, as above, with the reading Pere for P.","Orléans, Pierre Joseph d'.","Histoire des revolutions d'Angleterre depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu'à present. Par le Père d'Orléans de la Compagnie de Jésus. Nouvelle édition, corrigée et enrichie de cartes et des portraits des Rois de la Grande Bretagne. A La Haye: chez Pierre Grosse, 1719.","","

3 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Quérard VI, page 502. Backer V, col. 1940, no. 16.

Pierre Joseph D'Orléans, 1641-1698, French Jesuit writer and preacher. This Histoire was first published in Paris in 1689, and frequently reprinted." "03720","50","","","","Dalrymple's memoirs of Gr. Brit. & Ireland.","","4to. 1681-1692.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 68, Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, 1681-1692, 4to.","Dalrymple, Sir John.","Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the Sea-battle off La Hogue. By Sir John Dalrymple, Bart . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1771.","DA435.D148","

4to. 264 leaves.

Lowndes II, page 583. Grose 2628.

Sir John Dalrymple, 1726-1810, Scottish historical writer and chemist. The first edition of these Memoirs was published in Edinburgh in 1771; a second and third volume, not in the Jefferson collection, were issued in 1773 and 1788." "03730","51","","","","D'Auvergne's hist. of the campaign in Flanders of 1695.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 69, as above, with the reading history.","D'Auvergne, Edward.","The History of the Campagne in Flanders, for the Year, 1695. With an Account of the Siege of Namur. By Edward D'Auvergne, M.A., Rector of St. Brelade in the Isle of Jersey, and Chaplain to His Majesty's Regiment of Scots Guards. London: Printed for Mat. Wotton and John Newton, 1696.","","

First Edition. 4to. 102 leaves; advertisements of both publishers at the end, and below the imprint, where the Histories for the years, 1692, 1693, 1694. Written by the same Author are announced as being for sale; at the end of To the Reader is the Advertisement: The Engraving of the Plan of the Siege of Namur, has retarded the Publishing of this Book for some time.

Not in Lowndes. Grose 3302. STC D295.

Edward d'Auvergne, 1660-1737, English military historian, was a native of the Island of Jersey. He served as chaplain to the Scots Guards throughout the war in Flanders under William III and became its historian." "03740","52","","","","Wynne's life of Jenkins.","","2. v. fol:-1685.","1815 Catalogue, page 20, unnumbered, as above.","Wynne, William.","The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty, and Prerogative Court of Canterbury, &c. Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace at Cologn and Nimeguen, and Secretary of State to K. Charles II. And a Compleat Series of Letters, from the Beginning to the End of those Two Important Treaties . . . Never before Published. In Two Volumes. By William Wynne, of the Middle-Temple, Esq. London: Printed for Joseph Downing, William Taylor, William and John Innys and John Osborn, 1724.","DA447.J5W9","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 338 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vdr. Gucht, 1723, after H. Tuer, 1679; vol. II, 390 leaves; the two general title-pages printed in red and black, the separate titles for the different parts in black; names of the Subscribers on 3 pages at the beginning.

Lowndes V, 3006. Grose 2679.

This book was missing from Jefferson's library at the time of the sale, having been borrowed some years previously by Madison. On May 17, 1814, in a postscript to a letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote:

I have this moment been called on for Wynne's life of Jenkins, & find it not in the library. the last I remember of it was the carrying it to Washington for your use while engaged on the subject of neutral rights. I suspect therefore it may still be in the Office of state. can you recollect, or will you be so good as to enquire after it. I have re-opened my letter to state this.

On March 28, 1815, in sending to Milligan a list of books missing from the library, with instructions to him to try and obtain copies, Jefferson wrote:

When the President, while Secretary of state, was engaged in writing on Neutral rights, I lent him Wynne's life of Jenkins, 2. large folios . . . they were never returned, and are now probably with the books in the office of state, if they were saved from conflagration. will you be so good as to enquire, and if there, have them brought on with the waggon?

In the catalogue printed in October 1815, the books are listed but unnumbered; in the later catalogues the copy of this work is credited to the Jefferson collection.

Sir Leoline Jenkins, 1623-1685, Welsh civilian and diplomat. In 1679 he was stationed at Nimeguen, where the portrait was painted from which the frontispiece for this book was engraved.

William Wynne, 1692-1765, of the Middle Temple, serjeant-at-law.

The names of the subscribers include: His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; Governour of New-York; the Right Hon. the Earl of Dunmore [father of the future Governor of Virginia]; Narcissus Luttrell of Chelsea, Esq; John Michel, of Pyhankitane in Virginia, Esq; and many others, with a striking number of Welsh names." "03750","53","","","","Fox's history of James II.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 35, as above.","Fox, Charles James.","A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter. By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. To which is added, An Appendix. Philadelphia: Printed by Abraham Small, for Birch and Small, C. and A. Conrad and Co., Mathew Carey, Bradford and Inskeep, Hopkins and Earle; and for E. Morford, Charleston, South Carolina, 1808.","DA450.F78","

8vo. in fours. 222 leaves, the last leaf with the publisher's advertisement.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in Grose.

Jefferson bought from Milligan on October 14, 1808, a copy of Foxes Historical Work, price $2.50. On February 24, 1809, Milligan bound Foxs History in calf, gilt, price $1.00.

Charles James Fox, 1749-1806, English statesman. This work, originally published in London in quarto earlier in the same year, 1808, was a posthumous publication edited by Lord Holland." "03760","54","","","","Birch's life of Tillotson.","","8vo. 1629-1694.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 37, as above.","Birch, Thomas.","The Life of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Compiled chiefly from his original Papers and Letters. By Thomas Birch, D.D. . . . The Second Edition, corrected and inlarged. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper [and others], 1753.","","

8vo. 248 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Lowndes I, page 207.

Thomas Birch, 1705-1766, historian and biographer.

His life of Archbishop Tillotson, a whig memoir, was first published in 1752.

John Tillotson, 1630-1694, archbishop of Canterbury." "03770","55","","","","The history of England. a compilation by Kennet.","","3. v. fol. 1060. A.C.-1702. [TBE]viz. Milton. Daniel. Anonymus. Habington. Moor. Buck. Ld. Bacon. Ld. Herbert of Cherbury. Hayward. B[???] of Hereford. Cambden. Wilson. Anonymus.[/TBE]","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 97, Kennet's Historians of England, to wit, Milton, Daniel, Anonymus, Habington, Moore, Buck, L. Bacon, L. Herbert of Cherbury, Bp. of Hereford, Cambden, Wilson, Anonymus, 1060 A C-1702, 3v fol.","[Kennett, White.]","A Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens thereof; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of His late Majesty King William III. Containing a Faithful Relation of all Affairs of State Ecclesiastical and Civil. The whole illustrated with Large and Useful Notes, taken from divers Manuscripts, and other good Authors: and the Effigies of the Kings and Queens from the Originals, Engraven by the best Masters. In Three Volumes, with Alphabetical Indexes to each. Vol. I [-III] . . . London: Printed for Brab. Aylmer, Reb. Bonwick, Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Will. Freeman, Tim. Goodwin, Tho. Bennet, Matth. Wotton, John Walthoe, Sam. Manship, Tho. Newborough, John Nicholson, Richard Parker, and Benj. Tooke, 1706.","DA30.C73","

First Edition. 3 vol. Folio. vol. I, 349 leaves; vol. II, 425 leaves; vol. III, 393 leaves. The title-page of each volume contains a list of the contents; titles printed in red and black, text in double columns; full-page engraved portraits of the sovereigns of England by Vanderbanck after E. Lutterell, and other engravers and artists.

Lowndes III, page 124. Grose 151.

This work is on most of Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

The first two volumes are a collection of histories by the authors listed by Jefferson above, edited by John Hughes for the booksellers whose names appear in the imprint. The notes in these two volumes signed J. S. are ascribed to Strype. The third volume, by White Kennett, was published anonymously. The long list of subscribers in the first volume contains many well known names including that of Narcissus Luttrell, the bibliographer, and Michael Johnson, bookseller in Litchfield, the father of Samuel Johnson.

White Kennett, 1660-1728, bishop of Peterborough." "03780","56","","","","Guthrie's hist. of England & the Continuation.","","5. v. fol. 54. A.C.-1702.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 98, as above, with the reading History and 45 A C 2 v.","Guthrie, William.","A General History of England . . . By William Guthrie, Esq. . . . Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed by Daniel Browne, for T. Waller, 1744, 1747, 1751.—[Ralph, James] The History of England . . . By a Lover of Truth and Liberty . . . London: Printed by Daniel Browne, for F. Cogan, and T. Waller, 1744-46.","DA435.R26","

First Edition; together 5 vol. Folio. vol. I, 379 leaves; vol. II, 623 leaves; vol. III, 706 leaves; [vol. IV] 544 leaves; [vol. V] 562 leaves; engraved portraits, maps, printed tables; titles printed in red and black, text in double columns. The titles vary according to the contents of the volumes; the imprints also vary; Browne's name is omitted from vol. II and III of the earlier and Cogan's name appears only in vol. I of the later work.

Lowndes II, 950, IV, 2041. Halkett and Laing III, 66.

In a working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the latter part of the entry has been corrected in ink to 5 v, with Qy in the margin. In the later catalogues (in alphabetical order) the two histories have separate entries, and only that of Guthrie is credited to the Jefferson collection.

William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish historian and miscellaneous writer. This work represents the first attempt to base history on parliamentary records.

James Ralph, 1705?-1762, was born in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, accompanied him to England, where he remained for the rest of his life. His history was undertaken in part to refute those of Burnet and Oldmixon." "03790","57","","","","B[???] Burnet's hist. of his own times.","","2. v. fol. 1643-1715.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 99, Bishop Burnet's history of his own times, 1643-1715, 2 v fol.","Burnet, Gilbert.","Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time. Vol. I. From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the Revolution: To which is prefix'd A Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. [Vol. II. From the Revolution to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is added, The Author's Life, by the Editor.] London: vol. I. Printed for Thomas Ward, 1724; vol. II. Printed for the Editor, by Joseph Downing and Henry Woodfall, 1734.","DA430.B955","

First Edition. 2 vol. folio. vol. I, 426 leaves; vol. II, 394 leaves; lists of subscribers at the beginning of each volume.

Lowndes I, page 320. Grose 153.

This book is on Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, bishop of Salisbury. This work is a posthumous publication and contains a life of the author by the editor, his youngest son Thomas, afterwards Sir Thomas Burnet, and a list of Bishop Burnet's works.

The subscribers' names include Mr. Daniel De Foe Jun., John Carter, Esq., Secretary of Virginia, the Rev. Mr. Orem of New York, William Smith of New York, Esq., Thomas Hollis, Esq." "03800","58","","","","Political state for 1714.","","7th. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 38, as above.","[Boyer, Abel, Editor.]","The Political State of Great Britain. Volume VII. Containing The Months of January, February, March, April, May, and June. MDCCXIV. London: Printed for John Baker, 1714.","DA480.A1P7","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 273 leaves: []1, A-L3, M4-Y3, Z, Aa4-Kk2, Ll-Zz4, Aaa-Bbb3, Ccc4-Mmm3, Nnn-Yyy4, Zzz6. The short sheets occur at the end of the months, and on signatures L3 verso and Bbb3, verso are lists of Books Printed for William Taylor and J. Baker.

Lowndes I, 249. Grose 78.

Abel Boyer, 1667-1729, English miscellaneous writer.

The Political State of Great Britain was a continuation of The History of the Reign of Queen Anne; see the next entry. It is the first periodical publication which contained a parliamentary chronicle and an accurate report of parliamentary debates, and was written in the form of a monthly letter to a friend in Holland. The complete work is in 38 volumes, 1711-1729." "03810","59","","","","Boyer's annals of Q. Anne.","","11. v. 8vo. 1702-1714.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 39, as above.","[Boyer, Abel.]","The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals. Year the First [-Eleventh]. London: Printed for A. Roper and F. Coggan [and other publishers in later volumes], 1703-13.","","

First Edition. 11 vol. 8vo. Engraved portrait of Queen Anne by Van der Gucht, engraved plans, engraved arms, etc; publisher's advertisements; each volume has an Appendix with separate pagination. The book was printed by several printers, causing discrepancies in the signatures and pagination. The imprints and titles vary.

Lowndes I, 249. Grose 3020.

This work is a yearly register of political and miscellaneous occurrences, and is illustrated with plans of the military operations of the war of the Spanish Succession." "03820","60","","","","Hist. of the D. of Marlborough.","","12mo. 1650-1722.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 99, History of the Duke of Marlborough, 1650-1722, 12mo.","Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough.","The History of John Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of Her Britannick Majesty and the States of the United Provinces, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master of the Ordnance, &c. Including a more exact, impartial, and methodical Narrative of the late War upon the Danube, the Rhine, and in the Netherlands, than has ever yet appeared. Compiled from Authentick Journals, without Regard to any Former Attempt of the same Nature. By the Author of The History of Prince Eugene. [The Second Edition, corrected . . .] London: Printed for James Hodges, 1742.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was located. The above title is from the copy of the first edition, 1741, in the Library of Congress.

Halkett and Laing III, page 70. This edition not in Lowndes.

According to Halkett and Laing, under this title, the author of The History of Prince Eugene was John Banks.

It is not listed under ''Banks'' in the new edition of the British Museum catalogue and in the old edition is listed under Churchill, without author.

John Churchill, 1650-1722, first Duke of Marlborough.

John Banks, 1709-1751, English miscellaneous writer." "03830","61","","","","Orrery's life of Swift.","","12mo. 1667-1745.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 11, as above.","Boyle, John, Earl of Orrery.","Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; in a Series of Letters from John Earl of Orrery to his Son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle. The Second Edition, corrected . . . London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752.","PR3726.C7","

12mo. in eights. 121 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Ravenet.

Lowndes V, page 2561. Teerink, A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Jonathan Swift, D.D., 1333.

This book is on Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading.

John Boyle, fifth Earl of Orrery, 1707-1762. The Remarks are given in a series of letters to Orrery's son and successor, Hamilton Boyle, Student of Christ-Church College in Oxford. Several editions in 12mo. were published in 1752 and it is not known which was in Jefferson's collection. The first edition was published earlier in the same year, in octavo." "03840","62","","","","Ayre's life of Pope.","","2. v. 12mo. 1688-1744.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 10, as above.","Ayre, William.","Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq; Faithfully Collected from Authentic Authors, Original Manuscripts, and the Testimonies of many Persons of Credit and Honour: Adorned with the Heads of divers Illustrious Persons, treated of in these Memoirs, curiously engrav'd by the best Hands. In Two Volumes. By William Ayre, Esq; London: Printed by his Majesty's Authority, For the Author, and Sold by the Booksellers, 1745.","PR3633.A8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. in eights, vol. I, 183 leaves; vol. II, 202 leaves; engraved portraits in both volumes by Parr, The title-page of the second volume differs slightly from that of the first.

Lowndes I, page 90. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, page 301.

Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, English poet.

William Ayre, fl. 1734-45." "","63","","","","[Locke's memoirs of Shaftesbury. in op.] 1671.-1713.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. unnumbered, as above.","","","","For the ''op.'' see in chapter 44." "03850","64","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'hist. d'Anglet. par Salmon.","","2. v. small 8vo. 53 A.C.-1741. G. II.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 42, Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire d'Angleterre, par Salmon, 53 A C 1741, 2 v 8vo.","Salmon, Thomas.","Nouvel abregé chronologique de l'Histoire d'Angleterre, contenant les Evénemens qui y sont relatifs, depuis l'invasion des Romains jusqu'à la quinzième année de George II. les Actes du Parlement, les Créations, les Guerres, les Batailles, les Siéges, &c. Traduit de l'Anglois de M. Salmon, Auteur de l'Histoire moderne, &c. [par Garrigues de Froment.] Tome Premier [Second]. A Paris: chez Rollin Fils, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1751.","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 313 leaves; vol. II, 291 leaves; errata on the last leaf of each volume.

Quérard VIII, page 419.

A copy of this book was bought by Jefferson from Froullé, 27 Juin, 1787, price 12 (livres).

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.0.

Thomas Salmon, 1679-1767, English historian, geographical writer, and traveller, accompanied Anson in his voyage round the world. The first edition of his Chronological Historian was printed in 1733. The discovery of America is chronicled on October 11, 1491: Christophle Colomb, (un Genois au service d'Espagne) fit la découverte du nouveau Monde ou de l'Amérique.

Garrigues de Froment, fl. 1751-1760, French abbé, critic and satirical writer." "03860","65","","","","Mrs. Macaulay's history of England.","","9. v. 4to. 1603-1742.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 70, as above.","Macaulay, Catharine.","The History of England from the Accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick Line. Vol I. [-VIII]. By Catherine Macaulay. London: Printed for J. Nourse, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Johnston, 1763-1783—The History of England, from the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson, Rector of St. Stephen's Walbrook, and Prebendary of Westminster. By Catharine Macaulay. Vol. I. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell: and Sold by E. and C. Dilly, T. Cadell, and J. Walter, London, 1778.","DA375.G7 DA470.G73","

First Edition. Together 9 vol. 4to. vol. I, 230 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by I, Basire after I. B. Cipriani dated 1767, Thomson's Address to Liberty printed on c2 recto, errata on the verso; vol. II, 258 leaves; vol. III, 235 leaves; vol. IV, 222 leaves; vol. V, 228 leaves; vol. VI, 220 leaves; vol. VII, 254 leaves, the last with the publisher's advertisement of the forthcoming eighth volume on the recto, errata lists on the verso; vol. VIII, 172 leaves; [vol. IX] The History of England from the Revolution to the Present Time; vol. I, 229 leaves, the last leaf with the errata list on the recto and the publisher's advertisement on the verso (no more was published). The titles and imprints vary in the different volumes, in set-up, according to the period covered, and in the names of the publishers, which, from volume V to vol. IX include that of Charles Dilly.

Lowndes III, page 1433. Grose 158.

Jefferson's copy of this work was obtained after June 4, 1811, on which date W. Rives wrote from Milton:

W. Rives offers his most respectful compliments to Mr Jefferson, & informs him that he is at present unable to communicate the precise amount of the costs of Mitford's Greece & Mrs Macauley's England, but will procure the agent of Brown & Rives in this place to obtain a particular statement of them from the house in Richmond . . .

The work is entered twice in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, in its chronological place, and as the last entry in the English histories. Jefferson's inclusive nine-volume entry is copied in the 1815 printed catalogue. In the later catalogues the two histories are separated and the eight-volume work is not credited to the Jefferson collection.

Catharine Macaulay, 1751-1791, English historian and controversialist, became Catharine Macaulay Graham on her second marriage. She visited America in 1784, and in the following year stayed for ten days with George Washington at Mount Vernon." "03870","66","","","","Home's chronological abridgment of the hist. of Engld. to 1714.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 8, as above.","Home, Charles.","A new chronological Abridgment of the History of England; from the Earliest Times to the Accession of the House of Hanover. To each Reign is added a List of the Contemporary Princes of Europe. Written upon the Plan of the President Henault's History of France. By Charles Home, Esq. Dublin: Printed for G. Burnet, P. Byrne, P. Wogan, A. Grueber [and others], 1792.","","

12mo. 184 leaves: A-P12, Q4.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Purchased from Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, pa. 77 in his catalogue, price $1.00, ordered by Jefferson in a letter written on February 14, 1805.

Dedicated by Charles Home to the Lady Louisa Lenox. The first edition was published in London in 1791.

For the work by Henault, see no. 215." "03880","67","","","","Anecdotes of the life of Chatham.","","3. v. 8vo. 1708-1778.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 46, Anecdotes of the life of Lord Chatham, 1708-1778, 3 v 8vo.","[Almon, John.]","Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. And of the Principal Events of his Time. With his Speeches in Parliament, from the year 1736 to the year 1778 . . . In Three Volumes. The Sixth Edition, Corrected. Volume I [-III]. London: Printed for L. B. Seeley, 1797.","DA483.P6A5","

3 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 252 leaves; vol. II, 215 leaves; vol. III, 208 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 79. Lowndes I, 424. Sabin 63081.

Jefferson's copy was bought from Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, pa. 62 in his catalogue, ordered in a letter written from Washington, on February 14, 1805.

The catalogue called for an edition in 2 volumes, 8vo. On February 22, Byrne wrote that ''my edit. of Chathams Life being sold I have sent the London''; billed as Chatham's Life. 3 Vols Lond. Edit. $8.00.

This book frequently has a place on Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

John Almon, 1737-1805, English bookseller and journalist, the compiler of these Anecdotes.

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, English statesman." "03890","68","","","","Memoirs of Thomas Hollis.","","2. v. fol. 1720-1774.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 101, as above.","[Blackburne, Francis.]","Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. F.R. and A.S.S. . . . London: Printed MDCCLXXX [Privately printed, 1780].","CT788.H74B6","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 257 leaves, vol. II, 207 leaves, plates by Cipriani, Basire, Bartolozzi and others. The 2 volumes have continuous signatures and pagination; the inserted title for the second volume reads: Appendix to the Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. F. R. and A. S. S . . . London Printed MDCCLXXX; the work ended originally on 5P1 without an Index, which was later compiled by John Disney between 1804 and 1807, printed on 121 leaves, and added to all available copies.

Lowndes II, page 1092. Sabin 5690. Halkett and Laing IV, page 57.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Thomas Brand Hollis, the friend and heir of Thomas Hollis, who wrote from London on April 17, 1787:

I request the favor of your benevolent acceptance of the memoirs of the late excellent Thomas Hollis, who was a friend to the rights of America & of mankind in general. How would he have rejoiced to have seen these days ''Tyranny defeated & the seeds of freedom planted in another world for which he could scarcely have hoped'' tho to which he was in no small degree instrumental by dispersing the best of books on the most interesting subjects.

an encouragement for others to do the like. may they obtain a place in your library which I shall esteem an honor.

a translation of the History of the Hospital of St Elizabeth just published waits on you. in which are many singular notes & circumstances.

Jefferson replied from Paris on July 2, 1787:

On my return from a tour through the Southern parts of France & Northern of Italy, I found here the present of books you had been so kind as to send me. I should value them highly for their intrinsic merit, but much more as coming from you . . .

Francis Blackburne, 1705-1787, archdeacon of Cleveland, was the father in law of John Disney, the compiler of the Index.

Thomas Hollis, 1720-1774, the republican, was born in London, and was the great-nephew of the first benefactor of that name to Harvard College. These Memoirs contain a complete account of the benefactions to Harvard by various members of the Hollis family, and other New England matter; a bibliography of the first editions of the works of John Milton, and other valuable source material. The engraved head of Hollis is set in a column on a plinth, the latter with Britannia at the side, the former with the owl, daggers and cap of liberty with which Hollis was wont to decorate the bindings of his books." "03900","69","","","","Memoirs of Priestly.","","2. v. 8vo. 1733-1804.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 55, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the year 1795, written by Himself: With a Continuation, to the Time of his Decease, By his son, Joseph Priestley: And Observations on his Writings, by Thomas Cooper, President Judge of the 4th. District of Pennsylvania: and the Rev. William Christie. Northumberland: Printed by John Binns, 1806.","QD22.P8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 168 leaves, errata slip inserted at the end; vol. II, 258 leaves, pagination continuous.

Sabin 65511. Fulton and Peters, page 15.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him in 1807 by Thomas Cooper, after the latter had learned that the one intended for Jefferson by Priestley's son had not been received. According to the Library of Congress catalogues of 1831 and later it was of the American edition [the date 1805 in those catalogues is an error; the book was copyrighted on December 28, 1805 and published in 1806], which was published without a portrait frontispiece. The English edition of the same year has an engraved portrait frontispiece by Partridge after Stewart. This is explained in a letter to Jefferson written by Priestley from Northumberland on January 6, 1806, before the publication of the work:

I intended to have prefixed to the Memoirs of my father's life, which will shortly be published, an Engraving of a likeness of him taken by Mr Stewart the painter for the American Philosophical Society. I have repeatedly applied for a copy of that portrait, or for permission to have an engraving taken from it; but Mr Vaughan & Dr. Wistar inform me that in consequence of the Society having paid Mr Stewart in advance they cannot prevail upon him to finish it & that it remains in the same state in which it was two years ago. I rather fear that his necessities have induced him to sell it, and that he has it not in his power either to fulfil his engagements to the Society, or to furnish copies.

All the likenesses which I have seen of my father fall so far short, in my opinion, of that taken by Mr Stewart that I feel very desirous of having an engraving taken from that, and understanding that Mr Stewart is at Washington, I hope you will excuse the liberty I take in requesting you to endeavour to procure a copy for me . . .

I have desired Mr Vaughan to forward you a copy of the Memoirs, of which I beg your acceptance, with the view of securing the sale in England, I shall not publish them in this country of two or three months, by which time I hope to have an engraving finished.

Jefferson acknowledged this letter from Washington on January 11, and explained that Mr. Stewart was not in Washington at the time but in Boston:

. . . his portraits are so fine that I should be sorry that the engraving should be from any other, but he is now at Boston . . . it is probable if you have a correspondent there, that you may obtain either the original or a copy. for I am satisfied you need be under no apprehension of the former having been disposed of . . .

The copy mentioned in the last paragraph of Priestley's letter was not forwarded, and on June 23, 1807, Thomas Cooper wrote from Northumberland:

From some late circumstances, I have reason to believe that neither Mr. Priestley's directions nor mine to transmit to you a copy of the memoirs of his father's life have been complied with, though a set was appropriated for you to be sen at the first moment of publication. If you have not received one, be good enough to let me know . . .

To which Jefferson replied on July 9 from Washington:

Your favor of June 23. is recieved. I had not before learned that a life of Dr. Priestly had been published or I should certainly have procured it; for no man living had a more affectionate respect for him. In religion, in politics, in physics, no man has rendered more service . . .

The book was sent to Jefferson from Northumberland on August 9, with a letter from Cooper:

. . . I send you my Copy of the Memoirs, with some corrections and marginal notes, which tho' they do not ornament the page, will serve to explain some passages which the errors of the press converted into nonsense. I laboured under a very dangerous, and very painful illness while I composed my part, and I was too impatient of labour to attend to the Subjects as much as I could have wished . . . I send you the book in conjunction with Mr. Priestley who always wishes to join me in any mark of respect to you . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 1:

Your favor of the 9th. is recieved, & with it the copy of Dr. Priestley's Memoirs, for which I return you many thanks. I shall read them with great pleasure, as I revered the character of no man living more than his . . .

The work itself contains references to the friendship between Priestley and Jefferson. In volume I, page 208, occurs the passage:

For the last four years of his life he lived under an administration, the principles and practice of which he perfectly approved, and with Mr. Jefferson, the head of that administration, he frequently corresponded, and they had for each other a mutual regard and esteem.

A similar statement occurs in volume II, page 366:

Priestley had the satisfaction to live long enough to see a government whose theory was in his opinion near perfection, administered under the auspices of his friend Mr. Jefferson in a manner that no republican could disapprove.

Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804. These Memoirs were written in Birmingham, England, and survived the destruction of the author's papers subsequent to the celebrations commemorating the fall of the Bastille.

Joseph Priestley, 1768-1833, Priestley's son, English writer.

Thomas Cooper, 1759-1840, natural philosopher, lawyer and politician was born in England, but followed his friend Priestley to America in 1794. Works by him will be found in other chapters.

William Christie, 1748-1823, Scottish Unitarian, a friend of Priestley, emigrated to America in 1795." "03910","70","","","","Cumberland's memoirs.","","8vo. 1732-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 56, Cumberland's Memoirs, 1732-1805, 8vo.","Cumberland, Richard.","Memoirs of Richard Cumberland. Written by Himself. Containing an Account of his Life and Writings, interspersed with Anecdotes and Characters of several of the most Distinguished Persons of his Time, with whom he has had intercourse and connexion. Philadelphia: [Printed by Robert Carr] Published by Samuel F. Bradford; Brisban and Brannan, New York; and E. Morford, Charleston, 1806.","","

8vo. in fours. 179 leaves: []1, B-Z, Aa-Yy4, Zz2.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on May 2, 1808, price $2.00. He ordered a copy (with other books) from William Duane, in a letter dated from Washington October 14, 1807, with the instruction:

. . . decent English editions in 8vo. or 12mo. the American editions of these books are too indifferent to be read.

On December 5 he received a letter from Duane reading in part:

. . . Cumberlands work is to have a second volume; there is no English edition to be had here but in quarto, which I did not take, knowing that you prefer 8vos . . .

Richard Cumberland, 1732-1811, English dramatist, was a great-grandson of Richard Cumberland, Bishop of Peterborough, the editor of Sanchoniatho (see no. 5). He was the Sir Fretful Plagiary of Sheridan's The Critic. The first edition of the Memoirs was published in London, 1806, in 4to, with an Appendix in 1807." "03920","71","","","","Lediard's naval history of England.","","2. v. fol. 1066-1734.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 100, as above.","Lediard, Thomas.","The Naval History of England, in all its Branches; from the Norman Conquest in the Year 1066. to the Conclusion of 1734 . . . By Thomas Lediard, Gent. Late Secretary to His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary in Lower Germany. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for John Wilcox, and Olive Payne, 1735.","DA70.L47","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 215 leaves; vol. II, 271 leaves; engraved frontispiece by T. Lediard, with a portrait in the centre within an elaborate frame in compartments, at the foot the reclining figure of Ars Nautica, her left arm resting on a copy of the book, the caduceus in the hand, the right hand tracing with a quill a map of Georgia; at the head of the dedication to Sir Charles Wager is a symbolic engraving with his arms in the centre and on the same page is a fine engraved initial; the signatures and pagination of the two volumes are continuous; the text printed in double columns; on the last page of the second volume are the separate publisher's lists of John Wilcox and of Olive Payne.

Lowndes III, page 1330. Grose 558. Sabin 39683.

Thomas Lediard, 1685-1743, English miscellaneous writer. This work includes accounts of Columbus and other explorers, and of the settlement of the English colonies in America." "03930","72","","","","Campbell's lives of the Admirals.","","4. v. 8vo. 1060. A.C.-1727.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 40, as above.","Campbell, John.","Lives of the Admirals, and other eminent British Seamen . . . By John Campbell, Esq; Vol. I [-IV]. The Second Edition, carefully revised, corrected, and enlarged. London: Printed for T. Waller, 1750.","","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 270 leaves; vol. II, 262 leaves; vol. III, 244 leaves; vol. IV, 245 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, page 879.

John Campbell, 1708-1775, miscellaneous writer, was born in Scotland. The first two volumes of the Lives of the Admirals were originally published in London in 1742, and the two remaining volumes in 1744." "03940","73","","","","Historical register from 1714 to 1732.","","18 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 41, as above.","","The Historical Register, containing an Impartial Relation of all Transactions, Foreign and Domestick. Volume I. For the Year 1716 . . . [-Volume XVI. For the Year 1731.] London: Printed and sold by H. Meere, 1717-1731.—The Historical Register . . . with a Chronological Diary . . . from the last Day of July, 1714, to the first Day of January, 1716; being the first Seventeen Months of the Reign of King George . . . In Two Volumes. London: Printed and sold by C. Meere [and others], 1724.","D2.H6; D2.H59","

Together 18 vol. 8vo. Volumes I-XVI collate in fours, vol. III-XVI have at the end a Chronological Register, with separate title-page, signatures and pagination. The two additional volumes collate in eights.

Lowndes II, page 1074. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, page 676. Sabin 32075.

The Historical Register was a quarterly publication, issued by the Sun Fire-Office, and so stated on some of the title-pages, to save its subscribers the expense of a weekly newspaper. Vol. X, 1725, is the last which bears the name of Meere in the imprint; the subsequent volumes are printed and sold by R. Nutt. Jefferson's set was to 1731 only, though the Register was continued to 1738. The two extra volumes printed in 1724 give a complete account of events for the first seventeen months of the reign of George I. The work contains numerous chapters on, and references to, the American colonies." "03950","74","","","","Chamberlayne's present state of Gr. Britain. [1755.]","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 43, as above, but omitting the brackets.","Chamberlayne [Edward].","Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia: or, The Present State of Great-Britain; with diverse Remarks upon the Ancient State thereof. By John Chamberlayne, Esq; The Thirty-eighth Edition of the South Part, called England; and the Seventeenth of the North Part, called Scotland . . . In Two Parts. With his Majesty's Royal Privilege . . . London: Printed for S. Birt, A. Millar [and others], 1755.","","

8vo. 410 leaves.

Lowndes I, page 406. Grose 112.

Edward Chamberlayne, 1616-1703, English historical writer. This is the last edition of this work. The first edition, with the title Angliae Notitiae . . . was issued anonymously in 1669, and was followed by two other editions, with the author's name, in the same year. Chamberlayne issued the twentieth edition in 1702, and after his death his son John continued to edit the publication. John Chamberlayne died in 1723 and the work was then edited and published by the booksellers, until the last edition in 1755." "03960","75","","","","Histoire de la puissance navale de l'Angleterre.","","2. v. 12mo. 777.-1762.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 12, as above.","[Guilhelm De Clermont-Lodève, Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph, Baron De Sainte-Croix].","Histoire des Progrès de la Puissance Navale de l'Angleterre, suivie d'Observations sur l'Acte de Navigation, & de Pieces justificatives. Tome I [-II]. Yverdon, 1783.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 196 leaves; vol. II, 183 leaves, folded printed table.

Barbier II, 762. Quérard VIII, 388. Not in Sabin.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4.16.

Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph Guilhelm de Clermont-Lodève, Baron de Sainte-Croix, 1746-1809, French antiquary, published the first edition of this work anonymously. The second edition, Paris, 1786, has his name on the title-page. The second volume deals in part with American affairs." "03970","76","","","","Entick's history of the late war of 1755.","","5. v. 8vo. 1748.-1763.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 44, as above.","Entick, John.","The General History of the Late War: Containing it's Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America . . . Interspersed with the Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this, or of any other Nation . . . Illustrated with A Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, Designed and Engraved by the best Artists. Vol. I [-V] . . . By the Rev. John Entick, M.A. And other Gentlemen. The Third Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, and John Millan, 1763, 1764, 1766.","DD411.E61","

5 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 250 leaves; vol. II, 232 leaves; vol. III, 240 leaves; vol. IV, 240 leaves; vol. V, 248 leaves; 39 engraved portraits in the five volumes including a frontispiece in each volume and 9 folded engraved maps; titles printed in black and red. Charles Dilly's name occurs in the imprint of the first volume only.

Sabin 22667.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 19/-.

John Entick, 1703?-1773, English schoolmaster and author. This work is dedicated to William Pitt, and deals chiefly with the war in America. Several editions were published during the years 1763-1766, all with the same collation." "03980","77","","","","Annual register. 1761. 1778.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 45, Annual register for 1761 and 1778, 2 v 8vo.","","The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature, of the Year 1761 [-for the Year 1778]. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley [J. Dodsley], 1762, 1779.","","

Together 2 vol. 8vo. 1761, 316 leaves; 1778, 340 leaves; printed in double columns.

Lowndes I, page 48. Sabin 1614.

The 1815 catalogue includes the two volumes as above. The later catalogues call for the volume for 1761 only; that for 1778 is included in the undated manuscript List of Books missing from Congress Library.

In his letter to David Ramsay, from Paris, August 31, 1785, relative to his History of the Revolution in South Carolina, Jefferson wrote:

. . . it will then remain for France to produce a history, that to be desired from Great Britain is probably as well done in the Annual register as any we may expect from them . . .

The Annual Register, still in existence, was founded by Dodsley in 1758 with Burke as editor, and gives an account of current events, historical and otherwise. The two volumes originally in Jefferson's library contain important contributions to American history including, in the volume for 1778, an account of the American Revolution." "03990","78","","","","Ld. Orrery's hist. of England.","","2. v. $200. A. C. 55.-1793.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 13, L. Orrery's history of England, 55, A C-1793, 2 v 12mo.","[Goldsmith, Oliver.]","An History of England, in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son. Dublin, 1799.","","

2 vol. 12mo. No copy of a Dublin edition was located for collation.

Halkett and Laing III, page 67. This edition not in Lowndes, not in Iolo Williams and not in Temple Scott.

This is the first entry in Jefferson's dated catalogue in which he has entered the price, $2.00 as above. The entry for this book in the undated catalogue, with the price 8., is crossed through with the pen.

Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774, is now known to be the author of this book, formerly ascribed to the Earl of Orrery, to Lord Lyttleton and to the Earl of Chesterfield. It was written for John Newbery who first published it in 1764. An edition was printed in London in 1799, but a Dublin edition for that year has not been found." "04000","79","Tracts of British biography. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anecdotes historiques sur les principaux personnages de l'Anglet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoirs of Major Semple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 51, Tracts of British biography, viz. Anecdotes sur les personnages principaux et semple, 8vo.","Two tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. This volume is no longer in the Library of Congress.","Anecdotes historiques sur les principaux personnages de l'Anglet.","","","","","Annecdotes historiques sur les principaux personnages qui jouent maintenant un role en Angleterre. 1784.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 100 leaves: A-M8, N4.

Not in Barbier. Not in any of the usual bibliographies. Not in Ford, Franklin Bibliography.

The edition called for by the Library of Congress catalogues after 1815 is one of Londres, 1785, of which no trace has been found. The above title and collation was taken from the copy of the 1784 edition in the Library of Congress, which same edition is the only one in the British Museum Catalogue. No copy was found in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

The ''principaux personnages'' number twelve, of which the last two are Le Docteur Francklin and Monsieur Adams." "04010","79","Tracts of British biography. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anecdotes historiques sur les principaux personnages de l'Anglet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoirs of Major Semple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 51, Tracts of British biography, viz. Anecdotes sur les personnages principaux et semple, 8vo.","Two tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. This volume is no longer in the Library of Congress.","Memoirs of Major Semple.","","","","Semple, James George, called Semple Lisle.","The Northern Hero; minutely and impartially delineated in The Life of Major S---le, alias Harrold, Kennedy, &c. The Celebrated Swindler . . . From the Period of his Infancy to the present Year, 1786 . . . London: Printed for P. M'Queen, and J. Forbes, 1786.","CT788.S45N6","

8vo. 34 leaves: []1, A-D8, E1. This collation is taken from the copy in the Library of Congress. According to the British Museum Catalogue the 6th, 7th and 8th editions were published in 1786. It is not known which edition was in the Jefferson collection.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

James George Semple, alias Semple Lisle, b. 1759, Scottish adventurer, served in America in 1776. His autobiography, written while he was in prison, was first published in 1799, after which nothing more is known of him.

These two tracts are entered without the price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue." "04020","80","","","","Public characters.","","2 vols. 8vo. 1734-1801.","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 52, as above.","","Public Characters of 1798-1801 . . . To be continued annually. London: for Richard Phillips, 1799-1801.","","

That these two octavo volumes were ever received by Congress in 1815 is doubtful. They are entered in the printed catalogue, and were originally checked, the check mark later crossed through. They are entered in the manuscript List of Books missing from Congress Library, and are omitted from the later Library catalogues, which call for a set in eleven volumes, not credited to the Jefferson collection.

The life of Mr. Jefferson, Vice-President of the United States of America occupies pages 200-225 of Public Characters of 1800-1801 (Vol. III of the work), and is followed by that of Mr. Bushrod Washington. The folded frontispiece contains 24 engraved portraits, none of which appears to be of Jefferson.

That Jefferson owned the third volume, in which his own life appears, is clear from his recommendation of it to all applicants to him for material for writing his biography.

On February 9, 1816, after the sale of his library, he wrote to Joseph Delaplaine, about to publish his Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters:

. . . you request me, in your last letter, to give you the facts of my life, birth, parentage, profession, time of going to Europe, returning, offices &c. I really have not time to do it, and still less inclination, to become my own biographer is the last thing in the world I would undertake. No. if there has been anything in my course worth the public attention, they are better judges of it than I can be myself, and to them it is my duty to leave it. there was a work published in England under the title of 'Public characters' in which they honored me with a place. I never knew, nor could suspect, who wrote what related to myself; but it must have been some one who had been in a situation to obtain tolerably exact and minute information. I do not now possess the book, and therefore cannot say whether there were inaccuracies in it . . .

To a similar request from Horatio Gates Spafford, Jefferson wrote, on May 11, 1819:

. . . there was a book published in England about 1801. or soon after, entitled 'Public characters', in which was given a sketch of my history to that period. I never knew, nor could conjecture by whom this was written; but certainly by someone pretty intimately acquainted with myself and my connections, there were a few inconsiderable errors in it, but in general it was correct . . .

On the same day he wrote in almost the same words to Sir John Phillipart in London:

. . . there was a book published in England about 1801. or soon after, entitled 'Public characters', in which was given a sketch of my life to that period. I never knew, nor could conjecture by whom this was written; but certainly by some one intimately acquainted with myself & my connections. I observed in it some errors indeed; but they were inconsiderable, and on the whole it was tolerably correct . . .

Public Characters was a series of biographies of eminent persons, edited and published annually by Alexander Stevens." "04030","81","","","","Plowden's hist. of the British empire 1792. 1793.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 49, Plowden's history of the British Empire, 1792, 1793, 8vo.","Plowden, Francis Peter.","A short History of the British Empire, from May 1792 to the close of the year 1793. By Francis Plowden, LL.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, August 4, 1794.","DA520.P73","

8vo. in fours. 130 leaves, the last with the publisher's advertisement.

Evans 27529. This edition not in Gillow.

Francis Peter Plowden, 1749-1829, English writer, a Jesuit, was a whig in politics and opposed to the policy of Pitt. The first edition of this book was published earlier in the same year, 1794." "04040","82","","","","Goldsmith's crimes of Cabinets.","","8vo. (given by the author)","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 53, as above, omitting given by the author.","Goldsmith, Lewis.","The Crimes of Cabinets; or, a Review of their Plans and Aggressions for the Annihilation of the Liberties of France and the Dismemberment of her Territories. With illustrative Anecdotes Military and Political . . . By Lewis Goldsmith. London: Printed for, and sold by, the Author . . . By W. Taylor, 1801.","DC155.G62","

First Edition. 8vo. 161 leaves: []3, B-U8, X4, Y2, advertisement of the State of the French Republic, Goldsmith's translation of Hauterive's De l'Etat, on the last page.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Not in the English Catalogue of Books.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author. In a letter to Jefferson dated from 5 Thavies Inn, London, on May 20, 1801 (received July 28), Goldsmith wrote:

The great & important Situation in which you are plac'd induces me to take the Liberty to address two Books to you. One consists of a collection of facts & anecdotes tending to expose the base & unjust Measures of certain European cabinets, whose Conduct cannot fail to be view'd with horror in any Country which like yours is bless'd with a free Government . . . I hope you will do me the honor to accept these trifles, since I offer them only as a Testimony of the respect I entertain for your character & for the sincere attachment I bear towards the united Republics of the New World.

A postscript to the above letter states that the books have been entrusted to Mr. Carne of Falmouth, who, on June 9, reported that he had sent them.

Lewis Goldsmith, 1763?-1846, English political writer and journalist of Portuguese-Jewish extraction. This work was an attack on the war with France, and in the Advertisement on the back of the title-page, dated from London, Jan. 10, 1801, the author states that he thinks it necessary to inform his Readers that the publication has been nearly Two Months in the Press. The unexpected delay which has deferred its appearance, arose out of some differences between the Masters and Journeymen Printers . . . And he finds it necessary to acquaint the Public, that in consequence of his Bookseller's refusal to publish this Work, he is under the necessity of becoming his own publisher. A pirated edition was printed by Stockdale in Dublin, and a French translation appeared in Hamburg, both in 1801." "04050","83","","","","Baxter's history of England.","","4to. 1060. A. C.-1801.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 71, as above.","Baxter, John.","A new and Impartial History of England, from the most Early Period of Genuine Historical Evidence to the Present Important and Alarming Crisis . . . Containing authentic, candid, and circumstantial Accounts of all the memorable Transactions, interesting Events, and remarkable Occurrences, recorded in the Annals of Great Britain . . . Also a Concise View of the Antient and Modern Constitution and Political Establishments of Britain, it's Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Grants, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, &c. Likewise a Chronological Account of all the Kings and Queens of England . . . Including an History of the American War and Revolution. To which are added, Histories of the French Revolution, and the Revolution in Holland, &c. Together with every Memorable Transaction respecting Ireland and other Countries. Interspersed with Remarks, Observations, and Reflections . . . By John Baxter, Member of the London Corresponding Society, and One of the Twelve indicted and acquitted of High Treason at the Old Bailey . . . London: Printed for the Proprietors; and Sold by H. D. Symonds, n. d. [c. 1796-1801]","","

First Edition. 4to. 412 leaves: []2, B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z, 5A-5Z, 6A-6Z, 7A-7Z, 8A-8Z, 9A-9X2, []2; the last 2 leaves for the list of Subscribers; engraved frontispiece and numerous plates after Ryley and others, text printed in double columns. The book is numbered in 50 parts, 5 signatures to each part. The paper is watermarked 1794, 1795, 1796, and several of the plates are dated 1796. The text ends on page 830, sig. 9X2, at the year 1796, with the word FINIS at the foot of the page.

Jefferson's letter to Duane below proves that there were two issues of this book, of which his was the second. The copy collated above ends at the year 1796, page 830. Jefferson's copy had two more leaves, paged 831-834, and carried the history to 1801.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Watt. No copy in the British Musem Catalogue.

Jefferson's copy was bound in calf, gilt, by John March, on April 26, 1806, price $3.00; the bill for this and other bindings receipted by Joseph Milligan for T. March on May 30, 1806.

The book was bought for Jefferson by Mr. Tunnicliffe from W. & S. Jones, London (see no. 678), billed to Jefferson by that firm on August 3, 1805 (received by him on November 12), price £2. 2. 0.

Jefferson wrote from Washington to Tunnicliffe on April 25, 1805, and appended a list of Articles which I ask the favor of mr. Tunnicliff to procure for me in London, of which the first was Baxter's history of England, an 8to. edition, if any, preferred to the 4to.

Jefferson not only frequently wrote his opinion of Baxter's History to his friends, but, according to the Journal of Francis Calley Gray, expressed it to visitors to his library. Baxter's work is included in all Jefferson's lists of recommended historical reading, usually with the explanation that it was Hume's text republicanized.

Many times in his correspondence he contrasts the work of Baxter with that of Hume, as for instance in a letter to John Norvell, of Danville, Kentucky, written on June 11, 1807, in answer to one requesting advice on reading:

. . . there is however no general history of that country [i. e. Britain] which can be recommended. the elegant one of Hume seems intended to disguise & discredit the good principles of the government. . . Baxter has performed a good operation on it. he has taken the text of Hume as his ground work, abridging it by the omission of some details of little interest, and wherever he has found him endeavoring to mislead, by either the suppression of a truth or by giving it a false colouring, he has changed the text to what it should be, so that we may properly call it Hume's history republicanised. he has moreover continued the history (but indifferently) from where Hume left it, to the year: 1800. the work is not popular in England, because it is republican, & but a few copies have ever reached America. it is a single 4to. volume . . .

One year before his death, in his letter to George Washington Lewis, suggesting a course of historical reading for the University of Virginia, dated from Monticello October 25, 1825, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Hume, with Brodie, should be the last histories of England to be read. if first read, Hume makes an English tory, from whence it is an easy step to American toryism.—but there is a History, by Baxter, in which, abridging somewhat by leaving out some entire incidents as less interesting now than when Hume wrote, he has given the rest in the identical words of Hume, except that when he comes to a fact falsified, he states it truly, and when to a suppression of truth he supplies it; never otherwise changing a word. it is in fact an editio expurgata of Hume. those who shrink from the volume of Rapin, may read this first and from this lay a first foundation in a basis of truth . . .

Jefferson tried without success to have Baxter's History reprinted in the United States.

On August 12, 1810, in a letter to William Duane, written for this purpose, Jefferson gave a complete description of the book:

I have been long intending to write to you as one of the associated company for printing useful works. Our laws, language, religion, politics, and manners are so deeply laid in English foundations, that we shall never cease to consider their history as a part of ours, and to study ours in that as it's origin. every one knows that judicious matter & charms of stile have rendered Hume's history the Manual of every student . . . it is this book which has undermined the free principles of the English government . . . and the book will still continue to be read here as well as there. Baxter, one of Horne Tooke's associates in persecution, has hit on the only remedy the evil admits. he has taken Hume's work, corrected in the text his misrepresentations, supplied the truths which he suppressed, and yet has given the mass of the work in Hume's own words. and it is wonderful how little interpolation has been necessary to make it a sound history, and to justify what should have been it's title, to wit, 'Hume's history of England abridged and rendered faithful to fact and principle.' I cannot say that his amendments are either in matter or manner, in the fine style of Hume. yet they are often unpercieved and occupy so little of the whole work as not to depreciate it. unfortunately he has abridged Hume, by leaving out all the less important details. it is thus reduced to about one half it's original size. he has also continued the history, but very summarily, to 1801. the whole work is of 834. quarto pages, printed close, of which the Continuation occupies 283. I have read but little of this part. as far as I can judge from that little, it is a mere Chronicle, offering nothing profound. this work is so unpopular, so distasteful to the present Tory palates & principles of England that I believe it has never reached a 2d. edition. I have often enquired for it in our book shops, but never could find a copy in them, and I think it possible the one I imported may be the only one in America. can we not have it reprinted here? it would be about 4 vols. 8to.

[Jefferson was right, and a second edition was not printed, though in a footnote at the end of the volume, the author mentions that a new Edition is now printing.]

Duane replied from Philadelphia, on August 17, that:

It is singular enough that I should have before me at the moment, a history of England in 4to, which I take to be the same which you mention. Several years ago you mentioned the same book to me, and through Mr. G. Erving then in London I obtained the book before me. Having just completed my Military Dictionary this day, I was turning over in my mind what book to put in hand . . .

After giving a detailed description of the book, Duane added:

I am thus particular, that you may be able to determine whether it is the same work or not; as it is my fixed purpose to print it . . .

To this Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 16:

the history of England you describe is precisely Baxter's, of which I wrote to you; and if you compare him with Hume, you will find the text preserved verbatim, with particular exceptions only . . .

Several years later, in 1818, Jefferson approached Mathew Carey on the same subject. On November 22, 1818, Jefferson wrote to Carey:

the reverend mr Weems called on me a few days ago on the subject of your letter of Oct. 6. and recieved the same answer which I had given to yourself in mine of the 25th. in the course of our conversation however I mentioned to him that there was indeed a history of England which, could we get it reprinted, I would risk the presumption of inviting the attention of readers to it, meaning the history published by Baxter, one of the whigs prosecuted at the same time with Horne Tooke, and discharged on the verdict rendered in favor of Tooke. it's particular character requires explanation.

We all know the high estimation in which Hume's history of England is held in that and this country. the charms of it's stile and selection of it's matter, had it but candor and freedom from political bias, would make it the most perfect sample of fine history which has ever flowed from the pen of man; not meaning to except even the most approved models of antiquity. it was a great misfortune for the world that he wrote this history backwards. he began with that of the Stuarts, and at that time probably meant to give no other. being his first exhibition in that line, it was to establish his character, and he bestowed on it all the powers & polish of his acute mind & fine taste. like other writers he was disposed to magnify the merits of his heroes, and that disposition was whetted perhaps by the pride of country, and a desire to raise it into that degree of respect which it had well merited by it's eminence in science, but had not as yet obtained from the sister kingdom, from these, or other, motives he gave to his history the aspect of an apology, or rather a justification of his countrymen the Stuarts. their good deeds were displayed their bad ones disguised or explained away, or altogether suppressed where they admitted no palliation, and a constant vein of fine ridicule was employed to disparage the patriots who opposed their usurpations, and vindicated the freedom and rights of their country. the success of this work induced him to go back to the history of the Tudors, and having now taken his side as the apologist of arbitrary power in England, the new work was to be made a support for the old. accordingly all the arbitrary acts of the Tudor sovereigns were industriously selected and displayed, as regular exercises of constitutional authority, and the resistance to them assumes the hue of factious opposition. he then went back the last step, and undertook to fill up the chasm from the Roman invasion to the accession of the Tudors, making this, as the second work, still a justification of the first; and, of the whole, a continued advocation of the heresy that, by the English constitution, the powers of the monarch were every thing, and the rights of the people nothing: a heresy into which he probably would not have fallen had he begun his history at the beginning. yet so fascinating is every part of his work, and really so valuable it's candid parts, that it will be read, and is read by every student, on his entrance into English history: and the young reader who can lay down Hume under any impression favorable to English liberty, must have a mind of extraordinary vigor and self possession. and now as the elementary & standard book of English history, the whig spirit of that country has been compleatly sapped by it, has nearly disappeared, and toryism become the general weed of the nation. what the patriots of the last age dreaded & deprecated from a standing army, and what could not have been atchieved for the crown by any standing army, but with torrents of blood, one man, by the magic of his pen, has effected covertly, insensibly, peaceably; and has made voluntary converts of the best men of the present age to the parricide opinions of the worst of the last. whether oppressive taxation is not now reviving the feelings of liberty which Hume had lulled to rest, is a question which we cannot at this distance decide.

As the knolege of our own history must be based on that of England, so here, as there, Hume furnishes that basis: and here, as there, the young reader will retain a bias unfavorable to, what that has prepared him to consider A1, the factious freedom of the people: and when, from a student, he becomes a statesman, he will become also the tory of our constitution, disposed to monarchise the government, by strengthening the Executive, and weakening the popular branch, and by drawing the municipal administration of the states into the vortex of the general authority, as it is quite impracticable to put down such a book as this, we can only sheathe it's poison by some antidote. this is to be attempted in two ways. reprint Hume with the text entire, and in collateral columns, or in Notes, place the Antidotes of it's disguises, it's misrepresentations, it's concealments, it's sophisms, and ironies; by confronting with them authentic truths from Fox, Ludlow, Mc.Caulay, Rapin and other honest writers. this would make a work of great volume, and would require for it's execution profound judgment and learning in English history. the 2d. method is that which Baxter has adopted, he gives you the text of Hume, purely and verbally, till he comes to some misrepresentation or omission, some sophism or sarcasm, meant to pervert the truth; he then alters the text silently, makes it what truth and candor say it should be, and resumes the original text again, as soon as it becomes innocent, without having warned you of your rescue from misguidance. and these corrections are so cautiously introduced that you are rarely sensible of the momentary change of your guide. you go on reading true history as if Hume himself had given it. it is unfortunate, I think, that Baxter has also abridged the work; not by alterations of text but by omitting wholly such transactions and incidents as he supposed had become less interesting to ordinary readers than they were in Hume's day. this brings indeed the work within more moderate compass, accomodated perhaps to the time and taste of the greater bulk of readers; yet for those who aim at a thoro' knolege of that history, it would have been more desirable to have the entire work corrected in the same way. but we must now take it as it is; and, by reprinting it, place in the hands of our students an elementary history which may strengthen instead of weakening their affections to the republican principles of their own country and it's constitution. I say we should reprint it; because so deeply rooted is Humism in England, that I believe this corrective has never gone to a 2d. edition. it still remains, as at first in the form of a ponderous 4to. of close print, which will probably make 3. or 4. vols 8vo.

After bringing the history down to where Hume leaves it, Baxter has continued it thro the intermediate time to the early part of the French revolution. but as he had no remarkable talent for good writing, the value of this part of his work is merely as a Chronicle. On the whole, my opinion is that in reprinting this work, you will deserve well of our country; and, if you think that my presumption in giving an opinion as to a book worth the attention of our historical students will recieve their pardon from the motives on which it is risked, you are free to use this letter in justification of the opinions it professes; and with every wish for the publication of the work, and it's salutary effect on the minds of our youth, I salute you with sentiments of great esteem & respect.

Carey replied on January 18, 1819:

We hope you will have the goodness to excuse the long delay of an answer to your favour on the subject of Baxter's Edition of Hume's England. The arrangements of our business are incompatible with the undertaking such a work at present. Should any new plan take place, we shall give the subject that serious consideration, to which the high character you bestow on the work entitles it . . .

On March 13 of the following year, 1820, Jefferson, in a letter to Mathew Carey, wrote:

. . . when Baxter's history is recieved you will be so good as to forward it to me and my account at the same time . . .

On July 31, Jefferson again wrote to Carey:

I presume you import from time to time books from England, and should be glad if on the first occasion you would write for a copy of Baxter's history of England for me. and if there be an 8vo. edñ of it I should greatly prefer it. if none, I must be contented with the original 4to. I doubt whether it went to a 2d. edition, even the whigs of England not bearing to see their bible, Hume, republicanised . . .

To which Carey replied on August 5, that they would order ''Baxter's Hume'' immediately from London.

On March 30 of the following year Carey wrote:

. . . When Baxter's work arrives it shall be forwarded . . .

On June 30 Carey reported that Baxter's history cannot be procured.

On August 14, 1821, Jefferson tried to get a copy through Richard Rush, at that time in London. He asked for several books, including:

Baxter's history of England. he was one of the 20. prosecuted with Horne Tooke; and published his history about that time. if there be an 8vo. edition. I should prefer it; if not, the original 4to. may be sent.

At the same time Jefferson was recommending the reprinting of Baxter's History to Thomas W. White, of Richmond, Virginia, who had written for suggestions as to suitable books for reprinting. On February 5, 1820, Jefferson wrote to White:

The state of my health permits me, but with pain to write even the short acknolegement of a letter. I am moreover too much unacquainted with the general taste to know what would suit it, or to judge what book would be of ready sale; and I should be sorry to advise an unprofitable one. there is a valuable history of England Baxter's, which I have long wished reprinted here. it was too republican for the meridian of England, and therefore never went there beyond the Original edition, which was a single 4to. vol. but would make 3. or 4. 8vos. this has prevented it's becoming known here, & I do not know of a single copy but the one which went to Congress with my library. it would be singularly valuable in the US. as a substitute for Hume, but it's particular merits would require a longer letter than I am able to write, and might moreover be of too slow sale here . . .

On December 11, 1823, Jefferson again wrote to Thomas W. White, who had rewritten him on the same subject:

In answer to your letter of Nov. 29. I can say no more than I did to that of Jan. 26.20. I know no book particularly interesting to us to be reprinted here but Baxter's history of England which I then mentioned. it's principles were too republican for the meridian of London, and it therefore has never been reprinted there as far as I have been able to learn. it would make 3. or 4. vols 8vo. nor do I know whether it would be a book of ready sale here at first, because it is not known. it would be so when it should become known, being really the history best fitted for common use in this country . . .

A postscript reads:

I do not know whether a copy of Baxter could be got in the US. the only I know of went with my library to Congress.

To which White replied from Richmond, on December 30:

Before me I have your esteemed favour of the 11th inst.—Since you know of no other work smaller than Baxter's History of England, which you would recommend a republication of, I have to beg of you to endeavour to procure for me the Copy formerly belonging to yourself, so soon as you possibly can make it practicable.—I will then immediately print one octavo form, which shall be a true specimen of the work . . . May I further ask the favour of you to write for me a suitable and explanatory Proposal, setting forth the merits of the work, and pointing out its advantages for Historical Reading, in Colleges and other advanced Seminaries of Learning. Perhaps you might also wish to make many improvements.—In plain and undisguised truth, I should like you would devote your leisure hours to it . . .

Jefferson's reply was dated from Monticello, January 7, 1824:

The copy of Baxter's history which is in the library of Congress cannot possibly be borrowed. it is against their law establishing their library. but you might get it from London, within 4. months thro' any importing mercht. or bookseller of Richmd.

Jefferson next tried John Laval of Philadelphia. A memorandum by Jefferson dated January 11, 1824, notes that he had written to Laval ''to import Baxter's history.''

On February 5, Laval replied:

I have been prevented, to this day, by indisposition, from informing you that, agreeably to your desires, I have ordered from London, on the 20th of December ulto . . . Baxter's history of England, the 8vo edition, if any has been printed, if not, & then only, the 4to Book . . .

On September 24, 1824, the subject of Baxter's history was closed by a letter from Laval:

My correspondent in London informed me, in June last, that Russell's view of education & Baxter's history of England were entirely out of print . . . I was so much mortified with my want of success that I have delayed, from day to day, to impart to you this unfavorable answer.

John Baxter, fl. 1796, English republican and author, was an associate of Horne Tooke and Thomas Hardy with whom he was tried in 1794, and one of the original members of the London Corresponding Society. His History is dedicated from St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, To the People at Large, to the London Corresponding Society in Particular, and to The Political Societies of Great Britain in General, associated for Parliamentary Reform, and the Promotion of Constitutional Information.

There is no suggestion from Baxter that his work is an adaptation or abridgment of Hume's History. The title states that in this work he was Assisted by Several Gentlemen, Distinguished Friends to Liberty and a Parliamentary Reform." "04060","84","","","","Wilson's history of the British expedition to Egypt.","","8vo. 1800-1.","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 50, as above.","Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas.","History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, A Sketch of the Present State of that Country and its Means of Defence. Illustrated with Maps, and a Portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby. By Robert Thomas Wilson . . . Philadelphia: published by Conrad, & Co. and sold at their bookstores in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Petersburg and Norfolk. Bonsal & Niles, printers, Wilmington, 1803.","DC225.W7","

8vo. 240 leaves, portrait frontispiece, maps, folded tables.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Gay, not in Ibrahim-Hilmy.

Purchased from Duane in November 1803, price $3.00, billed on November 27, 1804.

Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, 1777-1849, British general and Governor of Gibraltar. The first edition of this book was published in 1802, and was followed by several editions in the same year." "04070","85","","","","Belsham's hist. of Gr. Br. from the revolñ 1689-1714.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 47, Belsham's history of Great Britain from the revolution, 1689-1714. 2 v 8vo.","Belsham, William.","History of Great Britain, from the Revolution to the Accession of the House of Hanover. By W. Belsham. In two Volumes. Vol. I [-II] . . . London: Printed for C. G. and J. Robinson, 1798.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 246 leaves, vol. II, 219 leaves.

Lowndes I, page 152. Grose 160.

This book frequently has a place on Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

William Belsham, 1752-1827, English historian and political writer, was a whig and a strenuous advocate of political liberty." "04080","86","","","","Belsham's Memoirs of the Kings of the house of Brunswick-Lunenburg.","","3. v. 8vo. 1714-1793.","1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 48, as above.","Belsham, William.","Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg. By W. Belsham. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for J. Milliken, 1796.","","

2 vol. in 1. 8vo. 306 leaves: []2, A-T8; []8, B-S8, T-U4; the first half-title reads Two Volumes in One; the volumes have separate titles, signatures and pagination.

This edition not in Lowndes.

It is not quite clear from Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, his correspondence, and the Library of Congress catalogues which volumes of Belsham's histories were in the Jefferson library.

Belsham wrote a series of histories of this period of English history with different titles, re-issued in 1806 with a general title. Of these the edition of the Memoirs of the Kings House of Brunswick-Lunenburg in Jefferson's library was issued in 2 volumes in I, and is so described in the Library of Congress catalogues of 1831 and later. Jefferson's manuscript entry calls for 3 volumes as above. From his correspondence it seems probable that Jefferson included other histories by Belsham under this heading. On September 26, 1810, he wrote from Monticello to Joseph Milligan:

. . . I possess Belsham's history of George I. & II. in 2. vols 8vo. and 3. vols of his history of Geo. III. bringing it down to 1793. it has been considerably added to since that, & I should be glad either to get the additional volumes or to exchange mine for a compleat copy of the work, paying a reasonable difference.

These histories, in which in his account of the American Revolution Belsham justified the Americans in their resistance to England, were considered by Jefferson as excellent, worthy of being read, and are on most of his lists of recommended historical reading. The first edition was printed in London in 1793." "04090","87","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.","Clarke, Mary Anne.","Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges preferred against the Duke of York, in 1809. London, 1809.","","

This book forms vol. V of Jefferson's Book of Kings. See no. 411 infra.

The above title is taken from the 1849 Catalogue of the Library of Congress. It is not certain which of the numerous publications on Mrs. Clarke and the trial was in the Jefferson collection.

See also the note to no. 271.

Mary Anne Clarke, 1776-1852, mistress of Frederick, duke of York, against whom charges were brought in 1809 by Colonel Gwillym Lloyd Wardle." "04100","88","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.","","Edwards' Genuine Edition. ''The Book!'' or, The Proceedings and Correspondence upon the Subject of the Inquiry into the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, under a Commission appointed by the King, in the Year 1806. Faithfully copied from authentic Documents. To which is prefixed A Narrative of the recent Events, that have led to the Publication of the Original Documents: With A Statement of Facts relative to the Child, now under the Protection of Her Royal Highness. London: Printed by and for Richard Edwards. New-York: re-printed for Eastburn, Kirk, and Co., and, Bradford and Read, Boston [by Pray & Bowen, Printers, Brooklyn], 1813.","DA538.A22P4a","

First American Edition. 12mo. 170 leaves: []6, B-T6, U2, 1-96; printers' imprint on the back of the title-page and at the end; half-title for A Statement of Facts . . . on 84 recto; the Advertisement dated from Crane Court, Fleet-Street, March 19, 1813.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes.

This forms volume VI of Jefferson's Book of Kings. See the next number.

Bought from Samuel Pleasants, Richmond, August 1813, price $1. 12½. The book was ordered, with others, by Jefferson in a letter from Monticello written on August 11; the letter acknowledged by Pleasants and the books sent, with the bill, on August 17.

See also the note to no. 271.

Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, queen consort of George IV, 1768-1821. The work has been ascribed to Spencer Perceval, 1762-1812, English statesman, from the paragraph in the advertisement to the second edition: . . . the publisher conceives that he is merely performing an act of justice in delivering to the world a genuine and unmutilated copy of the suppressed book, as it was printed by him in the year 1807, under the direction of the late Mr. Perceval." "04110","89","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.","Book of Kings. 6 vol. 8vo.:","Vol. I and II. Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Bareith Sœur de Frédéric le Grand; ecrits de sa main, Paris, 1811. (no. 271.) Vol. III and IV. Vie de Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, comtesse de la Motte. Paris, 1792. (no. 227.) Vol. V. Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges preferred against the Duke of York, in 1809. London, 1809. (no. 409.) Vol. VI. Edwards' genuine edition of ''The Book''; or the Proceedings and Correspondence upon the Inquiry into the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, in 1806. Brooklyn, 1813. (no. 410.)","","

On October 17, 1814, during the negotiations for the sale of his library to Congress, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Milligan at Georgetown:

. . . I send to the care of m[???] Gray of Fredericksbg. a packet of 6. vols, which though made up of 4. different works, I wish to have bound as one work in 6. vols, to be labelled on the back 'the Book of Kings.' the 1st. and 2d. vols will be composed of the Memoirs of Bareuth, the binding to remain as it is, only changing the label. the Memoirs of Made. La Motte will make the 3d. and 4th. vols, pared down to the size of the first & bound uniform with them. Mrs. Clarke's will be the 5th. vol. pared & bound as before, and 'the Book' will make the 6th. which to be uniform in size with the rest must perhaps be left with it's present rough edges. pray do it immediately and return it by the stage that they may be replaced on their shelves should Congress take my library . . .

Milligan's bill for this work was presented on November 17: ''To Binding & lettering of the 'Book of Kings.' $5.00.

An interesting commentary on this book is to be found in a letter from George Ticknor, written from Charlottesville on February 7, 1815, describing his visit to Monticello. In his description of Jefferson's library, Ticknor wrote:

Perhaps the most curious single specimen—or, at least, the most characteristic of the man and expressive of his hatred of royalty—was a collection which he had bound up in six volumes, and lettered ''The Book of Kings,'' consisting of the ''Memoires de la Princesse de Bareith,'' two volumes; ''Les Memoires de la Comtesse de la Motte,'' two volumes; the ''Trial of the Duke of York,'' one volume; and ''The Book,'' one volume. These documents of regal scandal seemed to be favorites with the philosopher, who pointed them out to me with a satisfaction somewhat inconsistent with the measured gravity he claims in relation to such subjects generally." "04120","90","","","","Dugdale's baronage.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 102, as above.","Dugdale, Sir William.","The Baronage of England, or, An Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions, of our English Nobility in the Saxons time, to the Norman Conquest; and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's Reign Deduced from Publick Records, Antient Historians, and other Authorities, by William Dugdale Norroy King of Arms . . . Tome the First [-Third]. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin and Henry Herringman, 1675,6.","CS421.A2D8","

First Edition. 3 vol. in 2. Folio, vol. I, 485 leaves; vol. II, and III, with continuous pagination and signatures 224 leaves; folded genealogical tables, 2 titles in red and black; that for vol. III, in black only, is on Cci. Lowndes II, 691. Hazlitt IV, 117, STC D2480. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, 864.

Sir William Dugdale, 1605-1686, Garter King-of-arms. The Library of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1815 and before that of 1864 call for an edition of 1775-'76, which is evidently a misprint as the work was never reprinted." "04130","91","","","","Philips's grandeur of the law.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 14, as above.","[Philipps, Henry.]","The Grandeur of the Law: or, An exact Collection of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, whose Honors and Estates have by some of their Ancestors been acquired or considerably augmented by the Practice of the Law, or Offices and Dignities relating thereunto . . . By H. P. Gent. London: Printed for Arthur Jones, 1684.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 148 leaves, the last a blank, engraved portrait frontispiece of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England to whom the book is dedicated.

Halkett and Laing II, page 402. Arber, Term Catalogues II, page 616." "04140","92","","","","The laws of honour.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 58, as above.","","The Laws of Honour: or, A Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of all Titles, Dignities, Offices, &c. as well Spiritual as Temporal, Civil or Military . . . The whole illustrated with proper Sculptures, engrav'd on Copper Plates. To which is added, An Exact List of Officers Civil and Military, in Great Britain, as they properly and distinctly fall under the supream Officers of the Kingdom, or are any Way remarkable in the Dispatch of publick Business. London: Printed for R. Gosling, 1714.","CR3891.L3","

First Edition. 8vo. 279 leaves, engraved frontispiece in compartments with a portrait of Queen Anne in the centre, 2 full-page engraved plates, all by Van der Gucht; appendix with separate alphabet and pagination. Two editions, both in 8vo., were published in 1714.

It is not possible to know which was in the Jefferson collection. On page 66 of the Appendix is a list of the Governors Of Her Majesty's Territories in America, with the numbers of Counsellors and Assembly-Men.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes II, 1105." "04150","93","","","","The arms of the nobility of Gr. Brit. & Ireland.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 15, The arms of the nobility of Great Britain and Ireland, 16s.","","Tabulae Illustres, or the Paternal Arms of the present Nobility of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1747.","","

16mo. No copy of this work has been located for collation.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes." "04160","94","","","","Kimber's peerage of England.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 16, as above, 16s.","Kimber, Edward.","The Peerage of England. A complete View of the several Orders of Nobility, their Descents, Marriages, Issue, and Relations; their Creations, Armorial Bearings, Crests, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the High Offices they possess . . . Together with an Introduction . . . also The Arms of all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, three useful Plates teaching the Art of Heraldry, &c. &c. &c. By Mr. Kimber. The Second Edition, carefully corrected. London: Printed for H. Woodfall, J. Fuller, G. Woodfall, [and others] 1769.","","

12mo. 168 leaves, 14 leaves of engraved arms by J. Lodge.

Lowndes III, page 1271.

When still a British subject Jefferson was interested in coats of arms. On February 20, 1771, he wrote from Monticello to Thomas Adams in London:

. . . one farther favor and I am done. to search the Herald's office for the arms of my family. I have what I have been told were the family arms, but on what authority I know not. it is possible there may be none. if so I would with your assistance become a purchaser, having Sterne's word for it that a coat of arms may be purchased as cheap as any other coat . . .

Edward Kimber, 1719-1769, English novelist and compiler. The first edition of his Peerage of England was published in 1766." "04170","95","","","","Kimber's peerage of Scotland.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 17, Kimber's Peerage of Scotland, 16s.","[Kimber, Edward.]","The Peerage of Scotland; a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that ancient kingdom; together with a like account of all the attainted peers; and a list of those nobles whose titles are extinct. London: Printed for J. Almon [and others], 1767.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 111 leaves, 96 engraved coats of arms.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes III, page 1271." "04180","96","","","","Kimber's peerage of Ireland.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 18, Kimber's Peerage of Ireland, 16s.","[Kimber, Edward.]","The Peerage of Ireland: A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Peers of that Kingdom; their Descents, Collateral Branches, Births, Marriages, and Issue . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for J. Almon, T. Cadell, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, Robinson and Roberts, S. Bladon, and Johnson and Davenport, 1768.","CS488.K5","

First Edition. 2 vol. vol. I, 141 numbered engraved coats of arms on 71 pages, 76 leaves of text; vol. II, 125 leaves of text; on the last page is the Directions to the Book-Binder, with a list of the cancels in both volumes.

Halkett and Laing IV, page 319. Lowndes III, page 1271." "04190","97","","","","History of the Robinhood society.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 19, as above.","","The History of The Robinhood Society. In Which the Origin of that illustrious Body of Men is traced; The Method of managing their Debates is shewn . . . Chiefly compiled from Original Papers . . . London: Printed for James Fletcher and Co., 1764.","HS2865.L7R62","

First Edition. 12mo. 130 leaves: A6, B-M4 in twelves.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Not in Watt.

The Robinhood Society was a club formed by the London wits of the day, who met every Monday night at the sign of the Robin Hood and Little John, in Butcher Row, St. Clements, and allowed each speaker five minutes in which to express his views. This history is an anonymous publication signed at the end Opsinous." "04200","98","","","","Court calendar for 1768.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 20, Court Calendar for 1768, 12mo.","","The Court and City Kalendar: or Gentleman's Register for the year 1768 . . . Carefully done by the Compilers of the former Lists, and revised by several Members of Parliament. London: printed for H. Woodfall [and others], 1768.","","

12mo. No copy of the Kalendar for 1768 was located for collation.

The Court and City Kalendar contains the usual information to be found in such publications, lists of the members of the Houses of Parliament, of the Public Schools, facts relative to the British Museum and other institutions, and so forth." "04210","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","i.","","","Valentin, Louis.","Notice Biographique sur le Docteur Jenner. Par L. Valentin. Montpellier, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo; no copy was located for collation.

Quérard X, 18. This edition not in the Biographie Médicale, and not in the Huzard Catalogue. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author through Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill of New York, who wrote to Jefferson on August 15, 1805:

At the request of M. Valentin of Marseille, I do myself the pleasure of sending you a Copy of his Eulogium on Jenner, which I this day received.

Jefferson acknowledged its receipt to Dr. Mitchill on September 8.

Louis Valentin, 1758-1829, French doctor and surgeon, went to the Antilles in 1790 and thence took refuge in the United States during the Revolution, where he had charge of the hospitals for French sailors in Virginia. He returned to France in 1799.

Valentin re-wrote and republished this pamphlet in Nancy, 1823, and again in 1824, which editions are usually to be found in libraries. The issue of 1805 is not generally known to bibliographers." "04220","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","ii.","","","Harvard University.","Catalogus eorum, qui adhuc in Universitate Harvardiana, ab anno MDCXLII, alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt, nominibus ex literarum ordine collocatis. [edited by Nathaniel Lord.] Salem, 1806.","","

8vo.

Sent to Jefferson by Nathaniel Lord 3d., who wrote from Ipswich, Mass., on March 4, 1807:

Permit an obscure individual to present a copy of the alphabetically arranged Catalogue of Graduates at Harvard College to the Chief Magistrate of the nation.

An idea, that an alphabetical arrangement of the names of those, who have received the honors of this antient university, would be of general utility to the sons of science, and to those especially, who were more immediately interested, induced me to undertake a task, which, however arduous, has been in some degree its own reward; having afforded me the satisfaction of reflecting, that I have rendered some small service to a very respectable portion of the community.

To you, Sir, as a patron of science, and a promoter of useful attempts, I send the copy accompanying this; with the sincerest wishes, that you may enjoy the highest happiness, of which human nature is capable, a consciousness of having done well, and a pleasing and well founded hope of an immortal reward . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 14:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Lord for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, presenting a view of all those who have been honoured by the favorable notice of Harvard college. it is a work which, while gratifying to those particularly named, cannot fail to excite an useful emulation in the minds of those who may wish to be enrolled in it. he thanks m[???] Lord for this mark of his personal attention, & salutes him with respect.

Nathaniel Lord, B.A. 1798, d. 1852." "04230","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","iii.","","","Cuvier, George Léopold Chrétien Frederic Dagobert, Baron.","Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, Read at the Public Sitting of the National Institute, in the Class of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the 5th of Messidor, year 13, by G. Cuvier . . . Translated by the Rev. D. B. Warden M.A. and Secretary to the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Paris. Paris: sold by Théophile Barrois Jun. Printed by J. Charles, 1807.","","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. in fours, 20 leaves.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the translator, who wrote from Paris on March 20, 1807:

. . . I take the liberty of inclosing, for your acceptance, my translation of Cuvier's Eulogium of Priestley . . .

On April 8, 1808, Warden again mentioned in a letter from Paris (received by Jefferson in July):

. . . I had the honor of sending to you, by Mr. Godon, a copy of my translation of Cuviers' Eulogium on Priestley . . .

Jefferson had written to Warden, acknowledging the receipt of this pamphlet and several other books, on May 1:

. . . from yourself I have recieved Cuvier's eulogium of Priestley . . .

A passage on page 38 refers to the friendship between Priestley and Jefferson:

. . . till the event of the election of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency of the United States, he was not without fear of being forced to abandon that asylum. The dedication of his Church History to this great Magistrate, in gratitude for the tranquillity he enjoyed, and the answer of Mr. Jefferson,—offer the finest models of friendly relations which may exist between men of letters and statesmen, without disparaging either . . .

George Léopold Chrétien Frederic Dagobert, Baron Cuvier, 1769-1832, French naturalist.

David Baillie Warden, 1772-1745, United States Consul-General at Paris." "04240","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","iv.","","","Clap, Roger.","Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap. Relating some of God's remarkable Providences to him, in bringing him into New England . . . and Instructing, Counselling, Directing, and Commanding his Children and Childrens' Children, and Household, to serve the Lord . . . Boston: Printed for William Tileston Clap; David Carlisle, Printer, 1807.","","

8vo. 15 leaves: []4, B4, C7, issued in blue wrappers, with half title on the front cover.

Sabin 13208.

The dedication to the New England Reader is signed T. Prince, August 16, 1731, and a note at the foot reads: The manuscript, in the handwriting of Capt. Clap, was presented to the Rev. Mr. Prince by Mr. James Blake, jun. of Dorchester.

Roger Clap, 1609-1691, was a native of Devonshire, England, and came to America in 1630. He settled in Boston, and held military and civil offices. These Memoirs, first published in 1731, were written for the benefit of his children. They appeared in several editions, and have been reprinted by the Dorchester Historical Society.

Thomas Prince, 1687-1758, theologian, scholar, and bibliophile of Massachusetts." "04250","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","v.","","","Thomas, Antoine Léonard.","Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius. By Thomas, member of the French Academy. Translated from the French [by David Baillie Warden]. New York: Printed for Bernard Dornin, 1808.","DG297.T5","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves: []4, 1-48.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the translator from Paris in December 1807.

On December 4, 1807, Warden wrote to Jefferson concerning the dedication:

I have taken the liberty, with the approbation of General Armstrong, of inscribing to you my translation of the chef-d'oeuvre of Thomas,—his Marcus Aurelius. If I have committed an indiscretion in employing your name, without previously begging your permission, I hope for indulgence . . .

On February 4, 1808, Warden wrote:

. . . In December last, I transmitted to you, by Mr. Sands of New York, Peersons' Synopsis Plantarum, 2 vol. accompanied with a copy of my translation of the Eulogium of Marcus Aurelius, by Thomas, which I took the liberty of inscribing to you.

Persoon's Synopsis Plantarum was sent on December 21, with a letter which does not mention the translation of Marcus Aurelius.

On April 8, 1808, Warden wrote:

I had the honor of sending to you, by Mr. Godon, a copy of my translation of Cuviers' Eulogium on Priestley; and by the Bearer of the Ministers' last dispatches, a copy of my translation of the Eulogium of Marcus Aurelius, by Thomas. I hope, Sir, you will pardon the liberty I took in inscribing it to you.

Warden again mentioned sending these books in a letter dated June 12. The receipt of the pamphlet had been acknowledged by Jefferson, with other books and pamphlets, in a letter dated from Washington on May 1. The dedication, dated from Paris, 1 December 1807, reads:

To Thomas Jefferson, The Marcus Aurelius of the United States, this translation is respectfully inscribed, By his most obedient and very humble servant, D. B. Warden.

Antoine Léonard Thomas, 1732-1785, French scholar. The original edition of this éloge, in French, was published in 1770. The translator gives the date of his birth as 1735, though according to the biographies he was born in 1732.

David Baillie Warden, 1772-1845, United States Consul at Paris, was described by Jefferson in a letter to James Madison, December 8, 1810:

a perfectly good humored, inoffensive man, a man of science & I observe a great favorite of those of Paris, and much more a man of business than Armstrong had represented him . . . he is an interesting man, perfectly modest & good, & of a delicate mind . . ." "04260","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","vi.","","","Fraser, Donald.","Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c. of the Scots and Irish Nations. New York, 1800.","","

8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Presentation copy from the author, sent in 1806 with his History of Man. See chapter 16." "04270","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","vii.","","","","Report of the Committee of the African Institution, Read to the General Meeting on the 15th July, 1807. [1808.] Together with the Rules and Regulations which were then adopted for the Government of the Society. London: Printed by William Phillips, 1807-8.","HT857 .S5 vol. 32.","

8vo. First Report: 44 leaves in eights; no copy of the Second Report was seen for collation.

Sent to Jefferson by James Pemberton from Philadelphia; the first Report on 30th. 5 moñ: 1808:

The President's respectful reception of my last communication encourages me again to address him on a subject alike Intersting [sic] to the cause of Humanity, and I think true Policy as contained in the Pamphlet herewith sent, in the perusal of which I flatter myself he will be gratified under various considerations unless he has been previously furnished with the information it contains . . . I hope it will afford him at a leisure hour pleasing amusement, as it has yielded to me pleasure in observing the remains of virtue subsisting among the exalted personages of Britain by their liberality in assisting to promote the laudable intentions of the African Institution in London, which by the latest accounts is going forward under the active care of a Committee selected for the purpose, among whom I find the name of the unwearied Thos. Clarkson, also Granville & R. Sharpe, W. Wilberforce and other well disposed persons . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 21, 1808:

. . . I have perused with great satisfaction the Report of the Committee for the African institution. the sentiments it breathes are worthy of the eminent characters who compose the institution, as are also the generous cares they propose to undertake. I wish they may begin their work at the right end. our experience with the Indians has proved that letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation . . .

On 22: 7 moñ. 1808, Pemberton sent a second Report:

Solicitous to contribute my mite towards the further satisfaction of the President, I am again induced to furnish him with a second Report of the Committee of the African Institution lately established in London which has come to hand since my last communication on the same subject which I perceive yielded thee gratification . . .

This was acknowledged by Jefferson from Washington on December 7:

Your letter covering the 2d. Report to the African institution in London came safely to hand . . . for which I return you my thanks . . .

The African Institution was formed in 1807 with the object of procuring the abolition of slavery by all European countries.

The First Report contains the list of the temporary Committee, the list of the Subscribers, the Rules and Regulations, the Report, and other matter." "04280","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","viii.","","","[Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Constance-Marie de Théis, Mme Pipelet de Leury, puis Princesse de.]","Eloge historique de M. de La Lande, par Mme la Ctesse Constance de S. Paris: Imprimerie de J. B. Sajou, 1810.","","

8vo. 23 leaves. No copy was located for collation. The above title was taken from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Barbier II, 76.

Joseph Jérome Lefrançais de Lalande, 1732-1807, French astronomer.

Constance-Marie de Théis, Mme Pipelet de Leury, later Princesse de Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, French writer. This Eloge de La Lande was first published in the Magasin Encyclopedique, April, 1810." "04290","99","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 18, no. 57, Historical tracts, Jenner, &c. 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 111. no. 200, Tracts.—Notice Biographique, sur le Docteur Jenner, par L. Valentin, 8vo; Montpellier, 1805.—Catalogus Eorum, qui adhuc in Univ. Harvardiana, ab Anno 1642, 8vo; Salem, 1806.—Cuvier's Historical Eulogium on Joseph Priestley, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; Paris, 1807.—Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap, 8vo; Boston, 1807.—Thomas's Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, translated by D. B. Warden, 8vo; New-York, 1808.—Fraser's Essay on the Origin, Antiquity, &c., of the Scots and Irish Nations, 8vo; New-York, 1800.—First and Second Reports of the Committee on the African Institution, 1807 and 1808, 8vo; London, 1807-'8.—Eloge Historique, de M. de Lalande, 8vo; Paris, 1808.—Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez, por el Dr. Gonzalo de Illescas, 8vo; Madrid, 1804.","","","ix.","","","Illescas, Gonzalo de.","Jornada de Carlos V. á Tunez por el Doctor Gonzalo de Illescas. Madrid: Edicion estereotípica, 1804.","","

8vo. Printed without signatures on large paper; 3 preliminary leaves, 41 numbered pages.

Palau IV, page 91.

Gonzalo de Illescas, fl. 1565. This appears to be the first printing of this pamphlet.

Charles V, 1500-1558, Roman emperor, king of Spain, personally conquered Tunis in 1535." "04300","100","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 72, Stephens's history of the wars which arose out of the French revolution, 2 v 4to.","Stephens, Alexander.","The history of the Wars which arose out of the French Revolution: to which is prefixed, A Review of the Causes of that Event. By Alexander Stephens, of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Esq . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, by Thomas Davison, 1803.","DC148.S83","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 326 leaves, 2 folded engraved maps; vol. II, 360 leaves, 2 folded engraved maps.

Lowndes V, page 2507.

Purchased from Duane, December 9, 1803, billed on November 27, 1804, price $25.00.

Alexander Stephens, 1757-1812, Scottish biographical writer." "04310","101","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 20, no. 34, Rochester's relation of a forgery, 8vo.","Sprat, Thomas.","A Relation of the late wicked contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young, against the Lives of several persons, by Forging an Association under their Hands. Written by the Bishop of Rochester. In two parts: The First Part being a relation of what passed at the three examinations of the said Bishop by a Committee of Lords of the Privy Council. The Second being an Account of the Two above mentioned of the Forgery. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Edward Jones, 1692-3.","","

4to. 2 parts, 39 and 86 leaves. A copy of the second part only of this edition is now in the Library of Congress.

Not in Lowndes. Hazlitt III, 337; and II, 575.

Thomas Sprat (see no. 367 above) was arrested in May 1692 on suspicion of conspiring for the restoration of James II, on false information supplied by Blackhead and Young. Blackhead eventually confessed the plot and Bishop Sprat was released." "04320","102","","","","Macpherson's antiquities of Scotland.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 73, as above.","Macpherson, John.","Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, and Religion, of the Ancient Caledonians, their Posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots. By John Macpherson, D.D. Minister of Slate, in the Isle of Sky. London: Printed for T. Becket, P. A. De Hondt; and J. Balfour, in Edinburgh, 1768.","DA777.M19","

4to. 205 leaves, the last with a list of books printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand.

Lowndes III, page 1446. Advocates Library Catalogue IV, page 722. Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Edinburgh University Library, 992.

John Macpherson, 1710-1765, minister of Sleat in Skye. The first edition of this work was printed in Dublin earlier in the same year 1768. A copy is in the British Museum, though not in the above mentioned libraries, and no mention of the Dublin edition is made by Lowndes." "04330","103","","","","Buchanani opera.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 103, as above.","Buchanan, George.","Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum Codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata: Nunc primum in unum collecta . . . Quorum omnium Syllabus post Præfationem exhibetur. Curante Thoma Ruddimanno, A. M. Tomus Primus [Secundus]. Edinburgi: apud Robertum Freebairn, 1715.","DA775.B9","

First Collected Edition. 2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 328 leaves, engraved frontispiece by V. der Gucht after Andr. Johnston; vol. II, 242 leaves.

Lowndes I, 300, Catalogue of the Advocates Library I, 745. Catalogue of the Library of Edinburgh University I, 578.

In a letter to the Rev. Samuel Knox dated from Monticello on February 12, 1810, concerning Buchanan, one of whose tracts the former was proposing to translate, Jefferson wrote:

. . . his latinity is so pure as to claim a place in school reading, & the sentiments which have recommended the work to your notice, are such as ought to be instilled into the minds of our youth on their first opening . . .

George Buchanan, 1506-1582, Scottish scholar and historian." "04340","104","","","","Buchanani historia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 59, as above.","Buchanan, George.","Rerum Scoticarum Historia, auctore Georgio Buchanano Scoto, ad optimam & castigatissimam Roberti Fribarnii Editionem expressa. Cum Indice longe locupletissimo, inserta Propriorum Nominum interpretatione. Accesserunt Auctoris Vita ab ipso scripta, Ejusdemque Dialogus de jure Regni apud Scotos: Necnon Tabula Scotiæ topographica. Edimburgi: Sumptibus Jo. Patoni, 1727. Pretium 5s 6d.","DA775.B92","

12mo. 382 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. Cooper; engraved folded map of Scotland. De Jure Regni apud Scotos . . . at the end has separate signatures and pagination.

Lowndes I, page 300.

The first edition was published in Edinburgh in 1582 It was immediately translated into the continental languages and frequently reprinted. The last edition appeared in 1762." "04350","105","","","","Melvil's memoirs.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 104, as above.","Melville, Sir James.","The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of state during the last age, not mention'd by other Historians: more particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. In all which transactions the author was personally and publikly concern'd. Now published from the original Manuscript. By George Scott, Gent. London: Printed by E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683.","DA785.M53","

First Edition. Folio. 124 leaves; the last three pages contain an alphabetical interpretation of all the Scotish words and phrases contained in this History, and a catalogue of books printed for Robert Boulter.

Lowndes III, 1532. Hazlitt II, 391. STC M1654.

George Scott, d. 1683, grandson of Sir James Melville, is noted chiefly for his writings on America.

Sir James Melville, 1535-1617, Scottish autobiographer, was privy councillor to Mary Queen of Scots. His Memoirs, which form an important contribution to the historic literature of the period, were frequently reprinted, and were translated into French. Two issues of the first edition were printed; it is not known which of the two was in Jefferson's library." "04360","106","","","","Memoires du Marquis de Montrose.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 21, as above.","Wishart, George.","Mémoires de Jacques Graham, Marquis de Montrose, contenant l'Histoire de la rébelion de son temps, traduite de l'Anglois par M**** [l'abbé Jacques Marie Gaudin]. Paris: Prault le jeune, 1767.","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Barbier III, 195. This edition not in Quérard.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.10.

George Wishart, 1599-1671, bishop of Edinburgh. As chaplain to Montrose, the governor-general of Scotland, he took part in the rebellion he describes, and accompanied Montrose on his flight to Europe. His account was originally written in Latin, and this translation into French by Jacques Marie Gaudin, 1740-1810, was made from an English translation." "04370","107","","","","Buchan's life & writings of Fletcher of Saltonshall.","","1653-1703. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 60, Buchan's life and writings of Fletcher, 1653-1703, 8vo.","Erskine, David Steuart, Earl of Buchan.","Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, Critical, and Political. With some Pieces of Thomson's never before published. By D. S. Earl of Buchan. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792.","DA804.1.F6E7","

First Edition. 8vo. 164 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Andrew Fletcher, Aikman, pinxit: Anna Forbes, del: Buchaniæ Comes, Imitavit, 1791.

Lowndes I, page 299.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom the former wrote from Washington on July 10, 1803:

I recieved through the hands of m[???] Lenox, on his return to the US. the valuable volume you were so good as to send me on the life & writings of Fletcher of Saltoun. the political principles of that patriot were worthy the purest periods of the British constitution. they are those which were in vigour at the epoch of the American emigration. our ancestors brought them here, and they needed little strengthening to make us what we are . . .

I feel a pride in the justice which your lordship's sentiments render to the character of my illustrious countryman Washington . . .

David Steuart Erskine, eleventh Earl of Buchan, 1742-1829. The Introduction to this work is chiefly political and contains mention of Buchanan, Hume, Montesquieu, Franklin and other writers. The work includes letters and poems by Robert Burns, William Collins and others. This work is the first mentioned in the list of authorities at the end of the article on Fletcher in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1653-1716, Scottish patriot.

James Thomson, 1700-1748, Scottish poet." "04380","108","","","","Warner's hist. of Ireland.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 74, Warner's history of Ireland, 4to.","Warner, Ferdinando.","The History of Ireland. By Ferdo. Warner, L.L.D. Volume the First. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1763.","DA930.W28","

First Edition. 4to. 268 leaves, engraved Royal Coat of Arms by B. Clowes at the head of the dedication to the King.

Lowndes V, page 2843. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Dublin Society, page 236.

Copies of this book and the next entry, Warner's History of the Irish Rebellion, were in the Shadwell Library, having been bought by Jefferson from T. Cadell, London, in 1769, bound in calf, price £1. 4. 0. each.

Ferdinando Warner, 1703-1768, English divine and miscellaneous writer, went to Dublin to obtain material for this book, but, failing to get any financial help from the Irish House of Commons, produced only one volume. He died of gout in 1768." "04390","109","","","","Warner's hist. of the Irish rebellion.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 75, as above, with the reading history.","Warner, Ferdinando.","The History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland. By Ferdo. Warner, L.L.D. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1768.","DA943.W28","

4to. No copy of the 2nd edition was located for collation. The first edition, of which it was an exact reprint, collates: 319 leaves: a-c, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, 4A-4E4, 4F2, 4G-4I4, 4K1, engraved arms of the Duke of Northumberland at the head of the dedication.

A copy was in the Shadwell Library. See the note to the previous entry." "04400","110","","","","Mac Neven's Pieces of Irish history.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 61, as above.","Mac Neven, William James.","Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland of the Origin and Progress of the Political System of the United Irishmen; and of their Transactions with the Anglo-Irish Government. Published by William James Mac Neven. New York: Printed for Bernard Dornin, 1807.","DA948.5.M2","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 169 leaves.

Lowndes III, page 1445. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Dublin Society, p. 129. Not in Sabin.

The correspondence between Thomas Addis Emmet and Rufus King, pages 285-296, contains references to Jefferson.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, to whom the former wrote from Monticello on August 15, 1807:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Mac Neven for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his Pieces of Irish history. it is a record of documents & facts which interested all the feelings of humanity while they were passing, and stand in dreadful account against the perpetrators. in this the United states may see what would have been their history, had they continued under the same masters. Heaven seems to have provided them as an asylum for the suffering before the extinguishment of all political morality had prepared the scenes now acting in the world . . .

William James Mac Neven, 1763-1841, physician and United Irishman. He emigrated to New York in 1805 and in 1829 became president of the Friends of Ireland Society." "04410","111","","","","Sampson's Memoirs.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 62, as above.","Sampson, William.","Memoirs of William Sampson: including Particulars of his Adventures in various Parts of Europe; his Confinement in the Dungeons of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c. &c. Several Original Letters; being his correspondence with the Ministers of State in Great-Britain and Portugal; A Short Sketch of the History of Ireland, particularly as it respects the Spirit of British Domination in that Country; and a few Observations on the State of Manners, &c. in America. New-York: Printed for the Author, by George Forman, 1807.","DA948.6.S3","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 230 leaves.

Lowndes IV, page 2183. Sabin 75952.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from New York on December 12, 1807:

In requesting your acceptance of a copy of my Memoirs, I presume little upon the merit of the work but much upon your benevolence.

Although written in a style too light and too popular to suit the wisdom of the Philosopher or the Statesman, yet in the present crisis some facts may be found which the Statesman may turn to profit.

But my chief wish is, that you may be disposed to receive it as a token of that respect which the friends of human liberty throughout the world owe to the name of Thomas Jefferson, and Irishmen more than any.

Jefferson replied on December 20:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Sampson and his thanks for the volume of his memoirs which he was so kind as to send him, and which he shall read with pleasure the first moments of leisure. it adds a monument the more of what a country loses, when it loses it's self-government . . .

This book was missing at the time of the sale of Jefferson's library to Congress, and was included in the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Joseph Milligan on March 28, 1815, with the request that he should try to procure copies and bring them in. Milligan supplied a copy on April 7, price $2.50, which was delivered to Congress.

A copy with Jefferson's initials at signatures I and T is now in a private library. This may be the original presentation copy missing from Jefferson's library.

On page 41 of the work is a reference to Jefferson:

Some time before, it was asserted, that the minister of the United States had declared, that the prisoners would not be admitted to take refuge in his country. Thomas Jefferson had not then pronounced those words, honoring himself and his country: shall there be no where an asylum on the earth for persecuted humanity; and shall we refuse to the children of oppression, that shelter which the natives of the woods accorded to our fathers?

William Sampson, 1764-1863, United Irishman and jurist, was sent to New York in 1806 at the expense of the British government, and attained a high position at the American bar. His letter written on December 12, 1807, quoted above, is misdated by him December 12, 1804, two years before his first arrival in this country and three years before the publication of the book. It is properly endorsed by Jefferson Dec. 12. 07. recd. Dec. 18." "04420","112","","","","Sampson's Statistical survey of Londonderry","","8vo","1815 catalogue, page 21, no. 63, Sampson's Survey of Londonderry, 8vo.","Sampson, George Vaughan.","Statistical Survey of the County of Londonderry, with observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society. By the Rev. G. Vaughan Sampson, A. B. M. R. I. A. Rector of Aghanloo, in the diocese of Derry . . . Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, 1802.","S462 .L7S3","

First Edition. 8vo. 294 leaves, numerous engraved plates, full-page and folded, maps, plans, folded leaves of tables, etc.

Lowndes I, 21.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author's brother, William Sampson (q.v.), who wrote from New York on October 26, 1808:

I am desired by my brother to present you with a copy of his Survey of Londonderry the County he inhabits. If ever your curiosity should lead you to think of our unfortunate Country, you will find in this work a faithful portrait . . .

Jefferson replied on March 2, 1809:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Sampson and his thanks for the Statistical account of Londonderry which he has been so kind as to transmit him. he will still increase the obligation if he will be so kind as to express Th: J's acknolegements to the author for this mark of attention. he shall read it with pleasure in his approaching retirement . . .

This book is placed by Jefferson in his chapter 25, Commerce, but was reclassified in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue in chapter 3.

George Vaughan Sampson compiled this work for the Dublin Society, and dedicated it to General Vallancey on August 16, 1802." "","113","","","","Dodington's Diary or Memoirs.","","","In the Index of the 1815 Catalogue only.","Dodington, George Bubb.","The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1749, to February 6, 1761.","","Dodington is listed in the Index of the Library of Congress catalogue of Jefferson's books printed in 1815 with reference to Chapter 3, but the book is not entered in the body of the work, and does not appear in the later catalogues." "04430","J. 1","","","","Vater on the peopling of America. pamphlet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 12, as above, with misprint Valer.","Vater, Johann Severin.","Untersuchungen über Amerika's Bevölkerung aus dem alten Kontinente dem Herrn Kammerherrn Alexander von Humboldt gewidmet von Johann Severin Vater Professor und Bibliothekar. Leipzig: bei Friedrich Christian Wilhelm Vogel [Halle, gedruckt bei Johann Jacob Gebauer], 1810.","E61.V34","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 112 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 33748.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, marbled end papers, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with his original shelf mark, C:4/1 [i.e. Chap. 4., no. 1], written by him in ink on a slip pasted on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author. On November 18, 1809, Johann Christoph von Adelung wrote from Gatschina to Levett Harris:

Mr. le Professeur Vater a Königsberg, un des savans les plus distingués de l'Allemagne, qui s'occupe particulièrement de recherches sur les langues de l'origine des nations, vient de publier un ouvrage très interessant sur celles des peuples de l'Amerique. Desirant de sousmettre le resultat de ses travaux au jugement de Mr. l'Ex-President Jefferson, il m'en a remis un exemplaire en me priant de le faire parvenir en Amerique . . . J'y ajoute encore la critique très curieuse que le même savant a fait de l'ouvrage de votre Mr. Barton en vous priant de la faire également parvenir a Mr. Jefferson . . .

Vater had himself written to Jefferson from Königsberg on November 4:

Be pleased to accept the book, which I take the liberty to offer You as a mark of the high veneration I have allways felt for the wise ruler of a great people, and which I feel more particularly for the philosopher, who instituted and still pursues profound inquiries into the history of the native American tribes and their languages. I flatter myself, that, if you find my book deserving of some attention, You may perhaps be pleased to have it's principal contents published in your language, and I am confident, Sir, that you will promote the success of my passionat and persevering studies of the languages of your part of the world. the list of the Grammars and Dictionaries I had the opportunity to make use of, be pleased to see in my book pag 154ff. But nothing in this way would be more important to me, than texts of these languages, little narrations or dialogues, taken down from the conversation of the Indians, and explained by a literal translation. I need not tell You, Sir, how important are extensive collections of the words of the American languages, but how little sufficient a collection of words, however extensive, can be for the purpose of obtaining an intimate knowledge of the structure and affinities of any language, how seldom it can be expected to gather information about the grammatical points, the terminations of nouns and of persons and tenses of the verbs; from such persons as may have an opportunity of collecting words, such as Mr. Volney has given about the language of the Miamis, and that such specimens, as I desire to obtain, are the principal means of obtaining that knowledge what it is my wish to have.

I sollicit your generous assistance not only for the interests of my own researches; it is not I believe too presumptuous to add, that it will be interesting to the general enlargement of historical information in Europe . . .

Jefferson wrote to Vater from Monticello on May 11, 1811:

Your favor of Nov. 4. 09. did not get to my hands till a twelvemonth after it's date. be pleased to accept my thanks for the publication you were pleased to send me. that for Dr. Barton I forwarded to him. his researches into the Indian languages of our continent being continued, I hope it will be in his power to make to you communications useful to the object you are pursuing. this will lessen to me the regret that my retirement into an interior part of the country, as well as my age and little intercourse with the world, will scarcely afford me opportunities of contributing to your information. it is extremely to be desired that your researches should recieve every aid & encouragement. I have long considered the filiation of languages as the best proof we can ever obtain of the filiation of nations. with my best wishes for the success of your undertaking accept the assurances of my high consideration & respect.

He had sent Dr. Barton's copy to him on October 10 of the previous year, with a letter:

I lately recieved a letter from Professor Vater of Konigsberg inclosing the packet now forwarded to you, with a similar one for myself . . . not understanding a word of German the book is lost on me . . .

Dr. Barton's reply, from Philadelphia, October 16, comments that:

Mr. Vater, I find, has made very free use of my publication in the American languages, and not, indeed, without acknowledgments, in several instances . . .

In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue the entry for this book is in English as above, accounted for by the fact, as he mentioned in his letter to Dr. Barton, that he was unfamiliar with German. The 1815 Library of Congress catalogue repeats Jefferson's English entry, with the misprint Valer for Vater. The German work is entered in the 1831 and 1849 catalogues, and is not credited to the Jefferson Collection.

Johann Severin Vater, 1771-1826, German philologue, was Professor at Königsberg. For works by Alexander von Humboldt, to whom the book is dedicated, see Chapters 6 and 29." "04440","J. 2","","","","Holmes's American Annals.","","8vo. 1st. & 2d. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 13, as above.","Holmes, Abiel.","American Annals; or A Chronological History of America from its Discovery in MCCCCXCII to MDCCCVI. In Two Volumes. By Abiel Holmes, D.D. A.A.S. S.H.S. Minister of the first Church in Cambridge . . . Vol. I. Comprising a period of two hundred years. [-Vol. II. Comprising a period of one hundred and fifteen years.] Cambridge: Printed and sold by W. Hilliard, 1805.","E178.H73","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 242 leaves; vol. II, 127 leaves. The work is followed by Notes, a Chronological Table, with a list of the Presidents of the United States ending with Thomas Jefferson (1801), Index, Index of Authors cited, and Errata.

Sabin 32576. Sprague II, page 240.

Original sheep rebacked and repaired, with new end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes.

Presentation copy from the author. On October 18, 1804, Abiel Holmes wrote to Jefferson from Cambridge (N. Eng.):

Knowing your taste for history, I take the liberty to offer you one or two historical tracts, composed for the Historical Society, and published in their Collections.

I have, for several years, been collecting and arranging materials for a Chronological History of America, and have, at length, ventured to offer Proposals for publishing a work, under the title of American Annals. It will be comprized in two octavo volumes, and is intended to embrace the primary articles of American history, from the first discovery of the country to the present time.

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 7:

Your letter of Oct. 18. was recieved on the 5th of Nov. with the tracts you were so good as to send me & for which I pray you to accept my thanks. I learn with pleasure that you are undertaking a Chronological history of America. such a work fully executed will be precious to the man of business. the first of that kind attempted in Europe was by the President Henault who in 2. vols 12mo. gave the history of France, chronologically stated with a minuteness & accuracy not to be surpassed. his example has been followed by others so that we now have a similar history of almost every country in Europe, antient & modern; & his plan was so perfect that it has been improved by none of them. Fresnoy in his Chronological tablets of history varied the plan a little, but not advantageously. I presume the work you contemplate is of the character of these. my occupations will not allow me to be of use to you even where I might find opportunities of being so. for early materials the immense collections of Rymer, Rushworth & Thurloe will of course offer much: and m[???] Hazard's in our own country. the Memoires de l'Amerique in 4. v. 4to. published about the beginning of the war of 1755. contain much. there is an old 4to. volume published many years ago in England, called the American Library containing as well as I recollect nothing but the titles of books or papers respecting America.

The American & British Chronicle 8vo. London. gives all the events of our revolutionary war with exact dates from 1773. May 10. to July 16. 1783 well executed.

The Chronologist of the French revolutionary war. 12mo. Lond. 1797. gives the events of that war with minute dates.

Hardie's American Remembrancer. 12mo. Philadā 1795. may furnish something.

the American library & the American & British chronicle are rare. should you not be able to procure them you shall be welcome to the loan of them from my library. as to the American treaties since the revolution there is a compleat collection of them bound up with the laws of the US . . .

Holmes acknowledged this letter on January 30, 1805, from Cambridge (received by Jefferson on February 11):

I feel greatly obliged by the attention you were pleased to bestow on the subject, on which I used the freedom to address you. In the republic of Letters mere hints of information or advice are often of inestimable value. All the books, mentioned in your Letter, I have access to, excepting Memoires de l'Amerique, and The American and British Chronicle. For the former of these I have made much inquiry, but do not hear of a copy on this side of Philadelphia. I gratefully acknowledge your kindness in offering me the loan of the other from your library. Should I not meet with that work previously to my coming, in the progress of my American Annals, down to the times of the Revolutionary War, I may then be greatly obliged by the loan of it . . .

On March 9, 1806, Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the first volume and again offered the loan of source material:

I recieved a few days ago the 1st. vol. of your American annals, for which I pray you to accept my thanks. it will be a valuable repertory of our history, & especially to those whose occupations give them occasion for works which condense much fact in the smallest space possible. I percieve from your plan that the Memoires de l'Amerique in 4. vols 4to. would be of primary importance. no work extant is so complete as to French materials of American history. I think m[???] Adams, our late President must have the work . . . should he not possess it, & no easier access to it be within your reach, I will on my first visit to Monticello, send my copy from thence to Richmond, from whence I believe vessels sometimes go to Boston, to be used during your convenience. when you come to the period (May 10. 1773.) at which the 'American & British Chronicle' begins I will send you my copy by post. I do not propose it now because it is a manual to which I am constantly turning. wishing you a success in your undertaking equal to it's merit . . .

Holmes replied from Cambridge on May 20, 1806:

I acknowledge, with grateful respect, your favour of 9 March, and the renewal of your very obliging offer of the loan of books, in aid of the completion of American Annals. In the hope of procuring a copy of the Memoires de l'Amerique without putting you to the trouble of sending your's to so remote a distance, I have been making diligent search for that work since the receipt of your letter, but without success . . . I am constrained therefore, Sir, to avail myself of your kindness, and to ask the favour of the loan of those volumes, or of such part of them as you shall perceive to be of use to me, for the space of a few months. In the printing of the second volume of the Annals, I have already come to the Peace of Paris in 1763 . . . The American and British Chronicle also, on your recommendation, I am solicitous to possess for the same purpose.

Jefferson sent the American and British Chronicle on June 20, 1806, with a letter written from Washington:

Your favor of May 20. found me at Monticello . . . on my departure I packed the Memoires de l'Amerique with some other books to be forwarded here, & on it's arrival I will send it to you by the first vessel for Boston. I now inclose you the American & British chronicle, the size of which admits it's going by post. I have found it's dates not always accurate to a day . . .

P. S. making use of this volume as a common Manual, I shall be glad to recieve it as soon as you are done with it; but desire it may not be until you have fully availed yourself of it.

Holmes returned the American and British Chronicle on December 15:

I now return to you by mail the American and British Chronicle, which you were so obliging as to lend me; and beg you to accept my very grateful acknowledgments for the loan of it . . . The Memoires de l'Amerique, which you generously offered to loan me, I hope, Sir, have not been forwarded. I have received no account of them. They would probably have come too late for my purpose, by any proper conveyance, after the time when you obligingly offered them; and they are too rare and valuable to be hazarded without the presumption of rendering essential service to the historical concerns of our country.

The second volume of American Annals is just out of the press; a copy of which I shall forward to you by the first vessel for Alexandria (to sail in a few days from Boston), and wish it may be worthy your acceptance.

Jefferson acknowledged this on December 26, with explanations as to the delay in forwarding the Memoires de l'Amerique:

Your favor of the 15th. with the book, has been safely recieved. the Memoires de l'Amerique were packed in a box & sent from Monticello in May last: but owing to the extraordinary fall of the river & the drought which continued till Winter, the vessel on board which they were was stopped about midway to Richmond, & the books were left there till November, when for the first time the navigation became practicable. they have since been sent off this place, and I have for some time been on the look out for some vessel bound to Boston. they shall be sent by the very first I can hear of. I am really sorry they have been so long delayed . . .

The volumes were finally sent on March 20 in the following year, 1807, on which day Jefferson wrote:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to the revd. Mr. Holmes, and informs him that he forwarded to him lately by a vessel from Alexandria a box containing the Memoires de l'Amerique, which he was prevented from sending him by the long continued ice of the winter . . .

To this Holmes replied on May 5:

Mr. Holmes presents his respects to President Jefferson, and gratefully acknowledges the reception of the Memoires de l'Amerique, which he was so obliging as to forward to him from Washington. Although Mr. Holmes has completed his Annals, he is desirous of examining the Memoires with care, and therefore begs the indulgence of the loan of them for a few months. After the examination of them, he will take special care to have them safely returned.—The same cause, which prevented the earlier arrival of the Memoires, delayed the arrival of a box of the 2d. volume of American Annals at Washington; but Mr. Holmes hopes it arrived in season for the President to receive the copy designed for him. He offers the President his most respectful salutations.

On November 9, 1808, Holmes returned the books:

I now return to you the Memoires de l'Amerique, which you did me the honour to send me in aid of my compilation of American Annals. Although the books arrived too late for the purpose for which you most obligingly intended them, I could not forbear to examine so important a collection of authentic and official documents, pertaining to the history of our country. On examination, there appeared so much confirmatory and illustrative of that history, as to induce me to make considerable extracts and references, that, in case of a future impression of the Annals, they may have the benefit of these illustrations, and the sanction of this authority . . .

Your early approbation of the plan of my work, and your valuable contribution of materials towards its execution, were a great encouragement to me during the labours of it. In the favourable reception which it has met abroad, as well as at home, I cherish a grateful sense of the patronage afforded it by the literati of our own country, and particularly by the President of the United States.

The American Annals is complete in two volumes, though Jefferson's manuscript entry, as above, copied in the 1815 catalogue, anticipates the publication of more. It is arranged chronologically, and the name of Thomas Jefferson occurs in several places, his various appointments from Commissioner to France to President of the United States being duly noted under their proper dates. The Index of Authors cited includes Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Philadelphia, 1794. 8vo.

Abiel Holmes, 1763-1837, father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, was a native of Woodstock, Connecticut. This book contains important source material for the history of America, and abounds in interesting facts for each year. The setting up of the first printing press in North America at Cambridge in 1639 is noted, and in 1683 the order of Lord Effingham, Governor of Virginia, to allow no person to use a printing press on any occasion whatsoever. In this connection Jefferson, on July 25, 1809, in answer to a query from W. Hening, wrote: I do not know that the publication of Newspapers was ever prohibited in Virginia.

In the second edition of this book, published in 1829, the Preface contains the following passage:

My particular acknowledgments are due to the late president JEFFERSON, who, approving the plan of the work, sent me from his own library several books, of which I have never seen any other copies. Among these were Memoires de l'Amérique—an invaluble collection of official Papers and Documents, which, though received too late for the first, are used in the present edition." "04450","J. 3","","","","Colden's history of the five nations.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 21, as above.","Colden, Cadwallader.","The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which are dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and are the Barrier between the English and French in that Part of the World . . . By the Honourable Cadwallader Colden, Esq; One of his Majesty's Counsel, and Surveyor-General of New-York . . . London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1747.","E99.I7C6","

Second [first English] Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 256 leaves; engraved folded map as frontispiece, half-title for Part II on G6 (marked G5); on B1 of the second alphabet is the half-title for Papers Relating to an Act of Assembly . . . with separate pagination; publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Sabin 14273. Toronto Public Library, Bibliography of Canadiana, 220 (in a note to the edition of 1750). Pilling, Bibliography of Iroquoian Languages, page 47. Gagnon 928, has only the edition of 1755, and Field 342, only that of 1750.

Rebound in half red morocco, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Bought from Lackington in 1787. This book was no. 600 in the second part of Lackington's catalogue for that year, price 4/-, and was ordered by Jefferson in a letter to Stockdale written from Paris on July 1, 1787.

Cadwallader Colden, 1688-1776, born in Ireland of Scottish parentage, came to Philadelphia in 1710, and to New York in 1718, where he became Lieutenant Governor of the State. The first edition of this, his earliest important book, was printed in New York in 1727, and was the first historical work printed in that city. It is dedicated to the Honourable General Oglethorpe, the colonizer of Georgia. This edition is larger than the New York publication, and has a second part and other additions." "04460","J. 4","","","","Burke's acct of the European settlements in America.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 1, as above.","[Burke, William.]","An account of the European Settlements in America. In six Parts . . . In Two Volumes. Volume First [Second]. A New Edition, carefully corrected. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, MDCCLXVI. [1766]","E143.B962","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 156 leaves; vol. II, 146 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, page 15. Sabin 9282.

Bound for Jefferson in sprinkled calf, original labels on the backs. Each volume is initialled at sigs. I and T by Jefferson. These two volumes also bear the signature of Thomas Mann Randolph (the son-in-law of Jefferson), and his note on the inside covers: 2 v. cost 6/. stg. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book was at one time missing; it is on the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress made after 1815.

William Burke, d. 1798, was the kinsman of Edmund Burke, who revised this work, which was first printed in 1757, and is ascribed to the latter by Sabin, Rich, and the John Carter Brown catalogue, in their notices of the first edition. William Burke is a supposed author of the Letters of Junius." "04470","J. 5","","","","Douglass's hist. of North America.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 20, Douglas's Summary of the British settlements in America, 2 v 8vo.","Douglass, William.","A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America . . . By William Douglass, M.D. Vol. I [II] . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, MDCCLX. [1760]","E188.D75","

Third Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 289 leaves, engraved map (lacking in this copy); vol. II, 211 leaves; in vol. II is A Digression concerning the small-pox.

Sabin 20728.

Vol. I rebound in buckram in 1915 by the Library of Congress, vol. II is in the original calf and shows definite signs of damage by the fire of 1851; some leaves wormed. Both volumes are initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; corrections in pencil and in ink occur. In vol. I, on A4 is a pencilled note not in Jefferson's hand.

This book is entered twice in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue: The first time as above, the second time, in longer form, after Oldmixon's British Empire in America, no. 470, infra, this entry being the one copied in the 1815 catalogue. The entry in the undated manuscript catalogue has the price, 5/6.

William Douglass, c. 1691-1752, a Scottish physician who settled in Boston in 1718, and took an active and opposing part in the inoculation for small-pox controversy caused by the epidemic of 1721. He later became convinced of the efficacy of inoculation and in the Digression printed in this book acknowledged it to be a most beneficial improvement.

This work was originally published in numbers from 1747-1751, and was left incomplete owing to the death of the author in 1752. The first edition in book form appeared in Boston in 1749, 51, and the second edition, of which this is a word for word reprint, in Boston, 1755." "04480","6","","","","Review of the military operations in N. America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 23, as above.","[Livingston, William.]","A Review of the military operations in North-America; from the Commencement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 . . . In a letter to a Nobleman. New-York: Printed by Alexander and James Robertson, 1770.","E199.L786.","

8vo. in fours. 85 leaves.

Halkett and Laing V, page 113. Sabin 41649. This edition not in Church. Evans 11701. Thomson, no. 725.

William Livingston, 1723-1790, first Governor of the State of New Jersey. This book was first printed in London in 1757, and the authorship has been ascribed also to William Smith, the historian of New York.

The work is a defense of the conduct of Governor William Shirley in the Lake George campaign, and the facts are said to have been supplied by William Alexander, soidisant Earl of Stirling, the brother-in-law of Livingston. The book is reprinted in the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, vol. VII." "04490","7","","","","History of the present war 1775.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 40, History of the present war [1775] 2d vol. 8vo.","","The History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1778 . . . To which is added, A Collection of Interesting and Authentic Papers tending to elucidate the History. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for the Company of Booksellers, 1779.","E208.I33","

First Edition. 8vo. vol. II only, 214 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, page 91 (ascribed to Patrick Gordon). This edition not in Lowndes (ascribed to P. Gordon). Sabin 32226. Catalogue of Books printed in Dublin, 1700-1791, page 78.

Jefferson evidently owned 2 volumes of this work, but only the second was sold to Congress. Of the two issues of volume II, it is not possible to know which was in the Jefferson Library. A third volume was subsequently published. The book is plagiarized from the Annual Register. The attribution to Gordon for which Lowndes appears to be the sole authority, is rejected by most bibliographers." "04500","J. 8","","","","Dauberteuil. Essais Historiques sur les Anglo-Americains. Essais historiques sur les Anglo-Americains par Hilliard d'Auberteuil.","","2. v. 8vo., 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 49, Essais historiques sur les Anglo-Americains, par D'Auberteuil, 2 v 8vo.","Hilliard d'Auberteuil, Michel René.","Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil. Tome Premier. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Bruxelles. 1781.—Essais historiques et politiques sur la révolution de l'Amérique septentrionale . . . Tome Second. Première [-Seconde] Partie. A Bruxelles, et se trouve a Paris: chez l'auteur, 1782.","E208.H63","

First Edition. 8vo. 4 parts in 2 vol. with continuous signatures and pagination throughout each volume; lacking all the plates and maps.

Quérard IV, page 108. Sabin 31899. Fäy, page 16.

Jefferson had two copies of this book (one of which was a presentation copy from the author), both of which were delivered to Congress in 1815, though only one is called for in the Library catalogue of 1815. The entry in that catalogue is annotated by hand in an early working copy: 2d part of vol. 2 missing. The whole of volume II is now missing, so that there is one complete copy and one copy of volume I. Neither copy has any plates.

i. 2 vol. bound in American tree calf, gilt back with red and green morocco lettered labels, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

ii. Vol. I only. Misbound, the second part placed before the first. Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the Première Partie. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Hilliard D'Auberteuil sent Jefferson a copy of this book and of his Histoire de l'Administration de Lord North [see no. 476] in 1786, at which time he was collecting material for a larger history of the American Revolution, and wished Jefferson's advice on his project. On February 17, 1786, he wrote from Paris to Jefferson:

Je desirerais acquerir l'honneur de vous connaitre, votre merite personnel et la place dans laquelle vous succedez à un autre grand homme m'en faut une necessité.

Mr. Franklin et son fils m'accorderiez leur amitié, et le legislateur de la pensilvanie a bien voulu encourager mes essais sur la revolution de l'amerique, en relisant lui même mes épreuves.

Je ne vous citerai point cet ouvrage comme digne de votre attention, j'en connais les défauts mieux que qui que ce soit, mais il a obtenu des passages en a été lu avec avidité . . . J'ai depuis formé un autre recueil de matieres, sur le même sujet, considéré dans un autre point de vue, j'ai l'honneur de vous l'envoyer, parce qu'il contient au milieu des negligences ordinaires dans un ouvrage du moment, des meditations et des pensées dignes d'être offertes à un homme d'état. ce livre est moins interessant et moins agréable pour les autres classes de lecteurs que mes Essais historiques . . . Tout cela n'est qu'une preparation à l'histoire que je veux publier . . .

Jefferson replied from Paris on February 20:

I have been honoured with your letter & the books which accompanied it, for which I return you my hearty thanks. America cannot but be flattered with the choice of the subject on which you are at present employing your pen. the memory of the American revolution will be immortal, and will immortalize those who record it. the reward is encouraging, and will justify all those pains which a rigorous investigation of facts will render necessary. many important facts, which preceded the commencement of hostilities, took place in England. these may mostly be obtained from good publications in that country, some took place in this country. they will be probably hidden from the present age. but America is the feild where the greatest mass of important events were transacted, and where alone they can now be collected. I therefore much applaud your idea of going to that country for the verification of the facts you mean to record . . . if I can be of service to you in promoting your object there, I offer myself freely to your use . . .

Jefferson several times expressed his opinion of the histories of Hilliard D'Auberteuil. On December 7, 1786, in a letter to Jean Chas concerning his history of the Revolution, Jefferson wrote:

. . . in general I would observe to you that where there is no other authority for a fact than the history of M. D'Auberteuil, & the Histoire impartielle, it will not be safe to hazard it. those authors have been led into an infinitude of errors, probably by trusting to the English papers, or to the European ones copied from them. it is impossible to resort to a more impure source.

On August 29 of the following year, 1787, he wrote to the Editor of the Journal de Paris:

If the histoires of d'Auberteuil & of Longchamps, and the travels of the Abbé Robin can be published in the face of the world, can be read & believed by those who are contemporary with the events they pretend to relate, how may we expect that future ages shall be better informed?

Michel René Hilliard D'Auberteuil, 1751-1789, French publicist and historian. He did not live to complete his projected Histoire de la Revolution de l'Amérique Septentrionale, which, as he wrote to Jefferson on December 8, 1786, ''remplira quatre volumes'', and which ''je travaille toujours à achever''." "04510","J. 9","","","","Tracts relating to N. England by Cotton Mather.","","small 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 24, Mather's tracts relating to New England, p 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 60. no. J. 39, Tracts relating to Witchcraft in New England, p. 4to; Boston, 1697.","Calef, Robert.","[More Wonders of the Invisible World; or, the Wonders of the Invisible World, display'd in Five Parts . . . London: Printed for Nath. Hillar, and Joseph Collyer, 1700]","BF1575.C15","

First Edition. 4to. 83 leaves only, lacks the title (supplied in manuscript). Preface dated from Boston in New-England, Aug. 11, 1697:

Sabin 9926. STC C288.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf (cut into), marbled endpapers by John March. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson and with his shelfmark pasted down on the first leaf of text in the absence of the title-leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Robert Calef, 1648-1719. This attack on Cotton Mather and witchcraft was published in London owing to Calef's inability to find a Boston publisher. For reprints with notes of this work and of Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World, see Samuel G. Drake, The Witchcraft, Delusion in New England. See also Thomas J. Holmes, Cotton Mather, a Bibliography." "04520","J. 10","","","","Mather's Ecclesiastical hist. of N. England.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 73, as above.","Mather, Cotton.","Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from its First Planting in the Year 1620, unto the Year of our Lord, 1698. In Seven Books . . . By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, M.A. and Pastor of the North Church in Boston, New-England. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, MDCCII. [1702.]","F7.M41","

First Edition. Folio. 7 books, together 399 leaves, double page map; separate title and separate pagination for each of the seven books, the pagination beginning at 1 with the exception of book IV which is paged 125-222; book III ends on page 238; text printed in double columns; A6 and the last leaf have lists of books printed for Tho. Parkhurst, the first line of the former Richard Baxter's Catholic Theology, Plain and of the latter Discourses and Sermons on several Divine; this copy is without the two leaves of errata which were printed and added later.

Sabin 46392. Church 806. Holmes, Cotton Mather 213-A.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress in 1902. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. Ii and Ttt. Minor corrections which occur in ink and include the insertion of a syllable cut away by the binder are not by Jefferson.

This book was at one time missing; it is on the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress made after 1815.

Cotton Mather was the editor and to a great extent the author of the Magnalia, the most famous book written in Colonial New England. The work was begun in 1693 and finished in 1697, when it was taken to England to be printed." "04530","11","","","","Morton's N. England's memorial.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 2, Morton's New England's Memorial, 12mo.","Morton, Nathaniel.","New Englands Memorial: or, a brief Relation of the most Memorable and Remarkable Passages of the Providence of God, manifested to the Planters of New-England in America: with special Reference to the first Colony thereof, called New-Plimouth . . . Published for the use and benefit of present and future Generations by Nathaniel Morton, Secretary to the Court for the Jurisdiction of New-Plimouth . . . Boston: Reprinted [by John Allen] for Daniel Henchman, 1721.","F68.M885","

Sm. 8vo. 130 leaves.

Sabin 51013. Evans 2266. This edition not in Church.

Jefferson copied a passage from this work, pages 93 to 99, in a letter to John Adams, written from Monticello on December 28, 1812. Adams had written to Jefferson on October 12 a long letter beginning:

I have a Curiosity to learn something of the Character Life and death of a Gentleman, whose name was Wollaston, who came from England with a Company of a few dozens of Persons in the Year 1622 . . . As I have not found any Account of him after his departure from his little flock, in any History or record of New England, I should be very much obliged to you, for any information you can give me, of any notice that remains of him in Virginia . . .

Adams explains that his curiosity has been stimulated by the purchase by John Quincy Adams of ''three'' pamphlets: Wood's Prospect Wonder working Providence . . . and The New English Canaan . . . by Thomas Morton.

Jefferson in his reply first comments on several histories of the American colonies, namely those of Hutchinson, Winthrop, Smith, Stith, Beverley and Keith, and continues:

. . . recollecting that Nathaniel Morton in his New England's Memorial, gives with minuteness the early annals of the colony of New Plimouth, & occasionally interweaves the occurrences of that on Massachusetts bay, I recurred to him, and, under the year 1628. I find he notices both Wollaston and Thomas Morton, and gives with respect to both, some details which are not in Hutchinson or Winthrop. as you do not refer to him, and so possibly may not have his book, I will transcribe from it the entire passage, which will prove at least my desire to gratify your curiosity as far as the materials within my power will enable me.

Extract from Nathaniel Morton's New England's Memorial. pa. 93. to 99. anno 1628.

Then follow five closely written pages copied by Jefferson directly from Morton's book, ending So far Nathaniel Morton; the letter closes with a brief account of Thomas Morton's New English Canaan, and the information that both his book and that of Nathaniel Morton made a part of the American library given by White Kennett in 1713 to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts [see no. 472].

Nathaniel Morton, 1613-1685, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, was a nephew of Governor Bradford whose papers, together with those of Winslow, supplied the material for this book. The work is arranged in chronological order, and is an important source book for the history of the colonies. The first edition was published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1669. This second edition contains a supplement by Josiah Cotton, register of deeds for the county of Plymouth." "04540","12","","","","Hutchinson's hist. of Massachuset's bay.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 26, Hutchinson's history of Massachusetts bay, 2 v 8vo.","Hutchinson, Thomas.","The History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay . . .","","

This work is entered in the dated manuscript catalogue and in the 1815 catalogue as above, without specification of edition. The entry is dropped from the later catalogues.

The first edition was printed in Boston, 1764, by Thomas and John Fleet." "04550","J. 13","","","","Collection of papers relating to the hist. of Massachussetts.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 23, no. 27, as above, 8vo.","[Hutchinson, Thomas, Compiler.]","A collection of Original Papers Relative to the History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay. Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1769.","F67.H95","

Original Edition. 8vo. 290 leaves.

Sabin 34069. Evans 11300. Church 1072. Deane, A Bibliographical Essay on Governor Hutchinson's Historical Publications, page 16.

Contemporary sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title-page is written in ink Compiled by Thomas Hutchinson, Gov. of the Masstts Province. Scribbles by a child occur on page 289. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson mentions having read this book in the letter quoted above to John Adams. See no. 453.

Thomas Hutchinson, 1711-1780, royal governor of Massachusetts-Bay Colony, was born in Boston. This edition, which has never been reprinted, is sometimes bound up as a third volume with Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts-Bay. The original manuscripts of the papers are in the libraries of the Massachusetts Historical and American Antiquarian Societies." "04560","J. 14","","","","Winthrop's Journal from 1630 to 1644.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 28, as above.","Winthrop, John.","A Journal of the Transactions and Occurrences in the Settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England Colonies, from the year 1630 to 1644: Written by John Winthrop, Esq. First Governor of Massachusetts: And now first published from a correct copy of the original Manuscript . . . Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, M,DCC,XC. [1790.]","F67.W76","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 188 leaves, list of corrections and contents on the last leaves.

Sabin 104847. Evans 23086. Trumbull 1695.

Half red morocco, with the original morocco label lettered Winthrops Journal pasted down on the inside cover; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A pencilled note on the end leaf reads: 326. A man & woman hanged for adultery, and this passage is marked where it occurs and in the Contents list. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson mentions having read this Journal in his letter to John Adams, December 28, 1812, I turned to the passages you refer to in Hutchinson & Winthrop; and in the same letter he finds that Nathaniel Morton in his New Englands Memorial (q. v.) gives certain details which are not in Hutchinson (q. v.) or Winthrop.

John Winthrop, 1587-1649, a native of Suffolk, England, sailed for America in 1630 on the Arbella as first Governor of the newly formed self-governing community of Massachusetts Bay. This Journal is an important source book for the history of the period and remained unpublished until 1790 when it was edited by Noah Webster, junior, and dedicated (from Hartford, July 1790) to the Posterity of John Winthrop." "04570","15","","","","Williams's natural and civil History of Vermont.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 29, as above.","Williams, Samuel.","The Natural and Civil History of Vermont. By Samuel Williams, LL.D. . . . Published according to Act of Congress. Printed at Walpole, Newhampshire: By Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, Jun, MDCCXCIV. [1794.]","F49.W71","

First Edition. 12mo. 208 leaves, engraved map frontispiece; list of Subscribers on 5 pages at the end. The dedication To the Citizens of the State of Vermont is dated from Rutland, July 16, 1794.

Sabin 104350. Evans 28094. Gilman, Bibliography of Vermont, page 333.

Jefferson refers to this book in a letter to Dr N. Chapman on the climate of the country, written from Monticello, December 11, 1809:

. . . Williams, in his history of Vermont, has an essay on the change of climate in Europe, Asia, & Africa; & has very ingeniously laid history under contribution for materials. Doctr. Williamson has written on the change of our climate, in one of the early volumes of our Philosophical transactions. both of these are doubtless known to you . . .

Jefferson's Notes on Virginia was one of the books consulted by the author, and references to it occur on pages 179, 200 and 410.

A second edition was published in 1809, a copy of which was offered to Jefferson by Horatio Gates Spafford on behalf of the author. On February 24, 1815, Spafford wrote from Albany to Jefferson:

My attention is called, by an old man of about 70 years, to a wish of his that 2 volumes of his writings may be submitted to thy examination. Doct. Williams has written the History of Vermont, in 2 8vo volumes, & very naturally thinks that he has written very well. He is anxious to have thy opinion of that Work; or at least to have it read by thee. The Doctor writes & thinks & feels like an American; a 'Sect' of which he esteems thee a principal patron! The Work sells at 5 dolls., but I am directed to send thee a Copy from the Author, who by-the-by is a very poor old man. If thou hast not read his Work, please inform me . . .

Jefferson replied on March 15:

. . . With Doctr. Williams's Natural and Civil history of Vermont, I have been long acquainted, it was printed in a single vol. 8vo. at Walpole in N. H. in 1794. I procured it as soon as it appeared, read it with great pleasure, and consider it among the very best of the accounts which have been published of our different states, it now makes a part of the library I have lately ceded to Congress on the loss of theirs. if the history which you mention be a different work, it is unknown to me, and I shall be very glad to recieve it and to remit the price, which I can do to Philadã, where I have dealings, but not so easily to Vermont or even New York, unless Congress should emit treasury bills of low denomination which may have a general currency, no bank bills being recieved here but of our own state, be so good as to present my respects to Dr. Williams whom I find by your account to be within 3. years of my own age . . .

On April 6, Spafford wrote:

The work of Dr. Williams, of which I spoke, is a second edition of that which thou hast seen, published in 1809, at Burlington Vt., in 2 8vo volumes, containing about 1000 pages. Much of it is written anew, & the additions are extensive & valuable. I know the Doctor would be highly gratified to have it read & applauded by thee. He prides himself on his Republican sentiments, particularly in the 2d. vol. of this edition. . .

Samuel Williams, 1743-1817, was educated at Harvard College, and succeeded Professor Winthrop as Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He lectured for a time at Vermont University. Jefferson's name is not in the list of subscribers to the first edition." "04580","J. 16","","","","Smith's history of New Jersey.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 32, Smith's history of New Jersey, 8vo.","Smith, Samuel.","The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey: containing, an account of its first settlement, progressive improvements, the original and present constitution, and other events, to the year 1721. With some particulars since; and a short view of its present state. By Samuel Smith. Burlington, in New-Jersey: Printed and sold by James Parker: sold also by David Hall, in Philadelphia, MDCCLXV. [1765]","F137.S65","

First Edition. 8vo. 294 leaves, list of errata on the last printed page.

Sabin 83980. Evans 10166. Church 1053.

Rebound in red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. This copy is of the small paper issue with the date in the imprint commaless as above, and with the corrected text except for Imprimus on page 512 and the numbering 33 for 339 on that page.

Samuel Smith, 1720-1776, historian, was a native of Burlington. This work is the first general history of New Jersey, and was compiled to a great extent from sources no longer available. For the connection of Franklin with the printing of the volume see Sabin." "04590","J. 17","","","","Historical Review of Pennsylvania by Dr. Franklin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 33, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 8vo.","[Franklin, Benjamin.]","An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pensylvania, from its Origin; so far as regards the several Points of Controversy, which have, from Time to Time, arisen between the several Governors of that Province, and their several Assemblies. Founded on authentic Documents . . . London: Printed for R. Griffiths, MDCCLIX. [1759.]","F152.F82","

First Edition. 8vo. 235 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, 55. Sabin 25512. Ford 159.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. by Doctor Franklin written by Jefferson on the title-page, some passages marked in ink.

On the fly-leaf is written in ink, probably by Thomas Mann Randolph:

as some remarks are made in the following work to the disadvantage of William Penns character, it may be observed in his vindication; that at the time when the transactions happen'd in which he appears to have acted differently from himself, his facultys were impaired by assiduity, and his name was sometimes made use of by others, to purposes to which he was a stranger.

The book is twice entered in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, the first time as above with the authorship definitely ascribed to Franklin, the second time with the qualification (sd. to be by Dr. Franklin). It is entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the same qualification as to authorship, and with the price, 2/-.

This copy, initialled by Jefferson, was credited to the Jefferson collection in the early Library catalogues. In the 1849 catalogue it lost its Jefferson identification and was put in the general, and later the Franklin, collections.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, who was in London at the time of the publication of the book, is usually supposed to be its author, though he denied this in a letter to Hume." "04600","18","","","","Proud's history of Pensylvã.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 34, Proud's history of Pennsylvania, 2 v 8vo.","Proud, Robert.","The History of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that Province, under the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the Year 1742; with an Introduction, respecting, The Life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of that Province, and the religious Society of the People called Quakers;—with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware . . . With an Appendix. Written principally between the Years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud . . . Volume I [-II]. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, 1797-8.","F152.P96","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours, vol. I, 134 leaves, frontispiece portrait of William Penn; vol. II, 260 leaves, engraved map of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey & Maryland.

Sabin 66223. Evans 34421. Church 1278. Smith, Catalogue of Friends' Books, II, page 433.

Robert Proud, 1728-1813, historian of Pennsylvania, was born in Yorkshire, England. He settled in Philadelphia in 1759, and became an educator and historian. In this work, for many years the only history of Pennsylvania, Proud made use of the papers of Samuel Smith, q. v." "04610","J. 19","","","","Smith's hist. of Virginia.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 74, Smith's history of Virginia, p fol. 1831 Catalogue, page 62. no. J. 193, Smith, Capt. John: Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, folio; London, 1632.","Smith, John.","The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning Ano. 1584. to this present 1626. With the Procedings of those Severall Colonies and the Accidents that befell them in all their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of all those Countryes, their Commodities, people, Government, Customes, and Religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe Bookes By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes Governour in those Countryes & Admirall of New England. London: Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland], for Edward Blackmore, Anno 1632.","F229.S63","

Fifth Issue. Folio. 124 leaves only, should have 127: A-N4, P-Z4, Aa-Ii4, engraved title (second state), engraved folded map of Virginia (defective and backed). This copy lacks three preliminary leaves and 3 maps.

STC 22790 d. Sabin 82829. Church 422. This edition not in Clayton-Torrence.

Original vellum, enclosed in a slip case. Not initialled by Jefferson. At the foot of R2 is a corrective note written in pencil by an old and shaky hand, which appears to be that of Jefferson: Argall was at Bermuda Hundred in Sir Tho. Dale's settlement at Henrico, in February 1619. (See Va. records, in Congress Library.) With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's copy was of the 1632 edition, though in his letter to John Adams concerning Wollaston (see no. 453 above), written on December 28, 1812, he seemed to refer to the first edition, published in 1624. Summarizing the histories of Virginia he wrote:

. . . it happens unluckily that Smith and Stith, who alone of them go into minute facts, bring their histories, the former only to 1623. and the latter to 1624.

In the Notes on Virginia, Query XXIII opens:

Capt Smith, who next to Sr Walter Raleigh may be considered as the founder of our colony, has written it's history, from the first adventures to it till the year 1624. he was a member of the Council, and afterwards President of the colony; and to his efforts principally may be ascribed it's support against the opposition of the natives. he was honest, sensible and well informed; but his style is barbarous & uncouth. his history however is almost the only source from which we derive any knowledge of the infancy of our State.

John Smith, 1580-1631, English soldier and colonist, a native of Willoughby in Lincolnshire, was one of the founders of the colony of Virginia." "04620","J. 20","","","","Keith's hist. of Virginia.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 75, as above, 4to.","Keith, Sir William.","[The History of the British Plantations in America . . . Part I. Containing the History of Virginia . . . London: Printed at the expence of the Society for the Encouragement of Learning, by S. Richardson; and sold by A. Millar, J. Nourse and J. Gray, booksellers to the Society, 1738.]","F229.K28","

First Edition. 4to. An imperfect copy with 71 leaves only. A perfect copy has 98 leaves and 2 engraved maps.

Sabin 37240. Church 930. Virginia State Library, 2298. Clayton-Torrence 147. McKillop, Samuel Richardson, pages 305, 312.

Contemporary sheep. Lacks sigs. A-F, sig. Z4 (torn away), Bb2, and the maps. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; on page 54 the reading Westward is corrected by him in ink to eastward. There is no room in the binding for the missing leaves, and the volume must have been bound in this condition. On the first page, written in ink, are the names Miss Mary Jefferson, Mrs. Lesebeth Merewether, Mary Merewether, Molly Walker. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson purchased what appears to have been a perfect copy from Lackington, price 4/6, in 1791, ordered through A. Donald in a letter written on November 23, and the book was included in a bill sent on December 31 (paid by Donald on Jan. 2, 1792).

Lackington's entry on the bill includes only the catalogue no. 859, the key-word Keith, and the price, 4/6. Jefferson has amplified the entry by adding after the word Keith: 's Hist. of ye Brit. plantñs in Virgā. with maps. neat. gilt scarce. 4to.

The book is entered twice in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, the second entry being fuller than the first:

Keith's hist of the British plantations in America. Part. 1st. Virginia. 4to.

In his list of the histories of the colony in the Notes on Virginia Jefferson wrote of this one:

Sr. William Keith has taken it up at it's earliest period, & continued it to the year 1725. he is agreeable enough in style, & passes over events of little importance. of course he is short, & would be preferred by a foreigner.

Jefferson mentioned it also in his letter to John Adams, December 28, 1812, on Thomas and Nathaniel Morton [q. v. no. 453].

Beverley & Keith . . . are merely superficial, giving nothing but those general facts which every one knew as well as themselves . . .

Sir William Keith, 1680-1749, Governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware, lived in Virginia during the period of his surveyor generalship of the customs of the southern district of North America. This was the only one published of a planned series of colonial histories, and relies chiefly on Beverley for its source. It was one of several books printed for the Society for the Encouragement of Learning by Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761, English printer and novelist, author of Pamela, Clarissa, and other novels." "04630","J. 21","","","","Stith's hist. of Virginia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 36, as above.","Stith, William.","The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: Being An Essay towards a General History of this Colony. By William Stith, A.M. Rector of Henrico Parish, and one of the Governors of William and Mary College . . . Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]","F229.S85","

First Edition. 8vo. 196 leaves; separate title-page for: An Appendix to the First Part of the History of Virginia: Containing A Collection of such ancient Charters or Letters Patent, as relate to that Period of Time, and are still extant in our publick Offices in the Capitol, or in other authentic Papers and Records. Williamsburg: Printed by W. Parks, M,DCC,XLVII.

Sabin 91860. Evans 6071. Church 963. Virginia State Library, A Bibliography of Virginia, 5325. Clayton-Torrence 186. Wroth, William Parks, Printer and Journalist, 138.

Contemporary sheep, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, corrections and marginal notes by him in ink. Some leaves badly foxed. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

In compiling this work Stith made use of a manuscript copy of the Records of the Virginia Company which later came into Jefferson's possession, was sold at the auction of his books in 1829 (lot 121), and was at that time bought by the Library of Congress. Jefferson's entry in his later manuscript catalogue (copied in the sale catalogue) reads: Records of the Virginia company. 2. v. fol. MS. [the authentic copy mentd. in Stith's history].

In a letter to Hugh P. Taylor, written on October 4, 1823, Jefferson lists the manuscripts in his possession including the Records of the Council of Virginia from 1622 to 1700. ''the account of the two first volumes you will see in the preface to Stith's history of Virginia'', and gives an account of the provenance of the manuscripts and how they came into his possession.

In his Notes on Virginia Jefferson describes the book as a large octavo volume of small print, and the author as a man of classical learning, and very exact, but of no taste in style. He is inelegant therefore, and his details often too minute to be tolerable even to a native of the country, whose history he writes.

William Stith, 1707-1755, was the third President of William and Mary College. This book brings the history of Virginia to 1624, and is still one of the standard works on the history of that colony." "04640","J. 22","","","","Burke's hist. of Virginia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 37, as above.","Burk, John Daly.","The History of Virginia, from its first settlement to the present day. By John Burk. Volume I [II, III]. Petersburg, Virginia: Printed for the author, by Dickson & Pescud, 1804,5.","F226.B95","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 178 leaves; vol. II, 200 leaves; vol. III, 236 leaves, 1 folded table; printer's imprint at the end of each volume. The imprint of vol. II and III differs from that of vol. I; the words for the Author are omitted, and a list is given of the bookstores at which the work is for sale.

Sabin 9273. Church 1298. Virginia State Library, A Bibliography of Virginia, 671.

Contemporary sheep, vol. I with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Each volume is initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T and there are several corrections in ink by him. Some passages marked in pencil, and marginal notes in vol. I are signed R. R.

This book is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, from whom the author borrowed source material for the second volume, and to whom he originally wrote concerning this material on February 2, 1803, from Petersburg, Virginia:

I am employed in writing an history of Virginia. My contract is made; the Subscription fills beyond my expectations and I shall doubtless receive the stipulated sum, whether the work be excellent or otherwise: but my pride and my principles instruct me, that something more is expected from me; that it is my duty to make my book, as far as my opportunities will admit, correct and interesting. In the commencement of an undertaking so arduous and important, I naturally turn my eyes to you, for aid and advice: you must, judging from the habits of your life & your particular pursuits, possess many valuable materials for such a work; and you, above all men know how to appreciate a faithfull history of your own state. I ask, in full confidence of receiving it, the aid of your experience & Information & solicit your permission to send you a copy of the work previous to its publication.

Jefferson replied from Washington on February 21:

Your favor of the 2d. has been duly recieved. in the early part of my life I paid a good deal of attention to the state papers of Virginia, and in some degree to those of the other states. the result of my enquiries is contained in the list of statepapers at the end of the Notes on Virginia, and so far as I possessed any of these papers they were communicated to m[???] Hazard to be published in his Collection of statepapers. independent of these I possess a tolerably compleat set of the printed laws of Virginia. this being the only set in existence, (for they are lost from the offices) and being now resorted to from all parts of the state as the only resource for laws not to be found in the late publications, I have been obliged to decline letting the volumes go out of my possession further than Milton or Charlottesville, because the loss of a volume would be irreparable . . . I possess also a file of Virginia newspapers from about 1733 to about 1775. these are all the materials in my possession, and to a free use of which you shall be perfectly welcome, & to every other service I can render to your undertaking, to which I ask leave to become one of the subscribers . . .

On May 26, 1805, after the publication of Volume I, Burk wrote from Battersea near Petersburg to Jefferson:

The file of newspapers and the collection of the old laws of this commonwealth, which under certain restrictions you politely stated were at my service I want urgently at this moment; and I pray you to instruct me when and in what manner I must apply for the temporary possession of the first and for the inspection of the last. The copy of laws in particular will be of signal benefit in the obscure & dreary period embraced within the suppression of Bacon's rebellion and the year 1752 . . . Would it be convenient Sir, to have those papers enclosed to Governor Page, or Doctor Shore of this town . . . My book is on the eve of going to press and every hour of my time is employed in endeavours to make it as useful and interesting as my talents & opportunities will permit . . . My second volume is allready written: but the use of those papers, if I am fortunate enough to have an opportunity of seeing them in season, will yet enable me to mingle their contents either in my notes or narrative . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 1, and gave a list of his law books, arranging to have them sent to Governor Page:

. . . My collection of newspapers is from 1741. downwards. the vol[???]. preceding 1752. shall be sent with the other to Richmond to be used by you either there or at Petersburg according to your convenience. these also being the only collection probably in existence, I purchased & cherish it with a view to public utility. it is answering one of it's principal objects when I put it into your hands . . . I will immediately write to m[???] Randolph to take these books from the library at Monticello, of which he has the key, & to have them safely conveyed by water to Govr. Page at Richmond to whom also I will write on the subject, altho' I have not yet had time to peruse the volume you have published (for indeed my occupations permit me to read almost nothing) yet occasional recurrence to parts of it, & the opinions of others who have read it, occasion me to regret that I am not in a situation to give you the benefit of all my materials. were I residing at home I could do it, & would with pleasure: and should a 2d. edition be called for after my return to live at Monticello, I am persuaded it will be in my power, as it is certainly in my wish, to furnish you with some useful matter, not perhaps to be found elsewhere . . .

Jefferson wrote to Governor Page and to Thomas Mann Randolph, and the books and papers were sent for delivery, to the care of George Jefferson, with a request from Jefferson, written on June 12, 1805, that he would have them returned to him when m[???] Burke is done with them.

These papers were never recovered by Jefferson, who realized their loss on application being made for them by Skelton Jones for use in the continuation of this work. In a letter to Skelton Jones dated from Monticello July 28, 1809, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the collection of newspapers which I lent to m[???] Burke I have never been able to recover, nor to learn where they are. they were all well bound, & of course have not probably been destroyed. if you can aid me in the recovery you will oblige me. I consider their preservation as a duty, because I believe certainly there does not exist another collection of the same period . . .

More than a year later, on October 29, 1810, Jefferson wrote to George Jefferson:

In 1805. John D. Burke asked of me the loan of my volumes of newspapers from 1741. to 1752. and of the antient laws of Virginia, which he proposed to be lodged with Govr. Page to be open to his inspection. I accordingly sent to Govr. Page the laws desired, and 3. vol[???] of Virginia gazettes from 1741. to 1760. permitting m[???] Burke to take the newspapers home, tho not the laws. a letter of June 2. 1805. which I wrote to Govr. Page will explain this. Mr. Burke took home the newspapers, and after serving him in the matter of his history, they were returned, as I was informed, to Govr. Page, while still living in Richmond; and I imagine have been supposed his own, and sent with his books to Rosewell. as m[???] Gregory Page is living in Richmond, I must ask the favor of you to engage him in the recovery of these volumes of newspapers, which I set great store by, as they are the only copies now existing. I purchased them of Parson Wiley's executors before the revolution, and paid their original cost for them which I think was £30. for the whole collection down to his death. if m[???] Gregory Page should find them at Rosewell & will be kind enough to pack them in a box & send them by the stage to Richmond, you will be so good as to pay their transportation and forward them to me . . .

On April 17, 1811, in a letter to Jefferson, Skelton Jones reported that:

Your collection of Newspapers, lent Mr. Burk, from 1741 to 1760, of which you requested information in a former letter, were carried from this place after the death of Burk, by the late John Page, Esquire, and are now in possession of his widow at Rosewell . . .

Burk made use of Jefferson's manuscripts and other materials in Vol. II and III of his work and quotations from the Notes on Virginia, with other references to Jefferson, occur throughout.

In his dedication, which, with the preface, contains criticisms of Stith, Keith, Smith, Beverley and other historians, Burk explains to Jefferson that ''The History of Virginia, by a sort of national right, claims you as its guardian and patron and I inscribe it to you because I conceive you to be the first and most useful citizen of the republic.''

In Vol. II, page 390, Burk records that after the meeting of the American Congress on September 4, 1774, ''Then was admired the philosophic ardour of Jefferson, smitten with the elegancies of literature, and fired with the passion of making his country the rival of civilized Europe.''

The fourth volume of this work was issued in 1816, eight years after the death of Burk, by Skelton Jones and Louis Girardin. Skelton Jones issued a Prospectus on August 2, 1808, a copy of which is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

In a letter to Girardin concerning his continuation, dated from Monticello on August 26, 1820, Jefferson wrote of Burk's volume:

. . . I am much pleased to learn that you still contemplate the completion of your history of Virginia. the sale of the 1st. vol. was undoubtedly damped by the wretched style of paper and print in which it was published . . .

John Daly Burk, c. 1775-1808, historian and dramatist, is said to have been of the same family as Edmund Burke. He came to America about 1796 as a political refugee from Ireland, and eventually settled in Virginia where he was killed in a duel in 1808." "04650","J. 23","","","","Hist. of Barbadoes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 5, as above.","[Frere, George.]","A short History of Barbados, from its First Discovery and Settlement, to the End of the Year 1767. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","F2041.F88","

First Edition. 8vo. 66 leaves.

Halkett and Laing V, page 256. Sabin 3288 (attributed to H. Frere). Not in Lowndes.

Old calf, rebacked, with a modern bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the fly-leaf is written, in an illiterate hand: Jenry (sic) 1791 Mr. Jeffersons his Book.

Bought from the Rev. Samuel Henley, with other books from his library, in March 1785, when Jefferson was in Paris.

George Frere, 1774-1854, of Lincoln's Inn, was the third brother of John Hookham Frere.

Samuel Henley, 1740-1815, from whom Jefferson bought this book, was at one time professor of moral philosophy in William and Mary College, but went to England on the outbreak of the war, and spent the rest of his life there." "04660","J. 24","","","","Historie des deux Indes par l'Abbé Raynal.","","11. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 15, as above.","Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François.","Histoire Philosophique et Politique Des établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Par Guillaume-Thomas Raynal. Tome Premier [-Dixième]. Atlas de toutes les Parties connues du Globe terrestre, dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique & Politique des établissemens & du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes . . . A Geneve: Chez Jean-Leonard Pellet, M. DCC. LXXX. [1780.]","D22.R272","

10 vol. 8vo. and 1 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 268 leaves; vol. II, 298 leaves; vol. III, 292 leaves; vol. IV, 244 leaves; vol. V, 209 leaves; vol. VI, 248 leaves; vol. VII, 290 leaves; vol. VIII, 280 leaves; vol. IX, 214 leaves; vol. X, 274 leaves; engraved portrait in vol. I by De Launat after Cochin, engraved frontispieces in vol. II-X after Moreau by Berthet, Bovinet, Jourdan and Villery; Atlas, 14 leaves of text, 50 engraved maps, numbered 1-17, 17 bis, 18-49; 22 printed tables.

Sabin 68081 (note). Quérard VII, page 473. Barbier II, 823. De Ricci-Cohen, col. 855.

Contemporary French calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; the 4to. atlas cut down to 8vo. size and similarly bound, the maps and tables folded. Initialled by Jefferson in each of the volumes of text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

A copy is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 87. 10.

Jefferson several times expressed his opinion of this work, particularly the portions relative to the United States, in his correspondence and in the Notes on Virginia.

In a letter to M. Van Hogendorp, dated from Paris, August 25, 1786, with regard to his contributions to the article états-Unis in the éncyclopédie, Jefferson wrote:

. . . with respect to the article 'Etats unis' of the Encyclopedie now inclosed I am far from making myself responsible for the whole of the article. the two first sections are taken chiefly from the Abbe Raynal & they are therefore wrong exactly in the same proportion. the other sections are generally right . . .

In his Notes on Professor Ebeling's letter of July 30. 95 Jefferson wrote:

The article 'Etats Unis de l'Amerique' in the Dictionnaire d'Economie politique et diplomatique, de l'Encyclopedie Methodique. this article occupies about 90. pages, is by De Meusnier, and his materials were worthy of confidence, except so far as they were taken from the Abbe Raynal. against these effusions of an imagination in deliris it is presumed Professor Ebeling needs not be put on his guard. the earlier editions of the Abbé Raynal's work were equally bad as to both South & North America. a gentleman however of perfect information as to South America, undertook to reform that part of the work, and his changes & additions were for the most part adopted by the Abbé in his latter editions. but the North-American part remains in it's original state of worthlessness.

On December 4, 1818, Jefferson wrote to Robert Walsh, at the request of the latter, his reminiscences of Dr. Franklin, and included this anecdote:

. . . The Doctor & Silas Deane were in conversation one day at Passy on the numerous errors in the Abbe's Histoire des deux Indes, when he happened to step in. after the usual salutations, Silas Deane said to him 'the Doctor and myself Abbé, were just speaking of the errors of fact into which you have been led in your history.' 'Oh, no, Sir, said the Abbé, that is impossible. I took the greatest care not to insert a single fact, for which I had not the most unquestionable authority.' 'why, says Deane, there is the story of Polly Baker, and the eloquent apology you have put into her mouth, when brought before a court of Massachusets to suffer punishment under a law, which you cite, for having had a bastard. I know there never was such a law in Massachusets.' 'be assured said the Abbé, you are mistaken and that that is a true story. I do not immediately recollect indeed the particular information on which I quote it, but I am certain that I had for it unquestionable authority.' Doctor Franklin who had been for some time shaking with restrained laughter at the Abbé's confidence in his authority for that tale, said 'I will tell you, Abbé, the origin of that story. when I was a printer and editor of a newspaper, we were sometimes slack of news, and to amuse our customers, I used to fill up our vacant columns with anecdotes, and fables, and fancies of my own, and this of Polly Baker is a story of my making, on one of those occasions.' the Abbé, without the least disconcert, exclaimed with a laugh 'Oh, very well, Doctor, I had rather relate your stories than other men's truths.'

In the Notes on Virginia Jefferson quotes a passage from the Histoire Philosophique, and writes at length to disprove the Abbé's contention that ''on doit etre etonné que l'Amérique n'ait pas enco[???]e produit un bon poete, un habile mathématicien, un homme de génie dans un seul art, ou seul science.''

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, 1713-1796, French writer. In this his most important work, he had the assistance of Diderot, Pechméja, Holbach, Paulze and others. It originally appeared anonymously in Amsterdam, 1770, and was frequently reprinted, revised, abridged, and translated. In France its publication was forbidden, and it was burned by the public executioner. The first Geneva edition was in quarto, earlier in the same year as this octavo edition." "04670","J. 25","","","","Precis de l'histoire des deux Indes de Raynal.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 61 (for 16).","Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François.","Précis de l'Histoire Philosophique & Politique des Etablissemens & du Commerce des Europiens dans les deux Indies. Par G. Th. Raynal. A Amsterdam: chez J. F. Rosart & Comp., 1782.","D22.R29","

First Edition. 8vo. 230 leaves, ornamental title with engraved portrait.

Sabin 68097.

Marbled calf; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed without the price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

An abridgment of the previous number by P[ieter] Van Woensel, 1747-1808, who dedicated the work to J. C. Vander Hoop." "04680","26","","","","Robertson's hist. of America.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25, no. 17, Robertson's History of America, 1st and 3d vol. 8vo.","","","","

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue contains the above entry, calling for an edition of Robertson's History of America in 3 volumes. The 1815 Library of Congress catalogue calls for the first and third volumes only, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues.

Robertson's hist. of America 3 v. 8vo. 14/6. is on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson expressed an opinion of Robertson's History in a letter to General [i. e., the Marquis de] Chastellux, written from Paris, June 7, 1785:

. . . as to Robertson, he never was in America, he relates nothing on his own knolege, he is a compiler only of the relations of others, and a mere translator of the opinions of Mons. de Buffon. I should as soon therefore add the translators of Robertson to the witnesses of this fact, as himself . . .

William Robertson, 1721-1793, Scottish historian. The History of America first appeared in London in 1777, and was frequently reprinted, in England and in America and translated into several European languages. It is to this work that Keats owed the suggestion of his simile of Cortez and his men." "04690","J. 27","","","","[Robertson's] hist. of America. Books 9. and 10.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 18, as above.","Robertson, William.","The History of America, Books IX. and X. containing the History of Virginia to the year 1688; and of New England to the year 1652. By William Robertson, D.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed from the London edition by James Humphreys, 1799.","E191.R65","

8vo. in fours. 98 leaves. Bound in at the end is the: Additions and Corrections to the former Editions of Dr. Robertson's History of America. London: Printed for T. Cadell, MCCLXXXVIII. 19 leaves.

Sabin 71974. The Virginia State Library Bibliography of Virginia has only the later London editions of 1821, 1822.

Original sheep, gilt back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

This portion of the History of Virginia and of New England was written by Dr. Robertson, and published after his death without alteration by his son, William Robertson, whose Advertisement is dated from Queen-Street, Edinburgh, April, 1796, the date of the London edition. The first American edition was published earlier in the same year, 1799, in quarto. The author's source books are given in footnotes and include Hakluyt, Purchas, Smith, Stith, Beverley, Mather's Magnalia, Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts and others." "04700","J. 28","","","","Oldmixon's British empire in America.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 19, as above.","Oldmixon, John.","The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and present State of all the British Colonies, on the Continent and Islands of America. In Two Volumes [-The Second Volume] . . . With curious Maps of the several places, done from the newest surveys. By Hermann Moll, Geographer. London: Printed for John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, and Richard Parker and Ralph Smith, 1708.","E188.O44","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 226 leaves, 4 folded maps including the frontispiece; vol. II, 213 leaves, 3 folded maps including the frontispiece. The titles differ in the two volumes according to the contents; in vol. I is the Advertisement: All Gentlemen, Merchants, or others, who live in our American Colonies, and will communicate any thing to the Author, to be added or amended in the next Edition of this History, are desir'd to direct it to either of the Booksellers whose Names are in the Title-Page of this Book, and Care shall be taken to have it inserted.

Lowndes III, page 1722. Sabin 57156.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. On the back of the titles is the autograph signature of Will. Spark, who has numbered the maps on the back in ink, and checked them with the list on the titles. Several pencil notes occur, and a passage is deleted in ink. A name on the title-page of vol. II has been cropped by the binder. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

This book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3/6.

John Oldmixon, 1673-1742, English historian and pamphleteer. This book was his first historical work, and is dedicated to John Bromley." "04710","J. 29","","","","Concise Historicl acct of the British colonies in N. America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 39, as above.","","A Concise Historical Account of all the British Colonies in North-America, comprehending their Rise, Progress, and Modern State; particularly of the Massachusets-Bay, (The Seat of the present Civil War,) together with the other Provinces of New-England . . . London: Printed for J. Bew, 1775.","E188.C74","

First Edition. 8vo. 100 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 15116.

Original tree calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/3.

The anonymous author of this work states at the end of the preface that it has cost much pains, and, the author hopes, will meet with a favourable reception." "04720","J. 30","","","","The American library.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 14, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 59. no. J. 41, Kennet, White: Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia; an Attempt towards laying the Foundation of an American Library, 4to; London, 1713.","[Kennett, White.]","Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia. An Attempt Towards laying the Foundation of an American Library, in several Books, Papers, and Writings, Humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts . . . By a Member of the said Society. London: Printed for J. Churchill, 1713.","Z1203.K36","

First Edition. 4to. 266 leaves: []2, the first blank and lacking, (*), a-d, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Zzzz, Aaaaa-Zzzzz, Aaaaaa-Mmmmmm2. The Catalogue ends on Lll2 recto, page 219; on sig. Mmm1 page 221, begins the Addition, which extends to Bbbbb2, page 275, after which is the Alphabetical Index.

Sabin 37447. Church 856.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. By White Kennet written in ink on the title-page; some passages marked in pencil; many leaves badly foxed and discolored. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

Jefferson mentioned this collection of books and the catalogue in his letter to John Adams concerning Wollaston (see no. 453) written on December 28, 1812. Referring to the works of Nathaniel Morton and of Thomas Morton, he wrote:

both of them made a part of the American library given by White Kennett in 1713. to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. this society, being a chartered one, still, as I believe, existing, and probably their library also, I suppose that these and the other books of that immense collection, the catalogue of which occupies 275. pages 4to. are still to be found with them.

This statement was accurate at the time; the collection has since been in part dispersed.

The book is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2/-.

White Kennett, 1660-1728, bishop of Peterborough, was the compiler of this catalogue, the earliest ever made devoted exclusively to Americana. The books are listed in chronological order and are the collection which had been made by the bishop for the purpose of writing a history of the propagation of Christianity in the English-American colonies, a project which he eventually abandoned, and gave the books to the Society.

The Dedication to the Society is signed by White Kennett, Octob. 20, 1713, and the Advertisement, dated from London, Nov. 1, 1714, by Robert Watts, the compiler of the Index." "04730","J. 31","","","","Washington's journal of 1753.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 22, Washington's journal, 1753, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 64. no. J. 65: Washington, George: Journal of Major George Washington, in 1753.—The Old Man's Guide to Health and Longer Life, by J. Hill, M. D.; London, 1771.—Douglas's Vindication of Milton from the charge of Plagiarism, brought against him by Mr. Lauder; London, 1771.","Washington, George.","The Journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces on Ohio. To which are added, the Governor's letter: and a Translation of the French Officer's Answer. With a new Map of the Country as far as the Mississippi. Williamsburgh Printed, London: reprinted for T. Jefferys, MDCCLIV. [1754] [Price One Shilling.]","AC901.M5 vol. 25.","

8vo. in fours. 16 leaves; []4, B-D4, folded map frontispiece (backed) of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia as far as the Mississippi (the issue with the reading Senekas); the 2nd leaf has the Advertisement, signed G. Washington; on the verso of the title-leaf is a list of Maps, Plans and Charts just imported by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Sabin 101710. Church 999. Clayton-Torrence 217. Thomson, Bibliography of Ohio, 1188.

Bound for Jefferson in a half binding with 2 other pamphlets (Hill's Old Man's Guide and Douglas's Vindication of Milton), with a label on the back lettered Miscls Pamphlets below which the number, 25. On the map at the beginning of this volume the word Senekas at the foot has been crossed through in ink, and the correction Satanas written at the side. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

George Washington, 1732-1799, first President of the United States. The Journal, which is the first of Washington's official reports in print, begins on Wednesday, October 31, 1753, and closes on January 16, 1754. The London edition is a reprint of the first edition, printed in Williamsburg in the same year, with the addition of the map." "04740","J. 32","","","","Bouquet's expedition.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 72, as above.","[Smith, William.]","An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the Year 1764. Under the command of Henry Bouquet, Esq; Colonel of Foot, and now Brigadier General in America. Including his Transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of Peace . . . The whole illustrated with a Map and Copper-plates. Published from authentic Documents, by a Lover of his Country. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Bradford, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]","E83.76.S65","

First Edition. 4to. 44 leaves, folded engraved map (backed) in 2 compartments, by Thomas Hutchins, Assistant Engineer; 1 folded plate (only, 1 plate lacking).

Halkett and Laing III, 47. Sabin 84616. Evans 10167. Hildeburn 2169. Thomson 1065. This edition not in Field.

Original calf, gilt back, blue end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title, beside the reading a Lover of his Country, is written in an early hand: Thos. Hutchins, Geographer General of the U. States. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bouquet's expedition 4to. is in Jefferson's undated catalogue, without the price entry.

William Smith, 1727-1803, educator, clergyman and the first provost of the College, Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia, was born in Aberdeen, and sailed for New York in 1751. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1768. Due to the fact that his name appears on the maps, this work was for a time attributed to Thomas Hutchins. A letter from William Smith to Sir William Johnson, dated January 13, 1766 (in the Force MS. collections in the Library of Congress) acknowledges the authorship of the work.

Henry Bouquet, 1719-1765, a Frenchman by birth, came to America in 1756, and eventually became a British officer in the Revolutionary War." "04750","33","","","","American & British chronicle from 1773-1783.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 64, as above.","","The American and British Chronicle of War and Politics . . . in which will be found above eighteen hundred interesting events, during the late war between Great Britain and America, France, Spain, and Holland; from May 10, 1773, to July 16, 1783. The whole carefully collected from Authentic Records, and correctly arranged in Chronological Order. Multum in Parva . . . London: Printed for the author . . . Price Two Shillings and Six-Pence. [1783]","AC901.M5 vol. 1081","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 60 leaves: []2, A-O1, P2.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Not in Lowndes. Sabin 1040.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5-2-6. The title-page states the price to be 2/6.

For Jefferson's opinion of this book, which he made use of as a common Manual, see the note to no. 444 where the correspondence between Jefferson and Abiel Holmes, to whom he lent the book, is quoted in full.

The book is dedicated to the Earl of Shelburne, London, August 12, 1783, by E. I. S." "04760","J. 34","","","","Histoire de l'Administration du Ld. North. par D'Auberteuil.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 48, as above.","[Hilliard D'Auberteuil, Michel René.]","Histoire de l'Administration de Lord North, Ministre des Finances en Angleterre, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1782, et de la Guerre de l'Amérique Septentrionale, jusqu'a la Paix: Suivie du Tableau Historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis Guillaume III jusqu'en 1784 . . . A Londres, et se trouve a Paris: chez l'Auteur, Couturier [de l'Imprimerie de Couturier] M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784.]","E208.H65","

First Edition. 8vo. 3 parts in 1 vol. Part I, 147 leaves; part II, 92 leaves; part III, 40 leaves; separate pagination and title for each part, the last reading: Nouveau Compte rendu, ou Tableau Historique des Finances d'Angleterre, depuis le regne de Guillaume III, jusqu'en 1784 . . . with imprint; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard IV, page 108. Sabin 31901. Faÿ, page 9.

Original marbled calf, repaired; 2 leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in part I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author. See the note to no. 450. The work is listed in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

In his preface the author states that this work was founded on a translation of the View of the History of Great-Britain during the Administration of Lord North, and with much new material, including an account of the American war. It was translated into German and into Spanish." "04770","J. 35","","","","Histoire de la derniere guerre (de 1775-1783)","","3v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 6, as above.","[Longchamps, Pierre Charpentier de, Abbé.]","Histoire Impartiale des événemens militaires et politiques de la dernière guerre, dans les quatre parties du monde. Tome premier [-troisième.] A Amsterdam, et à Paris: chez la veuve Duschesne, 1785.","E208.L84","

First Edition, second issue. 3 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 282 leaves, vol. II, 266 leaves, vol. III, 299 leaves; publisher's monogram on the titles. The first issue has Par M. de L. on the title-page and omits Amsterdam from the imprint.

Barbier II, 812. Sabin 41905. Quérard V, 346.

Original French mottled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r. e. Each volume is initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and on the title-page of vol. I he has written in ink the name of the author: par M. de Longchamps de l'academie de la Rochelle. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in vol. I and II.

Jefferson's opinion of this book is expressed in a letter to Jean Chas, written on December 7, 1786. For unreliability he classed this work with that of Hilliard D'Auberteuil, and stated that where there is no other authority for a fact than these two histories, it will not be safe to hazard it. See Hilliard D'Auberteuil, no. 450.

A copy of this work is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 7. 10.

Pierre Charpentier de Longchamps, 1740-1812, soidisant honorifique d'Abbé, of the Academie de La Rochelle, issued this book anonymously; his name appears in full on the title of the third edition, 1789." "04780","J. 36","","","","Deane's intercepted letters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 7, as above.","Deane, Silas.","Paris papers; or Mr. Silas Deane's late intercepted Letters, to his Brothers, and other intimate Friends, in America . . . New-York: Re-printed by James Rivington [1782].","E249.D3","

Sm. 8vo. in fours. 111 leaves; []6, []4, b-h4, i2, B-T3 in fours; on e1 the half-title for A Declaration of Independence published by the Congress at Philadelphia in 1776. With a Counter-Declaration published at New-York in 1781.

Sabin 19066. Evans 17509.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt line borders on sides, marbled end papers by John March, a joint repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Jefferson's opinion of Deane was expressed in a letter to Madison, written from Paris, August 28, 1789:

Silas Deane is coming over to finish his days in America, not having one sol to subsist on elsewhere. he is a wretched monument of the consequences of a departure from right . . .

Silas Deane, 1737-1789, a member of the Continental Congress, was the first American to represent the United States abroad. He was sent to France in 1776, and again later with Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee. In time Deane lost confidence and wrote to his friends advising them to drop the war. These letters were intercepted and published in Rivington's Royal Gazette in 1781, and reprinted by Rivington in book form in 1782." "04790","J. 37","","","","Burgoyne's state of his expedition from Canada.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 52, as above.","Burgoyne, John.","A State of the Expedition from Canada as laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and verified by evidence; with a collection of authentic documents . . . Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the officers of the army he commanded. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Almon. M DCCLXXX. [1780.]","E233.B981","

8vo. 157 leaves: A8, B-N, A-G7 in eights; 6 folded engraved maps including the frontispiece, 1 folded table; A6 recto has the Advertisement concerning the engravings, verso blank; leaf N5 is torn away.

Sabin 9255. Gagnon 613. Toronto Public Library, Bibliography of Canadiana, 503.

Old calf, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Burgoyne's state of his expedition from Canada. 8vo. is listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue without price, and is on an undated dealer's manuscript list headed Note of American books purchased in London.

John Burgoyne, 1722-1792, general in the British army, was the leader of the disastrous campaign in North America in 1777, for which he was severely criticized in the Commons and in the press." "04800","J. 38","Narrative of Clinton's & Cornwallis's conduct in America. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 53, as above.","Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., sheepskin, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./ Vol. 25. [TBE]E187 .C72 V.25[/TBE]","","i.","","","Clinton, Sir Henry.","The Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. relative to his Conduct during part of his Command of the King's Troops in North America; Particularly to that which respects the unfortunate Issue of the Campaign in 1781. With an Appendix, containing Copies and Extracts of those Parts of his Correspondence with Lord George Germain, Earl Cornwallis, Rear Admiral Graves, &c. Which are referred to therein. Sixth Edition. London: Printed for J. Debrett (Successor to Mr. Almon), 1783.","","

58 leaves, the half-title with the price, Two shillings.

Sabin 13751.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sir Henry Clinton, 1738?-1795, English general, was Cornwallis's superior officer. His Narrative lays all the blame on Cornwallis, who immediately wrote an acrimonious reply. The first edition appeared in 1783 and was followed by many others." "04810","J. 38","Narrative of Clinton's & Cornwallis's conduct in America. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 53, as above.","Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., sheepskin, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./ Vol. 25. [TBE]E187 .C72 V.25[/TBE]","","ii.","","","Cornwallis, Charles, Earl Cornwallis.","An Answer to that part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Which relates to the Conduct of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, during the Campaign in North-America, in the Year 1781. By Earl Cornwallis. London: Printed for J. Debrett, (Successor to Mr. Almon,) M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

142 leaves; the Introduction dated from Mansfield-Street, Feb. 10, 1783.

Sabin 16184.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T (only, sig. I initialled in the first tract).

Charles Cornwallis, first Marquis and second Earl Cornwallis, 1738-1805." "04820","J. 38","Narrative of Clinton's & Cornwallis's conduct in America. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 53, as above.","Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., sheepskin, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./ Vol. 25. [TBE]E187 .C72 V.25[/TBE]","","iii.","","","Clinton, Sir Henry.","Observations on some parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative. By Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. To which is added an Appendix; containing Extracts of Letters and Other Papers, to which reference is necessary. London: Printed for J. Debrett, (Successor to Mr. Almon,) M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

75 leaves including the half-title (with the price, Two Shillings and Six-pence), folded table at the end. The Observations, dated from Harley-Street, April 3, 1783, are on 18 leaves at the beginning and are followed by the Appendix.

Sabin 13754.

Not initialled by Jefferson, the other two tracts in the volume having each a part of his signature." "04830","J. 39","","","","Histoire de la derniere guerre (1775)","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 76, as above.","[Leboucher, Odet Julien.]","Histoire de la derniere Guerre, entre la Grande-Bretagne, et les états-Unis de l'Amérique, la France, l'Espagne et la Hollande, depuis son commencement en 1775, jusqu'a sa fin en 1783. Ornée de Cartes géographiques & marines. Prix 12 liv. en feuilles. A Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Ballard & Fils] chez Brocas, 1787.","E208 .L42","

First Edition. 4to. 198 leaves, 8 folded engraved maps, 2 folded tables; printers' imprint at the end.

Barbier II, 695. Quérard V, 22. Sabin 39613. Faÿ 23.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, marbled end papers; initialled by him at sigs. I and T and with par Boucher written in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on June 19, 1787, broché, for 12. 10.

Odet Julien Leboucher, 1744-1826, French author, was mayor of the commune of Bourcy." "04840","J. 40","","","","Histoire des troubles de l'Amerique. par Soulés.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 50, as above.","Soulés, François.","Histoire des troubles de l'Amérique anglaise, ecrite sur les Mémoires les plus authentiques; dédiée a sa Majesté très-chrétienne; par François Soulés. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Avec des Cartes . . . A Paris: chez Buisson, 1787.","E208.S72","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 196 leaves; publisher's advertisement on 4 pages at the end, a name torn away from the half-title; vol. II, 185 leaves; 2 leaves unopened; vol. III, 212 leaves; vol. IV, 160 leaves; 3 folded engraved maps.

Quérard IX, 225. Sabin 87290. Faÿ 24.

French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought three copies of this work from Froullé, one on June 27, and two on August 16, 1787; the first two broché, price 16., the third relié, price 20. One of these was for his own use, another was for Madison. Two copies are entered in the undated priced catalogue, one with the price 16., the other described as 2.v. in 1. 8vo. 10/6.

Jefferson probably had bound the two volumes that the author sent him for his corrections (see below), for on July 24 of the previous year, 1786, he sent an order for books to Stockdale from Paris including

Soulé's histoire des troubles de l'Amerique. I have the two first volumes: if any more be come out, I shall be glad to receive them; or whenever they do come out.

Jefferson supplied Soulés with material for this book, and corrected and edited Soulés's own contributions. On August 3, 1786, he sent to Soulés corrections and notes on 7 pages 4to.

On September 11, Soulés wrote:

I must return many thanks for the judicious remarks you were so obliging to send me: due attention was paid to them. Conscious of your Excellency's great abilities, conscious that you are perfectly well acquainted with most of the transactions in the American revolution, I will always have a proper deference for your opinion, and should think myself very happy, would your Excellency favour me with more observations on the rest of the work. I will in the mean time beg leave to ask your Excellency a few questions . . . Signed F. Soulés.

On September 13 Jefferson replied:

Before the receipt of your favor of the 11th. inst. I had written the inclosed short notes on such parts of your work as I have yet been able to go over, you will perceive that the corrections are very trifling. such as they are I will continue them, & forward them to you from time to time as I get along. I will endeavor also to answer such of the queries you propose in your letter as my memory will enable me to do with certainty. some of them I shall be unable to answer, having left in America all my notes, memorandums &c. which might have enabled me to give you the information you desire . . .

With this letter Jefferson enclosed eleven closely written pages of notes in answer to the questions sent by Soulés.

On January 19 of the following year, 1787, Jefferson wrote to Soulés:

I have the honour of inclosing to you the sheets on the subject of Wyoming. I have had a long conversation with M. Crevecoeur on them. he knows well that canton. he was in the neighborhood of the place when it was destroyed, saw great numbers of the fugitives, aided them with his waggons, & had the story from all their mouths. he committed notes to writing in the moment, which are now in Normandy at his father's. he has written for them, & they will be here in 5. or 6. days, when he promises to put them into my hands. he says there will be a great deal to alter in your narration, & that it must assume a different face, more favorable both to the British & Indians. his veracity may be relied on, & I told him I was sure your object was truth, & to render your work estimable by that character, that I thought you would wait, & readily make any changes upon evidence which should be satisfactory to you. the moment I receive his notes I will communicate them to you . . .

M. Crevecoeur immediately sent for the papers, and on February 2, Jefferson dispatched them to Soulés:

I send you the papers M. de Crevecoeur sent to Normandy for. the account of the destruction of Wyoming begins page 40. you may rely certainly on the author's facts, & you will be easily able to separate from them his reflections. you can best judge whether an account of that interesting settlement, condensed into a few lines might not form an agreeable episode in your history, and prepare the mind more awfully for it's final catastrophe . . .

The notes written by Jefferson were translated into French by Soulés and incorporated into his work, with the result that his Histoire has material not to be found in other contemporary histories. For example, he is the only historian of the day who ascribes to Jefferson the authorship of the address of the Virginia assembly in June 1775, beside the quotation from which, in Marshall's Life of Washington, q. v., Jefferson has written drawn by T. Jefferson.

The following passages will serve as examples of how closely Soulés kept to Jefferson's text:

Jefferson wrote:

. . . I was under appointment to attend the General congress: but knowing the importance of the answer to be given to the conciliatory proposition, and that our leading whig characters were then with Congress, I determined to attend on the assembly, & tho' a young member, to take on myself the carrying thro' an answer to the proposition. the assembly met the 1st. of June. I drew, and proposed the answer & carried it through the house with very little alteration, against the opposition of our timid members who wished to speak a different language . . .

The text of the book (Vol. I, page 203) reads:

L'Assemblée examina sur le champ le Bill du Ministère, & M. Jefferson, à présent Ministre Plénipotentiare des Etats-Unis à la Cour de France, proposa la réponse qu'on devoit faire au Gouverneur. Il y eut de grands débats à ce sujet; mais il eut assez de crédit pour la faire approuver, malgré l'opposition de quelques Membres timides & chancelans, qui auroient souhaité qu'on tînt un langage différent . . .

Other references to Jefferson occur in the text.

Jefferson mentioned this work several times in his correspondence. On January 14, 1787, in a letter to Louis Guillaume Otto, the chargé des affaires of France in New York, he gave a list of books in the press, including:

a history of the American war by a Mons. ? Soulés, the two first volumes of which, coming down to the capture of Burgoyne I have seen, & think better than any other I have seen . . .

In August of the same year, he described it to the Count de Vermi as

a general history, of which we can only say it is the best of those written in Europe.

François Soulés:, 1748-1809, French author. This history, dedicated to Louis XVI, is considered his best work." "04850","J. 41","","","","Histoire de la revolñ de l'Amerique Septrionale par Chas et LeBrun.","","8vo. [givn. by author.]","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 51, as above.","Chas, Jean, Et Lebrun.","Histoire Politique et Philosophique de la Revolution de l'Amérique Septentrionale; par les citroyens J. Chas et Lebrun. A Paris: chez Favre [de l'Imprimerie de B. Duschesne], An IX. [1800.]","E208.C48","

First Edition. 8vo. 238 leaves, publisher's catalogue on the last leaf, and his signature Favre on the verso of the title-leaf. The dedication is Au Citoyen Bonaparte. Premier Consul de la République Française.

Quérard II, page 143. Sabin 12166.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in tree calf, gilt back, borders, and inside borders, g. e., marbled end papers, rebacked with the original backstrip preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. Pencil marks occur, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from Jean Chas to Jefferson, to whom he had some years previously, in 1786, sent the manuscript for his perusal. Jefferson wrote to Chas from Paris on December 7, 1786:

I should with great pleasure have perused your manuscript of the history of the American revolution, but that it comes to me in the moment of my setting out on a journey into the South of France where I am to pass the winter. in the few moments of leisure which my preparations for that journey admitted, I have read some detached parts, & find that it would have been very interesting to me. in one of these, page 60. I have taken the liberty of noting a circumstance which is not true, and to which I believe M. D'Auberteuil first gave a place in history . . .

Jefferson then expressed his opinion of the work of D'Auberteuil and of the Histoire Impartielle [by Longchamps] already quoted under those authors (see nos. 450 and 477).

In his presentation letter, written from Paris ce 11 germinal, l'an 9. ou le 1 avril, l'an 1801 (endorsed by Jefferson March 1), Chas claimed full authorship of the work:

Daignes accepter un exemplaire de mon histoire politique, et philosophique de la revolution de l'Amerique Septentrionale—cet ouvrage a été presenté et dedié au premier consul de la republique francaise. j'ai obtenu les suffrages, et les felicitations des savant et des philosophes. mon ouvrage a eu le plus grand succès. j'en suis seul l'auteur, quoiqu'il porte le nom d'un second cooperateur . . . vous vous rappellerez, monsieur le president, que dans le tems ou vous etiez ambassadeur des etats unis . . . J'eu l'honneur de vous voir plusieurs fois, que je vous remis mon manuscrit et que vous me fites des observations dont j'ai su profiter . . .

On the 17 floréal (May 7) 1801, Chas again wrote to Jefferson, and mentioned that

je m'occupe d'une seconde edition de l'histoire des etats unis je vous prie, monsieur le president d'en accepter la dedicace . . .

On September 3, 1801, Jefferson wrote to Chas from Monticello, acknowledging the receipt of the book:

I have safely recieved the copy of your history of the American revolution . . . which you have been pleased to send me, and for which accept my respectful thanks, & the assurances of my sensibility at this mark of attention . . .

This letter was written five days after Chas, worried at having received no acknowledgment of the arrival of his books, wrote a letter to Jefferson, from Paris on August 29, explaining that a package containing a copy of his Histoire had been placed aboard Le Franklin on April 13, and wondering if it had arrived safely. This letter was received by Jefferson on March 27, 1802.

On December 12, 1801 (received February 25, 1802) Chas wrote that

je travaille a une nouvelle edition de l'histoire politique et philosophique de la revolution de l'Amerique septentrionale . . . j'espère avec confiance monsieur le president que vous daignerez en accepter la dedicace . . .

No edition of this work was published after 1802.

The author's opinion of Jefferson is stated on page 440 of the work:

Aucune matière n'est étrangère à M. Jefferson, il embrasse toutes les parties des sciences; on receuille dans ses ouvrages, écrits avec autant de noblesse que de gout, l'instruction et le plaisir; M. Jefferson réunit aux dons précieux de l'esprit, les vertus douces et bienfaisantes d'un ami de l'humanité.

Jean Chas, c. 1750-c. 1830, French juriconsulte and author." "04860","J. 42","","","","Andrews's History of the American war.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 41, as above (with reading Andrews').","Andrews, John.","History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland; commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. By John Andrews L.L.D. In Four Volumes with Portraits Maps and Charts. Vol. I [-IV]. London: Published by his Majesty's Royal License and Authority. For John Fielding and John Jarvis, MDCCLXXXV-VI. [1785-6.]","E208.A56","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 225 leaves; vol. II, 225 leaves; vol. III, 224 leaves; vol. IV, 244 leaves; engraved title with vignette to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece of George III, twenty-two engraved portraits of noted leaders including Franklin, Washington, Cornwallis, La Fayette, Clinton and others; full page and folded maps; list of Subscribers at the end; the name of John Jarvis is omitted from the imprint after the first volume. The work was originally issued in parts, and the sheets are so numbered, four sheets to a part, twenty-eight parts in all.

Sabin 1501.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress in 1920; some uncut edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume.

Jefferson purchased his copy from Stockdale, to whom he wrote from Paris on September 26, 1785:

M[???] Short is just arrived & brings . . . Andrews' American war . . . for which m[???] Jefferson thanks m[???] Stockdale. he will be obliged to him to continue sending him the Numbers of Andrews's book . . .

On July 24, 1786, Jefferson sent an order to Stockdale for a number of books, to be sent to him unbound, including:

Andrews' history of the late war. the numbers after 24.

I have 24. nos. complete.

Andrews' history of the war. another copy complete.

The bill for these books was presented by Stockdale on August 18, 1786: Andrews Histv of ye War 4 vols. bds. £1.10. American War No. 25 to 28. 4/-.

On September 10, 1787, Jefferson wrote to Stockdale:

. . . you may remember that some numbers of Andrews's history, which you sent me, miscarried, a year or 18. months ago. my servant found them lately at the Syndic chamber. you had sent them by some traveller I suppose. they had been sent at the barrier of Paris (where the baggage of travellers is searched). to the Syndic chamber, according to rule. the person gave me no notice of it. you, trusting to him, had not written to me. and thus they had escaped. when I was in England you replaced them to me. I therefore now send them to you, to wit, Nos. 4.6.7.8.9. I suppose No. 5. has been lost at the Syndic chamber . . .

This book is listed, but without the price, in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson's name is not mentioned in this history.

John Andrews, 1736-1809, English historical writer and pamphleteer." "04870","J. 43","","","","Gordon's History of the Independance of the U. S. of America.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 42, as above.","Gordon, William.","The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an account of the late war; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from their origin to that period. By William Gordon, D.D. . . . In Four Volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Charles Dilly, and James Buckland, 1788.","E208.G66","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 265 leaves, folded engraved map; vol. II, 296 leaves, 4 folded maps; vol. III, 254 leaves, 2 folded maps; vol. IV, 244 leaves, 2 folded maps; errata lists in each volume, some maps backed.

Sabin 28011. Lowndes II, page 916.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1908. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume; some MS. notes appear, not in his hand.

William Gordon announced the forthcoming publication of this book to Jefferson in a letter from London, February 20, 1787:

. . . I have therefore applied to his Excellency John Adams for a few introductory lines, recommending at the same time to your patronage a work which has long engaged my attention, & which I mean should go to the press the beginning of October, & continue printing till finished . . . Suffer me to request the favour of your support . . .

Jefferson replied from Paris on July 2:

. . . from the opportunities you have had of coming at facts known as yet to no other historian, from your dispositions to relate them fairly, and from your known talents, I have sanguine expectations that your work will be a valuable addition to historical science: and the more so, as we have little yet on the subject of our war which merits respect. I fear however that this is not the feild from which you are to expect profit. the translation will sell here: but few read English . . . I got from a bookseller here about forty guineas for a first copy of Dr. Ramsay's work, which he had translated. if this would be an object with you I offer you my service . . .

On September 6, Gordon wrote:

. . . I shall not begin to print till the end of the next month; when, health & strength permitting, I mean to continue it, till the whole work is finished, which will not be before March or April . . . In case of an agreement propose sending the three first volumes soon after the fourth goes to the press, that so the translator may get in the greater forwardness . . .

On April 24, 1788, Gordon wrote to Jefferson:

. . . The reason of my having been so long silent was, that I might be able to acquaint you, that the second volume of the History was printed, which I can at length do. You was pleased generously to offer me your friendly assistance for the procuring a similar consideration for an early copy of the work, to what you obtained for Dr. Ramsay; I am therefore encouraged at the present period to apply for your aid; & design if it meets with your approbation to send you the two volumes for your inspection; & should they be honored, as I hope will be the case, with your recommendation, the bookseller will probably be willing to allow me for them what your Excellency may think reasonable, in order to an immediate translation, with an engagement to be furnished with the 3d & 4th as soon as printed off. The Marquis having obligingly hinted at a translation, I observed to him that you had mentioned the like, but without intimating any thing more, so that your special proposal is not known to him . . . If I mistake not you was a considerable sufferer by Tarleton's needlessly cruel ravages: wish to have some general account thereof in order for insertion . . .

And again on July 8, he wrote:

I trouble you afresh from an apprehension, that either your Excellency did not receive my letter of February, or that your answer has miscarried. I mentioned in my letter my having delayed to write, till I had gotten forward in printing; & informed you, that I had finished the two first volumes, & should be obliged to you for your friendly assistance in the way you had proposed, by procuring from some bookseller a gratuity for an early copy, as in the case of Dr. Ramsay's History. I have now completed the third volume, & am about 100 pages in the fourth. The three volumes could be sent over immediately, that so the translation might be commenced. The sum you mentioned as granted for Dr. Ramsay's would go far toward paying for engraving the maps, & is therefore an object with me. Whether an increase of it should be asked on account of the four volumes I leave to your determination; but your friendship in this business would confer a lasting obligation . . .

Jefferson replied on July 16:

. . . as soon as I knew that it would be agreeable to you to have such a disposal of your work for translation as I had made for Dr. Ramsay, I applied to the same bookseller with propositions on your behalf. he told me that he had lost so much by that work that he could hardly think of undertaking another, and at any rate not without first seeing & examining it . . . I fear that the ill success of the translation of Dr. Ramsay's work, and of another work on the subject of America, will permit less to be done for you than I had hoped . . . I will be obliged to you to set me down as a subscriber for half a dozen copies . . . you ask, in your letter of Apr. 24. details of my sufferings by Colo. Tarleton. I did not suffer by him. on the contrary he behaved very genteelly with me. on his approach to Charlottesville which is within 3. miles of my house at Monticello, he dispatched a troop of his horse under capt Mc.leod with the double object, of taking me prisoner with the two Speakers of the Senate & Delegates who then lodged with me, and of remaining there in vedette, my house commanding a view of 10. or 12. counties round about. he gave strict orders to Capt Mc.leod to suffer nothing to be injured. the troop failed in one of their objects, as we had notice so that the two speakers had gone off about two hours before their arrival at Monticello, & myself with my family about five minutes. but captn. Mc.leod preserved every thing with sacred care during about 18. hours that he remained there . . .

The letter continues with a detailed account of the occupation by Lord Cornwallis of Jefferson's seat, called Elkhill, and of the destruction of his property by Cornwallis and his troops. Gordon's account of this (Vol. IV, pp. 402, seqq.) is taken almost word for word from Jefferson's letter to him.

On August 15, 1788, Gordon wrote to Jefferson:

From the generous encouragement you gave me in your answer to my first letter, I informed your Excellency about April, that I should be greatly obliged to you, could you assist me in a similar way to that by which Dr. Ramsay was benefited. I left it with your judgment to settle the terms; & proposed sending over the printed volumes that the translation might be entered upon. Receiving no answer, I wrote afresh upon the subject about six weeks ago. Neither of the letters being replied to, am apprehensive that either they or their answers have miscarried . . .

To this Jefferson replied on September 2:

In my letter of July 16. I had the honor to explain to you the reasons why an answer to your favors had been so long delayed . . . as soon as you will be so good as to send a copy of your work, as far as printed, I will do my best to dispose of the right of translating it among the booksellers; tho', from the circumstances mentioned in my letter, I should not form any sanguine hopes. the sooner you send it the better, as I shall, after a few days, be very little in Paris . . .

Gordon answered this letter, and sent six copies to Jefferson on December 9:

Your obliging favor of Sepr. 2 was duly received. The books not being in sufficient forwardness to send before your leaving Paris, & the prospects of the success your Excellency wished me being so small, I declined sending a copy as soon as finished. One Mr De Maisoncelles has written to me about translating the work into French, I apprehend he means I should employ him: by line this day I shall decline all concern in the business.

Last Friday the six copies of the History of the late American War done up in a paper parcel were left at the White Bear to come by the Diligence: hope they will be received safe & in due season. As you honored me with a generous subscription, I have sent the superfine paper at the same price with the demy. Mr. Trumbull paid me sometime back seven pound four for them. Shall rejoice if the printed contents meet with your approbation, so that you can with satisfaction recommend the same to an English reader.

The receipt to Trumbull, who had paid for Jefferson's copies as mentioned in the above letter, was dated October 9, 1788.

Trumbull wrote to Jefferson on March 10, 1789, and mentioned:

. . . Dr. Gordon desires me to ask whether you have receiv'd six setts of his books, which He forwarded to you by the Diligence early in December—& whether the Marquis La Fayette receiv'd 12 setts at the same time.—He will likewise thank you to hint to the M. in the most delicate manner, that the subscription has not been fulfill'd . . .

To this Jefferson replied on March 15:

. . . the Marquis de la Fayette is at this time gone to Auvergne. when he returns I will try to hint Dr. Gordon's matter to him. I should have written to the Doctor before now, but for an excess of business; & that I wished also to peruse his history before I wrote. I received the six copies in good condition, and have occasionnally consulted it, and whenever I have it has given me great satisfaction. in fact it is full of good, new, & authentic matter.

He wrote to Gordon three days later, on March 18:

I received in due time your favor of Dec. 9. and also the six copies of your history. I put off acknoleging the receipt in hopes I might find time previously to read them. but that time is not yet come, and I am unwilling longer to delay my thanks for your attention in sending them. I have had occasion to consult your history in various parts, & have always done it with satisfaction. in truth I find it replete with good matter, new, and exact as far as I can judge. others may, and doubtless will undertake to treat the subject longer or shorter according to their views, but they will do it with your materials, as I do not suppose any European writer will take the same trouble to procure matter. the translation into this language is an enterprize of some hazard. our taste & theirs are very different. what pleases in England or America will not always please here . . . besides, there are few here who care so much about our history as to read more than it's summary. if I could have got a bookseller to buy and translate it I should have been glad. but that has been impracticable . . .

Jefferson's six copies are entered on the list of subscribers, which occupies the whole of the second sheet in vol. I, 14 pages; the last two contain the American subscribers, headed by George Washington, 2 copies.

In addition to the long description of the Tarleton and Cornwallis campaign, quoted directly from Jefferson's letter, various other mentions of the battle occur in the text. In vol. IV a letter from General Greene, to gov. Jefferson, written on March 10, 1781, is quoted, in which the General explains that he knows the people have been in anxious suspense, waiting the event of a general action; but be the consequence of censure what it may, nothing shall hurry me into a measure, that is not suggested by prudence . . .

In this book Jefferson has not marked his authorship of the address of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, though it is beside the quotation from Gordon's History that he has written Drawn by T. Jefferson in Marshall's Life of Washington, q. v. no. 496.

One of the various parts consulted by Jefferson concerned John Paul Jones, to whom Jefferson wrote from Paris, March 23, 1789:

Gordon's history furnished me a good relation of your engagement, tho' the author has permitted himself an impertinence or two relative to you.

The book is listed without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

William Gordon, 1728-1807, an Englishman by birth, came to America in 1770 due to his sympathy with the colonial cause. He returned to England in 1786, for the publication of his book, but found it gave offence to both countries. He therefore revised it and omitted some original material. The book is written in the form of letters to the author from various correspondents, and the former explains in the preface that the form of letters, instead of chapters, is not altogether imaginary, as the author, from his arrival in America in 1770, maintained a correspondence with gentlemen in London, Rotterdam and Paris, answering in general to the prefixed dates." "04880","J. 44","","","","Ramsay's History of the revolñ of S. Carolina.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 46, as above.","Ramsay, David.","The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, From a British Province to an Independent State. By David Ramsay, M.D. Member of the American Congress. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins. M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]","E263 .S7R17","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 233 leaves; vol. II, 293 leaves; folded plan and 4 folded maps by Abernethie, Charleston.

Sabin 67691. Evans 19211.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Vol. II initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, vol. I not initialled.

Presentation copy from the author.

Jefferson, living in Paris at the time, was closely associated with the publication of this book and its translation into French from the outset. Ramsay not only sent him a copy of the book, but sent him month by month the sheets as they were printed for the purpose of having a translation made in Paris.

Ramsay first wrote to Jefferson from New York, on June 15, 1785:

Presuming on a slight acquaintance with your Excellency in the year 1782 or 1783 in Philada by the introduction of our common friend Mr. Madison I take the liberty to inclose a part of a work which is now in the press written by myself and entitled the ''History of the revolution of South Carolina from a British Province to an Independent State''. It originated when I was in confinement in Augustine in the year 1780 and has employed my leisure hours ever since. I am printing it at my own risque & expence & have already advanced above fourteen hundred dollars for it. When completed it will consist of three volumes & will contain over and above the civil Notice of South Carolina the whole of the Military operations in Georgia & both Carolinas & also the reduction of Lord Cornwallis in Virginia. The importance of the subject & of the contents of the second volume is great, & may perhaps excite the public attention. Your Excellency knows the infant state of literature in the United States & the risque a person runs who undertakes a work of this kind without subscription . . . I propose to be aforehand with them, & if any advantage is to be made of the work in Europe I think myself entitled to it preferably to a piratical printer.

I submit the whole matter to your Excellency. If you think any advantage would arise from a French edition I will be obliged to you to set forward the work so as that it may appear soon after the American edition which would perhaps check piratical adventurers . . .

In July he started sending the sheets. On July 13 he wrote:

By the French packet which sailed on the fifteenth of June I did myself the honour to inclose to your care 185 pages of the history of the revolution of South Carolina with propositions relative to a translation of it into the French language. I now do myself the honor to inclose to you all that is now printed—which is to page 328.

M. de Marbois the Consul General of France has done me the honor to enclose a copy of it to Count Chatelleaux to interest him in the translation if it should be thought advisable. I therefore request that any thing which may be done in the matter may be done in concert with that Gentleman. From the infant state of literature in America I shall probably lose money by my publication in the United States. Unless nine hundred copies sell at four dollars a piece I shall not be reimbursed for the expences of the impression. I therefore wish that whatsoever may be done in Europe may be done in such a manner as will interest me in the profits as well as the bookseller, the Translator & Printer. The second volume will be much more interesting than the first as it will contain the campaigns of 1780. & 1781 in the Southern States inclusive of Lord Cornwallis's surrender. If a translation should not be thought advisable I am contented. if it should I hold myself entitled to a share of the profits. Whatsoever you do I beg may be done in concert with Mr. De Marbois's correspondent. I have shewn the whole manuscript to Mr. De Marbois who thinks it will bear a translation . . .

In August he sent more sheets, and began to consider seriously the prospects of a translation into French. On August 8 he wrote:

In conformity to my promise I continue to send you my history as it comes out. The notes of the first volume though necessary to strangers are well known to Americans who have been in public stations. I flatter myself the second volume which you will next receive will be more worthy your attention than the first. It contains the brilliant campaigns of 1780 & 1781 . . . M. De Marbois has flattered me with an assurance that the work would be acceptable in France & that a translation of it would be desired. He transmits copies of it with a view to this to the Chevalier De Chastellux. Should an European edition and a translation be thought advisable I have taken the liberty of suggesting a few alterations & hints. I leave this matter wholly to yourself & M. Marbois' correspondent to determine. Perhaps you will not be so well able to decide on it till you see the whole text which I hope you will by the next packet. If there is any merit in the work it is in the chapters that are now striking off. Whatsoever you shall do in the matter shall meet my approbation. If a translation is thought proper you shall not in any event lose by it: if it is not I shall have the pleasure of furnishing you with the reading of the first copy of my work that crossed the Atlantic. I shall be absent from Congress till the latter end of October. I have obtained the honor of Col Monroe to transmit to you the succeeding chapters by the next packets.

On August 31 Jefferson wrote to Ramsay:

I am honoured with your two letters of June 15. & July 13. and am to thank you for the sheets of your history sent therewith. I am much pleased to see a commencement of those special histories of the late revolution which must be written first before a good general one can be expected. I shall be more pleased to see the remaining parts as well executed as this which sets the example . . . on the receipt of your first letter I applied to a bookseller to see what could be done towards translating & printing it here. after various enquiries I found that the translation and the printing 1000. copies being deducted would leave about 40. guineas for the author to be received as the work sold. I was by no means satisfied with this price, but the bookseller observed that as it would be only a translation, it would be impossible to hinder other translations from being made, which might come into competition on the sale. on the receipt of your second letter, I wrote immediately to the Marquis de Chastellux . . . I have received no answer which makes me fear he is on his tour of inspection. I am therefore distressed what to do. for while I hope from his counsels that means of procuring a better translation & perhaps better terms too might be found, I fear on the other hand that a delay may permit some other translation to get the start & so defeat our prospects altogether . . .

Jefferson made enquiries as to the cost of publishing a translation, and on October 12 wrote to Ramsay:

The m[???] Fitzhughs the bearers of this letter being on the point of setting out, I have only time to inform you that after trying many booksellers and receiving a variety of propositions the best offer is of 900 livres for your book, paiable 12 months after the printing of it here shall be completed, the M. de Chastellux thinks it best to accept of this, I shall therefore do it this day. I should have been pleased to have obtained terms somewhat more like reason, but it could not be done. being only a translation, others have a right to translate also & to sell in competition with the first . . .

On December 10 Ramsay sent Jefferson a copy of the English edition, with one for the Marquis de La Fayette:

When I left this city last August I directed my printer to furnish Mr. Monroe with the sheets of my book from time to time that they might be sent to you by the packets. Mr. Monroe soon after left Congress & transferred the business to Mr. Hardy. His much lamented death prevented his execution of the business. On my return here in November I could not find satisfactory information of what had been sent to you; but the printer informed me that you must have received up to page 305 of Vol. 2d. I now send you the remainder. The work was finished on the 7th inst . . . I shall direct him [Charles Dilly, to whom Ramsay had sent 1600 copies] to deliver to your order two complete copies & I beg the favor of your acceptance of one & that you would do me the honor of presenting the other to the Marquis de La Fayette in my name . . . I am sorry for the trouble I give you but hope for your indulgence. I have not hitherto been favored with the reception of any letter that informed me of your having received the sheets which I sent you by the monthly packets.

On January 26, 1786, Jefferson wrote to Ramsey:

The letter I did myself the honour of writing you on the 12th. of Oct. will have informed you what I had ultimately done on the subject of your book. your's of Dec. 10. is just received. I am very sorry to find that your printer is so much deceived as to the parts of the work which have come to my hands, they are exactly as follows.

Vol. I. pa. 1. . . . . . . . . . . 328.

329. . . . . . . . . . . to the end.

Vol. 2. pa v. . . . . . . . . . . xx.

1. . . . . . . . . . . 24.

25 . . . . . . . . . . 144.

305 . . . . . . . . . . 440.

545 . . . . . . . . . . 574.

by this you will perceive the chasms in the 2d. volume. I am not uneasy about that from 440. to 545. because you say you will send it. but as it is supposed we have received the one from 144. to 305. I fear we stand no other chance of getting that than the copies you have been so good as to instruct Dillon [sic] to send, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I will immediately write to Dillon to forward these as I think it probable he may have received them . . .

This was acknowledged by Ramsay on May 3, in a letter which contained a review of Jefferson's Notes on Virginia.

On July 9, 1786, Jefferson wrote to William Stephens Smith in London concerning the French translation, and the publication of an English edition:

To return to business (for I am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart) they tell me that they are about altering Dr. Ramsay's book in London in order to accomodate it to the English palate & pride. I hope this will not be done without the consent of the author, & I do not believe that will be obtained, if the booksellers of London are afraid to sell it I think it can be sold here. even the English themselves will apply for it here. it is very much esteemed by those who have read it. the French translation will be out in a short time. there is no gutting in that. all Europe will read the English transactions in America, as they really happened, to what purpose then hoodwink themselves? like the foolish Ostrich who when it has hid it's head, thinks it's body cannot be seen. I will beg the favor of you to prevail on m[???] Dilly to send me 50. copies by the Diligence. we shall see by the sale of these what further number we may call for. I will undertake to justify this to the author, they must come unbound, it will be necessary at the same time to put into some of the English papers the following advertisement.

'The bookseller, to whom Dr. Ramsay's history of the revolution of S. Carolina was addressed for sale, having been advised that the executing that commission would expose him to the actions of certain persons whose conduct in America, as therein represented, is not in their favor, the public are hereby notified that they may be furnished with the said work either in the original English, or well translated into French, by writing to Froullé, libraire au quai des Augustins à Paris, & franking their letters, an opportunity of sending it to London occurs every week by the Diligence.' send me a paper or two with this advertisement in it.

The following day Jefferson wrote to Ramsay explaining the situation:

the translation & printing go on slowly. I do not think they are half finished. the Marquis de Chastellux thinks it well translated. the circumstance which renders the delay more interesting to you is that the twelvemonth's credit which the bookseller has for the money to be paid you, counts from the time of publication. I had no idea that the interval between the commencement & completion of the work would have been so long. Dilly being afraid to sell your book in London, and Dr. Bancroft informing me he was about to gut it in order to accomodate it to the English pride & palate, I have written to Colo. Smith to endeavor to prevent it's being done till your consent can be obtained, it has been read in the original in it's present state, by many here, & is highly esteemed.

I am of opinion we can sell it here, even to the English themselves . . . I have therefore desired Colo. Smith to send 50. copies here, & to advertize in the London papers the address of the Bookseller here who will furnish them, & the conveyance by which they may be obtained. we shall see by the sale of these whether we may hope to sell the rest of the impression here. I should be sorry that any circumstances should occasion the disguising those truths which it equally concerns our honour & the just infamy of our enemies to have handed down to posterity in their true light . . .

The 50 copies were sent off on August 7, bound in boards, with a bill for £25.00.

On October 27, Jefferson wrote to Ramsay:

I mentioned to you in a former letter that as the booksellers in London were afraid to sell your book there, I would have some copies brought here, advertizing in the London papers that they could be furnished weekly from hence by the Diligence. 50 copies are just arrived, & 50 more are on the way. the translation will come from the press in a few days . . .

On November 8, Ramsay wrote from Charleston:

Your favor of the tenth of July was a few days ago received by the way of New:York. Your friendly interposition in respect of my work lays me under great obligations. I have long since thought that the mode you have adopted was the best the nature of the case admitted of to introduce it to the people of England. I wish that some copies might in some way or other be introduced to Ireland. The sales in America have fallen many hundred dollars short of my initial expences . . .

In this letter Ramsay mentions his projected History of the Revolution for the first time, see no. 490.

On April 7, 1787, at the end of a long letter on other matters, Ramsay wrote:

I long to see a French copy of my book. I feel myself much honored by your correspondence & esteem every line from your pen a real favor . . .

Jefferson at this time was travelling in the South of France, and on May 5, in a letter to William Short, written from Marseilles, he reported that

Ramsay's history costs in London 12/ sterling unbound; judge then whether it can be brought from thence to Paris & sold for 12 (livres).

On August 4 Jefferson answered from Paris Ramsay's last two letters:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your favors of Nov. 8. & Apr. 7. & the pleasure to inform you that the translation of your book sells well, and is universally approved. Froullé will send you some copies of it, by the first opportunity. I am happy to hear you are occupied on the general history, it is a subject worthy your pen. I observe Stockdale in London has printed your work & advertized it for sale.

Entries on Froullés' bill to Jefferson for 30 August, 1787, include:

12 histoires Damerique 2 vol. 8vo. rel.

1 idem pour Mr. Ramsay.

72 (livres) (beside which Jefferson has written Dr. Ramsay)

On March 7, 1788, Ramsay wrote:

. . . I have never seen nor heard from the Parisian bookseller who undertook the translation of my history. When the money becomes due to me on that account if it is paid to my nephew or his order his receipt shall be a full discharge on my account . . .

On May 7, Jefferson sent Ramsay a complete statement:

It is time to give you some account of your affairs with the bookseller Frouillé. they stand thus.

price agreed on for the copy for translation. 900. livres

9. copies (out of 50) of the English work

recd. from Dilly & sold @ 12. 108./1008.

Cr. By a dozen copies of the translation sent you @ 6.

Balance now paiable to you 72./936 livres

I delivered to him your letter wherein you pointed out exactly the papers which should be omitted in the translation, & the alterations of the text in order to accomodate the work to foreigners, who are not interested in minute details. this would have reduced the work to one volume, halved the expence & increased the sale, so that he might have probably made a good job of it. but his translator persuaded him the whole would be desired: that there was a general objection against purchasing a garbled work, & so he undertook to publish it complete. the consequence is that he loses by it, as he supposes about 2000 livres: and he desired me to represent this to you, & to tell you that he submits himself to you, whether he should be spared by you any thing out of the sum of 900. contracted for . . .

Ramsay accepted Jefferson's offer on October 8:

. . . I thank you for your obliging contract respecting my book. My hopes on that subject have been so great that I must make use of the liberty you gave me to draw on Mr. Madison for 193⅓ dollars . . .

In 1789 Froullé sent a statement to Monsieur de Jeferson which included:

1788. en Mars. Pour Payement fait a Mr. Ramsay 936 (livres).

1789. 7 Mai. Il reste en magazin des Revolutions d'amerique en anglois 2 vol. 8vo. 45. Ex [cette article attendra l'arrangement final avec M. Ramsay]

David Ramsay, 1749-1815, physician and historian, was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." "04890","J. 45","","","","Revolution de l'Amerique par Ramsay.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 45, Revolution de l'Amerique par rapport à la Caroline Meridionale, par Ramsay, 2 v 8vo.","Ramsay, David.","Histoire de la Révolution d'Amérique, par rapport à la Caroline Méridionale; Par M. David Ramsay, Membre du Congrès Américain; traduite de l'Anglois. Ornée de cartes & de plans. Tome Premier [-Second]. [Translated by Lefort.] A Londres, et se trouve à Paris: chez Froullé. M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787.]","E263.S7R21","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 282 leaves, folded engraved plan; vol. II, 342 leaves, folded map and 3 plans by Picquet, Froullé's advertisements on 4 pages at the end. In vol. I the Notes begin on page 181, and in vol. II on page 471.

Sabin 67692. Quérard VII, 450. Barbier II, 709. Faÿ 23.

French red morocco, gilt backs, gilt line borders on sides, blue end papers, g. e. (many leaves unopened under the gilt). Probably a presentation binding from the publisher. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

The details of the publication by Froullé of this translation were arranged by Jefferson on behalf of the author. For a complete account of the transaction, see the notes to the previous number. The name of the translator, Lefort, is not given in any of the correspondence.

A copy without price is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue." "04900","J. 46","","","","Ramsay's history of the American revolution.","","2. v. 8vo. (given by the author).","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 44, as above, omitting given by the author.","Ramsay, David.","The History of the American Revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. In Two Volumes. Volume I [-II]. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken & Son. M. DCC. LXXXIX. [1789.]","E208.R17","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 182 leaves; vol. II, 182 leaves.

Sabin 67687. Evans 22090.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1907. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Presentation copy from the author.

Ramsay first mentioned this history to Jefferson in the letter written from Charleston in November 1786, quoted above. Commenting on his history of South Carolina, he wrote:

I am nevertheless not discouraged but going on with a larger work on the continental system. I have now the first volume nearly ready for the press which will bring the history down to the close of 1776. When I shall print I know not as I mean to take time & to publish the volumes separately & in different years. I wish I had an opportunity of submitting the sheets to your perusal. I have sent the first part to New:York to the care of Charles Thomson . . .

The work was published in 1789, and on April 12 of the following year Ramsay wrote to congratulate Jefferson on his return to America, and arranged for him to have a copy of the book:

. . . I do not know any other way that is in my power to express my particular respect for your character than by requesting the favor of you to accept a copy of my history of the American revolution which by calculation must make its appearance about this time, You will therefore oblige me by sending the inclosed order to mr Allen Bookseller in New:York.

Jefferson replied from New York on June 27:

your favor of April 12. came safely to hand, and permit me to thank you for the copy of your history which I have received from Allen, & hope to have the pleasure of reading in a few days.

Jefferson's name occurs several times in the text in connection with his official acts and appointments. On page 320 his name is included in a list of the most distinguished writers in favor of the rights of America.

The Preface of this work is dated October 20, 1789.

Ramsay's History of the Revolution in South Carolina and his History of the American Revolution have been stated to be the first books to be copyrighted by the general government. Ramsay's petition for the former work, 1785, and for the latter, which he proposed publishing, was presented to Congress on April 15, granted April 20, 1789. These antedated by over a year the passage of the general copyright law, passed on June 1, 1790." "04910","J. 47","","","","Tarleton's history of the campaign of 1780. 1781.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 77, as above.","Tarleton, General Sir Banastre.","A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. By Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, Commandant of the late British Legion. London: Printed for T. Cadell. M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787.]","E236.T17","

First Edition. 4to. 344 leaves; 5 folded maps; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Lowndes V, page 2573. Sabin 94397.

Old calf, repaired; marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title the word Banastre is written in ink above the name Tarleton with a caret, and one or two pencil notes occur in the text, none by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Stockdale, in an order sent to him by Jefferson from Paris, July 1, 1787. The price, as entered by Jefferson on a memorandum was 26/-. It is not given on the Stockdale list, nor is it entered in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Several references to Jefferson occur in the text of the volume. On pages 194 and 195 a letter from Horatio Gates, dated from Hillsborough, Oct. 12, 1780, to Governor Jefferson, is quoted in full.

On page 294, the statement that Amongst other papers of consequence from the Marqus [sic] de la Fayette to Generals Greene, Steuben, &c. one letter, addressed to Mr. Jefferson, the governor of Virginia, was particularly striking . . . is followed by an excerpt from the letter.

On page 297 is an account of the campaign in Virginia: As soon as one hundred cavalry had passed the water, Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton directed them to charge into the town, to continue the confusion of the Americans, and to apprehend, if possible, the governor and assembly . . . The attempt to secure Mr. Jefferson was ineffectual; he discovered the British dragoons from his house, which stands on the point of a mountain, before they could approach him, and he provided for his personal liberty by a precipitate retreat . . .

Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1754-1833, General in the British army, fought through the Revolutionary war. On his return to England he wrote this account of the campaigns, in which he is supposed to have had the assistance of Perdita [Mary Robinson] and others. Tarleton's attacks on Lord Cornwallis were criticized by Mackenzie. See no. 493." "04920","J. 48","","","","State Papers. [Genl. G. Washington's official lr[???]s]","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 60, Cary's American state papers, [Gen. Washington's letters,] 2 v 8vo.","Washington, George.","Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, Written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by his Excellency, George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. Copied, by Special Permission, from the Original Papers preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State, Philadelphia [by John Carey]. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for Cadell Junior and Davies, G. G. and J. Robinson [and others], 1795.","E203 .W289","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 186 leaves, frontispiece lacking; vol. II, 194 leaves; the added title-page prefixed to this London edition reads: American State Papers, being a Collection of Original and Authentic Documents relative to the War Between the United States and Great Britain. Published by Special Permission. Volume the First [-Second]. 1795.

Sabin 101731.

Vol. I rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1916. Vol. II bound for Jefferson in tree calf. Both volumes initialled by him at sigs. I and T. Vol. II with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from John Carey, with his ALS., 1 page 4to., dated from London, April 6, 1795, bound in at the beginning of vol. I, with a passage below the signature cut off by the binder. The letter reads:

I do myself the honor of transmitting you two volumes of those official documents, which, through your favor and indulgence, I was enabled to transcribe. I would have published two or three volumes more, had not a chasm in the commander-in-chief's correspondence, and the want of many of the inclosures, stopped my progress. On this subject, I take the liberty of writing to Mr. Madison, Mr. Page, and Mr. Beckley, hoping, by their interposition on the spot, to have the deficiencies supplied. If successful, I shall immediately proceed, and finish the work as soon as possible.

Here I beg leave to observe, that, recollecting your caution respecting the premature publication of certain passages, I have endeavoured to pursue the path you had marked out, and to keep clear of everything which might, at the present day, have an unpleasing tendency. Had I published in Philadelphia, I should have been less scrupulous:—there, any unlucky slips could have been attributed only to inadvertence; whereas, now that I live under a government radically hostile to the Union, they might, by the American reader, be attributed to sinister motives on my part,— & possibly give rise to some invective against even You, Sir, for having, though with the most laudable intentions, countenanced the publication. And, though perfectly convinced that such declamation were incapable of disturbing a mind like yours, yet I was unwilling that my conduct should furnish the theme; and preferred injuring the sale of the book by the omission of many passages which would have been read with avidity on this side of the Atlantic. If however, through excessive caution, I have erred on the other side, the error can be repaired in a second edition or an Appendix, where it will be easy to supply any passage unnecessarily omitted in my first publication.

The Jefferson correspondence in the Library of Congress contains a copy of this letter, in Carey's handwriting, headed by him Duplicate and dated the following day, London, April 7, 1795 (endorsed by Jefferson recd. June 30).

This letter is not an exact duplicate; the last paragraph, that is, all after on this side of the Atlantic, is omitted; textual changes include the reading General for commander-in-chief, imputed for attributed, obloquy for declamation, and others. This letter has a postscript, which may be the cut off passage in the original letter, reading: The books I have taken the liberty of sending to the care of Mr. Madison.

Carey had written to Madison on March 31 concerning the Official Letters, with a postscript:

As small parcels are exposed to risk on shipboard, I have not made a separate package of the volumes intended for you, but desired Mr. Rice of Market Street to send you one of the best-bound sets from a number that I have shipped off to him . . . A second set will accompany yours, which is intended for Mr. Jefferson, and which I beg you will have the goodness to forward to him.

On September 15, 1795, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to an unnamed correspondent, possibly Mr. Rice:

Your favor of July 28 came duly to hand, & since that I have recieved the box containing Dunlap's & Bache's volumes for 1794. and the two volumes of Genl. Washington's letters . . .

Washington was consulted by Jefferson as to the publication of these papers, and the latter was in constant correspondence with Carey during their preparation.

On July 3, 1792, Jefferson gave Carey formal permission to use the State Papers:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Carey and will with pleasure give him access to any papers of his office which no longer require secrecy. the difficulty will be how to separate these from those still requiring secrecy, without giving m[???] Carey access to the whole, which Th: J. would not think himself free to do. perhaps m[???] Carey can from the Journals of Congress, or other sources, designate the particular papers he would wish to publish, he shall be ready to confer with m[???] Carey on this subject when he pleases.

On November 19, Washington wrote to Jefferson:

I have run over the four numbers of Genl. Green's letters to Congress—herewith returned—and find nothing contained in them, unmarked by you, which ought, in my opinion, to be withheld from the Public.—Even those of the 3d. of Novr. 1780—tho' quite unnecessary, might pass with an explanatory note on the then value of our paper currency.—

It probably is best to out the scored part of No. 1, page 14, although, I am persuaded, it is no more than a statement of a fact, and not an unimportant one.—In No. 4, latter part of page 57. nearly the same sentiment as that erased is conveyed.

Jefferson's explanatory note written at the foot of the above letter reads:

Cary was permitted to make from the Secretary of state's office a selection of state papers for publication particularly those of the commander in chief, & of the Generals commanding in separate departments. he submitted his selection to me to see if it contained anything which ought not to be published. I marked a very few passages & stated them to the President. the above is his answer.

On January 31, 1793, Carey wrote to Jefferson:

Before I proceed in the business of copying the records, which your kindness has enabled me to resume, I request your permission to suggest a few hints . . .

The hints were firstly a request for permission to take the letters home, and secondly for a certificate, at the head of my publication, setting forth that J:C has, under the proper authority, obtained access, &c. and has made oath, that he has faithfully copied, & without wilfully altering or perverting the sense &c.''

On February 20 Carey again wrote to Jefferson:

Whenever you are pleased to favor me with my transcripts of the state-papers, I wish to proceed to the copying of many of the enclosures, which I omitted at first to insert in their proper places. I cannot indeed help regretting, that so many of the originals are missing, &, I fear, irrecoverably lost, unless the President has preserved copies of them. The want of them will oblige me to omit the resolutions of Congress, to which they gave birth—it being my intention to add the resolutions, at the bottom of the page, by way of note to each letter, on which they were founded.

On April 23 Carey wrote:

I have the honor of presenting, for your inspection, the remainder of what I have been able to copy of general Washington's correspondence. The whole of those 808 pages, & the best part of what has been copied by two of the gentlemen in your office, has been carefully compared with the originals. One of the original letters, of a particular nature, I take the liberty of enclosing. The index, that accompanies the papers, will shew where to find my copy, if you wish to cut it out: and if this be the case, I presume I will not do amiss, in striking out every passage (for several occur in other letters) pointing out even the existence of such pieces. I am extremely sorry, that it is not in my power to complete the correspondence of the commander in chief, as I expect to embark on Sunday next. However, if I might, without impropriety, request your interference, I am confident that a single word from you, would considerably expedite the business, and induce the two gentlemen in your office to hasten the part they have in hands—which was undertaken on a presumption that I was to sail by the first of April,—is already paid for in advance—& not yet finished . . .

Before I conclude, Sir, I would beg leave to remind you of the utility of a certificate, under the seal of your office, purporting in general terms, that I have, under the proper authority, had access to the original papers . . . and that my copies have been compared with, & corrected by the originals . . .

On April 27, in view of Carey's intended departure for England, Jefferson wrote to Thomas Pinckney [Minister Plenipotentiary in London]:

Mr. John Carey having had permission to copy & publish such parts as might be interesting to the public, of the correspondence of the Commander in chief, the officers commanding in separate departments &c and proposing to print them in Europe, it has been thought safer to put the M.S.S. books under cover to you. there go with this letter about 12. or 13. packets of them. I have to ask the favor of you to recieve and keep them till he shall apply for them in person, and then to deliver them to him, should any accident happen to him be pleased to retain them till further orders as it is not meant to trust the publication to persons unknown.

Carey did not sail for some months. On May 1 he wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

I have the honor of presenting to you the remainder of my manuscripts; & beg leave to observe, that there are a few of the concluding books of each of the two parcels, which you have not yet inspected . . .

On July 13, Carey wrote from Philadelphia:

having amended my proposals in conformity to the ideas you were pleased to suggest, permit me (with sincerest thanks for the favors conferred on me in the commencement of my undertaking) to enclose you a few copies, on the eve of your departure in hopes they may come into the hands of some of your friends in Virginia.

Carey eventually went to London where the book was published, and a copy sent to Jefferson on April 6, 1795 (see above).

On September 1 of the following year, 1796, Carey wrote from London to Jefferson:

It may appear presumptuous in me to address you, since I have not been honored with any reply to a letter which I took the liberty of writing to you about April, 1795. However . . . I venture to trouble you with a few lines on a subject, which, in my feeble judgment at least, appears entitled to some consideration. Not long since, I happened, in a coffee-house, to fall into conversation with a sensible, well-informed gentleman,—an American, I believe,—but, at least, well acquainted with American affairs, & with the characters of those who conduct them. Speaking of Genl. Washington, this gentleman mentioned his ''Official Letters'', and, without knowing my connexion with them, strongly condemned the editor for having ''suppressed a number of the most interesting passages, and presented the public with little better than the chaff.'' These, as nearly as I can recollect, were his words: and this he delivered, not as his own private opinion only, but as that of the most competent judges in America,—mentioning, at the same time, some very respectable names, as coinciding with him in sentiment. I felt too deeply interested in the affair, to suffer it to pass over thus in general terms; and accordingly I endeavoured to bring him to particulars;—when, to my very great surprise, he accurately repeated the substance of some very material passages which I had omitted, and pointed out, in one instance, the omission of an entire letter . . .

P.S. I hope, Sir, you have safely received a set of the ''Official Letters'', which I desired Mr. Rice (bookseller, Philadelphia) to send to you immediately on receipt of the books. As I have not heard from him since their arrival in Philadelphia, I am of course, uncertain whether the intended set ever reached your hands.

Jefferson replied from Monticello, on November 10:

. . . with respect to the passages omitted in the official letters I am totally uninformed of their nature: for tho' I recieved from m[???] Rice the copy you were so kind as to send me, & for which I return you my thanks, yet, having gone over the letters in their MS. state, I have not read them as published; and indeed had I read them, it is not probable my memory would have enabled me to judge of the omissions. I am therefore prepared to give but one opinion, which is that the whole of the M.S.S. examined & passed by myself, and the doubtful passages referred to the President & passed by him, were proper for publication. for tho' there were passages which might on publication create uneasiness in the minds of some, & were therefore referred by me to the President, yet I concurred fully in the opinion he pronounced that as these things were true they ought to be known. to render history what it ought to be the whole truth should be known. I am no friend to mystery & state secrets. they serve generally only to conceal the errors & rogueries of those who govern . . .

On May 21, 1798, Carey wrote from London to Rice, the bookseller of Philadelphia, explaining that he had not heard from him for three years or received any money from him, and suggesting that he send to Mr. Jefferson, who would see that it was forwarded, any sums belonging to him that he should have in his hands, including £115. 16s. for 237 copies of Washington's letters. His letter closes:

It has been further suggested to me that Mr. Jefferson, in his zeal to promote ye cause of literature, may perhaps think of some person who can assist in disposing of any copies that remain: at least I know that something of ye kind is hinted to him at ye same time with ye request respectg ye money. If, therefore, he shd point out any such person, and empower him to take them off yr hands, I beg you will at once rid yourself of ye incumbrance, by deliverg to him all that remain of ye General's letters . . .

John Carey, 1756-1826, brother of Mathew, was born in Ireland, spent a few years in the United States, and lived a great part of his life in London, where he was a teacher of the classics, French and shorthand. An edition of this book was printed in Boston in 1795, the same year as the London edition, and is erroneously described by the bibliographers as the first edition, the London edition being placed second. The American edition appears not to have been copyrighted.

In a letter to James Monroe, addressed from London on August 7, 1805, Carey gave many details as to the publication of the book, and explained that the London edition was the first and that the American booksellers ''printed two or three cheap rival editions; so that mine hardly in the end defrayed its own expenses, without yielding me any compensation for my time, labor, and risk.''" "04930","J. 49","","","","Mc. kenzie's strictures on Tarleton's history.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 54, as above, with the reading Mac Kenzie's.","Mackenzie, Roderick.","Strictures on Lt. Col. Tarleton's History ''of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America'' . . . In a series of Letters to a friend, by Roderick Mackenzie, late Lieutenant in the 71st Regiment. To which is added, A Detail of the Siege of Ninety Six, and the Re-capture of the Island of New-Providence. London: Printed for the author; and sold by R. Jameson, R. Faulder, T. and J. Egerton, and T. Sewell. M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","E236.T19","

First Edition. 8vo. 99 leaves; the Re-Capture of New-Providence begins on M4; errata on aa verso.

Sabin 43431.

Original calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On page 140 is a long foot-note, with anecdotes illustrative of the disaffection of the inhabitants of South Carolina, beside which is written in pencil (not by Jefferson): See Ramsay for the truth. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed, without price, on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Roderick Mackenzie, fl. 1787-1794, soldier and historian. This work is dedicated to Francis Lord Rawdon [i. e. Francis Rawdon-Hastings, first Marquis of Hastings, one of the English officers in the war] from King-street, St. James's-square [London], November, 1787. Tarleton's book is criticized with severity, and Lord Cornwallis defended from his charges. The author of the account of the Siege of Ninety Six was Lieutenant Hatton." "04940","J. 50","","","","Moultrie's memoirs of the Amer. revolñ.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 58, as above.","Moultrie, William.","Memoirs of the American Revolution, so far as it related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Compiled from the most authentic materials, the author's personal knowledge of the various events, and including an epistolary correspondence on public affairs, with civil and military officers, at that period. By William Moultrie, late Governor of the State of South Carolina, and Major General in the Army of the United States during the American War. Vol. I [II]. New-York: printed by David Longworth, for the Author, 1802.","E230.S7.M9","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 252 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by C. Tanner; vol. II, 224 leaves; on the last leaf the printer's announcement that he will execute all orders for printing, &c. with which he may be honored from the southern states.

Sabin 51142. De Renne I, page 309. Georgia State Library, Books and Pamphlets relating to Georgia, page 84. Weeks, A Bibliography of the Historical Literature of North Carolina, p. 38. University of South Carolina, Caroliniana, page 124.

Presentation copy from the author, in a presentation binding. Tree calf, with the original morocco labels on the back of vol. I (those on vol. II renewed), the front cover of vol. I with an inlaid calf label lettered in gilt: Thomas Jefferson / President of the U. S. / from the Author. Title and portrait frontispiece in vol. I backed, a small corner torn away from a leaf in vol. II. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; a few minor corrections occur in pencil and in ink, and some passages marked with red crayon; vol. I, page 198, a stain on the paper has been converted with ink into the head of an Indian. The first volume has the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volumes were evidently presented after November 1, 1802, on which date the author wrote that he was sending his grandson to call on Jefferson:

and to present to you my most respectful compliments: I have long wished for the opportunity of paying my respects to you in person; and I hope at the close of this month to have that honor . . .

William Moultrie, 1730-1805, Revolutionary general and Governor of South Carolina, was a friend of Jefferson. His Memoirs are important source material for the history of the Revolution in South Carolina." "04950","J. 51","","","","Memoirs of General Lee.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 56, Memoirs of General Charles Lee, 8vo.","[Langworthy, Edward.]","Memoirs of the Life of the late Charles Lee, Esq. Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty Fourth Regiment, Colonel in the Portuguese Service, Major-General, and aid du camp to the King of Poland, and Second in Command in the Service of the United States of America during the Revolution: to which are added his Political and Military Essays; also, Letters to, and from many distinguished Characters, both in Europe and America. Dublin: Printed for Messrs P. Byrne, J. Moore [and others], 1792.","E207.L47L4","

8vo. 225 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 38903.

Rebound in half red morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. Some passages marked in pencil and one or two small corrections made in ink.

Charles Lee, 1731-1782, an Englishman by birth, was originally in the English army. He became a soldier of fortune and served as a general during the Revolutionary War. In 1785 Edward Langworthy, 1738-1802, a member of the Continental Congress for Georgia, came into possession of his papers, and published these memoirs, with many errors in the dates and the names of the correspondents. The first edition was printed in London 1792, the preface dated Feb. 1792." "04960","J. 52","","","","Washington's life by Marshall.","","5 vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 61, Washington's life by Marshall, 5 v. 8vo.","Marshall, John.","The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, during the war which established the Independence of his Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers bequeathed to him by his deceased relative, and now in possession of the author. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, containing a compendious view of the Colonies planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from their settlement to the commencement of that war which terminated in their Independence. By John Marshall. Vol. I [-V]. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by C. P. Wayne, 1804, 5, 7.","E312.M33 Copy 2","

First Edition. 5 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 279 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Washington by D. Edwin (backed); vol. II, 320 leaves; vol. III, 308 leaves; vol. IV, 326 leaves; vol. V, 412 leaves; lower case alphabets at the end of each volume are for the Notes, with separate pagination. The volume of plates and subscribers' names is absent.

Sabin 44788. Baker, no. 49.

Vol. I-IV in contemporary calf, rebacked and with new end papers, vol. V rebound in half morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T throughout (vol. I at sig. I only).

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers; the printed Proposals for publishing the work by subscription were sent to him by Wayne on September 17, 1802, and have Jefferson's manuscript annotation: subscribed 1. copy.

The volumes were issued in boards at $3.00 each, and are listed on the bills of John March, Jefferson's agent, as follows: volume I, October 27, and volume II, November 13, 1804; volume III, May 16, 1805; volume IV, April 26, 1806; volume V, March 30, 1807. The five volumes were then bound by March in calf, gilt, at $1.00 each, the bill for $5.00 being charged on June 30, 1807.

An Atlas of plates, with the subscribers' names, is not on any of Jefferson's lists, and was not sold to Congress.

Corrections and marginal annotations in ink by Jefferson occur, of which the more important are as follows:

Vol. II. 1770, page 149; beside a passage dealing with the Massachusetts plan for Colonial committees Jefferson has written this is a mistake with an explanatory marginal note of 8 lines, cut into by the binder.

Vol. II. 1774, page 173; beside the address of Congress to the people of Great Britain, quoted in full, Jefferson has written drawn by m[???] Jo[hn Jay] (the last portion cut away by the binder).

Vol. II. 1775, page 211; a long footnote quotes from Gordon's History of the United States, a passage from the Resolution read to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, beside which Jefferson has written drawn by T. Jefferson. The authorship of this resolution—the address of June 10, 15 Geo. III. 1775, read to the House by Mr. Cary—is not given in the archives, nor is it mentioned in the contemporary histories, with the exception of that of Soulés, of which Jefferson read the proofs. See no. 484.

Vol. V. 1783, page 28; in the discussion on the Society of the Cincinnati, by a written Th: J. in the margin, Jefferson has indicated that he was the member who asked What are the sentiments of Congress on this subject.

Numerous references to Jefferson occur throughout the text in connection with his political activities, including his part in the Declaration of Independence, of which the draft reported by the committee has been generally attributed to Mr. Jefferson, his connection with the affair of la petit Democrat, his relations with the Secretary of the Treasury, etc., and letters from and to him are quoted in full. The author gives a short biography of Jefferson following the notice of his appointment to the head of the department of foreign affairs, since denominated the department of state, and mentions that his notes on Virginia, which were read with applause, were generally considered as an able specimen of his talents for composition, and as evincing the correctness of his political opinions . . .

On May 3, 1802, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Joel Barlow in Paris:

. . . Mr. Madison & myself have cut out a piece of work for you, which is to write the history of the US. from the close of the war downwards. we are rich ourselves in materials, and can open all the public archives to you. but your residence here is essential, because a great deal of the knolege of things is not on paper but only within ourselves, for verbal communication. John Marshal is writing the life of Genl. Washington from his papers. it is intended to come out just in time to influence the next presidential election. it is written therefore principally with a view to electioneering purposes. but it will consequently be out in time to aid you with information as well as to point out the perversions of truth necessary to be rectified. think of this, & agree to it . . .

Several years later, on October 8, 1809, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Barlow, now in Washington:

. . . I intended, ere this, to have sent you the papers I had promised you. but I have taken up Marshal's 5th. volume & mean to read it carefully, to correct what is wrong in it, and commit to writing such facts and annotations as the reading that work will bring into my recollection and which have not yet been put on paper. in this I shall be much aided by my memorandums & letters, and will send you both the old & the new. but I go on very slowly. in truth during the pleasant season I am always out of doors employed, not passing more time at my writing table than will dispatch my current business. but when the weather becomes cold I shall go out but little. I hope therefore to get through this volume during the ensuing winter; but should you want the papers sooner, they shall be sent at a moment's warning . . .

Jefferson's ''Notes on the Vth. vol. of Marshal's life of Washington'' (so headed) are on three closely written pages now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On April 16, 1811, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Barlow in Georgetown:

I felicitate you sincerely on your destination to Paris, because I believe it will contribute both to your happiness and the public good. yet it is not unmixed with regret what is to become of our Post-revolutionary history? of the antidotes of truth to the misrepresentations of Marshal? this example proves the wisdom of the maxim never to put off to tomorrow what can be done to-day . . .

Criticisms of Marshall's book occur at times in Jefferson's correspondence. A letter to William Wirt, for instance, written on August 14, 1814, contains remarks on Judge Marshall's story of the resolutions of 1765.

In a signed paper dated February 4, 1818, now known as the ''Anas'', Jefferson wrote:

. . . had Genl. Washington himself written from these materials a history of the period they embrace, it would have been a conspicuous monument of the integrity of his mind, the soundness of his judgment, and it's powers of discernment between truth & falshood, principles & pretensions. but the party feelings of his biographer, to whom after his death the collection was confided, have culled from it a composition, as different from what Genl. Washington would have offered, as was the candor of the two characters, during the period of the war, the partiality of this pen is displayed in lavishments of praise on certain military characters, who had done nothing military, but who afterwards, & before he wrote, had become heroes in party, altho' not in war; and in his reserve on the merits of others, who rendered signal services indeed, but did not earn his praise by apostatising in peace from the republican principles for which they had fought in war. it shews itself too in the cold indifference with which a struggle for the most animating of human objects is narrated. no act of heroism ever kindles in the mind of this writer a single aspiration in favor of the holy cause which inspired the bosom, & nerved the arm of the patriot warrior. no gloom of events, no lowering of prospects ever excites a fear for the issue of a contest which was to change the condition of man over the civilized globe. the sufferings inflicted on endeavors to vindicate the rights of humanity are related with all the frigid insensibility with which a monk would have contemplated the victims of an Auto da fé. let no man believe that Genl. Washington ever intended that his papers should be used for the suicide of the cause, for which he had lived, and for which there never was a moment in which he would not have died. the abuse of these materials is chiefly however manifested in the history of the period immediately following the establishment of the present constitution; and nearly with that my memorandums begin. were a reader of this period to form his idea of it from this history alone, he would suppose the republican party (who were in truth endeavoring to keep the government within the line of the constitution, and prevent it's being monarchised in practice) were a mere set of grumblers, and disorganisers, satisfied with no government, without fixed principles of any, and, like a British parliamentary opposition, gaping after loaves and fishes, and ready to change principles, as well as position, at any time, with their adversaries . . .

For Jefferson's comparison of this book with Botta's history see no. 509.

Jefferson bought another copy of this book from William F. Gray of Fredericksburg, through Milligan on May 6, 1815, price $17.50. This may have been a replacement copy and delivered to Congress, or may have been for his own use.

John Marshall, 1755-1835, a Virginian, Chief Justice of the United States, was the principal founder of the American system of constitutional law. He married Mary Ambler, whose mother Rebecca Burwell had preferred Jacquelin Ambler to Thomas Jefferson. (See the note to Coke, chapter 18.)" "04970","J. 53","","","","Le Spectateur Americain. par Mandrillon.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 59, as above.","Mandrillon, Joseph.","Le Spectateur Américain, ou Remarques Générales sur l'Amérique Septentrionale et sur la République des Treize-états-Unis; Suivi de Recherches Philosophiques sur la découverte du Nouveau-Monde. Par M. Jh. Mandrillon . . . Seconde édition revue, corrigée, & augmentée de plusieurs Articles & d'une Table Alphabétique des Matieres. A Amsterdam: et se trouve à Bruxelles: chez Emmanuel Flon. M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","E164.M27","

8vo. 272 leaves; folded engraved map as frontispiece, 2 folded tables.

Sabin 44240. Quérard V, page 486. Not in Faÿ.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in calf, marbled end papers, by a French binder. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 7.5.

Joseph Mandrillon, 1743-1794, French author, was, as stated on the title-page of this book, négociant à Amsterdam, et Membre de l'Academie de Bourg-en-Bresse. He came to the United States with the intention of founding branches of an American bank, and tried, without success, to become a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. In 1794 he was guillotined in Paris as a constitutional royalist. The first edition of this book was published in 1784." "04980","J. 54","","","","Ethan Allen's vindication of Vermont against New York.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 30, as above.","Allen, Ethan.","A Vindication of the Opposition of the Inhabitants of Vermont to the Government of New-York, and of their Right to form into an Independent State. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of the impartial World. By Ethan Allen. [Dresden, Vermont] Printed by Alden Spooner, Printer to the State of Vermont, 1779.","E187.C7 Col. Pamph. 19","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 86 leaves including the Appendix; printed on blue-gray paper.

Sabin 803. Evans 16183. Church 1156. Gilman 6.

The only copy of this work now in the Jefferson Collection is in a bound volume of pamphlets, Colonial pamphlets 19, for which see chapter 24.

Ethan Allen, 1737-1789, revolutionary soldier and author, published this pamphlet in obedience to the resolve of the Governor and Council of Vermont, passed August 23, 1779. The Appendix is a reprint of Allen's Arguments in Favor of the Validity of the New Hampshire Grants, previously published with his Brief Narrative in 1774. This pamphlet is one of the earliest works printed in Vermont." "04990","55","","","","Belknap's Hist. of New Hampshire.","","8vo. 3. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 25, as above, with the reading history.","Belknap, Jeremy.","The History of New-Hampshire. Volume I [-III]. Comprehending the Events of one complete Century from the Discovery of the River Pascataqua. [Volume II. Comprehending the events of seventy five years, from MDCCXV to MDCCXC. Illustrated by a Map. Volume III. Containing a Geographical Description of the State.] By Jeremy Belknap, A.M. Member of the American Philosophical Society . . . [Vol. I.] Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Robert Aitken, 1784. [Vol. II.] Printed at Boston, for the Author, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1791. [vol. III.] Printed at Boston, for the author, by Belknap and Young, 1792.","F34.B42","

First Edition. 8vo. Vol. I, 236 leaves; the Appendix with separate pagination; vol. II, 248 leaves; folded engraved map frontispiece; vol. III, 244 leaves. The List of Subscribers on 7 pages at the end of vol. III does not include the name of Thomas Jefferson.

Sabin 4434. Evans 18344, 23166, 24088. Hildeburn 4428 [vol. I].

The first volume only entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 9-16.

Jeremy Belknap, 1744-1798, Congregational minister, was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which he was the first Corresponding Secretary." "05000","J. 56","","","","Heath's memoirs.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 55, as above.","Heath, William.","Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles, and other Military Events, during the American War. Written by himself . . . Printed at Boston: by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, Sold by them; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore; and by the Booksellers throughout the Continent, Aug. 1798.","E230.H43","

First Edition. 8vo. 186 leaves.

Sabin 31192. Evans 32865.

Tree calf, rebacked, one original wrapper bound in. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

William Heath, 1737-1814, Revolutionary soldier, was a native of Massachusetts. The Introduction to this work is dated by him from Roxbury, 1798. The book has been reprinted as recently as 1901 and 1904." "05010","J. 57","","","","Minot's history of the insurrection in Massachusets in 1786.","","8vo. Worcester 1788.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 67, as above without the imprint.","Minot, George Richards.","The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCLXXXVI, and the Rebellion consequent thereon. By George Richards Minot, A.M. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: by Isaiah Thomas. MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788.]","F69 .M65","

First Edition. 8vo. 96 leaves: woodcut ornaments and initials, colophon in an ornament on the last page.

Sabin 49324. Evans 21259. Nichols 142.

Half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Pencil marks in the book, and a note on a slip pasted down inside the front cover are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

George Richards Minot, 1758-1802, jurist and historian, was a native of Boston, Mass. He was one of the original ten members of the Massachusetts Historical Society." "05020","J. 58","","","","Smith's Hist. of New York.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 31, as above.","Smith, William.","The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery, To which is annexed A Description of the Country, an Account of the Inhabitants, their Trade, Religious and Political State, and the Constitution of the Courts of Justice in that Colony . . . By William Smith, A.M. London: Printed for J. Almon. MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","F122 .S65","

Second Edition. 8vo. 184 leaves.

Sabin 84567.

Contemporary sprinkled calf, plain end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson acquired his copy after February 20, 1784, on which day he wrote to James Madison from Annapolis, that by the time my order got to Philadelphia every copy of Smith's history of New York was sold.

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9/-.

William Smith, 1728-1793, jurist, historian and Loyalist, was a native of New York. He was Chief Justice of New York in 1779, but later went to England for political reasons. In 1785 he returned to the American continent as Chief Justice of Canada. This is the first octavo edition of his History of the Province of New York, which had originally appeared in quarto in 1757. The work is a valuable source book for the political history of the eighteenth century. A French translation was published in 1767. The first American edition was published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia, 1792." "05030","J. 59","","","","Histoire de la Virginie. [par Beverley]","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 3, as above.","[Beverley, Robert.]","Histoire de la Virginie, contenant I. L'Histoire du premier Etablissement dans la Virginie, & de son Gouvernement jusques à présent. II. Les productions naturelles . . . III. La Religion, les Loix, & les Coutumes des Indiens Naturels . . . IV. L'Etat present du Païs . . . Par un Auteur natif & habitant du Païs. Traduite de l'Anglois. Enrichie de Figures. A Amsterdam: chez Thomas Lombrail. M DCC VII. [1707.]","F229 .B602","

12mo. 228 leaves; a folded leaf between S12 and T1 marked Pag. 433; 14 engraved and numbered full-page plates by Gribelin after De Bry, the first leaf with the engraved arms of Virginia, title printed in red and black, woodcut device.

Sabin 5116 (chez Thomas Lombreuil). Virginia State Library, Bibliography of Virginia, 383. Clayton-Torrence 96. Pilling, Algonquian Languages, 43.

Old calf, marbled end papers, gilt back, r.e. (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The original edition in English (London 1705) is listed by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue, next before the entry for the French translation, and was one of the books reported by Jefferson to be missing in his letter to Milligan, March 28, 1815, immediately after the sale, and which Milligan was asked to try and get and bring with him. No copy was ever supplied to Congress.

Both the English and French editions are entered on Jefferson's undated catalogue, without price.

In his Notes on Virginia Jefferson contrasts the work of Beverley with that of Stith:

Beverley, a native also, has run into the other extreme; he has comprised our history, from the first propositions of Sr. Walter Raleigh to the year 1700, in the hundredth part of the space which Stith employs for the fourth part of the period . . .

Robert Beverley, 1673-1722. His history was originally undertaken for the purpose of correcting the work of Oldmixon (q. v., no. 470) which Beverley had seen in manuscript whilst on a visit to England in 1703. Two editions in French were published in 1707, in Amsterdam and Orléans respectively." "05040","J. 60","","","","Hewitt's Hist. of S. Carolina.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 38, as above, 2d vol 8vo.","[Hewat, Alexander.]","An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. [only] London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson. M. DCC. LXXIX. [1779.]","F272.H61","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. Vol. II, 171 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 31630. De Renne Library Catalogue I, page 217. Not in Church.

Contemporary half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; By Alexander Hewit is written in ink over the Vol. II on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson owned both volumes of this work as is proved by his entries in various manuscript catalogues. Only one was delivered to Congress in 1815, as shown in the catalogue entry above.

Alexander Hewat, c. 1745-1829, was a native of Scotland, who emigrated to South Carolina in 1763, but returned to England as a Loyalist in 1775. This work is the first history of South Carolina and the whole book treats of the period from the discovery of America to the repeal of the Stamp Act." "05050","J. 61","","","","Treaty of 1794. betw. Gr. Brit. & the U. S. with documents & Strictures. by M. Cary.","","95. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 10, The Treaty of 1794, between Great Britain and the United States, with documents and strictures by M. Carey, 12mo.","","Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, conditionally ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To which is annexed, a Copious Appendix. Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey, Aug. 12, 1795.","E314.G78","

First Edition. 12mo. 142 leaves: B-Z, Aa6, Bb4.

Evans 29752.

Half calf, edges uncut, some leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work, which concerns Jay's Treaty, quotes in full the letter written by Jefferson to Mr. Hammond, the Minister from Great Britain, dated from Philadelphia on September 5, 1794, and the letter to Mr. Genêt, the Minister from France written on July 24, 1793, and has other references to Jefferson.

Included in the reprinted articles is the Vindication of the Treaty by Curtius [i. e. Noah Webster, jun.] from the New York Minerva.

On hearing the terms of Jay's Treaty, Jefferson wrote to Edmund Randolph, the Secretary of State, asking for all the correspondence and documents pertaining to British and American relations prior to the date of the treaty (November 19, 1794). Manuscript copies of these documents and of much of the correspondence are in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress." "05060","62","","","","Wood's Hist. of the administration of John Adams.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 70, as above, with reading history.","Wood, John.","The History of the Administration of John Adams, esq; late President of the United States. By John Wood, Author of the History of Switzerland, and Swiss Revolution. New York: [Barlas and Ward] 1802.","","

Sabin 105044. Wandell, page 251.

Jefferson's copy was supplied to him by Cheetham, billed on June 10, 1802, price $2.00. It was bound by March, July 8, 1802, cost 75 cents

The book was sold to Congress in 1815 with Jefferson's library, but may not have been delivered. It is listed in the 1815 catalogue, but not checked as received, and is included in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

The history of the interruption by Aaron Burr in the publication of this work, an attack on the Federalist party, was written to Jefferson by James Cheetham in two letters, the one dated from New York, December 29, 1801, the second, signed Denniston & Cheetham, dated January 30, 1802.

Cheetham's first letter read in part:

The history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States written by John Wood, of this city, will, in all probability, be suppressed. It was printed and ready for sale when I returned from Washington. The persons engaged in its suppression are those whose plans I in some degree unfolded to you during my stay in Washington. Their motives for suppressing it are not yet completely developed: but they are sufficiently understood to convince us that they are not the most honorable. The work is Republican: and why Republicans should be solicitous to suppress it, is enigmatical . . . The publishers (in whose hands the work is, and who employed Mr. Wood to write it) have acceded to the proposition of the faction to give $1100 for its suppression. If the money be paid to-night according to promise, it will be consigned to the flames, and Mr. Wood is to write another under the influence, it is supposed, of Mr. Burr.

My friends think it would be desirable to anticipate the intended new copy, by an impartial History of the administration of Mr. Adams, and by so doing defeat the views of the suppressors of the present one. But there are several documents necessary to connect events which cannot be had but from the Departments of state . . .

Jefferson replied to this from Washington on January 17, 1802:

. . . the fact of the suppression of a work mentioned by you is curious, and pregnant with considerations. is it impossible to get a single copy of the work? a good history of the period it comprehended will doubtless be valuable. should it be undertaken as you suggest, I should suppose it indispensable in you, rather to visit this place, at your own convenience, for the information you desire as to a particular document, and for such other as the work itself will suggest to you. in the mean time I can assure you that I have only read that document with the extracts from it in Callender's history of 1796. pa. 172. to 181. and find the latter, not only substantially, but almost verbally exact . . .

a certain description of persons are so industrious in misconstruing & misrepresenting every word from my pen, that I must pray you, after reading this, to destroy it, that no accident happening to it may furnish matter for new slanders . . .

The second letter, signed Denniston & Cheetham, and dated January 30, 1802, occupied 7 large folio pages, and gave a minutely detailed account of the transaction, from the approach of the author, Wood, to the publishers to purchase the whole edition for the purpose of suppression, the divulging of Aaron Burr's name as a guarantee to Barlas and Ward, the constantly delayed arrangements for the paying of the money until the repudiation of the transaction by Burr, who wrote that ''if Mr Barlas looked to him for the money he might look'', the taking of Cheetham into their confidence by the publishers, and numerous other details including an account of the author, John Wood, and a detailed description of the book. The letter also stated:

It is impossible to obtain a Copy of the history, except for a few hours, and even this by special favour. The whole edition is in the hands of Messrs Barlas & Ward. Could we get one for a fortnight, it should be obtained and sent to you with great pleasure, but this is impracticable. Whether the History will yet be published or not, we know not. At any rate we have relinquished the idea of writing one ourselves.

John Wood, according to Cheetham in the letter referred to above, ''is by birth a Scotchman. It appears from credible information as well as from the title page of his 'history of Switzerland' which was published at Edinburgh, that he was 'Master of the Academy established at Edinburgh by the honorable the board of trustees for the improvement of arts in Scotland.' He is a good Mathematician: an ellegant drawer and a complete master of the Greek, latin and french languages . . . He has been in America about eighteen months . . . He was originally introduced to Mr. Burr as a teacher of languages and the Mathematics. He taught his daughter the Greek and Latin languages and we believe something of drawing . . .''

James Cheetham, 1772-1810, was born in England and emigrated to the United States in 1798. He became the political enemy of Aaron Burr, and on the fact that Burr had ordered the suppression of Wood's book based his contention, expressed in his A View of the political Conduct of Aaron Burr, that the latter had not dealt honorably in his efforts to obtain the Presidency in 1800. See chapter 24.

David Denniston was in partnership with Cheetham, and the publisher of the Republican Watch Tower, q. v." "05070","63","","","","Washington's life with anecdotes by Weems,","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 8, as above.","Weems, Mason Locke,","The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, equally Honourable to Himself and Exemplary to his young Countrymen . . . Seventh Edition—Greatly Improved. By M. L. Weems, Formerly Rector of Mount-Vernon Parish. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1808.","","

12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Stuart.

Sabin 102486. Skeel, no. 13.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from the Navy Yard—Doctr. Ewells, Feby. 1. 1809:

The Multitude adore the rising sun.—for me, I honor the steps of his departure . . . Self descending your Excellency sets in glory—and soon to rise in multiplied radiance on all the political stars that are to shine by your absence.

I beg your Excellency's acceptance of a copy of a new work—The Private Life of the man whom, you, of all others most rever'd, and whom with such peculiar felicity you styled ''Columbia's First & Greatest Son.''

This is the Seventh edition—10,000 copies have been sold—and some flattering things said—But if, on perusing this private Life of Washington your Excellency should be pleas'd to find that I have not, like some of his Eulogists, set him up as a Common Hero for military ambition to idolize & imitate—nor an Aristocrat, like others, to mislead & enslave the Nation, but a pure Republican whom all our youth shou'd know, that they may love & imitate his Virtues, and thereby immortalize ''the last Republic now on earth''—I shall heartily thank you for a line or two in favor of it—as a school book . . .

Mason Locke Weems, 1759-1825, clergyman, bookagent (for Mathew Carey) and author, was born in Maryland. The first edition of his life of George Washington was published anonymously, probably in 1800. The copy presented to Jefferson was the third of the three editions published in 1808." "05080","J. 64","","","","Mrs. Warren's history of the American revolution.","","3 vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 43, as above.","Warren, Mercy Otis.","History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution. Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes. By Mrs. Mercy Warren, of Plymouth, (Mass.) . . . Vol. I [-III]. Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, for E. Larkin, 1805.","E208.W29","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 230 leaves; vol. II, 210 leaves; vol. III, 242 leaves.

Sabin 101484.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, marbled end papers, by John March, cost $3.00. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume, and with several small corrections by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers to this work. The author sent him a copy of the Prospectus with a letter, written from Plymouth, Mass., on January 5, 1805:

I take the liberty to direct to the President of the United States, the Prospectus of a work, of which the author indulges the flattering anticipation that it will accord with his opinions . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on February 8:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr[???] Warren & returns her the paper she had been pleased to inclose to him with his own subscription & that of the heads of departments except General Dearborne who had signed another paper. he learns with great satisfaction that mr[???] Warren's attention has been so long turned to the events which have been passing. the last thirty years will furnish a more instructive lesson to mankind than any equal period known in history. he has no doubt the work she has prepared will be equally useful to our country & honourable to herself . . .

On April 14, 1806, Mrs. Warren sent the book:

With respect and diffidence, the author asks his acceptance, and presents the two first Volumes of the History of the American Revolution, to the President of the United States. Perhaps the perusal of them may serve as an interlude in some leisure hour, when detached from the momentous avocations which occupy your important life . . .

To which Jefferson replied from Washington on April 26:

Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to Mrs. Warren & his thanks for the copy of her History of the American revolution which he recieved yesterday. his emploiments have not yet permitted him to enter on it's reading; but he anticipates much pleasure from the perusal of a work which taking truth, both of fact & principle, for it's general guide, will furnish in addition original matter of value not before given to the public . . .

Several references to Jefferson and his part in the Revolution are made in this history, including the statement (vol. I, p. 309) that a declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United States, was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esq., a delegate from the state of Virginia, and a footnote gives information as to the posts held by this wise and patriotic statesman, from Ambassador to the court of France to President of the United States of America. Vol. III. page 316, a footnote refers to the correspondence published between Mr. Jefferson, the American secretary of state, and Mr. Hammond, the British plenipotentiary to the United States, on which a British writer observed to his countrymen—'Your diplomatists have shrunk before the reasonings of Jefferson'.

Mercy Otis Warren, 1728-1814, historian, poet and dramatist, was the wife of General James Warren. Her history is written from the democratic and antiaristocratical point of view, and her sources of information include letters from Thomas Jefferson and other politicians. The original manuscript of this history is now in the Library of Congress." "05090","J. 65","","","","Storia della guerra dell' Independenza degli S. U. d'America dal Botta.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 47, as above.","Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo.","Storia della guerra dell' Independenza degli Stati Uniti d'America. Scritta da Carlo Botta. Tomo Primo [-Quarto]. Parigi: Per D. Colas, Anno 1809.","E208.B72","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 190 leaves; vol. II, 274 leaves; vol. III, 279 leaves; vol. IV, 214 leaves. In vol. I, pages vii-x in the first sheet contain the list of books used by the author, 22 Libri Inglesi and 14 Libri Francesi, most of which are in the Jefferson collection.

Sabin 6817. Quérard I, page 435.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Signed by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume. Vol. III has the 1815 bookplate, the other volumes that of 1864.

Presentation copy from the author. Sent from Paris through David Baillie Warden who, on January 19, 1810, wrote to Jefferson:

I have the honor of sending you, by Captain Fenwick, a copy of Mr. Bottas work—Storia della guerra Americana. It is well written, and contains information not found in any other narrative on the same subject. The Author is a member of the French Legislative body: his principles are just and liberal, and he is a most amiable man . . .

On August 18, 1810, Captain Fenwick reported sending the books, which were acknowledged by Jefferson on September 18.

On July 15, before his receipt of the books, Jefferson wrote to Botta:

I am honoured with your letter of the 12th. of January, and altho' the work you therein mention is not yet come to hand, I avail myself of an occasion, now rendered rare & precarious between our two countries, of anticipating the obligation I shall owe for the pleasure I shall have in perusing it, and of travelling over with you the important scenes quorum pars minima fici . . .

On August 10, 1815, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . On the subject of the history of the American revolution, you ask who shall write it? who can write it? and who ever will be able to write it? nobody; except merely it's external facts. all it's councils, designs, and discussions having been conducted by Congress with closed doors, and no member, as far as I know, having even made notes of them. these, which are the life and soul of history must for ever be unknown. Botta, as you observe, has put his own speculations and reasonings into the mouths of persons whom he names, but who, you & I know, never made such speeches. in this he has followed the example of the antients, who made their great men deliver long speeches, all of them in the same style, and in that of the author himself. the work is nevertheless a good one, more judicious, more chaste, more classical, and more true than the party diatribe of Marshall. it's greatest fault is in having taken too much from him. I possessed the work, and often recurred to considerable portions of it, altho' I never read it through. but a very judicious and well informed neighbor of mine went thro' it with great attention, and spoke very highly of it . . .

Two years later, on May 5, 1817, Jefferson wrote to Adams:

. . . I am now reading Botta's history of our own revolution. bating the antient practice, which he has adopted, of putting speeches into mouths which never made them, and fancying motives of action which we never felt, he has given that history with more detail, precision and candor than any writer I have yet met with. it is to be sure compiled from those writers; but it is a good secretion of their matter, the pure from the impure, and presented in a just sense of right in opposition to usurpation . . .

In 1818 Louis Girardin was considering translating Botta's work into English and had correspondence with Jefferson on this subject.

On December 26, Jefferson wrote to Girardin:

. . . Botta gives a list of the authorities he consulted: but in fact has chiefly followed Marshal & often merely translated him in his American facts but even there transfused into his narration his own holy enthusiasm for liberty of which his icy original had not one spark. his 2d great excellence over Marshal is in the foreign events of his history, in which he shines, while Marshal notes them either briefly or not at all . . .

On March 16, 1819, Jefferson again wrote to Girardin:

I recieved last night your favor of the 11th. and now forward you the Volume of Botta in which are the speeches supposed to have been made in Congress on the question of independance, but which never were made there. the selection of these as specimens of the work for the public, is a most unlucky one, giving fiction as a specimen of fact. it is exactly the part of the work which has given some discredit to it. Botta was seduced into this error by the example of the Greek and Roman historians, who composed speeches which they supposed adapted to the circumstances and put them into the mouths of persons named by themselves. Botta has chosen Lee and Dickerson for the fathers of his speeches, who, could they rise from the dead, would not recognise themselves in these speeches. Hume's method is the correct one. he says on such occasions that it was argued so [and so,] on one side, and so and so on the other, summing up the propriate reasonings on each side without ascribing them to particular persons by name. the great value of the rest of Botta's work, fully compensates this small error of judgment . . .

References to Jefferson occur in the text of the work, in connection with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta, 1766-1837, Italian historian, eventually became a French citizen." "05100","66","","","","account of the internment from the Prison ships by the Wallabout comm[???]e.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 9, Historical account of the Wallabout, 12mo.","","An Account of the Internment of the Remains of 11,500 American Seamen, Soldiers and Citizens, who fell victims to the Cruelties of the British, on board their prison ships at the Wallabout, during the American Revolution. With a particular Description of the Grand & Solemn Funeral Procession, which took place on the 26 May, 1808. And an Oration, delivered at the Tomb of the Patriots, By Benjamin De Witt, M.D., a member of the Tammany Society or Columbian Order. Compiled by the Wallabout Committee. New-York: Printed by Frank, White, & Co., 1808.","E281.T14","

12mo. 48 leaves.

Sabin 94298.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the Wallabout Committee, sent on August 2, 1808, through Samuel Cowdrey, one of the members, who wrote:

I am directed by the Wall-about Committee, to transmit for your Excellency a Copy of the publication issued by them, on the subject of their Appointment. This duty I perform with high personal gratification . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 9:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Cowdrey and his thanks to himself & the Committee of the Wallabout for the copy of their publication which has come safely to hand. if the records it contains can inculcate in nations a due regard to humanity even towards their enemies, and the advantages as well as the duty of lessening the evils of war, a great good will be effected.

The book was published by the Tammany Society, which was responsible for the burying in a vault near the Navy Yard of the martyrs from the Jersey, the largest of the prison ships at the Wallabout. Benjamin De Witt, 1774-1819, scientist." "05110","J. 67","","","","Ramsay's life of Washington.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 62, as above.","Ramsay, David.","The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, throughout the War which established their Independence; and First President of the United States. By David Ramsay, M.D. Author of the History of the American Revolution. New York: Printed by Hopkins & Seymour, and sold, wholesale and retail, by Geo. F. Hopkins [and others], sold likewise, wholesale only, by the Proprietor, E. S. Thomas, Baltimore, 1807.","E312.R13","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 192 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Leney. The text is followed by an Appendix; printers' imprint at the end. Sabin 67695. Baker, Bibliotheca Washingtoniana, 65.

Bound for Jefferson by Milligan in 1808, rebound in calf by the Library of Congress in 1908. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The pencil and ink markings and the few manuscript notes are not by him.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book, in boards, for $2.50 from John March, entered on his bill for June 30, 1807. The binding, which cost $1.00, was on Milligan's bill, April 30, 1808.

For other works by Ramsay see no. 488-490. This work is dedicated to the Youth of the United States. A mention of Jefferson occurs in the text at page 250 in the list of members chosen by Washington for his cabinet: At the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, he placed Mr. Jefferson." "05120","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","Jenings against Laurens.","i.","","","Jenings, Edmund.","The Candor of Henry Laurens, Esq; Manifested by his Behaviour to Mr. Edmund Jenings. [London, issued for private circulation, July 1783.]","","

4to. 18 leaves.

Sabin 35984.

Presentation copy, inscribed on the title (a few letters cut away by the binder): The Honble Mr Jefferson Delegate for Virg[inia] in Congress.

The quarrel between Edmund Jenings and Henry Laurens occurred in London in the spring of 1783 after the latter had been requested by John Adams to get Jenings appointed secretary to the peace conference. Laurens eventually became convinced that Jenings was the author of anonymous letters seeking to cause dissension among the commissioners, and withdrew his friendship. During the absence of Laurens in Paris, Jenings issued this pamphlet which, on his return, was answered by Laurens from Bath. (See the next entry.) Jenings answered with one more pamphlet (no. iii below). Both parties sent copies of their pamphlets to America." "05130","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings.","ii.","","","Laurens, Henry.","Mr. Laurens's True State of the Case. By which his Candor to Mr. Edmund Jenings is manifested, and the Tricks of Mr. Jenings are detected. [London: Privately printed] 1783.","","

4to. 40 leaves; printed slips pasted down on the margins of pp. [69] [70]; dated at the end: Bath, Sept. 3d., 1783.

Sabin 39258.

Presentation copy, with Mr. Jefferson written on the title.

Henry Laurens, 1724-1792, Revolutionary statesman.

In 1781 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, when on a diplomatic mission from the United States, but was later cleared in exchange for Cornwallis. He was the father-in-law of David Ramsay and of Charles Pinckney, and was one of the first Americans to be cremated." "05140","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens.","iii.","","","Jenings, Edmund.","A Full Manifestation of what Mr. Henry Laurens falsely denominates Candor in Himself, and Tricks in Mr. Edmund Jenings. London: Printed in the year, 1783.","","

4to. 42 leaves.

Sabin 35985.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; small holes in the last leaf, damaging the text." "05150","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","Letters between Jay & Littlepage.","iv.","","","Jay, John.","Letters, being the whole of the Correspondence between the Hon. John Jay, Esquire, and Mr. Lewis Littlepage. A young man whom Mr. Jay, when in Spain patronized and took into his Family. New-York: Printed and sold by Francis Childs, 1786.","","

First Edition. 4to. 39 leaves.

Sabin 35833. Evans 19735.

A name on the title-page, and a text correction in ink.

This title has a separate entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, in addition to its inclusion in the list of tracts. This seems to have been the only copy sold to Congress.

John Jay, 1745-1829, statesman and diplomat, published these letters in self-defence, after the attacks on him by Lewis Littlepage, 1762-1802, soldier of fortune and at one time a protégé of Jay." "05160","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","P. Jones's charges against Landais.","v.","","","[Jones, John Paul.]","Charges and Proofs respecting the Conduct of Peter Landais. New-York: Printed by Francis Childs. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 9 leaves printed in double columns. Sabin 38829. Evans 20436.

Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page: The Honorable Thomas Jefferson Esqr.

Peter [Pierre] Landais, 1731-1820, French, later United States naval officer, was dismissed from the service in 1781 after the charges of insubordination brought against him when in command of the Alliance, by John Paul Jones." "05170","J. 68","Tracts of American history. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenings v. Laurens. Laurens's True state against Jenings. Jenings' Full manifestation against Laurens. Letters between Jay & Littlepage. P. Jones' charges against Landais. Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq d'Azyr . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 78, Tracts of American history, viz. Jennings and Lawrence, Jay and Littlepage, Jones and Landais, Vergennes, 4to.[TBE]AC901.M5 Vol. 26[/TBE]","

Six tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to., calf, marbled end papers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson has listed the contents of the volume on the fly-leaf, as in the manuscript catalogue quoted above, except for small variations in the first two entries:

Jenings against Laurens

Laurens's True state of the case against Jenings

The entry for this collection of pamphlets is the same on the undated as on the dated manuscript catalogue, specifying 1. vol. 4to. without price.","Eloge de M. de Vergennes par Vicq-d'Azyr.","vi.","","","Vicq-d'Azyr, Felix.","Eloge de M. le comte de Vergennes, lu le 12 Février 1788, dans la Séance publique de la Société Royale de Médecine; Par M. Vicq-D'Azyr, Secrétaire Perpétuel de la Société, &c. A Paris: chez Clousier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1788.","","

First Edition. 4to. 34 leaves.

Quérard X, page 141.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé on September 16, 1788, price 2. 8. br.

Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, 1717-1787, French statesman, supported the American states in the War of Independence, and was in constant correspondence over a period of years with Thomas Jefferson.

Felix Vicq-d'Azyr, 1748-1794, French doctor of medicine. In a letter to Charles Willson Peale, March 13, 1808, Jefferson described him as ''(if living) very great as a medical writer." "05180","J. 69","","","","Phelp's Memoirs.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 4, as above.","Haswell, Anthony.","Memoirs and Adventures of Captain Matthew Phelps; formerly of Harwington in Connecticut, now resident in Newhaven in Vermont. Particularly in two Voyages, from Connecticut to the River Mississippi, from December 1773 to October 1780 . . . Compiled from the original Journal and Minutes kept by Mr. Phelps, during his Voyages and Adventures . . . By Anthony Haswell. Bennington, in Vermont: From the press of Anthony Haswell, 1802.","F341.P54","

First Edition. 12mo. 138 leaves; list of subscribers on 6 leaves at the end.

Sabin 30829. Gilman, The Bibliography of Vermont, page 203. Spargo, no. 126.

Rebound in red morocco, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

This is probably the compilation referred to by Haswell in a letter to Jefferson written from Bennington on September 16, 1802:

. . . Enclosed herewith I send a compilation, made from an obscure manuscript of only three sheets; my boldness in doing which you will excuse . . .

Jefferson answered the principal matter contained in the letter on October 13, without reference to the ''compilation.''

Matthew Phelps, d. 1817 at New Haven, Vermont.

Anthony Haswell, 1756-1816, born in England but emigrated at the age of thirteen and become a printer in Bennington, Vermont." "05190","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","Eloge de Franklin.","i.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Caritat, Marquis de.]","éloge de M. Franklin, lu à la séance publique de l'Académie des Sciences, le 13 Nov. 1790 . . . A Paris: chez Pyre, Petit, 1791.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 22 leaves.

Barbier II, 73. Sabin 15190. Ford 841.

Not initialled by Jefferson. An original manuscript draft of this éloge is in the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress." "05200","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","Smith's eulogium on do.","ii.","","","Smith, William.","Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin . . . Delivered March 1, 1791, in the German Lutheran Church of the City of Philadelphia, before the American Philosophical Society, and Agreeably to their Appointment, by William Smith, D.D. one of the Vice-Presidents of the said Society, and Provost of the College, and Academy of Philadelphia . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1792.","","

8vo. 26 leaves; the title contains a full list of the appointments held by Franklin.

Sabin 84602. Evans 24799. Ford 963.

Not initialled by Jefferson.

On the verso of the second leaf is an address headed To the Public, acknowledging the assistance derived by the author in the composition of his Eulogium to David Rittenhouse; to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. L.L.D. one of the Vice Presidents of the Society, and secretary of the United States, for his letter, concerning Dr. Franklin's Ministry at the Court of France, pages 32 to 34; to Jonathan Williams Esq; and to Benjamin Rush.

Pages 32-35 contain the account of Franklin supplied by his illustrious successor, Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson wrote this account, the original now with the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, and which is somewhat edited by the author, from Philadelphia on February 19, 1791. It contains the now famous anecdote of his ''succession''. Jefferson's original version read:

The succession to Dr. Franklin, at the court of France, was an excellent school of humility. on being presented to any one as the Minister of America, the commonplace question used on such cases was 'c'est vous, Monsieur, qui remplace le Docteur Franklin?' 'it is you, sir, who replace Doctr. Franklin?' I generally answered ----- 'no one can replace him, Sir: I am only his successor.'

For a note on William Smith, see no. 474." "05210","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin.","iii.","","","Lowell, John.","An Eulogy, on the Honourable James Bowdoin, Esq. L.L.D. late President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Who died at Boston, November 6, A.D. 1790. Delivered before the Society, January 26, 1791, by John Lowell, one of the Counsellors of the Academy. Printed at Boston: by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1791.","","

First Edition. 4to. 12 leaves.

Sabin 42442. Evans 23513.

Not initialled by Jefferson.

The leaves of this quarto pamphlet have been folded in half and the lower margins cut away, in some cases with injury to the text.

Sent to Jefferson from Cambridge on July 4, 1791, by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The printed covering letter signed by the Corresponding Secretary, Eliphalet Pearson, read:

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has directed me to present each corresponding society, and each of its own members, not resident in this State, a copy of Judge Lowell's Eulogy on its late worthy President, which I have now the honor to transmit.

Jefferson acknowledged its receipt from Philadelphia on December 22, in a letter to Eliphalet Pearson:

I am to acknolege the reciept of your favor of July 4th. covering a copy of Judge Lowell's eulogy on the late worthy President of the Academy of arts & sciences. I sincerely wish that my situation in life permitted me to contribute my mite to the labours of the society for the advancement of science, and to justify the honor they did me in placing my name on their roll. but however wedded by affection to the objects of their pursuit, I am obliged to unremitting attentions to others less acceptable to my mind, & much less attaching. I read with pleasure whatever comes from the society, and am happy in the occasion given me of assuring them of my respects & attachment . . .

James Bowdoin, 1752-1811, merchant and diplomat, was a native of Boston. He was Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States in Spain from 1805 to 1808.

John Lowell, 1743-1803, legislator and jurist, a member of the Continental Congress, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts." "05220","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","History of Macpherson.","iv.","","","Macpherson, John.","The History of the Life, very strange Adventures, and Works of Captain John Macpherson; which will, in many Parts, appear like an Eastern Tale. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, M DCC LXXXIX. [1789]","","

12mo. 24 leaves only; this copy collates A-D6 but is imperfect at the end.

Sabin 43635. Evans 21930.

The dedication to his Excellency Cyrus Griffin, Esquire, President of the Congress of the United States of North America, is signed John Macpherson." "05230","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","Rush's eulogium on Cullen.","v.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","An Eulogium in Honor of the late Dr. William Cullen, Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh; Delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, on the 9th of July, agreeably to their Vote of the 4th of May, 1790. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, in the College of Philadelphia. Published by order of the College of Physicians. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, M, DCC, XC. [1790]","","

8vo. 16 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last leaf.

Sabin 74218. Evans 22862. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 271. Goodman 385.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the title (a few letters of the inscription removed by the binder): Tho. Jefferson Esq.—from the Author.

The pamphlet was sent by Dr. Rush on August 15, 1790; the postscript of a letter written by him to Jefferson on that day reads:

P.S: I beg your acceptance of a copy of a small tribute to one of my old friends and what is much more, one of the friends of mankind.

For other works by Dr. Rush and Dr. Cullen, and biographical notes, see chapter 10." "05240","J. 70","Tracts in biography, viz. Eloge de Franklin—Smith's eulogium on do.—Lowell's eulogium on Bowdoin—History of Macpherson—Rush's eulogium on Cullen. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 65, Tracts in biography, viz. Franklin, Bowdoin, Mc. Pherson, Cullen, 8vo.","1. Five tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901.M5 Vol. 23","","2.","","","Jenks, William.","An Eulogy, illustrative of the Life, and commemorative of the Beneficence of the late Hon. James Bowdoin, Esquire, with notices of his family; pronounced in Brunswick, (Maine) at the request of the Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College, on the Annual Commencement, Sept. 2d, 1812. By William Jenks, A.M. Pastor of a Church in Bath, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees . . . Boston: Printed by John Eliot, Jun. 1812.","F69.B78","

First Edition. 4to. 20 leaves. The text ends on page 28 and is followed by the notes.

Sabin 36031.

Contemporary sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from Mrs. Bowdoin, to whom Jefferson wrote on February 4, 1813, from Monticello:

I have recieved Madam, with thankfulness, the copy you have been so good as to send me, of the Eulogy of the late honourable m[???] Bowdoin, by m[???] Jenks, and have read it with great satisfaction. I participate with the writer in all the sentiments he expresses of esteem and veneration for a character of so much excellence, and of regret for a loss so afflicting to us all . . .

On page 24 of the book is a notice of the appointment of Bowdoin by the President [Jefferson] as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of Madrid. Note J at the end (page 35) quotes in full his commission from Thomas Jefferson, dated November 22, 1804, and the later modification, dated March 17, 1806. Note K reprints the letters to and from Jefferson on Bowdoin's retirement.

The publication of Bowdoin's translation of Daubenton's Advice to Shepherds and owners of flocks on the care and management of Sheep is mentioned on page 26, and note N quotes the letters of thanks from various recipients of this volume, including the letter of Thomas Jefferson (see no. 794).

William Jenks, 1778-1866, Congregational minister, was one of the earliest members of the American Antiquarian Society. In 1805 he was ordained at the First Church in Bath, Maine, and in 1812 became Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and later professor of Oriental languages and English literature in Bowdoin College." "05250","J. 71","Pamphlets historical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 66, as above.","

The following 4 pamphlets were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., with the list of the contents written by him on the fly-leaf (now at the end of the first pamphlet) as follows:

Hutchins's Topographical description of Virginia &c.

Doctr. Franklin's argument of an Indian with a Swedish missionary &c.

Memoir of the Moheagan Indians.

Holmes's history of Cambridge.

Below Jefferson's list is a statement written in pencil signed Parke that the pamphlets were taken from Misc. Pamphlets no. 24, Feb 10/08. This leaf has the off-set of the 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are now separately bound.","Hutchins's Topographical description of Virginia &c.","i.","","","Hutchins, Thomas.","A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the Rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Missisippi, &c . . . Published by Thomas Hutchins, Captain ln the 60th Regiment of Foot. With a Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio, a Plan of the several Villages in the Illinois Country, a Table of the Distances between Fort Pitt and the Mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon Copper. And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois River, and a correct List of the different Nations and Tribes of Indians, with the Number of Fighting Men, &c. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Almon, 1778.","E163.H96","

First Edition. First issue. 8vo. 36 leaves, 2 folded engraved plans by J. Cheevers, 1 folded engraved table; with the misprint ln for in in the title, and the list of errata on the last page.

Sabin 34054. Field 744. Thomson, A Bibliography of Ohio, 625. Bound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress.

In January 1784 Jefferson made a list of errors in Hutchins's large folded map, which he headed:

Hutchins's map of Missĩpi.

errors in the engraved plate

His draft of errors in the engraved plate, written on 2 pages, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The original, with a letter, was evidently sent to Hutchins, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on February 11 a long letter dealing with the material of his pamphlet and beginning:

Your favor of the 24th of last month I was honored with the 9th instant.—I embrace the first opportunity of tendering you my thanks for your friendly communication respecting the error you discovered in my Pamphlet. How to account for so egregious a blunder in calculation, I am really at a loss, as a moments reflection on the subject would have set me right. Should any other mistake appear to you on your further perusal of that small performance, your favouring me with it, will be esteemed an additional mark of your friendship. I am collecting materials to enable me to furnish a more particular account of that valuable country to the Westward, which I purpose doing, by republishing the present Pamphlet, after correcting its errors, with the addition of every useful information that I shall be able to acquire; any hints furnished by my friends for the promotion of this work, will be thankfully received. . . .

Thomas Hutchins, 1730-1789, Geographer to the United States and engineer. The Preface is dated from London, Nov. 1, 1778. This book has been issued in facsimile by F. C. Hicks, with a biographical and bibliographical introduction." "05260","J. 71","Pamphlets historical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 66, as above.","

The following 4 pamphlets were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., with the list of the contents written by him on the fly-leaf (now at the end of the first pamphlet) as follows:

Hutchins's Topographical description of Virginia &c.

Doctr. Franklin's argument of an Indian with a Swedish missionary &c.

Memoir of the Moheagan Indians.

Holmes's history of Cambridge.

Below Jefferson's list is a statement written in pencil signed Parke that the pamphlets were taken from Misc. Pamphlets no. 24, Feb 10/08. This leaf has the off-set of the 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are now separately bound.","Doctr. Franklin's argument of an Indian with a Swedish missionary &c.","ii.","","","","The American Magazine, or a Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies: For March, 1741. (To be continued Monthly). Containing . . . Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Andrew Bradford [1741]. Price One Shilling Pennsylvania Currency, or Eight Pence Sterling.","AP2.A2 A3","

8vo. 22 leaves, printed in double columns, woodcut at the head of the text; Erata list on back of title.

Sabin 1139. Evans 4664. Hildeburn 688. Not in Ford. Not in Field.

Bound in half morocco by the Library of Congress in 1910.

This is the first magazine published in the American Colonies, and was projected and edited by John Webbe.

The Prospectus appeared in the Weekly Mercury for Nov. 6, 1740. The first number was to have been issued in March 1741, but was put back to February 13, in order to precede Franklin's General Magazine, of which the first number appeared on February 16.

The title of the third article in the American Magazine reads: The Religion of the Indian Natives of America.

This article is not attributed to Franklin by any of the bibliographers." "05270","J. 71","Pamphlets historical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 66, as above.","

The following 4 pamphlets were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., with the list of the contents written by him on the fly-leaf (now at the end of the first pamphlet) as follows:

Hutchins's Topographical description of Virginia &c.

Doctr. Franklin's argument of an Indian with a Swedish missionary &c.

Memoir of the Moheagan Indians.

Holmes's history of Cambridge.

Below Jefferson's list is a statement written in pencil signed Parke that the pamphlets were taken from Misc. Pamphlets no. 24, Feb 10/08. This leaf has the off-set of the 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are now separately bound.","Memoir of the Moheagan Indians.","iii.","","","[Holmes, Abiel.]","A Memoir of the Moheagan Indians. Written in the year M. DCCC. IV. [Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1804.]","E99.M83H74","

8vo. 14 leaves.

Sabin 49858 [without name of author, place of printing or date]. Field 710. Pilling, Algonquian Languages, 234.

Unbound, enclosed in a slip case.

This pamphlet and the following number were presentations from the author, who on October 18, 1804, wrote to Jefferson:

Knowing your taste for history, I take the liberty to offer you one or two historical tracts, composed for the Historical Society, and published for their Collections . . .

This is the first separate edition of the Memoir, which was first printed in the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, vol. 9, 1804. This separate pamphlet has no title page; it has a half title and a caption title at the head of the text; the pagination has been rearranged and runs from [1] to 27; the signatures are as in the Collections volume. References to Thomas Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, with explanatory footnotes, occur.

For a note on Abiel Holmes, see no. 444." "05280","J. 71","Pamphlets historical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 66, as above.","

The following 4 pamphlets were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., with the list of the contents written by him on the fly-leaf (now at the end of the first pamphlet) as follows:

Hutchins's Topographical description of Virginia &c.

Doctr. Franklin's argument of an Indian with a Swedish missionary &c.

Memoir of the Moheagan Indians.

Holmes's history of Cambridge.

Below Jefferson's list is a statement written in pencil signed Parke that the pamphlets were taken from Misc. Pamphlets no. 24, Feb 10/08. This leaf has the off-set of the 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are now separately bound.","Holmes's History of Cambridge.","iv.","","","Holmes, Abiel.","The History of Cambridge. By Abiel Holmes, A.M. A Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society . . . Boston: Printed by Samuel Hall, 1801.","F74.C1H7","

8vo. 36 leaves.

Sabin 32581.

Bound by the Library of Congress in blue buckram in 1921.

Presentation copy from the author, sent on October 18, 1804 (see the previous number), with his autograph inscription on the fly-leaf:

To the Hon. Thomas Jefferson Esq. President of the United States with the respects of The Author.

This is the first separate edition of this work, originally published in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. 7, 1801. It contains much interesting material including an account of the first edition of Eliot's Indian Bible." "05290","J. 72","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 71, Barton's Memoirs of Rittenhouse, 8vo.","Barton, William.","Memoirs of the Life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S. late President of the American Philosophical Society, &c. Interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men; with an Appendix . . . by William Barton, M.A. . . . Philadelphia: Published by Edward Parker, W. Brown, printer, 1813. ","QB36.P4B3","

First Edition. 8vo. 307 leaves in fours; engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin after C. W. Peale, folded engraved facsimile letter.

Sabin 3955.

Half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers to this book and wrote his letter of acceptance to Barton on October 2, 1812:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Barton & returns him the paper he was so kind as to inclose him, & to which he has subscribed with great pleasure. in this he has equally gratified his affectionate reverence for the character of Dr. Ritten-house and his friendship and best wishes toward his much esteemed connections; and he is satisfied that the life of such a man must offer a model & useful lesson to mankind in generall. he salutes m[???] Barton with friendship & respect.

On August 4, 1814, at the end of a long letter to Jefferson in which he discusses the prospects of undertaking an American biographical work, Barton wrote: Having been very lately in Philadelphia, my Bookseller informed me he had forwarded to you the six copies of my ''Memoirs.''—Will you permit me to request, that the amount of your Subscription ($18) may be remitted to me.

Jefferson sent the money on August 16, through Dufief of Philadelphia, with a request that he pay certain bills for him, owing to the difficulty of remitting small & fractional sums. The bills included: W. Barton, Lancaster (for Rittenhouse's life) D18.

The work contains many references to Jefferson, and several of his letters to Rittenhouse are quoted in full. The passage from the Notes on Virginia in answer to the Abbé Raynal, with eulogies on Washington, Franklin, and Rittenhouse, is also quoted, ending:

He [i. e. Rittenhouse] has not indeed made a world; but he has by imitation approached nearer its Maker, than any man who has lived from the creation to this day.

Jefferson sent a copy of this work to John Adams. The postscript to a long letter written on January 24, 1814, reads:

I return your letter of Nov. 15. as it requests: and supposing that the late publication of the life of our good & really great Rittenhouse may not have reached you I send a copy for your acceptance. even it's episodes and digressions may add to the amusement it will furnish you. but if the history of the world were written on the same scale, the whole world would not hold it. Rittenhouse, as an astronomer, would stand on a line with any of his time, and as a mechanician he certainly has not been equalled. in this view he was truly great. but, placed alongside of Newton, every human character must appear diminutive, & none would have shrunk more feelingly from the painful parallel than the modest and amiable Rittenhouse, whose genius and merit are not the less for this exaggerated comparison of his over zealous biographer.

This book was at one period missing from the Library, and is on the manuscript list of Books Missing from Congress Library made after 1815.

William Barton, 1739-1823, Counsellor-at-Law, was the nephew of David Rittenhouse, and the brother of Benjamin Smith Barton. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

David Rittenhouse, 1732-1796, Philadelphia instrument maker, astronomer and mathematician, was the first director of the United States Mint. He was closely associated with Jefferson on various projects, including the establishment of a decimal system of weights and measures." "05300","73","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 69, Breckenridge's incidents of the insurrection in Pennsylvania, 8vo.","Brackenridge, Hugh Henry.","Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, in the year 1794. By Hugh H. Brackenridge. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John M'Culloch, 1795.","E315.B81","

First Edition. 8vo. 178 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last two leaves; with the leaf of errata (T3).

Sabin 7189. Evans 28332. Heartman xix.

Jefferson's copy was bound in calf, gilt, by John March on April 26, 1806, cost $1.00.

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 1748-1816, was born in Scotland, but brought to America at the age of five. This work is concerned with his part in the Whiskey Rebellion. The original intention was to publish it in three volumes, and the sheets are so marked; the pagination of vol. II and III begins with (5), and the last page of vol. I has the catchword Appendix. He corresponded with Jefferson relative to the Notes on Virginia and on other matters." "05310","74","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 11, Clarke's Naval history of the United States, 2 v 12mo.","Clark, Thomas.","Naval History of the United States, from the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the present time. By Thomas Clark. Second Edition. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey. T. T. Stiles, Printer, Jan. 3, 1814.","E182 .C60","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 116 leaves; engraving of the Constitution and Guerriere by W. Charles as frontispiece; vol. II, 128 leaves, the first 3 leaves with Carey's advertisements.

Sabin 13378.

Clark's Naval History is not entered in Jefferson's dated, nor in his undated manuscript catalogue. One copy of the second edition, 2 vol. 12mo. was sold to Congress in 1815, of which one volume was subsequently lost. The manuscript list of Books missing from Congress Library includes Chapter 4. no. 11, Clark's Naval History of the United States 2nd vol. The later catalogues list a copy of Volume 1, credited to the Jefferson collection.

Jefferson owned also a copy of the first edition, published in May, 1813, in one volume, which he read, and subsequently offered suggestions to be incorporated in a later edition. This copy was a presentation from the publisher, Mathew Carey, who on June 3, wrote to Jefferson:

I have taken the liberty to transmit you by mail, & request your acceptance of, a copy of ''Sketches of the Naval History of the U. States,'' which, due allowance being made for the haste in which it was prepared, will I hope be found not uninteresting.

Jefferson acknowledged this from Monticello on June 19, in a long letter with his suggestions for improvements in a later edition, which had been requested in a printed broadside signed by Thomas Clark and dated from Philadelphia June 1, 1813 (received by Jefferson on June 9):

I thank you for the copy of m[???] Clarke's Sketches of the naval history of the US. which you have been so kind as to send me . . . I recieved also one of m[???] Clarke's circulars asking supplementary communications for a 2d. edition. but these things are so much out of the reach of my inland situation, that I am the least able of all men to contribute any thing to his desire. I will indulge myself therefore in two or three observations, of which you will make the use you may think they merit. I. Bushnel's turtle is mentioned slightly. would the description of the machine be too much for the scale of the work? it may be found very minutely given in the American Philos. transactions . . . I do not know the difference between this & m[???] Fulton's submarine boat. but an effectual machine of that kind is not beyond the laws of nature, and whatever is within these is not to be despaired of. it would be to the US. the consummation of their safety. 2. the account of the loss of the Philadelphia does not give a fair impression of the transaction . . . 3. but why omit all mention of the scandalous campaigns of Commodore Morris? . . . it is due to the honorable truths with which the book abounds to publish those which are not so. a fair & honest narration of the bad is a voucher for the truth of what is good . . .

This letter was acknowledged by Carey on July 13:

Your favour of the 19th ult. (which I recd. only the 3d. inst.) was handed to Mr Clarke, who detained it several days; which prevented its being answered in due course. For the various valuable suggestions it contains for the improvement of the Naval History, accept my sincere acknowledgments. Mr Clarke promises to pay due attention to them. Should any thing further occur on the subject, have the goodness to communicate it, which shall be regarded as an additional favour . . .

On January 26, 1814, Carey forwarded to Jefferson a copy of the second edition:

By this day's mail, I take the liberty of forwarding you a copy of the Second Edition of the Naval History, for which I request a place in your Library, as a mark of the esteem & respect of . . . Mathew Carey.

To which Jefferson replied on February 10:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Carey and his thanks for the copy of the 2d. edition of Clark's Naval history which has come safely to hand. he is happy to find that m[???] Clark is continuing the work, and ensuring to us the preservation of the facts as they occur. he has recovered more of those of the Revolutionary war than had been deemed practicable . . .

Meanwhile, a few days before Carey sent his copy, Thomas Clark himself had sent Jefferson a copy of the book. On January 19 he wrote from Philadelphia:

I have taken the liberty to forward to you a copy of the second edition of the naval history of the U. S. I return you my sincere thanks for your kind communication. It was not in my power to avail myself of your two remarks on the Tripolitan war. Mr. Carey was very desirous of having the work speedily published; & would not consent to the delay, which a recourse to official documents would have occasioned. There was nothing else in my possession sufficiently authentic, on which to rest my narrative. This however shall certainly be attended to, should a third edition be called for by the public. I have also enclosed proposals for the publication of a history of the United States, on which for several years past I have been employed. Your patronage is earnestly solicited . . .

Jefferson replied on February 10, the same day that he wrote to Carey:

Your favor of Jan. 19. is recieved, and with it a copy of the 2d. edition of your Naval history, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I subscribe willingly for a copy of your History of the US. and shall readily render you any service I can towards the procuring information . . .

Jefferson's second copy of this book was sold at auction in 1829.

In the Preface to the first edition dated from Philadelphia May 6th, 1813 (reprinted in the second), the author acknowledged the valuable assistance of John Adams. In the Preface to the second edition, dated January 3d, 1814, this acknowledgment was repeated, and others added. Jefferson's contributions were thus recognized: I regret, that through want of proper documents, and the hurry of the work, it was not in my power to avail myself of two of the observations of Mr. Jefferson, late president of the United States, on the Tripolitan war. They shall however not be neglected should the public call for another edition.

Thomas Clark, 1787-1860, author and engineer, was a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania." "05320","J. 75.","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 68, Findlay's history of the insurrection in Pennsylvania in 1794, 8vo.","Findley, William.","History of the Insurrection, in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania: in the year M.DCC.XCIV. With a recital of the circumstances specially connected therewith: and an Historical Review of the previous situation of the Country. By William Findley, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith. M.DDC.XCVI. [1796.]","E315.F49","

8vo. 164 leaves.

Sabin 24360. Evans 30419.

Bound in calf, gilt, for Jefferson by John March on April 26, 1806 (cost $1.00), rebacked, the original marbled end papers covered with yellow papers, with a cut out space left for the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, pasted on the marbled papers. Not signed by Jefferson. The signature of A. Buchanan, 1837 occurs in the book, and the pencil notes may be by him. An account of the author written in ink and signed J. V. [i. e. Vinton] is inserted at the beginning of the volume.

William Findley, 1750-1821, Congressman, was born in Ireland of Scottish parents, and came to America in 1763. This book is an attempt to vindicate his position in the Whiskey Rebellion." "05330","J. 76","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 57, Henry Lee's Memoirs of the war in the Southren department of the U.S. 2 v 8vo.","Lee, Henry.","Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. By Henry Lee, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Partisan Legion during the American War . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Inskeep and Bradford, New York; Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1812.","E230.5.S7L47","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 213 leaves; engraved portrait of Gen. N. Greene by Edwin after C. W. Peale; vol. II, 244 leaves; engraved portrait of the Marquis Cornwallis after Edwin.

Sabin 39741.

Half red morocco; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in vol. II only; some passages underlined; pencil notes are not by Jefferson.

This book was one of an order sent by Jefferson to Samuel Pleasants, Richmond, on May 21, 1813.

Several references to Jefferson as Governor of Virginia occur in the text, including a mention of his escape from General Tarleton's troops; a letter from Cornwallis to Tarleton is quoted, written from ''Jefferson's Plantation'', June 9th, 1781.

Jefferson in his notes on the affair, written at a later date, thus criticized Lee's history:

. . . And here it is but proper to notice the parody of these transactions which Genl. Lee has given as their history. he was in a distant state at the time, and seems to have made up a random account from the rumors which were afloat where he then was. it is a tissue of errors from beginning to end.

The nonsense which has been uttered on the coup de main of Tarlton on Charlottesville is really so ridiculous, that it is almost ridiculous seriously to notice it. I will briefly however notice facts and dates . . .

Jefferson then gave an account of his escape, ending:

Would it be believed, were it not known, that this flight from a troop of horse, whose whole legion too was within supporting distance, has been the subject, with party writers, of volumes of reproach on me, serious or sarcastic? that it has been sung in verse, and said in humble prose that, forgetting the noble example of the hero of La Mancha, and his wind-mills, I declined a combat, singly against a troop, in which victory would have been so glorious? forgetting, themselves, at the same time, that I was not provided with the enchanted arms of the knight, nor even with his helmet of Mambrino. these closet heroes forsooth would have disdained the shelter of a wood, even singly and unarmed, against a legion of armed enemies.

Here too I must note another instance of the want of that correctness in writing history, without which it becomes romance. Genl. Lee says that Tarleton, in another enterprise some time after, penetrated up the South side of James river to New London, in Bedford county. to that neighborhood precisely, where I had a possession, I had carried my family, and was confined there several weeks by the effects of a fall from my horse, and I can assure the readers of Genl. Lee's history that no enemy ever came within 40. miles of New London.

Henry Lee, 1756-1818, ''Light-Horse Harry'' Lee, wrote this work whilst undergoing imprisonment for debt." "05340","J. 77","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 23. no. 35, An account of Bacon's rebellion in a letter from T M to Ld. Oxford, 8vo M S.","M[athew], T[homas].","The Beginning Progress and Conclusion of Bacons Rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 & 1676. [dated] July 13, 1705.","","

Original manuscript, written on watermarked paper, 44 leaves measuring 6½ by 4 in.: 6 preliminary leaves including 3 blanks, 71 numbered pages of text and 2 leaves of Appendix; 21 lines to a full page, ruled in red throughout; pages 12, 22, partly torn away; pages 23, 24 torn but no text is missing. Unbound, enclosed in paper wrappers.

The first leaf contains the address:

To the Right Honoble. Robert Harley Esq[???] Her Majties Principal Secretary of State, and One of her Most Honoble Privy Council [signed] yor Honors Most Devoted humble Servt

The 13th July 1705. T. M.

The caption title is on the first leaf of the text.

A manuscript account of Bacon's Rebellion was sent to Jefferson on December 20, 1803, by Rufus King, who wrote from New York:

While abroad I took some pains to collect the publications that have been made respecting the discovery and settlements of America; among the Reports and Letters of the early Settlers, I have a manuscript account of Bacon's Rebellion in 1675, written by a member of your assembly for the County of Northumberland, and addressed to Sr. Robert Harley.

As this account is more particular than any other of the same transactions that I have seen, and differs from that of our historians in some important Circumstances, I have thought that you might be gratified in reading it: Should it be in your power, I shall be obliged to you to give me the name of the author, whose initials only are subscribed to the Dedication . . .

In the New-York Historical Society is Rufus King's signed (initials) draft of this letter, with several variant readings. The most important of these is the reading County of Northampton for County of Northumberland.

Jefferson made a copy of the manuscript (which copy he had bound in calf gilt by John March on March 10, 1804, cost $1.00), and returned the original to Rufus King on February 17, 1804:

I now return you the M.S. history of Bacon's rebellion with many thanks for the communication. it is really a valuable morsel in the history of Virginia. that transaction is the more marked as it was the only rebellion or insurrection which had ever taken place in the colony before the American revolution. neither it's cause nor course have been well understood, the public records containing little on the subject. It is very long since I read the several histories of Virginia. but the impression remaining in my mind was not at all that which this writer gives; and it is impossible to refuse assent to the candor & simplicity of his story. I have taken the liberty of copying it, which has been the reason of the detention of it. I had an opportunity too of communicating it to a person who was just putting into the press a history of Virginia, but still in a situation to be corrected. I think it possible that among the antient MSS. I possess at Monticello I may be able to trace the author. I shall endeavor to do it the first visit I make to that place; and if with success I will do myself the pleasure of communicating it to you. from the public records there is no hope, as they were destroyed by the British, I believe, very compleatly, during their invasion of Virginia . . .

Rufus King's manuscript, which, according to the above letter was returned to him in February, 1804, was bought by him from William Collins, a London bookseller. This manuscript was bound, and had the numbers 3947 and 5781 on the outside cover.

The copy made by Jefferson was sent to the Richmond Enquirer, and printed in that paper for the first time on September 1, 5, 8, 1804. The Richmond Enquirer states that its printed account is from

an exact copy of the original manuscript made by Mr. Jefferson then President of the United States; and was accompanied by the following introductory notice, addressed to the Editor.

Richmond Enquirer—Sept. 1, 1804 (Saturday). The politeness of a friend enables me this day to present to the public a curious addition to the history of Virginia tracts of antiquity. It gives perhaps the most important authentic and particular extant account of an important aera in the history of Virginia; the cause, course, and catastrophe of Bacon's Rebellion.

Jefferson's own account of Rufus King's manuscript reads in part as follows:

. . . On the outside of the cover of the manuscript is the No. 3947 in one place, and 5781 in another. Very possibly the one may indicate the place it held in Lord Oxford's library, and the other its number in the catalogue of the bookseller, to whose hands it came afterwards; for it was at the sale of the stock of a bookseller that Mr. King purchased it.

To bring the authenticity of this copy as near to that of the original as I could, I have most carefully copied it with my own hand. The pages and lines of the copy correspond exactly with those of the original; the orthography, abbreviations, interlineations, and incorrectnesses are preserved, so that it is a facsimile except as to the form of the letters. The orthography and abbreviations are evidences of the age of the writing . . .

The copy in the Jefferson collection is unbound. It was certainly written circa 1705, and if it is the original manuscript sent by Rufus King (and returned by Jefferson to him) it has lost its covers and all signs of provenance.

The copy made by Jefferson according to the Introduction addressed to the Editor of the Enquirer, was lately sent as a curious and interesting historical document, by the President to his venerable friend, Mr. Wythe, with permission to the bearer to communicate its contents to the Public.

This copy seems not to have come back to Jefferson with George Wythe's bequest.

Thomas Mathew, fl. 1705, according to the details of himself given in the manuscript, was a planter of Northumberland on the Potomac River, and was elected a member of the Assembly in 1676 for the County of Stafford, of which assembly Colonel Mason was his colleague, and Colonel Warner the Speaker. He was an eyewitness of the facts he describes.

With regard to the identification of T. M. with Thomas Mathew, see the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. I, 1893-4, page 201.

Nathaniel Bacon, 1642?-1676, Virginia patriot." "05350","78","Virginia gazettes from 1741-1783. 12. v. fol. & 1 vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 88. Virginia gazettes from 1741 to 1783, 12 v fol. and 1 vol. 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 231. Virginia Gazette, from 1746 to 1783, by Parks, 12 v. folio.","Five separate publications named the Virginia Gazette are included within the dates specified by Jefferson as follows:","","i.","","","","The Virginia Gazette. Containing the freshest Advices, foreign and domestick. Williamsburg: Printed by W. Parks, 1741-1750.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Parsons, page 306. Brigham, page 1158. Clayton-Torrence 132. Wroth 84. Evans 4831 (and later numbers in the subsequent years).

Loyalist. The first newspaper printed in Virginia. Begun by William Parks on August 6, 1736, and continued until his death on April 1, 1750." "05360","78","Virginia gazettes from 1741-1783. 12. v. fol. & 1 vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 88. Virginia gazettes from 1741 to 1783, 12 v fol. and 1 vol. 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 231. Virginia Gazette, from 1746 to 1783, by Parks, 12 v. folio.","Five separate publications named the Virginia Gazette are included within the dates specified by Jefferson as follows:","","ii.","","","","The Virginia Gazette, with the freshest Advices, foreign and domestic. Williamsburg: Printed by William Hunter [later by Joseph Royle, Alexander Purdie, Purdie and Dixon, John Dixon and William Hunter successively], 1751-1778.","","

Folio and Quarto. Weekly.

Parsons, page 307. Brigham, page 1159. Clayton-Torrence 200 (and later numbers). Evans 6794 (and later numbers).

Loyalist. A successor to Parks' Gazette. Established by William Hunter in January 1751." "05370","78","Virginia gazettes from 1741-1783. 12. v. fol. & 1 vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 88. Virginia gazettes from 1741 to 1783, 12 v fol. and 1 vol. 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 231. Virginia Gazette, from 1746 to 1783, by Parks, 12 v. folio.","Five separate publications named the Virginia Gazette are included within the dates specified by Jefferson as follows:","","iii.","","","","Rind's Virginia Gazette [later re-named The Virginia Gazette]. Open to all parties but influenced by none. Williamsburg: Printed by William Rind, 1766-1776.","","

Folio and Quarto. Weekly and bi-weekly.

Parsons, page 306, 309. Brigham, page 1161. Clayton-Torrence 330 (and later numbers). Evans 10481 (and later numbers).

Opposition. William Rind was invited by Jefferson to establish this paper in opposition to the existing Gazettes which he considered too much under the influence of the Government. The first number appeared on Friday May 16, 1766. Rind died in August 1773, and the paper was continued by his widow Clementina Rind until her death in the following year. John Pinkney then became the editor, later the owner of the Gazette, which he changed from a weekly to a bi-weekly publication. He died in 1777." "05380","78","Virginia gazettes from 1741-1783. 12. v. fol. & 1 vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 88. Virginia gazettes from 1741 to 1783, 12 v fol. and 1 vol. 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 231. Virginia Gazette, from 1746 to 1783, by Parks, 12 v. folio.","Five separate publications named the Virginia Gazette are included within the dates specified by Jefferson as follows:","","iv.","","","","The Virginia Gazette. Always for Liberty, and the Publick Good. Williamsburg: Alex. Purdie [later John Clarkson & Augustine Davis] 1775-1780.","","

Folio and Quarto. Weekly.

Parsons, page 312. Brigham, page 1162. Clayton-Torrence 331 (and later numbers). Evans 14603 (and later numbers).

Revolutionary. Begun by Alexander Purdie on February 3, 1775." "05390","78","Virginia gazettes from 1741-1783. 12. v. fol. & 1 vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 88. Virginia gazettes from 1741 to 1783, 12 v fol. and 1 vol. 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 231. Virginia Gazette, from 1746 to 1783, by Parks, 12 v. folio.","Five separate publications named the Virginia Gazette are included within the dates specified by Jefferson as follows:","","v.","","","","The Virginia Gazette. With the freshest Advices, foreign and domestick. Williamsburg [later Richmond]: John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson, 1779-1781.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Parsons, page 312, 300. Brigham, page 1163. Evans 17060 (and later numbers).

Revolutionary. Published in Williamsburg until April 8, 1780, when it was removed to Richmond. It resumed publication on May 9." "05400","79","","","","Brown's Federal gazette.","","1788.9.90.91.92.93.94.5.6.7","1815 Catalogue, page 26 no. 85, Philadelphia, do. 1786-1800, 35. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 208, Brown's Philadelphia Gazette, 1794 to 1800, 8 v. folio; Phila.","","Federal Gazette, and Philadelphia Evening Post. Philadelphia: Printed and published, daily, by Andrew Brown, 1789-1797.","","

Quarto, later folio. Daily.

Parsons, pages 229, 257. Brigham, page 905.

Established by Andrew Brown on October 1, 1788. On January 1, 1794, the title was changed to The Philadelphia Gazette." "05410","80","","","","Greenleaf's New York journal.","","1789. 90. fol. 1796.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 83, New York, do. [i. e papers] 1789-1807, 13. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 215, Greenleaf's New York Journal, &c., 1789-'96-'97, 1800, 3 v. folio; New York.","","The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register. New York: Printed and published by Thomas Greenleaf, 1789, 1790, 1796, 1800.","","

Folio. 3 vol. Weekly, daily, and bi-weekly.

Parsons 184, 185, 168, 169. Brigham, page 656. Evans 22022 and later numbers.

Democratic Republican. The first democratic organ in the country. Bought by Greenleaf in 1787. In 1789, the title was The New-York Journal and Weekly Register, changed on May 4, 1790, to The New-York Journal & Patriotic Register. In 1794 the name was changed to Greenleaf's New York Journal. This paper attacked Washington's administration with virulence. Publication was discontinued with the issue of March 8, 1800, and the paper was succeeded by the Republican Watch-Tower, q.v.

On April 19, 1793, Jefferson wrote to Greenleaf:

Being desirous of making a collection of the best gazettes which have been published at the seats of the present general government I take the liberty of troubling you to make up for me a collection of your's of the years 1789. and 1790. either unbound or half-bound . . .

Greenleaf replied from New York on May 5:

I have to apologize for not replying earlier to yours of the 19th ultimo—the reason of this delay was, the uncertainty whether a file for '89 & '90 of the N. Y. Journal, &c. could be completed or not. The file is now complete with the exception of 4 papers, viz. Jany 15-Augt 20-Dec. 17 of 1789—and Oct. 5 1790. They are now half binding agreeably to yr. Order, & I have directed a strip of white paper bound in the stead of the missing papers, that they may be pasted in if found hereafter. They will be sent on by the stage on Tuesday or Wednesday.

File Dols. 4-66/100

Binding 1-50/100

6-16

This was acknowledged by Jefferson on June 28." "05420","81","","","","Fenno's Gazette of the U. S. 1789-92.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 83, New York, do. [i. e. papers] 1789-1807, 13. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 214, Fenno's Gazette of the United States, 1789-'96 10 v. folio; New York. no. J. 210, ----- ----- ----- ----- 1798, folio; Phila.","","Gazette of the United States, & Daily Advertiser. New York (later Philadelphia): John Fenno, 1789-1796.","","

Folio. 10 vol. Bi-weekly and later daily.

Parsons, 168, 232. Brigham, page 912. Evans 21846, 33781 and other numbers.

Federalist. The political organ of Alexander Hamilton. This paper was established in New York on April 15, 1789. It suspended publication with the issue of October 13, 1790, and recommenced in Philadelphia with the issue of November 3, the same year.

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph dated from Philadelphia May 15, 1791, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I inclose you Bache's as well as Fenno's papers. you will have percieved that the latter is a paper of pure Toryism, disseminating the doctrines of monarchy, aristocracy, & the exclusion of the influence of the people. we have been trying to get another weekly or half weekly paper set up excluding advertisements, so that it might go through the states, & furnish a whig-vehicle of intelligence. we hoped at one time to have persuaded Freneau to set up here, but failed . . .

On July 28 in the same year to William Short, in Paris, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Paine's pamphlet has been published & read with general applause here. it was attacked by a writer under the name of Publicola, and defended by a host of republican volunteers. none of the defenders are known. I have desired m[???] Remsen to make up a complete collection of these pieces from Bache's papers, the tory-paper of Fenno rarely admitting any thing which defends the present form of government in opposition to his desire of subverting it to make way for a king, lords & commons . . ." "05430","82","","","","Freneau's National gazette. 1791-93.","","2. vol. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 85. under Philadelphia papers. Not separately listed. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. J. 209. Freneau's National Gazette, 1791-'93, 2 v. folio; Phila.","","The National Gazette. Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine for Philip Freneau, 1791-1793.","","

Folio. 2 vol. Bi-weekly. Issued from October 31, 1791, to October 26, 1793.

Parsons, page 238. Brigham, page 925. Evans, 23587, and later numbers.

Jeffersonian. The political organ of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by Philip Freneau.

Jefferson wanted a newspaper which should be a Whig vehicle of intelligence to offset Fenno's Gazette. The story of his connection with the National Gazette, as obtained from his correspondence and papers, is as follows:

On February 28, 1791, Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to Philip Freneau.

The clerkship for foreign languages in my office is vacant the salary indeed is very low, being but two hundred & fifty dollars a year: but also it gives so little to do as not to interfere with any other calling the person may chuse, which would not absent him from the seat of government. I was told a few days ago that it might perhaps be convenient to you to accept it. if so it is at your service. it requires no other qualification than a moderate knowledge of the French. should any thing better turn up within my department, that might suit you, I should be very happy to be able to bestow it as well. should you conclude to accept the present, you may consider it as engaged to you, only be so good as to drop me a line informing me of your resolution . . .

On March 5, Freneau replied from New York:

I did not receive the Letter you did me the honour to write till this day, and cannot sufficiently express my acknowledgements for the offer you make me of occupying the place you mention, in your office.

Having been for some time past engaged in endeavouring to establish a Weekly Gazette in Monmouth County, East Jersey, and having at present a prospect of succeeding in a tolerable subscription, I find myself under the necessity of declining the acceptance of your generous unsollicited proposal, in justice to my engagements with the people in the quarter of New Jersey above mentioned, and other patrons of my plan.

On July 21, Jefferson wrote to Madison:

. . . I am sincerely sorry that Freneau has declined coming here. tho' the printing business be sufficiently full here, yet I think he would have set out on such advantageous ground as to have been sure of success. his own genius in the first place is so superior to that of his competitors. I should have given him the perusal of all my letters, of foreign intelligence & all foreign newspapers; the publication of all proclamations & other public notices within my department, & the printing of the laws, which added to his salary would have been a considerable aid; besides this, Fenno's being the only weekly or half weekly paper, & under general condemnation for it's toryism and it's incessant efforts to overturn the government, Freneau would have found that ground as good as unoccupied . . .

On August 4, Freneau wrote to Jefferson:

So many difficulties occurred in regard to my removing from this city to Philadelphia and personally establishing the paper, the hint of which you, Sir, in conjunction with Mr. Madison were pleased to mention to me in May last, that I had determined in my own mind not to attempt it. However, upon recently talking over the matter with Mr. Madison and Col. Lee I have proposed a concern (which they have accepted) with Messieurs Childs and Swaine in a press at the seat of Government for the purpose above mentioned.

I am now so far advanced on our plan as to have finished a copy of Proposals for the National Paper I have in view, and which upon my arrival at Philadelphia on Tuesday next I shall request the favour of you to glance your eye over, previous to its being printed.

On August 16, Philip Freneau was appointed Clerk for foreign languages in the office of the Secretary of State, with a salary of two hundred & fifty dollars a year. His appointment, signed by Jefferson, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On November 20, in a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jefferson wrote:

I now inclose you, & shall continue to do so, Fenno's & Freneau's papers. the latter in two papers a week will contain at least as much good matter as Bache's six papers a week, & will be a relief to the post. those I send you will enable our neighbors to judge whether Freneau is likely to answer their expectation. I have not given in Colo. Bell's list of subscribers, because I do not know whether the post from Richmd. to Staunton is yet commenced. I observe that one fourth of the annual price is to be paid at the end of the first quarter, consequently they may as well send it on at once . . .

On March 13, 1792, Jefferson sent to Freneau a list of 11 persons in Charlottesville who have desired to receive his paper, and added:

Th: J. will pay to m[???] Freneau the necessary advances as soon as he will be so good as to furnish him a note of them.

On September 9, 1792, Jefferson wrote to Washington a letter of 12 pages against Hamilton, who he said had in Fenno's Gazette accused him of various things of which no. 3 was:

setting up a paper to decry & slander the government. . . . that such an one [i. e., Hamilton] I say would have brought forward a charge against me for having appointed the poet Freneau translating clerk to my office, with a salary of 250. dollars a year. that fact stands thus. while the government was at New York I was applied to on behalf of Freneau to know if there was any place within my department to which he could be appointed. I answered there were but four clerkships, all of which I found full, and continued without any change, when we removed to Philadelphia, m[???] Pintard the translating clerk, did not chuse to remove with us. his office then became vacant. I was again applied to there for Freneau, & had no hesitation to promise the clerkship for him. I cannot recollect whether it was at the same time, or afterwards, that I was told he had a thought of setting up a newspaper there. but whether then, or afterwards, I considered it as a circumstance of some value, as it might enable me to do, what I had long wished to have done, that is, to have the material parts of the Leyden gazette brought under your eye & that of the public, in order to possess yourself & them of a juster view of the affairs of Europe than could be obtained from any other public source. this I had ineffectually attempted through the press of m[???] Fenno while in New York, selecting & translating passages myself at first, then having it done by m[???] Pintard the translating clerk. but they found their way too slowly into m[???] Fenno's papers. m[???] Bache essayed it for me in Philadelphia, but his being a dayly paper, did not circulate sufficiently in the other states. he even tried, at my request, the plan of a weekly paper of recapitulation from his daily paper, in hopes that that might go into the other states, but in this too we failed. Freneau, as translating clerk, & the printer of a periodical paper likely to circulate thro' the states (uniting in one person the parts of Pintard & Fenno) revived my hopes that the thing could at length be effected. on the establishment of his paper therefore, I furnished him with the Leyden gazettes, with an expression of my wish that he would always translate & publish the material intelligence they contained; & have continued to furnish them from time to time, as regularly as I recieved them. but as to any other direction or indication of my wish how his press should be conducted, what sort of intelligence he should give, what essays encourage, I can protest in the presence of heaven, that I never did by myself, or any other, directly or indirectly, say a syllable, nor attempt any kind of influence. I can further protest, in the same awful presence, that I never did by myself or any other, directly or indirectly, write, dictate or procure any one sentence or sentiment to be inserted in his, or any other gazette, to which my name was not affixed, or that of my office.—I surely need not except here a thing so foreign to the present subject as a little paragraph about our Algerine captives, which I put once into Fenno's paper.—Freneau's proposition to publish a paper, having been about the time that the writings of Publicola, & the discourses on Davila had a good deal excited the public attention, I took for granted from Freneau's character, which had been marked as that of a good whig, that he would give free place to pieces written against the aristocratical & monarchical principles these papers had inculcated. this having been in my mind, it is likely enough I may have expressed it in conversation with others; tho' I do not recollect that I did. to Freneau I think I could not, because I had still seen him but once, & that was at a public table, at breakfast, at m[???]s Elsworth's, as I passed thro' New York the last year. and I can safely declare that my expectations looked only to the chastisement of the aristocratical & monarchical writers, & not to any criticism on the proceedings of the government . . .

Jefferson's private notes on a conversation he had had with Washington on May 23, 1793, contain the following passage:

. . . he [the President] said . . . that there was more danger of anarchy being introduced. he adverted to a peice in Freneau's paper of yesterday, he said he despised all their attacks on him personally, but that there never had been an act of the government, not meaning in the Executive line only, but in any line which that paper had not abused . . . he was evidently sore & warm, and I took his intention to be that I should interpose in some way with Freneau, perhaps withdraw his appointment of translating clerk to my office, but I will not do it. his paper has saved our constitution which was galloping fast into monarchy, & has been checked by no one means so powerfully as by that paper. it is well & universally known that it has been that paper which has checked the career of the Monocrats, & the President, not sensible of the designs of the party, has not with his usual good sense, and sang froid, looked on the efforts and effects of this free press, & seen that tho' some bad things had pressed thro' it to the public, yet the good had preponderated immensely.

On October 11, Freneau returned his appointment to the office of clerkship in the Department of State by Mr. Jefferson, and sent his resignation of that office as from October 1, 1793.

On November 2, Jefferson wrote to T. M. Randolph:

. . . Freneau's paper is discontinued. I fear it is the want of money. he promises to resume it before the meeting of Congress. I wish the subscribers in our neighborhood would send on their money . . .

Philip Morin Freneau, 1752-1832, poet, editor and mariner. He frequently made derisive use of his poetical talents in the National Gazette:

Instead of whole columns, our page to abuse,

Your readers would rather be treated with news;

While wars are a-brewing

And Kingdom's undoing,

While monarchs are falling

And princesses squalling,

While France is reforming

And Irishmen storming—

In a glare of such splendor, what nonsense to fret

At so humble a thing as THE NATION'S GAZETTE!" "05440","83","","","","Bache's General advertiser.","","1791.2.3.4.5.6.7","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 79, Bache and Aurora, 1795-1813, 19 [vols.].","","The General Advertiser and Political Commercial and Literary Journal. Philadelphia: Published daily by Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1795-1814.","","

Folio. 20 vol. (according to a notation in ink in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue which has also changed the closing date to 1814). Daily, later triweekly.

Parsons 235, 221. Brigham, page 916, 891.

Republican. Established by Benjamin Franklin Bache on October 1, 1790. With the issue of November 8, 1794, the title was changed to Aurora. Bache died of yellow fever in 1798, and on March 8, 1800, William Duane, the editor, became the publisher.

The letter of May 15, 1791, from Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph quoted under Fenno's paper above continues:

in the mean time Bache's paper, the principles of which were always republican, improves in it's matter. if we can persuade him to throw all his advertisements on one leaf, by tearing that off, the leaf containing intelligence may be sent without over-charging the post, & be generally taken instead of Fenno's. I will continue to send it to you, as it may not only amuse yourself, but enable you to oblige your neighbors with the perusal . . .

On June 19, 1796, Jefferson wrote to George Washington: In Bache's Aurora of the 9th. inst. which came here by the last post, a paper appears which, having been confided, as I presume, to but few hands, makes it truly wonderful how it should have got there. I cannot be satisfied as to my own part till I relieve my mind by declaring, and I attest every thing sacred & honorable to the declaration, that it has got there neither thro' me nor the paper confided to me. this has never been from under my own lock & key, or out of my own hands. no mortal ever knew from me that these questions had been proposed. perhaps I ought to except one person who possesses all my confidence as he has possessed yours. I do not remember indeed that I communicated it even to him, but as I was in the habit of unlimited trust & counsel with him, it is possible I may have read it to him. no more: for the quire of which it makes a part was never in any hand but my own, nor was a word ever copied or taken down from it, by any body. I take on myself, without fear, any divulgation on his part. we both know him incapable of it. from myself then or my paper this publication has never been derived. I have formerly mentioned to you that, from a very early period of my life, I had laid it down as a rule of conduct never to write a word for the public papers, from this I have never departed in a single instance . . .

On June 4, 1797, in a letter dated from Philadelphia to Peregrine Fitzhugh, Jefferson wrote:

. . . as you doubtless recieve the newspapers regularly from hence, you will have seen in them the address, & all the amendments made or proposed. [while mentioning newspapers it is doing a good office to as distant places as yours & mine to observe that Bache has begun to publish his Aurora for his country customers on 3. sheets a week instead of six. you observe that the 1st. & 4th. pages are only of advertisements. the 2d. & 3d. contain all the essays & laws. he prints therefore his 2d. & 3d. pages of Monday's & Tuesday's papers on opposite sides of the same sheet, omitting the 1st. & 4th. so that we have the news pages of 2. papers on one. this costs but 5. instead of 8. dollars & saves half the postage . . .

On June 5, 1805, in a letter dated from Washington to Thomas Paine, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Doctr. Eustis's observation to you that 'certain paragraphs in the National Intelligencer' respecting my letter to you, 'supposed to be under m[???] Jefferson's direction, had embarrassed m[???] Jefferson's friends in Massachusets: that they appeared like a half denial of the letter, or as if there was something in it not proper to be owned, or that needed an apology' is one of those mysterious half-confidences difficult to be understood. that tory-printers should think it advantageous to identify me with that paper, the Aurora &c in order to obtain ground for abusing me, is perhaps fair warfare. but that any one who knows me personally should listen one moment to such an insinuation is what I did not expect. I neither have nor ever had any more connection with those papers than our antipodes have, nor know what is to be in them until I see it in them, except proclamations & other documents sent for publication. the friends in Massachusets who could be embarrassed by so weak a weapon as this, must be feeble friends indeed . . .

In 1800 articles published in the Aurora against the Administration caused the indictment of Duane under the Alien and Sedition Act. The trial was postponed, and on March 25, 1801, Jefferson prepared an address on the matter to the Senate. The draft in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress reads:

By a resolñ of the Senate of the 14th. of Mar. 1800. the President was requested to instruct the proper law officer to prosecute William Duane editor of the Newspaper called the Aurora for certain publications in that newspaper of the 19th. of Feb. 1800. learning on my accession to the administration that the prosecution had been so instituted as to rest principally, if not solely, on the act called the Sedition act, I caused it to be discontinued, and another to be instituted under whatsoever [other] laws might be in existence against the offence alledged . . .

On March 30, 1811, referring to Duane's financial difficulties, Jefferson wrote to William Wirt:

M[???] Dabney Carr has written to you on the situation of the Editor of the Aurora, and our desire to support him. that paper has unquestionably rendered incalculable services to republicanism thro' all it's struggles with the federalists, and has been the rallying point for the orthodox of the whole Union. it was our comfort in the gloomiest days, and is still performing the office of a watchful centinel. we should be ungrateful to desert him, and unfaithful to our own interests to lose him. still I am sensible, and I hope others are so too, that one of his late attacks is as unfounded as it is injurious to the republican cause . . .

The Aurora is frequently mentioned in Jefferson's correspondence.

Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1769-1798, journalist, was the grandson of Benjamin Franklin. After the suspension of Freneau's National Gazette (due to the yellow fever) the Aurora succeeded to its influence.

William Duane, 1760-1835, a loyal supporter of Jefferson, edited the Aurora during the lifetime of Bache, and after his death became the publisher of the paper. Duane married Bache's widow." "05450","84","","","","Dunlap's Daily advertiser.","","1791.2.3.4.5.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 85, Philadelphia, do. [papers] 1786-1800. 35 [vols.]","","Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1791-1795.","","

Folio. Daily.

Parsons, pages 227, 8. Brigham, page 903.

This is the complete file of this paper, of which the first number was that of January 1, 1791 (issued as no. 3720, a continuation, without change of numbering, of The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser). It suspended publication from September 14 to December 2, 1793, on account of the yellow fever. On December 9 the title was changed to Dunlap and Claypoole's

American Daily Advertiser, which continued until December 31, 1795.

John Dunlap, 1747-1812, established the first daily newspaper in the United States. Up to the time of the removal of the capital to New York, Dunlap was printer to Congress, and the Declaration of Independence was printed in his office. The Constitution of the United States was printed in the office of Dunlap and his partner Claypoole." "05460","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","i.","","","","Delaware Gazette. Wilmington: William C. Smith, 1798; Bonsal & Niles for Vaughan and Coleman, 1799.","","Folio. Bi-weekly (in 1798 and 1799). Parsons, page 25. Brigham, page 80. Jeffersonian." "05470","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ii.","","","","Carolina Gazette . . . Charleston: Peter Freneau and Seth Paine, 1798-1800.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 1024.

Established on January 1, 1798, by the two publishers named above. 547" "05480","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iii.","","","","Forlorn Hope. New York, Prison: [Published by William Keteltas], 1800.","","

Parsons, page 167. Brigham, page 663.

A weekly established by Keteltas in the interests of prison reform, especially as concerned imprisonment for debt. It ran from March to September, 1800.

William Keteltas had some correspondence with Jefferson in 1801." "05490","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iv.","","","","Sun of Liberty. Danbury (Connecticut): Samuel Morse, 1800.","","

Weekly.

Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 18.

Republican. Established by Morse on June 24, 1800.

In October the paper was removed to Norwalk. On June 26 Morse wrote to Jefferson a long letter concerning the paper.

See also The Georgia Republican, below." "05500","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","v.","","","","Tree of Liberty. Pittsburgh: John Israel, 1800.","","

Weekly.

Parsons, page 262. Brigham, page 967.

Anti-Federalist. Established on August 16, 1800, by John Israel.

Israel was introduced to Jefferson by Elijah Griffiths who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on June 7, 1801:

. . . I beg leave to introduce to you, my friend John Israel Esqre. Editor of the Herald of Liberty (Washington Pennsylvania) he has acted his part well in the heat of the day in our State, & promises to be of great use to the cause of elective government in time to come; he will be much gratified & esteem it an honor to made known to you . . ." "05510","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vi.","","","","Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser. Lancaster: William & Robert Dickson, 1799-1800.","","Folio. Weekly. Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 868. Established on July 31, 1799." "05520","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vii.","","","","Sentinel of Freedom. Newark, N. J.: Aaron Pennington & Daniel Dodge [—Jabez Parkhurst & Samuel Pennington—Samuel Pennington & Stephen Gould] 1798-1800.","","Folio. Weekly. Parsons, page 159. Brigham, page 509. Established on October 5, 1796." "05530","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","viii.","","","","The Cabinet. District of Columbia: James Lyon, 1800.","","

Folio. Tri-weekly and daily.

Brigham, page 87.

Jeffersonian. Established by James Lyon on August 26 1800, and published by him until March 1801.

On December 8, 1801, James Lyon wrote from Washington City to Jefferson:

. . . In the summer of the year 1800, when I was urged by several of the most worthy republicans of Georgetown and this City to establish a Press here, arrangements were made with a Printer of Alexandria to join in the enterprize, and dependence was placed upon him for materials till the period fixed for our commencement had expired, when he declined, leaving me disagreeably situated: I applid to Way & Groff to strike a few Numbers of ''The Cabinet.''

They were then idle, and to bar every objection of a pecuniary nature, I offered them money in advance for all the work I wanted: after deliberation they said they could not print for me;—that the work was in favor of democracy, and they could not disoblige their friend by interfering with it: they added, that they had such compensation from the public as to enable them to be idle a few weeks . . .

A few days earlier, on December 5, Jefferson wrote of Lyon in a letter to Gideon Granger:

. . . m[???] Lyon a printer of this city, a young man of bold republicanism in the worst of times, of good character, son of the persecuted Matthew Lyon. tho' of real genius, he has not succeeded in his newspapers . . ." "05540","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ix.","","","","Friend of the People. [District of Columbia:] James Lyon, 1800.","","

Folio. Fortnightly. Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 91.

Established by James Lyon in Georgetown and published in conjunction with the Cabinet." "05550","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","x.","","","","Political Mirror. Staunton: James Lyon, 1800-1802.","","

Folio. Weekly. Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 1156.

Established by James Lyon, later printed by John McArthur." "05560","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","xi.","","","","Universal Gazette.","","

This weekly paper was established by Samuel Harrison Smith in Philadelphia, 1797, and in 1800 moved to Washington.

A number, or numbers, must have been bound in this volume." "05570","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]The 1831 entry ends with ''&c. &c.'' Of these additional papers, one might be the Georgia Republican, of which Jefferson had at least the first number, as follows:[/TBE]","xii.","","","","Georgia Republican. Savannah: James Lyon and Samuel Morse, 1802.","","

Republican. Established on August 21, 1802. On October 5, James Lyon wrote from Washington to Jefferson:

The obligations under which your benevolence or your friendship have laid me, make it my duty, if vanity fails to prompt me, to omit no opportunity to appear to advantage before you, that you may feel a self approbation for the countenance you have been pleased to give me. Impelled by this sentiment I enclose you the first number of the Georgia Republican, &c. I hope the offering will be acceptable . . .

The political object of this paper, is to inculcate the principles of Representative democracy, and to defend the present administration against its natural enemies, error and falshood . . .

Some years later, on August 20, 1811, James L. Edwards wrote to Jefferson from Boston, Mass.:

I presume an apology is unnecessary on the present occasion; and shall therefore proceed to the subject of this communication without. It may not probably have escaped your recollection, that for certain services performed by Mr. James Lyon and Mr. Samuel Morse, formerly Editors of the Savannah Republican, you promised them the sum of $1000—a promise from so distinguished a character as the President of the U. S. was considered in the light of a debt, as much so as if it had been ''for value received'': at any rate, so it was considered by them: and as such it was transferred with the establishment of the paper above mentioned, to Mr. Norman Mc.Lean; he informed me a short time previous to his death, that he had some expectation of getting the money, as he had the honor of receiving a letter from you on the subject. Mr. Mc.Lean was in debt to me, and on my leaving Savannah I gave up his note which I held, in consequence of his promise that I should be paid as soon as he received the money from you—So much confidence did I repose in him, that I acted in the way I have stated—it was perhaps impolitic. I trust, Sir, that you will take this into serious consideration, and that you will be disposed to grant me some relief, as I at present labor under the distresses peculiar to the times, and to the republicans of this Town . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 5:

Your letter of Aug. 20. has truly surprised me. in this it is said that for certain services performed by m[???] James Lyon and m[???] Samuel Morse, formerly editors of the Savanna Republican, I promised them the sum of 1000.D. this, Sir, is totally unfounded. I never promised to any printer on earth the sum of 1000.D. nor any other sum, for certain services performed, or for any services which that expression would imply. I have had no accounts with printers but for their newspapers, for which I have paid always the ordinary price & no more. I have occasionally joined in moderate contributions, to printers, as I have done to other descriptions of persons, distressed or persecuted, not by promise, but the actual paiment of what I contributed. When m[???] Morse went to Savanna, he called on me & told me he meant to publish a paper there, for which I subscribed, and paid him the year in advance. I continued to take it from his successors Everitt & Mc.lean, & Everett and Evans, and paid for it, at different epochs, up to Dec. 31. 1808. when I withdrew my subscription. you say Mc.lean informed you 'he had some expectation of getting the money, as he had recieved a letter from me on the subject.' if such a letter exists under my name, it is a forgery. I never wrote but a single letter to him; that was of the 28th. of Jan. 1810. and was on the subject of the last paiment made for his newspaper, & on no other subject: and I have two reciepts of his, (the last dated Mar. 9. 1809). of paiments for his paper, both stating to be in full of all demands, and a letter of the 17th. of Apr. 1810. in reply to mine, manifestly shewing he had no demand against me of any other nature. the promise is said to have been made to Morse & Lyon. were m[???] Morse living, I should appeal to him with confidence, as I believe him to have been a very honest man. m[???] Lyon I suppose to be living, and will, I am sure acquit me of any such transaction, as that alledged. the truth then being that I never made the promise suggested, nor any one of a like nature to any printer or other person whatever, every principle of justice and of self respect requires that I should not listen to any such demand.

Jefferson sent a copy of Edwards' letter to James Lyon, now in Carthage, Tenn., with an explanatory covering letter, dated September 5, and requesting from him a letter:

''bearing testimony to the truth of my never having made to you, or within your knolege or information, any such promise to yourself, your partner Morse, or any other''." "05580","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","xiii.","","","","Another newspaper could be the ''Federal Ark'' concerning which John Warner wrote to Jefferson from Wilmington, Delaware, on March 14, 1803:","","

I take the liberty to enclose for your perusal a number of the ''Federal Ark,'' a paper lately removed from Dover to this place. It is generally believed that no paragraph of a low political nature, more particularly, is ever inserted in it without the approbation of the Collector of this port; this number may serve as a specimen of the manner in which this paper is conducted;—perhaps none on the continent, as far as the abilities of all its editors combined could contrive, has been more filled with misrepresentations and falsehood . . .

And again on March 16:

As further establishment of the fact stated in my communication of the 14th Inst, I take the liberty to enclose two more numbers of the ''Federal Ark.'' I have reason to believe the Collector, perhaps from the Postmaster of this place, knows that a number of this paper has been sent to you in consequence of which the first paragraph under the Wilmington head is inserted. The intent is obvious." "05590","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]2. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no.J. 224, Greenleaf's Journal, Time Piece, Delaware Gazette, Independent Chronicle, Fenno's Gazette, &c. &c., 1797, 1 v. folio.[/TBE]","i.","","","","Greenleaf's Journal. [See no. 541 above.]","","" "05600","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ii.","","","","The Time Piece, and Literary Companion. New York: Printed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at the offices of P. Freneau & A. Menut, 1797.","","

Tri-weekly. Published by Philip Freneau and Alexander Menut.

Parsons, page 200. Brigham, page 695.

Jeffersonian. Established on March 13, 1797. In 1798 the proprietors were John D. Burk, the author of the History of Virginia, and Dr. James Smith. Burk was arrested under the Alien and Sedition Act but left New York without waiting for the trial and the Time Piece was discontinued." "05610","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iii.","","","","Delaware Gazette. [See no. 546 above.]","","" "05620","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iv.","","","","Independent Chronicle. Boston: Adams & Larkin, 1797. [See no. 589.]","","" "05630","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","v.","","","","Fenno's Gazette. [See no. 542 above.]","","" "05640","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]3. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 225, Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, June and July 1775; General Advertiser, Nov. and Dec., London, 1778; London Evening Post, Nov. 1778, 1 v. folio.[/TBE]","i.","","","","Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or, The General Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1775.","","

Weekly.

Parsons, page 228. Brigham, page 942.

Established by John Dunlap in 1771. The first issue with his name was that of October 25, 1773." "05650","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ii.","","","","General Advertiser. London: November and December, 1778.","","" "05660","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iii.","","","","London Evening Post. London: Printed for J. Miller, November 1778.","","" "05670","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]4. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 228, Philadelphia Gazette, The Diary, Am. Advertiser, The New World, Telegraphe and Advertiser, Independent Gazetteer, Daily Advertiser, 1795-'6-'7, 1 v. folio.[/TBE]","i.","","","","Philadelphia Gazette.","","This title refers to Fenno's paper, no. 542 above, after its removal from New York to Philadelphia on November 3, 1790." "05680","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ii.","","","","The Diary. New York: Samuel Loudon, 1795-7.","","

Daily.

Parsons, page 166. Brigham, page 627." "05690","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iii.","","","","Am. Advertiser.","","The American Advertiser was founded in Baltimore in 1799, which is outside the dates specified in the 1831 catalogue. No paper of this title has been located within the specified years." "05700","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iv.","","","","The New World. Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1796-7.","","

Twice daily and daily. Quarto and folio.

Parsons, page 238. Brigham, page 927.

Established by Samuel Harrison Smith on August 15, 1796. From October 24 it ceased to be a twice daily quarto, and became a daily folio. It was discontinued after August 16, 1797." "05710","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","v.","","","","Telegraphe and Advertiser. Baltimore: T. E. Clayland & T. Dobbin, 1797.","","

Daily.

Parsons, page 57. Brigham, page 249.

Originally established as the Baltimore Telegraphe on March 23, 1795." "05720","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vi.","","","","The Independent Gazetteer. Philadelphia: Eleazer Oswald, 1795-6.","","

Bi-weekly.

Parsons, page 236. Brigham, page 919.

Originally established in 1782. The last issue was that of September 10, 1796, when the paper was sold to Joseph Gales, and became Gales's Independent Gazetteer." "05730","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vii.","","","","The Daily Advertiser. New York: Printed by William Robins, for the Proprietor, 1795-7.","","

Daily. Parsons, page 172. Brigham, page 620.

Established by F. Childs & Co. in March 1785." "05740","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]II. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 89, Virginia, do. [Gazettes] 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 1. 1831 Catalogue, page 66, no. J. 236, Genius of Liberty, 1798-'99, 1800, 1 v. folo; Fredericksburg.[/TBE]","","","","","The Genius of Liberty. Fredericksburg: G. Carter [—Mercer & Carter—Mercer & Pittman], 1798-1800.","","Weekly and bi-weekly. Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 1114." "05750","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]2. 1831 Catalogue, page 66, no. J. 235, The Enquirer, from 1809 to 1814, 5 v. folio; Richmond.[/TBE]","","","","","The Enquirer. Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1809-1814.","","

Folio. Bi- and tri-weekly. Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 1138.

Jeffersonian. Established by Thomas Ritchie and William W. Worsley in May 1804. Ritchie became the sole publisher in 1805.

Jefferson was in frequent correspondence with Thomas Ritchie over a period of years, and sent material—articles by others, anonymous contributions by himself and so forth—for publication in the paper. The manuscript of Bacon's Rebellion by T. M., no. 534, was first published in this paper.

On September 8, 1823, in a letter to William Short, Jefferson wrote:

. . . but, at the age of 80. I seek quiet and abjure contention. I read but a single newspaper, Ritchie's Enquirer, the best that is published or ever has been published in America. you should read it also to keep yourself au fait of your own state; for we still claim you as belonging to us . . ." "05760","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]3. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 232, Virginia Argus, 1797, folio; Virginia.[/TBE]","","","","","The Virginia Argus. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Jun. 1797.","","

Bi-weekly.

Parsons, page 299. Brigham, page 1142.

Samuel Pleasants was the printer of the Acts of the General Assembly in 1803, q. v." "05770","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]4. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 234, Virginia Argus and Enquirer, (bound together,) from 1804 to 1807, 5 v. folio; Virginia.[/TBE]","","","","","Virginia Argus and Virginia Enquirer, from 1804 to 1808. 5 vol.","","" "05780","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]5. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 233, Virginia Argus and Examiner, (bound together,) from 1797 to 1803, and from 1809 to 1813, 7 v. folio; Virginia.[/TBE]","","","","","Virginia Argus and Virginia Examiner from 1797 to 1803 and from 1809 to 1813. 7 vol.","","The Examiner, the forerunner of the Enquirer, was established in Richmond in 1798 by Merewether Jones (with John Dixon who left it the following year). In 1803 Skelton Jones became the publisher, and in 1804 sold it to Thomas Ritchie and Wm. W. Worsley, who established the Enquirer." "05790","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","[TBE]6. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 237, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Gazette and Richmond Chronicle, Am. Gazette, Richmond Chronicle, Virginia Herald, Richmond and Manchester Advertiser, Virginia Argus, 1795, 1796, 1 v. folio.[/TBE]","i.","","","","Virginia Gazette. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants Jun. 1795.","","

Folio. Bi-weekly. Originally established in 1794 by Samuel Pleasants and Augustine Davis. Pleasants became the sole owner in 1794. In 1796 the title was changed to the Richmond and Manchester Advertiser.

Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 1148." "05800","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","ii.","","","","Virginia Gazette and Richmond Chronicle. Richmond: John Dixon, 1795","","

Folio. Bi-weekly. Established in 1793; the last issue with this title was that of May 19, 1795.

Parsons, page 303. Brigham, page 1149." "05810","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iii.","","","","American Gazette. Norfolk: William Davis, 1795-6.","","

Folio. Bi-weekly. Established in 1792.

Parsons, page 292. Brigham, page 1123." "05820","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","iv.","","","","Richmond Chronicle. Richmond: John Dixon, 1795-6.","","

Bi-weekly. A continuation of the Virginia Gazette and Richmond Chronicle.

Parsons, page 299. Brigham, page 1136." "05830","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","v.","","","","The Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. Fredericksburg: Timothy Green, 1795-6.","","

Bi-weekly. Originally established in 1787.

Parsons, page 291. Brigham, page 1116." "05840","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vi.","","","","Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, Jun. 1795-6.","","

Bi-weekly. The forerunner of the Virginia Argus. Originally established as the Virginia Gazette and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser; the first issue with the title Richmond and Manchester Advertiser was that of April 30, 1795.

Parsons, page 299. Brigham, page 1136." "05850","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","vii.","","","","Virginia Argus. See above.","","

III. 1815 Catalogue, page 26, no. 87, Raleigh, do. [Gazettes] 1800 1 [vol].

1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 222, Gales' Raleigh Register, 1800-'1, 1 v. folio; Raleigh." "05860","85","Gazettes. 1795-7, do. 1797","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.] 89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.] 87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]","

The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:

1. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].

1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty, Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette, &c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.","","","","","","Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette. Raleigh: Joseph Gales, 1800-1801.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 774.

Jeffersonian. Established in 1799 by Joseph Gales, an English journalist who had emigrated to America on account of his Revolutionary sympathies. Gales had previously edited the Independent Gazetteer which he sold to Samuel Harrison Smith." "05870","86","New York papers. 1797.8.9.1800.1.2.3.4.5.6.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 83, New York, do. [papers] 1789-1807, 13 [vol].","1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 217, Barber and Southwick's Albany Register, 1800, folio; New York.","","","","","","The Albany Register. Albany: John Barber and Samuel Southwick, 1800.","","

Folio. Bi-weekly.

Parsons, page 156. Brigham, page 539.

Jeffersonian. This paper ran into difficulties under the Alien and Sedition Act and was helped by Jefferson—see the note to The Bee, no. 602." "05880","86","New York papers. 1797.8.9.1800.1.2.3.4.5.6.","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 83, New York, do. [papers] 1789-1807, 13 [vol].","1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 217, Barber and Southwick's Albany Register, 1800, folio; New York.","[TBE]2. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 216, Denniston's Republican Watch Tower, 1800 to 1809, 9 v. folio; New York.[/TBE]","","","","","The Republican Watch-Tower. New York: David Denniston [-Denniston and Cheetham], 1800-1809.","","

Folio. Bi-weekly.

Brigham, page 684.

Republican. Established on March 12, 1800, by David Denniston, who was joined by James Cheetham in 1801, who in 1803 became the sole publisher.

On April 23, 1802, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Cheetham:

I shall be glad hereafter to recieve your daily paper by post, as usual, and instead of sending on the Republican Watch-tower, you will retain it, and at the end of the year send it to me in a volume bound in Blue boards.—it is proper I should know what our opponents say & do; yet really make a matter of conscience of not contributing to the support of their papers . . .

Cheetham replied from New York on May 30, 1803:

Agreeably to your request I have kept for you and have now bound in blue boards, a file of the ''Watch Tower'' for the year ending in May 1803: will you be so obliging as to inform me by what conveyance you wish it to be transmitted . . .

On June 17 Jefferson wrote:

I have deferred answering your letter of May 30. until I could find the means of having paiment made in New York for the volume of the Watch tower therein mentioned . . .

Bills were presented by Cheetham annually, the price for a file of one year, bound and lettered, was at first $7.00, and in later years $10.00.

For a note on Cheetham see no. 506, and in chapter 24, Politics." "05890","87","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 81, Massachusetts papers, 1797-1807, 9 vols. 1. 1831 Library of Congress catalogue, page 65. no. J. 218, Adams and Larkin's Independent Chronicle, from October 9, 1797, to November 3, 1800, 1 v. folio; Boston.","","The Independent Chronicle. Boston: Adams and Larkin, 1797-1800.","","

Folio. Bi-weekly.

Parsons, page 90. Brigham, page 307.

Republican.

This paper, established in 1776, became the leading organ in New England of the Jeffersonian school of political ideas." "05900","88","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","2. 1831 Catalogue, page 66, no. J. 227, Independent Chronicle and Constitutional Telegraphe, 1800, 1801, 1 v. folio; Boston. For the Independent Chronicle see no. 589.","","The Constitutional Telegraphe. Boston: Jonathan S. Copp for the Proprietor, 1800, 1801.","","

Jeffersonian. A bi-weekly paper, originally established in 1799 by Samuel S. Parker. With the issue of October 1, 1800, the paper was published by John S. Lillie.

Brigham, page 280.

In sending a bill for The Constitutional Telegraphe from October 1, 1801 to April 1, 1802 ($4.50), John S. Lillie wrote on October 12, 1803, to Jefferson:

When I was Editor of the News Paper called the Constitutional Telegraphe, I sent it on to you, as did Doctr. Parker, who was the original Editor of that Paper. I should not at this late period have thought of forwarding my Bill to you, which I have inclosed in this Letter, but for my misfortunes. I have suffered, Sir, very much in consequence of my too ardent zeal in the Republican cause, & am willing, if it should be necessary, still to suffer more, neither the neglect of my Republican friends, nor the contumely or contempt of my federal enemies, will, I trust, ever induce me to alter my political creed. Perhaps my zeal in the Republican cause when I edited the Telegraphe, made me rather imprudent; I certainly meant well, & my concience does not reproach me with an intention, to injure, either directly, or indirectly, the private character of any man. The distress of my family was great during my unfortunate imprisonment for a supposed libel on Judge Dana; at that time, two of my Children lay at the point of Death, particularly, the youngest, who has the honor to bear your name . . .

You no doubt will recollect Sir, that the Constitutl. Telegraphe, was, at one time, the only decided Republican Paper in this State. and if I know my own heart, when I became its Editor, I had no other view, than the good of my native Country, in the promotion of Republicanism in your Election to the Chief magistracy of the nation, and to this single point I exerted with pleasure all the abilities which I possessed, & had the inexpressible satisfaction to find the cause triumphant . . ." "05910","89","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","3. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 219, Adams and Rhoades' Independent Chronicle, 1802 to 1808, 7 v. folio; Boston. Abijah Adams and Ebenezer Rhoades entered into partnership for the above papers in May, 1800.","","","","" "05920","90","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","4. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 220, Everett and Munroe's Boston Patriot, 1809-'10, 2 v. folio; Boston.","","Boston Patriot. Boston: Everett & Munroe, 1809-10.","","

Established on March 3, 1809, bi-weekly.

Brigham, page 332." "05930","91","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 85, Philadelphia, do. [papers] 1786-1800, 35 [vols]. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 202, Dunlap and Claypoole's Pennsylvania Packet, &c., 1785-'86-'89, 2 v. folio; Phila. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 203, Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, from 1791 to 1793, 3 v. folio; Phila. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 204, Dunlap and Claypoole's Am. Daily Advertiser, 1794 and 1795, 2 v. folio; Phila.","","","","

In 1785, the first number called for above, the Pennsylvania Packet, was a daily published by John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole.

The first issue with the title Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser was that of January 1, 1791, published by Dunlap alone. On December 9, after the suspension on account of yellow fever, Claypoole rejoined Dunlap and the paper became Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.

Parsons, page 227. Brigham, page 903." "05940","92","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 85, Philadelphia, do. [papers] 1786-1800, 35 [vols]. 1831 Catalogue, page 65, no. J. 211, Carey's United States Recorder, 1798 to 1800, folio; Phila.","","Carey's United States Recorder. Philadelphia: James Carey, 1798.","","

Tri-weekly.

According to both Parsons (page 223) and Brigham (page 895) this paper was discontinued with the issue of August 30, 1798. The first number appeared on January 23, 1798." "05950","93","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 90, Universal Gazette, 1798-1807, 7 [vols].","","The Universal Gazette. Philadelphia [-Washington]: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1798-1808.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Parsons, page 260, 29. Brigham, page 260.

Republican. Founded by Samuel Harrison Smith on November 16, 1797. The paper ceased publication in Philadelphia in September 1800, and was renewed in November of that year in Washington, D. C.

Samuel Harrison Smith, 1772-1845, first became acquainted with Jefferson in 1791 on his printing Paine's The Rights of Man, q. v. In 1796 he started in Philadelphia a Jeffersonian newspaper, the New World. In September 1797 he bought from Joseph Gales The Independent Gazetteer, and in November 1797 established The Universal Gazette. He followed the Government to Washington in 1800. Smith became a personal friend of Jefferson, and in 1814 negotiated the sale of the library of the latter to Congress." "05960","94","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 84, National Intelligencer, 1801-1813, 12 [vols]. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 239, Daily National Intelligencer, from 1800 to 1813, 12 v. folio; Washington City.","","","","

There was no Daily National Intelligencer from 1800 to 1813. The National Intelligencer, established in October 1800 by Samuel Harrison Smith, was issued tri-weekly. The Daily National Intelligencer was a continuation of this paper, the first issued with this title appeared on January 1, 1813.

Parsons, page 29. Brigham, page 103." "05970","95","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 80, Baltimore papers, 1799-1800, 2 [vols]. 1831 Catalogue, page 66, no. J. 213, Martin's American and Daily Advertiser, 1799, 1800, 2 v. folio; Baltimore.","","American. And Daily Advertiser. Baltimore: Alexander Martin, 1799, 1800.","","

Brigham, page 223.

Republican. Established by Alexander Martin on May 14, 1799." "05980","96","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 86, Philadelphia prices cur. 1802-1807, 1 [vol].","","","","

The only paper with this title ran from 1783 to 1785. On October 31, 1801, Samuel Relf instituted Relf's Philadelphia Prices Current, of which, according to Brigham, the initial issue of October 31 is the only one located.

On November 7, 1808, the anonymous editor wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

The Editor of the Philadelphia Price Current, in the most respectful Manner, solicits from the President of the United States, permission to lay before him, irrefragable testimony of the benefits, resulting from the non Importation acts, and Embargo Laws, this he would beg leave to do by a reference to an Article in his paper of to day, which he encloses, headed ''American Manufactures'' the sensation it has caused here is considerable, and has induced him thus to arrest the President's Attention, for which he will only make this apology, that, his sole motive is to prove that by the Presidents originating partial deprivations, he has ultimately bestowed on his country immense, and imperishable benefits." "05990","91","","","","The Palladium, (Ky.)","","1798-1800, 1 vol.","1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 221, Hunter and Beaumont's Palladium, 1798, 1 v. folio; Frankfort.","","The Palladium: A Literary and Political Weekly Repository. Frankfort: Hunter and Beaumont, 1798.","","

[TBE]The working copy of the 1815 catalogue has the following entries added in ink:[/TBE]

Weekly. Established in 1798 by Hunter and Beaumont; in 1799 Hunter became the sole publisher.

Not in Parsons. Brigham, page 153.

In a letter to Levi Lincoln dated from Monticello' August 26, 1801, Jefferson mentioned in this paper:

. . . I am much pleased therefore with your information that the republican federalists are still coming in to the desired union. the Eastern newspapers had given me a different impression, because I supposed the printers knew the taste of their customers & cooked their dishes to their palates. the palladium is understood to be the Clerical paper, & from the clergy I expect no mercy. they crucified their Saviour who preached that their kingdom was not of this world, and all who practise on that precept must expect the extreme of their wrath. the laws of the present day withold their hands from blood. but lies and slander still remain to them . . ." "06000","92","","","","U. S. Telegraph.","","","","","","","

[TBE]The working copy of the 1815 catalogue has the following entries added in ink:[/TBE]

No paper of this title was issued before 1814 when Jefferson sold his library to Congress." "06010","93","","","","National Journal.","","","","","","","

[TBE]The working copy of the 1815 catalogue has the following entries added in ink:[/TBE]

No paper of this title was issued before 1814." "06020","97","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","Not in the 1815 catalogue. 1831 Catalogue, page 66. no. J. 223, The Bee, by Charles Holt, 1798, 1800, 1 v. folio; New London.","","The Bee. New London: Charles Holt, 1798, 1800.","","

Folio. Weekly.

Parsons, page 16. Brigham, page 304. Evans 33387.

Republican. Published in New London until 1802, when Holt was fined and imprisoned under the Alien and Sedition act (passed in 1798 and repealed by Jefferson on his election to the Presidency).

In a letter to James Monroe (when Governor of Virginia), dated from Washington, July 17, 1802, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I, as well as most other republicans who were in the way of doing it, contributed what I could afford to the support of the republican papers & printers, paid sums of money for the Bee, the Albany register

&c. when they were staggering under the Sedition law, contributed to the fines of Callendar himself, of Holt, Brown & others suffering under that law I discharged, when I came into office . . .

Several years later, on October 25, 1810, Holt wrote to Jefferson concerning his establishment of The Columbian in New York. Jefferson replied from Monticello on November 23:

I have duly recieved your favor of the 25th. ult, & thank you for it's kind expressions towards myself personally, as well as for the proposition of sending me a copy of your paper. I am now at that period of life when tranquility, and a retirement from the passions which disturb it, constitute the summum bonum . . . I remember too well the principles and intrepidity of the Bee in the gloomy days of terrorism, to entertain any doubt on the principles of your present paper. but I wish at length to indulge myself in more favorite reading, in Tacitus & Horace, and the writers of that philosophy which is the old man's consolation & preparation for what is to come . . .

Jefferson subscribed to many newspapers which do not appear in his or in the Library of Congress catalogues.

On June 22, 1802, he wrote to Mitchell & Buel of Poughkeepsie that he became with pleasure a subscriber to your paper, the Political barometer.

On January 14, 1806, he wrote from Washington to John Vaughan:

. . . there are 4. newspapers which I recieve from Philadelphia, Mc.Corkle's Freeman's journal, Le Petit Censeur, the Spirit of the gazettes (or some such title) and the Philadelphia repertory. the Censeur I know is 8.D. & the Freeman's journal the same. the annual price of the others I do not know. will you have the goodness to pay them out of the inclosed note of 30.D. the Spirit of the gazettes I suppose to have been discontinued early, because I recieved a few papers only, and none for two months past. at the bottom of the notification of the Repertory I have subjoined a note for discontinuance . . .

The collection deposited with Governor Page for the use of John Daly Burk (no. 464) was apparently never recovered.

Newspaper bills, and bills for binding the papers, occur from time to time in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson in 1795 wrote Notes on Professor Ebeling's letter of July 30, 95 intended to provide Professor Ebeling with information as to how much he might rely on the authority of his sources. Jefferson included newspapers:

Fenno's Gazaette of the U. S.

Webster's Minerva.

Columbian centinel. to form a just judgment of a country from it's newspapers, the character of these papers should be known, in order that proper allowances & corrections may be used. this will require a long explanation, without which, these particular papers would give a foreigner a very false view of American affairs . . .

As in the commerce of human life, there are commodities adapted to every demand, so there are newspapers adapted to the Antirepublican palate, and others to the Republican. of the former class are the Columbian Centinel, the Hartford newspaper, Webster's Minerva, Fenno's Gazette of the US. Davies's Richmond paper &c. of the latter are Adams's Boston paper, Greenleaf's of New York, Freneau's of New Jersey, Bache's of Philadelphia, Pleasant's of Virginia &c. Pleasant's paper comes out twice a week, Greenleaf's & Freneau's once a week. Bache's daily. I do not know how often Adams's. I shall according to your desire endeavor to get Pleasant's for you for 1794. & 95. and will have it forwarded through 96. from time to time to your correspondent at Baltimore . . ." "06030","J. 1","","","","Abregé chronologique de l'histoire ecclesiastique.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 9, as above.","[Macquer, Philippe.]","Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire Ecclésiastique, contenant l'histroire (sic) des Eglises d'Orient & d'Occident; les Conciles généraux & particuliers; les Auteurs Ecclésiastiques; les schismes, les hérésies, les Institutions des Ordres monastiques, &c. Tome Premier [-Troisième] . . . Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. A Paris: chez Herissant Fils. M. DCC. LXVIII. [1768.]","BR143.M3","

Third Edition. 3 vol. Sm. 8vo. Vol. I, 312 leaves; vol. II, 378 leaves; vol. III, 316 leaves; engraved vignette after De Seve repeated on each title-page, engraved head-piece after the same artist at the beginning of each chapter, that on H6, vol. II pasted down; the misprint in the title of vol. I corrected in vol. II and III; the titles after the volume number vary according to the contents of the volumes.

Barbier I, col. 16. Quérard V, page 419.

French marbled calf, gilt, gilt backs, marbled end papers, m. e. Not initialled by Jefferson. The names of the authors, Philippe Macquer and Jos. Ant. Toussaint Dinouart, are supplied by hand on the first title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Froullé on June 27, 1787, price 18 (livres).

Philippe Macquer, 1720-1770, French lawyer and historian, was the author of volumes I and II of this work, first published in 1751.

Joseph Antoine Toussaint Dinouart, 1716-1786, French author, edited this edition of Macquer's work, and added the third volume. This edition was put on the Index." "06040","J. 2","","","","Histoire des oracles de Fontenelle.","","16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 1, as above.","[Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer de.]","Histoire des Oracles. Par l'Autheur des Dialogues des Morts. à Amsterdam: chez Pierre Mortier. M. DC. LXXXVII. [1687.]","BF1761.F62","

12mo. 120 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Barbier II, col. 759. This edition not in Quérard.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Formerly in the library of Simon Fanshawe, with his armorial bookplate. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work is listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 6d.

Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, 1657-1757, French author. This book was originally published in Paris in 1686. It is based on the De Oraculis Ethnicorum dissertationes duae, Amsterdam, 1683, of Antonius van Dale, the Dutch savant, 1638-1708." "06050","3","","","","Nicephori Callisti ecclesiasticae historiae. Gr. Lat. Langi.","","2. v. fol. Lut. Par. 1630.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 17, as above.","Nicephorus Callistus, Xanthopoulos.","Nικη&phis;oϱoυ καλλ[???]στoυ . . . εκκλησιαστικης ιστoϱιας βιβλια ιη. Nicephori Callisti Filii Xanthopvli Ecclesiasticæ Historiæ Libri XVIII. in duos Tomos distincti, ac Græcè nunc primùm editi. Adiecta est Latina interpretatio Ioannis Langi, à R. P. Frontone Dvcæo Societatis Iesv Theologo cum Græcis collata & recognita. Tomvs Prior [Posterior]. Lvtetiæ Parisiorvm: sumptibus Sebastiani & Gabrielis Cramoisy, 1630.","BR 160.N4L3","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 432 leaves, the last a blank; vol. II, 462 leaves; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; Cramoisy's large engraved device in circular compartments by Picquet on both titles, which are printed in red and black.

Ebert, 14752.

Nicephorus Callistus, Xanthopoulos, fl. 1320-1330, the last of the Greek ecclesiastical historians." "06060","J. 4","","","","Eusebii ecclesiastica historia. Gr. Lat. Valesii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 18, as above.","Eusebius Pamphilius.","Eυσεβιoυ τoυ Παμ&phis;ιλoυ [???]κκλησιαστικη ιστoϱια. Evsebii Pamphili Ecclesiasticæ Historiæ Libri Decem. Eivsdem de Vita imp. Constantini, Libri IV. Quibus subjicitur Oratio Constantini ad sanctos, & Panegyricus Eusebii. Henricvs Valesivs Græcum textum collatis IV. MSS. codicibus emendavit, latinè vertit, & Adnotationibus illustravit. Nova Editio, ab Auctore recognita & aucta. Parisiis: Typis Petri le Petit. M. DC. LXXVIII. [1678.]","BR160.E4V3","

Folio. 462 leaves; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Graesse II, page 525.

Old calf, gilt back. On the back of the half-title is an armorial bookplate. The few manuscript notes are not in Jefferson's hand and the book is not signed by him With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6-13-4.

Eusebius Pamphilius of Cæsarea, c. 260-c. 340, ecclesiastical historian. This edition of his history—the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times—is the second edition by Henri de Valois (Henricus Valesius) 1603-1676, French scholar, and includes the Vita not found in the first edition published during the lifetime of Valois in 1659-1668." "06070","5","","","","Socratis et Sozomeni historia ecclesiastica. Gr. Lat. Valesii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 19, as above.","Socrates, Scholasticus.","Σωκϱατoυσ Σχoλαστ[???]κoυ κα[???] [???]ϱμειoυ Σoζoμενoυ Eκκλησιαστικη ιστoϱια. Socratis Scholastici et Hermiæ Sozomeni Historia Ecclesiastica. Henricvs Valesivs Græcum textum collatis MSS. codicibus emendavit, latinè vertit, & annotationibus illustrauit. Adjecta est ad calcem disputatio Archelai Episcopii adversus Manichaeum. Parisiis: excudebat A. Vitré, 1668.","","

Folio. 534 leaves, Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns.

Not in Brunet. Not in Quérard. This edition not in Graesse.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6-13-4.

Socrates, known as Scholasticus, c. 379-c. 440, Greek historian, born in Constantinople.

Hermias Salamenes Sozomen, 5th century ecclesiastical historian.

The works of these two historians are usually published together." "06080","J. 6","","","","Theodoretus, Evagrius, Philostorgius et Theodorus. Gr. Lat. Valesii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 20, as above.","Theodoretus.","&thetas;εoδωϱιτoυ επισκoπoυ κυϱoυ και Eυαγϱιoυ Σχoλαστικoυ Eκκλησιαστικη Iστoϱια. Eκλoγαι απo των ιστoϱιων &phis;ιλoστoϱγιoυ και &thetas;εoδωϱoυ. Theodoriti Episcopi Cyri et Evagrii Scholastici Historia Ecclesiastica. Item excerpta ex Historiis Philostorgii et Theodori Lectoris. Henricvs Valesivs Græca ex MSS. Codicibus emendauit, Latinè vertit, & Annotationibus illustrauit. Parisiis: Typis Petri le Petit. M. DC. LXXIII. [1673.]","BR160.A1T5","

Folio. 420 leaves; half-title for Evagrii Scholastici on Iii and for Philostorgii Historiis Epitome on Nnni, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut historiated initials; Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns, 2 leaves in sig. i wanting and replaced by duplicates of lii and liii, some leaves foxed.

This edition not in Graesse.

Old calf, gilt back. Not signed by Jefferson and the few manuscript notes are not in his hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6-13-4.

Theodoretus, c. 386-c. 460, bishop of Cyrrhus. The edition by Valesius of this work printed in 1668 formed the second part of his first edition of Eusebius." "06090","J. 7","","","","Hist. de l'eglise d'Eusebe, Socrate, Sozomene, Theodoret, Evagre, Photius et Nicophore Calliste. par Coussin.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 2, as above, with slight variations.","Cousin, Louis, translator.","Histoire de l'Eglise, écrite par Eusébe, évêque de Césarée. [Socrate. Sozomene. Théodoret. Evagre.] Traduite par Monsieur Cousin, Président en la Cour des Monnoies . . . Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris chez Damien Foucault . . . [Amsterdam: officine de Wolfgang] 1686.","BR160.A1.C7","

5 vol. in 6. 12mo. vol. I [Eusébe] 252 leaves, engraved frontispiece by R. de Hooghe; Seconde Partie. 156 leaves; vol. II, [Socrate] 226 leaves; vol. III, [Sozomène] 270 leaves; vol. IV, [Théodoret] 208 leaves; vol. V, [Evagre, Photius, Théodore] 182 leaves; woodcut sphere device as used by Wolfgang on each title-page, engraved headpieces on first leaf of text in four volumes; volumes I and II give the name of the dedicatee on the title-page.

This edition not in Graesse.

Old calf, g. on m.e.; all but Tome I, part II, repaired at the joints and partly rebacked with new labels, new marbled end papers and bookplates; Tome I, part II, in its original state with marbled end papers and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 11-5.

The first edition of this translation was published in 1675-6.

For Cousin's dates see no. 96. Several works by him appear in this catalogue." "06100","J. 8","","","","Sulpicius Severus","","16s. Elzevir.","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 3, as above.","Severus, Sulpicius.","Svlpitii Severi Opera Omnia quæ extant, ex Optimis Editionibus accuratè recognita. Lugd. Batavorum: Ex Officina Elseviriana [Bonaventure and Abraham], cI[???] I[???] c xxxv. [1635.]","BR65.S5","

12mo. 176 leaves; woodcut Solitaire device on the title-page; list of contents on the verso of the title leaf.

Willems 430. Pieters 174. Rahir 423.

Bound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with a late bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Purchased from Van Damme on June 25, 1788, price 4. 10., and entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with that price.

Sulpicius Severus, c. 363-c. 425, was a native of Aquitania, and is chiefly known as the disciple and biographer of St. Martin of Tours." "06110","J. 9","","","","Historia concilii Florentini Sguropuli. Gr. Lat. Secundi.","","fol. Hagae-comitis. 1660.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 21, as above.","Syropoulos, Sylvester.","Vera Historia Unionis non veræ inter Græcos et Latinos: sive Concilii Florentini exactissima narratio, Græcè scripta per Sylvestrvm Sgvropvlvm . . . Transtulit in Sermonem Latinum, Notasque ad Calcem Libri adjecit . . . Caroli Secvndi . . . Robertus Creyghton . . . Hagae-Comitis: ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq. M. DC. LX. [1660].","BX830.1438.S8","

First Edition. Folio. 237 leaves; title-page printed in red and black; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Schaff-Herzog, Enclyclopedia of Religious Knowledge XI, page 243.

This copy belonged to Robert Creighton, the editor and author of the book. It is bound in the original calf, and has his cypher, a bishop's mitre between the initials B and V in gilt on the front cover. Not initialled by Jefferson. Sig. (g)1 is misprinted (f)1 and corrected in ink, possibly by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sylvester Syropoulos [Sguropolus], c. 1401-c. 1464. His History of the Council of Trent is of great value as a source book as he himself was a participant in the events he describes. In 1642 the work was copied from a codex in the Bibliotheca regia and sent to Isaak Vossius for publication. Vossius later entrusted it to Robert Creighton, chaplain of the Court of Charles II in exile and Bishop of Bath and Wells, who published the Greek text with a Latin translation. This edition is incomplete as the whole of the first book was missing in the Paris codex." "06120","J. 10","","","","Platina. Onuphrius et Cicarella de vitis Pontificum.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 15, as above.","Platina, Bartolommeo.","Historia B. Platinæ de Vitis Pontificvm Romanorvm. AD. N. Iesv Christo vsqve ad Pavlvm II. Venetvm Papam, longe qvam antea emendatior, Doctissimarvmq. annotationum Onvphrii Panvinii accessione nunc illustrior reddita . . . Accesservnt nvnc demvm omnivm Pontificvm veræ Effigies: omnia summo studio emendata & correcta. Coloniæ: apud Bernardum Gualtherium. Anno cI[???]. I[???]. c. [1600.]","BX953.P75","

4to. 304 leaves; engraved head of Christ on the title-page, woodcut heads of the Popes throughout the text; text in double columns, annotations in italic letter.

Graesse V, page 313. Ebert III, 17013.

Half morocco, marbled edges; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; leaves cut into throughout, with damage to the marginalia; badly foxed and stained; the autograph signature of Wm. Cocke on the title-page.

William Cocke, 1748-1828, a Virginia lawyer, was a life-long friend of Jefferson, whose library contains several books bearing Cocke's autograph signature.

Bartolommeo Platina, 1421-1481, wrote this book, first published in Venice in 1479, the first systematic handbook on papal history, at the suggestion of Sixtus IV." "06130","J. 11","","","","Bower's lives of the Popes.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 16, as above.","Bower, Archibald.","The History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the present time. Vol. I [-II]. By Archibald Bower, Esq; heretofore Public Professor of Rhetoric, History, and Philosophy, in the Universities of Rome, Fermo, and Macerata, And, in the latter Place, Counsellor of the Inquisition. The Third Edition. London: Printed for the Author. M.DCC.L. [1750.]","BX953.B7","

2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 230 leaves; vol. II, 276 leaves; The List of Subscribers on 12 leaves printed in double columns begins on a2i; the Preface on []i.

The whole edition consists of 7 volumes, published from 1750-1766, of which the first two, the only two in Jefferson's possession, are the third edition.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Old mottled calf, rebacked. From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

The subscribers include: Hon. James Alexander, Esq; of his Majesty's Council for New Jersey; Wm. Allen, Esq; of Philadelphia; Hon. John Coxe, Esq; of the Council of New Jersey; Library Company of Philadelphia; Hon. Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; one of his Majesty's Council, and Chief Justice of New Jersey; Phil. Rearny, Esq; of New Jersey; Col. Peter Schuyler, of New Jersey; His Excellency Wm. Shirley, Esq; Gov. of his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts-Bay, &c.; Mr. Phil. Vanhorne of New York.

Archibald Bower, 1686-1766, a Scottish Catholic educated at Douai, roused attention by his conversion and reconversion to and from the Protestant church. His History of the Popes was attacked by Alban Butler, John Douglas and other clerics chiefly as an unacknowledged translation of the work of Tillemont." "06140","J. 12","","","","Vita di Sisto V. da Leti.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 5, as above, with reading Sista.","Leti, Gregorio.","Vita di Sisto V. Pontefice Romano. Nuovamente scritta da Gregorio Leti. Nella quale si contengono alcune cose in generale della Corte di Roma, e della Sede Apostolica delle nascita di Sisto, e di tutt' i successi della sua vita anno per anno, sino alla sua promotione al Cardinalato. Ornata tutta l'Opera di molte figure; Divisa in tre Volumi. Parta Prima [-Terza]. Amsteldamo: per Janssonio-Waesberge. M.DC.CXXI. [1721.]","BX1335.L5","

3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 145 leaves; vol. II, 167 leaves; vol. III, 271 leaves; engraved frontispieces, portraits, engravings in the text, full page plates in 2 compartments; titles printed in red and black; the volumes collate in twelves.

This edition not in the bibliographies.

Bound in sprinkled calf with symbolic ecclesiastical ornaments on the back and at the corners on the sides, marbled end papers, red edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.19.

For a note on Leti see no. 363. The first edition of this book was published in Losanna in 1699.

Sixtus V (Felice Peretti), 1521-1590, became Pope in 1585." "06150","J. 13","","","","Fra Paolo. Istoria del concilio Tridentino.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 10, as above.","Sarpi, Paolo.","Historia del Concilio Tridentino di Pietro Soave Polano. Quarta Editione, riueduta e corretta dall' Avtore. Geneva: appresso Pietro Chouët. M.DC.LX. [1660.]","BX830.1545.S3","

4to. 1 vol. bound in 2. 430 leaves: []2, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, AAaa-ZZzz, AAAaa-NNNnn4, OOO002, †2, ‡4, the last two sheets for the Tavola; anchor device on the title. The volume division occurs after Mmm4, the second volume begins with Oooiii, the whole of sig. Nnn and the first two leaves of Ooo are misbound between MMmm4 and NNnni.

This edition not in Brunet, not in Graesse, and not in Ebert. No copy in the Bibliothèque Publique de Genève.

Bound for Jefferson, in 2 volumes, sprinkled calf, pale blue end papers. Initialled by him at sigs. I and T and in the second volume, at sig. Ttt. In the running headlines of seven leaves of Libro Quinto, the word Quinto is misprinted Quarto, and corrected in ink (AR converted into IN) possibly by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue as 4to. 2 vols. with the price 6 (livres).

Paolo Sarpi, 1552-1623, Venetian Servite, statesman and anti-papal historian. His Historia del Concilio Tridentino, an invective against the Popes, was first published in Italian in London, 1619, at the instigation of George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury." "06160","J. 14","","","","Pietro Soave Polano [i. e. Paolo Sarpi Venete] history of the council of Trent. Eng. by Brent.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 22, History of the Council of Trent by Pietro Suave Politano [i. e. Paolo Sarpi Veneto] Eng. by Brent, fol.","Sarpi, Paolo.","The Historie of the Covncel of Trent. Conteining eight Bookes. In which (besides the ordinarie Actes of the Councell) are declared many notable Occurrences, which happened in Christendome, during the space of fourtie yeeres and more. And, particularly, the practices of the Court of Rome, to hinder the reformation of their errors, and to maintaine their greatnesse. Written in Italian by Pietro Soaue Polano, and faithfully translated into English by Nathanael Brent. Vnto this Second Edition are added diuers obseruable Passages, and Epistles, concerning the trueth of this Historie, specified in the next Page. London: Printed by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, M.DC.XXIX. [1629.]","BX830.1545.S32","

Folio. 454 leaves: []6, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Gggg4, Hhhh6, woodcut initials, the Royal arms as a device on the title-page, the last leaf with the colophon between ornaments on the recto, the verso blank.

STC 21762. This edition not in Hazlitt and not in Lowndes (who erroneously cites editions of 1616 and 1617).

Old calf, rebacked (wrongly labelled on the back Vol. II), new end papers, with a late bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Below the imprint on the title Jefferson has written in brown ink:

The Venetians persuading F. Paul to write an answer to a book lately published, called 'Scrutinio della liberta Veneta' he told them he had an answer ready, and delivered to them his History of the Council of Trent which Marcus Antonius de Dominis took upon him to publish, & got it printed in London under the name of Pietro Soave Polano, which is the Anagram of Paolo Sarpi Veneto. v. Collier's dict. voce Sarpi.

Sir Nathaniel Brent, 1573-1652, warden of Merton College, Oxford, travelled, according to Wood, into several parts of the learned world in 1613, 14, &c. and underwent dangerous adventures in Italy, to procure the History of the Council of Trent, which he translated into English, and therefore to be remembered by posterity with honorable mention. His first edition was published in 1620." "06170","J. 15","","","","Vita del Padre Paolo del Griselini.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 4, Vita del Padre Paolo, del Criselini, 12mo.","Griselini, Francesco.","Memorie anedote spettanti alla vita ed agli studj del sommo filosofo e giureconsulto F. Paolo Servita raccolte ed ordinate da Francesco Griselini Veneziano, della celebre Accademia dell' Instituto delle Scienze di Bologna. Edizione Seconda, corretta, e considerabilmante accresciuta. In Losana: apresso Giovanni Nestenus e Comp. MDCCLX. [1760.]","DG678.317.G7","

First Edition. 8vo. 204 leaves, engraved frontispiece with portrait, engraved printer's device on the title-page; on pp. 346-364 (sig. Y5 verso to Z6 verso) the Catalogo delle varie edizioni delle Opera stampate di F. Paolo.

Old calf, gilt back; joints repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Francesco Griselini, fl. 1760, Italian scholar. In writing this biography he had access to Sarpi's unpublished writings, afterwards destroyed by fire." "06180","J. 16","","","","Vertot. Origine de la grandeur de la cour de Rome.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 8, as above.","Vertot, René Aubert, Sieur De.","Origine de la Grandeur de la Cour de Rome, et de la Nomination aux Eveche's & aux Abbaïes de France. Par M. L'Abbé de Vertot. A Lausanne: chez Marc-Michel Bousquet. M.DCC. XLV. [1745.]","BX1800.V4","

12mo. 124 leaves.

Quérard X, page 130.

Old French marbled calf, marbled end papers, r. e.; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's manuscript catalogue with the price 1-10.

For a note on Vertot see no. 66. This work was first published posthumously at La Haye in 1737." "06190","J. 17","","","","Histoire des Croisades par Maimburgh.","","4. v. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 6, as above, with the reading Maimbourg.","Maimbourg, Louis.","Histoire des croisades pour le deliverance de la Terre Sainte. Par le P. Louis Maimbourg, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Tome Premier [-Quatrième]. Seconde Edition. Suivant la Copye Imprimée à Paris chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy [Amsterdam: ?Wolfgang]. M. DC. LXXXII. [1682.]","D158.M23","

4 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 196 leaves, engraved frontispiece; vol. II, 166 leaves; vol. III, troisième édition, 1685, 160 leaves; vol. IV, 184 leaves; the volumes collate in twelves; sphere device on each title.

Not in Quérard. Backer V, col. 350, no. 16.

Rebound in half red morocco in 1904 by the Library of Congress; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout.

Louis Maimbourg, 1610-1686, French historian. This book was first printed in Paris, 2 vol. 4to, 1675." "06200","J. 18","","","","Stackhouse's history of the old & new testament.","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 12, Stackhouse's history of the Bible, 5 v 8vo.","Stackhouse, Thomas.","A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity . . . The whole illustrated with proper Maps and Sculptures. By the Reverend Thomas Stackhouse, A.M. Late Vicar of Beenham in Berkshire. Vol. I. [-IV.] Edinburgh: Printed for Alex. Donaldson, and John Wood, and for James Meuros, Bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1767.—A History of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, from his Birth, to the Establishment of Christianity . . . Vol. I. [-II.] Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran, for James Meuros, Bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1765.","BS635.A257","

Together 6 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 244 leaves, the last leaf with Alexander Donaldson's advertisement, engraved portrait frontispiece by H. Gavis; vol. II, 236 leaves; vol. III, 336 leaves, the last leaf with Alexander Donaldson's advertisement; vol. IV, 356 leaves, the last leaf with Alexander Donaldson's advertisement; vol. I [V], 204 leaves, the last a blank; vol. II [VI], 234 leaves, the last leaf with Meuros's Proposals for printing, by Subscription, Mr. Salmon's New Geographical and Historical Grammar, dated Kilmarnock, July 1, 1765; each volume illustrated with full-page plates, folded maps and plans.

Lowndes V, page 2486.

Bound in old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

From the library of George Wythe, bequeathed to Jefferson, and received in 1806, after the death of Wythe. The volumes have annotations in English and in Greek written by Wythe.

Jefferson's original manuscript entry reads: Stackhouse's history of the bible 5.v. 8vo., the last part crossed through with the pen and corrected to old & new testament 6.v. 8vo.

Thomas Stackhouse, 1677-1752, English theologian. This work was originally issued in bi-monthly parts, in folio, and published in three folio volumes in 1737." "06210","J. 19","","","","Mosheim's Ecclesiastical hist.","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 11, as above.","Von Mosheim, Johann Lorenz.","An Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century . . . By the late learned John Lawrence Mosheim, D.D. And Chancellor of the University of Gottingen. Translated from the original Latin, And accompanied with Notes and Chronological Tables, by Archibald Maclaine, D.D. In Six Volumes. To the whole is added An Accurate Index. A New Edition. Vol. I. [-VI.] London: Printed for T. Cadell. M DCCLXXXII. [1782.]","BR145.M8","

6 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 232 leaves; vol. II, 296 leaves; vol. III, 244 leaves; vol. IV, 266 leaves; vol. V, 261 leaves; vol. VI, 208 leaves, all collating in eights.

Sprinkled calf; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T, and with one of his blue silk book marks preserved. In vol. VI, page 153, the roman numerals VII are crossed through, and 7th is written in ink above, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

This edition not in Lowndes, who cites several editions, including one of 1783.

The Chronological Tables begin in Vol. VI, page 139, and are printed in parallel columns. The interesting entries include:

In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus opens a passage into America, by the discovery of the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica.

The University of Caen in Normandy is founded by the English in 1437.

The Portuguese sail, for the first time, to the East-Indies, under Vasquez de Gama.

1448. The art of printing, with moveable wooden types, is invented by Coster at Harlem; and the farther improvements of this admirable art are owing to Gensfleisch and Guttemberg of Mentz. and Schoeffer of Strassburg . . .

The first book printed with types of metal; which was the Vulgate Bible, published at Mentz in 1450; a second edition of the same book was published at Mentz in 1642 [sic, should be 1462], and has been mistaken for the first.

This book frequently has a place on Jefferson's recommended reading lists.

Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim, 1694-1755, German Lutheran divine and church historian. The Institutionum historiæ ecclesiasticæ libri IV, of which this book is a translation, was first published in 1726.

Archibald Maclaine, 1722-1804, Scottish divine, published the first edition of his translation in 1765." "06220","20","","","","Anglia Sacra Whartoni.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 23, as above.","Wharton, Henry.","Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, Partim antiquitas, partim recenter scriptarum, de Archiepiscopis & Episcopis Angliæ, A prima Fidei Christianæ susceptione ad Annum MDXL. Nunc primùm in Lucem editarum. Pars Prima [Secunda] . . . Londini: Impensis Richardi Chiswel ad Insigne Rosæ Coronatæ . . . 1691.","BR746.W5","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 438 leaves; vol. II, 376 leaves; engraved arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury as the frontispiece of vol. I, engraved Rosæ Coronatæ device on both title-pages.

Lowndes V, page 2884. Hazlitt III, page 75.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 24-0.

Henry Wharton, 1664-1695, English divine and author. Anglia Sacra is a collection of the lives of the English archbishops and bishops down to the year 1540, partly compiled by himself and partly edited by him from earlier writings. Among his manuscript collections at the Lambeth Library is a life by him of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, q.v." "06230","21","","","","Bede's history of the church of England. transld. by Stapleton.","","small 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 14, Bede's history of the church of England, translated by Stapleton, p 4to.","Bede, The Venerable.","The History of the Chvrch of Englande. Compiled by Venerable Bede, Englishman. Translated out of Latin in to English by Thomas Stapleton Student in Diuinite . . . Imprinted at Antwerp by John Laet, 1565.","","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 210 leaves, printer's device on the title-page, woodcut illustrations, arms of Queen Elizabeth.

STC 1778. Lowndes I, page 144.

Bede, 673-735, English historian and scholar, completed his Historia Ecclesiastica, of which this is a translation, in 731; the first printed edition appeared circa 1473, at Strassburg.

Thomas Stapleton, 1535-1598, English catholic controversialist." "06240","J. 22","","","","Burnet's hist. of the reformation","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 24, as above, with the reading history.","Burnet, Gilbert.","The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. In Two Parts. The First Part. Of the Progress made in it during the Reign of K. Henry the VIII. [The Second Part. Of the Progress made in it till the Settlement of it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeths reign.] The Second Edition, corrected. By Gilbert Burnet, D.D. London: Printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1681, 3. The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish'd. By the Right-Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. London: Printed for J. Churchill, 1715.","BR375.B9","

Together 3 vol. Folio. First Edition of vol. III. Vol. I, 381 leaves collating in fours; sig. (Aaa)i has the half-title for A Collection of Records and Original Papers . . . with separate pagination; Llll4 has the half-title for An Appendix concerning some Errors and Falshoods in Sander's Book . . . with continuous pagination; vol. II, 454 leaves, engraved frontispiece in compartments; sig. Aaai has the half-title for A Collection of Records . . . and Bbbbb3 for An Appendix concerning some Errors and Falshoods in Sander's Book . . . vol. III, 404 leaves; Ai with the half-title for A Collection of Records . . . with separate pagination; titles of all volumes in red and black; full page engraved portraits by White after Holbein and by Vertue, those in vol. I missing in this copy; many leaves foxed and stained.

Lowndes I, page 318. Johnson, Engraved and Etched English Title-pages, page 59, no. 6. STC B5798,9.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T throughout. These volumes have the signatures of William Cocke in several places and of Arthur Blackamore (crossed out). There are a number of manuscript notes not in Jefferson's hand. Vol. I has the autograph signature of John Randolph on the title-page. Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, Bishop of Salisbury." "06250","J. 23","","","","History of the reformation in Scotland.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 25, as above.","[Knox, John.]","The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland; containing five books: together with some Treatises conducing to the History. Published by Authority . . . London: Printed by John Raworth, for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen. M DC XLIV. [1644.]","BR385.K6 1644","

Folio. 326 leaves. The Appellation of John Knox, at the end has separate pagination.

Lowndes III, page 1287. STC K738.

Bound in calf for Henri-François Daguesseau, Chancelier de France, with his arms in gold on the sides, coquilles at the corners, and his insignia (crossed maces) and coquilles in the compartments of the back, marbled endpapers, r. e. The title is written in French on a fly-leaf, possibly by him. By David Buchanan is written in ink on the title, and in the same hand, under the initials D. B. at the end of To the Reader. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 3. (livres).

John Knox, 1505-1572, Scottish reformer and historian. This is the first complete edition of his history, of which three books had been printed in 1584 and most of the copies destroyed by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

David Buchanan, ?1595-?1652, Scottish writer.

Henri-François Daguesseau, 1668-1751, the former owner of the book, was Chancellor of France. His arms are azure, 2 fasces or, 6 coquilles argent, 3, 2, and 1. His library was sold in 1766 after the death of his second son to whom it had been bequeathed." "06260","24","","","","History of Monastical Conventions.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 7, as above.","S., J.","The History of Monastical Conventions, and Military Institutions with a Survey of the Court of Rome. Or, a Description of the Religious and Military Orders in Europe, Asia and Africa, for above twelve hundred years . . . faithfully collected by J. S. Licensed May 11, 1686. London: Printed for H. Rhodes, 1686.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 108 leaves, engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement at the end; no copy was obtained for collation.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Arber, Term Catalogues II, 166." "06270","J. 25","","","","Spelman's hist. of Sacrilege.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 13, as above, with the reading history.","Spelman, Sir Henry.","The History and Fate of Sacrilege, discover'd by Examples of Scripture, of Heathens, and of Christians; From the Beginning of the World, continually to this Day. By Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. Wrote in the Year 1632. A Treatise omitted in the late Edition of his Posthumous Works, and now Published for the Terror of Evil Doers. To which is added, The Beginners of a Monastick Life, in Asia, Africa, and Europe; By Sir Roger Twisden, Kt. and Bar. London: Printed for John Hartley, 1698.","BR1620.S7","

First Edition. 8vo. 140 leaves only; imperfect at the end (ends on S7, page 270); the leaf before the title has publisher's advertisements on the verso, blank on the recto.

Lowndes V, page 2474. Not in Hazlitt.

Old calf, joints repaired, new marbled end papers; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; foxed and stained throughout; manuscript notes in pencil are not by Jefferson.

Sir Henry Spelman, c. 1564-1641, English historian and antiquary, left this work unfinished at his death; in 1698 it was edited and published ''for the terror of evil-doers.''

Sir Roger Twysden, 1597-1672 (see also no. 341). His treatise on the Beginnings of the Monastick life, printed with Spelman's work, was never reprinted." "06280","1","","","","Clerici Physica.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 1, Clerici Physica, 12mo.","Le Clerc, Jean.","Joan Clerici Physica, sive de rebus corporeis, libri quinque, in quibus, præmissis potissimis corporearum naturarum phænomenis & proprietatibus, veterum & recentiorum de eorum causis celeberrimæ conjecturæ traduntur . . . Londini: Impensis A. Swall & T. Childe, 1696.","","

12mo. 304 leaves; no copy was obtained for collation.

This edition not in Haag. STC L823A. Arber, Term Catalogues II, 570 (Feb. 1696).

Jean Le Clerc, 1657-1736, Swiss protestant theologian. The first edition of his Physica was published in Amsterdam in 1695. This is the first English edition and is less well known than the Cambridge edition, 1700." "06290","2","","","","Physiquede Rohault.","","2. v. 24s.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 2, as above, 16s.","Rohault, Jacques.","Traité de Physique. Paris, 1683.","","

2 vol. 12mo. or smaller. No copy of this edition was located for collation. Jefferson describes the format as 24s; the 1815 and later catalogues as 16s.

Jacques Rohault, 1620-1675, French physicist and disciple of Descartes." "06300","3","","","","Spectacle de la Nature de la Pluche","","11. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 3, as above.","[Pluche, Noel Antoine]","Le Spectacle de la Nature, ou Entretiens sur les Particularités de l'Histoire Naturelle . . . Tome Premier [-Huitième], Paris 1771—Histoire du Ciel, ib 1788.","","

Together 11 vol; the Spectacle has 8 vol. in 9, the other work 2 vol, 12mo. No copies of the editions assigned to the Jefferson Collection by the Library of Congress catalogues after 1815 have been located for collation.

Barbier IV, col. 557. These editions not in Quérard.

The eleven volumes were purchased by Jefferson from P. & C. Roche, reliés, $20.00, and sent from Philadelphia to Washington on March 6, 1806.

Noel Antoine Pluche, abbé, 1688-1761, French Jansenist writer, was Directeur of the College at Laon. The first edition of the Spectacle appeared in 1732 and the years following." "06310","4","","","","Franklin on Electricity.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 29, unnumbered, [Franklin on electricity, 4to] in his works. 1831 Catalogue, page 71. no. J. 50; Franklin, Benjamin: Experiments and Observations on Electricity, with Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects, 4to; London, 1774.","Franklin, Benjamin.","Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. By Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. . . . To which are added, Letters and Papers on philosophical subjects . . . The Fifth Edition. London: Printed for F. Newbery. M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","QC516.F85","

Square 8vo. in fours. 269 leaves; engraved frontispiece, full page and folded plates, illustrations in the text.

Sabin 25506. Stevens 77. This edition not in Ford. Welsh, page 223 can only cite from an F. Newbery list of 1775.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and the later Library of Congress catalogues call for this separate edition of this book. The 1815 catalogue omits the separate edition, which may not have been sold to Congress.

In his refutation of the abbé Raynal's remarks, Jefferson in the Notes on Virginia mentions that

In physics we have produced a Franklin, than whom no one of the present age has made more important discoveries, nor has enriched philosophy with more, or more ingenious solutions of the phenomena of nature.

The first edition was printed in London in 1751." "","5","","","","Franklin's Philosophical works. Franklin's works, electrical, physical & meteorological.","","4to., 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 29, unnumbered, [Franklin's works electrical, physical and meteorological, 4to] in his works.","","","","[Franklin on electricity, 4to] in his works. See chapter 44." "06320","6","","","","Description of Nairne's electrical machine.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 7, as above.","Nairne, Edward.","The Description and Use of Nairne's Patent Electrical Machine; with the Addition of some Philosophical Experiments and Medical Observations. London: Printed for Nairne and Blunt, 1783.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 34 leaves: A-H4, I2, 5 folded engraved plates, errata slip pasted down on the back of the title. The last three leaves contain the Prices of some of the Mathematical, Optical, and Philosophical Instruments made and sold by Nairne and Blunt . . .

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ix, 623. Ronalds 361.

Jefferson was introduced to Nairne as an instrument maker by Benjamin Franklin in Paris in 1786, and in December of that year, in a letter to Benjamin Vaughan, requested the latter to give an order to Nairne for certain instruments and a set of magnets to be made for him as Dr. Franklin described his to have been.

Edward Nairne, 1726-1806, English electrician. His electrical machine, still known as Nairne's electrical machine, was made on plans supplied by Dr. Priestley." "06330","7","","","","Archaeologiae Philosophicae. Burnet.","","4to. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 23, Archaelogiæ Philosophical, Burnet, p 4to.","Burnet, Thomas.","Archæologiæ Philosophicæ: sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rervm Originibvs. Libri Duo. Londini: Typis R. N. Impensis Gualt, Kettilby, 1692.","","

First Edition. 4to. 187 leaves; the text in Latin, with passages in Greek and Hebrew.

Lowndes I, page 325. Not in Hazlitt. Not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. STC B5943.

Thomas Burnet, 1635?-1715, master of the Charterhouse. In this work, of which a translation into English appeared in the same year, Burnet professed to reconcile his theory of the earth (see the next entry) with the first chapter of Genesis. The conversation between Eve and the Serpent gave much offence; it occurs on sig. Oo?i, page 281. The book is dedicated to William III." "06340","8","","","","Burnet's Theory of the Earth.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 29, no. 32, as above.","Burnet, Thomas.","The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the Consummation of all Things. The Two First Books concerning The Deluge, and concerning Paradise. London: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, 1684.","BL224.B82","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1. 174 leaves including the full-page engraved frontispiece, 2 double-page plates, small engravings in the text; the title-page for the Second Book is on Z2; signatures and pagination are continuous.

This edition not in Lowndes. STC B5950. Arber, Term Catalogues, page 74. A. F. Johnson, A Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages, no. 178, cites only the later edition of this work, 1691, with the erroneous description Six spheres around the title [there are seven spheres around the title]. The same frontispiece is used in the English and in the Latin editions. See Wolf I, page 351.

The first edition of this work is in Latin and appeared in 1681 with the title Telluris Theoria Sacra. This is the first edition of the English translation of the first two books. The translation of the later books appeared in 1690 and was not in the Jefferson collection." "06350","9","","","","Histoire naturel des Volcans par Ordinaire","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 29, no. 15, as above.","Ordinaire, Claude Nicolas.","Histoire Naturelle des Volcans, comprenant les Volcans soumarins, ceux de boue, et autres phénomènes analogues. Par C. N. Ordinaire, ci-devant Chanoine de Riom. Paris: chez Levrault frères, An X (1802).","","

First Edition. 8vo. 179 leaves; large folded engraved Mappemonde volcanique with an inset Carte de la majeure Partie du Mexique et du Perou by Tardieu l'ainé.

Quérard VI, page 461. Poggendorff II, col. 331. Agassiz, Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae IV, page 49.

Purchased from Reibelt on December 24, 1804, price $2.00. This was one of the books retained by Jefferson for his own use from a consignment sent by Reibelt to Washington from which the Secretary of State and Jefferson were to make selections.

Claude Nicolas Ordinaire, 1736-1809, French naturalist. This work is dedicated to Sir William Hamilton." "06360","10","","","","Sr. William Hamilton's observñs on Vesuvius & aetna.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 16, Hamilton's, Sir Wm. observations on Vesuvius and ætna, 8vo.","Hamilton, Sir William.","Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to The Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples. To which are added, explanatory notes by the Author, hitherto unpublished. A New Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1774.","","

8vo. 92 leaves, folded engraved map and 4 engraved plates.

Lowndes II, 989. Johnston-Lavis, Bibliography of the . . . Volcanoes of Southern Italy, 326. This edition not in Poggendorff and not in Agassiz.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5-0.

Sir William Hamilton, 1730-1803, English diplomat and archaeologist. The first edition of these letters, written after the author had ascended Vesuvius twenty-two times, was published in 1772." "06370","11","","","","Epoques de la nature. par Buffon.","","4to. [given by the Author].","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 34, Epoques de la Nature de Buffon, 4to.","Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte De.","Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Par M. le Comte de Buffon . . . Supplément, Tome Cinquième. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1778.","QH45.B78","

4to. 323 leaves; 2 folded engraved maps by Aldring; six numbered engraved plates after De Seve (folded and full page), woodcut vignette of the royal arms on the title-page.

This volume of the Supplément of the Histoire Naturelle contains the époques de la Nature. Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author; it is entered also on his undated manuscript catalogue." "06380","12","","","","Histoire naturelle de la montagne de St. Pierre.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 31, as above, with de Faujas.","Faujas De Saint-Fond, Barthélemy.","Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de Saint-Pierre de Maestricht. Paris: J. J. Jansen, an VII. [1799.]","","

Folio. 132 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved map and 54 plates.

Agassiz, II, page 394, no. 9.

A copy of this work was offered to Jefferson in a letter from Reibelt on December 13, 1804:

. . . J'ai encore un exemplaire de l'histoire naturelle de la Montagne de S. Pierre par Faujas.—N'en pourriez vous pas en disposer?

On March 7, 1805, Jefferson had a copy bound by J. March, in calf, gilt, price $3.00, March's note on the binding bill read: plates reduced difficult.

Barthélemy Faujas De Saint-Fond, 1741-1819, French geologist and traveller. Whilst holding the office of commissioner of mines he discovered in the quarries of St. Pierre, south of Maestricht, the extraordinary subterranean quarries here described.

In a letter to Charles Willson Peale, dated from Washington, March 13, 1808, Jefferson described Faujas de St. Fond as of first rate eminence in geological things." "06390","13","","","","Woodward. Histoire naturelle de la terre.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 33, Woodward, histoire naturelle de la terre, 4to.","Woodward, John.","Geographie Physique, ou Essay sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Terre, Traduit de l'Anglois, de Monsieur Wodward, par M. Noguez, Docteur en Medecine: avec la réponse aux Observations de M. le Docteur Camerarius; plusieurs lettres écrites sur la même matiere; & la Distribution méthodique des Fossiles, traduits de l'Anglois, du même M. Wodward, par le R. P. Niceron, Barnabite. A Paris: chez Briasson, 1735.","","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 203 leaves printer's woodcut device on the title-page; half-title for Réponse aux Observations du Docteur Camerarius . . . Avec une Preface de Benjamin Holloway, Traducteur Anglois de cette Defense.

Poggendorff II, 1366 (date 1753). Agassiz IV, 583.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2/6.

John Woodward, 1665-1728, English geologist and physician. A translation into Latin was commented on by Dr. Elie Camerarius (1673-1734), German physician. For a note on Noguez see no. 995." "06400","14","","","","Geologie de Faujas de St. Fond.","","8vo. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 21, Essai de Geologie, par Faujas de St. Fond, 8vo. page 29. no. 20, Geologie de Faujas de St. Fond. 1st vol 8vo.","Faujas De Saint-Fond, Barthélemy.","Essai de Géologie, ou Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire Naturelle du Globe; Par B. Faujas-St.-Fond. Tome Premier, orné de dix-sept planches. [Tome Second, première partie, orné de cinq planches en couleurs—seconde partie, orné de huit planches.] . . . A Paris: chez Gabriel Dufour et Compagnie, 1803-1809.","","

First Edition. 3 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 248 leaves, vol. II, 372 leaves; plates in both volumes.

Quérard III, page 69. Not in Sabin. Perry, Bibliographie Seismique, page 58, no. 560.

Copies of both the first and second volume were sent by the author to Jefferson, who bought for himself another copy of volume I.

On August 12, 1803, Faujas-St. Fond (as he at that time signed himself) wrote from the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris to Jefferson [received by him on December 24]:

Vos recherches sur l'éléphant à dents molaires protuberantes du voisinage de lhoio (sic), ainsi que celles sur le megalonix, m'ont fourni des objets comparatifs très instructifs sur les restes fossiles de mêmes animaux qu'on trouve sur divers points du globe.

j'ai reunis dans un essai de Geologie les materiaux les plus importants a ce sujet, pour servir de Base a une theorie de la terre; j'ose vous prier de vouloir me faire l'honneur d'accepter le premier volume de cet ouvrage; le second est sous presse, et lorsquil paraitra je serai tres empressé de la faire parvenir a votre addresse. je vous prie de recevoir ce livre, comme un faible homage de ma consideration pour votre gout et pour vos connaissances dans cette partie philosophique de l'histoire naturelle . . .

On September 20 from the same address Faujas-St. Fond sent to Jefferson a letter introducing to him the bookseller Fleischer, and mentioned:

. . . j'eu l'honneur il y a environ un mois de vous envoyer par un jeune americain qui frequentoit Beaucoup le jardin des plantes de paris, le premier tome, d'un ouvrage de geologie que je viens de publier, dans lequel j'ai fait figurer plusieurs animaux fossiles, parmi lesquels le megalonix du paragaij qui est dans le Cabinet d'histoire naturelle de madrid et dont vous avez trouvé des restes dans l'amerique septentrionale; aussitot que le second tome qu'on imprime, verra le jour, j'aurai l'honneur de vous le faire parvenir. . .

On March 27, 1804, Jefferson lent this book to Dr. Caspar Wistar:

. . . I send you by post herewith an interesting volume of Faujas de St. Fond on the great fossil bones, which after reading may be returned either with La Cepede's or otherwise as you please . . . I should be glad Doctr. Barton could have the reading the volume now sent, with my compliments to him . . .

On May 4, Wistar, in a long letter to Jefferson, closed with the request:

. . . I must beg the further loan of the very valuable work of Faujas which you were so kind as to send me—I have been particularly occupied since it came & cannot part with it (if you can spare it longer) without a complete perusal.

To this Jefferson replied on June 7:

. . . keep Faujas' book as long as you please . . .

Six months later, on January 4, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Wistar for the book:

Mr. T. M. Randolph being desirous of perusing the work of Faujas which I sent you some time ago, if you are done with it, I will ask the favor of you to inclose it to me by post . . .

Three years later Jefferson sent to Paris for another copy. On July 14, 1808, he wrote to Captain Nathan Haley at Paris, asking him to bring a number of books and articles on his return voyage, including

Geologie de Faujas in 1. or 2. vol[???]. 8vo., perhaps more may have come out. his 4to. work on the Mountain of St. Pierre I have.

On November 25, 1808, Captain Haley having brought the book, Jefferson wrote to Wistar:

I have lately recieved from France another copy of the 1st. vol. of the Essaie de Geologie de Faujas, which enables me to request you to keep for your own use the one I lent you. the 2d. vol. has never appeared.

The fact that this volume is entered twice in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue (the entry dropped in the later catalogues) may indicate that the second copy was listed in the manuscript catalogue from which Congress bought the library.

A copy of the same work had been offered to Jefferson by Reibelt for 2½ dollars, sent on approval with a number of others, the list undated but probably late in 1804.

In this first volume the discussion on the elephant in Ohio (page 266) contains a reference to l'excellent Traité sur la constitution physique de la Virginie, par Monsieur Jefferson, pag. 70 de l'édition anglaise de 1782. On page 374 is an account of the mégalonix de Jefferson. The various references to the geology and zoology of North America include an account of the Peale Museum in Philadelphia.

In a letter to John Vaughan written on August 15, 1805, Jefferson discusses the views of Faujas-St. Fond on the classification of animals, as contrasted and compared with those of Cuvier and Buffon, with special regard to the megatherum and the megalonix.

On October 15, 1806, Faujas-St. Fond wrote to Jefferson that he was holding back volume II for the results of the expedition to the Mississippi:

. . . nous attendons ici avec une vive impatience les resultats du Beau voyage dans l'interieur de l'amerique que vous aviez ordonné, qui dans tous les cas ne peut qu'etre utile aux progrés des Connoissances hummaines. Comme l'histoire naturelle, et particulierement la geographie physique s'enrichiront de ce voyage; je vous aurois en mon particulier une grande obligation, Monsieur le president si vous pouviez avoir la Bonté de me faire parvenir une Courte Notice, des découvertes qui auront pû etre faites sur les deux Branches des Sciences Naturelles. C'est dans cette attente que j'ai fait suspendre l'impression du second tome Des essais de Geologie qui etoit deja Bien avancé, parceque j'espere que le voyage pourra fournir quelques nouvelles données, soit sur les grandes chaines de montagnes, sur leurs élévations, et sur quelques especes de quadrupedes . . .

Early the following year, on February 16, 1807, Faujas de St. Fond (signing himself with de for the first time) wrote promising a copy of volume II:

. . . on imprime dans ce moment le second tome de mes essais de Geologie aussitot qu'il sera terminé. je serai tres empressé de le remetre ici a votre ministre pour vous le faire parvenir, il contient la partie mineralogique, j'ai osé y hazarder une Conjecture un peu hardie sur l'origine des corps qui sont entrés comme principes constitutif des granits, en me tennant toujours sur la ligne des faits . . .

voules vous me permettre d'avoir l'honneur de vous presenter un recueil de mes voyages geologiques—on en a séparé quelques exemplaires tirés des annales du museum d'histoire naturelle . . .

The second volume was sent to Jefferson by the author in September 1818, three years after the sale of his library to Congress." "06410","15","","","","Whitehurst on the formation of the earth.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 35, as above.","Whitehurst, John.","An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth; deduced from Facts and the Laws of Nature. The Second Edition, considerably enlarged, and illustrated with plates. By John Whitehurst, F.R.S. London: Printed for W. Bent, 1786.","QE501.W4","

4to. 148 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Hall after Jos. Wright, 7 folded and full-page numbered plates by John Whitehurst of which four are dated 1778, and three were made for this edition, dated 1785.

Lowndes V, page 2905. This edition not in Poggendorff and not in Agassiz.

Jefferson discussed Whitehurst and his book in a letter to Charles Thomson, written from Paris, December 17, 1786. Commenting on the contents of letters received from Thomson, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you say you have not been able to learn whether, in the new mills in London, steam is the immediate mover of the machinery, or raises water to move it? it is the immediate mover . . . you observe that Whitehurst supposes it to have been the agent which, bursting the earth, threw it up into mountains & vallies. you ask me what I think of his book? I find in it many interesting facts brought together, & many ingenious commentaries on them. but there are great chasms in his facts, and consequently in his reasoning. these he fills up by suppositions which may be as reasonably denied as granted. a sceptical reader therefore, like myself, is left in the lurch. I acknolege however he makes more use of fact than any other writer of a theory of the earth . . .

In view of the date of the following letter to Madison, written on December 16, the day before his letter to Thomson above, and that no book on this subject by one Whitford has been traced, it seems probable that Jefferson intended to write Whitehurst for Whitford:

. . . another Theory of the earth has been contrived by one Whitford, not absolutely reasonable, but somewhat more so than any that has yet appeared. it is full of interesting facts, which however being inadequate to his theory, he is obliged to supply them from time to time by begging questions. it is worth your getting from London . . .

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 18/-.

John Whitehurst, 1713-1788, English horologer. The first edition of this book appeared in 1778." "06420","16","","","","De Luc sur la Suisse et le climat d'Hieres.","","vol. 1re. part 1re. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 19, as above.","Deluc, Jean André.","Lettres sur quelques Parties de la Suisse et sur le Climat d'Hiéres; addressées a la Reine de la Grande Bretagne, par J. A. de Luc, Citoyen de Genève, Lecteur de Sa Majesté, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres & Correspondant des Académies Royales des Sciences de Paris & de Montpellier. A La Haye: chez P. F. Gosse, 1778.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 127 leaves; the title and half-title read as above; the caption title on the first page of text reads: Lettres sur l'Histoire de la Terre. I. Partie, Introduction aux Montagnes, & premier coup d'oeil sur leurs Habitans. This first part contains XVI Lettres, and is followed by a leaf of Avertissement as to the publication of the future volumes.

Quérard II, page 465. Poggendorff I, col. 546. Agassiz I, page 209, no. 2.

Jean André Deluc, 1727-1817, Genevan physicist.

This book, complete in itself, forms the first part of the first volume of a work entitled Lettres Physiques et Morales sur l'Histoire de la Terre et de l'Homme, published in 6 volumes from 1778 to 1780. The book is addressed to Queen Charlotte of England, whose tutor Deluc was. It is in this volume that the word Geology was created, Deluc mentioning in a footnote in the Introduction that Géologie, for his purpose would be more suitable than Cosmologie, mais je n'ose m'en servir, parce qu'il n'est pas usité. Deluc was a member of various learned societies in England and on the Continent." "06430","17","","","","De Luc sur les montagnes, l'histoire de la terre et de l'homme.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 18, as above.","Deluc, Jean André.","Lettres Physiques et Morales, sur les Montagnes et sur l'Histoire de la Terre et de l'Homme adressées a la Reine de la Grande Bretagne. Par J. A. de Luc. La Haye: Detune, et Paris: Veuve Duschesnes, 1778.","","

5 vol. 8vo.; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, 465. Agassiz II, page 209.

According to the bibliographies the only edition which included the phrase sur les montagnes was the first edition of 1778. This is called for by Jefferson's manuscript and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogues. This edition is not listed in the later catalogues which credit the Jefferson collection with the edition of 1779, with title Lettres Physiques et Morales sur l'Histoire de la Terre et de l'Homme, 5 v. 8vo; Paris, 1779." "06440","18","","","","l'Action du feu central. par de Rome de l'Isle. Lettre sur la chaleur du globe par M.L.S.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 17, L'action du feu centrale, par Rome de l'isle, et Lettre sur la chaleur de la globe, par M. L. S. 8vo.","Romé de l'Isle, Jean Baptiste Louis de.","L'Action du Feu central démontrée nulle a la Surface du Globe, contre les Assertions de MM. le Comte de Buffon, Bailly, de Mairan, &c. Par M. de Romé de l'Isle . . . Seconde Edition, augmentée de nouvelles Preuves & de plusieurs Eclaircissemens. A Stockholm, et se vend a Paris: chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1781.","","

8vo. 68 leaves; woodcut headpiece signed Beugnet; Table des Auteurs cités at the end.

Quérard VIII, page 135. Poggendorff II, col. 682. Not in Agassiz.

Jean Baptiste Louis De Romé de l'Isle, 1736-1790, French physicist and mineralogist. The first edition of this work was published anonymously in 1779." "06450","","","","","","","","","[Le Semelier.]","Lettre a Madame la Barrone de * * * sur la Chaleur du Globe, démontrée par MM. de Mairan & le Comte de Buffon, soutenue par M. Bailly & encore existante, malgré les Assertions de M. D. R. D. L. . . . Par M. L. S. * * * . . . A Amsterdam; et se trouve a Paris: chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1780.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 47 leaves: [ ]1, A-E8, F6, woodcut headpiece signed Beugnet. The initials in the title refer to Romé de l'Isle.

Barbier II, col. 1090. Quérard V, page 240. Not in Poggendorff. Not in Agassiz.

These two works are listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue in a double entry as above, with the prices, 2-4, and 2-0, respectively.

Both books contain references to America." "06460","19","","","","Tableaux de la Nature par Humboldt.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 6, as above.","von Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron.","Tableaux de la Nature, ou Considérations sur les Déserts, sur la Physionomie des Végétaux, et sur les Cataractes de l'Orénoque; Par. A. de Humboldt. Traduits de l'Allemand, par J. B. B. Eyriés. Tome Premier [-Second]. Paris: chez F. Schoell, [L. Haussmann] 1808.","Q171.H87","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 127 leaves; vol. II, 122 leaves; printer's imprint on the back of the half-titles.

Sabin 33704. Quérard IV, page 162.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author. A letter written by Jefferson to von Humboldt from Monticello on April 14, 1811, acknowledged the receipt of various livraisons, and the Tableaux de la nature, and an interesting map of New Spain. for these magnificent & much esteemed favors accept my sincere thanks . . .

Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron Von Humboldt, 1769-1859. This is the first edition in French of this work originally published in German (Ansichten der Natur) earlier in the same year. The translator's Preface is dated from Paris, 1 mai, 1808. von Humboldt was introduced to Jefferson in 1804 by Caspar Wistar. In acknowledging this introduction in a letter to Wistar written from Washington on June 7, 1804, Jefferson added a postscript:

I have omitted to state above, the extreme satisfaction I have recieved from Baron Humboldt's communications. the treasures of information which he possesses are inestimable, and fill us with impatience for their appearance in print.

Jean Baptiste Benoit Eyriès, 1767-1846, French publicist and one of the founders of the Société Géographique, made many translations into French of works of travel and geography." "06470","20","","","","Recueil de dissertations par de la Sauvagere.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 22, as above.","La Sauvagère, Felix François Le Royer D'Artezet de.","Recueil de Dissertations, ou recherches historiques et critiques sur le temps où vivoit le solitaire saint Florent au Mont-Glonne, en Anjou, sur quelques ouvrages des anciens Romains nouvellement découverts dans cette province et en Touraine . . . avec de nouvelles assertions sur la végétation spontanée des coquilles du chateau des Places, des dessins d'une collection de coquilles fossiles de la Touraine et de l'Anjou, de nouvelles idées sur la Falunière de Touraine et plusieurs lettres de M. de Voltaire, relatives a ces différents objets . . . par M. de La Sauvagère . . . Paris: Vve Duschesnes, Vve Tillard, 1776.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 114 leaves, plates and maps. No copy was located for collation.

Quérard IV, page 585, where a full account of the work will be found.

Jefferson's copy was a present from Monsieur Gentil, premier secrétaire de l'Intendance. It is entered also on the undated manuscript catalogue.

In his memorandums taken on a journey from Paris into the Southern parts of France and Northern Italy in the year 1787, Jefferson wrote:

June 6. 7. 8. . . . Tours is at the 119th. mile stone. being desirous of enquiring here into a fact stated by Voltaire in his Questions encyclopediques. art. Coquilles, relative to the growth of shells unconnected with animal bodies at the chateau of Monsr. de la Sauvagiere near Tours, I called on M. Gentil . . . he told me he had been in correspondence with Voltaire on that very subject, and was perfectly acquainted with M. de la Sauvagiere, and the Faluniere where the fact is said to have taken place . . . he sais that de la Sauvagiere was a man of truth, & might be relied on for whatever facts he stated as of his own observations: but that he was overcharged with imagination . . . and he gave me a copy of de la Sauvagiere's Recueil de dissertations, presented him by the author, wherein is one Sur la vegetation spontanée des coquilles du chateau des Places . . .

This part of Jefferson's memorandum contains several references to the work of La Sauvagère.

In a letter to the Rev. James Madison, dated from Paris on August 13, 1787, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have lately become acquainted with a Memoire on a petrification mixed with shells by a Monsr. de la Sauvagere giving an exact account of what Voltaire had erroneously stated in his Questions Encyclopediques, article Coquilles, from whence I had transferred it into my notes. having been lately at Tours I had an opportunity of enquiring into de la Sauvagere's character, & the facts he states . . . the Memoire is out of print. but my bookseller is now in search of it, & if he can find it I will put a copy of it into a box of books I shall send by the September packet . . .

A month later on September 18, 1787, in sending a copy of de la Sauvagère's book on shells to David Rittenhouse, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I enquired into the character of de la Sauvagere from a gentleman who had known him well. he told me he was a person of talents, but of a heated imagination. however that he might be depended on for any facts advanced on his own knolege . . .

Felix François Le Royer D'Artezet de La Sauvagère, 1707-1781, French antiquary." "06480","21","","","","Lithologie atmospherique par Izarn.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. II, as above, with reading ''Isarn''.","Izarn, Joseph.","Des Pierres Tombées du Ciel; ou Lithologie Atmosphérique, Presentant la Marche et l'Etat actual de la Science, sur le Phénomène des Pierres de foudre, Pluies de pierres, Pierres tombées du ciel, etc.; plusieurs Observations inédites, communiquées par MM. Pictet, Sage, Darcet et Vauquelin; avec un Essai de Théorie sur la formation de ces Pierres. Par Joseph Izarn . . . A Paris: chez Delalain Fils, Floréal An XI. (1803.)","","

First Edition. 8vo. 215 leaves; folded printed table at the end.

Quérard IV, page 189. Agassiz III, 306, I.

In a letter to Andrew Ellicott, dated from Washington on October 25, 1805, Jefferson wrote:

I have not seen the publication by the National institute of the documents proving the falling of stones from the Atmosphere; but I have read Izarn's lithologie Atmospherique, an 8vo. vol. which is an industrious collection of all preceding facts of the same nature, and of all the testimony in favor of the recent fact, & I doubt not it contained the documents you allude to, tho not having the book here I cannot refresh my memory as to that fact . . .

Joseph Izarn, 1766-1834?, French physician and physicist." "06490","22","","","","Williams's thermometrical navigation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 8, as above.","Williams, Jonathan.","Thermometrical Navigation. Being a series of experiments and observations, tending to prove, that by ascertaining the relative heat of the Sea-Water from time to time, the passage of a ship through the Gulph Stream, and from deep water into soundings, may be discovered in time to avoid danger, although (owing to tempestuous weather,) it may be impossible to heave the lead or observe the Heavenly Bodies. Extracted from the American Philosophical Transactions. Vol. 2. & 3. with additions and improvements . . . Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1799.","VK553.W72","

8vo. 57 leaves; folded engraved map; the last leaf with the copyright notice, errata slip pasted down on page v. Sabin 104300.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, to whom the former wrote from Philadelphia on January 15, 1800:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & thanks to m[???] Williams for the copy of his Thermometrical navigation which he was so kind as to send him. he has read it, as he had done before, in another form, with great satisfaction, and has no doubt it will be of great utility to navigators. Th: J. has for some time wished he could try the thermometer daily in the river near which he lives . . . but the present course of his life forbids it . . .

Seven years later, on January 28, 1807, Williams solicited Jefferson's help in distributing the pamphlet:

Col. Williams most respectfully sollicits The President of the United States to permit him to deposit in his hands Six copies of his thermometrical navigation requesting him to distribute them according to his pleasure among the Persons he may think proper to employ to survey the Coast.

Col W would not trouble The President, if he knew of any other way of contributing this mite, towards so usefull & important an undertaking.

Jonathan Williams, 1750-1815, merchant and soldier was a nephew of Benjamin Franklin, to whom many references occur in this work, which is dedicated to Thomas Truxton, Esq. Commander of the American Frigate Constellation. Williams held several appointments at West Point at the instance of Jefferson and was its first superintendent. He was the founder of the Military Philosophical Society." "06500","23","","","","Kirwan's temperature of different latitudes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 12, as above.","Kirwan, Richard.","An Estimate of the Temperature of different Latitudes. By Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S. and Member of the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Dijon, Dublin, Philadelphia, &c. London: Printed by J. Davis, for P. Elmsly, 1787.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 61 leaves.

Poggendorff I, 1263.

Ordered with other books from Stockdale in a letter written him by Jefferson on July 1, 1787 (price 3/-).

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Richard Kirwan, 1733-1812, Irish chemist and natural philosopher, was President of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and of various other learned societies, English and foreign. His library, sent from Galway to London on September 5, was captured by an American privateer." "06510","24","","","","Baconi Historia naturalis ventorum.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 4a, as above.","","","","Jefferson bought a copy of this book from Froullé on September 29, 1788, price 1 f 4, and it is thus entered on his undated manuscript catalogue. The book is entered in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue but is checked in the working copy as not having been received and has the word missing written beside it. It is on the manuscript list of Books Missing from the Congress Library, made after 1815. The entry was dropped from the later catalogues." "06520","25","","","","Idees sur la meteorologie par de Luc.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 13, as above.","Deluc, Jean André.","Idées sur la méteorologie. Par J. A. de Luc . . . Paris: Veuve Duschesnes, 1787.","","

8vo. 3 parts in 2 vol. No copy was available for collation.

Quérard II, page 645. Poggendorff I, col. 546.

A copy purchased by Jefferson from Froullé on October 17, 1787, price 6. It is entered at this price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

The first edition was printed with the imprint Londres in 1786.

Jefferson was extremely interested in Deluc's hygrometer, of which one made by Nairne, q. v., no. 632, was sent to him by Benjamin Vaughan, and acknowledged in a letter dated from Paris on July 23, 1788. In this letter Jefferson wrote:

I have been a little at a loss with the Hygrometer of De Luc you were so kind as to send me. it is graduated from zero to 100, & I had understood these were his extremes. those of De Saussure are the same. yet, while this of De Luc, exposed to the open air has never fallen below 26. nor risen above 55. since it was in my possession, those of De Saussure have been generally, during the wet spell we have had, at about 90. do you suppose anything may have lessened the sensibility of the whale bone, or to what other cause must I ascribe the smallness of it's range? the manner in which Mr. Nairne has carried Dr. Franklin's idea into execution is estimable for it's simplicity, and simplicity in the hygrometer is peculiarly necessary. but it is liable to the objection you justly make, that equal extensions of the wood are not equally indicated on the dial-plate . . ." "06530","26","","","","Meteorologie des cultivateurs.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 4b, as above.","Dumont de Courset, Georges Louis Marie, Baron.","La Meteorologie des cultivateurs, suivie d'un Avis aux habitans de campagnes sur leur santé et sur quelques-uns de leurs préjugés. Par le citoyen D. C. Paris, 1798.","","

First Edition. 12mo. No copy was located for collation.

Quérard II, page 679.

Bought from Reibelt in June 1805 price 25 cents.

Baron Georges Louis Marie Dumont De Courset, 1746-1824, French agricultural expert." "06540","27","","","","Ephemerides meteorologicae Palatinae. 1781. 2. 3. 4. 5.","","5 v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 28, Ephemerides Meteorologicae Palatinae, 1781-5, 5v 4 to.","","Ephemerides Societatis Meterologicæ Palatinæ. Historia et Observationes. Mannheimii: C. F. Schwan, 1781-4.","","

No copy was seen for collation.

The postscript of a letter written by Jefferson from Marseilles on May 5, 1787, to William Short reads:

P.S. be so good as to desire Monsr. Frouillé to procure for me the Ephemerides societatis meteorologicae Palatinae, printed at Manheim by C. Fr. Schwan, in 4to. begun in 1781. & consisting by this time of 4. or 5. vols. I shall have occasion for it on my return to Paris . . .

The book is listed on Froullé's bill as purchased on August 30, 1787, for the years 1781, 2, 3, 4. 4 vol. price 152." "06550","28","","","","Ephemerides Mediolanenses anni 1779.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 14, as above.","","Ephemerides astronomicæ Anni intercalaris 1779 ad Meridianum Mediolanensem . . . Accedit Appendix Francisci Reggio [edited by the abbé Angelo de Cesaris]. Mediolani, 1778.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Angelo Giovanni De Cesaris, 1749-1832, Jesuit, the director of the Observatory of Milan, edited the Ephemerides over a period of years.

Francesco Reggio, 1743-1804, Italian astronomer." "06560","29","","","","Meteorologie de Marseille.","","4to. M. S. 1779-1786.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 27, as above.","","","","

4to. Manuscript. This manuscript was sold to Congress in 1815, and is entered in the later catalogues.

It is no longer extant." "06570","30","","","","Ellicot's Astronomical & Thermometrical observñs on the Missisipi.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 29. No. 29, with the reading Mississippi.","Ellicott, Andrew.","Astronomical, and Thermometrical Observations, made at the Confluence of the Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers, 1796-1800. [Philadelphia, 1801.]","","

4to. No copy was seen for collation.

This may be the pamphlet referred to by Jefferson in his letter to Ellicott dated from Washington, February 14, 1801:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your favors of Feb. 5. & 9. and to thank you for the pamphlet contained in the former one which was a desideratum to me . . .

The paper is printed in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. V, no. XX, Philadelphia: Printed by Budd & Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1802, pages 162-311, with 8 folded plates.

Andrew Ellicott, 1754-1820, astronomer and scientist, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, was one of the earliest writers on the Mississippi. He was in constant correspondence with Thomas Jefferson on his astronomical researches and other matters, and, on the instructions of Jefferson redrew the plans for the Federal City after the dismissal of L'Enfant." "06580","31","","","","Geologiques de Faujas de St. Fond.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 30, as above.","Faujas De Saint-Fond, Barthélemy.","Voyage geologique à Oberstein. Paris, 1803.","","

4to. plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Agassiz II, page 393, no. 5.

This is possibly the book referred to in the correspondence between William Fleischer, bookseller of Baltimore, and Jefferson, and purchased from the former, in 1804, price 18 dollars.

On October 8, Fleischer wrote to Jefferson enclosing a letter from Faujas de Saint-Fond:

Ne pouvant pas avoir l'avantage de remettre à Votre Excellence la lettre ci-jointe moi-même, à cause de mes occupations, je prends la liberté de l'envoyer en attendant, en me flattant que sous peu de temps je pourroi Vous témoigner mes respects en personne à féderal City.

La lettre de Mr. faujas est bien ancienne; la raison en est, que mon voyage fut retardé, par des circonstances particulières, près d'un an.

Mr. faujas m'a confié un de ses ouvrages dont je suppose qu'il n'est pas encore connu de Votre Excellence. S'il peut vous convenir, il est à Votre disposition, le prix en est 18 Dollars . . .

Jefferson replied on October 13, enclosing the money:

I duly recieved your favor of the 8th. and in that the letter of Monsr. Faujas de St. Fond, from whom whatever comes is acceptable. I recieved safely also the work of his which you were so kind as to send, & for which I send you by m[???] Carpenter the price 18. dollars; of which 15. are inclosed, & three metallic he will deliver, there being no paper of so small a denomination. should you have any other works, new and good, among your collection, I would thank you to take the trouble of noting to me their title and price, my own collection furnishing most things old, and my time not permitting me to read but what is good. the title will enable me to judge whether the subject interests me . . .

Fleischer's receipt is dated 15 October, 1804." "06590","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.","i.","","","Pownall, Thomas.","Hydraulic and nautical observations on the currents in the Atlantic Ocean, forming a hypothetical theorem for investigation. With a corresponding Chart of that Ocean. Addressed to navigators by Governor Pownall. F. R. S. & F. S. A. To which are annexed some notes by Dr. Franklin. London: Printed for Robert Sayer. MDCCLXXXVII. [1787.]","GC271.P7","

First Edition. 4to. 9 leaves; large folded engraved map of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sabin 64822. Ford 373.

Thomas Pownall, 1722-1805, colonial governor of Massachusetts-Bay, was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin, whose observations on the Gulf Stream are included as foot-notes in this work." "06600","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.","ii.","","","Williams, Jonathan.","Memoir on the use of the Thermometer in Navigation. Presented to the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Extracted from the third volume of their Transactions. Philadelphia, 1792.","","

4to. The Third Volume of the Transactions was published by Robert Aitken in 1793. The caption title of this Memoir (No. X, pages 82-100), read on November 19, 1790, reads: Memoir of Jonathan Williams on the use of the Thermometer in discovering Banks, Soundings, &c.

Evans 25040.

For a note on Jonathan Williams, see no. 644 supra. This Memoir follows immediately that of Benjamin Rush on the Sugar Maple-Tree, no. IX in the same volume of Transactions, see no. 677." "06610","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.","iii.","","","","Transactions of the Agricultural Society of New York.","","

A copy of the Transactions of the Agricultural Society of New York was sent to Jefferson in 1792 by Mr. Samuel Jones, junr., though apparently for transmission to the President. On December 1, 1792, Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to Samuel Jones:

Th: Jefferson has the honor to acknolege the reciept of a copy of the transactions of the Society for Agriculture &c at New York, & to return his thanks for the acceptable present to the President, as also to M[???] Jones for the transmission of the same, with Dr. Mitchell's outlines of Natural history &c.

For Mitchill's Outlines of Natural History see no. 670." "06620","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Parmentier sur le mays.","iv.","","","Parmentier, Antoine-Auguste.","Memoire . . . sur cette question: Quel seroit le meilleur procédé pour conserver le plus long temps possible, ou en grain ou en farine, le maïs ou blé de Turquie . . . Par M. Parmentier . . . Bordeaux: A. A. Pallandre l'aîné, 1785.","","

First Edition. 4to. 85 leaves, no copy was seen for collation.

Quèrard VI, 605. This edition not in the Huzard catalogue.

Antoine-Auguste Parmentier, 1737-1813, French chemist and agriculturalist." "06630","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","British Wool.","v.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","Address to the Society for the improvement of British wool; constituted at Edinburgh, on Monday January 31, 1791. By Sir John Sinclair. 1791.","","

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author from London before publication, on December 25, 1790, with a letter written in the third person:

. . . He [Sir John Sinclair] is at present endeavouring to establish a Society, for the purpose of improving British Wool and he has the honor of sending Mr Jefferson, a Copy of the printed Papers upon the subject; together with a Specimen of the Wool of the Shetland Islands, which is reckoned the finest produced in any part of the British Dominions . . . He sends two Copies, of the Papers above-mentioned, lest by any mistake or misfortune, one of the Copies should not find its way to New York . . ." "06640","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Agriculture de Planazu.","vi.","","","Rey De Planazu.","Oeuvres d'Agriculture.","","

The first edition was printed in Paris in 1786; the second in 1801.

Rey de Planazu, fl. 1786, Swiss agriculturalist." "06650","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Demarara Cotton.","vii.","","","","","","This pamphlet has not been identified." "06660","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.","viii.","","","","","","

This may have been the pamphlet referred to in a letter from Ingen Housz (so written) to Jefferson, dated from Vienna, Dec. 28, 1786:

I can make no doubt, but you will sometimes meet with a favourable oportunity of some traveller to forward this parcel, directed to D[???]. Franklin, containing three books, and six copies of a pamphlet, of which the author begs you the favour of accepting a copy which accompanies the parcel, and will be delivered to you by m[???] Barrois le jeun . . .

Jefferson answered this letter on July 9, 1787:

An absence of three or four months on a journey through the Southern parts of France & Northern of Italy, has prevented my acknowleging earlier the receipt of your favor of Dec. 28. together with the pamphlet received through Barrois, for which I beg the author to accept my sincere thanks . . .

A short article on l'électricité sur les végétaux by Ingenhousz was published in the Journal de Physique, Tome XXXII. Part I, Mai, 1788, pages 321-337, with the title:

Lettre de M. Ingen-Housz . . . a M. Molitor . . . au sujet de l'influence de l'électricité atmosphérique sur les végétaux.

Jan Ingenhousz, 1730-1799, was born in Holland and died in London. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. For his books on the above subject, published by ''m[???] Barrois le jeun'' see chapter 8. His Mémoires and other short articles were published in the Transactions of the Philosophical Society, the Journal de Physique and the Actes de l'Académie des Sciences at Rotterdam." "06670","32","Tracts in Cosmology. viz. Pownal's hydraulic & nautical observñs.—Williams's use of the thermometer in navigñ.—transactions of the agricultural society of N. Y.—Parmentier sur le mays—British wool—Agriculture de Planazu—Demarara cotton—Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.—Barton on the progress of population. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 25, Tracts in Cosmology, 4to viz. Pownal, Williams, Parmentier, Planazu, Ingenhousz, Barton.","","Barton on the progress of population.","ix.","","","Barton, William.","Observations on the probabilities of the Duration of Human Life, and the progress of Population, in the United States of America; in a Letter from William Barton, Esq. to David Rittenhouse, L.L.D. President of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, 1791.","","

4to. The above title is the caption title from the article in the American Philosophical Society Transactions, Vol. III, no. VII, pp. (25)-62; the title of the separately issued article (which Jefferson had) differs slightly; according to Evans the separate edition had (2), 38 pages.

Not in Sabin. Evans 23158.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on December 31, 1791:

The sheets which compose the pamphlet, herewith inclosed, will be comprized in the third Volume of the Philosophical Society's Transactions, now in the press.

Being favored by the printer with a few copies of this part (with the addition of a Title-page), I beg, Sir, your acceptance of one.

If some additional Observations on the same subject, resulting from the Census—which have been read in the Society—should be deemed worthy of a place in their Transactions, I shall take the liberty of sending you a Copy, when printed.

Barton sent the additional Observations on August 10, 1792:

Some time since, You did me the honor of accepting a printed copy of a paper of mine, which had been read before the American Philosophical Society: I now take the liberty of offering, for Your acceptance, the inclosed Supplement to that Paper.

The Observations contain several references to the Notes on Virginia and their author—in the text on page 42, and in footnotes on pages 35 and 51. The additional Observations were printed as no. XVI in the same volume of Transactions, pages (134)-138.

For a note on William Barton see no. 529. The Observations were addressed to his uncle, David Rittenhouse, in a letter dated March 17, 1791." "06680","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Systeme sur le soleil et les étoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere","i.","","","Peyroux De La Coudroniere.","Systeme sur le soleil et les étoiles fixes.","","No copy of this tract has been located." "06690","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas.","ii.","","","Churchman, John.","An explanation of the Magnetic Atlas, or Variation Chart, hereunto annexed, projected on a plan entirely new . . . By John Churchman . . . Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson. M, DCC, XC. [1790]","QC814.C55","

First Edition. 8vo. 26 leaves, chart, 2 folded tables; on 5 pages at the end a list of Subscribers names come to hand.

Not in Sabin. Evans 22406.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, sent from Philadelphia on November 23, 1790:

John Churchmans best respects attend the Secretary of State, in company with a Variation Chart & Book of explanation, hoping they will be accepted as a token of esteem. Before the Book went to the press he took the Liberty of introducing several articles, all of which have been a considerable credit to the work, 1st. On finding a disposition in his friend to be useful to him on this occasion he inserted his name on the respectable list of patrons 2nd. A quotation is made from the notes on Virginia. 3rd. Two Letters are published in the appendix. For this freedom he hopes to receive a pardon.

J. C. would be very glad to be introduced to some suitable correspondent in Paris to whom he might send some of the same kind.

Jefferson, in Philadelphia at the time, acknowledged the gift on the following day, November 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Churchman & his thanks for the pamphlet and chart he has been so good as to send him. he incloses him a letter to Mr. Leroy, who will recieve and distribute such of these pamphlets & charts as m[???] Churchman may send to him. it will be proper to take care that no expence fall on him for either postage or transportation.

A letterpress copy of Jefferson's letter to Monsieur LeRoy enclosed with the above to Churchman, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

With regard to the three articles mentioned by Churchman in his presentation letter, 1st. the name Thomas Jefferson, Esq., Secretary of State, late Minister Plenipotentiary of the Court of France, is included in the list of Subscribers; 2nd. a quotation from the Notes on Virginia occurs on page 45; 3rd. the two letters quoted are noted below, and were part of the correspondence between Jefferson and Churchman during the preparation of this work. Letterpress copies are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, and the extracts below are taken from these, not from the printed book.

The first one was written by Jefferson to Churchman from Paris on August 8, 1787:

I have duly received your favor of June 6. and immediately communicated it's contents to a member of the Academy. he told me they had received the other copy of your memorial which you mention to have sent thro' another channel, that your ideas were not conveyed so explicitly as to enable them to decide finally on their merit, but that they had made an entry in their journals to preserve to you the claim to the original idea . . . I make no doubt but you have provided against the doubts entertained here, and I shall be happy that our country may have the honour of furnishing the old world what it has so long sought in vain . . .

To this Churchman replied from Philadelphia almost two years later, on the 5 mo. 15, 1789:

Thy favour of the 8th of August 1787 came safe to hand, in which I am informed that the Royal Academy of Sciences had received my memorial concerning the magnetic variation, & that they had made an entry on their Journals to preserve my claim to the original idea; I shall take it as a particular favour if I could obtain by the first opportunity a Copy of the Minute on this Business properly authenticated . . . I now take the Liberty of enclosing two Copies of a printed Address to the Members of the different learned Societies &c. one of which I hope will be accepted, the other I shall be glad if it is thought worthy of a reading before the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris . . .

Jefferson's answer from Paris, September 18, 1789, is the second letter quoted in the Appendix of the book:

I have duly received your favor of the 15th. of May. I had before received & answered the first letter you wrote me; but the 2d. which you mention to have written, never came to hand. I have sent to the Secretary of the Academy of Sciences the printed paper inclosed in your last. I asked at the same time the authenticated copy which you desired of the entry on their journals relative to your former communications to them. this I now inclose to you as I received it from the Marquis de Condorcet their Secretary . . .

In 1802 Churchman was again in correspondence with Jefferson relative to the third edition of his book. On May 7, he wrote from Boston:

I take the Liberty to send herewith a copy of an improved Variation Chart, hoping it will be received as a token of Respect, together with a Sheet of Letter Press as published in the third Edition of the Magnetic Atlas . . .

In this letter Churchman requests Jefferson to obtain for him some information from ''that eminent Astronomer Andrew Ellicott Esq.'' to whom he himself had applied in vain, and mentions that he is now about to set out on a voyage to St. Petersburg in Russia.

John Churchman, 1753-1805, a member of the Society of Friends, was born in Maryland. He died in 1805 at sea on his return from the visit to Russia mentioned in the above letter. While in St. Petersburg he had become a member of the Imperial Academy of Russia." "06700","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics.","iii.","","","Mitchill, Samuel Latham.","Outline of the doctrines in natural history, chemistry, and economics. Which, under the patronage of the State, are now delivering in the College of New-York. By Samuel Latham Mitchill . . . New York: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1792. ","Q181.M57","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 49749 note. Evans 24549.

A copy of this work was sent to Jefferson by Mr. Samuel Jones Junr., to whom Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on December 1, 1792:

Th: Jefferson has the honor to acknolege the reciept of a copy of the transactions of the Society for Agriculture &c at New York, & to return his thanks for the acceptable present to the President, as also to M[???] Jones for the transmission of the same, with Dr. Mitchell's outlines of Natural history &c.

For the Transactions of the Society of Agriculture see no. 661.

Samuel Latham Mitchill, 1764-1831, New York physician, was dubbed ''The Congressional Library'' by John Randolph on account of his wide and profound erudition.

Mitchill was for some years professor of agriculture and chemistry in Columbia College, and this Syllabus of lectures was published in conformity with the order, printed on the recto of the second leaf, that every professor of that College should publish a syllabus of his course within a year.

Mitchill was in constant correspondence with Jefferson over a period of years." "06710","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.","iv.","","","Rouelle, John.","A complete Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Virginia: containing a description of their situation, their natural history, their analysis, contents, and their use in medicine. By John Rouelle, M.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by Charles Cist, and are to be sold by Thomas Dobson. M, DCC, XCII. [1792.]","RA807.V7R8","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves.

Sabin 73457. Evans 24757.

Contains references to the Notes on Virginia." "06720","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Coalmines.","v.","","","Kirwan, Richard.","Observations on Coal-Mines. By Richard Kirwan, Esq. M.R.I.A. and F.R.S. Read Jan. 10, 1789. [In: The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Dublin: George Bonham (1789).]","","

4to. Vol. II of the Transactions, pages [157]-[170].

For a note on Richard Kirwan see no. 650." "06730","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Mc.lurg de Calore.","vi.","","","McClurg, James.","Tentamen Medicum Inaugurale, de Calore: quod, Annuente summo Numine, ex Auctoritate reverendi admodum Viri, Gulielmi Robertson, S. S. T. P. Academiæ Edinburgenæ Præfecti; nec non amplissimi Senatus Academici consensu, et nobilissimæ Facultis Medicæ Decreto, Pro Gradu Doctoris, summisque in Medicina Honoribus et Privilegiis rite et legitime Consequendis; Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus M'Clurg, Virginiensis. Ad diem 12 Junii, hora locoque solitis . . . Edinburgi: apud Balfour, Auld, et Smellie, 1770.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 473. Clayton-Torrence 364.

James McClurg, 1746-1823, a native of Virginia, took his degree in medicine at Edinburgh University in 1770 and later became professor of medicine at William and Mary College." "06740","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Bland de coctione alimentorum.","vii.","","","Bland, Theodorick.","Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, de Coctione Alimentorum in Ventriculo: quam, annuente summo numine, ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, Gulielmi Robertson, S.S.T.P. Academiæ Edinburgenæ Præfecti, nec non amplissimi Senatus Academici consensu. Et nobilissimæ Facultatis Medicæ decreto; pro Gradu Doctoratus, summisque in Medicina Honoribus et Privilegiis rite et legitime Consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Theodoricus Bland, Virginiensis . . . Edinburgi: apud Hamilton, Balfour, & Neill, 1763.","QP145.B55","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 119. Clayton-Torrence 303.

Theodorick Bland, 1742-1790, physician, Revolutionary soldier and congressman, was a native of Virginia.

He took his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1763 and returned to Virginia shortly after.

The copy in the Library of Congress belonged to John Redmond Coxe." "06750","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Avis pour le transport des arbres.","viii.","","","[Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri Louis, and La Galissonnière, Rolland Michel Burin, Marquis De.]","Avis pour transport par mer des arbres, des plantes vivaces, des semences, des animaux et de différens autres curiosités d'histoire naturelle. [Without name of place or printer] 1752.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 28 leaves.

Barbier I, col. 369. Quérard II, 655. This edition not in Pritzel.

Henri Louis Duhamel Du Monceau, 1700-1782, French botanist and engineer.

Rolland Michel Burin, Marquis De La Galissonnière, 1693-1756, French sailor and naturalist." "06760","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","","ix.","","","","Elements of botany, M.S.","","This manuscript is not in the Library of Congress." "06770","33","Tracts in Cosmology, geology, mineralogy, botany etc. viz. Systeme sur le soleil et les etoiles fixes par Peyroux de la Coudroniere. Churchman's explñ of the Magnetic Atlas—Mitchel's outlines of Nat. hist. chemistry & economics—Rouelle's mineral waters of Virginia.—Coalmines—Mc.lurg de Calore—Bland de coctione alimentorum—Avis pour le transport des arbres—Elements of botany M. S.—Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 9, Tracts in cosmology, geology, minerology, botany &c. viz. Peyroux, Churchman, Mitchel, Rouelle, Mc.Lurg, Bland, Rush, p. 4to.","","Rush's acct. of the sugar-maple.","x.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","An account of the Sugar Maple-Tree, of the United States, and of the methods of obtaining sugar from it, together with observations upon the advantages both public and private of this sugar. In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State of the United States, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the American Philosophical Society. Read in the American Philosophical Society, on the 19, of August, 1791, and extracted from the Third Volume of their Transactions now in the Press. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son. M. DCC. XCII. [1792]","SB239.M3R9","

8vo. 8 leaves without signature.

Sabin 74201. Evans 24761. John Carter Brown III, no. 3553. Bradley IV, 527. Good 271. Goodman 383.

The letter opens:

Dear Sir: In obedience to your request, I have set down to communicate to our Society, through the medium of a letter to ou, a short account of the Sugar Maple-tree of the United States . . .

A footnote on page (14) reads:

Mr. Jefferson uses no other sugar in his family, than that which is obtained from the sugar maple tree. He has lately planted an orchard of sugar maple trees on his farm in Virginia.

This paper was published in the third volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1793. The above description was made from the copy in the Library of Congress. It is the first edition described by Evans. According to Bradley and the John Carter Brown Library catalogue an edition in 12mo. was printed in 1791, which may have been the one in Jefferson's possession." "06780","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Jones.","i.","","","Jones, William.","Description and use of a new portable orrery. To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world. The Third Edition, enlarged, with an account of the new discovered Georgium Sidus. London, 1787.","","

8vo. 24 leaves, 2 plates.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from London on January 2, 1788:

. . . I have made some small additions to my Portable Orrery the Description of which I have enclosed as a small present to you . . .

William Jones, 1763-1831, fellow of the Astronomical Society, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, was the senior partner of the firm of W. & S. Jones, opticians and mathematical instrument makers of Holborn, London (see the next tract). He was intimate with Priestley, Hutton, Maskelyne and other scientists. The first edition of this frequently reprinted pamphlet appeared in 1782. Jones was in correspondence with Jefferson, who purchased books from him, and for whom he made a perspective machine in 1787." "06790","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Jones.","ii.","","","Jones, William and Samuel.","Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, made and sold by William and Samuel Jones. London [1797].","","

8vo. 7 leaves, 2 tables.

Samuel Jones was the brother of William Jones, q. v. above. He survived his brother who left him a valuable mathematical library." "06800","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Rush.","iii.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","An Eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late President of the American Philosophical Society, delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796. Agreeably to Appointment. By Benjamin Rush, a member of the Society. Philadelphia: Printed for J. Ormrod, by Ormrod & Conrad. Copy-right secured. n. d. [1796.]","QB36.R4B8","

First Edition. 8vo. 19 leaves in fours.

Sabin 74219. Evans 31143. Good, page 271. Goodman, page 385.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from Benjamin Rush, who wrote to the former from Philadelphia on January 4, 1797:

I enclose you a humble tribute to the memory of our great republican & philosophical friend Mr. Rittenhouse. It is a feeble expression of respect for his character compared with yours, in your defence of the genius of the Americans. Few such men have ever lived, or died in any country.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on January 22:

I recieved yesterday your kind favor of the 4th. inst. & the eulogium it covered on the subject of our late invaluable friend Rittenhouse, & I perused it with the avidity & approbation which the matter & manner of every thing from your pen has long taught me to feel . . .

David Rittenhouse died on June 26, 1796. This Eulogium contains a list of his publications printed in the transactions of the American Philosophical Society.

For other works by Benjamin Rush, and biographical notes, see chapter 10." "06810","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Barton.","iv.","","","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","A Memoir concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattle-snake, and other American serpents. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796.","QL669.B285","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves. According to Evans there should be 6 plates.

Sabin 3816. Evans 30057. Agassiz I, 205, no. 9. Not in Field.

Presented to Jefferson by the author, who in a letter to him written on August 1, 1796, reported that

The 4th vol. of the Transactions of our Philosophical Society is now in the press . . . I beg you to accept of the little memoir which I send . . .

A month later, on September 5, Barton again wrote to Jefferson:

Sometime since, I wrote to you, in answer to the letter which you had written to my deceased uncle, Mr. Rittenhouse. At the same time, I did myself the pleasure to send to you a copy of my memoir, concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to different species of serpents. As these went by a private hand, I am doubtful whether you have received them . . .

Jefferson replied on October 10:

I thank you for your paper on the fascination of the snake, and am persuaded you have resolved the problem truly. I had always ascribed their power over animals to antipathy & fear alone. I am satisfied that you justly add the effect of parental solicitudes. We see daily proofs that the hawk has nearly the same power over the small birds which the snake has . . .

Benjamin Smith Barton, 1766-1815, physician and naturalist, was a nephew of David Rittenhouse, to whom this work is dedicated by his ''affectionate friend and nephew'' on February 26, 1796. The paper was read before the American Philosophical Society on April 4, 1794 and published in vol. IV. of the Transactions.

This separate issue of the pamphlet, and the supplement which appeared in 1800, were printed for private distribution." "06820","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Megatherium.","v.","","","","The Monthly Magazine, September, 1796. Vol. II, no. VIII. London: Johnson, 1796.","AP4.M8","8vo. Contains a Notice concerning the Skeleton of a very large Species of Quadruped, hitherto unknown, found at Paraguay, and deposited in the Cabinet of Natural History at Madrid. Drawn up by G. Cuvier, with a full-page engraved plate, entitled: The Skeleton of a large species of Quadruped hitherto unknown lately discovered one hundred feet under ground near the River la Plata." "06830","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Peale.","vi.","","","Peale, Charles Willson, and Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J., Baron.","A scientific and descriptive catalogue of Peale's Museum, by C. W. Peale, Member of the American Philosophical Society, and A. M. F. J. Beauvois, Member of the Society of Arts and Sciencies of St. Domingo; of the American Philosophical Society; and correspondent to the Museum of Natural History at Paris . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Samuel H. Smith. M. DCC. XCVI. [1796.] ","QL71.P55A2","

8vo. 78 leaves; issued in blue wrappers with a paper label on the front cover: No. 1. Catalogue of Peale's Museum.

Sabin 59419. Evans 30967.

Charles Willson Peale, 1741-1827, portrait painter, naturalist and patriot, established Peale's Museum in Philadelphia in 1794.

Ambroise Marie François Joseph, Baron Palisot de Beauvois, 1751-1820, French botanist and traveller, first visited Philadelphia in 1791, and at different times spent some years in that city. He was in correspondence with Jefferson who, in a letter to Burwell Basset dated June 17, 1811, described him as a literary friend & acquaintance of mine." "06840","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Deveze.","vii.","","","Devèze, Jean.","An Enquiry into, and Observations upon the Causes and Effects of the Epidemic Disease, which raged in Philadelphia from the Month of August till towards the Middle of December, 1793. By Jean Deveze . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Parent, 1794.","RC211.P5D4","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 77 leaves; English and French texts on opposite pages, the French title (without date) on the first leaf of the second sheet.

Sabin 19814. Evans 26873. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 718.

According to the Library of Congress catalogues (1831 and later), the copy of this work in the Jefferson collection was that of the first edition, which has therefore been described here. Devèze himself sent to Jefferson a copy of the second edition, printed by Madame Huzard in 1804.

Devèze sent the copy of the second edition in 1806, when he was trying to obtain compensation for the services rendered by him during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. On March 16, 1806, he wrote to Jefferson explaining at length the nature of these services, and sent the treatise:

il vient de me parvenir un extrait du discours que votre excellence a prononcé au congres Le 6. xbre dernier. Je ne puis voir sans une extreme satisfaction, par ce que vous dites de la fievre jaune, que vous avez adopté ma doctrine sur cette maladie, telle que je l'ai enseignée et publiée il y a 13 ans dans votre pais, dans un ouvrage intitulé an enquiry into, and observations upon the causes and effects of the epidemic disease which raged in philadelphia from the month of august till towards the middle of december, 1793. By jean deveze etc. etc. printed By parent philadelphia 1794.

l'exemplaire de la dissertation que j'ai l'honneur de vous presenter aujourdhui, ne differe de mon premier ouvrage que par l'ordre et la methode de la redaction . . .

Several appeals on behalf of Devèze were made to Jefferson, as President, who replied to all in the same terms. The reply to P. A. Adet [see no. 834], who had written a strong letter from Nevers on March 6, will serve to explain Jefferson's point of view. Jefferson's letter is dated from Washington, June 29, 1806:

Dr. Deveze, who is the subject of your letter of Mar. 3. had I believe great merit in the services he rendered in Philadelphia on the first visitation of the Yellow fever in '93. the courage with which he exposed himself to it, when it's novelty frightened away the physicians & inhabitants of the place, marked a mind of superior benevolence. he was among the earliest too in noting the fact that it is not infectious. experience has since well established that opinion. not but that there are still respectable physicians who maintain the contrary, supporting themselves by so extending the definition of Yellow fever, as to comprehend fevers having strong features of distinction. still it is unquestionable that that fever which has afflicted our cities since 1793. & is particularly distinguished by the name of yellow fever has never been communicated but by going into the particular part of a town where it prevails . . . with respect to Dr. Deveze's request of some acknolegement for his services, your knolege of our constitution enables you to say that the general government is restrained to the exercise of those powers only which are enumerated in the constitution, that all others are reserved to the state governments, & consequently the remuneration of discoveries or improvements in the arts & sciences, & services rendered to the public health. his application can of course be recieved by the government of Pensylvania only to which state the service was rendered, the general government cautiously refrains from intermedling in the concerns of the separate states. I hope Dr. Deveze will see in these considerations the obstacles which forbid the interference of our national government in this case, while in my personal sentiments & esteem I render him the justice he merits . . .

Jean Devèze, 1753-1829, French physician, had himself had yellow fever at Martinique. He happened to be in Philadelphia at the time of the first outbreak of yellow fever in 1793, and gave his services throughout the epidemic. It was then that he discovered that it was not contagious, and wrote the account of it described above." "06850","34","Tracts in Physics. Jones. Rush. Barton. Megatherium. Peale. Mitchell. Deveze. Davis. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 10, as above.","The following 8 tracts were bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 8vo. The titles with place and date of printing are as recorded in the later catalogues, which omit from this collection any tract by Mitchell.","Davis.","viii.","","","Davis, Matthew Livingston.","A brief account of the epidemical fever which lately prevailed in the city of New York: with the different proclamations, reports and letters of gov. Jay, gov. Mifflin, the Health Committee of New York, &c. upon the subject. To which is added, an accurate list of the names of those who have died of the disease, from July 29, to Nov. 1. By M. L. Davis. New York: Printed and sold by Matthew L. Davis, 1795. (Copy Right Secured.)","RC211.N7D2","

First Edition. 8vo. 34 leaves.

Sabin 18862. Evans 28538.

Matthew Livingston Davis, 1773-1850, the friend and biographer of Aaron Burr. Davis was introduced to Jefferson by Edward Livingston in an undated letter (now in the Massachusetts Historical Society collections)." "06860","35","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 30. no. 26, Tracts in Physics, viz. Delambre, Ginguene, Rampasse, Delile, Conover, Humboldt, Pearson, Girardin, De Fer, Lambert, Davy, Sinclair, Gallatin, 4to. [TBE]In this set of tracts the Library of Congress catalogues list the names of the authors only, without the titles of their pamphlets. Such information as to these tracts as could be obtained from Jefferson's correspondence, or other definite source is here presented. It was probably the book bound by Milligan in his bill of February 24, 1809: Physics, ½ bound. $1.50.[/TBE]","Raffeneau-Delile, Alire.","","","

On May 10, 1807, Alire Raffeneau-Delile (signing himself Alire R. Delile) wrote to Jefferson from Dr. Hosack's at New York, that he was sending him a copy of his thesis for the degree of Doctor of medicine (no. 991), and added:

Je joins ici pareillement un morceau détaché, ecrit au retour de l'armée française d'Egypte, sur quelques plantes anciennes de ce pays; ce qui me donne l'occasion de mettre sous vos yeux la maniere dont je compte traiter, à Paris où je dois retourner, cette branche d'histoire naturelle dans l'ouvrage de la Commission des arts d'Egypte qui sera, suivant les ordres de S. M. l'Empereur et Roi, completé pour l'année 1809.

Jefferson wrote from Washington on May 24:

Th: Jefferson returns thanks to M. Delile for the pamphlets he was so kind as to inclose him, which he has perused with pleasure & instruction. the objects which will employ mr. Delile on his return to Paris will be some indemnification for the short stay he makes with us. the Work in which the Commission of Arts of Egypt is engaged will be recieved with pleasure by all lovers of science, and will shew them what they might have expected from a longer possession by France, of a country so celebrated in antiquity, and so worthy of our attention in all respects . . .

In view of the above correspondence it seems possible that the pamphlet may have been Delile's Observations sur le Lotus d'égypte, imprimées dans les Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Tome 1. Paris, 1802.

Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 1778-1850, professor of botany at the Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier, and at one time a member of the Institut d'Egypte. His letter to Jefferson is signed: Alire R. Delile M. D. membre de l'institut d'Egypte—ancien éléve de l'Ecole et Santé de Paris—et vice consul à Wilmington N. C." "06870","","","","","","","","","Conover, Samuel Forman.","An Essay on the vermilion colour of the blood, and on the different colours of the metallic oxides, with an application of these principles to the arts. By Samuel F. Conover M.D. Read June 20th, 1806. [American Philosophical Society Transactions. no. XL. vol. VI, 1809.]","Q11.P6","

The above is the title of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society in 1806, printed in 1809, and never published.

The author sent a copy, which may have been in manuscript, to Jefferson, on December 19, 1807, writing from Philadelphia:

. . . As you have contributed much to the Science of Government & of Philosophy, allow me to draw your attention for one moment from the business of the Cabinet, & offer for your consideration the enclosed memoir: As our volume will not be published so soon by six months as was expected, I take the liberty of obtruding this paper upon you, & I hope you will, as President of the Society, excuse me, and if it should be found to be either new or intertaining (as the former is esteemed) I shall feel much gratified.

Jefferson acknowledged the gift from Washington on December 23:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Conover and his thanks for the memoir he has been so kind as to inclose him, and which he has read with satisfaction. it is always pleasing to see the discoveries in science applied to the advancement of the arts, or of the useful or ornamental purposes of life.

Samuel Forman Conover, fl. 1806, Philadelphia physician and scientist." "06880","36","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 29. no. 5, Annuaire Meteorologique, par Lamarck, 12mo.","Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de.","Annuaire météorologique, pour l'an 8, 9, et 10 de la République Française. Paris, 1800-1802.","","

12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

Poggendorff I, col. 1354.

Jefferson's copy was bought from Reibelt in February, 1805, price $1.70 and was bound by John March on March 7, 1805, cost .75.

Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck, 1744-1829, French naturalist." "06890","1","","","","Cato, Varro Columella, et Palladius de re rustica.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 1, as above.","Scriptores Rei Rusticae.","Rei rvsticæ avctores latini veteres, M. Cato, M. Varro, L. Colvmella, Palladivs: priores tres, e vetustiss. editionibus; quartus, e veteribus membranis aliquammultis in locis emendatiores: cum tribus indicibus, capitum, auctorum, & rerum ac verborum memorabilium. Criticorum & expositorum in eosdem atque Geoponicos Græcos notationes seorsum dabuntur . . . [Heidelbergæ:] ex Hier. Commelini typographio, 1595.","","

8vo. 400 leaves, diagrams; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Brunet. Graesse VI, page 331.

Jefferson showed an acquaintance with this work in his letter to George W. Jeffreys, written on March 3, 1817, on the subject of an agricultural library for the new University:

. . . the agriculture of France and Italy is good, and has been better than at this time; the former in the age of De Serres [q. v.], the latter in the time of Cato, Varro &c . . .

This work was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas in December 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

The first edition of this collection was printed by Jenson in 1472, and editions from that date were numerous. The Tables for Commelin's edition were by Frideric Sylburg [see no. 48]; the critical notes and the Geoponica were not printed." "06900","2","","","","Geoponica Bassi. Gr. Lat.","","2. v. 8vo. Niclas. Lipsiae. 1781.","This book is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, with reference to chapter 7, where however it is not to be found.","","","","

A copy of this edition was ordered by Jefferson from Dufief on March 23, 1802.

It is the first book on Jefferson's catalogue of books sent to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress. Jefferson's description reads:

Geoponica Cassiani Bassi. Gr. & Lat. there have never been but 2. editions published, one by Needham at Cambridge in 1704. 8vo. the other by Niclas, at Leipsick in 1781. 2. v. 8vo. I do not believe it has ever been translated into any modern language. it gives the state of Agriculture in Greece in the time of Constantine Porphyrogeneta to whom it has been ascribed. the age & country make it curious, & worthy a place in the library of Congress." "06910","3","","","","Oeconomie rurale de Saboureux.","","6. v. 8vo. [Cato, Varro, Colum. Pallad. et Vegetius.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 19, Oeconomie rurale de Saboureux [sc. Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius et Vegetius] par Saboureux, 6 v 8vo.","Saboureux de La Bonnetrie, Charles François.","Traduction d'Anciens Ouvrages Latins relatifs à l'Agriculture et à la Médicine Vétérinaire, avec des Notes: Par M. Saboureux de la Bonnetrie . . . Tome Premier [-Tome Sixieme] . . . A Paris: Chez P. Fr. Didot, [de l'Imprimerie de P. Al. Le Prieur, -de J. G. Clousier] M. DCC. LXXI.-M. DCC. LXXV. [1771-1775.]","S491.A31771","

6 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 153 leaves, 2 folded engraved plates; vol. II, 210 leaves, 2 folded plates; vol. III, 265 leaves; vol. IV, 252 leaves; vol. V, 221 leaves; vol. VI, 199 leaves. Each title-page, after the volume indication, sets forth the contents of the volume as follows:

I. L'Economie Rurale de Caton.

II. L'Economie Rurale de Varron.

III. L'Economie Rurale de Columelle.

IV. L'Economie Rurale de Columelle.

V. L'Economie Rurale de Palladius.

VI. L'Economie Rurale de Vegetius.

Quérard VIII, page 300.

This work follows the preceding on Jefferson's list to Wilson Cary Nicholas. The entry reads:

Oeconomie rurale de Saboureux. 6. v. 8vo. this is a French translation of the preceding book of Cato &c. & gives us the Roman husbandry.

Charles François (or Charles Louis) Saboureux de la Bonnetrie, 1725-1781, French lawyer and scientist, was an advocate in Parliament and Professor of law in Paris." "06920","4","","","","Husbandry of the antients by Dickson.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 20, Dickson's husbandry of the antients, 2 v 8vo.","Dickson, Adam.","The Husbandry of the Ancients. In two volumes. By Adam Dickson . . . Edinburgh: Printed for J. Dickson, and W. Creech; London: G. Robinson and T. Cadell, 1788.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 276 leaves; vol. II, 250 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes II, page 643. McDonald, page 211.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work, with others, in a letter to Payne, written from Paris on January 28, 1789.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 14/-.

This book was on Jefferson's list sent to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 described as:

The husbandry of the antients by Dickson. 2. v. 8vo. a judicious compilation from the Roman writers in English.

Adam Dickson, 1721-1776, Scottish minister, writer on agriculture and practical farmer. An account of the author is prefaced to this book which was not published until twelve years after his death. The book draws freely from the Scriptores Rei Rusticae, and is dedicated to the Duke of Buccleuch. McDonald gives the first edition as 1778, but this is probably merely a misprint." "06930","5","","","","Theatre d'Agriculture de De-Serres.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 64, as above.","Serres, Olivier de.","Le Théâtre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs, d'Olivier de Serres, Seigneur du Pradel; dans lequel est représenté tout ce qui est requis et nécessaire pour bien dresser, gouverner, enrichir et embellir la Maison Rustique. Nouvelle édition conforme au texte, augmentée de Notes et d'un Vocabulaire; publiée par la Société d'Agriculture du Départment de la Seine. Tome I [II]. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie et dans la Librairie de Madame Huzard, An XII [1804], An XIV [1805].","","

2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 432 leaves, 2 engraved plates including the portrait frontispiece by B. Roger; vol. II, 496 leaves; 17 engraved plates including the frontispiece; engraved headpiece in each volume, by Ponce and C. P. Marillier, after Maréchal; text printed in double columns. In vol. I the preliminary matter includes the Liste des Sousscripteurs; the Eloge d'Olivier de Serres, by N. François (de Neufchâteau), the épitre (in verse), Pièces relatives à cette nouvelle édition, et à l'Éloge, Essai historique sur l'état de l'Agriculture en Europe au seizième siecle. Par le C. Grégoire [with a biobibliography], Poésies des contemporains d'Olivier de Serres. In vol. II the preliminary matter includes a Seconde Liste des souscripteurs, Supplément à l'éloge par N. François (de Neufchâteau), Notice bibliographique des différentes éditions du Théàtre d'Agriculture d'Olivier de Serres, par J. B. Huzard.

Brunet IV, 265. Quérard IX, 80. Bradley III, 111. Huzard catalogue II, 797.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on April 30, 1808, price $6.00 the 2 volumes.

The book was a presentation to him from the publishers, the Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine, sent through its secretary, A. F. Silvestre, who wrote from Paris on September 19, 1807:

. . . La Société vous prie aussi d'accepter un exemplaire de la nouvelle édition du theâtre d'Agriculture d'Olivier de Serres, publiée par ses soins; ouvrage qui, après deux Siècles d'existence, n'a encore vieilli que pour le Style, et qui sera toujours le guide le plus assuré des Agriculteurs. Cette édition est augmentée d'un grand nombre de notes et d'éclairissemens, que l'introduction de nouvelles cultures et quelques perfectionnemens ajoutés aux anciennes rendaient nécessaires, et qui ont été fournis par divers membres de la Société. . .

The gift was acknowledged by Jefferson in a letter to Silvestre from Washington, July 15, 1808:

. . . but I owe particular acknolegements for the valuable present of the Theatre de De Serres, which I consider as a prodigy for the age in which it was composed, and shews an advancement in the science of Agriculture which I had never suspected to have belonged to that time. brought down to the present day by the very valuable notes added, it is really such a treasure of Agricultural knolege, as has not before been offered to the world in a single work.

In a letter to Robert R. Livingston, written from Washington on January 3, 1808, Jefferson mentioned that the Paris Société d'Agriculture had lately republished this work in 2 vol. 4to, with the comment:

. . . altho written in the reign of H. IV. it is the finest body of Agriculture extant, & especially as improved by voluminous notes which bring it's processes to the present day . . .

This edition is on Jefferson's list of agricultural works sent to W. C. Nicholas in December, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress:

Theatre d'Agriculture de De-Serres. 2. v. 4to. the most compleat & able body of husbandry extant, altho' written in the reign of H. IV. of France. lately republished with most valuable notes of the modern improvements in husbandry.

Olivier de Serres, Seigneur du Pradel, 1539-1619, French agriculturalist, was employed by Henri IV to form a plantation of the white mulberry in the garden of the Tuileries. The first edition of this work was printed in 1600.

Nicolas Louis François, comte de Neufchâteau, 1750-1828, French poet and statesman, became interested in agriculture after his appointment in 1797 as Minister of the Interior.

Henri Grégoire, 1751-1831, French bishop, was the constitutional bishop of Blois.

Jean Baptiste Huzard, 1755-1838, French agriculturalist." "06940","6","","","","The Country farmer.","","4to. [a translation of the Maison rustique.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 21, The Country Farmer [maison rustique] p 4to.","Estienne, Charles, and Liebault, Jean.","Maison Rustique, or the Covntrie Farme. Compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and Iohn Liebault Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Svrflet Practitioner in Physicke. Also a short collection of the hunting of the Hart, Wilde Bore, Hare, Foxe, Gray, Conie: of Birds and Faulconerie. Printed at London: by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham Norton, 1600.","","

First Edition in English. 4to. 560 leaves, woodcut illustrations.

STC 10547. Schwerdt I, 166. McDonald, page 201.

This book was on Jefferson's list of Agricultural works recommended to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 for purchase for the Library of Congress:

The Country farmer. 4to. this is an old translation of the Maison Rustique, a work formerly esteemed in France.

Charles Estienne, 1504-1564, published his Prædium Rusticum, on which the Maison Rustique was founded, in 1554. The first edition with the later title was published after his death by his son-in-law, Jean Liebault, in 1564, and another edition followed in 1565. Subsequent editions have the names of both Estienne and Liebault on the title-pages.

This translation into English by Richard Surflet is addressed to Sir Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughbie." "06950","7","","","","Jacob's country gentleman's Vade mecum.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 2, as above.","Jacob, Giles.","The Country Gentleman's Vade mecum. Containing an account of the best methods to improve lands, plowing and sowing of corn; reaping, mowing, &c . . . Rules for management of a Family, expence in eating and drinking . . . account of gardening in general . . . To which is added, a general description of England, and particularly of London . . . And legal observations on the several chapters throughout the whole. By G. Jacob, Gent. London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1717.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 71 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Loudon. McDonald, page 207.

Giles Jacob, 1686-1744, English author and compiler." "06960","8","","","","Mortimer's husbandry.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 22, as above.","Mortimer, John.","The Whole Art of Husbandry: Or, the Way of Managing and Improving of Land. Being a full Collection of what hath been Writ, either by Ancient or Modern Authors: With many Additions of New Experiments and Improvements not treated of by others. As also an Account of the particular Sorts of Husbandry used in several Counties; with Proposals for its farther Improvement. To which is added, The Country-Man's Kalendar, what he is to do every Month in the Year. The First Volume [Second]. By J. Mortimer, Esq. F.R.S. The Fifth Edition, with Additions. London: Printed by J. B. for R. Robinson, and G. Mortlock, 1721.","","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 208 leaves; vol. II, 204 leaves; engraved frontispiece by J. Sturt in each volume, titles printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text; Robinson's and Mortlock's advertisements on the last leaf of each volume.

McDonald, page 207. This edition not in Loudon.

John Mortimer, 1656?-1736, English writer on agriculture. This is the fifth edition of this work which was originally published in 1707. It was frequently reprinted in England and was also translated into Swedish, and published in Stockholm in 1727." "06970","9","","","","Bradly's husbandry.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 23, Bradley's husbandry, 3 v 8vo.","Bradley, Richard.","A General Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening. Containing such Observations and Experiments as are New and Useful for the Improvement of Land. With an Account of such extraordinary Inventions, and natural Productions, as may help the Ingenious in their Studies, and promote universal Learning. Vol. I [-III]. With variety of curious Cutts. By Richard Bradley, Fellow of the Royal Society. London: Printed for T. Woodward and J. Peele, 1724.","","

3 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 203 leaves; vol. II, 195 leaves; vol. III, 170 leaves; plates by J. Pine and J. Clark; issued monthly for the first year, beginning April 1721, each month with a separate title-page [Vol. I and II] and in 3 parts, each with a separate title-page, for the second year, beginning April and May, 1722 [Vol. III].

Bradley III, page 108. This edition not in McDonald.

This work was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Richard Bradley, 1688-1732, English botanist and horticultural writer, was a Fellow of the Royal Society. In this work each part has a different dedication." "06980","10","","","","[Bradly]'s Experimental husbandry.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 63, Bradley's Experimental husbandry, 4to","Bradley, Richard.","The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener. London, 1726.","","

Folio. No copy was seen for collation.

McDonald, page 207.

The entries as above occur in Jefferson's manuscript and in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, in the working copy of which it is checked as having been received. There is no copy now in the Library of Congress and the entry was dropped from the 1831 and later catalogues." "06990","11","","","","[Bradly] on the four elements.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 24, Bradley on the four elements, 8vo.","Bradley, Richard.","Ten practical discourses concerning Earth and Water, Fire and Air, as they relate to the growth of plants. With a collection of new discoveries for the improvement of land, either in the farm or garden. By R. Bradley . . . London: R. Ware, 1733.","","

8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Not in McDonald. Not in Loudon.

This book is on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 as recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

The first edition was printed in 1727." "07000","12","","","","Hale's body of Husbandry.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 25, as above.","Hale, Thomas.","A Compleat Body of Husbandry. Containing Rules for performing, in the most profitable Manner, the whole Business of the Farmer and Country Gentleman, in Cultivating, Planting and Stocking of Land . . . Compiled from the Original Papers of the late Thomas Hale, Esq; And enlarged by many new and useful Communications on practical Subjects, From the Collections of Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Storey, Mr. Osborne, the Reverend Mr. Turner, and others . . . Illustrated with a great Number of Cuts . . . Published by his Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority. Vol. I [-IV]. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Tho. Osborne, Tho. Trye, and S. Crowder and Co., 1758.","S509.H16","

4 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 208 leaves, engraved frontispiece by J. Mynde; vol. II, 216 leaves; vol. III, 256 leaves; vol. IV, 216 leaves; engraved plates in each volume; publishers' advertisement on the last page of vol. IV.

McDonald, page 210. This edition not in Bradley. Not in Loudon.

At the end of vol. IV (verso of Dd?i??) is a reprint by the Proprietors of an order received by them from the Churchwardens and Overseers of Lanteglos, juxta Camelford, Cornwall, dated March 6. 1757, for a copy of the first edition ''to be bound in rough Leather, and clasped; and that the same be chained in the Vestry-Room, for the Public Use of the Parishoners, to be consulted by them on all Occasions, in that Place, and not elsewhere . . .'' A note by the Proprietors adds that ''Any Nobleman, or Gentleman, desirous to make a Present of this Book of Agriculture and Farming to his Parish, may, by applying to any one of the Proprietors afore-mentioned, be supplied with it in the Manner the above Parish require theirs to be done.''

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 11/6.

Thomas Hale, English agriculturalist. The first edition of this work, in folio, was published in 1756. An entry for that edition in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue has been partially erased." "07010","J. 13","","","","Tull's horsehoeing husbandry.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, in the Index, but not in the body of the work. Not in the 1831 and later catalogues.","Tull, Jethro.","Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage. Designed to introduce a new Method of Culture; whereby the Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual Expence lessened. Together with accurate Descriptions and Cuts of the Instruments employed in it. By Jethro Tull, Esq; of Shalborne in Berkshire. The Fourth Edition, very carefully corrected. To which is prefixed, A new Preface by the Editors, addressed to all concerned in Agriculture. London: Printed for A. Millar. M. DCC. LXII. [1762.]","S603.T915","

8vo. 224 leaves, folded engraved plates.

McDonald, page 209. This edition not in Loudon.

Calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title-page is written Tho. Jefferson Esq., and the autograph signature of A. Pollok.

Missing at the time of the sale of Jefferson's library to Congress (though probably included in the sale price, as Tull's name is in the index of the 1815 catalogue), this volume was eventually acquired by the Library of Congress in 1942, one hundred and twenty-seven years after the original purchase.

Sometime before November 1794 Jefferson had lent the book to Edmund Randolph and in an undated letter (sent on November 6 of that year) he wrote for its return. Randolph was unable to comply with Jefferson's request, and on the fly-leaf of the volume he has written, signed with his initials:

This book once belonged to Mr. Jefferson. When he sent for it, I had mislaid it and bought another. I have exchanged this volume for a duplicate from the college library. E. R.

On June 24, 1813 Jefferson tried to buy a copy from Dufief, writing to him for:

Tull's horsehoeing husbandry, an old book in 8vo.

Dufief replied on July 10:

Il m'a été impossible de trouver à Philadelphie Tull's horsehoeing husbandry.

In a letter to Tristram Dalton dated from Monticello on May 2, 1817, Jefferson wrote:

. . . while I was an amateur in Agricultural science (for practical knolege my course of life never permitted me) I was very partial to the drilled husbandry of Tull, and thought still better of it when reformed by Young to 12 I. rows. but I had not time to try it while young, and now grown old I have not the requisite activity either of body or mind . . .

Tull's horsehoeing husbandry is on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Jethro Tull, 1674-1741, English agricultural writer, inventor of a machine drill and advocate of drill sowing and frequent hoeing. Certain chapters of this book were published in quarto in 1731, the first edition of the whole work in folio in 1733." "07020","14","","","","Spurrier's Practical farmer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 33, as above.","Spurrier, John.","The Practical Farmer: being a new and compendious system of Husbandry, adapted to the different Soils and Climates of America. Containing the mechanical, chemical and philosophical Elements of Agriculture. With many other useful and interesting subjects. By John Spurrier, an old experienced Farmer, late of the County of Herts, in Great-Britain: and now of Brandywine Hundred, County of New-Castle, and State of Delaware. Wilmington: Printed by Brynberg and Andrews, 1793.","S497.S77","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 185 leaves.

Sabin 89930. Evans 26198.

Dedicated from Brandywine hundred, County of New-Castle, and State of Delaware, to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of the United States. Jefferson's name is included in the list of Subscribers (5 copies); George Washington, President of the United States, subscribed for 10 copies.

In a letter to John Taylor, from Monticello, December 29, 1794, Jefferson wrote:

the horse bean I tried this last year. it turned out nothing. the President has tried it without success. an old English farmer of the name of Spuryear, settled in Delaware, has tried it there with good success: but he told me it would not do without being well shaded, and I think he planted it among his corn for that reason. but he acknoleged our pea was as good an ameliorater & a more valuable pulse, as being food for man as well as horse . . ." "07030","15","","","","Parkinson's experienced farmer.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 34, as above.","Parkinson, Richard.","The Experienced Farmer, an entire new Work, in which the whole System of Agriculture, Husbandry, and Breeding of Cattle, is explained and copiously enlarged upon; and the best Methods, with the most recent Improvements, pointed out. By Richard Parkinson, of Doncaster in the County of York. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II]. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1799.","S511.P24","

First American Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 154 leaves; vol. II, 159 leaves; the last 8 leaves contain A Supplement to the Experienced Farmer, by Richard Parkinson, chiefly of Occurrences during his residence in America, with separate pagination.

This edition not in Lowndes. Sabin 58784. Loudon 1211. This edition not in McDonald.

Richard Parkinson, 1748-1815, English farmer and agricultural writer. This book was first printed in London in 1798, and is dedicated to General Washington, late President of the United States. The list of subscribers is reprinted in this Philadelphia edition and includes General Washington, Mount Vernon, America, and Mr. John Mott, America. Parkinson visited America in 1798, and, on the recommendation of Sir John Sinclair, was employed by Washington as agriculturalist at Mount Vernon." "07040","16","","","","Duhamel's husbandry.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 65, as above.","Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis.","A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: wherein are contained, many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, Collected, during a Series of Years, by the Celebrated M. Duhamel du Monceau . . . Also, The most approved Practice of the best English Farmers, in the Old Method of Husbandry. With Copper-Plates of several new and useful instruments. The Second Edition, corrected and improved . . . [Translated by John Mills.] London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes [and others], 1762.","","

4to. 260 leaves: [ ]4, b-c4, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Rrr4, 6 folded engraved plates by J. Mynde, folded printed table, title printed in red and black.

This edition not in Loudon. This edition not in McDonald. Huzard catalogue II, 431.

This book is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3/6.

Duhamel's husbandry. 4to. Eng. is on Jefferson's list of agricultural books recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress in a letter to W. C. Nicholas, December 16, 1809.

Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, 1700-1782, French botanist and engineer.

John Mills, d. 1784, English agriculturalist. The first edition of his translation of Duhamel's work was published in 1759." "07050","17","","","","Rural Socrates of Kliyogg or Gouyer. Young's Rural oeconomy.","","8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 31, Young's rural economy, 3vo [sic].","[Young, Arthur.]","Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry. Designed to explain several methods of conducting different farms; including hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business . . . To which is added, The rural Socrates: Being memoirs of a country philosopher. By the Author of the Farmer's Letters . . . The second edition, corrected. London: Printed for T. Becket, 1773.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation. At the end is the Appendix containing the Rural Socrates, with explanatory notes, with half-title, and the title-page of the second edition: The Rural Socrates: or, A description of the oeconomical and moral conduct of a Country Philosopher [i. e. Jacob Gouyer, called Kliyogg]. Written in German by M. Hirzel . . . Second Edition 1764. [Translated by Arthur Young.]

Halkett and Laing V, page 152. Anderson, Bibliography of Arthur Young, page 352.

On July 1, 1793, in a letter to George Logan, Jefferson consulted him as to which of Young's works to buy:

Mr. Young's writings are so voluminous, one cannot think of buying the whole. which of them must one buy, in order to have every thing useful which he has written? for it is apprehended that many of his volumes are mere repetitions of what is to be found in the others.

Several years later, on June 24, 1813, Jefferson gave an order to Dufief for:

Young's Experiments in Agriculture. (I think it is in 3. vols. 8vo.)

Dufief was unable to obtain a copy, and on July 10 wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Je puis vous procurer les ouvrages suivans d'Young ''The Farmer's tour through the East of England, containing the accounts of above five hundred original experiments &c. 4 vol 8vo. London.

Young's Northern tour containing the register of many curious and useful experiments in Agriculture. 4 vol 8vo. London.

The Farmer's calendar. 8th. edition. London.

Six weeks tour through the Southern counties of England and Wales. London (second hand). 8vo.

Young's France. 2 vol. 8vo. Dublin.

The last named is the only one of this list in the Jefferson collection.

Jefferson's acquaintance with the Course of Experimental Agriculture was made through W. C. Nicholas, to whom, in his letter regarding agricultural books for the Library of Congress, Jefferson wrote on December 16, 1809:

Young's experimental agriculture which I have not, but had the benefit of reading your copy . . .

The appended list includes:

Young's works. I am not acquainted with the mass of them. I believe they amount to 70. or 80. vol[???]. I think Congress should possess the whole. if a selection is to be made, I can speak only of the following from my own knolege.

Young's rural economy. 8vo.

farmer's guide. 8vo.

course of Experimental agriculture. 3. v. 8vo.

travels. 2. v. 8vo.

Jefferson frequently mentions Young and his works in his letters to George Washington, George Logan, Tristram Dalton and other agriculturalists.

With regard to the Rural Socrates of Kliyogg or Gouyer, called for in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, but not sold to Congress in 1815, Jefferson had a copy of the edition by Benjamin Vaughan from the London edition of Arthur Young's translation, printed at Hallowell (District of Maine) by Peter Edes in 1800.

This was sent to Jefferson by John Vaughan, the brother of Benjamin, with a letter dated from Philadelphia, November 10, 1801. Benjamin Vaughan's editorship of this work has been questioned by bibliographers, but John Vaughan's letter to Jefferson makes the matter quite clear:

I have the pleasure of sending you, by Directions of my Brother, a Copy of the Rural Socrates or Philosophic Farmer—You must be well acquainted with his Character, but will not have yet seen so full an acct. of him—The Importance of the knowledge & Principles detailed in this Book, makes my brother & myself desirous it should Circulate, it will be flattering to him to learn it meets with your approbation.

A postscript reads:

Altho' my brother superintended the Publication he has avoided letting it be generally known, & has no kind of interest in the Circulation, except his desire of promoting Useful knowledge.

Jefferson reported an edition of the Rural Socrates to be missing at the time of the sale of his library to Congress. His description of the book to Milligan, in a letter of March 28, 1815, leaves it doubtful as to whether his reference was to Vaughan's separate edition:

Young's Rural Socrates 8vo. [this is sometimes bound up with the former].

''the former'' was Young's Farmer's Guide, and was supplied by Milligan on April 7 [no. 706].

Arthur Young, 1741-1820, English agriculturalist and farmer, was in correspondence with Washington and other landowners and farmers in America. The first edition of Rural Oeconomy was published in London in 1770.

Hans Kaspar Hirzel, 1725-1803, Swiss physician and President of the Society of Natural Sciences at Zurich, originally wrote the Rural Socrates in German.

Benjamin Vaughan, 1751-1835, British politician and political economist, born in Jamaica, was the first editor of the works of Benjamin Franklin, and was in constant correspondence with Jefferson on scientific and other subjects." "07060","18","","","","Young's Farmer's guide.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 32b, as above, 2 v 8vo.","[Young, Arthur.]","The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms . . . Also, plans of Farm-yards, and sections of the necessary buildings . . . In Two Volumes. By the Author of the Farmer's Letters. Dublin: printed for J. Exshaw, 1771.","","

2 vol. 8vo. No copy of this edition was obtained for collation.

Halkett and Laing II, page 267. Jones, Books printed in Ireland, page 27 (with the price, 10/10). This edition not in Anderson, Bibliography of Arthur Young.

Included in the list of books missing from his library which Jefferson sent to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with a request that he procure copies and send them in, were:

Young's farmer's guide 8vo.

Young's Rural Socrates 8vo. [this is sometimes bound up with the former].

Milligan supplied a copy of 1 Young's Farmer's Guide on April 7, price $3.00

The first edition of this book was printed in London in 1770." "07070","19","","","","Boardley's Sketches on Rotations of crops.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 43, as above.","[Bordley, John Beale.]","Sketches on Rotations of Crops, and other Rural Matters. To which are annexed Intimations on Manufactures; on the Fruits of Agriculture; and on new Sources of Trade, interfering with Products of the United States of America in Foreign Markets. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist. M, DCC, XCVII. [1797.]","AC901.W7 Vol. 34","

8vo. 40 leaves; followed by a printed slip, woodcut illustrations; the Sketches end on page [66] and are signed J. B. B. The Intimations begin on page [67] and are signed B., with date January 1794; the slip is dated January 23, 1797, and is relative to an ice-house at Gloucester Point.

Halkett and Laing V, 289. Sabin 6415. Evans 30103.

The first edition of this book was published by Cist in 1792. In 1795 Jefferson was still unaware of the authorship. On February 5 of that year he wrote to Madison at Philadelphia:

Congress drawing to a close, I must trouble you with a bundle of little commissions . . .

2. a pamphlet entitled 'Sketches on rotations of crops', to be had I believe at Dobson's. the author in a note pa. 43. mentions some former publication of his, which I should be glad to have also, as I am sure it must be good. who is the author? is it Peters. I do not think it is Logan.

There is no note as to a former publication on page 43 of this edition.

Boardley's Sketches on rotations of crops. 8vo. last edition is on Jefferson's list of books recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress, sent to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809.

John Beale Bordley, 1727-1804, a native of Maryland, was a lawyer by profession. In 1793 he established in Philadelphia the first agricultural society of the United States." "07080","20","","","","Boardley's essays & Notes on husbandry.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 43, as above.","Bordley, John Beale.","Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs. By J. B. Bordley . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1799. [Copy-Right secured according to Law.]","S497.B72","

First Edition. 8vo. 336 leaves: []4, A-Z, Aa-Oo8, B-F4, G8, Pp-Qq4, 4 folded engraved plates; sheet B (third alphabet) begins the Additions and Amendments, with continuous pagination; sheet G of this part contains Husbandry dependent on Live Stock, see no. 771. The 4 leaves of sheet Pp have separate pagination; Qq has the Index and is unpaged.

Sabin 6464. Evans 35216. Bradley III, page 117. None of these bibliographies calls for the Additions and Amendments, all finish the work at page 591, sig. Oo.

The Essays and Notes on Husbandry contains reprints of Country Habitations and Outlines of a Plan for establishing a State Society of Agriculture in Pennsylvania, for the original editions of which see no. 719 and no. 715." "07090","21","","","","Hale's statical essays.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 29, as above.","Hales, Stephen.","Statical Essays: containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. Being An Essay towards a Natural History of Vegetation . . . Also a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air . . . Vol. I . . . By Steph. Hales, D.D. F.R.S. Rector of Faringdon, Hampshire, and Minister of Teddington, Middlesex. The Third Edition, with Amendments. London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, T. Woodward and J. Peele, 1738. [-Vol. II . . . containing Haemastaticks; or, an account of some hydraulick and hydrostatical experiments made on the blood and blood-vessels of animals . . . ib. 1740.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. 1, 198 leaves, 19 engraved plates, signed S.G.; the Imprimatur of Sir Isaac Newton ''Pr. Reg. Soc.'' on the back of the title, dated Feb. 16, 1726—7; vol. II; no copy of this volume was seen for collation.

Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald. Bradley I, 162 (vol. I only). This edition not in Osler.

This work is on Jefferson's list of agricultural books recommended to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Stephen Hales, 1677—1761, English clergyman, physiologist and inventor, known as the ''father of vegetable physiology''. The first volume of this work was originally published in 1727. This is the third edition of volume I and the second of volume II (first edition 1733)." "07100","22","","","","Home (Ld Kaim's) Gentleman farmer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 30, Home's gentleman farmer, 8vo.","Home, Henry, Lord Kames.","The Gentleman Farmer. Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, by subjecting it to the Test of rational Principles. The Second Edition, with considerable Additions . . . Edinburgh: Printed for John Bell, 1779.","S509.K3","

8vo. in fours. 3 engraved plates; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 366. Bradley III, 109. McDonald 215. This edition not in Loudon.

This work is on Jefferson's list of agricultural books recommended to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696-1782, Scottish judge and land owner, and the author of many works on law and metaphysics. The first edition of this work, frequently reprinted, was published in Edinburgh in 1776. The dedication to Sir John Pringle, President of the Royal Society, is signed Henry Home." "07110","23","","","","Home's (Dr.) principles of agriculture & vegetation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 27, as above, omitting (Dr).","Home, Francis.","The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation. By Francis Home, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. The Third Edition, with Additions. London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, at Edinburgh, 1762.","","

8vo. 108 leaves: A4, B-O8.

This edition not in Loudon. This edition not in McDonald.

Jefferson mentioned this book in a letter to William Strickland in connection with Kirwan's book on manure. See no. 716.

On Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6.

Dr. Home's principles of agriculture & vegetation. 8vo. is on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas, December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Francis Home, 1719-1813, Scottish physician, was professor of materia medica at Edinburgh University. The first edition of this book, which was a prize essay, was published in Edinburgh in 1757; it was frequently reprinted and was translated into several European languages." "07120","24","","","","Fordyce's agriculture.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 28, as above.","Fordyce, George.","Elements of agriculture and vegetation. Second Edition; To which is added an Appendix for the use of practical farmers. London, 1771.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation; engraved plates; the Appendix with separate pagination.

This edition not in McDonald and not in Loudon.

George Fordyce, 1736-1802, Scottish physician, scientist and agriculturalist. The Elements was originally presented as a series of lectures to a class interested in agriculture, and was first published in Edinburgh, 1765." "07130","25","Tracts in agriculture viz. Fowler, Boardley, Kirwan. Logan. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47a, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 43; the titles listed as below.","Agricultural tracts, Pamphlets in Agriculture and similar titles appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time, from March and Milligan, generally half bound at varying prices, usually below a dollar.","","i.","","","Parry, R., Auctioneer.","Particulars of the breeding stock, late the property of Mr. Robert Fowler, of the County of Oxford, sold 29-31 March, 1791. [?Shipston-upon-Stower, 1791.]","","

8vo.

Royal Agricultural Society catalogue, page 239.

No copy of this catalogue was seen; the imprint given in the Library of Congress 1831 catalogue is London; the imprint Shipston-upon-Stower is taken from the catalogue of the Royal Agricultural Society and is more likely to be correct as it seems doubtful that the catalogue of a local livestock auction would be reprinted in London." "07140","25","Tracts in agriculture viz. Fowler, Boardley, Kirwan. Logan. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47a, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 43; the titles listed as below.","Agricultural tracts, Pamphlets in Agriculture and similar titles appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time, from March and Milligan, generally half bound at varying prices, usually below a dollar.","","ii.","","","Bordley, John Beale.","Sketches on Rotations of Crops, &c. by J. B. Bordley, 8vo. Philadelphia, 1796.","","

Another edition of no. 707 by the same printer.

Evans 30103." "07150","25","Tracts in agriculture viz. Fowler, Boardley, Kirwan. Logan. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47a, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 43; the titles listed as below.","Agricultural tracts, Pamphlets in Agriculture and similar titles appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time, from March and Milligan, generally half bound at varying prices, usually below a dollar.","","iii.","","","[Bordley, John Beale.]","Outlines of a Plan, for Establishing a State Society of Agriculture in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1794.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves, the first a blank.

Sabin 57960. Evans 26682 and 27512.

In 1793 Bordley had established in Philadelphia the first Agricultural Society in the United States." "07160","25","Tracts in agriculture viz. Fowler, Boardley, Kirwan. Logan. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47a, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 43; the titles listed as below.","Agricultural tracts, Pamphlets in Agriculture and similar titles appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time, from March and Milligan, generally half bound at varying prices, usually below a dollar.","","iv.","","","Kirwan, Richard.","The Manures most advantageously applicable to the various Sorts of Soils, and the Causes of their beneficial Effect in each particular instance . . . By Richard Kirwan, Esquire, F.R.S. and M.R.I.A. Author of the Elements of Mineralogy, &c. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, 1796.","S405.A27","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves, the last with publishers' advertisements, sig. C missed in printing.

McDonald, page 223.

Kirwan's book was introduced to Jefferson by William Strickland, of York, England, who may have sent a copy. Jefferson wrote to Strickland on March 23, 1798:

. . . I am much indebted to you for m[???] Kirwan's charming treatise on manures. science never appears so beautiful as when applied to the uses of human life, nor any use of it so engaging as those of agriculture & domestic economy. Doctr. Home had formerly applied the doctrines of chemistry to the analysis of soils & manures, but the revolution in that science had required the work to be done over again, and gives to m[???] Kirwan the entire merit of a new work . . .

Some years later, on August 28, 1806, a copy was sent to Jefferson by Thomas Ewell, with a letter concerning the dedication of his own work:

. . . Lately I met with a very valuable treatise on manures by the celebrated Mr. Kirwan: Knowing your partiality for agricultural pursuits, I have taken the liberty to inclose it & hope that you will be pleased to accept of it.

For a note on Kirwan see no. 650. This work contains frequent references to the writings of Young, Hales and other agriculturalists." "07170","25","Tracts in agriculture viz. Fowler, Boardley, Kirwan. Logan. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47a, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 43; the titles listed as below.","Agricultural tracts, Pamphlets in Agriculture and similar titles appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time, from March and Milligan, generally half bound at varying prices, usually below a dollar.","","v.","","","Logan, George.","Fourteen Agricultural Experiments, to ascertain the best rotation of crops: addressed to the ''Philadelphia Agricultural Society.'' By George Logan, M.D. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey. M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]","S603.L83","

First Edition. 8vo. 22 leaves.

Sabin 41790, note. Evans 32382.

On July 28, 1793, Jefferson, living in Philadelphia, wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph:

. . . I am availing myself of the time I have to remain here, to satisfy myself by enquiring from the best farmers of all the circumstances which may decide on the best rotation of crops; for I take that to be the most important of all the questions a farmer has to decide. I get more information on this subject from Dr. Logan than from all the others put together. he is the best farmer in Pensylvã. both in theory & practice, having pursued it many years experimentally & with great attention.

The major portion of this letter is concerned with Dr. Logan's agricultural experiments, and Jefferson's comments on them.

On July 1 of the same year Jefferson had written to Logan himself:

Th: Jefferson presents his friendly compliments to Dr. Logan. having engaged a good farmer to go and put one of his plantations in Virginia into a regular course of farming, & being about to give him his plan, he takes the liberty of submitting it to Dr. Logan, in whose experience & judgment he has great confidence. he begs him to favor him with his observations on it, freely & as fully in writing as his leisure will permit. he is himself but a tyro in agriculture, and it being of great importance to set out right in plans de longue haleine, he hopes it will be his excuse with Dr. Logan for the trouble he gives him . . .

George Logan, 1753-1821, physician and United States Senator, was a native of Germantown, and a strict Quaker. He was a personal friend of Jefferson who often visited him." "07180","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","i.","","","Ambler, Jacquelin.","A Treatise on the culture of Lucerne, By Jacqulin (sic) Ambler. Richmond: Printed by T. Nicolson [1800?].","","

12mo. 5 leaves without signature, each leaf mounted on a stub. On page 7 begins Observations on Mr. Ambler's notes on the culture of Lucerne, signed R. Parker.

Not in Sabin. Not in Virginia State Library, A Bibliography of Virginia.

Jacquelin Ambler, 1742-1798, a native of Yorktown, Virginia, of which state he became Treasurer. He married Rebecca Burwell, and became the father-in-law of John Marshall, see no. 496." "07190","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","ii.","","","Bordley, John Beale.","Country Habitations. [Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1798.]","","

8vo. 7 leaves without signature, numbered (1)-13; engraved frontispiece; caption title; numerous corrections in the text, probably by the author, who has signed his initial at the end in ink and the date, July, 1798.

Not in Sabin. Evans 33435." "07200","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","iii.","","","[Stone, Thomas.]","A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Somerville . . . late President of the Board of Agriculture, with a view to shew the Inutility of the plans and Researches of that Institution . . . By a Society of Practical Farmers. London: Printed and Published by George Cawthorn [and others], 1800. [Price three shillings.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 74 leaves: []2, B-T4, the last leaf with Cawthorn's advertisement, G. Cawthorn's imprint at the end of the text.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in McDonald. Royal Agricultural Society catalogue, page 301.

Presentation copy from the author, who has crossed out the words a Society of Practical Farmers on the title-page, and substituted in ink his name Thos. Stone. In the upper margin he has written From the Author.

Thomas Stone's autograph inscription on the title-page is the only source of information for the authorship of this book. It is not to be found in any of the reference books of pseudonymous literature, and is entered under Somerville as an anonymous work in the catalogues of the Royal Society of Agriculture, the British Museum and others.

This may be one of the publications referred to in Stone's letter to Jefferson, written from Paris on April 10, 1804:

I beg you will do me the Honor of accepting the inclosed Publications, I am emboldened to take this Liberty from the great attention you give to the Science of Agriculture, in the Practice of which, I have devoted the most considerable part of my Life; I most heartily wish you Health to pursue the objects, which so happily for your Country, you have adopted.

Thomas Stone, d. 1815, English agriculturalist, was the author of several reports for the Board of Agriculture, q.v.

John Southey Somerville, fifteenth Lord Somerville, 1765-1819, English agriculturalist." "07210","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","iv.","","","Binns, John Alexander.","A Treatise on Practical Farming; embracing particularly the following subjects, viz. The Use of Plaister of Paris . . . On deep Ploughing . . . and Farming in General. By John A. Binns, of Loudon County, Virginia, Farmer. Frederick-Town, Maryland: Printed by John B. Colvin—Editor of the Republican Advocate, 1803.","","

12mo. 38 leaves: [ ]2, A-F6; uncut edges; on the back of the second leaf Copy-right secured.

Not in Sabin. A Record of Virginia Copyright Entries, page 9.

On June 19, 1803, the year of its publication, Jefferson wrote to John W. Eppes concerning this work:

. . . I inclose you one of Binns's pamphlets on the use of plaister. it is bunglingly composed, but it is generally said his facts may be relied on. the important one is that from being poor he is become rich by it . . .

Jefferson sent at least two copies of the pamphlet to England. On June 30 of the same year, in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, after thanking him for various publications sent to him by the latter, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I send you a small one in return, the work of a very unlettered farmer, yet valuable, as it relates plain facts of importance to farmers. you will discover that m[???] Binns is an enthusiast for the use of gypsum. but there are two facts which prove he has a right to be so. 1. he began poor, & has made himself tolerably rich by his farming alone. 2. the county of Loudon, in which he lives had been so exhausted & wasted by bad husbandry, that it began to depopulate, the inhabitants going Southwesterly in quest of better lands. Binn's success has stopped that emigration. it is now becoming one of the most productive counties of the state of Virginia, and the price given for the lands is multiplied manifold . . .

On the same day he wrote to William Strickland:

. . . knowing your love of agriculture, and your skill in it, I could not pretermit the occasion of sending you the inclosed pamphlet on the use of Gypsum, by a m[???] Binns, a plain farmer, who understands handling his plough better than his pen. he is certainly somewhat of an enthusiast in the use of this manure: but he has a right to be so. the result of his husbandry proves his confidence in it well founded for from being poor it has made him rich. the county of Loudon, in which he lives, exhausted & wasted by bad husbandry, has, from his example, become the most productive one in Virginia: and it's lands, from being the lowest, sell at the highest prices. these facts speak more strongly for his pamphlet than a better arrangement & more polished phrases would have done . . .

John Alexander Binns, c. 1761-1813, the originator of what is now known as the Loudon system." "07220","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","v.","","","Brodin de La Jutais, Pierre.","L'Abondance, ou la Véritable Pierre Philosophale . . . Ouvrage publié à Paris en 1752, par le Chevalier Brodin de la Jutais . . . corrigé et augmenté de Principes physiques, par son gendre Faming de la Jutais, des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique . . . Dédié à Son Excellence John (sic) Jefferson, Président des États-Unis de l'Amérique. A Philadelphie, An 1805.","","

12mo. 24 leaves: 1-212

Not in Sabin. Not in Quérard. Not in Loudon. This edition not in Pritzel, not in Haller, and not in the Huzard catalogue.

Dedication copy to Thomas Jefferson sent to him by Faming de la Jutais from Philadelphia, with a letter dated an 1806 (received by Jefferson on 1 May) addressed A Son Excellence John Jefferson, Président des Etats-unis de l'Amérique:

Le petit ouvrage que j'ay l'honneur de présenter à Votre Excellence, contient des notions nouvelles sur l'art nouricier de l'Agriculture, dont, malgré les soins importuns qui pèsent sur V/ Exce. comme Chef de l'Etat, elle daigne en toutes circonstances se montrer l'ami le plus zélé.

Il contient entr'autres, un moyen d'augmenter considerablement les productions de la terre découvert par un Citoyen distingué & zelé pour le bien de l'humanité, dont en qualité de Gendre, je me suis fait un devoir de faire revivre les idées utiles . . .

The printed dedication, signed by Faming de la Jutais, de la Géorgie, is equally addressed A Son Excellence John Jefferson, Président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique.

Pierre Brodin de la Jutais, d. 1765, a native of Georgia (Transcaucasia). The first edition of this work was published in 1752." "07230","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","vi.","","","Main, Thomas.","Directions for the Transplantation and Management of young Thorn or other Hedge Plants, preparative to their being set in Hedges: with some practical observations on the method of plain hedging. By Thomas Main, District of Columbia. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1807.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 20 leaves; dated at the end from the District of Columbia September 28th, 1807.

Sabin 43894. Bradley III, 212. Not in Bryan, Bibliography of the District of Columbia.

Thomas Main was a gardener and florist in the District of Columbia from whom Jefferson frequently purchased trees, shrubs and seeds, etc. Many of Main's bills are in the extant Jefferson correspondence." "07240","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","vii.","","","[Cambry, Jacques.]","Notice sur l'Agriculture des Celtes et des Gaulois. A Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet] se vend au Cabinet de Lecture et de Livres des dames Lavernette, 1806.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves, half-title on the first leaf, printer's imprint at the end.

Barbier III, col. 463. Quérard II, page 29 . . . ''des Celtes et des Germains''. Not in Loudon. Huzard catalogue II, 29.

Jacques Cambry, 1749-1807, French antiquarian and man of letters." "07250","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","viii.","","","Michaux, François André.","Mémoire sur la Naturalisation des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale . . . Par F. A. Michaux. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, chez Levrault, Schoel et compagnie, An. XIII-1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves without signatures, a folded table inserted between pages 22 and 23, with a small correction in ink by the author; on the back of the half-title: Extrait des Mémoires de la Société du département de la Seine, tome VII.

Quérard VI, 113. Sabin 48698. Huzard catalogue II, 2435.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the half-title:

à Monsieur Jefferson Président des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique de la part de l'auteur . . . [the rest removed by the binder.]

Michaux sent this pamphlet to Jefferson, together with a copy of his Voyage à l'ouest des Monts-Alleghen[???]s, on July 6, 1806, on which day he wrote from Philadelphia:

Je joins a cet ouvrage [i.e. the Voyage above mentioned] un petit memoir sur les arbres forestiers des Etats Unis; quelques remarques comparatives (page 29) pourront peut-etre meriter votre attention.

Jefferson replied on July 12:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Mr. Michaux for the book of his travel & the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him . . .

François André Michaux, 1770-1885, French doctor and naturalist, was a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. He was the author of several books on the Natural History of America. This pamphlet was his first printed work." "07260","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","ix.","","","[Sinclair, Sir John.]","Plan of the Re-printed Reports of the Board of Agriculture. With Preliminary Observations, by the President of the Board. London: Printed by B. McMillan, 1806.","","

8vo. 18 leaves: []1, B-D1 in eights. The Preliminary Observations are signed: John Sinclair. Board of Agriculture, 32, Sackville Street, London, April 25, 1806.

Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson, from the author who has written on the title: The President. With Sir John Sinc[lair's] respects [the inscription partly cut away by the binder].

Sir John Sinclair, 1754-1835, Scottish agriculturalist, was the first President of the Board of Agriculture in London. He and Jefferson were in constant correspondence, and Sinclair sent to Jefferson the publications of the Board of Agriculture and other pamphlets, q. v." "07270","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","x.","","","Valentin, Louis.","Coup-d'Oeil sur la culture de quelques Végétaux exotiques, dans les départemens méridionaux de la France, et Notice sur l'état présent des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles aux états-Unis d'Amérique; Par le Docteur Louis Valentin . . . A Marseille: de l'imprimerie de Joseph Achard fils et Compagnie, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 27 leaves in fours; printed on blue paper.

Sabin 98350.

Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson from the author who has written on the title his excellency, Mr. Thomas Jefferson president of the United States. from the author. On page 8 is a correction in ink.

This pamphlet contains several references to Jefferson, notably in an account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of the Waterhouse method of vaccination, the establishment of which had required tout le zéle et toute la philantropie du savant Jefferson . . . Qu'il est beau, qu'il est consolant de voir le chef de grands états accablé déjà par les affaires politiques qui absorbent son tems, s'occuper aussi ardemment à propager une découverte dont aucune assurément n' a été plus utile à l'humanité.

Louis Valentin, 1758-1829, French doctor and surgeon, went to the Antilles in 1790 and thence took refuge in the United States during the Revolution, where he had charge of the hospitals for French sailors in Virginia. He returned to France in 1799. Other works by him occur in this catalogue." "07280","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xi.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","Introductory Observations, pointing out some additional measures, submitted to the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. President of the Board. [London: B. McMillan, 1807.]","","

2 leaves, caption title, printer's imprint at the end.

Signed at the end: John Sinclair, Board of Agriculture, 1st August, 1807.

Presentation copy from Sir John Sinclair, sent from London on August 13, 1807:

Sir John Sinclair presents his compliments, and tho' much hurried, preparing to set out for Scotland, yet having so favourable an opportunity of sending Letters to America, as by means of Mr. Medford, he cannot deny himself the pleasure of transmitting to his friends there, Copies of the prospectus of his Code of Health, and Longevity, and of his introductory observations to a work on Enclosures, pointing out the additional measures, in the contemplation of the Board of Agriculture, for the improvement of this Country.

He hopes it will prove of some service to the rising Empire of America to have the useful knowledge of the Mother Country, thus collected, and digested. The Americans will, in that case, have only to improve on the foundation, that has been laid, and Europe in its turn, must derive much benefit, from the new discoveries, which the genius and talents of America will necessarily produce . . ." "07290","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xii.","","","","Programme des Prix remis et proposés, et Notice des Médailles d'Encouragement données par La Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine, dans sa Séance publique du Dimanche 1er. Mai 1808. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Mme Huzard, Imprimeur de la Société d'Agriculture] [1808].","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 55 leaves: A-G7 in eights, half-title only at the beginning, printer's imprint at the end; each part signed at the end Chassiron, President, Silvestre, Sécrétaire. The Notice de la Distribution des Medailles begins on Fi verso.

Silvestre at different times sent to Jefferson (through David Baillie Warden) a number of pamphlets from the Société d'Agriculture du departement de la Seine.

Jefferson received from the Société a Gold Medal for his invention of a ''Mould board of least resistence'', and on May 29, 1807, he wrote to Silvestre:

I have recieved through the care of Genl. Armstrong, the medal of gold by which the society of Agriculture at Paris have been pleased to mark their approbation of the form of a mouldboard which I had proposed; also the four first volumes of their Memoirs, and the information that they had honoured me with the title of foreign associate to their society. I recieve with great thankfulness these testimonies of their favour, and should be happy to merit them by greater services. attached to agriculture by inclination as well as by a conviction that it is the most useful of the occupations of man, my course of life has not permitted me to add to it's theories the lessons of practice . . .

On October 21, David Baillie Warden wrote to Jefferson concerning this award:

. . . the mould board, for which you obtained the Prize, has been pronounced by the Abbé Hauy, and others, to be Mathematically exact, and incapable of farther improvement.

Jefferson designed and made this mould board in 1794, and in 1798 wrote a complete description of it, with illustrations, to Sir John Sinclair of the London Board of Agriculture." "07300","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","Silvestre, [Augustin François, Baron de].","Rapport sur les Travaux de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine Pendant l'année 1808; Par M. Silvestre, Secrétaire de la Société, Membre de l'Institut, etc. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, 1808.","","

8vo. 19 leaves: A-B8, C3.

On the back of the title: Extrait des Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture du département de la Seine, Tome XI.

Sent to Jefferson by the author who wrote from Paris on October 20, 1809:

Je profite de l'occasion que m'offre le retour en Amérique de l'aviso the happy Return, pour vous envoyer le 11e. volume du mémoire de la Société d'agriculture, que j'avais eu l'honneur de vous annoncer par ma dernière lettre du 8 juin. Je desire qu'il vous offre quelque intérêt et que vous y reconnaissiez la persévérance de l'effort de la Société pour le perfectionnement de l'art agricole . . .

Augustin François, Baron de Silvestre, 1762-1851, became a member of the Société d'Agriculture in 1792, and in 1798 was appointed Librarian to Louis XVIII." "07310","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","Custis, George Washington Parke.","An Address to the People of the United States, on the importance of Encouraging Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures: Tending to shew that by a due encouragement of these essential interests, the nation will be rendered more respectable abroad and more prosperous at home. Together with an Account of the Improvements in Sheep at Arlington . . . By George W. P. Custis, Esq. of Arlington House, in the District of Columbia. Alexandria: Printed by S. Snowden, 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 23 leaves.

Sabin 18152. Not in the Virginia State Library Bibliography of Virginia.

At the end: This work having been written with a view to aid the purposes of the Arlington Institution, you will render a service to the said Institution by causing a few copies to be taken among your friends. There are one or two minor corrections in the pamphlet in ink.

George Washington Parke Custis, 1781-1857, a playright, was the grandson of Martha Washington and was brought up at Mount Vernon. In support of the use of Domestic Manufactures, the author exhorts his readers to Remember, that thirty years since at the formation of the present government, its illustrious chief, when inaugurated to the highest gift of his country, was wholly cloathed in American Manufactures. Was not this an example worthy of imitation, and ought not its remembrance, at this late period, to cause a patriotic emotion in every American breast.—It ought! I trust it will!" "07320","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xv.","","","[Sinclair, Sir John.]","Plan of the Re-Printed Reports of the Board of Agriculture. With Preliminary Observations, by the President of the Board. London: Printed by B. McMillan, 1806.","","Another copy of no. 726. Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson inscribed on the title by the author: For the President of the United States." "07330","J. 26","Agricultural pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 48, as above.","Sixteen pamphlets rebound together in buckram by the Library of Congress, 1 vol. 8vo.[TBE]S405.A27[/TBE]","","xvi.","","","[Sinclair, Sir John.]","Report of the County of Banff.","","

8vo. 8 leaves; with half-title, but without title or imprint. The Introduction is signed: John Sinclair, Edinburgh. 5th September 1808.

Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson from the author, with autograph inscription on the half-title: For Mr. Jefferson—President of the United States of America. With Sir John Sinclair's compts." "07340","27","","","","Corso di Agricultura dal Proposito lastri.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 6, as above.","Lastri, Marco Antonio.","Corso di Agricoltura di un Accademico Georgofilo Autore della Biblioteca Georgica. Edizione Terza accresciuta e corretta. Tomo I [-V]. Firenze: nella Stamperia del Giglio, 1801-3.","S515.L3","

5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 144 leaves: A-S8, I engraved plate; vol. II, 142 leaves: A-R8, S6, I folded engraved plate; vol. III, 142 leaves: A-R8, S6, vol. IV, 120 leaves: A-P8, the last a blank; vol. V, 130 leaves: A-P8, Q10.

This edition not in Gamba da Bassano. This edition is not in Bradley.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him from Leghorn by the United States Consul, Thomas Appleton, to whom it had been given by Lastri. On March 15, 1804, Appleton wrote to Jefferson:

. . . I have taken the liberty to forward you by the same vessel a barrel containing 225. Vine-Cuttings of 9 different qualities, taken from the botanical garden of florence. they were chosen and presented to me by my particular friend the Proposto Lastri, Director of the same, and likewise President of the Society of Agriculture—all these plants produce dry wine . . . my friend has presented me with his treatise on Agriculture, likewise with that of Trinci, both of which I have ventured to inclose for you . . . in return for these his polite attentions I have sent him your Notes on Virginia, as he reads perfectly well our language.—Mr. Lastri who possesses an uncommonly cultivated understanding, has expressed to me a desire of opening a correspondence with any society of agriculture that may be established in the United States, or to exchange any of the great variety of productions of his botanical garden (a Catalogue of which I now enclose you) against the native plants of America . . .

Jefferson replied on July 19:

Your favors of Jan. 20. and Mar. 15. have been duly recieved, as also the books, vines, and wines announced in them, for which I pray you to accept my thanks, and to communicate the same to M. Lastri for his book and the vines. these last came in fine order and are now growing here . . .

Marco Antonio Lastri, 1731-1811, a native of Florence. The first edition of this work appeared in 1788." "07350","28","","","","Dizionario d'Agricoltura dal Ronconi.","","4to. in 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 4, Dizzionario d'Agricoltura dal Ronconi, 2 v 8vo p.","Ronconi, Ignazio.","Dizionario d'agricoltura o sia la coltivazione italiana, in cui si contiene la coltura, e conservazione de' diversi prodotti riguardanti le terre seminative, i prati, i boschi, le vigne, ed i giardini . . . Raccolto dalle piu' sicure e recenti osservazioni da Ignazio Ronconi Fiorentino . . . Nuova edizione corretta e notabilmente accresciuta dall'autore di molti utilissimi articoli a maggior comodo degli amatori dell' agricoltura e divisa in quattro tomi . . . In Venezia: per Francesco Sansoni, 1783.","","

4 vol. in 2. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Lastri, page 110. This edition not in Loudon.

This work is on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress. Ignazio Ronconi, Italian agriculturalist. The first edition of this book was published in Venice in 1771." "07360","29","","","","L'Agricoltore del Trinci.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 3, as above.","Trinci, Cosimo.","L'Agricoltore Sperimentato. Ovvero Regole generali sopra l'agricoltura . . . Venezia, 1796.","","

2 vol. 12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Thomas Appleton, consul at Leghorn, on March 15, 1804, see no. 734.

This book is on Jefferson's list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas for purchase for the Library of Congress, on which he describes it as 8vo. the best book of the agriculture of Italy." "07370","30","","","","Duhamel sur la conservation des grains.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 8, as above.","Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis.","Traité de la Conservation des Grains, et en particulier du Froment. Par M. Duhamel du Monceau . . . Avec Figures en Taille-douce. A Paris: chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin & Louis-François Delatour, 1754.","","

12mo. 177 leaves, engraved plates. No copy of this edition was located for collation; a copy is in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

This edition not in Quérard. This edition not in Loudon. Huzard catalogue II, 1510.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on June 26 [1789?] price 2 livres.

It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue." "07380","31","","","","Duhamel et Tillet. histoire de l'insecte qui devore les grains de l'Angoumois.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 9, as above.","Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis, and Tillet, Mathieu.","Histoire d'un Insecte qui devore les Grains de l'Angoumois; Avec les moyens que l'on peut employer pour le détruire. Par MM. Duhamel du Monceau & Tillet, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. A Paris: chez H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, 1762.","SB608.W5D8","

First Edition. 12mo. 162 leaves, 3 folded engraved plates.

Quérard II, 655. Huzard catalogue II, page 1664.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on June 26, 1789, price 2. The entry on the undated manuscript catalogue is without the price." "07390","32","","","","Proceedings of the British privy council on the insect called the Hessian fly.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 73, as above.","Young, Arthur.","Proceedings of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and information received, respecting an insect supposed to infest wheat of the territories of the United States of America. Bury St. Edmunds, 1789.","","

In the Annals of Agriculture vol. XI, pages 386-390 and 406-613.

Anderson, Bibliography of Arthur Young, page 368. Wade, An annotated Bibliography of the Hessian Fly, no. 1256.

This appears to be the only pamphlet on the Hessian fly sold to Congress in 1815, though Jefferson had others in his library. According to Wade, it gives communications from the American Consul at Philadelphia, the President of the Royal Society, and others on the possibility of importing fly in cargoes of wheat, together with minutes of privy council and reports touching on the question.

The Hessian fly is frequently mentioned in Jefferson's correspondence, and he was nominated a member of the committee formed for its study in 1791 by the American Philosophical Society." "07400","33","","","","Ginanni delle malattie del grano in erbe.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 69, as above.","Ginanni, Francesco.","Delle Malattie del Grano in Erba Trattato Storico-Fisico del Conte Francesco Ginanni Patrizio Ravennate con Note perpetue ad esso Trattato, e con altre Osservazioni di Storia naturale del medesimo Autore. In Pesaro: nella stamperia Gavelliana, 1759.","SB608.G6G5","

First Edition. 4to. 222 leaves, leaf of Correzioni, with pagination 400, inserted between pages 400 and 401, 4 folded leaves of tables, engraved portrait frontispiece by Petrus Monaco after 10. Andreas Lazzarini Pisaur, 7 folded engraved plates at the end, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved head and tail pieces and initials.

Pietro Leopoldo, Biblioteca Georgica, 60. Lastri, 60.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on June 26 [1789?] price 9 francs. It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Francesco Ginanni, 1716-1765, Italian naturalist and agriculturalist." "07410","34","","","","Recherches sur les vegetaux nourissants par Parmentier.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 36, as above.","Parmentier, Antoine Auguste.","Recherches sur les Végétaux nourissans, qui, dans les temps de disette, peuvent remplacer les alimens ordinaires. Avec de nouvelles Observations sur la culture des Pommes de terre. Par M. Parmentier . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1781.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 309 leaves, folded engraved plate by Gaitte.

Quérard VI, page 605.

This book is on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, as being desirable for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6 (livres).

Antoine Auguste Parmentier, 1737-1815. Other works by this French chemist and agriculturalist occur in other chapters. His researches on the potato were so beneficial to the French people that it was proposed by François (de Neufchateau) that the name should be changed from pomme de terre to parmentière. For another work by Parmentier on the potato see no. 1199." "07420","35","","","","Evelyn's Terra by Hunter.","","g. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 72, as above.","Evelyn, John.","Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth. Relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation, and the Propagation of Plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society. By J. Evelyn, Esq; F.R.S. With Notes by A. Hunter, M.D. F.R.S. York: Printed by A. Ward, for J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, J. Robson, R. Baldwin, London; J. Todd, York, 1787.","","

4to. 48 leaves, 1 folded leaf with printed table, engraved plate of the Tartarian Lamb by J. Halfpenny; the last four leaves contain the publisher's announcement of a new edition of Mr. Evelyn's Silva, this day published.

Lowndes II, page 767. Keynes 98. This edition not in McDonald.

This book was ordered by Jefferson from Stockdale, in a letter to him from Paris, July 1, 1787: Evelyn's terra by Hunter. Dodsley 1787 5/-.

It is listed on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Evelyn's Terra was one of the books recommended by Jefferson for purchase for the Library of Congress to W. C. Nicholas, December 16, 1809.

This work, first published in 1676 with the title A Philosophical Discourse of Earth . . . was read to the Royal Society on April 29 and May 13, 1675. The invitation from the Royal Society, and Evelyn's answer are printed at the beginning of the volume.

This is the first edition edited by Alexander Hunter, 1729-1809, physician, a native of Edinburgh, and was published simultaneously with his second edition of Silva, as announced at the end of the book, with 9 pages containing the only Notes of consequence added to the present impression." "07430","36","","","","Mills's Chemical elements of agriculture.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 5, as above.","Gyllenborg, Gustavus Adolphus, Count.","The Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture. Translated from the Latin of Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg; By John Mills, Esq; F.R.S. Member of the Royal Societies of Agriculture at Paris and Rouen, of the Oeconomical Society of Berne, and of the Palatine Academy of Sciences and Belles-Lettres . . . London: Printed for John Bell, and C. Etherington at York, 1770.","","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 108 leaves: a8, A-H12, I4, errata slip pasted down on the back of the title; publisher's advertisements on the last leaf.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Bradley. Haller II, 320.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6.

Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg, 1743-1789, Swedish writer, notary, banker, etc.

The dedication of this translation to the Earl of Hillsborough is dated from Whitehall, October 10th, 1770." "07440","37","","","","Young's travels.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 32a, as above.","Young, Arthur.","Travels during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789, undertaken more particularly with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France. To which is added, the Register of a Tour into Spain. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Cross, P. Wogan, L. White, P. Byrne [and others], 1793.","DC25 .Y68","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 349 leaves; vol. II, 288 leaves, folded maps in both volumes; vol. I contains a Table: Reduction of Livres, at ten-pence half-penny each.

This edition not in Loudon, not in McDonald and not in Anderson, Bibliography of Arthur Young.

A copy of this book was offered to Jefferson by Dufief in 1813, see no. 705.

Jefferson mentions in his correspondence on several occasions the seeds and plants which Young brought from France.

On February 19, 1809, in a letter to John Hollins, he writes that:

General Washington, in his time, recieved from the same society [i. e. the Agricultural Society of Paris] the seed of the perennial Succory which Arthur Young has carried over from France to England . . .

To David Baillie Warden on July 8, 1811:

Arthur Young carried the Sichorium Intubus from France to England, & sent some seed to Genl. Washington who gave me a part. it has been growing here in abundance & perfection now 20. years without any cultivation after the first transplanting . . .

To Tristram Dalton on May 2, 1817:

With respect to the field culture of vegetables for cattle, instead of the carrot and potato recommended by yourself and the magazine, & the beet by others, we find the Jerusalem artichoke best for winter, & the Succory for Summer use. this last was brought over from France to England by Arthur Young, as you will see in his travels thro' France, & some of the seed sent by him to Genl. Washington, who spared me a part of it. it is as productive as the Lucerne, without it's laborious culture, & indeed without any culture except the keeping it clean the first year . . .

The first edition of this book was printed at Bury St. Edmunds in 1792, 2 vol. 4to." "07450","38","","","","Peters's Agricultural enquiries on Gypsum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 44, as above.","Peters, Richard.","Agricultural Enquiries on Plaister of Paris. Also, Facts, Observations and Conjectures on that Substance, when applied as Manure. Collected, chiefly from the practice of farmers in Pennsylvania, and published as much with a view to invite, as to give information. By Richard Peters. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist and John Markland, 1797.","S643.P47","

8vo. 58 leaves, the last for Explanations of some of the Terms used in the foregoing sheets.

Sabin 61204. Evans 32673.

In a letter to Peters written on March 6, 1816, to thank him for another agricultural work, Jefferson commented:

we are indebted to you for much of our knolege as to the use of the plaister, which is become a principal article of our improvements, no soil profiting more from it than that of the country around the place . . .

Richard Peters, 1744-1828, born in Philadelphia, was a lawyer, judge, revolutionary patriot and a practical farmer. His Agricultural Enquiries on Plaister of Paris was prepared at the request of, and dedicated to George Washington, President of the United States, the dedication dated January 3, 1797. Peters was a friend of Jefferson, and had much correspondence with him." "07460","39","","","","Statistical reports","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 46, as above.","Sinclair, Sir John.","Specimens of statistical reports, exhibiting the progress of political society, from the pastoral state, to that of luxury and refinement. London, 1791-1793.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald.

Sir John Sinclair sent Jefferson a copy of his statistical queries at the same time as his pamphlet on British Wool. In the letter of December 25, 1790 quoted in no. 663 he wrote:

. . . He also begs to inclose a Circular Letter to the Clergy of Scotland, and his Statistical queries, which are likely to furnish materials for a very curious account of that part of Great Britain . . .

Sir John Sinclair was one of the earliest statisticians and was the first to introduce the word statistics and statistical into the English language." "07470","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","London. Board of Agriculture. Volume I. 8 pamphlets in 6, first editions in 4to.","i.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","Plan for establishing a Board of Agriculture and internal improvement. As intended to be proposed in Parliament by Sir John Sinclair, April, 1793. [London, 1793.]","","Not in the Royal Agricultural Society catalogue." "07480","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","ii.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","Plan of an Agreement among the Powers in Europe, and the United States of America, for the purpose of rewarding discoveries of general benefit to society. By Sir John Sinclair [-Plan d'un accord . . .] [London, 1795].","","

Text in English and French.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 292." "07490","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iii.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","Substance of Sir John Sinclair's Addresses to the Board, 20th of June, and 14th of July, 1795. London, 1795.","","Not in the R. A. S. catalogue." "07500","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iv.","","","Robertson, Thomas.","Outline of the General Report upon the size of Farms, and upon the persons who cultivate farms. Edinburgh, 1796.","","

R. A. S. catalogue, page 264.

Thomas Robertson, d. 1799, D. D. and F. R. S. Edinburgh, Scottish divine and author." "07510","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","v, vi, vii.","","","Somerville, Robert.","Outlines of the fifteenth chapter of the proposed General report from the Board of Agriculture, on the subject of manures. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by Robert Somerville . . . [Outlines of the Appendix to the fifteenth chapter—Addenda] London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1795.—Additional Appendix to the outlines of the fifteenth chapter of the proposed general report for the Board of Agriculture. On the subject of manures. ib. 1796.","","

The addenda of 36 pages consists of 11 papers by various authors; The Additional Appendix contains six articles, separately paged.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 301.

Robert Somerville, Scottish surgeon, was for a time joint editor of the Farmers' Magazine." "07520","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","viii.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","Hints respecting the culture and the use of Potatoes (20 February 1795). [London, 1795.]","","Not in the R. A. S. catalogue." "07530","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","London. Board of Agriculture. Volume II. 6 titles, first editions in 4to.","i.","","","Sinclair, Sir John, bt.","General view of the agriculture of the northern counties and Islands of Scotland; including the counties of Cromarty, Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, and the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, with observations on the means of their improvement, by Sir John Sinclair . . . Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. London: printed by C. Macrae, 1795.","","

175 leaves, illustrations, tables, folded plans and maps.

Royal Agricultural Society Catalogue, page 292. Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald." "07540","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","ii.","","","Erskine, John Francis.","General view of the agriculture of the county of Clackmannan, and some of the adjacent parishes, situated in the counties of Perth and Stirling . . . Edinburgh, 1795.","","

2 parts in I. 71 leaves, maps, tables.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 107. Not in Loudon. Not in

McDonald.

John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar, 1741-1825." "07550","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iii.","","","Ure, David.","General view of the agriculture of the county of Kinross . . . Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and son, 1797.","","

2 parts in 1. 34 leaves.R. A. S. catalogue, page 333. Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald.

David Ure, d. 1798, Scottish geologist and minister.

This and ''General Views'' of other counties in Scotland were prepared for Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, and were first printed separately by the Board of Agriculture." "07560","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iv.","","","Buchan-Hepburn, Sir George.","General view of the agriculture and rural economy of East Lothian . . . Edinburgh: Printed by J. Moir, 1794.","","

34 leaves.

R. A. S. catalogue, 49. Not in Loudon. McDonald, 221.

Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, 1739-1819, baron in the Scottish exchequer." "07570","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","v.","","","Belsches, R.","General view of the agriculture of the county of Stirling . . . Prepared by R. Belsches, esq. of Greenyards, in that county . . . Edinburgh: Printed by A. Neill and Co., 1796.","","R. A. S. catalogue, page 27. Not in Loudon. McDonald, page 219." "07580","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","vi.","","","Naismith, John.","Observations on the different Breeds of Sheep and the state of sheep farming in the Southern districts of Scotland: being the result of a tour . . . made under the direction of the Society for improvement of British wool. Edinburgh: Printed by W. Smellie, 1795.","","

39 leaves. This pamphlet was not issued by the Board of Agriculture.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 223. Loudon, page 1210.

McDonald, page 218.

John Naismith, Scottish agriculturalist." "07590","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","London. Board of Agriculture. Volume III. 9 titles 4to.","i.","","","Pearce, William.","General view of the agriculture in Berkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement. By William Pearce. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1794.","","

36 leaves, with maps and plans.

Royal Agricultural Society catalogue, page 240. McDonald, page 221 (8vo. edition).

William Pearce, fl. 1794, a land valuer and agent in London." "07600","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","ii.","","","Vancouver, Charles.","General view of the agriculture in the county of Essex . . . London: Printed by W. Smith, 1795.","","

107 leaves, with frontispiece, map and tables.

Not in the R. A. S. catalogue. Not in Loudon. McDonald, page 222.

Charles Vancouver, fl. 1785-1813, agriculturalist, was an American by birth, and is described as Vancouver of Philadelphia in Young's Annals of Agriculture. He went to England between 1786 and 1793 and, on the establishment of the Board of Agriculture, was engaged by Sir John Sinclair to write various county agricultural re-reports." "07610","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iii.","","","Stone, Thomas.","General view of the agriculture in the county of Huntingdon . . . London: J. Nichols, 1793.","","

24 leaves.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 308. Loudon, page 1210. McDonald, page 293.

Thomas Stone, d. 1815, was land agent to the Duke of Bedford. See no. 720." "07620","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","iv.","","","Baird, Thomas.","General view of the agriculture of the county of Middlesex . . . London, 1793.","","R. A. S. catalogue, page 20. Not in Loudon. McDonald, page 219." "07630","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","v.","","","Donaldson, James.","General view of the agriculture in the county of Northampton . . . to which is added an appendix containing a comparison between the English and Scotch system of husbandry, as practised in the counties of Northampton and Perth, by James Donaldson . . . Edinburgh: Printed by A. Neill and Co., 1794.","","

44 leaves with tables.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 98. Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald.

James Donaldson, fl. 1794. Scottish minister and agriculturalist." "07640","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","vi.","","","Billingsley, John.","General view of the agriculture of the county of Somerset . . . London: printed by W. Smith, 1794.","","

97 leaves, 2 folded maps.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 30. Not in Loudon. This edition not in McDonald.

John Billingsley, fl. 1794, of Ashwick Grove, Somerset." "07650","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","vii.","","","Pitt, William.","General view of the agriculture of the County of Stafford . . . By Mr. Pitt, of Pendeford, near Wolverhampton . . . London: printed by T. Wright, 1794.","","

83 leaves, map.

R. A. S. catalogue, page 246. Loudon, page 1210. McDonald, page 221.

William Pitt, 1749-1823, English writer on agriculture." "07660","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","viii.","","","Tuke, John.","General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By John Tuke, Land-Surveyor . . . London: Printed by B. McMillan, for G. Nicol, and the Board of Agriculture; and sold by G. G. and J. Robinson; J. Sewell; Cadell and Davies; W. Creech, Edinburgh; and John Archer, Dublin. 1800.","S457 .Y63A5","

8vo. 186 leaves; folded map, 14 folded plates, and folded table.

A copy of this work was sent to Jefferson by William Strickland in return for Jefferson's gift to him of Binns' Practical Farmer, q. v., no. 721.

Strickland wrote from York, England, on January 13, 1804:

In return for the pamphlet you were so obliging as to send, I transmit to you, (not knowing of anything at present more valuable to communicate) the corrected Agricultural survey of part of this county drawn up under the direction of the Board of Agriculture. It will serve as a specimen of the manner in which these surveys are drawn up, not more than a third part of which are yet published & this is thought to be one of the best. The author is a practical Quaker farmer residing near this City with whom I am well acquainted . . .

John Tuke, d. 1841, of Lincroft, Yorkshire, English writer on agriculture.

The first edition was published in 1794." "07670","40","Agricultural reports. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 68, as above.","Note. These titles were in most cases taken from catalogue cards, and the books not examined for collation.","","ix.","","","","First report from the select committee on the cultivation and improvement of the waste, uninclosed, and unproductive lands of the kingdom, December 23, 1795. [London, 1795.]","","

R. A. S. catalogue, page 33.

Jefferson's collections of reports and publications from the London Board of Agriculture, of which in June, 1797, he was made a Foreign Honorary Member, were sent to him at various times by Sir John Sinclair, the President of the Board. Letters dated from Whitehall July 15, 1795, May 28, 1796, September 10, 1796, July 15, 1797, and others, all mention that reports from the Board of Agriculture are being forwarded.

On March 23, 1798, in sending Sinclair a full description of his mouldboard of least resistance, Jefferson wrote:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your two favors of June 21. & July 15, & of several separate parcels of the Agricultural reports. these now form a great mass of information on a subject of all in the world the most interesting to man; for none but the husbandman makes any thing for him to eat, & he who can double his food, as your exertions bid fair to do, deserves to rank among his benefactors, next after his creator. among so many reports of transcendent merit, one is unwilling to distinguish particulars, yet-the application of the new chemistry to the subject of manures, the discussion of the question on the size of farms, the treatise on the potatoe, from their universality, have an advantage in other countries over those which are topographical. the work which shall be formed as the result of the whole we shall expect with impatience.

Permit me, through you, to make here my acknolegements to the board of Agriculture for the honor they have been pleased to confer on me, by associating me to their institution. in love for the art which gives bread to man, & virtue to him who makes it, I am truly their associate; but events have controlled my predilection for it's practice, and denied to me that uninterrupted attention which alone can enable us to advance in it with a sure step. perhaps I may find opportunities of being useful to you as a centinel at an outpost, by conveying intelligence of whatever may occur here new and interesting to agriculture. this duty I shall perform with pleasure, as well in respectful return for the notice of the board as from a zeal for improving the condition of human life, by an interchange of it's comforts, & of the information which may increase them . . ." "07680","41","","","","Transactions of Agricultural society of N. York.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 67, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 79. no. J. 89, Transactions of the Society, instituted in the State of New York, for the promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures, 4to; part 1; New York, 1792.","","Transactions of the Society, instituted in the State of New-York, for the promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures. Part I. Published by order of the Society. New-York: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1792.","","

First Edition. 4to. 69 leaves, 2 plates.

Evans 24605.

Jefferson owned more of the volumes, gifts of Robert R. Livingston, one of the organizers of the Society in 1791 and its President from that date until his death in 1813.

On April 30, 1800, Jefferson wrote to Livingston to thank him for a volume and to send a model of his mouldboard:

. . . I thank you for the volume of your agricultural transactions: and as I percieve you take a great interest in whatever relates to this first & most precious of all the arts, I have packed in a small box, model of a mould-board of a plough, of my invention, if that term may be used for a mere change of form . . .

On December 20, 1807, Livingston sent the third volume:

Knowing that you find leisure amidst the bustle of politicks to amuse yourself with less important, but more pleasing studies, I have taken the liberty to send you the 3d vol: of the proceedings of the society for agriculture & useful arts in this State. The first parts, I believe I have had the honor to send you some years ago, if not, be so obliging as to let me know, & they shall be forwarded . . .

On January 3, 1808, Jefferson wrote to Livingston:

Your favor of Dec. 20. has been recieved. the copy of the late volume of agricultural proceedings is not yet at hand, but will probably come safe. I had formerly recieved the preceding volumes from your kindness, as you supposed. writings on this subject are peculiarly pleasing to me, for, as they tell us, we all sprung from the earth, so to that we naturally return. it is now among my most fervent longings to be on my farm, which, with a garden & fruitery, will constitute my principal occupation on retirement. I have lately recieved the proceedings of the Agricultural society of Paris. they are proceeding with enthusiasm & understanding. I have been surprised to find that the Rotation of crops, substitution of some profitable growth preparatory for grain, instead of the useless & expensive fallow, is yet only dawning among them. the society has lately republished Oliver de Serres' Theatre d'Agriculture in 2. vol. 4to. altho written in the reign of H. IV. it is the finest body of Agriculture extant, & especially as improved by voluminous notes which bring it's processes to the present day . . . [See no. 693.]" "07690","42","","","","Memoirs of the Philadelphia society of agriculture.[TBE]2. v. 8vo. Istruzzione elementari Agricoltura dal Fabroni. in Tracts.[/TBE]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 45, Memoirs of the Philadelphia society of agriculture, 2 v 8vo. and no. 45a—45b Ditto, 3 vols.","","","","

For Fabbroni's Istruzzione elementari di Agricoltura, called for above, see the next entry.

In the 1815 library catalogue the Fabbroni title has a separate entry; the Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society of Agriculture has two entries, with 3 numbers, as above, calling for 5 volumes in all. The entry for no. 45 is marked missing in an early hand; nos. 45a and 45b are not so marked, but they are not in the manuscript catalogue, and are not in the later Library of Congress catalogues.

The Philadelphia Society of Agriculture, the first society of its kind in the United States, was founded by John Beale Bordley in 1793.

On September 15, 1808, James Mease wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

Our Agricultural Soc: have published a volume of memoirs which we are anxious to distribute among similar Societies in France and Britain. I beg leave therefore to ask, whether we may send a box by the public ship which will sail from this port in a few days. The Memoirs are printed at the expence of the Society. No individual has the least concern in the work.

Jefferson wrote giving permission on September 23:

Your favor of the 15th. did not come to my hand till yesterday. I fear therefore that the vessel will have sailed before this reaches you. should it however get to you before her departure, you are perfectly free to send by her the volumes of Agricultural memoirs for France & England which you desire. the production of this letter to the Collector & Captain will be sufficient evidence of the permission to them . . ." "07700","43","","","","Istruzzione elementari da Agricoltura dal Fabroni. in Tracts.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 35, as above, with the reading del for dal, and omitting ''in Tracts.''","Fabbroni, Adamo.","Istruzzioni elementari di Agricoltura . . . Perugia: dai torchi di C. Baduel [1786.]","","

First Edition. 8vo; no copy was located for collation.

Lastri, page 52. Not in Loudon.

In the undated catalogue the entry for the Fabbroni title is not bracketed with any other, but is followed by the notation [tracts.

Adamo Fabbroni, Florentine man of letters and agriculturalist, was the brother of Giovanni Fabbroni. Other works by him occur in this catalogue." "07710","44","Pamphlets on agriculture 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 49, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J. 46; the titles listed as follows:","","","i.","","","Bordley, John Beale.","Husbandry, dependant on Live Stock. Philadelphia, 1800.","S497 .B72 1799","

This tract, which apparently was never issued separately, is sheet G, pages (631)-646, of Bordley's Essays and Notes on Husbandry and rural Affairs, 1799, with continuous pagination.

In the copy in the Library of Congress this sheet is dated in ink by the author at the end: Phila. Aug. 1800. The initials J. B. B. are printed." "07720","44","Pamphlets on agriculture 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 49, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J. 46; the titles listed as follows:","","","ii.","","","","Transactions of the Society, for Promoting Agriculture in the State of Connecticut. Published by order of the Society. New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse, 1802.","S1 .S55","

4to. 12 leaves; text in double columns.

Sabin 15863.

Sent to Jefferson by John Vaughan, who wrote from Philadelphia on June 25, 1803:

. . . I also enclose a Copy of the proceedings of the Connecticut Agricultural Society of which I made mention in a late letter—of which I take the liberty of requesting your acceptance . . .

Jefferson replied on June 28:

. . . I retain the copy of the proceedings of the Connecticut Agricultural society according to your permission with thanks for the favor. their plan is new, and useful. a great deal will be said which would never have been written, and the finding a redacteur for so much of it exactly as is worthy of preservation was a happy idea. from the variety of witnesses to the same fact we derive a more satisfactory idea of it than from a more handsome statement by a single one . . .

The Transactions were prepared for publication by Charles Chauncey." "07730","44","Pamphlets on agriculture 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 49, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J. 46; the titles listed as follows:","","","iii.","","","Cointeraux, François.","Nouveau traité d'Economie rurale, ou Recueil de procédes, methodes et inventions que chacun doit employer dans ses cultures et batisses: par Cointereau. Paris: l'auteur, an xi. 1803.","","

8vo. 8 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Huzard catalogue II, 228. Loudon, page 1217.

François Cointeraux, b. 1739, French rural architect; his first Traité d'Economie rurale, was one of the Opuscules sur divers sujets d'Economie rurale et domestique, published in Paris 1789-93." "07740","44","Pamphlets on agriculture 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 49, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J. 46; the titles listed as follows:","","","iv.","","","Massachusetts Agricultural Society.","Papers on Agriculture, consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for promoting agriculture, with extracts from various publications. By the Trustees. Boston: printed by Young & Minns, printers to the State, 1803, 4.","","

2 parts; 8vo. 48 and 32 pages; no copy for the Papers of 1803 was seen; the above title is that of the Papers for 1804.

The Massachusetts Society for promoting agriculture was formed in 1792." "07750","44","Pamphlets on agriculture 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 49, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J. 46; the titles listed as follows:","","","v.","","","Journu-Auber, Bernard.","Mémoire sur l'amélioration des races de Bêtes à laine dans le Département de la Gironde: par Journu-Auber, membre du sénat conservateur: couronné par la Société des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, dans sa séance du 15 thermidor an xii (1804). Bordeaux: Levieux, 1804.","","

First Edition. 4to. 9 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Huzard catalogue II, 2935. Feret, Statistique Générale de Departement de la Gironde, III, page 337.

Bernard Journu-Auber, 1748-1815, originally Bernard Journu, added the name Auber on his marriage to Mademoiselle Aubert of Saint-Dominigue. He was the founder and régent of the Banque de Bordeaux, and Président of the Electoral college of Guyenne." "07760","45","","","","Memoires de la societé d'Agriculture de la Seine.—vol.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 37, as above, 10 v 8vo.","","Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture du departement de la Seine. Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Mme Huzard, Imprimeur de la Société d'Agriculture, 1801-1808.","","

11 vol. 8vo.

These Mémoires were sent to Jefferson at various dates by the Secretary, Augustin François, baron de Silvestre.

On July 15, 1808, Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of vol. 1-9.

I had recieved from you on a former occasion the four first volumes of the Memoirs of the Agricultural society of the Seine, &, since that, your letter of Sep. 19. with the 6th. 7th. 8th. & 9th. vol[???]., being for the years 1804. 5. 6. with some separate memoirs. these I have read with great avidity & satisfaction, & now return you my thanks for them . . .

Volume 10 was sent in September, 1808, and volume 11 in October, 1809, and acknowledged by Jefferson.

The volumes were bound for Jefferson by Milligan in half bindings.

The Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture de la Seine were on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson in December, 1809, to W. C. Nicholas for purchase for the Library of Congress." "07770","46","Memoires d'Agriculture de Silvestre etc. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 39, as above.","Three pamphlets bound together as follows:","","i.","","","Silvestre, Augustin François, Baron De.","Essai sur les moyens de perfectionner les arts économiques en France: par A. F. Silvestre . . . Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, an ix [1801].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves, illustrations; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard IX, page 141. Huzard catalogue II, 3953.

Ouvrage approuvé par l'Institut naturel et par la Société d'agriculture du departement de la Seine. Imprimé par l'ordre du Préfect du département.

For a note on Silvestre, see no. 730." "07780","46","Memoires d'Agriculture de Silvestre etc. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 39, as above.","Three pamphlets bound together as follows:","","ii.","","","Cretté de Palluel, François.","Mémoire sur l'utilité qu'on peut tirer des marais désséchés en général, et particulièrement de ceux du Laonois: par Cretté-Palluel; reimprimé par arrêté de la Société d'Agriculture du Departement de la Seine, avec des notes et des additions, par Chassiron. Paris: madame Huzard, an x. [1802.]","","

8vo. 59 leaves, illustrations; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, page 336. Huzard II, 1300.

François Cretté de Palluel, French agriculturalist, published the first edition of this work in 1789." "07790","46","Memoires d'Agriculture de Silvestre etc. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 39, as above.","Three pamphlets bound together as follows:","","iii.","","","Huzard, Jean Baptiste.","Instruction sur l'amélioration des Chevaux en France, destinée principalement aux Cultivateurs; présentée par le conseil général d'Agriculture, arts et commerce du ministère de l'Intérieur; rédigée par J.-B. Huzard. Paris: madame Huzard, an x [1802].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 137 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard IV, page 173. Huzard Catalogue III, 4176.

Jean Baptiste Huzard, 1755-1838, French agriculturalist, was treasurer of the Société d'Agriculture de la department de la Seine.

A volume of Mémoires d'Agriculture was bound for Jefferson in a half binding by John March in June, 1807, price $3.00." "07800","47","La Charrue. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 40, as above.","Three tracts bound together in 1 volume; the order of the titles is that of the 1831 catalogue.","","i.","","","François, Nicolas Louis, Comte de Neufchâteau.","Rapport sur le perfectionnement des Charrues; fait à la Société libre d'Agriculture de la Seine, par François de Neufchâteau. Paris: Madame Huzard, 1801.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard III, page 196. Huzard catalogue II, 263." "07810","47","La Charrue. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 40, as above.","Three tracts bound together in 1 volume; the order of the titles is that of the 1831 catalogue.","","ii.","","","","Lettres du lord Somerville, du duc de Bedford, d'Arthur Young, à François (de Neufchâteau) sur la Charrue; et Rapport fait à la Société d'Agriculture de Bath sur le même sujet. Paris: Madame Huzard, an XI (1803).","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves, 3 plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Huzard catalogue II, 268." "07820","47","La Charrue. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 40, as above.","Three tracts bound together in 1 volume; the order of the titles is that of the 1831 catalogue.","","iii.","","","","Notice des Médailles d'Encouragement donnés par la Société d'Agriculture du Départment de la Seine . . . A Paris: Madame Huzard, 1803.","","

8vo. No copy of the Notice for 1803 was seen for collation; for that for 1808, see no. 729.

These three tracts were bound together for Jefferson, in a half binding, lettered La Charrue, by John March, June 30, 1807, cost .75 cents." "07830","48","","","","Voyages Agronomiques de Neufchateau.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 66, as above.","François, Nicolas Louis, Comte de Neufchâteau.","Voyages agronomiques dans la sénatorerie de Dijon, contenant l'exposition du moyen employé avec succès, depuis un siècle, pour corriger l'abus de la désunion des terres par la manière de tracer les chemins d'exploitation; avec une gravure et plusieurs pièces relatives à l'objet du memoire . . . par N. François (de Neufchâteau) . . . Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, 1806.","","

First Edition. 4to. 136 leaves, folded plan. No copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, page 196. Not in Loudon. Huzard catalogue II, 1086.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by John March on June 30, 1807, in half binding, price $1.50.

Nicolas Louis François, Comte de Neufchâteau, 1750-1828, French statesman, poet and agriculturalist, was minister of the interior, and president of the Senate. Among other activities he inaugurated the museum of the Louvre." "07840","49","","","","Memoires Agricoles de 1806.","","7. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 38, as above.","","","","

This entry is in the manuscript and 1815 catalogues as above, but is dropped from the later catalogues.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost 50 cents." "07850","51","","","","Maupin sur la vigne.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 50, as above.","Maupin.","Nouvelle méthode non encore publiée pour planter et cultiver la vigne à beaucoup moins de frais . . . joints à la Théorie ou leçon sur le temps le plus convenable de couper la vendange . . . par M. Maupin. Paris: Musier, 1782.","","

4 parts in 1, 8vo. No copy was located for collation—the above title from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard V, page 643. Not in the Huzard catalogue. Not in Simon.

Maupin sent several of his tracts on the cultivation of the vine to Jefferson, with a view to establishing the industry in the United States. He wrote to Jefferson to this effect on July 4, 1786 (while Jefferson was in Paris), and sent him two pamphlets, with the request:

Tout ce que je demande a Votre Excellence, c'est qu'elle veuille bien lire les deux écrits que j'ai l'honneur de lui communiquer, et qu'au lieu de se borner a ne voir que par les yeux des autres, elle veuille bien voir aussi par les siens et examiner par elle même.

On July 20 Maupin wrote and mentioned that he had already sent three pamphlets, and was adding a fourth: . . . J'ai deja eu l'honneur d'offrir a Votre Excellence tous les éclairissemens qui dépendroient de moi, et je lui reitera les mêmes offres, non seulement par zele, mais encore par reconnoissance de la marque d'estime qu'elle a bien voulu m'accorder, en faisant prendre les trois ouvrages que je lui avois annoncés. J'y en ai ajouté un quatrieme, qui me paroit necessaire a tous les pays, mais qui l'est encore bien plus particulierement a un pays nouveau, ou toutes les plantations de la vigne, a quelques unes pies peut etre sont encore a faire . . . J'ai cru devoir en faire connoitre la necessité a Votre Excellence par le memoire imprimé que j'ai l'honneur de lui adresser, et que je la suplie de faire passer sous les yeux de son Gouvernement . . .

On January 18, 1788 Maupin wrote stating that he had received no recognition for what he had done, and again a year later, on January 20, 1789. This letter closes:

Quoiqu'il en soit de ces reflexions generales, comme Votre Excellence m'a fait l'honneur de souscrire pour l'ouvrage que j'avais proposé par souscription, j'ai l'honneur de lui annoncer celui que je viens de donner. J'espere que judicieuse comme elle est, elle jugera par le préface, la table et les questions que j'ai l'honneur de mettre sous ses yeux, que cet ouvrage ne pouverait qu'etre tres utile a sa Nation . . .

From the above it is clear that Jefferson subscribed for a copy of one of Maupin's works, entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, Maupin sur la vigne. 8vo., with the price, 9 f.

Jefferson placed the other tracts by Maupin in chap. 15. Maupin sur la vigne. 8vo. was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 as suitable for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Maupin, 18th century agriculturalist, was at one time valet-de-chambre to the Queen Marie Leszcinska." "07860","51","","","","Traité de la vigne de Bidet & Duhamel.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 11, as above.","Bidet, Nicolas.","Traité sur le Nature et sur la Culture de la Vigne; sur le Vin, la Façon de le Faire, et la Maniere de le bien gouverner. A l'usage des différens Vignobles du Royaume de France. Seconde Edition. Augmentée & corrigée, par M. Bidet . . . et revue par M. du Hamel du Monceau . . . Avec Figures. Tome Premier [Second]. A Paris: chez Savoye, 1759.","","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 180 leaves; vol. II, 157 leaves; folded engraved plates by Maugein, PP. Choffard (direx), folded printed table.

Quérard I, 326. Bradley III, 554. Simon, page 15.

This book is on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas, on December 16, 1809, suggested for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Nicolas Bidet, 1709-1782, French agriculturalist. The first edition of this book was published in 1752. This is the first edition edited by Duhamel Du Monceau (q. v.)." "07870","52","","","","Traité sur la vigne par Chaptal, Rozier, Parmentier et Dussieux.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 51, as above.","","Traité théorique et pratique sur la Culture de la Vigne, avec l'Art de Faire le Vin, les Eaux-de-Vie, Esprit de Vin, Vinaigres simples et composés; par le Cen. Chaptal . . . M. l'Abbé Rozier . . . les citoyens Parmentier . . . et Dussieux . . . Ouvrage dans lequel se trouvent les meilleures méthodes pour faire, gouverner, les perfectionner les Vins, Eaux-de-Vie, et Vinaigres; avec XXI planches représentant les diverses espèces de Vignes; les Machines et Instrumens servant à la fabrication des Vins et Eaux-de-Vie. Seconde édition. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Delalain, fils, de l'Imprimerie de Marchant, An X.-1801.","SB393 .C5","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 212 leaves; 2 folded printed tables, 12 engraved plates by Hulk; vol. II, 290 leaves; 1 folded printed table, 9 full page and folded plates by Hulk.

Quérard II, 131. Bradley III, 554. Simon, page 18.

Purchased by Jefferson from Reibelt, and included on his bill June 25, 1805: Cult. de la Vigne, 2. v. $2.50.

Immediately after its purchase Jefferson sent it to John March for binding, included on his bill for August 1805, cost $2.00 ($1.00 for each volume).

This work was on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 for purchase for the Library of Congress:

Traité sur la vigne par Chaptal, Rozier, Parmentier, et Dussieux 2. v. 8vo. the best ever published on the vine, & on wines.

Jean Antoine Claude Chapital, comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832, French chemist and agriculturalist.

Antoine Auguste Parmentier, 1737-1813, see no. 662 and others.

François Rozier, 1734-1793, French agriculturalist and author. He met his death dans la nuit du 28 ou 29 Septembre, 1793, quand il fut ecrasé dans son lit par une bombe; son corps ne Jut retiré que trois jours après de dessous les décombres.

Louis d'ussieux, 1744-1805, French author." "07880","53","","","","Reflexions sur l'Agriculture de Naples. par Tupputi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 26, as above.","Tupputi, Dominique.","Réflexions succintes sur l'état actuel de l'Agriculture, et de quelques autres parties de l'administration dans le royaume de Naples . . . précédées d'une Introduction ou coup d'oeil sur l'ancien état de ce pays . . . Seconde édition. Paris: imprimerie de Le Becq, 1807.","","

8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Quérard IX, 575. Loudon, 1222. Huzard catalogue II, 1154.

Dominique Tupputi, French man of letters was a native of Plaisance. The first edition was published in 1806, and was without the Introduction." "07890","54","Della coltivazione degli Ulivi del Vettori. Osservazioni sopra la coltivazione degli agrumi. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 52, Della coltivazione degli Ulivi del Vettori é degli Agrumi, 8vo.","These two books are bracketed together in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and have one entry in the 1815 catalogue as above; they were probably bound together for Jefferson. The second entry is dropped from the later catalogues.","","","","","Vettori, Pietro.","Trattato di Piero Vettori delle lodi e della coltivazione degli ulivi. Nuova accuratissima edizione. Presa da quella del 1710 citata dagli Accademici della Crusca. Colle annotazioni del dott. Giuseppe Bianchini di Prato e di Domenico M. Manni . . . Firenze: nella stamperia di G. B. Stecchi, 1762.","","

8vo. 60 leaves: no copy was seen for collation.

Lastri, page 133.

This book was on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 for purchase for the Library of Congress.

On July 30, 1787 Jefferson wrote from Paris to William Drayton:

. . . The Olive is a tree the least known in America, & yet the most worthy of being known. of all the gifts of heaven to man, it is next to the most precious, if it be not the most precious. perhaps it may claim a preference even to bread; because there is such an infinitude of vegetables which it renders a proper & comfortable nourishment . . .

and again on September 16 to George Wythe:

I am persuaded there are many parts of our lower country where the olive tree might be raised, which is assuredly the richest gift of heaven. I can scarcely except bread . . . I do not speak of the vine, because it is the parent of misery . . .

Pietro Vettori, 1499-1585, Italian classical scholar, occupied the chair of Latin and Greek eloquence at Florence for a number of years. The first edition of this work appeared in 1569, and was frequently reprinted.

Giuseppe Maria Bianchini, 1683-1749.

Domenico Maria Manni, 1690-1788." "07900","54","Della coltivazione degli Ulivi del Vettori. Osservazioni sopra la coltivazione degli agrumi. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 52, Della coltivazione degli Ulivi del Vettori é degli Agrumi, 8vo.","These two books are bracketed together in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and have one entry in the 1815 catalogue as above; they were probably bound together for Jefferson. The second entry is dropped from the later catalogues.","","","","","","Osservazioni di un Socio dell' Accademia dei Georgofili Fiorentini, sopra la coltivazione degli Agrumi del Territorio Pisano, paragonata con la coltivazione, e utilità, che da essi ne ricavano varj popoli della Riviera di Genova, e del Principato di Monaco, coil' aggiunta del metodo per formare il Semenzaio degli Agrumi.","","The first edition of this work was published in Firenze by Gio. Batista Stecchi in 1767, and was followed by others. It is not known which edition was in Jefferson's library." "07910","55","","","","Lasteyrie du Cotonnier et de sa culture.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 53, as above.","Lasteyrie-du Saillant, Charles Philibert, Comte de.","Du Cotonnier et de sa Culture . . . Par Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie . . . Avec trois Figures. A Paris: chez Arthus-Bertrand [de l'Imprimerie de Me. Ve. Jeunehomme], 1808.","SB249.L35","

First Edition. 8vo. 197 leaves, folded printed table, 3 folded engraved plates; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard IV, page 596. Not in Sabin. Loudon 1217. Huzard catalogue II, 2426.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by Milligan on February 24, 1809; cost .50.

It was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Paris on March 28, 1808:

j'ai reçu votre lettre du mois de Mars 1807. je vous écris celle-ci pour vous prier d'accepter un ouvrage que je viens de publier sur la culture du cotonnier. je désire qu'il vous soit agréable, et qu'il puisse être utile à votre intéressente patrie. j'en ai fais passer un exemplaire à la Société Philosophique qui a bien voulu me ranger au nombre de ses membres; honneur dont je suis très flaté . . .

On July 15, 1808 Jefferson wrote to Lasteyrie, (sent with a covering letter to David Baillie Warden on July 16):

I have duly recieved your favor of Mar. 28. and with it your treatises on the culture of the Sugar cane & Cotton plant in France. the introduction of new cultures, & especially of objects of leading importance to our comfort, is certainly worthy the attention of every government . . .

The superficial view I have yet had time to take of your treatise on the Cotton plant induces a belief that it is rich & correct in it's matter, and contains a great fund of learning on that plant. when retired to rural occupations, as I shall be ere long, I shall profit of it's contents practically, in the culture of that plant merely for household manufacture . . .

On July 16, John Vaughan wrote to Jefferson on behalf of the American Philosophical Society:

By letters received from the Revd. Mr. Warden & Mr Lasteyrie they mention having sent some Books for the Society—The Letters appear to have come by the stage, but we have not heard of the Books—Permit us to solicit your assistance to ascertain whether they were given in charge to the person who had the care of the dispatches, & how we can get at them—Mr. Lasteyries work is on the Cotton plant.

To this Jefferson replied on July 19:

I have heard nothing of any books from M. Lasteyrie for the Philosophical society. Lieutt. Lewis sent me from him a treatise on the Cotton plant, and another on the Sugar cane, marked by the author as for myself, and so explained in a letter from him, wherein he says nothing of having sent any for the society. but as your letter did not pass through me, probably the books were sent through the same channel, or forgotten to be delivered. as the last may be the case and they will be more useful in the hands of the society than in mine, (for to me they are of no particular interest) I will ask the society to accept of mine, and for that purpose now inclose them to you . . .

The Society eventually received its copy and returned Jefferson's to him, with a letter written on November 4 by the Secretary, Thomas T. Hewson:

The American Philosophical Society having received from Mr. L'Asteyrie his work on the cultivation of the cotton plant, I have been instructed to return their thanks with the copy you so obligingly transmitted.

Chapter VIII of the Troisieme Partie treats of Culture du Cotonnier dans les îles de l'Amérique, and other parts of the work give accounts of cotton cultivation in South America and North America, with references to Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and other States.

This book was on the list of agricultural works recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Charles Philibert, Comte de Lasteyrie-du Saillant, 1759-1849, French agriculturalist, was made a member of the American Philosophical Society on December 10, 1807. Among other activities he was the creator of the first lithographic machine used in Paris." "07920","56","","","","Pratique de l'Agriculture par Drouette Richardot.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 41, as above.","Douette-Richardot, Nicolas.","De la Pratique de l'Agriculture; ou, Recueil d'essais et d'expériences dont le succès est constaté par des pièces authentiques . . . Paris, 1806.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 321 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, page 586.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author, who wrote to him as the President of the United States from Paris on May 14, 1808:

La protection spéciale dont jouir l'economie rurale dans les Etats-Unis, m'impose le devoir sacré de vous faire hommage de mon Traité de la Pratique de l'Agriculture.

Cet ouvrage est le résultat d'Expériences constamment suivies pendant plus de 20 ans, dont le succès reconnu a été couronné de plusieurs Sociétés savantes . . .

je serai plus heureux encore si vous daignez reçevoir le second exemplaire que j'ai l'honneur de vous offrir, comme le Tribut du respect . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on February 25, 1809:

I have received your letter of the 14. May 1808. & with it the favor of two copies of your valuable treatise on the practise of Agriculture. One of them has according to your request been deposited in the library of Congress, where it's members will have opportunities of being benefited by your experience. the other, by your permission, will be carried with me into that state of retirement to which I am now with anxiety looking forward, where undoubtedly my principal attentions will be to the culture of the earth, and my Occupation the reading the works of those who, like yourself, instruct mankind in the practice of this first of all human arts . . .

Neither copy is now in the Library of Congress." "07930","57","","","","Evelyn's Sylva.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 74, as above.","Evelyn, John.","Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. By J. E. Esq., As it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, cI[???]I[???]lxII, upon Occasion of certain quaeries propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honorable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. To which is annexed Pomona, Or, an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider; the Making and several ways of Ordering it. Published by express Order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium Hortense; or, Gard'ners Almanac; Directing what he is to do Monethly throughout the Year . . . London: Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.","","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1; title-page in red and black with engraved arms; title-page for Pomona on sig. []i, for Kalendarium Hortense on Hi.

Lowndes II, page 766. Keynes 40. STC E3516.

Evelyn's Sylva was on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809 for purchase by the Library of Congress.

John Evelyn, 1620-1706, English virtuoso. Sylva was the first book printed by order of the Royal Society, which had been formed a few years previously and had been so named by Evelyn." "07940","58","","","","Daubenton's Advice to Shepherds.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 54, as above.","Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie.","Advice to Shepherds and Owners of Flocks, on the Care and Management of Sheep. Translated from the original French of M. Daubenton [by James Bowdoin]. First Edition. Boston: Printed by Joshua Belcher, 1810.","SF375 .D25","

First Edition in English. Sm. 4to. 69 leaves: []1 []4, 2-174, the last a blank.

Not in Sabin. Only the French edition in Loudon.

Jefferson had copies of the first and second editions of this work, and sold the first edition to Congress in 1815.

This was sent to him by George W. Erving, who wrote to Jefferson a letter dated January 29, 1811, with a postscript:

I have taken the liberty of sending to you (under separate cover by this post) Mr. Bowdoins translation of Daubentons book on sheep; Mr B- is preparing a more perfect edition with plates &c, which he will have the honor of presenting to you himself.

In May, 1812, Mrs. Bowdoin, whose husband had died on October 11, 1811, sent to Jefferson a copy of the second edition, Boston, 1811. On June 24, 1812, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Mrs. Bowdoin:

Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to Mrs. Bowdoin, and his thanks for the book she has been so kind as to forward him. it is an interesting present to the American public, who owed so much before to the patriotism of it's author, and to his steady views & efforts for the promotion of their best interests . . .

This letter, edited with regard to spelling, punctuation and capitalization, is reprinted in the Eulogy of Bowdoin by William Jenks [no. 524].

The copy sent to Jefferson by Mrs. Bowdoin is now in the library of Dr. Joseph E. Fields, of Joliet, Illinois. The autograph inscription reads: President Jefferson with Mrs. Bowdoin's respectful compliments, May 1812.

Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, 1716-1799, French naturalist, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, was one of the assistant authors of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, q. v. no. 1024. The French edition of this work, which is in the form of a dialogue, was published in Paris in 1782.

James Bowdoin, 1752-1811, merchant and diplomat, was a Jeffersonian republican, and in 1804 was appointed by Jefferson as minister to Spain. This translation, which was issued anonymously, was printed at his own expense in the interest of the woolen growing industry." "07950","59","","","","Lasteyrie sur les betes à laine d'Espagne.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 55, as above.","Lasteyrie-du Saillant, Charles Philibert, Comte de.","Traité sur les Bêtes-à-Laine d'Espagne; Leur éducation, leurs voyages, la tonte, le lavage et le commerce des laines, les causes qui donnent la finesse aux laines . . . Avec une Planche . . . Par C.-P. Lasteyrie, de la Société d'Agriculture, et de celle Philomatique de Paris, etc. A Paris: [se vend chez le Directeur de la Feuille du Cultivateur, Dugour, Desenne et Debray, Merlin] de l'Imprimerie de la Feuille du Cultivateur, An VII de la République—1799.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 186 leaves; 1 folded engraved plate by Van-maëlle after Lasteyrie; pp. (335)-(340) have a Catalogue des principaux Ouvrages Français sur les Bêtes-à-laine.

Quérard IV, page 597. Loudon 1217. Huzard catalogue II, 2966.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, from Paris, 15 October, 1806, through the consul, D. B. Warden, who wrote to Jefferson on that day:

I have the honor of transmitting for you two works of Mr. Lasteyrie on the Spanish breed of sheep, accompanied with a letter addressed to you by the author. He wishes much that they may appear, in the United States, in an English dress. Mr. Lasteyrie is member of the Agricultural, and other Societies of Paris, and has done much for the improvement of science . . .

The books were sent from Paris in December 1806, and on March 29, 1807, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Warden:

Th: Jefferson having recieved through m[???] Warden a letter; and two volumes, from M. Lasteyrie of the society of Agriculture at Paris, begs leave through the same channel to convey a letter to m[???] Lasteyrie. he thanks m[???] Warden for the transmission of these articles, & salutes him with respect.

This was acknowledged by Warden on October 21, 1807.

On July 14, 1808, Jefferson wrote to Captain Nathan Haley at Paris, asking him to bring a number of books and other articles on his return voyage, including a work of M. Lasteyrie on the Merino sheep. I believe it is in 2. vol[???]. 8vo.

On September 2, 1808, D. B. Warden wrote from Paris and mentioned that he was sending the work of Lasteyrie on sheep.

This work was on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 19, 1806, for purchase for the Library of Congress." "07960","60","","","","Essay on sheep by Rob. R. Livingston.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 56, Livingston's essay on sheep, 8vo.","Livingston, Robert R.","Essay on Sheep; their Varieties—Account of the Merinoes of Spain, France, &c. Reflections on the best Method of Treating them, and Raising a Flock in the United States; together with miscellaneous Remarks on Sheep and Woollen Manufactures. By Robert R. Livingston, LL.D. . . . Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of New-York. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1809.","SF375 .L78","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 98 leaves: [ ]4, 1-234, 242,

Sabin 41636.

A copy of this book was sent to Jefferson by Madison, soon after its publication. On November 12, Isaac Coles, formerly Jefferson's secretary, wrote to him:

Mr. Madison . . . has also given me for you Mr. Livingston's treatise on Sheep which shall be forwarded by the next mail. I have read it with some interest . . .

The receipt was acknowledged by Jefferson on November 29.

In 1812 Jefferson sent to Robert Livingston, in return for his excellent book on the subject of sheep, a copy of his The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the public right to the Beach of the Mississippi . . . against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston . . . See chapter 24.

This work was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Robert R. Livingston, 1746-1813, Chancellor of New York, statesman, diplomat, farmer and agricultural experimenter. He was a pioneer in the importation of Merino sheep and in the use of gypsum as a fertilizer." "07970","61","","","","Bakewell on the influence of soil & climate on wool.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 57, as above.","Bakewell, Robert.","Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon Wool . . . By Robert Bakewell. With Occasional Notes and Remarks, by the Right Hon. Lord Somerville. London: Printed [by B. McMillan] for J. Harding, 1808.","SF377.B16","

8vo. 86 leaves; printer's imprint on the back of the title and on the last leaf.

Loudon, page 1212. Royal Agricultural Society catalogue, page 20.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from London on December 23, 1810:

In taking the liberty of requesting your acceptance of my Book upon Wool I can with much sincerity assure you that my principal motive has been to acknowledge the high esteem & respect I feel for your public character . . . With my Book I have taken the further liberty of sending you the proposals for an undertaking in which I am engaged: a mineralogical & statistical survey of Estates . . .

Robert Bakewell, 1763-1843, geologist of Wakefield in Yorkshire, where, according to the Dictionary of National Biography the first edition of this book was printed. The London edition is the only one in the catalogues of the British Museum and of the Royal Society of Agriculture, and in Loudon. In this treatise the author mentions his first hand knowledge of the sheep and wool of Buenos Aires and of the Mississippi.

John Southey Somerville, Lord Somerville, 1765-1819, agriculturalist. In 1798 Somerville was elected president of the Board of Agriculture, ousting Sir John Sinclair, q. v. by thirteen votes to twelve." "07980","62","","","","Le Jardinier solitaire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 14, as above.","[Gentil, François.]","Le Jardinier Solitaire; ou, Dialogues entre un Curieux & un Jardinier Solitaire. Contenant la méthode de faire & de cultiver un Jardin Fruitier & Potager; & plusieurs experiences nouvelles. Avec des reflexions sur la Culture des Arbres. Cinquième Edition, augmentée de plusieurs Chapitres, dont il est fait mention a le fin de la Preface. A Paris: chez Rigaud, Directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1723.","","

12mo. 234 leaves; folded engraved plate.

Barbier II, col. 982. This edition not in Quérard. Bradley III, 111.

François Gentil [frère François], Carthusian. Le Jardinier Solitaire was published anonymously in France, the first edition in 1704. An English translation published in 1706 reads on the title-page: Written in French by Francis Gentil, Lay-Brother of the Order of the Carthusians, and above Thirty Years Gard'ner to the Charter-House at Paris." "07990","63","","","","Bradley's gardening.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 59, as above.","Bradley, Richard.","New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both Philosophical and Practical. In Three Parts. I. Containing, a new System of Vegetation . . . II. The best Manner of Improving Flower Gardens or Parterres . . . III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House Plants . . . To which is added, That scarce and valuable Tract, intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards . . . The Fifth Edition, with an Appendix, treating of several Matters omitted in the former Impressions. Illustrated with Copper Plates. By Richard Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S. London: Printed for W. Mears, and Sold by J. Knapton, G. Strahan [and others], 1726.","","

8vo. 320 leaves: A-T8, U4, X-Z, Aa-Rr8, Ss4, engraved frontispiece by E. Kirkall, 13 engraved plates, folded and full-page, general title printed in red and black; titles for Part II and Part III on E5 and M3 respectively, the former dated 1725; on Kk2 is the title for Herefordshire Orchards, a Pattern for all England. Written in an Epistolary Address to Samuel Hartlib, Esq. by I. B. [John Beale], with imprint dated 1726, and on Mm5 the title for An Appendix to the new Improvements of Planting and Gardening . . . By R. Bradley, with the same imprint.

Not in McDonald. Not in Loudon. Bradley III, 108.

The three parts of this work were originally published separately in 1717 and 1718. Herefordshire Orchards was first added to the fourth edition, 1724. John Beale, 1603-1683?, its author, was a native of that county, and the book was first printed in 1656." "08000","64","","","","Millar's gardener's calendar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 58, as above.","Miller, Philip.","The Gardeners Kalendar; Directing what Works are necessary to be performed every Month in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleasure-Gardens, as also in the Conservatory and Nursery . . . By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Member of the Botanick Academy at Florence, and Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea. The Fourteenth Edition, with a List of the Medicinal Plants, which may be gathered for Use each Month. To which is prefixed, a short Introduction to the Science of Botany, illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by John Rivington, H. Woodfall, A. Millar, [and others] 1765.","","

8vo. 233 leaves: A8, a-c8, d1, B-Z8, Aa-Cc8, the last a blank, engraved frontispiece by J. Miller, 5 folded engraved plates, publishers' advertisement on the last page.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Bradley, not in Pritzel. Not in McDonald.

This title was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Philip Miller, 1691-1771, English gardener. The Gardeners Kalendar first published in 1732, was frequently reprinted and translated into several European languages. The work is dedicated to the Master, Thomas Harris, Wardens and other Members of the Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London." "08010","65","","","","Millar's gardener's dictionary.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 75, as above.","Miller, Philip.","The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery; as also for performing the practical parts of agriculture: including the management of vineyards, with the methods of making and preserving wine, according to the present practice of the most skilful vignerons in the several wine countries in Europe . . . The eighth edition, revised and altered according to the latest system of botany; and embellished with several copper-plates, which were not in some former editions. By Philip Miller . . . London: Printed for the Author, and sold by John and Francis Rivington [and others], 1768.","","

Folio. 674 leaves, engraved frontispiece and 19 plates; text in double columns; the dedication to the Duke of Northumberland dated from Chelsea, March 1, 1768.

Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald. Bradley III, 80. This edition not in Simon.

Jefferson made constant use of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, which is mentioned frequently in his Garden Books and in his correspondence. The first mention in the Garden Books is in 1769, the year after the publication of this edition.

Miller's Dictionary first appeared in 1731, and eight editions were published during his life time. The Linnean system was first used in the seventh edition, 1759. Jefferson was aware that the earlier editions did not use this system, for in a letter to Richard Cary, written from Paris on August 12, 1786, in which he arranged a botanical commerce, Jefferson explained ''I have no Millar's dictionary here. you must therefore always give the Linnean names.''

While in Paris Jefferson bought a copy of the translation into French of the eighth edition, see the following title.

An edition of Millar's Gardener's dictionary with the figures of the plants was one of the books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, for purchase for the Library of Congress." "08020","66","","","","Dictionnaire des Jardiniers de Millar. par Chazelles.","","5.v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 70, as above.","Miller, Philip.","Dictionnaire des Jardiniers . . . Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, sur la huitieme Edition de Philippe Miller. Par une Société de Gens de Lettres. [Traduit par M. de Chazelles, avec des notes par M. Holandre.] Dédié à Monsieur. Tome Premier [-Huitieme]. A Paris: chez Guillot, Libraire de Monsieur, 1785.","SB45.M63","

First Edition of this translation. 8 vol. in 5. 4to. vol. I, 320 leaves; vol. II, 382 leaves; vol. III, 322 leaves, the last a blank; vol. IV, 328 leaves, the last with the publisher's advertisement; vol. V, 323 leaves, full page engraved plate; vol. VI, 302 leaves, the last a blank; vol. VII, 306 leaves; vol. VIII, 350 leaves, collating A-Z, Aa-Mm4, []1, a-e4, f2, a-n2, a-l2, a-o2, a-z4, aa-dd4, ee3, the lower case alphabets in twos are for the indices, each with separate pagination; the lower case alphabets in fours for the Calendrier des Jardiniers, with caption title and separate pagination; the unsigned leaf has the title: Dictionnaire des Jardiniers . . . ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, auquel on ajouté un grand nombre de Plantes inconnues à Miller . . . Par M. De Chazelles . . . avec des notes relatives à la Physique et à la Matiere Médicale; Par M. Holandre . . . full page engraved plates throughout, text printed in double columns; printer's imprint at the end of volume I, dated 1784.

Barbier I, 967. Quérard VI, 131. Pritzel 6237. Bradley III, page 80.

Jefferson's copy may have been bound in 5 volumes, which are all that are entered in his dated and undated manuscript catalogues. It is also probable that these entries were made and left uncorrected before he acquired the last two volumes; volume VII was bought from Froullé on July 5, 1787, price 12 livres broché. The 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues call for 5 volumes; the Library therefore either received an imperfect set, or, unless the books were bound in 5 volumes, followed Jefferson's uncorrected catalogue entry.

See the note to the previous entry.

Laurent de Chazelles, 1724-1808, French horticulturalist.

Jean Joseph Jacques Holandre, b. 1778, French naturalist." "08030","67","","","","Every man his own gardener by Mawe.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 13, as above.","Mawe, Thomas [i. e. John Abercrombie].","Every Man his own Gardener. Being a New, and much more Complete, Gardener's Kalendar than any one hitherto published. Containing, not only an Account of what Work is necessary to be done in the Hot-house, Green-house, Shrubbery, Kitchen, Flower, and Fruit Gardens, for every Month in the Year, but also ample Directions for performing the said Work, according to the newest and most approved Methods now in practice among the best Gardeners. By Mr. Mawe, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Leeds, and other Gardeners. London: Printed for W. Griffin in the Strand; W. Chase at Norwich; T. Toft at Chelmsford; and E. Etherington, at York, 1767.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 220 leaves: []2, B-D12, *E6, E-S12, T8, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; sig. *E has starred pagination *73-*84, at sig. E the pagination rebegins 73.

Not in Loudon. Not in McDonald. This edition not in Bradley.

Jefferson bought his copy from Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, on February 22, 1805, price $1.25.

This work was sold to Congress by Jefferson in 1815 and is listed in the Library catalogue of that year. It was not reported as missing by George Watterston, and does not appear on any list of missing books. It had disappeared before 1831, and is not in that nor in the subsequent catalogues.

John Abercrombie, 1726-1806, Scottish writer on agriculture, was the author of this book, but, from a motive of diffidence, published it under the name of Thomas Mawe, gardener to the Duke of Leeds. The edition of 1779 was the first to have Abercrombie's name on the title-page." "08040","68","","","","Abercrombie's gardener's pocket dictionary.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 12, as above.","Abercrombie, John.","The Gardener's Pocket Dictionary; or, A Systematic Arrangement of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Flowers and Fruits; agreeable to the Linnæan Method: with their Latin and English Names, their Uses, Propagation, and Culture, in Gardens, Plantations, Greenhouses, and Hot-Houses . . . The Whole comprehending Directions for the General Practice of Gardening . . . By John Abercrombie, Author of Mawe's Gardener's Kalendar, and other Works. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed for Lockyer Davis, Printer to the Royal Society, 1786.","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 136 leaves: []4, B-Z6; vol. II, 168 leaves: []2, B-O12 + 2 leaves marked *O3 and *O4, P8; vol. III, 197 leaves: []2, A-Q12, R3; list of Books written by John Abercrombie on the 4th preliminary leaf in vol. I.

The copy collated is that in the Department of Agriculture, and the contents of vol. II and III were transposed before the books were issued. The half-title for vol. II reads Second Division continued containing Hardy Herbaceous Plants. A note at the foot of the page reads: N. B. Part II. is the second vol.—Vol. II. the third. The volume contains the Greenhouse Plants, Hothouse plants etc. which should be in vol. III, whose half title reads:

Third division containing Green house plants. Hot house plants. Index of English names, and whose text deals with the herbaceous plants which should be in vol. II. The two starred leaves contain An Appendix to the Hot-House, or Stove Exotics.

Not in McDonald. Not in Loudon. Bradley III, 30.

Jefferson ordered this book from Stockdale, in a letter written from Paris on July 1, 1787; on a separate memorandum he has added the price, 10/6. It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

This book is on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson for the Library of Congress, to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809.

For a note on Abercrombie, see Mawe, Thomas, above." "08050","69","","","","Culture de la grosse Asperge de Hollande par Filassier.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 17, as above.","Fillassier, Jean Jacques.","Culture de la grosse Asperge, dite de Hollande, la plus précoce, la plus hâtive, la plus féconde & la plus durable que l'on connoisse. Traité qui présente les moyens de la cultiver avec succès en toutes sortes de terres. Par M. Fillassier, des Académies d'Arras, de Lyon, de Marseille, & Correspondant de celle de Toulouse. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée. Vingt-quatre sols, broché. A Amsterdam; et se trouve a Paris: chez Méquignon l'aîné, 1783.","","

12mo. 78 leaves; no copy of this edition was located for collation; the above title is that of the 1788 edition, of which this is a reprint.

Quérard III, page 122. Not in Loudon.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2-6.

Jean Jacques Fillassier, 1736-1806, Flemish agriculturalist and moralist. According to the bibliographies, the 1783 is the first edition of this work, reprinted in 1784 and 1788; the title-page of the edition of 1783 as given in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale reads Nouvelle Edition and [Questions d'agriculture proposées dans la ''Gazette d'agriculture'' du 19 mars 1782]." "08060","70","","","","a Treatise on gardening by John Randolph.","","p.f.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 16, as above, 16s.","[Randolph, John.]","A Treatise on Gardening. By a Native of this state. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicholson, 1793.","","

16mo. No copy of this edition is known to exist.

Sabin 96739. Evans 26275. M. F. Warner, A Treatise on Gardening by . . . John Randolph, Jr. William and Mary Quarterly vol. 25, 1916 pp. 138, 9.

Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue, as above, is the chief source of information for attributing this treatise to John Randolph.

The copy sold by Jefferson to Congress in 1815 was destroyed in 1851, and no other copy of this edition has been located.

According to M. F. Warner, op. cit. the first edition must have been published before the American Revolution, but it is not known when or where it was printed. All eighteenth century issues are supposed to have appeared without the author's name.

The work was reprinted in the second edition of Gardiner and Hepburn's The American Gardener, Georgetown, 1818, where it is described as being by a ''learned and eminent Citizen of Virginia''.

John Randolph, 1727-1784, a kinsman and friend of Jefferson, wrote this book, the first treatise on gardening written in the colonies, for the benefit of his friends." "08070","71","","","","Langley's Pomona.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no 76, as above.","Langley, Batty.","Pomona: or, The Fruit-Garden Illustrated. Containing Sure Methods for Improving all the Best Kinds of Fruits now Extant in England . . . To which is added, A Curious Account of the most Valuable Cyder-Fruits of Devonshire. The Whole Illustrated with above Three Hundred Drawings of the several Fruits, Curiously Engraven on Seventy-nine large Folio Plates. By Batty Langley of Twickenham. London: Printed for G. Strahan [and others], 1729.","SB361.L28","

First Edition. Folio. 84 leaves: []1, [a]-[d]2, B-Z, Aa-Qq1 in twos, 78 numbered engraved plates, fullpage and folded, after B. Langley; title printed in red and black. On Mm2 begins: A Curious Account of the most valuable Cyder-Fruits of Devonshire. To Mr. Batty Langley at Twickenham; by Hugh Stafford.

Lowndes III, 1308. Bradley III, 141. Not in McDonald.

Langley's Pomona was one of the books recommended by Jefferson on December 16, 1809, to W. C. Nicholas for purchase for the Library of Congress.

Batty Langley, 1696-1751, English architectural writer and horticulturist." "08080","72","","","","Forsyth on the culture & management of fruit trees","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 61.","Forsyth, William.","A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees; in which A New Method of Pruning and Training is Fully Described. Together with Observations on The Diseases, Defects, and Injuries, in all kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees; as also, An Account of a Particular Method of Cure, Made public by order of the British Government. By William Forsyth, F.A.S. & F.S.A. Gardener to his Majesty at Kensington and St. James's. To which are added, An Introduction and Notes, Adapting the Rules of the Treatise to the Climates and Seasons of the United States of America. By William Cobbett. Philadelphia: Printed for J. Morgan, 1802.","SB356.F7","

First American Edition. 8vo. in fours. 136 leaves; 13 numbered engraved plates, folded.

Sabin 25155. Bradley III, 141. This edition not in Pritzel.

Forsyth on the culture & management of Fruit trees, 8vo. was on the list of agricultural books supplied by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas on December 16, 1809, recommended for purchase for the Library of Congress.

William Forsyth, 1737-1804, the gardener for whom the plant Forsythia was named, was employed in the Apothecaries Garden at Chelsea, London, under Philip Miller, q. v., no. 800 whom he succeeded in 1771. The first edition of this work was published in London in the same year. William Cobbett, 1762-1835, dedicated his American edition to Mr. James Paul, Senior, of Bustleton, in Pennsylvania." "08090","73","","","","American gardener by Gardiner & Hepburn.","","12mo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 15, as above, 2 v 12mo.","Gardiner, John, and Hepburn, David.","The American Gardener, containing ample directions for working a kitchen garden, every month in the year; And copious instructions for the cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, Hop-Yards, Green Houses and Hot Houses. By John Gardiner, & by David Hepburn, late Gardener to Gov. Mercer & Gen. Mason. City of Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, for the Authors, 1804.","","

First Edition, 12mo. 2 parts in 1, with continuous signatures and pagination; 114 leaves: A-R6, [ ]2; part I ends on I2, page 99.

This edition not in Sabin. Not in Bryan.

At the end are 2 pages of Subscribers' names, which include: Thomas Jefferson, President U.S. 3 copies.

This was one of the books missing when Jefferson checked his library at the time of the sale in 1815, a replacing copy of which he ordered from Milligan on March 28, 1815: Hepburn's book of gardening. 12mo. printed at Washington.

Milligan procured a copy, and sent it to Jefferson on April 7, price $1.00.

It would seem that this copy was not delivered to Congress for the contemporary working copy of the 1815 catalogue has the word missing written beside the entry (in which the reading 2. copies is changed to 2 v 12mo) and the book (also recorded as 2 vols 12mo) is on the manuscript list of Books Missing from the Library of Congress, made at some time after 1815.

Jefferson was looking for a copy of this work in 1813. On May 21 he wrote from Monticello to John Barnes, requesting him to ask Milligan to buy for him a copy of Gardiner and Hepburn's book on gardening." "08100","74","","","","Mc.Mahon's American gardiner's Calendar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 60, as above.","Mc.Mahon, Bernard.","The American Gardener's Calendar; adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United States. Containing a complete Account of all the Work necessary to be done in the Kitchen-Garden, Fruit-Garden, Orchard, Vineyard, Nursery, Pleasure-Ground, Flower-Garden, Green-House, Hot-House, and Forcing Frames, for every Month in the Year; with ample practical Directions for Performing the same . . . By Bernard M'Mahon, Nursery, Seedsman, and Florist. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves, for the Author, 1806.","SB93 .M16","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 338 leaves, folded printed table.

Sabin 43560. Bradley III, 99.

McMahon sent Jefferson a copy with a letter, written from Philadelphia on April 17, 1806:

I have much pleasure in requesting your acceptance of one of my publications on Horticulture, which I forward you by this mail. Should my humble efforts, meet with your approbation, and render any service to my adopted and much beloved country, I shall feel the happy consolation, of having contributed my mite to the welfare of my fellow men.

Jefferson replied on April 25:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Mc.Mahon for the book he has been so kind as to send him. from the rapid view he has taken of it & the original matter it appears to contain he has no doubt it will be found an useful aid to the friends of an art, too important to health & comfort & yet too much neglected in this country . . .

On receipt of this letter McMahon wrote (on April 30) to thank Jefferson for his friendly note.

On October 14 of the following year, 1807, Jefferson ordered books from Duane, including Mc.Mahon's book of gardening. Duane replied on October 16:

McMahon's Book and the Elements of Botany I can also get, and shall carry them on with me at the close of the next week . . .

On March 8, 1808, Jefferson bought a copy from Milligan, price $3.50.

This book was on the list of agricultural books recommended by Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas for purchase for the Library of Congress on December 16, 1809.

Bernard Mc.Mahon, c. 1775-1816, was born in Ireland, and came to America in 1796, and settled in Philadelphia, where he established a seedhouse and botanical garden, one of his constant customers being Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was in active correspondence with Mc.Mahon on horticultural matters, and it was to his firm that he consigned the seeds brought back by the Lewis and Clark expedition. Jefferson's correspondence shows that this book was in frequent use at Monticello." "08110","75","","","","Le parfait Jardinier. par Mallet.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 71, as above.","Mallet.","Le Parfait Jardinier. Paris, 1795.","","

4to. No copy of any book of this title has been traced in any bibliography or catalogue.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book from Reibelt on June 21, 1805, selected by him, with others, from a number sent on approval; price $1.30; billed for that sum on June 25.

It was bound by March on September 30, in the same year in calf, gilt, cost $1.75.

The author may have been Robert Xavier Mallet, French agriculturalist, who published several books on agriculture and botany between 1775 and 1795." "08120","76","","","","Traité sur les abeilles par della Rocca.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 62, as above.","Rocca, Della, Abbé.","Traité complet sur les abeilles, avec une méthode nouvelle de les gouverner telle qu'elle se pratique à Syra, île de l'Archipel, précédé d'un précis historique et économique de cette île, par l'abbé della Rocca . . . Paris: Bleuet père, 1790.","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 4to. No copy was seen for collation.

Quérard VIII, page 88. Loudon 1221. Alphandéry, Traité complet d'Apiculture, page 551. Huzard 3659.

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt in June 1805, price $3.20, and immediately sent the three volumes to March for binding, which were included in his bill of September 30, $3.00 in all, $1.00 each volume." "08130","77","","","","De la Brosse de la culture du figuier.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 18, Dela Brosse de la culture du Figuier, 12mo.","La Brousse, de.","Traité de la Culture du Figuier, suivi d'observations & d'expériences sur la meilleure maniere de cultiver, sur les causes de son dépérissement, & sur les moyens d'y remédier, avec Figures. Par M. de La Brousse, D.M.M. de la Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier & Maire d'Aramond . . . A Amsterdam: et se trouve à Paris, chez Valade, & à Toulouse, chez Dupleix & Laporte, 1774.","YA1046","

12mo. 43 leaves, folded engraved plate.

Quérard IV, page 381. Bradley III, 369.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

De La Brousse, fl. 1774, French physician and agriculturalist." "08140","78","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 7, Taylor's Arator, or Agriculture Essays, 12mo.","[Taylor, John.]","Arator; being a series of Agricultural Essays, practical & political: in sixty-one numbers. By a Citizen of Virginia. Georgetown, Columbia: Printed and Published by J. M. and J. B. Carter, 1813.","S497 .T3","

First Edition. 12mo. 148 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, page 133. Sabin 94483. Virginia State Library Catalogue 5456.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Pleasants on May 20, 1813. The work was written in part as an answer to William Strickland's Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America, 1801 (q. v.).

Essay Number 14, Slavery, is concerned with Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, which, Taylor points out, were written in the heat of a war for liberty; the human mind was made still hotter by the French revolution; and let those who were insensible of the mental fermentations and moral bubbles generated by these causes, censure Mr. Jefferson. I should be unjust to do it.

The ''strictures'' on the Notes on Virginia led the publisher to send Jefferson a copy of the second edition, published over the author's name, in 1814. This copy was sold at the auction in 1829. In his letter of acceptance to the publisher Jefferson wrote (on April 26, 1815):

we are indebted to Colo. Taylor for a great deal of valuable information given us in that volume on the subject of Agriculture; and whether we consider the question of slavery as a political or religious one, all differences of opinion are entitled to toleration, and he is confident of it's being fully & mutually indulged between Colo. Taylor & himself . . .

In a letter to Jefferson dated from Quincy, November 12, 1813, John Adams wrote:

I am almost ready to believe that John Taylor of Caroline, or of Hazel Wood Port Royal, Virginia, is the Author of 630 pages of printed Octavo, upon my Books, that I have received. The Style answers every characteristic, that you have intimated.

Within a Week I have received, and looked into his Arator. They must spring from the same brain as Minerva issued from the head of Jove; or rather as Venus rose from the froth of the Sea.

There is however a great deal of good sense in Arator. and there is some in his ''Aristocracy.

Jefferson replied on January 24, 1814:

. . . I have made some enquiry about Taylor's book, and I learn from a neighbor of his that it has been understood for some time that he was writing a political work. we had not heard here of it's publication, nor has it been announced in any of our papers. but this must be the book of 630 pages which you have recieved; and certainly neither the style nor the stuff of the author of Arator can ever be mistaken. in the latter work, as you observe, there are some good things, but so involved in quaint, in far-fetched, affected, mystical conciepts, and flimsy theories, that who can take the trouble of getting at them? . . .

John Taylor, 1753-1824, agriculturalist and political writer, was in constant correspondence with Jefferson on agricultural matters. He was the ''Curtius'' who wrote A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson, first published in 1804." "08150","79","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 10, Tracts in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Fabbroni, Parmentier, Maupin.","Four pamphlets bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. The titles are given in the order of the entries in the 1831 catalogue.","","i.","","","South Carolina Agricultural Society.","Address and Rules of the South Carolina Society for promoting and improving Agriculture and other rural concerns. Charleston, 1785.","","

First Edition. 12mo. No copy was located for collation.

This copy of the Address and Rules was sent to Jefferson in November 1785, on his having been made a member of the Society.

On November 23, 1785, William Drayton, the chairman, wrote to Jefferson from Charleston:

As Chairman of the Committee of the South Carolina Society for promoting & improving Agriculture & other rural Concerns, I am directed to inform your Excellency, that you are unanimously elected an honorary member of that Society; and I herewith transmit to your Excellency a copy of an Address & their Rules, published at their Institution.

Jefferson replied on May 6 of the following year:

Your favor of Nov. 23. came duly to hand. a call to England soon after it's receipt has prevented my acknoleging it so soon as I should have done. I am very sensible of the honour done me by the South Carolina society for promoting & improving agriculture & other rural concerns, when they were pleased to elect me to be of their body: & I beg leave through you, Sir, to convey to them my grateful thanks for this favor. they will find in me indeed but a very unprofitable servant. at present particularly my situation is unfavourable to the desire I feel of promoting their views. however I shall certainly avail myself of every occasion which shall occur of doing it. perhaps I may render some service by forwarding to the society such new objects of culture as may be likely to succeed in the soil & climate of South Carolina . . .

From this time Jefferson was in constant correspondence with the Society, to which he sent olive trees, rice, and other new objects of culture which he thought might be cultivated in the south." "08160","79","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 10, Tracts in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Fabbroni, Parmentier, Maupin.","Four pamphlets bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. The titles are given in the order of the entries in the 1831 catalogue.","","ii.","","","Fabbroni, Adamo.","Dissertazione sopra il Quesito Indicare le vere Teorie con le quali devono eseguirsi le stime dei terreni, stabilite le quali abbiano i pratici stimatori delle vere guide, che gli conducono a determinarne il valore. Presentata al concorso dell' anno 1784. e coronata dalla R. Accademia de' Georgofili di Firenze. Firenze: per Gaetano Cambiagi, 1785.","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. No copy was located for collation.

Royal Society of Agriculture catalogue, 111. Lastri 51.

Other books by Adamo Fabbroni have appeared in this catalogue." "08170","79","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 10, Tracts in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Fabbroni, Parmentier, Maupin.","Four pamphlets bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. The titles are given in the order of the entries in the 1831 catalogue.","","iii.","","","Parmentier, Antoine Auguste.","Méthode facile de conserver a peu de frais les grains et les farines, par M. Parmentier . . . Londres et Paris: Barrois l'ainé, 1784.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 52 leaves; no copy was located for collation.

Quérard VI, page 605. Loudon 1216.

Several other works by Parmentier are in this catalogue." "08180","79","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 10, Tracts in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Fabbroni, Parmentier, Maupin.","Four pamphlets bound together in 1 volume, 8vo. The titles are given in the order of the entries in the 1831 catalogue.","","iv.","","","Maupin.","L'Art de la vigne, contenant une nouvelle méthode économique de cultiver la vigne, avec les expériences qui en ont été faites. Par M. Maupin . . . Paris, 1779.","","

8vo. 59 leaves; no copy was located for collation.

Not in Quérard. This edition not in Simon. Loudon, page 1216 (not dated). See no. 785." "08190","80","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47b, Pamphlets in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Strickland, Moore, Boardley, Logan, Tessier, Sinclair. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J.34, Titles listed as follows:","","","i.","","","Strickland, William.","Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America. By W. Strickland, Esq. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801.","S441.S91","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves, including printed tables, the last a blank.

Sabin 92811. Not in Loudon and not in McDonald.

William Strickland, of Yorkshire, England, agriculturalist, visited Jefferson in Monticello, and is mentioned frequently in Jefferson's correspondence. This work was written in answer to queries proposed to him by the Board of Agriculture before his visit to the United States. It was answered in part by John Taylor in Arator, see no. 814." "08200","80","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47b, Pamphlets in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Strickland, Moore, Boardley, Logan, Tessier, Sinclair. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J.34, Titles listed as follows:","","","ii.","","","Moore, Thomas.","The Great Error of American Agriculture exposed: and Hints for Improvement suggested. By Thomas Moore. Copy-Right secured according to Law. Baltimore: Printed by Bonsal and Niles, for the Author, 1801.","S497.M82","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 36 leaves.

Sabin 50444.

Thomas Moore, 1760-1822, lived at Retreat, Montgomery County, Maryland, from where the address to the Reader is dated, 8th Month, 1801. He was acquainted with Jefferson, and corresponded with him from time to time, on scientific and other matters." "08210","80","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47b, Pamphlets in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Strickland, Moore, Boardley, Logan, Tessier, Sinclair. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J.34, Titles listed as follows:","","","iii.","","","[Bordley, John Beale.]","Hemp. [Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1799.]","AC901.W7 vol. 34.","

First Edition. 8vo. 4 leaves: issued without a title-page; signed B at the end and dated January, 1799.

Evans 35217." "08220","80","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 47b, Pamphlets in Agriculture, 8vo, to wit, Strickland, Moore, Boardley, Logan, Tessier, Sinclair. 1831 Catalogue, page 78. no. J.34, Titles listed as follows:","","","iv.","","","Logan, George.","A Letter to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, on the necessity of Promoting Agriculture, Manufactures, and the useful Arts. By George Logan, M.D. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Printed by Patterson & Cochran, May 1, 1800.","HC107.P4L8","

8vo. 16 leaves: []4, B-D4, the last a blank; on B4 begins: The Constitution of the Lancaster County Society for promoting of Agriculture, Manufactures and the useful Arts.

Sabin 41790.

The above description is taken from the copy in the Library of Congress, which is of the second edition. It is probable that Jefferson's copy was of the first edition, printed in Philadelphia and in Lancaster earlier in the same year.

For a note on Logan see no. 717." "08230","J. 1","","","","Mc.queer's chemistry.","","2. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 7, as above, with reading Mc.Queer's.","Macquer, Pierre Joseph.","Elements of the theory and practice of chymistry. Translated from the French of M. Macquer . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for A. Millar, and J. Nourse, 1758.","QD27.M18","

First Edition in English. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 220 leaves, 6 engraved plates, 4 signed by J. Mynde; vol. II, 221 leaves; the words In Two Volumes are omitted from the title-page of Volume II.

Ferguson II, 60.

Contemporary calf, gilt. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A few corrections in ink in volume I may be by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Pierre Joseph Macquer, 1718-1784, French chemist, was the brother of Philippe Macquer, q. v. He was for a time director of the porcelain manufactury at Sèvres.

Andrew Reid, d. 1767?, Scottish writer of London, dedicated his translation to the Earl of Bute, the dedication dated London, March 25, 1758." "08240","2","","","","Neumann's Chemistry by Lewis.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 30, as above.","Neumann, Caspar.","The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann, M.D. Professor of Chemistry at Berlin, F.R.S. &c. Abridged and Methodized. With large Additions, Containing the later Discoveries and Improvements made in Chemistry and the Arts depending thereon, By William Lewis, M.B. and Fellow of the Royal Society. London: Printed for W. Johnston, G. Keith, A. Linde, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Field, T. Caslon, and E. Dilly, 1759.","QD27.N4","

4to. 320 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ix, 825. Ferguson II, 137. Poggendorff II, col. 272. Both Ferguson and Poggendorff give 1760 as the date of the first edition of Lewis's Abridgment.

Caspar Neumann, 1683-1737, was a native of Silesia.

William Lewis, 1714-1781, a chemist of London." "08250","J. 3","","","","Cramer on Metals.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 16, as above.","Cramer, Johann Andreas.","Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals. In Two Parts. The First containing the Theory, the Second the Practice of the said Art . . . By John Andrew Cramer, M.D. Translated from the Latin. [By Cromwell Mortimer.] Illustrated with Copper Plates . . . With an Appendix, containing a List of the chief Authors that have been published in English upon Minerals and Metals. London: for Tho. Woodward and C. Davis, Printers to the Royal Society, 1741.","TN550.C88","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 265 leaves, 5 folded engraved plates; on sig. oi is the half-title for: Docimasia . . . Part the Second, Being the Practice of Assaying, with continuous pagination.

Ferguson I, 80.

Old calf; some leaves foxed; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The numerous corrections in ink are probably by Charles Trumbull whose autograph signature is on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Johann Andreas Cramer, 1710-1777, German chemist, was Counsellor for mines and metallurgy at Blankenburg. This work was originally written in Latin and published at Leyden in 1739. This translation is by Cromwell Mortimer, d. 1752, English physician." "08260","J. 4","","","","Scheele de l'air et du feu.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 4, as above.","Scheele, Karl Wilhelm.","Traité chimique de l'air et du feu, par Charles-Guillaume Scheele . . . Avec une Introduction de Torbern Bergmann . . . Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand, par le Baron de Dietrich . . . A Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de Demonville] Rue et Hôtel Serpente [chez Cuchet], 1781.—Supplement au traité chimique de l'air et du feu de M. Scheele, contenant un Tableau abrégé des nouvelles découvertes sur les diverses espèces d'Air, par Jean-Godefroi Léonhardy; des Notes de M. Richard Kirwan, & une Lettre du Docteur Priestley à ce Chimiste Anglois, sur l'Ouvrage de M. Scheele; traduit et augmenté de notes . . . par M. le Baron de Dietrich . . . avec la traduction, par MM. de l'Académie de Dijon, des expériences de M. Scheele sur la quantité d'air pur qui se trouve dans l'atmosphere . . . A Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1785.","QD27.S384","

First Edition of this translation. 2 parts in 1, 12mo. I, 134 leaves; folded plate by Sellier; II, 109 leaves; separate pagination.

Poggendorff II, col. 775. Ferguson II, 331.

Bound for Jefferson in French calf, marbled end papers' r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in part I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 4-16.

Karl Wilhelm Scheele, 1742-1786, Swedish chemist; the original edition of this book was published in Upsala in 1777.

Torbern Olof Bergmann, 1735-1784, Swedish naturalist and chemist, was a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Philippe Frédéric, Baron de Dietrich, 1748-1793 (beheaded on December 28 of that year), French mineralogist.

Johann Gottfried Leonhardi, 1746-1823, German chemist." "08270","J. 5","","","","Memoires de Chimie de Scheele.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 3, as above, with the reading Chymie.","Scheele, Karl Wilhelm.","Mémoires de chymie de M. C. W. Schéele, tirés des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Stockholm, traduits du Suédois et de l'Allemand. Première [Seconde] Partie. A Dijon: chez l'éditeur, et se trouve a Paris, chez Théophile Barrois jeune, Cuchet. M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","QD27.S3","

2 parts in 1. 12mo. Part I, 141 leaves; part II, 128 leaves; 1 folded plate.

Quérard VIII, 512. Poggendorff II, col. 777.

Bound for Jefferson in French calf, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part; some leaves partly unopened. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6 (livres).

The translation of these Mémoires, with the exception of nos. 2, 11, 12 and 13 was made by Madame Guyton de Morveau (see no. 851)." "08280","J. 6","","","","Ingenhousz. Experiences physiques.","","8vo. 2. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 15, as above.","Ingenhousz, Jan.","Nouvelles Expériences et Observations sur divers objets de physique, par Jean Ingen-Housz . . . [-Tome Second]. A Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe] chez P. Théophile Barrois le jeune. M.DCC.LXXXV-IX. [1785-9]","Q113.15","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 269 leaves, 4 folded engraved plates, Fautes a corriger on the verso of c3; vol. II, 299 leaves, 2 folded plates, the first tinted green, woodcut illustration of a Foyer de Staffordshire on page 49; woodcut headpieces.

Quérard IV, 181. Poggendorff I, col. 1470. Not in Sabin. Not in Ford.

Bound for Jefferson in French marbled calf, gilt backs, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought the first volume of this work—all at that time published—from Froullé on June 27, 1787, cost 4/10. The original entry on the undated manuscript catalogue calls for one volume at that price; the price crossed out in ink, and 2 vols. added.

This book is important as Frankliniana. Volume I is dedicated to Franklin, and contains much Franklin material, including the Précis du Système de M. Franklin sur l'Electricité.

Volume II is dedicated to Monsieur Dimsdale, Baron de l'Empire de Russie . . . Chapter XVII is a translation into French, with notes by Ingenhousz, of Franklin's letter to Ingenhousz on chimneys, first published as the first article in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. II, 1786, written at sea August 28, 1785, and read to the Philosophical Society 21st October 1785. The woodcut illustration of the Foyer de Staffordshire is in this chapter.

For a note on Ingenhousz see no. 666." "08290","J. 7","","","","Ingenhousz. Experiences sur les vegetaux.","","vol. 2d.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 14, Ingenhousz, Experiences sur les Vegetauz, vol. 2d 8vo.","Ingenhousz, Jan.","Expériences sur les Végétaux, spécialement sur la Propriété qu'ils possèdent à un haut degré, soit d'améliorer l'air quand ils sont au soleil, soit de le corrompre la nuit, ou lorsqu'ils sont à l'ombre; auxquelles on a joint une méthode nouvelle de juger du degré de salubrité de l'Atmosphère: Par Jean Ingen-Housz . . . Tome Second. Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe] chez Théophile Barrois le jeune. M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789.]","QK881.I52","

First Edition in French. Vol. II only. 8vo. 286 leaves; []2, a-c8, d4, A-Z, Aa-Ii8; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard IV, page 181.

Bound for Jefferson in marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by him at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Between sig. Ee7 and Ee8 (pages 446 and 447) Jefferson has inserted another issue of Ee8, pages 447, 8, from a larger copy with the margin folded, and has written at the foot: Carton a mettre ici, sans cependant oter la feuille originale de 447. 448. This leaf is a different set-up from that in the book, it has the reading formation for fermentation in line 8, recto, and at the foot of the same page has Tome II and an asterisk.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written in red ink on the back of the half-title: For M[???] Jefferson, ministre Plenipot. of the United States of America from the Author.

The presentation was made when both Ingenhousz and Jefferson were in Paris. On May 11, 1789 Ingenhousz wrote to Jefferson:

I take the liberty to recommend to your care this three copies of the II volume of my work on vegetables, one for Dr. Franklin; one for the Philosophical Society and one for M. Sam. Vaughan junior. I begg the favour of you to accept the fourth as a remembrance of mine. An other volume will soon appear, it being allmost out of press.

I should have pay'd you my respects a long while ago, but I was ill during the whole winter, and I am not yet strong enough to go far from my lodgings. Mr. Paradise told me today that you would be so good as to pack up these books among your own baggage, if I could send them immediately; but that I have time enough to write a letter, as you do not set out so soon your self . . .

The book was originally written in English, and published in 1779. The translation is by the author.

Jefferson had expressed his views on the theories of Ingenhousz before the receipt of this French translation. On July 19, 1788 he wrote to the Rev. James Madison, President of William and Mary College:

My last letter to you was of the 13th. of August last. as you seem willing to accept of the crums of science on which we are subsisting here, it is with pleasure I continue to hand them on to you in proportion as they are dealt out . . . you know also that Doctor Ingenhousz had discovered, as he supposed, from experiment, that vegetation might be promoted by occasioning streams of the electrical fluid to pass through a plant, and that other Physicians had received & confirmed his theory. he now however retracts it, and finds, by more decisive experiments, that the electrical fluid can neither forward nor retard vegetation. uncorrected still of the rage of drawing general conclusions from partial & equivocal observations, he hazards the opinion that light promotes vegetation. I have heretofore supposed from observation that light affects the colour of living bodies, whether vegetable or animal; but that either the one or the other receive nutriment from that fluid must be permitted to be doubted of till better confirmed by observation. it is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. in my mind, theories are more easily demolished than rebuilt . . ." "08300","J. 8","","","","Traité elémentaire de Chymie de Lavoisier","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 18, as above.","Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent.","Traité élémentaire de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d'après les découvertes modernes; avec figures: Par M. Lavoisier . . . Tome Premier [Second]. Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de Chardon] chez Cuchet, rue & hôtel Serpente. M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789.]","QD28 .L4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. with continuous signatures. Vol. I, 183 leaves, folded table, 7 folded numbered plates; vol. II, 171 leaves, plates VIII-XIII; all the plates by Madame Paulze Lavoisier.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in vol. I and at Ii in vol. II. Vol. I scorched on the back. On the fly-leaves are the written initials: M. de L. and on the half-title is written in ink: M. de Moulogne de la part de l'auteur. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Quérard IV, 642. Poggendorff I, 1392. Ferguson II, page 12. Grimaux, page 350.

A copy of this work (in 3 vol. including the Opuscules physiques et chimiques) was offered to Jefferson, by Roche, Philadelphia, on April 15, 1806, price $8.00, reliés.

Jefferson wrote of Lavoisier to the Rev. James Madison, in the same letter quoted on Ingenhousz above:

. . . speaking one day with Monsieur de Buffon on the present ardor of chemical enquiry, he affected to consider chemistry but as cookery, and to place the toils of the laboratory on a footing with those of the kitchen. I think it on the contrary among the most useful of sciences, and big with future discoveries for the utility & safety of the human race. it is yet indeed a mere embryon. it's principles are contested. experiments seem contradictory: their subjects are so minute as to escape our senses; and their result too fallacious to satisfy the mind. it is probably an age too soon to propose the establishment of system. the attempt therefore of Lavoisier to reform the chemical nomenclature is premature. one single experiment may destroy the whole filiation of his terms, and his string of Sulfates, Sulfites, and Sulfures may have served no other end than to have retarded the progress of the science by a jargon from the confusion of which time will be requisite to extricate us. accordingly it is not likely to be admitted generally . . .

Again on December 20 of the same year, 1788, in a letter to Dr. James Currie, at Richmond, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you have heard of the new chemical nomenclature endeavoured to be introduced by Lavoisier, Fourcroy &c. other chemists of this country, of equal note, reject it, and prove, in my opinion, that it is premature, insufficient, & false. these latter are joined by the British chemists; and upon the whole I think the new Nomenclature will be rejected after doing more harm than good. there are some good publications in it, which must be translated into the ordinary chemical language before they will be useful . . .

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1743-1794, French chemist whose name is associated with the overthrow of the phlogistic doctrine, was executed on May 8, 1794, as La Republique n'a pas besoin de savants. The plates for this book were made by his wife, the former Mademoiselle Paulze, whose father was executed at the same time." "08310","J. 9","","","","Elemens de Chymie de Chaptal.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 20, as above.","Chaptal, Jean Antoine Claude, Comte de Chanteloup.","Elémens de Chymie de J. A. Chaptal . . . Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Tome Premier [-Troisième.] A Paris: chez Deterville, An V. [1796 ère anc.]","QD27.C47","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 229 leaves, vol. II, 231 leaves, vol. III, 258 leaves, the last sheet for the Catalogue de Livres qui se trouvent chez Deterville.

This edition not in Quérard. Poggendorff I, col. 420. Not in Ferguson. Smith, page 32.

Contemporary calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased by Jefferson from Dufief in 1802. On February 19, 1802 Jefferson wrote to Dufief asking for several books including Chaptal's chemistry in French, if Dufief had it or could obtain it in Philadelphia.

On March 4, Dufief replied:

Aussitôt la reception de votre lettre j'ai mis à part pour vous la chimie de Chaptal en 3.v: 8vo.

And on March 20, he wrote:

. . . Vous reçeverez le Chaptal à la premiere occasion qui se presentera pour Washington.

On April 10 Jefferson wrote acknowledging the receipt of books from Dufief.

Jean Antoine Claude Chaptal, comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832, French chemist. The first edition of this book was published in 1790." "08320","J. 10","","","","Foronda Lecciones de Chimica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 24, as above.","Foronda, Valentin de.","Lecciones ligeras de Chîmica, por Don Valentin de Foronda . . . Tomo Primero. Madrid: en la Imprenta de Gonzalez. MDCCXCI. [1791.]","QD30.F73","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. Volume I (all published), 120 leaves: a, b, A-Z, AA-EE4, folded leaf inserted in sig. E and between BB and CC.

Not in Poggendorff. Not in Ferguson. Bibliothèque Nationale 53, col. 604.

Red morocco, gilt ornamental borders on the sides, gilt back, marbled end papers, g. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This is a thick paper copy, and was probably a presentation from the author, in a presentation binding.

Valentin de Foronda was from 1802 to 1809 the Spanish consul in Philadelphia. He was in correspondence with Jefferson at that time on questions respecting the Spanish colonies in North America. This work is in the form of a dialogue between father and son." "08330","J. 11","","","","Ewell's discourses on Modern chemistry.","","8vo. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 22, as above, omitting 2. cop.","Ewell, Thomas.","Plain discourses on the laws or properties of matter: containing the elements or principles of modern chemistry; with more particular details of those practical parts of the science most interesting to mankind, and connected with domestic affairs. Addressed to all American promoters of useful knowledge. By Thomas Ewell, M.D. of Virginia. One of the Surgeons of the United States Navy . . . New-York: Printed for Brisban & Brannan; Davis, Printer, 1806.","QD28.E8","

First Edition. 8vo in fours. 236 leaves, 2 full-page plates.

Not in Sabin. Smith, page 50. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iv, 397.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, plain end papers, by March. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The book is dedicated to Jefferson. Before it was written Ewell wrote to consult Jefferson on the propriety of writing such a work. In a letter to him dated from George Town, August 23, 1805, he wrote:

. . . Much indeed is it to be lamented that the researches of Philosophers are not more generally applied to the improvement of the arts . . . These considerations, together with having made chemistry my particular study for several years & being promised the assistance of some respectable chemists, have led me to believe that I might do some good, by publishing a system of chemistry—containing all the improvements that have been made in the science—couched in plain language—and with as few technical terms as possible . . . Should you accord with the sentiments as soon as you honor me by communicating your opinion I will engage in the work . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 30. This letter, edited with regard to spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, is quoted by Ewell in the Preface:

. . . how far a general work on chemistry is yet to be desired you are more able to judge than I am. but of the importance of turning a knolege of chemistry to houshold purposes I have been long satisfied. the common herd of philosophers seem to write only for one another. the chemists have filled volumes on the composition of a thousand substances of no sort of importance to the purposes of life; while the arts of making bread, butter, cheese, vinegar, soap, beer, cyder &c. remain totally unexplained. Chaptal has lately given the chemistry of wine making. the late Doctr. Pennington did the same as to bread, & promised to pursue the line of rendering his knolege useful to common life; but death deprived us of his labors. good treatises on these subjects would recieve general approbation . . .

On October 26 Ewell wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Enclosed is also a copy of Proposals by which your Excellency will perceive the plan of my proposed publication. It has not however received that great support which was expected would be given after the approbation of such illustrious characters.

On November 23, Ewell wrote for Jefferson's permission to dedicate the book to him:

Finding the prospect of procuring many subscribers to my work on chemistry, encreasing in a flattering degree, I shall send it, in a short time to the press. In pursuance with the custom of authors—I have determined to usher my performance into the world—under a dedication to an illustrious character . . .

After such reflections, it was natural that I should select you above all others—to inscribe my work to; and the privilege of so doing I have now respectfully to ask of you . . .

Jefferson replied on November 24, 1805:

I am thankful for the kind expressions towards myself contained in your letter of yesterday. it is to the honour of our countrymen that they exercise independantly their judgment for themselves, little influenced by a name. the intrinsic merit of your work will be it's best patronage. the honorable place you propose for my name will be chiefly felt by myself as it will be the consolatory testimony of the wise and virtuous in favor of my conduct. I am sincerely glad to learn that the number of subscriptions to the work prove the just attention of the public to the merit of the design.

On July 4, 1806, Ewell, writing on another matter, mentioned:

Before next December a copy of ''Plain discources on the chemical laws of matter'' will be submitted to your consideration . . .

A few days later, on July 13, he wrote to consult Jefferson about his dedication:

Several days since I returned by mail to your Excellency—Mr. Adet's work,—stating that ere long I hoped to present a copy of my discources on chemistry. These discources being written, and more than one thousand subscribers being annexed to my lists, in consequence of your letter in my prospectus, it is incumbent on me to have them printed as early as possible. I delay the commencement only for a few days, until I can consult you concerning the part which I had most pleasure in writing. I mean the dedication. There being no person whose favorable sentiments I am so solicitous to deserve and secure—as your Excellency's—to avoid publishing any sentence which could give displeasure, I determined to submit to your inspection the dedicatory part, previous to having it printed. Accordingly I enclose a copy. I hope that I may be gratified in publishing it, at least without altering the sentiments it contains. However should you refuse me this, any alteration you may suggest shall be attended to, with that pleasure which I shall always have in complying with your wishes . . .

Jefferson replied on the 15th:

Your favor of the 13th. is recieved. in the paper which your partiality for me proposes to prefix to your work I have ventured to make an alteration in the first paragraph because it contained an unnecessary & perhaps injurious reflection on foreign characters.

Certainly it must be to every man the greatest of gratifications to enjoy the good opinion of his fellow citizens, & especially of the thinking part of them, who examine & approve before they praise. yet in expressing this to the public a due moderation is necessary. and I refer to your own consideration whether the expressions which your partiality for me induces you to hazard, would not be less likely to excite dissent in others, if they were moderated through the whole of the composition. I confess they would much better accord with the consciousness of my own mind, which while it's wishes to do well are without measure, is perfectly aware that it's powers of effecting it are very limited. I do not say this from a false modesty, but from the observation that praise beyond it's due limits defeats itself.

I subscribe with pleasure to Bell's chirurgery, which is one of the most valuable books a family can possess. I do not recollect whether I have done the same by your own book of chemistry. but certainly I wish to be one of it's subscribers . . .

Ewell wrote on August 28:

My opinion of your goodness towards everyone, is such that I cannot give way to the fear that you may be offended at my addressing you so frequently.—Indeed it is with unaffected diffidence I now offer for your consideration, the first pages of that work, of the plan of which you were pleased to approve. My feelings are common to those who engage in hazardous enterprises, on which they are to rise—or fall for-ever. Upon reflection I thought it most prudent to alter those parts of the dedication alluding to your exertions in the political world. This was done with a view to avoid exciting in prejudiced & ill-natured persons that dissent which would prompt them to analyze the performance so minutely, as to exhibit in the strongest colors those defects which might retard its sale: for I was fully sensible that my writings are not fit for the scrutinizing eye. In the present state I hope you'll accept of the dedication as a testimony of the fact that there is no other person for whom I have such unbounded respect & gratitude.

I beg that you will not be displeased at seeing your letter in the preface of the work: Its value led me to insert it; & I cannot avoid believing with Dr. Rush that a letter of the kind & from such an influential source, ought to preface every book on chemistry . . .

Should you favor me by reading the first pages of my discourses, you will find something new. In fact it is only the three first & two last discourses which have the least claim for your perusal . . .

This letter had a postcript:

If it would not be too troublesome, I would be thankful if you would be pleased to return by mail, the Discourses after having read them. Jefferson subscribed for a copy of the book for which he paid Ewell $3.00; Ewell's signed receipt for that sum is dated December 27, 1806. His manuscript catalogue calls for two copies; only one was sold to Congress. Thomas Ewell, 1785-1826, was the son of a friend and classmate of Jefferson at William and Mary, at which college this work was eventually used as a text book. Ewell entered the naval hospital through Jefferson's influence and became a naval surgeon." "08340","J. 12","","","","Leçons elementaires de Chymie par Adet","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 21, as above.","Adet, Pierre Auguste.","Leçons élémentaires de chimie, à l'usage des Lycées. Ouvrage rédigé par Ordre du Gouvernement; par Pierre-Auguste Adet, Préfet du Département de la Nièvre. Paris: Dentu, An xiii. (1804.)","QD30 .A23","

First Edition. 8vo. 226 leaves; the initials A. D. written in ink on the back of the half-title.

Quérard I, page 12. Poggendorff I, 12.

Bound for Jefferson by March in tree calf, gilt ornaments and the original labels on the back, marbled end papers, marginalia shaved; the initial T written by Jefferson before sig. 1; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Nevers on March 3, 1806, a long letter beginning:

J'ose esperer que vous reçevrez avec bonté l'exemplaire que j'ai l'honneur de vous adresser d'un traité elementaire de chimie que j'ai redigé par ordre du gouvernement. je desire bien sincerement que cet ouvrage puisse obtenir votre suffrage, et surtout que l'hommage que je me plais à vous en faire soit à vos yeux une prevue de l'attachement, et du respect que je vous ai voué . . .

Jefferson replied on June 29, in the same letter quoted before on the affairs of Dr. Devèze [see no. 684] concerning whom Adet had written another letter, three days after this one. Jefferson's letter opens:

Your two letters of Mar. 3. & 6. have been duly recieved, and with them the copy of your elementary lessons in chemistry, for which I pray you to accept my thanks. my occupations not permitting me to read anything but the papers of the day, I reserve it among the treasures to be carried into that retirement to which I shall withdraw at the close of my present period . . .

Immediately after its receipt, sometime in June, Jefferson sent the book to Thomas Ewell, engaged on a similar work (above). Ewell returned it to Jefferson on July 4:

With this your Excellency will receive the work on chemistry by Mr. Adet—with which you were pleased to honor me by entrusting it to my care & attention, while at Washington. There being scarcely any thing new in it—either in matter—or arrangement—I have altered a determination to translate & publish it in this country . . .

March's binding bill was presented to Jefferson on October 7 in the same year, cost $1.00.

Pierre Auguste Adet, 1763-c. 1832, French chemist and diplomat, was for a time in the United States as minister plenipotentiary." "08350","J. 13","Chemistry. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 27, as above.","

Two tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March in August, 1805 (cost 62½ cents), a later label on the back lettered Archer./ Carbon-/ates./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]QD27 .P85 1803[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts:","Archer's Inaugural essay on lime, Magnesia & Potash.","i.","","","Archer, James.","An Inaugural Essay on the Effects, & Modus Operandi of the Carbonates of Lime, Magnesia, and Potash; in the cure of General & Local Diseases. By James Archer, of Maryland. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by W. F. M'Laughlin, 1804.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 28 leaves: []4, B-G4.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 511.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author, who has written on the verso of the fourth leaf:

For Thomas Jefferson, Presdt. U. A. S. &c. with the Compliments & highest respects of The Author. Nov. 1, 1804.

The book is dedicated to John Archer, M.B. A few corrections in ink occur in the text, probably by the author." "08360","J. 13","Chemistry. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 27, as above.","

Two tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March in August, 1805 (cost 62½ cents), a later label on the back lettered Archer./ Carbon-/ates./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]QD27 .P85 1803[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts:","Priestley on Phlogiston.","ii.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","The Doctrine of Phlogiston established, and that of the Composition of Water refuted. The second edition with additions. By Joseph Priestley L.L.D. F.R.S. &c . . . Northumberland: Printed for P. Byrne, Philadelphia, by Andrew Kennedy, 1803.","","

8vo. 72 leaves: a8, b4, A-G8, H4, errata on b4; the last leaf has a list of books By the Author of this Tract, consisting of 15 numbered titles, of which no. 10-15 are headed Published in America. Corrections in pencil in a later hand occur.

Not in Sabin. Fulton and Peters, page 8.

The dedication to Samuel Galton is dated from Northumberland on October 20, 1803. The first edition was published in Northumberland in 1800.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Northumberland, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1803:

. . . I directed a copy of the tract on phlogiston to be sent to you from Philadelphia . . .

The book was sent to Jefferson on December 20 from Philadelphia by John Vaughan:

By desire of Dr. Priestley I have sent per Post for your acceptance, the New Edition of his pamphlet on Phlogiston . . .

Jefferson wrote to Priestley from Washington on January 29, 1804:

Your favor of Dec. 12 came duly to hand, as did . . . the treatise on Phlogiston, for which I pray you to accept my thanks . . ." "08370","J. 14","","","","Conversations in chemistry.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 5, as above.","[Marcet, Jane.]","Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments. In two volumes. The second edition, revised and corrected. Vol. I. On simple bodies. [Vol. II. On compound bodies.] London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [vol. I. by E. Blackader, vol. II, by J. and E. Hodson], 1807.","QD30.M3","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 182 leaves; vol. II, 162 leaves; plates by Lowry after the Author, numbered I-XI; printer's imprint at the end of each volume and on the back of the half-title and the title respectively.

Halkett and Laing I, page 429. This edition not in Lowndes. A Catalogue of the Library of the Chemical Society, page 123.

Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in 1809. Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. by Jane Marcet is written in ink on both title-pages, and a few text corrections occur in the same hand; pencil scribblings also occur; on the back of plate v is written in pencil: Sarah Maria Watterston eleve a Madame Annin et une tres belle dame, jeune dame.

Purchased from Milligan in January 1809, price $5.00. The binding was done in March the same year, cost $1.50.

Jefferson had tried to buy a copy of this work from Duane in 1807, writing to him on October 14, for a decent English edition in 8vo. or 12mo. Duane replied on the 16th that the book was not to be had, and again reported in December of the same year that Neither is there an English copy of Mrs. Bryan's Chemical Conversations to be had.

Jane Marcet (née Haldimand), 1769-1858, Swiss-English writer for the young, and particularly, as she explains in her Introduction, for the female sex. This book was first issued in 1806, and was the author's earliest publication. It was published anonymously, and was at one time ascribed to Mrs. Margaret Bryan, as in Duane's report above." "08380","J. 15","","","","Watson's chemistry.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 2, as above.","Watson, Richard.","Chemical Essays. By R. Watson, D.D. F.R.S. and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Vol. I. Third Edition. [-Vol. V.] London: Printed for T. Evans (vol. IV. Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon for J. & J. Merrill [and others]), 1784, 5, 6, 7.","QD27.W34","

5 vol. Sm. 8vo. Third Edition of vol. I-III, First Edition of vol. IV and V. Vol. I, 181 leaves: a6, A-Y7 in eights, printed folded table; vol. II, 186 leaves; []2, A-Z8; vol. III, 192 leaves: []4, A-Z8, AA4; vol. IV, 214 leaves: []2, a8, b2, A-Z, Aa-Bb8, Cc2; vol. V, 192 leaves: a4, B-Z, Aa8, Bb1. The imprint of vol. III differs from the other Evans imprints and reads Printed by J. Davis for T. Evans; it is the only volume with a half-title. In vol. IV on b2 is a list of tracts by the author which would make a fifth volume, but I think would not be acceptable to many readers.

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Poggendorff.

Bound for Jefferson in mottled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 20/-. This entry would indicate that the first four volumes were acquired before the publication of the fifth, which was added later. The original entry reads: 4. v. 12mo. 16/ changed in ink to 5.v. 20/-.

Richard Watson, 1737-1816, Bishop of Llandaff, was sometime Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University." "08390","J. 16","","","","Chymie de Beaumé.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 8, as above.","Baumé, Antoine.","Chymie Expérimentale et Raisonnée, par M. Baumé . . . Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez P. Franç. Didot le jeune. M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773.]","QD27 .B34","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 324 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Baumé by St. Aubin after Cochin, 8 folded and numbered engraved plates; vol. II, 338 leaves; 2 folded plates; vol. III, 354 leaves; 2 folded plates; publisher's catalogue on the last leaf; 3 engraved vignettes, one on the title-page of each volume, by Le Veau after Moreau le jeune.

Poggendorff I, col. 116. Not in Ferguson.

Contemporary calf, gilt backs, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé on November 6, 1788. Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Antoine Baumé, 1728-1804, French pharmacist." "08400","J. 17","","","","Elemens d'histoire naturelle et de Chymie de Fourcroy.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 19, as above.","Fourcroy, Antoine François de.","Elémens d'histoire naturelle et de chimie; Second Édition des Leçons Elémentaires sur ces deux Sciences, publiées en 1782. Par M. de Fourcroy . . . Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. A Paris: chez Cuchet, rue et hôtel Serpente. M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786.]","QD28 .F78","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 263 leaves: a-f8, g2, A-Z, Aa-Cc8, Dd5; vol. II, 263 leaves: []2, A-Z, Aa-Kk7 in eights; vol. III, 277 leaves: []2, A-Z, Aa-Ll8, Mm3; vol. IV, 272 leaves: []2, A-Z, Aa-Kk8, Ll6; 8 folded tables.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Poggendorff. Not in Ferguson.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought several copies of this book from Froullé in 1787, and from Reibelt in 1804. His own copy was probably one of those purchased from Froullé in June 1787, broché price 24 (livres); the undated manuscript catalogue has a copy entered at that price.

Jefferson sent a copy to the Rev. James Madison at Williamsburg, with a letter dated from Paris, August 13, 1787, explaining that in Fourcroy's Chemistry all the later discoveries are digested, and in sending a copy to David Rittenhouse on September 18 he described the book as the best & most complete publication in that line which we have had for some time past.

Antoine François de Fourcroy, 1755-1802, French chemist and physician. He succeeded Macquer in the chair of chemistry in the Jardin des Plantes, and was a member of the committee with Berthollet and Guyton de Morveau to draw up the method of chemical nomenclature." "08410","J. 18","","","","Dictionnaire de Chymie de Macquer.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 1, as above, with the reading Macquers.","Macquer, Pierre Joseph.","Dictionnaire de chimie, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cette science, son application à la Physique, à l'Histoire naturelle, à la Médicine, & aux Arts dépendans de la Chimie. Par M. Macquer . . . Seconde édition, revue, & considérablement augmentée. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. Paris: chez Théophile Barrois le jeune. M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","QD5 .M24","

4 vol. Small 8vo. Vol. I, 86 leaves; vol. II, 274 leaves; vol. III, 310 leaves; vol. IV, 324 leaves.

Quérard V, page 418. Ferguson II, page 60. Poggendorff II, col. 8.

Old mottled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, green sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in each volume; a few minor corrections in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

A Dictionnaire de Chymie 2. v. 12mo. was on the list of books bought by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley in March, 1785.

For a note on Macquer see no. 823. This work was originally published anonymously in 1766." "08420","J. 19","","","","Crawford on Animal heat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 13, as above.","Crawford, Adair.","Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat, and the Inflammation of Combustible Bodies; being an Attempt to resolve these Phenomena into a General Law of Nature. By A. Crawford, M.D. F.R.S. L. and E. and Member of the Philosophical Societies of Dublin and Philadelphia. The Second edition, with very large additions. London: Printed for J. Johnson. M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","QC253.C89","

8vo. 254 leaves: A-Z, Aa-Hh8, Ii4, Kk2, 4 engraved plates (1 folded) by Woodman & Mutlow.

This edition not in Poggendorff and not in Ferguson. Catalogue of the Library of the Chemical Society, 46.

Original calf (the back slightly scorched). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by Benjamin Vaughan, who, in sending him a hygrometer on April 5, 1788, wrote from London:

. . . With the above hygrometers, I take the liberty to send Dr. Crawford's book on Animal Heat & Combustion . . .

Jefferson replied on July 23:

. . . I will now recur to the subjects of your letter of Jan. 1787. and first of all accept my thanks for Dr. Crawford's book which I had long desired . . .

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Adair Crawford, 1748-1795, British physician and chemist. This work which was first published in 1779, is dedicated to Richard Kirwan, q. v.

Adair Crawford's brother, Dr. John Crawford, was living in Baltimore in 1811, and in correspondence with Jefferson." "08430","20","","","","Dobson's Commentary on fixed air.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 9, as above.","Dobson, Matthew.","A Medical Commentary on Fixed Air . . . By Matthew Dobson, M.D. F.R.S. Third Edition. With an Appendix on the Efficacy of the Solution of Fixed Alkaline Salts saturated with Fixible Air, in the Stone and Gravel. With large Additions, and several new Cases. By William Falconer, M.D. F.R.S. and Physician to the General Hospital at Bath. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1787.","RM676 .D63","

8vo. 153 leaves; 63 leaves at the end for the Appendix, with separate pagination.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 863. Not in Poggendorff. Not in Lowndes.

Matthew Dobson, d. 1784, was a native of Liverpool, England. The first edition of his work was published in Chester, 1779.

William Falconer, 1744-1824, miscellaneous writer, edited this edition of Dobson's work, and added the Appendix of which the dedication to Benjamin Colborne is dated from Bath, May, 1787." "08440","J. 21","","","","Rouland de l'air.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 10, as above.","Rouland.","Tableau historique des propriétés et des phénomènes de l'air, considéré dans ses différens états et sous ses divers rapports; par M. Rouland, Professeur de Physique Expérimentale, & Démonstrateur en l'Université de Paris. A Paris: chez Gueffier, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784.]","QC19 .R85","

First Edition. 8vo. 327 leaves; printer's device on the title, Fautes à corriger on the last leaf.

Quérard VIII, page 185. Poggendorff II, 705. Not in Ferguson.

Bound for Jefferson in French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e., with Jefferson's lettering slip for the binder, Rouland de l'air, inserted on the title-page; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; some passages marked in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Little seems to be known of the life of the author. He was a member of several learned societies, and held the posts named in the title. This book is dedicated to Monsieur Sigaud de La Fond." "08450","J. 22","","","","Sigaud de la fond sur l'air.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 11, as above.","Sigaud de La Fond, Jean René.","Essai sur différentes especes d'air-fixe, ou de gas, pour servir de suite & de supplément aux Elémens de Physique du même Auteur. Par M. Sigaud de la Fond . . . Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée, par M. Rouland, Professeur de Physique experimentale, & Démonstrateur en l'Université de Paris. Vol. in -8. Prix 5 liv. broché. A Paris: chez P. Fr. Gueffier. M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.","QD27 .S57","

8vo. 264 leaves; 8 folded plates; on the back of the half-title is M. Rouland's advertisement for his Cours de Physique.

Quèrard IX, page 135. Poggendorff II, col. 927.

Bound for Jefferson in French calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, m. e.; with Jefferson's lettering slip for the binder, reading Sigaud de l'air inserted on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 7.5.

Jean René Sigaud de La Fond, 1740-1810, French physicist. For Rouland see the previous entry." "08460","J. 23","","","","De la Metherie sur les differentes especes d'air.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 12, as above.","La Métherie, Jean Claude de.","Essai analytique sur l'air pur, et les différentes espèces d'air. Par M. de la Metherie, Docteur en Médicine. A Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente [Cuchet], M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","QD27 .L22","

First Edition. 8vo. 243 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 495. Poggendorff I, 1360. Not in Ferguson.

Bound for Jefferson in French marbled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e; with Jefferson's lettering slip for the binder, reading Metherie de l'air inserted on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7.5.

Jean Claude de La Métherie, 1743-1811, French doctor of medicine, was Professor of Natural History at the College de France, Paris." "08470","J. 24","","","","Pennington's economical & chemical essays.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 17, as above.","Penington, John.","Chemical and economical essays, designed to illustrate the connection between the theory and practice of chemistry, and the application of that science to some of the arts and manufactures of the United States of America. ''It is a pity so few chemists are dyers, and so few dyers chemists.'' By John Penington. Philadelphia: Printed for Joseph James. M,DCC,XC. [1790.]","QD27 .P41","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 104 leaves; 3 engraved plates.

Sabin 59666. Evans 22757.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson mentioned Dr. Penington's work in a letter to Thomas Ewell, quoted above (no. 833).

John Penington, 1768-1793, Quaker, member of the American Philosophical Society, practised medicine in Philadelphia, where he died of yellow fever. The dedication to Caspar Wistar, Junior, M.D. is dated from Philadelphia, May 25, 1790." "08480","J. 25","","","","Smith's oration or Sketch of the revolutions in chemistry.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 36. no. 25, as above.","Smith, Thomas Peters.","A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry. By Thomas P. Smith. Philadelphia: Printed by Samuel H. Smith. M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798.]","QD14 .S7","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 20 leaves. The half-title reads: Annual Oration delivered before the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, April 11th, 1798.

Sabin 84411. Evans 34559. Not in Ferguson.

Tree calf. Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson, with the author's inscription on the half-title: To Thos. Jeffeson (sic) with the compliments of The Author. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Peters Smith was a member of the American Philosophical Society and contributed several articles to its Transactions." "08490","J. 26","","","","Jacobs's Chemical pocket companion.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 6, as above.","Jacobs, William Stephen.","The Student's Chemical Pocket Companion. By W. S. Jacobs, M.D. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by S. W. Conrad, 1802. Copy-right secured.","QD30 .J17","

First Edition. 12mo. 61 leaves: []3, B-K6, L4.

Not in Sabin. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, padded with blanks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This and the book next described were sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on November 18, 1802:

I take the liberty of sending you my Inaugural Dissertation, with a copy of ''the Students Chemical Pocket Companion.'' In doing this, I am directed more by a desire of evincing to you, the grateful sensations created by a recollection of the politeness you shew me, when I had the honor of living with Doctor Wistar, than a desire of praise, if there should be any real merit in the performance." "08500","J. 27","","","","Jacobs's experiments on Urinary & Intestinal Calculi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 26, as above.","Jacobs, William Stephen.","Experiments and observations in urinary and intestinal calculi. With engravings. By William Stephen Jacobs, of Brabant; Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical and Chemical Societies . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Carr & Smith, 1801.","RC921 .J2","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 21 leaves, colored plates in the text by James Akin, one after J. J. Barralet.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vii, 150.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, padded with blanks. Under the word Finis at the end Jefferson has written his initials T. J. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This was Jacobs's Inaugural essay for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, June 1801, and was sent to Jefferson by the author (see the previous title). It is dedicated to Caspar Wistar." "08510","J. 28","","","","Morveau des Moyens de desinfecter l'air.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 23, as above.","Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron.","Traité des moyens de désinfecter l'air, de prévenir la Contagion, et d'en arrêter les progrès, par L. B. Guyton-Morveau . . . Troisième édition, avec des planches et des additions considérables relatives surtout à la fiévre jaune. A Paris: chez Bernard, 1805.","RA761 .G9","

8vo. 228 leaves; 3 plates by Sellier. On the back of the title is the publisher's list of the author's works, and on Ee8 recto is a notice that on page 387 can be read the addresses of the artistes auxquels on peut s'adresser pour avoir les Flacons portatifs et les Appareils de désinfection.

Quérard III, page 561.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornamental back, lettered Disinfection/par/Morveau/, marbled end papers, by March. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Reibelt in December, 1804, price $1.50. This was one of the books retained by Jefferson for his own use from a case of books sent by Reibelt for the Secretary of State to make his selections. It is included in Jefferson's list of books acquired during the year 1804.

The binding was done by March on February 15, 1805, cost $1.00. A copy was also on Jefferson's binding bill, June, 1807.

On January 4, 1805, immediately after the purchase of this book Jefferson offered to lend it to Caspar Wistar, in the same letter in which he asked for the return of the work of Faujas (see no. 640):

. . . have you seen a work of Morveau's Sur les moyens de desinfecter l'air &c? it is a work of great interest to cities subject to infection, to hospitals, vessels, & indeed to the country inhabitants. if you have not seen it, I will send it to you by post . . .

On November 2, 1806, Jefferson sent a copy to Wistar for the American Philosophical Society:

I am indebted to m[???] Kuhn, our Consul at Genoa, for M. de Morveau's book on the disinfection of air, and for a set of his permanent and portable apparatus for disinfection. for this attention to what may be useful to his country M[???]. Kuhn deserves our high commendations. I do not know that I can more effectually answer his views than by depositing these things with the American Philosophical society. they may be able, thro' their Medical members especially, to ascertain by experiments the efficacy of M. de Morveau's process. I had read his book some time ago, and considering his high character as a guarantee of his facts, I concieved that his process might become of great public value. I considered it with a view to the disinfection of vessels from suspected ports . . .

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, 1737-1816, French chemist. He married Madame Claudine Poullet, see no. 827." "08520","J. 29","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 29, Cazalet Theorie de la Nature, 8vo.","Cazalet, Jean-André.","Théorie de la Nature, Par Jean-André Cazalet, Professeur de Physique et de Chimie, à Bordeaux . . . Livre premier et deuxième. Bordeaux: chez Pierre Beaume, 1796.","Q157 .C4","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 106 leaves; woodcut diagram on page (35).

Quérard II, page 94. Poggendorff I, 409.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf. Not initialled by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, with an inscription on the verso of the title leaf: Presented at the request of the Author, to Thomas Jefferson Esqre by J. F.

Jean-André Cazalet, 1750-1821, French chemist." "08530","J. 30","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 35. no. 28, Cooper's introductory lecture in Chemistry, 8vo.","Cooper, Thomas.","The Introductory Lecture, of Thomas Cooper, Esq. Professor of Chemistry at Carlisle College Pennsylvania. Published at the Request of the Trustees. With Notes and References. Carlisle: Printed by Archibald Loudon [for Patrick Byrne], 1812.","QD14 .C8","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 122 leaves: []4, A-Z, Aa-Ff4, Gg2; Patrick Byrne's advertisement on the back of the title.

Not in Sabin. Not Ferguson.

Original tree calf; corrections and notes in ink by the author occur, that on the last page (a quotation from Von Humboldt's New Spain), cut into by the binder.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the title-page: The author to T. Jefferson Esq.

On the 26th of June, 1812, John E. Hall wrote to Jefferson from Baltimore:

In a parcel of books which I have just received from my friend Judge Cooper, I find a copy of his Lecture on Chemistry, which I presume was intended to be forwarded to you by me. I shall therefore transmit it by the same post with this letter . . .

On July 10, 1812, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Cooper:

I recieved by our last post, through m[???] Hall of Baltimore, a copy of your introductory lecture to a course of chemistry for which accept my thanks. I have just entered on the reading of it and percieve that I have a feast before me. I discover, from an error of the binder, that my copy has duplicates of pages 122. 123. 126. 127. and wants altogether pages 121. 124. 125. 128. and foreseeing that every page will be a real loss, and that the book has been printed at Carlisle, I will request your directions to the printer to inclose those 4. pages under cover to me at this place near Milton . . . altho there are typographical errors in your lecture, I wonder to see so difficult a work so well done at Carlisle . . .

On January 16, 1814 Jefferson wrote to Cooper:

Your favor of Nov. 8. if it was rightly dated, did not come to hand till Dec. 13. and being absent on a long journey it has remained unanswered till now. the copy of your introductory lecture was recieved & acknoleged in my letter of July 12. 1812. with which I sent you Tracy's 1st. vol. on Logic . . .

Thomas Cooper, M. D. 1759-1840, natural philosopher, lawyer and politician, was born in London. He emigrated to America in 1793, to join his friend Priestley and brought with him a letter of introduction to Jefferson from Joseph Barnes. He occupied the chair of chemistry at Dickinson College at Carlisle, in the University of Pennsylvania, and at South Carolina College. Later he was offered the chair of chemistry at the University of Virginia by Jefferson. In a letter to Joseph Cabell, written on June 27, 1810, Jefferson described Cooper as a political refugee with Dr. Priestley from the fires & mobs of Birmingham. he is one of the ablest men in America, & that in several branches of science . . ." "08540","J. 1","","","","Mauriceau. Maladies des femmes grosses.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 7, as above.","Mauriceau, François.","Traité des Maladies des Femmes grosses, et de celles qui sont accouchées . . . Ouvrage tres-utile aux Chirurgiens, & necessaire à toutes les Sages-femmes, pour apprendre à bien pratiquer l'Art des accouchemens. Composé par François Mauriceau . . . Troisiéme Edition. Corrigée par l'Auteur, & augmentée de plusieurs figures, & de toutes les plus particulieres observations touchant la pratique des accouchemens. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1681.]","RG93 .M45","

4to. 272 leaves (only, should be 276, lacks sig. D); numerous engraved plates in the text, full-page and smaller.

Quérard V, page 647. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vii, 725.

Rebound (in red buckram), by the Library of Congress in 1922. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T; contemporary drawings in ink on the edges, many leaves foxed.

François Mauriceau, 1637-1709, French surgeon and obstetrician. This work, first published in 1668, was frequently reprinted in French and was also translated into several European languages, and into Latin by the author." "08550","2","","","","La Forest. l'art de soigner les pieds.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 6, as above.","Laforest.","L'Art de Soigner les Pieds, contenant: un Traité sur les Cors, Verrues, Durillons, Oignons, Engelures, les accidens des Ongles & leur difformité. Nouvelle édition, augmentée d'un Chapitre sur la manière de soigner les pieds des Soldats en Garnison & dans les Mouvemens & de deux Planches pour l'intelligence de cet Ouvrage. Présenté au Roi, Par M. Laforest, Chirurgien-Pédicure de sa Majesté & de la Famille Royale. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, Méquignon l'ainé, Blaizot, 1782.","","

12mo. 106 leaves, 2 folded engraved plates; the colophon reads De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, rue de Sorbonne, 1782. Quérard IV, page 419. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vii, 768.

This is the only title entered in Chap. 9. Surgery in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue. The price is given, 2-6.

The first edition of this work was published in 1781. The author's address as given in the imprint, was rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, Maison de M. Bourdet, Chirurgien-Dentiste du Roi. According to his statement on the verso of the title leaf, L'Auteur se transportera chez les Personnes qui le seront avertir, tous les jours, excepté les Dimanches, qu'il est à la Cour . . ." "08560","3","","","","Water's abridgment of Benjamin Bell's Surgery.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 1, as above.","Bell, Benjamin.","A System of Surgery. Extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh: by Nicholas B. Waters, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia . . . Illustrated with notes and copperplates. Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791.","RD30 .B35","

First Waters Edition. 8vo. in fours. 304 leaves, 12 plates by J. Trenchard.

Evans 23170. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 851.

Benjamin Bell, 1749-1806, Scottish surgeon. His System of Surgery was first printed in Edinburgh in 6 volumes 8vo., 1782-1787.

Nicholas Baker Waters, 1764-1796, a native of Maryland, was the son-in-law of David Rittenhouse, and practised medicine in Philadelphia.

The illustrative notes are by John Jones, 1729-1791, the friend of Washington and Franklin and the author of the first surgical text-book printed in the American colonies." "08570","4","","","","Theorie et pratique de l'art du Dentiste. par Laforgue.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 5, as above.","Laforgue, Louis.","Théorie et Pratique de l'Art du Dentiste. Avec 20 planches représentant des instruments, dents, dentiers et obturateurs. Deuxième édition revue . . . et considérablement augmentée par L. Laforgue . . . Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1810.","","

2 vol. 8vo., plates, portrait.

Quérard IV, page 420. Crowley, 831, 864. Weinberger II, page 952.

Louis Laforgue, French dentist, was received at the Collège de Chirurgie at Paris, and was dentist to the poor in the departement de la Seine.

The first edition was printed in 1802 with a different title." "08580","5","","","","J. Bell's principles of Surgery abridged by Smith.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 2, Smith's abridgment of John Bell's principles of Surgery, 8vo.","Bell, John.","The Principles of Surgery. By John Bell, Surgeon. Abridged by J. Augustine Smith, of The Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in The College of Physicians and Surgeons in the University of the State of New-York. With Notes and Additions. New-York: Printed and Sold by Collins and Perkins, 1810.","RD31 .B43","

8vo. in fours. 308 leaves: a4, b2, A-Z, 2A-AZ, 3A-3Z, 4A4, 4B2, A-D4, [ ]4, 7 full-page plates, 6 of which are by F. Kearny after J. Bell, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. The text ends on 3Z3, and is followed by An Appendix ending on 4B1 verso. 4B2 has Collins and Perkins advertisements, the recto being occupied with the announcement of their edition of The Anatomy of the Human Body, Illustrated with One Hundred and Twenty-Five Engravings. In Four Volumes, bound in Two. By John & Charles Bell . . . Signature A begins a Catalogue of Books; in Medicine, Surgery, Anatomy, Physiology, the Veterinary Art, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Botany, and in other branches of Natural History for sale by Collins & Perkins, pp. 1-23. The last four leaves are concerned with Mitchell and Millar's Repository & Review.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 853.

Purchased from Collins & Perkins in 1809.

On February 25, 1809, immediately before his retirement from the Presidency, Jefferson, writing from Washington, ordered a copy from the publishers:

Th: Jefferson asks the favor of Messrs. Collins & Perkins to send him a copy of Smith's abridgment of John Bell's Principles of Surgery. if sent by the mail it will reach this place before Th: J. leaves it. he incloses the price announced in a bank bill of this place, the only means of making so small a remittance.

Collins & Perkins replied from New York, 3rd mo. 1st 1809:

We are this morning favoured with thy letter inclosing five dollars, and requesting us to send thee Smiths Abridgement of John Bell's Principles of Surgery. We are under a little embarrassment how to act, in consequence of that work not having yet been published—and will not for some months. We, however, conclude to place thy name on the list of Subscribers; and, unless otherwise directed by thee, will retain the money remitted for the copy, which shall be sent as soon as it is published.

Several years previously, on July 15, 1806, in a letter to Thomas Ewell of Georgetown (see no. 833) Jefferson wrote:

I subscribe with pleasure to Bell's chirurgery, which is one of the most valuable books a family can possess . . .

John Bell's Surgery, $3.50, is one of the titles on March's bill, Georgetown, February 2, 1807.

John Bell, 1763-1820, Scottish surgeon. The Principles of Surgery was originally published in Edinburgh in three volumes, quarto, 1801-1808.

John Augustine Smith, 1782-1865, physician and College President, was a native of Westmoreland County, Virginia. In 1814 he was appointed President of William and Mary College, and in 1824, on account of the decreasing number of students, proposed to remove the college to Richmond. This plan failed owing to the opposition of Thomas Jefferson and his interest in the establishment of the State University (Central College, now the University of Virginia), at Charlottesville." "08590","6","","","","Cooper's first lines of the practice of Surgery.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 4, as above.","Cooper, Samuel.","The First Lines of the Practice of Surgery: being an elementary work for Students, and a concise book of reference for Practitioners. Part I. General Surgical Subjects. Part II. Particular Surgical Subjects. With Nine Plates. By Samuel Cooper . . . Philadelphia: Printed for F. Nichols, by Thomas and George Palmer, 1808.","RD31 .C8","

First American Edition. 8vo. in fours. 247 leaves, 9 numbered plates.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iii, 908.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Joseph Milligan on May 7, 1808, cost $2.75.

Samuel Cooper, 1780-1848, English surgeon and writer. The first edition of The First Lines was published in 1807 and was frequently reprinted. The author later served on the field of Waterloo." "08600","7","","","","John Bell's Discourses on wounds, adhesion & amputation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 37. no. 3, as above.","Bell, John.","Discourses on the Nature and Cure of Wounds . . . By John Bell, Surgeon. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; and T. Cadell Junr and W. Davies, (Successors to Mr Cadell), London, 1795.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 3 parts in 1. 248 leaves, 2 full-page plates at the end, and an engraving in the text in the second part, (2 by and after the author, 1 by Je. Beugo after the author); half-title, separate pagination and signatures for each part; publisher's advertisement of Thirty-Two engravings, explaining the Anatomy of the Bones . . . Edinburgh, 1794, by the same author on the verso of (a)i.

An undated letter from Dr. Walter Jones (endorsed by Jefferson recd. Jan. 8. 07.) seems to refer to this book.

W. Jones presents his respects to the President, and more distinctly informs him, as well as one perusal of J. Bells work in octavo, at a distant time permits him; that he thinks the Title is, Discourses on Surgery—it consists of five or six distinct Tracts, on Aneurism, Gun shot wounds, & other capital Branches of Surgery.—The introductory discourse contains a very full exposition of his particular doctrines in the art, fortified or illustrated by a good deal of learning & criticism." "08610","1","","","","Certitude de la medecine et autre ecrits de Cabanis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 36, as above.","Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges.","Du Degré de Certitude de la Médicine, Par P. J. G. Cabanis, membre du Sénat Conservateur, de l'Institut national, de l'Ecole et Société de Médecine de Paris, de la Société Philosophique de Philadelphie, etc. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée de plusieurs autres écrits du même auteur . . . A Paris: chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, An XI—1803.","","

8vo. 273 leaves.

Quérard II, page 5 (with date 1802). This edition not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 567. Huzard Catalogue III, no. 627.

Jefferson purchased a copy from P. & C. Roche, Philadelphia, in May, 1807.

In a letter to that firm, written from Monticello on May 10, acknowledging the receipt of the Coup d'oeil of Cabanis [see the next title], Jefferson wrote:

. . . the work of the latter author [i. e. Cabanis] brings to my knolege another of his, of which I had never before heard 'de la certitude de la medicine'. perhaps you may have this also in your collection in which case I should be glad to recieve it . . .

There is no advertisement or other mention of this work in the Library of Congress copy of the Coup d'oeil.

The book was sent, and included in Roche's bill on May 26, price $3.50, relié.

Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, 1757-1808, French physician and philosopher, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, was an intimate of the circle of Madame Helvétius at Auteuil, which included Jefferson and Franklin. The first edition of this book was published in 1797.

In a letter to Charles Willson Peale, March 13, 1808, Jefferson described Cabanis as the first Physician & author of the ablest works on that subject in France." "08620","2","","","","Coup d'oeil sur les revolutions et sur la reforme de la medecine. par Cabanis.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 37, as above.","Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges.","Coup d'Oeil sur les Révolutions et sur la Réforme de la Médicine. Par P.J.G. Cabanis . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet. Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An XII—1804.","R131 .C11","

First Edition. 8vo. 225 leaves.

Quérard II, page 5. Huzard Catalogue III, no. 14. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 567.

Jefferson purchased a copy from P. & C. Roche, Philadelphia, in 1807.

On April 3 of that year he wrote to them from Washington:

. . . I observe a work lately published in France by Dr. Cabanis on the revolutions and reform of medicine. from my knolege of the author I am sure it must be a work of the first merit, and if you have it, or should recieve it, in French, I would thank you for it.

Peter Roche replied on April 9:

J'ai été honoré de votre lettre du 3me courant qui me demande . . . le Coup d'oeil sur les Révolutions & la Réforme de la médicine par Mr. Cabanis; J'ai bien le dernier ouvrage dans mon magasin . . .

The book was sent on April 26, price $3.50. Jefferson acknowledged its receipt on May 10, and in the same letter ordered Cabanis' Du Degré de certitude de la Médicine [see the previous number].

Jefferson mentioned the Coup d'Oeil, though he had not yet seen a copy, in a letter to Volney written on February 8, 1805, only a few months after its publication:

. . . I am glad to hear that M. Cabanis is engaged in writing on the reformation of medecine. it needs the hand of a reformer, and cannot be in better hands than his. will you permit my respects to him and the Abbé de la Roche to find a place here . . .

The Avertissement of this work is dated Auteuil, ce 25 ventose an XII, and the book dated at the end Auteuil, ce 30 germinal an III." "08630","3","","","","Dictionnaire des drogues simples de Lemery.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 89, as above.","Lémery, Nicolas.","Dictionaire, ou, Traité universel des drogues simples . . . ouvrage dépendant de la ''Pharmacopée universelle'' par Nicolas Lemery . . . Troisième édition . . . augmentée par l'auteur. Avec figures en taille douce. Amsterdam, 1716.","","

4to. 295 leaves, plates; no copy was located for collation.

Quérard V, page 141. Not in Osler. Hirsch III, 655.

Nicolas Lémery, 1645-1715, French pharmacist, chemist and physician. The first edition of the Pharmacopée universelle was published in Paris in 1698." "08640","4","","","","Quincey's Dispensatory.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 16, as above.","Quincy, John.","Pharmacopœia officinalis et extemporanea; or a complete English dispensatory. In two parts, theoretic and practical . . . The Twelfth edition, much enlarged and corrected. London: T. Longman, 1749.","RS151 .3 .Q5","

8vo. 2 parts in 1. 140 and 278 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, text in double columns.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xi, 953.

John Quincy, d. 1722, English medical writer.

The English Dispensatory was first published in 1721 and contains a complete account of the materia medica and therapeutics." "08650","5","","","","New Dispensatory.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 17, as above.","","The Edinburgh New Dispensatory: containing I. The Elements of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. II. The Materia Medica . . . III. The Pharmaceutical Preparations and Medicinal Compositions of the New Editions of the London (1788) and Edinburgh (1783) Pharmacopoeias; with Explanatory, Critical, and Practical Observations on each . . . The Whole interspersed with practical Cautions and Observations, and enriched by the latest Discoveries in Natural History, Chemistry, and Medicine; with new Tables of elective Attractions, of Antimony, of Mercury, &c. and Copperplates of the most convenient Furnaces, and Principal Pharmaceutical Instruments. Being an Improvement upon the New Dispensatory of Dr. Lewis. A New Edition; with many Alterations, Corrections, and Additions. [By Andrew Duncan.] Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791.","RS151 .3 .L4","

8vo. 328 leaves, 3 engraved plates; text printed in double columns.

Evans 23503. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

William Lewis, 1714-1781, English chemist. His New Dispensatory was first published in London in 1753.

Andrew Duncan, the elder, 1744-1828, Scottish physician and professor at Edinburgh University. His edition of Lewis's New Dispensatory was first printed in 1786, and several times reprinted. Later it was reedited by his son Andrew Duncan, junior." "08660","6","","","","Salmon's supplement to the Dispensatory.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 1, as above, p 8vo.","Salmon, William.","Phylaxa Medicina: A Supplement to the London-Dispensatory, and Doron: being, a Cabinet of choice Medicines collected, and fitted for vulgar Use. By William Salmon, M.D. The Medicines mentioned in this Book, are to be had ready prepared at the Author's House at the Blew-Balcony by the Ditch-side near Holborn-Bridge, London. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Simon Neale, 1688.","","

8vo. 52 leaves, printed in double columns.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Osler. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, page 315.

William Salmon, 1644-1713, English empiric, travelled in New England and the West Indies before settling to the irregular practice of medicine in London. The preface to this edition of his Phylaxa Medicina has the date of the first edition, March 27, 1684. The Doron Medison was printed in the previous year, 1683." "08670","7","","","","London Dispensatory by Healde.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 18, as above.","","The New Pharmacopœia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, with Notes, Indexes of new Names, Preparations, &c. &c. By Thomas Healde, M.D. F.R.S. . . . The Second Edition, corrected. London: Printed, by J. W. Galabin, for T. Longman, 1788.","RS141 .3 .L62","

8vo. 184 leaves: A-Z8.

This edition not in the Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

The copy collated above from the collections of the Library of Congress was included in its catalogue of 1864, described as a second edition. Jefferson's Manuscript catalogue and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue omit the date of publication. The 1831 and 1849 catalogues give the date as 1788 but do not specify the edition. In these circumstances, the volume having been rebound, it is impossible to know whether this may have been Jefferson's copy, or whether he had a copy of the first edition, published in the same year.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5/-.

Thomas Healde, 1724?-1789, English physician." "08680","8","","","","Fuller's Pharmacopoeia.","","24s","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 2, as above, 12mo.","Fuller, Thomas.","Pharmacopœia Extemporanea, sive, præscriptorum sylloge, in qua remediorum elegantium, et efficacium paradigmata, ad omnes ferè medendi intentiones accommodata, candide proponuntur. Una cum viribus, operandi ratione, dosibus & indicibus annexis. Editio quinta auctior & emendatior. Per Tho. Fuller . . . Londini: impensis B. Walford, 1714.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

Not in Osler. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

An edition of this work in English, with title: Pharmacopeia extemporanea: or, a body of medicines, containing a thousand select prescripts . . . was published in 1714, in 8vo. In view of Jefferson's description of the format as 24s., it is to be presumed that he had the Latin edition in 12mo.

Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician. This was the first of three collections of prescriptions published by him and was originally issued in 1702." "08690","9","","","","Pharmacopoeia Londinensis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 3, as above.","","Pharmacopœiæ Collegii Regalis Londini remedia omnia succincte descripta; atque serie alphabetice . . . editio quarta . . . cura J. Shipton. London, 1711.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society II, 184.

James Shipton, fl. 1700, English druggist. The first edition of his Pharmacopoeiæ was published in 1678." "08700","10","","","","Elemens de Pharmacie par Beaumé.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 15, as above.","Baumé, Antoine.","Eléments de Pharmacie théorique et pratique. Contenant toutes les Opérations fondamentales de cet Art, avec leur définition, & une Explication de ces Opérations, par les Principes de la Chymie . . . Avec l'exposition des Vertus & Doses des Médicaments, à la suite de chaque Article. Par M. Baumé, Maitre Apothicaire de Paris, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, & de celle de Madrid. Cinquieme édition, revue, corrigée, & fort augmentée. A Paris: chez Samson, 1784.","","

8vo. 464 leaves, 3 folded plates, 1 folded table.

This edition not in Quérard. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 811.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

For another work by Baumé see no. 839. The first edition of this work was published in 1762." "08710","11","","","","Cullen's Materia medica.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 19, as above.","Cullen, William.","A Treatise of the Materia Medica, by William Cullen, M.D. . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II]. Edinburgh: Printed. Re-Printed for, and sold by J. Crukshank and R. Campbell, Philadelphia, R. Hodge, S. Campbell, and T. Allen, New York, 1789.","RS153 .C93","

First American Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 164 leaves, vol. II, 212 leaves; the imprint of vol. II varies from that of vol. I; on the last page is the advertisement of Hodge, Allen and Campbell, the proprietors of the Congressional Register.

Evans 21775, 21776. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 556.

William Cullen, 1710-1790, Scottish physician. His lectures on the Materia Medica were first published without his consent in London, 1771, 4to, and were reprinted with his permission in 1773. In 1789 Cullen rewrote the lectures and published them with the title A treatise of the Materia Medica, Edinburgh, 1789. 2 vol. 4to. Cullen was one of the first to give clinical or infirmary lectures in Great Britain, and was the first to give them in the vernacular instead of in Latin. He took an active part in editing the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia (q. v.)." "08720","12","","","","Pharmacopoeia of Massachusets.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 5. Pharmacopoeia Massachusetts, 12mo.","Massachusetts Medical Society.","The Pharmacopœia of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Boston: Published by E. & J. Larkin, Greenough and Stebbins, printers, 1808.","RS141 .2 .M3","

First Edition. 12mo. 189 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 664.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost 50 cents.

A Statement as to the printing of the Pharmacopœia on A1 is signed by James Jackson and John C. Warren, committee for the Pharmacopœia, Boston, December 17, 1807." "08730","13","","","","Blancardi Lexico Medicum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 20, as above.","Blankaart, Steven.","Steph. Blancardi Lexicon Medicum Renovatum, in quo totius artis Medicæ termini, in Anatome, Chirurgia, Pharmacia, Chymia, Re Botanica etc. Usitati, dilucide & breviter exponuntur juxta Neotericorum tum Practicorum tum Mechanicorum placita & verè demonstrata principia. Hisce adjungitur Græcarum vocum Etymologia; tum earum Belgica, Germanica, Gallica, Anglica &c. interpretatio; cum indicibus locupletissimis. Editio novissima, cæteris longe auctior & perfectior. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1717.","","

8vo. 455 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and four leaves of engraved tables.

Van der Aa II, 586. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, ii, 407.

Steven Blankaart, b. circa 1650, Dutch physician. The first edition of this work was published in Amsterdam in 1679. This edition of 1717 has the preface of the fourth edition, dated from Amsterdam, 1702." "08740","14","","","","Blancard's Physical dictionary.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 21, as above.","Blankaart, Steven.","The Physical Dictionary. Wherein the Terms of Anatomy, the Names and Causes of Diseases, Chyrurgical Instruments, and their Use, are accurately describ'd . . . By Stephen Blancard, M.D. Physick-Professor at Middleburgh in Zealand . . . The Sixth Edition . . . London: Printed by R. B. for Sam Crouch and John & Benj. Sprint, 1715.","","

8vo. 192 leaves, the last 2 leaves with the publishers' advertisements, 2 engraved leaves at the beginning with a list of symbols and their explanation.

A translation into English of the Lexicon Medicum (see the previous entry). The first English edition, London, 1684, was the first medical dictionary to be printed in Great Britain." "08750","15","","","","Quincey's Medicinal dictionary.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 22, as above.","Quincy, John.","Lexicon physico-medicum; or, a new medicinal dictionary; explaining terms used in the several branches of the profession, and in such parts of natural philosophy as are introductory thereto; with an account of the things signified by such terms. Collected from the most eminent authors, and particularly those who have wrote upon mechanical principles . . . London: T. Longman, 1749.","","

8vo. ?248 leaves; no copy of this edition was located for collation.

This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

The first edition of this work, based on the medical lexicon of Bartholomew Castellus (Basle, 1628), appeared in 1717, and the book quickly went through eleven editions. For another work by Quincy, see no. 864." "08760","16","","","","Hippocratis opera. Gr. Lat.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 98, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 85. no. J. 132; Hippocratis Opera (Gr. et Lat.) folio; (no title page).","Hippocrates.","[Toυ μεγαλoυ [???]ππoκϱατoυς . . . τα ευϱισκoμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorvm omnivm facile principis; Opera omnia quæ extant in VIII sectiones ex Erotiani mente distributa. Nvnc recens latina interpretatione & annotationibus illustrata, Anvtio Fœsio mediomatrico medico avthore: Adiecta sunt ad VI sectionem Palladij scholia græca in lib. πεϱι [???]γμων nondum antea excusa, & nunc primùm latintate donata. His præterea accessere variæ in omnes Hippocr. lib. lectiones græcæ, ex reconditissimis manuscriptis exemplaribus summa diligentia collectæ, necnon etiam quorundam doctiss. virorum in aliquot Hippocr. libros observationes . . . Francofvrti: apud Andreæ Wecheli heredes, Claud. Marnium, & Ioan. Aubrium, 1595.]","","

Folio. 8 parts in 1, 772 leaves, separate pagination for each part, printer's device on the title-page and on the verso of the last leaf, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Osler 144. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vi, 246.

This edition is ascribed to the Jefferson collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues, possibly erroneously as Jefferson's copy lacked the title-page.

Hippocrates, 460-375 B. C., Greek philosopher, the Father of Medicine.

Anuce Foës [Foesius] 1528-1595, French hellenist and medical writer. This is his first edition of the Opera of Hippocrates." "08770","17","","","","Hippocratis opera omnia: Gr. Lat. Vander Linden.","","2. tom. in 5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 23, as above, omitting 2. tom.","Hippocrates.","Magni Hippocratis coi Opera omnia. Græce & Latine edita, et ad omnes alias Editiones accommodata. Industria & diligentia Joan. Antonidæ Vander Linden, . . . Volumen Primum [Tomus Secundus]. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Danielem, Abrahamum & Adrianum à Gaasbeeck, 1665.","R126 .H5","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 460 leaves; vol. II, 588 leaves; Greek and Latin text printed in parallel columns, the title of the second volume differs from that of the first; the first leaf of vol. I has the engraved frontispiece-title, and sig. *8 verso an engraved portrait of Hippocrates by P. Phil.

Brunet III, page 170. This edition not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vi, 246.

Jefferson bought this book in 1788 when in Amsterdam, from De Bure's catalogue, through Van Damme, price 34., at which price it is entered in the undated manuscript catalogue. A copy had also been offered by Koenig of Strassburg. According to Jefferson's entries in the two manuscript catalogues, the book was bound in five volumes.

Jan Antonides van der Linden, 1609-1644, Dutch scholar." "08780","18","","","","Celsus de re Medicâ.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 24. Celsus de re Medicâ, p 4to.","Celsus, Aulus Cornelius.","Avrelii Cornelii Celsi De Re Medica Libri Octo. Accessere in primum eiusdem, Hieremiæ Thriveri Brachelii commentarij doctissimi: In reliquos verò septem, Baldvini Ronssei Gandensis, Reipub. Goudanæ Medici enarrationes. Lvgdvni Batavorum: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1592.","R127.C3","

4to. 396 leaves; 1 leaf of woodcut illustrations in the text; Plantin device on the title-page; text in long lines, commentaria in double columns.

This edition not in Brunet. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii. 803.

Aulus Cornelius Celsus, fl. 50 A.D., author of treatises on medicine, rhetoric, history, philosophy, war and agriculture, of which De Re Medica is the only one which has survived. It is the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings, and, one of the earliest medical books to be printed (first edition Florence, 1478), has passed through numerous editions. The third book of this work contains the first use of the term insanity (insania)." "08790","19","","","","Aretaei opera. cum commentario Henischii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 99, as above.","Aretaeus.","[???]ϱεταιoυ Kαππαδoκιoυ [???]ατϱικα. ætiologica, simeiotica et therapeutica morborum auctorum & diuturnorum Aretæi . . . Græce & latine conjunctim edita tribus MSS. codicibus, Veneto, Bauarico, Augustano collatis. Cum commentario . . . autore Georgio Henischio. Augustæ Vindelicorum: sumtibus Georgij Willeri, apud Dauidem Francum, 1603.","","

Folio. 241 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 516.

Aretaeus of Cappadocia, second half of the second century, A.D., Greek physician. His work, founded on that of Archigenes, comes nearer to the spirit and method of

Hippocrates than that of any other Greek.

George Henisch, 1549-1618, Hungarian scholar, mathematician and physician, lived in Augsburg from 1576, and held various scholarly positions including that of dean of the college of medicine. This is his first edition of the work of Aretæus." "08800","20","","","","Mercurialis.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 25, as above.","Mercurialis, Hieronymus.","Variarum lectionum in medicinæ scriptoribus et aliis libri sex. Ab auctore hac quoque postrema editione aucti et recogniti. Venitiis: apud Juntæ, 1598.","","

4to. 172 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ix, 171.

Hieronymus Mercurialis [Geronimo Mercuriali], 1530-1606, Italian physician, was professor of medicine at Padua, Bologna and Pisa. He was the author of the first systematic treatise on skin diseases, an illustrated treatise on medical gymnastics, and one of the earlier books on diseases of children. The first edition of the Variarum lectionum appeared in 1570; the first edition by Junta in 1588." "08810","21","","","","Boerhaave institutio medicinae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 6, as above.","Boerhaave, Hermann.","Institutiones Medicæ, in usus annuæ Exercitationis domesticos Digestæ ab Hermanno Boerhaave. Editio Leydensis quinta prioribus longe auctior. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Theodorum Haak, Samuel Luchtmans, Joh. & Herm. Verbeek. Et Rotterodami, apud Joan. Dan. Beman, 1734.","","

8vo. 260 leaves, the title-page printed in red and black.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 209. Van der Aa II, 731.

Hermann Boerhaave, 1668-1738, Dutch physician and man of science, was the founder of the Eclectic School of medicine and the leading physician of his age. He was professor of botany, medicine and chemistry at Leyden, and eventually rector of the University. His Institutiones Medicae was originally published in Leyden in 1708." "08820","22","","","","Shaw's Practice of Physic.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 26, as above.","Shaw, Peter.","A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are describ'd, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd; with a competent number of medicines for every stage and symptom thereof, prescribed after the manner of the most eminent physicians among the moderns, and particularly those of London. The whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham, to execute the design of his Processus integri. In two volumes. By Peter Shaw . . . The fifth edition, corrected . . . London: printed for T. Longman, 1738.","","

2 vol. 8vo., together 375 leaves, paged continuously; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iv, 571.

Peter Shaw, 1694-1763, English physician and author, was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and physician-in-ordinary to King George II." "08830","23","","","","Brooke's introduction to Physic.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 27. as above.","Brookes, Richard.","An Introduction to Physic and Surgery: containing I. Medicinal Institutions . . . II. A Compendious System of Anatomy. III. A General Account of Wounds . . . IV. Botany and the Materia Medica. V. Pharmacy . . . VI. A Dispensatory . . . VII. An Index of Diseases and their Remedies. VIII. A Posological Table . . . By R. Brookes, M.D. Author of the General Practice of Physic. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1763.","R128.7.B8","

8vo. 200 leaves.

Hirsch, Biographisches Lexikon I, 585. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue. Welsh, page 179.

Richard Brookes, fl. 1750, English physician and author. The first edition of the Introduction to Physic and Surgery was published by Newbery in 1754." "08840","24","","","","Brooke's Practice of Physic.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 28, as above.","Brookes, Richard.","The General Practice of Physic; extracted chiefly from the Writings of the most celebrated practical Physicians, and the Medical Essays, Transactions, Journals, and Literary Correspondence of the Learned Societies in Europe. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing the Distinction of Similar Diseases, the Use of the Non-Naturals, an Account of the Pulse, the Consent of the Nervous Parts, and a Sketch of the Animal Oeconomy . . . By R. Brookes, M.D. In Two Volumes. The Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. Vol. I [II]. London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1763.","","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 189 leaves: vol. II, 193 leaves: publisher's advertisement at the end.

This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Not in Hirsch. This edition not in Welsh.

The first edition was published in 1751." "08850","25","","","","Riverius's Practice of Physic.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 101, as above.","Riverius, Lazarus.","The Practice of Physick, in seventeen several books, wherein is plainly set forth the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body, by Nicholas Culpepper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland. Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarus Riverius, sometimes councellor and physician to the King of France . . . London, 1663-78.","","

Folio. No copy was seen for collation.

Lazarus Riverius [Lazare Riviere], 1589-1655 French doctor, was a native of Montpellier. The first edition of the Praxis Medica was published in Paris in 1640.

Nicholas Culpepper, 1616-1654, English writer on medicine and astrology.

Abdiah Cole, ?1610-?1670, English physician and translator." "08860","26","","","","Gorraei definitiones Medicae. Nicandri Theriaca & Alexipharmaca Hippocrates de Genitura, Natura pueri, Jusjurandum, de arte, antiqua medicina & de Medico.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 100, as above.","Gorraeus, Joannes.","Ioannis Gorræi Medici Parisiensis Opera. Definitionum Medicarum libri XXIIII . . . Accessio significatur his ad margines notulis Nicandri Theriaca et Alexipharmaca cvm Interpretatione & Scholijs eiusdem I, Gorræi Parisiensis. Hippocratis Libelli de Genitvra. De Natvra pveri, Iusiurandum, de Arte, de Prisca Medicina, de Medico, eodem I. Gorræo Interprete cum Annotationibus & adiectis vnicuique libello breuibus Scholijs. Formvlæ remediorvm qvibvs vvlgo Medici vtvntvr Authore Petro Gorræo Bituricensi. Parisiis: apud Societatem Minimam, 1622.","R128 .7 .G67","

First Collected Edition. Folio. 454 leaves; 2 folded tables, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, a few woodcut illustrations in the text, text printed in double columns, title-page in red and black; list of errata on the last leaf; each treatise has a dated half-title, separate pagination; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; the last leaf contains the colophon and lists at length the Societatem Minimam: Isoephvm Cottereav, Sebastianvm Chappelet, Abrahamvm Pacard, Iacobvm Qvesnel, Dionisivm Moreav et Samvelem Thibovst.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 517.

Joannes Gorraeus [Jean de Gorris], 1505-1577, French doctor. This edition of his works was published by his grandson, of the same name." "08870","27","","","","Strother's causes & cures.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 42, as above.","Strother, Edward.","Euodia: or, a Discourse on Causes and Cures. In Two Parts. The First, Contains a Short and Easy Method, how to discover the Causes of any Disease. The Second, Gives Plain Instructions how to proceed in the Cure of all, but more Particularly Complicated, Diseases. By Edward Strother, M.D. London: Printed for Charles Rivington, 1718.","R128.7.S92","

First Edition. 8vo. 124 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, xiii, 826.

Edward Strother, 1675-1737, English medical writer." "08880","28","","","","Dovar's Physician's legacy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 10, as above.","Dover, Thomas.","The Ancient Physician's Legacy to his Country, Being what he has collected in Forty-nine years Practice . . . Design'd for the Use of all Private Families. By Thomas Dovar, M.D. With Remarks on the Whole by a Learned Physician. To which is added (being a proper Supplement to the Work) a new Translation of a Treatise of Mercury, and the wonderful Cures performed by it; written by the Learned Belloste, Author of the Hospital Surgeon. With a compleat Index to the Whole. London: Printed for the Relict of the late R. Bradly, F.R.S., 1733.","R128.7.D74","

First Edition. 12mo. 102 leaves.

Thomas Dover, 1600-1742, English physician, whose name is misprinted Dovar on the title-page of his book. Four editions of this work were published in 1733, and the seventh edition in 1762. Dover is chiefly famous as the finder of Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernandez, on February 2, 1709, whilst captain of the Duke on a privateering expedition round the world, and as the originator of Dover's Powder.

Augustin Belloste, 1654-1730, French surgeon. The first edition of his Traité sur les effets du mercure appeared as a supplement to his Suite du Chirugien d'Hôpital." "08890","29","","","","Ouvrages de Tissot.","","16. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 7, as above, 16 v 12mo.","Tissot, Samuel Auguste André David.","Ouvrages divers latin et français. Paris et Lausanne, 1769-1785.","","

First Collected Edition. 16 vol. only. 12mo. No copy was located for collation.

Quérard IX, page 485. Eloy IV, 407. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé on December 8, 1788, 17 vol. rel. price 30. One volume was later missing, for his catalogue entry originally called for 17 volumes, changed in ink to 16. The entry on the undated manuscript catalogue is 17 vol.

Only 16 volumes were sold to Congress, and of these one was missing at the time of the sale, and never recovered. The 1815 catalogue calls for 16 v. 12mo, with 1 vol. missing written in ink in the working copy when the books were checked. This one volume is entered in the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress made after 1815. The 1831 and later catalogues call for 15 volumes only.

Samuel Auguste André David Tissot [Simon André Tissot], 1728-1797, Swiss doctor and author." "08900","30","","","","Tissot's Advice.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 29, as above.","Tissot, Samuel Auguste André David.","Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health . . . translated from the French edition of Dr. Tissot's Avis au peuple, &c . . . By J. Kirkpatrick. The third edition. London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1768.","","

8vo. 328 leaves; no copy was located for collation.

Quérard IX, page 483. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iv, 572.

The Avis au peuple sur la santé was originally written in Latin, the first edition of the translation into French published in 1761. The work ran through ten editions in six years, and was translated into almost every European language.

James Kirkpatrick, d. 1743, Irish presbyterian divine and doctor of medicine. The first edition of his translation was published in 1765." "08910","31","","","","Buchan's Domestic Medicine.","","8vo. (2 entries).","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 30, as above.","Buchan, William.","Domestic medicine, or, A Treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. The ninth edition, corrected and enlarged . . . London: W. Strahan; T. Cadell, 1786.","","

8vo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes. London Catalogue of Books for 1786, page 38.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7/6.

William Buchan, 1729-1805, Scottish physician. His Domestic Medicine was first published in 1769, and ran into nineteen large editions during the author's life time. This work, which was more popular on the Continent and in America than in England, was translated into several languages, and is still being reedited and republished and copied into similar works." "08920","32","","","","Compendium of Physic & Surgery. Nourse: 1769.","","large 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 31, Compendium of physic and Surgery, g 12mo.","[Flowerden, Joseph.]","A Compendium of Physic, and Surgery. For the Use of Young Practitioners . . . London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1769.","R128.7.F6","

First Edition. 8vo. 251 leaves, the work ends on Hh6 recto, page 475; page 476 begins the Pharmacopoeia, Medico Chirurgica; page 486 the Appendix.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, v, 869.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4/6.

This work was issued anonymously. According to his own statement in the Preface The Author did not think it necessary to prefix his name to this little work; being well convinced, that its reception from the public, will depend on other circumstances; and being also of opinion, that should it meet with approbation, any name would then be unnecessary, and superfluous. His name is given as Joseph Flowerden on the authority of the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue." "08930","33","","","","Ewell's Medical companion.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 35, as above.","Ewell, James.","The Planter's and Mariner's Medical Companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The Diseases common to warm Climates and on Ship Board. II. Common Cases in Surgery, as Fractures, Dislocations, &c. &c. III. The Complaints peculiar to Women and Children. To which are subjoined, A Dispensatory, shewing how to prepare and administer Family Medicines, and a Glossary, giving an explanation of Technical Terms. By James Ewell, Physician in Savannah . . . Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, 1807.","RC81 .E916","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 175 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iv, 397.

Dedicated to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, with a long dedicatory epistle in which the author refers to the fact that Jefferson was the early classmate and constant friend of his deceased father.

The author presented a copy of the book to Jefferson who wrote from Washington, March 1, 1808:

I return you my thanks for the copy of the Medical Companion you have been so kind as to send me, and must particularly express my sense of the favorable sentiments expressed towards me in the beginning of the work; especially too where it recalls to my recollection the memory of your respectable father, who was the friend & companion of my youth, and for whom I retained through life an affectionate attachment. the plan of your work is certainly excellent, and it's execution, as far as I am a judge, worthy of the plan. it brings within a moderate compass whatever is useful, levels it to ordinary comprehension, and as a Manual will be a valuable possession to every family . . .

The Medical Companion was not on the list of missing books supplied to Milligan by Jefferson on March 28, but was one of the books bought for Jefferson by Milligan from William F. Gray of Fredericksburg on May 6, 1815, after the sale but before the delivery of books to Congress. The book was billed to Jefferson by Milligan on July 31, price $3.00.

James Ewell, 1773-1832, the brother of Thomas Ewell, q. v., is noted for having been the first to use ice internally in dysentery cases. He established himself in Savannah, Georgia, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, and there introduced vaccination for small-pox. His Medical Companion was very popular and soon ran into ten editions." "08940","34","","","","Astruc's diseases of children.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 43, as above.","Astruc, Jean.","A General and Compleat Treatise on all the Diseases incident to Children, from their Birth to the Age of Fifteen. With Particular Instructions to tender Mothers, prudent Midwives, and careful Nurses. The whole made Familiar to every Capacity. By the Learned Dr. John Astruc, Regius Professor of Medicine at Paris, and Chief Physician to his present Majesty the King of France, &c. London: Printed for John Nourse, 1746.","RJ44 .A85","

8vo. 120 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 659. Bibliotheca Osleriana, 1854. Not in Eloy, Dictionnaire Historique de la Medicine.

Jean Astruc, 1684-1766, French physician and theologian. This appears to be the only edition of this book, and the original work from which it is translated is not listed in the medical or other bibliographies and catalogues." "08950","35","","","","Cullen's Practice of Physic.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 32, as above, but with misprint 4 v gvo.","Cullen, William.","First Lines of the Practice of Physic. By William Cullen, M.D. . . . Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged. Vol. I [-IV]. Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot [by Macfarquhar and Elliot], 1784.","RC46 .C9","

First Edition of vol. IV. 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 224 leaves; vol. II, 228 leaves; vol. III, 218 leaves; vol. IV, 244 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf of vol. III and on the last 2 leaves of vol. IV; vol. II.—IV include T Cadell, London, in the imprint.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 555.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 36-0.

For a note on Cullen see no. 871. The First Lines was first published in Edinburgh in 1769-1784 and was frequently reprinted and translated. According to Garrison it was for years authoritative on medical practice even among the pioneers and ''forty-niners'' in the Far West." "08960","36","","","","Darwin's Zoonomia.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 33, as above.","Darwin, Erasmus.","Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life. Vol. I. by Erasmus Darwin, M.D. F.R.S. Author of the Botanic Garden . . . New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1796.—Zoonomia . . . Part Second . . . A New Edition; with An Introductory Address, and a short Appendix, by Charles Caldwell, M.D. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1797.","QP29 .D2","

First American Edition. Together 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 240 leaves, including six plates; vol. II, 255 leaves; vol. III, 273 leaves.

Evans 30312, 32017. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 597.

Erasmus Darwin, 1731-1802, English physician. See also no. 1072. The first edition of Zoonomia appeared in 1794-6. Volume I of the first American edition was edited by Samuel Latham Mitchill, 1764-1831, New York physician and United States senator, whose preface is dated from Plandome, June 20, 1796. The two volumes of Part II were edited by Charles Caldwell, 1772-1853, a native of North Carolina, and the introducer of true medical science into the Mississippi valley. His Introductory Address to this work is dated from Philadelphia, January 10, 1797." "08970","37","","","","Brown's Elements of Medecine.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 8, as above.","[Brown, John.]","The Elements of Medicine; or, a Translation of the Elementa Medicinae Brunonis. With large Notes, illustrations, and Comments. By the Author of the original work. The Sixth Edition. Fairhaven: Printed by James Lyon, at Voltaire's Head, 1797.","R733 .B954","

12mo. 216 leaves; folded table.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Evans 31880. Gilman 41. Cooley 363. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 491.

John Brown, 1736-1788, the founder of the Brunonian system of medicine, was a native of Berwickshire. Brown was at one time employed by Cullen as tutor to his children and assistant to himself. In the Elementa Medicinae, first published in 1780, Brown opposed the theories of Cullen. The translation into English was made by the author himself in twenty-one days. Brown's method was supported in America by Benjamin Rush, who published the first American edition of The Elements of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1790. John Brown was the grandfather of Ford Madox Brown." "08980","38","","","","Tazewel's Vademecum Medicum.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 4, as above.","Tazewell, William.","Vade-Mecum Medicum in duas Partes divisum, quarum Prior, Nosologiam Culli næam, Posterior, Compendium Materiæ Medicæ et Pharmacopœiæ, Exhibet . . . Auctore Gulielmo Tazewell, M.D. Virginiense . . . Lutetiæ Parisiorum: apud A. J. Dugour et Durand, Philadelphiæ, apud Dobson, et Edinburgi, apud Alex. Guthrie, Anno Sexto-1798.","RC 96.T4","

First Edition. 12mo. 110 leaves; corrigenda slip at the end.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xvii, 632. Not in Sabin.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, to whom the former wrote from Washington, Jan. 23, 1803:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Doctor Tazewel for his Medical Vademecum. it has really brought the whole science of diseases & remedies within the shortest compass possible, and, not meddling with the details of the science himself, it presents exactly such a general view of every part of it, as he himself often wishes to take. he presents to Doctr. Tazewel his respectful salutations.

The binding of Jefferson's copy was possibly similar to the one the author presented to George Washington (now in the Library of Congress), which is of tree calf, gilt ornamental borders on the sides, gilt back, blue endpapers.

William Tazewell, fl. 1798-1832, was a native of Virginia, and was one of the original members of the Virginia Medical Society formed in 1821." "08990","39","","","","Aphorisms of Sanctorius by Quincey.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 38, as above.","Sanctorius, Sanctorius.","Medicina Statica: being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius, translated into English, with large Explanations. To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina Statica Britannica, with comparative Remarks, and Explanations. As also Medico-Physical Essays . . . The Third Edition. By John Quincy, M.D. . . . London: Printed for W. and J. Newton, E. Bell, W. Taylor and J. Osborn, 1723,4.","R128.7.S21","

8vo. 246 leaves, engraved frontispiece and one folded plate; the Aphorisms of Dr. Keil, with caption title, begins on sig. Y, page 321; sig. Aa1 has the title for Medico-Physical Essays . . . By John Quincy, M. D. with imprint dated 1724.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, xii, 508.

Sanctorius Sanctorius, 1561-1636, physician of Padua, Italy, known as the founder of the physiology of metabolism. The original edition of De Statica medicina aphorismi was printed in Venice in 1614, 12mo. The frontispiece to this edition of the English translation is the well known representation of the author in his steelyard chair, weighing himself for a metabolism experiment after a meal.

John Quincy (see no. 864 and 875) received his M. D. degree at Edinburgh University for this work, first published in Edinburgh in 1712.

James Keill, 1673-1719, Scottish physician. His Medicina Statica Britannica was first published in the third edition of his Essays, 1718." "09000","40","","","","Boerhaave Aphorismi.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 9, as above.","Boerhaave, Hermann.","Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis, in usum Doctrinæ Domesticæ Digesti ab Hermanno Boerhaave. Editio Sexta. Edinburgi: Typis R. Drummond & Soc. & prostant venales apud G. Hamilton & J. Balfour ibidem Bibliopolas, 1744.","","

12mo. 181 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, ii, 511.

For a note on Boerhaave see no. 881. The first edition of this work was published in Leyden in 1709." "09010","41","","","","Harvei opera.","","2. v. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 39, as above.","Harvey, William.","Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. Cui accedunt Exercitationes Duæ Anatomicæ De Circulatione Sanguinis Ad Joannem Riolanum Filium . . . Auctore Gulielmo Harveo Anglo . . . Hujusque Operum Pars Prima. [-Pars Altera.] Editio Novissima. Indice ornata. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Johannem van Kerckhem, 1737.","","

First Collected Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Together 330 leaves, plates. The title for vol. II reads: Exercitationes de Generatione Animalium. Quibus accedunt quaedam De Partu: De Membranis ac Humoribus Uteri: et De Conceptione . . .

Keynes, A Bibliography of the writings of William Harvey, M. D., no. 46 (with a full description).

In a letter to Thomas Cooper dated from Monticello, August 6, 1810, in commenting on the case of Dempsey v. the Insurers, Jefferson wrote:

. . . it has been said that when Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood, there was not a physician of Europe of 40 years of age, who ever assented to it. I fear you will experience Harvey's fate . . .

William Harvey, 1578-1657, English physician, and the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, ''the most momentous event in medical history since Galen's time.''" "09020","42","","","","Sydenhami opera.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 91, as above.","","","","

[TBE]The title-page of Jefferson's copy was missing, and it has not been ascertained which edition he owned. Several editions in quarto were issued of which the first was published in Geneva, 1716.[/TBE]

Thomas Sydenham, 1624-1689, physician, ''the English Hippocrates.'' His works were published in Latin and in English, but it is not certain in which language they were originally written.

The Sydenham Society was founded in London in 1845 as a commemoration of his services to medicine." "09030","43","","","","Sydenham's works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 40, as above.","Sydenham, Thomas.","The whole works of that excellent practical physician, Dr. Thomas Sydenham, wherein not only the history and cures of acute diseases are treated of, after a new and accurate method; but also the shortest and safest way of curing most chronical diseases. The Fourth edition, corrected from the original Latin, by John Pechey, M.D. of the College of Physicians in London. London: Printed for R. Wellington, 1705.","","

8vo. 232 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Osier. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xvii, 323.

Jefferson bought this book, probably in 1801, at the instance of Dr. Eustis of Boston, whom he had consulted on his health.

On June 17, 1804, he wrote the story in a letter to Henry Fry of Madison County Virginia, who was having similar physical troubles:

. . . I am sorry to learn that your health continues declining. I suppose it is from a continuation of the visceral complaint you mentioned to me. I then slightly stated to you what I will now do more fully. I was taken with such a complaint the beginning of 1801. it continued on me with more or less violence near two years. mentioning it to Dr. Eustis of Boston he told me there was but one remedy to be relied on, that which had been discovered by the great Sydenham, which was riding a trotting horse. I immediately recollected that every time I had gone home or returned, it had been cured for a time. I got Sydenham's book, and observed the numerous instances he mentions of radical cure, when every thing else had failed, by putting his patients on a trotting horse & making them take long journies. I had not time to take journies, but I began to ride regularly 2. or 3. hours every day. it was some time before the effect was sensible, because it takes time to strengthen the bowels, but in about a year I was compleatly cured, & am now perfectly well. 'go thou & do so likewise' . . .

P.S. you have time. take therefore a long journey at first.

Eighteen years later, in a letter dated from Monticello, July 18, 1822, to Judge Spencer Roane, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I learn with great regret the state of your health, and that it is the visceral complaint which seems peculiar to the tidewaters. Girardin, who contracted it in Richmond came up to Milton where he lived 2. years & was perfectly restored, and thence removed to Staunton and continues in sound health. but the great Sydenham found nothing to be relied on but long journies on a hard trotting horse, and that he found infallible. when threatened with a complaint of this kind while I lived at Washington Dr. Eustis referred me to Sydenham, corroborated by his own experience, and a couple of hours riding every day relieved me from a case tolerably manifest, altho but incipient. I should be much gratified to hear of your visiting Kentucky on a Coach-horse . . .

John Pechey, 1655-1716, English medical writer. The first edition of his translation of the whole works of Thomas Sydenham was published in 1696." "09040","44","","","","Meade's Medical works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 41, as above.","Mead, Richard.","The Medical Works of Richard Mead, M.D. Physician to his late Majesty King George II . . . A New Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Alexander Donaldson, and Charles Elliot, 1775.","R128.7.M47","

8vo. in fours. 306 leaves, 5 folded engraved plates.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 742.

Richard Mead, 1673-1754, English physician, was a fellow-student with Boerhaave under Archibald Pitcairne (q. v.) at Leyden. He was at one time the owner of the Gold-Headed Cane, now in the Library of the Royal College of Physicians in London. The first edition in English of his medical works was published in 1762." "09050","45","","","","Pitcairn's works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 44, as above.","Pitcairne, Archibald.","The Whole Works of Dr. Archibald Pitcairn, Published by himself. Wherein are discovered the true Foundation and Principles of the Art of Physic. With Cases and Observations upon most Distempers and Medicines. Done from the Latin Original. With some Account of the Author's Life, prefixed. There is also added, his Method of Curing the Small-Pox, written in the Year 1704. for the Use of the Noble and Honourable Family of March. London: Printed for E. Curll, J. Pemberton, and W. Taylor, 1715.","R114 .P5","

First Edition in English. 8vo. 153 leaves, the last four for The Method of Curing the Small-Pox . . . with separate title.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, xi, 331. Archibald Pitcairne, 1652-1713, Scottish physician and poet, was for a time professor of physic at Leyden. In this work, translated from the Latin by George Sewel and J. T. Desaguliers, the chapter Of the Circulation of the Blood vindicates Harvey's claim to its discovery. Pitcairne collected a fine library, which, after his death, was purchased by the Emperor of Russia.

George Sewell, d. 1726, English physician, controversialist and hack writer.

Jean Théophile Desaguliers, 1683-1744, French physician and mathematician." "09060","46","","","","De la methode Iatroliptice par Chrestien.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 45, as above, with reading Jatroliptice.","Chrestien, Jean André.","De la Méthode Iatroliptrice; ou, Observations Pratiques sur l'Administration des Remèdes à l'Extérieur, dans le Traitement de Maladies Internes; Par. A.-J. Chrestien, Docteur en Médecine de l'ancienne Université de Montpellier . . . Montpellier: Renaud [de l'Imprimerie de la Veuve de Jean Martel Ainé], An XII [1803].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 184 leaves: []4, 1-228, 234, printer's imprint at the end.

Querard II, page 199. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iii, 629. Not in Eloy. Not in Biographie Medicale. This edition not in Monfalcon.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to the President from Montpellier on March 8, 1807:

Si je ne voyais en vous que l'ami eclairé de la Science, je n'oserais pas vous faire hommage de l'exemplaire d'un ouvrage que je prens la liberté de vous offrir; mais vous êtes ami de l'humanité, et à ce titre vous daigneres cueillir un recueil d'observations qui peut être utile à vos concitoyens, en multipliant les moyens d'administrer les remèdes les plus énergiques dans des cas ou le malade ne peut pas les avaler ou les supporter . . .

The letter was received by Jefferson on October 4. On April 29 of the following year he wrote to Chrestien:

I recieved, some time since, your favor of Mar. 8. 07. accompanied by a copy of your Methode Iatroliptice for which I pray you to accept my thanks. I have read it with all the satisfaction which it's great merit is calculated to inspire, and with the interest we necessarily feel in every discovery which tends to lessen the evils of suffering humanity, new channels of access for medecine to the diseased parts of the body offer new chances of giving them relief. I took a former occasion of thanking you for your work on the yellow fever recieved in 1805. which I hope got safe to your hands.

Jean André Chrestien, 1758-1840, French physician, was Mayor of Montpellier during the Revolution, and in charge of the Military Hospital in that town. This edition of ''an XII'' is the first; Monfalcon records only the second edition of the same year.

In August 1804 Chrestien sent to Jefferson a copy of the work on the treatment of yellow fever." "09070","47","","","","The Family companion for health.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 46, as above.","","The Family Companion for Health . . . or . . . rules which . . . will . . . keep families free from diseases and procure them a long life. London, 1729.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was located for collation; the above title is from the catalogue of the British Museum Library. A second edition was printed in the following year.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue." "09080","J. 48","","","","[Hill's old man's guide, bound up with Washington's journal.]","","","","Hill, Sir John.","The Old Man's Guide to Health and Longer Life: with rules for Diet, Exercise, and Physic, for preserving a good Constitution, and Preventing Disorders in a bad one. By J. Hill, M.D. Member of the Imperial Academy. The Sixth edition, corrected and enlarged. London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1771.","AC901 .M5 vol. 25","

8vo. 28 leaves, engraved vignette on the half-title.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, vii, 116.

Bound with Washington's Journal and Douglas's Vindication of Milton. The three pamphlets were bound together for Jefferson, see the note to no. 473.

Sir John Hill, 1716?-1775, English physician, botanist, actor and miscellaneous writer, obtained his medical diploma from St. Andrews and his title from Sweden.

He was the subject of Garrick's epigram:

For physic and farces his equal there scarce is;

His farces are physic, his physic a farce is.

The date of the first edition of this work seems not to be known. The first available edition is the fourth, published in 1764.

This is the only book from Jefferson's medical library now in the Library of Congress." "09090","49","","","","Tableau des varietés de la vie humaine par Daignan.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 47, as above.","Daignan, Guillaume.","Tableau des Variétés de la Vie humaine, avec les Avantages & les Désavantages de chaque Constitution; & des Avis très-importans aux Pères & aux Mères sur la Santé de leurs Enfans, de l'un & de l'autre Sexe, sur-tout à l'âge de Puberté . . . Par M. G. Daignan . . . Premiere Partie [Seconde Partie]. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1786.","RA775 .D13","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 207 leaves; vol. II, 195 leaves; 5 large folded Tableaux.

Quérard II, page 370. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 582.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 10 (livres).

Guillaume Daignan, 1732-1812, French physician, was for some years a doctor in the French army." "09100","50","","","","Adair's medical cautions to invalids.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no, 48. as above.","Adair, James Makittrick.","Medical Cautions; chiefly for the Consideration of Invalids. Containing Essays on Fashionable Diseases. The dangerous Effects of Hot and Crouded Rooms. An Enquiry into the Use of Medicine during a Course of Mineral Waters. On Quacks, Quack Medicines, and Lady Doctors. And an Essay on Regimen, very much enlarged. The Second Edition, To which are now added, Appendix I. Containing farther Animadversions on a celebrated Quack Medicine, and Remarks on the Medical Powers and Use of the Dulcified Acids. Appendix II. An Essay on Therapeutics. Published for the Benefit of The General Hospital at Bath. By James Makittrick Adair, M.D. . . . Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold by C. Dilly, London, and by all the booksellers in Bath, 1787.","R128 .7 .A22","

8vo. 284 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 107. Not in the Bibliotheca Osleriana.

The Medical Cautions, and A Philosophical and Medical Sketch by the same author (see the next entry) were purchased by Jefferson from Stockdale on July 1, 1787.

James Makittrick Adair (originally James Makittrick), 1728-1802, Scottish medical writer, practised for a time in Antigua and obtained his M. D. degree for a thesis on yellow fever. In his errata lists at the end of the Preface of this book the author refers to it as Volume II of A Philosophical and Medical Sketch (q. v.) though the first edition of the Medical Cautions was published in the previous year, 1786. This second edition is dedicated to the Right Honourable the President and Governors of the General Hospital at Bath, dated from that city, April 16, 1787. The Celebrated Quack Medicine referred to in Appendix I is Mr. Tickell's Aethereal Spirit.

Dr. Adair visited Virginia in 1793, and was introduced to Jefferson by a letter from Benjamin Vaughan, written from London on June 10 of that year." "09110","51","","","","Adair's natural history of the body & mind.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 49, as above.","Adair, James Makittrick.","A Philosophical and Medical Sketch of the Natural History of the Human Body and Mind. To which is subjoined, an Essay on the Difficulties of attaining Medical Knowledge, intended for the Information and Amusement of those who are, or are not, of the Medical Profession. Published for the Benefit of the General Hospital at Bath. By James Makittrick Adair, M.D. . . . Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Dilly, London . . . 1787.","R708 .A21","

First Edition. 8vo. 171 leaves; on the last leaf is the advertisement, dated Bath, Jan. 6, 1787, of the Medical Cautions, The Second Edition, to be published in a few days.

Not in Osler. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 107.

Purchased from Stockdale in July 1787, price 4/-." "09120","52","","","","Peale on the means of preserving health.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 50, as above.","Peale, Charles Willson.","An Epistle to a Friend, on the Means of preserving Health, promoting Happiness; and prolonging the Life of Man to its natural Period . . . By Charles W. Peale . . . Philadelphia: From the Press of the late R. Aitken, by Jane Aitken, 1803.","RA776 .P35","

First Edition. 24 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, x, 590.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who, on January 28, 1803 wrote to the former from Museum:

I have wrote an essay on the means of preserving health and long life, which will be put to the press shortly, it may do good by opening the Eyes of some, who appear blind, or heedless of themselves. If some good is thereby promoted I shall be satisfied.

On February 14, he sent the pamphlet with a letter:

The enclosed essay on health is dressed to render it more worthy of your acceptance, and in this neither seeking compliments on it, or supposing it can give you any light, but knowing you will appreciate my Motive for making the Publication, that of bringing some of my acquaintance to reflection and then reformation. should that be the case in a single instance my labour will not be thrown away, I shall be well paid for my trouble . . .

For a note on Peale, see no. 683. This work is dated from Museum, March 3, 1803." "09130","53","","","","Ricketson's Means of preserving health.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 11, as above.","Ricketson, Shadrach.","Means of Preserving Health, and Preventing Diseases: Founded principally on an attention to Air and Climate, Drink, Food, Sleep, Exercise, Clothing, Passions of the Mind, and Retentions and Excretions . . . By Shadrach Ricketson, Physician in New-York. New York: Printed by Collins, Perkins, and Co. sold by them [and by others], 1806.","RA776 .R53","

First Edition. 12mo. 156 leaves, the last leaf with a list of Medical Books for sale by Collins, Perkins, & Co.

Sabin 71237. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 211.

Jefferson's copy of this work was a presentation from the author, who wrote from New York, June 8th, 1809:

Shadrach Ricketson presents his respectful Esteem to his Friend, Thomas Jefferson; & herewith sends him his Treatise on Health, which he desires he will accept as a Testimony of the same: also his Pamphlet on the Influenza, & two other small ones.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on June 21:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & his thanks to Doctr. Ricketson for his treatise on the means of preserving health & the pamphlets he has been so kind as to send him. he shall read the former especially with particular pleasure, having much more confidence in the means of preserving than of restoring health. he salutes Dr. Ricketson with assurances of his respect.

Shadrach Ricketson, fl. 1809, Quaker physician of New York." "09140","54","","","","Cutbush on the health of soldiers & sailors.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 51, as above.","Cutbush, Edward.","Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of Soldiers and Sailors; and on the Duties of the Medical Department of the Army and Navy: with Remarks on Hospitals and their internal arrangement. By Edward Cutbush, M.D. of the Navy of the United States . . . Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1808.","UH600. C9","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 184 leaves, 2 engraved plates after the author by Lawson, 3 folded printed tables. In the Library of Congress copy from which this collation is taken the errata slip is pasted on to the back of the dedication leaf. At the end are Directions for Preserving the Health of Soldiers . . . By Benjamin Rush, M. D. with continuous signatures, but separately paged (1)-14; on the last leaf is Thomas Dobson's Catalogue of Medical Books, 1808.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 567.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on December 16, 1808:

Permit me to request your acceptance of a Treatise on the means of preserving the Health of soldiers & sailors &c. I would have presented it personally, when I had the honor of paying my respects to you a few days since, but the work had not then issued from the press; I wish it were more worthy your perusal.

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Dr. Cutbush and his thanks for the volume on the health of soldiers and seamen which he has been so kind as to send him. he shall peruse it with pleasure at his first leisure. in the meantime the great utility of the object justly entitles the author to the thanks of every friend of his country.

Edward Cutbush, 1772-1843, U. S. N., was a native of Philadelphia. This is the first book written by a medical officer in the United States Navy." "09150","55","","","","Wainewright's Non-naturals.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 53, as above.","Wainewright, Jeremiah.","A Mechanical Account of the Non-Naturals: being a brief Explication of the Changes made in Humane Bodies, by Air, Diet, &c. together with an Enquiry into the Nature and Use of Baths upon the same Principles. To which is prefix'd, the Doctrin of Animal Secretion in several Propositions. By Jer. Wainewright, M.D. The Second Edition, Revis'd. London: Printed by J. B. for Ralph Smith, 1708.","R128.7.W15","

8vo. 116 leaves, the last 2 leaves with Books Printed for, and sold by Ralph Smith . . .

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xvi, 16.

Jeremiah Wainewright, fl. 1700, English physician. The first edition of this work was published in 1707." "09160","56","","","","Trattati Fisici del Cocchi.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 52 as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. 62; Tratatti Fisica del Cocchi, p. 4to; Londra, 1762. 1849 Catalogue, page 232. no. 62; Cocchi, Antonio: Del Matrimonio Ragionamento di un Filosofo Mugellano, coll' aggiunta di una Lettera ad una Sposa; tradotta dall' Inglese da una Fanciulla Mugellana, 8vo; Londra, 1762.","Cocchi, Antonio.","Del Matrimonio ragionamento di un Filosofo Mugellano coll'aggiunta di una Lettera ad una Sposa tradotta dall 'Inglese da una Fanciulla Mugellana . . . In Londra, 1762.","HQ731 .C7","

First Edition. 4to. 37 leaves; the Lettera ad una sposa begins on sig. Hi, page 57.

This edition not in the Biographie Médicale. Not in Eloy. Not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Jefferson's manuscript and the early Library of Congress printed catalogues call for a Trattati Fisica del Cocchi, those subsequent to that of 1815 giving also the imprint Londra 1762.

The 1849 catalogue omits the Trattati Fisica, but assigns to the Jefferson Library Del Matrimonio . . . Londra 1762, as above.

No work entitled Trattati Fisica appears in the bibliographies, and De Matrimonio appears to be the only one of Cocchi's works printed in London in 1762. A second edition was printed in Paris in the same year.

Antonio Cocchi, 1695-1758, ''il filosofo mugellano'', Italian antiquary, scholar, and doctor of medicine was a friend of Newton and of Boerhaave." "09170","57","","","","Short on tea.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 54.","Short, Thomas.","Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made-Wines, Spirits, Punch, Tobacco, &c. with Plain and Useful Rules for Gouty People. By Thomas Short, M.D. London: printed for T. Longman and A. Millar, 1750.","RM215 .S55","

First Edition. 8vo. 217 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 983.

Thomas Short, 1690-1772, English physician." "09180","58","","","","Baynard on cold Bathing.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 55, as above.","Floyer, Sir John—Baynard, Edward.","Ψυχϱoλoυσια: or, the History of Cold Bathing: Both Ancient and Modern In Two Parts. The First, written by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Kt. The Second, treating of the genuine Use of Hot and Cold Baths . . . By Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the College of Physicians, London. The Second Edition, with large Additions, and a Copious Index. London: Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, 1706.","RM810 .F65","

8vo. 2 parts in 1. 250 leaves; the Second Part has separate signatures and pagination and a caption title.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 17.

Jefferson occasionally explained his practice as to cold bathing in letters to his friends. To James Maury he wrote from Monticello on June 16, 1815:

Your practice of the cold bath thrice a week during the winter, and at the age of 70. is a bold one, which I should not, a priori, have pronounced salutary, but all theory must yield to experience, and every constitution has it's own laws. I have for 50. years bathed my feet in cold water every morning (as you mention) and having been remarkably exempted from colds (not having had one in every 7. years of my life on an average) I have supposed it might be ascribed to that practice. when we see two facts accompanying one another for a long time we are apt to suppose them related as cause and effect.

Sir John Floyer, 1649-1734, was the English physician who sent Samuel Johnson to be touched by Queen Anne for the king's evil.

The dedication of this work to the Royal College of Physicians is dated from Lichfield, October 6, 1702, the end of Part I from Lichfield, March 25, 1701, and the Postscript, addressed to Dr. Baynard, September 28, 1702.

Edward Baynard, 1641-fl. 1719, English physician, is said to have been the 'Horoscope' of Garth's Dispensary." "09190","59","","","","Fontana sur les poisons.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 92, as above, omitting 2. v. in 1.","Fontana, Felice.","Traité sur le Vénin de la Vipere sur les Poisons Americains sur le Laurier-Cerise et sur quelques autres Poisons Vegetaux. On y a joint des Observations sur la Structure Primitive du Corps Animal. Différentes Expériences sur la Reproduction des Nerfs et la Description d'un nouveau Canal de l'Oeil. Par Mr. Felix Fontana Physicien de S. A. R. l'Archiduc Grand-Duc de Toscane et Directeur de son Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle. Avec plusieurs Planches. Tome Premier [Second]. Florence, et se trouve à Paris chez Nyon l'ainé—A Londres chez Emsley, 1781.","QP941 .F69","

First Edition in French. 2 vols. 4to. Vol. I, 180 leaves, vol. II, 193 leaves; 10 folded engraved plates.

Sabin 24988. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 49.

Jefferson's copy was bound in 1 volume. It is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 24-10.

Felice Fontana, abbaté, 1730-1805, Italian physiologist and naturalist. His treatises on the venom of the viper were the starting point of the modern investigation of that subject. See no. 1041. The first volume of this work was translated from the Italian by J. D'Aret, and the second by Jacques Gibelin, 1744-1828, French physician, naturalist and translator." "09200","60","","","","Valentin de la fievre jaune.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 58, as above.","Valentin, Louis.","Traité de la Fièvre jaune d'Amérique; Ouvrage dans lequel on recherche son origine, ses causes, tant sur terre que sur les vaisseaux, et l'analogie qu'elle présente avec d'autres maladies; on y examine, d'aprés les faits et l'expérience, si elle est contagieuse; on y indique non seulement les différens moyens curatifs, mais encore ceux qui peuvent en préserver les militaires, les marins, et autres qui passent dans les deux Indes et en Afrique. Par Louis Valentin . . . A Paris: chez Méquignon l'aîné, An XI.—1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 126 leaves.

Biographie medicale, page 387. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xv, 556.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, sent from Nancy, where Valentin had settled after his return from America to France, on December 28, 1803:

I have the honour to send you, herewith, a copy of my treatise on the yellow fever. this Work is the first that had been published ex professo in our language, and agreeably to the desires of our first School of Physick, as you Will see it in the advertisement. Seven months ago, I had already trusted to an agent of the french government, another Work of mine the title of Which is: Résultats de l'inoculation de la Vaccine & c. With some experiments on sundry domestic animals.

I shall be very happy if you have the goodness to accept of them. Such a favor Will add exceedingly to their Weak Worth. for the materials I gathered and the practice I acquired in the treatment of the yellow fever, I am, in a great measure, indebted to my residence for five years in your Country. it is the sincerest Wish of my heart, that Scourge might relinquish it entirely . . .

Several years later, on April 14, 1808, in a letter to Jefferson from Samuel L. Mitchill, written after he had received despatches from Paris and from Marseilles, the latter mentioned:

Doctor Valentin addresses an apprehension that a publication of his own, sur la fièvre jaune, of which he sent a Copy to Mr. J-, may have miscarried.

The book was delivered with others in July 1805 by Petry, with apologies for the delay.

For a note on Valentin see no. 421." "09210","61","","","","Berthe de la maladie (fievre jaune) d'Andalousie de 1800.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 59, as above.","Berthe, Jean Nicolas.","Précis Historique de la Maladie qui a Régné dans l'Andalousie en 1800 (années viii et ix de la République française) contenant un aperçu du voyage et des opérations de la Commission Médicale envoyée en Espagne par le Gouvernement français, ainsi que diverses observations sur la nature de la fièvre jaune, sur quelques méthodes de traitement qui ont été recommandées contre cette maladie, et sur les dangers plus ou moins probables de son introduction et de son établissement en Europe. Par J. N. Berthe, Professeur de l'Ecole de Médecine de Montpellier, ci-devant Vice-Professeur de l'Université de Médecine de la même ville; de la Société libre d'Agriculture du Département de l'Hérault; du Collége Royal de Médecine et de l'Académie Royale de Madrid; honoraire de la Société Médicale de Montpellier; de la Société Médicale d'émulation de Paris; de la Société de Médecine-pratique de Barcelone . . . A Paris: chez Déterville, et à Montpellier, chez Renaud, An XI—1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 214 leaves; the colophon reads A Montpellier, chez G. Izar et A. Ricard, An XI.

Quérard I, page 301. Not in Eloy. Biographie Médicale II, 198. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 10.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March in October, 1804, cost $1.00.

Jean Nicolas Berthe, French physician, held the offices and belonged to the medical societies listed after his name on the title. He is described in the Biographie Médicale, published in 1820, as ''mort dernièrement.''" "09220","62","","","","Rush on yellow fever.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 61, as above.","Rush, Benjamin.","An Inquiry into the various Sources of the usual Forms of Summer & Autumnal Disease in the United States, and the Means of Preventing them. To which are added, Facts, intended to prove the Yellow Fever not to be contagious. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. . . . Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co. [and firms in Baltimore, Washington, Petersburg and Norfolk], Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 1805.","RC206 .R93","

First Edition. 8vo. 58 leaves.

Sabin 74225. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 267. Goodman, page 386.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from Dr. Rush, who wrote on December 6, 1805 from Philadelphia:

I have the honor to enclose you, with this letter, two pamphflets upon the yellow fever.—One of them for yourself, and the Other to be sent to the Chairman, or any other active member of the committee appointed to consider of that part of your message which relates to the Quarantine laws of the United States . . .

On a preliminary leaf of the book is the statement that the following sheets are extracted from the second edition of the author's Medical Inquiries and Observations . . .

The article appears in vol. IV of the Medical Inquiries and Observations, of which the second edition had been published in Philadelphia earlier in the same year, 1805.

Benjamin Rush, 1745-1813, Philadelphia physician, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Rush studied medicine in Edinburgh, London, and Paris before returning to Philadelphia in 1769, where he played a most distinguished and important part in fighting the various epidemics of yellow fever in that city. He was a close friend of Jefferson and in constant correspondence with him. In a letter to Thomas Cooper, written on October 7, 1814 Jefferson described him as my friend Rush, whom I greatly loved; but who has done much harm, in the sincerest persuasion that he was preserving life and happiness to all around him." "09230","63","","","","Macbride's experimental essays.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 56, as above.","MacBride, David.","Experimental Essays on the following Subjects: I. On the Fermentation of Alimentary Mixtures. II. On the Nature and Properties of Fixed Air. III. On the respective Powers, and Manner of Acting, of the different kinds of Antiseptics. IV. On the Scurvy; with a Proposal for trying new Methods to prevent or cure the same, at Sea. V. On the Dissolvent Power of Quick-Lime. Illustrated with Copper-Plates. By David Macbride, Surgeon. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1764.","Q157 .M17","

First Edition. 8vo. 144 leaves, 2 folded printed tables, 4 folded engraved plates; the penultimate leaf has a list of Errata, on which, in the Library of Congress copy, is an additional list pasted down.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, viii, 470.

David Macbride, 1726-1778, Irish chemist, physician and medical writer." "09240","64","","","","Facts on the pestilential fever of Philadelphia, by the Coll. of Physicians.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 60, as above, with the reading College.","","Facts and Observations relative to the Nature and Origin of the Pestilential Fever, which prevailed in this City, in 1793, 1797, and 1798. By the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1798.","RC211 .P5C7","

First Edition. 8vo. 26 leaves; the text ends on page (27), sig. D2 recto, and is followed by the Appendix, with continuous signatures and pagination.

Evans 34355.

The text is signed by John Redman, President of the College, and Thomas C. James, Secretary, Philadelphia, December 24, 1798. The copy in the Library of Congress from which the above collation was taken has the autograph signatures of Wm. Currie and John Redman Coxe.

On January 20, 1806, Caspar Wistar sent to Jefferson, on behalf of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, a pamphlet containing Additional Facts & Observations relative to the Pestilential Fever." "09250","65","","","","Maclurg on the bile.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 57.","McClurg, James.","Experiments upon the Human Bile: and Reflections on the Biliary Secretion. With an Introductory Essay. By James Maclurg, M.D. . . . London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1772.","QP197 .M25","

First Edition. 8vo. 142 leaves, last leaf with Erratum only.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 473.

James McClurg, 1746-1823, a native of Virginia, studied medicine in Edinburgh, Paris, and London, where this book was published before his return to Virginia in 1773. He was appointed to the first chair of Anatomy and Medicine at William and Mary in 1779, and in 1821 became the first president of the Medical Society of Virginia." "09260","66","","","","Medical Observations.","","2. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 75, as above.","","Medical Observations and Inquiries. By a Society of Physicians in London. Vol. I [-II]. The Second Edition, corrected. London: Printed for William Johnston, 1758, 1762.","R128. 7 .M5","

2 vol. 8vo. First Edition of vol. II; vol. I, 232 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; vol. II, 226 leaves; folded plates in both volumes.

The complete work was in six volumes; the first edition of volume I was published in 1757.

Article XII in vol. I is: Of the Opisthotonos and Tetanus. By Dr. Lionel Chalmers, of Charles-Town in South-Carolina, sent to Dr. John Fothergill.

Article XXXII in vol. II is: A Case of an extra-uterine foetus, described by Mr. John Bard, Surgeon at New-York; in a letter to Dr. John Fothergill, and by him communicated to the Society. Read March 24, 1760." "09270","67","","","","Mandeville on Hysterics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 74, as above.","Mandeville, Bernard.","A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Diseases. In Three Dialogues. By B. Mandeville, M.D. . . . The Second Edition: corrected and enlarged by the Author. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1730.","RC340 .M3","

8vo. 206 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 575.

Bernard Mandeville, c. 1670-1733, a native of Dort in Holland who settled in England. The first edition of this book, published in 1711, was the first important work on the vapours and the spleen. It is written in the form of dialogues between a physician and his patients." "09280","68","","","","Millar on the change of opinion in religion, politics, medicine.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 90, as above.","Millar, John.","Observations on the change of public opinion in religion, politics, and medicine; on the conduct of the war; on the prevailing diseases in Great Britain, and on medical arrangements in the army and navy. London [1803].","","

2 vol. 4to. No copy was located for collation.

British Museum Catalogue vol. 47, col. 94. Not in the Surgeon's General's Library Catalogue.

On April 18, 1803, John Millar wrote from Shepherd Street, Mayfair [London] to Jefferson:

In the year 1797 having occasion to investigate the means of subuing [sic] and preventing Contagious Fevers, that which had proved so fatal to the Citizens of Philadelphia, became of course a subject of consideration. The Book was sent to Dr. Rush by Mr. Perry and I have observed that he has in some subsequent publications retracted some opinions he formerly held on that subject, and with great pleasure I have observed that the rage of that destructive pestilence has since been restrained. I humbly submit to your consideration a Copy of that work, and if it has, formerly, or should, in future, contribute, in any degree to the safety and preservation of the worthy Citizens of Philadelphia, I shall esteem it the best reward of my Labours.

Millar's Observations was bound for Jefferson by John March in October, 1804, cost $4.50 ($2.25 each volume).

John Millar, 1733-1805, Scottish physician and medical writer. This book was issued without a date, but in view of the above correspondence which appears to relate to this book, and the fact that Jefferson's copy was bound in 1804, the suggested date in the British Museum Catalogue [1805?] is obviously too late.

Benjamin Rush's Dissertation on the Spasmodic Asthma of children was addressed to Millar." "09290","69","","","","Onania.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 63, as above.","","Onania, or, The heinous sin of self-pollution and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) considered . . . London, 1730.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

The first edition was published without date c. 1710, and the book was frequently reprinted." "09300","70","","","","Hunter on the Venereal disease.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 93, as above.","Hunter, John.","A Treatise on the Venereal Disease. By John Hunter. London: sold at No. 13, Castle-Street, Leicester-Square, 1786.","","

First Edition. 4to. 234 leaves, 7 engraved plates after William Bell.

Osler 1227. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, vii, 481.

John Hunter, 1728-1793, English anatomist and surgeon, was one of the outstanding figures in the history of surgery. Edward Jenner was one of his pupils. This work is dedicated to Sir George Baker, Bart, from Leicester-Square, March 30, 1786." "09310","71","","","","Turner on gleets.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 64, as above.","Turner, Daniel.","A discourse concerning gleets. Their cause and cure. With a prefatory account of Professor Boerhaave's new comments on the venereal disease; and some animadversions thereon . . . To which is added, a defence of the 12th chapter of the first part of a treatise de Morbis Cutaneis, in respect to the spots and marks impressed upon the skin of the foetus, by the force of the mother's fancy; containing some remarks upon a discourse lately printed, and intituled, the Strength of Imagination in pregnant women examined . . . In a letter to the author. London, 1729.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was located for collation; the above title is from the British Museum Library Catalogue. This edition not in Osler. Munk, page 33.

Daniel Turner, 1667-1740, English doctor, who, though he never visited America was awarded an M.D. by Yale College in 1729 and thus became the recipient of the first medical degree issued in the English colonies of North America. In his account of Turner, Munk states that ''he obtained the degree of doctor of medicine, but from what university I have not been able to discover.''

For a note on Boerhaave see no. 881. His new comments on the venereal disease appeared in his preface to L. Luisini's ''Aphrodisiacus'' (1728).

The Discourse concerning Gleets was reprinted in the fourth and later editions of the author's Syphilis." "09320","72","","","","Liger on the Gout.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 68, as above.","Liger, Charles Louis.","A Treatise on the Gout: from the French of M. Charles Louis Liger, M.D. Professor of Physic in the University of Paris . . . London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1760.","RC291 .L72","

8vo. 200 leaves: A-Z, Aa-Bb8.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 131.

Charles Louis Liger, 1715-1760, French scientist. This is the first edition in English of this work originally written in French and published in Paris in 1753." "09330","73","","","","Warner on the Gout.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 69, as above.","Warner, Ferdinando.","A full and plain account of the gout; from whence will be clearly seen the folly, or the baseness, of all pretenders to the cure of it; in which everything material by the best writers on that subject is taken notice of, and accompanied with some new and important instructions for its relief, which the author's experience in the gout above thirty years hath induced him to impart. London: T. Cadell, 1768.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Osler. The second edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

According to the 1849 Library of Congress catalogue Jefferson's copy was of the second edition, printed in the same year as the first edition.

For a note on the author see no. 438. Warner died of the gout in 1768 the year this book was published. A third edition was issued in 1772." "09340","74","","","","Cadogan on the Gout.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 70, as above.","Cadogan, William.","A Dissertation on the Gout, and all chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same Causes; what those Causes are; and a rational and natural Method of Cure proposed. Addressed to all invalids. By William Cadogan, Fellow of the College of Physicians . . . London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1771.","RC291 .C13","

8vo. in fours. 50 leaves.

Munk II, 188.

William Cadogan, 1711-1797, English physician. The first edition of this work was printed in 1771, and frequently reprinted in that year. It reached a tenth edition in 1773. It is not known which of the London editions of 1771 was in Jefferson's library." "09350","75","","","","Falconer's observations on Cadogan.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 71, as above, 8vo.","Falconer, William.","Observations on Dr. Cadogan's Dissertation on the Gout and all chronic Diseases. By William Falconer, of Bath, M.D. Edition the Second, with Corrections and Additions. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold by J. Dodsley, F. Newbery, T. Lowndes, London; also by A. Tennent and W. Bally, Bath. MDCCLXXII.—Price One Shilling and Six-Pence. [1772.]","","

8vo. 58 leaves.

Munk II, 189. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, iv, 584.

William Falconer, 1744-1824, English physician and miscellaneous writer. The first edition of this work was published in London earlier in the same year." "09360","76","","","","Essay on the treatment of the Gout.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 72, as above, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 84. no. J. 71, Essay on the Treatment of the Gout, &c., 8vo; Lond. 1810.","","","","No copy of a book with this title printed in 1810 was located for collation. Many essays on the gout were published at this time, some of which were anonymous, and it cannot be said with certainty which was in Jefferson's library and sold to Congress." "09370","77","","","","Cullen's lecture on the gout.","","M.S.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 97, as above, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 84. no. J. 119, Cullen's Lecture on the Gout, MS. 4to; delivered in 1770.","Cullen, William.","Lecture on the Gout, delivered in the year 1770.","","This manuscript is not in the Library of Congress. The Lecture was not published." "09380","78","","","","Pfeiffer's inaugural dissertation on the gout.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 73, as above.","Pfeiffer, George.","An Inaugural Dissertation on the Gout: submitted to the Examination of the Rev. William Smith, S.T.P. Provost; the Trustees, and Medical Professors of the College of Philadelphia, for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 23d Day of June, A.D. 1791. By George Pfeiffer of Philadelphia . . . Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791.","RC291 .P4","

Sm. 8vo. in fours. 25 leaves.

Evans 23693. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, x, 1055.

George Pfeiffer, fl. 1791, was a fellow of the Medical Society of Philadelphia." "09390","79","","","","Mease's dissertation on the rabies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 83, as above, with the reading Maese's.","Mease, James.","An Inaugural Dissertation on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, or other Rabid Animal: submitted to the Examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. Provost; the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Eleventh Day of May, 1792, for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, By James Mease, A.M. of Philadelphia . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1792.","RC148 .M48","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 72 leaves, list of errata on the last leaf.

Evans 24534. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 744.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, to whom he wrote from Philadelphia on May 31, 1792:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Dr. James Mease and his thanks for his very learned & ingenious dissertation on canine madness. he had not before heard of the method of prevention by the use of water in a stream as mentioned page 103. the theory of which appears probable & the application easy. he has lately had a letter from Algiers informing him of the cure of one of our captives there by a very strong use of Mercury, as recommended pa. 125. whether the disease were real or not, it shews that this opinion is favored by the Arabic school of medecine, if we may use the expression. he has often thought that in order to discover some certain method of treatment of a disease, the most distressing of all those to which we are liable, it would be practicable & well worth while, to confine in a safe place a number of animals, communicating the disease successively to them, and subjecting them to various treatments till some one should be found the success of which might be relied on. the experimentalist who should be successful in establishing by multiplied trials a certain method of cure, would merit an altar.

Dr. Mease replied from Philadelphia June 16, 1792, in a letter which contained a long discussion of the use of mercury and other methods of cure:

On my return from New York last evening, to which place I went, the day after I did myself the honor of presenting you with a Copy of my dissertation, your polite and obliging favour was delivered to me. Be pleased, Sir, to accept of my most grateful thanks for it.—The fact communicated of the success of mercury, is of great importance, but its authenticity, not being sufficiently ascertained, as you observe,—must certainly detract from the Utility which it otherwise would be attended with . . .

I perfectly agree with you Sir, in respect to the propriety of various modes of treatment being tried, on a number of different animals properly secured, and as to the reward, that would be due to the discoverer of a certain method of cure . . .

I expect however, to be able once, to bring the whole of what I had prepared for the press in a second edition, together with what I shall hereafter add, as soon as the present impression is disposed of, which I have the pleasing reflexion to find, is selling beyond my expectation . . .

On June 23, 1801, Dr. Mease sent Jefferson a copy of another pamphlet on this subject. See no. 968.

James Mease, 1771-1846, physician, scientist and philanthropist, was born in Philadelphia. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, secretary of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, and first vice-president of the Philadelphia Athenaeum. The dedication of this inaugural essay to Benjamin Rush, his tutor and friend, is followed by a letter to Andrew Mease, M.D. of Strabane, Ireland, signed your affectionate nephew, James Mease, both dated from Philadelphia May 7, 1792." "09400","80","","","","Woodhouse's dissertation on the Persimmon tree","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 84, as above.","Woodhouse, James.","An inaugural dissertation, on the chemical and medical properties of the persimmon tree, and the analysis of astringent vegetables; submitted to the examination of the Revd. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost; the trustees and medical professors, of the University of Pennsylvania; for the degree of doctor of medicine. By James Woodhouse, A.M. Honorary member of the American and Philadelphia medical societies . . . Philadelphia: Printed by William Woodhouse [1792].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 17 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 105105. Evans 25055.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on May 31, 1792:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Dr. Woodhouse & his thanks for his interesting dissertation on the Persimmon tree. he is happy to find that this plant may become a valuable addition to our stock of Chemical & Pharmaceutical subjects, in both which lines Dr. Woodhouse has presented very interesting experiments on it. Th: Jefferson has for some time turned his attention to the same plant as a subject of Agriculture. in Virginia it springs up everywhere, and can with difficulty be rooted out where it's presence is inconvenient. he thinks the quantity of fruit it yeilds is far greater than what is quoted from m[???] Bartram page 29. and he has been well informed that the quantity of spirit it yeilds is considerably more than that mentioned page 34. that it might be a substitute for the bark in tanning, is new to Th: J. and adds new value to it, as he has no doubt of the abundance in which it may be obtained.

James Woodhouse, 1770-1809, Philadelphia doctor and chemist. This paper attracted so much attention that Woodhouse abandoned medicine for chemistry which chair he occupied in the University of Pennsylvania. He founded the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, one of the earliest chemical societies formed." "09410","81","","","","Rogers de dysenteria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 85, as above.","Rodgers, John R. B.","Dissertatio Medica, inauguralis, de Dysenteria. Quam, annuente summo Numine, ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Robertson, S.S.T.P. Academiæ Edinburgenæ Præfecti . . . Eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes R. B. Rodgers, M. B. Americanus, ex Republica Novi-Eboraci . . . Ad diem 12. Septembris, hora locoque solitis. Edinburgi: apud Balfour et Smellie, 1785.","RC140 .R6","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 23 leaves, errata slip pasted on the back of the title.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, I, xii, 275.

John R. B. Rodgers, b. 1757, New York physician. This dissertation is dedicated to John Witherspoon, George Clinton and Benjamin Rush." "09420","82","","","","Stokes de asphyxia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 86, as above.","Stokes, William.","Tentamen Medicum inaugurale, quædam de Asphyxia, ab æris dephlogisticati, privatione oriunda, tradens; quod, deo maximo annuente, sub moderamine viri admodum reverendi Johannis Ewing, S.S.T.P. Universitatis Pensylvaniensis Præfecti . . . eruditorum examini subjicit Gulielmus Stokes, A. B. Virginiensis . . . Philadelphia: ex officina Gulielmi Young, 1793.","RC749 .S7","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 16 leaves, errata slip pasted down on the recto of the last leaf.

Sabin 92006. Evans 26214. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xiii, 709.

The third leaf contains a dedication to Thomas Jefferson (preceded on the second by a dedication to William Shippen), signed Auctor Sincerus and reading in part:

Insuper honestissimo civi, Vitae integro scelerisque puro Thomae Jefferson, viro meritis permagnis virtutibusque permultis pariter insigni, cujus amor Patriae et Libertatis ardentissimus, Philosophiae ac Literarum studium cultusque felicissimus, et Clementia universa notabilis, tum Indigenerum tum Corda alienorum summa Caritate sibi devinxerunt . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the book and the dedication in a letter to Stokes, written from Philadelphia on June 11, 1793:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Stokes . . . he returns many thanks to m[???] Stokes for his inaugural dissertation, and for the flattering notice he has been pleased to prefix respecting himself and for which he feels himself entirely indebted to m[???] Stokes's partiality. the subject of the dissertation, one of the most interesting in human affairs, is treated in a manner particularly interesting & ingenious." "09430","83","","","","Bracken's Traveller's pocket companion.","","12mo. 2 cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 13, as above, omitting 2. cop.","Bracken, Henry.","The Traveller's Pocket Farrier . . . The Third Edition. London: B. Dod, 1744.","","

12mo. No copy was located for collation.

Bracken's pocket farrier. 12mo. was one of the list of books missing from his library sent by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with the request that he would supply copies. Milligan sent a copy, price 50 cents, on April 7, 1815.

In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, the word companion has been changed in ink to Farrier.

Henry Bracken, 1697-1764, English veterinary writer and doctor of medicine, studied medicine at Leyden under Boerhaave. The first edition of this work was published in 1743." "09440","84","","","","Gibson's Farrier's dispensatory.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 88, Gibson's Farmer's Dispensatory, 8vo.","Gibson, William.","The Farrier's Dispensatory in three parts . . . The second edition corrected. London, 1726.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

The first edition was published in 1721." "09450","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","i.","","","Waterhouse, Benjamin.","A Prospect of Exterminating the Small-Pox; being the History of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, or Kine-Pox, commonly called the Cow-Pox; as it has appeared in England: with an Account of a series of Inoculations performed for the Kine-Pox, in Massachusetts. By Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. . . . [Cambridge:] Printed for the Author by William Hilliard, 1800.","RM786 .W32","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves.

Sabin 102063. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xvi, 149.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Cambridge, Mass., on December 1, 1800:

Having long regarded Mr. Jefferson as one of our most distinguished patriots & philosophers, I conceived that a work which had for it's end the good of the community, would not be unexceptable to him.—Under that impression I have here sent him ''a prospect of Exterminating the small-pox,'' and am with the utmost consideration and respect . . .

Jefferson replied on December 25:

I recieved last night, and have read with great satisfaction your pamphlet on the subject of the kine-pox, and pray you to accept my thanks for the communication of it. I had before attended to your publications on the subject in the newspapers, and took much interest in the result of the experiments you were making. every friend of humanity must look with pleasure on this discovery, by which one evil more is withdrawn from the condition of man; and contemplating the possibility, that future improvements & discoveries, may still more & more lessen the catalogue of evils. in this line of proceeding you deserve well of your country, and I pray you to accept my portion of the tribute due you . . ." "09460","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","ii.","","","Waterhouse, Benjamin.","A Prospect of exterminating the Small Pox Part II, being a continuation of a Narrative of Facts concerning the Progress of the new Inoculation in America; together with practical Observations on the local Appearance, Symptoms, and Mode of Treating the Variola Vaccina, or Kine Pock; including some Letters to the Author, from distinguished Characters, on the Subject of this benign Remedy, now passing with a rapid step through all ranks of Society in Europe and America. By Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. . . . Cambridge: Printed for the Author, at the University Press by William Hilliard, 1802.","RM786 .W32","

First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves: A-R4, S2; on K2, recto (page 77) begins, with caption title: Practical Observations on the Variola Vaccina or Kine Pock.

Sabin 102064. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xvi, 149.

On March 1, 1803, Doctor Waterhouse sent Jefferson part II of his Prospect of Exterminating the Small-Pox, with a letter written from Cambridge:

I here transmit for your acceptance, a copy of my Treatise on the Kine Pock, which, though dated Novr. 1802 is just out of the press. The first part contains the history of the progress of this new inoculation in America; The second contains the theory of morbid poisons, together with practical rules & observations.

Being aware that this first narrative would probably be referred to, in time to come, I was desirous to give it all the dignity in my power, by recording the patrons of this new discovery & practice . . . The same strain of eulogium pervades many of the British publications, especially the volume of public characters for 1803 just come to my hands, in sheets. In Jenner's character page 47, a paragraph begins thus,—''This beneficial practice is patronised by JEFFERSON in the new world, & by the EMPEROR OF GERMANY, the EMPRESS DOWAGER OF RUSSIA in the old.'' . . .

A second edition of this Treatise will I believe follow in a few months, before which I hope to receive from my friends & correspondents such corrections, hints for additions, or omissions as will make it less exceptionable to the scholar & physician . . .

This letter was received by Jefferson on March 18. On March 21 he wrote from Monticello to Waterhouse:

Th: Jefferson returns his acknolegements to Doctr. Waterhouse for his letter of the 1st. inst. & the book accompanying it, which he recieved & will have the pleasure of perusing here, where he is on a visit of a fortnight, engaged in the rural operations of the season. the small pox having got into a neighborhood about 30. miles from this, he was enabled yesterday, with some vaccine matter he brought from Washington, to inoculate a large deputation of persons from that neighborhood, and thus to communicate the blessing for which they are indebted to Dr. Waterhouse . . .

This part contains numerous references to Thomas Jefferson and to his activities in establishing the practice of vaccination in the United States. On page 22 is quoted in full the letter from Jefferson to Waterhouse written on December 25, 1800 (see the previous entry). Pages 23-29 contain a letter from Waterhouse to Thomas Jefferson dated June 8, 1801. With this letter Waterhouse enclosed Aikin's book on the same subject, see no. 955. On page 32-34 is quoted a letter from ''President Jefferson to Mr. Vaughn, printed in Dr. Coxe's pamphlet on Vaccination.''

Other references to Jefferson occur.

The dedication of Part II reads: To John Coakley Lettsom; and to Edward Jenner; Physicians preeminently distinguished for their active benevolence and professional skill, this Essay is inscribed, as a mark of Esteem and Respect, by their transatlantic Friend Benjamin Waterhouse. Cambridge New England, November 1802.

Benjamin Waterhouse, 1754-1846, American physician, a native of Newport, Rhode Island, was a member of the American Philosophical Society and many other learned institutions. He was the pioneer vaccinator of America, and was enabled to carry on his experiments and to establish the practice owing to the enthusiastic support of Thomas Jefferson." "09470","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","iii.","","","","La Société de médicine. Paris.","","Several tracts on vaccination were published by this Society during the years 1801-1803, any or all of which may have been owned by Jefferson." "09480","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","iv.","","","","Address of the Royal Jennerian Society, for the Extermination of the Small-Pox, with the Plan, Regulations, and Instructions for Vaccine inoculation. To which is added, A List of the Subscribers. Instituted in 1803 . . . London: Printed and sold by W. Phillips, George Yard [and others], 1803.","RM786 .R685","

8vo. 37 leaves, 2 folded printed tables; the List of Subscribers on 13 pages at the end. The pamphlet was issued with a cover-title.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 367.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the Society.

On July 4, 1803, Charles Murray, Secretary of the Royal Jennerian Society wrote to Jefferson:

I have the honour, by the direction of the Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small pox, to entreat your acceptance of the Society's Address and it's other publications.

The ardour already manifested in the United States in promoting the Vaccine Inoculation, and the progress which it has made there under your auspices, sufficiently evince Sir, that no inducements are wanting to engage you in this great cause of benevolence . . ." "09490","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","v.","","","Lettsom, John Coakley.","Observations on the Cow-Pock; by John Coakley Lettsom M & LLD. Member of several Academies and Literary Societies. [London:] Printed by Nichols & Son, for Joseph Mawman, 1801.","RM786 .L43","

First Edition. 4to. 47 leaves: a3, including the engraved title, B-M4, silhouette portraits, the last sheet with the publisher's announcement of a forthcoming work by the same author.

Only the 8vo. edition in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue, and in Smith.

Jefferson's copy of this book was a presentation from the author who wrote from London, October 10, 1801 (endorsed by Jefferson recd. Feb. 6):

Although unknown to the President of the United States of America, I could not be ignorant of his high character, even before Dr. Thornton introduced it to me; and from his account of the President's condescension, as well as of his love to, and encouragement of, the Arts, I am induced to request his acceptance of a performance, which I have printed with a view to promote a practice of great national importance . . .

Jefferson's letter to Waterhouse, written on December 25, 1800 [see no. 945], is quoted in full at the end of this work. A footnote on page 66, referring to the account of Waterhouse, directs the reader to the ''letters of the late President Adams, and the present, Jefferson, annexed.''

With regard to this unauthorized quotation of Jefferson's letter, Waterhouse explained in a letter to Jefferson from Cambridge, January 29, 1802:

. . . I have been made uneasy at one occurrence. In an unrestrained & perfectly confidential correspondence with my intimate friend Dr. Lettsom, I transmitted him a copy of your first letter to me dated Decr. 25th 1801. acknowledging the receipt of my pamphlet &c. Altho' I did this in the pride of my heart, I meant that he and Jenner only should partake of my satisfaction; but my friend Lettsom printed it in his volume on the cow-pox; and the editors of a new edition of Aikin's little book just published at Philadelphia have prefixed it to that work. Anti-monarchical as I am, I nevertheless think that a strong line of distinction should always be drawn between the private citizen & the Chief Magistrate of a nation, towards whom I am disposed to say in the language and meaning of that old book which all we New England folks sware by, ''Ye Are Gods!''P>Jefferson not only made practical use of Lettsom's book himself but lent it to others. A letter from Dr. Cutler to Jefferson (undated but endorsed recd. Feb. 11, 1802) begins:

Mr. Cutler returns his most respectful compliments to the President of the United States, and begs him to accept his most grateful acknowledgements for yo. favour of a perusal of Dr. Lettsom's Observations on yo. Cow-pock. This work, with its plates, has afforded him great pleasure.

John Coakley Lettsom, 1744-1815, English Quaker physician, was born in the Virgin Isles. He was one of the founders of the Royal Humane Society, and of the Medical Society of London. He was one of the pioneers of inoculation for small-pox, and in addition to the above, wrote other pamphlets on the subject, in some of which Jefferson is mentioned. He was the subject of the squib:

When any sick to me apply,

I physicks, bleeds, and sweats 'em;

If after that they choose to die.

What's that to me,

I Lettsom." "09500","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","vi.","","","Report from the committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's petition, respecting his discovery of vaccine inoculation. London, 1802.","This report was printed in the Medical and Physical Journal, London, 1802.","","

The closing paragraph of the Petition reads:

Your Petitioner, therefore, with the full persuasion that he shall meet with that attention and indulgence, of which this Honourable House may deem him worthy, humbly prays this Honourable House, to take the premises into consideration, and to grant him such remuneration as to their wisdom shall seem to meet." "09510","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","vii.","","","","The Report on the Cow-Pock Inoculation, from the Practice at the Vaccine-Pock Institution, during the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, Read at the General Meeting of the Governors, February 7th, 1803, at the Shakspeare Tavern; Written by the Physicians to the Institution [George Pearson, Lawrence Nihell, and Thomas Nelson]; To which are prefixed, Two painted Engravings of Cow-Pock and other Eruptions . . . London: Printed and Sold by Henry Reynell, printer to the Institution . . . 1803.","RM786 .L65","

First Edition. 8vo. 74 leaves, 2 tinted engraved plates, 1 folded table; printer's imprint at the end.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xv, 523.

The Institute was organized on December 2, 1799, at the House of Dr. George Pearson, and opened on January 21, 1800." "09520","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","viii.","","","Valentin, Louis.","Résultats de l'inoculation de la vaccine dans les départemens de la Meurthe, de la Meuse, des Vosges et du Haut-Rhin. Précédés d'un discours préliminaire, et suivis de ceux de la vaccination sur divers animaux. Nancy: Haener & Delahaye, an X [1802].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xv, 556.

A copy of this work was sent to Jefferson by Valentin from Nancy on December 28, 1803, at the same time as his treatise on yellow fever, q. v.:

. . . Seven months ago I had already trusted to an agent of the French government, another Work of mine the title of Which is: Résultats de l'inoculation de la Vaccine &c. with some experiments on sundry domestic animals.

I shall be very happy if you have the goodness to accept of them. Such a favor will add exceedingly to their Weak Worth . . .

This letter is endorsed by Jefferson: Valentin Louis. Nancy Dec. 28. 03. recd. Oct. 11. 05." "09530","85","Cow-pox. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 96, Cowpox, Tracts on, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 120: Tracts on the Cowpox, 4to; 1800-'3. 1849 Catalogue, page 258. no. 120: Tracts on the Cow-pox, by Waterhouse, La Société de Médecine, Royal Jennerian Society, Dr. Lettsom, Committee of the House of Commons on Dr. Jenner's Petition, p. 4to; 1800-'3.","

With the exception of Jenner's Evidence at large [see no. 954] this is the only entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue for his books and pamphlets on the cow-pox. Lettsom's Observations on the Cow-pox [no. v. below] is the only tract in this collection in quarto format, and it is possible that Jefferson had the pamphlets bound together to the size of Lettsom's quarto.

A set of tracts in quarto, lettered Cow-pox was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, half-bound, price $1.00.","","ix.","","","Coxe, John Redman.","Practical Observations on Vaccination: or Inoculation for the Cow-Pock. By John Redman Coxe, M.D. Member of the American Philosophical Society, and one of the Physicians to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Embellished with a coloured Engraving, representing a comparative View of the various Stages of the Vaccine and Small-Pox. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1802. [Copy-Right secured according to Law.]","RM786 .C88","

First Edition. 8vo. 75 leaves in fours, engraved painted frontispiece, 2 folded tables; publisher's advertisements on the last leaf.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 464.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Dr. Coxe on July 30, 1802. Three weeks earlier, on July 6, Dr. Coxe had sent Jefferson an advance copy:

I hasten to forward to you the first copy of my treatise on the Vaccine, which has come to hand. Whilst I request your acceptance of it, I must apologise for the inaccuracies you will doubtless meet with in it . . .

I hope in a few days to transmit you a copy on superior paper; and will thank you when you receive it, to deposit for me the present Volume, in the Secretary of States office, as the Law points out.—As I do not expect the Work will be published before the next week, I thought I owed it to your kindness to transmit you a Copy immediately . . .

Jefferson replied on July 15:

Th: Jefferson presents his respectful salutations to Doctr. Coxe, and his thanks for the communication of the volume on vaccination. he has deposited it in the Secretary of State's office as desired, and doubts not it will contribute much to the public satisfaction as to this salutary discovery, and to their information as to the manner of treating it . . .

On July 30 Coxe sent the copy ''on superior paper'':

I take the liberty of forwarding to you a Copy of my treatise on Vaccination, which, with many thanks for your very polite attention to my repeated requests, I beg your acceptance of . . .

There are several references to Jefferson in the text. The folded tables contain statistics referring to cases of vaccinated subjects, some of which were contributed by Jefferson. On pages 120 to 122 is quoted in full a ''highly satisfactory'' letter from Jefferson to Dr. Coxe.

Dr. Coxe wrote to Jefferson on April 23, 1802, to ask permission to publish this letter. He thanked Jefferson for the portion of vaccine he had sent him through Dr. Vaughan, announced his intention of writing this treatise, and requested his permission to allow me to introduce in my treatise, the valuable letter which accompanied this valuable present.

Jefferson answered on April 30:

I have duly recieved your favor of the 23d. and am happy to learn that you mean to favor the public with an account of the vaccine inoculation from your own experience . . . m[???] Vaughan had asked me to permit my letter to him to be published. my objection to it was that I am not a medical man, that it would be exhibiting myself before the public in a science where I might be exposed to just criticism, and that the observations of the medical gentlemen themselves would soon furnish what was better. if however the letter can be useful as a matter of testimony, or can attract the notice or confidence of those to whom my political course may have happened to make me known, and thereby engage their belief in a discovery of so much value to themselves and mankind in general, I shall not oppose it's being put to that use . . .

Jefferson's copy of this book is now in a private library.

John Redman Coxe, 1773-1864, physician, practised in Philadelphia. He was one of the early supporters of vaccination. This book is dedicted to Edward Jenner (from Philadelphia June 1st, 1802) after whom he named one of his sons. Coxe's medical library was one of the finest in the United States. It was sold at auction after his death, and many of the books are now in the Library of Congress." "09540","86","","","","Evidence at large on Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculñ.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 94, as above, with the reading inoculation.","Jenner, George C.","The Evidence at Large, as laid before the Committee of the House of Commons, respecting Dr. Jenner's Discovery of Vaccine Inoculation; together with the Debate which followed; and some Observations on the contravening Evidence, &c. By the Rev. G. C. Jenner . . . London: [Printed by S. Gosnell] Published by J. Murray and W. Dwyer, 1805.","RM786 .J55","

8vo. 122 leaves, the last with the errata, printer's imprint on the penultimate leaf.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vii, 237.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author. On May 14, 1806, Jefferson wrote to ''the revd. Doctr. G. C. Jenner'':

I have recieved the copy of the Evidence at large respecting the discovery of the Vaccine inoculation, which you have been pleased to send me, & for which I return you my thanks. having been among the early converts, in this part of the globe, to it's efficacy, I took an early part in recommending it to my countrymen. I avail myself of this occasion of rendering you my portion of the tribute of gratitude due to you from the whole human family. Medecine has never before produced any single improvement of such utility. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood was a beautiful addition to our knowledge of the animal economy. but on a review of the practice of medecine before & since that epoch, I do not see any great amelioration which has been derived from that discovery. you have erased from the Calendar of human afflictions one of it's greatest. yours is the comfortable reflection that mankind can never forget that you have lived. future nations will know by history only that the loathsome small pox has existed & by you has been extirpated. Accept the most fervent wishes for your health & happiness, & assurances of the greatest respect & consideration.

Edward Jenner, 1749-1823, English physician, was the discoverer of vaccination. George C. Jenner was his nephew. 954" "09550","87","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 12, Aikin on the cow pox, 12mo.","Aikin, Charles Rochemont.","A Concise View of all the most important Facts which have hitherto appeared concerning the Cow-Pox. By C. R. Aikin, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. London: Printed for R. Phillips; sold by T. Hurst, and H. D. Symonds, and by all other booksellers; Davis, Wilks, & Taylor, printers, 1801.","RM786 .A29","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 56 leaves, engraved tinted frontispiece dated October 10, 1800, advertisements on the last leaf, with the printers' imprint at the foot of the verso.

This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue (which has the second edition of the same year).

The Library of Congress catalogues credit Jefferson with a copy of the first edition only, as above. This was sent to him by Dr. Waterhouse, with a letter printed in full in the latter's work A Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II, 1802 [no. 946 above]. The letter reads in part:

. . . I here send a little book, compiled by Mr. Aikin, Surgeon of London; being perhaps, the best manual for the inoculator extant . . .

Jefferson acknowledged this letter and the pamphlets from Washington on June 26, 1801.

Jefferson also owned a copy of the second edition, sent to him by John Vaughan, who wrote from Philadelphia on December 9, 1801:

. . . A Second Edition of Aikin is published here, with an important appendix; I shall have the pleasure of sending you a copy as soon as I can get it from the publisher, who is getting it bound. I enclose the advertisement, with the information, that the letter of Yours alluded to, is the one to Dr. Waterhouse, which was found in an English publication—The fear that you might see the Advert. & should for one moment conceive, that I had permitted your letter to me, to be made use of, has induced me to trouble you with the present . . .

On December 21 Vaughan sent the book:

I have the pleasure of sending you a Philadelphia Edition of Aikin, with an appendix, containing some important Documents from Letsom &c—I have also sent a short abstract of some leading points in D'Husson's work on this subject, printed this year at Paris—He was one of the Paris Medical Committee of the Vaccination Hospital . . .

This may be the copy that Jefferson sent to Dr. Currie on December 25 (the day after its receipt from Vaughan):

I inclose you a publication of Aiken's on the Cowpox . . .

Charles Rochemont Aikin, 1775-1847, English physician and chemist, was the nephew of Mrs. Barbauld and the ''Little Charles'' of her Early Lessons. The Concise View was reprinted in 1801 in England and in Charlestown, Boston, and was subsequently translated into French and German." "09560","88","Tracts in Medicine. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapport des Commissaires sur la Magnetisme animal. Rapport des Commissaires de la societé de la medecine sur la magnetisme animale. Rob Anti-Syphilitique. Sur l'usage des vegetaux exotiques dans les maladies veneriennes par Dupau . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 65, and no. 81, Tracts in Medicine, 8vo animal magnetism, Syphilis.","

The two entries in the 1815 catalogue may indicate that Jefferson had the tracts bound in two volumes, though his own entry implies that they were bound together in one volume. A book lettered Tracts in Medicine was bound by John March in August, 1805, price 62½ cents.

These tracts are entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.","Rapport des Commissaires sur la Magnetisme animal.","i.","","","","Rapport des Commissaires chargés par le Roi, de l'examen du Magnétisme Animal. Imprimé par ordre du Roi. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784.","","

First Edition. Sm. folio. 34 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 516. Ford 357.

In a letter to William Smith, the author of the Eulogium on the death of Benjamin Franklin, written shortly after the death of the latter, Jefferson, in describing Franklin's activities in France mentioned:

. . . The animal magnetism too, of the maniac Mesmer, had just recieved it's death's wound from his hand in conjunction with his brethren of the learned committee, appointed to unveil that compound of fraud & folly . . .

This Rapport was signed by Benjamin Franklin, Bailly, le Roy, Lavoisier and several others. The commission, headed by Franklin, was appointed by the King to investigate the theory of Mesmer, who had established himself in Paris in 1778. A heated pamphlet discussion followed. Friedrich Anton Mesmer, 1733-1815, Austrian doctor and inventor of mesmerism." "09570","88","Tracts in Medicine. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapport des Commissaires sur la Magnetisme animal. Rapport des Commissaires de la societé de la medecine sur la magnetisme animale. Rob Anti-Syphilitique. Sur l'usage des vegetaux exotiques dans les maladies veneriennes par Dupau . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 65, and no. 81, Tracts in Medicine, 8vo animal magnetism, Syphilis.","

The two entries in the 1815 catalogue may indicate that Jefferson had the tracts bound in two volumes, though his own entry implies that they were bound together in one volume. A book lettered Tracts in Medicine was bound by John March in August, 1805, price 62½ cents.

These tracts are entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.","Rapport des Commissaires de la societé de la medecine sur la magnetisime animale.","ii.","","","","Rapport des commissaires de la Société royale de médicine, nommés par le roi pour faire l'examen du magnétisme animal. Imprimé par ordre du roi. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784.","","

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 519.

This Rapport was signed by Poissonnier, Caille, Mauduyr and Andry." "09580","88","Tracts in Medicine. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapport des Commissaires sur la Magnetisme animal. Rapport des Commissaires de la societé de la medecine sur la magnetisme animale. Rob Anti-Syphilitique. Sur l'usage des vegetaux exotiques dans les maladies veneriennes par Dupau . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 65, and no. 81, Tracts in Medicine, 8vo animal magnetism, Syphilis.","

The two entries in the 1815 catalogue may indicate that Jefferson had the tracts bound in two volumes, though his own entry implies that they were bound together in one volume. A book lettered Tracts in Medicine was bound by John March in August, 1805, price 62½ cents.

These tracts are entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.","Rob Anti-Syphilitique.","iii.","","","Boyveau-Laffecteur, Denys.","Observations sur l'histoire et les effets du Rob Anti-Syphilitique du sieur Boyveau Laffecteur . . . A Paris: P. D. Pierres, 1781.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iv, 169.

Denys Boyveau-Laffecteur, c. 1750-1812, French physician, was the author of several pamphlets on Rob Anti-Syphilitique, published in 1781 and later years. It is not clear which was in the Jefferson collection.

The title-page of an edition in the Library of Congress (1810) describes the author as ''Médecin, Chimiste et Auteur de ce Remède que depuis 50 ans il fournit aux Hôpitaux de la Marine, et avec le quel il s'est chargé envers le Gouvernement de la guérison des Malades reconnus incurables par le Mercure et tous les autres Remèdes''." "09590","88","Tracts in Medicine. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapport des Commissaires sur la Magnetisme animal. Rapport des Commissaires de la societé de la medecine sur la magnetisme animale. Rob Anti-Syphilitique. Sur l'usage des vegetaux exotiques dans les maladies veneriennes par Dupau . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 65, and no. 81, Tracts in Medicine, 8vo animal magnetism, Syphilis.","

The two entries in the 1815 catalogue may indicate that Jefferson had the tracts bound in two volumes, though his own entry implies that they were bound together in one volume. A book lettered Tracts in Medicine was bound by John March in August, 1805, price 62½ cents.

These tracts are entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.","Sur l'usage des vegetaux exotiques dans les maladies veneriennes par Dupau.","iv.","","","Dupau, Jacques.","Observations sur l'usage des végétaux exotiques, et particulièrement du gayac, de la squine, de la salsepareille, et de la lobelia syphilitica, dans les maladies vénériennes. Par Jacques Dupau . . . Paris: chez Guillot, A Toulouse, chez l'Auteur, 1782.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 58 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, page 687. Not in the Biographie Médicale.

Not in Eloy. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iv, 560.

Jacques Dupau, fl. 1782, French physician of the faculty of Toulouse." "09600","89","","","","Beddoes observations on Calculus etc.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 67, as above.","Beddoes, Thomas.","Observations on the Nature and Cure of Calculus, Sea Scurvy, Consumption, Catarrh, and Fever: Together with Conjectures upon several other Subjects of Physiology and Pathology. By Thomas Beddoes, M.D. Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1797.","R128.7.B4","

8vo. in fours. 148 leaves.

Evans 31782. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Thomas Beddoes, 1760-1808, English physician, noteworthy also for having discovered Humphry Davy, and for having employed James Watt to construct his apparatus. He married Anna, the sister of Maria Edgeworth.

This is the first American edition of this work, originally published in London in 1793." "09610","90","","","","Rush's introductory lectures.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 77, as above.","Rush, Benjamin.","Sixteen Introductory Lectures, to Courses of Lectures upon the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, with a Syllabus of the Latter. To which are added, Two Lectures upon the Pleasures of the Senses and of the Mind; with an Inquiry into their proximate Cause. Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, in the said University. Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Innskeep, Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1811.","R117 .R966","

First Complete Edition. 8vo. in fours. 232 leaves.

Sabin 74241 note. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 265. Goodman, page 388.Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Benjamin Rush who first mentioned the forthcoming publication of this book in a letter to the former written on January 11, 1810:

. . . I am now engaged in publishing a Volume of introductory lectures to my Courses of lectures upon the institutes of medicine. They will be 18 in number. Two will be subjoined to them upon the pleasures of the senses and the mind delivered every year after considering the Senses & Mind. I shall request you to accept of a copy of them as soon as they are published. They are upon Subjects that will be interesting I hope to private gentlemen as well as to Students and practitioners of medicine. One of them is upon that part of medical jurisprudence which decides upon the State of mind which should disqualify a man from being a witness in a Court of law, making a Will, and which should exempt him from punishment for criminal or felonious Acts . . .

Jefferson replied on January 16:

. . . I shall recieve your proposed publication, & read it, with the pleasure which every thing gives me from your pen. altho' much of a sceptic in the practice of medecine, I read with pleasure it's ingenious theories . . .

On August 17, 1811, Jefferson wrote from Poplar Forest to Rush:

. . . I know that within that time I have recieved one or more letters from you, accompanied by a volume of your introductory lectures, for which accept my thanks. I have read them with pleasure and edification, for I acknolege facts in medecine as far as they go, distrusting only their extension by theory . . .

The first six lectures in this collection are reprints of the publication of 1801. See no. 979." "09620","91","","","","Rush's Medical enquiries.","","2d. & 4th. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 76, as above.","Rush, Benjamin.","Medical Inquiries and Observations. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. . . Volume II. A New Edition. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1797.—Medical Inquiries and Observations: containing an account of the Bilious remitting and intermitting Yellow Fever, as it appeared in Philadelphia in the year 1794. Together with an Inquiry into the Proximate cause of Fever; and a Defence of Blood-letting as a remedy for certain diseases. By Benjamin Rush . . . Volume IV. ib. 1796.","R117 .R95","

8vo. Vol. II, 178 leaves, the last with publisher's advertisement; vol. IV, 136 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 398. Good, page 263. Goodman, page 386.This is the first edition of vol. IV. The first edition of vol. II appeared in 1793." "09630","92","","","","Young's Physiology.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 79, as above.","Young, Joseph.","A new physical system of astronomy; or, An attempt to explain the operations of the powers which impel the planets and comets to perform eliptical revolutions round the sun, and revolve on their own axis: in which, the physical system of Sir Isaac Newton, is examined, and presumed to be refuted. To which is annexed, a physiological treatise; in which the first stage of animation is considered . . . Also, successful methods of curing cancerous ulcers, the quartan ague, putrid fevers, stopping mortifications, and extracting frost, so as to leave the frozen member perfectly well. By Joseph Young . . . New-York: Printed by Geo. F. Hopkins, 1800.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 95 leaves.

Not in Sabin.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Stamford, State of Connecticut, October 29, 1800:

When I sat down to address you, my first intention was to apologize for the liberty I have taken in troubling you with my speculations on Astronomy, Physiology, and Mechanics, at this critical period, when the most important national concerns demand your attention, and doubtless occupies all the faculties of your mind; But when I considered that the great Doctor Franklin, and the celebrated Ritenhouse, had both gone to study Astronomy in the upper regions, and that you, their worthy successor delighted to patronize and encourage American improvements in arts and science, I conceived a laboured apology to be unnecessary, because I was convinced, that if the work contained any useful discovery or improvement, you would freely afford a leisure hour to peruse it. But if if contains nothing valuable, all that could be said concerning it, cannot give it any intrinsic worth, or save it from merited oblivion: But if happily it should gain your approbation, either in the whole, or in part, I will thank you for your candid opinion, whenever you can make it most convenient, and in whatever way you may please to convey it . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington, December 10, 1800:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your astronomical & physiological treatises by the hands of m[???] Davenport and to return you my thanks for this attention. the heads of these works shew them to be interesting, and I shall peruse them with great satisfaction. their nature however requiring serious reflection it is possible that my occupations here may oblige me to delay the pleasure of the perusal till my return home. the Newtonian theory appears to have solved the very complicated phenomena in astronomy, and so far to call for our assent. but we are commanded to prove all things and hold fast that which is good . . .

Mr. Worthington Chauncey Ford's note to the letter of Young printed in the Bixby collection reads: ''Probably a MS. No mention of Joseph Young occurs in Huntington's History of Stamford.''

Young's Physiology. printed somewhere in New England. 8vo. was on the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with a request that Milligan supply a replacement copy." "09640","93","","","","Barnwell's Physical investigations.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 39. no. 34, as above.","Barnwell, William.","Physical Investigations & Deductions, from Medical and Surgical Facts. Relative to the Causes, Nature and Remedies of the Diseases of a warm and vitiated Atmosphere, from Climate, Local Situation, or Season of the Year. Together with an Historical Introduction to Physianthropy: or the Experimental Philosophy of Human Life: that of Diseases, and also of Remedies . . . By William Barnwell, M.D. Formerly Surgeon in the employ of the Hon. E. India Company of London. Philadelphia: Printed by W. W. Woodward, 1802.","RA792 .B26","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 230 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue (with imprint printed for the author and without Woodward's name) I, i, 722.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on January 26, 1802 (3 weeks after the date of the Preface, January 4, 1802):

Be pleased to excuse my presumption in addressing you, and to accept of the small compliment of a book, from some parts of which it is hoped, you will find some amusement if not information.

Notwithstanding many disappointments, it affords me much consolation, to live under a government; the head of which exhibits the principles of a genuine Republican, neither is the liberality of your sentiments towards my poor fugitive countrymen less agreeable to me who has now been nine years among the number. nor is your Philosophical and Literary turn less admired by one who has passed many years in Physical Pursuits . . .

William Barnwell, fl. 1793-1807, doctor of medicine, was born in England, and according to this letter to Jefferson above came to America in 1793. His further correspondence with Jefferson reveals that in 1806 he was in charge of the Charity Hospital in New Orleans, from which he hoped to obtain the Surveyor Generalship for the territory of Orleans, denied to him as it had been annexed to that established for the Mississippi territory. The correspondence between Barnwell and Jefferson includes a long account by the former of certain parts of Louisiana, written on April 17, 1806, and an account of the present state of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, written on November 10, 1807." "09650","94","","","","Fothergill on the suspension of vital action","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 78, as above.","Fothergill, Anthony.","A new enquiry into the suspension of vital action, in cases of drowning and suffocation. Being an attempt to concentrate into a more luminous point of view the scattered rays of science, respecting that interesting though mysterious subject, to elucidate the proximate cause, to appreciate the present remedies, and to point out the best method of restoring animation . . . The Second edition . . . Bath, 1795.","","

8vo. No copy was located for collation; the above title is taken from the third edition, n. d., in the catalogue of the Surgeon General's Library.

Not in Osler. A copy is in the British Museum Library Catalogue and in the Catalogue of the Manchester Medical Society.

Anthony Fothergill visited America in 1803, and was introduced to Jefferson by Dr. Caspar Wistar, who on May 29, 1804, wrote to him from Philadelphia:

I beg leave to present to you two very respectable travellers who are now on their way to the seat of Government for the purpose of offering their respects to you. It is most probable that you are already well acquainted with the name & great merits of each as Dr. Anthony Fothergill is the Physician of Bath in England who has distinguished himself by so many publications all of which are remarkable for ingenuity of science combined with active humanity. The Baron Humbolt has just returned from an expedition to South America & to Mexico . . . These Gentlemen will recommend themselves much more than it is in my power to do . . .

On June 7, Jefferson wrote to Wistar from Washington:

. . . Baron Humboldt, Doctr. Fothergill and their companions arrived here some days ago. the Doctr. was already known by his works, and the emigration of such men as he & Priestly to end their days with us is an honorable testimony for us . . .

Anthony Fothergill, 1732-1813, English physician. He received a gold medal from the Royal Humane Society for this work on drowning by suffocation. He retired from practice in 1803 and visited America, but did not end his days here, the rumours of war in 1812 causing him to return to England, where he died the following year." "09660","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","i.","","","","Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, relative to the Prevention of the Introduction and Spreading of contagious Diseases. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798.","RA643 .C67","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. in fours. 21 leaves.

Evans 34356. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 293." "09670","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","ii.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","Three Lectures upon Animal Life, Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. . . . Published at the Request of his Pupils. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1799.","QP71.R93","

First Edition. 8vo. 46 leaves; the Preface dated from Philadelphia, 25th June, 1799.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 265. Goodman, page 389.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from Dr. Rush, who wrote from Philadelphia on July 29, 1799:

Herewith you will receive two pamphflets, the one upon the causes of animal life, the other upon the origin of the yellow fever in our city . . .

Many years later, in a letter to Jefferson written on March 15, 1813, Rush referred to this pamphlet:

Soon after I became the Advocate of domestic Animals as far as related to their diseases, in the lecture of which I sent you a copy . . ." "09680","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","iii.","","","Mease, James.","Observations on the Arguments of Professor Rush, in favour of the Inflammatory Nature of the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog. By James Mease, M.D. Whitehall: Printed by William Young, Philadelphia, 1801.","RC148.M483","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves; the dedication to ''Professor Rush'' is dated from Philadelphia, March 4, 1801.

Not in Sabin. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, viii, 744.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, sent from Philadelphia on June 23, 1801:

I have the pleasure to present you with a copy of a pamphlet I lately published on the disease produced by the bite of a mad dog, the object of which is to support the principles I maintained in my inaugural dissertation, in May 1792 . . . I also take the liberty to forward to you the outlines of a course of lectures which I design to deliver next autumn in this City, upon the application of the principles of Natl. Philosophy and Chemistry to Arts, manufactures and the common purposes of life. It is my intention to sollicit the trustees of the univ: of Pennsylvania to establish a professorship for the purpose under the title of ''OEconomicks'' but I am not certain of their complying with my desire. Should they reject my proposal to deliver the lectures under their patronage, and encouragement generally fail, I may probably turn my attention to objects from which a more certain success may be expected . . .

Jefferson replied on June 29, 1801:

Th: Jefferson presents his thanks to Doctr. Mease for the two pamphlets. that part of his proposition which relates to the union of chemistry with domestic arts is very interesting indeed. baking, brewing wine, vinegar, soap, butter, cheese, fixing liquors, hatching of eggs, with a long train of &c. &c. are subjects of which the chemistry is as little known as it is of more worth in common life than all the residue of the field of that science put together. Dr. Pennington had given us hopes that science would at length be applied to domestic use: but death put off these hopes. Th: J. will be happy to see the school of Philadelphia engaged in what will carry the value of philosophy home to the head & heart of every housekeeper. he prays Doctr. Mease to accept his salutations & respect." "09690","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","iv.","","","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Medica of the United-States. Read before the Philadelphia Medical Society, on the Twenty-first of February, 1798. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. one of the Honorary Members of the Society, and Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by Way & Groff, 1798.","RS169 .B29","

First Edition. 8vo. 29 leaves, dedication to James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. President of the Linnean Society dated Philadelphia, March 12, 1798.

Sabin 3804. Evans 33377. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, ii, 126.

For a note on Barton see no. 681." "09700","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","v.","","","","Waterhouse on Kine-Pox; Boston, 1800.","","[TBE]These two pamphlets are with the tracts on small-pox, see above.[/TBE]" "09710","95","Pamphlets medical. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 80, Pamphlet, medical, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 87. no. J. 106; Tracts, viz: Proceedings of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, &c., in relation to Contagious Diseases, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Rush's Lectures upon Animal Life, 8vo; Phila. 1799.—Mease on the Disease produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Barton on Materia Medica, 8vo; Phila. 1798.—Waterhouse on Kine-Pox, 8vo; Boston, 1800.—First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution, London, 1800.","","","vi.","","","","First Report of the Vaccine Pock Institution; London, 1800.","","[TBE]These two pamphlets are with the tracts on small-pox, see above.[/TBE]" "09720","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","i.","","","Palloni, Gaetano.","Osservazioni Mediche sulla Malattia Febbrile dominante in Livorno, per servire d'Istruzioni ai Signori Medici Destinati al Servizio del nuovo Spedale Provvisorio di S. Jacopo del Dottor Gaetano Palloni Professore Onorario dell' Università di Pisa, e Medico Commissionato dal Regio Governo d'Etruria presso la Deputazione di Sanità detta Città. Venezia: Presso Giacomo Storti, 1804.","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xii, 423.

Gaetano Palloni, 1766-1830, Italian physician." "","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","ii.","","","Devere.","","","The misspelling Devere is corrected to Deveze on the later Library of Congress catalogues. This tract was bound by Jefferson with pamphlets in Cosmology, other tracts on the yellow fever, etc., and entered in chapter 6, where the work of Deveze is described." "09730","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","iii.","","","Hardie, James.","An Account of the Malignant Fever, lately prevalent in the City of New-York. Containing I. A Narrative of its Rise, Progress and Decline . . . II. The Manner in which the Poor were relieved during this awful Calamity. III. A List of the Donations . . . IV. A List of the Names of the Dead . . . V. A Comparative View of the Fever of the Year 1798, with that of the year 1795. By James Hardie, A.M. . . . New-York: Printed by Hurtin and M'Farlane and Sold by the Author, by John Low, the other Booksellers, and the Printers, 1799.","RC211 .N7H26","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 74 leaves.

Evans 35586. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 841.

James Hardie, 1760-1826, of New York, explains in the preface to this work, dated 15th January 1799, that he was employed by the Health Commissioners during the outbreak of fever described in this book. He wrote an account of each subsequent visitation of the Yellow Fever to New York." "09740","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","iv.","","","Blane, Sir Gilbert.","On the Yellow Fever. ?1807.","","

No copy of a separate edition of a tract on this subject was located. On the Yellow Fever was included in Blane's Select Dissertations, 1822, and in other collections of his works.

The tract was sent to Jefferson by Sir Gilbert Blane in 1807. On October 2 he wrote from London to The President of the United States of America:

Having formerly had the Honor of being in correspondence with the Government of the American States respecting the Nature and Prevention of the Yellow Fever, and observing that in my humble opinion some errors still prevail on that subject so interesting to the United States, I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of a small Tract in form of a letter to a foreign Minister submitting to your better judgement how far it may be useful to the Government over which you preside . . .

This letter was sent under cover to a correspondent whose name is not known, with a letter written on the same day:

I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of a tract on the Yellow Fever, and also a letter to the President of the United States, begging you will do me the honor to transmit it, after sealing it and filling out the direction.

Sir Gilbert Blane, 1749-1834, Scottish naval physician, and an authority on the diseases of sailors, on yellow fever, diseases to which prisoners are liable, and numerous other subjects. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of various other learned bodies in England and on the Continent." "09750","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","v.","","","Miller, Edward.","Report on the Malignant Disease, which prevailed in the City of New-York, in the Autumn of 1805: addressed to the Governor of the State of New-York. By Edward Miller, M.D. Resident Physician for the City of New-York. [New York: 1806.]","RC211 .N7M5","

8vo. in fours. 24. leaves.

Sabin 49015. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ix, 310.

Presentation copy from the author who wrote to Jefferson from New York on March 12, 1806:

I beg leave to lay before you a small publication concerning the Malignant Fever which has so often prevailed within a few years in various parts of the United States.

The importance of this subject, in relation to the foreign commerce of America and the social intercourse of nations, will afford, I trust, a sufficient apology for another attempt to exhibit & arrange the facts on which public opinion ought to be formed . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on April 27:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Miller, & his thanks for the pamphlet on Yellow fever he was so kind as to send him. he has read it with great satisfaction and as much conviction as he dares permit himself to feel on a subject so little familiar to him. he has directed copies of it to be procured and sent to all our diplomatic & other foreign agents, in order to correct the disastrous effects on our commerce produced by the contrary opinions. he salutes Dr. Miller with respect.

Edward Miller, 1760-1812, New York physician, was the pioneer clinician of New York City. He took his medical degree in Philadelphia and became a close friend of Benjamin Rush. For a time Miller was connected with the U. S. military hospitals, and in 1803 was resident physician for the port of New York. His experience with yellow fever convinced him that it was of domestic origin and not contagious. In 1797 Miller joined Samuel L. Mitchill and Elihu H. Smith in conducting the Medical Repository, the first medical journal in the United States." "09760","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","vi.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","Observations upon the Origin of the malignant bilious, or Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, and upon the Means of Preventing it: addressed to the Citizens of Philadelphia by Benjamin Rush. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1799.","RC206 .R95","

First Edition. 18 leaves; dated at the end 16th July 1799.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 267. Goodman, page 387.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Benjamin Rush who wrote on July 29, 1799:

Herewith you will receive two pamphflets, the one upon the causes of animal life, the other upon the origin of the yellow fever in our city, & upon the means of preventing it. The latter has been generally read by our citizens, and has removed a small portion of their prejudices upon the subject of our annual calamity. But time, and another visitation by the disease, I fear will alone cure us of our absurd, & destructive belief in its importation . . ." "09770","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","vii.","","","Mitchill, Samuel Latham.","Dr. Mitchill's Note to Dr. Valentin of Marseilles, on the Knowledge which Hippocrates seems to have had of Yellow Fever.","","

[In: The Medical Repository . . . conducted by Samuel Latham Mitchill, M.D. and Edward Miller, M.D. Second Hexade. Vol. III. New-York, 1806. pages 104-109.]

In a letter to Jefferson, received by him on August 22, 1805, Samuel L. Mitchill wrote:

I beg leave to submit to you two half sheets of the yet unpublished first Number of the 9th Volume of the Medical Repository. You will find in it my Commentary on the texts of Hippocrates which shew the Greeks of old to have been grievously afflicted with yellow fever; and Mr. Peron's Memoir on the use of Lime with betel to guard against febrile Distempers. [pages 99-102 of the same volume.]" "09780","96","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 62, Tracts on the yellow fever, Palloni, Devere, Hardie, Anon, Blane, Miller, 8 v.","","","viii.","","","Ewell, Thomas.","On June 26, 1806, Thomas Ewell wrote to Jefferson from the U. S. Navy Yard, New York:","","

. . . Enclosed is a paper containing a letter on the means of preventing yellow fever, which I lately wrote. Hoping that you would be pleased to read it—I took the liberty of sending it; as it contains something new which may prove of some use. The hasty manner in which it was written—gives it a claim to be read with that liberality and indulgence, which you have been pleased to exercise in honoring your obliged and respectful servant.

This pamphlet was written in the form of a letter to Dr. Rush, dated from the United States Navy Yard, June 15, 1806. The author supports the miasmatic origin of yellow fever advocated by Dr. Rush. It was reprinted in Ewell's Statement of Improvements in the Theory and Practice of the Science of Medicine, Philadelphia, 1819 (dedicated to Thomas Jefferson)." "09790","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","i.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","Six Introductory Lectures, to Courses of Lectures, upon the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, delivered in the University of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of Medicine in the said University. Philadelphia: Published by John Conrad, & Co., Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad, & Co., Baltimore; and Rapin, Conrad, & Co., Washington City: H. Maxwell, printer, 1801.","R117 .R965","

First Edition. 8vo. 84 leaves.

Sabin 74241 note. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 399. Good, page 265. Goodman, page 388.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Rush on November 27, 1801: Accept much honoured & dear Sir of a Copy of the enclosed publication . . .

Jefferson's reply, from Washington, December 20, 1801, indicates the title of the enclosure:

I have recieved your favor of Nov. 27, with your introductory lectures which I have read with the pleasure & edification I do every thing from you . . .

It was in a postscript to the above quoted letter of November 27, 1801, that Rush erroneously credited Jefferson with the invention of the word Vaccination:

P. S. Vaccination as you have happily called it, has taken root in our city, and will shortly supersede the Old mode of Inoculation . . .

The word had been in use for some time before this date." "09800","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","ii.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind. With an Account of the Means of Preventing, and of the remedies for curing them. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. The Fourth Edition with additions. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, Archibald Bartram, printer, n. d.","RM426 .A3R9","

Sm. 8vo. 26 leaves, the last a blank.

Good, page 269. Goodman, page 386.

The date of the first edition of this frequently reprinted tract is not known. It was probably originally printed in Philadelphia, and would therefore ante-date the first known edition, Boston, 1790." "09810","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","iii.","","","Rush, John.","Elements of Life, or, The Laws of Vital Matter. By John Rush, M.D. Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical Society, and of the Cliosophic Society of Nassau College . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas and George Palmer, 1804.","","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 17 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 400.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to Jefferson (in an undated letter, received by him October 15, 1804):

In presenting you with the Elements of life I have given you merely the Alphabet of this science . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on October 26:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to Dr. John Rush and his thanks for the tract sent him on the elements of life which he shall read in the first leisure moment with attention & pleasure. the subject is one of the most curious & interesting which can occupy the mind, and he percieves it is treated with that freedom which alone can promise sound result.

The copy in the Library of Congress from which the above collation was made belonged to John Redman Coxe, and has his name and the date 1804 on the title-page." "09820","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","iv.","","","Griffiths, Elijah.","An Essay on Ophthalmia, or Inflammation of the Eyes. By Elijah Griffiths, one of the Physicians of the Philadelphia Alms-House, and Honorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical Society. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Hugh Maxwell, 1804.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 13 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 608.

Elijah Griffiths, fl. 1797. This work was his inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1 June, 1804. Griffiths was a friend of Jefferson and in correspondence with him." "09830","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","v.","","","Ffirth, Stubbins.","A Treatise on Malignant Fever; with an Attempt to Prove its Non-Contagious Nature. By Stubbins Ffirth, S.H.S.M.P. A Native of Salem, New Jersey, House Surgeon of the Philadelphia Dispensary . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by B. Graves, 1804.","RC206 .F43","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. in fours. 30 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iv, 961.

On page 13 the author draws attention in a footnote to Jefferson's disagreement with Purchas. The text reads: Purchas observes, that the emigrants to Virginia, in 1619, 20 and 21, amounted to 3570, in 42 sail of ships . . . The footnote: President Jefferson says only 2516.

Stubbins Ffirth, fl. 1804. This treatise, dedicated to Caspar Wistar, was an inaugural dissertation for the degree of doctor of medicine at Philadelphia, June 6, 1804." "09840","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","vi.","","","Vaughan, John.","A Concise History of the Autumnal Fever, which prevailed in the Borough of Wilmington, in the Year 1802. By Dr. John Vaughan. Wilmington (Del.): Printed by James Wilson, 1803.","RC211 .D4W7","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves:

Sabin 98685. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xv, 610.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Wilmington, January 19, 1803:

Will Mr. Jefferson be so obliging as to accept the little pamphlet on fever, per mail of the day . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on January 23:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments and thanks to Doctr. Vaughan for the treatise on fever he has been so obliging as to send him, and which he shall peruse at the first leisure moment with pleasure.

John Vaughan, 1775-1806, physician of Wilmington, was a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a close friend of Jefferson, with whom he was in constant correspondence." "09850","97","Tracts in medicine. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 82, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 86. no. J. 105: Tracts, viz: Rush's Introductory Lectures, 8vo; Phila. 1801.—Rush on the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Mind and Body, 12mo; Phila.—Rush on the Laws of Vital Matter, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Griffiths on Ophthalmia, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Ffirth's Treatise on Malignant Fever, 8vo; Phila. 1804.—Vaughan's History of the Autumnal Fever in Wilmington, in 1802, 8vo; Wilmington, 1803.—Sir John Sinclair on Longevity, Eng. Fr. 8vo; Lond. & Paris, 1802.","","","vii.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","An Essay on Longevity. London: Strahan, 1802 [also in French, Paris, 1802].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 15 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote to him from London on June 3, 1802:

. . . You will also herewith recieve two Copies of a paper on Longevity which may be reprinted in America, if you should approve of that Idea. I hope to recieve by your obliging assistance very satisfactory answers from America to the questions in Appendix No. 1.

For a note on Sinclair see no. 726. In 1807 he published a book in four volumes entitled Code of Health and Longevity. Of this work he sent a Prospectus to Jefferson on August 13, 1807:

Sir John Sinclair . . . cannot deny himself the pleasure of transmitting to his friends there [i. e. in America], Copies of the prospectus of his Code of Health, and Longevity . . ." "09860","98","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 87. Shattuk's Dissertations, 8vo.","Shattuck, George Cheyne.","Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807. By George Cheyne Shattuck, M.D. Being the Dissertations to which the Boylston Prize Medals were Adjudged. To which is prefixed the Public Account of their Adjudication . . . Boston: Published by Farrand, Mallory, & Co. [and others;] by Hopkins & Bayard, New-York; and Hopkins & Earle, Philadelphia; Belcher and Armstrong, Printers, 1808.","R117 .S6","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 98 leaves; the last two leaves contain a Catalogue of Law Books recently published by Farrand, Mallory, & Co.

Sabin 79871. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 970.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote on October 28, 1808, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Jefferson, L.L.D. President of the United States:

The author of the Boylston Prize Dissertation takes the liberty to send Your Excellency a copy, of which he must beg your acceptance; not that they contain any peculiar merit, which should entitle them to Your Excellency's high notice, but that they are a humble expression of the great respect their author feels for the man, who has so successfully cultivated physical science, and who has ever patronized those, who have made honest efforts to be useful to others . . .

To this Jefferson replied from Washington on March 11, 1809:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Shattuck, and his thanks for the copy of the Boylston prize dissertation which he was so kind as to send him. he shall read it with pleasure in the leisure of Monticello, to which place he is now in the moment of departure . . .

George Cheyne Shattuck, 1784-1854, a leading physician of Boston, was President of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 1836-1840. He left an endowment for what is now the Shattuck Professorship of Pathological Anatomy at Harvard Medical School." "09870","99","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 14, Mason's Pocket Companion for the Horse, 12mo.","Mason, Richard.","The Gentleman's new pocket companion comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse; together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening; the necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey; the construction and management of stables; different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse, from three to nine years old. With a concise account of the diseases, to which the horse is most subject; with such remedies as long experience has proven to be effectual. Petersburg: John Jackson, 1811.","","

First Edition; no copy was available for collation.

This edition not in the State Library of Virginia Catalogue and not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Jefferson purchased this book after seeing it advertised in the Virginia Argus, published in Richmond.

On November 7, 1812, he wrote to Samuel Pleasants, the publisher:

I see advertised in your paper of the 7th. Hutton's Mathematics 2.v. 8vo. 8. Dol. which I will pray you to send me, adding thereto a copy of Mason's book on the Horse, advertised in the same paper, m[???] Gibson will be so kind as to pay for them on shewing him this letter. the books to be securely wrapped in paper, addressed to me to the care of David Higgenbotham in Milton . . .

Pleasants replied from Richmond on November 13:

Your favor of the 7th inst. came to hand this morning—Agreeably thereto, I have left with Mr. Higginbotham of this place a copy of Mason's Pocket Companion, to be forwarded to you by Mr. D. Higginbotham . . .

Richard Mason, M.D., is described on title-pages of later editions of this work as formerly of Surry County, Virginia. This book was frequently reprinted." "09880","","","","","","","","","","Address on the Advancement of Medicine. 1812.","","

[TBE]The following tracts are not specifically mentioned in the catalogues, but were presented by their authors to Jefferson, and were probably included in the various bound volumes of medical tracts, described in the catalogues as ''etc.''[/TBE]

This address was sent to Jefferson by Dr. Henry Wheaton from Providence, Rhode Island, on January 17, 1812. Dr. Wheaton wrote:

I beg your attention to the enclosed Address, written by a friend, and which as I know you to be sensibly alive to everything which concerns the welfare of science, I flatter myself you will read not without pleasure, as it indicates the growing respectability of the healing art among us . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on February 14:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Dr. Wheaton and his thanks for the Address he was so kind as to inclose him on the advancement in Medecine. having little confidence in the theories of that Art, which change in their fashion with the Ladies caps & gowns, he has much in the facts it has established by observation. the experience of Physicians has proved that in certain forms of disease, certain substances will restore order to the human system; and he doubts not that continued observation will enlarge the catalogue, and give relief to our posterity in cases wherein we are without it. the extirpation of the smallpox by vaccination, is an encouraging proof that the condition of man is susceptible of amelioration altho we are not able to fix it's extent. he salutes Dr. Wheaton with esteem & respect." "09890","","","","","","","","","Brown, Richard.","An essay on the truth of Physiognomy, and its application to medicine. By Richard Brown, A.M. of Alexandria . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas T. Stiles, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, ii, 492.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Louisville, Kentucky, on September 23, 1807:

I take the liberty of enclosing you a copy of my inaugural dissertation, which in some interval of leisure from business you may not find it disagreable to peruse . . .

Richard Brown, fl. 1807, was a resident of the District of Columbia at the time he read the above dissertation and obtained his degree at the University of Philadelphia. According to his letter to Jefferson it was due to the advice of the latter that he set up a practice in Louisville." "09900","","","","","","","","","Darlington, William.","A Dissertation on the mutual influence of Habits and Disease. Submitted as an inaugural Thesis, to the examination of the Reverend John Andrews, D.D. Provost, (Pro tempore), the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Fifth Day of June, 1804. for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. By William Darlington, of Pennsylvania. Member of the American Linnean and Philadelphia Medical Societies. . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by Joseph Rakestraw, 1804.","R111 .O8","

8vo. 18 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 595.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, with a letter written from Westchester, Penna., March 11, 1805:

Knowing your predeliction for all subjects which have any relation to, or influence over the welfare of Man, I have presumed to obtrude the accompanying sheets upon your view . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 29:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to Mr. Darlington & his thanks for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him on the mutual influence of habits & disease which he shall peruse in the first moments of leisure with the pleasure so interesting a subject promises.

Jefferson's name occurs in the text, on page 35:

''As she [i. e. America] has produced a Washington, a Franklin, and a Jefferson, to wrest and preserve our rights and liberties from the grasp of transatlantic tyrants,—so has she given us a Rittenhouse, a Rush, and a Barton, to maintain our dignity and independence in the various branches of Philosophy, Medicine, and Natural History." "09910","","","","","","","","","Raffeneau-Delile, Alire.","An Inaugural Dissertation on Pulmonary Consumption. Submitted to the Public Examination of the Faculty of Physic under the Authority of the Trustees of Columbia College, in the State of New-York, the Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, D. D. President; for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 5th Day of May, 1807. By Alire Raffeneau-Delile . . . New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1807.","RC311 .R15","

8vo. 25 leaves collating in fours; dedicated to David Hosack.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xiv, 267.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from New York on May 10, 1807:

Je prends la liberté de vous addresser un exemplaire de la dissertation que j'ai ecrite pour etre admis ici au Dégré de Docteur en Medecine, et qui a obtenu l'approbation de la Faculté. Je suis loin de considerer que ce faible essay me donne aucun droit particulier a votre attention: Je serai flatté que vous regardiez cet envoi comme une marque de mon respect . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on May 24:

Th: Jefferson returns thanks to M. Delile for the pamphlets he was so kind as to inclose him, which he has perused with pleasure & instruction." "09920","","","","","","","","","Rush, James.","An Inquiry into the Use of the Omentum. By James Rush, of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: from the press of T. & G. Palmer, 1809.","QM367 .R8","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 18 leaves in fours.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 400.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, whose father, Benjamin Rush, wrote to Jefferson on May 3, 1809:

. . . My 3rd. son who has lately graduated as Doctor of Medicine requests your acceptance of a copy of his inaugural dissertation . . .

James Rush, 1786-1869, physician, the son of Benjamin Rush, q. v. This treatise was his Inaugural Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, submitted on April 19, 1800. It is dedicated to Benjamin Rush, and to Caspar Wistar, James Woodhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton and the doctors in the faculty. At his death James Rush, in memory of his wife Phoebe Anne Ridgway, bequeathed his fortune to establish the Ridgway Branch of the Library Company of Philadelphia, under certain conditions, which included the republication of his books each decade for fifty years." "09930","","","","","","","","","Vaughan, John.","The Valedictory Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware . . . Wilmington: Printed at the Franklin Press. By James Wilson, 1800.","","

This appears to be the only separate tract published by Vaughan in 1800, and was probably the one referred to in the letter from him to Jefferson, written on December 3, 1800:

You will please to accept the enclosed pamphlet as a tribute of esteem from its Author. The only apology, I have to plead in extenuation of the privilege assumed, is the liberality necessarily attached to your character as a Philosopher . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 10, 1800:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Vaughan, and his thanks for the pamphlet inclosed to him, which he is assured he shall peruse with pleasure at the first leisure moment . . ." "09940","","","","","","","","","Waterhouse, Benjamin.","Cautions to young Persons concerning health in a Public Lecture delivered at the close of the Medical Course in the Chapel at Cambridge Nov. 20. 1804; containing the General Doctrine of Chronic Diseases; shewing the evil Tendency of the Use of Tobacco upon young Persons; more especially the pernicious Effects of smoking Cigarrs; with observations on the Use of Ardent and Vinous Spirits in general by Benjamin Waterhouse. M.D. . . . [Cambridge:] Printed at the University Press by W. Hilliard, 1805.","RC364 .W3","

First Edition, 8vo. in fours. 16 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xvi, 150.

Presentation copy from Dr. Waterhouse, who wrote to Jefferson from Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1805:

From an opinion that President Jefferson does not feel indifferent to whatever concerns the welfare of any of the citizens in any of the States, Dr. Waterhouse here sends for his acceptance a copy of a Lecture just printed, on the subject of the health of our literary youth, containing cautions respecting the use of Tobacco, & Ardent & vinous spirits; and hopes that the principles & design of it will meet the President's approbation.

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 9:

Legerat hujus Amor titulum nomenque libelli

Bella mihi, video, bella parantur, ait.

So Ovid introduces his book Remediorum amoris. a lecture against tobacco was calculated to excite a similar alarm in a Virginian & a cultivator of tobacco. however being a friend neither to it's culture nor consequences, I thank you for the pamphlet, and wish a successful opposition to this organ of Virginia influence, as well as to every other injurious to our physical, moral or political well being . . .

To this Waterhouse wrote a learned reply, dated April 7, and beginning:

Ever since I received your short but Ciceronean epistle, it has seldom been long out of my mind. It made an impression I cannot get rid of; and therefore, in the true spirit of that religious sect among whom I was educated, I cannot hold my peace . . .

For a note on Dr. Waterhouse see no. 946. The dedication of this pamphlet, to the Medical Students, Resident Graduates, and Scholars of every class is dated from Cambridge, January 1805." "09950","J. 1","","","","L'Anatomie de Noguez.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 2, as above.","Noguez, Pierre.","L'Anatomie du corps de l'homme en abregé: ou description courte de toutes ses Parties . . . Par M. Noguez, Médicin du Roy, & Démonstrateur d'Histoire naturelle au Jardin Royal des Plantes Médicinales. Seconde Edition, revûë corrigée, augmentée & enrichie d'un grand nombre de Planches. A Paris: chez Guillaume Cavelier, fils, 1726.","QM21 .N77","

12mo. 276 leaves: ã, A-T12, V8, X-Y12, Z4; 20 folded and numbered plates; between Zii and iii are inserted 2 leaves, cancels of ãii and Rii (the Dedication leaf and pages 387, 8,) the former with signature *aii, the latter paged *387, 388*, both with variations in the text and the former with the headpiece printed upside down; ã8 verso to ã10 recto are unpaged and contain a Catalogue des meilleurs auteurs qui ont ecrit en Anatomie; on Zi begins the publisher's list of Livres Nouveaux, 1726.

Quérard VI, page 441.

Contemporary French calf, red edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the fly-leaf is written in ink, in another hand: 12. 0; some leaves foxed and water stained. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Pierre Noguez, b. c. 1785, French physician, practised in St. Dominigue and later in Paris. The first edition of this book, founded on James Keill's The Anatomy of the Human Body abridged, was published in 1723. Noguez translated the Geographie Physique of John Woodward (no. 639)." "09960","J. 2","","","","Cheselden's Anatomy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 4, as above.","Cheselden, William.","The Anatomy of the Human Body. By W. Cheselden, Surgeon to his Majesty's Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Fellow of the Royal Society and Member of the Royal Academy of Surgeons at Paris. The VIIIth. Edition with Forty Copper plates engrav'd by Ger: Vandergucht. London: Printed for H. Woodfall, R. & J. Dodsley [and others], 1763.","QM21 .C5","

8vo. 179 leaves, engraved frontispiece and forty engraved numbered plates.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On page 11 is a marginal note by Jefferson with a long quotation from Herodotus in Greek, and MS. corrections occur on several pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Cheselden, 1688-1752, English surgeon and anatomist. The first edition of his Anatomy was published in 1713. The work is dedicated to Dr. Richard Mead with whom he was immortalized by Pope in the well known couplet in the Imitations of Horace." "09970","?J. 3","","","","Anatomia del Cocchi.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 3, as above.","Cocchi, Antonio.","Dell' Anatomia discorso d'Antonio Cocchi Mugellano. Firenze: nella stamperia di Gio. Batista Zannoni, 1745.","QM21 .C7","

First Edition. 4to. 46 leaves; title printed in red and black, engraving on the title by G. T. Vercruijsse and on the last leaf (unsigned).

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 237.

This book has no marks of Jefferson ownership, but, in view of the fact that the Anatomy books in his collection were not destroyed by the fire of 1851, it seems probable that this is his copy. It was rebound by the Library of Congress in 1915 with a modern bookplate, and the identification lost.

Antonio Cocchi, 1695-1758, Italian natural philosopher. See also no. 916." "09980","J. 4","","","","Winslow's Anatomy translated by Douglas.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 10, as above.","Winslow, Jakob Benignus.","An Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body. By James Benignus Winslow . . . Translated from the French Original, by G. Douglas, M.D. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. I. The Fourth Edition, corrected. London: Printed for R. Ware, J. Knapton, S. Birt, T. and T. Longman [and others], 1756.","QM21 .W77","

2 vol. in 1. 4to. 179 and 187 leaves: A4, a-b4, B-Z, Aa-Uu, A-Z, Aa-Zz4, Aaa2, 4 folded plates at the end. In this edition the two volumes are made up as one, sig. Uu4 has the half-title for vol. II for which there is no full title-page, separate pagination.

Rebound in red buckram, by the Library of Congress with a late bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the first alphabet.

From the library of Doctor James Blair with his name stamped in red ink on the title-page. This book may have come to Jefferson with the library of George Wythe, who bought some of James Blair's books after his death and who bequeathed his own library to Jefferson.

Jakob Benignus Winslow, 1669-1760, Danish anatomist resident in Paris where he was Professor of Anatomy. The original French edition of this work was published in Paris in 1729; the first edition of this translation, frequently reprinted, in London, 1733." "09990","J. 5","","","","Leçons d'Anatomie comparée de Cuvier.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 6, as above.","Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Fréderic Dagobert, Baron.","Leçons d'Anatomie Comparée de G. Cuvier . . . Recueillies et publiées sous ses yeux par C. Duméril, chef des travaux anatomiques de l'école de Médicine de Paris. Tome I [-II] . . . Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, An VIII [1800].","QL805 .C98","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 279 leaves; 7 large folded tables (should be 9, the 4th and the 7th are lacking); vol. II, 360 leaves; printer's monogram on the title-pages, advertisement on the verso of Xx6 in vol. II. On the title-page of Tome I after the volume number is Contenant les Organes du Mouvement, and of Tome II, Contenant les Organes des Sensations.

Quérard II, page 364. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, iii, 1089.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt backs with red and green labels lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Purchased from Reibelt in 1805. On January 23, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt:

If you have the . . . Leçons d'anatomie comparée de Cuvier 2.v. 8vo. I shall be glad of them. I do not see them in your catalogue.

Reibelt sent the book, with others, on January 25, price $3.40, and the binding bill was sent in March ($2.00).

Jefferson had tried to obtain a copy of the book from France through N. G. Dufief of Philadelphia three years previously. On March 23, 1802, he wrote to Dufief:

I ask the favor of m[???] Dufief to bring me from France the following books . . . Anatomie comparative de Cuvier (I am not sure this is the title) it is in 2. vol[???]. 8vo. but I shall be glad to recieve whatever else he has published in the anatomical line . . .

Jefferson had already read the book in 1801, probably the copy sent to the American Philosophical Society, about which he wrote to Benjamin Rush on March 24, 1801:

I have just recieved for the A. P. Society 2: volumes of Comparative Anatomy by Cuvier, probably the greatest work in that line that has ever appeared. his compari sons embrace every organ of the animal economy, and from Man, to the rotifer . . .

On May 9 of the same year Jefferson wrote to Bishop Madison:

. . . There is a capital work in Comparative anatomy lately come out in France, written by Cuvier. it is in 2. v. 8vo. and nothing like it as to extent of plan or accuracy of performance has ever yet appeared in the world . . .

Cuvier and his work including his theories of classification and nomenclature are discussed by Jefferson in his correspondence to various of his scientific friends, as for instance to John Vaughan in a letter written on August 15, 1805, and, many years later, on February 22, 1814, in a letter to Dr. John Manners.

Georges Léopold Chrétien Fréderic Dagobert, Baron Cuvier 1769-1832, French naturalist. These two volumes were issued with the help of André-Marie-Constant Duméril, 1774-1860, physician and naturalist. Three more volumes were later added, with the supervision of Georges-Louis Duvernoy (1777-1855); the full work was completed in 1805." "10000","J. 6","","","","Blumenbach's short system of comparative anatomy by Lawrence.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 7, as above.","Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich.","A Short System of Comparative Anatomy, translated from the German of J. F. Blumenbach, Professor of Medicine in the University of Goettingen. By William Lawrence . . . With numerous additional notes . . . by the translator. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.","QL805 .B65","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 260 leaves: A, a8, b2, B-Z8, AA-HH8, II2; publishers' advertisement on bi verso and half-title on bii recto.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, i, 495.

Contemporary tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. This copy was at one time in the library of Caspar Wistar, and has his autograph signature on the title: C. Wistar, M.D.; a small correction in ink may be by him or by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It is possible that this book may have been left with Jefferson by Wistar after his visit to Washington (accompanied by Michaux the botanist and Mr. Biddle of Philadelphia) in 1808. Wistar wrote to Jefferson from Lancaster on June 2, 1808 of his intended visit and mentioned that:

A small Box of Books is to be sent to Washington to consult on the subject of Comparative Anatomy, I have taken the liberty of directing to you as by that means a safe conveyance is insured . . .

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, 1752-1840, German anthropologist, zoologist and physiologist. For Jefferson's opinion of his methods of classification in Natural History, see the following chapter, no. 1015.

Sir William Lawrence, 1783-1867, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, dedicated this translation to Sir Joseph Banks." "10010","J. 7","","","","Ball's Analytical view of the Animal economy.","","12mo. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 8, as above, omitting 2. cop.","Ball, Isaac.","An Analytical View of the Animal Economy. Calculated for the Students of Medicine, as well as Private Gentlemen . . . By Isaac Ball . . . New York: Printed for the Author by G. J. Hunt, 1808.","QP38 .B2","

First Edition. 12mo. 44 leaves including a frontispiece in colors depicting a heart; in prose with a few verses interspersed; list of subscribers at the end.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, i, 744.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress, with a late bookplate. On the recto of the first leaf the author has written:

Presented as a testimony of respectful attachment—To Thomas Jefferson President of the United States. The Author.

Isaac Ball sent the book to Jefferson, with a letter written from New York on February 17, 1808:

Directed by an impulse of respectful Consideration, for the President of the United States.

Please permit me, Sir, with deference, to present this small product, in the field of literature . . . It would be highly honorable and gratifying to my feelings, were I authorized to include the Name of the President of the United States, among the first number of its respectable patrons for the second Edition . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on April 3:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Ball, and his thanks for the little book he has been so kind as to send him. he has gone over it with real pleasure, and found as much material information on the animal economy as could be brought into so small a compass. he with satisfaction offers himself as a subscriber for a second edition & salutes m[???] Ball with respect.

There is an indirect reference to Jefferson on page 72 where the author, discussing Drinking, writes:

. . . We admit one generous glass for the digestion, a second for our relations, a third for the President of the United States, a fourth for our country, and IF a fifth IT must be for our enemies.

Jefferson's catalogue entry calls for two copies. Only one was sold to Congress, and it is possible that the second copy was actually a copy of the second edition, published in the same year. Jefferson subscribed to the second edition at the request of the author who sent him a copy on November 21, 1808:

Your Excellency will please receive this second Edition of my feeble efforts in the field of literature—through this medium . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book from Washington on December 3:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Ball and his thanks for the 2d edition of his animal economy which he recieves with pleasure, and values for it's compendious form, and clear arrangement.

Isaac Ball, 1755-1820, New York physician and surgeon. The list of subscribers to the first edition of this book includes James Roosevelt, merchant." "10020","J. 8","","","","Lassus. Histoire des decouvertes en Anatomie.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 1, as above.","Lassus, Pierre.","Essai ou Discours historique et critique sur les Découvertes faites en Anatomie par les Anciens & par les Modernes . . . Par M. Lassus . . . A Paris: chez M. Lambert & F. J. Baudouin, 1783.","QM11 .L34","

First Edition. 8vo. 172 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 594. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, vii, 869.

Mottled calf, marbled end papers, pink silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T (the former missed in printing and supplied by Jefferson in ink); some leaves foxed and stained; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5-7.

Pierre Lassus, 1741-1807, French surgeon." "10030","?J. 9","","","","L'homme et le monde de Descartes. par de la Forge.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 9, as above.","Descartes, René.","L'Homme de René Descartes, et la Formation du Foetus, avec les Remarques de Lovis de La Forge. A quoy l'on a ajouté le Monde ov Traité de la Lvmiere du mesme Autheur. Seconde Edition, reveuë & corrigée. A Paris: chez Charles Angot, 1677.","QP29 .D44","

4to. 292 leaves. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

This edition not in Quérard. Bibliothéque Nationale, Descartes Exposition, no. 622.

This copy was probably from Jefferson's library; it has been rebound by the Library of Congress and certain identification lost.

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1-16.

In his Notes on Virginia, Jefferson refers to Descartes' theory of vortices as explained in Le Monde:

Galileo was obliged to abjure his error [i.e. that the earth was a sphere]. This error however at length prevailed the earth became a globe and Descartes declared it was whirled around its axis by a vortex. The government in which he lived was wise enough to see that this was no question of civil jurisdiction or we should all have been involved by authority in vortices . . .

René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher. L'Homme, first published in 1664, was the first European text book on physiology. In Le Monde, Descartes attempts to give an account of the genesis of the physical world.

Louis De La Forge, French protestant theologian and author of the seventeenth century." "10040","J. 10","","","","Anatomy of the human body by John & James Bell.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 5, as above.","Bell, John, and Bell, Sir Charles.","The Anatomy of the Human Body. Vol. I. [-IV.] . . . London: A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802-4.","QM23 .B4","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 248 leaves; vol. II, 264 leaves; vol. III, 253 leaves; vol. IV, 204 leaves. Volume I is unillustrated, the other three volumes have full-page engravings and plates in the text after the authors. The titles vary according to the contents of each volume. Vol. I is By John Bell, Surgeon. The Third Edition; vol. II, also by John Bell, is The Second Edition, Corrected. Vol. III and IV are by Charles Bell, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, ii, page 211 (vol. 3 and 4 of this edition only). Rebound in blue buckram, by the Library of Congress in April, 1804, with a late bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

Jefferson's original entry in his manuscript catalogue called for a two volume edition: Bell's Anatomy of the human body. 2 v. 8vo. with figures.

It is probable that this entry was made in 1807 when he tried to procure a copy from Samuel F. Bradford of Philadelphia. On December 13, 1807 Jefferson wrote to that firm ordering several books including John Bell's anatomy of the human body in 2. vols. 8vo

Bradford replied on December 18: We have to regret John Bells Anatomy is not to be procured in our City. On March 31, 1808, Jefferson purchased from Milligan 1 Bells Anatomy. plates. 4 vols. $20.00.

After this purchase Jefferson changed his manuscript entry, which, by crossing out and adding was changed to the inaccurate entry quoted above. The inaccuracy in the name of the authors is retained in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, but corrected in the later editions.

Later in the same year, on November 11, 1808, Jefferson's grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, wrote to him from Museum:

. . . I have purchased Bells Anatomy at 22$ being the only one for sale in the united states . . .

For a note on John Bell, the author of the first two volumes of this work see no. 858.

Sir Charles Bell, 1774-1842, the author of volumes III and IV, was the brother of John Bell, and the leading British anatomist of the period. Both men were artists, and illustrated their work with beautiful drawings." "10050","11","","","","Hunter's Natural history of the human teeth.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 43. no. 11, as above.","Hunter, John.","The Natural History of the Human Teeth . . . By John Hunter. The Second Edition . . . London: J. Johnson, 1778.","[RK50 .H94]","

4to. 2 parts in 1, plates. First edition of Part II, which has a different title beginning: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth . . .

No copy of this work was located for collation. There was a copy in the Library of Congress, probably from the Jefferson collection, until 1920, when it was removed. A written statement on the back of the Library card reads: Bk. discarded & removed fr. records at Mr. Ashley's request. Oct. 22, 1920.

Weinberger II, page 946.

For a note on John Hunter see no. 930. The first edition of the first part of this book was published in 1771, and was one of the most important books in the history of dentistry." "10060","1","","","","Dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle de Bomare.","","9. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 8a, as above.","Valmont de Bomare, Jacques Christophe.","Dictionnaire raisonné Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Par M. Valmont de Bomare . . .","","

9 vol. 12mo.

It cannot be ascertained which edition of this work was in Jefferson's library. His manuscript and the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue call for an edition in 9 volumes 12mo. It is possible the book was not delivered to Congress; it is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, is entered on the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry is dropped from the subsequent editions of the catalogue.

Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare, 1731-1807, French naturalist." "10070","J. 2","","","","Uncertainty of the signs of death.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 9, as above.","[Winslow, Jakob Benignus—Bruhier d'Ablaincourt, Jean Jacques.]","The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and the Danger of Precipitate Interments and Dissections, Demonstrated . . . To the Whole is added, A curious and entertaining Account of the Funeral Solemnities of many Ancient and Modern Nations, exhibiting the Precautions they made use of to ascertain the Certainty of Death. Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1746.","RA1063 .W78","

First Edition in English. 12mo. 114 leaves, full-page plates by J. Hulett.

This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue. Osler 2161 [under Bruhier d'Ablaincourt]. Halkett and Laing VI, 141 [by Jean Jacques Bruhier d'Ablaincourt].

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress with a modern bookplate. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson who has written in ink on the title-page: By Doctor Bruhier of Paris a Physician of great emin[-ence] (the last syllable removed by the binder).

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

For a note on Winslow, who himself had a miraculous escape from premature burial, see no. 998.

This work was written originally in Latin, and published in Paris in 1740. It was translated into French with additions by Jean Jacques Bruhier d'Ablaincourt, d. 1756, a French doctor who was one of the earliest to draw attention to the danger of precipitate burial. The author of the English version remains anonymous." "10080","3","","","","Philosophical survey of the animal creation.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 1 (prefixed by the indefinite article, A, under which letter the title is alphabetically listed).","[Bruckner, John.]","A Philosophical Survey of the Animal Creation, an Essay. Wherein The General Devastation and Carnage that reign among the different Classes of Animals are considered in a new Point of View; and the vast Increase of Life and Enjoyment derived to the Whole from this Institution of Nature is clearly demonstrated. Translated from the French [By Thomas Cogan] . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Payne, 1768.","","

First Edition of this translation, 8vo. 96 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, page 337. This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Agassiz.

John Bruckner, 1726-1804, was a native of the Island of Cadsand. He eventually settled in Norwich as pastor of the Walloon Congregation in that city. The French edition of this work was published in 1767, and Cogan's English version was subsequently re-translated into German.

Thomas Cogan, 1736-1818, English physician and philosopher." "10090","4","","","","Burkhard's elements of the Philosophy of nature by Smith.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 8b, as above.","Burkhard, Johann Gottlieb.","Elementary or Fundamental Principles of the Philosophy of Natural History: leading to a better knowledge of the Creator and the Creatures, and especially of the destination and dignity of Man. By the Rev. Dr. I. G. Burkhard, Minister of the German Lutheran Church in London. Translated from the German by Charles Smith . . . New-York: Printed and sold by Deare and Andrews, 1804. (Copyright secured.)","QH81 .B88","

12mo. 126 leaves. A-W6 (in a 24-letter alphabet).

Not in Sabin.

This book was purchased by Jefferson in 1804, and is on a list made by him of books bought in that year.

It was on the list of books reported by Jefferson to be missing, in a letter to Milligan written on March 28, 1815, at the time of the sale of his library to Congress, with the request that Milligan would supply a substitute copy. A copy was included in Milligan's bill, April 7, 1815, price $1.00.

On page 63 is a reference to C. W. Peale's Mammoth; a footnote by the Translator reads:

Near the river Ohio, and some other parts of North-America, some prodigious bones and teeth have been discovered, which indicate an animal of incredible magnitude. It is known among naturalists by the denomination of the Mammoth.

Other references to America occur in the text; on page 98 the customs are discussed of the negroes, the savages of Canada, of Virginia, of Brazil, and the natives of almost the whole of South-America.

Johann Gottlieb Burkhard, 1756-1800." "10100","5","","","","Smith on the variety in the human species.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 20, as above.","Smith, Samuel Stanhope.","An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. To which are added Strictures on Lord Kaims's Discourse, on the Original Diversity of Mankind. By the Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. Vice-President, and Professor of Moral Philosophy in the College of New-Jersey; and Member of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Robert Aitken, 1787.","GN353 .S6","

First Edition. 8vo. 74 leaves.

Sabin 84103. Evans 20712. Meisel II, page 11.

Samuel Stanhope Smith, 1750-1819, Presbyterian minister, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He was for some years President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) and was a member of the American Philosophical Society, of which this Essay was the annual oration, delivered on February 28, 1787." "10110","6","","","","Plinius Secundus Dalechampii.","","6. v. 8vo. Francofurti. 1608.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 10, as above, with the misprints Plinicus and Francoperti.","Plinius Secundus, Caius.","C. Plinii Secvndi Historiæ Mvndi Libri XXXVII . . . Ex nouissima & laboriosissima editione Iacobi Dalechampii, Medici, Cadomensis. Cum Indice duplici, vtroque locupletissimo. Accedunt iam primum Pavli Cigalini Comensis prælectiones duæ eruditiss. Vna de vera patriæ nostri Plinii: altera de fide & auctoritate ipsius. Francofvrti: apud Claud. Marnium & heredes Joan.Aubrij, 1608.","PA6611.A2","

8vo. 957 leaves, printer's device on the title and on the verso of the last leaf.

Graesse V, 340. Ebert 17290.

This edition is the only Dalechampii edition published in Francfort in 1608 and is in one thick octavo volume. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for 6.v. 8vo. The undated manuscript catalogue has the same entry, with 6.v. inserted above the line, with a caret, and the two prices 6+12. This may mean that Jefferson conflated two editions.

Caius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), c. A. D. 23-79, Roman polymath, of whom the Historia Naturalis is the only extant work.

Jacques Dalechamp, 1513-1588, French physician and botanist." "10120","7","","","","Plinii historia naturalis. not. var.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 11, as above.","Plinius Secundus, Caius.","C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ, Tomus Primus [-Tertius]. Cum Commentariis & adnotationibus Hermolai Barbari, Pintiani, Rhenani, Gelenii, Dalechampii, Scaligeri, Salmasii, Is. Vossii, & Variorum. Accedunt præterea variæ Lectiones ex MSS. compluribus ad oram Paginarum accurate indicatæ. Item Joh. Fr. Gronovii Notarum Liber Singularis ad Illustrem Virum Johannem Capelanum. Lugd. Batav., Roterodami: apud Hackios, 1668, 1669.","PA6611 .A2","

3 vol. 8vo. 562, 502 and 468 leaves; each volume with an engraved title-frontispiece dated 1669 by G. Wingendorp, printer's woodcut device on the printed titles, imprint of vol. I dated 1669, of vol. II and III, 1668.

Brunet IV, 716. This edition not in Agassiz." "10130","8","","","","Histoire Naturel de Pline. Lat. Fr.","","12. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 31, as above.","Plinius Secundus, Caius.","Histoire Naturelle de Pline traduite en François, avec le Texte Latin rétabli d'après les meilleures leçons manuscrites; accompagnée de Notes critiques pour l'éclaircissement du texte, & d'Observations sur les connoissances des Anciens comparées avec les découvertes des Modernes. Tome Premier [-Douzieme]. A Paris: chez la veuve Desaint, [De l'Imprimerie de Didot] 1771-82.","PA6613 .F8P6","

12 vol. 4to. vol. I, 366 leaves; vol. II, 446 leaves; vol. III, 386 leaves; vol. IV, 306 leaves; vol. V, 326 leaves: vol. VI, 298 leaves; vol. VII, 352 leaves; vol. VIII, 304 leaves; vol. IX, 391 leaves; vol. X, 336 leaves; vol. XI, 302 leaves; vol. XII, 358 leaves; Latin and French text on opposite pages; notes in double columns below the text.

Quérard VII, page 212. This edition not in Poggendorff.

In 1805 Jefferson tried unsuccessfully to buy from Reibelt of Baltimore a good French translation of Pliny's Natural history. In June 1806 he bought a copy, price f. 84, relié, from Dufour of Amsterdam.

The translation into French was made under the direction of Malesherbes. The notes are by Poinsinet de Sivry, de Querlon, Guetard and others, and the astronomy notes by Bouguer and Lalande." "10140","9","","","","Histoire des Animaux d'Aristote. par Camus. Gr. Fr.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 30, as above.","Aristotle—Camus, Armand Gaston.","Histoire des Animaux d'Aristote, avec la Traduction Françoise, Par M. Camus . . . A Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint [de l'Imprimerie de Joseph Barbour], 1783.","QL41 .A72","

First Edition of this Translation. 2 vol. 4to. vol. I, 410 leaves; vol. II, 465 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of Vol. II. Greek and French text on opposite pages of vol. I; the title of vol. II reads: Notes sur l'Histoire des Animaux d'Aristote . . .

Quérard I, page 89. Agassiz I, 142.

Jefferson tried to get a copy of this work from Reibelt at the same time he tried to get the French Pliny above. In his letter to Reibelt of October 19, 1805, he wrote:

have you the translation by Camus of Aristotle's History of animals? if you have I should be glad of it. it was published first in 2. Quartos. I should prefer an Octavo edition if there be one . . .

Reibelt was unable to supply a copy, and Jefferson obtained one from Dufour of Amsterdam in June, 1806, price f. 22, relié.

In answer to John Adams, who in a letter to Jefferson written on June 22, 1815, had asked for any Information, concerning A. C. Camus, Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 10:

. . . you ask information on the subject of Camus. all I recollect of him is that he was one of the deputies sent to arrest Dumourier at the head of his army, who were however themselves arrested by Dumourier, and long detained as prisoners. I presume therefore he was a Jacobin. you will find his character in the most excellent revolutionary history of Toulongeon. I believe also he may be the same person who has given us a translation of Aristotle's natural history from the Greek into French . . .

Armand Gaston Camus, 1740-1804, French politician and philosopher. He was deputy to the States General and to the national convention. For the work of Toulongeon, mentioned by Jefferson above, see no. 240." "10150","10","","","","Linnaei Systema naturae et Mantissa prior. 3. tom. in 4.","","vol. 8vo. editio 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 12, as above, omitting 3. tom. in 4. vol.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli a Linné . . . Systema Naturæ per Regna tria Naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis . . . Editio duodecima, reformata . . . Holmiæ: impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1766-1768.","","

8vo. 3 vol. in 4. Vol. II contains Mantissa Plantarum.

Krok, page 425. Hulth, page 9. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 62.

According to the Library of Congress catalogues Jefferson's copy of this work was of the twelfth edition.

Jefferson bought a number of the works of Linnaeus at various times between 1785 and 1808. Several (including this work) were on the list selected from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in 1785. In 1787, whilst in Paris, Jefferson bought from Froullé and from Lackington, through Stockdale, copies of this and other treatises by Linnaeus, and in 1808 tried to import others from Amsterdam through Mayer & Brantz, who however were doubtful of success as so vexatious are at present the forms of clearing out American vessels with Cargoes from Holland.

Jefferson discussed at length the system of classification of Linnaeus in the letter to Dr. John Manners, written on February 22, 1814, in which he compared the systems of the various scientists. His remarks on Linnaeus read in part:

. . . fortunately for science, he concieved in the three kingdoms of nature, modes of classification which obtained the approbation of the learned of all nations. his system was accordingly adopted by all, and united all in a general language. it offered the three great desiderata 1. of aiding the memory to retain a knolege of the productions of nature. 2. of rallying all to the same names for the same objects, so that they could communicate understandingly on them. and 3. of enabling them, when a subject was first presented, to trace it by it's characters up to the conventional name by which it was agreed to be called.

Farther on in the same letter he wrote:

In what I have said on the Methods of classing I have not at all meant to insinuate that that of Linnaeus is intrinsically preferable to those of Blumenbach and Cuvier. I adhere to the Linnean because it is sufficient as a groundwork; admits of supplementary insertions, as new productions are discovered, and mainly because it has got into so general use that it will not be easy to displace it . . .

Carolus Linnaeus [Carl von Linné], 1707-1778, Swedish scientist. The first edition of this book appeared in 1735 and was published at the expense of Gronovius." "10160","11","","","","Linnaei Mantissa altera.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 13, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Car. a Linné . . . Mantissa Plantarum altera Generum editionis VI. & Specierum editionis II . . . Holmiæ: Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1771.","QK91 .M3","

8vo. 226 leaves; signatures and pagination continuous from Pars Prima (see the previous number).

Krok, page 434. Hulth, page 25. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum no. 312.

This was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley, in March 1785.

Dedicated to Frederick Calvert, 7th Lord Baltimore." "10170","12","","","","Abregé du Systeme de la Nature de Linnée. par Gilibert.","","8vo. plates.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 15, as above, omitting plates.","Linnaeus, Carolus—Gilibert, Jean Emmanuel.","Abrégé du Système de la nature, de Linné, histoire des mammaires ou des quadrupèdes et cétacées. Contenant, Io. la traduction libre du texte de Linné et de Gmelin; IIo. l'extrait des observations de Buffon, Brisson, Pallas, et autres célèbres zoologistes; IIIo. l'anatomie comparée des principales espèces: le tout relatif au quadrupèdes et aux cétacées les plus curieux et les plus utiles. Par le citoyen J. E. Gilibert . . . A Lyon: chez F. R. Matheron & Co., An X—1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 299 leaves, engraved portrait of Gilibert and 28 plates.

A Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 139. Hulth, page 16.

No copy of this edition was located for collation. The title and collation above were taken from the bibliographies cited.

Jefferson bought his copy on June 16, 1806, from Dufour of Amsterdam through T. H. Backer, cost f 6, relié.

Jefferson had tried previously, on January 23, 1805, to buy a copy listed in Reibelt's catalogue, but which Reibelt had already sold before receiving Jefferson's order. The book was also one of those selected by Jefferson on January 20, 1806, from Reibelt's Bordeaux catalogue, to be brought from France by Mr. Guestier, who however postponed his voyage.

Jean Emmanuel Gilibert, 1741-1814, French physician and naturalist." "10180","13","","","","Linnaei fauna Suecica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 14, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnaei . . . Fauna Svecica sistens Animalia Sveciæ regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis Specierum, Synononymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus Insectorum. Editio altera, Auctior . . . Stockholmiæ: sumtu & literis direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1761.","QL291 .L7","

Second Edition. 8vo. 314 leaves, engraved frontispiece, 2 full-page engraved plates by C. Bergquist after I. Leche; a list of the Genera & Species in this work on 13 leaves at the beginning, and an Index Nominum Svecorum at the end.

Hulth, page 48. Catalogue of the works of Linnæus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 1153.

This was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785.

This work, first published in 1746, had occupied the attention of Linnaeus for fifteen years. The preface of this second edition is dated Upsalae, 1761, d. 28 Julii." "10190","14","","","","Manuel d'Histoire naturelle de Blumenbach.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 16, as above, with the reading par Blumenbach.","Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich.","Manuel d'Histoire Naturelle, Traduit de l'Allemand, de J. Fr. Blumenbach, Professeur à l'Université de Gottingue. Par Soulange Artaud. Avec Figures . . . Tome Premiere [-Second]. A Metz: chez Collignon, A Paris, chez Levrault frères, Henrichs, Lenormant, An XI.—1803.","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 274 leaves; vol. II, 240 leaves; 30 engraved plates, plain and colored (26 in vol. I and 6 in vol. II); catalogue of books to be consulted at the end of each section.

Quérard I, 360. Agassiz I, 324, no 9. Catalogue of the Zoological Society of London, page 61.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from the catalogue of Reibelt of Baltimore, in January, 1805, price 420 cents. It was bound by John March on March 7, cost $1.00 each volume.

Jefferson discussed the classification and nomenclature system of Blumenbach in several letters to his friends. In a letter to Dr. John Manners, from Monticello on February 22, 1814, Jefferson wrote:

. . . disciples of Linnaeus, of Blumenbach, & of Cuvier, exclusively possessing their own nomenclatures, can no longer communicate intelligibly with one another . . . their systems too, and especially that of Blumenbach, are liable to the objection of going too much into the province of anatomy . . .

For a note on Blumenbach see no. 1000. The first edition of this book, in German, was published in Gottingen in 1779, and translations into various languages were subsequently issued. There are several references to the natural history of the Americas.

François Soulange d'Artaud, b. 1769, translator, was born in Paris." "10200","15","","","","Tableau elementaire de l'hist. nat. des animaux par Cuvier.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 17, as above, with the reading l'Histoire Naturelle.","Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Fréderic Dagobert, Baron.","Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Par G. Cuvier, de l'Institut National de France . . . A Paris: Baudouin, An 6. [1798.]","QL45 .C89","

First Edition. 8vo. 363 leaves, 12 plates by Buvry after Cuvier.

Quérard II, page 365. Agassiz II, 148, no. 12.

Jefferson purchased his copy from N. G. Dufief in May 1803, price $2.50.

On May 2, Dufief wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

. . . Je me rapelle que vous désiriez, l'année passée, d'avoir les divers ouvrages de Cuvier—J'ai dans ce moment son Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire naturelle des animaux, gros vol relié 8vo de 700 pages, avec planches—prix 2-50—Il vous sera adressé aussitôt, s'il vous convient.

Jefferson replied from Washington on May 5:

. . . I shall be glad to recieve the work of Cuvier. perhaps it may be the very one which I asked for the last year under the title of his Comparative anatomy, doubting whether that was the title. but it is enough that it is his, & on anatomy . . .

Jefferson's reference is to his letter of March 23, 1802, quoted in no. 999 above, q. v. Dufief sent the book by the Sloop Hiland on May 18.

Jefferson discussed the theories, classification system and nomenclature of Cuvier in various letters to his scientific friends, particularly in the letter to Dr. John Manners referred to above. The Notes on Virginia contain numerous references to Cuvier's work.

This is the first edition of Cuvier's first separate work, and is an abridgment of a course of lectures given by him at the école du Panthéon. For a note on Cuvier see no. 999." "10210","16","","","","Les oiseaux de Buffon avec des planches enluminees (646. plates.)","","10 v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 32, as above.","Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de.","Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1783.","QH45 .B78","

First Edition. 10 vol. 4to. 5 vol. for the text, and 5 vol. for the planches enluminées.

Jefferson made several attempts to obtain the 6th volume of this work. On May 2, 1805 he wrote from Washington to Reibelt in Philadelphia:

I have 10 vol[???]. of the Quarto edition of the Oiseaux de Buffon, with planches enluminées, but they go only to plate 646. being 5. vol[???] of text, & 5. vol[???] of plates. could you undertake to import the residue of the work for me, ready bound: for otherwise binding here costs as much as the book . . .

Reibelt wrote immediately to inquire about the binding so that the remaining volumes could be similarly bound. Jefferson replied on May 5:

I recieved last night yours of the 3d. the volumes of the Oiseaux de Buffon which I possess are bound in that kind of binding which has been most common in France for many years, spotted, the leaves red on the edge, and double lettered on red.

L'edition in 4to. des oiseaux de Buffon was one of the books ordered by Jefferson from Reibelt's Bordeaux catalogue on January 20, 1806, and six months later, on June 16, A. G. Dufour, in sending the bill for books bought through T. H. Backer, added the note:

Le 6e volume des Oiseaux de Buffon avec planches enluminées n'a pu d'obtenir de suite; il est necessaire d'avoir deux ou trois mois d'avance, tant pour l'enlumineuse des planches que l'on ne trouve pas prêtes, que pour la reliure &c. d'après des nouveaux ordres, il y aura moyen de se faire preparer ce volume rel. à peu près qu'on le desire.

George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, 1707-1788, French naturalist. For Jefferson's opinions on the theories of de Buffon, see the Notes on Virginia, where he discusses them at length." "10220","17","","","","Wilson's American Ornithology.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 43, as above, fol 8 vols bound in 7. 1831 Catalogue, page 91. no. J. 77, as above, 9 v volio; Philadelphia, 1804-'14.","Wilson, Alexander.","American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature. By Alexander Wilson. Vol. I [-IX]. Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Inskeep, Printed by Robert [and Robert and William] Carr, 1808-1814.","QL674 .W73","

First Edition. 9 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 82 leaves: [ ]3, B-Z, Aa-Rr2, Ss1; vol. II, 83 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Tt2; vol. III, 59 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Gg2; vol. IV, 49 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Bb2; vol. V, 60 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Hh2, the last a blank; vol. VI, 55 leaves: [ ]1, a-d, D-Z, Aa-Cc2, the last a blank; vol. VII, 65 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Kk2; vol. VIII, 74 leaves: [ ]2, B-Z, Aa-Oo2, the last a blank; vol. IX, 77 leaves: [ ]1, B-Z, Aa-Qq2; 76 plates of birds, drawn and colored by A. Wilson, engraved by A. Lawson, J. G. Warnecke, and others. The last two volumes were issued after Wilson's death, edited by George Ord. The list of Subscribers in the last volume includes Thomas Jefferson, the Congress Library, Patrick MacCruder, Joseph Milligan, Beverly Chew and many others. The Library of Congress copy from which this collation was made has the 2nd issue of vol. I.

Sabin 104597. Agassiz IV, 572, no. 2. Strong, Bibliography of Birds, II, page 913. Giebel, Thesaurus Ornithologiae, I, page 212.

The last volume of this work had not been issued when Jefferson sold his library to Congress. The entry in the 1815 catalogue calls therefore for eight volumes only. The ninth volume was delivered to Congress on publication.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers. A printed Prospectus of the work, dated April 6, 1807, was sent in October by Rapine of Capitol Hill to Jefferson, who on October 9 wrote to Wilson:

Th: Jefferson having a few days ago only recieved a copy of the printed proposals for publishing a work on American ornithology by m[???] Wilson, begs leave to become a subscriber to it, satisfied it will give us valuable new matter as well as correct the errors of what we possessed before.

The books were supplied through Milligan, who on June 8, 1810, wrote to report that he had that day sent by way of Fredericksburg the first and second volumes. His bill, paid on March 15, 1812, includes

1811. May 14. To 3 Volumes American Ornithology. $36.00

The other volumes followed, the last two, vol. VII and VIII, were sent by Milligan on October 12, 1814.

Milligan's bill (presented August 1815), includes

1813. June 30. To 6 vols. Ornithology $72.00

1814. April 18. To 7th. & 8th. do. $24.00

and is endorsed by Jefferson Aug. 11 by draught on Gibson & Jefferson, D/92

Jefferson wrote to Milligan on October 5 concerning this bill:

. . . I knew there had been other books furnished me of which I had no account; but it runs much in my mind that I have paid for the early vols of Wilson which makes the principal mass of this balance. I think I paid for some of them either at Washington or very soon after, however I have no strength of confidence in my memory, and the less as it does not suggest thro' what channel I paid. I will search into it the moment the letters accumulated during my absence will permit . . .

On October 27, he wrote:

The answers to letters which had accumulated during a seven weeks absence in Bedford, and the daily calls of my affairs here have delayed longer than I expected the examination promised in my letter of the 5th. into the paiment I beleived I had made for the early volumes of Wilson's ornithology. I was led astray too in my researches by an idea that that paiment had been made while I lived at Washn. or soon after, and I bewildered myself in the old accounts of Dufief, Conrad, Duane, Rapine &c. and at length finding it in none of these I recurred to yours where I at length found it. in an account rendered by you embracing from 1809. June 17. to 1811. May 14. you will find the last article to be 'To 3. vol[???] American Ornithology 36.D' th amount of the acct including that is D65. C12½. and in my letter of Mar. 16. 12. to you you will find it stated that I had desired Gibson & Jefferson to remit a sum to m[???] Barnes, out of which I had requested m[???] Barnes to pay you D65. C12½. which you will certainly find to have been done . . .

Several references to Jefferson occur in the text of the work:

Vol. I, page 32, contains an extract of a letter from a distinguished American gentleman to whom I had sent some drawings, and whose name, were I at liberty to give it, would do honour to my humble performance, and render any further observations on the subject from me unnecessary.

The distinguished American gentleman was Thomas Jefferson, and the quoted letter, now in the Library of Congress, was written from Monticello on April 7, 1805. It describes a bird which abounds in all the neighbourhood of Philadelphia, and ends: I have for 20 years interested the young sportsmen of my neighbourhood to shoot me one: but as yet without success.

Vol. IV, page 75, in the description of the Magpie, Wilson states:

The drawing was taken from a very beautiful specimen, sent from the Mandan nation, on the Missouri, to Mr. Jefferson, and by that gentleman to Mr. Peale of this city, in whose Museum it lived for several months . . .

In Volume IX, in the life of Alexander Wilson, by George Ord, the latter quotes the letter written by Wilson on February 6, 1806, to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, in which he requested to be sent as a naturalist with Pike's expedition to the Mississippi. Jefferson failed to answer this letter and this neglect drew a bitter diatribe from Ord who points out [with truth, as the Library of Congress collections show] that Mr. Jefferson had in his port-folio decisive proofs of Mr. Wilson's talents as an ornithologist, the latter having some time before [i. e. in 1805] transmitted to his Excellency some splendid drawings of nondescript birds, accompanied with scientific descriptions, yet he did not even deign to reply to his respectful overture.

In this regard Jefferson wrote on June 25, 1818, to General James Wilkinson:

A life so much employed in public as yours has been, must subject you often to be appealed to for facts by those whom they concern. an occasion occurs to myself of asking this kind of aid from your memory & documents. the posthumous volume of Wilson's Ornithology altho' published some time since, never happened to be seen by me until a few days ago. in the account of his life, prefixed to that volume his biographer indulges himself in a bitter invective against me, as having refused to employ Wilson on Pike's expedition to the Arkansa, on which particularly he wished to have been employed. on turning to my papers I have not a scrip of a pen on the subject of that expedition; which convinces me that it was not one of those which emanated from myself: and if a decaying memory does not decieve me I think that it was ordered by yourself from St. Louis, while Governor and military commander there . . .

On January 15, 1825, in a letter to his grandson-in-law, Joseph Coolidge, Jefferson wrote:

I proposed to you to suggest to some editor of books in Boston the printing on 8vo. ed[???] of the best of Wilson's Ornithology, giving plates of 8vo. size also, with mere sketching of the forms of the birds in a light way. I do not know whether the lithographic art is practised in Boston; if it is, it would be quite equal to the object of this work, and so cheap, as I learn, as to cost little more than printing.

Alexander Wilson, 1766-1813, ornithologist, was born in Paisley, Scotland. He left Scotland for America in 1794, and eventually met William Bartram, the botanist and naturalist. The risk of the American Ornithology was taken by the publisher, Samuel Bradford, and the first volume appeared in September 1808. The original edition of two hundred copies was augmented to five hundred before a year had elapsed. Volume VIII was completed before Wilson's death, and was brought out, with the last volume, by George Ord. Numerous editions of this work have been published.

George Ord, 1781-1866, naturalist and philologist, was born in Philadelphia. He became a close friend of Wilson and accompanied him on many expeditions. [1022]" "10230","18","","","","Willoughby's Ornithology.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 44, as above.","Willughby, Francis.","The Ornithology of Francis Willvghby of Middleton in the County of Warwick Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society. In Three Books. Wherein All the Birds hitherto known, Being reduced into a Method sutable [sic] to their Natures, are accurately described. The Descriptions illustrated by most Elegant Figures, nearly resembling the live Birds, Engraven in LXXVIII Copper Plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many Additions throughout the whole Work. To which are added, Three Considerable Discourses, I. Of the Art of Fowling: With a Description of several Nets in two large Copper Plates. II. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. III. Of Falconry. By John Ray, Fellow of the Royal Society . . . London: Printed by A. C. for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1678.","QL673 .W74","

First English Edition. 230 leaves, 2 unnumbered and LXXVIII numbered engraved plates, 2 printed tables inserted, title-page printed in red and black.

Lowndes V, page 2939. Agassiz IV, 572. Giebel, Thesaurus Ornithologiae I, page 9. Mullens and Swann, Bibliography of British Ornithology, page 651.

Francis Willughby, 1635-1672, English naturalist, was one of the original fellows of the Royal Society. He was the first naturalist to treat the study of birds as a science, and his system of ornithological classification was the basis of that of Linnaeus. Willughby was originally the pupil, later the friend of John Ray, who became his literary executor and translated this work, originally written in Latin and published in 1676, into English." "10240","19","","","","Histoire Naturelle de Buffon. & Daubenton. Continuation of do. Buffon. Supplement Mineraux Oiseaux ","","32 vol. 12mo. Paris 1752., 12. vols—1st. & 5th. des Oiseaux which are wanting., 12. v., 9. v., 18. v., vols 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, pages 45 and 46. nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 2. Buffon, Supplement, 12 v Mineraux 9 Oiseaux 18 39 v 12mo. Buffon, Continuation, 12 v 12mo, wanting the 1st and 5th Des Oiseaux. Histoire Naturelle de Buffon et Daubenton, 32 v 12mo, Paris 1752.","Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de.","Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière.—Supplement.—Oiseaux [par Buffon et Philibert Guéneau de Montbeillard]—Mineraux. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1752-1805.","","

Together 71 vol. 12mo.

It is not clear from Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, from his correspondence, nor from the Library of Congress printed catalogues exactly how many volumes of the duodecimo edition were in his library, nor how many he sold to Congress.

In a letter to Edmund Randolph, written from Paris on September 20, 1785, Jefferson mentioned that he was in his [Randolph's] debt for ten volumes of Buffon.

On December 16, 1786, the postscript of a letter from Jefferson to Madison contained information as to the price of Buffon's plates:

The price of Buffon's plates coloured are

Oiseaux. 1008 plates in 42 quires. 630 livres

Quadrupedes 27 quires . . . . . . . . . . 194-8 they cannot be bought uncoloured separate from the text.

On January 14, 1787, in a letter to Monsieur Otto, Jefferson mentions that we shall very soon recieve another volume on mineralogy from M. de Buffon.

An undated letter written by Jefferson to William Short in 1790, gave a list of his requirements, including:

Buffon's works, the 12mo. edition. containing D'Aubenton's, parts of the work also, which have been omitted in the latter editions.

Short bought the books from Goldsmith on June 20, 1790, and paid for them on June 29. He sent Jefferson a copy of Goldsmith's memoire, which included Les oeuvres de Buffon d'hazard relie en veau 70 vols. avec la partie d'Aubenton, coute chez M. Pancoucke 200.00. 3-12 vols. fait 252 ft.

On October 10, 1792, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to M. Frouillé libraire à Paris:

. . . having lost the 15th. vol. of Buffon Histoire naturelle, and also the 15th. vol. of his Oiseaux, be so good as to send me these two volumes, my Histoire naturelle is the edition in 12mo. of Buffon & Daubenton in 31. vols, and the Oiseaux is also in 12mo. I have the two first vols. in 12mo. published by M. de Cepede. if any more has been published by him in that format, send it . . .

A fragment of a letter written from Monticello on October 1, 1792 reads:

Dear Sir,

Upon examining the set of Buffon which you gave me in consequence of your kind offer to endeavor to procure in Paris the deficient volumes I find that the 15. des Oiseaux & the same of the Histoire.

Jefferson became acquainted with Buffon when he was in Paris. On January 25, 1786, in a letter to A. Stuart, he mentioned: I have made a particular acquaintance here with Monsieur de Buffon. He was in frequent correspondence with him, and in the Notes on Virginia analysed and criticized portions of the Histoire Naturelle at great length. Buffon's theories and systems of classification were discussed by Jefferson in his letters to his friends, and to Dr. John Manners (on February 22, 1814) Jefferson referred to Buffon as the great advocate of individualism, in opposition to classification.

The books are entered on the undated manuscript catalogue as follows:

Buffon. Histoire Naturel. Supplement. 12.

vols. 12mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mineraux. 12mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oiseaux. 18. v. 12mo. . . . . . . . . . .

@4 f 10.

In his Histoire Naturelle Buffon was assisted by L. M. J. Daubenton and others. The eight volumes dealing with reptiles, fishes and cetaceans were executed after the death of Buffon by B. G. E. de Lacépède, and published between 1788 and 1804." "10250","20","","","","Pisonis medicina Brasiliensis. Marcgravii historia naturalis Brasilia","","De Laet. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 42, as above.","[Piso, Gulielmus, and Marcgraf, Georg.]","Historia Natvralis Brasiliæ, auspicio et beneficio illvstriss. I. Mavritii Com. Nassau. Illius Provincjae et Maris summi præfecti adornata: in qua non tantum Plantæ et Animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et Iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur. Lvgdvn. Batavorvm: apud Franciscum Hackium, et Amstelodami, apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1648.","QH117.P67","

First Edition. Folio. 222 leaves, engraved title, woodcut illustrations in the text; half-title for: Georgi Marcgravi de Liebstad, Misnici Germani, Historiæ Rervm Natvralivm Brasiliæ, Libri octo . . . cvm Appendice de Tapuyis, et Chilensibvs. Ioannes de Laet, Antvverpianvs, in ordinem digessit & Annotationes addidit multas, & varia ab Auctore omissa supplevit & illustravit.

Sabin 63028. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xi, 328. Willems 1068. Pieters, page 257, no. 94.

Gulielmus Piso [Willem Pison], 1611-1678, Dutch physician and naturalist, was the founder of Dutch colonial medicine. In 1637 he accompanied J. Maurice de Nassau to Brazil. His work occupies the first 122 pages of this book, and contains much scientific matter, including references to the bubonic plague. Piso introduced ipecachuana into Europe from Brazil.

Georg Marcgraf, 1610-1644. Marcgraf died in Guiana on the return voyage from Brazil; his work contains an account of the inhabitants of Brazil, and was edited after his death by Jean de Laet, 1593-1649, Belgian naturalist and geographer." "10260","21","","","","Goldsmith's animated Nature.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 18, as above.","Goldsmith, Oliver.","An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. By Oliver Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey [vol. I and II by R. Folwell, vol. III by Wrigley & Berriman] May 12, August 5, Sept. 3, Nov. 5, 1795.","QL50.G62","

4 vol. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I, 236 leaves; vol II, 220 leaves; vol. III, 218 leaves; vol. IV, 254 leaves; 55 engraved plates, including 1 frontispiece. The 12 page list of subscribers includes the name of George Jefferson of Richmond, Jefferson's kinsman and ''correspondent.'' Evans 28756.

Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774, Irish poet and playwright, originally undertook his History of the Earth and Animated Nature in 1769 for Griffin, the London publisher. It was first published posthumously in 1774." "10270","22","","","","Catesby's natural history of Carolina.","","2. vols. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. C, as above, 2 v g fol.","Catesby, Mark.","The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particularly, those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured by former authors, with their descriptions in English and French. To which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries; with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions. By the late Mark Catesby, F.R.S. Revised by Mr. Edwards, of the Royal College of Physicians, London. To the whole is now added a Linnaean Index of the animals and plants. Volume the First [-Second]. Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, de la Floride, et des isles de Bahama: contenant . . . London: Printed for Benjamin White, 1771.","","

2 vol. Large folio. 220 colored illustrations, English and French text in parallel columns.

Sabin 11509. De Renne I, 197. Anker III, no. 94.

The 1831 and 1849 Library catalogues credit the Jefferson collection with the third edition of this work, which has therefore been described here, though it is possibly an error. The copy numbered C. from the 1815 catalogue is on the manuscript list of missing books from the Library of Congress made after 1815.

Jefferson bought a copy of the second edition published in 1741 from Froullé in 1789, having previously bought a copy of the first edition for 500 livres, and which he exchanged for a copy of the second. The price given in the undated manuscript catalogue is 500 (livres).

At the end of Froullé's bill, of which the last date is May 7, 1789, is the entry:

Difference entre le Catesby en maroquin rouge 1re edition qui etoit payé 500 et la 2de edition, demireliure 30.

Jefferson had been interested in buying the Bolling copy of this work. On January 14, 1783, he wrote from Philadelphia to Francis Eppes:

. . . since I came here there has been sold the Westover copy of Catesby's History of Carolina. it was held near a twelve-month at twelve guineas, and at last sold for ten. this seems to fix what should be given for m[???] Bolling's copy, if you can induce him to let me have it, which I am very anxious for. perhaps it would be a temptation to offer that the ten guineas should be paid to m[???] Ross's agent at Nantes, where he could lay them out and send the articles to m[???] Bolling. his draft shall be paid on sight in Paris. perhaps you had better effect this by making the proposition to mrs. Bolling. of this your knowledge of the family will enable you to judge . . .

The catalogue of the Westover library does not record the edition.

In the Notes on Virginia Jefferson gives a table of 93 birds with Catesby's designation, the Linnaean designation, the popular names, and references to Buffon oiseaux in parallel columns. Of Catesby he writes:

Between ninety and a hundred of our birds have been described by Catesby. His drawings are better as to form and attitude than coloring which is generally too high.

Mark Catesby, c. 1679-1749, English naturalist, spent some years in America. This book was originally printed in 1731-43." "10280","23","","","","Barton's fragments of the Natural history of Pensylvania.","","fol. [pamphlet]","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 45, as above.","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. . . . Part First . . . Philadelphia: Printed, for the author, by Way & Groff, 1799.","QH105 .P4B2","

First Edition. Folio. 21 leaves; no more was published.

Sabin 3809. Evans 35159. Agassiz I, page 205, no. 5.

On page vii Barton quotes from the Notes on Virginia: Mr. Jefferson has observed, that Perroquets even winter on the Sioto, in the 39th. degree of latitude. The footnote gives the reference: Notes on the State of Virginia. Page 139. The original edition.

For a note on Barton see no. 681." "10290","24","","","","Cepede. Hist. nat. des Quadrup. Ovipares, et des Serpens.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 7, as above, unabbreviated.","","Lacépède, Bernard Germain étienne de La Ville sur Illon, Comte de. Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes, ovipares et des serpens. Par M. le comte de La Cépède. Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1788-90.","","

4 vol. 12mo. The Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes, ovipares et serpens is contained in 2 volumes, which form vol. 30 and 31 of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue correctly calls for 2. v. only. These volumes were issued in 1788 and 1789 respectively. According to his dated catalogue Jefferson added 2 volumes, published in 1790.

Purchased from Froullé, price 6. broché, on October 26, 1788. Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue at this price.

Bernard Germain étienne de la Ville sur Illon, Comte de Lacépède, 1756-1825, French naturalist. This work was a continuation of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle and was suggested by Buffon himself." "10300","25","","","","Penant's history of Quadrupeds.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 35, as above.","[Pennant, Thomas.]","History of Quadrupeds, the Third Edition. Vol. I [II]. London: Printed for B. & J. White, 1793.","QL703.P4","

2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 168 leaves; vol. II, 169 leaves; engraved title-pages with vignettes (vol. I the head of the Barbary Antelope, vol. II., the Sea Otter); 109 engraved plates by P. Mazell.

Lowndes IV, page 1823. Wood, Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology, page 526. Agassiz, IV, 91 (dated 1792).

Thomas Pennant, 1726-1798, English traveller and naturalist. This work was originally printed in 1771 with the title Synopsis of Quadrupeds. It was to Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington (q. v.) that Gilbert White addressed The Natural History of Selborne." "10310","26","","","","Zoologie geographique par Zimmerman.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 22, as above.","Von Zimmerman, Eberhard August Wilhelm.","Zoologie Géographique. Premier Article L'Homme, par E. A. G. Zimmermann, Professeur d'Histoire naturelle à Bronswik . . . [Translated by Jacques Mauvillon.] Cassel: De l'Imprimerie française, 1784.","GF31 .Z73","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 135 leaves.

Quérard X, page 567. Not in Sabin.

Jefferson refers to this work in a letter to Horatio G. Spafford, written from Monticello, May 14, 1809. Disputing a statement of the latter in his General Geography that the potato was indigenous to the United States, Jefferson mentions that Zimmerman, in his Geographical Zoology, says it is a native of Guiana . . . [Page 26 in this book.]

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5.

Eberhard August Wilhelm Von Zimmermann, 1743-1815, German naturalist. This work was originally written in Latin and published in Leyden in 1777. The work contains several references to the native inhabitants of America.

Jacques Mauvillon, 1743-1794, born in Leipzig, was the son of a French professor of languages in Germany." "10320","27","","","","Oeuvres Physiques de Bonnet.","","12. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 23, as above.","Bonnet, Charles.","Oeuvres d'Histoire Naturelle et de Philosophie de Charles Bonnet . . . Tome Premier [-XII]. A Neuchatel: chez Samuel Fauche, 1779-81.","QH9 .B71","

12 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 208 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Clemens after Juel; vol. II, 236 leaves; vol. III, 135 leaves; vol. IV, 235 leaves; vol. V, 236 leaves; vol. VI, 278 leaves; vol. VII, 202 leaves; vol. VIII, 274 leaves; vol. IX, 234 leaves; vol. X, 198 leaves; vol. XI, 202 leaves; vol. XII, 252 leaves; folded plates, tables etc. in vol. I-IV, X, XI.

Quérard I, page 408. Agassiz I, 359, no. 18.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Charles Bonnet, 1720-1793, Swiss philosopher and naturalist, and one of the pioneers of experimental morphology. This edition of his works eventually ran into eighteen volumes, the remaining six being published in 1782-3." "10330","28","","","","Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali del Redi.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 37, as above.","Redi, Francesco.","Esperienze intorno a Diverse Cose Natvrali, e particolarmente a qvelle, che ci son portate dall'Indie. Fatte da Francesco Redi e Scritte in vna Lettera al Reverendissimo Padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Ciesv. In Firenze: all' Insegna della Nave, 1671.","","

First Edition. 4to. 78 leaves, 6 folded engraved tavola; title-page printed in red and black, with engraved Medici arms.

Haym, Biblioteca Italiana, 203, no. 9. Agassiz IV, 166, no. 5. Sabin 6856.

Francesco Redi, 1626-1697, Italian naturalist of Arezzo, was a pioneer in the science of analysing food. This work has passages relating to the natural history of the East and West Indies, and to the tobacco of Brazil." "10340","29","","","","Fisica animale e vegetabile del Spallanzani.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 25, as above.","Spallanzani, Lazzaro.","Opuscoli di Fisica Animale, e Vegetabile dell' Abate Spallanzani . . . Aggiuntevi alcune Lettere relative ad essi Opuscoli dal celebre Signor Bonnet di Ginevra, e da altri scritte all' Autorė. Volume Primo [Secondo]. In Modena: Presso la Società Tipografica, 1776.—Dissertazioni di Fisica Animale, e Vegetabile . . . Tomo I [II]. ibid. 1780.","QH302 .S7","

First Editions. Together 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 161 leaves; vol. II, 142 leaves; 6 folded engraved plates by Dom. Cagnoni; vol. I, 150 leaves; vol. II, 176 leaves, 3 folded engraved plates by Cagnoni.

Agassiz IV, 357, no. 18, 19. Tiraboschi, Dell' Abate Lazzaro Spallanzi 18, 21.

These two works were separate publications, but were classed together by Jefferson in this and in his undated manuscript catalogue and in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue. Jefferson mentioned them in a letter to Dr. Willard, written from Paris, March 24, 1789:

in Italy, the works of Spallanzani on digestion, and generation, are valuable. tho perhaps too minute, & therefore tedious, he has developed some useful truths, and his book is well worth attention. it is in 4. vol[???]. 8vo.

Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1729-1799, Italian man of science, was a native of Scandiano in Modena. He was one of the pioneers in experimental morphology." "10350","30","","","","Insectorum theatrum Wottoni, Gesneri, Pennii, Moufeti.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 36, as above, p. fol.","Moffett, Thomas.","Insectorvm sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrvm: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono. Conrado Gesnero. Thomaqve Pennio inchoatum: Tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibus[???]; maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: Et ad vivum expressis Iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum. Londini: ex Officinâ typographicâ Thom. Cotes, 1634.","QL463 .M93","

First Edition. Folio. 170 leaves, woodcut of beehive, bees and insects on the title-page, numerous woodcut illustrations of butterflies and of insects throughout the text, 4 pages of cuts at the end.

STC 17993. Agassiz III, 631. Hazlitt IV, 262.

Thomas Moffett (Moufet or Muffet), 1553-1604, English physician and author. This work, originally completed in 1590, was partly compiled from the writings of Edward Wotton, Conrad Gesner and Thomas Penny. Permission was twice obtained to print it during Moffett's life time, but delays occurred, and the manuscript was eventually published after the author's death by Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne. The large woodcut on page 98 of this work is the first picture of an American butterfly in a printed book." "10360","31","","","","Tyson's Ourang Outang.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 31, as above, p fol.","Tyson, Edward.","Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, The Anatomy of a Pygmie compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man, To which is added, a Philological Essay concerning the Pygmies, the Cynocephali, the Satyrs, and Sphinges of the Ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either Apes or Monkeys, and not Men, as formerly pretended. By Edward Tyson M.D. . . . London: Printed for Thomas Bennet and Daniel Brown and are to be had of Mr. Hunt, 1699.","QM21 .T93","

First Edition. 4to. 90 leaves, 8 folded engraved plates by M. Vander Gucht; half-title for A Philological Essay on the unsigned leaf after P2.

Hazlitt IV, page 174. Agassiz IV, p. 466. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xiv, 908.

A copy of this book was ordered by Jefferson from Van Damme, on March 23, 1788, page 111 in volume II of a catalogue Van Damme had lent him, and of which he expressed a wish to purchase a copy.

Van Damme replied on June 25 and sent a copy of the catalogue, price 2.0, with the explanation that it was of an auction sale to be held in September. The book is entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Edward Tyson, 1650-1708, English comparative anatomist. This is one of the first works of any consequence on comparative morphology. Tyson's pygmy, whose skeleton is now in the South Kensington Museum, was in reality a chimpanzee and the origin of the missing-link idea." "10370","32","","","","Ellys's Zoophytes.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 38, as above.","Ellis, John.","The Natural History of many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes, Collected from various Parts of the Globe By the Late John Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. . . . Author of the Natural History of English Corallines, and other Works. Systematically Arranged and Described by the Late Daniel Solander, M.D. F.R.S. &c. With Sixty-Two Plates Engraven by Principal Artists. London: Printed for Benjamin White and Son, and Peter Elmsly, 1786.","QL379 .E47","

First Edition. 4to. 110 leaves, 63 engraved and numbered plates, most of which are unsigned; on 3 pages at the beginning is a list of Papers of John Ellis, Esq. read at the Royal Society, and printed in the Philosophical Transactions; the last leaf contains a list of Books of Natural History, printed for Benjamin White and Son.

Lowndes II, 733. Agassiz II, 343. Hopkinson, A Bibliography of the Tunicata, page 211.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue without price.

John Ellis, 1710?-1776, naturalist, born in Ireland, was at one time agent for West Florida and for Dominica. This work was posthumously published by his daughter Martha Watt, at the request of Sir Joseph Banks, to whom it is dedicated. It was edited by the author's friend Daniel Charles Solander, 1736-1782, botanist, born in Sweden, who was for a time keeper of the Natural History department in the British Museum. Solander's name is perpetuated in the genus Solandra, in the names of two small islands, and by the solander case, designed by him." "10380","33","","","","Baker's Natural hist. of the Polypus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 28, as above, with the reading History.","Baker, Henry.","An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype: in a Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society . . . The Whole explained every where by great Numbers of proper Figures, and intermixt throughout with Variety of Observations and Experiments. By Henry Baker, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries, in London . . . London: Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by M. Cooper and J. Cuff, 1743.","QL377 .H9B2","

First Published Edition. 8vo. 111 leaves; engraved plate of the Polype as frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text.

Lowndes I, 101. Agassiz I, 181. Not in Poggendorff. Roper, Catalogue of Works on the Microscope, page 10, no. 7.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3 f 8.

Henry Baker, 1698-1774, English naturalist and poet, was a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Society of Antiquaries. He was a successful teacher of the deaf and dumb, was responsible for the introduction of the rhubarb plant into England, and married the youngest daughter of Daniel Defoe.

Martin Folkes, 1690-1754, English antiquary and man of science. The studies on the Polypus begun by him and Baker together were continued by the latter alone, and published first in the Philosophical Transactions, appearing later as a separate treatise." "10390","34","","","","Baker's microscope.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 27, as above.","Baker, Henry.","The Microscope made easy: or, I. The Nature, Uses, and Magnifying Powers of the best Kinds of Microscopes described, calculated, and explained . . . II. An Account of what surprizing Discoveries have been already made by the Microscope . . . And also a great Variety of new Experiments and Observations, pointing out many uncommon Subjects for the Examination of the Curious. By Henry Baker . . . Illustrated with Copper Plates. The Third Edition: with an additional Plate of the Solar Microscope, and some farther Accounts of the Polype . . . London: Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by M. Cooper and J. Cuff, 1744.","QH271.B2","

8vo. 174 leaves: []1, A-X8, Y5, folded engraved plates.

This edition not in Lowndes. Roper, Catalogue of Works on the Microscope, page 10, no. 2.

See the previous number. The first edition of the Microscope made Easy was printed in 1743." "10400","35","","","","Adams on the microscope.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 26, as above.","Adams, George.","Micrographia Illustrata: or the Microscope explained, in several new Inventions, particularly of a new Variable Microscope for examining all sorts of minute objects; and also of a new Camera Obscura Microscope . . . with a Description of all the other Microscopes now in use. Likewise a Natural History of Aerial, Terrestrial, and Aquatic Animals, &c. considered as microscopic objects. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty. The Fourth Edition. Illustrated with seventy-two copper plates, containing 560 delineations of various microscopic objects. London: Printed for the Author, 1771.","QH271 .A3","

8vo. 201 leaves; 71 full page and folded plates by various engravers.

Roper, Catalogue of Works on the Microscope, page 5, no. 2. Catalogue of the Printed Books and Pamphlets in the Library of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 1.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

George Adams, 1720-1773, mathematical instrument maker to King George III. The first edition of this work, frequently reprinted, was published in 1746." "10410","36","","","","Ricerche Fisiche del Fontana. Vipere e anguillette del Fontana.","","8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 24, Vipere e Anguillette del Fontaria. 8vo.","Fontana, Felice.","Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera, con alcune osservazioni sopra le anguillette del grano sperone. Di Felice Fontana Roveretano . . . Lucca: nella stamperìa di J. Giusti, 1767.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 93 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Agassiz I, 444, no. 2. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, v, 49.

For a note on Fontana see no. 919. His treatises on the venom of the viper were the starting point of the modern investigation of that subject." "10420","37","","","","Traité des monstres de Palfyn.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 21, as above, but with p 4to.","Palfyn, Jean.","Description anatomique des Parties de la Femme, qui servent à la Generation; avec un Traité des Monstres, de leur Causes, de leur Nature, & de leur differences . . . Par Monsr. Jean Palfyn Anatomiste & Chirurgien de la Ville de Gand. Lesquels Ouvrages on peut considerer comme une Suite de l'Accouchement des Femmes. Par Monsr. Mauriceau Avec Figures. A Leide: chez la Veve de Bastiaan Schouten, 1708.","QM699 .P15","

First Edition. 4to. 3 parts in I. 295 leaves, engraved frontispiece by P. Sluiter after J. Goerée, general title printed in red and black; separate half title, pagination and signatures for each part; folded plates and numerous engravings in the text.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, x, 374. Vander Haeghen, Bibliographie des oeuvres de Jean Palfyn, page 75. Jean Palfyn, 1650-1730, Belgian surgeon-anatomist, the ''creator of anatomical surgery''. For the work of Mauriceau see no. 854." "10430","38","","","","Barrington's Miscellanies.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 39, as above.","Barrington, Daines.","Miscellanies by the Honourable Daines Barrington . . . London: Printed by J. Nichols; sold by B. White and J. Nichols, 1781.","AC7 .B3","

First Edition. 4to. 287 leaves, 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved maps, printed tables, musical notation.

Lowndes I, page 121.

Referring to Barrington's Essay I, Whether the Turkey was known before the Discovery of America, Jefferson wrote from Washington on January 10, 1801, to Dr. Hugh Williamson:

. . . I suppose the opinion to be universal that the Turkey is a native of America. nobody, as far as I know, has ever contradicted it but Daines Barrington: and the arguments he produces are such as none but a head, entangled & kinked as his is, would ever have urged . . .

Entered on Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, with the price 15/.

Daines Barrington, 1727-1800, English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist, was one of the correspondents to whom Gilbert White addressed The Natural History of Selborne." "10440","39","Zoology tracts 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 29, Zoological Tracts, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 91. no. J. 34, Tracts.—Discours de Zoologie, par Lacepede, 8vo; Paris, 1801.—Guide to the Philadelphia Museum, 8vo.—Peale's Account and Description of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, (2 pamphlets,) 8vo; London, 1802-'3.","Three tracts originally bound together in one volume for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, price .62½.","","i.","","","Lacépède, Bernard Germain étienne De La Ville Sur Illon, Comte De.","Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du Cours de Zoologie donné dans le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, l'an ix de la République. Par de Lacepede. Paris: chez Plassan [1801].","","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 17 and 11 leaves.

Huzard catalogue, 2531.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author.

On February 24, 1803, Jefferson wrote from Washington to M. de Cepede at Paris:

I have just recieved from m[???] Paine the copy of your Discours d'ouverture de l'an IX. which you were so good as to send me. a rapid view of parts of it only assures me of the pleasure I shall recieve from a deliberate perusal of the whole the first moment I have to spare. I was struck with the prophetic spirit of the passage pa. 10. 11. 'bientot de courageux voyageurs visiteront les sources du Missisipi et du Missouri, que l'oeil d'un European n'a pas encore entrevues' &c. it happens that we are now actually sending off a small party to explore the Missouri to it's source . . . it is not improbable that this voyage of discovery will procure us further information of the Mammoth, & of the Megatherium also, mentioned by you page 6. for you have possibly seen in our Philosophical transactions, that, before we had seen the account of that animal by m[???] Cuvier, we had found here some remains of an enormous animal incognitum, whom, from the disproportionate length of his claw, we had denominated Megalonyx, and which is probably the same animal . . .

returning to the principal object of my letter, I thank you for the friendly communication of your discourse, & for the occasion it has given me of turning for a moment from the barren field of politics to the rich map of nature . . .

Other works by Lacépède appear in this catalogue." "10450","39","Zoology tracts 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 29, Zoological Tracts, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 91. no. J. 34, Tracts.—Discours de Zoologie, par Lacepede, 8vo; Paris, 1801.—Guide to the Philadelphia Museum, 8vo.—Peale's Account and Description of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, (2 pamphlets,) 8vo; London, 1802-'3.","Three tracts originally bound together in one volume for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, price .62½.","","ii.","","","","Guide to the Philadelphia Museum.","","8vo. This was probably sent to Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale, the founder of the Museum and a friend of Jefferson." "10460","39","Zoology tracts 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 29, Zoological Tracts, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 91. no. J. 34, Tracts.—Discours de Zoologie, par Lacepede, 8vo; Paris, 1801.—Guide to the Philadelphia Museum, 8vo.—Peale's Account and Description of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, (2 pamphlets,) 8vo; London, 1802-'3.","Three tracts originally bound together in one volume for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, price .62½.","","iii.","","","Peale, Rembrandt.","Account of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, a non-descript carnivorous Animal of immense size, found in America. By Rembrandt Peale, the Proprietor. London: E. Lawrence, 1802. QE882. U7P2","","

First Edition. 8vo. 23 leaves.

Sabin 59422. Agassiz IV, 87, no. 1. Meisel III, 363." "10470","39","Zoology tracts 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 29, Zoological Tracts, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 91. no. J. 34, Tracts.—Discours de Zoologie, par Lacepede, 8vo; Paris, 1801.—Guide to the Philadelphia Museum, 8vo.—Peale's Account and Description of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, (2 pamphlets,) 8vo; London, 1802-'3.","Three tracts originally bound together in one volume for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805, price .62½.","","","","","Peale, Rembrandt.","An Historical Disquisition on the Mammoth, or, Great American Incognitum . . . whose Fossil Remains have been found in North America . . . By Rembrandt Peale. London: Printed for E. Lawrence by C. Mercier, 1803.","QE882. U7P3","

8vo. 51 leaves, plate.

Sabin 59425. Agassiz IV, 87, no. 1. Meisel III, 364.

The second tract is a revised edition of the first. They contain an account of the skeleton of the mammoth which was found near New York in 1801, and which Rembrandt Peale was exhibiting in London.

Both pamphlets were sent to Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale, the author's father, who first mentioned them to Jefferson in a letter written from Museum on December 12, 1802:

. . . I have not yet heard the success of my sons since they have opened their Exhibition—Rembrandt writes me that he is publishing a Pamphlet in which he describes the essential differences between the Mammoth & Elephant. if successful in this, then another Edition with several hansome plates.

On January 10, 1803, he again wrote:

. . . Enclosed I send you Rembrandt's Pamphlet, the next edition probably will have plates. Jefferson replied from Washington on January 23:

I thank you for m[???] Rembrandt Peale's pamphlet on the mammoth . . .

On September 2, 1803, Charles Willson Peale wrote from Museum:

I have just received the enclosed Pamphlet with Letters from my Sons—they closed their Exhibition of the Skeleton of the Mammoth the 18th of June . . .

Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860, portrait and historical painter. In 1801 his father, Charles Willson Peale, successfully recovered near New York two skeletons of the mammoth or mastadon, one of which he sent for exhibition in Europe in charge of Rembrandt and his younger brother Rubens. The war with France closed the exhibition, and the brothers returned to America in 1803.

The pamphlet was published in the Philosophical Magazine, and it is probable a copy was sent to Jefferson by C. W. Peale." "10480","40","Tracts in Zoology viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un Solitaire sur la version de III. Camus de l'histoire des Animaux d'Aristote Lettera Apologetica del Spallanzani in risposta al S. Hunter sulla digestione 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 40, Tracts in Zoology—to wit, Camus and Spallanzani. 4to.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to.","Lettres d'un Solitaire sur la version de III. Camus de l'histoire nes Animaux d'Aristote.","i.","","","Debure De Saint-.Fauxbin, Jean François.","Lettres d'un Solitaire à un académicien de province sur la nouvelle version françoise (par Camus) de l'Histoire des Animaux d'Aristote. Amsterdam et Paris: Lamy, 1784.","","

First Edition. 4to. 62 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Barbier II, col. 1243. Quérard II, page 415.

Jean François Debure De Saint-Fauxbin, 1741-1825, French hellenist. For the work by Camus see no. 1014." "10490","40","Tracts in Zoology viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un Solitaire sur la version de III. Camus de l'histoire des Animaux d'Aristote Lettera Apologetica del Spallanzani in risposta al S. Hunter sulla digestione 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 40, Tracts in Zoology—to wit, Camus and Spallanzani. 4to.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to.","Lettera Appologetica del Spallanzani in risposta al S. Hunter sulla digestione.","ii.","","","Spallanzani, Lazzaro.","Lettera apologetica in risposta alle osservazioni sulla digestione del sig. Giovanni Hunter. Milano: G. Marelli, 1788.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xvi, 206.

For a note on Spallanzani see no. 1034.

The two tracts are similarly entered as above on Jefferson's undated catalogue without the price. According to Jefferson both were in 4to format." "10500","41","","","","Cepede. hist. naturelle des Poissons.","","6. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 33, as above, 5 v 4to.","Lacépède, Bernard Germain Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon, Comte De.","Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, par le Citoyen La Cepède, Membre de l'Institut National, et Professeur au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Tome Premier [-Cinquième]. A Paris: chez Plassan, L'An VI de la République.-1798—L'An XI de la République [1803.]","","

First Edition. 5 vols. 4to. vol. I, 346 leaves; 25 engraved plates, 2 folded tables; vol. II, 350 leaves, 20 engraved plates; vol. III, 323 leaves, the last a blank, 34 engraved plates; vol. IV, 386 leaves, 16 engraved plates; vol. V, 2 parts in 1. 437 leaves, 21 engraved plates; engraved headpiece on the first page of text in each volume, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard IV, page 356. Agassiz III, page 399, no. 8. Dean, Bibliography of Fishes, II, page 2.

Jefferson's copy of the Histoire naturelles des Poissons was bound for him in calf, gilt, by John March in October, 1804, price $11.25 ($2.25 each volume).

Jefferson apparently did not sell to Congress the sixth volume of this work, entered in his manuscript catalogue, but not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815.

Volume VI contained the Histoire Naturelles de Cétacées, and both it and the Histoire Naturelle des Poissons were gifts from the author to Jefferson.

On July 25, 1803, Lacépède wrote to Jefferson from Paris:

M. Livingston veut bien se charger de faire parvenir à votre excellence, mon histoire naturelle des poissons, dont le cinquième et dernier volume vient de paroître.

J'ai l'honneur de vous prier de vouloir bien l'agréer comme un hommage do mon tendre dévouement, de ma très haute considération, de mon admiration, et de mon respect.

On February 7, 1804, he sent the sixth volume:

La lettre que j'ai l'honneur d'écrire à votre excellence, vous sera présentée par le général Thureau membre de la légion d'honneur, et notre ambassadeur auprés de vous. il offrira de ma part à votre excellence, un exemplaire de l'histoire naturelle des cétacées que je viens de publier. j'ai l'honneur de vous prier, Monsieur le président, de réunir à cet hommage à celui que M. Livingston a eu la bonté de vous faire parvenir en mon nom à l'exemplaire de l'histoire des poissons, qu'il vous a adressé . . .

The books were received by Jefferson (through Caspar Wistar) in March, 1804.

On July 14, 1808, Jefferson wrote to Lacépède:

. . . It is with pleasure I embrace this occasion of returning you my thanks for the favor of your very valuable works sur les poissons et les cetacées which you were so kind as to send me through m[???] Livingston & Genl. Turreau, and which I find entirely worthy of your high reputation in the literary world. that I have not sooner made this acknolegement has not proceeded from any want of respect & attachment to yourself, or a just value of your estimable present, but from the strong & incessant calls of duty to other objects . . .

For a note on Lacépède, see no. 1029 above. This work was originally published in connection with Buffon's Histoire Naturelle." "10510","42","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 19, Histoire Naturelle du genre humain, par Virey, 2 v 8vo.","Virey, Julien Joseph.","Histoire Naturelle du Genre Humain, ou Recherches sur ses principaux Fondemens physiques et moraux; précédées d'un Discours sur la nature des êtres organiques, et sur l'ensemble de leur physiologie. On y a joint une dissertation sur le sauvage de l'Aveyron. Avec Figures. Par J. J. Virey . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de F. Dufart, An IX [1801].","GN23 .V79","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 217 leaves, 2 folded printed tables; vol. II, 198 leaves, engraved plates in both volumes, printer's woodcut device on the title-pages.

Quérard X, 233. Not in Agassiz. Surgeon General's Catalogue II, xx, 265.

Jefferson's Notes on Virginia was one of the source books used by the author. References to this work are given in the footnotes, and Jefferson's name included in the list of principaux Auteurs et Voyageurs cités dans cet Ouvrage.

In a letter to Louis Girardin dated from Monticello July 7, 1814, Jefferson included this author in the list he sent to him from the catalogue of the latter who was considering disposing of his library.

Julien Joseph Virey, 1775-1846, French doctor and scientist, was a member of the Faculty of Paris, and of several learned societies." "10520","43","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 41, Tableau des Arenaides, par Walckenaer, Gr. 8vo.","Walckenaer, Charles Athanase, Baron.","Tableau des Aranéïdes, ou Caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Par C. A. Walckenaer . . . Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Dentu, 1805.","QL453 .W15","

First Edition. 8vo. 52 leaves, folded table, plates. Quérard X, 472. Agassiz IV, page 521, no. 51

Charles Athanase, Baron Walckenaer, 1771-1852, French naturalist." "10530","1","","","","Dioscorides. Gr. Lat.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 1, as above.","Dioscorides, Pedanius.","Dioscorides Libri octo Græce et Latine. Castigationes in eosdem libros [by Jacob Goupylius] . . . Parisis: Impensis viduæ Arnoldi Birkmanni, 1549.","","

8vo. 412 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Graesse II, 403. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, iii, 794. Pritzel 2295. Bradley I, 272.

Jefferson bought a copy of Dioscoride 1 vol. 8vo. from Froullé on April 25, 1789, price 7.4. Entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Pedanius Dioscorides of Anazarbos, 54-68, a Greek army surgeon in the service of Nero, was the originator of the materia medica. For several centuries the best books in medical botany were virtually commentaries on the treatise of Dioscorides." "10540","2","","","","Dioscoride. traduttione e discorsi del Matthioli.","","fol. Ven. 1573.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 32, as above.","Dioscorides, Pedanius.","Il Dioscoride dell' eccellente Dottor P. A. Matthioli co' suoi discorsi, con l'aggiunta del sesto libro de i rimedi di tutti i veleni di lui nuovamente tradotto & con dottissimi discorsi per tutto commentato. Venetiis, 1573.","","

Folio. illustrations; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Haym, not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue and not in Pritzel. Jefferson purchased a copy of an Italian Matthiolus Dioscorides from Froullé on April 25, 1789, price 12 livres. At the same time he put in a bid of 10/- for the Italian edition of Dioscorides by Longiano, Venice, 1542, 8vo, lot no. 1105 in the Pinelli sale, April 30. On May 5 Mrs. Paradise wrote to report that the book would not be sold that year.

On the day of his purchase of the Italian Matthiolus, April 25, Jefferson bought also from Froullé a French one, Mathiol sur Discoride, fol., price 15 livres. This he returned on May 7, and the price was taken off the bill. His entry on his undated manuscript catalogue reads: Dioscorides e discorsi del Matthioli. fol. Ven. 1573. [this is the original of Matthiolus] If by this Jefferson meant that this was Mattioli's first edition of this work he was in error, the first edition was published in 1544.

Pietro Andrea Mattioli, 1500-1577, Italian botanist." "10550","3","","","","Theophrasti Eresii Historia plantarum. Gr. Lat. Gazae. commentariis Bodaei à Stapel, Jul. Caes. Scaligeri, & Constantini.","","fol. Amstel. 1644.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 33, as above.","Theophrastus.","Theophrasti Eresii de Historia Plantarvm Libri decem, Græce & Latinè. In quibus textum Græcum variis Lectionibus, emendationibus, hiulcorum supplementis: Latinam Gazæ versionem nova interpretatione ad margines: totum opus absolutissimis cum Notis, tum commentariis: item rariorum Plantarum iconibus illustravit Ioannes Bodævs à Stapel, Medicus Amstelodamensis. Accesserunt Ivlii Cæsaris Scaligeri, in eosdem Libros animadversiones: et Roberti Constantini annotationes, cum Indice locupletissimo. Amstelodami: apud Henricum Laurentium, [Typis Judoci Brœrssen] Anno 1644.","QK41 .T3","

Folio. 649 leaves, title within an engraved border with portraits, numerous woodcut illustrations of plants in the text; text printed in double columns, printer's imprint at the end; numerous complimentary verses at the beginning.

Pritzel 10163. Bradley I, 271.

A copy of Theophras historiae plantarum fol. price 20 livres is on Froullé's bill to Jefferson under date 25 April, 1789. The book is entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson tried to buy the copy of an 8vo. edition of Theophrastus in the Pinelli sale, lot 6625, sending a bid of 7/6 to Mrs. Paradise, from Paris, April 30, 1789, and mentioning that he would not chuse to go higher. Mrs. Paradise replied from London, May 5, 1789, that the historia plantarum à Gaza, Lat. 8vo was sold before I received your kind letter of April ye 30th.

Theophrastus Of Eresus, c. 372-287 B.C., the pupil, friend and successor of Aristotle, who bequeathed him his library and botanic garden. Theophrastus, the probotanist, stands in relation to botany as Hippocrates does to medicine. The first edition of this work was published in Tarvisii in 1483. This edition of 1644, of which the woodcuts are taken from Gerard's Herbarium, 1633, is distinguished for the erudite notes of the editor." "10560","4","","","","Nomenclator Botanicus. Lat. Gal. Angl. Germ. Suec. Dan.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 24, as above.","Oeder, Georg Christian.","Nomenclator Botanicus inserviens Floræ Danicæ . . . nomina vernacula in lingua Gallica, Anglica, Germanica, Suecica, Danica, cum nomenclatore Synonimico-Linnæano, et Pharmaceutico-Linnæano. Hafniæ: Heineck et Faber, 1769.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Entered in Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price, 7.10.

Georg Christian Oeder, 1728-1791, Danish physician and botanist, was born at Anspach in Bavaria. He held the chair of botany at the University of Copenhagen. There were four issues of the Nomenclatura botanica in 1769, two in Latin with variant titles, which were translated into German. It is not known exactly which variant of the Latin titles was in Jefferson's library." "10570","5","","","","Bradley's Botanical dictionary.","","2. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 20, as above.","Bradley, Richard.","Dictionarium Botanicum: or, a Botanical Dictionary for the Use of the Curious in Husbandry and Gardening. Containing the Names of the known Plants in Latin, English, &c. Their Description. Their Culture or Management . . . The Terms used in every Branch of Botany explain'd. A Work never before attempted. Volume I [II]. By R. Bradley . . . London: Printed for T. Woodward and J. Peele, 1728.","QK41 .B8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 234 leaves, 1 folded engraved plate by J. Clark; vol. II, 240 leaves; text in double columns; at the end a list of Books printed for T. Woodward and J. Peele.

Haller, Bibliotheca Botanica, II, 136. Bradley III, 80.

Pritzel 1082.

Richard Bradley, 1688-1732, English botanist and horticultural writer. Several of his works appear in this catalogue." "10580","6","","","","Boerhaave's historia plantarum.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 2, as above.","Boerhaave, Hermann.","Historia Plantarum, quæ in Horto Academico Lugduni-Batavorum crescunt cum earum characteribus, & Medicinalibus virtutibus desumptis ex ore clarissimi viri Hermanni Boerhaave, Philosophiæ & Medicinæ Doctoris, Medicinæ, & Collegii Practici Lugduni-Batavorum Pofessoris. Pars Prima [Secunda]. Editio altera, aucta, & ab infinitis mendis purgata. Londini: apud S. Knebel et J. Knapton, 1731.","QK73 .L3B7","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 204 leaves; vol. II, 141 leaves; vol. II, has a separate title-page, but the signatures and pagination are continuous; vol. I ends with the catchword Alysson.

Bradley I, 290. Pritzel 932.

For a note on Boerhaave see no. 881. The first edition of this work was printed in Leyden in 1727. Pritzel describes the book as maculosissimum et confusissimum opus, ab Anonymo quodam conscriptum, and in the British Museum Catalogues it is classified as one of the Doubtful and Suppositious Works." "10590","7","","","","Manuel des vegetaux par St. Germain.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 25, as above.","Saint Germain, J. J. de.","Manuel des vegetaux, ou Catalogue, latin et françois, de toutes les plantes, arbres, et arbrisseaux connus sur le globe de la terre jusqu'à ce jour, rangés selon le systeme de Linné, par classes, ordres, genres & espèces, avec les endroits où ils croissent; les plantes des environs de Paris y sont spécialement indiquées, avec une table françoise . . . Par M. J. J. de St. Germain. Paris: P. M. Delaguette, 1784.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 210 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard VIII, 336. Pritzel 8932. Bradley I, 258.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5-10." "10600","8","","","","Rousseau's Botany. by Martyn.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 21, as above.","Rousseau, Jean Jacques—Martyn, Thomas.","Letters on the elements of botany. Addressed to a Lady. Translated into English with notes and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus. By Thomas Martyn. London: printed for B. White & Son, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 277 leaves.

Bradley I, 93. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xii, 343. Pritzel 7824. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 701. Not in Dufour.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 15-10.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, French philosopher, was a native of Geneva. The first edition of the Essais elémentaires sur la botanique was published in Paris in 1771. The lady to whom they were addressed was Madame Delessert, the wife of étienne and mother of Benjamin Delessert.

Thomas Martyn, 1735-1825, English botanist. This was one of his most popular works, and went through eight editions." "10610","9","","","","Barton's elements of botany.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 22, as above.","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","Elements of Botany: or Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables. Illustrated by Thirty Plates. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed for the author [by William F. M'Laughlin], 1803.","QK45 .B28","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination. 279 leaves, 30 engraved numbered plates, Directions to the Binder on the recto of the last leaf.

Sabin 3806. Bradley I, 83. Pritzel 518. Jefferson bought his copy from Milligan, listed on his bill under date March 31, 1808. To 1 Barton's Botany. boards. $6.00.

He had previously ordered a copy from Duane in a letter from Washington on October 14, 1807:

Barton's elements of botany, unbound, because I wish to have the two vol[???] bound in one.

Duane replied on October 16:

. . . the Elements of Botany I can also get, and shall carry them on with me at the close of the next week.

In an undated letter received by Jefferson on December 5 he wrote:

. . . Mr. Bartons botanical book is not to be had in sheets.

Benjamin Smith Barton, 1766-1815, physician and scientist of Philadelphia. His Elements of Botany was the first work of elementary botany written by an American. It was Barton who, in a paper read before the American Philosophical Society on May 18, 1792, named the plant Jeffersonia (previously known as Podophyllum diphyllum).

On April 3, 1813, Jefferson wrote to Barton:

. . . When shall we have your book on American botany . . ." "10620","10","","","","Parkinson's herbal","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 34, as above.","Parkinson, John.","Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, an Herball of a large extent . . . Distributed into Sundry Classes or Tribes, for the more easie Knowledge of the many Herbes of one nature and property, with the chief notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham and others inserted therein. Collected by the many yeares travaile, industry and experience in this subject, by John Parkinson Apothecary of London, and the King's Herbarist. And Published by the King's Majestyes especiall priviledge. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.","QK41 .P2","

First Edition. Folio. 887 leaves, engraved title-page in compartments by W. Marshall, with a portrait of the author, and representations of Adam and Solomon, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

Lowndes IV, 1780. STC 19302. Hazlitt II, 444.

Bradley I, 285. Rohde 214. Johnson, page 44, no. 77.

John Parkinson, 1567-1650, English apothecary and herbalist.

Matthias de Lobel, 1538-1616, French botanist. Thomas Bonham, d. 1629?, English physician." "10630","11","","","","Tournefort's Institutiones rei herbariae.","","2. vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 29, as above.","Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de.","Institutiones rei herbariæ. Editio tertia. Appendicibus aucta ab Antonio de Jussieu, Lugdunæo. Lugduni: juxta exemplar Parisiis, ex typographia regia, 1719.","","

2 vol. 4to. Vol. II with plates only; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard IX, page 517. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, xiv, 659. Pritzel 9427.

Tournefort's institutiones 2. v. 4to. was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785.

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, 1656-1708, French botanist.

Antoine de Jussieu, 1686-1758, French botanist and physician. This edition of Tournefort's work secured his admission to the French Academy." "10640","12","","","","Linnaei Philosophia Botanica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 5, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnæi . . . Philosophia Botanica in qua explicantur Fundamenta Botanica cum Definitionibus partium, Exemplis terminorum, Observationibus rariorum, Adjectis Figuris æneis. Editio Altera. Viennæ Austriæ: typis Joannis Thomæ Trattner, 1763.","","

8vo. 184 leaves: A-Z8, 9 engraved tabula by Güti, 2 woodcut tabula in the text; printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Krok, page 452. British Museum: A Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus, 443. Hulth, page 79.

This is one of the four works of Linnaeus bought by Jefferson from Froullé on August 16, 1787 for 130 (livres). It was also one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785.

The first edition was published in Stockholm in 1751." "10650","13","","","","[Linnaei] Critica Botanica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 8, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnaei . . . Critica botanica in qua nomina plantarum generica, specifica, & variantia examini subjiciuntur, selectiora confirmantur, indigna rejiciuntur; simulque doctrina circa denominationem plantarum traditur. Seu Fundamentorum botanicorum pars IV. Accedit Johannis Browallii De necessitate historiæ naturalis discursus. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Conradum Wishoff, 1737.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 182 leaves, separate title for the Discursus on *4.

Krok, page 452, no. 136. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the libraries of the British Museum, no. 276. Hulth, page 21.

This was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785.

An elaboration of the Aphorisms of the Fundamenta Botanica.

Johannes Browallius [Browall], 1707-1755, Swedish naturalist, botanist and theologian." "10660","14","","","","[Linnaei] Genera plantarum.","","8vo. 6th edñ.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 6, as above, 6th ed.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli v. Linné . . . Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio sexta ab auctore reformata et aucta. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1764.","","

8vo. 324 leaves.

Krok, page 431. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 305. Hulth, 24.

A copy of this book was selected by Jefferson in March 1785 from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley. On August 16, 1787 he purchased a copy, with three others by the same author, from Froullé, the inclusive price being 130 (livres).

In January 1808 Jefferson tried to import a copy of the eighth edition, Frankfort, 1789-91, through Mayer & Brantz of Baltimore and their Amsterdam connections." "10670","15","","","","[Linnaei] Species plantarum.","","2. vols. 8vo. 2d. edñ.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 7, as above, 2d ed.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnaei . . . Species Plantarum, exhibentes Plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis Specificis, Nominibus trivialibus, Synonymis selectis, Locis natalibus, secundum Systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I [-II]. Editio secunda, aucta . . . Holmiæ: Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, 1762,3.","QK91. S6","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 400 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by C. Bergquist; vol. II, 483 leaves; title-pages printed in red and black (vol. I with an additional title-page in black only), continuous signatures and pagination.

Krok, page 433. Hulth, page 90. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the British Museum, no. 500.

These volumes were bought from Froullé, 16th August, 1787, with three others by Linnæus for 130 (livres). It was also one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March, 1785. In 1808 Jefferson tried to import, through Mayer & Brantz, Wildenow's edition of this work, also editions of the Genera plantarum, and other works by Linnæus. In the first edition of this work, printed in 1753, Linnæus set forth in full for the first time the specific names of plants. The book is dedicated to the King and Queen of Sweden." "10680","16","","","","[Linnaei] Flora Lapponica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 10, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnaei Doct. Med. & Acad. Imp. Nat. Cur. Soc. Flora Lapponica exhibens Plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundam Systema sexuale collectas in itinere Impensis Soc. Reg. Litter. et Scient. Sveciæ A. cI[???] I[???] cc xxxII, institutio. Additis synonymis, & Locis natalibus omnium, Descriptionibus & Figuris rariorum, viribus medicatis & oeconomicis plurimarum. Amstelædami: apud Salomonem Schouten, 1737.","QK324 .L5","

First Edition. 8vo. 226 leaves, engraved frontisipece by A. van der Laan after M. Hoffman, 12 folded engraved plates, each dedicated to a different patron; title-page printed in red and black.

Krok, page 435. Hulth, pages 21, 22. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 279.

This was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1875.

Linnaeus explored Lapland on behalf of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and published his scientific results in this work. The dedication Illustrissimae Societati Regiae Litterariae et Scientiarvm Sveciae is dated from Havercampi, 1737, 12 Kal. Feb." "10690","17","","","","Linnaeus's System of Vegetables. Litchfeild translñ.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 11, as above, but with the reading Litchfield's Translation, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 92. no. J. 17;—System of Vegetables, 8vo; Litchfield, 1782.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","A System of Vegetables, according to their classes, orders, genera, species, with their characters and differences. Translated from the Thirteenth edition (as published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema Vegetabilium of the late Professor Linneus; and from the Supplementum Plantarum of the present Professor Linneus. By a Botanical Society, at Lichfield. Lichfield: Printed by John Jackson, for Leigh and Sotheby, London, 1782.","","

First Edition. 237 leaves, 11 plates.

Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 580. This edition not in Hulth.

Linnaeus's system of Vegetables. Litchfeild translñ. 8vo., with the price 29-8 is on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

From the data given of Jefferson's copy, which was apparently in one volume, dated Lichfield 1782, it seems to have been the same as the British Museum no. 580, which is described as ''probably a proof copy of vol. I of the 1783 edition, without the words: Vol. I, and without the Half-title. It seems to be unique.''

The British Museum no. 580a is the 1783 edition in 2 volumes and described as having a half-title: A System of Vegetables in Two Volumes.

In the copy of the 1783 edition in the Library of Congress in two volumes the first title, with Vol. I, and the imprint dated 1783, is followed by a second title exactly as above, with the date 1782. There is no half-title as in the British Museum copy. The title for the second volume is the same as the first title of the first volume with Vol. II instead of Vol. I.

It is not clear therefore whether the copies with the 1782 title-pages are proof copies, or whether they are lacking the first title-page. From the Library of Congress copy it would seem that there was an issue, otherwise unrecorded, with the 1782 title-page following the 1783 title, and with no half-title.

The translation of the thirteenth edition of the System Vegetabilium and of the Supplementum Plantarum (published in 1774 and 1781), was made by Erasmus Darwin and others, and is dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. Acknowledgments are made in the Preface to many, including ''that great Master of the english tongue Dr. Samuel Johnson, for his advice in the formation of the botanic language.''

An undated note in Jefferson's handwriting lists a number of books to be sent from London, including:

Whatever of Linnaeus's works has been translated & published by the Litchfeild society since the Systema Vegetabilium which I have.

Jefferson analysed the system of Linnaeus which he compared with that of other scientists in a long letter to Dr. John Manners written from Monticello on February 22, 1814." "10700","18","","","","Linnaei Fundamenta Botanica. edente Gilibert.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 9, as above.","Linnaeus, Carolus.","Caroli Linnæi, botanicorum principis Fundamenta botanica, in quibus theoria botanices aphoristice traditur [curante J. E. Gilibert.] Coloniæ Allobrogum: sumptibus Piestre & Delamolliere, 1786-7.","","

3 vol. 8vo. These volumes are vol. 5-7 of the collected works of Linnaeus, published in Coloniae Allobrogum, 1785-7.

Krok, page 451. Hulth, page 18. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the libraries of the British Museum, no. 264, and 21.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on May 30, 1788, price 21 (livres). The price as entered on his undated manuscript catalogue reads: 21+6=27.

On April 15, 1806 he was offered a copy by P. & C. Roche, price $10.00." "10710","19","","","","Linnaeus on the Sexes of plants on the Study of nature by Smith.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 4, Linnæus on the Sexes of Plants and Study of Nature, by Smith, 8vo.","Linnaeus, Carolus—Smith, Sir James Edward.","A dissertation on the sexes of plants. Translated from the Latin of Linnaeus. By James Edward Smith . . . London: printed for the author, and sold by George Nicol, 1786—Reflections on the Study of Nature. Translated from the Latin of the celebrated Linnaeus . . . ib. 1785.","","

Together 2 vol. 8vo. First Editions of these translations, 34 and 24 leaves respectively.

Hulth, page 119 and 96. Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus in the Libraries of the British Museum, no. 2117 and 1091.

On September 13, 1786, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Stockdale ordering a number of books in boards, including:

Linnaeus on the sexes of plants. Eng. by Smith. 8vo. Nicol.

On October 10, 1787, in a letter to Stockdale, Jefferson requested him to send certain books including:

Linnaeus on the sexes of Plants

Linnaeus's reflections on the study of nature.

in English

The two books are entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, bracketed together without price.

Sir James Edward Smith, 1759-1828, English botanist, purchased, after the death of the younger Linnaeus, the whole of the library, manuscripts, natural history collections, etc. made by him and his father.

A Dissertation on the sexes of plants is a translation of the Sexum plantarum, first published in Petropoli [St. Petersburg] in 1760. The Reflections on the Study of Nature is a translation of the Preface to Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici first published in Stockholm, 1754." "10720","20","","","","Darwin's Botanic garden.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 13, as above.","Darwin, Erasmus.","The Botanic Garden. A Poem, in two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With philosophical notes. The First American Edition. New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physics at Columbia College, 1798.","PR3396.A7","

8vo. 214 leaves: [ ]4, a, b, B-Z, 2A-2K4; [ ]4, B-S4, T2, plates; each part with a separate title-page, the last leaf has the errata list, and directions to the binder.

Evans 33600. This edition not in Pritzel.

Erasmus Darwin, 1731-1802, English physician, lived in Lichfield, where he had a botanical garden. The Economy of Vegetation was first published in 1792, and the Loves of the Plants in 1789. References to Immortal Franklin occur in the text and in the notes.

Elihu Hubbard Smith, 1771-1798, physician of Litchfield, Connecticut, was the editor of the American edition. He was one of the founders and an editor of the Medical Repository, and died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1798." "10730","21","","","","Synopsis Plantarum. Persoon.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 3, as above.","Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik.","Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum, complactens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Curante Dr. C. H. Persoon, Diversarum Societatum Membro . . . Pars Prima [-Secunda]. Parisiis Lutetiorum: [ex Typographia J. L. Scherff] apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, et Tubingae, apud J. G. Cottam, 1805-7.","QK92.P4","

First Edition. 2 vol. Sm. 8vo. (with horizontal wirelines). Vol. I, 280 leaves; vol. II, 332 leaves; printer's imprint on the verso of the last leaf; text printed in double columns. These volumes form part of the Collection d'Ouvrages élémentaires sur differentes Sciences . . . Editeur, Ch. Fr. Cramer, with general half-title at the beginning.

Quérard VII, 77. Bradley I, 259. Pritzel 7062.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author through David Baillie Warden, the American consul in Paris, who wrote on December 21, 1807:

I have the honor of transmitting to you, by the request of Mr. Peerson, his Synopsis Plantarum, in two volumes, accompanied with a letter . . .

Jefferson had not received it on May 1, 1808, on which day he wrote to Warden:

. . . the copy of Peerson's Synopsis plantarum will doubtless arrive with m[???] Sands, the bearer, of whom I have not heard yet . . .

On June 12, Warden wrote to Jefferson from Paris:

. . . I sent you some works, at different times, the authors of which are anxious to hear of their arrival: viz. Peersons synopsis plantarum 2. vol. forwarded, in Decr. last, by Mr. Sands of New York . . .

In October, 1810, Jefferson lent his copy to Benjamin Smith Barton, and after the sale of his library to Congress wrote for its return. On February 26, 1815, he wrote to Barton from Monticello:

Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever stood in the Catalogue by which they purchased. this renders it necessary for me to request the return of Persoon's Botanical work of which you asked the use some time ago. I am in hopes you will have been able to make it answer the purposes for which you wished it's use. if well enveloped in strong paper it will come safely by mail . . .

Jefferson mentioned Persoon's work in the letter to Dr. John Manners written from Monticello on February 22, 1814:

. . . in Botany Wildenow and Persoon have incorporated into Linnaeus the new discovered planis . . .

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, 1755-1836, Dutch naturalist, was born in Cape Town, but taken to Europe at the age of twelve. He died in Paris." "10740","22","","","","Crownenshield's Hortus siccus.","","8vo. MS.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 14, as above.","","","","

This manuscript is not extant.

Bound for Jefferson by Joseph Milligan on March 8, 1809, cost .75.

Sent to Jefferson by Dr. Bentley, Salem, Mass. to whom the former wrote on December 29, 1808:

I recieved safely by Genl. Dearborne the specimens you were so kind as to send me, of a hortus siccus by m[???] Crownenshield, and of drawings with the pen by miss Crownenshield. the relations of my late friend, and the excessive pressure of business, during a session of Congress, must be my apology for this late acknolegement. I have certainly never seen anything, in either way, equally perfect, and I esteem them as models which will not, I believe be exceeded. I pray you to accept my acknolegements for this mark of attention from yourself, and to be so good as to present to the young artists the assurances of my thankfulness for these acceptable proofs of their uncommon talent. if my testimony of their eminence can be any gratification to them, it is offered with sincerity, and justly due to them . . .

See also no. 1130.

Jefferson's late friend referred to in this letter was Jacob Crowninshield, 1770-1808." "10750","23","","","","Clayton's Flora Virginica by Gronovius.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 30, Clayton's Flora Virginica, 4to.","Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus—Clayton, John.","Flora Virginica exhibens Plantas, quas nobilissimus vir D. D. Johannes Claytonus, Med. Doct. etc. etc. in Virginia crescentes observavit, collegit & obtulit D. Joh. Fred. Gronovio, cujus studio & opera descriptæ & in ordinem sexualem systematicum redactæ sistuntur. Lugduni Batavorum, 1762.","QK191 .G86","

Third Edition. 4to. 98 leaves; folded map of Virginia; list of authors consulted on 7 leaves at the beginning.

Sabin 28924. Clayton-Torrence 293. Pritzel 3919.

Clayton's Flora Virginica. 4to was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785.

Jefferson bought a copy, bound, from Froullé on August 16, 1787, price 9. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 16-10.

In the Notes on Virginia Jefferson listed a catalogue of Virginia trees, plants, fruits, etc. and added:

There is an infinitude of other plants and flowers, for an enumeration and scientific description of which I must refer to the Flora Virginica of our great botanist, Dr. Clayton, published by Gronovius at Leyden, in 1762. This accurate observer was a native and resident of this state, passed a long life in exploring and describing it's plants, and is supposed to have enlarged the botanical catalogue as much as almost any man who has lived.

Johannes Fredericus Gronovius [Gronov], 1690-1760, Dutch naturalist, compiled this work from the herbal sent to him from Virginia by John Clayton, to whom it is dedicated. The first edition was printed in 1739 and reprinted in 1743. The edition of 1762, technically the third, was the first to be revised in accordance with the Linnean system.

John Clayton, 1693-1773, English botanist, came to Virginia in 1705 to join his father who was the attorney-general of the colony. Jefferson was in error in describing him as a native of the State.

This work was the first flora of Virginia published." "10760","24","","","","Sheecut's Flora Caroliniensis.","","1st. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 16, as above, omitting 1st. vol.","Shecut, John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge.","Flora Carolinæensis: or, a Historical, Medical, and Economical Display of the Vegetable Kingdom; according to the Linnæan, or sexual System of Botany. . . . In Two Volumes. By John L. E. W. Shecut. Vol. I. Charleston: Printed for the Author, by John Hoff, 1806.","QK7 .S5","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. Vol. I (all published). 301 leaves: []8, B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4D4, 4E5, 5 engraved plates, colored; list of Subscribers Names on the last two leaves.

Sabin 80066. Jackson, Guide to the Literature of Botany, page 362. Pritzel 9609.

Jefferson's copy was presented to him by the author, who on March 4, 1807, wrote to the former from Charleston, S. Carolina:

I do myself the pleasure of presenting to you, thro' the medium of Doctr Mitchell of New York, the first Volume of Flora Caroliniensis—It is not alone from the regard I have to you as Our beloved Chief Magistrate that induced me to send it; But because you are not only an Advocate for, but a Promoter and encourager of American Arts and Sciences that I am more immediately induced to forward it—Be pleased Sir to accept it, I trust, it may afford you a few moments amusement, in hours not immediately occupied with subjects of greater importance . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 22:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Shecut for the 1st. volume of his Flora Carolinaeensis which he has been so kind as to send him. as a Botanical institute & dictionary as being in English and containing much new matter, it promises to be among the most useful manuals in that science . . .

On June 29, 1813, having been made a member of the Antiquarian Society of Charleston, of which Shecut was the organizer, Jefferson wrote to the latter from Monticello:

. . . I have been in the constant hope of seeing the 2d. vol. of your excellent botanical work. it's alphabetical form & popular style, it's attention to the properties & uses of plants, as well as to their descriptions, are well calculated to encourage and instruct our citizens in botanical enquiries . . .

John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge Shecut, 1770-1836, South Carolinian physician, botanist, and author. This was the most extensive work on the botany of South Carolina that had appeared to that time. It is dedicated from Charleston, January 1st, 1806, to Peter Freneau, Esq., as a friend of science and literature. On 4E3 is a poem, Lines, occasioned by reading the first number of Doctor Shecut's Flora Carolinaensis . . . which the author in a note states that he believes to be from the pen of Capt. Philip Freneau. The work was originally issued in parts; at the end is the publisher's Advertisement requesting those gentlemen who are desirous of having their Numbers bound, to send them to Mr. John Hoff. No more than the first volume was ever published." "10770","25","","","","Flora Caroliniana Walteri.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 15. Flora Carolineana Walteri. 8vo.","Walter, Thomas.","Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium perillustris Linnæi digesta; characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis: Descriptionum antea evulgatarum: adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens: necnon, generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. Auctore Thomas Walter, Agricola . . . Londini: sumptibus J. Fraser, prostant venales apud J. Wenman, 1788.","QK125 .W2","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 138 leaves, folded engraved frontispiece.

Sabin 101198. Bradley I, 317. Pritzel 9978.

Jefferson obtained a copy of this book immediately after its publication. In a letter to James Madison, written from Paris, January 12, 1789, he mentioned that I have just received the Flora Caroliniana of Walter; a very learned and good work. It is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.

Thomas Walter, 1740-1789, an outstanding figure in early American botany, was a native of Hampshire, England, who emigrated to South Carolina. The book was written in South Carolina, and the manuscript taken by John Fraser, a noted scientist, to London, and there published at his expense. The dedication is to William Pitcairn, and the preface dated from Carolinae Meridialis, ad Ripas Fluvii Santee, 30 Dec. 1787." "10780","26","","","","Marshall's American grove.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 19, as above.","Marshall, Humphry.","Arbustrum Americanum: the American grove, or, An Alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system . . . Compiled from actual knowledge and observation and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1785.","QK481 .M3","

First Edition. 8vo. 98 leaves, Yi verso has the author's advertisement.

Sabin 44776. Evans 19068. Pritzel 6535.

On August 14, 1786, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Francis Hopkinson relative to this book:

will you be so good as to send me a copy of a Botanical book published by some person in the country not far from Philadelphia, whose name I have not heard . . .

Humphry Marshall, 1722-1801, botanist, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a cousin of John Bartram. This work was dedicated to Benjamin Franklin, President, the Vice-Presidents and the other members of the American Philosophical Society, of which Marshall was a member." "10790","27","Tracts in Botany. viz. Marshall's American grove Explication du systeme botanique de Linné. par Gouan. Kennedy & Lee's catalogue of plants & seeds 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 26, Tracts in Botany, Marshal, Gouan, Kennedy and Lee, 8vo.","Three tracts originally bound for Jefferson in one volume. 8vo.[TBE]i. Marshall's American grove. See the previous entry.[/TBE]","Explication du systeme botanique de Linné. par Gouan.","ii.","","","Gouan, Antoine.","Explication du Système botanique du Chevalier von Linné par M. Gouan . . . Montpellier: J. F. Picot, 1787.","","

First Edition. 8vo.

Pritzel 3798. Bradley I, 254.

Antoine Gouan, 1733-1821, French botanist. He was in correspondence with Jefferson to whom he sent seeds and plants from Montpellier." "10800","27","Tracts in Botany. viz. Marshall's American grove Explication du systeme botanique de Linné. par Gouan. Kennedy & Lee's catalogue of plants & seeds 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 26, Tracts in Botany, Marshal, Gouan, Kennedy and Lee, 8vo.","Three tracts originally bound for Jefferson in one volume. 8vo.[TBE]i. Marshall's American grove. See the previous entry.[/TBE]","Kennedy & Lee's catalogue of plants & seeds.","iii.","","","","Catalogue of Plants and Seeds, sold by Kennedy and Lee, at the Vineyard, Hammersmith. London, 1784.","","These three tracts bracketed together are on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, without price." "10810","28","","","","Flora Boreali-Americana. Michaux.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 18, as above.","Michaux, André.","Flora Boreali-Americana, Sistens Caracteres Plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux . . . Tabulis æneis 51 ornata. Tomus Primus [-Secundus]. Parisiis et Argentorati: typis Caroli Crapelet, apud fratres Levrault, Anno XI-1803.","","

2 vol. 8vo; engraved plates by Plée after P. J. Redouté.

Sabin 48690. Quérard VI, 111. Bradley I, 305. Not in Pritzel.

Jefferson's copy was bound in calf, gilt, by John March, listed on his bill March 7, 1805, price $2.00 ($1.00 each volume).

The book was purchased from Reibelt in January 1805, price $8.64. On December 15, 1804, Reibelt had sent to Jefferson on approval the quarto edition of this work, price $24.00. On January 23, 1805, Jefferson, in a letter to Reibelt, wrote:

. . . what is the price of the 8vo. edition of Michaux' Flora boreali-Americana? the price of the 4to. edñ deterred me from taking that . . .

Reibelt immediately sent the octavo edition and explained:

. . . La flora Americana, que j'ai eu l'honneur de vous envoyer au Commencement—est en Verité bien chère—c'est le grand papier velin, et la belle reliure, qui en est la cause.

On July 6, 1806, Michaux's son, François André Michaux, in sending Jefferson a copy of his own Voÿage à l'ouest des Monts-Alleghanÿs mentioned:

. . . Les ouvrages de mon Pere entitulés l'un, Flora boreali americana &c. et l'autre Histe. des Chênes de l'Amérique seple. Gd. in folo. fig. vous sont probablement connus . . .

In his letter of thanks for the book, written on July 12, Jefferson wrote to Michaux:

Th: Jefferson . . . possesses the Flora Americana of his father & has seen his work on the American oaks, both of which are valuable additions to our Botanical libraries . . .

André Michaux, 1746-1802, French botanist and naturalist, travelled in America from 1785-1797; the money for his expedition to the Missouri and the West was raised by the American Philosophical Society through Jefferson. The quarto edition of the Flora Boreali-Americana, mentioned above, was the first edition, and was published earlier in the same year." "10820","29","","","","Le Botaniste Cultivateur.","","4. v. 8to. par Dumont-Courset.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 12, as above.","Dumont de Courset, Georges Louis Marie, Baron.","Le botaniste cultivateur, ou, description, culture et usages de la plus grande partie des plantes étrangères, naturalisées et indigènes, cultivées en France et en Angleterre, rangées suivant la méthode de Jussieu; par Dumont-Courset . . . Paris: J. J. Fuchs, 1802-4.","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo.

Quérard II, page 679. Pritzel 2798. Bradley I, 265.

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt in 1805, price for the 4 volumes $9.60. Reibelt sent vol. I and II on approval on May 17, 1805, and on May 29, Jefferson wrote:

. . . The box of books announced in your letter of the 17th. is recieved, and I will ask the favor of you to send the remaining volumes of the Botaniste Cultivateur, and of the Traité des Abeilles; these being among those which I shall keep . . .

On June 21 Jefferson wrote:

. . . of the box of books sent here, I retain Le Botaniste Cultivateur 1st. & 2d. vol. in expectation of the 3d. and 4th.

To this Reibelt replied on June 25:

. . . Je vous enverais sans faute les autres volumes du Botan. Cultivateur, aussitot que le manquant se retrouvera . . .

The 4 volumes were bound for Jefferson in calf gilt by March, on April 26, 1806, and the bill receipted by Milligan for March on May 30.

A fifth volume of this work was published in 1805, which Jefferson tried to obtain through Mayer & Brantz of Baltimore through their connections in Amsterdam. On January 18, 1808 he wrote to that firm sending a list of needed books, including:

the 5th. vol. of Le Botaniste Cultivateur de Dumont-Courset. [I possess the four first vols.] unbound.

According to Quérard the first edition was published in 1798-1805. The first date appears to be an error." "10830","30","","","","Histoire des Arbres forestieres de l'Amerique Septentrional par Michaux.","","p.f.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 31, as above, omitting p.f.","Michaux, François André.","Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce . . . par Fs. André-Michaux, Membre de la Société Philosophique americaine de Philadelphie; des sociétés d'Agriculture de la même ville, de celles de Charleston, Caroline méridionale; d'Hollowell, District de Maine; du departement de la Seine, et de Seine-et-Oise . . . Tome I [-II]. Paris: de l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et D'Hautel, 1810-12.","QK481 .M6","

Large 8vo. 2 vol. in 1. Colored plates.

Quérard VI, 111. Sabin 48693. Bradley I, 304. Pritzel 6196.

This work was originally issued in livraisons, and published in 3 volumes, Paris, 1810-12.

Michaux sent Jefferson the account of the pines and firs (contained in tome I of the work) in August 1810. On April 15, 1811 Jefferson wrote:

I have duly recieved your favor of Aug. 10 and, with it, your beautiful account of the pines & firs of our country, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I sincerely wish the work may be prosecuted, & that the citizens of the U S. may not be wanting in due encouragement to it. nothing should be spared which I could do to befriend it . . .

On May 1, 1812 Michaux sent the next part of the work (a part of Tome II) through John Vaughan, who wrote to Jefferson:

By Mail I send you from A. Michaux a Volume on the Oaks & one on the Birch &c being a continuation of his Work.

Jefferson wrote to Vaughan from Monticello on May 25:

. . . I thank you for your care of Michaux, which came safe to hand . . .

For a note on François André Michaux, the son of André Michaux, see no. 725.

He first wrote to Jefferson in May 1808 of his project for compiling a description complette accompagnées de figures colorées de tous les grands arbres forestiers des EtUnis." "10840","31","","","","Les Chenes d'Amerique par Michaux.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 35, as above.","Michaux, André.","Histoire des Chênes de l'Amerique, ou, Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espèces et variétés de Chênes de l'Amérique Septentrionale, considérées sous les rapports de la Botanique, de leur culture et de leur usage. Par André-Michaux, Membre associé de l'Institut national de France, de la Société d'Agriculture de Charleston, Caroline méridionale, etc. A Paris: [chez Fuchs, Villier, Levrault frères] de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, An IX-1801.","QK495 .Q4M6","

First Edition. Folio. 30 leaves, 36 engraved plates by Plée after P. J. Redouté.

Sabin 48691. Quérard VI, 111. Bradley II, 128. Pritzel 6194.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book from Dufour of Amsterdam on June 16, 1806, billed on that date to T. H. Backer for books bought by him on behalf of Jefferson, price, bound, 24 f. (d'Holl.)

On November 5, 1804, a copy had been sent to him on approval by Reibelt, price $10.00. Jefferson rejected this, but on October 21 of the following year wrote to Reibelt:

You were so kind as to send for my inspection formerly Michaud's Histoire des chenes, which I returned because it was too large & unhandy rather an object of the luxe typographique than of use. if you have a smaller edition of the same work I shall be glad to recieve it by the stage. if not, will you indulge me with another examination of the large one, & say what the price is.

Reibelt replied the next day:

. . . Il n'y a pas d'autre edition de Mich. Hist. des Chenes que celle que vous avez vu . . ." "10850","32","","","","Roscoe's Address on opening the Botanic garden of Liverpool.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 27, as above.","Roscoe, William.","Address at the opening of the Botanic Garden of Liverpool, previous to opening the Garden, May 3, 1802. Liverpool: Creery, 1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 30 leaves.

Pritzel 7764.

This Address may have been sent to Jefferson by James Maury, who in a letter dated from Liverpool July 16, 1812, mentioned:

. . . Mr. R. [i. e. Roscoe] certainly is one of the most amiable of men in all the relations of society. When last at his house he presented me this pamphlet, which I beg leave to present you in return for the one you have been so good as to send me . . .

William Roscoe, 1753-1831, English historian, was much interested in the study of botany, and in 1802 opened the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, of which he later compiled the catalogue (see the next title). Roscoe contributed to the Transactions of the Linnean Society, of which he became a member in 1805." "10860","33","","","","Catalogue of the Botanic garden at Liverpool.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 28, as above.","[Roscoe, William.]","A catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool. Liverpool: Printed by James Smith, 1808.","QK73 .L9A4","

8vo. 150 leaves, folded engraved plan of the Botanic Garden as frontispiece, vignette on the title-page.

Bradley I, 53.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by William Roscoe, who, in a letter of introduction on behalf of Mr. John Bradbury, wrote from Liverpool on April 25, 1809:

. . . Among those who have encouraged his [i. e. Bradbury's] undertaking . . . are the Proprietors of the Botanic Garden in Liverpool, by whom he is requested to offer to your acceptance a Copy of their regulations & a Catalogue of their collection." "","34","","","","Avis pour le transport des arbres.","","","","","","","For a copy of this treatise see no. 675." "10870","35","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 48. no. 23. Waterhouse's Botanist, 8vo.","Waterhouse, Benjamin.","The Botanist. Being the Botanical Part of a Course of Lectures on Natural History, delivered in the University at Cambridge. Together with a Discourse on the Principle of Vitality. By Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. . . . Boston: Published by Joseph T. Buckingham, 1811.","QK47 .W3","

8vo. 140 leaves.

Sabin 102055. Bradley I, 85. Pritzel 10986.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Boston on February 17, 1813:

I take this opportunity, by my friend Mr. Gerry of sending a small volume for your acceptance. No part of Natural history was ever taught, in this quarter of the Union untill I commenced the subject, about 25 years ago. It being a new study, I was obliged to give it a popular form. The Essex Junto had got such an entire possession of our University, & had made it a fort, or stronghold, whence to annoy republicanism, that I saw I must quit them; and this expedited the publication of the Botanist. Nearly the whole impression was sold to the Southward of Connecticut . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 9:

I thank you for the book you have been so kind as to send me. it puts a dry subject into a pleasant dress; and explaining the principles of vegetation as well as of Botany, it will be a better preparation to a student than the elementary books generally are. that it's sale should have succeeded only South of Connecticut proves two things; one which I have long observed, that the scale of science cultivated in the east is more limited than that to the South, the clergy, who are afraid of science every where, controuling it there. the second, that the fell hatred of party spirit thinks no persecution too mean . . .

For a note on Benjamin Waterhouse see no. 946. The Botanist consists of a series of Essays, originally printed in the Monthly Anthology, Boston, 1804-1808, and now first collected into a volume, which is dedicated to John Adams." "10880","J. 36","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 47. no. 17, Catalogue Plantarum Americae Septentrionalis, Henrici Muhlenberg, 8vo.","Muhlenberg, Henry.","Catalogus Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis, huc usque cognitarum indigenarum et cicurum: or, A Catalogue of the hitherto known native and naturalized plants of North America, arranged according to the sexual system of Linnaeus. By Henry Muhlenberg, D.D. Minister at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. Lancaster: Printed by William Hamilton, 1813.","QK110 .M8","

First Edition. 8vo. 68 leaves.

Sabin 51248. Bradley I, 306. Pritzel 6503. Bausman, page 55.

Half green morocco, gilt back, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; a small insertion in ink on page 28.

The description of the plant Jeffersonia (so named by B. S. Barton, see no. 1061) occurs on page 40.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom he wrote on March 16, 1814:

I thank you for your catalogue of North American plants. it is indeed very copious, and at the same time compendious in its form. I hardly know what you have left for your ''Descriptio uberior.'' the discoveries of Govr. Lewis may perhaps furnish matter of value, if ever they can be brought forward. the mere journal of the voyage may be soon expected; but in what forwardness are the volumes of the botany, natural history, geography and meteorology of the journey I am uninformed. your pamphlet came during a long absence from home, and was mislaid, or this acknowledgement should have been sooner made. with my wishes for the continuance and success of your useful labors I embrace with pleasure this first occasion of assuring you that I have had long and much gratification in observing the distinguished part you have borne in making known to the literary world the treasures of our own country and I tender to you the sentiments of my high respect and esteem.

Henry Muhlenberg [Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg], 1753-1815, Lutheran clergyman and botanist of Pennsylvania, was a member of several European learned societies. The Preface of this work, dated from Lancaster August 3, 1813, states that the catalogue was written in 1809, and that printing began in November 1812 and was finished the latter end of July 1813. The Preface contains a list of Books used for this Catalogue, and of Names of the author's American Friends and Correspondents who have sent specimens or seeds." "10890","J. 1","","","","Mineralogie de Haüy.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 49. no. 2, Mineralogie de Haiiy, 5 v 8vo.","Haüy, René Just.","Traité de Minéralogie, par le Cen. Haüy . . . Publié par le Conseil des Mines. En cinq volumes, dont un contient 86 planches. Tome Premier [-Cinquième]. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Delance: chez Louis, (X) 1801.","QE363 .H2","

First Edition. 5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 278 leaves; vol. II, 312 leaves; vol. III, 307 leaves; vol. IV, 299 leaves; vol. V, 10 leaves of text, LXXXVI folded numbered plates; the title-page of the last volume reads: Traité de Minéralogie par le Cen. Haüy . . . Tome Cinquième. Caractères Minéralogiques. Distributon méthodique des Minéraux. Figures Géométriques. A Paris: chez Louis, (X) 1801. With the autograph signature of the publisher, Louis, at the foot of the copy-right notice in the first volume.

Quérard IV, page 42. Agassiz II, page 203, no. 1 (with date 1802). Poggendorff I, 1039.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt, marbled end papers by John March. The volume of plates was issued originally as an oblong octavo. Jefferson had the contents folded and bound to size in the small octavo format. The lettering on the labels on the back reads Minerologie de Hauy as on March's bill quoted below. Jefferson's lettering slips are not present, but Mineralogie is invariably correctly spelled by him. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in the four volumes of text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought this work from Reibelt, in 1805. On January 23 he wrote sending a list of books he had selected from his catalogue including the Traité de mineralogie par Haüy 5. v.

It was included on Reibelt's bill, sent on January 25, 4 v. in 8vo. av. 1 Atlas, 1152 cents, and paid by Jefferson on March 7.

The books are listed on John March's binding bill, under date March 7, 1805, with the misspelling Minerologie as on the lettering on the morocco labels. The octavo volumes cost $1.00 each, and the volume of plates very difficult $2.00.

On a later bill from March, under date June 30, 1807 occurs the entry: 1 Minerologie Du Heüy 5th vol.—plates very troublesome. $2.00.

Jefferson mentioned Haüy's system of classification in the letter to John Manners, written on February 22, 1814. Referring to the system of Linnaeus, which, he wrote, was getting into common use, Jefferson continued:

. . . to disturb it then was unfortunate. the new systems attempted in Botany by Jussieu, in Mineralogy by Haüy, are subjects of the same regret; and so also the no-system of Buffon, the great advocate of individualism, in opposition to classification . . .

René Just Haüy, 1743-1822, French mineralogist." "10900","J. 2","","","","Cronstedt's Mineralogy by Magellan.","","2. v. 8vo. Lond. 1788.","1815 Catalogue, page 49. no. 1, Cronstadt's Mineralogy, by Magellon, 2 v 8vo.","Cronstedt, Axel Frederic.","An Essay towards a System of Mineralogy. By Axel Frederic Cronstedt, Mine-Master or Superintendant of Mines in Sweden. Translated from the original Swedish, with annotations, and an additional treatise on the Blow-Pipe. By Gustav von Engestrom . . . The second edition, greatly enlarged and improved . . . by John Hyacinth de Magellan . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [II]. London: Printed for Charles Dilly. MDCC LXXXVIII. [1788.]","QE362 .C9","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 244 leaves; vol. II, 121 leaves; 2 folded plates of the blow-pipe. The Use of the Blow-Pipe begins on Nnn7, with half-title on the verso of Nnn6.

This edition not in Agassiz, and not in Poggendorff.

Bound possibly for Jefferson in sprinkled calf (rebacked). Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes, and with manuscript notes by him in the first (pp. 32 and 64). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 14/-.

Axel Frederic Cronstedt, 1722-1765, Swedish mineralogist and the discoverer of nickel. The first edition of this work, in Swedish, was printed in Stockholm in 1758.

Gustav von Engestrom, 1738-1813, Swedish mineralogist.

Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan, 1723-1790, Portuguese physician and scientific investigator, was a lineal descendant of Ferdinand Magellan." "10910","J. 3","","","","Dacosta's Elements of Conchology.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 49. no. 3, as above, with the reading Da Costa's.","Mendes da Costa, Emanuel.","Elements of Conchology: or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells. By Emanuel Mendes Da Costa, Member of the Academia Cæsar. Imper. Nat. Curios. Plinius IV. and of the Botanic Society of Florence. With Seven Plates, containing Figures of every Genus of Shells . . . London: Printed for Benjamin White. MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","QL403 .M53","

First Edition. 8vo. 166 leaves; 7 folded engraved plates of shells; sigs. U5, 6 are folded printed tables, so signed and correctly paged.

Lowndes II, 579. Agassiz II, 162.

Rebound in buckram, by the Library of Congress with a modern bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Purchased by Jefferson from Lackington, no. 7000 in his catalogue for 1792, (ordered through A. Donald, Nov. 23, 1791 and billed on December 31) price 7/3.

Jefferson also had a copy of Mendes da Costa's Natural History of Fossils, which is entered in his manuscript catalogue. This was one of the books lent to Edmund Randolph before November 6, 1794, and never returned. See the note to Tull's Horse-hoeing Husbandry, no. 701.

Emanuel Mendes da Costa, 1717-1791, English naturalist." "10920","J. 4","","","","Recueil sur les salines par Struve.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 49. no. 4, as above.","Struve, Henri.","Recueil de Mémoires sur les Salines et leur Exploitation, Par H. Struve, Conseiller des mines de la République Helvétique, ancien Inspecteur des mines du ci-devant Haut-Faucigny, Directeur de la Société des mines pour la Suisse, Professeur de Physique dans l'Académie de Lausanne et membre de plusieurs Sociétés Littéraires. Avec Figures. A Genève: chez J. J. Paschoud, An XI (1803).","TN900 .S92","

First Edition. 12mo. 102 leaves, folded engraved plate; list of booksellers on the back of the title, errata at the end.

Quérard IX, 277. Agassiz IV 395, no. 6 (with imprint Lausanne).

Tree calf, red and green labels and gilt ornament on the back, marbled end papers bound for Jefferson by March. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Reibelt in January 1805, having been sent on approval in late 1804. Price 75 cents. The binding appears on March's bill under date March 7, 1805, the price also being 75 cents.

Henri Struve, 1751-1826, was professor of chemistry at Lausanne, and inspector general des mines et des salines." "10930","5","","","","Short's history of Mineral waters.","","2. vols. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 49. no. 5, as above.","Short, Thomas.","The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, particularly those of Scarborough . . . To which are added, large Marginal Notes, containing a Methodical Abstract of all the Treatises hitherto published on these Waters, with many Observations and Experiments. As also four copper-plates representing the Crystals of the Salts of Thirty four of those Waters. By Thomas Short, M.D. of Sheffield . . . London: Printed for the Author, and sold by F. Gyles, 1734.","RA8495 .5 .S55","

First Edition. 4to. 213 leaves, 4 folded and 1 full-page plate; the dedication to Sir Hans Sloane is dated from Sheffield, September 5, 1733; a list of the subscribers' names at the beginning.

Lowndes IV, 2388. Surgeon General's Library Catalogue II, xv, 594. Poggendorff II, 921 (with date 1733).

The second volume of this work was published in Sheffield in 1740, and from his manuscript catalogue entry it is to be presumed that Jefferson's copy was complete. A manuscript note in a contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue reads: in 1 vol. so that it is possible that only one volume was delivered to Congress in 1815.

Thomas Short, 1690-1772, English physician, see also no. 917." "10940","1","","","","The Handmaid to the Arts.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 29, as above.","[Dossie, Robert.]","The Handmaid to the Arts, Vol. the First. Teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the Materia Pictoria . . . II. The means of delineation . . . III. The various manners of gilding, silvering, bronzing . . . [Vol. the Second. Teaching, I. The preparation of inks, cements, and sealing-wax . . . II. The art of engraving, etching, and scraping mezzotintos . . . III. The nature . . . of glass . . . IV. The nature . . . of porcelain . . . V. Preparation of transparent and coloured glazings . . . VI. The manner of preparing and moulding papier maché . . .] The Second Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1764.","TP144 .D72","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 276 leaves; vol. II, 250 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, page 7.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9/6.

Robert Dossie, d. 1777, English apothecary. The first edition was published in 1758." "10950","2","","","","Bibliotheque Physico-economique","","12mo. 14 vols. 1782-90.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 1, as above.","","Bibliotheque Physico-économique, instructive et amusante, Année 1782, ou premiere année [-année 1790, ou 9e année] . . . avec des Planches en Tailledouce . . . A Paris: chez Buisson [de l'imprimerie de Chardon, Gueffier, Nyon], 1782-90.","AC20 .B5","

9 vol. in 14. 12mo.

Inventaire des Periodiques Scientifiques des Bibliothèques de Paris, page 168, no. 310.

Jefferson bought these volumes at different times. The volumes for 1786, 1787 and 1789 were obtained from Froullé and are listed on his bills under dates June 27 and August 16, 1787, 4 vol. 24 .16; 10 January, 1789, 5 (livres). The two volumes for 1790 were purchased by William Short for Jefferson (acting on instructions in an undated letter from the latter in that year) from Goldsmith in Paris, price 6 livres, the bill receipted on June 29, 1790.

Four volumes are entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, viz. v. 32-35, price 10.4.

In a letter to Dr. Ezra Stiles written from Paris on July 17, 1785, Jefferson described the Bibliotheque Physicooeconomique, a copy of which he sent with the letter, as

a book published here lately in four small volumes, and which gives an account of all the improvements in the arts which have been made for some years past. I flatter myself you will find in it many things agreeable & useful . . .

The Bibliotheque Physico-économique was a periodical publication, which, with certain intervals ran from 1782 to 1824. During the years 1782 to 1797 it was edited by A. A. Parmentier (q. v.) and N. Deyeux. Several of the articles relate to America." "10960","3","","","","Journal Polytype pour l'annee 1786.","","9. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 80, as above.","","Journal polytype des Sciences et des Arts, pour l'anné 1786 [edited by Hoffmann and Bailly de Benfield]. Paris, 1786.","","

8vo. 9 vol.

Inventaire des Périodiques scientifiques des Bibliotheques de Paris, no. 896.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue as 6. v. 8vo.

Joseph Francis Ignatius Hoffmann, a native of Alsace who settled in Paris, experimented with inventions in the art of stereotyping. He started the Journal Polytype in 1786, but in 1787 was deprived of his printing office by a decree of the council and the Journal expired. Before its publication he had issued a Prospectus, accompanied by numerous specimens of the art of Polytype. Jefferson knew Hoffman well, and went often to see his works.

Hoffmann was closely associated with the Abbé Rochon. Letters written by Jefferson during the year 1786 to Franklin, Rittenhouse, Hopkinson, Dr. Currie and others, mention the experiments of the two men." "10970","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","i.","","","Dorsey, John.","Report, from a Committee of the Senate, on the Subject of Weights and Measures. 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1808:

I have herewith forwarded a Copy of my attempt on the subject of Weights and Measures . . .

I did not reply to the letter which you had the goodness to address to me in the early part of the present session, because I knew that the printed Report would be more complete—beside I was conscious of the value of your time at this momentous crisis . . .

The letter referred to by Dorsey was written by Jefferson on January 21, and mentioned that:

It will give me real pleasure to see some good system of measures & weights introduced and combined with the decimal arithmetic . . . your plan presents as few innovations as any I have seen.

Jefferson expressed his opinion of this Report in a letter to Thomas Cooper, from Washington, October 27, 1808.

m[???] Dorsey was so kind as to send me his pamphlet, by which I found he was for the arbitrary standard of one third of the standard yard of H. I. of England, supposed to be in the Exchequer of that nation, a facsimile of which was to be procured & lodged in Philadelphia. I confess myself to be of the other sect, and to prefer an Unit bearing a given relation to some fixed subject of nature . . ." "10980","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","ii.","","","Lippi, Carminantonio.","Promotion des Sciences Utiles et de l'Industrie; par C. Lippi, Napolitain. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de J. Gratiot, 1806.","T45 .L5","

First Edition. 8vo. 52 leaves: 1-68, 74.

Jefferson's original introduction to this pamphlet was through the copy of the American Philosophical Society, sent to him by John Vaughan from Philadelphia on August 29, 1807:

The enclosed singular production of M. Lippi Neapolitan, was forwarded to the Society by the Rev. Mr Waldron [sic] Secrety. to our Minister at Paris who translated Cuviers Historical Eulogy on Priestley—as we do not meet until the 3d Fryday in Sepr. I thought it would be agreeable to you to see it—This Traveller, of Universal Science, may come to the United States & it may be of importance to have had a clue by which to ascertain what his real merit is . . .

Jefferson's reply was dated from Monticello, September 8, 1807:

Th: Jefferson presents his thanks to m[???] Vaughan for the communication of M. Lippi's pamphlet. it is certainly a remarkable instance of the passion of vanity keeping full pace with the degree of science inspiring it. one would hardly expect in a mind exhibiting so much strength to find a weakness so little indicative of it. he returns the pamphlet to m[???] Vaughan with his friendly salutations.

Carminantonio Lippi, fl. 1806, is described in Au Public et a l'étranger at the beginning of this pamphlet, as: Voyageur Napolitain pour l'acquisition des Connaissances utiles, Professeur de Diplomatie, Statistique, et des Sciences des Finances, de la Police, et du Commerce, Avocat et Médecin, Professeur de Physique expérimentale, de Chimie, de Minéralogie, et des Sciences des Mines et Monnaies, Expert en tout genre de Fabriques et Manufactures, Ingénieur en Hydraulique, des Ponts et Chaussées et en Mécanique, Professeur des langues latine, allemande, anglaise, française, espagnole et italienne." "10990","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","iii.","","","","Polymathique.","","These two pamphlets have not been identified." "11000","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","iv.","","","","Bridge.","","These two pamphlets have not been identified." "11010","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","v.","","","Guest, Henry.","Observation on sheathing Vessels; seasoning Timber; the proper time to fall Timber; the nature and what force it is that causes the Sap to rise; with a number of other valuable Observations. [New Brunswick:] Printed for the Author, by A. Blauvelt, 1805.","AC8 .G97","

Sm. 8vo. 32 leaves collating in fours.

Not in Sabin. Not in Smith.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Brunswick, New Jersey, on December 18, 1805:

I take the Liberty—and if it is too much I shall with great pleasure beg your pardon, in sending you a little Pamphlet that was intended for your amusement, when at your seat under some spreading oak—But I was cut short of time, to git it ready By a Daingerous fit of illness—At preasent shall only ask your favour to reade a note in the 20th. page, How it was omitted in my first pamphlet I cannot account for as it was the strongest reason in my power to offer on that subject—and allso a short note in the Last Leef—All which I trust will please your Philosophie . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 25:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Guest and his thanks for the book he has been so kind as to send him. he has read the passage page 21. particularly referred to by m[???] Guest, and finds the fact there stated to be equally new and useful. he shall avail himself of the first leisure to peruse the residue & to profit by the further information he expects from it.

Jefferson's copy is no longer extant. In the copy collated, a presentation from the author to William Duane, the omitted note is separately printed and placed at the end as page [63].

Henry Guest, a Quaker of New Brunswick, was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson. According to his address to the printer, on the verso of the title leaf in this edition, the work was originally printed in 1800." "11020","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","vi.","","","Cutting, Nathaniel.","General Observations respecting a new mechanical process for manufacturing cordage for maritime and other uses; the property of Nat. Cutting, of Boston, in the United States.—Supplement to General Observations respecting a new mechanical process . . . By Nathaniel Cutting of Boston, United States of America. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?1804.]","TS1785 .C98","

8vo. 2 parts in 1; 16 leaves with sig. A8, 18, separate pagination, caption titles.

The copy collated is dated at the end in the autograph of the author, August 1804. This copy may possibly be the one sent by the author to Jefferson, but has been rebound in half red morocco, and, apart from the author's autograph, no signs of provenance remain.

Another edition in the Library of Congress, from the Force collection, collates in fours, with continuous signatures for the 2 parts: A-D4, but separate pagination. This copy has printed at the end, the date May, 1805, and at the end of Part I, Paris, Aug. 18, 1803.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author from Charleston, S. C., on January 26, 1806, shortly after his return from Paris to the United States:

. . . After so long an absence from my Country as twelve years and an half, I should be ashamed to return without bringing home with me some improvement in art or science which might prove advantageous to my Fellow Citizens. In this view, as well as with the hope of some private emolument, I have expended much time and money to bring to perfection a new mode of manufacturing Cordage, whereby a great proportion of the manual labour & other expences usually employed, is economized and that important article of Commerce & Navigation is rendered much more perfect than heretofore.

Mr. Waddell being about to set out for the Federal City, is so kind as to take charge of this Letter & some Copies of a printed sketch which exhibits some of the most prominent advantages which would result from the employment of my Hobby-horse in lieu of the Old Hack that has been in service from the days of our Grandfathers . . .

This letter also requested permission to import his machines etc. duty free.

In his reply, dated from Washington, February 18, 1806, Jefferson dealt with the matter of the imports but made no mention of the pamphlet. The letter closed:

To my congratulations on your return to the United States, permit me to add my sincere wishes for your success in the enterprize you propose to engage in . . .

On July 8, 1806, in a letter to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, Jefferson wrote:

It is really wonderful how compleatly our countrymen, after staying some time in Europe, forget the constitution, the laws, & the spirit of their own country. m[???] Cutting's propositions are evidences of this fact. I would wish however to put them by with a civil answer . . ." "11030","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","vii.","","","Montgolfier, Joseph Michel.","De l'Utilité du Belier Hydraulique. Par Joseph Montgolfier, Démonstrateur au Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, demeurant à Paris, rue des Juifs, No. 18, au Marais. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Gillé fils, An XIII (1805).","TJ905 .M6","

8vo. 10 leaves, folded engraved plate by N. L. Rousseau [plate XVII in the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement No. XIX].

Joseph Michel Montgolfier, 1740-1810, French inventor." "11040","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","viii.","","","Boaz, James.","Description of Boaz's Diurnal and Nocturnal Patent Telegraph, with Directions for using it. Glasgow, 1804.","","Great Britain Patent Office Library Catalogue, 1898, I, 104." "11050","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","ix.","","","","The Useful Cabinet, published in Monthly Numbers, for the Newengland Association of Inventors and Patrons of Useful Arts. Vol. I. For the Year 1808. Boston: Printed for the Association, by Ephraim C. Beals. [1808.]","T1 .U8","

6 parts in 1 (all published). 8vo. in fours: []4, B-S4, 6 engraved plates, original blue wrappers bound in.

Not in Sabin.

Thomas Jefferson's name is in the list of subscribers printed on the wrapper for the March number.

The Useful Cabinet was edited by Benjamin Dearborn, President of the Newengland Association of Inventors and Patrons of Useful Arts.

On January 2, 1807, Dearborn wrote to Jefferson:

By advice of the Committee of Patentees and Proprietors of Patents, I address to you half a dozen copies of Remarks on the rights of Inventors, and the influence of their Studies in promoting the Enjoyments of Life and Public Prosperity . . ." "11060","4","Arts tracts. 8vo. Inventors. Dorsey. Lippi. Polymathique. bridge. Guest. Cutting. Mongolfier. Boaz. Useful cabinet. Dynamometer.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 77, Arts, Tracts, Inventors, Dorsey, Lippi, Polymathique, Bridge, Guest, Cutting, Montgolfier's belier Hydraul, Boaz, Useful Cabinet, Dynamometer, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound in one volume 8vo. which is no longer in the Library of Congress. Such as can be identified through Jefferson's correspondence or by other means are as follows:","","xi.","","","Regnier, Edme.","Description et usage du Dynamometre pour connaître et comparer la force relatives des Hommes, celles des Chevaux et de tout les Bêtes de trait . . . Par E. Regnier. Paris, 1804.","","

No copy of this edition was located for collation, which according to an entry in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1849, was the one in Jefferson's library.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him from Paris by David Baillie Warden on July 22, 1808:

I have the honor . . . of enclosing Regniers' description of his Dynomometre . . .

The receipt of this letter was acknowledged by Jefferson to Warden in a letter from Washington dated February 25, 1809.

On July 28, 1808, John Armstrong wrote to Jefferson from Paris:

M. Warden has already forwarded to you Regnier's description of the Dynamometre, and I have now the pleasure of sending the machine itself. It has several uses, and its accuracy in all of them is unvarying . . .

Edme Regnier, 1751-1825, French mechanic and inventor. The first edition was printed by Madame Huzard in 1798, in 4to. 10 leaves, 1 plate. It had previously been printed in the Journal de l'Ecole polytechnique, prairial, an VI." "11070","1","","","","Locke on education.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 2, as above.","[Locke, John.]","Some Thoughts concerning education. London: Printed for A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, 1693.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves: A4, B-R8, S4.

Halkett and Laing V, 320. Lowndes III 1379. Arber, Term Catalogues II, 467. STC L2762.

Ordered by Jefferson from Paris on September 9, 1789 in a letter to Lackington, quoting from his last catalogue:

3268. Locke on education. 12mo. 1/6. Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

John Locke, 1632-1704, English philosopher. This work was frequently reprinted and translated into several European languages." "11080","2","","","","Essai general d'Education par Jullien.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 92, as above.","Jullien, Marc Antoine.","Essai Général d'éducation physique, morale, et intellectuelle; suivi d'un Plan d'éducation-Pratique pour l'Enfance, l'Adolescence et la Jeunesse . . . Par M. A. J. . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, 1808.","LB675 .J8A15","

First Edition. 4to. 159 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 269.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Paris, 15 Novembre, 1809:

. . . Permettez aujourdhui, Monsieur, que je saisisse une occasion favorable pour vous adresser directement, par les mains de M. Porée, qui retourne aux Etats-Unis, un faible témoignage des sentimens d'estime et de vénération, dont je suis depuis longtems pénétré pour vous. Veuillez agréer l'hommage d'un Essai général d'Education, que j'ai composé, il y'a deux années, et dont la seconde partie contient un petit traité sur l'Emploi du tems, qu'a été publié séparément. j'en prépare une seconde édition, que je prendrai la liberté de vous offrir . . .

Porée despatched the book to Jefferson from Philadelphia on May 2, 1810, with an explanatory note.

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book to M. Porée from Monticello on May 21:

Your favor of the 2d instant has been duly recieved, together with the Essay of M. Julien on education, & I pray you to accept my thanks for the favor you have done me in being the channel of conveying it. this will be still increased should you permit my acknolegements to M. Julien for this mark of his attention to find a place in any letter you may have occasion to write him, which moreover I shall take care to express to him myself in a future letter to be addressed to him . . .

On July 15, Jefferson wrote to Jullien:

I have safely recieved the very valuable present of your work on education, and I pray you to accept my thanks for this mark of your attention. I am now engaged in reading it, and have made sufficient progress to see it's great merit, but the opportunity occurring at this moment of conveying to you my acknolegements, forbids me to delay making them, as the intercourse between our two countries is unfortunately become rare & precarious. the plan of your work is so happily adapted to practice, that we may safely say it will have a greater effect in execution than has ever been produced by the works of mere theory; and at the same time the great branches of pursuit are so well combined, that little more will be necessary in any country than to adapt them by the small modifications which local circumstances may require to the use of any particular country, and the special circumstances of it's inhabitants. the benefits of your labours therefore are not confined to a single age or nation. multitudes unborn will owe to you their physical strength, moral correctness, & instruction . . .

Marc Antoine Jullien, 1775-1848, French publicist." "","3","","","","Tracts on education. Ogilvie. Destutt Tracy. Lancaster. Dupont.","","4to","","","","","These tracts were not sold to Congress in 1814, but were Lot no. 209 in the 1829 auction sale. They are now in the Library of Congress." "11090","4","","","","Nelson on the management of children.","","12mo","","","","","This author is called for in the Index of the 1815 catalogue with reference to chapter 15. There is no Nelson title entry in that chapter, and it would seem that the book was not sold to Congress." "11100","5","","","","La civilité puerile.","","12mo. Troyes. chez Garnier.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 3, as above.","[Cordier, Mathurin.]","La civilité puerile et honnête pour l'instruction des enfans. A Troyes: chez Garnier, 1714.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation; such editions as were available for examination were all in civilité type.

Barbier I, col. 611.

Mathurin Cordier, 1478-1564, French philologue. The first edition of the Civilité Puerile was printed in 1559." "11110","6","","","","Methode elementaire de Pestalozzi par Chavannes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 32, as above, with the reading Pestolozzi.","Chavannes, Daniel Alexandre.","Exposé de la Méthode élémentaire de H. Pestalozzi, suivi d'une Notice sur les travaux de cet Homme célèbre, son Institut et ses principaux Collaborateurs. Par Dan. Alex. Chavannes, M.D. S.E. Membre du Grand Conseil et de la Société d'Emulation du Canton de Vaud . . . A Paris: chez Levrault Schoell et Compe, An XIII.—1805.","LB628 .C5","

First Edition. 8vo. 104 leaves, 3 folded plates.

Quérard II, page 167. Paris, Musée Pédagogique et Bibliothèque centrale de l'Enseignement primaire I, page 122. Israel, Pestalozzi-Bibliographie III, page 61.

Jefferson's copy was bound in calf, gilt, by March on October 7, 1806, cost $1.00.

The book was sent to him by I. Cox Barnet, who wrote from Paris on February 20, 1806:

General Kosiusko having mentioned, a few days ago his writing to Mr. Jefferson (about the commencement of his Presidency) on the subject of diffusing information now generally among the People—and the fact of my friend William Maclure having engaged, at his own expence—a Professor/Mr. Neef/to grant to the United States for the purpose of instructing Children according to the Method of Pestalozzi—prompt me to take the liberty of addressing the ''Exposé'' of that Method to the most enlightened propagator of real knowledge.

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, 1746-1827, Swiss educational reformer.

Daniel Alexandre Chavannes, 1765-1846, Swiss educationalist." "11120","7","","","","Neef's plan of educñ.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 4, Neef's plan of Education, 12mo.","Neef, Joseph.","Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and Natural Reason, suitable for the Offspring of a Free People, and for all Rational Beings. By Joseph Neef, Formerly a Coadjutor of Pestalozzi, at his School near Berne, in Switzerland. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1808.","LB695 .N4A2","

First Edition. 12mo. 88 leaves: []4, B-R6.

Monroe, Bibliography of Education, page 39, and Joseph Neef and Pestalozzianism in America, page 9. Israel, Pestalozzi-Bibliographie III, 73.

In a letter to William Duane from Monticello on September 16, 1810, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have recieved information of Pestalozzi's mode of education from some European publications, & from m[???] Neef's book, which shews that the latter possesses both the talents & the zeal for carrying it into effect. I sincerely wish it success, convinced that the information of the people at large, can alone make them the safe, as they are the sole, depository of our political & religious freedom . . .

Joseph Neef [originally Francis Joseph Nicholas Neef], 1770-1854, was born in Alsace. He came to America in 1806, where he remained until his death.

Neef wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on June 10, 1806, to announce his arrival dans le pays de la liberté, to which Jefferson replied on June 23." "11130","8","","","","Lancaster's improvements in education.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 33, as above.","Lancaster, Joseph.","Improvements in Education, as it respects the industrious Classes of the Community, containing, among other important particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of one thousand poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the new System of Education on which it is conducted. By Joseph Lancaster . . . Third Edition, with Additions. London: Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey; sold also by W. Hatchard, 1805.","LB675 .L3A2","

8vo. 122 leaves: []8, B-O8, P4, Q4, R2; printer's imprint at the end; sigs. Q-R contain a List of Subscribers.

Lowndes III, page 1304. Monroe, Bibliography of Education, page 10.

On March 2, 1816, in a letter to Robert Ould of Georgetown, thanking him for a copy of the Abridgment of the Lancastrian system of education he had sent him, Jefferson wrote:

. . . when that method was first introduced I was too much engaged in business to pay more than a very limited attention to it, altho' it was the subject of considerable discussion before the public; and since my retirement no circumstance has led my enquiries towards it. of course I am too much a stranger to the method to have formed any judgment concerning it. but it's value must now have been sufficiently tested by experience . . . I presume it's advantages must be confined to cities where great numbers of pupils can be collected together. in the country our schools are from a dozen to 20. generally, which being too few to be divided into classes according to the progress each has made, I suppose that method would be impracticable . . .

Later in the same year, on August 19, in a letter to John Preston, the compiler of a Lancastrian spelling book which he wished Jefferson to recommend, the latter wrote:

The Lancastrian System of education was proposed when I was too much engaged in business to attend to it, and after my retirement I considered it as the commencement of a system which was to go into operation with another generation and with which of course I should have nothing to do. I have therefore never read a sentence on the subject, nor know a single element of [it] consequently am totally unqualified to recommend it to others, and were it moral to recommend what I know nothing about, it would only degrade myself without honoring your book. under these circumstances you must be so good as to excuse my declining it, and with my best wishes for it's success if it be really useful . . .

Joseph Lancaster, 1778-1838, the founder of the Lancastrian system of education, and author of the pedagogical maxim a place for everything and everything in its place, was born in Southwark, London. In 1818 he visited America in order to establish Lancastrian schools in the western hemisphere, and died in New York. The first edition of his Improvements in Education was published in 1803." "11140","9","","","","Knox on education.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 34, as above.","Knox, Samuel.","An Essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States . . . To which is prefixed, an Address to the Legislature of Maryland on that subject. By the Rev. Samuel Knox, M.A. President of the Frederick Academy . . . Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, 1799.","LB575 .K55 .A35","

First Edition. 8vo. 85 leaves, subscribers' names on 3 pages at the end.

Not in Sabin. Evans 35690.

Samuel Knox, 1756-1832, Presbyterian minister and educator. This Essay was submitted in a prize contest by the American Philosophical Society, and is supposed to have influenced Jefferson in planning the University of Virginia, concerning which the author and Jefferson were later in correspondence. George Washington's name is in the list of subscribers.

In 1803 Knox published in Fredericktown an Essay on the means of improving public education, a copy of which he sent to Jefferson, who, on February 18, 1804 sent it to Casper Wistar for the American Philosophical Society." "11150","10","","","","E. of Chesterfeild's letters.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 5, Chesterfield's Letters, 4 v 12mo.","Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl Of Chesterfield.","Letters to his son Philip Stanhope, together with several other Pieces on various subjects. London.","","

12mo. 4 vol.

Neither Jefferson's manuscript nor the Library of Congress printed catalogues indicates the edition of this work in Jefferson's library. A contemporary manuscript note in a working copy of the 1815 Library catalogue states that the first volume was missing. The first edition was published in 1774 in two volumes quarto, and the book was frequently reprinted in octavo and duodecimo format.

Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773. This correspondence for the education and advancement in life of his natural son Philip, opened when the boy was five years of age." "11160","11","","","","The Preceptor.","","vol. 2d.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 35, as above, 8vo.","[Dodsley, Robert.]","The Preceptor: containing a general course of Education. Wherein the first Principles of Polite Learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the Genius, and advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Illustrated with Maps and useful Cuts . . . In Two Volumes. The Second Volume. London: Printed for J. Dodsley.","","

8vo. vol. II only.

Halkett and Laing IV, 411. Lowndes IV, 1958.

The entry for this volume appears in the 1815 Library catalogue as above; the book was either never delivered to Congress, or was lost immediately after delivery. In the contemporary working copy of that catalogue the word missing is written beside it in ink. and it is included in the manuscript List of Books Missing from the Congress Library made after 1815. The entry is omitted from the later catalogues, and it is not known which edition was in Jefferson's library.

Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English poet, bookseller and dramatist. The Preceptor was originally published in two volumes in 1748. Samuel Johnson was one of the contributors." "11170","12","","","","Fisher's Young man's companion.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 6, as above.","Fisher, George, pseud.","The American Instructor: or, Young Man's best Companion. Containing, Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick . . . Also Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-keeping . . . Together with the Carpenter's Plain and Exact Rule . . . Likewise the Practical Gauger made Easy . . . To which is added, The Poor Planters Physician . . . and also Prudent Advice to young Tradesmen and Dealers. The whole better adapted to these American Colonies, than any other Book of the like Kind. By George Fisher, Accomptant. The Ninth Edition Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748.","AG104 .F5","

First American Edition. 12mo. 193 leaves, 5 plates of examples of calligraphy.

Sabin 24459. Evans (under Slack) 6238. Hildeburn 1062. Campbell, page 96.

On November 7, 1819, Jefferson wrote to Dr. James Ewell:

I thank you, dear Sir, for the new edition of your Medical companion, rendered certainly more valuable by the new additions, and especially that of our domestic medicinal plants. when I was a boy there was in every house a small pamphlet written by old Dr. Byrd of Westover, called 'the poor planter's physician, or every man his own doctor.' this gave the list of our medicinal plants, and the diseases most common for which they were good and the processes and doses. I have not seen a copy of it for 50. years, except the one I possessed, bound up in a volume called the young man's companion, which volume is now in the library of Congress. it would a valuable sheet or two as an Appendix to your book. the mineral medecines are much too dangerous to be used in a family but under the direction of a Physician . . .

The British Museum catalogue, followed by Evans, attributes the authorship to Mrs. Slack." "11180","13","","","","Wise's young man's companion.","","","","","","","This book was missing at the time of the sale of the library to Congress. The author's name is in the Index to the 1815 catalogue, with reference to chapter 15, but there is no entry in the body of the work. It was on the list of missing books supplied by Jefferson to Milligan in March 1815, with the request that he procure replacement copies." "11190","14","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoire et Prospectus de l'Academie de Richmond par Quesnay. Extrait des Discours sur l'utilité des voiages pour l'education. Aerostat dirigible à volonté. par Scott . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 36, Tracts in the Arts, to wit, Quisnay, Voyages, Scott. 8vo.","Three tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. The tract by Quesnay de Beaurepaire below, has also a separate entry in the 1815 and in the later Library of Congress catalogues. The three tracts are entered together as above in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Memoire et Prospectus de l'Academie de Richmond par Quesnay.","i.","","","Quesnay De Beaurepaire, Alexandre Marie.","Mémoire Statuts et Prospectus, concernant l'Académie des Sciences et Beaux Arts des états-Unis de l'Amérique, établie à Richemond, Capitale de la Virginie; Par le Chevalier Quesnay de Beaurepaire. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau, Imprimeur de l'Academie de Richemond, 1788.","AS36 .R5","

First Edition. 8vo. 60 leaves.

Quérard VII, page 394. Sabin 67129.

Quesnay de Beaurepaire consulted Jefferson, both being in Paris at the time, and wrote to him a number of letters as to the practicability of his plan for conducting a number of schools in various cities from a central institution in Richmond, Virginia.

On December 22, 1787, Jefferson wrote to Quesnay, acknowledging the receipt of the Plan, to which, owing to the departure of the American post, he had given only a cursory and partial reading:

. . . a friend to science & the arts, I cannot but be pleased with every rational proposal for extending them. I am fearful however from the accounts which we receive thence of poverty, debts, distress & the want of money, that my countrymen may not be in a situation to support effectually so extensive an institution, and to reward it's professors & promoters as they may merit . . .

On January 6, 1788 Jefferson wrote again in the same strain:

. . . whether professors itinerant from one state to another may succeed, I am unable to say, having never known an experiment of it. the fear that these professors may be disappointed in their expectations has determined me not to meddle in the business at all. knowing how much people going to America over-rate the resources of living there, I have made a point never to encourage any person to go there, that I may not partake of the censure which may follow their disappointment. I beg you therefore not to alter your plan in any part of it on my account, but to permit me to pursue mine of being absolutely neutral . . . convinced of the honesty of your intentions and of your zeal, I wish you every possible success, and shall be really happy to see your plan answer your expectations. you have more courage than I have, to take upon yourself the risk of transplanting and contenting so many persons . . .

On March 4, 1789, Jefferson wrote to Quesnay criticizing articles of his Constitution, and his proposal to begin the plan without the necessary funds:

. . . I have said thus much on the point of right. but I should not stickle on the rigours of right if I had any confidence in the success of this institution. in such case I should not have confined myself to one or two actions, nor have lain by in quiet, and leave the thing to go on as it could. but I have no confidence in it. I see in it as yet but a project in the air, which has lasted indeed & extended itself beyond all my expectations; but which still must burst. it suffices to read over the names of your subscribers to pronounce that they have been actuated by the most patriotic views . . . but tho we had never a thought of gain, we may be allowed to wish, to reserve our contributions for other useful objects . . .

Jefferson's name appears twice in the Mémoire, once in the list of Associés étrangers, and the other in connection with John Harvie, who is stated to be allié à la famille de son Excellence M. Jeferson.

Alexandre Marie Quesnay De Beaurepaire, 1755-1820, French soldier and educationalist, originally came to America to fight in the Revolutionary war. In 1780 he opened a school in Philadelphia and in 1785 in Richmond. In 1786 he returned to France to consult Jefferson and others on his plans for a number of schools with peripatetic professors. The project failed, and the French Revolution prevented its author from returning to America." "11200","14","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoire et Prospectus de l'Academie de Richmond par Quesnay. Extrait des Discours sur l'utilité des voiages pour l'education. Aerostat dirigible à volonté. par Scott . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 36, Tracts in the Arts, to wit, Quisnay, Voyages, Scott. 8vo.","Three tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. The tract by Quesnay de Beaurepaire below, has also a separate entry in the 1815 and in the later Library of Congress catalogues. The three tracts are entered together as above in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Extrait des Discours sur l'utilité des voiages pour l'education.","ii.","","","Turlin.","Extrait des discours qui ont concouru pour le prix que l'Académie de Lyon a adjugé sur cette question: Les voyages peuvent-ils être considérés comme un moyen de perfectionner l'education. Lyons: Aimé de la Roche, 1786.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Quérard IX, 580." "11210","14","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoire et Prospectus de l'Academie de Richmond par Quesnay. Extrait des Discours sur l'utilité des voiages pour l'education. Aerostat dirigible à volonté. par Scott . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 36, Tracts in the Arts, to wit, Quisnay, Voyages, Scott. 8vo.","Three tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. The tract by Quesnay de Beaurepaire below, has also a separate entry in the 1815 and in the later Library of Congress catalogues. The three tracts are entered together as above in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Aerostat dirigible à volonté. par Scott.","iii.","","","Scott, Le Baron.","Aérostat dirigeable a volonté. A l'aide de cette machine, les voyages qu'on entreprendra quelque grands qu'ils soient, seront terminés avec succes. Par M. le Baron Scott, Capitaine de Dragons, attaché au Régiment, ci-devant des Pyrennées, actuellement de la Guyenne. A Paris: [de l'imprimerie de Seguy-Thiboust] chez Maradan . . . Avec approbation et privilège du Roi, 1789.","TL544.S4","

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves: a, A-K8, 2 folded plates of illustrations of the air-ship, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard V, 560. Brockett 11010. Tissandier, page 34." "11220","15","","","","Maniere d'instruire les Sourds et Muets. par de l'Espine","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 7, as above.","[L'Épée, Charles Michel de.]","La Véritable Maniere d'Instruire les Sourds et Muets, confirmée par une longue Expérience. Par M. l'Abbé * * *, Instituteur des Sourds & Muets de Paris. Premiere Partie. A Paris: chez Nyon l'aîné, 1784.","HV2430 .L6","

12mo. 186 leaves, 1 folded printed table; imprint of N. H. Nyon at the end.

Barbier IV, col. 928. Quérard V, 185. Guyot, Liste Litteraire Philocophe, page 12.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2. 15.

Charles Michel De L'Épée, 1712-1789, French philanthropist, was originally a lawyer, later a canon of Troyes, and eventually devoted his life to the education of the deaf and dumb." "11230","16","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 31, Eudoxe, Entretions sur l'Etude, par Deleuze, 2 v 8vo.","Deleuze, Joseph Philippe François.","Eudoxe. Entretiens sur l'étude des Sciences, des Lettres et de la Philosophie; Par J. P. F. Deleuze. Tome Premier [-Second]. Paris: F. Schoell, 1810.","LB675 .D3A2","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 250 leaves; vol. II, 275 leaves.

Quérard II, 449.

Joseph Philippe François Deleuze, 1753-1835, French scientist and physician, librarian of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle. Deleuze was a disciple of Mesmer, and the author of several tracts on animal magnetism." "11240","1","","","","Rice's art of reading.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 40, as above, 8vo.","Rice, John.","An Introduction to the Art of Reading with Energy and Propriety. By John Rice. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765.","PN4105 .R5","

First Edition. 8vo. 166 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 16.

John Rice, fl. 1765, English educator. This work is dedicated to William Kenrick." "11250","2","","","","Green on the speech of the deaf & dumb.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 7, as above (under Education).","[Green, Francis.]","''Vox Oculis Subjecta;'' a Dissertation on the most curious and important Art of Imparting Speech, and the Knowledge of Language, to the naturally Deaf, and (consequently) Dumb; With a particular Account of the Academy of Messrs. Braidwood of Edinburgh, and a Proposal to perpetuate, and extend the Benefits thereof . . . By a Parent. London: sold by Benjamin White, 1783.","HV2483 .G8","

First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves: A-P8.

Halkett and Laing VI, page 198. This edition not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue. Guyot, Liste Litteraire Philocophe, page 10.

The author sent to Jefferson a copy of this work, with a letter, written from Medford, near Boston, on November 5, 1805:

. . . the Pamphlet ''Vox Oculis subjecta'' (so long ago hastily published during a residence in England, & now circulated in this the native Land of the Author, in hopes of eventually benefiting an unfortunate Class of the human race, in this western Hemisphere) is herewith humbly presented, accordingly . . .

Jefferson wrote to Francis Green from Washington on December 15:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Green for the book he has been so kind as to send him. the subject cannot but be interesting to every philanthropist. he presents him his respectful salutations.

The book is listed on Jefferson's binding bill from John March under date April 26, 1806, calf, gilt, price $1.00, receipted by Joseph Milligan for John March on May 30.

According to an inscription on the fly-leaf of a copy of this work now in the possession of Mrs. Doheny, the author sent Jefferson two copies of this book. The inscription which was written on the same day as Jefferson's letter to Green above, reads:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Randolph & sends him the book he mentioned the other day, it may give him some information on the subject which so justly interests him. The author having sent Th: J. two copies, this one is at the service of Mr. Randolph. Dec. 15. 05.

Several years later, in 1816, it was suggested that Mr. Braidwood's school should be established at Charlottesville. Concerning this Jefferson wrote to Joseph C. Cabell on January 24 of that year:

I know of no peculiar advantage which Charlottesville offers for m[???] Braidwood's school of deaf and dumb. on the contrary I should think the vicinity of the seat of government most favorable to it. I should not like to have it made a member of our college. the objects of the two institutions are fundamentally distinct. the one is science, the other mere charity. it would be gratuitously taking a boat in tow, which may impede, but cannot aid the motion of the principal institution . . .

Francis Green, 1742-1809, Loyalist and philanthropist, was born in Boston. He lived in England from 1780-1784, during which time this book was anonymously published. In 1784 he emigrated to Nova Scotia and in 1797 returned to the United States. His interest in the deaf and (consequently) dumb was due to the fact that his son Charles was so afflicted, and was at Thomas Braidwood's school in Edinburgh." "11260","3","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 39, Cadmus, or on the Elements of Written Language, by Thornton, 8vo.","Thornton, William.","Prize Dissertation, which was honored with the Magellanic Gold Medal, by the American Philosophical Society, January, 1793. Cadmus: or, a Treatise on the Elements of Written Language . . . With an Essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak. By William Thornton, M.D. Member of the Societies of Scots Antiquaries of Edinburgh and Perth; the Medical Society, and the Society of Natural Hist. of Edin: the American Philosophical Society, &c. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, 1793.","P225 .T5","

First Edition. 56 leaves, folded table.

Sabin 95646. Evans 25258.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, to whom he wrote from Philadelphia on June 11, 1793:

Th: Jefferson, with his compliments to Dr. Thornton returns him many thanks for the device of the Mace, & still more for his dissertation on the elements of language which he had read in manuscript with great satisfaction, but shall do it with more in print.

William Thornton, 1759-1828, doctor, architect, inventor and public official was born in the Virgin Islands and educated in England and Scotland. He came to the United States in 1787, in 1794 was appointed one of the commissioners of the city of Washington, and in 1802 was appointed by Jefferson clerk in the State Department in charge of patents. As an architect he was in part responsible for the design of the Capitol. Cadmus is printed in the third volume of the Transactions of the Philosophical Society." "11270","1","","","","Shelton's Tachygraphy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 8, as above.","Shelton, Thomas.","Tachy-Graphy. The most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing that hath ever yet been published by any. Composed by Thomas Shelton Authour and Professour of the said Art. Approved by both the universities. Printed at London by R. C. [Richard Cotes] for Samuel Cartwright, 1646.","Z56 .S545","

Sm. 8vo. 28 leaves: A-C8, D4, 11 plates of writing, some with blank reverses, engraved title on the verso of the last leaf, commendatory verses at the beginning. The copy in the Library of Congress is dated 1646 on the title-page, as above, and was probably the edition owned by Jefferson; at the foot of the recto of the last leaf is the colophon, dated 1645; the imprint at the foot of the engraved title on the verso of that leaf is dated 1647.

This edition not in Lowndes, Hazlitt nor Westby-Gibson. This edition not in Johnson, Catalogue of Engraved and etched English title-pages.

In a letter to John Page, dated from ''Devilsburg'', on January 23, 1764, Jefferson wrote:

. . . We must fall on some scheme of communicating our thoughts to each other, which shall be totally unintelligible to every one but to ourselves. I will send you some of these days Shelton's Tachygraphical Alphabet, and directions . . .

In a letter to Daniel Humphreys, who had sent him a manuscript on stenography, Jefferson wrote on September 28, 1820:

. . . accident threw Shelton's tachygraphy into my way when young, and I practised it thro' life. altho it had serious defects, I have not looked into any other with fewer . . .

Thomas Shelton, 1601-1650? English stenographer. It was in his system of Tachygraphy that Samuel Pepys wrote his Diary." "11280","2","","","","Weston's Short hand.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 43, as above.","Weston, James.","Stenography compleated, or the Art of Short-Hand brought to Perfection; being the most Easy, Exact, Lineal, Speedy, and Legible Method extant . . . Compos'd by James Weston, the only Author and Professor of this New Method. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by Him at the Hand and Pen . . . Where he continues to teach this New Method, 1727.","Z56. W535","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 4 parts in 1. 114 leaves, engraved throughout except for the prefatory matter and the Observations at the end; 4 engraved frontispieces, one for each part, by J. Cole, the first a portrait of the author after J. Dowling.

Lowndes IV, 2388. Westby-Gibson, page 232.

James Weston, fl. 1727, English teacher of shorthand." "11290","3","","","","Pelham's System of notation.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 42, as above.","Pelham, William.","A System of Notation; representing the Sounds of Alphabetical Characters by a new Application of the Accentual Marks in Present Use: with such Additions as were necessary to supply Deficiencies. By William Pelham . . . Boston: Printed [by Munroe, Francis, & Parker] for W. Pelham, 1808.","PE1137. A2P4","

First Edition. 12mo. in sixes. 150 leaves; A-Z, Aa6, (U and W included in the full alphabet); the List of Subscribers on 3 ll. at the end, with Books for Sale by William Pelham on the last page.

Not in Sabin. Westby-Gibson, page 149.

Jefferson's copy, together with an analysis of the work was a gift from the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Washington on July 12, 1808:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Pelham and his thanks for the system of the notation of sounds which he has been so kind as to send him, and which he will certainly peruse with pleasure at the first leisure moment. strongly sensible of the importance of a reformation in the notation of the sounds of the English language, he yet despairs of it but in a small & slow way. Voltaire was all his life changing an o into an a in the word Français and others analogous to it, and yet has succeeded but partially . . .

On May 23, 1809, Pelham wrote from Boston to Jefferson:

On the publication of my System of Notation I took the liberty of presenting you a copy and was much gratified by your favourable acceptance of it. A Periodical work published in this town has lately presented an analysis of the work and I have had it reprinted. I beg your acceptance of a copy.

William Pelham, fl. 1809, bookseller and stationer of no. 59, Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts." "11300","4","","","","Miss Crownenshield's specimens of penmanship.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 4, Miss Crownenshield's Specimens of Penmanship, 8vo MS.","","","","

This manuscript was sold to Congress in 1815, but was either never delivered or was lost in a short time.

It is entered in the 1815 catalogue, but is marked missing in the contemporary working copy and is omitted from the later catalogues; it is included in the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815.

Jefferson had the manuscript bound by Milligan in morocco, gilt, cost $1.25, listed on his bill under date March 8, 1809.

See no. 1071." "11310","5","Tracts in the arts. dance. copy[???] machine. Shorthand. Blanchard. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 44, Tracts in the Arts, Short Hand, Copying Machine, Blanchard, Dance, 8vo.","

These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson in the order named by him above.[TBE]

Danse, par St. Mery.[/TBE]

Neither the 1849 catalogue, from which the entry is taken, nor the other early Library catalogues give any indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's Library. In view of the fact that the first edition was published in Philadelphia, and that its title begins with the word Danse, changed in the later edition to De la Danse, it seems probable that Jefferson may have had the first edition, whose title reads as follows:","","","i.","","","Danse. Article extrait d'un ouvrage de M. L. E. Moreau de St. Mery. Ayant pour titre: Répertoire des notions coloniales. Par ordre alphabétique. A Philadelphie. Imprimé par l'Auteur, Imprimeur Libraire . . . 1796.","","Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de St. Méry, 1750-1819, French avocat, was born in Martinique, and was a distant relative of the Empress Josephine. He spent part of his life in the West Indies, and while in Saint Dominigue discovered the tomb of Christopher Columbus, which he restored at his own expense. For a few years he lived in Philadelphia, where he had a book shop and a printing press. Later the author went to live in Parma, where this book, largely an essay on creole dancing, and dedicated to the Creoles, was reprinted in 1801 by Bodoni, with a shortened title: De la Danse. Par Moreau de Saint-Méry, Conseiller d'état, Membre de plusieurs Sociétés Savantes et Littéraires." "11320","5","Tracts in the arts. dance. copy[???] machine. Shorthand. Blanchard. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 44, Tracts in the Arts, Short Hand, Copying Machine, Blanchard, Dance, 8vo.","

These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson in the order named by him above.[TBE]

Danse, par St. Mery.[/TBE]

Neither the 1849 catalogue, from which the entry is taken, nor the other early Library catalogues give any indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's Library. In view of the fact that the first edition was published in Philadelphia, and that its title begins with the word Danse, changed in the later edition to De la Danse, it seems probable that Jefferson may have had the first edition, whose title reads as follows:","","ii.","","","Watt, James.","Invention of a new method of copying letters and other writings expeditiously.","","James Watt, 1736-1819, Scottish engineer and the inventor of the steam engine, took out a patent for his copying machine in 1780. Accounts of it are to be found in the technical and scientific publications of that time, but no separate pamphlet on the subject has been located." "11330","5","Tracts in the arts. dance. copy[???] machine. Shorthand. Blanchard. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 44, Tracts in the Arts, Short Hand, Copying Machine, Blanchard, Dance, 8vo.","

These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson in the order named by him above.[TBE]

Danse, par St. Mery.[/TBE]

Neither the 1849 catalogue, from which the entry is taken, nor the other early Library catalogues give any indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's Library. In view of the fact that the first edition was published in Philadelphia, and that its title begins with the word Danse, changed in the later edition to De la Danse, it seems probable that Jefferson may have had the first edition, whose title reads as follows:","","iii.","","","Carey, John.","The System of Short-hand, practised by Mr. Thomas Lloyd, in taking down the debates of Congress; and now (with his permission) published for general use, by J. C. Entered according to act of Congress, and sold by H. and P. Rice, Philadelphia, 1793.","Z56 .S99","

First Edition. 12mo. 9 leaves, 3 plates. The first leaf is for the list of subscribers, which includes Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State; the accompanying statement of J. C. is dated January 15, 1793.

Evans 25252. Westby-Gibson, page 117.

John Carey, 1756-1826, Irish teacher of classics, French and shorthand in London, was a brother of Mathew Carey, the Philadelphia publisher and author. In the Massachusetts Historical Society (Coolidge Collection) is a page of Lloyd's shorthand in Jefferson's autograph." "11340","5","Tracts in the arts. dance. copy[???] machine. Shorthand. Blanchard. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 44, Tracts in the Arts, Short Hand, Copying Machine, Blanchard, Dance, 8vo.","

These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson in the order named by him above.[TBE]

Danse, par St. Mery.[/TBE]

Neither the 1849 catalogue, from which the entry is taken, nor the other early Library catalogues give any indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's Library. In view of the fact that the first edition was published in Philadelphia, and that its title begins with the word Danse, changed in the later edition to De la Danse, it seems probable that Jefferson may have had the first edition, whose title reads as follows:","","iv.","","","Blanchard, Jean Pierre.","Journal of my Forty-fifth Ascension, being the first performed in America, on the Ninth of January, 1793 . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1793.","TL620 .B6A4","

First Edition in English. 8vo. 14 leaves without signature, engraved frontispiece depicting a balloon from which M. Blanchard is waving the American flag.

Sabin 5826. Evans 25207. Randers-Pehrson and Renstrom, Aeronautic Americana, no. 5

Jefferson was one of the spectators of this ascent. He mentioned the arrival of Blanchard in a letter to his daughter Martha Randolph, written from Philadelphia on December 31, 1792:

Blanchard is arrived here and is to ascend in his balloon within a few days.

After the ascent he sent his daughter an account of it. In a letter dated January 14, 1793, he wrote:

. . . we were entertained here lately with the ascent of m[???] Blanchard in a baloon. the security of the thing appeared so great that every body is wishing for a baloon to travel in. I wish for one sincerely, as instead of 10 days, I should be within 5 hours of home . . .

Jean Pierre Blanchard, 1753-1809, French aeronaut. This Journal, originally written in French was inscribed to George Washington." "11350","1","","","","Calson's specimens of printing types.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 93, as above, pam. 4to.","Caslon, William.","A Specimen of Printing Types, by W. Caslon and Son, letter founders, London. [London] Printed by John Towers, 1764.","","

Sm. 4to. 38 leaves.

Berry and Johnson, page 17.

A copy of Calson's specimens of printing types, pamphlet was one of the books purchased by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley in March, 1785.

William Caslon, 1692-1766, English type-founder, took his son William, 1720-1778, into partnership about 1742. Another issue of this book had the imprint of Dryden Leach on the title-page; it is not known which imprint was on Jefferson's copy." "11360","2","","","","Histoire de la Stereotypie. par Camus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 45, Histoire de la Stereotypée, par Camus, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 100. no. J. 112; Histoire de la Sterotypée, par Camus, 8vo; Paris, 1802. 1849 Catalogue, page 321. no. 112: -----. Histoire et Procédés du Polytypage et du Stéréotypage, 8vo; Paris, 1802.","Camus, Armand Gaston.","Histoire et Procédés du Polytypage et du Stéréotypage. Par A. G. Camus, Membre de l'Institut National, Garde des Archives de la République. A Paris: chez Ant. Aug. Renouard, X—1802.","Z252 .C21","

First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves: []2, A-H8, I4, folded and full page specimen pages inserted, Renouard's device on the title-page.

Quérard II, 36.

This book was probably purchased from Reibelt of Philadelphia.

A copy of Hist. du Stereotypage, price $1.04, was included in Reibelt's bill to Jefferson, in June, 1805. This may have been one of the two unnamed books, one relié, which Reibelt sent to Jefferson on May 3, 1805. On May 5, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the two pieces you sent me on printing & the polytypage are so curious, & on so interesting an art, that I propose to keep them with your leave. I knew Hoffman well, went often to see his works, & was intimate with the Abbé Rochon having myself tried several of his processes; so that the facts in that portion of the history are well known to me . . .

A full account of Hoffmann and his experiments and difficulties, and of the Abbé Rochon is in Camus's book.

Two issues of the work were published in 1802, one with the title as above, and with Baudouin's imprint on the reverse of the half-title, which reads: Histoire et procédés du Polytypage et du Stéréotypage. In the other issue the title reads: Histoire et Procédés du Polytypage et de la Stéréotypie . . . Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Institut National . . . Brumaire An X. In this issue there is no printer's mark on the title-page and the verso of the half-title leaf is blank. The half-title reads: Histoire et Procédés du Polytypage et de la Stéréotypie.

Jefferson's manuscript entry would seem to call for the issue with Baudouin's imprint, and the reading Stereotypie. The book sold by Reibelt had the reading Stéréotypage. In these circumstances it cannot be said with certainty which issue was in Jefferson's library. Reibelt was interested in Renouard's stereotype editions, and on February 19 of the same year had sent Jefferson six copies du catalogue des editions stereotypes de Renouard a Paris—et vous pries, de vouloir bien les distribuer dans votre famille.

Quérard cites only the Renouard issue; the copies in the Bibliothèque Nationale and in the British Museum appear to have the Baudouin imprint.

Armand Gaston Camus, 1740-1804, French politician and philosopher, was keeper of the archives of the Republic. According to law none of the operations of producing the mandats could take place except in his presence, and he acquired therefore a complete practical knowledge of the art of stereotyping.

Abbé Alexis Marie Rochon, 1741-1817, French astronomer and scientist, was closely associated with Hoffmann. On pages 56 and 57 is an account of the Essai d'Imprimerie présenté à l'academie royale des sciences le 8 de février 1786, par M. l'abbé Rochon, with a reprint of the broadside (an original copy of which broadside is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress).

On page 33, 34 of Camus's work is a reference to Rochon's interest in the printing experiments of Franklin." "11370","3","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 102, Perkins' Bank Bill Test, pamphlet.","Perkins, Jacob.","Perkins Bank Bill Test. Newbury-port: W. and J. Gilman, 1809.","","

First Edition. Folio. 4 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Sabin. Bathe, Jacob Perkins, page 31.

Jacob Perkins, 1766-1849, inventor, was a native of Newburyport. In 1809 the State of Massachusetts passed a law compelling banks in that State to use the check plate invented by Perkins." "11380","1","","","","Gordon's counting house.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 46, as above.","Gordon, William.","The general counting-house, and man of business. Calculated to promote facility and accuracy in accounts of business, relative to the merchant, the banker, underwriter . . . With the method of negotiating bills of exchange, in all the trading countries in Europe . . . Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1766.","","

8vo. 247 leaves, tables and forms.

William Gordon, Scottish accountant of Edinburgh and Glasgow." "11390","2","","","","Hayes's modern book-keeping.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 47, as above.","Hayes, Richard, Accountant.","Modern Book-keeping; or, the Italian method improved; containing rules and directions for keeping . . . Accompts by double entry . . . Second Edition. London, 1739.","","" "11400","1","","","","Cavallo's History of Aerostation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 48, as above.","Cavallo, Tiberius.","The History and Practice of Aerostation. By Tiberius Cavallo, F.R.S. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by C. Dilly, P. Elmsly, and J. Stockdale, 1785.","TL617 .C35","

First Edition. 8vo. 171 leaves, 2 folded engraved plates by Basire; list of works published by the same author on the last page.

Lowndes I, page 395. Brockett 2610. Boffito, page 113. Not in Tissandier (French edition only).

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

In a letter to Patrick K. Rogers, dated from Monticello January 29, 1824, concerning Cavallo's book on Natural Philosophy, Jefferson mentioned that he had personal acquaintance with him, and wrote:

. . . he was heavy, capable enough of understanding what he read, and with memory to retain it, but without the talent of digestion or improvement . . .

Tiberius Cavallo, 1749-1809, natural philosopher, was born in Naples, but left Italy at an early age and settled in England. Boffito considers this work an opera di capitale importanza." "11410","2","","","","Jeffries's Narrative of two aerial voyages.","","4to. London. Robson. 1786.","","","","","

This book, described as a pamphlet 4to, was one of the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with a request that he replace them if possible.

The author is called for in the Index to the 1815 Catalogue, with reference to this chapter. The title does not appear in the body of that work, nor in the later catalogues." "11420","1","","","","Clarke's Vegetius.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 52. Clarke's Vegecius. 8vo.","Vegetius Renatus, Flavius—Clarke, John, Translator.","Military Institutions of Vegetius, in Five Books, Translated from the Original Latin. With a Preface and Notes. By Lieutenant John Clarke. London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by W. Griffin, 1767.","U101 .V4","

8vo. 124 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2759. Catalogue of the Royal Artillery Library, page 154.

Clarke's Vegetius 8vo. was one of the books bought by Jefferson from the Reverend Samuel Henley in March 1785.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus, 4th century A. D., military writer. His work, first printed in 1473, was still in use in the eighteenth century. In his Preface to this edition the translator gives a list of military treatises which have been wrote in English." "11430","2","","","","Arte della guerra del Machiavelli.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 9a, as above.","","","","

This book was sold to Congress in 1815, and is included in the 1815 Catalogue, though not checked as having been received in the contemporary working copy.

There is no entry in the later Library of Congress Catalogues for this book which is included in the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815.

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4-0." "11440","3","","","","Bland's military discipline.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 55, as above.","Bland, Humphrey","A Treatise of Military Discipline; in which is Laid down and Explained the Duty of the Officer and Soldier, thro' the several Branches of the Service. By Humphrey Bland, Esq; Major-General of His Majesty's Forces. The Seventh Edition . . . London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, Samuel Birt and T. and T. Longman, 1753.","","

8vo. 198 leaves, woodcut monogram on the title-page, 7 engraved, folded plans.

This edition not in the Royal United Services Library Catalogue, and not in the U. S. War Department Library Catalogue.

Humphrey Bland, 1686?-1763, of Queen's County, Ireland, military writer, was general and colonel of the King's dragoon guards. A Treatise of Military Discipline was first published in 1727, and went through many editions. It was for a long time the recognized textbook of drill and discipline in the British army." "11450","4","","","","Digges's Stratioticos","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 54, as above.","Digges, Leonard and Digges, Thomas.","An Arithmetical warlike Treatise named Stratioticos . . . First published by Thomas Digges Esquire Anno Salutis 1579 . . . lately reuiewed and corrected by the author himselfe, and also augmented with sundry additions . . . At London: Imprinted by Richard Field, 1590.","","

Second Edition. 4to. 151 leaves, the last leaf with a printer's mark and colophon, woodcut arms of Digges, 2 folded woodcut diagrams; no copy was seen for collation.

STC 6849. Hazlitt II, 177. Cockle 25.

Leonard Digges, English mathematician, d. 1571?, began this work, which was augmented and published with a dedication to the Earl of Leicester by his son Thomas Digges, d. 1595, also a mathematician. The first edition appeared in 1579." "11460","5","","","","Fisher's military tactics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 56, as above.","Fisher, Daniel.","A System of military Tactics, containing the principles of discipline and movements, chiefly applied to infantry; with the rules and regulations designed for the forces of the United States. To which is added, the various forms of reports . . . by Daniel Fisher. New York: Printed by Southwick and Hardcastle, 1805.","","

8vo. 120 leaves, 16 diagrams, 8 folded forms.

Not in Sabin. Catalogue of the Library of the U. S. Military Academy, no. 686.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from New York on July 30 1805:

Although hitherto unknown to you I shall use no apology for thus introducing myself. This accompanies a System of Military Tactics which I have the honour to present to your Excellency for your consideration and if approven of by you, I shall feel myself amply compensated for my trouble . . . I shall only ask your patronage to the work, and shall be happy on receiving your opinion of it through any medium your Excellency shall think proper to communicate it . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 12:

Th: Jefferson makes his acknolegements to m[???] Fisher for the book on Military tactics forwarded to him, and his thanks for this mark of his attention. it would be great presumption in him to hazard an opinion on a work the subject of which he has been less conversant in than any other. it is nevertheless an important one, and m[???] Fisher will have deserved well of his country for his endeavors to render it familiar to them . . ." "11470","6","","","","Saxe's reveries.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 53, Sax's Reveries, 8vo.","Saxe, Maurice, Comte de.","Reveries, or, Memoirs concerning the art of war . . . Translated from the French [By Sir William Fawcett]. Prefixed, an account of the life of the author. Edinburgh: Printed . . . for Alexander Donaldson, 1759.","","

8vo. 184? leaves, plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Catalogue of the Royal Artillery Library, page 151.

Maurice, Comte de Saxe, 1696-1750, marshal of France. The first edition of his Mémoires was post-humously published in 1756.

Sir William Fawcett, 1728-1804, English general. The first edition of his translation appeared in quarto in 1757. Fawcett was the general sent to the continent at the beginning of the American war of Independence to engage the Hessian and Brunswickian mercenaries." "11480","7","","","","Adye's Bombardier & pocket gunner.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 13, as above.","Adye, Ralph Willett.","The Bombardier, and Pocket Gunner. By Ralph Willett Adye, Captain, Royal Regiment of Artillery. First American, from the Second London Edition. Boston: Printed for E. Larkin, by William Greenough, Charlestown, 1804.","UF150 .A24","

12mo. 146 leaves, numerous printed tables in the text.

Not in Sabin. Catalogue of the Library of the U. S. Military Academy, no. 233.

Ralph Willett Adye, d. 1808, was a captain of the Royal artillery.

The first edition of this book, still a standard work of reference, was printed in London in 1798." "11490","8","","","","Kosciuzko. Maneuvres of horse artillery.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 63, as above, with reading Manuœvres.","Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura.","Manœuvres of Horse Artillery, by General Kosciusko. Written at Paris in the Year 1800, at the Request of General Wm. R. Davie, then Envoy from the United States to France. Translated, with Notes and descriptive Plates, by Jonathan Williams, Col. Comdt. of the Corps of Engineers, and President of the U. S. Military Philosophical Society. Published by Direction of the Society. New-York: sold by Campbell & Mitchell, 1808.","UF410 .K86","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 42 leaves, 16 full-page and 2 folded engraved plans.

Not in Sabin. U. S. War Department Library, Alphabetical Index, page 83.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the translator, Colonel Jonathan Williams, who on October 24, 1808, wrote to the former from New York:

In behalf of the U. S. Military Philosophical Society, I beg leave to present to you a Copy of the Translation of General Kosciusko's manoeuvres for Horse Artillery . . . Jonn Williams.

Jefferson replied from Washington, on October 28:

I thank you for the copy of Genl. Kozciusko's treatise on the flying artillery. it is a branch of the military art which I wish extremely to see understood here to the height of the European level.

Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, 1746-1817, Polish soldier and statesman, visited America in 1776, joined the Revolutionary army, and for his successes was rewarded by Congress with the rank of brigadier general.

He and Thomas Jefferson were on terms of close friendship, carried on a constant correspondence, and met frequently when in the same country. I see him often wrote Jefferson to General Gates from Philadelphia on February 21, 1798, and with great pleasure mixed with commiseration. he is as pure a son of liberty, as I have ever known, and of that liberty which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.

Jonathan Williams, 1750-1815, merchant and soldier, a nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was born in Boston. He held several appointments at West Point and, at the instance of Jefferson, was its first superintendent; he was the founder of the Military Philosophical Society." "11500","9","","","","Rules for the government of an army.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 58, as above.","","Rules for the Government and Conduct of an Army. London, 1744.","","8vo. No copy of this work was located for collation." "11510","10","","","","De Rohan. Abregé des guerres de Gaule.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 96, as above.","[Rohan, Henri, Duc de.]","Le Parfaict Capitaine, autrement, l'Abrégé des Guerres de Gaule des Commentaires de César, avec quelques Remarques sur icelles, suivy d'un Recueil de l'Ordre de guerre des Anciens, ensemble d'un Traicté particulier de la Guerre. Reveu par l'autheur, et augmenté d'un traicté de l'Interest des princes et estats de la Chrestienté. Paris: A. Courbé, 1638.","","

4to. 2 parts in 1 vol., frontispiece, plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Barbier III, col. 785. This edition not in Quérard. Cockle, no. 645. Bibliothèque du Dépot de la Guerre Catalogue I, II, 63.

Henri, Duc de Rohan, 1579-1638, French soldier, writer, and leader of the Huguenots. This book, dealing with the application of Cæsar's campaigns to modern warfare was originally published in 1636 and was frequently reprinted and translated into other languages." "11520","11","","","","Memoires historiques & militaires par le Marquis de Feuquieres.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 10, as above.","Feuquières, Antoine Manassès de Pas, Marquis de.","Mémoires historiques et militaires, composés par feu . . . le marquis de Feuquières . . . Amsterdam: J. F. Bernard, 1735.","","

No copy was seen for collation.

See the next entry." "11530","12","","","","Memoires du Marquis de Feuquieres.","","1st. 3d. 4th. vol. p. [the rest cut away].","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 11, as above, 12mo.","Feuquières, Antoine Manassès de Pas, Marquis de.","Memoires de M. le Marquis de Feuquiere, Lieutenant General des Armées du Roi; Contenans ses Maximes sur la Guerre, & l'application des Exemples aux Maximes. Nouvelle Edition, revûe & corrigée sur l'Original; augmentée de plusieurs additions considérables; ensemble d'une Vie de l'Auteur, donnée par M. le Comte de Feuquiere son frere, & enrichie de Plans & de Cartes. Tome Premier [-Quatrième]. A Londres: chez Pierre Dunoyer, et se trouvent a Paris, chez Rollin Fils, 1750, 40","U17 .F4","

3 vol. [only]. 12mo. Vol. I, 220 leaves, the last a blank; vol. III, 196 leaves; vol. IV, 224 leaves; engraved folded maps and plans in vol. III and IV by Dheulland; titles printed in red and black; at the beginning of vol. I is the Vie de M. le Marquis de Feuquiere.

Quérard III, 117. Bibliothéque du Dèpot de la Guarre Catalogue I, 19, 119.

Antoine Manassès de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières, 1648-1711, French soldier. This work, orignally published in 1711, the year of the author's death, was for some time considered the standard work on the art of war. Numerous editions were published and the book was translated into English and German." "11540","13","","","","Memoires de Montecuculi.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 12, as above.","Montecuccoli, Raimondo, Conte, Duca di Melfi.","Memoires de Montecuculi Generalissime des Troupes de l'Empereur; ou Principes de l'Art Militaire en génèral. Divisez en Trois Livres. Traduits d'Italien en François par ***. Et Dediez à S. A. S. Monseigneur le Prince de Conty. Avec des Figures en taille douce. A Paris: chez Jean Musier, 1712.","U101 .M78","

First Edition in French. 12mo. 228 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Thomassin, 3 engraved plates, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Barbier III, col. 211. Quérard VI, 233.

Conte Raimondo Montecuccoli, Duca di Melfi, 1608-1681, Italian captain. The first edition of this work, written in Italian, was published in Cologne in 1708. This translation into French was made by Jacques Adam, 1663-1735, French litterateur and secretary to the Prince de Conti, to whom the translation is dedicated." "11550","14","","","","Histoire de la milice Françoise par le P. Daniel.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 97, as above but omitting the name of the author.","Daniel, Gabriel.","Histoire de la Milice Françoise, et des changemens qui s'y sont faits depuis l'éstablissement de la Monarchie Françoise dans les Gaules, jusqu'à la fin du Regne de Louis le Grand. Par le R. P. G. Daniel, de la Compagnie de Jesus, Auteur de l'Histoire de France. Tome I [-II]. A Paris: chez Denis Mariette, Jean-Baptiste Delespine, Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, 1721.","UA702 .D18","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 339 leaves, 47 numbered engraved plates including the frontispiece; vol. II, 394 leaves, 22 engraved plates, including the frontispiece; vignettes of the royal arms of France on the title-pages.

Quérard II, page 384. Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Guerre de la Belgique I, 4738. Backer II, col. 1812, no. 32.

Gabriel Daniel, 1649-1728, French historian and Jesuit abbé." "11560","15","","","","L'ecole de Mars par de Guignard.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 95, as above.","Guignard, De.","L'Ecole de Mars, ou Memoires instructifs sur toutes les parties qui composent le Corps Militaire en France, avec leurs origines, & les differentes maneuvres ausquelles elles sont employées. Dediée au Roy. Par M. de Guignard . . . Tome I [II]. A Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de Louis-Denis Delatour] chez Simart, 1725.","UA702 .G94","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 386 leaves, engraved frontispiece; vol. II, 322 leaves, leaf with Table inserted, numerous plates in both volumes; printer's imprint at the end of vol. II.

Quérard III, page 525. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Ministère de la guerre I, no. 5.

De Guignard, according to his own statement on the title-page, was Chevalier de l'Ordre Militaire de Saint Louis, & Lieutenant-Colonel du Regiment d'Infanterie du Thil. Réformé." "11570","16","","","","Army & Navy of Gr. Britain.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 57, as above, with The and 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 335. no. 135. Millan, J. Succession of Colonels to all his Majesties Land Forces, from their Rise to 1744; with a List of the Royal Navy, when Built, &c., &c., 8vo; London, 1744.","Millan, John.",". . . The succession of colonels to all His Majesty's land forces, from their rise to 1744. Precedency of each regiment, with dates of promotions, removes deaths, &c . . . To which is added a list of ye Royal Navy, when built, rebuilt, number of men and guns, tonnage, dimensions &c . . . London: Printed for John Millan, 1744.","","

8vo.

John Millan, English publisher, published this work annually over a period of years." "11580","17","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 60, Duane's American Military Library, 8vo.","Duane, William.","[The American Library, No. 1. Philadelphia, 1807.]","","

Duane sent this to Jefferson with an undated letter (endorsed by the latter recd. Dec. 5. 07.):

By the mail which carries this I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of the first number of the Military library, a compilation of my own; it is my purpose to collect all that is to be had in the best books & to give them such a form as the first number exhibits, which may lead judicious men to enquire and think and inform those who are uninformed. I have obtained thro' Genl Dearborn's kindness the use of several books from the War office Library, and particularly the invaluable but prolix work of Guibert, the whole substance of which I mean to comprehend in my work. I have the French system translated making about 700 manuscript pages, to which will be added perspicuous diagrams of all the modern movements. It will be seen from the price of this number, I have not looked so much to profit as to public utility, and I persuade myself that the circulation of such a work would be of very great use . . .

The American Military Library was published by Duane in 1809, 2 vol. 8vo. It included the translation of Guibert's work, mentioned in the letter above, with a separate title-page, and imprint dated 1807, the year of Duane's letter to Jefferson. The title reads:

The System of Discipline and Manoeuvres of Infantry, forming the Basis of modern Tactics: established for the National Guards and Armies of France. Translated for the American Military Library, from the edition published by authority in 1805. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves, for William Duane, 1807.

It seems clear from Duane's letter that this work was still in manuscript at the time of his sending the first number to Jefferson. The date is omitted from the Library of Congress early catalogues.

For the first mention of William Duane in this catalogue, see no. 544." "11590","18","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 59, Duane's Handbook for Infantry, 8vo.","Duane, William.","[A Hand Book for Infantry: containing the First Principles of Military Discipline, Founded on Rational Method: intended to Explain in a Familiar and Practical Manner, for the Use of the Military Force of the United States, the Modern Improvements in the Discipline and Movement of Armies. By William Duane, Adjutant General in the Army of the United States . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1812.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. No copy of the first edition has been located for collation.

This edition not in Sabin. Not in the U. S. Army War College Library Catalogue. This edition not in Clark, William Duane.

The first edition of this work is not mentioned in the bibliographies. It was copyrighted on June 20, 1812, and Jefferson received a copy from the author sometime before July 17 of that year on which day the latter wrote to him:

. . . I sent you a copy of my Infantry Hand Book by which I meant to supply what was so much wanted in the country; and I now send you another for Riflemen . . .

Jefferson replied on August 4:

Your favor of the 17th. ult came duly to hand; and I have to thank you for the military Manuals you were so kind as to send me. this is the sort of book most needed in our country . . .

Duane's Handbook for Infantry 8vo was one of the books reported by Jefferson to Milligan as missing on March 28, 1815, before the delivery of the library to Congress, with the request that he provide substitute copies.

Milligan secured a copy, listed on the bill sent to Jefferson on July 31, under date April 7, price $1.25.

Copies of the third edition exist, though the fourth edition, 1813, is the first one listed in the bibliographies. The book was frequently reprinted, and by an order of the Secretary of War, dated March 19, 1813, it was received and observed as the System of Infantry Discipline for the Army of the United States." "11600","19","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. nos. 61 and 99, Tousard's American Artillerist's Companion, 8vo. and 4to.","Tousard, Anne Louis de.","American Artillerist's Companion, or Elements of Artillery. Treating of all Kinds of Firearms in Detail, and of the Formation, Object and Service of the Flying or Horse Artillery, preceded by An Introductory Dissertation on Cannon. In Two Volumes. Accompanied with a volume containing sixty-seven plates carefully engraved. By Louis de Tousard . . . Volume I [-II] . . . Philadelphia: [Printed by Fry & Kammerer] Published by C. and A. Conrad and Co. And by Conrad, Lucas and Co. Baltimore; Somervell and Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad and Co. Norfolk, 1809.—American Artillerist's Companion, or Elements of Artillery . . . Volume III. Containing the Plates and their Explanations. Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Inskeep—and Inskeep and Bradford, Newyork, 1813.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. and 1 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 321 leaves; vol. II, 348 leaves, folded printed table; engraved frontispiece in each volume; vol. III, 7 leaves; engraved plates by Tanner after Tousard [the 67 plates called for on the titles of the volumes of text include the frontispieces]. List of subscribers on 6 pages at the end.

Sabin 96339. Catalogue of the Library of the U. S. War Department, page 150.

The author sent Jefferson a Prospectus of this work before publication. On August 1, 1807, he wrote to the latter from Philadelphia:

I have the honor of enclosing to you the Prospectus of a Work which I am publishing on Artillery, before it is circulated and inserted in the News Papers. Should the Contents answer the purpose which I contemplated, when it was begun, which is to be useful to the United States, my satisfaction will be compleat. To have your name at the head of my Subscribers will be a propitious omen, which will promote its circulation, and be acknowledged as the highest favour . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 7:

Th: Jefferson salutes Coll. Toussard with respect and esteem, and with pleasure becomes a subscriber for a copy of his American Artillerist's companion. according to present appearances the work will be adapted to the times.

This letter is quoted by Tousard in the Preface to his work, vol. I, page xx.

Jefferson had retired from the Presidency before the book was published, and his name is therefore second on the list of Subscribers, which is headed by that of James Madison, President.

C. & A. Conrad, the publishers, sent their bill to Jefferson for this work on August 4, 1809, from which it would appear that the book was issued in parts. The bill reads as follows:

1807

Nov. 27 To 1 Artillerists Companion No. 1..2 [dollars]

1808

March 2 '' 1......do......do.......2..2.......

June 10 '' 1......do......do.......3..2.......

Sept. 19 '' 1......do......do.......4..2.......

1809

January 13 '' 1......do......do.......5..2.......

May 25 '' 1......do......do.......6..2.......

$12.

In another hand is written at the foot:

1809

October 20. 1 Artill. Comp. No. 7. $2.00.

Anne Louis de Tousard, 1749-1817, French soldier, spent much time in America, where he originally visited to fight for the colonists in the Revolutionary War. As a result of a wound in that war his right arm was amputated, and the plates for this work were drawn with his left hand." "11610","20","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. nos. 62 & 103, Sheel's Treatise on Artillery, 8vo. and fol.","von Scheel, Heinrich Otto.","A Treatise of Artillery; containing A new System, or the Alterations made in the French Artillery, since 1765. Translated from the French of M. de Scheel [by Jonathan Williams]. Philadelphia: Printed for the War Office, by John Ward Fenno, 1800.","UF560 .S41 and UF560 .S41a","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. with atlas of plates in oblong folio. 82 leaves; Atlas: 27 engraved plates by Thackara preceded by text and printed tables.

Not in Sabin. Bibliothèque du Dépot de la Guerre, Catalogue II, 10, 58.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the translator, who wrote from Mount Pleasant near Philadelphia on March 7, 1801:

. . . Permit me now to ask a place in your private Library, for the inclosed translations of a System of Artillery and Fortification, which I believe to be the most approved, in a Country where these branches of the Art military are in the highest perfection.—

You will give me credit, Sir, for great Labour, & (I hope) for tolerable accuracy; but the technical nature of the works forbids any claim to literary honour. If they should tend to establish uniformity among the artists of our Country, they will combine efficacy with Oeconomy, and eventually render us in this respect independent of foreign aid.

These Translations were gratuitously made at the request of the late Administration, but I have added to the latter one, an appendix of my own, with a model in Wood which I wish to deposit where it can best answer its object. It is, I presume, in compliment for those Services that the late President of the United States has honoured me with a Commission as Major in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 14:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Major Williams for the books he has been so kind as to send him. he will be very happy to see the corps of which he is a member profit by his example and pursue the line of information he has so well pointed out . . .

Heinrich Otto von Scheel, 1745-1807, Prussian military officer. The first edition of this work was published in Copenhagen in 1777.

Jonathan Williams, 1750-1815. See no. 649." "11620","21","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 98, Fulton's Torpedo War, pam. 4to.","Fulton, Robert.","Torpedo War, and Submarine explosions. By Robert Fulton, Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, and of the United States Military and Philosophical Society . . . New York: Printed by William Elliot, 1810.","","

First Edition. Obl. 4to. 31 leaves, 5 plates; only a facsimile copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 26199.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote him from Kalorama, on February 24, 1810:

So soon as I published my pamphlet on Torpedoes at New York, I sent 12 of them to Mr. Madison, begging of him to forward one to you. I have the pleasure now to send you four copies for yourself and friends, with a copy of my address after a lecture which I delivered on the engines and their utility . . . It will give me great pleasure to hear from you by letter to New York and particularly to know whether my publication has had any tendency to increase your faith in the practicability and utility of torpedoes . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 17, 1810:

I have duly recieved your favor of Feb. 24. covering one of your pamphlets on the Torpedo. I have read it with pleasure. this was not necessary to give them favor in my eye. I am not afraid of new inventions or improvements, nor bigotted to the practices of our forefathers. it is that bigotry which keeps the Indians in a state of barbarism in the midst of the arts, would have kept us in the same state even now, and still keeps Connecticut where their ancestors were when they landed on these shores . . . your torpedoes will be to cities what vaccination has been to mankind. it extinguishes their greatest danger. but there will still be navies, not for the destruction of cities, but for the plunder of commerce on the high seas . . .

Fulton had been in correspondence with Jefferson on the subject of torpedoes for several years before the publication of his book.

On July 28, 1807, he sent him from New York a full account of his experiments, illustrated with six drawings in pen and ink.

To this Jefferson replied on August 16:

. . . I consider your Torpedoes as very valuable means of the defence of harbours, & have no doubt that we should adopt them to a considerable degree. not that I go the whole length (as I believe you do) of considering them as solely to be relied on. neither a nation, nor those entrusted with it's affairs could be justifiable, however sanguine their expectations, in trusting solely to an engine not yet sufficiently tried under all the circumstances which may occur, & against which we know not as yet what means of parying may be devised. if indeed the mode of attaching them to the cable of a ship be the only one proposed modes of prevention cannot be difficult. but I have ever looked to the submarine boat as most to be depended on for attaching them, & tho' I see no mention of it in your letter, or your publications, I am in hopes it is not abandoned as impracticable . . .

Fulton wrote fully to Jefferson concerning all his experiments with the torpedo and invited him to be present at the tests in New York harbour.

On April 16, 1810, at the close of a long letter to Fulton on other matters Jefferson wrote:

. . . I sincerely wish the torpedo may go the whole length you expect of putting down navies. I wish it too much not to become an easy convert & to give it all my prayers & interest . . .

Three years later on March 8, 1813, a letter written to Fulton from Monticello contained the passage:

. . . I hope your torpedos will equally triumph over doubting friends & presumptuous enemies . . .

On April 7, 1813, in a letter to Jefferson on other matters, Fulton mentioned:

. . . I am not Idle as to Torpedoes, but secrecy is necessary.

On July 8, 1813, Fulton wrote to Jefferson:

On the fourth inst. I sent you a letter containing drawings details and observations on my experiments on firing cannon under water, and the consequence of such a mode of conducting maritime war . . .

Jefferson replied on July 21:

Immediately on the reciept of your favor of July 8, I forwarded it to the President, and had no hesitation in expressing my own wish that it should be tried. in fact as we cannot meet the British with an equality of Physical force, we must supply it by other devices, in which I know nobody equal to yourself, and so likely to point out to us a mode of salvation. accordingly I hope this honor is reserved for you, and that either by subaqueous guns, torpedoes, or diving boats, you will accomplish it by the aid of government . . . I confess I have more hopes of the mode of destruction by the submarine boat, than any other. no law of nature opposes it, and in that case nothing is to be dispaired of by human invention, nor particularly by yours . . .

Robert Fulton, 1765-1815, engineer, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was originally brought to the notice of Jefferson in 1801—the year he succeeded in blowing up with a torpedo a small vessel in Brest harbor—by Joel Barlow, who on September 15, wrote from Paris to Jefferson:

A countryman of ours, Robert Fulton of Philadelphia, has invented a new mode of submarine navigation, which he is bringing to perfection. He hopes very soon to demonstrate the practicability of destroying military navies altogether, and with them the whole system of naval tyranny & civilized piracy, which seems worse than the barbarian, as it works its mischief on a larger scale and really threatens the existence of society . . ." "11630","22","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 65, Military and political hints, by De la Croix, 8vo.","Lacroix, Irenée Amelot de.","Military and political hints, by Col. Ir. Amelot de Lacroix, humbly submitted to the hon. the members of Congress, and the general officers of the militia of the United States. Digested and translated by Samuel Mackay A.M. Late Professor of the French Language in Williams College. To which is added, The Artillerist. Translated by the same. Boston: Published by Etheridge and Bliss, Greenough and Stebbins, printers, 1808.","U19 .L15","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 90 leaves: A-P8, the last a blank, the penultimate with the publisher's advertisement of Rollins Ancient History, etc. dated March 1808; separate title for The Artillerist, with imprint on L2 recto.

Sabin 38499.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Lacroix, who wrote from Boston, 29 September, 1807 (endorsed by Jefferson recd. Dec. 1807):

. . . Le principal mérite de l'ouvrage, que j'ose vous recommander, consiste dans la scrupuleuse vérité qui le caractérise, et l'impartialité qui en fera toujours un renseignement util. M. le professeur Mackay, au quel vous fites l'honneur d'une lettre á Benington . . . s'est chargé de l'éxécution de l'ouvrage que j'ose vous offrir aujourd'hui . . .

On December 21, Jefferson wrote from Washington:

. . . Your favor of Sep. 29. was not recieved till two days ago. I have with pleasure sent to mr Mackay my subscription to the book you recommend. no period in human history merits more to have all it's truths produced than that of the French revolution. I am only sorry that the new lights which your materials are to throw upon it, are to be passed through the medium of a translation only. the best translation can render a sentiment but imperfectly, often falsely . . .

On April 3, 1808, Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. de la Croix and his thanks for the book he was so kind as to send him. he considers the effective organisation of the militia as so important that he sees with pleasure M. de la Croix's effort to induce a just attention to it . . .

Irenée Amelot de Lacroix, b. circa 1775, French general. On December 2, 1807, he wrote to Jefferson from Boston, Mass., applying for a commission in the United States army with permission to raise a batallion, and stated that he was two and thirty years of age; that he had the honour to belong to the staff of the gallant Moreau, and his extreme veneration for this great man had induced him to fix his residence in the country inhabited by him; that he had acted as a general officer in the army of the French colonies, and was for fifteen months chief of staff in the 66th regiment at Guadeloupe.

Samuel Mackay, captain in the United States army. In the above letter de Lacroix stated that if his request were granted he would earnestly solicit the appointment of Mr. Samuel Mackay, an old captain of the 14th Regiment of the United States, as his major." "11640","23","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 64, Military Tracts, 8vo, to wit, Shee, Godefroi, Truxtun. 1831 Catalogue, page 103, no. J. 160: Tracts, by Shee, Godefroi, and Truxtun, 8vo; 1806-'7.","","","i.","","","Shee, John.","","","

The title of this tract is not given in Jefferson's manuscript nor in any of the printed Library of Congress catalogues.

John Shee, General, was Commandant of the Philadelphia Militia Legion, and as such was in correspondence with Jefferson." "11650","23","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 64, Military Tracts, 8vo, to wit, Shee, Godefroi, Truxtun. 1831 Catalogue, page 103, no. J. 160: Tracts, by Shee, Godefroi, and Truxtun, 8vo; 1806-'7.","","","ii.","","","[Godefroi, Maximilian.]","Military Reflections on four modes of defence, for the United States, with a plan of defence, adapted to their circumstances, and the existing state of things . . . By Maxan. *** Ex-officer of the Etat Major in the service of S. M. T. C. Translated by Eliza Anderson. Baltimore: Printed by Joseph Robinson, 1807.","UA23 .G65","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 21 leaves: []4, B-E4, F1. At the end is a note that the pamphlet which is addressed to the members of Congress was published in August 1807, eighteen months after it was written.

Sabin 46998.

In the absence of any further information it cannot be certain that this was the pamphlet included in this collection. It is inserted as being the only one by Godefroi on this subject.

Maximilian Godefroi, French colonel, came to the United States as an exile in the spring of 1805, after sixteen months imprisonment in France. He was introduced to Jefferson by Stephen Cathalan junior, and obtained a position in the College of Baltimore as instructor in architecture, design, and fortifications." "11660","23","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 64, Military Tracts, 8vo, to wit, Shee, Godefroi, Truxtun. 1831 Catalogue, page 103, no. J. 160: Tracts, by Shee, Godefroi, and Truxtun, 8vo; 1806-'7.","","","iii.","","","Truxton, Thomas.","","","

Thomas Truxton, 1755-1822, naval officer, was the author of several works on naval tactics. It is not known which was in the Jefferson collection.

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are two printed documents, sent to Jefferson by Truxton. The title of the first, sent from Perth Amboy on August 20, 1804, reads: Commodore Thomas Truxton's Vindication. Published by Desire of his Friends. 1804. 7 pages 4to. The second, 4 pages 4to., was sent on September 25 in the same year. It is addressed to the President and deals with the means of prosecuting war with Tripoli." "11670","24","","","","Sr. Walter Raleigh's Essays,","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 9b, as above.","Raleigh, Sir Walter.","Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, by that Renowned and Learned Knight. Sir Walter Raleigh. Upon The first Invention of Shipping. The Misery of Invasive Warre, The Navy Royall and Sea Service. With his Apologie for his voyage to Guiana . . . London: Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650.","AC6 .R3","

First Edition. 8vo. 126 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. Vaughan, 4 leaves publisher's advertisement at the end.

Lowndes IV, 2040. Hazlitt IV, 323. Pforzheimer catalogue, 822. Brushfield 218.

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552?-1618, English military and naval commander and adventurer.

This book is listed by Jefferson in chapter 24 and omitted by him from this chapter." "11680","1","","","","Blackwell's art of defence.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 14, as above, 12mo.","Blackwell, Edward.","A Complete System of Fencing, or The Art of Defence in the use of the small-sword. Williamsburg: William Parks, 1734.","","

First Edition. 12mo.

Not in Sabin. Not in Evans. Not in Clayton-Torrence. Not in Wroth, William Parks, Printer & Journalist of England & Colonial America. John Carter Brown Library, Report for 1927, page 18.

Edward Blackwell, d. 1734, was probably the son of

Henry Blackwell, author of the English Fencing-master, on which A complete System of Fencing was based and provided with an American preface.

Only two copies of this book are now known, one in the British Museum and the other in the John Carter Brown Library, acquired after the publication of Dr. Wroth's monograph on William Parks." "11690","1","","","","Amusemens Physiques de Pinetti.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 68, as above, with the reading Amusements.","Pinetti, Giuseppe.","Amusemens physiques, et différentes expériences divertissantes, composées & exécutées, tant à Paris que dans les diverses Cours de l'Europe; par M. Joseph Pinetti de Willedai . . . Nouvelle édition, augmentée par l'Auteur de six nouvelles expériences physiques, & de nouvelles gravures. A Paris: chez Hardouin, Gattey [de l'Imprimerie de Laporte], 1785.","GV1547 .P64","

8vo. 54 leaves, plates by Thiery, one with a bust of Pinetti, advertisement on the back of the half-title.

Quérard VII, 179.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3. 13.

Giuseppe Pinetti, 1750-c. 1800, Italian conjuror, was at one time a professor of physics. He appeared in Paris, Berlin, London and other towns, and eventually retired to Russia, where he lost his fortune experimenting in aeronautics. Pinetti used several names, including Pinetti Willedai." "11700","1","","","","Le jeu des Echecs de Gioachimo Greco.","","24s","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 15, as above, with 16s. for 24s.","Greco, Gioachino, Calabrese.","Le Jeu des Eschets traduit de l'Italien de Gioachino Greco, Calabrois. A Paris: chez Denis Mouchet, 1714.","GV1442 .G76","

12mo. 184 leaves.

Quérard III, page 458. Lasa, 988. Schmid, page 187. Van der Linde, page 364.

Gioachino Greco, Calabrese, fl. 1640, Italian, was the most outstanding chess player of the seventeenth century. His book was frequently reprinted, and translated into several languages. The first translation into French was published in 1669." "11710","2","","","","Maniere de jouer aux echecs de Stamma.","","12mo","","","","","This book is not listed in the 1815 Library catalogue, though Stamma's name is in the Index with reference to chapter 15. The title is omitted from the later catalogues." "11720","3","Lambe's history of Chess. Philidore analyse des echecs 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 67, Lambe's History of Chess, and Philidore Analyse des Echecs, 8vo.","These two tracts were bound together.","Lambe's History of Chess.","","","","[Lambe, Robert.]","The History of Chess, together with short and plain instructions by which any one may easily play at it without the help of a teacher. London: Printed for J. Wilkie, and G. Frier, 1764.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 74 leaves: []4, B-S4, T2, folded diagram.

Halkett and Laing III, page 65. Lowndes III, page 1301. Schmid, page 221. Lasa 1456. Not in Cochrane.

Robert Lambe, 1712-1795, English author, was vicar of Norham, Northumberland." "11730","3","Lambe's history of Chess. Philidore analyse des echecs 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 67, Lambe's History of Chess, and Philidore Analyse des Echecs, 8vo.","These two tracts were bound together.","Philidore analyse des echecs.","","","","Philidor [i.e. François André Danican].","L'Analyze des Echecs: contenant une Nouvelle Methode pour apprendre en peu de tems à se Perfectioner dans ce Noble Jeu. Par. A. D. Philidor . . . A Londres, l'An 1749.","GV1444 .A1","

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves, woodcut vignette of two picking birds on the title-page. The Library of Congress copy, from which this collation is taken, is the second issue of the first edition.

Cochrane, A Treatise on the Game of Chess, page 370. Schmid 271. Lasa 1986. Van der Linde, page 391.

François André Danican, known as Philidor, 1726-1795, French composer and chess player. The change of name from Danican to Philidor occurred during the reign of Louis XIII, who, on hearing Michael Danican play the hautbois, exclaimed that he had found another Filidori.

Philidor was the leading chess player of the eighteenth century, and his book marks an epoch in the history of the game. The work was written in Holland but first published in England under the patronage of the Duke of Cumberland to whom it was dedicated. An English translation appeared in 1750, and since that time the book has been translated into many languages and frequently re-edited. During a stay in London, Philidor played a match with Philip Stamma, q. v., whom he defeated." "11740","4","","","","Traité des echecs du Caffé de Foy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 16, as above.","","Traité théorique et pratique du Jeu des échecs, par une Société d'Amateurs. Deuxième édition, revue et corrigée . . . A Paris: chez Stoupe, et au Café de la Régence, 1786.","","

12mo. 226 leaves: a6, A-S12, T4.

Not in Barbier. Cochrane, page 363. Gay, page 105. Van der Linde, page 414. Lasa 142.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript, in the same form as the dated manuscript catalogue above, with the price, 3 f 12.

The first edition was published in 1775. The Société d'Amateurs included Léger, Bernard, Carlier and Verdoni.

The Café de Foy was ''un des plus anciens et des plus illustres du Palais-Royal. Il fut ouvert, en 1749, par un ancien officier, M. de Foy.'' This Café was one of the starting points of the lawlessness of the Revolution." "11750","5","","","","Hoyle's games.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 17, as above.","Hoyle, Edmond.","A short treatise on the Game of Whist, containing the laws of the game: and also some rules, whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them attain to playing it well . . . By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. The Sixth edition . . . And also, never before published, A Dictionary for Whist . . . To which is added, An artificial Memory . . . London: Printed for T. Osborne, J. Hildyard at York, M. Bryson at Newcaste [sic], and J. Leake at Bath, 1746. [Price One Shilling.]—A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille . . . ib, 1745.—A short Treatise on the game of Piquet . . . The Second Edition . . . ib. 1746.—A short treatise on the game of Back-Gammon . . . ib, 1745.","","

12mo. No copy was seen for collation. The treatises on Quadrille, Piquet and Backgammon are included for the first time in this edition; each has a separate title-page. The treatise on Quadrille is the first edition of that work.

Notes and Queries, series 7, vol. viii, page 262.

Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769, English writer, was the first to write scientifically on whist, and the word Hoyle, in the course of time, came to be used for any book on games." "11760","1","","","","La Faye sur la Chaux des Romains.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 69, as above.","La Faye, Polycarpe de.","Recherches sur la Préparation que les Romains donnoient a la Chaux dont ils se servoient pour leurs constructions, & sur la composition & l'emploi de leurs Mortiers. Par M. de La Faye, Trésorier général des Gratifications des Troupes. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1777.","TP880 .R7L2","

First Edition. 8vo. 51 leaves.

Quérard IV, page 390.

Entered in and deleted from Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0." "11770","2","","","","Architecture rurale de Cointeraux.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 71, as above.","Cointeraux, François.","école d'Architecture rurale, ou Leçons par lesquelles on apprendra soi-même à batir solidement les maisons de plusieurs étages avec la terre seule, ou autres matériaux les plus communs et du plus vil prix. Ouvrage dédié aux Français, par François Cointeraux . . . A Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de J. Grand] chez l'Auteur, et chez les principaux Libraires de Paris et des provinces, Mars 1790-Novembre, 1791.","TH1421 .C67","

First Edition. 8vo. 4 parts. Part I, 28 leaves; part II, 40 leaves; part III, 31 leaves; part IV, 38 leaves; plates on tinted paper in each part; the titles and imprints vary, that to part III (which has continuous signatures and pagination) reads: Traité sur la Construction des Manufactures . . . and is without école d'Architecture and the cahier number.

Quérard II, 240. Not in Lacroix. Shaw, no. 158. This may be the book referred to by Jefferson in a letter written from Philadelphia on April 13, 1800, to William Short at Paris:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your's . . . of July 2. & 3. by m[???] Griffith, by whom also I recieved the Virgil stereotype & the book on the method of building in Pisé. I had seen buildings in this way near Lyons, and moreover had known the author at Paris, where he raised some walls to shew his manner: and afterwards, while I was secretary of state, the President recieved from him lengthy details & proportions on the same subject. how far it may offer benefit here superior to the methods of the country founded in the actual circumstances of the country as to the combined costs of labour & materials, and the circumstances of durability comfort & appearance, must be the result of calculation . . .

The ''lengthy details & proportions'', referred to above, were sent by Cointeraux to George Washington in 1792, and were concerned with the desire of the former to settle in the United States. On November 18, 1792, Washington sent the papers to Jefferson for report and were summed up by him thus:

Cointeraux' proposition to come over with his family of 7. persons to shew us how to build houses with mud walls & incombustible roofs & cielings, if we would pay their passage & give them a shop.

Jefferson's answer to Washington was of the same date, November 18, and contained a précis of the letter, including the fact that Cointeraux was fifty-one years of age. It ended by stating that the petition did not seem entitled to any particular answer.

Previous to this, in 1789, Cointeraux had sent to Jefferson a printed prospectus of his Attelier.

In 1808 Cointeraux sent Jefferson two pamphlets on Pisé building for the Philosophical Society. They were forwarded to Jefferson by Thomas T. Hewson, one of the secretaries on October 10, 1808. Jefferson returned them on October 29, mentioning that:

at the moment of my recieving them I knew that m[???] Fulton was building a wall of Pisé in the former manner, & therefore sent them to him . . .

Jefferson made a précis of Cointeraux's new method, now in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, 1¼ pages manuscript, headed: Pisé walls. Cointeraux's new method of 1808.

François Cointeraux, French architect of Lyons, where Pisé building had been practised for centuries. He was professor of rural architecture at Périne de Chaillot. See also no. 773." "11780","3","","","","Rural economy Johnson","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 72, Rural Economy, by Johnson, 8vo.","Johnson, Stephen William.","Rural Economy: containing a Treatise on Pisé Building; as recommended by the Board of Agriculture in Great Britain, with Improvements by the Author; on Buildings in general; particularly on the Arrangement of those belonging to Farms: on the Culture of the Vine; and on Turnpike Roads. With Plates. By S. W. Johnson. New-Brunswick, N. J.: Printed by William Elliot, for I. Riley & Co., 1806.","TH1421 .J7","

First Edition. 8vo. 123 leaves: []5, including the half-title, B-Z4 in a 24 letter alphabet, Aa-Gg4, Hh2, 8 numbered engraved plates.

Not in Sabin. Hitchcock J.3.

The dedication reads:

To Thomas Jefferson, Esq.

President of the United States.

Sir,

It having been the leading principle of the greatest statesmen that have benefited mankind, to regard with peculiar respect the welfare and advancement of Agriculture; and from the attention and interest which you have hitherto manifested in its prosperity, by your own valuable improvement in the plough, I feel a confidence in presenting you with a testimony of my attachment to rural life, and an attempt at some improvements in it. With these impressions, I dedicate this small volume to you, as a tribute of the respect and esteem of

your humble servant, S. W. Johnson.

Sonman's Hill, near New-Brunswick, N. J.

Stephen William Johnson, of New-Brunswick, N. J. was Master in Chancery. This book contains an account of Cointeraux and his work, see the previous entry." "11790","4","","","","Theatrum Machinarum universale.","","1. v. fol. & 1. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 73, as above, but with reading 1 v 8vo, and 1 v G folio, D.","Zyl, Johannis van.","Theatrum Machinarum Universale; of Groot Algemeen Moolen-Boek, Behelzende de Beschryving en Afbeeldingen van allerhande soorten van Moolens, der zelver Opstallen, en Gronden . . . Voor't grootste gedeelte getekent te Amsterdam door Johannis van Zyl, Moolenmaker van Lexmondt; en in't Koper gebragt door Jan Schenk. I. Deel. Te Amsterdam: by Petrus Schenk, 1761.","TJ144 .Z9","

Folio. 15 leaves, engraved frontispiece by I. Schenk after A. V. der Laan, engraved printer's device on the title which is printed in red and black, 56 engraved double-page plates, 1 folded; 8 double-page tabula, the last two numbered separately I and II, the leaves mounted on stubs, text in double columns.

Kemper, Repertorium der Literatuur van den Waterstaat van Nederland, 1028.

A separate issue of the text in 8vo. was published in the same year, a copy of which was apparently in Jefferson's library. Although the title-page reads I. Deel no more was published.

The dedication to Christian Henrik, Grave van Watzdorff, is signed by Petrus Schenck, Amsterdam, 12 April, 1734." "11800","5","","","","Evans's Millwright and miller.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 74, as above.","Evans, Oliver.","The Young Mill-Wright & Miller's Guide. In Five Parts—embellished with twenty five plates. Containing, Part I. Mechanics and Hydraulics . . . Part II. Rules for applying the theories to practice . . . Part III. Directions for constructing and using all the authors patented improvements in mills. Part IV. The art of manufacturing meal and flour in all its parts, as practised by the most skilful millers in America. Part V. The Practical Mill-Wright . . . Appendix . . . By Oliver Evans, of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed for, and sold by the Author, 1795.","TS2145 .E8","

First Edition. 8vo. 244 leaves, engraved plates; list of Subscribers at the end.

Sabin 23182. Evans 28644.

Oliver Evans, 1755-1819, inventor, a native of Delaware, was the first steam engine builder in the United States. He was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson concerning patents and other matters. The subscribers list at the end of this book includes the names of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson." "11810","6","","","","The Builder's Price book.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 75, as above.","","The Builder's Price-Book; containing a correct list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London, to the several artificers concerned in building. The Fifth Edition, corrected. By an experienced surveyor. London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1788.","","

Sm. 4to. 83 leaves; no copy of this edition was seen for collation.

A copy was bound for Jefferson by John March in August 1805, price .75.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the date, 1788, but without price.

The first edition was printed without date in London [?1775]." "11820","J. 7","","","","Rumford's essays.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 70, as above.","Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count von Rumford.","Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical. By Benjamin Count of Rumford . . . The First American, from the Third London, Edition. Vol. I [II]. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for David West [and others], March, 1798. [Vol. II. August, 1799.]","Q113 .R92","

First American Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 243 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by F. C. Trenchard, six pages of illustration in the text; vol. II, 211 leaves, 1 folded and 11 full-page plates by S. Hill.

Sabin 95466. Evans 34656 (vol. I).

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes; the signature of Geo. Humes on the flyleaves of vol. I, some passages marked in pencil. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Von Rumford, 1753-1814, American physicist, inventor and philanthropist, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society in London and the founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. His second wife was the widow of Lavoisier. The first edition of his collected Essays was published in London, 1796-1802, in four volumes. A third volume of the American edition appeared in 1802. The work contains chapters on fire-places and their construction, on American food and cookery and numerous other matters." "11830","1","","","","L'art de tourner par Plumier.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 104, as above.","Plumier, Charles.","L'Art de Tourner, ou de Faire en Perfection toutes sortes d'Ouvrages au Tour . . . Ouvrage très Curieux, et très Necessaire à ceux qui s'exercent au Tour. Composé en François & en Latin en faveur des Etrangers, & enrichi de prés de quatre-vingt Planches. Par le R. P. Charles Plumier, Religieux Minime. A Lyon: chez Jean Certe, 1701.","","

First Edition. Folio. 108 leaves, title-page in red and black, with engraved arms by Le Clerc, preceded by an engraved title within a border showing a turning lathe, tools, etc., with Imprimé par Les soins de Monsieur L'abbé Perichon . . . at the foot; engraved arms of Michel Begon by Le Clerc at the head of the dedication, on the first page of text an engraved headpiece showing a turner's shop manned by putti; the 71 plates of tools, etc. at the end by various engravers, French and Latin text printed in parallel columns.

Quérard VI, 219.

Charles Plumier, 1646-1704, religieux minime, French botanist and naturalist. He visited America twice, in 1693 and 1695, and in his dedication to Michel Begon, mentions that Je sçay que les Peuples de l'Amerique sont penetrez d'un si grand respect pour votre Personne, que vos simples ordonnances y sont encore observées comme des loix inviolables." "11840","2","","","","L'Art des experiences. par l'Abbé Nollet.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 19, as above, 12mo. 3 v.","Nollet, Jean Antoine, Abbé.","L'Art des Expériences, ou Avis aux Amateurs de la Physique, sur le Choix, la Construction et l'Usage des Instrumens; sur la Préparation et l'Emploi des Drogues qui servent aux Expériences. Par M. l'Abbé Nollet . . . Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez Durand, Neveu, 1784.","","

3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 266 leaves, 13 folded engraved plates; vol. II, 278 leaves, 23 folded engraved plates; vol. III, 266 leaves, 20 folded engraved plates; all alphabets in alternate eights and fours.

Quérard VI, 444. Poggendorff II, col. 296.

Jean Antoine Nollet, 1700-1770, French abbé, physicist and electrician, professor of experimental physics in the College of Navarre, was a member of the London Royal Society and of the Academy of Sciences at Paris. This work was originally published in 1770. The edition of 1784 consists of the third edition of the first, and the second edition of the other two volumes. In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue it is placed with the books on Turning. In the 1815 and later catalogues it is reclassified under Experiments." "11850","1","","","","Manner of making tar in Sweden.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 101, Tar, Manner of making Tar in Sweden, pam. 4to.","","Description de la Maniere dont on fait le Goudron en Suede. A Description of the Manner of making Tar in Sweden. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","Sm. 4to. 16 leaves, plates. French and English text on opposite pages." "11860","1","","","","l'art de conduire les Pendules par Berthoud.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 18, as above.","Berthoud, Ferdinand.","L'Art de Conduire et de Régler les Pendules et les Montres: A l'usage de ceux qui n'ont aucune connoissance d'Horlogerie. Par M. Ferdinand Berthoud, Horloger. A Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de H. L. Guerin, & L. F. Delatour] chez l'Auteur, et Michel Lambert, 1759.","TS545 .B54","

First Edition. 12mo. 48 leaves, 4 numbered engraved plates by P. P. Choffard; printers' imprint on verso of last leaf.

Quérard I, 306. Robertson, The Evolution of Clockwork, page 294. Salomons, Choffard, page 48.

Ferdinand Berthoud, 1727-1807, Swiss mechanic, marine instrument maker, clock maker etc." "11870","1","","","","White's collateral bee boxes.","","8vo","","","","","

White on bees was one of the books missing from his library about which Jefferson wrote to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with a request that he replace them if possible.

The name White is listed in the Index of the 1815 catalogue, with reference to chapter 15, but the title is not in the body of the work, and is not in the later catalogues." "11880","1","","","","Rei accipit rariae scriptores et de cura canum. Gr. Lat. Catalan.","","4to. Lutetiae. 1612.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 66, Rei Accipitrariæ Scriptores, et de cura Canum, Demetrius, Symmachus, Theodotion, Thuanus et Fracastorius, Gr. Lat. Catalan, p 4to Lutetial, 1612.","","Rei accipit rariæ scriptores nunc primum editi. Accessit [???]υνoσo&phis;ιoν. Liber de cura canum ex Biblioth. Regia Mediceæ. [Græce et latine Nic. Rigaltius edidit.] Lutetiæ: ex officina Nivelliana, sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, [or Typis regis excudebat C. Morellus] 1612.","","

First Edition. 4to. 3 parts in 1; the third part contains the poem by De Thou: De re accipitraria. No copy was seen for collation.

Brunet IV, 238. Schwerdt II, 136. Thiébaud 499.

Nicholas Rigault, 1577-1654, French scholar and historian." "11890","1","","","","Treatise of husbandry, spinning, weaving &c.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 78, as above.","Bradley, Richard.","A treatise concerning the manner of fallowing of ground, raising of grass seeds & training of lint & hemp for the increase & improvement of the linen manufactures in Scotland, published . . . by the . . . Society for improving in the knowledge of agriculture. Edinburgh: Fleming, 1724.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 87 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Loudon 1207. McDonald, page 208.

For other works by Bradley, see chapter 7, Agriculture." "11900","2","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 20, Truths on Manufactures, 12mo. 1831 Catalogue, page 101. no. J. 3: Truths on Manufactures, 16s; London, 1807.","","Truths on Manufactures. London, 1807.","","12mo. No copy was located for collation." "11910","1","","","","Elemens de l'art de teinture. par Bertholet.","","2. v. 8vo. Paris. Didot.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 79, as above, omitting Paris. Didot.","Berthollet, Claude Louis, Comte.","Eléments de l'Art de la Teinture. Par M. Berthollet, docteur en médecine des facultés de Paris & de Turin, des académies des sciences de Paris, Londres, Turin, Harlem & Manchester. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Firmin Didot, 1791.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 184 leaves, vol. II, 187 leaves.

Quérard I, 305. Poggendorff I, col. 166.

Claude Louis, Comte Berthollet, 1748-1822, French chemist. Jefferson mentioned his experiments in the invention of a fulminating powder and in bleaching, in letters to Bishop Madison (Paris, July 19, 1788) and to Doctor Currie in December of the same year." "11920","1","","","","Apicius Coelius de opsoniis et condimentis, sive arte Coquinaria.","","12mo. apud Waesburgios.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 23, as above.","Apicius, Coelius.","Apicii Coelii de Opsoniis et Condimentis, sive Arte Coquinaria, Libri Decem. Cum Annotationibus Martini Lister . . . et Notis selectioribus, variisque lectionibus integris, Humelbergii, Barthii, Reinesii, A. van der Linden, & Aliorum, ut & Variarum Lectionum Libello. Edito Secunda . . . Amstelodami: apud Janssonio-Wæsbergios, 1709.","TX713 .A65","

8vo. 178 leaves, engraved frontispiece of a kitchen by J. Goeere, title-page printed in red and black, text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Vicaire, col. 32. Bitting, page 13. Vehling, Apicius, page 268, no. 9.

A copy of Apicius Coelius de opsoniis. Listeri. Amstel. 8vo. [edition unspecified], was one of a list of desiderata sent by Jefferson on March 18, 1788, when in Amsterdam to Van Damme of that city.

Van Damme sent a copy of the 1709 edition as above on June 25, price 4/10.

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with Van Damme's price, 4/10.

Coelius Apicius was the reputed author of this collection of receipts, which date from the 3rd century A. D. The first edition was printed in Milan, 1498.

Martin Lister, 1638-1712, English zoologist, published his first edition of this work in 1705. His second edition, Amsterdam 1709, as above, is described by Vehling as typographically an excellent piece of work that would have done justice to the Elzevirs." "11930","2","","","","Dictionnaire Domestique.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 28, as above.","[Roux, Augustin.]","Dictionnaire Domestique Portatif . . . Ouvrage également utile à ceux qui vivent de leurs rentes ou qui ont des terres, comme aux Fermiers, aux Jardiniers, aux Commerçans, & aux Artistes. Par une Société de Gens de Lettres. [i. e. Augustin Roux, Jean Goulin and Fr. Alex. Aubert de La Chesnaye-Des-Bois.] Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez Vincent, 1762-4.","S411 .R78","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 280 leaves; vol. II, 298 leaves; vol. III, 322 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf of vol. I.

Barbier I, 972. Quérard VIII, 249. Vicaire, col. 277. Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 17-2." "11940","3","","","","Eale's complete Confectioner.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 27, Eale's Cookery, 12mo. 1849 Catalogue, page 307. no. 17, Eales, Mrs.: Compleat Confectioner; or, the Art of Candying and Preserving in its Utmost Perfection, 12mo; London, 1742.","Eales, Mary.","The Compleat Confectioner; or, the Art of Candying and preserving in its utmost perfection. London, 1742.","","

12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

Bitting, page 139. Oxford, page 99.

Mary Eales, fl. 1718, English confectioner ''to her late Majesty, Queen Anne.'' The first edition of this book was published, with a different title, in 1718. Bitting, in her note to that edition states: ''There is also an edition of 1742, with a second part giving a few pages on the cooking of fish and meat and a long section on brewing and wine making.''" "11950","4","","","","Avis au peuple sur leur premier besoin. Abbe Baudau.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 24. Avisau peuple sur leur premier besoin [le pain,] par l'Abbé Baudau, 12mo.","Baudeau, Nicolas, Abbé.","Avis au Peuple sur son premier Besoin; par M. l'Abbé Baudeau. Nouvelle Édition, revue & corrigée par l'Auteur. A Amsterdam: et se trouve à Paris, chez Fr. Ambr. Didot ainé, 1774.","HF2651 .G848.B3","

12mo. 162 leaves; woodcut device with the author's monogram, N. B. on the title-page.

Quérard I, 217.

Nicolas Baudeau, abbé, French economist. The first edition of this work on the premier besoin [bread] was published anonymously in 1768. Baudeau was one of the physiocrats, see chapter 24." "11960","5","","","","Avis sur la maniere de faire le pain. par Parmentier.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 25, as above.","Parmentier, Antoine-Auguste.","Avis aux bonnes ménagères des villes et des campagnes sur la meilleure maniere de faire leur pain. Par M. Parmentier. Londres et Paris: Barrois l'ainé, 1782.","","

12mo. 48 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard VI, 604. This edition not in the Huzard catalogue. Vicaire, col. 656. Not in Bitting.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 1-.

For a note on Parmentier see no. 741.

The original edition was published in 1777; the treatise was originally intended to form part of Le Parfait Boulanger, 1778. See the next entry." "11970","6","","","","Le parfait Boulanger. par Parmentier.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 86, as above.","Parmentier, Antoine-Auguste.","Le Parfait Boulanger, ou Traité complet sur la Fabrication & le Commerce du Pain. Par M. Parmentier . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1778.","TX769 .P25","

First Edition. 8vo. 348 leaves:

Quérard VI, 605. Vicaire, Bibliographie Gastronomique, col. 656. Bitting, page 357.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6.0." "11980","7","","","","Memoire sur le Maïs. par Parmentier.","","4to","","","","","Another copy of no. 662. Not listed in this chapter in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue. The entry in the undated manuscript catalogue states that the book was a quarto, broché and cost 6.0." "11990","8","","","","Parmentier sur les Pommes de terre.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 26, as above.","Parmentier, Antoine-Auguste.","Les Pommes de Terre, considérées relativement à la santé & à l'économie: Ouvrage dans lequel on traite aussi du froment & du riz; Par M. Parmentier. A Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Thiboust] chez Nyon l'aîné, 1781.","SB211 .P8P25","

First Edition. 12mo. 138 leaves, printer's imprint on the verso of the last leaf; list of books by the same author on the verso of the first leaf.

Quérard VI, 605. Vicaire, col. 657.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2-5.

Parmentier was so successful in establishing the potato in France that it was proposed to change the name pomme de terre to parmentière." "12000","9","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 88, Resultats de la fabrication des Sirops et des Conserves de Raisins, par Parmentier, 8vo.","Parmentier, Antoine-Auguste.","Aperçu des Résultats obtenus de la fabrication des Sirops et des Conserves de Raisins; dans le cours des années 1810 et 1811, pour servir de suite au Traité publié sur cette matière; avec une Notice historique et chronologique du Corps sucrant: par A.-A. Parmentier. Paris: Méquignon l'aîné, 1812.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Quérard VI, 603. Huzard catalogue II, 1781. This edition not in Bitting and not in Vicaire.

This pamphlet is entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue:

Methode de conserver les graines et les farines par Parmentier. 12mo. [tracts." "12010","10","","","","Art du Meunier, Vermicellier et Boulanger par Malouin.","","fol.","In the Index only of the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","This book was not delivered to Congress. The author's name is listed in the Index of the 1815 catalogue, with reference to chapter 15. The book is not in the 1815 nor in the later Library of Congress catalogues. It is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript with the price 12. +" "12020","1","","","","Fabrication de la poudre à canon. par Cossigny.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. nos. 90 and 91; no. 90 as above, no. 91, Supplement sur la Fabrication de la Poudre à Canon, par Cossigny, 8vo.","Charpentier de Cossigny, Joseph François.","Recherches physiques et chimiques sur la Fabrication de la Poudre à Canon, contenant des Observations et des Expériences nouvelles; Par M.J.-F. Charpentier Cossigny . . . A Paris: chez Ant. Bailleul, Magimel, (An 1807.)—Supplément aux Recherches Physiques et Chimiques sur la Fabrication de la Poudre à Canon, Par J.-F. Charpentier-Cossigny . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Gagnard, 1808.","TP272.C48 TP272.C49","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 211 leaves; vol. II, 160 leaves.

Quérard II, 140. Bertholet, page 141.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author through David Baillie Warden, who wrote to Jefferson from Paris on June 12, 1808, to say that he had sent certain books, including Cossignys's work on Powder &c., the authors of which were anxious to hear of their arrival.

This refers to the first part only which Jefferson had bound by Milligan, cost $0.50, listed on his bill under date April 30, 1808.

Joseph François Charpentier de Cossigny, 1730-1809, French naturalist, was capitaine-ingénieur du roi." "12030","1","","","","Fennel's plan of salt works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 89, as above.","Fennell, James.","Description of the Principles and Plan of Proposed Establishments of Salt Works; for the Purpose of Supplying the United States with home made Salt. By James Fennell. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, 1798.","TN900 .F33","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 30 leaves.

Sabin 24066. Evans 33729.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Philadelphia, June 6, 1798:

To you as a philosopher, and a man of science I take the liberty of submitting the treatise which accompanies this letter; and, urged by a consideration that the subject is of consequence to the United States, I further presume to request that you will be good enough to favour me with such observations as may occur to you on the perusal of it, tending to designate error or facilitate improvement.

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on June 12:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Fennel for the Dissertation on his method of making salt. the theory is certainly promising. what may be the actual result depends on so many circumstances as to require experiment to found an estimate. having no experience on the subject himself, he is entirely unable to give an opinion; but doubts not that m[???] Fennel has sufficiently verified his process by experiment to justify his conclusions. he sincerely wishes him success, and apprehends the circumstances of the times are likely to befriend his undertaking.

James Fennell, 1766-1816, English actor and dramatist, came to America in 1793 at the invitation of the manager of the Philadelphia Theatre, and settled in the United States. This book, dedicated to John Adams, the President, explains his plan to extract the salt from sea water, and in 1814 he established salt works near New London, Connecticut. All his salt plans resulted in financial loss." "12040","1","","","","The London & country Brewer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 82, as above.","[Ellis, William.]","The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, as practised both in Town and Country; according to Observations made by the Author in Four Years Travels through the several Counties in England. Also, the Method of preserving Liquors in the Cask, and Directions to be observed in Bottling them. In Three Parts. To which is added, A Supplement. By a Person formerly concerned in a Publick Brewhouse in London. The Sixth Edition. London: Printed for T. Astley; and Sold by R. Baldwin, jun., 1750.","","

8vo. 3 parts in I. 180 leaves, separate title-page for each of the 3 parts and the Supplement; advertisement of Ellis's Compleat System of Experienced Improvements, 1750, on the verso of A4 at the beginning, and 8 leaves of publisher's advertisements at the end.

Schoellhorn, Bibliographie des Brauwesens, page 242, no. 56.

This book was used by Jefferson for the brewing at Monticello. On September 17, 1813, he wrote to Captain Merewether:

I lent you some time ago the London & Country brewer and Cambrun's book [q. v. no. 1206] on the same subject. we are this day beginning, under the directions of Capt Millar, the business of brewing Malt liquors, and if these books are no longer useful to you I will thank you for them, as we may perhaps be able to derive some information from them. Accept the assurance of my respect & consideration.

William Ellis, c. 1700-1758, English writer on agriculture. The first edition of this work was published in 1735." "12050","2","","","","Richardson's Philosophl. principles of brewing.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 84, as above.","Richardson, John.","The Philosophical Principles of the Science of Brewing; containing Theoretic Hints on an Improved Practice of Brewing Malt-Liquors; and Statical Estimates of the Materials for Brewing, or a Treatise on the Application and Use of the Saccharometer; being New Editions, corrected, of those Treatises, with the Addition of the Use of the Saccharometer Simplified, &c. &c. By John Richardson. York: Printed by A. Ward, for G. G. and J. Robinson, London; T. Browne, Hull; C. Elliot, Edinburgh; Luke White, Dublin; and T. White, Cork, 1788.","TP569 .R5","

First Complete Edition. 8vo. in fours. 190 leaves, engraved folded plate as frontispiece by Morris after J. Richardson; the titles for the earlier separate editions of some of the treatises included.

Not in Lowndes. Schoellhorn, Bibliographie des Brauwesens, page 244, no. 90.

John Richardson, fl. 1790, was a native of Hull, England. He is the earliest writer to treat scientifically of the processes of brewing, and the first to bring to the knowledge of brewers the use of the saccharometer." "12060","3","","","","Combrun's theory & practice of brewing.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 83, as above.","Combrune, Michael.","The Theory and Practice of brewing. By Michael Combrune . . . A new edition, corrected and greatly enlarged by the author. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood [and others], by J. Wright, 1804.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation. The copy in the Library of Congress disappeared during the prohibition era.

Schoellhorn, page 266, no. 115. One Hundred Years of Brewing, page 46.

Jefferson bought his copy from W. & S. Jones, London, through Mr. Tunnicliffe, on August 3, 1805, price 8/-. It was described by Jefferson in his letter to Tunnicliffe (dated from Washington April 25, 1805) as Combrun on brewing. an old publication. much desired.

On September 17, 1813, Jefferson wrote to Captain Merewether:

I lent you some time ago the London & Country brewer and Combrun's book on the same subject. we are this day beginning, under the directions of Capt. Millar, the business of brewing Malt liquors, and if these books are no longer useful to you I will thank you for them, as we may perhaps be able to derive some information from them . .

The next day, September 18, Jefferson wrote to N. G. Dufief:

. . . in the Aurora of Sep. 7. I see a book advertised as under publication at N. York under the title of 'the American brewer & Malster' which, as teaching the method of malting Indian corn I should be very glad to get. could you procure it for me if published or when published . . .

On September 29 Dufief replied:

. . . The ''American Brewer & Malster'' n'a point encore paru. Je veille cet ouvrage pour vous l'envoyer aussitôt qu'il sera Imprimé. J'ai deux ouvrages on brewing l'un intitulé ''the philosophical principles of the Science of Brewing, by Richardson & l'autre the Theory & practice of brewing by Combrune . . .

In a letter to James Barbour, dated from Monticello May 11, 1821, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have no reciept for brewing, & I much doubt if the operations of malting & brewing could be successfully performed from a reciept. if it could, Combrune's book on the subject would teach the best processes: and perhaps might guide to ultimate success with the sacrifice of 2. or 3. trials . . .

Michael Combrune, fl. 1762, apparently lived in England. The use of the thermometer in brewing was recommended for the first time in the first edition of this book, 1762." "12070","1","","","","Smith's Distillery.","","8vo","In Index only of the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","Smith's Distillery 8vo. printed in Philã. was one of the list of missing books supplied by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815 after the sale of his library, with a request that he supply replacement copies. The author is listed in the Index of the 1815 catalogue, with reference to this chapter, but there is no entry in the body of the work." "12080","2","","","","Krafft's American distiller.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 85, as above.","Krafft, Michael.","The American Distiller, or, the Theory and Practice of Distilling, according to the latest Discoveries and Improvements, including the most improved methods of constructing stills, and of Rectification. By Michael Krafft, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, distiller. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Archibald Bartram, Printer, 1804.","TP590 .K89","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 123 leaves, 2 folded plates.

Sabin 38294. Bitting, page 265.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author.

The book is dedicated to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq. President of the United States of America, the dedication dated from Bristol (Pennsylvania) May 25, 1804.

Concerning his work and the dedication, Krafft first wrote to Jefferson from Bristol on April 24, 1804:

. . . For three years last past I have been diligently employed in experimenting (under weighty expence) principally on subjects immediately interesting to my Country such as that of our Domestic Distilleries &c. facts proved, and final results from which I have the strongest Conviction must ultimately tend to facilitate the rising interests of Community. These together with the general system of Domestic Distillery I have arranged in the form of an 8o. volume of about 400 pages entitled The American Distiller, of the first part of which the enclosed are proof sheets (as a sample) . . . May I claim your Excys permission to dedicate this work to you, as a safeguard against its falling into the general wreck of oblivion which the Discountenance of envy may wish to consign it . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 29:

I have recieved your letter of the 24th. and therein the expression of a desire which is acceptable inasmuch as it is a manifestation of your dispositions towards me. I see too with great satisfaction every example of bending science to the useful purposes of life. hitherto Chemistry has scarcely deigned to look to the occupations of domestic life. when she shall have made intelligible to the ordinary householder the philosophy of making bread, butter, cheese, soap, beer, cyder, wine, vinegar &c. these daily comforts will keep us ever mindful of our obligations to her. the art of distilling which you propose to explain, besides it's household uses, is valuable to the agriculturalist, as it enables him to put his superfluous grain into a form which will bear long transportation to markets to which the raw material could never get . . .

On May 11 Krafft sent to Jefferson for his approval a copy of the dedication which will be put to press on the 1st of June next (the whole work being finished except the plates). Your silence on that head untill that period will be construed favorably . . .

On December 21, Jefferson wrote to thank Krafft for sending him a copy:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Krafft and his thanks for the volume on distilling which he has been so kind as to send him. he owes him particular acknolegements for the obliging terms in his dedication: but is sensible that the book possesses, in it's own merits, the best of all titles to the public esteem.

Michael Krafft, b. c. 1775, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was, according to a statement in his letter to Jefferson, 29 years of age in 1824. He also explained that he had no pecuniary interest in the sale of the work." "","10","","","","Art de faire le vin par Maupin.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 54, unnumbered. [Art de faire le Vin, par Maupin, 12mo in Ch. 7, No. 11]","","","","

For this title see no. 818.

No. 11 in chapter 7 is Traite de la vigne de Bidet et Duhamel, 2 v 12mo, and not Maupin's work which is no. 50 in the 1815 Catalogue." "12090","2","","","","Art de faire le vin par Cossigny.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 80, as above.","Charpentier de Cossigny, Joseph François.","Observations sur ''L'art de faire le vin'' par Mr. J. A. Chaptal . . . Par J. F. Charpentier Cossigny. Paris: Imprimerie de Gagnard, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 62 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Quérard. Simone, page 18.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost 50 cents.

For a note on Charpentier de Cossigny, see no. 1202 above. For Chaptal's work, see no. 787." "12100","3","","","","Fabbroni dell' arte di fare il vino.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 21, as above.","Fabbroni, Adamo.","Dell' Arte di fare il vino, ragnionamento di Adamo Fabbroni. Firenze, 1787.","","

First Edition. 12mo; no copy was seen for collation.

Simone, page 45.

Jefferson's copy was a gift to him from the author, whose brother, Jean [Giovanni] Fabbroni, wrote to Jefferson from Florence on March 25, 1789:

. . . Mr Short a bien voulu se charger d'un Livre de mon frere pour vous. Le sujet est assez interessant, car il s'agit de la Theorie de la fermentation des vins. Cela pourroit-il lui meriter l'honneur d'être admis dans la Societé de Phyladelphie? . . .

Jefferson replied from Paris on May 24:

. . . be so good also as to convey to your brother my acknoledgements for the present of his book on the subject of wine, a subject interesting to me, and which had not before been philosophically treated . . .

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Other works by Fabbroni are in other chapters in this catalogue. This work was not printed by the American Philosophical Society and its author was not made a member." "12110","1","","","","Knight on the culture of the apple & pear, cyder & perry.","","12mo. 1801. Ludlow. Proctor. Longman & Rees Paternoster row. White Fleetstreet.","1815 Catalogue, page 51. no. 22, as above, omitting imprint.","Knight, Thomas Andrew.","A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry. By T. A. Knight, Esq. Second Edition, enlarged. Ludlow: Printed and sold by H. Procter; sold also by T. Hurst, Pater-Noster-Row, London; and all other Booksellers, 1802.","SB356 .K7","

12mo. 91 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

This edition not in Lowndes. Bradley III, 426 (London, 1802). This edition not in Bitting. Not in McDonald.

The above title is from the copy in the Library of Congress. Jefferson's copy was of an earlier issue with a different title-page also reading Second edition, enlarged, but with White, Fleetstreet included in the imprint, and the date 1801.

The book was recommended to Jefferson by Colonel Pickering, who on December 3, 1804 lent him his copy and wrote:

Agreeably to the conversation of last Saturday, Colo. Pickering presents for Mr. Jefferson's perusal, Knight's treatise on the culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the making of Cider & Perry; persuaded that he will derive some useful information from his facts and practical details, and much pleasure from his ingenious theories . . .

Jefferson returned Pickering's copy, and obtained one for himself through Mr. Tunnicliffe, to whom Jefferson wrote from Washington on April 25, 1805, sending a list of articles he wished him to procure in London. The postscript, dated April 26, read:

Th: Jefferson asks the favor of m[???] Tunnicliff to add one other book to the list he sent him yesterday. Knight on the culture of the apple and pear, cider and perry, 12mo. printed in 1801. by Ludlow, Proctor, Longman and Rees, paternoster row, white Fleetstreet.

On December 6 of that year, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Colonel Pickering:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & thanks to m[???]. Pickering for the accomodation offered of his copy of Knight's book. the bill which he had recieved from the gentleman who was to procure him a copy had expressly stated it was not to be bought in London; and this was all Th: J. knew of the matter when he had the pleasure of seeing m[???]. Pickering: but this morning the gentleman called on Th: J. and presented him a copy of the book, informing that as soon as he found it was not to be had in the book stores, he got the address of the author & went to him and obtained a copy from him . . .

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March on April 26, 1806, cost 75 cents, the bill receipted by Milligan on behalf of March, May 30, 1806.

Thomas Andrew Knight, 1759-1838, English vegetable physiologist and horticulturalist, was born in Ludlow, Herefordshire. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Linnean Society, and president of the Horticultural Society from 1811 until his death.

This book was also listed by Jefferson in chapter 7, Agriculture." "12120","","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M M. Robert. Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam. Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures. Plan d'un etablissement d'education nationale. Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 100, Tracts in the Arts, Aerostatiques, Bird, Whitehurst, Education. Maupin, 4to.","These tracts were bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to, by John March, in August, 1805. They are similarly entered, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M. M. Robert.","i.","","","Robert, Frères.","Mémoire sur les Expériences Aérostatiques faites par MM. Robert frères, Ingénieurs-Pensionnaires du Roi. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1784.","TL620 .R6A3","

First Edition. 4to. 11 leaves: []1, A-B4, C2, engraving on the title representing three men in a balloon riding above the clouds below which a village is being deluged by an electric storm; imprimatur at the end dated 29 Oct. 1784.

Brockett, Bibliography of Aeronautics, 10412." "12130","","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M M. Robert. Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam. Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures. Plan d'un etablissement d'education nationale. Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 100, Tracts in the Arts, Aerostatiques, Bird, Whitehurst, Education. Maupin, 4to.","These tracts were bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to, by John March, in August, 1805. They are similarly entered, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam.","ii.","","","Ludlam, William.","An introduction and notes, on Mr. Bird's Method of dividing astronomical instruments. To which is added, a Vocabulary of English and French technical terms . . . London: J. Sewell, 1786.","","

First Edition. 4to; no copy was seen for collation.

Poggendorff I, col. 1510.

Jefferson ordered this book from Stockdale, writing from Paris on July 1, 1787, and mentioning the publisher and the date:

Ludlam's introduction & notes on Bird's method of dividing astronomical instruments. Sewel. 1786.

William Ludlam, 1717-1788, English mathematician.

John Bird, English mathematical instrument maker. His book The Method of dividing Astronomical Instruments was originally issued in 1767. It was reissued in 1785 with his The Method of constructing Mural Quadrants . . . (1768), bound in one volume and supplemented by Ludlam's work, published at the expense of Alexander Aubert." "12140","","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M M. Robert. Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam. Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures. Plan d'un etablissement d'education nationale. Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 100, Tracts in the Arts, Aerostatiques, Bird, Whitehurst, Education. Maupin, 4to.","These tracts were bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to, by John March, in August, 1805. They are similarly entered, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures.","iii.","","","[Whitehurst, John.]","An Attempt toward obtaining invariable Measures of Length, Capacity, and Weight, from the Mensuration of Time, independent of the Mechanical Operations requisite to ascertain the Center of Oscillation, or the true Length of Pendulums. [London: 1787.]","QE508 .D6","

First Edition. 4to. 33 leaves: []1, B-I4, 3 engraved folded plates, woodcut illustrations; sig. H1 has the half-title for the Appendix to Mr. Whitehurst's Attempt toward obtaining an invariable Measure. By the Editor, and sig. H4 for Three Papers, on different Subjects, from the Philosophical Transactions; each tract with separate pagination; on I1 verso of the last tract begins Account of a Machine for raising Water, executed at Oulton, in Cheshire, in 1772. In a Letter from Mr. John Whitehurst to Dr. Franklin.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes.

John Whitehurst, 1713-1788, English horologer. See also no. 641." "12150","","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M M. Robert. Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam. Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures. Plan d'un etablissement d'education nationale. Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 100, Tracts in the Arts, Aerostatiques, Bird, Whitehurst, Education. Maupin, 4to.","These tracts were bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to, by John March, in August, 1805. They are similarly entered, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Plan d'un establissement d'education nationale.","iv.","","","Bourdon De La Crosnière, Leonard Jean Joseph.","Plan d'un établissement d'education nationale, autorisée par arrêt du conseil du 5 Octobre, 1778—Supplément.—Prospectus d'un plan d'éducation nationale . . . Orléans: imprimé de Courset de Villeneuve, 1788.","","

First Edition. 3 parts in 1. 4to; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Quérard.

Léonard Jean Joseph Bourdon De La Crosnière, born in 1788, French educationalist, was a member of the National Convention." "12160","","Tracts in the arts. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoires sur les experiences aerostatiques par M M. Robert. Bird's method of dividing Astronomical instruments by Ludlam. Whitehurst's attempt towards invariable measures. Plan d'un etablissement d'education nationale. Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 100, Tracts in the Arts, Aerostatiques, Bird, Whitehurst, Education. Maupin, 4to.","These tracts were bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to, by John March, in August, 1805. They are similarly entered, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Eclaircissements concernant la vigne, les vins etc. par Maupin.","v.","","","","","","

It is not quite clear which of Maupin's numerous pamphlets on Wine was included in this set of tracts.

Jefferson's entry reads as above. The entry in the 1849 catalogue reads: M. Maupin sur la Vigne, les Vins, les Terres, les Grains, &c., &c., 4to: Paris, 1785.

A pamphlet in 8vo. was published in 1784, of which the title includes ''la Vigne, les Vins, les Terres, les Grains'':

Supplément nécessaire à la science des académies . . . ou nouvelle demonstration . . . de mes principales découvertes concernant la vigne, les vins, les cidres, les terres, les grains, les bois . . . par M. Maupin. Paris: Musier, 1784." "12170","","Tracts on Steam engines by Rumsey & Fitch. . . . . Prospectus de la fourniture des eaux de la Seine par les machines à feu. Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de la Seine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 76, Instruments, Tracts on Steamengines, by Rumsey and Fitch, the Seine, 8vo.","Four tracts bound together; entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Tracts on Steam engines by Rumsey & Fitch.","i.","","","Rumsey, James.","Explanation of a steam engine, and the method of applying it to propel a boat. Invented by James Rumsey, of Berkeley County, Virginia. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1788.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 9 leaves, 3 plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Evans 21440.

Concerning Rumsey and his steam engine, Jefferson wrote in a letter to Dr. Willard, from Paris, on March 24, 1789:

. . . Mr. Rumsey has also obtained a patent for his navigation by the force of steam in England and is solliciting a similar one here. his principal merit is in the improvement of the boiler, and, instead of the complicated machinery of oars and paddles proposed by others, the substitution of so simple a thing as the reaction of a stream of water on his vessel. he is building a sea-vessel at this time in England and she will be ready for an experiment in May. he has suggested a great number of mechanical improvements in a variety of branches; and upon the whole is the most original and the greatest mechanical genius I have ever seen . . .

On April 27, 1790, in a letter to William Short, Jefferson wrote:

. . . what is become of Rumsey & his steam-ship? not a word is known here. I fear therefore he has failed . . .

James Rumsey, 1743-1792, inventor, was a native of Maryland. In 1788 the Rumseian Society, formed by the American Philosophical Society to finance his inventions, sent him to England to secure his patents, on account of the public's interest in his rival, John Fitch, q. v. After Rumsey's arrival in London he was recommended to the notice of Jefferson by Benjamin Vaughan, in a letter dated July 11, 1788, in which he requested Jefferson to attend to Rumsey's interests, and explained that Mr Rumsey is patronized by Gen. Washington, Dr. Franklin, & other respectable persons, notwithstanding he has a competitor in Pensylvania; which is my apology for presuming to write to you upon this occasion, & for requesting the favor that no delay may be used . . .

Jefferson complied with Benjamin Vaughan's request. He answered Vaughan's letter on July 23 to explain the steps he had already taken, and from that time on continued to interest himself on Rumsey's behalf." "12180","","Tracts on Steam engines by Rumsey & Fitch. . . . . Prospectus de la fourniture des eaux de la Seine par les machines à feu. Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de la Seine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 76, Instruments, Tracts on Steamengines, by Rumsey and Fitch, the Seine, 8vo.","Four tracts bound together; entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","","ii.","","","Fitch, John.","The original steam-boat supported; or, a reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet. Shewing the true priority of John Fitch, and the false datings, &c. of James Rumsey. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, junr., 1788.","VM619 .F54","

First Edition. 8vo. 27 leaves: []4, B-D4, E1, A-B4, C2; the second alphabet is for a reprint of Rumsey's pamphlet with separate pagination and caption title: A Plan wherein the power of steam is fully shewn, by a new constructed machine, for propelling boats or vessels, or any burthen, against the most rapid streams or rivers, with great velocity. Also, a machine, constructed on similar philosophical principles, by which water may be raised for grist or saw-mills, watering of meadows, &c. &c. By James Rumsey, of Berkeley County, Virginia.

Evans 21092.

A second issue of Fitch's tract in the same year was without the reprint of Rumsey's pamphlet, which had been issued without title-page, probably in Winchester. Jefferson may have had the separate issue of both the tracts, or the combined issue as above.

In a letter to Jefferson written from Dover on June 6 1789, Rumsey mentioned the dispute between Mr. Fitch and himself, and the effect it had had on the granting of patents.

On October 14, 1789, Jefferson wrote to Rumsey from Cowes on his way to the United States:

. . . I am sincerely sorry not to have known the result of your experiment for steam navigation before my departure . . . as I feel infinitely interested in it's success, would you be so good, my dear Sir, as to drop me a line on the subject as soon as the experiment shall be made . . .

John Fitch, 1743-1798, inventor and metal craftsman, began experimenting with a steam boat in 1785. The rival claims of Fitch and Rumsey for the invention of the steamboat resulted in the publication of several pamphlets." "12190","","Tracts on Steam engines by Rumsey & Fitch. . . . . Prospectus de la fourniture des eaux de la Seine par les machines à feu. Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de la Seine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 76, Instruments, Tracts on Steamengines, by Rumsey and Fitch, the Seine, 8vo.","Four tracts bound together; entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Prospectus de la fourniture des eaux de la Seine par les machines à feu.","iii.","","","Arnal, Etienne, dit Scipion d', abbé.","Prospectus de la navigation générale des rivières du royaume par le moyen de la machine à feu. Inventé par M. l'abbé d'Arnal, chanoine de la cathédrale d'Alais . . . Paris: imprimé de L. Jorry, 1781.","","

4to.

In a letter to Thomas Paine, dated from Paris on December 23, 1788, Jefferson wrote of D'Arnal's project:

. . . there is an Abbé Arnal at Nimes who has obtained an exclusive privilege for navigating the rivers of this country by the aid of the steam-engine. this interests m[???] Rumsay who had hoped the same thing. D'Arnal's privilege was published in a paper of the 10th of November. probably therefore his application for it was previous to the delivery of m[???] Rumsay's papers to the Secretary of the academy of sciences, which was in the latter part of the month of August. however, D'Arnal is not a formidable competitor. he is not in circumstances to make any use himself of his privilege, and he has so illy succeeded with a steam-mill he erected at Nimes, that he is not likely to engage others to venture in his projects . . .

In 1787 Jefferson was in correspondence on scientific matters with the Abbé d'Arnal." "12200","","Tracts on Steam engines by Rumsey & Fitch. . . . . Prospectus de la fourniture des eaux de la Seine par les machines à feu. Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de la Seine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 76, Instruments, Tracts on Steamengines, by Rumsey and Fitch, the Seine, 8vo.","Four tracts bound together; entered without price in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de l'eau de la Seine.","iv.","","","","Rapport des Commissaires sur la qualité de l'eau de la Seine. [Paris, 1781.]","","8vo." "12210","","","","","Komarzewski's Theodolite. pamphlet.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 52. no. 105, as above.","Komarzewski, Jan Chrzciciel.","Memoir on a subterranean graphometer, invented to supersede the compass in the operations of mining. Paris, 1803.","","

Folio. No copy was seen for collation.

Jan Chrzciciel Komarzewski, 1748-1810, Polish general. This treatise was originally published in French in the same year, and reprinted in the Journal des Mines, vol. 14." "12220","","Tracts on potash & maple sugar. 8vo. viz Williamos on potash—Hopkins on do.—remarks on the manufacture of maple-sugar.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 87, Tracts on Potash and Maple Sugar, Williamos, Hopkins, remarks on Maple Sugar, 8vo.","","Williamos on potash.","i.","","","[Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent]—Williamos, Charles.","The Art of Manufacturing Alkaline Salts and Potashes, Published by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, and approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences. Translated from the French, by Charles Williamos, Esquire. To which will be speedily added, An Appendix, stating sundry Experiments intended to be made on the different species of Woods, Shrubs and Plants of North America, in order to ascertain the value of their Ashes, as well as the quality and quantity of alkaline Salts contained in them. [Without name of place or printer, n.d.]","TP245 .P8A7","

First Edition. 8vo. 29 leaves: []4, A-C8, D1, 4 folded engraved plates by de la Gardette.

Barbier I, col. 287.

Charles Williamos, fl. 1773-1785, soldier. Letters between Jefferson and Williamos in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, written in 1785 when both were in Paris, make it clear that Captain Williamos was an officer on half-pay in the British service. Jefferson wrote to him:

. . . you could not as yet be a citizen of it [i. e. our new republic] as you had visited it only for two or three months since the peace, and were still as I had understood an officer on half pay in the British service . . .

In his reply Williamos mentioned that he had served under General Lee in the last war.

The death of Captain Williamos, which occurred before February 8, 1786, on which date Jefferson mentioned it in a letter to Madison, was the cause of Jefferson's consent to the translation of his Notes on Virginia into French. A full account of the incident, occasioned by Williamos's copy of the Notes having fallen after his death into the hands of a bookseller, will be found in several of Jefferson's letters to his friends, written at that time." "12230","","Tracts on potash & maple sugar. 8vo. viz Williamos on potash—Hopkins on do.—remarks on the manufacture of maple-sugar.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 87, Tracts on Potash and Maple Sugar, Williamos, Hopkins, remarks on Maple Sugar, 8vo.","","Hopkins on do.","ii.","","","Hopkins, Samuel.","Address to the Manufacturers of Pot and Pearl Ash. New-York, 1791.","","

8vo. No copy has been located.

Not in Sabin. Not in Smith.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author who wrote from New York, June 27, 1791:

I take the liberty of offering for thy acceptance an address to the Manufacturers of Pot & Pearlash, containing an account of the process &c according to the Principles of my Patent—Thou wilt observe my having succeeded in Canada, and by accounts from those who have commenced opperating I am flattered to believe that the business is in a fair way of fully answering what I have held out.

After making some further arrangements here propose returning to Philadelphia when intend personally to wait on thee, and hope I shall have it in my power to give farther satisfaction." "12240","","Tracts on potash & maple sugar. 8vo. viz Williamos on potash—Hopkins on do.—remarks on the manufacture of maple-sugar.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 87, Tracts on Potash and Maple Sugar, Williamos, Hopkins, remarks on Maple Sugar, 8vo.","","Remarks on the manufacture of maple-sugar.","iii.","","","","Remarks on the manufacturing of maple sugar; with directions for its further improvement. Collected by a Society of gentlemen, in Philadelphia, and published for the general information and benefit of the citizens of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson, 1790.","Toner","

First Edition. 12mo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 69472. Evans 22832." "12250","","Tracts on navigation, aerostation &c. viz. Barnes on promoting useful arts.—Rumsey's steamboat—nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal—Papers on naval architecture—Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier—Report on the Pensylvania canals.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 49, Tracts on Navigation, to wit, Naval Architecture, Rumsey, D'Arnal, Canals, Payroux, Barnes, 8vo.","","Barnes on promoting useful arts.","i.","","","Barnes, Joseph.","Treatise on the Justice, Policy, and Utility of establishing an effectual system for promoting the progress of Useful Arts, by assuring property in the products of Genius . . . By Joseph Barnes. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1792.","T223 .Z1B2","

First Edition. 8vo. 17 leaves.

Sabin 3522. Evans 24076.

On page 33, a reference in the text to the Secretary of State has the explanatory footnote: the virtuous T. Jefferson.

Joseph Barnes, attorney and author, was thus described by Jefferson in a letter to Gouverneur Morris at Paris written from Philadelphia on 24 May, 1793:

The bearer hereof, m[???] Barnes, is, as I understand, the representative of the company concerned in the steam navigation of the late m[???] Rumsey, was the attorney of m[???] Rumsey here, & goes now to Europe to secure the benefit of his discoveries to those entitled to them. in times like these he may need your protection as a stranger, and at all times would merit it as a man of worth & talents. as such I take the liberty of recommending him to your good offices, and particularly so far as shall be necessary for securing the benefit of the discoveries in which himself, & those for whom he acts, are interested. to these titles to your patronage he adds that of being a citizen of the US . . .

Barnes corresponded with Jefferson from various towns in Europe." "12260","","Tracts on navigation, aerostation &c. viz. Barnes on promoting useful arts.—Rumsey's steamboat—nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal—Papers on naval architecture—Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier—Report on the Pensylvania canals.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 49, Tracts on Navigation, to wit, Naval Architecture, Rumsey, D'Arnal, Canals, Payroux, Barnes, 8vo.","","[TBE]ii. Rumsey's steam-boat. See no. 1217 above.[/TBE] nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal.","iii.","","","Arnal, Etienne, dit Scipion D', Abbé.","Nouveau méthode de naviguer le Rhône.","","

No copy was found for collation.

See also no. 1219." "12270","","Tracts on navigation, aerostation &c. viz. Barnes on promoting useful arts.—Rumsey's steamboat—nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal—Papers on naval architecture—Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier—Report on the Pensylvania canals.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 49, Tracts on Navigation, to wit, Naval Architecture, Rumsey, D'Arnal, Canals, Payroux, Barnes, 8vo.","","Papers on naval architecture.","iv.","","","","A collection of papers on Naval Architecture, originally communicated through the . . . European Magazine. Parts I-III. London, 1792-1801.","","

8vo.

From the 1849 Library of Congress catalogue, which dates this tract 1792, it would seem that Jefferson sold only a copy of Part I printed in that year to Congress. John Vaughan supplied him with a copy of the third part in 1801, which Jefferson deposited in the Navy Office. Vaughan wrote from Philadelphia on November 19:

. . . The third part of the Collection of Papers made by the Society of Naval Architecture in England, containing a Very Interesting report, relative to the preservation of timber &c; & being uncertain whether you might possess it, I take the Liberty of requesting your acceptance of it—The work itself I had not complete, it might be a Useful Work to the Secretary of the Navy, as it contains not only Interesting new Matter, but gives (I believe) a list & acct. of authors on Naval Subjects.

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 24:

I recieved last night your favor of the 19th. and with it the pamphlet of Naval architecture for which I thank you. it may be of use in our navy office where I shall deposit it . . ." "12280","","Tracts on navigation, aerostation &c. viz. Barnes on promoting useful arts.—Rumsey's steamboat—nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal—Papers on naval architecture—Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier—Report on the Pensylvania canals.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 49, Tracts on Navigation, to wit, Naval Architecture, Rumsey, D'Arnal, Canals, Payroux, Barnes, 8vo.","","Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier.","v.","","","Piroux.","L'art de voyager dans les airs, ou les ballons, contenant les moyens de faire les globes aérostatiques suivant la méthode de MM. de Montgolfier, & suivant les procédés de MM. Charles & Robert . . . Nouvelle Edition . . . A Paris: chez les libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1784. ","TL617 .A7","

8vo. 98 leaves: A-M8, N2, engraved frontispiece and two plates; the supplement, with separate pagination begins on M4.

Tissandier, page 11.

Bibliographers have doubted Piroux's authorship of this work. Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue supplies contemporary evidence." "12290","","Tracts on navigation, aerostation &c. viz. Barnes on promoting useful arts.—Rumsey's steamboat—nouveau moyen de naviguer le Rhone par l'Abbé d'Arnal—Papers on naval architecture—Peyroux sur la globe aerostatique de Montgolfier—Report on the Pensylvania canals.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 49, Tracts on Navigation, to wit, Naval Architecture, Rumsey, D'Arnal, Canals, Payroux, Barnes, 8vo.","","Report on the Pensylvania canals.","vi.","","","","Copy of a Report from Reading Howell, Frederick Antes and William Dean, Esquires, commissioners appointed to explore the head-waters of the rivers Delaware, Lehigh, and Schuylkill, and the north-east branch of Susquehanna. Also, the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the western waters of the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1791.","","

8vo. 17 leaves.

Evans 23678." "12300","","","","","Fulton on Canal navigation.","","4to","","","","","

Fulton on canals. a thin 4to. was one of the books reported missing by Jefferson to Joseph Milligan on March 28, 1815, after the sale of his library to Congress, but before its delivery, with a request that Milligan should find replacement copies.

The first edition of Fulton's A Treatise on the improvement of Canal Navigation was published in London, 1796, in 4to. Jefferson mentioned owning a copy of the work in a letter to William Short written on April 13, 1800." "12310","","","","","Tracts on wet docks, quays & warehouses for London.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 51, as above.","[Vaughan, William.]","A Treatise on Wet Docks, Quays, and Warehouses, for the Port of London; with Hints respecting Trade. London, 1797.","","

This Treatise was one of seven tracts by William Vaughan published anonymously between 1793-1796, and reissued in 1797 with a collective title reading: A Collection of Tracts on Wet Docks for the Port of London with hints on trade and commerce in free ports.

Jefferson may have had more than one of these tracts, though the wording of his title, repeated in the catalogues, is applicable to the above treatise only.

William Vaughan, 1752-1850, English merchant and author, the brother of Benjamin Vaughan, was a fellow of the Royal Society, of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was a member of the New England Corporation of which for a time he held the office of governor. He was one of the first authorities on docks, and was instrumental in establishing the first savings bank in London." "12320","","","","","Vocabulaire de Marine par l'Escalier.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 94, as above.","Lescallier, Daniel, Comte.","Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine Anglais et Français, en deux Parties, dont la seconde présente un Dictionnaire de Définitions, en français, orné de gravures. Auquel est joint un Calepin des principaux termes de Commerce maritime, de denrées & productions exotiques, & autres accessoires à la Marine, en anglais et en français, pour faciliter l'Intelligence des voyages maritimes. Par le Cn Lescallier, Ordonnateur de Marine. Tome Premier, contenant la première Partie & les Planches [-Tome Troisieme, contenant la suite de la seconde Partie]. A Paris: chez Firmin Didot [and others] l'an VI [1798].","V24 .L6","

3 vol. 4to. Vol. I and II bound together in 1 and a volume for the plates, continuous signatures throughout the volumes of text. The volume of plates, Benard direxit, many of them folded, has the title: Planches du Dictionnaire de Marine. A Paris, chez H. Agasse . . . An VI de la République; a number of folded plates are bound at the beginning of vol. I.

Quérard V, 235.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost $4.50.

Comte Daniel Lescallier, 1743-1822, French marine writer, was at one time French consul general in the United States." "12330","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 50, Canals, to wit, Gallatin's Report, Smith, Colles, Tatham, 8vo.","These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson. On Milligan's binding bill, under date February 24, 1809 (shortly after the publication of three of the tracts), is an entry for binding a volume, lettered Canals, cost 50 cents.","","i.","","","Gallatin, Albert.","Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of public roads and canals; made in pursuance of a resolution of Senate, of March 2, 1807. April 12, 1808. Printed by order of the Senate. Washington: Printed by R. C. Weightman, 1808.","TC623 .A2","

8vo. 62 leaves: []4, [2]-[15]4, [16]2.

Sabin 26399 note.

This treatise is signed by Albert Gallatin, secretary of the Treasury, and contains communications by B. H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton.

Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, statesman, secretary of the Treasury and minister to France, was born in Switzerland, and came to the United States in 1780." "12340","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 50, Canals, to wit, Gallatin's Report, Smith, Colles, Tatham, 8vo.","These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson. On Milligan's binding bill, under date February 24, 1809 (shortly after the publication of three of the tracts), is an entry for binding a volume, lettered Canals, cost 50 cents.","","ii.","","","","An historical account of the rise, progress and present state of the canal navigation in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix . . . To which is annexed ''An explanatory Map.'' Published by direction of the President and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1795.","TC624 .P4S3","

4to. 49 leaves, engraved folded map by J. Trenchard; printer's imprint in an ornament at the end.

Evans 29474.

According to Evans this pamphlet is attributed to Robert Morris or to William Smith. The early Library of Congress catalogues describe it under Smith." "12350","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 50, Canals, to wit, Gallatin's Report, Smith, Colles, Tatham, 8vo.","These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson. On Milligan's binding bill, under date February 24, 1809 (shortly after the publication of three of the tracts), is an entry for binding a volume, lettered Canals, cost 50 cents.","","iii.","","","Colles, Christopher.","Proposal of a Design for the Promotion of the Interests of the United States of America, extending its Advantages to all Ranks and Conditions of Men, whether Monied, Landed, Agricultural, Commercial, Mechanical, or Manufactural, by means of Inland Navigable Communications . . . By Christopher Colles. New-York: Printed for the Author, by Samuel Wood, 1808.","TC623 .C7","

8vo. in fours. 12 leaves, folded engraved plan and folded engraved map by Christopher Colles.

Sabin 14409.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from New York on June 3, 1808:

I flatter myself that the Design herewith transmitted to you will be consider'd an object of National importance, should you view it in that light I must request the favour of you to convey your sentiments thereon to me at No. 42 Pearl street . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 19:

I thank you for the pamphlet containing you ideas on the subject of canals constructed of wood; but it is not in my power to give any definite opinion of it's national importance. if there exists a cement which used as a lining for cisterns & aqueducts renders them impermeable to water . . . then it becomes the common question whether constructions of wood, brick or rough stone are cheapest in the end? a question on which every man possesses materials for forming his judgment . . .

Christopher Colles, 1738-1816, engineer, inventor and promoter of internal improvements, was born in Ireland and came to America in 1765. He was one of the first persons in America to design and attempt to build a steam engine, was the original projector of the great Erie Canal and the author of numerous other inventions and improvements." "12360","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 50, Canals, to wit, Gallatin's Report, Smith, Colles, Tatham, 8vo.","These four tracts were bound together for Jefferson. On Milligan's binding bill, under date February 24, 1809 (shortly after the publication of three of the tracts), is an entry for binding a volume, lettered Canals, cost 50 cents.","","iv.","","","Tatham, William.","A View of the proposed Grand Junction Canal, designed to bring the commerce of North Carolina to Norfolk by an Inland Navigation . . . Norfolk, 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo.

Sabin 94415.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Norfolk, Nov. 30, 1808:

I have directed Mrs. Bonsal, Sir, to transmit to you the second printed Pamphlet on the subject of the Canal which I have the honor to propose from this port to Carolina, by way of Kempsville & the North Landing; embracing also a lattoral naval cut from Kempsville to Lynhaven river . . .

William Tatham, 1752-1819, soldier and engineer, was born in Cumberland, England, from whence he was sent to Virginia in 1806. Tatham collaborated with Robert Fulton in the field of canalization. He was the first to define the functions of a National Library of the United States, and in 1806 offered to sell his own library to Congress." "12370","","","","","Tracts in the arts. viz. de l'Instruction publique.—Hopkinson's measurer of a ship's way, & improvemt of the harpsichord.—Blanc sur les armes de guerre—plates & descriptions of the Hydrometer, solar microscope, Dolland's acromatic telescopes, La Fontaine's locks, Keir's patent lamp, Miles's do. Evans's improved grist mill.","","4to","","","","","It is doubtful if this set of tracts was sold to Congress. On page 54 of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, there is an entry (no. 81) Pamphlets in Arts, under the heading Wine. This entry is omitted from the later catalogues." "12380","J. 1","","","","Synopsis Metaphysicae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 24, as above.","[Hutcheson, Francis.]","Synopsis Metaphysicae, Ontologiam et Pneumatologiam complectens. Editio altera auctior. A. D. MDCCXLIV. [Glasguae: Foulis, 1744.]","B1501 .S8","

12mo. 66 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Jessop, page 145.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; some leaves foxed.

Francis Hutcheson, 1694-1746, an Irishman educated in Scotland, held the chair of moral philosophy at Glasgow, where the first edition of this book was printed in 1742. In metaphysics Hutcheson was a follower of Locke." "12390","J. 2","","","","Ideologie de Detutt-Tracy.","","8vo. 1re. partie 2. cop.—do. 1re. & 2de. partie. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 84, Ideologie de Detutt, Tracy, 3 v 8vo.","Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, Comte.","Projet d'éléments d'Idéologie à l'usage des écoles centrales de la Republique Française; par le cit. Destutt-Tracy, membre du sénat-conservateur, et membre associé de l'Institut national. A Paris: chez Pierre Didot l'aîné, Firmin Didot, Debray. An IX. [1801.]","B2003 .E4","

First Edition. 8vo. 182 leaves. []2, 1-228, 234.

Quérard II, page 540. Seligman III, page 108.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers. Signed by Jefferson with a T before sig. 1. On the half-title is written Thomas Jefferson Esq. President United States from the Author. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

ii. The second copy called for in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue was of the second edition, and was also a gift of the author:

élémens d'Idéologie. Première Partie. Idéologie proprement dite . . . Seconde édition. A Paris: chez Courcier, An XIII. 1804.

8vo. 244 leaves: []2, a6, b8, A-Z, Aa-Ee8, Ff4.

This copy was originally bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March, on January 25, 1804, cost $1.00; it has been rebound by the Library of Congress in 1931 in ruby buckram. On the half-title is written by the author: presenté a Mr. Jefferson par l'auteur. An initial T has been written in ink on sig. I in imitation of Jefferson's practice.

iii. élémens d'Idéologie. Seconde Partie. Grammaire . . . A Paris: chez Courcier, An XI. 1803.

First Edition. 8vo. 236 leaves: a8 (including the last blank, cut away in this copy), A-Z, Aa-Ee8, Ff4, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; folded table inserted at page 208.

Calf, label on the back lettered Elemens/D'Ideologie/ by March in 1806 (cost $2.00), repaired, with new yellow edges; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The two first editions (Part I and Part II) were sent to Jefferson by the author in 1804, before the publication of the second edition of part I in that year.

On February 21, 1804, Destutt de Tracy wrote to Jefferson from Auteuil près Paris:

Le General la fayette me mande qu'il a bien voulu vous faire hommage de ma part, d'un ouvrage qui traite de la formation de nos idées; mais qu'il ne vous est pas parvenu. je regrette que la seconde edition que l'on prepara ne soit pas encor faite, parcequ'elle contiendra quelques additions importantes. en attendant j'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer de nouveau la premiere; et j'y joins une seconde partie que j'ai publiée depuis, et qui traite de l'expression de nos idées. la troisieme a la quelle je travaille, traitera de leur deduction; et complettera le sujet . . .

The books were received by Jefferson in July 1805. On February 14, 1806, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Destutt de Tracy:

I have to return you my thanks for the very acceptable present you have been so kind as to make me of the two first parts of your work on Ideologie, & of the analysis of Dupuis. both are on subjects highly interesting. my present position not permitting me to read beyond the papers of the day, I treasure them with those things which are to sweeten a retirement to which age and a passion for letters are daily pressing me. the worth of these works is already stamped by the judgment of those whose good opinion is most flattering. that of my collegues of the American Philosophical society will be manifested to you by their election of you as a member of their institution . . .

On October 21, 1811, Destutt de Tracy wrote to Jefferson from Paris and sent him a copy of the first three volumes of this work:

. . . pour vous expliquer mes idées a cet egard, permettez moi de vous rappeller qu'en 1804. j'eus l'honneur de vous envoyer mes deux premiers volumes, l'un intitulé idéologie, l'autre Grammaire. ne sachant pas si ces recherches pouvoient inviter votre attention, je n'ai jamais osé vous envoyer la troisieme partie intitulée logique. aujourdhuy vous me donnez plus d'assurance, et je prends la liberté de vous envoyer cy joint un exemplaire de ces trois volumes tels qu'ils sont maintenant. ils traitent de la formation, de l'expression, et de la combinaison de nos idées. ils composent, suivant ma maniere de voir, l'histoire de nos moyens de connoitre, ou si vous voulez, un traité de notre entendement . . .

The third volume, Logique, was not sold to Congress.

In a letter to Thomas Cooper from Monticello on July 10, 1812, Jefferson wrote:

. . . glancing over the pages of your book, the last one caught my attention, where you recommend to students the books on metaphysics. not seeing De-Tutt Tracy's name there, I suspected you might not have seen his work. his 1st. vol. on Ideology appeared in 1800. I happen to have a duplicate of this and will send it to you. since that, has appeared his 2d. vol. on Grammar, and his 3d. on Logic. they are considered as holding the most eminent station in that line . . .

In a letter to William Duane, dated from Monticello January 22, 1813, Jefferson wrote:

. . . he [i. e., Destutt de Tracy] has written a work entitled Ideology which has given him a high reputation in France. he considers that as having laid a solid foundation for the present volume on Political economy . . .

Writing on April 4, 1813, of Destutt de Tracy's former treatise on Ideology, to the same correspondent, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . by the bye, it is surely to this work that Bonaparte alludes in his answer to his council of state, published not long since, in which he scouts 'the dark & metaphysical doctrine of Ideology, which, diving into first causes, founds on this basis a legislation of the people &c.' if indeed this answer be not a forgery; for every thing is now forged, even to the fat of our beef & mutton . . .

In a letter to John Adams dated from Monticello, October 14, 1816, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Destutt-Tracy is, in my judgment, the ablest writer living on intellectual subjects, or the operations of the understanding. his three 8vo. volumes on Ideology, which constitute the foundation of what he has since written, I have not indeed entirely read; because I am not fond of reading what is merely abstract, and unapplied immediately to some useful science. Bonaparte, with his repeated derisions of Ideologists (squinting at this author) has by this time felt that true wisdom does not lie in mere practice without principle.

and again on January 11, 1817 to the same correspondent, who had written in reference to the 3 vols of Idiology to ask Jefferson to explain this Neological Title.

. . . Tracy comprehends, under the word 'Ideology' all the subjects which the French term Morale, as the correlative to Physique. his works on logic, government, political economy, and morality, he considers as making up the circle of ideological subjects, or of those which are within the scope of the understanding, & not of the senses . . .

In a letter to Edward Everett on the Greek ablative, written from Monticello on March 27, 1824, Jefferson quoted a long passage from the second volume of Destutt de Tracy's work:

. . . turning, for satisfaction, to the work of Tracy, the most profound of our Ideological writers, and to the volume particularly which treats of grammar, I find what I suppose to be the correct doctrine of the case. omitting unnecessary words, to abridge writing, I copy what he says . . .

Jefferson then copied from the Seconde partie, page 114, in 9 lines of his handwriting.

Comte Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy, 1754-1836, French philosopher, was, as Jefferson explained in a letter to John Adams, on November 25, 1816, connected with Lafayette's family. In the same letter Jefferson informed Adams that he had just heard from Destutt de Tracy that he had become blind and so infirm that he is no longer able to compose anything." "12400","J. 3","","","","B[???] of Worcester's answer to Locke's essay.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 81, as above.","Stillingfleet, Edward, Bishop of Worcester.","The Bishop of Worcester's Answer to Mr. Locke's Letter, concerning some passages relating to his Essay of Humane Understanding, mention'd in the late Discourse in Vindication of the Trinity. With a Postscript in answer to some Reflections made of that Treatise in a late Socinian Pamphlet. London: Printed by J. H. for Henry Mortlock, 1697.","B1294 .S8","

First Edition. 8vo. 78 leaves, the last with Mortlock's list of books by the Bishop of Worcester; the work dated at the end from Worcester, April 26, 1697.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Hazlitt. Arber III, 36 (November).

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester, 1653-1699, engaged in a controversy with John Locke on the doctrine of the Trinity in three pamphlets, each of which was answered by Locke." "12410","J. 4","","","","Bolingbroke on innate principles. Fr. Eng.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 82, as above, 8vo.","Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.","Reflections concerning innate moral Principles. Written in French by the late Lord Bolingbroke. And translated into English. London: Printed for S. Bladon, MDCCLII. [1752.]","BJ1005 .B7","

First Edition. 8vo. 42 leaves: A-E8, F2, French and English text on opposite pages, last leaf defective.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 613.

Contemporary tree sheep; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751, English statesman and political philosopher. These Reflections are not included in the collected edition of his works, and are said to have been written for the 'Entresol' Club, founded by the Abbé Alari." "12420","J. 5","","","","Oeuvres de Helvetius 5. v. 8vo. edñ de Deuxponts. [Londres] 1781.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 98, Oeuvres d'Helvetius, 5 v 8vo edition de Deuxponts, 1781.","Helvétius, Claude Adrien.","Oeuvres complettes de M. Helvétius. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée sur les Manuscrits de l'Auteur, avec sa Vie & son Portrait. De l'Esprit . . . Tome Premier [-Second.]—De l'Homme de ses Facultés intellectuelles et de son éducation. Ouvrage Posthume de M. Helvétius . . . Tome Troisieme [-Cinquieme]. A Londres, M. DCC. LXXXI. [1781.]","B2042 .A2","

Together 5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 197 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by F. D. P. after Vanloo; vol. II, 225 leaves; vol. III, 192 leaves; vol. IV, 195 leaves; vol. V, 205 leaves; titles printed in red and black; De l'Homme ends on E4 recto of vol. V and is followed by Le Bonheur, Poème allegorique; Lettres; Examen des critiques du livre intitulé de l'Esprit, etc.

This edition not in Quérard.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt backs, blue silk bookmarks; initialled by him at sigs. I and T in each volume. On the fly-leaf of vol. III Jefferson has written: 57. Voltaire. lettre de Voltaire. pa. 193. 194. 195. 197. 199. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

According to Jefferson this edition was a Deux-Ponts publication.

Purchased from Froullé on October 4, 1788, price 22.0. Entered at this price (unbound) on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Some years later, on March 23, 1802, Jefferson requested N. G. Dufief to bring him another edition from France:

Oeuvres d'Helvetius in petit format. I have them in 8vo. but wish the petit format edition.

The following year, on February 14, 1803, in a letter concerning books from Franklin's library and others that he was sending, Dufief mentioned:

. . . J'augmenterai cet envoi, d'un petit Helvetius, en 10 vols qui me serait parvenu de New York depuis un mois, si la Navigation de notre rivière n'eut été interceptée par les Glaces . . .

The books were sent on February 26, 10 vol. petit format, broché, price $6.00.

In a letter to Thomas Law, written from Poplar Forest on June 13, 1814, Jefferson quoted a passage from De l'Esprit:

. . . so Helvetius, one of the best men on earth, and the most ingenious advocate of this principle, after defining 'interest' to mean, not merely that which is pecuniary, but whatever may procure us pleasure or withdraw us from pain, [de l'Esprit. 2. 1.] says [ib. 2. 2] 'the humane man is he to whom the sight of misfortune is insupportable and who, to rescue himself from this spectacle, is forced to succour the unfortunate object' . . .

Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1715-1771, French philosopher. The first edition of De l'Esprit, the only one of his works published in his lifetime, was burned by the public executioner. The first edition of De l'Homme appeared in 1772. Jefferson's petit format purchases were usually for his Poplar Forest library." "12430","J. 6","","","","Malbranche de la recherche de la verité.","","2.v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 26, as above.","[Malebranche, Nicolas.]","De La Recherche de la Verité. Où l'on traitte de la Nature de l'Esprit de l'homme, & de l'usage qu'il en doit faire pour éviter l'erreur dans les Sciences. Quatriéme Edition reveuë, & augmentée de plusieurs Eclaircissemens. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez Henry Desbordes, 1688.","B1893 .R3","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 270 leaves; vol. II, 298 leaves, Catalogue des Livres on the last two leaves; plates and diagrams in both volumes.

Barbier IV, col. 17. Quérard V, 461.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904, original marbled edges retained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. By Nicolas Malebranche written in ink on the first title.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6.

Nicolas Malebranche, 1638-1715, French philosopher of the Cartesian school." "12440","J. 7","","","","Stewart's Elements of the Philosophy of the human mind.","","4to. [gift of the author.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 131, Stewart's elements of the philosophy of the Human Mind, 1st vol. 4to.","Stewart, Dugald.","Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. By Dugald Stewart, F.R.S. Edin. Professor of moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell . . . and W. Creech, Edinburgh. M DCC XCII. [1792.]","B1553 .E3","

First Edition. 4to. 291 leaves.

Jessop, page 177.

Original calf, scorched on the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. In Chapter III, On Conception, the word On has been changed in ink to Of in the Index on page x, and in the chapter heading on page 132. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's first copy of this book (probably not this one, see below) was a gift from the author, who wrote from the College of Edinburgh, 1 October, 1792:

The Book which accompanies this letter is the only performance which I have yet ventured to publish. I hope you will do me the Honour to give it a place in your Library, and that you will accept of it as a mark of my grateful recollection of the attentions which I received from you at Paris.

Jefferson acknowledged the gift from Philadelphia on March 10, 1793:

I am to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Oct. 1. and of the valuable present which accompanied it. I reserve to myself the pleasure of perusing it when I shall be in a situation to do it without interruption from public business, which situation I place at no great distance. the subject of your book is interesting, and I am sure I shall find the manner of treating it both interesting & instructive . . .

A copy of this book was supplied to Jefferson by Milligan on May 6, 1815, in fulfilment of an order sent by the former on December 1, 1814, for the replacement of books sold to Congress but missing from his library. Milligan purchased it from William F. Gray, Fredericksburg, price $5.00, and billed it to Jefferson for the same amount on July 31, receipted August 11.

It seems probable therefore that this copy is the replacement, and not the original gift from the author. The presentation letter, quoted above (endorsed by Jefferson with the date of its receipt, Jan. 31, 93) is pasted down on the fly-leaf of the book. The name T. Jefferson is written at the bottom left hand corner.

On April 26, 1824, Jefferson wrote to Stewart to request his help in the selection of professors for the University of Virginia, and mentioned this gift. The draft of this letter reads in part:

It is now 35. years since I had the great pleasure of becoming acquainted with you in Paris . . . at a subsequent period you were so kind as to recall me to your recollection on the publicñ of your invaluable book on the Philosophy of the human mind a copy of which you sent me, and I have been happy to see it become the text book of most of our colleges & academies, and pass thro' several reimpressions in the US . . .

In a letter to John Adams written from Monticello on March 14, 1820, Jefferson recounted the story of his friendship with Stewart and expressed his opinion of his ability:

. . . it was after you left Europe that Dugald Stuart, concerning whom you enquire, and Ld. Dare, second son of the Marquis of Lansdowne came to Paris. they brought me a letter from Ld. Wycombe whom you knew. I became immediately intimate with Stuart, calling mutually on each other and almost daily, during their stay at Paris, which was of some months . . . Stuart is a great man, and among the most honest living. I have heard nothing of his dying at top, as you suppose . . . I consider him and Tracy as the ablest Metaphysicians living; by which I mean Investigators of the thinking faculty of man. Stuart seems to have given it's natural history, from facts and observations; Tracy it's modes of action and deduction, which he calls Logic, and Ideology . . .

Two years earlier, on January 9, 1818, in a letter to Robert Walsh, Jefferson had similarly expressed himself:

. . . I place him [i. e. Destutt de Tracy] & Dugald Stewart so much in a line, that I can decide no more than that they are the two greatest men in that line at present known to the world . . .

Dugald Stewart, 1753-1828, Scottish philosopher, was introduced to Jefferson by Benjamin Vaughan, in a letter written from London on June 6, 1788. Vaughan's letter gave a full account of Stewart's activities as a professor at Edinburgh, and explained that he was well convinced that Jefferson would have considerable satisfaction in his acquaintance.

The Advertisement at the beginning of this work is dated from Edinburgh, March 18, 1792. The second volume was published in 1814 and the third in 1827." "12450","J. 8","","","","Enquiry into the Nature of the human soul. Appendix to the Enquiry into the nature of the soul.","","2. vol. 8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 85 and page 55. no. 86, as above.","[Baxter, Andrew.]","An Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul; wherein the Immateriality of the Soul is evinced from the Principles of Reason and Philosophy. Vol. I [-II]. The Third Edition. To which is added, a complete Index . . . London: Printed for A. Millar [by James Bettenham], 1745.—An Appendix to the first part of the Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul . . . By the Author of the Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul. ib. Printed for the Author, and sold by A. Millar, 1750.","BT740 .B3","

Together 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 220 leaves; vol. II, 224 leaves; Appendix, 144 leaves; 2 folded plates, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 173. Lowndes I, 132. Jessop, pages 95, 96.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all volumes.

Andrew Baxter, 1686-1750, Scottish philosopher. The first edition of the Enquiry was undated and appeared in October 1733. This is the first edition of the Appendix, which is dedicated to John Wilkes." "12460","J. 9","","","","Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l'homme, par Cabanis.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 99, as above, with the reading Rapport.","Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges.","Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l'Homme, Par P. J. G. Cabanis, Membre du Sénat Conservateur, de l'Institut National, de l'Ecole et Société de Médecine de Paris, de la Société Philosophique de Philadelphie, etc . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, An x. 1802.","BF152 .C16","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 264 leaves; vol. II, 314 leaves.

Quérard II, page 6.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1929. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. 1 and 20 (corresponding to I and T) in both volumes.

Presentation copy from the author who wrote to Jefferson from Auteuil près Paris, le 28 Vendémiare, an 11 de la R.F.:

je prends la liberté de vous offrir un exemplaire d'un ouvrage que je viens de publier en france, et dont le sujet forme la base de toutes les sciences morales. au milieu des importans objets qui vous occupent, je n'ose espérer que vous puissiez prendre le tems de lire deux gros volumes . . . je me flatte aussi que vous n'aurez pas oublié les personnes qui ont eu le bonheur de vous voir chez la très bonne made helvétius, & chez le digne Docteur franklin. nous avons perdu made helvétius; & le cit. La Roche & moi, nous occupons sa maison . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on July 13, 1803:

I lately recieved your friendly letter of 28. Vendem. an. 11. with the two volumes on the relations between the Physical & moral faculties of man. this has ever been a subject of great interest to the inquisitive mind, and it could not have got into better hands for discussion than yours . . .

It is with great satisfaction too I recollect the agreeable hours I have passed with yourself and M. de la Roche, at the house of our late excellent friend Madame Helvetius, & elsewhere and I am happy to learn you continue your residence there . . .

In his letter to Thomas Cooper, July 10, 1812 (see no. 1239 above), Jefferson explained:

. . . Tracy should be preceded by a mature study of the most profound of all human compositions, Cabanis's Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l'homme . . .

In the letter to John Adams, March 14, 1820 (quoted above, no. 1244), after discussing Stewart and Destutt de Tracy, Jefferson wrote:

. . . and Cabanis, in his Physique et Morale de l'homme, has investigated anatomically, and most ingeniously, the particular organs in the human structure which may most probably exercise that faculty [i. e. the thinking faculty of man] . . .

On January 16, 1825, in writing to thank Lafayette for sending him Flourens's book [Recherches sur le systeme nerveux], Jefferson compared Flourens with Cabanis:

. . . Cabanis had gone far towards proving from the anatomical structure and action of the human machine that certain parts of it were probably the organs of thought, and consequently that matter might exercise that faculty. Flourens proves that it does exercise it . . .

Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, 1757-1808. This is the first separate edition of this work which had previously appeared in 1798 and 1799 in the section of sciences politiques et morales in the Institut." "12470","J. 10","","","","Progrés de l'esprit humain par Condorcet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 87, as above.","Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.","Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progrès de l'Esprit Humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. A Paris: chez Agasse, l'An III. de la République, une et indivisible. [De l'Imprimerie de Boiste, 1795.]","B1993 .E7","

First Edition. 8vo. 199 leaves: []4, A-Z, Aa8, Bb3, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard II, 269.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1931. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Manuscript notes by Jefferson on pages 207 and 230 are as follows:

On page 207 occurs the paragraph: Ainsi l'on vit naître en Europe une sorte de liberté de penser, non pour les hommes, mais pour les chrétiens: et, si nous exceptons la France, c'est pour les seuls chrétiens que par-tout ailleurs elle existe encore aujourd'hui.

Jefferson has placed an asterisk at the word que, and written in ink the marginal foot-note:

*Virginia was an exception long before France. the Virginia act for freedom of religion was printed in a handbill, & in the hands of the members of the French convention in 1789. when they went on this subject themselves.

On page 230, as a footnote to Condorcet's account of Descartes, Jefferson has written:

*this account of Descartes is much too partial. his ingenious imagination led mankind astray and retarded science for an age or two. his fancies have yielded very slowly to the demonstrations of the experimental philosophers. to him was owing particularly that the French nation were so long & still are in the rear of others in physical sciences.

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, 1743-1794, French philosopher and revolutionist. A number of books and pamphlets by him appear in this catalogue." "12480","J. 11","","","","Price's Review of the principal questions in Morals.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 91, as above.","Price, Richard.","A Review of the principal questions in Morals . . . the Third Edition corrected, and enlarged by An Appendix . . . By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. . . . London: Printed for T. Cadell. M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","BJ1241 .P8","

8vo. 262 leaves, the last 2 for the publisher's list of works by the same author.

Seligman VI, page 350. Thomas, page 173.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This book was sent to Jefferson by the author, and may be the one referred to in an undated letter reading in part:

Dr. Price presents his best respects to Mr Jefferson and takes the liberty to introduce to him (Mr Ashburnham) the young person who is the bearer of this note . . .

The Book and the Pamphlet wch. accompany this note Dr. Price presents to Mr Jefferson not from any opinion of their value, but merely as a testimony of the high respect which he always feels for Mr Jefferson, and of his gratitude to him for the satisfaction and instruction he has received from Mr Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia.

Jefferson wrote to Dr. Price from Paris on July 11, 1788:

. . . I thank you, my dear Sir, for the volume you were so kind as to send me some time ago. every thing you write is precious, and this volume is on the most precious of all our concerns. we may well admit morality to be the child of the understanding rather than of the senses, when we observe that it becomes dearer to us as the latter weaken, & as the former grows stronger by time & experience till the hour arrives in which all other objects lose all their value . . .

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Richard Price, 1723-1791, Welsh nonconformist minister and writer on morals, politics and economics, was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson, and a friend of Franklin. Jefferson knew his work as early as 1776. On July 29 of that year he wrote to Richard Henry Lee:

I inclose you Dr. Price's pamphlet. I should have done so sooner but understood your brother was sending many to Virginia, & not doubting one would be to you, I laid by the one I had purchased for that purpose . . ." "12490","J. 12","","","","Traité de Morale et de bonheur.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 32, Traite elementaire de Morals et du Bonheur, 2 v in 18s.","[Paradis de Raymondis, Jean Zacharie.]","Traité élémentaire de Morale et du Bonheur. Pour servir de Prolégomènes ou de suite à la collection des Moralistes. Volume I [-II]. A Paris: [de l'Imprimerie de Delamarre] l'An Troisième, 1795.","BJ1075 .P2","

2 vol. 24mo. Vol. I, 157 leaves; vol. II, 153 leaves.

Barbier IV, col. 798. Quérard VI, 589.

Jefferson's copy, as described in his manuscript catalogue, and also in his undated catalogue, was bound in 1 volume. The 1815 catalogue calls for 2 volumes. Rebound by the Library of Congress in 2 volumes, red morocco, gilt line borders in 1903. The initial T written before sig. 1 in both volumes looks doubtful but was probably written by Jefferson. On the title-page of volume I, in a contemporary hand, is written: Par Jean Zacharie de Raymondis. On the half-title of both volumes is stamped J. Alvares-Deleons book; on a fly-leaf are the initials H.C.F. with the date June 9, 1808; on fly-leaves are written the headings of some of the chapters, signed A Delanaitre, 1796; some leaves badly stained.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this book in a letter to N.G. Dufief written from Monticello on September 18, 1813:

. . . I would also thank you for 2 copies, if to be had, of the little French work Du bonheur et de la morale. it was published in Paris in petit format, without the author's name. it is the best general treatise on Morals, either antient or modern which I have ever seen, & deserves well a good translation into our language. I think it would be a work of great sale . . .

Dufief replied on September 29:

. . . Le traité du Bonheur et de la Morale ne se trouve, à Philade, chez aucun libraire. Vous serait-il égal de l'avoir de hasard? Car, je crois pouvoir vous en procurer un exemplaire. Je serais charmé de voir un aussi bon ouvrage traduit en Anglais, avec quelques notes.

On November 7, Jefferson wrote:

I ought sooner, in answer to your letter of Sep. 29. to have said that I shall be glad to recieve the second hand copy of the Traité du Bonheur et de la morale, which you supposed you could get me . . .

The book was sent on November 26, when Dufief wrote:

J'ai l'honneur de vous adresser par le Courrier d'Aujourd'hui un petit paquet contenant ''le traite élementaire de la Morale & du Bonheur''. S'il arrivait que ce ne fut l'ouvrage que vous attendez, je vous prie d'avoir la bonté de me le renvoyer . . .

Jean Zacharie Paradis de Raymondis, 1746-1800, French philosopher and moralist. The first edition was printed at Lyon in 1784." "12500","J. 13","","","","Whitby's Ethics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 27, as above, p 8vo.","Whitby, Daniel.","Ethices compendium, in usum Academicæ Juventutis. Authore Daniele Whitby, S. Th. P. Oxonii: Typis Lichfieldianis, prostat apud Joannem Langley Bibliopolam, cI[???]. dc. lxxxIv. [1684.]","BJ1021 .W5","

First Edition. 8vo. 116 leaves: A, A-Z, Aa-Ee4; printer's device on the title-page.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl of Eng. Lit. A. Wood, Athenae Oxoniensis IV, 676.

Rebound in red morocco, gilt line border, by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A paragraph on page (22) is crossed out so untidily as to be probably not by Jefferson; on page (88) the word non is written in the margin.

Daniel Whitby, 1638-1726, English polemical divine and commentator." "12510","14","","","","Compendium Ethices.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 28, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 106. no. J. 35: Compendium Ethices, 12mo (no title page).","","","","For want of further data it is impossible to identify this book." "12520","J. 15","","","","Wollaston's religion of nature.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 88, as above.","[Wollaston, William.]","The Religion of Nature delineated . . . The Seventh Edition. Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie and Company MDCCXLVI. [1746.]","BL180 .W6","

8vo. 204 leaves: []2, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Eee4, Fff2.

Halkett and Laing V, 60. This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. Wollaston written in ink on the title-page (not by Jefferson); some leaves stained.

This book was acquired by Jefferson with his purchase of the Bland library.

In a letter to Thomas Law, dated from Poplar Forest, June 13, 1814, Jefferson wrote:

. . . of all the theories on this question [i. e., moral principles] the most whimsical seems to have been that of Woollaston, who considers truth as the foundation of morality . . .

William Wollaston, 1660-1724, English moral philosopher. The first edition was printed in London in 1722." "12530","J. 16","","","","Puffendorf de Officio hominis et civis.","","12mo.—do. 8vo. Johnson.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 30, Puffendorf de officio hominis et civis, 12mo.","von Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr.","S. Puffendorfii de Officio hominis et civis juxta legem naturalem, libri duo. Editio octava, aucta Lemmatibus, quibus argumenti sensus, & series illustratur. Cantabrigiæ: typis Academicis: Impensis Jacobi Knapton . . . Londini. M.DCC.XV. [1715.]","JC156 .P7","

12mo. 96 leaves: A-H12.

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Seligmann.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges by John March. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Samuel Pufendorf [Freiherr von Pufendorf], 1632-1694, German jurist, philosopher and statesman. De officio first appeared in 1675, and is a résumé of De jure naturae gentium, libri octo. The dedication to Gustavus Otto Steenbock is dated from Londini Scanorum x. Kal. Febr. A. M. DC. LXXII.

The edition by Thomas Johnson (d. 1737) is not included in the catalogues. It was first published in 1735 in 8vo, and editions appeared in 1737, 1748 and 1758. Johnson was a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge." "12540","J. 17","","","","Ld Kaim's natural religion.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 90, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion. In Two Parts. Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson. M.DCC.LI. [1751.]","BJ1005 .K2","

First Edition. 8vo. 200 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 212. Jessop, page 140.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page is written in ink in another hand By Henry Home, Lord Kames. This book, which was probably part of the Shadwell library, was annotated by Jefferson in an early hand, as follows:

Page [1]. Jefferson has asterisked the words noted French author in the first sentence, and written the name in the lower margin, L'abbé Bossu.

Page 57. Jefferson has similarly supplied the name Hume in the lower margin, as the author of the treatise upon human nature referred to in the text.

Page 147. In reference to the author's comments on the treatment of enemies and prisoners of war (beginning ''Putting an enemy to death in cold blood, is now looked upon with distaste and horror . . .'') Jefferson has written in the lower margins of this and the next two pages:

*this is a remarkeable instance of improvement in the moral sense. the putting to death captives in war was a general practice among savage nations. when men became more humanized the captive was indulged with life on condition of holding it in perpetual slavery; a condition exacted on this supposition, that the victor had right to take his life, and consequently to commute it for his services. at this stage of refinement were the Greeks about the time of the Trojan war. at this day it is perceived we have no right to take the life of an enemy unless where our own preservation renders it necessary. but the ceding his life in commutation for service admits there was no necessity to take it, because you have not done it. and if there was neither necessity nor right to take his life then is there no right to his service in commutation for it. this doctrine is acknoledged by later writers, Montesquieu, Burlamaqui &c. who yet suppose it just to require a ransom from the captive. one advance further in refinement will relinquish this also. if we have no right to the life of a captive, we have no right to his labor; if none to his labor we have none to his absent property which is but the fruit of that labor. in fact, ransom is but commutation in another form.

In the letter of June 13, 1814, to Thomas Law, previously quoted, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I am happy in reviewing the roll of associates in this principle which you present in your 2d letter, some of which I had not before met with. to these might be added Ld. Kaims, one of the ablest of our advocates, who goes so far as to say, in his Principles of Natural religion, that a man owes no duty to which he is not urged by some impulsive feeling. this is correct if referred to the standard of general feeling in the given case, and not to the feeling of a single individual. perhaps I may misquote him, it being fifty years since I read his book . . .

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696-1782, Scottish judge. This book, written to combat some of the doctrines of Hume, raised suspicions of the author's own orthodoxy, resulting in a charge of heresy before the presbytery of Edinburgh, which was dismissed." "12550","J. 18","","","","Gros's Moral Philosophy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 92, as above.","Gros, Johann Daniel.","Natural Principles of Rectitude, for the Conduct of Man in all states and situations of Life; demonstrated and explained in a systematic treatise on Moral Philosophy . . . By Johan. Daniel Gros, D.D. Minister of the German Reformed Church in the city of New-York, and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Geography and Chronology in Columbia College . . . New-York; Printed by T. and J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, 1795.","BJ1005 .G8","

First Edition. 8vo. 236 leaves.

Sabin 28933. Evans 28775.

Original tree sheep (scorched on the back). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Johann Daniel Gros, 1738-1812, German Reformed clergyman, emigrated from Heidelberg to Philadelphia in 1764. He became professor of German and geography and later of moral philosophy at Columbia college." "12560","J. 19","","","","Hutchinson's Introdñ to moral Philosophy.","","1st. vol. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 31, as above, with reading Introduction.","Hutcheson, Francis.","A short Introduction to Moral Philosophy, in three Books; containing the Elements of Ethicks and the Law of Nature. By Francis Hutcheson, LLD. Late Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Translated from the Latin. Third Edition. Vol. I. Glasgow: Printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1764.","BJ1005 .H9","

Sm. 8vo. Vol. I only. 105 leaves.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., page 947. Jessop, page 145.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Philosophiae Moralis Institutio from which this was translated was first published in 1742, and the first English translation in 1747." "12570","J. 20","","","","Hutchinson's ideas of beauty & virtue.","","8vo. 2 copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 89, as above, omitting 2 copies.","[Hutcheson, Francis.]","An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. In Two Treatises. I. Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design. II. Concerning Moral Good and Evil. The Fifth Edition, Corrected . . . London: Printed for R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch [and others], 1753.","BJ604.H8","

8vo. 168 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last.

Halkett and Laing III, page 157. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 947. Jessop, page 144.

Contemporary sheep, gilt line borders on the sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his bookplate.

The first edition was published in 1725, the dedication to John, Lord Carteret, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, reprinted in this edition, dated from Dublin June 19, 1725." "12580","J. 21","","","","id.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 113, Shaftesbury's Characteristics, 3 v 8vo.","Cooper, Anthony Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury.","Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. In Three Volumes. The Second Edition corrected. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury. M. DCC. XIV. [London: Printed by John Darby, 1714, 15.]","B1385 .A3R6","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 118 leaves; vol. II, 222 leaves; vol. III, 210 leaves: engraved vignettes on the titles, engraved portrait and headpieces by Sim. Gribelin; the portrait and title to vol. I backed, some leaves repaired. Printer's imprint at the end dated M. DCC. XV.

Lowndes IV, 2251.

Rebound in half red morocco, by the Library of Congress with the Library 1815 bookplates preserved.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume Passages marked in pencil by another hand.

Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue as above refers to the previous entries which call for Shaftesbury's characteristics. Foul. 3. v. 12mo.—id. 3 v. 16[???]. Neither of these editions was sold to Congress.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, 1671-1713. The first edition of this book was published in 1711." "12590","J. 22","","","","Fable of the Bees.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 100, as above, 2d v 8vo.","[Mandeville, Bernard.]","The Fable of the Bees. Part II. By the Author of the First . . . London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts, 1729.","BJ1520 .M4","

First Edition. 8vo. vol. II only. 245 leaves: A4, a-c4, d1, B-Z, Aa-Ff8, Gg4.

Halkett and Laing II, 248. This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 599. Seligman V, 94.

Rebound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Jefferson's entry calls for both volumes of the work; only the second was received by Congress in 1815.

Bernard Mandeville, 1670?-1733, a native of Holland who settled in England. The first part of this work, which is in the form of a dialogue, was published in 1714, and frequently reprinted. This is the first edition of the second part, the preface dated from London, October 20, 1728." "12600","J. 23","","","","The System of nature (d'Holbach's) Eng.","","1st. vol. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 97, The System of Nature, Eng. 1st vol. 8vo.","[Holbach, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron D'.]","System of Nature; or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Translated from the French of M. Mirabaud, one of the forty Members of, and perpetual Secretary to, the French Academy . . . Part First. Volume First. Philadelphia: Published by R. Benson, 1808.","B2053 .S93E13","

12mo. vol. I only. 181 leaves, the last a blank; engraved frontispiece. Preface dated Jan. 1808.

Cushing, page 98.

Half calf repaired, original backstrip preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

In a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello April 8, 1816, Jefferson wrote:

. . . altho' I never heard Grimm express the opinion directly, yet I always supposed him to be of the school of Diderot, D'Alembert, D'Holbach. the first of whom committed their system of atheism to writing in 'Le bon sens', and the last in his 'Systeme de la Nature'. it was a numerous school in the Catholic countries, while the infidelity of the Protestant took generally the form of Theism . . .

Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron D'Holbach, 1723-1789, French philosopher. This work was originally published in French in 1770, under the name of Mirabaud. This is the first edition in English printed in America." "12610","J. 24","","","","Hume's essays.","","1st. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 41, Hume's Essays, 3d and 4th vols. 12mo.","","","","

From the above entries it is impossible to know which edition of Hume's Essays was in Jefferson's Library. The original entry in the 1815 catalogue was as above. In the contemporary working copy the entry is checked and the volume numbers are deleted.

In the later catalogues no edition is credited to the Jefferson Collection.

The copy of the Georgetown edition of 1817 sold at the auction of Jefferson's books in 1829 is now in the Library of Congress.

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph dated from New York, May 30, 1790, Jefferson recommended books for his reading and mentioned that several of Hume's political essays are good.

For Jefferson and Hume see no. 370." "12620","J. 25","","","","Oeuvres Philosophiques de Diderot.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 37, as above.","Diderot, Denis.","Oeuvres Philosophiques [et dramatiques] de M. Diderot. Tome Premier [-Troisième], [Tome Premier contenant les Principes de la Philosophie morale, ou Essai sur le Mérite & la Vertu, avec des Refléxions. Tome Second, contenant Lettre sur les Sourds & Muets, à l'usage de ceux qui entendent & qui parlent; Lettre sur les Aveugles, à l'usage de ceux qui voient. Tome Troisieme, contenant Pensées sur l'interprétation de la Nature: Pensées Philosophiques; Traité du Beau; la Philosophie des Chinois.] A Amsterdam: [Marc Michel Rey] 1772.","B2012 .A2","

First Collected Edition. Vol. I-III only. 12mo. vol. I, 185 leaves; vol. II, 193 leaves; vol. III, 216 leaves, collating in alternate eights and fours, engraved frontispieces and plates.

Dieckmann, Bibliographical data on Diderot, no. 11.

Original French mottled calf, gilt backs (scorched), marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. From the title-page of each volume the portion containing the words et dramatiques has been neatly cut away and repaired with blank paper, so that the title reads: Oeuvres Philisophiques de Diderot. On the title for Principes de la Philosophie ou Essais de M. S***, the name Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d Earl of Shaftesbury is supplied in ink; vol. II and III with the numerals 2. 3. written in ink below the imprint. Initialled by Jefferson in all volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Denis Diderot, 1713-1784, French man of letters, philosopher and encyclopedist. The complete work described above was in 6 volumes." "12630","J. 26","","","","Philosophie de la nature.","","3. v. 12mo. par de Lisle.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 43, as above.","[Delisle de Sales, Jean Claude Izouard, called.]","De la Philosophie de la Nature . . . Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A Amsterdam: chez Arkstée & Merkus, M.DCC.LXX. [1770.]","BD581 .D3","

First Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 235 leaves; vol. II, 281 leaves; vol. III, 246 leaves; engraved frontispiece by Fessard in each volume.

Barbier III, col. 876. Quérard II, 457 (with date 1769).

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the half-title of vol. I Jefferson has written: Par de Lisle, voyez Lettres de Voltaire au roy de Prusse. 3. pa. 284. 287. 304. 306. 308.

On the title-page is written in ink (not by Jefferson) Par J. B. Claude Isouard de Lisle de Sales.

Jean Claude Izouard, called Delisle de Sales, 1741-1816, French philosopher." "12640","J. 27","","","","Philosophie de l'Univers par Dupont.","","8vo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 102, as above, omitting 2 copies.","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Philosophie de I'Univers . . . Second édition corrigée et augmentée. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Du Pont, Fructidor.=An IV [1796].","B2019 .D83P5","

8vo. 152 leaves, the last a blank.

Barbier III, col. 876. Quérard II, page 707. Schelle page 421, no. 64.

Original tree calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. par Dupont written in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the half-title: A Jefferson/Président du Senat des Etats unis/d'Amérique/de la part/ de l'Auteur/Du Pont (de Nemours)/

The book was sent to Jefferson with the letter written from Paris, 10 Fructidor de l'an 6, in which Dupont de Nemours announced his forthcoming voyage to the United States:

Je vous envoie . . . ma philosophie que, je l'espere, ne déplaira point à la votre.

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph from Philadelphia on January 17, 1799, Jefferson wrote of Dupont de Nemours that he always considered him as the ablest man in France.

Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1739-1817, French philosopher, emigrated to America in 1799, landing at Newport, Rhode Island on January 1, 1800. He was a close friend of Jefferson with whom he was in constant correspondence." "12650","J. 28","","","","Ld. Bolingbroke's Philosophical works.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 101, as above.","Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.","The Philosophical Works of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. In Five volumes. Published by David Mallet, Esq. Volume I [-V]. London: Printed in the year MDCCLIV. [1754.]","B1355 .A2","

First Edition. 8vo. vol. I, 182 leaves; vol. II, 208 leaves; vol. III, 216 leaves; vol. IV, 202 leaves; vol. V, 192 leaves; in this copy vol. III and IV have half-titles.

Lowndes I, 232.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all volumes.

Of Bolingbroke, Jefferson wrote from Monticello on January 19, 1821, to Francis Eppes who had asked his opinion of Bolingbroke and Thomas Paine:

Ld. Bolingbroke's, on the other hand, is a style of the highest order: the lofty, rythmical, full-flowing eloquence of Cicero. periods of just measure, their numbers proportioned, their close full and round. his conceptions too are bold and strong, his diction copious, polished and commanding as his subject. his writings are certainly the finest samples in the English language of the eloquence proper for the senate. his political tracts are safe reading for the most timid religionist, his philosophical, for those who are not afraid to trust their reason with discussions of right and wrong . . .

Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751, English statesman and philosopher." "12660","J. 29","","","","Spinosae tractatus theologico-politicus.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 94, as above.","[Spinoza, Benedict de.]","Tractatus theologico-politicus continens Dissertationes aliquot . . . Hamburgi: apud Henricum Künrath, cl[???] l[???] [???]Lxx. [1670.]","B3985 .A3","

First Edition. 4to. 134 leaves including the last blank, portrait frontispiece (backed).

Not in Barbier. Van der Aa, XVII, 926.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A long manuscript note in French written on the inside cover.

Jefferson ordered a copy of Theologie Politique de Spinosa from Froullé in a letter dated from Philadelphia, October 10, 1792.

Benedict de Spinoza [Baruch Spinoza], 1632-1677, Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish ancestry. This work, one of the first documents in the modern science of biblical criticism, was immediately condemned and placed upon the Index." "12670","J. 30","","","","Spinosae opera posthuma.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 95, as above.","[Spinoza, Benedict de.]","B. D. S. Opera posthuma, quorum series post Præfationem exhibetur cI[???] I[???] clxxvII. [Amsterdam, 1677.]","B3955 .A18","

First Edition. 4to. 404 leaves, woodcuts.

Barbier IV, 1163. Van der Aa XVII, 926.

Old calf, gilt back, r. e.; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title the name Spinosae is completed in ink after the printed initial S; and is also written Cura Jarrig Jellis.

The Opera were edited after Spinoza's death by Jellis, whose Dutch preface was translated into Latin by L. Meyer." "12680","31","","","","Spinosa's theological & political discourses.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 96, as above, 8vo.","[Spinoza, Benedict de.]","A Treatise partly Theological, and partly Political, containing some few Discourses, to prove that the Liberty of Philosophizing (that is Making Use of Natural Reason) may be allow'd without any prejudice to Piety, or to the Peace of any Common-wealth; And that the Loss of Public Peace and Religion it self must necessarily follow, where such a Liberty of Reasoning is taken away . . . Translated out of Latin. London: Printed in the Year, 1689.","B3985 .E5A5","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 242 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 94. This edition not in Lowndes.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 1/6." "12690","J. 32","","","","Vanini Amphitheatrum providentiae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 36, as above.","Vanini, Lucilio.","Amphitheatrvm Aeternæ Providentiæ divino-magicvm, christiano-physicvm, nec non astrologo-catholicvm. Aduersus veteres Philosophos, Atheos, Epicureos, Peripateticos, & Stoicos. Autore Ivlio Cæsare Vanino, Philosopho, Theologo, ac Iuris vtriusque Doctore. Ad Illustrissimum . . . D. Franciscum de Castro . . . Lvgdvni: apud Viduam Antonii de Harsy, 1615.","BT135 .V3","

First Edition. 8vo. 184 leaves, printer's device on the title.

Lichtenberger, Encyclopédie des Sciences religieuses, XII, 306.

Morocco, gilt back, original marbled endpapers preserved, g. e.; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Purchased, with the next entry, from Froullé, on September 29, 1788, price 30. rel. and entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Lucilio Vanini [Giulio Cesare Vanini], 1585-1619, Italian freethinker. This work against atheists was written to clear himself of the suspicion of anti-Christian views." "12700","J. 33","","","","Vanini de admirandis naturae reginae deasque mortalium arcanis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 35, as above, with the reading deaeque.","Vanini, Lucilio.","Ivlii Cæsaris Vanini Neapolitani Theologi, Philosophi, & Iuris vtriusque Doctoris. De Admirandis Naturæ Reginæ Deæque Mortalium Arcanis. Libri qvatvor. Lvtetiæ: apud Adrianvm Perier, 1616.","B785 .V23D4","

First Edition. 8vo. 258 leaves, printer's device on the title-page, errata on the last page.

Lichtenberger XII, 306.

Old calf, rebacked, original marbled endpapers and edges preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Froullé—see the previous entry.

This work was originally certified by two doctors at the Sorbonne, but was afterwards re-examined and condemned to be burnt. Its author was put to death in 1619." "12710","34","","","","Plotini opera philosophica. Gr. Lat. Ficini.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 137, as above, with reading Plotina.","Plotinus.","Plotini Platonicorum facile coryphæi Opervm Philosophicorvm omnivm Libri Liv. in sex Enneades distribvti. Exantiquiss. Codicum fide nunc primùm Græcè editi, cum Latina Marsilii Ficini interpretatione & commentatione. Basileæ: Ad Perneam Lecythvm [Peter Perna], 1580.","B693 .E5L3","

First Edition. Folio. 412 leaves, collating in sixes, Perna's device on the title-page (Heitz and Bernoulli 202), colophon on the last leaf of text, recto, with the variant device (op. cit. 200) on the verso, repeated on the recto of the last leaf otherwise blank.

Brunet III, 776. Not in Heckethorn.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 14-19.

Plotinus, 204-270, born in Egypt of Roman parentage, was one of the most important representatives of Neoplatonism.

Marsilio Ficino, 1433-1499, Italian philosopher and writer. His Latin translation of Plotinus was first printed in 1492." "12720","J. 35","","","","Massie's travels by Bayle.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 40, as above.","[Tyssot de Patot, Simon.]","The Travels and Adventures of James Massey. Translated from the original French written by the celebrated Monsieur Bayle. Being a general criticism upon Religion, the several arts and sciences, trade, commerce, &c. The second edition: in which are inserted the passages omitted from the first edition. London: Printed for J. Watts: and sold by B. Dod, MDCCXLIII. [1743].","PQ1930. T9V73","

12mo. 196 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Vande Gucht, publisher's advertisement on 9 pages at the end.

Barbier IV, col. 1103. Halkett and Laing VI, 80. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 802.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson. The author's name, Tyssot de Patot, written on the title-page below the printed words Monsieur Bayle.

Simon Tyssot de Patot, b. 1655, was a native of Holland. The original edition in French was published anonymously and had not Bayle's name on the title-page. The translation into English was made by Stephen Whatley, who signed the dedication to Jeremiah Dummer, October 11, 1732. The first edition was published in 1733." "12730","J. 36","","","","Ricerche su l'origine del dispotismo orientale del Boulanger.","","fol. M. S.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 133, as above, p fol.","[Boulanger, Nicolas Antoine.]","Ricerche su' l'origine del dispotismo orientale. Opera postuma del Sig. B.I.D.P.E.C. . . . MDCCLXVI. [Tradotto dal Carlo Bellini.]","","

Folio. Holograph manuscript by Charles Bellini written on watermarked paper of two sizes, measuring 11 by 7¾ and 12 by 8 inches respectively, 128 leaves (1 to 79 on the smaller paper, 80 to the end on the larger), in single columns on half each page, the other half left blank or filled with notes, 25-31 and 30-33 lines to a column.

Bound in calf, gilt ornaments and morocco labels on the back; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Nicolas Antoine Boulanger, 1722-1759, French man of letters. For Jefferson's copy of the original French edition of this work, see the next entry.

Charles Bellini, ?1732-1804, Italian scholar and a close friend of Jefferson, was for many years Professor of Modern Languages at William and Mary College." "12740","J. 37","","","","Recherches sur l'origine du despotisme oriental. par Boulanger.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 42, as above, with the misprint l'origina.","[Boulanger, Nicolas Antoine.]","Recherches sur l'Origine du Despotisme Oriental. Ouvrage posthume de Mr. B.I.D.P.E.C. . . . M. DCCLXI. [Genève, 1761.]","JC381 .B76","

First Edition. 12mo. 234 leaves.

Barbier IV, col. 30. Quérard I, page 456.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title is written in ink: N. A. Boulanger, inspecteur des ponts et chaussées. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Froullé on September 24, 1787, price 5.10 (livres). The copy entered on his undated manuscript catalogue is priced 4.5." "12750","J. 38","","","","Christianesimo svelato del Boulanger. Tradotto dal Bellini.","","fol. M.[S.]","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 134, as above, p fol MS.","","Christianesimo svelato, o Esame dei principi e cella efetti della Religione Cristiana . . .","","

Folio. Original holograph manuscript by Charles Bellini, written on 120 leaves of paper, measuring 11 by 8 inches, with 2 insertions in 4to, 8 and 10 leaves respectively, measuring 8⅞ by 6⅜ inches, the folio leaves written in single columns of 25-30 lines, the quarto insertions in long lines on both sides, 20-23 lines to a page.

Bound in English red morocco, gilt borders, gilt ornaments and morocco labels on the back.

The authorship of the French original from which this was translated is disputed, and is now usually attributed to Holbach. Jefferson ascribed it to Boulanger as above, and also in his references to the printed French original, of which he owned a copy which was not sold to Congress in 1815. The printed book was bought from Froullé on September 24, 1787, price 5, and is entered in both the dated and undated manuscript catalogues as par Boulanger, in the latter with the price 6. 5." "12760","J. 39","","","","Pensées sur la Comete de 1680. par Bayle.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 38, as above.","[Bayle, Pierre.]","Pensées diverses, ecrites à un Docteur de Sorbonne, a l'occasion de la Comete qui parut au mois de Decembre 1680. [Ou Réponse a plusieurs difficultez que Mr. * * * a proposées à l'Auteur.] Nouvelle édition corrigée. Tome Premier [-Quatrième]. A Rotterdam: chez les Heritiers de Reinier Léers, 1721","B1825. P4","

4 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 236 leaves; vol. II, 234 leaves; vol. III, 307 leaves; vol. IV, 356 leaves; the intercalated phrase in the title occurs in vol. III and IV; titles printed in red and black; phoenix device on the title-pages.

Barbier III, col. 821. Quérard I, 231.

French sprinkled calf, marbled end papers, r. e.; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson on sig. I and T.; Par Bayle written in another hand on the title-page.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7.0.

Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706, French philosopher and man of letters. The two parts of this book were originally issued separately, the first in 1683 and the second in 1705." "12770","J. 40","","","","Ruines de Volnay.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 103, Ruines de Volney, 8vo.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Les Ruines; ou Méditation sur les Révolutions des Empires; Par M. Volney, Député à l'Assemblée Nationale de 1789 . . . Nouvelle édition corrigée. Prix, broché 5 livres, avec trois Planches gravées. A Paris: chez Desenne, Volland, Plassan, 1792","D16.7.V7","

8vo. 152 leaves only (should be 154, lacks B4,5 and the 3 plates).

This edition not in Quérard.

Original sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson; numerous marginal corrections by the author. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This was probably a presentation copy from the author, and may have been the petit ouvrage referred to in the following letter, written by Volney to Jefferson from Paris, 16 November, 1793:

j'ai l'honneur de rappeller à monsieur jefferson le souvenir d'une personne pour qui le sien est lié à des tems et des événémens qui en ont consacré l'intéret. je le prie d'agréer un petit ouvrage qui dumoins aura le merite de ne pas le distraire longtems de ses occupations multipliées. si cette bagatelle obtenait son suffrage, si des élémens de ce genre, developpés sur plusieurs sujets avaient des succés en amérique, j'aurais doublement à regretter d'avoir vu m'echapper le Voyage philosophique que le conseil m'avait chargé d'y executer.

Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney, 1757-1820, French savant. The first edition of this book was published in Geneva in 1791. For a note on Volney see no. 133." "12780","41","","","","Volney's ruins.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 44, as above.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","The Ruins: or a survey of the Revolutions of Empires. By M. Volney. One of the Deputies of the National Assembly of 1789, and author of Travels into Syria and Egypt. Translated from the French . . . New-York: Printed by William A. Davis, for E. Duyckinck & Co., T. & J. Swords [and others], 1796.","","

12mo. 153 leaves, plates and map.

Evans 31517.

The Library of Congress copy, which may have been Jefferson's, has been missing since January 1907.

Jefferson had also a copy of the translation started by himself and finished by Joel Barlow, first published in Paris by Levrault in 1802. This book is entered in his manuscript catalogue, but was not sold to Congress in 1815." "12790","J. 42","","","","Tindal's Christianity as old as the creation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 107, as above.","[Tindal, Matthew.]","Christianity as old as the Creation: or, the Gospel, a Republication of the Religion of Nature. The Second Edition in Octavo . . . London: Printed in the year M. DCC. XXXII. [Without name of printer, 1732.]","BL2773 .T4","

8vo. 182 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes V, 2686.

Original calf, rebacked, with the original morocco label preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name Tindal written in ink on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Matthew Tindal, 1657-1733, English deist. The first edition of this book appeared in 1730 and was answered by numerous pamphlets." "12800","J. 43","","","","Voltaire's Philosophical dictionary.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 109, as above.","[Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.]","The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. Written in French by A Society of Men of Letters, and translated into English from the last Geneva Edition, corrected by the Authors. With Notes, containing a refutation of such Passages as are any way exceptionable in regard to religion. London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1765.","B42 .V6","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 170 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 335. Lowndes V, 2793. Quérard, Bibliographie Voltairienne, 16.

Original calf, gilt line borders, back scorched, repaired at the joints. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, and with annotations by him on page 7. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher, historian, dramatist and man of letters.

In the debate in the House in 1814 on the purchase of Jefferson's library for Congress, the works of Voltaire were mentioned as rendering the library unsuitable for the purpose." "12810","J. 44","","","","Voltaire, Philosophie de l'histoire.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 110a, as above.","[Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.]","La Philosophie de l'Histoire. Par feu l'Abbé Bazin. MDCCLXV. [Geneva 1765.]","D167 .V93","

First Edition. 8vo. 172 leaves.

Barbier III, col. 876. Quérard, Bibliographie Voltairienne, 403. Not in Sabin.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; under the word Bazin has been written in ink Voltaire.

This work is dedicated to Catherine II, Imperatrice de toutes les Russies. Chapter VII is De l'Amerique." "12820","J. 45","","","","Bayle's Philosophical commentary on Luke 14.23.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 39, as above.","Bayle, Pierre.","A Philosophical Commentary on these Words of the Gospel, Luke XIV. 23. Compel them to come in, that my House may be full. In Four Parts . . . Translated from the French of Mr. Bayle, Author of the Great Critical and Historical Dictionary. In Two Volumes. London: Printed by J. Darby, and sold by J. Morphew, 1708.","BT1313 .B3","

First Edition of this transalation. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 202 leaves; vol. II, 205 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination in both volumes.

Lowndes I, 134. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 770. Not in Halkett and Laing.

Original calf, gilt back, gilt line borders. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. A few small corrections in the text are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706, French philosopher." "12830","?J. 46","","","","Le Saul de Voltaire. [pamphlet.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 110b, Le Saul de Voltaire, pam.","[Voltaire.]","Saül, Tragédie tirée de l'Ecriture Sainte par Mr. de V. MDCCLV. Without name of place or printer. [1755].","PQ2077 .S3","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 24 leaves.

Barbier IV, col. 433. Quérard, Bibliographie Voltairienne, 140, with erroneous date 1758. Bengesco I, 255.

Half roan; the chapter and number as in the later Library of Congress catalogues written on the title; the name Voltaire on the title is completed in ink (not by Jefferson)." "12840","J. 47","","","","Chubb's tracts.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 108, as above.","Chubb, Thomas.","A collection of Tracts on various subjects. Written by Thomas Chubb. Vol. II. Part I [-II]. London: Printed for T. Cox, 1743.","BL2773 .C5","

2 vol. 8vo, each with 357 leaves. The volumes contain 12 tracts issued between 1732 and 1746, bound together in reverse chronological order in 2 volumes with general titles dated 1743.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in various places. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of J. Wayles, with his autograph signature on both titles; the autograph signature of Richd Weir also on the title-pages, has been crossed through in ink. The tracts are numbered in ink, 12-7 in vol. I, and 6-1 in vol. II.

Thomas Chubb, 1679-1747, English deist. These tracts formed part of the deist controversy." "12850","J. 48","","","","Dudgeon's Philosophical works.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 46, as above, 12mo.","Dudgeon, William.","The Philosophical Works of Mr. William Dudgeon. Carefully corrected . . . MDCCLXV. [Privately printed. Edinburgh, 1765.]","BJ1241 .D8","

Sm. 8vo. 232 leaves, collating in fours.

Not in Lowndes. Jessop, page 120.

Rebound in red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Dudgeon, 1706-1743, Scottish philosophical writer. This is a collective edition of his works, chiefly on the deistic controversy." "12860","J. 49","","","","History of the man after god's own heart.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 47, as above.","[Annet, Peter.]","The life of David: or, The History of the man after God's own heart . . . London: for T. Coote, and J. Waller, 1772.","BS580 .D3A6","

12mo. 76 leaves, collating in sixes.

Halkett and Laing III, 86. Lowndes I, 48.

Bound in red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Peter Annet, 1693-1769, English deistical writer, and a member of the Robinhood Society (see no. 419), is the supposed author of this work suggested by Voltaire's Saul. The work has also been ascribed to Archibald Campbell (the author given by Halkett and Laing) and to John Noorthouck. The first edition appeared in 1761." "12870","J. 50","","","","Blount's miscellaneous works.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 48, as above.","Blount, Charles.","The Miscellaneous Works of Charles Blount, Esq; containing I. The Oracles of Reason, &c. II. Anima Mundi . . . III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians . . . IV. An Appeal from the Country to the City for the Preservation of his Majesties Person, Liberty and Property, and the Protestant Religion. V. A just Vindication of Learning, and the Liberty of the Press. VI. A supposed Dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William on the Banks of the Boyne, the Day before that famous Victory. To which is prefixed the Life of the Author, and an Account and Vindication of his Death. With the Contents of the whole Volume. [London] Printed in the year 1695.","AC6 .B5","

First Collected Edition. 12mo. 270 leaves; the Dialogue at the end in verse.

Lowndes I, 221. STC B3296. Hazlitt II, 52.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first alphabet; a line of text crossed out in ink on page 227. Badly waterstained and foxed throughout.

Charles Blount, 1654-1693, English deist. The Miscellaneous Works is a posthumous publication, with a preface by Charles Gildon." "12880","J. 51","","","","Peel's Truth & Reason.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 106, as above.","Peel, Joshua.","Truth and Reason: or, A Fair Investigation of many of those things which keep them in the shade; delivered in a course of Theological Lectures . . . By Joshua Peel . . . Copy-right secured. Peel Brook, Bedford County, Virginia: the 29th year of American Independence. Fincastle: Botetourt County. Printed: by David Amen, n.d. [1805].","BL2773 .P4","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours, 92 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Sabin. Not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, by John March in April, 1806 (cost $1.00). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America. The dedication contains a quotation from the Notes on Virginia: . . . should what I have wrote be deemed Heresy. I learn from your Notes on Virginia [Eighth American Edition, page 215] that I must ''Be pitied, not punished.'' . . .

Other references to the Notes on Virginia occur in the text.

Joshua Peel, emigrant from England to the United States, gives biographical details in the dedication and preface. He was born at Rotherhithe, London, on March 9, 1753, published volumes of Hymns at Whitby, Gilling and York, and with his wife and six children embarked from Great Britain in the year 1800, arriving at Philadelphia on August 23 after a passage of about eight weeks." "12890","J. 52","","","","Allen's Reason the only Oracle of man.","","8vo. Bennington. 1784.","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 105, as above, without the imprint.","Allen, Ethan.","Reason the only Oracle of Man, or a Compenduous System of Natural Religion. Alternately adorned with Confutations of a variety of Doctrines incompatible to it; Deduced from the most exalted Ideas which we are able to form of the Divine and Human characters, and from the Universe in General. By Ethan Allen, Esq; Bennington: State of Vermont; Printed by Haswell & Russell, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]","BL2773 .A5.","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 235 leaves.

Sabin 802. Evans 18322. Gilman, page 6. Spargo, page 248, no. 12.

Rebound in red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Ethan Allen, 1737-1789, Revolutionary soldier and author of Vermont, was a native of Litchfield, Connecticut." "12900","J. 53","","","","Palmer's principles of nature.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 45, as above.","Palmer, Elihu.","Principles of Nature; or, a Developement of the moral causes of Happiness and Misery among the Human Species. The Second Edition, with the Addition of five new Chapters. By Elihu Palmer . . . New-York. Printed in the year of the Christian æra 1802, and in the Twenty-sixth year of American Independence. Copy Right secured according to Law.","BL2775 .P3","

12mo. 168 leaves, in sixes; the engraved portrait frontispiece missing from this copy.

Not in Sabin.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Author's presentation copy to Jefferson to whom he wrote from New York on September 1, 1802 (endorsed by Jefferson recd. Dec. 19.):

I send you a copy of the Second Edition of my Principles of Nature I beg that you would accept of it as a mark of that profound Respect which I entertain for premient talants and Virtue . . . I know that the Book which I send you contains nothing new to you and furnishes only an evideance of sincere attachment to you and the Principles for which you have contended.

See Wood, John: A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Faction, No. 3280.

Elihu Palmer, 1764-1806, deist and founder of deistical societies in New York and other cities, of which this work was the textbook for a number of years. The preface to the first edition, reprinted in the second, is dated May 1 of the same year, 1802." "12910","J. 54","","","","Lettre de Trasibule a Leucippe. par Freret.","","4to. M.S.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 132, as above.","Freret, Nicolas.","Lettre de Trasibule a Leucippe. Ouvrage critique, historique, metaphisique &c. Ou l'on nie la verité de toutes les Religions.—l'existence de Dieu, et l'immortalité de l'ame. Par Mr. Freret Secretaire perpetuel de l'Academie des Inscriptions et belles lettres. Mort en 1746.","","

Sm. folio. Manuscript written in an extremely neat hand on 155 leaves (title and 307 numbered pages), of water-marked paper, measuring 10 by 7¼ inches, long lines, 16 to a full page, the title written in red and black within red and black ruled borders, the caption on the first page of text in red and black, pages ruled in red throughout.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, r. e. With the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate.

From the library of Benjamin Franklin. A gift from N. G. Dufief, the bookseller, to Jefferson. On October 22, 1801, Dufief wrote to Jefferson:

. . . J'ai ajouté depuis peu à ma Collection la portion de la Bibliotheque du Dr. B. Franklin leguée par lui à son petit fils Temple Franklin. Sans l'entousiasme de nos Concitoyens a faire l'acquisition de ses livres J'aurois accompli mon dessein de vous en envoyer le catalogue manuscript; mais en ayant une fois annoncé la vente dans les papiers publics il ne m'a pas été possible de me me refuser a l'empressement general à se les procurer—Il s'est trouvé parmi ces livres la fameuse lettre de Trasibule à Leucippe en Manuscript. peut être plus correcte & plus complète que les Editions imprimées ce dont je n'ai pu m'assurer n'en ayant aucune pour en faire la comparaison. J'ai pensé que vous me feriez l'honneur de l'accepter; ce la m'a enhardi a mettre cet ouvrage parmi vos livres . . .

On November 1 Jefferson wrote to Dufief as to the other books mentioned in his letter, and added:

. . . accept my thanks for the lettre de Trasybule a Leucippe . . .

Nicolas Freret, 1688-1749 (not 1746 as on the title-page above), French scholar and critic. The first printed edition of this work appeared in London, undated, circa 1768. The authorship is now disputed, and the book is ascribed to Freret, Holbach and others." "12920","55","","","","Le Bon sens.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58, unnumbered [Le Bon Sens, 12mo, Diderot] oeuvres.","[Holbach, Paul Heinrich Dietrich, Baron d'.]","Le Bon-Sens ou idées naturelles opposées aux idées surnaturelles . . . A Londres. MDCCLXXII. [Amsterdam 1772.]","BL2773 .H6","

The entry is omitted from the later catalogues. Jefferson ordered a separate edition of the work said to be by Diderot, in petit format, from Dufief in a letter written from Washington on April 10, 1802.

Dufief acknowledged the order on April 14.

The work is an abridgment of the Système de la nature." "12930","J. 56","","","","Les causes premieres, sc. Ocellus Lucanus, Timaeus Locrus et Aristoteles de mundo. Gr. Fr. par l'Abbé Batteux.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 77, as above.","Batteux, Charles.","Histoire des causes premieres, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophes sur les principes des êtres. Par M. l'Abbé Batteux . . . A Paris: chez Saillant, 1769—Ocellus Lucanus, De la Nature de l'univers, avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux . . . ib, 1768—Lettre d'Aristote a Alexandre, sur le Systême du monde, avec la Traduction & des remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux . . . ib, 1768. Avec Approbation & Permission.","BD532 .B3, B235 .O33 .O25, PA3892 .M7","

First Edition. Together 3 vol. 8vo. 238, 63, and 78 leaves, Greek and French text on opposite pages in Ocellus and Aristotle; Fautes a corriger in the three volumes at the end of the last part (Aristotle).

Brunet III, 546. Quérard I, 215.

Originally bound in 2 volumes; rebound in 3 volumes in half morocco, original marbled edges preserved. Batteux and Aristotle initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, Ocellus not initialled; a note in Jefferson's hand on pages 16 and 17 of Ocellus and of Aristotle.

Les causes premieres de l'Abbe Batteux. 2.v. 8vo. is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 14.0.

In a letter to John Adams from Monticello on August 22, 1813, with reference to Priestley's Comparative view of the doctrines of the Philosophers of antiquity, and of Jesus, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the abbé Batteux had in fact laid the foundation of this part, in his Causes premieres; with which he has given us the originals of Ocellus, and Timaeus, who first committed the doctrines of Pythagoras to writing . . .

Again on January 24, 1814, during the same philosophical discussion he wrote:

. . . your account of D'Argens' Ocellus makes me wish for him also. Ocellus furnishes a fruitful text for a sensible and learned commentator. The Abbé Batteux', which I have, is a meagre thing . . .

Charles Batteux, 1713-1780, French philosopher and writer on aesthetics. This early attempt at a history of philosophy was the cause of its author's losing his professorial chair in the Collège de France.

Ocellus Lucanus, 5th century B. C., a Pythagorean philosopher." "12940","J. 57","","","","La certitude des preuves du Mahometisme.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 49, as above.","[Cloots, Jean Baptiste, Baron De.]","La certitude des preuves du Mahométisme, ou réfutation de l'examen critique des apologistes de la religion mahométane. Par Ali-Gier-Ber, Alfaki, ou docteur en Théologie, Principal du Collége d'Andrinople . . . Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Londres MDCCLXXX.","BP160 .C5","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. 12mo. 98 and 244 leaves, with continuous signatures and pagination; the second part has two starred signatures inserted between O and P (O*12, O**9) with starred pagination; the title of the second part is on I1 and differs from that of the first.

Not in Barbier. Quérard II, page 230.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, marbled end papers; initialled by Jefferson in sig. I2 (the title for part II being on I1), and with le baron Clootz written in ink on the title-page, not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy in 2 volumes, bound, from Froullé on September 24, 1787, price 9. It is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue at this price, plus 1.10; 10.10 in all, the additional 1.10 being probably for the binding in 1 volume.

Jean Baptiste, Baron De Cloots, known as Anacharsis Cloots, 1755-1794 (in which year he was executed) German Utopian, was a noteworthy figure in the French Revolution. The pseudonym Ali-Gier-Ber was an anagram of Bergier whose La certitude des preuves du Christianisme, 1768 was parodied in this work." "12950","58","","","","Traité des trois Imposteurs.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 50, as above.","","","","This book was either not delivered to the Library of Congress, or disappeared at an early date. In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue it is not checked as having been received, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. Jefferson's copy was a duodecimo, it seems probable therefore that it was of the edition printed En Suisse, de l'Imprimerie Philosophique, 1793. The work was put on the Index in 1783." "12960","J. 59","","","","Analyse de l'Origine des cultes de Dupuis, par Tracy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 111, Analyse de l'Origine des Cuttes, de Dupuis, par Tracey, 8vo.","[Destutt De Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, Comte.]","Analyse raisonnée de l'Origine de tous les Cultes, ou religion Universelle; Ouvrage publié en l'an III, par Dupuis, citoyen français. A Paris: chez Courcier, An XII. 1804.","BL75. D4","

First Edition. 8vo. 109 leaves, including a leaf of errata, inserted in this copy in duplicate between pages 38 and 39, F4 and F5.

Barbier I, col. 171. Quérard II, page 539.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end-papers; not signed by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress bookplate.

This book was sent by the author to Jefferson and acknowledged by him in the letter written on February 14, 1806, in which he thanked Destutt de Tracy for his volumes on Idéologie, sent on February 21, 1804 (no. 1239):

I have to return you my thanks for . . . the two first parts of your work on Ideologie, & of the Analysis of Dupuis. both are on subjects highly interesting.

In the letter to John Adams, written from Poplar Forest on November 25, 1816, in which he mentioned that Destutt de Tracy had become blind so that he was no longer able to compose anything, Jefferson gave a list of his works, and added:

his Analyse de Dupuys he does not avow.

For a note on Destutt de Tracy see no. 1239. The Origine de tous les cultes by Charles François Dupuis was first published in an III (1796), 4 vol. 4to." "12970","60","","","","Locke's conduct of the mind in search after truth.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 25, as above.","","","","This book was probably not delivered to Congress in 1815. The entry is not checked, but is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 catalogue and is omitted from the later catalogues." "12980","J. 61","","","","Hieroclis Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 1, as above.","Hierocles of Alexandria.","[???]εϱoκλεoυς &phis;ιλoσo&phis;oυ [???]πoμνημαε[???]ς τα των Πυ&thetas;αγoϱειων [???]πη τ[???] χϱυσ[???]. Hieroclis Philosophi commentarius in aurea Pythogoreorum carmina; Joan. Curterio interprete . . . Londini: excudebat Rogerus Daniel; et venalis prostat apud Joann. Williams, MDCLIV. [1654.]","PA4013 .H46","

Sm. 8vo. 3 parts in 1 with continuous signatures; 235 leaves; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves; title for Aurea Pythoreorum Carmina . . . Autore Theodoro Marcilio on Y1, and for Hieroclis philosophi Facetiae on Cc[???].

Brunet I, 564. Ebert 9673. This edition not in Lowndes. STC H1934.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Hierocles Of Alexandria, fl. circa 430, A. D, neoplatonist writer." "12990","62","","","","Epicteti Manuel. Gr. Lat.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 70, as above, p 4to.","Epictetus.","Epicteti Manuale et Sententiæ. Quibus accedunt Tabvla Cebetis, & alia affinis argumenti, in linguam Latinam conversa a Marco Meibomio. Subjiciuntur ejusdem notæ, emendationes Claudii Salmasii in Epictetum, notæ illorum & alius viri docti in dissertationes Epicteti ab Arriano digestas, & varians scriptura codicum manu exaratorum, cura Hadriani Relandi. Trajecti Batavorum: ex officina Gulielmi Brœdelet, 1711.","PA3969 .A3","

4to. 3 parts in 1. 254 leaves, engraved device on the title-page, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Brunet II, 185. Van der Aa XVI, 149. Dibdin, page 133. Oldfather 287.

In a discussion of Epicureanism in a letter to William Short from Monticello on October 31, 1819, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Epictetus indeed has given us what was good of the Stoics; all beyond, of their dogmas, being hypocrisy and grimace . . . I have sometimes thought of translating Epictetus (for he has never been tolerably translated into English) . . .

Epictetus, born circa A. D. 60, Greek philosopher, whose teachings were taken down and written by his pupil Flavius Arrianus.

Hadrianus Relandus [Adrien Reeland], 1676-1718, Dutch orientalist." "13000","63","","","","Epictetus. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57, no. 8, as above, with the reading Foulis.","Epictetus.","τo τoυ Eπικτητoυ εγχειϱιδιoν. Ex Editione Joannis Upton accurate expressum. Glasguæ: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiæ Typographi, M DCC LVIII. [1758.]","PA3969.A3 1758","

Sm. 8vo. 52 leaves: A-D8, E2, F-G3, H2; the Greek text on sig. A to E, and the Latin on sig. F to H.

This edition not in Dibdin. Oldfather, no. 204.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue:

Epictetus. Foulis. 48[???]. 4.0.

John Upton, 1707-1760, English scholar, was the son of James Upton, q. v. The first edition of his Epictetus was published in London in 1739-41; the first Foulis edition in 1747." "13010","J. 64","","","","Epicteti Enchiridion & Cebetis tabula, Simplicii commentarius et Arriani dissertationes. Gr. Lat. Wolfii. Coloniae. 1595. versione Anglicâ dominae Carter.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 7, as above, omitting date.","Epictetus.","Epicteti Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item, Cebetis Thebani Tabula de vita humana prudenter instituenda. Accessere Simplicij in eundem Epicteti libellum doctissima Scholia, Arriani commentariorum de Epicteti disputationibus libri quatuor . . . Omnia Hieronymo Wolfio interprete . . . Coloniæ: in officina Birckmannica, sumtibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1595.—All the works of Epictetus, which are now extant; consisting of his Discourses, preserved by Arrian, in four books . . . Translated from the original Greek, by Elizabeth Carter . . . In Two Volumes . . . London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, 1768.","PA3969.A2","

These two editions conflated and bound for Jefferson in 3 vol. 8vo., tree calf, marbled end papers; some leaves wormed; initialled by Jefferson on sig. I and T in various places; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Oldfather 38 and 51.

Elizabeth Carter, 1717-1806, English poet and miscellaneous writer. The first edition of her translation of Epictetus was published in 1758." "13020","J. 65","","","","Epicteti Enchiridion. Cebetis tabula. Theophrasti caracteres. Dialogus de Exilio. Prodici Hercules.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 6, Epictetus, Cebes, Theophrastus, dialogus de Exilio, et Prodicus, 16s.","Epictetus.","Eπικτητoυ εγχειϱ[???]διoν, Kεβητoς &thetas;εβαιoυ π[???]ναξ, &thetas;εo&phis;ϱαστoυ η&thetas;ικo[???] χαϱακτ[???]ϱες, Πϱoδικoυ Hϱακλης, κα[???] M. T. Kικεϱωνoς πεϱ[???] της &phis;υγης δι[???]λoγoς. Epicteti Enchiridion, Cebetis Thebani tabula, Theophrasti characteres ethici, Prodici Hercules, et M. T. Ciceronis de Exilio dialogus. Cum versione Latina. Denuo recognita & notis illustrat'. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Anno Dom. MDCLXXX. [1680.]","PA3969.A3 1680","

12mo. 120 leaves in sixes; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

STC E3148. This edition not in Dibdin. Oldfather 114. Madan 3264.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

According to Madan this was probably a Fell New Year Book for 1680." "13030","J. 66","","","","Theophrasti Caracteres. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 5, as above.","Theophrastus.","&thetas;εo&phis;ϱαστoυ Xαϱακτηϱες η&thetas;ικoι. Theophrasti Characteres Ethici. Ex recensione Petri Needham, et versione Latina Isaaci Casauboni. Glasguæ: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis academiæ typographi, M DCCLVIII. [1758.]","BF819 .T3","

8vo. 68 leaves: A-H8, I4, the last 2 blanks; the Greek text occupies the first part of the book, to page 83, F2 recto (verso blank), and is followed by the Latin beginning on F?8?? recto, page 85.

Graesse VI, 125. Lowndes V, 2663.

Original calf, gilt back; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Theophrastus, c. 372-287 B. C. Greek philosopher and the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. The Characters form the first recorded attempt at systematic character writing. The first Foulis edition was published in 1743.

Peter Needham, 1680-1731, English classical scholar.

Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614, classical scholar, was a native of Geneva." "13040","J. 67","","","","Marci Antonini Commentarii ad seipsum. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 18, as above.","Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius","Mαϱκoυ Aντωνινoυ αυτoκϱατoϱoς των εις εαυτoν βιβλια ι[???]. Marci Antonini Imperatoris eorum quæ ad seipsum Libri XII. Post Gatakerum, ceterosque, recogniti, et notis illustrati, a doctissimo viro R. I. [R. Ibbetson] Oxoniensi. Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis, excudebat R. Foulis Academiæ Typographus, MDCCXLIV. [1744.]","PA3939 .A2 1744","

8vo. 178 leaves; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

Graesse I, 152. Ebert 740.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. The signature Gardner written on the title-page.

Jefferson bought a copy of this edition from Lackington (through Donald & Co.) billed on December 31, 1791, price 2/6. Lackington's bill gives the number, 12425, the key word, Antoninus, and the price, the other details are written in by Jefferson in his own hand: Gr. Lat. Foul. 12mo. 1744.

The price as given on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue is 2.10., not 2.6. as on Lackington's bill, with +2. added, possibly for the binding, or may refer to another copy. Jefferson had originally entered the book as an 8vo in his dated manuscript catalogue, altered in ink to 12mo; in the undated catalogue the format is given as 8vo.

Thomas Gataker, 1574-1654, English Puritan divine. His first edition of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus appeared in 1652." "13050","J. 68","","","","Marci Antonini eorum quae ad seipsum libri 12. Gr. Lat. Eng.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 19, as above, with the reading lib XII.","Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius.","Marci Antonini Philosophi Commentarii qvos ipse sibi scripsit. Lipsiae: svmtv E. B. Schwickerti, 1775—The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Newly translated from the Greek: with notes, and an account of his life. Glasgow: Printed by Robert Foulis . . . 1742.","PA3939 .A2","12mo. These two editions conflated and bound for Jefferson in 2 vol. tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "13060","J. 69","","","","Aeschinis dialogi. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 68, as above.","Aeschines Socraticus.","Æschinis Socratici Dialogi tres Græce et Latine, ad qvos accessit qvarti Latinum fragmentum. Vertit et Notis illustravit Joannes Clericus; cujus & ad calcem additæ sunt Silvæ Philologicæ, cum omnium Indicibus necessariis. Amstelodami: apud Petrum de Coup, 1711.","PA3824 .A4 1711","

First Separate Edition. 8vo. 172 leaves; title printed in red and black, engraved printer's device, notes in double columns; dedication Dabam Amstelodami Calendis Februariis MDCCXI.

Brunet I, 27. Graesse I, 28.

Original tree calf, gilt, repaired with new end papers (by the Library of Congress in 1903).

Aeschines Socraticus, 5th century B. C. Athenian philosopher. This edition by Le Clerc is the first separate edition of his Dialogues, which were first published with those of Plato by Aldus in 1513.

Jean Leclerc [Johannes Clericus], 1657-1736, Swiss philosopher and man of letters." "13070","J. 70","","","","Xenophontis memorabilia Gr. Foulis. Eng. by Fielding 2. v.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 2, as above.","Xenophon.","Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates. With the defence of Socrates, before his Judges. Translated from the original Greek. By Sarah Fielding. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, MDCCLXVII.—Tα τoυ Ξενo&phis;ωντoς πεϱι τoυ Σωκϱατoυς απoμνημoνευματα . . . Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1761.","B316 .X2F5","

12mo. These two editions conflated and bound in 2 vol. red straight grain morocco, gilt line borders on the sides, gilt ornamental backs, marbled end papers, g. e.; some leaves badly cut into by the binder. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I twice in vol. I and at sig. T twice in vol. II; marginal paragraph numbers inserted in ink by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In a letter on Epicureanism to William Short, dated from Monticello October 31, 1819, Jefferson wrote:

. . . of Socrates we have nothing genuine but in the Memorabilia of Xenophon. for Plato makes him one of his Collocutors merely to cover his own whimsies under the mantel of his name; a liberty of which we are told Socrates himself complained.

Xenophon, b. circa 430 B. C., Greek historian and philosopher. The Memorabilia was written to defend Socrates from the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth.

Sarah Fielding, 1710-1768, English writer, was the sister of Henry Fielding. Her translation of Xenophon was first issued in 1762." "13080","J. 71","","","","Aristotelis Ethica. Gr. Lat. Magiri.","","8vo. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 4, Aristotelis Ethica, Gr. Lat. Magiri, 12mo.","Aristoteles.","Dn. Ioannis Magiri, Philosophiæ professoris in Academia Marpvrgensi inclyti corona virtutum moralium, Universam Aristotelis svmmi philosophi ethicen exacte enucleans . . . Adiecto vbiq; Aristotelis contextu Græco-Latino. Nunc primum emenda, legenda, pendenda. Proponitvr in collegio musarum Paltheniano Francofurt, anno M. D. CXIV. [Francofurt, 1614.]","PA3893 .E9M3 1614","

8vo. 408 leaves including the last blank, collating in eights, woodcut device on the title.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, Ebert, Dibdin, Schwab.

Old calf, marbled endpapers, some leaves cut into and some wormholes, sig. Ggg2 damaged, some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. Manuscript notes in the margins and on the fly-leaf at the end, and underlined passages all in ink, are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "13090","J. 72","","","","Platonis opera. Serránii. Gr. Lat. fol.","","3. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 136, Platonis opera, Gr. Lat. Serrani, 3 v fol.","Plato.","Πλατωνoς απαντα τα σωζoμενα. Platonis opera quæ extant omnia. Ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusd[???] notis illustrata . . . Eivsdem annotationes in quosdam suæ illius interpretationis locos. Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, & multorum contextus Græci emendatio. Excvdebat Henr. Stephanvs [Geneva], 1578.","PA4279 .A2 1578.","

3 vol. folio. Title, with Estienne device in the first volume, half titles in the second and third; Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns, woodcut initials and ornaments. This copy has the dedications, to Queen Elizabeth, to James VI of Scotland, and to the Republic of Berne.

Brunet III, page 761. Dibdin, page 294. Renouard, page 445. Maittaire, pages 101 and 407.

Volumes I and II rebound in half red morocco; vol. III in old calf, gilt ornaments on the back. Initialled by Jefferson at appropriate signatures in all volumes. The name J. Carsotuscmit written on the title-pages.

In a letter to William Short, dated from Monticello August 4, 1820, Jefferson wrote:

. . . so again, the superlative wisdom of Socrates is testified by all antiquity, and placed on ground not to be questioned. when therefore Plato puts into his mouth such paralogisms, such quibbles on words & sophisms as a schoolboy would be ashamed of, we conclude they were the whimsies of Plato's own foggy brain, and acquit Socrates of puerilities so unlike his character. (speaking of Plato I will add that no writer antient or modern has bewildered the world with more ignes fatui than this renowned philosopher, in Ethics, in Politics & Physics. in the latter, to specify a single example, compare his views of the animal economy, in his Timaeus, with those of mr[???] Bryan in her Conversations on chemistry, and weigh the science of the canonised philosopher against the good sense of the unassuming lady. but Plato's visions have furnished a basis for endless systems of mystical theology, and he is therefore all but adopted as a Christian saint . . .

Johannes Serranius [Jean de Serres] c. 1540-1598, French theologian and historian, was the brother of Olivier de Serres. q. v. This is the first edition of the Opera of Plato with the Greek and Latin texts." "13100","73","","","","id. abridged. Eng.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 3, Plato abridged by Dacier, Eng. 2 v 12mo.","Plato.","The Works of Plato abridg'd: With an Account of his Life, Philosophy, Morals, and Politicks. Together with a Translation of his Choicest Dialogues . . . In Two Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, by M. Dacier. Translated from the French, by several Hands. The Fourth Edition, corrected. London: Printed for R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman [and others], 1759.","B238 .D3","

2 vol. 12mo. 170 and 172 leaves.

Lowndes IV, 1877. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 762. Halkett and Laing VI, 258. Whitley I, 137.

André Dacier, 1651-1722, French translator.

According to Whitley, the English version, first published in 1701, was by Joseph Stennett, 1663-1713, English seventh-day baptist." "13110","J. 74","","","","Plato. Graecé Stephani et Latiné Ficini.","","12. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 69, Plato, Gr. Stephani, et Lat. Ficini, 12 v 8vo.","Plato.","Πλατων. Platonis Philosophi quæ exstant Græce ad editionem Henrici Stephani accurate expressa cum Marsilii Ficini interpretatione . . . Studiis Societatis Bipontinæ [- . . . Dialogorum Platonis argumenta exposita et illustrata a Diet. Tiedemann Philosophiæ Professore P. O. in Academia Marburgensi.] Biponti: ex Typographia Societatis, cI[???] I[???] cclxxxI-cI[???] I[???] cclxxxvII. [1781-1787.]","PA4279.A2 1781","

12 vol. 8vo. Engraved medallion portraits on 11 titles; list of subscribers at the beginning of several volumes; the majority of half-titles lacking; vol. IX and XI misbound; title of vol. XI slightly damaged; some leaves not opened; many leaves waterstained.

Brunet II, 761. Dibdin 296.

Bound in French calf, gilt ornaments on the back; volume I rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress with the 1815 bookplate preserved; the 1815 bookplate in all volumes except vol. VI which has a later plate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume, and at the end of vol. XI he has drawn attention to the misbinding in a manuscript note: pa. 481.

2.3. misplaced at the beginning of the volume.

Jefferson probably bought his copy from Koenig of Strassburg in April 1788. On April 22, he wrote to Koenig:

Je viens de recevoir de Monsieur Prevost le Platon, l'Aristophane, et le Menandre que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier, mais point de note de ce que je dois payer pour ça à Monsieur Prevost. presumant pourtant que le Platon est de 60 . . . je payerai incessament dans les mains de Monsieur Prevost la somme . . .

The work is entered at this price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, plus 24 (probably for the binding).

On June 29, Jefferson ordered another copy from Koenig, Gr. Lat. 12. vol[???] 8vo. Brochés, (with other books) les memes editions que j'ai acheté chez vous. This was sent on July 24.

On July 21, in his letter to Gautier concerning the Deuxponts edition of Seneca [q. v.] Jefferson mentioned:

I have their Plato which I like much . . .

Marsilio Ficino, 1433-1499, Italian philosopher and writer. His edition of Plato was first printed in Florence in 1482." "13120","J. 75","","","","Plutarchi Varia. Gr. Lat. Cruseri.","","4. v. small folio.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 130, as above, p fol.","Plutarch.","Plvtarchi Opvscvla. LXXXXII . . . [Venetiis: in ædibus Aldi & Andreæ Asulani soceri. mense Martio. M. D. IX.] Plvtarchi Chæronei Ethica, sive Moralia, Opera quæ extant, omnia: Interprete Hermanno Cruserio . . . Basileæ: Apvd Thomas Gvarinvm, 1573.","PA4368 .A2","

These two editions conflated and bound together in 4 volumes, small folio, uniform with the Vitae, no. 69, which is part of the same Cruser edition. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume; numerous early manuscript notes throughout and a leaf of notes inserted in volume IV.

Volumes I, III and IV with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (in volume I covered by the new end-papers).

From the library of William Cocke, with his autograph signature." "13130","J. 76","","","","Plutarchi Moralia. Gr. Lat.","","8. v. 8vo. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 17, Plutarche Moralia, Gr. Lat. 8 v p 8vo.","Plutarch.","Πλoυταϱχoυ Xαιϱων[???]ως τ[???] σωζoμενα συγγϱ[???]μματα. Plvtarchi Chæronensis quæ extant opera, cum Latina interpretatione . . . Aemylii Probi de vita excellentium imperatorum liber. Anno M. D. LXXII, excudebat Henr. Stephanus. [Geneva 1572.]","PA4367.A2 1572","

8vo. 8 vol. These volumes contain vol. I-III and VII-IX, interleaved. They form part of the edition in 13 volumes of which vol. IX-XIII, conflated with an English edition, are in chapter 1, no. 69, and are similarly bound in calf, gilt backs, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

Brunet III, 779. Dibdin 317. Renouard 134.

From the library of William Byrd, with his autograph signature on the title of vol. I." "13140","J. 77","","","","Ciceronis de senectute et Somnium Scipionis, Traductio graeca Theodori.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 14, De Senectute et Somnium Scipionis, Lat. Gr. Theodori, 12mo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","Mαϱκoυ Tυλλιoυ Kικεϱωνoς Πεϱι Γηϱως και Oνειϱoυ Σκιπιωνoς. Eϱμηνεια &thetas;εωδωϱoυ. Marci Tvllii Ciceronis de Senectute, & Somnio Scipionis. Traductio Theodori. Basileæ An. M. D. XXIIII.] [Basileæ: apvd Ioannem Bebelivm mense Febrvario. Anni M. D. XXIIII.]","PA6315 .G8C2 1524","

12mo. A conflated book. Gaza's Greek translation interleaved with the Latin text; title within a woodcut Holbeinesque border, printer's name in the colophon. Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, front cover gone; a manuscript note at the end.

The Basel edition was bought from Koenig of Strassburg, price 1. Ordered by Jefferson from a catalogue in a letter from Paris, June 29, 1789, acknowledged by Koenig with the bill on July 8. Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

In his Syllabus of an Estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus compared with those of others, written to Benjamin Rush from Washington, April 21, 1803, Jefferson began with the Philosophers:

I. Philosophers. 1. Their precepts related chiefly to ourselves, & the government of those passions which, unrestrained, would disturb our tranquility of mind.

To this sentence he added a footnote:

To explain, I will exhibit the heads of Seneca's & Cicero's philosophical works, the most extensive of any we have recieved from the antients . . . of 11. tracts of Cicero, 5. respect ourselves, viz. de finibus, Tusculana, Academica, Paradoxa, de Senectute. 1. de officiis, partly to ourselves partly to others, 1. de amicitiâ relates to others, and 4. are on different subjects, to wit, de naturâ deorum, de divinatione, de fato, and Somnium Scipionis.

In his letter to John Adams, written from Monticello on July 5, 1814, in which he discussed the Republic of Plato (q. v.), Jefferson expressed surprise at the eulogy of Plato by Cicero, whom he described as able, learned, laborious, practised in the business of the world, & honest.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B. C. Roman orator and politician.

Theodorus Gaza, 1398-1478, Byzantine scholar. The first edition of this translation into Greek was published by Aldus in 1519." "13150","J. 78","","","","[Cicero de Officiis. not. var. 8vo.] id.","","12mo. 2 cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 10, Id. 12mo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","[De officiis M. Tullii Ciceronis libri tres. Item de Amicitia: de Senectute: Paradoxa: & de Somnio Scipionis. Cum indice in fine libri adjuncto . . . Ex typographeio Societatis Stationariorum, Londini, 1614.]","PA6296 .D5 1614","

Sm. 8vo. This copy is imperfect, lacking all before B2. It collates B2-8, C-R8, and has 247 numbered pages plus the Index.

STC 5268.

Old boards. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The book has a number of scribblings in ink, including the signature of Henry ford his book amen anno domini 1631. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy of de Officiis, imprint and format unspecified, from Froullé on July 26, 1789, price 1.4 (livres)." "13160","79","","","","Cicero's Offices by Cockman. Eng.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 11, as above, omitting Eng.","","","","This book was not received by Congress in 1815. It is entered in the Library catalogue of that date, but is marked missing in the contemporary working copy, and not checked as having been received." "13170","80","","","","Cicero de finibus. not. var.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 12, De Finibus bonorum, Gronovii, 12mo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. Tullii Ciceronis de Finibus bonorum & malorum ad Brutum Libri Quinque. Juxta Editionem Gronovii correctissimam summa cura emendati. In Usum Juventutis Academicæ. Glasguæ: Typis Academicis, Impensis Andreæ Stalker Bibliopolæ, 1732.","PA6296 .D2","Sm. 8vo. 104 leaves; title printed in red and black. This edition not in Lowndes; not in Graesse; not in Ebert." "13180","J. 81","","","","Cicero's de finibus & Academica. Eng. by Guthrie.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 71, as above.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","The Morals of Cicero. Containing, I. His conferences De Finibus: or, concerning the ends of things good and evil. In which, all the principles of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Academics, concerning the Ultimate Point of Happiness and Misery, are fully discuss'd. II. His Academics . . . Translated into English, by William Guthrie, Esq; London: Printed for T. Waller, 1744.","PA6308 .D2G8","

First Edition. 8vo. 238 leaves in eights; the last leaf, Ff2, with the publisher's advertisements, that on the recto being of Guthrie's History of England, beginning on Saturday, the 25th of February, 1743-4 (Price 6d. and to be continued weekly). [See no. 378.]

Lowndes I, 458.

Old mottled calf, repaired at the joints. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate.

William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish miscellaneous writer." "13190","J. 82","","","","Ciceronis Tusculana.","","16s. Foulis. 1744.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 13, Tusculana, Foulis, 12mo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. Tullii Ciceronis Tusculanarum disputationum libri quinque. Accedunt Lectiones variantes, et Doctorum, præcipue Cl. Bouherii conjecturæ. Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis excudebat Robertus Foulis, Academiæ Typographus, MDCCXLIV. [1744].","PA6304 .T6","

12mo. 114 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Graesse II, 178.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the end papers.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2/-." "13200","","","","","[Ciceronis Philosophica. in op.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 56. unnumbered [Cicero de Divinatione et de Fato De Natura Deorum De Finibus bonorum] in Op.","","","","Ciceronis Philosophica is evidently entered here for reading purposes only as no separate edition was sold to Congress. Jefferson owned a separate edition, entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3 (livres), and bound for him by March in August 1805, price .75. For the Op. see chapter 46." "13210","J. 83","","","","Cicero de Senectute Eng. by ----- With notes by Dr. Franklin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 72. Id. Eng. by Franklin, with notes, 8vo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or Discourse on old age. Addressed to Titus Pomponius Atticus. With explanatory notes. By Benj. Franklin, LL.D. London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","PA6308 .C2L6","

8vo. 84 leaves; lacks the portrait.

Sabin 13042 and Ford page 27, no. 48, have only the issue with the reading in the imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin. London: Re-printed for Fielding and Walker. Stevens 86.

Original mottled calf, gilt back (front cover gone), marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is written, not by Jefferson: Translated by James Logan, Chief Justice of the province of Pennsylvania, and on the fly-leaf: Logan's transl. of Cicero's Treatise on Old Age.

Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue leaves a blank for the name of the translator, as above. In his undated manuscript catalogue the entry reads: Cicero de senectute Eng. by Dr. Franklin 8vo.

James Logan, 1674-1751, the translator, whose name is perpetuated in the Loganian Library, Philadelphia, was born in Bristol, England and originally came to Pennsylvania as secretary to William Penn. The first edition of his translation was printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin, whose preface to that edition has been so altered by the English editor as to make it appear that Franklin was the translator." "13220","J. 84","","","","D'Olivet's thoughts of Cicero. Eng.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 15, as above, Lat. Eng. 12mo.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","Thoughts of Cicero. Translated from the French of the Abbe d'Olivet [by A. Wishart]; with the Latin original. Glasgow: Printed by R. Urie, MDCCLXIV. [1754.]","PA6307.A25O5","

12mo. 144 leaves in sixes; Latin and English text on opposite pages.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Not in Backer.

Rebound in red morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Pierre Joseph Thoulier, 1682-1768, French scholar, took the name of abbé d'Olivet in 1716 on leaving the Jesuit Society before taking his final vows." "13230","J. 85","","","","L. Annaei Senecae et P. Syri mimi sententiae. notis Gruteri et versione Graeca Scaligeri.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 74, as above.","Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.","L. Annæi Senecæ & P. Syri Mimi, forsan etiam aliorum, singularis sententiæ, centum aliquot versibus ex Codd. Pall. & Frising. auctæ & correctæ, studio & opera Jani Gruteri . . . Accedunt ejusdem notæ postumæ ut & nova versio Græca Josephi Scaligeri . . . Lugduni Batavorum: apud Johannem du Vivie, 1708.","PA6648. P8","

First Edition. 8vo. 118 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and vignette on the title by J. Goeree; the Latin text in italic letter.

Graesse VI, page 352. Ebert 20971.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Below the imprint the number 259 is written in ink. With the bookplate of Edward Rowe Mores.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 1/9.

Lucius Annæus Seneca, the elder, c. 54 B. C.-A. D. 39, Spanish philosopher. This is one of the ''suppositious'' works.

Publilius Syrus, first century B. C., Roman poet, famous for his ''Mimes.''

Jan Gruter, 1560-1627, Dutch scholar and critic.

Joseph Justus Scaliger, 1540-1609, French scholar.

Edward Rowe Mores, 1731-1778, English antiquary. The greater portion of his library is now in the Bodleian Library in Oxford." "13240","J. 86","","","","L. Annaei Senecae opera. Biponti. 1782. Oeuvres de Seneque le Philosophe par La Grange.","","10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 73, L. Annæi Senecæ opera, Lat. Biponte, et Fr. par la Grange, 10 v 8vo.","Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.","Oeuvres de Séneque le philosophe, traduites en François par La Grange . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de J. J. Smits et Ce, an III de la République [1795]—L. Annæi Senecæ Philosoph Opera ad optimas editiones collata præmittur notitia literaria studiis Societatis Bipontinæ. Biponti: ex Typographia Societatis, 1782.","PA6667 .A1L3","

8vo. These two editions conflated and bound for Jefferson in 10 vol. straight grain red morocco, gilt line borders on the sides, gilt ornaments on the back, with two morocco labels, the upper lettered in gold Seneca Philosophus, the lower with the volume number. Jefferson's binder's slip reading Seneca Philosophus bound in at the beginning of vol. V. Each volume has a title-page from the French or the Latin edition, any necessary change in volume number being made in ink by Jefferson or the binder. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T where they occur, and with marginal paragraph reference numbers added by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

The binding was done by John March, completed in October 1802, cost $22.50.

The Biponti edition was probably bought by Jefferson from their catalogue, sent to him by Gautier in 1786. On July 21, 1788, Jefferson wrote to Gautier, acknowledging the catalogue and requesting this book:

I am much obliged to you for the communication of the Deux-ponts Catalogue of Greek & Latin books. there is nothing in it for which I have occasion except the 'L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi opera. 4. vol. 7. 4 if you have a correspondence there and can conveniently order this work for me, on condition it be an Octavo edition, I shall be obliged to you.

Four days later, on July 25, Jefferson wrote to Van Damme of Amsterdam cancelling his order for a number of books, including Senecae Philosophica, as j'ai trouve l'occasion d'acheter ailleurs depuis la date de mes notes.

The La Grange translation was ordered by Jefferson from N. G. Dufief in a letter dated April 1, 1802:

Since writing my letter of the 23d. I observe in your catalogue Oeuvres de Seneque translation de la Grange 6. vol. 8vo. which I shall be glad to recieve with the books before written for.

On April 6 Dufief wrote that Mr. Duane s'est chargé de vous remettre les ouvrages que vous m'avez demandé to which Jefferson replied on April 10:

I recieved yesterday your favor of the 6th. and the books forwarded by m[???] Duane. La Grange's translations are new to me, and I am so much pleased with that of his Seneca, that I will thank you to forward me also his Lucretius with the Latin text. has the Seneca of La Grange been ever printed with the Latin text? if it has I should be glad if you would order it from France. if not, order me another French copy unbound . . .

On April 14 Dufief wrote:

Vous recevrez sous peu de jours un second exemplaire de l'élégante traduction des Oeuvres de Senèque, (prix 9 dollars les 6 volumes brochés) . . . J'ai parcouru avec attention les catalogues des Principaux Libraires de Paris, II n'y est fait aucune mention d'une Edition de Seneque, traduite par la Grange avec le texte original—ce qui me porte à croire qu'il n'en existe réellement point—Je ne laisserai pas de donner ordre à mon libraire de m'envoyer un exemplaire de cette edition si toutefois elle avoit été publiée—Dans ce cas je reprendrons celle que je vous adresse . . .

In the footnote of his letter to Benjamin Rush, quoted in no. 1314 above, Jefferson wrote with regard to Seneca:

. . . of 10. heads in Seneca, 7. relate to ourselves, to wit, de irâ, Consolatio, de tranquilitate, de constantiâ sapientis, de otio sapientis, de vitâ beatâ, de brevitate vitae. 2. relate to others, de elementiâ, de beneficiis, and 1. relates to the government of the world, de providentiâ.

In a letter to William Short from Monticello, October 31, 1819, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Seneca is indeed a fine moralist, disfiguring his work at times with some Stoicisms and affecting too much of antithesis and point, yet giving us on the whole a great deal of sound and practical morality.

N. La Grange, 1738-1775, French translator, was associated with the Encyclopédistes." "13250","J. 87","","","","L. Annaeus Seneca's works [Eng. by Lodge.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 138, as above.","Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.","The Workes of Lvcivs Annævs Seneca, newly inlarged and corrected by Thomas Lodge D. M. P. London: Printed by Willi: Stansby n. d. [1620].","B615 .E5","

Folio. 502 leaves, engraved title-page by Elstracke, printer's woodcut device and colophon on the last leaf, woodcut initials and headpieces; separate title-pages with dated imprints for The Epistles and The Memorable and Famous Tracts.

STC 22214. Lowndes IV, page 2241. This edition not in Hazlitt. Johnson, page 16.

Old calf, repaired at the joints; one leaf, b3, torn across; the name of an early owner on the engraved title and on the leaf of dedication obliterated in ink. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Earlier manuscript notes in ink and later in pencil with numerous underlined passages are not by him.

Thomas Lodge, 1558?-1625, English author and dramatist. The first edition of this translation was published in 1614, and was without the prefatory epistle to the translator signed W. R. to be found in this edition." "13260","J. 88","","","","Boetius de Consolatione.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 23, with the reading Foulis.","Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus.","Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii Consolationis philosophiæ libri quinque. Glasguæ: in ædibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1751.","B659.C2","

Sm. 8vo. 82 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last leaf.

Brunet I, page 390. Graesse I, page 464.

Contemporary tree calf; not initialled by Jefferson.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius, c. 480-524, Roman philosopher and statesman, wrote this work whilst confined in prison in Pavia. It was first printed in Nuremberg circa 1471." "13270","J. 89","","","","Boece de Consolation et de philosophie translate par Jehan de Meun.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 78, Boece de Consolacion et de philosophie, translate par Johan de Meun, p 4to.","Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus.","Boece de consolation et de philozophie de nouuel translate de latin en francois en rime et prose [by Jehan de Meun]. Imprime nouuellement a paris. [Paris: Michel le Noir, 1520.]","B659.C2F4 1520","

Sm. 4to. 52 leaves only, should be 54: A-I6, the last a blank (lacks 2 leaves in sig. H); gothic (bastard) letter, woodcut on the first leaf and below the colophon at the end.

Brunet I, 391.

Old sheep (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Contemporary MS. note on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean de Meun, c. 1250-c. 1305, Parisian poet, chiefly famous as the author of the Roman de la Rose. The first edition of his translation of Boethius was printed in Lyons circa 1483." "13280","J. 90","","","","Dissertations de Maxime de Tyr par Combes Dounous.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 76, as above.","Maximus Tyrius—Combes-Dounous, Jean Jacques.","Dissertations de Maxime de Tyr, Philosophe Platonicien, traduites sur le texte Grec, avec des Notes critiques, historiques et philosophiques, par J. J. Combes-Dounous, Membre de Corps-Législatif, et de quelques Sociétés Littéraires. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, XI.-(1802).","B588 .A4F3","

First Edition Of This Translation. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 163 leaves; vol. II, 172 leaves.

Brunet III, 329.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers by Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. For the President of the United States written by Combes-Dounous, the translator, on the half-title of both volumes (in vol. I the inscription cut into by the binder). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The books were sent to Jefferson by Combes-Dounous, who wrote from Paris on March 14, 1807:

. . . Ami de la Philosophie, chef d'un gouvernement fondé sur les bases de cette Bienfaitrice de l'espèce-Humaine, vous daignerez agréer avec bonté l'hommage que j'ai l'honneur de vous présenter de la traduction en français de Maxime-de-Tyr, ouvrage d'un des Disciples de Platon, qui a le mieux entendu & le mieux développé la sublime doctrine de son Maître.

On March 20, David Baillie Warden wrote to report that these two volumes, with others, had been dispatched. This letter was acknowledged by Jefferson on May 1, 1808. On April 29, he had written to Combes-Dounous from Washington:

Your favor of Mar. 14. 07 was duly recieved with the copy you were so kind as to send me of your excellent translation of Maximus of Tyre, for which I pray you to accept my thanks. peculiarly attached to the writings of the antients, and particularly their philosophical works, yet having little time to yield to that indulgence, I am under peculiar obligations to those who devote their time and science to the facilitating our understanding of those rich sources of delight. expecting ere long to retire to that state of tranquility so much more analagous to my partialities and pursuits I shall owe you new thanks for the pleasure I shall then have it in my power to derive from your very acceptable present.

Milligan's bill for the binding, $2.00, is dated April 30 1808, the day after the above letter was written.

On June 12, Warden wrote to Jefferson from Paris:

. . . the minister informs me that he has received from you a letter for M. Donous, from which I presume that the volumes I forwarded, from that Gentleman, came to hand . . .

Maximus Tyrius, 2nd century A. D., Greek Platonic rhetorician and philosopher.

Jean Jacques Combes-Dounous, 1758-1820, French politician and author." "13290","J. 91","","","","Maximi Tyri dissertationes. Gr. Lat.","","16s. Oxon. 1677.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 20, as above, with the reading Tyrii.","Maximus Tyrius.","Mαξιμoυ Tυϱιoυ λoγoι. Maximi Tyrii Dissertationes. [—Δημo&phis;ιλoυ oμoια . . . Demophili Similitudines seu Vitæ curatio.] Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Anno Dom. 1677.","B588 .A4L2","

12mo. 264 leaves, the last a blank; engraved device of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns; Demophili Similitudines begins on page 501, sig. Tt5.

Graesse IV, 453. Madan 3146. STC M1376.

Rebound in calf with the original panelled calf sides preserved, by the Library of Congress in 1903; the upper margin of the title-page, with the first word of the title, cut away. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/-.

This is the first complete edition of the Dissertationes of Maximus Tyrius published in England and the only Oxford edition. The first English edition of the Similitudines of Demophilus, a Pythagorean, was printed in Cambridge in 1671." "13300","92","","","","Catonis disticha. Stirling.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 9, as above, with the readings Distica and Sterling.","Cato, Dionysius—Stirling, John.","Catonis Disticha Moralia, et Lilii Monita Pædagogica; or, Cato's moral distichs, and Lily's Pædagogical Admonitions. With the following improvements, in a Method intirely new . . . For the Use of Schools. By John Stirling, M.A. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Gordon. The Third Edition. London: Printed for Thomas Astley, 1738. [Price One Shilling Bound.]","PA6272 .A2","

12mo. 26 leaves, collating in sixes; the last leaf has in the Library of Congress copy the catchword Books printed for Tho. Astley, and should be followed by leaves of advertisement.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Ordered by Jefferson from Lackington's catalogue for 1787, no. 3907, price 9d. in a letter to Stockdale, July 1, 1787.

Dionysius Cato is the supposed author of the Disticha Moralia, ascribed also to Marcus Porcius Cato, 234-149 B. C., ''the Censor.''

William Lilly, 1468-1522, English grammarian. The Monita Paedagogica, an extract from his Grammar, begins on page [28] with the famous Qui mihi discipulus, Puer . . .

John Stirling, D.D., d. 1777, English cleric." "13310","J. 93","","","","Minutius Felix.","","12mo","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Minucius, Felix Marcus.","M. Minvcii Felicis, Romani olim Cavsidici, Octavivs, in qvo agitvr vetervm Christianorum causa, restitivtvs a Fr. Bald. I. C. Ex officina Lvdovici Lucij, typographi Heidelbergensis, M.D.LX. [Heidelberg, 1560.]","BT1116 .M6","

Sm. 8vo. 72 leaves.

Brunet III, 399.

Old calf. There being no signature I or T Jefferson has written his initial T before sig. f; some MS. notes in an early hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, no. 22. In the 1815 catalogue this number is placed with the Foulis edition of Minutius, which however was not sold to Congress, and which is in the 1815 catalogue in error for this omitted edition of 1560.

At the end of Octavius is bound an imperfect copy of Theophrastus, Basileae in officina And. Cratendri, mense septembri, anno christiano M. D. XXXI; lacks all before sig. β, page 17.

Felix Marcus Minucius, 3rd century A. D., was one of the earliest Latin apologists for Christianity. Octavius was at one time thought to be the work of Arnobius, and was originally printed as the eighth book of his Disputationes adversus Gentes in 1542. This Heidelberg edition is the first one printed with the real name of the author." "13320","","","","","Minutii Felicis Octavius.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 22, as above.","Minucius, Felix Marcus.","Minucius Felicis Octavius. Ex recensione Johannis Davisii. Glasguæ: In ædibus Academicis excudebant R. & A. Foulis, 1750.","","

This book is inserted here as being in the 1815 catalogue. The entry in that catalogue is an error, see the previous number.

This edition was not sold to Congress." "13330","J. 94","","","","Harris's three treatieses.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 93, as above.","Harris, James.","Three Treatises the first concerning Art the second concerning Mvsic Painting and Poetry the third concerning Happiness. By Iames Harris Esq. The Second Edition revised and corrected. London: Printed for Iohn Novrse and Pavl Vaillant, MDCCLXV. [1765.]","BH181 .H2","

8vo. 200 leaves; engraved frontispiece by Basire; some leaves waterstained.

Lowndes II, page 1002.

Original calf (back scorched and with a new morocco label). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley, with his autograph signature on the fly-leaf. Jefferson bought this with other books from Henley's library in March 1785. This title was on the list of books missing from his library reported by Jefferson to Milligan in March 1815, after the sale of his library to Congress, with the request that he obtain duplicate copies. No copy appears on Milligan's bills, and this being the Henley copy, it is to be supposed that it was returned to Jefferson.

James Harris, 1709-1780, English author. The first edition of this book was printed in 1744." "13340","J. 95","","","","Demetrius Cydonius de contemnenda morte. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 75, as above, with misprint 9vo.","Demetrius Cydonius.","Demetrii Cydonii opvscvlvm de contemnenda morte Græce et Latine Recensvit emendavit explicavit Christianvs Theophilvs Kvinœl SS Theologiæ Cvltor. Lipsiæ: svmtv Gvil. Gottlob Sommeri, 1786.","PA Byzantine","

8vo. 87 leaves; Greek and Latin text on each page, notes in double columns below.

Graesse II, 356.

Calf, gilt line border, marbled end papers, m. e.; 2 II. unopened; many leaves waterstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I2 which is placed below the Greek text, and above the Latin. Sig. I is at the foot of the preceding leaf, below the notes, and may have been overlooked. Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1-10+2. (livres).

Demetrius Cydonius, fl. 1335-1384. The first edition of this book was published in 1553.

Christianus Theophilus Kuinoel [Christian Gottlieb Kühnoel] 1768-1841, German scholar and theologian." "13350","J. 96","","","","Alexander Aphrodisiensis de Fato. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 21, as above.","Alexander of Aphrodisias.","Aλεξανδϱoυ A&phis;ϱoδισιεως πϱ[???]ς τo[???]ς [???]υτoκϱ[???]τoϱας πεϱ[???] ειμαϱμενης και τo[???]ε&phis;' ημιν. Alexandri Aphrodisiensis ad Imperatores de Fato & de eo quod nostræ potestatis est. Cui accessit, Aμμωνιoυ τo[???] Eϱμειoυ εις τo τo[???] [???]ϱιστoτ[???]λoις πεϱ[???] εϱμηνειας τμ[???]μα δε[???]τεϱoν υπ[???]μνημα. Ammonii Hermiæ in libri Aristotelis de interpretatione sectionem secundam commentarius. Cum Latina utriusque Versione. Londini: Typis Thomæ Roycroft, impensis Jo Martin, Jacobi Allestrye, & Tho. Dicas, 1658.","PA3864.A2F3 1658","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 108 leaves, Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

Graesse I, 69. STC A907.

Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the fly-leaf is written in an early hand: Biblioth. de son Eminen[???] le Card[???] Jansen. Le traité Grec & latin de Fato d'Alexandre Aphrodise. Rare. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price if. 16.

Alexander of Aphrodisias, 2nd century A. D. Greek scholar and philosopher.

Cornelius Jansen, 1585-1638, the father of the religious revival known as Jansenism." "13360","J. 97","","","","Blount's Philostratus concerning the life of Apollonius the Tyanaean.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 139, Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius the Tyanean, by Blount, fol.","Philostratus, Flavius-Blount, Charles.","[The Two First Books, of Philostratus, concerning the Life of Apollonius Tyaneus: Written Originally in Greek, and now Published in English: Together with philological Notes upon each Chapter. By Charles Blount, Gent . . . London: Printed for Nathaniel Thompson, 1680.]","B536 .A22E5","

First Edition. Folio. 124 leaves only, should be 126, lacks the first leaf with title (supplied in manuscript), and the last leaf; several leaves defective and mended.

Lowndes IV, 1860.

Old sheep, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

From the library of Benjamin Franklin. Purchased by Jefferson from Dufief in 1803, price $1.00, billed on March 1. See the note to Athenæi Deipnosophistæ, no. 42.

Flavius Philostratus, The Athenian, c. 170-245, Greek sophist.

Charles Blount, 1654-1693, English deist." "13370","J. 98","","","","Enfield's History of philosophy.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 79, as above.","Enfield, William.","The History of Philosophy, from the earliest times to the beginning of the present century; drawn up from Brucker's Historia Critica Philosophiæ. By William Enfield, LL.D. . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, A. Grueber [and others] [Printed by John Ershaw], 1792.","B71.E6","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 197 leaves, with a folded engraved biographical chart; vol. II, 328 leaves.

Lowndes II, 739 (without date).

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Purchased from Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, in February 1805, price $4.00.

In a long philosophical letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello, October 12, 1813, Jefferson quoted a long passage from

. . .Enfield's judicious abridgment of Brucker's history of Philosophy, in which he has reduced 5. or 6. quarto vol[???] of 1000. pages each of Latin closely printed, to two moderate 8vos. of English open type . . .

In the same letter Jefferson wrote:

. . . For a comparison of the Graecian philosophy with that of Jesus, materials might be largely drawn from the same source. Enfield gives a history, & detailed account of the opinions & principles of the different sects. these relate to

the gods, their natures, grades, places and powers;

the demi-gods and daemons, and their agency with man;

the Universe, it's structure, extent and duration;

the origin of things from the elements of fire, water, air and earth;

the human soul, it's essence and derivation;

the summum bonum, and finis bonorum; with a thousand idle dreams & fancies on these and other subjects the knolege of which is withheld from man, leaving but a short chapter for his moral duties, and the principal section of that given to what he owes himself, to precepts for rendering him impassible, and unassailable by the evils of life, and for preserving his mind in a state of constant serenity . . .

Again in a letter to Adams, January 24, 1814, continuing the discussion Jefferson wrote:

. . . Enfield has given us a more distinct account of the ethics of the antient philosophers; but the great work, of which Enfield's is an abridgment, Brucker's history of Philosophy, is the treasure which I would wish to possess, as a book of reference or of special research only, for who could read 6. vol[???] 4to. of 1000 pages each, closely printed, of modern Latin?

William Enfield, 1741-1797, English divine and author. This is a pirated edition of his work, of which the first edition had been printed in London in the previous year. Johann Jakob Brucker, 1696-1770, German historian of philosophy. The first edition of his Historia Critica Philosophiae was published in Leipzig, 1742-47, 6 vol. quarto." "13380","99","","","","Locke on Toleration.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 51, as above.","","","","

Jefferson bought a copy of an edition printed in 1790 from Lackington (through Donald & Co.) billed with others on December 31st, 1791, price 6d.

Lackington's bill gives only the no. in his catalogue, 3944, the key-word, and the price; the other particulars are supplied by Jefferson in his own hand: on toleration. 12mo. 1790. The book was either not delivered to Congress, or disappeared at an early date. It is entered in the 1815 Catalogue, as above, but is marked missing in the contemporary working copy. It is not on the list of missing books supplied by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, after the sale of the library." "13390","J. 100","","","","Bacon's Essays.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 55. no. 53, as above.","Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans.","The Essays, or Counsels, civil, & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St-Alban: whereunto is added by himself A Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. Enlarged in many Places, since the first Edition, by the Honourable Authour himself; and now more exactly published then formerly. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discourse containing sundry remarkable Memoirs concerning this Noble Authour, his Works, and particularly this of his Essaies. London: Printed by J. Redmayne for Thomas Palmer, 1663.","PR2206 .A3","

12mo. 193 leaves only, lacks the portrait (collates A2, with catchword A Prelim, B-R12); Of the Colours of good and evil begins on P11 with separate pagination.

STC B284. This issue not in Lowndes, Hazlitt, or the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, by March. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9d.

Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626, Lord Chancellor of England. The original edition of the Essayes was published in 1597, and contained ten essays only. The first edition in this form, with fifty-eight essays, appeared in 1625. Thomas Palmer's edition is usually dated 1664; the Imprimatur is dated June 6, 1663." "13400","J. 101","","","","Breviaire des Politiques de De Salmoren.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 114, Breviaire des Politiques, par de Salmozen, 8vo.","Gallien de Salmorenc.","La Breviaire des Politiques. Par M. Gallien de Salmorenc, ancien secretaire de la residence de France pres la Republique de Geneve . . . A Londres: chez J. Robson, P. Elmsley. De l'Imprimerie de G. Scott, 1769.","PQ1985.G36B7","

First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves: *4, A-S4.

Not in Brunet. Not in Quérard.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 9.0.

At the beginning is an Epitre Dedicatoire in verse, addressed to M. de Voltaire." "13410","J. 102","","","","Essais de Montaigne.","","2d & 3d vols. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 52, Essais de Montaigne, 3 v 12mo, Bruxelles, 1659.","Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de.","Les Essais de Michel de Montaigne: Nouuelle Edition. Livre Second [-Troisieme] . . . A Paris: chez Lavrent Rondet, Christophe Iovrnel et Robert Chevillion, M.DC.LXIX. [1669.]","PQ1641 .A1","

2 vol. (only), 12mo., first volume lacking; engraved title with portrait by Matheus.

Brunet III, 435.

Old calf, repaired and rebacked with new morocco labels. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

According to his manuscript catalogue Jefferson had two editions of this work; the second entry reads: Essais de Montaigne. 3. v. 12mo. Bruxelles. Foppens. 1659. This entry is also in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 30.

In the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the two entries have been mixed. The contemporary working copy of this catalogue has 1st vol. missing written beside the entry. The later catalogues are also in error, calling for the Essais de Montaigne, 2d and 3d v. 12mo. Bruxelles, 1669.

Jefferson bought a copy of the Amsterdam edition, 3 vol. 1669, from Froullé on March 1789, price 30.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French essayist; the original edition of the Essais appeared in 1580." "13420","103","","","","Maximes de la Rochefoucauld.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 54, as above.","La Rochefoucauld, François de.","Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales.","","

12mo.

This book was either not delivered to Congress, or was lost at an early date. It is entered in the 1815 catalogue, as above, but in the contemporary working copy is not checked as present. The entry was omitted from the later catalogues.

There is no indication as to what edition was in Jefferson's library." "13430","J. 104","","","","The Rule of life.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 34, as above.","","The Rule of Life, in select Sentences: Collected from the greatest authors, ancient and modern. Know Thyself. Del. Orac. The Eleventh Edition, corrected, with additions. London: Printed for W. Bent, 1794.","BJ1561. R73","

12mo. 138 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The date of the first edition of this compilation has not been ascertained. The eighth edition appeared in 1766 and a ninth in 1769." "13440","J. 105","","","","Meilhan sur l'esprit et les moeurs.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 115, as above.","[Senac de Meilhan, Gabriel.]","Considérations sur l'Esprit et les Mœurs. A Londres: et se trouve à Paris chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1787.","PQ2066. S8A65","

First Edition. 8vo. 195 leaves the last with the errata.

Barbier I, col. 708. Quérard IX, 47 (with date 1788).

Contemporary calf, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Par Meilhan written on the title-page in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Gabriel Senac de Meilhan, 1736-1803, French publicist." "13450","J. 106","","","","Ld. Kaim's art of thinking.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 56, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Introduction to the Art of Thinking. Second Edition, enlarged with additional Maxims and Illustrations. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, MDCCLXIV. [1764.]","BJ1520 .K3","

12mo. 148 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. Jessop, page 141.

Rebound by the Library of Congress in 1929 in ruby buckram. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This book was sold to Congress in 1815, but was not checked with the other books in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library catalogue, The entry has the missing mark and a manuscript note: returned by Mr. Watterston, July 30th.

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696-1782, Scottish judge. The first edition of this book was printed in Edinburgh in 1761. Several of his works, agricultural, philosophical and legal, appear in this catalogue." "13460","107","","","","Oeconomy of human life.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 33, as above.","","The Economy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. To which is prefixed, An Account of the Manner in which the said Manuscript was discovered; in a Letter from an English Gentleman now residing in China, to the Earl of E****. London: Printed for G. Sael, 1797.","BJ1561 .D6","

8vo. 64 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Angus after Stothard, publishers' advertisement on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing IV, page 237. This edition not in Lowndes.

Jefferson's copy is no longer extant. It is not checked as having been received in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, but has a marginal manuscript note, as in Lord Kames' Art of thinking above: returned by Mr. Watterston, July 30th.

Jefferson also had copies of the translation into French by DeBordes, sent to him by the translator. In writing to thank him on July 7, 1807, Jefferson mentioned that this elegant little morsel of morality has always been a great favorite of mine.

The Oeconomy of Human Life, first published in 1751 and frequently reprinted, is ascribed to Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English poet, dramatist, and bookseller, and to Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773." "13470","J. 108","","","","Caracteres de la Bruyere.","","1st. vol. Eng. 8vo. 2d. vol. Fr. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. nos. 55 and 112, as above.","Theophrastus—La Bruyère, Jean de.","[The Moral Characters of Theophrastus made English from the Greek . . . London: for E. Curll, 1713.]—Les Caracteres de Theophraste traduits du Grec, avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce Siecle. Par Mr. de la Bruyere, de l'Academie Françoise. Et la clef, en marge & par ordre alphabetique. Tome Second. Nouvelle edition augmentée. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre Marteau, 1701.","PQ1803.A6","

Vol. II only. Should be 2 vol. in 1, 8vo. and 12mo. The English version is missing, the French version has 171 leaves, and collates in twelves, engraved frontispiece (defective), title printed in red and black.

According to the later Library of Congress catalogues the English edition was vol. I of the works of La Bruyère translated by Nicholas Rowe.

This edition not in Quérard.

Originally bound for Jefferson in sheep, gilt back, the first part of the book and the front cover gone. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Theophrastus, c. 372-287 B. C. Greek philosopher and successor to Aristotle. His Moral Characters form the first recorded attempt at systematic character writing.

Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French essayist and moralist. The first edition of his translation of Theophrastus was published with his own Caractères in 1688." "13480","J. 109","","","","Essai sur la caractere des femmes par Thomas.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 57, as above.","Thomas, Antoine Léonard.","Essai sur le caractere, les mœurs et l'esprit des femmes dans les différens siecles. Par M. Thomas, de l'Académie Françoise. Seconde Edition. A Paris: chez Moutard, Libraire de Madame la Dauphine, 1772.","HQ1201 .T47","

12mo. 108 leaves: A-I12.

This edition not in Quérard.

French marbled calf, repaired at joints; original marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Antoine Léonard Thomas, 1732-1785, French scholar. The first edition of this work was published earlier in the same year, and had a frontispiece omitted from this edition." "13490","110","","","","Russel's essay on the characters of women.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 58, as above.","Thomas, Antoine Léonard—Russell, William.","Essay on the Character, Manners, and Genius of Women in different ages. Enlarged from the French of M. Thomas, by Mr. Russell. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1774.","HQ1201 .T5","

2 vol. in 1. 12mo, 66 and 68 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Sabin 95376. Evans 13650. Hildeburn 3119.

William Russell, 1741-1793, Scottish historical and miscellaneous writer. The first edition of this work was published in London in 1773." "13500","J. 111","","","","Les Loisirs du Marquis d'Argenson.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 116, as above.","[Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'.]","Les Loisirs d'un Ministre, ou Essais dans le goût de ceux de Montagne, composés, en 1736. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Liege: chez C. Plomteux, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","PQ1954 .A6","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 120 leaves, the last a blank; vol. II 118 leaves.

Barbier II, 1340. Quérard I, 86.

Bound for Jefferson in French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, r. e., blue silk book marks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes. On the title of vol. I in a contemporary hand in ink is written: Par René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson, and the name Michel supplied before Montagne. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé on August 30, 1787, price 6. broché. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

René Louis De Voyer De Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson, 1694-1757, French lawyer. The Essais dans le gout de ceux de Montagne was published posthumously in 1785 by Argenson's son, and reprinted with the later title as above in 1787." "13510","J. 112","","","","Le Bonnet de nuit de Mercier.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 120, as above.","Mercier, Louis Sebastien.","Mon Bonnet de Nuit. Par M. Mercier . . . Tome Premier [—IV]. A Neuchatel: de l'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique [vol. II se vend a Versaille, chez Poinçot, vol. III and IV a Lausanne: chez Jean-Pierre Heubach et Comp.] M.DCC.LXXXIV—V. [1784-5.]","PQ2007 .M6A75","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 202 leaves; vol. II, 206 leaves; vol. III, 181 leaves; vol. IV, 174 leaves.

Quérard VI, 58.

French mottled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7—0.

Louis Sebastien Mercier, 1740-1814, French man of letters, was a resident of Switzerland at the time of the publication of this book, having lived there from 1781 to the time of the French Revolution." "13520","J. 113","","","","L'an 2440. de Mercier.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 121, as above.","[Mercier, Louis Sebastien.]","L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s'il en fût jamais . . . A Londres, MDCCLXXI. [Paris, 1771.]","PQ2007 .M6A62","

First Edition. 8vo. 212 leaves.

Barbier I, col. 161. Quérard VI, 58.

Rebound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Par Mercier is written on the title-page in an early nineteenth century hand.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7-0.

Jefferson mentioned this book in a letter to Mrs. Abigail Adams written from Monticello on January 11, 1817:

. . . Mercier has given us a vision of the year 2440. but prophecy is one thing, history another . . ." "13530","J. 114","","","","Lettres de Brutus. par Mercier.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 122, as above.","[Delisle De Sales, Jean Claude Izouard, called.]","Lettre de Brutus, sur les Chars anciens et modernes . . . A Londres. M. DCC. LXXI. [Paris, 1771.]","GT5280 .D4","

First Edition. 8vo. 152 leaves.

Barbier II, col. 9497 (1823 edition). Quérard II, 457.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in brown morocco, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is written par Mercier (scratched through in ink); in a later hand is also written par Mercier (scratched through) and par Delisle de Sales.

Jean Claude Izouard, called Delisle de Sales, 1741-1816, French philosopher." "13540","J. 115","","","","Gregory's legacy to his daughters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 59, as above.","Gregory, John.","A Father's Legacy to his Daughters. By the late Dr. Gregory. A new edition. London: Printed for T. Strahan, W. Cadell and R. Creech, Edinburgh, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779.]","HQ1229 .G8","

Sm. 8vo. 58 leaves: [ ]4, A—N4.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in green buckram by the Library of Congress in 1924. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

John Gregory, 1724-1733, Professor of medicine at Edinburgh University. A Father's Legacy to his Daughters was first published in 1774, and frequently reprinted." "13550","","","","","Eloge de la folie d'Erasme. par Gueudville. figures de Holbein.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. [Eloge de la Folie d'Erasme, par Gueudiville, figures de Holbein, 12mo] post. C. 36, no. 14.","","","","This book is entered again by Jefferson in his chapter 43 (Library of Congress catalogues, chapter 36) q. v." "13560","J. 116","","","","Lady Chudleigh's essays.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 117, as above.","Chudleigh, Mary, Lady.","Essays upon several Subjects in Prose and Verse. Written by the Lady Chudleigh. London: Printed by T. H. for R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman, T. Goodwin [and others], M DCC X. [1710.]","PR3346 .C6","

First Edition. 8vo. 128 leaves.

Lowndes I, 448.

Half brown morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Lady [Mary] Chudleigh, 1656-1710, English writer. These Essays, in prose and verse, were dedicated to the Electress Sophia." "13570","117","","","","Instructions for a young Nobleman.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 60, as above.","[Trotti De La Chetardie, Le Chevalier.]","Instructions for a young Nobleman: or, the Idea of a Person of Honour. Done out of French [by Ferrand Spence]. London: Printed for R. Bentley, and S. Magnes, 1683.","BJ1602 .T75","

First Edition. 12mo. 54 leaves; A catalogue of Plays printed for R. Bentley on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing III, 161. Arber II, page 50, no. 20. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 122.

Le Chevalier Trotti de La Chetardie, d. 1703, French author, published the Instructions pour un jeune Seigneur in 1683. This translation is attributed to Ferrand Spence. The dedication to Lord Ruthyn is signed F.S." "13580","J. 118","","","","Ochino on Polygamy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 58. no. 61, as above.","","The Cases of Polygamy, Concubinage, Adultery, Divorce, &c. Seriously and Learnedly discussed. Being a compleat Collection of all the Remarkable Tryals and Tracts which have been written on those important Subjects. By the most Eminent Hands. London: Printed for T. Payne, J. Chrichley and W. Shropshire, 1732. [Price 2s. 6d.]","HQ987 .C3 1732","

12mo. 150 leaves: [ ]1, [a]-[b]12, [c]5, B (the first leaf misprinted A)-L12; separate title-pages, continuous signatures and pagination.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Contains: On Polygamy. A Dialogue. By Barnardino Ochino; On Divorce, a Dialogue. By the same hand; The Case of Divorce, and re-marriage thereupon Discussed [by Sir Charles Wolseley, title-page dated 1673]; A Treatise concerning Adultery and Divorce [1700]; Conjugium Languens [By Castamore, 1700]; preceded by Some Memoirs and testimonies of the life and writings of Barnardino Ochino.

Barnardino Ochino, 1487-1564, Italian reformer.

Sir Charles Wolseley, 1630?-1714, English politician and author." "13590","J. 119","","","","Sylva, or the Wood. by a Society.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 118, as above.","[Heathcote, Ralph.]","Sylva; or, the Wood: being a Collection of Anecdotes, Dissertations, Characters, Apophthegms, original Letters, Bons Mots, and other little Things . . . By a Society of the Learned. London: Printed for T. Payne, and Son, 1786.","PN6245.H4","

First Edition. 8vo. 168 leaves: [ ]2, a, B-U8, X6.

Halkett and Laing V, 403. This edition not in Lowndes.

Contemporary mottled calf, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

A copy was ordered by Jefferson from Stockdale in a letter from Paris, July 1, 1787, price 5/-.

Ralph Heathcote, 1721-1795, English divine and miscellaneous writer." "13600","J. 120","","","","Zimmerman de la Solitude.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 119, as above.","von Zimmermann, Johann Georg.","La Solitude considérée relativement a l'Esprit et au Cœur. Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand de M. Zimmermann, Conseiller Aulique, & Médecin de Sa Majesté Britannique. Par M. J. B. Mercier . . . A Paris: chez Leroy, 1788.","BJ1499 .S6Z6","

First edition of this translation. 8vo. 178 leaves.

Quérard X, 566.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress; the original morocco label pasted on the half-title; the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Johann Georg von Zimmermann, 1728-1795, Swiss physician. Von der Einsamheit, of which this translation is an abridgment, was published in Leipzig, 4 vol. 8vo., 1773-1786." "13610","J. 121","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 104, De l'Esprit des Religions, par Bonneville, 2 v 8vo.","Bonneville, Nicolas de.","De l'Esprit des Religions, par Nicolas Bonneville. Ouvrage promis et nécessaire a la Confédération universelle des Amis de la Vérité . . . Nouvelle Edition. A Paris: a l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, et chez les principaux Libraires de l'Europe. (1792.) L'an 4 de la Liberté—Appendices de la Seconde édition de l'Esprit des Religions; pour servir a l'Entretien, a la Propagation des Bons Principes, et a la Confédération Universelles des Amis de la Vérité. 14 Juillet (1792). ib. l'An 4e. de la Liberté. [1792]","BL48 .B6","

3 parts in 2 vol. First edition of the Appendices. 8vo. Vol. I: pt. i, 48 leaves, pt. ii; 127 leaves, diagrams in the text; vol. II, 227 leaves, the colophon dates the book: L'an quatrième de la Liberté, et le premier de l'Egalité.

Quérard I, 410.

Original half binding. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Presentation copy from the author. On the half-title of vol. I is written To Mr. Jefferson, from the author with his initials in a monogram.

Nicolas de Bonneville, 1760-1828, French publicist and man of letters, électeur du Département de Paris. The first edition of De l'Esprit des Religions was printed in 1791." "13620","122","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 58, no. 80, Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding, 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 107, no. J. 106:-----, 2d v. 8vo; London, 1748.","Locke, John.","An Essay concerning Human Understanding. By John Locke, Gent. The Thirteenth Edition. Volume II. London: Printed for S. Birt, D. Browne, C. Hitch [and others], 1748.","B1290 .1748","

8vo. Vol. II only. 192 leaves: A-Z, Aa8.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Volume I of this work was either not delivered to Congress or was lost at an early date. It is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 catalogue and the second volume only is called for in the later catalogues.

Jefferson on occasion referred to the theories contained in this work to his correspondents. To Thomas Cooper, answering a letter from him on fanaticism, Jefferson wrote on August 14, 1820:

. . . altho' spiritualism is most prevalent with all these sects, yet with none of them, I presume, is materialism declared heretical. m[???] Locke, on whose authority they often plume themselves, openly maintained the materialism of the soul; and charged with blasphemy those who denied that it was in the power of an almightly creator to endow with the faculty of thought any composition of matter he might think fit . . .

Again, to August B. Woodward, on March 24, 1824 Jefferson wrote:

. . . the modern philosophers mostly consider thought as a function of our material organisation; and Locke particularly among them charges with blasphemy those who deny that Omnipotence could give the faculty of thinking to certain combinations of matter . . .

Jefferson ranked Locke with Bacon and Newton as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception. [Letter to John Trumbull, February 15, 1789.]

John Locke, 1632-1704, English philosopher." "13630","J. 123","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 55, no. 16, Adagiorum Erasmi Epitome, 24s.","Erasmus, Desiderius.","Adagiorum D. Erasmi Roterodami Epitome. Ex novissima Chiliadum ceu ipsorum fontium recognitione excerpta, & multis in locis jam longè accuratius, quàm antè emendata. Cum triplici Indice, Authorum, Locorum & Proverbiorum locupletissimo. Amstelodami: apud Joannem Janssonium, Anno cI[???]I[???]cLxIII [1663].","13/10","

12mo. 322 leaves; title printed in red and black, printer's wood-cut device on the title-page.

Haeghen, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, Adagia, page 351.

Old vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536, Dutch scholar and theologian. The first edition of the Collectanea adagiorum was printed in Paris in 1500. This edition of 1663 is a reprint of the same publisher's edition of 1649." "13640","124","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 58, no. 83, Philosophe de Kant, par Villers, 8vo.","Villers, Charles François Dominique de.","Philosophie de Kant. Ou Principes fondamentaux de la Philosophie transcendentale. Par Charles Villers, de la Société royale des sciences de Gottingue . . . A Metz: chez Collignon, 1801 (An IX.)","B2798 .V4","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. 8vo. 156 leaves (59 and 97); continuous pagination.

Quérard X, 204.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March, July 8, 1802; cost .75.

Charles François Dominique de Villers, 1765-1815, doctor of philosophy, was a native of German Lorraine.

Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher." "13650","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps.","i.","","","Swedenborg, Emanuel.","Du Commerce de l'Ame et du Corps. Traduit du Latin d'Emmanuel Swedenborg. Par M. P**. A Londres: et se trouve à Paris, chez Barrois l'aîné, Guillot. M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","BX8712 .162","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 48 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Quérard XI, 300. Hyde, no. 2579.

Unbound.

Emanuel Swedenborg (originally Swedberg), 1688-1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher and mystic. De commercio animae et corporis was originally printed in London, 1769, 4to.

According to Hyde, the translation was made by N. de la Pierre, revised by J. P. Parraud." "13660","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen.","ii.","","","Gonzaga, Luigi, Principe di Castiglione.","L'Homme de Lettres bon Citoyen; Discours philosophique et politique, de S. A. Dom Louis Gonzague de Castiglione. Avec les Notes de M. l'Abbé Louis Godard. Traduit de l'Italien, par M. P. . . . [J. P. Parraud.] A Londres: et se trouve à Paris, chez Barrois l'aîné, Guillot. . . . ., M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","PN150 .C3","

12mo. 48 leaves; on page 89 begins Examen de l'opinion de Platon . . . Traduit de l'Italien de Benoit Averani.

Quérard III, 408.

Unbound.

Luigi Gonzaga, principe di Castiglione, 1745-1819, Italian philosopher and author. The original Italian edition of this work was published in Rome in 1776, and the first edition of Parraud's translation in Geneva, 1777.

Luigi Godard, 1741-1825, Italian author.

Benedetto Averani, 1645-1707, Italian scholar, was professor of Greek and Latin at Pisa." "13670","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably.","iii.","","","[Laurent, Abbé.]","Lettres sur la Censure des Principes de Morale, de l'Abbé de Mably. [Paris, 1784.]","BJ 1054 .M38L3","

24mo. 24 leaves with sig. A; half-title only, no title-page; the last letter dated at the end premier Juillet 1784.

Barbier II, 1294. Quérard IV, 622.

Unbound.

Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, 1709-1785. The Principes de Morale was published in 1784, and censured by the Sorbonne.

The Abbé Laurent, d. 1819, Parisian curé." "13680","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi.","iv.","","","[Windisch-Grätz, Joseph Niklas.","Ad lectorem. Vienne, 1785.]","","

8 leaves.

The copy in the Library of Congress, which in all probability was this one from Jefferson's library, has disappeared. The first word of the title was mutilated by trimming.

The subject of the pamphlet was a prize offer for the solution of a problema:

Pro omni possibili instrumentorum specie, quibus quis se obstringere, suumue dominium in alterum, quibuscunque ex motiuis & quibuscunque subconditionibus transferre potest, formulas tales inuenire, quae omnibus casibus indiuiduis conueniant, atque in quouis casu singulis duntaxat terminis, iisque peruulgatis expleri opus habeant, qui termini, aeque ac ipsae formularum, expressiones eiusmodi sint, vt, quemadmodum in mathesi, nullum dubium, nullum litigum locum habeat.

Reichsgraf Joseph Niklas Windisch-Grätz, 1744-1802, German writer." "13690","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme.","v.","","","[Peyroux de La Coudreniere.]","Lettres sur l'état primitif de l'Homme; jusqu'a la naissance de l'Esclavage; sur le Désir de l'Immortalité, et sur l'Héroisme militaire. Par M. P. D. L. C. Nouvelle édition. A Amsterdam: et se trouve à Paris, chez Royez, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","CB301 .P4","

27 leaves: a4, A2-8, B-C8; the text is perfect, the missing leaf in sig. A is probably a half-title.

Not in Barbier. Sabin 61319.

Unbound. The name M. Peyroux de la Coudreniere is inserted in ink by Jefferson below the initials on the title.

For the first edition see no. 1378." "13700","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade.","vi.","","","[Ramsay, James.]","An Inquiry into the Effects of putting a stop to the African Slave Trade, and of granting Liberty to the Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies. By the Author of The Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies. London: Printed and Sold by James Phillips, 1784.","HT1162 .R28","

First Edition. 22 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, 156. Sabin 67715. Ragatz 541.

James Ramsay, 1733-1789, Scottish divine and philanthropist, held livings in the West Indies for a number of years. This work is dated at the end August 10, 1784. For the Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, see no. 1377." "13710","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes.","vii.","","","Benezet, Anthony.","A Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved negroes in the British Dominions. A New Edition. By Anthony Benezet. Philadelphia printed: London reprinted and sold by James Phillips, 1785.","HT1091 .B4 1785.","

24 leaves; the last with the publisher's advertisement.

Sabin 4670. Smith, page 241.

Anthony Benezet, 1713-1784, was born in France, lived in England, and emigrated to America in 1731. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and interested himself in the negro slaves of America. His pamphlets on the subject were published at his own expense, and it was through their perusal that Clarkson first took an interest in the emancipation of the negroes. The first edition of this pamphlet was printed in Philadelphia in 1766." "13720","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes.","viii.","","","[Woods, Joseph.]","Thoughts on the Slavery of the Negroes. The Second Edition. London: Printed and sold by James Phillips. M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","HT1091 .W6","

20 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Halkett and Laing VI, 41. Sabin 105126. Smith II, 955.

Unbound.

Joseph Woods, of London, was a member of the Society of Friends. The first edition was published in 1784, and was without the Postscript on the last four leaves of this edition." "13730","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery.","ix.","","","[Cooper, David.]","A serious address to the rulers of America, on the inconsistency of their Conduct respecting slavery: forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American Liberty, and American unjustice in tolerating Slavery . . . Trenton printed: London reprinted by J. Phillips, 1783.","E446 .C74","

12 leaves; signed at the end: A Farmer. February 1783. Halkett and Laing IV, 225 [by Anthony Benezet]. Sabin 79249 (anonymous). This edition not in Smith (other editions under Benezet, with a query). Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 1937, v. 26, no. 1, page 48. David Cooper, 1724-1795, of Woodbury, New Jersey.

An account of this work, and his authorship of it is given in his diary for 1783, quoted in the Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association, cited above. It was formerly attributed to Anthony Benezet, who was associated with its publication. The first edition was printed in Trenton earlier in the same year." "13740","J. 125","Tracts in Ethics. viz. . . . . . . Swedenbourg du commerce de l'ame et du corps. Castiglione. l'homme de lettres bon citoyen. Lettre sur la censure des Principes de Morale de Mably. Problema. Invenire modum lites forenses minuendi. Sur l'etat primitif de l'homme, le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme. Enquiry into the effects of stopping the African slave trade. Benezet's caution to Gr. Brit. & her colonies on ye enslavd negroes. Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes. Serious address to the rulers of America on Slavery. Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59, no. 124, Tracts in Ethics, to wit, Swedenburg, Castiglione, Mably, lites forenses, etat primitif, slave trade, Benezet, &c. on slavery, 8vo.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., but have since been separated and reclassified. The tracts are entered in the same order in the undated manuscript catalogue.","Discours sur l'etablissement d'un Societé a Paris sur l'esclavage.","x.","","","[Brissot De Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Discours sur la nécessité d'établir à Paris une Société pour concourir, avec celle de Londres, à l'abolition de la traite & de l'esclavage des Nègres. Prononcé le 19 Février 1788, dans une Société de quelques amis, rassemblés à Paris à la prière du Comité de Londres. [Paris, 1788.]","HT1178 .B7","

First Edition. 16 leaves: sig. A-B8, caption title.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

Unbound, with the end marbled endpaper preserved.

On February 10, 1788, nine days before the date of this Discours, Brissot de Warville wrote to Jefferson inviting him to be present at a meeting for the organization of the Society to be held at the Maison de M. Claviere on the following Tuesday. The postscript informed Jefferson:

Vous verrez dans le dernier No. de l'analise des papiers Anglais, les details relatifs à cette Societé.

Jefferson replied on the following day:

I am very sensible of the honour you propose to me of becoming a member of the society for the abolition of the slave trade. you know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition not only of the trade but of the condition of slavery: and certainly nobody will be more willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object. but the influence & information of the friends to this proposition in France will be far above the need of my association. I am here as a public servant; and those whom I serve having never yet been able to give their voice against this practice, it is decent for me to avoid too public a demonstration of my wishes to see it abolished . . .

For a note on Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, see no. 299." "13750","126","","","","Stewart's Moral or Intellectual last will & testament.","","p.f.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 62, as above, 325.","Stewart, John","The Dawn of Sense. The moral or intellectual last will and testament of John Stewart, the only man of nature that ever appeared in the world. London, 1810.","","

First Edition. 16mo. 248 leaves. No copy was located for collation.

Lowndes V, 2516.

John Stewart [Walking Stewart], 1749-1822, philosopher, the friend of De Quincy." "13760","J. 127","","","","Condorcet sur l'esclavage des negres.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 125, as above.","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis De.]","Réflexions sur l'Esclavage des Nègres. Par M. Schwartz, Pasteur du saint-évangile à Bienne, Membre de la Société économique de B***. Nouvelle Edition revue & corrigée. A Neufchatel: et se trouve à Paris, chez Froullé. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788.]","HT891 .C6","

8vo. 50 leaves: [ ]2, A-F8, the last a blank.

Not in Barbier. Quérard II, 269. Sabin 15192.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back. On the title Jefferson has written par le Marquis de Condorcet. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought 2 copies from Froullé on August 6, 1788, price 3. the two.

The book is entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet, 1743-1794, French philosopher and revolutionist. This work, issued under the pseudonym of Schwartz, was originally published in Neuchâtel in 1781." "13770","J. 128","","","","Ramsay on African slaves.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 63, as above.","Ramsay, James.","An Essay on the Treatment and conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies. By the Reverend James Ramsay, M.A. Vicar of Teston, in Kent . . . Dublin: Printed for T. Walker, C. Jenkin . . . P. Byrne. M. DCC.-LXXXIV. [1784.]","HT1091 .R3","

12mo. 140 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 67713. Jones, page 68.

Old calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Ramsay, 1733-1789, Scottish divine and philanthropist. The first edition of this work, one of the most important events in the anti-slavery movement, was published in London earlier in the same year." "13780","129","Tracts on slavery, to wit, Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire—Mifflin's expostulñ—Nesbitt on slavery—proceedings for the abolition of slavery—Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 135, Tracts on Slavery, to wit, Peyroux, Mifflin, Nesbitt, Abolition, Claviere, 4to.","These five tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to. They have since been separated, rebound and reclassified.","J. Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire.","i.","","","[Peyroux De La Coudreniere.]","Lettres sur l'état primitif de l'Homme, jusqu'a la naissance de l'Esclavage; sur le Désir de l'Immortalité, et sur l'Héroisme militaire. Par M. P. D. L. C. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris: chez la veuve Ballard & Fils, Mérigot, jeune, M. DCC. LXXXIII. [1783.]","CB301 .P4","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves: A-C8.

Not in Barbier. Sabin 61319.

Unbound and uncut. With the name M. Peyroux de la Coudreniere written in ink by Jefferson on the title-page below the initials and with minor corrections by him on C4. For another edition see no. 1369." "13790","129","Tracts on slavery, to wit, Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire—Mifflin's expostulñ—Nesbitt on slavery—proceedings for the abolition of slavery—Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 135, Tracts on Slavery, to wit, Peyroux, Mifflin, Nesbitt, Abolition, Claviere, 4to.","These five tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to. They have since been separated, rebound and reclassified.","Mifflin's expostulñ.","ii.","","","Mifflin, Warner.","A serious expostulation with the Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Daniel Lawrence. M. DCC. XCIII. [1793.]","E446 .M631","

Sm. 8vo. 12 leaves: []8, B4; signed at the end Warner Mifflin and dated Kent County, state of Delaware, 21st of the 1st Month, 1793.

Sabin 48897. Evans 25821. Smith, page 176.

Warner Mifflin, 1745-1798, Quaker reformer, was born in Virginia. He interested himself in the slave question, and having freed his own slaves presented the anti-slavery case to the government in the above and other tracts. The Library of Congress has copies of the other issues printed in this year, one in Philadelphia, without the name of the printer, and probably earlier, the other a re-print by Spooner in New-Bedford; in the absence of other evidence the Lawrence imprint was selected as the most likely to have been in the Jefferson collection, and, although definite evidence is missing, it is possible that this is the actual copy sold by him to Congress." "13800","129","Tracts on slavery, to wit, Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire—Mifflin's expostulñ—Nesbitt on slavery—proceedings for the abolition of slavery—Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 135, Tracts on Slavery, to wit, Peyroux, Mifflin, Nesbitt, Abolition, Claviere, 4to.","These five tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to. They have since been separated, rebound and reclassified.","J. Nesbitt on slavery.","iii.","","","[Nisbet, Richard.]","Slavery not forbidden by Scripture. Or a Defence of the West-India Planters, from the Aspersions thrown out against them, by the Author of a pamphlet, entitled, ''An Address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon Slavekeeping.'' By a West-Indian . . . Philadelphia: Printed [by John Sparhawk], M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773.]","E446 .R98","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves.

Halkett and Laing v, 290. Sabin 55354. Hildeburn 2931. Ragatz 534.

Bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress; badly waterstained; an uncut copy. Beside the words A West-Indian on the title-page, Jefferson has written m[???] Nesbitt.

The author of the pamphlet to which this was a reply was Benjamin Rush, writing under the pseudonym A Pennsylvanian." "13810","129","Tracts on slavery, to wit, Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire—Mifflin's expostulñ—Nesbitt on slavery—proceedings for the abolition of slavery—Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 135, Tracts on Slavery, to wit, Peyroux, Mifflin, Nesbitt, Abolition, Claviere, 4to.","These five tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to. They have since been separated, rebound and reclassified.","proceedings for the abolition of slavery.","iv.","","","","Proceedings for the abolition of slavery. London, 1789.","","This tract has not been found; it may have been the Report of the Debate in the House of Commons, May 13, 1789. 2 leaves, folio." "13820","129","Tracts on slavery, to wit, Peyroux sur l'etat primitif de l'homme le desir de l'immortalité et l'heroisme militaire—Mifflin's expostulñ—Nesbitt on slavery—proceedings for the abolition of slavery—Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 135, Tracts on Slavery, to wit, Peyroux, Mifflin, Nesbitt, Abolition, Claviere, 4to.","These five tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 4to. They have since been separated, rebound and reclassified.","Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere, with the plan of a slave ship. 4to.","J. v.","","","Claviere, Etienne.","Adresse de la Société des Amis des Noirs, a l'Assemblée Nationale, a toutes les Villes de Commerce, à toutes les Manufactures, aux Colonies, à toutes les Sociétés des Amis de la Constitution; Adresse dans laquelle on approfondit les Relations politiques et commerciales entre la Métropole et les Colonies, &c. Rédigée par E. Clavière, Membre de cette Société . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie du Patriote François, Mars 1791.","F1923 .S6","

4to. 67 leaves: [ ]1, a-b2, A2-4, B-N4, O3, P-Q4, ends with the catchword Table.

Quérard II, 221. Sabin 13515.

Bound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1915. Inserted at the end of this copy, probably by Jefferson, is a folded engraved plan of a slave ship, with printed text, the imprint of James Phillips, London, 1789.

Etienne Claviere, 1735-1793, French financier and politician, a Genevan by birth, was a friend of Brissot de Warville, and closely associated with him in the antislavery campaign." "13830","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","i.","","","Brissot De Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Mémoire sur les Noirs de l'Amérique septentrionale lu à l'Assemblée de la Société des Amis des Noirs, le 9 Février 1789. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . A Paris: chez Bailly, De Senne [de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau], 20 Décembre 1789.","E446 .B85","

First Edition. 8vo, 28 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 8023. Not in Faÿ.

On page 40 is a reference to Jefferson and the Notes on the State of Virginia. For Jefferson and the Société des Amis de Noirs see no. 1374." "13840","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","ii.","","","","Correspondance secrete des Députés de Saint-Domingue avec les Comités de cette Isle. Paris, l'an de la Liberté Ier. [1792].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves: A-C8, D4, the last a blank.

Sabin 75091." "13850","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","iii.","","","","Adresse a l'Assemblée Nationale, pour l'Abolition de la Traite des Noirs. Par la Société des Amis des Noirs de Paris. Février 1790. A Paris: de l'Imp. de L. Potier de Lille, 1790.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves. At the end: Imprimé par ordre de la Société, 5 Février, 1790. Signé Brissot de Warville, Président. Le Page, Secrétaire.

Sabin 8014." "13860","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","iv.","","","Lamiral, Dominique Harcourt.","M. Lamiral, réfuté par lui-même, ou Réponse aux Opinions de cet auteur, sur l'abolition de la Traite des Noirs, suivie de quelques idées sur les établissemens libres que la France ne doit point différer de faire au Sénégal. Par un ami des Blancs & des Noirs . . . [A Paris: chez Desenne, et Bailli] De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1790.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 38762.

Dominique Harcourt Lamiral, 1750-1795, French traveller." "13870","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","v.","","","","Réflexions sur le Code Noir; et Dénonciation d'un crime affreux, commis a Saint-Dominque; Adressées à l'Assemblée Nationale, par la Société des Amis des Noirs. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie du Patriote François, Aout 1790.","","

8vo. 8 leaves: with signature A.

Sabin 68751." "13880","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","vi.","","","Grégoire, Henri.","Lettre aux Philanthropes, sur les malheurs, les droits et les réclamations des Gens de couleur de Saint-Domingue, et des autres îles françoises de l'Amérique; par M. Grégoire, Curé d'Emberménil, Député du Département de la Meurthe. A Paris: chez Belin, Desenne, Bailly, et au Bureau du Patriote François, Octobre 1790.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves.

Quérard III, 463. Sabin 28726.

Henri Grégoire, 1750-1831, French politician, revolutionist, and constitutional Bishop of Blois." "13890","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","vii.","","","Brissot De Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Lettre de J. P. Brissot a M. Barnave, sur ses rapports concernant les colonies, les décrets qui les ont suivis, leurs conséquences fatales; sur sa conduite dans le cours de la révolution; sur le caractére des vrais démocrates; sur les bases de la constitution, les obstacles qui s'opposent à son achèvement, la nécessité de la terminer pomptement, etc. . . . A Paris: chez Desenne, Bailly, Tous les marchands de nouveautés; et au Bureau du Patriote François, 20 Novembre 1790.","","First Edition. 8vo. 54 leaves, the first 2 (title-page and preface) in duplicate. Quérard I, 520. Sabin 8020." "13900","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","viii.","","","Raymond.","Observations sur l'Origine et les Progrés du Préjugé des Colons Blancs contre les Hommes de couleur; sur les inconvéniens de le perpétuer; la nécessité, la facilité de le détruire; sur le projet du Comité colonial, etc. Par M. Raymond, Homme de couleur de Saint-Domingue. A Paris: chez Belin, Desenne, Bailly, et au Bureau du Patriote François, 26 Janvier 1791.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Sabin.

John Carter Brown Catalogue III, 3486." "13910","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","ix.","","","Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie.","Considérations présentées aux vrais Amis du Repos et du Bonheur de la France; a l'occasion des nouveaux mouvemens de quelques soi-disant Amis-des-Noirs. Par M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry, Député de la Martinique à l'Assemblée nationale. Premier Mars mil sept cent quatre-vingt-onze. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 38 leaves.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 50568.

For a note on the author, see no. 1131." "13920","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","x.","","","","La Société des Amis des Noirs a Arthur Dillon, Député de la Martinique à l'assemblée nationale. [Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Patriote François 1791].","","

8vo. 6 leaves: A6; caption title, imprint at the end. Publié par ordre de la Société, le 10 mars, 1791. signé Clavière, président par interim. J. P. Brissot, secrétaire.

Sabin 85807.

Arthur Dillon, 1750-1794, lieutenant general, was born in Ireland. This pamphlet was written in answer to charges made against the Society by Dillon." "13930","J. 130","Tracts on slavery. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 126, Tracts on Slavery, Fr. 8vo.","The following eleven tracts were bound for Jefferson in 1 volume, blue boards. On the title of the first tract is written in ink blue boards (cut into by the binder) possibly by Jefferson. The volume was rebound in brown buckram in 1920 by the Library of Congress, with labels lettered Slavery Pamphlets. 15.","","xi.","","","","Pétition nouvelle des Citoyens de Couleur des îles Françoises, a l'Assemblée nationale; précédée d'un avertissement sur les manoeuvres employées pour faire échouer cette Pétition, et suivie de Pièces justificatives . . . A Paris: chez Desenne, Bailly, Tous les marchands de nouveautés; et au Bureau du Patriote François, 18 Mars 1791.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves: A6, A8, B2; the first sheet for the Avertissement sur la pétition suivante, signed by Raymond l'aîné, Raymond le jeune, and others, Paris ce 18 mars, 1791.

Sabin 61271." "13940","J. 131","","","","Branagan's essay on the oppression of the exiled sons of Africa.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 65, Branagan on the Oppression of the exiled Sons of Africa 12mo.","Branagan, Thomas.","A Preliminary Essay, on the Oppression of the exiled Sons of Africa. Consisting of Animadversions on the Impolicy and Barbarity of the deletrious Commerce and subsequent Slavery of the Human species; To which is added, a Desultory Letter written to Napoleon Bonaparte, Anno Domini, 1801. By Thomas Branagan, late Slave-trader from Africa, and Planter from Antigua; who, from conscientious motives, relinquished a lucrative situation in that island; and now from a deep sense of duty, publishes to the world the tragical scenes, of which he was a daily spectator, and in which he was unhappily concerned. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by John W. Scott, 1804.","HT891 .B7","

First Edition. 12mo. 143 leaves: [ ]2, B-Z, Aa[???], Bb3; woodcut frontispiece by James Poupard; half-title for the Desultory Letter on X2; Bb2 has the advertisement for the publication of the author's Avenia; or, A Tragical Poem . . .

Sabin 7379. Not in Ragatz.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, by John March, with Jefferson's shelf mark, 16.1/65, written in ink, tipped in at the beginning. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on May 7, 1805:

It is with great diffidence as it respects myselfe, and with distinguished deference to you, that I take the leberty to send you a copy of my ''preliminary Essay on Slavery;'' being well convinced that, the subject matter of it, will attract your attention, and perhaps; prove a stimulus to your encouraging the ''Tragical Poem'' which the enclosed Essay is merely intended as an introduction too . . .

Jefferson answered this letter verbally through Dr. George Logan; see the note to Branagan's Avenia, chapter 36." "13950","J. 132","","","","Branagan's Beauties of Philanthropy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 66, as above.","Branagan, Thomas.","The Beauties of Philanthropy: or, The Moral Likeness of God delineated, in miniature: Being an intellectual Mirror for the dignified Clergy, as well as the subordinate Laiety. Second Edition, enlarged. To which is added, The Impartiality of Jehovah vindicated . . . By Thomas Branagan . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Rakestraw, 1808.","BJ1533 .P5B8","

12mo. 185 leaves: [ ]1, A-Z, Aa-Gg6, Hh4; the title-page for The Impartiality of Jehovah vindicated . . . on Ffi; the verso of the first leaf contains To the Public. This Book is not to be sold, but given away.

This edition not in Sabin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, by John March, with Jefferson's shelf mark Ch 16, 1. 66. bound in at the beginning.

The date of this publication makes it probable that it was the work referred to by Branagan in the following letter, written to Jefferson from Philadelphia on February 11, 1809, and was a gift from him:

Confiding in the native generosity of your heart I once more take the liberty to send you a few lines with a copy of one of my recent publications (in boards) which I most humbly present to your excellency as a small token of my accumulating admiration veneration & esteem . . .

The first edition, Sabin 7376, was published earlier in the same year." "13960","J. 133","","","","Frazer's history of Man.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 123, as above.","Fraser, Donald.","The History of Man; or, a View of the Virtues and Vices of Human Nature in both Sexes, with examples ancient & modern: together with some original Essays on a variety of subjects, tending to promote the principles of Virtue, Prudence, and Politeness. The whole work being interspersed with useful and entertaining Narratives. By D. Fraser, Author of the Columbian Monitor, Select Biography, &c. The first American, from the third European Edition. [Copy Right secured.] New-York: Printed by Southwick & Hardcastle, for the Editor, 1806.","BJ1571 .F69","

8vo. 224 leaves: [ ]4, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Hhh, Kkk-Lll4, the last 8 leaves with the list of Subscribers' Names.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin.

Rebound in ruby buckram in 1929. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers to this work, in compliance with the request of the author in a letter dated from New York, July 9, 1805:

The affability of your character, induces me to think, that you will not be offended at the liberty which I have taken in addressing you, at present.

Being about publishing a work, of considerable merit, by subscription; I flatter myself that you will indulge me with the Weight of your name, at the head of my subscription list:—A name, far superior to that of Emperor, King or Duke! . . .

The book was sent on September 22, 1806:

Herewith you will receive a copy of the ''History of Man'' which you benevolently countenanced with your subscription some months since—Also, a pamphlet which I published some years ago—The weight of your Name, having rendered me very important service, accept my most hearty acknowledgments . . .

Donald Fraser, born c. 1754, Republican, seems to have been born in Great Britain, probably Scotland, and to have come to America sometime before 1788. In the above quoted letter he states that he was at that time, 1805, fifty-two years of age, and a certificate of character signed by Robert Lenox in New York, August 17, 1808, states that he has known Fraser, a teacher of New York, for twenty years." "13970","","","","","Ray's Horrors of slavery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 59. no. 64, as above.","","","","This has already been fully described in chapter 2, no. 320 q. v." "13980","J. 134","","","","de la Literature des Negres par Gregoire.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 127, as above.","Grégoire, Henri.","De la Littérature des Nègres, ou Recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature; suivies de notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des Nègres qui se sont distingués dans les Sciences, les Lettres et les Arts; Par H. Grégoire, Ancien évêque de Blois, membre du Sénat conservateur, de l'Institut national, de la Société royale des Sciences de Göttingue, etc., etc., etc. . . . A Paris: chez Maradan [de l'Imprimerie des Sourd-Muets, sous la direction d'Ange Clo], M. DCCC. VIII. [1808.]","HT1581 .G7","

First Edition. 8vo. 152 leaves: [ ]8, 1-188, errata at the end, printer's imprint on the back of the half-title.

Quérard III, page 463. Sabin 28727.

Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on Feb. 24, 1809. [cost .50.] Rebound by the Library of Congress in half brown morocco in 1907. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T before sig. 1. With a presentation inscription by the author (cut into) on the half-title: Mr. Jefferson President des Etats unis de la part de l'auteur.

Presentation copy from the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Washington on February 25, 1809:

I have received the favor of your letter of Aug. 17. and with it the volume you were so kind as to send me on the literature of negroes. be assured that no person living wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a complete refutation of the doubts I have myself entertained and expressed on the grade of understanding alloted to them by nature, and to find that in this respect they are on a par with ourselves . . . whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. because Sr. I. Newton was superior to others in understanding he was not therefore Lord of the person or property of others. on this subject they are gaining daily in the Opinions of nations, & hopeful advances are making towards their reestablishment on an equal footing with the other colours of the human family . . .

Several references occur to Jefferson and the Notes on Virginia with the criticisms of George Imlay in his A Topographical description of the western territory of North America, 1793, notably on pages 36-39, 212, 255, 260, 262. Jefferson is also listed with the Americans in the Dédicace a tous les hommes courageux qui ont plaidé la cause des malheureux Noirs et Sang-mêlés . . .

In a letter to Joel Barlow, dated from Monticello, October 8, 1809, on a diatribe of Grégoire against Barlow, Jefferson wrote:

. . . he [Grégoire] wrote to me also on the doubts I had expressed five or six & twenty years ago, in the Notes on Virginia, as to the grade of understanding of the negroes, & he sent me his book on the literature of the negroes. his credulity has made him gather up every story he could find of men of colour (without distinguishing whether black, or of what degree of mixture) however slight the mention, or light the authority on which they are quoted . . . as to Bishop Gregoire I wrote him, as you have done, a very soft answer. it was impossible for doubt to have been more tenderly or hesitatingly expressed than that was in the Notes of Virginia, and nothing was or is farther from my intentions than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed a doubt. St. Domingo will, in time, throw light on the question.

For a note on Grégoire see no. 1388." "13990","135","","","","Gregoire on the faculties & literature of the Negroes by Warden.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 57. no. 128, as above.","Grégoire, Henri.","An Enquiry concerning the intellectual and moral faculties, and literature of Negroes; followed with an account of the Life and Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes, distinguished in Science, Literature and the Arts. By H. Grégoire . . . Translated by D. B. Warden, Secretary to the American Legation at Paris. Brooklyn: Printed by Thomas Kirk, 1810.","HT1581 .G72","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 130 leaves: [ ]2, 1-324.

Sabin 28728.

Presented to Jefferson by the translator, David Baillie Warden, who on July 1, 1811, wrote from Washington to Jefferson:

. . . Since that time, I took the liberty of sending you a copy of my translation of Gregoires' work on Blacks, in which he examines your opinions concerning their capacity for improvement. He proposes to write a Biographical Dictionary of all Individuals who have distinguished themselves in the cause of freedom, of which he is still an enthusiast. He is obliged to keep this project a secret at Paris . . .

In this edition Jefferson's name is omitted from the dedication. The references to him and the Notes on the State of Virginia occur (in translation) as in the original edition, above." "14000","J. 136","","","","Clarkson's hist. of the abolition of the African slave trade in G. B.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 67, as above, with the readings Slavetrade and Great Britain.","Clarkson, Thomas.","The History of the Rise, Progress & Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament. By Thomas Clarkson, M.A. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. First American, from the London Edition. Philadelphia: Published by James P. Parke; Brown & Merritt, Printers, 1808.","HT1162 .C6","

First American Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 228 leaves, folded engraved map and full-page plate; vol. II, 234 leaves; folded engraved plate of a slave-ship; collates in sixes.

Sabin 13486. This edition not in Smith.

Rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Jefferson was one of the subscribers to this edition, at the suggestion of James Pemberton of Philadelphia, who wrote to him on the 30th 5 mon: 1808, sending at the same time the Report of the Committee of the African Institution, q. v.

Pemberton's letter reads in part:

. . . The first mentioned [i. e. Clarkson] has lately sent me a manuscript copy of the first vol: of a history of the Slave Trade, which is an intelligent & entertaining Compilation. he proposes an American Edition to be published here about the same time as the publication of that printing in London, for which purpose Subscription papers are circulating in the United States, a copy of which I take liberty to hand to the President whose signature will tend to promote the work . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 21:

Your favor of May 30. was delivered me on my return to this place, and I now inclose the prospectus of Clarkson's history with my subscription to it . . .

The book was sent by Pemberton on the 22d: 11 mon:

. . . This is intended to convey to thee one Copy of Clarkson's History of the Slave Trade &c. agreeably to thy directions which I esteem an interesting compilation and expect it will meet the President's approbation when leisure will permit his perusal of it; I have also the satisfaction to inform him that, the workmanship of the Book is altogether American manufacture performed in this State from the Type to it's completion.

I directed the binding to be superior to the common run, but the workman has exceeded in adorning it more than thou may approve, and thereby the price is enhanced to four dollars which please attend to as thy leisure will permit.

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 7:

Your letter covering the 2d. Report to the African institution in London came safely to hand, as has that also of Nov. 22. accompanying Clarkson's history, for which I return you my thanks, as being both of them interesting in a high degree. my grandson, Thomas J. Randolph will call on you with this letter, as well to reimburse the price of Clarkson as to have the satisfaction of recollecting hereafter that he has been personally presented to you . . .

Another copy was sent to Jefferson by the Society, with a letter from Thomas P. Cope, dated from Philadelphia, January 28, 1809:

The American Convention for the Abolition of Slavery & improving the condition of the Africans, lately assembled in this City, have directed me, as one of their members, to present you Clarkson's History of Slavery . . .

Thomas Clarkson, 1760-1846, English anti-slavery agitator. The first edition of this work appeared in London in the same year." "14010","J. 137","","","","Caine's hist. of the Convention of the Leevard islds.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 129, as above.","Caines, Clement.","The History of the General Council and General Assembly of the Leeward Islands, which were convened for the purpose of investigating and meliorating the Condition of the Slaves throughout those Settlements, and of effecting a gradual abolition of the Slave Trade. Vol. I. St. Christopher: Printed by R. Cable, in Basseterre, M.DCCC.IV. [1804.]","HT1105.L4C3","

8vo. Vol. I only. 138 leaves: [ ]1, b-c4, B-R8, [ ]1; the Introduction signed Clement Caines.

Sabin 9849 (this copy). Not in Ragatz.

Contemporary sheep, cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson on April 2, 1811 by the author who wrote from St. Kitts:

The name of Thomas Jefferson has reached the West Indies and is celebrated throughout the World. It has excited sentiments of respect and high esteem in the breast of the person, who takes the liberty of addressing to you this letter. He wishes to express what he feels; but his means inadequately keep pace with his emotions. Such a tribute as is in his power he however tenders you. It consists of his literary compositions. Were they more worthy of your acceptance than he can suppose them to be, they would but feebly testify the consideration and respect with which he subscribes himself Your obedient and humble servt. Clemt Caines.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 16:

Your favor of Apr. 2. was not recieved till the 23d. of June last with the volume accompanying it, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I have read it with great satisfaction, & recieved from it information, the more acceptable as coming from a source which could be relied on . . .

Clement Caines, sugar planter in St. Kitts, urged the abolition of the slave trade in this and other tracts. No other copy of this volume, and no second volume have been traced." "14020","J. 138","","","","Sanderson de juramenti obligatione.","","2. v. 12mo. [in Chapter 17.]","1815 Catalogue, page 56. no. 29, De juramenti obligatione, Sanderson, 2 v 12mo.","Sanderson, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln.","De juramenti promissorii obligatione prælectiones Septem, habitæ in schola Theologica Oxonii termino Michælis Anno Dom. MDCXLVI. A Roberto Sandersono, SS. Theologiæ in Academia Oxoniensi Professore Regio. Præmissa Oratione ab eodem habita cùm Publicam Professionem auspicaretur 26. Octob. 1646. Londini: Typis B. Motte: impensis ejus, & J. Knapton, J. Tonson, & W. & J. Innys, 1719.—Judicium Universitatis Oxoniensis de 1. Solenni Liga & Fœdere. 2. Juramento Negativo. 3. Ordinationibus Parlamenti circa Disciplinam, & Cultum . . . A Roberto Sandersono . . . postea Episcopo Lincolniensi. Editio Sexta. Londini, Anno M DCC XIX.—De obligatione Conscientiæ Prælectiones decem: Oxonii in Scholâ Theologicâ Habitæ; anno dom. M DC XLVII. A Roberto Sandersono . . . Londini: Typis B. M. prostant apud Ja. Knapton, & Wil. & Joh. Innys, 1719.","Law 387 and BJ1471.S2","

Together 3 vol. in 2. 8vo. 88 and 32 leaves; 152 leaves; 1 folded table (misbound).

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in roan by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of Beverley Randolph, 1739, on both title-pages.

Robert Sanderson, 1587-1663, bishop of Lincoln. The original edition of De juramenti promissorii obligatione was first printed in 1670, Judicum Universitatis Oxoniensis . . . in 1671, and De obligatione concientiae in 1660." "14030","J. 139","","","","Beller's delineation of Universal law.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 34, as above.","Bellers, Fettiplace.","A Delineation of Universal Law: being an abstract of an Essay towards deducing the Elements of Universal Law, from the first Principles of Knowledge, and the Nature of Things: in a Methodical and connected series. In Five Books. I. Of Law in general. II. Of Private Law. III. Of Criminal Law. IV. Of the Laws of Magistracy. V. Of the Law of Nations. By Fettiplace Bellers, Esq; The Third Edition. London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1754.","Law 149","

4to. 48 leaves: [ ]4, a, B-L4, the last two blanks, publisher's advertisement on L1.

Lowndes I, 151. Smith I, 239. Marvin, page 110. Sweet & Maxwell II, 183, 1.

Old calf, rebacked morocco, the 1815 bookplate preserved under the new end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Fettiplace Bellers, 1687-1750?, Quaker, English philosophical writer and dramatist. The first edition of this work was posthumously published in 1750." "14040","140","","","","Grotius de jure belli ac pacis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 21, as above.","Grotius, Hugo.","Hugonis Grotii de Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, in quibus jus Naturæ & Gentium, item juris publici præcipua esplicantur. Editio nova cum Annotatis Auctoris, ex postrema ejus ante obitum cura multo nunc au[???]tior. Accesserunt & Annotata in Epistolam Pauli ad Philemonem. Amstelodami: Apud Joannem Janssonium, cI[???] I[???]c LI [1651].","JX2093.A1","

8vo. 320 leaves: *, **, A-Z, Aa-Pp8; printer's device on the title-page, title printed in red and black.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, Van der Aa. Meulen, page 18, no. 28.

Jefferson, in an opinion in writing, presented to President George Washington, on April 28, 1793, ''on the general Question, Whether the U. S. have a right to renounce their treaties with France, or to hold them suspended till the government of that country shall be established'', quoted parallel passages from this work, and from the Droit de la nature des gens of Puffendorf and of Wolf, and from the Droit des gens of Vattel.

He prefaced the quotations with remarks on the authors:

. . . such of them [i. e. those who write treatises of natural law] as happen to have feelings & a reason coincident with those of the wise & honest part of mankind, are respected & quoted as witnesses of what is morally right or wrong in particular cases. Grotius, Puffendorf, Wolf, & Vattel are of this number. where they agree their authority is strong: but where they differ, & they often differ, we must appeal to our own feelings and reason to decide between them.

The passage in question shall be traced through all these writers, that we may see wherein they concur, & where that concurrence is wanting. it shall be quoted from them in the order in which they wrote, that is to say, from Grotius first, as being the earliest writer, Puffendorf next, then Wolf, & lastly Vattel as latest in time. . . .

The passages quoted are arranged in parallel columns, with the references at the head: Grotius. 2. 16. 16. Puffendorf. 8. 9. 6. Wolf, 1146. Vattel. 2. 197.

They are all in English, and in that they are literal translations, from the Latin in the case of Grotius, and from French editions of the other authors, and are not taken from any published English edition, it seems possible that Jefferson made his own translations. This is borne out by the fact that he had previously copied the same passages, including also one from Burlamaqui, in their original languages.

The quotations are followed by an examination of the principles:

The doctrine then of Grotius, Puffendorf & Wolf is that 'treaties remain obligatory, notwithstanding any change in the form of government, except in the single case where the preservation of that form was the object of the treaty' . . . Vattel lays down, in fact, the same doctrine . . . but he then adds what they had not said, nor could say 'but if this change renders the alliance useless, dangerous, or disagreeable, to it, he is free to renounce it'' . . . he is in opposition to Grotius, Puffendorf, & Wolf, who admit no such licence against the obligation of treaties, & he is in opposition to the morality of every honest man to whom we may safely appeal to decide whether he feels himself free to renounce a contract the moment it becomes merely useless or disagreeable to him? . . .

Jefferson's argument occupies nine and a half closely written pages of his handwriting.

A copy is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2-12.

Hugo Grotius, 1683-1645, Dutch publicist and statesman. The first edition of De jure Belli et Pacis was printed in 1625." "14050","J. 141","","","","Grotius. Droit de la guerre avec les notes de Barbeyrac.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 38, as above.","Grotius, Hugo.","Le Droit de la Guerre, et de la Paix. Par Hugues Grotius. Nouvelle Traduction, par Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur en Droit à Groningue, & Membre de la Societé Roiale des Sciences à Berlin. Avec les Notes de l'Auteur même, qui n'avoient point encore paru en François; & de nouvelles Notes du Traducteur. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre de Coup, 1724.","JX2093.F5","

2 vol. 4to., with continuous signatures and pagination; vol. I, 286 leaves, ending on sig. Ttt3; engraved headpiece by I. Wandelaar; vol. II, 261 leaves; titles printed in red and black, with engraved vignettes by B. Benarts after G. Rademaker; engraved initial S with 3 crowns at the beginning of the dedication to George I. Text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Quérard III, 491. Van der Aa II, 108. Meulen, page 20, no. 73.

Contemporary calf with a chiffre in gilt in the compartments on the back (2 Ls interlaced, crowned, ?Saint-Simon), and with the signature Lucius Tours at the head of the dedication. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Jean Barbeyrac, 1674-1741, French jurist. The first edition of this translation was published in 1719." "14060","J. 142","","","","Puffendorf. Droit de la nature et des gens. notes de Barbeyrac. Lond.","","1740. 3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 39, Puffendorf, Droit des Gens, de Barbeyrac, 3 v 4to.","von Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr.—Barbeyrac, Jean.","Le Droit de la nature et des gens, ou systeme general des principes les plus importans de la morale, de la jurisprudence, et de la politique. Par le Baron de Pufendorf, traduit de Latin par Jean Barbeyrac . . . Avec des notes du Traducteur; & une Préface, qui sert d'Introduction à tout l'ouvrage. Nouvelle Edition, revûë de nouveau, & augmentée considérablement. Tome Premier. [-Troisième.] A Londres: chez Jean Nours, 1740.","JX2136.F5","

3 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 274 leaves, engraved portrait of Barbeyrac by Petit as frontispiece, and of Pufendorf before the text; vol. II, 290 leaves; vol. III, 274 leaves; titles printed in red and black, some leaves water stained and discolored.

Quérard VII, 371.

French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r. e., blue silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (on the fly-leaves in vol. II and III).

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 27.0.

See the note to Grotius, no. 1404 above. Jefferson's quotation is a literal translation from the text of this edition, and differs entirely from Kennett's translation (see the next number).

Samuel Pufendorf [Freiherr Von Pufendorf], 1632-1694, German jurist and historian. The original edition of De jure naturae et gentium was published in 1672. The first edition of Barbeyrac's translation, on the notes of which his fame chiefly rests, was published in 1706, and the work was frequently reprinted." "14070","J. 143","","","","id. Eng.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 47, Puffendorf, Droit des Gens, Eng. fol.","von Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr.","The Law of Nature and Nations: or, a General System of the most important Principles of Morality, Jurisprudence, and Politics. In Eight Books. Written in Latin by the late Baron Pufendorf, Counsellor of State to his late Swedish Majesty, and the late King of Prussia. Done into English by Basil Kennet, D.D. sometime President of Corpus Christi College in Oxford. To which is prefix'd, M. Barbeyrac's Prefatory Discourse . . . Done into English by Mr. Carew, of Lincoln's-Inn. To which are now added, all the large Notes of M. Barbeyrac, translated from his fourth and last Edition. Together with large Tables to the Whole. The Fifth Edition, carefully corrected. London: Printed for J. and J. Bonwicke [and others], 1749.","JX2136 .E5","

Folio. 497 leaves; text in double columns, notes below the text.

Lowndes IV, 2006. Seligman VI, 702. Marvin 593.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress in 1912. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Basil Kennett, 1674-1715, English miscellaneous writer. The first edition of this translation was published in Oxford in 1703. This book was not used by Jefferson for his quotation from Pufendorf's work." "14080","J. 144","","","","Burlamaqui. Principes du droit politique.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 37, as above.","[Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques.]","Principes du Droit Politique. A Amsterdam: chez Zacharie Chastelain, M.DCC.LI. [1751.]","JC189 .B7","

First Edition. 4to. 193 leaves: []1, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa4, Bbb2, ††2 [2 leaves misbound at the end].

Barbier III, 1035. Quérard I, 570. Seligmann II, 76.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e., blue silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson, but with marginal references in his hand on page 301 (chapter VII, § 16) reading: Luzac's Wolfius. 1204. Ld Mansfd. in 2. Burr. 693. Lee. c.6. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5-17.

Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, 1694-1748, Swiss jurist." "14090","J. 145","","","","Burlamaqui sur la droit Naturel & Politique.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 36, as above.","Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques.","Principes du Droit Naturel, par J. J. Burlamaqui Conseiller d'Etat, & cidevant Professeur en Droit Naturel & Civil à Geneve. Nouvelle Edition revuë & corrigée. A Geneve et a Coppenhague: chez Cl. & Ant. Philibert, 1756.","JC189.B68","

2 vol. in 1. 4to. Vol. I, 150 leaves; vol. II, 152 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Seligman.

Old calf, gilt back, gilt line border on sides, marbled end papers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The first edition was published in Geneva, 1747." "14100","J. 146","","","","Wolff. Droit de la nature et des gens. Lat. Fr. par Luzac.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 1, as above.","Wolff, Christian.","Institutions du Droit de la Nature et des Gens, dans lesquelles, par une chaine continue, on déduit de la Nature même de l'Homme, toutes ses obligations & tous ses droits. Traduites du Latin de Mr. Christian L. B. De Wolff, Conseiller Privé de S. M. le Roi de Prusse, & Chancellier & Ancien de l'Université de Hall. Par Mr. M***. Avec des Notes, dans lesquelles on fait voir la solidité des principes d l'Auteur; l'application de ces mêmes principes au Droit Public, Civil & Romain; & l'utilité qu'on peut sur-tout en retirer, pour juger des causes rélatives au Commerce & à la Navigation: Par Mre. Elie Luzac, Docteur en Droit & Advocat à la Cour de Hollande, de Zelande & de West-Frise. Tome Premier [-Sixieme]. A Leide: chez Elie Luzac, MDCCLXXII. [1772.]","JX2347 .153","

First Edition of this translation. 6 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 204 leaves; vol. II, 254 leaves; vol. III, 284 leaves; vol. IV, 209 leaves; vol. V, 276 leaves; vol. VI, 196 leaves; Latin and French text on opposite pages.

Quérard V, 531. Barbier II, 92B. Van der Aa XI, 754.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m. e., blue silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, price 27. 0.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens, June 8, 1803, at the special price 32., reduced from 36., was intended for the Library of Congress.

Christian Wolff, 1679-1754, German philosopher. ''It was due to the influence of Wolff that theology was supplanted by philosophy as the leading discipline at German universities and the Wolffian system dominated German intellectual life until the time of Kant.''

Elie Luzac, 1723-1796, Dutch philosopher and lawyer, signed the dedication of this translation from Leyden, April 9, 1772." "14110","J. 147","","","","Vattel. Droit des gens.","","3. v. 12mo. Londres 1758.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 2, as above.","Vattel, Emeric De.","Le Drcit des Gens, ou Principes de la Loi naturelle, appliqués à la conduite & aux affaires des nations & des souverains. Par M. de Vattel . . . Tome I [-III]. A Londres. M. DCC. LVIII. [Neuchatel?, 1758.]","JX2414.A1","

3 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 283 leaves only, lacks 2 preliminary leaves: []1, a12, b11, a2-12, b12, c6, A-V12; vol. II, 267 leaves: []1, A-Y12, Z2; vol. III, 256 leaves: []1, A-X12, Y3.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Quérard.

French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r. e., blue silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Jefferson has made a small marginal annotation in vol. II, page 150, and in vol. III, page 182, where he has written: See Luzac's Wolfius. 1204. contra. & Burlam. Dr. Pol. 4. 7. 16. Ld. Mansfield in 2. Burr. 693 Lee. c.6. He frequently quoted from this work in his dealings with foreign ministers.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price 6.

Emeric De Vattel, 1714-1767, Swiss diplomat and international jurist. The first edition of this book was published with the Londres imprint in 2 vol. 4to. in the same year." "14120","J. 148","","","","Vattel. Droit des gens. edñ. de 1775.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 40, as above, with the reading Edition.","Vattel, Emeric De.","Le droit des Gens, ou principes de la loi naturelle, appliqués à la conduite & aux affaires des Nations & des Souverains. Par M. de Vattel . . . Nouvelle édition augmentée, revue & corrigée. Avec quelques remarques del'Editeur. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez E. van Harrevelt, 1775.","JX2414 .A1","

2 vol. in 1, 4to. Vol. I, 172 leaves; vol. II, 110 leaves; titles printed in red and black, engraved printer's device by J. de Witt.

Graesse VI, 265. Quérard X, 68.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has written in ink two autograph annotations: on page 141 he has added a reference to a footnote: pa. 246; on page 142, to the phrase in the text: Aujourd'hui tout l'espace de mer, qui est à la portée du canon Jefferson has placed a † and the footnote: † c'est a dire à troi lieues du rivage. 1. Martens. § 122.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 15.0." "14130","J. 149","","","","Vattel. Questions de droit naturel.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 3, as above.","Vattel, Emeric De.","Questions de Droit Naturel, et Observations sur le Traité du Droit de la Nature de M. le Baron de Wolf. Par M. de Vattel. A Berne: chez la Societé Typographique, MDCCLXII. 1762.","Law 429","

First Edition. 12mo. 226 leaves.

Quérard X, 69.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1-16." "14140","J. 150","","","","Synopsis Grotii Clarkii et Lockii.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 24, as above.","[Dodd, William.]","Synopsis Compendiaria librorum Hugonis Grotii de jure Belli et Pacis, Samuelis Clarkii de Dei existentiâ et attributis, et Joannis Lockii de intellectu humano. Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis excudit J. Bentham. Sumptibus Gul. Thurlbourn et Tho. Merrill, ibidem Bibliopolarum. Prostant venales apud B. Dod, Londini; J. Fletcher, Oxonii; J. Barry, Glasguæ; et A. Kincaid, Edinburgi, 1751.","JX2099.D7","

First Edition. 8vo. 102 leaves: []4, b2, A-M8; the Cambridge publishers' advertisements on sig. b2.

Not in Lowndes. Watt I, 309. Meulen, no. 143. Not in Halkett and Laing.

Old calf, gilt back; with the armorial bookplate of Peter Hay M.D. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with the autograph signature of Peter Hay on the title-page.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Dodd, 1729-1777, English clergyman and forger. This work is no. 4 in the list of his writings compiled by himself prefaced to his Thoughts in prison. The dedication is to Edmund Keene.

The de Intellectu Humano was abridged by Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, 1674-1726, English judge." "14150","J. 151","","","","Recueil de discours par Barbeyrac.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 4, as above.","Barbeyrac, Jean.","Recueil de Discours sur diverses matieres importantes, traduits ou composez par Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur en Droit dans l'Université de Groningue, qui y a joint un Eloge Historique de feu Mr. Noodt. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre Humbert, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731.]","AC23 .B3","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 212 leaves, engraved frontispiece by G. Schouten and headpiece by B. Picart (dated 1731); vol. II, 174 leaves; engraved vignettes on the title-pages, titles printed in red and black.

Not in Quérard. Van der Aa II, 108.

French mottled calf, gilt back (volume numbers transposed), marbled end papers, pink silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes. Manuscript notes are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé on January 11, 1788, price 6. Entered at that price on the undated manuscript catalogue." "14160","J. 152","","","","Code de l'Humanité par Felice.","","13. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 41, as above.","Felice, Fortunatio Bartolomeo De, Editor.","Code de l'humanité, ou la législation universelle, naturelle, civile et politique, avec l'histoire littéraire des plus grands hommes qui ont contribué à la perfection de ce code. Composé par une Société de gens de lettres, indiqués à la page suivante. Le tout revu & mis en ordre alphabétique par M. De Felice. Yverdon: dans l'Imprimerie de M. de Felice, 1778.","JA62 .F4","

First Edition. 13 vol. 4to. Text in double columns; some volumes waterstained.

Quérard III, 86.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, marbled end papers, blue silk bookmarks. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé on August 16, 1787, price 100. The price of the copy entered on the undated manuscript catalogue is 124.10, which may include the binding.

In a letter dated from Paris June 9, 1803, Charles

Pougens included this work with those he intended to offer to Jefferson. In regard to a copy of this he wrote: J'en attends un a prix honnête dans une vente que doit avoir lieu tres incessamment.

Fortunatio Bartolomeo De Felice, 1723-1789, Italian philosopher and mathematician. On the verso of the title-page he gives a list of the authors who formed the Société de gens de lettres, which includes his own name, and MM. Bouchaud, Bertrand, Tscharner, Andrié, Baron de Gorgier, De Jaucourt, De la Lande, Durand de Maillane, Mingard de Beau-Lieu, Maclaine, Molé. The book was printed at Felice's own printing press in Yverdon." "14170","153","","","","Cumberland de legibus naturae.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 18, as above.","Cumberland, Richard.","De Legibus Naturæ . . . Londini: Typis E. Flesher, prostat verò apud Nathanaelem Hooke, 1672.","","

First Edition. 4to.

Lowndes I, 568. STC C7580. Marvin, page 244. Sweet & Maxwell II, 184, 9.

The Library of Congress copy, which may have been Jefferson's, disappeared some time ago.

Richard Cumberland, 1631-1718, bishop of Peterborough. This book, dedicated to Bridgeman, was written in opposition to Hobbes." "14180","J. 154","","","","Cumberland on the laws of nature.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 35, as above.","Cumberland, Richard.","A Treatise of the Laws of Nature. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Richard Cumberland, Lord Bishop of Peterborough. Made English from the Latin by John Maxwell, M.A. Prebendary of Connor, and Chaplain to his Excellency Lord Carteret, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. To which is prefix'd, An Introduction concerning the mistaken Notions which the Heathens had of the Deity, and the Defects in their Morality, whence the Usefulness of Revelation may appear. At the End is subjoin'd, An Appendix, containing two Discourses, 1. Concerning the Immateriality of Thinking Substance. 2. Concerning the Obligation, Promulgation, and Observance, of the Law of Nature, by the Translator. London: Printed by R. Phillips; and sold by J. Knapton, J. Senex, F. Fayram [and others] n. d. [1727].","B1201 .C83D423","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 397 leaves only (lacks the first leaf of the dedication, imperfect at the end); 3 parts in 1, with separate title-pages, continuous signatures, separate pagination for the Introduction and Appendix, 2 folded engraved plates, general title printed in red and black.

Lowndes I, 568. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 942. Marvin, page 244. Sweet & Maxwell II, 184, 10.

Rebound in half red morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. From the library of Peyton Randolph with his armorial bookplate signed by I. Skinner, Bath, preserved." "14190","155","","","","Lee's treatise of captures in war.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 25, as above.","Lee, Richard","A Treatise of Captures in War. By Richard Lee, Esq . . . London: Printed for W. Sandby, 1759.","JX5228.L4","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Allibone II, 1076. Marvin, page 457. Sweet & Maxwell II, 181, 9.

Richard Lee, English barrister-at-law, dedicated this work, drawn chiefly from Bynkershoek's Questiones juris publici, to the Earl Granville." "14200","J. 156","","","","Seldeni mare clausum.","","24s. 1636.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 5, Selden's Mare Clausum, Lat. 16s.","Selden, John.","Ioannis Seldini Mare Clavsvm sev de Dominio Maris Libri dvo. Quorum argumentum paginâ versâ. Iuxta exemplar Londinense, VVill. Stanesbeii pro Richardo Meighen. cI[???]Ic cxxxvI. [Leyden: Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir, n. d. ?1636.]","JX4423 .S35","

12mo. 296 leaves: *8, **4, A-Z12, Aa8, 2 folded engraved maps, title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations in the text, Elzevir's Solitaire woodcut device on the title-page.

STC 22176 (erroneously calling for Boxhorn's Apologia). Willems 449. This edition not in Marvin.

Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Van Damme. Ordered by Jefferson from a catalogue on March 23, 1788, and sent by Van Damme (described as Elzevir, 1636, 16o) on June 25, price 2.12.; entered at that price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

John Selden, 1584-1654, English jurist. The English edition with imprint Londini: Iuxta exemplar VVill. Stanesbeii pro Richardo Meighen, M DC XXXVI. was in octavo, and included a second part, the Apologia of Boxhorn, omitted from this edition. Stansby and Meighen's original edition, published in 1635, was in folio. This Leyden edition is not dated; it is included in the Catalogus Librorum officinae Elsevirianae, 1638, and was printed therefore between 1636 and 1638.

Selden's work was written in answer to Grotius's Mare Liberum, a copy of which Jefferson bought from Van Damme, price 2.10, on the same bill as the Mare Clausum. Mare Liberum was not sold to Congress." "14210","J. 157","","","","Selden's Mare clausum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 48, as above.","Selden, John.","Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea in two Books . . . Written at first in Latin by that late famous and learned Antiquary John Selden, Esquire. Formerly translated into English [by Marchant Nedham], and now perfected and restored by J. H. Gent . . . [Additional Evidences concerning the Right of Soveraignty and Dominion of the Kings of Great Brittain in the Sea . . .—Dominivm Maris; The Dominion of the Sea. Expressing the Title which the Venetians pretend unto the sole Dominion, and absolute Soveraignty of the Adriatick Sea, commonly called The Gulf of Venice . . . Translated out of Italian . . .] London: Printed for Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, 1663.","JX4423.S4","

Folio. 3 parts in 1, with separate title-pages, together 258 leaves, engraved maps and woodcut illustrations in the text, the Appendix with separate pagination.

Lowndes IV, 2388. Hazlitt III, 228. This edition not in Marvin and not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Rebound in half roan by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Marchament Nedham (or Needham), 1620-1678, English journalist, first published his translation of Mare Clausum in 1652.

James Howell, 1594?-1666, Welsh author, re-edited Nedham's translation, and restored the original dedication to the King, suppressed by the Cromwellian Nedham." "14220","158","","","","S'il est permis d'arreter un Ambassadeur. [brochure]","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 42, as above, with the reading pamphlet.","","S'il est permis, de faire arreter un Ambassadeur, qui passe sans Passeport par les Etats de celui, avec qui son Maitre est en Guerre. MDCCXXXXV. [Without name of place or printer, 1745.]","JX1655 .S5","

4to. 16 leaves: A-D4, woodcut ornament on the title and at the end.

Not in Barbier.

Jefferson ordered a copy on March 23, 1788, from vol. 2, page 223, in a catalogue sent by Van Damme of Amsterdam.

Entered with the date, 1745, and without price, on the undated manuscript catalogue." "14230","J. 159","","","","El Embaxador por D. J. A. de Vera i Cuniga.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 26, as above.","Vera Figueroa y Zúñiga, Juan Antonio, Conde De La Roca.","El Enbaxador por Don Ivan Antonio de Verai Cvniga com[???]dador de la Barra en la ord[???] de S. Tiago. Señor de las Villas D Sierra Brava IS. Lorenco. A Don Filipe III. N. S. Glorioso Monarca de España Enperador de las Indias. En Seuilla: por Francisco de lyra Año 1620.","JX1652 .R55","

First Edition. 4to. 307 leaves only (lacks a leaf in sig. A), the last a blank, engraved title-page, engraved emblematic frontispiece in compartments by Hispali, with a full-length portrait of Felipe III, King of Spain, to whom the book is dedicated.

Palau VII, 148. Salva 4034. Ticknor, page 400.

Old vellum, gilt and painted back, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.10.

Juan Antonio Vera Figueroa Y Zúñiga, Conde De La Roca, 1588-1658, Spanish author and historian." "14240","J. 160","","","","le Ministre public par de la Sarraz du Franquesnay.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 7, as above.","La Sarraz Du Franquesnay, Jean de.","Le ministre public dans les cours etrangeres; ses fonctions et ses prérogatives. Par le Sieur J. de la Sarraz du Franquesnay. A Paris: chez Etienne Ganeau, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731.]","JX1655.L3","

First Edition. 12mo. 161 leaves.

Quérard IV, 581 (Amsterdam).

Contemporary French calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, the first leaf repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is written:

m'a été doné par l'auteur de l'art de négocier. &c. [see no. 1425] 14 9bre, 1753. Jainet. no. 1173; notes and corrections in the text are by the same hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0." "14250","J. 161","","","","L'art de negocier par Pecquet.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 8, as above.","Pecquet, Antoine.","Discours sur l'art de negocier. A Paris: chez Nyon fils [de l'Imprimerie de la Veuve P. du-Mesnil], MDCCXXXVII. [1737.]","JX1655.P5","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 113 leaves, the Epitre au roi signed Pecquet.

Quérard VII, 8.

French calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e., blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0.

Antoine Pecquet, 1704-1762 was Maître des eaux et forêts at Rouen." "14260","J. 162","","","","Maniere de negocier par Callieres.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 9, as above.","Callières, François de.","De la Maniere de negocier avec les Souverains. De l'utilité des Négociations, du choix des Ambassadeurs & des Envoyés, & des qualités nécessaires pour réussir dans ces emplois. Par Monsieur De Callieres. Nouvelle Edition, considérablement augmentée par M***. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Londres: chez Jean Nourse, 1750.","JX1655.C2","

12mo. 2 vol. in 1. 191 and 186 leaves, errata on the last leaf.

Quérard II, 24.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, pale blue end papers. Initialled by him at sig. I in vol 1; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé on November 24, 1788, price 4.

Entered at that price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

François de Callières, 1645-1717, French diplomat and man of letters, and member of the Académie Française. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1716. Three editions appeared in 1716 (Paris, Amsterdam and Bruxelles). The Londres imprint of this edition of 1750 is fictitious. The name of the editor is not known." "14270","J. 163","","","","Bynkershoek du Juge competent des Ambassadeurs. avec les notes de Barbeyrac.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 27, as above.","Bynkershoek, Cornelius van.","Traité du Juge competent des Ambassadeurs, tant pour le Civil, que pour le Criminel. Traduit du Latin de Mr. De Bynkershoek, Conseiller au Haut Conseil de Hollande &c. Par Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur en Droit Public & Privé à Groningue. A La Haye: chez Thomas Johnson, 1723.","JX1655.B92","

8vo. 170 leaves, title-page printed in red and black, with engraved vignette. Epitre dated A Groningue, ce 9. Novembre 1722.

Quérard I, 579 (wrongly described as 2. v. in 4to). Not in Van der Aa.

Vellum. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0.

Cornelius van Bynkershoek, 1673-1743, Dutch jurist. The Liber singularis de foro legatorum from which this translation was made was published in 1702. The second French edition, 1746, was in two volumes quarto." "14280","J. 164","","","","Wicquefort, de l'Ambassadeur.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 43, as above.","Wicquefort, Abraham De.","L'Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions par Monsieur de Wicquefort, Conseiller aux Conseils d'Estat & Privé du Duc de Brunsvvic & Lunebourg Zell, &c. Derniere Edition, augmentée des Reflexions sur les Memoires pour les Ambassadeurs. De la Reponse à l'Auteur. Et du Discours Historique de l'Election de l'Empereur, & des Electeurs par le mesme Auteur. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Cologne: chez Pierre Marteau, M.DCC.XV. [1715.]","JX1652 .W53","

2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 296 leaves; vol. II, 302 leaves; titles printed in red and black, printer's woodcut devices; the title of the Seconde Partie omits the passage from Derniere Edition to par le mesme Auteur inclusive.

Van der Aa XX, 180. Quérard X, 507 cites only a 12mo. edition of this year.

Old calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r. e., both volumes dampstained, volume I badly and some leaves damaged. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates pasted on the fly-leaves (the linings being damaged). Not initialled by Jefferson; on the fly-leaf has been written in pencil and partially erased: Mr. Jefferson Hotel d'Orleans rue Pet. Serpent.

Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, price 7.10.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price, 24., reduced from 30. was intended for the Library of Congress.

Abraham de Wicquefort, 1606-1682, Dutch diplomat. The first edition of this work, which is dedicated to George Guillaume, Duc de Brunsvvic & Lunebourg, was published in 1682." "14290","165","","","","Droit des gens moderne de l'Europe. par Martens. Eng. by Cobbet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 22, as above.","von Martens, Georg Friedrich—Cobbett, William.","Summary of the Law of Nations, founded on the Treaties and Customs of the modern Nations of Europe; with a List of the principal Treaties, concluded since the year 1748 down to the present time, indicating the works in which they are to be found. By Mr. Martens, Professor of Law in the University of Gottingen. Translated from the French by William Cobbett. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Bradford, Printer, Bookseller & Stationer, 1795.","JX2814 .P7","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 202 leaves, collating in fours. List of Subscribers at the end.

Sabin 44848. Evans 29025. Marvin, page 500. Sweet & Maxwell, II, 180, 10.

In reference to a problem of international law in a long letter to Edmund Pendleton, February 14, 1799, Jefferson quoted a passage from this book:

. . . every one who ever read a book on the L. of Nations knows that it is an unquestionable right in every power to refuse to recieve any minister who is personally disagreeable. Martens, the latest & a very respected writer, has laid this down so clearly & shortly in his 'Summary of the Law of Nations. B. 7. Ch. 2. sect. 9. that I will transcribe the passage verbatim. 'Sect. 9. Of choice in the person of the Minister. The choice of the person to be sent as minister depends of right on the sovereign who sends him; leaving the right however of him to whom he is sent, of refusing to acknolege any one, to whom he has a personal dislike, or who is inadmissable by the laws & usages of the country.' and he adds notes proving by instances &c. this is the whole section . . .

Georg Friedrich Von Martens, 1756-1821, German jurist and diplomat. The original edition of the Precis du droit des gens modernes de l'Europe was published in 1789.

William Cobbett, 1762-1835, English essayist, politician and agriculturalist. In 1792 he emigrated to Philadelphia where this translation was made, and returned to England in 1800. The dedication to George Washington at the beginning of this book is signed by Thomas Bradford and dated December 1795. Jefferson's name is not in the list of Subscribers.

S. Chase, the former owner of a copy of this work in the Library of Congress, has marked his book in a manner similar to Jefferson's, having placed an S before, and the letters hase after, the signature C." "14300","J. 166","","","","Ward's foundation & history of the Law of Nations.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 20, as above.","Ward, Robert [Plumer].","An enquiry into the foundation and history of the law of nations in Europe, from the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the age of Grotius. By Robert Ward, of the Inner Temple, Esq, Barrister at Law . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Jones, and J. Rice, 1795.","JX2585 .E5","

2 vol. in 1. 8vo. Vol. I, 148 leaves; vol. II, 191 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2838 (the London edition only). This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 180, 13.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I, and at I and T in vol. II.

Robert Ward, later Robert Plumer Ward, 1765-1846, English politician and novelist. This book on international law was his first publication and was originally printed in London in the same year, 1795. Ward added the surname Plumer to his name in 1828 on his marriage to Mrs. Plumer Lewin." "14310","167","","","","Treaties. viz. Portugal & Russia. 1787. Spain & Algiers. 1786. France & Gr. Britain. 1786.—France & Russia. 1787.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 46, Treaties of Portugal, Russia, Spain, Algiers, France and Great Britain of 1786, 7, 4to.","","","","Jefferson's copy of the collection of treaties listed by him as above is not in the Library of Congress." "14320","J. 168","","","","Chalmers' Collection of treaties between Gr. Brit. & other powers.","","1784. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 32, Chalmer's Collection of Treaties, 2 v 8vo. 1784.","Chalmers, George.","A Collection of Treaties between Great Britain and other powers. By George Chalmers, Esq. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1790.","JX636","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 290 leaves; A-Z, Aa-Nn8, Oo2; vol. II, 273 leaves: A4, B-Z, Aa-Ll8, Mm5; bound in at the end of this copy are 26 leaves: []1, B-F4, D4; the unsigned leaf for the title: Authentic Copies of Treaties . . . London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793, with 20 leaves of text; the sig. D at the end for 4 leaves of advertisement of Ogilvy and Spears.

Lowndes I, 405. Myers 1108. Marvin, page 181. Sweet & Maxwell II, 179, 1.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

This book was sent to Jefferson by George Joy of London, through James Madison, to whom Joy wrote from No. 56 Hatton Garden on May 1, 1794, a long letter in which he commented on and quoted from a letter from Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney on September 7, 1793, on the subject of treaties, and mentioned:

. . . having met with a Collection of Treaties in a convenient form (published by Chalmers) I have thought it might not be unacceptable to Mr. Jefferson; but as I have not the honor to be known to him at all I have presumed on your friendship to transmit the Books to him . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the books in a letter to Madison from Monticello, December 28, 1794:

I have kept m[???] Joy's letter a post or two, with an intention of considering attentively the observations it contains: but I have really now so little stomach for anything of that kind that I have not resolution enough even to endeavor to understand the observations. I therefore return the letter, not to delay your answer to it, and beg you in answering for yourself, to assure him of my respects and thankful acceptance of Chalmer's treaties, which I do not possess: and if you possess yourself of the scope of his reasoning, make any answer to it you please for me. if it had been on the rotation of my crops, I would have answered myself, lengthily perhaps, but certainly con gusto . . .

In that Jefferson stated in the above letter that he did not possess a copy of this work, it is to be assumed that he either did not receive the one mentioned by Benjamin Vaughan in a letter written from London on November 4, 1790, or that it was left at the State Department.

Vaughan's letter (now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress) was not addressed to Jefferson but to ''My dear sirs'', and read in part:

. . . By the first ship I shall send a copy of Chalmers's treaties for the use of Mr. Jefferson, & I shall desire Mr. Johnson to send the like for Congress.—It is very superior to others . . .

George Chalmers, 1742-1825, Scottish antiquary and historian, practised law for a short time in Baltimore, but returned to London in 1775. He was the author of many books and was one of those deceived by the Ireland forgeries concerning which he published several pamphlets." "14330","J. 169","","","","Recueil des traités de 1648. à 1709. de Du Mont.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 16, as above.","Dumont, Jean, Baron De Carlscroon.","Nouveau recueil de Traitez, d'Alliance, de Treve, de Paix, de Garantie, et de Commerce, faits & conclus entre les Rois, Princes, et Etats Souverains de l'Europe, depuis la paix de Munster jusques à l'année M. DCC. IX. Lesquels pour la plûpart n'ont point été encore imprimés, & sont très-utiles pour les négociations de la Paix prochaine. Recueillis & Publiés par le Sieur J. Du Mont. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Amsterdam: chez François l'Honoré, 1710.","JX132.D78","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 201 leaves; vol. II, 256 leaves; engraved frontispieces by G. Schouten, title-pages printed in red and black with engraved vignette.

Quérard II, 677. Myers 84.

Old sheep, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I and sig. I and T in vol. II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in vol. I.

Jean Dumont, Baron De Carlscroon, 1666-1727, French publicist, was historiographer to the Emperor Charles V." "14340","J. 170","","","","Collection of treaties from 1495. to 1712.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 28, as above.","","A General Collection of Treatys, Declarations of War, Manifestos, and other Publick Papers, relating to Peace and War, among the Potentates of Europe, from 1648 to the present Time . . . To which is prefix'd, An Historical Account of the French King's Breach of the most solemn Treatys. London: Printed by J. Darby for Andrew Bell and E. Sanger, 1710.—[Volume the Second. London: Printed in the Year M. DCC. XIII. Price bound six shillings.] 1710-1713.","JX131.G4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 240 leaves, the last 2 for lists of books sold by A. Bell and for E. Sanger; vol. II, 304 leaves, the last 2 sheets with separate pagination.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes V, 2708. Myers 1102, 3.

Vol. I in original calf, rebacked in contemporary calf, with the armorial bookplate of Murray Earl of Dunmore; vol. II rebound in tan buckram by the Library of Congress in 1922. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

These volumes were published separately, and the title of volume I does not call for any later volumes. The title of Volume II differs from that of the first, and calls for treaties from 1495 to the present time. Four volumes were issued in all, 1710-1732; the editor's initials, S.W., appear in the dedication prefixed to the third volume." "14350","J. 171","","","","History of the treaties of Utrecht, Gertruydenburgh, Radstat & Baden.","","2. v. 8vo. 1714.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 29, as above.","[Freschot, Casimir.]","The Compleat History of the Treaty of Utrecht, as also that of Gertruydenberg; containing all the Acts, Memorials, Representations, Complaints, Demands, Letters, Speeches, Treaties and other Authentick Pieces relating to the Negotiations there. To which are added, The Treaties of Radstat and Baden. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for A. Roper: and S. Butler, 1715.","D283.F8","

4 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. Vol I, 291 leaves: A-T, Aa-Rr8, Ss3, printed tables, 1 folded; vol. II, 365 leaves: []1, A-Z, A-Y8, Z4, the last leaf with S. Butler's advertisement; each part with separate pagination.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. Myers 222.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Casimir Freschot, 1640-1720, French historian, a Benedictine who fled to Holland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The original edition in French of this book was published in Utrecht in 1712-13." "14360","172","","","","Preseance entre la France et l'espagne.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 6, as above.","Cranato, Agostino—Vignier, Nicolas.","Raisons et Cavses de Preseance entre la France & l'Espagne. Proposees par vn nommé Augustin Cranato Romain pour l'Espagne, & traduictes d'Italien en François. Ensemble les responces & defenses pour la France à chacune d'icelles faites: Par N. Vignier de Bar sur Seine Historiographe du Roy dés l'an 1589. Dedié a Sa Maiesté. A Paris: chez Olivier de Varennes, 1608.","JX4081.C8","

First Edition. 8vo. 74 leaves: ã4, A-H8, I6, woodcut Royal arms on the title; dated at the end Acheué d'imprimer le Lundy & dernier iour de Decembre, mil six cens sept.

Not in Quérard. Not in Haag.

Entered with Vignier's name as the author on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Nicolas Vignier, 1530-1596, French historian and doctor of medicine. This book is dedicated to the King by Vignier's son Jean Vignier." "14370","173","","","","The treaty of Lancaster with the Indians.","","8vo. 1744.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 30, as above.","","The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations, At Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, in June, 1744. To which is prefix'd an Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies, and of their Religion, and form of Government. Williamsburg: Printed and Sold by William Parks. n.d. [1744.]","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Evans 5417. Clayton-Torrence 175. De Puy 23. Wroth 126.

Jefferson's copy is supposed to be extant, but disappeared from the Library of Congress shelves many years ago.

This Treaty was reprinted in Colden's History of the Five Nations of Canada, no. 445 in this catalogue. The first edition was printed by Franklin in the same year, 1744." "14380","J. 174","","","","French memorial on the war of 1755.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 31, as above, 8vo.","","The Conduct of the late Ministry, or, A Memorial; containing a summary of facts with their vouchers, in answer to The Observations, sent by the English ministry, to the Courts of Europe. Wherein (among many curious and interesting Pieces, which may serve as authentic Memoirs towards a History of the present Quarrel between Great-Britain and France) several Papers are to be seen at full length; Extracts of which lie now, under the Consideration of P-----t. London: Printed for W. Bizet, 1757.","E199 .M824","

8vo. 161 leaves: []1, B-Z, Aa-Ss4; the Memorial ends on H3 and is followed by a blank, the reprinted documents begin on Ii.

Sabin 15205. Thomson 264 (with misreading The Conduct of the French Ministry).

Original sheep, rebacked and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate on the fly-leaf, which has also pasted down a green morocco label lettered in gilt: La Grange De Checieux. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

A translation into English of no. 1451 infra." "14390","175","","","","Parallele des rois d'Angleterre et de la France. 1758.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 17, as above, 12mo.","","Parallèle de la Conduite du Roi avec celle du Roi d'Angleterre, Electeur d'Hanovre, Relativement aux affaires de l'Empire, & nommément à la rupture de la Capitulation de Closter-Seven par les Hanovriens. A Paris: d'après la Copie de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1758.","DC133.5 .P3","

12mo. 92 leaves: a-b, A-D12, E-F6, G8, the first two sheets contain the Eclaircissemens préliminaires, sig. A-D (pp. 1-96) the Parallèle, and the last 3 sheets the Pièces justificatives, with continuous pagination.

Not in Barbier." "14400","","","","","Papers relative to the rupture with Spain.","","8vo. 1762.","1815 catalogue, page 61, unnumbered, [Papers relative to the Rupture with Spain, 8vo, 1762] post C. 24, no. 180.","","","","For this book see chapter 24, no. 2423." "14410","J. 176","","","","Hist. des promesses illusoires depuis la paix des Pyrenees.","","24s. 1684.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 15, Histoire des promesses illusoires depuis la paix des Pyrenées, 16s 1684.","[Sandras De Courtilz, Gatien de, pseud. of Captain Du Buisson.]","Histoire des Promesses illusoires depuis la Paix des Pirenees. A Cologne: chez Louis Clou-Neuf [La Haye], 1684.","DC126 .C7","

First Edition. 12mo. 106 leaves: A-H12, I10, sphere device on the title.

Barbier II, col. 762. Not in Quérard.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Gatien De Sandras De Courtilz [Du Buisson], 1644-1712, French polygraph. Finding difficulty in publishing his works in France he went in 1683 to Holland where this and others of his works were published." "14420","","","","","Jenkinson's conduct of Gr. Britain as to neutral nations.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. unnumbered, [Jenkinson's Conduct of Great Britain as to Neutral Nations] in No 33, post.","","","","This is the preliminary matter, Vol. I, pages i-xlviii (sig. a-c) in the Collection of Treaties, no. 1453 below." "14430","","","","","Resultats des traités depuis 1763. jusqu'a 1795. par Arnould.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 61. unnumbered, as above, enclosed in square brackets, and with the reference: Ch. 24, No. 150, post.","","","","For this book, see chapter 24, no. 2686." "14440","J. 177","","","","Institutions du droit de la nature et des gens par Rayneval.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 23, as above, with the reading Reyneval.","Gérard de Rayneval, Joseph Mathias.","Institutions du Droit de la Nature et des Gens. Par le Cen. Gérard de Rayneval. A Paris: chez Leblanc, An XI-1803.","JX2673 .G2","

First Edition. 8vo. 290 leaves: [ ]2, a-b4, c2, 1-494, a-v4, x2; the last alphabet for the Notes, with separate pagination.

Quérard III, page 327.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in tree calf, gilt back, repaired at the joints and with new marbled endpapers at the front (the original papers at the back), and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. The initial T inserted by Jefferson before sig. I. A few minor corrections in ink are not by him; some leaves foxed.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work from Reibelt of Baltimore. In a letter dated from Washington February 9, 1805 he ordered the Institutions du droit de la nature &c par Rayneval, No. 1. pa. 4. in Reibelt's small catalogue.

On February 19 Reibelt wrote to ask whether Jefferson wished the book in French or in English.

The title appears on an undated list of books to be imported for me by M. Reibelt, and a year later than the previous correspondence, on January 20, 1806, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt that he had at length found a moment to revise the catalogue sent to him by Reibelt on the 11th, and had reduced his wants to a short list, of which this book was one, to be imported immediately from Bordeaux.

A copy of this work, 1 vol. 8vo. relié, price 7. 10. is on the bill of Dufour of Amsterdam, June 16, 1806, addressed to T. H. Backer pour Monsieur Le President Jefferson. If Reibelt succeeded in importing his copy from Bordeaux, it is possible that Dufour's copy was purchased for the Library of Congress.

Jefferson's copy was borrowed by his friend and lawyer, George Hay, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on February 26, 1815:

Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property, and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever belongs to it. this obliges me to ask of you the return of Rayneval's law of nature and nations of which you asked the reading some time ago. if well wrapped up in paper it will come safely by the mails . . .

Hay replied from Richmond on March 8:

I ought to ask your pardon and I do ask it, for not having returned long ago, the book which you were so good as to lend me. M. Rayneval has been of service to me, on more occasions than one: he has more liberality than some of his predecessors: but the science of public law appears to me to be far, very far from that point, to which some very obvious principles are capable of conducting it . . .

Joseph Mathias Gérard de Rayneval, 1746-1812, French publicist, was the brother of Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval, the Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. Both brothers were in correspondence with Jefferson." "14450","J. 178","","","","Elemens de legislation naturelle par Perreau.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 19, as above.","Perreau, Jean André.","élémens de Législation naturelle, destinés à l'usage des élèves de l'école centrale du Panthéon; Par le citoyen Perreau, Membre du Tribunat, professeur de législation à l'école centrale du Panthéon, professeur suppléant du Droit de la nature et des gens au collége de France . . . Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Institut national des sciences et arts, Messidor an IX [1801].","JC179 .P64","

First Edition. 8vo. 254 leaves, including one blank.

Quérard VII, 62.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, with red and green morocco labels, gilt lettered, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. *1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Reibelt in January, 1805, price $1.60.

Jean André Perreau, 1749-1813, French author, was a Professor of law at the College of France, and later a member of the Tribunat, professor of law at the école centrale du Panthéon, and inspector general of the law schools." "14460","J. 179","","","","Histoire du traité de Westphalie par le Comte d'Avaux [1648]","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 12, as above.","Bougeant, Guillaume Hyacinthe.","Histoire des Guerres et des Négociations qui precederent le traité de Westphalie, sous le Regne de Louis XIII. & le Ministere du Cardinal de Richelieu & du Cardinal Mazarin. Composée sur les Mémoires du Comte d'Avaux, Ambassadeur du Roi Très-Chrétien dans les Cours du Nord, en Allemagne & en Hollande, & Plénipotentiaire au Traité de Munster. Par le Pere Bougeant, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Tome I [-VI]. [Histoire du Traité de Westphalie, ou des Negociations qui se firent à Munster & à Osnabrug, pour établir la Paix entre toutes les Puissances de l'Europe. Composée principalement sur les Mémoires de la Cour & des Plénipotentiaires de France . . . ] A Paris: chez Didot, Nyon, Damonneville, Savoye, 1751.","D269.B73","

[TBE]A note in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue reads: most of chapter 21. Maritime law should be inserted here. The following entries form Jefferson's third section in Ethics: Conventional Law of Nations.[/TBE]

First Combined Edition. 6 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 256 leaves; vol. II, 244 leaves; vol. III (the 2nd title on this and the subsequent volumes), 306 leaves; vol. IV, 250 leaves, the last a blank; vol. V, 232 leaves, the last a blank; vol. VI, 256 leaves.

Quérard I, 447. Backer I, 1874, no. 21. Myers 211b.

French calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, price 12.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price 24., reduced from 36. was intended for the Library of Congress.

Guillaume Hyacinthe Bougeant, 1690-1743, French historian. The two works included in this edition were originally published separately in 1727 and 1744.

Claude de Mesmes, Comte d'Avaux, 1595-1650, French diplomat." "14470","J. 180","","","","Negociations de Jeannin.","","4. v. in 2. 12mo. [the truce of 1609.]","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 10, Negociations de Jeannin, 2 v 12mo.","","Les Negotiations de Monsieur le President Jeannin. Tome I [-IV]. A Amsterdam: chez André de Hoogenhuysen, 1695.","DC122.5.J4","

4 vol. in 2. 12mo. 245, 272, 212, and 176 leaves; woodcut sphere device on the title-pages.

Barbier III, col. 408. Quérard IV, 222.

Old calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson in vols. I and III. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.0.

Pierre Jeannin, 1540-1622, French statesman, was intendant of finances under Henry IV and took an active part in the principal events of the reign. This account of his Negotiations was published by his grandson, the abbé Nicolas de Castille, the first edition in Paris 1656, folio. It was several times reprinted." "14480","J. 181","","","","Lettres et negociations de Jean de Witt.","","5. v. 12mo. 1669.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 14, as above.","Witt, Jan de.","Lettres et negociations entre Mr. Jean de Witt, conseiller pensionnaire & garde des sceaux des provinces de Hollande et de West-Frise. Et Messieurs les Plenipotentiaires des provinces unies des Pais-Bas. Aux cours de France, d'Angleterre, de Suede, de Danemarc, de Pologne &c. depuis l'année 1652. jusqu'à l'an 1669. inclus. Traduites du Hollandois. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme] . . . —Resolutions importantes de leurs nobles et grandes puissances les Etats de Hollande et de West-Frise, pendant le ministere de Mr. Jean de Witt, conseiller-pensionnaire. Traduites du Hollandois. A Amsterdam: chez les Janssons-Waesberge, 1725.","DJ180.W6","

First Edition of this translation. Together 5 vol. 12mo. 272, 355, 307, 265, and 243 leaves; titles printed in red and black, those in vol. I-IV vary after the volume number, each one giving the contents of the volume.

Van der Aa XXI, 381. Quérard X, 526. Not in Barbier.

French calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r.e., blue silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue, price 9.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price 25., reduced from 30. was intended for the Library of Congress.

Jan De Witt, 1625-1672, Dutch statesman. The Dutch edition of the Brieven Geschrieben was published in 1723-25, and of De Resolution der Heeren-Staten in 1719." "14490","J. 182","","","","Ambassades de Carlisle a Moscovie, Suede & Dannemarc,","","1664-1665. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 13, as above.","Miège, Guy.","La Relation de trois Ambassades de Monseigneur le comte de Carlisle, de la part du Serenissime Tres-puissant Prince Charles II. Roy de la Grande Bretagne, vers leurs Serenissimes Majestés Alexey Michailovitz Czar & Grand Duc de Moscovie, Charles Roy de Suede, & Frederic III. Roy de Dannemarc & de Norvege, commencées en l'an 1663. & finies sur la fin de l'an 1664. Sur l'imprimé à Amsterdam, a Rouen: chez L. Maurry, 1670.","DK62 .6 .M6","

12mo. 227 leaves.

Halkett and Laing V, 57. Not in Quérard. Brunet III, 389.

Old calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 0.12.

Charles Howard, First Earl of Carlisle 1629-1685, was ambassador extraordinary to Russia, Sweden and Denmark from July 1663 to December 1664.

Guy Miège, 1644-1718? a native of Switzerland left that country for London in 1660, and in 1663 obtained the post of under-secretary to the Earl of Carlisle, whom he accompanied on his embassy. The original English edition of this work, published with Carlisle's consent, was issued anonymously in 1669. The first French edition appeared in Amsterdam in the same year. The dedication to Viscount Morpeth in this Rouen edition is signed by the author, Guy Miège." "14500","J. 183","","","","Ambassades de la Broderie 1606-1611.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 11, as above.","[Lefèvre de La Boderie, Antoine.]","Ambassades de Monsieur de La Boderie, en Angleterre sous le regne d'Henri IV. & la minorité de Louis XIII. depuis les années 1606. jusqu'en 1611. Tome I [-V] M.DCC.L. [Paris: Publiées par Paul Denis Burtin 1750.]","DC122 .5 .L5","

First Edition. 5 vol. 12mo. 261, 254, 236, 205 and 274 leaves, title-pages printed in red and black.

Barbier I, col. 125. Quérard V, 83.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e., blue silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson in all volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Listed on the undated manuscript catalogue (with the name Boderie correctly written), price 2.8.

The copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens on June 8, 1803, at the special price, 20., reduced from 25. was intended for the Library of Congress.

Antoine Lefèvre De La Boderie, 1555-1615, French statesman." "14510","J. 184","","","","Memoire de la France contre l'Angleterre.","","4to. 1756.","1815 Cataogue, page 61. no. 44, a above.","[Moreau, Jacob Nicolas.]","Mémoire contenant le Précis des faits, avec leurs Pieces justificatives, pour servir de Réponse aux Observations envoyées par les Ministres d'Angleterre. dans les Cours de l'Europe. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1756.","E199 .M82","

First Edition. 4to. 102 leaves; the Pièces Justificatives begin on page 49, and are printed in double columns.

Barbier III, col. 129. Quérard VI, 288. Sabin 47512. Thomson, Bibliography of Ohio, 809.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in French marbled calf, gilt back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers, blue silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.10.

Jacob Nicolas Moreau, 1717-1803, French publicist, historiographer of France, and librarian to Marie Antoinette, compiled this volume from the papers seized by the French after the surrender of Fort Necessity by Washington. The Pièces justificatives included the first appearance of a translation into French of Washington's Journal, translations of letters of Braddock and other matter.

The work relates to the contested French territory in North America, and was printed and distributed to every court in Europe by order of the French King to prove the aggressive character of the British.

For a translation into English see no. 1438." "14520","185","","","","Memoires sur les droits de France et de l'Angleterre en Amerique.","","1756. 4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 45, as above.","[Silhouette, Etienne de, and others.]","Mémoires des Commissaires du Roi et de ceux de sa Majesté Britannique, sur les Possessions & les Droits respectifs des deux Couronnes en Amérique; avec les actes publics et pièces justificatives. Contenant les Mémoires sur l'Acadie & sur l'isle de Sainte-Lucia. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1755-1757.","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. No copy was seen for collation.

Barbier III, col. 213. Sabin 47547.

Unfortunately Jefferson's copy of this work is no longer extant. It was among the books lent by him to Abiel Holmes as source material for the American Annals, but owing to unavoidable delays was not sent until after the publication of the first edition, 1805. It was therefore used by Holmes with acknowledgments to Jefferson in the second edition, 1829. For a full account of this and the correspondence between Jefferson and Holmes concerning these Mémoires (which were duly returned to Jefferson in 1808) see no. 444.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 18.0.

The compilation was the work of three authors:

Etienne de Silhouette, 1709-1765, French author and financier, who has given to the language the common noun silhouette.

Rolland Michel Barrin, Marquis De La Gallissonniere, 1693-1756, French sailor.

J. Ignace de la Ville, d. 1774, French abbé and exjesuit, was for a time secretary to the Marquis de Fénélon." "14530","186","","","","Collection of Treaties between Gr. Brit. & other powers from 1688 to 1784.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 33, Debrett's Collection of Treaties from 1688 to 1784, 3 v 8vo.","Jenkinson, Charles, Earl Of Liverpool.","A Collection of all the Treaties of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce, between Great-Britain and other Powers, from the Treaty signed at Munster in 1648, to the Treaties signed at Paris in 1783. To which is prefixed, A Discourse on the Conduct of the Government of Great-Britain in respect to Neutral Nations, by the Right Hon. Charles Jenkinson. In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III] . . . London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1785.","JX636 1785","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 228 leaves; vol. II, 208 leaves; the last with the publisher's advertisement; vol. III, 218 leaves, the last 2 with the publisher's advertisement. Following the volume number on each title are the dates with which that volume is concerned: vol. I, 1648-1713; vol. II, 1713-1748; vol. III, 1750-1784.

Lowndes III, 1371. Myers 1107. Sweet & Maxwell II, 180, 8.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the first date correctly written, 1648, and the price, 18/-.

Charles Jenkinson, first Earl of Liverpool, 1727-1808, English politician." "14540","J. 1","","","","Sybillina oracula. Gr. Lat. Castalionis.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 69, as above, with the reading Castaleonis.","Opsopaeus, Johannes.","σιβυλλιακoι Xϱησμoι hoc est Sibyllina Oracvla ex uett. codd. aucta, renouata, et notis illustrata a D. Iohanne Opsopoeo Brettano. Cum interpretatione Latina Sebastiani Castalionis et Indice.—Oracvla Magica Zoroastris cvm Scholiis Plethonis et Pselli nunc primum editi. E Bibliotheca Regia. Studio Johannis Opsopœi.—Oracvla Metrica Iovis, Apollinis, Hecates, Serapidis, et aliorvm deorum ac vatum tam virorum quam feminarum, a Ioanne Opsopœo collecta. Item Astrampsychi oneirocreticon à Ios. Scaligero digestum & castigatum. Græce et Latine. Parisiis, M. DC. VII. [1607.]","PA4253 .O83 1607","

3 parts bound in 2 vol. 8vo. 270 and 178 leaves; engraved emblematic title-page in compartments by C. de Mallery, engravings of the Sibylla in the text, separate title-page with woodcut ship device for the 2nd and 3rd parts.

Brunet IV, 281. Graesse VI, 398.

The book was issued in 1 vol. and was bound in 2 volumes for Jefferson, and rebound in red roan by the Library of Congress in 1903.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 10.0.

Johannes Opsopoeus, 1556-1596, German physician and scholar.

Sébastien Chateillon [Castalio], 1515-1563, French savant and translator of the Bible. This edition of the Sibyllina Oracula is an exact reprint of the first edition of 1599." "14550","J. 2","","","","King's Heathen gods.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 1, as above.","King, William.","[An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes, necessary for the understanding of the ancient poets. By Dr. King . . . London, ?1722.]","28.1 5621","

12mo. 130 leaves only, imperfect copy, engraved plates by Foudronier.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I, and with his original shelf-mark on a slip pasted on the first (present) leaf; lacks the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William King, 1663-1712, English miscellaneous writer. This work, first published in 1710, was used in schools for many years." "14560","J. 3","","","","Boyse's Pantheon.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 2, as above.","Boyse, Samuel.","A new Pantheon: or, Fabulous History of the Heathen Gods, Heroes, Goddesses, &c . . . Adorn'd with Figures depicted from ancient Paintings, Medals and Gems, for the use of those who would understand History, Poetry, Painting, Statuary, Coins, Medals, &c. To which is added, a Discourse on the Theology of the Ancients . . . As also an Explanation of their ancient Mythology from the Writings of Moses; the Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, and Eastern Historians, Philosophers, Poets, &c. By Samuel Boyse, A.M. With an Appendix . . . By a Gentleman of Cambridge. London: Printed for J. Newbery, and B. Collins, Salisbury, 1753.","BL720.B7","

First Edition. 8vo. 171 leaves, engraved frontispiece and 15 full page engraved plates by G. L. Smith after I. Gwim.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 311. Welsh, page 156.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers. With Jefferson's original shelf mark C17.2 written on a slip and pasted down on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Samuel Boyse, 1708-1749, poet and miscellaneous writer, was born in Dublin." "14570","J. 4","","","","Sale's Koran.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 70, as above.","Koran—Sale, George.","The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse. Vol. I [-II]. By George Sale, Gent . . . London: Printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, R. Collins, and T. Wilcox, 1764.","BP109.S3","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 272 leaves, 1 folded engraved map by R. W. Seale, 3 engraved tables (2 folded), 1 folded engraved plan by A. Motte; vol. II, 270 leaves; titles printed in red and black; text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Lowndes III, 1290.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1918. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

George Sale, 1697?-1736, English orientalist. The first edition of this work, which is dedicated to Lord Carteret, was published in quarto in 1734." "14580","J. 5","","","","Hexaplorum Origenis quae supersunt. edente Bahrdt.","","2. v. 8vo. Lipsiae et Lubec.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 72, as above.","","Hexaplorvm Origenis qvæ svpersvnt Avctiora et Emendatiora qvam a Flaminio Nobilio, Ioanne Drvsio, et tandem a Bernardo de Montfaucon concinnata fverant. Edidit Notisqve illvstravit Carolvs Fridericvs Bahrdt S.S. Theol. Baccalavrevs et Antiqvitatvm Sacr. Prof. Pvbl. Ordinarivs. Pars I [-II]. Lipsiæ et Lvbec: apvd Christian. Gottfr. Donativm, 1769-70.","BS60.1769","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 352 leaves; vol. II, 344 leaves.

Darlow and Moule in 4729a.

Calf, gilt line borders, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m.e. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue 3 v. 8vo. with the price 14+4.

Origen, c. 185-c. 254, the most distinguished and most influential of all the theologians of the ancient church. In the Hexapala he placed the Hebrew text of the Old Testament side by side with the Greek versions in order to find a basis for a more reliable text of the Septuagint.

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, 1741-1792, German theologian." "14590","J. 6","","","","Vetus testamentum. Gr. LXXII. Grabii. Oxon.","","1719. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 71, as above.","","Septuaginta Interpretum Tomus I [-Ultimus] . . . Summa cura edidit Joannes Ernestus Grabe S.T.P. Oxonii: e Theatro Sheldoniano. Prostant venales apud R. Smith, 1707-9.","BS41.G7","

Bound in 10 vol. 8vo. 3 titles, each with an engraved vignette by M. B[urghers], the Greek text in 9 volumes, the Prolegomenain the 10th, engraved plates by V. de Gucht.

Darlow and Moule 4734.

Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I. Autograph signature of J. Newcome, 1721 in several places, and other manuscript notations. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

John Ernest Grabe, 1666-1711, divine, was of German birth and emigrated to England on account of religious difficulties. This work was originally issued in 4 vol. folio, of which vol. I and IV only were published before his death; the second and third volumes were edited by Francis Lee and George Wigan respectively. The octavo edition was printed from the same type as the folio edition. According to Horne, the pages of the folio sheets were divided and over-run into octavo form, to prevent the book from being piratically printed in Germany." "14600","J. 7","","","","id.","","p. 8vo. LXXII.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 3, Vetus Testamentum, Gr. LXII, p 8vo.","Bible.","[???] παλαια δια&thetas;ηκη κατα τoυς [???]βδoμηκoντα. Vetus Testamentum Græcum ex versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romæ editum, accuratissime & ad amussim recusum. Londini: excudebat Rogerus Daniel: prostat autem venale apud Joannem Martin & Jacobum Allestrye, M.DC.LIII. [1653.]","BS41 .D3 1653","

8vo. An imperfect copy with 528 leaves only, should have 740; title printed in red and black, with engraved Bell device (variant B); text printed in double columns.

STC B2718. Darlow and Moule 4692.

Contemporary English black morocco, blind tooled to an ornamental frame design; the leaves cut very close.

From the library of Wm. Cocke, with his autograph signature on the title. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This is the first edition of the Septuagint printed in England, and was edited by John Biddle, 1615-1662, the Unitarian controversialist, employed at that time by Daniel as corrector of the press." "14610","J. 8","","","","id. Lat. Vulgate.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 168, Vetus Testamentum, Latinum Vulgatum, fol.","","Biblia Sacra vulgatæ Editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. Ivssv recognita atque edita . . . Lvtetiæ Parisiorvm: sumptibus Roberti Foüet, Nicolai Bvon, Sebastiani Cramoisy, M.DC.XVIII. [1618.]","BS75 1618","

Folio. Printed in double columns, engraved title, title and many leaves at the beginning defective.

Not in Darlow and Moule.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. L (instead of I) and T. Jefferson has missed sig. I which is present, and has placed his initial in front of the letter L, crossing through the serif, and placing a period after the letter." "14620","J. 9","","","","id. Lat. Junii et Tremellii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 169, Vetus Testamentum, Lat. Junii et Tremellii, fol.","","Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra, sive Libri Canonici Priscæ Judæorum Ecclesiæ a Deo traditi, Latini recens ex Hebræo facti, brevibusq; Scholiis illustrati ab Immanuele Tremellio, & Francisco Junio. Accesserunt libri qui vulgo dicuntur Apocryphi . . . quibus etiam adjunximus Novi Testamenti libros ex sermone Syro ab eodem Tremellio, & ex Graeco à Theodoro Beza in Latinum versos, Notisque itidem illustratos. Quarta cura Francisci Junii ante obitum. Cum Indice ad Notas V. T. triplice; Herbræo, Græco & Latino. Hanoviæ: Typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium & hæredes Joannis Aubrii, 1603.","BS90.1603","

Folio. 685 leaves printed in double columns, printer's device on two titles (the second before the New Testament), and on the last page.

Darlow and Moule 6192.

Original calf, back repaired; with small initials RB in blind on both covers; some leaves foxed. On the title is written: Humanitate dñj Jo[???]is Coke. Regi a supplicii libellis, 1622. Duck Lane; other manuscript notes in the text. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "14630","J. 10","","","","Nova versio Graeca Bibliorum partis ex codice Veneto. edita a Villeoison.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 10, as above.","","Nova Versio Græca Proverbiorum, Ecclesiastis, Cantici Canticorum, Ruthi, Threnorum, Danielis, et selectorum Pentateuchi Locorum ex unico S. Marci Bibliothecæ Codice Veneto nunc primum eruta et notulis illustrata a Johanne Baptista Caspare D'Ansse de Villoison . . . Argentorati: sumptibus Bibliopolii Academici [Litteris Lorenzii & Schuleri], 1784.","BS764 .G7A2 1784","

8vo. 127 leaves, printer's imprint at the end. The dedication to Joh. Carolo Petro Le Noir, and the Preface written in Latin; the text in Greek.

Not in Darlow and Moule.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt vase ornaments on the back, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean Baptiste Gaspard D'Ansse de Villoison, 1750-1805, French classical scholar." "14640","J. 11","","","","Sacra Biblia Lovanii","","p. 4to. Francof. 1571.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 73, as above.","","Sacra Biblia, ad vetvstissima exemplaria casticata. Quid in horum Bibliorum castigatione præstitum sit, subsequens Præfatio latius indicabit. [Colophon] Impressvm Francofvrti ad Moenvm, apvd Georgivm Corvinvm, impensis Sigismvndi Feierabend. M. D. LXXI. [1571.]","BS75.1571","

8vo. 736 leaves, 2 titles within woodcut borders (the second before the Propheta), the first touched with color, numerous woodcuts in the text [by Jost Ammon], text printed in double columns.

Not in Darlow and Moule.

Original stamped pigskin, with borders and central panels, that on the front cover with figures of Ivsticia, Spes, Prudentia and Paciencia, and on the back with Charitas, Fortitvdo, Fides, Temperan; remains of clasps. Some leaves wormed. With signatures of early owners: Ex libris Andr. Kellinghusen, dated 1605; Emi Rostochii, Ao. 1685; L. Müller; Johannes Hubelstein; many passages underscored and some MS. marginal notes. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Louvain recension of 1547." "14650","J. 12","","","","Biblia Vulgatae editionis. R. Stephani.","","1555. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 5, as above.","","Biblia. R. Stephanvs Lectori. En tibi Biblior[???] vulgata editio, in qua iuxta Hebraicorum versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, numeres præfixis qui versuum numeris quos in Concordantiis nostris nouis & integris, post literas marginales A B C D E F G addidimus, respondent: vt quærendi molestia leureris, quum tibi tanquam digito, quod quæris demonstrabunt. [Genève] Oliua Roberti Stephani. M. D. LV. [Excvdebat Roberto Stephano Conradvs Badivs, Anno M. D. LV. viii idvs Aprilis.] [1555.]","BS75.1555","

8vo. 392 leaves; colophon on the last leaf; text in parallel columns.

Darlow and Moule 6135. Renouard, page 86, no. 1.

Old calf, blind frame sides, marbled endpapers, new morocco labels on the back; cut close throughout and some leaves cut into. With the autograph signatures of former owners including N S Btus, 1651, and J. Chapman in a later hand. Some MS. marginal notes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

All the Stephanus editions of the Bible were placed on the Index." "14660","J. 13","","","","Biblia sacra Tremellii et Junii et Testamentum Novum Bezae. Amst. Janssonii.","","12mo. 1628.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 6, as above.","","Biblia Sacra, sive Testamentvm vetvs, ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Ivnio ex Hebræo Latinè redditum. Et Testamentvm novvm, à Theod. Beza è Græco in Latinum versum. Amsterodami: apud Guiljel. Ianssonium Cæsium, cI[???] I[???]c xxvIII. [1628.]","BS90.1628","

12mo. 480 leaves including 2 blanks at the end; the text ends on Rr9, Rr10 has the printer's device; title within an engraved border in compartments; the text in double columns; with the Apocrypha; no separate title for the New Testament.

This edition not in Darlow and Moule (1627 only).

Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ordered by Jefferson from Van Damme, page 56, vol. I in the catalogue supplied on March 23, 1788, Jefferson being in Amsterdam at the time.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, without price." "14670","14","","","","Libri Apocryphi testament. veteris Junii, et Nov. test. e linguâ Syriacâ redditum Tremellio.","","p. 4to. Lond. 1579, 1580.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 80, as above","","Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra sive Libri Canonici, Priscæ Ivdæorvm ecclesiæ a deo traditi, Latini recens ex Hebræo facti brevibus que Scholiis illustrati ab Immanuele Tremellio & Francisco Iunio: Accesservnt Libri qvi vvlgo dicuntur Apocryphi, Latinè redditi & notis quibusdam aucti a Francisco Junio . . . Londini: excudebat Henricus Middletonus, impensis C. B. [Christopher Barker], 1580.","BS90.1579","

4to. 786 leaves, printed in double columns, 6 titles, each with a woodcut Good Shepherd device; the general title and that for the New Testament dated 1580, those for Pars Secunda, Tertia, Quarta and the Apocrypha dated 1579.

STC 2056. Darlow and Moule 6166.

The earliest complete Latin Bible printed in England." "14680","J. 15","","","","Le vieil et le nouveau testament.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 7, as above","","La Bible, qui est toute la Sainte Ecriture du Vieil et du Nouveau Testament. Autrement, l'ancienne et la nouvelle Alliance. Le tout reveu & conferé sur les textes Hebreux & Grecs. Avec les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime Françoise par Cl. Marot & Theod. de Beze. Imprimée par l'approbation des Ministres de l'Eglise Françoise de la Savoye & de celle de Londres. A Londres: imprimé par R. Everingham, & se vend chez R. Benteley, et chez J. Hindmarsh, 1687.","BS230.1687a","

12mo. Engraved general title (with Bentley's name correctly written) by P. P. Bouche; the New Testament title and that for the Pseaumes de David dated 1686; sphere device on the last title, musical notation with the text.

STC B2707A. Darlow and Moule 3771.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Written on the fly-leaf is a note: On ye 20th day of April of ye year 1703 Simon Rayde coz: of mine of Hambourg bought this book. & after he had kept it eight years & half left it att C. Hemsteek's mercht in Lisbon who delivered it to me in ye month of March ye 18th, 1713. Giles Allegre.

French Geneva version. The earliest edition of the complete Bible in French to be printed in England." "14690","J. 16","","","","The old and new testament.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 170, as above.","","The Holy Bible, containing the old and new Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha; translated out of the original Tongues: and with the former translations, diligently compared and revised.—The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek . . . Philadelphia: Printed for John Thompson & Abraham Small [From the Hot-Press of John Thompson]. 1798.","BS185 .1798 .P5","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 501 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Lawson after Barralet; vol. II, 126 leaves, list of subscribers' names at the end; the Apocrypha printed in italics; text in double columns, vignette on both title-pages.

Evans 33408. Not in Darlow & Moule. O'Callaghan, page 54, no. 1.

Original tree calf, gilt line borders, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I, and in vol. II, on the second leaf of sig. G. which is signed 1, erroneously taken for sig. I. by Jefferson, and on sig. T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson was one of the subscribers, and his name (V. P. U. S.) is listed under Philadelphia, where, as Vice-President, he was then living.

This is the first American hot-pressed edition of the Bible, and was originally issued in 40 numbers, from June 1796 to October 1799." "14700","J. 17","","","","The holy bible and New testament, by Bowyer. Lond. 1796.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 8, as above, with 12mo.","","The Holy Bible. London: Published by R. Bowyer, 1796.","BS185. 1796.L6","

12mo. 354 leaves: A-C12, D-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3K6, 2 engraved title-pages; without the engraved page for the list of books; with notes at the foot of some lower margins.

Darlow and Moule 967.

Blue straight grain morocco, gilt line borders, g. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new marbled endpapers." "14710","J. 18","","","","Scott's Holy bible. and New testament.","","5. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 156, as above.","","The Holy Bible, containing the old and new Testaments, with original Notes, practical observations, and copious marginal references. By Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks, and Chaplain to the Lock Hospital. Vol. I [-III]. The first American, from the second London edition, improved and enlarged. Philadelphia: Printed by and for William W. Woodward, 1804-09.","BS491.S35 1804","

Together 5 vol. 4to. (the New Testament volumes not numbered); vol. I, 468 leaves; vol. II, 543 leaves; vol. III, 422 leaves; [vol. IV] 362 leaves; [vol. V] 369 leaves, the four unsigned leaves for the List of Subscribers and the Family Record.

Not in Darlow and Moule. O'Callaghan, page 73, no. 2.

Old calf. The first two volumes are of slightly smaller size and have the original marbled edges, the New Testament volumes rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson was one of the subscribers; his name is in the list at the end.

On March 30, 1810, W. W. Woodward wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

Will you be kind enough to inform me, whether you will have your last Volume of Scott's Bible bound in one or two vols—I mean in boards as the other three were, which you have received. the Volume is larger than the others by 2 or 300 pages. the difference in the price will be 75 cents, making the whole, as you were an original subscriber, 21.75 cents. of the amount you have been kind enough to pay 20 dolls. some time since. The Maps are in the engravers hands, and I expect to have them complete by Fall, with a Concordance and Tables, in boards, 3 dolls., bound 4 dolls. Dr [Scott's] Theological Writings, Sermons, etc., are nearly done. three volumes will be ready in a few days, and the other two in May next. My edition of the Bible, which was large, has had an extensive circulation, and a call is made for another edition of this valuable work which I expect to commence before long. Dr. Gill is going to Press in a few days. Do me the kindness to say how I shall send the books you are to have . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 18:

Your favor of March 30. is received, and from the account you give of the size of the 5th vol. of Scott's Bible I would prefer it's being divided into two volumes in boards. the balance of 1.75D shall be included in the first remittance I have occasion to make to any other person in Philadelphia, as I have no particular agent there. the books will come safest if put on board some vessel bound to Richmond, addressed to the care of Messrs. Gibson and Jefferson of that place. there is rarely a week that some vessel is not coming from Philadelphia to Richmond. having now ceased to add to my stock of books I would not wish to extend my subscription to any other of those mentioned in your letter. accept the assurance of my respect.

Thomas Scott, 1747-1821, English commentator of the Bible. The commentary was originally published in London in weekly numbers, beginning in March 1788. In 1807 he received a diploma of D.D. from the Dickinsonian College, Carlisle, by persons whose names I never before heard." "14720","J. 19","","","","The old & new testament.","","4. v. 8vo. Phila. Johnson. 1804.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 75, as above.","","The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments; translated out of the original Tongues, and with the former translations, diligently compared and revised. In four volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin Johnson, Robert Carr, Printer, 1804.","BS185 .1804 .P5","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 234 leaves; vol. II, 280 leaves; vol. III, 230 leaves; vol. IV, 231 leaves; printer's imprint at the end of each volume, text in double columns.

Not in Darlow and Moule. O'Callaghan, page 74, no. 4.

Old sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Mathew Carey on February 20, 1805, price $9.00." "14730","20","","","","Testamentum Vetus LXXII et novum.","","3.v. 12mo. Cantab. 1665.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 4, as above (with misprint LXII).","","Vetus Testamentum Græcum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum. Juxta exemplar Vaticanum Romæ editum. [-Novum Testamentum.] Cantabrigiæ: Excusum per Joannem Field, Typographum Academicum, 1665.","BS41 .C3","

Together 3 vol. 12mo. 1002 leaves, collating in twelves, printed in double columns.

STC B2719. Darlow and Moule 4701. Bowes, no. 125.

Jefferson either had two copies of the Vetus Testamentum or bought the Novum Testamentum separately. In his dated manuscript catalogue there are two entries, the one reading as above, the other calling for the Vetus Testamentum only. The entry on the undated manuscript catalogue calls for the Vetus Testamentum only.

This is the second edition of the Septuagint printed in England. The preface is by John Pearson, 1613-1686, Bishop of Chester. The text of the New Testament supplied to complete the Bible was a reprint of Buck's edition of 1632; no copy of this was seen for collation." "14740","J. 21","","","","Bible from the Septuagint Greek by Thompson.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 74, The Bible from the Septuagint Greek, and the New Testament, by C. Thompson, 4 v 8vo.","","The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. By Charles Thomson, late Secretary to the Congress of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, 1808.","BS195 .T55","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. Text printed in long lines.

Darlow and Moule 1006. O'Callaghan, page 91, no. 2. Cotton, page 113.

Original sheep, red and blue morocco labels on the back and C. Thomson lettered in gold. Initialled by Jefferson at sig I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomson originally intended the book to be issued in two large quarto volumes and it is so advertised in Thomas Dobson's announcement of his Proposals for printing the work in the Aurora (beginning on November 30, 1807), the price to be $10.00 in boards.

The change to octavo format was made at the suggestion of Jefferson, who wrote to Thomson on January 11, 1808:

I see by the newspapers your translation of the Septuagint is now to be printed, & I write this to pray to be admitted as a Subscriber. I wish it may not be too late for you to reconsider the size in which it is to be published. folios & Quartos are now laid aside because of their inconvenience. every thing is now printed in 8vo. 12mo. or petit format. the English booksellers print their first editions indeed in 4to. because they can assess a larger price on account of the novelty, but the bulk of readers generally wait for the 2d. edition which is for the most part in 8vo. this is what I have long practised myself. Johnson of Philadelphia set the example of printing a handsome edition of the bible in 4. v. 8vo. I wish yours were in the same form . . .

Thomson replied from Harrison, Pennsylvania on February 24:

I have received your favour of the 11 January, and not only hold myself honoured by it but am exceedingly gratified by your sweet address and kind remembrance of me. Your letter lay many days in the post office, because the post master as he informs me did not know where I lived nor by what route to forward it to me. On receiving it I went to Philadelphia and altered the size proposed for my translation from a quarto to an octavo and have ordered new proposals to be issued accordingly. The work will be comprised in 3 vol oct of about 600 pages each. It will be printed on a good medium paper with a new type in pica & will I hope be begun in May & finished in the course of the summer . . .

No further advertisement appeared until September 28, when the publication of the first volume of the four volume edition was announced, price $2.50 per volume, eight dollars for the set. This announcement was signed by Thomas Dobson, Joseph and James Cruikshank, William W. Woodward, Hopkins and Earle, James Parke, Jane Aitken, and Benjamin and Thomas Kite.

Thomson sent copies of the first and second volumes to Jefferson on December 13, 1808:

. . . By him [i. e. Thomas Amies] I send you the first & second volume of my translation. The third is in great forwardness & the fourth & last will I hope be compleated in two or three months at farthest. These as fast as they are ready I will forward to you and crave your acceptance of the copy—a testimonial of the ardent, constant & unalterable love and esteem of Your old and sincere friend Chas Thomson.

Jefferson replied on December 25:

I thank you, my dear & antient friend, for the two volumes of your translation which you have been so kind as to send me. I have dipped into it at the few moments of leisure which my vocations permit, and I percieve that I shall use it with great satisfaction on my return home. I propose there, among my first emploiments, to give to the Septuagint an attentive perusal, and shall feel the aid you have now given me . . .

The third volume was sent on February 4, 1809:

. . . I . . . hasten to send you the third vol. & to inform you that the 4th & last viz the New testament is now in great forwardness, more than half being printed.

I am glad to hear that among your first employments you propose to give to the Sept: an attentive perusal, and I hope you will be so kind as to favour me with your notes & observations where I have failed in conveying the true meaning . . .

Charles Thomson, 1729-1824, Secretary of Congress from 1774 to 1789, was born in Ireland and emigrated with his family to America in 1739. According to the bibliographers this is the first translation into English of the Septuagint. In a letter to John Adams, on June 1, 1822, when Thomson was ninety-three years of age, Jefferson wrote:

the papers tell us that Genl. Starke is off at the age of 93. Charles Thomson still lives at about the same age, chearful, slender as a grasshopper, and so much without memory that he scarcely recognises the members of his household. an intimate friend of his called on him not long since: it was difficult to make him recollect who he was, and, sitting one hour, he told him the same story 4. times over. is this life? . . ." "14750","J. 22","","","","Liber Job Graeco carmine redditus. per Duport.","","12mo. Cant. 1653.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 9, as above.","Bible.—The Book of Job.","&thetas;ϱηνo&thetas;ϱιαμβoς. Sive Liber Job Græco carmine redditus per J. D. Cantabrigiensem, S.T.B. Editio altera, multis in locis ab Autore recognita & emendata. Cui adduntur in fine tres Psalmi . . . Cantabrigiæ: apud Thomam Buck celeberrimæ Academiæ Typographum, Veneunt ibidem per Guilielmum Graves, Bibliopolam, 1653.","BS1416 .D7","

8vo. 112 leaves; Greek and Latin on opposite pages; complimentary verses on 9 pp. at the beginning; dedication signed Jacobus Duport.

STC B2656. A List of Books Printed in Cambridge at the University Press, 1521-1800, page 21. Bowes, no. 99.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

James Duport, 1606-1679, English classical scholar, was master of Magdalene College, Cambridge." "14760","J. 23","","","","Lowthe's Isaiah.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 11, as above.","Bible.—Isaiah.","Isaiah. A new translation; by the late Robert Lowth, D.D. Bishop of London. To which is added, A plain, concise and particular Explanation of each Chapter. Extracted chiefly from ''A Treatise on the Prophets,'' by John Smith, D.D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbleton, Scotland . . . Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1794.","BS1513 .L6","

12mo. 112 leaves.

Evans, 2662. This edition not in Darlow and Moule. O'Callaghan, page 48, no. 2.

Original tree sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Robert Lowth, Bishop of London, 1710-1787. The first edition of his Isaiah was printed in London in 1778.

John Smith, 1747-1807, Scottish antiquary and Gaelic scholar. His first edition of Lowth's Isaiah appeared in London in 1791." "14770","24","","","","Pseaumes de David.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 12, as above.","Marot, Clément.","Les Pseaumes de David, mis en rime françoise, par Clément Marot et Théodore de Beze. Charenton et Paris: E. Lucas, 1658.","","

12mo. The Library of Congress copy of this work (probably Jefferson's copy) disappeared some time ago, and has not been found. There is an entry in the Old Official, but not in the later Official Catalogues.

Clément Marot, 1496-1544, French poet. His version of the Psalms was first printed in 1541 and condemned by the Sorbonne. It was reprinted numerous times, and is frequently found joined to French editions of the Bible.

Théodore De Beze, 1519-1605, French theologian." "14780","25","","","","Novum testamentum Gr. Juxta Millianum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 171, as above.","Bible.—New Testament.—Greek.","'H καινη Δια&thetas;[???]κη. Novum Testamentum. Cum lectionibus variantibus MSS . . . Studio et labore Joannis Millii S. T. P. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1707.","","

Folio.

Darlow and Moule 4725.

This book was either not delivered to Congress in 1815 or was lost at an early date. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is included in the manuscript list of Congress Library Books Missing made between 1815 and 1830.

John Mill, 1645-1707, principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, died exactly two weeks after the appearance of his work on the New Testament, of which the printing had been begun at the expense of Dr. Fell, now chiefly famous for not having been liked by Tom Browne." "14790","J. 26","","","","Novum testamentum Gr.","","8vo. Lond. 1728.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 76, as above.","Bible.—New Testament.—Greek.","Tης Kαινης Δια&thetas;ηκης απαντα. Novum testamentum. Londini: Impensis R. Knaplock, J. Tonson, & J. Watts, MDCCXXVIII. [1728.]","17","

8vo. 322 leaves: [ ]2, A-Z, Aa-Rr8, engraved frontispiece by V. de Gucht after L. Laguerre, text printed in long lines, title in red and black.

Not in Darlow and Moule.

Rebound in half morocco in 1906 by the Library of Congress with the armorial bookplate of George Wythe preserved; a few small MS. corrections. Not initialled by Jefferson.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson." "14800","J. 27","","","","do . . . . . . .","","12mo. Lond. 1743. Bower.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 13, Nov. Test. Gr. Juxta exemplar Milii, Bowyer, Lond. 1743. 12mo.","Bible.—New Testament.—Greek.","H καινη Δια&thetas;ηκη. Novum Testamentum. Juxta Exemplar J. Millii accuratissimè impressum. Londini: excudebat Gul. Bowyer. Impensis Societatis Stationariorum, MDCCXLIII. [1743.]","BS1965 1743","

12mo. 252 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, text printed in double columns.

Darlow and Moule 4747.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges; with Jefferson's original shelfmark, C. 17. 13. written by him on a slip and pasted down on the title-page. Not initialled by Jefferson. The lower margin of E2 cut away, some leaves stained. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bowyer's third edition of Mill's Bible." "14810","28","","","","do. . . . . . . .","","12mo. Lond. 1730. Tonson.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 14, Nov. Test. Gr. Tonson, Lond. 1730, 12mo.","Bible.—New Testament.—Greek.","'H καιν[???] Δια&thetas;[???]κη. Novum Testamentum. Londini: ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1730.","","

12mo. 193 leaves: [ ]1 A3-12, B-Q12, R2; title-page in red and black, woodcut vignette, engraved frontispiece by Lud. du Guernier after L. Laguerre; text in double columns.

This edition not in Darlow and Moule.

A reprint of Tonson and Watts's first edition, edited by Michael Maittaire, 1714." "14820","J. 29","","","","id. Gr. Lat. Bezae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 16, Nov. Test. Gr. Lat. Bezæ, et Gal. 12mo.","","[Novum D. N. Jesu Christi Testamentum, cujus Græco contextui respondent Versiones duæ, altera Gallica, altera Latina, Theod. Bezæ. Genevæ: apud Joannem de Tournes, 1628.]","BS1901. 1628","

8vo. Very imperfect, lacking the title and many leaves. Texts printed in 3 columns, Greek in the middle, Latin in the inner side and French on the outer.

Darlow and Moule 1439. Another edition was printed in 1629; it is not known which of the two was in Jefferson's library.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, white silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Pasted down on the first page is a slip with Jefferson's original shelf-mark written by him in ink: C 17. 18. The 1815 bookplate is correctly numbered 18, but in the 1815 printed catalogue this number has been transposed with no. 16 above. The book contains the autograph signature Harwood in 2 places, and the few manuscript notes are not by Jefferson.

The Greek is a mixed text; the Latin is Beza's translation and the French text is the Geneva version." "14830","J. 30","","","","id. Gr. Lat. Montani.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 18, Nov. Test. Gr. Lat. Montani, p 8vo.","","[Nouum Testamentum Græce, cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Græci contextus lineis inserta. Quæ quidem interpretatio, cum a Græcorum dictionum proprietate discedit, sensum, videlicet, magis quam verba exprimens, in margine libri est collocata: atque alia Ben. Ariæ Montani Hispalensis opera e verbo reddita, ac diuerso characterum genere distincta, in eius est substituta locum. Antuerpiæ: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1583.]","BS 1965.1583","

8vo. 374 leaves only, should be 376, the title and last leaf lacking; printed in long lines, the Greek text with an interlinear Latin version.

Darlow and Moule 4643a.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a few MS. marginal notes; the name Mr. Thos. Dawson written on the last page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, on which it is numbered 16. This would appear to have been correct according to Jefferson's arrangement, and the no. 18 to have been an error in the 1815 catalogue. See the previous entry.

Benedictus Arias, 1527-1598, called Montanus from his birthplace, Spanish oriental scholar." "14840","J. 31","","","","Novum testamentum Gr. Lat. Erasmi.","","12mo. Lipsiae. 1578.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 17, as above.","","Novvm Testamentum Græce et Latine, stvdio et indvstria Des. Erasmi Roterodami accurate editum, magnaq; diligentia collatis compluribus exemplaribus iam denuo expressum. Adiectis argvmentis cvm concordantiis in margine, & quadam adiuncta separatim vtili tam explicatione vocabulorum quorundam, quam demonstratione certorum ad intelligentiam veritatis pertinentium locorum. Lipsiæ: [Io. Steinmann] Anno 1578.","17","

8vo. 419 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

This edition not in Darlow and Moule. Bibliotheca Erasmania, II, 63.

Rebound in half red morocco, m. e. by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. i and t.

The first edition by Erasmus was published by Froben at Basle in 1516, folio." "14850","J. 32","","","","id. Lat. Castaliones.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 19, Nov. Test. Lat. Castalionis, 12mo.","","Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum; a Sebastiano Castalione Latine redditum. In usum Scholarum. Editio novissima, prioribus longè emaculatior. Londini: Impensis A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, & C. Bowyer [and others], 1735.","BS1990 .1735","

12mo. 180 leaves: A-P12, text printed in double columns.

Not in Darlow and Moule.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress, original mottled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "14860","33","","","","Novum testamentium Gr. 12mo. Thomas. Massachus. 1800.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 15, Nov. Test. Gr. Thomas, Massachusett, 1800, 12mo.","Bible—New Testament.—Greek.","'H καιν[???] Δια&thetas;[???]κη. Novum Testamentum. Juxta exemplar Joannis Millii accuratissime impressum. Editio Prima Americana. Wigorniæ, Massachusettensi: excudebat Isaias Thomas, Jun., April—1800.","","

12mo. 240 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf, text in double columns; A Chronological Table of the Books of the New Testament at the beginning is signed Caleb Alexander.

Darlow and Moule 4775. O'Callaghan, page 56, no. 1. Nichols 397.

This is possibly the Testament bought from Mathew Carey on February 20, 1805, price $1.37.

Caleb Alexander, 1755-1828, Presbyterian minister, was born in Northfield, Massachusetts.

This is the earliest Greek Testament printed in the United States." "14870","J. 34","","","","New Testament Gr. Eng.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 77, as above.","","The New Testament in Greek and English. Containing the original text corrected from the Authority of the most Authentic Manuscripts: and a new version [by Daniel Mace] form'd agreeably to the Illustrations of the most learned Commentators and Critics: with Notes and various Readings, and a copious alphabetical Index. In Two Volumes. [—Volume the Second] . . . London: Printed for J. Roberts, M. DCC. XXIX. [1729.]","BS1965.1729","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 274 leaves; vol. II, 261 leaves.

Darlow and Moule 773.

Bound in calf for Henri-François Daguesseau, Chancelier de France, with his arms in gold on the sides, coquilles at the corners, and his insignia (crossed maces) and coquilles in the compartments of the back, marbled endpapers, m.e. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Daniel Mace, d. 1753, English Presbyterian Minister, dedicated this book to Peter King, Lord King, Baron of Ockham, Lord Chancellor, a cousin of John Locke.

For an account of Henri-François Daguesseau and another book from his library, see no. 625." "14880","J. 35","","","","Hammond's New testament.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 172, as above.","Hammond, Henry.","A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament: Briefly explaining all the difficult places thereof. By H. Hammond, D.D. London: Printed by J. Flesher for Richard Royston, 1653.","BS2340 .H3","

First Edition. Folio. 562 leaves collating in sixes; engraving by W. Hollar on the title-page; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

This edition not in Lowndes. STC H573. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 697. Darlow and Moule 541.

Original calf, blind tooled to a frame design, defective and rebacked. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the name Richard Dunn, 1724, written on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Henry Hammond, 1605-1660, English divine. This work was frequently reprinted." "14890","J. 36","","","","Improved version of Newcome's New testam. by ye London society.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 79, as above, with the reading the London Society.","","The New Testament, in an improved version, upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome's new Translation: with a corrected text, and Notes critical and explanatory. Published by a Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Practice of Virtue, by the Distribution of Books . . . London: Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., sold by J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808.","BS2095 .N4","

8vo. 336 leaves, 2 folded maps, printer's imprint at the end.

Darlow and Moule 1007. Cotton, page 113.

Original tree calf, gilt ornamental border and back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased by Jefferson from Thomas Dobson the Philadelphia publisher, on January 20, 1809.

Jefferson had seen the announcement of the forth-coming publication of this translation in an Unitarian pamphlet sent to him by Ralph Eddowes in 1807. In his letter of thanks to Eddowes Jefferson wrote that he had read it with such satisfaction that he had desired Mr. Dobson to forward him others and also the new translation of the New testament announced in page 22.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Dobson, asking him to send the New Testament announced on page 22 whenever it should come out.

On January 20, 1809, Dobson wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

Agreeable to your desire, I have the honour of forwarding to you one of the best copies of the New Testament published in London last year . . . The price of the New Testament is $5.50 . . .

Jefferson paid the sum through Charles Willson Peale on February 6.

See also the correspondence with Ralph Eddowes, no. 1698.

William Newcome, 1729-1800, Archbishop of Armagh, printed his revision of the New Testament in 1796. This ''improved version'' was issued by the Unitarians, the adaptations being made by Thomas Belsham, 1750-1829, English Unitarian divine." "14900","J. 37","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 78, New Testament, Johnson, 8vo.","","The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the Original Greek: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin Johnson, and Jacob Johnson, 1802.","BS2085 1802 .P5","

8vo. 185 leaves collating in fours; text printed in double columns.

O'Callaghan, page 64, no. 1.

Original tree sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This may be the copy of the New Testament purchased from William Duane on February 10, 1804, price $1.50." "14910","J. 38","","","","Historia et Concordia evangelica.","","12mo. Paris. 1653.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 23, as above.","[Arnauld, Antoine.]","Historia et Concordia Evangelica . . . Opera & studio Theologi Parisiensis. Parisiis: apud Carolum Savreux, 1653.","BS2560 .A3A7","

First Edition. 12mo, collates in alternate eights and fours, engraved device on the title-page, engraved frontispiece-title by Rob. Nantueil after Eusta. le Sueur, with imprint dated 1654; folded engraved map at the end by N. Sanson, 1653, with title-page; a few leaves misbound, some leaves foxed and stained.

Barbier IV, col. 1272.

Red straight grain morocco, gilt line borders on the sides and ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of John Carey, with his autograph signature on the fly-leaf, and the date June 18, 1785.

Antoine Arnauld [le Grand Arnauld], 1612-1694, French philosopher and theologian. His expulsion from the Sorbonne in 1655 was the cause of Pascal writing the Lettres Provinciales." "14920","J. 39","","","","Priestley's Harmony of the evangelists. Gr. Eng.","","4to. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 158, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","A Harmony of the Evangelists, in Greek; to which are prefixed, Critical Dissertations in English. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. London: Printed for J. Johnson. 1777.—A Harmony of the Evangelists, in English . . . ib. 1780.","BS2560 .A2P7","

First Edition. Bound in 2 vol. 4to. with the title for A Harmony of the Evangelists in Greek at the beginning of each volume; the title for the Harmony in English is at the end of vol. I and has the imprint dated 1780. The first volume contains the Observations on the Harmony of the Evangelists, the second the Harmony in Greek and in English conflated. Each volume has a catalogue of books by Joseph Priestley published by J. Johnson. The Harmony in Greek is dedicated to the Rev. Richard Price, dated from Calne, January 1776. The Harmony in English is prefaced by a Letter to Dr. Newcome, Bishop of Ossory, dated from Caln, August 1779.

Fulton and Peters, page 11.

Rebound in ruby buckram in January 1924 by the Library of Congress. Initialled in both volumes by Jefferson, who has written on the fly-leaf: The gift of the author to Th: Jefferson.

Jefferson tried to obtain a copy through N. G. Dufief in April 1803. On April 9, he wrote to the latter from Washington, ordering certain books including:

Dr. Priestly's Harmony of the evangelists in Greek. 4. vols. the same Harmony in English with notes & paraphrase. 4to. Dr. Priestley being in Philadelphia can probably inform m[???] Dufief if there be any depot of his works at any particular bookshop in Philadelphia . . .

Dufief replied on April 13 that le Dr Priestley était parti depuis plusieurs jours and that he was therefore d'autant plus fâché de cette circonstance qu'aucun des Libraires de Philadelphia, ne peut me procurer ceux de ses ouvrages que vous demandez . . .

Dufief continued to search for the book, and on May 2 wrote to Jefferson:

Vous trouverez ci-inclus l'ouvrage de Pascal; j'espère pouvoir vous procurer aussi celui du Dr. Priestley—Après avoir tenté plusieurs moyens infructueux, à Philadelphie & à N. York, je viens de m'aviser du seul qui me reste peut-être pour réussir, & dans quelques jours je saurai s'il faut y renoncer pour le présent . . .

The seul qui restait to Dufief was successful, and on August 1 John Vaughan wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

M Dufief having applied to me to assist him in procuring D Priestlys Harmony for you, I took considerable pains to get it, without success. As I thought it probable Mr. Priestly might have a copy, I requested him to spare it, I inadvertently mentioned your name, & have received a copy not from him, but from Dr Priestley, who requests you will favor him by the acceptance of it . . .

Jefferson replied to Vaughan from Monticello on August 14th:

I am much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken in procuring a copy of Dr. Priestley's harmony, yet fear at the same time we may have disfurnished him of the one retained for his own use . . .

On September 12 Dufief wrote to Jefferson:

. . . J'ai appris de Mr John Vaughan, à mon retour d'un petit voyage entrepris pour le rétablissement de ma santé, qu'il vous avait adressé un des ouvrages du Dr. Pristley que je n'avais pu vous procurer—Je l'avais prié d'ecrire à ce sujet au Dr. avec qui il a des liaisons d'amitié—Je suis d'autant plus charmé de cette réussite que cet ouvrage est extrêmement rare en Amérique & qu'il ne se trouve que dans quelques bibliothèques publiques. Je n'ai point oublié qu'il vous manque encore deux ouvrages du même auteur, savoir

disquisitions relating to matter & spirit.

sequel to the disquisitions.

Je continuerai mes recherches à ce Sujet.

On December 12 Priestley wrote to Jefferson rom Northumberland:

. . . Mr Vaughan having applied to me for a copy of my Harmony of the Evangelists, which was not to be had in Philadelphia, and intimated that it was for you, my son, whose copy is more perfect than mine, begs the honour of your acceptance of it, as a mark of his high esteem . . .

Jefferson wrote to Priestley on January 29, 1804:

. . . I have also to add my thanks to m[???] Priestley your son for the copy of your Harmony, which I have gone through with great satisfaction. it is the first I have been able to meet with which is clear of those long repititions of the same transaction, as if it were a different one, because related with some different circumstance . . ." "14930","J. 40","","","","The history of Jesus by Thompson & Price.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 84, as above.","Thompson, Ebenezer, and Price, William Charles.","The History of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: with the Lives of the Holy Apostles, and their successors for three hundred years after the Crucifixion. By Ebenezer Thompson, D.D. and William C. Price, L.L.D. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Wilmington: Published by The Rev. William Pryce, Bonsal and Niles, Printers, 1805.","BT301 .T4","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 238 leaves: []4, [b]4, A-Z, 2A-2Z, 3A-3L4, 3M2; vol. II, 214 leaves: []4, B-Z, 2A-2Z, 3A-3G4, 3H2, the last five leaves for the list of Subscribers' Names.

Not in Sabin.

Original tree calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson was one of the original subscribers to this work, and his name heads the list (vol. II, page 435).

On October 10, 1803, the Reverend William Pryce wrote from Wilmington to Jefferson:

I have just issued proposals for publishing by subscription, the History of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with the Lives of the Apostles, and their successors for 300 years after the Crucifixion, by Ebenezer Thomson D. D. and William Charles Price L.L.D. Your high station in Life, and Literary character naturally pointed you out to me, as most likely to patronise so interesting a work . . .

The work is to be printed in a handsome Quarto volume, with a general index, on a fine paper, Embellished, with an elegant copper-plate frontispiece, neatly bound and lettered, and subscribers names added, and delivered at $4.50 pr. copy.

Should I be so fortunate as to have permission to add your name to the list, I am well aware the great advantage I shall derive, from the patronage of so Illustrious a Character, and I flatter myself you will never have cause to regret the promotion of the work proposed: of which I should think it my duty to say more, if I did not believe, the compilers, and the work, both familiar to you.

I hope Sir, you will pardon this Intrusion; as well as the liberty I take of mentioning myself to be, a Minister of Christ, (tho' perhaps among the unworthyest who bear the sacred name) in the protestant Episcopal Church in this place . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on October 15:

Your favor of the 10th. is duly recieved, and I subscribe with great pleasure to the work you propose. it comprehends exactly the most interesting period of Christian history, and it will be the more interesting if, as I presume it does, the plan embraces the object of giving the primitive & earlier opinions entertained, being persuaded that nothing would place Christianity on so firm a base as the reducing it simply to it's first & original principles.

On March 9, 1805, William Pryce sent the book with a letter to Jefferson:

With this I send you a copy of the History of the Life of our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ &c. which I hope you will find interesting and instructive, equal to your expectations.

You have no doubt learned the liberty I have taken, of publishing your kind favor to me; for which I feel bound to offer no apology, conscious that it would do honor to the Head and Heart, of any Man on Earth . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book in a letter dated from Washington March 13, 1805:

Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the revd. m[???] Pryce, acknoleges the reciept of his book, and prays him to inform him of the price, and whether to remit it to himself or to pay it to any one here. he is in the moment of a short visit to Monticello; but m[???] Pryce's note will find him in either place.

Pryce replied from Wilmington on March 20, that the price was $4.00.

On July 15, 1805, Pryce wrote to Jefferson:

. . . I take it for granted that some accident has happened my letter, or your answer, but it would be satisfactory to know which . . ." "14940","J. 41","","","","Newman's Concordance.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 174, as above, with the reading Neuman's.","Newman, Samuel.","A large and complete Concordance to the Bible, in English, according to the last Translation. (A like work formerly performed by Clement Cotton.) Now this second impression corrected and amended in many things formerly omitted, for the good both of Scholars and others: far exceeding the most perfect that ever was extant in our Language, both in ground-work and building. By Samuel Newman, now teacher of the Church at Rehoboth in New-England . . . London: Printed for Thomas Downes, and Andrew Crook, 1650.","BS425 .N5","

Folio. 676 leaves collating in sixes.

Not in Lowndes. STC N929. This edition not in Sprague.

Original binding of boards covered with calf of which only the back remains, 2 leaves from a Koberger Biblia [?1480] as end leaves. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Samuel Newman, 1600-1663, English non-conformist clergyman, emigrated to New England in 1636 and in 1644 became the first minister of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The first edition of his Concordance was printed in London in 1643. The Advertisement to the Christian Reader is signed by Daniel Featley (1582-1645), English controversialist. The first complete edition of Clement Cotton's Concordance was published in London in 1631." "14950","42","","","","Cruden's Concordance.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 157, as above.","Cruden, Alexander.","A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament: in two Parts . . . By Alexander Cruden, M.A. . . . London: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch [and others], 1738.","BS425 .C8","

First Edition. 4to. 512 leaves collating in fours.

Lowndes I, page 564.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6.0.

This book is not checked in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue. A copy is credited to the Jefferson collection in the catalogue issued in 1831, but the Jefferson attribution is omitted in the later catalogues.

Alexander Cruden, 1701-1770, Scottish author. This Concordance, frequently reprinted, was dedicated to Queen Anne. It was published in November, 1737, and some copies have that date on the title-page. The Preface contains a historical account of previous Concordances." "14960","J. 43","","","","Clarke's Concordance.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 22, as above.","Clarke, Samuel.","A Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible, of the most usual and useful places which one may have occasion to seek for. In a new Method. By Samuel Clark, M.A. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, Jonathan Robinson, Thomas Cockerill Sen. & Jun. Brabazon Aylmer, John Lawrence, and John Taylor, 1696.","BS425 .C6","

First Edition. 12mo. 174 leaves: A6, B-P12.

STC C4489. Not in Lowndes.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, some leaves cut close. With Jefferson's original shelf-mark, C. 17. 22, written by him on a slip and pasted down on the title-page. The few manuscript notes are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Possibly from the library of George Wythe—the manuscript notes may be by him.

Samuel Clarke, 1626-1701, English nonconformist divine." "14970","J. 44","","","","Codex pseudepigraphus veteris testamenti Fabricii.","","12mo. 2. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 20, as above.","","Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti, collectus, castigatus, testimoniisque, censuris et animadversionibus illustratus a Johan. Alberto Fabricio, SS. Theol. D. et Professore Publ. in Gymnasio Hamburgensi. Editioni huic secundæ accedit volumen alterum separatim excusum. Hamburgi: sumptu Theodori Christoph. Felginer, A. C. 1722, 23.","BS1691 .F3","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 612 leaves, title-page printed in red and black with engraved device, engraved frontispiece by Fritzsch after Wahl, 2 full page engravings; vol. II, 375 leaves, woodcut device on title-page.

Graesse II, 543. Lowndes, British Librarian, col. 61, no. 6.

Half vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé in 8vo. on August 16, 1787, price, with the Codex Apocryphus, q. v. 27 (livres). On his undated manuscript catalogue the books are entered separately, the price of the Codex pseudepigraphus being 5.2 (1 vol. only).

Johann Albert Fabricius, 1668-1736, German classical scholar and bibliographer. The first volume was originally issued in 1713." "14980","J. 45","","","","Codex Apocryphus novi testamenti. Fabricii.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 21, as above.","","Codex Apocryphus Novi Testamenti, collectus, castigatus Testimoniisque, Censuris & Animadversionibus illustratus. à Johanne Alberto Fabricio S. S. Theol. D. Professore Publ. & h. t. Gymnasii Rectore. Hamburgi: sumptib. Benjam. Schiller, Anno 1703.","13--1","

First Edition. Bound in 2 vol. 8vo. Title-page printed in red and black with engraved device, half-title at the beginning of vol. II.

This edition not in Graesse. Lowndes, British Librarian, col. 62, no. 13.

Old sheep, gilt back, some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé, 1 vol. 8vo. on August 16, 1787, see the previous entry. On his undated manuscript catalogue the book is entered as 2 v. 12mo., price 7.13.

In a long letter of advice and instruction to Peter Carr, dated from Paris on August 10, 1787, at the end of the paragraph on Religion, Jefferson mentioned:

I forgot to observe when speaking of the New testament that you should read all the histories of Christ, as well of those whom a council of ecclesiastics have decided for us to be Pseudo-evangelists, as those they named Evangelists. because these Pseudo-evangelists pretended to inspiration as much as the others, and you are to judge their pretensions by your own reason, & not by the reason of those ecclesiastics. most of these are lost. there are some however still extant, collected by Fabricius which I will endeavor to get & send you." "14990","46","","","","Hodius de Bibliorum textibus cui premittitur Aristeae historia. Gr. Lat.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 173, as above.","Hody, Humphrey.","Humfredi Hodii Linguæ Græcæ Professoris Regii et Archidiaconi Oxon. de Bibliorum Textibus originalibus, Versionibus Græcis, & Latina Vulgata: Libri IV. viz. I. Contra Historiam LXX. Interpretum Aristeæ . . . & Is. Vossii . . . In hac Editione diluuntur Vossii Responsiones. II. De Versionis (quam vocant) LXX. Interpretum Auctoribus veris . . . III. Historia Scholastica Textuum Originalium, Versionisque Græcæ LXX. dictæ, & Latinæ Vulgatæ . . . IV. De cæteris Græcis Versionibus, Origenis Hexaplis, aliisque Editionibus antiquis . . . Præmittitur Aristeæ Historia Græce & Latine. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano An. Dom. MDCCV. [1705.]","BS445 .H6","

First Edition. Folio. 350 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vdr. Gucht after Thourghers. Forster, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian by M. B[urghers] on the title-page.

Lowndes II, 1080.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on 24 November 1788, price 13.10. and it is entered at this price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Humphrey Hody, 1659-1707, English divine. This work includes a revised edition of the author's previous work on the Septuagint, Contra Historiam Aristeae de LXX Interpretibus dissertatio, 1684, and a reply to the attack of Vossius on that work." "15000","J. 47","","","","Van Dale Dissertationes de Aristaea & Sanchoniathone et historia baptismorum.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 83, as above.","Dale, Antonius van.","Antonii van Dale Dissertatio super Aristea de LXX. Interpretibus: cui ipsius prætensi Aristeæ textus subjungitur. Additur Historia Baptismorum, cum Judaicorum, tum potissimum priorum Christianorum, tum denique & rituum nonnullorum, &c. Accedit et Dissertatio super Sanchoniathone. Amstelædami: apud Joannem Wolters, 1705.","BS44 .A8D3","

First Edition. 4to. 264 leaves, title printed in red and black; engraved device.

Van der Aa IV, 26.

Original vellum (sig. Ff misbound); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ordered by Jefferson on March 18, 1788, from Van Damme of Amsterdam, no. 3362 in a catalogue supplied by him. Billed on June 25, price 7-10. Entered at this price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Antonius Van Dale, 1638-1708, Dutch scholar.

Aristeas, who described himself as a gentile Greek, was an Alexandrian Jew who lived under one of the later Ptolemies. He was the author of a letter which described the origin of the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament and which caused a literary controversy." "15010","48","","","","Ignatii et Barnabae epistolae Gr. Lat.","","p. 4to. Lond. 1680.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 81, as above.","St. Ignatius.","S. Ignatii Martyris; Epistolæ Genuinæ ex Bibliotheca Florentina: adduntur S. Ignatii Epistolæ, quales vulgo circumferuntur. Ad hæc S. Barnabæ Epistola. Accessit universis Translatio vetus. Edidit & Notas addidit Isaacus Vossius. Editio Secunda. Londini: Typis Joannis Gellibrand & Roberti Sollers, 1680.","BR65 .I3","

4to. 160 leaves; Greek and Latin in parallel columns, title-page in black and red; separate title on Dd1 for Catholica Barnabae Epistola.

Lowndes III, 1158. STC 139. Dibdin I, 178.

St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch and one of the Apostolic Fathers. This recension of his Epistolæ is known as the Vossian.

The Epistolæ of St. Barnabas, Apostle, is one of the Apocryphal books of the New Testament.

Isaac Vossius, 1618-1689, canon of Windsor, was born in Leyden. His edition of St. Ignatius, first published in 1646, is based on a manuscript preserved in the Medicean Library at Florence." "15020","J. 49","Censura scriptorum supposititiorum. R. Coco. Lond. 1614. Usserius de LXX. et liber Estherae. Lond. 1655. Clementis ad Corinthios epistolae. Gr. Lat. Junii. Oxon. 1633. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 82, as above.","Three tracts bound together in calf by an early owner, who has written a numbered list of the contents on the inside cover, giving each of the four parts of the second tract (by James Ussher) a separate number; the authors listed in ink on the fore-edge. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 Vol. 16[/TBE]","Censura scriptorum suppositiorum. R. Coco. Lond. 1614.","i.","","","Cooke, Robert.","Censvra qvorvndam Scriptorvm, qvæ svb Nominibvs sanctorvm et Vetervm avctorvm, à Pontificijs passim in eorum scriptis, sed potissimùm in quæstionibus hodie controuersis citari solent. In qua ostenditur, scripta illa, vel esse supposititia vel dubiæ saltem fidei. Auctore Roberto Coco Ecclesiæ Leodiensis, in agro Eboracensi pastore, & olim in Florentissima Academia Oxoniensi, Collegij ænæi-nasi socio . . . Londini: [R. Field] impensis Guilielmi Barret, 1614.","","

First Edition. 4to. 125 leaves collating in fours, the last leaf blank on the recto, errata on the verso, printer's woodcut device on the title-page (McKerrow 192). Manuscript notes in an early hand.

STC 5469.

Robert Cooke, 1550-1615, English clergyman, was vicar of Leeds in Yorkshire, England." "15030","J. 49","Censura scriptorum supposititiorum. R. Coco. Lond. 1614. Usserius de LXX. et liber Estherae. Lond. 1655. Clementis ad Corinthios epistolae. Gr. Lat. Junii. Oxon. 1633. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 82, as above.","Three tracts bound together in calf by an early owner, who has written a numbered list of the contents on the inside cover, giving each of the four parts of the second tract (by James Ussher) a separate number; the authors listed in ink on the fore-edge. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 Vol. 16[/TBE]","Usserius de LXX. et liber Estherae. Lond. 1655.","ii.","","","Ussher, James.","Jacobi Usserii Armachani de Græcâ Septuaginta, interpretum versione syntagma: cum Libri Estheræ editione Origenicâ, & vetere Græcâ alterâ, ex Arundelliana Bibliotheca nunc primùm in lucem productâ. Accesserunt, ob argumenti cognationem, de Cainane, in Vulgata LXX. editione superaddito, ex ejusdem Chronologiâ sacrâ nondum editâ, dissertatio: unâ cum ejusdem editâ ad Ludovicum Cappellum, de variantibus textûs Hebraici lectionibus, anno 1652, et altera à Gulielmo Eyrio ad eundem Jacobum anno 1607. datâ, Epistolâ. Londini: prostant vænales apud Johannem Crook, Anno Dom. 1655.","","

First Edition. 4to. 108 leaves, the Book of Esther printed in Greek in double columns.

Lowndes V, 2745. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 858.

A correction in ink on page 23.

James Ussher, 1581-1656, Archbishop of Armagh. This was the last of his works published in his lifetime." "15030","J. 49","Censura scriptorum supposititiorum. R. Coco. Lond. 1614. Usserius de LXX. et liber Estherae. Lond. 1655. Clementis ad Corinthios epistolae. Gr. Lat. Junii. Oxon. 1633. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 82, as above.","Three tracts bound together in calf by an early owner, who has written a numbered list of the contents on the inside cover, giving each of the four parts of the second tract (by James Ussher) a separate number; the authors listed in ink on the fore-edge. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 Vol. 16[/TBE]","Clementis ad Corinthios epistolae. Gr. Lat. Junii. Oxon. 1633.","iii.","","","Clement I.—Young, Patrick.","Kλημεντoς πϱoς Koϱιν&thetas;ιoυς επιστoλη πϱωτη. Clementis ad Corinthios Epistola prior. Ex laceris reliquijs vetustissimi exemplaris Bibliothecæ Regiæ, eruit, lacunas explevit, Latinè vertit, & notis brevioribus illustravit. Patricivs Ivnivs Pet. F. Scotobritannus, Seremo Britanniarum Fr. & Hib. Regi Carolo à Bibliothecis . . . Oxonii: excudebat Iohannes Lichfield Academiæ Typographus An. Dom. MDCXXXIII. [1633.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 64 leaves, title-page printed in red and black; Greek & Latin text in parallel columns, some Greek words printed in red; the issue with the reading prout in the 11th line of the Summa Privilegi (last leaf).

STC 5398. Lowndes I, 478. Madan 742.

Clement I., fl. c. A. D. 96, one of the Apostolic Fathers, wrote this letter owing to a dispute in the church of Corinth.

Patrick Young, 1584-1652, Scottish Biblical writer, edited the Greek text from a manuscript brought to Charles I by Sir Thomas Roe, and the words printed in red were so done by him to fill in the gaps in the manuscript. The work is dedicated by him to Charles I." "15050","J. 50","","","","Austin's Essay on the human character of Jesus Christ.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 35, Austin on the human character of Jesus Christ, 12mo.","Austin, William.","An Essay on the human character of Jesus Christ. By William Austin. Boston: Printed for William Pelham [by Ebenezer French], 1807.","BT303 .A8","

First Edition. 12mo. 60 leaves (including 2 blanks in the first sheet): A-P4; the printer's imprint at the foot of the copy-right notice on the back of the title.

Not in Sabin.

Original sheep with later morocco back, plain endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by the publisher, William Pelham, who wrote from Boston on July 20, 1808:

Agreeably to your desire I enclose a copy of Austin's Essay on the Human character of Jesus Christ. The price is 75 cents. From the smallness of the sum, its transmission by post may probably be more troublesome to you than it is worth, and it would be a real gratification to me to offer the book to your acceptance, as an original American work.

A letter to William Pelham dated from Monticello, Aug. 19. 04 (an error for 08?) reads:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Pelham and his thanks for m[???] Austin's book, which he shall with pleasure employ his first leisure moments in reading.

William Austin, 1778-1841, was a native of Charleston, Massachusetts." "15060","J. 51","","","","Brown's Dictionary of the Bible.","","8vo. 2. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 85, as above.","Brown, John.","A Dictionary of the Holy Bible . . . forming a Sacred Commentary; a body of Scripture History, Chronology, and Divinity; and serving in a great measure as a Concordance to the Bible. By John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington . . . Second American Edition. In Two Volumes . . . Pittsburgh: from the Ecclesiastical and Literary Press of Zadok Cramer, 1807.","BS440 .B7","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 332 leaves; vol. II, 356 leaves, collating in fours, 12 plates by W. Kneass, Philadelphia, in each volume, including folded frontispieces and 2 folded maps. Subscribers names on 6 leaves at the end, preceded by blank pages for the Family Record, with headings for Marriages, Births, Casualties, Deaths.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers by Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's name heads the list of Subscribers to this work, and a copy was presented to him by the publisher. On February 14, 1805, Zadok Cramer wrote to Jefferson from Pittsburgh:

Friend Jefferson,

As a known friend to man, to the promotion of arts and sciencies, and a warm admirer of the rapid progress of our country in manufactures and useful establishments, I have taken the liberty to address thee—to solicit thy patronage to a work which I am about to print in this place by subscription. It is Brown's of Haddington, historical, Geographical, Chronological, Etymological, and Critical Dictionary of the Holy Bible, in two Royal octavo volumes, with maps and plates. No doubt but thou hast seen the work, if so, thy opinion of it will be gratefully acknowledged.

Since its matter is merely intended to elucidate the Holy Scriptures, and not to favor the favourite dogmas of sect or party, I am enduced to believe the encouragement for the work will be very general, but I feel particularly anxious to consider thee one of my first Subscribers.

The edition contemplated to be printed will most probably be copied from one lately published in Dublin, and which has received very considerable enlargements from the Dictionaries of Calmet, Symon, &c. together with many new Articles.

My intention is to have it neatly done, and printed on paper made within thirty miles of this place, and bound in skins of the growth of our hills & vallies, and as cheap as the same work could be done in Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh is becoming a place of business—much of a manufacturing town—I want to lend my assistance in my way, to forward its progress, and shall proceed with the greater alacrity with thy approval.

I am thy unknown friend Zadok Cramer.

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 8:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Cramer and subscribes with pleasure for a copy of Brown's dictionary of the bible which he proposes to print at Pittsburg.

To this Cramer answered from Pittsburgh on March 21:

Zadok Cramer hopes he will justly appreciate the honor conferred on him by Thomas Jefferson in the receipt of his very polite note of the 8th 2mo. in which he says he ''subscribes with pleasure for a copy of Brown's Dictionary of Bible, proposed to be printed at Pittsburgh.'' N. B. Enclosed is a printed proposal for said work.

The printed proposal is in broadside form, dated February 22, 1805.

On February 18, 1808, Cramer wrote from Pittsburgh, to his ''much respected friend'':

This day's mail encloses to thee the first volume of Brown's Dictionary of the Holy Bible—the second volume should accompany the first, but I am detained in the binding of it, for the want of the engravings, which have not yet come to hand—but it shall be forwarded by a future mail.

Thee will be good enough to accept a copy of this work as a trifling consideration for the obligation I was obligingly brought under by the receipt of thy esteemed note signifying thy wish to become a subscriber to the publication.

As I promised thee, the book is altogether a western manufactory the gold leaf excepted.—This shews what can be done in this our new country when the channel of industry is conducted to a proper point.

Consider me much obliged by thy condescension and goodness, and with high esteem for thy person and character, public and private, I remain thy friend, Zadok Cramer.

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 12:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Cramer and his thanks for the volume of Brown's dictionary of the Bible which he has been so kind as to present him. it was certainly his intention in subscribing to that work to do it on the footing of all others, and however sensible and thankful for the kind intentions expressed in m[???] Cramer's letter, yet knowing that the artist cannot live but by his profits, he would unwillingly become an additional tax on an enterprize which his subscription was meant to aid. at any rate he prays m[???] Cramer not to add to his own part of the work the expense of binding which can be so well supplied here, and the volumes come more safely by the post . . .

The second volume was sent to Friend Jefferson on May 18:

This mail will deliver thee the second volume Brown's Dictionary, second only, agreeably to thy request—

As a token of respect please receive it from thy friend Zadok Cramer.

The binding was done by Milligan on September 3, 1808, price $2.00.

John Brown, 1722-1787, Scottish minister of Haddington to which parish he went in 1751, and never left, though he received an invitation from the Dutch Church, New York, to be its pastor. The first edition of his Dictionary was published in 1769, and the first American edition (from which this second was not taken) in Philadelphia in 1798." "15070","J. 52","","","","The Liturgy of the Church of England. fol. black letter.","","p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 159, as above.","","[The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments for the use of the Church of England. London: Printed by His Maiesties Printers, 1662.]","BX5145 .A4","

Sm. folio; very imperfect, lacks the title and other leaves, some leaves defective, and many cut into. The title for the Psalter is present. Printed in black letter, woodcut ornaments and initials, Calendar in red and black. Inserted are leaves from editions in 4to, including John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hill's A Form of Common Prayer, 1678, and an edition by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1709.

STC B3622. Lowndes IV, page 1942.

Old sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Many MS. notes in an early hand, and the signature of Richard Harris, 1714 at the foot of a preliminary leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Sealed Book of Charles II. The First Edition of the Common Prayer revised by a Convocation of the Clergy and submitted to the Savoy Conference, and the last in which any alteration was made by public authority." "15080","53","","","","Liturgia Anglicana Gr.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 25, as above.","","Bιβλoς τ[???]ς δημoσιας ευχ[???]ς και τελεσεως μυστηϱ[???]ων και των αλλων &thetas;εσμων και τελετων της εκκλησιας, κατα τo ε&thetas;oς της [???]γγλικαν[???]ς Eκκλησιας . . . [Translated by James Duport.] [???]ν τη Kανταβϱιγια: Eξετυπω&thetas;η παϱ' Iωαννoυ Φιελδoυ . . . αχξε. [Cambridge: John Field, 1665.]","BX5145 .A6G8","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, separate title (dated 1664) for the Psalms, with separate signatures and pagination; 82 (including the last blank) and 88 (including the blank K6) leaves; woodcut arms of the University of Cambridge on the title of the Psalms, and on the verso of K5; printed in Greek letter throughout, double columns.

Lowndes IV, 1946. STC B3632. Bowes 122. Muss-Arnolt, page 41.

In a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello October 12, 1813, Jefferson quotes Sternhold's version of Psalm XVIII, verses 9 and 10, and adds:

the Latin versions of this passage by Buchanan & by Johnston are but mediocres. but the Greek of Duport is worthy of quotation.

The four lines of Greek then quoted by him are not taken from this version by Duport.

James Duport, 1606-1679, master of Magdelene College, Cambridge, and Regius Professor of Greek in the University. This translation is dedicated to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury." "15090","J. 54","","","","do. . . . . . . . Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 26, Liturgia Anglicana, Lat. 12mo.","","Liturgia: seu Liber Precum Communium, et Administrationis Sacramentorum, aliorumque Rituum et Ceremoniarum in Ecclesia Anglicana receptus . . . Editio sexta, prioribus longè emendatior. [Translated by Thomas Parsell.] Londini: Typis G. Bowyer, Impensis J. & J. Bonwicke, R. Ware, J. & P. Knapton [and others], 1744.","BX5145 .A6L3","

12mo. 240 leaves collating in sixes, engraved frontispiece; leaves not folioed or paged.

This edition not in Lowndes. Marshall II, page 37.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. The name Isaac Walker written in ink on a fly-leaf has been partially removed. An inscription written on the margin of another fly-leaf has been almost wholly removed. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Parsell, 1674-1720, headmaster of Merchant Taylor's School, London. The first edition of this translation into Latin of the Book of Common Prayer was published in 1706." "15100","J. 55","","","","Abridgment of the Common prayer","","8vo. [said to be by Dr. Franklin.]","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 87, as above, [said to be by Franklin, but qu.?]","","Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXIII. [Privately printed for Lord Le Despencer by Wilkie in St. Paul's Churchyard] 1773.","BX5145 .A55L4","

8vo. 128 leaves: A-Q8, 2 leaves in the first two signatures misbound, text printed in double columns; separate title on P5 for Extracts from the New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary, and N. Tate, Esq. Poet Laureate to His Majesty. London: Printed in the year MDCCLXXIII and sold by most Booksellers.

Lowndes IV, 1944 (erroneous entry). Ford 313. Martin, page 521.

Crushed red morocco, gilt ornamental borders, gilt back, g.e., marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, enclosed in a slip case, half morocco. Not initialled by Jefferson. From the Library of Rachel Austen, Baroness Le Despencer, with her armorial bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: My dear Brother Le Despencer gave me this Book. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Franklin wrote the Preface to this work, and abridged the Catechism and the Psalms. His own account of it, written to Granville Sharp from Passy, July 5, 1785, is as follows:

The Liturgy you mention was an abridgment of that made by a noble Lord of my acquaintance, who requested me to assist him by taking the rest of the book, viz. the Catechism and the reading and singing Psalms. These I abridged by retaining of the Catechism only the two questions, What is your duty to God? What is your duty to your neighbour? with answers. The Psalms were much contracted by leaving out the repetitions (of which I found more than I could have imagined), and the imprecations, which appeared not to suit well the Christian doctrine of forgiveness of injuries, and doing good to enemies. The book was printed for Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church Yard, but never much noticed. Some were given away, very few sold, and I suppose the bulk became waste paper. In the prayers so much was retrenched, that approbation could hardly be expected; but I think, with you, a moderate abridgment might not only be useful, but generally acceptable . . .

The ''noble Lord'' referred to in the above letter was Lord Le Despencer. The Preface exists in Manuscript in an incomplete draft in the American Philosophical Society.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Francis Dashwood, Lord Le Despencer, d. 1782, paid for the printing of this book which was done in London, and not at his seat at West Wycombe as stated by Lowndes.

The 1815 and 1831 catalogues query Franklin's connection with this book and his name is omitted from the entries in the later catalogues." "15110","J. 56","","","","Heures de cour.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 27, as above.","","Heures Royales dediées a Madame, contenant les offices qui se disent dans l'Eglise pendant l'Année, en Latin & en François . . . Nouvelle edition . . . A Paris: chez Claude Herissant, 1753.","17/1870","

12mo. 288 leaves collating in sixes.

Contemporary blue morocco, gilt dentelle borders, gilt back, g. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "15120","57","","","","Heures. M. S. en velin.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65, no. 28, as above.","","","","This manuscript is no longer in the Library of Congress." "15130","J. 58","","","","Form of prayer used by the Dissenters in Liverpool.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 88, as above.","","A Form of Prayer, and a new Collection of Psalms, for the use of a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters in Liverpool. Printed for the Society, and sold by Chr. Henderson, under the Royal Exchange, London; and by John Sibbald, Bookseller, in Liverpool, 1763.","BV198 .F6","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 60 and 87 leaves; separate title-page and alphabet for A New Collection of Psalms.

Lowndes IV, 1956.

Rough calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T (in the 2nd part). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello on October 12, 1813, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have no hesitation in giving him [the Psalmist] the palm over all the Hymnists of every language, and of every time . . . the best collection of these psalms is that of the Octagonian dissenters of Liverpool in their printed Form of prayer; but they are not always the best versions. indeed bad is the best of the English versions; not a ray of poetical genius having ever been employed on them . . .

Edited by John Seddon, 1725-1770, Rector of Warrington Academy, for the use of the ''Octagonians'', who worshipped in the Octagon chapel built in Liverpool in 1762 under the leadership of Thomas Bentley, 1731-1780, manufacturer of porcelain." "15140","J. 59","","","","O'ϱ&thetas;oδoξoς [???]μoλoγια. Eυγενι[???].","","24s. 1767.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 29, Orthodoxia homologia Eugenii, 24s 1767.","Eugenius Bulgaris.","[???]ϱ&thetas;[???]δoξoς [???]μoλoγ[???]α συχεδιαστ[???]σα παϱ[???] τo[???] σo&phis;oλoγιωτ[???]τoυ [???]εϱoδιακ[???]νoυ κυϱιoυ E[???]γεν[???]oυ τo[???] Boυλγ[???]ϱεως . . . [???]ν [???]μστεϱδαμ[???][???] (χ[???]ϱαν τ[???]ς o[???]λανδ[???]ας) [???]τη 1767. [Amsterdam] 1767.","BX320 .E8 1767.","

First Edition. 12mo. 66 leaves, the last a blank, printed in Greek letter throughout, long lines.

Schaff-Herzog II, 299.

Original vellum. A few manuscript notes in Greek. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Eugenius Bulgaris, 1716-1806, Greek priest, at one time Bishop of Slovensk and Kherson. This work was written against the Jesuit Leclerc and also against the Protestants." "15150","60","","","","Rudimenta fidei Christianae, sive Catechismus. 1575. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 30, as above.","Calvin, Jean.","Στoιχε[???]ωσις . . . Rvdimenta Fidei Christianæ, siue Catechismus . . . Anno M.D. LXXV. [Geneva: Henri Estienne, 1575.]","BX9420. C35","

Sm. 8vo. 200 leaves; the last a blank, woodcut device of Estienne on the title, Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves. The copy in the Library of Congress has the Hebrew text at the end, sig. a-18, k1.

Renouard, page 141, no. 2. This edition not in Haag. Erichson, page 33.

Jean Calvin, 1509-1564, Swiss divine and reformer." "15160","61","","","","Pascal's thoughts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 115, as above.","Pascal, Blaise.","Thoughts on Religion, and other curious Subjects. Written in French by Monsieur Pascal. Translated into English by Basil Kennet, D.D. Late Principal of Corpus-Christi-College, Oxon . . . The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for D. Browne [and others], 1749.","","

8vo. 188 leaves, 2 pages of publishers' advertisements on the last sheet.

Lowndes IV, 1795.

Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French religious philosopher and mathematician.

For Basil Kennett, 1674-1715, see no. 114. This translation was first published anonymously in 1704." "15170","J. 62","","","","Pascal's life and letters.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 116, as above.","[Périer, Gilberte.]","The Life of Mr. Paschal, with his Letters relating to the Jesuits. In Two Volumes. Translated into English by W[illiam] A[ndrews] . . . Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed by James Bettenham, for the Author, 1744.","BX4720 .P3A4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 164 leaves, vol. II, 162 leaves: engraved portrait frontispiece in each volume by G. Vertue, 1744, Pascal in vol. I and Arnauld in vol. II.

Halkett and Laing III, 360. Lowndes IV, 1795.

Old calf, vol. I scorched on the back, a few leaves defective, and some torn across. On the back of the frontispiece in vol. II is written: Peyton Randolph Esq. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes.

A copy of the Life of Paschal in 2 volumes was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, on June 30, 1807, by John March, cost $2.00.

Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French religious philosopher and mathematician. The Provincial Letters were written after Arnauld had been condemned for heresy by the Sorbonne, and were originally published in 1656.

Gilberte Périer, 1620-1685, was the sister of Pascal." "15180","J. 63","","","","Grotius on the truth of the Christian religion. by Patrick.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 48, as above.","Grotius, Hugo.—Patrick, Simon.","The Truth of Christian Religion: In six Books. Written in Latin by Hugo Grotius. And now translated into English, with the addition of a Seventh Book against the present Roman Church. By Symon Patrick, D.D. now Lord Bishop of Ely. The Fourth Edition corrected. London: Printed by J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1694.","BT1100 .G74","

8vo. 196 leaves, engraved frontispiece. Dedicated to the Right Honourable William Earl of Bedford.

STC G2131. Arber, Term Catalogues II, page 533, no. 43. Meulen 374. Bibliothecæ Grotianæ 242.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

This work, originally written in Latin and published in 1627 was intended by Grotius to be a code of common Christianity to form a basis for reconciliation between the Catholic and Protestant Churches.

Simon Patrick, 1627-1707, Bishop of Ely, published the first edition of his translation in 1680." "15190","J. 64","","","","Paley's evidences of Christianity.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 110, as above.","Paley, William.","A View of the Evidences of Christianity. In Three Parts. Part I. Of the Direct Historical Evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other Miracles. Part II. Of the auxiliary Evidence of Christianity. Part III. A brief consideration of some popular objections. By William Paley, M.A. Archdeacon of Carlisle. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, M.DCC.XCV. [1795.]","BT1100 .P2","

8vo. 228 leaves.

Evans, 29274.

Old tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Paley, 1743-1805, Archdeacon of Carlisle. The original edition of this work was published in London in 1794, reprinted in 1795 in the United States in Philadelphia as above and in Boston." "15200","J. 65","","","","Neckar de l'importance des opinions religieuses.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no, 100, as above.","Necker, Jacques.","De l'Importance des Opinions Religieuses, par M. Necker . . . A Londres, et se trouve a Paris [Pancoucke], 1788.","BR120 .N4","

First Edition. 8vo. 274 leaves.

Quérard VI, page 394.

Original calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work was mentioned to Jefferson by William Short in a letter written to him from Paris, February 6, 1788:

. . . A new book has appeared this morning that occupies already all Paris—that is to say all the Novelty readers in Paris—it is Mr Necker's book, on the importance of religious opinions—one vol. in 8vo. very thick. I think upwards of 500. pages.—In an advertisement at the beginning he takes notice of M. de Calonnes last memoire & promises to answer it victoriously & support by incontestable evidence the truths of the compte rendu. to this advertisement he has put his name.

Short's letter has reference to the fact that Necker had been dismissed from office after the publication of his Compte Rendu, and that in 1747 he had been banished forty leagues from Paris for an attack on Calonne." "15210","J. 66","","","","Necessita di una religione dal Gazzera.","","5. v. 12mo. Ital. Fr.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 36, as above.","Gazzera, Henri.","Importance, et Avantages d'une Morale Publique et Privée, ou Nécessité d'une Religion dans toute sorte de Gouvernemens et de Climats, ouvrage traduit de l'Italien de Henri Gazzera . . . Première [-Seconde] Partie . . . Tome Premier [-Cinquième]. Aux Bords du Rhône: [Avignon: Aubanel] An IX [-X]. (1801.)","BL51 .G35","

First Edition. 5 vol. 12mo. French and Italian text on opposite pages, Italian title-page facing the French; vol. I, 139 leaves; vol. II, 196 leaves; vol. III, 188 leaves, 2 engraved portraits; vol. IV, 148 leaves; vol. V, 136 leaves; collates in sixes; vol. I and II with continuous signatures; vol. III-V with continuous signatures. Signed by the author H. Gazzera at the end of the copyright notice.

Quérard II, 298.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, lettered on the back in gilt with the title, volume number within an ornament, and the name of the author, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, Ii and Tt, etc. where they occur. With Jefferson's shelf-mark C. 17. 36. 5 vols. written on a slip and pasted down on the half-title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson on October 25, 1808, on his printed letterhead from the Académie des Sciences, Paris:

Je saisis avec empressement la circonstance du depart pour Philadelphie de Monr. Moussier . . . pour vous prier, Monseigneur, de vouloir agréer l'hommage de quelques uns de mes derniers ouvrages dont le but et quelques observations ne paroissent pas tout-à-fait étrangers aux intéréts de la grande nation dont vous êtes un des plus dignes protecteurs.

Deux families Avignonaises se sont chargées en 1804. de vous présenter de ma part quelques autres de mes livres; mais les malheurs de leur traversée m'ont toujours fait douter si mes voeux à cet égard ont été remplis . . .

Les ouvrages dont Mr Moussier a bien voulu se charger sont

Importance d'une morale publique et privée ou necessité d'une religion dans toute sorte de Gouvernement et de climat Edit. Italienne-Francaise 5. volumes in 12. brochés

Veilles de St. Augustin à l'imitation de yong—1. vol. in 12. broché

Nuits de S. Me Magdelaine, même imitation.—1. vol. in 12 broché. -----Total. 7. volumes in 12 brochés.

[For the second and third mentioned books see no. 1553 and 1554.]

Henri Gazzera was born in 1772 in Piedmont. According to Quérard his full name was Jean Antoine Henri Eugene. The printed letterhead on which the above quoted letter, signed H. Gazzera, was written, reads: Henri Gazzera, Docteur en Théologie, de l'Académie de Paris, Membre de l'Athénée des Arts." "15220","67","","","","Barclay's minute philosopher.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 98, as above.","[Berkeley, George.]","Alciphron: or, The Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Free-thinkers. Volume the First [—the Second] . . . London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1732.","B1315. 1732","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 182 leaves, the last a blank; vol. II, 184 leaves, the last a blank; collates in eights; on P1 of vol. II is the title for An Essay towards a new Theory of Vision. First published in the Year mdccix; continuous signatures and pagination.

Halkett and Laing I, page 54. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, page 944. Mead, page 10. Jessop, no. 16.

It is possible that Jefferson had two copies of the second volume of this work. An earlier entry in this manuscript catalogue calls for the 2d. v. 8vo. The 1815 catalogue calls for one copy only; the later catalogues list the edition of 1732, but do not credit the Jefferson library with a copy.

George Berkeley, 1685-1753, English philosopher, Bishop of Cloyne. This work was written whilst Berkeley was on a visit to America in connection with his scheme for founding a college in Bermuda. On his return to England he made over his American home, White-hall, to found scholarships at Yale." "15230","J. 68","","","","Jenning's Disquisitions.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 49, as above.","[Jenyns, Soame.]","Disquisitions on Several Subjects. The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782.","AC7 .J45","

Sm. 8vo. 93 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 88. Lowndes II, 1197.

Rebound in half roan by the Library of Congress in 1906. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The words Sophisms or and By Soame Jenings written in ink on the title-page.

From the library of W. S. Smith [the son-in-law of John Adams, and a friend of Jefferson] with his signature in the upper margin of the contents leaf.

Soame Jenyns, 1704-1787, English miscellaneous writer." "15240","J. 69","","","","Priestley's institutes of natural & revealed religion.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 51, as above, 12mo.","Priestley, Joseph.","Institutes of natural and revealed religion. In Two Volumes. To which is prefixed, An Essay on the best method of communicating religious knowledge to the Members of Christian Societies. By Joseph Priestley, LLD. F.R.S. The Third Edition. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed in the Year MDCCXCIV.","BX9840 .P8","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 175 leaves; vol. II, 172 leaves; collates in twelves.

Fulton and Peters, Addenda, page iii.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, plain endpapers. Both volumes initialled by him at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Purchased from N. G. Dufief in 1803. On May 5, Jefferson wrote to Dufief:

. . . I shall be glad if you succeed in getting the Greek & English Harmonies of Dr. Priestly. I state below some other works of his, which, if to be had, I should be glad to recieve . . .

Institutes of natural & revealed religion. 2 v. 8vo.

A History of the early opinions concerning Jesus Christ. 4. v. 8vo.

Disquisitions relating to matter & spirit.

Sequel to the Disquisitions.

by Dr. Priestly

Dufief sent this book on May 19:

Vous recevrez par le Sloop Hiland, Priestley's institutes, his early opinions . . ." "15250","J. 70","","","","Middleton's Miscellaneous works.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 163, Middleton's miscellaneous works, 4 v 4to.","Middleton, Conyers.","The Miscellaneous Works of the late Reverend and Learned Conyers Middleton, D.D. Principal Librarian of the University of Cambridge. Containing all his Writings, except the Life of Cicero. Many of which were never before Published. In Four Volumes. With a complete Index to the whole. [Vol. I-IV.] London: Printed for Richard Manby and H. S. Cox, 1752.","BR75.M5","

First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 252 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Ravenet after Echardt; vol. II, 256 leaves; vol. III, 254 leaves, the last with the publishers' advertisement, folded engraved table; vol. IV, 256 leaves, 23 plates, full-page and folded, by J. Mynde, engravings in the text; many leaves dampstained throughout the 4 volumes.

Lowndes III, 1545.

Old calf, repaired, vol. I rebacked; backs scorched. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

Jefferson's dated and undated catalogue both call for an edition in 5 vol. 8vo. He ordered such an edition from Van Damme, ''vol. 2. pa. 72'' of his catalogue, on March 23, 1788. The quarto edition was the only one sold to Congress in 1815, and is correctly entered in the 1815 catalogue.

In a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello on August 22, 1813, Jefferson wrote:

. . . You are right in supposing, in one of yours, that I had not read much of Priestley's Predestination, his No-soul system, or his controversy with Horsley. but I have read his Corruptions of Christianity, & Early opinions of Jesus, over and over again; and I rest on them, and on Middleton's writings, especially his letters from Rome, & to Waterland, as the basis of my own faith. these writings have never been answered, nor can be answered, by quoting historical proofs, as they have done. for these facts therefore I cling to their learning, so much superior to my own . . .

For a note on Middleton see no. 74." "15260","71","","","","Priestley's history of the corruptions of christianity.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 95, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 121. no. J. 165, as above, Birmingham, 1793.","Priestley, Joseph.","An History of the Corruptions of Christianity, in two volumes. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. The Second Edition . . . Vol. I [-II]. Birmingham: Printed by J. Thompson, for J. Johnson, London, 1793.","BR145 .P85","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 216+1 leaves, collating in eights; vol. II, 252+1 leaves; the additional leaf at the end of each volume for the Errata.

Fulton and Peters, page 12: ''London [2nd. ed.].''

Jefferson's copy of this work is no longer in the Library of Congress. It was possibly the copy, for which there are cards in the Library of Congress catalogues, reported missing in 1935.

Jefferson had read this book before April 25, 1803, on which date he wrote to his daughter Martha, sending her a copy of his Syllabus:

. . . I have written to Philadelphia for Doctr. Priestly's history of the corruptions of Christianity, which I will send you, & recommend to an attentive perusal, because it establishes the groundwork of my view of this subject . . .

In June 1804 Jefferson sent a copy of the work to Henry Fry, of Madison County, Virginia, and on June 17 wrote to him:

. . . the work of Dr. Priestly which I sent you has always been a favorite of mine. I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented by priestcraft and established by kingcraft constituting a conspiracy of church and state against the civil and religious liberties of mankind . . .

For Jefferson on this book see the previous entry. This book is included in many of his lists of recommended reading.

The first edition of this work was published in Birmingham in 1782." "15270","J. 72","","","","Priestley's history of the early opinions concerning Jesus Christ.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 94, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","An History of early opinions concerning Jesus Christ, compiled from Original Writers; proving that the Christian Church was at first Unitarian. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. . . . Vol. I [-IV]. Birmingham: Printed for the author, by Pearson and Rollason, and sold by J. Johnson, London, 1736.","BT200.P8","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 217 leaves, engraved folded Biographical Chart as frontispiece; vol. II, 229 leaves; vol. III, 226 leaves; vol. IV, 218 leaves; errata slip inserted in each volume: at the end of vol. IV is An Account of the Editions of the Ancient Writers quoted in this work, and a Catalogue of Books written by Dr. Priestley.

Lowndes IV, 1966. Fulton and Peters, page 12.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. Small corrections by Jefferson occur, and in vol. II, page 427 he has written a footnote:

see Buchanan's Christian researches in Asia, that the disputed passage in 1. John. V. 7. is in no copy of the Syriac scriptures he had ever seen, & particularly not in the copy presented him which has been preserved in their church more than 1000. years. yet, says Buchanan, 'I believe the passage to be genuine' or, in other words, the mystery of the trinity is too important to make ours a Craft to be given up. pa. 168.

Purchased from N. G. Dufief. Ordered by Jefferson on May 5, 1803, sent by Dufief on May 19.

For a reference by Jefferson to this book see no. 1525 above." "15280","J. 73","","","","Priestley's doctrines of Heathenism and revelñ compared,","","8vo","1815 catalogue, page 67, no. 96, as above.","Priestley, Joseph.","The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy, compared with those of Revelation By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. Northumberland: Printed by John Binns, 1804. [Copy-Right secured.]","BR128. A2P8","

First Edition. 8vo. 152 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Fulton & Peters, page 8.

Old calf, ornamental gilt borders, back badly burnt, marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author's son who wrote from Northumberland on December 20, 1804:

I have desired Mr. Patrick Byrne bookseller of Pa to send you a copy of my father's last work, entitled The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy compared with Revelation of which I beg your acceptance. The wish you expressed in your letter to Mr. Cooper has been complied with, but in Philadelphia, two or three persons asked me whether my father had not left behind him a work undertaken at your suggestion, & they informed me that they understood that to be the case from a Mr. Smith, I believe the Marshall at Pa, who had heard so at Washington . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 27:

Your favor of the 20th. came to hand last night and I shall recieve and read with great satisfaction the last work of your father as I have done whatever came from his pen. that he undertook the work at my request I have no objection to have known. my wish was confined to the suppression of the Syllabus I sent him, until the political passions which have been kindled against me shall be so far subsided as to admit it's being read with candid & just dispositions. but that will not be during my life . . .

Byrne sent the book on January 2, 1805, and in acknowledging its receipt on February 14, Jefferson wrote to Byrne:

I have safely recieved the volume of Dr. Priestley's works which m[???] Priestley has been so kind as to destine for me. the matter is worthy of it's author, and the mechanical execution does honor to the American artists . . .

Jefferson wrote to Priestley himself on the subject of this book and his own Morals of Jesus from Washington on January 29, 1804.

. . . I rejoice that you have undertaken the task of comparing the moral doctrines of Jesus with those of the antient Philosophers. you are so much in possession of the whole subject that you will do it easier & better than any other person living. I think you cannot avoid giving as preliminary to the comparison, a digest of his moral doctrines, extracted in his own words from the evangelists, and leaving out every thing relative to his personal history and character. it would be short and precious. with a view to do this for my own satisfaction, I had sent to Philadelphia to get two testaments Greek of the same edition, & two English with a design to cut out the morsels of morality and paste them on the leaves of a book in the manner you describe as having been pursued in forming your Harmony. but I shall now get the thing done by better hands . . .

On May 21, 1804, before the book had gone to press, Jefferson wrote to Henry Fry of Madison County, Virginia, to whom he had sent a copy of Priestley's History of the Corruptions of Christianity:

. . . at the time of his [Priestley's] death he had just finished a work which I am anxious to see printed. it was a comparative view of the morality of Jesus & of the antient philosophers. but it is not yet committed to the press . . .

To the same correspondent Jefferson wrote again in the following month, on June 17:

. . . at my request Dr. Priestly wrote a comparative view of the moral doctrines of Jesus and of the antient philosophers, which he finished just before his death. it is not yet printed, nor have I seen it. his history of the church I believe is now printed . . .

On February 14, 1805, in answer to Benjamin Smith Barton's request for the loan of letters to insert into his Eulogium on Dr. Priestley, Jefferson wrote the following account of this work:

. . . the correspondence between Dr. Priestley and myself was unfrequent & short. his fear of encroaching on my public duties deprived me of communications from him which would have been always welcome. I have examined all his letters to me since Mar. 1801 . . . & find they do not contain a single fact interesting to your object. I hardly suppose the following one to be so. having been long anxious to see a fair & candid comparison made between the doctrines of the Greek & Roman Philosophers, and the genuine doctrines of Jesus, I pressed Dr. Priestley, early in 1803. to undertake that work. he at first declined it from the extent of the subject, his own age and infirmities: but he afterwards informed me that having viewed the subject more attentively and finding that his Commonplace book would refer him readily to the materials, he had undertaken it, and a little before his death he informed me he had finished it. I apprehend however that he meditated a 2d. part which should have given a view of the genuine doctrines of Jesus divested of those engrafted into his by false followers. I suppose this because it is wanting to compleat the work, and because I observe he calls what is published Part Ist . . .

In the letter to John Adams of August 22, 1813, quoted previously, Jefferson wrote:

. . . It is with great pleasure I can inform you that Priestly finished the comparative view of the doctrines of the Philosophers of antiquity, and of Jesus, before his death; and that it was printed soon after, and, with still greater pleasure that I can have a copy of his work forwarded from Philadelphia, by a correspondent there, and presented for your acceptance, by the same mail which carries you this, or very soon after. the branch of the work which the title announces is executed with learning and candor, as was every thing Priestley wrote: but perhaps a little hastily; for he felt himself pressed by the hand of death . . .

On the same day Jefferson ordered a copy for Adams from N. G. Dufief:

I am desirous of sending to m[???] John Adams late Presidt. of the U S. at Quincy, Mass. a copy of Priestley's 'Doctrines of heathen philosophy compared with those of revelation' printed at Northumberland in 1804. will you be so good as to procure one, and inclose it to him by mail 'de ma part'. be so good as to chuse the best binding you find ready prepared, and to place the article to my account. I would wish it to go on without delay, as I give him reason to expect by a letter which goes by this mail . . .

The book was procured by Dufief, billed to Jefferson on August 31, price $1.00.

In continuation of this discussion with John Adams, in a letter dated January 24, 1814, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I think with you that Priestley, in his comparison of the doctrines of Philosophy and of revelation, did not do justice to the undertaking. but he felt himself pressed by the hand of death . . .

Joseph Priestley died on February 6, 1804, leaving this work to be published posthumously by his son. For other matter relative to this book see Priestley's Socrates and Jesus compared, no. 1661.

This work was placed by Jefferson also in chapter 16, but in the Library of Congress catalogues is in chapter 17 only." "15290","J. 74","","","","Prideaux' connections.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 175, as above.","Prideaux, Humphrey.","The Old and New Testament connected in the History of the Jews and neighbouring Nations, from the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ. By Humphrey Prideaux, D.D. Dean of Norwich. Part I. The Seventh Edition. [Part II. With a Complete Index to the whole. The Fourth Edition] . . . London: Printed for R. Knaplock, and J. Tonson, 1720, 1719.","DS62 .P8","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 248 leaves; vol. II, 344 leaves. Engraved full and double page maps and plans, engravings in the text.

Lowndes IV, 1964.

Rebound in ruby buckram. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Humphrey Prideaux, 1648-1724, English Orientalist. The first edition of this work was published in 1716-18." "15300","J. 75","","","","Lightfoot's works.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 186b, as above.","Lightfoot, John.","The Works of the Reverend and Learned John Lightfoot D.D. Late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; such as were, and such as Never before were Printed. In Two Volumes. With the Authors Life, and Large and Useful Tables to each Volume. Also Three Maps: One of the Temple drawn by the Author himself; the others of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, drawn according to the Authors Chorography, with a Description collected out of his Writings.—[The Second Volume in two Parts . . . Published by the care and industry of John Strype M.A.] London: Printed by W. R. [William Rawlins] for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell and John Wright, 1684.","BR75 .L5","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. General title printed in red and black; title to vol. II differs from that to vol. I, separate titles for all the various parts; engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White; double page engraved map of Canaan and of the city of Jerusalem; without the map of the Temple.

Lowndes III, 1359. STC L2051.

Original calf (defective). Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of George Wythe, with his autograph signature on the upper margin of the title-leaf in vol. I, and marginal annotations by him in both volumes. Part of his bequest to Thomas Jefferson.

John Lightfoot, 1602-1675, English Biblical critic, and Hebrew scholar. This is the first collected edition of his works. It was received and corrected by George Bright, with a memoir by John Strype. Lightfoot bequeathed his Oriental books to Harvard College, where they were burnt in 1769." "15310","J. 76","","","","Broughton's history of all religions.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 176, as above.","Broughton, Thomas.","Bibliotheca Historico-Sacra: or, An Historical Library of the Principal Matters relating to Religion, antient and modern; Pagan, Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan . . . The whole compiled from the best Authorities, and digested into an alphabetical Order, in Two Volumes, by Thomas Broughton, M.A. Reader at the Temple Church. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed by R. Reily, for Stephen Austen, 1737-1739.","BL31 .B5","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 181 leaves collating in twos, engraved frontispiece by G. Scotin after Gravelot, list of subscribers on the third sheet, the last leaf with the publisher's advertisement dated 1737; vol. II, 161 leaves; titles printed in red and black.

Lowndes I, 286.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Thomas Broughton, 1704-1774, English divine and author." "15320","J. 77","","","","Mori opera.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 185, as above.","More, Henry.","Henrici Mori Cantabrigiensis Opera Omnia, tum quæ Latinè, tum quæ Anglicè scripta sunt; nunc vero Latinitate donata instigatu & impensis generosissimi juvenis Johannis Cockshuti Nobilis Angli . . . [-Tomus alter.] Londini: Typis impressa J. Macock, sumptibus autem J. Martyn & Gualt. Kettilby, 1679.","B1299.M5","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 410 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece of More by D. Loggan, full-page portrait of Cockshutt, full-page and smaller plates in the text, engraved arms of Cambridge University on the title; vol. II, 396 leaves, title varies; list of errata at the end of both volumes.

Lowndes III, 1605. STC M2633. Hazlitt IV, 265. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 875. MacKinnon, page 240.

Calf, rebacked; vol. II in a different binding from vol. I. On the title-page of vol. II is the autograph signature of George Walker, Mill Creek, Virginia, 1770. It is possible therefore that this is Jefferson's copy acquired through the bequest of George Wythe whose mother was Margaret Walker of Mill Creek.

Henry More, 1614-1687, the Platonist, English theologian. John Cockshutt of the Inner Temple had bequeathed to More the sum of £300 for the purpose of translating into Latin three of his principal pieces. An earlier volume had appeared in 1675, sometimes joined to these two volumes and described as 3 vol. folio. 1675-79." "15330","J. 78","","","","Chemnicii Examen concilli Tridentini.","","4. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 183, as above.","Chemnitz, Martin.","Examinis Concilii Tridentini. Per D. D. Martinvm Chemnicivm scripti, opvs integrvm: qvatvor partes . . . Francofvrti ad Mœnvm: [per Petrum Fabricium] Anno M. D. LXXVIII. [1578.]","BX830 .1545.C4","

4 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 121 leaves including the last blank, title printed in red and black; vol. II, 152 leaves; vol. III, 128 leaves, the last a blank; vol. IV, 100 leaves, the last a blank; woodcut on each title page signed IA.

This edition not in Graesse, and not in Ebert.

Half bound; the title of vol. I cut round and mounted, the last printed leaf in vol. IV repaired, a few small wormholes; some leaves foxed and waterstained. Not initialled by Jefferson; passages scored under in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Loosely inserted in the last volume is a pen and ink map by Jefferson of a part of Virginia, neatly drawn to scale on Whatman paper.

Martin Chemnitz, 1522-1586, German Lutheran theologian. The four parts of this work were originally printed separately in 1565-66-72-73." "15340","J. 79","","","","Campbell's doctrine of a middle state.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 184, as above.","Campbell, Archibald.","The Doctrines of a Middle State between Death and the Resurrection . . . To which is added, an Appendix concerning the Descent of the Soul of Christ into Hell, while his Body lay in the Grave. Together with the Judgment of the Reverend Dr. Hickes concerning this Book . . . and a Manuscript of the Right Reverend Bishop Overal, upon the subject of a Middle State &c. never before printed. Also a Preservative against several of the Errors of the Roman Church, in six small treatises. By the Honourable Archibald Campbell . . . London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Mr. W. Tayler, 1721.","BT830 .C2","

First Edition. Folio. 152 leaves collating in twos; title for the Preservative on Lll2.

Lowndes I, page 360.

Old calf, marbled endpapers; some headlines cut into and some leaves damp stained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page is written: Clementina-Jane Grierson the Gift of her Father 10 Octr. 1755, and annotations in the same hand occur.

Archibald Campbell, d. 1744, Scottish theologian, was Bishop of Aberdeen." "15350","J. 80","","","","The shortest way to end disputes about religion.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 42, as above.","[Manning, Robert.]","The Shortest Way to end Disputes about Religion. In Two Parts. Part I . . . Brussels: Printed in the Year MDCCXVI. [1716.]","BX4819 .S5","

Second Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, with continuous signatures and pagination. 176 leaves collating in eights; part II (without separate title-page) begins on O4.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Gillow.

Old calf, gilt line borders. With the signature of an early owner at the end: James Kavanagh at ye Golden Sugar Loaf at Albermarle Street St Georges hanover. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of John Wayles (Jefferson's father-in-law), with his autograph signature on the fly-leaf at the beginning with the date 1742, and the price (undecipherable owing to a small tear in the leaf).

Jefferson's view on disputes about religion was expressed in a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello on August 22, 1813:

. . . and I very much suspect that if thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions, as much as is supposed . . .

Robert Manning, English Catholic controversialist. The first edition of this book was published earlier in the same year, with an errata list, corrected in the second edition, and with a separate title for Part II. Part II is In Answer to all Objections against Infallibility contain'd in a Book entitled, The Case Stated, &c. [by Charles Leslie]." "15360","J. 81","","","","The Romish horseleech. by Stavely.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 43, as above.","Staveley, Thomas.","The Romish Horseleech: or, An impartial Account of the intolerable Charge of Popery to this Nation, in an historical remembrance of some of those prodigious Sums of Money heretofore extorted from all Degrees, during the Exercise of the Papal Power here. To which is annexed An Essay of the Supremacy of the King of England. By Thomas Staveley, Esq . . . London: Printed for R. Baldwin, T. Davies and R. Davis, 1769.","BX1775 .G7S7","

12mo. 162 leaves, the last a blank.

Lowndes V, page 2503.

Sheep, gilt line borders, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Staveley, 1626-1684, English antiquary. The first edition was published in 1674, and was without the essay ''of the supremacy of the king of England'' annexed to this edition of 1769." "15370","J. 82","","","","Barclay's apology for the Quakers.","","8vo.—do. 4to. Baskerville.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 165, Barclay's Apology for the Quakers, Baskerville, 4to.","Barclay, Robert.","An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an explanation and vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The Eighth Edition in English. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, 1765.","BX7730 .B3","

4to. 272 leaves.

Lowndes I, 113. Smith I, 180. Baskerville Club Handlist, 54. Benton, no. 71.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The numerous corrections in ink in the text appear to be in the handwriting of George Wythe, and the book was probably part of Wythe's bequest to Jefferson. According to the entry in the Manuscript catalogue Jefferson had an 8vo. edition of the book (not sold to Congress) and the Baskerville edition was a later entry.

Robert Barclay, 1648-1690, Scottish Quaker apologist. This is the only quarto edition of this work, which was originally written in Latin and printed in Amsterdam in 1676. Barclay was associated with the Quaker colony established in East New Jersey under Penn in 1682, and in 1683 was appointed nominal governor." "15380","J. 83","","","","Institution de la religion Chretienne de Calvin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 102, as above.","Calvin, Jean.","[L'Institution de la Religion Chretienne. ?Geneve: Courteau, 1564.]","BX9420.16","

8vo. Imperfect at the beginning, lacks the title-page; 574 leaves collating in eights; text ends on page 904 and is followed by Tables.

Old calf, some leaves cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. ii and ti. On the blank leaf oo8 is written: Edouardus Bouuritjius Cerus est possessor huius libri ad 1604 ad 28 Aprilis. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson wrote of Calvin in a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello, April 11, 1823:

The wishes expressed, in your last favor, that I may continue in life and health until I become a Calvinist, at least in his exclamation of 'mon Dieu! jusque à quand'! would make me immortal. I can never join Calvin in addressing his god. he was indeed an Atheist, which I can never be; or rather his religion was Daemonism. if ever man worshipped a false god, he did. the being described in his 5. points is not the God whom you and I acknolege and adore, the Creator and benevolent governor of the world; but a daemon of malignant spirit. it would be more pardonable to believe in no god at all, than to blaspheme him by the atrocious attributes of Calvin . . .

This work was originally written in Latin, published in 1536, and was translated into French by Calvin himself." "15390","J. 84","","","","Dialogues Rustiques.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 46, as above.","[Matthieu, J. D.]","[Dialogves Rvstiques]—Seconde partie Des Dialogves Rustiques. D'un Prestre de Village, d'un Berger, le Censier, sa Femme, le Voisin, un Peigneur desbauché, un Vieil Soldat cassé, un Marinier, un jeune Jesuite, & un Villageois Flameng. Tres-utile pour ceux qui demeurent és pays, où ils n'ont le moyen d'estre instruits par la predication de la Parole de Dieu. Par J. D. M. [?Paris, 1613.]","BX9453.M35","

12mo. 2 parts in 1. This copy is imperfect, lacks all before A6 including the title-page. The last two leaves contain verses signed I. D. M.

Original vellum, label on the back lettered: Matthieu/ Dialogues/Rustiques/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; with the autograph signature of Dabney Carr on the inside cover: Dabney Carr son Livre, and of John Martin on the back of the second title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "15400","J. 85","","","","Instruction pour les Protestans par De la Forest.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 40, Instructions pour les Protestants, par De la Foreot, 12mo.","La Forest, A. de.","Méthode d'Instruction pour ramener les Prétendus Réformés a l'église Romaine, et confirmer les catholiques dans leur croyance. Par M. de La Forest, Custode-curé de Sainte-Croix de Lyon, docteur de la faculté de théologie de Paris, &c. A Paris: Rue & hôtel Serpente. A Lyon: chez Aimé de la Roche, 1784.","BX1750 .L2","

12mo. 208 leaves.

Quérard IV, 419 (with date 1783).

French calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. On the flyleaf is written in a contemporary hand: Miss Jefferson panthmont march 21 1787. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Martha Jefferson [Randolph] was educated at the convent Abbaye Royale de Panthmont, near Paris." "15410","J. 86","","","","Pelerinage du Calvaire.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 41, as above.","Pontbriand, René François du Breil de.","Pélerinage du Calvaire sur le Mont Valérien, et les fruits qu'on doit retirer de cette Dévotion. On y trouvera aussi des Prieres pour la Messe, la Confession & la Communion, avec les Stations aux saintes Chapelles . . . Dédié à la Reine; Par M. de Pontbriand, Prêtre Agrégé du Mont Valérien. Avec des figures en taille douce. Se vend trente sols, relié. A Paris: chez Babuty, 1779.","BX2321.M63P6","

12mo. 180 leaves collating in alternate twelves and sixes, 9 engraved plates of the Stations of the Cross; at the end of the Privilege: De l'Imprimerie de Chardon, rue Garlande, 1775.

This edition not in Quérard.

Rebound in half red morocco with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; title backed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

René François du Breil de Pontbriand, d. 1670, devoted his life to the Petits Savoyards." "15420","J. 87","","","","The Moravians compared & detected.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 103, as above.","[Lavington, George.]","The Moravians compared and detected. By the Author of The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared . . . London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, MDCCLV. [1755.]","BX8573 .L3","

First Edition. 96 leaves only, lacks 10 leaves at the end.

Halkett and Laing IV, 114. Malin, page 80, no. 199.

Old sheepskin. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Beside the word Author on the title is written B. of Exe[ter] (partly cut off by the binder), possibly by Thomas Mann Randolph. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of John Wayles, with his autograph signature on the title-page.

George Lavington, 1684-1762, Bishop of Exeter." "15430","J. 88","","","","Stennett's answer to Russen on Anabaptism.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 108, as above, with reading Rusten.","Stennett, Joseph.","An Answer to Mr. David Russen's Book entitul'd Fundamentals without a Foundation or a True Picture of the Anabaptists, &c. Together with some brief Remarks on Mr. James Broome's Letter annex'd to that Treatise. By Joseph Stennett . . . London: Printed, and sold by D. Brown, S. Crouch and J. Baker, 1704.","BX6330 .S8","

First Edition. 8vo. 131 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Arber. Whitley 18-704.

Old sheep; the first two leaves damaged. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Joseph Stennett, 1663-1713, English seventh-day baptist.

David Russen, fl. 1705, English author. According to Whitley's Baptist Bibliography his Fundamentals without a Foundation was first printed in 1703, and Stennett's reply in 1704 as above. The account of Russen in the Dictionary of National Biography states that Russen's work was published in 1698? with the information that there is no copy in the British Museum. ''A reply by Joseph Stennett appeared about 1699 and was reprinted in 1704.''" "15440","J. 89","","","","Spangenberg's acct of the missions of the Unitas fratrum among the heathens","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 105, Spangenberg's account of the mission of the Unitas Fratrum among the Heathen, 8vo.","Spangenberg, August Gottlieb.","An Account of the Manner in which the Protestant Church of the Unitas Fratrum, or United Brethren, preach the Gospel, and carry on their Missions among the Heathen. Translated from the German of the Rev. August Gottlieb Spangenberg . . . London: Printed and sold by H. Trapp, 1788.","BX8571 .S7","

8vo. 70 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last leaf, with a numbered list of 7 books relating to the Unitas Fratrum. Preface dated Barby, December 12, 1780.

Not in Lowndes. Malin, page 103, no. 872.

Boards. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

August Gottlieb Spangenberg, 1704-1792, Count Zinzendorf's successor, and bishop of the Moravian brethren. He visited the Moravians in Pennsylvania and in other parts of the United States." "15450","J. 90","","","","Swedenborg on the intercourse between soul and body.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 104, as above, but with 8vo. for 12mo.","Swedenborg, Emanuel.","A Treatise on the Nature of Influx: or, the Intercourse between the Soul and Body, which is supposed to be either by Physical Influx, or by Spiritual Influx, or by Pre-established Harmony. Translated from the Latin of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg. By the Rev. Thomas Hartley, D.D. The First American Edition, from the third English Edition. Printed at Boston: by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1794.","BX8712 .16","

12mo. 87 leaves collating in sixes; pages 138-140, in the Appendix by the editor, contain a list with dates of Treatises by Swedenborg; the last 3 pages contain A Catalogue of such of the Theological Works of Emanuel Swedenborg as have been translated from the Latin and Published in England, &c. [with prices].

Evans 27765. Hyde 2544.

Rebound in half red morocco. Originally bound for Jefferson by John March on October 11, 1802, with others, 4 vols. 12mo. in all, cost $1.50., the reference being probably to 4 volumes of pamphlets. March's original silk bookmark is preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Two words are crossed out in ink on page 192.

For a note on Swedenborg and this work see the French translation in chapter 16, no. 1365.

Thomas Hartley, 1709?-1784, English clergyman and friend of Swedenborg, translated many of his works. This edition, according to Hyde, was reprinted from the London edition of 1788 at the expense of the Rev. W. Hill." "15460","91","","","","Spangenberg's Christian doctrine by La Trobe.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 106, as above, with reading Latrobe. 1831 Catalogue, page 122. no. J. 181, as above, Bath, 1796.","Spangenberg, August Gottlieb.","An Exposition of Christian Doctrine, as taught in the Protestant Church of the United Brethren, or, Unitas Fratrum. Written in German, by August Gottlieb Spangenberg; with a Preface by Benjamin La Trobe. The Second Edition. Bath: Printed by S. Hazard, 1796.","BX8571 .S75","

8vo. 278 leaves; on the last page a list of Books published, relating to, or in use among, the United Brethren.

Lowndes V, 2468. Malin, page 104, no. 225.

See no. 1544 above.

Benjamin Latrobe, prominent Moravian minister. He was the father of Benjamin Henry Latrobe." "15470","J. 92","","","","Castaliones dialogi sacri.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 24, as above.","Chateillon, Sébastien.","Dialogorum Sacrorum Libri IV. Et ad Linguam Rectè formandam, & ad Vitam sanctè instituendam, Christianæ Juventuti apprimè utiles. Auctore Sebastiano Castalione. Editio Decima quinta, prioribus longè correctior . . . Londini: Excudebat E. Janeway, sumptibus Stationariorum, 1722.","BS548 .C5","

Sm. 8vo. 96 leaves: A-M8.

This edition not in Haag and not in Lowndes.

Rebound in green buckram by the Library of Congress in 1925; some leaves cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the autograph signature of John Randolph on the title-page.

For a note on Chateillon see no. 1454.

The first edition was printed in Bâle in 1545, and the book was frequently reprinted. It is an abridgment in Latin prose of a number of Bible stories, and was originally intended for the young." "15480","J. 93","","","","Towers's illustrations of prophecy.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 107, as above.","Towers, Joseph Lomas.","Illustrations of Prophecy: in the course of which are elucidated many Predictions, which occur in Isaiah, and Daniel, in the Writings of the Evangelists, and the Books of Revelation; and which are thought to foretell, among other great events, A Revolution in France, favorable to the interests of Mankind, The Overthrow of the Papal Power, and of Ecclesiastical Tyranny, The Downfall of Civil Despotism, and the subsequent Melioration of the state of the world: Together with a large collection of extracts, interspersed through the work, and taken from numerous commentators . . . By the Rev. Joseph Towers, L.L.D. Vol. I [-II]. First American Edition. Philadelphia: Printed and published by William Duane, 1808.","BS647 .A2T6","

2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 172 leaves; vol. II, 206 leaves; collating in fours.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Not in Sabin.

Contemporary tree calf, repaired, gilt lines forming the compartments of the backs (backs scorched), marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by Thomas Leiper, who wrote to him from Philadelphia on January 15, 1809:

My friend Mr Carswell informs he has delivered you Doctor Towers Illustration of Prophecy—When I sent you the Book I took it for granted you had never seen the Book and by reading it you would see in a Concise point of view what God in his Providence intends to do with the Ten Kings and the Ten Kingdoms of Europe—The Title page I suppose you have already read . . .

Jefferson replied on January 21:

Your letter of the 15th. was duly recieved, and before that Towers's book, which you had been so kind as to send me, had come to hand, for which I pray you to recieve my thanks. you judge rightly that here, I have no time to read. a cursory view of the book shews me that the author is a man of much learning in his line. I have heard of some other late writer (the name I forget) who has undertaken to prove contrary events from the same sources . . .

Joseph Lomas Towers, 1767-1831, English Unitarian and librarian. The first edition was anonymously printed in 1796." "15490","J. 94","","","","Newton's prophecies of Daniel.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 166, as above.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John. In Two Parts. By Sir Isaac Newton. London: Printed by J. Darby and T. Browne, and sold by J. Roberts [and others], 1733.","BS1556 .N37","

First Edition. 4to. 166 leaves.

Lowndes III, 1675. Gray 328.

Old calf repaired, with later marbled end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This book is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and is included in a manuscript list of missing books, made between 1815 and 1830. It was returned at an early date and is credited to the Jefferson collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues.

This work, which gives an interpretation of Daniel's dreams, and considers the relation of the Apocalypse to the Books of Moses and to the prophecy of Daniel, was dedicated by Benjamin Smith to Peter King, first baron King of Ockham, the lord chancellor, whose arms are engraved at the head of the dedication." "15500","J. 95","","","","Peters on Job.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 167, as above.","Peters, Charles.","A critical Dissertation on the Book of Job. Wherein the Account given of that Book by the Author of The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated, &c. is particularly considered; The Antiquity of the Book vindicated; The great Text (Chap. xix. 25—) explained; And a Future State shewn to have been the Popular Belief of the ancient Jews or Hebrews. By Charles Peters, A.M. Rector of St. Mabyn, Cornwall. London: Printed by E. Owen, and sold by S. Birt and B. Dod, C. Bathurst, London; J. Fletcher, Oxford; W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge, and E. Score, Junior, Exeter, 1751.","BS1415 .P45","

First Edition. 4to. 234 leaves.

Lowndes IV, 1839.

Original calf, gilt line borders, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles Peters, 1690-1774, Cornish Hebrew scholar." "15510","J. 96","","","","Gregorii Cortesiis Cardinalis opera.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 164, as above.","Cortese, Giovanni Andrea.","Gregorii Cortesii Monachi Casinatis S. R. E. Cardinalis omnia, quæ huc usque colligi potuerunt, sive ab eo scripta, sive ad illum spectantia. Pars Prima. [-Pars II.] Patavii: excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1774.","BX890 .C67","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 147 and 122 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by A. Rossi before each part, engraved vignette on both titles.

Not in Brunet. Ebert 5321.

Old tree calf, y.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Giovanni Andrea Cortese [Gregorio], 1483-1548, Cardinal and monastic reformer, a benedictine. This is the first edition of his collected works, and was published by Bishop Gradenigo of Ceneda, whose life of Cortese prefaces the work." "15520","J. 97","","","","Leggenda di Giosafat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 39, as above.","[Damascenus, Johannes.]","[Vita di san Giosafat convertito da Barlaam . . . ? Venezia, n. d. circa 1600.]","PQ4265 .B34","

16mo. Imperfect, lacks the title and leaves at the end; collates A16 (lacks A1), B16, C15, woodcuts in the text.

See Kuhn, page 64, no. 10.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers, blue silk bookmark, by John March; many leaves cut close, some leaves damp stained. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A title has been supplied in manuscript: Vita del S. Giosafat convertito da Barlaam, ristampata, e di varie figure adornata. Messina, Bisagni, 1678. A later hand has added a note: The word ''Incomincia'' with which the book begins, the rudeness of the numerals, of the plates, and of the type lead me to believe that this copy cannot be of the edition of 1678. Perhaps it may belong to that of 1539 printed at Venice, by Bindoni, in octavo. This edition bore the title, La vita di san Giosaphat convertito per Barlaam.

Jefferson's edition is a 16mo, and could not be therefore either that of 1678 or of 1539, both of which were in 8vo. According to Kuhn an edition in 16mo was published by Georgio Antonio Remondini at Venice and Bassano about 1600, reprinted in a second edition without date, and a third at Modena in 1768. This is possibly the first of these three editions.

March's binding bill was presented on October 11, 1802, cost 0.62½.

Johannes Damascenus, d. before 754, a theologian of the Eastern Church." "15530","J. 98","","","","Vieilles de St. Augustin. par Gazzera.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 37, as above.","Gazzera, Henri.","Les Veilles de Saint-Augustin, évêque d'Hippone; Ouvrage traduit de l'Italien. Première édition Françoise. Par Henri Gazzera, Membre de plusieurs Académies, Docteur, ex-Professeur de Théologie au Séminaire de Velletri . . . A Avignon: chez la Ve. Seguin, An XI.—1803.","BX2185 .G33","

First Edition. 12mo. 150 leaves collating in twelves. At the foot of the last page is printed: Incessament les Nuits de Ste. Madelaine penitente. With the autograph signature of the author, H. Gazzera, at the end.

Not in Quérard.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers, silk bookmark. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson and with his shelfmark, C. 17. 37, written on a slip and pasted down on the half-title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author. See no. 1521, where it is also explained by the author that this work is in imitation of Young's Night Thoughts." "15540","J. 99","","","","Les Nuits de Ste. Marie Madelaine par Gazzera.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 38, as above.","[Gazzera, Henri.]","Les Nuits de Ste Marie-Magdelaine pénitente, ouvrage traduit de l'Italien; Par M.l'Auteur des Veilles de Saint-Augustin . . . A Paris: chez Samson, 1807.","BX2185 .G3","

First Edition. 12mo. 97 leaves including the half-title: [ ]5, 1-712, 88. The guarantee signed by the publisher Samson.

Quérard III, 298.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, sprinkled edges, marbled end papers, some leaves partly unopened. Initialled by Jefferson with a T before signature 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author. This work was also written in imitation of Young's Night Thoughts." "15550","J. 100","","","","Point de croix point de Couronne. par Guillaume Penn.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 109, as above.","Penn, William.","Point de Croix, Point de Couronne. Discours dans lequel en expliquant la Nature et la Discipline de la Sainte Croix de Christ, l'Auteur fait voir que la seule voie pour arriver au repos et au Royaume de Dieu, est de se renoncer soi-même, et de porter chaque jour la Croix de Christ: Auquel il a ajouté, Les Témoignages de plusieurs Personnages savans et célèbres, tant anciens que modernes, qui viennent à l'appui des Vérités contenues dans ce Traité. En Deux Parties. Par Guillaume Penn . . . Traduit de l'Anglois, par Ed. P. Bridel. A Londres: de l'Imprimerie de Jacques Phillips, M, DCC, XCIII. [1793]","BX7617 .P5N65","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 270 leaves.

Smith II, page 301.

Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Penn, 1644-1718, English Quaker, and founder of Pennsylvania. The first edition of No Cross, No Crown was printed in 1669. This is the first edition of Bridel's translation, but not the first translation into French." "15560","J. 101","","","","Histoire du Calvinisme de Maimbourg.","","16s. Par. 1682.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 44, as above.","Maimbourg, Louis.","Histoire du Calvinisme. Par Monsieur Maimbourg. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigée. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris: chez Sebastien Mabre Cramoisy, M. DC. LXXXII. [1682]","BX9421 .M3","

12mo. 282 leaves, engraved frontispiece, Sphere device on the printed title.

Backer V, 353, no. 20.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of John Carey, who has written on the back of the frontispiece: Si vous prenez la peine de lire les Calomies du lache menteur Maimbourg, prenez aussi celle de lire la critique generale de cette histoire, imprimée a Villefranche l'an 1683. F. Carey, 1787. Other manuscript notes in an earlier hand occur, including the name Houquiers.

Louis Maimbourg, 1610-1683, French Jesuit and historian." "15570","J. 102","","","","Critique de l'hist. du Calvinisme de Maimb. par Bayle.","","16s. Ville-Franche. 1683.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 45, as above.","[Bayle, Pierre.]","Critique générale de l'histoire du Calvinisme de Mr Maimbourg. Seconde édition. Revûë & beaucoup augmentée [-Tome second]. A Ville-Franche: chez Pierre le Blanc, MDCLXXXIII. [1683]","BX9421 .M3B3","

12mo. 2 vol. in 1, with continuous signatures and pagination; 347 leaves collating in twelves; the title page for the Tome Second on an unsigned leaf following R12.

Barbier I, 824. Haag II, 64. Not in Quérard.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the original sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Par Mr Bayle written on the title-page, some passages underscored.

Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706, French philosopher and man of letters. The first edition of this work was published in 1683. For Maimbourg's Histoire du Calvinisme, and John Carey's manuscript reference to Bayle's book see the previous entry." "15580","J. 103","","","","Witherspoon's works.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 144, as above.","Witherspoon, John.","The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D. L.L.D. late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey. To which is prefixed An account of the author's life, in a sermon occasioned by his death, by the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York. In three volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Printed and published by William W. Woodward, 1800. [Copy Right Secured.]","BX8915 .W5","

First Edition. 8vo. Vol. I and II only. 304 and 316 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 104946.

Original tree sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Witherspoon, 1723-1794, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Scotland. In 1768 he accepted the Presidency of the College of New Jersey, and came to America. It was Witherspoon who, in 1781, noting the differences in the English language as spoken in America, coined the word ''Americanism''.

John Rodgers, 1727-1811, Presbyterian clergyman.

Jefferson had only the first two volumes. The title-page calls for three, though the complete work is in four volumes. Volume IV was added in 1801, too late to change the title-pages on the other three." "15590","J. 104","","","","Barrow's works.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 187, as above.","Barrow, Isaac.","The Works of the learned Isaac Barrow, D.D. late Master of Trinity-College in Cambridge. (Being all his English Works.) In three volumes. Published by his Grace Dr. John Tillotson, late Archbishop of Canterbury. The fifth edition corrected. The first [-third] volume . . . London: Printed for A. Millar, and J. and R. Tonson, M DCC XLI. [1741]","BX5037 .B3","

3 vol. in 2. Folio. Vol. I, 404 leaves, lacks the portrait; vol. II and III, 200 and 202 leaves respectively; the titles vary in each volume.

Lowndes I, 122.

Old calf, repaired and rebacked with new endpapers (in 1901). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I and II.

Isaac Barrow, 1630-1677, English divine, was master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and an eminent classical scholar and mathematician. His works were published after his death by Dean Tillotson (q. v.), 4 vol. folio, 1683-9, and several times reissued." "15600","J. 105","","","","Tillotson's sermons.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 188, as above.","Tillotson, John.","The Works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. In three volumes. To this edition is now first prefix'd The Life of the Author, compiled chiefly from his Original Papers and Letters. By Thomas Birch, M.A. Rector of the United Parishes of St. Margaret Pattens and St. Gabriel Fenchurch, and Secretary to the Royal Society. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton [and others], MDCC.LII. [1752]","BX5133 .T5W6","

3 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 395 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Ravenet after Keller; vol. II, 356 leaves; vol. III, 350 leaves; the titles vary in each volume.

Lowndes V, 2684.

Old tree calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all volumes.

John Tillotson, 1630-1694, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Thomas Birch, 1705-1766, English historian and biographer." "15610","J. 106","","","","Clarke's sermons.","","10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 145, as above.","Clarke, Samuel.","Sermons on the following Subjects, viz.: Of Faith in God. Of the Unity of God. Of the Eternity of God . . . By Samuel Clarke, D.D. Late Rector of St. James's, Westminster. Published from the author's manuscript, By John Clarke, D.D. Dean of Sarum. Vol. I [—The tenth and last volume]. With A Preface, giving some account of the life, writings, and character, of the author: By Benjamin, Lord Bishop of Salisbury. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed by W. Botham, for James and John Knapton, MDCCXXX-MDCCXXXI. [1730,1]","BX5133 .C65S4","

10 vol. 8vo. 234, 208, 200, 216, 210, 228, 212, 220, 232, 230 leaves; at the end of vol. I is a Catalogue of the Works of the Reverend Dr. Samuel Clarke, in the Order of Time, in which They were published; publisher's advertisements at the end of several volumes.

Rebound in half red roan in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

On the title-page of each volume is written: Mary Pearse 11 vol. [for the eleventh volume see the next entry.]

Samuel Clarke, 1675-1729, English divine and philosopher. This edition of his sermons was published by his brother John Clarke. Prefixed is a life of the author by Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761, bishop of Winchester, who desired that for a memorial he might be thought of and spoke of, in ages to come, under the character of the friend of Dr. Clarke." "15620","J. 107","","","","Clarke's 17. sermons.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 146, as above.","Clarke, Samuel.","XVII Sermons on several Occasions: Particularly Of the Great Duty of Universal Love and Charity. Of the Government of Passion. Discourses upon Occasion of the Plague . . . By Samuel Clarke, D.D. Rector of St James's Westminster. The second edition. London: Printed by William Botham, for James Knapton, MDCCXXIV. [1724]","BX5133 .C65S5","

8vo. 204 leaves the last 2 with publisher's advertisement.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half morocco, in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title is written: Mary Pearse 11 vol. [for the other 10 volumes see the previous entry.]" "15630","J. 108","","","","Atterbury's sermons.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 147, as above.","Atterbury, Francis.","Sermons and Discourses on several subjects and occasions. By Francis Atterbury, D.D. Late Lord Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed by S. Aris, for Jonah Bowyer, 1723.","BX5133 .A8S4","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I. 208 leaves, b2 in the preliminary matter has errata on the recto and the publisher's advertisement on the verso, 3 pages of advertisement at the end; vol. II, 208 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Francis Atterbury, 1662-1732, Bishop of Rochester. These sermons were published the year of his banishment for supposed complicity in a Jacobite plot." "15640","J. 109","","","","South's sermons.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 148, as above.","South, Robert.","Sermons preached upon several Occasions. In six volumes. By Robert South, D.D. Late Prebendary of Westminster, and Canon of Christ-Church, Oxon. With the chief Heads of the Sermons prefix'd to each volume; and a general Index of the principal matters. London: Printed for H. Lintot, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]","BX5133 .S6S4","

2 vol. (only). 8vo. Vol. I, 248 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue pasted down on the inside cover; vol. II, 252 leaves, the last 3 pages with a list of books printed for H. Lintot.

Lowndes V, 2457.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, in vol. I pasted on to the lower part of the portrait.

Robert South, 1643-1716, English divine." "15650","J. 110","","","","Foster's sermons.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 149, as above.","Foster, James.","Sermons on the following subjects, viz. Of the universal sense of good and evil. The characters of the righteous and good man compared; or benevolence the noblest branch of social virtue . . . [sixteen subjects in all]. By James Foster. London: Printed for J. Noon, M. DCC. XXXII. [1732]","BX5201 .F6","

8vo. 221 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

James Foster, 1697-1753, English clergyman." "15660","J. 111","","","","Sherlock's sermons.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 150, as above.","Sherlock, Thomas.","Several discourses preached at the Temple Church. By Tho. Sherlock, D.D. late Lord Bishop of London, and Master of the Temple. Vol. I [-IV]. The fifth edition. London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, and W. Owen, and E. Baker at Tunbridge, M DCC LXIV. [1764]","BX5133 .S5S4","

4 vol. 8vo. 204, 216, 204 and 200 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last page of vol. I, the last leaf of vol. IV a blank.

Lowndes IV, 2381.

Sprinkled calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Sherlock, 1678-1761, Bishop of London. These Discourses were first published in 1754." "15670","J. 112","","","","Calamy's sermons.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 151, as above.","Calamy, Benjamin.","Sermons preached upon several occasions. Never before printed. By Benjamin Calamy, D.D. late vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry, and one of His Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary. London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Henry Dickenson and Richard Green, Booksellers in Cambridge, and are to be sold by Walter Davis in Amen-Corner, 1687.","BX5133 .C25S4","

First Edition. 8vo. 252 leaves.

STC C221.

Old calf, ornamental frame sides in blind. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Benjamin Calamy, 1642-1686, Prebendary of St. Paul's." "15680","J. 113","","","","Fleetwood's sermons.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 152, as above.","Fleetwood, William.","The Relative duties of parents and children, husbands and wives, masters and servants; consider'd in sixteen practical discourses: with three sermons upon the case of self-murther. By William Fleetwood, D.D. (Now Lord Bishop of Ely.) The second edition. Necessary for all Families. London: Printed for John Hooke, MDCCXVI. [1716]","BX5133 .F7R4","

8vo. 204 leaves, the title for the Three Sermons on Self-Murther . . . London 1716, is on Y7.

Not in Lowndes.

Old panelled calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Fleetwood, 1656-1723, Bishop of Ely." "","","","","","Sterne's sermons.","","7. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. unnumbered: [Sterne's sermons, 7 vol. 12mo] in his works Ch. 34, No. 20, post.","","","","Jefferson had a copy of Sterne's Sermons in 7 volumes, 12mo. which was missing at the time of the sale to Congress and not replaced. A 12mo. edition of preference was on the list of missing books sent by Jefferson to Milligan on March 28, 1815, with the request that he procure replacement copies." "15690","114","","","","Price's Sermons.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 153, as above.","Price, Richard","Sermons on the Christian Doctrine as received by the different Denominations of Christians. To which are added, Sermons on the Security and Happiness of a virtuous course, on the Goodness of God, and the Resurrection of Lazarus. By Richard Price, D.D. L.L.D. F.R.S. and Fellow of the American Philosophical Societies at Philadelphia and Boston. The second edition corrected; with an appendix, occasioned by Dr. Priestley's Letters to the Author. London: Printed for T. Cadell, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787]","BX5201 .P67","

8vo. 212 leaves. The last 2 leaves of the work, Cc7, 8, have a list of books by the same author, paged [ ]-[4] and are followed by a sheet of 8 leaves, sig. [A], paged [ ]-16, with the publishers' lists, dated 1788.

Thomas, page 176.

Presented to Jefferson by the author to whom the former wrote from Paris on July 12, 1789, requesting information on material on the Socinian doctrine:

. . . is there any thing good on the subject of the Socinian doctrine, levelled to a mind not habituated to abstract reasoning? I would thank you to recommend such a work to me, or have you written any thing of that kind? that is what I should like best, as none are so easy to be understood as those who understand themselves . . .

Dr. Price replied from Hackney on August 3 by sending this work and other pamphlets:

In consequence of your desire that I would convey to you some tracts on the Socinian doctrine I desire your acceptance of the volume of Sermons and the pamphlets that accompany this letter. The first part of Dr. Priestley's letters I cannot immediately get; but it shall be sent to you by the first opportunity. The pamphlet entitited Two Schemes of a Trinity &c. is reckon'd by the Socinians one of the best of all the publications in favour of their doctrine. You will see that Dr Priestley and I differ much, but we do it with perfect respect for one another.—He is a materialist and fatalist and we published some years ago a correspondence on these subjects . . .

Jefferson wrote to thank the author on September 13, for the book & pamphlets by m[???] Stone.

For a note on the author see no. 1248. The first edition of these Sermons was also published in 1787, but in view of Price's reference to Dr. Priestley's letters it seems more probable that he sent Jefferson the second edition with the Appendix. There is no clue to the provenance of the Library of Congress copy." "15700","J. 115","","","","Sermons de Bourdaloue.","","17. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 67, as above.","Bourdaloue, Louis.","Sermons du Pere Bourdaloue, de la Compagnie de Jesus . . . Nouvelle édition. Paris: aux dépens de Rigaud [and others], M. DCC. XVI.-M. DCC. LXXVIII. Avec Privilège du Roi [1716-1778]","BX890 .B74","

17 vol. 12mo. A mixed edition. The titles and publishers vary in the different volumes. The subjects and dates are: vol. I, Avent, 1716; vol. II-IV, Carême, 1716; vol. V-VIII, Dominical, 1716, 1726; vol. IX-X, Exhortations, 1724; vol. XI-XII, Mystères, 1726; vol. XIII-XIV, Panegyriques, 1723; vol. XV, Retraite, 1777; vol. XVI-XVII, Tables, 1778.

Quérard I, 464. Backer II, page 7, no. 3, note.

Bound for Jefferson in French calf, gilt vase ornaments on the back, pale blue end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume (in the first volume of Carême Jefferson's initial J on sig. T has been almost obliterated with ink). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 42-10+.

Louis Bourdaloue, 1632-1704, French Jesuit and preacher." "15710","J. 116","","","","Sermons de Massilon.","","15. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 68, as above, with reading Massillon.","Massillon, Jean Baptiste.","Sermons de M. Massillon, évêque de Clermont, ci-devant Prêtre de l'Oratoire, l'un des Quarantes de l'Académie Françoise . . . A Paris: chez Moutardier [and others], 1776-1801.","BX890 .M35","

15 vol. 12mo. A mixed edition. Collates in twelves. The titles and publishers vary in the different volumes; several were published by Jefferson's bookseller Froullé. The subjects and dates are as follows: vol. I, Avent, 1801; vol. II-V, Carême, published by Froullé, 1787; vol. VI-VIII, Conférences, 1776; vol. IX, Mystères, Froullé, 1792; vol. X, Oraisons Funèbres, An VII; vol. XI, Panégyriques, 1776; vol. XII, Pensées, Froullé, de l'imprimerie de Lottin, 1787; vol. XIII, Petit Carême, Froullé, 1788; vol. XIV-XV, Paraphrase morale, Froullé, 1791.

Quérard V, 605.

Old sheep, gilt backs, marbled end papers, red and sprinkled edges, red silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from N. G. Dufief, March 1, 1803, price $15.00.

Jean Baptiste Massillon, 1663-1742, French bishop and preacher." "15720","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Sermon. by Wm. Smith.","i.","","","Smith, William.","A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, On Friday, October 7th, 1785, before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the States of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina. On occasion of the First Introduction of the Liturgy and Public Service of the said Church, as altered and recommended to future Use, by the Convention. By William Smith, D.D. Principal of Washington College, and Rector of Chester Parish, in the State of Maryland. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves collating in fours; lower margins uncut.

Evans 19247. Smith, Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith II, page 431.

For other works by William Smith, see the Index. He was the first president of Washington College, Maryland." "15730","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","m[???] Wharton","ii.","","","Wharton, Charles Henry.","A Sermon on the relations of the Christian Ministry. Preached at St. Peter's and Christ Church, in the City of Philadelphia, the second day of October, 1785, and published at the request of the Episcopal Convention. By Charles H. Wharton, D.D. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves collating in fours; the lower edges uncut.

Evans 19383.

Charles Henry Wharton, 1748-1833, a native of Maryland, was born a Roman Catholic, and educated at the English Jesuits' College at St. Omer's. He left the Roman Church while chaplain to the Roman Catholics in Worcester, England, and eventually became a protestant Episcopal clergyman. He returned to America in 1783. He was a friend of William Smith, and worked with him on the church liturgy." "15740","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","the bishop of St. Asaph","iii.","","","Shipley, Jonathan.","A Sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday, February 19, 1773. By the Right Reverend Jonathan Shipley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. A new edition. London: Printed for J. Whiston, Bookseller, M DCC LXXIV. [Price two pence, or one penny for not less than fifty.] [1774]","","

8vo. 8 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. See Lowndes IV, 2383.

Jonathan Shipley, 1714-1788, bishop of St. Asaph. Regarding this sermon, Benjamin Franklin wrote to his son William Franklin, from London on April 6, 1773:

. . . I have sent to Mr. Galloway, one of the Bishop of St. Asaph's Sermons to your Society for propagating the Gospel. I would have sent you one, but you will receive it of course as a Member. It contains such liberal and generous Sentiments, relating to the Conduct of Government here towards America, that Sir J. P. [John Pringle] says it was written in compliment to me. But from the Intimacy of Friendship in which I live with the Author, I know he has express'd nothing but what he thinks and feels; and I honour him the more, that thro' the mere Hope of doing Good, he has hazarded the Displeasure of the Court, and of course the Prospect of further Preferment . . ." "15750","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","President stiles","iv.","","","Stiles, Ezra.","The United States elevated to Glory and Honor. A Sermon, preached before His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq L.L.D. Governor and Commander in Chief, and the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, convened at Hartford, at the Anniversary Election, May 8th, 1783. By Ezra Stiles, D.D. President of Yale-College. New-Haven: Printed by Thomas & Samuel Green, M, DCC, LXXXIII. [1783]","","

8vo. 50 leaves.

Evans 18198. Trumbull 1422. Dexter II, page 95, no. 5.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the half-title (the inscription cut into by the binder):

His Excellency Thomas Jefferson American Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States for [ ] Treaties of Co[???]erce with European Powers. Ezra [—.]

Jefferson is twice mentioned in the work. On page 46 as one of those who merit commemoration: Jefferson, who poured the soul of the continent into the monumental act of independence; on page 48 as one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795, became president of Yale College in 1778." "15760","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","anonymous","2. v.","","","[Blackburne, Francis.]","Two Sermons preached on a Fast Day during the late war with France. London: Printed for J. Bew, MDCCLXXVIII. [Price six-pence.] [1778]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 136.

Francis Blackburne, 1705-1787, Archdeacon of Clevedon." "15770","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Dr. Price—Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.","vi.","","","Price, Richard.","The Evidence for a future period of improvement in the state of mankind, with the means and duty of promoting it, represented in a Discourse, delivered on Wednesday the 25th of April, 1787, at the meeting-house in the Old Jewry, London, to the supporters of a New Academical Institution among Protestant dissenters. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. London: Printed by H. Goldney, for T. Cadell, and J. Johnson, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 46 leaves: []2, B-H4, []1, A-B4, []1, A6; the second and third alphabets for Reports on the new academical institution; the recto of the second leaf (verso blank) has Cadell's advertisement of 2 books just published by the same author; the last leaf with Cadell's list of books (XII numbered) by the same author.

Thomas, page 177.

These pamphlets were probably sent to Jefferson by the author with his other sermons and pamphlets, q. v. The two Reports are listed as separate entries by Jefferson on the fly-leaf.

An undated letter from Price to Jefferson reads:

Dr Price presents his best respects to Mr Jefferson and takes the liberty to introduce to him (Mr Ashburnham) the young person who is the bearer of this note . . . The Book and the Pamphlet wch. accompany this note Dr Price presents to Mr Jefferson not from any opinion of their value, but merely as a testimony of the high respect which he always feels for Mr Jefferson, and of his gratitude to him for the satisfaction and instruction he has received from Mr Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia." "15780","J. 117","Sermons by Smith, Wharton, Shipley, Stiles, Price & others. Reports on the new Academical institution for Dissenters. Trial of Elwall for Heresy & Blasphemy 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 154, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. marbled calf, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55.T4 vol 8.[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:

Sermon. by Wm. Smith.

m[???] Wharton

the bishop of St. Asaph

President stiles

2. anonymous

Dr. Price.

Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.

Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.

These tracts are listed also in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.","Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.","vii.","","","[Priestley, Joseph.]","The Triumph of Truth; being an account of the trial of Mr. E. Elwall, for heresy and blasphemy, at Stafford Assizes, before Judge Denton. To which are added, Extracts from William Penn's Sandy Foundation Shaken. And a few additional illustrations. By the Author of An Appeal to the serious and candid Professors of Christianity. &c. The second edition . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson. [Price one penny.] n. d.","","

12mo. 12 leaves; advertisement on the verso of the title-leaf.

Halkett and Laing VI, 102. Fulton and Peters, Addenda, page vi.

Edward Elwall, 1676-1744, English Sabbatarian, published in 1724 A True Testimony for God, which led eventually to his prosecution for blasphemy. This tract by Priestley served to keep alive Elwall's name, and became a stock tract with the unitarians." "15790","J. 118","","","","Philo Judaeus. Gr. Lat. Pfeiffer.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 91, as above.","Philo Judaeus.","Philonis Ivdaei Opera Omnia Graece et Latine ad Editionem Thomae Mangey collatis aliqvot MSS. edenda cvravit Avgvstvs Fridericvs Pfeiffer . . . Vol. I [-IV]. Erlangae: svmtv Wolfgangi Waltheri, [Norimbergae, Typis Stiebnerianis] cI[???] I[???]cc Ixxxv-cI[???] I[???]cc Ixxxviii. [1785-1788]","PA4268 .A2","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 236 leaves; vol. II, 237 leaves; vol. III, 263 leaves; vol. IV, 223 leaves. Greek and Latin text on opposite pages; printer's imprint at end of each volume.

Graesse V, 269. Goodhart and Goodenough, no. 407.

Originally bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt vase ornaments on the back; vol. III in this binding, with remains of the 1815 bookplate; vol. I, II, and IV rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress.

Purchased by Jefferson from Armand Koenig of Strassburg. Ordered in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1789; sent from Strassburg on July 8; price 28 livres. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Philo Judaeus, fl. B. C. 20-A. D. 20, Jewish philosopher.

Thomas Mangey, 1688-1755, English divine. His first edition of Philo was published in London in 1742, 2 vol. folio.

August Friedrich Pfeiffer, 1748-1817, German scholar. This is his first edition of Mangey's Philo; a fifth volume was published in 1792." "15800","J. 119","","","","Lactantius on the deaths of persecutors.","","12mo. (8. c)","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 33, as above.","Lactantius Firmianus, Lucius Coelius.","A Relation of the death of the primitive persecutors. Written originally in Latin by L. C. F. Lactantius. English'd by Gilbert Burnet, DD. To which he hath made a large Preface concerning Persecution. Amsterdam: Printed for J. S., 1687.","BR1603 .L35","

First Edition, second issue. 12mo. 84 leaves collating in twelves; with 6 lines of errata at the end, some of the corrections in which have already been made in the printed text, and are scored through in ink; the other corrections are made in ink.

Graesse IV, 68. STC L142. Lowndes III, 1296.

Rebound in red buckram by the Library of Congress in 1935; some leaves cut close, and headlines cut into. Not initialled by Jefferson (signatures to G only), but with his shelf-mark, C. 17. 33, written by him on a slip and pasted on to the title-page.

This treatise was not included in the earlier editions of the works of Lactantius and was first inserted in 1679 by Baluze.

Other works by Gilbert Burnet occur in this catalogue." "15810","?J. 120","","","","Justini Martyris opera. item Athenagorae Atheniensis Theophili Antiocheni Tatiani Assyrii Hermiae Philosophi tractatus Gr. Lat.","","fol. Par. 1636. (1)","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 177, as above, untabulated.","Justin Martyr.","Toυ εν αξιoις πατϱoς ημων Ioυστινoυ &phis;ιλoσo&phis;oυ και μαϱτυϱoς σωζoμενα. Sancti Patris nostri Ivstini Philosophi et Martyris Opera. Item Athenagoræ Atheniensis, Theophili Antiocheni, Tatiani Assyrij, & Hermiæ Philosophi tractatus aliquot, quos sequens pagina indicabit. Quæ omnia Græcè & Latinè emendatiora prodeunt. Parisiis: apud Clavdivm Sonnivm, M. DC. XXXVI. Cvm privilegio Regis. [1636]","BR65 .J8 1636","

Folio. 444 leaves collating in sixes; Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns; engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved device on the title.

Graesse III, 515.

A copy in the Library of Congress was probably Jefferson's copy. It has the signature of John Carey, several of whose books are in the Jefferson collection.

Justin Martyr, b. circa 100 A. D., one of the earliest Christian apologists." "15820","J. 121","","","","Clemens Alexandrinus. Gr.","","fol. (3)","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 178, as above.","Clement of Alexandria.","Kλημεντoς Aλεζανδϱεως τα Eυϱισκoμενα. Clementis Alexandrini Opera qvæ exstant. Diversæ lectiones, et emandationes . . . Opera Friderici Sylbvrgii Veter. [Heidelberg] Ex Typographeio Hieronymi Commelini, cI[???] I[???] xcII. [1592]","BR65 .C6","

Folio. 226 leaves collating in sixes and in fours, woodcut device on the title-page.

This edition not in Brunet. Graesse II, 198. Dibdin I, 188.

Calf; many leaves foxed, some margins cut away. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. From the library of Wm. Cocke, with his autograph signature on the title Other manuscript inscriptions and notes.

Clement of Alexandria, born about 150, Greek anti-Nicene Father of the Church.

For a note on Sylburg, see no. 48." "15830","J. 122","","","","Clemens Alexandrinus. Gr. Lat. Heinsii.","","fol. Lut. Par. 1641. (4)","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 179, as above.","Clement of Alexandria.","Kλημεντoς Aλεξανδϱεως τα Eυϱισκoμενα. Clementis Alexandrini Opera græce et latine qvæ extant. Post accvratam Danielis Heinsii recensionem . . . Accedunt diuersæ lectiones & emendationes . . . à Friderico Sylbvrgio collectæ . . . Lvtetiæ Parisorvm: Typis Regijs, M. DC. XXXXI. [1641]","BR65 .C6 1641","

Folio. 510 leaves collating in sixes; woodcut Lutetia ship device on the title-page; title printed in red and black; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Graesse II, 198. Dibdin I, 188.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the armorial bookplate: Ex Cata[???] Bibliothecæ Cavmartin. Manuscript notes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson may have obtained this with his inheritance from George Wythe; some of the notes appear to be in his hand." "15840","J. 123","","","","Origen contra Celsum et de amore pulchri.","","4to. (5)","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 161, as above.","Origen.","Ωϱιγενης κατα Kελσoυ εν Toμoις η. . . . Origenis contra Celsum Libri octo: Ejusdem Philocalia. Gulielmus Spencerus, Cantabrigiensis, Collegii Trinitatis Socius, utriusq; operis versionem recognovit, & Annotationes adjecit. Accedunt item notæ Davidis Hoeschelii in octo Libros Origenis, unà cum notis Jo. Tarini in Philocaliam. Cum indice rerum & verborum locupletissimo. Cantabrigiæ: excudebat Joan. Hayes, celeberrimæ Academiæ Typographus. Impensis Guli. Morden, Bibliopolæ, M. DC. LXXVII. [1677]","BT1116 .O6A3","

4to. 3 parts in 1, with continuous signatures and separate pagination, 346 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last page, tide-page printed in red and black, Latin and Greek text in parallel columns. The title-page for Origiensis Philokalia, with imprint dated 1676 on sig. Iii4, and the half-title for Gulielmi Spenceri Annotationes on Aaaa2.

Graesse V, 46. STC O425. Bowes 160. This edition not in Dibdin.

Old calf, repaired at joints. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson quoted from the works of Origen, in Latin, in letters on science and religion to John Adams (in 1820), and to Augustus B. Woodward (in 1824).

Contra Celsum was written in 248 in reply to the polemic against Christianity of the Greek Celsus.

Philocalia was compiled from the works of Origen by Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus.

William Spencer, c. 1630-1713-14, English scholar. His first edition of Origen was printed in Cambridge in 1658." "15850","124","","","","Origene contre Celse. par. Bouhereau.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 162, as above.","Origen—Bouhéreau, Elie.","Traité d'Origène contre Celse. Ou défence de la religion chrétienne contre les accusations des païens. Traduit du Grec par Elie Bouhéreau. A Amsterdam: chez Henry Desbordes, M. D. CC. [1700]","BT1116 .O7F3","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 252 leaves collating in fours, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece.

Quérard VI, 499. Haag II, 421.

Bought by Jefferson from Lackington, ordered from his catalogue for 1792, no. 14150, through A. Donald, on November 23, 1791, billed on December 31, price 3/-.

Elie Bouhéreau, b. 1642, French doctor of medicine and Protestant minister." "15860","J. 125","","","","Origenis Philocalia. Gr. Lat.","","4to. (6)","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 160, as above.","Origen.","Origenis Adamantii Philocalia, de obscvris S. Scriptvrae locis, a SS. PP. Basilio Magno, & Gregorio Theologo, ex variis Origenis Commentariis excerpta. Quid insuper in hoc opere contineatur, sequens pag. indicabit. Omnia nunc primùm Graecè edita, ex Bibliotheca Regia, operâ & studio Io. Tarini Andegaui, que & Latina fecit & Notis illustrauit. Lvtetiae Parisiorvm: apud Sebastianvm Cramoisy, M. DC. XXIV. Cvm privilegio Regis. [1624]","BR65 .O4","

4to. 391 leaves only, should be 392, one leaf, sig. Iiiiiii, pages 621-2, torn away, the last leaf a blank, printer's woodcut device on the title (title-leaf defective), Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns.

Graesse V, 47.

Original vellum. Not initialled by Jefferson. On the title-page is written: Dom Profess. Burdlyal Soc. Jesu Catal. Inscriptus dono illustr. d. de Bethune archip. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean Tarin, 1586-1666, French humanist." "15870","?J. 126","","","","Minucii Octavius","","16s. (8)a.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 31, Tertullianus, 16s.","Tertullianus, Quintus Septimus Florens.","[Q. Septimii Florentis Tertulliani Apologeticus et ad Scapulam liber. Accessit M. Minucii Felicis Octavius. Cantabrigiæ: Impensis H. Dickenson & R. Green, ex officina Johannis Hayes, 1686]","BT1116 .T4","

12mo. Imperfect copy, lacks the general title. 3 parts in 1. 149 leaves (should be 150): a3 (should be a4) A-M12, N2; continuous signatures, separate titles and pagination for the 3 parts, the title for Ad Scapulam Liber on F8; for M. Minucii Felicis Octavius on G4; woodcut arms of Cambridge University on both present titles; list of books printed for and sold by R. Green on the last leaf.

Lowndes V, 2609. Not in Bowes.

Rebound in buckram in 1929. Not initialled by Jefferson; the date, 1686, written in ink at the foot of two title-pages, may be by him.

A copy of Tertullianus. i. v. 16[???]. was purchased by Jefferson from Louis Giradin's catalogue, on July 7, 1814.

Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullianus, c. 155-c. 222, the creator of Christian Latin literature.

For another edition of Octavius see no. 1331. This edition has the preface of F. Balduinus." "15880","J. 127","","","","Lactantius.","","16s. (8. b.)","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 32, Lactantius, 12mo.","Lactantius Firmianus, Lucius Coelius.","[L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Diuinar[???] Institution[???]. Lib. VII. De Ira dei Liber I. De Opficio Dei Liber I. Epitome in libros suos, Liber acephalos . . . Lugduni: apud Ioannem Tornaesium, & Gul. Gazeium, 15?-.]","BR65 .L2","

Sm. 8vo. Lacks the title-leaf and the last leaf, several leaves defective at the beginning. This is one of the several editions printed and edited by Tornaesius at Lyons and closely resembles his edition of 1556; it collates in eights to ff, 787 pages plus 44 pages Index; printed in italic letter throughout.

Not in Baudrier.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. i and t and with his original shelf mark on a slip pasted down on the first present leaf, tending to prove that the title-leaf was missing when he acquired the book. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Lucius Coelius Lactantius Firmianus, c. 260-c. 340, was born in Africa." "15890","128","","","","Gregorius Nazianzenus. Gr. Lat. Prunaei.","","2. v. fol. Coloniae. 1690. (9)","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 180, as above.","St. Gregory of Nazianzus.","Toυ εν αγιoις πατϱoς ημων Γϱηγoϱιoυ Nαζιανζηνoυ τα ευϱισκoμενα. Sancti Patris nostri Gregorii Nazianzeni Theologi, Opera. Jac. Billivs Prvnævs, S. Michaelis in eremo coenobiarcha, cum MSS. Regiis contulit, emendavit, interpretatus est, una cum doctissimis Græcorum Niceta Serronii, Pselli, Nonii, & Eliæ Cretensis commentariis. Aucta est hæc editio aliquammultis ejusdem Gregorii Epistolis nunquam antea editis, ex interpretatione Fed. Morelli Professoris & Interpretis Regii. Coloniæ: sumptibus Mavritii Georgii Weidmanni, M DC LXXXX. [1690]","BR65 .G6 1690","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 548 leaves; vol. II, 560 leaves; engraved devices on both titles, titles printed in red and black, text in double columns, Greek, roman and italic letter.

Ebert 8996, n.

St. Gregory of Nazianzus, surnamed Theologus, 329-398, one of the four great fathers of the Eastern Church. This edition of his works is a reprint of that of 1630, and contains St. Gregory's poem on his own life, in Greek and Latin in parallel columns." "15900","J. 129","","","","St. Augustine's confessions and life.","","8vo. (10)","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 89, as above.","St. Augustine.","St. Augustine's Confessions: with the continuation of his life to the end thereof, extracted out of Possidius, and the Father's own unquestioned Works. Translated into English [by Abraham Woodhead] . . . Printed in the year 1679.","BR65 .A6 .E5","

8vo. 263 leaves collating in eights.

STC A4207. Hazlitt IV, 13. Not in Halkett and Laing. Gillow V, page 592, no. 14.

Rebound in half-red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the name of the translator and the place of publication (London) supplied by hand on the title-page, and notes in the same and an earlier hand on the fly-leaf, the name of the earlier owner on the margin of the title-page cut into by the binder; numerous manuscript notes in the text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

St. Augustine, 354-430, one of the four great fathers of the Latin Church.

Abraham Woodhead, 1609-1678, English Roman Catholic controversialist." "15910","J. 130","","","","Theodoretus. Gr. Lat. Sylburgii.","","fol. (11)","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 181, as above.","Theodoretus.","Θεoδωϱητoυ επισ κoπoυ Kυϱoυ Eλληνικων πα&thetas;ηματων Θεϱαγευτικη . . . Theodoreti Cyrensis Episcopi Graecarvm Affectionvm cvratio; seu, Evangelicae veritatis ex Graeca Philosophia agnitio. Graece nunc primum ex quatuor manuscriptis exemplaribus, duobus sc. Palatinis, & totidem Augustanis, edita, breuibusq: annotationibus, & tribus indicibus aucta; cum Zenobii Acciaoli Latina interpretatione diligenter recognita, aliquot etiam locis emendata: Opera Friderici Sylbvrgii Veter. [Heidelberg] Ex Typographeio Hieronymi Commelini, cI[???] I[???] xcII. [1592]","BR65 .T75","

First Edition. Folio. 109 leaves (should be 110, the last blank torn away); Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns; printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Graesse VI, 118.

Original calf, gilt cartouche on the sides, badly scorched and many leaves water-stained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Liber Richardi Wood written on the title-page in an early hand.

Theodoretus, c. 386-c. 460, Bishop of Cyrrhus.

This work was written about 438, and is of an historical and apologetic character, indebted to Clement of Alexandria and Eusebius." "15920","J. 131","","","","Grabii Spicilegium SS. patrum. Gr. Lat.","","8vo. (12)","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 90, as above.","Grabe, John Ernest.","Spicilegium SS. Patrum, ut et hæreticorum, seculi post Christum natum I. II. & III . . . Joannes Ernestus Grabius. Seculi II. Tomus I. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, M. DC. XCIX. 1699","BR60 .G6","

First Edition. 8vo. Vol. II only. 138 leaves collating in fours, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page; the first leaf blank on the recto, the verso with Vol. 2 and the Imprimatur, dated Decemb. 26. 1699.

Graesse III, 127. STC G1464.

Old calf, frame sides in blind. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Neither Jefferson's manuscript catalogue nor the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue specifies 2 volumes; it is to be assumed therefore that only the one volume was sold to Congress. Jefferson tried to buy a complete copy in 2 volumes from Lackington, no. 16177 in the latter's catalogue for 1792. It was on the order sent to A. Donald, November 23, 1791, but is not on Lackington's bill for the books ordered at that time.

John Ernest Grabe, 1666-1711, was born in Germany, but eventually settled in Oxford, England, where he was ordained and became Chaplain of Christ Church." "15930","J. 132","","","","Eusebii Evangelica preparatio et demonstratio. Gr.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 182, as above.","Eusebius.","Eυσεβιoυ τoυ παμ&phis;ιλoυ ευαγγελικης πϱoγαϱασκευης βιβ. πεντεκαιδεκα. Eusebii Pamphili Euangelicae præparationis Lib. XV. Ex Bibliotheca Regia—Eusebii Pamphili Euangelicæ demonstrationis Lib. X . . . ] Lvtetiæ: ex officina Rob. Stephani, M.D.XLIIII. M.D.XI.V. [colophon] M.D.XLVI. cal. April. [1544, 1545, 1546]","BR65 .E7","

First Edition. Folio. 2 vol. in 1. 250 and 160 leaves collating in sixes, Greek letter, text in long lines, ruled in red, woodcut device on both title-pages, woodcut ornaments and initials.

Brunet II, 14. Renouard, page 59, no. 12.

French calf, gilt back, colored fancy endpapers. Manuscript marginal notes in several hands. Ex libris Pougin c. Reg. written on the fly-leaf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Eusebius, c. 260-340, ecclesiastical historian. This is the first book in which were used the Greek characters of Garamond, made by order of François I." "15940","133","","","","Theoriani, Leonis magni, Damasceni, Leontii & Harmenopuli disputationes. Gr. Lat.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 34, as above.","Theorianus.","Legatio imp. cæsaris Manvelis Comneni Avg. ad Armenios, sive Theoriani cvm Catholico disputatio, que imago pij de religione colloquij repræsentatur. Adivnximvs Leonis Magni Græcolatinam epistolam . . . Io. Damasceni contra Manichæos dialogum; Leontii Byzantini Sectarum historiam; Const. Harmenopvli de ijsdem; Fidei confessiones Harmenopuli, Augustini, Hilarij. Omnia nunc primum . . . de græcis latina faciente Levnclavio . . . Basileæ ex officina P. Pernæ, 1578.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 326 leaves, Greek and Latin text.

No copy was seen for collation." "15950","J. 134","","","","Whiston's primitive Christianity.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 93, as above.","Whiston, William.","Primitive Christianity reviv'd: In four volumes. Vol. I. Containing the Epistles of Ignatius . . . Vol. II. The Apostolical constitutions, in Greek and English. Vol. III. An Essay on those apostolical constitutions. Volume IV. An account of the primitive faith, concerning the Trinity and Incarnation. By William Whiston, M.A. . . .—Primitive Christianity reviv'd. Volume V. Containing the recognitions of Clement: or the travels of Peter. In ten books. Done into English by William Whiston, M.A. With a Preface, or preliminary discourse: as also two appendixes . . . London: Printed for the author, 1711, 1712.","BR165 .W55","

First Edition. 5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 348 leaves; vol. II, 322 leaves; vol. III, 364 leaves, the leaf with the Complete Catalogue of the Writings of the Author is in duplicate; vol. IV, 302 leaves; vol. V, 252 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2893.

Panelled calf, gilt backs, with the exception of vol. I, which has been rebound in calf, labels on the back of vol. V renewed; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in vol. II-V.

For a note on Whiston see no. 8." "15960","J. 135","","","","Clarke on the being & attributes of god.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 117, as above.","Clarke, Samuel.","A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian Revelation. In answer to Mr Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of the Oracles of Reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion. Being sixteen sermons, preach'd in the Cathedral-Church of St Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the Lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; in which is inserted A Discourse concerning the connexion of the prophecies in the Old Testament, and the application of them to Christ. There is also, An Answer to a seventh letter, concerning, the Argument a priori, in proof of the Being of God. By Samuel Clarke, D.D. late Rector of St James's Westminster. The eighth edition. London: Printed by W. Botham, for James and John Knapton, MDCCXXXII. [1732]","BT1100 .C6","

8vo. 264 leaves; 3 separate titles in addition to the general title, continuous signatures and pagination.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Boyle lectures by Clarke were originally published in two volumes in 1705, 6, and subsequently resissued with the above title." "15970","J. 136","","","","Clarke's letters to Dodwell.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 118, as above.","Clarke, Samuel.","A Letter to Mr Dodwell; wherein all the Arguments in his epistolary Discourse against the Immortality of the Soul are particularly answered, and the Judgment of the Fathers concerning that Matter truly represented. Together with A Defense of an argument made use of in the above-mentioned letter . . . In four letters to the author of Some Remarks on a pretended demonstration . . . To which is added, Some Reflections on that part of a book called Amyntor, or the Defense of Milton's Life, which relates to the writings of the Primitive Fathers, and the Canon of the New Testament. By Samuel Clarke, D.D. Rector of St James's Westminster. The fifth edition. London: Printed by Will. Botham; for James Knapton, 1718.","BT920 .D64C5","

8vo. 140 leaves; separate titles for the different parts; continuous signatures and pagination. Knapton's list of books by Clarke at the end.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Manuscript notes are not by him.

The first edition was published in 1706. Arthur Collins was the author of Some Remarks on a pretended demonstration and J. Toland of Some Reflections on . . . Amyntor." "15980","J. 137","","","","Warburton's divine legation of Moses.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 119, as above.","Warburton, William.","The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated, on the principles of a religious deist, from the omission of the doctrine of a future State of Reward and Punishment in the Jewish Dispensation. In nine books. The first volume [-the second volume, in two parts]. The third edition, corrected and enlarged. By William Warburton, A.M. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales . . . London: Printed for the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles, MDCCXLII. [1742]","BT1100 .W3","

2 vol. in 3. 8vo. Vol. I, 264 leaves; vol. II, 201 and 185 leaves; on the verso of the last leaf of vol. II, part I, is a list of books by the Rev. William Warburton; engraved plates. Volume II is the second edition.

Lowndes V, 2832.

Old calf, gilt line borders. Initialled by Jefferson in the three volumes at sig. I and T, Ii and Tt. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Warburton, 1698-1779, Bishop of Gloucester. The first edition of this work, written in answer to the English deists, was published in 1737, 41." "15990","J. 138","","","","Syke's examination of Warburton's legation.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 120, as above.","Sykes, Arthur Ashley.","An Examination of Mr. Warburton's account of the conduct of the antient legislators, of the double doctrine of the old philosophers, of the theocracy of the Jews, and of Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D.D. London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]","BT1100 .W32S9","

First Edition. 8vo. 183 leaves.

Not in Lowndes.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Arthur Ashley Sykes, 1684-1756, English latitudinarian divine. For Newton's Chronology see no. 135." "16000","J. 139","","","","Syke's defence of his examination.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 121, as above, 8vo.","Sykes, Arthur Ashley.","[A Defence of the Examination of Mr. Warburton's account of the theocracy of the Jews; being an answer to his remarks, as far as they concern Dr. Sykes. By Arthur Ashley Sykes. London, 1746.]","BS480 .W28S8","

First Edition. 8vo. 49 leaves only (should be 50, lacks the title-page), collating in fours. Signed at the end A.

A. Sykes. March 25, 1746.

Not in Lowndes.

Old sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with his original shelf-mark, C. 17. 121 on the first (present) page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "16010","J. 140","","","","Welsted's scheme of providence.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 122, as above.","Welsted, Leonard.","The Scheme and conduct of Providence, from the Creation to the coming of Messiah: or, an enquiry into the reasons of the divine dispensations in that period. By Mr. Welsted. London. Printed for J. Walthoe, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]","BT135 .W4","

First Edition. 8vo. 84 leaves, the last signature with the publisher's lists.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 331.

Rebound in half red morocco, by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Leonard Welsted, 1688-1747, English poet. This work is dedicated to the Duke of Chandos. Pope, in the Dunciad, accused Welsted of squeezing money out of his patrons by dedications." "16020","J. 141","","","","Sherlock on prophecy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 123, as above.","Sherlock, Thomas.","The Use and Intent of Prophecy, in the several ages of the world: In six discourses, delivered at the Temple Church, in April and May, 1724. Published at the desire of the Masters of the Bench of the Two Honourable Societies . . . The second edition corrected. By Tho. Sherlock, D.D. Dean of Chichester, and Master of the Temple. London: Printed for J. Pemberton, 1726.","BS647 .A2S6","

8vo. 176 leaves collating in eights.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Old calf, blind frame sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a few minor corrections not by Jefferson.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Sherlock, 1678-1761, bishop of London. These discourses, part of a controversy with the deists, were originally published in 1725, and ran through many editions." "16030","J. 142","","","","Sherlock on death.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 124, as above.","Sherlock, William.","A Practical Discourse concerning Death. By William Sherlock, D.D. Late Dean of St. Paul's. The twentieth edition. London: Printed, and re-printed by William Parks, in Williamsburg, MDCCXLIV. [1744]","BT825 .S55","

8vo. 163 leaves (lacks the last blank); collating in eights.

Not in Evans. Not in Clayton-Torrence. Wroth 123. Huntington 127.

Old half-russia (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Sherlock, 1641?-1707, dean of St. Paul's. In his bibliography of the publications of William Parks, Dr. Wroth records only one copy of this edition (now in the John Carter Brown Library). The first edition was printed in London in 1689." "16040","J. 143","","","","Drelincourt sur la mort.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 125, as above.","Drelincourt, Charles.","[Les Consolations de l'ame fidèle, contre les frayeurs de la mort. Geneva. 1669.]","BT825 .D75","

8vo. Imperfect copy, lacking the title and leaves at the end; collates in eights.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Haag.

Old calf, gilt back, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with his autograph signature on the first page of the dedication: Ex Libris Thomæ Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Given to Jefferson by Mrs. Rachel Gavin. On the flyleaf Jefferson has written: The gift of M[???]s Rachael Gavin widow of the revd Anthony Gavin, a Spaniard, author of the Master key to Popery and Rector of Saint James's Northam parish, Goochland Virginia. to Th: Jefferson.

Charles Drelincourt, 1595-1669, French Protestant divine. The first edition of this work was published in 1651. The early Library of Congress catalogues date this copy Geneva 1669. The title-page had evidently disappeared before the book came into Jefferson's possession as he has written his name on the first present page, the beginning of the dedication. The Reverend Anthony Gavin died in 1750.

Defoe's The Apparition of Mrs Veal (who came from the other world to recommend Drelincourt's work) is supposed to have been written for the express purpose of promoting the sale of an English translation of the book." "16050","J. 144","","","","De Brahm's Time an apparition of eternity.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 137, as above.","De Brahm, William Gerard.","Time an apparation of eternity. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, jun. MDCCXCI. [1791]","BR126 .D4","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves, engraving of a mystical figure on the second leaf; signed at the end John William Gerar de Brahm.

Not in Sabin. Evans 23319. De Renne, page 251.

Old sheep, scorched at the back. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "16060","","","","","","","","","","Voice of the Everlasting Gospel. By John William Gerar De Brahm. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, M DCC XCII. [1792.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 8 parts in 1 with general and separate titles, 114 leaves, 8 engravings of mystical figures. Signed at the end: J. W. G. de Brahm, Philadelphia, 2d. I. Month, vulgar 31st. III Month, 1793. The title for the VII Arm of the Tree of Knowledge is dated M DCC XCI.

Evans 24521. De Renne, page 254.

William Gerard De Brahm [formerly John William Gerar De Brahm], 1717-c. 1799, a Dutch Protestant, came to America in 1751, founded a colony in Georgia, and became Surveyor General of the Southern District.

The titles in this copy show variations from those as given by Evans." "16070","J. 145","","","","Le livre des manifestes. par Sourcesol.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 63, as above.","[Chaix De Sourcesol.]","Le Livre des Manifestes; où l'on trouve développé, par les lumières de la raison et des divines écritures: 1o. Quelles sont les véritables Causes de notre étonnante Révolution; 2o. Quelle doit en être l'issue . . . Première [-Seconde] Partie. Dernière année du 18e. Siècle de l'Ère Chrétienne. [Avignon, 1800.]—La Clet des Oracles divins, ou Supplément au Livre des Manifestes . . . An Ier. du dixhuitième siècle de l'Ère chrétienne. [Paris 1801.]—Mandement du Ciel aux Èglises égarées. Complément du Livre des Manifestes . . . L'an Ier. du nouvel Empire de France; et de l'Ère Chrétienne 1804.—L'évangile éternel unique moyen de ramener les églises égarées à l'ordre de Dieu et au bonheur de leurs destinées—Fin du Livre des Manifestes . . . Environ 5806 de la création de Genre-Humain, et 1806 de la naissance de Jesus-Christ [Paris, 1806].","BR125 .C42","

First Edition. 12mo. 5 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination: 71; 70; 66; 72, including the last blank; 59 leaves, the penultimate part collating in sixes, the others in twelves.

Barbier II, 1229 and 332. Quérard II, 112.

Bound in tree calf, gilt ornamental borders, gilt ornamental back, marbled endpapers, by a contemporary local binder; a few leaves unopened, and with many uncut edges. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: gift of the Author to Th: Jefferson; and on the title-page: par Chaix Sourcesol. In the 3rd part the beginning of the word huitième has been crossed through and a 9 written over it, probably by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, sent from Philadelphia on August 15, 1807. Chaix Sourcesol (as he signed himself) wrote to Jefferson a long letter of three closely written folio pages, with a note:

Comme vous pourrez me juger par les livres ci joints, dont je vous supplie d'agréer l'homage . . .

A postscript read:

P. S. j'ai ajouté au volume relié la petite brochure intitulée L'evangile eternal, par la lecture de laquelle je vous prie de commencer comme pouvent plus promptement vous faire juger des vues, des dessins des motifs de tout l'ouvrage, quoique n'en etant que la dernière partie, comme la fin du livre des manifestes, de son supplement et de son complément.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 23:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???] Sourcesol, and his thanks for the book & pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him. he will peruse them at the first moment of leisure, & doubts not it will be with satisfaction. he does justice to the benevolent views with which m[???] Sourcesol has visited the US. the laws of which, giving full scope to every religious opinion, admit the full effect of the endeavors he meditates. to these Th: Jefferson wishes all the success to which reason may entitle them.

Chaix De Sourcesol, one of the ''fanatics of Avignon'', a married priest, wrote against the Roman Church, the cult of relics and images, the invocation of the Saints, eternal punishment, ecclesiastical celibacy and other doctrines. He sent his books to Jefferson while on a visit to the United States to propagate his beliefs, and corresponded with him on the subject." "16080","J. 146","","","","L'Evangile éternel. par Sourcesol.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 64, as above.","","","[TBE]Another copy of the last part of the Livre des Manifestes.[/TBE]BR125 .C4","

This is the separate copy referred to in the postscript of the author's letter, and the pamphlet referred to in Jefferson's reply, quoted above.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers. On the title Jefferson has written: par Chaix Sourcesol. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "16090","J. 147","","","","Gorton's Scriptural acct. of the Millenium.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 65, as above.","Gorton, Benjamin.","A Scriptural Account of the Millennium: Being a Selection from the Prophecies concerning Christ's Second Coming, and personal glorious Reign on Earth a Thousand Years. To which are added a number of Arguments to shew that this Event has not yet taken place: Also, some observations, calculated to stimulate man to an enquiry into the matter, and to make the necessary preparation for that all-important event. By Benjamin Gorton . . . Troy: Printed by Moffitt & Lyon, for the author, MDCCCII. [1802]","BT890 .G6","

First Edition. 12mo. 118 leaves, collating in sixes; list of errata at the end.

Sabin 28040 (note).

Original tree sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I (actually on sig. I3—the third leaf of each sheet has a small signature capital, repeating the large capital of the first leaf of the sheet). On the inside cover is written: 50 Cents by the quantity 62½ Cents single. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Troy on December 22, 1802:

I have taken the liberty to present you with a Scriptural account of the Millennium or Christs Reign on Earth a Thousand years, not that I suppose you ignorant of that important event—but fearing you like many others may not have sufficiently contemplated the subject in all its parts—have as a friend to your never dying soul thought propper to put you in remembrance more fully of that important day . . .

If therefore on perusal of this Book you can say any thing in its behalf separate from any advantage of mine please to do it and God will reward you if done to his Glory . . ." "16100","J. 148","","","","Fessenden's Science of sanctity.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 138, as above.","Fessenden, Thomas.","A Theoretic Explanation of the science of sanctity. According to reason, scripture, common sense, and the analogy of things: containing an idea of God: of his Creations, and Kingdoms: of the Holy Scriptures: of the Christian Trinity, and of the Gospel System. By Thomas Fessenden, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Walpole, (New Hampshire.) . . . Brattleboro: Printed by William Fessenden, for the Author, 1804.","BR121 .F55","

First Edition. 8vo. 156 leaves, collating in fours. ''Published according to Act of Congress.'' printed on a slip and pasted on the back of the title.

Not in Sabin. Gilman, page 92.

Rebound in half morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A few small corrections in ink occur. This book was entered twice in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, the first entry being partially erased.

Thomas Fessenden, 1739-1813, a native of Cambridge, Mass. and educated at Harvard, was pastor of the church at Walpole for forty-seven years." "16110","J. 149","","","","Campbell's something new in 8. letters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 66a, as above.","Campbell, Samuel.","Something New, in eight letters to Joseph Meeker Elizabeth-Town. Occasioned by reading Miscellaneous Essays, by Joseph Lyon, Sen. of Lyon's Farms. By Samuel Campbell, of Connecticut-Farms. Printed for the author. [Elizabeth-Town: Shepherd Kollock] 1799.","BX7 .L9C3","

First Edition. 12mo. 30 leaves: A-E6.

Not in Sabin. Evans 35266. Morsch 423.

Original half-binding with wall-paper back. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "16120","J. 150","","","","The Power of religion on the mind by Lindley Murray.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 66b, as above.","Murray, Lindley.","The Power of Religion on the Mind, in retirement, Affliction, and at the Approach of death; exemplified in the Testimonies and experience of persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue . . . By Lindley Murray. From the thirteenth English edition, enlarged and improved by the author. New-York: Printed and sold by Collins and Perkins, 1808.","BR1703 .M8","

12mo. 168 leaves collating in sixes; the last four leaves for Recommendations of this work and publisher's advertisements.

This edition not in Sabin, not in Lowndes and not in Smith.

Original sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book was supplied to Jefferson by Milligan, on April 7, 1815, price $1.00, to replace the copy missing at the time of the sale to Congress, as reported to Milligan by Jefferson in his letter of March 28, 1815.

Lindley Murray, 1745-1826, Anglo-American grammarian. The first edition of this work, 1787, was his first published work." "16130","J. 151","Fish's Address & Discourses. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 139, as above.","","","","","","Fish, Samuel.","An Humble Address, to every Christian of every Nation and Denomination of People under Heaven. Shewing an effectual means to prevent Wars among all Nations of the Earth, and to maintain an everlasting Union, in Families, Societies, Churches, Towns, States, and in all the Kingdoms of this lower World . . . Windham: Printed for the Author [by John Byrne], 1796.","BR115 .W2F5","8vo. 21 leaves: A-E4, F1; signed at the end Samuel Fish and dated from Lebanon, February—1797." "16140","J. 151","Fish's Address & Discourses. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 139, as above.","","","ii.","","","","The cause of Zion defended in a Discourse, shewing the absolute necessity of Union both in Churches and States, and the unavoidable ruin of both without. By Samuel Fish . . . Springfield, Mas. [sic]: Printed by Henry Brewer, n.d. [c. 1804.]","","First Edition. 8vo. 30 leaves: [ ]4, B-G4, H2." "16150","J. 151","Fish's Address & Discourses. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 139, as above.","","","iii.","","","","A New Year's Gift to the United States of America; On the subject of Peace and Union, written in addition to a Discourse on the cause of Zion defended. By Samuel Fish. Springfield, Ms.: Printed by Henry Brewer, n.d. [c. 1805.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves without signature.

The three tracts bound together in half calf (rebacked) either for Jefferson or by the author. By Samuel Fish is written in ink on the title of the first tract. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sabin 24444, and Evans 30422, erroneously run the three titles together as one book, with the date 1796. The first tract is in Trumbull-Bates, no. 2146.

The second tract could not have been printed before early 1804, as it refers to the Louisiana Purchase, and mentions Jefferson. Some think Mr. Adams' administration best; others that Mr. Jefferson's is best. We are all fellow-citizens of the same country. Let us judge the tree by the fruit . . . Some are pleased with the purchase of Louisiana and New-Orleans. Some think it worth an immense sum of money; others think it worse than nothing. Time will determine this matter . . . [page 49.]

The third tract likewise could not have been printed before 1805 as it contains a quotation from the Windham, Gazette for April 11 of that year.

The tracts were sent to Jefferson by the author, and an autograph inscription on the fly-leaf dated 1806 probably refers to all three.

The inscription reads: A present from the Author to the President the U. S. presents with the greatest humility humbly soliciting the approbation, patronage, and kind assistance of the publishing and spreding abroad the doctrine of peace and union in the world, while we enjoy the greatest blessing of peace, and at a time, when other nations are dreadfully involved in bloody wars; that the President, in his exalted station, may be a promoter of peace among other nations; as well as in his own; that nations yet unborn may rise up, and call thee blessed, for preventing the Sword being bathed in blood. Blessed are the peace makers. The Author Columbia. Connecticut March 14th. 1806.

Samuel Fish, fl. 1790-1806. The first edition of the Humble Address was printed in Windham in 1790." "16160","J. 152","","","","On wisdom.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 128, Charron on Wisdom, Eng. by Lennard, p 4to.","Charron, Pierre.","Of Wisdome Three Bookes written in French by Peter Charron Doctr. of Lawe in Paris. Translated by Samson Lennard . . . London: Printed for Nathaniel Ranew and Ionathan Robinson, 1670.","BJ1051 .C4","

4to. 286 leaves collating in eights, including the engraved emblematic title, and the leaf with the Explication of the Frontispiece; the last leaf with the publisher's advertisement.

STC C3719. Hazlitt II, 118.

Original sheep, new label on the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Names of former owners appear: Arthur Blackamore; Sam[???] Pond bought of Mr. Blackamore; Graves Packe 1714; manuscript marginal notes are not by Jefferson. On the back of the title is pasted down the engraved armorial bookplate, signed J. P. sc. [John Pine], designed and executed to be placed in the books from the library of Bishop Moore bought by George I in 1715 and presented to the University of Cambridge. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson purchased a copy of Charron from the catalogue of Louis Girardin on July 7, 1814.

Pierre Charron, 1541-1603, French philosopher, at first an orthodox Catholic, but later one of the founders of modern secularism. De la Sagesse was originally published in 1601, and the sudden death of its author of apoplexy in 1603 was regarded as a judgment.

Samson Lennard, d. 1633, English genealogist and translator, published the first edition of this translation in 1612.

John Moore, 1646-1714, Bishop successively of Norwich and Ely. At his death, his library (29,000 books and 1,790 manuscripts) was sold for six thousand guineas to King George I, who presented it to the University of Cambridge." "16170","J. 153","","","","Charron of wisdom.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 129, Charron of Wisdom, 2d and 3d books, Eng. by Stanhope, 8vo.","Charron, Pierre.","[Of Wisdom, Three Books: Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron: with an account of the Author. Made English by George Stanhope, D.D. Dean of Canterbury, and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty. The second edition corrected. London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman [and others], 1707.]","BJ1051 .C4","

8vo. Parts II and III (only) in 1, lacks Part I. An imperfect copy, lacking the title and preliminary leaves.

Lowndes I, 423. Arber III, 576.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Originally in the library of the Eppes family, with several autograph signatures including Semple Eppes, L. Epes, and others, and various scribblings.

George Stanhope, 1660-1728, dean of Canterbury. This translation, of which the first edition was published in 1697, is dedicated to Sir William Ellys." "16180","J. 154","","","","Human prudence.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 54, as above.","[De Britaine, William.]","Humane Prudence, or the Art by which a man may raise himself and his fortune to grandeur. The ninth edition corrected and enlarged . . . London: printed for Richard Sare, MDCCII. [1702]","BJ1533 .P9D4","

16mo. 120 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last page; the Epistle Dedicatory to Edw. Hungerford, Esq, signed W. de Britaine.

Halkett and Laing III, 115. Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled end papers, s.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; with remains of the slip with his original chapter and shelf mark pasted on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William De Britaine, English writer. The first edition was published in London in 1680." "16190","J. 155","","","","Les Moeurs de Panage.","","16","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 55, as above.","[Toussaint, François Vincent.]","[Les Moeurs . . . Nouvelle Edition. Londres: chez Thomas Wilcox, 1751.]","BJ1520 .T6","

Sm. 8vo. 151 leaves only, should be 152; lacks the title and the frontispiece; collates *2-8, **7, A-R8, S1; xxviii, 273 pages, the last with Explication du Frontispiece, et du Fleuron.

Barbier III, 322.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The fly-leaves have been backed and on one is written in error the title-page for one of the 1748 editions; notes as to the authorship are also written on a fly-leaf, one stating the author to be Toussaint, the other Montesquiou.

François Vincent Toussaint, c. 1715-1772. This book, which was condemned to be burned, was first printed in 1748, and several times reprinted. The dedication A Madame M. A. T *** is signed Panage." "16200","156","","","","Steele's Christian hero.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 56, as above.","[Steele, Sir Richard.]","The Christian Hero: An Argument proving that no principles but those of religion are sufficient to make a Great Man . . . The eighth edition. London: Printed for J. Tonson, MDCCXXVII. [1727]","PR3704 .C5","

12mo., collating in twelves; the Library of Congress copy is imperfect at the end and no perfect copy was seen for collation.

Not in Lowndes. Aitken, page 391.

Sir Richard Steele, 1672-1729, essayist, dramatist and politician, was born in Dublin, and educated in England. The first edition of The Christian Hero was published in London in 1701." "16210","157","","","","Grosvenor's mourner.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 57, as above.","Grosvenor, Benjamin.","The Mourner: or, the afflicted relieved. By B. Grosvenor, D.D. . . . London: Printed for Richard Hett, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]","BV4904 .G7","

First Edition. 12mo. 78 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last page. Not in Lowndes.

Benjamin Grosvenor, 1676-1758, English dissenting divine." "16220","J. 158","","","","The Christian's duty.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 111, as above.","","The Christian's Duty from the Sacred Scriptures: containing all that is necessary to be believed and practised in order to our Eternal Salvation . . . Collected out of the Old and New Testament, and the Books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus &c. The third edition . . . London: Printed for the author; and sold by John and James Rivington, M.DCC.XLIX. [1749]","BS391 .C55","

8vo. 160 leaves, the first blank on the recto and with the publisher's advertisement on the verso.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Eliza. Skelton, with her name so written on the fly-leaf and the date Decr. 9, 1751.

An edition of this work was printed in 1730.

Elizabeth Skelton was the wife of Reuben Skelton, and sister-in-law of Jefferson's wife." "16230","159","","","","Officium hominis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 52, as above.","[Allestree, Richard.]","Officium Hominis, cùm Stylo, tum Methodo Luculentissimâ expositum . . . Liber hic ex Lingua Anglicana in Latinam, eo præcipuè consilio traductus est . . . Londini: Pro Roberto Pawlet, 1680.","BV4500 .A425","

First Edition of this translation. Sm. 8vo. 196 leaves, on T8 recto is the title for Preces Privatae variis occasionibus ordinariis & extraordinariis accomodatae. Anno MDCLXXX.

STC A1156.

A translation into Latin of The Whole Duty of Man." "16240","J. 160","","","","The whole duty of man.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 53, as above.","[Allestree, Richard.]","The Whole Duty of Man, laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader. Divided into XVII. chapters; one whereof being read every Lord's Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year. Necessary for all Families. With Private Devotions for several occasions. London: Printed by R. Norton, for E. Pawlet, 1716.","BV4500 .A4","

12mo. 2 parts in 1, 252 leaves: A-X12; engraved frontispiece and title by V. der Gucht; the separate title for the Private Devotions on R7 has J. Heptinstall's name in the imprint instead of R. Norton, and the date 1717; Pawlet's advertisement on the last leaf.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back (scorched), marbled end papers; with Jefferson's original shelf mark, C. 17. 53, written on a slip and pasted down on the back of the frontispiece; some leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name Eliza. Lomax 1742 is written on the title-page and in a later hand By Lady Pakington. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work, originally issued anonymously in 1658, is now attributed to Richard Allestree, 1619-1681, Royalist divine. The authorship has been at various times ascribed to Archbishop Sterne, Bishop Fell, Lady Pakington and others." "16250","J. 161","","","","Digby's religio Medici.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 58, Browne's Religio Medici, 16s.","Browne, Sir Thomas.","Religio Medici. The fifth edition, corrected and amended. With annotations never before published, upon all the obscure passages therein. Also, Observations by Sir Kenelm Digby, now newly added. London: Printed by Tho. Milbourn for Andrew Crook, 1659.","PR3327 .A73","

8vo. 3 parts in 1. 190 leaves only, should have 192, lacks the first leaf with frontispiece and the last leaf. On M1 is the title for the Annotations, and on A1 of the second alphabet the title for Sir Kenelm Digby's Observations, the Third Edition.

STC B5174. Keynes 8. Osler 4426.

Rebound in brown buckram; cut close, some leaves foxed; scribbling on the title. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682, English physician and author. The first edition of Religio Medici was printed surreptitiously in 1642. The Observations by Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) were immediately printed in 1643 before the publication of the first authorized edition in that year.

The Annotations are said to be by Thomas Keck of the Temple." "16260","J. 162","","","","Le Chretien Philosophe.","","par 4to. MS.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 112, as above, p 4to.","Billard, Pierre.","Le Chrétien Philosophe.","","

Early nineteenth century manuscript on paper watermarked I. T. Middelink, 435 leaves (plus 7 blanks), 4to., measuring 8 by 6¼ in. written on both sides, long lines, 24-26 to a full page, not foliated.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark; some leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. According to W. A. Churchill, Watermarks in Paper, I. T. Middelink paper was made in 1817.

Pierre Billard, 1653-1726, French theologian and abbé. The first edition of this work was printed in Lyons, in 1701." "16270","J. 163","","","","The gentleman instructed.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 113, as above.","[Darrell, William.]","The Gentleman Instructed, in the Conduct of a virtuous and happy Life. In three parts. Written for the Instruction of a Young Nobleman. To which is added, A Word to the Ladies, by way of Supplement to the First Part. The eighth edition, London: Printed by W. B. for E. Smith, and are to be sold by Rich. Wilkin. M. DCC. XXIII. [1723]","BJ1561 .D3","

8vo. 304 leaves,

Halkett and Laing II, 366. This edition mentioned but not seen by Backer II, 1828. This edition not in Gillow.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature of Lunsford Lomax on the title-page; by Geo. Hickes written on the title.

William Darrell, 1651-1724, English Jesuit. The first edition of this work appeared in 1704. It was frequently reprinted and translated into European languages. The dedication is signed by George Hickes.

Lunsford Lomax, 1705-1772, was a member of the House of Burgesses for Caroline County, Virginia." "16280","J. 164","","","","The Lady's calling.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 114, as above.","[Allestree, Richard.]","[The Ladies Calling. In two parts. By the author of the whole Duty of Man. ?Oxford.]","BV4527 .L3","

8vo. Imperfect copy, lacking the title page and several leaves (begins on page 7, A4).

Half calf (scorched on the back). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the name Merriwether scribbled in several places; other scribblings also occur." "16290","J. 165","","","","Young's estimate of human life. pamphlet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 126, as above.","Young, Edward.","[A Vindication of Providence: or a true Estimate of Human Life. London: ?1728.]","BJ1561 .Y6","

8vo. Imperfect, lacks the title and leaves at the end; begins on A2 and ends on K3.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 292.

Brown calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Over the initial E. in the signature E. Young at the end of the dedication dward has been filled in, in ink, and the date 1728; MS. notes not by Jefferson occur.

Edward Young, 1683-1756, English poet." "16300","J. 166","","","","West on the resurrection & Lyttleton on the conversion of St. Paul.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 69. no. 127, as above.","West, Gilbert.","Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. By Gilbert West, Esq; The Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author . . . London: Printed for R. Dodsley, MDCCXLIX. [1749]","BT480 .W5","

8vo. 236 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2877.

Rebound in half brown morocco with the 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the first book.

Gilbert West, 1703-1736, English author. The original edition of this work, frequently reprinted, was published in Dublin in 1747. 1630" "1630a","","","","","","","","","[Lyttelton, George, Baron Lyttelton.]","Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul. In a Letter to Gilbert West, Esq; The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, and sold by M. Cooper, 1749.","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

8vo. 56 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 219. This edition not in Lowndes.

The author's name written in ink on the title-page (not by Jefferson). Not initialled by Jefferson (whose initials occur in West's Observations above).

George Lyttelton, First Baron Lyttelton, 1709-1773, was a friend of Gilbert West to whom this letter, first published anonymously in 1747 and frequently reprinted, is addressed." "16310","J. 167","","","","Donne on Self-homicide.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 130, as above.","Donne, John.","βια&thetas;ανατoς. A Declaration of that Paradox, or Thesis, that Self-Homicide is not so naturally Sin, that it may never be Otherwise. Wherein, The Nature, and the Extent of all those Laws, which seem to be Violated by this Act, are Diligently Surveyed. Written by John Donne; who afterwards Received Orders from the Church of England; and died Dean of St. Paul's, London . . . London: Printed in the Year, 1700.","HV6544 .D7 1700","

8vo. 116 leaves including the last blank, collating in eights.

Lowndes II, 661. STC D1860. Keynes, no. 49.

Old calf (repaired), gilt ornaments on the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Donne, 1574-1631, English poet and divine, Dean of St. Paul's. This work was first published in 1644." "16320","J. 168","","","","Traité de Suicide par Jean Dumas.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 131, as above.","Dumas, Jean.","Traité du suicide ou du meurtre volontaire de soi-meme. Par Jean Dumas . . . A Amsterdam: chez D. J. Changuion, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]","HV6544 .D8","

First Edition 8vo. 230 leaves, the last a blank, the penultimate with Fautes a corriger, engraved vignette on the title-page.

Quérard II, 66. Haag V, 398.

Calf, gilt line borders, gilt ornaments on the back, blue silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jean Dumas, 1725-1799, Protestant theologian." "16330","J. 169","","","","Abstinence from blood. pamphlet","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 101, Abstinence from blood defended. 8vo.","[Delany, Patrick.]","The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood defended. In answer to two pamphlets, the one called, The question about eating Blood stated and examined, &c. The other intitled, The prohibition of Blood a temporary precept. By the Author of Revelation examined with Candour . . . London: Printed for C. Rivington, M.DCC.XXXIV. [Price 2s. 6d.] [1734]","BR115 .B6D4","

First Edition. 8vo. 96 leaves collating in fours, engraved vignette on the title-page; the last 2 leaves with lists of books printed for C. Rivington.

Halkett and Laing II, 104. Lowndes II, 622.

Sheep, back scorched. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Probably from the library of George Wythe, manuscript notes appear to be in his hand.

Patrick Delany, 1685?-1768, Irish divine. Of the two tracts mentioned in the title the first was by William Burscough and the second by Delany." "16340","J. 170","","","","Prynne's Histrio-Mastix.","","p. 4to","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 132, as above.","Prynne, William.","Histrio-Mastix. The Players Scovrge, or, Actors Tragædie, Divided into Two Parts . . . By William Prynne, an Vtter-Barrester of Lincolnes Inne . . . London: Printed by E[lizabeth] A[llde] and W[illiam] I[ones] for Michael Sparke, 1633.","PR3646 .H5","

First Edition, second state. 4to. 581 leaves; erratas on ***4 verso and at the end.

STC 2046a. Hazlitt Handbook 487. Pforzheimer Catalogue, 809.

Rebound in green buckram in 1924, some leaves foxed, the date cut off the imprint on the title-page and many leaves cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Prynne, 1600-1669, English Puritan pamphleteer." "16350","J. 171","","","","Hyldrop's works.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 59, as above.","Hildrop, John.","The Miscellaneous Works of John Hildrop, D.D. Rector of Wath, in Yorkshire. In two volumes . . . Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed by Charles Rivington, for John and James Rivington, M DCC LIV. [1754]","BR75 .H55","

8vo. 2 vol. Vol. I, 152 leaves, the last a blank; vol. II, 138 leaves.

Lowndes II, 1069.

Old calf, gilt line borders, scorched on the backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the 1815

Library of Congress bookplate.

John Hildrop, d. 1756, English divine. This is the first collected edition of these seven essays, in part directed against the deists, which had been separately published anonymously or over pseudonyms." "16360","J. 172","","","","Nelson's companion for the festivals.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 133, as above.","Nelson, Robert.","A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England: with collects and prayers for each solemnity. The eleventh edition . . . London: Printed by W. Bowyer for R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe [and others], 1720.","BX5141 .N4","

8vo. 2 parts in 1. 322 leaves only, collating in eights; the last sheet torn away and defective after Rr2; the title for A Companion for the Fasts on Ee8 preceded by an engraved frontispiece.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Old panelled calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the first two leaves of sig. I have been torn away, leaving only the lower corner, which on I1 contains Jefferson's initial. An undated typed slip on the inside cover reads: Do not destroy originality in binding. Repair when necessary. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Robert Nelson, 1656-1715, English religious writer. The first edition of this work, frequently reprinted, was published in 1704. The Preface to the first is repeated in this edition, and is signed Rob. Nelson. All Saints. Ormond-Street, 1703." "16370","173","","","","The nature & end of the Lord's supper.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 134, as above.","[Hoadly, Benjamin.]","A Plain account of the nature and end of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . . . To which are added Forms of Prayer . . . London, 1735.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Halkett and Laing IV, 350. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 852.

Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761, Bishop successively of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury and Winchester. This work, published anonymously, gave rise to numerous pamphlets." "16380","J. 174","","","","The sacrament of the Ld's supper expld by the B[???] of London.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 60, as above.","Gibson, Edmund.","The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper explain'd: Or the Things to be known and done, to make a worthy Communicant. With suitable Prayers and Meditations. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Edmund Lord Bishop of London. To which is added, The Holy-Days, or the Feasts and Fasts, as they are to be observed in the Church of England, explained: And the Reasons why they are Yearly Celebrated. Williamsburg: Printed and sold by W. Parks, 1740.","BV824 .G5","

Sm. 8vo. 116 leaves: A-O8, P4; title-page for Family-Devotion on I1, and for The Holy-Days on M5; separate pagination.

Evans 4519. Clayton-Torrence, page 128. Wroth 107.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, s.e., some leaves cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I2 (I1 being a title), and with his shelf mark C17.60 written on a slip and pasted on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, Bishop of London. This work was frequently reprinted in England. Only two other copies of the Williamsburg edition are located by the bibliographers, one in the Pennsylvania Historical Society and the other an imperfect copy in the library of the Virginia Historical Society." "16390","J. 175","","","","Introdñ to the Ld's supper by the B[???] of Sodor & Man.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 61, as above.","Wilson, Thomas.","A Short and Plain Instruction for the better Understanding of the Lord's Supper. With the necessary Preparation requir'd: For the Benefit of young Communicants, and of such as have not well consider'd this Holy Ordinance. To which is Annex'd, The Office of the Holy Communion: With proper Helps and Directions, for joining in every Part thereof with Understanding and Benefit. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. The seventh edition, with additions: and corrected throughout. London: Printed for J. Osborn, and sold by him, and T. Longman, T. Shewel [and others], 1746.","BX5149 .C5W55","

12mo. 114 leaves, collating in alternate twelves and fours, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

This edition not in Lowndes. With this is bound by the same author:

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled on sig. I and T by Jefferson who has also written his name on the title-page: Ex Libris Thomæ Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "16400","","","","","","","","","","The True Christian Method of Educating the Children both of the Rich and Poor. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. London: Printed for J. Osborn, MDCCXLV. 1745","","

[TBE]With this is bound by the same author:[/TBE]

12mo. 18 leaves collating in sixes, publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Not in Lowndes.

Thomas Wilson, 1663-1755, Bishop of Sodor and Man.

The Short and plain Instruction was originally published in 1733, in English and in Manx, for the benefit of the people of the Island. The second work in this volume is not listed by Jefferson, nor by the Library of Congress catalogues, but appears to have been bound with the Short and plain Instruction before the present rebinding." "16410","J. 176","","","","B[???] of Sarum on the 39. articles.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 186a, Burnet's Exposition of the 39 articles, fol.","Burnet, Gilbert.","An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. Written by Gilbert Bishop of Sarum. The second edition corrected. London: Printed by R. Roberts, for Ri. Chiswell, MDCC. [1700]","BX5137 .B8","

Folio. 210 leaves, collating in fours.

STC B5792.

Original calf (dampstained), blind frame sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, Bishop of Salisbury. The first edition of this work was published in 1699." "16420","J. 177","","","","Baxter on justification.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 135, as above.","Baxter, Richard.","Of Justification: Four Disputations clearing and amicably defending the Truth, against the unnecessary Oppositions of divers learned and reverend Brethren. By Richard Baxter, a servant of Christ for Truth and Peace . . . London: Printed by R. W. for Nevil Simmons bookseller in Kederminster, and are to be sold by him there; and by Nathaniel Ekins, at the Gun in Pauls Church-Yard, 1658.","BT763.B35","

First Edition. 4to. 222 leaves only, lacks the first leaf (probably blank) and the last leaf; this copy ends on Hhh3 with a catchword; separate titles for the Disputations.

STC B1328. Grosart, no. XXXII. Matthews, no. 31.

Old sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Baxter, 1615-1691, English Presbyterian divine." "16430","J. 178","","","","Societies for reformation of manners.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 62, as above.","[Woodward, Josiah.]","An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in England and Ireland. With a persuasive to Persons of all Ranks, to be Zealous and Diligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws against Prophaneness and Debauchery, for the Effecting a National Reformation. Published with the Approbation of a considerable number of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Honourable Judges of both Kingdoms. The fifth edition . . . London: Printed by J. Downing; and are to be sold by him, and D. Brown, 1701.","HN388 .W7","

8vo. 102 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece of Queen Anne; printer's advertisement on the last page.

Halkett and Laing I, 20. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. and not in Arber, Term Catalogues.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress; some leaves foxed, some leaves cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the signature Eliz: Burwell on the title-page." "16440","","","","","","","","","","An Account of the Progress of the Reformation of Manners, in England, Scotland, and Ireland and other parts of Europe and America . . . In a Letter to a Friend . . . The fourthteenth edition with additions. London: Printed and sold by J. Downing, 1706.","","

[TBE]With this is bound by the same author:[/TBE]

8vo. 48 leaves; on 5 pages at the beginning a Proclamation, by the Queen.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Arber, Term Catalogues.

Josiah Woodward, D.D. fl. 1699-1706, Church of England clergyman, was at one time Minister of Poplar. These works were at one time attributed to Defoe." "16450","J. 179","","","","Observations on Waterland's defence.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 136, as above.","[Clarke, Samuel.]","[Observations on Dr. Waterland's Second Defense of his Queries. By the author of the Reply to his first Defense. London, 1724.]","BT110 .W3C7","

First Edition. 8vo. 73 leaves only, lacks the first leaf with title; list of Errata on R5 recto, and of Books printed for J. Knapton on the last seven pages.

Halkett and Laing IV, 216.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in tree calf, gilt line bars on the back, with a label lettered Observa/on/Waterla/ Defense/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Daniel Waterland, 1683-1740, English theologian. Other works by Samuel Clarke appear in this catalogue." "16460","J. 180","Tracts in religion, viz. on Amer. bishops. Linn's Sermon. Goodrich's do. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 140, Tracts in Religion—to wit, on American bishops, Linn's Sermon, Goodrich's Sermon. 8vo.","Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo, tree calf by John March (in August 1805, cost 62½ cents); the number 10 in gilt in the third compartment on the back, above which a later label lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC 901.M5 vol. 10.[/TBE]","","i.","","","Chandler, Thomas Bradbury.","[The Appeal farther defended; in Answer to the Farther Misrepresentations of Dr. Chauncy. By Thomas B. Chandler, D.D. New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1771.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. Imperfect copy, lacking the title and some preliminary leaves; the text begins on B1, B4 is torn away; the errata leaf is present. The running headlines are ''The Appeal Farther Defended.''

Sabin 11875. Evans 12007. Ford I, 127. Sprague V, 140.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On page v of the Contents (the first present page) has been written in ink, possibly by Jefferson, blue boards. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, 1726-1790, Anglican clergyman and loyalist, was born in Connecticut. This is the third of three pamphlets prepared by him at the request of the clergy of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, for the sending of bishops to America. The original Appeal was published in 1767, and The Appeal defended in 1769.

Charles Chauncy, 1705-1787, anti-Episcopalian clergyman, published A Reply to Dr. Chandler in 1768, and A Reply to Dr. Chandler's Rejoinder in 1770." "16470","J. 180","Tracts in religion, viz. on Amer. bishops. Linn's Sermon. Goodrich's do. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 140, Tracts in Religion—to wit, on American bishops, Linn's Sermon, Goodrich's Sermon. 8vo.","Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo, tree calf by John March (in August 1805, cost 62½ cents); the number 10 in gilt in the third compartment on the back, above which a later label lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC 901.M5 vol. 10.[/TBE]","","ii.","","","Linn, William.","The Blessings of America. A Sermon, preached in the Middle Dutch Church, on the Fourth July, 1791, being the Anniversary of the Independence of America: At the Request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By William Linn, D.D. New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, M, DCC, XC, I. [1791]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves collating in fours, including the half-title. The last 2 leaves for: An Ode, composed for the Occasion, at the Request of the Society. By Dr. William Pitt Smith. At the end: Set to music by Mr. Van Hagen. 1791.

Sabin 41342. Evans 23504. Sprague IX, page 77.

On page 32 is a footnote reference to Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from New York on July 18, 1791:

Allow me to present you a sermon on the blessings of that country, the character & privileges of which you have ably & successfully vindicated, & of which you are among its greatest ornaments.

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on July 31 :

I am to return you my thanks for the copy of the sermon you were so good as to send me, which I have perused with very great pleasure. it breathes that spirit of pure fraternity which exists in nature among all religions, & would make the ornament of all: and with the blessings we derive from religious liberty, makes us also sensible how highly we ought to value those of a temporal nature with which we are surrounded . . .

William Linn, 1752-1808, Reformed Dutch minister. See also no. 3226." "16480","J. 180","Tracts in religion, viz. on Amer. bishops. Linn's Sermon. Goodrich's do. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 140, Tracts in Religion—to wit, on American bishops, Linn's Sermon, Goodrich's Sermon. 8vo.","Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo, tree calf by John March (in August 1805, cost 62½ cents); the number 10 in gilt in the third compartment on the back, above which a later label lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC 901.M5 vol. 10.[/TBE]","","iii.","","","Goodrich, Elizur.","The Principles of civil Union and Happiness considered and recommended. A Sermon, preached before his Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esq. L.L.D. Governor and Commander in Chief, and the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. Convened at Hartford, on the day of the anniversary election, May 10th, 1787. By Elizur Goodrich, D.D. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Durham. Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]","","

First Edition. 4to. 29 leaves (lower margins uncut).

Sabin 27883. Evans 20393. Sprague I, 513.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the half-title: His Excellency Governor Jefferson Minister Plenipotentiary Paris from the Author.

Elizur Goodrich, 1734-1797, Trinitarian Congregational minister." "16490","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Humphrys' Inquirer.","1.","","","Humphreys, Daniel.","The Inquirer: being, An Examination of the Question lately agitated, respecting the legitimate Powers of Government; whether they extend to the Care of Religion, and warrant making and enforcing Laws for the Purpose of establishing, supporting, or encouraging the Christian Religion. In six numbers; With a supplement . . . Concluding with a singular, original Letter, written by a Friend, briefly stating what that Religion is not; and what it is. By Daniel Humphrys . . . Boston: Printing-office, Union-Street, 1801.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 24 leaves collating in sixes, margins cut close, title defective.

Not in Sabin.

Daniel Humphreys, 1740-1827, a native of Connecticut, was the brother of David Humphreys, see no. 1653." "16500","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","","[*1.]","","","","Sentiments upon the Religion of Reason and Nature, carefully translated from the original French Manuscript, communicated by the author. Second edition. Philadelphia: Printed for T. Stephens, and Denoon & Condie. By Bioren & Madan, MDCCXCV. [1795.]","","

12mo. 54 leaves collating in sixes. The preface signed T. C. [Thomas Condie] Philadelphia, Sept. 1795; the last 8 pages (sig. I3-6) with a list of the publications of Denoon & Condie.

Evans 29487. Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. This pamphlet was not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume, and is the only one in the volume initialled by him. It has no separate entry in his manuscript catalogue.

This is the second of three editions by the same publishers in 1795. The pamphlet was first printed in translation in London, as by a Member of the Jacobins, and afterwards in Paris in French." "16510","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Watson's Apology for Christianity.","2.","","","Watson, Richard.","An Apology for Christianity, in a series of letters, addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq. Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Being a necessary and instructive appendix thereto. By R. Watson, D.D. F.R.S. Lord Bishop of Landaff, and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Philadelphia: Printed by James Carey, 1796. [Price twenty-five cents.]","","

8vo. 28 leaves collating in fours.

Evans 31562.

Richard Watson, 1737-1816, Bishop of Llandaff. This work was originally published in London in 1776.

Carey's edition is the second of three American editions published in 1796. As an antidote to Gibbon's fifteenth chapter the Apology was extremely popular and frequently reprinted." "16520","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Watson's Apology for the Bible.","3.","","","Watson, Richard.","An Apology for the Bible, in a series of letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, author of a book entitled, The Age of Reason, Part the Second, being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology. By R. Watson, D.D. F.R.S. . . . Philadelphia: Printed by James Carey, 1796.","","

8vo. 41 leaves collating in fours.

Evans 31571.

Signed at the end R. Landaff, Calgarth Park, Jan. 20, 1796. This edition is the eighth of ten editions published in America in 1796." "16530","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.","4.","","","Humphreys, Daniel.","The Bible needs no apology: or Watson's System of Religion refuted; and the advocate proved an unfaithful one, by the Bible itself: of which a short view is given, and which itself gives, a short answer to Paine: in Four Letters, on Watson's Apology for the Bible, and Paine's Age of Reason, Part the Second. [Portsmouth:] Printed by Charles Peirce, for Samuel Larkin, at the Portsmouth Bookstore, 1796.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 48 leaves collating in sixes.

Evans 30603.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Daniel Humphreys of N. Hampshire brother of David Humphreys.

A small correction by Jefferson occurs on page 8.

Sent to Jefferson by Joseph Moss White, who wrote from Danbury in Connecticut on January 1, 1801:

. . . I have therefore at length ventured to send you herewith a Pamphlet wrote by him entitled The Bible needs no Apology, etc. which please to accept off, as a small Present, as well as token of my high esteem of your Person and character: notwithstand[ing] all the Calumny and reproach wherewith many have lately been endeavoring to load you, on account of what has been wrote by you on religious Liberty.

Whether you may approve of the peculiar Tenets maintained in the Pamphlet, or not; or whether a Deist, or not, I consider as unimportant Questions to me as they relate to you, in the high Station Providence seems to be alloting you for several Years to come. In which I have the highest Confidence in you (from the acceptable Services which you have heretofore rendered in the several Publick offices you have sustained) that you will gain the approbation of not only the wise and Good, but even of those who now seem inveterate enemies, by that wise and Prudent Administration which I am perswaded will be pursued by you . . .

P. S. The Author of the Pamphlet I send you, etc., is Daniel Humphrey, Esqr. of Portsmouth N. H. Brother to David: with whom I presume you must have had an acquaintence.

Worthington Chauncey Ford's note in Thomas Jefferson Correspondence printed from the originals in the collections of William K. Bixby reads: The pamphlet sent to Jefferson was A Plain Attempt to hold up to View the Ancient Gospel, printed at Portsmouth, 1800." "16540","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.","5.","","","[Fisher, Miers.]","A Reply to the False Reasoning in the ''Age of Reason.'' To which are added, Some thoughts on Idolatry; on the Devil; and the origin of Moral Evil . . . By a Layman. Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for the author, 1796.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 20 leaves collating in sixes.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Evans 30423.

At the end of the Introduction is a printed note: This work was written in 1794, in a style and manner somewhat new, but being the author's first essay, his unaffected diffidence prevented its coming forward till now, encouraged by a few intelligent friends. At the beginning is inserted an autograph note by the author (unsigned):

N.B. In this first & small Essay, Brevity was consulted. Would the Infidells admitt of Scripture proof, it would probably have been three times the size; consistent with said Brevity.

A plain & familiar Stile was also chosen, that it might be more generally usefull to those for whose perusall it was chiefly intended; The Author had not seen the 2d part of T. Paine's ''Age of Reason'' when he wrote this—but that 2d part is fully answered,— and in a more Masterly manner by the Bp. of Landaff.

Miers Fisher, 1748-1819." "16550","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Two sermons by Joseph Priestly.","6.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","Two Sermons viz. I. The present State of Europe compared with Antient Prophecies; preached on the Fast-Day in 1794; with a Preface, containing the reasons for the author's leaving England. II. The Use of Christianity, especially in difficult times; being the Author's Farewell Discourse to his Congregation at Hackney. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, MDCCXCIV. [1794]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 56 leaves; the last six pages contain a catalogue of 75 titles of books written by Priestley.

Evans 27559. Not in Fulton and Peters, who have only separate London editions, 1794, of both sermons." "16560","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.","7.","","","","Constitutional Rules of the Society of Unitarian Christians, at Philadelphia, agreed upon, (Having been previously read and proposed for consideration) at a Meeting of the Society, held at the University of Pennsylvania, on Sunday the 28th of August, 1796. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Gales, 1796.","","

8vo. 4 leaves.

Sabin 62261. Evans 31003." "16570","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.","8.","","","[Clowes, John.]","Remarks on the assertions of the author of the Memoirs of Jacobinism respecting the character of Emanuel Swedenborg and the tendency of his writings . . . Philadelphia: Printed for John Ormrod, 1800.","","

8vo. 19 leaves collating in fours; pages 31-32 contain a list of treatises by Swedenborg.

Halkett and Laing V, 72.

The author of the Memoirs of Jacobinism was the abbé Augustin Barruel, 1741-1820, French Jesuit, a translation of whose work (originally published in French, London, 1797-8) had been printed in Hartford, Conn. 1799. Jefferson discussed a portion of it in a letter to Bishop Madison, January 31, 1800.

John Clowes, 1743-1831, English clergyman and Swedenborgian." "16580","J. 181","Pamphlets religious.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 141, as above, 8vo.","

A collection of ten tracts bound together. On the original fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of 9 tracts as follows:

1 Humphrys' Inquirer.

2 Watson's Apology for Christianity.

3 Watson's Apology for the Bible.

4 The Bible needs no apology. by Humphreys.

5 Reply to the Age of reason by a layman.

6 Two sermons by Joseph Priestly

7 Constitution of the Unitarian Christians at Philadelphia.

8 Remarks on the character of Emanuel Swedenburg.

9 Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.

This fly-leaf has an offset of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The volume has been rebound in half calf, lettered on the back Theological Pamphlets. 5. by the Library of Congress. The additional tract may have been inserted at the time of rebinding, or may have been inserted by Jefferson. It is the second tract in the volume, and is here placed with an asterisked number, the original numbering being thus retained.[TBE]BR55 .T4 vol. 5[/TBE]","Miller's Sermon to the Missionary society.","9.","","","Miller, Samuel.","A Sermon, delivered before the New-York Missionary Society, at their Annual Meeting, April 6th, 1802. By Samuel Miller, A.M. one of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches in the City of New-York. To which are added, The Annual Report of the Directors, and other Papers relating to American Missions. New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1802.","","

First Edition. 42 leaves collating in fours, the last a blank; pages 63-81 contain the reports of Indian Councils.

Sabin 45059. Field 1560. Sprague III, 605.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from New York, June 10, 1802:

I do myself the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the annual publication of our Missionary Society. The information which it contains respecting our exertions, & the result of them during the past year, may, perhaps, not be altogether uninteresting to you. Be pleased to accept of it, as a small testimony of that high respect with which I have the honor to be, your humble servant, Saml. Miller.

Jefferson replied on June 13:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to the revd. m[???] Millar, and his thanks for the copy of a sermon enclosed to him which he shall read with pleasure.

Samuel Miller, 1769-1850, Presbyterian minister." "16590","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.","1","","","[Price, Richard.]","Two Schemes of a Trinity considered, and the Divine Unity asserted. Four Discourses upon Philip. ii. 5 . . . 11 . . . [London:] Printed by J. Rivington, Jun. and sold by J. Johnson, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","","

8vo. 56 leaves collating in eights. The Advertisement dated from Maidstone, August 1, 1784. The half-title carries the price, One Shilling and Six-pence.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Thomas.

On the half-title Jefferson has written: by Dr. Price. Presentation copy from the author, sent in August 1789 with the volume of Sermons no. 1569 q. v." "16600","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.","2","","","Priestley, Joseph.","The Originality and superior excellence of the Mosaic Institutions demonstrated. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. . . . Northumberland: printed by Andrew Kennedy, for P. Byrne, Philadelphia, 1803.","","

8vo; 18 leaves, the second signature wrongly marked Z3-6; on the last page a list of books published by Dr. Priestley.

Fulton and Peters, page 16." "16610","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.","3","","","Priestley, Joseph.","Socrates and Jesus Compared. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. . . . Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 35 leaves; at the end a list of 25 books published by the author.

Fulton and Peters, page 18.

To the printed list of books at the end Jefferson has added two by hand: Disquisitions relating to matter & spirit. Sequel to the Disquisitions.

Presentation copy from the author, acknowledged by Jefferson on April 9, 1803.

It was this work which induced Jefferson to write his Syllabus on an estimate of the doctrines of Jesus compared with those of others, of which he sent an outline in his letter of thanks to Priestley and the complete Syllabus at a later date.

The letter of April 9 read in part:

While on a short visit lately to Monticello, I recieved from you a copy of your comparative view of Socrates & Jesus, and I avail myself of the first moment of leisure after my return to acknolege the pleasure I had in the perusal of it, and the desire it excited to see you take up the subject on a more extensive scale. in consequence of some conversation with Dr. Rush in the years 1798.99. I had promised some day to write him a letter giving him my view of the Christian system. I have reflected often on it since, & even sketched the outlines in my own mind. I should first take a general view . . .

The outline followed, after which:

. . . this is the outline; but I have not the time, & still less the information which the subject needs. it will therefore rest with me in contemplation only. you are the person who of all others would do it best, and most promptly. you have all the materials at hand, and you put together with ease. I wish you could be induced to extend your late work to the whole subject . . .

On April 21 Jefferson wrote to Dr. Rush:

. . . I recieved from Doctr. Priestly his little treatise of 'Socrates & Jesus compared.' this being a section of the general view I had taken of the field, it became a subject of reflection while on the road, & unoccupied otherwise. the result was, to arrange in my mind a Syllabus, or Outline of such an Estimate of the comparative merits of Christianity as I wished to see executed by some one of more leisure and information, for the task, than myself. this I now send you, as the only discharge of my promise I can probably ever execute. and in confiding it to you, I know it will not be exposed to the malignant perversions of those who make every word from me a text for new misrepresentations & calumnies . . .

The above letter and the Syllabus were not sent until April 23, when Jefferson sent them with a covering letter:

. . . At length I send you a letter, long due, and even now but a sketch of what I wished to make it. but your candour will find my just excuse in the indispensable occupations of my public duties. I communicate a copy of the Syllabus to Dr. Priestley in the hope he will extend his work of Socrates & Jesus compared. he views a part of the subject differently from myself: but in the main object of my syllabus we go perfectly together . . . [See illustration.]

On the following day, April 24, Jefferson wrote to Priestley:

. . . In my letter of Apr. 9. I gave you the substance of a view I had taken of the morality taught by the antient philosophers & by Jesus. the subject being in my mind, I committed to writing a syllabus of it, as I would treat it had I time or information sufficient, and sent it to Dr. Rush in performance of the promise I had formerly made him. tho' this differs no otherwise from my letter to you than in being more full & formal, yet I send you a copy of it. there is a point or two in which you & I probably differ. but the wonder would be that any two persons should see in the same point of view all the parts of an extensive subject. I did not know that any comparative view of these schemes of morality had been taken till I saw your tract on Socrates & Jesus, & learnt from that that a m[???] Toulmin had written a dissertation in the same way. but I am sure he has left enough of the field to employ your pen advantageously . . .

Priestley replied from Northumberland on May 7:

I have now to acknowledge the receipt of two of your valuable letters, one of them directed to me at Philadelphia, and the other to this place. They give me the more pleasure as I perceive by them that you are not so much occupied by public business, but that you are at leisure for speculations of a different and higher nature, and that you do not think unfavourably of my late tract on the comparison of Socrates and Jesus. Your flattering invitation to enter farther into the comparison of Jesus with other philosophers, I cannot, at least at present, attend to, tho I should be glad if you, or some other person, would take it up . . .

The rest of the letter is occupied with Priestley's comments on Jefferson's outline.

With regard to the copy of his Syllabus sent to Benjamin Rush, Jefferson wrote on May 31, 1813, to Richard Rush, six weeks after the death of his father:

No one has taken a more sincere part than myself in the affliction which has lately befallen your family, by the loss of your inestimable and ever to be lamented father . . . there may have been other letters of this character written by me to him [i.e. communications which were never intended to go farther]. but two alone occur to me at present, about which I have any anxiety. these were of Apr. 21. 1803. & Jan. 16. 1811. the first of these was on the subject of religion, a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved. I have considered it as a matter between every man and his maker, in which no other, & far less the public had a right to intermeddle. to your father alone I committed some views on this subject in the first of the letters above-mentioned, led to it by previous conversations, and a promise on my part to digest & communicate them in writing . . .

I very much wish that these letters should remain unseen and unknown. and, if it would be too much to ask their return, I would earnestly entreat of you so to dispose of them as that they might never be seen, if possible, but by yourself, with whom I know their contents would be safe. I have too many enemies disposed to make a lacerating use of them, not to feel anxieties inspired by a love of tranquility, now become the summum bonum of life. in your occasional visits to Philadelphia, perhaps you can lay your hand on them, which might be preferable to the drawing a marked attention to them by letter . . .

Richard Rush replied from Washington on June 12:

. . . The two letters which you have particularly designated I will ask permission to enclose to you together with any others that may seem to be of a similar complexion.

But, as the afflicting event of my father's death summoned me to Philadelphia whence I have but lately returned, and as it is probable I may not find it practicable to go there again for sometime—perhaps a twelvemonth—I have had thoughts of writing in the meanwhile to my mother in order that your wishes may, through me as the channel of communication, be complied with at an earlier day. Not being on the spot I am not at present the depositary of my father's manuscripts. Their custody now is chiefly with Dr. James Rush, the brother next in age to me, to whose discretion and honor all things may be confided; yet it is possible, though not probable, that in the work of looking through voluminous papers some accident or inadvertence (no caution being previously hinted) might exhibit a private letter to some eye from which it had as well be hidden. I know how promply [sic] and sacredly any request I might make either of him or my mother to enclose the letters in question to me would be attended to, and in this doubtful state I will wait until it may be my pleasure to receive at your hands another line. . .

The other line was sent by Jefferson to Richard Rush on June 17:

Your favor of the 12th. came to hand yesterday and I thank you for the kind attention you are so good as to pay to the subject of my letters. my entire confidence in the family will render satisfactory to me your addressing any member of it you think proper on the subject of those letters. an occurrence since my letter to you has justified my anxiety to prevent their getting into unfriendly hands. on the 9th. of Apr. 1803. having recieved from Dr. Priestley his 'Jesus & Socrates' compared' & returning my thanks to him for the work, I mentioned to him my promise of a letter to Dr. Rush on a similar subject, but on a broader scale, and gave him the outlines of my views of the subject, which I pressed him to undertake, being so much better qualified for it. it was on this occasion he wrote his ''Heathen Philosophy compared with revelation.'' Twelve days after this letter to him, the subject being in my mind I wrote the one to Dr. Rush. the letter to Dr. Priestley it seems he communicated to his friend Dr. Lindsay in Eñgland, who dying, a m[???] Belsham has published memoirs of him, & in them my letters to Dr. Priestley. of this m[???] Adams gave me the first notice in a letter recieved on the 9th. inst. these will probably soon find their way into the newspapers, and the whole kennel of priests will open upon me. my letter to Dr. Rush, written more in detail than that to Dr. Priestly would much enlarge the field of their declamations, and that it should not get into their hands cannot but be a subject of some anxiety, tranquility is now my object, and that my mind may not be harrowed up by the renewal of contentions, which while I was young I met with the zeal of youth . . .

Relative to the above letter, one week later, on June 24, Jefferson ordered from N. G. Dufief of Philadelphia: Memoirs of Theophilus Lindsay by Belsham. a new work in 2. v. 8vo. just pubd.

Dufief replied on July 10 that Il m'a été impossible de trouver à Philadelphie . . . The Memoirs of Theophilus Lindsay . . .

For Priestley's Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy compared with those of Revelation, see no. 1528." "16620","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.","4","","","Priestley, Joseph.","A Letter to the Reverend John Blair Linn, A.M. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia. In Defence of the Pamphlet, intitled, Socrates and Jesus compared. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. Northumberland: Printed by Andrew Kennedy, for P. Byrne, Philadelphia, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves including the first blank; collates in fours; the last page has the list of contents, the errata, and a publisher's announcement: Printed, and nearly ready for publication, dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, A General History of the Christian Church, from the Fall of the Western Empire to the present Time, in four volumes, octavo . . .

Fulton and Peters, page 13.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Northumberland on June 25, 1803:

As you were pleased to think favourably of my pamphlet intitled Socrates and Jesus compared, I take the liberty to send you a defence of it. My principal object, you will perceive, was to lay hold of the opportunity, given me by Mr Blair Linn, to excite some attention to doctrines which I consider as of peculiar importance in the christian system, and which I do not find to have been discussed in this country . . .

A copy of the book advertised in this work, A General History of the Christian Church, was not in the Jefferson collection sold to Congress in 1815.

Priestley sent Jefferson a copy as soon as it was published. On June 25, 1803, he wrote to him:

The Church History is, I hope, by this time in the hands of the bookseller at Philadelphia, so that you will soon, if my directions have been attended to, receive a copy of the work which I have the honour to dedicate to you . . .

Priestley had previously consulted Jefferson concerning the dedication, in which the latter had made some corrections. On October 29, 1802, Priestley wrote:

. . . I take the liberty to send . . . a copy of my dedication, with the correction that you suggested, and a Note from the letter with which you favoured me concerning what you did with respect to the constitution, and which is really more than I had ascribed to you. For almost everything of importance to political liberty in that instrument was, as it appears to me, suggested by you; and as this was unknown to myself, and I believe is so to the world in general, I was unwilling to omit this opportunity of noticing it . . .

P. S. I send a copy of the Preface as well as of the Dedication, that you may form some idea of the work you are pleased to patronize." "16630","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","[Priestley]'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.","5","","","Priestley, Joseph.","A second Letter to the Revd. John Blair Linn, D.D. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia, in reply to his Defence of the Doctrines of the Divinity of Christ and Atonement. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. Northumberland: Printed for P. Byrne, Philadelphia, by Andrew Kennedy, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 22 leaves, the last with a list of books published by Dr. Priestley.

Fulton and Peters, page 18.

From John Vaughan to Jefferson Nov. 21, 1803:

. . . D Priestly notwithstanding his feeble state of body still retains a Vigorous mind, he . . . is now dictating a reply to Mr. Linns last pamphlet on the Socratic dispute, in which he has forgotten to treat the Dr. P. with Courteousness & indeed treats him with great harshness . . .

On December 12 Priestley wrote from Northumberland that he was sending the pamphlet:

I take the liberty to send you a second defence of my pamphlet about Socrates, on the 16th page of which you will find that I have undertaken the task you were pleased to recommend to me . . .

The pamphlet was sent on December 20 by John Vaughan from Philadelphia, together with a copy of the new edition of the Phlogiston:

By desire of Dr. Priestley I have sent per Post for your acceptance, the New Edition of his pamphlet on Phlogiston, & his last answer to Lynn . . .

Jefferson wrote to Priestley from Washington on January 29, 1804:

Your favor of Dec. 12. came duly to hand, as did the 2d. letter to Dr Linn and the treatise on Phlogiston for which I pray you to accept my thanks . . ." "16640","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.","6","","","Griswold, Stanley.","The Good Land we live in. A Sermon, delivered at Suffield (Connecticut) on the celebration of the Anniversary of American Independence. July 7th, 1802. By The Rev. Stanley Griswold, of New-Milford. Suffield: Printed by Edward Gray, 1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves collating in fours, the last a blank.

Sabin 28906. Dexter IV, page 480, no. 6.

On the title is written in ink: From Luther Pratt.

Stanley Griswold, 1763-1815, Congregational minister, editor and politician, was a Jeffersonian republican and the preacher at the Democratic Jubilee in Wallingford in March 1801 in honor of Jefferson's election as President. In 1805 he was appointed by Jefferson Secretary of the Michigan Territory. At the age of forty-four on May 5, 1808, Griswold wrote to Jefferson from Detroit, a full account of his life to date." "16650","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.","7","","","Weems, Mason Locke.","The True Patriot: or An Oration, on the beauties and beatitudes of a Republic; and the abominations and desolations of despotism . . . Delivered in the State-House, Trenton, before the Honorable the Governor and Legislature, and printed at their request. With a Dedication to His Excellency Joseph Bloomfield, Governor of the State of New-Jersey. By the Rev. M. L. Weems, Lodge No. 50. Dumfries, Virginia. Price 37½ cents. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by William W. Woodward, n.d. [1802] [Copy-Right Secured.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves collating in fours. The dedication dated from Trenton, January, 1802.

Sabin 102494. Skeel 173.

Presentation copy from the author, who sent it to Jefferson with a letter dated only Dumfries, Nov. 22 [Nov. 22, 1804]:

I beg your acceptance of the inclosure ''The True Patriot''—'Tis among the first of my little callow brood, and, throughout, bears too evident marks of the pinfeather—but I think I feel the growing strength of my quill, and hope e'er long to send you something better worth perusal . . .

Jefferson acknowledged it from Washington on December 13:

I thank you for the pamphlet you were so kind as to send me which I have read with great satisfaction . . .

For a note on the author see no. 507." "16660","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield.","8","","","Allen, Thomas.","Benefits of Affliction. A Funeral Sermon: occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth White, Consort of Mr. William P. White; who departed this life in London, on Friday the 2d. day of Feb. 1798, and delivered at Pittsfield, the place of her nativity April 22d . . . By Thomas Allen, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Pittsfield . . . The second edition. Pittsfield: Printed by Holly & Smith, 1799.","","

8vo. 14 leaves without signature, engraved portrait frontispiece by S. Hill.

Evans 35095. Sprague I, page 610.

Thomas Allen, 1743-1810, Trinitarian Congregationalist Minister. The first edition of this sermon on the death of his daughter was printed in Pittsfield in 1798. Allen wrote a long letter to Jefferson on the commencement of his second term as President." "16670","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.","9","","","Furman, Richard.","America's Deliverance and Duty. A Sermon. Preached at the Baptist Church in Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth day of July, 1802, before the State Society of the Cincinnati, the American Revolution Society; and the Congregation which usually attends divine service in the said Church. By Richard Furman, D. D. Pastor of the Baptist Church, in Charleston, and a member of the Revolution Society. Published at the joint request of the two societies . . . Charleston: Printed by W. P. Young, 1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves including the half-title. A few small corrections in ink.

Sabin 26227. Sprague VI, 161.

Richard Furman, 1755-1825, Baptist minister, was born in New York but brought up in South Carolina, where he eventually became first president of the Baptist State Convention. In politics he was a Federalist." "16680","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Austin's National Barley-cake.","10","","","Austin, David.","The National ''Barley Cake,'' or, the ''Rock of Offence'' into a ''Glorious Holy Mountain:'' in Discourses and Letters. By David Austin, A.M. Late Resident Minister at Elizabeth-Town . . . Submitted. Washington, District of Columbia: Way and Groff, January 14, A. D. 1802.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 2404. Dexter IV, page 95, no. 9. Sprague II, 195.

This pamphlet having been published on January 14, it is probably the publication referred to in a letter from the author to Jefferson, written from Washington on January 29, 1802:

You was obligingly disposed to say, that tho' you did not subscribe, you would receive a copy of the publica in hand.—The Boy waits on the President with two copies—The price is fifty cents each. If the President accepts the two, it will be the more obliging: as I have little other means of living but from the avails of the truth I publish to the world.

If the President could accomodate me to the situation of Librarian, it would be a favor long to be remembered.

David Austin, 1759-1831, Congregational clergyman. This work contains five discourses written and delivered in Washington and nine letters addressed to individuals and Congress.

The above quoted letter was not Austin's first application for the position of Librarian to Congress, and on January 21, only eight days before his letter to Jefferson, the latter had written to him with regard to that and to his predictions on the millenium:

Having daily to read voluminous letters & documents for the dispatch of the public affairs, your letters have consumed a portion of my time which duty forbids me any longer to devote to them. your talents as a divine I hold in due respect. but of their employment in a political line I must be allowed to judge for myself, bound as I am to select those which I suppose best suited to the public service. of the special communications to you of his will by the supreme being, I can have no evidence, and therefore must ascribe your belief of them to the false perceptions of your mind. it is with real pain that I find myself at length obliged to say in cogent terms what I had hoped you would have inferred from my silence." "16690","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","The Witness bearer.","11","","","","The Witness bearer. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [1801.]","","

8vo. 17 leaves including a half-title, but no title. At the end: Written by an American born, who must subscribe himself, A Stranger and Pilgrim. America, March 1801; an added paragraph is signed The Stranger.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the half-title: Thomas Jefferson President of the United States of America." "16700","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the U.S. 1803.","12","","","","Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; A. D. 1803. Philadelphia: from the press of (the late) R. Aitken; Jane Aitken, 1803.","","

8vo. 18 leaves collating in fours; on the blank page of C2 verso is written a list of the Trustees of the General Assembly Funds, 10 names headed by Elias Boudinot.

Sabin 65163.

Sent to Jefferson by David Jackson who wrote from Philadelphia on August 6, 1803:

I enclose you for your perusal, & satisfaction, the printed Extracts of the Genl. Assembly of the Presbyterian Church held in this City in May last; in the which you will observe the united testimony of said Church of the state of religion in their communion; this result is highly gratifying to the friends of piety in our connection, two thirds of whom are supporters of your administration—in this City, the Democratic Republican interest is supported by the Presbyterians, Baptists, & Germans, and generally opposed by the Episcopalians, Friends & Methodists; the last mentioned denomination, are fast embracing republicanism—The great Head of the Church has seen proper greatly to succeed a preached gospel under your administration, and to dissipate the fallacy of those fears, which many entertained, upon your accession to the Presidential Chair . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 11. [The letterpress copy of his letter in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is partly illegible.]" "16710","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church].","13","","","Hargrove, John.","The Substance of a Sermon, on the leading Doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church; delivered the 26th December, 1802, before the President of the United States and several members of Congress, at the Capitol, in the City of Washington, by John Hargrove, Minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Baltimore. [Baltimore:] Printed by Warner and Hanna, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 30375.

John Hargrove, 1750-1839, minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Baltimore, was in correspondence with Jefferson from time to time. In 1801 he wrote to congratulate him on becoming President, and in 1807 sent him a pamphlet on telegraphs." "16720","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.","14","","","Hargrove, John.","A Sermon, on the second coming of Christ, and on the Last Judgment. Delivered the 25th December, 1804, before both Houses of Congress, at the Capitol in the City of Washington. By John Hargrove, Minister of the New Jerusalem Church—Baltimore . . . [Baltimore:] Printed by Warner & Hanna, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves collating in fours.

Not in Sabin." "16730","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Prospectus of Smith's works.","15","","","Smith, William.","The Works of William Smith, D.D. late Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia . . . with an elegant engraving of the author's head, done by Edwin, from Stuart's celebrated portrait; and under his inspection. Philadelphia: Printed by Hugh Maxwell, 1802.","","

8vo. 32 leaves collating in fours, the last a blank, engraved portrait frontispiece. The pamphlet contains a General Preface by Smith, lists of Subscribers, Table of Contents of the first two volumes, Testimonies.

Sabin 84677.

William Smith, 1727-1803. see no. 476. This Prospectus of his works was published shortly after his death." "16740","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Not listed by Jefferson.","[*15]","","","Palmer, Elihu.","Prospect; or View of the moral world. By Elihu Palmer. Vol. 1. Saturday, June 2d, 1804. No. 26. New York: Printed and published by the Editor [1804.]","","

8vo. 4 leaves numbered [201]-208.

Contains Comments upon the Sacred Writings of the Jews and Christians; Profession of faith of a Savoyard Curate, from Rousseau; the last leaf with Original Poetry.

Not in Sabin.

Elihu Palmer, 1764-1806, militant deist, see no. 1290 and 3280." "16750","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Rice on Slavery.","16","","","Rice, David.","Slavery inconsistent with Justice and Good Policy, proved by a speech, delivered in the Convention, held at Danville, Kentucky. By the Rev. David Rice. New York: Printed by Isaac Collins and Son, 1804.","","

12mo. 16 leaves in sixes.

Sabin 70826. Evans 24742. Sprague III, 246.

David Rice, 1733-1816, born in Virginia, was the father of Presbyterianism in Kentucky." "16760","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Wilmer's Man as he is.","17","","","Wilmer, James Jones.","Man as he is, and the world as it goes . . . By James Jones Wilmer, formerly of Christ Church College, Oxford. Copy-right secured according to Law. Baltimore: Printed by Sower & Cole, 1803.","","

12mo. 36 leaves, the last a blank, collating in sixes. Sabin 104567.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Baltimore, Sept. 15, 1803:

Permit me to present you with a copy of a recent Publication, entitled ''Man as he is'' &c.—Its favorable reception by virtuous and intelligent minds will be very pleasing to . . . Js. Js. Wilmer.

On November 7 Wilmer again wrote, from Annapolis:

I did myself the honor sometime ago to transmit you a copy of the publication entitled ''Man as he is'' &c. I am about printing a second edition with the 3d. part added, which will make the work compleat, and meet with, I trust, your entire approbation. Having in my time contributed to the stock of knowledge in the republic of Letters, I think I have some small claim on my Countrys protection. The Church has nothing to give. I must therefore solicit your Excellencys benevolence to procure me some appointment . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 8:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Wilmer & his thanks for the pamphlet he was so kind as to send him, which he shall read with pleasure the first moment of leisure he has: his present situation rarely permitting him that enjoiment, & especially during the session of the legislature.

James Jones Wilmer, 1749-1814 was born in Maryland. At various times of his life he was a Swedenborgian and an Episcopalian minister." "16770","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Miller's discourses on Suicide.","18","","","Miller, Samuel.","The Guilt, Folly, and Sources of Suicide: Two Discourses, preached in the City of New-York, February, 1805. By Samuel Miller, D.D. one of the pastors of the United Presbyterian Churches in said city. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves collating in fours. Sabin 49064. Sprague III, 605.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from New-York, May 8th, 1805:

I do myself the honor to transmit herewith a copy of two ''Discourses on Suicide'', lately published, at the request of some of those to whom I minister. Be pleased to accept of it as an inconsiderable offering of respect.

Jefferson acknowledged it from Washington on May 13:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to the revd m[???] Miller for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, which he has perused, as he does whatever comes from his pen, with great pleasure, he salutes m[???] Miller with esteem and respect.

Samuel Miller, 1769-1850. Other works by Miller appear in this catalogue." "16780","J. 182","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 143, Pamphlets religious, 8vo.","

Twenty tracts bound together in 1 vol. half calf, 8vo. label on the back, lettered Theological/Pamphlets/vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.[TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed 19 of the tracts as follows. The unlisted tract occurs after no. 15 and has been marked [*15], the original numbering being thereby retained.

1 The schemes of a Trinity by Dr. Price.

2 Priestly's Originality & superior excellence of the Mosaic institutions.

3 Priestley's Socrates & Jesus compared.

4 Priestley to Linn in defence of Socrates & Jesus compared.

5 -----'s 2d. letter to Linn on do.

6 Griswold's Sermon on the Good land we live in. 1802.

7 Weems's True patriot. an Oration delivd. at Trenton.

8 Allen's funeral sermon on m[???]s White. Pittsfield

9 Furman's Sermon on the 4th. July. 02. Charleston.

10 Austin's National Barley-cake.

11 The Witness bearer.

12 Minutes of the Presbyterian church in the US. 1803.

13 Hargrove's Doctrines of the New Jerusa[lem Church] [the last letters torn away].

14 Hargrove on the 2d. coming of Christ.

15 Prospectus of Smith's works.

16 Rice on Slavery.

17 Wilmer's Man as he is.

18 Miller's discourses on Suicide.

19 Cushman's Discourse at Winslow. Nov. 29. 04.","Cushman's Discourse at Winslow, Nov. 29. 04.","19","","","Cushman, Joshua.","A Discourse, delivered at Winslow, November, 29, 1804. Being a day consecrated to the purposes of Publick Thanksgiving and Praise throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By Joshua Cushman, Pastor of the Christian Society in Winslow. Boston: Printed for Adams and Rhoades, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 18130. Williamson 2639.

On the half-title of this copy is written: E. W. Ripley's.

For another copy of this tract see no. 1681 below.

Joshua Cushman, 1761-1834, Congregational clergyman, Congressman from Massachusetts and Maine." "16790","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","i.","","","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte De.","Volney's Answer to Doctor Priestley, on his pamphlet entitled, ''Observations upon the increase of infidelity, with animadversions upon the writings of several modern unbelievers, and especially the Ruins of Mr. Volney . . . '' Philadelphia: Printed for the author and sold at the office of the Aurora, 1797.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves with sig. A. A8 is misbound between the title and A2, the first two leaves slightly defective.

Evans 33140.

Presentation copy from Volney, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on March 15, 1797:

N'ayant pû avoir l'honneur de vous revoir avant votre depart, j'espère que vous recevrez encore avant toute autre voye, un exemplaire de ma reponse au dr. priestley que je joins ici. si le français s'imprime comme j'ai bien de le croire, vous ne tarderez pas non plus de l'avoir. c'est une affaire finie de ma part. le Saint-homme n'aura plus de moi une virgule. avant trois semaines je compte etre sur le potowmack, et peut-etre cette course donnerat-elle bien l'année prochaine à un ouvrage plus utile et plus agreable qu des disputes du théologie . . .

Jefferson replied on April 9 from Monticello:

. . . I thank you for your pamphlet. I esteem the Doctor, yet blame him as to you. it grieves me to see the time & genius wasted on polemics; and hope therefore the reply which I see published will not tempt you from the resolution you express of proceeding to more useful labours . . .

Priestley's Observations were first published in 1795 and reprinted in 1796 and 1797. His Letter to Mr. Volney, written in answer to this pamphlet by Volney was published in Philadelphia in 1797.

Other works by Volney appear in this catalogue." "16800","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","ii.","","","Bacon, John.","Conjectures on Prophecies; written in the fore part of the year 1799. By John Bacon, Esquire. Printed at Boston: by David Carlisle, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves collating in fours. A few corrections in the text are not by Jefferson.

Not in Sabin. Not in Sprague.

John Bacon, 1738-1820, Congregational minister and legislator was for some years pastor of the Old South Church, Boston. In politics he was a Jeffersonian Republican, and corresponded with Jefferson from Stockbridge, where he went after giving up the church." "16810","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","iii.","","","Cushman, John.","A discourse, delivered at Winslow . . . Boston, 1805.","","Another copy of no. 1678 above. This copy has a few corrections in ink." "16820","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","iv.","","","Baldwin, Thomas.","The Happiness of a people illustrated and explained. A Sermon, delivered before the Second Baptist Society in Boston, November 29th, 1804: being the day of annual Thanksgiving. By Thomas Baldwin, D.D. Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Boston. Published by particular request. Boston: Printed for Adams & Rhoades, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves including the half-title.

Not in Sabin. Sprague VI, 202. Chessman, page 83, no. 21.

Thomas Baldwin, 1753-1825, Baptist minister, was a native of Connecticut." "16830","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Minutes of the Stonington Babtist [sic] Association, held at Montville, October 15 and 16, 1805. Together, with their circular & corresponding letters. Norwich: Printed by Sterry & Porter, 1805.","","

8vo. 4 leaves.

Minutes for 1805 not in Sabin. See Sabin 92164." "16840","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","vi.","","","[Leslie, Charles.]","A Short and easy method with Deists, wherein the certainty of the Christian Religion is demonstrated by infallible proof from Four Rules, in a letter to a friend. A new American edition. Cambridge: Printed by William Hilliard, 1805.","","

12mo. 30 leaves, the last a blank, collating in sixes.

The Preface is signed William Jones. Nayland, Feb. 23, 1799.

Sabin 40194.

Charles Leslie, 1650-1722, English non-juror and controversialist. The friend for whom this work, originally published in 1698, was written, supposedly Lady Frances Keightley, copied it with her own hand and thus reestablished her faith." "16850","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","A Blow at Priestcraft, and a Stab at the Devil: or a Set of Theological Queries, for the consideration and solution of Believers. M, DCCC, v. Without name of place or printer [1805].","","

12mo. 18 leaves, collating in sixes.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin." "16860","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","viii.","","","Bowers, James.","Deceivers made manifest: In three Discourses, delivered before the Episcopal Parish, in St. Michael's Church, Marblehead; August, 1805. By James Bowers, Rector of said Parish. Published by Desire. Salem: Printed by Joshua Cushing, 1805.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 13 leaves, collating in fours.

Not in Sabin. Not in Sprague.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the Rev. Isaac Story of Marblehead, who has written on the title: To President Jefferson from his devoted serv[ant] Isaac Sto[ry] [the two defective words cut into by the binder].

James Bowers, 1796-1830, Episcopal clergyman." "16870","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","Account of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester.","","

4 leaves without signature, the pages numbered (in square brackets) [ ]-[8], caption title.

The gift of an anonymous correspondent who wrote to Jefferson on April 8, 1808 (the letter endorsed by Jefferson: Anon. (postmark New Haven) Apr. 4. 08. recd. Apr. 8. religious)

:Respected Friend,

I entreat you to prepare to meet your God. For it will be but a short time before you must stand before his bar to answer for all the deeds done here below. And O may God grant that like the noble Earl, whose life I have sent you to peruse, you may become a sincere penitent before you leave the world. Farewell" "16880","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","x.","","","","A Discourse, delivered in the Protestant Episcopal Church, on Sunday, November 23, 1806, Martinsburg, Virginia. Martinsburg: Printed by John Alburtis, n.d. [1806.]","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 8 leaves without signature including the last blank.

Sabin 44982. Not in Swem." "16890","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xi.","","","Nixon, Barnaby.","A Serious Address, to the Rulers of America in General, and the State of Virginia in particular. By Barnaby Nixon . . . Richmond: Printed by Seaton Grantland, 1806.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 6 leaves; the printer's imprint repeated at the end. A small correction in ink on page 6.

Sabin 55360. Not in Smith, Catalogue of Friends Books. Barnaby Nixon, 1752?-1807." "16900","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xii.","","","Allen, Thomas.","Submission to the Will of God. A Discourse, occasioned by the death of Thomas Allen, Jun. Esq. one of the Representatives of Pittsfield in the General Court of Massachusetts, who departed this life at Boston, on Saturday, the 22d day of March, 1806, in the 38th year of his age. Delivered at Pittsfield, March 30, 1806. By Thomas Allen, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Pittsfield. Second Edition, with corrections and alterations . . . Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, May, 1806.","","

8vo. 12 leaves including the last blank, collating in fours.

Not in Sabin. Sprague I, 610.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the half-title: For Thomas Jefferson President of the United Sta[tes] from his sincere friend the Auth[or]. [The letters within brackets cut off by the binder.]

See no. 1666." "16910","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","Pearce, John.","Thoughts on part of the discourse delivered by Mr. Hey, against the Universal Salvation of Men. By John Pearce, Not D.D. A.M. or V.D.M. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1806. Price twenty cents.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves, collating in fours. Not in Sabin.

Presentation copy from the author, who in an undated letter to Jefferson (received by him on December 25, 1806) wrote:

Having taken a copy right of a pamplet herein inclose'd i was directed by Mr Caldwell the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States meeting in Phidelphia to send a copy of the same to the Secretary of the United States as the law require'd it. I thought the same respect ought to be shewe'd to the president I therefore take the freedom to trouble you to accept of a copy of pricous matter which if a man enter into the light & spirit of it will make him easy & happy in life & in death" "16920","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","","A Brief View of the Missionary Proceedings in the Western Country, with an address to the Christian Public, by the Trustees of the Western Missionary Society . . . Printed at the Office of the ''Western Telegraphe,'' Washington, (Penn.) 1807.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 12 leaves with sig. A, B.; signed at the end James Hughs, Secretary. West-Liberty, March 11, 1807. On the back of the title: The profits arising from the sale will be added to the Missionary Fund.

Sabin 102995. Not in Thomson.

Some corrections occur which may be by Jefferson." "16930","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xv.","","","Birch, Thomas Ledlie.","Seemingly experimental religion, instructors unexperienced—converters unconverted—revivals killing religion—missionaries in need of teaching—or, war against the Gospel by its Friends . . . With remarks thereon, addressed to the friends of Gospel Progress, more particularly, those of the Presbyterian Church of America. By the Rev. Thomas Ledlie Birch, A.M. . . . Washington: Printed for the author, MDCCCVI. [1806]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 72 leaves collating in eights (some leaves foxed). The Dedication to the Religious of every Profession signed by Thomas Ledlie Birch from Point-Pleasant, near Washington, Pennsylvania, 3d October, 1805.

Sabin 5529. Thomson 95.

Thomas Ledlie Birch, d. 1808." "16940","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xvi.","","","Emerson, William.","A Sermon, delivered to the First Church in Boston, on the Lord's Day after the calamitous Death of Mr. Charles Austin, member of the senior class in the University of Cambridge, which happened Aug. 4, 1806, in the nineteenth year of his age. By William Emerson, Pastor of the Church. Second edition . . . Boston: Printed at the Emerald Press by Belcher and Armstrong, n.d. [1806]","","

8vo. 12 leaves including the half-title and the last blank, collating in fours. Badly damp-stained.

Sabin 22465. Sprague VIII, 243.

This may be the enclos'd Discourse referred to by Benjamin Austin, the father of Charles, in a letter written to Jefferson from Boston on August 15, 1806, eleven days after the tragedy, in which Charles Austin was shot by his father's political enemy, Thomas O. Selfridge. Benjamin Austin's letter read:

The melancholy Event which occasioned the inclos'd Discourse, I presume is well known to you by the publick Papers.—

I take the freedom to send one for your perusal that you may form some judgment of the Character, which has thus fallen a Victim, if not to party rage, yet to the hands of Violence.—

Excuse me Sir for not enlarging on this distressing subject, for as a Father you can better conceive, than I can describe.

William Emerson, 1769-1811, Unitarian clergyman, and the father of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was minister of the Unitarian Church at Harvard." "16950","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xvii.","","","Bentley, William.","A Sermon, before the Governor, the Honorable Council, and both Branches of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Day of General Election, May 27, 1807. By William Bentley, A.M. Minister of the Second Church in Salem. Boston: Printed by Adams and Rhoades, printers to the State, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves including the half-title and the last blank, collating in fours.

Sabin 4775. Sprague VIII, 155.

William Bentley, 1759-1819, Unitarian clergyman, a Jeffersonian Republican in politics, was a friend of Jefferson who offered him the presidency of the projected University of Virginia." "16960","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xviii.","","","","The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting, held in London, by Adjournments, from the 22d. to the 31st. of the Fifth Month, 1805, inclusive, to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends, in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere. [Baltimore: Printed by Cole & Hewes, 1806.]","","

2 leaves folio, folded. Caption title, imprint and title, The Yearly Meeting's Epistle, 1805 on the last page.

Smith I, page 70." "16970","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xix.","","","","A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee, appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Baltimore, for promoting the improvement and civilization of the Indian Natives. Baltimore: Printed by Cole & Hewes, 1805.","","

8vo. 24 leaves collating in fours. Signed at the end: Philip E. Thomas, Clerk. Baltimore, 11th Mo. 1805.

Some corrections in ink.

Smith I, page 783." "16980","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xx.","","","[Eddowes, Ralph.]","The Right, Duty and Importance, of Free Inquiry in Matters of Religion. A Discourse delivered at the Evening Lecture, instituted by the First Society of Unitarian Christians, in the City Philadelphia; November 1st, 1807. By a Member of the Society. Philadelphia: Printed by Bartram & Reynolds, for Thomas Dobson, 1807.","","

8vo. 14 leaves collating in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin.

This and the following pamphlet were sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on November 14, 1807: The obtruding the inclosed pieces upon your attention may justly be thought to require an apology. Learning in a late conversation with Dr. Rush that your sentiments on the subjects to which they relate were, generally, in unison with them, I thought it might not be disagreable to you to be informed of an attempt now made (or rather revived) to bring them into more general notice & render them the subjects of enquiry in this place.

I was, in the earlier part of my life, a pupil of the venerable Priestley, and came over with a large family to this country in the same year he did & from motives somewhat similar tho rather of a civil than a religious nature . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 18:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Eddowes and his thanks for the two pamphlets he has been so kind as to send him. he has read them with so much satisfaction that he has desired m[???] Dobson to forward him the successive discourses as they shall come out, and also the new translation of the New testament announced in page 22. this latter work is particularly interesting as he has always been persuaded that the different translations of that book have been warped in particular passages to the tenets of the church of which the translator has been a member. he has recieved great pleasure from some of the writings of his venerable friend Doctr. Priestley, on these subjects, and is sensible, from the specimen sent, that he shall do the same as to the discourses now promised.

The letter to Thomas Dobson was written by Jefferson on the same day, November 18:

In a discourse on Unitarian principles, sent me by m[???] Eddowes of your city, & edited by yourself, I percieve that others are to be delivered on the same subject successively through the winter. the object of the present letter is to ask the favor of you to forward me a copy of them as they appear, & with the last, a note of the amount which shall be remitted you; to which I should be glad to have added a translation of the New testament, announced page 22. of the first discourse, whenever it comes out . . .

The announcement on page 22 reads as follows: it is farther announced, that a translation of the New Testament, in which the errors of that at present in common use will be noted and avoided, is preparing for speedy publication.

For Jefferson's copy of this New Testament, see no. 1489.

Ralph Eddowes, 1751-1833, emigrated to America in 1794, and became one of the earliest lay ministers of the First Unitarian Society of Philadelphia." "16990","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxi.","","","[Eddowes, Ralph.]","Constitution of the First Society of Unitarian Christians, in the City of Philadelphia; adopted, August 23, 1807. With Explanatory Observations. Philadelphia: Printed by Bartram & Reynolds, 1807.","","

8vo. 12 leaves collating in fours.

Not in Sabin.

See the note to the previous entry. Thomas Dobson sent to Jefferson on January 20, 1809, four succeeding number of the Unitarian pieces and tracts published in this city [Philadelphia]. The price was fifty cents which Jefferson paid on February 6." "17000","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxii.","","","Leigh, Joseph.","Illustrations of the Fulfilment of the Prediction of Merlin,—occasioned by the late outrageous attack of the British Ship of War The Leopard, on the American Frigate Chesapeake, and the measures taken by the President, supported by the citizens thereon: By Joseph Leigh: —Copy Right secured—According to act of Congress. Second edition. Portsmouth: Printed for the author, October, 1807.","","

12mo. 12 leaves: A-B6, woodcuts at the end.

Sabin 39928.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Portsmouth, N. Hampshire, on July 1, 1808:

There was transmitted you early in common with the Heads of Departments—The Illustrations of Merlin with a Real Signature to Substantiate the same . . .

Reference is made, on p. iii of the Address to Richard E. Lee, to the elevation of our present illustrious Chief to the Presidential Chair.

On the recto of the last leaf is a poem of five stanzas headed:

The Chesapeake Massacre!

Composed by a Revolutionist of '75.

The last stanza reads:

If Jefferson and Congress join,

We can defeat the base design

Of villainous ingrates;

Then let us arm at ev'ry point,

And with our blood, our cause anoint,

And trust to GOD our Fates.

Joseph Leigh, of Portsmouth. This is the second of three editions published in this year." "17010","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxiii.","","","Bentley, William.","A Discourse, delivered in the East Meeting-House in Salem, September 2, 1807, at the Annual Meeting of the Salem Female Charitable Society. By William Bentley, minister of the Second Church in Salem. Salem: Printed by Pool & Palfray, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves collating in fours. On the verso of the title-leaf: Published at the Request of the Members of the Society.

Sabin 4776 (n.). Sprague VIII, 155.

See no. 1695 above." "17020","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxiv.","","","Romeyn, John Brodhead.","Two sermons, delivered in the Presbyterian Church in the City of Albany, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 1808; being the day recommended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, for Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer. By John B. Romeyn, A.M. . . . Albany: Published by Backus & Whiting; William Tucker, printer, 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 75038. Sprague IV, 219.

John Brodhead Romeyn, 1777-1825, Presbyterian Minister, was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N. Y." "17030","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxv.","","","","Minutes of the Baltimore Baptist Association, held in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th days of October, 1808.","","

8vo. 8 leaves: [ ]4; B4; caption title. A manuscript note at the foot of page 2 is not by Jefferson.

Sabin 3049.

Pages 13-16 contain the Address of the Baltimore Baptist Association, to Thomas Jefferson, President, dated 15 October, 1808, and Jefferson's Reply to the address, dated October 17. The original manuscripts of both these documents are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, the former with a covering letter from Charles Peale Polk:

Having been appointed one of a Committee of the ''Baltimore Baptist Association'' now sitting in this City, to present to you an Address, I take the liberty, most respectfully to enclose a Copy of it, and to inform you that the Committee of Five will have the honor of waiting on you on Monday morning next at 9 o'Clock, if it shall suit your Convenience, to present the official Address and to receive any answer which you may be pleased to make to it." "17040","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxvi.","","","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Irénée Bonfils, sur la Religion de ses pères et de nos pères . . . A Paris: chez Firmin Didot [and others], 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves the last a blank; at the end: Extrait du Journal des Arts et des Sciences réuni à la Bibliothèque Française.

Barbier II, 967. Quérard II, 707. Schelle, no. 94. On the title Jefferson has written: by Dupont de Nemours. This may have been one of the pamphlets referred to by

Jefferson in a letter to Dupont de Nemours dated from Washington, March 2, 1809:

My last to you was of May 2. since which I have received yours of May 25. June 1. July 23-24. & Sep. 5. and distributed the two pamphlets according to your desire. they are read with the delight which every thing from your pen gives . . ." "17050","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxvii.","","","","Sur les Institutions Religieuses dans l'Intérieur des familles; avec un Essai de Traduction nouvelle de l'Oraison Dominicale. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","8vo. 8 leaves, caption title." "17060","J. 183","Religious pamphlets. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 67. no. 142, as above.","Twenty-eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., half calf, by Milligan on February 17, 1809 (price .75), later labels on the back lettered Theological/Pamphlets/Vol. 7./ The original fly-leaves are partly torn away, and probably had Jefferson's autograph list of the Contents. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]BR55 .T4 Vol. 7[/TBE]","","xxviii.","","","Gray, James.","Present Duty. A Discourse, delivered on the 31st of December, 1808; which was observed, by concert, as a day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer, in several of the Churches in the City of Philadelphia. By James Gray, D.D. Pastor of the Associate Reformed Church. Published by the particular request of the Elders and Trustees of said Church. Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken. 1809.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 19 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 28396. Sprague IX, 96.

James Gray, 1770-1824, was born in Ireland, and came to the United States in 1797." "17070","J. 184","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 47, Brown's Account of the Shakers, 12mo.","Brown, Thomas.","An account of the people called Shakers: their faith, doctrines, and practice, exemplified in the Life, Conversations, and Experience of the Author during the time he belonged to the Society. To which is affixed a History of their Rise and Progress to the present day. By Thomas Brown, of Cornwall, Orange County, State of New-York . . . Troy: Printed by Parker and Bliss, 1812.","BX9771 .B8","

First Edition. 12mo. 226 leaves collating in sixes; subscribers' names on 3 pages; the last sheet with Hymns composed by several members of the church called Shakers.

Sabin 8567. MacLean, page 23, no. 10.

Original tree sheep, gilt bars on the back (back scorched), sprinkled edges; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from N. G. Dufief. Ordered in a letter dated from Monticello August 16, 1814, sent from Philadelphia September 1. Cost $1.00." "17080","J. 185","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 97, English Grounds of Christianity, with Cary's review, 12.","","","i.","","","English, George Bethune.","The Grounds of Christianity Examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old. By George Bethune English, A.M. . . . Boston: Printed for the author, 1813.","BL2775 .E63","

First Edition. 12mo. 104 leaves only, should be 110; lacks sig. 7 (6 leaves); with the blank B6 and the last leaf with list of errata.

Not in Sabin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, with the title and name of author lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. The autograph signature of the author on the Copy-right page, and a correction in his hand in the text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

George Bethune English, 1787-1828, American writer, soldier and diplomat." "17090","J. 185","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 97, English Grounds of Christianity, with Cary's review, 12.","","","ii.","","","Cary, Samuel.","Review of a Book entitled, ''The Grounds of Christianity examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old, by George Bethune English, A.M.'' By Samuel Cary, one of the Ministers of the Chapel, Boston . . . Boston: Published by Isaiah Thomas, Jun., J. T. Buckingham, Printer, November, 1813.","BL2775 .E63C3","

First Edition. 12mo. 68 leaves collating in sixes.

Not in Sabin. Sprague VIII, page 425.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, with the title and author's name lettered on the calf in two compartments, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In the lower margin of page 48 Jefferson has written in pencil (slightly cut into in the foremargin): true miracles prove true doctrines.

58. doctrines not true prove the miracles not true the miracles prove the doctrines & the doctrines prove the miracles, circularly.

Samuel Cary, 1785-1815, Unitarian Congregational minister." "17100","J. 185","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 97, English Grounds of Christianity, with Cary's review, 12.","","","iii.","","","English, George Bethune.","A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary, containing Remarks upon his review of the Grounds of Christianity examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old. By the Author of that work . . . [A Letter respectfully addressed to the Reverend Mr. Channing, relative to his Two Sermons on Infidelity. By George Bethune English, A.M.] Boston: Printed for the author, 1813.","BL2775. E64","

First Edition. 12mo. 88 leaves collating in sixes; title for the Letter to Mr. Channing on 122, separate pagination.

Not in Sabin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back and a red morocco label lettered English's/Letters/ to/Cary &/Channing, marbled end papers, white silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson with a T at sig. 1*. The front end papers have been pasted down, and probably conceal the 1815 bookplate.

William Ellery Channing, 1780-1814, Unitarian Congregational minister, published the two sermons on Infidelity in the same year, 1813." "17110","J. 186","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 92, Buchannan's Eras of Light and Christian Researches in Asia, 8vo.","Buchanan, Claudius.","Two Discourses preached before the University of Cambridge, on Commencement Sunday, July 1, 1810. And a Sermon preached before the Society for Missions to Africa and the East; at their tenth anniversary, July 12, 1810. To which are added Christian Researches in Asia. By the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D. Late vice-provost of the College of Fort-William in Bengal. Cambridge, (Eng.). Printed at the University Press. Boston: Reprinted and sold by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1811.","DS12 .B8","

8vo. 132 leaves: [ ]4, 2-334, title for Christian Researches on 114, printer's imprint at the end, on the recto of the second leaf is printed: The profits of this Work will be devoted to Missionary Purposes; publisher's advertisement on the verso.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin.

Original sheep. Signed at the foot of the title-page by Jefferson, who has inserted in ink the signature 1, and his initial T before it. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The gift of Robert Patterson, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on November 11, 1811:

Presuming that you may not as yet have seen a little tract, by Doctor Buchanan, on ''Christian Researches in Asia'', lately republished in Boston; and not doubting that you would find it highly interesting, I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy, of which I most respectfully request your acceptance . . .

Claudius Buchanan, 1766-1815, Church of England clergyman, was a native of Cambuslang near Glasgow. In 1796 he was appointed to a chaplaincy in Bengal, and in 1799 became vice-provost of the college of Fort William." "17120","J. 187","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 99, Furneaux' letters to Blackstone on Toleration and Religious Liberty, 8vo.","Furneaux, Philip.","Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone, concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to Religious Liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the Laws of England. By Philip Furneaux, D.D. The Second edition with Additions, and an Appendix, containing authentic copies of the Argument of the late Honourable Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the Cause between the City of London and the Dissenters. London: Printed for T. Cadell, successor to Mr. Millar, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]","16/1196","

8vo. 154 leaves.

Old calf, gilt line borders on the sides. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Philip Furneaux, 1726-1783, English independent minister. The fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, in which nonconformity is treated as a crime, appeared in 1769. A pamphlet animadverting this opinion was immediately written by Priestley, and in 1770 appeared the first edition of Furneaux' work, followed in 1771 by this second edition with additional material." "17130","J. 188","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 155, M'Calla's works (sermons) 2 v. 8vo.","M'Calla, Daniel.","The Works of the Rev. Daniel M'Calla, D.D. Pastor of the Independent or Congregational Church, in the Parish of Christ's Church, South-Carolina. In Two volumes. To which is prefixed a Funeral Discourse, containing a sketch of the life and character of the author, by the Rev. William Hollinshead, D.D. Vol. I [-II]. Charleston (S. C.): Printed by John Hoff, 1810.","BX7117 .M2","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 222 leaves, including 14 pages with the list of subscribers' names; vol. II, 222 leaves.

Sprague III, 321. Not in Johnston.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back and red and green morocco labels for the title and volume number, marbled endpapers; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Vol. II, pp. 421-429, 429-434, contains a vindication of Mr. Jefferson, in 2 numbers in the form of letters to Messrs. Freneau and Paine, and signed Amyntas, August, 1800.

The previous chapters, on Federal Sedition and Anti-Democracy, signed A Republican of '76, November 1800, contain numerous references to Jefferson in connection with the opposition on religious grounds to his election to the Presidency.

Daniel M'Calla, 1748-1809, a native of Pennsylvania, and originally a Presbyterian, went to South Carolina about 1788, and became minister of the Congregational Church in Christ's Church Parish, near Charleston." "17140","J. 189","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 50, The Christian Panoply, by Watson and Paley, 12mo.","Watson, Richard.","Christian Panoply; containing an Apology for the Bible; in a series of letters, addressed to Thomas Paine, Author of a Book entitled The Age of Reason, part the second. By R. Watson, D.D. F.R.S. Lord Bishop of Landaff, and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge: An Address to scoffers at Religion. By the same author: and a brief view of the historical evidences of Christianity. By William Paley, M.A. Arch deacon of Carlysle. Shepherd's-Town: Printed by P. Rootes & C. Blagrove, 1797.","BT1100 .C5","

Sm. 8vo. 166 leaves collating in fours (sig. Nn and Oo repeated); on T1 verso is the Character of Dr. Watson. by Edward Gibbon; on T2 recto the half-title for An Address to Scoffers at Religion; on Y3 recto the half-title for The Authenticity of the Books of the New Testament. By William Paley . . .; continuous signatures and pagination; 5 lines of errata at the end. On the verso of the second leaf is printed: The profits of this publication are appropriated to the purpose of supporting Missionaries to preach the gospel; or some pious and public use, under the direction of the Synod of Virginia.

Evans 33158.

Original tree sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, and an undated typed slip reading: Keep on account of fine condition, and original binding. This also may be Jefferson's Copy.

For another edition of Watson's Apology see no. 1652. This is the first edition with this title and with the Address to Scoffers and Paley's tract." "17150","190","","","","Nicholson on baptism.","","pamphlet 8vo.","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","This work was probably missing at the time of the sale to Congress. It is not entered in the 1815 catalogue, though the author's name appears in the Index with reference to chapter 17. The entry does not appear in the later catalogues." "17160","J. 1","","","","(a) Kaim's Principles of Equity. fol.","","1st. edñ.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 26, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Principles of Equity. Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Kincaid His Majesty's Printer. For A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid, and J. Bell, Edinburgh, MDCCLX. [1760]","Law 270","

First Edition. Folio. 164 leaves collating in twos.

Halkett and Laing IV, 430. Marvin, page 394 (with date 1761). Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44. Catalogue of Lincoln's Inn Library, page 432.

Calf; the upper margin cut off the title-leaf, probably with a name. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book was one of a catalogue of law books made by Jefferson to be ordered from Dublin (undated):

The above catalogue to be first ordered from Dublin only directing the bookseller to give immediate notice to messrs. Donald & Burton of such of the books as he cannot procure in 8vo. that they may order these from London . . .

The Irish 8vos. are preferred to the English because cheaper.

In a letter to his nephew Peter Carr, concerning his legal studies, dated from Philadelphia, June 22, 1792, Jefferson wrote:

. . . your objection to Ld. Kaims that he is too metaphysical is just, and it is the chief objection to which his writings are liable. it is to be observed also that tho' he has given us what should be the system of equity, yet it is not the one actually established, at least not in all it's parts. the English Chancellors have gone on from one thing to another without any comprehensive or systematic view of the whole field of equity, and therefore they have sometimes run into inconsistencies & contradictions . . .

More than twenty years later, in a letter to Thomas Law, written from Monticello on June 13, 1814, Jefferson described Lord Kaims [sic] as one of the ablest of our advocates.

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696-1782, Scottish judge. This first edition was published anonymously. In the second edition (see the following entry) the preliminary letter to Lord Mansfield is signed Henry Home. Lord Kames was also the author of works on agriculture, q. v." "17170","J. 2","","","","Lord Kaim's Principles of Equity.","","fol. 2d edition.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 27, as above, omitting Lord.","Home, Henry, Lord Kames.","Principles of Equity. Corrected and enlarged in a Second Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Millar, London, and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, MDCCLXVII. [1767.]","Law 271","

Folio. 202 leaves collating in twos.

Marvin, page 394. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.

Old calf, repaired and rebacked, m. e., with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with manuscript notes by him.

The letter to Lord Mansfield at the beginning is signed by the author and dated August 1766." "17180","J. 3","","","","(b) Kaim's Principles of Equity.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 8 as above.","Home, Henry, Lord Kames.","Principles of Equity. The Third Edition. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Bell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, London, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]","Law 272","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 228 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; vol. II, 210 leaves; collating in fours. Marvin, page 394. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44. Not in Bridgman.

Bound (for Jefferson?) in old calf, gilt ornaments on the back, blue silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "17190","J. 4","","","","Treatise of Equity.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 28, as above.","[Ballow, Henry.]","A Treatise of Equity . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne and J. Shuckburgh, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]","Law 143","

First Edition. Folio. 74 leaves collating in twos, the first leaf with a list of Law-Books lately printed for D. Browne on the verso, recto blank.

Halkett and Laing V, 85. Marvin, page 317. Sweet & Maxwell II, 67, 2. Bridgman, page 124. Clarke, page 250, no. 54.P>Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Manuscript notes in the text are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the Library of John Wayles, with Wayles, cos 15/sh. written on the fly-leaf.

Henry Ballow, 1707-1782, English lawyer." "17200","J. 5","","","","The same with Notes by Fonblanque.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 9, as above.","[Ballow, Henry.]","A Treatise of Equity. With the addition of Marginal References and Notes: by John Fonblanque, Esq. Barrister at Law. Third Edition, with Additions. Volume the first [-second]. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1807.","Law 144","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 236 leaves: [ ]4, 24, the last a blank 1-574; vol. II, 279 leaves: [ ]7, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Www4 (in 24 letter alphabets), sheet Ttt supplied from another edition, and signed Oo.

This edition not in Marvin, not in Sweet & Maxwell and not in Bridgman.

Vol. I, rebound in half roan; vol. II, in old calf and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes, in vol. I, with the initial T before sig. 1, in vol. II, at sig. I and T. By Ballow written on the title-page (not by Jefferson). Purchased from William Prichard, of Richmond, Virginia, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on July 8, 1812:

. . . I will now request you to send me a copy of Fonblanque's treatise of Equity . . .

Prichard replied on July 16:

. . . Fonblanques Equity 2 Vols $7.00- is now packed up and will be sent by next Wednesdays stage to Milton . . .

John de Grenier Fonblanque, 1760-1837, naturalized Englishman, jurist and banker. His first edition of Ballow's Treatise of Equity was published in 1793-4. This edition is a reprint of the third English edition, 1805." "17210","J. 6","","","","Francis's Maxims in Equity.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 29, as above.","Francis, Richard.","Maxims of Equity, collected from, and proved by Cases, out of the Books of the best Authority in the High Court of Chancery. To which is added the Case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective Execution of Powers. Lately adjudged in the High Court of Chancery. By Richard Francis of the Middle Temple, Esq; The second edition. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for Henry Lintot, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]","Law 221","

Folio. 57 leaves collating in twos.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 67, 7.

Not in Bridgman. Clarke, page 275, no. 14. This edition not in the Middle Temple Library Catalogue.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Francis, English legal writer. The first edition of this work was published in 1727." "17220","J. 7","","","","a Treatise of Frauds.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 10, as above.","","A Treatise of Frauds, Covins, and Collusions . . . All Illustrated and Explained in several adjudged Cases under each Proper Title, at Common Law, and Court of Equity. To which is added, An Abstract of the Act of the 8th of Q. Anne, against Frauds committed by Tenants. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq; for T. Osborne and S. Butler, 1710.","Law 352","

8vo. 136 leaves, collating in eights.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 155, 49. Clarke, 237, no. 188.

Old calf, new title label on the back; many leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of John Wayles with his autograph signature on the title-page. The book was previously in the library of Benjamin Needler, Virginia lawyer, died c. 1740, and has his autograph signature on the title-page. Manuscript notes are on the fly-leaves, one at the beginning reading: Non propes sed prospere £0.3.0." "17230","J. 8","","","","Duke's Charitable Uses.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 30, as above.","Duke, George.—Moore, Sir Francis.","The Law of Charitable Uses, revised and much enlarged; with many Cases in Law both antient and modern: whereunto is now added, the Learned Reading of Sr Francis Moor, Kt. Sergeant at Law. 4 Jacobi, in the Middle Temple Hall, upon the Statute of 43. Eliz . . . Together, with the manner of Proceedings in Chancery . . . Methodically digested, by George Duke of the Inner Temple, Esq; London: Printed for Henry Twyford, 1676.","Law 207","

First Edition. Folio. 103 leaves collating in fours. STC D2504. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 403, 6. Bridgman, page 104. Clarke, page 221, no. 55. Middle Temple Library Catalogue, page 297.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers.

George Duke, fl. 1670, English legal writer.

Sir Francis Moore, 1558-1621, English law reporter." "17240","J. 9","","","","[Herne's law of Charitable Uses. in the Clerk of Assize]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 71. unnumbered, as above, 8vo.","Herne, John.","The Law of Charitable Uses. Wherein the Statute of 43. Eliz. Chap. 4. is set forth and explained; with Directions how to Sue out and prosecute Commissions grounded upon that Statute: Also Presidents, Inquisitions, and Decrees, with divers Judgements, and Resolutions upon Exceptions and Appeals against Decrees; and other Proceedings upon the said Statute. By John Herne. London: Printed by T. R. for Timothy Twyford, 1660.","Law 247","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 83 leaves, collating in eights.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 404, 7. Not in Bridgman. Clarke, page 224, no. 79. STC H1568.

Half bound. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Jefferson had this copy bound with the Clerk of Assize, see no. 1910.

John Herne, fl. 1660, was the son of John Herne, counsel for Prynne in his trial for the publication of Histrio-Mastix." "17250","J. 10","","","","History of the Chancery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 1, as above.","[Burroughs, Samuel.]","The History of the Chancery; relating to the Judicial Power of that Court, and the Rights of the Masters . . . London: Printed for J. Walthoe, 1726.","Law 180","

First Edition. 12mo. 62 leaves collating in sixes, the first leaf with the half-title on the recto and a list of books printed for J. Walthoe on the verso.

Halkett and Laing III, 77. Marvin, page 165. Sweet & Maxwell I, 213, 6. Clarke, page 247, no. 27.

Rebound in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. By Samuel Burroughs written in ink on the title, not by Jefferson.

Samuel Burroughs, d. 1761, English legal writer." "17260","J. 11","","","","Master of the Rolls office.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 11, as above.","[Yorke, Philip, Earl of Hardwicke.]","A Discourse of the Judicial Authority belonging to the Office of Master of the Rolls in the High Court of Chancery. London: Printed by W. Bowyer: and sold by R. Williamson, MDCCXXVII. [1727]","Law 243","

First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves: A-T4, errata slip pasted on the verso of the last leaf.

Marvin, page 186. Sweet & Maxwell I, 157, 3. This edition not in Clarke.

Calf, ornamental frame borders in blind. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Philip Yorke, First Earl of Hardwicke, 1690-1714, Lord Chancellor of England." "17270","12","","","","Jus Sigilli.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 2, as above, 16s.","[Brydall, John.]","Jvs Sigilli: Or, the Law of England, touching His Majesties four principal Seales, viz. The Great Seale, the Privie Seale, the Exchequer Seale, and the Signet. Also of those Grand Officers, to whose Custody these Seales are committed . . . London: Printed by E. Flesher, for Thomas Dring, and John Leigh, 1673.","Law","

First Edition. 12mo. 74 leaves collating in twelves, publishers' advertisements on 9 pages at the end; dedicated by John Brydall to John Churchill.

STC B5263. Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 92, 8. Bridgman, page 30. Clarke, page 245, no. 6.

This copy has been rebound and has lost any marks of identification. On page 9 is written the number 203 in what may be the handwriting of George Wythe. If this is so, it could be Jefferson's copy.

John Brydall, b. 1635? English law-writer." "17280","J. 13","","","","Jus Appellandi.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 3, as above.","Williams, Walter.","Jus Appellandi ad Regem, Ipsum, &c. or, A Manifestation of the King's Part and Power to Relieve His Subjects against erroneous or unjust Decrees in Chancery. The second part. By Walter Williams of the M. Temple, Esq . . . London: Printed for the author, 1684.","Law 361","

First Edition. The second part only. Sm. 8vo. 76 leaves.

Marvin, page 737. Sweet & Maxwell II, 18, 28. Clarke, page 142, no. 118 (12mo).

Calf, labelled on the back: Part II, 1684; green silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Neither Jefferson's manuscript catalogue nor the Library of Congress catalogue implies that his copy was imperfect. Part II only is called for in the 1839 and later Library of Congress catalogues." "17290","J. 14","","","","Rules of the court in Chancery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 4, as above.","","Rules and Orders of the High Court of Chancery, for regulating the Practice of the said Court: as Publish'd from the 30th of June 1625. to the present Time. Wherein those published by Lord Clarendon and Sir Harbottle Grimstone for reformation of Abuses, are distinguished under Heads: With an act for ascertaining Fees, &c. Also the Rules and Orders of the Court of Exchequer. The whole carefully examined with the Original Orders. The Fourth Edition with great Additions. To which is now added, An Alphabetical List of the Offices and Officers of the said Court, and where they are kept, taken at the Offices themselves this present year 1739. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for John Worrall, M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739.]","Law 138","

8vo. 140 leaves: a, B-R8, S4; half-title for the Orders of . . . Lord Clarendon and Sir Harbottle Grimstone on G6 recto.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 103, 28. Clarke, page 271, no. 16.

Rebound in half roan. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "17300","","","","","","","","","","An Order of the High Court of Chancery, made by the Right Honourable Philip Lord Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, by and with the Advice and Assistance of the Right Honourable William Fortescue, Esq; Master of the Rolls, relating to the Fees of the Officers, Clerks and Ministers of the said Court, and other Regulations for the Benefit of the suitors thereof. To which are added three other General Orders of the said Court. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by H. Lintot, (Assignee of E. Sayer, Esq;) for S. Billingsley, M.DCC.XLIV. Price Stitch'd Two Shillings. 1744.","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 12mo. 58 leaves: [ ]2, B-H8, the first leaf with the imprimatur on the verso, recto blank.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 102, 21. Clarke, page 271, no. 10." "17310","J. 15","","","","The orders of Chancery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 5, as above.","","Ordines Cancellariæ: being Orders of the High Court of Chancery, from the First Year of King Charles I. to this present Hillary Term, 1697. Examined by the Original Orders. To which is added the Rules and Orders of the Court of Exchequer. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esquires, for J. Walthoe, 1698.","Law 136","

First Edition. 12mo. 148 and 30 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank) and on the last 2 leaves; separate alphabet and pagination for Rules and Orders of the Court of Exchequer.

STC O415. Arber Term Catalogues III, page 54. Not in

Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 216, 26. Clarke, page 271, no. 14.

Old sheep, with red and black labels on the back, the first lettered with the title, the second with Monticello Collection. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "17320","J. 16","","","","Rules in R. B. C. B. and Chancery","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 12, as above.","","The Rules and Orders of the High Court of Chancery, examined by the Original Orders. To which are added, the Rules and Orders of the Court of Exchequer. The Third Edition, with Additions. London: Printed for J. Walthoe, M DCC XXIV. [1724.]","Law 137","

8vo. 102 leaves; on [a7] verso a list of Law-Books printed for J. Walthoe.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 103, 23. Clarke, page 271, no. 15.

Vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "17330","","","","","","","","","","The Rules and Orders of the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, to Michaelmas-Term 1729. Examined by the Original Rules and Orders. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for John Walthoe, MDCCXXIX. [1729]","Law 139","

[TBE]Jefferson had this book bound with the following, now separated:[/TBE]

8vo. 74 leaves, collating in eights, with 2 unsigned leaves after sig. G, the second of which has a list of law books printed for J. Walthoe.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 83, 109 (n. d.). Vellum, padded with blanks; some manuscript notes (not by Jefferson)." "17340","J. 17","","","","Praxis almae curiae Cancellariae.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 13, as above.","Brown, William.","Praxis Almæ Curiæ Cancellariæ: In Two Volumes. Being a Collection of Precedents, by Bill and Answer, Plea and Demurrer, in Causes of the greatest Moment (wherein Equity hath been allowed) which have been Commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 Years last past . . . Also a compleat Collection of all the Writs and Process concerning the same . . . The Third edition, with additions. [By William Brown, Gent.] Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for Abel Roper; and Samuel Butler, 1714.","Law 172","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 292 leaves; vol. II, 252 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last two leaves; collates in eights; the author's name appears on the title of vol. II.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 213, 5. Clarke, page 249, no. 43.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Brown, fl. 1671, English legal writer. The first edition of this work was published in 1694-5." "17350","J. 18","","","","Practical register in Chancery.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 14, as above.","","The Practical Register in Chancery: or, a compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery. Together with the ruled points of practice there . . . As also the alterations made in practice by all the Statutes to this time, and by usage and custom . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for D. Brown, W. Mears [and others], 1714.","Law 312","

First Edition. 8vo. 200 leaves.

Marvin, page 583. Sweet & Maxwell II, 105, 15.

Bridgman, page 262. Clarke, page 248, no. 41.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "17360","J. 19","","","","Harrison's Chancery practice.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 15b, as above.","Harrison, Joseph.","Farrand's Premium Edition. The Practice of the Court of Chancery. Originally published by Joseph Harrison, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. and enlarged by John Griffith Williams, Esq. Barrister at Law. The First American from the last London Edition, with considerable additions: including the Proceedings before the Master on Sales of Estates, Maintenance for Infants, the Appointment of a Receiver, &c. and several new Precedents, by Wilmot Parker, Solicitor. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: Published by William P. Farrand. [Printed by Fry and Kammerer] 1807.","Law 412","

2 vol. 8vo. 288 and 279 leaves, collating in fours; the last leaf in vol. I (sig. 3S1) misbound at the end of the Introduction. Printer's imprint on the verso of the title leaves.

Marvin, page 371. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell. Not in Bridgman.

Old sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This copy was supplied to Jefferson by Milligan on April 7, 1815, price $9.00, to replace the copy missing at the time of the sale of his library to Congress, as reported by Jefferson to Milligan in his letter of March 28, 1815.

The first edition was printed in 1741." "17370","J. 20","","","","Hinde's practice in Chancery","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 16, as above.","Hinde, Robert.","The Modern Practice of the High Court of Chancery, methodized and digested in a manner wholly new . . . Comprising a system of practical knowledge, according to the course of the Court as at present established: By Robert Hinde, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq; Dublin: Printed for Messrs. E. Lynch, G. Burnet, W. Colles, [and others] MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]","Law 249","

8vo. 362 leaves.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 102, 16. This edition not in Clarke. Jones, page 16.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On Jefferson's catalogue of books to be ordered from Dublin, see no. 1716. All the books on this list now in Jefferson's library have the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes, with the exception of Kames, Principles of Equity (no. 1716) in which the upper margin is cut away from the title-page.

The first edition of this work was printed in 1775 in a few copies only, quarto. The first regular edition was published in 1785, 8vo." "17380","21","","","","a Treatise on the Pleadings in the court of Chancery.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 15a, as above.","[Mitford, John Freeman-, Baron Redesdale.]","A Treatise on the Pleadings in Suits in the Court of Chancery, by English Bill. London: W. Owen, 1780.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 72 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 93. Sweet & Maxwell II, 102, 20. This edition not in Clarke.

The Library of Congress copy, probably Jefferson's, disappeared sometime ago and cannot be located.

Jefferson's copy was bound by March on June 30, 1807, cost $1.00.

John Freeman-Mitford, First Baron Redesdale, 1748-1830, English lawyer." "17390","J. 22","","","","L[???] Kaim's remarkeable decisions.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 31, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, from the year 1730 to the year 1752. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, M,DCC,LXVI. [1766]","Law 92","

First Edition. Folio. 151 leaves collating in twos.

Marvin, page 394. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44. Not in Bridgman.

Old calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Lord Kames had previously issued Remarkable Decisions from 1716-1728, Edinburgh, 1728." "17400","J. 23","","","","Tothill's transactions in Chancery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 6, as above.","Tothill, William.","The Transactions of the High Court of Chancery, both by Practice and President; With the Fees thereunto belonging, and all Special Orders in extraordinary Cases, which are to be found in the Registers Office as they are quoted by Terms, Years, and Books. Collected by that famous lawyer William Tothill Esq; late one of the six clerks: and since reviewed by Sir Ro: Holborne, Bencher of Lincoln's-Inne. London: Printed by T. W. for R. Best and J. Place, 1649.","Law 348","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 132 leaves.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 219, 15. Bridgman, page 342. Clarke, page 250, no. 52. Catalogue of Lincoln's Inn Library, page 792.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Tothill [or Tottel], 1560-1627, English legal writer, was the son of Richard Tottel, the publisher of law books and of Tottel's Miscellany.

Sir Robert Holborne, c. 1647, English lawyer." "17410","J. 24","","","","Carey's rep. in Chancery.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 71. no. 7, as above.","Carew, Sir George.","Reports or Causes in Chancery, collected by Sir George Cary one of the Masters of the Chancery in in [sic] Anno 1601. Out of the labours of Master William Lambert. Whereunto is annexed, the Kings order and decree in Chancery, for a Rule to be observed by the Chancellor in that Court, exemplified and enrolled for a perpetuall record there. Anno 1616. Together with an alphabeticall table of all the cases. London: Printed by E. G. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell. Anno D. 1650.","Law 68","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 72 leaves only, collates in eights and lacks all after sig. I.

STC C555. Marvin, page 177. Sweet & Maxwell I, 218, 4. Bridgman, page 53. Clarke, page 353, no. 52.

Old tree sheep, cut close; not initialled by Jefferson; with the autograph signature of John Minor, Fredericksburg on the inside cover, and many other names and scribblings throughout the book, including John Huntin, 1759, Enoch Innis junr., Daker Thompson, 1756, Chs. Carter. Liber ejus 1756, 1759, and others. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir George Carew [Cary], d. 1612, English lawyer and diplomat.

For William Lambert [i. e. Lambarde] see no. 1767." "17420","J. 25","","","","Finch's Reports.","","fol. . . . . . . 1673.-1680.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 32, as above.","","Reports of Cases decreed in the High Court of Chancery, during the time Sir Heneage Finch, afterwards Earl of Nottingham, was Lord Chancellor. In many of which Decrees he was assisted by some of the Judges of the Common Law . . . None of these Cases ever printed before, and all of them carefully collected by a Gentleman who attended the said Court, and was himself of Counsel in the said Cases. With proper tables; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for R. Gosling, W. Mears, and J. Hooke, MDCCXXV. [1725]","Law 107","

Folio. 245 leaves collating in fours. The preface signed W. N. [William Nelson.]

Marvin, page 184. Sweet & Maxwell II, 105, 10. Bridgman, page 286. Clarke, page 373, no. 200.

Old calf, repaired and rebacked; not initialled by Jefferson. The name Finch written in ink on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Peyton Randolph, with his armorial bookplate by Skinner, Bath.

Heneage Finch, first Earl of Nottingham, 1621-1682, successively solicitor-general, lord keeper, and lord chancellor of England.

William Nelson, English legal writer." "17430","J. 26","","","","Nelson's reports.","","8vo. . . . . . . 1625.-1692.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 17, as above.","Nelson, William.","Reports of special cases argued and decreed in the Court of Chancery, in the Reigns of King Charles I. King Charles II. and King William III. None of them ever before printed. Published by W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assignees of Edward Sayer Esq;) for B. Lintott, R. Gosling, J. Pemberton, and T. Ward, MDCCXVII. [1717]","Law 106","

First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves.

Marvin, page 534. Sweet & Maxwell I, 219, 13.

Clarke, page 368, no. 164.

Rebound in calf; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Marginal notes are not by Jefferson. William Nelson, b. 1653, English legal writer." "17440","J. 27","","","","Cases in Chancery.","","fol. . . . . . . 1660.-1693.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 33, as above.","","Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery . . . The third edition, carefully corrected from the errors of former impressions. To which are now added proper notes and references to the ancient and modern books of Law and Equity; with many new Cases, Maxims and Rules, necessary for illustrating and explaining the whole. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe, Sen. and are to be sold by T. Osborne, M DCC XXXV. [1735]—The second part . . . continued from the thirtieth Year of King Charles II. to the fourth year of King James II. The second edition corrected, with many additional references, ib. M DCC XXXV. [1735]—Select Cases in the High Court of Chancery, solemnly argued and decreed by the late Lord Chancellor: with the assistance of the judges. With an exact table to the whole. The fourth edition, ib. n. d.","Law 70","

3 parts in 2 vol. Folio. 172, 140 and 116 leaves collating in fours, with separate signatures and pagination; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 183. Sweet & Maxwell II, 104, 6. Not in Bridgman.

Calf, some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each part, and with manuscript marginal references by him. A manuscript note in vol. I, page 95, could be in the handwriting of George Wythe.

The first editions of these three parts were published in 1697, 1701 and 1702 respectively." "17450","J. 28","","","","Freeman's reports in Chancery.","","fol. 1676.-1706.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 34, as above.","Freeman, Richard.","Reports of Cases in Law and Equity: from 1670 to 1706. With tables of the names of the cases and the principal matters. By the Honourable Richard Freeman, Esq; late Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Revised and published by Thomas Dixon of Gray's Inn, Esq; [—Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery, from 1676 to 1706 . . .] [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq); M DCC XLII. [1742]","Law 79, 80","

Bound in 2 vol. Folio. First Edition. 316 and 164 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 33.

Originally issued and bound in 1 vol.; rebound in 2 vol. calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both parts and with manuscript marginal notes by him.

Richard Freeman, 1646?-1710, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Thomas Dixon, 1700?-1744, English lawyer." "17460","J. 29","","","","Reports of Ca. in Chancery.","","3. v. 8vo. . . . . 1625.-1711.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 18, as above, with reading Cases.","","Reports of cases taken and adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the reign of King Charles I. Charles II. and James II. being special cases . . . In two volumes. The second edition with large additions . . . Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, 1715—The third part of Reports of Cases, taken and adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the Reigns of King Charles II. King William, and Queen Anne. Being special cases, and none of them ever before printed. Vol. III. ib. for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe Jun. 1716.","Law 69","

3 vol. 8vo. First edition of vol. III. 192, 234 and 128 leaves, collating in eights; publisher's advertisements of law books in each volume.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Marvin, page 184. Not in Sweet & Maxwell. Clarke, page 373, no. 193.

Calf, rebacked (vol. III in a slightly different binding), the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. Manuscript marginal notes by Jefferson and others. The autograph signature of Jon. Martin Junr. on each title-page.

These Reports were published anonymously, but according to a manuscript note in the British Museum copy, were compiled from the papers of Sir Anthony Keck, 1630-1695, English lawyer, and commissioner of the great seal." "17470","J. 30","","","","Vernon's reports.","","2. vol. fol. . . . . . . . 1680.-1719.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 35, as above.","Vernon, Thomas.","Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery. Published from the manuscripts of Thomas Vernon, late of the Middle Temple, Esq; by order of the High Court of Chancery. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Tonson, B. Lintot, and T. Ward, MDCCXXVI-MDCCXXVIII. [1726-1728.]","Law 129","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 285 and 445 leaves collating in twos; engraved portrait by G. Vertue after G. Kneller dated 1725 in vol. I, the approval for the publication of the book on the verso of the first leaf, errata slip pasted down on the verso of c2.

Marvin, page 709. Sweet & Maxwell II, 106, 19. Bridgman, page 346. Clarke, page 378, no. 237.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of George Wythe with his armorial bookplate in both volumes and numerous MS. notes by him.

Thomas Vernon, 1654-1721, English law reporter. His manuscript notes of cases were found after his death and published by William Melmoth and William Peere Williams who dedicated the work to Lord Chancellor King.

William Melmoth, 1666-1743, lawyer and religious writer.

For a note on William Peere Williams see no. 1750." "17480","J. 31","","","","Precedents in Chancery.","","8vo. . . . . . . . . 1689.-1722.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 19, as above.","","Precedents in Chancery: being a collection of cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, from the year 1689 to 1722. The second edition, revised and corrected, with notes and references to the former and latter reports, by Thomas Finch, Esq. of the Inner-Temple, Barrister at Law . . . London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, and E. Brooke, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]","Law 115","

8vo. 310 leaves collating in eights.

Marvin, page 586. Sweet & Maxwell II, 106, 16. Bridgman, page 264. Clarke, page 371, no. 181.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the manuscript notes which occur are not by him. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page, and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On Jefferson's list of law books to be ordered from Dublin, see no. 1716 and no. 1737.

Thomas Finch, 1756-1810, English legal writer, was the editor of this second edition, usually known as Finch's Precedents. The first edition, without Finch's notes, was published in 1747." "17490","J. 32","","","","Gilbert's cases in the Exchequer & Equity.","","fol. 1705.-1725.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 36, as above.","[Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.]","Reports of Cases in Equity, argued and decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, chiefly in the Reign of King George I. By a late Learned Judge. To which are added some select cases in equity, heard and determined in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. By the same hand. With Two alphabetical tables . . . The second edition, carefully corrected; with many additional notes and references to the reports published since the former edition. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, T. Osborne, J. Worrall and F. Gosling, MDCCXLII. [1742]","Law 81","

Folio. 152 leaves, collating in twos.

Halkett and Laing V, 98. Marvin, page 333. Sweet & Maxwell II, 105, 12. Bridgman, page 133.

Old calf, repaired and rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, 1674-1726, English judge. The first edition of these Reports was published in 1734." "17500","J. 33","","","","Peere Williams' rep.","","3. vol. 8vo. 1695.-1735.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 20, with the reading Peer.","Williams, William Peere.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: collected by William Peere Williams, late of Gray's-Inn, Esq; In three volumes. Published with Notes and references, and two Tables to each volume; one of the Names of the Cases, the other of the principal matters: By his Son William Peere Williams, of the Inner Temple, Esq; the fourth edition, with additional references to the proceedings in the Court, and to later cases, by Samuel Compton Cox, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for James Moore, M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","Law 133","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 361 leaves; vol. II, 335 leaves; vol. III, 248 leaves.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 105, 14. This edition not in Bridgman. Jones, page 20.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of J. W. Eppes with his autograph signature on the title-page in each volume.

On Jefferson's catalogue of law books to be ordered from Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

William Peere Williams, 1664-1736, English law reporter. His Reports were published from his manuscripts by his son, the first edition appearing in 1740, with a third volume in 1749. The first Dublin edition was printed in 1749. Williams collaborated with William Melmoth in the publication of Vernon's Reports, see no. 1747." "17510","J. 34","","","","Select cases in Chancery. temp. King.","","fol. 1724.-1733.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 37, as above.","","Select Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, before the late Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, and the late Lord Chancellor King. From the Year 1724 to 1733. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the principal matters. By a Gentleman of the Temple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for H. Lintot, and sold by S. Birt, D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, MDCCXL. [1740.]","Law 407","

First Edition. Folio. 48 leaves collating in twos, the first leaf with half-title on the recto, list of books printed for S. Birt, D. Browne and J. Shuckburgh on the verso.

Marvin, page 184. Sweet & Maxwell II, 106, 18. Clarke, page 375, no. 215.

Old tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Peter King, Lord King, Baron of Ockham, 1669-1734, a relative of Locke and a friend of Newton, succeeded the Earl of Macclesfield as lord chancellor in June 1724." "17520","J. 35","","","","Cases tempore Talbot.","","fol. . . . . 1733.-1736.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 38, as above.","[Forrester, Alexander.]","Cases in Equity during the time of the late Lord Chancellor Talbot: with tables of the names of the cases and principal matters. The second edition, with many references, and large notes. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for T. Waller. MDCCLIII. [1753.]","Law 77","

Folio. 155 leaves collating in twos.

Marvin, page 183. Sweet & Maxwell II, 104, 7. Bridgman, page 54. Clarke, page 353, no. 57.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. by Alexander Forrester written in ink on the title (not by Jefferson).

Alexander Forrester, fl. 1730, English law reporter. These Cases were taken from his notes and originally published in 1741 anonymously and without his sanction.

Charles Talbot, Baron Talbot of Hensol, 1685-1737, Lord Chancellor of England." "17530","J. 36","","","","Bunbury's reports.","","fol. . . . . 1714.-1739.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 39, as above.","Bunbury, William.","Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer, from the beginning of the Reign of King George the First, until the fourteenth year of the Reign of King George the Second. By William Bunbury, Esq; Late of the Inner Temple. Taken in court by himself, and published from his own manuscript by his son in law, George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, J. Worrall and Thomas Gamul. MDCCLV. [1755.]","Law 64","

First Edition. Folio. 202 leaves collating in twos.

Marvin, page 159. Sweet & Maxwell II, 100, 2. Bridgman, page 42. Clarke, page 351, no. 43.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Bunbury, d. 1748, English law reporter." "17540","37","","","","Atkyn's rep.","","3. vol. 8vo. . . . . 1736.—1754.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 21, as above.","Atkyns, John Tracy.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodised by John Tracy Atkyns, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; cursitor Baron of the Exchequer. With notes and references, and three tables; one of the several titles with their divisions, another of the names of the cases, and a third of the principal matters. The second edition revised and corrected, with references to contemporary reporters, and other improvements. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed by the King's law-printers; and sold by Messrs Payne [and others] MDCCLXXXI-II. [1781-2]","Law","

3 vol. 8vo. 362, 392 and 459 leaves; the titles of vol. II and III vary, and call for two Tables only.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 104, 2. Clarke, page 348, no. 14.

This book was on Jefferson's catalogue of law books to be ordered from Dublin, see no. 1716.

John Tracy Atkyns, d. 1773, English judge. The first edition of these reports was published in 1765-7-8." "17550","J. 38","","","","Abridgmt. of Ca. in Equity.","","2. vol. fol. —1756.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 40, as above, extended.","","A General Abridgment of Cases in Equity, argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, &c. with several cases never before published, alphabetically digested . . . and three tables . . . By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple. The fourth edition corrected. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by and for Henry Lintot, M.DCC.LVI. [1756]","Law 406","

Foilo. 236 leaves, collating in twos.

Halkett and Laing II, 360. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 109, 10. Cowley 245.

Rebound in buckram in 1930; some leaves foxed. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page For The Court of Albemarle County, and a note in the margin on page 219.

A second part was issued in 1756, a copy of which, no longer extant, was in Jefferson's library.

This Abridgment has been attributed to R. Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Mathew Bacon, and Mr. Pooley. The first edition of Part I was issued in 1732." "17560","J. 39","","","","Vezey's reports.","","2. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 22, as above.","Vesey, Francis.","Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755. With Tables, Notes, and References. The third edition, revised and amended, with several additional notes and references, by the original reporter, Francis Vesey, Esq. one of the Masters in the High Court of Chancery of Ireland. In two volumes. Volume first [-second]. Dublin: Printed by J. Jones, M DCC LXXXVIII. [1788]","Law 130","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 346 leaves; vol. II, 420 leaves; collates in eights.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 106, 20. Bridgman, page 349. Clarke, page 379, no. 238. Jones, page 19.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in the second volume. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-pages.

On Jefferson's catalogue of law books to be ordered from Dublin, see note to no. 1716 and 1737.

Francis Vesey, Sen. 1721?-1804, Irish law reporter.

The first edition was printed in 1771." "17570","J. 40","","","","Brown's rep.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 24, as above, 1778-1789.","Brown, William.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, beginning with Trinity Term, 18 Geo. 3. A. D. 1778. and ending with the Sittings after Trinity Term, 25 Geo. 3. A. D. 1785. —[Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, during the twenty-sixth [-twenty-ninth] year of the Reign of His Present Majesty.] By William Brown, of the Inner-Temple, Esq; Barrister at Law . . . Dublin: Printed for E. Lynch, R. Moncrieffe, G. Burnet . . . P. Byrne [and others] MDCCLXXVI—M,DCC,XC. [1786-1790]","Law 61","

5 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. 367 and 533 leaves, separate title-pages and signatures but continuous pagination, the pagination numerals being placed in the middle of the fore margins

This edition not in Marvin, not in Sweet & Maxwell and not in Clarke. Jones, page 13.

Rebound in straight grain cowhide in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the various alphabets as they occur. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-pages.

This book was missing for some time. It is not checked as having been received in the Library of Congress catalogue of the Jefferson collection, 1815, but is there marked missing. It is on the manuscript list of books missing from the Library made at a later date, and is not in the 1831 nor the 1849 catalogues.

On Jefferson's catalogue of books to be bought from Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

William Brown, d. 1794, English law reporter. His Reports of Cases was an annual publication, the original edition published in London in folio, 1785-94." "17580","J. 41","","","","Ambler's rep.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 23, as above, 1737-1783.","Ambler, Charles.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, with some few in other Courts. By Charles Ambler, Esq. one of His Majesty's Counsel at Law, and Attorney General to the Queen. Dublin: Printed for Chamberlaine and Rice, E. Lynch, L. White [and others], M,DCC,XC. [1790]","Law 55","

First Edition. 8vo. 416 leaves collating in eights.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 104, 1. Clarke, page 347, no. 5. Jones, page 12.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On Jefferson's catalogue of law books to be bought from Dublin, see no. 1716 and no. 1737." "17590","J. 42","","","","Wythe's rep. of the High court of Chancery in Virginia.","","folio. 1795.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 41, as above, abbreviated.","[Wythe, George.","Decisions of Cases in Virginia, by the High Court of Chancery, with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, reversing some of those Decisions. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, M,DCC,XCV. [1795]","Law 23","

First Edition. Folio. 82 leaves, collating in twos, the last eight sheets printed on blue paper. The copyright notice on page (3) shows George Wythe to be the author; list of errata at the end.

Evans 29930. Sabin 100230. Marvin, page 752. Swem 7698.

Rebound in half brown cowhide. Not initialled by Jefferson; a few manuscript marginal notes by Wythe.

This book may have formed part of Wythe's bequest to Jefferson. Wythe died in 1806, and a copy of this work was bound for Jefferson on June 30 of the following year, in calf, gilt, cost $1.00. All marks of identification (except the few manuscript notes by Wythe) have been lost in the rebinding.

George Wythe, c. 1727-1806, Virginia lawyer and Signer of the Declaration of Independence, was Jefferson's tutor in his law studies, and his most affectionate friend through life. Jefferson himself, for Sanderson's Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, prepared in 1820 notes for the biography of Wythe, a polygraph copy of which, in Jefferson's hand, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "17600","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","i.","","","[Wythe, George.]","Case upon the Statute for Distribution. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1796.","","

8vo. 20 leaves the last a blank; list of errata at the end.

Evans 31672. Swem 7858.

Several corrections in the text inserted in ink by Wythe. By George Wythe written on the title-page, not in his autograph." "17610","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","ii.","","","","A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, determined by the High Court of Chancery, in which the Decree was reversed by the Court of Appeals. ib., M,DCC,XCVI. [1796.]","","

16 leaves, without signatures.

Evans 31667. Swem 7860.

MS. corrections in the handwriting of Wythe." "17620","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","iii.","","","","Between, William Fowler and Susanna his wife, plaintiffs, and, Lucy Saunders, an infant, by James A. Patterson, her guardian, defendent. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Richmond: Thomas Nicolson, 1796?]","","8vo. 14 leaves, caption title; on B2 verso, page [12] begins: Between, Parke Goodall and John Clough, plaintiffs, and, John Bullock, the younger, defendent. Evans 31668. Swem 7855." "17630","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","iv.","","","","Between, Joseph Wilkins, administrator of his late defunct wife Sarah . . And, John Taylor, and William Urquhart . . . Without name of place or printer, n.d. [ib. 1796?].","","

8vo. 16 leaves, caption title; last leaf with the list of Errata. Evans 31670. Swem 7857.

Manuscript corrections by Wythe." "17640","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","v.","","","","Between William Yates and Sarah his wife, plaintiffs and Abraham Salle, Bernard Markham, Edward Moseley, Benjamin Harris, and William Wager Harris, defendents. Without name of place or printer [ib. 1796?].","","

8vo. 9 leaves, caption title.

Evans 31671. Swem 7856." "17650","J. 43","do. . . . . . . 8vo. 1796. 3. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 25, as above, omitting 3.v.","Six tracts originally bound together in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on June 30, 1807 (cost $1.00). Rebound in buckram for the Library of Congress. Law 365","","vi.","","","","Love against Donelson and Hodgson. Without name of place or printer [ib. 1796?].","","

8vo. 17 leaves, caption title. Evans 31669. Swem 7859.

Manuscript notes by Wythe." "17660","1","","","","Cragii Jus feudale.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 168, as above.","Craig, Sir Thomas.","D. Thomæ Cragii de Riccarton, Equitis, in Senatu Edinburgensi Patroni celeberrimi & jurisconsultissimi, Jus Feudale, Tribus Libris comprehensum . . . Editio tertia, prioribus multò emendatior . . . Accessit rerum & verborum Index locupletissimus, unà cum regularum seu axiomatum juris in hoc opere sparsim adhibitorum sylloge, ac vocabulorum forensium interpretatione. Opera & studio Jacobi Baillie Advocati. Edinburgi: apud Tho. & Walt. Ruddimannos, MDCCXXXII. [1732]","Law 197","

Folio. 299 leaves in twos, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vertue, 1731; title-page printed in red and black, separate signatures and pagination for the Index at the end.

Marvin, page 237. Sweet & Maxwell 1, 378, 5.

Sir Thomas Craig, 1538-1608, Scottish feudalist. This work was originally published in 1603, republished in Leipzig in 1716, and the third edition as above in 1732, with a preface by Robert Burnet (afterwards Lord Crimond), and a life of Craig by James Baillie." "17670","2","","","","Lambard's Archaionomia. Sax. Lat.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 169, as above.","Lambarde, William.","Aϱχαιoνoμια, sive de priscis Anglorum legibus libri, sermone Anglico, vetustate antiquissimo, aliquot ab hinc seculis conscripti, nunc demum, magno jurisperitorum, & amantium antiquitatis omnium commodo, è tenebris in lucem vocati. Gvlielmo Lambardo interprete. Sexcentis in locis à libro ipsius castigata, quo pro exemplari utimur; cum multis aliis additionibus. Accessere in hac nostra ultima Editione Leges Henrici primi nunc primùm editæ, ex manuscripto in Fisco Regis habito: Unà cum Glossario earum antiquo ex Manuscripto Codice olim S. Augustini Doroborniensis . . . Cantabrigiæ: ex Officina Rogeri Daniel, prostant Londini apud Cornelium Bee, MDCXLIIII. [1644]","Law 276","

Folio. 128 leaves in fours; title-page in red and black; Anglo-Saxon and Latin in parallel columns, double page engraved map of the Heptarchy by W. Hole (included in the signatures); half-title for Leges Willielmi Conqvestoris, et Henrici filii ejus on [Vi].

STC A3605. Lowndes II, 1301. Sweet & Maxwell I, 34, 21.

Jefferson referred to this author more than once in his long legal correspondence with Thomas Cooper during the early months of 1814.

William Lambarde, 1536-1601, English barrister and historian of Kent. Aϱχαιoνoμια, his first work, was originally published in 1568, and is a collection and translation or paraphrase of the Anglo-Saxon laws.

Abraham Whelock, 1593-1653, linguist, public librarian and amanuensis at Cambridge University Library, was the translator of the Chronologia Saxonica reprinted in this volume, with an address ad lectorum signed by him.

Sir Roger Twysden, 1597-1672, English historical antiquary, aided in the production of this edition and prefixed to the supplementary Leges Willielmi Conqvestoris a Latin preface dated X. Kal. Septembris M. DC. XLIV." "17680","J. 3","","","","Wilkin's leges Anglo-Saxoniae. Sax. Lat.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 170, as above.","Wilkins, David.","Leges Anglo-Saxonicæ ecclesiasticæ & civilies. Accedunt Leges Edvardi Latinæ, Guilielmi Conquestoris Gallo-Normannicæ, et Henrici I. Latinæ. Subjungitur Domini Henr. Spelmanni Codex Legum Veterum Statutorum Regni Angliæ, quæ ab ingressu Guilielmi I. usque ad annum nonum Henr. III. edita sunt. Toti Operi præmittitur Dissertatio Epistolaris admodum Reverendi Domini Guilielmi Nicolsoni Episcopi Derrensis De Jure Feudali Veterum Saxonum. Cum Codd. MSS. contulit, Notas, Versionem & Glossarium adjecit David Wilkins, S. T. P. . . . Londini: Typis Guil. Bowyer, impensis Rob. Gosling, MDCCXXI. [1721]","Law 26","

First Edition. Folio. 246 leaves, list of subscribers at the beginning, publisher's advertisement at the foot of the last page; Anglo-Saxon and Latin text in parallel columns.

Marvin, page 734. Sweet & Maxwell I, 30, 27.

Old panelled calf repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; some leaves discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Manuscript notes not by him.

The glossaries of Wilkins were referred to by Jefferson in his correspondence with Thomas Cooper mentioned above.

David Wilkins, 1685-1745, scholar, was born of Prussian parents named Wilke, but anglicised his name on settling in England, where he was ordained. At one time he held the position of librarian at Lambeth Palace." "17690","J. 4","","","","Glanvil.","","12mo. 2. cop.","1815 catalogue, page 76, no. 2. Glanvil, editio, Totteli Topics in the Laws of England, by J. C. Noy's Compleat Lawyer 1 vol. 12mo.","Glanville, Ranulf de.","Tractatvs de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie, tempore Regis Henrici secundi compositus, Iusticie gubernacula tenente illustri viro Ranulpho de Glanuilla iuris regni & antiquarum consuetudinũ eo tempore peritissimo. Et illas solũ leges continet et consuetudines secundum quas placitatur in Curia Regis ad scaccarium et coram Iusticiis vbicunque fuerint. Huic adiectæ sunt a quodam studioso adnotationes aliquot marginales non inutiles. Colophon: Londini in ædibus Richardi Totteli. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. [n. d. ?1554.]","Law 234","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 136 leaves: A-P8, the last a blank, Q-R8, the last 16 leaves for the Tabula, errata list on the last page, woodcut initials.

STC 11905. Dibdin-Ames IV, 2667. Sweet & Maxwell I, 40, 20. Marvin, page 336. Beale T365.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.i. Manuscript notes in more than one hand, and an autograph signature on the title-page: E libris Tho. Long. For the two books at one time bound with this work, as indicated in the 1815 Catalogue above, see no. 2094 and 2095.

Referred to by Jefferson in his above mentioned correspondence with Thomas Cooper.

Ranulf de Glanville, d. 1190, Chief Justiciar of England. This is the oldest English legal classic, and is known always as ''Glanville'' though probably written by another during his justiciarship. It has been ascribed to Hubert Walter." "17700","J. 5","","","","[Glanvil. 12mo. 2. cop.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 1, Glanvil, 12mo. 1673.","Glanville, Ranulf de.","Another edition . . . Cum diversis manuscriptis nuper examinatis: Et duplici indice; uno alphabetico in principio libri; altero capitulorum in fine. London: Printed by J. Streater, H. Twyford, and E. Flesher, the Assigns of R. Atkins and E. Atkins Esquires. And are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, J. Place, J. Bellinger [and others], M DC LXXIII. [1673]","Law 234","

Sm. 8vo. 144 leaves in eights. STC G839. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 40, 20.

Tree sheep, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

This is probably the second copy referred to by Jefferson in his heading to the previous entry." "17710","J. 6","","","","Bracton.","","4to. id. folio.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 159, Bracton, 4to 1640.","Bracton, Henry de.","Henrici de Bracton de Legibvs et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, libri qvinqve: in varios tractatus distincti, ad diversorum & vetustissimorum Codicum collationem, ingenti cura denuò typis vulgati . . . Londini: typis Milonis Flesher & Roberti Young, Assign: Johannis More Armig, M. DC. XL. [1640]","Law 164","

4to. 458 leaves: A, a, B-Z8, (z)4, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Iii8, Kkk6; woodcut device on the title-page; Preface signed T. N.

STC 3476. Sweet & Maxwell I, 38, 4.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson with a manuscript note by him on page 8. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two editions. Only the quarto edition was sold to Congress.

In the letter to Thomas Cooper dated from Monticello, January 16, 1814, after thanking Cooper for his translation of Justinian [q. v.] Jefferson wrote:

. . . but what I had wanted to say to you on the subject was that I much regret that, instead of this work [i. e. Justinian], useful as it may be, you had not bestowed the same time and research rather on a translation and notes on Bracton, a work which has never been performed for us, and which I have always considered as one of the greatest desiderata in the Law. the laws of England, in their progress from the earliest to the present times, may be likened to the road of a traveller, divided into distinct stages, or resting places, at each of which a review is taken of the road passed over so far. the 1st. of these was Bracton's De legibus Angliae; the 2'd Coke's Institutes, the 3d. the Abridgment of the law by Matthew Bacon, and the 4th. Blackstone's commentaries. doubtless there were others before Bracton which have not reached us . . . but, all records previous to the Magna charta, having been early lost, Bracton's is the first digest of the whole body of law, which has come down to us entire. what materials for it existed in his time we know not, except the unauthoritative collections by Lambard & Wilkins, and the treatise of Glanville, tempore H.2. Bracton's is the more valuable, because being written a very few years after the Magna charta, which commences what is called the Statute law, it gives us the state of the Common law in it's ultimate form, and exactly at the point of division between the Common and Statute law. it is a most able work, complete in it's matter, and luminous in it's method . . .

Of the 4. digests noted [i. e. Bracton, Coke, Bacon and Blackstone], the three last are possessed & understood by every one. but the first, the fountain of them all, remains in it's technical Latin, abounding in terms antiquated, obsolete, and unintelligible but to the most learned of the body of lawyers. to give it to us then in English, with a Glossary of it's old terms, is a work for which I know no body but yourself possessing the necessary learning & industry. the latter part of it would be furnished to your hand from the glossaries of Wilkins, Lambard, Spelman, Somner in the X. Scriptores the index of Coke & the law dictionaries. could not such an undertaking be conveniently associated with your new vocation of giving law lectures? I pray you to think of it. a further operation indeed would still be desirable—to take up the doctrines of Bracton, separatim et seriatim, to give their history thro' the periods of Ld Coke and Bacon, down to Blackstone; to shew when & how some of them have become extinct, the successive alterations made in others, and their progress to the state in which Blackstone found them . . .

In his letter to Bernard Moore, quoted to John Minor on August 30, 1814, as having been written near 50. years ago, Jefferson wrote:

. . . for so much of the admirable work of Bracton is now obsolete that the student should turn to it occasionally only, when tracing the history of particular portions of the law . . .

Henry de Bracton, d. 1268, English ecclesiastic and judge. This is the second edition of his work, the first was printed by Tottell in 1569." "17720","J. 7","","","","Fleta.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 160, as above.","","Fleta seu commentarius Juris Anglicani sic nuncupatus, sub Edwardo Rege primo seu circa annos abhinc CCCXL. ab Anonymo conscriptus, atque è Codice veteri, autore ipso aliqantulùm recentiori, nunc primùm typis editus. Accedit tractatulus vetus de agendi excipiendique formulis gallicanus, fat assavoir dictus. Subjungitur etiam Joannis Seldeni ad Fletam Dissertatio Historica. Londini: Typis M. F. Prostant apud Guilielmum Lee, Mathæum Walbancke, & Danielem Pakeman, M.DC.XLVII. [1647]","Law 330","

First Edition. 4to. 284 leaves in fours; title in red and black, engraving in the text.

STC F1290. Marvin, page 314. Sweet & Maxwell I, 39, 15.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T with a manuscript note by him on page 58; manuscript notes in an carly hand.

This Latin text book of English law was probably written about 1290, and is supposed to have received its title from the fact that it was written in the Fleet prison, London. It was first published in this edition by John Selden (q. v.), with a learned preface by him. The word Fleta is frequently used as though it applied to a person, and is so used by Jefferson." "11730","8","","","","Britton. by Wingate.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 3, as above, 1640.","Britton.","Britton. The Second edition. Faithfully corrected according to divers ancient manuscripts of the same booke. By Edm. Wingate, Gent. London: Printed by the assignes of John Moore Esquire, [Miles Fletcher, John Haviland and Robert Young] Anno 1640. Cum privilegio.","Law 167","

Sm. 8vo. 328 leaves, woodcut device of R. Young on the title-page [McKerrow 405]; black letter.

STC 3804. Sweet & Maxwell I, 38, 9.

Edmund Wingate, 1596-1656, English legal writer.

This is his first edition of Britton, originally issued without date at least a century earlier. Britton is supposed to have been compiled by John Le Breton, d. 1275, Bishop of Hereford. Britton is in the main a condensation of Bracton, q.v." "17740","J. 9","","","","Houard sur les coutumes Anglo-Normands.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 161, as above.","Houard, David.","Traités sur les coutumes Anglo-Normandes, qui ont été publiées en Angleterre, depuis le onzième, jusqu'au quatorzième siècle . . . Par M. Houard, avocat en Parlement . . . Tome Premier [-Quatrième]. A Paris: chez Saillant, Nyon & Valade, & à Dieppe, chez Jean-B-. Jos. Dubuc, M. DDC. LXXVI. [1776.]","Law 413","

First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. The imprint in vol. IV reads A Rouen, chez el Boucher, et se trouve a Paris . . . Both vol. III and IV have on the verso of the title-leaf the imprint of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Dubuc at Dieppe.

Dupin 1166.

French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; sig. Dddd in vol. I misbound, the error being indicated by Jefferson in footnotes written by him in ink on pages 568 and 576. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.

Entered on Jefferson's undated catalogue, with the price 56-0. This was the reduced price (from 96-0) of the copy bought by Jefferson through Robert Livingston, the United States Ambassador at Paris, from Charles Pougens on June 8, 1803. The other books on the same bill were intended for the Library of Congress but in view of the price, it seems possible that Jefferson retained this for his own library.

In his letter to Thomas Cooper, January 16, 1814, previously quoted, Jefferson explained the interpolation by the clergy of certain chapters of Exodus into King Alfred's book of laws, and mentioned: this pious fraud seems to have been first noted by Houard in his Coutumes Anglo-Normandes (I. 88.) and the pious judges of England have had no inclination to question it . .

David Houard, 1725-1802, was a native of Dieppe." "11750","J. 10","","","","Fortescue de laudibus legum Angliae Hengham magna et parva by Selden","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 171, as above.","Fortescue, Sir John.","De Laudibus Legum Angliæ. Written originally in Latin by Sir John Fortescue Lord Chief Justice, and after Lord Chancellor to King Henry VI. Translated into English, [by Francis Gregor] illustrated with the Notes of Mr. Selden, and great variety of remarks with respect to the antiquities, history, and Laws of England. To which are prefix'd Mr. Selden to the Reader, and a large Historical Preface. To the whole are added the preface of the first editor, with the Testimonies of Bale, Pitts, and Du Fresne; the Summs of Sir Ralph de Hengham, Lord Chief Justice to King Edward I. commonly call'd Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, with Mr. Selden's notes; and a copious index. The second edition. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of E. Sayer, Esq;) for Daniel Browne, MDCCXLI. [1741]","Law 218","

Folio. 2 parts in 1. 107 and 45 leaves in twos, engraved frontispiece by G. Vander Gucht; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half-title; catalogue of authors quoted, 2 pages; of the Books written by Sir John Fortescue as in Mr. Casley's printed Catalogue, 4to. Lond. 1734, 1 page.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 17, 24.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T

Sir John Fortescue, 1394-1476?, chief justice of the King's bench, and legal writer. This work was written about 1470 for the instruction of Edward Prince of Wales in exile at Berry, and is in the form of a conversation between Fortescue and the prince. It was first printed in 1567 and was translated by Robert Mulcaster and printed in numerous editions. The first edition by Francis Gregor appeared in 1737.

Ralph de Hengham, d. 1311, judge, was the author of the two manuals of practice Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, first edited by Selden in 1616." "17760","J. 11","","","","Fitzherbert's abridgment","","p. fol. Tottell. 1577.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 162, as above.","Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony.","1577. La Graunde Abridgement, collecte par le Iudge tresreuerend mõsieur Anthony Fitzherbert, dernierment Conferre ouesque la Copye escript et per ceo correcte, ouesque le nombre del fueil, per quel facilement poies trouer les cases cy Abrydges en les Liuers dans, nouelment annote: iammais deuaunt imprimes . . . [La secounde part.] [London] In ædibus Richardi Tottelli vicesimo die Augusti. 1577. Cum priuilegio.","Law 215","

2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. I, 342 leaves: A-Z, Aa-Tt8, Uu6 II, 333 leaves: [ ]1, A7, B-Z, AA-II8, KK10, A-H8, I3; colophon on sig. KK10 and on the last leaf; title-pages within woodcut borders [McKerrow 153]; black letter; the last alphabet for Rastell's Tabula.

STC 10957. Beale, 466, 7, 8. Cowley 71.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved on the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Thomas Browne[?] on the title-page; manuscript notes, not by Jefferson. The life of the author from Woods Athenae Oxon. 50. written in an early hand (?Sir John Randolph) on a blank leaf at the beginning (backed).

This work is referred to by Jefferson in his above mentioned letters to Thomas Cooper, in 1814.

Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, 1470-1538, English judge. La Graunde Abridgement, first printed in 1516, is a digest of the year-books under appropriate titles in alphabetical order. It also includes cases not found in the year-books, but which had been accepted as authorities in the courts.

John Rastell, d. 1536, printer and lawyer. His Tabula was first printed in 1517." "17770","J. 12","","","","Broke's graunde abr.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 163, Broke's graunde abridgment, 4to.","Brooke, Sir Robert.","1586. La Graunde Abridgement, collecte & escrie, per le Iudge tresreuerend Sir Robert Brooke Chiualer, nadgairs chiefe Iustice del common Banke. [-Le secounde part.] [London] In ædibus Richardi Tottellj, vicesimo nono die Septemb. 1586. Cum Priuilegio.","Law 168","

2 parts in 1. Folio. 356 and 328 leaves; title-page in woodcut border [McKerrow 153]; printed in black letter, colophon on the last leaf.

STC 3829. Cowley, no. 82. Beale R475, 476.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Numerous manuscript notes, not by Jefferson, and the autograph signature of Daines Barrington on the title-page.

Referred to by Jefferson in his correspondence with Thomas Cooper noted above.

Sir Robert Brooke, d. 1558, Speaker of the House of Commons and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. This work, partly based on that of Fitzherbert, is an abstract of the year-books down to the writer's own time. The first edition was published by Tottell in 1573.

For a note on Daines Barrington see no. 1043." "17780","J. 13","","","","Finch's law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76, no. 6, as above.","Finch, Sir Henry.","Law, or, a discourse thereof; in four books. Written in French by Sir Henry Finch, Knight, His Majesty's Serjeant at Law. And done into English by the same Author. To which are now added, notes and references, and a table to the chapters. By Danby Pickering, of Gray's Inn, Esq; and Reader of the Law-Lecture to that Honourable Society . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, and sold by D. Browne; and J. Shuckburgh, 1759.","Law 214","

8vo. 176 leaves in eights.

Marvin, page 308. Sweet & Maxwell I, 167, 11.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Henry Finch, 1558-1625, serjeant-at-law. This treatise was originally written in law French and published in 1613; the first English translation appeared in the same year, and was several times reprinted. This is the first edition edited by Danby Pickering, English legal writer. Finch's Law, until the publication of Blackstone's Commentaries, was regarded as the best elementary law book." "17790","14","","","","Perkins","","12mo.—id. p. f.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 4, Perkins 24s.","Perkins, John.","A Profitable booke of Mast. Iohn Perkins, Fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of England. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers. Cum priuilegio, 1621.","","

The title for the 1621 edition is here given, that being the edition in the 1831 catalogue, though the book is not there credited to the Jefferson Collection. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two editions as above. The 1815 catalogue lists only one without particulars as to date or imprint. The entry is checked in the working copy of the catalogue, denoting that the book had been received. Although the entry does not appear on any of the lists of missing books made at that time, no copy is credited to the Jefferson Collection in the later catalogues, and none of the various editions in the Library of Congress shows any sign of Jefferson provenance. It is not clear therefore which edition was sold to Congress with the Jefferson Collection.

John Perkins, d. 1545, English jurist. The first Latin edition of this work appeared in 1528." "17800","15","","","","Le tenures de Monsr. Littleton.","","p. f.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 5, Les tenures de Monsr. Littleton, 24s.","Littleton, Sir Thomas.","Les tenures de Monsieur Littleton . . . London: imprinted for the Company of Stationers. Cum priuilegio. 1621.","","

Sm. 8vo. 192 leaves including the last blank.

STC 15758. Sweet & Maxwell I, 293, 90.

Sir Thomas Littleton, 1422-1481, English judge and legal writer. This work, which formed the first part of Coke's Institutes, was originally published in folio by Lettou and Machlinia, London, c. 1481." "17810","16","","","","Coke's 1st.","","inst. fol. [11th & 12th] edñ.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 172, Coke's 1st institute, fol.","Coke, Sir Edward.","The First Part of the Institvtes of the Lawes of England: or a Commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law it selfe . . . Authore Edw. Coke Milite. The fourth edition, corrected. London: Printed by M. F. [Miles Flesher], I. H. [John Haviland] and R. Y. Assignes of J. More Esquire, Anno 1639.","Law","

Folio. 432 leaves in sixes, 1 folded table, engraved portrait frontispiece by I. Payne, title within a woodcut border (McKerrow and Ferguson 283). STC 15786. Lowndes I, 489. Sweet & Maxwell I, 286, 12.

This edition is entered on Jefferson's undated catalogue. with the price: Coke Littleton. 4th. edñ. fol. 3/. The dated catalogue called originally for the 6th edition, crossed out and the 11th and 12th substituted. The book is marked missing in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue and is included in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. The entry was dropped from the later catalogues.

Copies of all these editions are in the Library of Congress but none is from the Jefferson collection. Coke's Institutes are in four parts: the first.

Coke on Littleton is a reprint of Littleton's Tenures, with a translation and commentary; the second contains the text of various statutes from Magna Carta to the time of James I, with a full exposition; the third is on criminal laws, and the fourth on the jurisdiction of the different courts of law.

Jefferson's opinion of Coke, given when a law student at the age of nineteen, is found in a letter to John Page written from Fairfield on December 25, 1762. After describing to Page how his picture of Rebecca Burwell came to be destroyed, he continued:

. . . And now although the picture be defaced there is so lively an image of her imprinted in my mind that I shall think of her too often I fear for my peace of mind, and too often I am sure to get through old Cooke this winter: for God knows I have not seen him since I packed him up in my trunk in Williamsburgh. Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life . . .

Many years later, on January 16, 1814, Jefferson, in the previously quoted letter to Thomas Cooper, after commenting on Bracton wrote:

. . . the statutes which introduced changes began now to be preserved, applications of the law to new cases by the courts began soon after to be reported in the Year books, these to be methodised and abridged by Fitzherbert, Broke, Rolle and others, individuals continued the business of reporting, particular treatises were written by able men, and all these, by the time of Ld. Coke, had formed so large a mass of matter as to call for a new digest, to bring it within reasonable compass. this he undertook in his institutes, harmonising all the decisions and opinions which were reconcilable, and rejecting those not so. this work is executed with so much learning and judgment that I do not recollect that a single position in it has ever been judicially denied. and altho' the work loses much of it's value by it's chaotic form, it may still be considered as the fundamental code of the English law . . . On August 30 of the same year Jefferson sent to John

Minor a copy of a letter to Bernard Moore, written near 50. years ago in which he stated:

. . . Ld. Coke has given us the first view of the whole body of law worthy now of being studied . . . Coke's Institutes are a perfect Digest of the Law as it stood in his day . . .

On February 26, 1821, to Dabney Terrell, who had requested advice on a course of law reading, Jefferson wrote:

. . . 1. Begin with Coke's 4. institutes. these give a compleat body of the law as it stood in the reign of the 1st. James, an epoch the more interesting to us, as we separated at that point from English legislation, and acknoledge no subsequent statutory alterations.

Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634, English judge and law writer." "17820","17","","","","[Coke's] 2d.","","[inst. fol.] edn. of 1662.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 173, [Coke's] 2d do edition of 1662, fol.","Coke, Sir Edward.","The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Containing the Exposition of many ancient, and other statutes; whereof you may see the particular in a Table following . . . Authore Edw. Coke Milite, I.C. . . . With an Alphabetical Table not heretofore printed. London: Printed by J. Flesher, for W. L[ee], D[aniel] P[akeman] and G[abriell] B[edell], 1662.","","

Folio. 408 leaves in fours, engraved portrait frontispiece by I. Payne, title within a woodcut border, chiefly in black letter.

STC C4949. Lowndes I, 489. Sweet & Maxwell I, 345, 4.

The first edition of the Second Part, which contains the text of various statutes from Magna Carta to the time of James I, was published in 1642." "17830","J. 18","","","","Coke's 2d.","","[inst. fol.] 6th. edn. 1681.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 174, 2d do 6th edition, 1681, fol.","Coke, Sir Edward.","The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: containing the exposition of many ancient, and other statutes, whereof you may see the particulars in a table following. The sixth edition . . . Authore Edw. Coke Milite, J.C. . . London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for Thomas Basset, MDCLXXXI. [1681]","Law 189","

Folio. 398 leaves in fours, engraved portrait frontispiece of Coke, with his arms, by R. White; chiefly black letter.

STC C4953. Sweet & Maxwell I, 345, 4.

Rough calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson with a manuscript note by him on page 148. Other manuscript notes not by Jefferson." "17840","?J. 19","","","","3d. & 4th.","","4th. edn. 1670.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 175, 3d and 4th do 4th edition, 1670, fol.","Coke, Sir Edward.","The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: concerning High Treason, and other Pleas of the Crown, and Criminal Causes. The fourth edition . . . Authore Edw. Coke. Milite . . . London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, Henry Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns, and Edward Atkins Esquires, M.DC.LXX. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. [1670.]—The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts . . . MDCXLVIII. Printed at London by M. Flesher, for W. Lee, and D. Pakeman. [1648]","Law 189","

2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. The Third Part. 137 leaves in fours, engraved frontispiece of Coke, with his arms; The Fourth Part, 207 leaves, title-page within woodcut border; chiefly in black letter.

STC C4964, 4961. Sweet & Maxwell I, 224, 6, and 176, 2.

Rough calf. Not initialled by Jefferson; manuscript notes not by him." "17850","J. 20","","","","Hawkins's abr' of Co. Lit.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 7, Hawkins's abridgment of Coke Littleton, 12mo.","Hawkins, William.","An Abridgement of the First Part of Ld. Coke's Institutes; with great Additions, explaining many of the difficult Gases, and shewing in what Points the Law has been altered by late Resolutions and Acts of Parliament. By William Hawkins, Serjeant at Law. The seventh edition. To which is now added, a large Index in the Nature of an Analysis of the most General Heads. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, J. Whiston and B. White, M. DCC. LI. [1751]","Law 187","

12mo. 302 leaves in twelves.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 288, 35. Clarke, page 9, no. 28. Not in Cowley.

Tree calf, rebacked and repaired, with the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A few manuscript notes, possibly in Skelton's hand.

William Hawkins, 1673-1746, English lawyer, serjeantat-law. His abridgment of the first part of Coke's Institutes was first published in 1711 and ran through many editions." "17860","J. 21","","","","Rolle's abr.","","4. vols. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 176, as above.","Rolle, Henry.","Un Abridgment des plusieurs cases et resolutions del Common Ley: Alphabeticalment digest desouth severall titles: per Henry Rolle, Serjeant del Ley. Ovesque un table des general titles contenus en ceo. London: Printed for A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper [and others], 1668.","Law 327","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 4. Folio. Vol. I, 232, 223 leaves; vol. II, 206, 214 leaves; in fours; no title to vol. II which begins on Bi; engraved portrait frontispiece before letter (supplied in ink) by A. Hertochs.

Marvin, page 617. Sweet & Maxwell I, 189, 13. Bridgman 289. Cowley 159.

Calf, interleaved with blanks throughout; rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers; the portrait frontispiece and title inlaid. Initialled at sig. I and T or their multiples in each volume by Jefferson, and a few manuscript marginal notes in his hand; manuscript marginal notes in an earlier hand, and on one or two of the interleaves.

Henry Rolle, 1589?-1656, English judge. His abridgment was compiled before 1640, but not published until 1668, when it was edited with a preface by Sir Matthew Hale, q. v." "17870","J. 22","","","","Hughes's abr.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 164, as above.","Hughes, William.","The Grand Abridgment of the law continued. Or, A Collection of the Principal Cases and Points of the common-law of England, contained in all the Reports extant, from the first of Elizabeth, to this present time, by way of Common-Place . . . With two Tables, the one containing the names of the cases: the other, Of the matter of every of the said cases. Published in the twelfth [-the second volume in the thirteenth; the third volume in the fourteenth] year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord Charls the Second, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. By William Hughes of Grayes-Inne, Esquire. London: Printed by J. S. [John Streater] for Henry Twyford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1660-1663.","Law 251","

First Edition. 3 vol. 4to. 528, 472 and 524 leaves including blanks, continuous signatures and pagination; the imprints in vol. II and III vary from that in vol. I; separate title for the Appendix in vol. III (called for on the title).

STC H3324. Marvin, page 402. Sweet & Maxwell I, 189, 11. Cowley 146.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature R. Beverley on the title-pages and in the text, the cost written in an earlier hand. Titles written in ink on the fore-edges." "17880","J. 23","","","","Shephard's abr.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 165, as above, with reading Shepherd.","Sheppard, William.","A Grand Abridgment of the common and statvte law of England: Alphabetically digested under proper heads and titles. Very usefull and beneficiall for all persons whatsoever that desire to have any knowledge in the said Laws. In four parts. [-The second volume. -The third volume.] By William Sheppard, Esq; London: Printed by E. Flesher, J. Streater, and H. Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkyns, Esquires. And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, J. Bellinger, W. Place [and others], 1675. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis.","Law 331","

First Edition. 4 parts in 3 vol. 4to. 304, 257, 173 and 119 leaves only (should be 124, lacks sig. Gg) in fours; black letter; the fourth part is bound with the third, and has no title-page.

Marvin, page 643. Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 13. Cowley 167.

Rebound in sheep; some leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Wm Jones K & Q County on the title-page of volume III and on the last leaf Wm Jones 1703. A manuscript correction in vol. II, page 87, is not by Jefferson.

William Sheppard, d. 1675? serjeant-at-law and legal writer. This work is based on the author's Epitome, published in 1656." "17890","J. 24","","","","Nelson's abr.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 177, as above.","Nelson, William.","An Abridgment of the common law: being a collection of the principal cases argued and adjudged in the several courts of Westminster-Hall. The whole being digested in a clear and alphabetical method, under proper heads, with several divisions and numbers under each title, for the more ready finding any judgment or resolution of the law cases whereby the opinion and judgment of the courts may be seen in an exact series of time, and what alterations have been made in the law by subsequent statutes and judgments, brought down to the year 1725. By William Nelson, of the Middle Temple, Esq;. Vol. I [-III]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling. (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for R. Gosling, W. Mears, T. Ward, and J. Hooke, MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI. [1725-1726.]","Law 298","

First Edition. 3 vol. Folio. 362, 306 and 350 leaves in fours; vol. I and II with continuous signatures and pagination; vol. II ends with the catch-word The but is perfect; publishers' advertisement at the end of vol. III.

Marvin, page 534. Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 12. Cowley 213.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

From the library of Peyton Randolph.

A number of the works of William Nelson appear in this catalogue." "17900","J. 25","","","","Danvers' abr'.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 178, as above, A. to E.","D'Anvers, Knightley.","A General abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, Of the matter under general heads. By Knightley D'Anvers, of the Inner Temple, Esq; Vol. I [-III] . . . The second edition, corrected. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for J. Walthoe, M DCC XXV-MDCCXXXVII. [1725-1737.]","Law 204","

Folio. First edition of vol. III, vol. I, 389 leaves; vol. II, 356 leaves; vol. III, 188 leaves; in twos; and sold by T. Waller added to the imprint in vol. III. The imprint of vol. II is dated MDCCXXII for MDCCXXXII.

Marvin, page 253. Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 7. Cowley 212.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of Reuben Skelton with his armorial bookplate.

Knightley D'Anvers, English lawyer, was a member of the Inner Temple, and called to the Bar in 1696. This work, first published in two volumes in 1705 and 1713, was based on Rolle's Abridgment, and was dedicated to the Lord Chief Justice Holt." "17910","J. 26","","","","Viner's abr. F. to Y. inclusive","","10. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 179, as above.","Viner, Charles.","A General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole. By Charles Viner, Esq . . . Aldershot in Hampshire near Farnham in Surry: Printed for the author, by agreement with the law patentees, and are to be sold by George Strahan, John and Paul Knapton, and J. Shuckburgh; or may be had of the author at his house at Aldershot . . . or, in his absence, of William Reason, 1742-1745.","Law 427","

First Edition. Folio. 9 vol. [the volume containing Jud to Nos missing.] I. Fac.-Fun. 1742, 290 leaves; II. Gam.-Jud. 1742, 327 leaves; IV. Not.-Pre. 1743, 311 leaves; V. Pre.-Pro. 1743, 309 leaves; VI. Pro.-Rep. 1743, 311 leaves; VII. Rep.-Ste. 1744. 309 leaves; VIII. Sto.-Tre. 1745, 297 leaves; IX. Tri.-Uni. 1745, 309 leaves; X. Uni.-Yea. 1745, 285 leaves; subscribers' names in all but the first two volumes. The titles are not numbered.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 15. Cowley 238 (with different imprint). Oxford Bibliographical Society, Proceedings II [1930], pp. 227-326.

All the volumes rebound in calf except Pre-Pro, which is in the original calf, repaired, with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate and that of George Wythe inlaid in the new endpapers; these two bookplates preserved in the other volumes; some wormholes in Rep-Ste, and one MS. note which could be by Wythe. In the imprint of Gam-Jud the name Thomas York replaces that of Wm. Reason, but is scratched out and the latter name added in ink. With the autograph signature of Edm. Jenings [q. v. no. 512] on each title-page.

This set was at one time missing. The entry is not checked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is omitted from the later catalogues. It is on the list of books missing from the Library of Congress made shortly after 1815. All the volumes but one have been recovered, complete with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplates, correctly numbered, as well as those of George Wythe.

Charles Viner, 1678-1756, English jurist. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a publisher for this work, Viner published it at his own expense. The book was printed in the Savoy on specially made and watermarked paper, and published at his own home in Aldershot. Viner founded a chair of English law at Oxford, of which Blackstone was the first incumbent." "17920","27","","","","Bacon's abr.","","7. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 8, as above.","Bacon, Matthew.","A new abridgment of the law. By Matthew Bacon, of the Middle Temple, esq; the fifth edition, corrected; with considerable additions, including the latest authorities; by Henry Gwillim, of the Middle Temple, esq. Barrister at law. In seven volumes. Vol. I [-VII]. London: Printed by A. Strahan, law printer to the King's most excellent Majesty. For T. Cadell, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson [and others], 1798.","","

7 vol. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 2, 1. Cowley 290.

According to Jefferson Bacon's work marked the third period of English law. In his letter to Thomas Cooper, previously quoted, written on January 16, 1814, after commenting on the works of Bracton and Coke, marking the first and second periods, Jefferson continued:

. . . 3. The same processes recommencing, of Statutory changes, new decisions, multiplied Reports, and special treatises, a new accumulation had formed, calling for new reduction, by the time of Matthew Bacon. his work therefore, altho' not pretending to the textual merit of Bracton's or Coke's, was very acceptable. his alphabetical arrangement indeed, altho' better than Coke's jumble, was far inferior to Bracton's. but it was a sound digest of the materials existing on the several alphabetical heads under which he arranged them. his work was not admitted as authority in Westminster hall; yet it was the Manual of every judge and lawyer, and, what better proves it's worth, has been it's daily growth in the general estimation . . .

Seven years later, on February 26, 1821, Jefferson sent a copy of this letter to Dabney Terrell, in answer to a request for an opinion on the course of reading, and added supplementary remarks:

. . . 2. Then passing over (for occasional reading as hereafter proposed) all the Reports and treatises to the time of Matthew Bacon, read his abridgment, compiled about 100. years after Coke's, in which they are all embodied. this gives numerous applications of the old principles to new cases, and gives the general state of the English law at that period.

Here too the Student should take up the Chancery branch of the law, by reading the 1st. and 2d. abridgments of the cases in Equity. the 2d. is by the same Matthew Bacon, the 1st. having been published some time before. the alphabetical order, adopted by Bacon, is certainly not as satisfactory as the systematic. but the arrangement is under very general and leading heads; and these indeed, with very little difficulty, might be systematically, instead of alphabetically arranged and read . . .

Jefferson made the same statements with regard to Bacon in other letters, in that to Bernard Moore for example, of which he sent a copy to John Minor on August 30, 1814, remarking that the original had been written near 50. years ago.

Matthew Bacon, Irish barrister, was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1731 and was called to the bar in 1732. The first edition of this work was issued anonymously, ''By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple'', 1736-1766." "17930","J. 28","","","","Comyns's Digest.","","6 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 9, as above.","Comyns, Sir John.","A Digest of the laws of England. By the Right Honourable Sir John Comyns, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. The fourth edition, corrected, and continued to the present time, by Samuel Rose, Barrister at Law, of Lincoln's Inn. In six volumes. Vol. I [-VI]. London: Printed by A. Strahan, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees [and others], 1800.","Law 399","

6 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 368 leaves, folded table; vol. II, 368 leaves; vol. III, 321 leaves; vol. IV, 349 leaves; vol. V. 401 leaves; vol. VI, 357 leaves.

Marvin 218. Sweet & Maxwell II, ii, 5. Cowley 310.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The volumes have also the bookplate of the Washington Library.

The presence of the bookplate of the Washington Library shows this to be one of the books given into its care through an arrangement by which it was to receive the books separated from the Library of Congress for sale, to give a receipt for them, and be responsible for their return to the Library of Congress when required.

The book was originally checked in the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, but was later marked missing, and included in the manuscript list of missing books. The entry was subsequently dropped from the catalogues.

Sir John Comyns, d. 1740, barrister of Lincoln's Inn, eventually became lord chief baron of the Exchequer. This work was originally written in ''law French'' and was translated and published in 1762-7.

Samuel Rose, 1677-1804, English and Scottish lawyer. This is his first edition of Comyns' Digest." "17940","J. 29","","","","M.S. abr.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 180, as above.","Mercer, John.","Abridgment of the Public Acts.","","

Manuscript on watermarked paper, written on 356 leaves (712 numbered pages) measuring 14 by 9⅜ inches, by several hands; a few leaves missing, and several repaired. 18th century.

Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 15.

Rebound in calf, red morocco label on the back, lettered: MS./Abridgment; also with a paper label lettered: Mercer, John Va./Abridgment of/public acts etc./1737.

For printed editions of Mercer's Abridgment see no. 1871 and 1872." "17950","J. 30","","","","M.S. abr.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 10, as above.","","Abridgment of the Common Law.","","

Manuscript written by a 17th century hand, on both sides of 182 leaves, 364 numbered pages, 4to, measuring 7⅞ by 6 inches; followed by 9 pages of Index.

Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 17.

Rebound in calf, with label on the back lettered Law/ Notes. All the leaves are badly discolored and some are torn and crumbling. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The manuscript appears to be imperfect at the beginning in that it opens with Forfeiture, chap. 26. It has been in this condition for a long time, as the pagination, beginning with 1, is in an old hand." "17960","J. 31","","","","Opinions of learned counsel","","p. 4to. M.S.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 11, as above.","","Opinions of Learned Counsel.","","

Manuscript of the 17th and 18th centuries, on paper, 4to. measuring 6 x 7¾ inches, 2 parts, 70 leaves, the second part in the autograph of Sir John Randolph.

Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 12.

Calf, label on the back lettered Opinions. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Sir John Randolph, whose name with that of Benbow Welsh and later Peyton Randolph Esquire, is written on the fly-leaf.

The manuscript is divided into two parts. The pages of the first part are numbered 1-31, and contain opinions of counsel on affairs relating to the colony of Virginia and its inhabitants, with dates from 1681 to 1721. The two following leaves are numbered 32-35, and contain the opinion of Nathaniel Pigot of the Middle Temple, with dates from 23 November 1693 to 5 March 1721/2. The next 52 leaves are in the handwriting of Sir John Randolph, and contain cases beginning with the Term[???]. Pasche Anno 1o. Geo[???]. in Banco Regis. The manuscript is signed by Sir John at the end: These notes are drawn over at large in a folo. book and contind. further on p J. R.

Sir John Randolph, c. 1693-1736/7, King's attorney of Virginia, and speaker of the House of Burgesses, was the father of Peyton Randolph. He was the uncle of William Stith, the historian of Virginia, q. v." "17970","J. 32","","","","M.S. Common place book.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 181, as above.","","Common-Place Book.","","

Manuscript on 228 leaves of paper, folio, measuring 14 by 9½ inches; watermarked. The pages are numbered as far as 424, after which are 15 blank leaves unnumbered and 2 pages of Table.

Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 16.

Bound in vellum, r. e., with a label on the back lettered Common/Place-Book.

The chief entries are as follows:

Treatise on Evidence, pp. 42-101.

Remarks on the Judicature of the Lords, upon Writs of Error, & Appeals in Parliament, pp. 105-109.

Instructions for a Comission [sic] of Lunacy Ex parte the Petitioner, pp. 129-133.

The Modern Practice of the Court of Chancery, pp. 135-173.

For a note on Common-place Books see the next entry." "17980","J. 33","","","","Sr. John Randolph's Com. pla. book.","","fol. M.S.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 182, as above.","Randolph, Sir John.","Common-place Book. 555 blank leaves, bound with A Brief Method of the Law. Being an exact Alphabetical Disposition of all the Heads necessary for a perfect Common-place. Useful to all students and professors of the Law; much wanted, and earnestly desired. Printed in this volume for the conveniency of Binding with Common-Place-Books . . . London: Printed by the Assignees of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for John Kidgell, 1680.","Z695.1 .L3B8","

Folio. 28 leaves in twos, plus the 555 blank leaves.

STC B4605. Cowley 173.

Rebound in half calf. The 555 leaves measure 14 by 9⅛ inches, ruled in red, with the headings supplied from the headings in the Brief Method; some of the leaves with manuscript notations, manuscript notes also in the text, chiefly in the handwriting of Randolph; the name Townsend written at the end of To the Reader.

Written on a slip of paper and pasted down on one of the new fly-leaves is the following by Sir John Randolph:

These Common places did belong to Mr. Benjamin Harrison and were bought of his Widow by me—There are some few things of his writing in them, which are generally placed under wrong heads, as if he did not know to what Genus the particular species did belong. J. R.

On the title of the Brief Method is pasted a slip on which Jefferson has written: Sir John Randolph's common-place book.

Sir John Randolph, 1693-1737, of Henrico County, Virginia, King's attorney of Virginia, entered Gray's Inn in 1715 and was called to the bar in 1717.

Benjamin Harrison, 1645-1712, was a member of the House of Burgesses.

Common-Place Books. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the making of a common-place book was considered one of the essential duties of a student of law. ''To facilitate the making of common-place books by providing a framework on which they could be built up there was published in 1680 a Brief method of the law, being an exact alphabetical disposition of all the heads necessary for a perfect common-place . . . It was printed in folio size for convenience in binding with commonplace books. In a brief preface the author explains that numbers are placed opposite the titles, so that if the pages of the commonplace book are numbered to correspond, the Brief method will form an index to it. Altogether there are 1618 heads, with a number of references, from 'Abatement del breve' to 'Wreck: vide Admiralty'. The work is anonymous . . .''—Cowley, p. lxxvi." "17990","J. 34","","","","Hale's history & analysis of the law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 12, as above.","Hale, Sir Matthew.","The History of the Common Law of England. Divided into twelve chapters. By Sir Matthew Hale, Knt. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The third edition, corrected. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Waller, 1739.—The Analysis of the Law: being a scheme, or abstract, of the several titles and partitions of the law of England, digested into method. By Sir Matthew Hale, Knt . . . The third edition, corrected: with the addition of an alphabetical table, ib. 1739.","Law 240","

2 vol. in 1. 8vo. 140 leaves and an engraved plate Arbor Civilis; 95 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank) in each volume.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 168, 16.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both works, and with additions to the Index made by him and scratched through, and a few manuscript marginal notes.

Sir Matthew Hale, 1609-1676, English judge. These works were originally published together anonymously, by a learned hand, in 1713, and reprinted as by Sir Matthew Hale in 1716." "18000","J. 35","","","","Delineation of the law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 13, as above.","","The Laws of England delineated. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for Thomas Wotton, MDCCXXIX. [1729]","Law 282","

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves, the text printed lengthwise, publisher's advertisement at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 8, 26. Clarke, page 13, no. 115.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

According to the Preface, the work is extracted from Wood's Institutes." "18010","J. 36","","","","Glisson's Common law epitomized.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 14, as above.","Glisson, William and Gulston, Anthony.","The Common Law epitomiz'd: with directions how to prosecute and defend personal actions. Very useful for all lawyers, Justices of Peace, and Gentlemen. To which is annexed the nature of a writ of error, and the general proceedings thereupon. With a plain table for the easie finding out of every particular. By William Glisson and Anthony Gulston, Esquires, Baristers at Law. The Second edition; revised, explained and much enlarged by W. S. [William Style] of the Inner-Temple, Esquire . . . London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, Esq; for Hen. Brome and Tho. Basset; and are to be sold by Tho. Burrel, and George Downes, 1679.","Law 235","

8vo. 256 leaves.

STC G865. Marvin, page 338. Sweet & Maxwell II, 64, 8. Cowley 171.

Tree calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This is the first edition by William Style (1603-1679) of a work first printed in 1659. It was written originally in Norman French, and translated into English by Henry Applegarth of Staple Inn, who in his Epistle Dedicatory, reprinted in this edition, states that the work was bequeathed to him by William Glisson. This copy has the variant imprint." "18020","37","","","","Jacob's Common law commonplaced.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 15, as above.","[Jacob, Giles.]","The Common Law common-placed: containing, the substance and effect of all the common law cases dispersed in the body of the Law, collected as well from abridgments as reports, in a perfect new method . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for W. Mears and T. Corbett, and J. Hooke, M DCC XXVI. [1726]","Law","

First Edition. 8vo. 257 leaves; on the last page a list of Some Books printed for W. Mears, J. Hooke and T. Corbet.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 64, 11.

Cowley 214 (with variations in the title).

Giles Jacob, 1686-1744, English author and compiler, was referred to by Pope in the Dunciad as the Blunderbuss of Law. The Preface to this work is signed G. J." "18030","J. 38","","","","Fulbecke's parallel of the Civil, Canon & Common law.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 17, as above, with reading Cannon.","Fulbeck, William.","A Parallele or conference of the civil law, the canon law, and the common law of this Realme of England . . . Digested in sundry dialogues by William Fvlbecke. At the end of these dialogues is annexed a table of the sections or diuisions of the principall points, matters, and questions, which are handled in euery dialogue. At London: Printed for the Company of Stationers. Anno Domini 1618.—The second part . . . ib. Printed by Thomas Wight, 1602.","Law 222, 3","

2 vol. 4to. 124 and 90 leaves.

STC 11416, 11415a. Marvin, page 325. Sweet & Maxwell I, 18, 27.

The first part rebound in calf, the second in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first and T in the second part. The life of the author taken from Woods Athenæ-Oxoñ. 318 written on the verso of the title-page of part I, possibly by Sir John Randolph. A few manuscript notes, not by Jefferson. It seems evident that Jefferson had the two parts bound together, and that they were later separated and rebound.

William Fulbeck, 1560-1603?, English legal writer. This is the first edition of his second part which was not reprinted in 1618 with the second edition of Part I." "18040","J. 39","","","","Jacob's introdñ to the Common, Civil & Canon law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 16, as above, with readings Introduction and Cannon.","Jacob, Giles.","A Treatise of Laws: Or, A General Introduction to the Common, Civil, and Canon Law. In Three Parts. I. The Common Law of England . . . II. Of the Civil Law . . . III. The Canon Law . . . The Whole adapted to the Use of Students, and Practisers of the Law; Students of the Universities; Civilians, Proctors, Ecclesiasticks, and all young Gentlemen. By Giles Jacob. Gent. London: Printed for T. Woodward, and J. Peele, MDCCXXI. [1721.]","Law 259","

First Edition. 8vo. 280 leaves only, should be 282, in eights, lacks the first leaf, possibly blank, and the first leaf of dedication.

Marvin, page 418. Sweet & Maxwell II, 8, 24.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Phill Ludwell on the title-page." "18050","?J. 40","","","","Jacob's Law-grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 18, as above.","Jacob, Giles.","A Law Grammar; or Rudiments of the Law . . . By Giles Jacob, Gent. Author of the New Law-Dictionary . . . The second edition carefully revised, with additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, Law-Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; for John Ward, MDCCXLIX. [1749]","Law","

12mo. 60 leaves: B-F12.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 8, 21.

It is not certain that this was the copy sold to Congress in 1815. The book is not checked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, is included in the list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry dropped from the subsequent catalogues. The copy described is in contemporary calf binding, gilt back, but is not initialled by Jefferson." "18060","J. 41","","","","Blackstone's commentaries.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 166, as above.","Blackstone, Sir William.","Commentaries on the Laws of England. In four books. By William Blackstone, Esq. Solicitor General to Her Majesty. The fourth edition. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, M. DCC. LXX. [1770]","Law 153","

4 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 249 leaves; vol. II, 274 leaves, 2 engraved tables, 1 folded; vol. III, 246 leaves; vol. IV, 246 leaves; in fours in 24 letter alphabets.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 5, 6. Eller, page 3, no. 5.

Calf, rebacked and repaired; some leaves foxed, m. e. Initialled at sig. I and T in each volume by Jefferson and with numerous manuscript notes by him in vol. II and IV.

Jefferson frequently expressed an opinion on Blackstone in his correspondence. In a letter to Governor John Tyler, dated from Monticello May 26, 1810, he wrote:

. . . I have long lamented with you the depreciation of law science. the opinion seems to be that Blackstone is to us what the Alcoran is to the Mahometans, that every thing which is necessary is in him, & what is not in him is not necessary. I still lend my counsel & books to such young students as will fix themselves in the neighborhood. Coke's institutes, all, & reports are their first, & Blackstone the last book, after an intermediate course of 2. or 3. years. it is nothing more than an elegant digest of what they will then have acquired from the real fountains of the law. now men are born scholars, lawyers, Doctors; in our day this was confined to poets . . .

Two years later, on June 17, 1812, in answer to a letter from the same correspondent on the application of the common law to the present situation, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the exclusion from the courts of the malign influence of all authorities after the Georgium sidus became ascendant, would uncanonise Blackstone, whose book, altho' the most elegant & best digested of our law catalogue, has been perverted more than all others to the degeneracy of legal science. a student finds there a smattering of every thing, and his indolence easily persuades him that if he understands that book, he is master of the whole body of the law. the distinction between these, & those who have drawn their stores from the deep and rich mines of Coke Littleton, seems well understood even by the unlettered common people, who apply the appellation of Blackstone lawyers to these Ephemeral insects of the law.

Whether we should undertake to reduce the common law, our own, & so much of the English, statutes as we have adopted, to a text, is a question of transcendant difficulty. it was discussed at the first meeting of the committee of the Revised code in 1776. & decided in the negative by the opinions of Wythe, Mason & myself, against Pendleton & Tom Lee. m[???] Pendleton proposed to take Blackstone for that text, only purging him of what was inapplicable, or unsuitable to us. in that case the meaning of every word of Blackstone would have become a source of litigation until it had been settled by repeated legal decisions. and to come at that meaning, we should have had produced, on all occasions, that very pile of authorities from which it would be said he drew his conclusion, & which of course would explain it, and the terms in which it is couched, thus we should have retained the same chaos of law-lore from which we wished to be emancipated, added to the evils of the uncertainty which a new text, & new phrases would have generated . . .

In the letter to Thomas Cooper, dated from Monticello, January 16, 1814, Jefferson described the laws of England as being divisible into four separate stages, of which Blackstone's Commentaries marked the fourth:

. . . 4. a succeeding interval of changes and additions of matter produced Blackstone's Commentaries, the most lucid in arrangement, which had yet been written, correct in it's matter, classical in style, and rightfully taking it's place by the side of the Justinian institutes. but like them, it was only an elementary book. it did not present all the subjects of the law in all their details. it still left it necessary to recur to the original works of which it was the summary. the great mass of law books, from which it was extracted, was still to be consulted on minute investigations. it wanted therefore a species of merit which entered deeply into the value of those of Bracton, Coke & Bacon. they had in effect swept the shelves of all the materials preceding them. to give Blackstone therefore a full measure of value, another work is still wanting, to wit, to incorporate with his principles a compend of the particular cases subsequent to Bacon of which they are the essence, this might be done by printing under his text a digest like Bacon's, continued to Blackstone's time. it would enlarge his work and increase it's value peculiarly to us, because just there we break off from the parent stem of the English law, unconcerned in any of it's subsequent changes, or decisions . . .

On March 17 of the same year, in a letter to Horatio G. Spafford, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I join in your reprobation of our merchants, priests and lawyers for their adherence to England & monarchy in preference to their own country and it's constitution . . . with the lawyers it is a new thing. they have in the mother country been generally the firmest supporters of the free principles of their constitution. but there too they have changed. I ascribe much of this to the substitution of Blackstone for my Lord Coke, as an elementary work. in truth Blackstone and Hume have made tories of all England, and are making tories of those young Americans whose native feelings of independence do not place them above the wily sophistries of a Hume or a Blackstone. these two books, but especially the former have done more towards the suppression of the liberties of man, then all the million of men in arms of Bonaparte and the millions of human lives with the sacrifice of which he will stand loaded before the judgment seat of his maker . . .

Sir William Blackstone, 1723-1780, English legal writer and judge. It was for Blackstone that Charles Viner, q. v. founded a chair of English law at Oxford, and his lectures were eventually developed into the Commentaries first printed in 4 volumes quarto, 1765-1769." "18070","J. 42","","","","do. 5. v.","","8vo. by Tucker.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 19, Blackstone's Commentaries, by Tucker, 5 v 8vo.","Blackstone, Sir William—Tucker, St. George.","Blackstone's Commentaries: with notes of reference, to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States; and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In five volumes. With an appendix to each volume, containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the Laws of Virginia, as a Member of the Federal Union. By St. George Tucker, Professor of Law, in the University of William and Mary, and one of the Judges of the General Court in Virginia. Philadelphia: Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, Robert Carr, Printer, 1803.","Law 389","

5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 304 leaves; vol. II, 300 leaves, the last a blank; vol. III, 375 leaves, 4 engraved plates, 3 of them folded; vol. IV, 323 leaves; vol. V, 330 leaves; collates in fours; printer's imprint at the end of each volume.

Sabin 5695. Eller 87.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume. Manuscript notes in vol. III are not by Jefferson. In vol. V one leaf, sig. 4Z4, (the first leaf of the Appendix, pp. 3, 4) has been torn away.

The appendices contain full accounts of the Constitution and laws of Virginia, with frequent references to the Notes on the State of Virginia, with Tucker's comments on statements made by Jefferson in that work.

This edition is the one recommended by Jefferson on his reading lists; see the letter to John Minor written in August, 1814.

St. George Tucker, 1752-1827, a native of Bermuda, emigrated to Virginia in his late teens. He married the widow of John Randolph. This is his first edition of Blackstone's Commentaries." "18080","J. 43","","","","Wooddeson's lectures on the laws of England.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 20, as above, with reading Woodeson's.","Wooddeson, Richard","A Systematical view of the Laws of England; as treated of in a course of Vinerian Lectures, read at Oxford, during a series of years, commencing in Michealmas [sic] Term, 1777. By Richard Wooddeson, D.C.L. Vinerian Professor, and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Counsel to that University . . . Vol. I [-III]. Dublin: Printed for E. Lynch, P. Wogan, P. Byrne [and others], MDCCXCII, MDCCXCIV. [1792, 4]","Law 428","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 168, 206 and 204 leaves in fours.

Calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the three volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In the letter of advice to Dabney Terrell on his law studies, February 26, 1821, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the Student may take up Blackstone's Commentaries . . . Here too Woodeson should be read, as supplementary to Blackstone, under heads too shortly treated by him . . .

Richard Wooddeson, 1745-1822, English jurist, Vinerian Professor at Oxford." "18090","44","","","","Spelmanni Glossarium.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 183, as above.","Spelman, Sir Henry.","Glossarium Archaiologicum: continens Latino-Barbara, peregrina, obsoleta, & novatæ significationis vocabula; quæ post labefactatas a Gothis, Vandalisq; res Europæas, in ecclesiasticis, profanisq; scriptoribus; variarum item gentium legibus antiquis municipalibus, chartis, & formulis occurrunt. Scholiis & commentariis illustrata . . . Authore Henrico Spelmanno Equite, Anglo-Britanno . . . Londini: apud Aliciam Warren Anno Domini MDCLXIV. [1664]","PA2889. S7","

Folio. 294 leaves in fours, double columns, title printed in black and red.

Lowndes V, 2474.

Sir Henry Spelman, 1564?-1641, historian and antiquary. This is the first edition of the whole book, of which the first part, to the letter L, had been published in 1626." "18100","J. 45","","","","Termes de la ley. Fr. Eng.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 21, as above.","Rastell, John.","[Les termes de la ley; or, certain difficult and obscure words and terms of the Common Laws and Statutes of this Realm now in use, expounded and explained. Now corrected and enlarged. With very great additions throughout the whole book, never printed in any other impression . . . London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft and M. Flesher, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For G. Walbanke, S. Heyrick, J. Place, J. Poole, and R. Sare, 1685.]","Law 317","

8vo. Imperfect copy lacking the title and all before B3, sheets C, Y, Z, Aa and leaf Bb1; Anglo-Norman and English text printed in parallel columns, the latter in black letter the former in roman. The address to the Reader, missing in this copy, is signed T. B. [i. e. Thomas Blount.]

Cowley 177.

Rebound in calf; some leaves stained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a few manuscript notes in different hands.

John Rastell, d. 1536. This was the first law-dictionary proper to be printed in England, and was originally issued with a different title, circa 1525, and frequently reprinted. The first edition with the title Termes de la ley appeared in 1624.

Thomas Blount, 1618-1679, English lawyer brought out three editions of the Termes de la ley, in 1667, 1671 and 1685." "18110","J. 46","","","","Blount's Law dict.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 184, Blount's Law Dictionary, fol.","Blount, Thomas-Nelson, William.","A Law-Dictionary and Glossary, interpreting such difficult and obscure words and terms, as are found either in our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern, Laws . . . By Tho. Blount, of the Inner-Temple, Esq; The third edition. To which are added near three thousand words, collected from all the Laws, of the Saxon, Danish and Norman Kings: and from all the ancient books of the Common Law, from the Monasticon Anglicanum, Du Fresne's Glossary, Chronicon Saxonicum, and the volumes lately published by Dr. Gale. Also an explanation of all the ancient names of the inhabitants, cities, towns, villages and rivers of Great Britain. Collected formerly by Mr. Camden and others, and necessary for understanding the history and laws of this Realm. By W. Nelson, of the Middle Temple, Esq; [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, Assignees of Edw. Sayer Esq; for D. Browne, J. Walthoe [and others], 1717.","Law 155","

Folio. 165 leaves in twos, double columns.

Marvin, page 131. Sweet & Maxwell I, 3, 4. Cowley 202.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; some leaves foxed; T. Jefferson written at the head of the title; on the title-page the autograph signature Alexander Irvine. pret. 10:0.

The first edition appeared in 1670.

A number of the works of William Nelson appear in this catalogue." "18120","J. 47","","","","Manley's Interpreter.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 185, as above. fol.","Cowell, John—Manley, Thomas.","Noμo&thetas;ετης. The Interpreter, containing the genuine signification of such obscure words and terms used either in the Common or Statute Lawes of this Realm. First compiled by the learned Dr. Cowel, and now enlarged from the collections of all others who have written in this kind. With an addition of many words omitted by all former writers, and pertinent to this matter, with their etymologies as often as they occur . . . Whereunto is subjoyned an appendix, containing the ancient names of places here in England, very necessary for the use of all young students, who intend to converse with old records, deeds or charters. By Tho. Manley of the Middle-Temple, Esq; London: Printed by J. Streater, for H. Twyford, G. Sawbridge, J. Place, and T. Basset, 1672.","Law 195","

Folio. 149 leaves in twos.

STC C6645. Marvin, page 234. Sweet & Maxwell I, 4, 12. Cowley 165.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page the autograph signature Phill: Ludwell: pr. 7/.

John Cowell, 1554-1611, English civilian. The Interpreter was originally published in 1607 and in 1610 was publicly burned by the common hangman. The proclamation printed by Robert Barker in 1610 suppressing the book is reprinted in this edition by Manley. Fuller (Worthies) states that Coke was one of the foremost to attack the book, moved by professional jealousy, and that he habitually spoke of the author as Dr. Cowheel.

Thomas Manley, 1628-1690, author. This is his first edition of Cowell's book, and the fourth edition of the work itself." "18130","J. 48","","","","Cowell's Interpreter.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 186, as above.","Cowell, John.","A Law Dictionary: or, The Interpreter of words and terms, used either in the common or statute laws of that part of Great Britain, call'd England; and in tenures and jocular customs: first published by the learned Dr. Cowel, and now very much augmented and improv'd, by the addition of many thousand words, as are found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records, not hitherto explain'd in any Dictionary, to the Year 1708. With an Appendix . . . London: Printed for D. Browne, R. Sare, S. Battersby, J. Walthoe [and others], 1708.","Law 196","

Folio. 174 leaves in fours; A Catalogue of Books on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

Marvin, page 233. Sweet & Maxwell I, 4, 14. Cowley 194.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the recto of the first fly-leaf is written Willm. Temple his Booke 1715, with his seal below; also the signature John Semple.

Edited by White Kennett. This is the seventh edition of the work, and White Kennett's second edition; his first was printed in 1701.

See no. 1812 and for a note on White Kennett, see no. 472." "18140","49","","","","Cuningham's Law dict.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 187, as above.","Cunningham, Timothy.","A New and complete Law-Dictionary, or, general abridgment of the law: on a more extensive plan than any Law-Dictionary hitherto published . . . By T. Cunningham, Esquire, Barrister at Law. In two volumes. The third edition. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, T. Longman, S. Crowder, C. Dilly [and others], MDCCLXXXI, MDCCLXXXIII. [1781, 1783]","Law","

2 vol Folio. 422 and 444 leaves, collating in twos; printed in double columns. The volumes have the appearance of folios, though the wire lines go across the leaf.

Marvin, page 245 (1783 only). Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 6 (1783 only). Cowley 271 (1783 only).

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3.15.

Timothy Cunningham, d. 1789, barrister at law. The first edition of this work appeared in 1764-5 and the second in 1771. None of the bibliographies consulted gave 1781 as the date of volume I of the third edition, but all dated both volumes 1783." "18150","J. 50","","","","Statutes at large.","","7. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 188, as above.","","The Statutes at Large, in paragraphs, and sections or numbers, from Magna Charta, to the end of the Session of Parliament, March 14. 1704. In the fourth year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne. Carefully examined by the Rolls of Parliament. With the titles of such statutes as are expired, repealed, altered, or out of Use. Together with the heads of Pulton's or Rastal's Abridgments in the margin; and above a thousand references from other books of law. With alphabetical tables. In three volumes. London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; and by the Assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esqrs., MDCCVI. [1706.]","Law 411","

Folio. Vol. I only. 481 leaves in sixes; printed in black letter.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 353, 22. Clarke, page 391, no. 34. Wood IV, 515.

Rough calf, some leaves discolored and dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T; on the front cover the signature of John Randolph. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The volume has also the bookplate of the Washington Library.

According to Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue Jefferson sold to Congress 7 volumes of the Statutes at Large. The volume described above is the only one of these now extant. The book is not checked in the 1815 catalogue as having been received; it is entered on the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, though with no indication that there was more than one volume, and the entry dropped from later catalogues. The presence of the bookplate of the Washington Library indicates that it was one of the books given into the care of that institution, for a note on which see no. 1793.

The Statutes at Large were edited by Joseph Keble, q. v. and were first printed in 1696." "18160","J. 51","","","","Rastall's collection of statutes.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 189, as above.","Rastell, William.","[A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, continued from the beginning of Magna Charta, made in the 9. years of the Reigne of King H. 3. vntill the end of the Parliament holden in the 7. yeare of the Reigne of our Soueraigne Lord King Iames . . . London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, An. Dom. 1611. Cum Priuilegio.]","Law 25","

Folio. Imperfect, lacks the title and leaves at the beginning and in the text; printed in black letter, double columns.

STC 9324. Cowley 112.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with marginal corrections by him. Various names are written in ink in the book, including John Armisteed, John Milton and others.

William Rastell, 1508?-1565, English judge, was the son of John Rastell, printer and lawyer, and the nephew of Sir Thomas More. This is the sixteenth edition of this work, first printed in 1557." "18170","J. 52","","","","Manby's stat. of Car. I. & IId.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 190, as above.","Manby, Thomas.","A Collection of the Statutes made in the reigns of King Charles the I. and King Charles the II. With the abridgment of such as stand repealed or expired. Continued after the method of Mr. Pulton. With notes of references, one to the other, as they now stand altered, enlarged or explained. To which also are added, the titles of all the statutes and private acts of Parliament passed by their said Majesties, untill this present year, M.DC.LXVII. With a table directing to the principal matters of the said statutes. By Tho: Manby of Lincolns-Inn, Esq. London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkyns Esquires; Anno Dom. 1667. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis.","Law 24.","

First Edition. Folio. 120 leaves collating in sixes, full-page woodcut Royal Arms on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank) as frontispiece; printed in black letter.

STC E898. Marvin, page 494. Sweet & Maxwell I, 353, 30.

Rebound in calf with a new bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of Philip Ludwell, with his autograph signature on the first leaf of text.

Thomas Manby of the Inner-Temple, d. 1728." "18180","J. 53","","","","Review of the statutes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 22, as above.","[Jacob, Giles.]","A Review of the Statutes, both ancient and modern; especially concerning the practick part of the law, alphabetically digested; with proper cases and resolutions upon the said statutes: referring to most of the reports extant. With an exact table to the whole. To which is prefix'd, a compleat table; shewing in what statutes Justices of the Peace are concerned: whether one or more; with those also relating to the Quarter-Sessions, &c. which may readily be found out by the alphabetical tables to the abridgments of the statutes. Very useful for all persons. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edw. Sayer Esq; for D. Browne, W. Mears, and J. Brown, M DCC XIII. [1713]","Law 257","

First Edition. 8vo. 296 leaves: A-Z, Aa-Oo8; followed by 16 leaves, with signatures [ ]1, A8, B7 for the title-page and Appendix to the Second Edition, imprint dated 1715; publisher's advertisement on the recto of the last leaf.

Marvin, page 662. Sweet & Maxwell II, 173, 2. Cowley 199.

Rebound in calf with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. By Giles Jacob written on the title-page, not by Jefferson." "18190","J. 54","","","","Wingate's abr. of the statutes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 23, as above.","Wingate, Edmund.","An exact abridgment of all the statutes in force and use from the beginning of Magna Charta. Begun by Edmund Wingate of Grays Inn, Esq; and since continued under their proper titles alphabetically down to the year 1689 . . . With a more compleat and exact table than was before. London: Printed by Her Majesties Printers, and by the Assigns of R. Atkins and E. Atkins, Esqs. 1704.","Law 363","

8vo. 393 leaves in eights.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 178, 12. Cowley 191.

Tree sheep, y. e., 2 sheets misbound, some leaves discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature John Chapman price 6/3d on the title-page; a manuscript note on page 404, not by Jefferson, cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Edmund Wingate, 1596-1656, mathematician and legal writer, was a member of Gray's Inn. The first edition of this work was printed in 1642, but, according to Cowley no copy remains. The 1704 edition is the tenth, and was published with Washington's Supplement, see the next entry." "18200","J. 55","","","","Washington's abr. of the statutes.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 24, as above, with reading abridgement.","Washington, Joseph.","An exact abridgment of all the statutes of King William and Queen Mary, and of King William III. and Queen Anne, in force and use. Begun by Joseph Washington of the Middle-Temple, Esq; and since his death revised and continued by Henry Boult of Grays-Inn, Esq; to the dissolution of the first Parliament of Great Britain, April the 15th, 1708. In two volumes, with two new tables. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed by Her Majesties Printers, and by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkyns Esq; 1708.","Law 357","

2 vol. 8vo. 266 and 251 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 178, 9. Cowley 196.

Vol. I calf, vol. II tree sheep, y. e.; the title-page of vol. II mutilated; some leaves discolored. Not initialled by Jefferson. The erratum on page 316 of vol. I corrected in ink and so indicated on the erratum notice, page 415. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.

This work was originally issued in 1704 as a Supplement to Wingate's Exact Abridgment of that year, q. v. Washington edited an edition of Wingate in 1689." "18210","J. 56","","","","Jacob's Statute law commonplaced.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 25, as above.","Jacob, Giles.","The Statute-Law common-plac'd: or, A second general table to the statutes. Containing the purport and effect of all the Acts of Parliament in force from Magna Charta down to the Reign of King George, in a method perfectly new and regular; with the numerous proviso's and additional clauses inserted under their proper titles . . . The second edition. By G. Jacob, Gent. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for Bernard Lintot, M DCC XXX. [1730]","Law 258","

8vo. 134 leaves in eights; Books printed for Bernard Lintot on 14 leaves at the end.

This edition not in Marvin, not in Sweet & Maxwell. Cowley 219.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Manuscript additions throughout, with an Index of them in the same hand on the fly-leaves.

The first edition was issued in 1719." "18220","J. 57","","","","M. S. laws of Virginia of 1623/4.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 191, MS. Laws of Virginia of 1623, 4, A. fol.","Virginia.","Laws and Orders concluded on by the General Assembly March the 5th. 1623.","","

Eighteenth century transcript. Manuscript on 4 leaves (6½ pages) paper, small oblong folio, measuring 12 by 7¼ inches, written on both sides of the leaf. At the end is written: Copia Test R Hickman Cl Sec off.

Jefferson, Hening list, no. 1. Hening I, 121-129. Records of the Virginia Company I, page 51. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 6.

Tree calf, marked A in ink on the outside. On the last page, in the handwriting of Sir John Randolph is written in ink:

The first Laws made by the

Assembly in Virga. Anno

M DC xxiij

Under this Jefferson has written: This was found among the manuscript papers of Sr. John Randolph and by the Ho@ble Peyton Randolph esq. his son was given to Thos. Jefferson.

Jefferson's description of this manuscript in his list sent to George Wythe on January 12, 1796, is as follows:

M. S. marked A. given me by the late Peyton Randolph. it had belonged to his father Sr. John Randolph, who had collected papers with a view to write the history of Virginia. it is attested by R. Hickman, & contains the acts of 1623/4 Mar. 5. 35 acts.

This manuscript was the first on Jefferson's list of those he sent to Hening on June 7, 1808. It is omitted from the list of those received by Jefferson from Hening in 1815 on his request for their return after the sale to the Library of Congress.

On April 8, 1815 Jefferson wrote to Hening acknowledging the receipt of a number of volumes, but pointed out that two were missing:

. . . Besides there remain two others of those I lent you which I have no doubt you have overlooked in the mass of those you have, or not recollected from whom they came. these are a MS. marked A. containing the laws of 1623/4. Mar. 5. in 35. acts. it is a very thin vol. indeed, bound new in white calf opening at the end, and not at the side of the volume, given me by Peyton Randolph from among the Collection of materials by Sr. John Randolph when about to write the history of Virginia. it is the only copy extant of those laws . . .

To this Hening replied on the 15th:

. . . I have such a strong impression that the thin M.S. marked A. was put up between the two thin boards, sent up, that I cannot help thinking it may yet be found there.—I have made very diligent search among my books and papers, and have not been able to find it . . . I will make another effort to find the thin M.S. marked A . . . .

Jefferson wrote on the 25th:

Your favor of the 15th. never came to hand till yesterday. you may be assured that the MS. A. is not here. every book in the library has past twice thro' my own hands, and twice more thro' the hands of the numberer and packer, and we are all confident this is not among them. it is exactly the one described in the 1st. vol. of your statutes pa. 121 . . .

More than five years later, on September 1, 1820, Jefferson sent the manuscript to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I send you herewith a thin MS. vol. marked A. being the 1st. vol. of the MS. laws of Virginia, belonging to your library. you will find it entered in the catalogue of 1815. pa. 73. No. 191. it was one of those I had lent to m[???] Hening, who has printed it's contents in his 1st. vol. of the Statutes at large pa. 122 &c and I never doubted it had been returned to you & was in the library. how it happened otherwise how it got into the hands of a private gentleman in Wms. burg and from his into those of a gentleman in of [sic] the Western states, is to me unknown. but this last gentleman, seeing the endorsement in my hand writing, judging thence it might be mine, & having occasion to pass thro' this neighborhood lately, brought it with him and returned it to me. I am happy that chances so favorable and extraordinary have enabled me to place it in its proper home. m[???] Hening informs me he has returned you the vol. D. of the same collection . . .

At the same time, on September 3, he sent to Hening an account of the facts:

. . . For your satisfaction I will mention that in my letter to you of Apr. 8. 15. I stated that you had not returned me the MS. laws of 1623/4. marked A. and I add with pleasure that it is now retrieved, after the strangest circuit possible, and unknown, I dare say, to yourself. in 1810, it seems, Colo. Croghan found it in possession of m[???] Lyttleton Tazewell of Williamsburg among some neglected papers, and carried it into the Western country. on examining it there, for the first time, and observing an endorsement in my handwriting [as described in your 1st. vol. pa. 121.] he conjectured it might be mine, took care of it, and having occasion lately to come to Virginia, and to pass through this neighborhood, he left it for me with a friend, and I have received and returned it to the librarian of Congress . . .

Hening answered this letter on September 9, without being able to give any explanation:

I am just favored with your letter of the 3rd. of this month.

How the M.S. volume A. should have found its way to Williamsburg, is to me perfectly incomprehensible. I rejoice that it is regained . . .

Hening's description of the manuscript (I. 121) is not accurate. He quotes the inscription by Sir John Randolph and states that it is in the same hand writing with the acts themselves which is an error. His quotation of Jefferson's inscription which follows, though in inverted commas, is edited with regard to spelling and punctuation.

William Waller Hening, 1767-1828, Virginian legal writer, had much correspondence with Jefferson relative to Jefferson's manuscripts of the Virginia laws, which were borrowed by Hening for his Statutes at Large, see no. 1863." "18230","J. 58","","","","M.S. Laws of Virginia. 1629. Oct. 16.—1633. Aug. 21.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 192, MS. Laws of Virginia 1829, Oct. 16—1633, Aug. 21, 43 fol.","Virginia.","Commissions and Proclamations, 1626-1634.","","

Manuscript on 77 leaves of paper, including 2 fly-leaves, folio, measuring 17 by 11½ inches, neatly written in a contemporary hand on both sides of the leaf, many leaves defective. Numbered [???] in ink on a flyleaf; the leaves mounted and enclosed in 2 portfolios.

Jefferson, Hening list, no. 2. Hening I, 137. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 7 (erroneous entry, wrongly described as the Edmund Randolph Manuscript).

In Jefferson's statement of his volumes of the laws of Virginia sent to George Wythe on January 13, 1796, the manuscript is thus described:

M.S. marked [???] purchased of the ex[???]s of the late Peyton Randolph, having been among the collections of ST. John Randolph. from the resemblance of the mark to some I have formerly seen in the Secretary's office, I suspect this to be an original volume of records, probably borrowed by ST. J. R. It contains the laws from 1629. to 1633.

A footnote to the list reads:

The above is an exact statement of my M.S. collection, as I left it when I went to Europe. during my absence the whole were borrowed from my library. after being balloted about by land & by sea, and lying some years under a pile of cordage in a warehouse at New York and supposed lost, they were returned to me at Philadelphia, without the volume marked [???] which therefore I suppose is lost. if so, the laws of the six sessions of 1629. 1630. 1. 2. 3. 3. are gone for ever, as they existed in no other book.

The manuscript was sent by Jefferson to Hening on June 7, 1808, and in the accompanying list is described as:

a MS. marked [???] purchased with the library of Peyton Randolph from his executors containing the laws of 6. sessions from 1629. Oct. 16. to 1633. Aug. 21.

On April 8, 1815, Jefferson noted the receipt of its return to him by Hening in answer to his request for the return of all borrowed material in order that the complete library might be delivered to Congress.

The manuscript was for a long time thought to be missing from the Library of Congress. It is unchecked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, the entry omitted from the later catalogues, and it is included in the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress.

The manuscript was recently found by Mrs. Eaton of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress, ''scattered among leaves of a manuscript acquired at the 1829 sale of Jefferson's library.'' It was reassembled by her by means of an abstract prepared by Richard Hickman, a clerk in the Secretary's office in 1727 (see the Bland Manuscript). It is still a matter of doubt whether the manuscript was actually delivered to the Library of Congress in 1815 or whether it was acquired with the 1829 purchase.

Names on the fly-leaf include Wm. Whitby Mathews, M Stegge, Francis West, William Claybourn (the Secretary of the Colony) and others, with dates 1639, 1621. The last named would tend to verify Jefferson's suggestion as to the provenance of the manuscript in his letter to George Wythe, quoted above." "18240","J. 59","","","","M.S. Laws of Virginia. 1639. Jan. 6.—1642. Apr. 1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 193, as above, F. fol.","Virginia.","Miscellaneous records, 1606-1692. The Bland Manuscript.","","

Manuscript on paper containing 118 separate numbered pieces, written by several hands on 257 leaves (exclusive of blanks), folio, measuring 11½ by 8 inches, the pages numbered consecutively by an early hand, 1-514. Bound in at the end are Abstracts of Rolls in the offices of State, written by R. Hickman, the Clerk of the Secretary's office on 28 leaves, 4to., measuring 9½ by 7½ inches.

Jefferson, Hening List, no. 3. Records of the Virginia Company I, pages 42, 46. Virginia Historical Magazine, XIV, 264; XV, 26, sqq. Hening I, 3, 57, etc. passim. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 504, no. 2.

Rebound in tree calf, rubbed, red morocco label on the back, lettered Vir Records; cut close at the fore-edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In his description of this manuscript to Wythe and to Hening, Jefferson has ignored the dates of the charters contained therein, and has given only the dates of the laws. On the Wythe list his description reads:

M.S. marked F. purchased from the adm[???] of Colo Richard Bland decd. it contains laws from 1639 to 1667.

On the Hening list Jefferson's description reads:

3. a MS. marked F. purchased from the executor of Richd. Bland decd. containing laws of 1639. 1642. 1652. 1653. 1654. 1655. 1656. 1663. 1666.

The mark F was lost in the rebinding.

The manuscript was sent to Hening in June 1808, and its return acknowledged by Jefferson on April 8, 1815.

In addition to the laws as cited by Jefferson, the manuscript contains the Charters of the Virginia Company, quoted by Stith in his Appendix, and which are to be found in other MSS. in this collection. The Hickman transcripts at the end, taken from the manuscript in lot 122 in the sale of 1829, are incomplete and lack the lists of Governors stated by Hening to be present." "18250","J. 60","","","","M.S. laws of Virginia. 1642/3 Mar. 2.—1661/2 Mar. 23.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 194, as above, D. fol.","Virginia.","Legislature. Journal of Council and Assembly. 1642-1662. The Edmund Randolph Manuscript.","","

Manuscript of the early eighteenth century, written on both sides of 156 leaves of paper, 312 numbered pages, folio, measuring 3½ by 9 inches, ruled in red.

Not on the Jefferson Hening list. Hening I, 238 sqq. II, 9 sqq. Virginia Magazine XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 8.

Rebound in calf, label on the back lettered: MS./Laws of/Virginia 1642-1662. The mark D called for in the 1815 catalogue as above, was lost in the rebinding.

This is the manuscript described by Jefferson on his list to George Wythe in January, 1796, as: M.S. marked D. purchased from the adm[???] of Colo Richard Bland decd. it contains laws from 1642/3 to 1661/2. It was omitted from the list sent on June 7, 1808, to Hening who used the manuscript in the Statutes at Large, and attributed the ownership to Edmund Randolph.

Hening referred to the manuscript in a letter to Jefferson written from Richmond on July 31, 1809:

. . . Of the MSS. received from you, those containing the laws from 1639 to 1660 inclusive, were deficient, except the acts of a few Sessions; contained in the MS. procured from the exrs of Mr. Bland.—I had no difficulty, however, in supplying the defect, having procured from Mr. E. Randolph a very correct M.S. embracing the laws of that period . . .

Six years later, after the sale of Jefferson's library to Congress, the borrowed volumes were returned by Hening to Jefferson at the latter's request. On April 8, 1815, Jefferson wrote to Hening acknowledging the receipt of the manuscripts but noted that two were missing, of which one was an MS. marked D. of laws from 1642/3 to 1661/2.

To this Hening replied on April 15, 1815:

I should have answered your letter of the 8th. by the return of the mail, had I not found it necessary to occupy much time in searching for the two MS. Vols, which you say are still wanting . . . The MS. marked D, containing the laws from 1642/3 to 1661/2 I certainly received from the late Edmund Randolph Esq. as his property; and, had he lived, I should as certainly have returned it to him.—I have several times offered it to his son Peyton, but he declined taking it.—It is now in my possession, & I have no doubt, that it is your property:—for I discover, that it is, in fact, marked D,—a circumstance which never before arrested my attention . . .

I will make another effort, to find the thin M.S. marked A. & in any event, will send up that marked D, being well satisfied that it is your property.

Jefferson answered on April 25:

. . . With respect to the MS. D. your information gives me great joy, inasmuch as it's existence is established. I was wrong in saying it was sent with the others, and you are right in saying you received it from m[???] Randolph. the history of it is this. m[???] Randolph contemplating the writing a history of Virginia, borrowed all the MSS. from my library while I was in France. when he was to go on to reside with the General gov[???]t as Att[???] Gen. he sent his books (and these MS. with them) to N. York. on sending them back from there to Philadelphia the box containing these MS. was found missing, & no enquiry could discover what was become of them. he communicated it to me, and we both considered them as lost. but some 2. or 3. years afterwards, on removing a pile of hides in the warehouse where his books had been stored this box was found & sent to him. he returned to me the MSS. but on comparing those he sent me with my catalogue, one was missing, & exactly the one I had always deemed the most valuable as comprehending the greatest number of the laws. I have long believed & deplored the loss of this volume. but the MS. D. is the very one, was overlooked by m[???] Randolph when he returned me the others; and I have no doubt you recieved it from him. it escaped my memory, when I wrote you my last letter that this was the very volume which had never been returned to me, and which I therefore imagined without sufficient reflection, I had sent you with the rest. I shall be happy therefore to recieve and replace it with it's companions.

On September 23, 1816, Hening wrote:

. . . I have still, in my possession, the M.S. vol. of laws, which I received, from the late Edmund Randolph Esq, and which, from the description you gave, I had no doubt was your property. I do not recollect, that you gave me any specific direction in relation to it.—Will you have it sent to you, or shall I send it to Washington?—and, if to the latter place, to whose address?

Jefferson replied to this on October 12:

. . . with respect to the MS. volume in your hands, as it belongs to Congress, it will be best when you are done with it, to forward it by the stage to Washington, addressed to m[???] George Watterston, librarian of Congress. you would oblige me at the same time by dropping me a line of information, as it would be satisfactory to me to know that I stand there discharged from my obligations.

The ''line'' was not dropped until August 19, 1820, when Hening sent Jefferson a copy of the Statutes at Large and mentioned that on the completion of the 8th volume he would return to the Librarian of Congress Jefferson's fifth volume of the Sessions Acts, as I have already done with M.S. D. which I received from Mr. Randolph, but which you satisfied me belonged to your library.

Jefferson acknowledged this with an explanation on September 3:

. . . I am glad to learn from you that the MS. volume D. has been sent also to the librarian. with respect to this volume, I refer you to my letter of Apr. 25. 15. for it's true history. in that however I omitted to state the date of the laws it contained, to wit, from 1642/3 Mar. 2. to 1661/2 Mar. 23. which you will find confirmed by the list annexed to my letter of Jan. 16. 1795. printed by m[???] Wythe, and in my Catalogue pa. 73. printed by Congress. this renders erroneous therefore your caption of all the laws quoted from that volume, to wit, from your 1st. volume pa. 238. to Vol. 2d. Pa: 149-162. it never was the property of m[???] Edmund Randolph, nor ever in his hands, until 1784. when he borrowed it out of my library with the other MS. volumes, and omitted to return it with the others. it was a part of Peyton Randolph's library which I purchased at his death, as stated in that letter, bookcases and all as they stood. this error is of little other consequence than inasmuch as a correct account of the regular transmission of this volume, with the others of it's suite, from Sr. John Randolph, with his library, to Peyton Randolph his eldest son, and from his possession at his death, to mine, would by this specific deduction, strengthen confidence in it's authenticity, and in the literal exactitude which constitutes much of the value of such a collection as yours. you however are the best judge whether such an error is worth a note in your next volume . . .

Hening replied on September 9:

. . . I was so well satisfied from your letter of April 25. 15. that the M.S. D. was your property, that I did not hesitate to give it the destination you requested. At the same time I explained the reasons for its detention, after the other volumes had been forwarded. The caption prefixed to the laws, taken from that volume, was warranted by the information which I then possessed.—I am now sensible that it was erroneous.—I shall make a note to that effect in the preface to the next volume I publish; and whenever the early volumes may be republished, I shall mark it, in its proper place . . .

Hening duly altered his caption. In his first edition of the Statutes at Large (Vol. 1, page 238) it reads: [From a M.S. belonging to Edmund Randolph, Esq. which was once the property of his grandfather Sir John Randolph . . .]

In the second edition this is changed to read: [From a MS. received from Edmund Randolph, Esq. which was once the property of Sir John Randolph, who transmitted it to his son Peyton Randolph, Esq. after whose death, it was purchased, with his library, by Thomas Jefferson, Esq. from whom it was borrowed by Edmund Randolph, Esq.]

It will be noted that in his description of the manuscript to George Wythe, quoted above, written in 1796, Jefferson stated the manuscript to have been purchased by him from the executors of Col. Richard Bland, deceased." "18260","J. 61","","","","M.S. laws of Virginia 1660/1 Mar. 23.—","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 195, as above.","Virginia.","Legislative Records, 1652-1660. The Jefferson Manuscript.","","

Manuscript in the autograph of Thomas Jefferson, written on paper, 11 leaves, 4to. measuring 9⅝ by 7½ inches, long lines, 34 to a full page, both sides of the leaf. The heading reads: Copied from Mercer's MS. by Th: Jefferson. The transcript begins: At the Grand Assembly 30th. April 1652.

Jefferson, Hening list, no. 4. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, 265. Hening I, 371 seqq. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 9.

Bound to folio size in tree calf, lettered on the back: Vir Records. Now bound in at the beginning is an index, written in a seventeenth century hand, on 21 leaves folio, measuring 11½ by 3¾ inches. At the end is bound in a slip in the autograph of Thomas Mann Randolph, containing a true copy taken by the subscriber from the acts 1691 in M.S. in possession of Thomas Jefferson, signed by Th: M. Randolph, 12 March 1808, and with a similar written and signed statement by him on the other side of the leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In his list sent to George Wythe in January 1796, and to Hening on June 7, 1808, Jefferson describes this as a MS. copy by myself of the laws of 1660, Mar. 23.

It was sent to Hening in June 1808, and its return acknowledged by Jefferson on April 8, 1815.

This manuscript was used by Hening in conjunction with the Edmund Randolph and the Bland manuscripts.

[See illustration]" "18270","J. 62","","","","M.S. laws of Virginia. 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1702. Aug. 14.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 196, MS. Laws of Virginia. 1661,2, Mar. 23-1702, Aug. 15, Charles City, MS. fol.","Virginia.","Laws. 1662-1702. The Charles City Manuscript.","","

Manuscript on water-marked paper, 278 leaves folio, measuring 13¼ by 9 inches, written on both sides of the paper, long lines, ruled in red, folios 1-38 written in the same hand as the first portion of the Peyton Randolph manuscript, the remainder by two hands, the second change being at folio 116.

Jefferson, Hening List, no. 5. Hening II, 69-508, III, 9-222. Virginia Historical Magazine, XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 10.

Rebound in tree calf, a red leather label on the back lettered in gilt: Acts of/Vir Ass; a few leaves bound upside down; the manuscript is imperfect, beginning on page 29, act 31 (1662), several leaves of text missing, and many leaves defective; scribblings occur throughout including the names John Gregory (in one place with the date 1766), William Gregory, John Randolph, Ben Walker, Thomas Lorton, David Minges, William Epperson, James Eppes and many others, including a bond between the two last named dated the 28 day of May, 1758. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's description of the manuscript in his list to George Wythe, January 12, 1796, reads:

M.S. from the Charles City office, to which it belonged probably. I found it in Lorton's tavern, brought in to be used for waste paper. much had been already cut off for thread papers & other uses. Debnam, the then clerk very readily gave it to me, as also another hereafter mentioned. it still contains from chap. 31. of the session of 1661/2 to 1702.

It was sent to Hening in June, 1808, and its return was acknowledged by Jefferson on April 8, 1815.

The contents of this volume are the same as those of the Peyton Randolph manuscript, with additional acts at the beginning and the end (compare the Hening references of the two manuscripts). It was used by Hening and collated with the Northumbrian, the Peyton Randolph and other manuscripts, its variations and the defects in the manuscript noted. Such passages as were used by Hening can be distinguished by his additions and notes." "18280","J. 63","","","","M.S. laws of Virginia. 1662. Dec. 23.—1697. Oct. 21.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 197, as above, B. fol.","Virginia.","Laws, 1662-1697. The Peyton Randolph Manuscript.","","

Manuscript on watermarked paper, 244 leaves (exclusive of blanks), folio, measuring 13½ by 9 inches, written on both sides of the paper (with the exception of the titles, mainly on one side only), long lines, ruled in red throughout, the first 163 leaves written in the same hand (to the end of 1680), with a Table for these Acts in the same hand on six leaves at the end.

Jefferson, Hening list no. 6. Hening II, 163-508; III, 10-165. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 10.

Rebound in tree calf, with red leather label on the back lettered in gilt: Acts of/Vir Ass; upper margins with dates and pagination cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. It is probable that the original binding was marked with the letter B. A large capital B in ink is on one of the original fly-leaves, partly obscured by a pasted down backing-sheet.

Jefferson's description of the volume in his list to George Wythe, January 12, 1796, reads:

M.S. marked B. purchased of the ex[???]s of the late Peyton Randolph, part of Sr John Randolphs collection. it contains laws from 1662. to 1697.

This manuscript was no. 6 on Jefferson's list of those sent to Hening in June 1808; it is not on the list of those returned by him in April 1815. It was fully used and collated with other MSS. by Hening, who has drawn attention in footnotes to the variations of text. Some of the acts in Hening's work were taken from this MS. and are so noted by him. These can be recognised readily as Hening has made his annotations in ink and has added his instructions to the compositor. References to Burk's history have also been added by him." "18290","J. 64","","","","M. S. laws of Virginia. 1705. Oct. 25.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 198, MS. Laws of Virginia 1705, Oct. 25-Apr. 2d. Charles City MS. fol.","Virginia.","Laws, 1705. Charles City Manuscript.","","

Manuscript on 86 leaves, watermarked paper, folio, measuring 14 by 9¾ inches, written on both sides, the pages numbered 7-174, long lines, ruled in red.

Jefferson, Hening list, no. 8. Hening III, 236-472. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, page 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 10.

Rebound in tree calf, a red label on the back lettered in gilt: Acts/of/Vir Ass/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the first page Jefferson has written: This M.S. belongs to the Clerk's office of Charles city. it contains the laws of Virginia from 1705. Sess. 2. C. 2. sect. 2. [another word torn away.]

In the inner margin at the beginning Jefferson has noted: 1705. c. 2. s. 2.

Jefferson's description of the manuscript in his letter to George Wythe, January 12, 1796, reads as follows:

M.S. from the Charles city office, given to me by Debnam as abovementioned [no. 1827]. it contains from c. 2. to c. 53. of the laws of 1705.

It was sent to Hening in June 1808, and its return acknowledged by Jefferson in April 1815.

Hening III, 229: This was the fifth revisal of our laws, since the settlement of the colony . . . This revisal has remained till the present time, in MS. Three copies are in the possession of the editor; two were furnished by Thomas Jefferson, esq. late president of the United States, which are incomplete; and a third by William Nelson, esqr . . .

For Jefferson's other copy see the next entry." "18300","J. 65","","","","M.S. laws of Virginia 1705. Oct. 25.—1711. Nov. 7.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 199, as above, Rosew. MS. fol.","Virginia.","Acts of Assembly, 1705-1711. The John Page Manuscript.","","

Manuscript on watermarked paper, 96 leaves, folio measuring 14⅜ by 9¼ inches, written by several hands on both sides, long lines.

Jefferson, Hening list, no. 7. Hening III, 242-535; IV, 9-28. Virginia Historical Magazine XIV, 265. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 10.

Rebound in tree calf, the red label on the back lettered: Vir/Records. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The first part of the manuscript, containing the laws of October 23, 1705, is imperfect at the beginning, lacking 2 leaves; the pages numbered in the lower margin, 5-134. The MS. begins in the middle of section VIII, chapter II, and ends at chapter LVII. At the end is written: A True Copy Examined with the Laws in the Secretaries office by me MichlArcher

The second part, written by a different hand on 23 leaves, the pages numbered in the upper margin, 1-46. This part contains the acts of October 25, 1710, unnumbered, preceded by one leaf with a list, and in a different order from the printed acts as follows:

chapter Hening III, pages chapter Hening III, pages

13 516-534 4 489-490

11 503-515 12 515-516

5 490-495 3 486-489

10 501-503 1 482

7 495 (title only) 2 482-486

8 496-498 16 536-537

9 498-501 17 537-539

14 534-535 15 535-536

6 495-496

Chapter 1 (page 482) is not printed by Hening, who quotes the title only, with the note: [This act is preserved in a MS, with which the Editor was furnished by Mr. Jefferson, late President of the United States, and was given to him by John Page, of Rosewell, whose grandfather, Mathew Page, had been employed on one of the revisals; but as the law agrees almost verbatim with the 1st chap. of the acts of 1705, it is unnecessary to repeat it. It was limited in its duration to three years.]

The footnote to the title of chapter 2 explains that this was the manuscript from which Hening printed these laws: The MS. used, in the acts of this session, is that referred to under chap. 1, and will be designated the ''Page MS.''—It contains all the laws of 1710 and 1711, tho' differently arranged from the printed revisal of 1733.

The third part, in a different handwriting, contains the acts for November 7, 1711, chapters 1-3; imperfect at the end and the first leaf misbound.

Jefferson's description of this manuscript, in his letter to George Wythe, January 12, 1796, reads:

M.S. given me by the present John Page of Rosewell. it had belonged to [Matthew] Page his grandfather who was one of the commissioners of 1705. for revising the laws and was probably furnished with this copy for that work.

The manuscript was sent to Hening in June 1808, and its return acknowledged by Jefferson on April 8, 1815.

In another copy of Jefferson's list, made by himself, and also in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, Jefferson has written in full the name Matthew Page, the grandfather of John Page of Rosewell." "18310","J.","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Virginia.","Miscellaneous Papers, 1606-1692. [Title:] Instructions commicons letters of Advice and admonitions; and Publique Speeches Proclamations &c: Collected, transcribed and diligently examined by the Originall Records, now extant, belonging to the Assemblie.","","

Manuscript written by a seventeenth century hand on 130 leaves including the title; folio, measuring 13 by 9 inches, blanks at the end, long lines, written on both sides of the leaf, ruled in red.

Records of the Virginia Company I, 52. Virginia Quarterly Magazine XIV, 264. Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 504, no. 1.

Original vellum, lozenge shaped ornament in blind on the sides; on the back is written in ink: E/1621/Publiq; Letters/and Orders; on the front cover is similarly written: E and (upside down) John Bland/Richard Bland/Alexander Morrison. On the cover is written in ink by a later hand: 17th. Century copie Bland. On a fly-leaf was written in pencil, but erased: [The Bland MS. so called.]

According to Miss Susan Kingsbury in the Records of the Virginia Company, this volume was included in the 1815 sale to Congress. It is not in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, nor in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and does not have the 1815 bookplate. It is not on Jefferson's list to George Wythe in January 1796, nor on the list of books sent to Hening in June 1808. The book contains several of the charters to the Virginia Company, reprinted in Hening, and in Stith's Appendix. Miss Kingsbury writes: Evidently this is a collection of correspondence of the colony, transcribed from the court books and from the miscellaneous papers of the three volumes of the manuscript records of the company." "18320","J. 66","","","","[M.S. Laws of Virginia 1684. Apr. 16.—1692 Apr. 1. App. to Pervis] Pervis's collection of the Virginia laws. 1661/2 Mar. 23.-1682. Nov 10.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74, unnumbered, [MS. Laws of Virginia 1684, Apr. 16—1692, Apr. 1, in Append. to Pervis]; also, page 74, no. 200, Pervis's Collection of Vir. Laws, 1661, 2, Mar. 23—1682, Nov. 10, fol.","Virginia.","A Complete Collection of all the Laws of Virginia now in force. Carefully Copied from the Assembly Records. To which is annexed an Alphabetical Table. London: Printed by T. J. for J. P. [John Purvis] and are to be sold by Tho. Mercer n. d. [c. 1684]","Law 10","

Folio. 165 leaves (only, should be 167), including the first blank and the inserted signature (Pp), and 9 leaves at the end (should be 11, lacks sig. E) with a new alphabet for the Table; collates in twos.

Sabin 100381. Swem 4437 and 22379. Clayton-Torrence 89. Hening I, v; II, iii-iv.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; numerous MS. marginal notes in an earlier hand. At the end of the book is a continuation in manuscript, written on both sides of 52 leaves, numbered continuously from the last page of printed text, 301-405. This continuation is described by Jefferson in his list to George Wythe, January 1796: M.S. appendix to a copy of Pervis's collection from the Westover library, given by the late Colo. W. Byrd to mr Wayles, whose library came to my hands.

This manuscript was not sent to Hening, who in his Preface I. v. states: . . . The volumes of Purvis appear to have been bound up with blank leaves at the end for the reception of subsequent MS. laws, and to have been distributed to the respective counties at different times; as some copies have more, and some less of those MS. acts transcribed into them . . .

The date of printing of this compilation is not known, but was probably between 1683 and 1687, the dates of the governorship of Lord Howard of Effingham, to whom, in that office, the book is dedicated by J. P. [John Purvis]." "18330","J. 67","","","","Collection of Virginia laws. 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1732. May 18.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 201, as above, fol.","Virginia.","A Collection of all the Acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia. With the titles of such as are Expir'd, or Repeal'd. And Notes in the Margin, shewing how, and at what Time, they were repeal'd . . . Publish'd, pursuant to an order of the General Assembly, held at Williamsburg, in the year M, DCC, XXVII. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, M, DCC, XXXIII. [1733.]","Law 11","

Folio. 315 leaves collating in fours, woodcut arms of the colony on the title-page; the list of subscribers on 4 pages at the beginning includes several members of the Parks family with addresses in Shropshire.

Bound in at the end of this copy are the laws for 1734, 36, 38, 40, 42, together 111 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination, caption titles, no imprint.

Evans 3728, 3849, 4094, 4317, 4616, 4617. Swem 22517. Hening I, v; II, iv. Clayton-Torrence 124. Wroth 70.

Half calf, repaired; part of one leaf, Oi, torn away. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the fly-leaf is written Robart Lewis law Book. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This is the first collection of Virginia laws published in Virginia." "18340","68","","","","Revisal of Virginia laws. 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1748. Oct. 27.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 202, as above. fol.","","","","This copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. It was a duplicate of no. 1839, q. v." "18350","69","","","","Acts of Assembly of Virginia. 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 203, as above. fol.","","","","This volume is no longer in the Library of Congress. It was a duplicate of no. 1840, q. v." "18360","70","","","","Collection of acts & ordinances. by the Chancellors.","","1783. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 205, as above.","","","","This volume is no longer in the Library of Congress. It was a duplicate of no. 1861, q. v." "18370","J. 71","A collection of all the printed laws of Virginia in 8. vol[???] folio. viz. vol. 1. Pervis's collection . . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1682. Nov. 10. 2. the Revisal of 1733. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1732. May 18. 3. the Revisal of 1748. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1748. Oct. 27. 4. the Revisal of 1768. . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31. 5. the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772. 6. Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1775.—1783. 7. the Revisal of 1783 (the Chancellors). 8. the Revisal of 1794.","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 208: A collection of all the printed Laws of Virginia in 8 v. fol, to wit—Vol. I. Pervis's Collection, 1662-1682 II. The Revisal of 1733, 1662-1732 III. The Revisal of 1748, 1662-1748 IV. The Revisal of 1768, 1662-1768 V. The Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1734-1772 VI. Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783 VII. The Chancellor's Revisal of 1783 VIII. The Revisal of 1794","

Bound for Jefferson in 8 volumes, calf, labels on the back in alternate red and green leather, lettered in gold with the title, volume number in the series, and the words Monticello Library, probably by Brand in 1799. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each extant volume. [See illustration.]

Jefferson mentioned his intention of having this set bound when George Wythe first wrote to him, on March 26, 1795, on the possibility of copies being made of the acts of general assembly to be found in the collection of the former only.

Jefferson answered this letter on April 18:

. . . My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after which it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottesville to copy acts for those who need them for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy with the pen, & too much attached to the plough to do it myself . . .

On January 12, 1796, Jefferson sent to Wythe volumes 1 to 7, with instructions as to the binding:

I recieved last night your letter on the subject of the laws, and certainly will trust you with any thing I have in the world. a waggon was going off this morning from hence to Varina, and I have exerted myself to send them by that. as I have always intended to have my copies bound up so as to make as complete a set as I could, I thought it best to do this now, before you begin to make use of them. I have therefore arranged them in to 7. volumes, and propose to make the revisal of 1794. the 8th. as you will see by the directions to the book binder. I have ordered the box to be delivered to you, merely that you may open it, see it's contents, and by delivering them to the book binder acquire a right of pressing him to expedite his work. as to all the expences I shall provide for them through the channel of m[???] Randolph. when done, take the whole collection, & keep it till it has answered your purpose. I mean to write you a particular statement, of the contents of my collection & it's deficiencies; but this requires more time than the departure of the waggon allows me. it shall follow by post because I am not without hopes you may have some duplicates from which you can spare copies to fill up the chasms of mine.

P.S. m[???] Bran has formerly done a good deal of binding for me, and would take pains to serve an old customer well.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph with instructions as to the eighth volume, and to the binding of the whole:

. . . the weather having broke away we are trying to get the waggon off before the river becomes impassable. I put on board her a box for m[???] Wythe containing my whole & precious collection of the printed laws of Virginia, to be bound as noted to m[???] Wythe who has occasion to keep them some time for his use. I have taken the liberty of saying you would answer the charges of the binder (Bran) for binding, and procure for him an unbound copy of the collection of 1794, which is to make the 8th. volume of the whole . . .

An unsigned notation by Randolph at the foot of the letter reads: March 21. 96. Deposited with Brend a copy of the laws of 1794. note. Brend says it must be a considerable time before he can bind them.

In a letter to Jefferson on July 27, 1796, Wythe mentioned:

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks . . .

On February 1, 1797, Wythe wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Brend, notwithstanding his repeated promises, to bind your acts, had not begun the work when you gave me leave to publish your letter dated the 16 of ianuary, in the last year. i then desired him not to procede without further orders; supposing you would not wish to have your copies bound, if the general assembly should consent to the complete edition proposed . . . your copies are in my house, and shall be bound, if such be your desire . . .

More than two years later, on May 29, 1799, Jefferson wrote to Wythe:

In order to relieve you, my very dear & antient friend from the trouble of the volumes I sent you in 96. I have desired my friend & relation George Jefferson to call & recieve them, if you have no further use for them. he is to get them bound. I think I had arranged them into volumes, & labelled each, but that in a subsequent letter to you I wished a change of some of the labels. I inclose him a copy of that letter, so that I am in hopes he will be able to direct the binding without troubling you . . .

For Jefferson's letter on the change of labels, see no. 1842.

The volumes were not all delivered to Congress at the same time, and Vol. V, the Fugitive sheets, not until 1820.

On May 7, 1815, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I gave to m[???] Milligan a note of three folio volumes of the laws of Virginia belonging to the library which being in known hands, will be certainly recovered, and shall be forwarded to you. one is a MS. volume from which a printed copy is now preparing for publication . . .

On October 13, Watterston reported the non-arrival of the books:

. . . The three folio vols. of the Laws of Virginia which you state in your former letter, to be in known hands, have not yet been received—& Mr. Milligan has said nothing to me on the subject . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 20:

With respect to the 3. vols of Virginia laws, 2 of them are in my own possession, but at a distant place from which no conveyance has yet occurred, but there will be one about the last of next month. the other is a MS. volume of laws never yet printed. m[???]. Hening had borrowed it, being the only copy now existing. he is engaged in having the inedited acts in it printed, and as soon as that is done, it will be forwarded to you . . .

In February of the following year, 1816, Jefferson made an abortive attempt to send the books to Washington. On March 2 he wrote to Watterston:

. . . I sent the 2. vols of Virginia laws by my grandaughter Ellen Randolph, now at the President's but she left them at Richmond, the stage being too much loaded to take them in. I shall recall them here and see to their safe transportation . . .

On March 8 Watterston announced the receipt of the volumes. A Postscript to his letter of that date reads:

I have received the two vols. of the Virginia laws . . .

For the other missing books, the Fugitive sheets and the Manuscript D see no. 1841 and 1825.

The series is as follows:","","","","","","vol. 1. Pervis's collection. 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1682 Nov. 10.","Law 10","

A duplicate of no. 1832; imperfect, lacks the title and 2 leaves of dedication.

The labels on the back are lettered: Laws of Virginia/Vol I/Pervis/Monticello Library.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Manuscript notes in an early hand throughout. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the first leaf of the text (of which the margins are defective and repaired) Jefferson has written the title in full in the upper margin, and in the fore-margin the following note (slightly cut into):

This book was given me by John Page of Rosewell whose grandfather Matthew Page of Rosewell was one of the committee appointed by the act of ass. 1699. c. 8. to revise the laws. the marginal notes in this book seem to have been made by the sd Matthew Page on that occasion. it was found among some old papers at Rosewell together with a manuscript copy of acts of ass. from 1705. to 17[ ] which he also gave me. Th: J.

Pasted on a fly-leaf is a clipping from the Richmond Dispatch, July 13, 1878, containing a reprint of a letter from Jno. Purvis, Virginia, to William Penn, dated May 21, 1684.

Small corrections by Jefferson occur." "18380","J. 71","A collection of all the printed laws of Virginia in 8. vol[???] folio. viz. vol. 1. Pervis's collection . . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1682. Nov. 10. 2. the Revisal of 1733. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1732. May 18. 3. the Revisal of 1748. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1748. Oct. 27. 4. the Revisal of 1768. . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31. 5. the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772. 6. Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1775.—1783. 7. the Revisal of 1783 (the Chancellors). 8. the Revisal of 1794.","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 208: A collection of all the printed Laws of Virginia in 8 v. fol, to wit—Vol. I. Pervis's Collection, 1662-1682 II. The Revisal of 1733, 1662-1732 III. The Revisal of 1748, 1662-1748 IV. The Revisal of 1768, 1662-1768 V. The Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1734-1772 VI. Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783 VII. The Chancellor's Revisal of 1783 VIII. The Revisal of 1794","

Bound for Jefferson in 8 volumes, calf, labels on the back in alternate red and green leather, lettered in gold with the title, volume number in the series, and the words Monticello Library, probably by Brand in 1799. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each extant volume. [See illustration.]

Jefferson mentioned his intention of having this set bound when George Wythe first wrote to him, on March 26, 1795, on the possibility of copies being made of the acts of general assembly to be found in the collection of the former only.

Jefferson answered this letter on April 18:

. . . My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after which it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottesville to copy acts for those who need them for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy with the pen, & too much attached to the plough to do it myself . . .

On January 12, 1796, Jefferson sent to Wythe volumes 1 to 7, with instructions as to the binding:

I recieved last night your letter on the subject of the laws, and certainly will trust you with any thing I have in the world. a waggon was going off this morning from hence to Varina, and I have exerted myself to send them by that. as I have always intended to have my copies bound up so as to make as complete a set as I could, I thought it best to do this now, before you begin to make use of them. I have therefore arranged them in to 7. volumes, and propose to make the revisal of 1794. the 8th. as you will see by the directions to the book binder. I have ordered the box to be delivered to you, merely that you may open it, see it's contents, and by delivering them to the book binder acquire a right of pressing him to expedite his work. as to all the expences I shall provide for them through the channel of m[???] Randolph. when done, take the whole collection, & keep it till it has answered your purpose. I mean to write you a particular statement, of the contents of my collection & it's deficiencies; but this requires more time than the departure of the waggon allows me. it shall follow by post because I am not without hopes you may have some duplicates from which you can spare copies to fill up the chasms of mine.

P.S. m[???] Bran has formerly done a good deal of binding for me, and would take pains to serve an old customer well.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph with instructions as to the eighth volume, and to the binding of the whole:

. . . the weather having broke away we are trying to get the waggon off before the river becomes impassable. I put on board her a box for m[???] Wythe containing my whole & precious collection of the printed laws of Virginia, to be bound as noted to m[???] Wythe who has occasion to keep them some time for his use. I have taken the liberty of saying you would answer the charges of the binder (Bran) for binding, and procure for him an unbound copy of the collection of 1794, which is to make the 8th. volume of the whole . . .

An unsigned notation by Randolph at the foot of the letter reads: March 21. 96. Deposited with Brend a copy of the laws of 1794. note. Brend says it must be a considerable time before he can bind them.

In a letter to Jefferson on July 27, 1796, Wythe mentioned:

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks . . .

On February 1, 1797, Wythe wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Brend, notwithstanding his repeated promises, to bind your acts, had not begun the work when you gave me leave to publish your letter dated the 16 of ianuary, in the last year. i then desired him not to procede without further orders; supposing you would not wish to have your copies bound, if the general assembly should consent to the complete edition proposed . . . your copies are in my house, and shall be bound, if such be your desire . . .

More than two years later, on May 29, 1799, Jefferson wrote to Wythe:

In order to relieve you, my very dear & antient friend from the trouble of the volumes I sent you in 96. I have desired my friend & relation George Jefferson to call & recieve them, if you have no further use for them. he is to get them bound. I think I had arranged them into volumes, & labelled each, but that in a subsequent letter to you I wished a change of some of the labels. I inclose him a copy of that letter, so that I am in hopes he will be able to direct the binding without troubling you . . .

For Jefferson's letter on the change of labels, see no. 1842.

The volumes were not all delivered to Congress at the same time, and Vol. V, the Fugitive sheets, not until 1820.

On May 7, 1815, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I gave to m[???] Milligan a note of three folio volumes of the laws of Virginia belonging to the library which being in known hands, will be certainly recovered, and shall be forwarded to you. one is a MS. volume from which a printed copy is now preparing for publication . . .

On October 13, Watterston reported the non-arrival of the books:

. . . The three folio vols. of the Laws of Virginia which you state in your former letter, to be in known hands, have not yet been received—& Mr. Milligan has said nothing to me on the subject . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 20:

With respect to the 3. vols of Virginia laws, 2 of them are in my own possession, but at a distant place from which no conveyance has yet occurred, but there will be one about the last of next month. the other is a MS. volume of laws never yet printed. m[???]. Hening had borrowed it, being the only copy now existing. he is engaged in having the inedited acts in it printed, and as soon as that is done, it will be forwarded to you . . .

In February of the following year, 1816, Jefferson made an abortive attempt to send the books to Washington. On March 2 he wrote to Watterston:

. . . I sent the 2. vols of Virginia laws by my grandaughter Ellen Randolph, now at the President's but she left them at Richmond, the stage being too much loaded to take them in. I shall recall them here and see to their safe transportation . . .

On March 8 Watterston announced the receipt of the volumes. A Postscript to his letter of that date reads:

I have received the two vols. of the Virginia laws . . .

For the other missing books, the Fugitive sheets and the Manuscript D see no. 1841 and 1825.

The series is as follows:","the Revisal of 1733 . . . . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1732. May 18.","2.","","","","","","This was a duplicate of no. 1833; it is now missing from the collection." "18390","J. 71","A collection of all the printed laws of Virginia in 8. vol[???] folio. viz. vol. 1. Pervis's collection . . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1682. Nov. 10. 2. the Revisal of 1733. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1732. May 18. 3. the Revisal of 1748. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1748. Oct. 27. 4. the Revisal of 1768. . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31. 5. the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772. 6. Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1775.—1783. 7. the Revisal of 1783 (the Chancellors). 8. the Revisal of 1794.","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 208: A collection of all the printed Laws of Virginia in 8 v. fol, to wit—Vol. I. Pervis's Collection, 1662-1682 II. The Revisal of 1733, 1662-1732 III. The Revisal of 1748, 1662-1748 IV. The Revisal of 1768, 1662-1768 V. The Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1734-1772 VI. Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783 VII. The Chancellor's Revisal of 1783 VIII. The Revisal of 1794","

Bound for Jefferson in 8 volumes, calf, labels on the back in alternate red and green leather, lettered in gold with the title, volume number in the series, and the words Monticello Library, probably by Brand in 1799. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each extant volume. [See illustration.]

Jefferson mentioned his intention of having this set bound when George Wythe first wrote to him, on March 26, 1795, on the possibility of copies being made of the acts of general assembly to be found in the collection of the former only.

Jefferson answered this letter on April 18:

. . . My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after which it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottesville to copy acts for those who need them for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy with the pen, & too much attached to the plough to do it myself . . .

On January 12, 1796, Jefferson sent to Wythe volumes 1 to 7, with instructions as to the binding:

I recieved last night your letter on the subject of the laws, and certainly will trust you with any thing I have in the world. a waggon was going off this morning from hence to Varina, and I have exerted myself to send them by that. as I have always intended to have my copies bound up so as to make as complete a set as I could, I thought it best to do this now, before you begin to make use of them. I have therefore arranged them in to 7. volumes, and propose to make the revisal of 1794. the 8th. as you will see by the directions to the book binder. I have ordered the box to be delivered to you, merely that you may open it, see it's contents, and by delivering them to the book binder acquire a right of pressing him to expedite his work. as to all the expences I shall provide for them through the channel of m[???] Randolph. when done, take the whole collection, & keep it till it has answered your purpose. I mean to write you a particular statement, of the contents of my collection & it's deficiencies; but this requires more time than the departure of the waggon allows me. it shall follow by post because I am not without hopes you may have some duplicates from which you can spare copies to fill up the chasms of mine.

P.S. m[???] Bran has formerly done a good deal of binding for me, and would take pains to serve an old customer well.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph with instructions as to the eighth volume, and to the binding of the whole:

. . . the weather having broke away we are trying to get the waggon off before the river becomes impassable. I put on board her a box for m[???] Wythe containing my whole & precious collection of the printed laws of Virginia, to be bound as noted to m[???] Wythe who has occasion to keep them some time for his use. I have taken the liberty of saying you would answer the charges of the binder (Bran) for binding, and procure for him an unbound copy of the collection of 1794, which is to make the 8th. volume of the whole . . .

An unsigned notation by Randolph at the foot of the letter reads: March 21. 96. Deposited with Brend a copy of the laws of 1794. note. Brend says it must be a considerable time before he can bind them.

In a letter to Jefferson on July 27, 1796, Wythe mentioned:

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks . . .

On February 1, 1797, Wythe wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Brend, notwithstanding his repeated promises, to bind your acts, had not begun the work when you gave me leave to publish your letter dated the 16 of ianuary, in the last year. i then desired him not to procede without further orders; supposing you would not wish to have your copies bound, if the general assembly should consent to the complete edition proposed . . . your copies are in my house, and shall be bound, if such be your desire . . .

More than two years later, on May 29, 1799, Jefferson wrote to Wythe:

In order to relieve you, my very dear & antient friend from the trouble of the volumes I sent you in 96. I have desired my friend & relation George Jefferson to call & recieve them, if you have no further use for them. he is to get them bound. I think I had arranged them into volumes, & labelled each, but that in a subsequent letter to you I wished a change of some of the labels. I inclose him a copy of that letter, so that I am in hopes he will be able to direct the binding without troubling you . . .

For Jefferson's letter on the change of labels, see no. 1842.

The volumes were not all delivered to Congress at the same time, and Vol. V, the Fugitive sheets, not until 1820.

On May 7, 1815, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I gave to m[???] Milligan a note of three folio volumes of the laws of Virginia belonging to the library which being in known hands, will be certainly recovered, and shall be forwarded to you. one is a MS. volume from which a printed copy is now preparing for publication . . .

On October 13, Watterston reported the non-arrival of the books:

. . . The three folio vols. of the Laws of Virginia which you state in your former letter, to be in known hands, have not yet been received—& Mr. Milligan has said nothing to me on the subject . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 20:

With respect to the 3. vols of Virginia laws, 2 of them are in my own possession, but at a distant place from which no conveyance has yet occurred, but there will be one about the last of next month. the other is a MS. volume of laws never yet printed. m[???]. Hening had borrowed it, being the only copy now existing. he is engaged in having the inedited acts in it printed, and as soon as that is done, it will be forwarded to you . . .

In February of the following year, 1816, Jefferson made an abortive attempt to send the books to Washington. On March 2 he wrote to Watterston:

. . . I sent the 2. vols of Virginia laws by my grandaughter Ellen Randolph, now at the President's but she left them at Richmond, the stage being too much loaded to take them in. I shall recall them here and see to their safe transportation . . .

On March 8 Watterston announced the receipt of the volumes. A Postscript to his letter of that date reads:

I have received the two vols. of the Virginia laws . . .

For the other missing books, the Fugitive sheets and the Manuscript D see no. 1841 and 1825.

The series is as follows:","the Revisal of 1748. . . . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1748. Oct. 27.","3.","","","","The Acts of Assembly, now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. With the Titles of such as are Expired, or Repealed; notes in the Margin, shewing how, and at what Time they were repealed: and an exact Table to the Whole. Publish'd pursuant to an order of the General Assembly. Williamsburg: Printed by William Hunter, MDCCLII. —Anno Regni Georgii II . . . Twenty seventh day of February, in the twenty fifth year of the Reign . . . 1752.","Law 12","

2 parts in 1. Large 4to. 359 leaves including the first blank, collating in twos, printed on paper with horizontal chain lines; list of subscribers on 4 pages at the beginning.

Evans 6941, 2. Swem III, 22559, 22562. Hening II, iv. Clayton-Torrence 205, 206.

The lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol III/Revisal of 1748/Monticello Library/. Not initialled by Jefferson; manuscript notes not by Jefferson.

Reprinted in Hening VI, 217-324." "18400","J. 71","A collection of all the printed laws of Virginia in 8. vol[???] folio. viz. vol. 1. Pervis's collection . . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1682. Nov. 10. 2. the Revisal of 1733. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1732. May 18. 3. the Revisal of 1748. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1748. Oct. 27. 4. the Revisal of 1768. . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31. 5. the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772. 6. Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1775.—1783. 7. the Revisal of 1783 (the Chancellors). 8. the Revisal of 1794.","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 208: A collection of all the printed Laws of Virginia in 8 v. fol, to wit—Vol. I. Pervis's Collection, 1662-1682 II. The Revisal of 1733, 1662-1732 III. The Revisal of 1748, 1662-1748 IV. The Revisal of 1768, 1662-1768 V. The Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1734-1772 VI. Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783 VII. The Chancellor's Revisal of 1783 VIII. The Revisal of 1794","

Bound for Jefferson in 8 volumes, calf, labels on the back in alternate red and green leather, lettered in gold with the title, volume number in the series, and the words Monticello Library, probably by Brand in 1799. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each extant volume. [See illustration.]

Jefferson mentioned his intention of having this set bound when George Wythe first wrote to him, on March 26, 1795, on the possibility of copies being made of the acts of general assembly to be found in the collection of the former only.

Jefferson answered this letter on April 18:

. . . My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after which it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottesville to copy acts for those who need them for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy with the pen, & too much attached to the plough to do it myself . . .

On January 12, 1796, Jefferson sent to Wythe volumes 1 to 7, with instructions as to the binding:

I recieved last night your letter on the subject of the laws, and certainly will trust you with any thing I have in the world. a waggon was going off this morning from hence to Varina, and I have exerted myself to send them by that. as I have always intended to have my copies bound up so as to make as complete a set as I could, I thought it best to do this now, before you begin to make use of them. I have therefore arranged them in to 7. volumes, and propose to make the revisal of 1794. the 8th. as you will see by the directions to the book binder. I have ordered the box to be delivered to you, merely that you may open it, see it's contents, and by delivering them to the book binder acquire a right of pressing him to expedite his work. as to all the expences I shall provide for them through the channel of m[???] Randolph. when done, take the whole collection, & keep it till it has answered your purpose. I mean to write you a particular statement, of the contents of my collection & it's deficiencies; but this requires more time than the departure of the waggon allows me. it shall follow by post because I am not without hopes you may have some duplicates from which you can spare copies to fill up the chasms of mine.

P.S. m[???] Bran has formerly done a good deal of binding for me, and would take pains to serve an old customer well.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph with instructions as to the eighth volume, and to the binding of the whole:

. . . the weather having broke away we are trying to get the waggon off before the river becomes impassable. I put on board her a box for m[???] Wythe containing my whole & precious collection of the printed laws of Virginia, to be bound as noted to m[???] Wythe who has occasion to keep them some time for his use. I have taken the liberty of saying you would answer the charges of the binder (Bran) for binding, and procure for him an unbound copy of the collection of 1794, which is to make the 8th. volume of the whole . . .

An unsigned notation by Randolph at the foot of the letter reads: March 21. 96. Deposited with Brend a copy of the laws of 1794. note. Brend says it must be a considerable time before he can bind them.

In a letter to Jefferson on July 27, 1796, Wythe mentioned:

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks . . .

On February 1, 1797, Wythe wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Brend, notwithstanding his repeated promises, to bind your acts, had not begun the work when you gave me leave to publish your letter dated the 16 of ianuary, in the last year. i then desired him not to procede without further orders; supposing you would not wish to have your copies bound, if the general assembly should consent to the complete edition proposed . . . your copies are in my house, and shall be bound, if such be your desire . . .

More than two years later, on May 29, 1799, Jefferson wrote to Wythe:

In order to relieve you, my very dear & antient friend from the trouble of the volumes I sent you in 96. I have desired my friend & relation George Jefferson to call & recieve them, if you have no further use for them. he is to get them bound. I think I had arranged them into volumes, & labelled each, but that in a subsequent letter to you I wished a change of some of the labels. I inclose him a copy of that letter, so that I am in hopes he will be able to direct the binding without troubling you . . .

For Jefferson's letter on the change of labels, see no. 1842.

The volumes were not all delivered to Congress at the same time, and Vol. V, the Fugitive sheets, not until 1820.

On May 7, 1815, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I gave to m[???] Milligan a note of three folio volumes of the laws of Virginia belonging to the library which being in known hands, will be certainly recovered, and shall be forwarded to you. one is a MS. volume from which a printed copy is now preparing for publication . . .

On October 13, Watterston reported the non-arrival of the books:

. . . The three folio vols. of the Laws of Virginia which you state in your former letter, to be in known hands, have not yet been received—& Mr. Milligan has said nothing to me on the subject . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 20:

With respect to the 3. vols of Virginia laws, 2 of them are in my own possession, but at a distant place from which no conveyance has yet occurred, but there will be one about the last of next month. the other is a MS. volume of laws never yet printed. m[???]. Hening had borrowed it, being the only copy now existing. he is engaged in having the inedited acts in it printed, and as soon as that is done, it will be forwarded to you . . .

In February of the following year, 1816, Jefferson made an abortive attempt to send the books to Washington. On March 2 he wrote to Watterston:

. . . I sent the 2. vols of Virginia laws by my grandaughter Ellen Randolph, now at the President's but she left them at Richmond, the stage being too much loaded to take them in. I shall recall them here and see to their safe transportation . . .

On March 8 Watterston announced the receipt of the volumes. A Postscript to his letter of that date reads:

I have received the two vols. of the Virginia laws . . .

For the other missing books, the Fugitive sheets and the Manuscript D see no. 1841 and 1825.

The series is as follows:","the Revisal of 1768. . . . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31.","4.","","","","The Acts of Assembly, now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. With an exact Table to the Whole. Published by order of the General Assembly. Williamsburg: Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon. MDCCLXIX. [1769]","Law 13","

Folio. 290 leaves.

Sabin 100391. Evans 11511. Swem 22646. Hening II, iv. Clayton-Torrence 359.

Lettered on the back Laws of Virginia/Vol IV/Revisal of 1768/Monticello Library/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This is the third and last revisal printed during the colonial era." "18410","J. 71","A collection of all the printed laws of Virginia in 8. vol[???] folio. viz. vol. 1. Pervis's collection . . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1682. Nov. 10. 2. the Revisal of 1733. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1732. May 18. 3. the Revisal of 1748. . 1661/2 Mar. 23—1748. Oct. 27. 4. the Revisal of 1768. . 1661/2 Mar. 23.—1768. Mar. 31. 5. the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772. 6. Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1775.—1783. 7. the Revisal of 1783 (the Chancellors). 8. the Revisal of 1794.","1815 Catalogue, page 73. no. 208: A collection of all the printed Laws of Virginia in 8 v. fol, to wit—Vol. I. Pervis's Collection, 1662-1682 II. The Revisal of 1733, 1662-1732 III. The Revisal of 1748, 1662-1748 IV. The Revisal of 1768, 1662-1768 V. The Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1734-1772 VI. Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783 VII. The Chancellor's Revisal of 1783 VIII. The Revisal of 1794","

Bound for Jefferson in 8 volumes, calf, labels on the back in alternate red and green leather, lettered in gold with the title, volume number in the series, and the words Monticello Library, probably by Brand in 1799. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each extant volume. [See illustration.]

Jefferson mentioned his intention of having this set bound when George Wythe first wrote to him, on March 26, 1795, on the possibility of copies being made of the acts of general assembly to be found in the collection of the former only.

Jefferson answered this letter on April 18:

. . . My collection of acts of assembly are in a very chaotic state, insomuch that I have not had the courage to attempt to arrange them since my return home. as soon as this is done, I shall send the printed acts to be bound in Richmond after which it will be more easy to consult them, & probably I may be able to engage some young man in Charlottesville to copy acts for those who need them for hire. I have no body living with me who could do it, & I am become too lazy with the pen, & too much attached to the plough to do it myself . . .

On January 12, 1796, Jefferson sent to Wythe volumes 1 to 7, with instructions as to the binding:

I recieved last night your letter on the subject of the laws, and certainly will trust you with any thing I have in the world. a waggon was going off this morning from hence to Varina, and I have exerted myself to send them by that. as I have always intended to have my copies bound up so as to make as complete a set as I could, I thought it best to do this now, before you begin to make use of them. I have therefore arranged them in to 7. volumes, and propose to make the revisal of 1794. the 8th. as you will see by the directions to the book binder. I have ordered the box to be delivered to you, merely that you may open it, see it's contents, and by delivering them to the book binder acquire a right of pressing him to expedite his work. as to all the expences I shall provide for them through the channel of m[???] Randolph. when done, take the whole collection, & keep it till it has answered your purpose. I mean to write you a particular statement, of the contents of my collection & it's deficiencies; but this requires more time than the departure of the waggon allows me. it shall follow by post because I am not without hopes you may have some duplicates from which you can spare copies to fill up the chasms of mine.

P.S. m[???] Bran has formerly done a good deal of binding for me, and would take pains to serve an old customer well.

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph with instructions as to the eighth volume, and to the binding of the whole:

. . . the weather having broke away we are trying to get the waggon off before the river becomes impassable. I put on board her a box for m[???] Wythe containing my whole & precious collection of the printed laws of Virginia, to be bound as noted to m[???] Wythe who has occasion to keep them some time for his use. I have taken the liberty of saying you would answer the charges of the binder (Bran) for binding, and procure for him an unbound copy of the collection of 1794, which is to make the 8th. volume of the whole . . .

An unsigned notation by Randolph at the foot of the letter reads: March 21. 96. Deposited with Brend a copy of the laws of 1794. note. Brend says it must be a considerable time before he can bind them.

In a letter to Jefferson on July 27, 1796, Wythe mentioned:

Brend tells me he will finish the binding of your books in two or three weeks . . .

On February 1, 1797, Wythe wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Brend, notwithstanding his repeated promises, to bind your acts, had not begun the work when you gave me leave to publish your letter dated the 16 of ianuary, in the last year. i then desired him not to procede without further orders; supposing you would not wish to have your copies bound, if the general assembly should consent to the complete edition proposed . . . your copies are in my house, and shall be bound, if such be your desire . . .

More than two years later, on May 29, 1799, Jefferson wrote to Wythe:

In order to relieve you, my very dear & antient friend from the trouble of the volumes I sent you in 96. I have desired my friend & relation George Jefferson to call & recieve them, if you have no further use for them. he is to get them bound. I think I had arranged them into volumes, & labelled each, but that in a subsequent letter to you I wished a change of some of the labels. I inclose him a copy of that letter, so that I am in hopes he will be able to direct the binding without troubling you . . .

For Jefferson's letter on the change of labels, see no. 1842.

The volumes were not all delivered to Congress at the same time, and Vol. V, the Fugitive sheets, not until 1820.

On May 7, 1815, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress:

. . . I gave to m[???] Milligan a note of three folio volumes of the laws of Virginia belonging to the library which being in known hands, will be certainly recovered, and shall be forwarded to you. one is a MS. volume from which a printed copy is now preparing for publication . . .

On October 13, Watterston reported the non-arrival of the books:

. . . The three folio vols. of the Laws of Virginia which you state in your former letter, to be in known hands, have not yet been received—& Mr. Milligan has said nothing to me on the subject . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 20:

With respect to the 3. vols of Virginia laws, 2 of them are in my own possession, but at a distant place from which no conveyance has yet occurred, but there will be one about the last of next month. the other is a MS. volume of laws never yet printed. m[???]. Hening had borrowed it, being the only copy now existing. he is engaged in having the inedited acts in it printed, and as soon as that is done, it will be forwarded to you . . .

In February of the following year, 1816, Jefferson made an abortive attempt to send the books to Washington. On March 2 he wrote to Watterston:

. . . I sent the 2. vols of Virginia laws by my grandaughter Ellen Randolph, now at the President's but she left them at Richmond, the stage being too much loaded to take them in. I shall recall them here and see to their safe transportation . . .

On March 8 Watterston announced the receipt of the volumes. A Postscript to his letter of that date reads:

I have received the two vols. of the Virginia laws . . .

For the other missing books, the Fugitive sheets and the Manuscript D see no. 1841 and 1825.

The series is as follows:","the Fugitive sheets of printed laws. 1734.—1772.","5.","","","","","","

This volume is now missing from the Jefferson collection in the Library of Congress. It was one of the books borrowed by Hening, and was not delivered to Congress until 1820. Hence it is marked missing in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue and is included in the manuscript list of missing books.

In 1805 the loan of it was requested by John Burk for use in compiling his history. In offering to Burk the use of the volume, without putting it in his possession, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the 5th. volume is the only one of which there exists probably no other collection. this fact being generally known, the courts in the different parts of the state are in the practice of resorting to this volume for copies of particular acts called for in the cases before them . . .

After much correspondence the volume was at length deposited with George Jefferson for the use of John Burk.

In 1808 the volume was needed by Hening, for use in his publication of the Statutes at Large. It was still in the possession of George Jefferson, who wrote to Jefferson on Augst 25, 1809:

. . . I have heard nothing from Mr. Eppes respecting the volume of news papers. You sent me with that, a volume of ''fugitive sheets'' of laws, which you directed should not go out of my possession, and which of course has not . . .

Jefferson immediately wrote to Hening, on August 28:

By a letter just recieved from m[???] George Jefferson I learn that I had deposited with him my volume of 'Fugitive sheets' or Session acts from 1734. to 1772. with an injunction not to deliver it out of his own posession, while the volumes of newspapers were delivered to m[???] Burke, & are consequently lost I fear. knowing your care of such things you are freely welcome to recieve from m[???] Jefferson the volume above-mentioned, for the delivery of which this letter, if shewn to him, will be his authority . . .

The volume was sent to Hening, who wrote to Jefferson on September 4:

I have received from Mr. George Jefferson your volume of Sessions Acts from 1734 to 1772, inclusive.—The acts of 1773, which are stated to have been lost from your collection, I have in my possession . . .

After the sale of his library to Congress in 1814, Jefferson wrote to Hening, on March 11, 1815, requesting the return of this volume:

Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property, and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever belongs to it. this obliges me to request of you the return of the Vth. vol. of my Collection of the Virginia laws, being that in which the Sessions acts were bound together. should there be in the volume any acts not yet published nor copied, you could perhaps have them copied within the time the library will still remain here, which will probably be yet two or three weeks. I had always expected that the library would have been valued volume by volume, in which case I meant to reserve these acts and journals of the legislature of Virginia: but instead of that they took it in a lump as it stood on the catalogue at a sum in gross, so that I cannot retain a single volume. be so good as to have it well packed and addressed to me by the mail stage to Milton . . .

On March 15 Hening wrote requesting permission to retain this volume:

Previously to the receipt of your letter of the 11th. Inst. I had carefully packed up all your M.S.S. with a view to return them to you by the first safe conveyance.—The Vth. Vol. containing the sessions acts was all that I meant to retain; and that only, till I could complete the publication of that part. I have finished the 5th. Vol. of the Statutes at Large; and had made considerable progress on the 6th. (bringing down the sessions acts to about the middle of your Vth. vol.) when the late War commenced.—The interruptions unavoidable, from the state of the country, in the first instance, and lastly from the death of Mr Pleasants, the publisher, has so far suspended the work, that it has been absolutely impossible to print off the whole of the matter contained in your V. Volume.—From the year 1771, to the present time, I have a complete collection of the Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the convention, during the interregnum. But, deprived of your Vth. Vol. I cannot possibly complete the work.—To transcribe what remains of the 5th. Vol. would not only be a very laborious and expensive undertaking, but I could not vouch for the accuracy of the impression, unless it could be examined by the original.—Indeed, I do now know, how the Examiners could certify the edition to have been published agreeably to law, unless they could compare it with the printed copy.—Under these circumstances, I should presume, Congress could have no difficulty in your retaining the 5th. Vol. until the matter now remaining, can be transferred to the Statutes at Large . . . If, from this candid representation of facts, you deem it indispensible, that I should send you, the Vth. Vol. of your sessions acts, I will certainly comply with your request; on receiving an intimation, to that effect.

Jefferson replied on March 25:

I would do any thing rather than defeat the invaluable collection you are making of our statutes and will therefore undertake to apoligize to the library committee of Congress for the detention of the Vth volume of the laws, and it's safe delivery in time. but I must pray you to send off the rest without delay, as within 10. days or a fortnight an agent will be on from Washington to recieve the library . . .

It was never my intention to have included this collection of our laws in the sale to Congress, and in my original offer I reserved a right to retain some books. but they have lumped the transaction in such a manner as that I am not able to retain a single volume, which became known to me so late that no time was left to get a change made before Congress rose . . .

To this Hening replied on April 1:

. . . As soon as I come down to the Sessions acts of 1769, from which date my own collection is complete, I will advise you, and will either send your 5th. Volume to Monticello, or to the City of Washington as shall be most agreeable to yourself . . .

The volume was not sent to the Library of Congress until 1820. On August 19 of that year Hening sent Jefferson a copy of the Statutes at Large as far as published and wrote:

The 8th. volume will terminate the laws under the colonial government, and embrace all those in your 5th. Volume of the Sessions acts; after which I shall send it on to the librarian of Congress . . ." "18420","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","i.","","","","Ordinances passed at a convention held at the Town of Richmond, in the Colony of Virginia, on Monday the 17th of July, 1775. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, n. d. [1775.]","","

4to. 26 leaves: []2, B-N2.

Evans 14595. Swem 22668 and Bibliography of the Conventions and Constitutions of Virginia, 101. Clayton-Torrence 453.

The label on the back of the volume is in accordance with the instructions of Jefferson to Wythe, to whom he wrote from Monticello on January 16, 1796:

I was so hurried to get ready my collection of printed laws before the departure of the waggon, that I did the work imperfectly. I have since found the laws of 1783. May & Octob. which I should be glad to have added to the end of my 6th. volume. if you can procure a copy of those of 1773. I will pray you to add it to the end of the 5th. volume, and in both cases to make corresponding changes in the middle one of the three printed labels proposed on these volumes. indeed I would wish the middle label of the Vth. volume to be

Fugitive sheets. 1734-1773

& of the VIth to be sheets.

Fugitive Sheets. 1775-1783

I chuse to bring down the VIth. volume to 1783. that it may terminate at the same period with the Chancellors revisal . . .

According to Evans the copy in the Lenox Collection (New York Public Library) contains manuscript corrections by Thomas Jefferson.

Reprinted in Hening, vol. 9, page 9-74." "18430","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","[Ordinances passed at a Convention held in the City of Williamsburg, in the Colony of Virginia, on Friday the 1st of December, 1775. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie,] n. d. [1775.]","","

4to. A fragment of 9 leaves only, the complete work has 17; this copy lacks the title, and all after E1.

Evans 14596. Swem 22671 and Bibliography of the Conventions and Constitutions of Virginia, 117. Clayton-Torrence 466.

On the first leaf below the word Ordinances in the caption Jefferson has written December, 1775.

Reprinted in Hening, vol. 9, pages 75-107." "18440","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Ordinances passed at a General Convention of Delegates and Representatives, from the several Counties and Corporations of Virginia, held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the 6th day of May, Anno Dom: 1776. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, Printer to the Commonwealth, n. d. [1776.]","","

4to. 22 leaves: []2, B-L2.

Sabin 100026. Evans 15199. Swem 22674 and Bibliography of the Conventions and Constitutions of Virginia, 164.

Clayton-Torrence 467.

Reprinted in Hening, vol. 9, pages 109-191." "18450","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, n.d. [1777.]","","Folio. 2 leaves, signed at the end by Henry Laurens, President. Evans 15627." "18460","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","v.","","","","At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and in the first year of the Commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, Printer to the Commonwealth. [1776]","","

Folio. 28 leaves: []1, B-O2, P1.

On the title-page is the autograph of Th: Jefferson, who has also written the number at the head of each chapter, Chap. 1-Chap. 45.

Evans 15203. Swem 7003." "18470","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and in the first year of the Commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, Printer to the Commonwealth. [1777]","","

Folio. 18 leaves: []1, []2, B-H2, 11.

Sabin 100282. Evans 51694. Swem 7048.

Reprinted in Hening 9, pages 267-335." "18480","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","At a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and in the second year of the Commonwealth. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth. 1777","","

Folio. 21 leaves: []1, []2, B-K2.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I, and with chapter numbers added by him.

Sabin 100283. Evans 15695. Swem 7080.

Reprinted in Hening 9, pages 337-443." "18490","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","viii.","","","","At a General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth. [1778]","","

Folio. 8 leaves: []1, []2, B-C2, []1.

The acts numbered in the margin in ink by Jefferson.

Sabin 100284. Evans 16153. Swem 7094.

Reprinted in Hening 9, pages 445-470." "18500","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","At a General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, printer to the Commonwealth. [1778]","","

Folio. 23 leaves: []1, []2, B-L2.

The acts numbered in the margins in ink by Jefferson.

Sabin 100285. Evans 16154. Sewm 7113.

Reprinted in Hening 9, pages 471-592." "18510","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","x.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson. [1779]","","

4to. 29 leaves: []2, B-G2, G (repeated)-N2, []1. The acts numbered in the margin in ink by Jefferson, 55 in all.

Sabin 100286. Evans 16654. Swem 7128.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 9-130." "18520","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xi.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the Fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand seven hundred and seventy nine. Williamsburg: Printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson. [1779]","","

4to. 24 leaves: []2, B-M2. The chapter numbers, Cap. 1-54, inserted in ink by Jefferson.

Sabin 100287. Evans 16655. Swem 7166.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 131-219." "18530","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xii.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly, begun and held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand seven hundred and eighty. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson. [1780]","","

4to 23 leaves: []2, B-L2, []1, the last leaf shaved, imprint slightly defective.

The chapters numbered in ink by Jefferson: Cap. 1-37.

Sabin 100288. Evans 17055. Swem 7223.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 221-320." "18540","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly, begun and held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Richmond: Printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson. [1781]","","

4to. 17 leaves: []2, B-H2, I1.

The Acts numbered in the margins in ink by Jefferson.

Sabin 100289. Evans 17407. Swem 7240.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 321-389." "18550","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly begun and held in the town of Richmond, On thursday, the 1st. day of march, in the year of our Lord 1781. Richmond. Printed by John Dixon and Thomas Nicolson.","","

A Manuscript copy of the above printed acts, in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, the title as above, and text neatly written on both sides of six folio leaves, 12 pages, followed by a blank leaf. At the end, in Jefferson's hand, is: Collated with the printed acts by with the autograph signature of G. Wythe in stipple.

The printed version is Evans 17407. Swem 7263.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 391-405." "18560","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xv.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and from thence continued by adjournment to the Town of Staunton, in the County of Augusta. Charlottesville: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the Commonwealth. [1781]","","

Folio. 10 leaves: []1, B-E2, []1. The chapter numbers, Cap. 1.-Cap. 23. inserted in ink by Jefferson.

Sabin 100291. Evans 17409. Swem 7285.

John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers at Charlottesville, were appointed public printers by Jefferson, the Governor of Virginia, and later in the same year removed their press to Richmond.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 407-437." "18570","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xvi.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty one. [-5 January, 1782] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, Printers to the Commonwealth. [1782]","","

Folio. 16 leaves: []1, []2, C-H2, I1.

Sabin 100292. Evans 17781. Swem 7310.

Reprinted in Hening 10, pages 439-517." "18580","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xvii.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Begun and held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. [-2 July, 1782] Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the Commonwealth. [1782]","","

Folio. 19 leaves: []1, B-K2, the last leaf torn and repaired.

Sabin 100293. Evans 17782. Swem 7320.

Reprinted in Hening 11, pages 9-103." "18590","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xviii.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the Public Buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the Commonwealth. [1783]","","

Folio. 23 leaves: []1, []2, C-M2.

Sabin 100295. Evans 18282. Swem 7350.

Reprinted in Hening 11, pages 185-297." "18600","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","","xix.","","","","Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the Public Buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. Richmond: Printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, printers to the Commonwealth. [1783]","","

Folio. 13 leaves: []1, []2, B-F2, sig. E 1 and 2 transposed.

Sabin. 100296. Evans 18283. Swem 7377.

Reprinted in Hening 11, pages 299-359." "18610","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","the Revisal of 1783. (the Chancellors)","7.","","","","A Collection of all such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; with a Table of the Principal Matters. Published under Inspection of the Judges of the High Court of Chancery, by a resolution of General Assembly, the 16th day of June 1783. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, M, DCC, LXXXV. [1785]","Law 16","

Folio. 118 leaves: []2, B-R2, R2 (repeated), S-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaaa-Hhh2, Hhh4 in 24 letter alphabets.

Sabin 100392. Evans 19351. Swem 7461. Hening, vol. II, 547.

Lettered on the back: Laws of Virginia/Vol VII/Revisal of 1783/Monticello Library/.

Usually known as the Chancellor's Revisal. The chancellors were Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe and John Blair." "18620","6.","Fugitive sheets of printed Laws, 1775-1783.","","Nineteen separate publications folio and quarto, bound together; the lettering on the back reads: Laws of Virginia/Vol VI/Fugitive sheets 1775-1783/Monticello Library/. Only one of the tracts, indicated below, was initialled by Jefferson.[TBE]Law 15[/TBE]","the Revisal of 1794.","8.","","","","A Collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature, as are now in Force, with a Table of the Principal Matters. To which are prefixed the Declaration of Rights, and Constitution, or Form of Government. Published pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, intituled, ''An Act providing for the Republication of the Laws of this Commonwealth,'' passed on the twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. Richmond: Printed by Augustine Davis, Printer for the Commonwealth, 1794.","Law 17","

Folio. 192 leaves: []2, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Zzzz2 in 24 letter alphabets.

Sabin 100403. Evans 27999. Swem 7804.

Lettered on the back: Laws of Virginia/Vol VIII/Revisal of 1794/Monticello Library/.

With the signature of David Lambert on the title-page and at the end." "18630","72","","","","Hening's Statutes at large.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 28, Hening's Statutes, at large, 8vo, vols, 1, 2, 3.","Hening, William Waller.","The Statutes at Large; being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the year 1619. Published pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth Day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eight. Volume I [-III]. By William Waller Hening . . . Richmond: Printed by and for Samuel Pleasants, Junior, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1809, 1810, 1812.","Law","

First Edition. 3 vol. [only] 8vo. 311, 303, 295 leaves; list of errata at the end of each volume.

This edition not in Sabin. Swem 8352, 8409, 8553.

This edition not in Charlemagne Tower.

Jefferson's copy is not extant. The first volume was a presentation from Hening in 1809; vol. II and III were bought in 1813 from Pleasants, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on May 21 of that year, ordering Hening's statutes at large as far as they are published, except the 1st. vol. which I have. Pleasants sent the third volume only, and Jefferson wrote on August 11:

. . . when I wrote for what had come out of Hening's statutes, I mentioned that I had only his 1st. vol. you sent me the 3d. alone. I must now ask for the 2d. the stage office requires to have it's memory jogged at times, or it forgets to forward these things . . .

Pleasants replied on August 17:

. . . I regret that my young man (in my absence) when making up the last Package, omitted the 2nd. vol. of the Statutes at Large—it is now forwarded. I hope in the course of the ensuing fall to publish the 4th. vol. of this work, which shall be forwarded without delay . . .

The history of Jefferson's connection with the publication of the statutes of Virginia, beginning from the original proposition after the passing of the act in the session of 1795, is given by Hening in the Preface.

As the publication would depend largely for its material on Jefferson's collection of manuscripts as described above, the latter was approached in that year by George Wythe. Jefferson's answer to Wythe, dated January 16, 1796, in which he gave an account of what such a publication would entail, is quoted in full by Hening who however omitted Jefferson's list appended to this letter of his collection of manuscript and printed laws.

Throughout the volumes the several manuscripts from the Jefferson collection are so acknowledged by Hening, and collated with other manuscripts, the various readings being duly noted.

The correspondence between Jefferson and Hening on the subject of the publication of the Statutes at Large, and on the Jefferson collection of manuscript and printed laws is as follows:

On December 26, 1806, Hening wrote from Richmond to Jefferson:

Encouraged by several friends members of the General Assembly and others, I have it in contemplation to undertake the publication of the Statutes at Large, from the first settlement of the colony of Virginia to the present time. But knowing that whoever undertakes a work of that kind must be, in a great measure, dependent upon you for materials, I am unwilling to commit myself until I know how far I may rely upon your assistance.

The collection which you have made, is undoubtedly the best extant, of the fugitive sessions acts. These, with such as I could procure from Judge Tucker, would, perhaps, make the collection as complete as could now be expected. But I am very apprehensive that the state of some of your M. S. acts would not permit a removal to this place; and my public duties would hardly allow me to transcribe them myself.—if this objection could be obviated, in any manner, I should not hesitate to undertake the work.—Many of the acts, in your collection, I have myself and could procure here, but there are several others of which you have a single copy.—In no instance would I request the use of your copies, where they could be obtained elsewhere.—You will particularly oblige me in stating how far I might rely upon the use of your collection of acts printed & M.S. and I shall govern myself accordingly, in my engagements with the public.

Jefferson replied from Washington on January 14, 1807:

Your letter of Dec. 26. was recieved in due time. the only object I had in making my collection of the laws of Virginia, was to save all those for the public which were not then already lost, in the hope that at some future day they might be republished, whether this be by public or private enterprize, my end will be equally answered. the work divides itself into two very distinct parts, to wit, the printed & the unprinted laws. the former begin in 1682. (Pervis's collection). my collection of these is in strong volumes, well bound, and therefore may safely be transported any where. any of these volumes which you do not possess, are at your service for the purpose of republication. but the unprinted laws, are dispersed through many MS. volumes, several of them so decayed, that the leaf can never be opened but once without falling into powder. these can never bear removal further than from their shelf to a table. they are, as well as I recollect, from 1622. downwards. I formerly made such a digest of their order, and the volumes where they are to be found, that, under my own superintendance they could be copied with once handling. more they would not bear. hence the impracticability of their being copied but at Monticello. but independant of them the printed laws, beginning in 1682. with all our former printed collections, will be a most valuable publication, & sufficiently distinct. I shall have no doubt of the exactness of your part of the work but I hope you will take measures for having the typography & paper worthy of the work. I am led to this caution by the scandalous volume of our laws printed by Pleasants in 1803. & those by Davis in 1796. were little better. both unworthy of the history of Tom thumb. you can have them better & cheaper printed any where North of Richmond. accept my salutations & assurances of respect.

On February 4 Hening wrote:

. . . On the receipt of your letter of the 14th. ulto. I wrote to our friend Dabney Carr Esqr stating my wish to engage some person, who would be perfectly agreeable to you, to transcribe the manuscript acts at Monticello.—His answer is inclosed; together with a letter from Mr. Fletcher. My engagements with any person, must depend entirely on your approbation . . .

Enclosed with this letter were the letters from Dabney Carr, recommending Mr. Fletcher for the copying, he is a good scribe, & will be unemployed—he is a federalist to be sure, but then, he's a decent man—& I should hardly suppose his politics would be an objection with the President and from Thomas C. Fletcher expressing his willingness to do the work. Both letters are dated January 31.

On February 27 Jefferson wrote from Washington:

It has not been in my power sooner to acknolege your letter of Feb. 4. after repeating that my printed collection of laws, which are in strong bound volumes, are at your service, I must observe as to the Manuscript volumes, that several of them run into one another in point of time, so that the same act will be found in several volumes, and will require a good deal of collating. but what presents a greater difficulty is, that some of these volumes seem to have been records of the council, and to contain interspersed copies of some laws. these volumes are in a black letter, illegible absolutely but to those habitated to it and far beyond the competence of an ordinary scribe. I have never myself searched up the acts which these volumes contain. I have always expected they would fill up som of the lacunae in the list I sent to m[???] Wythe. as this compilation can be made but once, because in doing it the originals will fall to pieces, my anxiety that justice shall be done it, obliges me to say that it cannot be done till I become resident at Monticello. there I will superintend it myself, freely giving my own labour to whoever undertakes to copy & publish, whether on public or private account. the copyist must probably live with me during the work, & of course I must take some part in his choice. seeing no inconvenience in publishing first the edited, & secondly the inedited laws, I am in hopes that you will think the former may at once be entered on . . .

Almost a year later, on February 7, 1808, in writing to Jefferson on behalf of the Judges of the Court of Appeals to request for their use a copy of an act passed in April 1691, Hening added:

. . . I have the pleasure of informing you that the legislature have at length become sensible of the importance of preserving all such of our laws both of a public & private nature as are now extant. For this purpose an act passed during the present session authorising me to publish a collection comprising all the acts of the General Assembly from the earliest period of our legislative proceedings; and directing the mode in which they should be authenticated. I must now avail myself [of] the offer which you have very obligingly ma[de of] the use of your collection. Having procured many of the MS & printed laws myself, I shall only have occasion to trouble you, in relation to those which I do not possess. Judges Tucker & Nelson have offered me the whole of their collections, which are in good preservation, and may safely be transported any where. It only remains for me to arrange with you the time & manner in which I shall be able to obtain a transcript of such MSS in the Monticello library as can no where else be had.

Jefferson replied from Washington on February 26:

. . . I am much pleased that the legislature has authorised you to publish all our laws, manuscript as well as printed. for this purpose you shall have the free use of my collection. what it contains you can know with great exactness from a letter of mine to m[???] Wythe which he had printed & dispersed. I have no copy of it here. I do not know how we can make arrangements for availing you of them unless your business should be leading you to the neighborhood of Monticello in the spring, and you could accomodate the particular time to my visit to that place soon after Congress shall rise. it can only be done on an examination of the several volumes & their contents. in republishing the MS. laws, I think the various readings of different MS.S should be noted. I hope you will publish in 8vo. the folio volumes are too unwieldy and are now giving place to 8vos. the different collections of our laws latterly printed in Virginia are really, from their paper & type, a scandal to our state, in N. York, Philadelphia, Baltimore & this place as good printing is done as in Europe, and much cheaper than the wretched samples of Richmond. if you cannot get the work well done there, would it not be better to have it done at one of those places. the difference of price will amply pay any additional trouble it may give you . . .

On May 17, Hening wrote:

Perceiving from the public prints, that you have lately left the seat of Government on a short visit to Monticello, I am desirous of arranging with you, while there, the materials for the edition of the Statutes at Large, which I am about to publish . . .

On May 24, Hening wrote to announce his departure for Monticello the following week, and added:

I believe that I have now collected every MS volume of our laws extant, which are not in your library; and I have been so fortunate as to procure several acts which you state to have been lost from your collection.—With the aid which you have been so obliging as to offer I shall be enabled to bring this great work to a tolerable state of perfection.

On June 7, Jefferson made a list headed

Manuscripts of the laws sent to m[???] Hening June 1808

1. a MS. marked A. given me by Peyton Randolph in his lifetime, attested by R. Hickman, containing the laws of 1623/4 Mar. 5.

2. a MS. marked 43 purchased with the library of Peyton Randolph from his executors containing the laws of 6. sessions from 1629. Oct. 16. to 1633. Aug. 21.

3. a MS. marked F. purchased from the executor of Richd Bland decd. containing laws of 1639. 1642. 1652. 1653. 1654. 1655. 1656. 1663. 1666.

4. a MS. copy by myself of the laws of 1660/1 Mar. 23.

5. a MS. given me from the Charles City office, containing the laws from 1661/2 Mar. 23. from chap. 31. to 1702. Aug. 14.

6. a MS. marked B. purchased with the library of Peyton Randolph containing the laws from 1662. Dec. 23. to 1697. Oct. 21.

7. a MS. given me by John Page of Rosewell, containing laws from 1705. to 1711. this had belonged to his grandfather Matthew Page who was employed on one of the revisals.

8. a 2d. MS. given me from the Charles city office with the laws of 1705.

On April 23, 1809, Hening wrote:

I have not sooner acknowledged the receipt of the MSS which you were so obliging as to send me, because I was unwilling to trespass for a moment on your time, which was incessantly occupied with the cares of government . . .

The first volume of MS. which was in such a decayed state, has been transcribed by myself, and is in print, with the omission of a few words, which were entirely obliterated.—I expect to publish the first volume in about three months.

On July 8, 1809 Hening wrote:

. . . I have progressed, in printing the Statutes at Large, as far as the March session 1657-8 . . . The publication of the statutes at large, will unfold a volume of history, hitherto unexplored . . . As soon as the gentlemen appointed for that purpose shall have compared the printed laws with the MS., I will return at least three of your volumes; which have been transcribed, and the matter printed.—They contain some valuable State papers, which may be useful to some future historian.—After the year 1699, (to which date my collection is complete,) I shall have to trouble you for a further supply of sessions acts.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on July 25:

. . . on observing that you would want sessions acts (printed) I examined the state of my collection, & found that precisely the volume containing my printed laws from 1734. to 1772. is not in the library, having recieved often applications from courts & individuals for copies from that volume, I imagine it has been trusted to some one in the neighborhood to copy some act, & not returned. I shall immediately enquire for it & hold it at your service . . .

On July 31 Hening wrote:

. . . Of the MSS. received from you, those containing the laws from 1639 to 1660 inclusive, were deficient, except the acts of a few Sessions: contained in the MS. procured from the exr[???]. of Mr Bland.—I had no difficulty, however, in supplying the defect, having procured from Mr E. Randolph a very correct M.S. embracing the laws of that period; which, on comparison, was even more correct than those in the M.S. received from you.—But on examining the acts of October 1660, I discover that they are merely a collection of ''Orders,'' or resolutions, on private or local subjects; and none are given in the form of Acts.—Perhaps this may be the case with all the MSS.; but I should be very glad to know the fact. If you have the acts of October 1660, will you be so obliging as to give me some idea of their contents; at least a few lines of the first act; which will enable me to ascertain whether they agree with mine.—I am now in the acts of 1658-9, and could conclude the volume before I enter upon those of Octr. 1660; which I would do, if any delay were necessary in getting a complete copy of the last mentioned acts. It was my wish, however, to have comprised in the first volume, all the laws prior to the commencement of Purvis;—and should the acts of October 1660, be found to differ from my collection, I shall be compelled to trouble you either for the volume in which they are contained, or to have them transcribed immediately; for which I will pay an amanuensis, any price.

On the subject of his letter of July 25, above, Jefferson wrote to Hening on August 28:

By a letter just recieved from m[???] George Jefferson I learn that I had deposited with him my volume of ''Fugitive Sheets'' or session acts from 1734. to 1772. with an injunction not to deliver it out of his own possession, while the volumes of newspapers were delivered to mr Burke, & are consequently lost I fear. knowing your care of such things you are freely welcome to recieve from m[???] Jefferson the volume abovementioned, for the delivery of which this letter, if shewn to him, will be his authority.

On September 4, Hening wrote announcing the publication of the first volume and once more requested information on the acts of October 1660:

I have received from Mr. George Jefferson your volume of Sessions acts from 1734 to 1772, inclusive.—The acts of 1773, which are stated to have been lost from your collection, I have in my possession.

The first volume of the Statutes at large will be published in a few days. It comes down to the termination of the commonwealth of England; and gives an entirely different view of our history, especially during the four years immediately preceding the restoration of Charles II. from any thing represented by the English historians. Indeed every important public transaction during the existence of the commonwealth, has been most grossly misrepresented.

I shall commence the second volume with the acts of October 1660; but, as I have before mentioned, I am apprehensive they are incomplete in my MS. If it would not be too much trouble, I should be very thankful, if you would transcribe a line or two of the first act in your copy, of that session, so as to enable me to determine whether mine can be confided in . . .

Jefferson replied on October 1:

In answer to the request expressed in yours of Sep. 4. (which came to hand only this morning) that I would transcribe a line or two of the first act in my copy of the laws of 1660. I have to observe that the only copy of those laws I possessed was one made by myself from that in the office of the general assembly, and that it was among those I sent you & described under No. 4. in the list I sent you. if you turn to this you may rely on it's correctness.

On October 22, Hening sent the first volume:

I have now the pleasure of presenting to you the first volume of the Statutes at Large, which was published on yesterday, only. In the execution of this work I have had to encounter many difficulties; but I have spared no pains to render it as perfect as possible. The typography is the best that could be procured in this place, where I was compelled to publish it, for the purpose of revising the proofsheets as they came from the press. The second volume, (which is now in the press,) is considerably advanced, & promises to be much better executed than the first.

The views which all our historians have taken of the early history of Virginia, (even Marshall & Burk) have been so grossly inaccurate, that I have felt it a duty incumbent on me to intersperse the volume with various notes, pointing those errors out. These you will particularly find in pages 429, 513, 526; to which I invite your attention.

In the preface, I fear I have been too prolix.—Believing that it would be important to give a concise summary of the rise and progress of the most remarkable of our laws, (especially in a work of so much antiquity, which few would be disposed to read, for the purpose of forming their own conclusions,) I attempted the task.—As far as it is executed, I believe it is done with tolerable accuracy; but many other topics might have been introduced to advantage, which I was deterred from noticing, lest the preface itself should be so long that few would be disposed to read it.

To this volume is prefixed all the ancient Charters relating to Virginia, which have hitherto been printed, together with some others from MS copies; & to the whole, a complete set of marginal notes has been given . . .

On November 21, Hening wrote:

Being about to announce the publication of the first Volume of the Statutes at Large, I cannot suppress the anxiety which I feel to accompany it with the testimonials of some literary characters whose recommendations would tend to introduce it. The Judges of the Supreme Courts, at this place, with the members of the bar, have offered their sanction to the utility of the work; but knowing the weight which your name would give, I am unwilling to announce the volume till I hear from you—Should it be your opinion, after perusing the work, that it merits the encouragement of the public, an expression of that opinion will greatly aid me in my arduous and hitherto, unproductive undertaking.—My subscription is, indeed, very respectable, but far from being numerous; and if there be any case, in which it is proper to be guided by the opinions of others, it is certainly in relation to literary matters.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on December 1:

After my return from Richmond I took a journey to Bedford from which I have been returned but about a week. that time has been occupied by an accumulation of letters during my absence which required answers, & have left me time to cast but a cursory eye over the volume of laws you were so kind as to send me. this prevents my being more particular in the inclosed letter, which however is probably as long as the occasion requires . . .

The inclosed letter reads as follows:

I have duly received the 1st. vol. of your collection of our statutes at large, & return you my thanks for it. the opinion I entertain of the importance of the work may be justly inferred from the trouble & expence I incurred during the earlier part of my life, to save such remains of our antient laws as were then still in existence. the compilation appears to be correctly & judiciously made, and gives us exactly what I had so long considered as a desideratum for our country. it sheds a new light on our early history, and furnishes additional security to the tenure of our rights & property. Sincerely wishing you may reap the reward you have merited, I tender you the assurances of my great esteem & respect.Jefferson purchased vol. II and III from Pleasants as shown above, and later volumes as they were published but which form no part of the collection sold to Congress.

William Waller Hening, 1767-1828, Virginia lawyer and legal writer." "18640","J. 73","","","","the Code reported by the Revisors of 1776.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 204, as above, fol.","Virginia.","Report of the Committee of Revisors appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia in MDCCLXXVI. Richmond: Published by order of the General Assembly, and printed by Dixon & Holt, in the City of Richmond, November MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]","Law 18","

Folio. 48 leaves: []2, B-R2, S1, T2, V1, W2, X1, Y2, Z1, Aa-Bb2.

Sabin 100040. Evans 18863. Swem 7440.

Mottled calf, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson; the word passed. written by him in the Catalogue list at the beginning beside such bills as were passed; the date on the title-page is divided by commas inserted in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A full account of this report is given by Jefferson in his autobiography. The Committee consisted of Jefferson himself, George Wythe and Edmund Pendleton. George Mason and Thomas L. Lee were also appointed but the former refused to serve and the latter died.

Jefferson's account of this Revisal, as given on July 28, 1809, in a letter to Skelton Jones in reference to his continuation of Burk's History reads as follows:

. . . you ask what is the historian to do with the latter part of 1776. the whole of 77. & 78. & a part of 79? this is precisely the period which was occupied in the reformation of the laws to the new organisation & principles of our government. the committee was appointed in the latter part of 76. & reported in the spring or summer 79. at the first and only meeting of the whole committee (of 5. persons) the question was discussed whether we would attempt to reduce the whole body of the law into a code, the text of which should become the law of the land? we decided against that, because every word & phrase in the text would become a new subject of criticism & litigation until it's sense should have been settled by numerous decisions, & that in the meantime the rights of property would be in the air. we concluded not to meddle with the common law, i. e. the law preceding the existence of the statutes, farther than to accomodate it to our new principles & circumstances, but to take up the whole body of statutes and Virginia laws, to leave out everything obsolete or improper, insert what was wanting, and reduce the whole within as moderate a compas as it would bear, and to the plain language of common sense, divested of the verbiage, the barbarous tautologies & redundancies which render the British statutes unintelligible. from this however were excepted the antient statutes, particularly those commented on by Lord Coke, the language of which is simple, & the meaning of every word so well settled by decisions as to make it safest not to change the words where the sense was to be retained. after settling our plan, Colo. Mason declined undertaking the execution of any part of it, as not being sufficiently read in the law. m[???] Lee very soon afterwards died, & the work was distributed between m[???] Wythe, m[???] Pendleton & myself. to me was assinged the Common law (so far as we thought of altering it, & the Statutes down to the Reformation, or end of the reign of Elizabeth; to m[???] Wythe the subsequent body of the statutes, & to m[???] Pendleton the Virginia laws. this distribution threw into my part the laws concerning crimes & punishments, the law of descents, & the laws concerning religion. after completing our work separately, we met (m[???] W. m[???] P. & myself) in Williamsburg, and held a very long session, in which we went over the 1st. & 2d. parts in the order of time, weighing & correcting every word, & reducing them to the form in which they were afterwards reported. when we proceeded to the 3d. part, we found that m[???] Pendleton had not exactly seised the intentions of the committee, which were to reform the language of the Virginia laws, and reduce the matter to a simple style & form. he had copied the acts verbatim, only omitting what was disapproved; and some family occurrence calling him indispensably home, he desired m[???] Wythe & myself to make it what we thought it ought to be, and authorised us to report him as concurring in the work. we accordingly divided the work, & reexecuted it entirely so as to assimilate it's plan & execution to the other parts, as well as the shortness of the time would admit, and we brought the whole body of British statutes, & laws of Virginia into 127. acts, most of them short. this is the history of that work as to it's execution . . . experience has convinced me that the change in the style of the laws was for the better, & it has sensibly reformed the style of our laws from that time downwards, insomuch that they have obtained in that respect the approbation of men of consideration on both sides of the Atlantick. whether the change in the stile & form of the criminal law, as introduced by m[???] Taylor, was for the better is not for me to judge. the digest of that act employed me longer than I believe all the rest of the work; for it rendered it necessary for me to go with great care over Bracton, Britton the Saxon statutes, & the works of authority on criminal law: & it gave me great satisfaction to find that in general I had only to reduce the law to it's antient Saxon condition, stripping it of all the innovations & rigorisms of subsequent times, to make it what it should be. the substitution of the Penitentiary instead of labor on the high road, & of some other punishments truly objectionable, is a just merit to be ascribed to m[???] Taylor's law. when our report was made, the idea of a Penitentiary had never been suggested: the happy experiment of Pennsylvania we had not then the benefit of . . .

A more detailed account is given by Jefferson in his autobiography, the Notes on the State of Virginia and in other of his writings." "18650","J. 74","","","","Draughts of bills by a Comm[???]e of Revisors.","","1792. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 206, as above, with reading Committee.","Virginia.","Draughts of such Bills, as have been prepared by the Committee appointed under the Act, intituled, ''An Act, to amend an Act, intituled, An Act, concerning a new Edition of the laws of this Commonwealth, reforming certain rules of legal construction, and providing for the due publication of the Laws and Resolutions of each session,'' passed on the twenty-third day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, on the subjects of those Laws which from their multiplicity require to be reduced into single Acts. Transmitted to the Executive on the twenty-sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, in order to be printed. [-Vol. II.] Richmond: Printed by Augustine Davis, printer for the Public, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]","Law 19","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1. Vol. I, 98 leaves: [ ]4, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Bbb2; vol. II, 44 leaves: [ ]2, B-Y2. In the second volume the title reads: . . . Transmitted to the Executive on the eighteenth of August . . .

Sabin 10058, 9. Evans 24964. Swem 7771, 7772.

Tree sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson. Paragraphs are crossed out and MS. notes and corrections added, not by Jefferson. Vol. II has the signature of Travers Daniel jr. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "18660","J. 75","","","","Collection of laws of 1794.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 207, as above, fol.","","","Law 17","

Another copy of no. 1862.

Old sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and marginal reference to Hening's Statutes at Large, added by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "18670","J. 76","","","","Randolph's abr. of the public laws in force in 1796.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 26, as above, p 4to.","[Randolph, Edmund.]","Abridgment of the Public Permanent Laws of Virginia. The Repealing Clauses in the several Laws which have them, are reducible to a few Forms, And are alike in General. To prevent the swelling of the Book unnecessarily, and yet to give at the same time the operative words of every Law, reference is made at the close of every Law to the Form of Repeal as it is set forth verbatim in the Appendix. Every Act passed on or after October 19, 1792, is to be understood to contain the following Clause of Commencement: ''This Act shall commence in Force, from and after the Passing thereof;'' unless its Commencement shall be particularly expressed to be on a different Day, or in a different Form. Those Acts which passed before the 19th of October, 1792, and commence their operation on a different day from the day of their passing, will be specified. The date prefixed to each Law is the Day on which it passed. Richmond: Printed by Augustine Davis, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]","Law 315","

4to. 194 leaves in fours in a 24 letter alphabet.

Sabin 100405. Evans 31497. Swem 7853.

Rebound in cowhide. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has written on the title-page by Edmund Randolph.

The typography and paper of this volume were considered by Jefferson to be unworthy of the history of Tom Thumb. See the next entry.

This book was in Jefferson's possession in 1800. On April 15 of that year, a letter from George Jefferson, from Richmond, stated:

I sent you yesterday by a Mr. Monroe, Randolph's abridgment of the Virginia laws; I would have look'd out for an earlier opportunity but this Gentleman has had it in possession for about 3 weeks, and has been going from day to day ever since . . .

Edmund Randolph, 1753-1813, the grandson of Sir John Randolph, succeeded Jefferson as Secretary of State, and was at different times Attorney General and Governor of Virginia. Jefferson's note on the title-page is the authority for attributing this book to Randolph, and is cited by Sabin. George Jefferson's note quoted above would tend to prove that the authorship was known at that time." "18680","J. 77","","","","Collection of the acts of Gen. assembly in force 1803. Pleasants.","","8vo. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 27, Collection of the Acts of the Gen. Assembly in force in 1803, and supplement to 1812, 3 v 8vo, Pleasants.","Virginia.","A Collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as are now in force; with a new and complete Index. To which are prefixed the Declaration of Rights, and Constitution, or form of Government. Published pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, passed on the Twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and two. Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Jun. and Henry Pace, M, DCCC, III. [1803]","Law 20","

Large 8vo. 268 leaves: []4, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Kkk4, the last a blank, []4, B-I4, in 24 letter alphabets, the last alphabet for the Index.

Not in Sabin. Swem 8091.

Rebound in straight grain cowhide with a new bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This is one of the books referred to by Jefferson in his letter to Hening on the publication of the Statutes at Large, written from Washington on January 14, 1807:

. . . I hope you will take measures for having the typography & paper worthy of the work. I am led to this caution by the scandalous volume of our laws printed by Pleasants in 1803. & those by Davis in 1796. were little better. both unworthy of the history of Tom thumb . . ." "18690","","","","","","","","","","Supplement, containing the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and generally interesting nature, passed since the Session of Assembly which commenced in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly, passed the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Richmond: Printed and published by Samuel Pleasants, printer to the Commonwealth, 1812.","Law 22","

Sm. folio. 110 leaves: []4, B-Z, A2-C24, C22, 24 letter alphabet.

Not in Sabin. Swem 8552.

Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A copy was ordered by Jefferson from Samuel Pleasants in a letter dated May 21, 1813.

The manuscript catalogue calls for 2 volumes; the 1815 for 3 volumes. The missing volume may have been that published by Pleasants in 1808, a copy of which was sent to Jefferson from Richmond by William H. Cabell on March 14, 1808:

The Acts of the last Session of the General Assembly having been just published, permit me to enclose a copy for your acceptance . . ." "18700","J. 78","","","","Beverley's abr' of the Virginia laws.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 29, as above, 12mo. 1720. [sic]","[Beverley, William.]","An Abridgment of the Publick Laws of Virginia, in Force and Use, June 10. 1720. To which is added, for the Ease of the Justices and Military Officers, &c. Precedents of all Matters to be issued by them, peculiar to those Laws; and varying from the Precedents in England. The second edition. London: Printed for F. Fayram and J. Clarke at the Royal Exchange and T. Saunders in Little Britain, 1728.","Law 151","

8vo. 104 leaves: A4, B-N8, O4.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 5119. Winsor V, 278. This edition not in Church. Clayton-Torrence 108.

Rebound in sheep, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson, and with manuscript annotations by him including the dating and numbering of the laws throughout. On the title-page Jefferson has written by Col[???] William Beverley.

For a discussion of the authorship of this compilation see Clayton-Torrence 103, and also the Church Catalogue IV, 884, where a copy of the first edition is described with the notation by William Beverley written on the title-page. In spite of this the book, as is usual, is ascribed to Robert Beverley. Commenting on this

Clayton-Torrence writes: As to the statements, in manuscript notes, which appear on the title pages of the 1722 edition of this work in E. D. Church's library and the 1728 edition in the Library of Congress, ascribing this Abridgment to William Beverley, we have absolutely no way of determining their accuracy or inaccuracy.

Clayton-Torrence was unaware that the note referred to in this copy is in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson, which, although not a proof, does seem to lend some authority to the statement.

The second edition is almost an exact copy of the first, with one or two changes including the name T. Saunders in the imprint, replacing that of T. Bickerton. Both these editions are known in one or two copies only." "18710","J. 79","","","","Mercer's abr' of the Virginia laws.","","8vo. 1737.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 30, as above.","Mercer, John.","An exact Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of Virginia, in force and use. Together with sundry Precedents, adapted thereto. And proper Tables. By John Mercer, Gent. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks. M,DCCXXXVII. [1737]","Law 294","

First Edition. First issue. 8vo. 238 leaves: []4, a-e4, B-C8, D-Z4, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Fff4, Ggg2; with the misprint in the numeral of page xlvii.

Sabin 100386. Evans 4204. Swem 22525. Clayton-Torrence 142. Wroth 94.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A manuscript note on page 140 is not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Mercer, 1704-1768 was born in Ireland, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and later emigrated to Virginia. This work is dedicated to the Subscribers." "18720","J. 80","","","","Mercer's abr'. of the Virginia laws.","","2. v. 8vo. 1758.","1815 Catalogue, page 78, no. 31, as above.","Mercer, John.","An Exact Abridgement of all the Public Acts of Assembly of Virginia, in force and use. January 1. 1758. Together with a proper Table. By John Mercer, Gent. Glasgow: Printed by John Bryce and David Paterson, MDCCLIX. [1759]","Law 295","

1 vol. in 2. 8vo. 254 leaves (126 and 128): []2, A-Z, Aa-Hh4; Ii-Zz, Aaa-Rrr2.

Sabin 100390. Clayton-Torrence 271. Swem 22603.

Interleaved and extended into 2 vol. half calf, probably for John Robinson, whose signature with the date 1759 occurs on the fly-leaves, and who has written notes on the interleaves and in the text. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume (at sig. I and T and Ii and Tt) and with manuscript notes by him on the interleaves and in the text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "18730","J. 81","","","","Acts of Congress of 1789, 90, 91.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 209, as above.","","Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC, LXXXIX: and of the Independence of the United States, the Thirteenth. [—Acts passed at the Second Session of the Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the Fourth of January, in the Year M,DCC,XC: and of the Independence of the United States, the Fourteenth.] Published by Authority. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United States [1791].","Law 425","

Folio. 3 parts in 1; 209 leaves in all (48 and 161), the last two parts (sessions II and III) with separate title-pages but continuous signatures and pagination; the last leaf for the errata list. The imprint for the second session is New-York, not Philadelphia.

Evans 23842, 23845. This edition of the second part, Acts begun on Monday, January 4, 1790, is not in Evans, who has only the edition printed by Augustine Davis in Richmond.

Rebound in half calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "18740","J. 82","","","","Laws of the US.","","8. vols. 8vo. 1808. Mar. 4.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 32, Laws of the United States, 8 v 8vo, 1789-1808.","","Acts passed at the First Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, in the year M,DCC,XCVII. and of the Independence of the United States, the twenty-first. [-Third session, 1798.] Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell [1797-1798].—The Laws of the United States of America. Vol. V. Published by Authority. [Acts passed at the First Session of the Sixth Congress of the United States.] Washington City: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol, 1801.","Law 1, 426","

Vol. I and V (only). 8vo. 321 and 196 leaves, in fours.

Evans 32952, 34688 (Vol. I). Not in Sabin.

Vol. I, old sheep, rebacked; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; Vol. V rebound in buckram in 1914. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. Several of the acts are signed by Th: Jefferson as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.

These two volumes are the only ones extant of Jefferson's collection of the Laws of the United States. Some volumes seem to have been missing shortly after the printing of the 1815 catalogue, in the working copy of which the entry is marked ''imperfect (see)''; there is a similar entry in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, reading ''Laws of the United States (to be examined).'' The Acts for January 14, 1804 and March 2, 1805 were bound by John March in September 1805, price $1.00." "18750","J. 83","","","","Gilbert's history of the Exchequer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 33, as above.","[Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.]","An Historical View of the Court of Exchequer, and of the King's Revenues, there answered. By a late Learned Judge. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for T. Waller, M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]","Law 229","

First Edition. 8vo. 96 leaves in eights, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf.

Halkett and Laing III, 57. Sweet & Maxwell II, 99, 11.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, 1674-1726, English judge, was for a time lord chief baron of the court of exchequer." "18760","J. 84","","","","Crompton on Courts.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 34, as above.","Crompton, Richard.","L'Avthoritie et Ivrisdiction des Covrts de la Maiestie de la Roygne: Nouelment collect & compose, per R. Crompton del milieu Temple Esquire. Apprentice del Ley. Si fueris Index, miti sis corde memento, dicito, que possunt dicta decere senem . . . Londini: in ædibus Caroli Yetsweirti Armig. Cum Priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis. Anno Do[???] 1594.","Law 199","

First Edition. 4to. 236 leaves: A-B4, C-Z, AA-GG8, HH4, colophon on the last leaf; chiefly black letter.

STC 6050. Sweet & Maxwell I, 176, 3. Beale T328.

Old calf, with an ornament and the initials I T stamped in blind on both covers; rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Scribblings and the name J. Ronolson on the verso of the last leaf.

Richard Crompton, fl. 1573-1599, English lawyer. This is the first law book printed by Charles Yetsweirt who had succeeded Tottell as printer for law books; he died in 1595." "18770","J. 85","","","","Greenwood on Courts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 35, as above.","Greenwood, William.","The Authority, Jurisdiction and method of keeping County-Courts, Courts-Leet, and Courts-Baron. Explaining the Judicial and Ministerial authority of Sheriffs. Also, the Office and Duty of a Coroner. By William Greenwood, Gent. The eighth edition, very much enlarged, by adding the form and method of holding a Court of Survey, new Law Cases, Precedents of Presentments and Surrenders, Declarations, Pleadings; with a table of the fees, &c. rendring it more useful to Under-Sherriffs, County-Clerks, Solicitors, Court-Keepers, &c. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. Nutt, R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe [and others], 1722.","Law 239","

8vo. 254 leaves in eights.

Marvin, page 350. Sweet & Maxwell I, 242, 1.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Greenwood, English attorney. The first edition was published in 1659 with a different title." "18780","J. 86","","","","Kitchen on Courts.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 36, Kitchin on Courts, 12mo.","Kitchin, John.","Jurisdictions: or, The lawful authority of Courts Leet, Courts Baron, Court of Marshalseyes, Court of Pypowder, and Antient Demesne . . . Written by the methodically learned John Kitchin of Grays-Inne Esq; and double Reader. With an exact table, pointing out all matter of consequence throughout the whole work. Whereunto is added, the forms of several originall and judicial writs now in use relating to writs of error, writs of false judgment, and other proceedings of frequent use in the Courts at Westminster. The fourth edition corrected, and much enlarged. London: Printed by J. Streater, for Hen. Twyford, 1663.","Law 275","

8vo. 368 leaves: A2, B-Z, Aa-Pp8, Qq4, the last a blank, []2, A-H8; on []1 the title for Brevia Selecta . . . taken out of the manuscripts of Mr. Richard Antrobus and Mr. Thomas Impey; separate signatures and pagination.

STC K659. Sweet & Maxwell I, 248, 16.

Old sheep, marbled end papers, r.e., slightly wormed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The signature Edward Evans Ano 1674 on the verso of the last leaf; a few manuscript notes, not by Jefferson.

This work is an edition of the author's Le Court Leete et Court Baron, first printed in 1580." "18790","J. 87","","","","Scroggs of Courts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 37, as above.","Scroggs, Sir William.","The Practice of Courts-Leet, and Courts-Baron. With full and exact directions for making up Court-Rolls, as well of Courts-Leet as of Courts-Baron: As also, the manner of drawing and entring all sorts of presentments and forfeitures in Courts-Leet, and of surrenders, admissions, and recoveries in the nature of Writs of Entry sur Disseisin en le post at the Common Law. Likewise, several curious matters and notes in law . . . Published from the manuscripts of Sir Will. Scroggs, Knt. sometime Lord Chief Justice of England. To this third edition are added, very large additions, and the late Acts of Parliament concerning the duty on surrenders, admittances, &c. the whole carefully corrected from the errors of the former impression. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, MDCCXIV. [1714]","Law 329","

8vo. 258 leaves in eights; advertisement for the second edition of the Law of Ejectments on the recto of the last leaf, Law-Books lately printed for J. Walthoe on the verso.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 125, 11.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir William Scroggs, 1623?-1683, Lord Chief Justice of England. The first edition of this work was posthumously published in 1701. Scroggs is introduced by Scott into Peveril of the Peak, and by Swift into Drapier's Letters. He was removed from the Bench in 1680, see under Henry Care in chapter 24, no. 2703." "18800","J. 88","","","","Registrum brevium.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 210, as above.","","Registrum Brevium tam Originalium, quam Judicialium: correctum & emendatum ad vetus Exemplar Manuscriptum, cujus Beneficio, à multis erroribus purgatum, ad usus, quibus inservit redditur accommodatius. Editio quarta, cui Subjicitur Appendix diversa Brevia tam Vetera tam Recentiora in Officijs Clerici Coronæ in Cancellaria, Clericorum de cursu, & aliorum Clericorum Cancellariæ usitata, (quæ in Registro Brevium non extant,) continens. Unà cum Libro consultissimi viri Simonis Theloall, cui Titulus, Le Digest des Briefs originals et des Choses concernants eux . . . London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Thomas Basset, Samuel Heyrick, John Place [and others], MDCLXXXVII. [1687]","Law 321","

Folio. 574 leaves; separate title-pages for the Appendix and Le Digest, separate pagination for each part.

Marvin, page 604. Sweet & Maxwell, I, 185, 51.

Rebound in calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers; the title written on the fore edge. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was printed by William Rastell in 1531. The reputed author is Ralph de Hengham, d. 1311, author of Hengham Magna and Hengham Parva, see no. 1775." "18810","J. 89","","","","Thesaurus brevium.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 211, as above.","C., J.","Thesaurus Brevium, or a Collection of approved Forms of Writs, and Pleadings to those Writs, and Entries of those Writs and Pleadings: Together with their special Directions to all Cities and Boroughs. Also an exact Table of the Writs and Pleadings therein contained. Very useful for all Students, and of Absolute Necessity for all Practisers in the Common Law of this Realm. Collected and published for the Publick Good, by J. C. The Second Edition corrected and enlarged . . . London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For T. Basset, R. Clavel, T. Dring [and others], 1687.","Law 347","

Folio. 212 leaves in fours; black letter, Latin text.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC C76. Marvin, page 689 (with misprint 1787). Sweet & Maxwell II, 72, 24. Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

A portion of the Erudito Lectori translated in manuscript in the margin, not by Jefferson. A manuscript note on page 54 in an early hand.

The first edition appeared in 1661." "18820","J. 90","","","","Officina brevium.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 212, as above.","","Officina Brevium. Select and approved Forms of Judicial Writs, and other Process: with their Retorns and Entries in the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster. As also special Pleadings to Writs of Scire Facias. Collected out of many choice Manuscripts by several eminent Clerks and Practicers of the said Court. London: Printed by George Sawbridge, William Rawlins, and Samuel Roycroft, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Thomas Basset, 1679.","Law 304","

First Edition. Folio. 226 leaves in fours; black letter; publisher's catalogue of law books and others on the third preliminary and on the last leaf.

STC O153. Marvin, page 545. Sweet & Maxwell II, 79, 81.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "18830","J. 91","","","","Aston's Entries.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 38, as above.","A[Ston], R.","Placita Latinè rediviva: a Book of Entries; containing perfect and approved Precedents of Counts, Declarations, Barrs, Avowries, Replications, Pleas in Abatement, Issues, Judgments, as well in Actions real as personal, and sundry other entries . . . not heretofore published in print: collected in the times, and out of some of the Manuscripts, of those famous and Learned Protonotaries, Richard Brownlow, John Gulston, Robert Moyl, and Thomas Cory, Esquires; and now digested into an exact method, with a Table. By R. A. of Furnival's-Inn. London: Printed for H. Twyford, T. Dring, and John Place, MDCLXI. [1661]","Law 142","

4to. 238 leaves: A-T4, Aa-Tt4, Uu2, Aaa-Xxx4.

STC A4070 [8vo.]. Sweet & Maxwell I, 178, 3. Clarke, page 279, no. 2.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

R. Aston of Furnivall's Inn, legal writer. The first edition appeared in 1660." "18840","J. 92","","","","Brown's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 213, as above.","Brown, William.","Formulæ benè Placitandi. A Book of Entries: containing variety of choice precedents, of counts, declarations, informations, pleas in barre and in abatement, continuances, replications, rejoynders, issues, verdicts, judgments after verdict, utlaries, recoveries, & avowries . . . Collected from the Manuscripts, as well of some of the late learned Prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, as of divers eminent practicers in the Court of Kings Bench; Methodically digested under apt titles with an exact table: By W. B. a Clerke of the Court of Common Pleas. Never before extant. [-Pars Secunda.] London: Printed by E. Flesher, J. Streater, H. Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkyns Esquires, for J. Place, W. Place, and Tho. Bassett, 1671, 1674. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis.","Law 171","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. 208 leaves in fours and 158 leaves in fours and sixes; separate signatures and pagination; printed in black letter. On the title-page of Pars Secunda the author's initials are replaced by his full name.

STC B5087, 5089. Sweet & Maxwell II, 71, 20.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Other works by William Brown appear in this catalogue." "18850","93","","","","Brown's Modus intrandi.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 39, as above.","Brown, William.","Modus intrandi placita generalia: The entring clerk's introduction. Being a collection of such precedents of declarations, and other pleadings, with process as well mesn as judicial, as are generally used in every days practice . . . The third edition. With considerable corrections and amendments throughout the whole book . . . By William Brown, Gent. Author of Formula bene Placitandi. [-The second part.] London: Printed by the Assigns of R. and Edw. Atkins Esquires. For J. Walthoe, 1702; For John Walthoe, 1703.","Law","

2 vol. 8vo. 232 and 172 leaves; Walthoe's advertisements in both volumes.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 72, 22.

First printed in 1674." "18860","J. 94","","","","Brownlow's brevia judicialia.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 214, as above.","Brownlow, Richard.","Brevia Judicialia: or, An exact collection of approved forms of all sorts of judiciall writs in the Common Bench, as well measne process before appearance, as execution after judgement, with the several entries thereof upon record, with further process awarded thereupon . . . Together with the returns of the said writs, and an exact table. Collected out of the Manuscripts of Richard Brownlow Esq; late Chief Prothonotary of the said Court. London: Printed for Ch. Adams, John Starkey, and Tho. Basset, 1662.","Law 174","

First Edition. Folio. 185 leaves, publishers' catalogue of books at the end.

STC B5192. Sweet & Maxwell I, 178, 9.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The initials C.H. written on the verso of the title-leaf, and numerous manuscript notes in an early hand.

With this book has been bound a copy of the 1661 edition of the Thesaurus Brevium not from Jefferson's library. The binding is probably about one hundred years old, certainly later than 1815, so was done presumably in the Library of Congress.

For Jefferson's copy of the Thesaurus Brevium see no. 1881.

Richard Brownlow, 1553-1658, was chief prothonotary of the court of common pleas." "18870","J. 95","","","","Brownlow's entries.","","fol. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 215, Brownlow's Declarations, fol.","Brownlow, Richard.","Brownlow Latinè Redivivus: A book of entries, of such declarations, informations, pleas in barr and abatement, replications, rejoynders, issues, verdicts, bills of exception to verdicts, judgments, demurrers, and other parts of pleadings, (now in use) in personal and mixt actions; contained in the first and second parts of the declarations and pleadings of Richard Brownlow Esq; late Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas: (unskilfully turned into English, and) printed in the Years 1653 and 1654. Now published in Latin, their original language; with additions of Authentick modern precedents, inserted under every title: and a copious table, after the method of Mr. Townsend. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns, Esquires; and are to be sold by S. Heyrick, T. and G. Sawbridge, and M. Gilliflower, M DC XC III. [1693]","Law 175","

First Edition. Folio. 229 leaves in fours; black letter. STC B5197. Sweet & Maxwell I, 179, 11.

Calf, rebacked and repaired; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers; some leaves foxed; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This is the first complete edition of Brownlow's entries. This copy was missing from the Library for a time. It is marked ''missing'' in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is included in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. It was recovered before the printing of the later catalogues in which it is included ,ascribed to the Jefferson collection." "18880","J. 96","","","","","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 216, Brownlow's Entries, fol.","Brownlow, Richard.","Another copy.","Law 391","Old calf with an early rebacking; many leaves waterstained. Not initialled by Jefferson and the few manuscript notes are not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "18890","J. 97","","","","Coke's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 217, as above.","Coke, Sir Edward.","A Book of Entries . . . Being very necessary to be known, and of excellent use for the modern practice of the law, many of them containing matters in law, and points of great learning. Collected and published for the common good and benefit of all the studious and learned Professors of the Laws of England. The second edition carefully corrected . . . London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns and Edward Atkins, Esquires. And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, John Place, John Bellinger [and others], Anno Dom. M. DC. LXXI. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Magistatis. [1671]","Law 188","

Folio. 731 leaves only, should be 733; black letter, double columns, Prefaces in Latin and English, text in Latin, Index in French.

STC C4908. Sweet & Maxwell I, 180, 16.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1614." "18900","J. 98","","","","Hansar's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 218, as above.","Hansard, John.","A Book of Entries: of declarations and other pleadings general and special, in the most usual actions in the Court of Kings-Bench. Also a choice collection of special writs, and their retorns. Together with observations in pleading, instructing the younger clerks in the practice of that court. From the original manuscripts in Court-hand, collected and drawn by John Hansard Gent. Late of Clements-Inn. To which are added, appeals of murder and mayheme, with variety of pleadings therein. Not printed before in any book of entries or pleadings. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For William Crook, 1685.","Law 242","

First Edition. Folio. 161 leaves in fours; black letter.

STC H660. Marvin, page 367. Sweet & Maxwell II, 76, 53.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "18910","J. 99","","","","Levintz's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 219, as above.","Levinz, Sir Creswell.","A Collection of select and modern entries of declarations, pleadings, issues, verdicts, judgments, &c. Referring to the cases in Sir Creswell Levinz's Reports; the judgment of the court being added to each president. With notes and references to the reports and entries of the law.. Written by the said Sir Creswell Levinz. Also some entries in the 10th, 11th, and 12th years of the Reign of the late King William III. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for D. Browne, T. Benskin, and J. Walthoe, 1702.","Law 99","

First Edition. Folio. 120 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by R. White after G. Kneller, with imprint.

Marvin, page 460. Sweet & Maxwell II, 78, 71. Clarke, page 286, no. 51.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Creswell Levinz, 1627-1701, serjeant-at-law, was one of the colleagues of Judge Jeffreys in the ''Bloody Assize''" "18920","J. 100","","","","Moyle's entries.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 40, as above, fol.","Moyle, Robert.","An Exact book of entries, of the most select judiciall vvrits used in the Common-Law. Translated from the originall manuscript, which was collected by the hands of that eminent clerk, Robert Moyle Esq; late one of the Prothonotaries of the Court of Common-Bench . . . Printed now for the use and benefit of all, but aimed most especially for such as are most conversant in the Common-Law. By J. H. Gent. [John Herne] . . . London: Printed for Robert Crofts, 1658.","Law 421","

First Edition. 4to. 116 leaves.

Marvin, page 531. Sweet & Maxwell I, 182, 36.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of Peyton Randolph." "18930","?J. 101","","","","Old book of entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 220, as above.","","Intrationum, liber omnibus legum Anglie studiosis apprime necessarius in se complectens diuersas formas placitor[???], tam realium, personalium, c[???] mirtorum necnon multorum breuium tam executionum c[???] aliorum valde vtilium nunc tandem in g[???]am studiosorum maiori cura et diligentia c[???] ante hac reuisus ac emendatus adiectis etiam Iudice multo c[???] ante hac castigatiore cum nonnullis alliis addita mentis hactenus non excusis nec editis cuiusquidem Iudicis ordinem series alphabetica tibi demonstrabit. [London] Excudebat Henricus Smythe c[???]morans extra Temple barre in parochia sancti Clementi ad inter sign[???] sancti Trinitatis. An. restituete salutis M. D. XLVI. [1546]","Law 254","

Folio. 270 leaves: A-D, A-Z, a-s6, black letter, title within Rastell's architectural border [McKerrow 20], woodcut initials, colophon dated 1 November, 1545.

STC 14117. Hazlitt II, 300. Marvin, page 413. Sweet & Maxwell I, 182, 31. Beale T 284.

Rebound in half morocco; a few leaves slightly wormed. Written in the lower margin of the title-page in an early hand is: This seems to be the book of Entries to which Townsend in his Tables refers and of which he says he never saw any but his own. The few manuscript notes are not by Jefferson.

This copy has been included in the Jefferson collection for some time. It is not initialled by him, and other marks of provenance if any have been lost in the rebinding.

The first edition of the Intrationum liber was printed by Pynson in 1510." "18940","J. 102","","","","Rastall's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 221, as above.","Rastell, William.","A Collection of entries of declarations, barres, replications, rejoynders, issues, verdicts, judgements, executions, proces, continuances, essoynes, and divers other matters. Newly amended, and much enlarged with many good presidents of later time, whereof divers are upon sundry statutes and noted in the end of the table . . . By the Authors epistle, and directions therein the readers are instructed to the finding out the matters contained in this book. The last edition carefully corrected. By William Rastell, Esq; London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkins, and Edward Atkins, Esquires. And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, John Place, John Bellinger [and others], MDCLXX. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. [1670]","Law 316","

Folio. 708 leaves in eights; printed in double columns; black letter.

Marvin, page 598. Sweet & Maxwell I, 184, 49.

Calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Willm. Temple £1-2-0 written in pencil on the first fly-leaf; the signature Rob: Dobyns on the title-page; manuscript marginal notes, a slip of paper inserted between folio 281 and 282, with notes written in an early hand. Domini written in ink on the inside back cover. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Rastell, 1508?-1565, was the son of John Rastell, q.v. The first edition of this work was printed by Tottell in 1566." "18950","J. 103","","","","Robinson's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 222, as above.","Robinson, Sir Thomas.","A Book of special entries of declarations, pleadings, issues, verdicts, judgments, and judicial process. In such actions as are now in use, and have not hitherto been published in any printed book of precedents together with such notes and observations as do either illustrate or explain the same . . . Collected by the particular direction of Sir Thomas Robinson, Baronet; Late Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas; from the Manuscripts of his Office. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For T. Basset, R. Chiswell, and B. Tooke, 1684.","Law 325","

First Edition. Folio. 260 leaves in fours; advertisement of books Lately Published in Large Folio at the end; black letter.

Marvin, page 615. Sweet & Maxwell II, 82, 101.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The initials JW BO written below the date in the imprint; a fragment of manuscript in an early hand written on a slip of paper and inserted between page 440 and 441; Robinsons Entries lettered in ink on the fore-edge." "18960","J. 104","","","","Thompson's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 223, as above.","","Liber Placitandi. A Book of special pleadings: containing precedents of pleas in abatement, declarations, barrs, replications, rejoynders, demurrers, issues and judgments, in the now most Common and ordinary actions . . . Also, the forms of entries in writs of error, utlaries, general issues, and judgments, intended for the benefit of the students of the Common Law, and for the use of practising clerks and attorneys. Together with a table. London: Printed for John Place, and Thomas Basset, 1674.","Law 284","

First Edition. Folio. 246 leaves in fours; black letter.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC L1951. Marvin, page 464. Sweet & Maxwell II, 78, 72. Arber I, 173.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Jon. Massall in several places; a manuscript note in an early hand written on a slip of paper and inserted between pages 20 and 21; a manuscript note on page 368 is not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work is usually cited as Thompson's Entries. Arber indexes it under ''? Thompson.''" "18970","J. 105","","","","Tremaine's [entries of] Pleas of the crown.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 224, as above.","Tremaine, Sir John.","Placita Coronæ: or Pleas of the Crown, in matters criminal and civil. Containing a large collection of modern precedents . . . With great variety of precedents, under many other heads, relating to the Crown-Law. The whole collected by the late Sir John Tremaine, Knight, Serjeant at Law. And digested and revised by the late Mr.John Rice, of Furnivals-Inn. With a compleat table to the whole. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer Esq;) for T. Ward, and T. Wotton and E. Valentine, M DCC XXIII. [1723]","Law 126","

First Edition. Folio. 364 leaves collating in twos, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 118, 47. Clarke, page 114, no. 37, and page 291, no. 90.

Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph.

Formerly in the library of Peyton Randolph.

Sir John Tremaine, d. 1694, English lawyer." "18980","J. 106","","","","Vidian's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 225, as above.","Vidian, Andrew.","The Exact Pleader: a book of entries of choice, select and special pleadings in the Court of Kings-Bench in the reign of His present Majesty King Charles II. with the method of proceeding in all manner of actions in the same Court. By Andrew Vidian Gent. Late one of the Clerks of the Papers in the said Court. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Christopher Wilkinson, Tho. Dring and Charles Harper, MDCLXXXIV. [1684]","Law 355","

First Edition. Folio. 156 leaves in fours; black letter.

Marvin, page 711. Sweet & Maxwell II, 85, 127.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig I and T. Written on the title-page in an early hand is T. Gardiner Intra Templi 1689." "18990","J. 107","","","","Winch's entries.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 226, as above.","Winch, Sir Humphrey.","Le Beau-Pledeur. A Book of Entries, containing declarations, informations, and other select and approved pleadings . . . Together with faithful references to the most authentick printed Law-Books now extant, where the cases of these entries are reported; and a more copious and useful table than hath been hitherto printed in any Book of Entries. The whole comprehending the very art and method of good pleading. By the Reverend Sir Humphrey Winch, Knight, sometime one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas. London: Printed by George Sawbridge, William Rawlins, and Samuel Roycroft, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires. For Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell, and Benjamin Tooke, MDCLXXX. [1680]","Law 362","

First Edition. Folio. 580 leaves; double columns, black letter.

Marvin, page 741. Sweet & Maxwell II, 85, 132.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers; Winch Entries lettered on the fore-edge. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the second alphabet.

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1555?-1625, English judge. This work was advertised under date June 22, 1678, to be finished in Michaelmas Term next. [Arber, Term Catalogues I, 324.]" "19000","J. 108","","","","Clerk's guide by Manly.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 41, as above.","Manley, Thomas.","The Clerks Guide, leading into three parts, viz. I. Of indentures, leases, &c. II. Letters of Attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, charter-parties, &c. III. Bills, answers, replications, rejoynders in chancery, &c. Under which are comprehended the most usual forms of clerkship. To which is added, a fourth part of fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, judgements, &c. distresses and replevins. Illustrated with cases, and the statutes relating to the same. By Tho. Manley of the Middle Temple, London, Esq; London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford and E. Flesher, Assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires, M. DC. LXXII. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. [1672]","Law 418","

First Edition. 8vo. 376 leaves, the first with woodcut Royal arms on the verso opposite the title, title for the Fourth Part on Vvi.

STC M443. Sweet & Maxwell II, 153, 35.

Old sheep, many leaves cut close or cut into. Not initialled by Jefferson. The name Daniel Call written on the leaf with Preface to the Reader, and Benjamin Atkinson his Book January 31, 1710 on a blank page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, and also that of the Washington Library.

The presence of the bookplate of the Washington Library shows this to be one of the books given into its care through an arrangement by which they were to receive the books separated from the Library of Congress for sale, to give a receipt for them, and be responsible for their return to the Library when required. See the note to no. 1793." "19010","J. 109","","","","Instructor clericalis.","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 42, as above.","[Gardiner, Robert.]","Instructor Clericalis: compleat in five parts. The first [-The fifth and last] Part . . . London: Printed, and sold by John Walthoe, 1715 [-1727].","Law 224","

5 parts in 6 vol. 8vo., with varying titles and imprints. Vol. I, 5th edition, 1715, 250 leaves, Walthoe's advertisement at the beginning; vol. II, 5th edition, 1724, 258 leaves, published by Joell Stephens whose advertisement is at the beginning; vol. III, 4th edition, 1724, printed for Walthoe, 288 leaves; vol. IV, 3rd edition, 1727, 260 leaves, imprints of Walthoe and of Stephens and their separate advertisements at the beginning; vol. V and VI, 2nd edition, 1722, for Walthoe, 194 and 209 leaves with continuous pagination and signatures, separate titles. The first part is anonymous, the other volumes are ascribed on the title-pages to R. G. a Clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas, whose initials are appended to the preliminary addresses to the Reader.

Halkett and Laing III, 162. Marvin, page 412. Sweet & Maxwell II, 75, 49.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. II-VI (Ii and Tt in vol. VI); not initialled in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. From the library of John and Peyton Randolph with their names written on the fly leaf in vol. I. Other signatures or names are Mary Burwell 1719: James Burwell (crossed out); John Chapman.

Robert Gardiner, a clerk to the Court of Common Pleas. The first edition appeared from 1697-1714." "19020","J. 110","","","","Doctrina placitandi.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 167, as above.","E[ver], S[amson.]","Doctrina Placitandi, ou l'art & Science de bon pleading: monstrant lou, & en queux Cases, & per queux persons, pleas, cy bien real, come personal ou mixt, poient estre properment pleades; & è Converso. Opus accuratè compositum elucubratione S.E. Servientis Regis ad Legem. Alphabeticalment digest desouth lour proper titles, ove un perfect table. London: Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkins Esquires, for Robert Pawlet, and are to be sold by H. Twyford, T. Basset, S. Heyrick and T. Dring, 1677.","Law 211","

4to. 212 leaves in fours; black letter.

Halkett and Laing II, 104. STC E3410. Sweet & Maxwell I, 180, 21. Marvin, page 299.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19030","J. 111","","","","Regula placitandi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 43, as above.","","Regula Placitandi. A Collection of special rules for pleading, from the declaration to the issue, in actions real, personal, and mixt; with the distinction of words to be used therein, or refused . . . With divers Precedents, illustrating and explaining the same: very useful and necessary for clerks, attorneys, solicitors, &c. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, Esquires; for Thomas Basset, and Thomas Bever, M DC XCIV. [1694]","Law 322","

8vo. 172 leaves.

Marvin, page 605. Sweet & Maxwell II, 82, 98.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The autograph signature John Wayles 2/ on the title-page and R Corbin ejus Liber written above To the Reader.

The first edition appeared in 1691." "19040","J. 112","","","","Placita generalia et specialia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 44, as above.","","Placita generalia specialia. In an exact collection of the most usefull and necessary presidents of declarations, plaints, demurrers, pleas in barr, abatement and disability, issues, verdicts, judgments by confession, and after verdict: with variety of process relating thereunto. Together with the stiles and forms of entring pleadings as well in superiour courts, as inferiour, and limited jurisdictions . . . London: Printed for Charles Harper, and John Amery, and are to be sold by George Marriott, 1674.","Law 310","

First Edition. 8vo. 364 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last leaf.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 80, 89.

Rebound in sheep; many leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Peyton Randolph Esqre 1755 written on the fly-leaf; a corner of the title-page with a written name torn away, a manuscript note on page 219 in an early hand.

Formerly in the collection of Peyton Randolph." "19050","J. 113","","","","Herne's pleader.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 227, as above.","Herne, John.","The Pleader: containing perfect presidents and formes of declarations, pleadings, issues, judgments, and proceedings, in all kinds of actions, reall, personall, and mixt; very necessary to be known, and of excellent use. Together with the termes and rolls wherein they were entred; and also diverse points of great learning, and various Notes and cases to illustrate the same. As they were drawn, entred, and taken in the times of those famous prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, Richard Brovvnlovv, Robert Moyle, John Gulston, Thomas Cory, Esqrs . . . By John Herne. With exact alphabeticall tables of all the principall matters therein contained. London: Printed for Henry Twyford, Thomas Dring, and Timothy Twyford, 1657.","Law 248","

First Edition. 384 leaves in fours and two; black letter.

STC H1574. Marvin, page 383. Sweet & Maxwell I, 182, 28.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Hern[???] Plea written in ink on the fore-edge. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; errors in the paging corrected in an early hand; some leaves foxed.

John Herne, fl. 1600, entered Lincoln's Inn in February 1635. He was the son of John Herne, counsel for Prynne, Archbishop Laud and others." "19060","J. 114","","","","Sheppard's precedents.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 45, as above.","Sheppard, William.","The President of Presidents. Or, one general president for all common assurances by deeds: being a perfect abstract of the general learning and forms of presidents, touching or any ways relating to all manner of conveyances now in use. First written by William Sheppard, Esq; and now illustrated with many excellent cases in the law . . . Of singular use and profit to all men. The third edition, corrected and amended, with many additional presidents never before printed. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for Isaac Cleave, and Robert Pawlett. MDCCIV. [1704]","Law 332","

8vo. 218 leaves, 4 leaves at the end for A Catalogue of Books printed for and sold by Thomas Ward.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 155, 48. Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was printed in 1655." "19070","J. 115","","","","Reads's declarations.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 46, as above.","Read, John.","Declarations and pleadings, commenced and entred upon record, in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, from the twelfth, to the four and twentieth year of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second, in several cases of great importance, containing variety of learning, being drawn by the most eminent pleaders of this age. Collected from the manuscripts of J. Read late of the Middle Temple. Gent. To which is added, Choice Precedents of the same Court, to this present time. By R. A. Gent. [?R. Aston] London: Printed for G. Downes, and J. Wickins, 1684.","Law 318","

First Edition. 8vo. 224 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 81, 96.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Marvin cites an edition of 1604, probably an error for 1684." "19080","J. 116","","","","Booth's real actions.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 228, as above.","Booth, George.","The Nature and practice of real actions in their writs and process, both original and judicial; together with some records in the court before the Justice of the County Palatine of Chester; proving the antiquity of the jurisdiction of that Court, and of some families. By George Booth, Esq; London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires; for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1701","Law 161","

First Edition. Folio. 164 leaves in fours; black and roman letter.

Arber, Term Catalogues III, 230. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell. Clarke, page 280, no. 7.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; on the first fly-leaf the autograph signature of J. Palmers; on the second the seal of William Temple. Bristol.

George Booth, lawyer of Chester, England." "19090","J. 117","","","","Lilly's rep. in cases in Assise. &c.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 230, Lilly's Reports, fol.","Lilly, John","Reports and pleadings of cases in Assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements; shewing the manner of proceeding in assises of novel disseisin, from the original to the judgment and execution; as well where the demandant and tenant appear, as where either of them makes default: nothing of this kind being ever before published. With observations on every case . . . To which are added, Writs of Assise, &c. By John Lilly Gent. Author of the Practical Conveyancer. To which is added, A prefatory discourse, shewing the nature of this action, and reasons for putting it in practice. [By W. Nelson] [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq; for John Hook, and Tho. Woodward, MDCCXIX. [1719]","Law 102","

First Edition. Folio. 87 leaves: []1, a-h, B-Z, As-Hh2, Ii1, Kk-Nn2, Oo1; the work ends on Gg2 recto with the word Finis, verso blank; Hh1 duplicates the text of Gg2 with the same pagination numeral, 115, without the word Finis, and the text and the pagination is then continued to page 129, sig. Mm1 followed by 4 unnumbered leaves of Table.

Marvin, page 465. Sweet & Maxwell II, 92, 43.

Clarke, page 365, no. 141.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

John Lilly, fl. 1719, of Clifford's Inn, English legal writer. The Prefatory Discourse is by William Nelson, b. 1653." "19100","J. 118","","","","Clerk of Assize.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 75, no. 47, as above.","W., T.","The Clerk of Assize, Judges-Marshall, and Cryer: being the true manner and form of the proceedings at the Assizes and generall Goale-delivery, both in the Crown Court, and Nisi Prius Court, and the right wayes of entering of all pleas, verdicts, judgments, and orders in either of the said Courts. By T. W. To which is added An ancient brief tract of the Common Lawes of England, written in Latine. London: Printed for Timothy Twyford, 1660.","Law 356","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 40 leaves including 1 blank; on D4 the half-title for Principia sive maxima Legum Anglia a Gallico sermone collecta: the second part in black letter.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Half bound by the Library of Congress, padded with blanks. The autograph signature Willm. Temple within an oval on the fly-leaf, the initials W. T. Pret [???]o and the date ?1714 (cut into); a correction in ink on the first page of text." "19110","J. 119","","","","Officium Clerici pacis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 48, as above, with reading Clericii.","W., J.","Officium Clerici Pacis: A book of indictments, informations, appeals, and inquisitions: also the manner of holding the Sessions of Peace; with divers other matters relating thereunto, and necessary to be known by Justices of the Peace. The second edition. With large additions of modern indictments, appeals, &c. As also variety of new cases relating to the Clerk of Assise, and Clerk of the Peace. London: Printed for D. Browne, and J. Walthoe, 1705.","Law 305","

8vo. 203 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 60, 41 (with date 1707).

Rebound in half cowhide. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1675. [1911]" "19120","J. 120","","","","Bohun's Institutio legalis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 49, as above.","Bohun, William.","Institutio Legalis: or, an Introduction to the study and practice of the Laws of England, as now regulated and amended by several late Statutes. Divided into four parts, viz. I. The Practice of the Court of King's Bench. II. The Practice of the Court of Common Pleas. III. The Nature of all actions usually brought in either of the said Courts. IV. The Order and method of pleading. With useful precedents throughout; and a compleat table to the whole. The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. By William Bohun, of the Middle-Temple, Esq; . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq;) for J. Walthoe, B. Motte, T. Woodward, and H. Lintot, 1732.","Law 157","

8vo. 316 leaves.

Marvin, page 132. Sweet & Maxwell II, 6, 7. Clarke, page 258, no. 14.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1708." "19130","J. 121","","","","Bohun's English lawyer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 50, as above.","Bohun, William.","The English Lawyer: shewing the nature and forms of original writs, processes and mandates, of the Courts at Westminster. As also the forms of returns and directions of writs, processes, &c. With many curious observations on the whole. Written and composed in pursuance of the late Act 4 Geo. II. Cap. 26. That all Proceedings in Courts of Justice shall be in the English Language. By William Bohun of the Middle-Temple, Esq; . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for Daniel Browne, John Shuckburgh, and Weaver Bickerton, M DCC XXXII. [1732]","Law 156","

First Edition. 8vo. 244 leaves.

Marvin, page 132. Sweet & Maxwell II, 71, 14. Clarke, page 280, no. 6.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page and on the first page of text is the autograph signature Robert Paltock; an Index written in an early hand on the blank leaf at the end." "19140","J. 122","","","","Style's practical register.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 51, Styles's Practical Register, 8vo.","Style, William.","Style's Practical Register, begun in the Reign of King Charles I. consisting of rules, orders, and the principal observations concerning the Practice of the Common Law in the Courts at Westminster. Particularly the Kings Bench, as well in matters criminal as civil. Carefully continued down to this time from modern reports. Alphabetically digested under several titles. With a table for the ready finding out of those Titles. The fourth edition with large additions [By John Lilly] . . . London: Printed for C. Harper, D. Brown, J. Walthoe and D. Midwinter, 1707.","Law 340","

8vo. 352 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the second.

Marvin, page 677. Sweet & Maxwell II, 84, 122. Cowley, 193.

Calf, rebacked and repaired: signature A misbound. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson; the correct numerals written in ink on the pages of the misbound sheet, possibly by Jefferson.

William Style, 1603-1679, English legal author. The first edition appeared in 1657." "19150","J. 123","","","","Lilly's practical register.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 229, as above.","Lilly, John.","The Practical Register: or, A general abridgment of the Law . . . Together with all the rules of the said Courts brought down to the year 1719. Collected by the Author, John Lilly, Gent. In two volumes. The second edition. In which are comprized the Rules of the respective Courts, brought down to this present year 1735, and likewise (under their several heads) all the cases reported since the Publication of the former edition. To which are added, Two Tables: one of the several Acts of Parliament mention'd and explain'd throughout this whole work; the other, of the names of the several heads contained in each volume. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter [and others], MDCCXXXV. [1735]","Law 286","

2 vol. Folio. 448 and 445 leaves in twos; publishers' advertisements in both volumes.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 78, 74. Cowley 228.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

John Lilly of Clifford's Inn. This work was adapted by Lilly from the Practical Register by William Styles [see no. 1914]. This is the second edition of Lilly's work in this form, and was originally published in 1719. See also no. 1909." "19160","J. 124","","","","The compleat attorney & Sollicitor.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 52, as above.","","The Practick Part of the Law: shewing the Office of an Attorny, and a guide for Solicitors in all the Courts of Westminster . . . To which is added the exact Table of Fees of all the said Courts at Westminster as they were delivered into the House of Commons, with the Abstract of the Parchment and Paper Act by Order of the Queen and Council. Carefully Corrected and enlarged by several Practisers of the several Courts, and brought down to the Year 1695. With a new Table of the Principal Matters. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires; for John Walthoe, 1695.","Law 313","

8vo. 3 parts in 1; 368 leaves: []4, B-Z, Aa-Pp8; A-F8, (a)8, (b)4; A8; on [A2] of the third alphabet the title for An exact Table of Fees, with imprint dated 1697; on sig. A1 of the last sheet the title for the Abstract of the Parchment and Paper Act, with imprint dated 1694; separate pagination; publisher's advertisement on Pp8. The running headlines read: The Compleat Attorny, and Solicitor.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 81, 92.

Rebound in calf, some leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition appeared in 1652." "19170","J. 125","","","","Attorney's practice in R.B. by Richardson.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 53, as above.","[Richardson, Robert.]","The Attorney's practice in the Court of King's Bench: or, an Introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that Court, as it now stands under the regulation of several late Acts of Parliament, rules and determinations of the said Court: with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, settled or drawn by Counsel; and a complete index to the whole. By a Gentleman of the Inner Temple. The third edition, with large additions. In two volumes. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for T. Woodward, and sold by J. Shuckburgh, J. Worrall, and J. Osborn, 1750.","Law 324","

2 vol. 8vo. 288 and 262 leaves, publisher's advertisement of law books in both volumes.

Halkett and Laing I, 159. Marvin, page 79. Sweet & Maxwell II, 82, 100.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.

The first edition appeared in 1739." "19180","J. 126","","","","Attorney's practice in C. B. by Richardson.","","2d. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 54, as above. 8vo.","[Richardson, Robert.]","The Attorney's practice in the Court of Common Pleas: or, an Introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that Court, as it now stands on the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules and determinations of the said court: with variety of useful and curious Precedents in English, drawn or perused by Counsel; and a complete index to the whole. By the author of The Attorney's Practice in the Court of King's Bench. The second edition, with large Additions. Vol. II. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Woodward, and sold by G. Hawkins, T. Waller, and J. Osborne, M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]","Law 323","

Vol. II only. 8vo. 270 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the first leaf, verso, recto blank.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 82, 99.

Calf, uniform with the above. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name Robert Richardson written on the title page, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.

The first edition appeared in 1741." "19190","J. 127","","","","Cooke's reports of cases of practice.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 231, as above.","[Cooke, Sir George.]","Reports and cases of practice in the Court of Common Pleas, in the Reigns of Q. Anne, K. George I. and K. George II. By a late eminent hand. With two tables; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for J. Stephens, J. Worrall, C. Ward and R. Chandler, J. Wood, and T. Waller, M.DCC.XLII.—Rules, orders and notices, in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster: from the 35th of King Henry VI. to Hilary Term the 15th of King George II. 1741. Carefully examined by the originals; With proper notes and references: And a compleat table to the whole, ib. M.DCC.XLII. [1742]","Law 73","

First Edition. Folio. 101 and 41 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

Halkett and Laing V, 98. Marvin, page 225. Sweet & Maxwell II, 89, 21 and 73, 35.

Calf, rebacked and repaired. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. On the title by Cooke is written, not by Jefferson.

Formerly in the library of Peyton Randolph.

The half-title of this book calls for another part at the beginning, not found in this volume: Rules, Orders, and Notices, in the Court of King's Bench, from the second of King James I. to Hilary Term the 15th of K. George II. 1741. with Notes, Remarks and References. [Sweet & Maxwell I, 194, 5.]

Sir George Cooke was chief prothonotary of the Common Bench." "19200","J. 128","","","","Barnes's Notes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 55, as above.","Barnes, Henry.","Notes of cases in points of practice, taken in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, from Michaelmas Term 1732, to Hilary Term 1756 inclusive . . . To which is added, a continuation of cases to the end of the Reign of King George the Second . . . By Henry Barnes, one of the Secondaries. The third edition. London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, M DCC XC. [1790]","Law 408","

8vo. 279 leaves only, should be 287, this copy lacks sig. F, 8 leaves.

Marvin, page 94. Sweet & Maxwell II, 87, 3.

Rebound in buckram in 1930. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of J. W. Eppes with his autograph signature on the title-page, and his name written in block letters in the fore-margin on page 250.

This book was on a list of law books ordered by Jefferson from Dublin, see no. 1716, 1737, 1748.

The first edition was published anonymously in 1732 by ''A Gentleman of the Middle Temple.''" "19210","J. 129","","","","Powell's Attorney's academy.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 56, as above, p 4to.","Powell, Thomas.","The Attovrney's Academy: or, the manner and forme of proceeding practically, vpon any suite, plaint or action whatsoeuer, in any Court of Record whatsoeuer, within this Kingdome . . . With the moderne and most vsuall fees of the officers and ministers of such courts. The third impression corrected and inlarged with additions of the Verge Court and others. Publisht by his Maiesties speciall priuiledge, and intended for the publike benefit of all his subjects . . . London: Printed for Benjamin Fisher, 1630.","Law 311","

4to. 160 leaves; separate signatures and pagination for The Marshalsey, or Verge-Covrt; woodcut initials and headpieces; dedications in verse to Iohn Lord Byshop of Lincolne, and Lord Keeper, and to Francis, Lord Verulam, and Viscount St. Albanes.

STC 20164. Marvin, page 580. Sweet & Maxwell I, 184, 44.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Thomas Powell, 1572?-1635?, attorney and author, was a native of Wales." "19220","J. 130","","","","Book of judgments.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 57, as above.","","Judgements as they were upon solemne arguments given in the Upper-Bench and Common-Pleas, upon the most difficult points in all manner of actions: Together with the terms and Number-Rolls, in which the same are entred. As also other speciall Judiciall proceedings in Order thereunto; taken out of the records of the same Court, very usefull for all clerks, attorneys, and others. VVith an exact alphabeticall table, wherein may be found the principall matters therein contained. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1655.","Law 414","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 184 leaves.

STC J1185. Marvin, page 430. Sweet & Maxwell I, 199, 39. Clarke, 285, 44.

Rebound in sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This work is known as the First Book of Judgments. For the Second Book of Judgments, see the following entry." "19230","J. 131","","","","Huxley of judgments.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 58, as above.","Huxley, George—Townesend, George.","A Second Book of Judgements. In real, personal, and mixt actions, and upon the Statute: all or most of them affirmed upon Writs of Error. Being, the collection of George Huxley, of Lincolns-Inne Gent. out of the choice manuscripts of Mr. Brown-lowe, and Mr. Moyle, sometimes Prothonotaries of the Common-Pleas; As also of Mr. Smythier, formerly Secondary of the same Court. Perused, transcribed, and somewhat corrected, and tabled, with addition of some notes, by George Townesend Esq; Second Prothonotary of the Common Pleas . . . London: Printed by T. R. and N. T. for George Dawes, 1674.","Law 253","

First Edition. 4to. 152 leaves only, lacks the 4th preliminary leaf; black letter.

STC H3856. Sweet & 'Maxwell I, 202, 61.

Rebound in calf; some leaves stained, first leaf backed, the last repaired and remargined. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19240","J. 132","","","","Touchstone of precedents.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 59, as above.","F., G.","The Touchstone of Precedents, relating to Judicial Proceedings at Common Law, by G.F. of Grayes-Inn, Esquire . . . London: Printed for Awnsham Churchhill, 1682.","Law 213","

8vo. 189 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. STC F22. Sweet & Maxwell II, 75, 46.

Rebound in half cowhide by the Library of Congress in June 1906. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The autograph signature James Meredith Ejus Libr. on the title-page and a manuscript poem in his hand on the last blank leaf.

This is a first edition entered in the Short Title Catalogue; according to Sweet & Maxwell there was an edition in 1681." "19250","J. 133","","","","Curson's Arcana clericalia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 60, as above.","Billinghurst, George—Curson, Henry.","Arcana Clericalia: or, The Mysteries of clerkship explained; declaring, defining, and illustrating the essential and formal parts of deeds and their nature, operation, and use. In conveying, limiting, and setling estates by deeds, fines, and recoveries . . . By H. Curson of the Inner-Temple, Gent. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for Richard Sare, and Edward Place, 1705.","Law 388","

8vo. 304 leaves, a list of Books printed for and sold by Edward Place on A4 verso, and of Books printed for Richard Sare on the last leaf.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 156, 1. Marvin, page 118.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This is the first edition edited by Henry Curson. Billinghurst's first edition appeared in 1674." "19260","J. 134","","","","Brown's entring clerk's Vade-mecum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 61, as above.","Brown, William.","The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum. Being an exact collection of precedents for declarations and pleadings in most actions . . . Being very practicable and useful to all entring-clerks and attornies in his Majesties Courts of Kings-Bench and Common-Pleas. As also to the attornies and practicers of every inferiour Court and County-Judicature. A work more useful than any hitherto Extant. Collected by William Brown, Gent. London: Printed by G. Sawbridge, W. Rawlins, and S. Roycroft; Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; for W. Jacob, and C. Smith, 1678.","Law 170","

First Edition. 8vo. 320 leaves.

STC B5085. Sweet & Maxwell II, 71, 19.

Tree sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Other works by William Brown, clerk in the Court of Common Pleas, appear in this catalogue." "19270","J. 135","","","","The Clerk's manual.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 62, as above.","","The Clerk's Manual: or, An exact collection of the most approved forms of declarations, pleas, general issues, judgments, demurrers, and most kind of writs now used in the Court of Kings Bench. With necessary instructions to all clerks, attorneys, sollicitors, &c. in the use of the same. London: Printed by George Sawbridge, William Rawlins, and Samuel Roycroft, Assigns of Edward Atkins Esq; and are to be sold by J.Harrison, and J. Hill, 1678.","Law 183","

First Edition. 8vo. 244 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC C4650. Sweet & Maxwell II, 72, 26.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig I and T. A manuscript note on page 27 in an early hand." "19280","J. 136","","","","The Clerk's assistant.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 63, as above.","F., G.","The Clerks Assistant: being a collection of true and perfect forms of declarations, pleas, replications, rejoinders, issues, verdicts, judgments, and other proceedings in personal and mixt actions, not heretofore published. Very useful to all entring clerks, attorneys, and sollicitors. London: Printed by S.R. for John Kidgell, 1683.","Law 212","

First Edition. 8vo. 260 leaves including the last blank; black letter.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC F20. Not in Sweet & Maxwell. Arber II, 61 (Feb. 1684).

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. An autograph signature on the title-page is scratched through." "19290","J. 137","","","","Trye's Jus Filizarii.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 64, as above.","Trye, John.","Jus Filizarii: or, The Filacer's Office in the Court of King's-Bench. Setting forth the Practice by Original Writ, with several Precedents and other matters relating thereunto; and also a Presentment of the Fees of all the Officers in the said Court. Very useful for the Filacers, and all other Practicers in that Court. By John Trye, of Gray's-Inn, Esq; . . . London: Printed, by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, Esquires, for Richard Tonson, 1684.","Law 353","

First Edition. 8vo. 146 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last. Address To the Impartial Reader dated from Gray's-Inn, March 27. 1684.

Marvin, page 698. Sweet & Maxwell II, 86, 5.

Rebound in sheep, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19300","J. 138","","","","Townesend's preparative to pleading.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 65, as above.","Townesend, George.","A Preparative to Pleading. Being a work intended for the instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas. By George Townesend Esq; Second Prothonotary of that Court. The third edition. To which is added, several directions, declarations, pleadings, issues and judgments, both in the Courts of King's-Bench and Common-Pleas . . . By a Clerk thereof . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Harrison, and W. Mears, 1713.","Law 351","

8vo. 250 leaves. On A8 a list of books printed for W. Mears.

Marvin, page 696. Sweet & Maxwell II, 84, 126.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; manuscript notes on pages 329 and 330 are not by him.

The first edition appeared in 1675." "19310","J. 139","","","","New Retorna brevium.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 66.","[Gardiner, Robert.]","The New Retorna Brevium: collected from the many printed law-books extant, concerning the retorn of writs in the Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, King's Bench, &c . . . With a compleat alphabetical table respecting the said several Courts in their Order. The third edition, with additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Waller, M DCC XXXVIII. [1738]","Law 225","

8vo. 268 leaves, black, roman and italic letter. To the Reader signed R.G.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 75, 51.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1707." "19320","J. 140","","","","The Complete sheriff.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 67, as above.","","The Compleat Sheriff: wherein is set forth, his office and authority; with directions, how and in what manner to execute the same, according to the Common and Statute Laws of this Kingdom, which are now in force and use: And the judgments and resolutions of the judges in divers late cases in the several courts of Westminster, relating thereunto . . . To which is added, the office and duty of coroners, and many modern adjudged cases relating to the office of a Sheriff to this Time, &c. The third edition, with large additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for John Walthoe, 1727.","Law 191","

8vo. 276 leaves; publisher's list of Law Books on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Marvin, page 645. Sweet & Maxwell II, 53, 2. Clarke, page 118, no. 45.

Calf, rebacked. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "19330","J. 141","","","","Dalton's office of sheriff.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 232, as above.","Dalton, Michael.","Officium Vicecomitum. The Office and Authority of Sheriffs: gathered out of the statutes, and books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom. By Michael Dalton, late of Lincolns Inn, Esq; and one of the Masters of the Chancery. To which is added an appendix or supplement . . . With a new and copious Table, wherein the defects and imperfections of the old Table are supplied and amended. The New matter is inserted likewise in the Table, under their proper Heads, and have this mark * set before them. Purged from the Errors of all former Impressions. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard Atkins, and Edward Atkins, Esquires. Anno Dom. MDCC. [1700]","Law 203","

Folio. 300 leaves in fours; separate title-page for the Appendix; in black, roman and italic letter.

STC D154. Marvin, page 251. Sweet & Maxwell I, 158, 2.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A few manuscript notes not by Jefferson.

Michael Dalton, d. 1648?, English legal writer. This is the last edition of the work, originally printed in 1623." "19340","J. 142","","","","Madox's Formulare Anglicanum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 233, as above.","[Madox, Thomas.]","Formulare Anglicanum: or, a collection of ancient charters and instruments of divers kinds, taken from the originals, placed under several heads, and deduced (in a series according to the order of time) from the Norman Conquest, to the end of the Reign of King Henry the VIII. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, and R. Knaplock, MDCCII. [1702]","Law 417","

First Edition. Folio. 249 leaves collating in twos, 2 folded plates, the second signed by H. Moll; title printed in red and black.

Halkett and Laing II, 313. Sweet & Maxwell I, 309, 19.

Rebound in buckram; some leaves discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Thomas Madox, 1666-1727, English legal antiquary." "19350","J. 143","","","","Accomplished Conveyancer.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 68, as above.","Jacob, Giles.","The Accomplish'd Conveyancer. Containing, the nature and kinds of deeds and instruments used in conveyancing: and an abridgement of the Law relating to all sorts of conveyances and deeds in general, with every thing belonging to them; proved by many Law-Cases and Resolutions thereupon. And also, all manner of smaller sorts of precedents . . . By Giles Jacob, Gent. Vol. I [-III]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for B. Lintott, 1714-1715.","Law 255","

3 vol. 8vo. 260, 270 and 288 leaves, the last sheet for Books Printed for J. Walthoe . . . and J. Walthoe Junr.; Advertisement of the 2 remaining volumes in each volume.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 152, 28. Calf, rebacked and repaired; some leaves badly dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Other works by Giles Jacob appear in this catalogue." "19360","J. 144","","","","Bridgman's Conveyancer.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 234, as above.","Bridgeman, Sir Orlando.","Sir Orl. Bridgman's Conveyances: being select precedents of deeds and instruments concerning the most considerable estates in England. Drawn and approved by that Honourable Person in the time of his practice. Vol. I. [-II.] The fifth edition, with large additions: and a new table to the Whole. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer Esq;) for R. Gosling, and Winstanley Battersby, M DDC XXV. [1725]","Law 390","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1. 205 and 289 leaves, vol. I, in fours, vol. II, in twos; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Van der Gucht (backed).

Marvin, page 146. Sweet & Maxwell II, 150, 6.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Title slightly defective and backed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I.

This book is unchecked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, is on the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues of the Library of Congress. The bookplates have been lost in the rebinding, but it may have been one of the books sent for a time to the Washington Library (see no. 1793).

Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1606?-1674, lord keeper, devoted himself to conveyancing during the Protectorate. The first edition of this book was posthumously published in 1682." "19370","J. 145","","","","Brydall's Conveyancer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 69, as above.","Brydall, John.","Ars transferendi Dominium. The Second Part. Or, a sure Law-Guide to the Conveyancer, consisting of many Observations and various Questions, with their Resolutions . . . By John Bridall of Lincolns Inn, Barrister . . . London: Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkyns Esquires; for Isaac Cleave, J. Hartley, and J. Deeve, R. Smith, B. Barker, n.d. [?1698.]","Law 392","

Part II only. 8vo. 116 leaves: []1, B-P8, Q3.

Not in the STC which has the first part only, 1697. Sweet & Maxwell II, 150, 7. Marvin, page 145.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of George Wythe preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson. The name Willm: Knight written on the verso of the title-leaf. The date 1698 inserted in ink below the imprint.

Neither Jefferson's manuscript nor the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue call for the second part only. The 1831 and later catalogues do call for the second part only with the date 1698, probably taken from the written date on the title-page. The two parts are frequently bound together, and it seems possible that Jefferson had the two parts in one volume. The British Museum catalogue dates the second part [?1702] which date would account for its omission from the Short Title Catalogue which lists the first part.

John Brydall, b. 1635?, English law writer, was for a time secretary to Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls. He was the author of a number of treatises." "19380","J. 146","","","","Horseman's Conveyancing.","","2d. & 3d. vols. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 235, as above.","Horsman, Gilbert.","Precedents in Conveyancing, settled and approved by Gilbert Horsman, late of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; and other eminent counsel. In three volumes, with proper tables. Volume the second [-third]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for John and Paul Knapton, M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]","Law 250","

First Edition. 2 vols. only. Folio. Vol. II, 302 leaves; vol. III, 304 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 152, 26.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Two autograph notes inserted at page 541 in vol. II, one dated 30 October 1759 addressed to Peyton Randolph by John Bell, the other undated and addressed to Mr. Attorney.

Formerly in the library of Peyton Randolph." "19390","J. 147","","","","Lilly's Conveyancer.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 236, as above.","Lilly, John.","The Practical Conveyancer: In two parts. Part I. Containing rules and instructions for drawing all sorts of conveyances of estates and interests, whether real or personal, in possession or expectancy. Also particular rules for the exposition of deeds, wills, &c. and of words used in conveyances . . . Part II. Being the first part reduced into practice, in a select collection of precedents . . . By John Lilly, Gent. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for Tho. Ward, and John Hooke, 1719.","Law 285","

First Edition. Folio. 409 leaves in twos; Law-Books printed for and sold by Thomas Ward, and John Hooke on the verso of the last leaf.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 153, 34.

Calf; some leaves foxed. The initials W J in ink on the inside back cover. Some corrections in ink in the Table could be by Jefferson. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Other works by John Lilly appear in this catalogue." "19400","J. 148","","","","Pigott's conveyancing.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 237, as above.","Pigott, Nathaniel.","New Precedents in Conveyancing: containing great variety of curious draughts many of them on special occasions, drawn or settled by Mr. Piggot, Northey, Webb, and other eminent hands; and now publish'd from original manuscripts. With a compleat table to the whole. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for John Worrall, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]","Law 309","

Folio. 304 leaves in twos, engraved vignette on the title-page, publisher's advertisement of Law-Books on the first leaf.

Marvin, page 572. Sweet & Maxwell II, 154, 42.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of George Wythe preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson; a manuscript note could be by Wythe.

From the library of George Wythe.

Nathaniel Pigott, 1661-1737, English barrister-at-law." "19410","J. 149","","","","West's Symboleography.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 70, as above.","West, William.","[The First Part of Symboleography. Which may be termed, the art, or description, of instruments and presidents. Collected by William West of the Inner Temple Esqvire . . . London: Printed for the Assignes of John More Esq., 1632.] The second part of Symboleography, newly corrected and amended, and verie much enlarged in all the foure seuerall treatises. 1 Of Fines and Concords. 2 Of Common Recoueries. 3 Of Offences and Indictments. 4 Of Compromises and Arbitrements. Whereunto is annexed another Treatise of Equitie . . . ib. Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. Cum priuilegio.","Law 360","

4to. 2 parts in 1; 311 leaves only, should be 312, lacks the first leaf with title, the last a blank; 360 leaves; partly in black letter; woodcut initials, one on C6 of part 1 with a coat of arms.

STC 25276. Sweet & Maxwell I, 312, 34.

Rebound in calf; some leaves dampstained, the last leaf defective. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William West, fl. 1568-1594, English lawyer of the Inner Temple. This work was originally published in 1590, and was revised by the author and several times reprinted." "19420","J. 150","","","","The compleat Clerk & Scrivener's guide.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 71, as above.","","The Compleat Clark, and Scriveners Guide. Containing exact draughts and presidents of all manner of assurances and instruments now in use: as they were penned and perfected by divers learned judges, eminent lawyers, and great conveyancers, both ancient and modern. Wherunto is also added a concordance of years, from the time of King Richard the third untill this present; very usefull for conveyancers and others. With an exact alphabeticall table, whereby any of the said presidents may be easily found out. London: Printed by T.R. for H. Twyford, N. Brookes, J. Place, and R. Wingate, 1655.","Law 190","

First Edition. 4to. 344 leaves, frontispiece with 9 portraits in compartments, by T. Cross; a list of books printed for Henry Twyford and partners on A4.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC C5633. Sweet & Maxwell I, 308, 5.

Tree sheep, many leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Written in the margin of page 47. Wm Archer's Book. Some manuscript notes in an early hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "19430","J. 151","","","","Covert's Scrivener's guide.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 72, as above.","Covert, Nicholas.","The Scrivener's Guide: being choice and approved forms of precedents of all sorts of business now in use and practice, in a much better method than any yet extant; and useful for all gentlemen, especially those that practice the law . . . Vol. I [-II]. By Nicholas Covert, one of the attornies of the Court of Common Pleas. The fifth edition, revised, corrected and much enlarged, with very large additions, particularly relating to bankruptcy, and the whole made agreeable to the present practice. By an able hand. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Woodward, D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, C. Hitch, and J. Hodges, M DCC XL. [1740]","Law 194","

2 vol. 8vo. 264 and 268 leaves, continuous pagination; publishers' advertisements at the beginning and end of both volumes.

Marvin, page 233. Sweet & Maxwell II, 73, 38.

Calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson with several manuscript notes by him in volume II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.

The first edition was printed in 1695." "19440","152","","","","a book of Conveyancing. [title torn off]","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 73, A book of Conveyancing, [title-page wanting] 8vo.","","","","

The only book on conveyancing in the Library of Congress without a title-page is William Sheppard's The Touch-stone of common assurances, the sixth edition, edited by Edward Hilliard, London, 1791.

This book has been in the Library of Congress for many years, but has no mark of Jefferson ownership." "19450","J. 153","","","","Staundfort's Pleas of the crown.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 74, as above, p 4to.","Stanford, Sir William.","Les Plees del Coron, diuisees in plusors titles & cõmon lieux. Per queux home pluis redement & plen airement trouer a quelque chose que il quira, touchant les dits Plees, composees per le tresreuerend Iudge Monsieur Guilliaulme Staundforde Chiualer, dernierment corrigee auecques vn Table parfaicte des choses notables contenus en ycelle, nouelment reueu & corrigee. Anno Domini 1583. In ædibus Richardi Tottellj. Cum Priuilegio. [Colophon:] Imprinted at London in Fleetestrete . . . by Rychard Tottel, An. 1583.—An Exposition of the Kinges Prærogatiue collected out of the great Abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert, and other old Writers of the Lawes of England, by the Right worshipfull Sir William Staunford . . . Imprinted at London . . . by Richard Totthil, 1590.","Law 337","

2 vol. bound together. 4to. I, 210 leaves, partly black letter, title within a woodcut border [by Hans Cranach. McKerrow 139]. II, 82 leaves.

STC 23223, 23217. Sweet & Maxwell I, 227, 20. Beale T490, 496.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the first fly-leaf is written Hugh May his Book bought ye 1st Decr 1692 pret 4[???]/6d.; on the second fly-leaf in an early hand the life of the author from Wood Athenae Oxoñ. 106b. 107a. Manuscript notes in an early hand in the Kinges Praerogatiue.

Sir William Stanford or Staunford, 1509-1558, judge. The first edition of Les Plees del coron appeared in 1557, and of the Exposition of the Kinges Praerogatiue in 1567." "19460","154","","","","Hale's history of the P. C.","","2 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 75, Hale's History of the Pleas of the Crown, 2. v. 8vo.","Hale, Sir Matthew.","Historia placitorum coronae. The History of the pleas of the Crown. By Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. Published from the original manuscripts by Sollom Emlyn, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. A new edition . . . by George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. In two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for T. Payne, P. Uriel [and others], 1778.","","

2 vol. 8vo. 376 and 302 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 58, 7.

On Jefferson's undated list of law books to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716.

First printed in 1678. For Sollom Emlyn, see also no. 1951." "19470","155","","","","Hawkin's P. C.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 238, Hawkin's Pleas of the Crown, fol.","Hawkins, William.","Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown.","","

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress, and it has not been ascertained which of the folio editions was in his library.

The book was either not delivered to Congress or disappeared at an early date. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue; the entry is omitted from the later catalogues, and is included in the manuscript list of missing books made shortly after 1815." "19480","J. 156","","","","Hale's Summary of the P. C. Hale on Sheriff's accounts. Hale's trial of witches. Hale on the provñ for the poor. in 1. vol.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 76, Hale's Summary of the P. C.—on Sheriff's accounts—his Trial of the Witches—and on the Provision for the Poor, 8vo.","Hale, Sir Matthew.","Pleas of the Crown: or, a methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject. By Sir Matthew Hale, Knight, late Chief Justice of the King's bench. The fifth edition. To which are now added, several hundred references, never before printed, to the ancient and modern books of the law. Also three other treatises by the same author; viz. of the Sheriff's Accompts, Trial of Witches, (before him) and Provisions for the Poor. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by J.N. assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq; for D. Brown, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, W. Mears, J. Brown and T. Woodward, MDCCXVI. [1716]","Law 241","

8vo. 231 leaves separate title for each treatise, list of books on the verso of the first and on the last leaf.

Marvin, page 357. Sweet & Maxwell I, 225, 11.

Rebound in buckram (sig. O8 and P1 misbound), the Pleas of the Crown (to T4) interleaved with blanks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Manuscript notes on the interleaf before Q3, and in the margins of Q3. For a note on Hale see no. 1799.

The Pleas of the Crown was first printed in 1678. The treatises Of the Sheriff's Accompts and the Trial of Witches were originally published together in 1683. Touching Provision for the Poor was one of the manuscripts found by Burnet and originally published in 1683, 12mo." "19490","J. 157","","","","Statutes on High treason.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 77, as above.","","A Collection of the several Statutes, and parts of Statutes, now in force, relating to High Treason, and Misprision of High Treason. London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1709.—A Form and method of Trial of Commoners, in Cases of High Treason, and Misprision of High Treason . . . ib. 1709.","Law 189a","

12mo. 2 parts in 1. 64 and 24 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 113, 13. Clarke, page 395, no. 7 (with date 1710).

Bound for Anne Queen of England in dark blue morocco gilt ornamental frame sides with the arms of Queen Anne in the centres, gilt back, g.e. The name R. Gelsthorp written on the title-page. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The arms on the covers are as used by Queen Anne between 6 March, 1706 and August 1, 1714. The first edition of the book appeared in 1701." "19500","J. 158","","","","Foster's crown law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 78, as above.","[Foster, Sir Michael.]","A Report of some proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal [sic] delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added discourses upon a few branches of the Crown Law. Dublin: Printed by Sarah Cotter, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]","Law 220","

8vo. 220 leaves, publisher's advertisement on 3 pages at the end.

Halkett and Laing V, 97. Sweet & Maxwell II, 90, 32.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page.

On Jefferson's catalogue of law books to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Sir Michael Foster, 1689-1763, English judge. The first edition was printed in Oxford in 1762, and the second in 1776. The Dublin edition is pirated." "19510","J. 159","","","","State trials. 6. vols. fol.—State tracts [trials] 1715-1723.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 239, no. 241 as above.","State Trials.","A Compleat Collection of State-Tryals, and proceedings upon impeachments for High Treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours; from the reign of King Henry the Fourth, to the end of the reign of Queen Anne. In four volumes. With an exact alphabetical table to the whole. London: Printed for Timothy Goodwin; John Walthoe; Benj. Tooke; John Darby; Jacob Tonson; and John Walthoe, Jun., M. DCC. XIX.—A Complete Collection of State-Trials . . . from the reign of King Richard II. to the end of the reign of King George I. The fifth [-sixth] volume. Being a Supplement to the four volumes of the first edition. London: Printed in the year M. DCC. XXX. [1719-1730]","Law 368","

First Edition. Together 6 vol. Folio. Titles printed in red and black, subscribers' names at the beginning of vol. I, printed in double columns. The collation of vol. I-IV is given in vol. I.

Marvin, page 660. Sweet & Maxwell I, 228, 3.

Calf, repaired and rebacked with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers in vol. I and II [those for no. 241 in vol. III-VI]. Initialled by Jefferson in vol. III-VI, not in vol. I and II. On the fly-leaf of vol. V is written: Peyton Randolph Esqr. Attorney Generall of Virginia.

The first four volumes were edited by Thomas Salmon, 1679-1767, English author and traveller. Volumes V and VI were edited by Sollom Emlyn, 1697-1754, and accompanied the four volumes of Salmon's work reissued by Emlyn in 1730." "19520","J. 160","","","","State trials.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 240, as above.","State Trials.","A Collection of Proceedings and Trials against State Prisoners; as well where they have had the benefit of a legal trial, as where they have been cut off by arbitrary sentences, from the Norman Conquest to this present Time . . . Being a work which gives great light into many obscure and controverted points in English History. Compiled by the editor of the four first volumes of State-Trials in folio. London: Printed for J. Wilcox [by C. Jephson], 1741.","Law 369","

Folio. 312 leaves, collates in twos, double columns, publisher's advertisement at the end, printer's imprint on the last leaf, and with his device at the end of the Preface.

Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the fly-leaf is written: The Gift of Thomas Atchison to J Wayles July 16th 1754.

From the library of J. Wayles.

Edited by Thomas Salmon." "19530","J. 161","","","","Laud's trial by Prynne.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 242, as above.","Prynne, William.","Canterburies Doome. Or the first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Lavd late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury . . . Wherein this Arch-Prelates manifold trayterous artifices to usher in Popery by degrees, are cleerly detected, and the Ecclesiasticall History of our Church-affaires, during his pontificall domination, faithfully presented to the publike view of the world. By William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire; specially deputed to this publike service, by the House of Commons Order; dated 4 Martii. 1644 . . . London: Printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark senior, 1646.","Law 380","

First Edition. Folio. 292 leaves collating chiefly in fours; engraved frontispiece by W. Hollar, engraved portrait of Laud (not found in all copies), 1 engraved plate in the text (on R1 verso).

Lowndes IV, 1988. Hazlitt II, 501. Sweet & Maxwell I, 233, 44.

Rebound in calf; the frontispiece and portrait backed (with a sheet of manuscript music and text); some leaves mutilated; many leaves damp-stained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; there is no T in the collation in which S2 is followed by V1 with a corresponding gap in the pagination, though the text is perfect. The manuscript notes and scribblings are not by Jefferson.

William Prynne, 1600-1669, English Puritan pamphleteer, wrote this account of Archbishop Laud's trial at the request of the House of Commons. No more was published." "19540","J. 162","","","","Macclesfeild's trial.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 243, Macclesfield's trial, fol.","Parker, Thomas, Earl of Macclesfield.","The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Macclesfield, in the House of Peers, for high crimes and misdemeanors; upon an impeachment by the knights citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves and of all the Commons of Great-Britain. Begun the 6th Day of May 1725, and from thence continued by several adjournments until the 27th Day of the same Month. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed by Sam Buckley in Amen-Corner, 1725.","Law 382","

Folio. 144 leaves in twos, double columns.

Howell XVI, page 767, no. 466.

Rebound in sheep in March 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Thomas Parker, First Earl of Macclesfield, 1666?-1732, was impeached in 1725, when Lord Chancellor, for having misused the funds of suitors in chancery and for other offences." "19550","J. 163","","","","Sacheverel's trial.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 244, as above.","Sacheverell, Henry.","The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, before the House of Peers, for high crimes and misdemeanors; upon an impeachment by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the name of themselves, and of all the Commons of Great Britain: begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th day of February, 1709/10; and from thence continu'd by several adjournments until the 23d Day of March following. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, MDCCX. [1710]","Law 384","

4to. 170 leaves in twos; the last leaf backed.

Howell XV, page 35, no, 442.

Rebound in calf, some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Henry Sacheverell, 1674?-1724, English political preacher. The trial was caused by the preaching, printing and distribution of two sermons declared to be malicious, scandalous and seditious libels upon the Queen and her government." "19560","J. 164","","","","Trial of Elizabeth Canning.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 245, as above.","Canning, Elizabeth.","The Trial of Elizabeth Canning, spinster, for wilful and corrupt perjury; at Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey, held by adjournment, on Monday the 29th of April. Wednesday the 1st, Friday the 3d, Saturday the 4th, Monday the 6th, Tuesday the 7th, and Wednesday the 8th of May, 1754. Before the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; Lord-Mayor of the City of London, Sir Edward Clive . . . The Honourable Heneage Legge . . . William Moreton, Esq; Recorder, and others the Justices, &c. Taken in short-hand, by Thomas Gurney, Samuel Rudd and Isaac Harman . . . London: Printed by the Authority and Appointment of the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; Lord-Mayor, for John Clarke, and sold also by M. Cooper. 1754","Law 374","

Folio. 102 leaves in twos; double columns; Books Printed for John Clarke on the verso of the last leaf; sig. Ll and Yy misbound.

Hargrave XII, 206, no. LII.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature of J Wayles on the title-page.

From the library of John Wayles.

Elizabeth Canning, 1734-1773, was found guilty and sentenced to transportation to New England for seven years. Her case is still an unsolved mystery." "19570","J. 165","","","","Trial of the Dss. of Kingston for Bigamy.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79, no. 246, as above, with reading Dutchess.","Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston.","The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in full Parliament, on Monday the 15th, Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d of April, 1776; on the last of which Days the said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]","Law 375","

4to. 90 leaves in twos.

Howell XX, page 355, no. 551.

Tree sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson; a manuscript correction on page 103 is not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol, 1720-1788, was accused of having made a bigamous marriage with the Duke of Kingston. Her life story is said to have suggested to Thackeray the character of Beatrice in Esmond and of the Baroness Bernstein in The Virginians." "19580","J. 166","","","","Trials of the rebel lords.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 247, as above.","","The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers, upon the indictments against William Earl of Kilmarnock, George Earl of Cromertie, and Arthur Lord Balmerino; for High Treason, in levying war against His Majesty: The proceeding in Westminster Hall being begun on Monday the 28th Day of July, and continued on Wednesday the 30th of July, and Friday the first of August, 1746: on the last of which days judgment of High Treason was given against them. Published by Order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley, M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]","Law 379","

Folio. 22 leaves in twos.

Hargrave IX, page 587, no. XLI.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The autograph signature J Wayles. 17/Sterling on the title-page.

William Boyd, fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, 1704-1746.

George Mackenzie, third Earl of Cromarty, d. 1766.

Arthur Elphinstone, sixth baron Balmerino, 1688-1746.

These three Rebel Lords were found guilty for their parts in the Rebellion of the Forty-Five, and sentenced to death. The first and last named were duly executed; the Earl of Cromarty received a respite and eventually a pardon." "19590","J. 167","","","","Salmon's review of the State trials.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 248, as above.","Salmon, Thomas.","A New Abridgement and critical review of the State Trials, and impeachments for High-Treason; from the Reign of King Richard II, down to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteous in the Tenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George II . . . In this Abridgement are inserted several Trials not to be found in any other Collection . . . To which is added, a Compleat Alphabetical Index of the names of the prisoners tried; the times when; their crimes, and punishments. By Mr. Salmon, editor of the State Trials at Large. London: Printed for J. and J. Hazard, W. Mears, J. Mechell, and J. Applebee, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, M.DCC.XXXVIII. Price Bound One Pound Ten Shillings. [1738]","Law 370","

Folio. 467 leaves in twos; title printed in red and black, double columns; on the last page the advertisements of various publishers.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 224, 7, with date 1737.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. From the library of Reuben Skelton with his armorial bookplate, and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "19600","J. 168","","","","Remarkeable trials at the old Bailey.","","1st. vol. 12vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 80, as above, with reading Remarkable.","","A Compleat Collection of remarkable Tryals of the most notorious malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, for near fifty years past . . . Faithfully Collected from the Books of Tryals, and papers of Mr. Smith, Mr. Allen, Mr. Wikes, and Mr. Lorrain, Ordinaries of Newgate, from the first printing of them, down to this present time: And from other authentick narratives. Vol. I. London: Printed for J. Philips; and sold by J. Brotherton and W. Meadows, and J. Roberts, 1718. Price 5 s. The Two Volumes bound.","Law 398","

First Edition. 12mo. Vol. I only. 174 leaves collating in twelves (D9-11 wrongly marked D3-5); the Dedication to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen signed N.B.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Lowndes V, 2711.

Rebound in calf. The name Sam: Edmond written on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The complete work was published in four volumes, 1718-21." "19610","J. 169","","","","History of trials.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 81, as above.","","The History of the most remarkable Tryals in Great Britain and Ireland, in capital cases . . . Both by the unusual methods of ordeal, combat, and attainder: and by the ecclesiastical, civil, and common laws of these Realms. Faithfully extracted from records, and other authentick authorities, as well manuscript as printed. In two volumes. The second edition. London: Printed for J. Pemberton, M.DCC.XXV. Price Six Shillings. [1725]","Law 377","

Vol. I only. 8vo. 234 leaves in eights; Books sold by John Pemberton on the verso of the first leaf.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Marvin. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Jefferson's copy of the second volume is no longer in the Library of Congress.

The first edition was published in 1715, 16." "19620","J. 170","","","","Burr's trial by Carpenter.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 83, as above.","","The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an indictment for treason, before the Circuit Court of the United States, held in Richmond, (Virginia), May Term, 1807: including the arguments and decisions on all the motions made during the examination and trial, and on the motion for an attachment against Gen. Wilkinson. Taken in short-hand by T. Carpenter. Vol. I. [-III.] Washington City: Printed by Westcott & Co., 1807, 8.","Law 393","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 2 parts in 1. 75 and 67 leaves with separate signatures and pagination, no title to the second part; vol. II, 233 leaves; vol. III, 237 leaves, including the last blank; the last 28 leaves for the Appendix [and Index] with separate signatures and pagination.

Sabin 9433 (with wrong collation). Wandell, page 58.

Vol. I and II in calf, vol. III in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

Jefferson is mentioned many times during the trial. At the beginning there is discussion as to whether, as President of the United States, he can be subpoenaed and forced to produce a letter from General Wilkinson to him.

Vol. I, part 2, pages 10 and 11, is printed a letter from Jefferson to George Hay, the attorney, dated from Washington, June 12, 1807. A polygraph copy in Jefferson's handwriting is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Vol. III, Appendix (A) By the President of the U. States of America, A Proclamation. Signed by the President, Th: Jefferson, and James Madison, the Secretary of State.

Appendix (G) A letter to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, signed by Jefferson and dated from Washington, January 22, 1807.

Appendix (H) A message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, signed by Jefferson and dated January 26, 1807.

Jefferson's original drafts of all these Appendices are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Appendix (Bb) A letter to General Wilkinson, signed by Jefferson and dated from Washington, January 3, 1807.

A copy of this letter in the handwriting of Isaac Coles but signed by Jefferson, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Aaron Burr, 1756-1835, tied with Jefferson for the Presidency in 1800 and became the third Vice-President of the United States. He was arrested in 1807 on a charge of treason and brought to trial before the United States circuit court at Richmond, Virginia.

In his notes and his correspondence Jefferson frequently expressed his opinion of Burr and his trial. In a note of conversations with Burr dated January 26, 1804, he wrote:

. . . I had never seen Colo. B. till he came as a member of Senate. his conduct very soon inspired me with distrust. I habitually cautioned m[???] Madison against trusting him too much . . .

At the time of the trial, in 1807, Jefferson mentioned Burr in much of his correspondence. On March 24, in a letter to Robert R. Livingston, he wrote:

. . . Burr has indeed made a most inglorious exhibition of his much over-rated talents. he is now on his way to Richmond for trial . . .

On March 26 to Colonel George Morgan:

. . . Burr is on his way to Richmond for trial, & if the judges do not discharge him before it is possible to collect the testimony from Maine to New Orleans, there can be no doubt where his history will end . . . your's was the very first intimation I had of this plot, for which it is but justice to say you have deserved well of your country . . .

On April 2, to James Bowdoin:

. . . no better proof of the good faith of the US. could have been given, than the vigour with which we have acted, & the expence incurred in suppressing the enterprize mediated lately by Burr against Mexico . . . you have doubtless seen my several messages to Congress, which give a faithful narrative of that conspiracy. Burr himself, after being disarmed by our endeavors of all his followers, escaped from the custody of the court of Mis[???]pi, but was taken near fort Stoddert, making his way to Mobile, by some country people, who brought him on as a prisoner to Richmond, where he is now under a course for trial. hitherto we have believed our law to be that suspicion on probable gounds was sufficient cause to commit a person for trial, allowing time to collect witnesses till the trial, but the judges here have decided that conclusive evidence of guilt must be ready in the moment of arrest; or they will discharge the malefactor. if this is still insisted on, Burr will be discharged; because his crimes having been sown from Maine thro' the whole line of the Western waters to N. Orleans, we cannot bring the witnesses here under 4. months. the fact is that the Federalists make Burr's cause their own, and exert their whole influence to shield him from punishment, as they did the adherents of Miranda, and it is unfortunate that federalism is still predominant in our judiciary department, which is consequently in opposition to the legislative & Executive branches, & is able to baffle their measures often . . .

Similar passages occur in other letters from Jefferson at this time." "19630","J. 171","","","","Trial of Burr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 82, as above.","","Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the Proceedings and of the Evidence exhibited on the arraignment of Aaron Burr, and others, before the Circuit Court of the United States, held in Virginia, in the year 1807. November 23, 1807. Read and referred to the committee appointed on so much of the message of the President of the 27th ultimo, as relates to enterprizes against the public peace, and to the means of preventing the same; and punishing the authors. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1807.","Law 433","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 168 and 112 leaves, the last a blank. This copy has 164 leaves only in the first part, lacks sig. 2D.

Sabin 9429. Tompkins 157. Wandell, page 140.

Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost 50 cents; rebound in blue morocco, morocco joints, by the Library of Congress; some leaves uncut. On the fly-leaf is written by Jefferson: Proceedings of the Circuit Court of the US. in the Case of Aaron Burr. On page [99] is a correction in ink, not by Jefferson. On 2 leaves at the end a manuscript index possibly by Isaac Coles.

On the second preliminary leaf is a printed statement signed by Th: Jefferson, Nov. 23, 1807 addressed ''to the senate and house of representatives of the United States,'' that he was laying a copy of these proceedings before them agreeably to the assurance given in his message at the opening of the present session of Congress.

Jefferson presented a copy of this Message to the Library of Congress. See the Annual Report of the Library Committee of the Two Houses of Congress. April 11th, 1808. [10S 1R 16.]" "19640","J. 172","","","","Lambard's Eirenarchia.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 84, as above.","Lambarde, William.","Eirenarcha: or the office of the Iustices of Peace in foure bookes. First gathered 1579. published 1581. and now fourthly reuised, corrected, and enlarged in this fortie and one yeare of the peaceable raigne of our most gracious Queene Elizabeth. By William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne, Gent . . . [The Dveties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other lowe and lay ministers of the Peace . . .] At London: Printed by Thomas Wight, and Bonham Norton, 1599. Cum priuilegio.","Law 277","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 390 leaves only, should be 392: lacks sig. F1 (replaced by a blank) and Ss1; black letter, first title within an ornamental border; the last alphabet for The Dveties of Constables.

STC 15169, 15152. Sweet & Maxwell I, 162, 20. Beale T, 395, 386.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; the first leaf of text defective, a few leaves cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a manuscript note on page 508 is not by him.

Eirenarcha was issued originally in 1581 and the Duties of Constables in 1583. They were joined in this and subsequent editions." "19650","J. 173","","","","Bolton's Justice.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 249, as above.","Bolton, Sir Richard.","A Justice of Peace for Ireland: consisting of two books: the first declaring the exercise of that office by one or more Justices of Peace out of Sessions, the second setting forth the form of proceeding in Sessions, and the matter to be enquired of, and handled therein. Composed by Sir Richard Bolton Kt. Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer in Ireland . . . With four tables; the first of the chapters: the second of all the statutes mentioned: the other two are alphabetical, the one containing all the principal matters; the other the presidents of indictments and presentments, more than have been formerly published . . . Dublin: Printed by Benjamin Tooke and John Crooke, M. DC. LXXXIII. [1683]","Law 159","

3 parts in 1 vol. Folio. 240 leaves, title-page for The Second Book dated 1682 and that for Several Presidents dated 1681; separate pagination for each part.

STC B3511. Sweet & Maxwell IV, 6. Dix II, page 198.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Charles Ward on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Richard Bolton, 1570?-1648, English lawyer, chancellor of Ireland. This work was originally published in Dublin in 1638." "19660","174","","","","Dalton's justice.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 250, as above.","Dalton, Michael.","The Countrey Justice; containing the practice of the Justices of the Peace as well in as out of their Sessions . . . By Michael Dalton . . . one of the Masters of the Chancery. Now again enlarged with many Precedents and Resolutions of the Quæres contained in the former impressions . . . By T.M. one of the same Society . . . London: Printed by John Streater, James Flesher, and Henry Twyford, Assigns of Richard Atkyns, and Edward Atkyns, Esquires. Anno Dom. 1666. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis.","Law","

Folio. 240 leaves in sixes.

STC D146. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Michael Dalton, d. 1648? English legal writer. The first edition of the Countrey Justice was published in 1618. The identity of T.M. who edited the edition of 1666 is unknown." "19670","J. 175","","","","Nelson's justice.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 85, as above.","Nelson, William.","The Office and authority of a Justice of Peace: collected out of all the books, whether of Common or Statute Law, hitherto written on that subject . . . Digested under alphabetical titles. To which are added English precedents, of indictments, warrants, &c. Never before printed . . . The eleventh edition, corrected, amended and continued down to this present year: With an introduction, shewing the antiquity and authority of Justices of the Peace, by the Common and Statute Law; also a large appendix and two tables, one of the general heads, and the other of the precedents under each head. By W. Nelson, of the Middle Temple, Esq; In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for R. Gosling, W. Mears, T. Woodward [and others], M DCC XXXVI. [1736]","Law 301","

2 vol. 8vo. 310 and 288 leaves in eights; advertisement of books Lately Published on the verso of the first leaf in vol. II.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 58, 28.

Rebound in calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at Sig. I and T.

First published in 1710." "19680","J. 176","","","","Burn's justice.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 86, as above.","Burn, Richard.","The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer. By Richard Burn, LL.D. Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. The eleventh edition. In four volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for T. Cadell (Successor to Mr. Millar), M.DCC.LXX. [1770]","Law 178","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 266 leaves; vol. II, 256 leaves; vol. III, 260 leaves; vol. IV, 294 leaves; in eights.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 55, 8. Clarke, page 117, no. 27.

Calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson and with manuscript notes by him in vol. IV on page 139 and on a slip of paper inserted at that page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Burn, 1709-1785, English legal writer, was justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland. This work was first published in 1755, and frequently reprinted." "19690","J. 177","","","","The Justice's Case law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 87, as above.","","The Justice's Case Law: being a concise abridgment of all the cases of Crown Law, relating to Justices of Peace, and their business and proceedings, with references to the Books of Reports, and other law treatises on the subject. Digested in a new alphabetical method, and very necessary to be perused by all Justices, as an immediate direction to them how to proceed on their Offices. And likewise of use to Barristers at Law, Clerks of the Peace, Coroners, &c. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for James Lacy, and John Clarke, MDCCXXXI. [1731]","Law 264","

8vo. 160 leaves in eights.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 58, 24.

Not in Cowley.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19700","J. 178","","","","Webb's Virginia justice.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 88, as above.","Webb, George.","The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace. And also the duty of sheriffs, coroners, church-wardens, surveiors of highways, constables, and officers of militia. Together with precedents of warrants, judgments, executions, and other legal process, issuable by magistrates within their respective jurisdictions, in cases civil or criminal . . . Collected from the Common and Statute Laws of England, and Acts of Assembly, now in force; and adapted to the Constitution and Practice of Virginia. By George Webb, Gent. One of His Majesty's Justices of Peace of the County of New-Kent. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks. M,DCC,XXXVI. [1736]","Law 359","

First Edition. 8vo. 189 leaves.

Sabin 102214. Evans 4101. Marvin, page 722. Wroth, no. 86. Clayton-Torrence 134.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, with manuscript additions by him on the recto and verso of the last leaf of the Table.

George Webb, 1682-1758, Virginia lawyer. This work, one of the earliest of its kind produced in the United States, is dedicated to William Gooch." "19710","J. 179","","","","Hening's Justice.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 89, as above.","Hening, William Waller.","The New Virginia Justice, comprising the Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together with a variety of useful Precedents adopted to the Laws now in Force. To which is added, An Appendix containing all the most approved forms of Conveyancing, commonly used in this country, such as Deeds, of Bargain and Sale, of Lease and Release, of Trust, Mortgages, &c.—Also the duties of a Justice of the Peace arising under the laws of the United States. By William Waller Hening, Attorney at Law. Richmond: Printed by T. Nicolson, 1795.","Law 245","

First Edition. 8vo. 280 leaves; separate signatures and pagination for the two Appendices, the first with separate title, and imprint of John Dixon. Ten leaves before the title are for the list of Subscribers' names, including that of Tho: Jefferson, Monticello.

Sabin 31340. Evans 28823. Swem 7836.

Sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Concerning this book Hening wrote to Jefferson from Charlottesville on July 24, 1794:

Being about to submit to the tribunal of the public the work in which I have been so long engaged, I feel all that diffidence which is natural to an author, particularly to one of my age. Altho' I am conscious that neither pains nor expence have been spared to render the publication worthy of that patronage which, in every stage, it has experienced; yet I am sensible that no man can be a judge of his own performances—and that where the expences of the publication are partly sustained by the subscribers, they have a right to expect some better assurances of the merit of the performance than the author himself is able to give. It is from these impressions that I have never omitted an opportunity of laying it before gentlemen eminent for their literary talents—and with this conviction, I now, presume to trouble you with the revisal of a few sheets; requesting you would candidly point out the defects in the plan and execution. It will readily be perceived that, in quoting Hale, Hawkins, and other writers on Criminal law, I have not adopted their precise words; but in every instance have varied the expression so as to suit the existing government and law of this country. Whether this practice may be deemed justifiable or not, I am at a loss to determine; but of this I am certain, that it will be more generally pleasing to the people of America, and that the magistrates in whose hands this book will principally fall will thereby be less subject to error.

This is the first edition of Hening's first book. For his most famous work see no. 1863." "19720","J. 180","","","","Book of Oaths.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 90, as above.","[Garnet, Richard.]","The Book of Oaths. And the several forms thereof, both ancient and modern faithfully collected out of sundry authentick books of records, not heretofore extant. Very useful for all persons whatsoever, especially those that undertake any Office of Magistracy or publique imployment. Whereunto is added a perfect table. London: Printed for H. Twyford, T. Bassett, B. Griffin [and others], 1689.","Law 160","

8vo. 140 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 219. STC G265. Sweet & Maxwell I, 405, 1.

Rebound in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

On the title-page and the first leaf of text is an early signature.

Second edition; the first was published in 1649." "19730","J. 181","","","","Wingate's maxims.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 251, as above.","Wingate, Edmund.","Maximes of Reason: or, the Reason of the Common Law of England. By Edmond Wingate, late of Grayes-Inn, Esq. London: Printed by R. & W. L. for W. Lee, A. Crook, D. Pakeman [and others], MDCLVIII. [1658]","Law 364","

First Edition. Folio. 373 leaves only, should be 375; collates in both fours and twos; chiefly black letter.

Marvin, page 741. Sweet & Maxwell I, 173, 10.

Calf, rebacked; some leaves stained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Some pagination numerals corrected in ink.

For a note on Wingate see no. 1819." "19740","J. 182","","","","Buller's Nisi prius.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 91, as above.","Buller, Sir Francis.","An Introduction to the Law relative to trials at Nisi Prius. The sixth edition, corrected; with additions to the present time. By Francis Buller, Esq. of the Middle Temple. Dublin: Printed for Eliz. Lynch, M,DCC,XCI. [1791]","Law 176","

8vo. 202 leaves mostly in eights.

This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell and not in Clarke. Jones, page 13.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page; manuscript note on page 10 not by Jefferson.

Listed on Jefferson's undated catalogue of law books to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Sir Francis Buller, 1746-1800, English judge. This work, based on the collections of Henry Bathurst, second Earl Bathurst, was originally published in 1772. This Dublin edition is pirated. As a student Buller lived in the house of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's father, and it was through the influence of the former that Coleridge obtained a presentation to Christ's Hospital." "19750","183","","","","Guide to English juries.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 92, as above.","","A Guide to English Juries: setting forth their Antiquity, Power, and Duty, from the Common-Law and Statutes. With a Table. By a Person of Quality. Also a Letter to the Author, upon the same Subject. London: Printed, and reprinted in Dublin and are to be sold by the Booksellers, 1725.","","

Sm. 8vo. 36 leaves in eights. Signed and dated at the end: J. M. Decemb. 29. 1681.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Marvin nor in Sweet & Maxwell. Not in Jones.

The first edition by ''M. J.'' appeared in 1682." "19760","J. 184","","","","[Gilbert's] law of Uses.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 96, [Gilbert's Law of] Uses and Trusts, 8vo.","[Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.]","The Law of Uses and Trusts: collected and digested in a proper Order, from the Reports of adjudg'd Cases, in the Courts of Law and Equity, and other Books of Authority. Together with a Treatise of Dower. To which is added, A Complete Table of all the Matters therein contain'd. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for R. Gosling, M DCC XXXIV. [1734]","Law 232","

First Edition. 8vo. 261 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf, with half title on the recto.

Halkett and Laing III, 243. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 152, 21.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, 1674-1726, English judge, was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1692 and called to the bar in 1698. In 1722 he took the degree of serjeant-at-law. He was knighted in 1725 after the resignation of Lord Macclesfield and became a commissioner for the custody of the Great Seal; shortly afterwards he was appointed lord chief baron of the exchequer." "19770","J. 185","","","","[Gilbert's] treatise of tenures.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 95, [Gilbert's Law of] Tenures, 8vo.","Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.","A Treatise of Tenures, in two parts; containing, I. The original, nature, use and effect of Feudal or Common Law tenures. II. Of Customary and Copyhold Tenures, explaining the nature and use of Copyholds, and their particular customs, with respect to the duties of the Lords, stewards, tenants, suitors, &c. By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. The third edition, to which are now added notes and references to the common and civil Law-Books of the best authority. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for D. Browne, J. Worrall, and A. Millar, 1757","Law 233","

8vo. 192 leaves, list of books by Gilbert on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank); publisher's advertisement at the foot of the last page.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 290, 44.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A manuscript note on page 137 is not by Jefferson.

First printed in Dublin, 1754." "19780","J. 186","","","","[Gilbert's] law of distresses.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 93, Gilbert's Law of Distresses, 8vo.","Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.","The Law of Distresses and Replevins, delineated. Wherein the whole law under those heads is considered; what things may, or may not be distrained; and the regular method to be pursued in suing out Replevins, &c. agreeable to the present practice. With many references to the best authorities. By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. To which is added, An appendix of English precedents in replevin. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for J. Worrall and B. Tovey, M DCC LVII. [1757]","Law 231","

First Edition. 8vo. 204 leaves in eights; publishers' advertisement of books by Gilbert at the beginning and of Law books at the end.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 143, 4.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19790","J. 187","","","","[Gilbert's] law of Ejectments.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 94, [Gilbert's Law of] Ejectments, 8vo.","[Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey.]","The Law and Practice of Ejectments: being a compendious treatise of the Common and Statute Law relating thereto: to which are added select precedents of pleas, special verdicts, judgments, executions, and proceedings in error: With two distinct tables to the whole. The second edition. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by R. and B. Nutt, and F. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Waller, M.DCC.XLI. [1741]","Law 230","

8vo. 202 leaves in eights, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf with half-title on the recto.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 135, 2.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1734." "19800","J. 188","","","","Law of Actions Trover.","","8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 109, [Law of] Trover, 8vo.","","The Law of Actions on the case for torts and wrongs; being a methodical Collection of all the cases concerning such actions. Viz. I. For Trover and conversion of goods. II. For malicious prosecutions. III. For Nusances. IV. For disceits and on warranties. V. On the common custom against carriers, innkeepers, &c. To which are added, several select precedents of declarations and pleas in such actions, and references to all that are extant in the Books of Entries. London: Printed for Thomas Trye, 1741.","Law 415","

8vo. 222 leaves, the first with a list of books printed for Thomas Trye on the verso, recto blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 64, 12.

Calf, label on the back lettered in gilt: Law of Trover. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the armorial bookplate of George Wythe, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Part of George Wythe's bequest to Jefferson.

In the edition of 1721 the title as above is preceded by the words: A Treatise of Trover and Conversion." "19810","J. 189","","","","[Law of] Commons.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 98, as above.","","The Law of Commons and Commoners; or a Treatise shewing the original and nature of common, and the several kinds thereof . . . As also the power and privileges of commoners . . . Together with the learning of prescriptions in general . . . With several forms of precedents adapted to every sort of common. The second edition, with large additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for John Walthoe, 1720.","Law 278","

8vo. 150 leaves: A6, a4, B-S8, T4, the 4 leaves of sig. a (part of the Contents) misbound at the end; the second leaf marked A4.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 136, 9.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. From the library of Lord Dunmore, with his armorial bookplate.

The first edition was published in 1698." "19820","J. 190","","","","[Law of] Bailments by Jones.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 97, as above.","Jones, Sir William.","An Essay on the Law of Bailments. By William Jones, Esq. of the Middle Temple . . . Boston: from the press of Samuel Etheridge, for John West, 1796.","Law 262","

12mo. 86 leaves only, should be 90; collates in sixes; lacks 4 leaves in the last sheet, pages 171-178; the last leaf with the list of cases is present.

Evans 30646.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. A manuscript note on page 19 is not by Jefferson.

Sir William Jones, 1746-1794, English oriental scholar, was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1774. The first edition of this work was published in London in 1781." "19830","J. 191","","","","[Law of] Covenants.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 99, as above.","","The Law of Covenants. A treatise, explaining the nature and rules of the several sorts of covenants . . . And also, the construction of several special covenants; as, to save harmless, building covenants, marriage covenants, &c. The manner of declaring and assigning the breaches; and pleadings under each proper title. With several other matters relating to covenants and bonds of performance. By the author of the Law of Ejectments. The second edition. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edw. Sayer Esq; for Samuel Butler, 1712.","Law 279","

8vo. 280 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Marvin, page 448. Sweet & Maxwell II, 135, 7.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Errors in pagination corrected in ink (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

First printed in 1711." "19840","J. 192","","","","[Law of] Ejectments.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 100, as above.","","The Law of Ejectments, or, A treatise shewing the nature of ejectione firme, the difference between it and trespass, and how to be brought or removed where the lands lie in franchises . . . As also who are good witnesses or not in the trial on ejectment . . . Together with the learning of special verdicts at large . . . Very necessary for all Lawyers, attornies, and other persons, especially at the assises, &c. London: Printed for John Deebe, 1700.","Law 280","

First Edition. 8vo. 156 leaves in eights.

STC L635 (for John Delve). Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 136, 8.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature Willm. Temple on the title-page and on the last blank. The title written in ink on the fore-edge.

In Arber's Term Catalogues the name of the publisher reads John Deere thus providing a third variant for the name." "19850","J. 193","","","","[Law of] Evidence,","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 101, as above.","","[The] Law of Evidence: wherein all the cases that have yet been printed in any of our law books or tryals, and that in any wise relate to points of evidence, are collected and methodically digested under their proper heads: with necessary tables to the whole. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assignees of Edward Sayer Esq;) for R. Gosling, 1717.","Law 281","

First Edition. 8vo. 166 leaves only, should be 168, lacks the first and last leaves with lists of law books printed for R. Gosling.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 122, 22. Clarke, page 294, 19.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Part of the title-page and the first 20 leaves of text are mutilated.

This work has been attributed to William Nelson and is quite different from that of Sir Geoffrey Gilbert with a similar title, first published in 1761." "19860","194","","","","[Law] Military of England.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 102, [Law] Military of England, 12mo.","[Jacob, Giles.]","The Law military; or a methodical collection of all the Laws and statutes relating to the armies and soldiery of Great Britain: and also to the navy-royal, cruisers, convoys, privateers, &c. under proper heads, down to this time. With an introduction to the art of war, both in the camp and the siege: articles for the better government of the British forces by land and sea, &c. and the statutes concerning Greenwich Hospital. The whole contained in two parts. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for B. Lintot, 1719.","UB625. 1719","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1; 78 leaves in twelves; the second part begins on D11 page (49). The Dedication to Colonel Alexander Jacob is signed G. J.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 181, 8.

Other works by Giles Jacob are to be found in this catalogue." "19870","195","","","","[Law Military] of the US.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 104, [Law] Military of the United States, 12mo. 1831 Catalogue, page 136. no. J. 33b, Rules and Articles for the Government of the Troops of the United States, 8vo; Washington, 1800.","","Rules and Articles, for the better government of the troops, raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay, by, and at the expence of the United States of America. City of Washington: Printed by Way & Groff, 1800.","UB500 .A2 1800","

12mo. 46 leaves: A-G6, H4.

Sabin 74064.

Some of the acts are signed by Jefferson as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate." "19880","J. 196","","","","[Law of] Mortgages.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 106, [Law of] Mortgages, 8vo.","[Carter, Samuel.]","Lex Vadiorum. The Law of Mortgages. Wherein is treated the nature of mortgages . . . Likewise of the payments of the mortgage-money . . . Also of assignments of mortgages . . . and further, of the equity of redemption . . . To which are added several cases of pawns and pledges adjudged at Common Law. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; for M. Wotton, and F. Cogan, M DCC VI. [1706]","Law 394","

First Edition. 8vo. 132 leaves in eights; list of books sold by M. Wotton and F. Cogan on the last page.

Halkett and Laing III. 344. Sweet & Maxwell II, 150, 9.

Calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is written in ink By Saml. Carter, not by Jefferson.

The second edition of this book, 1728, has the name of the author." "19890","197","","","","[Law of] Trespass.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 108, as above.","[Carter, Samuel.]","A Treatise concerning Trespasses Ui et Armis . . . A Work very useful for students and practisers of the Common Law. By the author of Lex Customaria. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esqs; for J. Walthoe, 1704.","Law","

First Edition. 8vo. 192 leaves in eights; a list of Law Books lately printed for J. Walthoe on the last 2 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 84. Sweet & Maxwell II, 63, 5." "19900","J. 198","","","","Pothier on Obligations.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 107, [Law of] Obligations by Pothier, 8vo.","Pothier, Robert Joseph.","A Treatise on Obligations, considered in a moral and legal view. Translated from the French of Pothier [by François Xavier Martin]. In two volumes. Volume the first. [-the second.] Newbern, N. C.: Martin & Ogden, 1802.","Law 422","

2 vol. 8vo. 188 and 163 leaves; list of errata at the end of vol. II.

This translation not in Grandin and not in Dupin. Tinker, page 695.

Rebound in calf, the original bookmark preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson. From the library of George Wythe, with many manuscript marginal references by him, some cut into or cut off by the binder.

This book formed part of George Wythe's bequest to Jefferson.

Robert Joseph Pothier, 1699-1772, French lawyer, was Professor of French law at Orléans. The first edition of his Traité des Obligations was published in 1761.

François Xavier Martin, 1762-1846, printer and lawyer, was born in France. He was the printer as well as the translator of this book, and, according to Professor Edward Larocque Tinker, is said to have ''propped up the French text on the type case and translated it directly into type in his composing stick.''" "19910","J. 199","","","","Baron & feme.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 110, as above, 8vo.","","Baron and Feme. A Treatise of law and equity, concerning husbands and wives . . . The third edition; in which are added many cases in law and equity, from the best books of reports. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Waller, M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738.]","Law 145","

8vo. 276 leaves, list of Books sold by T. Waller on the verso of the first leaf and on 2 leaves at the end.

Marvin, page 96. Sweet & Maxwell II, 161, 2. Clarke, page 67, no. 6.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

First published in 1700." "19920","J. 200","","","","Goodinge on Bankrupts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. III, as above.","Goodinge, Thomas.","The Law against Bankrupts: or, A treatise wherein the statutes against bankrupts are explained, by several cases, resolutions, judgments and decrees, both at Common Law, and in Chancery. Together with the learning of declarations and pleadings relating thereunto. To which are likewise added forms and directions for commissioners, and presidents fit for the perusal of all lawyers, merchants and tradesmen . . . The second edition. With several amendments and large additions. By Tho. Goodinge, Serjeant at Law. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns, Esquires; for John Hartley, 1701.","Law 237","

8vo. 208 leaves, black, roman and italic letter.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 215, 16, with date of the second edition 1704.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The autograph signatures Wil Lindsay his book 1721 and Ralph Gough his book 1722 on the first page of the Preface.

Thomas Goodinge, English barrister-at-law. The first edition was printed in 1693." "19930","J. 201","","","","Resolñs on the statutes of Bankrupts. By Billingshurst.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 112, Billinghurst on the Statutes of Bankrupts, 12mo.","Billinghurst, George.","The Judges Resolutions upon the several statutes concerning Bankrupts, with the like resolutions on the statutes of 13 Eliz. and 27 Eliz. touching fraudulent conveyances. By George Billinghurst of Grays-Inne, Esq; London: Printed for Henry Twyford, 1676.","Law 152","

First Edition. 8vo. 103 leaves in eights; printed in black and roman letter.

STC B2906. Marvin, page 118. Sweet & Maxwell I, 400, 1. Clarke, page 332, no. 2. Arber I, 263.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the I i of Congress 1822 bookplate.

George Billinghurst, English lawyer of Gray's Inn. This appears to be the first edition of this work, though Arber lists it under the heading ''Law Reprinted.''" "19940","J. 202","","","","Cooper's Bankrupt law of America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 113, as above.","Cooper, Thomas.","The Bankrupt Law of America, compared with the Bankrupt Law of England. By Thomas Cooper, of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed by John Thompson, and sold at the Aurora-Office, 1801.","Law 401","

First Edition. 8vo. 279 leaves, separate pagination for the Appendices.

Sabin 16621.

Rebound in calf; originally bound for Jefferson by John March on October 11, 1802, price 0.75. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Presentation copy from the author with his autograph inscription on the title-page: With the Authors respects to Thos. Jefferson. Prest. of the U. States.

For a note on Cooper see no. 853." "19950","J. 203","","","","The practice of Fines & Recoveries.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 114, as above.","","The Present Practice of Fines and Recoveries: with the theory belonging to each. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for T. Waller, M.DCC.LI. [1751]","Law 314","

First Edition. 8vo. 190 leaves only, should be 192; lacks 2 leaves in sig. F, Books printed for T. Waller on the verso of the first leaf, Law Books just Published on the last leaf.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 157, 11.

Rebound in calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "19960","J. 204","","","","Manwood's Forest laws.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 115, as above.","Manwood, John.","Manwood's Treatise of the Forest laws: shewing not only the laws now in force, but the original of forests, what they are, and how they differ from chases, parks, and warrens; with all such things as are incident to either: together with the proper terms of art, collected out of the Common and Statute Laws of this Realm; as also from the Assises and Iters of Pickering and Lancaster, and several other ancient and learned authors . . . The whole digested under proper titles in an alphabetical order. The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. By William Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq; [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. Nutt, (Executrix of J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq;) for B. Lintott, R. Gosling, J. Pemberton, and T. Ward, 1717.","Law 292","

8vo. 233 leaves in eights.

Marvin, page 497 (with date 1718). Sweet & Maxwell I, 298, 12.

Calf, gilt back; some leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Manwood, d. 1610, barrister of Lincoln's Inn, was a gamekeeper of Waltham Forest and a justice of the New Forest. The first edition of this work was printed for private circulation in 1592, the first published edition appeared in 1598." "19970","J. 205","","","","Nelson's Game law.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 116, as above.","Nelson, William.","The Laws of England concerning the game, of hunting, hawking, fishing and fowling, &c. And of forests, chases, parks, warrens, deer, doves, dove-cotes, conies, and all other game in general . . . The whole being a compleat collection of all the Statute-Law concerning the game . . . Together with the nature of, and proceedings in, the several Courts belonging to a forest . . . By William Nelson of the Middle-Temple, Esq; to which are now added, (never before printed) English forms of convictions, declarations, indictments, justifications, licenses, mittimus's, pleas, warrants, &c. Digested under proper titles, in an alphabetical order. The third edition, with large additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for Ward and Chandler, and sold by Edward Withers, 1736. Price 2s. 6d.","Law 299","

12mo. 149 leaves in twelves.

Not in Marvin. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell, not in Clarke, and not in Schwerdt.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The first edition appeared in 1727." "19980","J. 206","","","","The Tenant's law.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 117, as above.","","Tenants Law: or, the laws concerning landlords, tenants and farmers . . . Useful for all landlords, tenants, farmers, stewards, agents, solicitors and others, concerned in the buying, selling, or letting estates. The thirteenth edition, with all the modern cases . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for T. Waller, 1750.","Law 346","

12mo. 174 leaves in twelves,

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 144, 12.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.

This book was frequently reprinted. The first edition given by Sweet & Maxwell is that of 1718." "19990","J. 207","","","","The Woman's lawyer.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 118, as above.","","The Lavves resolvtions of women's rights: or, the lavves provision for woemen. A methodicall collection of such statutes and customes, with the cases, opinions, arguments and points of learning in the law, as doe properly concerne women. Together with a compendious Table, whereby the chiefe matters in this booke contained, may be the more readily found. London: Printed by the assignes of Iohn More Esq. and are to be sold by Iohn Grove, 1632.","Law 283","

First Edition. 4to. 209 leaves, printed in black letter.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC 7437. Marvin, page 743. Sweet & Maxwell I, 319, 5.

Tree sheep, y. e., some leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the autograph signature Wm. Sherwood on the title-page. A manuscript note on page 126 is not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work has been ascribed to Mr. Justice Dodderidge. The Preface is signed I. L., and the Epistle to the Reader T. E." "20000","J. 208","","","","Somner's treatise of Gavelkind.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 119, as above.","Somner, William.","A Treatise of Gavelkind, both name and thing. Shewing the true etymologie and derivation of the one, the nature, antiquity, and original of the other. With sundry emergent observations, both pleasant and profitable to be known of Kentishmen and others, especially such as are studious, either of the ancient custome, or the Common Law of this Kingdome. By (a Well-willer to both) William Somner. The second edition corrected from the many errors of the former impression. To which is added, the Life of the Author, written, newly revis'd, and much enlarged by the present Lord Bishop of Peterborough . . . London: Printed for F. Gyles, J. Woodman and D. Lyon, and C. Davis, M,DCC,XXVI. [1726]","Law 335","

4to. 189 leaves in fours; engraved memorial tablet as frontispiece; title printed in red and black. On sig. T1, at the end of Kennett's life of Somner, is a list of Mr. Somner's Posthumous Manuscripts, now in the Library of Christ's-Church Canterbury.

Marvin, page 654. Sweet & Maxwell I, 307, 19.

Panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved on the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I (twice) and at T in the second set of signatures. On the front fly-leaf is written in an early hand the price, 12/6.

William Somner, 1598-1669, Anglo-Saxon scholar. The first edition of this work was published in 1660. This edition of 1726 is the first edition edited by White Kennett (''the present Lord Bishop of Peterborough'')." "20010","J. 209","","","","Taylor's Gavelkind.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 120, as above.","Taylor, Silas.","The History of Gavel-Kind, with the etymology thereof; containing also an assertion that our English Laws are for the most part those that were used by the antient Brytains, notwithstanding the several Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; with some observations and remarks upon many especial occurrences of British and English History. By Silas Taylor Gent. To which is added a short History of William the Conquerour, written in Latin by an anonymus Author, in the time of Henry the First . . . London: Printed for John Starkey, 1663.","Law 345","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1. 119 leaves, the last a folded table; on Bb1 the title for Brevis Relatio de Willelmo.

Marvin, page 686. Sweet & Maxwell I, 307, 20. Hazlitt 3, 246.

Sprinkled calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new end papers; several leaves remargined, the folded table defective and backed. The names Wm. Bates and Wm. Leigh written on the title-page and on the first page of text and the second title respectively; manuscript notes in an early hand. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Silas Taylor, alias Domville, 1624-1678, English antiquary, obtained material for his antiquarian works during the Commonwealth by ransacking the Cathedral libraries for manuscripts. In this work he assigns the name and the custom of Gavelkind to an earlier period than that fixed by his predecessor William Somner, see no. 2000 above. The Latin tract on William the Conqueror was communicated to Taylor from the Bodleian Library by Thomas Barlow, the then librarian. It was entered by Jefferson separately in chapter 3." "20020","J. 210","","","","Bohun's Customs of London.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 121, as above.","Bohun, William.","Privilegia Londini: or, the rights, liberties, privileges, laws, and customs, of the City of London . . . The third edition, with large additions. By W. Bohun, of the Middle-Temple, Esq; London: Printed for D. Browne, W. Mears, R. Gosling [and others], M.DCC.XXIII. [1723]","JS3562 .B6","

8vo. 280 leaves: A-S8, *T8, *U4, T-Z, Aa-Kk8, Ll4, the starred signatures with bracketed pagination.

Marvin, page 132. Sweet & Maxwell I, 275, 7.

Rebound in calf, sig. M misbound. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and *T." "20030","J. 211","","","","Quo Warranto of the City of London.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 78, no. 252, as above.","London.","The Pleadings and arguments and other proceedings in the Court of Kings-Bench upon the Quo Warranto, touching the charter of the City of London; with the judgment entred thereupon. The whole pleadings faithfully taken from the record. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for Tho. Dring and Benj. Tooke, 1690.","Law 289","

First Edition. Folio. 113 leaves in both fours and twos; separate pagination and signatures for the various parts; gaps in the pagination; printed in black letter.

Not in Sweet & Maxwell. Clarke, page 26, no. 95. Arber, Term Catalogues II, 313.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. [I]. The few manuscript notes are not by Jefferson. From the library of the Honble. Sr. James Mountague with his armorial bookplate pasted on the verso of the title-leaf.

The case of the Quo Warranto, published in 1690, is included in this work." "20040","J. 212","","","","Compleat English Copyholder.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 122, as above.","Shower, Sir Bartholomew.","The Compleat English Copyholder: or, a guide to Lords of Manors, Justices of the Peace, tenants, stewards, attornies, bailiffs, constables, gamekeepers, haywards, reeves, surveyors of the highways, &c. being the Common and Statute Law of England, together with the adjudged cases relating to manors, copyhold estates, Courts-Leet and Courts-Baron, Common Placed . . . With directions for distraining for rent; by the late Sir Bartholomew Shower. Vol. I [-II]. By a Gentleman of the Inner Temple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for Innys and Manby, Batley and Wood, Ward and Chandler, and sold at their shop in Scarborough, M DCC XXXV. [1735]","Law 333","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 196 and 145 leaves in eights with continuous signatures and pagination; publishers' advertisement on the last leaf in vol. II.

Halkett and Laing I, 392. Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 246, 7.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and Ii and Tt.

Sir Bartholomew Shower, 1658-1701, Recorder of the City of London." "20050","J. 213","","","","Dalrymple's essay on Feudal property.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 123, as above.","Dalrymple, Sir John.","An Essay towards a general history of Feudal property in Great Britain . . . By John Dalrymple, Esq; the third edition . . . London: Printed for A. Millar MDCCLVIII. [1758]","Law 202","

8vo. 176 leaves in eights.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 282, 4.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, a small ef added after sig. I, possibly by another hand.

Sir John Dalrymple, fourth baronet of Cranstoun, 1726-1810, Scottish advocate. The first edition of this work, which is dedicated to the Honourable Henry Home of Kaims, was published in 1757. Dalrymple was the author of several books and also experimented in chemistry, discovering the art of making soap from herrings." "20060","J. 214","","","","Robinson's discourse on Inheritance.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 78. no. 124, as above.","Robinson, Robert.","A Discourse concerning Inheritances in fee simple: With a Kalendar of all the persons who are inheritable . . . By the Right Honourable Robert Robinson, Lord Chief Justice of Gibraltar . . . The Third Edition: to which is now added an appendix, containing the draught of a Bill, intended to be offered to the Consideration of Parliament, for the amendment of the law, in some necessary and important respects, relating to Descents in Fee Simple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, and sold by W. Wyatt, J. Worrall, W. Sandby [and others], M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]","Law 326","

8vo. 63 leaves in fours; the last 3 leaves for the Appendix with continuous signatures and separate pagination; the Kalendar on 2 folded leaves; Author's Advertisement to the Reader; concerning this present Edition dated 19 Decem. 1754. Preface dated from Lincoln's Inn, 27 August 1736.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 148, 15 (without date).

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with manuscript corrections by him on page 72 and a note on page (4) of the Appendix." "20070","J. 215","","","","Ld. Kaim's British antiquities.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 125, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Essays upon several subjects concerning British Antiquities; viz. I. Introduction of the Feudal Law into Scotland. II. Constitution of Parliament. III. Honour. Dignity. IV. Succession or descent. With an Appendix, upon hereditary and indefeasible right. Composed anno MDCCXLV. The third edition. With additions and alterations. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, MDCCLXIII. [1763]","Law 266","

12mo. 110 leaves in sixes.

Halkett and Laing II, 213. Marvin, page 394. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.

Old calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. by Ld. Kame written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

The first edition was printed in Edinburgh in 1747. A number of works by this author appear in this catalogue." "20080","J. 216","","","","Ld. Kaim's Law-tracts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 126, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Historical Law-Tracts. The second edition. Edinburgh: Printed by A. Kincaid, for A. Millar in the Strand, London; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, MDCCLXI. [1761]","Law 267","

8vo. 240 leaves in eights.

Halkett and Laing III, 52. Marvin, page 395. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The author's name written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

The first edition was issued anonymously in 1758." "20090","J. 217","","","","Blackstone's Law-tracts.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 127, as above.","Blackstone, Sir William.","Law Tracts, in two volumes, by William Blackstone, Esq. Vol. I [-II]. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, M.DCC.LXII. [1762]","Law 154","

First Collected Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 134 leaves, 2 engraved tables, 1 folded; vol. II, 134 leaves, 8 engraved plates.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 15, 4. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, page 97.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes; the autograph signature D Carr on the title-page of vol. I.

Dabney Carr, whose name is on the title-page of vol. I was Jefferson's nephew, and it was to him that the former gave a part of the law library of George Wythe in the belief that in this disposition of them he fulfills the philanthropic views of the testator [i. e. Wythe] more exactly than by retaining them himself." "20100","J. 218","","","","Barry's Irish tenures.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 253, as above.","Barry, James, Baron Santry.","[The Case of Tenvres upon the commission of defective titles, argued by all the Judges of Ireland, with their resolution and the reasons of their resolution. Dublin: Imprinted by the Society of Stationers, Printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1637.]","Law 146","

First Edition. Folio. Large Paper, measuring 11⅜ by 7¼ inches. 32 leaves only, lacks the first leaf with title, half title for The Order of the Councell on H3.

STC 1530. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell. Dix, page 68.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Manuscript marginal notes, not by Jefferson.

James Barry, Baron Santry, 1603-1673, was chief justice of the King's Bench in Ireland. This copy appears to be of the first edition, though from the available collations it could be also of the second edition, 1639. Copies of both editions are extremely rare." "20110","219","","","","Spelman's law terms.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 128, as above.","Spelman, Sir Henry.","De Terminis Juridicis: or the Law Terms . . . wherein the laws of the Jews, Grecians, Romans, Saxons and Normans, relating to this subject, are fully explained. London, 1684.","","

First Edition. 12mo. No copy was seen for collation. 46 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell, I, 410, 38. Arber, Term Catalogues, II, 45, 2 (Printed for Matthew Gilliflower, Michaelmas Term, 1683, 8vo.).

This treatise was originally prepared in 1614 for the Society of Antiquaries; this Society was suppressed before the paper was read, and it was not published until 1684." "20120","J. 220","","","","Brook's reading on the stat. of limitations.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 75. no. 129, as above.","Brooke, Sir Robert.","The Reading of that famous lawyer Sr. Robert Brook Kt. upon the Statute of Limitations, 32.H.8. Cap. 2. London: Printed for Hen. Twyford, 1647.","Law 169","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 91 leaves only, should be 94, lacks 1 leaf of text (N1) and the first and last blank, woodcut device on the title-page.

STC B4897. Sweet & Maxwell I, 178, 8.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page the autograph signature Robt. Beverley Med. Temp. Augt 1710, and a few manuscript marginal corrections.

For a note on Sir Robert Brooke, see no. 1777." "20130","J. 221","","","","Chancellr. Ellesmere's speech on the Postnati.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 75, no. 130, as above.","Egerton, Sir Thomas, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley.","The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Eschequer Chamber, touching the Post-nati. London: Printed for the Societie of Stationers. An. 1609.","Law 209","

First Edition. 4to. 64 leaves, the first and last leaves blank and lacking, woodcuts on the title-page, padded with blanks at the end.

STC 7540. Hazlitt III, 72.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. An illegible autograph signature on the fly-leaf, manuscript notes in an early hand on the first page of text.

Sir Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, 1540?-1617, Lord Chancellor. This was his only published work and established the status in England of Scottish persons born after the accession of James I. Egerton founded the library at Bridgewater House, now in the Huntington Library, California." "20140","J. 222","","","","Egerton's observñs on Coke's reports.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 254, as above, with reading Observations.","Egerton, Sir Thomas, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley.","The Lord Chancellor Egerton's Observations on the Lord Coke's Reports: particularly in the debate of causes relating to the Right of the Church; the Power of the King's Prerogative; the Jurisdiction of Courts; or, the Interest of the Subject. London: Printed by John Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for Bernard Lintott. [n. d. c. 1710.] Price one shilling six pence.","Law 208","

First Edition. Folio. 16 leaves in twos; black letter.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 197, 20.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Interleaved with blanks by an early owner, and padded with blanks at the end. Not initialled by Jefferson.

From the library of John Randolph, with his autograph signature on a fly-leaf at the beginning.

This work was edited by George Paul about 1710, but it is doubtful if Egerton were the author." "20150","J. 223","","","","Ld. Somers argum' in the Banker's case.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 131, as above, p 4to. with the reading Argument.","Somers, John, Baron Somers.","The Argument of the Lord Keeper Sommers, on his giving Judgment in the Bankers Case: deliver'd in the Exchequer-Chamber, June 23, 1696. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for S. Billingsley, 1733.","Law 334","

First Edition. 4to. Large Paper. 65 leaves in fours.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. A manuscript correction on page 25 is not by Jefferson.

John Somers, Baron Somers, 1651-1716, Lord Chancellor of England. The case in question was that of the bankers who had recovered judgment in the Court of Exchequer for arrears of interest due to them as assignees of certain perpetual annuities charged by Charles II upon the hereditary excise as security for advances, and was the most important case to come before Somers in the Exchequer chamber." "20160","224","","","","Ld. Raymond's argum. in B. R. inter Dr. Bentley & Bp. of Ely. M. S.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 77, no. 255. L. Raymond's Argument in B. R. inter Dr. Bentley & Bp. of Ely MS. fol.","","","","This manuscript is no longer in the Library of Congress. For Lord Raymond see no. 2077." "20170","J. 225","","","","Annesley's case.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 132, as above.","Annesley, James.","[The Case of James Annesley, Esq. London? 1751?]","Law 371","

12mo. Imperfect copy, lacks all before C2, page 27, and after page 190, sig. I11.

Rebound in a half binding by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

James Annesley, 1715-1760, the claimant to the Earldom of Anglesey, held by his uncle Richard, Earl of Anglesey, was for a time sold into slavery in America. The trials are reported in Howell's State Trials, vol. XVI and XVII. The story was used by Scott in Guy Mannering and by Charles Reade in The Wandering Heir." "20180","J. 226","Law tracts. viz Varnum's case of Trevett & Weedon on the tender of paper money—the case of Stuart & Somerset a negro. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 134, as above, in abbreviated form.","Two tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]Law 354[/TBE]","Varnum's case of Trevett & Weedon on the tender of paper money.","i.","","","Varnum, James Mitchell.","The Case, Trevett against Weeden: on information and complaint, for refusing Paper Bills in payment for butcher's meat, in market, at par with specie. Tried before the Honourable Superior Court, in the County of Newport, September Term, 1786. Also, the Case of the Judges of said Court, before the Honourable General Assembly, at Providence, October Session, 1786, on citation, for dismissing said complaint . . . By James M. Varnum, Esq; Major-General of the State of Rhode-Island, &c. Counsellor at Law, and Member of Congress for said State. Providence: Printed by John Carter, 1787.","","

Sm. Folio. 32 leaves.

Sabin 98638. Evans 20825. Rhode Island Imprints, page 52. Alden 1105.

His Excellency Thomas Jefferson from his friend David Howell written on the verso of the title-page.

James Mitchell Varnum, 1748-1789, lawyer and Revolutionary soldier.

David Howell, 1747-1824, a friend of Jefferson with whom he had much correspondence, was an associate judge of the Supreme Court, and in 1794 was appointed a boundary commissioner in connection with Jay's Treaty." "20190","J. 226","Law tracts. viz Varnum's case of Trevett & Weedon on the tender of paper money—the case of Stuart & Somerset a negro. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 134, as above, in abbreviated form.","Two tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]Law 354[/TBE]","the case of Stuart & Somerset a negro.","ii.","","","","The case of James Sommersett, a Negro, on a Habeas Corpus, King's Bench, 1771 and 1772. [London, 1781.]","","

Folio, 5 leaves, printed in double columns, being pages 339 to 348 of Hargrave's State Trials, vol. XI, no. VII, with caption title. These leaves are preceded by the last leaf of no. VI. The Case of the Lord-Mayor of London, pages 337, 338.

The folio leaves folded to quarto size to fit into the volume.

Contains the argument of Mr. Hargrave for the negro, James Sommersett, who had been brought by Mr. Steuart to England. The case was tried before Lord Mansfield." "20200","227","","","","Law pamphlets. Rules of the army & navy of the US. [Law] of Army & Navy of US.","","8vo., 12mo., 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 104, [Law Military] of the Army and Navy of the United States, 12mo.","","","","

This entry occurs twice in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, as shown above, once under the general heading Law Pamphlets, and reentered in its appropriate place.

It is not clear whether the entries refer to two separate pamphlets bound together (with others) or whether Jefferson's title refers to one publication. The entry is checked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, but is omitted from the later catalogues. It is possible it may be another entry for no. 1987 above.

A volume of Law pamphlets was bound for Jefferson, ''double lettered'' by John March, in August, 1805, price 62½ cents." "20210","J. 228","","","","Macomb's treatise on Martial law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77. no. 105, Martial Law and Courts Martial, of the U.S. by Macomb, 8vo.","Macomb, Alexander.","A Treatise on Martial Law, and Courts-Martial; as practised in the United States of America. Published by Order of the United States Military Philosophical Society. By Alexander Macomb, Esq. Major in the United States Corps of Engineers, late Judge-Advocate on several special trials, M.U.S.M.P.S. &c. &c. Charleston, (S.C.): Printed and published, for the author, by J. Hoff, 1809.","UB843 .M3","

First Edition. 8vo. 172 leaves.

Sabin 43611.

Presentation binding of red morocco, gilt, lettered on the front cover: Thos Jefferson Esqr./ Late President/of the United States./ From the/ Author/; gilt back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on October 1, 1809:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Majr Macomb and returns his thanks for the copy of his treatise on Martial law which he was so kind as to send him, & which he was pleased to see made public in so well digested a form. he has too long delayed this acknolegement from a desire to learn to what place it should be directed; but has at length thought it best to send it through the medium of the War-office.

Alexander Macomb, 1782-1841, soldier, became eventually the senior major-general and commanding general of the United States. In the Preface to this work he states that his treatise is principally compiled from the very excellent Essay on Military Law, by the Honorable Alexander Fraser Tytler, formerly Judge-Advocate of North Britain, published in 1800." "20220","J. 229","","","","an Essay on the freedom of the press. by Hortensius.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 77, no. 133 [in Law Pamphlets. 8vo]","[Hay, George.]","An Essay on the Liberty of the Press. Respectfully inscribed to the Republican Printers throughout the United States. By Hortensius. [An Essay on the Liberty of the Press, shewing, that the requisition of security for good behaviour from libellers, is perfectly compatible with the Constitution and Laws of Virginia. By George Hay. Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior, 1803.] Philadelphia printed, 1799. Richmond: Re-printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior, 1803.","Law 244","

8vo. 2 parts in 1 with continuous signatures and separate pagination. 40 leaves: [ ]4, B-K4, the last a blank; pp. (1)-(30); (1)-(48).

Sabin 30997 (inaccurate entry).

Rebound in a half binding. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has written the name of the author beside the pseudonym on the first title. Some leaves cut into at the head.

References to Jefferson occur on pages 5 and 6.

George Hay, 1765-1830, a native of Williamsburg, Virginia, was a lawyer by profession and a Jeffersonian republican in politics. On becoming President, Jefferson appointed Hay United States Attorney for the District of Virginia in which capacity he conducted the prosecution of Aaron Burr. He was one of the lawyers for Jefferson in the Batture case.

This is the first edition of the second part of this work, which is addressed from Richmond, December 26, 1802, and August 1803." "20230","J. 230","","","","Bellew's Richard II.","","16s. . . . . 1R.2.—23.R.2.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 135, as above.","Bellewe, Richard.","Les Ans dv Roy Richard le Second collect' ensembl' hors de les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke per Richard Bellevve de Lincolns Inne. 1585. Quesq3 un table a [???] annexe. At London: Imprinted by Robert Robinson. [1585.]","Law 150","

First Edition. 8vo. 179 leaves only, should be 180 (lacks the last leaf with the colophon), printed in black letter; title within an ornamental woodcut border. The missing colophon reads: Imprinted at London by R. Robinson, T. Dunne, Th. Hanylande, Ia. Bowring, and Th. Morris. The 17. of Ianuary. 1585. This copy is of the issue with the verso of the first leaf blank.

STC 1848. Cowley 81. Beale, R 478. Sweet & Maxwell I, 194, 3.

Tree sheep, headlines badly cut into. On the title-page is written Sum Johis Wentworth, and in another hand Ex Libr. Ed. Hill. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Bellewe, fl. 1585, legal reporter. The reports are in Norman French." "20240","J. 231","","","","Keilwey's reports . . .. . . . . 12.H.7.-----21.H.8. [Dalison. [with Keilwey.] . . . . . 1.Mar.-----7.El. [Dalison. [with Benloe.] . . . . . 38.H.8.-----16.El. [Benloe. [with Keilwey.] . . . . . 6.H.8.-----20.El.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 256, as above, fol.","Keilway, Robert--Dalison, Sir William—Bendlowes, William.","Reports d'ascuns Cases (qui ont evenus aux temps du Roy Henry le septiême . . . & du tres illustre Roy Henry le huitiesme . . .) Seligès hors des papieres de Robert Keilwey Esq; par Jean Croke Sergeant al Ley . . . Ovesque les Reports d'ascuns Cases prises per le reverend Juge Guilleaume Dallison un des Justices del Bank le Roy, au temps de la Reyne Elizabeth & per Guilleaume Bendloe Serjeant al Ley au temps de la mesme Royne . . . Avec une table des principales matieres. La tierce Edition . . . Ovesque une table des noms des cases. London: Printed for Charles Harper, William Crooke and Richard Tonson, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688.]","Law 94","

Folio. 236 leaves collating in sixes: printed in black letter.

STC K134. Sweet & Maxwell 1, 199, 41.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph inlaid in the new end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Inlaid inside the front cover above the bookplates is a slip of paper with a note in the handwriting of Sir John Randolph with his signature.

Robert Keilway, 1497-1581, law reporter.

Sir John Croke, 1553-1620, judge and recorder of London. His first edition of Keilway's Reports was published in 1602.

For Dalison and Bendlowes see no. 2025. The cases here reported are not the same as those in no. 2043 but are identical with those printed in the 1609 edition of Ashe's Tables to the Year Books." "20250","J. 232","","","","Benloe. [new] . . . . . . 32.E.3.—21.El.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 257, as above.","Bendlowes, William.-Dalison, Sir William.","Les Reports de Gulielme Benloe Serjeant del Ley, des divers Pleadings et Cases en le Court del Comon-bank, en le several Roignes de les tres Hault & Excellent Princes, le Roy Henry VII. Henry VIII. Edw. VI. & le Roignes Mary & Elizabeth. Ove mult references al lieuvres del Comen Ley, ovesque deux Tables l'une des Nosmes des Cases l'autre des principal Matters conteinus en yceux. London: Printed by the Assigns of R. and E. Atkins, Esquires, for Samuel Keble, Daniel Brown, Isaac Cleave, and William Rogers, MDCLXXXIX.—Les Reports des divers special cases adjudge en le court del common Bank en les reignes de . . . Hen. VIII. Edw. VI. et les reignes Mar. et Eliz. Colligees par Gulielme Dalison un des Justices del Bank le Roy. Ove deux Tables, l'une conteinant le nosmes des Cases, l'auter le principal matter en le dit Livre. ib. 1689.","Law 58","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. Folio. 164 and 66 leaves collating in fours; printed partly in black letter.

STC B1870, D136. Marvin, page 249. Sweet & Maxwell I, 197, 27. Clarke, page 349, no. 23.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new linings.

These reports, described by Jefferson and so in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue as ''Benloe [new]'' should properly have been described as ''Benloe [old]''. For the real ''Benloe. new'' see no. 2043.

William Bendlowes, 1516-1584, English serjeant-at-law. This was the first edition of his Reports and was edited by John Rowe.

Sir William Dalison, d. 1559, English judge. Many of the Reports attributed to him and published in this volume with Bendlowe's Reports were decided after his death." "20260","J. 233","","","","Plowden Fr. . . . . . 4.E.6.—26. El.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 25, as above, fol.","Plowden, Edmund.","1578. Les Commentaries, ou Reportes de Edmunde Plowden vn apprentice de le comen ley, de diuers cases esteants matters en ley, & de les Arguments sur yceux, en les temps des Raygnes le Roye Edwarde le size, le Roigne Mary, le Roy & Roigne Phillip & Mary, & le Roigne Elizabeth. Ouesque vn Table perfect des choses notables contenus en ycell, nouelment compose per William Fletevvoode Recorder de Loundres, & iammes cy deuaunt imprime . . . In aedibus Richardi Tottelli. Octobris 20. Cum Priuilegio. [1578.]—[Cy ensuont certeyne Cases Reportes per Edmunde Plowden . . . puis le primer imprimier de ses Commentaries, & ore a le seconde imprimier de les dits Commentaries a ceo addes. Ouesque vn Table . . . Cum Priuilegio. Anno. 1579. [15. die Iunii. 1579.] London: Richard Tottell, 1578,9.","Law 111","

Folio. 3 parts in 1. 420, 176, 16 leaves, including blanks; titles for the two parts of the Commentaries within woodcut borders (McKerrow 122, 153), continuous foliation; the last 16 leaves with caption title and separate foliation for the Report fait per vn vncertaine authour (on Basset et Morgan versvs Manxel); chiefly black letter, woodcut initials, woodcut Arbor Consanguinitatis, prout per Bractonum declaratur.

STC 20041, 20042. Dibdin-Ames IV, 2649. Beale R.485, 486. Sweet & Maxwell I, 201, 53.

Rebound in calf, with the bookplate of George Wythe preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson. Numerous manuscript notes in various early hands, and one or two notes probably by Jefferson. On the fly leaf is written in an early hand Vita integritate inter Homines suae professionis nulli secundus Camb: 14/. With the signature of John Stampe on both titles and Dum spiro spero written by him on the first.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson.

Edmund Plowden, 1518-1585, English jurist. The first edition of Les Commentaries was published, without the second part, in 1571. This edition is the first of the second part." "20270","J. 234","","","","do.-----Eng.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 259, Plowden, Eng. fol.","Plowden, Edmund.","The Commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden, of the Middle-Temple, Esq; an Apprentice of the Common Law . . . Originally written in French, and now faithfully translated into English, and considerably improved by many marginal notes and references to all the Books of the Common Law, both ancient and modern. To which are added, the Quæries of Mr. Plowden, now first rendered into English at large, with references, and many useful observations. In two parts. With two new tables, more compleat than any yet published; the one, of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Catherine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for the Translator, M DCC LXI. [1761]","Law 112","

3 parts in 1 vol. Folio. 356 leaves collating in twos, engraved portrait frontispiece by T. Stayner (with the imprint of J. Worrall); continuous signatures, separate pagination for A Report made by an uncertain author of Part of an Argument of Edmund Plowden and for the Quaeries.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 201, 55. Clarke, page 370, no. 177. Not in McKillop.

Rebound in calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson; a few manuscript notes by George Wythe.

This book probably formed part of Wythe's bequest to Jefferson.

Edited by Mr. Bromley, barrister-at-law. In 1760 Samuel Richardson (the author of Pamela) bought half the patent of ''law printer to his Majesty'' and carried on the business in partnership with Miss Catherine Lintot. Richardson died in 1761, possibly before the publication of this book." "20280","J. 235","","","","Savile . . . . . . 22.El.—36.El.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 260, as above, fol.","Savile, Sir John.","[Les Reports de Sir John Savile . . . de divers special Cases [1580-1594] cybien en le Court de Common Bank, come l'Exchequer, en le Temps de Royne Elizabeth . . . London: Printed for George Pawlet, M. DC. LXXXVIII.] [1688]","Law 121","

Folio. 82 leaves collating in twos, printed in black letter, R. Pawlet's advertisement on the last leaf.

Marvin, page 631. Sweet & Maxwell I, 202, 60. Clarke, page 375, no. 212.

Calf, rebacked, with the 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. This copy lacks the title, which has been replaced at an early date by the title leaf for the Reports of John Aleyn, 1688, altered in ink to fit, and on the back of which is written in an early hand, possibly that of Sir John Randolph, an account of the author from Woods Athenae Oxon. 334. 6.

Sir John Savile, 1545-1607, English judge, was one of the original members of the Society of Antiquaries (founded in 1572)." "20290","J. 236","","","","Goldsborough.","","p. 4to. . . . . 28.El.—43.El.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 136, as above.","Goldesborough, John.","Reports of that learned and judicious Clerk J. Gouldsborough, Esq. sometimes one of the Protonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas. Or his Collection of choice cases, and matters, agitated in all the Courts at Westminster, in the latter yeares of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With learned arguments at the Barr, and on the Bench, and the grave resolutions, and judgements, thereupon, of the Chief Justices, Anderson, and Popham, and the rest of the Judges of those times. Never before published, and now printed by his original copy. With short notes in the margent, of the chief matters therein contained, with the Yeare, Terme, and Number Roll, of many of the Cases. And two exact tables . . . By W. S. of the Inner Temple, Esq; . . . London: Printed by W. W. for Charles Adams, Anno Dom. 1653.","Law 83","

First Edition. 4to. 113 leaves collating in fours.

STC G1450. Marvin, page 342. Sweet & Maxwell I, 198, 34. Clarke, page 361, no. 113.

Sheep, rebacked and repaired. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved, and that of Peyton Randolph inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

John Goldesborough (or Gouldsborough), 1568-1618, English legal reporter, was called to the bar by the Middle Temple, and was one of the prothonotaries of the common pleas. See also no. 2040.

W. S. probably stands for William Sheppard, d. 1675?, English legal writer, q.v." "20300","J. 237","","","","Anderson . . . . . . 626 .H.8.—1.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 261, as above, fol.","Anderson, Sir Edmund.","Les Reports du Treserudite Edmund Anderson Chivalier, Nadgairs, Seigniour Chief Justice del Common-Bank. Des mults principals Cases argues & adjuges en le temps del jadis Roign Elizabeth cibien en le Common-Bank come devant touts les Juges de cest Roialme, colligees & escries per luy mesme & imprimees per l'Original ore remaneant en les maines del Imprimeur. Ove deux tables des nosmes des cases & des principal matters conteinus en yceux. [-La second part.] London: Printed by T. R. for Andrew Crook, Henry Twyford, Gabriel Bedell, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1664, 1665.","Law 56","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. Folio. 200 and 120 leaves collating in fours; separate signatures and pagination; printed in black letter.

STC A3085,6. Marvin, page 60. Sweet & Maxwell I, 194, 2. Clarke, page 347, no. 6.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new linings. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Formerly in the library of Peyton Randolph.

Sir Edmund Anderson, 1530-1605, English judge, was lord chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and as such took part in many famous trials, including those of Mary Queen of Scots, the Earl of Essex, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Udall (of Martin Marprelate fame) and others." "20310","J. 238","","","","Moore . . . . . . 1.H.7.—8.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 262, as above, fol.","Moore, Sir Francis.","Cases collect & report per Sir Fra. Moore Chevalier, Serjeant del Ley. Imprime & publie per l'original jadis remainent en les maines de Sir Gefrey Palmer Chevalier & Bar. Attorney-General a son Tres-Excellent Majesty le Roy Charles le Second. Le second edition. Ovesque deux tables, l'une des nosmes des cases, l'autre des principal matters conteinus en yceux. London: Printed for G. Pawlet, and are to be sold by Mat. Wotton, 1688.","Law 105","

Folio. 505 leaves collating in fours, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Faithorne; printed in black letter.

STC M2537. Marvin, page 527. Sweet & Maxwell I, 200, 48. Clarke, page 368, no. 162.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Francis Moore, 1558-1621, law reporter, of the Middle Temple. These reports, first published (without the portrait) in 1663, were edited by his son-in-law Sir Geoffrey Palmer, q.v. no. 2045." "20320","J. 239","","","","Lane . . . . . . 3.Jac.1.—9.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 263, as above, fol.","Lane, Sir Richard.","Reports in the Court of Exchequer, beginning in the third, and ending in the ninth year of the Raign of the late King James. By the Honourable Richard Lane late of the Middle Temple, an eminent Professor of the Law, sometime Atturney Generall to the late Prince Charles. Being the first collections in that Court hitherto extant . . . London: Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1657.","Law 409","

First Edition. Folio. 64 leaves: [ ]2, B-Q4, R2; printed in black letter.

STC L340. Marvin, page 446. Sweet & Maxwell I, 212, 4.

Originally bound with Hetley and Bridgman, no. 2046 and 2048 now rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "20330","J. 240","","","","Leonard.","","2.v. fol. . . . . . . 6.E.6.—12.Jac.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 264, as above, with reading Leonards.","Leonard, William.","Reports and Cases of Lavv: argued and adjudged in the Courts of Law, at Westminster. In the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the 18th. to the 33th. year of her Raign: Collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard, Esq; then of the Honourable Society of Grays-Inne. Published by Will. Hughes of Grays-Inne, Esq; With alphabeticall tables of the Names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the Book [-the second, third and fourth parts]. London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Nath. Ekins, 1658, 59, 63, 75.","Law 98","

First Edition. Folio. 4 parts in 2 vol. 174, 123, 174 and 138 leaves, printed in black letter. The publishers of vol. I and II were as above; vol. III was printed by John Streater; vol. IV for William Lee and Abel Roper.

STC L1103. Sweet & Maxwell I, 200, 44. Clarke, page 364, no. 137.

Both volumes rebound, vol. I in cowhide, vol. II in calf and with the armorial bookplate of Peyton Randolph pasted on the fly-leaf; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. Manuscript notes appear to be in the handwriting of Sir John Randolph." "20340","J. 241","","","","Owen. [with Noy.] . . . . . . 4.5.P.M.—12.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80, unnumbered, as above.","Owen, Thomas.","The Reports of that late Reverend and Learned Judge, Thomas Owen Esquire; one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. Wherein are many choice cases, most of them throughly argued by the Learned Serjeants, and after argued and resolved by the grave Judges of those times. With many cases wherein the differences in the Year-books are reconciled and explained. With two exact alphabeticall tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principall matters therein contained. London: Printed by T. R. for H. Twyford, T. Dring, and J. Place, 1656.","Law 109","

Folio. 87 leaves only, should be 89; printed in black letter.

STC O832. Marvin, page 550. Sweet & Maxwell I, 201, 51. Clarke, page 369, no. 170.

At one time bound with Noy, [no. 2051] but since separated by the Library of Congress and rebound in half calf.

Not initialled by Jefferson (the initials in Noy).

On the verso of the title-page is an account of the author written in an early hand [?by Sir John Randolph] taken from Woods Athenae Oxoñ. 294. 6.

Thomas Owen, d. 1598, English judge. These Reports were first published in 1650." "20350","J. 242","","","","Coke.","","7. vols. 8vo. . . . . 14.15.El.—14.Jac.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 137, as above.","Coke, Sir Edward.","The Reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt. in English, in thirteen parts compleat; (with references to all the ancient and modern Books of the Law.) Exactly translated and compared with the first and last edition in French, and printed page for page with the same. To which are now added the respective pleadings in English. The whole newly revised, and carefully corrected and translated with many additional Notes and References. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for R. Gosling, W. Mears, W. Innys [and others], M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]","Law 71","

13 parts in 7 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 290 leaves; vol. II, 258 leaves; vol. III, 267 leaves; vol. IV, 272 leaves; vol. V, 340 leaves; vol. VI, 293 leaves; vol. VII, 172 leaves; each part with separate title-page, signatures and pagination.

Marvin, page 209. Sweet & Maxwell I, 196, 15. Clarke, page 354, no. 66.

Calf (vol. III rebound). Initialled at sig. I and T in the first part in each vol. by Jefferson who on the fly leaf in each volume (except vol. I and V) has listed the cases with their page numerals. Manuscript notes by Jefferson and others occur." "20360","J. 243","","","","Calthrop.","","12mo. . . . . . . 7.Jac.1.—15.Jac.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 138, as above.","Calthrop, Sir Henry.","Reports of speciall cases touching severall customs and liberties of the City of London. Collected by Sir H. Calthrop Knight, sometimes recorder of London, after Attorney-General of the Court of Wards, and Liveries. Whereunto is annexed divers ancient customes and usages of the said City of London. Never before in print. London: Printed for Abel Roper, 1655.","Law 179","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 94 leaves, the second title on K1.

STC C310. Sweet & Maxwell I, 275, 12.

Old half binding, many headlines cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sir Henry Calthrop, 1586-1637, English lawyer. He became recorder of London in December 1635, and resigned the appointment in January 1636 on being made attorney of the courts of wards and liveries. According to the Dictionary of National Biography the name was spelled Calthorpe." "20370","J. 244","","","","Jenkins . . . . . . 4.H.3.—21.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 235, as above, fol.","Jenkins, David.","Eight Centuries of Reports: or, eight hundred cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, or, upon writs of error. Publish'd originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins. Now carefully translated, with the addition of many thousand references: particularly to such Statutes as have altered or amended the Law to this Time. The second edition corrected; to which is added a new table of the principal matters. By a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for John Worrall; and Thomas Worrall, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]","Law 89","

Folio. 188 leaves collating in twos.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 212, 2. Clarke, page 362, no. 123. Middle Temple Library Catalogue, page 470.

Rebound in cowhide. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

David Jenkins, 1582-1633, Welsh judge and royalist.

His reports, in Latin and French, were written during a term of imprisonment incurred owing to his Royalist sympathies, and originally published in 1661.

The ''Gentleman of the Middle-Temple'' was Theodore Barlow, whose name appears in the third edition, 1771." "20380","J. 245","","","","[Winch. [with Noy.] . . . . 19.Jac.1.—22.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. unnumbered, as above.","Winch, Sir Humphrey.","Reports of that reverend and learned Judge, Sir Humphry Winch Knight; sometimes one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Containing many choice cases, and excellent matters touching declarations, pleadings, demurrers, judgements, and resolutions in points of law, in the foure last years of the Raign of King James, faithfully translated out of an exact french copie, with two alphabetical, and necessary tables, the one of the names of the Cases, the other of the principal matters contained in this Book. London: Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, 1657.","Law 135","

First Edition. Folio. 71 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 741. Sweet & Maxwell I, 202, 64. Clarke page 380, no. 252.

Half calf; at one time bound with Noy, Reports and cases, but separated and bound by the Library of Congress. Not initialled by Jefferson (whose initials appear in the volume by Noy).

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1555?-1625. English judge." "20390","J. 246","","","","Hobart . . . . . . 3.4.El.—23.Jac.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 266, as above, fol.","Hobart, Sir Henry.","The Reports of that reverend and learned Judge, the Right Honorable Sr. Henry Hobart knight and baronet, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas; . . . The third edition. Purged from the errors of all former impressions, and enlarged with new Notes in the margent. With an exact alphabeticall table, by an honorable and learned hand. London: Printed for William Lee, Allen Banks, & Charls Harper, 1671.","Law 86","

Folio. 217 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

STC H2208. Sweet & Maxwell I, 198, 36. Clarke, page 361, no. 117.

Calf, rebacked, the new endpapers covering the 1822 bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Henry Hobart, d. 1625, chief justice of the common pleas. The first edition of his Reports appeared in 1641. The ''honorable and learned hand'' is supposed to have been Sir Heneage Finch." "20400","J. 247","","","","Brownlow—p.","","4to. . . . . . . 4.E.4.—23.Jac.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 139, as above.","Brownlow, Richard and Goldesborough, John.","Reports of divers choice cases in Law taken by those late and most judicious prothonotaries of the Common Pleas, Richard Brownlow, and John Goldesborough, Esquires, the First Part . . . [-The second part.] London: Printed for Henry Twyford, 1675.","Law 62","

2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. 132 and 177 leaves collating in fours; the titles differ according to the contents of the volume.

STC B5200. Marvin, page 156. Sweet & Maxwell I, 195, 10. Clarke, page 351, no. 39.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in Part I.

From the library of Peyton Randolph with his armorial bookplate. The name John Randolph written on slip of paper and pasted on inside of front cover; the initials W M with the price 5s. in an old hand on the title-page.

The first edition of these Reports was published in 1651. See also no. 2029." "20410","J. 248","","","","Bulstrode . . . . . . 7.Jac.1.—1.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 267, as above, fol.","Bulstrode, Edward.","The Reports of Edward Bulstrode of the Inner Temple, Esquire. In three parts. Of divers resolutions and judgments given with great advice and mature deliberation by the grave, reverend, and learned Judges and Sages of the Law, of cases and matters in the law: with the reasons and causes of their said Judgments, given in the Court of Kings Bench, in the time of the Reign of King James I. and King Charles I . . . [-The third part.] The Second impression carefully corrected; with the addition of thousands of references never before printed. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkyns Esquires; for H. Twyford, T. Bassett, T. Dring [and others], M DC LXXXVIII. [1688]","Law 63","

Folio. 3 parts in 1. 140, 197 and 192 leaves, collating in fours; each part with separate title-page, signatures and pagination; printed in black letter.

STC B5445. Marvin, page 158. Sweet & Maxwell I, 195, 11. Clarke, page 351, no. 42.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved.

Edward Bulstrode, 1588-1659, English lawyer. The first edition of this work was printed in 1657, 8, 9." "20420","J. 249","","","","Popham . . . . . . 34.35.El.—2.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 268, as above, fol.","Popham, Sir John.","Reports and Cases collected by the learned Sr. John Popham Kt. Late Lord Chief Justice of England. Written with his own hand in French, and now faithfully translated into English. To which are added some remarkable cases reported by other learned pens since his death. With an alphabetical table, wherein may be found the principal matters contained in this book. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires. For John Place, 1682.","Law 114","

Folio. 114 leaves collating in fours, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 577. Sweet & Maxwell I, 201, 58. Clarke, page 371, no. 179.

Calf, rebacked. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. At the beginning is written in an early hand (possibly by Sir John Randolph) an account of the author from Woods Athenae Oxon. 348. 6.

Sir John Popham, 1531-1607, chief justice of the King's Bench. The first edition of his Reports was posthumously published in 1656. Popham presided at the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh, and at that of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot. He was active in 1606 in procuring patents for the London and Plymouth companies for the colonization of Virginia." "20430","J. 250","","","","Benloe. [Old.] . . . . . . 6.H.8.—3.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 269, as above, fol.","Bendlowes, Sir William.","Les Reports de Gulielme Bendloes Serjeant de la Ley: des divers resolutions et judgments donne par les Reverendes Judges de la Ley: de certeine matieres en la Ley en le Temps del Raigne de Roys et Roignes Hen. VIII. Edw. VI. Phil. et Mar. et Elizab. avecque autres select cases en la Ley adjudges et resolves en le temps del Regne de tresillustres Roys Jaques et Charles le premier: Jammais par cy devant imprimee. Ovesq; un Table bien perfaict de matieres notables contenues en les dits reports et cases. Et auxsi un auter table de nosmes del cases contenues en yceaux. Publies en le XIII. au de treshaut et renosmes Charles le Second par le grace de Deiu Roy d'Angleterre, Scoce, Fr. et Irel. Le Restituteur et Conservateur de la Ley . . . London: Printed for Timothy Twyford, M. DC. LXI. [1661]","Law 59","

Folio. 100 leaves, printed in black letter; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last leaf.

STC B1871. Marvin, page 111. Sweet & Maxwell I, 195, 6. Clarke, page 349, no. 24.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. Ii and Tt. On the verso of the title-page the armorial bookplate of Richard Butler of Lincolns Inn Esqr 1703.

This book is ''New Bendlowes'' and is wrongly described by Jefferson, followed by the 1815 catalogue, as Benloe. [Old.]" "20440","J. 251","","","","Ley . . . . . . 6.Jac.1.—4.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 270, Ley, fol. 6, Jac. 1—3, Car. 1.","Ley, James, Earl of Marlborough.","Reports of divers resolutions in Lavv, arising upon cases in the Court of Wards, and other Courts at Westminster, in the Reigns of the late Kings, King James and King Charles. Collected by the Right Honorable, Sir James Ley, Knight and Baronet, Earl of Marlborough, &c. whilst he was Attorney of the Courts of Wards and Liveries and now published for the common good, according to his Lordships Manuscript. With two exact tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained. London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, 1659.","Law 101","

First Edition. Folio. 62 leaves; engraved portrait (lacking in this copy); black letter; the last alphabet for Instructions for our Master of our Wards and Liveries, for the better authorizing and directing of him in the Execution of his Office, and Performance of our Service, with caption title and separate pagination.

STC L688. Marvin, page 463. Sweet & Maxwell I, 223, 5. Clarke, page 364, no. 139.

Rebound in half calf; with the bookplate of Peyton Randolph preserved and pasted on the new endpaper.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the verso of the title-page is written in an early hand an account of the author copied from Woods Athenae Oxon. 526. Manuscript notes in the same hand occur (possibly that of Sir John Randolph).

James Ley, Earl of Marlborough, 1550-1629, judge and politician, was attorney of the court of wards and liveries from 1608-1610. He was an early member of the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries before which he read several papers, and a tribute was paid him by Milton in a sonnet to his daughter Margaret." "20450","J. 252","","","","Palmer . . . . . . 17.Jac.1.—4.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 271, as above, fol.","Palmer, Sir Geoffrey.","Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer, Chevalier & Baronet; Attorney General a son Tres Excellent Majesty le Roy Charles Le Second. Imprime & publie per l'original. Ovesque deux tables, l'un des nosmes des cases, l'auter des principal matters conteinus en yceux. London: Printed for G. Pawlet, and are to be sold by Mat. Wotton, 1688.","Law 110","

Folio. 304 leaves; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 552. Sweet & Maxwell I, 201, 52. Clarke, page 369, no. 171.

Rebound in calf, with the bookplate of Peyton Randolph preserved in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1598-1670, attorney-general to Charles II. The first edition was printed in 1678.

See also no. 2031." "20460","J. 253","","","","[Hetley. [with Lane.] . . . . . . 3.Car.1.—7.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. unnumbered, as above. [i. e. no. 263].","Hetley, Sir Thomas.","Reports and Cases taken in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years of the late King Charles. As they were argued by most of the Kings Sergeants at the Common-Pleas Barre. Collected and reported, by that eminent lawyer, Sir Thomas Hetley . . . Now Englished, with an exact table of the principal matter therein contained, and likewise of the cases, both alphabetical. London: Printed by F. L. for Matthew Walbancke, and Thomas Firby, 1657.","Law 85","

First Edition. Folio. 95 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

STC H1627. Marvin, page 384. Sweet & Maxwell I, 198, 35. Clarke, page 361, no. 116.

Originally bound with Lane and other Reports, now separated and bound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T. Manuscript notes are not by him.

Sir Thomas Hetley, fl. 1630, English law reporter.

Matthew Walbancke is better known as the editor of the Annalia Dubrensia." "20470","J. 254","","","","Littleton . . . . . . 2.Car.1.—7.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 272, as above, fol.","Littleton, Sir Edward, Baron Littleton.","Les Reports des Tres Honorable Edw. Seigneur Littleton, Baron de Mounslow, Custos de le Grand Seale d'Angliteur, et de ses Majesty pluis Honourable Privy Councel, en le Courts del Common Banck & Exchequer, en le 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ans del Reign de Roy Charles le I. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Thomas Bassett, Samuel Heyrick, William Crooke, and William Hensman, MDCLXXXIII. [1683]","Law 103","

First Edition. Folio. 203 leaves collating in fours; full page engraved plate of the Littleton arms by Marshall, full page engraved portrait by R. White; printed in black letter.

STC L2583. Marvin, page 467. Sweet & Maxwell I, 200, 45. Clarke, page 365, no. 142.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; some MS. notes probably by Sir John Randolph.

Sir Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, 1589-1645, lord keeper. These Reports, issued with his name, are said not to be by him." "20480","255","","","","[Bridgman. [with Lane.] . . . . 11.Jac.1.—9.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. unnumbered, as above.","Bridgman, Sir John.","Reports of that grave and learned judge, Sir John Bridgman, Knight; Serjeant at Lavv, sometime Chief Justice of Chester. To which are added two exact tables, the one of the Cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained. London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, 1659.","Law","

First Edition. Folio. 77 leaves in fours, chiefly black letter.

STC B4487. Sweet & Maxwell I, 195, 7.

Originally bound with Lane and Hetley, no. 2032 and 2046." "20490","J. 256","","","","Godbolt.","","p. 4to. . . . . . . 17.El.—13.Car.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 140, as above.","Godbolt, John.","Reports of certain Cases, arising in the severall Courts of Record at Westminster; in the Raignes of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charles. With the resolutions of the Judges of the said Courts, upon debate and solemn Arguments. Collected by very good hands, and lately re-viewed, examined, and approved of by the late learned Justice Godbolt. And now published by W: Hughes of Grays Inne Esquire. With two tables, one of the cases, the other of the principall matter therein contain'd . . . London: Printed by T. N. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and Gabriell Bedell, M. DC. LII. [1652]","Law 82","

First Edition. 4to. 230 leaves collating in fours.

STC G911. Marvin, page 339. Sweet & Maxwell I, 198, 33. Clarke, page 360, no. 112.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

John Godbolt, d. 1648, English judge, was a member of Barnard's Inn and of Gray's Inn." "20500","J. 257","","","","Hutton . . . . . . 26.El.—14.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 273, as above, fol.","Hutton, Sir Richard.","The Reports of that Reverend and learned Judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight; sometimes one of the Judges of the Common Pleas. Containing many choice cases, judgments, and resolutions, in points of Law, in the severall Raignes of King James and King Charles; being written in French by his owne hand: and now faithfully translated into English according to Order . . . London: Printed by T. R. for Henry Twyford, and Thomas Dring, 1656.","Law 88","

First Edition. Folio. 78 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

STC H3843. Sweet & Maxwell I, 199, 37. Clarke, page 362, no. 122.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, and that of Peyton Randolph inlaid in the new endpapers; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Richard Hutton, 1561-1639, English judge, presided at the court of common pleas between the death of Hobart, December 26, 1625 [see no. 2039 above], and the appointment of his successor, Thomas Richardson, on 28 November 1626. In 1641 Braithwaite published an elegy on Hutton entitled Astrea's Teares." "20510","J. 258","","","","Noy . . . . . . 31.32.El.—15.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 274, as above, fol.","Noye, William.","Reports and Cases, taken in the time of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles; collected and reported by that learned lawyer William Noy, sometimes Reader of the Honourable Societie of Lincolnes-Inne, since Attovrney Generall to the late King Charles. Conteining most excellent matter of exceptions to all manner of declarations, pleadings, and demurrers . . . Now translated into English. With two necessary tables of the cases and contents, for the readers ease and benefit. London: Printed by F. L. for Matthew Walbancke, and T. Firby, 1656.","Law 108","

First Edition. Folio. 103 leaves; printed in black letter.

STC N1449. Sweet & Maxwell I, 200, 50. Clarke, page 369, no. 169.

Rebound in half calf. The Reports of Owen and Winch, no. 2034 and 2038, were at one time bound with this work, but were separated by the Library of Congress and each one rebound separately. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the verso of the title-page and the upper margin of A2 is written in an early hand (possibly by Sir John Randolph) an account of the author from Woods Athen. Oxon. 594.

William Noye (or Noy), 1577-1634, attorney-general to Charles I." "20520","J. 259","","","","Croke.","","3. vols. . . . . . . 24.El.—16.Car.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 275, as above.","Croke, Sir George.","The first part {though last publish'd}[-The second-The third part] of the Reports of Sr. George Croke Kt. Late one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench, and formerly one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Bench; of such select Cases as were adjudged in the said Courts, from the 24th to the 44th/45 of the late Queen Elizabeth. Collected and written in French by Himself; revised and published in English by Sir Harbottle Grimston Baronet, Master of the Rolls. The third impression, carefully corrected, with the addition of many thousand of references never before printed. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires; and are to be sold by H. Twyford, F. Tyton, H. Herringman [and others], 1683.","Law 74","

3 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 501 leaves; vol. II, 376 leaves; vol. III, 353 leaves; collates in fours; printed in black letter; engraved portrait frontispiece of Croke by R. White in each volume.

STC C7013. Marvin, page 240. Sweet & Maxwell I, 197, 25. Clarke, page 356, no. 75.

Calf, repaired. With the armorial bookplate of George Wythe in vol. I and II, and the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate in all volumes. Not initialled by Jefferson and the manuscript notes are not by him. On the blank recto of the frontispiece leaf in vol. II is the signature Hoggs.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson.

Sir George Croke, 1560-1642, judge and law reporter. His reports were written in Norman French and translated and edited by his son-in-law, Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1603-1685, judge, and Speaker of the House of Commons." "20530","J. 260","","","","Wm. Jones . . . . . . 18.Jac.1.—16.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 276, as above, fol.","Jones, Sir William.","Les Reports de Sir William Jones Chevalier. Jades un des Justices del' Banck le Roy. Et devant un des Justices del' Court de Common-Banck. Et devant Capital Justice d'Jreland. De divers special Cases cy bien in le Court de Banck le Roy, come le Common-Banck in Angleterre. Cy bien en le darreign Temps del' Reign de Roy Jacques, come en l'anns de Roy Charles. I. Queux fueront adjudge en les dits Courts en le Temps en que il fuit Justice en ceux. Colliges par luy mesme, et imprimee per l'Original south son maine propre in Francois remanent in les maines de Dorothy Faulconberge, & Lucy Jones, Files & Executrices del' dit Justice. London: Printed by T. R. and N. T. for Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswel, 1675.","Law 90","

First Edition. Folio. 250 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

STC J1003. Marvin, page 428. Sweet & Maxwell I, 199, 38. Clarke, page 362, no. 125.

Rebound in calf, red silk cord bookmark, with the armorial bookplate of Peyton Randolph preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Manuscript notes not by Jefferson. The signature E Reeve on the title-page.

Sir William Jones, 1566-1640, judge. These Reports are cited as first Jones, to distinguish them from the Reports of Sir Thomas Jones, no. 2065." "20540","J. 261","","","","Marche.","","p. 4to. . . . . . . 15.Car.1.—18.Car.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 141, as above.","March, John.","Reports: or, new cases; with divers resolutions and judgements given upon solemn arguments, and with great deliberation. And the reasons and causes of the said resolutions and judgements. Collected by John March of Grayes Inne, Barrester. London: Printed by M. F. for W. Lee, M. Walbanke, D. Pakeman and G. Beadel, M. DC. XLVIII. [1648]","Law 104","

First Edition. 4to. 120 leaves.

STC M576. Sweet & Maxwell I, 200, 47. Clarke, page 366, no. 152.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The names of the principal Cases written in manuscript in an early hand on 2 of the original fly-leaves at the beginning.

John March, 1612-1757, barrister of Gray's Inn and legal writer." "20550","J. 262","","","","Aleyn . . . . . . 22.Car.1.—24.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 277, as above, fol.","Aleyn, John.","Select cases in B. R. 22, 23, & 24. Car. I. Regis, reported by John Aleyn late of Greys Inn Esq; with tables of the names of the cases and of the matters therein contained: also of the names of the learned councel who argued the same. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1681.","Law 54","

Folio. 58 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

STC A920. Marvin, page 56. Clarke, p. 347, no. 4.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, a manuscript note on page 67 is not by him.

John Aleyn, fl. 1658, English lawyer." "20560","J. 263","","","","Pollexfen . . . . . . 8.Jac.1.—36.Car.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 278, as above, fol.","Pollexfen, Sir Henry.","The arguments and reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen, Kt. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in some special cases, by him argued during the time of his practice at the barr. Together with divers decrees in the High Court of Chancery. Upon limitations of trusts of terms for years. The whole printed from the authors original manuscript. Revised and corrected with his own hand. And published with the allowance and approbation of the Lord Keeper, and all the judges. London: Printed for R. Smith, and John Deeve, in Holborn, 1702.","Law 113","

First Edition. Folio. 281 leaves, collating in twos; there is a gap in the sigs. from Rrr1 to Aaaaa and from pp. 251 to 368.

Marvin, page 576. Sweet & Maxwell II, 94, 51. Clarke, page 371, no. 178.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has written on the flyleaf a list of 17 cases and their page numerals.

Sir Henry Pollexfen, 1632?-1691, English judge. His reports began in 1670 and were posthumously published." "20570","264","","","","Style . . . . . . 21.Car.1.—7.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 279, as above, fol.","Style, William.","Narrationes Modernæ, or modern reports begun in the now Upper Bench Court at VVestminster, in the beginning of Hillary Term 21 Caroli, and continued to the end of Michaelmas term 1655. as well on the criminall, as on the pleas side. Most of which time the late Lord Chief Justice Roll gave the rule there . . . By William Style of the Inner Temple Esquire . . . London: Printed by F. L. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, G. Bedel, and C. Adams, 1658.","Law","

First Edition. Folio. 271 leaves in fours, tables in twos.

Marvin, page 677. Sweet & Maxwell I, 202, 63.

William Style, 1603-1679, English legal author." "20580","J. 265","","","","Hardress . . . . . . 7.Car.2.—21.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 280, as above, fol.","Hardres, Sir Thomas.","Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, in the years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, and 1660. And from thence continued to the 21st. year of the reign of his late Majesty King Charles II. The whole taken and collected by Sir Thomas Hardres Kt. late of Grays-Inn, and Serjeant at Law to his said Majesty King Charles the Second. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esquires, for Christopher Wilkinson, Samuel Heyrick, and Mary Tonson, 1693.","Law 84","

First Edition. Folio. 238 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

STC H703. Marvin, page 367. Sweet & Maxwell II, 100, 5. Clarke, page 361, no. 114.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Thomas Hardres, 1610-1681, serjeant-at-law." "20590","266","","","","Siderfin . . . . . . (1657). 8.Car.2.—22.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 281, Siderfin, fol. 8, Car. 2—22, Car. 2.","Siderfin, Sir Thomas.","Les Reports des divers special cases argue & adjudge en le Court del Bank le Roy et auxy en le Co. Ba. & l'Exchequer en les premier dix ans apres le restauration del son tres-excellent Majesty Le Roy Charles le II. Colligees par Tho. Siderfin Esq; jades del Melieu-Temple Londres. Imprimee par l'Original south son maine propre en Francois, et ore publie en mesme le Language ovesq; deux tables perfaicts faites par luy mesme des touts les matiers notables, et nosmes del cases contenus en yceaux. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, esquires. For Samuel Keble, MDCLXXXIII.—Le second part {mes les primer en temps.} de les Reports du Thomas Siderfin . . . esteant plusieurs cases come ils estoyent argue et adjudgees en le Court del Upper Banck, en les ans 1657, 1658 & 1659 . . . ib. for Samuel Keble, and Daniel Brown, MDCLXXXIV. [London, 1683,4.]","Law","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1; 278 (including the last blank) and 99 leaves, collating chiefly in fours, printed in black letter.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 96, 63. Clarke, page 376.

A copy of part II only, from the library of George Wythe, now in the Library of Congress has been rebound and Wythe's bookplate preserved. In view of the fact that the copy sold by Jefferson to Congress in 1815 was of the two parts in one volume, it seems unlikely that the Wythe copy formed part of this collection.

Sir Thomas Siderfin, fl. 1684, law reporter." "20600","J. 267","","","","Saunders . . . . . . 18.Car.2.—24.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 282, as above, fol.","Saunders, Sir Edmund.","Les Reports du tres erudite Edmund Saunders Chivalier, nadgairs Seigniour Chief Justice del Bank Le Roy, des divers Pleadings et Cases en le Court del Bank Le Roy en le Temps del Reign sa tres Excellent Majesty le Roy Charles le II. In two volumes. Avec trois tables; la primer des nosmes des cases; la second de les matters conteine en les pleadings; et le tierce de les principal matters conteine en les cases. The second edition, corrected: with the addition of the said reports, translated into English; as also several thousands of references to all the reports of the law, now extant. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne, R. Sare, J. Walthoe, B. Lintot, W. Mears, and F. Clay, M DCC XXII. [1722]","Law 120","

2 vol. in 1. Folio. 223 and 228 leaves; printed in black letter.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 95, 59. Clarke, page 375, no. 213.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Edmund Saunders, d. 1638, English judge, was the son of poor parents, but rose by his own work from beggar boy to Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. His Reports were first published in 1686 with the records in Latin and the arguments in French. In this second edition an English translation is given. Saunders' judgments will be found in the second volume of Shower's King's Bench reports, q. v. no. 2066." "20610","J. 268","","","","Vaughan . . . . . . 16.Car.1.—25.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 283, as above, fol.","Vaughan, Sir John.","The Reports and Arguments of that learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan, Kt. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas, being all of them special cases; and many wherein he pronounced the resolution of the whole Court of Common-Pleas, at the time he was Chief Justice there. Published by his son Edward Vaughan Esq; carefully corrected from the errors of the former impression; with many additional references in this second edition. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires; and are to be sold by C. Harper, A. Churchill, J. Harrison [and others], 1706.","Law 127","

Folio. 245 leaves; printed partly in black letter.

Marvin, page 707. Sweet & Maxwell II, 96, 66. Clarke, 378, no. 235.

Rebound in calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has listed on the fly-leaf the names of five cases and their page numerals; a manuscript note by him on page 273; autograph signature R Sadleir on the title-page. In a letter to Peter Carr, dated from Philadelphia May 8, 1791, Jefferson stated: . . . Vaughan is a most learned & clear headed reporter . . .

Sir John Vaughan, 1603-1674, judge, was inducted into law by Selden who became his close friend. The first edition of his Reports was published in 1677." "20620","J. 269","","","","Carter . . . . . . 16.Car.2.—25.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 284, as above, fol.","Carter, Samuel.","Reports of sevral special cases argued and resolved in the Court of Common Pleas: in the XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIXth years of King Charles II. In the time when Sir Orlando Bridgman sate Chief Justice there. To which are added, some cases adjudged in the time of Chief Justice Vaughan, never before printed. By S. C. of the Inner-Temple, Esquire. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkyns Esquires; for Thomas Bassett, Charles Harper, and Samuel Keble, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]","Law 66","

Folio. 146 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter.

Not in Cushing. STC C666. Marvin, page 176. Sweet & Maxwell II, 88, 9. Clarke, page 352, no. 50.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved; many leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, a manuscript note is not by him.

Sir Orlando Bridgman, 1606?-1674, became Lord Keeper in 1667. The portrait of him by Faithorne found in some copies of this work was not issued with all copies." "20630","J. 270","","","","Keble.","","3. vols. . . . . . . 13.Car.2.—30.Car.2.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 285, as above, fol.","Keble, Joseph.","Reports in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, from the XII to the XXX Year of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles II. Taken by Jos. Keble of Greys-Inn Esquire. The first part . . . [-The third part . . .]. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft and M. Flesher, Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires. For Thomas Dring, Charles Harper, Samuel Keble, and William Freeman, MDCLXXXV. [1685.]","Law 93","

First Edition. 3 vol. Folio. 524, 494 and 458 leaves collating in fours.

STC K116. Marvin, page 434. Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 37. Clarke, page 363, no. 127.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Joseph Keble, 1632-1710, English barrister and essayist." "20640","J. 271","","","","T. Raymond . . . . . . 12.Car.2.—34.35.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 286, as above, fol.","Raymond, Sir Thomas.","Reports of divers special cases adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, in the reign of King Charles II. Collected by Sir Thomas Raymond, Knt . . . Printed from the original manuscript, written with his own hand. The second edition, corrected; with many hundred additional references; and three tables. The first, of the names of the cases. The second, of alphabetical heads to which the cases relate. The third, of the principal matters. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq) for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, T. Osborne, E. Wicksteed, and T. Waller, 1743.","Law 116","

Folio. 287 leaves, printed in black letter.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 95, 54. Clarke, page 372, no. 186.

Rebound in calf, with the bookplate of Peyton Randolph preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Thomas Raymond, 1627-1683, English judge. The first edition of his Reports was published in 1696." "20650","J. 272","","","","T. Jones . . . . . . . 19.Car.2.—36.Car.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 287, as above, fol.","Jones, Sir Thomas.","Les Reports de divers special cases en le Common Bank & en le Court del Bank le Roy. En le reigne de le Roy Charles le II. Colligees par le reverend & erudite Sir Thomas Jones Chivaler, jades Seignior Chief Justice del Common Bank. Imprimee par l'Original, escrie south son proper maine en Francois. Ovesq; deux tables, l'un des principal matters, & l'auter des nosmes del cases. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esquires, for Samuel Keble, 1695.","Law 91","

First Edition. Folio. 140 leaves, printed in black letter.

STC J999. Marvin, page 427. Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 36. Clarke, page 362, no. 126.

Rebound in calf. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has written on the title-page 2'd Jones; manuscript notes by Jefferson and others occur, and on the title-page the signature Rob. Dobyns.

Sir Thomas Jones, d. 1692, was chief justice of the court of common pleas. These reports are cited as ''second Jones'' to distinguish them from the Reports of Sir William Jones, no. 2053." "20660","J. 273","","","","Shower.","","2. vols. . . . . . . 1.W.M.—4.Jac.2.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 288, Shower, 2 v. fol. 2, W. M—4, Jac. 2.","Shower, Sir Bartholomew.","The Reports of Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knt. of cases adjudg'd in the Court of King's-Bench, in the reign of His Late Majesty King William III. With several learned arguments. With two tables: the first, of the names of the cases; the other, of the principal matters. London: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; for Daniel Browne, and J. Walthoe, MDCCVIII.—The second part of the reports of cases and special arguments . . . Beginning in Easter term the thirtieth of King Charles the Second, and ending in Easter term the third of King James the Second. With many marginal notes and references: with two compleat tables . . . By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Knight. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, W. Mears, and F. Clay, MDCCXX. [1708, 1720]","Law 122","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 296 and 281 leaves collating in fours; printed in black and roman letter.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 96, 62. Clarke, page 376, no. 219.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of George Wythe preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Manuscript notes throughout by Wythe. Not initialled by Jefferson.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson.

Sir Bartholomew Shower, 1658-1701, recorder of London." "20670","J. 274","","","","Shower's Parl. cases.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 289, Shower's Parl. cases, fol. W. M—.","Shower, Sir Bartholomew.","Cases in Parliament resolved and adjudged, upon petitions, and writs of error. By Sir Bartholomew Shower, Kt. The third edition, newly revised and carefully corrected, with many additional notes and references, and two tables; the first of the names of the cases; and the second of the matter under general heads . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for Henry Lintot, MDCCXL. [1740]","Law 123","

Folio. 124 leaves collating in twos.

Marvin, page 645. Sweet & Maxwell II, 22, 4. Bridgman, page 303. Clarke, page 376, no. 220.

Calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in 1698." "20680","J. 275","","","","Levinz.","","2. vols . . . . . . . 12.Car.2.—8.W.3.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 290, as above, fol.","Levinz, Sir Creswell.","Les Reports de Sr. Creswell Levinz, jades un del Justices del Common Bank, en Trois Parts: Commencant en le 12 an de Roy Charles II. & fini en le 8 an de son Majesty William III. Le Primer part containant Cases oye & determin en Bank le Roy en le Temps que Sir Robert Foster, Sir Robert Hide, & Sir John Keeling fueront Chief Justices la . . . Le Second part . . . durant le Temps que Sir Matthew Hale, Sir Richard Rainsford, & Sir William Scroggs fueront Chief Justices la . . . Le Tierce part, de divers cases en Common Bank durant le temps que il fuit un Judge la, & de divers auters cases en mesme le Court, & ascun auters Courts, puis que il fuit remove del Bank al' 9 ann William le Tierce, ovesque special pleadings al several del cases. Imprimée per l'original, escrie desouth son proper maine. Ovesque tables al chescun part . . . Part I [-III]. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esq; for S. Keble, D. Browne, T. Benskin, and J. Walthoe, 1702.","Law 100","

First Edition. Folio. 3 parts in 1 vol. 168, 140 and 238 leaves collating in fours, printed in black letter; separate titles, signatures and pagination; engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after G. Kneller as in no. 1891.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 92, 42. Clarke page 364, no. 138.

Originally bound in 2 vol.; rebound in calf in 1 vol., with the bookplate of George Wythe inlaid in the new endpapers; some leaves waterstained. On the titles of Parts I and III (the original volume division) is the signature of an early owner: Tho. Dickins ejus liber. 1724, no. 10 and no. 9 Lib, respectively, and on the back of the frontispiece the price £1.5. Annotations occur, probably by both George Wythe and Jefferson.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson.See also no. 1891." "20690","J. 276","","","","Skinner. . . . . . . 33.Car.2.—9.W.3.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 291, as above, fol.","Skinner, Robert.","Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the Thirty-third Year of King Charles the Second, to the Ninth Year of King William the Third. With some Arguments in special Cases. By Robert Skinner, late of the Inner Temple, Esq;. Published by his Son Mathew Skinner, Serjeant at Law. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for Bernard Lintot, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]","Law 410","

First Edition. Folio. 391 leaves in fours; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 647. Sweet & Maxwell II, 96, 64. Clarke, page 376, no. 222.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Marginal manuscript notes (not by Jefferson).

From the library of Peyton Randolph with his armorial bookplate preserved.

Robert Skinner, 1655?—1698, judge of the Marshalsea Court and reporter.

Mathew Skinner, 1689-1749, serjeant-at-law." "20700","J. 277","","","","Comberbatch . . . . . . 1.Jac.2.—10.W.3.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 292, Comerbach, fol. 1, Jac. 2-10, W. 3.","Comberbach, Roger.","The report of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; from the first year of King James the Second, to the tenth year of King William the Third. Collected by Roger Comberbach Esq; late Recorder of Chester, and one of the justices of North-Wales. Published by his son Roger Comberbach of the Inner-Temple Esq;. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer Esq;) for J. Walthoe, MDCCXXIV. [1724]","Law 72","

First Edition. Folio. 275 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter, list of errata on the verso of the last preliminary leaf.

Marvin, page 215. Sweet & Maxwell II, 89, 19. Clarke, page 355, no. 69.

Rebound in calf with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Roger Comberbach, 1666?-1720?, law reporter." "20710","J. 278","","","","Carthew . . . . . . . 3.Jac.2.—12.W.3.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 293, as above, fol.","Carthew, Thomas.","Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, from the third year of King James the Second, to the twelfth year of King William the Third. By Thomas Carthew, late Serjeant at Law. With two tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. Published by his son Thomas Carthew, of the Inner Temple, Esq; [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for R. Gosling and J. Hooke, and Tho. Ward, M DCC XXVIII. [1728]","Law 67","

First Edition. Folio. 282 leaves collating in fours; printed in black letter, publishers' advertisement on the last leaf.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 88, 10. Clarke, page 352, no. 51.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Peyton Randolph preserved. On page 181 is a manuscript note which could be either by Jefferson or by Peyton Randolph. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Thomas Carthew, 1657-1704, serjeant-at-law, was a native of Cornwall. This volume of his reports was published by his son, Thomas Carthew." "20720","J. 279","","","","Holt . . . . . . 4.Jac.2.—8.Anne.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 294, as above, fol.","Farresley, Thomas.","A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England: containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley . . . also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-chamber. The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads. With three tables . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Hazard, T. Osborne, J. Worrall [and others], M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]","Law 87","

Folio. 437 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 35. Soule, page 96, no. 48. This edition not in Clarke.

Calf, rebacked and repaired. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and a small marginal note by him on page 499. On the title-page is written Obadh. Marriot pra £1 sto.

In his previously quoted letter to Peter Carr, dated from Philadelphia, May 8, 1791, Jefferson observed:

. . . your judgment of Ld. Holt is certainly right. he is the greatest lawyer England ever had, except Coke . . .

Thomas Farresley, English law reporter.

Sir John Holt, 1642-1710, judge. One of his more interesting decisions, that concerning a negro slave sold in Virginia, will be found on page 495 of this edition. The sale was alleged to have taken place in the parish of the Blessed Mary of the Arches in the ward of Cheap, and Holt dismissed the action on the ground that as soon as a negro arrived in England he was free.

This work is said to have been edited by Giles Jacob, other works by whom are in this collection." "20730","J. 280","","","","Salkeld.","","3 vols. 8vo. . . . . . 3.Jac.1.—3.G.1.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 142, as above, omitting 3 vols.","Salkeld, William.","Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, alphabetically digested under proper heads: from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary to the tenth year of Q. Anne. By William Salkeld, late Serjeant at Law. With two tables; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. Vol. I [-III] . . . The sixth edition with several hundred references to Lord Raymond and other reporters since his time, added (to those by Knightly D'Anvers, Esq. in the former edition) by George Wilson, Serjeant at Law, and encreased and brought down to the present time, by Leonard MacNally, Esq. Barrister at Law. Dublin: Printed for James Moore, M DCC XCI. [1791]","Law 119","

3 vol. 8vo. 257, 236 and 254 leaves.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 95, 58. This edition not in Clarke. Jones, page 18.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page and the initials IW before signature E and Ee wherever they are marked.

This book was included in the catalogue of books made by Jefferson to be bought from Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

William Salkeld, 1671-1715, English legal writer. The first edition of his Reports was issued in 1717, and this Dublin edition was probably pirated. Salkeld was the translator of part of the Reports of Sir Creswell Levinz, q.v. no. 2068." "20740","J. 281","","","","Cases of removals & settlements. 9.Anne.—14.G.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 143, as above, 8vo.","","Cases and resolutions of cases, adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench, concerning settlements and removals, from the first year of King George I. to the present reign . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for W. Meadows, MDCCXXIX. [1729]","Law 96","

First Edition. 8vo. 92 leaves collating in eights.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 132, 6. Clarke, page 353, no. 56.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved on the late endpapers." "20750","282","","","","10th. Lucas . . . . . . 8.Anne.—11.G.1.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 295, Lucas, fol. 8, Anne—11, G. 1.","[Lucas, Robert.]","Cases in Law and Equity, chiefly during the time the late Earl of Macclesfield presided in the Courts of King's-Bench and Chancery. By a Barrister of the Inner-Temple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Ward, and E. Wicksteed, MDCCXXXVI. [1736]","Law","

First Edition. Folio. 322 leaves collating in twos.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 93, 47, part X.

This volume is Part X of the Modern Reports of which a full set consisted of twelve parts. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue originally called for parts six to twelve. This is the only part called for in the 1815 catalogue.

Thomas Parker, first Earl of Macclesfield, 1666?-1732. This volume, and the reports of Peere Williams, 1704-9, contain the chief accounts of Macclesfield's judgments." "20760","J. 283","","","","Fitzgibbon. . . . . . 1.G.2.—5.G.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 296, Fitzgibbon, fol. 1, G.—2 5, G. 1.","Fitzgibbon, John.","The reports of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, and V years of his present Majesty King George II. With two tables; the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. By John Fitz-Gibbons of the Middle-Temple, Esq; [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe, M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]","Law 76","

First Edition. Folio. 170 leaves collating in twos; printed in black letter.

Marvin, page 311. Sweet & Maxwell II, 90, 30. Clarke, page 359, no. 101.

Old calf, rebacked with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A manuscript reference on page 275 is not by him. Inlaid and inserted at the beginning is a folio leaf containing a manuscript petition written in an early hand on both sides of the paper, addressed to the Honble the Speaker & the Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses. The Petition of Sundry of the Principal & Important Clergy of the Church of England in the Colony of Virginia.

John Fitzgibbon, d. 1780, an Irish barrister of Mount Shannon, co. Limerick, and of the Middle Temple. 2076" "20770","J. 284","","","","Ld. Raymond.","","3. vols. 8vo. . . . . 6.W.M.—5.6.G.2.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 144, as above.","Raymond, Robert, Lord Raymond.","Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in the Reigns of the late King William, Queen Anne, King George the First, and King George the Second. Taken and collected by the Right Honourable Robert Lord Raymond, late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. Vol. I. The fourth edition, corrected; with additional references to former and later reports; by John Bayley. [Vol. III.] Dublin: Printed for E. Lynch, G. Burnet, P. Wogan, P. Byrne [and others], M.DCC.XCII. [1792]","Law 117","

3 vol. 8vo. 406, 452, and 193 leaves. The titles of vol. II and III omit the edition, and the name John Bayley, which is replaced by George Wilson, Esq; Serjeant at Law.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 94, 53. This edition not in Clarke.

Calf. Vol. III in the original binding; vol. II rebacked and repaired; vol. I rebound. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in vol. II and III. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-pages and his initials I. W. at sig. E in all its marked forms.

This was one of the books of which Jefferson wished to get the pirated Dublin edition, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Robert Raymond, Lord Raymond, 1673-1733, lord chief justice. The first edition of his Reports appeared in 1743. Jefferson's law library originally contained a manuscript by him, see no. 2016.

Sir John Bayley, 1763-1841, English judge. His first edition of Raymond's Reports was published in 1790." "20780","J. 285","","","","Wm. Kelynge. [2d. Kelynge] . . . . . . 5.G.2.—7.G.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 297, as above, fol.","Kelynge, William.","A Report of Select Cases in Chancery, the King's Bench, &c. In the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh years of his present Majesty King George the Second; during which time Lord King was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the Lord Raymond and Lord Hardwicke were Lord Chief Justices of England. With tables of the names of the cases and the principal matters. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for John Worral, M DCC XL. [1740]","Law 95","

First Edition. Folio, 2 parts in 1, with continuous signatures, 114 leaves; the title for the Reports in the King's Bench on O2; publisher's advertisement of law books on the last leaf.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 91, 39. Clarke, page 363, no. 131.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has written IId Kelynge in the upper margin, and by William Kelynge lower down on the title-page.

William Kelynge, law reporter. This work is cited as ''2 Kelynge'' to distinguish it from the work of Sir John Kelyng, cited as ''1 Kelyng''.

Peter King, first Baron King of Ockham, 1669-1734, Lord Chancellor.

Philip Yorke, first Earl of Hardwicke, 1690-1764, Lord Chancellor." "20790","J. 286","","","","Fortescue. . . . . . . 7.W.3.—10.G.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 298, as above, fol.","Aland, Sir John Fortescue, Baron Fortescue.","Reports of Select Cases in all the courts of Westminster-Hall; also the opinion of all the Judges of England relating to the grandest prerogative of the Royal Family, and some observations relating to the prerogative of a Queen Consort. By the Right Honourable John Lord Fortescue, late one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. With tables of the names of the cases and Principal Matters. [London] In the Savoy: Printed for Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) and sold by W. Chinnery, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]","Law 78","

First Edition. Folio. 255 leaves collating in twos. Preface signed J. F. A.

Marvin, page 320. Sweet & Maxwell II, 90, 31. Clarke, page 360, no. 106.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This work contains the preface that appeared in Lord Fortescue's edition of Sir John Fortescue's The difference between an absolute and limited monarchy, 1714 [q. v. no. 2704] mentioned by Jefferson in his Essay on Anglo-Saxon, sent to Herbert Crofts on October 30, 1798:

. . . I was led to set a due value on the study of the Northern languages, & especially of our Anglo-Saxon while I was a student of the law, by being obliged to recur to that source for explanation of a multitude of Law-terms. a preface to Fortescue on Monarchies, written by Fortescue Aland, and afterwards premised to his volume of Reports, developes the advantages to be derived, to the English student generally, and particularly the student of law, from an acquaintance with the Anglo-Saxon; and mentions the books to which the learner may have recourse for acquiring the language . . .

Sir John Fortescue Aland, First Baron Fortescue, 1670-1746, justice of the common pleas. He was a descendant of Sir John Fortescue, chief justice in the reign of Henry VI, and his father took the name Aland on his marriage with Sarah Aland of Waterford." "20800","J. 287","","","","Andrews. . . . . . . 10.G.2.—12.G.2.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 299, as above, fol.","Andrews, George.","Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of his present Majesty King George the Second. By George Andrews, Esq; of the Middle Temple. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, for John Worrall, MDCCLIV. [1754]","Law 57","

First Edition. Folio. 223 leaves collating in twos, publisher's list of law books on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

Marvin, page 61. Sweet & Maxwell II, 87, 1. Clarke, page 347, no. 7. Middle Temple Library Catalogue, page 21.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new linings; some leaves foxed. Inserted at the beginning is an ALS from Jas. Feild, Petersburg, 28 Aug. 1787, to George K. Taylor, Williamsburg, and lists in the autograph of George Wythe.

From the library of George Wythe, part of his bequest to Jefferson.

George Andrews, fl. 1776, English barrister of the Middle Temple." "20810","J. 288","","","","Blackstone's reports.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 149, Blackstone, 2 v. 8vo. 20, G. 2—20, G. 3.","Blackstone, Sir William.","Reports of Cases determined in the several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779. Taken and compiled by the Honourable Sir William Blackstone, Knt. late one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. Published according to the direction in his will, from his original manuscript, by his executors. With a Preface, containing memoirs of his Life. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Chamberlaine, Colles, Lynch [and others], M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]","Law 60","

2 vol. 8vo. 383 and 360 leaves collating in eights.

Marvin, page 126. Sweet & Maxwell II, 87, 5. This edition not in Clarke. See Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, p. 91, no. 225.

Vol. I in old calf, vol. II in sheep, both rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, and with one or two manuscript references by him. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page, and with the 1815 bookplate underneath the new endpapers.

On Jefferson's list to be purchased from Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

John Clitherow, the editor of this work, was Blackstone's brother-in-law and executor. This edition is probably pirated." "20820","J. 289","","","","Douglas's rep.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 150, Douglass, 8vo. 19, G. 3—21, G. 3.","Douglas, Sylvester.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench; in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first years of the Reign of George III. By Sylvester Douglas Esq; of Lincoln's Inn. The second edition, with additions and corrections. Part I . . .—[Additions to Reports of Cases . . .] Dublin: Printed for Elizabeth Lynch, 1789, 1791.","Law 75","

8vo. 482 leaves collating in eights; Additions to Reports on 12 unsigned leaves at the end with title, and imprint reading Printed by E. Lynch, 1791.

This edition not in the legal bibliographies. Jones, page 15. Books printed in Ireland, 1700-1791.

Old calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page.

One of the books on Jefferson's list to be purchased from Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, 1743-1823, was admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1771, and called to the bar in 1776. His wife was the daughter of Lord North. The first edition of his Reports appeared in London in 1783, folio. This Dublin edition was pirated." "20830","J. 290","","","","Strange.","","2 vols. 8vo. . . . . . . 2. G. 1.—22. G. 2.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 145, as above.","Strange, Sir John.","Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, from Trinity Term in the second year of King George I. to Trinity Term in the twenty-first year of King George II. Taken and collected by the Right Honourable Sir John Strange, Knt. Late Master of the Rolls. Published by his son, John Strange, of the Middle-Temple, Esq. The third edition, revised and corrected, with references to all the cotemporary reporters; and other improvements. Vol. I [-II]. Dublin: Printed by Elizabeth Lynch, 1792.","Law 125","

2 vol. 8vo. 361 and 329 leaves; continuous signatures and pagination.

Soule, page 97. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell, and not in Bridgman.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the title-page.

On Jefferson's list of books to be purchased in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Sir John Strange, 1696-1754, Master of the Rolls. The first edition of his Reports was published in 1755, the second in 1782, and the third English edition, described as the Third Edition on the title-page, in 1795. This Dublin ''third edition'' was pirated." "20840","J. 291","","","","Willes's reports.","","8vo. . . . . . . 8. G. 2.—32. G. 2.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 146, as above, with reading Willis.","Willes, Sir John.","Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Court of Common Pleas. During the time Lord Chief Justice Willes presided in that Court; together with some few cases of the same period determined in the House of Lords, Court of Chancery, and Exchequer Chamber. Taken from the manuscripts of Lord Chief Justice Willes. With notes and references to prior and subsequent decisions by Charles Durnford, of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1802.","Law 132","

8vo. 380 leaves collating in fours; publisher's advertisement of Law and Miscellaneous Books on 2 leaves at the end.

Marvin, page 735.

Sheep, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson was one of the subscribers to this work through Rapine, Conrad & Co.; he received his copy on August 7, 1802, price $4.50. It may be the book referred to in their letter to Jefferson written from Washington City on October 22, 1801:

We are about to publish a new Law book of great merit; (as per subscription paper inclosed) and as the sale of Law books is confined to a particular class of gentlemen, & consequently slow, we think it prudent to obtain as many subscribers as possible, to partly reimburse us soon after the publication of the work, which will be neatly executed & correctly printed. We therefore solicit your name as a sanction to the work . . .

Sir John Willes, 1685-1761, chief justice of the common pleas. He presided at the trial of Elizabeth Canning, see no. 1956." "20850","292","","","","Burrow.","","5 vols. 8vo. . . . . . . 30.G. 2.—6.G.3.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 147, as above.","Burrow, Sir James.","Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond. In four parts; distributed according to the times of his four successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield. By Sir James Burrow, Master of the Crown-Office, and one of the Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Inner-Temple. With two tables, one, of the names of the cases; the other, of the matter contained in them. Dublin: Printed by R. Moncrieffe, M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]","Law","

5 vol. 8vo., with varying titles; each volume with separate signatures but with continuous pagination in vol. III-V, pp. 1235-2835 exclusive of Tables etc. In vol. I the pages are numbered as far as page 53, on which there is a foot-note reading: The Pages of this edition tally to the Pages of the former Edition, excepting those only which immediately follow the omitted Settlement cases. The pages of vol. II are unnumbered throughout. In the copy in the Library of Congress vol. IV is dated 1784.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 88, 8.

This was one of the books on Jefferson's list to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

Sir James Burrow, 1701-1782, English legal reporter. The first edition of this work was published from 1766 to 1780. The Dublin edition was probably pirated." "20860","J. 293","","","","Wilson.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 148, as above, 16, G. 2.—14, G. 3.","Wilson, George.","Reports of the Cases argued and adjudged in the King's Courts at Westminster. In three parts. Part I. Containing cases in the Court of King's Bench . . . Part II. Containing cases in the Court of Common Pleas . . . Part III. Containing cases in the Court of Common Pleas . . . By George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. With tables of the principal matters, names of the cases contained in the three parts; and some account of the Lords the Judges, Serjeants at Law, and most eminent Counsel attending the Bar during that time. The fourth edition, corrected Dublin: Printed for Luke White, 1792.","Law 134","

3 vol. 8vo. 181, 244 and 300 leaves; separate title-pages for each part.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 97, 70.

Tree calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume, with a manuscript note by him in vol. I, page 80. With the autograph signature of J. W. Eppes on the titles and his initials IW before signature E.

This was one of the books on Jefferson's list to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716 and 1737.

George Wilson, d. 1778, English law reporter. This Dublin edition was probably pirated." "20870","294","","","","Durnford and East's Term rep.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 151, as above, 26, G. 3—30, G. 3.","Durnford, Charles, and East, Sir Edward Hyde.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench, from Michaelmas Term, 26th George III [to Trinity Term, 30th George III]. Both inclusive.","","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I carries the Reports to Easter Term, 27th George III; vol. II from Trinity Term of the same year to Michaelmas Term 29 George III and vol. III to Trinity Term 30th George III, as above.

Jefferson's copy is not in the Library of Congress. An entry on the manuscript list of missing books reads: ''Durnford & East (vide if it belonged to Jefferson)'' The first edition was published in London 1785-1800; editions were published in Dublin, and several in America, the first in Philadelphia, 1811, by Patrick Byrne.

As it was on Jefferson's list of books to be purchased in Dublin (see no. 1716 and 1737) it is probable that he had one of the pirated Dublin editions.

Charles Durnford, fl. 1785, law reporter.

Sir Edward Hyde East, 1764-1847, was chief justice of Calcutta. These were the first law reports published regularly at the end of each term." "20880","295","","","","Dallas's reports.","","3. vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 152, Dallas's Rep. 3 v 8vo.","Dallas, Alexander James.","Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution: By A. J. Dallas, Esquire . . . Philadelphia, 1790, 8, 9, -1807.","Law","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I for the Reporter, by T. Bradford, 266 leaves; vol. II for the Reporter, at the Aurora Office, 261 leaves; vol. III ibid, by J. Ormrod, 271 leaves; vol. IV for P. Byrne, by Fry and Kammerer, 263 leaves, Law Books published by P. Byrne on the last leaf; collates in fours.

Sabin 18313. Evans 22445, 33598 (vol. I and II). Marvin, page 249.

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. A second edition of vol. I was published in 1806, which may have been in his collection rather than the first edition.

Although the manuscript catalogue and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue call for 3 volumes only, the working copy of the latter catalogue has inserted in ink ''4 vols'', which would imply that 4 volumes were received by Congress at the sale.

Alexander James Dallas, 1759-1817, lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury, was a native of Jamaica, W. I." "20890","J. 296","","","","M. S. cases in the Genl. court of Virginia. M. S. cases in the Genl. court of Virginia.","","fol., 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 300, MS. cases in the general court of Virginia, fol.","","The Virginia Court Book, 1622-1629.","","

Contemporary manuscript on paper. Each leaf is carefully preserved and inlaid. The cases from 1622 to 1666 are bound in a folio volume, buckram; 155 leaves and each one with an interleaf. The cases from 1626 to 1629 are preserved in 2 portfolios, 116 and 28 leaves.

Library of Congress Handbook of Manuscripts, page 505, no. 4. Virginia Historical Magazine vol. XIX. page 115, seqq.

These papers would be amongst those included by Jefferson in his description of his Virginia manuscripts to John Daly Burk on June 1, 1805:

. . . but some of the volumes are in such a state of decay, that the leaf falls to pieces on being turned over. consequently as they never can be examined but once, I reserve that to the moment when the legislature shall decide to have an authentic copy taken. in the mean time I have sowed them up in oil cloth & seared the joints to preserve them from the air . . .

These records have been reprinted in the Minutes of the Council and General Court of Virginia, 1626-1676, edited by H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1924)." "20900","J. 297","","","","Washington's rep. of cases in the court of appeals of Virgã.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 154, as above, not abbreviated.","Washington, Bushrod.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. By Bushrod Washington. Vol. I [-II]. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, M,DCC,XCVIII—M,DCC,XCIX. [1798-1799]","Law 131","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 216 and 166 leaves collating in fours in a 25 letter alphabet, lists of errata in both volumes.

Sabin 100038. Evans 34958 (vol. I). Marvin, page 719. Swem 7696, 7806.

Rebound by the Library of Congress in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I and numerous manuscript notes by him.

Bushrod Washington, 1762-1829, nephew and heir of George Washington, was an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The first volume of his Reports is dedicated to Edmund Pendleton." "20910","J. 298","","","","Call's reports.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 155, Call's reports of cases in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2 v 8vo.","Call, Daniel.","Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. By Daniel Call. Richmond: Printed by Thomas Nicolson, M,DCCC,I. [1801]","Law 65","

Vol. I only. 8vo. 308 leaves collating in fours in a 24 letter alphabet; separate pagination for the Index.

Not in Sabin. Swem 7888.

Old sheep, lettered on labels on the back: Call's/Reports/I/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of George Wythe, to whom it was the dedication presentation copy from the author, whose autograph inscription on the inside cover reads: From the Author, with the most affectionate regard and the profoundest respect, to the Honorable George Wythe Esquire. The book formed part of Wythe's bequest to Jefferson.

Daniel Call, 1765-1840, Virginian lawyer, was the brother-in-law of Chief Justice Marshall. His Reports were issued in 6 volumes from 1790-1818. Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress catalogues call for two volumes, but only one is now in the Library of Congress." "20920","299","","","","Report of the case of Kampier v. Hawkins in the G. C. of Virga.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 157, The case of Kampier and Hawkins in the G. C. of Virginia, 8vo.","[Tatham, William.]","Report of a Case, decided on Saturday, the 16th of November, 1793, in the General Court of Virginia; wherein Peter Kamper, was plaintiff, against Mary Hawkins, defendant; on a question adjourned from the District Court of Dumfries, for novelty and difficulty, touching the Constitutionality of an Act of Assembly; together with arguments and opinions of the respective judges at large, and the order of Court thereon. Published with their permission. By a gentleman of the bar. Philadelphia: Printed for A. M'Kenzie, & Co., by W. W. Woodward, 1794.","AC901.M5 738:4","

First Edition. 8vo. 52 leaves.

Evans 27777. Annual Biography and Obituary for 1820, p. 167, no. 4.

William Tatham, 1752-1819, civil engineer, geographer, member of the American Bar, was born in England and sent to Virginia in 1769. He was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson. This publication is anonymous, but was known to be by him, and is included in the list of his works given in the Annual Biography and Obituary, 1820." "20930","300","","","","Henning & Munford's reports.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 156, Henning & Munford's reports of cases in the court of Appeals of Vir. 8vo. 2 v.","Hening, William Waller and Munford, William.","Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with select cases relating chiefly to points of practice, decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District. Vol. I [-II]. By William W. Hening and William Munford. I. Philadelphia: [Smith & Maxwell, Printers], 1808; II. Flatbush, (N. Y.): Printed and published by I. Riley, 1809.","Law","

First Edition. Vol. I-II. 8vo. 328 and 334 leaves in fours.

Swem II, 8194, 8289.

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. According to the 1815 catalogue he had only Volumes I and II both of which were sent to him by Hening. On February 4, 1807, Hening wrote to Jefferson from Richmond:

. . . By the mail which conveys this, I have sent you the first Number of a series of Reports of Cases decided in the Superior Courts of common law & chancery, of Virginia . . .

On July 8, 1809, Hening wrote:

. . . The Second volume of Hening & Munford's Reports, has been just published.—You have been furnished with the 1st. & 2nd. Nos. only of the first Volume.—On returning them, I would send you the two volumes complete, executed in a very handsome style . . .

Jefferson replied on July 25:

. . . I inclose you the part of Hening & Munford's reports you were so kind as to send me formerly, according to the request in your letter . . .

Hening sent the first volume on July 31. A postscript to a letter of that date reads:

P. S. I have left with your friend George Jefferson, the 1st. Vol. of Hening & Munford's reports. The second shall be forwarded as soon as we can procure one in uniform binding.

William Munford, 1775-1825, law reporter. With Hening he published four volumes of reports, 1808-1811." "20940","J. 301","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 76, no. 2 [with 2 other titles], Topics in the Laws of England, by J.C.","[Clayton, John.]","Topicks in the Laws of England. Containing media, apt for argument, and resolution of law cases: also an exposition of severall words, not touched by former glossaries . . . London: Printed by R. L. for William Leake, 1646.","Law 395","

First Edition. Sm.8vo. 79 leaves in eights. The dedication to Oliver Saint John and Oliver Crumwel, and the To the Reader, are signed J. C.

Halkett and Laing VI, 63. STC C4612. Marvin, page 200. Sweet & Maxwell I, 407, 9.

At one time bound with Glanvil and Noy, no. 1769 and 2095. Rebound in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The autograph signatures John Mitford and Tho. Lagg on the title-page." "20950","J. 302","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 2 [with 2 other titles].","Noye, William.","The Compleat Lawyer. Or a treatise concerning tenures and estates in lands of inheritance for life, and for yeares: of chattels reall and personall, and how any of them may be conveyed in a legall forme, by fine, recovery, deed, or word, as the case shall require. Per Guliel. Noy, Armigerum, nuper Attournatum Generalem Caroli regis defunctum. [A briefe treatise concerning tenures & estates in lands and other hereditaments, and of chattells reall and personall . . . By the former author W. Noy . . .] London: Printed for D. Pakeman, 1651.","Law 302","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 64 leaves, the second title on E4.

STC N1443. Lowndes III, 1711. This edition not in Marvin and not in Sweet & Maxwell.

At one time bound with Glanville and Clayton, no. 1769 and 2094; since separated and rebound in half calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Early autograph signatures occur, of Tho. Cooke, 1663; Daniel Massie, feb: 6th. 1674, and one on the title-page partly torn away.

Other works by Noye appear in this catalogue.

This work is in the form of question and answer, and was frequently reprinted. Two earlier editions appeared in 1651." "20960","J. 303","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 79, The Criminal Recorder, 12mo.","","The Criminal Recorder or, An awful beacon to the rising generation of both sexes, erected by the arm of justice to persuade them from the dreadful miseries of guilt. Collected from authentic documents. By a Friend of Man. With six copperplate engravings. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1812.","Law 198","

First Edition. 12mo. 142 leaves in sixes, 6 engraved plates including the frontispiece.

Marvin, page 239.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This work contains twenty-eight lives of criminals, taken from The Criminal Recorder by a Student of the Inner Temple, 4 vol. 12mo., London 1804-1809. The Preface of this American edition is dated from Philadelphia, April 10, 1810." "20970","304","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 158, The Charter and Statutes of William and Mary College, 8vo.","","William and Mary College. The Charter, Transfer and Statutes, of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia: In Latin and English. Williamsburg: Printed by William Hunter, MDCCLVIII. [1758]","LD6051. W47","

8vo. 82 leaves: []4, B-U4, []2, Latin and English text on opposite pages, the latter in italic letter.

Sabin 104151. Evans 8284. Clayton-Torrence 261.

A copy was bound for Jefferson by March on April 26, 1806, price $1.00.

The first edition was printed by William Parks, Williamsburg, 1736." "20980","305","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 153, Hall's American Law Journal, 8vo, No. 1.","Hall, John Elihu.","The American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Repertory. Containing adjudged cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, adjudged cases in the District and State Courts of the United States, opinions of eminent counsellors, notices of new publications, essays on legal questions, biographical memoirs, Congressional and Parliamentary debates, on momentous questions, Legal information respecting the most important laws of the different States. By John E. Hall, Esq. of Baltimore. Vol. I . . . Published by William P. Farrand and Co. Philadelphia, and Farrand, Mallory and Co. Boston. Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808.","Law","

8vo. 4 quarterly parts bound in 1 vol.; continuous signatures and pagination, separate title-pages.

Sabin 29812.

Contains several matters of Jeffersonian interest. On page 175 is an account of a suit brought by one print dealer against another who had failed in a contract to exchange prints of Washington for prints of Jefferson on the ground that ''whatever the artist might have intended, the ''Jeffersons'' were never considered matches for ''Washingtons,'' by any persons of the least taste or judgment: that although a few of the ''Jeffersons'' were put off, at the subscription price, soon after publication, and had a tolerable brisk sale, yet that the moment they were submitted to the test of criticism, and were compared with the ''Washingtons,'' they were condemned by the unbiassed judgment of the public, and fell, as he was able to prove by a deposition, which he held in his hand (but which being ex parte, he was not permitted to read) to twelve and thirteen cents a-piece, by wholesale, and at that price were a dull article; and that to him it appeared monstrous that when the plaintiff had found a ready sale, and received a full price for the twenty-five ''Washingtons,'' exceeding the value of all the ''Jeffersons,'' that were ever turned from his plate, he should at this time come forward, and demand the same price for his ''Jeffersons,'' which began to depreciate before they were dry from the press, and were now of less value than waste paper.''

On page 374 begins an article The Honest Politician, with several references to Jefferson. This article contains comments on the Leopard-Chesapeake affair.

Pages 433 to 439 contain a letter from Caesar Rodney to the President of the United States, July 15, 1808.

Pages 497 to 504 contain the Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second Sesssion of the tenth Congress, November 8, 1808.

The original draft of this Message, in Jefferson's handwriting, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson's own account of the Batture case was published by Hall in a later number of The American Law Journal." "20990","J. 1","","","","Malyne's Lex Mercatoria.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 8, as above.","Malynes, Gerard de.","Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria: or, the Ancient Law-Merchant. In three parts, according to the essentials of traffick. Necessary for statesmen, judges, magistrates, temporal and civil lawyers, mint-men, merchants, mariners, and all others negotiating in any parts of the world. By Gerard Malynes, Merchant. Whereunto are annexed the following tracts, viz. I. The Collection of Sea Laws. II. Advice concerning Bills of Exchange. By John Marius, Publick Notary. III. The Merchants Mirrour: or, directions for the perfect ordering or keeping of his accompts. By way of Debtor and Creditor, after the Italian Manner. By R. Dafforne, late Accomptant. IV. An Introduction to Merchants Accompts. By John Collins, late Fellow of the Royal Society. V. The Accountants closet, being an abridgment of Merchants Accounts, kept by debtor and creditor. By Abraham Liset. The third edition, wherein are inserted the three tracts following, never before printed in any former impression. I. The Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England Asserted. By Richard Zouch, Doctor of the Civil Laws, and late judge of the admiralty. II. The Ancient Sea Laws of Oleron, Wisby, and the Hanse-Towns, still in force. Rendered into English for the use of navigators. By G. Miege, Gent. III. The Sovereignty of the British Seas, proved by records, history, and the municipal laws of this Kingdom. By Sir John Buroughs, late Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. London: Printed for T. Basset, R. Chiswell, M. Horne and E. Smith, 1686.","Law 291","

2 vol. Folio. Each tract with a separate title-page and varying signatures and pagination. The tracts in this copy are not bound in the order in which they are given on the general title.

STC M365. Marvin, page 494. Sweet & Maxwell I, 336, 20. Not in Bridgman. Clarke, page 329, no. 49.

Old calf, repaired and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers. Some leaves foxed, old autograph signatures and other scribblings scratched through in ink. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Gerard de Malynes, fl. 1586-1641, English merchant and economic writer, was born in Antwerp. The first edition of this work was published in 1622, and was without the additional tracts.

John Marius, see no. 2108. His tracts are inserted in Malyne's work in this edition for the first time.

Richard Dafforne, English 17th century accountant and writer on book-keeping.

Richard Zouch, 1590-1661, English civilian. His Jurisdiction of the Admirality of England asserted was first published in Latin, Oxford 1640.

Guy Miège, see no. 1449.

Sir John Burroughs [i. e. Sir John Borough] d. 1643, Garter king of arms. His tract, The Sovereignty of the British Seas, was first printed in 1651." "21000","J. 2","","","","Jacob's Lex Mercatoria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 1, as above.","[Jacob, Giles.]","Lex Mercatoria: or, The Merchant's Companion. Containing all the laws and statutes relating to merchandize . . . With an introduction, setting forth the laws of nature and of nations, dominion of the sea, &c . . . To which are added, in proper places, the best adapted precedents of instruments and writings made use of in all cases relating to trade. The second edition corrected, with the addition of three entire new chapters. And also a Merchant's dictionary, of words and terms, &c. [London] in the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for B. Motte, J. Clarke, J. Lacy, T. Wotton and J. Shuckburgh, 1729.","Law 256","

8vo. 214 leaves.

Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 168, 16. Bridgman, page 166.

Calf, repaired, back scorched at the foot. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name Giles Jacob written in ink on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

For a note on Giles Jacob see no. 1802. The author's name is not on the title-page of this work, but the dedication to the Earl of Pembroke is signed by him. The first edition appeared in 1718." "21010","J. 3","","","","Beawe's Lex Mercatoria.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 9, as above.","Beawes, Wyndham.","Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, The Merchant's Directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business . . . Extracted from the works of the best writers both at home and abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author's own observations, during his long continuance in trade. The whole calculated for the use and service of the merchant, lawyer, senator, and gentleman. The second edition, with large additions. By Wyndham Beawes, Esq; His Britannick Majesty's Consul at Seville and St. Lucar. London: Printed for R. Baldwin and S. Crowder and Co., M.DCC.LXI. [1761]","Law 148","

Folio. 465 leaves collating in twos: advertisement by Beawes below the Imprimatur on the verso of the first leaf.

Marvin, page 105. Sweet & Maxwell II, 166, 3. Bridgman, page 15. Clarke, page 325, no. 6.

Calf, rebacked and repaired, m. e., silk bookmark; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Pages 640-657 deal with trade with America.

Wyndham Beawes, fl. 1745-1765. For another work founded on that of Savary see the following entry." "21020","J. 4","","","","Postlethwait's dictionary.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 10, Postlethwait's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, 2 v. fol.","Postlethwayt, Malachy.","The Universal Dictionary of trade and commerce: with large additions and improvements, adapting the same to the present state of British Affairs in America, since the last Treaty of Peace made in the year 1763. With great variety of new remarks and illustrations incorporated throughout the whole: together with every thing essential that is contained in Savary's Dictionary . . . By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq; The third edition. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for H. Woodfall, A. Millar [and others], MDCCLXVI. [1766]","HF1001.S27","

2 vol. Folio. 535 and 471 leaves, collating in twos, engraved frontispiece by C. Mosley in the first volume; 12 engraved maps in each volume, engraved vignettes on the titles, title-pages printed in red and black; text in double columns.

Marvin, page 577. Sweet & Maxwell II, 170, 32. Not in Clarke.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Thomas Mann Randolph, with his autograph signature on the inside cover of each volume: Thomas M. Randolph. Cost £4. 10 stero, in both volumes.

In a letter to John Quincy Adams, the Secretary of State, written from Monticello on November 1, 1817, Jefferson referred him to this copy:

. . . the reports of the Committees of parliament of 1758.9. I think you will find in Postlethwait's Dictv. which is also in the library Chap. 20. No. 10 . . .

Malachy Postlethwayt, c. 1707-1767, English economic writer, devoted twenty years to the preparation of this Dictionary, first published in 1751-1755, and founded on the work of J. Savary des Brulons. See also the previous entry." "21030","J. 5","","","","Institutions commerciales par Boucher.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 7, as above.","Boucher, Pierre B.","Institutions commerciales, traitant de la Jurisprudence marchande et des Usages du Négoce, d'après les anciennes et nouvelles Lois . . . Dédié au Conseil d'Etat; Par Boucher, associé libre du Lycée des Arts de Paris et autres Sociétés savants . . . A Paris: chez Levrault frères, les mèmes, à Strasbourg, l'Auteur, An x.—1801.","Law 163","

4to. 429 leaves, 2 folded printed tables at the end.

Quérard I, 439. Grandin I, 396.

Bound (for Jefferson?) in tree calf, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Reibelt. Ordered January 23, 1805, the bill settled on March 7, price $4.85.

A copy of the book was sent to Jefferson in May, 1811, by James Monroe, Secretary of State. On May 23, Jefferson wrote to him:

. . . I recd. lately, under your frank, Boucher's Institutions Commerciales, which, from the frank, I supposed came from you, I conjectured you might suppose it useful to me in the case of Livingston, & were therefore so kind as to send it, for which my thanks are as cordially given as if I had not happened to possess it. but already possessing it, I ask your instructions whether I shall return it thro the same channel, the post, or deposit it in your library, or what else?

Monroe replied from Washington on June 6:

. . . Bouchers institutions commerciales was thought to belong to you. The President was under an impression that he had borrowed it from you, & it was forwarded it [sic] to you as the owner. If you find that it belongs to this departmt. as it must do, if it is not yours, you will be so good as to return it by the same conveyance . . .

Pierre B. Boucher, French juriconsulte, professor of commercial and maritime law. For the ''case of Livingston'' see no. 3475-3508." "21040","J. 6","","","","Foster's digest of the laws of trade.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 2, as above.","Forster, Samuel.","A Digest of all the laws relating to the customs, to trade, and navigation; with a short historical dissertation concerning the nature, extent, and method of collection of the ancient revenue of the Crown . . . By Samuel Forster, of the Inner Temple, Esq;. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for Geo. Strahan, Geo. Grafton and T. Ward, MDCCXXVII. [1727]","Law 217","

First Edition. 8vo. 187 leaves collating in eights. Dedicated to Sir Robert Walpole.

Marvin, page 319. Sweet & Maxwell II, 31, 23. Not in Bridgman. Clarke, page 327, no. 32.

Old calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 book plate." "21050","J. 7","","","","Naval trade & commerce.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 3, as above.","","A General Treatise of Naval trade and commerce, as founded on the Laws and Statutes of this Realm . . . The second edition, with many considerable additions, and a new preface. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, Law-Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for J. Brotherton, J. Walthoe, S. Birt [and others], n. d. [1753]","Law 226","

2 vol. 8vo. 236 leaves and 252 leaves; advertisement of S. Birt on the verso of the first leaf in vol. I and of S. Birt and J. Hodges in vol. II.

Marvin, page 329. Sweet & Maxwell II, 164, 4. Clarke, page 341, no. 14.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The first edition appeared in 1738-9." "21060","J. 8","","","","Cuningham's Merchant's lawyer.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 4, as above.","Cunningham, Timothy.","The Merchant's Lawyer: or the law of trade in general. Containing, an abridgment of all the statutes relative to the East-India Company, the Bank of England, the South-Sea Company, and all the pub. annuities, granted from the revolution to the year 1761 . . . To which is added, a complete book of rates. The second edition corrected, with additions . . . By T. Cunningham, Esq; In two volumes. Volume the first [-second]. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, MDCCLXII. [1762]","Law 201","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 263 leaves; vol. II, 304 leaves collating in eights, sig. P in vol. I misbound between O1 and O2.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 167, 11. Not in Bridgman. This edition not in Clarke.

Contemporary calf, gilt ornamental backs, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmarks, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The misbinding of sheet P is drawn attention to by Jefferson in manuscript notes on pages 194 and 208.

Timothy Cunningham, d. 1789. The first edition of this work was published in 1760." "21070","J. 9","","","","Cuningham's law of bills. &c.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 5, as above, omitting &c.","Cunningham, Timothy.","The Law of Bills of Exchange, promissory notes, bank notes, and insurances . . . Together with rules and examples for computing the exchange between England and the principal places of trade in Europe. Also the arbitrations of exchange set in a clear and rational light, and illustrated with variety of examples. By T. Cunningham, Esq; the third edition corrected, with the addition of several cases, determined by the Earl of Hardwicke and Lord Mansfield . . . London: Printed for R. Baldwin, W. Owen, and S. Crowder, M,DCC,LXVI. [1766]","Law 200","

8vo. 280 leaves collating in eights.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 167, 10. Not in Bridgman. Clarke, page 337, no. 4.

Calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, uniform with Cunningham's Merchant's Lawyer. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with manuscript notes by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This is the only entry for this chapter in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, and has the price, 6/-.

The first edition was published in 1760." "21080","?J. 10","","","","Marius's advice concerning bills of exchange.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 83. no. 6, as above.","Marius, John.","Advice concerning Bils [sic] of Exchange, wherein is set forth the nature of exchange of monies, the several kinds of exchange in different countries, divers cases propounded and resolved, objections answered, &c. With two exact tables of old and new stile. By Iohn Marius, notary publike. The second edition, London, Anno 1654. Philadelphia: Re-Printed by D. Humphreys, M.DCC.XC. [1790]","Law 293","

8vo. 52 leaves collating in fours.

Evans 22637. Marvin, page 498. Sweet & Maxwell I, 336, 21. This edition not in Clarke.

Rebound in sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson.

This copy appears to have been included in the Jefferson collection for some years, but has no marks of provenance.

The first edition was printed in London in 1651. See also no. 2099." "21090","J. 1","","","","Brown's Compendious view of the civil & admiralty law.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 3, as above, with reading compend.","Browne, Arthur.","A Compendious view of the civil law, and of the law of the admiralty, being the substance of a course of lectures read in the University of Dublin, by Arthur Browne, LL. D.S.F. T.C.D. . . . The second edition, with great additions. Vol. I. containing a view of the civil law. [Vol. II. containing the view of the admirality law.] London: Printed for J. Butterworth, and John Cooke, Dublin; By G. Woodfall, 1802.","Law 173","

2 vol. 8vo. 276 and 292 leaves, errata lists at the end of both volumes.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 220, 4.

Rebound in calf, vol. II with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate preserved; some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. Purchased from Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, in February, 1805, price $6.50.

Arthur Browne, 1756?-1805, Irish lawyer, was the son of Marmaduke Browne, rector of Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., who in 1764 was appointed one of the original fellows of Rhode Island College, known from 1804 as Brown University. Arthur Browne was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a fellow. In 1785 he was appointed regius professor of civil and canon law at the University of Dublin." "21100","J. 2","","","","Clarke's practice of the courts of Admiralty.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 12, as above.","Clerke, Francis.","The Practice of the Court of Admirality of England. Written originally in Latin, by the eminent and learned civilian Francis Clerke, Proctor in the Court of Arches. Now first translated into English . . . London: Printed for T. Browne, and J. Senex, MDCCXXII. [1722]","Law 185","

First Edition of this translation. 16mo. 54 leaves collating in fours, publishers' advertisements on the last leaf. This translation was made from the third Latin edition, 1722, the title of which on the verso of the first leaf, faces the English title, and the Latin text of each page faces the English text.

Marvin, page 202. Sweet & Maxwell I, 220, 6. Clarke, 242, no. 3.

Rebound in half-calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the autograph signature of William Temple of Bristol on a fly-leaf, and his armorial ex-libris cut round and pasted down.

Francis Clerke, f. 1594, English civilian. This work, originally written in Latin, was first printed in Dublin in 1666. See the next entry." "21110","J. 3","","","","id. Lat.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 13, as above.","Clerke, Francis.","Praxis curiæ Admiralitatis Angliæ. Auctore Francisco Clerke, olim curiæ Cantuar. de Arcubus London. Procuratore. Londini: impensis Guliel. Crooke, cI[???] I[???]lxxIx. [1679]","Law 184","

Third Edition. 12mo. 47 leaves, 3 numbered lists of publisher's advertisements on the last six leaves, the first undated, 35 entries, the second of books printed in 1677 and 1678, 6 entries, the third of books printed in 1678, 25 entries.

STC C4442. Marvin, page 202. Sweet & Maxwell I, 220, 6. Clarke, page 242, no. 3.

Half calf, red label on the back. Not initialled by Jefferson. On the recto of the first leaf are the autograph signatures James Williams and Robt. Beverley.

The STC does not distinguish between this work and the Praxis in curiis ecclesiasticis by the same author, but mixes the editions of both books under the one title Praxis Francisci Clarke. The first editions of both works were published in Dublin in 1666; the second of the present work in 1667, and the third, as above, in 1679.

For the Praxis in curiis ecclesiasticis, see no. 2154." "21120","J. 4","","","","Molloy de jure maritimo. Eng.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 2, as above.","Molloy, Charles.","De Jure maritimo et navali: or, a Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce. In three books. The seventh edition carefully corrected, with the addition of several hundred references and many modern cases never before printed. By Charles Molloy, late Barrester at Law. London: Printed for John Walthoe Junior and J. Wotton, 1722.","Law 296","

8vo. This copy has 268 leaves, collating in eights, the last 108 leaves from a different edition; engraved frontispiece and plate by John Drapetier.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell 1, 327, 43. Clarke, page 343, no. 29.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved, and also the armorial bookplate of a previous owner, Robert Akehurst, Middle Temple.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work from the 2d. part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787, no. 2644, price 1/-. A copy is entered without price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Charles Molloy, 1646-1690, a native of King's County, entered Lincoln's Inn and later Gray's Inn. This treatise was first published in London in 1676, and frequently reprinted." "21130","J. 5","","","","Azuni's maritime law of Europe by Johnson.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 4, as above.","Azuni, Dominico Alberto.","The maritime law of Europe. By M. D. A. Azuni . . . In two volumes. Translated from the French [by William Johnson.] vol. I [-II]. New-York: Printed by George Forman for I. Riley & Co., 1806.","JX4410.A85","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 228 and 220 leaves collating in fours (in vol. I, sig. K is repeated), the last leaf in vol. II with the errata list.

This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell. Dexter, 1788, page 607.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in marbled calf, gilt ornamental borders, backs worn, repaired at joints with the original backstrips preserved, marbled endpapers, mottled edges. Initialled in both volumes at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has also written the name of the translator on the title-page: by Wm. Johnson of N. York.

Dominico Alberto Azuni, 1749-1827, Italian lawyer. His original edition of this work was published in Florence in 1795.

William Johnson, 1769-1848, law reporter, was born in Middletown, Connecticut. In 1806 he was appointed reporter for the Court of Errors, and for the Supreme Court in New York." "21140","J. 6","","","","a Treatise on the dominion of the sea.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 16, A Treatise on the dominion of the Sea, and a body of the Sea Laws, Antient and Modern, 4to.","[Justice, Alexander.]","A General treatise of the dominion of the sea: and a compleat body of the sealaws . . . To which is subjoin'd, An appendix concerning the present state and regulations of the Admiralty and Navy. The third edition, with large additions, and improvements. And a new appendix . . . London: Printed for the executors of J. Nicholson; J. and B. Sprint; and R. Smith, n. d. [?1710].","Law 265","

4to. 388 leaves collating in fours, the last alphabet (54 leaves) for the Appendix with separate pagination, folded chart of the flags of nations at sea, woodcut flag in the text; publishers' advertisements in the imprint.

Halkett and Laing II, 363. This edition not in Marvin.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 326, 32.

Calf, back gone. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a long manuscript note at the beginning is not by Jefferson.

The first edition was published in 1705." "21150","J. 7","","","","La Mer libre et la mer fermée, analyse de Grotius & de Selden par Champagne.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 5, as above.","Champagne, Jean François.","La mer libre, la mer fermée, ou exposition et analyse due Traité de Grotius, intitulé La Mer libre, et de la réplique de Selden, ayant pour titre, La Mer fermée, dans laquelle l'auteur s'efforce d'établir le droit légitime de l'Angleterre à la domination exclusive des mers. Par J. F. Champagne, D. D. P. F. A Paris: chez Moutardier, et chez Desenne, An XI-1803.","JX4423.C5","

First Edition. 8vo. 45 leaves, collating in eights.

Quérard II, 121. Camus 161.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, silk bookmarks by John March, repaired with later marbled endpapers. Some leaves foxed. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Roche frères Philadelphia, in June, 1805, price, broché, 50 cents. March's bill for the binding was presented on September 30 of the same year, price 87½ cents.

Jefferson owned a copy of Grotius's book, purchased from Van Damme of Amsterdam in 1788. It was not sold to Congress in 1815. For Selden's work see no. 1420 and 1421." "21160","8","Pamphlets on Neutral rights, viz. Madison, Morris &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 9, as above.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March on October 7, 1806, cost $1.00. They were separated by the Library of Congress, rebound, and reclassified, after the 1839 but before the 1849 catalogue was compiled.","","i.","","","Madison, James.","An Examination of the British Doctrine, which subjects to capture a neutral trade, not open in time of peace. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Philadelphia? 1805]","JX5316 .M26","

8vo. 101 leaves: []5, 2-254.

Sabin 43707 [1806]. Cronin and Wise, no. 10 [1806?].

Bought from S. W. Smith in February, 1805.

This may have been the pamphlet referred to by Jefferson in his letter to Thomas Cooper, written from Washington on February 18, 1806:

. . . supposing Judge Cooper has not seen the pamphlet printed here on the question of 'Accustomed commerce' he sends him one. this pamphlet does not go into the enquiry whether it is wise for this country to engage in navigation or foreign commerce, the constitution permitting it's citizens to follow agriculture, commerce, navigation & every other lawful pursuit all these rights are equally under the protection of the nation whenever & wheresoever violated.

The love of peace which we sincerely feel & profess has begun to produce an opinion in Europe that our government is entirely in Quaker principles, & will turn the left cheek when the right has been smitten, this opinion must be corrected when just occasion arises, or we shall become the plunder of all nations, the moral duties make no part of the political system of those governments of Europe which are habitually belligerent . . .

Cooper replied from Northumberland on March 16:

I did not receive your reply to my note, untill my return from Philadelphia yesterday. I thank you kindly for the Pamphlet you were so good as to send me, which I had heard of when I wrote the essay signed ''Vindex,'' but which I did not see till my arrival in Philadelphia. It certainly does credit even to Mr Madison's pen, but I think the doctrines defended in it, are carried to their very utmost bounds . . .

James Madison, 1751-1836, fourth President of the United States, was Secretary of State at the time of writing this pamphlet." "21170","8","Pamphlets on Neutral rights, viz. Madison, Morris &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 9, as above.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March on October 7, 1806, cost $1.00. They were separated by the Library of Congress, rebound, and reclassified, after the 1839 but before the 1849 catalogue was compiled.","","J ii.","","","[Stephen, James.]","War in Disguise; or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags. The second edition. London: Printed by C. Whittingham, and sold by J. Hatchard, and J. Butterworth, 1805.","Law 338","

Second Edition.

12mo. 130 leaves collating in fours; the Preface to the first and to the second edition at the beginning, the former dated October 18, the latter December 19, 1805.

Halkett and Laing VI, 207. Not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half cowhide. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I (only). By James Stephen, Esq. written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

James Stephen, 1758-1832, English lawyer, master in chancery. This pamphlet was supposed to have suggested the orders in council, the first of which were made in 1807." "21180","8","Pamphlets on Neutral rights, viz. Madison, Morris &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 9, as above.","These tracts were originally bound together for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March on October 7, 1806, cost $1.00. They were separated by the Library of Congress, rebound, and reclassified, after the 1839 but before the 1849 catalogue was compiled.","","J. iii.","","","[Morris, Gouverneur.]","An Answer to War in Disguise; or, remarks upon the new doctrine of England, concerning neutral trade . . . New-York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, for I. Riley & Co., and sold by I. Riley & Co. [and others] February, 1806.","Law 297","

First Edition. 8vo. 38 leaves collating in fours; advertisement of War in Disguise at the foot of the last page.

Halkett and Laing I, 106. Sabin 50827.

Rebound in a half-binding, by Gouverneur Morris written on the title by Jefferson, who has also written his initial T at sig. I. A small manuscript correction by the author on page 38.

Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816, statesman and diplomat. This work was reprinted in London in the same year. Morris married the sister of Thomas Mann Randolph." "21190","","","","","Allen's case of the Olive branch.","","2d. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85, unnumbered [Allen's case of the Olive Branch, 2d vol 8vo] Post 24, No. 298.","","","","This work was placed in this chapter by Jefferson, but will be found in chapter 24, in accordance with the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue." "21200","J. 9","","","","Cooper's Opinion on Sentences of foreign courts of Admiralty.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 11, as above.","Cooper, Thomas.","The Opinion of Judge Cooper, on the effect of a sentence of a foreign court of admiralty. Published (with his permission) by Alexander James Dallas. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1810.","Law 193","

First Edition. 8vo. 44 leaves: The Introduction signed: A. J. Dallas. Philadelphia, 14th May, 1810.

Sabin 16621 n.

Original half binding. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. 1. On the title Cooper has written: Mr Cooper to Mr Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, who wrote from Northumberland, May 10, 1810:

. . . While I was in Philadelphia, I printed an Argument which I delivered in the Court of Errors and Appeals, on the Question how far the Sentence of a foreign Court of Admiralty or Vice admiralty is conclusive evidence between the Insurer and the Underwriter. I stood alone in that Court; and the decision of the Supreme Court of our own State and of the United States was against me: but the Bar of Philadelphia, having expressed a frequent wish for my argument, I printed it, and so soon as Mr Dallas can find time to finish a preface to it, it will be published. When it is I will transmit you a copy . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of a copy from Monticello on August 6:

. . . I thank you for the case of Dempsey v. the Insurers, which I have read with great pleasure, and entire conviction, indeed it is high time to withdraw all respect from courts acting under the arbitrary orders of governments who avow a total disregard of those moral rules which have hitherto been acknoleged by nations, and have served to regulate and govern their intercourse. I should respect just as much the rules of conduct which governed Cartouche or Blackbeard, as those now acted on by France or England. if your argument is defective in any thing, it is in having paid to the antecedent decisions of the British courts of Admiralty, the respect of examining them on grounds of reason; and the not having rested the decision at once on the profligacy of those tribunals, and openly declared against permitting their sentences to be ever more quoted or listened to until those nations return to the practice of justice, to an acknolegement that there is a moral law which ought to govern mankind, and by sufficient evidences of contrition for their present flagitiousness, make it safe to recieve them again into the society of civilised nations . . .

On June 27, 1810, Jefferson sent Thomas Cooper's letter to Joseph Carrington Cabell:

I inclose you a letter from Judge Cooper of Pensylvania, a political refugee with Dr. Priestley from the fires & mobs of Birmingham. he is one of the ablest men in America, & that in several branches of science. the law opinion which he mentions, I have recieved, and a more luminous one has not been seen. it will produce a revolution of opinion on the question treated, not in the present day, because old lawyers like old physicians & other old men never change opinions which it has cost them the whole labours of their youth to form. but when the young lawyers get on the bench they will carry Cooper's doctrine with them. the best pieces on political economy which have been written in this country were by Cooper. he is a great chymist, and now proposes to resume his mineralogical studies . . . be so good as to return me the inclosed . . .

In a letter to Jefferson from Northumberland September 14, 1810, Cooper mentioned:

. . . I have the satisfaction to say, that the Bar of Philadelphia has nearly come round to my Opinion in the Insurance case . . .

For a note on Thomas Cooper see no. 853.

Alexander James Dallas, 1759-1817, lawyer and secretary of the Treasury, was a native of Jamaica." "21210","10","","","","Us et Coustumes de la mer. sc. . . . . . Roole des Jugemens d'Oleron. Ordonnances de Wisby et de la Hanse-Teutonique. le Guidon. Assurances d'Anvers et d'Amsterdam. Jurisdiction de la Marine et Navigation des rivieres. par Clairac","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 86. no. 14, Us et Coustumes de la mer. sc. Jugemens d'Oleron, Ordonnances de Wisby et de la Hanse-Teutonique, le Guidon, Assurances d'Anvers Marine et Navigation, par Cleirae, 4to.","Cleirac, Estienne.","Vs, et covstvmes de la mer. Divisées en trois parties. I. De la Nauigation. II. Du Commerce Naual, & contracts maritimes. III. De la Iurisdiction de la Marine. Auec vn traicté des termes de marine, & reglemens de la nauigation des fleuues & riuieres. Le tout reueu, corrigé & augmenté par l'autheur en cette derniere Edition. A Bovrdeavx: Par Iacqves Mongiron Millanges, 1661.","JX4408.C6","

4to. 352 leaves collating in fours. The Explication des Termes has separate title-page (with woodcut ship device, and imprint dated 1660), pagination and signatures, and is placed between sig. Ffff and Gggg, after which the signatures continue to Hhhh4.

Barbier IV, 901. Not in Quérard.

Entered with the price, 3. on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

Estienne Cleirac, 1583-1657, French juriconsulte and publiciste. The first edition of this work was published in Bordeaux in 1647." "21220","11","","","","Scriptores de Jure Maritimo. sc. Stypmannus, Kuricke, Loccenius, Heineccius.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 86, unnumbered, as above.","","Scriptorvm de Ivre Navtico et Maritimo fascicvlvs Io. Franc. Stypmanni Ivs Maritimvm et Navticvm Reinoldi Kvricke de Adsecvrationibvs diatriben et Io. Loccenii Ivs Maritimvm complexvs. Praefationem de Ivrisprvdentia, divinarvm Hvmanarvmqve rervm notitia, praemisit Io. Gottl. Heineccivs, IC. Halae Magdebvrgicae; svmtibvs Orphanotrophei MDCCXXXX. [1740]","JX4408.H4","

4to. 594 leaves, general title in red and black with an engraved vignette; half-titles for the three works contained in the book, continuous signatures and pagination.

Jefferson bought his copy from Koenig of Strassburg in June and July 1789, price 8. A separate edition of Loccenius's work, Holmiæ 1650, was on his bill from Froullé, on April 17 in the same year, but this was not sold to Congress and may not have been for himself. The book is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue.

This book is not numbered in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and may never have been received by Congress as it was not in Jefferson's library at the time of the sale. In his letter to Milligan concerning the books missing from the catalogue, dated from Monticello March 28, 1815, Jefferson wrote:

. . . when the President, while Secretary of State was engaged in writing on neutral rights, I lent him Wynne's life of Jenkins, 2. large folios, and a work in Latin entitled 'Scriptores de jure maritimo, sc. Stypmannus, Kuricke, Loccenius, et Heineccius.' 4to. they never were returned, and are now probably with the books in the office of state, if they were saved from conflagration, will you be so good as to enquire, and if there, have them brought on with the waggon . . .

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, 1681-1741, German lawyer.

Franz Stypmann, 1612-1670, German lawyer.

Reinhold Kericke, 1610-1667, German lawyer.

For a note on Loccenius, see no. 258." "21230","J. 12","","","","Institutions au droit maritime par Boucher.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 15, as above.","Boucher, Pierre B.","Institution au droit maritime, ouvrage complet sur la législation maritime, ayant pour base l'ordonnance de 1681 . . . Précédé d'un discours, d'un Projet de Code commercial et maritime à établir avec les puissances étrangères; et d'un mémoire relatif aux assurances sur la vie . . . Par Boucher, auteur de plusieurs ouvrages . . . A Paris: chez Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie [et des autres] An XII. (1803.)","Law 162","

First Edition. 4to. 433 leaves, half-title on the first leaf, the last with a Notice des Ouvrages del 'Auteur; engraved portrait frontispiece.

Quérard I, 439. Not in Grandin and not in Camus.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back and a red and a green morocco label for the title and name of author respectively, marbled endpapers, by John March; his initial T written by Jefferson before sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Reibelt of Baltimore; ordered January 23, 1805. The bill settled on March 7th, price $4.85. Bound by March on the same day, March 7, cost $2.50. For another work by Boucher, professor of commercial and maritime law, see no. 2103." "21240","J. 13","Tracts in Marine Law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Schomberg on the Maritime laws of Rhodes. Dissertation sur l'influence des loix maritimes des Rhodiens sur la marine des Greces et Romains. par de Pastoret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 86. no. 1, Tracts on Marine Law, sc. Schomberg, on the Laws of Rhodes, Pastoret, 8vo.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson, but divided and separately bound probably in 1904. The treatise by Schomberg has the original fly-leaf with the two tracts listed in Jefferson's handwriting.","Schomberg on the Maritime laws of Rhodes.","i.","","","Schomberg, Alexander Crowcher.","A Treatise on the Maritime laws of Rhodes. By Alexander C. Schomberg, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Oxford: sold by D. Prince and J. Cooke. J. F. and C. Rivington, P. Elmsly, and T. Payne and Son, London, M DCC LXXXVI. [1786]","JX2014 .R583","

First Edition. 8vo. 56 leaves, 2 lines of errata at the foot of the last page.

Marvin, page 633. Sweet & Maxwell I, 330, 62. Clarke, page 344, no. 43.

Rebound in half calf, the original fly-leaf with Jefferson's list preserved.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this book from Stockdale, in a letter written from Paris, September 13, 1786, shortly after the publication of the book.

Alexander Crowcher Schomberg, 1756-1792, English poet and writer on jurisprudence." "21250","J. 13","Tracts in Marine Law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Schomberg on the Maritime laws of Rhodes. Dissertation sur l'influence des loix maritimes des Rhodiens sur la marine des Greces et Romains. par de Pastoret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 86. no. 1, Tracts on Marine Law, sc. Schomberg, on the Laws of Rhodes, Pastoret, 8vo.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson, but divided and separately bound probably in 1904. The treatise by Schomberg has the original fly-leaf with the two tracts listed in Jefferson's handwriting.","Dissertation sur l'influence des loix maritimes des Rhodiens sur la marine des Grecs et Romains. par de Pastoret.","ii.","","","Pastoret, Claude Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, Marquis de.","Dissertation qui a remporté le Prix de l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, à Pâques, 1784. Par M. de Pastoret . . . Sur cette question: Quelle a été l'influence des loix maritimes des Rhodiens sur la marine des Grecs & des Romains, & l'influence de la marine sur sa puissance de ces deux peuples? A Paris: chez Alexandre Jombert, le jeune, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784]","Law 308","

First Edition. 8vo. 67 leaves.

Quérard VI, 623. Camus 255.

Half bound, padded with blanks, by the Library of Congress.

Claude Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, Marquis De Pas-Toret, 1756-1840, French lawyer." "21260","J. 14","","","","Robinson's admiralty reports.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 86. no. 10, as above, omitting 2. v. in 1.","Robinson, Sir Christopher.","Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty; commencing with the Judgments of the Right Honorable Sir William Scott, Michaelmas Term 1798. By Chr. Robinson, LL. D. Advocate. Volume the first. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, 1800. Volume the second. London: Printed by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth, and for J. White, 1801.","Law 118","

2 vol. only. 8vo. First edition of vol. II. Vol. I is a mixed copy, the first part printed by Poulson at Philadelphia, the second half being the English edition printed by Strahan, the same as vol. II; the division occurs after sig. [21]2 Strahan's imprint is at the foot of the last page. Vol. II has 210 leaves.

Marvin, page 615. Sweet & Maxwell II, 108, 3.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress, many leaves cut into. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes, and with corrections in ink by him.

Sir Christopher Robinson, 1766-1833, English admiralty lawyer. The first edition of vol. I of this work was printed in Edinburgh in 1799. In all six volumes were published." "21270","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.","","","","Jenkinson, Charles, Earl of Liverpool.","A Discourse on the conduct of the Government of Great-Britain, in respect to Neutral Nations, during the present War. The second edition. London: Printed for R. Griffiths, M.DCC.LIX. [1759]","JX5360 .L6","

Sm. 4to. 36 leaves only, imperfect at the end, collates B-K4, cut into badly.

This edition not in Lowndes, Sweet & Maxwell, Clarke.

Rebound in a half binding, padded with blanks, in 1904; many leaves badly cut into. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page: by Charles Jenkinson. and below the words The Second Edition: the 1st. was in 1757. At the end Jefferson has written: about 14. pages wanting. the whole treatise complete, prefixed to the 1st. vol. of Jenkinson's treaties; manuscript notes by Jefferson occur in the text.

This work was reprinted as the preliminary matter to Jenkinson's Collection of Treaties, 1785, no. 1453." "21280","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Neutral rights by Schlegel.","ii.","","","Schlegel, Johan Frederik Wilhelm.","Neutral Rights; or, an impartial examination of the right of search of neutral vessels under convoy, and of a judgment pronounced by the English Court of Admiralty, the 11th June, 1799, in the case of the Swedish convoy; with some additions and corrections, by Mr. J. F. W. Schlegel, Doctor and Professor of Law in the University of Copenhagen, Extraordinary Assessor of the High Court of Justice, Member of several learned societies. Translated from the French. Philadelphia: Printed at the Aurora Office, 1801.","JX5268 .S3","

First Edition of this translation. 86 leaves collating in fours. Table of 25 numbered Treaties on 3 pages at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 77646. Not in Marvin.

Rebound in a half binding by the Library of Congress in 1904. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, and with manuscript text corrections and annotations by him.

Johan Frederik Wilhelm Schlegel, 1765-1836,

Danish lawyer. This attack on the action of the English admiralty court was answered by Sir Alexander Croke in the next following tract, on the verso of the title-page of which is the statement: Mr. Schlegel's Book was originally published in the Danish Language; it was translated into French at Copenhagen, and from thence into English.—Another English Translation, immediately from the Danish, printed by Wilson, was not sold, but circulated, and distributed. The latter is the Edition to which I have generally referred." "21290","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.","iii.","","","Croke, Sir Alexander.","Remarks on Mr. Schlegel's work, upon the visitation of neutral vessels under convoy. By Alexander Croke, Esq. LL. D. Advocate in Doctors' Commons. London: sold by J. White, J. Debrett, J. Stockdale, and J. Wright, Printed by Wilks and Taylor, 1801.","JX5268 .S4","

First Edition. 8vo. 80 leaves collating in fours, publishers' advertisement on the last page.

Marvin, page 240.

Rebound in a half binding. Not initialled by Jefferson.

Sent to Jefferson by Rufus King, who has written on the title-page: from R. King. Lond. Ap. 5. 1801. Manuscript notes by Jefferson occur on pages 44 and 66, that on the former relative to Jenkinson's Inquiry into the conduct of Great Britain, and on the latter with a quotation from Schlegel.

Sir Alexander Croke, 1758-1842, English lawyer and author, was employed by the British government to write this reply to Schlegel for which he received a judgeship in the vice-admiralty court of Halifax, Nova Scotia." "21300","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.","iv.","","","[Robinson, Sir Christopher.]","A Translation of the chapters CCLXXIII. and CCLXXXVII. of the Consolato del Mare, relating to Prize Law . . . London: Printed by W. Wilson, for J. White, and for J. Butterworth, 1800.","JX5250 .C7","

8vo. 14 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Marvin, page 615. Sweet & Maxwell I, 329, 56.

Rebound in a half binding padded with blanks. Not initialled by Jefferson. On the title is written: Secy. States. Office from RK [i. e. Rufus King] London Dec. 31." "21310","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.","v.","","","[Marriott, Sir James.]","Mémoire justificatif de la conduite de la Grande Bretagne, en arretant les navires etrangers et les munitions de guerre, destinées aux insurgens de l'Amérique. Londres: imprimé pour R. Bickerstaff, par G. Cooke, 1801.","E271 .M35","

8vo. 60 leaves collating in fours; printer's imprint at the end. Signed on page 96: J. Marriott, au Collège des Advocats à Doctors Commons, Londres, le 4 de Mars, 1778.

Sabin 44689. Marvin, page 498.

Rebound in half calf, padded with blanks. Not initialled by Jefferson. Scribblings in pencil on the title-page.

Sir James Marriott, 1730?-1803, English lawyer and politician." "21320","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.","vi.","","","[Gérard De Rayneval, Joseph Mathias.]","Observations on the Justificative memorial of the Court of London. Paris. Printed by the Royal Authority. [Translated by Peter Stephen du Ponceau.] Philadelphia: Printed by F. Bailey, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]","E249.G36","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 65 leaves collating in twos.

Barbier III, 628. Evans 17093. Hildeburn 4079. Not in Halkett and Laing.

Jefferson's copy, or another copy of the same tract is now in chapter 24, see no. 3140.

For a note on Gérard de Rayneval see no. 1444. The first edition in French was published in 1780. A pamphlet with a similar title by Caron de Beaumarchais appeared about the same time in several editions, and this work is listed under Beaumarchais by both Evans and Hildeburn.

Peter Stephen du Ponceau, 1760-1844, French lawyer and author came to America as secretary and aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben, and eventually became a citizen of Pennsylvania.

The Justificative Memorial was by Edward Gibbon the historian." "21330","J. 15","Neutral rights by Jenkinson, Schlegel, Croke, and Yorke. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 7, as above.","

These tracts, bound together for Jefferson, were separated on November 16, 1904. Preserved in the first tract is the original fly-leaf, on which Jefferson has written the list of tracts included in the volume.

Jenkinson on the Conduct of G. Brit. to Neutral nations.

Neutral rights by Schlegel.

Croke's Remarks on Schlegel.

Two chapters of the Consolato del Mare. 273. & 287.

Memoire justicatif de la Gr. Bretagne en arretant les navires etrangeres destinées aux Insurgents de l'Amerique.

Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the court of London.

Webster's rights of Neutrals.","Webster's rights of Neutrals.","vii.","","","Webster, Noah.","The Rights of Neutrals. [New York: E. Belden & Co., 1802.]","JX5361.W4","

8vo. 76 leaves collating in fours, being pages [77]-227, sig. K3-Z, A2-D24, E22, of Miscellaneous papers and commercial subjects. The caption title reads as above; on the general title (not in this copy) the title reads: An Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations, in vindication of the principles asserted by the northern powers of Europe.

Sabin 102369. Ford, Noah Webster II, page 532.

Rebound in buckram in 1944. Below the caption title Jefferson has written: by Noah Webster.

The work contains numerous references to Jefferson as Secretary of State.

Noah Webster, 1758-1843. For correspondence between him and Jefferson see the Essays in chapter 44." "21340","J. 16","","","","Barton on the freedom of navigation and maritime commerce.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 6, as above.","Barton, William.","A Dissertation on the freedom of navigation and maritime commerce, and such rights of States, relative thereto, as are founded on the Law of Nations: adapted more particularly to the United States; and interspersed with moral and political reflections, and historical facts. With an appendix, containing sundry State papers. By William Barton, M. A. . . . Philadelphia: published by J. Conrad; Baltimore: by M. & J. Conrad; Washington City: Rapin, Conrad & Co.; H. Maxwell, printer, 1802.","Law 147","

First Edition. 8vo. 194 leaves collating in fours; 170 leaves are for the text and the last 24 for the Appendix, with separate signatures and pagination.

Sabin 3853. Not in Marvin. Not in the Fevret de Saint-Memin Collection of Portraits.

Rebound in calf, with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate preserved; some leaves dampstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Inserted by the author as a frontispiece to this copy is an engraved portrait of himself by Saint-Memin [see letter of Feb. 20, 1802 below] on which he has written his name: Wm. Barton, and (Lib. of Congress). Manuscript corrections in the text by the author, who has written at the foot of the errata list:

The reader is requested to correct with his pen any other typographical errors which may occur.

Presentation copy from the author to Thomas Jefferson, to whom the work is dedicated. Barton wrote to Jefferson from Lancaster in Pennsylvania on October 30, 1801, to request the latter's permission for this dedication:

Having been confined to my house with the gout, a considerable part of the past summer, I employed myself, during that time in preparing for the press a work which is now compleated. I have taken the liberty of sending a copy of the title and preface to you, by a Mr. Getz of this town, who set out to-day for Washington . . . I am ambitious, Sir, to have the honor of inscribing this treatise to you and, therefore, the papers which were committed to the charge of Mr. Getz, for your inspection, are now followed by my request, that you will be pleased to grant me that indulgence . . .

The copy and pages of preface referred to above are in manuscript and are with the letter in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 12:

I have duly recieved your favor of Oct. 30. and the honour of your proposition to address to me your treatise on the law of nations. this proof of respect cannot but be flattering to one who entertains a sincere esteem for your person and character. the subject is important, involved in errors and contradictions, which, for the peace of the world, it is very desirable to see rectified. but the want of a physical test whereby to try principles, and the passions & interests & power of the nations who are called to their bar, makes that rectification very difficult. still every effort is laudable which goes to that object, and tends to promote it by increasing the mass of authorities which bear witness in it's favor. Accept my best wishes for the success of your work & assurances of my high esteem & respect.

On February 20, 1802, Barton sent the book, and explained the inserted engraving:

Amos Slaymaker, Esqr. (a respectable inhabitant of this neighbourhood) will have the honor of delivering this to you; together with a copy of my book, which I request you will do me the favor to accept, as a small token of my high respect for your character.—I have accompanied this copy with a small engraved portrait of myself,—executed in a peculiar style, by Mons. St. Memin of Philadelphia,—as a good specimen of the talents of that ingenious artist—The outline of the original drawing (which is as large as life, and finished in chalks,) is made by a mechanical apparatus, called the Physiognotrace; and from this he executes the print, in the reduced size. Mr. St. Memin's profiles are, generally, striking likenesses; and, considering the excellence of the workmanship, his price is very moderate.—I have taken the liberty of sending to you, Sir, this specimen of his art (which I procured for the purpose of gratifying my children), presuming that you may not have had an opportunity of seeing one of the kind, before; knowing that, in this case, it will be acceptable to you—This likeness, my friends say, is an excellent one.—

I feel very anxious for the fate of my book. Some of my friends—and among these, one worthy Governor,—persuade me it has some merit—Of one thing, however, I am sure;—it is well-intended. The work is now before the world; and I hope, for the sake of the Bookseller (who is a very worthy man), as well as on my own account, it will meet with a favorable reception among my countrymen—Mr. Conrad has, I expect, sent 80 or 100 copies to Washington . . .

Several references to Jefferson occur in the text. On page 80 is quoted a letter dated 16 August, 1795, from Jefferson to Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris, the American minister at Paris.

Appendix no. XIV consists of a letter from Mr. Jefferson, Secretary of State, to Mr. T. Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States with Great Britain, Philadelphia, September 7, 1793. [A letterpress copy in Jefferson's hand of a draft of this letter to Pinckney is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.]

For a note on William Barton see no. 529.

Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret De Saint-Memin, 1770-1852, engraved Jefferson's portrait in ''physiognotrace'' in 1804." "21350","17","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 8, Neutral Trade, i. e. the proceedings of the U. S. on their Neutral Trade, from 1793, to 1806, 8vo.","Jefferson, Thomas.","Report of the Secretary of State, on the Privileges and Restrictions on the Commerce of the United States in Foreign Countries. 16th December, 1793. Published by order of the House of Representatives. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1806.","9H1D 43.1","

8vo. 11 leaves.

This edition not in Johnston.

The covering letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (of which there is a draft in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress) is dated from Philadelphia, December 16, 1793. Both the letter and the Report are signed Th: Jefferson. The first edition was printed by Childs and Swaine in Philadelphia in 1793." "21360","J. 1","","","","Gibson's Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 17, as above.","Gibson, Edmund.","Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani: or, the Statutes, Constitutions, Canons, Rubricks and Articles, of the Church of England, methodically digested under their proper heads. With a commentary, historical and juridical. Before it, is an Introductory Discourse, concerning the present State of the power, discipline and laws, of the Church of England: and after it, an Appendix of Instruments, ancient and modern. By Edmund Gibson, D.D. Archdeacon of Surrey, Rector of Lambeth, and Chaplain to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. [-Vol. II.] London: Printed by J. Baskett; and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd. And are to be sold by R. Whitledge, 1713.","Law 228","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 377 and 414 leaves collating in twos with continuous signatures and pagination, title-page in both volumes printed in red and black; list of subscribers on the last four leaves.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 131, 21. Bridgman, page 131. Clarke, page 73, no. 62.

Old panelled calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I and 7T and 81 in vol. II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers.

Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, Bishop of London. This work is reviewed in Sir Michael Foster's An Examination of the Scheme of Church-Power, the next following entry." "21370","J. 2","","","","Examination of the scheme of Church power in the Codex.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 1, as above, 8vo.","[Foster, Sir Michael.]","An Examination of the Scheme of Church-Power, laid down in the Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani, &c. The second edition, corrected. London: Printed J. Roberts [sic], M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]","Law 219","

8vo. 85 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 232. Marvin, page 321. Sweet & Maxwell II, 37, 15. Clarke, page 69, no. 25 (1).

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. By Sir Michael Foster written in ink on the title-page (not by Jefferson).

Sir Michael Foster, 1689-1763, English judge. This work, an examination of the preceding entry, was first published anonymously earlier in the same year." "12380","J. 3","","","","Jura ecclesiastica.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 3, as above.","","Jura Ecclesiastica: or, the Present Practice in Ecclesiastical Courts. Shewing their origin, extent, increase, power, authority and operation, and in what manner subject to, and restrained by, the temporal laws and courts of judicature; ecclesiastical courts what they are, how governed, and their proceedings. Collected from the best authorities, and interspersed with various new cases, never before printed. By a Barrister of the Middle-Temple. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for T. Waller, MDCCXLIX. [1749]","Law 263","

2 vol. 8vo. 323 and 299 leaves; errata on the penultimate leaf, list of Law Books sold by R. Wellington on the last leaf.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Marvin, page 431. Sweet & Maxwell II, 43, 7. Clarke, page 75, no. 80.

Rebound in straight grained cowhide. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "21390","J. 4","","","","Parsons' Answer to Coke.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 4, as above, 8vo.","[Parsons, Robert.]","An Ansvvere to the Fifth Part of Reportes lately set forth by Syr Edvvard Cooke Knight, the Kinges Attorney generall. Concerning the ancient & moderne municipall lawes of England, vvhich do apperteyne to spirituall power & iurisdiction . . . By a Catholicke Deuyne . . . [St. Omer:] Imprinted vvith licence, Anno Domini 1606.","Law 307","

First Edition. 4to. 236 leaves collating in fours.

Halkett and Laing I, 107. STC 19352. Sweet & Maxwell I, 98, 8. Clarke, page 205, no. 2. Backer VI, 311, 34.

Calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Written on the title-page in an early hand is Auctore Ro. Parsons soc. Jes. vt diciture and the autograph signatures Tho. Brek and Richard Banastre.

Robert Parsons, 1546-1610, English Jesuit missionary and controversialist. This work is dedicated to Sir Edward Coke, whose Quinta Pars was published in 1605." "21400","J. 5","","","","Hill's examination of the rights of the Christian church.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 2, as above.","Hill, Samuel.","A Thorough examination of the false principles and fallacious arguments, advanc'd against the Christian Church, Priest-hood, and Religion: in a late pernicious book, ironically intituled, The Rights of the Christian Church Asserted &c. in a dialogue between Demas and Hierarcha. Humbly offered to the consideration of the nobility and gentry of England. By Samuel Hill, Rector of Killmington, and Arch-Deacon of Wells . . . London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1708.","BL2773. T5H6","

First Edition. 8vo. 173 leaves, errata list on the recto of the last leaf, publisher's advertisement on the verso, and on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank; some leaves discolored.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Arber, Term Catalogues III, 565, 22.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the original gold silk bookmark preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Numerous manuscript notes, not by Jefferson.

Samuel Hill, 1648-1716, Archdeacon of Wells." "21410","J. 6","","","","Degge's Parson's councellor.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 6, as above.","Degge, Sir Simon.","The Parson's counsellor, with the Law of Tythes or Tything. In two books. The first sheweth the order every parson, vicar, &c. ought to observe in obtaining a spiritual preferment . . . The second shews, in what manner all sorts of tythes, offerings, mortuaries, and other church duties are to be paid, as well in London as elsewhere . . . The fourth edition corrected, and inlarged in many particulars through the whole book, with a table, &c. Written by Sir Simon Degge, Kt. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for Henry Twyford, 1685.","Law 205","

8vo. 200 leaves; title page for the Second Part on sig. M6 with date 1684.

STC D855. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 37, 13.

Rebound in calf, original red silk cord bookmark preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The autograph signature R. Beverley in two places.

Sir Simon Degge, 1612-1704, English lawyer. The first edition of this work appeared in 1676, and was frequently reprinted." "21420","J. 7","","","","The Clergyman's Vade mecum.","","2. v. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 88. no. 5, as above, 12mo.","Johnson, John.","The Clergyman's Vade-Mecum: or, An account of the ancient and present Church of England; the duties and rights of the clergy; and of their privileges and hardships . . . The fifth edition, corrected and much enlarged. [-Part II. The third edition with additions . . . By John Johnson, M.A. Vicar of Cranbrook in the Diocese of Canterbury.] London: Printed for Robert Knaplock, and Sam. Ballard, MDCCXXIII. [1723]","Law 260","

2 vol. 12mo. 271 and 264 leaves, the titles vary; publishers' advertisements.

This edition not in the bibliographies.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Johnson, 1662-1725, English divine and controversialist. The first part of this work was originally published anonymously in 1708; the first edition of Part II appeared in 1709." "21430","J. 8","","","","Watson's Clergyman's law.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 88. no. 18, as above.","Watson, William.","The Clergy-Man's Law: or, the complete incumbent, collected from the Thirty-nine Articles, Canons, Decrees in Chancery and Exchequer, as also from all the Statutes and Common-Law Cases, relating to the Church and Clergy of England . . . By William Watson, L.L.D. late Dean of Battel. With a Table of the Contents of the Chapters, and another of the Principal Matters. To which are added the Names of the present Bishops, and other Chief Dignitaries of the Church of England. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions and Alterations . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Midwinter, W. Innys, T. Woodward [and others], M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]","Law 358","

Folio. 363 leaves only, should be 365, lacks sig. 41.

Lowndes V, 2857. Marvin, page 721. Sweet & Maxwell II, 41, 39. Bridgman, page 355. Clarke, page 80, no. 125.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the 1815 bookplate inlaid in the new endpapers.

Formerly in the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate similarly inlaid.

William Watson, 1637?-1689, English clergyman. According to Lowndes ''this work, which is much recommended by Blackstone, was written by Mr. Place of York.''" "21440","J. 9","","","","Johnson's Ecclesiastical law.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 7, as above.","Johnson, John.","A Collection of all the ecclesiastical laws, canons, answers, or rescripts, with other memorials concerning the government, discipline and worship of the Church of England, from its first foundation to the Conquest, that have hitherto been publish'd in the Latin and Saxonic tongues. And of all the Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical, made since the Conquest and before the Reformation, in any National Council, or in the Provincial Synods of Canterbury and York, that have hitherto been publish'd in the Latin tongue. Now first translated into English with Explanatory Notes, and such glosses from Lyndwood and Athone, as were thought most useful. Part the first [-second]. By John Johnson, M. A. Vicar of Cranbrook in the Diocese of Canterbury. London: Printed for Robert Knaplock, and Samuel Ballard, MDCCXX. [1720]","Law 261","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 311 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last 3 pages; vol. II, 326 leaves.

Marvin, page 426. Sweet & Maxwell I, 127, 38. Clarke, page 75, no. 78.

Old panelled calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "21450","J. 10","","","","Bohun's law of tithes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 11, as above.","Bohun, William.","The Law of Tithes . . . wherein all the statutes and adjudged cases relative to the subject are introduced and considered. The third edition corrected, with the addition of an alphabetical table at the end. By W. Bohun of the Middle-Temple, Esq; [London] In the Savoy: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, R. Ware [and others], M DCC XLIV. [1744]","Law 158","

8vo. 256 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the last 3 pages.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 44, 2. Clarke, page 98, no. 8.

Rebound in straight grain cowhide. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The previous editions were published in 1730 and 1731 respectively." "21460","J. 11","","","","Godolphin's orphan's legacy.","","4th. edñ. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 16, as above.","Godolphin, John.","The Orphan's legacy: or, A testamentary abridgment. In three parts. I. Of Last Wills and Testaments. II. Of Executors and Administrators. III. Of Legacies and Devices . . . Illustrated with a great variety of select cases in the law of both professions, as well delightful in the theory, as useful for the practice of all such as study the one, or are either active or passive in the other. The fourth edition much augmented and enlarged. By John Godolphin, LL. D. . . . London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esquires; for Robert Vincent, 1701.","Law 236","

Sm. folio. 252 leaves collating in fours.

Marvin, page 340. Sweet & Maxwell II, 158, 9. Clarke, page 89, no. 5.

Rebound in calf, original red silk cord bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page is the autograph signature Philip Ludwell pr. 7/.

John Godolphin, 1617-1678, English civilian, published the first edition of this work in 1674.

Philip Ludwell, whose signature is on the title-page, was probably the son of the original Virginia colonist of that name, who returned to England about 1700. Philip Ludwell the son, born in 1672, remained in Virginia and was speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1695. He died in 1726." "21470","J. 12","","","","Swinburne on wills.","","edñ. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 8, Swinburne on Wills, 2d edition, and last published by the author, himself, 4to p.","Swinburne, Henry.","A Briefe Treatise of Testaments and last Willes, very profitable to be vnderstoode of all the subiects of this Realme of England . . . Compiled of svch lawes ecclesiasticall and civill, as be not repugnant to the lawes, customes, or statutes of this Realme, nor derogatorie to the Prerogatiue Royall . . . With two tables, the one analyticall . . . The other alphabeticall . . . Newly corrected and augmented with sundry principall additions, by the industrie of Henry Swinburn, Iudge of the Prerogatiue Court of the Lord Archbishop of Yorke, and Bachelour of the Ciuill Lawe . . . Printed at London for the Companie of Stationers, 1611.","Law 341","

4to. 383 leaves collating in eights; woodcut initials.

STC 23548. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 317, 16. Clarke, page 91, no. 23.

Calf, back repaired, y.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Early autograph signatures of W. Smythe and John Bridgman occur, and early manuscript notes throughout. On the verso of the last leaf is a note dated 1764-1769. On the title-page Jefferson has written:

the second edition: being the last published by the author himself. This information is repeated in the 1815 Library catalogue as above, though in his manuscript catalogue Jefferson has left a space for the insertion of the edition. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Henry Swinburne, 1506?-1623, English ecclesiastical lawyer. The first edition of this work appeared in 1590." "21480","J. 13","","","","id. . . . . .. . .","","5th. edñ. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 88. no. 19, Swinburne on Wills, 5th edition, fol.","Swinburne, Henry.","A Treatise of Testaments and last wills, compiled out of the laws ecclesiastical, civil and canon, as also out of the common laws, customs and statutes of this realm. The whole digested into seven parts . . . By Henry Swinburne, sometime Judge of the Prerogative Court of York. The fifth edition, corrected and very much enlarged with all such statutes, decrees in Chancery, and resolutions of common law cases relating to this subject, and which have hitherto been published; with an exact table to the whole . . . [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) and are to be sold by J. Knapton, A. Bettesworth, R. Gosling [and others], MDCCXXVIII. [1728]","Law 343","

Folio. 286 leaves collating in fours; R. Gosling's advertisement on the verso of the half-title.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 317, 16. Clarke, page 91, no. 23.

Old calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The actual fifth edition was published in 1677." "21490","J. 14","","","","Swinburne's Espousals.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 88. no. 9, Swinburne on Espousals, 4to p.","Swinburne, Henry.","A Treatise of Spousals, or matrimonial contracts: wherein all the questions relating to that subject are ingeniously debated and resolved. By the late famous and learned Mr. Henry Swinburne, author of the Treatise of Wills and Testaments. The second edition. London: Printed for Daniel Brown, Thomas Ward, and William Mears, 1711.","Law 342","

4to. 128 leaves.

Marvin, page 682. Sweet & Maxwell I, 320, 11. Clarke, page 79, no. 120.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; manuscript notes are not by him.

The first edition was published in 1686." "21500","J. 15","","","","Pleadings for the Marquis de Gesvres.","","12mo. 2d. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 12, as above.","Potier, François Joachim Bernard, Marquis de Gesvres.","[The Case of Impotency debated, in the late famous tryal at Paris; between the Marquis de Gesvres and his lady, Mademoiselle de Mascranny . . . The second edition. London: Printed for E. Curll, 1715.","Law 227","

12mo. Vol. II only, imperfect copy, lacks the title and other leaves; list of books lately published at the end. The title of vol. II reads: The Pleadings for the Marquis de Gesvres against the Marchioness . . .

Old calf, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

A translation of the Recueil general des pieces contenues au procez de monsieur le marquis de Gesvres et de mademoiselle de Mascranny, son epouse, printed in Rotterdam in 1713." "21510","J. 16","","","","Burn's Ecclesiastical law.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 15, as above, with reading Burne's.","Burn, Richard.","Ecclesiastical Law. By Richard Burn, L.L.D. Vicar of Orton, in the county of Westmorland. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II].—Addenda to Burn's Ecclesiastical Law . . . London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan; and sold by A. Millar, M. DCC. LXIII, M DCC LXV. [1763, 1765]","Law 177","

2 vol. 4to. 366 and 417 leaves, the title-page for the Addenda on sig. 5H1, vol. II. List of Subscribers on 8 leaves in vol. I.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 37, 7.

Old calf, front cover of vol. II gone. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 13/6. Two editions of this book are entered in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue; the other, which was not sold to Congress, is described as 4. v. 8vo. and beside the entry is written in pencil: 4th. G. Wyth.

Richard Burn, 1709-1785, English legal writer and topographer. Sir William Blackstone, the ninth, tenth, and eleventh editions of whose Commentaries were edited by Burn, was one of the subscribers to this book, of which the list includes also the Rev. William Smith D.D., Provost of the College of Philadelphia. For another book by Burn see no. 1968." "21520","J. 17","","","","Nelson's Letters testamentary.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 10, as above.","Nelson, William.","Lex Testamentaria: or, A compendious system of all the laws of England, as well before the Statute of Henry VIII. as since, concerning last wills and testaments . . . Treating also of all cases concerning executory devises and legacies. . . By Wm Nelson of the Middle-Temple, Esq; The second edition, with many corrections and additions. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, [Assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for Joell Stephens, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]","Law 300","

8vo. 308 leaves, publisher's advertisements on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell II, 159, 15. Clarke, page 90, no. 10.

Calf. On the title-page is the autograph signature of Tho. Juckes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The first edition of this work was published in 1714. Other works by the same author appear in this catalogue." "21530","J. 18","","","","Conset's Practice of Ecclesiastical courts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 13, as above.","Conset, Henry.","The Practice of the spiritual or ecclesiastical courts. To which is added, A Brief discourse of the structure and manner of forming the libel or declaration. The third edition, corrected; with large additions. By H. C. . . . London: Printed for S. Battersby, J. Walthoe [and others], 1708.","Law 192","

8vo. 224 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Marvin, page 221. Sweet & Maxwell II, 42, 3. Clarke, page 253, no. 5.

Rebound in calf, with the original red silk bookmark; some marginal notes cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name of the author inserted in ink after his initials, not by Jefferson.

Henry Conset, English lawyer. The previous editions of this book were printed in 1685 and 1700 respectively. The Epistola Dedicatoria reprinted in this edition, was dated from York: Eborac Dat. Calend. Martii, Anno Salutis M. DC. LCCCI." "21540","J. 19","","","","Clarke's praxis in curiis ecclesiasticis.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 87. no. 14, as above, 4to. p.","Clerke, Francis.","Praxis Francisci Clarke, tam jus dicentibus quam aliis ominbus qui in foro ecclesiastico versantur apprime utilis. Per Thomam Bladen S. T. D. Decanum Ardfertensim, Illustrissimo Principi, Jacobo Duci Ormoniæ, &c. Proregi Hiberniæ a Sacris. Primo in lucem edita, diligenterque recognita, & a quamplurimis mendis repurgata cum indice satis amplo. Editio secunda priori multo castigatior. Londini: excudebat T. B. Impensis Hannah Sawbridge, 1684.","Law 186","

4to. 226 leaves.

STC C4443. Not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 135, 3.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Francis Clerke, f. 1594, English civilian. This work was finished in 1596, but not published until after the author's death. As pointed out in the note to the Praxis curiæ Admiralitatis the STC does not distinguish between these two books, and, listing the three editions of the former work above this one, describes this as the ''Second Edition'' in inverted commas. It is correctly described as the second edition. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1666 and no other editions appeared until this one of 1684. The other entries in the STC refer to the Praxis curiæ Admiralitatis. This edition was edited by Thomas Bladen. See also no. 2111." "21550","J. 1","","","","Sullivan's history of Land titles in Massachusets.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 31, as above, with reading Massachusetts.","Sullivan, James.","The history of Land titles in Massachusetts. By James Sullivan, L.L.D. Attorney General of that Commonwealth . . . Printed at Boston: By I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, for the author. August 1801.","HD1186.U6S8","

First Edition. 8vo. 196 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 93498. Marvin, page 678.

Sheep, back damaged by fire. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

In a letter to Albert Gallatin, dated from Monticello September 27, 1810, Jefferson wrote:

. . . was there ever a profound common lawyer known in one of the Eastern states? there never was, nor never can be one from those states, the basis of their law, is neither Common, nor Civil. it is an original if any compound can so be called, it's foundation seems to have been laid in the spirit & principles of Jewish law, incorporated with some words & phrases of Common law, and an abundance of notions of their own. this makes an amalgam sui generis; and it is well known that a man first & thoroughly initiated into the principles of one system of law, can never become pure & sound in any other. Ld. Mansfield was a splendid proof of this. therefore I say there never was, nor can be, a profound Common lawyer from those states. Sullivan had the reputation of preeminence there as a common lawyer. but we have his History of land titles, which gives us his measure . . .

James Sullivan, 1744-1808, lawyer, was a native of the District of Maine. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was at different times a justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, attorney general, and governor of the same state." "21560","J. 2","","","","Story's selection of pleadings.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 32, as above.","Story, Joseph.","A Selection of pleadings in civil actions, subsequent to the Declaration. With occasional annotations on the law of pleading. By Joseph Story . . . Salem: Published by Barnard B. Macanulty, Manning and Loring, printers, Boston, Jan. 1805.","Law 339","

First Edition. 8vo. 356 leaves collating in eights in a 24 letter alphabet, the last 3 leaves for a Catalogue of Law Books sold by Barnard B. Macanulty.

Not in Sabin. Marvin, page 668.

Rebound in calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Salem, Mass. January 14, 1806:

I have the honor to send by the mail for your acceptance two volumes, entitled the ''Power of Solitude'', and a ''Selection of Pleadings''; the former the amusement of my juvenile years, the latter the occasional effort of my professional leisure. In asking your acceptance of them I confess myself duly admonished of their errors and imbecillities . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on January 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???] Story & his thanks for the books sent him. one of them will be kept as a mark of his esteem, that kind of reading being out of the line of his present occupations. the other will be read with pleasure in moments of leisure . . .

For the Power of Solitude see chapter 35.

Joseph Story, 1779-1845, a native of Marblehead, Mass., was considered by Jefferson to be responsible for the repeal of the Embargo, according to a letter written from Monticello on July 16, 1810, to Henry Dearborn." "21570","J. 3","","","","Laws of Massachusets.","","4.W.M.—6.G.2.fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 70, as above.","","The Charter granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, printer to the Honourable Lieut. Governour & Council, for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. [-Acts and Laws, of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. ib. 1726.] 1726 continued to 1733.","Law 1A","

Folio. Separate titles for the Charter and the first session of the acts, the remaining sessions without separate titles but with the date in the colophon, continuous signatures and pagination.

Sabin 45568. Evans 2762, 2900, 2902, 3054-3057, 3182, 3306-7, 3440-3442, 3564-3565. Charlemagne Tower 215, etc.

Rough calf, padded with blanks, some leaves discolored, the table interleaved with blank leaves. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The printing of the laws for 1733 is attributed by Evans to Kneeland." "21580","4","","","","Laws of Massachusets.","","4.W.M.—13.W.3.fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 71, as above.","","The Charter granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston in New-England: Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John Allen, (printers to His Excellency the Governour & Council,) for, and sold by Michael Perry, and Benjamin Eliot, 1699.—Acts and Laws, of His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. ib. 1699. [-1712]","Law","

The Charter in 12 leaves: A-B4, *2, **2, the Acts and Laws from 1699 to 1712, separately printed on 198 leaves with continuous signatures and pagination; without imprints; the Acts and Laws for 1708 with colophon reading: London, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. Reprinted at Boston in N. E. by Bartholomew Green, Printer to His Excellency the Governour & Council. 1708.

Evans 867, 868 and other numbers for the different years. Charlemagne Tower 148-183 (to 1711 only)." "21590","J. 5","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 30, Laws of Massachusetts, 1780-1807, 3 v. 8vo.","","The Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from November 28, 1780 . . . to February 28, 1807. With the Constitutions of the United States of America, and of the Commonwealth, prefixed. In three volumes. To which is added, at the end of the second volume, an appendix, containing Acts and Clauses of Acts, from the Laws of the late Colony, Province and State of Massachusetts, which either are unrevised or respect the Title of Real Estate. Published by order of the General Court. Volume I. [-III.] Boston: Printed by J. T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews and Manning & Loring, June, 1807.","Law 419","

3 vol. 8vo. 298, 311 and 238 leaves, collating in fours in 24 letter alphabets. The imprint of the last volume omits the name of Buckingham, and reads: Printed by Manning & Loring, June, 1807.

This edition not in Sabin.

Rebound in green buckram by the Library of Congress in 1904; some leaves foxed; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "21600","J. 6","","","","[Laws of] Connecticut.","","14.C.2.—5.G.2. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 73, Laws of Connecticut, 14, Car. 2-5, G.2, fol.","","The Charter granted by His Majesty King Charles II. to the Governour & Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New-England in America. New-London: Printed and sold by Timothy Green, printer to the Governour and Company of the Colony above said, 1718-1729.—Acts and Laws, of His Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New-England. New-London: Re-printed and sold by Timothy Green, printer to his Honour the Governour and Council, 1715-1732.","Law 400","

Folio. The Charter contains 3 leaves, and is followed by a table of 6 leaves, with colophon dated MDCCXXIX. The Acts and Laws begin in 1702, and end with the May session, 1732; continuous signatures and pagination, ends on page 398.

Sabin 15762, 15756. Evans 1952, 1738 and other numbers. Trumbull 503. Charlemagne Tower 13-46. Bates 23-84.

Rough calf, with blank interleaves in the Table of the Charter, and padded with blanks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Probably purchased by Jefferson in 1791. On May 11 of that year Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to Pierpont Edwards of New London:

I have duly recieved your favor of April 30. together with the volume of laws accompanying it: and have now the honour to remit you a post bill for 15. dollars 25. cents for your reimbursement, according to the account sent. anxious to carry this collection of the laws of all the states to as perfect completion as possible, as well for the use of the general government, as for placing in a safe deposit one copy of the laws of all the states to which they may themselves be glad to recur hereafter, I take the liberty of solliciting a continuance of your attention to the subject . . .

''This edition of 1540 copies consists of a reprint of the revision of 1702, extending to p. 119, followed by a reprint of the laws passed at subsequent sessions pp. 120-210. Copies of this edition frequently lack the original table at the end of the volume and have bound in following the title the charter and table printed in 1729.''—Bates." "21610","J. 7","","","","[Laws of] Rhode Island. 1663.—1718.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 72, as above, with reading Island.","","The Charter granted by His Majesty King Charles the Second, to the Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations in America. Boston, in New-England: Printed by John Allen, for Nicholas Boone, 1719. [-Acts and Laws, of His Majesties Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations in America. ib. 1179 (for 1719).]","Law 9","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 59 leaves in twos; the second title on sig. C2; continuous signatures, separate pagination.

Sabin 70510. Evans 2069, 70. Not in Bartlett. John Carter Brown III, 252, 253. Not in Charlemagne Tower.

Rough calf, padded with blanks, and with 4 blank leaves inserted in an unsigned sheet which contains the Table; some leaves discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, the date in the second imprint corrected in ink, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The earliest printed volume of Rhode Island laws. Issued in one volume with continuous signatures, and should not be separated into two separate entries as in Evans and the John Carter Brown Catalogue." "21620","J. 8","","","","[Laws of] New York.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 33, Laws of Newyork, 2 v. 8vo.","","Laws of the State of New-York. Published by authority. In two volumes. [By James Kent and Jacob Radcliff.] Vol. I [-II]. Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1802.","Law 3","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 348 and 282 leaves collating in fours (in 25 letter alphabets); the last two sheets of vol. II for the Subscribers' names (of which all but six were from New York State), and Webster's advertisement; woodcut arms of New York on the titles.

Sabin 53745.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes at sig. I and T. The names of the authors written on the title of vol. I, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Kent, 1763-1847, jurist and legal commentator, was a judge of the New York Supreme Court.

Jacob Radcliff, 1764-1844, lawyer, was mayor of New York, and one of the founders of Jersey City, N.J." "21630","J. 9","","","","[Laws of] Pennsylvania.","","12.W.3.—16.G.2.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 74, Laws of Pennsylvania, 21, W. 3—16, G. 2, fol.","","The Charters of the Province of Pensilvania and City of Philadelphia. [-A Collection of all the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania: now in force. Published by order of Assembly.]—[An Appendix; containing a summary of such Acts of Assembly as have been formerly in force within this province, for regulating of descents, and transfering the property of lands, &c, but since expired, altered or repealed.] Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, M DCC XLII. [1742.]","Law 7","

First Edition. Folio. 3 parts in 1; 15, 281 (should be 282, lacks the blank 6S2), 20 leaves; separate titles (as above), signatures and pagination.

Evans 5033. Church 943. Hildeburn 755, 757. Curtis, page 75, 76. Charlemagne Tower 670.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, the name Joseph Galloway written on the margin of the first leaf of The Charters; manuscript notes in the text not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Kinsey, 1693-1750, Quaker lawyer, added the Appendix, and edited the entire work." "21640","J. 10","","","","[Laws of] Pennsylvania. 1769.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 75, Laws of Pennsylvania, 1769, fol.","","Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, nono. At a General Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, Anno Domini 1768, in the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III . . . And from thence continued by Adjournments to the eighteenth day of February, 1769. [. . . Adjournments to the twenty-seventh day of May, 1769.] Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Henry Miller, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","Law 8","

Folio. 55 leaves collating in twos; title for the Adjournments to the Twenty-seventh of May, on Cc2, continuous signatures and pagination; Table on the last leaf.

Evans 11399, 11400. Hildeburn 2419. Charlemagne Tower 736.

Old sheep; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "21650","J. 11","","","","[Laws of] North Carolina. by Iredell. 1790.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 76, Laws of North Carolina, by Iredell, 1790. fol.","","Laws of the State of North-Carolina. Published, according to Act of Assembly, by James Iredell, now one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Edenton: Printed by Hodge & Wills, printers to the State of North Carolina, M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","Law 4","

Folio. 371 leaves collating in twos, subscribers' names on 3 pages at the end.

Sabin 55637. Evans 23741. Weeks, no. 88. McMurtrie 162. Charlemagne Tower 639.

Sheep; not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Iredell, 1751-1799, statesman and jurist, came from England to Edenton, North Carolina, in 1768 as comptroller of the customs." "21660","J. 12","","","","Martin's Revisal of Iredell's laws of N. Carolina.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 57, as above, unabbreviated.","Iredell, James—Martin, François-Xavier.","The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North-Carolina. Volume I. Containing the Acts from 1715 to 1790; revised and published, under the authority of the Legislature, by the Honorable James Iredell, Esquire . . . and now revised by François-Xavier Martin. [-Volume II. Containing the Acts from 1790 to 1803; revised and published, under the authority of the Legislature, by François-Xavier Martin.] Newbern: Martin & Ogden, 1804.","Law 431","

2 vol. in 1. 4to. 252 (the last a blank) and 123 leaves, collating in twos; one leaf of advertisement of books printed by Martin, list of errata at the end of both volumes. Pages 456-458, volume I, contain the Treaty of Peace between America and Great-Britain. By the United States in Congress Assembled. The prefaces signed by Martin, dated from Newbern. November 1 and June 15, 1804, respectively.

Sabin 55670. Tinker, page 695 (8vo. edition only).

Calt, some leaves cut close, initialled by Jefferson at signature I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

This work was printed as well as edited by François Xavier Martin, for a note on whom see no. 1990." "21670","J. 13","","","","The case of Hamilton & Eaton in N. Carolina.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 36, as above, with reading North.","","Hamiltons versus Eaton: A case respecting British debts, lately determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for North-Carolina District, presided by C. J. Ellsworth. Newbern: François-Xavier Martin, 1797.","Law 376","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves.

Sabin 30048. Evans 32223. McMurtrie, North Carolina Imprints no. 238. Weeks 1896, page 266, no. 115a.

Half bound, repaired and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The copy of George Wythe, with The Honl G. Wythe written on the title-page. A few manuscript corrections by Wythe.

Part of George Wythe's bequest to Jefferson.

For a note on François Xavier Martin see no. 1990." "21680","J. 14","","","","[Laws of] Barbadoes. 1648.—1718. . . . . . New York. 1691.—1718. . . . . . Bermuda. 1690.—1714. in 1","","vol. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 69, Laws of Barbadoes, Newyork, Bermuda, fol.","","Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Barbadoes, from 1648, to 1718. London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd. MDCCXXI. [1721.]","Law 27","

Folio. 173 leaves collating in fours, Royal arms on the title.

Sabin 3260. Not in Marvin." "21690","","","","","","","","","","Acts of Assembly, passed in the Province of New-York, from 1691, to 1718. ib. MDCCXIX. [1719.]","","

Folio. 154 leaves, the last defective, collating in twos, Royal arms on the title.

Sabin 53467. Not in Marvin." "21700","","","","","","","","","","Acts of Assembly, made and enacted in the Bermuda or Summer-Islands, from 1690, to 1713-14. ib. MDCCXIX. [1719.]","","

3 parts in 1 with separate titles, continuous pagination and signatures. 44 leaves collating in twos, starred signatures, Royal arms on each title.

Sabin 4906. Not in Marvin.

The three works bound together in 1 volume, calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the first work. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "21710","15","","","","[Laws of] Maryland by Kilty.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 56, Laws of Maryland, by Kilty, 3 v. 4to.","Kilty, William.","The Laws of Maryland, to which are prefixed the original Charter, with an English translation, the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the State, as originally adopted by the Convention, with the several alterations by Acts of Assembly, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the General Government, and the Amendments made thereto, with an Index to the Laws, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. In two volumes. Revised and collected, under the authority of the Legislature, by William Kilty, Attorney at Law. Volume I [-II]. Annapolis: printed by Frederick Green, printer to the State, 1799-1800.","Law","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 479 and 574 leaves. The third volume, called for in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue disappeared at an early date; the entry in the contemporary working copy has the manuscript annotation: 3d vol. missing.

Sabin 45190. Evans 35775 (vol. I). Marvin, page 440.

Jefferson's copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote on July 11, 1801:

Permit me to request your acceptance of an Edition of the Laws of Maryland which I have lately compiled under a resolution of the General Assembly of that State.

The adoption of those Laws in this part of the district of Columbia, may render a knowledge of them desirable, and I flatter myself that by reference to the Index you will be enabled without much trouble to obtain information on any subject that may occur.

William Kilty, 1757-1821, army surgeon and jurist, was born in London, but came to America with his family shortly before the outbreak of the Revolutionary war. Among his other activities he was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. Seven volumes in all of this work were issued, the first two in quarto as above, vol. III-VII in octavo, n.d." "21720","J. 16","","","","Kilty's Maryland Landholder's Assistant.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 35, as above.","Kilty, John.","The land-holder's assistant, and land-office guide; being an exposition of original titles, as derived from the proprietary government, and more recently from the State, of Maryland . . . By John Kilty, Register of the Land-office for the Western-Shore of the State of Maryland. Baltimore: Printed by G. Dobbin and Murphy, 1808.","Law 274","

First Edition. 274 leaves collating in fours in 25 letter alphabets; the Appendix on 26 leaves at the end with separate signatures (in numerals) and pagination; the last leaf with the errata list.

Sabin 37745. Marvin, page 440.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "21730","J. 17","","","","Abr. of the laws of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland, New-England, New York, & Carolina.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 29, as above, with reading Abridgement.","","An Abridgement of the Laws in force and use in Her Majesty's Plantations; (viz.) of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland, New-England, New-York, Carolina, &c. Digested under proper heads in the method of Mr. Wingate, and Mr. Washington's Abridgements. London: Printed for John Nicholson, R. Parker, and R. Smith, and Benj. Tooke, 1704.","Law 140","

First Edition. 8vo. 250 leaves; the laws of New York and Carolina are not included in the volume, though space is left in the pagination and signatures.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 81. Marvin, page 48. Sweet & Maxwell II, 199, 2.

Old calf, rebacked; some leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For Edward Wingate, see no. 1819.

For Joseph Washington, see no. 1820." "21740","J. 18","","","","Laws of Jamaica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 28, as above.","","The Laws of Jamaica, passed by the Assembly, and confirmed by His Majesty in Council, Feb. 23. 1683. To which is added, A short account of the Island and Government thereof. With an exact map of the Island. London: Printed by H. Hills for Charles Harper, 1683.","Law 29","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 144 leaves, engraved folded map, backed.

STC J124. This edition not in Hazlitt, not in Arber, Term Catalogues, not in the Catalogue of the Library of the Institute of Jamaica and not in Clarke. Sweet & Maxwell II, 209, 11.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "21750","J. 19","","","","Criminal law of Kentucky by Toulmin & Blair.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 37, as above.","Toulmin, Harry and Blair, James.","A review of the criminal law of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Published under the authority of the legislature. By Harry Toulmin & James Blair. From the press of W. Hunter, (at Frankfort,) Printer to the State, 1804.","Law 350","

First Edition. 8vo. 242 leaves collating in eights.

Sabin 96328, note. Marvin, page 695. McMurtrie and Allen, no. 225.

Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Harry Toulmin, 1767-1824, a Unitarian minister in Lancashire, England, and a friend of Joseph Priestley, emigrated to the United States in 1793. In a letter to Mr Brackenridge [i.e. John Breckinridge] dated from Monticello, October 25, 1793, Jefferson wrote of Toulmin:

This will be handed you by m[???] Toulmin a gentleman who goes to visit your state with a view to settle in it. I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him; but from the multiplied testimonies of those who have, I am able to assure you that you will find in him a person of understanding, of science, & of great worth: and what will be an additional recommendation to you, a pure & zealous republican. any attentions or services you can render him will oblige me, and will be a comfort to yourself also when you shall have known him of yourself . . ." "21760","?J. 20","","","","Laws of Michigan & tracts by Woodward.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 38, The Law of Michigan, and Tracts, by Woodward, 8vo.","","The Laws of Michigan. Volume I . . . [edited by A. B. Woodward.] City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1806.","Law 2","

8vo. 90 leaves collating in fours. The introductory letter addressed by A. B. Woodward to James Madison, Secretary of State, and dated from Washington, May 8, 1806.

Sabin 48746. Not in Marvin. Streeter 5340.

This may have been the volume referred to by Woodward, in his letter addressed to Jefferson from Detroit, July 18, 1807:

Mr. Woodward has the honor to present his respects to the President of the United States, and to request the favor of his acceptance of the volume which accompanies this.

A copy in the Library of Congress has the number 3 in ink on the title-page, denoting that it was at one time part of a volume of tracts. There is the possibility therefore that it is Jefferson's copy though it has no marks of provenance. It is not known what were the other tracts included in the volume.

Augustus Brevoort Woodward, 1774-1827, jurist and political philosopher was in 1805 appointed by Jefferson one of the three judges of the new territory of Michigan. This volume of laws (of which no more was published) is known as the Woodward Code." "21770","J. 21","","","","Kerr's Criminal law of Orleans.","","8vo. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 40, Keer's exposition of the Criminal Law of Orleans, 8vo, Fr. Eng.","Kerr, Lewis—Moreau De Lislet, Louis Casimir Elisabeth.","Explication des lois criminelles du Territoire d'Orleans . . . Ouvrage publié en execution d'un acte de la Legislature du Territoire, passé le 4 Mai 1805 et intitulé ''Acte pour la punition des crimes et delits''. (Section 48). Par Autorité. Par Lewis Kerr, Esqr. et avocat, et traduit en français par L. Moreau Lislet, Esqr. et avocat. Nouvelle-Orleans: Imprimé (la Partie Française) par Jean Renard, 1806. [An Exposition of the criminal laws of the territory of Orleans . . . By Lewis Kerr, Esquire, Counsellor at Law. New-Orleans: Printed by Bradford & Anderson, 1806.]","Law 273c","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 162 leaves including the first blank, the French title and text on the recto of the leaves, the English on the verso; printed partly on blue paper.

Sabin 37629. Marvin, page 439.

Originally bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt by March, on April 26, 1806. Rebound in calf (the original green silk bookmark preserved), marbled endpapers; the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The cost of the original binding was $1.00.

Only one copy was sold to Congress by Jefferson; the other was sold at the auction of Jefferson's books in 1829.

This book was written at the request of Governor Claiborne, whose letter to Kerr, dated August 12, 1805, and Kerr's answer announcing the completion of the work, dated January 1, 1806, are printed at the beginning of the book. A copy was sent to Jefferson by the Governor, William C. C. Claiborne, who wrote from New Orleans on March 1, 1806:

I beg you to receive—accompanied with my warm respects—a Treatise written on the Criminal Laws of this Territory.

Louis Casimir Elisabeth Moreau De Lislet, 1767-1832, Louisiana jurist and politician, was one of the lawyers in the Batture case, q. v., in chapter 24. This is the first edition of the French text. The English text was published in the same year by John Mowry." "21780","J. 22","Acts of the legislature of Orleans of 1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 39, Acts of the Legislature of Orleans, of 1806—, 2 v. 8vo.","","","i.","","","","By Authority. Acts passed at the First Session of the First Legislature of the Territory of Orleans, begun and held in the City of New-Orleans, on the twenty fifth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. New-Orleans: from the press of Bradford & Anderson, printers to the Territory of Orleans, 1806.","Law 6","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 116 leaves collating in fours, English and French texts on opposite pages.

Sabin 53302.

Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by the Governor, whose secretary, Richard Claiborne, wrote to Jefferson from New Orleans on August 27, 1806:

In the absence of Governor Claiborne, I forward to you a copy of the Laws of the 1st. Session of the Legislature of the Territory of Orleans." "21790","J. 22","Acts of the legislature of Orleans of 1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 39, Acts of the Legislature of Orleans, of 1806—, 2 v. 8vo.","","","ii.","","","","Acts passed at the First Session of the Second Legislature of the Territory of Orleans, begun and held in the City of New-Orleans, on Monday, the eighteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the thirty-second. Published by Authority. New-Orleans: Bradford & Anderson, printers, 1808.","Law 5","

First Edition. 8vo. 79 leaves collating in fours, the last a blank; English and French texts on opposite pages.

Not in Sabin.

Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I only (the work collates to T); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "21800","23","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 41, Orleans Term reports of 1809, 10, by Martin, pamphlet, 8vo.","Martin, François-Xavier.","Orleans Term Reports or Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans. By François-Xavier Martin, one of the Judges of said Court . . . Vol. I. New-Orleans: printed by John Dacqueny, 1811.","Law","

First Edition. Vol. I only. 188 leaves collating in fours; list of errata at the end. The preface dated from New-Orleans, Oct. 30th 1811.

Tinker, page 697.

It seems possible, from the description of this work as a pamphlet in the 1815 catalogue, that Jefferson's copy was unbound.

This volume includes the cases from 1809 to the spring of 1811. On page 87 is the case Livingston vs. D'Orgenoy, concerned with the Batture case. A second volume was published in 1813.

For a note on Martin see no. 1990." "21810","J. 24","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 42, Laws of Mississippi Territory, by Toulmin, 8vo.","Toulmin, Harry.","The Statutes of the Mississippi Territory, revised and digested by the Authority of the General Assembly. By the Honorable Harry Toulmin, one of the United States' Judges for the Mississippi Territory. Published by Authority. Natchez: Printed by Samuel Terrell, printer to the Mississippi Territory, 1807.","Law 420","

First Edition. 8vo. 317 leaves, collating in fours in 25 letter alphabets; with the and title beginning: A Digest of the Statutes of the Mississippi Territory . . .

Sabin 49499. McMurtrie 42.

Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Lacks the four leaves of sig. U2 supplied in photostat facsimile. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sent to Jefferson as President of the United States, by the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory. The covering letter, addressed from Washington M. T. September 29, 1808, and signed by Tho. H. Williams, read:

In obedience to an act of the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory, I transmit herewith, a Digest of the Statutes thereof.

Several of the acts are signed by Jefferson as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and as President of the United States. On page 411 is an account of the establishment in the Territory of a College, which shall bear the name of Jefferson College; in honor of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and President of the American Philosophical Society.

Harry Toulmin, 1766-1823, see no. 2175. In 1804 he was appointed judge of the superior court for the eastern district of the Mississippi Territory, and from that time was associated with the Territory. This copy has the second title, which, according to McMurtrie, was not issued with all copies. Sabin's title is incorrect, being a mixture of the two titles." "21820","J. 25","","","","Spotiswoode's Practicks of the laws of Scotland.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 64, as above.","Spottiswood, Sir Robert, Lord Newabbey.","Practicks of the Laws of Scotland, observed and collected by Sir Robert Spotiswoode of Pentland, President of the College of Justice, and Secretary of State to K. Charles the I. As also, abstracts taken out of the ancient Records of this Kingdom, whereby is declared the manner of administring Justice in Civil Causes, before the College of Justice were erected. And propositions & questions in law made by the same author. With Memoirs of his life and trial for an alledg'd crime of High Treason against the States: In the pretended Parliament at St. Andrews, in December 1645, and January 1646. Publish'd by John Spotiswoode of That-ilk, advocate, the author's grand-son. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson: sold by John Vallange, MDCCVI. [1706.]","Law 336","

First Edition. Folio. 210 leaves in twos. Dedicated to the Right Honourable, James Marquis of Montrose.

Marvin, page 657. Sweet & Maxwell I, 371, 47. Clarke, page 420, no. 134.

Calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Robert Spottiswood, Lord Newabbey, 1596-1646, Scottish advocate, died by execution. He was one of the crown assessors for the trial of Lord Balmerino, q. v.

John Spottiswood, 1666-1728, Scottish advocate." "21830","J. 26","","","","Scotch acts.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 26, as above.","[Home, Henry, Lord Kames.]","Statute Law of Scotland abridged. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochran. For A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, MDCCLVII. [1757]","Law 268","

First Edition. 8vo. 232 leaves in fours; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Not in Halkett and Lang. This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.

Tree calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Other works by the same author appear in this catalogue." "21840","J. 27","","","","Scotch acts from Jac. 1. of Scotland to Charles 2d.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 65, as above.","","The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second who now presently reigns, Kings and Queen of Scotland. Collected, and extracted, from the Publick Records of the said Kingdom, by Sir Thomas Murray of Glendook . . . Edinburgh: Printed by David Lindsay and John Cairnes, Anno Dom. MDC.LXXXI. Cum privilegio. 1681","Law 30","

First Edition. Folio. 437 leaves collating in twos and fours; engraved title within a border in compartments with portraits of the Kings and Queens by Ja. Clark, engraved Arms of Scotland, full page engraved portraits, printed title and leaf Lectori de Libro printed in red and black, woodcut initials; separate title-pages for the different parts.

Sweet & Maxwell V, page 92. Clarke, page 419, no. 110.

Old calf, some leaves discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Thomas Murray Of Glendook, 1630?-1684, Scottish lawyer and lord-clerk-register. His edition, known as the ''Glendook Acts'' was copied from Skene's edition of 1597, with the subsequent laws to 1681. Two editions were printed in 1681 in folio and duodecimo respectively." "21850","J. 28","","","","Forbes's Journal of the Sessions.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 66, as above.","Forbes, William.","A Journal of the Session. Containing the decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, in the most important cases, heard and determin'd from February 1705, till November 1713: and the Acts of Sederunt made in that Time . . . Observed and compiled by William Forbes Advocate, Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow. By Order of the Dean and Faculty of Advocates . . . Edinburgh: Printed for the Author and sold at William Brown's Shop, MDCCXIV. [1714]","Law 216","

First Edition. Folio. 448 leaves collating in fours except the second Index at the end which has a separate alphabet in twos and separate pagination; title printed in red and black; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by R. Cooper after Gul. Robinson; list of subscribers at the beginning.

Marvin, page 317. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 33. Advocates Library Catalogue III, 210.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On an inserted leaf at the beginning is a manuscript list of books, not in Jefferson's hand, as follows:

A List of Books purchased of John Wayles Esq. viz

Sterling

Nelsons Abridgment 3 volumes £4. 10. 0

Puffendorf, Law of Nature &c. 1. 1. 0

Comyns Reports 1. 10. 0

Vernons Do 2 vol. 2. 10. 0

Attes Practice in King Bench 0. 12. 0

Do C P 0. 6. 0

Law of Obligations 2. 6

Infants Lawyer 4. 0

Woods Institute 1. 5. 0

Crookes Reports 16. 0

Sterling

Common Law Common placed £14. 0

Watts Logick 0. 2. 6

Marchs Report 0. 3

Brownlow & Goldsb. Do 0. 6. 0

14. 2. 0 Sterl:

25 pc advance 3. 15. 0

£17. 17. 0

William Forbes, Scottish advocate." "21860","J. 29","","","","Kaim's dict. of decisions.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 67, as above.","Home, Henry, Lord Kames.","The decisions of the Court of Session, from its first institution to the present time. Abridged, and digested under proper heads, in form of a dictionary. Collected from a great number of manuscripts, never before published, as well as from the printed decisions. Vol. I [-II]. Edinburgh: Printed by Richard Watkins, for himself, Alexander Kincaid and Robert Fleming, sold by Alexander Kincaid, MDCCXLI. 1741","Law 269","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 325 and 311 leaves collating in twos, titles printed in red and black.

Marvin, page 394. Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.

Old tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Continuations and a Supplement were subsequently published in 1797 and 1805." "21870","J. 30","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 27, Judgment of the Lords of Session in the case of Hamilton and Douglass, 8vo.","","The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, Pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; Defender. Accurately taken down and published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour, Auld, and Smellie, for J. Balfour, Edinburgh; T. Becket and P. A. Du Hondt, London, M,D,CC,LXVIII. [1768.]","Law 423","

8vo. 314 leaves, collating in fours.

Lowndes II, 664.

Sheep, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Archibald James Edward Douglas (formerly Stewart), 1748-1827. The Douglas case, a suit brought against him by the Duke of Hamilton, occupied the Scottish law lords for five years, from 1762 to 1767. Douglas eventually won the case by a reversal of the first decision which had been lost by the casting vote of the President. Numerous pamphlets on the case were published." "21880","J. 31","","","","Statutes of Ireland in force in 1678.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 68.","","A Collection of all the statutes now in use in the Kingdom of Ireland; with notes in the margin: and a continuation of the statutes made in the Reign of the late King Charles the First, of ever blessed memory: and likewise the Acts of Settlement and Explanation . . . to the Dissolution of the Parliament, the seventh of August, 1666. As also a necessary table . . . Dublin: Printed by Benjamin Tooke, M.DC.LXXVIII. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. [1678.]","Law 28","

First Edition. Folio. 443 leaves collating in twos and in fours, printed chiefly in black letter.

STC I356. Sweet & Maxwell IV, 12. Dix, page 163.

Rough calf, gilt ornamental borders, back scorched.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A second edition corrected was published in the same year." "21890","J. 32","","","","Frederician Code.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 25, as above.","","The Frederician Code; or, a Body of Law for the Dominions of the King of Prussia. Founded on reason, and the Constitutions of the Country. Translated from the French. In two volumes. Volume I [-II]. Edinburgh: printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid, for J. Richardson, London, and A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, MDCCLXI. [1761.]","Law 39","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 270 and 260 leaves including 3 blanks.

Lowndes II, 837. Clarke, page 94, no. 16.

Sprinkled calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Code Frédéric was published in 1751 by Frederick the Great, to replace the Roman, Saxon and other foreign laws and statutes then in force. This code was replaced in 1900 by the Civil Code." "21900","J. 33","","","","Calvini Lexicon juridicum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 61, as above.","Calvinus, Johannes.","Lexicon Ivridicvm Ivris Cæsarei simvl, et canonici, fevdalis item, civilis, criminalis, theoretici, ac practici . . . Avctvm deinde, expolitvm et emendatvm, ex hactenus editis accuratissimis lucrubrationibus Do. Cviacii, Brissonii, Donelli, Dvareni, Gothofredi, Pacii, Vvlteii, Goeddæi item Corrasii, Fabri, Wesembeccii, aliorumq; præstantissimorum Virorum: quorum Catalogum mox post præfationes inuenies; stvdio et opera. Iohannis Calvini, aliàs Kahl. Wetterani, Iuris Doctoris, & in Academia Heidelbergensi Professoris. Editio Postrema, prioribvs avctior et longe limatior, cum præfationibus clarissimorum & eminentissimorum huius æui Iurisconsultorum, Dionisii Gothofredi, & Hermanni Vvlteii . . . Cvm Gratia et Privilegio Sac. Cæs Maiest. [Geneva:] sumptibus Samuelis Chouët, M.DC.LXIX. [1669.]","Law 181","

Folio. 530 leaves in sixes, title-page printed in red and black, with Chouët's device, text in double columns.

This edition not in the bibliographies.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name R Belwood written on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of William Byrd with his armorial bookplate.

Johannes Calvinus, fl. in the 17th century, was professor of law at Heidelberg. The first edition of his Lexicon Ivridicvm was printed in 1600." "21910","J. 34","","","","Harris's Justinian.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 43, Justinian's Institutes, Lat. Eng. by Harris, 4to.","Justinian—Harris, George.","D. Justiniani Institutionum libri quatuor. The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions, translated into English, with notes, by George Harris, LL.D. The second edition. London: Printed by J. Purser, for M. Withers, MDCCLXI. [1761.]","Law 51","

4to. 210 leaves collating in fours, Latin and English text in roman and italic letter respectively, engraved arms at the head of the dedication, engravings in the text, separate pagination for each book.

This edition not in Marvin. Not in Sweet & Maxwell. Clarke, page 75, no. 81.

Calf, gilt back, repaired with new marbled endpapers, original m.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Justinian I., 483-565, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first edition of his Institutiones was published in Mainz by Peter Schoeffer in 1468.

George Harris, 1722-1796, English civilian. The first edition of his translation appeared in 1756." "21920","J. 35","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 14, Justinian's Institutes, Lat. Eng. with notes, by Cooper, 8vo.","Justinian.—Cooper, Thomas.","The Institutes of Justinian. With notes by Thomas Cooper, Esq. Professor of Chemistry at Carlisle College, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1812.","Law 47","

First Edition. 8vo. 366 leaves collating in fours; engraved table, Latin and English text in parallel columns in roman and italic letter respectively; publisher's advertisement on the last leaf. Preface signed Thomas Cooper and dated September 30th, 1812.

Not in Sabin. Marvin, page 432.

Old sheep, y.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the title-page the author's autograph inscription: Mr Cooper to Mr Jefferson.

Presentation copy from the author. On July 25, 1812, Cooper wrote from Carlisle to Jefferson:

. . . When my edition of Justinian's Institutes is out, which will be in about three months, I will beg your acceptance of a copy. I have already printed the text and translation amounting to 400 pages, and 150 pages of notes. Having had the misfortune of losing by fire great part of my collections for notes, I am obliged to use the intervals of my leisure here, to compose as fast as I can for the Printer, who keeps even daily pace with me. But hurried as I am (lecturing also thrice a week) I shall not scruple to risk the publication. I expect the additional notes, preface and index will occupy about 150 pages more, making a volume of 700 pages. I have preferred correcting the diffuse and awkward translation of Harris, to composing entirely a new one, and I have aimed at the difficult task of keeping the translation within bounds of space not much exceeding the original . . .

Eighteen months later, on January 16, 1814, Jefferson wrote to Cooper:

. . . your Justinian came safely also, and I have been constantly meaning to acknolege it, but I wished at the same time to say something more. I posessed Theophilus's, Vinnius's and Harris's editions; but read over your notes, and the Addenda et Corrigenda, and especially the parallels with the English law, with great satisfaction and edification. your edition will be very useful to our lawyers, some of whom will need the translation as well as the Notes . . .

On May 20, 1817, Dr. John Manners of Flemington, New Jersey, wrote to Jefferson a long letter on legal matters, and made reference to this book:

. . . Judge Peters contends that the federal courts are invested with common law jurisdiction. Of the latter opinion is my father-in-law Judge Cooper, under whose direction my legal studies were conducted, & to whom I am indebted for whatever talents, as a lawyer, I may be thought to possess, as expressed in his edition of Justinian (p 415), altho he seems to have expressed a different opinion in Cooper's Bankrupt Law (p 230 & 283) . . .

Jefferson replied to this letter from Monticello on June 12 and, in reference to this part of Manners' letter, wrote:

. . . I have turned to the passage you refer to in Judge Cooper's Justinian, and should suppose the general expressions there used would admit of modification conformable to this doctrine. it would alarm me indeed, in any case, to find myself entertaining an opinion different from that of a judgment so accurately organised as his. but I am quite persuaded that whenever Judge Cooper shall be led to consider that question simply and nakedly, it is so much within his course of thinking, as liberal as logical, that, rejecting all blind and undefined obligation, he will hold to the positive and explicit precepts of the law alone . . ." "21930","36","","","","Justiniani institutiones Vinnii. Elzev.","","24s","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 44, Justiniani Institutiones Vinnii, to.","","","","

Jefferson's copy of the Corpus juris civilis edited by Vinnius is no longer in the Library of Congress.

His manuscript catalogue calls for an edition in 24s; the 1815 catalogue entry is imperfect but apparently calls for a quarto edition. The later Library of Congress catalogues credit the Jefferson collection with the quarto edition printed in Leyden by P. Vander, 1709.

There is no entry on the undated manuscript catalogue." "21940","J. 37","","","","Vinnii partitiones Juris civilis.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 18, as above, 4to. p.","Vinnius, Arnoldus.","Arnoldi Vinnii JC. Jurisprudentiæ Contractae sive Partitionum Juris Civilis Libri IV . . . Rotterdami: ex officinâ Joannis Nærani, Anno cI[???] I[???] CLXIII.— . . . Tractatus quinque De Pactis, Iurisdictione, Collationibus, Transactionibus & Quæstionibus Iuris Selectis. Quibus additæ sunt Simonis Vinnij Arn Fil. Orationes . . . ib. cI[???] I[???] CLXIII. [1663.]","Law 53","

2 vol. in 1. 4to. 444 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by P. Philip; 274 leaves including 1 blank; complimentary verses at the end.

Van der Aa XIX, page 234.

Original vellum, gilt back; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Arnoldus Vinnius, 1588-1657, Dutch lawyer." "21950","J. 38","","","","Codex Justinianus.","","4to. Paris. Regnault. 1532.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 15, Cogex Justinianus, p 4to, Paris, Regnault, 1532.","Justinian.","Codex Justinianus ad vetustorum exemplarium fidem dilig[???]tissime recognitus . . . Parisijs: Francoys Regnavlt, 1532.","Law 41","

4to. Imperfect copy lacking some leaves; printed in gothic letter in black and red, double columns, text surrounded by gloss, title within a woodcut border in compartments with portraits and Regnault's elephant device, woodcut initials.

Brunet III, 616 [2 vol.]. Graesse III, 509.

Old half sheep repaired, the 1815 bookplate preserved under the later endpapers, the original marbled endpapers pasted down on the back of the title. Not initialled by Jefferson.

From the library of John Carey with his autograph signature on the fly-leaf, Ex Libris Joannis Carey, and three pages in his handwriting at the end.

The first edition of this Codex was printed in Mainz in 1475.

For a note on John Carey see no. 492." "21960","J. 39","","","","Corpus Juris civilis Gothofredi. Antwerp.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 58, as above.","","Corpus Juris civilis Romani, in quo Institutiones, digesta ad Codicem Florentinum emendata, Codex & Novellæ, nec non Justiniani edicta . . . addito textu Græco in Digestis, Codice, Novellis, Legibus & Constitutionibus, cum Notis integris Dionysii Gothofredi, quibus et aliæ aliorum jctorum celeberrimorum, Pauli receptæ Sententiæ cum selectis Notis J. Cujacii & Sparsim ad universum Corpus Antonii Anselmo, A.F.A.N. JC. Antverp. Observationes singulares, Remissiones & Notæ Juris Civilis, Canonici, & Novissimi ac in Praxi recepti differentiam continentes, accesserunt, operâ & studio Simonis van Leeuwen, JC. Lugd. Bat . . . Editio novissima, pluribus notis auctior & de novo revisa. Anteverpiæ: apud Joannem Baptistam Verdussen, M.DCC.XXVI. Cum Gratia & Privilegio. [1726]","Law 48","

2 vol. Folio. 552 and 468 leaves collating in sixes, double columns; title-page printed in red and black, [vol. II with half-title only] printer's woodcut device on the title and at the end of vol. II; engraved arms of the Graaf De Haghen-Deesbeke at the head of the Epistola Dedicatoria.

Dupin 556.

Old calf, r.e., green silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on November 24, 1788, price 42 (livres).

Denys Godefroy, 1549-1622, French lawyer, was for a time professor of law at Geneva. His first edition appeared in Lyons in 1583." "21970","J. 40","","","","Corpus Juris civilis Gothofredi Laemarius.","","2. v. 8to. 1598.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 16, as above.","","[Corpus Juris Civilis . . . ex Dionysii Gothofredi recognitione. Excudebat Gullielmus Læmarius, Anno Dom. M. D. XCVIII. Kal. Ian.] [1598]","Law 42","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 488 leaves only, lacks the title; vol. II, in 2 parts, 233 and 166 leaves, printed in double columns, columns numbered; title of volume II within a woodcut border; title of volume I lacking and the separate compartments of an ornamental border by L. Gaultier, 1611 pasted down on a blank leaf in place of the title.

This edition not found in the bibliographies.

French calf, r.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. A few MS. notes are not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "21980","J. 41","","","","Theophili Antecessoris Institutiones. Gr. Lat. Fabroti.","","4to. Paris. 1638.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 45, as above.","Theophilus.","Θεo&phis;ιλoυ τoυ Aντικηνσωϱoς Iνστιτoυτων βιβλια Δ. Theophili antecessoris Institvtionvm Libri IV. Carlovs Annibal Fabrotvs antecessor Aquisextiensis ex tribus mss. codd. Biblioth. Regiæ recensuit, & scholiis Græcis auxit. Idémque Iacobi Cvrtii Latinam interpretationem emendauit, & Notas adjecit . . . Parisiis: sumptibus Mathvrini dv Pvis, M. DC. XXXVIII. Cvm Privilegio Regis. [1638]","Law 402","

4to. 474 leaves in fours, 1 folded table; title in red and black; the Greek text in a center column between the Latin text and the gloss; Du Puis' crown device on the title.

Græsse VI, 123.

French calf; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Theophilus, fl. 533, Greek juriconsult, practised law at Constantinople, and was the author of several books including this Greek paraphrase of the Institutes of Justinian.

Charles-Annibal Fabrot, 1580-1659, a native of Provence, and one of the most famous juriconsults in history. This is the first edition of his translation into Latin of the Greek paraphrase of Theophilus.

Jacques Curtius, fl. 1550, Belgian lawyer, was also the author of a Latin translation of the paraphrase of Theophilus." "21990","J. 42","","","","Jus Graeco-Romanum Leunclavii. fol. Francofurti. 1596.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 59, as above, with reading Leunelavii.","Leunclavius, Johannes.","Ivris Græco-Romani tam Canonici qvam civilis Tomi duo. Iohannis Levnclavii Amelbvrni, V. CL. stvdio ex variis Evropæ Asiæqve Bibliothecis eruti, Latineque redditi: nunc primum editi curâ Marqvardi Freheri I.C. cvm eivsdem avctario . . . MDXCVI. Cum gratia & priuilegio S. Cæs. Maiest. ad decennium. Francofvrti: [Hanoviæ excudebat Gulielmus Antonius] impensis heredum Petri Fischeri. [1596]","Law 416","

First Edition. Folio. 2 vol. in 1. 306 and 144 leaves in sixes, the first title printed in red and black, Fischer's large device on both titles and on the last leaf, which has also the colophon with Antonius's imprint; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, the latter in italic letter.

Græsse IV, 188.

In the original De Thou binding of calf, gilt, the arms of De Thou (as a bachelor) on the covers, and his monogram with that of his first wife (I.A.M. for Jac-Aug.-Marie) in 7 compartments on the back. (Guigard II, 452.) Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought from Froullé for 33 livres on 19 March, 1789, the year in which De Thou's library was sold at auction in Paris.

Johannes Leunclavius (Johann Löwenklau) C. 1533-1593. Westphalian scholar and lawyer.

Marquard Freher, 1565-1614, a native of Augsburg, lawyer, was for a time Professor at the University of Heidelberg.

Jacques De Thou, 1553-1617, French historian and bibliophile, married Marie Barbançon in 1587." "22000","J. 43","","","","Ulpiani fragmenta notis Cannegieter. Lug. Bat. 1774.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 46, as above, with reading Cannegeiter.","Ulpianus, Domitius.","Domitii Ulpiani Fragmenta Libri singularis regularum, et incerti auctoris collatio legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum, quibus notas adjecit Joannes Cannegieter . . . Lugduni Batavorum: apud Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans, Trajecti ad Rhenum: apud Abrahamum van Paddenburg, et J. van Schoonhoven, & socios, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","Law 432","

4to. 273 leaves in fours.

Graesse VI, 225. Camus 242.

Original calf, gilt ornaments on the back, pale blue endpapers, bound probably for Jefferson. Not initialled. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased from Froullé 24 November, 1788, price 12.

Domitius Ulpianus, d. 228, Roman jurist. The first edition of his Fragmenta was published by Tilius, Paris, 1549. Cannegieter's first edition appeared in 1768." "22010","44","","","","Fontes quatuor juris civilis Gothofredi.","","4to. Genevae. 1653.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 17, as above, 4to. p.","Godefroy, Jacques.","Fontes Qvatvor Ivris Civilis in vnvm collecti: Puta, Legis XII. Tabvlarvm Fragmenta quæ supersunt, ordini suo restituta, vnà cum ejus historia, probationibus, notis & glossario; legis Ivliæ et Papiæ itidem fragmenta suo ordini reddita, notisq; illustrata; edicti perpetvi, ut & Sabinianorvm Librorvm ordo series[???]; Quorum duo priora antehac edita; nunc alicubi accuratiora, auctiora[???];: duo posteriora nunc primùm eduntur. Auctore Iacobo Gothofredo IC. Genevæ: sumptib. Ioannis Ant. & Samuelis de Tournes, M. DC. LIII. [1653.]","Law 49","

4to. 156 leaves, title-page printed in red and black, woodcut vignette. Epistola Dedicatoria signed Esaias Collado.

Haag V, page 291, no. XVIII. Dupin 512.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Froullé, Paris, on November 24, 1788, price 6 (livres).

Jacques Godefroy, 1587-1652, the son of Denys Godefroy, was also professor of law at Geneva." "22020","J. 45","","","","Les loix des Grecs et Romains.","","12mo. Paris. 1765.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 2, as above.","[Martin, Edme.]","Les Loix puisées chez les Grecs, développées par les Romains; aujourd'hui la base du Droit Public & Civil [Civile in vol. II.] des Nations policées. Tome premier [-second]. A Paris: chez Babuty, Fils [de l'Imprimerie de Quillau], M. DCC. LXV. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1765.]","Law 288","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. 12mo. 144 and 112 leaves in twelves.

Barbier II, 1339. Quérard V, 577.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Edme Martin, c. 1714-1793, professor of canon law in the Faculty of Paris. His name as the author is given in the Privilege." "22030","J. 46","","","","Gravinae Origines juris civilis.","","4to. Neapoli. 1722.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 47, as above."," Gravina, Gian Vincenzo.","Jani Vincentii Gravinae Originum Juris Civilis Libri tres. Ad Clementem XI. Pont. Max. Editio novissima unice emendata, & aucta. Tomus primus [-secundus]. Neapoli, ex typographia Felicis Mosca. Superiorum permissu. Expensis Stephani Abbate, et ejusdem Felicis Mosca, cI[???] I[???] ccxxcii. [1722.]","Law 50","

2 vol. in 1. 4to. 112 and 84 leaves collating in fours, first title-page printed in red and black with printer's woodcut device.

Clarke, page 74, no. 66.

Vellum, m.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Glan Vincenzo Gravina, 1664-1718, Italian lawyer. The first edition of this work was published in Naples in 1701. For a translation into French see the next entry." "22040","J. 47","","","","Gravina. Esprit des loix Romains traduit par Requier.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 1, as above, with reading Requirer.","Gravina, Gian Vicenzo.","Esprit des Loix Romaines, ouvrage traduit du Latin de Jean-Vincent Gravina. Par M. Requier. Tome premier [-troisieme]. Les trois volumes reliés 9 liv. A Amsterdam et a Paris: chez Saillant, M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]","Law 238","

First Edition of this translation. 3 vol. 12mo. 288, 203 and 257 leaves; the price statement appears on vol. I only.

Contemporary calf, gilt ornaments on the back, green silk bookmarks, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Camus 268.

Purchased from Froullé, Paris, on 13 October, 1788, price 7.10. rel.

Jean Baptiste Requier, 1715-1799, French man of letters." "22050","J. 48","","","","Bynkershoek Opera.","","6v. 4to. Lug. Bat. 1752.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 20, as above, p 4to.","Bynkershoek, Cornelius Van.","Cornelii van Bynkershoek, jcti et Praesidis, Observationum Juris Romani libri quatuor. In quibus plurima Juris Civilis . . . [-Opuscula varii argumenti—Opera Minora—Quaestionum Juris privati.] Lugduni Batavorum: apud Samuelem Luchtmans et Filios, 1752. Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae & West-Frisiae.","Law 43-46","

Together 5 vol. (only, should be 6, vol. V missing). 4to. Folded engraved portrait frontispiece of Bynkershoek in vol. I by Houbraken, 1743, after P. van Dyk, 1733, J. Firion excud. Amst.; titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes.

This edition not in Van der Aa.

Old calf, gilt, r.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. The set originally contained 6 volumes of which one has now disappeared. The volumes are in the original binding and are lettered on the back in gilt: Bynkershoc Juris Romani. Tom. I-IV, Tom. VI, the title on red morocco labels, the volume number directly on the calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The 6 volumes purchased from Froullé on November 24, 1788, price bound 48 (livres).

For a note on the author see no. 1427." "22060","J. 49","","","","Zouchei questiones juris civilis.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 3, as above, with reading Zouchaei.","Zouche, Richard.","Quæstionum Juris Civilis centuria in decem classes distributa . . . Opera, Richardi Zouchei, Juris civilis Professoris Publici Oxoniæ. Editio tertia. Londini: excudebat Milo Flesher, pro Gulielmo Robinson, 1682.","Law 367","

12mo. 264 leaves.

Marvin, page 759. Sweet & Maxwell II, 187, 37.

Old calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the name of the original owner (undecipherable) on the fly-leaf, with the date Jul: 16th 1682. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Zouche, 1590-1661, English civilian. The first edition of this work was printed in 1660." "22070","J. 50","","","","Zouchei elementa jurisprudentiae.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 4, as above.","Zouche, Richard.","[Richardi Zouchei, J. C. Elementa Jurisprudentiæ, definitionibus, regulis & sententiis selectioribus Juris Civilis, illustrata; accesserunt descriptiones juris & judicii, sacri, militaris et maritimi. Amstelodami: sumptibus Joh. Nevilsoni,] n.d. [c. 1652.]","Law 366","

12mo. 225 leaves only, should be 226, lacks the title.

Rahir 2065. Sweet & Maxwell I, 26, 84.

Old calf, some leaves scorched and others waterstained. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The first edition was printed in Oxford in 1629. This Amsterdam edition is a line for line reprint of the Elsevier edition of 1652, including the Epistola Dedicatoria signed by Johannes & Daniel Elsevirii, from Lugd. Bat., Feb. 12, 1652." "22080","J. 51","","","","Gerardi Noodt Opera omnia.","","folio. Lug. Bat. 1767.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 60, as above.","Noodt, Gerard.","Gerardi Noodt, Noviomagi, Jurisconsulti et Antescessoris, Opera omnia, recognita, aucta, emendata, multis in locis, atque in duos tomos distributa. Accessit V. Cl. Joannis Barbeyracii historica vitae auctoris narratio. Editio novissima . . .—[Tomus II. Continens Commentarium in D. Justiniani, sacratissimi Principis, Libros XXVII. Digestorum, sive Pandectarum Juris enucleati ex omni vetere Jure collecti, editio tertia. emendatior.] Lugduni Batavorum: apud Theodorum Haak, MDCCLXVII. [1767]","Law 52","

2 vol. Folio. 287 and 241 leaves collating in fours; first title-page printed in red and black, full page engraved portrait of Noodt by A. van der Laan in vol. I; text in double columns.

This edition not in Van der Aa, not in Dupin. Rebound in half sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I.

Jefferson made long quotations from the works of Noodt in his statement in the Batture Case at New Orleans. Gerard Noodt, 1647-1725, Dutch lawyer. His collected works, of which this was the last edition, were originally published in 1724." "22090","J. 52","","","","Taylor's elements of civil law.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 48, as above.","Taylor, John.","Elements of the Civil Law. By Iohn Taylor, LL.D. Rector of Lawford, in Essex: Arch-Deacon of Buckingham; and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln. The third edition. London: [Printed and sold by Charles Bathurst, 1769.]","Law 344","

4to. 303 leaves in fours, engraved headpiece by W. Stephens, colophon on the last leaf.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 186, 26. This edition not in Clarke who dates the third edition 1786.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This was one of the books selected by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley, and is on the list sent to the latter by Jefferson from Paris, March 3, 1785.

John Taylor, 1704-1766, English classical scholar. The Elements of the Civil Law, first printed in 1755, consisted of papers written whilst the author was tutor to the grandsons of Lord Carteret. The book was attacked by Warburton in the Divine Legation, 1755. Taylor was a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Antiquarian Society." "22100","J. 53","","","","Schomberg's hist. of the Roman law.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 19, as above, with reading history.","Schomberg, Alexander Crowcher.","An historical and chronological view of Roman Law. With notes and illustrations. By Alexander C. Schomberg, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Oxford: Printed for D. Prince and J. Cooke, M DCC LXXX V. Sold by J. F. and C. Rivington, P. Elmsly, and T. Payne and son, London. [1785]","Law 328","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 108 leaves collating in fours. Preface dated from Magd. Coll. Oxon. May 3, 1785.

Lowndes IV, 2205. Marvin, page 632. Sweet & Maxwell I, 330, 62 (with date 1786).

Original calf; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Not initialled by Jefferson.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3/6.

See no. 2124." "22110","J. 54","","","","Brissonius et Hotmannus de veteri ritu nuptiarum.","","16s ap. Hackium.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 5, as above.","Brisson, Barnabé, and Hotman, François.","De veteri ritu nvptiarvm & jure connubiorum: Barnabas Brissonius, Antonius [et] Franciscus Hotmanus. Lvg. Batavor: Apud Franciscum Hackium, cl I c XLI. [1641]","Law 166","

12mo. 306 leaves including the last blank, collating in twelves; title within an engraved border in compartments.

Not in Camus.

Original vellum; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is a manuscript inscription: Ex Auctione Seiffiana Constat mihi—12x . . . dated 1758.

Purchased from Van Damme, Amsterdam, price 3-10, June 25, 1788.

Barnabé Brisson, 1531-1591, French lawyer. The first edition of De veteri ritu nuptiarum was published in Paris in 1564.

François Hotman, 1524-1590, French lawyer and publicist. The first edition of De Jure connubiorum was published in Frankfort in 1592.

Antoine Hotman, 1525-1596, French lawyer, brother of François." "22120","55","","","","Domat's Civil law by Strahan.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 62, as above.","Domat, Jean.—Strahan, William.","The Civil Law in its natural order: together with the publick law. Written in French by Monsieur Domat, the late French King's Advocate in the Presidial Court of Clermont in France: and translated into English by William Strahan, LL.D. Advocate in Doctors Commons. With additional remarks on some material differences between the Civil Law and the Law of England. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II] . . . London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth [and others], M.DCC.XXII. [1722]","Law","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. Folio. 402 and 341 leaves, plate by I Cole; list of Subscribers at the beginning.

This edition not in Marvin. Clarke 72, 50.

Jean Domat, 1625-1696, French juriconsult. The first edition of the work from which this is translated was published in 1689, 3 vol. 4to.

Included in the list of subscribers to this English edition is Sir Fulwar Skipwith, Bart." "22130","J. 56","","","","Le Costituzioni Sardesche de Eleonora, o' Carta de Logu Sard ed Ital. del Mannelli.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 63, Le Constituzioni Sardesche, o Carta de Logu, Sarda ed Ital, del Manelli, fol.","Eleanora of Arborea—Mameli de' Manelli, Giovanni Maria.","Le Costituzioni di Eleonora Giudicessa d'Aborèa intitolate Carta de Logu colla Traduzione letterale dalla Sarda nell' Italiana Favella e con copiose Note del Consigliere di Stato, e Riferendario Cavaliere Don Giovanni Maria Mameli de' Mannelli Patrizio di Cagliari, e di Rocca-Contrada Giudice del Consolato in Cagliari della Società Georgica di Treja. La Nota CCXXXV. contiene un Saggio Storico-Geneologico della Nobilissima casa d'Arborèa. In Roma MDCCCV. Presso Antonio Fulgoni. Con Licenza de' Superiori. 1805","Law 40","

First Edition of the translation. Folio. 129 leaves collating in sixes, engraved vignette on the title and full-page plates by M. di Pietro; Italian and Sardinian text on opposite pages in roman and italic letter respectively.

Fontana III, p. 55.

Old sheep, title lettered in gold on the sides, within lozenge shaped ornaments, g.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A piece containing a name cut away from the fly-leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Eleanora, Judge of Arborea, 1347-1403. The Carta de Logu was prepared in 1395, and first printed in 1560." "22140","J. 57","","","","Institution du droit François par Argou.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 6, as above.","Argou, Gabriel.","Institution au Droit François, par M. Argou, avocat au Parlement. Onzième edition, revue, corrigée & augmentée, conformément aux nouvelles Ordonnances, par M.A.G. Boucher d'Argis, avocat au Parlement. Tome premier [-second]. A Paris: chez Nyon l'aîné [de l'imprimerie de L. Cellot], M. DCC. LXXXVII. Avec privilege du Roi. 1787","Law 141","

2 vol. 12mo. 320 and 291 leaves, 1 engraved folded chart; printer's imprint at the end.

Camus, no. 552.

French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, gilt backs, r.e., blue silk bookmarks, some leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Gabriel Argou, 1640-1703, French lawyer. The firs edition of this book was anonymously published in 1692, and for a time wrongly ascribed to the abbé Claude Fleury.

Gaspard Boucher D'Argis, 1708-1791, French lawyer. His first edition of Argou's work was published in 1753." "22150","J. 58","","","","Camus sur la profession d'Avocat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 11, as above.","Camus, Armand Gaston.","Lettres sur la Profession d'Avocat, sur les études relatives à cette profession, & sur la maniere de l'exercer; avec un Catalogue raisonné des livres de droit qu'il est le plus utile d'acquérir & de connoître. Par M. Camus, Avocat au Parlement, & Censeur Royal . . . A Paris: chez Méquignon le Jeune [de l'Imprimerie de Vincent], M. DCC. LXXVII. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi. 1777","Law 182","

12mo. 2 parts in 1. 194 leaves: [ ]2, a6, A-G12, A-H12, I[???]; the second part, with separate pagination, for the Catalogue, 1158 numbered entries.

Quérard II, 36. This edition not in Grandin.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r.e., green silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Armand Gaston Camus, 1740-1804, French advocate and revolutionist. The first edition of this work was published in 1772. The Catalogue raisonné has been enlarged and frequently reprinted and is still one of the standard bibliographies of French legal literature." "22160","J. 59","","","","Projet de Code civil. par Portalis &c.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 7, as above, omitting 2. v. in 1.","","Projet de Code Civil, présenté par la Commission nommée par le Gouvernement le 24 Thermidor an 8. Tome Premier [-second]. A Paris: chez Lepetit jeune, An IX. 1801.","Law 31","

2 vol. in 1. 12mo. 170 and 154 leaves in twelves; on the back of each half-title the list of libraries where the book was on sale. The Discours préliminaire is signed Portalis, Tronchet, Bigot-Preameneu, Maleville.

Dupin 1852 [1 vol. in 4].

Calf. With the autograph signature of Wm. Maclure Paris 1801 (the date cut into in vol. I) on both title-pages. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by Maclure, who wrote from London on July 3, 1801, and gave an account of conditions in France:

. . . the plan of a civil code of laws which has been published may give a better idea of the situation and probable consequences than any thing that has been allowed to come from the press; in the preliminary discourse much obscurity and difficulty seems to occur in laying the foundation . . . in case you have not seen it I have forwarded a coppy by this opportunity . . .

William Maclure, 1763-1840, was the famous pioneer geologist, and patron of science and education. He was born in Scotland, and became a citizen of the United States in 1803. It was Maclure who persuaded Joseph Neef to come to the United States to teach the Pestalozzi method of education, see no. 1111." "22170","J. 60","","","","Code civile des François.","","1804. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 8, as above.","","Code Civil des Français, édition stéréotype, conforme à l'édition originale de l'imprimerie de la République; à laquelle on a ajouté une Table analytique et raisonnée des matières. Paris: Garnery, An XII—1804.","Law 32","

12mo. 310 leaves: []4, 1-516.

This edition not in Grandin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back with a red and a green label lettered Code des Français and 1804, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T before sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Purchased by Jefferson in 1804. The book is included in the second part of a list made by him of books purchased during that year, the first part from Reibelt the second from others. March's bill was presented on February 15, 1805, cost .75.

Three official editions of the Code civil were published. The first from the Imprimerie de la République of which this is a reprint. The second, known as the Code Napoléon [see no. 2218] from the Imprimerie impériale, and the third from the Imprimerie royale." "22180","J. 61","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 9, Code Napoleon Civil, Procedure civil, Criminelle, Commerce, 4 v 16s stereotype.","","Code Napoléon, nouvelle édition, conforme à l'édition originale de l'imprimerie impériale; a laquelle on a ajouté les Lois Transitories et une table analytique et raisonnée des matières. Paris: Stéréotype d'Herhan. De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame, 1807—Code de Procédure Civile . . . ib. 1808—Code d'instruction Criminelle . . . ib. 1809—Code de Commerce . . . ib. 1807","Law 33, 34A, 35-36","

Together 4 vol. 16mo. Napoléon 248 leaves; Procédure Civile 2 parts in 1, 155 and 48 leaves, the second part with separate title-page, signatures and pagination; Criminelle 3 parts in 1, 76, 138 and 36 leaves, separate signatures and pagination; Commerce 159 leaves; the title-pages with woodcut medallions with the heads of Gutenberg, Fust and Schoeffer; on the verso of the half-title of the Code d'Instruction criminelle is an Avis sur le Stéréotypie. This stereotype addition is usually omitted from the bibliographies.

The four volumes uniformly bound for Jefferson in calf, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmarks. Each volume marked by Jefferson with his initial before sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates." "22190","J. 62","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 21, Code Penal et d'instruction Criminelle, 1810, 8vo.","","Code d'Instruction criminelle. édition originale et seule officielle. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1810.—Code Pénal . . . ib. 1810.","Law 37, 38","

Together 2 vol. 8vo. 116 and 98 leaves; woodcut arms on the title-pages.

Dupin 2310.

Rebound in calf, padded with blanks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both vols. On the recto of the half-title of the Code Criminelle is written for Thomas Jefferson Esquire Monticello, by David Baillie Warden.

This and the book next following were sent to Jefferson from Paris in January 1813 by David Baillie Warden.

As early as 1808 Warden had sent some part of the Criminal Code. On November 24 he wrote:

. . . I inclose the two first parts of the Criminal Code: the remainder, consisting of two hundred pages, or more, is sent to the Emperor for his approbation. Almost every thing contained in the address is adopted . . .

On April 1, 1813, he wrote:

on the 21st of January last, I had the honor of writing to you by Doctor Stephens, and of sending, for your acceptance, a copy of the civil, penal, and criminal codes of France . . .

Dr. Alexander H. Stevens delivered the books in August, and on the 23d of that month Jefferson wrote to him:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Alexander H. Stevens, acknoleges the reciept of the 2 vol[???] of the Code Criminel & du Commerce . . . Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the books to Warden in a letter dated December 29, 1813:

. . . Dr. Stevens forwarded safely the Codes de France . . .

For the Stereotype edition see no. 2218." "22200","J. 63","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 22, Code de Commerce, 8vo. 1807.","","Code de Commerce, collationné sur les Registres du Conseil d'état, par M. Raynal, Chef du Bureau des Procès-Verbaux. édition des Archives du Droit Français. A Paris: chez Clament frères [de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet], M DCCC VII. [1807]","Law 34","

8vo. 167 leaves: [ ]2, 1-118, 124, 1-98, 101, woodcut arms on the title; the second set of signatures contains the Table Analytique . . ., with separate pagination; the autograph signature of MM. Clament frères, directeurs de Archives du Droit français below the authentication on the verso of the half-title.

Not in Grandin. Dupin 2146.

Mottled calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the recto of the half-title is written: for Thomas Jefferson Esquire Monticello, by David Baillie Warden. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For the stereotype edition see no. 2218." "22210","J. 64","","","","Nouveau Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine de 1681.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 10, as above.","[émérigon, Balthazard Marie.]","Nouveau Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine, du mois d'Aout 1681. Par M. * * * Avocat en Parlement. Tome premier [-second]. A Marseille: chez Jean Mossy, A Paris, chez L. Cellot, M. DCC. LXXX. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1780.]","Law 210","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. 248 and 270 leaves in twelves.

Barbier III, 495. Quérard III, 19. Not in Dupin.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e., green silk bookmark.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, a later bookplate pasted over it in vol. II.

Balthazard Marie émérigon, c. 1725-1784, advocate in the Parliament of Aix." "22220","J. 65","","","","Les Ordonnances concernant la Marine.","","8vo. 1786.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 23, as above.","","Ordonnances et Règlemens concernant la Marine. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXVI. [1786.]","Law 306","

8vo. 253 leaves in eights, 17 full-page folded numbered tables between pages 196 and 197.

Not in Grandin. Not in Dupin.

French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "22230","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay.","?J. i.","","","Barbat Du Closel d'Arnery, Claude Gaspard.","Abus et Dangers de la Contrainte par Corps. Par M. du Closel d'Arnery, Ecuyer. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, Royez, et les Libraires du Palais-Royal, 1788. Avec Approbation & Permission.","Law 430","

First Edition. 8vo. 45 leaves: author's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf; list of errata on the second.

Quérard II, 630. Not in Dupin.

Rebound in half calf, padded with blanks. Numbered 1 in ink on the title-page.

Purchased from Froullé 24 November 1788, price 1.4.

Claude Gaspard Barbat du Closel d'Arnery, born in Riom, 1743." "22240","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Militia law of New York.","?J. ii.","","","","An Act to regulate the Militia of the State of New-York. Passed the 4th of April, 1786. New-York: Printed by Samuel and John London, Printers to the State, n.d. [1786.]","UB504 .N7A3","

Sm. 8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 53464. Evans 19851 (not seen and with date 7th of April).

Rebound in calf; numbered 2 in ink on the title-page." "22250","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade.","iii.","","","","Laws of the Legislature of the State of New York, in force against the Loyalists, and affecting the Trade of Great Britian, and British Merchants, and others having Property in that State. London: Printed by H. Reynell, and sold by J. Debrett [and others], M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]","E277. N53 1786","

8vo. 96 leaves in fours.

Sabin 53743.

Rebound in half morocco in 1909. This copy is not numbered on the title-page and has no sign of Jefferson provenance." "22260","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan.","?J. iv.","","","","Recueil de Pieces authentiques et intéressantes, pour servir d'eclaircissement a l'Affaire concernant le Cardinal, Prince de Rohan, &c. A Strasbourg, 1786.","Law","

Sm. 8vo. 28 leaves: []2, A-F4, G2.

Not in Barbier. Hayn 191.

Rebound in half calf. Numbered 4 in ink on the title-page. For a note on Cardinal Rohan and the Affaire du Collier see below." "22270","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde.","?J. v.","","","","Lettres-Patentes, du 14 Mai, 1786: Arret de la Cour du Parlement de Bordeaux, dn [sic] 30 Mai 1786: et Remonstrances, du meme Parlement, au Roi, du trente Juin, mil sept cent quatre-vingt-six. Au sujet des Isles, Islots, Atterrissemens Alluvions & relais formés dans une partie des Rivieres de Gironde, Garonne & Dordogne. 1786.","","

8vo. 32 leaves.

Rebound in half calf. Numbered 5 in ink on the title-page." "22280","66","Tracts in Foreign law. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Abus et dangers de la contrainte par corps. par du Closel d'Arnay Militia law of New York. Laws of N. York against the Loyalists & British trade. Recueil dans l'Affaire du Cardinal de Rohan. Lettres patentes &c. au sujet des isles, atterrissemens &c. de Gironde Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 24, Tracts in Foreign Law-to wit, Contrainte par Corps, Atterrissemens de Gironde, Rohan, La Motte, 8vo.","Six tracts, at one time bound together as listed by Jefferson, now separated and rebound. Some of the copies in the Library of Congress here described are numbered in ink on the title-pages in the order of Jefferson's list, and are probably the copies sold by him to Congress.","Histoire de la Comtesse de la Motte.","vi.","","","","Histoire véritable de Jeanne de Saint-Rémi, ou les aventures de la Comtesse de la Motte. [1786]","","There is no copy of this work in the Library of Congress and it is not known which edition was in the Jefferson collection." "22290","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","i.","","","","Mémoire pour Dame Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois, epouse du Comte de La Motte. [Paris:] de l'Imp. de L. Cellot, 1785.","","

[TBE]The Diamond Necklace

Jefferson was in Paris at the time of the affair of the Diamond Necklace, and collected many of the numerous pamphlets on the subject. Madame de la Motte's autobiography, containing her own account, is included in Jefferson's Book of Kings, in chapter 2, see no. 227. See also the Bastille devoilée, no. 218 in the same chapter.

The subject is mentioned in many of Jefferson's letters at the time. On August 22, 1785, in a letter to Michael Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur (appointed the French consul at New York), Jefferson wrote:

. . . the confinement of the Cardinal de Rohan in the Bastile has doubtless reached you. the public is not yet possessed of the truth of his story, but from his character and other circumstances I have little doubt that the final decision must be against him . . .

On September 4 of the same year he wrote to Mrs. Abigail Adams: . . .

you will have seen the affair of the Cardinal de Rohan so well detailed in the Leyden gazette that I need add nothing on that head. the Cardinal is still in the Bastille. it is certain that the Queen has been compromitted without the smallest authority from her: and the probability is that the Cardinal has been duped into it by his mistress Madme. de la Motte. there results from this two consequences not to his honour, that he is a debauchee, and a booby . . .

On May 7, 1786, in a letter to Louis Guillaume Otto, in New York, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . the Cardinal de Rohan and Cagliostro remain where they did, in the Bastille; nor does their affair seem as yet to draw towards a conclusion. it has been a curious matter in which the circumstances of intrigue & detail have busied all the tongues, the public liberty none . . .

Jefferson's pamphlets on the subject were collected into one volume quarto and one volume small octavo, as follows:[/TBE]

24 leaves only, including the last blank; lacking the title leaf and probably a leaf with half-title; caption title, printer's imprint at the end. Signed by Doillot. This edition not in Hayn, and not in the Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums.

Jeanne De Saint Remy De Valois, Comtesse De La Motte, 1756-1791, was found guilty for her share in the affair, but eventually escaped from the Salpetrière and fled to London, where she wrote her biography, see no. 227." "22300","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","ii.","","","","Mémoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro, accusé; contre M. le Procureur-Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal de Rohan, de la Comtesse de La Motte, & autres Co-Accusés . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'aîné, & de Lottin de S.-Germain, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

28 leaves including the half-title; printer's imprint on the title and at the end, the latter with the date Février 1786. Signed by Thilorier.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504.

Count Alessandro Cagliostro, 1743-1795, Italian alchemist and impostor, whose real name was Giuseppe Balsamo, was acquitted of implication in the affair, but was imprisoned in the Bastille for other reasons." "22310","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","iii.","","","","Mémoire a consulter, pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville, Bourgeois de Saint-Omer en Artois, détenu ès prisons du Châlelet de Paris, accusé; contre le Sieur Vaucher, Marchand Horloger, & le Sieur Loque, Marchand Bijoutier à Paris, Plaignans. [Paris:] De l'impr. de L. Cellot, 1786.","","

16 leaves including the half-title; caption title and no title-page which is probably missing, printer's imprint at the end; signed by Meslier, Hemery.

This edition not in Hayn." "22320","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","iv.","","","","Réponse pour la Comtesse de Valois-La Motte, au Mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786.","","

24 leaves; signed by Doillot.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504." "22330","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","v.","","","","Mémoire pour M. le Bon. de Fages-Chaulnes, Garde-du-Corps de Monsieur, Frere du Roi, accusé. Contre les Sieurs Vaucher et Loque, Marchands Bijoutiers, accusateurs. Et encore contre Monsieur le Procureur-Général. A Paris: chez Prault, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

16 leaves, probably lacks the half-title and a blank at the end; signed by Estienne de la Riviere.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504." "22340","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","vi.","","","","Mémoire pour la Demoiselle le Guay d'Oliva, fille mineure, émancipée d'age, accusée; contre M. le Procureur Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, du sieur de Cagliostro, & autres; tous co-accusés. A Paris: chez P. G. Simon & N. H. Nyon, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

26 leaves, including the half-title and the last blank; printer's imprint on the title-page and at the end; signed by Blondel.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 503.

Marie Nicole Le Guay was the lady chosen by Madame La Motte to impersonate Marie Antoinette in this affair, disguised under the name Le Guay d'Oliva (anagram for Valois). She was acquitted at the trial." "22350","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","vii.","","","","Second Mémoire a consulter et consultation, sur la Défense a une accusation d'Escroquerie, pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville, Bourgeois de Saint-Omer en Artois, détenu ès Prisons du Châtelet de Paris, accusé. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau, M. DCC. LXXXI. [1786]","","

16 leaves; printer's imprint on the title-page and at the end; signed by Montigny.

This edition not in Hayn." "22360","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","viii.","","","","Mémoire pour le Sr de Bette d'Etienville, servant de Réponse a celui de M. de Fages. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

16 leaves; printer's imprint on the title-page and at the end; signed by Montigny.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504." "22370","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","ix.","","","","Mémoire pour les Sieurs Vaucher, Horloger, & Loque, Bijoutier, accusateurs; contre le Sieur Bette d'Etienville, le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes, & autres accusés; en présence de Monsieur le Procureur-Général. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Prault, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

44 leaves; signed by Duveyrier.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504." "22380","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","x.","","","","Requête au Parlement, les Chambres Assemblées, par le Comte de Cagliostro, signifiée à M. le Procureur-Général, le 24 Février 1786. [Paris:] De l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & de Lottin de S.-Germain, Février 1786.","","

4 leaves; including the half-title, caption-title (no title-page), printer's imprint at the end. Signed by Thilorier.

Not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 504." "22390","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xi.","","","","Requête au Parlement, les Chambres Assemblées, par le Cardinal de Rohan, signifiée à Mr. le Procureur-Général. A Paris; et se trouve à Bruxelles: chez Emmanuel Flon, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

4 leaves including the half-title. Signed by Le Cardinal de Rohan.

This edition not in Hayn.

Cardinal Louis René Edouard De Rohan, Prince De Rohan-Guémenée, 1734-1803, archbishop of Strassburg. He was acquitted by the Parlement, and shortly after the trial returned to Strassburg." "22400","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xii.","","","","Requête introductive au Parlement, les Chambres Assemblées, par le Cardinal de Rohan, signifiée à Mr. le Procureur-Général. A Paris; et se trouve à Bruxelles: chez Emmanuel Flon, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

20 leaves; signed by le Cardinal de Rohan.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 503." "22410","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xiii.","","","","Mémoire pour Louis-René-édouard de Rohan, Cardinal de la Sainte église Romaine, évêque & Prince de Strasbourg, Landgrave d'Alsace, Prince-état d'Empire, Grand Aumônier de France, Commandeur de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit, Proviseur de Sorbonne, &c. accusé, contre M. le Procureur-Général; en présence de la Dme de la Motte, du Sr de Villette, de la Dlle d'Oliva, & du Sr Comte de Cagliostro, co-accusés. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'aîné, & de Lottin de S.-Germain, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

74 leaves including the first and last blank; signed by Target.

On the verso of the last leaf (blank) is written: M Jefferson, ministre plenipotentiaire des etats unis de l'amerique. Grille de Chaillot.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 505." "22420","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xiv.","","","","Pieces justificatives pour M. le Cardinal de Rohan, accusé. Déclarations authentiques selon la forme Angloise. [Paris:] chez Cl. Simon, Imprimeur de S. A. E. Mgr. le Prince de Rohan, 1786.","","

12 leaves, caption title, printer's imprint at the end; signed by Target.

Hayn 190. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 505." "22430","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xv.","","","","Sommaire pour la Comtesse de Valois-La Motte, accusée; contre M. le Procureur-Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal de Rohan, & autres co-accusés. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786.","","32 leaves including the last blank; signed by Doilot. This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 503." "22440","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xvi.","","","","Réflexions rapides pour M. le Cardinal de Rohan, sur le Sommaire de la dame de la Motte. [A Paris: chez Hardouin & Gattey] n. d.","","

12 leaves; caption title, printer's imprint at the end; signed by Target.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 503." "22450","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xvii.","","","","Requête à joindre au Mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro. A Nosseigneurs de Parlement, la Grand'-Chambre Assemblée. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, Mai 1786.","","6 leaves, caption title, printer's imprint at the end; signed by Thilorier. This edition not in Hayn." "22460","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xviii.","","","","Second Mémoire pour la Demoiselle Le Guay d'Oliva, fille mineure, émancipée d'age, accusée; contre M. le Procureur Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, du sieur Rétaux de Villette, du sieur de Cagliostro, & autres; tous co-accusés. Analyse et Résultat des récolemens & confrontations. A Paris: chez P. G. Simon, & N. H. Nyon, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

28 leaves, including the half-title, printer's imprint on the title and at the end; signed by Blondel.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 503." "22470","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xix.","","","","Requête pour le Sieur Marc-Antoine Rétaux de Villette, ancien Gendarme, accusé; contre M. le Procureur Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, du sieur Cagliostro, de la demoiselle d'Oliva, & autres; tous co-Accusés. A Paris: chez P. G. Simon & N. H. Nyon, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

10 leaves.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 505.

Marc-Antoine Rétaux De Vileltte, a friend of the Countess de La Motte, confessed that he had written the letters given to the Cardinal Rohan as from the Queen whose signature he had forged. His punishment was banishment." "22480","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xx.","","","","Mémoire à consulter, et consultation, pour F. François-Valentin Mulot, Docteur en Théologie de la Faculté de Paris, Chanoine régulier de l'Abbaye Royale de Saint-Victor, accusé; contre le sieur Loque, Bijoutier, & le sieur Vaucher, Horloger, accusateurs; en présence du Baron de Fages, du sieur Bette d'Etienville, & autres; et encore en présence de M. le Procureur Général. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Demonville, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","24 leaves; signed by Andrieux. This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 505." "22490","J. 67","Memoires du Card. de Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 50, as above.","Twenty-one tracts on the Collier de la Reine, bound together in 1 volume quarto. The volume is in a half binding, and is now lettered on the back ''Vol. 2.'' which lettering has no connection with the Jefferson collection; the volume was included by the Library of Congress in a set of three containing tracts on the Collier. Law 396","","xxi.","","","","Réponse de M. le comte de Précourt, Colonel d'Infanterie, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de Saint Louis; aux Memoires des sieurs d'étienville, Vaucher & Loque. A Paris: chez L. F. Prault, 1776 [for 1786].","","

22 leaves, including the last blank; signed by Duhamel de Précourt,and the Pieces Justificatives by Bitouzé Deslignieres.

This edition not in Hayn. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 505." "22500","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","i.","","","","Mémoire fait par Me. L'Avocat Doillot: pour Dame Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois, epouse du Comte de La Motte, pour l'Affaire du Fameux Collier. 1785. [without name of place or printer.]","","

36 leaves.

Hayn 122." "22510","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","ii.","","","","Mémoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro, accusé; contre M. le Procureur-Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal de Rohan, de la Comtesse de La Motte, & autres Co-Accusés . . . À Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'ainé, & de Lottin de S. Germain, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]","","

32 leaves including the half-title. Signed by Thilorier.

Hayn 66." "22520","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","iii.","","","","Reponse pour la Comtesse de Valois-La Motte, au Mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786.","","

24 leaves; signed by Doillot.

Hayn 137." "22530","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","iv.","","","","Défense a une Accusation d'Escroquerie. Mémoire à consulter & consultation. [Pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette-d'Etienville.] A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786.","","

28 leaves; signed by Meslier, Hemery. Several leaves in sig. A misbound.

Hayn 2." "22540","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","v.","","","","Mémoire pour M. le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes Garde-du-Corps de Monsieur, Frère du Roi, accusé. Contre les Sieurs Vaucher et Loque, Marchands Bijoutiers, Accusateurs. Et encore contre Monsieur le Procureur-Général. À Paris: chez Prault. Imprimeur de Roi, 1786.","","

22 leaves; signed by Estienne de la Riviere.

Hayn 108." "22550","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","vi.","","","","Mémoire pour la Demoiselle Le Guay D'Oliva, Fille mineure, émancipée d'Age, accusée; contre M. le Procureur-Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, du sieur de Cagliostro, & autres; tous Co-Accusés. À Paris: chez P. G. Simon & N. H. Nyon, Imprimeurs du Parlement, 1786.","","

32 leaves, including the half title; sig. B partly unopened.

Signed by Blondel. This issue not in Hayn." "22560","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","vii.","","","","Requete au Parlemente, les Chambres Assemblées, par le Comte de Cagliostro, signifiée à M. le Procureur-Général, le 24 Fevrier 1786. [?Paris, 1786.]","","

4 leaves; signed by Thilorier; half-title as above.

This edition not in Hayn." "22570","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","viii.","","","","Second Mémoire à consulter et consultation, sur la Défense à une Accusation d'Escroquerie, pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville, Bourgeois de St. Omer en Artois, détenu ès Prisons du Châtelet de Paris, Accusé. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau, 1786.","","

28 leaves; signed by Montigny.

This edition not in Hayn." "22580","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","ix.","","","","Mémoire pour le Sieur de Bette D'étienville, servant de Réponse à celui de M. de Fages. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cailleau, M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1786]","","

20 leaves, the last a blank; signed by Montigny.

This edition not in Hayn." "22590","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","x.","","","","Mémoire pour les Sieurs Vaucher, Horloger, et Loque Bijoutier, Accusateurs; contre le Sieur Bette D'Etienville, le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes, et autres Accusés; en présence de Monsieur le Procureur-Général. M. DCC. LXXXVI. [?Liège, 1786.]","","

48 leaves, signed by Duveyrier.

Hayn 9." "22600","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xi.","","","","Supplément et suite aux Mémoires du Sieur de Bette D'Etienville, ancien Chirurgien sous-aide-Major, pour servir de Réponse aux différens Mémoires faits contre lui. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de'André-Charles Cailleau, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

36 leaves; signed by Montigny.

Hayn 6." "22610","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xii.","","","","Requête justificative adressée à Nosseigneurs du Parlement à Paris par M. le Cardinal de Rohan. À Paris: 1786.","","

32 leaves, the last 2 blanks.

This issue not in Hayn." "22620","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xiii.","","","","Mémoire pour Louis-René-édouard de Rohan, Cardinal de la Sainte église Romaine, évêque & Prince de Strasbourg, Landgrave d'Alsace, Prince-état d'Empire, Grand-Aumonier de France, Commandeur de l'Ordre du Saint-ésprit, Proviseur de Sorbonne &c. accusé, contre M. le Procureur-Général; en présence de la Dame de La Motte, du Sr. de Villette, de la Demoiselle D'Oliva, & du Sieur Comte de Cagliostro, Co-Accusés. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'ainé, & de Lottin de St. Germain, M. DCC LXXXVI. [1786]","","88 leaves. Hayn 187. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "22630","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xiv.","","","","Sommaire pour la Comtesse de Valois-Lamotte, accusée; contre M. le Procureur-Général; accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal de Rohan, & autres co-accusés. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786.","","

32 leaves; signed by Doilot.

This edition not in Hayn." "22640","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xv.","","","","Requête à joindre au Mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro. A Nosseigneurs de Parlement, la Grand'-Chambre Assemblée. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, Mai, 1786.","","

8 leaves, the last a blank.

This edition not in Hayn." "22650","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xvi.","","","","Rélation de l'Exécution de l'Arrêt, rendu contre Madame de La Motte, & les autres condamnés, dans l'affaire du Collier. À Paris le 21 Juin 1786.","","

4 leaves with sig. *, caption title.

Not in Hayn." "22660","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xvii.","","","","Mémoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro, demandeur: contre Me Chesnon, le Fils, Commissaire au Châtelet de Paris; et le Sieur de Launay, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de S. Louis, Gouverneur de la Bastille, Défendeurs . . . M. DCC. LXXXVI. [Without name of place or printer.] [1786.]","","

20 leaves; signed by Thilorier.

Hayn 65." "22670","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xviii.","","","","Réflexions rapides pour M. le Cardinal de Rohan sur le Sommaire de la Dame de La Motte. Avec les Pieces justificatives de son Mémoire. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin, l'ainé, & Lottin de St.-Germain, 1786.","","13 and 18 leaves; the Pieces Justificatives with separate signature and pagination. This edition not in Hayn." "22680","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xix.","","","","Second Mémoire pour la Demoiselle Le Guay D'Oliva, Fille mineure, émancipée d'Age, accusée; contre M. le Procureur Général, accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame De La Motte-Valois, du sieur Rétaux de Villette, du sieur de Cagliostro, & autres; tous co-accusés. Analyse et Résultat des récolemens & confrontations. à Paris: chez P. G. Simon, & N. H. Nyon, 1786.","","

32 leaves, including the half-title and the last blank.

This edition not in Hayn." "22690","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xx.","","","","Requête pour le Sieur Marc-Antoine Rétaux de Villette, Ancien Gendarme, Accusé; contre M. le Procureur Général, Accusateur; en présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, due sieur Cagliostro, de la demoiselle d'Oliva, et autres; tous co-Accusés. M. DCC. LXXXVI. [Without name of place or printer.] [1786.]","","

13 leaves.

This edition not in Hayn." "22700","J. 68","Tracts in foreign law in the case of the Card. Rohan, la Motte & Cagliostro. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 12, Tracts, in Foreign Law, viz. Rohan, la Motte, Cagliostro, &c. 12mo.","Twenty-one pamphlets, bound in 1 volume, sm. 8vo., old French calf, sprinkled edges, rebacked with new labels lettered Collier/de la Reine/Pamphlets./Vol. 4 which labels have no connection with the Jefferson Collection. No. XIII is initialled by Jefferson; this is the only pamphlet in the collection in which the signatures reach the letter I. Law 397","","xxi.","","","","Arrêt du Parlement la Grand' Chambre Assemblée du 31 Mai 1786. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Cl. Simon, Imprimeur de S. A. E. Monseigneur le Cardinal de Rohan, M. D C C. LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

22 leaves.

Hayn 1." "22710","69","","","","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in private suits Kornmann &c.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 91, no. 51, Tract, in Foreign Law, viz. Memoires in cases of Kornmann, &c. 4to.","","Collection des pièces et mémoires. qui ont paru dans le procès du sieur Kornman, contre la dame Kornman son epouse; de sieur Daudet de Jossan; le sieur Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais; et M. Lenoir . . . Paris [1787].","","4to. The copy in the Library of Congress was missing at the time of compiling this catalogue. According to the card catalogue each part has a separate title-page and separate pagination." "22720","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","i.","","","[Dupaty, Charles Marguerite Jean Baptiste Mercier.]","Mémoire justificatif pour trois Hommes condamnés à la Roue. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

127 leaves in fours; printer's imprint on the title and at the end; signed and dated at the end, Legrand de Laleu, ce 14 Février 1786; par Dupaty written on the title-page in ink.

Barbier III, 140. Quérard II, 685.

Charles Marguerite Jean Baptiste Mercier-Dupaty, 1744-1788, French juriconsult and man of letters." "22730","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","ii.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis De.]","Réflexions d'un Citoyen non gradué sur un Procès très connu. A Londres. M.D.C.C.L.X.X.X.V.I. [1786]","","

21 leaves including the first blank, without signatures, (38) pages; uncut edges.

Barbier IV, 123. Quérard II, 269." "22740","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","The same. Another edition. A Francfort, M.D.C.C.LXXXVI. [1786]","","

10 leaves, with signatures A and B.

Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue des Factums V, 635." "22750","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Arrêt de la Cour de Parlement, qui ordonne qu'un Imprimé in-4o. intitulé: Mémoire justificatif, pour trois hommes condamnés à la roue; à Paris, del 'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1786, commençant par ces mots: Le 11 Août 1785, une Sentence du Bailliage de Chaumont, & finissant par ceux-ci: & sont innocens comme eux . . . Du 11 Août 1786. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de P. G. Simon et N. H. Nyon, Imprimeurs du Parlement, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]","","

133 leaves in fours, a Tableau on 3 folded leaves inserted between pages 200 and 207, sig. Bb and Cc, included in the numbering but not in the signatures; printer's imprint on the title-page and at the end.

Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue des Factums V, 635.

This Arrêt ordered the Memoire justificatif to be torn and burned by the hangman, as it contained the réquisitoire of A. L. Séguier.

Antoine-Louis Seguier, 1726-1792, French magistrate." "22760","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","v.","","","[Dupaty.]","Réponse au Requisitoire du 11 Août 1786.","","

12 leaves including the last blank, without title-page, caption title; text headed: Introduction.

Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue de Factums V, 635." "22770","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","Résumé du Mémoire justificatif de Bradier, Simare & Lardoise; de leurs Moyens de droit; de leurs différentes Requêtes; et de leur Réponse manuscrite au Réquisitoire. M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787]","","63 leaves in fours; the Justification du Memoire at the end is included in the signatures but has separate pagination; on the lower blank half of the last page is pasted a printed slip with a Note Importante sur la Loi de Marc Aurele, citée dans le Requisitoire . . . Manuscript corrections in the text are not by Jefferson." "22780","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","Réponse au Mémoire apologétique des Officiers de la Prévoté de Troyes; contre Bradier, Simare & Lardoise . . .","","

12 leaves, with signatures but without title-page, caption title. The corrections in manuscript are not by Jefferson.

Not in Barbier." "22790","J. 70","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Mem. in the case des trois roués. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 52, Tracts in Foreign Law, viz. des trois roués, 4to.","A collection of eight tracts bound together in 1 volume, 4to., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written: Memoirs in the case of Bradier, Simare & Lardoise condemned to the wheel.[TBE]Law 405[/TBE]","","viii.","","","","Nouveaux Moyens de cassation contre la Procédure prévotale dans le Procès de Bradier, Simare & Lardoise . . .","","

6 leaves with signature A; caption title, no title-page.

Not in Barbier." "22800","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","i.","","","","Mémoire pour les Sieurs Leris & Lamarque, Négocians à Bordeaux, Accusateurs; contre les Sieurs Lacaze & Mallet, Négocians à Philadelphia, Accusés. A Paris: chez Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]","","

27 leaves including the first blank: [ ]2, A-E4, F5; printer's imprint at the end; woodcut headpiece by Papillon, 1771. Signed by Me de Seze, Avocat.

Not in Sabin. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums III, page 303." "22810","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","Mémoire pour le Sieur Antoine Hallot de la Touche, Capitaine de Navire, ci-devant commandant le Brigantin l'aimable Louison, de Nantes, Défendeur & Demandeur; contre le sieur Laurent Amouroux, Officier de Navire, substitué par ledit sieur Hallot de la Touche, au commandement dudit Brigantin, Demandeur & Défendeur; et contre le sieur Nicolas Viaud, Armateur du même Brigantin, aussi Défendeur. [A Nantes: de l'Imprimerie d'A-J. Malassis, Imprimeur de l'Amirauté, 1785.]","","

First Edition. 56 leaves, including a folded table on 3 leaves, printer's imprint on page 89, headpiece by Godard 1784, 3 folded leaves of Tableau de la vente & produit de la cargaison, à Madére & en Virginie, du Brigantin l'aimable Louison, de Nantes . . . followed by 8 leaves without signature, separate pagination for the Pieces Justificatives with the Errata on the last leaf.

Not in Sabin. Not in the Bibl. Nat. Catalogue des Factums.

Presentation copy from the author to Jefferson as the

Ministre des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, a la cour de France, with the presentation letter, 2 pages folio, signed Hallot De la Touche, and dated from Nantes le 20 aout 1785, folded and bound in at the beginning.

The Pièces Justificatives ''dont les originaux sont en langue Anglaise'' are all dated from Norfolk, Virginia, in different months of 1784, and are signed by George Kelly, Thomas Newton, Jr., Richard Evers Lee, Miles King, Sam. Burke and others. [For Richard Evers Lee, see no. 3239.]" "22820","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Mémoire à consulter, et consultation pour les Négocians faisant le Commerce des Marchandises des Indes; contre la Nouvelle Compagnie des Indes . . . [Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Couturier] 1786.","","

First Edition. 63 leaves (lacks the first blank), printed on paper watermarked with the date, 1786; the first alphabet for the Mémoire, the second for the Pieces Justificatives, with separate pagination. The Mémoire is signed by Lacretelle and Blonde; printer's imprint at the end of both parts.

Sabin 47508. Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums II, 537." "22830","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Mémoire signifié, pour les Propriétaires des Quinze-Vingts; contre le sieur Bonnard; et contre le sieur Hamille & sa femme. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, n. d.] [1788.]","","

28 leaves: A-G4, caption title, no title-page, printer's imprint at the end; the Pieces Justificatives included in the signatures and pagination. Signed Dubois, procureur. Not in the Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums.

On the last blank page is written in ink: M de jefferson ministre plenipotentiaire rue neuve de berri pres le grille du chaillot." "22840","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Consultation sur l'Affaire de la dame Marquise d'Anglure, contre les sieurs Petit, au Conseil des Dépêches, dans laquelle l'on traite du Mariage & de l'état des Protestans. A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, Imprimeur du Parlement, M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

83 leaves: []1, A-V4, X2, printer's imprint at the end. Signed by Target. Sig. V is misbound.

Bibl. Nat. Cat. des Factums I, 41." "22850","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","Mémoire pour le comte d'Espagnac, Mestre de Camp de Cavalerie, Sous-Lieutenant des Gardes de Sa Majesté, Accusateur et Appelant, contre des Quidams, Auteur, Imprimeur, Distributeurs et Colporteurs d'un libelle anonyme, intitulé: Observations de la Ville de S.-Mihel, en Lorraine, sur l'échange du Comté de Sancerre, en réponse à la Requête de M. de Calonne, Accusés. Et contre M. le Procureur-Général, Intimé . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, Imprimeurs Ordinaires de la Ville, 1788.","","

114 leaves: []2, A-S4, T2, a-i4, k2, 4 folded Tables; the first alphabet for the Mémoire, the second for the Piéces justificatives with separate pagination; the first leaf has the half title on the recto, list of errata on the verso. The Mémoire is signed at the end by Hérault de Sechelles, Avocat-Général, Me Thilorier, Avocat, and Duchemin Procureur.

Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue, vol. 48, col. 190." "22860","J. 71","Tracts in foreign law. viz. Memoires in the cases of Leris &c. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 53, as above.","

Seven tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 vol. 4to. French calf, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The upper half of the first blank leaf has been cut away. This half leaf probably contained Jefferson's list of the tracts in his own handwriting, as was his custom in his bound volumes of tracts. This theory is supported by the fact that on the opposite fly leaf is a list of the tracts in another hand, but precisely as entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, viz.:

Memoires in the cases of

Leris & Lamarque

de la Touche

la Compagnie des Indes

Bonnard

d'Anglure

d'Espagnac

de Ligniville[TBE]Law 424[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","Mémoire pour Elizabeth de Ligniville, née Comtesse de Ligniville & du Saint-Empire, veuve douairiere du sieur Nicolas Dedelay de Lagarde . . . contre Nicolas de Ligniville, Chanoine de Nancy . . . Le sieur Joly, Huissier-Priseur au Châtelet de Paris, Curateur onéraire à ladite interdiction; et contre M. Dedelay de Lagarde, Maître des Requêtes, tuteur honoraire du mineur de Lagarde de Blancmesnil, héritier du sieur de Lagarde, son ayeul. [Paris:] de l'imprimerie de Prault, n.d. [1787]","","

60 leaves: []1, A-O4, P3. Caption title, without title-page, the first leaf has a half title; the Pieces Justificatives begin on Ki verso, page 74, and are included in the signatures and pagination. The Mémoire is signed by Fumeron de Verrieres, Maître des Requêtes and Me Pacotte, Avocat.

Bibl. Nat. Catalogue des Factums II, 22." "22870","J. 72","","","","Memoire de Ducrest contra D. D'Orleans.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 54, as above.","Ducrest, Charles Louis, Marquis De.","Mémoire pour M. C. L. Ducrest et M. de Boisbaudron; contre M. D'Orléans. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de P. Provost, M. DCC. XCI. [1791.]","Law 404","

First Edition. 4to. 68 leaves: []2, 14, A-N4, O2, A-D2; separate signatures and pagination for the Pièces Justificatives.

Not in Quérard. Not in the Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue.

Tree calf; not initialled by Jefferson. Initials in ink on the title-page (De H. P.) and corrections in ink in the text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles Louis, Marquis de Ducrest, 1747-1824, was for a time Chancellor of the Duke of Orléans, against whom in 1791 he brought suit and won his case for the recovery of 13,000 francs." "22880","73","","","","Memoire de Reveillon.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 55, as above.","","Mémoire pour le Sieur Reveillon . . . contre l'abbé Roy . . . A Paris: Chez Bouduin, 1789.","","There is no copy of this Mémoire now in the Library of Congress. The above title was taken from the card in the Law Division." "22890","J. 74","","","","Recueil de reglemens des colonies Francaises de l'Amerique.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 13, as above.","","Recueils de Reglemens, Edits, Declarations et Arrets, concernant le Commerce, l'Administration de la Justice, & la Police des Colonies Françaises de l'Amérique. & les Engagés. Avec le Code Noir et l'Addition audit Code. [-Recueil d'édits, Declarations et Arrests de sa Majesté, concernant l'Administration de la Justice & la Police des Colonies Françaises de l'Amérique, & les Engagés.] A Paris: chez les Libraires Associez, M. DCC. XLV. [1745.]","Law 319","

12mo. 2 parts in 1. 188 and 112 leaves, with 3 blanks, separate pagination; the Code Noir occupies pages 81 to 192 of the second part.

Not in Barbier, Grandin or Dupin. Sabin 68459 (the first part only).

Old calf, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "22900","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","i.","","","","Bureau des Achats. Paris, le—Juillet 1783. Tabac. Circulaire.","","4to. 4 leaves. Not in Arents. Concerns the importation of foreign tobacco into France." "22910","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","State of the Duties payable by Vessels of the United States of America, in the ports of Marseilles, Bayonne, l'Orient, and Dunkirk. Published by order of the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, Secretary of the United States, for the Department of Foreign Affairs. New-York: Printed and sold by F. Childs and Co. [1785.]","","

Folio. 10 leaves including the title.

Not in Sabin. Evans 19331 (no copy located).

Each leaf cut and folded to fit into the quarto volume." "22920","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Particulars of Port-charges at Dunkirk on a Foreign Ship of the burthen of 100 Tons, from a Coasting voyage (i. e.) English, Dutch, Danes, Swedes, Americans and others . . .","","Manuscript on 2 leaves folio (paper watermaked I Gater), cut and folded to fit the quarto volume." "22930","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, concernant le commerce étranger dans les îles Françoises de l'Amérique. Du 30 Août 1784 . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXIV.] [1784.]","","

4to. 6 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end.

Jefferson mentioned this Arrêt, and those of the 18th and 25th of September, 1785 (no. viii and ix in this collection), in a letter to the Count de Vergennes (see no. vi), dated from Paris, November 20, 1785:

. . . for the Arret of the king's council of August 30. 1784. furnished an example of such a discrimination between foreigners and natives importing salted fish into his Majesty's dominions in the West-Indies; by laying a duty on that imported by foreigners, and giving out the same in bounty to native importers. this opinion shews itself more remarkeably in the late Arrets of the 18th. and 25th. of September, which increasing to excess the duty on foreign importations of fish into the West Indies, giving the double in bounty on those of natives, and thereby rendering it impossible for the former to sell in competition with the latter, have in effect prohibited the importation of that article by the citizens of the United States . . ." "22940","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui accorde différentes faveurs au Commerce du Nord. Du 25 Septembre 1784 . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784.]","","

4to. 2 leaves, signed Le M.al de Castries, caption title imprint at the end.

Charles Eugène Gabriel, Marquis de Castries, 1727-1801, became Maréchal de France in 1780. As minister of marine he was in constant correspondence with Jefferson, the minister plenipotentiary." "22950","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui renouvelle les anciennes défenses d'introduire dans le Royaume, aucunes Toiles de coton & Mousselines venant de l'étranger, autres que celles de l'Inde apportées par le commerce national: Et interdit le débit des Toiles peintes, Gazes & Linons de fabrique étrangère, sauf le délai fixé pour celles existantes dans le Royaume. Du 10 Juillet 1785. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXV.] [1785.]","","

4to. 4 leaves, signed at the end by Gravier de Vergennes; caption title, imprint at the end.

Charles Gravier de Vergennes, 1717-1787, Minister of Foreign Affairs in France, was in constant communication with Jefferson as minister plenipotentiary. Jefferson expressed an opinion of him in his autobiography:

. . . the Count de Vergennes had the reputation with our diplomatic corps of being wary & slippery in his diplomatic intercourse; and so he might be with those whom he knew to be slippery and doublefaced themselves. as he saw that I had no indirect views, practised no subtleties, meddled in no intrigues, pursued no concealed object, I found him as frank, as honorable, as easy of access to reason as any man with whom I had ever done business; and I must say the same for his successor Montmorin, one of the most honest and worthy of human beings . . ." "22960","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, concernant les marchandises étrangères, prohibées dans le Royaume. Du 17 Juillet 1785 . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785.]","","

4to. 4 leaves, signed by le B.on de Breteüil, the last leaf blank, caption title, imprint at the end.

Louis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, Baron de Breteüil, 1730-1807, French diplomat, became minister of the king's household in 1783. He came into collision with Calonne, who caused his resignation. Of this Jefferson wrote to John Jay from Paris on August 3, 1788:

. . . the Baron de Breteuil has resigned his secretaryship of the domestic department. certainly not for the same reasons, as he is known to have been of opinion that the king had compromitted too much of his authority. the real reason has probably been an impatience of acting under a principal minister. his successor is M. de Villadeuil, lately Comptroller general . . ." "22970","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","viii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui accorde des Primes d'encouragement aux Négocians françois qui transporteront des Morues sèches de pêche nationale dans les îles du Vent & sous le Vent, ainsi que dans les Ports de l'Europe, tels que ceux d'Italie, d'Espagne & de Portugal. Du 18 septembre 1785 . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXV.] [1785.]","","4to. 6 leaves, the last a blank; signed at the end by Le M.al de Castries, caption title, imprint at the end." "22980","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, portant à Cinq livres par quintal, la taxe imposée sur la Morue de Pêche étrangère, qui sera importée aux îles de l'Amérique du Vent & sous le Vent. Du 25 Septembre 1785 . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785.]","","4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end." "22990","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","x.","","","Louis XVI.","Déclaration du Roi, portant fixation de la valeur de l'Or relativement à l'argent, & de la proportion entre les monnoies de l'un & l'autre Métal; avec ordonnance d'une nouvelle fabrication des monnoies d'Or. Donnée à Fontainebleau le 30 Octobre 1785. Registrée en la Cour des Monnoies le 21 Novembre audit an. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785.]","","4to. 6 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end. Pages 5 to 10 contain tables headed Nouveau Tarif de l'évaluation de Toutes les Monnoies d'Or, leur différentes dénominations & leurs prix." "23000","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xi.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, que suspend l'exécution de ceux des 10 & 22 mai 1723, ainsi que de l'article V de l'Ordonnance de 1687; & ordonne que l'affranchissement accordé par les Lettres patentes du mois d'avril 1717 & par l'article IV de ladite Ordonnance de 1687, aura lieu en faveur des provinces de la Loire, jusqu'à ce qu'il en soit autrement ordonné. Du 11 Novembre 1785. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785.]","","4to. 4 leaves, signed by Le Baron de Breteüil, caption title, imprint at the end." "23010","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, portant réduction des Droits sur les Vins d'Aunis qui sont exportés à l'étranger. Du 27 Mai 1786. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXVI.] [1786]","","4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; signed by Le B.on de Breteüil." "23020","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui exempte du Droit de Transit, tous les Vins qui arriveront dans les ports de la Sénéchaussée de Bordeaux pour y être embarqués. Du 10 Septembre 1786. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1786.]","","4to. 2 leaves, the second a blank, caption title, imprint at the end; signed by Gravier de Vergennes." "23030","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","[Calonne, Charles Alexandre de.]","Lettre adressée à M. Jefferson, Ministre Plénipotentiaire des états-Unis d'Amérique. A Fontainebleau, le 22 Octobre 1786. Without name of place or printer [Paris? 1786].","","

8vo. 4 leaves, sig. A, paged [1]-7; caption title.

Not in Sabin. Not in Quérard. Not in Faÿ. Not in Arents. This edition not in Johnston.

The original autograph manuscript letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, as is also another copy of the printed text. The printed version has been edited slightly. It is reprinted in De la France et des états-Unis by Etienne Claviere and Brissot de Warville, q.v., the only form in which it was known to Johnston (page 26).

Jefferson's reply, dated from Paris November 2, 1786, read:

I have been honored with your Excellency's letter of October the 22d. wherein you communicate to me the regulations which His Majesty the King has been pleased lately to establish in favor of the commerce between his subjects & the Citizens of the United States. I availed myself of the first occasion of conveying this information to Congress, who will recieve with singular satisfaction this new proof of His Majesty's friendship, & of his willingness to multiply the ties of interest & of intercourse between the two nations. Favors are doubly precious which, promoting the present purposes of interest & of friendship enlarge the foundations for their continuance & increase. The part which your Excellency has been pleased to take in the establishment of these regulations merits & meets my sincere thanks, & add a title the more to those sentiments of profound esteem & respect with which I have the honor to be your Excellency's most obedient & most humble servant.

The Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress contain also a letterpress copy of his Observations on Calonne's letter, 5 pages 4to.

Charles Alexandre de Calonne, 1734-1802, French statesman and financial minister, had important correspondence with Jefferson, the minister plenipotentiary. In sending Calonne's Memoire to Madame de Corny on October 18, 1787, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you will read it with pleasure . . . tho' it does not prove M. de Calonne to be more innocent than his predecessors, it shews him not to have been that exaggerated scoundrel which the calculations & the clamours of the public have supposed. it shews that the public treasures have not been so inconceivably squandered as the parliaments of Grenoble Thoulouse &c. had affirmed. in fine, it shews him less wicked, & France less badly governed, than I had feared . . ." "23040","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xv.","","","Morris, Robert.","[Begins] Nous, soussignés, Robert Morris, ancien Surintendant des Finances des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, résidant à Philadelphie, d'une part; Et, de l'autre, Le Normand, Receveur-Général des Finances de la Généralité de la Rochelle, résidant à Paris, sommes convenus, avons traité respectivement, l'un envers l'autre, de la vente & achat de soixante mille Boucauts de Tabac, de neuf à dix Quintaux des divers crûs du continent de l'Amérique, aux clauses & conditions ci après énoncées . . . [Paris, 1786]","","

1 leaf, folio, folded to fit the quarto volume.

Not in Arents.

A contract between Robert Morris, ''ancien Surintendant des Finances des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, résidant à Philadelphie'', and Simon Emmanuel Julien Le Normand, ''Receveur-Général des Finances de la Généralité de la Rochelle, résidant à Paris'', concerning the importation into France of tobacco. Morris's contract with the French Farmers General, made in 1785, gave him the monopoly of the American tobacco trade with France." "23050","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xvi-xvii.","","","","Arrêt de la Cour de Parlement, qui casse l'emprisonnement de sieur Thomas Barklai, Consul général des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, & leur Agent Extraordinaire auprès de l'Empereur de Maroc. Du 19 Mai 1787. [A Bordeaux: de l'Imprimerie de Pierre Phillippot, 1787.]","","

4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Thomas Barclay, 1753-1830, Loyalist, was taken prisoner when carrying Lord Rawdon's ''Dispatches by Sea to Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia, and was taken at the Enterance of the Capes by the French fleet in attempting to make my way through them to his Lordship, was a Prisoner with the French during the Action off the Capes under Ad. Graves and Count de Grasse,—obtained my parol in a few days after, and arrived at New York in time to give the Commanders in Chief by Sea and Land very full and necessary information.''

On July 13, 1787, Barclay addressed a letter to Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson concerning his expenses in the matter and enclosed ''two books of 82 pages containing all my accounts respecting my mission to Morrocco.''

Two copies of this Arrêt are bound in this volume." "23060","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xviii.","","","Lambert, Charles Guillaume.","Lettre de M. Lambert, Conseiller d'état & au Conseil royal de Finance & de Commerce, Contrôleur général des finances, à M. Jefferson, Ministre plenipotentiaire des états-Unis d'Amérique près de Sa Majesté Très-Chrétienne. Versailles, 29 Décembre 1787. [—Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, pour l'encouragement du commerce de France avec les états-Unis de l'Amérique. Du 29 Décembre 1787.] [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1787.]","","

4to. 6 leaves of which 2 are for Lambert's letter, and 4 for the Arrêt, French and English texts in parallel columns. The original autograph letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress with a printed copy of the enclosed Arrêt. Another copy of the Arrêt is also in these Papers with Jefferson's Report to the House of

Representatives on February 1, 1791, of which it was one of the official documents presented.

Charles Guillaume Lambert, born in 1726, executed in 1793, became controller general of finances after the dismissal of Necker." "23070","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xix.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui excepte de l'Entrepôt accordé, par l'arrêt du Conseil du 29 décembre 1787, aux productions & marchandises des états-unis, les Poissons, Huiles & autres marchandises provenant de leurs pêches. Du 22 Février 1788. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788.]","","

4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end, woodcut headpiece.

Jefferson mentioned this and other relative arrêts in his report to the House of Representatives as Secretary of State on February 1, 1791." "23080","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xx.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, portant suppression des Délibérations & Protestations des Cours & autres Corps & Communautés, faites depuis la publication des Loix portées au Lit de Justice du 8 Mai denier. Extrait des registres du Conseil d'état du Roi. Du vingt Juin mil sept cent quatre-vingt-huit. A Versailles: de l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres. [1788]","","4to. 4 leaves, signed at the end by Le Bon de Breteüil; caption title, imprint at the end." "23090","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxi.","","","","1784. Convention between His most Christian Majesty and the thirteen United States of North America, for the purpose of determining and fixing the functions and prerogatives of their respective Consuls, vice-Consuls, Agents and Commissaries. 1788. Convention between His most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, for the purpose of defining and establishing the functions and privileges of their respective Consuls and vice-Consuls. Without name of place or printer.","","

4to. 6 leaves, the last a blank; the text of the two treaties in parallel columns. Manuscript marginal annotations by Jefferson (cut into by the binder). The blank leaf has the offset of Jefferson's signature in ink (3 times).

Not in Sabin.

The 1784 treaty is signed by Gravier de Vergennes and Benjamin Franklin; the 1788 treaty by L. C. De Montmorin and Th. Jefferson." "23100","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, concernant le Commerce des Grains. Du 23 Novembre 1788. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788.]","","

4to. 2 leaves, signed by Laurent de Villedeuil; caption title, imprint at the end.

Laurent de Villedeuil succeeded Calonne as Comptroller General. He was mentioned several times by Jefferson in his accounts of French affairs of the time." "23110","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxiii.","","","Santa Domingo.","Ordonnance concernant la liberté du Commerce pour la Partie du Sud de Saint-Domingue. Du neuf Mai mil sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf. Au Port-au-Prince: chez Bourdon, Imprimeur du Roi & du Conseil Supérieur de Saint-Domingue. [1789]","","4to. 6 leaves, the first a blank, blue paper, signed by Bonvallet, caption title, imprint at the end." "23120","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxiv.","","","Louis XVI.","Ordonnance du Roi, qui défend le port d'Armes aux Chasseurs, Heiduques, Nègres, & à tous autres Gens de livrée & sans état. Du 5 Mai 1785. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXV.] [1785]","","4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end." "23130","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxv.","","","Louis XVI.","Règlement fait par le Roi, pour la formation de son Conseil royal des Finances & du Commerce. Du 5 Juin 1787. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1787.]","","4to. 4 leaves, the last a blank, signed by Le B.on de Breteüil, caption title, imprint at the end." "23140","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxvi.","","","Louis XVI.","Règlemente fait par le Roi, pour l'Administration de ses Finances & du Commerce. Du 5 Juin 1787. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXVII.] [1787]","","4to. 4 leaves, the last a blank, signed by Le B.on de Breteüil, caption title, imprint at the end." "23150","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxvii.","","","Louis XVI.","Déclaration du Roi, pour la liberté du Commerce des Grains. Donnée à Versailles le 17 Juin 1787. Registrée en Parlement le vingt-cinq Juin mil sept cent quatre-vingt-sept. [A Paris: chex N. H. Nyon, 1787.]","","4to. 4 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end." "23160","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxviii.","","","Louis XVI.","Lettre Patentes du Roi, qui, par suite de l'Edit de Mai dernier, portant création de Six Millions de Rentes viageres, affectent, de préférence, le produit des Tailles au paiement des arrérages desdites Rentes viageres, & ordonnent que les extinctions soient employées annuellement à la diminution de l'Impôt de la Taille. Données à Versailles le 17 Juin 1787. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, 1787.]","","4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end." "23170","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxix.","","","Louis XVI.","édit du Roi, portant création d'Assemblées Provinciales. Donné à Versailles au mois de Juin 1787. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, 1787.]","","4to. 2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end." "23180","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxx.","","","Louis XVI.","Déclaration du Roi, pour la conversion de la Corvée en une prestation en argent. Donée à Versailles le 27 Juin 1787. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, 1787.]","","4to. 2 leaves, signed Lebret; caption title, imprint at the end." "23190","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxxi.","","","Louis XVI.","édit du Roi, portant suppression du Droit d'Ancrage sur les Navires François dans les Ports du Royaume . . . Donné à Versailles au mois de Juin 1787. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, 1787.]","","4to. 6 leaves (misbound), signed Lebret; caption title, imprint at the end. 2319" "23200","J. 75","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 49, Arrets de 1784-1788, 4to.","Thirty-two pamphlets (including one duplicate), of varying formats bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., sheep, a red morocco label lettered Pamphlets on the back. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The dates 1784 to 1788 cover the period during which Jefferson was in France as Minister Plenipotentiary; some of the Arrêts were purchased from Froullé and appear on his bills. [TBE]AC901 .P3[/TBE]","","xxxii.","","","Louis XVI.","édit du Roi, concernant ceux qui ne font pas profession de la Religion Catholique. Donné à Versailles au mois de Novembre 1787. [A Paris: chez N. H. Nyon, 1788.]","","4to. 8 leaves, signed Lebret; caption title, imprint at the foot of the recto of the last leaf; Tarif annexé à l'Edit qui concerne ceux qui ne professent pas la Religion Catholique on the verso." "23210","J. 76","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 34, Cases of the Bank and Shoemakers, 2 v 8vo.","","","i.","","","","Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798. The Trial in the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. Reported from Notes by T. Lloyd. Upon which the President of that bank, the Cashier, one of the Directors (who was an alderman) and another person who was the high constable of Philadelphia; were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon twelve thousand dollars damages, for a false and malicious prosecution against him, without either reasonable or probable cause. Philadelphia: Printed for the Publishers, 1808.","Law 379a","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 94 leaves in fours.

Sabin 42867.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers; the last leaf slightly defective. Thos. Jefferson from the Reporter written on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from Thomas Lloyd.

In the Jefferson Papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society is a page of shorthand written by Jefferson and headed by him Lloyd's shorthand.

Thomas Lloyd, 1756-1827, law reporter, was acquainted with Jefferson and in correspondence with him. The defendants in this trial were Samuel M. Fox, President of the Bank of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Smith, cashier; John Clement Stocker, director; and John Haines, high constable of Philadelphia. The plaintiff was Patrick Lyon, who brought suit to recover damages for false imprisonment on a charge of robbing the bank in 1798. See no. 1130." "23220","J. 76","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 34, Cases of the Bank and Shoemakers, 2 v 8vo.","","","ii.","","","","The Trial of the Boot & Shoemakers of Philadelphia, on an Indictment for a combination and conspiracy to raise their Wages. Taken in Short-hand, by Thomas Lloyd. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves, for T. Lloyd, and B. Graves, 1806.","Law 378","

First Edition. 8vo. 82 leaves in fours; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the last leaf.

Marvin, page 472. Sabin 41697.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. A manuscript note on page 146 is not by Jefferson." "23240","J. 1","","","","Machiavelli Princeps . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Agrippae oratio contra Monarchiam. Moecenatis oratio pro Monarchia. Steph. Junii Bruti vindiciae contra tyrannos. De jure magistratuum tractatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .","","","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 4, as above, 12mo.","Machiavelli, Niccolò.","Nicolai Machiavelli Princeps. Ex Sylvestri Telii Fulginatis traductione diligenter emendata. Adiecta svnt eivsdem argumenti aliorum quorundam contra Machiauellum scripta de potestate & officio principum contra tyrannos. cI[???] I[???] xxcix. Without name of place or printer [Basle? 1589]","JC143 .M3 1589","

8vo. 2 parts in 1. 112 and 168 leaves, woodcut portrait at the end; separate title for Vindiciæ contra tyrannos . . . Stephano Ivnio Bruto Celta, auctore [i. e. Hubert Languet]; half-title for De Ivre magistratvvm in svbditos . . . [by J. B. Fickler], continuous pagination and signatures.

Gerber, page 71, no. 3. This edition not in Haag.

Old calf, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has written on the second title by Hubert Languet and see 1st. Hollis's memoirs. 129. and on the third (half-title) see 1st. Hollis's Memoirs. 130. [These references are to the notes on Hollis's editions and copies of these works.] MS. notes in an early hand occur.

Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian statesman, writer and political theorist.Hubert Languet, 1518-1581. The Vindiciæ contra tyrannos has been attributed also to Beza, Hotman, Casaubon and Duplessis-Mornay; there is a discussion of the authorship in Haag.

Johann Baptist Fickler, 1533-1610, German scholar, theologian and writer." "23250","J. 2","","","","Les oeuvres de Montesquieu.","","3 vol[???]. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 369, as above.","Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de.","Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu, nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & considérablement augmentée par l'auteur. Tome premier [-troisième] . . . A Londres: chez Nourse, M. DCC. LXVII. [1767]","PQ2011 .A1 1767","

3 vol. 4to. 325, 336 and 370 leaves, engraved folded maps in vol. 1 and 2 (that in vol. 1 inserted upside down).

Brunet III, 443.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph recommending books for his studies, dated from New York, May 30, 1790, Jefferson wrote of Montesquieu:

. . . in the science of government Montesquieu's spirit of laws is generally recommended, it contains indeed a great number of political truths; but almost an equal number of political heresies: so that the reader must be constantly on his guard, there has been lately published a letter of Helvetius who was the intimate friend of Montesquieu & whom he consulted before the publication of his book. Helvetius advised him not to publish it: & in this letter to a friend he gives us a solution for the mixture of truth & error found in this book. he sais Montesquieu was a man of immense reading, that he had commonplaced all his reading, & that his object was to throw the whole contents of his commonplace book into systematical order, & to shew his ingenuity by reconciling the contradictory facts it presented . . .

On August 12, 1810, in a letter to William Duane concerning the printing of Destutt de Tracy's Commentary on Montesquieu's Esprit des Lois (q. v.), Jefferson wrote:

. . . the history of that work [the Spirit of Laws] is well known, he [Montesquieu] had been a great reader, and had commonplaced everything he read. at length he wished to undertake some work into which he could bring his whole Commonplace book in a digested form. he fixed on the subject of his Spirit of laws, & wrote the book. he consulted his friend Helvetius about publishing it, who strongly dissuaded it. he published it however, and the world did not conform to Helvetius's opinion, still every man, who reflects as he reads, has considered it as a book of paradoxes, having indeed much of truth & sound principle, but abounding also with inconsistences, apocryphal facts, & false inferences . . .

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French philosophical historian. The first edition of the Esprit des Lois was published in 1748 in 2 volumes, quarto.

The theories of Montesquieu had a most important and far reaching influence on the thinking of the framers of the United States Constitution.

Jefferson's Common-place book, made while I was a student, contains passages copied from the Esprit des Lois, which show therefore the impressions made by its author on the younger Jefferson. These passages should be read in connection with his later opinions as expressed in the correspondence quoted above, and in the description of Destutt de Tracy's Commentary and Review of the Spirit of the Laws, no. 2327 below, q.v.

For a discussion of Montesquieu's influence on Jefferson, see Gilbert Chinard, The Common-place Book of Thomas Jefferson." "23260","J. 3","","","","Williams's lectures on Montesquieu's Political principles","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 93, as above.","Williams, David.","Lectures on Political principles; the subjects of eighteen books, in Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws; read to students under the author's direction . . . by the Rev. David Williams. London: printed by John Bell, M DCC LXXXIX. [1789]","JC179 .M8W48","

First Edition. 8vo. 148 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Lowndes. Watt III, 968. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with the initials W. D. [William Duane] written at the end. The manuscript notes throughout the book are not by Jefferson. On the half-title is written by Duane: This work has been published separately, and as the 4th volume of Mr Williams Lectures on moral principles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from William Duane.

On August 17, 1810, Duane wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

. . . You have seen I make no doubt David Williams Lectures upon Montesquieu, from whom indeed I first learned to think of Montesquieu, as your commentator seems to think . . .

Jefferson replied on September 16:

. . . I never before heard of Williams's lectures on Montesquieu; but I am glad to hear of every thing which reduces that author to his just level, as his predelection for monarchy, & the English monarchy in particular has done mischief every where. & here also to a certain degree . . .

On October 29 Duane sent a copy of the book:

. . . I sent you along with the packet David Williams lectures on Montesquieu, they are not equal to the ideas and lucid illustrations, nor to the genius that marks the Review of Montesquieu [Destutt de Tracy]; but they were bold in England; I have a duplicate of it, and intend the copy sent as a small mark of my wish to contribute even in the slightest degree to your rational gratification . . .

To this Jefferson replied on November 13:

. . . I thank you for the copy of Williams. I have barely dipped into it a little, enough however to see he is far short of the luminous work you are printing [Destutt de Tracy's Commentary]. indeed I think that the most valuable work of the present age. I recieved from Williams some years ago his book on the claims of authors. I found him to be a man of sound and true principles but not knowing how he got at them and not able to trace or develope them for others . . .

David Williams, 1738-1816, Welsh divine and educationalist, was the founder of the Royal Literary Fund. He became a friend of Benjamin Franklin, who called him the ''Priest of Nature.'' For the work referred to by Jefferson above, see no. 3553.

This copy was from William Duane's own library, and the initials W. D. at the end may have been his method of marking his books." "23270","4","","","","a Commentary & Review of Montesquieu's Sp. of Laws.","","8vo. Duane. 1811.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 94, reading Spirit for Sp.","[Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, Comte.]","A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Prepared for press from the original manuscript, in the hands of the publisher. To which are annexed, observations on the thirty-first book, by the late M. Condorcet: and two letters of Helvetius, on the merits of the same work. [Six lines of quotation from Hobbes and Beccaria.] Philadelphia: printed by William Duane, 1811.","JC179 .M8D5","

First Edition. 8vo. 150 leaves collating in fours.

Sabin 96413. Seligman V, 108. Palgrave I, 572 (not this edition).

This translation was made by William Duane and revised by Jefferson. Jefferson himself was the author of the preface.

The manuscript was sent to Jefferson by Destutt de Tracy from Auteuil on June 12, 1809:

je suis saisi de la plus timide inquietude quand je pense qu'un ouvrage de moi sur les objets les plus importants au bonheur des hommes, va etre mis sous les yeux de l'homme de l'univers que je respecte le plus et dont j'ambitionne le plus le suffrage . . . je remette entre vos mains le livre de l'auteur. je serois charmé qu'on leur fit l'honneur de transporter ces idées dans votre langue maternelle, et qu'elles pussent etre publiées sous vos auspices, mais il est de plus grande importance pour moi qu'on ne saisse jamais, ou du moins qu'apres ma mort, que cet ouvrage vient de moi. Si meme le nom de Condorcet pouvoit conduire a le soupçonner, il seroit peutetre a propos de le suprimer. disposez, je vous suplie, du tout comme il vous plaira, pour le corriger et l'ameliorer, si vous voulez bien en prendre la peine . . .

Jefferson received this on September 29, and on August 12 of the following year, 1810, wrote to Duane:

. . . I have another enterprize to propose for some good printer. I have in my possession a MS. work in French, confided to me by a friend, whose name alone would give it celebrity were it permitted to be mentioned, but considerations insuperable forbid that. it is a Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of laws. the history of that work is well known . . . still every man, who reflects as he reads, has considered it as a book of paradoxes, having indeed much of truth & sound principle, but abounding also with inconsistences, apocryphal facts, & false inferences. it is a correction of these which has been executed in the work I mention, by way of Commentary and Review; not by criticising words or sentences, but by taking a book at a time, considering it's general scope, & proceeding to confirm or confute it. and much of confutation there is, & of substitution of true for false principle: and the true principle is ever that of republicanism. I will not venture to say that every sentiment in the book will be approved: because, being in MS. and the French character, I have not read the whole but so much only as might enable me to estimate the soundness of the author's way of viewing his subject; and judging from that which I have read, I infer with confidence that we shall find the work generally worthy of our high approbation, and that it every where maintains the preeminence of Representative government, by shewing that it's foundations are laid in reason, in right, and in general good. I had expected this from my knolege of the other writings of the author, which have always a precision rarely to be met with. but to give you an idea of the manner of it's execution, I translate and inclose his commentary on Montesquieu's IId book, which contains the division of the work. I wish I could have added his review at the close of the 12. first books, as this would give a more compleat idea of the extraordinary merit of the work, but it is too long to be copied. I add from it, however, a few extracts of his reviews of some of the books as specimens of his plan and principles, if printed in French, it would be of about 180. pages 8vo. or 23. sheets, if any one will undertake to have it translated and printed on their own account, I will send on the MS. by post, and they can take the copyright as of an original work, which it ought to be understood to be. I am anxious it should be ably translated, by some one who possesses style, as well as capacity to do justice to abstruse conceptions. I would even undertake to revise the translation if required. the original sheets must be returned to me, and I should wish the work to be executed with as little delay as possible . . .

With this letter Jefferson enclosed his translation of the second book, written on 5½ pages folio.

Duane replied, undertaking the work, on August 17:

. . . The other work which you are so good as to mention, if sent on, I can have put into hand immediately; there is no difficulty in obtaining good translators here at present, and I will accept it with great satisfaction, and send you the proofs as you propose . . .

A month later, on September 16, Jefferson sent the manuscript to Duane:

. . . the French work will accompany this letter. since writing to you I have gone over the whole and can assure you it is the most valuable political work of the present age. in some details we all may differ from him or from one another, but the great mass of the work is highly sound, it's title would be 'a Commentary [???] on Montesquieu's Spirit of laws.' perhaps the words 'and Review' might be inserted at the [???].

Helvetius's letter on the same work should be annexed if it can possibly be procured, it was contained in a late edition of the works of Helvetius as published by the Abbé de la Roche. probably that edition might be found . . .

You say in your letter that you will send me the proofs of the commentary on Montesquieu for revisal. it is only the translation I should wish to revise. I feel myself answerable to the Author for a correct publication of his ideas, the translated sheets may come by post as they are finished off. they shall be promptly returned, the originals coming with them . . .

On October 25, Jefferson sent to Duane his revisal of the first part of the translated sheets:

I now return the translated sheets, you will find in them some pencilled words, chiefly corrections of errors in the copyist, in one part they are something more. having retained a copy of the part I translated and forwarded to you in my first letter, I was enabled to collate that with the corresponding part now inclosed and I found, in a few instances, changes in the structure of the sentence &c. which tho' equivalent to the author's own, yet were not exactly in the form he had chosen. knowing his precision of idea, and his attention to the choice of words for expressing them, I apprehended he would be better satisfied with our adherence to his forms of expression as far as the genius of the two languages would admit. I made the notes therefore merely with a view of recommending this generally. I will furnish you in due time with a very short epistle of the author to the reader to be prefaced to the work . . .

This was acknowledged by Duane on October 29:

I have just received the returned parcel of Manuscript my motive for sending you the translation in the first instance was that you might judge and if you had leisure correct to your mind—my intention is to send you on the Manuscript as as [sic] fast as translated and I can transcribe it; I am not perfectly satisfied myself with the manner of the translation; it is very difficult unless to a person equally conversant in both languages; there are some passages very difficult—I fear that on this account it will be to you more troublesome than I could wish it to be; the translation is generally too dry and frigid for the original; and the whys & wherefores and moreovers are too frequent for the English idiom. The work the more I peruse the more I am gratified and impressed with its importance, and feel a solicitude to see it before the public . . .

On November 13, Jefferson sent to Duane the corrected second part:

Your 3d. packet is recieved before the 2d. had been returned. it is now inclosed, and the other shall go by the next post. I find as before nothing to correct but those errors of the copyist which you would have corrected yourself before committed to the press, if it were practicable to send me the original sheets with the translated, perhaps my equal familiarity with both languages might enable me sometimes to be of some advantage: but I presume that might be difficult and of little use, scarcely perhaps of any . . .

With Jefferson's next letter, January 18, 1811, he sent to Duane his draft for the preface:

I promised you, in a former letter, a short Proem to be prefaced to our book, which I now inclose, it's object is the concealment of the author, to whom that is a circumstance of first importance. I observe that the three last packets of about 130. or 140. pages, (two of which were returned by the last post, & the 3d. by this) bear marks of much hastier translation than those preceding. I should almost be tempted to conjecture a change of translator. sentences incomplete, false syntax, want of perspicuity, and sometimes a suspected mistranslation will require from yourself a rigorous revisal of these packets, with the original in your hand, to enable it to meet the public approbation. it would be a subject of much regret that a work so distinguished for perspicuity, and a critical choice of words, should appear disadvantageously exactly in these particulars: and the more as there will be no original to recur to for correction or explanation. the translation being now advanced to the 364th. page, we may ask when the printing will begin? you must be so good as to set me down as a subscriber for ten copies, to be sent me, except one, in boards; the others being destined for friends in countries where bound books are prohibited.

This draft of the preface is now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The text is precisely the same as that printed at the beginning of the book. It is headed

The Author

to his fellow citizens of the United States of America. I am a Frenchman by birth and education. I was an early friend to the revolution of France, and continued to support it, until those entrusted with it's helm, had evidently changed its direction. Flying then from the tyrannies of the monster Robespierre, I found, and still enjoy, safety, freedom, & hospitality, among you. I am grateful for these boons, and anxious to shew that gratitude, by such services as my faculties and habits enable me to render . . .

With regard to the translation and printing Duane wrote to Jefferson on January 25, 1811:

I have just received yours of the 18th. and the copy accompanying it—you will be good enough never to attribute my not writing immediately to want of respect or to indifference—my avocations are so many and the pressure of them so constant, that it requires some dexterity to get thro' them. I shall now explain the hastiness of the last sheets—you will perceive they are all transcribed by myself—the person who began has translated the whole, but it was not well done tho' he is capable—I am not perfectly competent to translate it myself, tho' I can very well judge both of the French & English whether it is well done—I therefore made the work a practical essay for myself, as well to enjoy the gratification it afforded me as to make my knowledge of the French better, and thus I have not merely transcribed but I have as it were made the version throughout. This much will explain why I did not send the French original, and why I shall with your leave keep it to refer to, till the work is printed, which will be now very soon—It will be necessary, and since you approve of the manner, I shall be able with more confidence to remedy the defects of the latter part, of which I was conscious, but being anxious to hurry the whole on to you—and having no assistant of any kind to write or aid me in my paper at this critical time—and the foreman in the Aurora office who by knowing my mind was able to decypher all I wrote however hurried—and besides sound in the reading of proofs, of which I feel the labor as much as the celebrated Bayle—I have hurried the whole on depending too much on the translator, or rather not having time sufficient to chasten and arrange the language. I bespoke 5 months since from Binny & Ronaldson a fount of types to print the work elegantly—they have not yet sent them in—These men are among the instances of fortunes caprices, they have acquired fortune by industry, and it has ruined them as men. I never new [sic] men more estimable for simplicity & probity—they are now the reverse. I have applied to Mr Carr, the best printer in this city to undertake the printing for me of this work—for I was fool enough to empty all my half worn types into a heap and send them to B. & Ronaldson when type metal was scarce, and now I have no type of the size to print it upon—so that necessity on one hand and a desire to push the work out soon has induced me to do this; I have not had his answer yet; but I shall if he cannot get it done by some one Else. I am thus prolix in order that nothing may be unexplained.

I shall go through the copy as it goes to the printer with the original in my hands and shall correct before I deliver it—and shall take care of the latter sheets.

I have published one of the Chapters on Money which has excited attention, tho' it was from a very indifferent translation.

I have not been successful in my enquiries for the letter of Helvetius, or the work of the Abbé de la Rochon, nor unless there should be some of the literary Frenchmen in N. York do I expect to succeed . . .

Before receiving this, Jefferson, on January 26, returned to Duane the remaining portions of the translation:

Th: Jefferson returns to Colo. Duane the two packages which he supposes to be the last. he has found them as correct as the earlier ones, and much more so than the three preceding. should he be mistaken in supposing these the last, some delay may attend any future ones, as he is just setting out to an establishment he has about 90. Southward (near Lynchburg) and probably will be absent three or four weeks . . .

The translation being completed Jefferson wrote, on January 26, 1811, to Destutt de Tracy:

The length of time your favor of June 12. 09. was on it's way to me, and my absence from home the greater part of the autumn delayed very much the pleasure which awaited me of reading the packet which accompanied it. I cannot express to you the satisfaction which I recieved from it's perusal. I had, with the world, deemed Montesquieu's a work of much merit; but saw in it, with every thinking man, so much of paradox, of false principle, & misapplied fact, as to render it's value equivocal on the whole. Williams and others had nibbled only at it's errors. a radical correction of them therefore was a great desideratum. this want is now supplied, and with a depth of thought, precision of idea, of language & of logic, which will force conviction into every mind. I declare to you, Sir, in the spirit of truth & sincerity, that I consider it the most precious gift the present age has recieved. but what would it have been, had the author, or would the author, take up the whole scheme of Montesquieu's work, & following the correct analysis he has here developed, fill up all it's parts according to his sound views of them. Montesquieu's celebrity would be but a small portion of that which would immortalize the author. and with whom? with the rational and highminded spirits of the present & all future ages. with those whose approbation is both incitement & reward to virtue and ambition. is then the hope desperate? to what object can the occupations of his future life be devoted so usefully to the world, so splendidly to himself? but I must leave to others who have higher claims on his attention, to press these considerations.

My situation, far in the interior of the country, was not favorable to the object of getting this work translated and printed. Philadelphia is the least distant of the great towns of our states where there exists any enterprize in this way; and it was not till the spring following the reciept of your letter, that I obtained an arrangement for it's execution. the translation is just now compleated. the sheets came to me by post, from time to time, for revisal; but not being accompanied by the original, I could not judge of verbal accuracies. I think however it is substantially correct, without being an adequate representation of the excellencies of the original; as indeed no translation can be. I found it impossible to give it the appearance of an original composition in our language. I therefore think it best to divert enquiries after the author towards a quarter where he will not be found; and, with this view, propose to prefix the prefactory epistle now inclosed. as soon as a copy of the work can be had, I will send it to you by Duplicate. the secret of the author will be faithfully preserved, during his and my joint lives; and those into whose hands my papers will fall at my death will be equally worthy of confidence. when the death of the author, or his living consent shall permit the world to know their benefactor, both his and my papers will furnish the evidence. in the mean time the many important truths the work so solidly establishes will, I hope, make it the political rudiment of the young and manual of our older citizens . . .

Two months later, on March 15, Duane wrote to Jefferson to say that the work of printing was temporarily suspended:

I have just received the last packet of the Manuscript but it appears as if I was doomed to be the sport and the victim of my faithful adherence to those principles which that work so admirably illustrates. I should not invade your merited repose and happiness, with any complaints of mine, were it not necessary to account to you for the suspension of the work even after it had been begun . . .

His letter explains at length his financial embarrassment caused by the hostility of his former friends and patrons due to his attacks in the Aurora on Mr. John Randolph.

Jefferson answered the political part of this letter on March 28, and referred to the printing of the book in the postscript:

P. S. absorbed in a subject more nearly interesting, I had forgotten our book on the heresies of Montesquieu. I sincerely hope the removal of all embarrassment will enable you to go on with it, or so to dispose of it as that our country may have the benefit of the corrections it will administer to public opinion.

On July 5, Duane sent one copy of the completed book to Jefferson:

By the Mail of this day, I forward you a single copy of the Review of Montesquieu, I hope you will find it executed in a style of neatness not discreditable to the work or to the American press. By printing it in a larger type and a smaller page, it might have been made a larger volume, but I believe it will be considered as preferable in its present form by those who prefer a book for its contents rather than by weight or measure.

I have ventured to place two short paragraphs from Hobbes & Beccaria, as mottoes to the title-page—containing applicable truths, and at least not inconsistent with its Spirit: it was done merely to comply with a fashion, rather than any other motive.

The price which I have put it for sale at, is governed by two considerations. the expence incurred, and the expence to be incurred in circulating it. I have printed 750 copies, & must pay 25 per cent out of the price only for circulating it, that being the sum agreed upon with the man I employ to obtain subscribers and deliver works, should should [sic] this edition sell sufficiently soon it will determine whether or not it would be advisable to print another edition at a lower price, and that will be known by the demand and the impression which the work makes; it is too soon to form any judgment here, as my political sins of several years prevents the light of my door from being ever darkened by federal shadows . . .

If the book is in the form which you suggested as adapted for sending abroad, I shall send you the ten copies which you were pleased to order; or if there should be any other form of binding or putting together, with thinner covers in the manner of French works, I shall have these executed to your wish, having bookbinders in my own house.

Jefferson immediately sent this copy to the author through D. B. Warden (United States Consul in Paris), and Lafayette. To the latter he wrote on July 10:

Since writing my letter of the day before yesterday I have recieved by post the inclosed copy of the Review of Montesquieu which I hasten to forward thro' you to M. Tracy. had I another it should have been devoted to you . . .

On July 25 he acknowledged the receipt of the book to Duane and arranged for other copies to be sent to him:

Your letter of the 5th. with the volume of Montesquieu accompanying it, came to hand in due time; the latter indeed in lucky time as, inclosing it by the return of post, I was enabled to get it into m[???] Warden's hands before his departure, for a friend abroad to whom it will be a most acceptable offering. of the residue of the copies I asked, I could wish to recieve one well bound for my own library, the others in boards as that before sent. one of these in boards may come to me by post, for use until the others are recieved . . .

Destutt de Tracy wrote on October 21 to thank Jefferson for the copy sent him:

. . . Mr. Warden, a son arrivée ici, a remis de votre part a Mr le Gal. la fayette un exemplaire de la traduction du commentaire sur Montesquieu qui venoit de parôitre au moment de son depart. il m'a dit moi meme, sans savoir tout le plaisir qu'il me faisoit, que vous estimez cet ouvrage et que vous avez pris beaucoup d'interest a sa publication; et en meme tems il m'a donné votre lettre du 26 janvier 1811. qui a mis le comble à ma satisfaction et à ma reconnoissance.

Duane tried to get the book reviewed by the Edinburgh Review. On February 14, 1813, he wrote to Jefferson concerning his account with the Review of Montesquieu, and added:

. . . I have some copies remaining which I sell now and then at 2$ allowing the bookseller who rents my store, the usual discount. I have made various efforts to have the book reviewed in Boston, N. York, and here without success; and even a copy which Mr Ronaldson deposited in the hands of the Edinburg Reviewers Editor, has had no better success . . .

Jefferson replied on April 4:

. . . I wish you may succeed in getting the Commentary on Montesquieu reviewed by the Edinburgh Reviewers. I should expect from them an able & favorable analysis of it. I sent a copy to a friend in England in the hope he would communicate it to them; not however expressing that hope, lest the source of it should have been made known. but the book will make it's way, and will become a standard work. a copy which I sent to France was under translation by one of the ablest men of that country . . .

For a time it was rumored that Jefferson was the author of the book. Dupont de Nemours ascribed to Jefferson the authorship and immediately began to translate the book into French.

D. B. Warden, in a letter to Jefferson from France on November 1, 1812, mentioned:

. . . The Senator [i. e. Destutt de Tracy] is much pleased with the Commentary on Montesquieu—I lent my copy to Mr. Marbois, who also speaks of it in the highest terms; and I have heard him observe, that you must be the author—I lent mine to Dupont de Nemours who is translating it into french . . .

On November 28, 1813, Jefferson wrote to Destutt de Tracy:

. . . the MS. of the first work [i. e. A Commentary and Review on Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws] has been carefully recalled and deposited with me . . .

If unmerited praise could give pleasure to a candid mind I should have been highly exalted in my own opinion on the occasion of the first work. one of the best judges and best men of the age [i. e. Dupont de Nemours] has ascribed it to myself; and has for some time been employed in translating it into French. it would be a gratification to which you are highly entitled, could I transcribe the sheets he has written me in praise, nay in rapture with the work; and were I to name the man, you would be sensible there is not another whose suffrage would be more encouraging. but the casualties which lie between us would render criminal the naming any one. in a letter which I am now writing him, I shall set him right as to myself, and acknolege my humble station far below the qualifications necessary for that work: and shall discourage his perseverance in retranslating into French a work the original of which is so correct in it's diction that not a word can be altered but for the worse: and from a translation too where the author's meaning has sometimes been illy understood, sometimes mistaken, and often expressed in words not the best chosen. indeed when the work, thro' it's translation becomes more generally known here, the high estimation in which it is held by all who become acquainted with it, encorages me to hope I may get it printed in the original. I sent a copy of it to the late President of Wm and Mary college of this state, who adopted it at once as the elementary book of that institution. from these beginnings it will spread and become a political gospel for a nation open to reason, & in a situation to adopt and profit by its results, without a fear of their leading to wrong . . .

Jefferson wrote to Dupont de Nemours the next day, November 29:

In answering the several very kind letters I have recieved from you, I owe to yourself and to the most able and estimable author of the Commentaries on Montesquieu to begin by assuring you that I am not the author of that work, and of my own consciousness that it is far beyond my qualifications. in truth I consider it as the most profound and logical work which has been presented to the present generation. on the subject of government particularly there is a purity and soundness of principle which renders it precious, to our country particularly, where I trust it will become the elementary work for the youth of our academies and Colleges. the paradoxes of Montesquieu have been too long uncorrected. I will not fail to send you a copy of the work if possible to get it thro' the perils of the sea . . .

On February 28, 1815, Jefferson sent to Dupont de Nemours his own copy of the work:

This letter will be delivered to you by m[???]. Ticknor . . . by him I send you a copy of the Review of Montesquieu, from my own shelf, the impression being, I believe, exhausted by the late President of the College of Williamsburg having adopted it as the elementary book there. I am persuading the author to permit me to give his name to the public, and to permit the original to be printed in Paris. altho' your presses, I observe, are put under the leading strings of your government, yet this is such a work as would have been licensed at any period, early or late, of the reign of Louis XVI. surely the present government will not expect to repress the progress of the public mind farther back than that . . .

On July 10, 1812, Jefferson introduced the book to Thomas Cooper:

. . . have you read the Review of Montesquieu, printed by Duane? I hope it will become the elementary book of the youth at all our Colleges. such a reduction of Montesquieu to his true value had been long wanting in Political study . . .

On November 8, 1813, Thomas Cooper asked Jefferson:

. . . Pray, is it a secret who wrote the Commentary on Montesquieu? He [i. e. Dr. Erick Bollman] ascribes it to you, but I have always understood it to be the work of a Frenchman, and written in French. I do not agree with it in toto, but it is a valuable work . . .

Jefferson replied on January 16, 1814:

You ask if it is a secret who wrote the Commentary on Montesquieu? it must be a secret during the author's life. I may only say at present that it was written by a Frenchman, that the original MS. in French is now in my possession, that it was translated and edited by Genl. Duane, and that I should rejoice to see it printed in it's original tongue, if any one would undertake it. no book can suffer more by translation, because of the severe correctness of the original in the choice of it's terms. I have taken measures for securing to the author his justly earned fame, whenever his death or other circumstances may render it safe for him. like you, I do not agree with him in every thing, and have had some correspondence with him on particular points. but on the whole, it is a most valuable work; one which I think will form an epoch in the science of government, and which I wish to see in the hands of every American student, as the elementary and fundamental institute of that important branch of human science . . .

To the polygraph copy of this letter in the papers in the Library of Congress, Jefferson has added a footnote:

the original has since been published in France, with the name of it's author, M. de Tutt Tracy.

[An anonymous edition was published in Liége in 1817, reprinted with the author's name in 1819.]

Jefferson wrote again to Cooper on this subject on August 25, 1814:

. . . Since the change of government in France, I am in hopes the author of the Review of Montesquieu will consent to be named, and perhaps may publish there his original work: not that their press is free; but that the present government will be restrained by public opinion, whereas the late military despotism respected that of the army only . . .

Jefferson continued to send copies and to recommend this work to his friends and correspondents over a number of years.

On January 12, 1813, he wrote to Samuel R. Demaree:

. . . you ask if I know of any new publication of value expected. I know of none now expected, but the Review of Montesquieu by a person who does not give his name, lately published by Duane, is the most valuable political work which has been published since Montesquieu's day. he has reduced that writer of riddles & paradoxes & great apostle of Monarchy, to his true level. it should be the Manual of every republican & the aristocrat or monocrat whom this does not cure, may be pronounced incurable. it will be the school book of our colleges. it is but a thin 8vo.

In a letter to Joseph C. Cabell dated from Monticello January 5, 1815, Jefferson wrote:

. . . have you seen the Review of Montesquieu by an anonymous author? the ablest work of the age. it was translated and published by Duane about 3. years ago. in giving the most correct analysis of the principles of political association which has yet been offered, he states, in the branch of political economy particularly, altho' much in brief, some of the soundest and most profound views we have ever had on those subjects . . .

In 1816 Lafayette requested more copies which Jefferson sent through Albert Gallatin, with a letter written on May 18:

I have just recieved a request from M. de la Fayette to send him two copies of the Review of Montesquieu, published in Philadelphia about 4. or 5. years ago, and have written to Dufief to forward them under cover to you, wherever you may be, which he will know better than I can. I pray you to be the bearer of them, with the letter for him now inclosed; and, if you have never read the work, that you will amuse yourself with it on the passage. altho' in some points it will not obtain our concurrence either in principle or practice, yet, on the whole, you have never seen so profound and so correct an exposition of the true principles of government. a work of equal distinction on the science of political economy is now in the press at Washington, profound, solid and brief . . .

On January 11, 1817, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Tracy's Commentaries on Montesquieu have never been published in the original. Duane printed a translation from the original MS. a few years ago. it sold I believe readily, and whether a copy can now be had, I doubt. if it can, you will recieve it from my bookseller in Philadelphia, to whom I now write for that purpose . . .

On April 4, 1819, Jefferson recommended the book to Isaac H. Tiffany with whom he was in correspondence:

. . . If by the word government, you mean a classification of it's forms I must refer you, for the soundest which has ever been given, to Tracy's Review of Montesquieu, the ablest political work which the last century of years has given us. it was translated from the original MS., and published by Duane a few years ago; and is since published in the original French at Paris . . .

The copy of this work which Jefferson sold to Congress in 1815 is unfortunately no longer in the Library of Congress, which has however in its collections the copy which Jefferson presented to W. C. Rives. This copy is annotated by Rives, with occasional reference to Jefferson.

Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt De Tracy, 1754-1836. The statements in Jefferson's preface were merely for concealment of his identity; Destutt de Tracy was never in America. As stated above an anonymous edition in French was published in Liége in 1817, and one with his name in 1819. The author died in 1836. For an account of this book see Gilbert Chinard, Jefferson et les Idéologues. Other works by Destutt de Tracy appear in this catalogue." "23280","J. 5","","","","Filmer's observations on government.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 90, as above.","Filmer, Sir Robert.","Observations concerning the original and various forms of government, as described, viz. 1st. Upon Aristotles Politiques. 2d. Mr. Hobbs's Laviathan. 3d. Mr. Milton against Salmatius. 4th. Hugo Grotius, de Jure Bello. 5th. Mr. Hunton's Treatise of Monarchy, or the nature of a limited or mixed monarchy. By the learned Sir R. Filmer, Barronet. To which is added the Power of Kings. With directions for obedience to government in dangerous and doubtful times. London: printed for R. R. C. and are to be sold by Thomas Axe, 1696.","JC153 .F49","

8vo. 195 leaves, engraved portrait of Charles II as frontispiece; half-title for The Power of Kings on X8, continuous signatures and pagination.

Not in Lowndes. STC F920. A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences III, 95. This edition not in Seligman.

Old sheep; no label on the back, but with the title, Filmer/ on/Government/ lettered in ink in one of the compartments. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the first two fly-leaves is written In my defense God me defend, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

There is no mark of provenance in the book which may have been acquired by Jefferson in his purchase of the Bland books after the death of Richard Bland, whose library is known to have contained a copy." "23290","","","","","","","","","Filmer, Sir Robert.","Patriarcha; or the natural power of kings. By the learned Sir Robert Filmer Baronet . . . London: printed for Ric. Chiswell, Matthew Gillyflower and William Henchman, 1680.","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. Second issue. 8vo. 80 leaves with the first and last blank, collating in eights.

Lowndes II, 797. STC F923. A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences III, 591. Seligman VI, 233.

Sir Robert Filmer, d. 1653, English political writer. The first edition of the Observations was published in 1652. The other works mentioned in the title will be found in this catalogue.

The Patriarcha was originally issued by Walter Davis in 1680. His issue has a portrait of Charles II by Van Hove, and an erratum on A8 verso, with the catchword Errata on the recto. In Chiswell's issue there is no portrait, the verso of A8 is blank, and the catchword omitted; the one erratum in the text is corrected. This work occasioned Sidney's Discourses on Government, q. v., and Locke's Treatise on Government, which is the next entry in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, but of which no copy seems to have been sold to Congress by him." "23300","J. 6","","","","Sidney on government.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 368, as above.","Sidney, Algernon.","Discourses concerning Government by Algernon Sydney with his Letters Trial Apology and some Memoirs of his life. London: printed for A. Millar, MDCCLXIII. Or to the uniust tribunals under change of times. [1763]","JC153 .S5 1763","

4to. 382 leaves, the last a blank; lacks the portrait by J. Basire.

Lowndes IV, 2394.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 bookplate preserved. Some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson had a copy of this work credited to him ($8.00) on a bill from John March in June 1807. He was familiar with it in 1771 as it is on the list of books he sent to Robert Skipwith in August of that year, and subsequently appears on many of his suggested reading lists. A copy was bought in 1808 for the Library of Congress through Cadell and Davies of London.

On November 22, 1804, the Rev. Mason Locke Weems wrote to Jefferson concerning this book:

. . . I had the hardiesse [sic] to ask of you a line, somewhat recommendatory of ''Sidney's Republic,'' a work much extolld by Taylor, Rush, & Dickinson. But these, tho Great men & True, are, comparatively, but Stars of feeble light. and seen, only by the Few—

But your Excellency's Wisdom, Humanity, and Rank, have made you as a Sun in our land; and one beam of your approbation thrown on Sidneys Liberty pleading Vol wd render it the dazzling desideratum of thousands. This wd be cutting out good work for an honest Ambition that has learned its right aim, ''The increased Happiness of Man,'' and covets but little more, now, at middle life, than doing something that may cheer the fine side of old age . . .

Jefferson replied on December 13:

. . . you ask my opinion on the subject of publishing the works of Algernon Sidney. the world has so long and so generally sounded the praises of his Discourses on government, that it seems superfluous, and even presumptuous, for an individual to add his feeble breath to the gale. they are in truth a rich treasure of republican principles, supported by copious & cogent arguments, and adorned with the finest flowers of science. it is probably the best elementary book of the principles of government, as founded in natural right which has ever been published in any language: and it is much to be desired in such a government as ours that it should be put into the hands of our youth as soon as their minds are sufficiently matured for that branch of study. in publishing it, I think his life, trial & letters should be thrown into one volume & the Discourses into another. this latter is the most important, & many purses can reach one volume which would not conveniently extend to the other. should you proceed to the publication, be so good as to consider me as a subscriber . . .

Algernon Sidney, 1622-1683, English republican. The writing of this work was one of the charges brought against him at the trial in 1683 which resulted in his execution, though at the time it was still in manuscript and was not published until 1698. It refutes the work of Filmer, q.v., and had a great influence on both the American and French republicans." "23310","J. 7","","","","Nedham's Excellencie of a free state.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 91, as above, but reading Redham's.","[Nedham, Marchamont.]","The Excellencie of a Free state. London: printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell in the Strand, G. Kearsly in Ludgate Street, and H. Parker in Cornhill, MDCCLXVII. [1767.]","JC153 .N3","

8vo. 102 leaves, a cap of liberty below the date on the title-page.

Halkett and Laing II, 233. Lowndes III, 1657. This edition not in the London Bibliography of the Social Sciences.

Old calf, red morocco label on the back lettered: Free/State. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The author's name written on the title-page (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Marchamont Nedham, 1620-1678, English journalist. This anonymous publication, a compilation from leading articles in Mercurius Politicus, was originally published in 1656. It was translated into French in 1790.

Richard Baron, d. 1767, English republican, was the editor of this edition. The preface, signed by him, is dated: Below Blackheath, Jan. 1, 1767. Baron edited an edition of Sidney's Discourses on Government, Milton's prose writings, and the works of other authors." "23320","J. 8","","","","Priestly's First principles of gov[???]t.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 95, Priestley's first Principles of Government 8vo.","Priestley, Joseph.","An Essay on the first principles of government, and on the nature of political, civil, and religious liberty, including remarks on Dr. Brown's Code of Education, and on Dr. Balguy's sermon on church authority. The second edition, corrected and enlarged, by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. London: printed for J. Johnson, MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","JC176 .P8","

8vo. 159 leaves, the last leaf with Publisher's advertisement of books written by Priestley. The title is printed on a sheet of 2 leaves, of which the second has been cut away, leaving the stub.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 956. Fulton and Peters, page 8.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work was usually included by Jefferson in his recommended reading lists. In a letter to the author written on November 29, 1802, concerning Alexander I of Russia, Jefferson mentioned this as one of the books which would furnish the principles of our constitution and their practical development in the several parts of that instrument.

Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804. This work, which gave to Bentham the formula of utilitarianism, was first printed in 1768. Other works by Priestley, a friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue.

John Brown, 1715-1766 (Estimate Brown), published his Thoughts on Civil Liberty, Licentiousness and Fashion in 1765.

John Balguy, 1686-1748." "23330","J. 9","","","","El desengano del hombre. por Puglia.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 10, El disengano del hombre, por Puglia, 12mo.","Puglia, Santiago Felipe.","El Desengaño del hombre compuesto por Santiago Felipe Puglia, maestro de la lengua castellana en esta metrópoli . . . Filadelfia: en la imprenta de Francisco Bailey, MDCCLXXXXIV. [1794.]","JC187 .P8 copy 2","

First Edition. 12mo. 72 leaves including 1 blank; list of works on the last page dated by the author Enero 23 de 1794.

Sabin 66618. Evans 27584.

Rebound in half roan by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The list of subscribers on the third leaf includes: Tomas Jefferson, Primer Secretario (que fué) de los Estados Unidos de la América septentrional.

Santiago Felipe Puglia, b. 1760, in Genoa. He lived in Cadiz as a merchant for some years, but after serving a term of imprisonment in that city came to the United States in 1790, and taught the Castellan language in Philadelphia." "23340","J. 10","","","","Hooker's ecclesiastical polity","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 411, as above.","Hooker, Richard.","The Works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, in eight books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, compleated out of his own manuscripts. Dedicated to the King's most excellent Majesty, Charles II. By whose Royal Father (near his martyrdom) the former five books (then only extant) were commended to his dear children, as an excellent means to satisfy private scruples, and settle the publick peace of this Church and Kingdom. To which are added, several other treatises by the same author. All revised and corrected in numberless places of the former editions, by a diligent hand. There is also prefix'd before the book, the Life of the Author, written by Isaac Walton. To this edition is added a large alphabetical index. London: printed for John Walthoe, George Conyers [and others], M.DCC.XXIII. [1723.]","BV649 .H8 1723","

Folio. 304 leaves, half-title (reading: Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie . . .) within an engraved architectural border, engraved frontispiece with portrait by Faithorne (pasted down on the front cover), general title in red and black.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Original calf, gilt back (worn); pasted down on the top compartment on the back is Jefferson's original slip with his shelfmark: C 24/411. A manuscript note, not by Jefferson, on page 53. Not initialled by Jefferson.

Richard Hooker, 1554?-1600, English theologian. The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, originally the authoritative defense of the English Reformation settlement, is now one of the classics of English literature. The first edition was issued without a date, probably in 1592 or 1594." "23350","J. 11","","","","Harrington's Oceana p.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 367, as above.","Harrington, James.","Common-wealth of Oceana . . . London: printed by J. Streater, for Livewell Chapman, 1656.","HX811 .1656 .A56","

First Edition. Folio. 154 leaves, title printed in red and black.

Lowndes II, 1001. Hazlitt II, 268. STC H809. Pforzheimer catalogue II, 449.

Old calf, rebacked, with the bookplate of William Byrd of Westover preserved. Several leaves at the beginning damaged, some repaired. The autograph signature of John Holmwood, 1673, on the title-page, manuscript corrections in the text may be by him. The names Simon Simons, Thomas Hales, and others also occur.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of William Byrd.

James Harrington, 1611-1677, English political philosopher. William Penn is supposed to have derived his leading ideas for the constitution of Pennsylvania from this treatise on comparative politics, of which the influence was felt also in the early constitutions of Carolina and New Jersey. The work is dedicated to Oliver Cromwell." "23360","J. 12","","","","Mori Utopia. Lat.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 8, as above, 12mo.","St. Thomas More.","[De optimo reipublicae statu deque nova insula Utopia libri duo . . . Coloniae: apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni Anno 1555.]","HX811 1516 .A516","

Sm. 8vo. Imperfect copy, lacks title and 4 preliminary leaves; collates A7, B-N8, printed in italic letter.

Gillow V, 106.

Rebound in roan by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

St. Thomas More, 1478-1535, English humanist and statesman. This work is concerned with the discovery of Utopia by Raphael Hythlodaye, who had made several voyages to the New World with Amerigo Vespucci. The first edition was published in Louvain in 1516, and the work is supposed to have suggested Bacon's New Atlantis, Hobbes's Leviathan, Harrington's Oceana, Filmer's Patriarcha and other works." "23370","J. 13","","","","More's Utopia. Eng. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 9, as above.","St. Thomas More.","Utopia: or the happy republic; a philosophical romance, in two books . . . Written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England. Translated into English by Gilbert Burnet D.D. sometime professor of divinity in the University of Glasgow, afterwards Bishop of Sarum. Glasgow: printed by Robert Foulis, and sold by him there; and, at Edinburgh, by Mess. Hamilton and Balfour booksellers, M DCC XLIII. [1743.]","HX811.1516 E743","

Sm. 8vo. 82 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by S. Taylor after Holbein; advertisement on the last page.

Lowndes III, 1607. Gillow V, 107.

Rebound in half brown morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Of Salisbury, first published his translation in 1684. The first English edition, translated by Raphe Robynson, was published in London in 1551." "23380","J. 14","","","","Political classics. viz. Sidney, Rousseau & More.","","3.v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 92, as above.","","Political Classics, Vol. I. Life, memoirs, &c. of Algernon Sydney. [Vol. II. Discourses on government. By Algernon Sydney. With his Letters, &c. Vol. III. A Treatise on the social compact. Or, the principles of political law. By J. J. Rousseau . . . Utopia . . . written in Latin by Sir Thomas More . . . Translated into English by Gilbert Burnet . . . Appendix. Letters of Algernon Sydney.] London: printed for D. I. Eaton, 1794-5.","JA36 .P7","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 288 leaves; vol. II, 304 leaves; vol. III, 3 parts in 1, separate signatures and pagination, 2 title-pages: 112, 87, 104 leaves; title for Utopia on A1 of the second alphabet, caption title for the Appendix.

Old calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson. These three volumes are principally concerned with the life and works of Algernon Sidney.

Volume I contains his Life and Memoirs, the Trial, the Apology and the beginning of the Discourses on Government; volume II contains the remainder of the Discourses on Government; volume III has an Appendix which contains the Letters of Algernon Sidney. This volume also contains A Treatise on the Social Compact. Or, the Principles of Political Law, and A Project for a Perpetual Peace, by J. J. Rousseau, and Sir Thomas More's Utopia." "23390","J. 15","","","","Essay on gov[???]t by mrs Lee.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 100, Essay on Government, by Mrs. Lee, 8vo.","Lee, Rachel Fanny Antonina.","An Essay on government. By Mrs. R. F. A. Lee. London: printed for the author, by T. Gillet, and sold by John Joseph Stockdale, 1809.","JC223 .L482","

First Edition. 8vo. 192 leaves, the last a blank; printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Lowndes. Watt II, 595r.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, sent through Thomas Gillet and General William Pinkney. Gillet wrote to Jefferson from London, April 12, 1809:

As every addition to the Literature of Europe by which America may be ultimately benefited, especially where the amelioration of the condition of mankind is the object, cannot be a subject of indifference to a Legislator of your enlarged views and liberal understanding: I am desired by the Author of ''An Essay on Government'' to request your acceptance of two Copies of her work, just published in England.

To you who followed the immortal Washington in the administration of the Government of the most free and happy nation in the universe, and, like him, retired into private life with the approbation of your fellow citizens, a work calculated to clear the hands and strengthen the arms of all departments of civil authority, cannot fail to prove interesting. It would not become me to enlarge upon the merit of the performance, or to attempt to bias that candid judgment which the Author hopes will be pronounced upon it on this, and on your side the Atlantic. I may however be allowed to add, that it is the production of no vulgar pen, the unaided effort of a Lady, not altogether unknown to you, Mrs. R. F. A. Lee, only daughter of the late Francis Lord Le Despencer, the friend of Franklin and of Freedom.

Mrs. Lee writes not for emolument, but from a patriotic desire to be thought useful to her country; she is a Lady of uncommon endowments, and joins to a brilliant fancy, the most vigorous and manly understanding, and her work throughout breathes a spirit of rational liberty, which however it may be accepted in this country, will no doubt prove highly gratifying to the people of the United States.

Previous to the French Revolution Mrs. Lee passed some agreeable hours at your villa near Paris, but as she was then young, you may have forgotten the circumstance. In July 1807 she sent you a communication by a Capt. Hinckley; no answer to which having been received, she concludes the messenger failed in his endeavors to forward the packet to you.

Should the present opportunity, through the kindness of General Pinckney, prove more fortunate, she hopes to be favored with a few lines in reply. Eighteen Copies are also sent for the American Universities, and the Author will esteem herself singularly happy, if you will have the goodness to cause them to be forwarded to the respective seminaries for which they are intended . . .

Mrs. Lee's address is

36, Clarges Street, Piccadilly.

The books were sent by General Pinkney from London on September 25, 1810:

Mrs. Leigh, who is I believe known to you, sent me some Time ago two Copies of her Book upon Government, with a Request that I would tender them to you on her Behalf as a Mark of her Respect.—I promised that I would do so; but missed the opportunity on which I had calculated.—At length however I fulfil my promise and send the Books.

I have not the Honour to know Mrs Leigh personally.—She made some Noise here a few years ago.—Her Book has not made quite so much, but it is a respectable performance and worthy of a kind reception, although a Treatise upon Government (at least the Sort of Government which Mrs Leigh considers) is not exactly what one expects from a Woman . . .

Rachel Fanny Antonina Lee, 1774?-1829, English historical writer and pamphleteer, was the daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood, and the wife of Matthew Allen Lee. The ''noise'' referred to in General Pinkney's letter was a criminal trial. Mrs. Lee was the subject of chapter IV of De Quincey's Autobiographic Sketches." "23400","J. 16","","","","Principes de la legislation universelle.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 97, as above.","[Schmid, George Louis.]","Principes de la législation universelle . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Amsterdam: chez Marc-Michel Rey, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","JF421 .S3 Copy 2","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 206 and 240 leaves, half title in both volumes, engraved device on both titles by L. de S., 1762.

Barbier III, 1031. Quérard VIII, 526.

Contemporary French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. Volume I with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, the second volume with a later plate. On the title of the first volume is written in ink: Par George Louis Schmid, d'Avenstein.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 12.0.

George Louis Schmid, 1720-1805, a Swiss by birth, was for some years legal adviser to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Later he was associated with Voltaire, Diderot, d'Alembert, and the principal philosophers of the time." "23410","J. 17","","","","Misrim. ou le Sage à la cour. Le roi voiageur . . . . . . . . . par l'Abbé Aubert.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 98, Misrim, ou le Sage à la Cour, et le Roi Voyageur, par l'Abbe Aubert, 8vo.","[Perreau, Jean André.]","Mizrim ou le Sage à la cour, histoire égyptienne. A Neuchatel: de l'imprimerie de la Société Typographique, M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783.]","DC 136 .9 .P4","

8vo. 62 leaves.

Barbier III, 318. Quérard VII, 63.

Old calf, sprinkled, back defective, marbled endpapers.

The author's name written on the title-page (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "23420","","","","","","","","","","Le roi voyageur, ou examen des abus de l'administration de la Lydie. A Londres: chez T. P. Cadel, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 112 leaves including the half-title. Barbier IV, 376. Quérard VII, 63.

The two books entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 10.15.

Jean André Perreau, 1749-1813, French lawyer and writer, was the author of these two anonymously printed books, erroneously ascribed by Jefferson to the abbé Aubert." "23430","J. 18","","","","Lois de la nature par Poype.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 100, no. 99, as above, with reading Loix.","[La Poype, Jean François, Baron De.]","Lois de la nature . . . Ouvrage divisé en deux parties. A Nantes, à la Syrène. Et se vend chez Odé fils, et à Paris: chez Arnaud, Le Normand, An XI. [1803.]","JC179 .P7","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 132 and 96 leaves, including a blank at the end of each part; separate alphabets and pagination for the two parts.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the title-page Jefferson has written M. Poype as the name of the author, which seems to be the only authority for ascribing the work to him.

Jean François, Baron De La Poype, 1758-1851, French general, was a native of Lyons." "23440","J. 19","","","","Platonis respublica. Gr. Lat.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 88, as above, with reading Republica.","Plato.","Πλατωνoς IIoλιτειων [???] πεϱιδικαιoυ Bιβλoι I. Platonis de Republica, sive de Justo, libri X. Versionem emendavit Notasque adjecit Edmundus Massey, Trin. Coll. Cantab. A.B. . . . Cantabrigiæ: typis Academicis. Apud Tho. Webster, Cantab. & R. Wilkins, Londini, MDCCXIII. [1713.]","PA4279 .R4 1713","

2 vol. 8vo. 210 and 180 leaves (including the first blank), Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Lowndes IV, 1877.

Rebound in calf. Initialled at sig. I and T in both volumes by Jefferson who had made a few manuscript annotations.

Jefferson expressed his opinion of Plato and The Republic in a letter to John Adams dated from Monticello, July 5, 1814:

I am just returned from one of my long absences, having been at my other home for five weeks past. having more leisure there than here for reading, I amused myself with reading seriously Plato's republic. I am wrong however in calling it amusement, for it was the heaviest task-work I ever went through. I had occasionally before taken up some of his other works, but scarcely ever had patience to go through a whole dialogue. while wading thro' the whimsies, the puerilities, & unintelligible jargon of this work, I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this? how the soi-disant Christian world indeed should have done it, is a piece of historical curiosity. but how could the Roman good sense do it? and particularly how could Cicero bestow such eulogies on Plato? altho' Cicero did not wield the dense logic of Demosthenes, yet he was able, learned, laborious, practised in the business of the world, & honest. he could not be the dupe of mere style, of which he was himself the first master in the world. with the Moderns, I think it is rather a matter of fashion and authority. education is chiefly in the hands of persons who, from their profession, have an interest in the reputation and the dreams of Plato. they give the tone while at school, and few in their after-years have occasion to revise their college opinions. but fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him his sophisms, futilities, & incomprehensibilities, and what remains? in truth he is one of the race of genuine Sophists, who has escaped the oblivion of his brethren, first by the elegance of his diction, but chiefly by the adoption & incorporation of his whimsies into the body of artificial Christianity. his foggy mind, is for ever presenting the semblances of objects which, half seen thro' a mist, can be defined neither in form or dimension. yet this which should have consigned him to early oblivion really procured him immortality of fame & reverence. the Christian priesthood, finding the doctrines of Christ levelled to every understanding, and too plain to need explanation, saw, in the mysticisms of Plato, materials with which they might build up an artificial system which might, from it's indistinctness, admit everlasting controversy, give employment for their order, and introduce it to profit, power & pre-eminence. the doctrines which flowed from the lips of Jesus himself are within the comprehension of a child; but thousands of volumes have not yet explained the Platonisms engrafted on them: and for this obvious reason that nonsense can never be explained. their purposes however, are answered. Plato is canonised: and it is now deemed as impious to question his merits as those of an Apostle of Jesus. he is peculiarly appealed to as an advocate of the immortality of the soul; and yet I will venture to say that were there no better arguments than his in proof of it, not a man in the world would believe it. it is fortunate for us that Platonic republicanism has not obtained the same favor as Platonic Christianity; or we should now have been all living, men, women and children, pell mell together, like the beasts of the field or forest . . ." "23450","J. 20","","","","Spens's republic of Plato","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 89, as above.","Plato.","The Republic of Plato. In ten books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator. Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University M, DCC, LXIII. [1763]","JC71 .P35","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 238 leaves, the last with the printers' advertisement.

Lowndes IV, 1878. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 762.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson who has made one or two small corrections in the text.

Hary Spens, fl. 1763, Scottish scholar. This work is dedicated by him to the Earl of Bute." "23460","J. 21","","","","La Republique et le Phedon de Platon. Les Politiques d' Aristote . . . . . . . .","","par Morel. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 99, no. 410, as above.","Plato.","[La Republique de Platon, divisée en dix livres ou dialogues, traduicte de Grec en François et enrichie de commentaires par Loys le Roy. Plus quelques autres traictez Platonique [le Phedon, le Phèdre et partie du Gorgias] de la traduction du mesme interprete . . . Le tout reveu et conferé avec l'original Grec par Federic Morel . . . A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Cl. Morel, 1600.]","PA4282 .R4M6","

Folio. Imperfect copy. 218 leaves only, lacks the title and some preliminary matter; roman and italic letter.

Graesse V, 324. Not in Quérard.

Rebound in calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "23470","","","","","","","","","Aristotle.","Les Politiqves d'Aristote . . . traduictes de Grec en François, par Loys le Roy dict Regivs . . . Augmentées du IX. & X. liures, composez en Grec au nom d'Aristote, par Kyriac Strosse, patrice Florentin: Traduicts & annotez par Federic Morel interprete du Roy. A Paris: chez Ambroise Drouart, M.D.C. Avec priuilege du Roy. [1600.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

274 leaves, title printed in black and red, printer's woodcut device on the title-page; roman and italic letter.

Fédéric Morel, 1558-1630, French Hellenist, succeeded his father as Printer to the King in 1581, and in 1600 left the press to the direction of his brother Claude." "","","","","","Cicero de legibus. Davisii.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. unnumbered, [Cicero de Legibus] in Op.","","","","See in chapter 44." "23480","J. 22","","","","Ferguson's essay on civil society.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 370, as above.","Ferguson, Adam.","An Essay on the history of civil society. By Adam Ferguson, LL. D. Professor of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. The second edition, corrected. London: printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell; A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh, MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","CB25 .F4","

4to. 220 leaves including the last blank.

Lowndes II, 791. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 955. Palgrave II, 53.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Adam Ferguson, 1723-1816, Scottish social philosopher, was professor of natural philosophy and later of moral philosophy at Edinburgh University, where he was succeeded on his resignation by Dugald Stewart. In 1757 he succeeded David Hume as Librarian of the Advocates Library. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, first published in 1759, was frequently reprinted and was translated into several European languages." "23490","23","","","","Beccaria dei delitti e delle pene.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 14, Beccaria, on crimes and punishments, 12mo","[Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, Marchesi di.]","An Essay on crimes & punishments, translated from the Italian. With a commentary, attributed to M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French . . . New-York: published by Stephen Gould, [Gould & Van Winkle, printers] 1809.","Law","

12mo. 97 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 191 (without the name of the translator). This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Seligman II, 488 (not this edition). Palgrave I, 127.

Jefferson's copy of Dei delitti e delle pene was missing at the time of the sale to Congress in 1815 and on March 28, 1815, he wrote to Milligan to supply a replacement copy either in Italian or English. Milligan sent a copy on April 7, 1815, price one dollar. This copy has also disappeared.

In his autobiography, begun on January 6, 1821, Jefferson wrote:

On the subject of the Criminal law, all were agreed that the punishment of death should be abolished, except for treason and murder, and that, for other felonies should be substituted hard labor in the public works, and in some cases, the Lex talionis . . . Beccaria, and other writers on crimes and punishments had satisfied the reasonable world of the unrightfulness and inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by death; and hard labor on roads, canals and other public works, had been suggested as a proper substitute . . .

Beccaria is also mentioned in Jefferson's letter, June 11, 1807, to John Norvell, who had written for advice on books on political economy. After mentioning Locke, Sidney, Priestley and Chipman, Jefferson wrote:

. . . adding perhaps Beccaria on crimes & punishments because of the demonstrative manner in which he has treated that branch of the subject . . .

Cesare Bonesana, Marchesi di Beccaria, c. 1738-1794, Italian criminologist and economist. Dei delitti e delle pene was first published in Leghorn in 1764, and the first English translation in London in 1767." "23500","J. 24","","","","Voltaire sur Beccaria.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 101, as above, 8vo.","[Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.]","Commentaire sur le livre des délits et des peines, par un avocat de Province. Without name of place or printer [Geneva], 1766.","HV8661 .B5V7","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 64 leaves.

Barbier I, 645. Quérard, Bibliographie Voltairienne, page 17, no. 59. Bengescu 1724.

Original tree calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. The author's name is written in ink on the title-page, and a number of contemporary manuscript notes occur, none by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

See the previous entry. This work was condemned by decree of the Court of Rome on July 19, 1768." "23510","J. 25","","","","Opere politiche del Machiavelli.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 5, Michiavelli Discorsi Sopra la Prima Deca di T. Livio 2 v 12mo","Machiavelli, Niccolò.","Opere di Niccolò Macchiavelli, coll' aggiunta delle inedite. Tomo IIII. [V.] [Discorsi sopra la prima deca di T. Livio—Il Principe.] Londra, M.DCC.LXVIII, si trova in Parigi: appresso Marcello Prault. [1768.]","JC143 .M18","

2 vol. 12mo. vol. IV, 252 leaves including the last blank; vol. V, a made up copy in 2 parts, containing Libro Terzo of the Discorsi, and Il Principe; in twelves; engraved title at the beginning of each volume by Godefroy after Moreau.

Brunet III, ii, 222.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in mottled calf, labels on the back lettered Politic/del/Machiav 1 and 2; marbled endpapers, marbled edges, red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. iv and at sig. I in vol. v. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 8.0.

The complete set of this edition is in 8 volumes." "23520","J. 26","","","","Lettere del Machiavelli.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 6, as above.","Machiavelli, Niccolò.","Opere di Niccolo Machiavelli, coll' aggiunta delle inedite Tomo III. [VIII.] [Lettere] Londra, M.DCC.LXVIII, si trova in Parigi: appresso Marcello Prault. [1768.]","JC143 .M18","

2 vol. 12mo. containing the Lettere, a made up copy, each volume with the engraved title-page by Godefroy after Moreau.

Brunet III, ii, 222.

Uniformly bound with the books in the previous entry, lettered on the backs Lettere/del/Machiav. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume.

These volumes form part of the same set as the previous entry." "23530","J. 27","","","","Machiavel's works by Farneworth.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 366, Machiavel's Works Eng. by Farneworth, 2 v 4to Eng.","Machiavelli, Niccolò.","The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence. Newly translated from the originals; illustrated with notes, anecdotes, dissertations, and the life of Machiavel, never before published; and several new plans on the art of war. By Ellis Farneworth, M. A. Vicar of Rosthern in Cheshire, translator of the life of Pope Sixtus V. and Davila's history of the civil wars of France. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: printed for Thomas Davies, Thomas Waller, R. and J. Dodsley, James Fletcher; Balfour and Hamilton at Edinburgh, and Mr. James Hoey, junior, at Dublin, M.DCC.LXII. [1762.]","DG731 .5.M32","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 420 leaves; vol. II, 332 leaves, folded tables; list of errata on the last page of each volume.

Lowndes III, 1438. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 811.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Ellis Farneworth, d. 1763, English clergyman and translator." "23540","?J. 28","","","","Xenophontis Oeconomica, Agesilaus, Hieron, Lacedaemoniorum & Atheniensium Politicia. Argentorati.","","12mo. Gr.","1815 Catalogue, page 107. no. 2, Xenophontis Oeconomica, Agesilaus, Hieron, Lacedemoniorum et Atheniensium Politic, Gr. 12mo.","Xenophon.","Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Pητoϱoς oικoνoμικoς λ[???]γoς A. Argentorati: excudebat Vuendelinus Rihelius Anno M.D.LIIII [1554].—Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Pητoϱoς λoγoς εις Aγεσιλαoν τoν Bασιλ[???]α. Xenophontis Rhetoris in lavdem Agesilai Lacedemoniorum regis Oratio. Item eiusdem Autoris Iεϱων [???] τυϱαννικ[???]ς. Id est, Hieron siue Tyrannus. ib. 1553.—Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Pητoϱoς Λακεδαιμoνιωνπoλιτε[???]α. Xenophontis oratoris de Lacedaemoniorum Republica. Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Pητoϱoς A&thetas;ηναιων πoλιτε[???]α. Eivsdem de Atheniensivm Republica. ib. 1555.","PA4494.O4 1554","

Sm. 8vo. 3 parts in 1. 56 leaves, the last a blank; 44 leaves, the last a blank; 27 leaves; printer's woodcut device on the first title, Greek letter throughout.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, Ebert, Dibdin.

This copy was rebound in blue buckram (the original green silk bookmark preserved) by the Library of Congress in 1919 and all marks of provenance lost. It has been in the Library of Congress for a very long time and was probably Jefferson's copy; the tracts are bound in the order listed by Jefferson above." "23550","J. 29","","","","Xenophontis respublica Lacedaemoniorum. Gr. Lat. Leunclavii.","","12mo. Foulis.","1815 Catalogue, page 107, no. 18, Xenophontes Lacedaemoniorum republica, Gr. Lat. Foul. 12mo.","Xenophon.","'η τoυ Ξενo&phis;ωντoς των Λακεδαιμoνιων πoλιτεια. Xenophontis Lacedæmoniorum respublica. Accedit interpretatio latina Leunclavii. Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M.DCC.LVI. [1756.]","JC79 .S7X5","

Sm. 8vo. 49 leaves: A-M4, N1; Greek and Latin text.

Lowndes V, 3011.

Bound and arranged for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, plain endpapers; as issued the Greek text preceded the Latin: Greek, sig. A-E4, F3, pp. 1-46; Latin, sig. F3, G-M4, N1, pp. 47-98. This copy has been arranged so that the Greek and Latin text are on alternate leaves. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ordered by Jefferson (through John Trumbull) from Paris, October 2, 1788, no. 8787 in Lackington's current catalogue, price 1/6. Entered on his undated manuscript catalogue without price." "23560","J. 30","","","","Xenophontis Hiero. sive de regno.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 107. no. 1, as above, Gr. Lat.","Xenophon.","Ξενo&phis;ωντoς Iεϱων, [???] τυϱαννικoς. Xenophontis Hiero, sive de regno. Accedit versio latina Joannis Leunclavii. Glasguæ: in ædibus Academicis Typographus, MDCCXLV. [1745.]","PA4494 .H6","

Sm. 8vo. 30 leaves including the first and last blanks, the Greek text followed by the Latin, the penultimate leaf with a list of books printed by R. Foulis.

This edition not in Graesse, Ebert, Dibdin.

Original calf, repaired; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "23570","J. 31","","","","Aristotle's treatise on government. Eng. by Ellis.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 365, as above.","Aristotle.","A Treatise on government. Translated from the Greek of Aristotle. By William Ellis, A.M. . . . London: printed for T. Payne, B. White, and T. Cadell, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","B448 .A5E4","

4to. 231 leaves.

Lowndes I, 68. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 759.

Originally bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by J. March. June 30, 1807, cost $2.25, rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price 6f.12.

The first edition of this translation was published in 1776." "23580","J. 32","","","","Bodin de la republique.","","8vo. small.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 7, as above, p 8vo.","Bodin, Jean.","Les six livres de la repvbliqve de I. Bodin Angeuin. A Monseignevr dv Favr, Seigneur de Pibrac, conseiller du Roy en son conseil priué, & president en la cour de parlement à Paris. Reueuë, corrigee & augmentee de nouueau. A Paris: chez Iacques du Puys, 1580. Avec privilege dv Roy.","JC139 .B6 1580","

8vo. 564 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Seligman II, 614 (not this edition). Palgrave I, 160.

Old vellum, some headlines and marginal notes cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. i and t; some other writing, not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate.

Jean Bodin, 1520-1596, French social and political philosopher. Les Six Livres de la Republique was first published in 1576. Bodin is described by Palgrave as a rival of Machiavelli and a precursor of Montesquieu." "23590","J. 33","","","","Godwin's Political justice.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 11, as above.","Godwin, William.","Enquiry concerning Political justice, and its influence on morals and happiness. By William Godwin. First American from the second London edition corrected. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: printed by Bioren and Madan, 1796.","JC176 .G82","

2 vol. 12mo. 185 and 204 leaves.

Evans 30493. Seligman VI, 686. Palgrave II, 2217.

Original calf, rebacked and repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in vol. I. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes.

Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to Bishop James Madison, written from Philadelphia on January 31, 1800, in which he discussed the works of the abbé Barruel, Wishaupt and others:

He [i.e. Wishaupt] thinks he may in time be rendered so perfect that he will be able to govern himself in every circumstance so as to injure none, to do all the good he can, to leave government no occasion to exercise their powers over him, and of course to render political government useless. this you know is Godwin's doctrine, and this is what Robinson, Barruel & Morse have called a conspiracy against all government . . .

and I believe you will think with me that if Wishaupt had written here, where no secrecy is necessary in our endeavors to render men wise and virtuous, he would not have thought of any secret machinery for that purpose: as Godwin, if he had written in Germany, might probably also have thought secrecy & mysticism prudent . . .

William Godwin, 1756-1836, English political philosopher. This work was first published in 1793, and, written in answer to Montesquieu, served as the interpreter to England of the French encyclopédistes.

In 1808 Godwin wrote to Jefferson concerning his book publishing business." "23600","J. 34","","","","Godwin's Political enquirer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 12, Godwin's Enquirer, 12mo.","Godwin, William.","The Enquirer. Reflections on education, manners, and literature. In a series of essays. By William Godwin . . . Philadelphia: printed for Robert Campbell & Co. by John Bioren, 1797.","AC8 .G23","

12mo. 198 leaves.

Evans 32197. Palgrave II, 217.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The first edition was published in London earlier in the same year. The Essay on Avarice was answered by Malthus in his Essay on Population." "23610","J. 35","","","","Chipman's sketches on the principles of gov[???]t.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 65, as above, unabbreviated.","Chipman, Nathaniel.","Sketches of the principles of government; by Nathaniel Chipman, Judge of the Court of the United States, for the District of Vermont. Vermont, Rutland: from the press of J. Lyon: printed for the Author: June, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793.]","JC211 .C55","

First Edition, 12mo. 146 leaves.

Evans 25297. Gilman, page 55 (only the issue without Vermont in the imprint).

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the endpapers. Originally bound in morocco for Jefferson by John March on March 10, 1804, cost $3.00. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This work usually had a place on Jefferson's lists of recommended reading.

A copy was sent to Jefferson on March 23, 1801, by James Magoffin of Philadelphia:

Having once had the pleasure in company with Mr. Fleming of hearing you speak favourably of Chipman's Principles of Government and at the same time signify your desire to be in possession of it I beg Sir you'll accept of the inclosed Copy being one of six presented me by a friend in Boston.—From your remarks on the work I felt a more than common desire to give it an attentive perusal . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on May 3:

Your favor of Mar. 23. was put into my hand just as I was setting out on a short visit to Monticello, from which place I am returned only three days ago. this I hope will apologize for the tardiness of my acknoleging the reciept of it, together with my thanks for the book it covered. I should be glad to see a new & better edition of it, and that it should be made without any retouches by the author. as it is, it contains sound & excellent principles, from which however it's author has lamentably swerved in his doctrine & conduct in public life. so that the earliest & not the latest editions of this book, will, I am persuaded, be longest approved, should the author revise them . . .

In recommending this book, with others, to William Green Montfort, in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 27, 1798, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the little book of Chipman's is a very excellent elementary book indeed. the author is now one of the Senators from Vermont . . .

This, with Priestley's First Principles of Government, q. v., and others, was one of the books which would furnish Alexander I of Russia with the principles of our constitution and their practical development in the several parts of that instrument. [Letter from Jefferson to Joseph Priestley, November 29, 1802.]

Nathaniel Chipman, 1752-1843, jurist, was a native of Salisbury, Connecticut, and a Hamiltonian Federalist in politics." "23620","J. 36","","","","La Cretelle sur les peines infamantes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 102, as above.","Lacretelle, Pierre Louis.","Discours sur le préjugé des peines infamantes, couronnés à l'Académie de Metz. Lettre sur la réparation qui seroit dûe aux accusés jugés innocens. Dissertation sur le Ministère public. Réflexions sur la réforme de la justice criminelle. Par M. Lacretelle, avocat au Parlement. A Paris: chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hôtel Serpente [de l'imprimerie de Cl. Simon], M. DCC. LXXXIV. Avec approbation & privilège du Roi. [1784]","HV8671 .L2","

First Edition. 8vo. 210 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard IV, 372.

French calf, gilt back, marbled end papers, r. e., red silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This was probably the book referred to by William Duane in a letter to Jefferson, written in Washington, November 27, 1802:

. . . Lacretelle's book I have not here but have written for it by mail to Philadelphia, and requested it to be sent by some private hand . . .

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.0.

Pierre Louis Lacretelle, 1751-1824, French lawyer, politician and publicist, the friend of Condorcet, d'Alembert, Buffon, Turgot, Malesherbes, and others, achieved fame through this book." "23630","J. 37","","","","Warville des loix criminelles.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 107. no. 103, as above.","Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre.","Théorie des Loix Criminelles. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Berlin, M. DCC. LXXXI [1781.]","HV8661 .B8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 186 and 137 leaves, errata list at the end of each volume.

Quérard I, 521 (with Paris imprint).

Calf, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Brissot de Warville was a friend of Jefferson, and a number of his works appear in this catalogue. This and other works by him on this subject gave momentum to the penal reform movement." "23640","38","","","","Howard on Prisons.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 98, no. 372, as above.","Howard, John.","The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals. By John Howard, F. R. S. . . . The third edition. Warrington: printed by William Eyres; and sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and C. Dilly, in London, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","HV8980 .H7","

4to. 258 leaves, 22 plates, full page, double page and folded, some signed by Isaac Taylor after M. Fischer and after M. Blackamore; by T. Miller and others.

Lowndes II, 1127. Seligman VII, 521 (not this edition). Palgrave II, 234.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

John Howard, 1726-1790, English philanthropist and social reformer, is noted chiefly for his work in prison reform, undertaken after becoming sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773. The first edition of this work was published in Warrington in 1777, and had a real influence on the improvement of prisons in Europe and in America, where it inspired the activities of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, the first beginnings of prison reform in the United States." "23650","J. 39","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 107, The Penitentiary of Newyork, 8vo.","[Eddy, Thomas.]","An account of the State Prison or penitentiary house, in the city of New-York. By one of the inspectors of the prison . . . New-York: printed by Isaac Collins and Son, 1801.","HV9475 .N75E3","

First Edition. 8vo. 55 leaves, some folded, pagination irregular, folded engraved plate by Gilbert Fox after Joseph F. Mangin.

Halkett and Laing I, 21. Sabin 21816. Smith, A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, Supplement, 113.

Original tree calf (probably bound for Jefferson). Not initialled by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page in ink the name of the author, Thomas Eddy. In the upper margin is written in pencil, in another hand, the chapter and shelf number, 24. 107. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Eddy, 1785-1827, Quaker prison reformer, known as ''The John Howard of America''. In addition to prison reform Eddy was interested also in the insane, and helped to found Bloomingdale's Asylum for the Insane." "23660","J. 40","","","","Foronda sobre la Policià.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 98, no. 16, Foronda sobra la Policia, 12mo.","Foronda, Valentin De.","Cartas sobre la Policía. Por Don Valentin de Foronda. Con licencia. Madrid: en la imprenta de Cano. Año de 1801.","HV8236 .F7","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 108 leaves, the last a blank, pasted down.

Palau III, 264. Palgrave II, 120. Colmeiro, no. 193.

Original Spanish calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, r. e., green silk bookmark. On the blank leaf at the end is a manuscript continuation of the errata printed on the last page. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Valentin De Foronda, Spanish diplomat, was from 1802 to 1809 the Spanish consul in Philadelphia, and was in correspondence with Jefferson." "23670","J. 41","","","","Foronda de Hospitales.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 105, as above.","Foronda, Valentin De.","Memorias leidas en la Real Academia de las Ciencias de Paris sobre la edificacion de hospitales, y traducidas al Castellano por Don Valentin de Foronda. Madrid: en la imprenta de Manuel Gonzalez, MDCCXCIII. [1793.]","RA967 .M4","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 40 leaves, folded engraved plan.

Not in Salva, Not in Palau. Not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Spanish calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "23680","J. 42","","","","Colquhoun on the Police of London.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 104, as above.","[Colquhoun, Patrick.]","A Treatise on the police of London; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The first American edition. By a Magistrate . . . Philadelphia: printed for Benjamin Davies, by Henry Sweitzer, MDCCXCVIII. [1798.]","HV8198 .L7C6","

8vo. 194 leaves, the last a blank, folded table.

Halkett and Laing VI, 93. Evans 33538. Seligman III, 639 (not this edition). Palgrave I, page 334.

Original calf, marbled endpapers (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Patrick Colquhoun, 1745-1820, British economist. Colquhoun was born in Scotland, lived in Virginia from the ages of fifteen to twenty-one, returned to Scotland and eventually went to London where in 1789 he was appointed to office in the city magistracy of London. The first edition of this work was printed in 1795." "23690","J. 43","","","","Bentham's Panopticon.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 94, no. 17, Bentham's Panopticon or Penitentiary, 3 vol 12mo.","Bentham, Jeremy.","Panopticon; or, the Inspection-House: containing the idea of a new principle of construction applicable to any sort of establishment, in which persons of any description are to be kept under inspection: and in particular to penitentiary-houses . . . with a plan of management adapted to the principle: in a series of letters, written in the year 1787, from Crecheff in White Russia, to a friend in England. By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincolns Inn, Esquire.—Panopticon: Postscript; Part I: containing further particulars and alterations relative to the plan of construction originally proposed; principally adapted to the purpose of a panopticon penitentiary-house . . . Panopticon: Postscript; Part II: containing a plan of management for a panopticon penitentiary-house . . . Dublin, printed, London, reprinted; and sold by T. Payne, 1791.","HV8805 .B5","

Together 3 vol. First edition of vol. II and III. Sm. 8vo. Vol. I, 140 leaves; vol. II, 122 leaves, folded printed table; vol. III, 120 leaves, folded table; in eights; list of errata in each volume. The second and third volumes have the imprint of T. Payne only, the Dublin imprint is omitted.

Lowndes I, 157. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 953 Palgrave I, 131. Everett, pages 530-1.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges [by John March]. On the first title, written on a slip and pasted down, is the chapter and number: 24/17/3 vols. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832, English social philosopher and lawyer." "23700","J. 44","","","","Physiocratie de Quesnay.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 313, Physiocratic de Quesnay, 2 v 8vo.","[Quesnay, François.]","Physiocratie, ou constitution naturelle du gouvernement le plus avantageux au genre humain. Recueil publié par Du Pont, des Sociétés Royales d'Agriculture de Soissons & d'Orléans, & correspondant de la Société d'émulation de Londres . . . [Discussions et développemens sur quelques-unes des notions de l'économie politique. Pour servir de seconde partie au recueil intitulé: Physiocratie.] A Leyde, et se trouve a Paris: chez Merlin, M.DCC.LXVIII, M.DCC.LXVII. [1768, 7.]","HB153 .Q55","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 148 leaves, the last two (the first two in the second part) cut away, engraved frontispiece by Ozanne after Jeaurat; vol. II, 178 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination.

Barbier III, 881. Quérard VII, 393. Palgrave III, 246. French calf, gilt, marbled endpapers. The front cover of vol. II lacking and replaced by an American calf cover. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in vol. I.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.0.

François Quesnay, 1694-1774, French physiocrat, and doctor of medicine, who became physician to Madame de Pompadour, and subsequently Court Physician. He published articles on his economic and social system, from 1767 known as Physiocracy, in the Encyclopédie, the Journal d'Agriculture et de Commerce, and in other collections. Mirabeau the elder was his first disciple and was followed by Dupont de Nemours, who published these volumes, and others. See Gilbert Chinard, The Correspondence of Jefferson and Du Pont de Nemours with an Introduction on Jefferson and the Physiocrats." "23710","J. 45","","","","Explication du Tableau economique par l'Abbé Baudeau.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 318, as above, 8vo.","Baudeau, Nicolas, Abbé.","Explication du Tableau économique, à Madame de * * *. Par M. l'Abbé Baudeau. Extrait des Ephémérides de 1767 & 1768. A Paris: chez Delalain, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","HB153.Q58","

Sm. 8vo. 88 leaves in fours.

Not in Quérard (who lists the Ephémérides). Palgrave I, 125.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Nicolas Baudeau, 1730-c. 1792, French abbé and economist, founded the Ephémérides du citoyen in 1765, and after fighting physiocracy for a year, became converted to the theories of Quesnay in 1766, when the Ephémérides served as the official organ of the physiocrats." "23720","J. 46","","","","l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des societés politiques par de la Riviere avec les doutes de l'Abbé Mably.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 74, L'Ordre des Societes Politiques, par de la Riviere, avec les doutes de l'Abbe Mably, 3 v 12mo.","[Mercier De La Rivière, Pierre François Joachim Henri]","L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Londres, chez Jean Nourse, et se trouve à Paris: chez Desaint, MDCCLXVII. [1767]—Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes, sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. Par Monsieur l'Abbé de Mably. A La Haye, et se trouve à Paris: chez Nyon, Veuve Durant, M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768.]","JC179 .M5 JC179 .M23","

Together 3 vol. 12mo. 175 and 276 leaves in alternate eights and fours; 162 leaves in twelves.

Barbier III, 739. Quérard V, 140, 405. Seligman X, 353. Palgrave II, 734.

French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e., the volume by Mably similarly but not uniformly bound, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Pierre François Joachim Henri Mercier De La Rivière, 1720-1793, French physiocrat. The first edition of this work was published in quarto in the same year and its publication was followed by an invitation to Mercier to visit and advise Catherine the Great. An abridgment by Dupont de Nemours was issued in 1768.

Abbé Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, 1709-1785, French historian, moralist and political philosopher. This is the first edition of this work, written immediately to refute the principles of Mercier." "23730","47","","","","de l'Ordre social par Le Trosne","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 314, as above.","Le Trosne, Guillaume François.","De l'Ordre social, ouvrage suivi d'un traité élémentaire sur la valeur, l'argent, la circulation, l'industrie & le commmerce [sic] intérieur & extérieur. Par M. Le Trosne, ancien avocat du Roi, & conseiller honoraire au Présidial d'Orléans, associé de l'Académie royale des Belles-Lettres de Caën, honoraire de la Société Economique de Berne, & membre de la Société royale d'Agriculture d'Orléans . . . A Paris: chez les Freres Debure, 1777. Avec approbation & privilége du Roi.","JC179 .L4","

First Edition. 8vo. 260 leaves.

Quérard V, 263. Seligman IX, 420. Palgrave III, 597

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 5.9.

Guillaume François Le Trosne, 1728-1780, French economist, was born at Orléans, and became a pupil of Robert Joseph Pothier, the famous lawyer of that city (q. v.). In 1764 he was attracted by Quesnay and became one of the chief exponents of the physiocratic doctrine.

This volume has been rebound and has lost its original bookplate. It is quite possible that it is from Jefferson's library; the two volumes by Le Trosne described in the next following entry were not initialled by Jefferson.

By a printer's error the Library of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1831 credit the Jefferson collection with a non-existent edition of 1787." "23740","J. 48","","","","Le Trosne de l'Administration provinciale et de la reforme de l'impot.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 315, as above, transposed.","Le Trosne, Guillaume François.","De l'Administration provinciale, et de la réforme de l'impôt. Par feu M. le Trône, ancien avocat du Roi, au Présidial d'Orléans . . . Tome premier [-second]. Prix, 12 liv. broc., & 14 liv. rel. A Basle, et se trouve à Paris: chez Pierre J. Duplain, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","HJ2650 .L6","

2 vol. 8vo. 312 and 280 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half-title leaf in vol. I.

This edition not in Quérard. Seligman IX, 420 (not this edition). Palgrave II, 597.

Old calf, pale blue endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

This work was written in 1775, and first published in 1777." "23750","J. 49","La Theorie de l'impot par Mirabeau. 2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 75, as above.","","","i.","","","[Mirabeau, Victor De Riquetti, Marquis De.]","Théorie de l'impôt. M. DCC. LXI. [Without name of place or printer, Paris, 1761.]","HJ2650 .M4","

12mo. 215 leaves.

Barbier IV, 702. This edition not in Quérard. Seligman X, 530 (not this edition). Palgrave II, page 774. McCulloch, page 346.

French calf, gilt back, with label lettered Theorie/de/ L'Impot/, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The name of the author written on the title, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.0.

Victor De Riquetti, Marquis De Mirabeau, 1715-1789, French social and political critic and physiocrat. This work, originally published in 1760, contains a defence of the physiocratic single tax." "23760","J. 49","La Theorie de l'impot par Mirabeau. 2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 75, as above.","","","ii.","","","[Pesselier, Charles étienne.]","Doutes proposés à l'auteur de la Théorie de l'impôt. M. DCC. LXI. [Paris, 1761.]","HJ2650 .M4P4","

First Edition. 12mo. 141 leaves: a6, A-Z in alternate eights and fours.

Barbier I, 1118. Quérard VII, 81.

Similarly bound to Mirabeau's work, with a label similarly lettered on the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles étienne Pesselier, 1712-1763, was a member of the academies of Nancy, Rouen, Amiens and Angers." "23770","J. 50","","","","L'Ami de hommes. par Mirabeau.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 76, as above.","[Mirabeau, Victor De Riquetti, Marquis De.]","L'Ami des hommes, ou traité de la population. Premiere [-quatrieme] partie. A Avignon, 1756-1758.","HB153 .M67","

4 parts in 5 vol. 12mo. Part 1, 216 leaves, engraved frontispiece by St. Fessard after Meltay; part 2, 290 leaves; part 3, 289 leaves; part 4, i. 146 leaves; ii. 246 leaves; chiefly in twelves. In the 2 volumes of part 4 the place name Avignon has been omitted from the imprint, which has merely the date: Mil sept cent cinquante-huit. The last 3 leaves in the last volume are irregular in signatures and pagination, and may be from another edition; the text is perfect. On page 323, vol. V begins: Questions interessantes sur la population, l'agriculture et le commerce [par Quesnay].

Barbier I, 133. Quérard VI, 154. Seligman X, 529.

French calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r. e., blue silk bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson in each volume, at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.0.

This work presents a system antedating that of Quesnay, no. 2370." "23780","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","i.","","","","Le Conciliateur ou lettres d'un ecclésiastique a un magistrat sur les affaires présentes. Par feu M. Turgot, Ministre & Secrétaire d'Etat . . . 1788.","","

28 leaves.

Barbier IV, 665. Quérard IX, 577. Palgrave III, 590.

The first edition was published anonymously in 1754, with the authorship later attributed to Turgot and Loménie de Brienne. This second edition was published by Jacques André Naigeon. It is reprinted in the Oeuvres de Turgot [no. 2436]." "23790","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","ii.","","","","Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses. Par M. Turgot . . . M. DCC LXXXVIII.","","

68 leaves.

Barbier IV, 151. Quérard IX, 577.

On page 38 Jefferson has written a footnote in the lower margin, relative to Turgot's last paragraph in chapter XXXI:

*the comparative value of two productions is not arbitrary, nor merely conventional but absolute. those quantities of each which are produced by the emploiment of equal capitals, are equal to each other in value. if 100.£ capital will produce 100. bushels of wheat or 100. gallons of wine, then a bushel of wheat, & a gallon of wine constitute the par of value between the two articles.

This was Turgot's most comprehensive work on economics, and was originally published anonymously in 1766 and in the Ephémérides du citoyen. It is reprinted in the Oeuvres de Turgot, vol. v." "23800","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","iii.","","","","Lettres sur les grains, ecrites à M. l'abbé Terray, contrôleur général, par M. Turgot, intendant de Limoges. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1788].","","

69 leaves.

Quérard IX, 577.

Contains the fifth, sixth and seventh letters, reprinted in the Oeuvres de Turgot, vol. vi.

Turgot abolished grain restrictions on September 13, 1774." "23810","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","iv.","","","","Des administrations provinciales, mémoire présenté au Roi, par feu M. Turgot . . . A Lausanne, 1788.","","

First Edition. 56 leaves.

Quérard IX, 579.

On the half-title Jefferson has written: formed by M. Dupont on the rough draughts and notes of M. Turgot.

The edition should contain also the Observations d'un républicain [Brissot de Warville] not found in this copy, in which the last page has the catchword Observations." "23820","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","v.","","","","Lettre de M. Turgot, Ministre d'état en France, a M. le Docteur Price. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

11 leaves, with signatures N2-8, O4, numbered [183] to 203.

This is evidently taken from a larger work. See the Oeuvres, vol. ix, where it is printed (with a more correct text; in this copy for example Francklin is so spelled) and without the notes to be found in this edition.

Dupont mentioned this letter when sending the ninth volume of the Oeuvres to Jefferson, July 4, 1811:

Voici le dernier volume des Oeuvres de Mr. Turgot. Vous y verrais parcequ'il ecrivait au docteur Price et au sage Franklin combien il aimait votre Patrie . . ." "23830","J. 51","Ouvrages de Turgot. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 316, Ouvrages choisies de Turgot, 8vo.","

[TBE]Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.[/TBE]

Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., original calf, red silk bookmark, label on the back lettered Oeuvres/ de/Turgot. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written: Thos. Jefferson (in imitation of Jefferson's handwriting). [TBE]HB153 .T8[/TBE]

Jefferson purchased the first four tracts from Froullé on December 13, 1788, prices 1.4, 1.16, 1.10, and 1.16; the remaining two are complete in themselves, but are portions of larger works. During 1788 and 1789 Jefferson bought from Froullé additional copies of some of these tracts, presumably for others. A copy is entered on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 9.18.

The tracts are as follows:","","vi.","","","","Réflexions rédigées à l'occasion du Mémoire sur la manière dont la France & l'Espagne doivent envisager les suites de la querelle entre la Grande-Bretagne & ses colonies. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

57 leaves, with signatures O5-8, P-R8, S5, numbered 217-282. The caption title as given is headed by Notes de la troisième partie. Lettre K, page 109 du texte, ligne 19. The running headline is Recherches sur les états-Unis.

This is printed in the Oeuvres [no. 2436], vol. viii, pp. 434-504, with caption Mémoire sur la maniere etc. as above, but without the preceding words; the running headline is Sur les suites de la querelle entre l'Angleterre et ses colonies.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, 1727-1781, French statesman and economist. See also his Oeuvres, no. 2436." "23840","J. 52","","","","Chastellux de la felicité publique.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 96, as above.","[Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis De.]","De la félicité publique, ou considérations sur le sort des hommes dans les différentes époques de l'histoire . . . Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée par l'auteur. Tome premier [-second]. A Bouillon: de l'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","HN14 .C6","

2 vol. 8vo. 207 and 189 leaves.

Barbier II, 443. Quérard II, 147.

French calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, m. e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 12.0.

François Jean, Marquis De Chastellux, 1734-1788, French publicist, soldier, man of letters and historian. The first edition of this work was published in 1772.

Jefferson and Chastellux were friends and correspondents, and it was to Chastellux that Jefferson dedicated his Thoughts on English Prosody." "23850","53","","","","Instruction sur les Insensés et les hopitaux.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 373, as above.","[Colombier, Jean.—Doublet, François.]","Instruction sur la manière de gouverner les insensés, et de travailler à leur guérison dans les asyles qui leur sont destinés. A Paris: de l'imprimerie royale, 1785.","RC439 .C7","

First Edition. 4to. 23 leaves.

Barbier II, 941. Quérard II, 257. Not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean Colombier, 1736-1789, French physician, was inspector general of the military hospitals.

François Doublet, 1751-1795, French physician and professor." "23860","J. 54","","","","Ideé sur les secours à donner aux pauvres malades.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 106, as above.","[Dupont De Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Idées sur les secours a donner aux pauvres malades dans une grande ville . . . Philadelphie, et se trouve à Paris: chez Moutard, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786.]","RA965 .D8","

First Edition. 8vo. 33 leaves.

Barbier II, 884. Quérard II, 707. Not in Evans. Not in the Surgeon General's Library Catalogue.

French calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. A second copy of the same edition is included in the binding, lacks A2; a manuscript correction on page 7. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Twenty-five years after the publication of this work, on March 31, 1811, Dupont wrote to Jefferson:

. . . En attendant, je me suis chargé de l'organisation des Secours à domicile que réclament les Indigens de Paris, et que leur doir l'Administration des Hopitaux et des Hospices à laquelle le Gouvernement remet à cet effet des fonds, il est vrai insuffisans, mais donnés à três bonne intention. C'est à l'intelligence à en augmenter l'efficacité. L'ouvrage est difficile, il interesse vivement le coeur, il demande l'entier emploi des forces du corps et de l'esprit. Vous trouverez raisonable que votre vieux Ami y mette sa peine. Quand la machine sera montée, il suffira d'un Homme de bien, quel qu'il soit, pour la faire marcher; et alors je partirais . . .

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

A number of the works of Dupont de Nemours, French philosopher and economist, who emigrated to the United States in 1800, and was a close friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue." "23870","55","","","","Washington's Valedictory to the people of the US.","","8vo. & id. p.f.","1815 Catalogue, page 107. no. 393, Washington's Valedictory, 8vo.","Washington, George.","George Washington to the people of the United States, announcing his intention of retiring from public life. Philadelphia: printed by H. Maxwell, for A. Dickens and H. Maxwell, 1800.","","

8vo. 22 leaves, portrait frontispiece. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 101599.

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. According to the early catalogues he sold only the 8vo. edition to Congress in 1815, not that in petit format.

In a letter to John Melish (q. v.) written from Monticello on January 13, 1813, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you expected to discover the difference of our party principles in Genl Washington's Valedictory, & my Inaugural addresses. not at all. Genl Washington did not harbour one principle of federalism. he was neither an Angloman, a monarchist nor a Separatist. he sincerely wished the people to have as much self-government as they were competent to exercise themselves. the only point on which he and I ever differed in opinion was that I had more confidence than he had in the natural integrity and discretion of the people, and in the safety and extent to which they might trust themselves with a controul over their government." "23880","J. 56","","","","Hobbes de Cive.","","24s. Elzevir.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 3, Hobbes de Cive, 16s.","Hobbes, Thomas.","Elementa philosophica de Cive, auctore Thom. Hobbes Malmesburiensi. Amsterodami: apud Danielem Elzevirium, Ao. 1669.","JC153 .H6","

12mo. 242 leaves, the last 2 blanks; engraved title-page.

Lowndes II, 1078. Willems 1406.

Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this edition (specifying the date, 1669) on March 23, 1788, from Van Damme, of Amsterdam, page 284 in the catalogue sent by the latter.

Van Damme's bill, sent on June 25, with apologies for the delay in sending the book, omits this edition, but includes the Elzevir edition of 1647, 12mo. price 2.10. which is entered at that price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

This title was entered previously by Jefferson in chapter 16, but was reclassified in the 1815 and the later Library of Congress catalogues into chapter 24.

Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher. This edition of 1669 is the fourth Elzevirian edition of De Cive; the 1647 edition mentioned in Van Damme's bill was the first Elzevirian and the first authoritative edition of the work which had been originally printed in 1642." "23890","J. 57","","","","Hornii dissertationes historicae et politicae.","","24s","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 22, as above, with p 12mo.","Horn, Georg.","[Georgii Hornii dissertationes historicæ et politicæ. Lugd. Batav. et Roterod.: ex officina Hackiana, 1668.]","JC156 .H8","

12mo. 214 leaves (should be 215, this copy lacks the first leaf with the engraved title). The dedication dated January 1655.

Willems 1791.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, original red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. This work was placed by Jefferson in chapter 2, but reclassified in the Library of Congress catalogues into chapter 24.

Georg Horn, 1620-1670, German historian and geographer." "23900","J. 58","","","","Mably de la Grece.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 23, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de.","Observations sur l'histoire de la Grece: ou des causes de la prospérité et des malheurs des Grecs. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. A Geneve: Par la Compagnie des Libraires, M.DCC.LXVI. [1766.]","DF213 .5 .M12","

First Edition. 12mo. 162 leaves.

Quérard V, 405.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, m. e., blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3-10.

Abbé Gabriel Bonnot De Mably, 1709-1785. For an account of Mably and his concepts, see Seligman IX, 644 and Palgrave 11, 655. Jefferson owned all his works, of which some were bought from Froullé during his residence in France. He bought copies also for others. In a letter to Madison, dated from Paris on August 2, 1787, Jefferson mentioned: you have now Mably's works complete except that on Poland, which I have never been able to get, but shall not cease to search for . . ." "23910","J. 59","","","","[Mably] des Romains.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 24, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Observations sur les Romains, par M. l'Abbé de Mably, seconde édition, revue & corrigée. A Geneve: par la Compagnie des Libraires, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767.]","DG81 .M2","

12mo. 214 leaves, errata list on the last page.

This edition not in Quérard.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4-0.

First printed in 1751." "23920","J. 60","","","","[Mably] Phocion.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 25, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Entretiens de Phocion, sur le rapport de la Morale avec la politique; traduits du Grec de Nicoclès, avec des remarques, par M. l'Abbé Mably. Nouvelle édition . . . A Amsterdam, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767.]","BJ55 .M2","

12mo. 142 leaves.

Quérard V, 405.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig.

I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3-10.

First printed in 1763. The supposed work from which it is stated to be translated is hypothetical." "23930","J. 61","","","","[Mably] Ordre des societés.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 26, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes, sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. Par Monsieur l'Abbé de Mably. A La Haye, et se trouve à Paris: chez Nyon; veuve Durand, M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768.]","JC179 .M23","

Original French calf, gilt back (damaged), green silk bookmark, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Another copy of no. 2372, vol. 3, above.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4-0." "23940","J. 62","","","","[Mably] Etude de l'histoire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 27, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","De l'étude de l'histoire, à Monseigneur le Prince de Parme, par M. l'Abbé de Mably. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. A Mastreicht, chez Cavelier, et se trouve à Paris: chez Barrois l'aîné, Bailly, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","JC179 .M2","

12mo. 192 leaves.

Quérard V, 405.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate pasted on the verso of the endpaper later bookplate on the front inside cover. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4-0." "23950","J. 63","","","","[Mably] Maniere d'ecrire l'histoire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 28, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","De la Maniere d'écrire l'histoire. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. A Paris: chez Alexandre Jombert jeune, M.DCC.LXXXIII. Avec approbation, & privilege du Roi. [1783.]","D13 .M2","

First Edition. 12mo. 174 leaves.

Quérard V, 405 (8vo.).

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate pasted on the verso of the endpaper, later bookplate on the front inside cover. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3-18." "23960","J. 64","","","","[Mably] de la legislation.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 29, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","De la Législation, ou principes des loix. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably . . . Première [-seconde] partie. A Amsterdam, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","JF421 .M2","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. 12mo. 136 leaves and 134 leaves in twelves.

Quérard V, 405.

Original mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the première partie. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on June 27, 1787, price 3 (livres). A copy is entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4-0." "23970","J. 65","","","","[Mably] principes des negociations.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 30, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Des principes des négociations, poue [sic] servir d'introduction au droit public de l'Europe, fondé sur les traités . . . Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. Nouvelle édition, revue & corrigée. A La Haie, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767.]","JX2261 .P6","

12mo. 150 leaves collating in twelves.

This edition not in Quérard.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 3-10.

First printed in 1757." "23980","J. 66","","","","[Mably] droit publique de l'Europe.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 31, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Le droit public de l'Europe, fondé sur les traités. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. Nouvelle édition. Tome premier [-troisieme]. A Genève: et se trouve à Paris: chez Bailly, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","JX2261 .D7","

3 vol. 12mo. 269, 284 and 256 leaves, publisher's list of Mably's works on the verso of the title-leaf in each volume.

Quérard V, 405.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price 12 (livres) which is the price of the copy bought by Jefferson from Pougens (reduced from 15) on June 8, 1803, with other books at reduced figures for the Library of Congress.

This work, first published in 1746, became a standard work throughout Europe." "23990","J. 67","","","","[Mably] sur les etats unis d'Amerique.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 32, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Observations sur le gouvernement et les loix des états-Unis d'Amérique, par Mr. l'Abbé de Mably. A Amsterdam: chez J. F. Rosart & comp. MDCCLXXXIV. A Paris: chez Alexandre Jombert Jeune. [1784.]","JK136 .M14","

First Edition. 12mo. 108 leaves, the imprint of Alexandre Jombert, Paris, on a printed slip pasted down below that of Rosart.

This edition not in Quérard. Faÿ, page 19.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, green silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, with his autograph presentation inscription written on a blank leaf inserted after the title leaf:

A Monsieur

Monsieur Jefferson Ministre

plenipotentiaire des Etats

unis d'Amerique

de la part de M. l'abbé de Mably

The book is entered on the undated manuscript catalogue.

This work consists of four letters addressed to John Adams between July 24 and August 20, 1783." "24000","J. 68","","","","[Mably] sur l'histoire de France.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 33, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Observations sur l'histoire de France. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. Tome premier [-second]. A Geneve: par la Compagnie des Libraires, M.DCC.LXV. [1765.]","DC56 .M25","

2 vol. 12mo. 238 and 214 leaves.

Quérard V, 405 (with Paris imprint).

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates, that in vol. I pasted on the verso of the end leaf.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 6-0." "24010","J. 69","","","","[Mably] principes de Morale.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 34, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Principes de Morale. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. A Paris: chez Alexandre Jombert jeune, M.DCC.LXXXIV. Avec approbation & privilege du Roi. [1784.]","BJ1054 .M35","

12mo. 188 leaves.

This edition not in Quérard.

Original French mottled calf, marbled endpapers, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, a later one pasted over it.

On the fly-leaf, in Jefferson's autograph, is an obituary of Mably in Latin, 25 lines.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5-5.

First published in 1774." "24020","J. 70","","","","[Mably] des droits et des devoirs du citoyen.","","12mo. Kehl. 1789.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 35, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Des droits et des devoirs du citoyen. Par M. l'Abbé de Mably. A Kell, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789.]","JC179 .N22","

First Edition. 12mo. 186 leaves.

Quérard V, 405.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the verso of the first fly-leaf is written in ink the number 42 (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

This work, written in 1758, predicted the French Revolution." "24030","J. 71","","","","[Mably] sur la Pologne.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 36, as above.","[Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.]","Du Gouvernement et des loix de la Pologne. A Londres, [Paris] M. DCC. LXXXI. [1781.]","JN6753 1781","

First Edition. 12mo. 182 leaves, 4 pages of errata at the beginning.

Not in Barbier. This edition not in Quérard.

Original French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved and pasted on the verso of the first fly leaf.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

In 1770 Mably had accepted an invitation to frame a constitution for Poland. This work is included in the collections of Mably's complete works. See the following entry." "24040","J. 72","","","","[Mably] du gouvernement et des loix de Pologne.","","2.v. 12mo. Paris. 1790.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 37, as above.","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De.","Œuvres posthumes de M. l'Abbé de Mably. Tome premier [-second]. [Du gouvernement et des loix de Pologne. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée. De la situation de la Pologne en 1776. Le banquet des politiques. Par M. l'abbé de Mably.] A Paris: chez Barrois l'aîné, 1790.","JN6753 1790","

Vol. I and II only. 12mo. 146 and 129 leaves; catalogue des ouvrages de M. l'abbé de Mably on the verso of the title leaf in vol. I, followed by a leaf of Avertissement.

Quérard V, 406.

Original sprinkled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This edition of the Oeuvres posthumes was published in four volumes, the third and fourth appeared in the following year, 1791." "24050","J. 73","","","","Zimmerman's Political survey of Europe.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 107, no. 111, as above.","von Zimmermann, Eberhard August Wilhelm.","A Political survey of the present state of Europe, in sixteen tables; illustrated with observations on the wealth and commerce, the government, finances, military state, and religion of the several countries. By E. A. W. Zimmermann, professor of natural philosophy at Brunswic, and member of several scientifical societies. London: printed for C. Dilly, M. DCC. LXXXVII. [Entered at Stationers-Hall.] [1787.]","D917 .Z73","

First Edition. 8vo. 186 leaves in eights.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Calf, pale blue endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson; a manuscript note by him on page 336. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Eberhard August Wilhelm Von Zimmermann, 1743-1815, German naturalist and geographer. Von Zimmermann travelled through England and the Continent before compiling this book which was written in English and dedicated to Lord Suffield. The survey of each country is preceded by a list of the authorities used." "24060","J. 74","","","","Constitutions des principaux etats. par de laCroix.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 110, as above.","Delacroix, Jacques Vincent.","Constitutions des principaux états de l'Europe et des états-Unis de l'Amérique, par M. de La Croix, professeur de droit public au Lycée. Seconde édition. Tome premier [-quatrième]. A Paris: chez Buisson, [de l'Imp. de la Veuve d'Houry] 1791-1792.","JF32 .D32","

4 vol. only. 8vo. 274, 206, 222 and 196 leaves. The colophon in vol. III reads: De l'Imp. de Testu, Successeur de la Veuve d'Houry.

Quérard II, 429. Sabin 19327. Faÿ, page 28.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. It seems probable that only the fourth volume is from the Jefferson collection; it is initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and has the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; also it is the only one of the four volumes with red edges.

Jacques Vincent Delacroix, 1743-1832, French lawyer and judge. The third and fourth volumes of this copy are the first edition. The whole work was in six volumes, the last published in 1802." "24070","J. 75","","","","Discours sur plusieurs nations d'Europe d'Albon.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 38, as above.","Albon, Claude Camille François, Comte d'.","Discours sur l'histoire, le gouvernement, les usages, la littérature & les arts, de plusieurs nations de l'Europe; par M. le Comte d'Albon, de la plupart des Académies . . . Tome premier [-quatrième]. A Genève; et se trouve à Paris: chez Moutard, M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782.]","D917 .A33","

4 vol. 12mo. 247, 226, 265 and 186 leaves.

Quérard I, 23.

French marbled calf, gilt back, brown morocco labels (renewed in green in vol. I), marbled endpapers, m. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all the volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (in vol. II pasted on the verso of the first fly-leaf).

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Claude Camille François, Comte d'Albon, 1753-1789, French man of letters. The first edition was published with a different title in Amsterdam in 1779." "24080","J. 76","","","","Moreau de Beaumont sur les impositions et droits en Europe.","","5. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 403, Impositions en Europe, par Beaumont, 5 v 4to.","Moreau de Beaumont, Jean Louis.","Mémoires concernant les impositions et droits en Europe. Par Mr. Moreau de Beaumont, conseiller d'état, nouvelle édition, conforme à celle de l'Imprimerie Royale, avec des supplémens et des tables alphabétiques et chronologiques, par Me. Poullin de Viéville, avocat au Parlement, censeur royal. Premiere [-seconde] partie . . . Tome premier [-cinquième]. A Paris: chez J. Ch. Desaint, M. DCC.LXXXVII-IX. Avec approbation, et privilege de Roi. [1787-9.]","HJ2271 .M7","

2 parts in 5 vol. 4to. 190, 188, 227, 251 and 306 leaves; vol. IV has Vente exclusive du tabac on 37 leaves at the end, with separate signatures and pagination. Vol. V contains the Supplémens par l'éditeur. The titles vary according to the contents of the volume.

Quérard VI, 296. Palgrave II, 818. Not in Arents. Bound probably for Jefferson, in tree calf, labels on the back lettered Memoires and the volume number, y. e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4.

Jean Louis Moreau de Beaumont, 1715-1785, French lawyer and economist. The first edition of this work was published in 1785. Jefferson mentioned this reprint to Madison in a letter dated from Paris, August 2, 1787, containing also his bill for books bought on Madison's behalf: . . . the Memoires sur les droits et impositions en Europe (cited by Smith) was a scarce & excessively dear book. they are now reprinting it. I think it will be in three or four quartos of from 9. to 12 fr. a volume. when it is finished I shall take a copy for you . . .

Nicolas Louis Juste Poullin de Viéville, 1754-1816, French avocat." "24090","77","","","","Etat des cours de l'Europe pour l'annee 1788.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 112, as above.","Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac, Jean Charles.","état des Cours de l'Europe et des Provinces de France. Pour l'année M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Publié pour la premiere fois en 1783. Par M. l'abbé de la Roche-Tilhac, Conseiller du Roi à la Table de Marbre . . . Prix 5 liv. broché. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, rue Garancieres, Le Roy, libraire, rue S. Jacques, et chez les principaux libraires de l'Europe. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Avec approbation, & privilege. [1788.]","DC35 .P7","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 121 and 124 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, no title-page to the second part which has a caption title only.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Backer.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on April 25, 1789, price 15.

Jean Charles Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac, 1747-1827, was educated as a Jesuit, and took ecclesiastical orders. During the Revolution he established a libraire and printing press and became the first journalist of the Revolution. He was eventually proscribed but escaped." "24100","J. 78","","","","La ville et la republique de Venise. par D. S. D.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 40, as above.","[Limojon de St. Didier, Alexandre Toussaint.]","La ville et la repvbliqve de Venise. A Paris: chez Guillaume de Luyne, M. DC. LXXX. Avec Privilege du Roi. [1680]","DG673 .L73","

First Edition. 12mo. 270 leaves.

Barbier IV, 1034. Brunet IV, 165.

Old calf (repaired), sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The name of the author written on the title-page and a manuscript correction at the end of the Epistre are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Alexandre Toussaint Limojon de St. Didier, French diplomat, was born circa 1630 and perished at sea in 1689. This is the first of three editions of this work published in 1680." "24110","J. 79","","","","Almanac des Ambassades par Wedekind. 1802.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 113, Almanac des Ambassadeurs, par Wedekind, 8vo.","Wedekind, Antoine Christian.","Almanac des Ambassades ou liste générale des ambassadeurs, envoyés, ministres, résidens, chargés d'affaires, conseillers et secrétaires de légation, drogmans, consuls, commissaires des relations commerciales et agens diplomatiques et commerciaux près les puissances et dans les villes et ports de l'Europe. L'An 1803 par Antoine-Chretien Wedekind. A Bronsvic: chez Frederic Vieweg [1803].","25.9 5501","

First Edition, 12mo. 108 leaves in twelves and sixes, including the first blank.

This edition not in Quérard.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, blue silk bookmark, by John March, the marbled endpapers renewed, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson.

Bought from Reibelt on January 23, 1805, price $1.35. The binding was done on March 7, 1805, cost 75 cents.

Antoine Christian Wedekind, 1763-1845, German historian." "24120","J. 80","","","","Liberté originaire de Venise.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 41, as above.","","[Examen de la liberté originaire de Venise. Traduit de l'Italien. Avec une harangue de Louis Helian contre les Venetiens, traduit du Latin. ?Ratisbonne: Jean Aubri, 1678.]","JN5269 .S75","

12mo. 120 leaves only, A-K12, lacks the title and all before A1. The Remarques historiques sur le traité de la liberté de Venise begins on page 160, G8 verso, with caption title, and on I2 recto is the half-title for Harangue de Louis Helian Ambassadeur de France, prononcée en présence de l'Empereur Maximilien, des electeurs, des princes, des prélats, & des députés des villes de l'Empire, l'An 1510.

In the list of editions in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, the only duodecimo edition is that of Ratisbonne 1678.

Barbier II, 343.

Original calf, gilt back, Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

The first part of this treatise, a translation of Sqvitinio della liberta Veneta, Mirandola, 1612, has been attributed to Marcus Velserus (Welser), 1558-1614, and to Alfonso de la Cueva, Marquis de Dedmar, 1572-1655. The translation of both parts was by Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye, 1634-1706. On its first appearance this work was condemned by the Senate of Venice to be burned." "24130","J. 81","","","","La Pologne telle qu'elle est, a eté, et sera.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 39, as above.","[Caraccioli, Louis Antoine de.]","La Pologne, telle qu'elle à été, telle qu'elle est, telle qu'elle sera. Premiere [-troisième] partie . . . Les trois parties brochées, 2 liv. 8 sols. A Varsovie, et se trouve à Poitiers: chez Michel-Vincent Chevrier, M.DCC.LXXV. [1775.]","DK414 .A2C2","

First Edition. 3 parts in 1. 12mo. with separate titles, signatures and pagination, 43, 63 and 25 leaves; each title designates the contents of the part: Ce qu'elle à été; ce qu'elle est; ce qu'elle sera.

Barbier III, 949. Quérard II, 48 (Paris, Bastien).

French calf, gilt back, r. e., marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Louis Antoine de Caraccioli, 1721-1803, French writer." "24140","J. 82","","","","Statistic of the Danish monarchy. in Danish.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 333, Thaarup Statistick Danske, 8vo.","Thaarup, Frederik.","Veiledning til det Danske monarkies statistik ved Frederik Thaarup . . . 2den Udgave, Kiobenhavn 1794.","HC355 .T35","

8vo., engraved title with vignette, 436 leaves and 2 folded tables, the last 48 leaves for the notes with separate signatures and pagination. The preface signed by the author and dated 31 Maij 1794.

Original calf, gilt back; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (mutilated).

Frederik Thaarup, 1766-1844, Danish economist." "24150","J. 83","","","","Mirabeau aux Bataves sur le Stadhouderat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 115, as above.","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","Aux Bataves sur le Stathouderat par le Comte de Mirabeau . . . [Without name of place of printer] 1788.","JN5754 1788","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1, 74 and 107 leaves, engraved titled with a vignette portrait of Jan de Witt. The second part is for the Notes et Pièces Justificatives, with separate signatures and pagination.

Quérard VI, 155.

Calf, gilt, red silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-91, French statesman, was the son of Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de Mirabeau." "24160","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Mirabeau au roi de Prusse.","1.","","","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","Lettre remise à Frédéric-Guillaume II, roi regnant de Prusse, le jour de son avénement au trône . . . Berlin, 1787.","","

First Edition. 46 leaves, sig. B misbound.

Quérard VI, 155,

In the upper inner margin of the title-page is written in ink (possibly by Jefferson) the chapter number 24." "24170","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Sur les principes de l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiastiques.","2.","","","","Observations philosophiques sur les principes adoptés par l'Empereur dans les matieres ecclésiastiques. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur . . . A Londres: chez M. Bossiere, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","","

80 leaves, including the half-title.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard." "24180","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Innocence d'un magistrat accusé de vol, par D'Ivernois.","3.","","","Ivernois, Sir Francis D'.","Innocence d'un magistrat accusé de vol démontrée par les contradictions de ses accusateurs et par les aveux de ses juges eux-mêmes . . . par M. d'Ivernois. Londres: imprimé par Galabin, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 62 leaves in fours.

Not in Quérard. Karmin, page 669, no. 8.

The magistrate concerned was Isaac Viret of Lausanne. Other works by Sir Francis d'Ivernois appear in this catalogue." "24190","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Politique errant.","4.","","","","Le Politique errant . . . No. I. Imprimé à Londres, & se trouve partout. M. DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","","

40 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

The articles are written from Versailles, Paris, Vienne, Petersbourg, La Haye, Londres, Cleves, Madrid, Bruxelles, and Anvers. On 13 pages at the end is: Considérations politiques sur la Hollande." "24200","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Correspondance politique, civile et literaire.","5.","","","","Correspondance politique, civile et litteraire, pour servir a l'histoire du XVIII.e siècle. Tome troisieme. Premier [-second] cahyer . . . A Berlin: chez Etienne de Bourdeaux, et se trouve a Leipzich, chez Crusius; à Hambourg, chez la Veuve Herold [and other places] 1783.","","

2 parts in 1 vol. 100 leaves, separate titles, continuous signatures and pagination.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard." "24210","J. 84","Tracts. foreign Politics. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirabeau au roi de Prusse. Sur les Principes adopteés par l'empereur dans les matieres ecclesiatiques. Innocence d'un Magistrat accusé de vol. par D'Ivernois. Politique errant. Correspondence politique civile et literaire. Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 114, Tracts, Foreign Politics, to wit, Mirabeau, D'Ivernois, Alfieri &c. 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; new labels on the back. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 20.[/TBE]","Panegirico di Plinio à Trajano. dal Alfieri.","6.","","","Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius.","Panegirico di Plinio a Trajano nuovamente trovato, e tradotto da Vittorio Alfieri da Asti . . . In Parigi: presso F. D. Pierres, primo stampator del Re; e si trova presso Molini, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

37 leaves, including the last blank.

Graesse V, 352.

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus [Pliny the Younger], A. D. c. 61-c. 113.

Count Vittorio Alfieri, 1749-1803, Italian dramatist and writer." "24220","J. 85","","","","Discurso sobra las penas de Espana. por de Lardizabal y Uriba.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 15, as above.","Lardizábel y Uribe, Manuel De.","Discurso sobre las penas contrahido á las leyes criminales de España, para facilitar su reforma. Por Don Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe . . . Madrid, MDCCLXXXII, por Don Joachin Ibarra. [1782.]","HV8661 .L3","

First Edition. 8vo. 156 leaves, the last a blank. Palau IV, 184.

Contemporary marbled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Manuel De Lardizábel y Uribe, d. 1820, Spanish jurisconsult and author, was the brother of Miguel de Lardizábel y Uribe, q. v." "24230","J. 86","","","","Papers relative to the rupture with Spain.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 180, Papers relative to the rupture with Spain in 1762, 8vo.","","Papers relative to the rupture with Spain. In French and English. Published by authority. [Papiers relatifs à la rupture avec l'Espagne . . .] London: printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison, 1762.","DA510 .A3","

First Edition. 8vo. 142 leaves: []2, A-R8, S4, French and English text on opposite pages.

Not in Barbier.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book is classified by Jefferson in chapter 16. In the 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues it is re-classified into chapter 24.

The Papers, consisting chiefly of the correspondence between William Pitt and the Earl of Bristol, were laid before both Houses of Parliament on Friday, 29 January, 1762. A pamphlet by John Wilkes entitled Observations on the papers relative to the rupture with Spain . . . appeared in March." "24240","J. 87","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 117, Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, 8vo.","","Constitution of the Spanish monarchy. Promulgated at Cadiz on the 19th of March, 1812. Philadelphia: printed by G. Palmer, 1814.","JN8161 .A5","

8vo. 34 leaves, the last a blank; signed at the end: Ygnacio de la Pezuela.

Presentation binding of red morocco, gilt borders, the name Thomas Jefferson lettered on the front cover, g. e., marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by the Chevalier [Luis] de Onis, who wrote from Philadelphia on April 13, 1814:

L'interet que votre Excellence a toujours temoigné pour le bonheur et prospérité de la Nation Espagnole, m'encourage à lui offrir un exemplaire de la Constitution de sa Monarchie. J'espere que votre Excellence voudra bien l'accepter comme un hommage de ma consideration pour les talents qui distinguent si eminemment sa personne; et je me flâte que votre Excellence verra avec plaisir tracés dans cette constitution une partie de lois sages que votre Excellence a sugerer a cette Republique pour consacrer la liberté et l'independance dont elle jouit avec tant de gloire . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 28:

I thank you, Sir, for the copy of the new constitution of Spain which you have been so kind as to send me; and I sincerely congratulate yourself & the Spanish nation on this great stride towards political happiness. the invasion of Spain has been the most unprecedented & unprincipled of the transactions of modern times. the crimes of it's enemies, the licentiousness of it's associates in defence, the exertions and sufferings of it's inhabitants under slaughter & famine, and it's consequent depopulation, will mark indelibly the baneful ascendancy of the tyrants of the sea and continent, & characterise with blood & wretchedness the age in which they have lived. yet these sufferings of Spain will be remunerated, her population restored & increased, under the auspices and protection of this new constitution; and the miseries of the present generation will be the price, and even the cheap price of the prosperity of endless generations to come. there are parts of this constitution however in which you would expect of course that we should not concur. one of these is the intolerance of all but the Catholic religion; and no security provided against the reestablishment of an inquisition, the exclusive judge of Catholic opinions, and authorised to proscribe & punish those it shall deem a-catholic. 2dlv. the aristocracy, quater sublimata, of her legislators: for the ultimate electors of these will themselves have been three times sifted from the mass of the people, and may chuse from the nation at large persons never named by any of the electoral bodies. but there is one provision which will immortalise it's inventors. it is that which, after a certain epoch, disfranchises every citizen who cannot read and write. this is new; and is the fruitful germ of the improvement of every thing good, and the correction of every thing imperfect in the present constitution. this will give you an enlightened people, and an energetic public opinion which will controul and enchain the aristocratic spirit of the government. on the whole I hail your country as now likely to resume and surpass it's antient splendor among nations . . .

On June 3 Luis de Onis replied in a long discussion of the points raised in Jefferson's letter.

On April 19, in a letter to N. G. Dufief, Jefferson had written:

. . . I have been just reading the new constitution of Spain. one of it's fundamental bases is expressed in these words. 'the Roman Catholic religion, the only true one, is, & always shall be that of the Spanish nation. the government protects it by wise & just laws, and prohibits the exercise of any other whatever.' now I wish this presented to those who question what you may sell, or we may buy, with a request to strike out the words 'Roman catholic' and to insert the denomination of their own religion. this would ascertain the code of dogmas which each wishes should domineer over the opinions of all others, & be taken like the Spanish religion, under the 'protection of wise and just laws.' it would shew to what they wish to reduce the liberty for which one generation has sacrificed life and happiness. it would present our boasted freedom of religion as a thing of theory only, & not of practice, as what would be a poor exchange for the theoretic thraldom, but practical freedom of Europe . . .

Two years later, in a letter to Dupont de Nemours, dated from Poplar Forest, April 24, 1816, Jefferson wrote:

. . . In the constitution of Spain, as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me, and not noticed in yours. that no person, born after that day, should ever acquire the rights of citizenship until he could read and write. it is impossible sufficiently to estimate the wisdom of this provision. of all those which have been thought of for securing fidelity in the administration of the government, constant ralliance to the principles of the constitution, and progressive amendments with the progressive advances of the human mind, or changes in human affairs, it is the most effectual. enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body & mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. altho' I do not, with some enthusiasts, believe that the human condition will ever advance to such a state of perfection as that there shall no longer be pain or vice in the world, yet I believe it susceptible of much improvement, and, most of all, in matters of government and religion; and that the diffusion of knolege among the people is to be the instrument by which it is to be effected. the constitution of the Cortes had defects enough; but when I saw in it this amendatory provision, I was satisfied all would come right in time, under it's salutary operation . . .

The new Spanish constitution was sworn on March 19, 1812.

Chevalier Luis De Onis, 1769-1830, Spanish historian and author." "24250","J. 88","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 306, Magdalena y Yrujo, 8vo.","Magdalena, Joseph Bruno.","Privada y oficial correspondencia, de Don Josef Bruno Magdalena, Garcia de Vilouta, Santin, y Valcarcel, secretario de legacion de S. M. C. cerca de los Estados-Unidos de la América Septentrional, con El Marques de Casa Yrujo, Ministro Plenipotenciario por S. M. cerca de los mismos Estados. Y representaciones hechas ultimamente por Magdalena, al Exmo Señor Don Pedro Cevallos Guerra . . . Philadelphia: printed by Wm. Duane, 1806.","DP200 .8 .M3A4","

First Edition. 8vo. 94 leaves.

Sabin 43815.

Original sheep, not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On November 2, 1806, Duane wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

Some time since during your sojournment at Monticello, I forwarded you the loose sheets of a pamphlet in the Spanish language, which I had printed secretly. The accompanying affidavit will explain how I came to print it, under what impressions, & for whom. As I am not competent to translate Spanish, and the conduct of the Spanish Ambassador here had been so disreputable to his mission, I conceived it to be my duty to forward you that pamphlet, in order that if it should contain any matter that might serve the government of my country it should be possessed thereof. Indeed the accompanying affidavit expresses my sentiments and rule of action so explicitly that with the knowlege you already possess of me, my motives and conduct will require no explanation; further than to account for the affidavit of which I send a copy.

It appears from the representation of Mr Magdalena to me, that Yrujo, has sent charges to Spain against him Magdalena; and among other things he has alleged that I had published in my paper certain facts which being known to no other person in this country but himself (Yrujo) and Magdalena, those facts must have been communicated to me by the latter. Upon this charge Yrujo has undertaken to suspend the functions of Magdalena, who applied to me to declare the truth whether or not I have ever had any information from him. The affidavit is accordingly drawn up, and Magdalena desirous to give weight as much as possible to the evidence which he brings to exculpate himself from Yrujo's accusation has prescribed the mode of introduction which you will see in the affidavit, as to my commission in the militia and my religious education, as I do not set any value on the titles and as my education has not closed up my understanding, I could not refuse to render him a service by an acquiescence in the use of facts that are true. This explanation of the introductory form I deemed due to myself, lest it should be presumed, that I was so lost to good sense as to be vain or superstitious. I am at a loss to discover what the facts are which Yrujo complained of as divulged to me! Accustomed to speculate in political affairs below the mere surface, it appears that I must have penetrated the Spanish mysteries of state. Your eminent situation may perhaps enable you to judge what the secret really is; for tho' it seems I discovered it, it remains a secret to me to this moment; for I have attempted to anticipate so many things, that unless it is the suggestion of a secret understanding between Spain and Great Britain, I cannot recollect any fact of sufficient moment to excite so much anger and apprehension. I have endeavored in the affidavit to say as much in corroboration of the general sentiment of the country against Yrujo as my knowlege and truth justifies.

Magdalena means to send my original affidavit and that of my son to Spain; he says Yrujo has sent orders to all the agents of Spain in the United States not to forward any dispatches for him to Spain; he told me he placed so much confidence in your private virtues and generosity that he would request to have it transmitted to some of the American consuls in Spain.

I printed six copies of the Spanish Pamphlet with the purpose that if it should prove useful to the Government to place a copy in the hands of our ambassadors or Consuls in Spain or France, that they might be had—if they can be of any such use, they shall be forwarded . . .

Permit me to ask the return of the affidavits &c—as I have no other copy and it may be proper to be possessed of a copy lest Yrujo on his return to Spain should misrepresent & send the misrepresentation here—I do not require any other answer, as your time must be amply engaged.

Jefferson replied on November 24:

It has not been in my power sooner to acknolege the reciept of your favors of the 2d. 4th. & 16th. instant. it is true that while at Monticello I recieved the sheets of a Spanish pamphlet by successive mails, but as I saw no indication of the quarter from which they came, I supposed they were forwarded by one of the Spanish gentlemen, and laid by the first sheets till all should be recieved. but in coming from Monticello they were left, so that in fact I have not read it. if you will be so good as to send on the half dozen copies you retain to the Secretary of State with a note of their cost, he will remit it, & we shall give the pamphlet a serious perusal, and make a proper use of it's contents. the letters of m[???] Magdalena have been forwarded according to his desire . . ." "24260","J. 89","","","","Droit public de la France par Lauraguais.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 120, as above.","Lauraguais, Louis Léon Felicité, Duc De Brancas, Comte De.","Extrait du droit public de la France, par Louis de Brancas, comte de Lauraguais. Seconde édition, revuë & corrigée . . . A Londres. M. DCC. LXXI. [1771.]","Law 165","

8vo. 36 leaves, list of errata on the last page.

Quérard IV, 618.

French marbled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r. e., silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4.0.

Louis Léon Felicité, Duc De Brancas, Comte De Lauraguais, 1733-1824, peer of France, scholar and man of letters. The first edition was published in France, earlier in the same year, in quarto." "24270","J. 90","","","","Malesherbe sur le mariage des Protestans.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 119, as above, with reading Malesherbes.","[Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume De Lamoignon De.]","Mémoire sur le mariage des Protestans, en 1785.—Second mémoire sur le mariage des Protestans. A Londres, 1787.","HQ1019 .F8M2","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. 102 leaves, including the first blank, 104 leaves, including the title and half title. The title of the first part is as above, without name of place or printer.

Barbier III, 167. Quérard VI, 541.

Contemporary calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. On the title of the first part is written in a contemporary hand: par Chretn. Guill. Lamoignon de Malesherbes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Chrétien Guillaume De Lamoignon De Malesherbes, 1721-1794, French statesman and minister. On his joining the ministry in 1787, Jefferson wrote of him to John Jay, from Paris, June 21, 1787 (the year of the publication of the second part of this work): . . . the new accessions to the ministry are valued here . . . Monsieur de Malesherbes, called also to the council, is unquestionably the first character in the kingdom for integrity, patriotism, knowlege, & experience in business . . .

This work has been attributed also to Joly de Fleury." "24280","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","","","","[Roussel De La Tour.]","La Richesse de l'Etat. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Paris? 1763.]","JA36 .P8 vol. 86","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Barbier IV, 365. Quérard VIII, 240.

Original calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved on the new endpapers, blue silk bookmark. This tract is bound with other relative pieces as indicated in the 1815 catalogue entry though not by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue. On Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue Roussel de la Tour's work appears as a single entry with the price 9. 0. s. The volume now contains 8 tracts, and on the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the names of three of the authors:

la Tour

Baudeau

Coyer

Roussel De La Tour, fl. 1763-1790, French politician and lawyer, published all his writings anonymously. The first edition of La richesse de l'état appeared in 1763 in quarto; a duodecimo edition was also issued." "24290","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","ii.","","","[Darigrand.]","La Patrie vengée, ou la juste balance. Conclusions des richesses de l'Etat. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?1763.]","","

8vo. 8 leaves: A6, a2; no title-page, caption title; the last two leaves contain the Epitre aux critiques des richesses de l'Etat.

Barbier III, 806. Not in Quérard.

The author of this tract was one of the brothers Dari grand, French lawyers, of whom Jean Baptiste, the more famous, died in 1771." "24300","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","iii.","","","[Moreau, Jacob Nicolas.]","Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire; sur la richesse de l'Etat. [Amsterdam, 1763.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves, no title-page, caption title.

Quérard VI, 288.

Jacob Nicolas Moreau, 1717-1803, French publicist, held many offices including those of librarian to Marie Antoinette, and historiographer of France." "24310","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","iv.","","","","Mes reveries sur les doutes modestes, a l'occasion des richesses de l'État. Par M. B***. Ecuyer, maitre chirurgien de Paris & de Londres. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [?Paris, 1763]","","

8vo. 8 leaves; the above is the caption title, which is preceded by a leaf with half-title.

Not in Barbier." "24320","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","v.","","","[Baudeau, Nicolas, Abbé.]","Idées d'un citoyen sur l'administration des finance du Roi . . . A Amsterdam, M.DCC.LXIII. [1763.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 80 leaves (misbound), chiefly in fours. The name of the author written on the title-page, and the misbound portions noted in ink in a French hand.

Barbier II, 882. This edition not in Quérard.

Several of the works of Baudeau occur in this catalogue." "24330","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","vi.","","","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Reflexions sur l'écrit intitulé: Richesse de l'état . . . édition de l'auteur. A Londres. DCC.XLIII [i. e. Paris, 1763].","","

8vo. 16 leaves in eights, a folded table inserted between pp. 28 and 29. [The author's name written in ink on the title-page.]

Barbier IV, 142. Quérard II, 707.

Many works by Dupont de Nemours appear in this catalogue." "24340","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","vii.","","","[Coyer, Gabriel François.]","Chinki, histoire cochinchinoise qui peut servir à d'autres pays . . . A Londres [Paris] M.DCC.LXVIII. 1768.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves in eights. [The name of the author written on the title-page.]

Barbier I, 586. Quérard I, 327.

For another work by the abbé Coyer, see no. 253." "24350","J. 91","La richesse de l'etat (de France) par de la Tour. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 356, Richesses, Dette, Finance, Population, par de la Tour, Baudeau, Coyer, &c. 8vo.","","","viii.","","","[De Cerfvol.]","Mémoire sur la population, dans lequel on indique le moyen de la rétablir, & de se procurer un corps militaire toujours subsistant & peuplant . . . A Londres. [Paris] M.DCC.LXVIII. 1768.","","

8vo. 58 leaves in eights, folded table.

Barbier III, 163. Quérard II, 100.

De Cerfvol, French polemical writer of the eighteenth century. This tract is ascribed to him by all the authorities consulted. On the title-page the authorship is ascribed in ink by a contemporary hand to Faiguet [de Villeneuve]." "24360","J. 92","","","","Oeuvres de Turgot.","","2d to 9th vol. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 317, Les Oeuvres de Turgot, 9 v 8vo.","Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne.","Oeuvres de Mr. Turgot, ministre d'état, précédées et accompagnées de mémoires et de notes sur sa vie, son administration et ses ouvrages . . . Tome premier [-neuvième]. [Edited by Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours.] Paris: de l'imprimerie de Delance [chez Firmin Didot, Cocheris, Delance] 1808-1811.","H33 .T8","

First Edition. 9 vol. 8vo. Vol. I [the last published, 1811, with Delance replaced by A. Belin], 216 leaves; vol. II, 221 leaves; vol. III, 230 leaves; vol. IV, 236 leaves; vol. V, 232 leaves; vol. VI, 231 leaves; vol. VII, 256 leaves; vol. VIII, 278 leaves; vol. IX, 232 leaves; the signatures denoted by numerals.

Quérard IX, 578. Seligmann XV, 132.

Tree calf, y. e., repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. 1 in each volume. Presentation copy from Dupont de Nemours, the editor, to Jefferson.

In a letter to Jefferson dated from Paris September 8, 1805, Dupont de Nemours mentioned his projected edition of the works of Turgot as a reason for delaying his arrival in the United States:

. . . Mais je vous ai déjà dit qu'un grand devoir envers la mémoire de Mr. Turgot ne me permet pas d'exposer de nouveau à la mer les papiers qu'il m'a laissés. Il faut absolument que je les donne au Pays qu'il servait avec tant de lumieres et de vertu . . .

Jefferson replied on February 12, 1806:

. . . the purpose of publishing the works of Turgot, which detains you in France, is a very legitimate one. we shall be doubly happy therefore on your return, as, with yourself, it will give us the valuable work you have edited . . .

In the following year, on May 6, 1807, Dupont wrote to Jefferson:

. . . L'édition des oeuvres de Mr. Turgot n'est pas finie et retarde le tems où je pourrai rapporter à votre Republique le tribut de mon Zêle et de mes derniers travaux . . .

Jefferson replied to this on July 14 of the same year:

I recieved last night your letter of May 6 . . . I feel a great interest in the publication of Turgot's works, but quite as much in your return here . . .

One year later, on May 25, 1808, Dupont wrote that four volumes had been printed:

. . . Je n'ai point encore terminé le travail que je devais aux mânes de Mr. Turgot. quatre volumes seulment sont imprimés. Je vois par ce que reste de matériaux, supérieurs peut-être à ceux déja employés, qu'il y'en aura au moins trois autres.—Cela fini, je serai quitter envers l'ancien Continent . . .

On July 23 of the same year Dupont wrote:

. . . Pourquoi ne suis je pas revenu plus tôt, et ne puis je encore partir? Je vous l'ai marqué. J'avais une grande dette à payer à la memoire de Mr Turgot; et la publication de ses écrits etait aussi une dette envers le Genre-Humain. Tant que j'ai cru pouvoir faire prédominer ses principes dans la pratique, j'ai tenu aux affaires et jugé plus pressant de gouverner que d'écrire. Après la renversement de notre République, le 18 Fructidor An cinq, quand je suis passé en Amèrique, j'esperais y fonder une colonie, une Pontiania; et cela même entrait encore dans mes devoirs envers Mr. Turgot . . .

On June 12, 1809, Dupont sent 7 volumes [Vol. II-VIII]:

. . . J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer sept volumes des oeuvres de Mr. Turgot, que je prie Monsieur votre Successeur de vous faire parvenir, et j'en adresse un aussi à la Societé philosophique . . .

These arrived before November 12, for on that date Isaac Coles wrote to Jefferson from Washington:

Mr Madison has just given me a Box for you, containing some Books I believe, which shall be sent by the friday stage . . .

To this Jefferson replied from Monticello on November 29:

Your favor of the 12th. I found here on my return from Bedford. the box of books (Turgot's works) as also m[???] Livingston's treatise on sheep are safely recieved . . .

Nearly two years later, on March 31, 1811, Dupont wrote:

. . . Je ne sais encore quand je serai libre de retourner vous voir et porter le tribut de mes derniers jours à vos nobles et sages citoyens, qui sont maintenant, l'unique espoir du monde. J'ai encore un volume des Oeuvres de Mr. Turgot sous presse, [Vol. IX] et les formalités nouvelles établies pour la censure des livres font marcher l'impression avec beaucoup de lenteur . . .

On July 4, 1811, Dupont sent the ninth volume to Jefferson, and explained that the first volume would consist of a second edition of his Mémoires sur la vie, l'Administration et les Oeuvres de Turgot [for Dupont's first edition, published in 1782, see no. 216]:

Voici le dernier volume des Oeuvres de Mr. Turgot. Vous y verrais parce qu'il écrivait au docteur Price et au Sage Franklin combien il aimait votre Patrie . . .

J'ai encore à donner pour completter l'édition de Mr. Turgot une seconde edition très augmentée des Mémoires sur sa vie, son Administration, et ses Ouvrages. Et en retravaillant ces Mémoires j'ai pleuré comme la premiere fois . . .

On November 29, 1813, Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the complete set:

I am next to return you thanks for the copy of the works of Turgot, now compleated by the reciept of the last volume. in him we know not which most to admire, the comprehensiveness of his mind, or the benevolence and purity of his heart. in his Distribution of Riches, and other general works, and in the great principles developed in his smaller work we admire the gigantic stature of his mind. but when we see that mind thwarted, harrassed, maligned and forced to exert all it's powers in the details of provincial administration, we regret to see a Hercules laying his shoulder to the wheel of an ox-cart. the sound principles which he establishes in his particular as well as general works are a valuable legacy to ill-governed man, and will spread from their provincial limits to the great circle of mankind . . .

Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue was evidently made between 1809 and 1811 before his receipt of Volume I." "24370","J. 93","","","","Les Finances de France par Neckar.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 122, Les Finances de France, par Necker, 3 v 8vo 1784.","Necker, Jacques.","De l'administration des finances de la France. Par M. Necker . . . Tome I [-III]. M.DCC.LXXXIV. [Paris, 1784]","HJ1082 .N3","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 259 leaves, folded table inserted at page 306; vol. II, 271 leaves; vol. III, 238 leaves.

Quérard VI, 392. McCulloch, page 347. Palgrave III, 13.

French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 21.0.

Jacques Necker, 1732-1804, Swiss financier, became director general of finance in France. This work, which gives the only authentic account of the finances of France previous to the Revolution, was written in Lausanne whilst in retirement, before his recall in 1788 to the same position. This was during Jefferson's term of office in Paris, and Necker is frequently mentioned in his correspondence. Jefferson wrote a full account of Necker in his memoirs, and in a letter to John Jay, dated from Paris June 17, 1789, he appended a Caractere de Monsieur Necker in French, four pages." "24380","94","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 380, Comptes du Tresor Public, 1803, 4, 2 v 4to.","[Barbé Marbois, François, Marquis de.]","Comptes généraux du trésor public: Recettes et dépenses pendant 1803-4. Paris, 1803-4.","","

4to. No copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him from Baltimore on July 10, 1805, by Petry, listed by him in his covering letter as Un compte rendu par M. de Marbois ministre du Trésor publique pour l'an 11. Petry apologised in his letter for the delay in sending this and other books.

François, Marquis de Barbé Marbois, 1745-1837, French statesman. It was to answer the questions of de Barbé Marbois that Jefferson wrote the Notes on Virginia." "24390","95","","","","Almanacs Royales.","","8vo. et Imperiales. 1809.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 125, Almanacs Royaux, pour 1785, 6, 7, 8, 91, 5 v 8vo.","","Almanach Royal, année M. DCC. LXXXV [-M. DCC. XCI.] A Paris: chez D'Houry, 1785-91.","","

5 vol. 12mo.

Jefferson's copies are no longer in the Library of Congress. He purchased copies while in Paris from Froullé." "24400","","","","","","","","J. ii. 1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 15, Almanacs Imperiaux, 1807, 1808, 1809, 3 v 8vo.","","Almanach Impérial pour l'an M. DCCC. VII [-M. DCCC. VIII, M. DCCC. IX], présenté à S. M. l'Empereur et Roi, par Testu. A Paris: chez Testu, imprimeur de sa Majesté [1807, 8, 9].","JN2304 1807, 8, 9","

3 vol. 8vo. 1807: 434 leaves; 1808: 440 leaves; 1809: 449 leaves.

Marbled and sprinkled calf (not uniform), silk book marks, the volume for 1808 with sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

The volume for 1808 has on the inside cover the ticket of Théophile Barrois, fils.

A volume for 1807 appears on the binding bill of John March under date June 30 of that year, price $1.00.

On the fly-leaf of the 1807 volume is written: For Mr Jefferson from John Armstrong [i. e. General John Armstrong, 1758-1843, at that time minister to France].

A copy was also sent to Jefferson by William Lee, who wrote from Bordeaux on April 10, 1807:

Wm. Lee presents his respects to the President of the United States & takes the liberty to send him an Imperial Almanac.

Jefferson's name occurs in each volume in the list of dignitaries, as President of the United States (pp. 51, 56, 56)." "24410","J. 96","Essais sur la constitution des assemblées provinciales par Condorcet. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 126, as above.","","","","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Essai sur la constitution et les fonctions des Assemblées Provinciales, où l'on trouve un plan pour la constitution & l'administration de la France. Tome premier [-second]. Without name of place or printer [Paris] 1788.","JN2485 1788 .C8","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 125 leaves in eights, the last 27 for the Notes, with separate signatures and pagination; vol. II, 217 leaves, 7 folded tables, separate signatures and pagination for the Notes.

Barbier II, 238. Quérard II, 269.

Original French calf, gilt backs, pale blue endpapers, silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page of vol. I: par M. le Marquis de Condorcet; some leaves discolored. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Froullé on January 10, 1789, price 7-4. It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue." "24420","J. 96","Essais sur la constitution des assemblées provinciales par Condorcet. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 126, as above.","","[TBE]Bound at the end of the first volume are two additional pieces as follows:[/TBE]","i.","","","[Condorcet.]","Déclaration des droits, traduite de l'Anglois, avec l'original à coté. A Londres, 1789.","","

8vo. 45 leaves including the half-title; English and French text on opposite pages.

Barbier I, 845, 6. Quérard II, 268.

The phrase traduite de l'Anglois on the title-page is a misrepresentation. The English text is the translation, and is attributed by bibliographers to Philip Mazzei. On another copy in this collection Jefferson has corrected the title-page and written the name of the author and of the translator, the Marquis de Condorcet and Dr. Gem. See no. 2522." "24430","J. 96","Essais sur la constitution des assemblées provinciales par Condorcet. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 126, as above.","","","ii.","","","[Condorcet.]","Lettres d'un bourgeois de New-Heaven à un citoyen de Virginie, sur l'inutilité de partager le pouvoir législatif entre plusieurs corps. [A Colle, et se trouve a Paris: chez Froullé, 1788].","","

8vo. 53 leaves, consisting of sig. S2-8, T-Z8, Aa6, pages 267-372 from volume IV of the work by Philip Mazzei entitled: Recherches historiques et politiques sur les états-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale; où l'on traite des établissemens des treize colonies, de leurs rapports & de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant & après la révolution, &c. Par un citoyen de Virginie. Avec quatre letters d'un bourgeois de New-Heaven sur l'unité de la legislation.

The Lettres d'un bourgeois was published by Froullé in 1788, the year before Jefferson purchased from him the copy of the Essai sur la constitution in which it is bound. The citoyen de Virginie was Mazzei and the bourgeois de New-Heaven, Condorcet.

Sabin 15194.

Filippo [better known as Philip] Mazzei, 1730-1816, was born in Tuscany in Italy. In 1773 he came to Virginia to raise grapes, and stayed with Jefferson at Monticello. He acquired a neighbouring estate which he called Colle. Mazzei was for a time employed by the state of Virginia as its agent in Europe. He died in Pisa in 1816. For Jefferson's copy of the Recherches historiques see no. 3005." "24440","J. 97","","","","Hauterive's state of the French republic.","","1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 149, Goldsmith's State of the French Republic, 1801, 8vo.","Hauterive, Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'—Gold-Smith, Lewis.","State of the French Republic at the end of the year VIII. Translated from the French of citizen Hauterive, chef de relations exterieurs. By Lewis Goldsmith, author of ''The Crimes of Cabinets.'' London: printed for J. S. Jordan [by T. Davison], 1801.","DC192 .H3","

First Edition. 8vo. 160 leaves: A4, B-U8, X4, printer's imprint on the verso of the title leaf and at the end; the Advertisement is dated from Thavies-Inn, February 7, 1801. A4 recto has Goldsmith's advertisement of The Crimes of Cabinets, published this day, with the announcement that The author finds it necessary to inform the public, that in consequence of his bookseller's refusal to sell this work, he is under the necessity of becoming his own publisher.

Not in Lowndes, the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., Watt or Allibone.

Red straight grain morocco, gilt, ornamental borders on sides, ornamental back, inside borders, marbled endpapers, g. e., probably a presentation binding. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title the given names and title of the author are written in ink (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book is placed by Jefferson in chapter 2. In the Library of Congress 1815 and subsequent catalogues it is reclassified into chapter 24.

Presentation copy from the translator, who on May 20, 1801, wrote to Jefferson, from 5 Thavies-Inn, London (received July 28):

The great & important Situation in which you are plac'd induces me to take the Liberty to address Two Books to you—

One consists of a collection of facts & anecdotes tending to expose the base & unjust Measures of certain European cabinets, whose conduct cannot fail to be view'd with horror in any country which like yours is blessed with a free Government. [See no. 404.]

The other is a Translation of a Work, the original of which I presume is known to you, as it is publish'd under the auspices of the french Government & treats of those neutral rights; which are not less interesting to the united States than to the other Nations of Europe. I hope you will do me the honor to accept these trifles. since I offer them only as a Testimony of the respect I entertain for your character & for the sincere attachment I bear towards the united Republics of the New World.

A postscript states that the books have been entrusted to a Mr. Carne of Falmouth, who on June 9 wrote to say that he had sent them.

Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, 1754-1830, French diplomat. De l'Etat, from which this book is translated, was Napoleon's manifesto to the foreign nations after the 18 brumaire and was written at his request. The first edition was published anonymously.

Lewis Goldsmith, 1763?-1846, English political writer of Portuguese-Jewish descent, was at first a supporter, later an enemy of the French revolution." "24450","98","","","","Tracts. viz. Comptes rendues de 1758.","","á 1788. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 377, Tracts, to wit, Comptes rendues de 1758, a 1788, 4to.","[Mathon de la Cour, Charles Joseph.]","Collection de Comptes-Rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve a Paris: chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue et Hotel Serpente. [chez] Gattey, Libraire, aux Galeries du Palais-Royal, no. 14. 1788.","HJ1082 .M4","

First Edition. 4to. 122 leaves.

Barbier I, 630. Quérard V, 621.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on September 8, 1789, price 2.8. It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Charles Joseph Mathon de la Cour, b. 1738, died on the scaffold in 1793, French man of letters, financier and artist." "24460","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer.","1.","","","[Morellet, André, Abbé.]","Réflexions sur les avantages de la liberté d'écrire et d'imprimer sur les matieres de l'administration, écrites en 1764 à l'occasion de la Déclaration du Roi du 28 Mars de la même année, qui fait défenses d'imprimer, débiter aucuns écrits, ouvrages, ou projets concernant la réforme ou administration des finances, &c. Par M. l'A. M. . . . A Londres; et se trouve à Paris: chez les Freres Estienne, 1775.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 38 leaves in eights.

Barbier IV, 162. Quérard VI, 308.

Morellet's name completed in ink by Jefferson on the title-page (after the initial M) and the name André completed by another hand.

André Morellet, 1727-1819, French abbé, economist and author, was a friend and disciple of Turgot and of Gournay. He was the translator of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia." "24470","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris.","2.","","","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquette, Comte de.","Dénonciation de l'Agiotage de Paris au Roi et a l'Assemblée des notables. Par le Comte de Mirabeau. (En indiquant sans crainte les principaux chefs de l'agiotage par leur nom, M. de Mirabeau prouve au Roi qu'ils dévorent ses revenus, aggravent les charges de l'état & corrompent ses sujets.) . . . Without name of place or printer [Paris] 1787.","","

First Edition? 8vo. 56 leaves: a, A-N4; pp. viii, 103.

Quérard VI, 155. This edition not in Tourneux.

This edition is a completely different set-up from those of the same year, of 145 and 144 pages, described by Tourneux, in the Bibliothéque Nationale Catalogue, and in other places. This edition has the passage on the title in brackets as above, the date in arabic numerals, and the notes, instead of being placed at the end, are at the foot of the pages concerned in the text. There is no leaf of errata.

At the time this and relative pamphlets were written, agiotage [speculation] had become such a menace to prosperity that the speculators were compelled to wear a placard with the word agioteur and to spend two years in prison." "24480","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies.","3.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Dénonciation au public d'un nouveau projet d'agiotage, ou lettre à M. le Comte de S*** sur un nouveau projet de companie d'assurance contre les incendies à Paris, sur ses inconvéniens, & en général sur les inconvéniens des compagnies par actions . . . A Londres, 1786.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves.

Barbier I, 878. Quérard I, 519. Tourneux 13755.

The name of the author written on the title-page in a contemporary hand (not that of Jefferson nor of Brissot de Warville).

Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, député de Paris at the Legislative and the Convention. He visited the United States and was acquainted with Jefferson. Many of his works appear in this catalogue." "24490","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","","","","","Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Seconde lettre contre la compagnie d'assurance, pour les incendies à Paris, & contre l'agiotage en général. Addressé à MM. Perrier & Compagnie. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . A Londres. 1786.","","

First Edition. 36 leaves.

Not in Quérard. Not in Tourneux." "24500","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Point de Banqueroute par Warville.","4.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Point de Banqueroute, ou lettre a un créancier de l'état, sur l'impossibilité de la banqueroute nationale, & sur les moyens de ramener le crédit & la paix . . . Londres, 1787.","","

First Edition? 8vo. 22 leaves.

Barbier III, 937. Quérard I, 520. This edition not in Tourneux.

This is the edition with 44 pages; another edition in the same year had 58 pages. A second part was issued in the same year.

par M. de Warville written on the title-page in a contemporary hand." "24510","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil.","5.","","","Saint-Aulaire, Yrieix Beaupoil, Marquis de.","Lettre de M. le Marquis de Beaupoil, à M. de Bergasse, sur l'Histoire de M. de Latude, & sur les ordres arbitraires. A Potsdam, 1787.","","

First Edition? 8vo. 28 leaves, including the last blank.

This edition not in Quérard.

This edition has 54 pages; another edition in the same year with the same imprint has 27 pages.

Nicolas Bergasse, 1750-1832, lawyer.

For the Histoire de M. Latude see no. 219." "24520","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Traité du Secours que le Clergé doit au roi.","6.","","","","Traité du secours que le clergé doit au Roi, pour la défense & la conservation de l'Etat. Au Vatican, 1787.","","

8vo. 24 leaves in eights.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

Dedicated to Messieurs les notables de France on March 15, 1787, by L. M. A. A. L. G. C. P. At the end (page 47) is Fin de la prèmière partie." "24530","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Conference entre un Ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement.","7.","","","","Conférence entre un Ministre d'état et un Conseiller au Parlement. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?1787]","","

Not in Barbier.

Several editions all without title-page were issued, probably in the same year. This edition has 48 pages, others have 25, 37, 47. The pamphlet is in the form of a dialogue; the minister concerned was Necker." "24540","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Veritable patriotisme.","8.","","","[Soulés, François.]","Le véritable patriotisme. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], 1788.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves, including the half-title and the last two blanks, in eights; errata slip pasted on the back of the title.

Not in Barbier. Quérard IX, 225.

On the upper inner margin of the half-title is written the chapter number, 24, possibly by Jefferson.

François Soulés, 1748-1809. For his most important work, the Histoire des troubles de l'Amerique anglaise, see no. 484." "24550","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","de la Foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere.","9.","","","[Claviere, étienne.]","De la Foi publique envers les créanciers de l'état. Lettres à Mr. Linguet sur le No. CVXI de ses annales par M*** . . . suivi de plusieurs notes importantes . . . A. Londres, 1788.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 108 leaves in eights.

Barbier II, 475. Quérard II, 221.

A manuscript correction on page 167.

étienne Claviere, 1735-1794, French financier, was a Genevan by birth. He came to Jefferson's notice in 1787 on his offering to buy the American debt to France, described by Jefferson in a letter to Samuel Osgood written from Paris on January 5, 1787. Claviere was a friend of Brissot de Warville, with whom he collaborated in various enterprises, including the foundation of the Société des Amis des Noirs. A number of the works of both appear in this catalogue.

Simon Nicholas Henri Linguet, 1736-1794. He and Claviere both died in the same year. Linguet was guillotined and Claviere committed suicide." "24560","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","L'Impot simplifié par Soulés.","10.","","","Soules, Antoine Prosper.","L'Impot simplifié, le déficit rempli, l'abolition des barrières. Par M. Soulés. A. Paris, 1789.","","

8vo. 8 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Quérard. Tourneux 13601." "24570","J. 99","Tracts political French. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morellet sur la liberté d'ecrire et d'imprimer. Mirabeau de l'Agiotage de Paris. Warville contre la compagnie d'assurance pour les incendies. Point de Banqueroute par Warville Lettre sur l'histoire de Latude par de Beaupoil Traité du secours que le clergé doit au roi. Conference entre un ministre d'etat et un Conseiller au parlement. Veritable patriotisme De la foi publique envers les creanciers par Claviere L'Impot simplifié par Soul's. Plan d'un Banque nationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 134, Tracts, Political, French, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. New labels added by the Library of Congress. On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 14[/TBE]

In his volumes of tracts the list written by Jefferson on the fly-leaves sometimes shows small differences from the list as written by him in his catalogue. In the present work the entry as listed on the fly-leaf (when available) is the one quoted at the head of the individual entries.","Plan d'un banque nationale.","11.","","","C[ustine, Adam-Philippe], Comte de.","Plan d'une banque nationale. Par le Cte de C***. [Without name of place or printer, n. d.] [Paris, 1788?]","","

8vo. 24 leaves in eights.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Tourneux 13764.

On the title is written in ink the chapter number, 25, possibly by Jefferson before the tract was included in this volume. Jefferson's chapter 25 contains his books on Commerce, absorbed in the 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues into chapter 24.

Adam-Philippe, Comte de Custine, 1740-1793, French general." "24580","J. 100","Tracts Political. French. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prospectus de l'establissement des assurances sur la vie Reflections sur la necessité d'assurer l'amortissement des dettes de l'etat. Procés verbal des séances de l'assemblée provinciale d'Auvergne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 378, Tracts, Political, French, 4to.","The three tracts listed by Jefferson as above bound together for him in one vol. 4to., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark; the titles listed also by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; not initialled by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 87[/TBE]","Prospectus de l'etablissement des assurance sur la vie.","","","","[Claviere, étienne.]","Compagnie Royale d'Assurances. Prospectus de l'établissement des assurances sur la vie. A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, 1788.","","

64 leaves in fours; eight leaves at the end, with separate signatures and pagination, contain the Avis au public and two Arrêts du conseil d'état du Roi.

Inserted before the Avis au public are pieces in manuscript sent to Jefferson by étienne Claviere, the administrateurgérant de la Compagnie Royale d'Assurance sur la Vie:

i. Tableau du resultat de £3,400,000. de rentes viagères . . . employées à acquitter les payemens annuels que les Etats Unis doivent faire pendant seize ans . . . 1 large folio sheet, folded.

ii. Second tableau, servant à montrer le développement de l'execution d'un marché fait entre les Etats Unis et la Compagnie Royale d'Assurances . . . 1 large folio sheet, folded.

iii. Observations sur le tableau en deux parties. 2 folio sheets, written on both sides.

iv. Memoire [concerning the debt of the United States to France]. 2 quarto sheets, written on both sides.

v. ALS. from E[tienne] Claviere to Monsieur l'Ambassadeur [i. e. Thomas Jefferson], 9 Juillet, 1788. 2 pp. 4to. This is a covering letter for the above enclosures.

vi. Tableau du remboursement annual d'ue somme de £35,171,640 . . . 1 sheet, 4to., folded.

Assurances sur la vie were established in France in 1787, modelled on the English companies." "24590","J. 100","Tracts Political. French. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prospectus de l'establissement des assurances sur la vie Reflections sur la necessité d'assurer l'amortissement des dettes de l'etat. Procés verbal des séances de l'assemblée provinciale d'Auvergne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 378, Tracts, Political, French, 4to.","The three tracts listed by Jefferson as above bound together for him in one vol. 4to., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark; the titles listed also by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; not initialled by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 87[/TBE]","Reflexions sur la necessité d'assurer l'amortissement des dettes de l'etat.","","","","[Lesparat, Jean François.]","Réflexions sur la nécessité d'assurer l'amortissement des dettes de l'état, ainsi que les ressources nécessaires en temps de guerre; avec l'indication des plus sûrs moyens d'y parvenir. Mémoire expositif & justificatif des opérations, procédés & formules proposés par le projet d'édit, qui a été rédigé dans les vues & l'esprit des réflexions ci-dessus. A Londres; et se trouve à Paris: chez Desenne, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 74 leaves in fours. [Manuscript corrections in a French hand.]

Barbier IV, 153. Quérard V, 242.

Jean François Lesparat, fl. 1787, was an advocate in the Parliament of Paris." "24600","J. 100","Tracts Political. French. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prospectus de l'establissement des assurances sur la vie Reflections sur la necessité d'assurer l'amortissement des dettes de l'etat. Procés verbal des séances de l'assemblée provinciale d'Auvergne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 378, Tracts, Political, French, 4to.","The three tracts listed by Jefferson as above bound together for him in one vol. 4to., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark; the titles listed also by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; not initialled by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 87[/TBE]","Procés verbal des seances de l'assemblée provinciale d'Auvergne.","","","","","Proces verbal des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale d'Auvergne, tenue à Clermont-Ferrand, dans le mois d'Août 1787. A Clermont-Ferrand: de l'imprimerie d'Antoine Delcros, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","26 leaves." "24610","J. 101","","","","Sigonius de republica Hebraeorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 20, as above, 8vo p.","Sigonio, Carlo.","Caroli Sigonii de Repvblica Hebræorvm Libri VII, ad Gregorivm XIII Pontificem Maximvm. Cum indice rerum & verborum locupletiss. Francofvrti: apud hæredes Andreæ Wecheli, M.D.LXXXIII. [1583.]","DS111 .S5","

8vo. 208 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

This edition not in Graesse.

Original vellum. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Many leaves water-stained.

Carlo Sigonio, c. 1524-1584, Italian humanist. The first edition of this work, which deals with the religious, political and military system of the Jews, was published in Bologna in 1582." "24620","J. 102","","","","L'Empereur de legibus Hebraeorum forensibus.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 109, as above, p 4to.","Mishnah.","[???] [???] [???] [???] De legibvs Ebræorvm forensibvs liber singvlaris. Ex Ebræorum pandectis versus & commentariis illustratus: Per Constantinvm L'Emperevr ab Opwyck. Lgvd. Batovorvm, ex officinâ Elzeviriorum. Anno cI[???]I[???]cxxxvii. [1637.]","BM506 .B23L3","

4to. 188 leaves, Latin and Hebrew text in double columns, annotations in long lines, Elzevir ''solitaire'' device on the title-page.

Willems 459.

Calf, repaired, with the 1815 Library of Congress book-plate preserved under later endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

From the library of Robert Proud, with his autograph signature on the fly-leaf: Ex Libris Roberti Proudi 1763.

Constantin L'Empereur, c. 1570-1648, Dutch Oriental scholar, was born at Opwyck. He was professor of Hebrew, and later of theology, at the University of Leyden. Baba Kama Massehet Nezikin is a tract from the Mishnah dealing with damages for losses sustained in everyday life.

Robert Proud was the author of the History of Pennsylvania, q. v." "24630","J. 103","","","","Cragus de republica Lacedaemoniorum.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 19, as above.","Krag, Niels.","Nic. Cragii Ripensis de republica Lacedæmoniorum libri IV.—[Heraclidæ Pontici de politiis libellus cum interpretatione Latina, edente Nicolae Cragio.]—[Ex Nicolai Damasceni universali historia seu de moribus gentium libris excerpta Johannis Stobæi collectanea, quæ Nicolaus Cragius latina fecit, & seorsum edidit.] Lvgdvni Batavorvm: ex officinâ Joannis à Gelder[ excudebat Abrahamus Verhoef], cl[???] l[???]clxx. [1670.]","JC79 .S7K8","

Sm. 8vo. 3 parts in 1. 296 leaves including the last blank, separate title-pages, continuous signatures and pagination; printer's woodcut device on each title-page; colophon on the last page; Greek and Latin text on opposite pages in the last two tracts.

Ebert 5406.

Old sprinkled calf, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate.

Niels Krag [Cragius], d. 1602, Danish historian. The first edition of this work was published in Geneva in 1593, quarto." "24640","J. 104","","","","Petiti leges Atticae.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 412, as above.","Petit, Samuel.","Leges Atticæ. Sam. Petitvs collegit, digessit, et libro commentario illvstravit. Opvs ivris, literarvm, et rei antiquariæ studiosis vtilissimum, VIII. libris distinctum, in quo varij scriptorum veterum Græcorum et Latinorum loci explicantur et emendantur. Parisiis: sumptibus Caroli Morelli, M. DC. XXXV. Cvm privilegio Regis. [1635.]","JC72 .P4","

First Edition. Folio. 318 leaves, including one blank, title-page printed in red and black; printer's engraved device.

Brunet III, 44.

Old vellum, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of William Byrd of Westover in Virginia. A manuscript inscription in an early hand on the verso of the fly-leaf reads: Cum D. Adrianus Wolffius quam honorificentissime doctor utriusq juris renunciatus, discederet ex contubernio Engelberti ab Engelen, placuit huic hoc leuidensi munere eum donare quo memoriam doctrinarum haustarum gratiorum circum ferret. Traject ad Rhenum Ao cl[???] l[???] clxxix postridie nonas junias.

From the library of William Byrd.

Samuel Petit, 1594-1643, French scholar." "24650","J. 105","","","","Moyle's tracts.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 21, as above.","Moyle, Walter.","A select collection of tracts. By Walter Moyle, Esq; containing, I. An essay upon the Roman government. II. Remarks upon Dr. Prideaux's connection of the Old and New Testament. III. An essay upon the Lacedaemonian government. IV. An argument against a standing army. Glasgow: printed by R. Urie, MDCCL. [1750.]","JC83 .M93","

12mo. 138 leaves, the last with a numbered list of 18 books printed by Robert Urie; half-title for each essay.

Not in Lowndes. Watt II, 689.

Rebound in buckram in 1913. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Walter Moyle, 1672-1721, English politician and student of ancient history." "24660","J. 106","","","","Memoria inedita sulla republica Veneta dal fra Paolo.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 374, as above, with reading Paola.","","Memoria inedita presentata al Senato Veneto dal celebre Fra Paolo Sarpi Intorno al modo da tenersi dalla Repubblica per il buono e durevol governo del suo Stato. In Colonia [i. e. Livorno]: presso Pietro Mortier, 1760.","JC143.O5","

4to. 60 leaves: a-p4; printed in italic letter throughout.

See Bianchi-Giovini, Biografia di fra Paolo Sarpi II, 390.

Old half-binding. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T before sigs. i and l; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

According to Bianchi-Giovini, Sarpi was not the author of this book, originally published with the title Opinione come debba governarsi internamente ed esternamente la repubblica di Venezia. Editions of Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent, in Italian and in English, are in chapter 5 in this catalogue, q. v." "24670","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats unis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sentimens d'un republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen &c . . . . . . . . . . . Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . par Condorcet","1.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Lettres d'un citoyen des états-Unis, à un français, sur les affaires présentes. Par Mr. le M** de C***. Philadelphie [i. e. Paris], 1788.","","

First Edition. 20 leaves: []1, A8, A8, B[???]. The second alphabet, with separate pagination, contains the Seconde lettre d'un citoyen des Etats-Unis, à un français.

Barbier II, 1236. Quérard II, 269. Not in Evans Faÿ, page 24.

Jefferson has supplied Condorcet's name in ink on the title-page, after the letter C. This and the following are probably the tracts referred to by him in a letter to James Madison from Paris, July 31, 1788:

. . . I send you also two little pamphlets of the Marquis de Condorcet, wherein is the most judicious statement I have seen of the great questions which agitate the nation at present . . ." "24680","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","","","","","Sentimens d'un Républicain, sur les Assemblées Provinciales et les états-Généraux. Suite des lettres d'un Citoyen des états-Unis à un Français, sur les affaires présentes. Philadelphie [i. e. Paris], 1788.","","

16 leaves, including the last blank.

Barbier IV, 468. Quérard II, 270.

On the title the author's name is written in ink." "24690","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","","","","","Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV.","","8 leaves, caption title, no title-page. Par Condorcet written on the first page." "24700","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris.","2.","","","","Lettre d'un anglois à Paris. A Londres. 1787.","","

12 leaves, in fours.

Not in Barbier.

A gift from the Countess de Tessé, who has written at the foot of the first page: a Monsieur jefferson de la part de sa tres humble servante la ctesse de Tesse." "24710","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Questions d'un bon Patriote.","3.","","","","Questions d'un bon Patriote.","","

8 leaves; caption title, no title-page.

Not in Barbier. Not in Tourneux.

Contains 7 questions:

1. Un changement étoit-il nécessaire?

2. L'ordonnance sur la Justice mérite-t-elle d'être approuvée?

3. La réduction des magistrats des Parlemens étoit-elle nécessaire?

4. Faut-il une Cour unique?

5. Qu'est-ce qu'une Cour pléniere?

6. Comment une Cour pléniere doit-elle être composée?

7. Le Gouvernement ne changera-t-il pas?" "24720","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Requete au roi par M. de Calonne.","4.","","","Calonne, Charles Alexandre de.","Requete au Roi. Adressée à sa Majesté, par M. de Calonne, Ministre d'état. M.DCC.LXXXVII. [Londres, 1787.]","","

2 parts. 108 leaves in fours; 50 leaves in eights, the second part (misbound in this volume) for the éclaircissemens et Pieces Justificatives.

Quérard II, 26.

For Jefferson's opinion of Calonne (1734-1802) French statesman and financial minister, see no. 2303." "24730","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Remonstrances, Arrets &c. des parliamens de 1787.","5. i.","","","","Remontrances du Parlement de Paris, sur la réponse du Roi en date du 17 Avril, présentées au Roi le dimanche 4 Mai. [Paris, 1787.]","","8 leaves including the last blank." "24740","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","Histoire du siége du Palais, par le Capitaine d'Agout . . .","","12 leaves, caption title." "24750","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement de Rennes en Bretagne, du 18 Août 1787. [A Troyes, de l'imprimerie de la veuve Gobelet, imprimeur du Roi.]","","6 leaves; signed at the end Lebret. Printer's imprint at the end." "24760","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Arrêt de la Cour du Parlement de Bordeaux . . . du 8 Août 1787. [A Bordeaux, de l'imprimerie de Pierre Phillipot, imprimeur du Parlement, 1787.]","","2 leaves, caption title; signed at the end by Le Berthon and Delpeche. Printer's imprint at the end." "24770","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement de Grenoble. [Fait à Grenoble, en Parlement, ledit jour vingt-un août mil sept cent quatre-vingt-sept.] [1787.]","","8 leaves." "24780","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement de Rouen. Du 22 Août 1787.","","2 leaves; caption title." "24790","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","vii.","","","Huez, Charles.","Discours de M. Huès, maire de Troyes (I), au Parlement, toutes les chambres assemblées, après l'enrégistrement des lettres-patentes de translation du Parlement en la ville de Troyes. Du 22 Août 1787.","","

2 leaves; caption title.

Charles Huez (Hues), 1724-1789, Mayor of Troyes, was massacred in that city." "24800","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","viii.","","","","Arrêté de la Cour des Monnoies, du mercredi 22 Août 1787.","","4 leaves including the last blank; caption title." "24810","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","Réponse du Roi a la Cour des Aides. [1787.]","","2 leaves (one for the title as above)." "24820","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","x.","","","","Second arrêté de la Cour des Aides, du 27 Août 1787.","","2 leaves, caption title." "24830","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xi.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement, du 6 Juillet 1787.","","2 leaves, 1 for the title." "24840","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xii.","","","","Réponse du Roi, du 8 Juillet 1787, et arrêté du Parlement. Du 9 du même mois.","","2 leaves, including the title." "24850","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","","Second arrêté du Parlement, du treize Juillet 1787.","","4 leaves; caption title." "24860","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","","Remontrances du Parlement de Paris; arrêtées le 24 Juillet 1787.","","8 leaves; caption title." "24870","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xv.","","","","Du vendrédi 27 Juillet 1787. Réponse du Roi au Parlement.","","2 leaves, the second a blank." "24880","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xvi.","","","","Délibération du Parlement, 30 Juillet 1787, les princes et pairs y séans.","","2 leaves, the second a blank, caption title." "24890","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xvii.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement, du dimanche 5 Août 1787.","","4 leaves; caption title." "24900","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xviii.","","","","Récit de ce qui s'est passé a la Chambre des Comptes a la Cour des Aides, et au Chatelet, les 17, 18 & 21 Août 1787.","","

12 leaves. The caption title on the second leaf reads:

Discours prononcé par M. de Nicolaĩ a la Chambre des Comptes, dans la séance du 17 août, 1787.

Armand Charles Marie Nicolaĩ, 1747-1794, was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes, and was one of the Assemblée des notables in 1787. He was condemned and executed in 1794, The Chambre des Comptes refused on this date to register the ''Edits du Timbre & de la Subvention territoriale.''" "24910","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xix.","","","","Premieres [-secondes] supplications de la Cour des Aides, du 25 Août [-2 Septembre] 1787.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

The Cours des Aides was the tribunal which dealt with the collection of the king's ''aides'' or benevolences. The decisions of this cour had the same force as the arrêts of parliament." "24920","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xx.","","","","Arrêté de la Chambre des Comptes, du premier Septembre 1787.","","4 leaves, the last a blank, caption title." "24930","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xxi.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement de Paris, séant a Troyes, du 27 Août 1787.","","2 leaves, including the title." "24940","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xxii.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement de Paris, séant a Troyes. Du dix-neuf Septembre 1787.","","2 leaves, caption title." "24950","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xxiii.","","","","Arrêt du Conseil d'état du Roi, qui casse les arrêtés du Parlement de Paris, des 7, 13, 22 & 27 Août 1787. Du 2 Septembre 1787. Extrait des registres du Conseil d'état.","","

4 leaves, caption title. Signed at the end by Le B.on de Breteuil.

Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, Baron de

Breteuil, 1730-1807, French diplomat. For a note on him, see no. 2296." "24960","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xxiv.","","","","Arrêté du conseil souverain de Roussillon, séant à Perpignan.","","8 leaves, caption title; dated September 3, 1787. Perpignan is the capital of the Province of Roussillon." "24970","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","","xxv.","","","","Extrait des registres du Parlement de Franche-Comté. A la séance du 30 août 1787. A Besançon, 1787.","","8 leaves including the title and half-title." "24980","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan.","6.","","","","Cahier de l'ordre de la noblesse des bailliages de Mantes et Meulan. Remis à M. le Marquis de Gayon, élu député par l'ordre de la noblesse, le 23 mars 1789. [Without name of place or printer, n. d.]","","18 leaves; signed at the end by 38 signatories one of whom was Condorcet." "24990","J. 107","Tracts. King & parliament. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. par Condorcet. Sentimens d'un Republicain. suite des lettres d'un citoyen des Etats Unis. Projet d'un Monument à la gloire d'Henri IV. par Condorcet. Lettre d'un Anglois à Paris. Questions d'un bon Patriote. Requette au roi par M. de Calonne. Remonstrances, arrets &c. de diffens parliaments de 1787. Cahier de la Noblesse de Mantes et Meulan. Trois mots aux Parisiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 135, Tracts, King and Parliament, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo., French calf (new labels on the back), marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the flyleaf (and on the undated manuscript catalogue) Jefferson has listed the tracts similarly to the above entry. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 21[/TBE]","Trois mots aux Parisiens.","7.","","","","Trois mots aux Parisiens, sur la nécessité de publier les noms de leurs candidats, sur leurs cahiers de doléances, et sur l'élection de leurs députés. Avril, 1789.","","

16 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Tourneux 799." "25000","J. 108","Tracts sur les Etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . Les voeux d'un Patriote. par Jurieux. Recueil des pieces historiques des etats generaux par Lauragais. Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauragais. Code National dedié aux etats generaux. Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 130, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. These tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 15[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Les voeux d'un patriote.","1.","","","[Jurieu, Pierre.]","Les vœux d'un patriote. A Amsterdam, 1788.","","

148 leaves.

Barbier IV, 1046 and 538. Haag VI, 111, lx.

This is a new edition of Mémoires I-XIII of Les soupirs de la France esclave, first printed in Amsterdam in 1689 and 1690, and attributed to Jurieu and to Le Vassor.

At the foot of the first page of the Avertissement de l'éditeur, in which details of the first edition are given, Jefferson has written: they were written by Jurieux a clergyman.

Pierre Jurieu, 1637-1713, French Protestant theologian and polemical writer. This work is included in his writings by biographers and bibliographers." "25010","J. 108","Tracts sur les Etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . Les voeux d'un Patriote. par Jurieux. Recueil des pieces historiques des etats generaux par Lauragais. Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauragais. Code National dedié aux etats generaux. Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 130, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. These tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 15[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Recueil des peices historiques des etats generaux par Lauraguais.","2.","","","Lauraguais, Louis Léon Félicité, Comte de.","Recueil de pieces historiques sur la convocation des états-Généraux, et sur l'élection de leurs députés. Par le Comte de Lauraguais. A Paris, ce 20 Septembre 1788.","","

First Edition. 116 leaves including the half-title. [On the title-page is written Louis de Brancas.]

Quérard IV, 619.

Louis Léon Félicité, Comte de Lauraguais, Duc de Brancas, 1733-1824." "25020","J. 108","Tracts sur les Etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . Les voeux d'un Patriote. par Jurieux. Recueil des pieces historiques des etats generaux par Lauragais. Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauragais. Code National dedié aux etats generaux. Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 130, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. These tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 15[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauraguais.","3.","","","Lauraguais, Louis Léon Felicité, Comte de.","Dissertation sur les Assemblées Nationales, sous les trois races des Rois de France. Par M. le Comte de Lauraguais. A Paris, ce 10 Octobre 1788.","","

52 leaves, 104 pages.

Quérard IV, 618 [103 pag.]." "25030","J. 108","Tracts sur les Etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . Les voeux d'un Patriote. par Jurieux. Recueil des pieces historiques des etats generaux par Lauragais. Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauragais. Code National dedié aux etats generaux. Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 130, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. These tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 15[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Code National dedié aux etats generaux.","4.","","","[Bosquillon, Charles Pierre.]","Code national, dédié aux Etats Generaux. A Geneve [Paris], 1788.","","

First Edition. 119 leaves (misbound).

Barbier I, 627. Quérard I, 425.

On the title-page is written in ink par Mr Bosquillon.

Charles Pierre Bosquillon, advocate in the Parliament of Paris." "25040","J. 108","Tracts sur les Etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . Les voeux d'un Patriote. par Jurieux. Recueil des pieces historiques des etats generaux par Lauragais. Dissertation sur les assemblées nationales par Lauragais. Code National dedié aux etats generaux. Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 130, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","

The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. These tracts are similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue.[TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 15[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Considerations interessantes sur les affaires presentes.","5.","","","[Mignonneau.]","Considérations intéressantes sur les affaires présentes. Par M. *** . . . A Londres; et se trouve à Paris: chez Barrois l'ainé, 1788.","","

75 leaves.

Barbier I, 705. Quérard VI, 125.

Mignonneau, ''ancien commissaire des gardes-du-corps.'' The first edition of this tract was published in Paris in 1783." "25050","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Remercimens du peuple aux Notables.","1.","","","","Remerciemens du peuple aux notables. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

6 leaves. Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

A manuscript correction on page 4." "25060","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Memoire des Princes.","2.","","","","Mémoire des princes présenté au Roi. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?Paris, 1788.]","","

8 leaves, the last a blank.

Barbier III, 132. Not in Quérard.

Edited by Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Auget, Baron de Montyon, 1735-1820, French philanthropist." "25070","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Memoire du tiers etat.","3.","","","","Memoire du Tiers-Etat a présenter au Roi. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

4 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard." "25080","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Projet de reponse au Memoire des princes. par l'Abbé Morellet.","4.","","","[Morellet, André.]","Projet de réponse à un mémoire répandu sous le titre de Mémoire des princes. 21 Décembre 1788. Without name of place or printer. [Paris, 1788.]","","

First Edition. 28 leaves, including the first blank.

Barbier III, 1073. Quérard VI, 308.

On the title-page is written the chapter number, 24, possibly by Jefferson (cut into by the binder); par l'Abbe Morellet and the name André inserted by other hands.

For a note on Morellet, see no. 2446." "25090","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","De la Convocation des etats generaux. par la Cretelle.","5.","","","Lacretelle, Pierre Louis.","De la convocation des prochains états-Généraux en France, par M. La Cretelle. Nouvelle édition corrigée. [?Paris] 1788.","","

28 leaves.

Not in Quérard.

Pierre Louis Lacretelle, 1751-1824, French jurisconsult; deputé de Paris in the Legislative." "25100","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target.","6.","","","[Target, Gui Jean Baptiste.]","Les états-Généraux convoqués par Louis XVI. Without name of place or printer. [Paris, 1789.]","","

39 leaves, including a half-title; no title-page.

Barbier II, 303. Quérard IX, 344.

Jefferson has written the name of the author below the caption title; the chapter number, 24, on the half-title, may be in his hand.

Gui Jean Baptiste Target, 1733-1806, French advocate and politician, député from Paris at the Constituante." "25110","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","De la Convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie.","7.","","","[La Métherie, Jean Claude de.]","De la Convocation des états-Géneraux. Without name of place or printer. [Paris, 1788?]","","

18 leaves, caption title.

Barbier I, 760. Not in Quérard.

With the autograph signature of the author, De la Metherie, at the foot of the first page.

This, and in all probability the other tract by La Métherie bound in this volume (unnumbered, after no. 13 below), was given to Jefferson by the author.

On December 3, 1788, he wrote to Jefferson (both being in Paris at the time):

L'interet que vous prenez a nos affaires politiques, et au bonheur de la nation, me fait esperer que vous aussi liserez un memoire ou je propose des idées qui nous servient & aussi utiles qui les l'ont usé a votre ancienne et a votre nouvelle patrie.

La Metherie signed himself auteur du journal de physique. On May 12, 1789, La Métherie wrote to Jefferson requesting an interview with him to discuss the projet de constitution que je presente aux etats generaux. For a scientific work by the same author see no. 846." "25120","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Memoire pour le peuple François.","8.","","","[Cerutti, Antoine Joseph Joachim.]","Memoire pour le peuple François. Seconde édition corrigée et augmentée . . . [?Paris] 1788.","","

50 leaves, including the first blank.

Barbier III, 144. Quérard II, 102.

Antoine Joseph Joachim Cerutti, 1738-1792, an Italian by birth, was at one time a Jesuit, but later one of the apostles of the revolution. The first edition of this work was printed in the same year." "25130","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Instruction du Duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigée par l'Abbé Sieyes.","9.","","","","Instruction donnée par S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, à ses représentans aux bailliages. Suivie de délibérations à prendre dans les Assemblées. Quatrième édition, corrigée. [Paris] 1789.","","

40 leaves, including the first blank.

Barbier II, 933. Quérard V, 312, and IX, 133. Tourneux III, 12530b.

On the title-page Jefferson has written redigée par l'Abbé Sieyes. The first part was edited by Geoffroy, Marquis de Limon, and the Deliberations written by the Abbé

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes.

Geoffroy, Marquis de Limon, d. 1799, was intendant of the finances of the Duc d'Orleans.

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, 1748-1836, French abbé and statesman. The earlier editions were published in the same year." "25140","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Societé patriotique.","10.","","","[Soulés, Antoine Prosper.]","Société Patriotique. On procéda à l'élection d'un président, & M. Durand fut unanimement élu. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

16 leaves. The name of the author is given in the caption title on A2; 2 lines of text scored through on page 21. Tourneux 10052.

For another pamphlet by the same author see no. 2456." "25150","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Observations sur les pretensions des 3. ordres par André.","11.","","","[André, Jean François.]","Observations sur les prétentions réciproques des trois ordres du royaume. Par Publius. [?Paris] 1789.","","

42 leaves including the first blank.

Not in Barbier. Quérard I, 57.

Above Par Publius on the title-page Jefferson has written l'Abbe André.

Jean François André, b. 1744." "25160","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat par. Rabaut de St. Etienne.","12.","","","[Rabaut de Saint-étienne, Jean Paul.]","Considérations sur les intérêts du Tiers-état. Adressées au peuple des provinces. Par un propriétaire foncier. Seconde édition. [?Paris] 1788.","","

54 leaves. [The name of the author written in ink on the title-page.]

Barbier I, 723. Quérard VII, 412. Haag VIII, 358, vi.

Jean Paul Rabaut De St. étienne, born in 1743, was proscribed and executed in 1793. The first edition of this pamphlet appeared earlier in the same year. For his Impartial history of the late revolution in France, see no. 229." "25170","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Arreté du parlement du 5. Dec. 1788.","13.","","","","Arrêté du Parlement, du 5 Décembre 1788, les pairs y séant; sur la situation actuelle de la nation. [?Paris, 1788.]","","4 leaves." "25180","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","","","","","[La Métherie, Jean Claude de.]","Protestation contre la forme des lettres pour la convocation des états-Généraux. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1788]","","

4 leaves; caption title.

Barbier III, 1094. Not in Quérard.

See no. 7 in this volume of tracts." "25190","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election.","14.","","","","Avis de plusieurs bons citoyens de tous les ordres a toutes les Assemblées d'élection qui doivent se tenir dans les pays d'états, & dans les bailliages & sénéchaussées du royaume, pour nommer les representans de la nation, aux Etats-Généraux. [?Paris] 1788.","","

10 leaves, including the last blank.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard." "25200","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins.","15.","","","","Arrêté de messieurs les prevôt des marchands, et echevins; sur un requisitoire du procureur du Roi & de la ville de Paris, au sujet d'un imprimé, sans nom d'auteur ni d'imprimeur, ayant pour titre: Réflexions d'un avocat, consulté par un membre du Tiers-Etat de la ville de Paris, sur l'arrêté du corps municipal, & le requisitoire du procureur du Roi & de cette ville, en date du 30 Décembre dernier, &c. [Paris: de l'imprimerie de Lottin l'ainé, & Lottin de St-Germain, M.DCC.LXXXIX.] [1789]","","

63 leaves, caption title, printers' imprint at the end, signed Veytard.

Veytard, député from Paris at the Constituante, was a curé. In 1789 he was appointed clerk of the court to the commune of Paris." "25210","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Observations sur les Systemes de Turgot et Necker.","16.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Observations d'un Républicain sur les différens systemes d'administrations provinciales, particulièrement sur ceux de MM. Turgot & Necker, & sur le bien qu'on peut en espérer dans les gouvernemens monarchiques . . . Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

28 leaves in eights, signatures H-K8, D4, pp. [113]-[168] of Des administrations provinciales, mémoire presenté au roi par Turgot (actually written by Dupont de Nemours).

Quérard I, 520.

The entry was omitted by Jefferson on the fly-leaf and has been added by another hand.

A number of the works of Brissot de Warville appear in this catalogue." "25220","J. 109","Tracts sur les etats generaux. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Remercimens du peuple aux Notables. Memoire des Princes. Memoire du Tiers etat. Projet de reponse au Memoire des Princes par l'Ab. Morellet. La Cretelle de la Convocation des etats generaux. Les etats generaux convoqués par Louis XVI. par Target. De la convocation des etats generaux. par de la Metherie. Memoire pour le peuple François. Instruction du duc d'Orleans à ses representans. redigeé par l'Ab. Sieyes. Societé patriotique. Observations sur les pretentions des 3. ordres par l'Abbé André. Considerations sur les interets du tiers etat. par Rabaut de St. Etienne. Arreté du Parlement du 5. Dec. 1788. Avis de plusieurs citoyens aux assemblées d'election. Arreté du Prevot des marchands et echevins. Declaration des Droits par Condorcet . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 131, Tracts, sur les Etats Generaux, 8vo.","The above listed tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, m. e. The tracts are similarly listed (with variations) by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and are numbered by the same hand that entered no. 16, q. v. [No. 2521.] With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Listed also on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 16[/TBE]","Declaration des droits par Condorcet.","17.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Declaration des Droits, traduite de l'anglois, avec l'original a coté. A Londres, 1789.","","

45 leaves including the half-title, French and English text on opposite pages.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the name of the author: par le Marquis de Condorcet, and has changed traduite de l'Anglois to read: traduite en Anglois, adding par le Docteur Gem.

Jefferson had three copies of this work, see no. 2442 and no. 2568. On this copy he has inserted on the title-page, in ink, the name of the author and of the translator, and has also corrected the printed mis-statement, traduite de l'Anglois. The title as amended by him reads: Declaration des Droits, par le Marquis de Condorcet traduite en Anglois, par le Docteur Gem avec l'original a cote.

Jefferson sent a copy of this Declaration des Droits to James Madison, writing to him from Paris on January 12, 1789:

. . . every body here is trying their hand at forming declarations of rights. as something of that kind is going on with you also, I send you two specimens from hence. the one is by our friend of whom I have just spoken [La Fayette]. you will see that it contains the essential principles of ours accomodated as much as could be to the actual state of things here. the other is from a very sensible man, a pure theorist, of the sect called the economists, of which Turgot was considered the head. the former is adapted to the existing abuses; the latter goes to those possible as well as to those existing . . .

Bibliographers usually attribute the translation to Philip Mazzei; Jefferson appears to be the only person to attribute it to Dr. Gem, an English surgeon whom Mazzei met in London, and who was a close friend of Jefferson in France. A letter from Jefferson, dated from New York April 4, 1790, immediately after his return to the United States, addressed to Dr. Gem at Bordeaux, opens:

In bidding adieu, my dear Doctor, to the country which united our residence, I find the loss of your society & instructive conversation among the leading circumstances of regret. be assured that I feel it most sensibly, and accept my warm acknolegements for all your kindnesses & services to me and my family while at Paris . . .

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are three pages of prescriptions in manuscript, inscribed by Jefferson : Prescription. Gem's." "25230","J. 110","","","","Resumé general des cahiers du Clergé, de la Noblesse, et du Tiers.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 133, as above.","[Prudhomme, Louis Marie.—Laurent de Mézières, François Silvain.]","Résumé général, ou extrait des cahiers de pouvoirs, instructions, demandes & doléances, remis par les divers bailliages, sénéchaussées & pays d'états du royaume, à leurs députés à l'Assemblée des Etats-Généraux, ouverts à Versailles le 4 Mai 1789. Avec une table raisonnée des matieres. Par une Société de Gens de Lettres . . . Tome premier [-troisième]. Without name of place or printer [Paris: Louis Marie Prudhomme] 1789.","DC141 .3 .A4P8","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 229, 231 and 338 leaves, each with a half-title indicating the substance of the volume: I. Clergé; II. Noblesse; III. Tiers-Etat. The leaf of Avertissement in vol. I indicates that the work can be found chez M. Laurent de Mézières, & chez M. Prudhomme [and others], the price 13 livres 10 sols. The Discours préliminaire in volume I by Jean Rousseau.

Barbier IV, 337. Quérard VII, 364; IV, 623.

Original sprinkled calf, red and green labels on the back lettered Resumé des Cahiers. I. Clergé, II. Noblesse, III. Tiers. A small hole burnt in the leaf of Avertissement. Not initialled by Jefferson. The names of the authors written in ink on the title of vol. I and on the Discours préliminaire (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought two sets of this work, each for 13. 10, from Froullé, on July 11 and August 8, 1789, respectively. It is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Louis Marie Prudhomme, 1752-1830, famous revolutionary, was also a printer, publisher and bookbinder.

François Silvain Laurent de Mézières, French author.

Jean Rousseau, author of the Discours préliminaire, is described by the authorities, and in manuscript on the Discours in volume I, as ''mort senateur''." "25240","J. 111","","","","Cahiers de Nemours. par Dupont.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 129, as above.","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Baillivale de Nemours pour la convocation des États-Généraux; avec les cahiers des trois ordres. Tome premier, contenant le procès-verbal, le cahier du clergé, celui de la noblesse, & la première partie de celui du Tiers-Etat [-second, contenant la seconde & la troisième parties du cahier du Tiers-Etat]. A Paris: chez Pierre J. Duplain [chez Baudoin, imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale], 1789.","JN2473 .N4A5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 240 and 144 leaves; errata list on the last leaf in both volumes; publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half-title leaf in vol. I; printer's imprint at the end of vol. II.

Not in Barbier. Quérard II, 707.

Original calf, red and green labels on the back, green silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Several of the works of Dupont de Nemours, a close friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue." "25250","J. 112","Tracts on the French E. India company. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 382, as above, with reading East.","Four tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume quarto, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered, unlisted as above, in the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 22[/TBE]","","i.","","","","Mémoire a consulter, et consultation pour les négocians faisant le commerce des marchandises des Indes; contre la nouvelle Compagnie des Indes . . . [Paris: de l'imprimerie de Couturier] 1786.","","This is another copy of no. 2282. This copy has the first blank." "25260","J. 112","Tracts on the French E. India company. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 382, as above, with reading East.","Four tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume quarto, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered, unlisted as above, in the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 22[/TBE]","","ii.","","","[Morellet, André.]","Memoires relatifs à la discussion du privilège de la nouvelle Compagnie des Indes. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris: chez Demonville, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

71 leaves, in fours.

Barbier III, 251. Quérard VI, 307. Sabin 50597.

The author's name written in ink on the title-page. For a note on Morellet see no. 2446. First printed in Paris in 1786." "25270","J. 112","Tracts on the French E. India company. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 382, as above, with reading East.","Four tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume quarto, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered, unlisted as above, in the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 22[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Idées préliminaires sur le privilège exclusif de la Compagnie des Indes. A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

20 leaves, including the half-title and last blank, in fours.

Not in Barbier. Not in Sabin." "25280","J. 112","Tracts on the French E. India company. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 382, as above, with reading East.","Four tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume quarto, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Entered, unlisted as above, in the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 22[/TBE]","","iv.","","","[Hardouin de La Reynerie, Louis Eugene.—Bonnières, Alexandre Jules Benoit de.]","Consultation pour les actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes. A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin de S.-Germain, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","","

First Edition. 52 leaves, in fours; 8 leaves of printed tables at the end, the first folded, 4 in duplicate. [The names of the authors written in ink on the title-page.]

Barbier I, 737. Quérard IV, 30. Not in Sabin.

Louis Eugene Hardouin De La Reynerie, 1748-1789, French advocate.

Alexandre Jules Benoit De Bonnières, 1750-1801, French jurisconsult." "25290","J. 113","","","","Lettres critiques et Politiques sur les Colonies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 152, as above.","[Dubuisson, Paul Ulric—Dubucq, Jean Baptiste.]","Lettres critiques et politiques, sur les colonies & le commerce des villes maritimes de France, adressées à G. T. Raynal. Par M. *** . . . A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","JV1823 .D8","

First Edition. 8vo. 144 leaves including the half-title and the last blank; 8 leaves at the end with separate signatures and pagination for Conversation d'un Officier d'Artillerie.

Barbier II, 1231. Quérard II, 614, 615. Sabin 21032. Original French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark, sprinkled edges. Not initialled by Jefferson. The names of the authors written in ink on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4-0.

Paul Ulric Dubuisson, 1746-1794, French author, died on the scaffold.

Jean Baptiste Dubucq, 1717-1795, French economist, was a native of Martinique." "25300","J. 114","","","","Essai sur l'Administration de St. Domingue.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97, no. 153, as above.","Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François.","Essai sur l'administration de St. Domingue, par Guillaume Thomas Raynal. Without name of place or printer [?Genève], 1785.","F1923 .R27","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves.

Quérard VII, 472. Sabin 68079. Not in Hazard.

French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work is taken from the Abbé Raynal's Histoire philosophique (see no. 466), possibly by another hand.

Entered with the price on the undated manuscript catalogue: L'Administration de St. Domingue (dite) par Raynal. 8vo. 5-0." "25310","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Le Pour et le Contre [par Dubucq added by another hand].","1.","","","[Dubucq, Jean Baptiste.]","Le Pour et le Contre sur un objet de grande discorde et d'importance majeure. Convient-il à l'administration de céder part, ou de ne rien céder aux étrangers dans le commerce de la métropole avec ses colonies? A Londres [Paris], 1784.","","

18 leaves.

Barbier III, 965. Quérard II, 614. Sabin 21034.

In the upper margin of the title-page Jefferson has written the chapter number and subject of the tracts:

24. France. Colonies [cut into]. The author's name is added by the same hand that wrote it on the fly-leaf. Corrections in the text in a French hand.

Other tracts by Dubucq appear in this catalogue." "25320","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Reponse au Pour et Contre.","2.","","","","Réponse à la brochure intitulée Le Pour et le Contre. A Londres [Paris], 1785.","","

32 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21034.

Manuscript marginal annotations by Jefferson." "25330","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre.","3.","","","","Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre, dans la question du commerce libre des colonies. Et sur les réponses qui lui ont été faites. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

14 leaves including a half-title, no title-page.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21034.

A manuscript correction on page 11 in a French hand." "25340","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'Admission des etrangers dans nos colonies.","4.","","","","Réflexions d'un Vieillard du pays de Médoc, sur l'arrêt du conseil du 30 août dernier, qui permet l'admission des étrangers dans nos colonies. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], 1785.","","

28 leaves, 2 folded tables.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21035.

Attributed by Sabin to Dubucq." "25350","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre.","5.","","","[Dubucq, Jean Baptiste.]","Réponse au Contradicteur de la brochure initulée: Le Pour et le Contre. A Londres [Paris], 1785.","","

First Edition. 69 leaves, errata list on the verso of the last leaf.

Barbier IV, 296. Quérard II, 614. Sabin 69719.

The name of the author written on the title." "25360","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Precis pour les colonies Françaises contre les Negocians de villes maritimes.","6.","","","","Précis pour les grand propriétaires des colonies Françaises de l'Amérique, contre les divers écrits des négocians des villes maritimes du Royaume. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

4 leaves; caption title.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21035.

Attributed by Sabin to Dubucq." "25370","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","La Ligne de demarcation, ou Plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles.","7.","","","","La Ligne de démarcation, ou plan qui pourroit être un des moins mauvais à suivre dans l'approvisionnement des Isles françoises de l'Amérique & dans le commerce avec elles. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], n. d.","","

6 leaves; caption title.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21035.

Attributed by Sabin to Dubucq." "25380","J. 115","Tracts. French colonies. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . Le Pour et le Contre. Reponse au Pour et Contre. Observations sommaires sur le Pour et le Contre. Reflections d'un Vieillard sur l'admission des etrangers dans nos colonies. Reponse au Contradicteur du Pour et Contre. Precis pour les Colonies Françaises contre les Negocians. La Ligne de demarcation, ou plan pour l'approvisionnement des isles. Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 381, Tracts, French Colonies, 4to.","Eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 4to, French marbled calf, marbled endpapers, m. e., red silk bookmark; the titles listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf, and numbered by another hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Similarly listed on the undated manuscript catalogue. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 2[/TBE]","Reflections sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies.","8.","","","[Foache, Stanislaus.]","Réflexions sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies. Without name of place or printer [?Paris], 1787.","","

34 leaves including the first blank.

Barbier IV, 157. Not in Quérard. Sabin 21035 (attributed to Dubucq).

A few manuscript corrections in a French hand.

Stanislaus Foache was a merchant at Le Havre." "25390","J. 116","","","","Essai sur les Colonies Françoises.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 42, Essais sur les Colonies Françaises, 12mo.","[Saintard, P.]","Essai sur les Colonies Françoises; ou discours politiques sur la nature du gouvernement, de la population & du commerce de la colonie de S. D. . . . M DCC LIV. [Paris, 1754.]","JV1823 .S2","

First Edition. 12mo. 184 leaves, including the half-title, list of errata on the fourth leaf, with a slip of Addition pasted down on the lower blank margin of the verso.

Barbier II, 255. Quérard VIII, 391. Sabin 75518.

Contemporary French red morocco, gilt, line fillets on sides, gilt back, g. e., marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Par Saintard and Paris written in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4-10.

P. Saintard, died ca. 1760, was a syndic of the India Company." "25400","J. 117","","","","Bart sur les colonies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 154, as above.","Bart, T. M.","Considérations philosophiques et politiques sur le régime des colonies. Par T. M. Bart, Colon de St.-Domingue . . . Se vend à Bordeaux: chez Pagaud et Baudin, imprimeurs . . . et chez les principaux libraires et marchands de nouveautés. n. d. [1801.]","JV1823 .B3","

First Edition. 8vo. 121 leaves including the half-title, 2 folded tables.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 3701.

Original half calf, blue silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. The Avis on the verso of the title-leaf signed in ink by the author and publishers, T. M. Bart, S. J. Baudin and Pagaud. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "25410","118","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 155, Des Colonies Modernes, et particulierement de St. Domingue, par Barré St. Venant, 8vo.","Barré Saint-Venant, Jean.","Des Colonies modernes sous la Zone Torride, et particulièrement de celle de Saint-Domingue; ouvrage dans lequel on découvre les causes de leurs malheurs, et où l'on développe les véritables principes du gouvernement qui leur convient; les moyens économiques de les faire arriver promptement à la plus grande prospérité, et de rendre le sort des Nègres préférable à celui d'aucun peuple de l'Europe. Par M. Barré Saint-Venant, ancien capitaine d'artillerie, ex-lieutenant-colonel de cavalerie, membre et correspondant de plusieurs sociétés savantes, et Colon de Saint-Domingue. A Paris: chez Brochot père et compagnie [De l'imprimerie d'Ant. Bailleul], An X. (1802.)","JV201 .B3","

First Edition. 8vo. 268 leaves, including one for the errata list, folded table, map, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard I, 192. Sabin 3592. Not in Hazard.

This may be Jefferson's copy, but it is not initialled by him, and any marks of provenance have been lost in rebinding.

Purchased by Jefferson from Reibelt, Baltimore, on December 24, 1804, price $2.50.

Jean Barré Saint-Venant, 1757-1810, was sent with his regiment to St. Domingo, where he remained for some years, and was made a member of the chambers of agriculture and of the commerce of the colonies. On his return to France he became a member of the Société d'Agriculture de Department de la Seine, of which Jefferson was an honorary member." "25420","119","","","","Brougham: on the Colonial policy of Europe.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 233, as above.","Brougham, Henry Peter, Baron Brougham and Vaux.","An inquiry into the colonial policy of the European Powers. In two volumes. By Henry Brougham Jun. Esq. F.R.S. Vol. I [-II]. Edinburgh: printed by D. Willison for E. Balfour, Manners & Miller, and Archibald Constable; and T. N. Longman & O. Rees, London, 1803.","JV171 .B8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 196 leaves, vol. II, 197 leaves, printer's imprint at the end of each volume. Lowndes I, 284. Sabin 8409. McCulloch, page 92. Thomas, no. 3.

Jefferson purchased a copy in 1804; it is included in a list of books in his handwriting purchased in that year (in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress).

Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778-1868, Lord Chancellor. This work, written before he was of age, relates largely to America, and contains résumés of the colonial policies of the various European governments." "25430","J. 120","","","","Calonne de l'etat de la France present et a venir.","","8vo. Lond. 1790.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 123, Colonne de l'etat de la France, present et a venir, 8vo, 1790.","Calonne, Charles Alexandre De.","De l'état de la France, présent & à venir. Par M. de Calonne, Ministre d'Etat . . . A Londres: de l'imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & fils, Octobre 1790.","JN2485 1790 .C32","

First Edition. 8vo. 240 leaves, with the starred signatures G and I.

Quérard II, 25.

Contemporary tree sheep; not initialled by Jefferson; a correction in ink on page xv. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A copy in the Rare Books Division in the Library of Congress in the original boards has on the inside cover an autograph inscription by William Temple Franklin reading: Mr. Adams is desired after perusing this Work to lend it to Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Secv. Hamilton. W. T. F.

For a note on Calonne see no. 2303." "25440","J. 121","","","","Answers to Burke by Priestly and Mackintosh.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 148, Answers to Burke, by Priestly and M'Intosh, 8vo.","Priestley, Joseph.","Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France, &c. The third edition, corrected. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. . . . Birmingham: printed: New-York: re-printed by Hugh Gaine . . . M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","DC150 .B9 .P72","

8vo. 40 leaves in fours.

Evans 23716. Ford, Journals of Hugh Gaine, I, page 164. Fulton and Peters, page 15.

Bound for Jefferson in sheep, a red label on the back lettered Answers to Burke, and a later label added with the names of the two authors included in the volume: Priestley/and/Mackintosh/ Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This pamphlet, in which Priestley vindicated the principles of the French Revolution, was first published in Birmingham on January 1, 1791." "25450","","","","","","","","","Mackintosh, Sir James.","Vindiciæ Gallicæ. Defence of the French Revolution and its English admirers against the accusations of The Right Hon. Edmund Burke; including some strictures on the late production of Mons. de Calonne. By James Mackintosh.—[The French Constitution, revised, amended, and finally decreed, by the National Assembly. Presented to the King on the 3d, and accepted by him on the 13th of September, 1791.] Philadelphia: Printed by William Young, M,DCC,XCII-I. [1792, 1.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

8vo. 2 parts in 1. 88 and 14 leaves in fours, separate title-pages, signatures and pagination; Young's advertisement, dated April 9, 1792, on the verso of the last leaf of the first tract.

Evans 24495.

Presented to Jefferson by John Brown Cutting with an inscription in his handwriting on the title-page: Mr Jefferson from his respectful aff[ ] and most obedt. sert. J. B. C [the rest cut off by the binder].

Sir James Mackintosh, 1765-1832, Scottish philosopher. This tract was considered one of the most effective defences of the Whig sympathizers of the Revolution. The first English edition was published in April 1791, and contains passages suppressed from the later editions. All copies do not have the French Constitution at the end." "25460","J. 122","","","","Sur l'administration de M. Necker. par luimeme.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 124, as above.","Necker, Jacques.","Sur l'administration de M. Necker. Par lui-même . . . Prix 4 liv. 10 sols. A Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1791.","HJ1082 .N8","

8vo. 240 leaves, including the half-title.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in McCulloch. Palgrave III, 14.

Rebound in buckram in 1944 and the proofs of provenance removed. Not initialled by Jefferson.

For a note on Necker see no. 2437.

The first edition was published in Amsterdam earlier in the same year." "25470","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.","1.","","","","Procès-verbal de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi à Versailles, le lundi 6 août 1787. A Paris: de l'imprimerie royal, M. DCCLXXXVII. [1787.]","","

30 leaves, imprint on the title and at the end.

On the title are written Jefferson's instructions to the binder, see above.

This, and that of May 8 (no. 3 in this volume of tracts) were the last two lits de justice held." "25480","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.","2.","","","Barbé Marbois, François, Marquis De.","Etat des finances de Saint-Domingue, contenant le résumé des recettes & dépenses de toutes les caisses publiques, depuis le 10 novembre 1785, jusqu'au 1er janvier 1788, par M. Barbé de Marbois, intendant des Isles Françoises sous le vent. Au Port-au-Prince: de l'imprimerie de Mozard. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788.]","","

36 leaves including the half-title; 11 folded tables (printed on blue paper).

Not in Quérard. Sabin 3304. Hazard, page xxii (1790).

François, Marquis de Barbé Marbois, 1745-1837, French statesman, held the appointment of Intendant général des Isles sous le Vent from 1785 to 1789.

This état des Finances was written after a decret demanding that colonial officers give an account of their administration and expenses, and proved that de Barbé Marbois had left more than a million in the exchequer, and in the royal warehouses six million hundredweight of flour and other provisions. Quérard has only an état des Finances from 1 janvier 1788 to 3 décembre in the same year.

It was to answer the questions of de Barbé Marbois that Jefferson wrote the Notes on the State of Virginia." "25490","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788.","3.","","","","Discours du Roi, à l'ouverture du Lit de Justice, tenu à Versailles, le 8 mai 1788. [-Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer l'ordonnance du Roi, sur l'administration de la justice—Ordonnance du Roi, sur l'administration de la justice—Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer l'édit du Roi, portant suppression des tribunaux d'exception—édit du Roi, portant suppression des tribunaux d'exception—Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer la déclaration du Roi, relative à l'ordonnance criminelle—Déclaration du Roi, relative à l'ordonnance criminelle—Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer l'édit du Roi, portant réduction d'offices dans sa Cour de Parlement de Paris—édit du Roi, portant réduction d'offices dans sa Cour de Parlement de Paris—Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer l'édit du Roi, portant rétablissement de la Cour Plénière—édit du Roi, portant rétablissement de la Cour Plénière—Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux, pour annoncer la déclaration du Roi, sur les vacances—Déclaration du Roi, sur les vacances.] Discours du Roi, à la fin du Lit de Justice, tenu à Versailles, le 8 mai 1788. A Versailles: de l'imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, premier imprimeur ordinaire du Roi [1788].","","Together 13 tracts on 69 leaves including 1 blank, separate signatures and pagination, caption titles, imprints at the end of each tract except the preliminary and final Discours du Roi. The tracts have printed numbers in the lower margin, the Discours de M. le Garde des Sceaux being numbered 1 to 6 respectively, and the corresponding Ordonnances, édits and Declarations du Roi 1. b. to 6. b." "25500","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27. Avr. 1789.","4.","","","","Lettre du Roi [Louis XVI] pour la convocation des états-Généraux à Versailles, le 27 avril 1789, et règlement y annexé. A Paris: de l'imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXIX. [1789.]","","2 parts in 1, 12 and 8 leaves, separate signatures; the second part has the état, par ordre alphabétique, des bailliages royaux & des sénéchaussées royales des pays d'élections . . ." "25510","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris.","5.","","","Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Motifs des commissaires, pour adopter le plan de municipalité, qu'ils ont présenté à l'Assemblée générale des Représentans de la Commune: Lus à l'Assemblée-Générale, par J.-P. Brissot de Warville, représentant de la Commune; suivis du projet du plan de municipalité. A Paris: chez Lottin de S.-Germain, août, 1789.","","

2 parts in 1 with separate signatures, 14 and 26 leaves; 2 leaves partly unopened; imprint on the title and at the end.

Not in Quérard. Tourneux 5323.

Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, député de Paris at the Legislative and the Convention, and later Minister of the Interior. He was executed as a Girondin in 1793. Brissot de Warville knew Jefferson and visited the United States; several works by him occur in this catalogue." "25520","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Memoire de M. de la Luzerne.","6.","","","","Mémoire des Ministres du Roi, adressé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 24 octobre 1789. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1789.","","

6 leaves, uncut, caption title, imprint at the end. Signed by l'Archevêque de Bordeaux, le M.a1 de Beauvais, le C.te de Montmorin, le C.te de la Luzerne, Necker, le C.te de Saint-Priest, l'ancien Archevêque de Vienne, le C.te de la Tour du Pin.

The M. de la Luzerne, to whom Jefferson ascribes this Mémoire, was César Henri, Comte de La Luzerne, 1737-1799, French statesman, and the elder brother of Jefferson's friend, Anne-César, Chevalier de La Luzerne, at that time Ambassador in England. For another Mémoire by La Luzerne see no. 2556." "25530","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","","7.","","","Louis XVI.","Discours prononcé par le Roi, à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 4 février 1790. [A Bordeaux: chez Michel Racle, imprimeur de I'intendance, 1790.]","","

6 leaves, the last a blank; caption title, imprint at the end, all blank margins cut off.

This Discours is numbered 7 in ink on the first page in the same hand, probably the binder, as the other tracts. It is not included by Jefferson in his list of the tracts contained in the volume [see above]." "25540","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux.","8.","","","","Rapport fait a une assemblée de négocians et capitalistes de Bordeaux, imprimé à la demande du commerce, et par ordre de la Chambre, au profit des pauvres de la Société Philanthropique. A Bordeaux: de l'imprimerie de P. Phillippot, imprimeur de la Chambre de Commerce, M.DCC.LXXXX. [1790.]","","12 leaves including the first blank, printed on blue paper. The Avant-Propos is dated from Bordeaux, le 29 mars, 1790." "25550","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","","[8a.]","","","Pigott, Robert.","Liberté de la Presse. [Paris:] [de l'imprimerie de Veuve Herissant.] n. d.","","

2 leaves, printed in double columns; caption title, printer's imprint at the end.

At the beginning: Très-respectueuse Adresse a l'Assemblée Nationale de France, présentée par Robert Pigot, Ecuyer Anglois.

At the end: L'impression de cette Adresse a été ordonnée par l'Assemblée Nationale.

This pamphlet is not called for in Jefferson's list, and is not serially numbered on the title in ink; as are all the other tracts in the volume. It was possibly inserted at a later date.

Robert Pigott, 1736-1794, English food and dress reformer, left England for the continent on the outbreak of the war with the American colonies. He was an ardent supporter of the French Revolution." "25560","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Memoire de M. de la Luzerne.","9.","","","La Luzerne, César Henri, Comte de.","Mémoire envoyé le 18 juin 1790, au Comité des Rapports de l'Assemblée Nationale, par M. de la Luzerne, Ministre & Secrétaire d'Etat. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","","

3 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination: 61 leaves including the first blank, 36 and 42 leaves, the last part for the Pièces Justificatives, with separate half-title.

Quérard IV, 470 (under Cardinal C. G. de la Luzerne). Not in Sabin.

César Henri, Comte de La Luzerne, served with distinction in the French navy, to which in 1787 he was named Minister by Louis XVI. In October 1790, he was denounced for incompetence before the Assemblée Nationale by M. Gouy-d'Arcy, and wrote this Mémoire, dealing largely with the affairs of St. Domingue, in his own justification.

Cardinal César Guillaume de La Luzerne, to whom the Mémoire is wrongly attributed by Quérard, was the brother of César Henri and of Anne César de La Luzerne." "25570","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly.","10.","","","","Petition respectueuse des Amis de la Societé Chretienne, apelés Quakers, prononcée à l'Assemblée Nationale, le jeudi 10 février 1791.—The respectful petition of the Christian Society of Friends called Quakers, delivered before the National Assembly, Thursday 10th February, 1791. London: printed by James Phillips. [1791.]","","

4 leaves, French and English texts in parallel columns, caption titles, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Smith.

Sent to Jefferson by James Pemberton who has written at the end: Jam[???] Pemberton to The Secretary of the United States of N. A.

James Pemberton, 1723-1809, a famous philanthropist and merchant of Philadelphia, was a prominent member of the Society of Friends." "25580","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Adresse des amis des noirs par Claviere.","11.","","","Claviere, étienne.","Adresse de la Societé des Amis des Noirs . . . Rédigée par E. Claviere, membre de cette société. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie du Patriote François, mars 1791.","","This is another copy of no. 1382." "25590","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou.","12.","","","Montesquiou-Fezensac, Anne Pierre, Marquis de.","Mémoires sur les finances du Royaume, présentés à l'Assemblée Nationale, à la séance du 9 septembre 1791, au nom du Comité des Finances, par M. de Montesquiou, député de Paris; avec des Pièces justificatives. Imprimés par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791.","","

2 parts in 1, 33 and 12 leaves; the second part for the Tableaux contenans les comptes de M. Necker et de M. Dufresne, du premier mai 1789 au premier janvier 1791 . . . with half-title and separate signatures and pagination.

Quérard VI, 247.

Anne Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac, 1741-1798, chief equerry to Monsieur, served in the army as Maréchal de camp, and later as General in chief of the army in the Alps. For replies to these Mémoires, see no. 2592 and 2600." "25600","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91.","13.","","","Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine François, Marquis de.","Discours de M. de Bertrand, Ministre de la Marine, à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 19 décembre 1791, sur l'état actuel de la colonie de Saint-Domingue. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791.]","","

8 leaves, caption title, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 5028.

Antoine François, Marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, 1744-1818, French historian." "25610","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Reponse de l'Empereur de 21. Dec. 91.","14.","","","Leopold II.","Réponse de l'Empereur aux explications demandées par le Roi, au sujet de l'office du 21 décembre, & autres pièces relatives au même objet. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1792.]","","

18 leaves including the last blank; caption title, printer's imprint at the end.

Leopold II, 1747-1792, Roman emperor, was the brother of Marie-Antoinette, the queen of Louis XVI." "25620","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue.","15.","","","Mirbeck, Frederic Ignace de.","Lettre à l'Assemblée coloniale de la partie française de Saint-Domingue, par M. de Mirbeck, commissaire national civil délégué par le Roi aux îles françaises de l'Amérique sous le vent. Au Cap-Français, le 27 février 1792. Au Cap-Français, chez Dufour de Rians, imprimeur des Commissaires nationaux-civils. [1792.]","","

4 leaves, foremargins cut off, caption title, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 49420.

Frederic Ignace de Mirbeck, 1732-1818, French avocat, was one of the Commissioners sent to St. Domingue in 1791." "25630","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S.","16.","","","","Copy of a Letter from an American officer in Paris to his friend in Virginia, brought by the Aimable Antoinette. Dated from Paris, 11th Novbr. 1792.","","

Manuscript written on both sides of 14 folio sheets of paper, folded.

Concerns Lafayette and the French revolution. The letter is not signed but according to Jefferson was by Mountflorence.

Major Mountflorence is mentioned in the President's message to Congress, April 3, 1798, see no. 3210." "25640","J. 123","Political tracts. French. 1787-1792. 4to. viz. Lit de justice du 6. Aout 1787.—Finances de St. Domingue de Marbois.—Lit de justice du 8. Mai 1788—lettre du roi pour la convocation des etats generaux 27 Avr. 1789.—Motifs et plan de municipalité de Paris—Memoire des ministres du 24. Oct. 89. Rapport aux negocians de Bordeaux. Memoire de M. de la Luzerne. Petñ of the Quakers to the National assembly. Addresse des amis des noirs par Claviere. Memoire sur les finances par Montesquiou. Discours de Bertrand sur St. Domingue 19. Dec. 91. Reponse de l'Empereur du 21. Dec. 91. lettre de Mirbeck à l'assemblée de St. Domingue. Mountflorence's lr[???] relative to La Fayette. M.S. Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 379, Political Tracts French, 87-92, 4to.","A collection of tracts in quarto bound together in the original half sheep, with later endpapers, and no list of the tracts in Jefferson's hand. On the upper margin of the title-page of the first tract Jefferson has written the chapter number 24, and his instructions to the binder of which only the words half bound remain, the rest almost completely cut away. The tracts are numbered in ink, serially. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. I[/TBE]","Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadeloupe.","17.","","","","A Vindication of the planters of Martinique & Guadaloupe against the charges made on them by their enemies. In a letter addressed to His Excellency the Viscount d'Arot Governor of Guadaloupe. MDCCXCIII. [1793.]","","

5 leaves. Signed at the end: A Friend to Liberty.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 99817." "25650","J. 124","","","","Etats Generaux de 1789. par Brissot.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 132, as above.","Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Plan de conduite pour les députés du peuple aux états-Généraux de 1789. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . Avril 1789.","JN2485 1789 .B8","

First Edition. 8vo. 170 leaves, the last 20 leaves with separate signatures and pagination for the Notes.

Quérard I, 520.

Contemporary calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Etats Généraux met on May 5, 1789 at Versailles for the first time since 1614. On June 17, by a motion of the abbé Siéyès, the Etats Généraux became the Assemblée Nationale.

Many of the writings of Brissot de Warville, q. v. appear in this catalogue." "25660","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","1.","","","[Jefferson, Thomas.]","An Act for establishing Religious Freedom, passed in the Assembly of Virginia in the beginning of the year 1786.—Acte de la République de Virginie, qui établit la liberté de religion, passé à l'assemblée de la Virginie au commencement de l'année 1786. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?Paris, ?1786]","","

4 leaves. French and English texts on opposite pages. Sabin 100344. This edition not in Swem, not in Ford, and not in Johnston.

Jefferson was in Paris at the time of the passing of the bill in 1786 by the Assembly, and immediately caused editions to be printed in that city. A translation was made by the Marquis de St. Lambert to whom Jefferson wrote on August 8, 1786:

Mr. Jefferson has the honour of presenting his compliments to Monsieur le Marquis de St. Lambert, and of thanking him for his very excellent translation of the act of the Virginia Assembly. an opportunity having occurred, before the receipt of it, of forwarding the act to some foreign courts where it was thought it would be well received, m[???] Jefferson had been obliged to print copies from a translation prepared for the Encyclopedie. he shall endeavor as soon as possible to avail the public of the better one of M. de St. Lambert. he begs leave to present to him, and also through him to Madame la Comtesse d'Houditot, the homage of his respects.

In a letter to George Wythe, dated from Paris, August 13, 1786, Jefferson wrote:

. . . The European papers have announced that the assembly of Virginia were occupied on the revisal of their Code of laws. this, with some other similar intelligence, has contributed much to convince the people of Europe, that what the English papers are constantly publishing of our anarchy, is false; as they are sensible that such a work is that of a people only who are in perfect tranquillity. our act for freedom of religion is extremely applauded. the Ambassadors & ministers of the several nations of Europe resident at this court have asked of me copies of it to send to their sovereigns, and it is inserted at full length in several books now in the press; among others, in the new Encyclopedie. I think it will produce considerable good even in these countries where ignorance, superstition, poverty & oppression of body & mind in every form, are so firmly settled on the mass of the people, that their redemption from them can never be hoped . . .

Four months later, on December 16, Jefferson wrote to James Madison:

. . . the Virginia act for religious freedom has been received with infinite approbation in Europe & propagated with enthusiasm. I do not mean by the governments, but by the individuals which compose them. it has been translated into French & Italian, has been sent to most of the courts of Europe, & has been the best evidence of the falshood of those reports which stated us to be in anarchy. it is inserted in the new Encyclopedie, & is appearing in most of the publications respecting America. in fact it is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings, priests & nobles: and it is honorable for us to have produced the first legislature who has had the courage to declare that the reason of man may be trusted with the formation of his own opinions . . .

Charles François de Saint-Lambert, 1716-1803, French poet and philosopher." "25670","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","2.","","","[Mazzei, Filippo.]","De l'Emigration. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

16 leaves: A-B8, the last a blank.

On the back of the half-title: Ce discours sur l'émigration, forme le VII[???] chapitre de la quatrième partie des Recherches historiques & politiques sur les états-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Not in Quérard, Sabin or Garlick. This edition not in Ford.

On the half-title Jefferson has written: par Mazzei.

This pamphlet consists of a translation into French of Benjamin Franklin's Advice to such as would remove to America, headed Avis à ceux qui voudroient émigrer en Amerique, preceded by an introductory paragraph on one page by Mazzei, in which the author of the Notes sur l'état de Virginie is also mentioned, the whole extracted from the Recherches Historiques & Politiques (q. v.).

This reprint seems to be unknown to bibliographers; the only French edition cited by Ford is a title from the British Museum Catalogue: Avis a ceux qui voudraient s'en aller en Amérique.

In Jefferson's account book, under date September 20, 1788, is an entry: Pd for reprinting Dr Franklin's advice to emigrants 18f 16." "25680","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","3.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Declaration des Droits, traduite de l'anglois, avec l'original a coté. A Londres, 1789.","","

45 leaves including the half title, English and French texts on opposite pages.

Barbier I, 845. Quérard II, 268.

Originally written in French by Condorcet. The English text is the translation and is attributed by bibliographers to Philip Mazzei, q. v., but by Jefferson to Dr. Gem. For the full note see the copy annotated by Jefferson, no. 2522." "25690","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","4.","","","Mounier, Jean Joseph.","Exposé de la conduite de M. Mounier, dans l'Assemblée Nationale, et des motifs de son retour en Dauphiné. Edition exacte. A Paris: chez Desenne, 1789.","","

3 parts in 1, 32, 20, and 20 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination.

Quérard VI, 342.

The 3 parts numbered in ink 4, 5, 6, as separate tracts; at the end of the second part Jefferson has written Mounier; a few other notes in ink are not by Jefferson. Jean Joseph Mounier, 1758-1806, French statesman, was a député from Dauphiné to the Assembly." "25700","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","5.","","","","[No. 43.] Correspondance générale, ou Journal de la Société des 83 Departemens . . . Qu'étions-nous, que faisons-nous encore en 1789? [Paris: de l'imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1791.]","","

8 leaves with sig. C, paged 33-48, caption title. Tome III. Mai, 1791 in the lower margin of the first page; printer's imprint, undated, at the end.

Pages 46 to the end contain: Annonce. Sur l'Administration de M. Necker, par lui-même . . ." "25710","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","6.","","","","No. III. Assemblée Nationale, et commune de Paris, ou rapport très-exact des séances de l'Assemblée Nationale & des communes de Paris. Par continuation du Journal intitulé: Versailles et Paris . . . [Paris: chez Cuchet Libraire, rue & Hôtel Serpente, de l'imprimerie de Valleyre le jeune, 1789.]","","

4 leaves with sig. A, pages 1-8, caption title, imprint at the end.

The Assemblée Nationale came into being on June 17, 1789, on a motion of the Abbé Siéyès, replacing the Etats Généraux. The Journal was founded by Etienne Le Hodey, see the next number." "25720","J. 125","Political tracts. French. 1789. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 138, as above.","A collection of 7 political pamphlets bound together, probably for Jefferson, in a half binding; 8vo., with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. JA36 .P8 vol. 9","","7.","","","","Assemblée Nationale permanente. Séance du 26. [Paris: de l'imprimerie du Rédacteur. 1789.]","","

8 leaves from Tome VII, no. 8, sig. H, pages 105-120, caption title, imprint at the end. Signed at the end Le Hodey de Saultchevreuil.

Etienne Le Hodey, 1754-1830, was born in Sault-Chevreuil. On the reassembly of the Etats Généraux in 1789 Le Hodey was the first to suggest rendering a comte rendu of the debates, and founded the Journal des Etats Généraux, later the Journal de l'Assemblée Nationale, of which the chief editor was Rabaut de Saint-Etienne, q. v." "25730","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar].","1.","","","Eymar, Ange Marie, Comte D'.","Quelques réflexions sur la nouvelle division du Royaume. Par M. d'Eymar, député de Forcalquier. [Paris: de l'imprimerie de Vezard & Le Normant, 1790.]","","

12 leaves: A8, B4, caption title, printer's imprint at the end. Dated at the end Paris, le 4 Février 1790.

Quérard III, 49.

On the upper margin of the first leaf Jefferson has written his instructions to the binder as noted above. Ange Marie, Comte d'Eymar, c. 1740-1803, député from Forcalquier to the Assemblée Nationale, was one of the members of the noblesse who joined the Tiers-Etat." "25740","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.","2.","","","","Rapport du comité de constitution, sur l'organisation du Pouvoir Judiciaire. Sur l'imprimé a Paris, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.","","

12 leaves in fours.

The Organisation of the ''Pouvoir Judiciaire'' was the first preoccupation of the Constituante in 1789, and occupied the Assemblée for almost a year." "25750","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.","3.","","","Servan, Antoine Joseph Michel.","Adresse aux amis de la paix. Par M. Servan, ancien Avocat-Général au Parlement de Grenoble. [?Paris] 1790.","","

36 leaves in fours.

This edition not in Quérard.

Antoine Joseph Michel Servan, 1737-1807, French avocat and député aux états Généraux. The first edition of this Adresse was published in 1789 in Paris." "25760","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Reponse à l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.","4.","","","[Condorcet, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de.]","Réponse à l'Adresse aux Provinces, ou réflexions sur les écrits publiés contre l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: chez Buisson, 1790.","","

35 leaves. The name of the author written on the title-page (not by Jefferson).

Barbier IV, 280. This edition not in Quérard.

First published in 1789. The Adresse aux Provinces has been attributed to the abbé de Montesquiou." "25770","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","De Pange sur la delation.","5.","","","Pange, Marie François Denis Thomas, Chevalier de.","Réflexions sur la délation, et sur le comité des recherches. Par M. le Chevalier de Pange. A Paris: chez Barrois l'aîné, 1790.","","

First Edition. 18 leaves in eights.

Not in Quérard. Tourneux III, 14282.

Marie François Denis Thomas, Chevalier de Pange, 1764-1796, French publicist and financial expert, was the author of several tracts, and collaborated with Condorcet in others." "25780","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie. par de Coulmiers.","6.","","","Coulmiers, François Simonnet d'Escolmiers, dit de.","Ni Banqueroute, ni Papier-monnoie. Opinion des M. de Coulmiers, abbé d'Abbecourt, membre de l'assemblée nationale. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Paris, 1790].","","

First Edition. 14 leaves: A8, B4, C2.

François Simonnet d'Escolmiers, dit de Coulmiers,

Abbé d'Abbecourt, député from Paris at the Constituante, signed the abandonment of the tithes." "25790","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.","7.","","","Dupont De Nemours, Pierre Samuel.","Le Pacte de famille et les conventions subséquentes, entre la France & l'Espagne; avec des observations sur chaque article. Par M. Dupont, député de Nemours à l'Assemblée Nationale. [Paris: chez Baudouin,] de l'Imprimerie Nationale, Juillet, 1790.","","

First Edition. 78 leaves including the half-title; text and Observations on opposite pages, printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard II, 707.

Other works by Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours appear in this catalogue." "25800","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Retirer vous donc. reponse à Mr. Necker.","8.","","","","Retirez-Vous donc, et mourez en paix: ou réponse au dangereux mémoire présenté par M. Necker à l'Assemblée Nationale le 27 août 1790 . . . A Paris: chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, 1790.","","

37 leaves in eights, partly unopened.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Tourneux IV, 24551.

Possibly by Maurice Gouget des Landres." "25810","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.","9.","","","Roederer, Pierre Louis, Comte.","Rapport fait au nom du comité de l'imposition, concernant le revenu public provenant de la vente exclusive du tabac. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1790].","","

20 leaves: A-B8, C4; caption title, printer's imprint at the end. Rapport de M. Roederer printed in the lower margins of sig. B[???], Ci.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Sabin. Arents 1063.

Pierre Louis, Comte Roederer, 1754-1835, peer of France, held numerous political, economic, and diplomatic positions, including that of minister plenipotentiary to negotiate the peace with the United States in 1800. In the Constituent Assembly he was a member of the Committee of Taxes and prepared a scheme for a new system of taxation." "25820","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.","10.","","","Chabroud, Charles J. B.","Rapport de la procédure du Chatelet, sur l'affaire des 5 et 6 octobre; ait [sic] à l'Assemblée Nationale par M. Charles Chabroud; membre du comité des rapports. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: [chez Baudouin] de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.","","

First Edition. 60 leaves, printer's imprint at the end. Some leaves unopened.

Quérard II, 111. Tourneux I, 1445.

Charles J. B. Chabroud, 1750-1816, French lawyer. The Chatelet was done away with on October 14, 1790. See also no. 2661." "25830","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.","11.","","","Claviere, étienne.","Réflexions adressées a l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les moyens de concilier l'impôt du tabac avec la liberté du commerce, et les rapports que la France doit entretenir avec les Américains libres; sur l'usage des licences ou patentes qui permettent de fabriquer ou vendre, etc. etc. Par M. Claviere. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie du Patriote François, 19 novembre 1790.","","

First Edition. 36 leaves: A8 B4 C-E8; partly unopened.

Not in Quérard. Not in Sabin. Not in Arents.

For a note on Claviere, see no. 2455." "25840","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.","12.","","","Pons, François Raymond Joseph de.","Observations sur la situation politique de Saint-Domingue. Par M. de Pons, habitant du quartier d'Ouanaminthe, Isle & Côte St-Domingue . . . A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Quillau, 27 novembre 1790.","","

First Edition. 62 leaves.

This edition not in Quérard. Sabin 63999.

François Raymond Joseph de Pons, 1751-1812, was at one time agent for the French government at Caracas." "25850","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.","13.","","","","Rapport fait au nom du comité de l'imposition, le 6 décembre 1790, sur les moyens de pourvoir aux dépenses publiques & à celles des départemens, pour l'année 1791 (I). Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1790].","","

6 leaves with signature A, caption title, no title-page; printer's imprint at the end. The last page refers to a ''tableau annexé,'' which is not in this copy.

Not in Tourneux. Not in Arents.

Signed by Larochefoucauld, Defermont, Roederer, Jarri, l'évêque d'Autun, Dauchy, d'Allarde, and Dupont de Nemours." "25860","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","La Journée des dupes.","14.","","","","La Journée des dupes, pièce tragi-politi-comique, représentée sur le Théatre National par les Grands Comédiens de la Patrie. Without name of place or printer, 1790.","","

44 leaves, the last a blank, in eights.

Barbier II, 1041. This edition not in Quérard. Tourneux II, 11321.

Attributed to Nicolas Bergasse and to A. M. J. Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur. Barbier gives a list of the names concealed in the anagrams of the Personnages." "25870","J. 126","Political tracts. French. 1790. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 139, as above.","

A collection of 15 French political tracts bound together in 1 volume, 8vo., half sheep; new labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 8. [TBE]JA36. P8 vol. 8[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Reflexions sur la nouvelle division du royaume par D'Ey[mar] [the last syllable cut off by the binder]

2 Rapport sur l'Organisation du Pouvoir Judiciare.

3 Adresse aux amis de la paix par Servan.

4 Reponse á l'adresse contre l'assemblée nationale. par Condorcet.

5 De Pange sur la delation.

6 Ni banqueroute ni Papier-monnoie, par de Coulmiers.

7 Le Pacte de famille avec des Observations par Dupont.

8 Retirer vous donc. response à M. Necker.

9 Rapport sur la vente exclusive du Tabac.

10 Rapport sur l'affaire des 5. et 6. Octobre. par Chabroud.

11 Reflexions sur l'impot du Tabac. par Claviere.

12 Situation politique de St. Domingue par de Pons.

13 Rapport sur les depenses pour l'année 1791.

14 La Journée des dupes.

15 Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.

On the first page of the first tract Jefferson has written the instructions to the binder: half bound. Political tracts. French. 1790. This inscription has been cut into by the binder, and one word, between bound and Political, has been cut away. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first leaf.","Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipale.","15.","","","","Dialogue entre Ibrahim Pacha et un Municipal. A Constantinople, 1790. [?by J. Harvant]","","

First Edition. 12 leaves, the last a blank: A-C4.

Barbier I, 943. Not in Quérard." "25880","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.","1.","","","Ramond de Carbonnieres, Louis François Elisabeth, Baron de.","Opinion énoncée a la Société de 1789, sur les loix constitutionnelles, leurs caractères distinctifs, leur ordre naturel, leur stabilité relative, leur revision solemnelle. Par L. Ramond, membre de cette Société. Premiere partie. A Paris: chez Belin, 1791.","","

First Edition. 31 leaves including the half-title.

Quérard VII, 447. Tourneux 10005.

On the half-title Jefferson wrote his instructions to the binder, now almost completely cut away (see note above).

Louis François Elisabeth, Baron de Ramond de Carbonnieres, 1755-1827, French geologist, lawyer and man of letters. This paper was read to the Société de 1789 on January 9, 1791, and printed at its request. This Premiere Partie was all that was published.

The Société de 1789 was formed by the more moderate members of the Société des amis de la Constitution, notably the abbé Siéyès, Bailly, the mayor of Paris, Lafayette, Le Chapelier, Mirabeau and Larochefoucauld." "25890","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Bref du Pape Pie VI.","2.","","","","Bref du Pape Pie VI, à S. E. M. le Cardinal de la Rochefoucault, M. l'Archevêque d'Aix, & les autres archevêques & evêques de l'Assemblée Nationale de France, au sujet de la constitution civile du clergé, décrétée par l'Assemblée Nationale. [Paris 1791.]","","

65 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Quérard. Tourneux 15698.

Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 1717-1799, was Pope with the title Pius VI, from 1775 to 1799. The Assemblée Nationale was that held at Rome on March 10, 1791. This is the authentic text." "25900","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.","3.","","","","Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI ad E. S. R. Eccles. Cardinalem de la Rochefoucault, illustriss. Archiepis. Aqui-Sextanum, cæterosque prælatos conventûs nationalis Gallicani, de constitutione civili cleri Gallicani. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Paris 1791.]","","

88 leaves in eights, caption title, no title-page.

Signed at the end by L'abbé Royou.

The Latin version of the preceding." "25910","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Lettre de Montmorin.","4.","","","Montmorin, Armand-Marc, comte de.","Prix, trois sous. Lettre écrite au nom du Roi, par M. Montmorin, ministre des affaires étrangeres, aux ambassadeurs & ministres résidans près les cours; imprimée par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. [A Bordeaux: sur l'imprimé de l'Imprimerie Nationale, chez A. Levieux, 1791.]","","

5 leaves including the first blank, without signature, 8 pages. The Lettre ends on page 6, signed by Montmorin, Paris, ce 23 avril 1791. Pages 7, 8 contain the Discours de M. le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale; chef de la députation, au Roi. Caption title, no title-page, imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Not in Tourneux. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue CXVIII, 658.

Armand-Marc, Comte de Montmorin, 1746-1792, French statesman and diplomat. Several editions of the pamphlet were published in 1791. Montmorin had much correspondence with Jefferson, who wrote of him to Madison, in a letter from Paris on June 20, 1787:

. . . so far too I am pleased with Montmorin. His honesty proceeds from the heart as well as the head, and therefore may be more surely counted on . . .

Jefferson's letterpress copy of this letter in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is partly in code—underscored in this transcript. Montmorin was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1787. In 1792 he was arrested as a member of the Comité autrichien, and perished in the September massacre at the Abbaye prison." "25920","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.","5.","","","Beyerlé, Jean Pierre Louis.","Il ne faut pas tromper le peuple, ou lettre de M. B* * * à M. Anson, ci-devant receveur général des finances, député à l'Assemblée Nationale. Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1791.]","","

8 leaves including the last blank, caption title as above preceded by a half-title, misbound. Dated from Paris, 19 Mai 1791; signed at the end by Beyerlé.

Not in Quérard. Tourneux 13266.

Jean Pierre Louis Beyerlé, c. 1740-1810, French magistrate.

This pamphlet relates to a proposal by M. Montesquiou-Fézensac; see no. 2559." "25930","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.","6.","","","Mahy De Cormeré, Guillaume François, Baron.","Observations importantes sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amérique. Par G. F. Mahy de Cormeré. [Paris: de l'imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille] 1791.","","

21 leaves; printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 43881." "25940","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.","7.","","","","Aux Mânes du Colonel Mauduit. [imprimé par Martin 1791.]","","

4 leaves, caption title, no title-page, imprint at the end. Signed Tousard.

Not in Quérard. Not in Sabin.

Begins:

Quels sont ces membres palpitans et épars, ces lambeaux déchirés et sanglans, que des domestiques en pleurs recueillent et dérobent à la fureur des assassins? . . .

Est-ce un scélérat pour qui on a dû inventer un supplice encore inoui?

WASHINGTON! mânes de FRANKLIN! c'est votre protégé, votre élève, votre ami! . . .

Remparts de Redbank, champs de Brandywine, de Germantown, de Montmouth, c'est le héros que vous avez vu se couvrir de tant de gloire! . . . Amérique septentrionale, c'est un des plus fermes défenseurs de votre liberté! . . .

Thomas Antoine, Chevalier de Mauduit-Duplessis, French officer, came to America to fight against the English in the Revolutionary war. In recognition of his services he was appointed Colonel of the regiment at Port-au-Prince, and in 1791 was slaughtered by his own grenadiers.

Tousard is probably Anne Louis de Tousard, q.v." "25950","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.","8.","","","","Coup d'œil sur la situation de la Corse. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [1791.]","","

8 leaves, with sig. A, caption title.

Not in Barbier." "25960","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Projet de la Constitution Française.","9.","","","","La Constitution Française. Projet présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale par les comités de constitution et de révision. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791.","","

24 leaves: A-C8.

This copy has the remains of an autograph inscription on the title-page by William Temple Franklin. The name of the donee is cut away. The remaining portion of the inscription reads: from yr. humble Sert. W. T. F.

The missing portion of the inscription may have contained Jefferson's name, though the next following tract is another edition of the same Constitution, with a full presentation inscription from Franklin on the title-page.

William Temple Franklin, 1760-1823, the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, arrived in Paris in the early summer of 1791.

The Comité charged with the Constitution of 1791 was composed of thirty members chosen from the Constituante, on Tuesday July 6, 1789." "25970","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.","10.","","","","La Constitution Française, présentée au Roi par l'Assemblée Nationale, le 3 septembre 1791, & acceptée par sa Majesté le 14 du même mois. A Paris: De l'imprimerie de Baudouin, imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1791.","","

22 leaves: []1 A-B8, C5.

Tourneux 2600.

Another edition of the previous entry, with variations at the end, and with the Lettre du Roi a l'Assemblée Nationale, le 13 Septembre 1791, and the Serment du Roi pour l'acceptation de la Constitution, 14 Septembre, 1791, added at the end.

Sent to Jefferson by William Temple Franklin with his autograph inscription on the title-page: His Exy Thos. Jefferson Esqr. Sec[???]. of State U. S. from his faithful Sert. W. T. Franklin." "25980","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Declaration d'une partie des deputés.","11.","","","","Déclaration d'une partie des députés aux états-Généraux, touchant l'acte constitutionel et l'état du Royaume. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1791.]","","

34 leaves: []1 A-D8 []1.

Not in Tourneux.

Sent to Jefferson by William Temple Franklin with his autograph inscription on the title-page: De la part de M. Franklin Pour son Excellence Monsr. Jefferson Sec. D'Etat.

Signed by 23 députés." "25990","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]","12.","","","","[Journal Général d'Indication] No. XLIV. L'Ami des patriotes, ou le défenseur de la révolution.—Réflexions sur les colonies. [Paris: chez Demonville and chez Gattey & Dessenne, 1791.]","","

14 leaves, being sig. Cc8, Dd6, pages 387-412, plus one unnumbered leaf of the Journal Général d'Indication. Vol. III. The first page of each sheet is dated 10 Sept. 1791. L'Ami des Patriotes occupies pages 387 to 390 and is signed and dated at the end: Blin, deputé de Nantes. Paris, ce 8 septembre 1791. The last leaf contains the printer's announcement that the Journal Général d'Indication has been joined to the Paquebot, and will be issued in the future with the title: Journal Général d'Indication réuni au Paquebot.

Barbier I, 134. Not in Sabin. Tourneux 10593. Hatin, page 157.

The first part of the Ami des Patriotes contained 48 numbers of which this is no. 44. The general editor was Adrien Dusquesnoy, assisted by François Emmanuel Toulongeon. On page 390 begins Réflexions sur les Colonies, with references to America." "26000","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.","13.","","","Bergasse, Nicolas.","Observations préliminaires de M. Bergasse, Député de la Sénéchaussée de Lyon, sur l'état des finances publié par M. de Montesquiou, et adopté par l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: chez Lallemand, 1791.","","

12 leaves with sig. A, numbered 1-24. The text ends on page 13 and is signed Bergasse ce 24 Septembre 1791. Pages 14 and 24 contain the Notes.

Not in Quérard. Not in Tourneux.

Nicolas Bergasse, 1750-1832. French advocate and publicist. For Montesquiou's work see no. 2559." "26010","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.","14.","","","","Extrait des registres des délibérations du Club National séant aux Jacobins à Bordeaux. Séance du 30 novembre 1791. Présidence du citoyen Gueyraud. [A Bordeaux: de l'imprimerie du Club National, 1791.]","","

12 leaves with sig. A, numbered 2-23 (the first page unnumbered), caption title with a woodcut headpiece, printer's imprint at the end, no title-page.

Not in Tourneux. Not in Sabin.

The list of names of those invited to the banquet (page 3) includes:

M. Fenwick, Consul des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique,

MM. Boys & King, Américains,

M. Sauvage, Agent & Correspondant de MM. les Négocians Anglais, Ecossais, Irlandais, Américains. In this copy the last word is crossed through in ink. The same phrase occurs on page 4 with the word Américains left unmarred.

The Discours pronnoncé par M. Fenwick, consul des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, occurs on page 15." "26020","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Manifeste des François.","15.","","","","Prix deux sous. Manifeste des Français a toutes les nations de l'Europe, avec la réponse du Roi, lorsqu'on le lui a présenté. [Extrait du Courrier Français du samedi 31 Décembre 1791, No. 365.]","","

2 leaves, caption title.

Not in Tourneux." "26030","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.","16.","","","","Confédération ou arrêté unanime de tous les Princes souverains de l'Europe, au sujet des nouveaux réfugiés françois, & des troubles qui agitent le royaume de France. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1791.]","","

12 leaves including the last blank, sig. A; the two leaves before the blank contain the Liste des principaux conjurés annoncés dans la page 7, with separate pagination.

Not in Sabin.

The list of monstres at the end (from page 7) includes:

De Reynaud, maréchal de camp Colonial, despote subalterne à Saint-Domingue, apôtre de la désertion des gardes françoises. Le comte de Crillon, devenu ami des Noirs depuis qu'il a vendu ses negres." "26040","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.","17.","","","","An Inquiry into the causes of the insurrection of the negroes in the Island of St. Domingo. To which are added, observations of M. Garran-Coulon on the same subject, read in his absence by M. Guadet, before the National Assembly, 29th Feb. 1792. London: printed: Philadelphia: reprinted and sold by Joseph Crukshank, 1792.","","

22 leaves including the title and half-title, the last 2 for the Appendix.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 75135. Evans 24426. Hazard, page xxiv.

Jean Philippe Garran-Coulon, 1749-1816, published his Rapport sur l'insurrection des nègres de Saint-Domingue in 1791." "26050","J. 127","Political tracts. French. 1791. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 141, as above.","

A collection of eighteen tracts on French politics, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half calf, new labels on the back lettered Pamphlets./Political./French./Vol. 7. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 7[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

1 Opinion sur les loix constitutionelles. par Ramond.

2 Bref du Pape Pie VI.

3 Breve Summi Pontificis Pii VI.

4 Lettre de Montmorin.

5 Sur les Assignats et la monnoie de cuivre.

6 De Cormeré sur les colonies Françoises de l'Amerique.

7 Tousard aux manes du Colonel Mauduit.

8 Coup d'oeil sur la Corse.

9 Projet de la Constitution Française.

10 La Constitution Française de Sep. 1791.

11 Declaration d'une partie des deputés.

12 L'Ami des Patriotes No. 44 par Bl[in a]vec des reflexions sur les coloni[es.]

13 Observations de Bergasse sur les finances.

14 Deliberations des Jacobins à Bordeaux.

15 Manifeste des François.

16 Confederation de tous les Princes de l'Europe.

17 Enquiry into the causes of the insurrection of St. Domingo.

18 Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.

On the upper margin of half-title of the first tract he has written the instructions for the binder, Political Tracts French 1791, now almost completely cut off. Each tract is numbered in ink on the first page.","Reflexions sur les revolñs de 1688. & 10. Aout 1792. par Condorcet.","18.","","","Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.","Réflexions sur la Révolution de 1688, & sur celle du 10 Août 1792. Par Condorcet. [Imprimé à Dunkerque 1792.]","","

10 leaves with sig. A, caption title, imprint at the end.

Several leaves in this copy unopened.

This edition not in Quérard. Tourneux 3408.

For another edition see no. 2644." "26060","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","1.","","","Louis XVI.","Discours du Roi à l'Assemblée Nationale, suivi de sa proposition de Guerre; avec le rapport du ministre des affaires étrangères. Déclaration de Guerre. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie du Patriote François, 20 avril 1792.","","

8 leaves, imprint at the end, on the first page of text a woodcut, the ''Logotachigraphe''.

Not in Tourneux.

The Discours was prononcé a l'assemblée nationale le 20 avril 1792; suivi du rapport fait au Conseil du Roi par le Ministre des Affaires etrangères . . . copiés d'après les procédés inventés par E. F. Guiraut, de Bordeaux." "26070","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","2.","","","Bertrand De Molleville, Antoine François, Marquis de.","Dénonciation faite au Tribunal correctionel par M. Bertrand de Molleville, Ministre d'état, contre le Sieur Carra, journaliste.","","

4 leaves, caption title, no title-page and no imprint. Signed and dated at the end: Bertrand, Ministre d'Etat, Paris, le 12 mai 1792.

1792 written in ink on the first page (cut into), probably by Jefferson.

Antoine François, Marquis de bertrand de Molleville, 1744-1818, held various ministerial offices under Louis XVI. He was hostile to the principles of the Revolution.

Jean Louis Carra, 1743-1793, journalist, was député de Saône-et-Loire at the Convention. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, and the editor of the Annales Politiques. His connection with the Girondins brought about his condemnation and execution in 1793." "26080","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","3.","","","Montmorin, Armand-Marc, Comte De, Et Bertrand De Molleville, Antoine François, Marquis De.","Correspondance de MM. de Montmorin, et de Bertrand, ministres d'état, sur le Comité Autrichien. Dénonciations et plaintes rendues par ces deux ministres, contre le Sr. Carra. [Paris:] de l'imprimerie de Du pont, hôtel de Bretonviliers, 1792.","","

3 parts in 1: 8, 4, 24 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, imprint at the end. The first part contains the correspondence between Montmorin and Bertrand, the second the Suite de la procédure sur le Comité Autrichien, and the third the Observations de M. de Montmorin, adressées à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les discours prononcés par MM. Gensonné et Brissot, dans la séance du 23 mai 1792.

Tourneux 22079.

Armand-Marc, Comte De Montmorin, 1746-1792, minister of foreign affairs. With Bertrand de Molleville and other intimate advisers of the King he formed what was known as the Comité autrichien. He was arrested and placed in the Abbaye, where he perished in the massacre of September 2, 1792, in that prison.

See also no. 2591." "26090","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","4.","","","Bertrand De Molleville, Antoine François, Marquis De.","Observations adressées à l'Assemblée Nationale, par M. de Bertrand, ci-devant Ministre de la Marine, sur les discours prononcés par MM. Gensonné et Brissot, dans la séance du 23 mai. [Paris:] de l'imprimerie de Du Pont, isle St-Louis [1792].","","

16 leaves, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux.

Armand Gensonné, 1758-1793, député de la Gironde at the Legislative and at the Convention, took an active part in the Revolution, with which he was in ardent agreement. Accused with other Girondins on June 2, 1793, he was executed on October 31 of that year.

For Brissot de Warville see no. 2551 above." "26100","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","5.","","","Roland De La Platière, Jean Marie.","Lettre de M. Roland, Ministre de l'Intérieur, a l'Assemblée Nationale, en lui envoyant la lettre qu'il a adressée au Roi. Imprimée par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

6 leaves, the last a blank; caption title; the letter to the Président is dated from Paris, le 13 Juin 1792, that au Roi, le 10 Juin.

See Tourneux 3216.

Jean Marie Roland De La Platière, 1734-1793, Minister of the Interior. His letter to Louis XVI explained the steps the King should take in order to recover the confidence of the public. The letter was printed and distributed at the order of the Assemblée Nationale. Roland de la Platière committed suicide after the execution of his wife. (See no. 236.)

This pamphlet is no. 38 in the Administration volume of the Pièces imprimees par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and is so designated at the foot of the first page." "26110","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","6.","","","[Roland De La Platière, Jean Marie.]","Rapport du Ministre de l'Intérieur a l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les précautions prises relativement aux événements du 22 juin. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1792.]","","

4to., 4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end, cut into at the fore-edges with damage to text.

Tourneux 3261." "26120","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","6a.","","","[Roland De La Platière, Jean Marie.]","Discours prononcé par le Ministre de l'Intérieur, à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 24 juin, sur les moyens qu'il a pris pour contenir le fanatisme religieux, & rétablir l'ordre dans le Royaume. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1792.]","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux." "26130","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","7.","","","Champy.","Lettres à M. Roland, Ex-Ministre de l'Intérieur. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie du Du Pont, isle Saint-Louis [1792].]","","

6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux.

The first letter is dated from Paris, le 27 juin 1792, and signed Champy, député de la commune de Strasbourg; the next is dated from Paris, le 30 juin 1792, signed Roland, and the last from Paris, le 3 juillet 1792, signed Champy as before." "26140","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","8.","","","Brissot De Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Rapport fait au nom de la commission extraordinaire, des comités diplomatique et militaire, le 20 août 1792, sur le licenciement des régimens suisses au service de la France, par J. P. Brissot, député; imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 105 in the Militaire volume of Piéces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so designated at the foot of the first page." "26150","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","9.","","","Jourgniac Saint-Méard, François De.","Mon agonie de trente-huit heures; ou récit de ce qui m'est arrivé, de ce que j'ai vu et entendu, pendant ma détention dans la prison de l'Abbaye St.-Germain, depuis le 22 août jusqu'au 4 septembre; (par Jourgniac Saint-Méard), ci-devant capitaine-commandant des chasseurs du régiment d'infanterie du Roi . . . Nouvelle édition, corrigée. A Paris: chez Desenne, 1792.","","

31 leaves including the half-title. Dated at the end A Paris, l'an Ier de la république, le 15 septembre 1792, and signed Lazare, ci-devant Jourgniac Saint-Méard.

Tourneux 3480.

The first edition was printed in the same year, and was frequently reprinted.

The Abbaye prison was originally built by the abbés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and under Louis XVI served as a military prison. After the taking of the Bastille it was used for persons accused of lèse-nation, royalist conspirators and refractory priests. The famous massacre of the inmates took place in September 1792. François de Jourgniac Saint-Méard died a natural death in 1827." "26160","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","10.","","","Aiguillon, Armand Desiré de Vignerot Duplessis Richelieu, Duc d'.","Richelieu d'Aiguillon, ancien membre du corps constituant & Maréchal de Camp, aux deputés de la prèmiere legislature. Bâle, 9. Septembre 1792. L'an 4e. de la Liberté.","","

4 leaves, caption title, no imprint.

Not in Tourneux.

Armand Desiré De Vignerot Duplessis Richelieu, Duc d'Aiguillon, d. 1800, was député of the noblesse in the états Généraux, but was the second to vote, on the night of August 4, for the abolition of feudal privileges. He was accused after August 10, 1792, but was forewarned and fled in time. He died in Hamburg in 1800." "26170","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","10a.","","","Aiguillon, Armand Desiré de Vignerot Duplessis Richelieu, Duc d'.","Richelieu d'Aiguillon aux troupes qu'il a commandées. Bâle, le 6 Septembre 1792. L'an 4 de la Liberté.","","

2 leaves, caption title, no title-page or imprint.

Not in Tourneux.

D'Aiguillon replaced Custine as commandant of the armée des Gorges de Porentruy." "26180","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","11.","","","Gohier, Louis Jérome.","Rapport de Louis-Jérome Gohier, député du département d'Isle-&-Vilaine, sur les papiers inventoriés dans les bureaux de la liste civile; fait à la séance du dimanche matin 16 septembre 1792; imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. Envoyé à l'armée et aux quatre-vingt-trois départemens. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

12 leaves.

Tourneux 3604.

Louis Jérome Gohier, 1746-1830, lawyer, was député d'Isle-et-Vilaine, at the Legislative. He was minister of justice, and a member of the Directoire. He was in favor of the Revolution, and held several offices including that of consul to Holland." "26190","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","12.","","","Roland De La Platière, Jean Marie.","Lettre de M. Roland, Ministre de l'Intérieur, a l'Assemblée Nationale, Du 17 Septembre 1792, l'an 4e. de la Liberté & le premier de l'Egalité. Imprimée par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

2 leaves, caption title, imprint at end.

Not in Tourneux." "26200","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","12a.","","","[Lebrun, Tondu.]","Convention Nationale. Compte rendu a la Convention Nationale par le Ministre des Affaires étrangères, dans la séance du 26 septembre 1792, l'an premier de la République Française. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale, et envoyé aux 83 départemens et a l'armée. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Tondu Lebrun, 1763-1793, was appointed Ministre des Affaires étrangères on August 10, 1792. On January 20, 1793, as a member of the council, he signed the order for the execution of Louis XVI. He himself was arrested on September 5 of the same year, condemned to death on the 7th, and executed on the same day." "26210","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","12b.","","","[Roland De La Platière, Jean Marie.]","Convention Nationale. Lettre du Ministre de l'Intérieur à la Convention Nationale, du 30 septembre 1792, l'an premier de la République Française; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale, et envoyée au 83 départemens. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; signed at the end Roland, and dated Paris, le 30 Septembre.

Tourneux 25104.

Part of the first volume of Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale with Administration at the foot of the first page." "26220","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","13.","","","","La Vérité sur les faits relatifs à l'assassinat des quatre déserteurs de l'armée prussienne, enrôlés à Rethel pour le service de la République. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

8 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Tourneux.

The covering letter to the Citoyens is signed Mennesson; the extracts from the registres are signed Monnot, jeune., i. e. the deputé from Doubs in the Législative, the Convention and in the Cinq-Cents, 1743-1820. Monnot organized the Imprimerie Nationale." "26230","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","14.","","","","Procès-Verbaux de l'Assemblée Nationale des Allobroges, Imprimés par ordre de la Convention Nationale de France, et envoyés aux départemens & à l'armée. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

40 leaves.

Not in Tourneux.

The Société des Allobroges was founded in 1792 by natives of Savoie long resident in Paris. It came to an end in 1794 the day following that on which Savoie was annexed to France." "26240","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","15.","","","Dillon, Arthur.","Compte rendu au Ministre de la Guerre, par le Lieutenant Général A. Dillon, commandant l'armée des Ardennes; suivi de pièces justificatives, et contenant des détails militaires dont la connoissance est nécessaire pour apprécier la partie la plus intéressante de la mémorable campagne de 1792. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Migneret, 1792.","","

56 leaves, the last a blank; the Pièces Justificatives begin on page [69], sig E3.

Not in Tourneux.

Arthur Dillon, 1750-1794, was born in Ireland, but entered the French army. He lost his command after the 10th of August, was arrested and confined in the Luxembourg prison. He was condemned to death and executed on April 13, 1794." "26250","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","16.","","","Louvet De Couvray, Jean-Baptiste.","Accusation contre Maximilien Robespierre, par Jean-Baptiste Louvet. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

8 leaves.

Tourneux 24997.

Jean-Baptiste Louvet De Couvray, 1764-1797, French man of letters and journalist, supported the Revolution and was elected député du Loiret to the Convention and the Cinq-Cents. He voted the death of the King; on June 2, 1793, he was proscribed with the Girondins, but escaped and remained in hiding until the fall of Robespierre.

Maximilien Mark Isidore De Robespierre, 1758-1794, one of the leaders of the Revolution and one of the principal figures in the Reign of Terror, was executed in the Place de la Concorde on the 28th July 1794." "26260","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","17.","","","Robespierre, Maximilien.","Convention Nationale. Réponse de Maximilien Robespierre, a l'accusation de J.-B. Louvet, séance du 5 Novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République Française. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

13 leaves.

Tourneux 24999.

Part of one of the volumes forming the 7th part of the Piéces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, with Législation at the foot of the title-page." "26270","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","18.","","","Pétion De Villeneuve, Jérôme.","Discours de Jérôme Petion, sur l'accusation intentée contre Maximilien Robespierre. [Paris:] de l'imp. de C.-F. Patris, imprimeur de la Commune [1792].","","

14 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; on page 26 begins the Lettre de Jérôme Petion, à la Société des Jacobins.

Tourneux 24704.

Jérôme Pétion (or Phétion) De Villeneuve, 1753-1794, was for a time mayor of Paris. He shared the popularity of Robespierre during the early part of the Revolution, took part in the insurrection of June 20, 1792, was proscribed with the Girondins but escaped, and eventually died of starvation (or possibly of poisoning) whilst wandering in the neighborhood of Bordeaux." "26280","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","19.","","","Pétion De Villeneuve, Jérôme.","Compte rendu par Jérôme Pétion, à ses concitoyens. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

14 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Tourneux 24703.

Compte Rendu rendered by the author as Mayor of Paris." "26290","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","20.","","","Louvet De Couvray, Jean Baptiste.","A Maximilien Robespierre, et à ses Royalistes. Jean-Baptiste Louvet, député de France à la convention, par le Loiret. A Paris: chez les directeurs de l'imprimerie du Cercle Social, et se trouve, chez Baudouin, imp. de la Convention. (1792.) l'an Ier. de la république française.","","

28 leaves.

Tourneux 25001." "26300","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","21.","","","Montesquiou-Fezensac, Anne Pierre, Marquis De.","Lettre du Général Montesquiou au rédacteur du Patriote Français. [Paris:] de l'imprimerie du Patriote Français [1792].","","

2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; the letter dated from Landecy, près Genève, le 8 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la république Française.

Not in Tourneux.

Anne Pierre, Marquis De Montesquiou-Fezensac, 1741-1798, French general.

The Patriote Français was established on April 10, 1789 by Brissot de Warville [q. v.] and continued until June 2, 1793. At the end of 1791 the editorship passed to Girey-Dupré, Brissot de Warville's chief collaborator." "26310","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","22.","","","Dumouriez, Charles François Dupérrier.","Convention Nationale. Piéces relatives à la prise de Mons par le Lieutenant-Général Dumouriez, Général de l'armée du Nord; Imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, et envoyées aux 83 départemens par des couriers extraordinaires. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

8 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; the letter to the President dated from Paris, le 9 novembre, 1792.

Part of the Militaire volume in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale with Militaire at the foot of the first page.

For Jefferson's opinion of Dumouriez, see the Mémoires of the latter, no. 233." "26320","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","23.","","","","Convention Nationale. L'Assemblée Nationale des Allobroges, à la Convention Nationale de France. Du 21 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention-Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

6 leaves.

From the second part of the Pièces imprimees par ordre de la Convention Nationale, with Adresses at the foot of the title-page. For the Allobroges see no. 2623 above." "26330","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","24.","","","Sans-Culottes.","Vous foutez-vous de nous. Adresse des braves Sans-Culottes, à la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie des Sans-Culottes. [1792.]","","

4 leaves; caption title, imprint at the end. The Adresse dated from Paris, ce 28 novembre, 1792.

Tourneux 3714.

At the beginning of the Revolution the term Sans-Culottes was applied to the populace by the nobility. Roland de la Platière was known as the ministère des Sans-Culottes." "26340","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","25.","","","Gobert, J. N.","Observations sur la campagne de 1792, dans les départemens de la Marne et de la Meuse; par Gobert, adjudant général. A Paris: chex Desenne, 1792.","","

12 leaves.

Not in Tourneux.

J. N. Gobert, b. 1770 in Guadeloupe, was general of a division during the Revolution." "26350","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","26.","","","[Roland De La Platière, Jean-Marie.]","Comte moral du Ministre de l'Intérieur. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale Executive du Louvre, 1792.]","","8 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end; signed Roland. Not in Tourneux." "26360","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","27.","","","[Roland De La Platière, Jean-Marie.]","Le Ministre de l'Intérieur aux Parisiens. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale du Louvre, 1792. L'an 4e. de la liberté, & le 1er. de l'égalité.]","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; signed Roland.

Tourneux 3471b." "26370","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","28.","","","","Exposition des motifs d'après lesquels l'Assemblée Nationale a proclamé la convocation d'une convention nationale, et prononcé la suspension du pouvoir exécutif dans les mains du roi. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

10 leaves; signed at the end by Guadet, président, and six secretaries. At the foot of the first page of text: Assemblée nationale, No. 8.

Tourneux 3435.

Marguerite-élie Guadet, 1758-1794, lawyer, was the deputé from La Gironde at the Legislative and the Convention. He was executed in 1794." "26380","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","29.","","","Lanthenas, François.","Nécessité et moyens d'établir la force publique, sur la rotation continuelle du service militaire, et la représentation nationale, sur la proportion exacte du nombre des citoyens. Par F. Lanthenas, D.M. (Extrait de la chronique du mois; septembre.) A Paris: chez les directeurs de l'imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1792. L'an 4e. de la Liberté.","","

12 leaves, imprint repeated at the end.

Not in Tourneux.

François Lanthenas, 1739-c. 1816, a doctor, was député de Rhône-et-Loire at the Convention, and became chef de division under Roland. Later he was proscribed as a Girondin but escaped with the aid of Marat. He was exiled by the Bourbons in 1816 and died soon after." "26390","J. 128","do. [Pamphlets. French.] 92 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 142, Pamphlets, French, 1792, 8vo.","

Thirty-four pamphlets on the French Revolution bound together in one volume, 8vo., half sheep, later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 10./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 10[/TBE]

The pamphlets are numbered on the first pages in ink, from 1-30; those omitted in the numbering have been given a and b numbers at a later date, which arrangement has been retained in this catalogue.

For Jefferson's detailed account of the French Revolution, which he witnessed, see his autobiography.","","30.","","","Saint-Domingue.","Journal des Colonies. No. XVII. Saint-Domingue. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","32 leaves, signed at the end Fleury, Fruchard, Minyer, Guillon fils, M. P. Rousseau. Sabin 75138." "26400","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","1.","","","Necker, Jacques.","Réflexions présentées a la nation française, sur le procès intenté a Louis XVI. Par M. Necker . . . Prix 8 sols. A Paris: chez Volland, 1792.","","

First Edition. 16 leaves; publisher's advertisement in 3 lines at the end.

Quérard VI, 393. Tourneux 3699.

On the title Jefferson has written Procés de Louis (cut into and the rest cut away).

Jacques Necker, 1732-1804, controller general of finances, and principal minister under Louis XVI. The departure of Necker for Paris was the signal for the taking of the Bastille. For Jefferson and Necker see no. 2437." "26410","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","2.","","","[Montjoie, Felix Christophe.]","Reponse aux réflexions de M. Necker, sur le procès intenté a Louis XVI . . . par M. M***. A Geneve; et se trouve a Paris: chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1792.","","

First Edition. 23 leaves.

Barbier IV, 307. Quérard VI, 393. Tourneux 3700.

Felix Christophe Montjoie, 1746-1816, lawyer, journalist and author, published several royalist pamphlets for which he was deported in 1797. He returned to Paris in 1799 and became curator of the Mazarin Library, a position he held until his death." "26420","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","3.","","","Mailhe, Jean Baptiste.","Convention Nationale. Rapport et projet de décret. Présentés à la Convention Nationale, au nom du comité de législation, par Jean Mailhe, député du département de Haute-Garonne, le 7 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République; imprimés et envoyés par ordre de la convention nationale, dans les 83 départements, et dont la traduction en toutes les langues à été êgalement décrétée. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

10 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Quérard V, 437.

From the Législation volumes of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, with Législation at the foot of the first page of text.

Jean Baptiste Mailhe, 1754-1834, advocate in the Parliament of Toulouse, député de Haute-Garonne in the Legislative. He voted for the death of the King and was exiled as a regicide at the Restoration." "26430","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","4.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de Thomas Payne, député du département de la Somme, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI, précédée de sa lettre d'envoi au président de la convention; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

4 leaves.

No. 15 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated at the foot of the first page.

Thomas Payne was Thomas Paine, q. v." "26440","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","5.","","","Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de Condorcet sur le jugement de Louis XVI. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

16 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end. Signed Condorcet.

No. 21 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated at the foot of the first page.

Other works by Condorcet occur in the Catalogue." "26450","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","6.","","","Robert, Pierre François Joseph.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de François Robert, député du département de Paris, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI; séance du 13 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République: imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1792].","","

6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 7 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated at the foot of the first page.

Pierre François Joseph Robert, 1763-1814, député de Paris at the Convention, and Danton's secretary, was a friend of Brissot de Warville. He voted for the death of the King sans appel ni sursis." "26460","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","7.","","","Saint-Just, Antoine Louis Léon de.","Convention Nationale. Opinion du citoyen Saint-Just, député du département de l'Aisne, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI; séance du 13 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République française: imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792.]","","

6 leaves, the last a blank; caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 8 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Natianale, and so indicated on the first leaf.

Antoine Louis Léon de Saint-Just, 1768-1794, député de l'Aisne at the convention. Ardent partisan of Robespierre, he voted for the death of the King sans appel ni sursis. Later he became president of the convention. He was executed in 1794 immediately after Robespierre." "26470","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","8.","","","Morisson, Charles François Gabriel.","Convention Nationale. Opinion du citoyen Morisson, député du département de la Vendée, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI. Séance du 13 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République française. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792.]","","

10 leaves; caption title, imprint at end.

No. 9 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the first page.

Charles François Gabriel Morisson, d. 1816, lawyer, was député from the départment de la Vendée at the Législative, the Convention, and the Cinq-Cents. He abstained from voting at the trial of the King." "26480","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","9.","","","Morisson, Charles François Gabriel.","Convention Nationale. Seconde opinion du citoyen Morisson, député du département de la Vendée, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: chez Desenne [1792].","","6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end." "26490","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","10.","","","Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore de.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de Maximilien Robespierre, député du département de Paris, sur le jugement de Louis XVI; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

6 leaves.

No. 75 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the title-page.

Robespierre voted for the death of the King." "26500","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","11.","","","Louchet, Louis.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de L. Louchet, députe du département de l'Aveiron à la Convention Nationale, sur le procès de Louis XVI. Du 30 novembre 1792. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792.]","","

6 leaves; caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 91 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale.

Louis Louchet, d. 1815, député from l'Aveiron at the Convention, voted for the death of the King. Some years later Louchet introduced a proposal to replace the guillotine by deportation." "26510","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","12.","","","Pellissier, Denis Marie.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de Denis Marie Pellissier, député du département des Bouches du Rhône à la Convention Nationale, & membre de la Commission des Douze, sur le jugement de Louis XVI. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. AParis [sic]: de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792]","","

8 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 19 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated at the foot of the first page.

Denis Marie Pellissier, député from the département des Bouches du Rhône, voted for the death of the King." "26520","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","13.","","","Fauchet, Claude, l'Abbé.","Convention Nationale. Opinion de Claude Fauchet, député du Calvados, sur le jugement du ci-devant Roi. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792]","","

8 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 16 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the first page.

L'Abbé Claude Fauchet, 1744-1793, president of the Commune at Paris and député from Calvados at the Legislative and the Convention, was at one time the King's chaplain, but became an ardent Revolutionist. He abstained from voting at the trial of the King. After the death of Marat he was accused of cooperating with Charlotte Corday, and was executed with the Girondins on 31 October, 1793." "26530","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","14.","","","Barailon, Jean François.","Opinion de Jean-François Barailon, député du département de la Creuse, à la Convention Nationale, sur le jugement de Louis Capet, ci-devant Roi des Français, et de sa famille. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792]","","

4 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end. Dated at the end Paris, ce 14 novembre 1792.

No. 11 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the first page.

Jean François Barailon, 1743-1816, a doctor, was député from La Creuse at the Convention, of which he was one of the most active members. He was an enemy of Robespierre." "26540","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","15.","","","Gertoux, B.","Convention Nationale. Opinion du citoyen B. Gertoux, député du département des Hautes-Pyrénées, sur la forme du jugement de Louis XVI. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792]","","10 leaves (some unopened), caption title, imprint at the end." "26550","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","16.","","","Grégoire, Henri, l'Abbé","Convention Nationale. Opinion du citoyen Grégoire, député du département de Loir-&-Cher, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI; séance du 15 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République française; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792]","","

6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 12 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale.

L'Abbé Henri Grégoire, 1750-1831, député from Loir-et-Cher at the Convention, was an implacable enemy of the King and the Court, but voted ambiguously on the death of the King.

Other works by Grégoire appear in this catalogue." "26560","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","17.","","","Rouzet De Falmon, Jacques Marie, Comte.","Convention Nationale. Opinion du citoyen Rouzet, député du départ. de la Haute-Garonne, concernant le jugement de Louis XVI, séance du 15 novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République française; imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792.]","","

6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

No. 10 in the Législation volumes in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated at the foot of the first page.

Comte Jacques Marie Rouzet de Falmon, 1743-1820, député from la Haute-Garonne at the Legislative, at the Convention and at the Cinq-Cents, voted for the imprisonment of Louis XVI and his family. Later he became chancellor to the Duchess of Orleans." "26570","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","18.","","","Bayle, Moyse.","Convention Nationale. Moyse Bayle, députe du département des Bouches-du-Rhône à la Convention Nationale, a ses collégues, sur le mode d'instruire la procédure du ci-devant Roi. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale. [1792.]","","

4 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, imprint at the end. From the Législation volumes of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the first leaf.

Moyse Bayle, député from Les Bouches-du-Rhône at the Convention. He was accused of having favored the counter-revolution in the Midi, but was included in the amnesty of 4 brumaire, an IV. (October 26, 1795.)" "26580","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","19.","","","Feraud, Jean.","Convention Nationale. Rapport de Jean Feraud, député du département des Hautes-Pyrénées, au nom du comité de pétitions et de correspondance. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.","","

6 leaves.

Part of the Adresses volume in the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, and so indicated on the title-page.

Jean Feraud, 1764-1795, député from the Hautes-Pyrénées at the Convention, voted for the death of the King, protested against the events of May 31, was proscribed with the Girondins, and reentered the Convention. He was killed on May 20, 1795 in trying to oppose the invasion of the Convention by the populace." "26590","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","20.","","","[Jauffret, Louis François.]","Opinion d'un jurisconsulte patriote, sur le procès intenté à Louis XVI, dernier Roi des Français; extraite du No. V du tome VIe. de la Gazette des tribunaux et mémorial des corps administratifs et municipaux. Prix 3 sols. A Paris: chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1793.","","

6 leaves, the last with the advertisements for the Histoire impartiale du procès de Louis XVI by the same author.

Not in Barbier. Tourneux 3811.

Louis François Jauffret, 1770-1849, chiefly known as a writer of books for children." "26600","J. 129","Procés de Louis XVI. 92. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 144, Proces de Louis XVI, 1792, 8vo.","

Twenty-one tracts on the Procès de Louis XVI bound together in one volume 8vo., sheep, label on the back lettered Réflexions/Nat. France/. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]DC137 .08 .A5[/TBE]

The greater number of the tracts are parts of the Pièces imprimées par ordre de la Convention Nationale, printed in Paris in 1792 in 13 volumes 8vo.","","21.","","","Mazon, Louis.","Aux juges de Lous [sic] XVI, un véritable ami du peuple et de l'humanité. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie de Froullé, n. d. [1792]","","

8 leaves, the last a blank; caption title, imprint at the end. On the second leaf begins the Adresse a la convention nationale sur le jugement de Louis XVI. par Louis Mazon.

Tourneux 3729." "26610","J. 130","","","","Procedure du Chatelet sur le 6. Oct. 1789.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 136, as above.","","Procédure criminelle, instruite au Chatelet de Paris, sur la dénonciation des faits arrivés à Versailles dans la journée du 6 octobre 1789. Imprimée par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. Prix des deux parties, 4 liv. 16 sols. A Paris: chez Baudouin, imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1790.","Law 434","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, 137, 113 and 40 leaves, title and half-title to parts 1 and 2, the third part without title but with separate signatures and pagination; collates chiefly in eights; signed by the publisher at the end of each part, and initialled at the end of each sheet. At the end of each part, over the publisher's signature: Achevé d'imprimer le 19 septembre 1790.

Tourneux 1443.

Original sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In October 1789, under the marquis de Boulainvilliers, the Chatelet de Paris was the tribunal for the judgment of crimes of lèse-nation; its judgments were such that this right was withdrawn, and it ceased to exist on October 14, 1790." "26620","J. 131","","","","Debats du 10. Aout. 1792.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 143, as above.","","Ire. Assemblée Nationale-Legislative. Journal des débats et des décrets. Présidence de M. Merlet. Séances du jeudi 9 août 1792, onze heures du soir; et du vendredi 10, cinq heures et demie du matin . . . [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792.]","DC141 .A48","

8vo. 28 leaves including 1 blank, sig. L-O, pagination [135]-188. Contains numbers 320, 321, 322, 323. Imprint at the end of each number.

Tourneux 10312.

Unbound; all blank margins cut away, in many cases with injury to text. On the first page Jefferson has written binding instructions in ink: blue boards.

For an account of the complete set, which covered the period from 1789 to 1797, see Tourneux as above." "26630","J. 132","","","","Pieces trouvés dans l'armoire de fer. 1793.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 145, as above.","","Troisième Recueil (I). Pièces imprimées d'après le décret de la convention nationale, du 5 décembre 1792, l'an premier de la républlque; déposées à la commission extraordinaire des douze, établie pour le dépouillement des papiers trouvés dans l'armoire de fer au Château des Tuileries, & cotés par le Ministre de l'Intérieur, & les secrétaires, lors de la remise qu'il en fit sur le bureau de la convention. Tome premier. (I) Le premier recueil comprend les pièces trouvées aux Tuileries le 10 août, & recueillies par le comité de surveillance. Le second, celles remises à la commission des vingt-quatre, par le comité de surveillance de la ville. Et le troisième, celles trouvées dans l'armoire de fer. Ce dernier est composé de deux volumes. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. ","DC142 .A3","

8vo. 188 leaves, with a half-title, and a leaf of errata at the end.

Original half calf, a label on the back lettered in gilt: Armoire/de Fer/. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has written on the fly-leaf in ink: see l'Appel de Mde. Rolland as to the genuineness of this Collection. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For the Appel referred to by Jefferson see no. 236.

The armoire de fer was concealed behind the panelling of a wall and was used by Louis XVI for his private papers. After the arrest of the King its existence was revealed by the maker, a locksmith of Versailles named François Gamain." "26640","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","i.","","","","La République Française aux hommes libres, par Condorcet. [Paris:] de l'imprimerie de Fiévée, n. d.","","

8 leaves with sig. A, caption title, no title-page, imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Not in Tourneux. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 514.

A correction in ink in the text, probably by the author." "26650","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","Avis aux Espagnols par Condorcet. [A Paris: de l'imprimerie de la Gazette Nationale de France,] n. d.","","

12 leaves with sig. A, half-title, no title-page, imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 501." "26660","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","iii.","","","","Adresse aux Bataves par Condorcet. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

8 leaves without signature, numbered to 16, half-title, no imprint.

Not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 501." "26670","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","iv.","","","","Aux Germains. Par Condorcet. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

12 leaves without signature, numbered to 24, caption title, no imprint.

Not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 501." "26680","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Lettre de M. Condorcet, a M***, Magistrat de la ville de***, en Suisse. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

6 leaves with signature A, caption title, no imprint.

Not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, 509." "26690","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","vi.","","","","De la nature des pouvoirs politiques dans une nation libre. Par C. Condorcet. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social] n. d.","","

10 leaves: A1, B4, C5, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Not in the Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue." "26700","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","vii.","","","","Pièces extraites du recueil périodique intitulé: Le Républicain. Par Condorcet . . . A Paris: de l'imprimerie du Cercle Social, l'an IV de la liberté. [1796]","","

26 leaves: A-C8, D2. Contains: De la République, ou un Roi est-il nécessaire à la conservation de la liberté? . . . Lu au Cercle Social, le 12 juillet 1791, réimprimé le 6 août; sur l'institution d'un conseil électif. Publié le 23 juillet 1791; lettre d'un jeune méchanicien, aux auteurs du Rpéublicain [sic]. 16 juillet 1791.

Quérard II, 269 (1792). Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 511. Tourneux II, 9695 (the first part only).

Le Républicain was founded on November 2, 1792, by Charles Duval, a député to the Convention nationale, and appeared until August 14, 1800." "26710","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","viii.","","","","Réflexions sur la Révolution de 1688, et sur celle du 10 août 1792. Par Condorcet. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Paris, 1792.]","","

10 leaves, with signature A, caption title, no imprint.

Quérard II, 269. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue XXXI, page 514. Tourneux 3408.

Another edition of no. 2605." "26720","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","Adresse aux Bataves Par Condorcet.","","Another copy of no. 2666 above." "26730","J. 133","Addresses par Condorcet. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 127, as above.","[TBE]Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.[/TBE]A collection of ten tracts by Condorcet, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./557./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]AC901 .M5 vol. 557[/TBE]","","x.","","","","Avis aux Espagnols Par Condorcet.","","Another copy of no. 2665 above." "26740","J. 134","","","","Opinions de Dupont.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 128, as above.","Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.","Corps Législatif. Conseil des anciens. Opinion de Du Pont (de Nemours). [Paris, 1797.]","JN2485 1798 .D8","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 parts in 1, caption titles, imprints at the end.

Bound together for Jefferson in one volume, tree calf, gilt bars on the back and a red leather label lettered in gilt: Opinions/de/Dupont. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Not initialled by Jefferson.

The parts are as follows:

i. Sur la résolution relative à la loi du 3 brumaire, Séance du 27 brumaire, an V. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, frimaire, an V. 10 leaves.

ii. Sur la résolution relative aux canaux d'Orléans et de Loing. Séance du 15 nivôse. ib. Nivôse, an V. 6 leaves.

iii. Sur le projet d'un droit de passe. Séance du 9 ventôse, an V. ib. Ventôse, an 5. 12 leaves.

iv. Sur la contrainte par corps. Séance du 24 ventôse, an 5. ib. Germinal, an V. 16 leaves, the last a blank.

v. Sur les projets de loterie, & sur l'état des revenus ordinaires de la République. Séance du 24 germinal, an V. ib. Floréal, an 5. 16 leaves, 2 corrections in ink.

vi. Rapport fait par Dupont (de Nemours), au nom d'une commission spéciale, sur l'organisation & les dépenses de la trésorerie nationale. Séance du 17 prairial, an V. ib. Prairial, an V. 8 leaves, the last a blank.

vii. Sur l'imprimerie de la république. Séance du 19 prairial, an V. ib. Prairial, an V. 14 leaves, the last a blank.

viii. Sur la résolution du premier messidor, relative à l'urgence des paiemens, & aux négociations à faire par la trésorerie. ib. Messidor an V. 6 leaves, the last a blank. ix. Sur la résolution du 19 messidor, relative aux fugitifs du Haut & du Bas-Rhin. Séance du 11 fructidor. ib. Fructidor an V. 4 leaves.

x. Sur les postes. De l'imprimerie de Du Pont, rue de l'Oratoire. 2 leaves.

xi. Rapport . . . sur la résolution relative aux dépenses des relations extérieures. Séance du 15 fructidor an V. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, fructidor an V. 4 leaves, the last a blank.

xii. Sur la première résolution du 19 messidor, relative aux transactions. Séance du 15 fructidor an V. ib. Fructidor an V. 6 leaves." "26750","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","1-2.","","","[Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.]","Plan de constitution présenté à la convention nationale, les 15 & 16 février 1793, l'an II de la République. Imprimé par ordre de la convention nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale [Baudouin], 1793.","","

2 parts in 1, each with 25 leaves, separate pagination and signatures; the first part has 2 title-pages and ends with the catchword: Projet de constitution; the second part has a caption title on page [1] reading: Projet de déclaration des droits naturels, civils & politiques des hommes, and on page (5) a caption title reading: Projet de constitution française (1). At the end, above the signature of Baudouin, is printed: Achevé d'imprimer le 20 février 1793, l'an deuxième de la République Française.

Barbier III, 911. Quérard II, 269.

The two parts were separately numbered, probably by the binder, and are marked in ink 1 and 2 respectively. The first part has paragraph headings in ink in the margins by Jefferson." "26760","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","3.","","","","Projet de constitution pour la République française; présenté par la commission des onze dans la séance du 5 messidor, l'an 3. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, messidor, an III. [1795.]","","

50 leaves, woodcut device of the République on the title-page.

Contains the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, followed by the Acte constitutionnel." "26770","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","4.","","","","Texte et nouvelle traduction des lettre et notes anglaises trouvées dans un porte-feuille anglais, déposé au comité de salut public, et depuis aux archives Nationales, par décret du dimanche 4 août. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1793.","","10 leaves, with signature C, paged 38 to 55, exclusive of the title-page; French and English text on opposite pages. The letter is signed M. F." "26780","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","5.","","","Sonthonax, Léger-Félicité.","Proclamation. Au nom de la République. Nous Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, commissaire civil de la République, délégué aux Iles françaises de l'Amérique sous le vent, pour y rétablier l'ordre & la tranquillité publique. Au Cap-Français: de l'imprimerie de P. Catineau au Carénage. [1793]","","

4 leaves (badly cut into), the last a blank; actually a small 4to., cut down to 8vo. size, caption title, imprint at the end.

Sabin 87123.

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, 1763-1813, French revolutionary agent, was civil commissioner at St. Domingo. He was accused and acquitted more than once, and died a natural death." "26790","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","6.","","","Godineau.","Oration upon religious worship, delivered by citizen Godineau, eldest at the tribune of the National Club of Bourdeaux, before the representatives of the people Tallien and Yzabeau, on the 20th of November, 1793. [Printed and sold at no. 112, Market-Street, Philadelphia.] [i.e. by Benjamin Franklin Bache c. 1793.]","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Not in Evans." "26800","J. 135","Pamphlets French. 1793. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 146, Pamflets, French, 1793, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as seven) bound together in one volume, 8vo., probably for Jefferson, in half sheep. Not listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf; remains of date 1793 written by him in the upper margin of the second title-page of the first tract may have been part of instructions to the binder. Each tract is numbered serially on the first page. Many leaves cut into. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 11[/TBE]","","7.","","","Saladin, Jean Baptiste Michel.","Rapport au nom de la commission des vingt-un, créé par décret du 7 nivôse, an III, pour l'examen de la conduite des représentans du peuple Billaud-Varennes, Collot-d'Herbois & Barrère, membres de l'ancien comité de salut public, & Vadier, membre de l'ancien comité de sûreté générale, fait le 12 ventôse, par le représentant du peuple Saladin, député par le département de la Somme. Imprimé en exécution de l'art. XII de la loi du 8 brumaire, an 3. Se trouve à Paris: chez Rondonneau, et Baudouin, 28 ventôse, an III. [1796]","","

First Edition. 132 leaves; signed authentication on the back of the title, errata at the end.

Quérard VIII, 396.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Jean Baptiste Michel Saladin, d. 1813, député from la Somme in the Legislative, the Convention and in the Cinq-Cents, was an advocate and judge at Amiens. He voted the death of Louis XVI sans sursis ni appel, but later joined the Girondin party. As a Girondin he made this report for the commission des vingt-et-uns, elected on December 26, 1794, to enquire into the conduct of the members of the Salut public and the sûreté général. The report, presented on March 2, 1795, was counter-revolutionary and Saladin was proscribed as a royalist. He returned to Amiens where he died in 1813." "26810","J. 136","","","","Lettres de Cart sur le pays de Vaud.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 147, as above.","Cart, Jean-Jaques.","Lettres de Jean-Jaques Cart à Bernard Demuralt, Trésorier du Pays de Vaud, Sur le droit public de ce Pays, et sur les événemens actuels. A Paris: Chez les Directeurs de l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1793. L'An 2e de la République.","DQ739 .C3","

First Edition. 8vo. 167 leaves in eights.

Quérard II, 66.

Bound for Jefferson in tree sheep, gilt bands on the back and a red leather label lettered Carts/Letters. Numerous corrections in the text in ink, probably by the author. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy from the author, with his autograph inscription on the half-title: The Author to Mr. Jefferson by Mr. Adams's Chanal.

On April 4, 1794, John Adams wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

The inclosed Volume was lately sent in to me by a Servant. I have since heard that the Author of it is in New York. The Book exhibits a curious Picture of the Government of Berne and is well worth reading.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 25:

I am to thank you for the book you were so good as to transmit me . . . The case of the Pays de Vaud is new to me. The claims of both parties are on grounds which I fancy we have taught the world to set little store by. The rights of one generation will scarcely be considered hereafter as depending on the paper transactions of another.

On May 11 Adams wrote to Jefferson:

The Case of the Pays de Vaud is curious enough. Dr. Cart the Writer of the Book I sent you is arrived at New York and Mr. Rosset whose Tryal and Sentence for high Treason, for dining at a civic feast and drinking two or three Patriotic Toasts, is mentioned in it, is here at Philadelphia. He has lent me in Manuscript a full account of his Tryal. As much as I have ever detested an Aristocratical Government, I did not believe that the Canton of Berne could have been so tyrannical, till I read his Manuscript.

I think nevertheless that ''the Rights of one Generation of Men must still depend, in some degree, on the Paper Transactions of another.'' The Social Compact and the Laws must be reduced to Writing. Obedience to them becomes a national Habit and they cannot be changed but by Revolutions which are costly Things. Men will be too Œconomical of their Blood and Property to have Recourse to them very frequently." "26820","J. 137","","","","Statistique elementaire de la France par Peuchet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 332, as above, 1805, 8vo.","Peuchet, Jacques.","Statistique élémentaire de la France, contenant les principes de cette science et leur application à l'analyse de la richesse, des forces et de la puissance de l'empire français; à l'usage des personnes qui se destinent à l'étude de l'administration; par M. Jacques Peuchet . . . A Paris: chez Gilbert et Compagnie . . . 1805.","HC275 .P5","

First Edition. 8vo. 317 leaves.

Quérard VII, 104.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the 1815 bookplate preserved. Signed by Jefferson with the initial T before the numeral 1 on the second leaf of the first signature.

Sent to Jefferson by David Baillie Warden who has written on the half-title: for Thos Jefferson Esquire from D. B. Warden.

On December 10, 1811, Warden wrote from Paris to Jefferson that he was sending certain books:

. . . In the same case, I have forwarded, for your acceptance, a copy of Peuchets' Statistique . . .

On November 1, 1812, he wrote:

I regret that I have not had the honor of receiving a line from you since my return to Paris, during which interval I have written to you at four different times—my first, of the 10th December, 1811, was accompanied with a MS. from Senator Tracy . . . It was forwarded, with Mr. Barlow's dispatches, under cover to the President of the United States . . . I forwarded to you, by the same channel of conveyance, a copy of Peuchets Statistique . . .

Jefferson acknowledged this letter and the receipt of this book on December 29, 1813.

Jacques Peuchet, 1760-1830, French avocat and professor of law." "26830","J. 138","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 308, Skipwith's letters, 8vo.","Skipwith, Fulwar.","Two Letters from F. Skipwith Esq. to General Armstrong; with the General's answers and sundry documents printed 1806.","JX238 .F75 1806a","

8vo. 146 leaves, wrongly paged, and with the additional sheets between sig. 25 and 26.

Sabin 81663.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, by John March, on June 30, 1807, price $1.00. With annotations by General Armstrong throughout. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

General John Armstrong, 1758-1843, was at this time Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris, where Fulwar Skipwith was the American Consul." "26840","J. 139","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 105, no. 287, The United States Claims on France, 8vo.","[Maclure, William.]","To the People of the United States. Philadelphia, 1807.","JX238 .F75 1807","

8vo. 64 leaves and 10 folded leaves of tables, the latter included in the pagination but not in the signatures.

Sabin 43556.

Tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers by March (bound for Jefferson on June 30, 1807, price $1.00).

Not initialled by Jefferson. On the title-page is written in ink (not by Jefferson): By Wm. Maclure, one of the Commissioners on French Claims. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Maclure was acquainted with Jefferson and in correspondence with him." "26850","J. 140","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 97, no. 121, Essais politiques sur l'etat actuel de quelques puissances, par M. R. C. B. 1777, 8vo.","[Rutledge, James.]","Essais politiques sur l'état actuel de quelques puissances. Par M. R. C. B. . . . Londres [i. e. Genève] 1777.","D295 .R9","

First Edition. 8vo. 114 leaves, 3 folded tables. Barbier II, 277. Quérard VIII, 287.

Original French morocco, gilt ornamental back, marbled endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Rutledge, 1743-1794, of Irish descent, resident in France, called himself Chevalier on the strength of a baronetcy conferred upon his grandfather by the Pretender. He was living in Paris during the Revolution and was a member of the Cordeliers Club until expelled in 1791." "26860","J. 141","","","","Resultats des traités depuis 1763. jusqu'a 1795. par Arnould.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 150, Resultats des traités, supplement à Mably, par Arnould, 1803, 8vo.","Arnould, Ambroise Marie.","Résultats des guerres, des négociations et des traités qui ont précédé et suivi la coalition contre la France: pour servir de supplément au droit public de l'Europe de Mably. Par Arnould, membre du tribunat. Paris: Baudouin, imprimeur du corps législatif et du tribunat, brumaire an XII.—1803.","DC220 .A8","

First Edition. 8vo. 221 leaves, []7, 1-268, 276.

Quérard I, 99. Not in Myers.

Originally bound for Jefferson by John March in calf, gilt, cost $1.00, on March 7, 1805; rebound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress. Before the 1 on sig. 1 Jefferson has written his initial T.

Purchased from Reibelt, Baltimore, in February 1805, price $1.50.

This book was placed by Jefferson in chapter 16. It was reclassified later into chapter 24.

Ambroise Marie Arnould, 1750-1812, French financier. For Mably's Droit public de l'Europe, see no. 2398." "26870","142","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 394. Memoires sur le navire le New Jersey, 4to.","Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Observations sommaires et preuves sur le navire le New-Jersey, et ses propriétaires. [—Dernières observations sur le navire le New-Jersey.—Doutes et préventions relativement à la restitution à faire aux propriétaires américains du navire le New-Jersey. Réponses à ces doutes, réfutation de ces préventions.—Nouvelles questions proposées par Monsieur le Directeur de la quatrieme division de la liquidation générale, membre du conseil de liquidation, et de la part de ce conseil, aux fondés de pouvoirs et défenseurs des propriétaires du navire le New-Jersey, et de leurs co-interressés. Résponses à ces questions.—A leurs excellences les ministres plénipotentiaires français et américain, chargés de prononcer sur les réclamations des citoyens des états-Unis, qui ont droit de prendre part aux avantages stipulés entre les deux nations, par les traités du 8 vendémiaire an IX, et du 10 floréal an XI.] [Paris:] de l'imprimerie de Delance. [1805.]","JX238 .F74N5 1805","

4to. 5 parts in 1, half titles to each part, imprints at the end.

Dupont de Nemours wrote several letters to Jefferson on the subject of the New-Jersey. A postscript to a letter dated from Paris August 28, 1805, reads:

Je joins ici les mémoires que j'ai eu à publier dans l'affaire dont je viens d'entretenir votre Excellence. Elle y trouvera la preuve et le développement des faits que je lui expose . . .

For the New Jersey see no. 3344. Several of the works of Dupont de Nemours appear in this catalogue, q. v." "26880","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.","1.","","","Stael-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de.","Réflexions sur la paix, adressées à M. Pitt et aux français. Par Madame de Staël. 1795. Without name of place or printer. [Paris: Michel? 1795.]","","

8vo. 32 leaves, lower margins uncut. On the back of the title-page is the advertisement of five books to be found chez Michel, rue des Poitevins, Paris.

Quérard IX, 250 (Genève et Londres).

Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Stael-Holstein, 1766-1817, French novelist and miscellaneous writer, the daughter of Necker, was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson." "26890","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.","2.","","","Foronda, Valentin de.","Reflexiones sobre la memoria elemental, concerniente á los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales, fundados en la naturaleza, publicada por Don Gabriel de Ciscar, capitan de navio, del instituto nacional, y miembro de la comision de pesos y medidas francesas, por parte de S.M.C. Without name of place or printer [?Vitoria: Baltasar Manteli] 1801.","","

4 leaves (measures 5⅝ by 3⅝ in.), caption title, no title-page, signed at the end Foronda.

Not in Palgrave. Not in Colmeiro.

Other works by Valentin de Foronda, a friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue." "26900","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","[Not listed by Jefferson.]","2½.","","","Foronda, Valentin de.","Carta sobre algunas ideas equivocadas que tienen muchas personas en favor de la Inglaterra. Con las licencias necesarias. En Vitoria: por Baltasar Manteli. [1801.]","","

8 leaves (measures 5⅝ by 3⅝ in.). Signed at the end: Foronda. Vitoria Junio 28 de 1801.

Numbered on the title-page 2½.

Not in Colmeiro." "26910","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Contrat Social par Gargas.","3.","","","Gargas, Pierre André.","Contrat social, surnomé union francmaçone, entre tous les bons citoiens de la Republique françoise, e entre la meme Republique, e toutes les nations de la terre. Ou projet de decret; par le citoien Pierre André Gargas. A Toulon: chez P. J. Calmen, imprimeur de la marine, n. d. [1797.]","","

6 leaves, with signature A. The penultimate letter, addressed A chaqe [sic] veritable ami de toutes les nations, is dated from Toulon, ce premier vendémiaire, l'an 5. [1797]

Not in Quérard. Bibliothèque Nationale Catalogue LVII, 368.

Pierre André Gargas (or Gargaz), a schoolmaster of Thèze, was in 1761 sentenced to the galleys for twenty years, and was released in 1781. In 1782 his Project of Universal Peace was printed by Benjamin Franklin at Passy. There are two letters from Gargas to Jefferson in the Library of Congress, dated December 15, 1785, and January 14, 1786, respectively, both signed Garga surnomé fransé, and the former accompanied by a Brochure intitulée union souveraine. In the Catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale this edition is described as n. d. Another edition, or copy, by the same printer, has attached the Correspondence entre Pierre-André Gargas e M. de Voltaire, 1766." "26920","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","[Lettre a M. Pitt.]","4.","","","[Pichon, Louis André, Baron.]","Lettre d'un français, à M. Pitt. Ou examen du systême suivi par le gouvernement britannique envers la France, durant les dernières années de la monarchie et depuis l'établissement de la République. A Paris: chez Dupont, Maret, Desenne, Malherbe, et chez tous les marchands de nouveautés [de l'imprimerie du Frondeur], an 6, (1797, v. st.).—Seconde lettre d'un français à M. Pitt . . . Seconde édition, ib. An 6, (1798, v. st.).","","

2 parts, 18 and 33 leaves, each Lettre with a half-title, printer's imprint at the end of the first letter.

Barbier II, 1152. Quérard VI, 142.

Presentation copies to James Monroe from the author, who has written on both half-titles: Mr. Monroe de la part du Cte Pichon. The first lettre is dated from Paris, ce 30 novembre 1797, and the second, ce 9 janvier 1798.

Louis André, Baron Pichon, 1771-1850, French diplomat, in 1791 was secretary of the legation of France to the United States, and after his return held important positions in the French government." "26930","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.","5.","","","","Observations sur la prise du navire américain la Juliana, capitaine Haiward, allant à Brême, faite en mer par le corsaire l'Espérance, de Port-Malo, déclarée nulle & illégale par le tribunal de commerce du Havre. Par le réda[???]teur du Courrier Maritime.—Second jugement du tribunal de commerce du Havre, rendu le 9 messidor an 5 par les citoyens Dufou, Longer, Duboc Delessart; qui déclare nulle et illégale la prise faite en mer par le corsaire de Saint-Malo, l'Espérance, du navire américain Juliana, capitaine Hayward, allant de Baltimore à Brême. [Au Havre, de l'imprimerie de Le Picquier] [1797].","","

2 parts in 1, 4to. (cut down), 20 and 4 leaves, caption title to each part, no title-pages, imprint at the end of each part, the first part signed at the end Le Picquier, and dated Havre, le 15 Mai 1797.

Not in Quérard. Sabin 40130. Not in Fa[???].

This copy is badly cut into. At the end is written in ink in a French hand: Il y a en d'abord un jugement entirement semblable, mais qui à été cassé pour un soi disant vice de forme. Le Tribunal a rendu de nouveau celui ci-dessus." "26940","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","[Not listed by Jefferson.]","","","","","Luke Keefe, aux consuls de la République. Révision et sursis. [Paris, le 24 fructidor, an 8 de la Rép. franç. 1800.]","","

4 leaves with sig. A, caption title.

Signed at the end by Francis Bridge, neveu de l'un des propriétaires du Ruby, et fondé de pouvoir de Luke Keefe, and dated as above.

Not in Sabin.

This pamphlet is not in Jefferson's list, and has no serial number in ink. It may have been inserted at a later date." "26950","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Rivani ai Toscani.","6.","","","Rivani.","Toscani. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

Broadside, cut into and folded; the upper margin cut close, and probably with a word (?Ai) before Toscani cut away.

The broadside is signed by Rivani and by Giacomo Xaverio Fabbrini, Segretario.

Rivani is described in the broadside as Avvocato Rivani Presidente del Supremo Tribunale di Giustizia." "26960","J. 143","Political pamphlets. foreign. 1795-1800. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 196, as above.","

Seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. (some in 4to. folded or cut to size), numbered in ink on the first pages; half sheep, silk bookmark, a label on the back lettered: Pamphlets/Political/European. A new label with the volume number, 18. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 18[/TBE]

On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Reflections sur la paix par M[???] de Stael.

Reflexiones sopra los nuevos pesos y medidas decimales.

Contrat Social par Gargas.

Lettre a M. Pitt.

Observations sur la prise de la Juliana.

Rivani ai Toscani.

Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","Prospectus du Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.","7.","","","","Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles . . . A Paris, chez les frères Levrault . . . et Magimel . . . A Strasbourg, chez les frères Levrault, libraires. Prospectus. [Paris:] Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Institut National. Pluviose an 10. [1802.]","","2 leaves 4to. folded; imprint on the first page and at the end; contains the Prospectus." "26970","J. 144","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 376, Political Pamphlets, 1800-8, sc. Bexon, Traite d'Amiens, Manifesto de Concija real, p fol.","

Four pamphlets bound together in one volume, to folio size, half calf, with the original silk bookmark, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 3. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 3[/TBE]

The back of the present binding is the same size as the quarto tracts, and may be part of the original cover. The folio sides were probably attached before the book came to the Library of Congress as the front cover has the 1815 bookplate.","","1.","","","Bexon, Scipion Jérôme.","Application de la théorie des lois, à l'homme considéré dans ses penchans et dans ses passions; au droit primitif des sociétés, et à leur droit particulier; ou code criminel, fonde sur les regles de la morale universelle, sur le droit des gens, ou primitif des sociétés, et sur leur droit particulier dans l'état actuel de la civilisation: présenté à S. A. S. l'electeur de Bavière, par M. Scipion Bexon . . . [A Paris: chez Marchant, n. d.] [1805].","","

4to. 4 leaves, printer's imprint at the end. The last date mentioned is 8 Février 1805.

This prospectus may have been sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote to him from Paris on December 13, 1807, and sent a copy of an ouvrage important. Scipion Jérôme Bexon, 1753-1825, French jurisconsult. A list of his works and learned society memberships is given on the title-page of this prospectus." "26980","J. 144","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 376, Political Pamphlets, 1800-8, sc. Bexon, Traite d'Amiens, Manifesto de Concija real, p fol.","

Four pamphlets bound together in one volume, to folio size, half calf, with the original silk bookmark, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 3. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 3[/TBE]

The back of the present binding is the same size as the quarto tracts, and may be part of the original cover. The folio sides were probably attached before the book came to the Library of Congress as the front cover has the 1815 bookplate.","","2.","","","[Sinclair, Sir John.]","On the political state of Europe, drawn up for the consideration of a foreign statesman, in a high political situation. [Edinburgh:] Alex. Smellie, printer. [1803.]","","

4to. 3 leaves, caption title, printer's imprint at the end. Dated at the end 25th December 1803.

Halkett and Laing IV, 258.

This was probably sent to Jefferson by the author who was in constant correspondence with Jefferson, and sent him numbers of his works. A correction in ink by Sinclair occurs on page 3.

For another copy see no. 2870 which is printed on paper watermarked with the date, 1803. Both copies have the same small correction by the author.

Other works by Sir John Sinclair appear in this catalogue." "26990","J. 144","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 376, Political Pamphlets, 1800-8, sc. Bexon, Traite d'Amiens, Manifesto de Concija real, p fol.","

Four pamphlets bound together in one volume, to folio size, half calf, with the original silk bookmark, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 3. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 3[/TBE]

The back of the present binding is the same size as the quarto tracts, and may be part of the original cover. The folio sides were probably attached before the book came to the Library of Congress as the front cover has the 1815 bookplate.","","3.","","","","Pièces officielles relatives aux préliminaires de Londres et au traité d'Amiens. A Paris: de l'imprimerie de la République, an XI. [1803.]","","

4to. 131 leaves, including the last blank, the first blank missing; 2 parts with continuous pagination and signatures; imprint on the title and at the end; printed partly on blue paper.

Ire. Partie contains the Préliminaires de Londres; IIe. Partie contains the Traité d'Amiens. At the end are Pièces additionnelles et relatives à Malte.

The Préliminaires de Londres were signed in London on October 1, 1801, and the definitive treaty was signed at Amiens on March 25 of the following year." "27000","J. 144","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 376, Political Pamphlets, 1800-8, sc. Bexon, Traite d'Amiens, Manifesto de Concija real, p fol.","

Four pamphlets bound together in one volume, to folio size, half calf, with the original silk bookmark, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 3. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 3[/TBE]

The back of the present binding is the same size as the quarto tracts, and may be part of the original cover. The folio sides were probably attached before the book came to the Library of Congress as the front cover has the 1815 bookplate.","","4.","","","","Manifiesto de los procedimientos del consejo real en los gravisimos suceso ocurridos desde octubre del año próxîmo pasado, impreso de orden del mismo supremo tribunal. [Madrid:] En la imprenta real año de 1808.","","Folio. 100 leaves; woodcut royal armes on the title-page; signed at the end D. Bartolomé Muñoz. Two leaves at the end contain a letter signed D. Arias Mon. dated from Madrid 27 Agosto de 1808. In the lower margin is written in ink: Nota. Esta Carta es la de remision a las Juntas Supremas de la Provincias de España." "27010","J. 145","","","","Discourse on government by Brady.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 413, as above.","","","","

No book with this title was written by Brady. The entry in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue is checked in the contemporary working copy, denoting that the book had been received. There is no entry in that catalogue for Robert Brady's An introduction to the Old English History, Jefferson's copy of which was sold to Congress in 1815 and is now in the Library of Congress, see no. 2728.

Discourse on government by Brady is omitted from the later Library of Congress Catalogues." "27020","J. 146","","","","Care's English liberties.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 163, as above.","Care, Henry.","English liberties, or the free-born subject's inheritance; containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, the statute de Tallagio non concedendo, the Habeas Corpus act, and several other statutes; with comments on each of them . . . compiled first by Henry Care, and now continued, with large additions, by W. N[elson] of the Middle-Temple, Esq; The fourth eddition. [London:] In the Savoy: printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for Arthur Bettesworth and John Hooke, MDCCXIX. [1719.]","JN203 1680 .C24","

8vo. 184 leaves.

Original calf, repaired at the joints. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 118, 5.

For a note on Care see the next entry. This is the first edition with the author's name on the title-page; it was edited by William Nelson, several of whose works appear in this catalogue." "27030","J. 147","","","","English liberties.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 48, as above.","[Care, Henry.]","English liberties: or, the free-born subject's inheritance. Containing I. Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus act; and divers other most useful statutes: with large comments upon each of them. II. The proceedings in appeals of murther; the work and power of Parliaments . . . III. All the laws against conventicles and protestant dissenters with notes, and directions both to constables and others concern'd, thereupon; and an abstract of all the laws against papists. London: printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris, n. d. [?1680.]","JN203 1680 .C2","

First Edition. 12mo. 120 leaves: A6, the first a blank, B-K12, L6.

Not in Lowndes. STC C515. This edition not in Arber's Term Catalogues. Sweet & Maxwell I, 118, 5.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Various scribblings occur, including an early signature of Agnes Jones. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Henry Care, 1646-1688, English political writer and journalist. According to the Short Title Catalogue this is the first edition of this anonymously issued book, of which it lists three editions with the date [?1680]. The only edition in the Term Catalogues is under the Reprinted Books, Trinity term 1692. In 1680 Care was tried for a political offence before Sir William Scroggs, q. v. which trial was one of the causes of the removal of the latter from the bench." "27040","J. 148","","","","Fortescue of monarchy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 161, as above.","Fortescue, Sir John.","The difference between an absolute and limited monarchy; as it more particularly regards the English constitution. Being a treatise written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Chancellor of England, under King Henry VI. Faithfully transcribed from the MS. copy in the Bodleian Library, and collated with three other MSS. Publish'd with some remarks by Sir John Fortescue-Aland, Kt. one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Kings-Bench. The second edition with amendments; and a compleat index to the whole work. London: printed by W. Bowyer . . . for E. Parker . . . and T. Ward . . . 1719.","JC121 .F73 1719","

8vo. 133 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved head-pieces and initials by Lud. Du Guernier.

Lowndes II, 822. Sweet & Maxwell I, 92, 14.

Original calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson mentioned the preface by Sir John Fortescue Aland in his letter to Herbert Croft, written on October 30, 1798, quoted in the account of Fortescue Aland's Reports, q. v.

Sir John Fortescue, ?1394-?1476, chief justice of the King's Bench and legal writer. This work was probably written after the author's return to England from Flanders in 1471, but was first published by Sir John Fortescue Aland in 1714." "27050","J. 149","","","","Noy's rights of the crown.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 44, as above.","Noye, William.","A Treatise of the rights of the Crown. Declaring, how the King of England may support and increase his annual revenues. Collected out of the records in the Tower, the Parliament Rolls, and close petitions, anno X Car. Regis. 1634. By William Noy Esq; then Attorney General. Now first publish'd from the original MS. with some account of the author. London: printed for B. Lintott and E. Curll . . . 1715. Pr. 2 s bound.","JN357 .N7","

First Edition. 12mo. 66 leaves, the last 2 with publishers' advertisements.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 121, 15.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

William Noye was Attorney General to Charles I. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "27060","J. 150","","","","Jura coronae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 45, as above.","[Brydall, John.]","Jura coronæ. His Majesties royal rights and prerogatives asserted, against papal usurpations, and all other anti-monarchical attempts and practices. Collected out of the body of the municipal laws of England . . . London: printed for George Dawes . . . MDCLXXX. [1680.]","JN354 .B87","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 84 leaves; engraved frontispiece of the Royal Arms, catalogue of books printed for and sold by George Dawes at the end (5 pages).

Halkett and Laing III, 207. STC B5260. Sweet & Maxwell II, 15, 3.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Brydall, b. circa 1635, was secretary to Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls." "27070","J. 151","","","","Bagshaw's rights of the crown.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 46, as above.","Bagshaw, Edward.","The Rights of the Crown of England, as it is established by law. Written in the time of the late King, by Edward Bagshaw Esquire, an apprentice of the common-law . . . London: printed by A. M. for Simon Miller, 1660.","JN354 .B2","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 75 leaves, engraved royal crown on the verso of the first leaf (otherwise blank); the last 3 leaves for a list in double columns of books printed for Simon Miller.

STC B397. Sweet & Maxwell I, 91, 4.

Rebound in roan by the Library of Congress in 1903.

The lower margin of the title leaf cut into, with damage to the imprint. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Edward Bagshaw, the elder, d. 1662, was one of the benchers of the Middle Temple. A royalist, he was taken prisoner by the parliamentary army in 1663 and consigned to the King's bench prison in Southwark where most of his books were written." "27080","J. 152","","","","Petty's constitution & laws of England.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 157, as above.","P[udse]y, William.","The Constitution and Laws of England consider'd. By William P-----y, Esq; . . . London: printed for Tim. Goodwin, MDCCI. [1701.]","JN207 1701 .P8","

First Edition. 8vo. 167 leaves, sig. F misprinted E and sig. H misprinted G. The last leaf has a list of errata on the recto and of books sold by Tim. Goodwin on the verso.

Halkett and Laing I, 422. Sweet & Maxwell II, 13, 27.

Rebound in half calf by the Library of Congress. A label on the back lettered: Petty/Laws/of/England. The author's name Petty supplied in ink on the title-page; marginal corrections by an earlier hand than Jefferson's. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This book was ascribed to William Petty by Jefferson, followed by all the early Library of Congress catalogues. According to all the bibliographies, including the Term and the British Museum Catalogues, the author was William Pudsey." "27090","J. 153","","","","Tyrrel's bibliotheca politica.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 416, as above, reading Tyrrell's.","Tyrrell, James.","Bibliotheca Politica: or, an enquiry into the antient constitution of the English government, with respect to the just extent of the regal power, and the rights and liberties of the subject. Wherein all the chief arguments both for and against the late revolution, are impartially represented and consider'd. In fourteen dialogues. Collected out of the best authors, antient and modern. By James Tyrrell, Esq; London: printed for D. Browne, A. Bell, J. Darby [and others]. M.DCC.XVIII. [1718.]","JN214 1718 .T9","

First complete edition. Folio. 338 leaves, chiefly in fours, the last leaf with publishers' advertisement.

Lowndes V, 2734. Sweet & Maxwell I, 90, 74.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the original silk bookmark preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

James Tyrrell, 1642-1718, English historical writer, was the intimate friend of John Locke and shared his political views. The Bibliotheca Politica is a collection of fourteen dialogues, originally published separately between 1692 and 1702. In 1694 an edition in quarto was published of thirteen of the dialogues. This edition of 1718 is the first complete edition. See also no. 2728." "27100","J. 154","","","","Burnet's rights of princes in Eccles. benefices.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 162, Burnet's Rights of Princes in Ecclesiastical Benefices, 8vo.","Burnet, Gilbert.","The History of the rights of princes in the disposing of ecclesiastical benefices and church-lands. Relating chiefly to the pretensions of the crown of France to the regale, and the late contests with the court of Rome. To which is added, a collection of letters written on that occasion: and of some other remarkable papers put in an appendix. By Gilbert Burnet, D.D. London: printed by J. D. for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard. MDCLXXXII. [1682.]","BV629 .B8","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 208 and 124 leaves including 4 at the end with Chiswell's advertisement. The second part contains A Collection of some letters and instruments that have passed during the late contests in France concerning the regale, the imprint dated 1681, with separate signatures and pagination and an Appendix with half-title.

STC B5801. Lowndes I, 321.

Calf, repaired, fore-edge painted. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.

Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, Bishop of Salisbury. For his History of his own Time, see no. 379." "27110","J. 155","","","","Acherley's Britannic constitution.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 415, as above.","Acherley, Roger.","The Britannic constitution: or, the fundamental form of government in Britain. Demonstrating, the original contract entered into by King and people, according to the primary institutions thereof, in this nation. Wherein is proved, that the placing on the throne King William III. was the natural fruit and effect of the original constitution . . . By Roger Acherley, late of the Inner-Temple, Esq; the second edition. To which is added, A supplement, containing reasons for uniformity in the State. London: printed for S. Birt, D. Browne, C. Hitch, C. Davis, S. Austen, and A. Millar. MDCCXLI. [1741.]","JN214 1727 .A32","

Folio. 371 leaves collating in twos.

Lowndes I, 6. Sweet & Maxwell II, 10, 1.

Original calf (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Reuben Skelton.

Roger Acherley, 1665?-1740, English lawyer, constitutional writer and politician, wrote this, his most elaborate work, to demonstrate the constitutional fitness of the accession of William III and the Hanoverian succession. The first edition (without the Supplement) appeared in 1727." "27120","J. 156","","","","Sommers's rights of king & people.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 47, as above.","[Somers, John, Baron Somers.]","The Judgment of whole kingdoms and nations, concerning the rights, power, and prerogative of kings, and the rights, priviledges, and properties of the people . . . By Lord Sommers. The eleventh edition corrected. Philadelphia: reprinted, and sold by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773.]","JC176 .V67","

Sm. 8vo. 78 leaves; publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Evans 13023. Hildeburn 2933. This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Original calf, repaired, a label on the back lettered: Somers'/Rights/of King/and/People. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With a later Library of Congress bookplate.

John Somers, Baron Somers, 1651-1716, Lord Chancellor of England, is the supposed author of this tract, originally published in 1709 with the title Vox Populi, Vox Dei. This is the first American, from the eleventh English edition." "27130","J. 157","","","","Bacon on the government of England","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 156, as above.","[Bacon, Nathaniel.]","An historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England. The first part. From the first times till the reign of Edward the third. London: printed for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inn-Gate, 1647.—The continuation of an historicall discourse, of the government of England, until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a preface, being a vindication of the ancient way of parliaments in England. By Nath. Bacon of Grays-Inn, Esquire. ib. Printed for Matthew Walbanck, and Henry Twyford, 1651. [1672.]","JN117 .B2","

4to. 2 parts in 1. 174 and 170 leaves: A2, B-Z, Aa-Xx; A-Z, Aa-Tt4, Vv2.

The dates of the first edition are 1647 and 1651 as above. This reprint was secretly issued in 1672 with the dates of the original edition. In the original edition the first part has an engraved frontispiece; the second part has the name of the printer: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Matthew Walbancke and Henry Twyford. See also the note to the next entry.

This issue not in the STC. Sweet & Maxwell I, 83, 8.

Old sheep, repaired, with new endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson and with no marks left of its provenance.

Entered by Jefferson on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2/-.

Nathaniel Bacon, 1593-1660, the half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon, was Master of Requests to the Protector. Owing to its spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative this work was suppressed immediately after publication. The edition here described was secretly issued in 1672. Later editions were represented as having been compiled by Bacon from the notes of John Selden. See the next entry." "27140","J. 158","","","","Bacon on the government of England.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 414, as above.","Bacon, Nathaniel.","An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England, from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a vindication of the ancient way of Parliaments in England, collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq; by Nathaniel Bacon of Grays Inn, Esquire. London, printed for John Starkey, and are to be sold by J. Robinson, R. Bentley, Jacob Tonson, T. Goodwin, and T. Fox, 1689.","JN117 .B22","

Another edition of the previous entry. Folio. 2 parts in 1 with continuous signatures, separate pagination, 214 leaves: []2, b-c4, B2, C-Z4, Aa-Dd4, []1, Ee1, Ff-Zz4, Aaa-Ggg4. The unsigned leaf is for the title of the Continuation of the historical & political discourse, the following leaf, marked Ee, contains the Contents and ends with the catchword A. The next page begins with the word The.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 83, 8.

Original calf, rebacked with new endpapers, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This edition was issued in 1682, which is the date on the imprint of the separate titles to each part, suppressed and reissued in 1689 with this new title-page, representing the work as having been collected by Bacon from notes of John Selden. On the verso of the first leaf (otherwise blank) is the Advertisement of John Starkey, the publisher, dated January the 10th, 168 8/9, giving the history of the book. This advertisement ends:

It was well known to, and owned by, the late Lord Chief Justice Vaughan, who was one of the Executors of the Great and Learned Mr. Selden, that the Ground-work was his, upon which Mr. Bacon raised this Superstructure.

The Short Title Catalogue lists this book under Selden in volume III, which volume has not been issued at the time of going to press." "27150","J. 159","","","","Ellis's tracts on liberty.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 383, as above.","Ellys, Anthony.","Tracts on the liberty, spiritual and temporal, of Protestants in England. Addressed to J. N. Esq; at Aix-la-Chapelle. In two parts. By Anthony Ellys, D.D. late Lord Bishop of St. David's. A new edition. London: printed for J. Whiston and B. White, and S. Hooper, MDCCLXVII. [1767.]","BV629 .E6","

4to. 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and continuous pagination. 154 and 136 leaves, the last with the publishers' advertisements.

Lowndes II, 733.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903; with the original marbled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Anthony Ellys, 1690-1761, Bishop of St. Davids, and chaplain to Lord Chancellor Macclesfield. This was a posthumous publication; the first part, a polemic against popery, was first published in 1763, and the second, a treatise on constitutional liberty, in 1765." "27160","160","","","","Browns estimate of the manners and principles of the times.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 49, as above.","Brown, John.","An Estimate of the manners and principles of the times. By Dr. Brown, author of the Essays on Lord Shaftesbury's characteristics, &c . . . Dublin: printed for G. Faulkner, J. Hoey, and J. Exshaw, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","HN388 .B84 1757","

12mo. 66 leaves: A-E12, F6.

This edition not in Lowndes or the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Jones, page 54.

John Brown, 1715-1766, known as ''Estimate Brown'', was a native of Northumberland, England. The first edition was published in London in 1757 and several editions were printed in the same year. A second part appeared in 1758. The Dublin edition was probably pirated." "27170","J. 161","","","","An historical essay on the English constitution.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 158, as above.","[Ramsay, Allan.]","An historical essay on the English constitution: or, an impartial inquiry into the elective power of the people, from the first establishment of the Saxons in this kingdom. Wherein the right of Parliament, to tax our distant provinces, is explained, and justified, upon such constitutional principles as will afford an equal security to the colonists, as to their brethren at home. Where annual election ends, there slavery begins. London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry. M.DCC.LXXI. [1771.]","JN214 1771 .R2","

8vo. 114 leaves in fours, the last with the publishers' advertisements.

Halkett and Laing III, 52. Not in Lowndes. Sweet & Maxwell II, 13, 28.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Allan Ramsay, 1713-1784, the eldest son of the poet, was by profession a portrait painter. This is one of four political pamphlets by him published anonymously, and was first issued in 1765." "27180","J. 162","","","","Stuart's historical dissertation on the antiquity of the Eng. constñ.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 159, as above, 8vo.","Stuart, Gilbert.","An historical dissertation concerning the antiquity of the English constitution. By Gilbert Stuart, LL.D. . . . The second edition, corrected. London: printed for T. Cadell, successor to Mr. Millar; and A. Kincaid, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","JN131 .S8 1771","

8vo. 154 leaves, list of Corrections on the recto of the last leaf, otherwise blank.

This edition not in Lowndes. Sweet & Maxwell I, 89, 66 (with date 1770).

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T and with a slip of paper inserted, probably as a bookmark, with notes in his hand of names of towns. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Gilbert Stuart, 1742-1786, Scottish historian and reviewer. This work, for which the author received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Edinburgh University, was originally published anonymously in 1768. This second edition is dedicated to Lord Mansfield." "27190","J. 163","","","","DeLolme sur la constitñ d'Angleterre.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo. Lond. 1785","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 43, as above, omitting Lond. 1785.","Lolme, Jean Louis De.","Constitution de l'Angleterre, ou état du gouvernement anglois, comparé avec la forme républicaine & avec les autres monarchies de l'Europe. Par M. de Lolme . . . Quatrieme édition, entièrement revue & augumentée de la moitié, sur l'édition angloise, dédiée au Roi par l'auteur . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Londres: chez G. Robinson, J. Murray. M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","JN117 .L6 1785","

2 vol. in 1. 8vo. 132 and 132 leaves in eights, with the cancel leaves in vol. I.

Quérard II, 460.

Contemporary French calf, gilt back, r. e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jean Louis De Lolme, 1740-1806, was a member of the Conseil des Deux Cents at Geneva. The first edition was published in Amsterdam in 1771." "27200","J. 164","","","","Burgh's Political disquisitions.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 160, as above.","Burgh, James.","Political disquisitions; or, an enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses. Illustrated by, and established upon facts and remarks, extracted from a variety of authors, ancient and modern . . . By J. Burgh, gentleman; author of the Dignity of human nature, and other works. Volume the first [-the third and last]. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, and William Woodhouse. M,DCC, LXXV. [1775.]","JC176 .B8","

3 vol. 8vo. 260, 248, and 266 leaves in fours. Vol. I has printer's advertisements at the beginning and the end, dated May 30, 1775; vol. II has advertisements at the foot of the last page; vol. III has Bell's advertisements at the beginning and at the end, undated; vol. I and II have lists of books referred to or quoted from; vol. III contains a list of ''Names of the Encouragers'' which includes that of Thomas Jefferson, Esq; one of the Delegates, for the Province of Virginia, in the Honorable, the American Continental Congress. The first name in this list is that of George Washington.

Evans 13851. Hildeburn 3170.

Original sheep (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson in each volume at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph dated from New York, May 30, 1790, Jefferson recommended this book to his attention for his law studies:

. . . Burgh's Political disquisitions are good also, especially after reading De Losme [sic] . . . [see the preceding entry.]

James Burgh, 1714-1775, Scottish political writer, was the nephew of William Robertson, the historian. The first two volumes of this work originally appeared in London in 1774, and the third in 1775." "27210","J. 165","","","","Spelman's works.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 421, as above.","Spelman, Sir Henry.","The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. publish'd in his life-time; together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England; first publish'd by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in the year 1695, together with the life of the author, now revised by his Lordship. To which are added, two more treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before printed: one, of the admiral-jurisdiction, and the officers thereof: the other, of antient deeds and charters. With a compleat index to the whole. London: printed for D. Browne, sen. & jun. W. Mears, F. Clay, and Fletcher Gyles. MDCCXXIII. [1723.]","AC6 .S6","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, 198 and 148 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 2 folded sheets, one with the genealogical tree of the Spelman, the other of the Lestrange family, general title printed in red and black, separate title for the Reliquiae Spelmannianæ, with separate signatures and pagination.

Lowndes V, 2473. Sweet & Maxwell I, 25, 76.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir Henry Spelman, 1564?-1641. This is the first edition of his collected works, and contains the life of the author by Edmund Gibson. The list of subscribers at the beginning includes the name of Narcissus Luttrell. Other works by Spelman appear in this catalogue." "27220","J. 166","","","","Madox's firma burgi.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 419, as above, reading Firmi.","Madox, Thomas.","Firma burgi, or an historical essay concerning the cities towns and buroughs of England. Taken from records. By Thomas Madox Esquire, his Majesties historiographer. London, printed by William Bowyer; and sold by Robert Gosling. MDCCXXVI. [1726.]","JS3041 .M2","

First Edition. Folio. 160 leaves collating in twos, engraved emblematic device of London and York by J. Clark on the title-page, engraved head and tail pieces, historiated initials, some signed by Vertue after Grisoni and by J. Clark; text in long lines above the notes in double columns.

Lowndes III, 1448. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 872. Sweet & Maxwell I, 260, 10.

Rebound in half morocco in 1903 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Thomas Madox, 1666-1727, English legal antiquary and Historiographer Royal, made his historical researches under the patronage of Lord Somers. According to the Dictionary of National Biography there was an earlier edition in 1722 but no trace of such an edition has been found. Other works by Madox appear in this catalogue." "27230","J. 167","","","","Rushworth's collection.","","8. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 423, as above.","Rushworth, John.","Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law . . . beginning the sixteenth year of King James, anno 1618 . . . [—to the death of King Charles the First 1648] by John Rushworth [late] of Lincolns-Inn, Esq . . . Vol. I.-Vol. VII.—The tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . . . Vol. VIII. London: printed for D. Browne, J. Walthoe [and others] MDCCXXI-MDCCXXII. [1721-1722]","DA385 .R96","

5 parts in 8 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 1618-1629, 402 leaves, list of subscribers on two leaves at the beginning, separate pagination for the Appendix at the end. Vol. II, The second part, in two volumes, 162 8/9-1640, 405 leaves. Vol. III, The second volume of the second part. 407 leaves, separate pagination for the Appendix, signatures continuous (begins on Qqq). Vol IV, The third part: in two volumes. 1640-1644. 428 leaves. Vol. V, The second volume of the third part. 448 leaves. Vol. VI, The fourth and last part in two volumes. 1645-1648. 405 leaves. Vol. VII, The second edition. 345 leaves, folded plate. Vol. VIII, The tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford. 314 leaves. The titles vary according to the Contents of the volume, and the order of the printers in the imprint occasionally varies. Vol. VII is described as the Second edition. All the volumes are dated 1721 except vol. VI, the first volume of the Fourth part, dated 1722. In vol. I-III and vol. VIII the authorship is ascribed to ''John Rushworth of Lincolns-Inn, Esq;'' in vol. IV-VII to ''John Rushworth late of Lincolns-Inn, Esq; fitted for the press in his life-time.''

Lowndes IV, 2152. Sweet & Maxwell I, 87, 51; 108, 77.

Original calf, gilt backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

In his autobiography (begun in 1821) Jefferson described how, after the Boston Port bill, he and other members of the House arranged for June 1, 1774, the day of the closing of the port, to be kept as a day of prayer and fasting. with the help therefore of Rushworth, whom we rummaged over for the revolutionary precedents & forms of the Puritans of that day, preserved by him, we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernising their phrases, for appointing the 1st. day of June, on which the Port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation & prayer . . .

John Rushworth, 1612?-1690, English historian, was for a time employed as its agent by the colony of Massachusetts at a salary of twelve guineas a year. He owes his fame to the Historical Collections which appeared originally at different dates between 1659 and 1701." "27240","J. 168","","","","Cabala","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 164, Cabala, 1st Edition, 4to p.","","Cabala, mysteries of state, in letters of the great ministers of K. James and K. Charles. Wherein much of the publique manage of affaires is related. Faithfully collected by a noble hand. London: printed for M. M. G. Bedell, and T. Collins, 1654.","DA370 .C25","

First Edition. 4to. 191 leaves: A2-8, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aa4. This copy lacks the first leaf, probably a blank; the last sheet, sig. Aa4, is for Books printed for William Lee, D. Pakeman, Ga. Bedel.

Lowndes I, 343 (with date 1651). STC C184.

Old half russia repaired, with new end papers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "27250","J. 169","","","","Cabala.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 424, Cabala, 3d Edition, fol.","","Cabala. [Another edition.] . . . To which is added in this third edition, a second part, consisting of a choice collection of original letters and negotiations, never before published. With two exact tables to each part; the one of the letters, and the other of the most remarkable occurrences. London: printed for Tho. Sawbridge, Mat. Gillyflower, Ric. Bentley, Mat. Wootton, and Geo. Conniers, M DC XCI. [1691.]","DA370 .C3","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1. 204 and 62 leaves in fours; engraved title frontispiece by Faithorne with portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Burleigh and Walsingham, first title printed in red and black. The text of the second part ends on page 110 with the catchword The, and is followed by An Alphabetical Table.

Lowndes I, 343. STC C186.

Old calf, red leather label on the back lettered: Cabala/ Vol. I./[gilt line] Vol. 2. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. For Mr. Jno. Randolph written on the fly-leaf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "27260","J. 170","","","","Dugdale's origines Juridiciales.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 97, no. 418, as above.","Dugdale, Sir William.","Origines juridiciales, or historical memorials of the English laws, courts of justice . . . Also a chronologie of the lord chancelors and keepers of the great seal, lord treasurers, justices itinerant, justices of the Kings Bench and Common Pleas, barons of the exchequer, masters of the rolls, Kings attorneys and sollicitors, and serjeants at law; by William Dugdale Esq; Norroy King of Arms. The second edition with additions. [London:] In the Savoy: printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1671.","Law 206","

Folio. 224 leaves in fours and in twos; numerous plates of arms and other engravings in the letter press, 6 full page portraits by W. Hollar, D. Loggan and W. Faithorne, three of them dated 1664; title-page printed in red and black; the Imprimatur, dated 24 May 1666, on the verso of the first leaf, otherwise blank; the last leaf with the errata; separate pagination for the Chronica series cancellariorum . . . text in double columns.

Lowndes II, 690. Hazlitt II, 186. STC D2489. Sweet & Maxwell I, 17, 19.

Old calf, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the new endpapers. Orig. Juridic. in ink on the fore-edge. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On blank spaces at the end of this book and on 8 leaves inserted at the beginning is a manuscript continuation of the Chronica Series, from 1671, Dugdale's last date, to 1729. Manuscript marginal notes in the same and other hands occur.

Sir William Dugdale, 1605-1686, Garter King-of-arms. This work was originally printed in 1666 and a large part of the impression was destroyed in the Fire of London." "27270","171","","","","Cotton's abr. of the records in the tower. by Prynne.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 422, Cotton's abridgement of the Records in the Tower by Prynne, fol.","Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce.","An exact abridgement of the records in the Tower of London, from the reign of King Edward the Second, unto King Richard the Third, of all the Parliaments holden in each king's reign, and the several acts in every Parliament: together with the names and titles of all the dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons, summoned to every one of the said Parliaments . . . Collected by Sir Robert Cotton . . . Revised, rectified, in sundry mistakes, and supplied with a preface, marginal notes, several omissions, and exact tables, both of the special matters, great officers, speakers, nobles, and other persons therein contained. By William Prynne . . . London: printed for T. Basset, and C. Harper, 1689.","","

Folio. 294 leaves. There is not a copy of this edition in the Library of Congress, and no copy was seen for collation.

STC C6491. Arber II, 262, 4. Lowndes I, 534.

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1571-1631, English antiquary. William Prynne's [q. v.] first edition of this work was published in 1657. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, William Bowyer was the real author." "27280","J. 172","","","","Brady's introduction to old English history.","","fol.","Not in 1815 Catalogue.","Brady, Robert.","An Introduction to the old English history, comprehended in three several tracts. The first, an answer to Mr. Petyt's Rights of the commons asserted; and to a book intituled, Jani Anglorum facies Nova; the second edition very much inlarged. The second, an answer to a book intituled, Argumentum Antinormanicum, much upon the same subject; never before published. The third, the exact history of the succession of the crown of England; the second edition, also very much inlarged. Together with an appendix containing several records, and a series of great councils and parliaments before and after the Conquest, unto the end of the reign of Henry the Third. And a glossary expounding many words used frequently in our antient records, laws and historians . . . By Robert Brady, Doctor in Physick. London: printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Samuel Lowndes, MDCLXXXIV. [1684.]","DA130 .B83","

First Collected Edition. Folio. 275 leaves, separate title for each tract, with continuous signatures and pagination; separate signatures and pagination for the

Appendix and the Glossary, separate signatures for the Index (unnumbered).

Lowndes I, 256. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 926. STC B4194.

Original calf. Contemporary manuscript marginal and textual notes. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The number on the bookplate has been marred by scratching and it is not possible to assert that it was 413, the number of the entry for Discourse on government by Brady which seems to have been listed in error, see no. 2701.

The original owner of this copy was Arthur Charlett, whose autograph signature Ar. Charlett Col. Trin. is on the fly-leaf and whose bookplate is on the inside cover. On the inside cover is pasted down an ALS from Brady to Charlett reading as follows:

Worthy Sr

Yor friend came to me & gave an Acct. of Sr Henry

Spelmans Views, but he being in hast, & my self Busy

J. Tyrrell. had no time to talke wth me. As to yor other friend[???],

as I have let him know by others wch he set upon me

so you may please to see him

to p'vayl wh me to answer him [???] that by his way of writing

he may prove any thing, Tho' in another method what he

has sayd proves nothing. I have all my materials ready,

& shall answer him when I think fitt, & shall shew the

world (or to so much of them as Concern me,) The Delusion

of his Dreams & phaps that he understands not what he

writes about. I am

Worthy Sr.

Yor most assured humble ser.

May 19th. 94. Robt Brady

At the foot of this letter Charlett has written: Superscribd To the Reverend Dr. Charlett Mar. of University College. Oxon.

Robert Brady, d. 1700, English historian and physician. The original edition of his answer to Petyt's Rights of the Commons Asserted (q. v.) was published in 1681.

Arthur Charlett, 1655-1722, matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, and later became Master of University College. His friend James Tyrrell, q. v. referred to by Brady in the letter quoted above, was the author of a Whig history written in opposition to the Tory history of Brady, q. v. no. 346." "27290","J. 173","","","","Brady of boroughs.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 420, as above.","Brady, Robert.","An historical treatise of cities, and burghs or boroughs. Shewing their original, and whence, and from whom they received their liberties, privileges, and immunities; what they were, and what made and constituted a free burgh, & free burgesses. As also shewing when they first sent their representatives to Parliament. With a concurrent discourse of most matters, and things incident, or relating thereto. By Rob. Brady, Doctor in Physick. The second edition. London: printed for A. L. and sold by John Nutt and by the booksellers of London and Westminster. MDCCIV. [1704.]","JS3041 .B82 copy 2","

Folio. 67 leaves, of which 5 are Supplementary leaves; the first of these, headed An Advertisement, placed at the beginning of the book immediately following the title, is numbered 25 and 26, with instructions that the text belongs on Fol. 24; the next two follow sig. L and have the sig. M; the pagination is also continuous, 81-84, but the instructions read that the text belongs on Fol. 12; the last two have no signature, are numbered 89, 90, 91, 88, and are placed at the end; the heading to these two leaves reads: A Supplement to the preceding advertisement; and to be read with, and after it. The Appendix has separate signatures and pagination.

Lowndes I, 253.

Original calf, rebacked and repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "27300","J. 174","","","","Addison's Freeholder.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 50, as above.","Addison, Joseph.","The Free-Holder. Or political essays. By the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; London: printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCLI. [1751.]","DA499 .F7 1751","

12mo. 160 leaves in twelves.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 604.

Original calf, repaired; marbled end papers, silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist, poet and statesman. The Free-Holder was first published in 1716." "27310","175","","","","Ld. Bolingbroke's l[???]es to Sr. Wm. Wyndham.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 165, Bolingbroke's Letters to Sir William Wyndham, 8vo.","Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.","A Letter to Sir William Windham. II. Some reflections on the present state of the nation. III. A Letter to Mr. Pope. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. London: printed for A. Millar, MDCCLIII. [1753.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 203","

This piece, with the same author's Remarks on the history of England, Letters on the study and use of history, and A Collection of political tracts, no. 165-168 in the 1815 catalogue, are all marked missing in the working copy of that catalogue and are not checked as having been received. The same numbers are included in a manuscript list of books missing from the ''Congress Library'' made at a later date.

Jefferson's copy of one of these books, A Collection of political tracts, is now in the Library of Congress, see no. 2735, but has been rebound. It is not possible to determine whether this was one of the books sent to the Washington Library and subsequently returned, or whether it was merely mislaid. The other three books are still missing. The entries, including that for A Collection of political tracts, were omitted from the later volumes of the Library of Congress catalogues.

For Jefferson's opinion of Bolingbroke's writing style see no. 1265." "27320","J. 176","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] Craftsman.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 171, The Craftsman, 2 v 8vo.","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","The Craftsman: being a critique on the times. By Caleb D'Anvers, of Grays-Inn, Esq; the third edition. London: printed for R. Francklin . . . MDCCXXVII. [Price 1 s.] [1727.]","DA500 .C82","

2 vol. 8vo. 214 and 241 leaves, the first volume in fours, the second in eights. The title-page of Volume II varies from that of Volume I.

Halkett and Laing I, 450. This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in ruby buckram in 1909 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

At the end of the first volume is bound:

Remarks on a late book, intitled, An Essay on the publick debts of this Kingdom, &c. in which the evil tendency of that book, and the design of its author, are fully detected and exposed . . . In a letter to a member of the House of Commons. London: printed for A. Moore, 1727. (Price One Shilling.)

8vo. 32 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Nathaniel Gould was the author of the Essay on the publick debts of this Kingdom.

The Craftsman was a political paper, against Walpole's administration, the first number issued on December 5, 1726, edited by Nicholas Amhurst under the pseudonym Caleb D'Anvers, of Gray's Inn, Esq; Bolingbroke and William Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, were the chief contributors. This edition in two volumes contains 85 numbers, covering the years 1726, 1727. Later editions were issued in 14 numbers." "27330","177","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] Oldcastle's remarks on ye hist. of England.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 166, as above.","Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.","Remarks on the history of England. From the minutes of Humphrey Old-castle.","","

This book is now missing from the Jefferson collection. See the note to no. 2731 above.

The Remarks were reprinted from The Craftsman." "27340","178","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] l[???]es on the Study of history.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 167, as above, with reading Letters.","Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.","Letters on the study and use of history. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.","","

This book is no longer in the Jefferson collection.

See the note to no. 2731 above." "27350","J. 179","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] tracts.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 168, as above, 8vo.","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","A Collection of political tracts. The second edition. London: printed for R. Francklin, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]","DA503 1748 .B72","

8vo. 200 leaves in eights.

Halkett and Laing I, 372. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 612.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This copy is one of the four books by Bolingbroke reported missing in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue. See the note to no. 2731 above.

The Collection contains The Occasional Writer, The Case of Dunkirk consider'd, and various papers reprinted from The Craftsman." "27360","180","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] dissertation on parties.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94, no. 169, as above, 8vo.","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","A dissertation upon parties; in several letters to Caleb d'Anvers, Esq; dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole . . . the eighth edition. London: printed for R. Francklin, M.DCC.LIV. [1754.]","DA44 .B66","

8vo. 197 leaves, engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the dedication leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 94. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

This is a reprint from The Craftsman, October 27, 1733, to December 21, 1734. The first separate edition was published in 1735. Caleb d'Anvers was the pseudonym of the editor of The Craftsman, Nicholas Amhurst." "27370","181","","","","[Ld. Bolingbroke's] Patriot king.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 170, as above, 8vo.","","","","

Jefferson's copy of this work is no longer extant in the Library of Congress. It was probably this book and not the Collection of Tracts that should have been marked missing in the 1815 catalogue. See no. 2731 above.

From the catalogue information available, as given above, it is not possible to determine which edition was in Jefferson's library. The title of the authorized editions reads: Letters on the spirit of patriotism: on the idea of a patriot king; and on the state of parties, at the accession of King George the First.

In that Jefferson, followed by the Library of Congress printed catalogues, calls only for the Patriot King, it is possible that he was the owner of one of the copies of the edition edited by Alexander Pope, with the title The Idea of a Patriot King, which was printed, though never published, in 1741, and of which nearly all copies were burned. The 1831 edition of the Library of Congress catalogues is the last to contain the entry for this book." "27380","J. 182","","","","Gordon's Cato's letters.","","4. v. 12mo.—id. 1st. & 4th. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 51, Gordon's Cato's Letters, 4v 12mo.","[Trenchard, John and Gordon, Thomas.]","Cato's letters: or, Essays on liberty, civil and religious, and other important subjects. In four volumes. Vol. I. [Vol. III, IV.] The fifth edition, corrected. London: printed for T. Woodward, J. Walthoe [and others], M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748.]","DA499 .T7 1748","

3 vol. only, lacks vol. II. 12mo. 168, 168 and 167 leaves, in twelves.

Halkett and Laing I, 303. Lowndes I, 392. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 662.

Original calf repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Reuben Skelton (the latter removed from vol. I).

Volume II was apparently sold to the Library of Congress but has since disappeared. It is called for in the 1849 catalogue, but listed as missing in that of 1864, and is not included in the manuscript list of missing books made some time after 1815. The additional copies of the first and fourth volumes listed in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue were not sold by him to Congress.

John Trenchard, 1662-1723, English political writer, and Thomas Gordon, d. 1750, Scottish miscellaneous writer, were the joint authors of Cato's Letters, which appeared in the London Journal and the British Journal, from November 5, 1720, to December 27, 1723, 144 numbers. Several editions in four volumes were subsequently published, the first in 1724." "27390","J. 183","","","","Gordon's Independent whig.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 52, as above.","Gordon, Thomas [and John Trenchard].","The Independent Whig: or, a defence of primitive Christianity, and of our ecclesiastical establishment, against the exorbitant claims and encroachments of fanatical and disaffected clergymen. By Thomas Gordon, Esq; the eighth edition, with additions and amendments. In four volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.] London: printed for R. Ware, T. Longman [and others], 1753, 2.","AP3 .I43","

4 vol. 12mo. 148, 134, 174 and 174 leaves. Vol. I and II are the eighth edition, 1753, 1752; vol. III is the third edition, 1752, vol. IV the second edition, 1752. The first volume is the only one with the author's name. The title of vol. IV differs: The Independent Whig: being a collection of papers, all written, some of them published, during the late rebellion . . .

Halkett and Laing III, 146. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 662.

Original calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and that of Reuben Skelton.

A number of these papers were originally published in December 1719, at the time of the rejection of the Peerage Bill. A second part followed in 1720, after which a weekly paper was started, first collected into one volume in 1721. The fifth edition in 1732 had two volumes, the sixth in 1735 three volumes, and subsequent editions had four volumes. The work was chiefly an attack on the High Church party, and was a collaboration between Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard." "27400","J. 184","","","","True Briton.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 105. no. 172, as above, The true Briton.","[Wharton, Philip, Duke of Wharton.]","The True Briton. In two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: printed: and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. MDCCXXIII. [1723.]","DA 499 .W47","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 vol. with separate title-pages, continuous signatures and pagination, 167 and 181 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 107. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 662.

Original panelled calf, gilt backs. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes (Ii and Tt in vol. II).

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Philip Wharton, Duke of Wharton, 1698-1731, supposed to have been the original of Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, and of Lorenzo in Young's Night Thoughts, is also well known from Pope's portrait of him in his Epistle to Sir Richard Temple. The True' Briton was a bi-weekly opposition paper started by Wharton on June 23, 1723, and finished on February 17, 1724." "27410","185","","","","Junius's l[???].","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 53, as above, Letters.","","","","

This copy of Junius's Letters is marked ''Missing'' in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. It is included in the manuscript list of Missing books from the Library of Congress made at a later date.

It was probably the copy Jefferson bought from the Rev. Samuel Henley (with other books from his library) in 1785, described by the former as Junius 2. v. 12mo. patent binding.

See the next entry." "27420","186","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 173, Junius, Woodfall's Edition, 2 v 8vo.","","Junius: including letters by the same writer, under other signatures, (now first collected) to which are added, his confidential correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters addressed to Mr. H. S. Woodfall. With a preliminary essay, notes, fac-similes, &c. In two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] . . . Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep, and Inskeep and Bradford, New-York. William Fry, printer, 1813.","DA508 .A2 1813a","

2 vol. 8vo. 252 and 264 leaves, plates and facsimiles.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Edmands 104.

Jefferson bought his copy of this edition from Samuel Pleasants, of Richmond, Virginia. His order, sent on August 11, 1813, shortly after the publication of the book, was for Junius, the new edition with facsimiles.

The book was sent on August 17, price $5.00.

This edition is a reprint of the Woodfall edition of 1812. For a discussion of the authorship see the bibliographies mentioned above.

John Wilkes, 1727-1797, famous English politician, was the reputed author.

Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1739-1805, printer and journalist. His first edition of the Letters of Junius appeared in 1772. He is equally well known as the author of the ballad of Darby and Joan, named after his printing master, John Darby, and his wife.

The Introduction and notes are by John Mason Good, 1764-1827, English physician and miscellaneous writer." "27430","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","Volume 1 [TBE]3 fragments and 2 tracts bound in sheepskin, a label on the back lettered Pamphlets/Political/English/ and a later label with Vol. 24. One of the fragments initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. JA36 .P8 vol. 24[/TBE]","1.","","","Asgill, John.","[Mr. Asgill's Defence upon his expulsion from the House of Commons of Great Britain in 1707. With an introduction, and a postscript . . . London: printed, and sold by A. Baldwin, M. DCC. XII. Price 1 S.] [1712.]","","

A fragment of 28 leaves, sig. B to H, pages 9 to 64, the first leaf, sig. B1, mutilated. The complete pamphlet has 44 leaves, sig. A to L, 88 pages.

John Asgill, 1659-1738, English barrister and writer. This Defence was written after the trouble-caused by his treatise entitled: An argument proving that according to the covenant of eternal life reveal'd in the Scriptures, man may be translated from hence into that eternal life without passing thro death, altho the human nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed thro death, which was ordered to be burned by the common hangman." "27440","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","2.","","","Bulstrode, Whitelocke.","[The charge of Whitlocke Bulstrode, Esq. to the Grand Jury and other juries in the county of Middlesex . . . London: J. Browne, 1718.]","","

A fragment of 12 leaves only, lacks the title, part of the dedication, and 12 leaves at the end. Numbered 1 in ink on the first page of text.

Whitelocke Bulstrode, 1650-1724, English controversialist and mystical writer, was prothonotary of the marshal's court, commissioner of excise, and a justice of the peace for the county of Middlesex. His charges to the grand and other juries were printed by special request." "27450","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","3.","","","","An unidentified fragment, pages 21 to 70, sig. C-I.","","Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "27460","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","4.","","","[Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath.]","[A review of the excise-scheme; in answer to a pamphlet, intitled The rise and fall of the late projected excise, impartially considered. With some proper hints to the electors of Great Britain. London: printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's in Russel-street, 1733. (Pr. 1 s.)]","","

Imperfect, 36 leaves only, should be 38, lacks the title and one leaf at the end. Numbered 2 in ink on the first page.

Halkett and Laing V, 112. Arents 696.

Written by William Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, and published anonymously in December 1733, in answer to the pamphlet, also published anonymously, written in support of Sir Robert Walpole's excise scheme." "27470","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","5.","","","","Some observations upon a paper, intituled The List. That is, of those who voted for and against the excise-bill. London: printed for J. Peele, 1733. (Price six-pence.)","","

16 leaves: A-D4.

Numbered 3 in ink on the title-page.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "27480","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","Volume 2 [TBE]6 tracts bound together in sheepskin; original silk bookmark; a label on the back lettered in gilt Pamphlets/ Political/English/; and a later one lettered Vol. 25. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 25[TBE]","1.","","","[Mauduit, Israel.]","Considerations on the present German war. The fourth edition. London: printed for John Wilkie, 1761.","","

71 leaves, should be 72, lacks the first leaf, probably the half-title, as it is allowed for in the pagination.

Halkett and Laing I, 147.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Israel Mauduit, 1708-1787, English political pamphleteer, for a time the agent in England for the province of Massachusetts Bay. The first edition of this pamphlet appeared in 1760. It was frequently reprinted and drew many answers." "27490","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","2.","","","","The Conduct of a Rt. Hon. Gentleman in resigning the seals of his office justified, by facts, and upon the principles of the British Constitution. By a Member of Parliament. The second edition. London: Printed for J. Newbery, M DCC LXI. [1761.]","","

42 leaves only, should be 44, lacks the last two. On the half-title is: [Price one shilling and six-pence.]

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the first leaf of the text is written the name John Hylton.

William Pitt was the subject of this tract. The first edition was published in the same year." "27500","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","3.","","","[Heathcote, George.]","A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful aldermen, and common-council; the merchants, citizens, and inhabitants, of the city of London. From an old servant . . . London: printed for W. Owen, R. Baldwin, and C. Pugh, MDCCLXII. [1762.]","","

45 leaves only, should be 46, last leaf lacking. The half-title reads: Mr. Heathcote's letter. The Letter ends on page 79, and is signed George Heathcote, Hereford, October 6, 1762. This is followed by the Postscript dated Oct. 16, and the Appendix.

Halkett and Laing III, 301 (ascribed to Ralph Heathcote). Sabin 31193.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

The letter relates to the productions, including fisheries and sugar plantations, of the American colonies." "27510","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","4.","","","[Townshend, Charles.]","A Defence of the minority in the House of Commons, on the question relating to general warrants. The third edition. London: printed for J. Almon, 1764.","","

22 leaves, including the half-title with the price, one shilling, and a leaf of advertisement at the end.

Halkett and Laing II, 29.

The upper margin of the half-title is torn away, and may have had a name or inscription.

Charles Townshend, 1725-1767, chancellor of the exchequer, was the political opponent of George Grenville, the Prime Minister." "27520","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","5.","","","[Lloyd, Charles.]","A Defence of the majority in the House of Commons, on the question relating to general warrants. In answer to the Defence of the minority. London: printed for J. Wilkie, M DCC LXIV. [1764.]","","

28 leaves including the half-title with the price, one shilling.

Halkett and Laing II, 29.

The upper margin of the half-title, probably with an autograph inscription, torn away.

Charles Lloyd, 1735-1773, was secretary to George Grenville, and wrote this in reply to Townshend's pamphlet above." "27530","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","6.","","","[Mazzei, Philip.]","A Letter on the behaviour of the populace on a late occasion, in the procedure against a noble lord. From a gentleman to his countryman abroad. The second edition. London: printed by W. Bingley, M DCC LXVIII. [1768.]","","

14 leaves, including the half-title, with the price, sixpence; English and Italian text on opposite pages, except the Introduction, which is in English only.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Garlick.

On the half-title Jefferson has written: by Philip Mazzei.

The author's name is also written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

For a note on Philip [Filippo] Mazzei, a friend of Jefferson, see no. 2443." "27540","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","Volume 3 [TBE]Six tracts rebound in half calf; labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 26. Numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 26[/TBE]","1.","","","[Burke, Edmund.]","Observations on a late State of the Nation . . . The third edition. London: printed for J. Dodsley, M DCC LXIX. [1769.]","","

78 leaves only, should be 80, lacks B2 and K8; the half-title leaf has the price, two shillings and six pence, on the recto, and on the verso the statement: The references to the State of the Nation, throughout these observations, are made to the quarto edition of that work.

Halkett and Laing IV, 215. Sabin 9294.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman, born in Dublin. The pamphlet which occasioned these Observations was by William Knox and George Grenville. The first edition was published in the same year." "27550","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","2.","","","[Knox, William, and George Grenville.]","An Appendix to the present State of the Nation. Containing a reply to the Observations on that pamphlet . . . London: printed for J. Almon, M DCC LXIX. [Price one shilling.] [1769.]","","

34 leaves, of which 2 appear to be cancel leaves; the first leaf is missing and was probably for the half-title as it is allowed for in the pagination. List of errata on the back of the title.

Halkett and Laing I, 131.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

William Knox, 1732-1812, controversialist, was born in Ireland. For a time he was agent in Great Britain for Georgia and East Florida, but lost the appointment through his support of the Stamp Act. In the compilation of this pamphlet he was assisted by George Grenville, 1712-1770, English statesman." "27560","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","3.","","","","Remarks on the Appendix to the present State of the Nation . . . London: printed for R. Davis, 1769.","","

32 leaves, including the half-title and the last blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 69436." "27570","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","4.","","","[Burke, Edmund.]","Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents . . . The second edition. London: printed for J. Dodsley, MDCCLXX. [1770.]","","

62 leaves, including the half-title (with the price, Two shillings and six pence) and the last blank.

Halkett and Laing VI, 38. Sabin 9303.

Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson who has written on the half-title: by Edmund Burke. The author's name is written on the title-page by another hand.

This tract was first published earlier in the same year." "27580","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","5.","","","[Johnson, Samuel.]","The False Alarm. The second edition. London: printed for T. Cadell, MDCCLXX. [1770.]","","

28 leaves, including the half-title, with the price, one shilling.

Halkett and Laing II, 259. Sabin 36296. Courtney, page 114. Grolier Club Exhibition Catalogue [Samuel Johnson, 1909], no. 30.

Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English author and lexicographer. This was the first of his political pamphlets, and dealt with the expulsion of John Wilkes from the House, and the election of Luttrell. The first three editions were published in January, February and March, respectively, 1770." "27590","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","6.","","","[Arbuthnot, John.]","An Inquiry into the connection between the present price of provisions, and the size of farms. With remarks on population as affected thereby. To which are added, proposals for preventing future scarcity. By a Farmer. London: Printed for T. Cadell, MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","","

78 leaves including the half-title (with the price, two shillings) and the last blank.

Halkett and Laing III, 156.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

John Arbuthnot was a farmer of Mitcham near London." "27600","J. 188","Political pamphlets of 1727. 1729. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 179, as above.","A collection of seven political pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., panelled calf, lettered in ink on the back; 1727./1729. Two new labels lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 23./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Each pamphlet numbered in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 23[/TBE]","","1.","","","[Hoadly, Benjamin.]","An Enquiry into the reasons of the conduct of Great Britain, with relation to the present state of affairs in Europe. London: printed, and sold by James Roberts, M.DCC.XXVII. [Price one shilling.] [1727.]","","

56 leaves in fours.

Halkett and Laing II, 174.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761, bishop successively of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury and Winchester. Hoadly was at Salisbury at the time of writing this pamphlet, in defence of the policy of England and other powers who had formed the Alliance of Hanover after the signing of the secret treaty of Vienna by the emperor and the king of Spain in 1725." "27610","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","2.","","","","Some Considerations on the national debts, the sinking fund, and the state of publick credit: in a letter to a friend in the country . . . London: printed for R. Franklin, M DCC XXIX. [1729.]","","

First Edition. 52 leaves including the half-title, folded table at the end; the half-title has the price, is. 6d.; on the recto of the last leaf is the list of errata; on the verso of the same leaf is the notice of the Just publish'd a State of the national debt; the folded leaf contains two tables of A State of the national debt.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in McCulloch.

Not initialled by Jefferson." "27620","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","3.","","","[Amhurst, Nicholas.]","Observations on the conduct of Great-Britain, with regard to the negociations and other transactions abroad. London: printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1729.","","

32 leaves, including 3 leaves of tables, the last a blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

By Nicholas Amhurst, 1697-1742, English poet and political writer, frequently over the pseudonym Caleb d'Anvers of Gray's Inn." "27630","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","4.","","","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","The Craftsman extraordinary. Being remarks on a late pamphlet, intitled, Observations on the conduct of Great Britain, &c. Published by Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; London: printed for R. Francklin, M DCC XXIX. [1729.]","","

16 leaves including the half-title (with the price, 6d.); signed at the end W. Raleigh.

Halkett and Laing I, 451.

Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751. The first number of The Craftsman appeared on December 5, 1726, after the rupture between Walpole and William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, who then formed an alliance with Bolingbroke. The name Caleb D'Anvers Esq was purely imaginary, and the Craftsman was edited by Nicholas Amhurst, with Pulteney and Bolingbroke its chief contributors. W. Raleigh is supposed to be one of the pseudonyms of Bolingbroke." "27640","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","5.","","","[Hoadly, Benjamin.]","A Defence of the enquiry into the reasons of the conduct of Great-Britain; &c. Occasioned by the paper published in the Country-Journal or Craftsman on Saturday, Jan. 4, 1728-9. By the author of the Enquiry. London: printed, and sold by Ja. Roberts, 1729.","","

20 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 28.

See also no. 2760." "27650","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","6.","","","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","The Second Craftsman extraordinary: being farther remarks on a pamphlet lately publish'd, entitled, Observations on the conduct of Great Britain . . . Publish'd by Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; London: printed for R. F. [R. Francklin] and sold by all booksellers, pamphlet-sellers, mercuries, and hawkers. [Price six-pence.] n. d. [1729.]","","

10 leaves including the half-title.

Halkett and Laing V, 199." "27660","J. 187","Political tracts. 1707.-1773. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103: no. 178, Political Tracts, 1707-1733, 8vo. no. 181, Political Tracts, 1761-8, 8vo. no. 183, Political Tracts, 1769-73, 8vo.","A collection of English pamphlets, bound in three volumes, 8vo., as follows:","","7.","","","[Saint-John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke.]","The Craftsman extraordinary; containing an answer to The Defence of the enquiry into the reasons of the conduct of Great-Britain. In a letter to the Craftsman. By John Trot, Yeoman. Publish'd by Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; . . . London: printed for Richard Francklin, M DCC XXIX. [1729.]","","

36 leaves, including the half-title (with the price, one shilling) and the last leaf, with the errata on the recto and a list of books lately published on the verso.

Halkett and Laing I, 451.

John Trot, Yeoman, was one of the pseudonyms of Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke." "27670","J. 189","","","","Collection of the most val[???]le tracts of 1764, 5, 6, 7.","","4. v. 8vo. Almond.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 182, Debrett's Collection of Tracts 1763-70, 4 v 8vo.","","A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. Written by persons of eminence; upon the most important, political and commercial subjects, during the years 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769 and 1770 . . . In four volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.] London: printed for J. Debrett, M DCC LXXXVIII. [-M DCC LXXXVII.] [1788, 1787.]","DA510 .C6","

4 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 202 leaves, including the last with Debrett's advertisement; vol. II, 184 leaves; vol. III, 228 leaves; vol. IV, 180 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Sabin 19123.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has expanded, with an autograph entry in ink, one of the items in the Contents list in volume IV.

Jefferson ordered his copy from Payne (London), in a letter written from Paris on January 28, 1789.

Contains several tracts of American interest, including Dr. Franklin's Examination before the House of Commons, in support of the repeal of the American Stamp Act, and Proceedings of his Majesty's privy council, upon an address to remove Governor Hutchinson, with the Speech of Lord Loughborough upon that occasion; collected by Israel Mauduit, Esq.

John Almon, 1737-1805, English bookseller, publisher, and journalist, sold his business in 1781 to John Debrett (d. 1822). He published in 1766 a Collection of the most interesting tracts, lately published in England and America, on the subjects of taxing the American Colonies, and regulating their trade. Debrett's collection was the only one sold by Jefferson to Congress." "27680","J. 190","The militia reformed, essay on national credit, revenues &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 175, as above.","Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., old sprinkled calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the new endpapers. The tracts are numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 22","","1.","","","[Toland, John.]","The militia reform'd; or an easy scheme of furnishing England with a constant land-force, capable to prevent or to subdue any forein [sic] power; and to maintain perpetual quiet at home, without endangering the publick liberty . . . London: printed by John Darby and sold by Andrew Bell, MDCXCVIII. [1698.]","","

First Edition. 48 leaves including a leaf with Bell's advertisement at the end; 3 lines of errata on the last page of text.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. Not in Hazlitt. Arber, Term Catalogues III, 188, 20 (Easter term, 1700).

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the autograph signature of Phill:Ludwell on the title-page.

John Toland, 1670-1722, Irish deist, wrote a number of books and pamphlets, and edited others including the 1700 edition of Harrington's Oceana, the Memoirs of Denzil Holles and others.

Several books with the autograph signature of Phill: Ludwell of Virginia, 1672-1695, were in Jefferson's library. See the Index." "27690","J. 190","The militia reformed, essay on national credit, revenues &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 175, as above.","Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., old sprinkled calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the new endpapers. The tracts are numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 22","","2.","","","Cary, John.","An Essay towards the setlement [sic] of a national credit, in the Kingdom of England, humbly presented to the two honourable Houses of Parliament. By John Cary, merchant in Bristol. London: printed by Freeman Collins, and are to be sold by S. Crouch and E. Whitlock, 1696.","","

First Edition. 12 leaves including the half-title; dated at the end January 5th, 1696.

STC C731. Hazlitt II, 85.

John Cary, d. 1720?, merchant of Bristol (England) and writer on trade, was engaged in the West Indian sugar trade. In this essay he advocated the establishment of a national bank." "27700","J. 190","The militia reformed, essay on national credit, revenues &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 175, as above.","Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., old sprinkled calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the new endpapers. The tracts are numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 22","","3.","","","","Remarks upon some wrong computations and conclusions, contained in a late tract, entitled, Discourses on the public revenues, and on the trade of England. In a letter to Mr. D. S. . . . London: printed for W. Keblewhite, 1698.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves; dated at the end Feb. 12, 169⅞.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Arber III, 81, 11.

The late tract was by Charles Davenant and was published earlier in the same year." "27710","J. 190","The militia reformed, essay on national credit, revenues &c. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 175, as above.","Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., old sprinkled calf, rebacked, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the new endpapers. The tracts are numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. JA36 .P8 vol. 22","","4.","","","","An Abstract of the laws already in force against profaneness, immortality & blasphemy. Together with the laws and ordinances against the same by the Parliament, and also by Oliver and his council from 1640 to 1656. Digested by way of alphabet for the ease of those that are concerned to know them and put 'em in execution, or that would be informed of the methods formerly made use of in those cases. London: printed and sold by R. Baldwin, 1698. Price 6 d.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves (the signature A3 printed upside down). At the end is an Appendix concerning hackney coaches that are allowed to ply on the Sabbath Day.

STC E866 [4o.]" "27720","J. 191","","","","The Preface to Bellendenus by Dr. Parr.","","8vo. Lat. & Eng.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 177, as above.","[Parr, Samuel—Beloe, William.]","A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus; containing animated strictures on the great political characters of the present time . . . London: printed by Stafford and Davenport, for T. Payne and Son, L. Davies, and J. Debrett, and sold by P. Byrne, Dublin, M. DCC. LXXXVIII.—Præfationis ad tres Gulielmi Bellendeni Libros, de statu, editio secunda. Londini: typis excudebant W. Browne & J. Warren, 1788.","JC176 .P32","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, first edition of the first part. I, 64 leaves only, should be 72, lacks sig. G, M., 4 leaves each ''pages 41 to 48 & 81 to 88 both inclusive'', sig. N omitted and sig. O mismarked H; II, 75 leaves including the last blank; Corrigenda slip pasted on the verso of the penultimate leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 232. Lowndes IV, 1787.

Tree calf, gilt back (destroyed by fire), marbled endpapers, by Joseph Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson acquired this book from Patrick Byrne, formerly of Dublin, now in Philadelphia, in February 1805, supplied without charge on account of its imperfect condition, as described above. Byrne wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson on February 22, sending a parcel of books and a bill, and explained:

. . . I have the misfortune not to have a complete copy of Belendenus, by Dr. Parr—that you receive wants pages 41 to 48 & 81 to 88 both inclusive, it being incomplete, no charge is made for it if I should meet a complete copy in any time hence I will forward it . . .

Jefferson waited until 1808 to have the copy bound. Milligan's bill (50 cents) is dated May 2, 1808. A Bellendeni 8vo. full bound, 0.75. appears also on Milligan's bill presented in August 1815.

Jefferson had ordered a copy from T. Payne, the publisher, soon after its publication. On January 28, 1789, he ordered a number of books from him, including:

Præfationis ad libro Bellendeni editis secunda. Brown & Warren. I think I had named this in my former catalogue, tho you have not named it among those not yet sent (as noted in your acct.)

Samuel Parr, 1747-1825, English pedagogue, the ''Whig Johnson'', was a friend of Priestley and Bentham. In 1787 he republished the works of William Bellenden (died c. 1633) with this Preface, used as an occasion for writing panegyrics upon his contemporaries.

William Beloe, 1756-1817, the translator into English of the Preface, was at one time a pupil of Parr." "27730","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the trade with Ireland.","1.","","","[Burke, Edmund.]","A Reply to the Treasury pamphlet, entitled ''The proposed system of trade with Ireland explained.'' London: printed for J. Debrett, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","","

46 leaves, the last with the errata list on the recto, verso blank.

Halkett and Laing V, 96.

This tract is attributed to Edmund Burke from the statement in An Answer to the Reply . . . [see the next entry] that The Reply is as confidently attributed to the late paymaster general [i. e. Burke] as his text is to a gentleman in office . . . The author of the Treasury pamphlet was the Right Hon. George Rose.

Whilst living in Paris, Jefferson bought a number of Irish pamphlets from Stockdale (London), stipulating that he only wished for those which related to America." "27740","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Answer to the Reply to the Treasury pamphlet.","2.","","","[?Rose, George.]","An Answer to the Reply to the supposed Treasury pamphlet. London: printed for John Stockdale, MDCCLXXXV. [Price two shillings.] [1785.]","","

44 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

George Rose, 1744-1818, for many years Secretary of the Treasury, may have been the author of this pamphlet. See also the previous entry." "27750","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests.","3.","","","[?Morris, Matthew Robinson, Baron Rokeby.]","An Address to the landed, trading and funded interests of England on the present state of public affairs . . . London: printed for J. Stockdale, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786.]","","

78 leaves; the half-title with the price, One shilling and sixpence. Dated at the end Jan. 1786.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Presentation from John Adams, with his autograph inscription on the title-page: Mr Jefferson from John Adams.

Attributed to Matthew Robinson-Morris, second Baron Rokeby, 1713-1800, whose name was originally Matthew Robinson, and who took the additional name Morris on inheriting some property. Other pamphlets by him appear in this catalogue. He was introduced by Dr. Price to John Adams, with whom he had correspondence on matters relative to the subject of this pamphlet." "27760","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Short Review of the political state of Great Britain in 1787.","4.","","","[Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William.]","A Short Review of the political state of Great-Britain at the commencement of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven . . . Sixth edition. London: printed for J. Debrett, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

38 leaves including the half-title, and the last leaf with the publisher's advertisements.

Halkett and Laing IV, 260.

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1751-1831. The first edition appeared in January 1787 and was rapidly followed by six others in the same year. A French version appeared in February. The Prince of Wales is said to have threatened Debrett with a libel action, but was apparently unaware of the authorship as he later appointed Wraxall his future historiographer.

Wraxall was the subject of George Colman's famous epigram:

Men, measures, scenes, and facts all

Misquoting, misstating,

Misplacing, misdating,

Here lies Sir Nathaniel Wraxall.

For a time Warren Hastings had been thought to be the author of the Short Review, but this was denied in the House by his agent, Major Scott. The pamphlet was also at one time wrongly attributed to Nathaniel Brassey Halhed." "27770","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","The people's answer to the Short review.","5.","","","[?Francis, Sir Philip.]","The People's answer to the court pamphlet: entitled A Short Review of the political state of Great Britain . . . Second edition. [London:] printed for J. Debrett, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787.]","","

28 leaves including the half-title and the last blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Possibly by Sir Philip Francis, a reputed author of the Letters of Junius." "27780","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Retrospect of the Portraits in the Short Review.","6.","","","[?Erskine, Thomas, Baron Erskine.]","Retrospect of the Portraits lately delineated in the Short Review. Third edition, revised; with large additions. London: printed for John Stockdale, M DCC LXXXVII. [Price two shillings.] [1787.]","","

Imperfect, 46 leaves only, should be 54, lacks D2-4, E1, K2-4, M2 (pages 23-30, 71-76, 87-8); publisher's advertisements on three pages at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Possibly by Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor." "27790","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Prospects on the Rubicon by T. Paine [Common sense].","7.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","Prospects on the Rubicon: or, an investigation into the causes and consequences of the politics to be agitated at the meeting of Parliament. London: printed for J. Debrett, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 36 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 448.

On the title Jefferson has written: by Thos. Paine (Author of Common sense)

Written by Paine in 1787, on his return from France to England, in opposition to Pitt's treaty with the King of Prussia against the French and Dutch." "27800","J. 192","Tracts. English Politics. viz . . . . . . . . . . A reply to the Treasury pamphlet on the system of trade with Ireld. Answer to the reply to the Treasury pamphlet. Address to the landed, trading, & funded interests. Short review of the Political state of Gr. Brit. in 1787. The people's answer to the Short review. Retrospect of the portraits in the Short review. Prospects on the Rubicon by Thos. Paine. Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 186, Tracts in English politics, 1785-87.","

A collection of eight tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, new labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 29. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 29[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above (with slight variations as shown below), to which the numbers 1 to 8 have been added, and the tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.","Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries.","8.","","","Beaufoy, Henry.","The Substance of the speech of Henry Beaufoy, Esq. to the British Society for extending the fisheries, &c. at their general court, held on Tuesday, March 25, 1788. To which is added a copy of the act for the Society's incorporation. London: printed for T. Cadell; G. G. J. and J. Robinson; C. Dilly; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1788.","","

55 leaves.

Not in Smith. Not in McCulloch.

Inscribed on the title-page: to His Ex Thomas Jefferson by John Brown Cutting. The Chapter number, 24, written on the same page, possibly by Jefferson.

Henry Beaufoy, d. 1795, Quaker Whig politician.

John Brown Cutting was in London at this time, and in constant correspondence with Jefferson in Paris, to whom he frequently sent pamphlets and political news of all kinds, relative to both England and the United States." "27810","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Sundry publications & republications by the Constitutional society.","1. i.","","","","[On the Liberty of the press.] At a meeting of the Society for Constitutional Information held on Friday, August the 1st, 1783. Dr. Jebb (Vice-President) in the Chair . . . [London:] Printed and distributed gratis by the Society for Constitutional Information. [1783.]","","

4 leaves with sig. A, caption title, no title-page.

Contains two extracts from the sixth volume of Dr. Towers's British Biography, on the powers and duties of Juries, in prosecutions for libels:

Extract from the Life of John Lilburne,

Extract from the Life of Lord Chief Justice Jefferies.

Signed at the end Thomas Yates, Sec.

The Society for Constitutional Information was founded in 1780 by Major John Cartwright, 1740-1824, English political reformer.

For a pamphlet by Dr. Jebb, see no. 2787." "27820","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","","ii. Report of the Sub-Committee of Westminster, appointed April 12, 1780, to take into consideration all such matters, relative to the election of members of Parliament, as may promote the purposes of the present association. Free Masons Tavern, May 27th 1780. [London:] printed and distributed gratis by the Society for Constitutional Information. [1780.]","","

4 leaves. Signed at the end by T. Brand Hollis, Chairman, under which is written in ink as Chairman; followed by two resolutions of the Westminster Committee, dated respectively June 13 and July 18, 1780.

Thomas Brand Hollis, originally Thomas Brand, took the name Hollis on inheriting the property of Thomas Hollis." "27830","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Not listed by Jefferson.","","","","[Priestley, Joseph.]","An Address to Protestant dissenters of all denominations, on the approaching election of members of Parliament, with respect to the state of public liberty in general, and of American affairs in particular. London: printed for Joseph Johnson, 1774. [Price 2d. or 50 copies for 5s.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 8 leaves, uncut in the lower margins.

Halkett and Laing, I, 28. Sabin 65500. Fulton & Peters, page 4.

This tract was reprinted in various cities in the eastern states. This copy is misbound in this volume, and it is not one of the tracts of the Society for Constitutional Information. It is not numbered, and not in Jefferson's list, and may have been inserted later." "27840","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","","iii. Report of the Sub-Committee of Westminster . . . Free Masons Tavern, May 27th, 1780.","","

Another edition of no. ii above.

On the first page is written the chapter number, 24, possibly by Jefferson." "27850","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","","iv. At a meeting of the Society for Constitutional Information, held at No 11, Tavistock-street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, October 29th, 1784, Dr. Jebb in the Chair. Resolved, that 1500 of the two following tracts, relative to the rights of juries in trials for libels, be published at the expence of the society. Daniel Adams, Sec. [London: for the Society, 1784.]","","

23 leaves, sig. B-G in fours. Caption title; the first page with Vol. II in the lower margin. Manuscript marginal note. The chapter number, 24, written on the first page, possibly by Jefferson. See also no. vi below.

Contains:

I. A Fragment of the constitutional power and duty of juries upon trials for libels.

II. To Mr. Daniel Adams, Secretary to the Society for Constitutional Information.

III. A third address from the Society for Constitutional Information to the people of Great Britain and Ireland.

IV. An extract from the learned Dr. Davenant's Essay upon the probable methods of making a people gainers in the balance of trade.

V. The Address of Joshua Grigby, Esquire, to the County of Suffolk, upon the general election in MDCCLXXXIV.

VI. An extract from Mr. Hume's Essays on the liberty of th press.

VII. Extract from a letter to Mr. Daniel Adams, Secretary to the Society for Constitutional Information, recommending a repeal of the Septennial Act.

VIII. Extracts from a Fragment of an Original letter on the slavery of the negroes, written in the year 1776, by Thomas Day, Esquire." "27860","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","v. [Jones, Sir William.]","The Principles of government; in a dialogue between a scholar and a peasant. Written by a member of the Society for Constitutional Information. [London:] [Printed and distributed gratis by the Society for Constitutional Information, 1783.]","","

8 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 430.

By Sr William Jones written in ink on the title-page. The chapter number, 24, written on the same page.

Sir William Jones, 1746-1794, orientalist. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "27870","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","vi. [Jebb, John.]","A letter from Dr. Jebb, with an extract from An historical account of the rights of the Parliament of Scotland. To Mr. Daniel Adams, secretary to the Society for Constitutional Information. Buxton, July 20th, 1784. [London:] printed and distributed gratis by the Society for Constitutional Information [1786].","","

12 leaves with signatures K-M, the last a blank, pages [59] to [80]. The first page has Vol. II in the lower margin—probably a continuation of no. iv. Caption title.

Manuscript notes by the same hand as in the other tracts.

John Jebb, 1736-1786, theological and political writer and doctor of medicine, was a friend of Joseph Priestley and contributed some of the notes (signed J) to his Harmony of the Gospels, q. v. He was also a friend of David Hartley, see the next following number." "27880","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Sundry addresses & Letters by David Hartley.","2.","","","Hartley, David.","i. An Address to the Committee of Association of the County of York, on the state of public affairs. By David Hartley, Esq. January 3, 1781. The second edition. York: printed by A. Ward, and sold by J. Almon, G. Kearsly, and R. Faulder, London; R. Crutwell, Bath, and by all the booksellers in York, 1781.","","

23 leaves.

Numbered 24 in ink on the title-page.

David Hartley, the younger, 1732-1813, English statesman and scientific inventor, was a friend of Benjamin Franklin, with whom, as minister plenipotentiary from Britain, he drew up the definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States. Jeferson was acquainted with Hartley and corresponded with him." "27890","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","","ii. An Address to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the Worshipful the Wardens and Corporation of the Trinity-House, and to the Worthy Burgesses of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull. By David Hartley, Esq; 1784.","","Sm. 8vo. 8 leaves. Dated from Paris May 18, 1784." "27900","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","","","","","","iii. Two Letters from D. Hartley, Esq. M. P. addressed to the Committee of the county of York. London: printed for J. Almon, M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]","","

12 leaves. The two letters are addressed to the Rev. Mr. Wyvill, Chairman of the Committee of the county of York, the first dated from Sodbury, Dec. 22, 1779, the second from London, March 21, 1780.

Inserted between pages 4 and 5 is an Avis concerning Les Gazettes Etrangeres. On the title-page is written possibly by Jefferson 24.c." "27910","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Andrews's Essays on Republican principles.","3.","","","Andrews, John.","An Essay on republican principles, and on the inconveniences of a commonwealth in a large country and nation; illustrated by examples from ancient and modern history; and concluding with some reflections on the present situation of Great Britain. By John Andrews, L.L.D. London: printed for Richardson and Urquhart, M. DCC. LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

50 leaves.

Sabin 1500.

John Andrews, 1736-1809, English historical writer and pamphleteer, was the author of the History of the War with America, q. v." "27920","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Political magazines for August & October 1783.","4.","","","","The Political Magazine and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal. For August, 1783. [-For October, 1783.] [London:] printed for J. Bew, 1783.","","

Parts of vol. v. 80 leaves in all, 3 plates.

Sabin 63784.

A Tory magazine in opposition to Almon's Remembrancer, q. v. Contains much material relative to American affairs and the Revolution including The definitive treaty between Great Britain and the United States, September 3, 1783. Contains also Sir William Hamilton's Account of the late earthquakes in Calabria, Sicily, &c." "27930","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Soulé's Parliamentary Pocket book.","5.","","","[Soulés, François.]","Le Vade-Mecum parlementaire, ou The parliamentary pocket-book. Par M. S***. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris: chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1789.","","

First Edition. 45 leaves, 1 woodcut illustration, French and English text on opposite pages.

Barbier IV, 907. Quérard IX, 225.

The name of the author written in ink on the title-page (not by Jefferson).

Other works by François Soulés occur in this catalogue, q. v." "27940","J. 193","Tracts in English Politics. 1780-1784. viz. . . . . Sundry publications & republicñs by the Constitñl society. Hartley's addresses & letters. Andrews' essay on republican principles. Political magazine for Aug. & Oct. 1783. Soule's Parliamentary pocket book. Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 catalogue, page 106. no. 185, Tracts in English politics 1780-84, 8vo.","

14 tracts under the above general heads, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 28./ The titles are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the volume (with variations as shown). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 28[/TBE]

This volume is fully entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.","Sr. John Hawle's Dialogue on Juries.","6.","","","Hawles, Sir John.","The Englishman's right: A dialogue between a barrister at law and a juryman; plainly setting forth, I. The antiquity, II. The excellent designed use, III. The office, and just privileges, of juries, by the law of England. By Sir John Hawles, Knight, Solicitor-General to the late King William. London: printed in the year MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","","

12mo. 30 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Sweet & Maxwell II, 122, 15.

Sir John Hawles, 1645-1716, English lawyer. This tract was first published anonymously in 1680 in quarto with a different title." "27950","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","1.","","","Mears, John.","Authentic copy of the memorial to the Right Honourable William Wyndham Grenville, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state, by Lieutenant John Mears, of the Royal Navy; dated 30th April, 1790, and presented to the House of Commons, May 13, 1790. Containing every particular respecting the capture of the vessels in Nootka Sound. London: printed for J. Debrett, MDCCLX [sic]. [1790.]","F1089 .N8M4","

38 leaves.

Sabin 47259.

John Mears (or Meares), 1756?-1800, English naval commander and voyager. This is the Memorial presented to the House (through William Wyndham Grenville, 1759-1834), concerning the capture of British ships in Nootka Sound by the Spanish." "27960","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","2.","","","","Serious enquiries into the motives of our present armament against Russia . . . London: J. Debrett, 1791.","","

8vo. 32 leaves, frontispiece, folded table.

No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "27970","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","3.","","","","Considerations on the approach of a war, and the conduct of his Majesty's ministers. London: J. Debrett, 1791.","","

8vo. 21 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "27980","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","4.","","","[Williams, David.]","Lessons to a young prince by an old statesman, on the present disposition in Europe to a general revolution. To which is added, a lesson on the mode of studying and profiting by Reflections on the French Revolution, by Edmund Burke. London: printed for H. D. Symonds, M.DCC.XCI. [1791.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 554","

Halkett and Laing III, 259.

This work by David Williams, q. v., the founder of the Royal Literary Fund, was written for the Prince of Wales. Several editions appeared in 1791 in London and also in the United States. It cannot be ascertained which edition was in the Jefferson collection." "27990","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","5.","","","[Jebb, Frederick.]","Guatimozin's letters on the present state of Ireland, and the right of binding it by British acts of Parliament, &c . . . London: printed for E. Johnson, M DCC LXXIX. [1779.]","DA948 .A2J4","

38 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 416; III, 327." "28000","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","6.","","","","Eden on Irish Affairs.","","William Eden, Baron Auckland, 1744-1814, English statesman and diplomat, published several pamphlets on Irish affairs about this time." "28010","194","Political tracts English. 1790-1 & Irish. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 187, Political Tracts, English and Irish, 1790, 1, 8vo.","

This volume of tracts is no longer extant. As listed in the 1849 Catalogue the tracts were as follows:

Memorial of Lieut. John Mears to the Right Hon. Wm. W. Grenville, and presented to the House of Commons, respecting the Capture of the Vessels in Nootka Sound, 8vo; London, 1790.—Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our Present Armament against Russia; London, 1791.—Considerations on the Approach of War, and the Conduct of the Ministers; London, 1791.—Letters [sic] to a Young Prince, on the Present Disposition in Europe to a General Revolution; with Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; London, 1791.—Letters of Guatimozin.—Eden on Irish Affairs.—Caldwell's (James) Enquiry how far the Restrictions on the Trade of Ireland, are a Benefit or Disadvantage to the British Dominions, &c.; 8vo; Dublin, 1779.

These tracts are not in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864, and the volume probably disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851. It is not possible to identify the editions in the Jefferson collection.","","7.","","","Caldwell, Sir James.","An Enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland by British acts of Parliament, are a benefit or disadvantage to the British Dominions . . . With an Address to the gentlemen concerned in the woollen commerce . . . To which is prefixed a letter to Sir John Duntze, Bart. member of Parliament for Tiverton . . . Dublin: printed by R. Marchbank, for the Company of Booksellers, M, DCC, LXXIX. [1779.]","","

50 leaves—no copy was seen for collation.

Bradshaw 2238. Not in Jones.

For another work by Sir James Caldwell, Irish baronet, see no. 2932." "28020","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].","1.","","","","To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the Sharks of Africa. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

Broadside, folded.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Begins:

Sheweth,

That your petitioners are a numerous body, and at present in a very flourishing situation, owing chiefly to the constant visitation of the shipping of your island.

That by hovering round these floating dungeons your petitioners are supplied with large quantities of their most favourite food—human flesh.

That your petitioners are sustained, not only by the carcases of those who have fallen by distempers, but are frequently gratified with rich repasts from the bodies of living negroes who voluntarily plunge into the abodes of your petitioners, preferring instant destruction by their jaws, to the imaginary horrors of a lingering slavery . . ." "28030","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.","2.","","","Cooper, Thomas.","A Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792. By Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, and M. Falkner and Co. Manchester, M, DCC, XCII. [1792.]","","

44 leaves: A-C12, D8 [some leaves cut into].

Watt I, 256.

Presentation copy from the author who has written on the half-title: Mr Cooper to Mr Jefferson.

This pamphlet was occasioned by the criticism by Edmund Burke of the visit to the democratic clubs of France by James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, and Thomas Cooper, who allied himself with the Girondists but eventually fled to England.

Several works by Cooper occur in this catalogue." "28040","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Cooper's Political arithmetic.","3.","","","Cooper, Thomas.","Political arithmetic, by Thomas Cooper, Esq. of Northumberland. [Without name of place or printer, n. d.]","","

20 leaves; half-title as above, no title-page.

Sabin in note to 16621.

Jefferson mentioned this pamphlet in a letter to Joseph Priestley written from Philadelphia January 18, 1800:

. . . the papers of Political arithmetic both in your's & mr Cooper's pamphlets are the most precious gifts that can be made to us; for we are running navigation-mad, & commerce-mad, and navy-mad, which is worst of all . . .

He also quoted from it in letters concerned with political finance. See for instance the letter to John W. Eppes dated from Monticello, November 6, 1813." "28050","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.","4.","","","Keith, George Skene.","A Prize Dissertation, on the excellence of the British constitution. By George Skene Keith, A. M. Minister of Keith-Hall and Kinkell. Aberdeen: printed by J. Chalmers & Co. for F. and C. Rivington, London; W. Creech, Edinburgh; and Alexr. Brown, Aberdeen, 1800.","","

30 leaves; printer's imprint at the end. The margins are cut down, and it is possible that a presentation inscription was cut away from the title-page—see the next entry.

Not in Watt. Not in Lowndes.

This and the next following pamphlet were sent to Jefferson by the author who wrote from Keith hall by Aberdeen, June 22, 1801:

I take the Liberty of sending your Excellency two political pamphlets, one of them a Prize Dissertation on the Excellence of the British Constitution, the other, a particular examination of the last French Constitution—The two contain as many examples as I could easily get introduced—of the different beauties or defects both of ancient and modern governments . . .

George Skene Keith, 1752-1823, Scottish minister and miscellaneous writer. This was the Blackwell Prize Dissertation." "28060","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Keith's examination of the French constitution.","5.","","","Keith, George Skene.","A Particular examination of the new French constitution, which was offered to the people for their acceptance, or rather imposed on them, in December, 1799. By George Skene Keith, A. M. Minister of Keith-Hall and Kinkell, author of ''Tracts on the Corn Laws;'' and on ''Weights, measures, and coins,'' &c. &c. &c. Aberdeen: printed by J. Chalmers & Co. for F. and C. Rivington, London; W. Creech, Edinburgh; and A. Brown, Aberdeen, 1801.","","

First Edition. 50 leaves; list of errata and printer's imprint at the end.

Watt II, 564.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The margins are cut close, and a presentation inscription from the author has been for the most part cut away. It now reads: the United States of America, from The A For Keith's presentation letter see the previous entry." "28070","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Morgan's view of the finances.","6.","","","Morgan, William.","A Comparative view of the public finances, from the beginning to the close of the late administration . . . by William Morgan, F. R. S. London: printed, at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co. for J. Debrett, 1801.","","

40 leaves of text followed by 8 leaves, numbered 1-16, of publisher's advertisements dated April, 1801; advertisement on the back of the title; margins cut close and one leaf of table folded and repaired.

Not in McCulloch. Palgrave II, page 820.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

William Morgan, 1750-1833, actuary, a nephew of Richard Price, was one of the pioneers of life assurance in England and for a long period of his life was the chief actuary of the Equitable Assurance Society in London. Morgan was a friend of Horne Tooke, Thomas Paine, Samuel Rogers, and other republicans." "28080","J. 195","Political pamphlets. English. 1800. 1801. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 197, as above.","

A collection of seven pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf (front cover gone). Label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English/ and a later label with Vol. 31.; original silk bookmark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 31[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by a different hand):

1 The petition of the Sharks of Africa to the British parlia[ment].

2 Cooper's reply to Burke's invective.

3 Cooper's Political arithmetic.

4 Keith on the excellence [of the] British constitution.

5 Keith's examination of the French constitution.

6 Morgan's view of the finances.

7 Boyd's letter to Pitt.","Boyd's letter to Pitt.","7.","","","Boyd, Walter.","A letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt, on the influence of the stoppage of issues in specie at the Bank of England, on the prices of provisions, and other commodities. The second edition, with additional notes; and a preface, containing remarks on the publication of Sir Francis Baring, Bart . . . By Walter Boyd, Esq. M. P. London: printed for J. Wright; and J. Mawman, by T. Gillet, 1801. [Price five shillings.]","","

3 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination: i. Preface to the first edition, 28 leaves; ii. text, 44 leaves; iii. Appendix, 24 leaves. 96 leaves in all.

Watt I, 142 (first edition only).

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sent to Jefferson by the author who wrote from London on April 28, 1801:

. . . I have taken the liberty to send by this conveyance a few Copies of a Pamphlet which I have published lately on the present state of the Circulation of this country . . .

Walter Boyd, 1754?-1837, English financier. This tract, of which the first edition was published in the same year, was called forth by a pamphlet on the effect of the suspension of cash payments in 1797." "28090","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","1.","","","[Stephen, James.]","War in disguise; or, the frauds of the neutral flags. London: printed by C. Whittingham, and sold by J. Hatchard, 1805.","","

First Edition. 110 leaves, printer's imprint at the end; the Preface dated October 18th, 1805.

Halkett and Laing VI, 207. McCulloch, page 120.

On the title-page is written (not by Jefferson) By Hon: Stephens, Barrister &c. and the word James inserted in another hand.

A copy of the second edition is in chapter 21 above. ''The main object of the pamphlet is to recommend the enforcement of the rule of 1756, by excluding neutrals from all intercourse with the colonies that then belonged to France.''—McCulloch." "28100","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","2.","","","[Fox, Charles James.]","The State of the Negotiation; with details of its progress and causes of its termination, in the recall of the Earl of Lauderdale . . . Second edition. London: printed for John Stockdale [by B. M'Millan], 1806.","","

8vo. 48 leaves, printer's imprint at the end, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing V, 385.

On the back of the title is pasted a clipping from the Morning Chronicle, dated London, September 1, beginning:

A Morning Paper of Saturday, quoting an obscure pamphlet lately published, accuses the late Ministers of being the authors or encouragers of the pamphlet so imprudently published last November, entitled ''State of the Negociation.'' A More disgraceful and scandalous imposture than the latter pamphlet never issued from the London press; and it was immediately disavowed by Ministers . . .

According to Halkett and Laing, whose authority is the Bodleian Library, the author of this pamphlet was Charles James Fox, who died on 13 September, 1806. The Earl of Lauderdale (James Maitland, eighth Earl, 1759-1839), went to Paris on August 2, 1806, as joint commissioner with Francis Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth, for concluding a peace with France. The negotiations proved abortive, and Lauderdale returned to England in October." "28110","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","3.","","","","The Edinburgh Review, April 1806. No. XV. [Edinburgh: D. Willison, printer, 1806.]","","

8vo. 122 leaves, including 3 leaves at the beginning with a list of works published by Archibald Constable & Co. Edinburgh, and John Murray, London [with the imprint of James Muirhead, Rose Street], and the contents of No. XV and a leaf at the end with Works in philosophy, belles lettres, &c. just published by William Creech, Edinburgh, and John Murray, London, followed by a blank. Printer's imprint at the end.

The first article is a review of War in disguise, or the frauds of the neutral flags [no. 2809 above], followed by reviews of Griffiths' Travels, Cumberland's Memoirs, Inquiry into the state of the nation, Miss Edgeworth's Leonora, and others. Pages 223 to 234 contain the Quarterly list of new publications, from 9. January to 10. April 1806.

Jefferson was a subscriber to the Edinburgh Review over a period of years, and in a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette dated from Monticello May 17, 1816, mentioned:

. . . you are aware that the Edinburgh Review is considered as the ablest work of that kind which has ever been published . . ." "28120","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","4.","","","Diacon, Joseph.","Coup-d'oeil sur la situation politique de l'Europe, par Joseph Diacon. A Paris: chez Rondonneau, imprimeur ordinaire du corps législatif, septembre 1806.","","

First Edition. 16 leaves, including the half-title.

Quérard II, 551.

On the title is the autograph signature of Wm. Lee, Bordeaux.

Joseph Diacon was at this time clerk to the Minister of War in Paris." "28130","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","5.","","","Medford, Macall.","Observations on European courts, and outlines of their politics, &c. &c. By Macall Medford, Esq. of America; during a residence of fifteen years in Europe, and upon his return to America. London: printed by Swan and Son, for J. Blacklock, and Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1807. [Price two shillings.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 26 leaves, dated at the end from 9, Grosvenor Street, King's Road, July 23, 1807; printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 47301 (note)." "28140","J. 196","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 199, Political, English, 1804-7, 8vo.","Six tracts, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half russia, silk bookmark, by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809. Milligan's original label lettered Pamphlets/Political./English/ and his dates 1805-7 lettered in gilt on the back remain; a new label has been added, lettered Vol. 34. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Milligan's price for the binding was 75 cents. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 34[/TBE]","","6.","","","Medford, Macall.","Oil without vinegar, and dignity without pride: or, British, American, and West-India interests considered. The second edition. With a preface, and additions. Together with a chart, shewing the rise and fall of the trade between the two countries. By Macall Medford, Esq. London: printed for W. J. and J. Richardson, J. Harding; and Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia [by W. Flint], 1807.","","

8vo. 70 leaves, folded engraved chart published by T. F. Watkins Co., November 18, 1807. Partly unopened, some leaves damaged.

Sabin 47301." "28150","197","Tracts on liberty & slavery. Miller. Buchanan. Webster. Tucker. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 176, Tracts on Liberty and Slavery, 8vo sc. Meller, Buchanon, Webster, Tucker. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 235, Pamphlets, American.—Miller's (Samuel) Sermon on the Independence of America, preached in 1793, 8vo; New-York.—Buchanan's (George) Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered July 4, 1791; Baltimore, 1793.—Webster's (Noah) Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry; Hartford, 1793.—Tucker's (St. George) Dissertation on Slavery; with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in Virginia; Philadelphia, 1769.—Volney's (C. F.) Answer to Priestley's Pamphlet on the Increase of Infidelity, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1797.","With one exception Jefferson's copies of these tracts are no longer extant. The titles are taken from the entry in the 1849 catalogue. The tracts are not listed in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864.","","1.","","","Miller, Samuel.","A Sermon, preached in New-York, July 4th, 1793. Being the anniversary of the independence of America: at the request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By Samuel Miller, A. M. one of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the city of New-York. New-York: printed by Thomas Greenleaf, n. d. [1793.]","E286 .N6 1793","

8vo. 18 leaves.

Evans 25823. Sprague III, 605.

Sent by the author to Jefferson, who acknowledged the gift in a letter dated (from Philadelphia) September 3, 1793:

Th: Jefferson has the honor to present his respectful compliments & thanks to the reverened [sic] Mr. Millar for the copy he was so kind as to send him of his very excellent and patriotic discourse preached on the last anniversary of independance, an occasion worthy of a good theme, and a theme worthy of it's occasion.

Other sermons by Samuel Miller occur in this catalogue." "28160","197","Tracts on liberty & slavery. Miller. Buchanan. Webster. Tucker. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 176, Tracts on Liberty and Slavery, 8vo sc. Meller, Buchanon, Webster, Tucker. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 235, Pamphlets, American.—Miller's (Samuel) Sermon on the Independence of America, preached in 1793, 8vo; New-York.—Buchanan's (George) Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered July 4, 1791; Baltimore, 1793.—Webster's (Noah) Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry; Hartford, 1793.—Tucker's (St. George) Dissertation on Slavery; with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in Virginia; Philadelphia, 1769.—Volney's (C. F.) Answer to Priestley's Pamphlet on the Increase of Infidelity, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1797.","With one exception Jefferson's copies of these tracts are no longer extant. The titles are taken from the entry in the 1849 catalogue. The tracts are not listed in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864.","","2.","","","Buchanan, George.","An Oration upon the moral and political evil of slavery. Delivered at a public meeting of the Maryland Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free negroes, and others unlawfully held in bondage. Baltimore, July 4th, 1791. By George Buchanan, M.D. Member of the American Philosophical Society. Baltimore: printed by Philip Edwards, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793.]","AC901 .W7 Vol. 6","

8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 8845. Evans 25237.

Dedicated to The Honorable Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State, whose Patriotism, since the American Revolution, has been uniformly marked, by a sincere, steady and active Attachment to the Interest of his Country; and whose literary Abilities have distinguished him amongst the first of Statesmen and Philosophers . . .

Presentation copy from the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on August 30, 1793:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Dr. Buchanan and returns him many thanks for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, & particularly for the partialities expressed toward himself. he concurs sincerely in the general sentiments of the pamphlet & can say with truth that no man in the United States more ardently wishes to see some plan adopted for relieving us from this moral reproach, & at the same time preventing the physical & political consequences of a mixture. among the latter will certainly be a second chapter of the history of St Domingo." "28170","197","Tracts on liberty & slavery. Miller. Buchanan. Webster. Tucker. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 176, Tracts on Liberty and Slavery, 8vo sc. Meller, Buchanon, Webster, Tucker. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 235, Pamphlets, American.—Miller's (Samuel) Sermon on the Independence of America, preached in 1793, 8vo; New-York.—Buchanan's (George) Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered July 4, 1791; Baltimore, 1793.—Webster's (Noah) Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry; Hartford, 1793.—Tucker's (St. George) Dissertation on Slavery; with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in Virginia; Philadelphia, 1769.—Volney's (C. F.) Answer to Priestley's Pamphlet on the Increase of Infidelity, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1797.","With one exception Jefferson's copies of these tracts are no longer extant. The titles are taken from the entry in the 1849 catalogue. The tracts are not listed in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864.","","J. 3.","","","Webster, Noah.","Effects of slavery, on morals and industry. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esq. Counsellor at law and member of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom . . . Hartford (Connecticut): printed by Hudson and Goodwin, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793.]","E446 .W385","

8vo. 28 leaves.

Evans 26448. Trumbull 1598. Ford, E. E. F., Noah Webster, page 526.

Rebound in buckram in 1912. At the foot of the title-page is written: Sold in London by Cha[???]. Dilly [the rest cut off by binder].

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source books for this pamphlet; the references are given in the footnotes.

Other works by Webster occur in this catalogue. This appears to be Jefferson's copy. It is no. 3 in his list and has the number 3 in ink on the title-page in the manner of all his bound volumes of pamphlets." "28180","197","Tracts on liberty & slavery. Miller. Buchanan. Webster. Tucker. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 176, Tracts on Liberty and Slavery, 8vo sc. Meller, Buchanon, Webster, Tucker. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 235, Pamphlets, American.—Miller's (Samuel) Sermon on the Independence of America, preached in 1793, 8vo; New-York.—Buchanan's (George) Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered July 4, 1791; Baltimore, 1793.—Webster's (Noah) Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry; Hartford, 1793.—Tucker's (St. George) Dissertation on Slavery; with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in Virginia; Philadelphia, 1769.—Volney's (C. F.) Answer to Priestley's Pamphlet on the Increase of Infidelity, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1797.","With one exception Jefferson's copies of these tracts are no longer extant. The titles are taken from the entry in the 1849 catalogue. The tracts are not listed in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864.","","4.","","","Tucker, St. George.","A Dissertation on slavery: with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it, in the State of Virginia. By St. George Tucker, professor of law in the University of William and Mary, and one of the judges of the General Court, in Virginia . . . Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey, 1796.","E445 .V8 .T89","

8vo. 53 leaves: A-N4, O1.

Sabin 97375. Evans 31319.

Contains references to Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia.

St. George Tucker, 1752-1827, jurist, a native of Bermuda, emigrated in his late teens to Virginia, where he eventually married the widow of John Randolph. This Dissertation, advocating the emancipation of the children of slave mothers, was reprinted in Philadelphia in 1861." "28190","197","Tracts on liberty & slavery. Miller. Buchanan. Webster. Tucker. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 176, Tracts on Liberty and Slavery, 8vo sc. Meller, Buchanon, Webster, Tucker. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 235, Pamphlets, American.—Miller's (Samuel) Sermon on the Independence of America, preached in 1793, 8vo; New-York.—Buchanan's (George) Oration on the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery, delivered July 4, 1791; Baltimore, 1793.—Webster's (Noah) Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry; Hartford, 1793.—Tucker's (St. George) Dissertation on Slavery; with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in Virginia; Philadelphia, 1769.—Volney's (C. F.) Answer to Priestley's Pamphlet on the Increase of Infidelity, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1797.","With one exception Jefferson's copies of these tracts are no longer extant. The titles are taken from the entry in the 1849 catalogue. The tracts are not listed in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1864.","","5.","","","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Volney's Answer to Doctor Priestley, on his pamphlet entitled, ''Observations upon the increase of infidelity . . .; Philadelphia, 1797.","","This tract has already been described, no. 1679." "28200","J. 198","Pamphlets English. 1779-91. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, page 184, as above.","

Five pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf, repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. New labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 27./ The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages.

On the flyleaf Jefferson has listed the titles as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 27[/TBE]

Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.

a fragment on an Irish association.

a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.

Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.

the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.","1.","","","[Tickell, Richard.]","Opposition mornings: with Betty's remarks . . . Dublin: printed for the Company of Booksellers, by Byrn and Son, M DCC LXXIX. [1779.]","","

36 leaves including the half-title. Begins with A short word or two from Betty, signed Elizabeth O'Neil, St. James's Street, May 21, 1779.

Halkett and Laing IV, 265. Sabin 95797.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Richard Tickell, 1751-1793, English pamphleteer and dramatist, was the brother-in-law of R. B. Sheridan. This pamphlet has references to the American Revolution." "28210","J. 198","Pamphlets English. 1779-91. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, page 184, as above.","

Five pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf, repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. New labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 27./ The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages.

On the flyleaf Jefferson has listed the titles as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 27[/TBE]

Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.

a fragment on an Irish association.

a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.

Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.

the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","a fragment on an Irish association.","2.","","","","Irish association.","","A fragment of 16 leaves, sig. C-F4, pages 17-48, partly uncut. Relative to Irish trade—an anti-English article." "28220","J. 198","Pamphlets English. 1779-91. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, page 184, as above.","

Five pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf, repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. New labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 27./ The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages.

On the flyleaf Jefferson has listed the titles as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 27[/TBE]

Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.

a fragment on an Irish association.

a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.

Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.

the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.","3.","","","","Pitt, William, and Hastings, Warren.","","This fragment of 47 leaves is almost complete. It begins on B2, page 3, and apparently lacks only the preliminary matter; it ends properly on page 95, G8. On the first page Jefferson has written the date, 1785." "28230","J. 198","Pamphlets English. 1779-91. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, page 184, as above.","

Five pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf, repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. New labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 27./ The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages.

On the flyleaf Jefferson has listed the titles as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 27[/TBE]

Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.

a fragment on an Irish association.

a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.

Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.

the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.","4.","","","Richards, William.","A Review of the Memoirs of the protectoral-house of Cromwell, by the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A.S. of L. & E. rector of Barming, in Kent. Addressed to the Right Hon. the Earl of Sandwich, the patron of that work . . . By William Richards . . . Lynn: Printed and sold by R. Marshall; sold also by T. Cadell, London, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787.]","","

41 leaves, publisher's announcement and list of corrigenda on the verso of the title-leaf; dated at the end from Lynn, Dec. 24, 1787.

Lowndes III, 1695.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

William Richards, 1749-1818, a Welshman, known as the historian of Lynn, was pastor in that town for some years. He passed his life in Wales and England, but in 1793 received the diploma of M.A. from Brown University, Rhode Island, and the degree of LL.D. in 1818, the year of his death. Richards, who had died without knowing of the latter honor, bequeathed his library of 1,300 by Mark volumes to Brown University.

The Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell, by Mark Noble, 1754-1827, was published in 1784." "28240","J. 198","Pamphlets English. 1779-91. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, page 184, as above.","

Five pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., half calf, repaired, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. New labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 27./ The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages.

On the flyleaf Jefferson has listed the titles as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 27[/TBE]

Opposition mornings with Betty's remarks.

a fragment on an Irish association.

a fragment of 1785. on Pitt's administration & Hastings' impeachment.

Richards's Review of Noble's memoirs of the house of Cromwell.

the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","the Constitution of Poland of 1791.","5.","","","","New Constitution of the government of Poland, established by the revolution, the third of May, 1791. London: printed for J. Debrett, 1791.","","

22 leaves including the half-title.

Jefferson's name written in ink on the half-title, probably by the donor." "28250","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","1.","","","Barlow, Joel.","A Letter to the National Convention of France, on the defects in the constitution of 1791, and the extent of the amendments which ought to be applied. To which is added the Conspiracy of Kings, a poem. By Joel Barlow, author of Advice to the privileged orders; and the Vision of Columbus. New-York: printed by Thomas Greenleaf, for J. Fellows . . . [According to act of Congress.] [1793.]","","

8vo. 44 leaves including one blank. The text of A Letter ends on page 70, sig. I, and is followed by a blank leaf and a half-title for The Conspiracy of Kings.

Sabin 3423 (note). Evans 25143. Dexter IV, 12. This edition (of The Conspiracy of Kings) not in Wegelin.

Howard, page 421.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

On March 18, 1792, Barlow sent to Jefferson from London a copy of the first edition of The Conspiracy of Kings which is not in this collection. Of the poem he wrote in his covering letter:

. . . Though one of the Kings died while the Poem was in the press, it was not my fault. If this had been the case with all of them, I should have been willing to have suppressed the publication for so good a cause . . .

Joel Barlow, 1754-1812, poet and statesman, was a close friend and constant correspondent of Jefferson, to whom he had been introduced originally by Richard Price. The first edition of A Letter to the National Convention of France was published in London in 1792, and as a reward Barlow was made a citizen of France." "28260","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","2.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Rights of Man. Part the second. Combining principle and practice. By Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Congress in the American War, and author of the work entitled Common Sense; and the first part of the Rights of Man. London: printed for J. S. Jordan, 1792.","","

First Edition. 98 leaves, including the half-title (with the price, Three shillings) and the last blank. The dedication to M. de La Fayette dated from London, Feb. 9, 1792.

Lowndes IV, 1761. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 955. Seligman XI, 530. Not in Sabin.

Foremargins cut close, in some cases with injury to text. On the half-title Jefferson has written in ink the designation pamphlets 92.

Sent by Paine to Jefferson in 1792. No copy of Part I was sold by Jefferson to Congress, though he undoubtedly owned a copy. The first edition was originally printed in London in 1791, and reprinted in Philadelphia in the same year by Samuel Harrison Smith, which seems to have been the cause of the first meeting between Jefferson and Smith, who became a friend of Jefferson, and in 1814 took an active part in the sale of his library to Congress.

On May 8, 1791, Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to the President of the United States [George Washington]:

The last week does not furnish one single public event worthy communicating to you: so that I have only to say ''all is well.'' Paine's answer to Burke's pamphlet begins to produce some squibs in our public papers, in Fenno's paper they are Burkites, in the others Painites. one of Fenno's was evidently from the author of the discourses on Davila. I am afraid the indiscretion of a printer has committed me with my friend m[???] Adams, for whom, as one of the most honest & disinterested men alive, I have a cordial esteem, increased by long habits of concurrence in opinion in the days of his republicanism: and even since his apostasy to hereditary monarchy & nobility, tho' we differ, we differ as friends should do.—Beckley had the only copy of Paine's pamphlet, & lent it to me, desiring when I should have read it, that I would send it to a m[???] J. B. Smith, who had asked it for his brother to reprint it. being an utter stranger to J. B. Smith, both by sight and character. I wrote a note to explain to him why I (a stranger to him) sent him a pamphlet, towit, that m[???] Beckley had desired it; & to take off a little of the dryness of the note, I added that I was glad to find it was to be reprinted, that something would at length be publicly said against the political heresies which had lately sprung up among us, & that I did not doubt our citizens would rally again around the standard of Common sense. that I had in my view the Discourses of Davila, which have filled Fenno's papers for a twelvemonth, without contradiction, is certain. but nothing was ever further from my thoughts than to become myself the contradictor before the public. to my great astonishment however, when the pamphlet came out, the printer had prefixed my note to it, without having given me the most distant hint of it. m[???] Adams will unquestionably take to himself the charge of political heresy. as conscious of his own views of drawing the present government to the form of the English constitution, and I fear will consider me as meaning to injure him in the public eye.—I learn that some Anglomen have censured it in another point of view, as a sanction of Paine's principles tends to give offence to the British government, their real fear however is that this popular & republican pamphlet, taking wonderfully, is likely at a single stroke to wipe out all their unconstitutional doctrines which their bell-weather Davila has been preaching for a twelvemonth. I certainly never made a secret of my being anti-monarchical, & anti-aristocratical: but I am sincerely mortified to be thus brought forward on the public stage, where to remain, to advance or to retire, will be equally against my love of silence & quiet, & my abhorrence of dispute . . .

The ''note'' prefixed by the printer reads as follows:

The following Extract from a note accompanying a copy of this Pamphlet for republication, is so respectable a testimony of its value, that the Printer hopes the distinguished writer will excuse its present appearance. It proceeds from a character equally eminent in the councils of America, and conversant in the affairs of France, from a long and recent residence at the Court of Versailles in the Diplomatic department; and, at the same time that it does justice to the writings of Mr. Paine, it reflects honor on the source from which it flows, by directing the mind to a contemplation of that Republican firmness and Democratic simplicity which endear their possessor to every friend of the ''Rights of Man.''

After some prefatory remarks, the Secretary of State observes: ''I am extremely pleased to find it will be re-printed here, and that something is at length to be publicly said against the political heresies which have sprung up among us.

I have no doubt our citizens will rally a second time round the standard of Common Sense.''

The day after his letter to the President, on May 9, Jefferson wrote to Madison:

. . . have you seen the Philadelphia edñ of Paine's pamphlet? you know you left Beckley's copy in my hands. he called on me for it, before I had quite finished it, & desired me when done to send it to J. B. Smith whose brother was to reprint it. when I was proceeding to send it, I found it necessary to write a note to m[???] Smith to explain why I, a perfect stranger to him, sent him the pamphlet. I mentioned it to be by the desire of m[???] Beckley, & to take off a little of the dryness of the note, added, currente calamo, that I was pleased to find it was to be reprinted here, that something was at length to be publicly said against the political heresies which had of late sprung up among us, not doubting but that our citizens would rally again round the standard of Common sense. I thought no more of this & heard no more till the pamphlet appeared to my astonishment with my note at the head of it. I never saw J. B. Smith or the printer either before or since. I had in view certainly the doctrines of Davila. I tell the writer freely that he is a heretic, but certainly never meant to step into a public newspaper with that in my mouth. I have just reason therefore to think he will be displeased. Colo. Hamilton & Colo. Beckwith are open mouthed against me, taking it in another view, as likely to give offence to the court of London. H. adds further that it marks my opposition to the government, thus endeavoring to turn on the government itself those censures I meant for the enemies of the government. to wit those who want to change it into a monarchy. I have reason to think he has been unreserved in uttering these sentiments . . .

To his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph, Jefferson wrote on July 3:

. . . having nothing to communicate in the line of public news, I will state something personal, you will observe by the enclosed & preceding papers, that I am mentioned on the subject of Paine's pamphlet on the rights of man: & you will have seen a note of mine prefixed to that pamphlet, whence it has been inferred that I furnished the pamphlet to the printer & procured it's publication. this is not true. The fact was this. m[???] Beckley had the only copy of that pamphlet in town. he lent it to m[???] Madison, who lent it to me under the injunction to return it to Beckley within the day. Beckley came for it before I had finished reading it, and desired as soon as I had done, I would sent it to a m[???] Jonathan B. Smith whose brother was to reprint it. being an utter stranger to m[???] J. B. Smith, I explained to him in a note that I sent the pamphlet to him by order of m[???] Beckley, and, to take off somewhat of the dryness of the note, I added 'that I was glad to find it was to be reprinted here &c as you have seen in the printed note. I thought so little of this note that I did not even retain a copy of it: and without the least information or suspicion that it would be published, out it comes the next week at the head of the pamphlet. I knew immediately that it would give displeasure to some gentlemen fast by the chair of government who were in sentiment with Burke, & as much opposed to the sentiments of Paine. I could not disavow my note, because I had written it: I could not disavow my approbation of the pamphlet, because I was fully in sentiment with it: and it would have been trifling to have disavowed merely the publication of the note, approving at the same time of the pamphlet. I determined therefore to be utterly silent, except so far as verbal explanations could be made. the Vice president, who is at Boston, took up the cudgels under the name of Publicola. he is in turn assailed by a host of republican champions. I think it probable he will be aided by some of his compeers, but, more cautious than him, they will mask themselves better. for my part I am determined to let them write & wrangle as they please, without intermeddling in word or deed.

A week later, on July 10, Jefferson wrote to Monroe:

. . . The papers which I send m[???] Randolph weekly, & which I presume you see, will have shewn you what a dust Paine's pamphlet has kicked up here. my last to m[???] Randolph will have given an explanation as to myself which I had not time to give when I sent you the pamphlet, a writer under the name of Publicola, in attacking all Paine's principles, is very desirous of involving me in the same censure with the author. I certainly merit the same, for I profess the same principles; but it is equally certain I never meant to have entered as a volunteer into the cause, my occupations do not permit it. some persons here are insinuating that I am Brutus, that I am Agricola, that I am Philodemos &c &c. I am none of them, being decided not to write a word on the subject, unless any printed imputation should call for a printed disavowal, to which I should put my name. a Boston paper has declared that m[???] Adams 'has no more concern in the publication of the writings of Publicola than the author of the Rights of man himself'. if the equivoque here were not intended, the disavowal is not entirely credited, because not from m[???] Adams himself & because the stile & sentiments raise so strong a presumption. besides to produce any effect he must disavow Davila & the Defence of the American constitutions. a host of writers have risen in favor of Paine, & prove that in this quarter at least the spirit of republicanism is sound . . .

To John Adams, the Vice President of the United States, Jefferson wrote on July 17:

I have a dozen times taken up my pen to write to you & as often laid it down again, suspended between opposing considerations. I determine however to write from a conviction that truth between candid minds, can never do harm. the first of Paine's pamphlets on the Rights of man, which came to hand here, belonged to m[???] Beckley. he lent it to m[???] Madison who lent it to me; and while I was reading it m[???] Beckley called on me for it, &, as I had not finished it, he desired me as soon as I should have done so, to send it to m[???] Jonathan B. Smith, whose brother meant to reprint it. I finished reading it, and, as I had no acquaintance with m[???] Jonathan B. Smith, propriety required that I should explain to him why I, a stranger to him, sent him the pamphlet. I accordingly wrote a note of compliment informing him that I did it at the desire of mr Beckley, &, to take off a little of the dryness of the note, I added that I was glad it was to be reprinted here & that something was to be publicly said against the political heresies which had sprung up among us &c. I thought so little of this note that I did not even keep a copy of it: nor ever heard a tittle more of it till, the week following, I was thunderstruck with seeing it come out at the head of the pamphlet. I hoped however it would not attract notice, but I found on my return from a journey of a month that a writer came forward under the signature of Publicola, attacking not only the author & principles of the pamphlet, but myself as it's sponsor, by name. soon after came hosts of other writers defending the pamphlet & attacking you by name as the writer of Publicola. thus were our names thrown on the public stage as public antagonists. that you & I differ in our ideas of the best form of government is well known to us both: but we have differed as friends should do, respecting the purity of each other's motives, & confining our difference of opinion to private conversation, and I can declare with truth in the presence of the almighty that nothing was further from my intention or expectation than to have had either my own or your name brought before the public on this occasion. the friendship & confidence which has so long existed between us required this explanation from me, & I know you too well to fear any misconstruction of the motives of it. some people here who would wish me to be, or to be thought, guilty of improprieties, have suggested that I was Agricola, that I was Brutus &c. &c. I never did in my life, either by myself or by any other, have a sentence of mine inserted in a newspaper without putting my name to it; & I believe I never shall.

To this Adams replied on July 29 from Braintree, Mass.:

Yesterday at Boston, I received your friendly Letter of July 17th. with great pleasure. I give full credit to your relation of the manner, in which your note was written and prefixed to the Philadelphia edition of Mr Paine's pamphlet on the rights of Man: but the misconduct of the person, who committed this breach of your confidence, by making it publick, whatever were his intentions, has sown the seeds of more evils, than he can ever attone for. The Pamphlet, with your name, to so striking a recommendation of it, was not only industriously propagated in New York and Boston; but, that the recommendation might be known to every one, was reprinted with great care in the Newspapers, and was generally considered as a direct and open personal attack upon me, by countenancing the false interpretation of my writings as favouring the Introduction of hereditary Monarchy and Aristocracy into this Country. The Question every where was what Heresies are intended by the Secretary of State? The Answer in the Newspapers was, The Vice Presidents notions of a Limited Monarchy, an hereditary Government of King and Lords, with only elective commons. Emboldened by these murmurs soon after appeared the Paragraphs of an unprincipled Libeller in the New Haven Gazette, carefully reprinted in the Papers of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, holding up the Vice President to the ridicule of the World, for his meanness, and to their detestation for wishing to Subjugate the People to a few Nobles. These were soon followed by a formal speech of the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts very solemnly holding up the Idea of hereditary Powers and cautioning the Publick against them, as if they were at that moment in the most imminent danger of them. These things were all accompanied with the most marked neglect, both of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State towards me; and alltogether opperated as an Hue and Cry to all my Ennemies and Rivals, to the old constitutional faction of Pensilvania in concert with the late Insurgents of Massachusetts, both of whom consider my Writings as the Cause of their overthrow, to hunt me down like a hare, if they could.—In this State of Things, Publicola, who, I suppose thought that Mr Paines Pamphlet was made use of as an Instrument to destroy a Man, for whom he had a regard, [whom] he thought innocent and in the present moment [of] some importance to the Publick, came forward.

You declare very explicitly that you never did, by yourself or by any other, have a Sentence of yours, inserted in a Newspaper, without your name to it. And I, with equal frankness declare that I never did, either by myself or by any other, have a Sentence of mine inserted in any Newspaper Since I left Philadelphia. I neither wrote nor corrected Publicola. The writer in the Composition of his Pieces followed his own Judgment, Information and discretion, without any assistance from me.

You observe ''That you and I differ in our Ideas of the form of Government is well known to us both.'' But, my dear Sir, you will give me leave to say, that I do not know this. I know not what your Idea is of the best form of Government. You and I have never had a serious conversation together that I can recollect concerning the nature of Government. The very transient hints that have ever passed between us, have been jocular and superficial, without ever coming to any explanation. If you suppose that I have or ever had a design or desire, of attempting to introduce a Government of King, Lords and Commons or in other words an hereditary Executive or an hereditary Senate, either into the Government of the United States, or that of any Individual State, in this Country, you are wholly mistaken. There is not such a Thought expressed or intimated in any public writing or private Letter of mine, and I may safely challenge all Mankind to produce such a passage and quote the Chapter and Verse. If you have ever put such a Construction on any Thing of mine, I beg you would mention it to me, and I will undertake to convince you, that it has no fair meaning . . .

I thank you, Sir very Sincerely for writing to me upon this occasion. It was high time that you and I should come to an explanation with each other. The friendship which has subsisted for fifteen years between us, without the smallest Interruption, and untill this occasion without the slightest suspicion, ever has been and still is, very dear to my heart. There is no office which I would not resign, rather than give a just occasion for one friend to forsake me. Your motives for writing to me, I have not a doubt were the most pure and the most friendly and I have no suspicion that you will not receive this explanation from me in the same candid Light . . .

Jefferson replied on August 30:

I recieved some time ago your favor of July 29 and was happy to find that you saw in it's true point of view the way in which I had been drawn into the scene which must have been so disagreeable to you. the importance which you still seem to allow to my note, & the effect you suppose it to have had tho unintentional in me, induce me to shew you that it really had no effect. Paine's pamphlet, with my note, was published here about the 2d. week in May. not a word ever appeared in the public papers here on the subject for more than a month; and I am certain not a word on the subject would ever have been said had not a writer, under the name of Publicola, at length undertaken to attack m[???] Paine's principles, which were the principles of the citizens of the U. S. instantly a host of writers attacked Publicola in support of those principles. he had thought proper to misconstrue a figurative expression in my note; & these writers so far noticed me as to place the expression in it's true light. but this was only an incidental skirmish preliminary to the general engagement, & they would not have thought me worth naming, had not he thought proper to bring me on the scene. his antagonists, very criminally in my opinion presumed you to be Publicola, and on that presumption hazarded a personal attack on you. no person saw with more uneasiness than I did, this unjustifiable assault and the more so, when I saw it continued after the printer had declared you were not the author. but you will perceive from all this, my dear Sir, that my note contributed nothing to the production of these disagreeable peices. as long as Paine's pamphlet stood on it's own feet, & on my note, it was unnoticed. as soon as Publicola attacked Paine, swarms appeared in his defence. to Publicola then & not in the least degree to my note, this whole contest is to be ascribed & all it's consequences. You speak of the execrable paragraph in the Connecticut paper. this it is true appeared before Publicola. but it had no more relation to Paine's pamphlet & my note, than to the Alcoran. I am satisfied the writer of it had never seen either; for when I past through Connecticut about the middle of June, not a copy had ever been seen by anybody either in Harford or New Haven, nor probably in that whole state: and that paragraph was so notoriously the reverse of the disinterestedness of character which you are known to profess by every body who knows your name, that I never heard a person speak of the paragraph but with an indignation in your behalf, which did you entire justice. this paragraph then certainly did not flow from my note, any more than the publications which Publicola produced. indeed it was impossible that my note should occasion your name to be brought into question; for so far from naming you, I had not even in view any writing which I mi[ght] suppose to be yours, & the opinions I alluded to were principally those I had heard in common conversation from a sect aiming at the subversion of the present government to bring in their favorite form of a king, lords, & commons . . .

On July 28, between the writing of his letter to Adams and the reply of the latter, Jefferson wrote to William Short:

. . . Paine's pamphlet has been published & read with general applause here. it was attacked by a writer under the name of Publicola, and defended by a host of republican volunteers. none of the defenders are known. I have desired m[???] Remsen to make up a complete collection of these pieces from Bache's papers, the tory-paper of Fenno rarely admitting anything which defends the present form of government in opposition to his desire of subverting it to make way for a king, lords & commons. there are high names here in favour of this doctrine, but these publications have drawn forth pretty generally expressions of the public sentiment on this subject, & I thank God to find they are, to a man, firm as a rock in their republicanism . . .

The following day, July 29, Jefferson wrote to Paine himself, at that time in London:

Your favor of Sep. 28. 1790. did not come to my hands till Feb. 11. and I have not answered it sooner because it said you would be here in the Spring. That expectation being past, I now acknolege the reciept. indeed I am glad you did not come away till you had written your 'Rights of man'. that has been much read here, with avidity [and] pleasure. a writer under the signature of Publicola, attacked it. a host of champions entered the arena immediately in your defence. the discussion excited the public attention. recalled it to the 'Defence of the American constitutions' and the 'Discourses on Davila', which it had kindly passed over without censure in the moment, and very general expressions of their sense have been now drawn forth: & I thank god that they appear firm in their republicanism notwithstanding the contrary hopes & assertions of a sect here, high in names, but small in numbers. these had flattered themselves that the silence of the people under the 'Defence' and 'Davila' was a symptom of their conversion to the doctrine of king, lords, & commons. they are checked at least by your pamphlet, & the people confirmed in their good old faith . . .

On February 13, 1792, Paine wrote from London to Jefferson:

. . . I have enclosed six copies of my work for yourself in a parcel addressed to the President, and three or four for my other friends, which I wish you to take the trouble of presenting . . .

Jefferson acknowledged these on June 19:

I received with great pleasure the present of your pamphlets, as well for the thing itself as that it was a testimony of your recollection. would you believe it possible that in this country there should be high & important characters who need your lessons in republicanism, & who do not heed them? it is but too true that we have a sect preaching up & panting after an English constitution of king, lords, & commons, & whose heads are itching for crowns, coronets & mitres, but our people, my good friend, are firm and unanimous in their principles of republicanism, & there is no better proof of it than that they love wdat you write and read it with delight. the printers season every newspaper with extracts from your last, as they did before from your first part of the Rights of man. they have both served here to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to prove that tho the latter appears on the surface, it is on the surface only. the bulk below is sound & pure. go on then in doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword; shew that reformation is more practicable by operating on the mind than on the body of man, and be assured that it has not a more sincere votary, nor you a more ardent well-wisher than, Dear Sir

Your friend & sevt

Th: Jefferson

Jefferson mentioned Paine's pamphlet to various correspondents during this period. On May 11, 1791, in a letter to Benjamin Vaughan in London, he wrote:

. . . we have some names of note here who have apostatised from the true faith: but they are few indeed, and the body of our citizens pure & insusceptible of taint in their republicanism. m[???] Paine's answer to Burke will be a refreshing shower to their minds. it would bring England itself to reason & revolution if it was permitted to be read there. however the same things will be said in milder forms, will make their way among the people, & you must reform at last . . .

On July 29 in the same year, to Lewis Littlepage in Paris, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Mr. Paine's Rights of man have been received & read here with great avidity & pleasure. a writer under the signature of Publicola having attacked him, has served only to call forth proofs of the firmness of our citizens in their republicanism. some great names here have been preaching & patronizing the doctrine of king, lords & commons, & as men generally do, they believed what they hoped, that the people might be led to crown or coronet them at least. tho' checked, they are not yet desperate. but I am happy in a general evidence that they will be found to be all head, without a body. if the revolution in France had failed, it might have intimidated some weak nerves here, but, for the happiness of mankind, that has succeeded . . .

Jefferson sent a copy to George Wythe, who acknowledged it without comment in June 1792.

Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, revolutionary political pamphleteer, an Englishman by birth, lived at different times in England, France (of which country he was made a citizen in 1792), and the United States. He was a friend of Franklin, Jefferson, and other members of the republican party. Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution, which went through numerous editions, first appeared in 1790, and was immediately answered by Paine in The Rights of Man." "28270","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","3.","","","Cooper, Thomas.","A Reply to Mr. Burke's Invective.","","This is another copy of no. 2803 above. This copy was also sent to Jefferson by Cooper, who has written on the half-title: Mr Cooper to Mr Jefferson." "28280","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","4.","","","Barlow, Joel.","Advice to the privileged orders, in the sevearal [sic] states of Europe, resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general revolution in the principle of government. Part II. By Joel Barlow . . . Paris—printed: New-York—re-printed for Francis Childs & Co. and J. Fellows, by George Forman, 1794.","","

12mo. 44 leaves: A-G6, H2.

Sabin 3414. Evans 26617. This edition not in Howard.

The Advertisement is dated from Paris, 27th Sept. 1793.

The first edition was published in Paris in that year." "28290","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","5.","","","Fox, Charles James.","A Letter from the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, to the worthy and independent electors of the city and liberty of Westminster. The third edition. London: printed for J. Debrett, 1793.","","

26 leaves, including the half-title, and 2 leaves of advertisements at the end. Dated from South Street, Jan. 26, 1793.

Charles James Fox, 1749-1806, English statesman. Numerous editions of this pamphlet appeared in 1793." "28300","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","6.","","","[Currie, James.]","A Letter, commercial and political, addressed to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which the real interests of Britain, in the present crisis, are considered, and some observations are offered on the general state of Europe. The second edition corrected and enlarged. By Jasper Wilson, Esq . . . London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, MDCCXCIII. Price one shilling and sixpence. [1793.]","","

38 leaves. Dated June 6, 1793, and the Postscript July 25.

Halkett and Laing III, 261.

Jasper Wilson was the pseudonym of James Currie, 1756-1805, Scottish physician. Currie lived for a few years in Virginia but eventually returned to England and practiced medicine in Liverpool. When the authorship of this letter, written to persuade the Prime Minister not to declare war on France, became known, Currie's practice suffered, and he thereafter avoided politics. The tract went through several editions in 1793 in London and Dublin, and drew an answer from Vansittart." "28310","J. 199","do. [Pamphlets English] 92-3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101, no. 189. Pamphlets English, 1792, 3, 8vo.","A collection of seven pamphlets, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; rebound by the Library of Congress in 1920 in one volume, blue buckram, a red label on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/, the volume number 85 in gilt on the buckram. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 85[/TBE]","","7.","","","Hall, Robert.","An Apology for the freedom of the press, and for general liberty. To which are prefixed remarks on Bishop Horsley's sermon, preached on the thirtieth of January last. By Robert Hall, A.M. . . . London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson; W. H. Lunn, Cambridge; and J. James, Bristol, MDCCXCIII. [Price two shillings and six-pence.] [1793.]","","

First Edition. 66 leaves; list of errata on the verso of the second leaf.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 955.

Robert Hall, 1764-1831, English Baptist divine. The Preface contains critical remarks concerning the sermon of Samuel Horsley, Bishop of St. Asaph (1733-1806), preached on January 30, 1793, before the House of Lords at Westminster, depicting the dangers of the revolutionary spirit." "28320","J. 200","do. [Pamphlets English] 97. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 195, Pamphlets English, 1797, 8vo.","

A collection of five tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half sheep; two later labels on the back lettered respectively Political/Pamphlets./and Vol. 32. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 32[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows:

Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.

Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.

O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?

O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.

Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.","1.","","","Morgan, William.","An Appeal to the people of Great Britain, on the present alarming state of the public finances, and of public credit . . . By William Morgan, F.R.S. London: printed for J. Debrett, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797.]","","

First Edition. 46 leaves, advertisements on the back of the title-page and of the last leaf.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is the autograph signature of James Maury (the United States Consul at Liverpool, and a close friend of Jefferson).

For another pamphlet by, and an account of Morgan, see no. 2807. This tract went quickly into four editions." "28330","J. 200","do. [Pamphlets English] 97. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 195, Pamphlets English, 1797, 8vo.","

A collection of five tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half sheep; two later labels on the back lettered respectively Political/Pamphlets./and Vol. 32. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 32[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows:

Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.

Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.

O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?

O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.

Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.","2.","","","Erskine, Thomas, Baron Erskine.","A View of the causes and consequences of the present war with France. By the Honourable Thomas Erskine. The third edition. London: printed for J. Debrett, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797.]","","

70 leaves.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. III, 669.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T (not at sig. I).

Thomas Erskine, First Baron Erskine, 1750-1823, barrister and sailor. Thirty-five editions of this tract were quickly published, and a translation into French in the same year ran into almost as many editions." "28340","J. 200","do. [Pamphlets English] 97. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 195, Pamphlets English, 1797, 8vo.","

A collection of five tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half sheep; two later labels on the back lettered respectively Political/Pamphlets./and Vol. 32. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 32[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows:

Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.

Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.

O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?

O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.

Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?","3.","","","O'Bryen, Dennis.","Utrum Horum? The government; or, the country? By D. O'Bryen. Dublin: printed by H. Fitzpatrick, for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore [and others], 1796.","","

48 leaves. Dated at the end: Craven-Street, October the 17th, 1796.

Not in Lowndes or the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Bradshaw 2012.

Dennis O'Bryen, 1755-1832, Irish political pamphleteer and dramatist. This work passed rapidly through three editions in London and Dublin." "28350","J. 200","do. [Pamphlets English] 97. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 195, Pamphlets English, 1797, 8vo.","

A collection of five tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half sheep; two later labels on the back lettered respectively Political/Pamphlets./and Vol. 32. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 32[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows:

Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.

Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.

O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?

O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.

Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.","4.","","","O'Connor, Arthur.","Address to the free electors of the county of Antrim. By Arthur O'Connor, member of the Irish House of Commons. Philadelphia: from the press of Snowden & M'Corkle, 1797.","","

12mo. 6 leaves, uncut. Signed and dated at the end from Belfast, January 20, 1797, followed by a note reading: It appears, by a note subjoined, that, by order of the Privy Council, Mr. O'Connor was arrested on the 2d of February, and closely confined in the castle.

Evans 32610.

Arthur O'Connor, 1763-1852, Irish rebel. This pamphlet was originally published in Dublin in 1796, in which year O'Connor joined the United Irishmen. O'Connor emigrated to France where he married the only daughter of Condorcet, and eventually became a French citizen.

For presentation copies of pamphlets from O'Connor to Jefferson, see no. 2851 and 2868." "28360","J. 200","do. [Pamphlets English] 97. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 195, Pamphlets English, 1797, 8vo.","

A collection of five tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo. half sheep; two later labels on the back lettered respectively Political/Pamphlets./and Vol. 32. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the first page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 32[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows:

Morgan's Appeal on the public finances.

Erskine's view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.

O'Bryen's Utrum horum? the government or the country?

O'Connor's Address to the electors of Antrim.

Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","Grattan's Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.","5.","","","Grattan, Henry.","Present state of Ireland! Mr. Grattan's Address to his fellow-citizens of Dublin, on his retiring from Parliament. To which is added, his Answer to the independent citizens of Dublin. Philadelphia: printed (from the tenth Dublin edition) by J. Carey, for M. Carey, G. Douglas, & J. Carey, 1797.","","

22 leaves including the half-title, on which the price, 25 Cents, is on this copy, written in ink.

Evans 32204.

Henry Grattan, 1746-1820, Irish statesman. This address was written on his retirement from the Dublin Parliament in 1797 for reasons of health. In 1798 he went to England and gave evidence at the trial of Arthur O'Connor [see above] who had been charged with seditious libel." "28370","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","","","","","Letters on men, measures, and politics, selected from the papers of the day, beginning with Junius Redivivus. [London:] printed and sold by D. I. Eaton, bookseller to the supreme majesty of the people, n.d. [1794-5]","JA36 .P8 vol. 120","

8vo. 84 leaves. The letters are by Junius Redivivus, Brutus, Phocion, A Warning Voice, Philo Junius, A Patriot, and Casca. The dates are from November 1794 to July 1795.

Half calf, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under the new endpaper. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Daniel Isaac Eaton, d. 1814, English bookseller and publisher, was several times indicted before the recorder of London for publishing the works of Thomas Paine and others, and on one occasion had to flee to the United States where he remained for three years." "28380","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","1.","","","Pigott, Charles.","Strictures on the new political tenets of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, illustrated by analogy between his different sentiments on the American and French revolutions; together with observations on particular parts of his last letter to a member of the National Assembly, and an appeal from the old to the new Whigs. By Charles Pigott, Esq. London: printed for James Ridgway, 1791.","","

[TBE]With this are bound six pamphlets in 8vo. as follows:[/TBE]

8vo. 51 leaves; list of errata on the recto of the second leaf. Upper margin of the title-leaf cut away.

Sabin 62813." "28390","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","2.","","","","A Letter from a Right Honourable Aristocrat, to the Right Honourable William Pitt, on the anti-aristocratical tendency of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord; with hints for amending Lord Grenville's, and Mr. Pitt's patriotic bills. Also, a recommendation of a tax, for raising the splendid sum of four millions annually, by a mode perfectly comfortable, and never yet adopted. Pro Pratia! [sic] London: printed for D. I. Eaton, price one shilling, 1796.","","

8vo. 22 leaves including the half-title; signed and dated at the end: Aristocrat. April the 1st, 1796.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "28400","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","3.","","","","A Letter to the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, from a Westminster elector. London: printed for D. I. Eaton, 1794.","","8vo. 12 leaves, the second with a list on the recto of Publications by D. I. Eaton. Signed at the end A Westminster Elector." "28410","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","4.","","","[Savage, Richard.]","The Progress of a Divine. Without name of place or printer, n.d.","","

8vo. 6 leaves without title-page; in verse.

Richard Savage, d. 1743, English poet, originally published this poem in 1735 in folio. Its subject is the dispute between Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, and Lord Chancellor Talbot concerning the appointment of Dr. Rundle to the see of Gloucester, and the language was such that Savage was proceeded against in the court of King's Bench on a charge of obscenity." "28420","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","5.","","","Thomas, Thomas.","Virtues of Hazel; or, blessings of government . . . By Thomas Thomas, A.B. London: printed for, and sold by D. I. Eaton, 1794.","","18 leaves, the last page with Eaton's list of publications." "28430","J. 201","Letters from Junius & the papers of the day [1791-6.]","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 193, Junius redivivus, letters to Pitt, Fox, &c. 8vo 1791-6.","","","6.","","","","The British Cato, to the British people! printed and sold by D. I. Eaton 74, Newgate-Street, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title, no title-page; in verse. At the end: Price two-pence.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

An anti-Pitt pamphlet, of which the last line is: We'll live like Freemem [sic], or like Freemen die!" "28440","J. 202","","","","Politics for the people:","","2. v. 8vo. 1794.5.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 191, Politics for the People, 1794, 5, 2 v 8vo.","","Politics for the people: or, a Salmagundy for swine. Vol. I. [-II.] . . . London: printed for D. I. Eaton, at the Cock and Hog-Trough, Newgate-Street, MDCCXCIV-MDCCXCV [1794-5.]","DA520 .P8","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 2 parts, 16 and 14 numbers; vol. II, 29 numbers (no. 1 and 23 lacking in this copy).

Halkett and Laing IV, 393. Lowndes IV, 1906.

Vol. I half calf, vol. II half sheep, both volumes repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes (in vol. I under the new endpaper).

Daniel Isaac Eaton was the editor and publisher of this periodical publication which consists of miscellaneous extracts, including some from United States publications, and a certain amount of original matter.

Halkett and Laing ascribes this work, on the authority of Harding's catalogue, to Thomas Spence, the author of the Spencean scheme of land nationalization." "28450","J. 203","Barlow, Pigott, & Publicola. 8vo. 1791-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 190, as above.","

Five pamphlets together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, now lettered on labels on the back: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 119./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 119[/TBE]

These pamphlets were probably collected together into this volume by the republican publisher D. I. Eaton. Another volume in the Library of Congress (Miscellaneous Pamphlets 605, not part of the Jefferson collection) contains the same pamphlets in the same order and similarly bound, with the same design on the boards.","","1.","","","Barlow, Joel.","A Letter, addressed to the people of Piedmont, on the advantages of the French Revolution, and the necessity of adopting its principles in Italy. By Joel Barlow . . . Translated from the French by the author. London: printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, printer and bookseller to the supreme majesty of the people, at the Cock and Swine, 1795. Price one shilling and sixpence. [Entered at Stationer's Hall.]","","

First Edition in English. 24 leaves: A-C8.

Sabin in note after 3423. Dexter IV, 13. Howard, page 421.

This letter is dated from Chambéry, Dec. 27, 1792, and was immediately issued in French, but was not published in English until this London edition of 1795, followed in the same year by a New York edition. It is written from the same point of view as the author's Letter to the National Convention. Dexter cites the New York edition before that of London." "28460","J. 203","Barlow, Pigott, & Publicola. 8vo. 1791-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 190, as above.","

Five pamphlets together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, now lettered on labels on the back: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 119./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 119[/TBE]

These pamphlets were probably collected together into this volume by the republican publisher D. I. Eaton. Another volume in the Library of Congress (Miscellaneous Pamphlets 605, not part of the Jefferson collection) contains the same pamphlets in the same order and similarly bound, with the same design on the boards.","","2.","","","Barlow, Joel.","Advice to the privileged orders in the several states of Europe, resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general revolution in the principle of government. Part II. Second edition. By Joel Barlow . . . London: printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton . . . 1795. Price two shillings. [Entered at Stationer's Hall.]","","

36 leaves; the introduction signed by L. Goldsmith, June 10, 1795.

Sabin 3414. This edition not in Dexter, and not in Howard.

The first edition of Part II was published in Paris in 1793. For another edition of Part II see no. 2828 above.

Books by Lewis Goldsmith appear in this catalogue." "28470","J. 203","Barlow, Pigott, & Publicola. 8vo. 1791-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 190, as above.","

Five pamphlets together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, now lettered on labels on the back: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 119./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 119[/TBE]

These pamphlets were probably collected together into this volume by the republican publisher D. I. Eaton. Another volume in the Library of Congress (Miscellaneous Pamphlets 605, not part of the Jefferson collection) contains the same pamphlets in the same order and similarly bound, with the same design on the boards.","","3.","","","","The British Cato, to the British people! printed and sold by D. I. Eaton, n.d.","","Another copy of no. 2843 above." "28480","J. 203","Barlow, Pigott, & Publicola. 8vo. 1791-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 190, as above.","

Five pamphlets together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, now lettered on labels on the back: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 119./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 119[/TBE]

These pamphlets were probably collected together into this volume by the republican publisher D. I. Eaton. Another volume in the Library of Congress (Miscellaneous Pamphlets 605, not part of the Jefferson collection) contains the same pamphlets in the same order and similarly bound, with the same design on the boards.","","4.","","","Pigott, Charles.","Strictures on the new political tenets of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke . . .","","

Another copy of no. 2838 above.

This copy lacks the two preliminary leaves with the errata and preface." "28490","J. 203","Barlow, Pigott, & Publicola. 8vo. 1791-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 190, as above.","

Five pamphlets together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, now lettered on labels on the back: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 119./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 119[/TBE]

These pamphlets were probably collected together into this volume by the republican publisher D. I. Eaton. Another volume in the Library of Congress (Miscellaneous Pamphlets 605, not part of the Jefferson collection) contains the same pamphlets in the same order and similarly bound, with the same design on the boards.","","5.","","","","The Prospect Before Us!!! or the state of France in the month of August, 1794; in reply to Montgaillard's state of France: to which are added, Reflections on the expedience and necessity of an immediate peace with the French Republic . . . By Horatius Publicola. London: printed for the author. 1794. [Price two shillings and sixpence.]","","

59 leaves only, should be 60, lacks the half-title; the pagination begins with page (9) immediately after the title-leaf; the text is apparently perfect; other copies examined collate similarly.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

This tract has been attributed to Joel Barlow but is not included in the list of his works by Dexter or Howard. It is concerned with the writings of Montgaillard [q.v.]." "28500","J. 204","","","","The Philanthropist.","","8vo. 1797.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 194, The philanthropist, 1795, 6, 8vo.","","The Philanthropist. Monday, March 16th, 1795 [-Monday, January 25, 1796]. London: printed for and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, printer and bookseller to the supreme majesty of the people . . . 1795. [-1796.] Price one penny.","DA520 .P45","

8vo. 43 numbers, all published.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 666.

Original half binding; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

A republican periodical containing pieces in prose and verse, including some signed Common Sense, and an Ode to Kentucky.

For a note on D. I. Eaton see no 2837 above." "28510","J. 205","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 198, Etat de la Grande Bretagne, 1804, O'Connor 8vo.","O'Connor, Arthur.","état actuel de la Grande-Bretagne, par Arthur O'Connor. A Paris: chez les marchands de nouveautés, an XII.—1804.","DA520 .O3","

First Edition. 86 leaves.

Quérard VI, 478.

Original boards, uncut and unopened, morocco label on the back lettered Etat/Actuel/de la G./Bretagne/, and the date 1804 written in ink, possibly by Jefferson. Not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author, who has written on the half-title: pour Thomas Jefferson President des E. U. de l'Amerique de la part de l'Auteur.

Arthur O'Connor, 1763-1852, Irish rebel, was a lieutenant general in the French army, and married to the daughter of Condorcet. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "28520","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.","1.","","","","Considerations on the French war, in which the circumstances leading to it, its object, and the resources of Britain for carrying it on, are examined, in a letter, to the Rt. Honble. William Pitt, by a British merchant . . . London: printed for D. I. Eaton, M,DCC,XC,IV. [1794.]","","

38 leaves, including the half-title; signed at the end: A British Merchant.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "28530","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.","2.","","","","The Prospect Before Us!!! . . . By Horatius Publicola. London: Printed for the Author, 1794.","","

Another copy of no. 2849 above.

This copy has 60 leaves including the half-title." "28540","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.","3.","","","[Mazzei, Philip.]","Riflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua e su i mezzi di evitargli. Pisa: dalla stamperia di Luigi Migliaresi, 1799.","","

12mo. 24 leaves (margins cut close).

Garlick, page 7.

On the title the name of the author is written in ink, not by Jefferson. The pamphlet was issued anonymously, but Mazzei's authorship is acknowledged on the title of the next following entry, q.v.

Philip Mazzei sent copies of this and the next following pamphlet to James Madison in December 1803, but there seems to be no record of his having sent copies to Jefferson." "28550","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.","4.","","","Mazzei, Philip.","Riflessioni sulla natura della moneta e del Cambio di Filippo Mazzei autore d'un altro opuscolo intitolato Riflessioni su i mali della questua, e su i mezzi d' evitarli, e dell' opera intitolara Recherches historiques et politiques sur les Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale par un citoyen de Virginie, en 4. volumes en 8vo. Pisa: Nella Stamperia di Ranieri Prosperi, 1803.","","

First Edition. sm. 8vo. 36 leaves, measures 6 by 4¼ inches; lower and fore-margins uncut.

Garlick, pages 167, 129.

Mazzei wrote this work originally in 1792 in protest against the proposed inflation scheme for the finances of Poland. It was immediately translated into Polish, and sold fourteen thousand copies within a week. A French translation appeared at this time, but it was not published in the original Italian until 1803." "28560","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.","5.","","","[?Foronda, Valentin de.]","Carta sobre Contribuciones. Las verdades politicas se engendran en la fermentacion que producen las opiniones contrarias.—Carta sobre los efectos productores de la educacion. Escríta á un principe imaginario. Without name of place or printer, 1800.","","

2 parts in 1. 8 leaves, caption titles; the first part signed V.F. and dated V. Agosto 20 de 1798, and the second signed F. and dated V. Agosto, 8 de Octubre de 1800.

Not in Colmeiro." "28570","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.","6.","","","","Trial by Nisi Prius, in the Court of King's Bench, Ireland, in the case wherein Mr. John Hevey was plaintiff, and Charles Henry Sirr, Esq. was defendant. On an action for an assault, and false imprisonment. This trial was had before the Right Honourable Arthur Lord Viscount Kilwarden, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. And a special jury. Dublin: printed by John Stockdale, 1802.","","

32 leaves and a slip containing a Copy of the apology, which should appear In page 22, dated 11th September, 1801. The date of the trial was Monday, seventeenth of May, 1802.

Charles Henry Sirr, 1764-1841, town-major of Dublin, was sued by John Hevey for £5000 damages for false imprisonment. The jury found a verdict against Sirr for £150 and sixpence costs. Sirr was instrumental in the arrests of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet, and others. One of the counsels for the plaintiff was J. P. Curran, whose speech is reprinted in his Forensic Eloquence, q.v., in which it is dated Monday May 16, 1802." "28580","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.","7.","","","","Carta sobre lo que debe hacer un principe que tenga Colonias á cran distancia. Philadelphia: ano de MDCCCIII. [1803.]","","

8 leaves.

Sabin 11101. Palau II, 74." "28590","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Pictet sur les douanes.","8.","","","Pictet, Marc-Auguste.","Tribunat. Discours prononcé par Pictet, membre du Tribunat; à l'occasion du projet de loi sur les douanes. Séance du 3 floréal an 11. [Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, Floréal an 11.] [1803.]","","

16 leaves; caption title, imprint at the end.

Marc-Auguste Pictet, 1752-1825, was a native of Geneva where he held many important positions including that of secretary to the Société Biblique. He was secretary to the Tribunat." "28600","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.","9.","","","[Chas, Jean.]","Parallèle de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne. [Without name of place or printer, n.d.] [Paris, 1801.]","","

First Edition. 8 leaves including one for the half-title, no title-page.

Barbier III, 777. This edition not in Quérard.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Paris May 17, 1801 (received by Jefferson on July 15):

Daignez accepter quelques exemplaires du parallele de bonaparte avec charlemagne. L'amour de la vérité, et du bien public m'ont dicté cet ouvrage . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this and other books by Chas on September 3, 1801.

Jean Chas, c. 1750-c. 1830, French jurisconsult and author. Other works by him have appeared in this catalogue.

The date of the letter to Jefferson quoted above suggests the date for this pamphlet, undated or wrongly dated by the bibliographers. Barbier dates the tract 1802. A second edition in 1803 has the author's name on the title-page." "28610","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","[Omitted by Jefferson from his list.]","","","","Montgaillard, Jean Gabriel Maurice Roques, Comte de.","De la France et de l'Europe sous le gouvernement de Bonaparte . . . Par J. G. M. R. Montgaillard; dédié à son fils Jérôme, embarqué sur la flotille de Boulogne. A Paris: chez les principaux libraires; et à Lyon: chez Garnier, place de la Comédie, No. 18. Premier germinal an XII (1804).","","

First Edition. 32 leaves. Dated at the end from Lyon, ce 1.er floréal an 12; list of fautes et omissions on the last page.

Quérard IV, 253.

A presentation inscription cut away from the upper margin of the title leaf, leaving only the lower part of the word Jefferson.

Jean Gabriel Maurice Roques, Comte de Mont-Gaillard, 1761-1841, French political agent and writer, received a salary from Napoleon for reports on political questions and for pamphlets written to help the imperial policy.

This pamphlet was omitted from his list by Jefferson, but is numbered 10 by the binder on the title-page." "28620","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.","10.","","","Moreau, Jean Victor Marie.","Discours prononcé par le Général Moreau, au tribunal criminel spécial du Départment de la Seine. A Paris: chez Lebour [de l'Imprimerie de Clousier] n. d. [?1803]","","

4 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard.

Jean Victor Marie Moreau, 1763-1813, French general, was arrested for supposed intrigues against Napoleon and banished. He lived for some time in Morrisville, New Jersey. For his Mémoire justificative see no. 2873." "28630","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.","11.","","","Moreau, Jean Victor Marie.","Justification of General Moreau, from a charge of conspiracy; exhibited against him by the imperial Republick of France. Translated by Geo. L. Gray. Norfolk: printed and published at the office of the Publick Ledger, 1804.","","

28 leaves including the last blank.

Sent to Jefferson by the translator, George L. Gray, who wrote from Alexandria on December 17, 1804:

. . . Hoping that there may be something in the Justification of an illustrious man, which may deserve your attention, I take the liberty of requesting your acceptance of the Defence of General Moreau . . .

For the original French text, and Jefferson's opinion of Moreau, see no. 2873." "28640","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.","12.","","","","Second Rapport du Grand-Juge, relatif aux trames du nommé Drake, ministre d'Angleterre à Munich, et du nommé Spencer-Smith, ministre d'Angleterre à Stutgard, contre la France et le Premier Consul. [A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République. Germinal, an 12.] [1804.]","","

26 leaves including the last blank, caption title, no title-page. The Rapport, signed Regnier and dated from Paris, le 20 germinal an 12, finishes on page 12, and is followed by a number of reports and copies of letters.

In the upper margin of the first page are the remains of an autograph inscription.

Claude Antoine Régnier, 1736-1814, député from Nancy in the Constituante and the Anciens, was named grand juge in 1802 and later minister of justice." "28650","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.","13.","","","","Origine des malheurs de Saint-Domingue, développement du systême colonial, et moyens de restauration . . . A Bordeaux: de l'imprimerie de Dubois et Coudert, an XIII. [1805.]","","

First Edition. 32 leaves. The dedication à l'Empereur signed Chotard ainé, propriétaire, de Saint-Domingue.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Not in Sabin.

The autograph signature on the title-page of Wm. Lee, who was living in Bordeaux at this time and who sent to Jefferson a number of pamphlets." "28660","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.","14.","","","[Saint-Paul, N. D. F. de.]","Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives, par l'auteur des moyens d'éteindre les dettes publiques. An XIII. Without name of place or printer, 1805.","","

17 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard.

On page 13 Jefferson's name is included in a list of American and English men dont le nom est destiné à enricher les archives de la postérité.

Sent to Jefferson by the author with the next following tract, q. v., of which it may be intended as the second part." "28670","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.","15.","","","Saint-Paul, N. D. F. de.","De la Possibilité d'éteindre les dettes publiques, ou moyen de fonder une caisse d'amortissement qui puisse sensiblement atteindre le but de son établissement. Par M. D. de Saint-Paul, ancien capitaine d'artillerie . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Expéditive, an XII. (1804.)","","

64 leaves including the half-title and two Tables; some margins badly cut into.

Not in Quérard.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Paris on October 27, 1804:

J'ai l'honneur de vous adresser un ouvrage dont le but est de répondre la plus grande masse de bonheur individual dans les Empires. J'ai suivi en partie les traces que la sagesse de votre administration m'avoit marquée, etant convaincu que le sistême des richesses fictives est le seul qui puisse convenir à une Grande Nation. J'ai prié son Excellence M. de Levingston, de vouloir bien vous faire remarquer que Je m'empresseroi de me rendre aux Invitations qui pourroient m'être faites au nom des Etats unis, pour associer mes pensées aux travaux de l'administration que vous diriger, dans le cas ou vous viendriez, Monsieur le Président, à reconnoitre qu'il seroit utile de mettre en activité le mode D'Emprunt que J'ai développé, soit pour eteindre les dettes publiques, soit pour en arretter les progrés . . .

At the head of his letter to Jefferson the author describes himself as ancien capitaine d'artillerie, and the initials may possibly stand for F. Noizet de Saint-Paul." "28680","J. 206","European pamphlets. 1794-1805.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 118, as above, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound together in one volume, half calf, 8vo.; original bookmark; now lettered on the back on labels: Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 19./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts are listed on the fly-leaf by Jefferson as follows: [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 19[/TBE]

1 Considerations on the French war. 1794. London.

2 The Prospect before us, or State of France. Publicola. Lond. 1794.

3 Reflessioni su i mali provenienti dalla questua. Mazzei. Pisa. 99.

4 Sulla natura della moneta et del cambio. dal Mazzei. Pisa. 1803.

5 Carta sobre Contribuciones. 1800.

6 Trial of Hevey. Dublin 1802.

7 Carta sobre las Colonias a gran distancia. Philadã 1803.

8 Pictet sur les douanes.

9 Parallele de Bonaparte avec Charlemagne.

10 Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel. Paris.

11 Justification of Moreau. Norfolk. 1804.

12 Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.

13 Origine des malheurs de St. Domingue. Bordeaux an. 13.

14 Essai sur l'avantage des richesses fictives.

15 De la possibilité d'eteindre les dettes publiques. Paris. 1804. St. Paul.

16 The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.

The tracts are numbered serially in ink on the first page of each. Jefferson has omitted an entry between no. 9 and 10 so that the subsequent numbering on the list is not in agreement with that on the pamphlets.","The present state of G. Britain by Arthur O'Connor. Paris 1804.","16.","","","O'Connor, Arthur.","The Present state of Great-Britain. By Arthur O'Connor. Paris: sold by all the booksellers. Year XII.—1804.","","

74 leaves including the half-title. Dated at the end: Paris, 30sh [sic] december, 1803.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author, with his autograph inscription on the half-title: for Thomas Jefferson President of the U S of America from the Author.

A leaf of manuscript inserted at page 122.

Arthur O'Connor, 1763-1852, Irish rebel, went to France in 1803 after his release from prison, and was received by Napoleon as the accredited agent of the Irish revolution during Emmet's rebellion. In 1804 he was made a General of division and after his marriage to Mademoiselle Condorcet became a naturalized French citizen. See also no. 2835 and 2851." "28690","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.","1.","","","","Convention between his Britannick Majesty, and the Emperor of Russia. Signed at St. Petersburgh, the 5/17 June 1801. Published by Authority. London: printed by A. Strahan, 1801.","","

10 leaves, the last a blank, English and French text printed in parallel columns; imprint repeated at the end.

Alexander I succeeded to the throne of Russia on March 24, 1801, after the assassination of Paul I; this treaty was signed less than three months later." "28700","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","Political state of Europe. 1803.","2.","","","[Sinclair, Sir John.]","On the political state of Europe, drawn up for the consideration of a foreign statesman, in a high political situation. [Edinburgh:] Alex. Smellie, Printer. [1803.]","","

3 leaves, caption title, no title-page, printer's imprint at the end, paper watermarked with the date, 1803. Dated at the end 25th December 1803.

Halkett and Laing IV, 258.

This is the second copy of this tract to appear in this catalogue; for the other see no. 2698 above. Both copies have the same small correction by the author.

Sir John Sinclair was in the habit of sending copies of his pamphlets and other works to Jefferson. Six months before the publication of this tract, on June 30, 1803, Jefferson had written to thank Sinclair for ''various publications recieved from time to time''. In view of the fact that he does not mention the name of the author in his list at the beginning of the book, it is impossible to know whether Jefferson was aware of the authorship or not." "28710","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.","3.","","","","Pièces officielles relatives aux préliminaries de Londres et au Traité d'Amiens. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République, An XI. [1803.]","","Another copy of no. 2699. This copy has the first blank, probably the cover as issued, on the recto of which is written in ink: Mr. Jefferson." "28720","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.","4.","","","","Cour de Justice Criminelle du Départment de la Seine. Extrait des minutes et liasses du greffe du tribunal criminel et spécial du départment de la Seine, séant au Palais de justice, à Paris. Lettre du Général Moreau au Premier Consul. Le général Moreau au général Bonaparte, premier Consul de la République française. Au Temple, le 17 ventôse an XII de la République. [Paris:] C. F. Patris, Imprimeur de la Cour de Justice Criminelle [an XII] [1804].","","

2 leaves, caption title, no title-page, imprint at end.

See the next entry." "28730","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","[Not listed by Jefferson.]","[4]","","","Moreau, Jean Victor Marie.","Mémoire justificatif du Général Moreau. [Paris:] sur l'imprimé de Demonville et Soeurs, n. d.","","

22 leaves, caption title, no title-page, imprint at the end. Sig. F (2 leaves, misbound) has the Observations additionnelles. On the title is the autograph signature of Jefferson's friend, Wm. Lee.

Jean Victor Marie Moreau, 1763-1813, French general, was compelled to justify himself against a charge of treason, and, after the seizure of the conspirators of the club Moreau, was banished, and lived for some time in Morrisville, New Jersey.

Regarding his entry into the United States, Jefferson wrote from Monticello on August 25, 1805, to Madison:

I confess that the inclosed letter from General Turreau excites in me both jealousy & offence in undertaking, & without apology, to say in what manner we are to recieve & treat Moreau within our own country. had Turreau been here longer he would have known that the national authority pays honors to no foreigner. that the state authorities, municipalities & individuals are free to render whatever they please, voluntarily, & free from restraint by us; & he ought to know that no part of the criminal sentence of another country can have any effect here . . .

Jefferson expressed an opinion as to Moreau in a letter to William Short, written from Washington on November 15, 1807:

. . . with respect to Genl. Moreau, no one entertains a more cordial esteem for his character than I do: and altho' our relations with France have rendered it a duty in me not to seek any public manifestation of it, yet were accident to bring us together, I could not be so much wanting to my own sentiments & those of my constituents individually, as to omit a cordial manifestation of it . . .

For an English translation see no. 2863." "28740","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.","5.","","","","Report from the Committee on the petition of the court of directors of the Sierra Leone Company. Ordered to be printed 25th May 1802. Without name of place or printer, [London] 1802.","","

Folio. 18 leaves.

Sabin 80887.

Jefferson was interested in establishing a colony in Africa for the colored people in the United States. On July 13, 1802, in a letter to Rufus King, dated from Washington, he wrote:

. . . but there being already such an establishment on that coast by the English Sierra Leone company, made for the express purpose of colonizing civilized blacks to that country, it would seem better, by incorporating our emigrants with theirs, to make one strong, rather than two weak, colonies. this would be the more desirable because the blacks settled at Sierra Leone, having chiefly come from these states, would often recieve among those we should send, their acquaintances and relations . . .

Letters from Jefferson on the same subject were written to John Lynch, January 21, 1811, to Jared Sparks on February 4, 1824, and to other correspondents." "28750","J. 207","European pamphlets 1801-4. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 375, as above.","

A collection of seven tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Political/ Pamphlets./Vol. 5./ The tracts numbered serially on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 5[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:

Convention of 1801. between Britain & Russia.

Political state of Europe. 1803.

Pieces Officielles relatives au Traité d'Amiens. Paris. An. XI.

Lettre du Genl. Moreau au Premier Consul. An. XII.

Report of a Committee on the Sierra Leone company. 1802.

La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.

This volume was originally bound for Jefferson, the back lettered European Pamphlets, 1801-1804, by John March in August 1805 (cost $1.00).","La Biblioteca. Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni. Modena. 1803.","6.","","","Fabbroni, Giovanni.","La Biblioteca Lettera di Giovanni Fabbroni uno dei XL della Società Italiana delle Scienze a Pompilio Pozzetti delle Scuole Pie Socio e Segretario della medesima. Inserita nel Tomo XI. della suddetta Società. In Modena: presso la Societa' Tipografica, con approvazione, MDCCCIII. [1803.]","","

13 leaves. In this copy the margins of all leaves except the first have been cut down to fit in the volume. The lower margin of the first leaf is folded to fit and has the author's presentation inscription:

Al' Egregio Presidente degli Stati Uniti di America Tommaso

Jefferson invia questa debole produzione

Il suo rispettoso ed Antico Servo

Giovanni Fabbroni di Firenze

Some corrections in the text by hand. On page 8 is a cancel slip pasted down.

Mémoire de la Société Italienne II, 92.

Giovanni Valentino Mattie Fabbroni, 1752-1822, Italian savant, was made conservateur of the Musée at Florence in 1789 when it was feared that its treasures might be lost to the French." "28760","J. 208","","","","St. Amand's historical essay on parliament.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 201, as above.","St. Amand, George.","An Historical Essay on the legislative power of England. Wherein the origin of both Houses of Parliament, their antient constitution, and the changes that have happen'd in the persons that compos'd them, with the occasions thereof, are related in a chronological order. And many things concerning the English government, the antiquities of the laws of England, and the feudal law, are occasionally illustrated, and explain'd. By George St. Amand, of the Inner Temple, Esq; . . . London: printed for Tho. Woodward, M DCC XXV. [1725.]","JN539 1725 .S2","

First Edition. 8vo. 118 leaves, the last two for the publisher's catalogue of books; list of errata at the end of the Index.

Lowndes IV, 2169.

Old calf, repaired, gilt back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "28770","J. 209","","","","Gurdon's history of parliament.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 202, as above.","Gurdon, Thornhagh.","The History of the High Court of Parliament, its antiquity, preheminence and authority; and the History of Court Baron and Court Leet . . . Volume the first [-second]. London: printed for R. Knaplock and J. Tonson, M DCC XXXI. [1731.]","JN505 .G8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. I. 151 leaves including the last blank; II. 199 leaves. The dedication to Sir John Wodehouse signed Thornhagh Gurdon; the list of authors made use of on 11 pages at the beginning of vol. I; the errata slip pasted down at the foot of the eleventh page. The title for the History of Court Baron and Court Leet on Q6 in vol. II.

Lowndes II, 959.

Old calf, repaired, gilt back, marbled edges and endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I and at sig. I and T in vol. II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thornhagh Gurdon, 1663-1733, English antiquary." "28780","J. 210","Arcana parliamentaria.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 54, as above, 12mo.","","","","","","C., R.","Arcana Parliamentaria: or precedents concerning elections, proceedings, privileges, and punishments in Parliament. Faithfully collected out of the common and statute-law of this realm. With particular quotations of the authors in each case. By R. C. of the Middle Temple, Esq; to which is added, the authority, form, and manner of holding parliaments. By the learned Sir Tho. Smith, Doctor of Laws. London: printed for M. Gilliflower, 1685.","JN534 1685 .A8","

First Edition. 12mo. 60 leaves: A-E12; A catalogue of the authors and books made use of on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC C97. Hazlitt IV, 426.

Old calf, repaired. A manuscript Index in a contemporary hand on two original fly-leaves at the beginning, and the name R. Corbin on the title-page." "28790","J. 210","Arcana parliamentaria.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 54, as above, 12mo.","","[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]","i.","","","S[cobell,] H[enry].","Memorials of the method and manner of proceedings in Parliament in passing bills. Together with several rules & customs, which by long and constant practice have obtained the name of orders of the House. Gathered by observation, and out of the Journal Books from the time of Edward 6. By H.S.E. C.P. London: printed in the year 1670.","","

60 leaves: A-E12.

Halkett and Laing IV, 62. This edition not in Hazlitt.

Henry Scobell, d. 1660. The first edition of this work, which was reprinted several times, appeared in 1656. The initials on the title-page stand for Henry Scobell Esquire Clerk of the Parliament." "28800","J. 210","Arcana parliamentaria.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 54, as above, 12mo.","","","ii.","","","","The Opinions of several learned antiquaries, viz. Dodridge, Agar, Tate, Camden, Holland, Cotton, Selden. Touching the antiquity, power, order, state, persons, manner, and proceedings of the High Court of Parliament in England. London: printed by F. L. for Matt. Gilliflower, 1685.","","

46 leaves only, should be 48: A-B12, C6, D12, E6; this copy lacks B3,5. On D1 is the title for The Method of passing bills in Parliament. Written by Henry Elsinge, Cler. Par . . . London: printed by F. L. for Matt. Gilliflower, 1685, with separate pagination; on the last page is a list of the Errors of the press, in the opinions of the antiquaries.

This edition not in the STC (1658 only).

Henry Elsynge, 1598-1654, the author of the second part of this book, resigned in 1648 his appointment as clerk of the House of Commons in order to avoid taking part in the proceedings against Charles I. The first edition was published in 1663.

This volume is most likely Jefferson's copy. It has written inside the cover the chapter number, 24.64, which was its number in all the early catalogues after that of 1815, in all of which it is ascribed to the Jefferson library. The 1849 catalogue lists the books contained in the volume." "28810","J. 211","","","","Hollis's remains.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 204, as above","Holles, Denzil, Baron Holles.","Lord Hollis his Remains: being a second letter to a friend, concerning the judicature of the bishops in Parliament . . . London: printed for R. Janeway, 1682.","JN639 .H74","

First Edition. 8vo. 212 leaves, irregular pagination; separate titles for Considerations touching that question, whether the prelates have right to sit among the Lords, and vote with them in Parliament in capital cases . . . London: printed in the year 1682; and Reflections upon Antidotum Britannicum, and Mr. Hunt's late book and post-script, as far as concerns the controversy between Doctor Brady and the author of Jani Anglorum facies nova, and of Jus Anglorum ab antiquo, ib., 1682.

Not in Lowndes. Hazlitt II, 287. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 871. STC H2466.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T (no sig. I).

Denzil Holles, Baron Holles, 1599-1680, English statesman. See also no. 2888." "28820","J. 212","","","","Orders of the house of Commons.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 58, as above.","","Orders, essential, fundamental and standing orders, reports, declarations, memorandums, rules, agreements and resolutions of the House of Commons relating to their forms of proceeding, privileges, &c. Collected out of the Journals. And the matter relative to the same subject chronologically connected, whereby the judgment of the House at sundry times, is at once seen. To which are added, Proceedings of the House against the Honourable Mr. Murray. The second edition. Corrected and brought down to this time. London: printed for James Lymans; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1756.","JN688 .A3","

12mo. 151 leaves including the last blank (partly torn away).

This edition not in Watt.

Original calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Honourable Alexander Murray, d. 1777, Jacobite, was accused of dangerous and seditious practices in violation and contempt of the authorities and privileges of the House of Commons, and of the freedom of elections." "28830","213","","","","Pettus's constitution of parliament.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 203, as above.","Pettus, Sir John.","The Constitution of Parliaments in England, deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1. and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9. with an appendix of its sessions. Observed by Sr. John Pettus of Suffolk, Knight. London: printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Thomas Basset, 1680.","JN534 1680 .P4","

8vo. 226 leaves, the last for Basset's catalogue of books.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 106, 59. Arber I, 408.

Sir John Pettus, 1613-1690, English royalist, was deputy governor of the Royal Mines. Another issue of this book appeared in the same year with a different set-up and with Basset's name only in the imprint, the phrase for the Author being omitted, and also with an additional leaf in the Corollary at the end. It is possible that the copy described above may be Jefferson's though it is without definite marks of identification. It is in old calf, and has the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate, with the chapter and book number as entered in the early catalogues after that of 1815." "28840","J. 214","","","","Brown's privilegia Parliamentaria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 207, as above.","Brown, William.","Privilegia Parliamentaria senatus consensu sublata. Being remarks upon the Acts of Parliament de annis 12 & 13 W. 3. & 2 & 3 Annæ Reginæ, For preventing any inconveniencies that may happen by privilege of Parliament . . . By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. London: printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esqrs. for George Sawbridge, William Turner, and Richard Bassett, 1704.","JN571 .B8","

First Edition. 8vo. 84 leaves, the last for the publishers' advertisements.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 18, 3.

Old calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (under the new endpapers)." "28850","J. 215","","","","Petyt's antient rights of the Commons of Engld.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 208, as above.","Petyt, William.","The Antient right of the Commons of England asserted; or, a discourse proving by records and the best historians, that the Commons of England were ever an essential part of Parliament. By William Petyt of the Inner-Temple, Esq . . . London: printed for F. Smith, T. Bassett, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, and S. Heyrick, 1680.","JN681 .P4","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves including one blank (I8).

Sweet & Maxwell I, 116, 12.

Original calf, marbled endpapers; on the back a label lettered: Petyt's/Ancient/Right/of the/Commons./ Inside the book is inserted a slip of paper with the lettering instructions for the binder written in ink (with Ancient Right in one line). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Acquired by Jefferson with his purchase of the Bland Library.

William Petyt, 1641-1707, English archivist and antiquary, was for many years keeper of the records at the Tower of London. This work gave rise to a controversy and several replies were written." "28860","J. 216","","","","Hale's jurisdiction of parliaments.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 205, as above.","Hale, Sir Matthew.","The Original institution, power and jurisdiction of Parliaments. In two parts . . . being a manuscript of the late Judge Hales. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, Benjamin Barker, and Charles King, 1707.","JN539 1707 .H2","

First Edition. 8vo. 124 leaves.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 103, 32. Not in Arber, Term Catalogues.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

According to Sweet & Maxwell, ''This work is ascribed to Hale on the title-page but appears not to have been written by him.''

Other works by Sir Matthew Hale, q. v., appear in this catalogue." "28870","J. 217","","","","Selden on the judicature of parliaments.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 206, as above, but 8vo.","Selden, John.","John Selden, of the judicature in Parliaments, a posthumous treatise: wherein, the controversies and precedents belonging to that title, are methodically handled. London: printed for Joseph Lawson, and sold by the booksellers in London, n.d. [?1689]","JN639 .S44","

First Edition. 8vo. 104 leaves in eights including two blanks at the end.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 110, 86. Arber, Term Catalogues, II, 251.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with the date 1681 written by him in the imprint. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

efferson acquired this volume through his wife's family; the autograph signature of John Wayles occurs in three places, written respectively, John Wales, John Wayles, and John Walys. According to Arber's Term Catalogues this book was entered in the Easter term, 1689, and therefore could not have been printed before that date. The British Museum catalogue suggests the date ?1690. Sweet & Maxwell give the date as 1681 for the 8vo. edition and list also a 4to. edition, n.d.

Other works by Selden occur in this catalogue, q. v." "28880","J. 218","","","","Considñs on the right of prelates to sit in capital cases.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 56, as above.","[Holles, Denzil, Baron Holles.]","Considerations touching that question, whether the prelates have right to sit among the Lords, and vote with them in Parliament in capital cases, when the Lords sit in their judicial way of proceeding upon the tryal of any of their peers? In which it is asserted, that they have no right to sit and vote with them in such cases; neither can it be made appear, they have ever practised the same. In answer to the reasons and records urged by the learned author of the grand question, &c. London: printed in the year 1682.","JN639 .H73","

This book from Jefferson's library with the above title is a fragment of Lord Hollis his remains and contains the General Preface and the first tract [A Second letter to a friend, concerning the judicature of the Bishops in Parliament], preceded by the title leaf as above to the second tract, the text of which is not present in the book.

The volume therefore does not contain a book, but has the first part only of Lord Hollis his remains without a title-page, and with the separate title of the second part of the book substituted. The complete book is in three parts [see no. 2881], which were not issued separately.

Jefferson's catalogue entry has been followed by all the Library of Congress catalogues, which makes it safe to assume that this was his copy. The book was bound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the original sprinkled edges and red silk bookmark preserved, but with no marks of provenance." "28890","J. 219","","","","Ryley's placita parliamentaria.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 426, as above.","Ryley, William.","Placita Parlamentaria una cum Judiciis forensibus, sive sententiis diffinitivis desuper latis, regnantibus Edwardo Primo & Edwardo Secundo Angliae Regibus. Quibus Appendix subjicitur annexa . . . Authore Gulielmo Ryley, è Societate Interioris Templi London Generoso. Londini: impensis Hen. Twiford & Thomae Dring, Anno Domini 1661.","DA25 .Z5 1661","

Folio. 366 leaves in fours; the Latin title followed by a leaf with a translation into English.

Lowndes IV, 2160. Sweet & Maxwell I, 108, 78.

Rebound in half morocco in 1908. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Some ms. notes in an early hand.

William Ryley, d. 1667, Lancaster Herald, and his son William Ryley, d. 1675, were associated in the production of this book, which was first issued in June 1661, and reissued in September of the same year with a slightly different title-page and the son's name as author. The senior Ryley was of the Middle and the junior of the Inner Temple. Ryley was Lancaster Herald at the time William Prynne was Keeper of the Records." "28900","J. 220","","","","Prynne's parliamentary writs,","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 209, as above.","Prynne, William.","The First [second] part of a Brief Register, kalendar and survey of the several kinds, forms of all parliamentary writs . . . By William Prynne Esq; a Bencher of Lincolnes Inne . . . London: printed for the author, and sold by Edward Thomas, and Henry Brome, 1659 [-by T. Childe and L. Parry, 1660].","JN568 .P8","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1. i. 253 leaves only, should be 255, lacks sig. 1 Ss (2 leaves), the last leaf for the Errata; ii. 93 leaves, separate signatures and pagination.

Lowndes IV, 1988. Sweet & Maxwell I, 107, 64.

Calf. Initalled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Other works by William Prynne, q. v., appear in this catalogue. A third and fourth part of the Brief Register were published in 1662 and 1664, respectively." "28910","J. 221","","","","Hakewell's Modus tenendi Parl. Memorial of the method of passing bills.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 57, Hakewell's Mod. Ten. Parl. and method of passing bills 16s.","Hakewill, William.","Modus tenendi Parliamentum: or, the old manner of holding Parliaments in England. Extracted out of our ancient records. With certain municipal rights and customes of England. Together with some priviledges of Parliament: the manner and method how laws are there enacted by passing of bills. Collected out of the Journal of the House of Commons. By W. Hakewel of Lincolns-Inn, Esq. London: printed for Abel Roper, 1671.","JN534 1641 .H23","

12mo. 113 leaves; the title for The Manner how statutes are enacted on G1, continuous signatures and pagination.

Lowndes II, 971. STC H217. Sweet & Maxwell I, 105, 48.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress; some leaves cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I, and a marginal note in his hand on page 49.

William Hakewill, 1574-1655, legal antiquary and a member of the first Society of Antiquaries. The first edition of this book was published in 1659, the second part had been previously printed in 1641." "28920","J. 222","","","","Petyt's Jus parliamentarium.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 425, as above.","Petyt, William.","Jus Parliamentarium: or, the ancient power, jurisdiction, rights and liberties, of the most high court of Parliament, revived and asserted. In two parts. By William Petyt, Esq; late of the Inner-Temple, and Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. London: printed for and sold by John Nourse [and others], MDCCXXXIX. [1739.]","JN555 .P4","

Folio. 231 leaves in twos, title-page printed in red and black. List of subscribers on two leaves at the beginning.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 106, 60. Lowndes IV, 1846. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 871.

Original calf, gilt back, silk bookmark, marbled endpapers and edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Petyt, 1641-1707, English archivist and antiquary, was for many years Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. The Ancient rights of the Commons of England asserted was originally published in 1680 and drew several replies. The names of the subscribers in this edition of 1739 are chiefly of members of the Temples and of lawyers and others from Yorkshire, Petyt's native county, but include also the name of Philip Ludwell Esq. of Virginia, a number of whose books are in this Jefferson collection. See also no. 2885." "28930","223","","","","Lex parliamentaria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 210, as above.","[Petyt, George.]","Lex Parliamentaria: or, a treatise of the law and custom of the Parliaments of England. By G. P. Esq; with an appendix of a case in Parliament between Sir Francis Goodwyn and Sir John Fortescue, for the Knights place for the county of Bucks, 1 Jac. 1. From an original French manuscript, translated into English. Licenced Decemb. 6. 1689. London: printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1690.","JN534 1690 .P4","

First Edition. 8vo. 168 leaves in eights. Halkett and Laing III, 343. Sweet & Maxwell I, 104, 41.

The election for Buckinghamshire in January 1604 was the cause of a dispute between the Crown and the House of Commons. Sir John Fortescue, 1531-1607, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was defeated by Sir Francis Goodwin, whose election was declared void on the ground that a judgment of outlawry had been passed against him. See also no. 2897." "28940","224","","","","Hatsell's Precedents of proceedings in the H. of Commons.","","3. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 384, as above.","[Hatsell, John.]","Precedents of proceedings in the House of Commons; with observations. Vol. I. Relating to privilege of Parliament. [-Vol. II. Relating to members, Speaker, &c. Vol. III. Relating to Lords, and supply.] The second edition. London: printed by H. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","JN555 .H34","

3 vol. 4to. 133, 179 and 202 leaves including the last blank; each volume with a half-title, and with a different dedication signed by John Hatsell.

This edition not in Marvin. Sweet & Maxwell I, 116, 7.

Jefferson ordered a copy from John Payne in a letter written from Paris on January 28, 1789. One of the copies in the Library of Congress has the three volumes bound in one (rebound in blue buckram) and may be Jefferson's copy.

Jefferson mentioned this book in connection with his own Parliamentary Manual in a letter to Mathew Carey written from Monticello on January 27, 1812:

. . . when I first printed it [i. e. the Parliamentary Manual] I had never seen Hatsell's 3d. volume. a subsequent perusal of that suggested the inclosed amendments . . .

John Hatsell, 1743-1820, was a clerk to the House of Commons. The first edition was published in 1781, and a fourth volume added to the edition of 1796 and later editions." "28950","J. 225","","","","Determinations of the commons in Elections.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 211, as above.","","Laws concerning the election of members of Parliament; with the determinations of the House of Commons thereon, and all their incidents; continued down to the present time. The whole digested under proper titles; also an Appendix of precedents, with a table of the principal matters. By a Gentleman of the Inner-Temple. London: printed for W. Owen, M DCC LXVIII. [1768.]","JN1005 1768","

8vo. 184 leaves in eights; leaf of errata on b4, separate title on G7 for Determinations of the Honourable House of Commons, concerning elections . . . The fourth edition, continued down to the end of the session of Parliament, 1767.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 25, 14.

Original calf (repaired), gilt back, marbled endpapers and edges, silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "28960","J. 226","Aylesbury election. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 385, The Aylesbury Election, 4to.","Two tracts on the Aylesbury elections bound together in one volume, folio, sheepskin, a red label on the back lettered: Queens/Bench./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JN1071 1705 .A9[/TBE]","","i.","","","","A Letter to a friend, giving some account of the proceedings in her Majesties Court of Queens-Bench, in the case of the Ailesbury electors: with the arguments of the learned judges pro and con. London: printed for Benj. Bragge, 1705.","","6 leaves in twos." "28970","J. 226","Aylesbury election. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 385, The Aylesbury Election, 4to.","Two tracts on the Aylesbury elections bound together in one volume, folio, sheepskin, a red label on the back lettered: Queens/Bench./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JN1071 1705 .A9[/TBE]","","ii.","","","","All the proceedings in relation to the Aylesbury-men, committed by the House of Commons: and the report of the Lords Journal, and reports of the conferences, and of the free conference. Together with what stands upon the Journal of the House of Commons, in the reign of King James I. in the case between Sir Francis Goodwin and Sir John Fortescue. London: printed for Edward Jones, and Timothy Goodwin, 1704.","","

40 leaves in twos including the half-title; separate title for The Case between Sir Francis Goodwin, and Sir John Fortescue, on Q[???], continuous signatures and pagination.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

See no. 2893 above." "28980","J. 227","","","","Ashby v. White.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 212, as above.","Ashby, Matthew, and White, William.","Ashby and White: or, the great question, whether an action lies at common law for an elector, who is deny'd his vote for members of Parliament? debated and resolv'd. Together with the case of Jay and Topham: and the defence made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for their judgment given therein. With other cases. Printed in the year 1705.","JN951 .A82","

8vo. 131 leaves; half-title for the case of Jay and Topham on page [217].

Not in Arber. Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Begins:

The House being inform'd, That there had been an Extra-ordinary Judgment given in the House of Lords upon a Writ of Error from the Court of Queen's-Bench, in a Cause between Matthew Ashby and William White, wherein the Privileges of the House were concern'd, appointed some of their Members to search the Journals of the House of Lords as to their Proceedings upon the said Writ of Error, and to report the same to the House. They also order'd the same Members to inspect the Journals of the House of Lords, as to what they had done formerly in the Case of Soam and Barnardiston; and likewise to report that matter to the House.

For the Case of Soam and Barnardiston see no. 2903.

Sir Francis Pemberton, 1625-1697, English judge, and Sir Thomas Jones, d. 1692, Welsh barrister, chief justice of the Common Pleas, were accused of disallowing a plea to the jurisdiction of the court set up by John Topham, sergeant at arms, in an action of trespass, and were both committed to gaol." "28990","J. 228","","","","[Blackstone's case of the Middlesex election. s op.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 213, Blackstone's Case of the Middlesex Election, p 4to.","[Blackstone, Sir William.]","An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The Case of the late election of the County of Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the Laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters. America: printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in Third-street, Philadelphia. MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","BX5202 .B65","

4to. 146 leaves, continuous signatures, pagination divided into two parts, general title as above, separate title for each part, publishers advertisement on the last page.

Sabin 5697. Evans 12684. Hildeburn 2859.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Of this collection, first issued by Bell in 1772, the fourth tract is the only one with a separate entry in Jefferson's manuscript or in the 1815 catalogue. Jefferson's entry is in square brackets as above." "29000","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Remarks on several trials by Hawles.","1.","","","Hawles, Sir John.","Remarks upon the tryals of Edward Fitzharris, Stephen Colledge, Count Coningsmark, The Lord Russel, Collonel Sidney, Henry Cornish, and Charles Bateman. As also on the Earl of Shaftsbury's Grand Jury, Wilmore's Homine Replegiando, and the award of execution against Sir Thomas Armstrong. By John Hawles, barrister of Lincolns-Inn . . . London: printed for Jacob Tonson, MDCLXXXIX. [1689]","","

First Edition. 54 leaves, errata slip pasted at the foot of the Contents leaf. The last leaf damaged and repaired.

STC H1188. Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Sir John Hawles, 1645-1716, English lawyer, was for several years solicitor general, and was knighted for his services." "29010","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.","2.","","","Atkyns, Sir Robert.","An Enquiry into the power of dispensing with penal statutes. Together with some animadversions upon a book writ by Sir Edw. Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, entituled, A short account of the authorities in Law, upon which judgment was given in Sir Edward Hales's case. By Sir Robert Atkyns, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, and late one of the Judges of the Common Pleas . . . The second edition. London: printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1689.","","

32 leaves including the last blank; the first leaf has Goodwin's advertisement on the verso, recto blank.

STC A4139. Sweet & Maxwell I, 224, 3.

Sir Robert Atkyns, 1621-1709, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, wrote this treatise in reply to Lord Chief Justice Herbert's review of the authorities cited in his decision in the case of Sir Edward Hales, a Roman Catholic convicted of holding a commission without conforming to the provisions of the Test Act. The first edition was published earlier in the same year." "29020","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.","3.","","","Atkyns, Sir Robert.","The Power, jurisdiction and priviledge of Parliament; and the antiquity of the House of Commons asserted. Occasion'd by an information in the Kings Bench, by the Attorney General, against the Speaker of the House of Commons. As also A Discourse concerning the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the realm of England, occasion'd by the late commission in ecclesiastical causes. By Sir Robert Atkyns . . . London: printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1689.","","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1. 38 leaves; the title, with imprint, for A Discourse concerning the ecclesiastical jurisdiction is on sig. [S1], page [65], neither marked.

STC A4141. Sweet & Maxwell I, 99, 2." "29030","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Defence of Ld Russell by do. [TBE]5. the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.[/TBE]","4.","","","Atkyns, Sir Robert.","A Defence of the late Lord Russel's innocency, by way of answer or confutation of a libellous pamphlet, intituled, An Antidote against poyson; with two letters of the author of this book, upon the subject of his lordship's tryal. Together with An Argument in the great case concerning elections of members to Parliament, between Sr Samuel Barnardiston Bar. plaintiff, and Sr Will. Soames sheriff of Suffolk, defend' in the Court of Kings-Bench, in an action upon the case, and afterwards by error sued in the Exchequer-Chamber. By Sir Robert Atkyns . . . ib., 1689.","","

27 leaves only, possibly should be 28; the title for An Argument in the great case concerning election of members to Parliament . . . is on H2, which leaf is followed by I2; the pagination also has a gap from [28] to (31), though the matter seems to be complete.

STC A4136.

William Russell, Lord Russell, 1639-1683, known as the patriot, was executed in 1683 for supposed complicity in the Rye-house plot.

Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1620-1707, Whig politician, was deputy governor of the East Indies Company. After the Suffolk election of 1672, caused by the death of Sir Henry North, in which Barnardiston defeated Lord Huntingtower, Sir William Soames, sheriff of Suffolk, sent up to the Commons a double return announcing the names of both candidates, and leaving the House to decide the issue. Barnardiston was declared elected, but brought action against Soames to recover damages for malicious behaviour towards him. In 1684 Sir Samuel was fined £10,000 for having written letters expressing dissatisfaction with the proceedings in connection with the Rye-house plot, and lamenting the death of Lord Russell." "29040","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","[Omitted by Jefferson, who treated the above tract as two.]","[5.]","","","Atkyns, Sir Robert.","The Lord Russel's innocency further defended; by way of reply to an answer, entituled, The Magistracy and Government of England vindicated. By Sir Robert Atkyns, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, and late one of the Judges of the Court of Common-Pleas. Licens'd, April. 9. 1689. James Fraser. London: printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1689.","","

First Edition. 10 leaves. Goodwin's advertisement on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank) and at the end.

STC A4140." "29050","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.","6.","","","","An Account of the reasons of the nobility and gentry's invitation of his Highness the Prince of Orange into England. Being a memorial from the English Protestants concerning their grievances. With a large account of the birth of the Prince of Wales, presented to their Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange. London: printed for Nathanael Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson, 1688.","","

First Edition. 15 leaves, margins cut close.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC A379.

Addressed to Monsieur Benting at The Hague." "29060","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.","7.","","","Atwood, William.","The Fundamental Constitution of the English Government. Proving King William and Queen Mary our lawful and rightful King and Queen. In two parts . . . By W. A. author of the first Answer to the late Chief Justice Herbert on the Dispensing Power . . . London: printed by J. D. for the author, 1690.","","

First Edition. 98 leaves; separate signatures and pagination for the Appendix (18 leaves). The dedication to the Right Honble Aubrey de Vere signed by W. Atwood.

Halkett and Laing II, 347. STC A4171. Sweet & Maxwell II, 14, 1.

William Atwood, d. 1705? English barrister, went to New York in 1701 as chief justice, but was suspended in 1702 and compelled to escape from the colony to England." "29070","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.","8.","","","[Morgan, Thomas.]","Allegations in behalf of the High and Mighty Princess the Lady Mary, now Queen of Scots, against the opinions and books set forth in the part and favour of the Lady Katherine, and the rest of the issues of the French Queen, touching the succession of the Crown. Written in the time of Queen Elizabeth. London: printed by J. D. in the year 1690.","","

First Edition. 10 leaves. Dated at the end 20. Martii 1565. God save Queene Elizabeth.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC M2754.

Thomas Morgan, 1543-1606? Welsh Catholic conspirator, devoted himself for many years to the service of Mary Queen of Scots." "29080","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???]. the gov[???]t of the church.","9.","","","[Atwood, William.]","Reflections on Bishop Overall's Convocation-Book, M. DC. VI. concerning the Government of God's Catholick Church; and of the kingdoms of the whole world. London: printed in the Year M. DC. XC. [1690.]","","

3 leaves.

STC A4178 (the only copy located).

John Overall, 1560-1619, Bishop of Norwich, was prolocutor of the lower house in the convocation of Canterbury, and left copies of the canons drawn up by convocation written in his own hand. In 1690 William Sancroft published Overall's manuscript of the first book under the title Bishop Overall's Convocation Book MDCVI . . . with portraits of Overall and Sancroft." "29090","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.","10.","","","","A State of the proceedings in the House of Commons, with relation to the impeached Lords: and what happened thereupon between the two Houses. London: printed for Edward Jones, and Timothy Goodwin, MDCCI. [1701.]","","

30 leaves; license to print on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank, and on the recto of the last leaf (verso blank) the advertisement concerning the non-printing of the copy of the answer of Charles Lord Halifax, and of John Lord Haversham.

Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

William Bentinck, First Earl of Portland, 1649-1709, and other lords were impeached after the signing of the Second Partition Treaty in 1700. Portland's impeachment was dismissed by the Lords on the last day of the session." "29100","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.","11.","","","","The Several proceedings and resolutions of the House of Peers, in relation to the Lords impeached or charged. London: printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1701.","","

50 leaves, printed in double columns; some margins cut close. License to print on the back of the title-page.

Sweet & Maxwell II, 21, 13." "29110","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.","12.","","","[Mackworth, Sir Humphrey.]","A Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England. By a Member of the Honourable the House of Commons . . . The second edition. London: printed by F. Collins, and are to be sold by J. Nutt, 1701.","","

26 leaves; the Epistle Dedicatory to the King, and other preliminary letters signed by the author.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Sir Humphrey Mackworth, 1657-1727, English politician, capitalist and writer. The first edition of this tract was published in the same year. It was included in the editions of the Somers tracts, 1751 and 1809." "29120","J. 229","Parliamentary & Political tracts by Atkyns & others. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 417, Tracts on Constitutional Questions, by Hawles, Atkyns, Mackworth, and others, fol.","

Thirteen tracts bound together in one volume folio, contemporary panelled calf. Later labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/English./Vol. 6./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. [TBE]DA430 .P78 Vol. 6[/TBE]

On the inside of the cover Jefferson has listed and numbered the tracts as follows:

Tracts on Constitutional questions by Hawles, Atkyns Mackworth &c. to wit:

1 Remarks on several trials by Hawles.

2 Enquiry into the power of Dispensation. by Sr. Rob. Atkyns.

3 The power, jurisdn & privileges of parliament & antiquity of the H. of Commons. by do.

4 Defence of Ld. Russell by do.

5 the Case of Bernardiston & Soames. by do.

6 Reasons of inviting the Prince of Orange.

7 Fundamental Constitution of the English gov[???]t. by W. A.

8 Allegations in behalf of Mary Q. of Scots touching the succession.

9 Reflections on Bp. Overall's Convocation book concern[???] the gov[???]t of the church.

10 Proceedings in the H. of Commons respecting the impeached Lords. 1700.

11 Proceedings in the H. of Lords respecting the impeached Lords.

12 Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England by Mackworth.

13 Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.

In this list Jefferson has made an error in number 5, his title as above being the second part of no. 4 with continuous pagination and signatures. He has omitted the real title for no. 5.","Vindication of the rights & prerogatives of the H. of Lords.","13.","","","","A Vindication of the rights and prerogatives of the Right Honourable the House of Lords. Wherein a late discourse entitled, A Vindication of the rights of the Commons of England is consider'd . . . London: printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCI. [1701.]","","

14 leaves including the half-title.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sweet & Maxwell II, 22, 17." "29130","J. 230","","","","Jurisdiction of the H. of lords in impositions.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 55, as above.","[Holles, Denzil, Baron Holles.]","The Case stated of the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the point of impositions. London: printed in the year 1676.","JN641 .H73","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 58 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. STC H2453. Sweet & Maxwell I, 114, 12.

Old sheep (repaired), label on the back. Many leaves partly eaten away with considerable damage to the text. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

See also no. 2881 and 2888." "29140","J. 231","","","","Votes of the H. of Commons 1727. 1728. Votes of the H. of Commons of 1726-1745.","","fol., fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 106: no. 431, Votes of the H. of Commons, 1727, fol. no. 432, Do. 1726-1745, fol.","","Votes of the House of Commons, in the seventh Parliament of Great Britain . . . [-Jovis 2. Die Maii, 1745.] London: printed for Robert Knaplock, Jacob Tonson [and others, the later numbers for Thomas Cox], 1727-1745.","J301.H273 J301.K4","

2 vol. folio, some numbers printed on single sheets, the imprint at the end of each number. The first volume contains no. 1-88 (lacks no. 17, 30, 39, 47, 59), the second contains no. 41-83, 3-102.

In volume 1, the title Votes of the House of Commons is preceded by:

1. His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament. On Saturday the twenty seventh day of January, 1727. London: printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty; and Thomas Norris, assignee to George Hills, 1727.

2 leaves.

2. The Humble address of the Right Honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal, in Parliament assembled, presented to his Majesty on Monday the twenty ninth day of January, 1727. With his Majesty's most gracious answer. ib. 1727.

6 leaves.

Between no. 14 and 15 is:

The Humble address of the Archbishop, the bishops, and clergy of the province of Canterbury, in convocation assembled; presented to his Majesty at St. James's, on Wednesday the fourteenth day of February, 172⅞. Together with his Majesty's most gracious answer. ib. 1727.

2 leaves.

Volume 1 in half green morocco, the second volume rebound in half brown morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first and at sig. Tt in the second volume which was from the library of Colonel Charles Carter of King George County, with manuscript notes by him and his autograph signature (with the reading Chales) dated 1745. On the last blank leaf is a manuscript index by Colonel Carter, with additions by Jefferson." "29150","J. 232","","","","Aislabie's case in parliament.","","g. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93, no. 386, Aislabie's Case in Parliaments, 4to.","Aislabie, John.","The Case of the Right Honble John Aislabie, Esq . . . [London:] printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane. (Price 6 d.) Where may also be had Mr. Aislabie's two speeches in the House of Lords against the bill for taking away the estates of the late South-Sea Directors. [1721]","DA483 .A5A3","

4to. 20 leaves in twos; advertisement on the back of the title, errata list at the end.

Not in Watt.

Bound in tree calf probably for Jefferson; the date [1721] written in ink at the foot of the imprint. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Aislabie, 1670-1742, English statesman and politician, was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble." "29160","","","","","","","","","Aislabie, John.","The Speech of the Right Honourable John Aislabie, Esq; upon his defence made in the House of Lords, against the bill for raising money upon the estates of the South-Sea directors, on Wednesday the 19th of July 1721. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1721. (Price six pence.)","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

4to. 12 leaves in twos; advertisement of the next following tract and of Books printed for J. Graves at the end. Watt I, 12." "29170","","","","","","","","","Aislabie, John.","Mr. Aislabie's second speech on his defence in the House of Lords, on Thursday, July 20, 1721. London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick Lane; and J. Graves, in St. James's-Street: at which places may be had the third edition of Mr. Aislabie's first speech. (Price six-pence each.)","","4to. Imperfect, 10 leaves only, in twos." "29180","","","","","","","","","","The Last dying speech and confession of the late Parliament; made on Saturday the 10th of March, before their execution . . . London: printed for J. Jones, near the Royal-Exchange; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1722. (Price three pence.)","","

[TBE]And[/TBE]

4to. 6 leaves: A4, B2.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Watt." "29190","J. 233","","","","Lownd's case of the third Auditor.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 387, Lound's case of the 3d Auditor, 4to.","Lowndes, William.","The Case of the third auditor, as stated by Mr. Lownds, and referr'd by the Commissioners of the Treasury to the Attorney and the late Sollicitor General; with their reports thereupon. The third edition corrected. London: printed for Thomas Cope, MDCCXV. [1715.]","Law 290","

Folio. 10 leaves in twos.

Not in Watt. Not in Sweet & Maxwell.

Contemporary tree calf (marbled endpapers washed away). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Lowndes, 1652-1724, was Secretary to the Treasury." "29200","J. 234","","","","Townshend's historical collections.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 427, as above.","Townshend, Heywood.","Historical collections: or, an exact account of the proceedings of the four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth of famous memory. Wherein is contained the compleat Journals both of the Lords & Commons . . . Faithfully and laboriously collected, by Heywood Townshend Esq; a member of those parliaments. The like never extant before. London: printed for T. Basset, W. Crooke, and W. Cademan, 1680.","DA350 .T6","

First Edition. Folio. 176 leaves in twos, the last a blank but for Townshend's Historical Collections printed vertically down the page; publisher's advertisement at the foot of the preface.

Hazlitt II, 601. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 401.

Rebound in ruby buckram in 1923. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the back of the title, in an early hand, possibly that of Sir John Randolph, is a manuscript account of Hayward Townshend from Woods Athenae Oxõn. 315b. headed Our Author.

Heywood [or Hayward] Townshend, fl. 1602, English barrister and the youngest member of the House of Commons. This book was posthumously published in 1680. It contains the Journal of the proceedings of Parliament from 4 February 1588 to 19 December 1601." "29210","J. 235","","","","History of the parliam[???] & convocation of 1710.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 219, as above.","P[ittis], W[illiam].","The History of the present Parliament. And convocation . . . London: printed for John Baker, M DCC XI. [1711.] [—The History of the proceedings of the second session of this present Parliament . . . ib., n.d.]","JN539 1711 .P5","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 188 and 72 leaves. The dedication to Charles Eversfield of the first part is signed W.P.; that of the second part to Sir Simeon Stuart is signed with the author's name, Wm. Pittis.

Halkett and Laing III, 88.

Calf. With the autograph signature of J. Walker on the title-page. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in the first part.

William Pittis, 1674-1724, was a member of the Inner Temple." "29220","J. 236","","","","Debates of the parl. of 1680.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 214, Debates of the Parliament of 1679, on the popish plot, 8vo.","","A True copy of the Journal-Book of the last Parliament, begun at Westminster the sixth day of March 167 8/9. Containing the transactions from the first day of their sitting, to the day of their prorogation and dissolution. Wherein is comprised a fuller and further discovery of the Popish Plot. With several other remarkable passages, which with the preceeding Journal, lately printed, declares the history of that horrid conspiracy. London: printed in the year MDCLXXX. [1680.]","DA430 .G65","

First Edition. 8vo. 171 leaves, irregular signatures and pagination.

STC E2748.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The Popish Plot was that fabricated by Titus Oates, 1649-1705, English perjurer." "29230","237","","","","Debates on Abdication.","","12mo. (1689.)","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 59, Debates on Abdication, 1698, 12mo.","","The Debate at large, between the House of Lords and House of Commons, at the free conference, held in the Painted Chamber, in the session of the convention, Anno 1688. Relating to the word, abdicated, and the vacancy of the throne, in the Common's vote. [London:] printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695.","JN339 .A5 1695","

Sm. 8vo. 80 leaves; the pagination begins on page 19.

Hazlitt III, 189. STC D506.

The date in the 1815 catalogue seems to be a misprint.

This is the first edition of this Debate, and is assigned to the Jefferson collection in the early Library of Congress catalogues." "29240","238","","","","Ephemeris Parliamentaria, or Register of transact[???]s of 3. 4. Car. 1.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 429, Ephemoris Parliamentaria, or Register of Transactions of 3, 4, Car. 1, fol.","[Fuller, Thomas.]","Ephemeris Parliamentaria; or a faithfull register of the transactions in Parliament, in the third and fourth years of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles: containing the severall speeches, cases, and arguments of law transacted between his Majesty and both Houses. Together with the grand mysteries of the Kingdome then in agitation . . . London: printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1654.","DA385 .G6","

First Edition. Folio. 154 leaves; title printed in red and black, the preface signed T. F.

Halkett and Laing II, 177. STC F2422. Sweet & Maxwell I, 93, 16.

Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, English divine, author of Fuller's Worthies and other well known theological books." "29250","J. 239","","","","Parliamentary history.","","24. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 217, as above, 1106-1660.","","The Parliamentary or constitutional history of England; from the earliest times, to the restoration of King Charles II. Collected . . . by several hands. The second edition, in twenty-four volumes. Vol. I . . . [-XXIII.] London: printed for J. and R. Tonson, and A. Millar; and W. Sandby, MDCCLXII.—A General index to the twenty-three volumes of the parliamentary or constitutional history of England. London: printed, and sold by William Sandby, MDCCLXI. [1762-1761.]","J301 .H18","

24 vol. 8vo. Each title-page denotes the period covered by the volume concerned.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 86, 45.

Original calf, repaired, labels on the back lettered: Parliamentary/History/ and the dates covered by the volume. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. With the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate. Several volumes have been damaged by fire and water, notably vol. IV (back gone), V, XVIII, XIX and others.

From the library of Benjamin Franklin.

On October 22, 1801, N. G. Dufief wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson informing him that he had added to his collection a portion of the Bibliothèque du Dr. B. Franklin, leguée par lui à son petit fils, Temple Franklin. He offered to Jefferson the books that remained to him of this library, including The Parliamentary history in 24 v. 8o. neatly bd. in calf 30.D.

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 1:

Among the books mentioned in the letter of Oct. 22. with which you favored me is one only which I would wish to acquire: it is the Parliamentary history 24. vols 8vo. price 30.D. should it not be disposed of before you recieve this I will thank you to send it. perhaps the vessel may still be not departed which was to bring the others . . .

Dufief wrote on November 13 to report that he had the previous day sent the books by the sloop Highland, bound for Alexandria and Georgetown." "29260","240","","","","Scobel's acts of the Commonwealth parl. from 1648. to 1651.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 430, as above.","Scobell, Henry.","A Collection of several acts of Parliament, published in the years 1648, 1649, 1650 and 1651, very useful, especially for Justices of the Peace and other officers in the execution of their duties . . . London: John Field, 1653.","","

Folio. No copy was seen for collation.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 354, 34.

There is no copy of this book in the Library of Congress.

It is entered by Jefferson and in the 1815 catalogue in chapter 24. In the later Library of Congress catalogues it is transferred to chapter 18, Criminal Law and Trials, and not ascribed to the Jefferson collection." "29270","J. 241","","","","Debates in the H. of Lords. Chandler.","","7. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 220, Chandler's Debates of the H. of Lords, 1660-1741, 7 v 8vo.","","The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the present time . . . Volume the first . . . [-seventh . . .] London: printed for Ebenezer Timberland, 1742.—The History and proceedings of the House of Lords, during the third Parliament of King George II. held in the Years 1741 and 1742. Being the eighth volume from the Restoration . . . Together with the debates in the Parliament of Scotland, relating to the Union. ib., M,DCC,XLIII. [1743.]","J301 .H2","

Together 8 vol. 8vo., the period covered in each volume stated on the title-page after the volume number.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. The autograph signature of Ebenezer Timberland on the back of the title of Vol. VIII. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (numbered 221, the number of the Debates of the Commons, see the next entry).

This work, published by Ebenezer Timberland, is a companion work to the Debates of the House of Commons by Richard Chandler, to whom this work is frequently though erroneously ascribed, and is so ascribed by Jefferson. Jefferson's copy of Chandler's Debates in the House of Commons (no. 2928) came from the library of Reuben Skelton, it was probably therefore to the Debates in the House of Lords that Jefferson referred in his letter to Payne written from Paris on January 28, 1789:

I received last night from m[???] Trumbull the account of the books you had sent me. the books themselves had arrived some time before. among those not yet purchased you note Chandler's debates at £9.9. I am glad you have not purchased it at that price, and will beg the favor of you to strike it out of my list altogether . . ." "29280","J. 242","","","","Debates in the H. of Commons. Chandler.","","14. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 221, Chandler's Debates of the H. of Commons 1660-1743, 14 v 8vo.","","The History and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the present time . . . Vol. I. [-fourteenth . . .] London: printed for Richard Chandler, 1742-3-4.","J301 .H22","

14 vol. 8vo., some with half-titles, several with the publisher's advertisements at the end; the title varies in the last two volumes; and variations in the imprints occur.

Mottled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. Vol. XII with II added by hand after X. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Reuben Skelton with his armorial bookplate in each volume.

This was one of the books (a 22-volume edition) offered to Jefferson but not accepted by him, from Franklin's library in October 1801.

Robert Chandler, d. 1744, English printer and bookseller in partnership with Caesar Ward. The publication of this work was undertaken by Chandler as a private speculation. After the publication of the first eight volumes Chandler was admitted to an audience with Frederick, Prince of Wales, who accepted the dedication. Chandler blew his brains out in 1744 to avoid the debtor's prison. The last volume is printed by his successor, William Sandby." "29290","243","Debates on the exclusion of the D. of York. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 215, Debates of 1680, 8vo.","2 copies—to wit, ed'ns. of 1681,—and 1725","","i.","","","","A Collection of the substance of several speeches and debates made in the Honourable House of Commons, relating to the horrid Popish plot, upon occasion of the bill for disabling James Duke of York from inheriting the Imperial Crown of this realm. To which is prefixt a Speech of the Noble Lord L----- against Roger L'Estrange, in the House of Peers: and also a copy of two bills, the one for disabling James D. of York, the other for ease to all Protestant dissenters, by taking away the Stat. 23. & 28. Q. Eliz. & 3. K. Jam. &c. which passed the House of Commons last session of Parliament, begun at Westminster the 21. Nov. and dissolved by proclamation 18. Jan. 1680. Published to prevent the abuses of written copies. London: printed for Francis Smith, 1681.","AC901 .M5 vol. 1050","

Folio. 10 leaves.

STC E2538.

The Exclusion Bill, passed on May 21, 1679, was an effort to prevent the succession to the throne of James Duke of York (later James II), suspected of Catholicism." "29300","243","Debates on the exclusion of the D. of York. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 215, Debates of 1680, 8vo.","2 copies—to wit, ed'ns. of 1681,—and 1725","","J. ii.","","","","A Collection of Debates in the House of Commons, in the year 1680. Relating to the Bill of Exclusion of the then Duke of York . . . To which is added, the debates of the House of Commons assembled at Oxford, Mar. 21. 1680. As also an Introduction shewing the progress of Popery, from the Reformation to this present time. London: printed for Tho. Woodward, M DCC XXV.","DA430 .A5 1725","

8vo. 128 leaves in eights.

Original panelled calf (repaired). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

From the library of Lord Dunmore, with his autograph signature on the inside cover, with the date, June 5, 1795, and the cost, 4[???].

John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, 1732-1809, was the colonial governor of Virginia at the time of the Revolution." "29310","J. 244","","","","Bohun's debates, reports &c on the election of members.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 428, as above.","Bohun, William.","A Collection of debates, reports, orders, and resolutions, of the House of Commons, touching the right of electing members to serve in Parliament, for the several counties, cities, burroughs, and towns corporate, in England and Wales: together with several ancient charters, and extracts, out of Domesday-Book, and other records, relating to the said right. By William Bohun, of the Middle-Temple, Esq . . . London: printed for Bernard Lintott, and sold by Joshua Lintott, n. d. [c. 1700.]","JN1051 1702","

Folio. Should have 183 leaves in twos; this copy lacks 14 leaves: sig. Tt-Zz (pp. 161-180) and Ffff, Gggg (pp. 293-300); publisher's advertisements on 3 pages at the end.

Sweet & Maxwell I, 117, 2. Not in the STC.

Old calf, now enclosed in a slip case. The first two leaves torn across, the text not damaged. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On a flyleaf at the beginning are manuscript notes in an early hand. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "29320","245","","","","Debates of the Irish commons.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 230, as above.","[Caldwell, Sir James.]","Debates relative to the affairs of Ireland; in the years 1763 and 1764. Taken by a Military Officer . . . To which are added, An enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland, by British Acts of Parliament, are a benefit or disadvantage to the British Dominions in general, and to England in particular, for whose separate advantage they were intended. With extracts of such parts of the statutes as lay the trade of Ireland under those restrictions. Volume I [-II]. London: M.DCC.LXVI. [1766.]","DA947 .C3","

2 vol. 8vo. 211 and 239 leaves, continuous pagination and signatures; the text ends on page 741 in volume II, and is followed by 12 leaves of Contents and Index, unpaged, and one leaf of errata; on page [743] begins An Enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland . . . with caption title.

Halkett and Laing II, 17.

Jefferson's copy is no longer extant. A copy in the Library of Congress is inscribed on the title-page: The Gift of the Author. Sr. James Caldwell.

Sir James Caldwell, 3rd baronet of Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, and Count of Milan of the Holy Roman Empire (the latter title conferred by Maria Theresa)." "29330","246","","","","Parliamentary debates of 1790.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 224, as above.","","The History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons during the first session of the seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: J. Stockdale, 1791.","","

8vo. 402 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Contains the Debates from November 30, 1790, to June 10, 1791.

Jefferson bought his copy from Stockdale." "29340","247","","","","Grey's debates","","10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 218, as above.","Grey, Anchitell.","Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the year 1694. Collected by the Honble Anchitell Grey, Esq; who was thirty years member for the town of Derby; chairman of several committees; and decyphered Coleman's letters for the use of the House. In ten volumes. Volume I [-X]. London: printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, and J. Emonson, M DCC LXIII. [1763.]","J301.H24","

10 vol. 8vo.

Anchitell Grey, d. 1702, of Groby (Leicestershire).

He took notes for his own convenience of the Debates, which were eventually published, and was himself present at nearly all the transactions he describes." "29350","248","","","","Parliamentary register. Nov. 1774.—June 1777. Almon.","","7. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 222, Parliamentary Register, 1774-7, Almon, 7 v 8vo.","","The Parliamentary Register; or history of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons [—House of Lords]; containing an account of the most interesting speeches and motions; accurate copies of the most remarkable letters and papers; of the most material evidence, petitions, &c. laid before, and offered to, the House . . . London: printed for J. Almon, 1775-1777.","J301 .H34","

7 vol. 8vo. Contains the Debates from the first to the third session of the fourteenth Parliament, both Houses.

The Debates are largely concerned with American affairs. Sabin 58817." "29360","249","","","","Debates of the H. of Commons in 1785.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 223, as above.","","[Debates and proceedings of the House of Commons during the second [-third] sessions of the sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: John Stockdale, 1785.]","","

3 vol. 8vo. Stockdale's edition is no longer in the Library of Congress.

The Debates are largely concerned with taxation. Among the listed contents are:

Substance of the speech of Mr. Beaufoy on the petition of the merchants of London against smuggling tobacco.

On the Report brought up relative to the American Loyalists.

Mr. Pitt introduces a bill, in addition to the American Intercourse Bill.

Debate on the Intercourse Bill between the Ports of the United States of America and his Majesty's subjects in the island of Newfoundland.

Debate on the Newfoundland Intercourse Bill.

Debate on the third reading of the Newfoundland Intercourse Bill.

Account of the gross produce of the stamp duties for ten years.

Account of the imports and exports of tobacco, rice, indigo, rum, and sugar, into and from England for one year.

Account of the imports into Ireland from America for one year.

Account of the exports from Ireland to America for one year.

Mr. Burke calls the attention of the House to the situation of persons sentenced to transportation." "29370","250","","","","Petty's Political arithmetic.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 328, as above, 8vo.","Petty, Sir William.","Several essays in political arithmetick: The titles of which follow in the ensuing pages. By Sir William Petty, late Fellow of the Royal Society. London: printed for Robert Clavel, and Henry Mortlock, 1699.","HB151 .P518","

8vo. 158 leaves, separate title-pages for the different tracts, continuous signatures and pagination.

Lowndes IV, 1845. McCulloch, page 210. Palgrave III, 99.

A book by Petty was purchased by Jefferson from Lackington in 1787, price 1/.

Sir William Petty, 1623-1687, English political economist, was one of the founders of the Royal Society. This work originally appeared in 1682 and contained fewer essays than the later editions which were enlarged and improved. The Essay on the extent and value of lands, people, buildings . . . first appeared posthumously in the edition of 1691." "29380","J. 251","","","","Malthus on the principle of population.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100, no. 329, as above, reading principles.","Malthus, Thomas Robert.","An Essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. By T. R. Malthus, A.M. late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. The third edition. London: printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, 1806.","HB861 .E7 1806","

2 vol. 8vo. 291 and 284 leaves, both volumes with half-titles.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. See McCulloch 259, Seligman X, 68, and Palgrave II, 668.

Original calf repaired and with new endpapers. A folded leaf from Science, vol. XIV, no. 341, August 16, 1889, has been pasted in vol. II. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in the later endpapers.

Purchased by Jefferson from Milligan on November 7, 1807, one copy in 2 vols. calf gilt, $8.00.

Jefferson had previously ordered a copy, if an 8vo. edition can be had, from Duane in a letter written on October 14, 1807, to which Duane replied on October 16:

. . . I have laid aside for you a copy of Jarrold's animadversions by way of Answer to Malthus, in which my side of the question is taken against Malthus with much ability, tho I think he has left a great deal unsaid . . .

Jefferson first mentioned reading this work, in a borrowed copy, in a letter to Dr. Priestley, written from Washington on January 29, 1804:

. . . Have you seen the new work of Malthus on population? it is one of the ablest I have ever seen. altho' his main object is to delineate the effects of redundancy of population, and to test the poor laws of England & other palliations for that evil, several important questions in political economy, allied to his subject incidentally, are treated with a masterly hand. it is a single 4to. volume, and I have been only able to read a borrow'd copy, the only one I have yet heard of. probably your friends in England will think of you & give you an opportunity of reading it . . .

A few days later, on February 1, in acknowledging the receipt of his work on Political Economy to J. B. Say, Jefferson wrote:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your obliging letter and with it of two very interesting volumes on Political economy. these found me engaged in giving the leisure moments I rarely find to the perusal of Malthus's work on population, a work of sound logic, in which some of the opinions of Adam Smith, as well as of the economists, are ably examined . . .

Priestley died on February 6, without receiving Jefferson's letter. On February 16, Thomas Cooper, who had announced Priestley's death to Jefferson, wrote:

Before your Letter arrived Dr. Priestley was dead: of which I informed you hastily on the same afternoon.

The work you mention of Mr Malthus, I have perused with deep interest and melancholy conviction of the general truth of his Theory, but I cannot help thinking he carries it much too far. Granting the tendency of the procreative passion to increase the human species far beyond the ratio of the increase of Subsistence, this cannot supercede the benefits that may arise from improvements in the Science of Government, and in all the Arts that contribute to the comforts of human existence, nor do I think that he allows sufficiently for a studied and improved system of gradual emigration . . .

Cooper's letter of criticism of Malthus's work consists of 4 folio pages.

To this Jefferson replied on February 24:

. . . A review of Malthus's anonymous tract had given me great prejudices against his principles. but he has greatly mended their appearance in his last work. he has certainly furnished some sound corrections of former errors, and given excellent views of some questions in political economy. but I think with you he is particularly defective in developing the resource of emigration. were half the money employed under the poor laws in England, laid out in colonising their able bodied poor both the emigrants and those who remained would be the happier. from the singular circumstance of the immense extent of rich & uncultivated lands in this country, furnishing an increase of food in the same ratio with that of population, the greater part of his book is inapplicable to us, but as a matter of speculation . . .

Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834, English political economist. The first edition of this work was published anonymously in 1798. This third edition has certain changes, pointed out in the Advertisement to the Third Edition at the beginning. The book was written as a result of the essay on Avarice in William Godwin's The Enquirer, see no. 2360." "29390","J. 252","","","","Sinclair on the revenues of the British empire.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 408, as above.","Sinclair, Sir John.","The History of the public revenue of the British Empire. By John Sinclair, Esq . . . London: printed by W. and A. Strahan, M DCC LXXXV. [1785]—Appendix to the history of the public revenue of the British Empire. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. London: printed for T. Cadell, M DCC LXXXIX. [1789.]","HJ2603 .S4","

First Edition. 3 parts in 1. 4to. 107, 65 and 48 leaves, the last a blank. The two parts of the History with separate signatures and pagination.

Lowndes V, 2404. Palgrave III, 403. McCulloch 336 (not this edition).

Bound, probably for Jefferson, in calf, blue silk bookmark, not initialled by him; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Appendix was sent to Jefferson by Sinclair who has written on the half-title: From the author.

Several works by Sir John Sinclair, a friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue." "29400","J. 253","","","","Arithmetique Lineaire de Playfair.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 401, as above.","Playfair, William.","Tableaux d'arithmétique linéaire, du commerce, des finances, et de la dette nationale de l'Angleterre. Par M. W. Playfair. Suivis d'un essai sur la meilleure manière de faire les emprunts publics; d'après la comparaison des emprunts perpétuels & des annuités de quinze années, en Angleterre; par le même auteur. Le tout traduit de l'Anglois [par H. Jansen]. Avec douze planches enluminées. A Paris: chez Barrois l'âiné, 1789.","HC254 .5 .P7","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 52 leaves including the half-title, 12 folded color plates.

Quérard VII, 210.

Bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, red silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Playfair, 1759-1823, English publicist, lived in France for a number of years where in 1789 he succeeded Joel Barlow as agent to the Scioto (Ohio) land companies. This work was first published in English in 1786. The dedication to the Baron de Breteuil in the French edition is dated ce premier Mars 1789.

Henri Jansen, 1741-1812, was for a time librarian to M. de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent, and later became the imperial censor." "29410","J. 254","","","","Playfair's Statistical Breviary","","8vo. 1801. & Commercl. & Politicl. Atlas.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 330, Playfair's Statistical Breviary and Commercial and Political Atlas, 8vo.","Playfair, William.","The Statistical breviary; shewing, on a principle entirely new, the resources of every state and kingdom in Europe; illustrated with stained copper-plate charts, representing the physical powers of each distinct nation with ease and perspicuity. By William Playfair. To which is added, a similar exhibition of the ruling powers of Hindoostan. London: printed by T. Bensley for J. Wallis [and others], 1801.","HA46 .P7","

First Edition. 8vo. 64 leaves, 5 folded plates in color; publisher's advertisement on page 63.

Lowndes IV, 1881.

Originally bound with the next following entry, the two books rebound together in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress." "29420","","","","","","","","","Playfair, William.","The Commercial and political atlas, representing, by means of stained copperplate charts, the progress of the commerce, revenues, expenditure, and debts of England, during the whole of the eighteenth century. The third edition, corrected and brought down to the end of last year. By William Playfair. London: printed by T. Burton for J. Wallis [and others], 1801.","","

8vo. 57 leaves, 26 plates in color, advertisement of the Statistical Breviary at the end.

Lowndes IV, 1881.

Bound with the above. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T on page xiii before the figure 1 in the lower margin.

First published in 1786." "29430","J. 255","Tracts in English finance. viz. . . . . . . . . . The E. of Stair's state of the public debts in 1784. Craufurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Brit 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 362, Tracts on English Finance, by the Earl of Stair and Craufurd, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark, labels on the back now lettered: Financial/Pamphlets/Vol. 8./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the two main tracts:

Earl of Stair's State of the public debts in 1784.

Crawfurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Britain. [TBE]HG139 .F5 Vol. 8[/TBE]","Earl of Stair's State of the public debts in 1784.","1.","","","Dalrymple, John, Earl of Stair.","State of the public debts, and of the annual interest and benefits paid for them; as they will stand on the 5th of January, 1783. Likewise, as they will stand (if the war continues) on the 5th of January, 1784. To which the attention of the public is humbly requested, before they decide as to peace or war. Together with some thoughts on the extent to which the State may be benefited by oeconomy; and a few reflections on the conduct and merit of the parties contending for power. By John Earl of Stair . . . Seventh edition. To which is now first added, a Postscript, in answer to a postscript addressed to the Earl of Stair, by the author of ''A Defence of the Earl of Shelburne.'' London: printed for J. Stockdale, 1783. [Price one shilling.] Entered at Stationers Hall.","","

26 leaves in fours; the Postscript dated from Culhorn, Nov. 21, 1782. Stockdale's advertisement on the last page.

McCulloch, page 333. Palgrave III, 455." "29440","J. 255","Tracts in English finance. viz. . . . . . . . . . The E. of Stair's state of the public debts in 1784. Craufurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Brit 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 362, Tracts on English Finance, by the Earl of Stair and Craufurd, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark, labels on the back now lettered: Financial/Pamphlets/Vol. 8./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the two main tracts:

Earl of Stair's State of the public debts in 1784.

Crawfurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Britain. [TBE]HG139 .F5 Vol. 8[/TBE]","","2.","","","Dalrymple, John, Earl of Stair.","An Address to the public, on the present peace, by John Earl of Stair.","","

4 leaves with sig. A, caption title, no title-page; the Address is dated from Dover-Street, Feb. 3, 1783, and ends at the head of the second leaf, page 4; it is followed by Stockdale's advertisements on 4½ pages. McCulloch, page 333.

John Dalrymple, Fifth Earl of Stair, d. 1789, ''the Cassandra of the nation'', a member of the faculty of advocates, and one of the representative peers in Parliament, was the author of several pessimistic tracts on the financial position of England at the close of the American war. His gloomy apprehensions were refuted by Sir John Sinclair." "29450","J. 255","Tracts in English finance. viz. . . . . . . . . . The E. of Stair's state of the public debts in 1784. Craufurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Brit 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 362, Tracts on English Finance, by the Earl of Stair and Craufurd, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, red silk bookmark, labels on the back now lettered: Financial/Pamphlets/Vol. 8./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the two main tracts:

Earl of Stair's State of the public debts in 1784.

Crawfurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Britain. [TBE]HG139 .F5 Vol. 8[/TBE]","Crawfurd's essay on the actual resources of Gr. Britain.","3.","","","Craufurd, George.","An Essay on the actual resources, for reestablishing the finances of Great Britain, by George Craufurd Esqre. . . . London: printed in the year M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","","

60 leaves.

Not in McCulloch. Not in Palgrave." "29460","J. 256","","","","Casaux sur la mechanisme des societies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 363, as above, reading Societes.","Casaux, Charles, Marquis de.","Considérations sur quelques parties du méchanisme des sociétés. Par le Marquis de Casaux, de la Société Royale de Londres, et de celle d'Agriculture de Florence . . .A Londres: de l'imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, se trouve chez P. Elmsley, M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","HF1013 .C3","

First Edition. 201 leaves.

Quérard II, 69.

Contemporary calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles, Marquis de Casaux, d. 1796, French economist and writer. This is the first part of a work which extended to five, and was published from 1785 to 1788." "29470","257","","","","Gale's essay on public credit.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 361, as above.","[Gale, Samuel.]","An Essay on the nature and principles of public credit. London: printed for B. White, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","HJ8013 .G2","

First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves. The Preface is signed S. Gale. Charles-Town, South Carolina, October 1782.

Sabin 26361. McCulloch, page 333.

A rebound copy in the Library of Congress of this Essay has had all marks of provenance destroyed but may have been from Jefferson's library.

Samuel Gale published altogether four Essays on Public Credit between the years 1784 and 1787. An autograph presentation inscription to Sir Henry Clinton, K. B., in which the author describes himself as late Acting Itinerant Dep[???] Paymaster to His Majesty's Forces in the Southern Provinces, states that the principal part was written in America during his Excellency's command there." "29480","J. 258","Political tracts on the finances of France, Engld. & the U. S. 89. 90. 4to. viz. Finances de France et de l'Angleterre. Income & expenditure of Gr. Br. by Rayment. Essai encyclopedique sur les Etats U. par Demeunier.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 409, Political Tracts on the Finances of France, England and the United States, 1789, 90, 4to.","

Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., half-calf, numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]HG139 .F5 vol. 18[/TBE]

Jefferson referred to this volume in a letter to L. H. Girardin written from Monticello on August 28, 1814:

. . . the Article 'Etats Unis' of the Encyclopedie which article I have separately bound with some pamphlets on the Finances of France & England, and now send you . . .","","i.","","","[Maisoncelle, de.]","Situation actuelle des finances de la France et de l'Angleterre. A Paris: chez Briand, 1789.","","

First Edition. 70 leaves.

Barbier IV, 499. Quérard V, 451.

Many leaves with uncut edges. Marginal annotations in ink by Jefferson." "29490","J. 258","Political tracts on the finances of France, Engld. & the U. S. 89. 90. 4to. viz. Finances de France et de l'Angleterre. Income & expenditure of Gr. Br. by Rayment. Essai encyclopedique sur les Etats U. par Demeunier.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 409, Political Tracts on the Finances of France, England and the United States, 1789, 90, 4to.","

Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., half-calf, numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]HG139 .F5 vol. 18[/TBE]

Jefferson referred to this volume in a letter to L. H. Girardin written from Monticello on August 28, 1814:

. . . the Article 'Etats Unis' of the Encyclopedie which article I have separately bound with some pamphlets on the Finances of France & England, and now send you . . .","","ii.","","","Rayment, Robert.","The Income and expenditure of Great-Britain of the last seven years, examined and stated. By Robert Rayment. London: printed for J. Debrett, 1791.","","

First Edition. 58 leaves including the half-title (on which is the price, five shillings), 10 folded charts.

Some words of text blocked out." "29500","J. 258","Political tracts on the finances of France, Engld. & the U. S. 89. 90. 4to. viz. Finances de France et de l'Angleterre. Income & expenditure of Gr. Br. by Rayment. Essai encyclopedique sur les Etats U. par Demeunier.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 409, Political Tracts on the Finances of France, England and the United States, 1789, 90, 4to.","

Three tracts bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 4to., half-calf, numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]HG139 .F5 vol. 18[/TBE]

Jefferson referred to this volume in a letter to L. H. Girardin written from Monticello on August 28, 1814:

. . . the Article 'Etats Unis' of the Encyclopedie which article I have separately bound with some pamphlets on the Finances of France & England, and now send you . . .","","iii.","","","Démeunier, Jean Nicolas.","Essai sur les états-Unis. Par M. Démeunier, secrétaire ordinaire de Monsieur, frère du Roi, & censeur royal. A Paris: de l'imprimerie de Laporte, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

46 leaves, text in double columns.

Quérard II, 470. Sabin 19477. Faÿ page 22.

The Avertissement on the verso of the first leaf reads:

Le Morceau qu'on imprime ici, forme l'article Etat-Unis dans l'Economie politique & la Diplomatique, partie de l'Encyclopédie méthodique. On a cru qu'il seroit utile de le publier séparément.

Les articles auxquels renvoie ce morceau, se trouvent dans la partie de l'Encyclopédie méthodique, dont on vient de parler.

Jefferson is mentioned in the text in several places—on page 15 as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; on pages 57, 58 and 59 in connection with the slave question; on page 73 he is quoted on population where he is referred to as Un homme qui nous a fourni avec une bonté extrême des notes de tous les genres pour la composition de ce morceau, M. Jefferson . . .

This Essai was recommended to Professor Ebeling by Jefferson in his manuscript article headed: Notes on Professor Ebeling's letter of July 30, 95:

. . . The article 'Etats Unis de l'Amerique' in the Dictionnaire d'Economie politique et diplomatique, de l'Encyclopedie Methodique. this article occupies about 90. pages, is by De Meusnier, and his materials were worthy of confidence, except so far as they were taken from the Abbe Raynal. against these effusions of an imagination in deliris it is presumed Professor Ebeling needs not be put on his guard, the earlier editions of the Abbé Raynal's work were equally bad as to both South & North America. a gentleman however of perfect information as to South America undertook to reform that part of the work, and his changes & additions were for the most part adopted by the Abbé in his latter editions, but the North-American part remains in it's original state of worthlessness.

Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 1751-1814, was secretary to Monsieur at the time of the Revolution. He was a deputé in the tiers état, a member of the Assemblée Nationale, and held important positions." "29510","J. 259","","","","Cavendish's public accounts of Ireland. 1791.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 364, as above.","Cavendish, Sir Henry.","A Statement of the public accounts of Ireland. By the Right Honourable Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart. London: printed for John Stockdale, M. DCC. XCI. [1791.]","HJ1041 .C25","

8vo. First Edition. 126 leaves including 8 with Stockdale's advertisements at the end.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Bradshaw.

Contemporary tree calf. Not initialled by Jefferson.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir Henry Cavendish, bt., 1732-1804, English parliamentary reporter, was appointed Receiver General for Ireland in 1779 and in 1795 became Deputy Vice-treasurer for that country." "29520","J. 260","","","","Maddox's history of the Exchequer.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 451, as above.","Madox, Thomas.","The History and antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of England, in two periods: to wit, from the Norman Conquest, to the end of the reign of K. John; and from the end of the reign of K. John, to the end of the reign of K. Edward II: Taken from records. Together with a correct copy of the Ancient Dialogue concerning the Exchequer, generally ascribed to Gervasius Tilburiensis; and A Dissertation concerning the most ancient great roll of the Exchequer, commonly styled the Roll of Quinto Regis Stephani. London: printed by John Matthews, and sold by Robert Knaplock, MDCCXI. [1711.]","HJ1028 .M25","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, together 433 leaves in fours; separate title, signatures and pagination for Antiquus dialogus de Scaccario, Gervasio de Tilbury vulgo adscriptus, and separate title, with continuous pagination and signatures, for Disceptatio epistolaris de magno Rotulo Scaccarij omnium id genus qui hodie extant antiquissimo, rotulo anni quinti regis Stephani utplurimum appellato; these two sections have together 45 leaves, the last for the list of subscribers, which includes the names of Daniel De Foe, Narcissus Luttrell, and many others.

Lowndes III, 1448. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 872. McCulloch, page 319. Palgrave II, 662.

Rebound in half ruby buckram by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Other works by Madox appear in this catalogue." "29530","J. 261","","","","Davenant on grants & resumptions.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 357, as above.","[Davenant, Charles.]","A Discourse upon grants and resumptions. Showing how our ancestors have proceeded with such Ministers as have procured to themselves grants of the Crown-revenue; and that the forfeited estates ought to be applied towards the payment of the publick debts. By the author of, The Essay on ways and means. The second edition . . . London: printed for James Knapton, 1700.","HJ1012 .D22","

8vo. 228 leaves, the last 4 for the Postscript; publisher's advertisements on the verso of the last preliminary leaf and on the last leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 81. STC D305. See McCulloch, page 351. Palgrave I, 483.

Old calf, rebacked and with new endpapers; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Charles Davenant, 1656-1714, political economist, the eldest son of Sir William D'Avenant, was Inspector-General of Imports and Exports in the reign of Queen Anne. The first edition of this work was published earlier in the same year." "29540","J. 262","","","","Davis's impositions.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 87, as above.","Davies, Sir John.","The Question concerning impositions, tonnage, poundage, prizage, customs, &c. Fully stated and argued, from reason, law, and policy. Dedicated to King James in the latter end of his reign. By Sir John Davies, his then Majesties Attourney Generall. London: printed by S. G. for Henry Twyford, and Rich. Marriot, 1656.","HJ2612 .D2","

First Edition. 8vo. 92 leaves, list of books printed for Henry Twyford and partners on the last leaf.

STC D407. Lowndes II, 600.

Old sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sir John Davies, 1569-1626, English poet, attorney and member of Parliament, was for a time Attorney-General for Ireland. This is the first edition of this work, published thirty years after his death." "29550","J. 263","","","","Stevens's history of taxes.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 358, as above, 8vo.","Stevens, John.","The Royal Treasury of England: or, a general history of taxes, from the Conquest to the present time. Collected from the best antient and modern historians; as likewise from many valuable manuscripts in the Cotton, and other libraries; as well as from some peculiar offices in this Kingdom. Shewing when the Crown was supplied, and impositions laid on the people, only by virtue of the King's prerogative; at what time the House of Lords alone has done the same; and when reduced to the parliamentary method now establish'd. The whole intermixt with divers remarkable occurrences; and a considerable number of particulars, which have not hitherto appear'd in print. By the late Capt. John Stevens. The second edition; with a continuation to the end of the last reign. London: printed for Tho. Tebb, and J. Jackson, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728.]","HJ2603 .S8","

8vo. 204 leaves. Tebb's advertisement at the end.

Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Gillow.

Original calf, gilt back, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Stevens, d. 1726, English scholar and antiquary, is chiefly known for his translations from the Spanish. The first edition of this work was published by Tebb and Wilcox in 1725." "29560","J. 264","","","","Davenant's reports on the public acc[???]s. 1711.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 359, Devenant's reports on the public accounts, 1711, 8vo.","Davenant, Charles.","A Report [—A second report] to the Honourable the Commissioners for putting in execution the act, intitled, An Act, for the taking, examining, and stating the publick accounts of the Kingdom. From Charles Davenant. L. L. D. Inspector General of the exports and imports. Part I [-II]. London: printed in the year, 1712. (Price stitch'd, 2 s.)","HF3505 .6 .A2","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 and 40 leaves, half-title to the first part, separate titles, signatures and pagination. On the title to the second part Davenant is described as Inspector General of the Exports and Imports of the trade between England and Holland.

Not in Lowndes or the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Not in McCulloch. Palgrave I, 484.

Rebound in half red morocco; not initialled by Jefferson; numerous marginal corrections in ink. With the autograph signature of T. H. Corbin on the half-title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For another tract by Davenant, see no. 2953 above." "29570","J. 265","","","","Baldwin's survey of the British customs.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 405, Baldwin's British customs, or rates of merchandise, 4to.","Baldwin, Samuel.","A Survey of the British customs; containing the rates of merchandize as established by 12 Car. II. C. 4, II Geo. I. C. 7, and other statutes; with tables of the net duties, drawbacks, bounties, &c. payable thereon, under all circumstances of importation and exportation. Also a distinct and practical account of the several branches of the revenue called the customs. With an Appendix, containing an abstract of all the laws now in force relative to the customs. The whole continued to the end of the session of 9 Geo. III. By Samuel Baldwin, of the Custom-House, London. London: printed for J. Nourse, MDCCLXX. [1770.]","HJ6192 .A5","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 122 and 155 leaves (together 277 leaves), the tables at the beginning printed horizontally across the page.

Not in McCulloch. Not in Palgrave.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "29580","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","Volume I","1.","","","","A Letter to a freeholder, on the late reduction of the land tax to one shilling in the pound. By a Member of the House of Commons. London: printed for J. Peele, MDCCXXXII. (Price one shilling.) [1732.]","","

32 leaves, Erratum at the foot of the last page.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 408.

Vol 1 written on the title-page.

In 1731 Sir Robert Walpole reduced the land tax from two shillings to one shilling in the pound." "29590","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","2.","","","D'Anvers, Caleb, pseudonym.","An Argument against excises, in several essays, lately published in the Craftsman, and now collected together. By Caleb D'Anvers of Gray's-Inn, Esq . . . The second edition. London: printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's, 1733. (Pr. 1s.)","","

38 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 136. Seligman, page 401. Arents 670.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Probably by Nicholas Amhurst but sometimes ascribed to Sir William Pulteney. The pseudonym Caleb D'Anvers was used chiefly by Amhurst, and also by Pulteney and other contributors to The Craftsman, q.v.

The first edition was published on January 8 of the same year." "29600","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","3.","","","D'Anvers, Caleb, pseudonym.","The Second part of An Argument against excises; in answer to the objections of several writers; especially with regard to that part of the subject, which relates to the power and conduct of the commissioners and officers of excise. With some remarks on the present state of affairs. By Caleb D'Anvers of Gray's-Inn, Esq . . . London: printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's, in the year M DCC XXXIII. [Price one shilling.] [1733.]","","

First Edition. 36 leaves, separate pagination for the Appendix on the last six leaves; publisher's advertisement at the end.

Seligman, page 401. Arents 675.

Probably by Sir William Pulteney, but ascribed also to Nicholas Amhurst and to Henry Saint John, Viscount Bolingbroke." "29610","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","4.","","","G., Z.","Excise anatomiz'd. Declaring that unequal imposition of excise to be the only cause of the ruin of trade, the universal impoverishment, and destructive to the liberties of the whole nation. By Z. G. a Well-wisher of the common good . . . London: printed and sold by M. Smith, 1733. (Price six pence.)","","

First Edition. 16 leaves, the last a blank (sig. C misprinted D).

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 401. Not in Arents." "29620","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","5.","","","","Observations upon the laws of excise: shewing, I. That excises must be destructive of trade in general. II. That excises are inconsistent with the liberties of a free people. London: printed for J. Wilford . . . Price six-pence. n.d. [?1735.]","","

16 leaves, Appendix on four leaves at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 415. Not in Arents." "29630","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","6.","","","","Reflections upon a pamphlet, entitled Observations upon the laws of excise . . . London: printed for J. Roberts, 1733. [Price six-pence.]","","

14 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 410. Not in Arents." "29640","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","7.","","","","The Right of British subjects, to petition and apply to their representatives, asserted and vindicated. In a letter to ***** . . . London: printed for M. Smith, M DCC XXXIII. (Price 6 d.) [1733.]","","

15 leaves: A-C4, D3.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "29650","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","8.","","","","Excise: being a collection of letters, &c. containing, the sentiments and instructions of the merchants, traders, gentry, and inhabitants of the principal cities, counties, towns, and boroughs, in England, to their representatives in Parliament, against a new excise, or any extension of excise laws, in what shape soever. The whole alphabetically digested, with the names of the members who represent the said cities and counties, &c. London: printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb, on Ludgate-Hill; and sold at all the pamphlet-shops in London and Westminster. MDCCXXXIII. (Price 6 d.) [1733.]","","

20 leaves: A-E4.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 410. Not in Arents." "29660","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","9.","","","","An Appeal to the landholders concerning the reasonableness and general benefit of an excise upon tobacco and wine. London: printed for J. Peele, MDCCXXXIII. Price six-pence. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 16 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 409. Arents 681.

A defence of Walpole's scheme, published on March 13, 1733." "29670","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","10.","","","","The Nature of the present excise, and the consequences of its farther extension, examined. In a letter to a member of Parliament . . . London: printed for J. Roberts, M.DCC.XXXIII. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 30 leaves: A2, B-G4, sig. F repeated, the half-title with the price, one shilling.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 411." "29680","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","Volume II","11.","","","","Considerations occasioned by the Craftsman upon excises . . . London: sold by J. Roberts, 1733. (Price six-pence.)","","

First Edition. 16 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 410. Arents 671.

Vol. 2 written on the title-page.

Written in refutation of the arguments of Caleb D'Anvers in no. 2 above." "29690","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","12.","","","","An Answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade. London: printed for E. Nutt, MDCCXXXIII. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 10 leaves: A-B4, D2, the last two leaves probably a cancel.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 409. Arents 672.

A reply to the previous number, probably by Nicholas Amhurst or Sir William Pulteney; published on January 10, 1733." "29700","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","13.","","","[Walpole, Sir Robert.]","Some General Considerations concerning the alteration and improvement of publick revenues. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1733.","","

First Edition. 15 leaves, the half-title with the price, six pence.

Halkett and Laing V, 308. Seligman, page 410." "29710","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","14.","","","","The Genuine thoughts of a merchant: shewing, that in all the libels, remonstrances, and pretended letters against A New Method of levying the duties on tobacco and wine, there is not so much as one word worth answering. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1732-3. Price 6 d.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 409. Arents 680." "29720","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","15.","","","[Walpole, Sir Robert.]","A Letter from a Member of Parliament to his friends in the country, concerning the duties on wine and tobacco . . . London: printed for T. Cooper, MDCCXXXIII. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 18 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, 266. Seligman, page 409. Arents 677.

A defence of the extension of the excise." "29730","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","16.","","","","The Reply of a Member of Parliament to the Mayor of his corporation. London: printed by J. Roberts, 1733. Price six pence.","","

First Edition. 20 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 411. Not in Arents." "29740","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","17.","","","","A Letter from a merchant of London to a Member of Parliament: in answer to a Letter from a Member of Parliament to his friends in the country, concerning the duties on wine and tobacco. London: printed for A. Dodd, MDCCXXXIII. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 16 leaves, the half-title with the price, six-pence.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Seligman, page 409. Not in Arents." "29750","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","18.","","","[Pulteney, Sir William.]","The Budget opened. Or, an answer to a pamphlet intitled, A Letter from a Member of Parliament to his friends in the country, concerning the duties on wine and tobacco . . . London: printed by H. Haines, at Mr. Francklin's, 1733. (Pr. 6 d.)","","

First Edition. 18 leaves, advertisement on the recto of the last, verso blank.

Halkett and Laing I, 259. Seligman, page 410. Arents 683.

An answer to Sir Robert Walpole's letter, no. 15 above." "29760","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","19.","","","","The Case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia, as represented by themselves; signed by the President of the Council, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses. To which is added, A Vindication of the said representation. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1733. Price 1 s.","","

First Edition. 32 leaves: A-H4; the Case ends on B4 recto, page 15, and is signed in the Name and Behalf of the Council, by Robert Carter, President, and John Holloway, Speaker of the House of Burgesses. Williamsburg, June 28, 1732; on the next leaf begins A Vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia; made by the General Assembly of that Colony, with caption title.

Swem 821. Clayton-Torrence 122. Arents 673.

The Vindication is attributed to Sir John Randolph; see the next tract." "29770","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","20.","","","","A Reply to the vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of tobacco. in Virginia. In a letter to Sir J. R. from the merchants or factors of London. London: printed for R. Charlton, 1733. (Price one shilling.)","","

First Edition. 28 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Swem 4537. Clayton-Torrence 123. Arents 674.

A marginal note in ink, and a passage scored through on page 40.

The title of this work is authority for attributing the Vindication to Sir John Randolph." "29780","J. 266","Excise tracts. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 360, as above.","

A collection of 21 pamphlets bound in two volumes 8vo., the first in ruby buckram (bound in 1904), lettered in gilt on the back: Financial/Pamphlets/26/; the second in old calf, later labels on the back lettered Financial/Pamphlets./ 27./ and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HG139.F5 Vol. 26, 27[/TBE]

The pamphlets were originally numbered continuously through the two volumes; later hands have changed this and numbered the contents of the two volumes separately.

Jefferson's definition of excise, as distinguished from impost, written from Paris on April 3, 1789, to the Comte de Sarsfield, was as follows:

. . . Impost is a duty paid on any imported article in the moment of it's importation, and of course it is collected in the seaports only. Excise is a duty on any article, whether imported or raised at home, and paid in the hands of the consumer or retailer: consequently it is collected through the whole country. these are the true definitions of these words as used in England, and in the greater part of the United States . . .","","21.","","","","The Vintner and tobacconist's advocate, being remarks upon, and a full answer to those scandalous papers published in The Daily Courant, under the title of The Occasional Financer, and under the names of Carus and Meanwell. London: printed for T. Reynolds, (Price 1 s.) M DCC XXXIII. [1733.]","","

First Edition. 24 leaves, the advertisement on the last leaf dated from London, March 30, 1733.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Arents 684." "29790","J. 267","Tracts political. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparaison des ligues des Acheens, des Suisses & des provinces unies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Lolme on the Union of Scotld. & Engld. & present situation of Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 392, Tracts, political, Sur les ligues des Acheens, des Suisses et des P. U. and De Lolme on the Union, 12mo.","

Two tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., French calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark; labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 4./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the flyleaf Jefferson has written the two titles as follows:","Comparaison des ligues des Acheens, des Suisses, et des provinces unies.","1.","","","Meerman, Jean de, Seigneur.","Discours qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, de Paris sur la question proposée en 1782: Comparer ensemble la Ligue des Achéens 280 ans avant J. C., celle des Suisses en 1307 de l'Ere Chrétienne, & la Ligue des Provinces-Unies en 1579; développer les causes, l'origine, la nature & l'objet de ces Associations Politiques. Par J. de Meerman, seigneur de Dalem . . . A La Haye: chez Nicolas van Daalen, M. D. CC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 28 leaves.

Quérard VI, 14.

Not initialled by Jefferson.

Seigneur Jean de Meerman, 1753-1815, the only son of Gerard de Meerman, was Director of Fine Arts and of Public Instruction in Holland.

In a letter to the editor of the Journal de Paris, written from Paris on August 29, 1787, Jefferson mentions the book with a similar title, published in that year by Charles Joseph de Mayer:

. . . in your Journal of this day you announce & criticise a book under the title of 'les ligues Acheenne, Suisse, & Hollandoise, et resolution des etats unis de l'Amerique par M. de Mayer.' I was no part of the Acheen, Swiss or Dutch confederacies & have therefore nothing to say against the facts related of them . . .

A copy of Mayer's book in the Library of Congress has the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate, but seems not to have been part of the Jefferson Collection sold to Congress in 1815." "29800","J. 267","Tracts political. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparaison des ligues des Acheens, des Suisses & des provinces unies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Lolme on the Union of Scotld. & Engld. & present situation of Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 392, Tracts, political, Sur les ligues des Acheens, des Suisses et des P. U. and De Lolme on the Union, 12mo.","

Two tracts bound together in one volume, 4to., French calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark; labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 4./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the flyleaf Jefferson has written the two titles as follows:","De Lolme on the Union of Scotland & England, & the present situation of Ireland.","2.","","","Lolme, Jean Louis de.","An Essay, containing a few strictures on the Union of Scotland with England; and on the present situation of Ireland. Being an introduction to De Foe's History of the Union. By J. L. de Lolme, Adv. London: printed for John Stockdale, MDCCLXXXVII. Entered at Stationers Hall. [1787.]","","

49 leaves and 2 leaves at the end, one with Stockdale's advertisement, the other blank.

Lowndes II, 625.

Not initialled by Jefferson.

Other works by Jean Louis de Lolme, 1740-1806, appear in this catalogue." "29810","J. 268","Tracts on English Foreign possessions. viz. Politique Angloise dans l'Inde. Sundry pieces relative to Ireland. La cause de l'Irlande. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 231, Tracts on the English Foreign Possessions, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as 8) bound together in one volume 8vo., mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 21./ The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 21[/TBE]","","1.","","","","Politique angloise dans l'Inde. A Chattam. M DCC LXXXV. [1785.]","","

8 leaves; uncut.

Not in Barbier.

The chapter number, 24, written in ink on the title-page possibly by Jefferson.

The heading reads: Dans le courant de Septembre, il arriva aux isles de France une prise faite à la côte Malabar par M. Labutte, commandant le Guillois. On y trouva des réflexions politiques d'un Conseiller de Bombay, sur la position de sa nation aux Indes en 1779. En voici la traduction." "29820","J. 268","Tracts on English Foreign possessions. viz. Politique Angloise dans l'Inde. Sundry pieces relative to Ireland. La cause de l'Irlande. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 231, Tracts on the English Foreign Possessions, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as 8) bound together in one volume 8vo., mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 21./ The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 21[/TBE]","","2-3.","","","O'Brien, Sir Lucius Henry.","Letters concerning the trade and manufactures of Ireland, principally so far as the same relate to the making Iron in this Kingdom, and the manufacture and export of Iron Wares, in which certain facts and arguments set out by Lord Sheffield, in his Observations on the trade and present state of Ireland, are examined. By Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart. With a letter from Mr. William Gibbons of Bristol, to Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart. and his answer. To which is added, The Resolutions of England and Ireland relative to a commercial intercourse between the two kingdoms. London: printed for John Stockdale, M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785.]","","

2 parts in 1, 36 and 16 leaves, separate titles, signatures and pagination.

This edition not in Bradshaw.

The chapter number, 24, written in ink on the title-page. The Resolutions of England and Ireland has been numbered 3, as a separate tract, on the title-page.

Sir Lucius Henry O'Brien, d. 1795, Irish politician, took a prominent part in the debates on Pitt's proposals for removing the restrictions on Irish trade. The first edition of this work was published in Dublin in the same year." "29830","J. 268","Tracts on English Foreign possessions. viz. Politique Angloise dans l'Inde. Sundry pieces relative to Ireland. La cause de l'Irlande. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 231, Tracts on the English Foreign Possessions, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as 8) bound together in one volume 8vo., mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 21./ The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 21[/TBE]","","4.","","","","La Cause de l'Irlande expliquée . . . Dublin, M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","","

28 leaves in fours including the half-title and a blank at the end.

Not in Barbier. Not in Bradshaw. Not in Jones." "29840","J. 268","Tracts on English Foreign possessions. viz. Politique Angloise dans l'Inde. Sundry pieces relative to Ireland. La cause de l'Irlande. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 231, Tracts on the English Foreign Possessions, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as 8) bound together in one volume 8vo., mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 21./ The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 21[/TBE]","","5.","","","[Rose, George.]","The Proposed system of trade with Ireland explained. London: printed by and for John Nichols; and sold by T. Cadell, G. G. and J. J. Robinson, and J. Sewell, MDCCLXXXV. [1785.]","","

First Edition. 30 leaves including the half-title and a blank at the end; the price on the half-title, one shilling and six pence.

Halkett and Laing IV, 447. Bradshaw 7498.

George Rose, 1744-1818, statesman, was a friend of Pitt and held many important offices in the government, including that of Secretary of the Treasury. This work called forth several replies. 2985 6. Defence of Opposition with respect to their conduct on Irish Affairs, with explanatory notes. Dedicated to the Right Honourable C. J. Fox. By an Irish Gentleman, a member of the Whig Club. London: printed for John Stockdale, M DCC LXXXV. [1785.]

24 and 30 leaves (the latter for the Appendix which ends with the catchword Forgery), followed by 6 leaves of Stockdale's advertisements dated at the end London, Feb. 5, 1785.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Bradshaw 7495.

The chapter number written in ink on the title-page (cut into).

The first edition was published in Dublin in the same year." "29860","J. 268","Tracts on English Foreign possessions. viz. Politique Angloise dans l'Inde. Sundry pieces relative to Ireland. La cause de l'Irlande. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 231, Tracts on the English Foreign Possessions, 8vo.","Six tracts (numbered as 8) bound together in one volume 8vo., mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, later labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 21./ The tracts numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 21[/TBE]","","7-8.","","","O'Brien, Sir Lucius Henry.","Letters concerning the trade and manufactures of Ireland.","","A duplicate of no. 2-3 above. On the title-page is the chapter number, 24, written in ink." "29870","J. 269","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 433, Ogle's Accounts, 1787, fol.","Ogle, William.","The Accounts of William Ogle, Esq; Superintendent of the Newry Canals, from the 13th day of February, 1774, to the 25th of March, 1786. Delivered to the Clerk of the House of Commons, pursuant to Act of Parliament, on Thursday, January 18, 1787. Dublin: printed by James King, and Abraham Bradley King, (Stationer to the King's most excellent Majesty) printers to the Honorable House of Commons of Ireland. M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","HJ42 .E2 1787","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, 18 and 199 leaves (paper water-marked L. Paine, Britannia, and a crowned G. R.).

Original sheep, not initialled by Jefferson; the autograph signature of the original owner on the title-page: 1787 Samuel Martin Red 3d May. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

William Ogle was superintendent of the Newry Canals, at Newry in County Down, an important port in the province of Ulster." "29880","","","","","Deane's intercepted letters.","","12mo","","","","","For this work, entered also and described in chapter 4, see no. 478." "29890","J. 270","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . . L'Independance des Anglo-Americains utile à la G. B. par Warville. Testament politique de l'Angleterre. par Warville. Lettre à l'auteur du Mercure politique. La Crise de l'Europe par Sr. John Sinclair . . . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 62, Tracts, Britain and America, by Warville and Sinclair, 12mo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, duodecimo (one tract in 8vo.), French calf, marbled endpapers, now with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 130./; sprinkled edges, pink silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 130[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents in ink as follows:","L'Independance des Anglo-Americains utile à la Gr. Bretagne.","1.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","L'Indépendance des Anglo-Américains démontrée utile à la Grande-Bretagne. Lettres extrait. du Journal d'Agriculture, Avril & Mai 1782. Without name of place or printer [Paris, 1782].","","

42 leaves in twelves, half-title as above, no title-page.

Not in Barbier. Sabin 8021 [Paris, 1782. 8vo.]. Not in Faÿ.

On the half-title Jefferson has written in ink: par M. de Warville. Another hand has added the full name.

Other works of Brissot de Warville appear in this catalogue." "29900","J. 270","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . . L'Independance des Anglo-Americains utile à la G. B. par Warville. Testament politique de l'Angleterre. par Warville. Lettre à l'auteur du Mercure politique. La Crise de l'Europe par Sr. John Sinclair . . . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 62, Tracts, Britain and America, by Warville and Sinclair, 12mo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, duodecimo (one tract in 8vo.), French calf, marbled endpapers, now with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 130./; sprinkled edges, pink silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 130[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents in ink as follows:","Testament politique de l'Angleterre.","2.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Testament politique de l'Angleterre. M.DC.LXXX. [i. e. 1780.]","","

62 leaves in twelves, including the title and half-title.

Barbier IV, 683.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by M. de Warville.

Another hand has added the fuller name, and inserted the missing C in the date. This edition was probably printed in Paris. The first edition was published in Philadelphia in 1779." "29910","J. 270","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . . L'Independance des Anglo-Americains utile à la G. B. par Warville. Testament politique de l'Angleterre. par Warville. Lettre à l'auteur du Mercure politique. La Crise de l'Europe par Sr. John Sinclair . . . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 62, Tracts, Britain and America, by Warville and Sinclair, 12mo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, duodecimo (one tract in 8vo.), French calf, marbled endpapers, now with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 130./; sprinkled edges, pink silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 130[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents in ink as follows:","Lettre à l'Auteur du Mercure politique.","3.","","","[Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.]","Lettre à l'auteur du Mercure politique. Par les auteurs du Traité intitulé: De la France et des Etats-Unis. A Bouillon. M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves including the last blank; dated from Amsterdam, 20 Juillet, 1787.

Not in Barbier. Not in Sabin.

On the title-page Jefferson has written in ink: par M. de Warville (the full name added by another hand).

The letter begins: Permettez-nous, Monsieur, de répondre à une accusation que vous avez dirigée contre nous dans votre Mercure politique du 30 Juin dernier, page 222 . . . and concerns the alleged fortune of Warren Hastings.

For the Traité intitulé: De la France et des Etats-Unis by étienne Clavière and Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, see no. 3609." "29920","J. 270","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . . L'Independance des Anglo-Americains utile à la G. B. par Warville. Testament politique de l'Angleterre. par Warville. Lettre à l'auteur du Mercure politique. La Crise de l'Europe par Sr. John Sinclair . . . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 62, Tracts, Britain and America, by Warville and Sinclair, 12mo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, duodecimo (one tract in 8vo.), French calf, marbled endpapers, now with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./ Vol. 130./; sprinkled edges, pink silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 130[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents in ink as follows:","La Crise de l'Europe. par Sr. John Sinclair.","4.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","La Crise de l'Europe, ou Pensées sur le systême que les différentes puissances de l'Europe, & en particulier la Neutralité armée devroient suivre dans la conjoncture présente. Traduit de l'Anglois. M. DCC. LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

18 leaves in twelves, including the half-title.

Barbier I, 819 (du chevalier Sinclair Webster. 1763, in-12).

On the half-title Sir John Sinclair has written: A Monsieur—Monsieur Jeffers[on] a l'auteu[r] (partly cut into by the binder), and on the title-page, following the word Anglois, he has written: De le Chevalier Sinclair Ulbster, membre de Parlem[ent] d'Angleterr[e] (cut into with some letters missing).

Other works by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster appear in this catalogue. The cause of Barbier's error is obvious, and he must have seen a similarly inscribed copy." "29930","271","","","","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Price on the importance of the American revolution. Price on the nature of Civil liberty . . . . . . . . ","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 245, Tracts, Britain and America, by Price, 8vo. [TBE]Jefferson's copies of these two tracts, bound together for him, are no longer in the Library of Congress. There were at one time four copies in this Library of the first tract, E211 .P945, but no copy can now be found.[/TBE]","Price, Richard.","Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world. By Richard Price . . . London: printed [for T. Cadell] in 1784.","","

No copy of this edition was seen for collation. At the end of the tract is a letter written by the late M. Turgot, Comptroller-General (in the Years 1774, 1775, and 1776,) of the finances of France. It contains observations in which the United States are deeply concerned, addressed to Mr. Price, and dated from Paris, March 22d, 1778. The dedication to the Free and United States of America is dated July 6, 1784.

Sabin 65450.

According to all the Library of Congress catalogues Jefferson had the first edition of this pamphlet. In 1785 Dr. Price sent him a copy of the second edition, printed in that year. On March 21, 1785, he wrote to Jefferson from Newington Green a letter beginning:

I received with peculiar pleasure the favour of your letter by Dr Bancroft, and I return you my best thanks for it. Your favourable reception of the pamphlet wch: I desired Dr Franklin to present to you cannot but make me happy; and I am willing to infer from it that this effusion of my zeal will not be ill received in America . . .

The postscript reads:

I have desired Dr Franklin to convey to you a copy of an edition of my Observations &c. wch: has been just published here. You will find that I have made considerable additions by inserting a translation of Mr Turgot's letter and also a translation of a French tract convey'd to me by Dr Franklin. The Observations are the very Same except two or three corrections of no particular consequence, and an additional note in the Section on the dangers to wch: the Amn: States are exposed.

The French tract referred to was ''a Translation of the will of M. Fortuné Ricard, lately published in France'' by Charles Joseph Mathon de la Cour, 1738-1793, French philanthropist, author and artist.

The Testament de M. Fortuné Ricard was published in 1785, evidently before March 21, the date of Price's letter to Jefferson. It is a matter of interest that it was ''convey'd'' to Price by Benjamin Franklin whose La Science du Bonhomme Richard (the translation of The Way to Wealth) was first published in Paris in 1757. In 1822 and later years, editions of these two books were published together, La science du bonhomme Richard suivie du Testament de Fortuné Ricard.

For Jefferson's copy of Mathon de la Cour's work see in chapter 25." "29940","","","","","","","","","Price, Richard.","Observations on the nature of civil Liberty, the principles of Government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added an Appendix, containing a state of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an account of the national income and expenditure since the last war . . . By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. London: printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 742","

68 leaves; the 4 leaves in the first signature contain the half-title, with the price, two shillings; the title; the advertisement; and the list of contents; with Published by the same Author, on the verso (4 numbered books).

Sabin 65452.

Several thousand copies of this tract, for which the author was presented with the freedom of the City of London, were sold within a few days, and a number of editions were issued. It is said to have had considerable influence on the American colonists, and to have encouraged them in declaring their independence. For another edition see no. 3109." "29950","J. 272","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . History of the colonization of the free states of antiquity. Remarks on the History of the colonization &c. by Symonds. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 391, Tracts, Britain and America; on the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, 4to.","

Two pamphlets bound together in one volume 4to., french calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark, later labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 23./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 Vol. 23[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","History of the colonization of the free states of antiquity.","1.","","","[Barron, William.]","History of the colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, applied to the present contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. With reflections concerning the future settlement of these colonies. London: printed for T. Cadell, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777.]","","

First Edition. 80 leaves in twos.

Halkett and Laing III, 79. Sabin 3644a. McCulloch, page 90.

Not initialled by Jefferson. Numbered 1 in ink on the title-page.

William Barron, d. 1803, Scottish economist and scholar, was professor in the University of St. Andrews. His lectures on Belles Lettres and Logic were published in 1806." "29960","J. 272","Tracts. Britain & America. viz. . . . . . . . . History of the colonization of the free states of antiquity. Remarks on the History of the colonization &c. by Symonds. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 391, Tracts, Britain and America; on the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, 4to.","

Two pamphlets bound together in one volume 4to., french calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark, later labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 23./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 Vol. 23[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Remarks on the History on the colonization of the free states of antiquity. By Symonds.","2.","","","Symonds, John.","Remarks upon an essay, intituled, The History of the colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, applied to the present contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. By John Symonds, LL.D. Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. London: printed by J. Nichols, Successor to W. Bowyer; and sold by T. Payne, Mews-Gate; W. Owen, Temple-Bar; P. Elmsly, Strand; T. Evans, Pater-noster Row; J. Woodyer, Cambridge; and J. Fletcher, Oxford. MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","","

First Edition. 28 leaves including the half-title.

Sabin 94124. McCulloch, page 90.

Not initialled by Jefferson. Numbered 2 in ink on the title-page.

John Symonds, 1730-1807, succeeded Thomas Gray, the poet, as professor of modern history at Cambridge University." "29970","J. 273","","","","Bougainville sur les droits des Metropoles Grecques.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 60, as above.","Bougainville, Jean Pierre.","Dissertation qui a remporte le prix de l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, en l'année 1745, par M. de Bougainville. A Paris: chez Desaint & Salliant, M. DCC. XLV. [1745.]","JV93 .B7","

First Edition. 12mo. 91 leaves in twelves; Fautes à corriger on the last leaf.

Quérard I, 446.

French marbled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, blue silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jean Pierre Bougainville, 1722-1763, French writer, was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. The subject of the Prix was: Quels étoient les droits des Métropoles Grecques sur les colonies; les devoirs des colonies envers les Métropoles; & les engagemens réciproques des unes & des autres." "29980","J. 274","","","","Deslandes sur l'Importance de la revolution Americaine.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 61, as above.","Deslandes, Le Chevalier.","Discours sur la grandeur & l'importance de la révolution qui vient de s'opérer dans l'Amérique Septentrionale; sujet proposé par l'Académie des Jeux Floraux. Par M. le Chevalier Deslandes, Capitaine au Régiment de Bretagne, correspondant du Musée de Paris . . . A Francfort, et se trouve à Paris: chez Durand, Musier, M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","E297 .D46","

First Edition. 12mo. 93 leaves in alternate eights and fours; list of errata at the end; with the leaf of dedication to M. de la Vallée, ancien Capitaine d'Infanterie.

Quérard II, 516. Sabin 19743. Fäy, page 20.

Contemporary tree calf (probably bound in the United States for Jefferson), some leaves scorched and some damaged possibly by damp. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "29990","J. 275","","","","Triomphe du Nouveau monde.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 249, as above.","[Brun, Joseph André, Abbé.]","Le Triomphe du Nouveau Monde; réponses académiques, formant un nouveau systême de confédération, fondé sur les besoins actuels des nations chrétiennes-commerçantes, & adapté à leurs diverses formes de gouvernement: dédié aux souverains, aux académies, à tous les gens de bien, & envoyé très-respectueusement à la plupart des gouvernemens chrétiens, à plusieurs académies, à quelques grands hommes . . . Par l'Ami du Corps Social . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Paris: chez l'auteur, la Veuve Herissant, [de l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Herissant] M. DCC. LXXXV. Avec approbation et privilége. [1785.]","HN428 .B9","

2 vol. in 1. First Edition. 8vo. Vol. I, 127 leaves including one blank; vol. II, 153 leaves; errata list at the end of each volume, printer's imprint at the end of vol. II.

Barbier IV, 837. Quérard I, 537. Sabin 8747. Not in Faÿ.

Old calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This work caused a lawsuit between the general of the Oratory and the author, resulting in the expulsion of the latter from the congregation." "30000","?J. 276","Adams's Essays. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 240, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 343. no. J321. Adams, John: Collection of State Papers, relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, and the Reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by the States General of the United Netherlands, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- Essay on Canon and Feudal Law, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- History of the Dispute with America, from its Origin in 1754, 8vo; London, 1784. Page 605. no. 321: [Mably, G. B. de:] Remarks concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America, in four Letters, addressed to John Adams; with Notes, by the Translator, 8vo; London, 1784.","","","","","","Adams, John.","A Collection of State-Papers, relative to the first acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America, and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands. To which is prefixed, the political character of John Adams, Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the States of North America, to their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. By an American. Likewise, An Essay on canon and feudal law, by John Adams, Esq; London: printed for John Fielding, John Debrett, and John Sewell, 1782. [Entered at Stationers-Hall.]","E249 .A214","

8vo. 48 leaves in fours; on L1 is the half-title for An Essay on canon and feudal law.

Sabin 229. Cronin and Wise, no. 8.

Rebound in buckram.

The first edition was printed in The Hague earlier in the same year.

In this copy John Adams has written at the end of the Introduction: From the French Compliments, and the convivial Anecdote, I guess the Author of the foregoing, but may be mistaken. It is not all true.

On the half-title to An Essay on canon and feudal law, Adams has inserted in ink: written in 1765, and after his name: long before he was called [Ambassador Plenipotentiary . . .]" "30010","?J. 276","Adams's Essays. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 240, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 343. no. J321. Adams, John: Collection of State Papers, relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, and the Reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by the States General of the United Netherlands, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- Essay on Canon and Feudal Law, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- History of the Dispute with America, from its Origin in 1754, 8vo; London, 1784. Page 605. no. 321: [Mably, G. B. de:] Remarks concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America, in four Letters, addressed to John Adams; with Notes, by the Translator, 8vo; London, 1784.","","[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE].","1.","","","","History of the dispute with America; from its origin in 1754. Written in the year 1774. By John Adams, Esq. London: printed for J. Stockdale, M DCC LXXXIV. [1784.]","","46 leaves in fours, the last three pages with Stockdale's advertisements. Sabin 243. Cronin and Wise, no. 35." "30020","?J. 276","Adams's Essays. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 240, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 343. no. J321. Adams, John: Collection of State Papers, relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, and the Reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by the States General of the United Netherlands, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- Essay on Canon and Feudal Law, 8vo; London, 1782. ----- ----- History of the Dispute with America, from its Origin in 1754, 8vo; London, 1784. Page 605. no. 321: [Mably, G. B. de:] Remarks concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America, in four Letters, addressed to John Adams; with Notes, by the Translator, 8vo; London, 1784.","","","2.","","","Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de.","Remarks concerning the government and the laws of the United States of America: in four letters, addressed to Mr. Adams; Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to those of Holland; and one of the negociators for the purpose of concluding a general peace, from the French of the Abbé de Mably: with notes, by the translator. London: printed for J. Debrett, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

142 leaves in fours.

Sabin 42925.

These three books are bound together, and were probably originally so done by Jefferson, with the title Essays on the back. The new buckram binding is lettered with the name of the author and the title of the first Essay: Adams/A Collection/of/State-Papers./ The various Essays are not initialled by Jefferson, but have inscriptions by John Adams as shown. In the 1831 Library of Congress Catalogue all these books, including Mably's Remarks are listed under the one number, J. 321, Adams' Essays.

Jefferson stated that he owned a copy of the Essay on Canon and Feudal Law in a letter to Van der Kemp written from Monticello on March 16, 1817:

. . . Mr. Adams's book on Feudal law, mentioned in your letter of Feb. 2. I possessed, and it is now in the library at Washington which I ceded to Congress . . . John Adams, 1735-1826, second President of the United States.

Other works by the Abbé de Mably appear in this catalogue." "30030","J. 277","","","","Observations on government & particularly on Adams & Delolmes. Eng. Fr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 248, Observations on Government, on Adams and Delolmes, Eng. Fr. 8vo.","[?Stevens, John.]","Observations on government, including some animadversions on Mr. Adams's Defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America: and on Mr. De Lolme's Constitution of England. By a Farmer of New-Jersey. New-York: printed by W. Ross, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]—Examen du gouvernement d'Angleterre, comparé aux constitutions des états-Unis . . . Par un Cultivateur de New-Jersey. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, & accompagné de notes. A Londres: et se trouve à Paris, chez Froullé, 1789.","JK291 .S75","

First Edition. The original text and the French translation bound together in 1 vol. 8vo. 28 leaves in fours; 144 leaves only, should be 150, lacks the first six leaves of sig. N (pp. 193-204).

Halkett and Laing IV, 216. [By William Livingston.] Sabin 41645, 6. Evans 20465 [both under Livingston]. Barbier II, 356 [de Robert A. Livingston. par M. Fabre]. Faÿ, page 25.

Calf, pale blue endpapers, label on the back lettered Livingst/against/De Lolme/and Ada/ first title backed. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the title-page of the English text Jefferson has written in ink the chapter number 24, and, underneath the words By a Farmer of New-Jersey, the name of the author, John Stevens of N. Jersey. Many corrections of the text in ink.

In the French translation, on page (v) in the Avertissement des éditeurs, occurs the passage: Un Cultivateur de New-Jersey, que l'on croit être M. Livingston . . . below which Jefferson has written in ink: but in truth it was m[???] John Stevens.

For the works in question of Adams and de Lolme, see no. 3004 below, and 2719. This work has always been attributed to William Livingston, but Jefferson very clearly states that it was by John Stevens. The translation into French was by Fabre and the notes by Dupont de Nemours, Condorcet and J. Antoine Gauvain Gallois." "30040","J. 278","","","","Adams's Defence of the American constitutions.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 247, as above, 2 v.","Adams, John.","A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. By John Adams, LL.D. and a Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston . . . [-Vol. II.] London: printed for C. Dilly, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","JK171 .A2 1787","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 202 leaves, lacks one leaf, B1, which may have been a blank, no half-title; vol. II, 288 leaves, including the half-title. Vol. I is not so indicated in the title; the quotations on the title-page are different in the two volumes. Stockdale's name is included in the imprint of Vol. II.

Sabin 233, 234 (vol. II dated M.DCC.LXXXVIII). Cronin and Wise, no. 23.

Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume. On the title-page of the first volume Adams has written in ink: Vol. 1.

These volumes, which were published separately, were each sent by John Adams, at that time Ambassador in London, to Jefferson, the Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris.

On February 6, 1787, Jefferson wrote to Adams from Paris:

. . . I thank you much for the valuable present of your book. the subject of it is interesting & I am sure it is well treated. I shall take it on my journey that I may have time to study it. you told me once you had had thoughts of writing on the subject of hereditary aristocracy. I wish you would carry it into execution. it would make a proper sequel to the present work . . .

On the 23rd of the same month, in a letter to Adams concerned at first with French affairs, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have read your book with infinite satisfaction & improvement. it will do great good in America. it's learning & it's good sense will I hope make it an institute for our politicians, old as well as young. there is one opinion in it however, which I will ask you to reconsider, because it appears to me not entirely accurate, & not likely to do good. pa. 362. 'Congress is not a legislative, but a diplomatic assembly.' separating into parts the whole sovereignty of our states, some of these parts are yeilded to Congress. upon these I should think them both legislative & executive; & that they would have been judiciary also, had not the Confederation required them for certain purposes to appoint a judiciary. it has accordingly been the decision of our courts that the Confederation is a part of the law of the land, & superior in authority to the ordinary laws, because it cannot be altered by the legislature of any one state. I doubt whether they are at all a diplomatic assembly, on the first news of this work, there were proposals to translate it. fearing it might be murdered in that operation, I endeavored to secure a good translator. this is done, & I lend him my copy to translate from. it will be immediately announced to prevent others attempting it . . .

Adams replied to this in a letter dated from London March 1:

. . . The approbation you express in general of my poor volume, is a vast consolation to me. it is an hazardous enterprise, and will be an unpopular work in America for a long time.—When I am dead, it may be regretted that such advice was not taken in the season of it.—But as I have made it early in life and all along a Rule to conceal nothing from the People which appeared to me material for their Happiness and Prosperity, however unpopular it might be at the time or with particular Parties, I am determined not now to begin to flatter popular Prejudices and Party Passions however they may be countenanced by great authorities.

The opinion you object to ''p. 362.'' that Congress is not a legislative ''but a diplomatic assembly'' I should wish to have considered as a Problem, rather for Consideration, than as an opinion: and as a Problem too, relative to the Confederation as it now stands, rather than to any other Plan that may be in Contemplation of the states.—It is a most difficult Topick, and no Man at a distance can judge of it, so well as those in America. if the Book should be translated into french, I wish you would insert this, in a Note. You have laid me under great obligation, by taking the trouble to secure a good Translator.—if the Thing is worth translating at all, it will not surely have to loose any Thing by the Translation.—But will not the Government proscribe it?—if I should get well home, and spend a few years in Retirement, I shall pursue this subject, somewhat further: but I hope never to be left, again, to publish so hasty a Production as this . . .

With regard to the translation into French, Jefferson wrote to Stockdale on February 27:

. . . Be so good as to send by the next Diligence a copy of m[???] Adams's book on the American constitution printed by Dilly, in boards, it being for a bookseller here . . .

Stockdale wrote on August 3 to say that he had sent a copy by the ''Dilligence'' the day before, price 5/-.

On August 25 Adams sent to Jefferson a copy of the second volume:

. . . I will endeavour to send you a Copy, with this Letter of the Second Volume of the Defence &c. if Frouillé the Bookseller has a Mind to translate it he may, but it may not strike others as it does Americans. Three Editions of the first volume have been printed in America.—The Second volume contains three long Courses of Experiments in Political Philosophy. every Tryal, was intended and contrived to determine the Question whether Mr Turgots System would do. The Result you may read. it has cost me a good deal of Trouble and Expence to Search into Italian Rubbish and Ruins. But enough of pure Gold and Marble has been found to reward the Pains.—I shall be suspected of writing Romances to expose Mr Turgots Theory. But I assure you, it is all genuine History. The vast Subject of Confederations remains: but I have neither head heart, hands, Eyes, Books or Time, to engage in it. besides it ought not to be such an hasty Performance as the two volumes already ventured before the Public . . .

On September 28 Jefferson wrote:

I received your favour by Mr. Cutting, and thank you sincerely for the copy of your book. the departure of a packet boat, which always gives me full emploiment for sometime before, has only permitted me to look into it a little. I judge of it from the first volume which I thought formed to do a great deal of good . . . the article of Confederations is surely worthy of your pen. it would form a most interesting addition to shew what have been the nature of the Confederations which have existed hitherto . . .

On October 9 Adams wrote to Jefferson:

I sent you a Copy of my second volume by Mr Barthelemy the French Chargé here, now Minister, with a Letter about Money matters. in your favour of Sept. 28. you dont mention the receipt of them . . .

John Adams was appointed envoy to the Court of St. James, 1785. A third volume of this work was subsequently published, and is listed in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue but was not sold to Congress in 1815." "30050","J. 279","","","","Recherches historiques et Politiques sur les E. U. de l'Amérique. par Mazzei.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 246, as above.","[Mazzei, Philip.]","Recherches historiques et politiques sur les états-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale; où l'on traite des établissemens des treize Colonies, de leurs rapports & de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant & après la révolution, &c. Par un Citoyen de Virginie. Avec quatre Lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Heaven sur l'unité de la législation. Première [-Quatrième] partie. A Colle, et se trouve à Paris: chez Froullé, 1788.","JK136 .M2","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. I. 206 leaves; II. 132 leaves; III. 296 leaves; IV. 185 leaves; half-title in each volume.

Barbier IV, 22. Quérard V, 668. Sabin 47206. Faÿ, page 24. Garlick, page 167, 114.

Original calf (probably bound for Jefferson), gilt backs (slightly scorched), blue silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson who has written Philip Mazzei on the title, under the words ''un Citoyen de Virginie;'' par Condorcet is added in another hand to indicate the authorship of the quatre Lettres. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

Bought from Froullé, on December 27, 1788, price 12 (livres).

Jefferson himself provided portions of the material for this work, written partly in refutation of the works of Mably and of the Abbé Raynal.

Mazzei's explanation of the legal system of the United States (volume I) is based on a seven page letter written by Jefferson on this subject on November 28, 1785, at Mazzei's request.

The Notes on the state of Virginia, described as imprimé en 1782, mais qui n'est pas encore publié (II, 115), is quoted on several occasions, and in volume IV, page 153, is an account of the Logan and Cresap affair, citeé par M. Jefferson dans ses Notes sur la Virginie, nous donne une juste ideé du caractère des Sauvages.

Several other quotations from the Notes on the State of Virginia occur, including (III, 92) a reference to Buffon, and (IV, 216) the statement that On trouve une excellente carte de la Virginie, de la Pensylvanie, & des parties adjacentes des états limitrophes, par M. Jefferson, dans son ouvrage intitulé Notes sur l'Etat de Virginie.

Volume II page 119 refers to Jefferson as the ''rédacteur'' of the Virginia code. Volume III page 96 gives an account of Jefferson's attempts to introduce into Virginia the wine-producing grape.

In Volume I, page 140, is a mention of Dubney [sic] Carr, and the statement (in a footnote) that Un de ses parens, qui lui etoit tendrement attaché, en a consacré la mémoire par une inscription qu'il a fait graver sur son tombeau. Relative to this, after the sale of his library to Congress, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston on March 2, 1816:

. . . I suspect that I stuck a paper containing an epitaph intended for Dabney Carr into the Recherches historiques of Mazzei where they speak of that gentleman. this work is Ch. 24. No. 246. if there, will you be so good as to inclose it to me? . . .

Jefferson mentioned this book more than once before its publication. A postscript to a letter to John Page dated May 4. 1786, reads:

Mazzei is here and will publish soon a book on the subject of America.

On August 25, 1786, in a letter to Van Hogendorp, Jefferson wrote:

. . . there will be another good work, a very good one, published here soon by a m[???] Mazzei who has been many years a resident of Virginia, is well informed, and professes a masculine understanding. I should rather have said it will be published in Holland, for I believe it cannot be printed here . . .

Again, on January 14, 1787, he wrote to Louis Guillaume Otto:

. . . Mazzei will print soon 2. or 3. vol[???] 8vo. of Recherches historiques & politiques sur les etats unis d'Ameriques, which are sensible . . .

For a note on Mazzei see no. 2443. The Recherches was written originally in Italian; this translation into French was made by M. Faure, with the exception of Chapter VIII, Volume IV, De la société de Cincinnatus, translated by the Marquise de Condorcet, and Chapter IX, Du général Washington & du marquis de la Fayette, relativement à la société de Cincinnatus, translated by her husband, the Marquis de Condorcet.

For a separate edition of the Lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Heaven [sic] à un Citoyen de Virginie (vol. I) by the Marquis de Condorcet, see no. 2443, and for a separate reprint of Benjamin Franklin's De l'Emigration (Vol. IV, Chapter VII), see no. 2567." "30060","280","","","","Constitutions of the several states of America.","","8vo. Stockdale.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 299, Constitutions of the States of America, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 357. no. J. 380, Constitutions of the several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation: to which are added, the Declaration of Rights; the Non-Importation Agreement; and the Petition of Congress to the King, delivered by Mr. Penn, &c.: the whole arranged, with a Preface, by William Jackson, 8vo; London, 1783.","","The Constitutions of the several independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation between the said States. To which are now added, the Declaration of Rights; the Non-Importation Agreement; and the Petition of Congress to the King delivered by Mr. Penn. With an Appendix, containing the treaties between his most Christian Majesty and the United States of America; the provisional treaty with America; and (never before published) an authentic copy of the Treaty concluded between their high mightinesses the States-General, and the United States of America. The whole arranged, with a preface and dedication, by the Rev. William Jackson. London: printed for J. Stockdale, 1783.","JK18 1783a","

8vo. 240 leaves in eights; sig. Aa in the second alphabet is followed by sig. Dd, and the pagination jumps from 367 to 401 but the text appears to be perfect; 3 pages of Stockdale's advertisements at the end.

This edition not in Sabin who has other editions by Stockdale.

Jefferson purchased a copy of this book from Stockdale, calf, gilt, price 7/6, in September, 1784.

On page xxviii Jefferson is mentioned as one of the signers of the Petition of September 4, 1775, to King George III. By an error his name, with that of other Virginia signers, is placed under Pennsylvania. On page 9 his name occurs as one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

The Constitutions of the Several Independent States was first printed by Bailey in Philadelphia in 1781, and was frequently reprinted. Stockdale's first edition appeared in 1782. The issue described here is not in Sabin, who has another edition of the same year with Second Edition on the title-page, and which is preceded by an engraved portrait by W. Sharp, purporting to be of George Washington, dated Feb. 22, 1783. This edition collates the same as the one described and has the same errors in the list of Signers of the Petition.

Willian Jackson, 1751-1815, Bishop of Oxford." "30070","281","","","","Constitutions of the States, and of the U. S.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96, no. 70-71, Do. [i. e., Constitutions of the States of America] 12mo. 2 cop.","","The Constitutions of the United States, according to the latest amendments: to which are annexed, the Declaration of Independence; and the Federal Constitution; with the amendments thereto. This edition contains the late constitutions of New-Hampshire, Kentucky and Tennessee, not in any former one. Philadelphia: printed by E. Oswald, for W. Woodhouse, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796.]","JK18 1796","

12mo. 125 leaves in sixes.

Sabin 16099. Evans 31403.

Neither of the two copies sold by Jefferson to Congress is now in the Library of Congress." "30080","282","","","","Debates in the Convention of Massachusetts of 1788.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 252, Debates on the Constitution in the Convention of Massachusetts 8vo, 1788.","","Debates, resolutions and other proceedings, of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, convened at Boston, on the 9th of January, 1788, and continued until the 7th of February following, for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. Together with the Yeas and Nays on the decision of the grand question. To which the Federal Constitution is prefixed. Boston: printed and sold by Adams and Nourse, and Benjamin Russell, and Edmund Freeman, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788.]","JK161.M4","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 112 leaves.

Sabin 45702. Evans 21242. Ford 122.

This first edition was made up from newspaper reports. The official record by the State of Massachusetts was not published until 1856." "30090","283","","","","[Debates in the Convention] of Pennsylvania of 1788.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 254, [Debates on the Constitution in the Convention of] Pennsylvania, 8vo.","","Debates of the Convention, of the State of Pennsylvania, on the Constitution, proposed for the government of the United States. In two volumes. Vol. I. Taken accurately in short-hand, by Thomas Lloyd . . . Philadelphia: printed by Joseph James, A. D. M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 59","

First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves in fours, list of errata at the end.

Sabin 60040. Evans 21365. Ford 140.

All published." "30100","284","","","","[Debates in the Convention] of New York. of 1788.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 253, [Debates on the Constitution in the Convention of] Newyork, 8vo.","","The Debates and proceedings of the Convention of the State of New-York, assembled at Poughkeepsie, on the 17th June, 1788. To deliberate and decide on the form of federal government recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th September, 1787. Taken in short hand. New-York: printed and sold by Francis Childs, M DCC, LXXXVIII. [1788.]","25.7 5135","

First Edition. 12mo. 74 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 53634. Evans 21310. Ford 129.

This book is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue." "30110","J. 285","","","","[Debates in the Convention] of Virginia. of 1788.","","8vo. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 255, [Debates on the Constitution in the Convention of] Virginia, 8vo.","","Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia. Convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the Federal Constitution. [-Volume II, III.] Petersburg: printed by Hunter and Prentis. M,DGC,LXXXVIII [sic]. [Vol. II and III printed by William Prentis, M,DCC,LXXXIX.] [1788, 1789.]","JK161 .V8 1788a","

First Edition. 3 vol. in 1, 97, 98 and 114 leaves in fours (24-letter alphabets); list of errata at the end of each volume.

Sabin 100029. Evans 21551, 22225. Swem 7588. Ford 157.

Original calf. Not initialled by Jefferson; some passages marked and underscored in ink and a few manuscript marginal notes; at the beginning and end is a manuscript index. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Taken in shorthand by David Robertson. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two copies but only one was sold to Congress in 1815. According to Ford it was printed without being proof-read, and was described as a rare book as early as 1805." "30120","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America.","1.","","","[Jackson, Jonathan.]","Thoughts upon the political situation of the United States of America, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered. With some observations on the Constitution for a Federal Government. Addressed to the people of the Union. By a Native of Boston . . . Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas. MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788.]","E303 .J13","

First Edition. 8vo. 105 leaves; the letter is signed Civis, and is followed by an Appendix which begins on page 191.

Sabin 35441. Evans 21173. Ford 104. Nichols 132.

The authorship is now usually attributed to Jonathan Jackson; the pamphlet has been ascribed also to George Richards Minot and to James Sullivan." "30130","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution.","2.","","","Wilson, James.","The Substance of a speech delivered by James Wilson, Esq. explanatory of the general principles of the proposed Fæderal Constitution; upon a motion made by the Honorable Thomas M'Kean, in the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania. On Saturday the 24th of November, 1787. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Thomas Bradford, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787.]","AC901 .H3 vol. 56","

First Edition. 8vo. 6 leaves, the last blank on the recto, the verso with the certificate of J. B. Smith, dated 26th day of November, 1787.

Sabin 104631. Evans 20889. Ford 168.

James Wilson, 1742-1798, congressman, was born in Scotland, and came to America in the midst of the Stamp Act disturbances. He is mentioned several times in Jefferson's autobiography. Other pamphlets by him are in this catalogue." "30140","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã.","3.","","","[Webster, Noah.]","An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution proposed by the late Convention held at Philadelphia. With answers to the principal objections that have been raised against the system. By a Citizen of America . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","JA36 .P8 vol. 122","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves: A-G4; the anonymous dedication to Benjamin Franklin is dated from Philadelphia, October 10th, 1787.

Sabin 102352. Evans 20865. Ford 161.

Noah Webster, 1758-1843. For correspondence with Jefferson, see his Essays, chapter 44." "30150","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Genuine information of Luther Martin.","4.","","","Martin, Luther.","The Genuine information, delivered to the Legislature of the State of Maryland, relative to the proceedings of the General Convention, lately held at Philadelphia; by Luther Martin, Esquire, Attorney-General of Maryland, and one of the delegates in the said Convention. Together with a Letter to the Hon. Thomas C. Deye, Speaker of the House of Delegates, an Address to the citizens of the United States, and some Remarks relative to a standing army, and a Bill of Rights . . . Philadelphia: printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788.]","JK171.M3","

First Edition. 8vo. 51 leaves: A-M4, N3; the dedication to the Honorable Thomas Cockey Deye dated from Baltimore, January 27, 1788.

Sabin 44897. Evans 21220. Ford, Bibliography of the Constitution, 119.

For Luther Martin, see no. 3225." "30160","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ.","?J. 5.","","","Pinckney, Charles.","Observations on the Plan of Government submitted to the Federal Convention, in Philadelphia, on the 28th of May, 1787. By Mr. Charles Pinckney, delegate from the State of South-Carolina. Delivered at different times in the course of their discussions. New-York: printed by Francis Childs, n. d. [1787.]","JK148 .P5A4","

First Edition. 4to. 14 leaves.

Sabin 62895. Evans 20649. This issue not in Ford, who cites only the issue with the author's name on the title printed as The Hon. Charles Pinckney, Esq. L.L.D.

This pamphlet is now rebound in half morocco; the leaves have been at one time folded, probably to fit into an octavo volume.

Charles Pinckney, 1757-1824, a native of South Carolina, was Governor of that state over a period of years. He was a Federalist in politics for a time, but later became a Jeffersonian Republican. In 1801 he was appointed by Jefferson minister to Spain. Pinckney married the daughter of Henry Laurens, q. v." "30170","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Jay's address to the people of N. York.","6.","","","[Jay, John.]","An Address to the people of the State of New-York, on the subject of the Constitution, agreed upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787. New-York: printed by Samuel and John Loudon, printers to the State, n. d. [1787.]","JK171.J4","

First Edition. 4to. 10 leaves: []2, B-E2, signed at the end: A Citizen of New-York.

Sabin 35830. Evans 21175. Ford 106.

John Jay, 1754-1829, at the time of writing this pamphlet, held office as Secretary of Foreign Affairs." "30180","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Monroe's observñs on the Constñ.","J. 7.","","","[Monroe, James.]","Some Observations on the Constitution, &c. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [?Petersburg: Hunter and Prentis? 1788.]","25.7 5125","

4to. 11 leaves, lacks the first leaf which may have had a title, the first present leaf is numbered [3] and has a caption title; list of Errata at the end.

Not in Sabin. Evans 21263. Not in Ford. Cronin and Wise, 89.

Rebound in half morocco, the leaves folded, probably in order to fit into an octavo volume.

On the first leaf, below the caption title, Jefferson has written: by Colo. James Monroe. Corrections and annotations in ink occur in the text by Monroe.

This is probably the pamphlet referred to by Monroe in a letter to Jefferson written from Fredericksburg on July 12, 1788, when the latter was in Paris:

. . . From the first view I had of the report from Phila. I had some strong objections to it. But as I had no inclination to inlist myself on either side, made no communication or positive declaration of my sentiments untill after the Convention met. being however desirous to communicate them to my constituents, I address'd the enclos'd letter to them, with intention of giving them a view thereof eight or ten days before it met, but the impression was delayed so long, & so incorrectly made, and the whole performance upon reexamination so loosely drawn that I thought it best to suppress it. There appear'd likewise to be an impropriety in interfering with the subject in that manner in that late stage of the business. I enclose it you for your perusal & comment on it . . ." "30190","286","Tracts on the American Constitution. viz. . . . . . Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America. Wilson's speech on the Federal constitution. Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã. Genuine information of Luther Martin. Pinkney's observñs on the plan of gov[???]t submitted to the fedl. conventñ. Jay's address to the people of N. York. Monroe's observñs on the Constñ. Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.","This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library of Congress copies of these tracts, however, one is undoubtedly from Jefferson's library and two others have indications of having come from his collection.","Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã.","?J. 8.","","","[Webster, Pelatiah.]","Remarks on the Address of Sixteen Members of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, to their Constituents, dated September 29, 1787. With some strictures on their objections to the Constitution, recommended by the late Federal Convention, humbly offered to the public. By a Citizen of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787.]","JK148 .W4A3","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 14 leaves; dated at the end from Philadelphia, October 12, 1787.

Sabin 102415. Evans 20871. Ford 163.

This pamphlet is similarly bound in half morocco to no. 3016 and no. 3018 above, and is probably from Jefferson's library. On the first page is written in ink the chapter number 24, in the same hand (probably Jefferson's) that appears on the first page of a number of the pamphlets in the collection.

Pelatiah Webster, 1726-1795, was a native of Connecticut." "30200","J. 287","","","","The Federal farmer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 63, as above.","[Lee, Richard Henry.]","Observations leading to a fair examination of the System of Government proposed by the late Convention; and to several essential and necessary alterations in it. In a number of letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican. Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXVII. [New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1787.]","JK146 .L45","

First Edition, second issue. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 20 and 71 leaves with separate signatures and continuous pagination. The title for the second part, on page [41], reads: An Additional number of letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican; leading to a fair examination of the System of Government, proposed by the late Convention; to several essential and necessary alterations in it; and calculated to illustrate and support the principles and positions laid down in the preceding letters. Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXVIII.

Halkett and Laing IV, 214. Sabin 39784 (not this issue). Evans 20455. Ford 110.

Original calf, rebacked, some margins badly cut into. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Richard Henry Lee, 1732-1794, Revolutionary statesman, and brother of Arthur Lee, was a friend and political associate of Jefferson. An earlier issue of this work in the same year has an ornament on the title-page and a misprint in the date in the imprint." "30210","J. 288","","","","The Federalist.","","2. v. 12mo. 2. copies. same 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105, no. 64, The Federalist, by Madison and Hamilton, 2 v 12mo.","","The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] New-York: printed and sold by J. and A. M'Lean, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]","JK154 1788","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 114 leaves, the first a blank; vol. II, 186 leaves only, should have 192, lacks sig. F.

Sabin 23979. Evans 21127. Church 1230. Ford, A List of Editions of the Federalist, no. 1. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, no. 17.

Printed on thick paper, and bound in the original calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Now enclosed in a blue morocco solander case.

On the fly-leaf of vol. I Jefferson has written in ink:

No. 2. 3. 4. 5. 64. by m[???] Jay.

No. 10. 14. 17. 18. 19. 21. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 62. 63. by m[???] Madison.

the rest of the work by Alexander Hamilton.

This copy at one time belonged to Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, and has her autograph signature, Elizabeth Hamilton, on both title-pages. It then passed to her sister Angelica Church, who has written above Mrs. Hamilton's signature in vol. I: For Mrs. Church from her sister [Elizabeth Hamilton].

Elizabeth Hamilton and Angelica Church were the daughters of General Philip Schuyler. Angelica Church was a close friend of Jefferson, of Mrs. Cosway, and of Madame Corny, and others of their circle in Paris, and was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson.

Below Jefferson's analysis of the authors written on the fly-leaf is a statement signed N. Harrison and dated Jany. 13. 1829: The foregoing I believe to be in the hand writing of Mr. Jefferson former President of the United States.

This is followed by a statement signed by Joseph Nourse, on the same date: I concur in opinion with Mr. Harrison that the above is in the hand writing of Thomas Jefferson formerly President of the United States.

Various markings in pen and pencil appear in the text, and the names of the authors have been added in pencil in the Contents list in each volume.

This is the first edition in book form of this work, containing eighty-five essays which originally appeared in three New York newspapers, The Independent Journal, The New York Packet, and The Daily Advertiser, from October 27, 1787, to October 16, 1788. Few copies were printed on thick paper.

On November 18, 1788, Jefferson wrote from Paris to James Madison:

. . . m[???] Carrington was so kind as to send me the 2d. vol. of the Amer. phil. transactions, the federalist, and some other interesting pamphlets; and I am to thank you for another copy of the federalist . . . with respect to the Federalist, the three authors had been named to me. I read it with care, pleasure & improvement, and was satisfied there was nothing in it by one of those hands, & not a great deal by a second. it does the highest honor to the third, as being, in my opinion, the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written. in some parts it is discoverable that the author means only to say what may be best said in defence of opinions in which he did not concur. but in general it establishes firmly the plan of government. I confess it has rectified me in several points . . .

In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph, dated from New York, May 30, 1790, with advice as to the books to be read for the study of the law, Jefferson wrote:

. . . descending from theory to practice: there is no better book than the Federalist . . .

To Joseph Priestley in a letter from Washington November 29, 1802, concerning Alexander of Russia, Jefferson mentioned the Federalist as one of the books that would furnish the principles of our constitution.

Jefferson's analysis of the authors should be compared with that of others, see the authorities cited." "30220","289","Debates of the assembly of Pennsylvã on the bank in 1786. of the assembly of Pennsylvã in 1787. & 1788.— 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 256, Debates of the Assembly of Pennsylvania on the Bank 1788, 8vo.","","","i.","","","","Debates and proceedings of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the Memorials praying a repeal or suspension of the law annulling the charter of the Bank. Mathew Carey, editor. Philadelphia: printed for Carey and Co. Seddon and Pritchard. M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786.]","HG2613 .P54 B25","

First Edition. 8vo. 68 leaves.

Sabin 10864. Evans 19884. Miller, page 21.

Dedicated by Mathew Carey to Benjamin Franklin, President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1786.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue has the correct date for this book; there was no edition in 1788, the date in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815.

In 1785 a bill was introduced to repeal the charter which had been granted by the State of Pennsylvania in 1782. This pamphlet by Carey is a record of the debate in the General Assembly." "30230","289","Debates of the assembly of Pennsylvã on the bank in 1786. of the assembly of Pennsylvã in 1787. & 1788.— 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 256, Debates of the Assembly of Pennsylvania on the Bank 1788, 8vo.","","","J. ii.","","","","Proceedings and debates of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, as taken in short hand by Thomas Lloyd. Volume the third. Philadelphia: printed for the Editor. M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788.]","J87 .P4 1788c","

First Edition. 8vo. 121 leaves in fours.

Sabin 60402. Evans 21370.

Original tree calf, not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The first and second volumes, printed in 1787, were apparently not in the Jefferson collection. A fourth volume appeared in 1788." "30240","J. 290","","","","Mirabeau sur l'ordre de Cincinnatus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 250, as above, reading Marabeau.","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","Considérations sur l'Ordre de Cincinnatus, ou imitation d'un pamphlet Anglo-Américain. Par le comte de Mirabeau. Suivies de plusieurs pièces relatives à cette Institution; d'une lettre signée du Général Washington, accompagnée de remarques par l'auteur François; d'une lettre de feu Monsieur Turgot, Ministre d'Etat en France, au Doctor Price, sur les législations Américaines; & de la traduction d'un pamphlet du Docteur Price, intitulé: Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world; accompagnée de réflexions & de notes du traducteur . . . A Londres: [de l'imprimerie de T. Spilsbury] chez J. Johnson, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]","E202 .1 .A7B95","

First Edition. 8vo. 201 leaves in eights. This copy has both the cancelled leaf (H1) and the cancel, the latter placed immediately following the title leaf. On N2 is the half-title for the Lettre de M. Turgot, Ministre d'Etat en France, à M. le Docteur Price; on O5 the half-title for Observations sur l'importance de la Revolution de l'Amerique . . . par Richard Price, D.D.LL.D.; on U5 the half-title for the Réflexions sur l'ouvrage précédent [par Jean Baptiste Target]; printer's imprint on the penultimate leaf, list of errata on three pages at the end.

Quérard VI, 155. Sabin 49393. Faÿ, page 19.

Original French calf, gilt back, r. e., marbled endpapers. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has written at the foot of the cancelled leaf (page [101]): see this leaf corrected by another which is the next after the title page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson several times expressed his opinion of the Order of the Cincinnati.

On April 16, 1784, he wrote from Annapolis a long letter to George Washington on this subject, beginning:

I received your favor of Apr. 8. by Colo. Harrison. the subject of it is interesting, and, so far as you have stood connected with it, has been matter of anxiety to me; because whatever may be the ultimate fate of the institution of the Cincinnati, as in it's course it draws to it some degree of disapprobation, I have wished to see you standing on ground separated from it, and that the character which will be handed down to future ages at the head of our revolution may in no instance be compromitted in subordinate altercations. the subject has been at the point of my pen in every letter I have written to you, but has been still restrained by a reflection that you had among your friends more able counsellors, and, in yourself, one abler than them all . . .

On November 14, 1786, in a letter from Paris to George Washington, giving an account of the alterations he had made in the article by Demeusnier in the Encyclopédie on the états Unis, particularly in reference to the Cincinnati, Jefferson wrote:

. . . what has heretofore passed between us on this institution makes it my duty to mention to you that I have never heard a person in Europe, learned or unlearned, express his thoughts on this institution, who did not consider it as dishonourable & destructive to our governments, and that every writing which has come out since my arrival here, in which it is mentioned considers it, even as now reformed, as the germ whose development is one day to destroy the fabric we have reared. I did not apprehend this while I had American ideas only, but I confess that what I have seen in Europe has brought me over to that opinion; & that tho' the day may be at some distance, beyond the reach of our lives perhaps, yet it will certainly come, when, a single fibre left of this institution, will produce an hereditary aristocracy which will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world . . .

In his letter to M. Demeusnier, with the corrections in his article, Jefferson wrote a full account of the history of the Society of the Cincinnati (now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress).

On December 28, 1794, in a letter dated from Monticello to James Madison, Jefferson wrote:

. . . The denunciation of the democratic societies is one of the extraordinary acts of boldness of which we have seen so many from the faction of Monocrats. it is wonderful indeed that the President should have permitted himself to be the organ of such an attack on the freedom of discussion, the freedom of writing, printing & publishing. it must be a matter of rare curiosity to get at the modifications of these rights proposed by them and to see what line their ingenuity would draw between democratical societies, whose avowed object is the nourishment of the republican principles of our constitution, and the society of the Cincinnati, a self-created one, carving out for itself hereditary distinctions, lowering over our constitution eternally, meeting together in all parts of the Union periodically, with closed doors, accumulating a capital in their separate treasury, corresponding secretly & regularly, & of which society the very persons denouncing the democrats are themselves the fathers, founders & high officers. their sight must be perfectly dazzled by the glittering of crowns & coronets, not to see the extravagance of the proposition to suppress the friends of general freedom, while those who wish to confine that freedom to the few, are permitted to go on in their principles & practices . . .

This is the first edition of this work, printed in England as it could not be printed in Paris, and was several times reprinted. An English version translated by Samuel Romilly was published in 1785. This work is founded on that of Aedanus Burke (see the next entry).

In his ''Avis'' Mirabeau states:

Le titre de cet ouvrage n'est point une fraude officieuse. II a paru l'année passée à Philadelphie, chez Robert Bell, in Third-street, un pamphlet écrit en Anglois sous ce titre: Considerations on the society or order of Cincinnati, lately instituted by the Major-Generals, Brigadier-Generals, and other officers of the American army, proving that it creates a race of hereditary Patricians or Nobility; interspersed with remarks on its consequences to the freedom and happiness of the Republic: addressed to the people of South-Carolina, and their representatives: by Cassius. Supposed to be written by ædanus Burke, Esquire, one of the Chief Justices of the State of South Carolina: Avec cette épigraphe, Blow ye the trumpet in Zion.

Ce pamphlet, peu ou point connu en Europe, contient en substance l'ouvrage que nous rendons public. Si je me suis permis de changer l'ordre des idées, d'élaguer des longueurs, de supprimer quelques détails relatifs à la Caroline Méridionale, qui m'ont paru trop particuliers à cet Etat pour ne pas faire digression dans des observations générales; c'est que je pense, qu'à transporter dans notre langue des écrits étrangers, il faut les rendre les plus faciles à lire qu'il est possible. Or chaque langue & chaque nation a des manières différentes d'arranger & d'énoncer ses idées.

The Order of the Cincinnati was founded by Henry Knox, its first Secretary General, in 1783, with George Washington the first President.

Other works by Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, appear in this catalogue." "30250","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","Burke on the Cincinnati.","i.","","","Burke, ædanus.","Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati; lately instituted by the Major-Generals, Brigadier-Generals, and other officers of the American army. Proving that it creates a race of hereditary patricians, or nobility. Interspersed with remarks on its consequences to the freedom and happiness of the Republic. Addressed to the people of South-Carolina, and their representatives. By Cassius. Supposed to be written by ædanus Burke, Esquire, one of the Chief Justices of the State of South-Carolina . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street. Price, one-sixth of a dollar. M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

8 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the lower half of the last page.

Sabin 9278. Evans 17863. Hildeburn 4279.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé in Paris on October 13, 1788, price 3.12. The remains of a money addition on the last page is probably in Jefferson's hand.

Jefferson wrote a long account of the Cincinnati in his notes on Demeusnier's article on the Etats-Unis for the Encyclopédie:

Pa. 240. ''Les officiers Americains &c.—to pa 264. ''qui le meritoient.'' I would propose to new-model this Section in the following manner. 1. give a succinct history of the origin & establishment of the Cincinnati. 2. examine whether in its present form it threatens any dangers to the state. 3. propose the most practicable method of preventing them . . .

In his article which follows, Jefferson mentions this work by ædanus Burke:

. . . Politicians, who see in everything only the dangers with which it threatens civil society, in fine the labouring people, who, shielded by equal laws, had never seen any difference between man and man, but had read of terrible oppressions which people of their description experienced in other countries from those who are distinguished by titles & badges, began to be alarmed at this new institution [i. e. the Cincinnati.]. a remarkable silence however was observed. their sollicitudes were long confined within the circles of private conversation. at length however a m[???] Burke, chief justice of South Carolina, broke that silence. he wrote against the new institution; foreboding it's dangers very imperfectly indeed, because he had nothing but his imagination to aid him. an American could do no more: for to detail the real evils of aristocracy they must be seen in Europe. Burke's fears were thought exaggerations in America; while in Europe it is known that even Mirabeau has but faintly sketched the curses of hereditary aristocracy as they are experienced here, and as they would have followed in America had this institution remained. the epigraph of Burke's pamphlet was ''Blow ye the trumpet in Zion.'' it's effect corresponded with it's epigraph . . .

ædanus Burke, 1743-1802, congressman and jurist, was born in Ireland. This work was the source material for Mirabeau's book above.

For Jefferson's opinion of the Society of the Cincinnati see the previous entry." "30260","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","Circular letter of the Cincinnati.","ii.","","","","A Circular letter, addressed to the State Societies of the Cincinnati, by the General Meeting, convened at Philadelphia, May 3, 1784. Together with the Institution, as altered and amended. Philadelphia: printed by E. Oswald and D. Humphreys, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

4 leaves. The letter is ''Signed by order, G. Washington, President. Philadelphia, May 15, 1784.''

Sabin 13117. Evans 18787. Hildeburn 4457.

Listed by Jefferson, but not numbered on the title-page." "30270","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","","iii.","","","","Journal of a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the States of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina; held in Christ-Church, in the City of Philadelphia, from September 27th to October 7th, 1785. Philadelphia: printed by Hall and Sellers, MDCCLXXXV. [1785.]","","

First Edition. 10 leaves, including the half-title.

Sabin 66157. Evans 19209.

Not listed by Jefferson, but numbered 2 on the title-page." "30280","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom.","iv.","","","[Swanwick, John.]","Considerations on an Act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled, an Act for the establishment of religious freedom. By a citizen of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

16 leaves. Numbered 3 in ink on the title-page.

Sabin 94024. Evans 20017. Johnston, page 26.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the author's name, John Swanwick.

A condemnation of Jefferson's Act for the Establishment of Religious Freedom, and contains a reprint of its text." "30290","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","","v.","","","Bell, Robert.","Bell's Address to every free-man; but especially to the free citizens of Pennsylvania, concerning, a tyrannical embargo, now laid upon the free-sale of books by auction . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street. M,DCC,LXXXIV. Price four pence. [1784.]","","

4 leaves.

Sabin 4478. Evans 18345. Hildeburn 4429.

Numbered 4 in ink on the title-page. Not listed by Jefferson.

Robert Bell, 1732-1784, publisher, bookseller and auctioneer, was a native of Glasgow. He came to America circa 1766 and set up in business in Philadelphia. In 1784 he was accused before the April Sessions of selling books by Public auction without license. In this Address, Momus writes these lines to Bell:

Pray, stop, Master Bell, with your selling of Books,

Your smart witty Sayings, and cunning arch Looks:

By Auction I mean ----- 'tis a shocking Offence,

To sell Wit, or Humour, or e'en common Sense,

Unsanction'd by Law, on any Pretence:

Read the Act of Assembly, by Mood, and by Tense,

There's none can vend Knowledge without A Lie—cense.

The fourth line refers to the fact that Bell was the publisher of Paine's Common Sense." "30300","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","","vi.","","","","The Constitutional Society. [Richmond: printed by Dixon and Holt?] 1784.","","

4to. 4 leaves, the last a blank; no title-page or imprint. Evans 18864.

The first leaf, printed on both sides, begins:

We, the underwritten, having associated for the purpose of preserving and handing down to posterity, those pure and sacred principles of liberty, which have been derived to us, from the happy event of the late glorious revolution, and being convinced, that the surest mode to secure republican systems of government from lapsing into tyranny, is by giving free and frequent information to the mass of people . . .

At the foot of the recto is a list of the members, 34 names. Jefferson's name is not in this list, which includes John Blair, James Madison, James M'Clurg, John Page, Mann Page, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, William Short, John Breckenridge, B. Randolph, James Marshall (The James erased in this copy, and John written beside it in ink), Richard Henry Lee, Philip Mazzei, Wilson C. Nicholas, Spencer Roane, James Monroe, Arthur Lee, and others. The second leaf is printed on one side only, and has a manuscript note at the foot:

At the time of this meeting there were only 23. Subscribers, [th]o' Philip Mazzei is in the 25th place on the Subscription-paper [th]is was occasioned by his writing his name below, and others [si]gning above his signature.

All the meetings took place in June, 1784.

Every leaf in this copy is folded to fit into the small 8vo. volume.

Not listed by Jefferson, and not numbered on the title-page." "30310","J. 291","Tracts. Politics of America. viz. . . . . . . . . . Burke on the Cincinnati. Circular letter of the Cincinnati. Considñs on the act of Virginia for religious freedom. Knox's plan for the militia of the U. S. . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 251, Tracts, politics of America, to wit, Burke, Knox, &c. 8vo.","

Seven pamphlets bound together in one volume, small 8vo., including one tract in quarto, the leaves folded to fit the octavo volume, French calf, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 95[/TBE]

Only four are listed by Jefferson in the manuscript catalogue, the same four titles written by him on the fly-leaf at the beginning. Five of the tracts are numbered on the title-pages.","Knox's Plan of Militia for the U. S.","vii.","","","[Knox, Henry.]","A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia of the United States. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [New York, 1786.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 17 leaves; the title quoted above is on the recto of the second leaf; the first leaf contains the preliminary letter of the Secretary of the United States, for the Department of War, signed and dated H. Knox, War-Office, 28th March, 1786.

Sabin 38161. Evans 20076.

On the upper margin of recto of the first leaf are written in ink the words (under consideration, being part of a longer inscription, cut away by the binder. Numbered 5 in ink on the title-page.

Henry Knox, 1750-1806, major general, was Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794. He was the founder of the Order of the Cincinnati, see no. 3024 above." "30320","292","Tracts on banks & paper money. viz. . . . . . . . Considñs on the bank by James Wilson. Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris. True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank. Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine. Essay on credit with remarks on the bank. . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 327, Tracts on banks and paper money, to wit, Wilson, Morris, Paine, 8vo.","This volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress. The contents were contributions to the controversy over the repeal by Pennsylvania of the charter of the Bank of North America.","Considñs on the bank by James Wilson.","1.","","","[Wilson, James.]","Considerations on the Bank of North-America. Philadelphia: printed by Hall and Sellers, 1785.","HG2613 .P54 B5","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 18 leaves in fours; on D2 begins the Appendix. An Ordinance, to incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of North-America.

Sabin 104628. Evans 19388. Adams, Descriptive Bibliography, no. 3. Miller, page 235.

James Wilson, 1742-1798 [see no. 3013], eventually settled in Philadelphia, and in 1780 acted as legal adviser to Robert Morris in the formation of the Bank of Pennsylvania." "30330","292","Tracts on banks & paper money. viz. . . . . . . . Considñs on the bank by James Wilson. Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris. True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank. Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine. Essay on credit with remarks on the bank. . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 327, Tracts on banks and paper money, to wit, Wilson, Morris, Paine, 8vo.","This volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress. The contents were contributions to the controversy over the repeal by Pennsylvania of the charter of the Bank of North America.","Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris.","2.","","","[Morris, Gouverneur.]","An Address to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the abolition of the Bank of North-America. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","AC901 .H3 vol. 103","

8vo. 14 leaves, the last with Aitken's advertisement for printing work on the recto, verso blank.

Sabin 59848. Evans 18897. Miller page 23.

This pamphlet is entered anonymously by Sabin and Evans. It is properly ascribed to Gouverneur Morris by Jefferson, and is reprinted in full in the third volume of Sparks' Life of Gouverneur Morris. Miller ascribes the authorship to Morris on the authority of Sparks.

Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816, statesman and diplomat. From 1781 to 1785 he acted as assistant to Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance." "30340","292","Tracts on banks & paper money. viz. . . . . . . . Considñs on the bank by James Wilson. Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris. True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank. Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine. Essay on credit with remarks on the bank. . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 327, Tracts on banks and paper money, to wit, Wilson, Morris, Paine, 8vo.","This volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress. The contents were contributions to the controversy over the repeal by Pennsylvania of the charter of the Bank of North America.","True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank.","3.","","","[Barton, William.]","The True interest of the United States, and particularly of Pennsylvania, considered; with respect to the advantages resulting from a State paper-money: with some observations on the subject of a bank, and on agriculture, manufactures and commerce. By an American. Philadelphia: printed by Charles Cist, M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 730","

8vo. 36 leaves in fours, the first a blank.

Sabin 97122. Evans 19498.

An edition was published by Mathew Carey earlier in the same year, which may have been the one in Jefferson's library. Francis Hopkinson's bill to Jefferson sent from Philadelphia on December 1, 1790, included under date May 19, 1786, For a Pamphlet on the Bank, 5/-, which could have been this one.

Other works by Barton occur in this catalogue. He was the nephew of David Rittenhouse, who was at this time Treasurer of Philadelphia." "30350","292","Tracts on banks & paper money. viz. . . . . . . . Considñs on the bank by James Wilson. Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris. True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank. Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine. Essay on credit with remarks on the bank. . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 327, Tracts on banks and paper money, to wit, Wilson, Morris, Paine, 8vo.","This volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress. The contents were contributions to the controversy over the repeal by Pennsylvania of the charter of the Bank of North America.","Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine.","4.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank, and paper-money. By the author of Common Sense. Philadelphia: printed by Charles Cist, and sold by Messrs. Hall & Sellers, Robert Aitken and William Prichard, M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 730","

8vo. 30 leaves, in fours, the last a blank. The preface, which is signed Thomas Paine, is dated from Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1786.

Sabin 58221. Evans 19880." "30360","292","Tracts on banks & paper money. viz. . . . . . . . Considñs on the bank by James Wilson. Address on the abolition of the bank by Gouverneur Morris. True interest of the U. S. with respect to State paper money & a bank. Dissertations on gov[???]t. the bank & paper money by T. Paine. Essay on credit with remarks on the bank. . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 327, Tracts on banks and paper money, to wit, Wilson, Morris, Paine, 8vo.","This volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress. The contents were contributions to the controversy over the repeal by Pennsylvania of the charter of the Bank of North America.","Essay on credit with remarks on the bank.","5.","","","[Webster, Pelatiah.]","An Essay on credit, in which the doctrine of banks is considered, and some remarks are made on the present state of the Bank of North-America. By a Citizen of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 730","

8vo. 22 leaves, the last a blank, in fours.

Sabin 102403. Evans 20129.

Pelatiah Webster, 1726-1795, was a native of Connecticut. This essay is one of several united into a volume in 1791, with the title: Political Essays on the nature and operation of money, public finances, and other subjects." "30370","J. 293","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 441, The Public Debt, 1794, fol.","","Statements in relation to the foreign and domestic debt of the United States, and the funds appropriated for the reduction of the domestic debt; prepared at the Treasury, for the committee appointed to examine into the state of the Treasury Department, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of February, 1794. [—Statements exhibiting the periods at which monies were received for the sale of bills on Amsterdam, and of the dates of warrants for passing said monies to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States.] Published by order of the Committee. [Philadelphia:] printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine [1794].","HJ8106 .A3 1794","

Obl. folio. 2 parts in 1 vol., 28 and 7 leaves. On the last leaf of the first part is pasted in the margin a slip with a Memorandum relative to statement (W.) on that page.

This edition not in Evans (see Evans 27950).

Original half calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the title is written in pencil For Mr. Jefferson. C.24/441. [i.e. chapter 24, no. 441.]

In the working copy of the 1815 catalogue this book is not checked as having been received with the rest of the library. Beside the entry is written: returned July 30th by Mr. Hickey.

Mr. W. Hickey was in 1863 chief clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Senate." "30380","J. 294","","","","Doddridge's Wales.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 225, as above.","Dodridge, Sir John.","An Historical account of the ancient and modern state of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwal, and Earldom of Chester. Collected out of the records of the Tower of London, and divers ancient authors. By Sir John Dodridge, Knight. The second edition: to which is added his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Patent both in Latin and English; also an account of his dignity, privileges, arms, rank and titles, and of his sons and daughters. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1714. [Price two shillings stitcht.]","DA715 .D64 1714","

8vo. 82 leaves, signature E repeated; the Epistle dedicatory to George Augustus, Prince of Wales, in English and Latin.

Lowndes II, 655.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sir John Dodridge (or Doddridge), English barrister and member of Parliament, was for a time Solicitor General. The first edition of this work, chiefly compiled from the records in the Tower, was published in 1630." "30390","J. 295","","","","Atwood's dominion of England over Scotland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 226, as above.","Atwood, William.","The Superiority and direct dominion of the Imperial Crown of England, over the Crown and Kingdom of Scotland, and the divine right of succession to both crowns inseparable from the civil, asserted. In answer to Sir Thomas Craig's Treatises of homage and succession . . . London: printed for J. Hartley, 1704.","JN1239","

First Edition. 8vo. 293 leaves, the last leaf with the errata list.

Lowndes I, 85.

Rebound in calf by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

William Atwood, d. 1705, English barrister and writer, was from 1701 to 1702 chief justice of New York and a judge of the court of admiralty. This book was ordered by the Scottish Parliament to be burnt by the common hangman." "30400","J. 296","","","","State of the Union of Great Britain.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 227, as above, 8vo.","[Paterson, William.]","An Enquiry into the state of the Union of Great Britain, and the past and present state of the trade and publick revenues thereof. By the Wednesday's Club in Friday-street. London: printed for A. and W. Bell, and J. Watts: and sold by B. Barker and C. King; W. Mears and J. Brown; and W. Taylor, 1717.","HJ1013.P3","

First Edition. 8vo. 157 leaves in eights, including 8 leaves at the end, sig. A-B4, with lists of books printed for William Taylor at the Ship in Pater-noster-Row, with a woodcut ship at the head.

Halkett and Laing II, 175. Not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, some leaves cut into, original silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the title-page is the autograph signature of Th. Corbin.

William Paterson, 1658-1719, a native of Dumfriesshire, was the founder of the Bank of England, of which this work gives an account, and the originator of the scheme for the colonisation of Darien." "30410","297","","","","Mollyneux's case of Ireland.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 228, Mollyneux's case of Ireland, 8vo.","Molyneux, William.","The Case of Ireland being bound by Acts of Parliament in England, stated. By William Mollyneux of Dublin . . . Belfast, 1776.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. The 1839 Library of Congress catalogue ascribes to the Jefferson collection the Belfast edition of 1776, 12mo. This entry is omitted from the later catalogues, and it is to be assumed that the copy was lost in the fire of 1851.

William Molyneux, 1656-1698, Irish philosopher and a friend of John Locke. The first edition of this book appeared in 1698, and was concerned with the effect of the recent legislation of the English Parliament on the linen and woolen industries of Ireland. It was answered by John Carey and William Atwood." "30420","298","","","","Petty's political survey of Ireland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 229, as above.","Petty, Sir William.","Sir William Petty's Political Survey of Ireland with the establishment of that Kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was lord lieutenant; and also an exact list of the present peers, members of Parliament, and principal officers of state . . . The second edition, carefully corrected, with additions. By a fellow of the Royal Society. London: D. Browne [and others] 1719.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes IV, 1845. This edition not in Bradshaw.

For a biographical note on Sir William Petty, see no. 2937. The first edition of this work, with a slightly different title, was published in 1691." "30430","J. 299","","","","Case of the Sugar trade.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 388, as above.","","A True state of the case between the British Northern-Colonies and the Sugar Islands in America, impartially considered, with respect to the bill now depending in the Right Honourable the House of Lords, relating to the Sugar Trade. M.DCC.XXXII. [London, 1732.]","HD9111 .6 .T8","

First Edition. 4to. 23 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 79150 (8vo.).

Original tree calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Written in the form of a letter to an anonymous lord, and dated at the end London, 5 April, 1732. The pamphlet refers to the Molasses act, passed in 1733.

This pamphlet is entered twice in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue. Only one copy was sold to Congress." "30440","300","","","","Hazard's Historical collection of American State papers.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 390, as above.","Hazard, Ebenezer.","Historical Collections; consisting of State papers, and other authentic documents; intended as materials for an history of the United States of America. By Ebenezer Hazard, A.M. . . . Volume I . . . Philadelphia: printed by T. Dobson, for the author, M DCC XCII. [1792.]","E187 .H42","

First Edition. 4to. 327 leaves.

Sabin 31095. Evans 24388. Not in Arents.

Hazard's printed Prospectus for this work was dated August 3, 1774, and Jefferson's copy, much annotated on the back, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. Appended is a list of the subscribers in manuscript, 19 names; some, including that of Thos. Jefferson, are not autograph signatures. The autograph signatures include Thomas M. Randolph, Edm. Randolph, and others.

On June 30, 1775, Hazard wrote from New York to Jefferson:

Your very obliging Letter of 30th. April did not come to hand before a few Days ago, or it should have been answered sooner.

I am happy that you coincide with me in Sentiment respecting the Utility of my Undertaking, and, judging of the whole from the Materials I am already possessed of, I cannot help thinking the Collection will be vastly more important than I at first imagined.

The polite Manner in which you offer your Assistance lays me under great Obligations, and I beg you will be assured I shall chearfully embrace Opportunities of rendering you any Service in my Power here.

To prevent your having unnecessary Trouble respecting my Collection I take the Liberty of sending you the following List of the Papers I have relating to Virginia; vizt.

Queen Elizabeth's Patent to Sir W. Ralegh for making Discoveries.—

The names of the Persons who composed the 1st. & 2d Colonies which settled in Virginia.—

First, Second, & Third Charters, from Stith's History.—

King James's Commission to Sir Walter Ralegh in 1617—

An Ordinance & Constitution of the Treasurer, Council & Company in England for a Council of State & General Assembly, July 24th. 1621.

This last is from Stith.

A Commission to the Archbishop of Canterbury & eleven others for governing the American Colonies 1634;—and

The Commonwealth's Instructions to Capt. Dennis &c ''appointed Commissioners for the reducing of Virginia, & the Inhabitants thereof, to their due Obedience to the Commonwealth of England.''—1651.

These are all I have yet been able to procure . . .

These tracts are all printed by Hazard in this volume.

On February 17, 1791, Hazard wrote to Jefferson:

Mr. Hazard presents his respectful Compliments to Mr. Jefferson. It has occurred to him that if Mr. Jefferson would favor him with a Line or two recommendatory of his Undertaking, which he might be permitted to publish, it would expedite the printing of his Collection of State Papers, and render the public Appearance of that work less problematical than it will otherwise be, as the Sanction of Mr. Jefferson's name will undoubtedly occasion considerable Additions to the List of Subscribers.

Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on February 18:

I return you the two volumes of records, with thanks for the opportunity of looking into them. they are curious monuments of the infancy of our country. I learn with great satisfaction that you are about committing to the press the valuable historical and state-papers you have been so long collecting. time & accident are committing daily havoc on the originals deposited in our public offices. the late war has done the work of centuries in this business. the lost cannot be recovered; but let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use, in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident. this being the tendency of your undertaking, be assured there is no one who wishes it a more complete success than Sir Your most obedient & etc.

This letter was acknowledged by Hazard on the evening of the same day.

Jefferson mentioned Hazard's work as a forthcoming publication in the Notes on the State of Virginia (1782). On page 326 with his own list of American state papers occurs the passage: An extensive collection of papers of this description has been for some time in a course of preparation by a * gentleman fully equal to the task, and from whom therefore we may hope ere long to receive it . . .

*Mr. Hazard.

Ebenezer Hazard, 1744-1817, postmaster general and archivist. The second volume was published in 1794 but not sold to Congress by Jefferson." "30450","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","1.","","","","The Importance of the Sugar Colonies to Great-Britain stated, and some objections against the Sugar Colony Bill answer'd. In a letter to a Member of the House of Commons. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1731.","","

20 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 34396." "30460","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","2.","","","","Considerations on the Bill now depending in Parliament, concerning the British Sugar-Colonies in America. Wherein all the arguments for the support of the said Bill are considered. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. London: printed for J. Peele, M DCC XXXI. [1731.]","","

12 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 15971." "30470","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","3.","","","","Some considerations humbly offer'd upon the Bill now depending in the House of Lords, relating to the trade between the Northern Colonies and the Sugar-Islands. In a letter to a Noble Peer. MDCCXXXII. [London, 1732.]","","

10 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 86616." "30480","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","4.","","","","A Letter to a noble peer, relating to the Bill in favour of the Sugar-Planters. M. DCC. XXXIII. [London, 1733.]","","

12 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 40420." "30490","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","5.","","","","Select tracts relating to Colonies. Consisting of I. An Essay on plantations. By Sir Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England. II. Some passages taken out of the History of Florence, &c. III. A Treatise. By John De Witt Pensioner of Holland. IV. The Benefit of plantations or colonies. By William Penn. V. A Discourse concerning plantations. By Sir Josiah Child. London: printed for J. Roberts, n. d. Price six-pence. [c. 1733.]","","

24 leaves in fours.

Sabin 78992." "30500","J. 301","Colony tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 232, Colony Tracts, 1731-3. 8vo.","

A collection of six tracts bound together, now rebound in half red morocco, 8vo. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 20[/TBE]

These tracts relate to the impending Molasses act, passed in 1733, and repealed in 1764 by the Sugar act.","","6.","","","","The Present state of the unhappy sufferers of the charitable corporation, consider'd. With reasons humbly offer'd for their relief . . . London: printed in the year 1733.","","

14 leaves, including the half-title, in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing." "30510","J. 302","","","","The right to tonnage, duties, fines & forfeitures in Maryland.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 389, The right of Tonnage, Duties, Fines, and Forfeitures, in Maryland, fol p","[Dulany, Daniel.]","The Right to the tonnage, the duty of twelve pence per hogshead on all exported tobacco, and the fines and forfeitures in the province of Maryland, stated; in a letter from a gentleman in Annapolis to his friend in the country. Annapolis: printed and sold by Jonas Green. MDCCLXVI. [1766.]","HJ482. D9","

First Edition. Folio. 20 leaves.

Sabin 21171. Evans 10288. Wroth 265. Not in Arents (see Arents 845).

Original tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Daniel Dulany, 1721-1797, lawyer, was born in Annapolis and educated in England." "","J. 303","","","","Letters to the E. of Hillsborough.","","","","","","","Entry cancelled. See No. 3074." "30530","J. 304","","","","Franklin's political works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 238, as above.","Franklin, Benjamin.","Political, miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces; arranged under the following heads, and distinguished by initial letters in each leaf: [G. P.] General politics; [A. B. T.] American politics before the troubles; [A. D. T.] American politics during the troubles; [P. P.] Provincial or colony politics; and [M. P.] Miscellaneous and philosophical pieces; written by Benj. Franklin, LL.D. and F.R.S. . . . Now first collected, with explanatory plates, notes, and an index to the whole . . . London: printed for J. Johnson, M DCC LXXIX. [1779.]","E302 .F83 1779","

8vo. First Edition. 293 leaves, 3 engraved plates, 1 table. This copy lacks the engraved portrait.

Sabin 25565. Ford 342. Stevens 88.

Original calf, rebacked with new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.

Several corrections and notes occur written in ink, some by Jefferson, in accordance with the Addenda and Corrigenda at the end prepared by Franklin.

On pages 479, 486, 511, the changes indicated by Franklin are made by Jefferson who has also drawn attention to other corrections to be made by crossing out passages and adding: see Addenda. To one of the corrigenda, Jefferson has added a footnote of four lines in his handwriting.

On page 72, beginning the Parable against Persecution, a footnote has been added, signed W T.:

This Piece was taken by Dr. Franklin, from an old German Author, and is now supposed by many to be the Doctor's own, but the fact is otherwise:—it is an imposition on the public.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. This is the only edition of Franklin's writings, other than his scientific pieces, published during his lifetime and with his consent. The editor was his friend Benjamin Vaughan (q. v.). The addenda and corrigenda were prepared by Franklin himself." "30540","305","","","","Administration of the colonies by Gov. Pownall. Wilkie. 1764.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 236, Administration of the Colonies, by Governor Pownal, 1764, 8vo.","[Pownall, Thomas.]","The Administration of the Colonies. London: printed for J. Wilkie, MDCCLXIV. [1764.]","E195 .P87","

First Edition. 8vo. 67 leaves: []1, B-I8, K2. At the end: The End of the First Part. Sabin 64814.

Jefferson's copy was acquired by him with the Bland Library.

Thomas Pownall, 1722-1805, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, was born in England and came to America in 1753. From 1755 to 1761 he was successively Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, Governor of Massachusetts, and Governor of South Carolina. He later returned to England and became a Member of Parliament.

This edition was published anonymously. Later editions, enlarged and with the addition of an Appendix, were published over the author's name." "30550","J. 306","","","","Dickinson's Political writings.","","2. v. 8vo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 241, Dickinson's political writings, 2 v 8vo.","Dickinson, John.","The Political writings of John Dickinson, Esquire, late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In two volumes. Vol I [-II]. Wilmington: printed and sold by Bonsal and Niles, 1801. (Entered according to Act of Congress.)","E302 .D55","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 216 leaves; vol. II, 200 leaves, in fours, each in a 24-letter alphabet; list of errata and list of subscribers at the end of vol. II, the latter including the name of Thomas Jefferson, esq. President of the United States.

Sabin 20048.

Red straight grain morocco, probably bound for presentation to Jefferson, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson owned two copies of this work, one for which he had subscribed (see above), and one which was sent to him as a gift, and which was the only one sold to Congress in 1815.

Volume I of this copy was sent to Jefferson by John Vaughan, with a letter dated from Wilmington December 29, 1801:

It has been suggested to me by a member of Congress, who has seen the specimen volumes of the political writings of Mr. Dickinson, that you would probably accept one of those volumes for the present. on this belief, I have enclosed a copy per mail, which you will please to accept:—permit me to add, the work will be completed & delivered about the first of February; & the editors design to prefix a portrait of the Author, to convey his likeness with his precepts to posterity.

The late fugitive condition of those valuable papers, rendered them useless to the public, & they would eventually have been forgotten in the lumber rooms of political science; but it is to be hoped, their present aggregated form will tend to preserve & disseminate the important doctrines they contain, & contribute to the final establishment of republicanism in our much envied country.

John Dickinson, 1732-1808, statesman, lawyer, and member of Congress, was a member of the convention to frame the Federal Constitution." "30560","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Further examñ of American measures. 1776.","1.","","","[Morris, Matthew Robinson-, Baron Rokeby.]","A Further Examination of our present American measures and of the reasons and the principles on which they are founded. By the author of Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North-America . . . Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, for R. Baldwin, and E. and C. Dilly, London, M DCC LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 131 leaves in eights, including the half-title (with the price, Three Shillings) and the last blank; list of Errrata [sic] on the verso of the fourth preliminary leaf.

Halkett and Laing II, 350. Sabin 72154.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Franklin's list of the contents of the volume on the verso of the half-title.

Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd baron Rokeby, 1713-1800, originally Matthew Robinson, took the additional name Morris on inheriting some property. This is one of four pamphlets written by him against the American policy of Lord North, and is dated at the end Dec. 1775. A second edition appeared in the same year.

For another pamphlet by him on North's American policy, see the first tract in volume II." "30570","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin.","2.","","","[Tucker, Josiah.]","A Series of answers to certain Popular Objections, against separating from the Rebellious Colonies, and discarding them entirely; being the concluding tract of the Dean of Glocester, on the subject of American affairs. Glocester: printed by R. Raikes; and sold by T. Cadell, London, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 64 leaves in eights; publisher's advertisements on 6 pages at the end.

Sabin 97360.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Numerous marginal notes by Benjamin Franklin. The margins have been cut down, in such cases where there was a Franklin note the margins are cut round the note and the paper folded in; the last leaf repaired. The author's name written on the title-page (not by Franklin or Jefferson).

Josiah Tucker, 1712-1799, Welsh economist and divine, became dean of Gloucester in 1758. He was the author of a number of political tracts including several on the American colonies and revolution." "30580","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778.","3.","","","","Considerations on the mode and terms of a Treaty of Peace with America . . . London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","","

16 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Sabin, who has the second edition of the same year, 15995.

The margins have been cut down. A manuscript marginal note by Franklin on page 27 is cut round, and the paper folded in." "30590","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","[TBE]Franklin and Jefferson's volume II, Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 8, contains 5 tracts, listed and numbered by Franklin on the fly-leaf.[/TBE] Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777.","1.","","","Morris, Matthew Robinson-, Baron Rokeby.","Peace the best policy or Reflections upon the appearance of a Foreign War, the present state of affairs at home and the commission for granting pardons in America. In a letter to a friend by Matt. Robinson M. London: printed for J. Almon, MDCCLXXVII. [1777.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 57 leaves. Dated at the end December, 1776.

Sabin 72155.

In this copy one leaf, sig. H2, pages (99), (100), is missing, and the text has been supplied in ink by Franklin. See the first tract in volume I above, no. 3056." "30600","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778.","2.","","","[Cartwright, John.]","The Memorial of Common-Sense, upon the present crisis between Great-Britain and America . . . London: printed for J. Almon, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 15 leaves, including the half-title and the last blank.

Halkett and Laing IV, 60. Sabin 47640.

John Cartwright, 1740-1824, English political reformer, was the author of several tracts on American independence, with which he was in sympathy." "30610","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775.","3.","","","Tucker, Josiah.","An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to those respectable personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, who, by their great and permanent interest in Landed Property, their liberal education, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the Continental Colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these Kingdoms . . . By Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Glocester. Glocester: printed by R. Raikes, and sold by T. Cadell, London, M.DCC.LXXV. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves in fours, folded leaf with table, list of errata at the foot of the last page of text, followed by two pages with list of books by the same author.

Sabin 97350.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Other tracts by Josiah Tucker are in this catalogue, q. v." "30620","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778.","4.","","","Pulteney, William.","Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America, and the means of conciliation. By William Pulteney, Esq. The fourth edition. London: printed for J. Dodsley and T. Cadell, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","","

8vo. 52 leaves in fours. On sig. L (page 73) begin the Appendices: Appendix. No I. Letters of Dr. Franklyn, published in the London Chronicle, from the 6th to the 8th of February, 1766. Appendix. No II. Extract from a Treatise, entitled, ''Letter from a Merchant in London to his Nephew in America,'' written in 1766, by Dr. Tucker, Dean of Glocester, and now republished in a Book, entitled, ''Four Tracts on political and commercial Subjects.''

Sabin 66647. Ford 697.

In the list of the pamphlets written by him on the flyleaf, Franklin has drawn attention to the first Appendix:

4. Thoughts on the present State of Affairs with America, (Pultney).

Page 73. Dr Franklin's Letters to Govr Shirley. 1754.

On the relative page, unnumbered, Franklin has written Page 73.

William Pulteney, English politician, was member of Parliament for Shrewsbury. A second edition of this pamphlet in the same year has a third Appendix containing a copy of a letter from Franklin dated from Passy March 12, 1778, written after his receipt of a copy of the first edition, in order to correct a mistake by the author." "30630","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776.","5.","","","","A Prospect of the consequences of the Present Conduct of Great Britain towards America . . . London: printed for J. Almon, 1776. [Price one shilling and six-pence.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 50 leaves in eights, including a leaf of advertisement at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 66069. [TBE]Franklin and Jefferson's volume III, Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 9, contains 5 tracts, listed and numbered by Franklin on the fly-leaf.[/TBE]" "30640","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780.","1.","","","[Pownall, Thomas.]","A Memorial, most humbly addressed to the sovereigns of Europe, on the present state of affairs, between the Old and New World. London: printed for J. Almon, 1780. [Price half a crown.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves in fours including a leaf of advertisement at the end. Sig. F is missed in printing but the text and pagination are correctly printed. The Preface dated from Paris, Jan. 25, 1780.

Halkett and Laing IV, 159. Sabin 64826.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. By Thos. Pownall written on the title-page by Franklin. See no. 3054 above." "30650","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781.","2.","","","[Jenings, Edmund.]","A Translation of the Memorial to the sovereigns of Europe upon the present state of affairs, between the Old and the New World, into Common Sense and intelligible English. London: printed for J. Stockdale, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 35986.

For Edmund Jenings, see no. 512." "30660","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Anticipation 1778.","3.","","","[Tickell, Richard.]","Anticipation: containing the Substance of his M-----y's most gracious speech to both H-----s of P-----l-----t, on the opening of the approaching session . . . The fifth edition, corrected. London: printed for T. Becket, 1778.","","

8vo. 42 leaves in fours, including the half-title (with the price, One Shilling and Sixpence) and a leaf of publisher's advertisement at the end.

Halkett and Laing I, 109. Sabin 95788.

On the title-page is written: Oliver Wendell Esq. from his very Oblgd. hble [the rest cut off by the binder].

Richard Tickell, 1751-1793, English pamphleteer and dramatist, was a brother-in-law of Sheridan. The earlier editions of this pamphlet, a satirical forecast of the proceedings at the opening of parliament, were published in the same year. The Advertisement at the beginning is dated November 23, 1778." "30670","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777.","4.","","","","A Letter to the Earl of Chatham, concerning his speech and motion in the House of Lords, on the memorable 30th of May: with some observations on the speeches of Lord Gower, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Camden, Lord Weymouth, the Arch-Bishop of York, Lord Shelburne, and Lord Mansfield. To which are subjoined Reflections on his Majesty's most gracious speech from the Throne, and an Index to Peace with America. London: printed for T. Evans, M.DCC.LXXVII. [Price one shilling.] [1777.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 27 leaves only, should be 28, in fours. In this copy the first leaf of text has been cut away.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 40467." "30680","J. 307","Miscellanies on America. 3. v. 8vo viz. Further examñ of American measures. 1776. Tucker on separating from the colonies. 1776. M. S. notes by Dr. Franklin. Considñs on the terms of peace with America. 1778. Robinson's peace the best policy. 1777. the Memorial of Common sense on the present crisis with America. 1778. Tucker's Address on a separation from the colonies. 1775. Pulteney's thoughts on the present affairs with America. 1778. Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America. 1776. Pownal's memorial of affairs between the old and new world. 1780. a translation of Pownal's memorial into common sense & English. 1781. Anticipation. 1778. Letter to the E. of Chatham. 1777. annals of administrñ. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 243, Miscellanies on America, 3 v 8vo, 1775-80.","

3 vol. 8vo. in uniform half bindings, labels on the back lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 7 [-8-9]./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 7,8,9[/TBE]

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with annotations by him. On the leaf facing the first title-page in each volume, Franklin has listed the contents of the volume omitting the first tract, the entry for which is replaced by a figure 1, and an arrow pointing to the printed title on the opposite leaf. In the first volume the list is therefore on the back of the half-title and not on the fly-leaf.

These volumes were sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief from Philadelphia on February 14, 1803, at the same time he sent the deux petits ouvrages sur la Révolution américaine [see no. 3073]. With regard to these Miscellanies Dufief wrote:

. . . Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complet, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vols, intitulé, Miscellanies of America, ou se trouvent dans le ler Tome plusieurs notes Marginales au crayon & à la plume, que je crois être du même Grand Homme. c'est une offrande que je vous fais & qui vous est du puisque vous êtes l'ami & l'un des Collaborateurs de l'illustre Mort. Aucun Grec ne fut surpris de voir Philoctète posseder les armes d'Hercule . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the volumes three months later, on May 5. For this letter, and the correspondence on these books from Franklin's library, see no. 3073.

Franklin and Jefferson's volume I, Library of Congress Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 7, contains three tracts (numbered in ink on the title-pages) as follows:","annals of administrñ. 1775.","5.","","","","The Annals of Administration. Containing the genuine history of Georgiana the Queen-Mother, and Prince Coloninus her son. A biographical fragment. Written about the year 1575. Inscribed, by the proprietor of the authentic papers, to Edmund Burke, Esq. London: printed for J. Bew, MDCCLXXV. [Price one shilling.] [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves in fours; errata list at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 1589.

On the title-page is written: Presented to Dr. Franklin by the Author. A few corrections and interpretations in the text in the same hand.

The Translator's dedication to Edmund Burke dated Feb. 10, 1775." "30690","J. 308","","","","Sharpe's declarñ of the people's natural right.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 235, Sharpe's Declaration of the people's natural rights, 8vo.","Sharp, Granville.","A Declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature; which is the fundamental principle of the British Constitution of State. By Granville Sharp . . . London: printed for B. White, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","DA507 1774 .S48","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves. Sig G4 is missing, but was probably a blank.

Sabin 79810.

Contemporary tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Granville Sharp, 1735-1813, English scholar, pamphleteer and philanthropist. Sharp is best known for his work against slavery. It was he who fought on behalf of James Somersett, q. v., and this first great victory in the struggle for the emancipation of the slaves was due to him. This pamphlet was written on behalf of the colonists. Sharp was given an honorary LL.D. by Harvard, Providence College, Rhode Island, and by William and Mary College at Williamsburg." "30700","J. 309","","","","Remembrancer.","","14. vols 8vo. 1775-1782.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 244, The Remembrancer, 14 v 8vo, 1775-82.","","The Remembrancer, or impartial repository of Public Events. The third edition. London: printed for J. Almon, M DCC LXXV. [1775-1782.]","E203. R388, 386","

14 vol. 8vo. First Edition with the exception of vol. I; printed in double columns, engraved maps, printed tables, etc.

Sabin 955.

Original half russia, except vol. 11 and 12 (vol. 11 rebound in buckram, vol. 12 in half morocco). Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

Loosely attached at the beginning of the first volume is a letter signed R. W. containing quotations from Lord Chatham on the Declaration of Independence.

Purchased from N. G. Dufief, who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on October 22, 1801:

J'ai remis suivant vos desirs à Mr. Barnes les livres dont vous m'avez envoyé la note—Le Remembrancer n'est pas celui dont il est fait mention dans mon Catalogue; it étoit vendu lorsque je reçus l'honneur de la votre, d'ailleurs plusieurs des volumes avoient été endommagés ce que j'avois oublié de mentioner.

The Remembrancer, which was continued for three more volumes, until 1783 (the last 3 not in the Jefferson collection), was edited by John Almon, 1737-1805, English bookseller and journalist. It contains reprints from newspaper and other articles of all published material relating to the American Revolution." "30710","J. 310","","","","American gazette.","","No. 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 242, as above.","","The American Gazette. Being a collection of all the authentic addresses, memorials, letters, &c. which relate to the present disputes between Great Britain and her Colonies. Containing also many original papers never before published. Number I. [-V.] The third edition. London: printed for G. Kearsly, MDCCLXVIII [-MDCCLXIX]. [1768-9.]","E211 .A51","

8vo. 5 numbers in one volume, 162 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, no half-title to Number I, no separate title to Number IV, separate titles and half-titles to the other numbers.

Sabin 1088.

Contemporary calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's manuscript and the early Library of Congress catalogues call for the first number only. The five numbers in one volume were sold to Congress in 1815. Signature T, signed by Jefferson, occurs in the third number." "30720","J. 311","","","","Reflections moral & political on Gr. Br. & her colonies.","","8vo. 1770. MS. notes by Dr. Franklin.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 239, Reflections moral and political on Great Britain and her Colonies, with MS. notes, by Dr. Franklin, 1770, 8vo.","[Wheelock, Matthew.]","Reflections moral and political on Great Britain and her colonies. London: printed for T. Becket and Co. in the Strand, M.DCC.LXX. [Price one shilling.] [1770.]","E187 .C72 vol. 26","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves in fours [part of the upper blank margin of the title cut away].

Halkett and Laing V, 43. Sabin 103221." "30730","","","","","","","","","[Ramsay, Allen.]","Thoughts on the origin and nature of government. Occasioned by the late disputes between Great Britain and her American Colonies: written in the year 1766 . . . London: printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 32 leaves in eights. [The lower margin of A?3??, with signature and catchword, cut away.]

Halkett and Laing V, 40. Sabin 67679.

The two pamphlets bound together in one volume. English red straight grain morocco, gilt, uncut; the flyleaves are watermarked Edmonds & Pine, 1800; the two tracts were originally numbered 5 and 6 in ink on the two titles (now partially erased); it is to be assumed therefore that they were removed from a larger volume of tracts, and especially bound. The labels on the back are now lettered Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 26./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Benjamin Franklin, and with a running commentary by him in the form of marginal notes in his autograph. Franklin's last note reads: This Writer is concise, lively, & elegant in his Language, but his Reasonings are too refin'd and Paradoxical to make Impression on the Understanding or convince the Minds of his Readers. And his main Fact on which they are founded is a Mistake.

This volume was sent to Jefferson by N. G. Dufief, from Philadelphia, on January 31, 1803, originally as a loan. Dufief wrote:

Je vous envoie le catalogue des livres qui me restent de la Bibliothèque du Dr. Franklin . . .

J'ai cru vous faire plaisir & vous donner une preuve non équivoque de ma profonde estime en joignant au Catalogue deux petits ouvrages sur la Revolution américaine, rendus inestimables par les notes posthumes de votre illustre coopérateur dans le grand & glorieux œuvre de l'indépendance. Lisez-les, communiquez-les, si vous le desirez, à vos amis, & ensuite renvoyezmoi le volume qui les contient, par la m[???]me voie dont je me sers pour vous le faire parvenir . . .

Jefferson replied on February 4, from Washington, and asked Dufief to send certain books from Franklin's library (see no. 42 and 1336). He added:

. . . to this I should certainly add the volume inclosed in your letter, containing two small pamphlets with copious marginal notes by Dr. F., but that from the binding, and the desire expressed to have it returned, I conclude you wish to preserve it for yourself as a relict of a saint . . .

On February 14 Dufief wrote giving the volume to Jefferson, and at the same time sent the three volumes of Miscellanies described above (no. 3056-3068):

. . . J'ai cru sentir en lisant votre lettre que vous seriez charmé de posseder les seules Reliques littéraires qui nous restent probablement de l'immortel Franklin, Saint bien plus grand qu'aucun de ceux du Calendrier du peuple le plus dévot, puisqu'il a contribué par ses miracles à fonder une Nation, où Dieu est adoré suivant la Conscience, & où ses interprétes ne sont que ce qu'ils devraient être partout de simples ministres de la Religion; veuillez donc les accepter malgré le desir religieux de les garder qu'elles m'avaient inspiré. Et pour que vous ayez un reliquaire complèt, j'y joindrai un ouvrage en 3 vol8, intitulé, Miscellanies of America . . . [for the continuation of this letter see the introduction to no. 3056.]

Three months later, on May 5, Jefferson acknowledged the volumes to Dufief. In a letter dated from Washington he wrote:

. . . I find that I omitted in due time to make you my acknolegements for the precious reliques of Doctr. Franklin, which you were so obliging as to spare from your particular collection. Not only the intrinsic value of whatever came from him, but my particular affection for him, extend the measure of my obligation to you for this kindness . . .

Allen Ramsay was the son of Allen Ramsay the poet; other works by him are in this catalogue." "30740","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 1 [TBE]Five tracts, numbered as six (1-6) on the title-pages, originally bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume 8vo and classified by the Library of Congress as Colonial Pamphlets, Volume 10; since separated and reclassified as follows:[/TBE]","1.","","","","Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough, from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and the Honourable his Majesty's Council for the province of Massachusetts-Bay. With an Appendix, containing divers proceedings referred to in the said letters. Boston: New-England. Printed by Edes and Gill, printers to the Honourable House of Representatives, 1769; and, London: re-printed for J. Almon.","F67 .M327","

8vo. 84 leaves, with the inserted leaf *R between sig. Q and R. This copy is without the 4 leaves of Almon's advertisement at the end.

Sabin 4924.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. This tract has a separate listing in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue; it is possible therefore that he had two copies.

Sir Francis Bernard, 1711?-1779, governor of Massachusetts Bay.

Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough and first Marquess of Downshire, 1718-1793, was Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time this pamphlet was written. The first edition was published in folio in Boston and the second in quarto at Salem." "30750","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","[Bushe, Gervase Parker.]","Case of Great Britain and America, Addressed to the King, and both Houses of Parliament . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, MDCCLXIX. [1769]","E211.C31","

8vo. 24 leaves in fours.

Halkett and Laing 1, 284. Cushing, Anonyms, page 94. Sabin 9637 (attributed to G. B. Butler).

Gervase Parker Bushe, 1744?-1793, was attaché to his Majesty's legation in the District of Frankfort. The manuscript of the first edition (published earlier in the same year) may have been sent from Frankfort; the author's statement at the beginning reads as follows: In this edition, the author has endeavoured to remedy some of the greatest defects of the preceding one, many of which were owing to himself, and some, to an accident which befel the manuscript, which was sent from some distance, to London. He is far from flattering himself, that this publication is free from many errors; but as he hopes that it is less imperfect than the former one, he wishes that the first edition of this pamphlet may be forgotten." "30760","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3-4.","","","[Dickinson, John.]","The Farmer's and Monitor's Letters, To The Inhabitants Of The British Colonies. Williamsburg: Printed by William Rind, M DCC LXIX [1769].","E215.5 D559","

Sm. 4to. 2 parts in 1 with continuous signatures and pagination, 54 leaves: []1 A-K, K (repeated), L-O2, P3, Q-Z, Aa-Bb2; the half-title for The Monitor on Q1. Signature K and the pagination numerals, 33-36, are repeated, the text is correctly printed.

Halkett and Laing II, 267. Sabin 20052. Evans 11239. Clayton-Torrence 349.

Unbound, the first leaf mounted. Initialled at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has written By John Dickinson on the title-page, and By Arthur Lee M.D. on the half-title for The Monitor. The second part is separately numbered, 4, on the title-page.

On the last page is a poem by the two authors:

THE LIBERTY SONG

Come join hand in hand, brave AMERICANS all,

And rouse your bold hearts at fair LIBERTY'S call;

No tyrannous acts shall suppress your free claim,

Or stamp the word SLAVE, on AMERICA'S name.

In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live,

Our money is ready,

Steady, boys, steady,

Let's give it as Freemen, but never as Slaves.

II.

Our worthy Forefathers, let's give them a cheer,

To climates they knew not, full bravely did steer,

Thro' oceans, to desarts, in freedom they came,

And dying, bequeath'd us their freedom and fame.

In freedom, etc.

III.

The Tree their own hands had to liberty rear'd,

Deep rooted in earth, grew strong and rever'd:

Then, from all assaults, we this tree will maintain,

And leave to you children the fruit of our pain.

In freedom, etc.

IV.

Here's a health to our King, and the Nation at home,

AMERICA and BRITAIN should ever be one:

In liberty's cause, we united shall stand

The envy and dread of each neighbouring land,

In freedom, etc.

V.

Then join hand in hand, brave AMERICANS all,

By uniting, we stand, by dividing, we fall;

In so righteous a cause, we must surely succeed,

For Heaven approves of each generous deed.

In freedom, etc.

Arthur Lee, 1740-1792, diplomat, was born in Virginia, and studied law in London in Lincoln's Inn and the Middle Temple. In 1776 he was appointed one of the Commissioners to France (in place of Jefferson who had declined), with Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin.

Concerning Lee, Jefferson wrote from Paris to James Monroe on June 17, 1785 (partly in cipher, here transcribed) :

. . . I am sorry to see a possibility of A. L.'s being put into the Treasury. He has no talents for the office, and what he has will be employed in rummaging old accounts to involve you in eternal war with R. M. and he will in a short time introduce such dissensions into the Commission as to break it up. If he goes on the other appointment to Kaskaskia he will produce a revolt of that settlement from the U. S. . . .

In a letter to John Adams, addressed from Monticello on August 22, 1813, discussing the ascription of the petition to the King, 1774, by John Marshall to Richard Henry Lee, Jefferson wrote of the latter:

. . . he was a poorer writer than his brother Arthur; and Arthur's standing may be seen in his Monitor's letters, to ensure the sale of which they took the precaution of tacking to them a new edition of the Farmer's letters; like Mezentius who 'mortua jungebat corpora vivis.'

John Dickinson, 1732-1808, statesman, originally published these letters anonymously in the Pennsylvania Chronicle. The first published edition was in Boston, 1768. At the time of the Revolution Dickinson was anxious for conciliation and voted against the Declaration of Independence, though he fought for his country with the Revolutionists.

In 1786, in answering the questions of Soulés [see no. 484] Jefferson wrote of Dickinson:

. . . but when they proposed to consider us as objects of taxation, all the states took the alarm. yet so little had we attended to this subject that our advocates did not at first know on what ground to take their stand. mr. Dickinson, a lawyer of more ingenuity than sound judgment and still more timid than ingenious, not daring to question the authority to regulate commerce so as best to answer their own purposes, to which we had so long submitted, admitted that authority in it's utmost extent . . .

After Dickinson's death, Jefferson wrote to Joseph Bringhurst on February 24, 1808:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your letter of the 16th. it gave me the first information of the death of our distinguished fellow citizen John Dickinson. a more estimable man, or truer patriot, could not have left us. among the first of the advocates for the rights of his country when assailed by Great Britain, he continued to the last the orthodox advocate of the true principles of our new government, and his name will be consecrated in history as one of the great worthies of the revolution . . .

Richard Henry Lee, mentioned in Jefferson's letter, was the author of the Preface to this pamphlet. This is the only copy located in any bibliography consulted." "30770","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","[Knox, William.]","The Controversy between Great-Britain and her Colonies Reviewed; the Several Pleas of the Colonies. In Support of their Right to all the Liberties and Privileges of British Subjects, and to Exemption from the Legislative Authority of Parliament, Stated and Considered; and The Nature of their Connection with, and Dependence on, Great-Britain, shewn upon the Evidence of Historical Facts and Authentic Records. Boston: Printed by Mein and Fleeming, M DCC LXIX. [1769]","E211 .K76","

Sm. 4to. 50 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 428. Sabin 38180. Evans 11305.

Unbound. Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page By George Grenville. In other hands are written: Mr. Richman and By Wm. Knox.

William Knox, 1732-1810, statesman, was born in Ireland. From 1757-1761 he lived in America as Provost Marshal of Georgia. On his return to England he was made agent in Great Britain for Georgia and East Florida, and later became Under Secretary of State for American Affairs. This pamphlet was in part dictated by George Grenville, the Prime Minister. It was formerly attributed to Thomas Whately, and to John Mein, the Boston printer and bookseller, whose serious financial complications resulting from its publication caused him to be imprisoned in the Fleet in London." "30780","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","","A short Narrative of The horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770. By Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment; which with the XIVth Regiment were then Quartered there: With Some Observations on the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe. Printed by Order of the Town of Boston, And Sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, And T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770.","","

First Edition, second issue. 66 leaves. This copy is without the printed slip relative to the leaves not included in the copies sent to England.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 80669. Evans 11581. Stevens, Historical Nuggets, 302. Church Catalogue 1077.

Bound in half morocco by the Library of Congress (2 leaves misbound). Not initialled by Jefferson.

Prepared by a Committee consisting of James Bowdoin, Joseph Warren and Samuel Pemberton. For a full account of this and the first issue, sec the Church Catalogue, no. 1076 and 1077." "30790","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 2 [TBE]Five pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo. calf, labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets/Vol. 11./ The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the titles. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. E187.C72, vol. 11[/TBE]","1.","","","[Mein, John.]","Sagittarius's Letters and Political Speculations, Extracted From the Public Ledger. Humbly Inscribed To the very Loyal and Truly Pious Doctor Samuel Cooper, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Brattle Street . . . Boston: Printed By Order of the Select Men, and sold at Donation Hall, for the Benefit of the distressed Patriots, MDCCLXXV. [1775]","","

12mo. 64 leaves only, lacks the last leaf with text on the recto, and the first leaf, possibly blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Cushing, page 259. Sabin 47405. Evans 14255.

Not initialled by Jefferson, and a correction in ink on page 53 is not in his hand.

A loyalist pamphlet, directed against the colony of Massachusetts, the city of Boston, Dr. Franklin and others. Samuel Cooper, 1725-1783, to whom the Letters are inscribed, was active in the cause of American freedom, and the author of pamphlets and newspaper articles. He was a friend of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and other leaders." "30800","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","[Glover, Richard.]","The Substance of the Evidence Delivered to a Committee of the Honourable House of Commons by the Merchants and Traders of London, Concerned in the Trade to Germany and Holland, and of the Dealers in Foreign Linens, As Summed up by Mr. Glover. To which is Annexed, His Speech, introductory to the Proposals laid before the Annuitants of Mess. Douglas, Heron and Co. At the King's-Arms Tavern, Cornhill, on the Ninth of February, 1774. London: Printed for J. Wilkie, M DCC LXXIV. [Price One Shilling and Six-Pence.]","","

8vo. 37 leaves in fours, half-title on Ki for A Speech Introductory to the Proposals Laid before the Annuitants of Mess. Douglas, Heron and Co. at the King's-Arms Tavern, Cornhill, on the Ninth of February, 1774.

Sabin 27609.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Richard Glover, 1712-1785, English poet and politician, appeared twice before committees of the House of Commons to sum up evidence as to commercial grievances, and took a prominent part in arranging the affairs of Douglas, Heron and Co., whose failure had occurred in 1762." "30810","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","[Burke, Edmund.]","Speech of E. Burke, Esq; on American Taxation, April 19, 1774. The Third Edition. London, Printed: Philadelphia: Reprinted and sold by Benjamin Towne, MDCCLXXV. [1775]","","

8vo. 40 leaves in fours.

This edition not in Sabin. Evans 13852.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman, was born in Dublin. This speech, in favor of the repeal of the tea duty, was originally published by Dodsley in London in 1774." "30820","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Morris, Matthew Robinson-, Baron Rokeby.]","Considerations on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America. The Second Edition. With Additions and an Appendix relative to the present State of Affairs on that Continent . . . London: Printed for R. Baldwin; E. and C. Dilly; J. Johnson; Richardson and Co; and J. Almon, n. d. [1774].","","

2 parts in 1, 85 and 22 leaves only (lacks the leaf before the title and the last leaf); the second part contains the Appendix with separate (starred) signatures and pagination; signature E in the first part contains only four leaves which appear to be a cancel. Four lines of Errata on the back of the title-leaf.

Halkett and Laing I, 416. Sabin 72152.

Initialled at sig. I by Jefferson who has written on the title-page By Robinson.

Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron Rokeby, 1713-1800. The first edition of this pamphlet was also undated and was published earlier in the same year. On the verso of the title-leaf of the second edition is the statement: The first Edition of this Book having been hastily printed in the country on account of some bills relative to the subject then depending in Parliament, there were in it besides many errors of the press some omissions; these latter are supplied in the present edition by the Author together with the addition of an Appendix." "30830","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","[Shipley, Jonathan.]","A Speech intended to have been spoken on the Bill for Altering the Charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay. The Third Edition. London, Printed; Philadelphia: Re-printed and Sold, by William and Thomas Bradford. M DCC LXXIV. [1774]","","

8vo. 18 leaves including the half-title.

Halkett and Laing V, 342. Sabin 80523. Evans 13620.

The name of the author written on the title-page by Jefferson: By Jonathan Shipley Bishop of S[???] Asaph.

Jonathan Shipley, 1714-1788, Bishop of St. Asaph, was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. This speech was never delivered. It contains (on page 25) the now famous statement: ''My Lords, I look upon North America as the only great nursery of free men now left upon the face of the earth.''" "30840","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 3 [TBE]Eleven pamphlets, all printed in 1774, originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., rebound in half blue morocco by the Library of Congress, lettered on the back in gold: Colonial/Pamphlets/12/Jefferson's copy/of/A Summary View/1774/; with a portion of the 1815 bookplate preserved. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. E187 .C72 vol. 12[/TBE]","1.","","","Quincy, Josiah.","Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill; with thoughts on civil society and standing armies. By Josiah Quincy, Junior . . . Philadelphia: printed for John Sparhawk, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

30 leaves; the dedication To the Freeholders and Yeomanry of my Country dated from Boston, May 14, 1774.

Sabin 67192. Evans 13562. Hildeburn 3091. See Church 1109.

Josiah Quincy, 1744-1775, lawyer, was educated at Harvard. He died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one on board the ship on which he was returning to Boston after a secret mission to England. The first edition of the pamphlet was published in Boston by Edes and Gill in 1774. Dilly published an edition in London in the same year." "30850","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","[Jefferson, Thomas.]","A Summary View of the rights of British America. Set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia. Now in convention. By a native, and Member of the House of Burgesses. Williamsburg: printed by Clementina Rind, n.d. [1774.]","","

First Edition. 12 leaves: A-C4.

Sabin 35918. Evans 13350. Clayton-Torrence 418. Johnston, page 4.

With several manuscript notes by Jefferson, who has written on the title-page: by Thomas Jefferson.

On page 8 the footnote of 12 lines has been crossed out in ink, and Jefferson has written in the lower margin of this and the next page a replacing note:

*in 1621. Nova Scotia was granted by James I. to Sr. Wm. Alexander. in 1632. Maryland was granted by Charles I. to Lord Baltimore. in 1664. New York was granted by Charles II. to the D. of York: so also was New Jersey, which the D. of York conveied again to Ld Berkeley & Sr. Geo. Carteret. so also were the Delaware counties which the same Duke conveied again to Wm. Penn. in 1665. the country including North & South Carolina, Georgia & the Floridas was granted by Charles II. to the E. of Clarendon, D. of Albemarle, E. of Craven, Ld. Berkeley, Ld Ashley, Sr. George Carteret, Sr. John Coleton, & Sr. Wm. Berkeley. in 1681. Pennsylvania was granted by Charles II. to Wm. Penn.

On Page 13 the word New England has been completely erased in ink, and replaced by Massachusets written by Jefferson in the margin.

On page 14 a reference to the hope of a few worthless ministerial dependents to obtain a British knighthood has been annotated by Jefferson in a footnote:

*alluding to the knighting of Francis Barnard. [For Francis Bernard see no. 3074.]

On page 17 Jefferson has made two corrections. He has changed his original African corsairs to British corsairs in a marginal correction, and has erased his majesty's from the phrase his majesty's governor of the colony of Virginia, and substituted the definite article to read: the governor of the colony of Virginia.

On page 18 Jefferson has added a footnote in black ink (the other annotations are in brown ink) probably at a later date. Concerning the power of the King to dissolve parliament, he has written in the lower margin:

*since this period the king has several times dissolved the parliament a few weeks before it's expiration, merely as an assertion of the right.

On the second paragraph of the same page an alteration has been made. The original text read:

Since the establishment, however, of the British constitution, at the glorious revolution . . .

This has been changed with ink to read:

Since the reign of the Second William however, under whom the British constitution was settled . . .

This note, and the word British, unlike the other annotations, are written in broken script.

On page 19 Jefferson has written (in brown ink) the footnote:

*insert 'and the frame of government thus dissolved, should the people take upon them to lay the throne of your majesty prostrate, or to discontinue their connection with the British empire, none will be so bold as to decide against the right or the efficacy of such avulsion.'

On page 20, in the passage Our ancestors . . . were farmers, not lawyers, Jefferson has changed farmers to laborers.

[For a complete list of Jefferson's manuscript corrections, see the Introduction to Thomas Perkins Abernethy's facsimile reprint of this copy.]

Jefferson mentioned these annotations in a letter to John W. Campbell of Petersburg, Virginia, who was proposing to publish a collected edition of Jefferson's works.

Jefferson's first letter to Campbell on this subject was dated from Monticello September 3, 1809:

Your letter of July 29 came to hand sometime since, but I have not sooner been able to acknoledge it. In answer to your proposition for publishing a compleat edition of my different writings, I must observe that no writings of mine, other than those merely official have been published, except the Notes on Virginia, & a small pamphlet under the title of a Summary view of the rights of British America . . .

The Summary view was not written for publication. it was a draught I had prepared of a petition to the king, which I meant to propose in my place as a member of the Convention of 1774. being stopped on the road by sickness, I sent it on to the Speaker, who laid it on the table for the perusal of the members. it was thought too strong for the times & to become the act of the convention, but was printed by subscription of the members with a short preface written by one of them. if it had any merit it was that of first taking our true ground, & that which was afterwards assigned & maintained . . .

A month later, on October 1, 1809, Jefferson sent to Campbell this volume of pamphlets containing The Summary View, and mentioned the annotations:

I recieved last night your favor of Sep. 19. and being about commencing a journey which will keep me from home some time, I answer it immediately. I think you have done well to restrict your intentions to the Summary view,

Reports as Secretary of state, & Messages to Congress.

as I do not know that a copy of the Summary view can now be found any where else, I send you a volume of the pamphlets of that day (1774) containing it. I had written it hastily at home, & hazarded some things not certain, because I expected to ascertain them on arriving at the convention. but as I was stopped on the way & the piece was published by others before I knew of it, it went forth with it's errors uncorrected. on recieving the copy in this volume I made the M.S. corrections which you will see in it, & which, in the republication, should be made in the text . . .

Referring in the same letter to this volume and a volume containing his Reports as Secretary of State, Jefferson commented:

. . . these two volumes making part of the collection of value & constant recurrence to myself, I need not recommend them to your particular care, & to be returned as soon as you can make the necessary use of them. I never before suffered them to go out of my own hands . . .

Jefferson's first account of his writing the Summary View seems to be a contemporary one. In a document in his autograph, headed: On the instructions given to the 1st. delegation of Virginia to Congress in August 1774, and beginning: The legislature of Virginia happened to be in session in Williamsburg when news was recieved of the passage, by the British parliament, of the Boston port bill. this was to take effect on the 1st. day of June then ensuing . . ., his account is as follows:

At the election, the people re-elected every man of the former assembly as a proof of their approbation of what they had done. before I left home to attend the Convention, I prepared what I thought might be given in instruction to the Delegates who should be appointed to attend the General Congress proposed. they were drawn in haste with a number of blanks, with some uncertainties & inaccuracies of of historical facts, which I neglected at the moment, knowing they could be readily corrected at the meeting, I set out on my journey, but was taken sick on the road, and unable to proceed. I therefore sent on by express two copies, one under cover to Patrick Henry, the other to Peyton Randolph, who I knew would be in the chair of the Convention. of the former no more was ever heard or known. m[???] Henry probably thought it too bold as a first measure, as the majority of the members did. on the other copy being laid on the table of the convention by Peyton Randolph, as the proposition of a member who was prevented from attendance by sickness on the road, tamer sentiments were preferred, and I believe, wisely preferred; the leap I proposed being too long as yet for the mass of our citizens. the distance between these, and the instructions actually adopted is of some curiosity however, as it shews the inequality of pace with which we moved, and the prudence required to keep front and rear together. my creed had been formed on unsheathing the sword at Lexington. they printed the paper however, and gave it the title of 'a Summary view of the rights of British America'. in this form it got to London, where the opposition took it up, shaped it to Opposition views, and in that form it ran rapidly thro' several editions . . .

In a letter to William Plumer, sometime Governor of New Hampshire, dated from Monticello, January 31, 1815, Jefferson wrote:

. . . In aid of your general work I possess no materials whatever, or they should be entirely at your service: and I am sorry that I have not a single copy of the pamphlet you ask, entitled 'a Summary view of the rights of British America'. it was the draught of an Instruction which I had meant to propose for our Delegates to the first Congress. being prevented by sickness from attending our Convention, I sent it to them, and they printed without adopting it, in the hope that conciliation was not yet desperate. it's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was no rightful link of connection between us and England but that of being under the same king . . .

In his autobiography, written many years later, in 1821, Jefferson wrote:

The next event which excited our sympathies for Massachusets was the Boston port bill, by which that port was to be shut up on the 1st. of June 1774. this arrived while we were in session in the spring of that year . . . I prepared a draught of instructions to be given to the delegates whom we should send to the Congress, and which I meant to propose at our meeting . . . I sat out for Wms. bg some days before that appointed for our meeting, but was taken ill of a dysentary on the road, & unable to proceed. I sent on therefore to Wms.bg two copies of my draught, the one under cover to Peyton Randolph, who I knew would be in the chair of the convention, the other to Patrick Henry. whether m[???] Henry disapproved the ground taken, or was too lazy to read it (for he was the laziest man in reading I ever knew) I never learnt. but he communicated it to nobody. Peyton Randolph informed the Convention he had recieved such a paper from a member prevented by sickness from offering it in his place, and he laid it on the table for perusal. it was read generally by the members, approved by many, but throught too bold for the present state of things; but they printed it in pamphlet form under the title of 'A Summary view of the rights of British America'. it found it's way to England, was taken up by the opposition, interpolated a little by m[???] Burke so as to make it answer opposition purposes, and in that form run rapidly thro' several editions. this information I had from Parson Hurt, who happened at the time to be in London, whither he had gone to recieve clerical orders. and I was informed afterwards by Peyton Randolph that it had procured me the honor of having my name inscribed in a long list of proscriptions enrolled in a bill of attainder commenced in one of the houses of parliament, but suppressed in embryo by the hasty step of events which warned them to be a little cautious . . .

On October 15, 1804, Meriwether Jones wrote from Richmond to Jefferson:

Some time in the month of June last, I defended you in the Enquirer against a charge, that shortly before the declaration of Independence, you had drafted & signed an humble and adulatory address to the King of England. In the defence alluded to, I mentioned, that at that crisis of American affairs, you were always considered foremost of your cotemporaries; and in support of my assertion, I instanced a string of Resolutions of which you were the author, and which were forwarded to the moderator of the convention at Williamsburg in 1774. These Resolutions, Mr. Edmd. Randolph informed me, were considered a day or two in advance of the spirit of the times; but that himself, & some other young patriots were so captivated with their point and elegance, that they procured their publication by subscription: he told me too, that he had a copy of the Resolutions which were at my command. Upon this information, I promised the readers of the Enquirer, to prove, by shewing them the resolutions in question, that you foresaw very early in the progress of our revolution, that independence & liberty were inseparable. After my promise to the Public, Mr. Edmd. Randolph & myself made several unsuccessful searches for these resolutions: and as I feel some solicitude to redeem my word which still stands pledged, I have taken the liberty to ask of you a copy of them.—I am of opinion that their publication at this epoch will be of service, by proving a political consistency of character, and by calling the public feeling to a period which should be brought to their recollection as frequently as possible . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on October 19:

I recieved last night your favor of the 15th. I have but a single copy of the pamphlet you ask for, and that is bound up in a volume of pamphlets of the same year and making one of a long suite of volumes of the same nature. I mention this to impress you with the value I set on the volume as part of the history of the times, and to justify a request of attention in the use and return of it. it happens that m[???] Duval sets out this afternoon for Richmond & furnishes an opportunity of conveying it to you. it should be noted in the republication that the title, the motto and the preface were of the editors, and, with the piece itself, were printed without my knolege. I had drawn the paper at home, set out for the convention; was taken ill on the road, & sent on the paper to Peyton Randolph moderator of the convention. it was laid by him on the table of the convention for the persual of the members, and by them justly deemed ahead of the sentiments of the times: but some of them deemed it useful to publish it, & they affixed the title, epigraph & preface. I was informed by parson Hurt who was in England when it arrived there, that it ran through several editions there. as to the humble petition to the king in 1775. which I have been charged with drawing & signing, every body knows it was drawn by m[???] Dickinson, & the journals shew it was reported to congress some days before I took my seat there. the opposition to it was almost universal, and we let it pass at last merely because those who advocated it declared that if the king should not answer it satisfactorily they would then go all lengths with us. to produce this unanimity we let it pass, and we all signed it, because the king would not recieve a paper from the President of Congress . . ." "30860","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","[Dickinson, John.]","An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in assembly. Philadelphia: printed and sold, by William and Thomas Bradford, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","","

First Edition. 68 leaves: A4, A-Q4, Errata and Appendix on the last page.

Sabin 20040. Evans 13247. Hildeburn 3003.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

See the note to no. 3076." "30870","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Fisher, Jabez.]","Americanus examined, and his principles compared with those of the approved advocates for America, by a Pennsylvanian. Philadelphia: printed in the year, M DCC LXXIV. [1774.]","","

12 leaves: []4, B-C4.

Halkett and Laing I, 67 (after Evans). Sabin 1275 (under title). Evans 13277. Hildeburn 2971 (under title).

Margins cut close; a few manuscript corrections in ink." "30880","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","[Drayton, William Henry.]","A Letter from Freeman of South-Carolina, to the deputies of North-America, assembled in the High Court of Congress at Philadelphia. South-Carolina: Charles-Town, printed by Peter Timothy. M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774.]","","

4to. 24 leaves: []1, A-E4, F3. Signed and dated at the end: Freeman. South-Carolina, Charles-Town, August 10, 1774. 5 lines of Errata at the foot of the page.

Sabin 40277. Evans 13256.

The margins cut close at the fore-edge, sometimes with injury to the text; the upper margin of the last leaf, with several lines of text, torn away.

William Henry Drayton, 1742-1779, Revolutionary leader, denied in this pamphlet the right of Parliament to legislate for the American colonies." "30890","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","[Wilson, James.]","Considerations on the nature and the extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament. Philadelphia: printed and sold, by William and Thomas Bradford, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","","

20 leaves; the Advertisement dated August 17, 1774.

Sabin 104629. Evans 13775. Hildeburn 3137.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by James Wilson.

For James Wilson see no. 3032 above. This pamphlet was published anonymously and was at first ascribed to Franklin. Several references to Wilson are made by Jefferson in his autobiography." "30900","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","7.","","","[Nicholas, Robert Carter.]","Considerations on the present state of Virginia examined. [Williamsburg:] Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXIV [by Purdie and Dixon, 1774].","","

22 leaves: []4, B-E4, F2.

Sabin 55170. Evans 13500. Clayton-Torrence 424.

In his Notes on the State of Virginia (1782 ed. page 325) Jefferson includes this pamphlet, with the author's name, as one of the four pamphlets on the controversy with England, published in the State of Virginia: 1774, Considerations, &c. by Robert Carter Nicholas.

Robert Carter Nicholas, 1728-1780, colonial official and revolutionary patriot, was well-known to Jefferson.

In his autobiography begun in 1821, in connection with the day of prayer, humiliation and fasting on June 1, 1774, on the closing of the Boston port, Jefferson wrote:

. . . to give greater emphasis to our proposition, we agreed to wait the next morning on m[???] Nicholas, whose grave & religious character was more in unison with the tone of our resolution, and to sollicit him to move it . . ." "30910","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","8.","","","[Lee, Charles.]","Strictures on a pamphlet, entitled, a ''Friendly address to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of our political confusions.'' Addressed to the People of America . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by William and Thomas Bradford, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774.]","","

First Edition. 8 leaves.

Sabin 39714. Evans 13372. Hildeburn 3042.

On the title-page Jefferson has written in ink: by General Lee.

Charles Lee, 1731-1782, originally a soldier in the British Army, become a Revolutionary general in the American Army, having settled in America in 1773. The author of A Friendly Address against whom this pamphlet was written was Dr. Myles Cooper, Loyalist, president of King's College, New York." "30920","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","9.","","","[Hopkinson, Francis.]","A Pretty Story written in the Year of our Lord, 2774. By Peter Grievous, Esquire, A. B. C. D. E. . . . Williamsburg: printed by John Pinkney, for the benefit of Clementina Rind's Children, M DCC LXXIV. [1774.]","","

8 leaves: []4, B4.

Sabin 32980. Evans 13340. Clayton-Torrence 415. Wright 1232 (this copy only).

Francis Hopkinson, 1737-1791, statesman, musician and author. A Pretty Story is his first political satire, and is an allegorical account of the trouble between England and the colonies. For an account of the work, sometimes referred to as the first American novel, see Arthur Hobson Quinn, American Fiction, page 4." "30930","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","10.","","","[Lee, Arthur.]","An Appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present disputes with America. By an old Member of Parliament. London: printed for J. Almon, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

First Edition. 36 leaves: []2, B-H4, I2, K4, including the half-title, with the price, One shilling and six-pence, and two leaves of Almon's advertisement at the end.

Sabin 39697. Clayton-Torrence 420.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the first page of text Lee has written: from the author (partly cut away); on the title-page he has signed his name: By Arthur Lee and on the half-title he has written: Attorney at Law, Amherst County, Virginia.

For Arthur Lee, see no. 3076." "30940","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","11.","","","","Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774.]","","

24 leaves: []4, B-F4.

This edition not in Sabin. Evans 13725. Clayton-Torrence 410. (This copy only in both cases.)

Contains:

To the People of Great Britain, from the Delegates appointed by the several English Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to consider of their Grievances, in General Congress, at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774.

To the Inhabitants of the Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, signed Henry Middleton, President, October 26, 1774.

Friday, October 14, 1774. The Congress came into the following Resolutions. Signed Peyton Randolph, President.

The Association, &c. Dated at the end October 20, 1774, and signed by Peyton Randolph, President, and the delegates from the various states." "30950","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 4 [TBE]Twelve pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., contemporary sprinkled calf, later labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets./Vol. 13./ The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. E187 .C72 vol. 13[/TBE]","1.","","","","Some Candid Suggestions towards accommodation of differences with America. Offered to consideration of the public . . . London: printed for T. Cadell, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 16 leaves only, lacks the last leaf with one page of text. The half-title has the price, Sixpence.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 86607." "30960","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","Glover, Richard.","The Substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775. London: printed by H. S. Woodfall, for T. Cadell, and sold by J. Wilkie. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 26 leaves in fours, including the half-title with the price, One shilling; errata list on the back of the title leaf.

Sabin 27610.

Richard Glover, 1712-1785, English politician, poet and dramatist. The West India planters and merchants sent Glover a piece of plate worth £300 in acknowledgment of his services on their behalf." "30970","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","Burke, Edmund.","The Speech of Edmund Burke, Esquire, on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the Colonies, March 22d, 1775. New-York: printed by James Rivington, 1775.","","

8vo. 36 leaves in fours, Rivington's advertisement on the last page.

Sabin 9296. Evans 13853.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman, born in Dublin. This is a reprint of the third English edition printed by Dodsley in the same year. The speech took three hours to deliver." "30980","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Hartley, David.]","Speech and motions, made in the House of Commons on Monday, the 27th of March, 1775. Together with a draught of a letter of requisition to the Colonies. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [London, 1775.]","","

First Edition. 10 leaves, no title-page, half-title as above.

Sabin 30691 (with wrong collation).

Part of a written name has been cut away from the half-title.

For a note on David Hartley see no. 2788. A second edition of this pamphlet was published in the same year with the name of the author on the title-page, and with the imprint of J. Almon." "30990","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","","The Speeches in the last session of the present Parliament, delivered by several of the principal advocates in the House of Commons, in favour of the rights of America. Viz. Governor Johnstone, Mr. Cruger, the Hon. Capt. Lutterell, Colonel Acland, the Hon. Henry Temple Lutterell, Mr. Hartley, the Marquis of Granby, son of the late magnanimous hero, John Manners, Marquis of Granby. With the speech of Mr. Edmund Burke, in favour of the Protestant Dissenters, in the second Parliament of George the 3d. New-York: printed by James Rivington, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves in fours; Rivington's advertisement on the back of the title-page.

Sabin 89210. Evans 14092.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I." "31000","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","[Dalrymple, Sir John.]","The Address of the people of Great-Britain to the inhabitants of America. London: printed for T. Cadell, M DCC LXXV. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves including the half-title (with the price, 1 s.).

Halkett and Laing I, 26. Sabin 18346.

On the title-page is the autograph signature of William Anderson.

Sir John Dalrymple, 1726-1810, was baron of the exchequer. This pamphlet is attributed to him in an article in the Monthly Review, June 1775." "31010","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","7.","","","","From the London Evening Post, 29th of April 1775. To the three Generals, with Scotch orders, on their voyage to North-America . . . Critical and faithful extracts from Colonel Cavallier's Memoirs of the wars of the Cevennes, or Lower Languedoc, in his own hand writing, and in the French language. [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1775.]","","

Folio broadside cut into four pieces of 8vo. size (lower margins folded in) and so bound in this 8vo. volume.

Sabin 96037. Evans 14517. Hildeburn 3299." "31020","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","8.","","","","Affidavits and depositions, relative to the commencement of the late hostilities in the province of Massachusetts Bay: together with an address from the Provincial Convention of said province, to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, transmitted to the Congress, now sitting in this city, and published by their order. Charles Thomson, Secretary. [?Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, 1775.]","","

Folio broadside cut into 15 pieces and mounted on 8vo. sheets and so bound in this 8vo. volume.

Sabin 45622. Evans 14183. Not in Hildeburn." "31030","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","9.","","","[Johnson, Samuel.]","Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the resolutions and address of the American Congress. The Fourth edition. London: printed for T. Cadell, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","","

8vo. 47 leaves.

Halkett and Laing VI, 12. Sabin 36303. Courtney and Smith, page 125.

Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English lexicographer.

This was one of the political pamphlets written by Johnson after receiving a pension of £300 a year from the government. According to Boswell more than one insulting passage was cut out by the ministry. The earlier editions were published in the same year." "31040","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","10.","","","","Resistance no Rebellion: in answer to Doctor Johnson's Taxation no Tyranny . . . London: printed for J. Bell, M DCC LXXV. (Price 1 s.) [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 36307. Courtney and Smith, page 126.

One of the several pamphlets written in answer to Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny." "31050","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","11.","","","Lee, Charles.","Letters of Major General Lee, to the Right Honourable Earl Percy, and Major General John Burgoyne. With the answers. New-York: printed by J. Rivington, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 6 leaves; A copy of General Burgoyne's Answer (dated July 8, 1775) to General Lee's letter of June 7, 1775, on the last 2 leaves, has separate pagination and signatures.

Sabin 39170. Evans 14150.

The price, 6d, written in ink on the title-page.

Charles Lee, 1731-1782, soldier of fortune and Revolutionary general, was a native of England and served both in the British and American armies. See also no. 3091 above." "31060","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","12.","","","","A Crisis Extraordinary. Wednesday, August 9, 1775. [Philadelphia: reprinted by B. Towne, 1775.]","","

8vo. 8 leaves; signed at the end: Casca. [Price Fourpence.]

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 58219. Evans 13995. Hildeburn 3186.

Several corrections made in ink, not by Jefferson.

Concerns General Gage's Proclamation. Ascribed by Sabin to Thomas Paine, the author of the pamphlet entitled The Crisis Extraordinary, see no. 3138, which pamphlet is omitted by Sabin." "31070","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 5 [TBE]Five tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo. Calf, green silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. E187 .C72, vol. 14[/TBE]","1.","","","[Macpherson, James.]","The Rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America: being an answer to the declaration of the General Congress. The eighth edition. To which is now added, a refutation of Dr. Price's State of the national Debt. London: printed for T. Cadell, M DCC LXXVI. [1776.]","","

8vo. 64 leaves, folded table; the text ends on page 97, sig. O, recto; on the verso of the leaf is printed in large letters the word Appendix.

Halkett and Laing V, 124. Sabin 27145, 18347.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Ld. George Germaine; the fore-margins cut close.

This is the first edition of this pamphlet to include A Refutation of Dr. Price's State of the National Debt. The authorship is now usually attributed to James Macpherson, 1736-1796, the author of the Ossian poems. Macpherson lived in America from 1764 to 1766 as secretary to Governor Johnstone at Pensacola, West Florida. On his return to England in the latter year he was employed by the government as a political writer, and by Lord North's ministry to write a pamphlet in defence of their American policy.

The authorship is attributed by Jefferson, and also by others, to Lord George Germaine, 1716-1785, who in 1775 was appointed by Lord North, Secretary of State for the colonies. Other attributions are to Sir John Dalrymple, and to Henry Mackenzie, the ''Man of Feeling''. Sabin has three entries for the pamphlet, under the title, Dalrymple, and Germaine. He does not enter it under Macpherson." "31080","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","Tucker, Josiah.","The True Interest of Britain, set forth in regard to the Colonies; and the only means of living in Peace and Harmony with them, including five different plans, for effecting this desirable event. By Jos. Tucker, D.D., Dean of Glocester. Author of the Essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great-Britain, with regard to trade. To which is added by the Printer, A few more Words, on the freedom of the press in America. Philadelphia: printed, and sold, by Robert Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

8vo. 36 leaves, the last with Bell's advertisement, the two preceding (unnumbered) with the publisher's ''few more Words'', the last with reference to Plain Truth and Additions to Plain Truth, published in 1776 (see no. 3113).

Sabin 97366. Evans 15119. Hildeburn 3488.

Other pamphlets by Tucker occur in this catalogue. q.v." "31090","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","Price, Richard.","Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America. To which is added, an Appendix, containing A State of the national debt, an Estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an Account of the national income and expenditure since the last war . . . By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. London printed, 1776. Philadelphia: reprinted and sold by John Dunlap, n. d. [1776]","","

First Philadelphia Edition. 36 leaves, with the pagination misprint 61 for 71 on the last page.

Sabin 65452. Evans 15030. Hildeburn 3450.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; a portion of the upper margin of the title-page, probably containing a signature, cut away.

For another edition see no. 2994. This catalogue contains other works by Richard Price, q. v." "31100","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","Price, Richard.","Additional Observations on the nature and value of civil liberty, and the war with America; also Observations on schemes for raising money by public loans: an historical deduction and analysis of the national debt: and a brief account of the debts and resources of France . . . By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. London, printed: Philadelphia: re-printed by Hall and Sellers, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","","

8vo. 66 leaves, folded table.

Sabin 65444. Evans 16022. Hildeburn 3782.

The first edition appeared in London in 1777." "31110","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","Price, Richard.","The General Introduction to the two tracts on civil liberty, the war with America, and the finances of the Kingdom. By Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S. London, printed: Philadelphia: re-printed by Hall and Sellers, M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778.]","","

First Philadelphia Edition. 8vo. 9 leaves, the last for the Advertisement.

Sabin 65448. Evans 16023. Hildeburn 3783." "31120","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 6 [TBE]Five tracts (Paine's Common Sense and four relative tracts) bound together in one volume 8vo., calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate partly concealing the armorial bookplate of William Logan. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages or first pages. E187 .C72 vol. 15[/TBE]","1.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","Common Sense; with the Whole Appendix: the Address to the Quakers: also, the large additions, and A Dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American Independancy. Philadelphia: printed, and sold, by R. Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition with the Appendix. 8vo. 87 leaves: []4, B-L4, []5, N-U4, A6. The title as given above is preceded by the half-title (advertisement on the back) and followed by a title reading: Common Sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of Government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. The third edition . . . with Bell's imprint; the text ends on page 79, sig. L4 recto, Bell's advertisement on the verso; the next leaf has the title, with imprint, for Large additions to Common Sense, a poem entitled The American Patriot's Prayer on the verso of the leaf; the text ends on page 147, sig. U2 recto, the verso with Additions; U3 has Robert Bell, Bookseller, to the Public, followed by a leaf with the title, with imprint, for A Dialogue between the Ghost of General Montgomery just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American Delegate, in a wood near Philadelphia; 6 leaves of text with separate pagination.

Halkett and Laing I, 384. Sabin 58211, 2. Evans 14964 (with wrong collation). Hildeburn 3435.

The autograph signature of Charles Logan on the second title.

Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, who was brought up as a Quaker, originally came to America in 1774, with introductions from Benjamin Franklin whom he had met in London. This pamphlet, written at the suggestion of Benjamin Rush, was rejected by several publishers before being accepted by Bell, whose first edition appeared on January 8, 1776. The publication was anonymous and the authorship at first attributed to Franklin, John Adams and others. The attribution to Franklin was mentioned in a letter written by Jefferson on January 19, 1821, to Francis Eppes, who had requested Jefferson's opinion on Bolingbroke and Paine:

. . . no writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style; in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple and unassuming language. in this he may be compared with Dr. Franklin: and indeed his Common sense was, for awhile, believed to have been written by Dr. Franklin, and published under the borrowed name of Paine, who had come over with him from England . . ." "31130","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","Candidus.","Plain Truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common Sense: wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruinous, delusive, and impracticable: that were the author's asseverations, respecting the power of America, as real as nugatory; reconciliation on liberal principles with Great Britain, would be exalted policy: and that circumstanced as we are, permanent liberty, and true happiness, can only be obtained, by honorable connections, with that kingdom. Written by Candidus. The second edition . . . Philadelphia: printed, and sold, by R. Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, 72 leaves in fours; continuous signatures and pagination; preceding the title leaf is a leaf with The Printer to the Public on the freedom of the Press and an announcement of the third edition of Common Sense; the text of Plain Truth ends on page 74, sig. K1 verso, and is followed by a publication by Rationalis, 14 leaves; on M4 is the title with Bell's imprint for Additions to Plain Truth . . . written by the author of Plain Truth. At the end is Bell's advertisement for the next following tract, dated April 10th, 1776.

Halkett and Laing IV, 356 (by Dr. William Smith of Philadelphia). Sabin 10671 (probably by Galloway). Evans 15089 (under Smith). Hildeburn 3345 (under George Chalmers).

Jefferson was of the opinion that Alexander Hamilton was the author of this pamphlet, and on a copy of the first edition in his collection (see no. 3120 below) he has written on the title-page: by Alexander Hamilton.

Under date November 19, 1792, Jefferson wrote in the ''Anas'':

Beckley brings me the pamphlet written by Hamilton before the war in answer to Common Sense. it is entitled 'Plain Truth.' Melancton Smith sends it to Beckley & in his l[???]e says it was not printed in N. York by Loudon because prevented by a Mob, and was printed in Philadã, and that he has these facts from Loudon.

The first edition of this tract was published by Bell in Philadelphia earlier in the same year and has been ascribed to various authors, including Hamilton, though, according to some of the authorities referred to above, not before 1792, and only by his political enemies. For a discussion of the authorship see Hildeburn and Evans, and an article by Paul Leicester Ford entitled ''The Authorship of 'Plain Truth' '' in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. XII, page 421. Ford discusses Jefferson's statements above, and ascribes the pamphlet to William Smith of Philadelphia. Oliver Ellsworth, in his copy now in the Library of Congress, has written on the title-page By William Smith." "31140","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","[Green, Jacob.]","Observations: on the Reconciliation of Great-Britain, and the Colonies; in which are exhibited, arguments for, and against, that measure. By a friend of American Liberty . . . Philadelphia: printed, by Robert Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

8vo. 20 leaves in fours. On sig. E, page [33], begins The Plan of an American compact, with Great-Britain. First published at New-York.

Sabin 56558. Evans 14791. Hildeburn 3427.

Jacob Green, 1722-1790, Presbyterian minister, was educated at Harvard. ''He was an earnest advocate for American Independence. He even published a pamphlet to show its reasonableness and necessity, at a period when such an opinion was very extensively branded as a political heresy.''—Sprague III, 138." "31150","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Inglis, Charles.]","The True Interest of America impartially stated, in certain Stictures [sic] on a pamphlet intitled Common Sense. By an American . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by James Humphreys, Jun. M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves in fours.

Halkett and Laing VI, 111. Sabin 97119. Evans 14809. Hildeburn 3406.

Charles Inglis, 1734-1816, Loyalist Anglican clergyman, became the first Bishop of Nova Scotia. He was born in Ireland and came to America in 1755. Inglis was in New York at the time of the publication of Paine's Common Sense, ''one of the most artful, insidious and pernicious pamphlets I have ever met with'', and immediately wrote this reply to counteract its influence. A copy of the second edition is in the next following volume of tracts." "31160","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","","An Affectionate Address to the inhabitants of the British Colonies in America. By a lover and friend of mankind . . . Printed in the year M.DCC.LXXVI. [Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford, 1776.]","","

8vo. 31 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 46 (by John Adams). Sabin 492.

Evans 14641. Hildeburn 3316.

Halkett and Laing ascribe this pamphlet to John Adams in error. They cite Evans as their authority for this ascription, though actually Evans lists the tract anonymously under the title, John Adams being the author of the preceding tract." "31170","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 7 [TBE]A collection of nine pamphlets, consisting of Paine's Common Sense and eight relative tracts (some of them duplicates of those in the preceding volume), bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; the tracts numbered in ink serially on the titles or first pages; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. E187 .C72 vol. 16 The numbering of the titles follows that of a faulty list on the fly-leaf, not written by Jefferson.[/TBE]","1-2.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","Common Sense; with the Whole Appendix: the Address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and a Dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American Independancy. Philadelphia: printed, and sold, by R. Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

Another copy of no. 3112 above, q. v.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "31180","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","","The Ancient testimony and principles of the people called Quakers, renewed, with respect to the King and Government; and touching the Commotions now prevailing in these and other parts of America, addressed to the people in general. [Philadelphia, 1776.]","","

4to. 2 leaves; signed at the end John Pemberton, Clerk, and dated the 20th day of the first month, 1776.

Sabin 59614. Evans 14765. Hildeburn 3323. Not in Smith. Folded to fit in the 8vo. volume." "31190","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Inglis, Charles.]","The True interest of America impartially stated . . . The second edition. Philadelphia: printed and sold by James Humphreys, junr; M, DCC, LXXVI. [1776.]","","A reprint of no. 3115 above. By the same printer." "31200","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","Candidus.","Plain Truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common Sense . . . written by Candidus . . . Philadelphia: printed, and sold, by R. Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition, second issue. 2 parts in 1; 71 leaves only, should be 72; this copy lacks the first leaf with The Printer to the Public.

Evans 15088, other references as for the second edition, described above, no. 3113.

On the title-page, and on the title for the Additions to Plain Truth, Jefferson has written in ink: by Alexander Hamilton (on the second title without the word ''by'').

For a discussion of the authorship of this pamphlet and Jefferson's opinion that it was by Alexander Hamilton, see the description of the second edition, no. 3113 above." "31210","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","[Dickinson, John.]","Remarks on a late pamphlet entitled Plain Truth. By Rusticus. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves in fours. Dated at the end New-Jersey, May 8th 1776.

Sabin 74423. Evans 14735. Hildeburn 3461.

This pamphlet is not included in the Political Writings of John Dickinson, no. 3055 above." "31220","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","7-8.","","","[Green, Jacob.]","Observations, on the Reconciliation of Great-Britain, and the Colonies, in which are exhibited Arguments for, and against, that measure. By a friend of American Liberty . . . Philadelphia: printed, by Robert Bell, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","Another copy of no. 3114 above, another issue. In this issue the word Observations on the title-page is followed by a comma and the four leaves of Plan at the end are printed on blue paper." "31230","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","9.","","","","Proceedings of the Provincial Conference of Committees, of the Province of Pennsylvania; held at the Carpenter's Hall, at Philadelphia. Began June 18th, and continued by adjournments to June 25, 1776. Philadelphia: printed by W. & T. Bradford, n. d. [1776.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 60427. Evans 14974. Hildeburn 3452." "31240","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","10.","","","[Adams, John.]","Thoughts on Government: applicable to the present state of the American Colonies. In a letter from a gentleman to his friend. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 14 leaves in fours.

Halkett and Laing VI, 36. Sabin 251. Evans 14639. Hildeburn 3478. Cronin and Wise, no. 105.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: By John Adams of Massachusetts. to George Wythe of Virginia. (The second phrase is in a different and later ink from the first.) Written to counteract Paine's Common Sense, prepared originally for the delegates of North Carolina, but published to meet a wider demand. Later editions had the name of the author on the title." "31250","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","11.","","","[Braxton, Carter.]","An Address to the convention of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia; on the subject of government in general, and recommending a particular form to their consideration. By a native of that Colony. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

This tract is no longer in the volume, though called for on the list on the fly-leaf and on the early Library of Congress cards. No copy has been found in the Library of Congress though this copy was evidently seen by Sabin whose note reads: Attributed to Carter Braxton, in Jefferson's handwriting, in the copy in the Library of Congress.

16mo. 13 leaves.

Sabin 7466. Evans 14669. Clayton-Torrence 456.

Carter Braxton, 1736-1797, was one of the signers, with Jefferson, Washington, Peyton Randolph and others, of the Resolutions of May, 1769, that the Virginia House of Burgesses had the sole right to tax the inhabitants of the Colony, and was later one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The conservative principles advocated in this address are supposed to have been instrumental in his losing his seat in Congress." "31260","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","12.","","","","Four Letters on Interesting Subjects. Philadelphia: printed by Styner and Cist, MDCCLXXVI. [1776.]","","

8vo. 13 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 25285. Evans 14759. Hildeburn 3367." "31270","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 8 [TBE]Seven pamphlets bound in one volume, 8vo., original calf, later labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets./ Vol. 17./, original silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered in ink serially on the titles or first pages. E187 .C72 vol. 17[/TBE]","1.","","","","An Address to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by those freemen, of the city of Philadelphia, who are now confined in the Mason's Lodge, by virtue of a general warrant. Signed in council by the vice president of the Council of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: printed by Robert Bell, MDCCLXXVII. [1777.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves.

Sabin 59610. Evans 15496. Hildeburn 3511. Smith II, 281.

Signed by Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, James Pemberton, John Pemberton, Thomas Wharton, Edward Penington, Thomas Coombe, Henry Drinker, Thomas Fisher, Samuel Pleasants, Samuel R. Fisher, Owen Jones, Junior, Thomas Gilpin, Charles Jervis, Phineas Bond, Thomas Affleck, William Drewet Smith, Thomas Pike, William Smith, (Broker), Elijah Brown, Charles Eddy, Miers Fisher.

According to the Monthly Review these freemen were imprisoned on account of their refusal ''not to depart from their dwelling-houses and engage to refrain from doing anything injurious to the United States, by speaking, writing, or otherwise, and from giving intelligence to the commander of the British forces, or to any other person, concerning publick affairs.''" "31280","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","[TBE]Following no. 2 is a fragment of two separate leaves from a[/TBE]","2.","","","[Rush, Benjamin.]","Observations upon the Present Government of Pennsylvania. In four letters to the people of Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia: printed and sold by Styner and Cist, M DCC LXXVII. [1777.]","","

First Edition. First issue, with the list of errata at the end. 8vo. 12 leaves in fours.

Sabin 74232. Evans 15589. Hildeburn 3628. Good, page 29.

This catalogue contains a number of the works of Benjamin Rush, q. v." "31290","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","","","","","Lettre d'un Négociant de . . . à son Correspondant à . . ., sur le Crédit de la Grande-Bretagne, d'un coté, & de l'Amérique Septentrionale Unie, de l'autre. Ou Réponse à la Question: Lequel des deux doit influer le plus sur les opérations d'un homme prudent? Traduit du Hollandois.","","The first leaf, sig. A, pages 1 and 2, has the caption as above, the second leaf is pages 15 and 16 of the same work." "31300","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","[Pulteney, William.]","Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America, and the means of conciliation.","","This copy is imperfect, lacks the title. For a perfect copy (originally from Franklin's library), see no. 3062." "31310","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","Burgoyne, John.","The Substance of General Burgoyne's Speeches, on Mr. Vyner's motion, on the 26th of May; and upon Mr. Hartley's motion, on the 28th of May, 1778. With an Appendix, containing General Washington's letter to General Burgoyne. &c. Dublin: printed by John Exshaw, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","","

24 leaves, the last 3 (unumbered) for the Appendix with the Copy of a letter from General Washington to Lieutenant General Burgoyne. Head-quarters, Pensylvania, March 11th, 1778, and Notes respecting the first and second debates.

Sabin 9257.

John Burgoyne, 1722-1792, British general, was the leader of the campaign in North America in 1777, for which he was severely criticised. For his account of this expedition see no. 479." "31320","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","[Morris, Gouverneur.]","Observations on the American Revolution. Published according to a resolution of Congress, by their Committee. For the consideration of those who are desirous of comparing the conduct of the opposed parties, and the several consequences which have flowed from it. Philadelphia: printed by Styner and Cist, M DCC LXXIX. [1779.]","","

First Edition. 64 leaves including the half-title and the last blank.

Sabin 50830. Evans 16625. Hildeburn 3907.

Presentation copy to Thomas Jefferson from R. H. Lee, with his autograph inscription on the half-title: Thomas Jefferson esquire from R. H. Lee. On the title-page Jefferson has written by Gouverneur Morris.

Other works by Gouverneur Morris occur in this Catalogue." "31330","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","[Reed, Joseph.]","Remarks on Governor Johnstone's Speech in Parliament; with a collection of all the letters and authentic papers, relative to his proposition to engage the interest of one of the delegates of the State of Pennsylvania, in the Congress of the States of America, to promote the views of the British Commissioners. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779.]","","

4to. 30 leaves in twos; signed and dated at the end: Joseph Reed. Philadelphia, Sept. 8, 1779. This copy lacks the first leaf, probably a half-title; the fore-margins cut down.

Sabin 68570. Evans 16483. Hildeburn 3944.

Joseph Reed, 1741-1785, lawyer, Revolutionary statesman and soldier, was military secretary to George Washington, a member of the Continental Congress, and of the Committee of Safety.

George Johnstone, 1730-1817, Scottish commodore, one time governor of West Florida, was one of the commissioners sent from England to treat with the American colonies. He was compelled to withdraw from the commission on account of the incident, reported by Reed, in which he endeavoured to win over the American members by a private arrangement, offered in writing." "31340","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","7.","","","Galloway, Joseph.","The Examination of Joseph Galloway, Esq; late Speaker of the House of Assembly of Pennsylvania, before the House of Commons, in a Committee on the American Papers, with explanatory notes. London: printed for J. Wilkie, MDCCLXXIX. [1779.]","","

First Edition. 40 leaves, the last a blank; uncut.

Sabin 26427.

Jefferson made a reference to Galloway, in a letter to Samuel Adams Wells, written from Monticello May 12, 1819:

. . . I will now proceed to your quotation from m[???] Galloway's statements of what passed in Congress on their declaration of independance in which statement there is not one word of truth, and where bearing some resemblance to truth, it is an entire perversion of it. I do not charge this on m[???] Galloway himself; his desertion having taken place long before these measures, he doubtless recieved his information from some of the loyal friends whom he left behind him . . .

Joseph Galloway, 1730-1803, was born in Maryland, and in 1774 was elected a member of the first Continental Congress. In 1776 he took advantage of the proclamation of indemnity and served with the British army. On the evacuation of Philadelphia, where he was a magistrate, in 1778, he left for England, and in 1779 was examined before the House of Commons.

Trumbull refers in M'Fingal (q. v.) to Galloway's leaving Philadelphia:

Did you not in as vile and shallow way

Fright our poor Philadelphia Galloway?

Your Congress, when the daring ribald

Belied, berated, and bescribbled:

What ropes and halters you did send,

Terriffic emblems of his end,

Till, lest he'd hang in more than effigy,

Fled in a fog the trembling refugee." "31350","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","Volume 9 [TBE]Six tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half bound, later labels on the back lettered: Colonial/Pamphlets./ Vol. 18./ The pamphlets numbered in ink on the titles or first pages. E187 .C72 vol. 18[/TBE]","1.","","","Hartley, David.","Letters on the American War. Addressed to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the Worshipful the Wardens and Corporation of the Trinity-House, and to the worthy burgesses of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull. By David Hartley, Esq; Member of Parliament for the town of Kingston-upon-Hull. The eighth edition. London: printed for Almon, Kearsly, Dilly; Cruttwell, Bath; and Becket, Bristol. MDCCLXXIX. [1779.]","","

66 leaves in fours and twos, the latter explained by the note on the last leaf, otherwise blank: The Binder will observe, in folding the Signatures G, H; M, N; and P, Q, that they are printed as Half-Sheets in Quarto, in order that each Letter may be folded separate.

Sabin 30689.

A presentation inscription or autograph signature cut off the upper margin of the title-page.

For other works by Hartley and a biographical note see no. 2788 and the Index." "31360","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","2.","","","[Galloway, Joseph.]","[Letters to a nobleman, on the conduct of the war in the middle Colonies. ?London: J. Wilkie, 1779.]","","

8vo. 44 leaves only, should have 46, lacks the title and one preliminary leaf. This edition seems to have been issued without the map, and has an Appendix III. American Enquiry, not found in earlier editions.

This edition not in Sabin.

Uncut, the title written at the head of the first page, not by Jefferson.

For a note on Joseph Galloway, see no. 3134 above." "31370","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","3.","","","[Macpherson, James.]","A Short history of the opposition during the last session of Parliament. Dublin: printed for the Company of Booksellers, M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779.]","","

31 leaves.

Halkett and Laing V, 256. Sabin 43633.

Several of the works of James Macpherson, 1736-1796, the ''translator'' of the Ossianic poems, appear in this catalogue. The first edition of this pamphlet was printed in London in 1779, and was followed by at least six editions in the same year." "31380","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","4.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","The Crisis Extraordinary. It is impossible to sit down and think seriously on the affairs of America . . . Philadelphia: sold by William Harris in Second-Street . . . [Price four dollars single, or thirty six dollars the dozen.] [1780.]","","

First Edition. 8 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end. The Crisis Extraordinary ends on the penultimate leaf, signed and dated Common Sense. Philadelphia, October 4, 1780; it is followed by a Postscript signed C. S.

Not in Sabin. Evans 16918. Hildeburn 4034.

Uncut. This is one of the copies in which the words at his store are omitted from the imprint. The Postscript is concerned with the treachery of General Arnold. It is possible that Sabin failed to distinguish between this pamphlet and that entitled A Crisis Extraordinary (see no. 3106 above) ascribed by him to Thomas Paine." "31390","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","5.","","","","Proceedings of a Board of General Officers, held by order of his Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States of America. Respecting Major John André, Adjutant General of the British Army. September 29, 1780. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, M.DCC.LXXX. [1780.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves including the half-title; with the misprint in the number on page 7.

Sabin 1454. Evans 17043. Hildeburn 4048.

John André, 1751-1780, major in the British Army in America, was executed on October 3, 1780." "31400","J. 312","Great Britain & America. tracts. 1765-1781. 10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 237, Great Britain & America, pamphlets from 1765-1781, 10 v 8vo.","Nine volumes from Jefferson's library have been identified as follows:","","6.","","","[Gerard de Rayneval, Joseph Mathias.]","Observations on the Justificative Memorial of the Court of London. Paris, printed by the royal authority. Philadelphia: printed by F. Bailey, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781.]","","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 65 leaves in twos. On the title-page is written: His Excellency The Governor.

Another copy of no. 2132 q. v.

The translation is by Peter Stephen du Ponceau, later concerned in the Batture case, q. v. The Justificative Memorial was by Edward Gibbon the historian. A different work with the same title was published by Caron de Beaumarchais, with his name on the title-page, in 1779." "31410","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","1.","","","","Report of the Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly of this Colony, to treat with the proprietaries of Pennsylvania, respecting the boundaries of this Colony and that Province. Norwich: printed by Green & Spooner, 1774.","","

4to. 20 leaves in fours; ends on sig. E4, page 36, with the catchword ''We'', but is perfect according to the bibliographies cited below.

Sabin 15685. Evans 13214. Trumbull 1294.

On the title-page is written in ink in an early hand: Library of Congress.

This and the following three tracts are relative to the Pennsylvania-Connecticut boundary dispute, caused by the support given by Connecticut in 1774 to the claim of the Susquehannah Company to the northeastern portion of what was then Pennsylvania, but to which Connecticut had legal claim. See The Susquehannah Papers, edited by Julian P. Boyd." "31420","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","2.","","","","The Susquehannah case. [Norwich: Green & Spooner, 1774.]","","

4to. 13 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 94946. Evans 18971 (under date 1785). Trumbull 1477.

Cut into at the fore-edges, with damage to the marginalia.

Prepared by Governor Jonathan Trumbull and printed to accompany the above report. See his Memorial to the General Assembly. Evans quotes his Memorial as his authority for the date 1785." "31430","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","3.","","","[Smith, William.]","An Examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers. Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Crukshank, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

2 parts in 1, 47 and 16 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, folded map; Postscript at the end of the first part; the second part for the Appendix.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 84605. Evans 13629.

Hildeburn 3113.

By William Smith, provost of the College of Philadelphia. Other works by him appear in this catalogue, q.v." "31440","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","4.","","","Trumbull, Benjamin.","A Plea, in vindication of the Connecticut title to the contested lands, lying west of the province of New-York, addressed to the public, by Benjamin Trumbull, A.M. New-Haven: printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774.]","","

First Edition, second issue. 8vo. 81 leaves, the last for the list of errata; on page 103 of this issue begins: An Appendix, in three parts, exhibiting several copies and extracts of ancient Charters and Papers, to which reference is had in the preceding sheets; and also quotations from ancient history, reflecting light on the controversy in hand, as well as on the general history of Connecticut.

Sabin 97189. Evans 13692. Dexter II, 624, 4. Trumbull 1515.

Benjamin Trumbull, 1735-1820, pastor at North Haven, Connecticut. The allowance of the claim of Connecticut to the Western-Reserve lands was due largely to this pamphlet, the text of which originally appeared in the Connecticut Journal in March and April, 1774. The pamphlet was published in June." "31450","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","5.","","","[Wharton, Samuel.]","Plain facts: being an examination into the rights of the Indian nations of America, to their respective countries; and a vindication of the grant, from the six united nations of Indians, to the proprietors of Indiana, against the decision of the legislature of Virginia; together with authentic documents, proving that the territory, westward of the Allegany Mountain, never belonged to Virginia, &c. Philadelphia: printed and sold by R. Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781.]","","

8vo. 82 leaves in fours.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 63221. Evans 17437. Hildeburn 4133 (under Thomas Paine). Alvord II, 316.

With a few marginal annotations by Jefferson and others.

Samuel Wharton, 1732-1800, Philadelphia merchant and land speculator. The six United Nations ceded the ''Indiana grant'' in 1768, and the following year Wharton went to England to have this grant validated by the Crown.

This tract is an enlargement of one published by Wharton in 1776 with a different title. It has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin, Anthony Benezet and Thomas Paine." "31460","J. 315","Colony titles, to wit of Pensvã, N. York, & Vermont. tracts. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 234, Colony titles—to wit, of Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont, 8vo.","Six tracts bound in a volume, 8vo., half calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]E187 .C72 vol. 19[/TBE]","","6.","","","Allen, Ethan.","A Vindication of the opposition of the inhabitants of Vermont to the government of New-York, and of their right to form into an independent State. Humbly submitted to the consideration of the impartial world. By Ethan Allen. [Dresden:] printed by Alden Spooner, 1779, Printer to the state of Vermont.","","

Sm. 4to. 86 leaves: []4, B-X4, Y2; the Appendix begins on page 90, sig. M, verso. Printed on blue paper.

Sabin 803. Evans 16183. Church 1156. Gilman, page 6.

Ethan Allen, 1737-1789, Revolutionary soldier and author, was deeply concerned in the recognition of Vermont as a separate state.

This tract was entered by Jefferson in chapter 4 as a separate entry. It seems probable that he had two copies. See no. 498." "31470","J. 316","","","","Journals of Congress to it's dissolñ Oct. 88. with dupl. of some parts.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 258, Journals of Congress from 1774-88, 13 vols. 8vo. [TBE]This set now consists of vol. III-XIII only, the first two having disappeared; 8vo., bound in old calf or sheep, repaired, and all, with the exception of vol. VIII which has a new bookplate, have the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate on the original marbled end papers or preserved on the new end papers. None of the volumes is signed by Jefferson, whose name occurs in the text of several volumes. J10 .A1 The set is as follows:[/TBE]","","Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings From January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778, published by Order of Congress. Volume III. New-York: printed by John Patterson, n. d.","","

313 leaves including the Index (with continuous signatures, separate pagination). The first four-and-a-half sheets, as far as E4, are in eights, the rest of the book is in fours; F1 begins with the syllable ''vour'' [for ''favour''] as in Dunlap's edition, though the complete word is needed and exists only in the catchword.

Sabin 15545 (for all volumes). Evans 16138 (Dunlap's edition).

Several corrections are made in ink.

Journals of Congress, containing the Proceedings from January 1st, 1778, to January 1st, 1779. Published by order of Congress. Volume IV. Philadelphia: printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to the Honorable the Congress, n. d.

376 leaves (in a 25 letter alphabet) including the last blank, and 48 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination for the Index and Appendix.

Evans 16584.

Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1779, to January 1, 1780 . . . Volume V. Philadelphia: printed by David C. Claypoole, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782.]

240 and 37 leaves, the latter for the Index with separate signatures and pagination.

Evans 17766.

This copy is of the corrected issue. The back cover is missing.

Resolutions, Acts and Orders of Congress for the year 1780. Volume VI. Published by Order of Congress. [Philadelphia:] printed by John Dunlap, n.d. [1786].

128 and 22 leaves, the latter for the Index, with separate signatures and pagination.

Evans 20079.

An abridgment of the Journals of Congress for 1780.

Journals of Congress . . . for the year 1781 . . . Volume VII. New-York: printed by John Patterson, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787.]

276 leaves including the last blank and 40 leaves for the Index, with separate signatures and pagination.

Evans 20773.

A reprint of Claypoole's edition of 1782. Printed in an edition of 500 copies by order of Congress.

Journal of the United States in Congress assembled, containing the Proceedings from the first Monday in November 1782, to the first Monday in November 1783. Volume VIII . . . Philadelphia: printed by David C. Claypoole, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783.]

242 and 18 leaves, the latter for the Index, with separate signatures and pagination.

Evans 18266.

Journal of the United States in Congress assembled: containing the Proceedings from the third day of November, 1783, to the third day of June, 1784. Volume IX . . . Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, Printer to the United States in Congress assembled, n. d.—Journal of the Committee of the States: containing the Proceedings from the first Friday in June, 1784, to the second Friday in August, 1784 . . . ib. M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]

2 parts in 1, 159, 9 (Index), and 24 leaves.

Evans 18840, 18841.

Journal . . . containing the Proceedings from the first Monday in November, 1784 . . . [Philadelphia:] printed by John Dunlap . . . M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785.] [Volume X.]

184 and 13 leaves; some sheets in quarto.

Evans 19316.

Journal of the United States in Congress assembled: containing the Proceedings from the 3d day of November, 1785. to the 3d day of November, 1786. Volume XII [sic, for volume XI] . . . printed by John Dunlap, n. d.

146 leaves including the Index (with separate pagination); the last leaf of text appears to be a cancel. The error on the title-page is corrected in ink.

Evans 20068.

Journal of the United States in Congress assembled; containing the Proceedings from the sixth day of November, 1786, to the fifth day of November, 1787. Vol. XII . . . M,DCC,LXXXVII. [New-York, 1787.]

133 leaves including the Index, with continuous signatures; some sheets in quarto.

Evans 20072.

Journal . . . from the 5th day of November, 1787. to the 3d day of November 1788. Volume XIII . . . printed by John Dunlap, n. d. [1788.]

139 leaves including the Appendix and Index (which is misprinted volume XIV).

Evans 21562." "31480","J. 317","","","","Constitution des treize etats-Unis de l'Amerique.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 96, no. 395, Constitutions des Treize Etats Unis de l'Amerique, par le Due de la Rochefoucault, 4to.","","Constitutions des treize états-Unis de l'Amérique. [Traduction de Louis Armand, duc de la Rochefoucault.] A Philadelphie: et se trouve à Paris, chez Ph.-D. Pierres, et Pissot, père & fils [de l'imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres], 1783.","JK19 .F8 1783","

First Edition. 4to. Printed on Large Paper. 270 leaves in fours including the half-title and a blank. On the verso of the half-title: N.B. Cet exemplaire est tiré sur Papier d'Annonay, de la Fabrique de MM. Johannot.

Barbier I, 735. Evans 18265. Quérard IV, 568. Faÿ, page 17.

Original French calf, gilt line borders on sides, gilt back, marbled end papers, marbled edges, green silk bookmark. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Louis Armand, Duc de la Rochefoucault, 1732-1792, French statesman, held several important offices including that of President of the Department of Paris, He was assassinated in 1792." "31490","318","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 434, The Charter of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, &c. fol. [TBE]American Charters: Six charters bound in one volume folio, as follows: JK54 .A5[/TBE]","","i. Maryland Charter.","","

Imperfect in the copy in the Library of Congress, starts on sig. B, page 5.

ii. Connecticut. Charter granted by King Charles the Second, in the 14th year of his reign. Undecima pars Patentium anno regni Regis Caroli Secundi quartodecimo. [1662.]

5 leaves.

iii. Rhode-Island Charter granted by King Charles the Second, in the 15th year of his reign. Quintadecima pars Patentium de anno regni Regis Caroli Secundi quintodecimo. [1663.]

7 leaves.

iv. Pennsylvania Charter granted by King Charles the Second, in the 33d year of his reign. Prima pars Patentium de anno regni Regis Caroli Secundi tricesimo tertio. [1681.]

6 leaves.

v. Massachusets Bay Charter granted by King William and Queen Mary, in the third year of their reign. Septima pars Patentium, de anno regni Regis Gulielmi tertii, et Mariæ tertio. [1691.]

11 leaves.

vi. Georgia Charter granted by his present Majesty, in the fifth year of his reign. [1731.]

9 leaves.

Caption titles only, no title-pages or imprints.

Not in Sabin, who cites similar collections printed in 1774 and 1776 (8vo) and 1766 (4to). The present collection was printed during the reign of George II, that is, before 1760." "31500","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton.","1.","","","[Hamilton, Alexander.]","A Second letter from Phocion to the considerate citizens of New-York. Containing remarks on Mentor's reply. New-York: printed by Samuel Loudon, M DCC LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 22 leaves, uncut.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 29964. Evans 18516. Ford 15.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Alexander Hamilton.

Phocion's first letter, written on behalf of the Tories against whom public feeling was strong, was published in 1784 in several editions. The reply of Mentor [i. e. Isaac Ledyard] quickly followed, and was answered by Phocion's Second Letter. For a history of the Phocion-Mentor controversy see J. B. McMaster, History of the People of the United States, I, 127." "31510","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Murray's Political sketches.","2.","","","[Murray, William Vans.]","Political Sketches, inscribed to his Excellency John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of Great Britain. By a Citizen of the United States . . . London: printed for C. Dilly, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 52 leaves in eights.

Halkett and Laing IV, 392. Sabin 51550.

Presentation copy from the author, with his autograph letter inserted at the beginning:

Mr. Murray returns ''The Preface to Belendenus'' with many thanks to Mr. Jefferson—and begs leave to add the pamphlet which accompanies this (as a Juvenile essay,) to Mr. Jefferson's collection of American pieces.

Thursday morning.

275. So. Front.

The author's name was written on the half-title, but obscured with ink.

On the title-page Jefferson has written under the words By a Citizen of the United States: William Vans Murray.

William Vans Murray, 1760-1803, diplomat, was for some time minister to the Netherlands, and minister plenipotentiary to France.

For the Preface to Belendenus see no. 2772." "31520","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Decius's letters.","3.","","","","Decius's Letters on the Opposition to the New Constitution in Virginia, 1789. Richmond: printed by Aug. Davis n. d. [1789].","","

8vo. 67 leaves, including the half-title; errata list at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Evans 21971. Ford, Bibliography of the Constitution, 126.

On the title-page Jefferson has written:

written by Dr. Montgomery. except the dedication which was by John Nicholas of Albemarle M. S. notes by John Nicholas.

The Dedication, signed The Author, is To the Honorable the Assembly of Virginia.

There are several notes and corrections by Nicholas, and one or two by Jefferson.

Evans states that this was attributed by John Adams to John Nicholas, and quotes Jefferson's note on the title-page of this copy as to the authorship without mentioning that the handwriting was that of Jefferson. The letters were written to the Virginia Independent Chronicle between December 1, 1788, and July 1789.

James Montgomery was a member of the Virginia Convention.

John Nicholas, 1756-1819, represented Albemarle in the Assembly. He was originally a friend of Jefferson, who appointed him to command the militia which attempted to defend Richmond against Arnold. Later he and Jefferson became estranged.

This tract is an attack on Patrick Henry and the Anti-Federalists in Virginia." "31530","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Plea for the poor souldiers.","4.","","","[Webster, Pelatiah.]","A Plea for the poor soldiers; or an Essay, to demonstrate that the soldiers and other public creditors, who really and actually supported the burden of the late war, have not been paid! ought to be paid! can be paid! and must be paid! By a Citizen of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, M,DCC,LXC. [i. e. 1790.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 19 leaves only, lacks the first leaf (probably the half-title); dated at the end from Philadelphia, January 2, 1790.

Halkett and Laing IV, 363. Sabin 102412. Evans 23060.

On the title is written in ink: The Printer, To the hon James Maddison, Esqr.

Other works by Pelatiah Webster appear in this catalogue, q.v." "31540","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt.","5.","","","","Fallacy detected, by the evidence of facts; or, Considerations on the impolicy and injustice of a compulsory reduction of the interest on the publick debt, in a letter to a Member of Congress. Printed in the year, M,DCC,XC. [Philadelphia, 1790.]","","

First Edition. 22 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 23753. Evans 22496.

On the title-page is the autograph signature of J. Madison." "31550","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S.","6.","","","Sullivan, James.","Observations upon the Government of the United States of America. By James Sullivan, Esq. Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: printed and sold by Samuel Hall, MDCCXCI. [1791.]","JK171 .S95","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves in fours, including the half-title.

Sabin 93501. Evans 28312.

This pamphlet is no longer in its place in the volume, and was removed before 1849, as it is not in the catalogue of that year. A copy in the Library of Congress may have been Jefferson's. It is unbound, in uncut condition, and was an autograph presentation copy from the author with his inscription on the half-title. The name of the addressee has been torn away.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Sullivan, to whom Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on July 31, 1791:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Sullivan & thanks him for the perusal of the pamphlet he was so kind as to send him. he sees with great pleasure every testimony to the principles of pure republicanism; and every effort to preserve untouched that partition of the sovereignty which our excellent constitution has made, between the general & particular governments. he is firmly persuaded that it is by giving due tone to the latter, that the former will be preserved in vigour also, the constitution having foreseen it's incompetency to all the objects of government & therefore confined it to those specially described. when it shall become incompetent to these also, instead of flying to monarchy for that semblance of tranquillity which it is the nature of slavery always to hold forth, the true remedy would be a subdivision as m[???] Sullivan observes. but it is hoped that by a due poise & partition of powers between the general & particular governments we have found the secret of extending the benign blessings of republicanism over still greater tracts of country than we possess, and that a subdivision may be avoided for ages, if not for ever.

James Sullivan, 1744-1808, statesman and author, was for several years Governor of Massachusetts. He was one of the earliest members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences." "31560","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U.S.","7i.","","","[Logan, George.]","Letters, addressed to the yeomanry of the United States: shewing the necessity of confining the public revenue to a fixed proportion of the net produce of the land; and the bad policy and injustice of every species of indirect taxation and commercial regulations. By a Farmer. Philadelphia: printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

First Edition. 24 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, 318. Sabin 39243 (under Dr. Laughan). Evans 23507.

In line with the words By a Farmer Jefferson has written: Dr. Logan.

George Logan, 1753-1821, Quaker physician and farmer and United States Senator, was a friend of Jefferson. These letters have been wrongly attributed to Alexander Hamilton and to M. G. St. Jean Crevecoeur." "31570","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","","7ii.","","","[Logan, George.]","Five letters, addressed to the yeomanry of the United States: containing some observations on the dangerous scheme of Governor Duer and Mr. Secretary Hamilton, to establish National Manufactories. By a Farmer. Philadelphia: printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,XCII. [1792.]","","

First Edition. 14 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 299. Sabin 39242 (under Laughan). Evans 24480.

On the title-page Jefferson has written in ink the name of the author, Dr. Logan.

The last two letters are concerned with trade and manufactures. Dr. Logan himself always wore homespun to encourage home manufactures." "31580","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Leavenworth on Colony commerce.","8.","","","Brown, Alexander Campbell [i. e. Mark Leavenworth].","Colony Commerce; or, Reflections on the commercial system, as it respects the West-India islands, our Continental Colonies & the United States of America: with some remarks on the present high price of sugar, and the means of reducing it. By Alexander Campbell Brown. London: printed for R. Faulder, sold also by W. and J. Stratford. [Price two shillings.] n.d. [1792.]","","

First Edition. 44 leaves; advertisement on the last page.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 8439 (under Brown).

Below Alexander Campbell Brown's name on the title-page Jefferson has written: M. Leavenworth of Connecticut.

This pamphlet was sent to Jefferson by M. Leavenworth who wrote from London on April 14, 1792 (received by Jefferson on June 1):

I have lately published (in a fictitious Name) the inclosed Pamphlet. The object was to evince that it was for the interest of G. Britain to admit into their service American built ships, to admit American Vessels into their West Indies and American Provisions into their Ports.

I the more readily engaged in this, as many seem to wish for a treaty of Commerce between our Country and G. Britain who appeared not to know what to ask for. They did not seem to have defined in their own Minds what they might expect.

The object will explain some things in the title and Manner of the Pamphlet which at first might appear strange.

On July 14, 1792, Tench Coxe (q. v.) wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

I do myself the honor to transmit to you the pamphlet on the Colony Commerce of Great Britain, which you were so kind as to lend me. It was not untill six oClock yesterday afternoon, that I could find it, when I was sorry to learn you had set out, as it was my intention to have paid my respects to you before your departure.

I beg your acceptance of the other pamphlet, which will be found in this Inclosure . . .

A postscript reads: I have good reason to believe the pamphlet said to be written by Alexr. Campbell Brown was produced by a Citizen of Connecticut, now in England.

All bibliographies consulted list this tract under Alexander Campbell Brown without further information concerning him.

The note to the letter from Leavenworth in the Bixby catalogue (by Worthington Chauncey Ford) reads: ''The pamphlet is mentioned in the Jefferson library, but unfortunately without any suggestion of its title. It was probably lost in the burning of a part of the Library of Congress in 1851, as it does not appear in the catalogue of 1861. No pamphlet answering this description is in the British Museum under Leavenworth.''

Mark Leavenworth, 1752-1812, a native of Connecticut, lived in Paris and in London." "31590","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","","9.","","","Tatham, William.","A Topographical Analysis of the Commonwealth of Virginia, compiled for the year 1790-1. Shewing the extent and relative situation of the several counties; their distance from the seat of government; population, force, county lieutenants, representatives, &c. also the district, and county courts, the civil list of the Commonweath, &c. carefully collected from public records and other authorities. To be continued annually . . . Richmond: printed by Thomas Nicolson exclusive printer for the author at that place n.d. [1791].","","

Folio broadside, folded and mounted.

Sabin 94413. Evans 23820.

Sent to Jefferson by the author with a printed circular letter dated from the Capitol of Virginia, September 3, 1791. The letter reads in part:

I herewith inclose A Topographical Analysis of Virginia, which I desire you to accept. I have handed this to the World under a State title only, that the community may have the immediate use of it: But it is my intention to extend the plan throughout the Union. Our Citizens, and Youth, may hereby acquire, a competent information of of [sic] their Country . . .

If the gentlemen who have direction in our universities and colleges are of my opinion, their official recommendation will be advantageous to Society.

Other works by Tatham appear in this catalogue." "31600","J. 319","Political tracts American. viz. Phocion's second letter by A. Hamilton. Murray's Political sketches. Decius's letters Plea for the poor souldiers. Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt. Sullivan's observñs on the gov[???]t of the U. S. Logan's l[???]es to the yeomanry of the U. S. Leavenworth on Colony commerce. Census of the U. S. of 1791.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 262, Political Tracts, American, 1784-91, to wit, Hamilton, Murray, Logan, Leavenworth, &c 8vo.","

Nine pamphlets, all in uncut condition, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, by the Library of Congress in 1907. A list in pencil is on the fly-leaf, not made by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8, vol. 96[/TBE]

Sullivan's Observations is not in the volume, and is not listed as being in this volume in the early Library of Congress catalogues. The eighth pamphlet, Tatham's Topographical Analysis, is not listed by Jefferson.

The tracts were originally put into a half binding for Jefferson, whose instructions are written in the top margin of the first tract: half bound & lettered 'Political Tracts. American.'","Census of the U. S. of 1791.","10.","","","","Return of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to ''An Act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States;'' passed March the first, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. Philadelphia: printed by Childs and Swaine, M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves.

Sabin 11662. Evans 23916.

The first published census of the inhabitants of the United States. Blank spaces were left for pasting down the printed slips of additional matter received during the printing. In this copy these are so filled with the pasted-down matter [returns for Kentucky and South Carolina]. The first page of text is attested by Jefferson: Truly stated from the original Returns deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State. Th: Jefferson. October 24, 1791.

The copy from the library of Oliver Wolcott, now in the Library of Congress, has the autograph signature of Jefferson at the end. Sabin erroneously states that ''Each copy of the Philadelphia edition is signed with the autograph of Thomas Jefferson, at that time Secretary of State.'' This copy has no autograph signature.

Jefferson several times mentioned the census in his correspondence, both before and after publication.

In a letter to De Moustier, written from Philadelphia on December 3, 1790, Jefferson wrote:

. . . we are now going on with a census of our inhabitants. it will not be completed till the next summer: but such progress is already made as to shew our numbers will very considerably exceed the former estimates . . .

On January 23, 1791, he wrote to William Short:

. . . The census has made considerable progress, but will not be completed till midsummer. it is judged at present that our numbers will be between 4. and 5. millions. Virginia it is supposed will be between 7. & 800,000 . . .

On July 29, 1791, to Lewis Littlepage, Jefferson wrote:

. . . our Census, according to the progress made in it promises our numbers to be about three millions & a half, of which Virginia will be about 700,000 exclusive of Kentucké which is about 74,000 . . .

A month later, on August 24, Jefferson sent a copy, presumably in manuscript, to William Carmichael:

. . . I inclose you a copy of our census, which so far as it is written in black ink is founded on actual returns, what is in red ink being conjectural, but very near the truth. making very small allowance for omissions which we know to have been very great, we may safely say we are above four millions . . .

Similarly to William Short, a few days later, on August 29:

. . . I inclose you also a copy of our census written in black ink so far as we have actual returns, & supplied by conjecture in red ink where we have no returns. but the conjectures are known to be very near the truth. making very small allowance for omissions which we know to have been very great, we are certainly above 4. millions, probably about 4,100,000 . . ." "31610","J. 320","","","","Journals of the H. of Burgesses of Virginia. from ----- to -----.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 445, Journals of the Assembly of Virginia, 40-59, 60-74, 78-81, 84-85, 4 v fol.","","The Journal of the House of Burgesses . . . Williamsburg: printed by William Parks, 1740 [-1748; by William Hunter, 1752-1761; by William Rind, 1770-1774.]—Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. May 4th, Anno Domini 1778. Williamsburg: printed by Alexander Purdie [—by John Clarkson and Augustine Davis, 1779; Richmond: printed by John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, 1780; Charlottesville: printed by John Dunlap and James Hayes, 1781.]—Journal of the Senate. Williamsburg: printed by J. Dixon & T. Nicolson, M,DCC,LXXIX [from October 5, by John Clarkson and Augustine Davis] 1779.—Journal of the House of Delegates [Richmond: printed by Nicolson and Prentis?], 1784-5.","J87.V6","

4 vol. folio and 4to.

Evans 4618, 5083, etc. Swem 1999 etc. Clayton-Torrence 166, 172, etc. Wroth 111.

The first three volumes only from the Jefferson collection; his copy of the fourth volume cannot be identified with certainty. A copy rebound in half red morocco has been cut off at the end of 1785, the date called for in the 1815 catalogue, and for that reason may be Jefferson's. The first volume rebound in half morocco, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; the second volume in original sheep, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate; the third volume rebound in buckram, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in various places. Several leaves damaged and defective, some leaves missing, some misbound, and many leaves badly cut into.

Some of the numbers (if not all) of the first volume were from the library of Richard Bland, with his autograph signature on the title-page of the Journal for 1752, and a note in his hand at the end of the Journal for 1742, the year in which he entered the House of Burgesses for Prince George County." "31620","J. 321","","","","Journals of the H. of Repres. of the U.S. 1789-93.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 435, Journals of the House of Representatives, 1789-93, 2 v fol—no. 436, Journals of the House of Representatives, 1789-93, 5 vols. fol.","","Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. Anno M,DCC,LXXXIX, and of the Independence of the United States the Thirteenth. New-York: printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, n. d.—Journal . . . at the second session of the Second Congress, M,DCC,XCII, and of the Independence of the United States the seventeenth [5 November, 1792—2 March 1793.] Philadelphia: ib, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793.]","","

Folio. 7 Journals in 2 volumes.

Sabin 15554. Evans 22208, 22980, 22981, 23898, 23899, 24910, 26332.

A copy was half-bound for Jefferson on June 17, 1809, by Milligan. Jefferson's copy for the year M,DCC,XC, printed in Philadelphia by Childs and Swaine, 1791, is extant, half-bound, with the 1815 bookplate of the Library of Congress removed, but with the offset clearly visible on the opposite fly-leaf. This volume has an Appendix containing the Proceedings of the District of Kentucky for Admission into the Union as an Independent State.

The 1815 catalogue calls for two sets, one in 2, the other in 5 volumes." "31630","322","","","","Journals of the Senate of the U.S. 1789.-93.","","2. v. fol.—do. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 437, [Journals] of the Senate 1789-93, 4 v fol.—no. 438, [Journals] of the Senate 1789-93, 2 v fol. 1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 260, Journals of the Senate of the United States. 1793-1809, 12 v 8 vo.","","1. Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New-York, March 4th, 1789, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the said States. New-York: printed by Thomas Greenleaf, M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789.]—Journal . . . being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, [-2 March, 1793] in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States. Philadelphia: printed by John Fenno, M.DCC.XCII. [i. e. 1793.]","J21","

Folio. 6 Journals in 2 volumes.

Sabin 15551. Evans 22207, 22982, 23900, 23901, 24911, 26333.

A copy was half-bound for Jefferson by Milligan on June 7, 1809.

2. The first 8vo. volume is that for the first session of the Fourth Congress, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, December 7, 1795. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, M DCC XCV [1795]. The Journals were printed in Philadelphia until 1800, when the Government moved to Washington, and were then printed by Way and Groff, by A. & G. Way, and later by William Duane and others. The volume for 1809, the last one sold to Congress by Jefferson, is for the second session of the Eleventh Congress begun and held in the City of Washington November 27th 1809 . . . Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1809. [TBE]J21[/TBE]" "31640","323","","","","Official Reports. 1790-92.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 440. Official Reports 1790-1, fol.","","Official reports from the Executive Departments to the House of Representatives of the United States, 1790-1792.","","

Copies of the Reports of the Secretary of State [Jefferson], the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and other officials to the House of Representatives are in the Library of Congress, and a number may have been part of the Jefferson collection, but have no specific marks of identification.

A copy of the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Establishment of a Mint has the date Jan. 28, 1791, written in ink at the head, in what may be Jefferson's handwriting.

A copy of the Report of the Secretary of State [i. e. Jefferson], on the lands not claimed by the Indians nor by any citizens, dated November 10, 1791, is in the original blue wrappers, on which is written Secretary of State and Western lands (not by Jefferson).

A copy of the Secretary of the Treasury's Report for November 19, 1792, has in Jefferson's autograph at the head: Nov. 19, 1792 damages during war." "31650","?J. 324","","","","Robert Morris's Accounts.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 439. Morris's Accounts, 1781-4, fol.","[Morris, Robert.]","A Statement of the Accounts of the United States of America, during the administration of the Superintendant of Finance, commencing with his appointment, on the 20th day of February, 1781, and ending with his resignation, on the 1st day of November, 1784. Philadelphia: printed by Robert Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","HJ10 .E1 1785","

Folio. 109 leaves in twos.

Sabin 50867. Evans 19333.

Half-bound, the title written in ink on the upper cover. This volume is not initialled by Jefferson but was probably his copy. On the title is written in pencil the chapter and number from the 1815 catalogue (that is, Jefferson's number, but not in his hand). This number was changed in all later catalogues.

The book was missing when George Watterston, the Librarian of Congress, first arranged the Jefferson collection and he so reported it to Jefferson in a letter dated from Washington, December 7, 1815:

. . . I find, on reexamining the book, that there are two works which have not been received viz—''Rays American Tars in Tripoli & Morris' Accounts''. These are the only deficiencies I know of . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 2, 1816:

. . . I think you may be assured you have Morris's accts. C. 24. No. 439. and that they are evidentally out of place . . .

A postscript to a letter to Jefferson written by Watterston on March 8 states:

. . . am happy to state that I was under a mistake in relation to Morris' Accounts.

Robert Morris, 1734-1806, Superintendent of Finance for the American Revolution. He was born in England and came to the United States at the age of thirteen." "31660","J. 325","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 444, Receipts and Expenditures, 1793, 4, 8, 1801, 2, 4, 5, 6, fol, 7 v. [TBE]Of the seven volumes called for by the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue as above, only five can now be found. The volume for 1794 was missing at an early date, and is so marked in the contemporary working copy of that catalogue. The five available volumes are for the years 1801, 1802, 1804, 1805 and 1806:[/TBE]","","An Account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States. For the year 1801 [-1806]. Stated in pursuance of the standing order of the House of Representatives of the United States, passed on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. Washington, Territory of Columbia: printed and published by order of the House of Representatives [by A. and G. Way], 1801-7.","HJ10 .A5; 25.6 5037","

5 vol. Folio, folded tables in all volumes, the imprint for the earlier volumes reads as above, later changed to Washington City; the name of the printer in the volume for 1806.

Uniformly bound in half calf, red leather labels on the backs lettered in gilt (new labels on 3 volumes), and on the front cover of each volume a red label lettered: President of the United States.

With the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate in each volume.

The 1815 catalogue calls for a volume of Public accounts, 1797-1801, 2 v fol (page 103, no. 442). The Library of Congress has many volumes of public accounts for this period, none of which can be placed definitely in the Jefferson collection." "","326","","","","State papers 1793.4—94.5—94.7—95.6—96.7.—97. Blount—97.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 261, State papers, 1793-1812, 36 v 8vo.","","State papers and public documents of the United States from 1793 to 1812. Philadelphia and Washington, 1795 to 1812.","","36 volumes, 8vo." "31670","","State papers. 1797-8. 98.9—99.1800.—1800—1800.1—1801.2—1802. to 1809.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 443. State papers, 1795-1809, 8 v fol.","

[TBE]State papers and public documents from 1795 to 1809. Philadelphia and Washington, 1795 to 1810.[/TBE]

8 volumes, folio.

With two exceptions, Jefferson's copies of these two sets are no longer in the Library of Congress as such. Many of the Library copies have been obviously torn from bound volumes and may have been from Jefferson's library. Some few have notes in his hand or have his name written on in another hand. The working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, annotated when the books were received, states that the octavo set was imperfect, and that the folio set had nine volumes.

The volumes which are unquestionably from Jefferson's library are the following:","","J. i.","","","Washington, George.","A Message of the President of the United States to Congress relative to France and Great-Britain. Delivered December 5, 1793. With the papers therein referred to. To which are added the French originals. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed by Childs and Swaine, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793.]","3H1D4 copy 4","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, 122 leaves in all (52, 54 and 16).

Evans 26334.

Originally bound for Jefferson by March; the covers have gone but the back is present, lettered in gilt on a red label: State/Papers/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with an autograph note by him on page 2 of the second part reading: see the last page of the book for a letter of Dec. 5.91. which should have come in here.

This is the official statement concerning the Genet affair, and contains copies of the correspondence of which many of the originals and polygraph copies are to be found in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. Between the first and second parts is an authentication of the documents with the printed signature of Th: Jefferson." "31680","","State papers. 1797-8. 98.9—99.1800.—1800—1800.1—1801.2—1802. to 1809.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 443. State papers, 1795-1809, 8 v fol.","

[TBE]State papers and public documents from 1795 to 1809. Philadelphia and Washington, 1795 to 1810.[/TBE]

8 volumes, folio.

With two exceptions, Jefferson's copies of these two sets are no longer in the Library of Congress as such. Many of the Library copies have been obviously torn from bound volumes and may have been from Jefferson's library. Some few have notes in his hand or have his name written on in another hand. The working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, annotated when the books were received, states that the octavo set was imperfect, and that the folio set had nine volumes.

The volumes which are unquestionably from Jefferson's library are the following:","","J. ii.","","","","Documents accompanying a Message from the President of the United States, with sundry statements of expenditures; containing detailed accounts of the expenditures of public monies, by naval agents; from the 1st January, 1797, to 31st December, 1801. Contingencies of the Navy Department, and copies of contracts for cannon, timber, and other military and naval stores, during the same period. 23d December, 1803. Ordered to lie on the table. Part III. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Washington City: printed by William Duane and Son, 1803.","8H1D41","

Folio. 284 leaves, folded table.

Tree calf, the back in six compartments, in the second a red leather label lettered in gold: State/Papers; the original volume number, 2, in gilt in the fourth, by John March. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's copies were bound from time to time by John March of Georgetown, and later by Milligan.

On July 15, 1802, March presented a bill for Putting in extra boards 6 vols. 8vo. State Papers, $1.50, and similarly, on the same day, for 1 vol. folio. $1.00. Again on October 11, for binding 1 volume folio of State Papers, $3.50.

In August 1805 March included in his bill, To Binding 6 vols State Papers Double lettered, at .75, $4.50, and 1 volume of State Papers, Thick folio, ½ bound calf. D. lettered, $2.50.

Similar bills occur in 1806, 1807, and 1808, Milligan being the binder in the last mentioned year." "31690","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","1.","","","[Hamilton, Alexander.]","Letters of Pacificus: Written in justification of the President's Proclamation of Neutrality. Published originally in the year 1793. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel H. Smith, No. 118 Chestnut-Street, 1796.","E313 .H2","

32 leaves, the last with Samuel H. Smith's advertisement.

Sabin 29967. Evans 30533. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 60.

This is the first edition in pamphlet form. The Letters were published originally in the Gazette of the United States.

Jefferson mentioned these letters in the postscript of a letter to James Madison dated from Philadelphia, June 29, 1793:

. . . you will see a peice signed pacificus in defense of the proclmñ. you will readily know the pen. I know it the more readily because it is an amplification only of the topics urged in discussing the question when first proposed. the right of the Executive to declare that we are not bound to execute the guarantee was then advanced by him and denied by me. no other opinion expressed on it. in this paper he repeats it, & even considers the proclamation as such a declaration. but if any body intended it as such (except himself) they did not then say so.—the passage beginning with the words 'the answer to this is &c. is precisely the answer he gave at the time to my objection that the Executive had no authority to issue a declaration of neutrality, nor to do more than declare the actual state of things to be that of peace.—'for until the new government is acknoleged the treaties &c. are of course suspended.' . . .

On July 7, Jefferson again wrote to Madison:

I wrote you on the 30th. ult. and shall be uneasy till I have heard you have received it. I have no letter from you this week. you will perceive by the inclosed papers that they are to be discontinued in their present form & a daily paper published in their stead, if subscribers enough can be obtained. I fear they cannot, for nobody here scarcely has ever taken his paper. you will see in these Colo. H's 2d. and 3d. pacificus. nobody answers him, & his doctrine will therefore be taken for confessed. for god's sake, my dear Sir, take up your pen, select the most striking heresies, and cut him to peices in the face of the public. there is nobody else who can & will enter the lists with him . . .

Madison replied to this on July 18:

. . . I have read over the subject which you recommend to my attention. It excites equally surprise & indignation, and ought certainly to be taken notice of by some one who can do it justice . . .

On July 30 he again wrote:

. . . I have forced myself into the task of a reply. I can truly say I find it the most grating one I ever experienced . . ." "31700","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","2.","","","[Madison, James.]","Letters of Helvidius: Written in reply to Pacificus, on the President's Proclamation of Neutrality. Published originally in the year 1793. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel H. Smith, No. 118, Chesnut Street, M DCC.XCVI. [1796.]","E313.H22","

First Edition in pamphlet form. 24 leaves.

Evans 30734. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 62.

It was with this pamphlet, originally printed in the Gazette of the United States, that Madison ''entered the lists'' against Pacificus. The first number appeared on August 24, 1793.

Madison was in constant communication with Jefferson with regard to these papers and on August 22nd, two days before the publication of the first number in the Gazette, he wrote:

I left home the day before yesterday which was the date of my last. it was to be accompanied by 2. and perhaps tho' not probably 3 additional Nos. of Hel-vi-s. The last to wit No. 5 contained two paragraphs the one relating to the accession of S. & P. to the war against F. the other to the answers of the P. to the addresses on his proclamation, which I particularly requested you to revise, and if improper, to erase. The whole piece was more hurried than it ought to have been . . . I mention this as the only apology for the gross error of fact committed with respect to the term neutrality, which it is asserted the P has not used in any of his answers . . ." "31710","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","3.","","","Ravara, Joseph.","A Statement of the facts concerning Joseph Ravara, written by himself. Philadelphia: printed by Thomas Dobson, 1793.","","

11 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 67979. Evans 26053.

On May 25, 1793, Jefferson, in Philadelphia at the time, wrote to Ravara:

I sincerely lament the situation in which you are unhappily placed. though circumstances have worn such an aspect as to render it necessary in the opinion of the magistrate to subject them to a legal enquiry, yet I hope they will be found finally inconclusive. but till that enquiry, there is no power in this country which can withdraw you from the custody of the law, nor shorten it's discretion. I learn that your cause will be taken care of by able counsel and I am sure you will have upright judges. under such circumstances, innocence has nothing to fear; & that that innocence may be yours is the sincere hope of Sir

Your very humble servant

Th: Jefferson." "31720","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","4.","","","Fraunces, Andrew G.","An Appeal to the Legislature of the United States, and to the Citizens individually, of the several States. Against the conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury. By Andrew G. Fraunces, citizen of the State of New-York, late in the Treasury of the United States . . . [New-York:] Printed for Andrew G. Fraunces, Esq. MDCCXCIII. [1793.]","E302 .6 .H2F8","

12mo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 25688. Evans 25504. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 54.

Contains copies of the correspondence between Andrew G. Fraunces and Alexander Hamilton, with other relative letters, concerning the non-payment of two Treasury Warrants which Hamilton had disallowed." "31730","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","5.","","","Logan, George.","","","The pamphlet by George Logan in this collection was probably the edition of 1793 of the Letters addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States, printed in Philadelphia by Childs and Swaine. For the first edition of this pamphlet see no. 3156." "31740","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","6.","","","[Smith, William Loughton.]","The Pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted. Addressed to the Citizens of America in general; and particularly to the electors of the President. United States, October [—November] 1796.","E332 .S65","

2 parts, 8vo., 32 and 22 leaves, the second part with both title and half-title; at the end of Part II is an Appendix. Vindication of Mr. Adams's defence of the American Constitutions.

Sabin 84831, 84832. Evans 31212, 31213. Johnston, page 27.

These pamphlets contain a series of anti-Jefferson essays, originally published in the United States Gazette from October 14 to November 24, 1796. The essays were signed Phocion and were by William Loughton Smith with the assistance of Oliver Wolcott; they were written in answer to a writer named Hampden, as is stated in the opening paragraph:

A writer under the signature of Hampden, in the Richmond paper of the 1st instant, after asserting the exclusive right of Virginia to fill the office of President, calls the attention of the citizens of that state to the illustrious Thomas Jefferson, as the fittest character in the union to fill the President's chair, and proceeds to enumerate the various pretensions of that gentleman . . .

William Loughton Smith, c. 1758-1812, Congressman from South Carolina, wrote more than one anti-Jefferson pamphlet during his political career." "31750","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","7.","","","[Taylor, John.]","An Enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: printed by Thomas Dobson, M DCC XCIV. [1794.]","HG2529 1794 .T2","

First Edition. 48 leaves; addressed To the President of the United States.

Sabin 22647. Evans 27782. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 56.

John Taylor, 1753-1824, known as John Taylor of Caroline, wrote this and other pamphlets against the funding and banking system of Alexander Hamilton. Concerning these pamphlets he wrote to James Madison June 20, 1793:

In coming from Philadelphia, alone, and meditative, after Congress had risen, the occurrences which had trodden on each other's heels, in too rapid succession for much reflection during the session, began to pass muster in my mind, and to peice themselves together, so as to exhibit an unity of design. Connecting these with several important laws of the union, a variety of fantasies were engendered between them, some of which, like youthful dreams, made such an impression on me, that I have employed the few intervals of leisure which have occurred, in writing them down. And they are now presented to you . . .

Should you approve of the production, ought it to appear in a pamphlet or in the newspapers . . .

Or would it be proper to print it in Phila., to be distributed either among the state assemblies at their fall meeting, or at the opening of the next Congress . . .

The repeal of the bank law, and some emendations of the constitution, are the only fruits, to be expected from any such impression . . .

I have not written to Mr. Jefferson, because a justification for wasting any portion of his time did not present itself. But if you have an opportunity, the production may be laid before him, and I hereby invest him with a power over it, coextensive with your own . . ." "","327","Pamphlets American 1793-4. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr. Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-'96.","

This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.

In view of the names and dates provided by the catalogue of 1839, some of the tracts would seem to have been as follows:","","8.","","","R. B. Lee and John Nicholas.","","","Pamphlets printed during the years 1793-1796 have not been found." "31760","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.","1.","","","Washington, George.","Letters from General Washington to several of his friends, in June and July, 1776; in which is set forth, an interesting view of American politics, at that all-important period. Philadelphia: republished at the Federal Press, [by Benjamin Franklin Bache] 1795.","","

8vo. 22 leaves including the first blank.

Evans 28969.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the word spurious.

These letters were declared to be forgeries by Washington on their original publication in 1778 by James Rivington.

There was no ''Boston edition, now out of print'', of which this edition is stated in the Preface to be a reprint. The supposed author was John Randolph, the attorney general of Virginia under Lord Dunmore. This republication was due to Washington's attitude towards Jay's treaty." "31770","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Political observations. by James Madison.","2.","","","[Madison, James.]","Political observations. [Philadelphia, 1795.]","","

8vo. 12 leaves with signatures A-C4, caption title, no title-page, dated at the end April 20, 1795. One leaf is lacking, and is supplied from the galley proof (cut into two leaves).

Evans 29017. Cronin and Wise, 85.

Below the title Jefferson has written: by James Madison. The numerous corrections in the text and the manuscript note on one of the inserted leaves are not in the handwriting of Jefferson, as they are stated by Evans to be. The handwriting is neither that of Jefferson nor Madison." "31780","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.","3.","","","Franklin (pseudonym).","Letters of Franklin, on the conduct of the Executive, and the treaty negociated, by the Chief Justice of the United States with the Court of Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed by E. Oswald, M,DCC,XCV. [1795.]","","

8vo. 28 leaves in fours.

Evans 29256 (under Eleazer Oswald).

The Address to the Citizens of the United States at the beginning is dated Philadelphia, 18th June, 1795. The letters, written over the pseudonym Franklin, are addressed to the Printer of the Independent Gazetteer, in which paper they first appeared, and range in date from March 9 to June 6, 1795; these are followed by a letter dated June 12 signed Philo-Franklin.

For a note on this pseudonymous publication see Evans, who quotes from William Cobbett that the Letters are in the nature of a translation from the French by the printer in whose paper they first appeared—a Colonel who went to France in 1792 to combat for liberty and returned to Philadelphia in 1793 about the same time as Genet." "31790","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin. M.S.","4.","","","[Martin, James.]","Oration delivered 4th July 1796 at Jamaica Long Island.","","

Manuscript written on both sides of 12 quarto leaves folded to fit into the octavo volume, 25 lines to a page, title written on one 8vo. leaf.

This oration does not appear to have been published, and the entry in Evans, 30745, [New York] 8vo. is an error for this manuscript." "31800","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.","5.","","","Randolph, Edmund.","A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel H. Smith, M.DCC.XCV. [1795.]","","

First Edition. First Issue. 54 leaves: A-N4, O2, +3 leaves, being the cancel N4, O2. This copy is misbound. The errata leaf is correctly placed after the title, and is followed by Appendix No. 1 (N4 O2) in its original state; this is followed by sig. F, G, E, in the wrong order, then the text (with these leaves omitted from their proper place) and at the end the cancel N4 and O2.

Sabin 67817. Evans 29384.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the blank verso of the cancelled O2 (which is at the beginning, but should be the last leaf), Jefferson has written a chronology of the events of which the headline, probably reading Order of dates, has been partially cut away. Jefferson has also written two clarifying notes in the margins, and made the textual corrections listed in the errata.

Jefferson first mentioned Randolph's impending resignation in a letter to Madison, November 17, 1793:

. . . R. has given notice that he means to resign . . .

On September 6, 1795, he announced the accomplished fact to Monroe:

. . . the same post which brought your letter, brought also advice of the death of Bradford, Atty Genl. the resignation of E. Randolph (retiring perhaps from the storm he saw gathering) . . .

This copy seems to have been sent to Jefferson by William Giles, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on December 31, 1795:

. . . Randolph seems to have hit upon the true theory of our constitution, that when a treaty is made, involving matters confided by the constitution to the three branches of the legislature conjointly, the representatives are as free as the President & Senate were to consider whether the national interests requires or forbids their giving the forms & force of law to the articles over which they have a power.—I thank you much for the pamphlet. his narrative is so straight & plain, that even those who did not know him will acquit him of the charge of bribery: those who know him had done it from the first. tho he mistakes his own political character in the aggregate, yet he gives it to you in the detail. thus he supposes himself a man of no party (page 57.) that his opinions not containing any systematic adherence to party, fall sometimes on one side and sometimes on the other. (pa. 58.) yet he gives you these facts, which shew that they fall generally on both sides, & are complete inconsistencies.

1. he never gave an opinion in the Cabinet against the rights of the people (pa. 97.) yet he advised the denunciation of the popular societies (67)

2. he would not neglect the overtures of a commercial treaty with France (79) yet he always opposed it while att[???] general, and never seems to have proposed it while Secretary of state.

3. he concurs in resorting to the militia to quell the pretended insurrections in the West (81.) and proposes an augmentation from 12,500 to 15,000 to march against men at their ploughs (pa. 80) yet on the 5th. of A[ug.] he is against their marching (83. 101.) and on the 25th. of Aug. he is for it. ([84].)

4. he concurs in the measure of a mission extraordinary to London ([as] inferred from pa. 58.) but objects to the men, to wit Hamilton & Jay (50.)

5. he was against granting commercial powers to m[???] Jay (58.) [yet] he besieged the doors of the Senate to procure their advice to ratify.

6. he advises the President to a ratification on the merits of the tre[aty] (97.) but to a suspension till the provision order is repealed. (98.)

the fact is that he has generally given his principles to the one party & his practice to the other; the oyster to one, the shell to the other. unfortunately the shell was generally the lot of his friends the French and republicans, & the oyster of their antagonists. had he been firm to [the] principles he professes in the year 1793, the President would have be[en] kept from a habitual concert with the British & Antirepublican party. but at that time I do not know which R. feared most, a British fleet, or French disorganisers. whether his conduct is to be ascribed to a superior view of things, an adherence to right without regard to party, as he pretends, or to an anxiety to trim between both, those who know his character & capacity will decide. were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office, as in England, to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man. but where the principle of difference is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans & the monocrats of our country I hold it as honorable to take a firm & decided part, and as immoral to pursue a middle line, as between the parties of Honest men, & Rogues, into which every country is divided.

A copy of the pamphlet came by this post to Charlottesville. I suppose we shall be able to judge soon what kind of impression it is likely to make. it has been a great treat to me, as it is a continuation of that Cabinet history with the former part of which I was intimate.

On March 2, 1796, Jefferson wrote to Monroe in Paris:

. . . the resignation or rather removal of R. you will have learnt. his vindication bears hard on the executive in the opinions of this quarter, and tho' it clears him in their judgment of the charge of bribery, it does not give them high ideas of his wisdom or steadiness . . .

Edmund Randolph, 1753-1813, succeeded Jefferson as Secretary of State and resigned on being accused in captured letters of Joseph Fauchet, the French minister, of having asked for money from France to influence the administration against Great Britain." "31810","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.","6.","","","[Smith, William Loughton.]","The Eyes opened, or the Carolinians convinced, by an honourable and eloquent Representative in the Congress of the United States, in the following well received and candid examination of the objections to his Excellency Governor Jay's late treaty with Great-Britain; and which has been ratified by President Washington, at the city of Philadelphia. New-York: printed for, and sold by J. Rivington, 1795.","","

8vo. 28 leaves: []1, A-E4, F3, []4, the last a blank. The title as above is followed by a title reading: A Candid examination of the objections to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and Great-Britain, as stated in the report of the committee appointed by the citizens of the United States, in Charleston, South-Carolina. By a Citizen of South-Carolina . . . Addressed to the Citizens of South-Carolina. Charleston: printed, New-York: re-printed for James Rivington, No. 156 Pearl-street. 1795. This is the original title, and was printed with the first part of the pamphlet ending on F2, page 43. On the ratification of the treaty on August 15, 1795, the new title and the Postscript were added, the half-title for the Postscript forming a part of sheet F.

Sabin 84819. Evans 29535.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Cobbett, alias Peter Porcupine, and has deleted it with ink. A note in the lower margin signed S draws attention to this fact.

William Loughton Smith, 1758-1812, congressman from South Carolina and political pamphleteer. For a note on his authorship of this pamphlet see Sabin, and for another pamphlet by the same author see no. 3174." "31820","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.","7.","","","Gallatin, Abraham Albert Alphonse.","The Speech of Albert Gallatin, a Representative from the County of Fayette, in the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the important question touching the validity of the elections held in the four Western Counties of the State, on the 14th day of October, 1794. With notes and an appendix, containing sundry documents relative to the Western Insurrection. Philadelphia: printed by William W. Woodward, Franklin's Head, (New Sign) south side Chesnut Street, 1795.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 33 leaves.

Sabin 26395. Evans 28722.

Other pamphlets by Gallatin appear in this catalogue." "31830","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.","8.","","","[Callender, James Thomson.]","A Short History of the nature and consequences of excise laws; including some account of the recent interruption to the manufactories of snuff and refined sugar . . . Philadelphia: printed for the booksellers, December 7, 1795.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 58 leaves.

Sabin 10071. Evans 28383. Arents 1121.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Callendar.

For a note on Callender and his relations with Jefferson see the next following tract." "31840","J. 328","do. [Pamphlets American] 1795 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 265, Pamphlets American, 1795. 8vo.","

A collection of 9 pamphlets, bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Each tract numbered serially in ink on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 97[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows (the numbering probably by another hand):

1 Spurious Letters from Genl. Washington to his friends in 1776.

2 Political observations. by James Madison.

3 Letters of Franklin on the conduct of the Executive & treaty with G. Brit.

4 Oration on the 4th. of July 1796. by James Martin.M.S.

5 Vindication of m[???] Randolph's resignation.

6 The eyes opened or the Carolinians convinced as to the treaty with G. Brit.

7 Gallatin's speech on the elections in the Western counties of Pensylvã.

8 Callendar's history of the nature & consequences of Excise laws.

9 Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","Callendar's Political progress of Britain. part 2d.","9.","","","[Callender, James Thomson.]","The Political Progress of Britain: or, an Impartial History of abuses in the Government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia, and America. From the Revolution, in 1688, to the present time: The whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of Taxation, War, and Conquest . . . Part second. Philadelphia: printed for Richard Folwell, and sold in New-York by James Rivington, 1795. [Price three shillings.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves.

Sabin 10066. Evans 28381.

On the title is written the name of the author (not by Jefferson).

Jefferson had another copy of this pamphlet, see no. 3519.

James Thomson Callender, 1758-1803, was born in Scotland; in 1793 he fled to the United States to escape prosecution for his Political Progress of Britain, Part I, first published anonymously in London in the autumn of 1792. On July 15, 1802, Jefferson wrote from Washington a letter to James Monroe in explanation of his dealings with Callender, at that time in jail (owing to the Alien and Sedition Act), and mentioned the Political Progress, Part I (not in Jefferson's library sold to Congress), and this pamphlet:

. . . When the Political progress of Britain first appeared in this country, it was in a periodical publication called the bee, where I saw it. I was speaking of it in terms of strong approbation to a friend in Philadelphia, when he asked me if I knew that the author was then in the city, a fugitive from prosecution on account of that work, and in want of employ for his subsistence. this was the first of my learning that Callendar was author of the work. I considered him as a man of science fled from persecution, & assured my friend of my readiness to do whatever could serve him. it was long after this before I saw him: probably not till 1798. he had in the meantime written a 2d. part of the Political progress much inferior to the first, and his history of the US . . . his first writings here had fallen far short of his original Political progress, and the scurrilities of his subsequent ones began evidently to do mischief. as to myself no man wished more to see his pen stopped; but I considered him still as a proper object of benevolence . . .

Again, in an explanatory letter to Abigail Adams, written from Washington on July 22, 1804, Jefferson wrote:

Your favor of the 1st. inst. was duly recieved, and I would not again have intruded on you but to rectify certain facts which seem not to have been presented to you under their true aspect. my charities to Callendar are considered as rewards for his calumnies. as early, I think, as 1796, I was told in Philadelphia that Callendar, the author of the Political progress of Britain, was in that city, a fugitive from persecution for having written that book, and in distress. I had read and approved the book: I considered him as a man of genius, unjustly persecuted. I knew nothing of his private character, and immediately expressed my readiness to contribute to his relief, & to serve him. it was a considerable time after, that, on application from a person who thought of him as I did, I contributed to his relief, and afterwards repeated the contribution. himself I did not see till long after, nor ever more than two or three times. when he first began to write he told some useful truths in his coarse way; but nobody sooner disapproved of his writings than I did, or wished more that he would be silent. my charities to him were no more meant as encouragements to his scurrilities than those I give to the beggar at my door are meant as rewards for the vices of his life, & to make them chargeable to myself. in truth they would have been greater to him had he never written a word after the work for which he fled from Britain . . .

For the full history of Jefferson and Callender, see Jefferson's correspondence." "31850","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","1.","","","","British honour and humanity; or, the Wonders of American Patience, as exemplified in the modest publications, and universal applause of Mr. William Cobbet; including a variety of anecdotes and remarks, personal and political, and a survey of the modern state of American newspapers: by a friend to regular government. Philadelphia: printed for and sold by Robert Campbell, 1796.","E313 .B86","

First Edition. 8vo. 29 leaves. The Preface dated from Philadelphia, Octob. 8, 1796.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 8110 (under title). Evans 31255 (under Swanwick).

In the 1849 Library of Congress catalogue the pamphlet is listed as British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar . . . which may have been taken from Jefferson's listing at the beginning of his volume of these pamphlets, though this cannot be proved. Evans's note reads:

. . . This is sometimes erroneously attributed to Mathew Carey; but it is more probably written by John Swanwick, of whom, in a large measure, it is a defence." "31860","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","2.","","","Randolph, Edmund.","Political Truth: or Animadversions on the past and present state of Public Affairs; with an inquiry into the truth of the charges preferred against Mr. Randolph. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796.]","E311 .R19","

First Edition. 8vo. 22 leaves.

Sabin 67815. Evans 31072.

See also Randolph's Vindication, no. 3180." "31870","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","3.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Agrarian justice, opposed to agrarian law, and to agrarian monopoly. Being a plan for meliorating the condition of man, by creating in every nation, a national fund, to pay to every person, when arrived at the age of twenty-one years, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling, to enable him or her to begin the world! And also, ten pounds sterling per annum during life to every person now living of the age of fifty years, and to all others when they shall arrive at that age, to enable them to live in old age without wretchedness, and go decently out of the world. By Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, &c. &c. Philadelphia: printed by R. Folwell, for Benjamin Franklin Bache. n. d. [1797.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 1","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Evans 32630.

In his Preface Paine states that this pamphlet was written in the winter of 1795, 6, and was now being published in answer to the sermon by Bishop Watson (author of An Apology for the Bible, in answer to Paine's Age of Reason), on The Wisdom and Goodness of God, in having made both rich and poor . . .

An edition dated 1797 was published in Baltimore." "31880","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","4.","","","Paine, Thomas.","The Decline and fall of the English system of finance. By Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, American Crisis, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, &c . . . Paris: printed by Hartley, Adlard and Son, London: reprinted for D. I. Eaton, 1796. Entered at Stationers-Hall.","HJ8624 .P34","

8vo. 24 leaves including the half-title (with the price, One shilling). Signed at the end by Thomas Paine, and dated from Paris, 19th Germinal, 4th year of the Republic. April 8, 1796.

Lowndes IV, 1762.

At the end the author states: I have now exposed the English system of finance to the eyes of all nations; for this work will be published in all languages." "31890","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","5.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Letter to George Washington, President of the United States of America. On affairs public and private. By Thomas Paine, author of the works entitled, Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, &c. Philadelphia: printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, No. 112 Market Street. 1796. [Entered according to law.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 70","

8vo. 39 leaves, the last with the publisher's advertisement. The letter is dated from Paris, July 30th, 1796. At the end is an Appendix containing a copy of Paine's Memorial to Monroe, from the Prison of the Luxembourg, Sept. 10th, 1796.

Sabin 58224.

Jefferson is mentioned once in this letter, when Paine states that he had written to Mr. Jefferson his opinion of Gouverneur Morris on his appointment as Minister to France.

In this letter Paine complains bitterly that Washington did not obtain his liberation from his imprisonment in France under Robespierre." "31900","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","6.","","","[Bache, Benjamin Franklin.]","Remarks occasioned by the late conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States. M.DCC.XCVI. Philadelphia: printed for Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1797. [Copy-right secured according to law.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 69","

8vo. 44 leaves.

Sabin 69388. Evans 31759.

Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1769-1798, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, states in the preface that the design of these remarks is to prove the want of claim in Mr. Washington either to the gratitude or confidence of his country . . ." "31910","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","7.","","","Page, John.","An Address to the citizens of the District of York, in Virginia. By their representative, John Page, of Rosewell. s. n. [Philadelphia, 1796.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 58150. Evans 30938.

John Page, 1744-1808, the life-long friend of Jefferson. Dated from Rosewell (Gloucester County), August 5th, 1796. An enlarged edition was published in the following year." "31920","329","do. [Pamphlets American] 1796. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 271, Pamphlets, American, 1796 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 621. no. 461, Pamphlets. American.—British Honour and Humanity, by T. Callendar, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.—Political Truths; with an Inquiry into the Charges preferred against Mr. Randolph; Philadelphia, 1796.—Agrarian Justice; the Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance; and Letter to George Washington, &c., by Thomas Paine; Philadelphia, 1796.—Remarks occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—Address to the Citizens of the District of York, in Virginia, by their Representative, John Page, of Rosewell.—Letter to George Washington, President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Address of the 17th of September, 1796, notifying his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office, by Jasper Dwight, of Vermont, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.","The titles of this collection of eight tracts are taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue. The volume that was in the Jefferson collection has disappeared.","","8.","","","[Duane, William.]","A Letter to George Washington, President of the United States: containing strictures on his address of the seventeenth of September, 1796, notifying his relinquishment of the presidential office. By Jasper Dwight, of Vermont. Printed at Philadelphia [by Benjamin Franklin Bache], for the author, and sold by the booksellers. Dec. 1796.","E312 .952 .D8","

8vo. 24 leaves, signed at the end: Jasper Dwight. 12th November, 1796.

Sabin 20989. Evans 31314 (under Treziulney).

In Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson, by S. C. Carpenter, II, 131, this work is ascribed to Duane. After a most unflattering account of Duane, the author writes: . . . His very first essay in America was a letter to General Washington, under the fictitious signature of Jasper Dwight—a production which, for the depravity of the heart that could dictate it, for insolence of temper and scurrility of language, stands unsurpassed even in the multitudinous effusions of turpitude which have long conferred such ignominious distinction on the press of the Aurora. This outrage upon Washington was the first thing which afforded the author a claim upon Mr. Jefferson's particular kindness, and marked him out as a proper object of that gentleman's patronage and protection . . ." "31930","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","1.","","","Wilson, James.","A Charge delivered by the Hon. James Wilson, Esq. one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, to the Grand Jury, impannelled for the Circuit Court of the United States, holden for the middle-circuit at the Capitol, in the city of Richmond, and district of Virginia, on Monday, the 23d day of May, 1791. Richmond: printed by Augustine Davis, M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 16 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 104626. Evans 24006. Adams 10.

James Wilson, 1742-1798, jurist and Congressman, was born in Scotland and emigrated to New York in 1765." "31940","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","2.","","","[Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.]","[Considerations sur l'ordre de Cincinnatus . . . Londres, 1785.]","","

Another edition of no. 3024 above, q. v.

This copy lacks the title, all but the last leaf of the preliminary matter, and eight leaves at the end of Mirabeau's text. It is without the letters of George Washington and Turgot and the Observations of Dr. Price." "31950","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","3.","","","Ogilvie, James.","A Speech delivered in Essex County in support of a Memorial, presented to the citizens of that County and now laid before the Assembly on, the subject of the Alien and Sedition Acts; by James Ogilvie. Richmond: printed by Jones & Dixon, Printers to the Commonwealth, M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 6 leaves.

Sabin 56837. Evans 34269.

James Ogilvie, 1760-1820, Scottish scholar, emigrated to Virginia in 1779, and established an academy at Milton, where he became acquainted with Jefferson and eventually tutor to his grandchildren. Later he returned to Aberdeen, Scotland, where he is said to have died by his own hand. Jefferson had much correspondence with him." "31960","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","4.","","","Nicholas, George.","Correspondence between George Nicholas, Esq. of Kentucky, and the Hon. Robert G. Harper, Member of Congress from the District of 96, State of South Carolina. Lexington: printed by John Bradford, 1799.","","

First Edition. 17 leaves, the last 4 with separate pagination for the Appendix: Observations on Judge Addisons Charge to the Grand Jury, on the Liberty of the Press.

Sabin 55166. McMurtrie 123. Jillson, page 23.

The name Col. Thomas Bell—of Char[lottes]vi[lle] [partly cut away] written in ink on the title-page.

Sent to Jefferson by Philip Norborne Nicholas, who wrote from Richmond, Virginia, on October 8, 1799:

Inclosed is a little posthumous work work [sic] of my brother Colo. Geo. Nicholas. It contains some very severe strictures on the measures of the last session of Congress. This pamphlet is characterized by that freedom of inquiry and independence of spirit which is conspicuous in all the writings of the author. Harper if not calous must feel some of the cutting truths which it contains . . .

Jefferson wrote to Nicholas on November 2, but the letterpress copy in the Library of Congress is illegible.

This is the second of two pamphlets by Nicholas on the Kentucky resolutions against the Alien and Sedition Laws. The chief letter is dated June 10, 1799, so that Jefferson's efforts to distribute one of Nicholas's pamphlets on this subject must have referred to the earlier one, published in 1798.

On February 11, 1799, he wrote to Monroe:

. . . under two other covers you will recieve a copy of the French originals of Gerry's communicñs for yourself and a doz. of G. N's pamphlets on the laws of the last session. I wish you to give these to the most influential characters among our country-men, who are only misled, are candid enough to be open to conviction, & who may have most effect on their neighbors. it would be useless to give them to persons already sound. do not let my name be connected with the business . . .

On February 13, he wrote similarly to Archibald Stuart:

. . . under separate cover, you will recieve some pamphlets written by George Nicholas on the acts of the last session. these I would wish you to distribute, not to sound men who have no occasion for them, but to such as have been misled, are candid & will be open to the conviction of truth, and are of influence among their neighbors. it is the sick who need medicine & not the well. do not let my name appear in the matter . . .

George Nicholas, 1754-1799, Virginia politician, was the brother of Wilson Cary Nicholas. He was born in Williamsburg and made his political debut in the House of Delegates by moving an investigation into the conduct of Jefferson during Arnold's invasion. He later retracted the charges and became one of Jefferson's leading supporters. In 1790 he removed to Kentucky and became the first Attorney General of that State. In 1798 he took a leading part in framing and advocating Jefferson's anti-federalist resolutions of that year. He died whilst this pamphlet was in the press.

Robert Goodloe Harper, 1765-1828, was admitted to the bar in South Carolina in 1786. A federalist and opposed to Jefferson, he was an advocate of the Alien and Sedition Laws." "31970","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","5.","","","[Clinton, De Witt.]","A Vindication of Thomas Jefferson; against the charges contained in a pamphlet entitled, ''Serious considerations,'' &c. By Grotius . . . New-York: printed by David Denniston, 1800.","","

First Edition. 24 leaves in fours, errata list at the end.

Sabin 13724 (this copy only). Johnston, page 27.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the name of the author: De Witt Clinton.

Sent to Jefferson by the author on May 16, 1807, when he wrote from New York:

In looking over some old Pamphlets I came across a pamphlet which I transmit by this mail. It was written by me in reply to a furious priest of the name of Linn, during a season of leisure in the country. As I presume you have not seen it, the perusal of it may fill up a vacant hour . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on May 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Clinton & his thanks for the pamphlet sent him. he recollects the having read it at the time with a due sense of his obligation to the author whose name was surmised tho' not absolutely known, and a conviction that he had made the most of his matter. the ground of defence might have been solidly aided by the assurance (which is the absolute fact) that the whole story fathered on Mazzei was an unfounded falsehood. Dr. Linn, as aware of that, takes care to quote it from a dead man, who is made to quote from one residing in the remotest part of Europe. equally false was Dr. Linn's other story about Bishop Madison's lawn sleeves, as the bishop can testify, for certainly Th: J. never saw him in lawn sleeves. had the Doctor ventured to name time, place & person for his third lie, (the government without religion) it is probable he might have been convicted on that also. but these are slanders & slanderers whom Th: J. has thought it best to leave to the scourge of public opinion. he salutes m[???] Clinton with esteem & respect.

For Dr. Linn's pamphlet see no. 3226.

De Witt Clinton, 1769-1828, statesman and scholar, Mayor and later Governor of New York. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "31980","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","6.","","","Aufrere, Anthony.","[The Cannibals' Progress; or the dreadful horrors of French invasion, as displayed by the Republican officers and soldiers, in their perfidy, rapacity, ferociousness and brutality, exercised towards the innocent inhabitants of Germany. Translated from the German, by Anthony Aufrer, Esq . . . London: published by Wright, Cadel and others; and republished at Philadelphia By William Cobbett. Price only 6 cents, 11 for half a dollar, 25 for a dollar, 56 for 2 dollars, three dollars and a half per hundred.] n.d. [1798.]","","

12mo. 22 leaves only, should be 24; this copy lacks the first two leaves, with the title and the Introductory Address to the People of America [by Cobbett]; the last leaf is defective. The text ends on D[???], page 40, and is followed by four leaves with an address headed Americans.

Evans 33334.

Anthony Aufrere, 1756-1833, English antiquary. His first edition of this translation was published in London in 1798. Evans lists fourteen American editions for this year." "31990","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","7.","","","Ogilvie, James.","Cursory reflexions on government, philosophy and education; by James Ogilvie, instructor of youth in the Stevensburg Academy. Alexandria: printed by J. & J. De Westcott, 1802.","","

Sm. 8vo. 23 leaves, list of Irrata [sic] on the last page. Sabin 56837n.

For a note on Ogilvie and another pamphlet by him see no. 3195 in this volume." "32000","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]3. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 274, Political Pamphlets, American, 1798, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 622. no. 465, Pamphlets, American—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by T. W. Griffith, W. C. Nicholas, A. Gallatin, A. Addison, George Logan, T. Coxe, Wm. Nelson, Wm. Thompson, A. Martin, and Rev. Mr. Ogden;—also, Message of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, April 3d, 1798, with accompanying Papers, in relation to Difficulties with France; Reflections on the Present Contest between France and Great Britain; Debates in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and the Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, upon the Important subject of the Acts of Congress passed at their last Session, commonly called the Alien and Sedition Laws, &c., 8vo. Philadelphia, Paris, Washington, New-York, Richmond, &c., 1798'-'99. The fourteen pamphlets originally bound together in one volume have disappeared and cannot be traced. They are not in the 1864 catalogue, and possibly may have disappeared in the fire of 1851. In cases of prolific authors, it has not been possible to determine which particular pamphlet was included in this volume.[/TBE]","1.","","","[Griffith, Thomas Waters.]","L'Indépendance absolue des Américains des Etats-Unis. Prouvée par l'état actuel de leur commerce avec les Nations Européennes . . . A Paris: chez Laran, an VI.—1798.","HF3025 .G86","

8vo. 77 leaves, the last with Errata.

Not in Sabin. Fa[???], page 37.

Mentions Jefferson and the Notes on the State of Virginia.

Thomas Waters Griffith, merchant of Baltimore, was for a time American consul at Le Havre." "32010","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","2.","","","Nicholas, W. C.","","","No pamphlet by Wilson Cary Nicholas was published during the years 1798 or 1799." "32020","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","3.","","","Gallatin, Albert.","[TBE][It cannot be stated positively which of Gallatin's speeches made in the years 1798,9 was included in this collection. In that his name is followed by that of A. Addison, it seems probable that the pamphlets referred to are Gallatin's speech on the Foreign Intercourse bill, and Addison's Observations on that speech. These two pamphlets are therefore inserted here.][/TBE] The Speech of Albert Gallatin, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the first of March, 1798, upon the Foreign Intercourse Bill. Second edition. With an Appendix. Philadelphia: printed by Richard Folwell, 1798.","AC901 .D8 Duane 59","

8vo. 24 leaves.

Sabin 26396. Evans 33777.

The first edition, without the Appendix, appeared in the same year. The above entry is taken from the copy of the second edition in the Duane pamphlets in the Library of Congress." "32030","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","4.","","","Addison, Alexander.","Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Foreign Intercourse Bill. By Alexander Addison. Washington [Pennsylvania]: printed by John Colerick, 1798.","E321 .G17","

8vo. 28 leaves including the half title (with the price, Twenty-five cents).

Sabin 378.

Evans 33268." "32040","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","5.","","","Logan, George.","An Address on the natural and social order of the world, as intended to produce universal good; delivered before the Tammany Society, at their anniversary, on the 12th of May, 1798 . . . By George Logan. Philadelphia: printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache. [1798.]","HN61 .L8","

8vo. 6 leaves.

Sabin 41790. Evans 34011.

For a note on George Logan see no. 3156." "32050","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","6.","","","Coxe, Tench.","","","It cannot be determined which of the pamphlets by Tench Coxe was in this volume. For Jefferson's collection of pamphlets by Coxe, see nos. 3624-31." "32060","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","7.","","","[Nelson, William.]","An Enquiry whether the Act of Congress ''in addition to the Act, entitled an Act, for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,'' generally called the Sedition Bill, is unconstitutional or not. Richmond: Printed by S. Pleasants, Jun. Nov. 1798.","AC901 .D8 vol. 53","

8vo. 8 leaves, signed at the end Philodemos.

Sabin 22652. Evans 34375.

William Nelson, 1760-1815, professor at the College of William and Mary. This pamphlet is ascribed to him in view of the fact that on the title-page of the copy in the University of Virginia, Joseph C. Cabell, to whom it belonged, has written ''By William Nelson esq.'', and on the title-page of the copy in the Library of Congress (a Duane pamphlet) is written ''Judge Nelson''. The pamphlet is entered anonymously in all the bibliographies." "32070","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","8.","","","Thompson, William.","","","It has not been possible to identify this pamphlet." "32080","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","9.","","","[Martin, Alexander.]","A New Scene interesting to the citizens of the United States of America, additional to the historical play of Columbus, by a Senator of the United States . . . Lately performed with applause at the New-Theatre, in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia:] printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, M,DCCXCVIII. [1798.]","PS801 .M8","

8vo. 6 leaves. In blank verse.

Sabin 53397. Evans 34050. Not in Wegelin.

Mentions Jefferson on page 9 in a speech by ''Genius'':

Their councils shall my FRANKLIN guide, great sage,

Who first dare check the lightning of the skies;

My ADAMS and my JEFFERSON with him;

By these great aids shall wrest the sceptre from

A tyrant hand . . .

Alexander Martin, 1740-1807, Governor of North Carolina and United States Senator. This tract is included as being apparently the only one published by Martin in either 1798 or 1799. Two issues were printed, of which the other has Thomas Condie's name in the imprint." "32090","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","10.","","","[Ogden, John Cosens.]","A Short History of late ecclesiastical oppressions in New-England and Vermont, by a citizen. In which is exhibited a statement of the violation of religious liberties, which are ratified by the Constitution of the United States. Richmond: printed by James Lyon, 1799.","BR520 .O4","

8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 80634.

John Cosens Ogden addressed several letters to Jefferson from Litchfield prison. On March 5, 1799, he wrote to him from that address a letter which mentioned:

. . . To-morrow my design is to open the aristocracy and spiritual tyranny to view, in another pamphlet. They are well assured, that I shall industriously endeavor to make a revolution in opinions in this state, which violate the constitution & laws & disturb the public tranquility . . ." "32100","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","11.","","","[Adams, John.]","Message of the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress. April 3d. 1798. Philadelphia: printed by T. Dobson and J. Ormrod, 1798.","E323 .U54","

8vo. 30 leaves.

This issue not in Evans, who has John Fenno's edition, 34812. Cronin and Wise no. 70 (Phila. 1798).

Relates to the X Y Z affair. Jefferson is mentioned on page 54 in the comments on Article 14 of the treaty of amity and commerce, in the instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. On page 8 is a reference to Major Mountflorence, one of whose original letters is in Jefferson's collection, see no. 2563." "32110","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","12.","","","[Duane, William.]","A Caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain. [Philadelphia:] printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, M,DCCXCVIII. [1798.]","AC901 .D8 Vol. 38","

8vo. 8 leaves, the last a blank; dated at the end January 25, 1798; the penultimate leaf contains Ode, on the French Revolution, four stanzas.

Sabin 11586 (under the title). Evans 33647 (under the author). Not in Clark.

The copy in the Library of Congress, in the Duane collection of pamphlets, has By Wm Duane written in ink on the title-page, apparently by Duane himself." "32120","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","13.","","","Virginia. House of Delegates.","Debates in the House of Delegates of Virginia, upon certain resolutions before the House, upon the important subject of the acts of Congress passed at their last session, commonly called, the Alien and Sedition Laws. Richmond: printed by Thos. Nicolson, M,DCC,CXVIII. [1798.]","JK176 1798","

8vo. 96 leaves, 2 pages of errata at the end.

Sabin 100104. Evans 34935. Swem 7928." "32130","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","J. 14.","","","Barlow, Joel.","Joel Barlow to his fellow citizens of the United States. Letter II. Without name of place or printer [Paris, 1800].","JK2263 1799 .B24","

8vo. 51 leaves, caption title, no title-page; on page 78 begins the Appendix. Memoir on certain principles of public maritime law. Written for the French Government. Paris, 5 Dec. 1799.

Sabin 3423. This edition not in Howard.

Rebound in half red morocco. Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the first page: To Mr. Jefferson. from the Author.

This is probably the pamphlet referred to by Barlow in his letter to Jefferson dated from Paris, September 15, 1801, in which he introduced Robert Fulton and his submarine to Jefferson's notice, and of which the postscript reads:

I take the liberty to send you by Mr. Skipwith a little pamphlet I published last year on a subject which I thot useful.

This pamphlet is not mentioned in the list in the 1849 catalogue, and may have been in a different volume of tracts." "32140","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]4. 1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 278, Political Pamphlets, American, 1799, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 622. no. 466, Pamphlets, American.—Political, &c., by A. Gallatin, W. C. Nicholas, C. Pinckney, Joseph Priestley, Thomas Cooper, Mr. Ogden, and John W. Fenno; also, French Originals of all the Documents, translations of which accompanied the Message of the President of the United States, of the 18th January, 1799, relative to the Affairs of the United States with the French Republic, &c., &c., 8vo; Philadelphia, Charleston, Northumberland, Richmond, New-York, 1799-1800. This collection of pamphlets is no longer in the Library of Congress; the pamphlets are not listed in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1864, and may have disappeared at the time of the fire of 1851.[/TBE]","1.","","","Gallatin, Albert.","The Substance of two speeches of Mr. Gallatin, on the bill for augmenting the navy establishment of the United States, in the House of Representatives, on the 7th and 11th of February, 1799. Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Gales, 1799.","VA54.G3","

8vo. 14 leaves; the speeches were delivered on February 7 and February 11, 1799.

Sabin 26399 (in the note). Evans 35531." "32150","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","2.","","","Nicholas, Wilson Cary.","","","

This pamphlet cannot be definitely identified. A Richmond imprint is called for in the 1849 catalogue, and Nicholas published his ''An Address from Wilson C. Nicholas, a Representative in Congress from Virginia, to his Constituents. Together with a Speech delivered by him on the Bill to Interdict Commercial Intercourse with France, England, &c.'', at the Enquirer Office, Richmond, in 1809.

This pamphlet is much beyond the date of the others in the collection and is on the Embargo. No pamphlet was published by Nicholas in 1799 or 1800." "32160","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","3.","","","Pinckney, Charles.","Three Letters, addressed to the people of the United States, which have lately appeared under the signature of ''A South-Carolina Planter.'' The first, on the case of Jonathan Robbins. The second, on the recent captures of the British cruisers, and the right of a citizen to expatriate himself. The third, on the claims of the British creditors, and the proceedings of the British Commissioners under the sixth article of Mr. Jay's treaty. By Charles Pinckney, Senator in Congress, for South-Carolina. Charleston: printed by T. C. Cox, Dec. 1799.","E310 .7 .P64","

8vo. 36 leaves including the half-title. The letters are signed A South-Carolina Planter and dated August 28, October 3d and October 26th, 1799.

Sabin 62899.

The 1849 catalogue calls for a tract printed in Charleston, this edition of Pinckney's Three Letters has therefore been included here. That Jefferson had a copy of the earlier edition, printed at the Aurora-Office in Philadelphia, is clear from his letter to Pinckney written from Monticello on October 29, 1799:

Your favor of Sep. 12. came to hand on the 3d. inst. I have delayed acknoledging it in hopes of recieving the longer one you mentioned to have written, but that has not yet reached me. I was both pleased and edified by the piece on Robbins's case. it ought to be a very serious case to the judge. I think no one circumstance since the establishment of our government has affected the popular mind more. I learn that in Pennsylvania it had a great effect. I have no doubt the piece you inclosed will run through all the republican papers, and carry the question home to every man's mind . . .

Charles Pinckney, 1757-1824, Governor of South Carolina, was at first a Federalist in politics, but later became a Jeffersonian Republican. In 1801 he was appointed by Jefferson minister to Spain. Pinckney married the daughter of Henry Laurens, q. v." "32170","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","4.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","Letters to the inhabitants of Northumberland and its neighbourhood, on subjects interesting to the author, and to them. Part I [-II]. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c . . . Northumberland: printed for the author by Andrew Kennedy, MDCCXCIX. [1799.]","E321 .P94 1799 Pt. 1-2","

First Edition, 2 parts. 8vo. 26 and 22 leaves. At the end of Part II is Maxims of Political Arithmetic, applied to the case of the United States of America. First published in the Aurora for February 26 and 27, 1798. (By a Quaker in Politics.), with caption title, continuous signatures and pagination.

Sabin 66508. Fulton and Peters, page 14.

Jefferson's copies were sent to him by the author, to whom Jefferson wrote on January 18, 1800:

I have to thank you for the pamphlets you were so kind as to send me. you will know what I thought of them by my having before sent a dozen sets to Virginia to distribute among my friends. yet I thank you not the less for these which I value the more as they came from yourself. the stock of them which Campbell had was I believe exhausted the first or second day of advertising them. the papers of Political arithmetic both in your's & m[???] Cooper's pamphlets are the most precious gifts that can be made to us; for we are becoming navigation-mad, & commerce-mad, and navy-mad, which is worst of all. how desireable is it that you could produce that subject for us. from the Porcupines of our country you will receive no thanks; but the great mass of our nation will edify & thank you . . .

Priestley wrote from Northumberland on January 30:

I am flattered by your thinking so favourably of my pamphlets, which were only calculated to give some satisfaction to my suspicious neighbors. Chancellor Livingston informs me that he has got an edition of them printed at Albany, for the information of the people in the back country, where, he says, it is most wanted. Indeed, it seems extraordinary, that in such a country as this, where there is no court to dazzle men's eyes, maxims as plain as that 2 and 2 make 4 should not be understood, and acted upon . . .

On April 10, 1801, Priestley wrote to Jefferson:

. . . Your resentment of the treatment I have met with in this country is truly generous, but I must have been but little impressed with the principles of the religion you so justly commend, if they had not enabled me to bear much more than I have yet suffered. Do not suppose that, after the much worse treatment to which I was for many years exposed in England (of which the pamphlet I take the liberty to inclose will give you some idea) I was much affected by this. My Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland were not occasioned by any such thing, tho it served me as a pretence for writing them, but the threatenings of Mr. Pickering, whose purpose to send me out of the country Mr. Adams (as I conclude from a circuitous attempt that he made to prevent it) would not, in the circumstances in which he then was, have been able directly to oppose. My publication was of service to me in that and other respects, and I hope, in some measure, to the common cause . . .

For Cooper's Political Arithmetic see no. 2804 and for other works by Priestley see the Index." "32180","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","5.","","","Cooper, Thomas.","Political Essays, originally inserted in the Northumberland Gazette, with additions By Thomas Cooper, Esq. Northumberland: printed by Andrew Kennedy, 1799.","AC901 .D8 Vol. 77","

First Edition. 8vo. 34 leaves including one blank.

Sabin 16614. Evans 35354.

This tract is included here as being the only one published by Cooper in 1799. An Account of the trial of Thomas Cooper was published in 1800, and is in another collection of tracts, see no. 3224." "32190","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","6.","","","[Ogden, John Cosens.]","A View of the New-England Illuminati: who are indefatigably engaged in destroying the religion and government of the United States; under a feigned Regard for their safety—and under an impious abuse of true religion. Philadelphia: printed by James Carey, 1799. [Copy-right secured.]","F8 .O34","

First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 99569.

The New England Illuminati was the name given in 1798 to certain New England clergymen who were accustomed to meet from 1790 to 1800 to discuss politics and in particular the French revolution. The name rose from the fear that the European cult founded by Adam Weisshaupt and known as the Illuminati had penetrated into the United States. See also the pamphlet by John Wood, no. 3280.

John Cosens Ogden wrote several letters to Jefferson and to John Adams during 1799. On February 7 he wrote to Jefferson from Litchfield, Connecticut, and on February 20 he wrote to Adams (the original in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress) from Litchfield prison." "32200","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","7.","","","[Fenno, John Ward.]","Desultory reflections on the new political aspects of public affairs in the United States of America, since the commencement of the year 1799 . . . New-York: printed for the author, by G. and R. Waite, and published by J. W. Fenno, 1800.","E321 .F33","

First Edition. 31 leaves; the Advertisement at the beginning dated June 30, 1800.

Sabin 24074.

John Ward Fenno was the son of John Fenno whose Gazette [q. v.] he continued to publish after the death of his father in September 1798 until 1800, when he sold the paper." "32210","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","8.","","","","French originals of all the documents, translations of which accompanied the Message of the President of the United States, of the 18th January, 1799, relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. Philadelphia: printed by Charles Cist, M,DCC,XCIX. [1799.]","E323 .F76","

8vo. 30 leaves and an errata slip at the end.

Sabin 25886. Not in Faÿ.

Contains a number of letters from Talleyrand to Elbridge Gerry with some of the replies of the latter, and other matters." "32220","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]J. 5. 1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 280, Do. [Political Pamphlets, American,] 1800, 2 v 8vo. This 8vo. volume contained originally 21 tracts bound together in half calf (front cover now gone). No. 2 and 10 have been removed, and have disappeared from the Library. The tracts are numbered serially on the first pages. The titles of the missing tracts have been obtained from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1864. JA36.P8 vol. 100 The 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue called for 2 volumes; a note in the contemporary working copy states that the 1st volume is missing. A number of these pamphlets are concerned with the 1800 election.[/TBE]","1.","","","Cobbett, William.","[The Rush-Light. 15th March, 1800. Being the third number of Volume I. Philadelphia, 1800.]","","

24 leaves, sig. Q-X4, pages [113]-[160] with a leaf at the end headed Notifications to the Publick.

Sabin 4015.

The number 1 in ink on the first page; initialled by Jefferson at sig T.

This number contains A Defence of the Publications on which the action of Rush was grounded, including a summary of the charges against the defendant:

1. With calling Doctor Rush a vain boaster.

2. With calling him a quack.

3. With calling him Sangrado.

4. With saying that he slew his patients.

Jefferson is introduced into the argument. On page 145:

Permit me to put a case to you, Gentlemen. Suppose Jefferson were to propose to you a new alliance with France: should you listen to it with the same patience as you would to a similar proposition from Mr. Adams? And would you not be justified in declaring, that you believed you should not have said so much about it, if Jefferson had not been the proposer? Should you not, if this your declaration were brought forward as a proof of your malice against Jefferson, spurn at the promoters of the charge and the wretched spies they had employed? Were you free men, nay, were you vassals, were you slaves, were you any thing but Philadelphians, you certainly would . . ." "32230","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","2.","","","Cobbett, William.","[The Republican Rush-Light. By William Cobbet. No. VII. Being the first number of Volume II.] n. p., n. d. [?London, 1800.]","E321 .C68","

8vo. 24 leaves, caption title.

Sabin 14015.

Several references to Jefferson occur. On page 13:

They have told us, and too many Americans have believed it, That in the event of the election of Mr. Jefferson, we should have a war with England. But I will undertake not only to shew that we shall have no war with England, but also, that America has nothing to fear, under a wise administration, from any foreign nation whatever.

On page 46:

They have been told; that, under the administration of Jefferson, the National debt would be extinguished, in order to excite the fears of those who live upon the interest; and, some silly republicans, have been weak enough to believe this villainous insinuation; though not one federalist who propagated it, ever entertained such a belief, for a moment. But to throw out Jefferson, and keep themselves in power, they will go any lengths . . . If the price of stock, should fall during the administration of Mr. Jefferson, it will be, because a new field will then be opened for the employment of capital: monied men will find it more profitable to employ their riches in adorning the face of the country, and in establishing useful arts, than lending it to the nation at six per cent.

William Cobbett established the Rush-Light on February 15, 1800, after his loss of the libel suit brought against him by Dr. Benjamin Rush for his ridicule of Rush's methods of dealing with the yellow fever. This is the only number which includes the word ''Republican'' in the title." "32240","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","3.","","","Cooper, Thomas.","An Account of the trial of Thomas Cooper, of Northumberland; on a charge of libel against the President of the United States; taken in short hand. With a Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Thomas Cooper. Philadelphia: printed by John Bioren, for the author, April 1800.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves. The Erratum at the end reads: In the title page this trial is said to be printed for the author: this is a mistake: it is not printed for me. T. C.

The Preface is signed by Thomas Cooper, from the Prison of Philadelphia, May 1st. 1800.

Sabin 16608.

For this attack on the administration of John Adams, Cooper was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $400, which, after his death, was refunded to his heirs." "32250","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","4.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia relative to the murder of Logan's family. By Thomas Jefferson. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel H. Smith, M.D.CCC. [1800.]","","

Second Issue. 8vo. 30 leaves including the last blank, woodcut map on the verso of G2. This issue was published immediately after the first, for inclusion at the end of The declaration of John Sappington, received after the publication of the preceding Appendix.

Sabin 35880. Johnston, page 15.

This Appendix contains a number of letters and depositions of which most of the originals (or in the case of Jefferson's letters, autograph letterpress copies) are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. It is addressed by Jefferson to Governor Henry of Maryland, in a letter dated December 31st, 1797.

On December 11, 1797, Luther Martin of Baltimore wrote to Jefferson:

My first address to you was placed by me in the hands of a friend in Philadelphia, to be delivered to you immediately after the then Session of Congress should Terminate.

Your Departure before that Period prevented your receiving it as soon as I wished, and obliged me to transmit by the Mail to you in Virginia the printed Copy.

I take it for granted you received that copy,—and also that you have seen in the publick Papers my letter to Mr. Fennell and that to yourself of which I sent you the Copy;—And taking these facts for granted, I now again pay my respects to you.

You, Sir, are the avowed Author of the Notes upon Virginia.—That work is published with your Name;—And in it you have calumniated a family with which I am connected;—the Individuals of which I respect and esteem, and to one of whom my Children owe their Birth.—A Family, Sir, which, tho' it hath not furnished America with Philosophers, Writers of Notes upon Virginia, Ambassadors to France, Secretaries of State, or Vice Presidents of the Union, yet dares place its name in Competition with that of Jefferson.—That work was also published by you when Mr. Michael Cresap had been dead more than seven years, and when Colo Cresap borne down by the hand of Time, blind and deaf was sinking into his Grave.—

I have in the most publick manner called on you to designate the Individual to whom you meant to apply the Calumny, and the Authority on which you published it.—The Propriety of my so doing no person can question.—I have waited sufficiently long for your Answer;—but that you have not thought proper to give me.—You have preserved obstinate, stubborn Silence.—Was I much more your Enemy than I am, I could not have wished you to have acted differently.—It is precisely the part the least honorable to your head or to your heart.

One of two things only with propriety could you have done;—either justified your Publication;—or acknowledged your Error.

That the first was not in your power I know.—And for the last I did not believe you to possess sufficient Candor.—

For your Silence the Publick expects a reason.—It already condemns you. Come forward when you will;—Assign any reason you choose, I pledge myself to [improve?] its futility.—One thing I will frankly acknowledge;—avail yourself of it as you please. I might, and had I very highly esteemed you, it is probable I should, have entered on a discussion of this Subject in a manner less offensive; But even you, Sir, must admit that I have shewn as much attention to your feelings, as you thought decent to shew to the feelings of the Cresaps; and I am sure you cannot be so lost to every sentiment of Justice but that you must join with the publick Voice in acknowledging that from me you are not entitled to more.

That I should address this Letter to you immediately on your Arrival at Congress may by some be thought extraordinary or perhaps censurable; but finding on a former occasion I appreciated your Publick Services beyond even your own Ideas, I have now changed my Conduct, and as I formerly waited for Congress to rise, I have now not only waited for Congress to meet, but also for you to meet the Congress; and during the session I mean to take the Liberty, Sir, of keeping up a Correspondence with you through the medium of the publick Papers, until I effect the object I have undertaken, that of effacing from the name of Cresap the stain you have attempted to fix thereon. Whether in so doing I shall sully your own the world will determine.—You have refused to inform me which of the Cresaps you intended to transmit to posterity as the infamous Murderer of the family of that all-accomplished orator, your Mingo Chief—You have thereby rendered my Undertaking more complex.—However as I well know, of that family there were but two persons, to either of whom your charge could be meant to be applied; To the Vindication of those two, shall my future Letters be confined;—The one Colonel Thomas Cresap, who, tho' when the British invaded Virginia he was more than one hundred years of age, I am confident had he been Governor of that State would not have fled from the Seat of his Government at least without an attempt to defend it.—The other Mr Michael Cresap, his youngest Son, whose Life, had Heaven spared it to his family and to his Country, would I am well satisfied have prevented me the necessity of this Investigation, for, Sir, in that case I sacredly beleive neither the Story nor the Speech of Logan would in their present form have graced the pages of the Notes on Virginia.

On December 24, Governor John Henry of Maryland, wrote (apparently to Henry Tazewell):

In Mr. Jeffersons Notes on Virginia it is stated (I have not the Book by me) that the Family of Logan were murdered by one of the Cresaps. Mr. Martin the Attorney General of Maryland married into that family. He has heretofore and also within the last two weeks addressed a letter or letters to Mr. Jefferson upon this subject. He has likewise stated to me in a conversation which I had with him at my own request, that he now has in his possession documents which will show that the passage in the Notes is incorrect.

As the feelings of Mr. Martin & his friends have been wounded by this part of the Notes, I am anxious that there should be an understanding upon this subject and their minds made easy.

I can see no good reason why Mr. Jefferson should not give some speedy assurance directly to Mr. Martin or to some of his friends that the correction shall take place.

Altho in the Great Concerns of our Country we have differed as to the course which it was best to pursue, yet there has never been a time when I had not the highest respect & esteem for the character of Mr. Jefferson and of late having resided under the same roof with him, and been an eye witness of his deportment both public & private; I am free to declare that his virtues have endeared him to me.

To lessen the number of his Enemies & assuage the accrimony of those which he now has, are objects which I have much at heart.

I have the disposition to say much upon this subject, but a future occasion may be embraced with more propriety.

I however now from a strong & sincere desire to quiet the mind of my friend Mr. Martin, as well as for other considerations, entreat you to press upon the mind of Mr. Jefferson the propriety of not adding unnecessarily to the Number of his Enemies—they are already numerous & bitter enough God knows.

Whatever he does upon the subject matter of this letter, I know will be strongly marked with that sincerity candour & simplicity which has so eminently distinguished his character.

I will thank you for any communication respecting our public affairs.

This letter, without address, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, endorsed by Jefferson: Henry Govr of Maryland. 97. Dec.

Jefferson wrote to Governor Henry in a letter dated from Philadelphia December 31, 1797, which is printed as the Introduction to this Appendix.

Mr. Tazewell has communicated to me the enquiries you have been so kind as to make relative to a passage in the Notes on Virginia, which has lately excited some newspaper publications. I feel with great sensibility the interest you take in this business and with pleasure go into explanations with one whose objects I know to be truth & justice alone. had m[???] Martin thought proper to suggest to me that doubts might be entertained of the transaction respecting Logan, as stated in the Notes on Virginia, & to enquire on what grounds that statement was founded, I should have felt myself obliged by the enquiry, have informed him candidly of the grounds, & cordially have cooperated in every means of investigating the fact, & correcting whatsoever in it should be found to have been erroneous. but he chose to step at once into the newspapers, & in his publications there, & the letters he wrote to me, adopted a style which forbade the respect of an answer. sensible however that no act of his could absolve me from the justice due to others, as soon as I found that the story of Logan could be doubted, I determined to enquire into it as accurately as the testimony remaining after a lapse of twenty odd years would permit, & that the result should be made known either in the first new edition which should be printed of the Notes on Virginia, or by publishing an Appendix. I thought that so far as that work had contributed to impeach the memory of Cresap, by handing on an erroneous charge, it was proper it should be made the vehicle of retribution. not that I was at all the author of the injury. I had only concurred with thousands & thousands of others in believing a transaction on authority which merited respect. for the story of Logan is only repeated in the Notes on Virginia precisely as it had been current more than a dozen years before they were published. when Ld. Dunmore returned from the expedition against the Indians in 1774. he & his officers brought the speech of Logan, & related the circumstances of it. these were so affecting, & the speech itself so fine a morsel of eloquence that it became the theme of every conversation, in Williamsburg particularly, & generally indeed wheresoever any of the officers resided or resorted. I learned it in Williamsburg; I believe at Lord Dunmore's; & I find in my pocket book of that year (1774.) an entry of the narrative as taken from the mouth of some person whose name however is not noted, nor recollected, precisely in the words stated in the Notes on Virginia. the speech was published in the Virginia gazette of that time: (I have it myself in the volume of gazettes of that year:) & though it was the translation made by the common Interpreter, & in a style by no means elegant, yet it was so admired, that it flew thro' all the public papers of the continent, & thro' the magazines & other periodical publications of Great Britain; & those who were boys at that day will now attest that the speech of Logan used to be given them as a school-exercise for repetition. it was not till about 13. or 14. years after the newspaper publications that the Notes on Virginia were published in America. combating in these the contumatious theory of certain European writers, whose celebrity gave currency & weight to their opinions, that our country from the combined effects of soil & climate, degenerated animal nature, in the general, and particularly the moral faculties of man, I considered the speech of Logan as an apt proof of the contrary, & used it as such: & I copied verbatim the narrative I had taken down in 1774. & the speech as it had been given us in a better translation by Ld. Dunmore. I knew nothing of the Cresaps, & could not possibly have a motive to do them an injury with design. I repeated what thousands had done before on as good authority as we have for most of the facts we learn through life, & such as to this moment I have seen no reason to doubt. that anybody questioned it, was never suspected by me till I saw the letter of m[???] Martin in the Baltimore paper. I endeavored then to recollect who among my cotemporaries, of the same circle of society, & consequently of the same recollections, might still be alive. three & twenty years of death & dispersion had left very few. I remembered however that General Gibson was still living & knew that he had been the translator of the speech. I wrote to him immediately. he in answer, declares to me that he was the very person sent by Ld. Dunmore to the Indian town, that after he had delivered his message there, Logan took him out to a neighboring wood, sat down with him, and rehearsing with tears the catastrophe of his family, gave him that speech for Ld. Dunmore; that he carried it to Ld. Dunmore, translated it for him, has turned to it in the Encyclopedia, as taken from the Notes on Virginia, & finds that it was his translation I had used, with only two or three verbal variations of no importance. these I suppose had arisen in the course of successive copies. I cite General Gibson's letter by memory, not having it with me; but I am sure I cite it substantially right. it establishes unquestionably that the speech of Logan is genuine: & that being established, it is Logan himself who is author of all the important facts. 'Colo. Cresap, says he, in cold blood & unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not sparing even my women and children. there runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.' the person, & the fact, in all it's material circumstances, are here given by Logan himself. Genl. Gibson indeed says that the title was mistaken: that Cresap was a Captain, & not a Colo. this was Logan's mistake. he also observes that it was on a water of the Kanhaway, & not on the Kanhaway itself that his family was killed. this is an error which has crept into the traditionary account: but surely of little moment in the moral view of the subject. the material question is Was Logan's family murdered, & by whom? that it was murdered, has not I believe been denied. that it was by one of the Cresaps, Logan affirms. this is a question which concerns the memories of Logan & Cresap; to the issue of which I am as indifferent as if I had never heard the name of either. I have begun & shall continue to enquire into the evidence, additional to Logan's, on which the fact was founded. little indeed can now be heard of, & that little dispersed & distant. if it shall appear on enquiry that Logan has been wrong in charging Cresap with the murder of his family, I will do justice to the memory of Cresap, as far as I have contributed to the injury by believing & repeating what others had believed & repeated before me. if on the other hand, I find that Logan was right in his charge, I will vindicate as far as my suffrage may go, the truth of a Chief, whose talents & misfortunes have attached to him the respect & commiseration of the world.

I have gone, my dear Sir, into this lengthy detail to satisfy a mind, in the candour and rectitude of which I have the highest confidence. so far as you may incline to use the communication for rectifying the judgments of those who are willing to see things truly as they are, you are free to use it. but I pray that no confidence which you may repose in any one may induce you to let it go out of your hands so as to get into a newspaper. against a contest in that field I am entirely decided. I feel extraordinary gratification indeed in addressing this letter to you, with whom shades of difference in political sentiment have not prevented the interchange of good opinion, nor cut off the friendly offices of society & good correspondence. this political tolerance is the more valued by me who consider social harmony as the first of human felicities, & the happiest moments those which are given to the effusions of the heart. accept them sincerely, I pray you from one who has the honor to be, with sentiments of high respect and attachment, Dear Sir . . .

Six months before Martin's letter to Jefferson, on June 4, 1797, in a letter to Peregrine Fitzhugh, Jefferson had written:

. . . you have perhaps seen an attack made by a m[???] Luther Martin on the facts stated in the Notes on Virginia relative to Logan, his speech, the fate of his family, and the share Colo. Cresap had in their extermination. I do not desire to enter the field in the newspapers with m[???] Martin but if any injury has been done Colo. Cresap in the statement I have given it shall certainly be corrected whenever another edition of that work shall be published. I have given it as I have recieved it. I think you told me Cresap had lived in your neighborhood hence I have imagined you could in the ordinary course of conversations in the societies there find the real truth of the whole transaction & the genuine character and conduct of Cresap. if you will be so good as to keep this subject in your mind, to avail yourself of the opportunities of enquiry & evidence which may occur, and communicate the result to me you will singularly oblige me.

On January 2, 1798, Jefferson wrote to John Page:

You have probably seen or heard of some very abusive letters addressed to me in the publick papers by a m[???] Martin of Baltimore on the subject of Logan's speech cited in the Notes on Virginia. I do not mean to notice m[???] Martin or go into the newspapers on the subject. but I am still anxious to enquire into the foundation of that story, & if I find anything wrong in it, it shall be corrected, & what is right supported either in some new edition of that work or in an Appendix to it. you and I were so much together about the year 1774. that I take for granted that whatsoever I heard you heard also and therefore that your memory can assist mine in recollecting the substance of the story, how it came to us, and who could now be applied to to give information relative to it. you were more in Ld. Dunmore's & Foy's company than I was, & probably heard more of it from that family than I did. I must pray you to rub up your recollection & communicate to me as fully as you can what you can recall to your mind relative to it. and if you can procure me the evidence, or the recollections of any other person on it it will much oblige me . . .

On the same day he wrote to Mann Page:

I do not know whether you have seen some very furious abuse of me in the Baltimore papers by a m[???] Luther Martin, on account of Logan's speech published in the Notes on Virginia. he supposes both the speech & story made by me to support an argument against Buffon; I mean not to enter into a newspaper contest with m[???] Martin. but I wish to collect as well as the lapse of time will permit the evidence on which we received that story. it was brought to us as I remember by Ld. Dunmore & his officers on their return from the expedition of 1774. I am sure it was from them I got it. as you were very much in the same circle of society in Wms.burg with myself, I am in hopes your memory will be able to help out mine, and recall some facts which have escaped me. I ask it as a great favor of you to endeavor to recollect & to communicate to me all the circumstances you possibly can relative to this matter, particularly the authority on which we received it, & the names of any persons who you think can give me information. I mean to fix the fact with all possible care & truth, and either to establish or correct the former statement in an Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, or in the first republication of the work . . .

On March 25, Jefferson wrote to Dr. Samuel Brown of Ohio:

You were a witness, before you left our side of the continent, to the endeavors of the tory party among us, to write me down as far as they could find or make materials. 'Oh! that mine enemy would write a book!' has been a well known prayer against an enemy. I had written a book, and it has furnished matter of abuse for want of something better. m[???] Martin's polite attack on the subject of Cresap & Logan, as stated in the Notes on Virginia, had begun before you left us. it has continued & still continues; tho' after the perusal of the first letter had shewn me what was to be the style of those subsequent, I have avoided reading a single one. a friend of mine having wished for a general explanation of the foundation of the case of Logan, I wrote him a letter of which I had a few copies printed, to give to particular friends for their satisfaction, & on whom I could rely against the danger of it's being published. I inclose you a copy as well for these purposes, as that I think it may be in your power to obtain some information for me. indeed I suppose it probable that General Clarke may know something of the facts relative to Logan or Cresap. I shall be much obliged to you for any information you can procure on this subject. you will see by the inclosed in what way I mean to make use of it. I am told you are preparing to give us an account of the General, which for it's matter I know, & for it's manner I doubt not, will be highly interesting. I am in hopes in connecting with it some account of Kentucky, that your information & his together will be able to correct and supply what I had collected relative to it in a very early day. indeed it was to Genl. Clarke I was indebted for what degree of accuracy there was in most of my statements. I wish you to attend particularly to the overflowage of the Mississippi, on which I have been accused of error. present me affectionately to the General, & assure him of my constant remembrance & esteem: and accept yourself salutations & sentiments of sincere attachment from Dear Sir . . .

Dr. Brown replied from Lexington, Kentucky, on September 4:

The letter you did me the honor of writing me, in March last, I intended to have answered long since; & to enable me to do so, the more to your satisfaction, I took the earliest opportunities of informing General Clarke & several other gentlemen, who had been the companions of his youthful campaigns, of the illiberal attack made on you, by the Attorney General of Maryland. I have defered replying to your friendly letter hitherto, from an expectation of collecting from different sources, a variety of statements & facts relative to the murder of Logans family. But as most of the Gentlemen to whom I wrote on the subject, reside in remote parts of the country, at a distance from post Roads, I am induced to attribute their silence to the want of safe modes of conveying their letters to Lexington. I am, however, happy, in having it in my power to transmit to you, an interesting letter, from your friend General Clarke, which, indeed, appears to me, to render further investigation quite unnecessary. The only point for which you contend (viz) that Logan is really the Author of the Speech ascribed to him, in your Notes on Virginia is now established beyond the possibility of contradiction. The incidents in General Clarkes narrative follow each other in a manner so simple & so natural as to afford, to every liberal & candid enquirer, the highest internal evidence of their reality. To those who have the happiness of being acquainted with that truly great man, his statement will bring the fullest conviction. His memory is singularly accurate, his veracity unquestionable. To such respectable authority I can suppose no one capable of objecting, except Mr Luther Martin. I have shewn General Clarkes letter to Major Morrison, the Supervisor of the Ohio District, who resided near Pittsburg, when the transactions respecting Logan occurred. He assures me that he knows most of them as stated in the letter to be true for they are within his own recollection. Colo. Paterson who likewise lived in that Country about that time mentioned to me a circumstance which appears worthy of notice. There were, then, in that, as in almost every other frontier, two parties—By the one Capt. Cresap was considered as a wanton violator of Treaties as a man of a cruel & inhuman disposition; By the other he was esteem[ed] as an intrepid warrior & as a just avenger of savage barbarities. You probably became first acquainted with his character at Williamsburg the seat of Government; General Clarke joined him in the War path. This circumstance will, perhaps, in some measure, account for the very different sentiments, which two Gentlemen so perfectly capable of appreciating Cresaps character, may have entertained respecting it.

Should you judge it adviseable, at the present time, I could easily obtain from General Clarke the substance of his narrative & have it published here as an answer to spontaneous enquiries of my own. It can be done without your appearing at all in the business. This however I shall not attempt to do without your permission; yet I wish that Genl Clarkes statement could be made public in some shape or other, as it would doubly mortify Mr Martin to have his assertions refuted without receiving a reply from you whom he has so assiduously laboured to draw forth into the field of controversy. I can assure that your friends in this quarter are highly gratified at the silent contempt with which you have treated that redoutable Hero of Federalism—And it is with heartfelt pleasure that I further assure you, that nothing which old Tories, aristocrats & governmental Sycophants can say against you, will in any degree, diminish the confidence, which the good Citizens of this state repose in your abilities & patriotism. Never was a State more unanimous in execrating the measures supported by your Enemies who, I trust, will soon prove themselves to be, what I have long thot them, the enemies of Liberty & their Country . . .

Dr. Brown sent General Clarke's [i. e. General George Rogers Clark] deposition, 8 pages folio, dated June 17, 1798.

This deposition reads in part:

Your Letter was handed to me by Mr. Thruston, the Matter therein contained was new to me; I find myself hurt that Mr. Jefferson should have been attacked with so much Virulence on a Subject which I know he was not the Author of; but except a few Mistakes of Name of Person & Places, the Story is substantially true; I was of the first and last of the active Officers who bore the Weight of that War, and on perusing some old Papers of that Date I find some Memoirs; but independent of them I have a perfect Recollection of every Transaction relative to Logans Story. The Conduct of Cresap I am perfectly acquainted with, he was not the Author of that Murder, But a Family of the Name of Greathouse—But some Transactions that happened under the Conduct of Captn. Cresap a few Days previous to the Murder of Logan's Family gave him sufficient Ground to suppose that it was Cresap who had done him the Injury; But to enable you fully to understand the subject of your Enquiry, I shall relate the Incidents that gave Rise to Logan's Suspicion; and will enable Mr. Jefferson to do Justice to himself and the Cresap Family, by being made fully acquainted with Facts . . .

On May 4, 1798, James Lewis, Jr., wrote to Jefferson from Fredericksburg, Virginia:

At this momentous crisis, when one party style themselves the enemies to abuse, and the friends of Reform; and the other party are contending for the continuance of their degraded institutions and unrelenting usurpations, the powers of man are everywhere in action. The struggle is, who shall prevail: the passions of men are no less active, than their understandings. No example can more effectually exhibit this activity, than a furious invective of Luther Martin, publicly applauded by Francis Corbin, a man of some conspicuity in our state, against you. At such a period, the friends of reform should let be known, that they act from from the enlightened convictions of truth & justice and from the respectable motives, that such principles necessarily inspire; our motives should be pure and our integrity unimpeached. That publication has attempted to attach to you, the degraded motive of endeavouring in your notes to raise your Literary fame at the expence of another's reputation and to effect it, have not stopped at misreprentation & calumny. I will not, enlightened friend of man and your Country, decide as to the mode of repelling this charge, designed for this period—By a Letter of yours to our friend Mr Page your mode of resisting it, is known to me. Let me do my duty, by notifying to you, the existence of a document, wch. in my estimate, will be greatly serviceable.

St. George Tucker is here attendg in his official character, as Judge of this District: Conversing with him, he authorises me, to communicate to you, that he thinks he possesses a paper Contemporary with the facts alluded to, wch details them, as your Virginia notes do: if he should have it not, his recollection of having read such detail, in such paper, within a short time, is thoroughly vivid—If the possession of such paper or his Certificate can be beneficial to you, at your notification thereof, he will transmit them or either of them to you. It is unnecessary for me to add, that my services are at your disposal. In the above conduct my motives cannot be scanned. I am determined to devote my life to the cause of equality, Justice & mankind & thus my duty is, that the votaries of such principles should always be enabled to shield their characters & exhibit their genuine features.

Jefferson replied on May 9:

I am much obliged by your friendly letter of the 4th. inst. as soon as I saw the first of m[???] Martin's letters, I turned to the newspapers of the day & found Logan's speech as translated by a common Indian interpreter. the version I had used had been made by Genl. Gibson. finding from m[???] Martin's stile that his object was not merely truth, but to gratify party passions, I never read another of his letters. I determined to do my duty by searching into the truth & publishing it to the world, whatever it should be. this I shall do at a proper season. I am much indebted to many persons who without any acquaintance with me have voluntarily sent me information on the subject . . .

Between 1798 and 1800 Jefferson collected through various friends the depositions he subsequently printed in the Appendix to the Notes on Virginia.

Amongst the deponents was Judge Harry Innes of Danville, Kentucky, with whom Jefferson had considerable correspondence on the subject.

On March 2, 1799, Judge Innes wrote from Kentucky (Near Frankfort) to Jefferson:

The other day being in the county of Shelby I was shewn a letter from Doctor Saml. Brown of Lexington to Doctor Knight, requesting information respecting the murder of some Indians at Yellow Creek on the Ohio in the Spring of 1774, supposed to have been committed by Colo. Cresap which caused the Indian War of that year. Doctor Brown in his letter stated that he wished to collect facts respecting the murder & the Speech of Logan as written in your Notes of Virginia, to transmit them to you in order to justify your charge against Cresap, as you had been caled upon so to do by Luther Martin Esqr. of Maryland.

My respect for both your public & private character induced me to make some enquiry into the circumstances (of the person in whose hands I saw the letter) relative to the above facts, the result of which appears to be this; That about the month of April 1774 from eight to twelve Indians, men, women & children were kiled at the mouth of Yellow creek at the house of one Joshua Baker who kept a Tavern at that place; the women & children were in the house, their shreiks & cries reached the ears of some Indian men on the opposite shore of the Ohio who came over in canoes, the men were kiled as soon as they had landed; this murder was committed by a certain Daniel Greathouse & others, in the perpetration of which Cresap had no part, neither was he present.

About the same time Colo. Cresap with fourteen or fifteen men were asscending the Ohio & fell in with three Indian men between Wheeling & Buffaloe creeks who he murdered.

I received this information from Jacob Newland of Shelby county who lived at the time on the Bank of the Ohio below the mouth of Buffaloe, a man of integrity who was informed of the fact by Cresap & his party, but he cannot recollect the reason (if any) assigned in justification of the murder.

If you still wish to pursue the enquiry farther, Capt. Newland recommends it to you to apply to, Charles Polke & Isaac Greathouse of Shelby, Herman Greathouse & Thomas Polke of Nelson, John Sappington of Madison of this state & Joshua Baker before noted on Cumberland River of the state of Tenessee.

If sir you will state to me particular facts of which you are to be informed respecting the said murders & the causes which produced them, I will chearfully unite with Doctor Brown my endeavours to collect every information which these men can now recollect respecting the transactions. It can be done without much trouble, & if it will render you any essential benifit I will make a personal application to each of the persons resident within this state & apply by letter to Baker.

With respect to the authenticity of Logan's Speech, they probably know nothing about it—application made to Officers near Dunmore's person, or the Feild Officers of his division, would be apt to give more particular information on the subject. I recollect to have seen it in 75 in one of the public prints.

That Logan conceived Cresap to be the author of the murder at Yellow creek, it is in my power to give, perhaps a more particular information, than any other person you can apply to. In 1774 I lived in Fincastle county, now divided into Washington, Montgomery & part of Wythe, being intimate in Colo. Preston's family I happened in July to be at his house, when an express was sent to him as the Cy. Leiut. requesting a Guard of the militia to be ordered out for the protection of the inhabitants residing low down on the north fork of Holstein river, the Express brought with him a war club & a note which was left tied to it at the house of one Robertson whose family were cut off by the Indians & gave rise for the application to Colo. Robertson, of which the following is a Copy then taken by me in my memo. Book.

''Captain Cresap

What did you kill my people on Yellow creek for, th white people killd my kin at Conustoga a great while ago, and I thought nothing of that, but you kill'd my kin again on Yellow creek and took my cousin prisoner, then I thought I must kill too and I have been three times to war since, but the Indians are not angry only myself.

Captain John Logan

July 21st. 1774

The foregoing statement of Facts has made my letter so long that I shall forbear any observations respecting our political situation & opinions of the western country—if they shall conduce anithing to your satisfaction I shall feel myself compensated for the trouble I have had in writing them.

This letter was not used by Jefferson in this Appendix.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on June 20:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of March the 2d. and to return you many thanks for it. I am very desirous to collect all the information I can relative to the murder of Logan's family, who were the perpetrators, & how far Cresap had counselled or ordered it; for tho' there exists a very general belief that he was present, yet the information I have recieved seems rather that he ordered Greathouse & his party on that business & took another upon himself. of the authenticity of Logan's speech I have the evidence of General Gibson who recieved it from Logan's hand, delivered it to Lord Dunmore & translated it. the speech proves that Logan considered Colo. Cresap as the murderer; and nothing can prove it more authentically than the copy of the note you have been so kind as to send me. my statement therefore, which has been attacked is nothing more than the universally recieved account of that transaction. if mankind have generally imputed that murder to Cresap, it was because his character led them to it, numerous murders of the Indians having drawn them to fix this on him. his character becomes an object of enquiry on this account. after letting this matter remain uncontradicted for upwards of 20. years it has now been raked up from party hatred, as furnishing some [illegible] with the design of writing me down.

I have left their calumnies unanswered but in the meantime have asked the favor of gentlemen who have it in their power to procure me what information they can as I mean to prepare a correct statement of the facts respecting the murder of Logan's family, to be inserted by way of amendment into the text of the Notes on Virginia. this I hope to be able to publish next winter when in Philadelphia, so I have asked from my friends to furnish me whatever they shall have collected by the month of December next. material from the evidence will probably be published in support of the text as it will be amended. the information will mention [illegible] affidavits where convenient, or of certificate or letter where not so. minute details will be most desirable. any assistance you can give me in procuring this or any other material information on the subject will be very thankfully recieved, my distance from the evidence of persons acquainted with the transaction rendering it impracticable for me to obtain it otherwise than by the aid of my friends. I would also ask to recieve it by or before the month of December. I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you but as you have been so kind as to offer your aid . . .

On December 6 Innes sent to Jefferson the depositions of Charles Polke and Jacob Newlan with a long letter from himself, which Jefferson answered from Philadelphia on January 23, 1800:

Your favor of Dec. 6. I recieved here on the 30th. of the same month, and have to thank you for the papers it contained. they serve to prove that if Cressap was not of the party of Logan's murderers, yet no injury was done his character by believing it. I shall while here this winter publish such material testimony on the subject as I have recieved; which by the kindness of my friends will be amply sufficient. it will appear that the deed was generally imputed to Cressap by both whites & Indians, that his character was justly stained with their blood, perhaps that he ordered this transaction, but that he was not himself present at the time. I shall consequently make a proper change in the text of the Notes on Virginia, to be adopted if any future edition of that work should be printed . . .

On March 14 in the same year General John Gibson wrote from Pittsburgh to Jefferson:

I recieved the enclosed letter from a Mr. Luther Martin of Baltimore requesting me to answer the Queries therein contained. But as I am fully convinced he is actuated by party spirit, more than by any other consideration, I shall not return him answer until I hear from you, in the mean time permit me to request you to send me a Copy of the last letter I wrote to you, when I shall be able to Give you a deposition of every thing, I know concerning it . . .

Jefferson replied on March 21:

I recieved last night your favor of the 14th. and now inclose you a copy of your letter. I was within a day or two of putting into the press the evidence I had collected on this subject. I have been long in collecting it, because of the distance & dispersion of those acquainted with the transaction. however I have at length thot of a dozen or fifteen persons, who clear up the mystery which threw doubt on this phase of history. it appears that instead of one, there were four different murders committed on the Indians. the 1st. by Cresap & his party a little above Wheeling, on two Indians. the 2d. by the same persons on the same or the next day on a party of Indians encamped below Wheeling at the mouth of Grave creek, among whom were some of Logan's relations. the Indians have returned the fire & wounded one of Cresap's party. the 3d. by Greathouse & Tomlinson a few days after this was a hunting party of Indian men, women & children encamped at the mouth of Yellow creek opposite to Baker's bottom. Greathouse went to their camp as a friend; found them too strong, and invited them over to Baker's to drink. they came over, were furnished with as much rum as they could drink, & when the men were quite drunk Greathouse's party fell on & massacred the whole except a little girl Logan's cousin whom they made prisoner. here his sister was murdered and some other of his relations. the Indians over the river, alarmed at the guns, sent over two canoes of men to use for their friends. Greathouse & his party recieved them as they approached the shore with a well directed fire and killed and wounded several. at this massacre Baker says there were 12. killed & 5. or 6. wounded. the popular report, at a distance from the scene, had bleynded all these together and made only one transaction of it; and passing from one to another unacquainted with the geography of the transaction, the Kanhawa had been substituted for the Ohio. here too arose the doubt whether it was not Greathouse instead of Cresap who killed Logan's relations. the principal murder was by Greathouse at Yellow creek; but some of them had been killed a few days before by Cresap at Grave creek. the mistake of Cresap's title, calling him Colo. instead of Capt. I presume was merely an Indian mistake. I think I have observed them call those whom they deemed great men among us Colo. by way of courtesy. I suppose from the letter you inclose me, which I now return, that some chicanery is to be exercised on Logan's speech, it's genuineness, whether it was written in the Indian language, & by whom, but as to all this you can set us to rights. this gentleman begun as I am told (for I have never read a single one of his papers except as much of the beginning of the first as shewed me the stile in which he thought proper to indulge himself, and which determined me at once not to gratify him by reading what he wrote to give me pain) he begun it is said by denying that any such speech was ever delivered, by declaring it a forgery, & a forgery of mine &c.; he finds the current of testimony too strong to be resisted, and wants to see if he can take any hold on the circumstances of it's being written or spoken, in what language, by whom etc. you have perfectly declared the cause of his taking up the subject. while his wife lived he never noticed it. for years after her death he never noticed it. but when it became an object with a party to injure me in the eyes of my countrymen, this, among other circumstances, was thought to furnish grounds for writing me down. they set this cat's paw to work on it: and he has served them with zeal. I shall never notice him otherwise than by publishing the evidence I have collected, & correcting the text on the Notes on Virginia conformably to the more exact information of the historical fact. I shall delay doing this a few days, in hopes of recieving from you the deposition you are so kind as to promise. if this could be by the first return of post I should be glad because I must get these testimonies printed before Congress leaves this place.

The first issue of the Appendix was printed before May 8, 1800, on which day John Dickinson wrote from Wilmington to Jefferson:

John Dickinson presents his Thanks for the Appendix, and has been much gratified in perusing so complete a Vindication of a Character he has so long and so constantly regarded with high Esteem.

Two days later, on May 10, Jefferson wrote to Samuel Brown:

I am much indebted to you for your aid in procuring evidence on the subject of the murder of Logan's family. your brother has explained to you what was thought best as to Genl. Clarke's deposition. I received Sappington's declaration yesterday. I had already published & sent out the pamphlet which I inclose you. but I am now endeavoring to get this declaration printed to annex it to the remaining ones, & if done in time a copy of it shall accompany this . . .

A letter to Jefferson from Nathaniel Niles, dated from West Fairlee (Vermont), February 12, 1801, contains the paragraph:

. . . I duly received, and am much obliged by the apendix to the Notes on Virginia, altho the strictures of Mr. Martin, had not, so far as I know, reached this part of the country. I have not learned how he received, nor how he treated the apendix, but presume he must have been silent . . .

The original autograph letters concerned in this Appendix, the letters from the deponents to Jefferson's correspondents and the original autograph depositions (part of that of John Gibson lacking) are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. There are, however, important gaps in the correspondence. Dr. Samuel Brown's letter concerning General Clark's deposition is dated September 4, 1798; the deposition itself is dated June 17, 1798. There is no mention of the reason for not including in the Appendix General Clark's deposition nor the letter of Judge Innes of March 2, 1799. That there was a reason for the omission of Clark's deposition is mentioned by Jefferson in his reply to Dr. Brown on May 10, 1800 (quoted above).

The same letter to Dr. Brown announces the printing of the second issue of the Appendix to include the deposition of Sappington which Jefferson had received yesterday (i. e. May 9, 1800). The letter of Samuel McKeen attesting to the declaration of John Sappington (which exonerated Cresap) is dated from Madison County, February 13, 1800, almost two months earlier than the latest deposition included in the first issue (April 4, 1800). There is no information as to why Sappington's letter had not been received by Jefferson at the time it was written.

Luther Martin, 1748-1826, first Attorney-General of the State of Maryland, was the son-in-law of Captain Cresap, described by Jefferson in the Notes on Virginia as a man infamous for the many murders he had committed on those much injured people (i. e., the Shawnee tribe) (1782 edition, page 115). Jefferson recounted in the Notes how Cresap had murdered the Logan family. Luther Martin protested against this as shown above, and Jefferson wrote the Appendix, printed in two issues in a separate publication in 1800, and appended to the 1800 and all later editions of the Notes on Virginia. Martin became involved again with Jefferson during the trial of Aaron Burr at which time Jefferson described him to George Hay as this unprincipled & impudent federal bull dog.

For a pamphlet by B. S. Barton on this subject see no. 3343." "32260","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","5.","","","[Linn, William.]","Serious considerations on the election of a President: addressed to the citizens of the United States. Trenton: printed by Sherman, Mershon & Thomas, M,DCCC. [1800.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 41347. Not in Sprague. Johnston, page 28, cites only the New York edition of the same year, evidently in error as he quotes it as Jefferson's own copy in the Library of Congress with the author's name supplied in Jefferson's handwriting.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by the revd. Dr. Linn of New York.

For Jefferson's opinion of this pamphlet see his letter to De Witt Clinton, who sent him a copy of his reply, no. 3197. William Linn was a Reformed Dutch clergyman who had some correspondence with Jefferson to whom he sent a copy of one of his sermons in 1798, see no. 1647. This is the only copy listed by Sabin, whose note reads: Contains stories calculated to ruin Jefferson among all pious people. Dr John M. Mason assisted in the performance." "32270","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","6.","","","Simons, James.","A Rallying point for all true friends to their country. [Charleston, 1800.]","","

8 leaves, no title-page, half-title only. The preliminary letter, addressed to General Christopher Gadsden, is dated from Charleston, South-Carolina, October 10, 1800.

Sabin 81322.

With the name James Simons, Collector, written at the end.

James Simons was Collector of the Port of Charleston. He was one of the founders of the Botanic Garden at Charleston, and as Chairman of the Standing Committee sent to Jefferson, in 1805, a circular concerning its establishment." "32280","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","7.","","","[Desaussure, Henry William.]","Address to the citizens of South-Carolina, on the approaching election of President and Vice-President of the United States. By a Federal Republican. Charleston: printed by W. P. Young, 1800.","","

8vo. 17 leaves.

Sabin 19682 (this copy only). Johnston, page 27.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the name of the author Mr Desaussure.

Written to prove Jefferson's unsuitability to the Presidency of the United States.

The indictments against him are varied, and include his conduct as Governor of Virginia; his negotiations for the establishment of the National Gazette; his anti-Washington attitude; the fact that he wishes the 500,000 blacks in America should be emancipated—he wishes their condition, both of body and mind raised—as the expression applies to the blacks in slavery, it can mean nothing, if it does not mean emancipation, and others.

Extracts from Jefferson's letters are quoted in proof of the points raised. Beside some of these is written in ink false quotation. The letters are falsely quoted and vary in words and in sense from the actual letters of which Jefferson's autograph polygraph copies are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Henry William Desaussure, 1763-1839, lawyer, a director of the United States Mint, and for some years Chancellor of South Carolina." "32290","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","8.","","","","On the election of the President of the United States. Number XII. To the citizens of the United States, and particularly to those who were not born therein. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1800.]","","

4 leaves, signed at the end A Republican.

Johnston, page 28.

Against the Alien Laws and the Adams administration. Jefferson's name is not mentioned." "32300","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","9.","","","Gallatin, Albert.","Views of the public debt, receipts & expenditures of the United States. By Albert Gallatin. New-York: printed by M. L. & W. A. Davis, 1800.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 34 leaves, including the last blank.

Sabin 26399.

Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, friend of Jefferson, became Secretary of the Treasury in 1801, under Jefferson's administration.

Between this tract (numbered 9 on the title-page), and the next, numbered 11, are the stubs of the removed tract, no. 10." "32310","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 667, Leigh, (B. W.) Substitute to Preamble and Resolutions on the Right of State Legislatures to instruct their Senators in Congress. 8o. Richmond, 1811. (Pol. Pam., v. 100.)[/TBE]","10.","","","Leigh, Benjamin Watkins.","Substitute proposed by Mr. Leigh of Dinwiddie, to the preamble and resolutions, on the subject of the right of the State Legislature to instruct their Senators in the Congress of the United States. [Richmond, 1811.]","","

Sabin 39929. Swem 8467.

This Substitute forms pages 155 to 159 of the Journal of the House of Delegates, Virginia General Assembly, 1811/1812. There is also a separate edition, see no. 3406. It cannot be known which edition was included in this volume of pamphlets.

Benjamin Watkins Leigh, 1781-1849, Virginia lawyer and statesman. Leigh was elected to the United States Senate in 1834 after the resignation of W. C. Rives.

A substitute was offered by Mr. Mercer in lieu of the Substitute proposed by Mr. Leigh of Dinwiddie." "32320","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","11-12.","","","Davis, Matthew Livingston.","An Oration, delivered in St. Paul's Church, on the Fourth of July, 1800: being the twenty-fourth anniversary of our Independence; before the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen, Tammany Society or Columbian Order, and other associations and citizens. By M. L. Davis, of the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. New-York: printed by W. A. Davis, 1800.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves, the last 2 with Ode for the Fourth of July, 1800. By Samuel Low. [Sung after the delivery of the preceding Oration.]

Sabin 18865.

After a passage describing the excellencies of the Declaration of Independence, the author states (page 12):

. . . It was the capacious mind and nervous pen of Jefferson, which thus pourtrayed his country's injuries and rights. Excellent and enlightened citizen! Thou art superior to the voice of adulation! Yet on this day thou shalt receive the tribute of feeble, though well deserved praise: United with the names of Washington, Montgomery and Mercer; surrounded by a glorious constellation of fellow statemen and patriots, thy fame shall descend unsullied to posterity, and millions of freemen yet unborn shall bless and strive to imitate thy virtues . . .

Matthew Livingston Davis, 1773-1850, friend and biographer of Aaron Burr, was the editor of the Evening Post in 1794, and collaborated with Philip Freneau on the Time Piece and Literary Companion. Davis worked for Burr during the 1800 election campaign, and on becoming Vice-President the latter wished to reward him with office, but this was refused by Jefferson. Later he became the Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society. In the volume the Ode by Samuel Low, on the last two leaves, is numbered 12." "32330","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","13.","","","Holland, James.","Strictures upon the letter of General Joseph Dickson of the first of May, MDCCC. By James Holland, who will be excused for this answer, and for any incorrectness therein contained; for it is the production of conscious innocence to cast off imputed guilt. The hurry of business, und [sic] want of documents, may account for any errors, that might hereafter be discovered. Lincolnton: printed by John M. Slump. [1800.]","","

8vo. 5 leaves, preceded by one folded leaf with General Dickson's letter.

Sabin 32506.

Both letters mention Jefferson; Dickson's, dated from Philadelphia, May 1st, 1800, criticising, and that of Holland, Lincolnton, July 11, 1800, justifying, his attitude.

The autograph signature of Charles Lewis on the back of the title-leaf." "32340","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","14.","","","","To the Republican citizens of the State of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, Sept. 17, 1800.","","

12mo. 8 leaves; a correction in ink in the text; signed by Tench Coxe, Timothy Matlack, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Jacob Carpenter, Samuel Bryan.

Sabin 60724. Johnston, page 28.

A pro-Jefferson election pamphlet. Justifies Jefferson's actions and attitudes, and ends with a summary of his qualifications, his character, and the positions he had held." "32350","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","15.","","","Bishop, Abraham.","Connecticut Republicanism. An oration on the extent and power of political delusion. Delivered in New-Haven, on the evening preceding the public commencement, September, 1800. By Abraham Bishop . . . without name of place or printer, 1800.","","

First Edition. 40 leaves, the last six for the Appendix, with separate pagination.

Sabin 5590. Dexter IV, 21, 4. Johnston, page 27.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The top margin of the first two leaves torn away, the first probably with a name, the second damaging the text.

A pro-Jefferson pamphlet. The Appendix contains at the end an extract from the Notes on Virginia, with the final comment: Is this the language of an atheist?

On November 30, 1800, Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph:

Davy will set out in the morning on his return with the horses. I will endeavor before he goes to get one of Hamilton's pamphlets for you, which are to be sold here. Bishop's pamphlet on political delusions has not yet reached the bookstores here. it is making wonderful progress, and is said to be the best anti-republican eyewater which has ever yet appeared. a great impression of them is making at Philadelphia to be forwarded here . . .

Abraham Bishop, 1763-1844, a classmate of Joel Barlow at Yale, was the son of that Samuel Bishop whose appointment by Jefferson to the post of Collector of the Port of New. Haven was the cause of such controversy. In 1803 Abraham, an ardent supporter of Jefferson, was appointed to the office." "32360","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","16.","","","Griswold, Stanley.","Truth its own test and God its only judge. Or, an inquiry,—how far men may claim authority over each other's religious opinions? A discourse, delivered at New-Milford, October 12th, 1800. By Stanley Griswold, pastor of a church in New-Milford . . . Bridgeport: printed by Lazarus Beach, 1800.","","

8vo. 16 leaves, errata slip pasted on the verso of the first leaf.

Sabin 28904. Dexter IV, 479, 3.

For a note on Griswold, a Jeffersonian republican, see no. 1664." "32370","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","17.","","","Hamilton, Alexander.","Letter from Alexander Hamilton, concerning the public conduct and character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. The second edition. New-York: printed for John Lang, by John Furman, 1800.","","

8vo. 28 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 29959. Ford, no. 70. Johnston, page 27. Wandell, page 111.

The first edition was privately printed earlier in the same year for distribution among Hamilton's political friends in the hope of giving Thomas Pinckney a majority over Adams. Aaron Burr obtained a copy and extracts were published in the Republican press, after which Hamilton gave the copyright to John Lang. The pamphlet contains numerous references to Jefferson, concerning whom the author states on page 9, 10:

It is, in particular, a tribute due from me, to acknowledge that Mr. Adams, being in quality of Vice-President, ex officio, one of the Trustees of the Sinking-Fund, I experienced from him the most complete support, which was the more gratifying to me, as I had to struggle against the systematic opposition of Mr. Jefferson, seconded occasionally by Mr. Randolph." "32380","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","18.","","","[Pinkney, William.]","A Few remarks on Mr. Hamilton's late letter, concerning the public conduct & character, of the President. By Caius. Honi soit, qui mal y pense. (Copy right secured according to law.) Baltimore: printed by Warner & Hanna, 1800.","","

First Edition. 12 leaves, dated at the end from Baltimore, Nov. 12, 1800.

Sabin 9864. Ford 75. Johnston 28. Wandell, page 208.

Contains references to Jefferson. MS. corrections in the text.

William Pinkney, 1764-1822, lawyer, statesman and diplomat, was born in Annapolis. Under Jefferson's administration he succeeded Monroe as minister in London." "32390","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","19.","","","Lee, Richard Evers.","Richard E. Lee's letter, the Attorney General's opinion, and the affidavits accompanying the Governor's communication to the General Assembly, relative to the conduct of Doctor John K. Read, a magistrate of the borough of Norfolk. Richmond: printed by Meriwether Jones, printer to the Commonwealth, 1800.","","

Sm. 8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 39782. Swem (not seen) 8003.

See the next entry." "32400","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","[19b.]","","","","[Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred. Richmond: printed by Thomas Nicolson, 1800.]","","

Folio, folded to 8vo. size, imperfect, 17 leaves only containing pages 7 to 40.

Swem 7983-7988.

Contains:

The Governor's [James Monroe] annual message, dated December 1st, 1800 [some manuscript corrections in ink].

The Governor's communication relative to Gabriel's insurrection, dated December 5th, 1800.

The documents relative to the conduct of John K.

Read, as in the previous separately printed pamphlet.

Documents relative to the Insurrection of the Slaves [Gabriel's Insurrection].

Extract of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, dated from Monticello, January 16, 1796 [original letterpress copy in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress]. The letter includes a statement of the particular acts of the assembly of Virginia in my possession either in MS. or Printed, and of those not in my possession, and presumed to be lost.

Gabriel's insurrection, an attempt on the part of a number of slaves to obtain their freedom, took place on December 5, 1800. The plot was betrayed, and the conspirators arrested.

James Thomson Callender [q. v.] wrote to Jefferson from Richmond Jail September 13, 1800, an account of the insurrection:

Nothing is talked of here but the recent conspiracy of the negroes. One Thomas Prosser, a young man, who had fallen heir, some time ago, to a plantation within six miles of the city, had behaved with great barbarity to his slaves. One of them, named Gabriel, a fellow of courage and intellect above his rank in life, laid a plan of revenge. Immense numbers immediately entered into it, and it has been kept with incredible Secrecy for several months. A number of Swords were made in a clumsy enough manner out of rough iron; others by breaking the blade of a scythe in the middle, which thus made two Swords of a most formidable kind. They were well fastened in proper handles, and would have cut of a man's limb at a single blow. The conspirators were to have met in a wood near Prosser's house, upon Saturday before-last, after it was dark. Upon that day, or some very short time before it, notice was received from a fellow, who being invited, somewhat unguardedly, to go to the rendezvous, refused, and immediately Informed his master's overseer. No ostensible preparations were, however, made until the afternoon preceding the night of the rendezvous; and as the militia are in a State of the most contemptible disorganization, as the blacks are numerous, robust and desperate, there must have been bloody work. But upon that very evening just about Sunset, there came on the most terrible thunder storm, accompanied with an enormous rain, that I ever witnessed in this State. Between Prosser's, and Richmond, there is a place called Brook Swamp, which runs across the high road, and over which there was a bridge. By this, the africans were of necessity to pass, and the rain had made the passage impracticable. besides, they were deprived of the junction and assistance of their good friends in this city, who could not go out to join them. They were to have attacked the Capitol and the penitentiary. They could hardly have failed of success, for after all, we only could muster four or five hundred men, of whom not more than thirty had muskets. This was our stile of preparation, while several thousand stands of arms were piled up in the Capitol and Penitentiary. I do not pretend to blame the executive Council, for I really am not sufficiently master of the circumstances to form an opinion. Five fellows were hung this day; and many more will share the same fate. Their plan was to massacre all the whites, of all ages and sexes; and all the blacks who would not join them; and then march off to the mountains, with the plunder of the City. Those wives who should refuse to accompany their husbands were to have been butchered along with the rest; an idea truly worthy of an African heart! It consists with my knowledge that many of these wretches, who were, or would have been, partners in the plot, had been treated with the utmost tenderness by their owners, and more like children than slaves.

I hope, Sir, that you will excuse me for the freedom of sending you the above details. I have been, for some days past, incommoded with so great a dimness of my sight, that I was obliged to employ an assistant in writing the last page. A great part of the above details I had from your old acquaintance and Protegee, Mr. Rose.

This incident led to plans for the transportation of negroes to Africa.

On July 13, 1802, Jefferson wrote to Rufus King a long letter on this subject, reading in part:

The course of things in the neighboring islands of the W. Indies appears to have given a considerable impulse to the minds of the slaves in different parts of the U. S. a great disposition to insurgency has manifested itself among them; which in one instance in the state of Virginia, broke out into actual insurrection. this was easily suppressed; but many of those concerned (between 20. & 30. I believe) fell victims to the law. so extensive an execution could not but excite sensibility in the public mind, and beget a regret that the laws had not provided, for such cases, some alternative combining more mildness with equal efficacy. The legislature of the state, at a subsequent meeting, took the subject into consideration, and have communicated to me, through the Governor of the state, their wish that some place could be provided, out of the limits of the U. S. to which slaves guilty of insurgency might be transported; and they have particularly looked to Africa as offering the most desirable receptacle. we might for this purpose enter into negociations with the natives on some part of the coast to obtain a settlement, and by establishing an African company combine with it commercial operations which might not only reimburse expenses but procure profit also. but there being already such an establishment on that coast by the English Sierre Leone company, made for the express purpose of colonizing civilized blacks to that country, it would seem better by incorporating our emigrants with theirs to make one strong, rather than two weak, colonies . . ." "32410","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","20.","","","[Paine, Thomas.]","Maritime Compact; or an Association of Nations for the protection of the rights and commerce of Nations that may be neutral in time of war, adressed to the neutral Nations, by a neutral. Without name of place or printer, 1 October 1800.","","

This is a separate issue, with caption title, of part III of Paine's Compact Maritime. See the next entry.

This part is paged [1]-4, and is complete in itself; it is dated 1 October, 1800, the date of Paine's letter from Paris to Jefferson, in which he enclosed the manuscript of the separate pamphlet published as Compact Maritime. This is probably the English edition of Paine's Piece No. 3 referred to in his letter to Jefferson quoted in the note to the next entry, q. v." "32420","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","21.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Compact Maritime, under the following heads: I. Dissertation on the law of Nations. II. On the Jacobinism of the English at sea. III. Compact Maritime for the protection of neutral commerce, and securing the liberty of the seas. IV. Observations on some passages in the discourse of the Judge of the English Admiralty. By Thomas Paine. City of Washington: printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801.","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Not in Lowndes.

The separate pieces which form this pamphlet were sent to Jefferson in manuscript by Paine on October 1, 1800, and were immediately published by the former.

Paine wrote from Paris on that date:

. . . This brings me to speak of the manuscripts I send you.

The piece No. 1, without any title, was written in consequence of a question put to me by Bonaparte. As he supposed I knew England and English Politics he sent a person to me to ask, that in case of negociating a Peace with Austria, whether it would be proper to include England. This was when Count St. Julian was at Paris, on the part of the Emperor negociating the preliminaries—which as I have before said the Emperor refused to sign on the pretence of admitting England.

The piece No. 2, entitled, On the Jacobinism of the English at Sea, was written when the English made their insolent and impolitic expedition to Denmark, and is also an auxiliary to the politic of No. 1. I shewed it to a friend who had it translated into french and printed in the form of a Pamphlet, and distributed gratis among the foreign ministers, and persons in the Government. It was immediately copied into several of the french Journals, and into the official Paper, the Moniteur. It appeared in this paper one day before the last dispatch arrived from Egypt; which agreed perfectly with what I had said respecting Egypt. It hitt the two cases of Denmark and Egypt in the exact proper moment.

The Piece No. 3 entitled Compact Maritime is the sequel of No. 2 digested in form. It is translating at the time I write this letter, and I am to have a meeting with the Senator Garat upon the subject. The pieces 2. & 3. go off in manuscript to England by a confidential person where they will be published . . .

The pieces 2, 3, may go to the press. They will make a small pamphlet, and the printers are welcome to put my name to it. It is best it should be put. From thence they will get into the newspapers. I know that the faction of John Adams abuses me pretty heartily. They are welcome. It does not disturb me, and they lose their labour; and in return for it I am doing America more service, as a neutral nation, than their expensive commissioners can do, and she has that service from me for nothing. The piece No. 1 is only for your own amusem[ment] and that of your friends . . .

Jefferson replied on March 18 of the following year:

Your letters of Oct. 1. 4. 6. 16. came duly to hand, and the papers which they covered were, according to your permission, published in the newspapers & in a pamphlet, & under your own name. these papers contain precisely our principles, & I hope they will be generally recognized here . . .

On February 12, 1801, Jefferson sent a copy of the Compact Maritime to M. Page, J. Page, Governor Monroe, P. N. Nicholas, J. W. Eppes, T. M. Randolph, Colonel N. Lewis, P. Carr, Dr. Bache, James Madison, and Archibald Stuart." "32430","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]J. 6. 1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 279, Do. [Political Pamphlets, American,] 1793-1800, 8vo. Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts (not by Jefferson). JA36 .P8 vol. 99[/TBE]","1.","","","[Genet, Edmond Charles.]","Les Francais libres a leurs freres les Canadiens. [Philadelphia, 1793.]","","

8vo. 4 leaves, caption title, no imprint.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Not in Faÿ. John Carter Brown Library Annual Report, 1935-6, page 39.

In the upper margin of the first page is written the date, 1793 (partly cut away), probably by Jefferson.

Under date July 5, 1793, Jefferson, in Philadelphia, noted in the so-called Anas:

Mr. Genet called on me, and read to me very rapidly instrñs he had prepared for Michaud who is going to Kentuckey, an address to the inhab. of Louisiana, & another to those of Canada. in these papers it appears that besides encouraging those inhabitants to insurrection, he speaks of two generals at Kentuckey who have proposed to him to go & take N. Orleans if he will furnish the exp. about £3000. sterl. he declines advancing it, but promises that sum ultimately for their expences, proposes that officers shall be commissd. by himself in Kentuckey & Louisiana, that they shall rendezvous out of the territories of the US. suppose in Louisiana, & there making up a battalion to be called the [this space left in the original] of inhabitants of Louisiana & Kentuckey and getting what Indns. they could, to undertake the expedñ against N. Orleans, and then Louisiana to be established into an independant state connected in commerce with France & the US. that two frigates shall go into the river Mississipi and cooperate against N. Orleans.—the address to Canada, was to encourage them to shake off English yoke, to call Indians to their assistance, and to assure them of the friendly disposñs of their neighbors of the US. he said he communicated these things to me, not as Secy of state, but as mr Jeff . . ." "32440","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]The Louisiana pamphlet is also in the Jefferson collection; the title reads:[/TBE]","","","","","Liberte Egalite. Les Français Libres à leurs freres de la Louisiane. L'an 2d de la République Françoise. Without name of place or printer [Philadelphia, 1793].","Unclassified.","

Sm. 8vo. 4 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Not in Faÿ.

On this copy Jefferson has written: By Genet.

Edmond Charles Genet, d. 1834, a supporter of the Revolution, represented France in Russia before coming to the United States in 1792 as ministre-plénipotentiaire. His activities in that position caused Washington to have the appointment cancelled. He remained in the United States, became naturalized, and married the daughter of General Clinton, Governor of New York." "32450","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","2.","","","","Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the State of the Treasury Department made to the House of Representatives of the United States on the 22d day of May, 1794. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, M,DCC,XCIV. [1794.]","","

8vo. 44 leaves including the last blank.

Evans 27909.

Contains instruction to the Secretary of the Treasury signed by the President and by Jefferson as Secretary of State." "32460","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","3.","","","","Report of the Commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States of America, to confer with the insurgents in the western counties of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, M,DCC,XCIV. [1794.]","","

8vo. 20 leaves.

Evans 27977." "32470","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","4.","","","","To the Freeholders of the Congressional District of Henrico, &c. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

3 leaves, caption title, signed at the end: Another Freeholder.

Not in Evans.

Concerns General Marshall and the Alien and Sedition Act." "32480","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","5.","","","Virginius.","Political truth; or, an Examination of a case, right against law, told in plain English, concerning the laws of Virginia against gaming: with sundry general observations, shewing things as they are, and man as he is. By Virginius. Richmond: printed for the author, n. d.","","

17 leaves only, should be 20, lacks the last 3 leaves.

Sabin 100584." "32490","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","6.","","","Soren, John.","The Narrative of Mr. John Soren, a native of the United States of America, piratically captured on the high seas, in requital for an act of humanity, in saving a British transport, with near 300 troops on board, from sinking. With an appendix, containing the documents referred to in the narrative, a letter from the American Minister, and testimonials of the truth of the statement from Major Mansergh, the commanding officer of the troops, and Captain Davis. London: printed, at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co., 1800.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 87138." "32500","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","7.","","","[Law, Thomas.]","Thoughts on instinctive impulses . . . Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aitken, 1810.","","

First Edition. 46 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Sabin.

Sent to Jefferson by the author who wrote an undated letter (received by him on November 14, 1810):

. . . The accompanying may perhaps afford amusement during a leisure hour at Monticello, I should be happy if I could contribute a moment of pleasure to one who has rendered millions happy & promoted principles which have averted calamities . . .

On December 22, writing from Washington on another matter, Law added a postscript:

I did myself the pleasure of forwarding to you my Pamphlet on Instinctive impulses.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on January 15:

An absence from home of some length has prevented my sooner acknoleging the reciept of your letter covering the printed pamphlet which the same absence has as yet prevented me from taking up, but which I know I shall read with great pleasure. your favor of Dec. 22. is also recieved . . .

In May, 1814, Law sent to Jefferson a copy of his Second Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses, and in his letter of thanks, dated from Poplar Forest June 13, 1814, Jefferson mentioned that he ''read it with great satisfaction; and with the more, as it contained exactly my own creed on the foundation of morality in man.''" "32510","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","8.","","","Ivernois, Sir Francis D'.","Effets du blocus continental sur le commerce, les finances, le crédit et la prospérité des Isles Britanniques. Par Sir Francis d'Ivernois . . . Quatrième édition. Londres: [London: de l'imprimerie de Voget et Schulze] 1810.","","

72 leaves including the half-title (partly torn away), 2 folded tables.

On the half-title is written in ink: From the author. For a note on d'Ivernois see no. 298." "32520","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","[TBE]J. 7 1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 281, Do. [Political Pamphlets, American,] 1801, 8vo. 19 tracts (so numbered on Jefferson's list on the fly-leaf, actually 22), bound together in one volume 8vo. half calf; newer labels on the back, lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 101. The 1815 bookplate preserved underneath the new endpapers. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title or first pages. JA36 .P8 Vol. 101 On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed in the pamphlets as follows: 1. Priestly's letters to the inhabitants of Northumberld. 2. Mc.knight's Sermon on the present state of the world. 3. Thoughts on the wealth & National economy of the US. 4. Enquiries on assuming jurisdiction over Columbia. 5. Woodward's considñs on the gov[???]t of the territory of Columbia. 6. T. Jefferson's Inaugural speech. do. French. do. Italian. do. German. 7. Griswold's sermon on overcoming evil with good. 8. Bishop's Oration before the Republicans of Connecticut on the election. 9. Proceedings of democratic society of Gloucester, N.J. 10. Address to Westchester in favr. of electing Van Rensellaer & Watson. 11. Yznardi's letter. 12. Essay on Naval establ[???]ts. 13. Story's oration at Dorcester on the 4th. of July. 14. Kennedy's do. at Charleston do. 15. Reply to the Examination of the President's answer to Newhaven. 16. Workman's Essays on the French revolñ. 17. Leland's Stroke at the branch. 18. Wilmingtoniad. 19. Hanson's Statement of the bank of Columbia.[/TBE] Priestly's letters to the inhabitants of Northumberld.","1.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","Letters to the inhabitants of Northumberland and its neighborhood, on subjects interesting to the author, and to them. The second edition with additions; to which is added a letter to a friend in Paris, relating to Mr. Liancourt's travels in the North American states. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c . . . Philadelphia: printed by John Bioren, for John Conrad, & Co.; M. & J. Conrad, & Co., Baltimore, and Rapine, Conrad & Co. Washington City, 1801.","","

8vo. 52 leaves in fours, publisher's advertisement at the end.

Sabin 65509. Fulton and Peters, page 14.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Sent to Jefferson on April 10, 1801, by Priestley, who wrote from Philadelphia:

. . . Your resentment of the treatment I have met with in this country is truly generous, but I must have been but little impressed with the principles of the religion you so justly commend, if they had not enabled me to bear much more than I have yet suffered. Do not suppose that, after the much worse treatment to which I was for many years exposed in England (of which the pamphlet I take the liberty to inclose will give you some idea) I was much affected by this. My Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland were not occasioned by any such thing, tho it served me as a pretence for writing them, but the threatnings of Mr. Pickering, whose purpose to send me out of the country Mr. Adams (as I conclude from a circuitous attempt that he made to prevent it) would not, in the circumstances in which he then was, have been able directly to oppose. My publication was of service to me in that and other respects, and I hope, in some measure, to the common cause. But had it not been for the extreme absurdity and violence of the late administration, I do not know how far those measures might not have been carried. Much, however, must be ascribed to the successes of the French and something also, perhaps, to the seasonable death of Genl. Washington. I rejoice more than I can express in the glorious reverse that has taken place, and which has secured your election. This I flatter myself will be the permanent establishment of truly republican principles in this country, and also contribute to the same desirable event in more distant ones . . .

For a copy of the first edition see no. 3217.

The English edition of La Rochefoucault-Liancourt's Travels through the North American States was first published in London in 1799 in a translation by H. Newman; the original French edition, undated, was published in Paris in the same year." "32530","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Mc.knight's Sermon on the present state of the world.","2.","","","McKnight, John.","A view of the present state of the political and religious world. Drawn from the general aspect of the Providences of God, in connection with the predictions of His Holy Word. In a discourse, delivered January 1, 1802, by John M'Knight, D.D. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Congregations, in the city of New-York. Published by request. New-York: printed by Isaac Collins and Son, 1802.","","

8vo. 20 leaves in fours.

Sabin 43474 (note). Sprague III, 373.

John McKnight, 1754-1823, a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was for a short time President of Dickinson College." "32540","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Thoughts on the wealth & National economy of the US.","3.","","","[Blodget, Samuel.]","Thoughts on the increasing wealth and national economy of the United States of America. City of Washington: printed by Way and Groff, 1801.","","

8vo. 21 leaves only, including the last blank; wants one leaf with Table.

Halkett and Laing VI., 39. Sabin 5958.

Anonymous presentation copy from the author with an autograph inscription on the title-page, signed The Author, partly cut away.

Samuel Blodget, 1757-1814, merchant, economist and architect, was born in New Hampshire, lived in Philadelphia for a time, where he married the daughter of Dr. William Smith, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania [q. v.] and built the first Bank of the United States. In 1792 he came to Washington where he lived the rest of his life, promoted the sale of real estate by lotteries, and was financially ruined. Blodget was in correspondence with Jefferson from time to time." "32550","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Enquiries on assuming jurisdiction over Columbia.","4.","","","","Enquiries into the necessity or expediency of assuming exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia: respectfully submitted to the Members of Congress, by a private citizen of the District. [Washington:] From the Cabinet Office, n. d. [1800.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 16 leaves including the first and last blanks; uncut.

Sabin 22631. Bryan, page 65. Records of the Columbia Historical Society VIII, page 141.

According to the Records of the Columbia Historical Society:

There is some reason to suppose that this production, issued without date, was the earliest book printed in Washington. A clue to the actual time of its publication is found in A. B. Woodward's fifth number of ''Epaminondas on the Government of the Territory of Columbia,'' under date of ''City of Washington, January 15, 1801,'' in which the author distinctly refers to this production as recently met with by him. Presumptively, therefore, this publication saw the light some time in the latter part of the year 1800.

Its issue ''from the Cabinet Office'' refers to the printing office of ''The National Magazine, or Cabinet of the United States,'' issued in Washington (eight numbers) in 1800-1801." "32560","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Woodward's considñs on the gov[???]t of the territory of Columbia.","5.","","","[Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.]","Considerations on the government of the Territory of Columbia: as they recently appeared in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of Epaminondas. Washington: Metropolis of the United States. Printed for the author, by Samuel Harrison Smith, New-Jersey Avenue near the Capitol. M.D.CCC.I. [1801.]","","

Sm. folio (cut down). 9 leaves in twos.

Sabin 105149. Bryan, page 209.

On the title Jefferson has written: by Augustus Woodward This pamphlet contains no. 1-4 and the Appendices." "32570","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","","","","","Epaminondas on the government of the Territory of Columbia. No. V. Being a review of a work on the same subject, by a private citizen. George-Town, Territory of Columbia: printed by Green and English, MDCCCI. [1801.]","","

8vo. 8 leaves including the last blank; dated at the end: City of Washington, January 15th, 1801.

Sabin 105152. Bryan, page 159.

The first paragraph reads: ''Since writing the previous numbers on the Government of the Territory of Columbia, I have met with a production, entitled 'Enquiries into the necessity or expediency of assuming exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia; respectfully submitted to the Members of Congress; by a private citizen of the District'', thus giving the clue to the date of that pamphlet, q. v., no. 3255 above." "32580","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","","","","","Considerations on the government of the Territory of Columbia. By Augustus B. Woodward. No. VII . . . Alexandria, Territory of Columbia: printed by S. Snowden & Co.—sold by Rapine and by Stickney, Washington, and Bishop, Alexandria, where the previous numbers may be procured. January, 1802.","","

8vo. 13 leaves. Dated at the end: Alexandria, January 23d, 1802.

The complete set has eight numbers; all were published anonymously by Woodward, friend of Jefferson, other works by whom appear in this catalogue." "32590","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","T. Jefferson's Inaugural speech. do. French. do. Italian. do. German.","6.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","Speech of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, delivered at his Instalment, March 4, 1801, at the city of Washington. To which are prefixed, his Farewell Address to the Senate: and a brief account of the proceedings at the Instalment. Philadelphia: printed by Cochran & M'Laughlin, for Mathew Carey, 1801.","","

12mo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 35916. Johnston, page 16.

Three autograph drafts, with corrections, of Jefferson's speech are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, which contain also the original draft of the first speech in this pamphlet, that to the Senate on February 28, and the originals of the letters sent to him by the Senate.

The passage We are all Republicans; We are all Federalists, printed in large capitals in this and all the printed editions of the speech, is not emphasized in any way in Jefferson's drafts." "32600","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","","","","","Speech of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, delivered at his instalment, March 4, 1801, at the city of Washington. Without name of place or printer [1801]. [—Discours de Thomas Jefferson . . .—Discorso di Tommaso Jefferson . . . —Rede des Praesidenten der Vereinigten Staaten . . .]","","4 parts in 1, each with a caption title, no title-page. The last page has the offset from an inscription in ink by Jefferson on the first page of the next pamphlet." "32610","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","","","","","Discorso del Signor Tommaso Jefferson. Without name of place or printer [?Pisa], 1801.","","

Sm. 8vo. 6 leaves, printed on blue paper.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: translated by Philip Mazzei.

Sent to Jefferson by Mazzei on July 30, 1801.

In a letter to James Madison dated from Pisa, 28 [???]bre, 1803, Mazzei wrote:

. . . Io mi maraviglio molto (essendoci tante occasioni dirette) di non aver'avuto alcuna risposta a tante mie lettere scritte al Presidente dopo quella del 6 [???]bre 1800, che mi avvisò d'aver ricevuto, colla sua del 17 Marzo 1801, pervenutami da Milano con un'altra del 9 Aprile 1800 al principio d'Aprile 1802, sul punto di partir per Pietroburgo. In una del 30 Luglio 1801 gli avevo incluso la mia traduzione del suo divino discorso pronunziato nell'assumer la carica di Presidente, stampata alla macchia, e conseguentemente incorretta. Il 15 9 [???]re dell'istesso anno glie ne avevo mandato un'esemplare della seconda edizione corretta . . ." "32620","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","","","","","","Discorso del Signor Tommaso Jefferson pronunziato il 4. Marzo 1801. nella Camera del Senato, in presenza del medesimo, dei Membri della Camera dei Rappresentanti, dei principali Impiegati, e di un numeroso concorso di Concittadini, prima di assumere la Carica di Presidente degli Stati Uniti Americani. Without name of place or printer [?Pisa], 1801.","","

Sm. 8vo. 5 leaves, the last blank cut away; one marginal correction in ink.

Another edition of Mazzei's translation, see the note to the above entry." "32630","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Griswold's sermon on overcoming evil with good.","7.","","","Griswold, Stanley.","Overcoming evil with good. A sermon, delivered at Wallingford, Connecticut, March 11, 1801; before a numerous collection of the friends of the Constitution, of Thomas Jefferson, President, and of Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States. By Stanley Griswold, A.M. of New-Milford. Hartford: printed by Elisha Babcock, 1801.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves including the half-title (margins cut).

Sabin 28901. Dexter IV, 480. Johnston, page 29. Wandell, page 105.

Jefferson is mentioned three times by name. On page 30, 31:

Be not devoted to men. Let principles ever guide your attachments. To be blindly devoted to names and men's person's, is at once a token of a slavish spirit, and a sure way to throw the country into virulent parties. Be ready to sacrifice a Jefferson as freely as any man, should he become elated with power, exalt himself above the Constitution and depart from republican principles . . .

On page 35:

Be great then, like WASHINGTON,—be inflexible like ADAMS,—be intelligent and good like JEFFERSON.

Give me leave on this occasion particularly to point you to Thomas Jefferson as a laudable example of that magnanimous and peaceable conduct which I have recommended to you in this discourse, and which is so peculiarly necessary to be put in practice at the present juncture . . .

Other sermons by Samuel Griswold, Congregational minister and a Jeffersonian republican, appear in this catalogue." "32640","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Bishop's Oration before the Republicans of Connecticut on the election.","8.","","","Bishop, Abraham.","Oration delivered in Wallingford, on the 11th of March 1801, before the Republicans of the State of Connecticut, at their general thanksgiving, for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency and of Aaron Burr to the Vice Presidency of the United States of America. By Abraham Bishop . . . New Haven: printed by William W. Morse, 1801.","","

8vo. 56 leaves. At the end is printed President Jefferson's Inaugural Speech; copyright notice on the last page.

Sabin 5595. Dexter IV, 21. Johnston, page 28. Wandell, page 29.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

Jefferson is mentioned by name several times; at the end is printed his Inaugural Speech, of March 4, 1801. In this reprint the words republicans and federalists, in the often-quoted phrase, are printed in italics." "32650","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Proceedings of democratic society of Gloucester, N. J.","9.","","","","Proceedings of the Democratic Association of Gloucester County, New-Jersey: at several meetings held in the month of March, 1801. To which is added the Constitution of the Society. Without name of place or printer [1801].","","

8vo. 14 leaves including one blank.

Sabin 27599.

At a meeting held on the day of Jefferson's inauguration, Jefferson was the third toast, Aaron Burr, the Vice-President, the fourth." "32660","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Address to Westchester in favr. of electing Van Rensellaer & Watson.","10.","","","[Bayard, Samuel.]","Address to the well-disposed, reflecting and unprejudiced freeholders of West-Chester County, recommending the support of Stephen Van Rensselaer, as Governor; and of James Watson, as Lieut. Governor, at the ensuing election: containing, also, some strictures on the late address of the Albany Committee of Democratic Republicans. New-York: printed at the office of the New-York Gazette, 1801.","","

8vo. 16 leaves, erratum line at the end.

Sabin 4039.

Ascribed to Samuel Bayard.

Several references to Jefferson occur.

Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1764-1839, was elected as a Federalist to the New York Assembly in 1789 and 1790, was a State Senator from 1791 to 1795, and Lieutenant-Governor for 1795 to 1801. In 1801 he was defeated for the governorship by George Clinton. He married Margaret Schuyler, and thus became the brother-in-law of Alexander Hamilton.

Samuel Bayard, 1767-1840, jurist, a Federalist in politics, was agent for the United States in London to settle claims after the ratification of Jay's Treaty. He was one of the founders of the New-York Historical Society." "32670","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Yznardi's letter.","11.","","","[Yznardi, Joseph.]","[Letter in vindication of his conduct as pro-consul at Cadiz. Without name of place or printer, n. d. 1801.]","","

8vo. 24 leaves including the last blank; no title-page and no caption.

Contains copies of Yznardi's letter and relative documents concerned with his conduct in his disagreement with Joseph Israel during his pro-consulateship at Cadiz, and consequent dismissal by John Adams.

Not in Sabin.

The documents include a copy of a letter from Jefferson, whose name occurs both as Secretary of State and as President. Yznardi was for a time in frequent correspondence with Jefferson." "32680","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Essay on Naval establ[???]ts.","12.","","","","An Essay on naval establishments; particularly that of America; in a letter to a friend, written during the administration of John Adams. [Norfolk:] From the office of the ''Epitome of the Times.'' 1801.","","

8vo. 4 leaves, printed on light blue paper; signed at the end JH** V********. A manuscript note on page 6.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 98266." "32690","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Story's oration at Dorcester on the 4th. of July.","13.","","","Story, Isaac.","An Oration, on the anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. Pronounced at Worcester, July 4, 1801. By Isaac Story, A.M. . . . Published by request. Worcester, Massachusetts: printed at the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. July—1801.","","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 92281. Nichols 423.

On page 30 is quoted an extract from Jefferson's inaugural address.

This pamphlet was sent to Jefferson by the author's father, who wrote to him from Marblehead on October 27, 1801:

. . . I now send you, Sir, an Oration of my son; and should have sent it sooner, had it been in my power. He has wrote a book of poetry, which art he must have derived from his mother, who has a good taste that way, and she from her great-grandmother, Governor Bradstreet's Lady. He is a Lawyer in Sterling near Worcester. His brother Mr. Bradstreet Story is in England on commercial business. I have spared neither for cost nor pains upon them, and they amply repay me . . .

Jefferson replied to the letter and acknowledged the receipt of the Oration on December 5.

Isaac Story, 1774-1803, poet and miscellaneous writer." "32700","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Kennedy's do. at Charleston on do.","14.","","","Kennedy, James.","An Oration, delivered in St. Philip's Church, before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1801; in commemoration of American Independence. By Captain James Kennedy of the South-Carolina State Society of Cincinnati, published at the request of that Society, and also of the American Revolution Society . . . Charleston, (South-Carolina.) printed by T. B. Bowen, n. d. [1801.]","","

20 leaves including the half-title; list of errata on the back of the title-leaf (the corrections made in ink in this copy).

Sabin 37397.

On page 21 the Declaration of Independence is referred to as having been penned by the enlightened, dignified and patriotic Jefferson, and advocated by the firm, honest and sagacious Adams." "32710","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Reply to the Examination of the President's answer to Newhaven.","15.","","","Leonidas.","A Reply to Lucius Junius Brutus's Examination of the President's answer to the New-Haven Remonstrance; with an Appendix, containing the number of collectors, naval officers, surveyors, supervisors, district attornies and marshals, in the United States, shewing how many incumbents are Republicans, and how many are Federalists. By Leonidas. New-York: printed by Denniston and Cheetham, 1801.","","

34 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 40117. Johnston, page 30.

A pro-Jefferson pamphlet.

The New-Haven Remonstrance referred to the appointment of Samuel Bishop as Collector of Customs. See no. 3235.

The original Remonstrance and Jefferson's reply, both a draft and a fair copy all in his hand, are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "32720","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Workman's Essays on the French revolñ.","16.","","","Workman, James.","Political Essays, relative to the war of the French Revolution; viz. An Argument, against continuing the war, for the subversion of the Republican government of France: A Letter to the Duke of Portland, being an answer to the two letters of the late Right Honorable Edmund Burke, against treating for peace with the French Republic: and, a Memorial, proposing a plan, for the conquest and emancipation of Spanish America, by means which would promote the tranquillity of Ireland. By James Workman, Esq. Alexandria: printed by Cottom and Stewart, 1801.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 87 leaves [cut into at the top sometimes with damage to the text].

Sabin 105483.

Sent to Jefferson by the author on November 15, 1801, with a letter written from Alexandria in which he states that he is a citizen of the American Republic.

Jefferson replied on December 4:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Workman and his thanks for the pamphlet sent him which he shall peruse with pleasure. The event of peace will leave territorial possessions in their present state until the men of Europe shall have recovered breath and strength enough to recommence their sanguinary conflicts which they seem to consider as the object for which they are brought into the world.

On March 13, 1807, Joseph C. Cabell wrote to Jefferson from Williamsburg, Virginia:

I hope no apology is necessary for the liberty which I take in sending you the Book accompanying this; as it may throw some light on one of the principal characters who stands accused of an agency in the late conspiracy in the west, and may cast a distant & feeble ray on the conspiracy itself. For some time past, in reading the accounts of the transactions at New Orleans, my eye has been arrested by the name of Workman. Having once known a gentleman of that name, I entertained doubts whether he might not be the same person. But as it is said he once resided at Charleston, and as Colo. Freeman in his report published in the National Intelligencer of 4th. Inst. gives other particulars of his life, I am now confirmed in my opinion as to the identity of the persons. The Book which I now send you is a collection of well-written pamphlets from the pen of Judge Workman, at the time that he was a student of Law, in the Middle Temple, in London; and you will perceive, that the last is a plan for the conquest of the Spanish provinces in America, and is, in fact, the very proposition to the English Government on that subject, which Colo. Freeman mentions in his Report.

As I was going round from Norfolk to Charleston, in company with my Brother William, in the winter of 1801-2, I happened to become a fellow passenger with Mr. Workman and his lady. Accident led us all to the same Boarding House in Charleston, and we passed most of the winter together. I was much pleased with the talents and information of M. W, & then received from him the present of this little volume. I knew not what motive had induced him to leave England; but he seemed to have come to our country, with those indefinite expectations of success generally entertained by the Foreigners who visit us, and those especially who feel the consciousness of talents. At the time I saw him, he appeared to have conceived a strong disgust at the manners, customs, & character of the Americans; and told me, that if he should ever write again, it would be on this subject. I supposed he had not been as well received as he had wished, & had indulged unjustifiable expectations of attention from the first characters in the govt. He was then engaged in merchandize in a small way, in Charleston, but talked of going off immediately to the Island of Trinidad, which had just been ceded to G. Britain. Here I took leave of Mr. Workman; and I confess that, waving his prejudices against the U. States, I left him with very favorable impressions. Whilst in Europe, I was informed by a young friend from Charleston, that he had unfortunately lost Mrs. Workman, by an attack of the Yellow-fever, soon after I parted with him; which event had diverted him from his projected trip to the Island of Trinidad. Since that period, I had lost sight of him, till his late reappearance at New-Orleans.

I have taken the liberty, respected Sir, of troubling you with these little details coming within my own observation, not with the view of injuring Mr. Workman, (which I should be very sorry to do); but to perform what I conceive to be the duty of every good citizen, by communicating to you all possible information respecting the persons charged with being concerned in this extraordinary & nefarious expedition. When you shall have satisfied your curiosity respecting this little work, I will be thankful for the return of it: for should Mr. W. clear up his reputation, I shall continue much pleased to hold such a testimonial of his esteem . . .

To this Jefferson replied from Washington on March 18:

Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to mr Cabell, & his thanks for the communication of Workman's pamphlet which he now returns, being in possession of one which the author had sent him some two years ago. Of the author he knew nothing personally; but being known to be one of the Mexican league, his availing himself of his office as judge to liberate his accomplices is not in his favor. this insurrection will probably shew that the fault in our constitution is not that the Executive has too little power, but that the Judiciary either has too much, or holds it under too little responsibility." "32730","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Leland's Stroke at the branch.","17.","","","Leland, John.","A Storke [sic] at the branch. Containing remarks on times and things. By John Leland . . . Hartford: printed by Elisha Babcock, 1801.","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 39971 (in the note). Sprague VI, 174. Johnston, page 29.

A pro-Jefferson pamphlet, with frequent references to him. John Leland, 1754-1841, ''the Mammoth Priest'', was a Baptist minister, and a Jeffersonian Republican. He was resident at Cheshire, Massachusetts, from which town he travelled to Washington after the election, in 1801, to present to Jefferson a mammoth cheese, weighing fourteen hundred and fifty pounds, made in his honor by the women of Cheshire." "32740","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Wilmingtoniad.","18.","","","[?Vaughan, John.]","The Wilmingtoniad, or a touch at the times. A Dialogue . . . Wilmington: printed at the Franklin Press, by James Wilson, 1800.","","

12mo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 104590.

Possibly by John Vaughan, who sent to Jefferson a pamphlet from Wilmington, with a letter dated December 3, 1800:

You will please to accept the enclosed pamphlet as a tribute of esteem from its author. The only apology I have to plead in extenuation of the privilege assumed, is the liberality, necessarily attached to your character as a Philosopher . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 10:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Vaughan, and his thanks for the pamphlet enclosed to him, which he is assured he shall peruse with pleasure at the first leisure moment. he prays him to accept the assurances of his respect." "32750","330","do. [Pamphlets American] 1797 . . . 8vo. 98-99-1800. 2. vols.—1801.","","

This heading in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue includes the following seven entries from the 1815 Catalogue. Many of the volumes have been rebound with a different arrangement of the tracts:[TBE]1. 1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 272, Pamphlets, American, 1797, 8vo.[/TBE]

This volume of pamphlets was apparently not delivered to Congress in 1815. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, and is on the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date. It is possible however that the contents have been transferred to some of the rebound volumes included under Jefferson's general heading.[TBE]2. 1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 284, Political American, 1791-1802, 8vo.[/TBE]

J. Seven tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 98./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The tracts numbered serially in ink on the titles or first leaves. A list of the contents in ink on the fly-leaf is not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 vol. 98[/TBE]","Hanson's Statement of the bank of Columbia.","19.","","","[Hanson, S.]","[Statement of the Bank of Columbia.] 1801.","","

4to. One leaf (folded to 8vo. size).

Headed: To all whom they may concern, Stockholders as well as others, the following ''Bank-Secrets'' are disclosed." "32760","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","J. 1.","","","Sumner, Charles Pinckney.","Eulogy on the illustrious George Washington, pronounced at Milton, twenty-second February, 1800. By Charles Pinckney Sumner. Dedham: printed by H. Mann, 1800.","E312 .63 .S955","

First Edition, issue D. 8vo. 12 leaves. This issue has the corrected reading night on page 6, line 3, and the flying eagle tailpiece.

Sabin 93693.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. On the title-page is a presentation inscription from the author partly cut away and erased, ending: the President with the respect of The Author.

On the title-page, below the word Milton, Jefferson has written in ink: near Boston; and on page 8, as a footnote to the phrase underlined by him yonder hills almost in sight, to which he has added an asterisk, Jefferson has written: *Charleston, Cambridge, & Dorchester Heights.

It is possible that this is one of the pamphlets sent to Jefferson by the author from Boston on January 11, 1804:

The approbation, with which the inclosed have been received by a number of my friends, has emboldened me to request the favor of your accepting them.

I offer them with great diffidence and value them chiefly for the opportunity they afford me of making a profession of those sentiments of admiration for your character . . .

Jefferson replied on January 26:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Sumner, and his thanks for the pamphlets he enclosed which he will read at the first moment of leisure, & he does not doubt with satisfaction. he begs leave to add his acknolegements for the obliging expressions [the rest illegible].

Charles Pinckney Sumner, 1775?-1839, Boston lawyer, was a graduate of Harvard College." "32770","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","J. 2.","","","Bishop, Abraham.","Proofs of a conspiracy, against Christianity, and the government of the United States; exhibited in several views of the union of Church and State in New-England. By Abraham Bishop. Hartford: John Babcock, printer, 1802.","E310 .B62","

First Edition. 8vo. 78 leaves only (should have 84), lacks 6 leaves (pages 151-162, and the blank).

Sabin 5597. Dexter, page 22. Not in Johnston.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress.

Contains numerous references to Jefferson.

The title is an imitation of the Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the religions and governments of Europe, carried on in secret Meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati, of Professor Robinson, of whom mention is made in the Preface. Other pamphlets by Abraham Bishop are in this catalogue, q.v." "32780","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 3.","","","Foster, John.","An Oration, delivered in the White Meeting-House, Stonington-Borough, on the fifth day of July, 1802, (the 4th being Sunday.) By the Rev. John Foster, of Groton . . . Stonington: printed by S. Trumbull, 1802.","E286 .S88 1802","

First Edition. 12mo. 8 leaves, uncut.

Sabin 25240. Johnston, page 31.

This copy has been separated from a volume of pamphlets and is bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress; it is probably Jefferson's copy but has no definite marks of identification.

Contains many laudatory references to Jefferson, the son of liberty. On page 14:

. . . our Jefferson shines like a Sun amidst ten thousand stars. He needs no Sedition Law, to protect him,—or Navy to spread his fame: That he is Thomas Jefferson, is enough to raise him to an immortality of political glory. All that the natural Sun is to this world, our President is to America: enlightening and warming the noble souls of a Republican Congress,—his wise management has, in the last session of that august body, saved the nation more than 1,000,000 of dollars! . . ." "32790","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","4.","","","[?Callender, James Thomson.]","Letters to Alexander Hamilton, King of the Feds. Ci-Devant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, Inspector-General of the Standing Armies Thereof, Counsellor at Law, &c. &c. &c. Being intended as a reply to a Scandalous Pamphlet lately published under the sanction, as it is presumed, of Mr. Hamilton, and signed with the signature of Junius Philaenus. By Tom Callender, Esq. Citizen of the World. New-York: Printed by Richard Reynolds, 1802.","E331 .C14","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves.

Sabin 10065. Ford 88. Johnston, page 30.

This pamphlet has always been attributed to James Thomson Callender. It is anti-Hamilton and pro-Jefferson, for which reason Ford considers the name Tom Callender may be a pseudonym in that Callender was at this time writing for the Federalists." "32800","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 5.","","","Wood, John.","A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Faction, and the Society of the Columbian Illuminati; with an account of the Writer of the Narrative, and the Characters of his Certificate Men, as also Remarks on Warren's Pamphlet. By John Wood. Newark: Printed for the Author, by Pennington & Gould, 1802.","E331 .W87","

8vo. 28 leaves.

Sabin 105042. Wandell, page 255. Not in Johnston.

Bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress. Possibly Jefferson's copy.

Bought by Jefferson from James Cheetham on September 8, 1802, price 37½ cents.

Contains many references to Jefferson. On page 41 occurs the passage:

. . . The President Palmer [i.e. Elihu Palmer, President of the Theistical Society] was unanimously chosen to compose a system of Deism, which he accordingly did, and entitled it, The Principles of Nature. I have stated the circumstance of their sending a copy of this book to Paine, and the gracious answer which he returned. I am informed, a very lengthy address was also sent along with a copy to Mr. Jefferson; but I have not had an opportunity of perusing the answer which they received from the President of the United States. The philosophic Barber undertook the task of forming a political tract, which he called an Essay on the Liberty of the Press. He dispatched a copy of the work immediately, when finished, to Monticello, and received a letter from Mr. Jefferson, complimenting him highly on the production, and expressing at the same time, his satisfaction, that the United States were blessed with such authors, or words to that purpose. He had another copy given to Mr. Burr, but the Vice-President did not condescend to take the same notice of the book as Mr. Jefferson did; although the author says it was delivered into his hands, in the utmost style of ceremonial politeness, by William Temple Broome, Esq. late a Notary in New-York, a gentleman who even excelled the little deputy attorney general in tiptoe scraping, courteous smiling, and fashionable grimace . . .

For Elihu Palmer's The Principles of Nature, and his letter to Jefferson, see no. 1290. No letter from Jefferson to Palmer has been found.

The philosophic Barber was possibly John Thomson, whose Enquiry concerning the Liberty and Licentiousness of the Press was published in 1801. No letter from Jefferson to Thomson has been found.

For a note on John Wood see no. 506. This tract contains a violent attack on James Cheetham, whose pamphlet, An Antidote to John Wood's Poison, By Warren, had recently been published.

The Society of the Columbian Illuminati was the name given to the Theistical Society of New York, founded in 1802, of which Elihu Palmer was President." "32810","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 6.","","","Rea, John.","A Letter to William Bainbridge Esqr. Formerly Commander of the United States Ship George Washington; Relative to Some Transactions, on Board Said Ship, during a Voyage to Algiers, Constantinople, &c. By John Rea, at that time, an Ordinary Seaman on Board. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1802.","G549 .R2","

Sm. 8vo. 12 leaves. In this copy the headlines have been cut into, and one or two manuscript corrections occur.

Sabin 68137.

Unbound; probably Jefferson's copy.

William Bainbridge, 1774-1833, naval officer, took command of the George Washington in 1800, and was sent on a mission to the Dey of Algiers, who then required Bainbridge to take his ship to Constantinople under the Ottoman flag, with a special embassy for the Dey to the Sultan of Turkey. John Rea was a sailor aboard the ship at this time. A few years later Jefferson did business in Philadelphia with an upholsterer of that name." "32820","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 7.","","","Charlton, Thomas Usher Pulaski.","Oration, in Commemoration, of American Independence; Delivered at the Exchange, in the City of Savannah, July 3d, 1802. By Thomas U. P. Charlton, Esq. Savannah, Georgia: Printed by Seymour, Woolhopter & Stebbins, 1802.","E286 .S27","

8vo. 8 leaves.

Sabin 12152

This is probably Jefferson's copy; it has been separated from a volume of pamphlets and bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress (in August 1917).

Contains a reference to Jefferson's inaugural speech:

. . . Republicans!

Beware of that charybdis—COALITION—The proposition that we are ''ALL *REPUBLICANS, ALL FEDERALISTS,'' if accredited by you, will lead to ruin . . .

*See President Jefferson's inaugural speech.

Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton, 1779-1835, jurist and author in Savannah, Georgia, wrote to Jefferson from that city on March 28, 1801, to congratulate him on his ascendancy to the Presidency.

This Oration is dedicated to the Republicans of Chatham County." "32830","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 8.","","","Hughes, Hugh.","The Memorial and Documents in the Case of Colonel Hugh Hughes, Deputy Quarter Master General, during the War for American Independence. Respectfully submitted to Congress, by the Memorialist. Washington City: January, 1802.","E255 .H89","

8vo. 24 leaves.

Sabin 33585.

Probably Jefferson's copy; separated from a volume of pamphlets and bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress.

The introductory letter to the Senate and the House of Representatives is dated from Washington, December 31st, 1801. The period covered by the Memorial is from February 1776, when Hughes was appointed a commissary of military stores in the city of New York, to January 1, 1783, and the correspondence continues to March 26, 1800." "32840","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 9.","","","Hall, Elisha I.","Observations and Documents, Relative to a Calumny, Circulated by John Brown, a Member of the Senate of the United States, from Kentucky, to the prejudice of Elisha I. Hall, of Frederick County, Virginia. [Without name of place or printer, n. d., 1802.]","CT275 .H283 .A3","

Sm. 8vo. 24 leaves.

Sabin 29765.

Bound in blue buckram; possibly Jefferson's copy.

The Observations occupy pages [3]-16, and are dated from Frederick County, (Virginia,) April 4, 1802. These are followed by the Documents, twenty in number, dated from Sept. 20, 1798, to March 11, 1802." "32850","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","J. 10.","","","Wolcott, Oliver.","An Address, to the People of the United States, on the Subject of the Report of a Committee of the House of Representatives, Appointed to ''Examine and Report, Whether Monies Drawn from the Treasury, have been Faithfully Applied to the Objects for which They were Appropriated, and whether the same have been Regularly Accounted for.'' Which Report was Presented on the 29th of April, 1802. By Oliver Wolcott, Late Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Boston, Printed: Hartford: Re-Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1802.","HJ273","

8vo. 36 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 104982. Dexter IV, page 86.

Unbound.

Contains several references to Jefferson.

Oliver Wolcott, 1760-1833, the son of the Signer of that name, succeeded Hamilton, whose loyal supporter he was, as Secretary of the Treasury. On April 25, 1802, a House Committee Report impugned the rectitude and efficiency of his Treasury administration, and Wolcott wrote this Address to the People in answer to the charges made. The first edition was published in Boston earlier in the same year." "32860","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","J. 11.","","","Caron de Beaumarchais, Amélie Eugénie.","The Memorial and Claim of Amelie Eugenie Caron de Beaumarchais, Wife of André Toussaint de la Rue Heir and Representative of Caron de Beaumarchais by her Agent John Augustus Chevallie for a Balance due his Estate for Sundry Arms, Ammunition, &c. Furnished the United States during the War between Great-Britain and America. Richmond: Printed by A. Davis, M,DCCCI. [1801.]","E249 .B387","

4to. 17 leaves.

Sabin 4180.

Bound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress. The leaves were folded by Jefferson to 8vo. size, and the creases are still in the paper.

On August 6, 1787, fourteen years before this claim by Beaumarchais' daughter, in a letter from Paris to John Jay, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I hear also that Mr. Beaumarchais means to make himself heard, if a Memorial which he sends by an Agent in the present packet is not attended to as he thinks it ought to be. he called on me with it, and desired me to recommend his case to a decision, & to note in my despatch that it was the first time he had spoken to me on the subject. this is true, it being the first time I ever saw him; but my recommendations would be as displaced as unnecessary. I assured him that Congress would do in that business what justice should require & their means enable them to . . .

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 1732-1799, gave active help to the Colonists during the American revolution. Under the name of Rodrigue Hortalez et Cie he employed a fleet of forty ships to help the revolutionists." "32870","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","J. 12.","","","Adams, John and Adams, Samuel.","Four Letters: Being an Interesting Correspondence between Those Eminently Distinguished Characters, John Adams, Late President of the United States; and Samuel Adams, Late Governor of Massachusetts. On the Important Subject of Government. Boston: Printed for Adams & Rhoades, 1802.","JK171 .A26","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Sabin 242. Cronin and Wise, no. 32.

Unbound.

Sent to Jefferson by the publishers, whose letter is attached, dated from the Chronicle Office, Boston, August 18, 1802:

Sir

The inclosed Copies of a Correspondence, are most respectfully submitted by

Your most obedient

& very humble Servants

Adams & Rhoades

The President of the United States

The letters are dated September 12, October 4, October 18, and November 20, 1790.

A manuscript copy of these letters is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, neatly written on 20 pages. At the end, in Jefferson's autograph, is his heading and statement:

Letters between John Adams and Samuel Adams.

the originals were communicated by S. Adams to Doctr. Jarvis of Boston, who copied them & communicated the copy to Th: J. from which this copy was taken." "32880","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 229, Census of the United States, First Decennial, for 1790. 8o. Washington, 1802. (Pol. Pam., v. 102.)[/TBE]","13.","","","First Census.","Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States . . . Washington City: Printed by William Duane, 1802.","HA201 1790B","

8vo. 26 leaves.

The Schedule of the whole number of Persons within the several Districts of the United States, taken according to An Act providing for the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States passed March the 1st, 1790, at the beginning is signed and dated Th: Jefferson. October 24th, 1791.

For a copy of the first Census 1791, see no. 3160." "32890","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 229, . . . . . . . . . . . . The same. Second census. 1800. 8o. Washington, 1802. (Pol. Pam., v. 102.)[/TBE]","14.","","","Second Census.","Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States: according to ''An Act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,'' Passed February the 28th, One Thousand Eight Hundred. Washington City: Printed at the Apollo Press, by Wm. Duane & Son, 1802.","HA201 1800B","8vo 44 leaves; preceded by a letter to the President of the United States [Jefferson] from James Madison, the Secretary of State, dated from the Department of State, 8th December, 1801." "32900","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 588, Ireland. Address of Natives of Ireland to American Friends of Freedom on the Alien and Sedition laws. 8o. (n. p.,) 1800. (Pol. Pam., v. 102.)[/TBE]","?J. 15.","","","","To the Friends of Freedom and Public Faith, and to All Lovers of their Fellow-men. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?1799.]","E327 .T62","

8vo. 4 leaves, caption title as above, on page 2 begins: To the Senate and House of Representatives, the respectful Memorial of the Subscribers, Natives of Ireland, residing within the United States of America; the address finished on page 8, and is followed by closing remarks signed A Native American.

Sabin 95928.

Rebound in brown buckram in 1917 by the Library of Congress.

A protest against the Alien and Sedition Act." "32910","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","","?J. 16.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","A Test of the Religious Principles, of Mr. Jefferson; Extracted (Verbatim) from His Writings . . . Easton: Re-printed by Thomas Perrin Smith, and presented [Gratis] to the Patrons of the Republican Star. September 9th 1800.","E330 .J45","

8vo. 4 leaves.

Sabin 35934. Johnston, page 28.

Rebound in brown buckram by the Library of Congress.

Contains the text of Jefferson's Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, and two chapters from the Notes on Virginia. The first edition was published in Philadelphia by Robert T. Rawle in the same year." "32920","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 301, Coxe, (Tench;) Matlack, (T.;) Muhlenberg, (F. A.,) and others. To Republican Citizens of Pennsylvania. 8o. Lancaster, (Pa.,) 1800. (Pol. Pam., v. 100 and v. 102.)[/TBE]","17.","","","","To the Republican Citizens of the State of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, Sept. 17, 1800.","E330 .D4","Another copy of no. 3234 above." "32930","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 87, Bayard, (James A.) Address of Ajax to. 8o. (n. p.,) 1802. (Pol. Pam., v. 102.)[/TBE]","J. 18.","","","Ajax.","From the American Literary Advertiser. Address of Ajax, to James A. Bayard, Esq. Without name of place or printer, 1802.","E331 .A3","

8vo. 4 leaves, caption title, no title-page, dated at the end March 25, 1802.

Not in Sabin. Johnston, page 30.

Rebound in brown buckram in 1917. On the title-page is written: The President.

A defence of Jefferson against a speech by Bayard in the House of Representatives in 1802, relative to the election in 1801. On the first pages is a list of the States with the number of votes for Jefferson and for Burr.

In the so-called Anas, Jefferson makes references to Bayard in connection with this election. Under date February 12, 1801, he notes:

Edwd. Livingston tells me that Bayard applied today or last night to Genl. Sam. Smith & Represented to him the expediency of his coming over to the states to vote for Burr, that there was nothing in the way of appointmt. which he might not command, & particularly mentioned the Secretaryship of the navy. Smith asked him if he was authorised to make the offer. he said he was authorised. Smith told this to Livingston & to W. C. Nicholas who confirms it to me. Bayard in like manner tempted Livingston, not by offering any particular office, but by representing to him his L's intimacy & connexion with Burr, that from him he had every thing to expect if he would come over to him . . .

On April 15, 1806, in reference to conversations with Colonel Burr, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I did not commit these things to writing at the time but I do it now, because in a suit between him & Cheetham, he has had a deposñ of mr. Bayard taken, which seems to have no relation to the suit nor to any other object but to calumniate me. Bayard pretends to have addressed to me, during the pendency of the Presidl election in Feb. 1801. through Genl. Saml. Smith, certain condñs on which my election might be obtained, & that Genl. Smith after conversing with me gave answers from me. this is absolutely false. no proposñ of any kind was ever made to me on that occasion by Genl. Smith, nor any answer authorized by me. and this fact Genl. Smith affirms at this moment . . .

James Asheton Bayard, 1767-1815, statesman, was a leader of the Federalist party, and played an important part in the disputed presidential election of 1800." "32940","331","Political pamphlets 1800-2.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 285, as above, 8vo.","

Nineteen pamphlets originally bound together, but since separated by the Library of Congress; the separate pamphlets rebound and reclassified.

The 1839 and 1849 Catalogues list four titles, and ten names of authors without the titles. The pamphlets forming the volume have been collected by means of the 1864 Library of Congress Catalogue which is in alphabetical order of author and the pamphlet volume is indicated when appropriate. Some of the pamphlets are definitely the copies from Jefferson's library; others have obviously been separated from a volume of pamphlets, but have no definite marks of Jefferson's ownership.","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 361, Duane, (William.) Trial of Rioters for riot, and assault on. 8o. Philadelphia, 1801. (Pol. Pam. v. 102.)[/TBE]","J. 19.","","","Duane, William.","Minutes of Examination, taken in short notes—on the trial of the rioters, for a riot and assault on Wm. Duane, on the 15 May, 1799—trial 28 April, 1801. Without name of place or printer [Philadelphia: William Duane? 1801.]","E302 .6 .D82M6","

8vo. 12 leaves, caption title, no title-page.

Clark, William Duane, page 69.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. This copy has no marks of identification but was probably Jefferson's copy. The Library of Congress has two copies, of which one was in pamphlet volume 102 and the second copy was from the Duane collection, and is therefore eliminated.

On May 15, 1799, Duane had been attacked and beaten on account of an article in the Aurora concerning the conduct of the troops who had been sent to suppress a riot in Northampton. The trial took place on April 28, 1801. Bernard McMahon, q. v., was one of the witnesses.

For William Duane and the Aurora see no. 544." "32950","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","","1.","","","Sayre, Stephen.","The case of Stephen Sayre. [Col.] Philadelphia: E. Folwell, Printer, at William Penn's Head, n. d. [?1803.]","E255 .S27","

8vo. 12 leaves, the last a blank; half-title, no title-page; printer's device on the last page.

Sabin 77415 (with wrong date, 179-?).

Rebound in blue buckram, numbered 1 on the title-page.

Stephen Sayre, 1736-1818, merchant, banker, and diplomatic agent, was agent in Europe for the purchase of ''arms, cloathing and other supplies'' during the Revolutionary war. This Memorial for the recovery of money spent is dated from Washington, 27th January, 1803. In 1807 an act was passed granting him pay for the time he spent in Berlin as Lee's secretary." "32960","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 281, [Connecticut.] Remonstrance of the Baptist Elders at Bristol to the General Assembly. Folded 8o. Bristol, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","2.","","","","To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, to be holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, 1803, the Remonstrance and Petition of a Convention of Elders and Brethren of the Baptist denomination, assembled at Bristol, on the first Wednesday of February, 1803 . . . Without name of printer, Bristol, 1803.","Broadside coll. 4, No. 19","

Folio broadside, printed in three columns, caption title, signed at the end by Rufus Babcock, Moderator, and David Bolles, Junr. Clerk; dated at Bristol, the second of February, 1803.

This broadside has been folded to fit into the octavo volume; numbered 2 in ink at the head.

Contains a request for the repeal of all the laws of the State of Connecticut which form the religious establishment thereof." "32970","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 187, Burk, (John D.) Oration at Petersburg, March 4, 1803, to celebrate the election of Jefferson. 8o. (n. p.,) 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.) Burk, John Daly.[/TBE]","3.","","","","An Oration Delivered on the Fourth of March, 1803, at the Court-House, in Petersburg: to Celebrate the Election of Thomas Jefferson, and the Triumph of Republicanism. By John D. Burk, Attorney at Law. Printed at the request of the Committee. [Petersburg] T. Field, Printer [1803].","E331 .B95","

8vo. 9 leaves. The dedication to John Shore and Thomas Bolling Robinson dated from Petersburg, 18th March, 1803.

Sabin 9274. Not in Swem. Johnston, page 32.

Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 3 on the title-page. On page 15:

. . . The fourth grand EPOCH rises to my view in the unclouded majesty of the morning: a sage, long practised in virtue, and whose soul was animated by a larger share of the ætherial fire, was called on to repair the mischiefs, which his predecessor had occasioned; Thomas Jefferson, the author of the declaration of Independence, the energetic champion of the moral and physical productions of his country against the precipitate charges of Raynal and Buffon; Thomas Jefferson, whose name associate a boundless range of deep and elegant knowledge, of active benevolence and glowing philanthropy, was chosen to succeed the eulogist of the British form of government; the pretended defender of the American constitutions . . .

At the end, on page 18:

. . . Let us hail with acclamations this day of our safety, this day of our union; and until the going down of the Sun, let us make the air vocal, & the hills, which overlook our town, respond to the soul exalting sounds of, JEFFERSON AND UNION, JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY, unfading be the principles which triumphed on this day, ETERNAL be the Republic.

For a biographical note on Burk see no. 464." "32980","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 1103, Thacher, (Stephen.) Oration at Kennebunk, Me., July 4, 1803. 8o. Boston. 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","4.","","","Thacher, Stephen.","An Oration, Pronounced at Kennebunk, District of Maine, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1803. By Stephen Thacher . . . Boston: Printed by David Carlisle, 1803.","E286 .K34","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Johnston, page 32.

Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 4 on the title-page.

Contains an enthusiastic account of the Immortal Jefferson and a justification, drawn largely from the Bible, of his appointment of a foreigner, Gallatin, as Secretary of the Treasury." "32990","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 14, Address on the Relations of the United States to France by anticipation. 8o. New York, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","5.","","","[Dickinson, John.]","An Address on the Past, Present, and Eventual Relations of the United States to France. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1803.","E331 .D55","

First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves. Signed at the end: Anticipation.

Sabin 405.

On the title-page James Cheetham has written: from Denniston & Cheetham.

Ascribed to John Dickinson, q. v." "33000","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 982, Rutledge, (John.) Examination of the question who is the writer of the forged Letters attributed to John Rutledge. 8o. Washington, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","6.","","","Rutledge, John.","An Examination of the Question, Who is the Writer of Two Forged Letters Addressed to the President of the United States? Attributed to John Rutledge, Esq. Member of Congress, from South Carolina. Washington City: Printed by William Duane & Son, 1803.","E302 .6 .R9 D8","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 74488.

Rebound in brown buckram, numbered 6 in ink on the title-page.

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are letters and documents pertaining to this.

On August 28, 1801, Christopher Ellery wrote to Jefferson from Newport and enclosed various documents:

. . . The communication which I am about to make will be received as irresistible evidence of faithfulness when its nature is considered—for to an honorable mind the disclosure of the crime of forgery—and perhaps treachery—must be ever painful in the extreme—But feelings aside, allow me to state facts—On the 3d. & 4th. inst. the communications of which I enclose a copy (No. 1.) were made to me and on the 8th. inst those of which No. 2 is a copy—these copies are exact from the memoranda penned & filed by me on the said days, with the endorsements then made—This day the postmaster has handed me your letter, of which No. 3 is a copy—Mr. Geffroy, who knew not what to make of it—I waited on Mr. Geffroy, who makes & deals in watches & jewellery on a pretty large scale and with whom I have frequently done business to our mutual satisfaction, and enjoined silence—He could not believe, that the letter actually came from the President and indeed was wholly at a loss for conjecture after having exhibited it to two or three persons for explanation—Mr. Geffroy was born in France—has lived in Newport 10 or 12 years—owns real estate here—married the daughter of a worthy mechanic, by whom he has children—and supports the character of industry & honesty, attending closely to his trade and not taking a part in politics—He is sensible to the injury done him by the scandalous assumption of his name—it is probable that one of these persons who gained knowledge of the letter may speak of it . . .

The enclosed documents are the deposition from Jacob Richardson, Postmaster at Newport, dated Monday, August 3, 1801, that John Rutledge had put the Nicholas Geffroy letters in the post office, and another from the son of the postmaster, dated August 8.

On August 14, 1801, Jefferson wrote to Nicholas Geffroy from Monticello:

Your favor of the 1st. inst. came to hand here yesterday. no apologies are necessary from my fellow citizens for addressing to me either facts or opinions. on the contrary I am always glad to recieve them, claiming the indulgence of not being required to write special answers (which would be really impossible) except where they require something further to be done. your letter mentions an abuse which I would wish to ascertain; to wit that the timber, bricks & lime used in building the fort at Newport were brought from Maine; & that lands, for the mere accomodation of the garrison were bought at an unexampled price. the bringing timber from Maine might be justifiable: but none of the other articles appear so. will you be pleased to satisfy yourself of the particulars of these abuses & to communicate to me what on more particular enquiry, you find to have been the exact truth, & to give me the names of the persons on whom we may call to prove them. the source of my information shall be known to nobody but myself unless you chuse to permit it expressly. it is to avoid suspicion that I shall not frank this letter . . .

On October 20, 1802, Rutledge wrote to Jefferson from Newport:

Your name having been connected with the subject of this letter, will, I trust, be considered as some apology for the liberty I take in troubling you with it. Two letters dated in August 1801, signed N Geffroy, and addressed to you, have been published in one of the prints of this place, and charged upon me, on account, as it was said, of ''the parity of hands'': Persons desirous of comparing the hand writing of these letters with mine, were invited to examine the originals at the printing office. Many gentlemen of Carolina long in correspondence with me, & others well acquainted with my handwriting, were here at the time, & profiting of the printers invitation, called to examine these letters, & all of them declared their conviction of the writings not being mine.

As a great deal of the most foul and vulgar abuse had repeatedly been addressed to me in the same paper, many persons here thought I should discover an unbecoming condescension by noticing this ridiculous & anonymous attack; the desire however of checking it, impelled me to a publication, & to declare, on oath, that I had been utterly ignorant of the transaction before reading the newspaper announcing it. It was to have been hoped that my solemn denial, supported by the oaths of every person here acquainted with my writing, would have destroyed this calumny: but the Author & Propagator of it, not discouraged by these circumstances, made a tour through this State, & into Massachusetts, and got a number of Persons, who knew nothing of me, who had never seen my writing, and many of whom (I am credibly informed) could neither read nor write, to swear they believed the letters in question were written by me. This contrivance not producing the desired effect, the Postmaster, after a lapse of several weeks, was induced to swear that they were delivered by a girl saying she had lived with me, & saying also that I had sent her. His son, less cautious, swore they were delivered by my servant. I fortunately procured very ample & respectable countervailing testimony, which completely nullified the depositions of these officious postmasters. As it is probable, Sir, that the Papers of this place may not be received at Washington, I feel it a respect due to you (whose name has been used in this business as authorizing the publication of of [sic] the letters) no less than to myself, to forward the enclosed documents disproving my having had any agency in the puerile and ridiculous transaction which malice & ignorance have ascribed to me.

Altho' the mere circumstance of my being a federalist would be quite sufficient, in this season of violent party spirit and jealously, to make many persons believe, without examination, that I am capable of anything infamous with which I might be charged in our licentious papers, yet, I feel persuaded, Sir, notwithstanding the declarations of your having authorized the publication of the letters signed Jefferson, that your mind is too much elevated above suspicion and credulity to have for a moment supposed me capable of the deception which has been attempted. Indeed, Sir, I should not have troubled you with this letter, nor taken the liberty of soliciting your perusal of the documents it encloses, were it not for the deposition of the Postmaster, which is the only thing like proof of my agency in the folly with which I have been charged, and which is calculated to render impressive the calumnious tale where the infamous characters of the Postmaster and his deputy are not known." "33010","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 1155, Vindication of the present Administration, by Algernon Sidney. 8o. Washington, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","7.","","","[Granger, Gideon.]","A Vindication of the Measures of the Present Administration. By Algernon Sidney . . . Taken from the National Intelligencer. City of Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, 1803.","E331 .G771","

First Edition. 10 leaves, printed in double columns.

Sabin 28281. Dexter IV, 1548, 2. Johnston, page 32.

Rebound in brown buckram; numbered 7 on the title-page.

Gideon Granger, 1767-1822, a Jeffersonian in politics and a friend of Jefferson with whom he was in frequent correspondence, held the appointment of Postmaster General during Jefferson's administration. This Vindication was originally contributed to the National Intelligencer. Several editions were published in various places." "33020","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 275, [Colvin, John B.] Republican Economy; or, superiority of the present Administration over that of John Adams. 8o. Fredericktown, (Md.,) (n. d.) (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","8.","","","Colvin, John B.","Republican Economy; or, Evidences of the Superiority of the Present Administration, over that of John Adams. Together with a Correct View of the Late Sale of Bank Stock. By John B. Colvin—Editor of the Republican Advocate, Frederick-Town, Maryland. ''Facts are Stubborn Things.'' The Second Edition. [Frederick-Town, 1802.]","E331 .C69","

8vo. 6 leaves and a folded table at the end.

Sabin 14905. Johnston, page 31.

Rebound in brown buckram; numbered 8 on the title-page.

Compares Jefferson's economics with those of Adams. The Table at the end is a Comparative Statement of Mr. Adams's Extravagance and Mr. Jefferson's Economy.

Other works by Colvin are in this catalogue, see the Index." "33030","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 666, Leib, (Michael.) Conduct in the Certificate Business. 4o. (n. p.) 1800. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","9.","","","Leib, Michael.","The Conduct of Dr. Lee in the Certificate Business. Without name of place or printer, 1800.","","

4to.

Sabin 39889 (in note, this copy).

This pamphlet has disappeared from the Library.

Michael Leib, 1760-1822, Philadelphia physician, was at various times a Congressman and a Senator. In 1796 (March 19) Jefferson wrote of him to William B. Giles:

I know not when I have recieved greater satisfaction than on reading the speech of Dr. Lieb, in the Pennsylvania assembly. he calls himself a new member. I congratulate honest republicanism on such an acquisition and promise myself much from a career which begins on such elevated ground . . ." "33040","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 14, Address of the Democratic Republican Committee of New Castle County, Delaware. 8o. (n. p., 1803.) (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","10.","","","","The Address of the Democratic Republican corresponding Committee of New-Castle county, to the People of that county. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1804.]","E331 .D34","

8vo. 12 leaves, caption title. Signed by eight names beginning with George Read.

Sabin 52563.

Pro-Jefferson and pro-Rodney." "33050","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 602, [Jefferson, Thomas.] Letter to Gabriel Jones, July 20, 1803, in his attempt to impeach the honesty of Jefferson; by Veritas. Folded 8o. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","11.","","","[Grymes, Philip.]","To Gabriel Jones. Without name of place or printer, [letter dated] July 20, 1803.","E332 .G89","

1 leaf, folio. Signed at the end Veritas.

Johnston, page 32. See Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, II, 364.

Now inserted in a cover; with a wrapper addressed to Peter Carr, Esq. Charlottesville; numbered 11 on the first page.

An attack on Gabriel Jones, in reference to a loan made by him to Jefferson, and which Jefferson repaid in Continental currency, depreciated at that time to less than a quarter of the value received.

The letter written by Jefferson to Jones at the time of the repayment, from Monticello, April 29, 1779, does not refer to this:

By Mrs. Harvey I inclose to you the principal and interest of the money you were so kind as to lend me some years ago. It furnishes me also with an occasion of acknowledging, with this, the many other obligations under which you have laid me, of which I shall always be proud to shew a due sense, whenever opportunities shall offer.

Jones replied to this attack by Grymes in a pamphlet printed in Winchester in 1803. The matter was first made public by Callender in the Recorder, December 8, 1802. For an account of the affair see Ford, as above, and The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton, 1950, II, 260." "33060","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 26, [Alien, Ira.] Statement respecting the Capture of the Olive Branch, 1796, by the English. (Pol. Pam, v. 104.) 8o. n.p.,) 1803.[/TBE]","12.","","","Allen, Ira.","The Following Extract of a Statement, was Presented to the Hon. James Madison, Esquire, Secretary of the United States, in December, 1803. viz. Gen. Allen's Statement, Respecting a large cargo of Cannon and Arms purchased in France, for the use of the Militia of Vermont, and taken by an English 74 in 1796, and the cause is yet pending in the High Court of Appeals in London. Without name of place or printer, 1803.","F53 .A39","

8vo. 8 leaves, caption title, no title-page. At the end: N. B. All printers in the state are requested to publish this.

Not in Sabin.

Rebound in buckram; numbered 12 on the title-page.

Concerns the seizure of the Olive Branch, see no. 3538." "33070","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 1222, [Woodward, Augustus B.] Representation of the Case of Oliver Pollock. 8o. Washington, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","13.","","","Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.","A Representation of the Case of Oliver Pollock. By Augustus B. Woodward. City of Washington: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith. February 12. 1803.","E255 .P76","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves; dated at the end from Washington, February 12, 1803.

Sabin 105154.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

This copy, undoubtedly Jefferson's, is numbered 4 on the title-page instead of 13, and seems to have formed part of another collection. The Library of Congress had at one time the copy from this volume of pamphlets, but it has been reported missing for a number of years.

Oliver Pollock, c. 1737-1823, born in Ireland, emigrated to Pennsylvania at the age of twenty-three. The State of Virginia was indebted to him for large sums during the Revolutionary war, and his inability to collect the money resulted in his own bankruptcy and consequent imprisonment. His efforts to collect the money were eventually successful, though as late as November 19, 1811, he wrote to Jefferson for his help in the matter. Jefferson replied on December 31 that

. . . I really feel every disposition to do you justice by bearing witness to the services you rendered while agent for Virginia at N. Orleans, which my memory could enable me to do with sufficient certainty. but the obliteration from that of matters of detail cannot appear strange after a lapse of more than 30. years, and the unremitting & anxious occupations I was engaged in during the subsequent scenes of the revolutionary war, after them again in Europe, & latterly in our own country: during all of which the current events sufficed to engross my whole attention, while nothing called for a recurrence to the transactions in which you were interested, so as to retrace the impressions in my mind . . .

He then states that he has read Pollock's Memorial and makes certain corrections in it. His letter ends:

. . . I go into no examination of the particular claim stated in your Memorial. of that I know nothing. but I have such confidence in the justice of our legislature that I am satisfied if the claim be rightful, right will be done.

For a note on A. B. Woodward see no. 2176, and for the Supplement to the Representation, see no. 3467." "33080","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 949, [Rhode Island.] Observations on the Petitions of Merchants of Rhode Island, respecting Exportation Bonds. Small 4o. Newport, (R. I.,) 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","14.","","","[Hunter, William.]","Observations on the Petitions from various Merchants of Rhode-Island to the Congress of the United States, Praying to be Relieved from the Penalties of Certain Exportation Bonds. With an Appendix. Printed at Newport, (R. I.)—1803.","HJ6625 .H8","

4to. 17 leaves.

Sabin 56544.

Unbound; cut into at the fore-edges; numbered 14 on the title-page.

William Hunter, 1774-1849, a native of Newport, was a graduate of Rhode Island College (Brown University). He was a United States Senator, and later minister plenipotentiary in Brazil. Hunter was a Federalist in politics." "33090","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 727, Manufacturing Interest of the United States. Essay, with memorial of the artists and manufacturers of Philadelphia to Congress. 8o. Philadelphia, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","15.","","","","An Essay on the Manufacturing Interest of the United States; with Remarks on Some Passages Contained in the Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufacturers. By a Member of the Society of Artists & Manufacturers of Philadelphia. To which is annexed, the Memorial of that Society to Congress. Philadelphia: Printed by Bartholomew Graves, 1804.","HF1754 .E75","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1, 16 and 9 leaves. This copy is imperfect; the second part [Memorial of the Artists and Manufacturers of Philadelphia] has 4 leaves only.

Sabin 22964.

Unbound, numbered 15 on the title-page.

Sent to Jefferson by J. Lithgow, the Secretary of the Society of Artists and Manufacturers of Philadelphia, who wrote from that city on April 29, 1804:

The Society of Artists and manufacturers of Philada have requested me to forward you a copy of ''an Essay on the Manufacturing Interest'' because it is proper that the chief magistrate should, as far as possible, know the Sentiments of every class in the Nation.

Notwithstanding what has passed for the last twenty years some of our Society has yet hopes. It was with a view to convince them that there was no rational ground of hope, that I first proposed in the Society a General Memorial to Congress; and, since the curious Report of the Committee, urged the publication of the enclosed Essay.

Nothing, I am convinced, but necessity,—poverty staring us in the face, as in Rhode Island 1787, will ever make the Legislature turn their attention to the fine arts. When the money is gone out the Country, the people will blame the Administration and lay the fault on a thousand innocent things till somebody will at last find out, that it would be a great saving to the Nation if the idlers were employed in making Cloths, in making Cutlery Locks keys; nay everything for ourselves within the Nation. The Tide will then run in an opposite direction to what it does at present. My wish is to avoid those Extremes by a timely and judicious excitement of the National industry and although I have no hopes of doing good, I am contented with having done what I conceive be my duty.

The Society are to a man friends to your administration & I am Sir yr Humble Servt J Lithgow Secy.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on May 10:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Lithgow and acknoleges with thanks the reciept of his pamphlet which he shall peruse with attention. the interests of the agriculturalist, the manufacturer, the merchant & the navigator are so intimately blended together, that to keep them all in just balance, by giving encouragements to some which shall not be discouragements to others, requires a knolege of facts as well as possession of sound principles rarely to be found. this justifies a legislature in intermedling with great caution, and never taking a measure till all it's bearings are understood. it accounts too for all the differences of opinion honestly entertained, not only among legislators, but the individuals of these different sections. there is no doubt but that the interests of all of them, when well understood, are in perfect harmony, and that no act can ultimately benefit the one branch which injures the others. little doubt can be entertained that the legislature of the union will proceed in the just patronage of the whole as far as it can do it understandingly." "33100","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 461, Georgia Republican—Extra—Savannah, 25th April, 1804, refusing to publish Judge Jabez Bowen's Charge to Grand Jury. Folded 8o. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","16.","","","","Georgia Republican Extra. Savannah, 25th April 1804.","Broadside coll., 14. no. 17.","

Not in De Renne. See Brigham 1, page 128.

Unbound, numbered 16.

Begins:

Judge Bowen having ordered the Charge given to the Grand Jury on Monday last, to be published in the Georgia Republican, the Editor felt himself bound by his duty to refuse the publication, and returned his honor the following reasons for his refusal.

Signed Samuel Morse." "33110","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 241, [Cheetham, James.] Letters on our Affairs with Spain. 8o. New York, 1804 (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","17.","","","Cheetham, James.","Letters on Our Affairs with Spain. By James Cheetham. New-York: Printed for the Author. Southwick and Hardcastle, Printers, 1804.","E331 .C52","

8vo. 30 leaves, the last 2 for the Appendix.

Sabin 12378. Johnston, page 33.

Rebound in buckram; numbered 17 in ink on the title-page.

Pro-Jefferson, with numerous references to him. In the Appendix is quoted a letter from Major William Jackson written to Jefferson on September 7, and Jefferson's reply on September 15, 1804, of which the original of the first and a polygraph copy in Jefferson's hand of the second are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On the title-page is written in ink: From the Author. Jefferson purchased a copy from Cheetham on December 3, 1804, price 50 cents.

James Cheetham, 1772-1810, was born in England and emigrated to the United States in 1798. He was the political enemy of Aaron Burr, and wrote many pamphlets, a number of which appear in this catalogue. See also The History of the Administration of John Adams . . . by John Wood, no. 506." "33120","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 24, Alexandria, (D. C.) Tammany Society. Long Talk at the First Anniversary Meetings. 8o. Alexandria, (D. C.,) 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","18.","","","[Dinmore, Richard.]","A Long Talk, Delivered before the Tammany Society, of Alexandria, District of Columbia, at their First Anniversary Meeting, May 12, 1804. Alexandria: Printed at the Expositor Office, 1804.","E297 .D58","

8vo. 8 leaves: A-B4. The author's name is on the extract from the Minutes on the back of the title-page: Resolved Unanimously, That the thanks of the Society be given to Brother DINMORE, for his elegant and appropriate LONG TALK, this day delivered, and that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication. Dated from the Tammany Society, Anniversary Meeting, Wigwam, 12th Flowers, 312.

Not in Sabin.

Rebound in buckram in 1919 by the Library of Congress. Numbered 18 in ink on the title-page, several manuscript marginal corrections.

Jefferson is mentioned on page 11:

. . . The efforts of Paine to enlighten the people, were supported and brought into action by the patriots of Virginia, who in Congress were among the foremost to move, that declaration of independence which for truth—simplicity and energy, will to the latest posterity do honor to the head and heart of your beloved Jefferson.

The Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, called after Tammany, a Delaware Chief, and of which Richard Dinmore, 1765-1811, was a member, was founded in 1783 and organized in 1789. Most of the Federalist members withdrew before 1800, and in 1805 it was incorporated as a charitable organization." "33130","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 1121, Toulmin, (Harry.) Oration at Frankfort, Ky., July 4, 1804. Folded 8o. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","19.","","","Toulmin, Harry.","An Oration Delivered at the Celebration of American Independence at Frankfort, (K.) on the 4th of July, 1804. By Harry Toulmin, Secretary to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [Lexington: Printed by Thomas Anderson [1804].]","E286 .F82","

8vo. 4 leaves, printed in double columns, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Sabin. McMurtrie 193. Jillson, page 34.

Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 19 on the first page.

For a note on Harry Toulmin, and Jefferson's opinion of him, see no. 2175." "33140","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 410, Federal Catechism Metamorphosed. 16o. Grafton, (N. H.,) 1804. (Pol. Pam. v. 104.)[/TBE]","20.","","","","The Federal Catechism Metamorphosed: or the Natural Spirit of Federalism Exposed, from the Works of their Federal Holiness. Calculated for the Meridian of Grafton: But will serve for the whole of New Hampshire, and any other of the Federal States, without any material alteration. By Uriac Faber Republique. For the Use of Schools . . . [?Grafton] Printed for the Purchaser, 1804.","E310 .R41","

8vo. 14 leaves.

Sabin 23974. Johnston, page 33.

Rebound in red buckram; numbered 20 on the title-page.

The Advertisement or Dedication. To Mr. Public is in verse and signed Richardus Redemptio Faber. Several pages of the Catechism relate to Jefferson, described at the outset as the ''deliverer and President of the Republicans''.

At the end are two Psalms ''Metamorphosed''. The first, Psalm L, 3d part, C. M., has five stanzas, of which the first and last read:

WHEN Jefferson his throne ascends,

While all surround his board,

He'll call the tories to attend,

And hear his awful word.

* * *

Consider ye who hate his word,

Before his wrath appear;

If once you fall beneath his sword,

There's no salvation there.

The second, Psalm LXXII, 2d part, L. M., is headed ''Jefferson's kingdom among Fed—s'', and has eight stanzas, of which the first and last read:

THOMAS shall reign where e'er the sun

Does his successive journeys run:

His honor stretch from shore to shore,

Till Fed—s shall tax and stamp no more.

* * *

Let every tory rise and bring

Peculiar praise to such a king;

Fed'rals return with songs again,

While we repeat the loud AMEN." "33150","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 275, Colvin, (John B.) Candid View of Facts, to a Federal friend. 16o. Frederick-Town, (Md.,) 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","21.","","","Colvin, John B.","A Candid View of Facts, in a Letter from John B. Colvin to a Federal Friend . . . Frederick-Town, [Md.] Printed At the Office of the Republican Advocate. 1804.","E331 .C68","

Sm. 8vo. 24 leaves.

Sabin 14903. Johnston, page 33.

Rebound in blue buckram, numbered 21 on the title-page.

Anti-Adams and pro-Jefferson.

Other works by John B. Colvin appear in this catalogue." "33160","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 602, Jefferson, (Thomas.) Defence of Jefferson's Administration, by Curtius. 8o. Washington, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","22.","","","","A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson. By Curtius. Taken from the National Intelligencer. Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, 1804.","E331 .T24","

First Edition. 8vo. 68 leaves.

Sabin 18070. Johnston, page 33.

Rebound in brown buckram, numbered 22 on the title-page.

Ascribed to Jefferson's friend, John Taylor of Caroline, q. v." "33170","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]Two broadsides, numbered 23 and folded to fit into the 8vo. volume. 1864 Catalogue, page 601, [Jefferson, Thomas.] Proposals of Oliver Fairplay for publishing the private and public Life of the First Consul. Folded 8o. Philadelphia, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","23. i.","","","Fairplay, Oliver, pseud.","Proposals by Oliver Fairplay, for Publishing the Private and Public Life of the First Consul . . . Philadelphia: July 8, 1804. Broadside collection, 150. no. 13.","","

Folio broadside, folded to 8vo. size.

Sabin 35913. Johnston, page 33.

Johnston, who had evidently seen Political Pamphlet volume 104 before it was separated, notes Jefferson's fly-leaf entry: Bach's Proposals for Publishing the Life of the First Consul (Lieb).

On another copy in the Library of Congress is written: Written by Major Jackson's successor, signed W. D. [William Duane.]

''Major Jackson'' may refer to Major James Jackson, the Governor of Georgia, whose successor in 1804, though not his immediate successor, was John Milledge." "33180","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 63, Bache, (B. Franklin.) To Democratic Republican Electors of Pennsylvania. Folded 8o. Philadelphia, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","ii.","","","Bache, Benjamin Franklin, pseud.","To the Democratic Republican Electors, of the State of Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia, 1804.]","Broadside collection, 150. no. 15.","

1 leaf folio broadside, folded to size, with a cover addressed in ink to Mr. Jefferson, and marked Private. A defect in the cover has destroyed a written word. Signed at the foot Benjamin Franklin Bache.

Sabin 2589. Johnston, page 33.

An election address, pro-Jefferson.

Benjamin Franklin Bache died in 1798." "33190","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 602, [Jefferson, Thomas.] Discorsi (Messaggio) del Sig. Tommaso Jefferson Presidente, fatti tradurre dall' Sig. Giacomo Leandro Cathcart. 16o. Livorno, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","24.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","Discorsi del Signore Tommaso Jefferson Presidente delli Stati Uniti di America fatti tradurre e pubblicare dall' Illustrissimo Signore Giacomo Leandro Cathcart. Livorno: Presso Pietro Meucci, Con Approvazione, 1804.","E331 .U553","

16mo. 16 leaves, printed on blue paper.

Sabin 35893. Not in Johnston.

Rebound in blue buckram, numbered 24 on the title-page.

Contains Jefferson's messages to the Senate and House of Representatives of December 15, 1802, and October 17, 1803.

James Leander Cathcart, 1767-1843, an Irishman by birth, came to the United States as a boy, and eventually entered the merchant service. With the crew of his ship he was sold into slavery in Algiers, but whilst a prisoner became clerk to the Marines, clerk to the Bagnio Gallera, keeper of the prison tavern, clerk to the prime minister, and chief Christian secretary to the Dey of Algiers. On recovering his freedom he held various consular appointments in Africa and in Europe, and for some time was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson." "33200","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 176, Brunt, (Jonathan.) Extracts from Locke and others, containing a defence of natural rights. 8o. Frankfort, (Ky.,) 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","25.","","","Brunt, Jonathan, editor.","Extracts, From Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding and other Writers; containing a Defence of Natural, Judicial, and Constitutional Rights, on the Principles of Morality, Religion, & Equal Justice, against the Private and Public Intrigues of Artificial Society. Together with a short account of The Publisher's Difficulties, Intermixed with some Political Remarks. To which is added, an Universal Prayer, for the Conversion, to Genuine Christianity, of the Great Family of Mankind. Frankfort, Kentucky: Printed and sold by J. Brunt. November 1804. Price One Quarter Dollar.","B1292 1804","

12mo. 18 leaves: A-C6. Dated at the end [Nov. 1804.] and signed Jona. Brunt, Printer & travelling Bookseller.

Sabin 8769. McMurtrie 203. Not in Jillson.

Rebound in ruby buckram; uncut; the number 25 in ink on the title-page.

Jonathan Brunt was a printer of Georgetown. Two years previously to the publication of this pamphlet, on October 25, 1802, he wrote from that address to Jefferson:

Last November I addressed a Pamphlet to you, from Schenectady, near Albany, (N. Y. S.) which I hope you received. As I have followed the Printing-Business in America without much success, thro' the minds of the people being somewhat contaminated with corrupt speculations; (which is not actuated by a principle of laudable enterprize in honest Industry;) I hoped you would not be displeased if I enquired of you, if it would be practicable to get a place as a writer or copyist under your Government." "33210","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 792, Morris, (Richard V.; Commodore.) Defence of his Conduct during his command in the Mediterranean. 8o. New York, 1804. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","26.","","","Morris, Richard Valentine.","A Defence of the Conduct of Commodore Morris during his Command in the Mediterranean With Strictures on the Report of the Court of Enquiry held at Washington. New-York: Printed for I. Riley and Co., 1804.","E335 .M87","

First Edition. 8vo. 50 leaves, folded engraved map, list of Errata on the last leaf.

Sabin 50862.

Some manuscript marginal corrections.

Richard Valentine Morris, 1726-1798, was in command of the squadron against Tripoli and the Barbary States. He was recalled in June 1803, and his commission revoked. This pamphlet in his own defence provides important source material for the study of the relations between the United States and the Barbary States." "33220","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 483, Graham, (John A.) Address to the Public; with copy of letter to Stephen R. Bradley. 8o. New York, 1805. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","27.","","","Graham, John A.","No. I. An Address to the Public, together with a Copy of a Letter to Stephen R. Bradley, Esq. Senator in the Congress of the United States, from the District of Vermont. By John A. Graham, L.L.D. of the City of New-York. New-York: Printed for the Author, 1805.","E302 .6 .B8 G7","

8vo. 4 leaves; dated at the end, New-York, January 2, 1805.

Sabin 28228.

Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 27 on the title-page.

John Andrew Graham, 1764-1841, lawyer and author, and a friend of Horne Tooke, originally from Vermont, practiced law in New York.

Stephen Row Bradley, 1754-1830, one of the first lawyers in Vermont, and one of the first senators from that State." "33230","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 1038, Smith, (James, M. D.) Address to those who have sworn to support the Constitution, etc. 8o. New-York, 1805. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)[/TBE]","28.","","","[Smith, James.]","To Those Who have Sworn to support the Constitution; Maintain Public Justice; Protect Private Right; and Bring to Justice every Offender against the Majesty of the Law, the Peace of the People, and Their Dignity; These Few Lines are Addressed. New-York: Printed for the Author, 1805.","E302 .6 .B8 G76","

8vo. 4 leaves; signed at the end James Smith, M. D.

Sabin 82775.

Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 28 on the title-page.

Written in support of Graham's diatribe against Bradley, above.

James Smith was the brother of William Smith, the historian of New York.

On the title-page is written James Smith, possibly by himself." "33240","J. 332","Political pamphlets. 1803-5.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 289, Political Pamphlets, 1803-5 8vo.","

A collection of 29 pamphlets (including 4 broadsides) originally bound together in one volume, lettered by the Library of Congress Political Pamphlets. Vol. 104. Early in the twentieth century the volume was divided, the tracts reclassified and bound separately. The front cover is all that remains of the original binding.

The titles have been obtained from the 1864 Catalogue.

1864 Catalogue, page 997, Sayre, (Stephen.) Memorial to Congress, with accompanying documents. 8o. Philadelphia, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)","[TBE]1864 Catalogue, page 387, Elwyn, (Thomas.) Letter to a Federalist on the present Administration. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.) 8o. Portsmouth, N. H.,) 1805.[/TBE]","29.","","","[Elwyn, Thomas.]","A Letter to a Federalist, in Reply to Some of the Popular Objections to the Motives and Tendency of the Measures of the Present Administration. February, 1805. [Portsmouth, N.H. From the Chronicle-Office, 1805.]","E331 .E52","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 16 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 22375. Johnston, page 34.

Rebound in blue buckram, numbered 29 in ink on the title-page.

A defense of Jefferson; sent to Jefferson by the author who has written on the title-page From your most faithful Sert, The Author. and on the last page he has written a list of the ''Principal Errata'', in four lines.

Jefferson has written on the title-page: by Thomas Elwyn. Portsmouth N. H.

On March 8, 1805, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Elwyn:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Elwyn & his thanks for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, and which he shall peruse with pleasure in his first spare moment. he had before observed what was said in the Chronicle of it's conciliatory tendency. some are of opinion that attempts at conciliation are useless. this is true only as to distinguished leaders who had committed themselves so far that their pride will not permit them to correct themselves. but it is not true as to the mass of those who had been led astray by an honest confidence in the government & by misinformation. the great majority of these has already reconciled itself to us, & the rest are doing so as fast as the natural progress of opinion will permit. he presents his friendly salutations to Mr Elwyn." "33250","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York.","1.","","","[Cheetham, James.]","Annals of the Corporation, relative to the Late Contested Elections; with Strictures upon the Conduct of the Majority. In Seven Numbers. By Lysander . . . New-York: Printed by Denniston and Cheetham, 1802.","","

First Edition. 46 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 12373.

On the title-page, in the handwriting of Cheetham, is written: Denniston & Cheetham.

David Denniston and James Cheetham, both journalists and the former a cousin of De Witt Clinton, had entered into partnership in 1801." "33260","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court.","2.","","","[Cheetham, James.]","A Letter concerning The Ten Pound Court, in the City of New-York, addressed to the State Legislature. By Mercer. New-York: Printed for Denniston and Cheetham, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves, the last a blank.

Signed and dated at the end: Mercer. City of New-York, March 15th, 1803.

Sabin 13376.

By James Cheetham, who has written on the title-page: From James Cheetham to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson President of the United States." "33270","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Observations on the Militia of N. York.","3.","","","","Brief Observations on the Militia, respectfully addressed to the Legislature, and Commander in Chief. By an Officer of the Brigade of New-York. New-York, 1804.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin." "33280","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank.","4.","","","Cheetham, James.","Remarks on the ''Merchants' Bank,'' respectfully submitted to the Legislature of the State of New-York. By James Cheetham. New-York: Printed for the Author. Southwick & Hardcastle, Printers. 1804.","","

First Edition. 18 leaves, the last a blank. Signed at the end J. C. and dated New-York, February 10, 1804.

Sabin 12384.

Purchased by Jefferson from Cheetham on February 13, 1804, price .25 (paid for in August, 1805)." "33290","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York.","5.","","","[Hanson, Alexander Contee.]","Publications relative to the Difference of Opinion between the Governor and the Council on their Respective Powers. Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green, Printer to the State, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 72 leaves, the last a blank; the Advertisement To the Reader is dated April 14, 1803, and signed A Civil Officer, of Maryland.

Sabin 66525.

On the title-page is written in ink: President of the United States.

Alexander Contee Hanson, 1749-1806, Maryland jurist, judge, and Chancellor of Maryland, was for a time assistant secretary to George Washington." "33300","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.","6.","","","","Four Letters to the People, on the Undue Influence of Bank Directors, in the Political Affairs of the State of Maryland. As published in the American. Revised and Corrected, with Additions. Baltimore: Printed at the request of a number of Citizens. 1804.","","

First Edition. 6 leaves. The letters are signed Justice.

Sabin 45147." "33310","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Washington Phoenix fire-company.","7.","","","","Constitution and Bye-laws of the Washington Phœnix Fire Company. Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, 1804.","","

First Edition. 6 leaves, signed John Gardiner, Sec'ry.

Sabin 101945. Bryan, page 148." "33320","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.","8.","","","[Thornton, William.]","To the Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. [Washington City, 1805.]","","

8vo. 6 leaves, signed and dated at the end: W. Thornton. City of Washington, Jan. 1, 1805; caption title, no title-page.

Sabin 95648. Bryan 181.

This was one of the pamphlets caused by Benjamin Henry Latrobe's proposed changes in Dr. Thornton's designs for the Capitol. On February 28, 1804, Jefferson wrote to Latrobe, whom in 1803 he had appointed surveyor of public buildings, a long letter on the plans for the Capitol, beginning:

I am sorry the explanations attempted between Dr. Thornton & yourself on the manner of finishing the chamber of the house of representatives have not succeded . . .

William Thornton, 1759-1828, architect and public official, was a native of the Virgin Islands. He studied in England and Paris and came to the United States in 1787 where he soon became associated with John Fitch (q. v.) in his experiments with steamboats. Thornton is best known for his architectural work in the Capitol. Jefferson had considerable correspondence both with Thornton and Latrobe, and many of the Thornton papers are now in the Library of Congress." "33330","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Memorial of the city of Washington.","9.","","","","Memorial on behalf of the Citizens resident and concerned in the City of Washington. Agreed to at a Meeting held on the 2d day of February, 1803, in said City. Addressed to both Houses of Congress. Washington City: Printed by William Duane & Son, 1803.","","

8vo. 4 leaves, one folded table. Signed at the end: W. M. Duncanson, Chairman.

Sabin 101943. Not in Bryan.

The intention of this meeting is . . . to shew that funds were provided adequate to every demand which the erection of a new city, in splendor and beauty, without any draughts upon the national treasury, and wholly from the means voluntarily granted by the proprietors of the soil, upon the express condition of their application to the ends proposed, and to those ends alone . . ." "33340","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia.","10.","","","Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.","Considerations on the Government of the Territory of Columbia. By Augustus B. Woodward. Number VIII. Washington: Printed for the author. January: M.DCCC.III. [1803.]","","

8vo. 13 leaves, dated at the end from Washington, January 31, 1803. Erratum at foot of last page.

Sabin 105151. Bryan, page 209.

For the other pamphlets in this series by Woodward [Epaminondas] see the Index." "33350","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly.","11.","","","[Monroe, James.]","The Governor's Letter, Of the 6th of December, 1802, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, of Virginia. [Richmond: Printed by Meriwether Jones, printer to the public, 1802.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 12 leaves; signed at the end: James Monroe.

Not in Sabin. Swem 8073 (copy not seen). Cronin and Wise, no. 13.

Governor Monroe's annual message." "33360","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Report of Committee on the same.","12.","","","","A Report Of the Committee appointed to examine into the Executive Expenditures. Also the Governor's Letter Of the 28th January, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, respecting said Expenditures, and the Resolutions of the House on the same. [Richmond: Printed by Meriwether Jones, February 1, 1802.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 8 leaves.

Swem 8050 (no copy seen). Not in Cronin and Wise.

Five hundred copies were printed of this Report." "33370","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.","13.","","","Worthington, Thomas.","Communication, to Those Citizens of the North-Western Territory, opposed to an Alteration of the Boundaries of the States, as established by Congress, and who are Favourable to the Formation of a Constitution and State Government within the Eastern State, as Originally Established. By Thomas Worthington. Chillicothe: Printed by N. Willis, 1802.","","

8vo. 7 leaves only (should be 8), lacks the last leaf. Worthington's Communication is dated from Chillicothe, July 5, 1802, and is followed by An Act To enable the people of the Eastern Division of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes.

Sabin 105504. Thomson 1264. American Imprints Inventory 29.

Sent to Jefferson by Worthington, who wrote from Washington on December 22, 1802:

I have the honour to enclose to you a copy of the constitution of the state of Ohio together with a communication from the convention of that state . . .

Thomas Worthington, 1773-1827, Governor of Ohio, was one of the leaders of the ''Chillicothe Junto'' which accomplished the triumph of Jeffersonism in Ohio and the admission of that state to the Union. Among other activities he was responsible for founding the State Library of Ohio." "33380","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.","14.","","","[Dallas, Alexander James.]","The Address of the Society of Constitutional Republicans, established in the City and County of Philadelphia, to the Republicans of Pennsylvania. Unanimously Approved and Adopted At a general meeting of the Society in the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the 10th of June, 1805. Philadelphia: Printed by William M'Corkle, At the office of the Freeman's Journal, 1805.","F153 .C77","

This pamphlet is called for on Jefferson's list of contents as above, but is no longer bound in this volume.

The Duane copy in the Library of Congress has the name of the author, By A. J. Dallas, Esq, written in ink on the title-page by a contemporary hand." "33390","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","[TBE]Local politics [volume 2]. ii. 1849 Catalogue, page 623. no. 593, Pamphlets, American—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by Messrs. Tarascon, jun., and J. Berthoud & Co., B. S. Barton, B. H. Latrobe; also, Statement of the Claims of the Rhode Island Brigade; Political Truth, by Virginius; Examination of the Memorial of the Owners and Underwriters of the American Ship the New Jersey; Impartial Enquiry into certain Parts of the Conduct of Gov. Lewis, of New-York, by Politicus; On the Public Buildings of the United States at Washington, &c., &c., 8vo; New-York, Richmond, Louisville, Philadelphia, Washington, 1805-'7. A collection of pamphlets bound together originally in one volume 8vo, since separated, rebound separately and reclassified. This was apparently done before 1864 as the pamphlets are not assigned to any pamphlet volume in the Library of Congress catalogue of that year. Some of the tracts have serial numbers in ink on the title-pages in the manner of Jefferson's pamphlet volumes and are doubtless from his library. There are gaps in the numbering, so that if these pamphlets are part of Jefferson's original volume, the set is still incomplete.[/TBE]","?J. 1.","","","","A Statement of the Claim of the Rhode-Island Brigade, commanded By Cols. Crary, Topham, and Elliot. For the Depreciation of their Pay during the late War with Great-Britain, as settled and adjusted by the Legislature of the State of Rhode-Island at their October Sessions, 1785. Boston: From J. Bumstead's Printing-Office, 1798.","E263 .R4R4","

8 leaves.

Sabin 90726. Evans 34455.

This copy is rebound in a half binding and has the number 1 in ink on the title-page; it is probably from Jefferson's library. The imprint on the title-page has been blacked out with ink." "33400","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 2.","","","Tarascon, Louis Anastasius, and Berthoud, James.","An Address to the Citizens of Philadelphia, on the Great Advantages which arise from the Trade of the Western Country to the State of Pennsylvania at Large, and to the City of Philadelphia in Particular. On the danger of loosing those advantages, and on the means of saving them. By Messrs. Tarascon Junr. James Berthoud and Co. Philadelphia: Printed for the Addressers, 1806.","HE394 .O4T2","

First Edition. 7 leaves.

Sabin 94381. Not in Thomson.

This copy is in a half binding, and has part of a serial number in ink on the title-page (the upper part cut away), showing that it was once part of a pamphlet volume, and is probably Jefferson's copy.

Louis Anastasius Tarascon, Junr. was born in 1759. Tarascon Junr., James Berthoud and Co. was a firm of merchants in Philadelphia." "33410","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 3.","","","Virginius.","Political Truth . . . By Virginius. Richmond: Printed for the Author, n. d.","HV6715 .V7","

Another copy of no. 3248 above.

This copy is perfect with 20 leaves, signed at the end ''Fiat Justitia.''

Rebound in a half binding, separated from a volume of pamphlets and numbered 3 on the title-page in ink; probably from Jefferson's library." "33420","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 4.","","","[Randolph, John?]","Letters of Decius, To the Members of the Legislature of the Indiana Territory, to B. Park, Delegate to Congress for Indiana, and to William Henry Harrison, Governor; together with Charges against the Governor, addressed to The Hon. James Maddison, Secretary of State, for the United States. Louisville: Printed for the Author, December 10th, 1805.","F526 .D29","

Sm. 8vo. 23 leaves: []1, []4, C-F4, []2, the first three sheets (after the title-page) printed on blue paper.

Sabin 19148. McMurtrie 220 (this copy only). Not in Jillson.

Separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding; numbered 4 in ink on the title-page. Probably Jefferson's copy.

Two references occur to Jefferson by name. On page 15 in the Congratulatory Address to the Hon. B. Park Esq. Delegate to Congress from the Indiana Territory dated October 10th, 1805, is the passage:

Did you not adopt the conduct of the government of which you are the diminutive representative? Did you not think of aristocracy and federalism? Of the sedition law &c. &c.? Did not a thousand chimeras of this kind agitate your mind? And did you not blame in your heart the mild administration of Mr. Jefferson?—Yes certainly; and so would any other little sycophant in the like dilemma . . .

On page 26 in a letter to His Excellency William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory, dated October 15th, 1805:

No sooner was Mr. Jefferson elected to the presidency, than you began to apprehend danger. Your conduct was then marked with the most consumate duplicity; which has been a prominant trait in your political character ever since . . .

This pamphlet may have been sent to Jefferson by William A. Burwell, who wrote to him from Liberty, August 7, 1806, with an enclosure in the letter.

To this Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 17:

Yours of Aug. 7. from Liberty never got to my hands till the 9th. inst. about the same time I recieved the Enquirer in which Decius was so judiciously answered. the writer of that paper observed that the matter of Decius consisted 1st. of facts. 2dly. of inferences from these facts: that he was not well enough informed to affirm or deny his facts, & he therefore examines his inferences, and in a very masterly manner shews that even were his facts true, the reasonable inferences from them are very different from those drawn by Decius. but his facts are far from truth and should be corrected. it happened that m[???] Madison & Genl. Dearborne were here when I recieved your letter. I therefore with them took up Decius & read him deliberately; & our memories aided one another in correcting his bold & unauthorised assertions. I shall note the most material of these in the order of the paper. 1. it is grossly false that our ministers as is said in a note had proposed to surrender our claims to compensation for Spanish spoliations, or even for French. their instructions were to make no treaty in which Spanish spoliations were not provided for; and altho they were permitted to be silent as to French spoliations carried into Spanish ports, they were not expressly to abandon even them. 2. it is not true that our ministers, in agreeing to establish the Colorado as our Western boundary had been obliged to exceed the authority of their instructions. altho' we considered our title good as far as the Rio Bravo, yet in proportion to what they could obtain East of the Mis[???]i, they were to relinquish to the Westward; & successive sacrifices were marked out, of which even the Colorado was not the last. 3. it is not true that the Louisiana treaty was antedated lest Great Britain should consider our supplying her enemies with money as a breach of neutrality. after the very words of the treaty were finally agreed to, it took some time, perhaps some days, to make out all the copies in the very splendid manner of Bonaparte's treaties. whether the 30th. of Apr. 1803. the date expressed, was the day of the actual compact, or that on which it was signed, our memories do not enable us to say. if the former, then it is strictly conformable to the day of the compact: if the latter, then it was post-dated, instead of being ante-dated: the motive assigned too is as incorrect as the fact. it was so far from being thought by any party a breach of neutrality, that the British minister congratulated m[???] King on the acquisition & declared that the King had learned it with great pleasure; & when Baring, the British banker asked leave of the minister to purchase the debt & furnish the money to France, the minister declared to him that so far from throwing obstacles in the way, if there were any difficulty in the paiment of the money, it was the interest of Great Britain to aid it. 4: he speaks of a double set of opinions & principles, the one ostensible to go on the journals & before the public, the other efficient & the real motives to action. but where are these double opinions and principles? the Executive informed the legislature of the wrongs of Spain & that preparation should be made to repel them by force if necessary. but as it might still be possible to negotiate a settlement, they asked such means as might enable them to meet the negociation, whatever form it might take. the 1st. part of this system was communicated publicly, the 2d. privately; but both were equally official, equally involved the responsibility of the Exec[???]e, & were equally to go on the journals. 5. that the purchase of the Floridas was in direct opposition to the views of the Executive as expressed in the President's official communication. it was not in opposition even to the public part of the communication, which did not recommend war, but only to be prepared for it. it perfectly harmonised with the private part which asked the means of negociation in such terms as covered the purchase of Florida as evidently as it was proper to speak it out. he speaks of secret communications between the Executive & members, of backstairs influence &c. but he never spoke of this while he and m[???] Nicholson enjoyed it almost solely. but when he differed from the Executive in a leading measure, & the Executive, not submitting to him, expressed it's sentiments to others, the very sentiments (to wit for the purchase of Florida) which he acknoleges they expressed to him, then he roars out upon backstairs influence. 6. the Committee, he sais, forbore to recommend offensive measures.' is this true? did not they recommend the raising regiments? besides if it was proper for the comm[???]e to forbear recommending offensive measures, was it not proper for the Executive & legislature to exercise the same forbearance? he sais Monroe's letter had a most important bearing on our Spanish relations. Monroe's letter related almost entirely to our British relations. of those with Spain he knew nothing particular since he left that country. accordingly in his letter he simply expressed an opinion on our affairs with Spain, of which he knew we had better information than he could possess. his opinion was no more than that of any other sensible man; & his letter was proper to be communicated with the English papers & with them only. that the Executive did not hold them up on account of any bearing on Spanish affairs is evident from the fact that it was communicated when the Senate had not yet entered on the Spanish affairs, & had not yet recieved the papers relating to them from the other house. the moment the Representatives were ready to enter on the British affairs, Monroe's letter, which peculiarly related to them, and was official solely as to them, was communicated to both houses, the Senate being then about entering on the Spanish affairs.

It remains now to consider on what authority these corrections of fact can be advanced without compromitting the Executive. it would seem to be best that the writer should assume the mask of a member of the legislature. as to the 1st. & 2d. articles it might be said that altho the instructions to the ministers for the Spanish negociation were never officially made known, yet that they were often the subjects of conversation during the sessions at Washington, where it was understood that they were as above stated, however that if Decius pretends to know that they were not, let him bring forward his proofs, or avow the back-stairs information he recieved to the contrary. as to the 3d. all the circumstances were freely mentioned by the different members of the administrñ in conversations during the session which confirmed the Louisiana treaty. no secret was made of them. the 4th. 5th. & 6th. require no proofs but what are public. the 7th. may be affirmed in the assumed character of a member, without any danger of it's being denied.

These, my dear Sir, are the principal facts worth correction. make any use of them you think best, without letting your source of information be known . . .

Decius was the name used by John Randolph in a series of papers in the Richmond Examiner." "33430","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","J. 9.","","","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","Remarks on the Speech attributed, by Mr. Jefferson, to an Indian Chief, of the Name of Logan. By Professor Barton, of Philadelphia . . . Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Philadelphia, 1806.]","E99 .M64 L8","

First Edition. 12 leaves.

Sabin 3823. Johnston, page 34.

Separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding. Numbered 9 in ink on the title-page. On the fly-leaf at the end is written in pencil: When finished to be sent to the President.

On October 7, 1806, Barton wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

I take the liberty of transmitting to you a copy of the first 24 pages of my ''Remarks on the speech of Logan.'' The remaining sheets shall be forwarded to you, in a few days. The work in which this little paper is to appear, is not yet published . . .

Jefferson replied to Barton from Washington on December 21:

The period preceding & during the session of Congress is so occupied by an accumulation of business that it has not been in my power to acknolege earlier the reciept of some sheets of your publication on the authenticity of Logan's speech. I certainly do not know myself that it is authentic; that is, I did not hear Logan deliver it, but I had it from him who received it from Logan & translated it. I think you will be puzzled to get over his testimony, as well as the general mass of evidence in it's favor. that a French abbé not satisfied with the arrangement of the thoughts, should have given them his own arrangement, & omitted some parts, no more proves to me that Logan never made the speech, than the version of the Notes on Virginia by another French abbe, wherein he has changed the whole order of the work, omitted much, makes many passages the reverse of the original, proves to me or to the world that no such work as the Notes on Virginia was ever composed, however it is well to question all things with freedom; because errors, if they exist, should be corrected, & truths established . . .

In the Preface, Barton states:

The greater part of the following pages forms an article in the Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, Volume II., Part II. I have printed a few copies in a detached form, to gratify the curiosity of some of my friends . . .

Not long after Mr. Jefferson had favoured the public with the Appendix to his Notes, I was surprised to find, in the Travels of the Abbé Robin, which I had carelessly perused many years before, the speech of Lonan. My surprise was by no means of the agreeable kind . . . When I showed the speech of Lonan to some of my friends*, they advised me not to publish it. I consented to suspend the publication: but I could not consent to conceal, for ever, my suspicions, that Logan had never transmitted to the Governor of Virginia a speech such as that which Mr. Jefferson has published in the Notes; my suspicions, that the family of the Indian chief had not been murdered by Cresap. The result of my inquiries, so far as I have found it convenient (engaged as I am in various, and more important, pursuits) to extend them, is now before the public . . .

*To Mr. Jefferson I have never shown, or mentioned, either the speech of Lonan, or the work of Robin. I think it my duty to say this.

For a biographical note on Benjamin Smith Barton, see no. 681." "33440","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","J. 10.","","","","Examination of the Memorial of the Owners and Underwriters of the American Ship the New Jersey, and of the Documents accompanying it, as presented to The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, at their late Session. By a Friend to Truth and Justice . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Editor, 1806.","JX238 .F74N5 1806a","

8vo. 75 leaves; on page [107] begins the Postscript; on page [121] the List of the Renegadoes, Traders in neutral character, and Harpies of the French Bureaux, (as denominated by John Randolph); and on page [137] the Appendix.

Sabin 23361.

Rebound in half morocco. Numbered 10 in ink on the title-page. Probably Jefferson's copy. ''Ship New Jersey'' was bound for Jefferson by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost $1.00.

Much of the source material for the proceedings in regard to the ship the New Jersey is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On March 3, 1806, the United States Senate requested data from the President [i. e. Jefferson]:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, to cause to be laid before the Senate, all documents and papers in possession of the Executive, relative to the interference of the American minister at Paris, in the case of the Ship New Jersey, and to the principles laid down by the minister, on that occasion . . .

The requested data was supplied by Jefferson on March 5:

According to the request of the Senate expressed in their resolution of the 3d. inst. I now transmit the extract of a letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary of the US. at Paris, the answer to that letter, & two letters from Henry Waddell a citizen of the US. relative to the interference of the sd minister in the case of the ship New Jersey, & to the principles alledged to have been laid down by him on that occasion.

There are in the office of the department of state several printed memorials in this case by the agent of those interested in the ship, which are voluminous, & in French. if these be within the scope of the request of the Senate, the printed copies can be sent in immediately; but if translations be necessary, some considerable time will be requisite for their execution. on this subject any further desire which the Senate shall think proper to express, shall be complied with.

On March 6 the Senate requested Jefferson to submit the letters of John Armstrong:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate the letter written by the minister of the United States at Paris, to the French minister of the Treasury, relative to the case of the ship New Jersey; and also the printed memorials relative to the same case mentioned in his message of the fifth instant.

On March 7, an unsigned note from the State Department [?by Jacob Wagner] reported to the President:

As these documents belong to a file, the Senate ought to return them. Dupont's collection was not complete. Genl. Armstrong's letter is included in these pamphlets:—see No. 3. C. page 9.

The documents were submitted by the President on March 7:

According to the request of the Senate of yesterday, I now transmit the five printed memorials of the Agent for the ship New Jersey, in the one of which marked B. at the 9th. page will be found the letter relative to it from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the US. at Paris to the French minister of the treasury, supposed to be the one designated in the resolution. we have no information of this letter but through the channel of the party interested in the ship, nor any proof of it, more authentic than that now communicated." "33450","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 11.","","","[Cheetham, James.]","An Impartial Enquiry into certain parts of the Conduct of Governor Lewis, and of a Portion of the Legislature, particularly in relation to the Merchants' Bank. In a Letter to the Republicans of the State of New-York. With an Appendix, containing Important Documents. By Politicus . . . New-York: Printed by James Cheetham, January, 1806.","F123 .C51","

First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves, the last 18 for the Appendix, with separate signatures and pagination.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 63828.

This copy has been separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in half morocco. It has the serial number 11 on the title-page in ink, and was probably from the Jefferson collection.

Bought from Cheetham. The entry on his bill, July 1, 1806, reads: To a copy of an impartial enquiry into the Conduct of Governor Lewis forwarded Mar 4 1806. .50.

Other works by James Cheetham appear in this catalogue.

Morgan Lewis, 1754-1844, soldier and jurist, became governor of New York in 1804, in which position he became the centre of political factionalism, due in part to the fact that his wife was the daughter of Robert R. Livingston. Later Lewis was a President of the New-York Historical Society and of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was one of the founders of New York University." "33460","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 14.","","","","For the Consideration of Congress. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Washington, 1806.]","F197 .F69","

Sm. 8vo. 4 leaves, signed at the end: A Citizen.

Sabin 101940. Not in Bryan.

Separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding. Numbered 14 in ink on the title-page, and probably Jefferson's copy.

A proposal to appropriate the capitol to the purposes of an institution for the cultivation of the arts, the Capitol Hill being as well fitted for this object, as it is unfortunate for the residence of congress." "33470","J. 333","Local politics. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 304, Local Politics, 1802-5, 8vo 2 v.","

i. Thirteen pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, by John March, in August 1805 (cost 62½ cents); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets numbered serially in ink on the title-pages. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 103[/TBE]

The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf:

Lysander's Annals of the Corporation of N. York

Mercer's Letter on the Ten pound court

Observations on the Militia of N. York

Cheetham's Remarks on the Merchants bank

Difference on the powers of Govr. & Council of N. York

Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.

Washington Phoenix fire-company.

Dr. Thornton v. Latrobe.

Memorial of the city of Washington

Woodward on the gov[???]t of Columbia

[Govr.] Monroe's Letter to the Virginia assembly

Report of Committee on the same.

Worthington's Communication to the N. Western territory.

Address of the Cons[???]nal republican of Philadelphia.

It will be noticed that Jefferson made an error in no. 5, where N. York should have read Maryland. The last named tract is no longer in the volume.","","?J. 15.","","","Latrobe, Benjamin Henry.","A private Letter to the Individual Members of Congress, on the Subject of the Public Buildings of the United States at Washington, from B. Henry Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings. Washington City: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, 1806.","F204 .C2L2","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves, the last a blank, and one folded leaf with a plan of the Arrangement of the office story of the House of Representatives, at Washington. The text ends on page 32 and is followed by 3 leaves with separate pagination headed Index to My Private Letter, &c. The Letter is dated from Washington, Nov. 28, 1806.

Sabin 39220. Bryan, page 99.

This copy was separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding. Numbered 15 in ink on the title-page. Probably Jefferson's copy.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1764-1820, architect and engineer, was born in England and came to the United States in 1796. In 1803 he was appointed by Jefferson surveyor of the public buildings of Washington. Latrobe was in constant correspondence with Jefferson concerning the Capitol buildings. For a full account of the buildings and the controversies see Fiske Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect." "33490","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","1.","","","Smart, T. B.","The Republican's Manual, for the use of a Free People. By T. B. Smart . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the author, By R. Cochran, 1806.","","

Sm. 8vo. 16 leaves, the last a blank. Sabin 82238.

A dialogue between master and pupil.

2. [Morris, Gouverneur.]

Notes on the United States of America. Philadelphia: Printed at the Office of the United States Gazette, 1806.

24 leaves. The dedicatory epistle is dated Monday morning, 17th Nov. 1806.

Halkett and Laing IV, 204. Sabin 50829 [1816].

At the foot of the first page is written in ink (and partly cut away by the binder):

This little pamphlet was written at the request of a European Gentleman travelling for information in the U. [S.]

By an Ameri[can]

Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816, statesman and diplomat, was the brother-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph. Other pamphlets by him appear in this catalogue." "33500","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","3.","","","Daveiss, Joseph Harrison.","A View of the President's Conduct, concerning the Conspiracy of 1806. By J. H. Daveiss, Late Attorney of the United States, for Kentucky. Frankfort, Kentucky: From the Press of [Joseph M. Street, 1807.]","","

8vo. 32 leaves. Title-page defective, one sheet misbound and several mutilated, the text of the cut away passages supplied in manuscript; margins cut into.

Sabin 18684. McMurtrie 263. Jillson, page 39. Wandell, page 85. Johnston, page 35.

Letters which passed between the author and Jefferson are printed in this pamphlet, the originals and polygraph copies of which are in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, 1774-1811, District Attorney of Kentucky. In letters quoted in this pamphlet written during 1806 Daveiss drew the attention of Jefferson to the movements of Aaron Burr. On his failure to establish a charge of conspiracy by Burr against the United States, Daveiss was removed by Jefferson from office, and wrote this pamphlet to explain his position.

A note states that the manuscript extracts were made by P. R. Fendall from a copy in the Philadelphia Public Library." "33510","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","4.","","","Smith, James.","The Commonwealth's Man: in a Series of Letters, addressed to the Citizens of New-York. By James Smith, M.D. New-York: Printed by A. Forman, For the Author, 1806.","","

8vo. 23 leaves, list of the errata on the last page.

Sabin 82772.

On the title is written in ink: From the Author; a few manuscript corrections in the text.

On page iv of the Preface:

. . . The arguments contained within this short essay are the fruits of a few hours leisure, during the author's rural retirement, in the season of the late Malignant Epidemic; and when his professional duties were rendered useless, partly by the flight of the inhabitants, and more so by the Democratic ascendancy of misplaced power, blinded by ignorance, under the guidance of domineering and insulting misrule . . ." "33520","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","5.","","","[Morris, Gouverneur.]","An Answer to War in Disguise; or, Remarks upon the New Doctrine of England, concerning Neutral Trade . . . New-York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, for J. Riley & Co., February, 1806.","","

First Edition. Another copy of no. 2118.

A manuscript correction in the text." "33530","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","6.","","","","An Inquiry into the Present State of the Foreign Relations of the Union, as Affected by the Late Measures of Administration . . . Published by Samuel F. Bradford, Philadelphia; Brisban & Brannan, New-York; William Andrews, Boston; and the Principal Booksellers in the United States, 1806. [Copy-right secured.]","","

92 leaves. The Dedication to the American People signed Independent American.

Not in Halkett & Laing. Sabin 34815. Johnston, page 34.

Critical of the administration, and contains numerous references to Jefferson as President. On page 19 a footnote reads in part:

The author of the Notes on Virginia, began the clamour against a foreign commerce in the United States, and stated as one of his many pretty theoretical impossibilities, that it would be better for us to ''abandon the ocean.''" "33540","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","7.","","","[Madison, James.]","A Memoir, containing an Examination of the British Doctrine, which subjects to capture a Neutral Trade, not Open in Time of Peace. Washington City: Printed by Samuel H. Smith, 1806.","","

102 leaves including the first blank. A few proofreaders' corrections in ink.

Sabin 47497 (no author). Cronin and Wise 33.

See also no. 2116." "33550","J. 334","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75, rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered: Political/Pamphlets./Vol. 78. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 78[/TBE]

On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.","","8.","","","[Madison, James.]","All Impressments Unlawful and Inadmissible. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves [1806].","","

6 leaves. The caption title reads: An Important and Luminous Communication on the Subject of the Impressment of American and Foreign Seamen and Other Persons. The pamphlet consists chiefly of an ''Extract of a letter from the Secretary of State to James Monroe, Esq. dated 5th January, 1804.''

This edition not in Cronin and Wise." "33560","335","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 291, Do. [Political American,] 1807, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 623. no. 472, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by J. Cheetham, and W. H. Harrison; Conduct of Great Britain respecting Neutrals; Thoughts on our Affairs with England, &c., &c., 8vo; Philadelphia, New-York, &c., 1807.","","","1.","","","Cheetham, James.","Peace or War? or Thoughts on our affairs with England. By James Cheetham. New-York: Published by Matthias Ward, bookseller, 1807.","E357 .C51","

8vo. 22 leaves. The text ends on page 33; on page 34 begins the President's Message to the Senate, and House of Representatives, signed Th: Jefferson and dated Tuesday, October 27th, 1807.

Sabin 12383. Johnston, page 35.

Other pamphlets by James Cheetham appear in this catalogue, q. v.

This tract contains a review of the President's message which is reprinted at the end, and of which Jefferson's original rough draft, his second draft, and the fair copy in final form are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "33570","335","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 291, Do. [Political American,] 1807, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 623. no. 472, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by J. Cheetham, and W. H. Harrison; Conduct of Great Britain respecting Neutrals; Thoughts on our Affairs with England, &c., &c., 8vo; Philadelphia, New-York, &c., 1807.","","","2.","","","","Conduct of Great Britain respecting Neutrals. Philadelphia, 1807.","","

8vo. 36 leaves. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 15199." "33580","335","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 291, Do. [Political American,] 1807, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 623. no. 472, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by J. Cheetham, and W. H. Harrison; Conduct of Great Britain respecting Neutrals; Thoughts on our Affairs with England, &c., &c., 8vo; Philadelphia, New-York, &c., 1807.","","","3.","","","Harrison, William Henry.","Letter from William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory, inclosing Certain Resolutions passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Said Territory, relative To a suspension, for a certain period, of the sixth article of compact between the United States and the territories and states, north-west of the river Ohio, made 13th July, 1787. January 21, 1807. Referred to Mr. Parke, Masters, Rhea, Tennessee, Sandford, Alston, Morrow, Ohio, and Trigg. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1807.","E445 .I3I3","

8vo. 4 leaves, addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and dated from Vincennes, December 20th, 1806.

Not in Sabin. Cronin and Wise, no. 9.

This was the only pamphlet published by W. H. Harrison in 1807." "33590","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","1.","","","Colvin, John B.","Colvin's Weekly Register. No. 1. Vol. 1. Washington City, January 16, 1808.","","

8vo. 8 leaves, printed in double columns. At the end: Printed and published, every Saturday . . .

Brigham I, 103.

This is the first number published from Washington City of a weekly magazine, of which the last number appeared on April 30, and was succeeded by Colvin's newspaper, the Monitor, to which Jefferson was a subscriber.

John B. Colvin published newspapers in Maryland (Baltimore and Frederickstown) before coming to Washington. His advertisement at the end of this first number states that: Previously to his removal to this city, the Editor had issued three numbers of the work. Jefferson and Colvin had some correspondence concerning Colvin's newspapers." "33600","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","2.","","","Spence, William.","Britain Independent of Commerce; or, Proofs, Deduced from an Investigation into the True Causes of the Wealth of Nations, that our Riches, Prosperity, and Power, are Derived from Sources Inherent in Ourselves, and would not be affected, even though our Commerce were Annihilated. By William Spence, F.L.S. First American, from the Fourth London Edition, Corrected and Enlarged . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Carr, for Kid & Thomas, Baltimore, 1808.","","

8vo. 46 leaves including the half-title, printer's imprint at the end.

This edition not in McCulloch. Palgrave III, 453.

On June 13, 1808, a copy of Spences pamphlet was bound for Jefferson by Milligan, price 50 cents. He may have had therefore a separate copy.

William Spence, 1783-1860, a native of Hull, is better known as an entomologist. This pamphlet is severely criticised by McCulloch (page 56)." "33610","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","3.","","","Roscoe, William.","Considerations on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences of the Present War, and on the Expediency or the Danger of Peace with France. By William Roscoe, Esq. Late Member of Parliament for Liverpool. First American, from the Fourth London Edition. Philadelphia: Printed for Birch and Small; Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1808.","","

8vo. 40 leaves; the author's advertisement is date from Allerton, 8th Jan. 1808.

Sabin 73227.

Other works by William Roscoe, who was in correspondence with Jefferson, appear in this catalogue, q. v." "33620","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","4.","","","Baring, Alexander, Baron Ashburton.","An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council; and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America. By Alexander Baring, Esq. M.P. London: Printed [by C. Mercier and Co.] for J. M. Richardson and J. Ridgway, 1808.","","

8vo. 184 leaves, printer's imprint on the back of the title and at the end. The Introduction dated from Portman Square, 4th February, 1808.

Sabin 3384. McCulloch, page 121.

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774-1848, English financier and statesman, held a number of offices in England, including that of President of the Board of Trade. He made several visits to the United States, on one of which he married the daughter of William Bingham, of Philadelphia, a Senator of the United States. A later visit (1842) resulted in the Ashburton Treaty between the United States and England." "33630","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","5.","","","Brougham, Henry Peter, Baron Brougham and Vaux.","The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq. before the House of Commons, Friday, April 1, 1808, in support of the Petitions from London, Liverpool and Manchester, against the Orders in Council. Taken in Short-Hand by A. Fraser. Philadelphia: Published by Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, Printers, 1808.","","

8vo. 40 leaves including the half-title.

Sabin 8415. This edition not in Thomas.

A copy of Brougham's Speech was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on July 13, 1808, price 37 cents.

Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778-1868, Lord Chancellor of England. The first edition of this Speech was printed in London in 1808." "33640","J. 336","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 35[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson. A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.","","6.","","","","Hints to Both Parties; or Observations on the Proceedings in Parliament upon the Petitions against the Orders in Council, and on the Conduct of His Majesty's Ministers in Granting Licences to Import the Staple Commodities of the Enemy . . . New-York: Printed for E. Sargeant, 1808.","","

30 leaves, the last 10 for the Appendix.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 31981.

The Advertisement is dated from London, Aug. 1, 1808.

The first edition appeared in London in that year.

The above volume of tracts from the Jefferson collection was omitted from the Library of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1815. The next following volume, now labelled Political Pamphlets, Vol. 106, contains tracts printed in 1808, and was probably at one time bound with the preceding volume. It is not separately listed in the 1815 Catalogue and is ascribed to the Jefferson collection in all the later catalogues. It has no specific marks of its Jefferson provenance." "33650","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","1.","","","Pacificus.","A Serious Expostulation with the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, and Parts Adjacent, being a Sincere Endeavor, in the Spirit of Christian Duty and Affection, to Point Out the Propriety and Necessity of Preserving, in Their Political Conduct, a Consistency with their Religious Opinions. By Pacificus . . . Philadelphia Printed, and sold by all the principal booksellers, 1808.","","

8 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 58094. Not in Smith.

Anti-war, and in favor of Jefferson and his administration, particularly in contrast to that of Adams:

. . . Contrast this with the democratic administration of Thomas Jefferson, from 1801 inclusive, to the present moment; where is the standing army, the naval establishment, the stamp tax, the direct tax, the eight per cent. loan? All, retired, with the administration under which they were created. And what is the present situation of our national treasury, after an amicable purchase of a large and invaluable addition to our territory? This question may be answered by referring to the report of the secretary of the treasury to Congress, Dec. 5, 1806, which states the amount of the principal of the national debt redeemed or extinguished from the 1st of April 1801 to the 1st of January, 1807, to be twenty-four millions, forty-four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-two dollars . . . (page 8)." "33660","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","2.","","","Hillhouse, James.","Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States; Submitted by Mr. Hillhouse to the Senate, on the Twelfth Day of April, 1808, with his Explanatory Remarks. [—Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, submitted for Consideration, by Mr. Hillhouse. April 12, 1808. Printed by Order of the Senate.] New-Haven: Printed by Oliver Steele & Co., 1808.","","

16 leaves, 2 parts in 1, continuous signatures and pagination. At the end of the Propositions, before the Amendments, is: [Second Edition, Revised].

Sabin 31883. Dexter III, page 489.1.

The first edition of this tract was published in Washington in the same year. Its suggested reforms include the annual election of representatives with three-year terms for Senators, the abolition of the vice-presidency and a one year term for the President who should be chosen by lot from the Senators. Hillhouse introduced a resolution for the repeal of the Embargo. See no. 3457." "33670","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","3.","","","Cevallos, Don Pedro.","Exposition of the Practices and Machinations which led to the Usurpation of the Crown of Spain, and the Means Adopted by Buonaparte to Carry It into Execution. By Don Pedro Cevallos. First Secretary of State and Dispatches to His Catholic Majesty Ferdinand vii. To which is added an impartial account of the Most Important Events which have occurred in Aranjuez, Madrid and Bayonne, From the 17th of March until the 15th of May, 1808. Treating of The fall of the Prince of Peace, and the termination of the friendship and alliance between the French and Spanish nation. Translated from the Spanish. New-York: Published and sold by E. Sargeant, also, by Munroe, Francis & Parker, Boston; Geo. Hill, Baltimore; J. Milligan, Georgetown; Marchant, Willington & Co. and E. Morford, Charleston, S. C. 1808.","","

2 parts in 1, each with separate title and imprint, 25 (including the general title) and 24 leaves, the last a blank; separate signatures and pagination. On the verso of the second leaf in the second part is: S. Gould, Printer.

This edition not in Palau.

This tract was first published in Madrid in 1808 and reprinted in several Spanish cities in that year. The first edition in English, revised and edited by Stockdale, was published in London in 1808. Translations into Portuguese, French and Italian also appeared." "33680","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","4.","","","[Brackenridge, Hugh Henry.]","Considerations on the Jurisprudence of the State of Pennsylvania. No. I . . . Philadelphia, 1808.","","

5 leaves.

Not in Sabin. Heartman no. xxxii, ''probably printed by W. Duane.''

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 1748-1816, jurist and author, classmate at Princeton of Freneau and Madison, is known chiefly as the author of the important literary satire Modern Chivalry. He was also a writer of Revolutionary propaganda, in plays, poems and political pamphlets. In 1799 he was appointed by Governor McKean Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "33690","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","5.","","","Williams, Robert.","Correspondence between His Excellency Gov. Williams, and James W. Bramham, Esq. respecting The publication of certain Letters written by Mr. Bramham to John W. Eppes and Thomas M. Randolph, Esquires. Natchez: Printed by Andrew Marschalk. 1808.","","

10 leaves.

Sabin 104329. McMurtrie 47.

Begins:

It will be recollected by the citizens of this territory, and of Adams County in particular, that on the fourth Monday in July last, (being the day of election) a handbill was circulated, containing amongst other things, copies of two letters addressed by me to my friends in Virginia; the one to Col. Thomas M. Randolph, and the other to John W. Eppes, Esquire, both sons-in-law to the President of the United States, and the latter gentleman a member of Congress from that state—I was astonished at finding copies of my letters thus exposed, and on enquiry, found, that governor Williams had procured their publication, and circulation, and had said that they were forwarded to him from the city of Washington . . .

On January 30, 1808, Governor Williams wrote from Washington, Mississippi Territory, to Jefferson:

I am informed by a friend whose moderation and discretion are such, as to induce violent partizans and credulous Zealots, to suppose he did not discountenance their measures, therefore disclosed them to him that letters have been written to Mr. Thomas M Randolph, and Mr. Epps by a Mr. Bramham making the most false statements and representations respecting this Territory and its political situation—

All I know of this young man is that he came to the country with Judge Leech; is practicing the law on a very moderate scale; is a very busy body, and so anxious to get into office, (under an administration too he so much dislikes) that he can't be easy or satisfied in a state of probation—He has united with the opposition party here, and is well qualified to be a member thereof—Although pretending to be great politicians, they have no policy—Can't keep their own secrets—

I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with either Mr. Randolph or Epps—Perhaps representations made in a certain way, may therefore, have a temporary effect with them relative to a person with whom they have not an acquaintance; however the drift of such communications to those genlmen I presume will be easily understood by them and others . . .

This pamphlet contains copies of various letters that passed between Bramham and Thomas Mann Randolph, Bramham and Governor Williams, and other people concerned. The letter to Jefferson quoted above is not printed in the pamphlet.

Robert Williams, 1773-1836, Governor of Mississippi Territory." "33700","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","6.","","","[Poydras de Lalande, Julien.]","Adresse au Conseil Legislatif du Territoire d'Orleans. Nouvelle-Orleans: de l'Imprimerie du Telegraphe, 1808.","","This is one of the pamphlets connected with the Batture case for which see no. 3469 to 3509, and for this particular pamphlet, of which Jefferson had other copies, see no. 3485." "33710","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","7.","","","","Reasons Offered to the Consideration of the Citizens of the United States, in Favor of the Removal of the Seat of Government, from Washington City, to Philadelphia. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1808.]","","

4 leaves, dated from the House of Representatives, February 2d, 1808.

Begins:

On a motion made by Mr. Sloan, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That it is expedient, and the public good requires, that the seat of government be removed to Philadelphia, for . . . . . . . . years; and that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill for that purpose . . .

Mentions Jefferson on page 7:

. . .

if a real whig of '76 possessing the primeval virtue and economy of the noble patriots that acquired our independence could be suddenly transported from a distant part of the Union, to the City of Washington, and there be presented with a Navy Yard 300 miles from the sea—a house erected for the President equal, if not exceeding in expense, and magnificence, the palace of an eastern monarch—and two massy piles of stone, which had been fifteen years putting together, under the names of the north, and south wings of a Capitol to accommodate the legislature of the United States—that they had already cost near a million of dollars—that to complete them and fill up the space between, would probably cost two millions more—then cast his eyes upon the numerous unfinished, empty, and decaying buildings, and the surrounding worn out, and impoverished country—would he believe that rational beings had laid the plan?—Or that honest republicans had carried it on?—Would he believe that the wise, the virtuous, and economical Jefferson, and his supporters, had lavished away millions upon so absurd, extravagant, and hopeless a plan?—A plan to raise in the centre of a republic, costly monuments similar to those formerly erected in what is now termed the dark pages of the world, by tyrannical despots to perpetuate their crimes? . . ." "33720","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","8.","","","","A Letter, on the Approaching Election of a President of the United States, addressed to the Citizens of South-Carolina. By a Native of Charleston. Charleston, 1808.","","

14 leaves, dated at the end Charleston, S. C. Sept. 26th 1808.

Sabin 40365. Not in Johnston.

Hostile to Jefferson, whom, with Madison, and confirmed by a letter from Genet, it states to be a naturalized French citizen: It is a fact no less strange than true, that Mr. JEFFERSON and Mr. MADISON, the idols of the deluded part of the people, are both NATURALIZED CITIZENS OF FRANCE!—Page 5.

The first 13 pages are anti-Jefferson; on page 14 begins a Sketch of the Life and Character of General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the Federal candidate for President. Jefferson's name occurs also several times in this part of the tract." "33730","J. 337","Not in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue.","","Nine pamphlets in one volume 8vo; rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the Contents numbered serially on the title-pages and listed on an original blank leaf, not by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36. P8 Vol. 106[/TBE]","","9.","","","","The Commissioners of the Alms-House, vs. Alexander Whistelo, a Black man; being a remarkable case of Bastardy, tried and adjudged by the Mayor, Recorder, and Several Aldermen, of the City of New-York, under the Act passed 6th March, 1801, for the Relief of Cities and Towns from the Maintenance of Bastard Children . . . New-York: Published by David Longworth, 1808.","","

28 leaves.

Sabin 103312." "33740","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","1.","","","Jackson, John George.","Speech of Mr. John G. Jackson, delivered in the House of Representatives on Monday, February 6, 1809. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1809.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves, caption title, no title-page.

Sabin 35437.

In favor of the Embargo.

John George Jackson, 1777-1825, barrister and Congressman, upheld the administrations of Jefferson and Madison, whose wife's sister he had married. Jackson served on the commission whose recommendation to the legislators resulted in the establishment of the University of Virginia. He was the first U. S. judge for the Western district of Virginia.

On October 9, 1808, Jackson wrote from Charlestown, Jefferson County, to Jefferson relative to the Embargo, and to anti-Embargo remarks said to have been made by the Secretary of the Navy. To this Jefferson replied on October 13, that it was one of the poor efforts frequently tried by the federalists to sow tares among the members of the administration . . ." "33750","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","2.","","","","The Monthly Register, and Review of the United States. No. IX.] For April, 1806. [Vol. I. [—The History of the American Revolution, including an Impartial Examination of the Causes which produced that Important Event; and Monthly Register of the United States, from the date of their Independence to the Present Time. Volume the First. [Copy-right secured according to law.] Charleston, S. C. Printed for the Proprietor, by Gabriel Manigault Bounetheau, at the Apollo Press, No. 3, Broad-Street, near the Exchange. 1806.]—[The Monthly Review and Literary Miscellany of the United States. Volume the First. [Copyright secured according to law.] Charleston, S. C. Printed for the Proprietor, by Gabriel M. Bounetheau, At the Apollo Press, No. 3, Broad-Street, near the Exchange. 1806.]","","

Contains Vol. I. no. IX, and no. XII, April and July, 1806, the first part with caption title only.

Sabin 50194.

In the History of the Passing Times, pages 380 and 383, are printed Jefferson's messages to the Senate of January 17 and January 27 (on the rights of neutrals) of which his original autograph signed manuscripts are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On March 5, 1806, Charles Brockden Brown wrote to Jefferson from Charleston, S. C.:

The Author of ''the Monthly Register, and Review of the United States,'' requests the Presidents acceptance of that work.

The History of the American Revolution was by Stephen Cullen Carpenter, who in 1809 published his Memoirs of the Hon. Thomas Jefferson." "33760","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","3.","","","[Colvin, John B.]","A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph. By Numa.","","

8vo. 18 leaves only, should have 19, one leaf of Appendix missing. Caption title without title-page; dated at the end February 21, 1810.

Sabin 67849. Not in Johnston.

A pro-Jefferson, anti-Randolph pamphlet, with numerous references to Jefferson.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, John B. Colvin, who wrote to him from Washington City on February 28, 1810:

I have the honor to forward herewith a copy of a pamphlet, entitled ''A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph, by Numa'', which I beg you to accept as a mark of my esteem for your good qualities, and of respect for your political character in particular.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 11:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Colvin for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, & particularly for so much of it as respects himself personally. it had arrived a week before his letter of Feb. 28. but there had not been a moment's doubt of the pen from which it came; that it was the same which had been known to have been so often & so ably exercised in support of the republican principles and administration of our government, it's truths, & it's logic will dispel the illusions of the ignisfatuus who is the subject of it, as far as it shall be read, and it is hoped it will be taken into the newspapers, of which there are probably 50. readers for one of pamphlets . . .

For other works by John B. Colvin see the Index." "33770","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","4.","","","Duane, William John.","The Law of Nations, Investigated in a Popular Manner. Addressed to the Farmers of the United States. By William John Duane, One of the Representatives of the City of Philadelphia, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, 1809.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 112 leaves, including the last with Duane's advertisement of three of his own books; uncut and partly unopened.

Sabin 20999.

William John Duane, 1780-1865, was the son of William Duane." "33780","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","5.","","","Medford, Macall.","Oil Without Vinegar, and Dignity Without Pride: or, British, American, and West-India Interests Considered. The Second Edition. With a Preface, and Additions. Together with a Chart, shewing the Rise and Fall of the Trade between the two Countries. By Macall Medford, Esq. London: Printed [by W. Flint] for W. J. and J. Richardson; J. Harding, and Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1807.","","

8vo. 70 leaves, folded engraved chart, published by T. F. Watkins Co., the Preface to the Second Edition dated from London, November 18, 1807. The text begins on B2, page [3]; B1 may have been a blank; it is absent also in the other copy in this collection (no. 2814). Some leaves in this copy unopened, and some damaged.

Sabin 47301.

The first edition was published in the same year." "33790","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","6.","","","","Observations on History. [St. Christopher: Thomas R. Howe, n. d.]","","

8 leaves with sig. B, pages [1]-14, the last leaf blank except for the printer's imprint.

Sabin 56496 (this copy only)." "33800","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","7.","","","Caines, Clement.","A Sketch of the Saxon Heptarchy. By Clement Caines, Esq. St. Christopher: Printed by R. Cable, 1810.","","

8vo. 22 leaves.

Clement Caines was a sugar planter in St. Kitts." "33810","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","8.","","","[Caines, Clement.]","Brief Remarks on the Present and Former War with France, and on the Conduct and Opinions of the Deceased William Pitt. Written with a View to Introduce a Few Remarks on the Situation and Character, the Sentiments, Opinions, and Conduct of Bonaparte; and, also, on the Important Consequences, which have Resulted, and are Likely to Result, from the Disposition and Achievements of this Extraordinary Man. Saint Christopher: Printed for Clement Caines, by Richard Cable, M.DCCC.VIII. [1808.]","","First Edition. 29 leaves." "33820","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","9.","","","Caines, Clement.","Reflections on the Embargo, which has been Substituted by the United States of America, for Proclamations of War, and All the Evils and Horrors of Hostility. By Clement Caines, Esq. St. Christopher: Printed by R. Cable, M.DCCC.VIII. [1808.]","","

First Edition. 16 leaves. Sabin 9851.

Pro-Embargo." "33830","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","10.","","","[Poydras de Lalande, Julien.]","Adresse au Conseil Legislatif du Territoire d'Orleans. Nouvelle-Orleans: de l'Imprimerie du Telegraphe, 1808.","","Another copy of no. 3370." "33840","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","11.","","","[Niles, Hezekiah.]","Things as They Are; or, Federalism turned inside out!! Being a Collection of Extracts from Federal Papers, &c. and Remarks upon Them, Originally written for, and published in the Evening Post. By the Editor . . . Baltimore: Printed at the Office of the Evening Post, By H. Niles. [1809.]","","

8vo. 38 leaves; the address To the Reader by the Editor of the Baltimore Evening Post is dated from Baltimore Sept. 15, 1809.

Sabin 55313. Johnston, page 37.

On the title-page is written, possibly by Niles: Thos. Jefferson, 1809; Jefferson's name written also in the margin of the first page of text.

At the beginning is an eulogy of Jefferson, whose name appears several times in the article.

Hezekiah Niles, 1777-1839, became the editor of the Baltimore Evening Post in 1805, a few months after its establishment. This paper supported the policies of Jefferson." "33850","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","12.","","","[Smith, Sydney.]","Letters on the Subject of the Catholics, to My Brother Abraham; Who Lives in the Country. By Peter Plymley. Richmond: Printed and Published from the Office of the Enquirer, and For Sale at that Office, and the Book-Stores of Messrs. Pleasants—Adams—and Jones. [From the Eleventh London Edition.] 1809.","","

8vo. 44 leaves.

Halkett and Laing III, 338.

Jefferson has written the author's name, the revd. Sydney Smith, below that of Peter Plymley on the title-page.

Sydney Smith, 1771-1845, Canon of St. Paul's, first published the Plymley letters in favor of Catholic emancipation in 1807." "33860","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","13.","","","[Wilmer, James Jones.]","Men and Measures, from 1774 to 1809 . . . By a Native American. City of Washington: Printed for the Author, 1809.","","

12mo. 12 leaves, advertisement (with the name of the author) on the last leaf.

Sabin 104569. Not in Johnston.

On the title-page is written in ink the author's name (not by Jefferson).

Jefferson is mentioned on pages 16 and 17:

The scientific Jefferson was contemplated next [i. e. as President following Washington], but he did not succeed. It fell to the lot of the last vice-president, Mr. Adams . . . After Mr. Adam's last journey from Washington to Braintree, Mr. Jefferson assumed the reigns of government; and though his inaugural speech seemed highly calculated to reconcile parties, and his general subsequent conduct apparently manifested a sincere regard for the interest of his country, yet this venerable man, and one of our most intelligent citizens and first patriots, was, after a few weeks of his commencement to the close of his administration, more calumniated and persecuted than either Washington or Adams. I never could discover the real cause, but so it was, though he conducted us through a critical period of eight long years, in safety and peace. He certainly has laid the foundation of much benefit to posterity, and the civilization of the savage and untutored tribes of men. He has obtained vast accession in valuable territory to the United States. When he came into office our treasury was poor and empty; he left it well stored, and the country not in war, and out of debt . . .

James Jones Wilmer, 1749-1814, was a native of Maryland. He was a clergyman, at times Episcopalian and at other times Swedenborgian." "33870","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","14.","","","Hammond, Jabez Delano.","An Oration, delivered on the Glorious Tenth of June, 1809, in the Court-House, in the Village of Otsego; at a Celebration of the Revocation of the British Orders in Council, and Offers of Ample Reparation for British Aggressions & Insults. And in Consequence thereof, the Repeal of the Non-Intercourse Law, as it Respected Great-Britain. By Jabez D. Hammond, Esq. Otsego: Printed by E. Phinney, 1809.","","

12mo. 12 leaves, list of errata at the end. The Preface dated from Cherry-Valley, July 2nd, 1809.

Not in Sabin. Johnston, page 37.

Sent by the author, who has written on the title-page: His Ex. Th: Jefferson, late P. U. S. from an humble admirer of his greatness. The Author.

Beside the name Otsego in the title are written in ink the State initials N. Y.

On page 22: But while I pursue these well founded and pleasing anticipations, it would be the height of ingratitude not to remember the man, to whose wisdom, patriotism and exertions, under God, we principally, are indebted for the heart-cheering prospect, at present before us. It will readily be understood, that I allude to THOMAS JEFFERSON, the late President of the United States . . .

Jabez Delano Hammond, 1778-1855, historian and politician, best known as the author of The History of the Political Parties in the State of New York." "33880","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","15.","","","","Correspondence between His Excellency Gov. Williams, and James W. Bramham, Esq. respecting The publication of certain Letters written by Mr. Bramham to John W. Eppes and Thomas M. Randolph, Esquires. Natchez: Printed by Andrew Marschalk, 1808.","","Another copy of no. 3369 above." "33890","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","16.","","","Davis, George.","A Concise Sketch of the Debates and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory, convened at the Town of Washington, on the Fifteenth of September, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight. By Mr. George Davis. Natchez: Printed by John W. Winn & Co., 1808.","","

34 leaves including the last, a blank.

Sabin 18819. McMurtrie 45.

Contains references to Jefferson.

George Davis, the compiler, may have been the George Davis who took part in the expedition to the Mississippi with William Dunbar. On May 25, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Dunbar from Washington:

. . . Dr. Hunter does not propose to take a part in this mission, and we suppose that m[???] George Davis, a deputy of m[???] Briggs will be the fittest person to take the direction of the expedition and Colo. Freeman as an assistant, & successor in case of accident to the principal . . ." "33900","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","17.","","","[Dormenon, Pierre.]","Reponse a des Calomnies. [New Orleans, 1809.]","","

14 leaves, caption title, no title-page. The Pieces Justificatives begin on page 9.

Sabin 20633.

Pierre Dormenon, advocate, was judge of the Parish of Point Coupée, Territory of Orleans, and had correspondence with Jefferson." "33910","J. 338","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 295, Political Pamphlets, 1800-9, 8vo.","19 tracts, all but the last two in uncut state, bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf. On the first page of the first tract is a slip pasted down, with the chapter and shelf number written in ink by Jefferson. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 108[/TBE]","","18-19.","","","","The Constitutionality of the Embargo Laws, Established by Precedent. Philadelphia: Printed by John Binns, 1809.","","

4to. 4 leaves (cut and folded to 8vo. size).

Sabin 6148. Johnston, page 37.

Two copies, the first one addressed to Jefferson on the last page, blank, the inscription partly cut off.

Jefferson's administration vindicated by an appeal to those of Washington and Adams.

Originally published in the Democratic Press on February 13, 1809." "33930","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","1.","","","Hogan, Denis.","An Appeal to the Public, and a Farewell Address to the Army, by Brevet-Major Hogan, late a Captain in the Thirty-Second Regiment of Infantry; in which he resigned his commission, in consequence of the treatment he experienced from the Duke of York, and the system that prevails in the Army respecting promotions; including some strictures upon the general conduct of our Military Force, and his Justification . . . From the Fourth London Edition, revised and corrected by the author. Washington City: Dinmore & Cooper, Printers, 1810.","AC 901 .D8 Vol. 105","

8vo. 18 leaves.

This pamphlet was first printed in 1808 in which year at least ten editions were published. The above title is taken from the copy (in the Duane pamphlets) in the Library of Congress, on the title of which is written in ink: This pamphlet cost the author his life—he was poisoned." "33940","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","2.","","","Worthington, William G. D.","Speech of W. G. D. Worthington, Esq. a Member of the General Assembly of Maryland. One of the Delegates of the City of Baltimore, on Brent's Resolutions, approbatory of the Measures of the Late and Present Administration of the Government of the U. S. Taken in short-hand by the Stenographer of the House of Delegates . . . Baltimore: Printed by Hezekiah Niles, at the office of the Evening Post, 1810.","","

8vo. 26 leaves, erratum at the end.

Sabin 105507. Not in Johnston. The only copy in the Library of Congress is imperfect, lacking all before sig. B. The above title was taken from Sabin.

A strongly pro-Jefferson pamphlet, with reference to many of the events in his career, including such past history as his retreat from Monticello in the Tarleton campaign.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on February 24, 1810:

I have to thank you for the pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me, and especially for it's contents so far as they respect myself personally. I had before read your speech in the newspapers, with great satisfaction, & the more as, besides the able defence of the government, I saw that an absent and retired servant would still find, in the justice of the public counsellors, friendly advocates who would not suffer his name to be maligned without answer or reproof, if, brooding over past calamities, the attentions of federalism can, by abusing me, be diverted from disturbing the course of government, they will make me useful longer than I had expected to be so. having served them faithfully, for a term of 12. or 14. years, in the terrific station of Rawhead & Bloodybones, it was supposed that, retired from power, I should have been functus officio of course, for them also. if nevertheless they wish my continuance in that awful office, I yield: & the rather as it may be exercised at home, without interfering with the tranquil enjoiment of my farm, my family, my friends, & books . . ." "33950","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","J. 3.","","","[Davis, Matthew Livingston.]","The Plot Discovered. By Marcus . . . Poughkeepsie: Printed by Thomas Nelson & Son, 1807.","F123 .D26","

8vo. 6 leaves, printed in double columns.

Sabin 18866.

Rebound in half cloth. On the title-page is written in ink: His Excellency Th: Jefferson.

This copy has the number 19 in ink on the title-page, and possibly belongs in a different volume of tracts. It is inserted here as it was undoubtedly Jefferson's copy.

An edition was printed in 1810, with the title: Letters of Marcus and Philo-Cato, addressed to De Witt Clinton, esq., Mayor of the City of New-York. A New Edition, containing one letter of Marcus, and several numbers of Philo-Cato, never published before.

The address to the Public at the beginning is dated from Poughkeepsie, January 20, 1807. The first paragraph reads:

THE subject of the following pages, is of the most interesting nature. Mr. De Witt Clinton has been publicly and repeatedly accused of having planned and negotiated the celebrated UNION between the Clintonians and Burrites, which excited so much public curiosity, and such general indignation throughout the state. Mr. Clinton has publicly and repeatedly denied the truth of the charge, and has declared that he had no agency in the measure. MARCUS has undertaken to produce proof of the most convincing nature, that Mr. Clinton was, indeed, the author of the plot, and that it was matured and executed under his auspices and controul. The Public will judge how far this proof is satisfactory; and will determine whether MARCUS has made good his charge of ''duplicity and perfidy,'' against De Witt Clinton.

Other works by M. L. Davis appear in this catalogue." "33960","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","4.","","","Atwater, Jesse.","Considerations, on the Approaching Dissolution, of the United States Bank. In a Series of Numbers, by Jesse Atwater. New-Haven: From Sidney's Press, 1810.","HG2529 1810 .A8","

8vo. 11 leaves.

Sabin 2338." "33970","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","5.","","","","The Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress. [Lexington:] T. Smith, Printer, December 21, 1810.","","

8vo. 4 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Jillson. McMurtrie 311 (not seen)." "33980","339","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.—On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J. Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo, or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.","This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the ''&c.'' Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.","","6.","","","[Davies, Benjamin.]","The Bank Torpedo; or, Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery on the Public, and the Real Cause of the Distresses of the Poor. By a Friend to Common Honesty. New-York: Printed by M'Carty & White, 1810.","HG623 .D3","

12mo. 30 leaves; the letter To the Citizens of the United States at the beginning signed B. Davies, and the Copyright notice is on behalf of Benjamin Davies for this book, the Right whereof he claims as Author. Signed at the end A Friend to Common Honesty.

Halkett and Laing VI, 291. Sabin 18749." "33990","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","1.","","","","The Letters of Common Sense respecting the State Bank and Paper Currency. Raleigh: Printed by Thomas Henderson, jr. at the Star Office, 1811.","","

12mo. 24 leaves, uncut.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 40608.

Jefferson's shelf number written by him on a slip and pasted on the title-page: C.24/297.

The advertisement states that the letters were originally published in the Star." "34000","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","2.","","","Banks, Henry.","Sketches & Propositions, Recommending the Establishment of an Independent System of Banking, Permanent Public Roads, a New Mode for the Recovery of Interest on Private Loans, Changes at the Penitentiary, and a General System of Defence, with Some Observations Necessary to Illustrate These Several Topics. By Henry Banks . . . Richmond—Manson—Printer, n.d. [1811.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 33 leaves, the last leaf with corrections.

Sabin 3199.

Henry Banks lived in Richmond, Virginia and was a Jeffersonian in politics. He occasionally sent pamphlets to Jefferson." "34010","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","3.","","","Banks, Henry.","Observations Designed to shew the propriety of establishing an Independent System of Banking, In Preference to Increasing the Capital of the Bank of Virginia, and of deriving public revenue therefrom. By Henry Banks. January 1, 1811. [Richmond: John O'Lynch, 1811.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves, imprint at the end.

Not in Sabin." "34020","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","4.","","","","Essays on Capital Punishments, republished from Poulson's Daily Advertizer. Philadelphia: Printed by Brown & Merritt, 1811.","","

12mo. 12 leaves, signed at the end: Philanthropos. Connecticut, Feb. 1810.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 62431.

The Preface, dated from Philadelphia, 1811, states that:

THE following Essays on CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS, originally appeared in the Herald, a newspaper published at Windam in Connecticut, of which state the author is a citizen. During the last summer they were reprinted in Poulson's (Philadelphia) Daily Advertizer . . ." "34030","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","5.","","","Erskine, David Steuart, Earl of Buchan.","The Earl of Buchan's Address to the Americans at Edinburgh, on Washington's Birth-Day, February 22d. 1811. [Edinburgh, 1811.]","","

4to. 18 leaves.

Sabin 22789.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the title-page: To The Honble Thomas Jefferson as a Testimony of my high consideration and Esteem. Buchan. [The lower margin of this leaf is torn away.] The author has signed his name five times in the pamphlet, once with his seal, and has made corrections and annotations.

David Steuart Erskine, Eleventh Earl of Buchan, 1742-1829, was in correspondence with George Washington, to whom in 1791 he sent a letter thus described by him in the introduction to this pamphlet:

Impressed with the view of the advantages likely to ensue from the wise administration of the Infant States of America, and reflecting on the great part which it has pleased the Almighty Governor of the Universe to enable Mr Washington to perform in the New World, I was desirous of contributing my mite to the exaltation of his character, as a medium of legitimate power founded in the opinion of the people. I sent to him a letter expressive of my esteem, and of my wishes for the prosperity of the States, which I inclosed in a box made of the oak that afforded shelter to our great Wallace after the battle of Falkirk; and I afterwards expressed my hope that the States would cultivate peace, friendship, and correspondence with my country, and shun every occasion of mingling in the unhappy contentions of Europe. The letters connected with this gift are printed in the pamphlet, in which is also printed the letter sent by Jefferson to Lord Buchan in acknowledgment of his gift of his life of Fletcher of Saltoun, quoted in connection with this book, no. 437 above.

This letter, written on July 10, 1803, contains a reference to Buchan's opinion of Washington:

. . . I feel a pride in the justice which your Lordship's sentiments render to the character of my illustrious countryman Washington: the moderation of his desires, and the strength of his judgment, enabled him to calculate correctly, that the road to that glory which never dies, is to use power for the support of the laws and liberties of our country, not for their destruction; and His will accordingly survive the wreck of every thing now living . . .

Jefferson's original manuscript draft of this letter and a fair copy are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "34040","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","6.","","","[Austin, James Trecothick.]","Resistance to Laws of the United States; Considered in Four Letters to the Honorable Harrison Gray Otis, Esq. Late President of the Senate of Massachusetts . . . By Leolin. Boston: Printed by J. Belcher, June 30, 1811.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 70067.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the title-page: Thomas Jefferson with the respects Of the Author.

On July 12, 1811, Austin wrote from Boston to Jefferson: A citizen who holds in most exalted respect the illustrious character of the late President of the United States begs leave to enclose a pamphlet, written with a view of supporting the laws & constitution of the country—and seizes this only occasion in his life of expressing the most devoted admiration of James T Austin.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 2:

I have duly recieved your favor of July 12. with the pamphlet inclosed for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I had before read the papers separately in the newspapers with great satisfaction, but without knowing to whom we were indebted for so just a censure of the act which is the subject of it. this was certainly the grossest insult which any organised society ever recieved from it's own members, and I have no doubt it will enlighten the more faithful citizens of Massachusetts as to the dangers to which they may be exposed from such citizens within their own bosoms, under circumstances which at present appear to threaten us. I have never doubted that in the appeal to arms which has been threatened by some intemperate persons, the sound parts of your state would be sufficient to take care of the unsound. I am particularly thankful for the kind expressions of your letter towards myself, and tender you the assurances of my esteem & respect.

James Trecothick Austin, 1784-1870, Massachusetts lawyer and politician, originally published these articles in the Boston Patriot, and so states in the Introduction, dated Boston, June 30, 1811." "34050","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","7.","","","[Macomb, Robert.]","A Reply to the Resolutions and Address of a Meeting Convened at Martlings, in the City of New-York, February 4, 1811. Containing, The Proceedings of the Committee of Safety, of '76, against Mangle Minthorne, Chairman of That Meeting. By a Whig of '76. New-York: Printed by Henry C. Southwick, 1811.","","

8vo. 6 leaves.

Sabin 43615." "34060","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","8.","","","Leigh, Benjamin Watkins.","Substitute, proposed by Mr. Leigh, of Dinwiddie, to the Preamble and Resolutions, on the subject of the right of the State Legislatures to instruct their Senators in the Congress of the United States. [Richmond, ?1811.]","","

8vo. 8 leaves; half-title as above, no title-page.

Sabin 39929. Swem 8467 (not seen).

Benjamin Watkins Leigh, 1781-1849, Virginia lawyer and statesman.

See no. 3231 above." "34070","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","9.","","","Gerry, Elbridge.","Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Both Houses of the Legislature, at the Session Commencing on the Second Wednesday in January, 1812. January 10, 1812. . . . Read, and ordered to be printed. Boston: Printed at the State Press, 1811 [1812].","","

8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 46128. 3407" "34080","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","","","","Gerry, Elbridge.","Message from His Excellency the Governor. February 27, 1812. [Boston, 1812.]","","

8vo. 6 leaves. The Message, on 4 leaves, is signed at the end from the Council Chamber, 27th Feb. 1812, and is followed by the Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General, 2 leaves, signed by Perez Morton and Dan'l Davis, Boston, Feb. 20th, 1812. These two pamphlets were sent to Jefferson by Elbridge Gerry, who wrote from Cambridge on May 1, 1812, to acknowledge Jefferson's pamphlet on the intrusion of Edward Livingston [see no. 3501]. The letter continued:

We are in anxious expectation of the final decision of the national Government, on the present state of our political affairs. My ideas on this subject, were expressed to the Legislature at their last session, in the speech which I have the honor to enclose. That, & a message on the subject of libels published in the Boston Newspapers, in regard to which it may be said ''Quorum pars magna f[???]i'', may amuse you in a leisure moment . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on June 11:

It has given me great pleasure to recieve a letter from you. it seems as if, our antient friends dying off, the whole mass of the affections of the heart survives undiminished to the few who remain. I think our acquaintance commenced in 1764. both then just of age. we happened to take lodgings in the same house in New York. our next meeting was in the Congress of 1775. and at various times afterwards in the exercise of that & other public functions, until your mission to Europe. since we have ceased to meet, we have still thought and acted together, 'et idem velle; atque idem nolle, ea demum amicitia est'. of this harmony of principle, the papers you inclosed me are proof sufficient. I do not condole with you on your release from your government. the vote of your opponents is the most honorable mark by which the soundness of your conduct could be stamped. I claim the same honorable testimonial. there was but a single act of my whole administration of which that party approved. that was the proclamation on the attack of the Chesapeak. and when I found they approved of it, I confess I began strongly to apprehend I had done wrong, & to exclaim with the Psalmist, 'Lord, what have I done that the wicked should praise me!' . . . Elbridge Gerry, 1744-1814, Massachusetts statesman, was a Jeffersonian in politics. In 1810 he became Governor of Massachusetts and in 1812 was chosen vice-presidential candidate under Madison. The news reached Jefferson on June 13, and he added congratulations in a postscript to the above quoted letter." "34090","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","10.","","","[Sampson, William.]","Trial of Capt. Henry Whitby, for the Murder of John Pierce, with His Dying Declaration. Also, the Trial of Capt. George Crimp, for Piracy and Manstealing. By an Eminent Reporter. New-York: Published by Gould, Banks and Gould, Pelsue & Gould, print. 1812.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves.

Sabin 103334.

Presentation copy from the author, who has written From the Author on the title-page. The author's name is supplied by Jefferson at the end of the title.

Pages 7-10 contain the Proclamation of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, on this trial, of which an original draft in his hand, dated May 3, 1806, two pages 4to., is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Henry Whitby was commander of the Leander, from which vessel a cannon shot killed John Pierce. The pamphlet was copyrighted to William Sampson (q. v.) as author. This copy is without the copyright slip pasted on the verso of the title leaf in some copies.

For a note on William Sampson, see no. 441." "34100","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","11.","","","","Election of President. [Pittsburgh, 1812.]","","

8vo. 4 leaves, no title or imprint; signed at the end An Inhabitant of Pittsburgh, and dated October 26, 1812.

The pamphlet is addressed in ink to Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello Virginia, probably by the author as the frank is dated from Pittsburgh, Oct. 30.

A commentary on a pamphlet by Eligius Fromentin, a late delegate of New Orleans, published in Pittsburgh, addressed to The Electors of President and Vice-President of the state of Louisiana and dated October 5th, 1812. According to the writer, Fromentin's pamphlet is intended to throw suspicion on the character of DE WITT CLINTON, and to shew the propriety of the re-election of JAMES MADISON to the presidency.

Jefferson is mentioned twice in the pamphlet. On page 2 the author writes:

. . . But let us hear, once more, this New-Orleans Washingtonian. I would blush, says he, at attempting to justify Madison for the CRIME of being born in the country which has given birth to Washington and Jefferson . . . Had the republican principle prevailed, neither Washington nor Jefferson would have been compelled to decline their re-election . . . and lower down on the same page:

Everybody remembers, that when James Madison stood as candidate, James Monroe, another Virginian, pretended to the same right; that president Jefferson endeavoured to persuade both to lay aside all animosities on that account, and that his mediation was successful . . ." "34110","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","12.","","","","Slave Representation, by Boreas. Awake! O Spirit of the North. 1812. [New Haven, 1813?]","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 6424.

The Postscript states: The substance of the preceding pamphlet first appeared in the form of two Essays, in the Connecticut Journal, a respectable paper printed at New Haven.

Jefferson is mentioned on page 21:

We wish it here to be distinctly remembered, that, at the 4th Presidential Election, when Mr. Jefferson was first chosen President, he had 73 votes, and Mr. Adams 64; making a majority of 9; and that, at that very time, the black representation from the SLAVE COUNTRY amounted to 15: so that the negroes turned the majority, and actually put in the President! . . .

In this Postscript the existence of Ohio as a State from 1803 to 1813 is mentioned, and the pamphlet was probably printed in the latter year." "34120","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","13.","","","","Address, of the Committee of the City of New-York, acting under the Authority of the General Committee of Correspondence of the State of New-York, in support of the Nomination of the Hon. De Witt Clinton, to the Presidency of the United States at the Ensuing Election. New-York: Printed by Pelsue and Gould, 1812.","","

8vo. 14 leaves; dated at the end from New-York, 17th August, 1812, and signed by seventeen members of the committee.

Sabin 46128.

A reference to Jefferson, ''the idol of the republicans'', occurs in the text, and his name is written in ink on the title-page." "34130","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","14.","","","","Hamilton to the Federalists of the United States on the Choice of a President . . . New-York: Printed for the Author, 1812.","","

8vo. 15 leaves.

Sabin 30057.

An anti-DeWitt Clinton pamphlet, and contains several references to Jefferson, in connection with the Embargo act (described as Mr. Jefferson's bantling) and other matters. The name Hamilton which occurs on the title as above, and which is signed at the end, is a pseudonym." "34140","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","15.","","","","A Letter addressed to the Members of the Legislature of South-Carolina, examining the claims and qualifications of Dewitt Clinton, to the Presidency of the United States . . . Charleston, S. C.: Printed at the Office of the Investigator, By John Mackey & Co. Oct. 1, 1812.","","

8vo. 17 leaves, signed at the end: Diodorus Siculus.

Sabin 20208.

On the title-page (and at the end, erased) is written, in ink: Coll. Tho: Lehré one of the representatives for the City of Charleston (cut into). Thomas Lehré corresponded frequently with Jefferson." "34150","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","16.","","","","A Memoir, on the principles and the means of organizing the general staff of the United States military power. Without name of place or printer, 1812.","","8vo. 14 leaves, no title-page, caption title, dated at the end November 20th, 1812." "34160","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","17.","","","","A Bird's Eye Sketch of the Military Concerns of the United States. Respectfully addressed to the consideration of Congress. [Washington, 1812.]","","6 leaves including one blank, followed by a folded table; no title-page, caption title; signed and dated at the end: A Private Citizen. Washington, April 21, 1812." "34170","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","18.","","","","An Address, Delivered in Havre-de-Grace, June 4, 1812: In Consequence of a Pamphlet Set Forth by a Certain Nimrod Hughes, Denouncing that day as the awful period of visitation to the inhabitants of this earth, by the Almighty . . . Baltimore: Printed by B. W. Sower, & co., 1812.","","

8 leaves.

Sabin 386.

The pamphlet by Nimrod Hughes was first printed in Trenton in 1811 and was several times reprinted. It was also translated into German." "34180","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","19.","","","Plumer, William.","Patriot Office, Concord, N. H. November 19, 1812. New-Hampshire Legislature. Quorums of both houses having been previously formed, yesterday at half past three o'clock His Excellency William Plumer delivered in presence of the Legislature the following Speech. [Concord, New Hampshire:] 1812.","","

4 leaves; caption title, no title-page. Signed and dated at the end by William Plumer. New-Hampshire, November 18, 1812.

Sabin 63450, note.

William Plumer, 1759-1850, Senator from New Hampshire, became governor in 1812 and both wrote and spoke in behalf of the Madison administration. He had correspondence with Jefferson." "34190","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","20.","","","Clay, Henry.","Speech delivered by the Hon. Henry Clay, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on Friday, the Eighth Day of January, 1813, on the Bill for Raising an Additional Military Force of Twenty Thousand Men for One Year. Washington City: Published at the Office of the National Intelligencer, 1813.","","

10 leaves.

Sabin 13545 has only a Baltimore edition, n. d. [1813].

A few corrections and erasures in ink.

Henry Clay, 1777-1852, was at various times a Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of State." "34200","J. 340","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.","Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets/ Political/American/Vol. 110./ The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson's original chapter and shelf mark. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 110[/TBE]","","21.","","","Cobbett, William.","Cobbett's Weekly Political Register. Vol. XXII. No. 6.] London, Saturday, August 8, 1812. [Price 1s.","","

8 leaves, printed in double columns.

This issue contains: To the Prince Regent, On the Dispute with America. Letter VII., signed by Wm. Cobbett. Botley, Tuesday, 4th August, 1812; Summary of Politics, dated from Botley, 5th August; Sir Francis Burdett's Speech and Address, 28th July, 1812; Public Papers. France, and Russia.—Correspondence relative to the Dispute of 1812; English Liberty of the Press, As illustrated in the Prosecution and Punishment of William Cobbett, dated from Botley, July 23, 1812. A marginal note in ink is cut into. Sent to Jefferson by James Ronaldson who wrote from Philadelphia on October 1, 1812:

I have just received per the Brilliant from London Cobbets paper of Augt 8—sent me by Mr Bearley as it contains a very interesting paper on American affairs I have taken the liberty of sending it to you—I have a few other of this extraordinary mans Political register now out amongst my friends which I could collect and send if you are interested to see them, while in America he was the strong approver of every thing done in Britain now he is in Britain he appears equally ardent in support of the U S but this goes for little, for comparatively speaking few Englishmen ever see his paper . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on October 11:

. . . I thank you for Cobbet's paper. it will probably arrive by our next post. he is the only man in England who seems to know any thing about us: but his prophecies, like those of Cassandra, are fated not to be believed. we must fight them into a knolege of us. their arms I fear not . . .

William Cobbett, 1762-1835, essayist and politician, began Cobbett's Weekly Political Register in January 1802 and continued it until his death." "34210","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","1.","","","","Rab & Jane. A Legendary Tale, (and True.) By Peter Pindar's Cousin Pindar . . . [?Natchez:] September, 1805.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 14 leaves including the last blank. In verse.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin. McMurtrie 33 (this copy only with the title-page reproduced). Not in Wegelin.

Sent to Jefferson anonymously by the author from Greenville, Mississippi Territory, on September 23, 1805:

I have not the vanity to think the enclosed trifle can afford you great pleasure—or the diffidence of my own powers to suppose it incapable of affording you any:—I think you would peruse with some interest any thing which resembled a production of genius coming from this uncultured and sequestered quarter, though even inferior in merit, if such could be to my poor tale. But as mine is more than poetically a tale of truth, and its principal personage being one over whose official conduct it is part of your extensive duty to keep a scrutinizing eye, it was thought proper, though with no design of injuring any human creature, that you should see the bantling ''Rab & Jane.'' . . .

The scene is in the Town of Washington, alias Quid-Town." "34220","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","2.","","","Coxe, Tench.","An Exposition of Some Facts relative to the Personal Conduct, and Business of the Office of Tench Coxe, Purveyor of Public Supplies. Dec. 10, 1805. Without name of place or printer. [Philadelphia]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 7 leaves; dated from Philadelphia, Dec. 7, 1805.

Sabin 17298.

On the fly-leaf is an ALS by Tench Coxe, dated December 20, 1805, reading:

To the Editors of the Aurora.

In consequence of your publication of Thursday the 19th. instant, I enclose for insertion in your newspaper the repetition of all my late denials, that I used the operations of my office to influence the Pennsylvania elections of 1804 or 1805, with which you have charged me. Entitled in common with every fellow citizen to the freedom of the Press, particularly in explanation of official conduct, I send for publication in the accusing newspaper, my defence exposition. It is contained in a little more than ten pages, and in less than three quarters of a sheet . . ." "34230","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","3.","","","Linen, William.","A Narrative of Facts, as They Occurred; Pointing out the Corruptions practiced in the State Courts, of the City of Charleston, South-Carolina. By Wm. Linen. To which is added a Song, in the form of a trial, and a Poem shewing what may naturally be expected, by the subscriber. Charleston: Printed for the Author. [1806.]","","

12mo. 12 leaves, 5 pages of verse at the end.

Sabin 41321.

Sent to Jefferson on June 15, 1806, by the author, who wrote from Charleston, So: Carolina:

I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject, which is of great importance to the Citizens of these United States.—Altho a stranger to you personally, but as I conceive that you are a lover of Public Justice as well as myself, emboldens me to relate the following.—

—I am sorry to inform you, that I had several actions in our State Courts, and after several years trouble in attending on them, I coud get no satisfaction but that of defraud, in the room of protecting Justice: and the rights and priviledges of the Juries are infring'd upon.—Inclos'd you will please accept of a Pamphlet of my production, where you will more clearly see how I have been treated.—I some Months ago read in a News Paper, a production of Tho: Paine esqe. mentioning the corruptions practised in several Courts; and as my case is similar to what he has wrote, I have taken the Liberty of writing to him, and enclosing a Pamphlet for his perusal.—

—As these are facts that cannot be cor troverted, I hope that the Pamphlet will be of that utillity to the community in general; so as to bring about a reform of the Courts, a subject of such serious magnitude in a free Government as we style ourselves." "34240","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","4.","","","[Watson, John Fanning.]","To the Public. Washington City, February 1, 1806.","","

8vo. 13 leaves, caption title, no title-page.

Sabin 102143.

John Fanning Watson, 1779-1860, antiquary, publisher and financier, was the author of several historical and antiquarian books. This pamphlet brings charges against Wm. Simmons, esqr. the accountant of war, and John Smith, esqr. senator of the state of Ohio.

For a few years Watson had a book store and publishing business in Germantown, during which time Jefferson subscribed through him to the Edinburgh Review and other periodicals." "34250","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","5.","","","Dufief, Nicholas Gouin.","The Logic of Facts; or, the Conduct of Wm. Rawle, Esq. Attorney at Law, towards N. G. Dufief, Arraigned before the Tribunal of Public Opinion: with A Letter to the Subscribers and Purchasers of the first Edition of Nature Displayed; containing an Improved Method of Using that Work, and Occasional Strictures on the Old School. The Whole Interspersed with Notes, Moral, Critical, and Philosophical. By the Author of Nature Displayed . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Abel Dickinson, And Sold by Wm. Duane, Roches, and by the Author. The usual allowance made to booksellers. 1806.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves including the last blank, the 5 preceding leaves with the Appendix with separate pagination.

Sabin 21143.

On page 7 is quoted an extract from a letter by Jefferson to Dufief dated from Washington, 9th of January, 1800.

Nicholas Gouin Dufief, d. 1834, was born in France and emigrated to the United States at an early age. This pamphlet is in answer to an attack by William Rawle, professor of French at the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, on the originality of Dufief's method of teaching languages in Nature Display'd. For a copy of that work, and the correspondence between Jefferson and Dufief, see in chapter 43." "34260","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","6.","","","","The Quid Mirror. The First Part . . . New-York: Printed for the Editor, 1806.","","

First Edition, all published. 8vo. 18 leaves. On the back of the title-leaf is a note dated from New York August 30th, 1806:

The Editor received the Manuscript of the Mirror from Philadelphia . . . and from his abhorrence of Quids resolved, without hesitation, to give it publicity, and to transmit it to such characters in Philadelphia as were enumerated by his correspondent. As the author is unknown to the Editor, he will take the liberty to assure him, that a reliance upon his honor for One Hundred Dollars had great weight in the trouble and expence of the publication—A hint is enough to the wise.

This edition not in Sabin.

Contains attacks on various members of the Constitutional Republican, or ''Quid'' party.

Jefferson is mentioned in several of the articles. In the account of James Alexander Dallas (page 10):

The intimacy between him, BURR, and DAYTON, is a fact of public notoriety; and from his defence of BURR, after his attempt to supplant Mr. JEFFERSON in the Presidency, the inference is unavoidable, that he had an agency in his intrigue. Indeed, his conduct at Lancaster, and since that period, leaves little room to doubt his preference for BURR . . .

In the account of George Logan (page 18):

This man affected uncommon devotion to the President; and yet he could not omit an opportunity to belittle him. Logan presented a member of the Senate of this State to Mr. Jefferson, who was very much pleased, and asked Logan, when he had left the house whether he was not a charming man? No, answered this Hottentot, I dont think he is,—''the Suwarro boot is too high, and is uneasy; the Jefferson boot is too low, and lets in the dirt.'' Well did Mr. Jefferson merit this speech, when he let in such a dirty fellow as GEORGE LOGAN . . . LOGAN used the President's name in his electioneering tour through Bucks county, in favour of M'KEAN, and against the Democratic candidate. He said, that he had received a letter from Mr. JEFFERSON, advising him to exertion in favor of M'KEAN. On this, as on other occasions, he asserted an untruth; for no such letter had ever been written to him. By such base arts as these were the people of Pennsylvania gulled; and by such impostors as LOGAN were they tricked into the reception of a viper in their bosoms . . .

In this connection there is in the Jefferson correspondence a letter to him from Michael Leib dated from Philadelphia, July 22, 1805, in which he states that Colonel Piper had informed him

that Doctor Logan had been at his house, and had endeavoured to persuade him to support the election of Governor McKean. After having fruitlessly urged every argument he was possessed of to change the mind of Colonel Piper, he informed him, that ''he had just received a letter from the President of the United States, exhorting him to use all his influence to procure the re-election of Governor McKean, for that to displace him would be extremely injurious to the republican cause''.

The respect and regard I entertain for you, Sir, have rendered it a duty, to give you this information, that you may be apprised of the use which is made of your name in the local affairs of Pennsylvania. You must be persuaded that great sensibility would be excited in this State, could it be believed, that the President of the United States would interfere in our elections; and without any other authority than my confidence in you, I have flatly denied any such interference . . .

To this Jefferson replied on August 12:

A journey Southwardly from hence has prevented my sooner acknoleging the reciept of your favor of July 22. I see with extreme concern the acrimonious dissentions into which our friends in Pensylvania have fallen, but have long since made up my mind on the propriety of the general government's taking no side in state quarrels. and with respect to myself particularly, after eight & thirty years of uniform action in harmony with those now constituting the republican party, without one single instant of alienation from them, it cannot but be my most earnest desire to carry into retirement with me their undivided approbation & esteem. I retain therefore a cordial friendship for both the sections now so unhappily dividing your state. you mention that 'Doctr. Logan had informed a person that he had just recieved a letter from me, exhorting him to use all his influence to procure the re-election of Govr. Mc.Kean for that to displace him would be extremely injurious to the republican cause.' whatever may be the personal esteem I entertain for Govr. Mc.Kean, & the harmony with which we acted when members of the same body, I never concieved that that would justify my taking side against m[???] Snyder, or endeavoring in any way to influence the free choice of the state. I therefore have never written any such letter, nor a letter of such import to any mortal. and further, my long & intimate acquaintance with Doctr. Logan, & my knolege of his strict honor leaves the fullest conviction in my mind that there has been some mistake in the hearing, understanding or quoting his words. I the more readily believe that there has been error somewhere, when I consider how far opposite passions have the power of tinging objects seen by men equally honest, of presenting them under aspects totally different, and of preventing their understandings of the same expressions. my confidence in Doctr. Logan's truth is so entire that I dare affirm that he will declare to any one that he never recieved such a letter from me. no, sir, so far from taking a side in this distracting quarrel that I look upon both with undiminished affection, I would do any thing in my power to assuage & reconcile them. Finally, my dear Sir, when you recollect the bitter hostility of the common enemy towards me, the unrelenting perseverance with which they torture, mutilate & pervert every sentence which falls from my pen, you will excuse me in beseeching that nothing of this letter may get into the public prints . . .

Jefferson is also mentioned in the attack on John Smith." "34270","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","7.","","","","To the People of Kentucky. [Lexington, 1808.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves, map. Caption title, no title-page. The preliminary address to the people of Kentucky is on four leaves, double columns, and is signed and dated by Thos. Bodley, Lexington, June 12th, 1808. The following leaf has the caption title: Legislature of Kentucky. Report of the Select Committee Appointed to Investigate Certain Charges against Humphrey Marshall. February 19th, 1808. 14 leaves, long lines, the map faces B1, it should be folded but is defective in this copy, names are supplied in ink.

Sabin 6113. McMurtrie 266 and 272. Coleman 2700.

Humphrey Marshall, 1760-1841, Federalist, was in 1795 elected to the United States Senate over John Breckinridge. As a Federalist in a Jeffersonian country he was frequently at odds with the people of Kentucky. He supported the Jay Treaty, and in 1806 was instrumental in exposing the motives of Aaron Burr. He was the author of the first systematic history of Kentucky." "34280","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","8.","","","","A Narrative of Facts relative to the Conduct of Some of the Members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Professing to be Democrats, at the Election of a Senator to Represent This State in the Senate of the United States, On the 13th of January, 1807. Philadelphia: May, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves, signed A Democrat.

Sabin 60268.

An attack on Dr. Michael Leib, 1760-1822, United States Senator and a Jeffersonian in politics. Leib was from time to time in correspondence with Jefferson. See no. 3426 in this volume of pamphlets and no. 3303 above." "34290","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","9.","","","[Kennedy, Joseph Pulaski.]","To the World. [?Natchez, 1807.]","","

8vo. 8 leaves.

Sabin 37435. McMurtrie 40.

A statement, dated from Mississippi Territory, Washington County, 28th August, 1807, by Joseph Pulaski Kennedy, with certificates. The last two pages contain a letter To Francis W. Small, Ensign 2d Regiment of U. S. Infantry, signed by R. P. Johnson, Washington county, Mississippi Territory, 8th of August, 1807." "34300","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","10.","","","Veritas.","Six Letters on the Intrigues, Apostacy and Ambition of Doctor Michael Leib; Originally published in ''The Democratic Press.'' By Veritas. Printed in a pamphlet form at the request of the Society of Independent Democrats. [Philadelphia:] 1807.","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 98981.

With reference to Leib's campaign against Governor McKean." "34310","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","11.","","","","Statement of the Proceedings of the Justices of the Inferior Court, of Chatham County, Georgia, in the case of Edward White, Late Clerk of the Court of Ordinary and Late Keeper of the Records Thereof. Savannah: Printed by Everitt & Evans, on the Bay, 1807.","","

12mo. 36 leaves in sixes.

Sabin 103375. Not in the De Renne catalogue.

Some manuscript notes in a contemporary hand." "34320","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","12.","","","Bedinger, Daniel.","A Letter from Daniel Bedinger, Late Navy Agent at Norfolk, to Robert Smith, Esq. Secretary of the Navy: with an Appendix containing Sundry Official and Other Papers. ''You will therefore consider the appointment granted to you by this department, as revoked!'' [Mr. Smith's letter of dismissal.] Norfolk: Printed by A. C. Jordan, & Co., 1808.","","

Sm. 8vo. 26 leaves; the Appendix is on 17 leaves with separate pagination.

Sabin 4282.

Jefferson is mentioned in both the letter and the Appendix.

On page 7, in the letter to Smith:

. . . You evidently gave yourself up (in matters of detail at least) to the guidance and direction of those by whom you were surrounded, and who had been amongst the most strenuous opposers of Mr. Jefferson, in the year 1800 . . .

In the Appendix, in a letter from Bedinger to Smith, February 15, 1808, page 30, Exhibit XXXXI:

. . . The Navy Department is now entirely freed from every particle of democracy; and you, sir, have certainly the credit of being very happy in your selections. Excellent federalists all! Of whose devotion and attachment to Mr. Jefferson, (both personally and politically) much might be said . . .

Jefferson is also mentioned several times in a letter from Bedinger to Thomas Newton, February 21, 1808, page 31, Exhibit XXXIII.

Daniel Bedinger, Navy agent at Norfolk, sent copies of certain correspondence between him and Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson and these are now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "34330","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","13.","","","Olmsted, Gideon.","Sundry Documents, relative to the Claim of Gideon Olmsted, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Respectfully submitted to the Consideration of the Members of the Legislature of Said Commonwealth. Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Cochran, 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves and one folded leaf inserted.

This edition not in Sabin.

Sent to Jefferson by Olmsted, who wrote from Washington on March 7, 1808 [spelling unedited]:

I take the Liberty to inclose a pholphlet as it may be devirting to read at a leasure hour in looking back 30, years at the tyme your Exconely were in Congress I think it might be a pleasure that the Honorable Congress got a long as well as thay did when the Legislator of one of the states had it in thare power to debar the Congress of the U N States doing justice to thare Cittizens . . .

Gideon Olmsted, 1749-1845, mariner, brought suit for prize money against the Commonwealth, the litigation of which lasted over thirty years. The inserted leaf is dated in ink February 16th 1808." "34340","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","14.","","","Burr, Aaron.","The Examination of Col. Aaron Burr, before the Chief Justice of the United States, upon the Charges of a High Misdemeanor, and of Treason against the United States; together with the Arguments of Counsel and Opinion of the Judge. To which is added an Appendix, containing the opinion of the Supreme Court delivered by Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of Bollman and Swartwout. Richmond: Printed & sold by S. Grantland, 1807.","","

8vo. 23 leaves, the last 4 for the Appendix.

Sabin 9426. Swem 679. Wandell, page 96.

On the title, in the handwriting of William Waller Hening, is written in ink: taken by Wm: W: Hening & Wm: Munford.

Several accounts of the trial of Aaron Burr will be found in this catalogue. In a letter to Charles Clay written on January 11, 1807, Jefferson mentioned that: Burr's enterprize is the most extraordinary since the days of Don Quixot." "34350","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","15.","","","Thomson, William.","A Compendious View of the Trial of Aaron Burr, (late Vice-President of the United States), charged with high-treason: together with biographical sketches of several eminent characters. By William Thomson, attorney at law, Abingdon, Virg. From the press of the Holston Intelligencer, 1807.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 68 leaves in sixes.

Sabin 95607. Wandell, page 233.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Abingdon, Virginia, on July 10, 1807:

I take the liberty of transmitting to you, Sir, by this day's mail, the first pages of a little work which I have undertaken to write in the midst of professional labors and great bodily infirmity. In doing this I am well aware, that I should subject myself, in the estimation of some, to the imputation of gratifying my own vanity, at the expence of your time and trouble in glancing over this ephemeral work. The habits and expectations of my former life were such as would not justify the conclusion. Without arrogating much, I might, with truth say, that my present situation resulted from the wanton dissipation of time, and of money. Popularity and preferment were sacrificed to pleasure, they were offered and rejected. The characters I have attempted to delineate are the first effort of my mind, which I have ventured to give to the public. How far it may entitle me to hope for future patronage in a more extensive work, which I now contemplate, remains to be decided by those who will favor me with their opinions on it. The Delicacy of your situation, and the nature of the subject, will of course preclude me from the knowledge of your sentiments. . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 26:

Your favor of July 10. came safely to hand and with that the first 72. pages of your view of Burr's trial. I have read this with great satisfaction, and shall be happy to see the whole subject as well digested. from this specimen of your writing I have no doubt you will do justice to any subject you undertake, and think you cannot find a better than the one you have fixed on, the history of the Western country. we have been too long permitting it's facts to go into oblivion. Colo. Boon, the first emigrant to it, is I believe still living on the Missouri . . .

The pamphlet contains references to Jefferson. On page 10 is printed his message to the Senate and House of Representatives, 22 January 1807, concerning Aaron Burr, and on page 22 a proclamation dated November 27, 1806. Jefferson's original autograph drafts of these documents, and copies of various letters written by him and quoted in the text, are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. On pages 70-72, in the report of the appearance of Luther Martin in court as counsel for the prisoner, is a long account of the feud between Jefferson and Martin, favorable to the former. See An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, no. 3225.

In his letter to Jefferson William Thomson states that he was the brother of John Thomson of Petersburgh (q. v. no. 3526)." "34360","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","16.","","","","A Plain Tale, supported by Authentic Documents; justifying the Character of General Wilkinson . . . By a Kentuckian. New-York, 1807.","","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 63237. Wandell, page 208.

Opens with an extract from the Virginia Inquirer, dated from Richmond, October 27, 1807, and contains extracts from letters to and from General Wilkinson. Copies of some of the quoted letters, including that of Aaron Burr to Governor Harrison, Nov. 27th, 1806, are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Wilkinson was in constant correspondence with Jefferson during this period, and throughout the trial of Aaron Burr. On May 4, 1806, Jefferson wrote of Wilkinson to Samuel Smith:

I recieved your favor covering some papers from Genl. Wilkinson. I have repented but of one appointment there, that of Lucas, whose temper I see overrules every good quality & every qualification he has. not a single fact has appeared which occasions me to doubt that I could have made a fitter appointment than Genl. Wilkinson. one qualm of principle I acknowledge I do feel, I mean the union of the civil & military authority. you remember that when I came into office, while we were lodging together at Conrad's he was pressed on me to be made Governor of the Misipi territory; & that I refused it on that very principle. when therefore the H. of R. took that ground, I was not insensible to it's having some weight. but on the appointment to Louisiana I did not think myself departing from my principle, because I considered it not as a civil government, but merely a military station . . .

The pamphlet is in defence of Wilkinson." "34370","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","17.","","","","Debate in the House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans, on a Memorial to Congress, respecting the Illegal Conduct of General Wilkinson. New-Orleans: Printed by Bradford & Anderson, 1807.","","

21 leaves, double columns; publisher's advertisement at the end.

Sabin 53321. Not in Wandell.

Sent to Jefferson on May 19, 1807, by General Claiborne, the Governor of Louisiana, who wrote:

. . . I inclose you the debate in the House of Representatives on a memorial to Congress.—A greater tissue of falsehood I will be bold to say never before disgraced the deliberations of a legislative body; the rejection however of the memorial was grateful to those, whose feelings it so unjustly lacerated, and whose conduct it so cruelly misrepresented . . .

The pamphlet has marginal annotations in ink by Claiborne. The first one explains that Edward Livingston was the author of a memorial read at the beginning of the Debate.

At the end, Claiborne has written: Note. To correct the various Errors in this pamphlet, & to expose the many falsehoods introduced, it would be necessary to write a Book. I am unused to Book writing; but when my business permits, I believe, I shall write the volume." "34380","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","17a.","","","Wilkinson, James.","","","

Four leaves including the last blank, without name of place or printer, 1807, with copies of the following documents:

A. A letter from General James Wilkinson to The hon. John Randolph, Washington, December 24th, 1807.

B. John Randolph to Brigadier Gen. Wilkinson, Dec. 25, 1807.

C. A statement by the Baron de Carondelet to Thomas Portell, certified by the latter, 1796, 20th Jan. and 27th June.

D. A letter from General Wilkinson to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, 6th of February, 1797.

E. Extract of a letter signed T. Power, October 24, 1807." "34390","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","18.","","","Nugent, H. P.","A Letter to His Excellency William C. C. Claiborne, Governor of the Territory of Orleans. A Letter to James Brown, Esquire, Counsellor at Law. A Defence of the Honorable John Rowan and Daniel Clark, Members of Congress, against the Slanders of the Tergirversant Redacteur of the Courier. By H. P. Nugent. New-Orleans: Printed for the Author, 1808.","","

4to. 3 parts in 1. 26 leaves, printed on blue paper; at the end are verses entitled: A Quibbling Elegy on the Death of the Worshipeul [sic] Judge Boat.

Sabin 56303. McMurtrie 121.

Refers to the Batture case. Jefferson is mentioned on page 29:

Upon the whole, the only argument of Mr. Thierri's, that appears to me to have the least plausibility, is that Mr. Jefferson (n'avoit pas tardé d'apprécier un homme de cette espece) soon appreciated a man of Mr. Clark's character. Mr. Jefferson has, indeed, by his appointments of governor and judges in this territory, proved himself so accute an appraiser of merit, that I would not have ventured to say a word in defence of my friend Mr. Rowan, had Mr. Jefferson written his name in the book of reprobation . . .

Claiborne fought a duel with Daniel Clark, and wrote to Jefferson a full account of the circumstances (in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress), followed by printed documents." "34400","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","18a.","","","[Nugent, H. P.]","To the Members of the Legislature. [New-Orleans: Sold by H. P. Nugent, 1st of March 1808.]","","

Folio. 2 leaves (folded to 8vo. size), French and English text in parallel columns.

Not in McMurtrie.

Concerned with Nugent's imprisonment and the Batture case. At the end: N. B. Sold by H. P. Nugent, twenty-five cents." "34410","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","18b.","","","","The National Aegis. Worcester: Published by Sewall Goodridge, printer of the Laws of the United States. Vol. IV. No. 174. Wednesday, March 27, 1805.","","

Folio. no. 174 only (folded).

Brigham I, 418.

Jefferson is favorably mentioned in the political editorial." "34420","J. 341","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 310, Personal Pamphlets, 2 v 8vo.","

Twenty-two pamphlets, numbered 19, bound together in one volume, 8vo., calf. Several deal with Aaron Burr's trial, with General Wilkinson's affairs and other matters of the same period. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 105[/TBE]

One of the two volumes called for by the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue was either not delivered to Congress in 1815, or disappeared at an early date. The working copy of the 1815 catalogue is annotated in ink, 1 vol. missing, and one volume is included in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809.

On February 25, 1823, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . at the end of every year, I generally sorted all my pamphlets and had them bound according to their subjects. one of these volumes consisted of personal altercations between individuals, and calumnies on each other. this was lettered on the back 'Personalities,' and is now in the library of Congress . . .

The volume now has labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/vol. 105.","","19.","","","[Lincoln, Levi.]","Letters to the People. By a Farmer. Salem: Printed at the Register Press, By William Carlton, 1802.","","

12mo. Imperfect, lacks several leaves at the end; a portion of the title-leaf has been cut away, the knife passing through several of the succeeding leaves.

Sabin 41256.

Several references to Jefferson occur.

Levi Lincoln, 1749-1820, lawyer and politician, was a friend and supporter of Jefferson, and held various offices under him, including those of Secretary of State and Attorney General." "34430","J. 342","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr's Case by Cheetham, 8vo.","

Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 127[/TBE]

These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered Burr's Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).","","1.","","","[Cheetham, James.]","A View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, Esq. Vice-President of the United States By the Author of the ''Narrative.'' New-York: Printed by Denniston & Cheetham, 1802. [Copy-Right Secured according to Law.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 60 leaves.

Sabin 12387. Johnston, page 31. Wandell, page 64.

Five sheets misbound, the necessary indications written by Jefferson in the margins.

Relates to the election which made Jefferson President and Burr Vice-President and claims that in 1801 Burr intrigued with the Federalists to defeat Jefferson and make himself President.

Cheetham corresponded with Jefferson relative to Burr, and on December 10, 1801, sent him 11 pages in his autograph headed: Some account of the plans and views of aggrandizement of a faction in the City of New York, Respectfully Submitted to the consideration of the President of the United States.

For an answer to this see Aristides, no. 3446 in this collection." "34440","J. 342","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr's Case by Cheetham, 8vo.","

Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 127[/TBE]

These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered Burr's Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).","","2.","","","Cheetham, James.","Nine Letters on the Subject of Aaron Burr's Political Defection, with an Appendix. By James Cheetham. New-York: Printed by Denniston & Cheetham, 1803.","","

First Edition. 70 leaves.

Sabin 12381. Johnston, page 32. Wandell, page 65.

Concerns the conduct of Aaron Burr in the presidential election at which Jefferson became President, and has numerous references to the latter." "34450","J. 342","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr's Case by Cheetham, 8vo.","

Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 127[/TBE]

These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered Burr's Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).","","3.","","","Cheetham, James.","A Letter to a Friend on the Conduct of the Adherents to Mr. Burr. By James Cheetham. New-York: Printed by James Cheetham, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves.

Sabin 12377. Wandell, page 65.

Contains references to Jefferson.

Jefferson bought this pamphlet from Cheetham on August 5, 1803, price 37½ cents (the bill receipted August 2, 1805)." "34460","J. 342","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr's Case by Cheetham, 8vo.","

Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 127[/TBE]

These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered Burr's Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).","","4.","","","[Van Ness, William Peter.]","An Examination of the Various Charges Exhibited against Aaron Burr, Esq. Vice-President of the United States; and a Developement of the Characters and Views of his Political Opponents. By Aristides . . . New-York: Printed by Ward and Gould, 1803.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 60 leaves including the half-title and the last leaf with 2 lines of errata and an ornament only.

Sabin 98529. Johnston, page 32. Wandell, page 12.

Jefferson bought a copy from Cheetham on December 9, 1803, price 50 cents (paid for in August 1805). Written in reply to Cheetham's View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, see no. 3443 above.

On October 6, 1804, Jefferson wrote from Washington to De Witt Clinton:

Your favor of Sep. 21 was recieved on my return to this place. certain[ly] the distribution of so atrocious a libel as the pamphlet Aristides, and still more the affirming it's contents to be true as holy writ presents a shade in the morality of m[???] Swartwout of which his character had not before been understood to be susceptible. such a rejection of all regard to truth, would have been sufficient cause against recieving him into the corps of Executive officers at first; but whether it is expedient, after a person is appointed, to be as nice on a question of removal, requires great consideration. I proposed soon after coming into office to enjoin the executive officers from intermedling with elections as inconsistent with the true principles of our constitution. it was laid over for consideration: but late occurrences prove the propriety of it, and it is now under consideration . . .

William Peter Van Ness, 1778-1826, studied law under Edward Livingston. He was a close friend and admirer of Burr, and served as his second in the duel with Hamilton, 1804." "34470","J. 342","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr's Case by Cheetham, 8vo.","

Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound in blue buckram by the Library of Congress. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 127[/TBE]

These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered Burr's Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).","","5.","","","Cheetham, James.","A Reply to Aristides. By James Cheetham, Author of the Narrative, the View, Antidote to Wood's Poison, &c. &c. New-York: Printed for James Cheetham, H. C. Southwick, Printer, 1804.","","

First Edition. 68 leaves, the last a blank. Signed at the end J. C., and dated New-York, January 21st, 1803.

Sabin 12385. Johnston, page 33. Wandell, page 65.

On the title-page Cheetham has written in ink: from the author.

Jefferson bought a copy from Cheetham on January 23, 1804, price .50 (paid for on August 2, 1805).

Written in answer to William Peter Van Ness's pamphlet above." "34480","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","1.","","","","Laws relative to the Embargo. Without name of place or printer [1808].","","

8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 22413. Johnston 37.

Contains the acts of December 22, 1807, January 9, 1808, March 12, 1808, April 25, 1808, April 22, 1808, all Approved, Th: Jefferson.

On the last page is pasted down a slip with a Circular signed by Albert Gallatin, dated from the Treasury Department, May 11, and tipped in is another dated May 20th, with the signature cut away.

With regard to the first mentioned act, on the day of its passing, December 22, 1807, Jefferson wrote to Thomas Mann Randolph:

I have this moment signed the bill for a general embargo on all American vessels. it passed by 82. against 44. the latter were one half Federalists, ½ of the little band, the other fourth of republicans happening to take up mistaken views of the subject . . .

Inserted between this and the next tract is

An Act to enforce and make more effectual an act, entitled, ''An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels, in the ports and harbors of the United States,'' and the several acts supplementary thereto. Without name of place or printer, 1809.

Folio, 2 leaves, folded to 8vo. size. Approved, January 9, 1809. Th: Jefferson.

Paragraph headings written in ink in the margins by Jefferson.

Inserted between the two leaves is a Circular from the Treasury Department, January 14, 1809. 4to. 2 leaves, the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury (Gallatin) cut away." "34490","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","2.","","","","Resolutions of the Democratic Meeting of Delegates of Washington County; and the Address of the Committee appointed by that Meeting. Washington: (Pa.) Printed by Brown & Sample. n. d. [1808.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 102011. Not in Johnston.

The meeting was held on July 26, 1808; the address signed by Thomas Patterson, Alexander Murdoch, William Ramsey, Thomas Acheson.

In support of the Embargo. Contains several mentions of Jefferson." "34500","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","3.","","","Pickering, Timothy.","A Letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, a Senator of the United States from the State of Massachusetts, exhibiting to his constituents a view of the imminent danger of an unnecessary and ruinous war. Addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor of the Said State. Boston: Printed by Greenough and Stebbins, 1808.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves; the address To the Reader dated from Boston, March 9th, 1808.

Sabin 62652. Johnston, page 36.

An Anti-Embargo letter, dated from Washington, February 16, 1808.

Inserted after the title-page is an AL (anonymous) reading:

To the President of the United States.

Read the within. Who are the enemies of this County? [sic Its Rulers. What do they deserve? Hell. Avaunt thou Tyrant. If thou canst not be saved by reformation go to hell as thy proper abode. 'O thou disturber of the peace—thou destroyer of thousands.' what hast thou done? Ask Bonaparte: Ask the Devil. Thy grave will not secure thy bones from burning.

A Citizen among ten thousand

NB. We shall have a Civil War soon.

Timothy Pickering, 1745-1829, a Federalist, succeeded Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State in 1795, but was removed from that office in 1800. He opposed most of the policies of Jefferson and Madison." "34510","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","4.","","","","An Address to the People of the U. States. To which is added, a Letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, a Senator of the United States from the State of Massachusetts, exhibiting to his constituents a view of the imminent danger of an unnecessary and ruinous war. Addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor of the said State. Northampton, Mass. Printed by William Butler, 1808.","","

8vo. 8 leaves. Cut into at the top and the fore margins.

Sabin 62647. Not in Johnston.

Contains a reprint of Pickering's letter above." "34520","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","5.","","","","Some Remarks and extracts, in reply to Mr. Pickering's Letter, on the subject of the Embargo. [New-Haven: Sidney's Press, 1808.] 8vo. 12 leaves, caption title, no title-page. On the last page: Mr. Pickering's Letter and the preceding Remarks on it may be had, together or separate, at the Post-Office. Sidney's Press, New-Haven.","","

Sabin 86732. Johnston, page 36.

In support of Jefferson's Embargo policy.

Contains four of Jefferson's messages to Congress, dated respectively, December 18, 1807, and February 26, March 17 and March 22, 1808.

Jefferson's original copies of all of these, in his own handwriting, are in the Jefferson Papers of the Library of Congress. The first message (which in Jefferson's draft is dated December 17) has also a pencil draft in another hand.

Jefferson's copy of the message dated February 26 is marked by him Confidential." "34530","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","6.","","","","A Review of political affairs during the last half year. By a Republican of Massachusetts. [Boston: Printed by Adams & Rhoades, Sept. 1808.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 6 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Sabin 70215. Johnston, page 36.

In favor of Jefferson and the Embargo—a reply to the letter of Timothy Pickering." "34540","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","7.","","","","Truth without Guile, &c. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [?1808.]","","

4to. 16 leaves, caption title, printed in double columns. Starts on sig. B, page [1]. A second caption reads: Truth Without Guile, or Political Discussions for 1808.

Sabin 97271. Not in Johnston.

Some margins cut into.

In favor of the Embargo. Contains an analysis of the pamphlet, War in Disguise, by James Stephen, q. v." "34550","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","8.","","","[Russell, Jonathan.]","The Whole Truth. To the Freemen of New-England. Without name of place or printer [?Boston, 1808.]","","

12mo. 18 leaves, caption title; signed at the end: Hancock. November 1, 1808.

Sabin 30196. Johnston, page 36.

Pro-Jefferson and his administration.

Jonathan Russell, 1771-1832, diplomat, was a prominent leader of Jefferson's party." "34560","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","9.","","","","The Reply of the Majority of the Representatives from the State of Massachusetts, in Congress, to the Resolutions and Instructions of the Legislature of that State on the subject of the Embargo Laws. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1808.","","

8vo. 10 leaves, signed at the end by Joseph B. Varnum and eight others, Washington City, November 30, 1808.

Sabin 69766. Not in Johnston.

In defence of the Embargo, written in answer to resolutions by the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting the representatives of that state in congress, to use their most strenuous exertions to procure an immediate repeal of the ruinous laws imposing an embargo on the ships and vessels of the United States.

The legislature of Massachusetts wrote also to Jefferson, who on November 18 sent the resolutions to Varnum:

You will percieve in the inclosed petitions a request that I will lay them before Congress. this I cannot do consistently with my own opinion of propriety, because where the petitioners have a right to petition their immediate representatives in Congress directly, I have deemed it neither necessary nor proper for them to pass their petition through the intermediate channel of the Executive. but as the petitioners may be ignorant of this and, confiding in it, may omit the proper measure, I have usually put such petitions into the hands of the representatives of the state, informally to be used or not as they think best, and considering me as entirely disclaiming any agency in the case. with this view I take the liberty of placing these papers in your hands, not as Speaker of the house, but as one of the representatives of the state from which they came. whether they should be handed on to the representatives of the particular districts (which are unknown to me) yourself will be the best judge . . .

Joseph Bradley Varnum, 1750-1821, Senator from Massachusetts and Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives. This is the second edition; the first was printed in Salem in the same year." "34570","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","10.","","","Giles, William Branch.","Mr. Giles' Speech, delivered in Senate of the United States, on Thursday, 24 November, 1808, on the Resolution of Mr. Hillhouse, to repeal the Embargo Laws. Without name of place or printer [1808].","","

18 leaves, caption title, uncut.

Sabin 27376, note. Not in Johnston.

William Branch Giles, 1762-1830, Virginian statesman, was a supporter of Jefferson.

James Hillhouse, 1754-1832, congressman and federalist, introduced in 1808 a resolution for the repeal of the Embargo.

See also no. 3458." "34580","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","11.","","","Giles, William Branch.","Mr. Giles' speech in the Senate of the United States, on the Resolution offered by Mr. Hillhouse to repeal the several acts laying an Embargo, December 2, 1808. Without name of place or printer [1808].","","

10 leaves, caption title.

Sabin 27376, note. Not in Johnston." "34590","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","12.","","","Smith, Samuel.","Gen. S. Smith's Speech, delivered In the Senate of the United States, on Monday, 28th November, 1808, on the Resolution of Mr. Hillhouse, to repeal the Embargo Laws. Without name of place or printer [1808].","","

8vo. 12 leaves, caption title.

Sabin 83986. Not in Johnston.

Samuel Smith, 1752-1839, soldier and statesman, was the brother of Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy. Smith was a member of Congress for Maryland, and a United States Senator. He was a Jeffersonian Repubican in politics." "34600","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","13.","","","Anderson, Joseph.","Judge Anderson's Speech. Delivered in the Senate of the United States. On Thursday the 1st. day of December, on the resolution offered by Mr. Hillhouse, to repeal the several embargo laws. [Washington:] Dinmore and Cooper, Printers, n.d. [1808.]","","

10 leaves including the last blank, caption title, imprint at the end.

Sabin 1411. Not in Johnston.

Marginal corrections in ink.

Tipped in are clippings from newspapers including a letter to the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser, and a piece from a Baltimore paper relative to the Embargo.

Joseph Anderson, 1757-1837, jurist and senator, was Comptroller of the U. S. Treasury. This speech is in reply to Timothy Pickering and to Hillhouse, q. v." "34610","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","14.","","","","Resolutions Of the Republican Citizens of Boston. Without name of place or printer. [Boston, 1808.]","","

2 leaves, caption title.

Sabin 6553.

In favor of the Embargo. Signed at the end by William Eustis, Chairman, and Caleb Bingham, Secretary. Sent to Jefferson by William Eustis, who wrote from Boston on December 24, 1808:

The Republican Citizens of the Town of Boston, following the example of their fellow citizens, in this and other places, have exercised the constitutional privelege of assembling and expressing their opinions on the state of our public concerns. The enclosed resolutions are the result of their best judgment on the best lights in their power to obtain. In giving them publicity, they are not without a hope that they may have some little influence to correct impressions which have been made on the public mind by other proceedings, which, with due respect to the source from which they emanated, they conceive to be erroneous. In directing a transcript of them to be forwarded to the president of the United States, they intend an expression of their respect and confidence. The honor of transmitting them is devolved on me as their Chairman . . .

For Jefferson's connection with Dr. William Eustis as a medical man, see no. 903." "34620","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","15.","","","[Granger, Gideon.]","An Address to the People of New England. By Algernon Sidney. December 15th, 1808. Washington City: Printed by Dinmore and Cooper, 1808.","","

First Edition. 20 leaves. The last leaf is blank except for a note by the publishers explaining the delay in publication.

Sabin 28281. Dexter IV, 548. Johnston, page 35.

On the title is written: Mr. Jefferson, not in the hand of Granger or of Jefferson. On page 18 Jefferson has written in ink a statement as to the increase on the National Debt under the Washington administration.

Gideon Granger, 1767-1822, was made Postmaster General by Jefferson in 1801. This pamphlet is in defence of Jefferson's administration and the Embargo and includes a comparison of the administrations of Washington, Adams and Jefferson." "34630","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","16.","","","Ingersoll, Charles Jared.","A View of the rights and wrongs, power and policy, of the United States of America . . . By Charles Jared Ingersoll. Philadelphia: Published by C. & A. Conrad & Co.; Conrad, Lucas, & Co., Baltimore; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, & Co., Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, Philadelphia. 1808.","","

First Edition. 80 leaves including the last blank. Many passages scored under.

Sabin 34735. Not in Johnston.

Sent to Jefferson by Ingersoll who wrote from Philadelphia on November 26, 1808:

With this letter I presume to send you a pamphlet I have just published, on the foreign relations of the United States—which I beg you to accept, and if you have liesure, to look over.—It is the essay of a very young man—in many respects deficient, and in many more faulty—but as it was written with the best intentions, and in a temper of mind wholly American, and has not besides the sanction of a name to give it authority I trust if it does no good, it cannot possibly do harm—When you shall take the trouble to read it, if you will honor me with your sentiments concerning it I shall consider myself much indebted to your condescension.

Charles Jared Ingersoll, 1782-1862, lawyer, author and Congressman, was born in Philadelphia. This anti-British pamphlet is in favor of Jefferson and the Embargo, and against Federalism." "34640","J. 343","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 292, The Embargo, 1808, 8vo.","

Seventeen pamphlets bound in one volume 8vo. Bound in half calf for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price 50 cents; repaired, and with labels on the back lettered Political/Pamphlets/Vol. 107./ The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved under new endpapers. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 107[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf is a manuscript list of the Contents not by Jefferson.","","17.","","","[Brown, Charles Brockden.]","An Address to the Congress of the United States, on the utility and justice of restrictions upon foreign commerce. With reflections on foreign trade in general, and the future prospects of America. Philadelphia: Published by C. & A. Conrad & Co., John Binns, printer, 1809.","","

First Edition. 52 leaves, the last two for the Supplement. The Advertisement signed C. B. B. and dated from Philadelphia, January 3, 1809.

Sabin 8456. Not in Johnston.

Sent to Jefferson by George Logan, who has written on the title-page: Thos: Jefferson from his friend Geo Logan. In a later hand are the initials of the author, C. B. B.

Charles Brockden Brown, 1771-1810, is best known as the first novelist and professional author in the United States." "34650","J. 344","Tracts on the territories. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 302, Territories of Columbia and Michigan, 8vo.","Four tracts bound in one volume, 8vo., half calf, numbered serially on the titles. [TBE]F1.97 .W9[/TBE]","","1.","","","[Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.]","Epaminondas on the Government of the Territory of Columbia. No. V. Being a review of a work on the same subject, by a private citizen. George-Town, Territory of Columbia: Printed by Green and English. MDCCCI. [1801.]","","Another copy of no. 3257 above. The author's name written on the title-page (not by Jefferson)." "34660","J. 344","Tracts on the territories. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 302, Territories of Columbia and Michigan, 8vo.","Four tracts bound in one volume, 8vo., half calf, numbered serially on the titles. [TBE]F1.97 .W9[/TBE]","","2.","","","Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.","Considerations on the Government of the Territory of Columbia. By Augustus B. Woodward. No. VII . . . Alexandria, Territory of Columbia: Printed by S. Snowden & Co.—Sold by Rapine and by Stickney, Washington, and Bishop, Alexandria, where the previous numbers may be procured. January, 1802.","","Another copy of no. 3258 above." "34670","J. 344","Tracts on the territories. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 302, Territories of Columbia and Michigan, 8vo.","Four tracts bound in one volume, 8vo., half calf, numbered serially on the titles. [TBE]F1.97 .W9[/TBE]","","3.","","","Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.","Supplement to the Representation of the Case of Oliver Pollock. By Augustus B. Woodward. Washington: Printed by William Duane & Son. December. 1803.","","

26 leaves, with sig. K-P4, Q2, pages [71]-121.

For the Representation of the Case of Oliver Pollock, of which this forms the second part, see no. 3307." "34680","J. 344","Tracts on the territories. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 302, Territories of Columbia and Michigan, 8vo.","Four tracts bound in one volume, 8vo., half calf, numbered serially on the titles. [TBE]F1.97 .W9[/TBE]","","4.","","","","Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives, to whom was referred the Message of the President of the United States, of December 23, 1805, transmitting a Report from the Governor and Presiding Judge of the Territory of Michigan, relative to the state of that Territory. March 18, 1806. Accompanying a bill to provide for the adjustment of titles of land in the territory of Michigan, and for other purposes, presented this day. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers. 1806.","","

20 leaves only, imperfect at the end, should have 28.

Sabin 48780.

The complete tract is signed at the end by A. B. Woodward, who in 1805 had been appointed by Jefferson one of the three judges of the Territory of Michigan. Woodward passed the winter of 1805-6 in Washington, at the request of the citizens of Detroit, in order to obtain the necessary legislation regarding the Territory.

In the 1839 and 1849 Library of Congress catalogues these tracts are found in the two numbers, 392 and 393, with additional tracts now rebound and described in other pamphlet volumes.

The next following entry in the 1815 catalogue, no. 303, is Topographical 8vo, which may be another entry for these same tracts." "34690","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","1.","","","Duane, William.","Mississippi Question. Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on certain resolutions concerning the violation of the right of deposit in the Island of New Orleans. By William Duane. Copy-right secured according to act of Congress. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Duane, 1803.","AC901 .M5 Vol. 922","

8vo. 101 leaves.

Sabin 20990. Clark, page 69." "34700","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","2.","","","[Smith, William Stephens.]","Remarks on the late infraction of Treaty at New-Orleans. By Coriolanus. New-York: Printed by Vermilye and Crooker, 1803.","AC901 .M5 Vol. 922","

8vo. 22 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Cushing I, 67. Sabin 84903.

Contains many references to the President [i. e. Thomas Jefferson].

William Stephens Smith, 1755-1816, Revolutionary soldier, was at one time a friend of Jefferson with whom he had correspondence. In 1786, while secretary of the legation in London, he married the daughter of John and Abigail Adams. Smith was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati.

These Remarks were answered by Camillus—see the next entry." "34710","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","3.","","","[Duane, William.]","The Mississippi Question fairly stated, and the views and arguments of those who clamor for war, examined. In seven letters. Originally written for publication in the Aurora, at Philadelphia. By Camillus. Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, 1803.","AC901 .M5 Vol. 922","

8vo. 26 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 94. Cushing I, 49. Sabin 21000. The letters are dated February 9, 11, 20, 19, 21, 24, 26, 1803. They are written in opposition to the opinions of Coriolanus, see the previous entry. For the Aurora see no. 544." "34720","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","4.","","","Magruder, Allan Bowie.","Political, commercial and moral reflections, on the late Cession of Louisiana, to the United States. By Allan B. Magruder, Esquire, Of Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington: Printed by D. Bradford, 1803.","AC901 .M5 Vol. 923","

First Edition. 12mo. 76 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 43848. McMurtrie 174. Jillson, page 29.

Dedicated To Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, as a Testimony of High Approbation, for his Patriotic Efforts to Elude the Calamities of War, upon the late question, relative to the Free Navigation of the Mississippi, the Following Reflections are very respecctfully [sic] dedicated, by his most obedient servant, The Author.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Lexington, Kentucky, on February 7, 1804:

It is with great diffidence that I have taken the liberty to send you a series of Reflections on the late Cession of Louisiana, to the United States. They were digested and committed to paper last Summer, during the pending of that Negociation of which, you are the parent; & which, in its Ultimate issue, has added the most important advantages to our country.—

Be so obliging, therefore, as to accept the pamphlet, which I have the honor to send you. It is a small testimony of that sincere devotion I feel for an administration, which, in every respect, comports with the true genius & felicity of the American Nation.

Jefferson replied on February 11:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???]. Mc.Gruder, and his thanks for his pamphlet on Louisiana. altho' he has not yet gone through it, he percieves very extensive views of the subject taken, and recieves an impression worthy of attention. that the opening such an extent of country for the future spread of our descendants will add to their happiness, and enlarge the mass of men living under such a national government, can be doubted by none. those are now living who will see that country contain double or treble the present population of the United States." "34730","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","5.","","","Bishop, Abraham.","Oration, in honor of the election of President Jefferson, and the peaceable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National Festival, in Hartford, on the 11th of May, 1804. By Abraham Bishop. [New Haven:] Printed for the General Committee of Republicans. From Sidney's Press, 1804.","E331 .B62","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 5596. Dexter IV, 22, 8.

Begins:

We are not convened to do homage to a tyrant, nor to parade the virtues of a President and Senate for life, nor to bow before a First Consul, nor to bend the knee before a host of privileged orders; but we have assembled to pay our annual respects to a President, whom the voice of his country has called to the head of the freest and happiest nation on earth.

For a biographical note on Bishop see no. 3235.

This pamphlet is largely concerned with the abuses of the Connecticut government. The penultimate paragraph reads:

While we rejoice in the administration of President Jefferson, in the assurance of his re-election, and in the acquisition of Louisiana, let us look firmly at the obstacles which oppose us, and resolve that another year shall give us occasion of triumph in the restoration of this state to the constellation from which it is now a fallen star." "34740","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","6.","","","Ramsay, David.","An Oration, on the Cession of Louisiana, to the United States, delivered on the 12th May, 1804, in St. Michael's Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, at the request of a number of the inhabitants, and published by their desire. By David Ramsay, M.D. Charleston: Printed by W. P. Young, M.DCCCIV. [1804.]","E333 .R17","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves. Sabin 67704.

For other works by Ramsay, see the Index." "34750","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","[TBE]J. [Louisiana tracts continued.] ii. 1815 Catalogue, page 105, no. 396, The Case of the Batture at New Orleans, 4to; no. 305, Do. 8vo. 2 v. The tracts in this collection were used by Jefferson in the suit brought against him by Edward Livingston for the recovery of his property in the Batture at New Orleans. The volumes were originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan, and two of them are still in Milligan's bindings, with a list of the contents of both volumes written by Jefferson on the fly-leaf of the second. The collection consists of one quarto volume, one unbound and four bound volumes in 8vo. A notation in the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, used to check the books, reads 3 irregular volumes. With the exception of his own pamphlet and Livingston's reply, all these tracts were lent by Jefferson to his attorney, George Hay, who returned them on January 29, 1812, and appended a list to his covering letter. The manuscript documents concerned in the case were borrowed by Jefferson from the State Department and duly returned by him. 1. Nine pamphlets bound together in one volume 4to., calf; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./529./ Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on March 8, 1809, price .75. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. AC901 .M5 vol. 529[/TBE]","i.","","","[Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon.]","Mémoire a Consulter, sur la Réclamation de la Batture, située en face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orléans. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez Jean Renard, 1807.","","

4to. 12 leaves, the last a blank, English and French text in parallel columns. Signed at the end: P. Derbigny; dated from New-Orleans August 21, 1807.

McMurtrie 104. Not in Tinker.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the name of the author, Derbigny. An inscription in another hand in the upper margin has been partially cut away.

Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny, 1767-1829, was born in France, which country he left about 1793, and eventually settled in Louisiana where he became a French colonial official, and later the official interpreter of the American territorial government under Claiborne. He was associated with Livingston and Moreau de Lislet in the publication of the revised Civil Code of Louisiana. Derbigny was Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1820 to 1827 and Governor in 1828.

For a Refutation of this Mémoire see no. 3492." "34760","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","ii.","","","","To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.—A l'honorable Senat et à l'honorable Chambre des Representans des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, assemblés en Congres. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [New-Orleans, 1807.]","","

Folio broadside, one leaf (folded); English and French text in parallel columns.

Not in McMurtrie.

On the back is written in ink a statement signed W.C.C.C. [i. e. William Charles Coles Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana), as follows:

Note—

Copies of the within Petition signed by several hundred of the most respectable Citizens of the Territory, have been transmitted by the Mayor of New-Orleans, to Mr Campbell of Tennessee, with a request, that he would lay the same before Congress. W.C.C.C." "34770","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iii.","","","[Thierry, Jean Baptiste Simon.]","Examen des Droits des Etats-Unis et des pretentions de Mr. Edouard Livingston sur la Batture en Face du Faubourg Ste. Marie. Nouvelle-Orleans: De l'imprimerie de Thierry & Co., 1808.","","

4to. 25 leaves; dated at the end le 22 Octobre 1808. This and the following entry (the translation into English) are accompanied by 3 manuscript maps, as follows: i. drawn in colors, Plano de la Ciudad de Nueva Orléans y de las habitacion Imediatas Fermado en Virtud del de reto del 172 Cab. y Cedula Real 24 diciembre 1798, certified by Tanesse on October 22, 1808, as being a true copy of the original; ii. Plan de l'habitacion, de Don Bertran Gravier. Reducido del Plan del dia primero de Avril di Mil Secientos—ochenta y ocho para disposicion de la villa: (A.A.A.A.) Na. Orleans avril 24 de 1788. Signé, Carlos Trudeau. Similarly certified by Tanesse on November 6, 1808; iii. Nivellement Général de la Batture en Face du Fauxbourg Ste. Marie à l'allignement des Rues Gravier, Poidras, Girod, Julie et St. Joseph. Dressé par nous voyer de la Ville Nouvelle Orléans ce 4 Octobre 1808. Tanesse; the three maps on separate folio sheets, folded.

McMurtrie 123. Tinker, page 470.

On the title-page Jefferson has written par Thierry. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with several annotations by him written in the text.

Jean Baptiste Simon Thierry, d. 1815, journalist and dramatist, was born in France, came to the United States in 1804, and shortly afterwards founded a printing press, and a newspaper, the Courrier de la Louisiane, in New-Orleans." "34780","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iv.","","","[Thierry, Jean Baptiste Simon.]","Examination of the Claim of the United States, and of the pretentions of Edward Livingston, Esq. to the Batture in Front of the Suburb St. Mary. New-Orleans: Printed by Thierry & Co., 1808.","","

4to. 26 leaves, without the folding plans.

McMurtrie 124.

A translation into English of the previous entry.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with annotations by him in the text." "34790","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Derbigny's Opinion.","v.","","","[Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon.]","Mémoire a Consulter, sur la Réclamation de la Batture, située en Face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orléans. A la Nouvelle-Orleans: Chez Jean Renard, 1807.","","

Another copy of the first tract in the volume. This copy has Jefferson's heading at the top of the title-page (partly cut into) for this and the next two following tracts:

No. 3. Derbigny's Opinion on the case for [the rest cut away]

Thierry's Examination of the Claim of the US.

Pieces Probantes

Jefferson has also written the name of the author on the same page." "34800","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Thierry's Examination of the Claim of the US.","vi.","","","[Thierry, Jean Baptiste Simon.]","Examination of the Claim of the United States, and of the pretentions of Edward Livingston, Esq. to the Batture in front of the Suburb St. Mary. New-Orleans: Printed by Thierry & Co., 1808.","","Another copy of the English version of Thierry's Examination (no. 3478 above); the margins cut down. by Thiery written by Jefferson on the title-page." "34810","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Pieces Probantes.","vii.","","","Gravier, Jean.","Pieces Probantes a l'Appui des droits des habitans de la Cité d'Orléans et de ses Faubourgs, sur la Batture en face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie, contestés par Mr. Jean Gravier. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez Jean Renard, 1807.","","

4to. 20 leaves, the last a blank. English and French text in parallel columns.

McMurtrie 105.

On the title-page is written (not by Jefferson), in English and French (the latter cut into at the foremargin):

To serve as a Document annexed to Mr. Thierry's Memoir on the Batture.

Pour servir de sup[plement] au Memoire de M. Th[ierry] sur la dite Batture.

Jean Gravier claimed by inheritance certain alluvial lands in New Orleans, and in 1803 fenced a portion which had been used by the people for the anchorage of their ships. He brought suit against the city to confirm his title, and engaged Edward Livingston as his lawyer. Livingston won the suit in 1807, and received half the property as his fee. Livingston's improvements to his property were declared a nuisance, and an appeal was made to Governor Claiborne, who referred the matter to Jefferson. The Attorney General ruled against Livingston on the ground that the land belonged to the United States, and the dispossession was carried out in contravention of an injunction of the territorial court, the whole proceedings resulting in Livingston's suit against Jefferson with which these documents are concerned. In 1813 the property was restored to Livingston, when the United States Court of the Orleans District declared Jefferson's interference to be illegal. See no. 3501." "34820","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","viii.","","","Gravier, Jean.","Pieces Probantes a l'appui des droits des habitans de la Cité d'Orléans et de ses Faubourgs, sur la Batture en face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie, contestés par Mr. Jean Gravier. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez Jean Renard, 1807.","","

Another copy of the preceding entry.

On the title-page of this copy Jefferson has indexed the documents, 30 lines, cut into at the foot." "34830","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","ix.","","","[Moreau de Lislet, Louis Casimir Elisabeth.]","Examen de la sentence rendue dans la cause entre Jean Gravier et la Ville de la Nouvelle-Orléans. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez Jean Renard, 1807.","","

4to. 11 leaves; English and French texts on opposite pages.

McMurtrie 106.

The text states on page 3 that the Batture is left dry nine months in the year. Jefferson has underlined the word nine, and written in the margin only six.

Attributed to Louis Casimir Elisabeth Moreau de Lislet, 1767-1832, a Louisiana jurist and politician. Moreau de Lislet was a native of San Domingo and educated in France. He came to New Orleans in his thirties, and was associated with Edward Livingston and Derbigny in a number of legal matters, including the publication of a revised Civil code of the State of Louisiana." "34840","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","2.","","","Livingston, Edward.","Address to the People of the United States, on the measures pursued by the Executive with respect to the Batture at New-Orleans: to which are annexed, a Full Report of the cause tried in the Superior Court of the Terriry [sic] of Orleans: the Memoire of Mr. Derbigny: an Examination of the Title of the United States: the Opinion of Counsel thereon: and a number of other Documents necessary to a full understanding of this interesting case. By Edward Livingston, of the City of New Orleans, Counsellor at Law . . . New-Orleans: Printed by Bradford & Anderson, 1808.","AC901 .M5 Vol. 528","

First Edition. 8vo. 5 parts in 1, 50, 8, 16 (including a blank), 34, 38 leaves.

Sabin 41609. McMurtrie 120.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers by Milligan in 1809. This volume forms the first of two of which the Contents are listed by Jefferson at the end of the second, and was originally lettered on the back: Batture 1808. Labels have been added by the Library of Congress lettered: Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./ 528. Many leaves cut into, some with damage to the text and to Jefferson's annotations. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The contents of the volume are as follows:

i. Sig. 1-124, 132, pages [I]-L, 1-50. Includes Livingston's Address, dated from New-Orleans, 21st October, 1808, and the Report, John Gravier vs. The Mayor, Alderman, and Inhabitants of the City of New-Orleans. This Report has continuous signatures and separate pagination.

Several annotations in ink by Jefferson occur, one of which has been cut away.

Page XI, to Mr. Livingston's statement that he paid ''a considerable sum on the purchase'' of the land he bought from Mr. Gravier, and others, Jefferson has added in the margin: he never paid a copper but by law services.

Page XVII, to Livingston's statement that on his asking the President [i. e. Jefferson] whether his property could be restored, ''His answer was the same as that transmitted through the secretary of state, that the matter was submitted to congress, and that he could do nothing until they should decide'' Jefferson's footnote reads: the message of Mar. 7. had transferred further proceedings from the Executive to Congress, who alone were compete[nt] to the decision.

The President's message of March 7 mentioned above is given in full on the next leaf. A fair copy in Jefferson's hand is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Page XX, Livingston makes reference to a bill ceding the right of the United States in certain lands to the city of New-Orleans, which was ''advocated by the particular adherents of the president in the house.'' Jefferson's comment reads: the President had no particular adherents meddling in the case, nor took any part in it.

Page XXII, Livingston writes: ''For as I shall shew, the president industriously conceals the unconstitutional features of this transaction, in the tardy message which he sends to congress on the 7th of March; although his mandate bears date the 30th of November''. Jefferson's comment: the message was sent within 6. days after information was recieved of the removal of E. L.

Page XXVI. Livingston doubts that the attorney general has seen the documents. Jefferson's comment: all this stuff about the Att[???] Gen's opinion is false. the whole cabinet was consulted & concurred, & every paper was placed before them.

ii. Sig. A, pages 1-15. Correspondence. 9 numbered letters of which no. 1 is a Note to Mr. Jefferson from Livingston, and no. 2 is Jefferson's reply.

The originals (no. 2 in polygraph copy) of these two notes are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The printed version of Livingston's Note has been slightly edited, and the Address changed.

iii. Sig. a-b8, the last a blank, pages [i]-xxix. Case laid before Counsel for their Opinion, on the Claim to the Batture, situated in front of the suburb St. Mary. At the head of this caption title, Jefferson has written: Derbigny's Opinion on the

iv. Sig. 1-28, 3-64, 72, pages [1]-68. Examination of the Title of the United States to the Land called The Batture.

Livingston's text ends on page 43, dated December 10, 1807, and is followed by Notes, in French and with translations.

At the head of the caption title Jefferson has written: Livingston's

v. Sig. []8, B-D8, E6, pages [i]-LXXV. Opinion, on the Case of the Alluvion Land or Batture, near New-Orleans.

At the head of this caption Jefferson has written: Duponceau's" "34850","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","[TBE]3. Eight pamphlets on the Batture question bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., tree calf, the back divided into compartments by gilt lines and ornaments with ornaments in the compartments except in the second which has the lettering Batture/1809/, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges by Milligan. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On a fly-leaf at the end Jefferson has listed the contents of this and the previous volume, 18 lines, headed Contents (badly cut into). In this list Jefferson has treated separately the various parts included in the volume with Livingston's address, no. 3484 above. F379 .N5 P89[/TBE]","i.","","","[Poydras, Julien de Lalande.]","Adresse au Conseil Legislatif du Territoire d'Orleans. Nouvelle-Orleans: de l'Imprimerie du Telegraphe, 1808.","","

8 leaves. English and French text on opposite pages; signed at the end ''Probus'' and dated On the bank of the River. 1st October 1807.

Sabin 53303. McMurtrie 114. Tinker, page 383.

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Poydras.

Julien de Lalande Poydras, 1746-1824, poet, public servant and philanthropist, arrived in New Orleans (due to the fortunes of war) in 1768. He was prevented from returning to France owing to the French Revolution and decided to remain in Louisiana. After the Louisiana Purchase he became a friend of Governor Claiborne, and held several public offices. This is the first of the five pamphlets written by him in support of the right of the public to the Batture. The other four follow, no. ii-v in this volume." "34860","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","ii.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","A Defence of the right of the public to the Batture of New Orleans. By Julien Poydras. City of Washington: Printed for the Author, 1809.","","

10 leaves.

Sabin 64843. Tinker, page 383." "34870","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iii.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Further observations in support of the right of the public to the Batture of New Orleans, or Port of St. Mary. By Julien Poydras. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1809.","","

12 leaves.

Sabin 64844. Tinker, page 383." "34880","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iv.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq. the Delegate from the Territory of Orleans, in support of the right of the public to the Batture in front of the Suburb St. Mary. Friday, February 2, 1810. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1810.","","

16 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 64845. Tinker, page 383." "34890","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","v.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq. the Delegate from the Territory of Orleans, in support of the right of the public to the Batture in front of the Suburb St. Mary. Wednesday, March 14, 1810. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1810.","","

8 leaves.

Sabin 64846. Not in Tinker." "34900","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","vi.","","","[Moreau de Lislet, Louis Casimir Elisabeth.]","Examination of the judgment rendered in the cause between Jean Gravier and the City of New Orleans. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1809.","","8vo. 10 leaves. Sabin 28363. On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Moreau de Lislet." "34910","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","vii.","","","[Thierry, Jean Baptiste Simon.]","Reply to Mr. Duponceau. [New-Orleans, 1809.]","","

34 leaves, caption title, no title-page. The text ends on sig. E1 verso, page (34), and is signed and dated Thierry, New-Orleans, 16th May, 1809; on the next page begins the Appendix, which contains a statement by James Tanesse, City Surveyor of New-Orleans; the Petition of Claude François Girod, presented on the 28th May, 1801 (from the Archives of the Cabildo); and a Refutation of Mr. Livingston's Pamphlet, entitled An Address to the People of the United States, &c. Sabin 95346. McMurtrie 147.

On the first page Jefferson has written: by Thiery.

Jefferson's name is mentioned in the Refutation of Mr. Livingston's Pamphlet. On page (41) occurs the passage:

. . . But, thanks be to God, in spite of all the wretched intrigues of the faction of Clark, Livingston, & Co. to persuade the inhabitants of this country that they were an object of aversion to the government, the Louisianians have found in Mr. Jefferson a friend and protector. The paternal vigilance of the chief magistrate of the Republic, soon discovered that the mildness of their manners, their characteristic frankness and rectitude, rendered them worthy of all his benevolence; nor has he suffered the quondam mayor of New-York, notwithstanding all the artifices that had served as a prelude to the decision of the Batture cause, to repair his fortune at the expence of this country . . .

Again on page (49):

. . . What thanksgivings ought not we to render to Mr. Jefferson, were it only for his having given us the hope of seeing a dike opposed to that inundation of knavery and chicane, which threatened to swallow up all our private property, if once it could have carried away that which belonged to the public! No, sir, do not expect, by your insidious assimilations, to diminish the respect and sincere attachment which we so justly bear to Mr. Jefferson: the gratitude of the inhabitants of this country towards the American government, is equal to the indignation and contempt with which you have inspired them . . ." "34920","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","viii.","","","Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon.","Réfutation du Mémoire en forme de consultation, rédigé par Mr. Duponceau, Jurisconsulte a Philadelphie, au sujet des pretentions des Etats-Unis sur la Batture du Faubourg Ste.-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orleans, Par Mr. Derbigny, Avocat à la Nlle.-Orléans. A la Nouvelle-Orleans, De l'Imprimerie de Jean Renard, 1808.","","

30 leaves. On page [50] a few words of text are rubbed away, and supplied by hand in ink, probably by Derbigny.

Not in Sabin. McMurtrie 130. Not in Tinker.

Derbigny sent a copy of this Réfutation on November 14, 1808, to Jefferson with the following letter:

As an inhabitant of a country which has received from you a signalized protection in an occurrence of general concern, I should have been deficient in gratitude, had I not hastened to give to your answers against Mr. Livingston all my support, feeble as it may be. I have therefore written an answer to Mr. Duponceau's memorial as soon as it was published here; and would have the honor to inclose you a copy of it, had I not, in order to lose no time, given the printer my letter, sheet by sheet. I expected to be able to forward you a full printed copy by this mail, but being disappointed, I take the liberty of sending you the beginning. I regret that my occupations should have prevented me from translating it into english: this, however, if found useful, may be done better by a person of the English language.

A gentleman of this place, who follows the printing business, and is at the same time a man of sense and information, has undertaken to write a memorial in opposition to those of MM. Duponceau & Livingston, but has inevitably been led into errors, which would prove injurious to the cause, if they had sprung from a lawyer. As that memorial is to be forwarded to you, I think it my duty briefly to point out its most material defects. You will find (page 29. line 3. to 10.) that in a single phrase he abandons two of our most powerful means, that of the French Edicts, & that of the highway; and further (at page 36. line 15.) that he has destroyed with his own hands the only ground, on which he had rested his whole case, that of public law. The evil, however, is not great, as it proceeds from the pen of a man who is not versed in jurisprudence.

Judge Moreau Lislet, who was employed by the corporation before he entered into his present office, is now preparing, on his part, a memorial in support of the title of the U.S., & expects to forward it to you in about two weeks. This being the first letter which I have the honour to address to you, I am unacquainted with the style and decorum which perhaps is usual on such occasions; but however I may have erred as to formality, I beg of you to accept the assurance of the high respect with which I have the honor to be,

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 24:

Th: Jefferson returns thanks to m[???] Derbigny for the copy of his Refutation of M. Duponceau which he has been so kind as to forward him. both that and the Examen of M. Thierry have thrown much new light on the subject, and further aid is still expected from M. Moreau de Lislet who is said to be engaged on the same subject. the papers are all referred by the House of Representatives to the Attorney General to report on to them, who undoubtedly will derive new aid from the very able opinions before mentioned. he salutes m[???] Derbigny with respect.

For the Mémoire see no. 3475 above.

Peter Stephen [Pierre Etienne] Duponceau, 1760-1844, French lawyer, came to the United States in 1777 as Secretary to Baron Steuben, and became a citizen of Pennsylvania in 1781. Jefferson later had much correspondence with Duponceau on scholarly and historical subjects." "34930","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","[TBE]4. Eight pamphlets rebound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/ Pamphlets./527./ AC901 .M5 Vol. 527 On a fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the contents as follows: Report of the case of Gravier v. the city of N. Orleans. Memoir of Du Ponceau in answer to Derbigny. Derbigny's opinion on the claim to the Batture. Livingston's examination of the title of the US. Opinions of Duponceau Tilghman & Lewis on the case of the Batture. Petition of the citizens of Orleans to Congress. Derbigny's Refutation of the Memoir of Duponceau. With one exception these pamphlets have been already described in the preceding volumes.[/TBE] Report of the case of Gravier v. the city of N. Orleans.","i.","","","","Report. John Gravier vs. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of the City of New-Orleans.","","25 leaves, paged from [1] to 50, signatures [7] to 13. Part of Livingston's Address, no. 3484 above." "34940","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Memoir of Du Ponceau in answer to Derbigny.","ii.","","","Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen [Pierre Etienne].","Mémoire en forme de consultation, en réponse a celle de M. Derbigny, au sujet des prétentions du Gouvernement des états-Unis sur l'alluvion du Fleuve Mississipi, au devant du Faubourg Sainte-Marie, pres la Nouvelle-Orléans, communément appelée la Batture des Jésuites. Par M. Du Ponceau, Jurisconsulte, a Philadelphie. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: de l'Imprimerie du Telegraphe, 1808.","","

28 leaves including the first blank. At the end: Délibéré à Philadelphie, le 26 Juillet 1808.

Not in Sabin. McMurtrie 129. Not in Tinker." "34950","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Derbigny's opinion on the claim to the Batture.","iii.","","","[Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon.]","Case laid before Counsel for their opinion on the claim to the Batture, situated in front of the Suburb St. Mary.","","16 leaves, the last a blank; numbered [i] to xxix, sig. a-b8. Part of Livingston's Address, no. 3484 above." "34960","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Livingston's examination of the title of the US.","iv.","","","Livingston, Edward.","Examination of the Title of the United States to the Land Called the Batture.","","

34 leaves, caption title, numbered 1-68, sig. 1-7.

Part of Livingston's Address, no. 3484 above.

At the head of the caption Jefferson has written: Livingston's." "34970","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Opinions of Duponceau Tilghman & Lewis on the case of the Batture.","v.","","","","Opinion, on the case of the Alluvion Land or Batture, near New-Orleans.","","38 leaves, caption title, at the head of which Jefferson has written Duponceau's; numbered [i]-LXXV, sig. A-E. Part of Livingston's Address, no. 3484 above." "34980","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Omitted by Jefferson from his list on the fly-leaf.","vi.","","","","Correspondence.","","

8 leaves, with signature A. Part of Livingston's Address, no. 3484 above.

On page 2, in letter 3, from Livingston to Madison, Jefferson has changed Livingston's statement that he had purchased the property from one whose possessions had been confirmed by the ''final and unanimous decree of three judges'' by underscoring the word unanimous and writing in the margin by 2. against one.

This alteration was not made in the copy described above." "34990","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Petition of the citizens of Orleans to Congress.","vii.","","","","To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.—A l'honorable Senat et à l'honorable Chambre des Representans des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, assemblés en Congres.","","Folio broadside, folded. Another copy of no. 3476 above." "35000","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","Derbigny's Refutation of the Memoir of Duponceau.","viii.","","","","Réfutation du Mémoire en forme de consultation, rédigé par Mr. Duponceau, Jurisconsulte a Philadelphie, au sujet des pretentions des Etats-Unis sur la Batture du Faubourg Ste.-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orleans, Par Mr. Derbigny, Avocat à la Nlle.-Orléans. A la Nouvelle-Orleans: De l'Imprimerie de Jean Renard, 1808.","","Another copy of no. 3492 above. This copy has also the words supplied in manuscript on page 50." "35010","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","[TBE]5. Seven tracts bound in one volume 8vo., half calf, later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./999. AC901 .M5 Vol. 999[/TBE]","i.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the beach of the Missisipi, adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston. Prepared for the Use of Counsel, by Thomas Jefferson. New-York: Published by Ezra Sargeant, [Printed by D. & G. Bruce,] 1812","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves, folded plan, printer's imprint on the verso of the first leaf. The Preface is dated Feb. 25, 1812, the text from Monticello, July 31, 1810.

Sabin 35912. Johnston, page 22.

Annotated by Jefferson.

As a footnote on the first page of text Jefferson has written in ink: The Errata in punctuation are too numerous to be corrected with the pen.

On page 20, to the statement that the river was 1200 yards wide, Jefferson has written the note: Lafon, in his map of N. Orleans, says expressly that the Misi[???]i, at the city, is uniformly of the breadth of 300. toises only.

Other smaller corrections and additions occur.

Jefferson's autograph manuscript fair copy of these Proceedings, as sent to the printer, is in the Jefferson Papers of the Library of Congress, and includes the title, page of Contents, Preface (2 pages dated February 25, 1812), and the text, 63 pages, so numbered.

The Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress also contain Jefferson's drafts, partial fair copies, lists of papers, pamphlets, exhibits etc. made up and sent to my counsel in the case of the Batture, amendments, notes, revisions, and much other material, together about 135 pages in Jefferson's handwriting, portions of it, as also in the fair copy, in double columns. Included also are suggested revisions by Caesar Rodney and Albert Gallatin. The collection contains the original manuscript drawings of the maps and plans used in the case.

Jefferson arranged for the printing of these Proceedings immediately after hearing from his counsel, George Hay, that the case had been thrown out of court for want of jurisdiction. Hay wrote this information on December 5, 1811, and suggested in the letter that Jefferson make known the defence.

Jefferson acknowledged this letter on December 28, and asked for the return of the documents in the case, which had been lent to Hay.

On the same day, December 28, he wrote to his friend Hugh Nelson, Congressman from Virginia:

The suit of Livingston against myself having been dismissed from court for want of jurisdiction, the merits of the case still unexplained to the public, I am apprehensive the impression made by Livingston's squalling may be strengthened by the false inference that I wished to get rid of the case in that way, which is not true. I believe therefore it is due to myself, & still more to the public, to lay the case before them, by publishing the Commentaries on it which I had prepared for the use of my counsel, and which I had inclosed to you for perusal. it will doubtless be satisfactory to our citizens at large to see that no wrong has been done to Livingston, that the ground of his complaint has been merely my maintaining the national right to the beach of the Missisipi adjacent to N. Orleans, and keeping it from such intrusions as might restrain individuals from making lawful uses of it, and preserve the city & country from destruction: and that in doing this I only obeyed the prescriptions of the law both as to matter & manner. it is with infinite reluctance indeed that I think of presenting myself on this arena; yet I believe it a duty; and with that view ask the return of the MS. I put into your hands . . .

Early in the following year on February 3, 1812, Jefferson wrote to Ezra Sargeant, printer of New York:

Observing that you edit the Edinburgh Review, reprinted in N. York, and presuming that your occupations in that line are not confined to that single work, I take the liberty of addressing the present letter to you. if I am mistaken, the obviousness of the inference will be my apology. Mr. Edward Livingston brought an action against me for having removed his intrusion on the beach of the river Missisipi opposite N. Orleans. at the request of my counsel I made a statement of the facts of the case and of the law applicable to them, so as to form a full argument of justification. the case has been dismissed from court for want of jurisdiction, and the public remain uninformed whether I had really abused the powers entrusted to me, as he alledged. I wish to convey to them this information by publishing the justification. the questions arising in the case are mostly under the civil law, the laws of Spain and of France, which are of course couched in French, in Spanish, in Latin & some in Greek, and the books being in few hands in this country I was obliged to make very long extracts from them. the correctness with which your edition of the Edinburgh Review is printed, and of the passages quoted in those languages induces me to propose to you the publication of the case I speak of. it will fill about 65. or 70. pages of the type & size of paper of the Edinburgh Review. the MS. is in the handwriting of this letter, entirely fair and correct. it will take between 4. & 5. sheets of paper, of 16. pages each. I should want 250. copies struck off for myself, intended principally for the members of Congress, and the printer would be at liberty to print as many more as he pleased for sale, but without any copyright, which I should not propose to have taken out. it is right that I should add that the work is not at all for popular reading. it is merely a law argument, & a very dry one; having been intended merely for the eye of my counsel. it may be in some demand perhaps with lawyers, & persons engaged in the public affairs, but very little beyond that. will you be so good as to inform me if you will undertake to edit this, and what would be the terms on which you can furnish me with the 250. copies. I should want it to be done with as little delay as possible so that Congress might recieve it before they separate; and I should add as a condition that not a copy should be sold until I could recieve my number & have time to lay them on the desks of the members. this would require a month from the time they should leave N. York by the stage. in hopes of an early answer I tender you the assurances of my respect.

Sargeant accepted the commission on February 10, and sent Jefferson an estimate for the work:

Your favour of the 3rd. Inst. has been duly received—I will engage to furnish two hundred & fifty copies of the pamphlet mentioned say from 65 to 70 pages of the same type and size of paper of the Edinburgh Review, for one hundred and thirty dollars. All the care possible shall be taken to have it correct, in fact the proof reading shall go through the same channel as the Reviews. It will require about three weeks to print them, and get them ready for delivery at the stage office here. I will also engage that a copy shall not go out of the office short of the time you mention.

The estimate was accepted on February 26 by Jefferson who then sent his instructions for the printing:

The manuscript is so plainly written, that altho' crowded by interlineation in some places, there will be no difficulty in making it out. one particular may need explanation. after the work was finished and fairly copied the receipt of some new materials called for considerable interpolations in the text, and the addition of long notes. the new matter to be inserted in the text is written on aprons sealed to the face of the page where the new matter is to come in. what is on the upper & under side of the apron is to be inserted between the two lines of the text between which the apron is attached. on reading, the sense will readily show how they are connected. the Notes will of course be printed at the bottom of the pages to which they refer, & of the pages following.

Should the 8vo. page be too narrow to admit a division into two columns for the quotations & their translation to be placed side by side, they may be printed at the full breadth of the page, the original first, and the translation following it.

The Table of contents to be printed at the end instead of the beginning of the work.

There is a single instance pa. 30. in a note, of the Anglo-Saxon type being necessary; but it is only for one letter; all the other letters of the words being English. that is the letter [???]. answering to t. it's exact form will be seen in the English grammar prefixed to Johnson's dictionary, and if you have not Saxon types, a figure of 2 turned upside down, is exactly the character.

On March 26 Jefferson wrote to the President and to Patrick Magruder, clerk to the House of Representatives, and to Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of the Senate, informing them that he should send them copies.

To the President, James Madison, he wrote:

. . . the case of the Batture not having been explained by a trial at bar as had been expected, I have thought it necessary to do it by publishing what I had prepared for the use of my counsel. this has been done at New York, and the printer informs me by a letter of the 21st. that he had forwarded by mail some copies to myself, and would send by the stage, under the care of a passenger, those I had ordered for the members of both houses. but those sent to me are not yet arrived. from this parcel I shall send some to yourself and the members of the Cabinet, which I have thought it necessary to mention, by anticipation, that you will understand how it happens, if it does happen, that others get copies before yourself . . .

To Magruder and Otis he wrote:

The proceedings of this Executive of the US. in the case of the Batture of New Orleans, which have been the subject of complaint on the part of Edward Livingston, not having been explained through the medium of a judiciary trial, as was expected, I have thought it due to the nation at large, to the National legislature, and to the Executive to make that explanation public through the ordinary channel of the press. and I have therefore taken the liberty of desiring m[???] Sargeant of New York, the printer, to send under cover to yourself 35/144. copies, of which I will ask the favor of you to lay one copy on the desk of each member of the Senate/House of Representatives for their acceptance . . .

On March 21, 1812, Sargeant sent to Jefferson seventy-one copies of the printed pamphlet:

Your Excellency will receive by this days mail Seventy one copies of ''Proceedings &c'' put up in 3 parcels and directed to you at Monticello. Those directed to be put up for P Magruder Esq. and Mr Otis I expect to forward agreable to your excellency's direction on tuesday next, a Gentleman of my acquaintance purposing going to the Southward on that day. Should I however be disappointed of that opportunity your excellency may rely on my embracing the first chance afterwards.

Jefferson replied on March 29:

Your letter of the 21st. came to hand on the 25th. but the 71. copies mentioned as forwarded by the same mail did not come with it, nor by a mail since arrived. I presume they are suffering some temporary delay at some post office and that I shall soon recieve them. in the mean time I hope you have forwarded those for m[???] Otis & m[???] Magruder to Washington by the stage under the care of some passenger, this being the only conveyance that combines speed with safety. I have, by the mail of this day, desired messrs Gibson and Jefferson, my correspondents at Richmond, to remit to you one hundred and thirty Dollars, which you may expect to recieve as soon as they can procure a draught or bank bills negociable at New York . . .

On April 2 Jefferson wrote to Hugh Nelson:

Your letter of Mar. 27. has been duly recieved. by this time a printed copy of my MS. respecting the Batture has I hope been laid on your desk by which you will percieve that the MS. itself has been recieved long enough to have been sent to N. York, printed, and returned to Washington . . .

On the same day he wrote to Gideon Granger:

I recd yesterday, yours of Mar. 28. and I thank you for the information respecting the packages. they contain pamphlets stating the conduct of the Executive in the case of the Batture which I have had printed at my own expence for the information of Congress and the officers of the government. I directed the printer to send by the stage 144. copies to m[???] Magruder for the Representatives and 35. to m[???] Otis for the Senate. he was also to send me 71. to be distributed to officers of the government &c. he informed me he had sent me the last in three packages. I state this because you say there are five packages, and it is possible he may have sent the two for Congress with the three for me. those intended for me whether 3. or 5. I will ask the favor of you to have delivered to the Fredericksbg stage . . .

On April 12 Jefferson wrote to his three lawyers, George Hay, William Wirt, and L. W. Tazewell.

To Hay he wrote:

Livingston's suit having gone off on the plea to the jurisdiction, it's foundation remains of course unexplained to the public. I therefore concluded to make it public thro' the ordinary channel of the press. an earlier expectation of the pamphlet, and the desire to send you one induced me, from post to post, to delay acknoleging the reciept of your letter informing me of the dismission, and the more essential acknolegements for your kind aid in this unpleasant affair. considering the infinite trouble which the question of right to the batture, & the immense volume of evidence to be taken at New Orleans would have given to my counsel and myself, I am well satisfied to be relieved from it, altho' I had a strong desire that the public should have been satisfied by a trial on the merits, and the abler discussion of them by my counsel . . .

In this letter, Jefferson enclosed a draft for Hay's services, and acknowledged the return of the printed pamphlets and documents.

Hay replied on April 21, returning the draft, cancelled (which was later sent back by Jefferson), and mentioned:

. . . I shall accept your pamphlet on the subject of the batture, with great pleasure. I hope that some person will attempt to answer it . . .

To William Wirt, Jefferson wrote:

Mr. Livingston's suit having gone off on the plea to the jurisdiction, it's foundation remains of course unexplained to the public. I have therefore concluded to make it public thro' the ordinary channel of the press. an earlier expectation of the pamphlets with the desire to send you one has delayed, from post to post, my sooner acknoleging your kind aid in this case, and praying your acceptance of the remuneration I now inclose, for the trouble I gave you in reading so much stuff on the subject, and your exertions in the defence. the debt of gratitude however is of a different nature, & is sincerely felt, considering the infinite trouble which the question of right to the Batture, & the immense volume of evidence to be taken at New Orleans would have given, to my counsel and myself. I am well satisfied to be relieved from it, altho' I had had a strong desire that the public should have been satisfied by a trial on the merits, & the abler discussion of them by my counsel . . .

P. S. Altho the pamphlets have been some weeks at Freds[???]g and expected by every stage, I am still disappointed in recieving them. I detain my letter therefore no longer, but will inclose one on it's arrival.

This letter, with the receipt of Jefferson's draft for the fee, was acknowledged by Wirt on April 15:

I have your favor by the last mail, covering an hundred dollars (a draft on Gibson & Jefferson) as a fee in the suit of Livingston against you. This is much more than an equivalent for any trouble I have had in the case. In truth, I have had no trouble in it. The investigation has been to me both a pleasure and instruction, and in itself, a compleat remuneration. From you I should never have wished a fee in this case. I did not consider it as your case any more than mine or that of any other citizen whom you represented at the time. Even now I am dubious of the propriety of accepting this fee, and it is only the conviction that these costs will not be left by the government to rest on you, that prevents me from returning the draft.

I am glad that your exposition of The Batture question is to be given to the public. It is by far the best piece of grecian architecture that I have ever seen, either from ancient or modern times. I did not think it possible that such a subject could be so deeply and at the same time so airily treated—because I never before had seen such an union of lightness and solidity, of beauty and power, in any investigation. But, for the purposes which are yours in the publication, justice to yourself, to the public and to the rights of New Orleans, the step is certainly proper in a high degree, and must extinguish forever the hopes of Mr. Livingston from that sordid and nefarious speculation. I thank you sincerely for the promissed copy of the pamphlet . . .

To Tazewell Jefferson wrote:

Mr. Livingston's suit having gone off on the plea to the jurisdiction, it's foundation remains of course unexplained to the public. I therefore concluded to make it public thro' the ordinary channel of the press. an earlier expectation of recieving the pamphlets, & the desire of sending you one, has delayed, from post to post, my sooner acknoleging the reciept of your letter informing me of the dismission, and the more essential acknolegement of your valuable aid in it, and praying your acceptance of the remuneration I now inclose. I have learnt, from all quarters that your argument was among the ablest ever delivered before that court. considering the infinite trouble which the question of right to the Batture, & the immense volume of evidence to be taken in New Orleans, would have given to my counsel and myself. I am well satisfied to be relieved from it, altho' I had had a strong desire that the public should have been satisfied by a trial on the merits, & the abler discussion of them by my counsel . . .

P. S. altho' the pamphlets have been some weeks at Freds[???]g, and expected by every stage, I am still disappointed in recieving them. I detain my letter therefore no longer, but will inclose one separately on it's arrival.

On April 19 Jefferson started distributing the copies he had received from Sargeant. At a later date he made a list of the recipients and the dates on which he had forwarded their copies, as follows:

The Proceedings of the Gov[???]t on the Intrusion of E. Livingston. sent to the following persons.

Apr. 19. George Hay

William Wirt

Littleton W. Tazewell

Governor Barbour

Judge Tyler

John Wickham

Edm. Randolph

Norborne Nicholas

Thomas Ritchie

the President

Secretary of State

of the Treasury

of War

of the Navy

the Atty General

Postmaster Genl.

Caesar A. Rodney

20. Rob. Smith.

Wm. Duane

Genl. Dearborne

John Adams

John Langdon

Rob. R. Livingston

Dr. Rush.

Judge Tucker

Govr. Gerry

Govr. Tomkins

Genl. Armstrong

Judge Duvall.

Govr. Claiborne

James Mather

Moreau de Lislet

Thiery

Derbigny

Bolling Robertson

Benjamin Morgan

Dr. Samuel Brown

21. Joseph Cabell

Judge Cabell

Judge Stuart

Judge Johnston

Judge Homes

J. F. Mercer

J. T. Mason

Govr. Homes

Howard

Harrison

John Brown-Ky.

Apr. 23. A. J. Dallas.

Levi Lincoln

Charles Pinckney

Dr. Walter Jones

Wm. Rives

J. W. Eppes

25. James Maury

May 10. Mrs Trist

Charles Clay

21. Wilson C. Nicholas

June 6. Ingersol Charles J.

11. Jackson Genl. John G.

23. Taylor J.

Th. J. Randolph

T. M. Randolph

C. L. Bankhead

Peter Carr

Dabney Carr

Saml. Carr

The first three names are those of Jefferson's three attorneys.

Tazewell acknowledged his copy on May 15:

. . . The manner in which this cause went off, coupled with the personal attack made upon you by Mr. Livingston, created a duty upon you to explain to the public (before whose bar you had been arraigned) the reasons and motives of your conduct in this transaction. And the mode you have adopted to make this explanation is certainly a very proper one, especially as it is that which he himself selected—Your publication will I think convince all who will read and attentively examine it of the propriety of your conduct, and of the just and legal right of the U.S. to the property in contest. I say so with more confidence, because your reasoning upon this subject produced this effect upon my own judgment, which was originally very decided against the claim of the U. S., altho' I never doubted as to your not being responsible to any Individual for that which you had done.

I wish that in preparing this work for the press you had given a different arrangement to its parts. The chronological order of events which you have pursued, altho' generally the best where facts alone are the subjects to be discussed, yet by dividing often times weakens the effect of the general argument. Hence more attentive examination will probably be required to judge correctly of the great merit of this little work, than is perhaps to be expected from the mass of readers. And as ''the publick'' is the forum to which it is addressed, the character of the mass of readers would probably render a different method more desireable. There is nothing which I would wish retrenched, and but little indeed which I could have desired to be added to your pamphlet; even the arrangement of its contents I would not have alter'd, so far as attentive readers are concerned . . .

Jefferson answered this on June 19:

Your favor of May 15. came to hand in due time. on the course of the suit of Livingston, I had thought with you that the question of jurisdiction might have been kept in reserve, as a dernier resort, and had suggested to the gentlemen in Richmond the pleading 1. the general issue, which would have tried the question of the public title, very interesting to the city of New Orleans; 2. Justification, which would have tried that of the responsibility of a chief magistrate; and if these were decided unfavorably, to have arrested judgment for want of jurisdiction. yet when I contemplated the immense labor of taking volumes of evidence in N. Orleans, the scenes which had been exhibited in Richmond in a former case wherein unfriendly passions towards myself made a prosecutor of the criminal, and arraigned the government in his place, the same bias in the judge, & pointed in the same direction, and after all that I might have been dragged to still another tribunal, where all would be to go over again, I say, when I contemplated all this, the torpor of years & desire of tranquility made me shrink from this contest of gladiators, and acquiesce with gratification in the course which had relieved me from it. my appeal became easy & quiet, to men at their firesides, in possession of their reason, uninfected by the contagious passions of a crowd . . .

Judge Tyler's copy was also sent on April 19 and acknowledged on May 17.

I receiv'd the favor of your Pamphlet on the Subject of the Beach of New-Orleans, and read it with great delight, in which you still retain the power of turning whatever you touch to gold—Your Streams are brought from so many fountains—like the great Missisippi so strong and irresistible that Livingston and his bold, but corrupt Enterprize, are swept together into the Gulf without hope of redemption . . .

Jefferson acknowledged Tyler's letter on June 17:

Your acceptable letter of May 17. came to hand ten days after date, and I duly estimate your approbation of my rudiments of the case of the Batture. I observe by the papers that Livingston's suit against the Marshal for the same trespass, came before the federal court of Orleans, on the 24th. of April, on the plea that he was not a citizen of New York, in which character he had sued that he might have the benefit of the same court which had already decided in his favor. a jury found him to be a citizen of New York. a new trial was asked on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence, which was to be discussed on the 2d. of May. but after such a verdict by a jury, which confounds all the states, and removes the barriers between federal & state jurisdiction, we have nothing to expect from a court, already committed for the plaintiff. 'boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem' has grown into a maxim with the courts. some copies of my statement would get there about a fortnight or three weeks after that, & perhaps before the argument on the main question. my strictures on their usurpation of Chancery jurisdiction were not calculated to throw the bias of the court on the side of the defendant . . .

Amongst those to whom copies were sent on the following day, April 20, were the New Orleans lawyers, Derbigny and Moreau de Lislet, and also his friend Thierry, of that city.

To Derbigny Jefferson wrote:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. Derbigny and asks his acceptance of the inclosed pamphlet on the subject of the Batture of N. Orleans. this homage is justly due to the first champion who stepped forth in defence of the public rights in that interesting subject, & arrested with so strong a hand the bold usurpations aimed at them. if in rescuing them, as a public functionary, or vindicating them as a private citizen, he has seconded the efforts of M. Derbigny, he owes him acknolegements for having led and pointed the way. he salutes him with great esteem & respect.

To Moreau de Lislet he wrote:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. Moreau de Lislet, and asks his acceptance of the inclosed pamphlet, on the subject of the Batture of N. Orleans. he has taken the liberty of differing from him on a single point; but conscious of the strength of M. Moreau on that field, and of his own weakness, he has done it with just respect and diffidence: and deeply indebted for his able information on other questions of the controversy, he has with pleasure expressed his great acknolegements for it. he salutes him with high respect & consideration.

And to Thierry:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. Thiery and asks his acceptance of the inclosed pamphlet on the subject of the Batture of N. Orleans. tho' he has ventured to differ from him on a single question, he was too much indebted for his able information on other points of the controversy, not to have made his acknolegements of the aid he derived from it. with justice and pleasure. he prays him to accept the assurance of his great respect.

On the same day, April 20, Jefferson sent a copy to Robert R. Livingston, Edward's brother:

I have not hesitated to send you one of the inclosed because I know that your mind will view in it nothing but the abstract question of right; and in the opinion ofmy fellow citizens on that question it will be my duty to acquiesce. I owe it to you also in return for your excellent book on the subject of sheep, now becoming daily more and more interesting to us . . .

To Governor Claiborne he wrote:

You will probably some time ago have seen in the newspapers that the suit of Edward Livingston against me for maintaining the public possession of the Batture of New Orleans has been dismissed by the District court of the US. at Richmond for want of jurisdiction. my wish was that it should have been tried on it's merits, that the public might have seen thro' that medium that the transaction complained of was one of duty as well as of right. but the court, as I presume thought it wrong to give their time to the discussion of a title to lands not within their jurisdiction. to supply therefore the information which cannot now be passed through that channel I have published the state of the case as prepared for the use of my counsel, and which I communicated to you when I had the pleasure of recieving you here. had the trial proceeded the questions would have been more ably developed by them. indeed the Jurists of Orleans have left little to be added; and on the whole I trust there will be but one opinion on the case. I inclose a copy of my view of it for yourself, and two others which I pray you to present to the Speakers of the two branches of your legislature, in their private, and not in their official capacities, the subject not being before their houses. it is offered merely as an evidence of my sincere zeal for whatever concerns that interesting country. accept for yourself the assurance of my great esteem and respect.

To William Duane:

I inclose you a pamphlet on a subject which has, I believe, been little understood. I had expected that it's explanation would have gone to the public thro' the medium of a trial at bar: but failing in that, I have thought it a duty to give it through the ordinary medium of the press. I wish it could have appeared in a form less erudite—but the character of the question and of those for whose use I wrote it decided that of the work. had it gone on to trial, my counsel would have clothed it in a more popular dress . . .

Duane did not acknowledge the receipt of his copy until July 17 when he wrote from Philadelphia:

I should have answered your obliging letter the 20th April, had my mind not been kept in agitation by the pressure which I began to feel heavily in consequence of my opposition to the U.S. Bank, and which although I have in effect surmounted, has left me like a man after a severe disease, with an unusual degree of debility. I had read your admirable work on the batture before I was favored with the copy from yourself—and I have heard it repeatedly spoken of in terms very grateful to my own feelings and honorable to yours. I think you have extinguished that unfortunate man, or he has caused himself to extinguished . . .

Elbridge Gerry acknowledged the receipt of his copy on May 1:

I thank you for the pamphlet this day received, respecting the intrusion of Edward Livingston; & for your polite & friendly manner of transmitting it. The publick is much indebted to you on this, & on numerous other occasions, for performances; to which few are equal, & still fewer have a disposition . . .

To Benjamin Rush, Jefferson wrote:

I do not know if you may have noticed in the Newspapers of a year or two ago that Edward Livingston had brought a suit against me for a transaction of the Executive while I was in the administration. the dismission of it has been the occasion of publishing the inclosed pamphlet, which is sent to you, not to be read, for there is nothing enticing for you in it, but as a tribute of respect & friendship. you have moreover a son whose familiarity with the subject may render a glance of it amusing to him.

The sending a copy of this to m[???] Adams, as well as the answering some enquiries of his last letter, furnishes occasion for my writing to him a third time. as you have taken a pleasure in watering the tree of conciliation which your friendship for us both planted, I inclose to you my letter to him unsealed for perusal, that you may see how we come on. when read, be pleased to stick a wafer in it and recommit it to the post office. I salute you with constant attachment and respect.

Rush replied on April 26:

Your favor of the 20th instant came safe to hand, but not accompanied with the pamphflet you have mentioned in it. I have read your letter to Mr Adams with pleasure, & shall put it into the post office tomorrow agreeably to your Wishes . . .

On January 21 of this year (1812) Jefferson wrote to Rush:

As it is thro' your kind interposition that two old friends are brought together, you have a right to know how the first approaches are made. I send you, therefore a copy of mr Adams's letter to me & of my answer. To avoid the subject of his family, on which I could say nothing, I have written him a rambling, gossiping epistle which gave openings for the expression of sincere feelings & may furnish him ground of reciprocation, if he merely waited for the first declaration; for so I would construe the reserve of his letter. in the course of the spring I can have a good occasion of writing to him again, on sending him a law case of Livingston against myself, which having been dismissed out of court, for want of jurisdiction, remains unexplained to the world. this explanation I shall print for my own justification; and a copy may not be unamusing to one who is himself a profound lawyer . . .

On April 20 Jefferson duly sent to John Adams his copy, and wrote (first submitting the letter to Rush):

I have it now in my power to send you a piece of homespun in return for that I recieved from you. not of the fine texture or delicate character of yours, or to drop our metaphor, not filled as that was with that display of imagination which constitutes excellence in Belles lettres, but a mere sober, dry and formal piece of Logic. ornari res ipsa negat. yet you may have enough left of your old taste for law reading to cast an eye over some of the questions it discusses. at any rate accept it as the offering of esteem and friendship . . .

Adams replied on May 1:

Yesterday, I received from the Post Office, under and envellope inscribed with your hand, but without any letter, a very learned and ingenious Pamphlet, prepared by you for the use of your Counsel, in the case of Edward Livingston against you. Mr. Ingersol of Philadelphia, two or three years ago sent me two large Pamphlets upon the same subject. Neddy is a naughty lad as well as a saucy one. I have not forgotten his lying villany in his fictitious fabricated Case of a Jonathan Robbins who never existed. His suit against you, I hope has convinced you of his Character. What has become of his defalcation and plunder of the Publick? I rejoice however that you have been plagued by this fellow; because it has stimulated you to a Research that cannot fail to be of great Use to your Country. You have brought up to the view of the young Generation of Lawyers in our Country Tracts and Regions of legal Information of which they never had dreamed: but which will become, every day more and more necessary for our Courts of Justice to investigate.

Good God! Is a President of U.S to be subject to a private action of every Individual? This will soon introduce the Axiom that a President can do no wrong; or another equally curious that a President can do no right.

I have run over this Pamphlet with great pleasure but must read it with more Attention . . .

Again, two days later, on May 3, Adams wrote:

I wrote you on the first of this month acknowledging the receipt of your ''Proceedings'' &c and now repeat my thanks for it. It is as masterly a pamphlet as ever I have read; and every way worthy of the Mind that composed and the pen which commited it to writing. There is witt and fancy and delicate touches of Satyr enough in it to make it entertaining while the profusion of learning, the close reasoning, and accurate Criticism must have required a Patience of Investigation that at your Age is very uncommon . . .

Jefferson's list included Charles Pinckney as above. A letter of thanks came from William Pinkney, dated from Baltimore on June 27:

I had the honour to receive a few weeks ago, the very acceptable Present of your Book on Livingston's Claim, which I have read in part with great attention, & intend to finish in a Day or two.—It has a Bearing upon a Cause in which I am concerned as Counsel in Maryland, and affords me Lights which certainly I had not before.

As far as I have gone I find the Statements clear, and the Reasoning absolutely conclusive. You appear to have exhibited a complete View of the Subject as to Fact and Law—and the whole is evidently the Result of the most diligent Personal and careful Reflection.—I cannot help thinking that it ought to be so published as to go into full Circulation.—Not only Lawyers, but the public in general, would peruse such a work with Pleasure & Profit.—Be pleased, Sir, to accept my Thanks for this Pamphlet, and to be assured that I have received it with a lively Interest, connected, not with the Subject only, or with the masterly manner in which it is treated, but with the author personnally, for whom my unfeigned & respectful attachment is too well known to require to be mentioned . . .

Less than a month after this, on July 10, Jefferson sent a copy to Thomas Cooper:

. . . In return for the many richer favors recieved from you, I send you my little tract on the Batture of New Orleans, & Livingston's claim to it. I was at a loss where to get it printed, & confided it to the editor of the Edinburg Review, reprinted at N. York. but he has not done it immaculately. altho' there are typographical errors in your lecture, I wonder to see so difficult a work so well done at Carlisle . . .

And on January 8, 1813, he sent a copy to Archibald Thweatt:

Yours of Dec. 3 came during an absence of between 5. & 6. weeks in Bedford, which is the cause of my being so late in answering it. I now inclose you the pamphlet you ask for. it is the only copy I have, & is kept for my own use, so I must ask the return of it when you are done with it. I had it printed principally to put a copy into the hands of every member of Congress, & if I had supposed you would have thought it worth reading, I would certainly have sent you one. at present I believe there is not a copy to be had but at New York, if there; unless perhaps from some member of Congress who having read it may have no further use for it . . .

The Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress contain the original letter from Governor Claiborne to Jefferson dated from New Orleans, August 14, 1813, informing him that in the suit brought by Edward Livingston Against Le Breton D'Orgenoy, late Maarhal of the District of Orleans, the Honorable Marshall, Judge of the District of Louisiana, has decided the dispossessing of Mr. Livingston of the Batture, by order of the late President to be illegal, & he directs the Plaintiff to be reinstated in his possession . . ." "35020","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","ii.","","","","Report. John Gravier vs. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of the City of New-Orleans.","","Another copy of no. 3493, uncut." "35030","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iii.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq . . . Wednesday, March 14, 1810.","","Another copy of no. 3489, above." "35040","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","iv.","","","Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq . . . Friday, February 2, 1810.","","Another copy of no. 3488 above." "35050","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","v.","","","[Poydras, Julien de Lalande.","Speech. [New-Orleans:] Roche Brothers, n. d.","","

8vo. 6 leaves, signed at the end Julien Poydras; caption title, no title-page.

Not in Sabin. Not in Tinker.

This speech is not directly concerned with the case of the Batture; it is a plea for the establishment of a chamber of commerce at New-Orleans, which is compared with Alexandria on the river Nile." "35060","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","vi.","","","Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen.","A Review of the cause of the New Orleans Batture and of the discussions that have taken place respecting it; containing answers to the late publications of Messrs. Thierry & Derbigny on that subject. By Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Counsellor at law, Of Counsel with Edward Livingston Esq . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, 1809.","","8vo. 28 leaves. The Preface signed The Author, and dated Philadelphia, 27th February, 1809." "35070","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","vii.","","","Livingston, Edward.","An Answer to Mr. Jefferson's justification of his conduct in the case of the New Orleans Batture. By Edward Livingston . . . Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, 1813.","","

99 leaves, 2 folded plans.

Sabin 41610. Johnston, page 38.

This Answer was followed by the reinstatement of Livingston in his possession. See no. 3501." "35080","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","","6.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the public right to the beach of the Missisipi, adjacent to New-Orleans, against the intrusion of Edward Livingston. Prepared for the Use of Counsel, by Thomas Jefferson. New-York: Published by Ezra Sargeant, 1812.","F379 .N5 J4","

Another copy, in wrappers uncut, of the first tract in no. 5 above, no. 3501.

This copy has precisely the same manuscript annotations by Jefferson as the other." "35090","345","Louisiana tracts. 8vo.","i. 1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 300, Louisiana, 1803, 4, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 604. no. 389, Louisiana.—Debates in the Senate of the United States on the Mississippi Question, February, 1803.—Remarks on the Violation of the Treaty relative to the Mississippi River, by Coriolanus and Camillus.—Addresses on the late Cession of Louisiana to the United States, by A. B. Magruder, of Kentucky; David Ramsay, of S. Carolina; Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, &c., &c., 8vo; Lexington, &c., 1803.","Jefferson's copies of these tracts were originally bound together for him in one volume by Milligan, on February 24, 1804, price $1.80.","[TBE][Louisiana tracts continued.] iii. 1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 73, Do. [Constitutions of the States] of Louisiana, pamphlet, 12mo.[/TBE]","","","","Louisiana.","Constitution ou forme de gouvernement de l'Etat de la Louisiane.—Constitution or form of government of the State of Louisiana. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [?Washington City: 1812.]","JK4725 1812 .A63","

8vo. 16 leaves, no title-page, English and French text on opposite pages, caption titles at the head of the two first pages.

Sabin 42214.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by John Dawson, who wrote from Washington on April 22, 1812:

Louisiana having become a sister-state I take the liberty of inclosing to you a copy of her constitution, and at the same time, stating to you, with candour, my future plans, and counting with confidence on your friendly offices to which I feel that I have a just claim . . .

Jefferson replied to the rest of Dawson's letter on May 2, without mentioning the pamphlet.

John Dawson, 1762-1814, known as ''Beau Dawson'', was a Jeffersonian in politics, and loyal to Jefferson throughout. Many of the letters that passed between them are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "35100","J. 346","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 446, Memoires sur la Louisiane, fol.","Alliot, Paul.","Reflexions historiques et politiques sur la Louysiane en deux parties Dediées a son excellence Monsieur Gefferson president des etats unis de l'amerique par paul alliot medicin deporté de la nouvelle Orleans avec sa femme et ses enfans en france le dix huit mars mil huit cent trois; et de retour a Neuve York avec sa famille le six avril mil huit cent quatre en vertu d'une permission du gouvernement français qui a reconnu son innocense et improuvé la conduite de ses ennemis.","","

Manuscript on paper, 22 leaves, folio, measuring 16 by 10 inches, long lines, 45 to a full page. The work is divided into two parts, 10 and 7 leaves, and 5 preliminary leaves which contain the title and dedication. The dedication A son excellence Son excellence Monsieur Geferson president des ètats unis de l'Amerique, 3 pages, is dated from dans les prisons de l'orient ce Ier juillet 1803. At the end of the Reflexions is observation a faire a son excellence monsieur Gefferson president des etats unis de l'amerique. ma traversée de france a Neuve york a été de quatre vingt onze jours, et tous mes papiers ont été mouillé . . .

Original half calf, label on the back defective; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, Paul Alliot, who wrote from New York on April 14, 1804:

a son excellence monsieur Gefferson president des etats unis de l'amerique.

Monsieur le president.

j'ay L'honneur de vous envoyer un manuscrit qui a pour titre, reflexions historiques et politiques sur la Louysiane en deux parties. n'ayant fait ce petit ouvrage que dans de bonnes vues, et vous l'ayant dedie; j'espere que vous l'acceuillerez. je souhaitte ardemment qu'en le lisant, vous puissiez par votre sagesse, par vos grands talens, et par vos vertus qui sont aujourdhuy l'admiration de toute l'europe, donner a ce bon pays dont vous avez fait l'acquisition ce dont il a besoin pour devenir un jour ce qu'est lamire patrie que vous gouvernez si bien.

monsieur le president.

je vous envoye aussi un memoire de faits qui vous prouvera la persecution et les grands malheurs que ma femme, mes enfans et moi avons éprouvé a la nouvel Orleans . . .

This letter contains a list of the maladies which Alliot could treat and cure, and a definition de la fièvre jaune.

The Memoire referred to by Alliot, in his letter of April 14, is also in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. It is headed:

Alliot, Médecin

Français,

and is on 8 printed pages, dated by Alliot Aux Prisons de Pontaniou, à Lorient, ce 26 Messidor an onze [July 15, 1803]; the imprint at the foot of the last page: A Lorient, de l'Imprimerie de V.[???] Feutray.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 27:

Recieved on a short visit to this place your letter of the 14th and the papers it covered, and have perused with satisfaction that containing your historical and political reflections on Louisiana. they are replete with views which are benevolent, and which appear to me to be just, altho', for want of local knolege, I am unable to decide on them competently. in the present stage of government there, nothing can be attempted. but when the governor & legislature, provided for them by Congress, shall get into action, I shall certainly commit your reflections to the Governor, that they may produce the good of which they are susceptible, for the people for whose advantage they appear to have been written.

With respect to your memoir, & application for leave to prosecute those at New Orleans who have violated the laws, or their engagements to your injury, I have to observe that the laws in force at the delivery of this country to us, were continued by proclamation, that our Governor, instead of deciding causes himself in the first instance, has established a court consisting of some of the most respectable American & French inhabitants of the place, before whom contracts & injuries, though [illegible] of the place, may be prosecuted by the injured party, without asking the permission of any person. from this court there is an appeal to the Governor [when] the cause of action is beyond a certain amount. minuter [illegible] on this subject can only be had by enquiries on the spot, which your agent will of [illegible] make. Accept my respectful salutations.

Alliot wrote again from New York on May 7:

. . . je suis on ne peut plus sensible a ce que vous m'ecrivez touchant mon petit ouvrage sur la Louysiane. a la lecture de votre lettre, des larmes ont coulé de mes yeux heureux pour moi, mil fois heureux si le plan que je trace peut produire un bon effet. et si les habitans peuvent y vivre longtems et heureux . . .

For a full account of Alliot's Reflexions, with a translation, bibliographical, biographical and other notes, see James Alexander Robertson, Louisiana under the rule of Spain, France, and the United States 1785-1807, Volume I, 1911, where the French text with English translation is printed in full.

The volume contains also two other manuscript pieces:

2. Extracts from a letter written by a Gentleman who had explored Kentucky to his Friend in the lower part of Virginia relative to that country—Bedford in Virginia.

Written on both sides of 2 leaves, 43 lines to a full page.

On the back of the second leaf Jefferson has written: Western country.

2. Memoire.

8 leaves including 2 blanks at the end, written in French on both sides of the paper, 46 lines to a full page.

Begins: Sans entrer dans le détail des causes morales qui ont influé sur l'accroissements prodigieux . . ." "35110","J. 347","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 107. no. 309, Wilkinson's Memoirs, 8vo.","Wilkinson, James.","Memoirs of General Wilkinson. Volume II [with Appendix]. Washington City: Printed for the Author, 1810. [—Appendix, to Volume the First.—Appendix, to Volume the Fourth.—Postscript to Appendix Vol. IV.—A Brief Examination of Testimony, to vindicate the character of General James Wilkinson against the imputation of a sinister connexion with the Spanish Government, for purpose hostile to his own country; with a glance at several topics of minor import. Washington City: W. Cooper, Printer, 1811.—Appendix.]","E334 .W67","

First Edition. 8vo. 5 parts in 1. Vol. II. 59 leaves (lacks a leaf between the Introduction and the text, probably blank); caption title on the first leaf of text reads: Examination of General Wilkinson's Conduct in relation to Burr's Conspiracy. Appendix to Vol. II, 68 leaves; Appendix to Vol. I, 96 leaves only, imperfect at the end; Appendix to Vol. IV, 104 leaves, the last a blank; Postscript to Appendix Vol. IV, 6 leaves; A Brief Examination 16 leaves, Appendix 40 leaves. The Appendix to Volume the First is placed first in the volume.

Sabin 104028, 104026. Wandell, page 245.

Original calf, rebacked. Not initialled by Jefferson, but with his shelfmark, c. 24. 309, written in ink by him and pasted on the first leaf; one or two textual corrections in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On September 14, 1810, John B. Colvin wrote to Jefferson, from Washington, a letter marked private:

You will not doubt, I presume, the sincerity of my respect for you. The sentiment is strong in my breast; and as it has survived your presidential terms, and honors you in retirement, it is, from the nature of the sensation as well as from your own great qualities, likely to endure . . .

Gen Wilkinson is now engaged in composing the Memoirs of his Life: He thinks they will present to the world a picture that will excite its sympathy and sober approbation, if not its clamorous applause; and that he will thus stand acquitted in the eyes of his countrymen of the various charges which have been so long and so forcibly urged against him.

Gen. Wilkinson has solicited me to write one of the volumes for him; and the subject which he wishes to confide to me is the Treason of Burr. Various considerations induced me to hesitate on this proposition. My situation in the Department of State; the relation in which the General stands to the Executive and to Congress, were circumstances which weighed with me most forcibly against the undertaking. On reflection, however, I concluded to lend him my aid on that point alone, and to devote my leisure hours for a week or two gratuitously to the topic in question. I have, however, exacted from him a promise of inviolable secrecy as to the authorship; and he has put into my hands numerous original documents touching the subject, which have never yet been developed to the world. Your private letters, of course, form a part.

In surveying the work before me, I have reflected that the treason and general conduct of Burr will hereafter form a prominent feature in the history of your political life; that it is of importance to the Character of republican Government that it should be well narrated; and, especially, that it is of essential consequence to your good name, (so precious to the republicans of the Union,) that the principles upon which you approved of Gen. Wilkinson's conduct at New-Orleans should not be mistated or mistaken.

I therefore, Sir, take the liberty of submitting to you the following Question; and will thank you for your ideas on it, together with whatever observations, in relation to the subject generally, you may think proper to honor me with. I pledge you my honor that neither man nor woman knows of this application to you, except myself:

Question.

Are there not periods when, in free governments, it is necessary for officers in responsible stations to exercise an authority beyond the law—and, was not the time of Burr's treason such a period?

Gen. Wilkinson goes to press with his memoirs this autumn, and intends them to be published by the next meeting of Congress . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 20 in a letter of 3½ pages quarto, which reads in part:

. . . To proceed to the conspiracy of Burr, & particularly to Gen. Wilkinson's situation in N. Orleans. in judging this case we are bound to consider the state of the information, correct & incorrect, which he then possessed. he expected Burr & his band from above, a British fleet from below, and he knew there was a formidable conspiracy within the city. under these circumstances, was he justifiable 1. in seising notorious conspirators? on this there can be but two opinions; one, of the guilty & their accomplices, the other, that of all honest men. 2. in sending them to the seat of government when the written law gave them a right to trial in the territory? the danger of their rescue, of their continuing their machinations, the tardiness and weakness of the law, apathy of the judges, active patronage of the whole tribe of lawyers, unknown disposition of the juries, an hourly expectation of the enemy, salvation of the city, and of the Union itself, which would have been convulsed to its's center, had that conspiracy succeeded, all these constituted a law of necessity & self preservation, and rendered the salus populi supreme over the written law. the officer who is called to act on this superior ground, does indeed risk himself on the justice of the controuling powers of the constitution, and his station makes it his duty to incur that risk. but those controuling powers, and his fellow citizens generally, are bound to judge according to the circumstances under which he acted. they are not to transfer the information of this place or moment to the time & place of his action: but to put themselves into his situation. we knew here that there never was danger of a British fleet from below, & that Burr's band was crushed before it reached the Missisipi, but Genl. Wilkinson's information was very different, and he could act on no other . . .

The text contains copies of letters from Jefferson written to General Wilkinson on various dates and of which polygraph copies are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On February 4, 1811, Colvin wrote to Jefferson from Washington City:

Gen. Wilkinson having informed me that he had transmitted to you the 2d vol. of his ''Memoirs'', which contains his Vindication from the charge of being connected in the scheme of Col. Burr, I presume that you have, by this time, read, in your own words, the arguments in favor of the proceedings at New Orleans against the conspirators. In truth, I copied those arguments, and gave them to Gen. Wilkinson, without the least intimation that they were from your pen: And thus, Sir, you have contributed to do good without being seen in it—a thing which you, no doubt, have often done—and which, more than any thing else, assimilates a man to the deity.

No one, except the president's lady, has seen your letter to me. I shewed it to her when the Book came out, to demonstrate to her satisfaction, the agency I had in the work; for, as Gen. Wilkinson is a man of very violent temper, I was apprehensive that he might have introduced into it some abuse of the President, and my enemies would not have failed to ascribe it to me. It is owing to my unceasing representations to him that the language of the volume is as temperate as it is. I fear that of the succeeding volumes will not be so much so. The General is becoming desperate; but his constitution is so peculiar, that it is rather the desperation of Anger than the despair of the fulfilment of Hope deferred.

I hope that you will properly appreciate my motive in disclosing to Mrs. Madison (who is both sensible and discreet) the contents of your letter. I have been so often accused of writing things that I had no hand in, that I have felt the injury of that species of persecution, and on this occasion resolved to be before my enemies . . .

On March 10 Jefferson wrote to General Wilkinson:

Your favor of Jan. 21. has been recieved, and with it the 2d. vol. of your Memoirs, with the Appendices to the 1st. 2d. & 4th. volumes, for which accept my thanks. I shall read them with pleasure. the expression respecting myself, stated in your letter to have been imputed to you by your calumniators, had either never been heard by me, or, if heard, had been unheeded & forgotten. I have been too much the butt of such falsehoods myself to do others the injustice of permitting them to make the least impression on me. my consciousness that no man on earth has me under his thumb, is evidence enough that you never used the expression. Daniel Clarke's book I have never seen, nor should I put Tacitus or Thucydides out of my hand to take that up. I am leaving off the Newspapers, desirous to disengage myself from the contentions of the world, and consign to entire tranquility and to the kinder passions what remains to me of life. I look back with commiseration on those still buffeting the storm, and sincerely wish your Argosy may ride out, unhurt, that in which it is engaged. my belief is that it will, and I found that belief on my own knowledge of Burr's transactions, on my view of your conduct in encountering them, & on the candour of your judges. I salute you with my best wishes & entire respect.

James Wilkinson, 1757-1825, Governor of Louisiana Territory, published his Memoirs in an attempt to vindicate himself from the charge of having received money from the Spanish Government, and of having been an accomplice of Aaron Burr. The quoted correspondence shows that John B. Colvin [q. v.], for a time a clerk in the State Department in Washington, was the author of a part of the Memoirs. Wilkinson was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson." "35120","J. 348","","","","Louisiana message and documents of Feb. 19. 06.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 301, Message on Louisiana, and Documents—to wit Lewis and Clarke, Dunbar, Sibley, 8vo.","Jefferson, Thomas.","Message from the President of the United States, communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a statistical account of the Countries Adjacent. February 19, 1806. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1806.","Law","

8vo. 90 leaves: [1]-224, 232, the last a blank, folded tables, folded engraved Map of the Washita River in Louisiana . . . Laid down from the Journal & Survey of W. Dunbar Esq. in the Year 1804 by Nicholas King.

Sabin 40824. Wagner-Camp 5. Johnston, page 19.

Originally bound for Jefferson by John March in 1809, rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress, 2 compartments of the original calf back preserved, one with a red label lettered Louisiana in gold, the other with 1800/Lewis/Dunbar/Sibley in ink in Jefferson's autograph. On the second leaf of the first sheet, which is unnumbered, Jefferson has inserted in ink the signature mark I preceded by his initial T.

Jefferson's Message, dated February 19, 1806, occupies one leaf at the beginning, and is followed by an Extract of a letter from Captain Meriwether Lewis, to the President of the United States, dated Fort Mandan, April 17th, 1805, 2 leaves.

This is the first published account of the Lewis and Clark expedition. All the original letters (those from Jefferson in polygraph or letter press copy) connected with this expedition are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, as is also Jefferson's account of the life of Meriwether Lewis, sent in a letter to Paul Allen of Philadelphia on April 13, 1813. The original of Lewis's letter to Jefferson printed at the beginning of the volume was dated April 7, 1805, not April 17, as printed (see above)." "35130","349","","","","Land Companies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 307, Land Companies, 1802-4, 8vo.","","","","

[TBE]A volume lettered Land Companies was bound for Jefferson by John March in August, 1805 (price .50); there is no longer any evidence as to its contents.[/TBE]

Jefferson's knowledge of and interest in land companies is shown in a letter to Gérard de Rayneval, dated from Washington March 20, 1801:

. . . During the regal government, two companies, called the Loyal & the Ohio companies, had obtained grants from the crown for 800,000, or 1,000,000 of acres of land each, on the Ohio, on condition of settling them in a given number of years. they surveyed some, & settled them; but the war of 1755. came on & broke up the settlements. after it was over they petitioned for a renewal. four other large companies then formed themselves, called the Missisipi, the Ilinois, the Wabash & the Indiana companies, each praying for immense quantities of land, some amounting to 200 miles square, so that they proposed to cover the whole country North between the Ohio & Missisipi, & a great portion of what is South. all these petitions were depending, without any answer whatever from the crown, when the revolution war broke out. the petitioners had associated to themselves some of the nobility of England, & most of the characters in America of great influence. when Congress assumed the government, they took some of their body in as partners, to obtain their influence, and I remember to have heard at the time that one of them took m[???] Gerard as a partner, expecting by that to obtain the influence of the French court, to obtain grants of those lands which they had not been able to obtain from the British government. all these lands were within the limits of Virginia, and that state determined peremptorily that they never should be granted to large companies, but left open equally to all: and when they passed their land law (which I think was in 1778.) they confirmed only so much of the lands of the Loyal company as they had actually surveyed, which was a very small proportion, and annulled every other pretension. and when that State conveyed the lands to Congress (which was not till 1784.) so determined were they to prevent their being granted to these or any other large companies that they made it an express condition of the cession, that they should be applied first towards the soldiers' bounties, and the residue sold for the paiment of the national debt, and for no other purpose. this disposition has been accordingly rigorously made, and is still going on, and Congress considers itself as having no authority to dispose of them otherwise . . ." "35140","350","","","","Callender's Political register 94. 95.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 264, as above, 2 v.","Callender, James Thomson.","The Political Register; or, proceedings in the Session of Congress, commencing November 3d, 1794, and ending March 3d, 1795. With an Appendix, containing a selection of papers Laid before Congress during that period. By James Thomson Callender. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, M.DCC.XCV. [1795.]","J15 .C2","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 280 leaves in eights with continuous signatures and pagination; Part I ends on R3 recto, verso blank, and is followed by a leaf with Richard Folwell's advertisement (unnumbered); half-title for Part II on S1.

Sabin 10067. Evans 28382.

The Preface is dated from Philadelphia, 29th May, 1795. Volume I was all that was published. The 2 v called for in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue as above is an error. The original working copy of that catalogue has written beside the entry 1 vol. missing." "35150","351","","","","Callender's hist. of the US. for 1796.7.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 270, Callender's History of the United States, for 1796, 8vo.","[Callender, James Thomson.]","The History of the United States for 1796; Including a Variety of Interesting Particulars relative to the Federal Government Previous to that Period. Philadelphia: From the Press of Snowden & McCorkle, 1797.","E311 .C17","

8vo. 160 leaves in fours, copyright notice on the verso of the title, 5 lines of errata at the end.

Halkett and Laing III, 91. Sabin 10063. Evans 31906.

This work originally appeared in 8 weekly numbers.

Chapters VI and VII contain the charges against Alexander Hamilton which were answered in his Observations (the Reynolds pamphlet).

See the next entry." "35160","352","","","","Callender's sketches for 1798.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 275, as above, 8vo.","Callender, James Thomson.","Sketches of the History of America. By James Thomson Callender. [Entered according to law.] Philadelphia: From the Press of Snowden & M'Corkle, 1798. [Price One Dollar.]","E310 .C15","

First Edition. 8vo. 132 leaves, publishers' advertisement at the foot of the Preface and on the last page. Preface dated from Philadelphia, February 12, 1798.

Sabin 10070. Evans 33485.

Numerous references to Jefferson occur throughout the work. On page 62 is a passage from the frequently quoted letter written by Jefferson on April 24, 1796, to Philip Mazzei. Letterpress copies of the whole of this letter and a separate copy of the part quoted are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. These show many differences from the text printed by Callender, due to the fact that the latter was ''originally translated from a French newspaper by Webster, who spoke of it as if it had been treason.''

Callender mentioned this work (and also the previous entry) in the letter written to Jefferson on September 28, 1797:

I expect that your remaining numbers of the History of 1796 have come duly to hand. The other copy will be ready for you on your return to town.

I would not have intruded on you at this time about that; but am to request your indulgence for a few moments. I have begun another volume on American History, and it will be ready for the press in about a month. Having been in bad health, for a time, now better, having by the desertion of the town been reduced to some inconvenience, & having a small family, I laid my plan before M Leiper & M Dallas, who handsomely gave me most effectual assistance, till the time of printing & selling the book.

In this dilemma, I recollected something that dropt from you, when I had the honour of seeing you at Francis's hotel. It related to some assistance, in a pecuniary way, that you intended to make me, on finishing my next volume. Now, Sir, my design at present is to hint that, in the present dreadful situation of the town, if the matter in reserve could be made in advance, it would really treble the greatness of the favour. If it was a draft or Check for 5 or 10 dollars, say, it might be in favour of a third person, my name not being very proper to appear; viz. ''Mr. James Ronaldson'', a particular friend of mine.

I hope in a few months to be (if I escape the fever) much less dependent than I have been upon my pen. Bookselling is at present in an entirely ruined State, otherwise my two last volumes would have put me far beyond the need of asking help. Your answer to me, to be left at the Post office till called for, will much oblige

Sir Your very much obliged & humble Servant

Jas. Thomson Callender.

P. S. Since the printing of Mr. Hamilton's Observations Bishop White has, in a public Company, declined to drink his health, assigning the pamphlet as a reason. If you have not seen it, no anticipation can equal the infamy of this piece. It is worth all that fifty of the best pens in America Could have said agt. him, and the most pitiful part of the whole is his notice of you.

On March 21, 1798, after explaining his pecuniary situation, Callender wrote to Jefferson:

. . . My sale has been rapid beyond all hope. In less than 5 weeks, 700 have gone off, and some commissions and subscribers are yet unanswered. A gentleman came lately six miles to Albany to buy a copy, and told our correspondent that in his country neighbourhood, he believed that he could sell 500 . . .

The next part of this letter is concerned with Sedgwick & Co. See the next entry." "35170","353","","","","Callender's Sedgwick & co. 1798.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 276, as above, 8vo.","Callender, James Thomson.","Sedgwick & Co. or a Key to the Six Per Cent Cabinet. By James Thomson Callender. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1798.","E310 .C14","

First Edition. 8vo. 44 leaves (sig. F missed in printing, but the text is complete and the pagination correctly printed); erratum at the end.

Sabin 10069. Evans 33484.

References to Jefferson occur.

Callender described this book to Jefferson in his letter of March 21, 1798, quoted in the previous entry:

. . . The next is to be a book of only ½ a dollar, good paper and print, and will I fancy sell fully faster than the other, as being of a more comestable size & price—the type close to contain much matter.—The Six per Cents, in quite a new light—the Indian wars—the power of making treaties—a Review of Fenno's Gazette—are among the Chief Articles. I could have Sold this week, for the Country, 150 of 1791 but they are all, or as good as all, gone.

If your good offices could get the bals due, I think I shall not run Scores with the Society again.—With a little help, and Mr. Bache's and other Correspondence I could soon come to dispose of an edition of 2000. I will bring you a sample sheet of the print, paper and [torn away] agreeable, next week, one gentleman has promised to pay down at least 30 dollars for the new volume as soon as printed. If I Could afford to bye out of my money, like other people, I Could Sell many more, but this I Cannot do, which increases the wonder at my Sale of 700, of which only 190 are on Credit,—But after all I am in danger of Sticking for want of that help necessary to set up the Smallest huckster's store—If I Could find any 4th. person to do what Mr. D-----s, or ½ of what L----- or Mr. Jefferson have already done, I would make myself heard very distinctly for a Considerable distance.

I hope I need not add, that I have not mentd one word of the Society to any human being but you. If they would only keep their agreement for three months, till I get this piece out, I would do." "35180","354","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 277, Callender's Prospect before us, 1799, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 568, no. 586, [Callender, James T.:] Prospect before Us, 1st v. 8vo; Richmond, 1800.","[Callender, James Thomson.]","The Prospect Before Us. Volume I . . . Richmond,—Virginia: Printed for the Author, and sold by M. Jones, S. Pleasants, Jun. and J. Lyon.—1800. [Price One Dollar.]","AC901 .M5 Vol. 731","

8vo. Volume I only. 92 leaves.

Sabin 10068. Johnston, page 27.

References to Jefferson occur throughout the work, written, as explained by Callender in the Preface, ''to exhibit the multiplied corruptions of the Federal Government, and more especially the misconduct of the President, Mr. Adams.''

Callender referred to this work in a letter to Jefferson written from Richmond on August 10, 1799:

. . . You will no doubt hear, by this post, of the disturbance in this town.—Since I began to write the present letter, some time has elapsed; and the matter has grown to a magnitude I had not thought of. While I am in danger of being murthered without doors, I do not find within them any very particular encouragement to proceed. I shall therefore probably cease from writing untill M Lyon comes down. This will be soon. I shall then begin with him in the magazine, a work I like much better than newspapers, and he is also to publish my proposals for a volume, and undertake the mechanical part of that work. I have got very large offers of subscription; and I doubt not of having 1000 copies bespoke. One Gentleman has promised to take 100, at 1 dollar each, and to get his brother to take as many . . .

Now, as you are to be a Subscriber to my next volume, and as it is the fashion in Virginia to pay such things in advance, my present suit is that whatever little matter of that sort may be designed, it would be particularly acceptable if your relations here were ordered to pay it to me in course of post. The Conspiracy hindered the proposals from being printed some weeks ago; and the people say they are ready to pay in advance . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 6:

By a want of arrangement in a neighboring post office during the absence of the postmaster, my letters & papers for two posts back were detained. I suppose it was owing to this that your letter, tho' dated Aug. 10 did not get to my hand till the last day of the month, since which this is the first day I can through the post office acknolege the reciept of it. m[???]. Jefferson happens to be here and directs his agent to call on you with this & pay you 50. dollars on account of the book you are about to publish. when it shall be out be so good as to send me 2. or 3. copies, and the rest only when I shall ask for them.

The violence which was meditated against you lately has excited a very general indignation in this part of the country . . .

On September 29 Callender wrote to Jefferson at Monticello:

. . . I inclose 16 pages of the new matter, as a Specimen of the Prospect. I hope you will excuse this freedom. I had not an intermediate 8 pages between what I send. It is not yet worked off. People in the Country are willing to accept of amusement that would be not worth having in town. I will send all I print by the first opportunities, to Charlottesville . . .

Jefferson replied on October 6:

. . . I thank you for the proof sheets you inclosed me. such papers cannot fail to produce the best effect. they inform the thinking part of the nation; and these again, supported by the taxgatherers as their vouchers, set the people to rights. you will know from whom this comes without a signature: the omission of which has been rendered almost habitual with me by the curiosity of the post offices . . .

On October 7 Callender sent Jefferson more specimen pages:

With reference to mine of last week, I now, with Submission, inclose 8 additional pages. I had 8 intermediate ones laid by for you, but they have been somehow picked up, and it is too late at night to get others. Mr. Lyon is at last come, and the magazine will be sent out in two days. Hoping your pardon for this freedom.

On November 16 Callender wrote to Jefferson:

I gave Mr. Jefferson, [i. e., George Jefferson, Jefferson's agent] some days ago, from p. 9 to p. 48 inclusive of the Prospect, to be sent to you. Having the opportunity of a private hand, I now send forward 16 additional pages. There is much bad print in it . . .

On December 18 Callender wrote to Jefferson, now in Philadelphia:

. . . On friday I shall take the freedom of sending to you 50 or 60 additional pages of the Prospect . . .

On February 15, 1800, after the publication of The Prospect, Callender wrote to Jefferson in Philadelphia:

. . . The Prospect goes off very well to many parts of the Country. About 500 are sent off and many more bespoke, but not yet sent. A parcel will come to Philadelphia, as soon as the River opens. Chancellor Wythe is the law officer referred to in the inclosed, as speaking of the Prospect. Colonel Quarrier went to fight a duel with Major William Preston, at Manchester, and let his pistol go off thro' his own foot; so the duel ended for that time. I have begun extending a clean Copy of Vol. 2d of The Prospect, for the Staunton Scourge of Aristocracy, set up by Lyon; as all depends on haste, and the momentuous month of October. It will be there first printed in separate pieces, or at least a part of it. They wanted to burn the office of the Scourge. Vid next Examiner . . .

P. S. Some weeks ago, Mr. George Jefferson sent you a complete copy of The Prospect per post.

On March 10 Callender wrote to Jefferson:

I now inclose for you a number of the Republican, along with the last number of the Examiner, containing a Copy of the letter from you. Some errata!

The Second Part of The Prospect will be continued in the Republican, and reprinted at Staunton, and all, or part of it, in the national magazine.

I had once entertained the romantic hope of being able to overtake the federal Government in its career of iniquity; but I am now satisfied that they can act much faster than I can write after them.

I will send you the Continuation of the second part of The Prospect . . .

P. S. Every Engine has been set at work to do me all kinds of mischief, since I Came here; the Satisfaction of knowing that they are excedingly provoked is to me a partial Compensation for the inconvenience of being belied and Stared at, as if I was a Rhinoceros . . .

On March 14, in a letter concerned with other matters, Callender reported to Jefferson that The Prospect is already more than half sold.

On April 21, Callender wrote to Jefferson:

I inclose two newspapers. I mean to go to Petersburg in 8 or 10 days to begin printing Part 2 of Prospect . . .

On August 14, Callender wrote from Richmond Jail to Jefferson at Monticello:

This letter will inclose a few pages of the second part of The Prospect. They contain nothing but what I fancy that you have seen already, as I sent you regularly the Petersburg paper, wherein they were printed. But next week, I shall send some Sheets, that you have not seen before. A half volume will be ready, priced half a dollar, in about a fortnight. I have by me as much manuscript as would fill two volumes, and materials, for twice as much more, so that, like the ass between the two bundles of hay, I am at a loss where to begin, or stop. I have been in very bad health, owing to the stink of this place, but I have got some better.

Mr. Rose, my worthy landlord, desires you to accept of his compliments . . .

On September 13, in the letter from Richmond Jail describing Gabriel's Insurrection [see no. 3240 above], Callender wrote to Jefferson:

. . . I find much difficulty in getting the Prospect printed, from the sickness of one hand, the laziness of another, and the difficulty of getting a third. If I live to see a republican president in the chair, I shall have a press of my own in Richmond; and give the Aristocrats a cut and thrust vol. per annum for some years to come . . .

On September 29 Callender wrote again from Richmond Jail:

I have not been able to get any more of the Prospect; but next week I shall be able to send either the whole, or nearly so . . .

On October 24 Jefferson wrote to George Jefferson:

I recieved a letter from m[???] Callender dated in the jail on the 11th inst. informing me he was about to publish a volume but was under some difficulty in getting it affected. I will ask the favor of you to call on him yourself and to furnish him fifty dollars on my account. for which I will request him to send me two copies of his work when out. & the rest to remain till convenience . . .

George Jefferson replied from Richmond on November 3:

Your favor of the 24th ultimo should have been answered by last post agreeably to your request but that I did not return home until a few days ago after an absence of several weeks. It was then handed to me by Mr R.

I immediately waited on Mr C. and paid him the sum you directed. I desired him to send you two copies of his work immediately, and the balance at his convenience, but he the next day sent me a packet which from its bulk I suppose must have contained a dozen, and which I forwarded by Mr Randolph.

Mr R. having informed me that you intended this letter for me alone I shall keep it with my private papers, and as I could not with propriety charge you with the money above mentioned in the books of G. & J. without filing the letter in which its payment is directed, I concluded to pay it out of my private funds, it can therefore remain between you & myself, until I have the pleasure of seeing you at Monticello, which I expect will be in the course of the ensuing summer at furthest . . .

On October 27 and again with another letter dated only October 1800 Callender sent to Jefferson more pages of The Prospect.

On November 1 Callender wrote from Richmond Jail to Jefferson:

I had, some days ago, a visit from Mr. Jefferson of this place. I have just now got the pamphlets stitched, and have sent him 3 copies for you; but under the same parcel, I used the freedom, I almost fear I was in the wrong, of I inclosing 9 for Mr. Madison, who is a Subscriber, or was to the first part, for 15 copies, so that I hazard nothing with him in sending him 9. I did not know his address; but I understand that his place is not at a considerable distance from yours.

If health permits, I mean to begin printing the second part, of which a great deal has already been published in the Petersburg Republican, next week . . .

On November 17 he wrote from the same place:

I inclose some newspapers. and shall probably use the freedom of sending you by this same post a part of the second part of the 2d volume of The Prospect. The whole is written excepting the first Chapter. I could not have gone to press, but for the assistance of a Subscriber, who sent me 14 days since his 50 dollars, as mentd in my last, as I want a great deal of money here, I cannot get . . .

On January 9, 1801, Callender wrote from the jail:

I hope you will pardon my having sent you revises, instead of clean Sheets of the thing now printing; a freedom inexcusable in any circumstances but mine. I Cannot get my printer to work, although I am actually paying him ready money, as he goes on. So that the whole Sale of the Season will be lost, by the delay of revising the Sheets! I mention this, Sir, that you may not think me addicted to freedoms I would not assume . . .

On July 7, 1802, James Monroe wrote to Jefferson from Richmond:

I enclose you some columns of a paper here edited by Mr. Callendar. It was whispered some time since that the federalists knew he was possessed of some letters from you, and were endeavouring to bring them before the publick. In several of his preceding papers he glanced at the subject, but at length enters more directly on it. Perhaps it will be best that nothing shod. be said in reply by any one, of this you will be the best judge. It may be of use to state to me the periods when the sums he mentions were advanced, & the circumstances which led to it. Any light you think proper to communicate relative to the affr, will be and without compromitting any one, in the mode you know most elegible. If any reply is proper he may be drawn to state facts correctly, by a person knowing them, without it appearing that you gave a hint . . .

Jefferson replied to this on July 15 in a letter which has already been partly quoted in reference to Callender's Political Progress, q. v. Jefferson's letter opens:

Your favor of the 7th: has been duly recieved. I am really mortified at the base ingratitude of Callender. it presents human nature in a hideous form. it gives me concern because I percieve that relief, which was afforded him on mere motives of charity, may be viewed under the aspect of employing him as a writer . . .

This paragraph is followed by those relative to the Political Progress already quoted. The letter then continues:

the succeeding year he again wanted money to buy paper for another volume. I made his letter, as before, the occasion of giving him another 50.D. he considers these as proofs of my approbation of his writings, when they were mere charities, yielded under a strong conviction that he was injuring us by his writings. it is known to many that the sums given to him were such and even smaller than I was in the habit of giving to others in distress, of the federal as well as republican party, without attention to political principles. soon after I was elected to the government, Callender came on here, wishing to be made postmaster at Richmond. I knew him to be totally unfit for it: and however ready I was to aid him with my own charities (and I then gave him 50.D.) I did not think the public offices confided to me to give away as charities. he took it in mortal offence, & from that moment has been hauling off to his former enemies the federalists. besides the letter I wrote him in answer to the one from Genl. Mason's, I wrote him another containing answers to two questions he addressed to me. 1. whether m[???] Jay recieved salary as Chief Justice & envoy at the same time; & 2. something relative to the expences of an embassy to Constantinople. I think these were the only letters I ever wrote him in answer to volumes he was perpetually writing to me.—this is the true state of what has passed between him and me. I do not know that it can be used without committing me in controversy as it were with one too little respected by the public to merit that notice. I leave to your judgment what use can be made of these facts. perhaps it will be better judged of when we see what use the tories will endeavor to make of their new friend . . .

On July 17 Jefferson again wrote to Monroe:

After writing you on the 15th. I turned to my letter file to see what letters I had written to Callender & found them to have been of the dates of 1798 Oct. 11. & 1799. Sep. 6. & Oct. 6. but on looking for the letters they were not in their places nor to be found. on recollection I believe I sent them to you a year or two ago. if you have them, I shall be glad to recieve them at Monticello where I shall be on this day sennight. I inclose you a paper which shows the Tories mean to pervert these charities to Callender as much as they can. they will probably first represent me as the patron & support of the Prospect before us, & other things of Callenders, & then picking out all the scurrilities of the Author against Genl. Washington, mr Adams & others impute them to me. I, as well as most other republicans who were in the way of doing it, contributed what I could afford to the support of the republican papers & printers, paid sums of money for the Bee, the Albany register etc. when they were staggering under the Sedition law, contributed to the fines of Callender himself, of Holt, Brown & others suffering under that law. I discharged, when I came into office, such as were under the persecution of our enemies, without instituting any prosecution in retaliation. they may therefore, with the same justice, impute to me, or to every republican contributor, every thing which was ever published in those papers or by those persons.—I must correct a fact in mine of the 15th. I find I did not inclose the 50.D. to Callender himself while at Genl. Mason's, but authorized the Genl. to draw on my correspondt. at Richmond and to give the money to Callender. so the other 50.D. of which he speaks were by order on my correspondt. at Richmond . . .

Copies of the letters mentioned are now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On July 22, 1804, Jefferson wrote the letter to Mrs. John Adams which has been quoted in no. 3184 above. This letter continues after the quoted passage:

with respect to the calumnies and falsehoods which writers and printers at large published against m[???] Adams, I was as far from stooping to any concern or approbation of them as m[???] Adams was respecting those of Porcupine, Fenno, or Russell, who published volumes against me for every sentence vended by their opponents against m[???] Adams. but I never supposed m[???] Adams had any participation in the atrocities of these editors or their writers. I knew myself incapable of that base warfare, & believed him to be so. on the contrary, whatever I may have thought of the acts of the administration of that day, I have ever borne testimony to m[???] Adams's personal worth, nor was it ever impeached in my presence without a just vindication of it on my part. I never supposed that any person who knew either of us could believe that either meddled in that dirty work. but another fact is that I 'liberated a wretch who was suffering for a libel against m[???] Adams.' I do not know who was the particular wretch alluded to: but I discharged every person under punishment or prosecution under the Sedition law, because I considered & now consider that law to be a nullity as absolute and as palpable as if Congress had ordered us to fall down and worship a golden image; and that it was as much my duty to arrest it's execution in every stage, as it would have been to have rescued from the fiery furnace those who should have been cast into it for refusing to worship their image. it was accordingly done in every instance, without asking what the offenders had done, or against whom they had offended, but whether the pains they were suffering were inflicted under the pretended Sedition law. it was certainly possible that my motives for contributing to the relief of Callender and liberating sufferers under the Sedition law, might have been to protect, encourage and reward slander: but they may also have been those which inspire ordinary charities to objects of distress, meritorious or not, or the obligations of an oath to protect the constitution, violated by an unauthorized act of Congress. which of these were my motives must be decided by a regard to the general tenor of my life. on that I am not afraid to appeal to the nation at large; to posterity, and still less to that being who sees himself our motives; who will judge us from his own knolege of them, and not on the testimony of Porcupine or Fenno . . .

Many years later, on March 31, 1824, Robert Richardson, a Shaker living in Union Village, Ohio, wrote from there to Jefferson:

. . . It has indeed been a matter of serious regret to me, that during a residence of more than forty years in Virginia, my native state, I had never once the pleasure of a personal interview with you. And yet it is probable, that you now have articles in my hand writing, among your papers. I am entirely acquainted with the contents of the second volume of the Prospect before us: and as to the Defence, under the signature of a Scots correspondent, the whole of the manuscript, with the exception of fifteen or twenty lines, was in my hand writing. It comprised nineteen columns, when printed in the Examiner. The extent however, of my agency in these matters was not known to any individual, either in Richmond, or elsewhere, except to James Thomson Callender, and of course to myself. But as soon as he began, in his paroxisms of inebriety, to commit unwarrantable indiscretions, and to assail in the foulest terms his best friends, I told him plainly to his face, that I would not in future write any thing with him, or any thing for him. And to this declaration, I adhered strictly. It is well known to John Beal, an Italian merchant, who lived immediately adjoining the office of the Recorder, that I told Callender my mind, one evening, very freely in his presence . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 20:

. . . I well remember the merits of the Prospect before us, and the subsequent demerits of the miserable publisher. he was a poor creature, sensible, hypocondriac, drunken, pennyless & unprincipled. I learn with satisfñ that your separñ from him dated with his defflection from the path of merit, and that you are entitled to so much of the credit which has been given to him exclusively . . .

The second volume of The Prospect Before Us was published in 1801. From the above correspondence it is evident that Jefferson had a copy, but it was not delivered to Congress after the sale in 1815.

During the debate on the purchase of Jefferson's Library in the House of Representatives in October, 1814, Callender's Prospect Before Us was one of two books specifically mentioned as ''objectionable'' by the opponents of the purchase. See Annals of Congress, vol. 28, page 398." "35190","J. 355","","","","Callender's Political progress.","","part. 2. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 192, as above.","[Callender, James.]","The Political Progress of Britain . . . Part Second. Philadelphia: Printed for Richard Folwell, and sold in New-York by James Rivington, 1795.","DA480 .C255","

Another copy of no. 3184 above.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. The name of the author written on the title-page (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate." "","","","","","British Treaty & pieces on it.","","12mo. 2 copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 66, British treaty, and pieces on it, 12mo.","","","","

This was entered by Jefferson, and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, in chapter 4, see no. 505.

For certain pieces on the British treaty in this chapter, see no. 3528 to 3532." "35200","J. 356","","","","American Remembrancer. 1795.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 266, as above.","","The American Remembrancer; or, an impartial collection of essays, resolves, speeches, &c. relative, or having affinity, to the Treaty with Great Britain. Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey, 1795-6.","E314 .A48","

First Edition. 3 vol., each containing four numbers, with separate titles, and the date of issue in each imprint: August 20, 27, September 4, October 1, 10, 24, November 4, 14, 28, December 16, 28, 1795, January 20, 1796; each part numbered consecutively, continuous signatures and pagination through each volume.

Sabin 1208. Evans 28389. Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 58, 59.

Original tree calf, red and green labels on the back with the title and volume number. Not initialled by Jefferson. The chapter and shelf number (C 24 266) written on the title-page, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. In this copy one leaf in No. X has been cut away [Vol. III, sig. U1, pages 141, 2].

Edited by Mathew Carey, whose Advertisement at the beginning reads:

It is intended, in the present Publication, to collect together the most valuable Essays, Resolutions, Speeches, &c. respecting the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain.

In the Prosecution of this Plan, the Publisher pledges himself to observe the strictest Impartiality, and on this Observance rests his Pretensions to public Encouragement.

Authors include Camillus [Alexander Hamilton, King and Jay], Caius [Mathew Carey], Cato [R. R. Livingston], Decius [John Nicholas], Gracchio [John Thompson], and also Juricola, the Federalist, Atticus, Tully, Cinna, and others.

Contains references to Jefferson, with extracts from his speeches, letters, etc.

The American Remembrancer contains the complete set of thirty-eight numbers of the articles signed Camillus, originally printed in the Minerva.

According to John Adams, in a letter to his wife written on January 31, 1796, these articles were the joint work of Hamilton, Rufus King, and John Jay:

I have a secret to communicate to your prudence. The defence by Camillus was written in concert between Hamilton, King, and Jay. The writings on the first ten articles of the treaty were written by Hamilton; the rest by King, till they came to the question of the constitutionality of the treaty, which was discussed by Hamilton. Jay was to have written a concluding peroration; but being always a little lazy, and perhaps concluding, upon the whole, that it might be most politic to keep his name out of it; and perhaps finding that the work was already well done, he neglected it. This I have from King's own mouth. It is to pass, however, for Hamilton's. All three consulted together upon most, if not all the pieces . . .

Jefferson mentioned the articles by Camillus on several occasions in his correspondence.

In a letter to James Monroe, dated from Monticello September 6, 1795, he wrote:

. . . m[???] Jay's treaty has at length been made public. so generel a burst of dissatisfaction never before appeared against any transaction . . . some individual champions also appear. Marshall, Carrington, Harvey, Bushrod Washington, Doctor Stewart. a more powerful one is Hamilton, under the signature of Camillus. Adams holds his tongue with an address about his character . . . [the names written in code in the original manuscript.]

On September 10, he wrote to Tench Coxe:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of July 30. the sentiments therein expressed on the subject of the treaty coincide perfectly with those of this country, which I believe were never more unanimous. 4. or 5. individuals of Richmond, distinguished however by their talents as by their devotion to all the sacred acts of the government, & the town of Alexandria constitute the whole support of that instrument here. Camillus may according to his custom write an Encyclopedia on the subject, but it is too obstinate to be twisted by all his sophisms into a tolerable shape . . .

In a letter to Madison dated September 21 Jefferson mentioned also another article reprinted in the American Remembrancer, Striking Features of Mr. Jay's Treaty (Vol. II, page 278):

. . . the piece called 'the Features of the treaty' I do not send because you have seen it in the newspapers. it is said to be written by Coxe, but I should rather suspect by Beckley. the antidote is certainly not strong enough for the poison of Curtius. if I had not been informed the present came from Beckley, I should have suspected it from Jay or Hamilton . . . for god's sake take up your pen, and give a fundamental reply to Curtius & Camillus . . .

On March 2, 1796, Jefferson wrote to Monroe:

. . . The most remarkable political occurrence with us has been the treaty with England, of which no man in the US. has had the effrontery to affirm that it was not a very bad one except A. H. under the signature of Camillus . . ." "35210","357","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 282, Callender's History of the Congress of 1801, 8vo.","","","","This entry in the 1815 catalogue seems to be an error. Callender was not the author of a book of this title, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues." "35220","358","","","","Debates of Congress on the treaty power. 1796.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 268, as above.","","Debates in the House of Representatives of the United States, during the First Session of the Fourth Congress. Part I. Upon The Constitutional Powers of the House, with respect to Treaties. [-Part II. Upon the subject of the British Treaty.] Philadelphia: Printed for Benj. Franklin Bache, by Bioren & Madan, 1796.","JK573 1796 .A5","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1, 196 and 182 leaves, continuous signatures, separate titles and pagination.

Sabin 19104. Evans 31351, 2.

Jefferson's copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. The first volume was missing at an early date, and is so marked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue." "35230","J. 359","","","","Gallatin's sketches of the finances of the US.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 269, Gallatin's Sketches of the Finances of the United States, 1796, 8vo.","Gallatin, Albert.","A Sketch of the finances of the United States. By Albert Gallatin. New-York: Printed by William A. Davis. (Copy-right Secured.) 1796.","HJ247 .G3","

First Edition. 8vo. 100 leaves and four folded tables; sig. M misprinted K.

Sabin 26394. Evans 30469.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

For a biographical note on Gallatin see no. 3230. At the time of writing this treatise Gallatin was a member of the Federal House of Representatives." "35240","J. 360","","","","Monroe's view of the foreign affairs of the US. 2. copies.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 267, Monroe's View of the Foreign Affairs of the United States, 8vo.","Monroe, James.","A View of the conduct of the Executive in the foreign affairs of the United States, as connected with the Mission to the French Republic, during the Years 1794, 5, and 6. By James Monroe, late Minister Plenipotentiary to the said Republic. Illustrated by his Instructions and Correspondence, and other Authentic Documents. The third edition, with additions. Philadelphia, Printed. London: Reprinted for James Ridgway, 1798. [Price 2s. 6d.]","E313 .M7632","

8vo. 68 leaves: a4-b4, B4-Q4; 3 pages of advertisement at the end. The Preface (concerning Robert Goodloe Harper's address to his constituents) dated from London, April 25th, 1798.

Sabin 50020. Cronin and Wise, 94.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903; uncut, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

James Monroe, 1758-1831, fifth President of the United States, was appointed minister to France in 1794. He was recalled in 1796 by the Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, and immediately prepared and published this vindication of his conduct.

This edition contains little more than a third of the matter of the first edition, published in Philadelphia in 1797. Copyright for the first edition was issued to Benjamin Franklin Bache on December 21, 1797, on which day Jefferson wrote to John Wayles Eppes:

. . . Monroe's book appears this day. it is of near 500. pages, consequently too large to go by post. Bache will send on 2. or 300 copies to Richmond . . .

On January 2, 1798, in a letter to John Page, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I imagine you will have seen Monroe's work, as many copies were sent to Richmond by Bache. we hourly expect Fauchet's pamphlet from the same press . . .

More than three weeks later, on January 27, Monroe wrote from Richmond to Jefferson:

. . . It is surprising that only one copy of my book has yet reached this place. It wod. have been well to have had the quota intended for this place during the session. I hope Mr. Bache will still send them on, as there still remains sufficient curiosity to induce people to read them. I hear there is an attack made on it under the signature of Scipio, supposed to be Chs. Lee. I hope some one will refute him in the gazette, as it may otherwise produce an ill effect. Is he supposed to be the author with you . . ." "35250","J. 361","","","","Patriotic addresses.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 67, Patriotic Addresses to President Adams, 12mo.","[Adams, John.]","A Selection of the Patriotic Addresses, to the President of the United States. Together with The President's Answers. Presented In the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, and the Twenty-Second of the Independence of America. Boston: Printed by John W. Folsom, 1798.","E323 .S46","

First Edition. 12mo. 168 leaves in sixes (full alphabet 24 letters); list of subscribers on two leaves at the end. Dedicated by the Editor to the French Directory.

Sabin 259. Evans 33345. Cronin and Wise, 187.

Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

According to Evans the editor was William Austin. Jefferson's name is not in the list of subscribers." "35260","J. 362","","","","Letters of Curtius.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 68, Thomson's Letters of Curtius, 12mo.","Thomson, John.","The Letters of Curtius, written by the late John Thomson of Petersburg. To which is added, a Speech delivered by him in Aug. '95, on the British Treaty. To which a short sketch of his life, is prefixed . . . Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior, 1804.","E321 .T48","

Sm. 8vo. 96 leaves including 2 blanks.

Sabin 95583. Swem 5540.

Rebound in buckram in 1913 by the Library of Congress, one leaf misbound at the beginning. Originally bound for Jefferson by John March in August 1805, price .75.

Sent to Jefferson by George Hay, who wrote from Richmond on February 1, 1804:

Mr. Carr informs me, that you were acquainted with the Character, and respected the talents of the late Mr. Thomson. I therefore take the liberty, of begging your acceptance of a Copy of the new Edition of the letters of Curtius: to which is prefixed a short sketch of his life, hastily written by myself.

The way in which the parties in the dialogue are mentioned is intentionally vague. The inquisitorial power of public opinion is not so immediately felt, but is almost as formidable, as that which has been established by law in other Countries. I did not therefore think it prudent to communicate to the World, that these parties were Mahomet and Jesus Christ.

The history, to which Mr. T. intended to have devoted his time and talents, has been since undertaken, and I understand, accomplished by the present chief justice. It is not wonderful that Curtius and General Marshall should have been both, ambitious of literary fame; but it is somewhat singular, that the views of both should have been almost at the same time directed to the same object.

Viewing you, at the moment, only as the friend of literature and genius, I will offer no apology for giving you the trouble of reading this lengthy letter.

John Thomson, 1776-1799, Virginian orator and political writer, and a Jeffersonian in politics. These letters originally published in 1798, were addressed to General Marshall, and relate to the Alien and Sedition Bill and other matters. Thomson was a friend of George Hay to whom the life at the beginning is ascribed." "35270","363","","","","Communications & resolns of Virginia on the Alien & Sedition laws.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 69, as above.","","The Communications of several States, on the resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, respecting the Alien and Sedition Laws. Richmond: Printed by order of the General Assembly. [1799.]","E321 .V831","

This book was marked missing in the working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, at the time of the delivery of the books, and the entry dropped from the later catalogues. It was probably not delivered to Congress.

The Alien and Sedition Laws were enacted by Congress in 1798 because of the threatened war with France, and the desire of the Federalists to block the Jeffersonian republicans at the polls. The laws were in part repealed by Jefferson in 1802. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions against the Alien and Sedition Laws were written by Madison and Jefferson respectively." "35280","J. 364","Proceedings of the Commissioners on the British debts. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 273, as above, p. 4to.","

Five tracts bound in one volume, 4to., half calf, probably bound for Jefferson; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/660. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 660[/TBE]

Jefferson mentioned the claims in general in a letter to Edmund Pendleton (President of the Supreme Court of Appeals) in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 14, 1799:

. . . I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. the result will be that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims . . .","","1.","","","Cunningham, William, & Co.","The Claim and Answer, in the case of William Cunningham & Co. against the United States; under the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno. M,DCC,XCVIII. [1798.]","","

4to. 55 leaves including three leaves of tables printed on one side only; 3 parts in 1, the first two with continuous signatures and separate pagination, the third (Appendix) with separate signatures and pagination. On the last page is a letter to John Read, signed and dated by Charles Lee, 2d April 1798.

Sabin 17975. Evans 34906.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

The Claim is signed by Thomas Gordon, Attorney in fact for William Cunningham & Co.; the Answer by John Read, Jun. Agent-General for the United States, dated April 3d, 1798; the Appendix is a Proclamation by Patrick Henry, Junior, Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia." "35290","J. 364","Proceedings of the Commissioners on the British debts. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 273, as above, p. 4to.","

Five tracts bound in one volume, 4to., half calf, probably bound for Jefferson; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/660. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 660[/TBE]

Jefferson mentioned the claims in general in a letter to Edmund Pendleton (President of the Supreme Court of Appeals) in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 14, 1799:

. . . I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. the result will be that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims . . .","","2.","","","Cunningham, William, & Co.","The Reply of William Cunningham, & Co. to the answer of the United States to their Claim and Memorial. Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, 1798.","","

Folio. 18 leaves; signed and dated at the end by William Moore Smith, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia, May 9th, 1798.

Sabin 17976. Evans 34906 (erroneously described as the ''2nd title'' of the above tract).

Lower margins cut close, one or two corrections in ink." "35300","J. 364","Proceedings of the Commissioners on the British debts. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 273, as above, p. 4to.","

Five tracts bound in one volume, 4to., half calf, probably bound for Jefferson; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/660. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 660[/TBE]

Jefferson mentioned the claims in general in a letter to Edmund Pendleton (President of the Supreme Court of Appeals) in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 14, 1799:

. . . I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. the result will be that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims . . .","","3.","","","Dulany, Daniel.","Observations on the part of the United States, by their agent, to the reply of Daniel Dulany. Under the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Without name of place or printer [Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1798].","","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 9 and 8 leaves, separate signatures and pagination; both parts signed at the end by John Read, Jun., Agent General for the United States, April 17th and Mary 14th, respectively, 1798.

Sabin 56542. Evans 34906 (described as ''Third Title'' o the above tracts).

On the title, and where else it occurs, the phrase ''by their Agent, to the reply of'' has been changed in ink to ''By their Agent, on the reply of''; one or two other corrections occur (none by Jefferson).

For a pamphlet by Dulany see no. 3051." "35310","J. 364","Proceedings of the Commissioners on the British debts. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 273, as above, p. 4to.","

Five tracts bound in one volume, 4to., half calf, probably bound for Jefferson; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/660. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 660[/TBE]

Jefferson mentioned the claims in general in a letter to Edmund Pendleton (President of the Supreme Court of Appeals) in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 14, 1799:

. . . I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. the result will be that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims . . .","","4.","","","Inglis, Charles.","The Claim and Answer with the subsequent Proceedings, in the case of the Right Reverend Charles Inglis, against the United States; under the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken, MDCCXCIX. [1799.]","","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 56 and 20 leaves, list of errata at the end of the first part.

For a note on Charles Inglis, see no. 3115.

Sabin 34761." "35320","J. 364","Proceedings of the Commissioners on the British debts. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 273, as above, p. 4to.","

Five tracts bound in one volume, 4to., half calf, probably bound for Jefferson; later labels on the back lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets/660. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 660[/TBE]

Jefferson mentioned the claims in general in a letter to Edmund Pendleton (President of the Supreme Court of Appeals) in a letter dated from Philadelphia, February 14, 1799:

. . . I believe it is now certain that the Commissioners on the British debts can proceed together no longer. I am told that our two have prepared a long report, which will perhaps be made public. the result will be that we must recur again to negociation, to settle the principles of the British claims . . .","","5.","","","","Sundry Resolutions and Proceedings, in cases before the Board of Commissioners, for carrying into effect the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, concluded between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken, 1799.","","

4to. 62 leaves.

Sabin 93769." "35330","J. 365","","","","Thomson on the liberty & licentiousness of the press.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 283, as above.","Thomson, John.","An Enquiry, concerning the Liberty, and Licentiousness of the Press, and the uncontroulable nature of the human mind: containing an investigation of the right which Government have to controul the free expression of public opinion, addressed to the People of the U. States. By John Thomson . . . New-York: Printed by Johnson & Stryker, for the Author, 1801. (Copy-Right Secured.)","Z657 .T45","

First Edition. 8vo. 42 leaves, the Address dated from New-York, March 4th, 1801.

Sabin 95584.

Rebound in half morocco in 1909 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Originally bound for Jefferson in calf by March in October 1804, price 50 cents.

See Wood's Full Exposition, no. 3280." "35340","366","","","","Old-South by Benjamin Austin.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 286, Old South, by Benj. Austin, 8vo.","Austin, Benjamin.","Constitutional Republicanism, in opposition to Fallacious Federalism; as published occasionally in the Independent Chronicle, under the signature of Old-South. To which is added, a Prefatory Address to the Citizens of the United States, never before published. By Benjamin Austin, Jun . . . Boston: Printed for Adams & Rhoades, Editors of the Independent Chronicle, 1803.","JK2317 1803","

First Collected Edition. 8vo. 164 leaves.

Sabin 2395.

Jefferson's copy, which is not extant, was sent to him by Austin through the Secretary of War.

On June 28, 1803, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Austin:

I have to acknowledge the reciept, some time ago, of a volume from you, the papers of which I had before read as they appeared under the signature of Old South; and had read with uncommon satisfaction. a sacred devotion to the natural rights of man, and to the principles of representative government which offers the fairest chance of preserving them, with an intrepidity bidding defiance to every thing which was not reason, had already marked the author as one of the valuable advocates of human nature. it is with pleasure I offer my portion of the tribute due for your pure & disinterested exertions in the general behalf, and, with my thanks for the volume sent, I tender you the assurances of my high esteem & respect.

To this Austin replied from Boston on July 7:

Your much esteem'd Letter of the 28th ultimo, I acknowledge with every sentiment of respect.—When the Volume, of which you are pleas'd to express your approbation, was sent you, I did not feel myself at liberty to present it with an immediate communication, but requested the Honorable Secretary at War to introduce it to your notice in such a mode as He thought most agreeable . . .

As you have been pleas'd to read the publications of Old South, I should feel myself under equal obligations, if you would peruse the Examiner in the Chronicle . . .

The articles contain numerous references to Jefferson and his administration. No. XIII to XVI, pages 58 to 74, are addressed To the Author of ''The Jeffersoniad,'' in the Centinel; no. XXV, To those whom it may concern, is in defense of Jefferson against the calumnies of the Essex junto; no. XXX is on President Jefferson's speech; no. XXXII, XXXIII, XXXVII, are largely concerned with Jefferson, and references to him occur in several other numbers." "35350","367","Relations with France & England. 1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 294, British Negociations 1808, 8vo.","","","i.","","","[Madison, James.]","Letters from the Secretary of State to Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, on subjects committed to their joint negotiation; with their communications to the Secretary of State. Part III. Accompanying a message from the president of the United States, received on the 22d of March, 1808. March 23, 1808. Printed by order of the house of representatives. Washington City: A. & G. Way, Printers. 1808.","AC901 .B3 Vol. 35","

8vo. 113 leaves.

Sabin 43713.

James Monroe and William Pinkney were at this time Ministers extraordinary and plenipotentiary representing the United States in London." "35360","367","Relations with France & England. 1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 294, British Negociations 1808, 8vo.","","","ii.","","","Madison, James.","Extract of a Letter from the Secretary of State, to Mr. Monroe, relative to Impressments. Accompanying a message from the president of the United States, received the 17th January, 1806, and referred to Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Crowninshield, Mr. Marion, Mr. Tallmadge, Mr. Wynns, Mr. Garnett, and Mr. Dickson. 29th January, 1806, Committee above named discharged, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on the state of the union. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers. 1806.","E357 .2 .U56","

8vo. 6 leaves.

Sabin 43713. Cronin and Wise, no. 12." "35370","367","Relations with France & England. 1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 294, British Negociations 1808, 8vo.","","","iii.","","","Monroe, James.","Correspondence in relation to the British Treaty of 1806. Washington, 1808.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 50016. Cronin and Wise, no. 10." "35380","J. 368","","","","Allen's case of the Olive Branch.","","2d. v. 8vo. [in chapter 21].","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 298a, Capture of Olive Branch, 8vo.","Allen, Ira.","Particulars of the Capture of the Ship Olive Branch, laden with a cargo of Cannon and Arms, the property of Major General Ira Allen, destined for supplying the Militia of Vermont, and captured by his Britannic Majesty's ship of war Audacious; together with the proceedings and evidence before the high Court of Admiralty and Appeal, in Great Britain, and an account of his imprisonment in France, and persecutions by a conspiracy of the two Hemispheres: With an Appendix, proposing a ship canal, from Lake Champlain, to the River St. Lawrence . . . . . . The Evacuation of Ticonderoga, and Events of the War in 1777 . . . . . . Truce in 1780, to the end of the War . . . . . . and a Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity, from 1775 to 1778. By Ira Allen, of Vermont, The Claimant in this cause. Volume II. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1805. [Copy Right Secured.]","F53 .A44","

First Edition. 8vo. 292 leaves, including one blank. On sig. 3N4 (page [471]) is the title, with 1799 imprint for A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity; continuous signatures and pagination.

Sabin 821. Gilman, page 8.

Rebound in half red morocco, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

This book was placed by Jefferson in chapter 21, Maritime Law, but transferred in the 1815 Catalogue to chapter 24.

Ira Allen, 1751-1814, Vermont political leader, was a brother of Ethan Allen. The first volume, of which this contains a résumé, was published in 1798." "35390","?J. 369","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 298b, Olive Branch, 8vo.","[Carey, Mathew.]","The Olive Branch: or Faults on both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious appeal on the necessity of mutual forgiveness and harmony, to save our common Country from ruin. Second edition improved and enlarged . . . Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey, Jan. 9, 1815.","E357 .C27 1815","

12mo. 174 leaves in sixes.

Sabin 10877.

The copy of this book in the Library of Congress no. 298b as above, is inscribed on the title-page by the author to the United States Senate. It seems improbable therefore that it was part of the Jefferson collection. The book is in a Milligan binding, and has the 1815 bookplate, though with a b number as shown above, leading to the supposition that it was presented to the Library of Congress during the time of the printing of the catalogue.

Jefferson received a copy from Mathew Carey soon after its publication, that is after the sale of his library to Congress but before its delivery. On February 9, 1815, he wrote to Carey from Monticello:

I thank you for the copy of the Olive branch you have been so kind as to send me. many extracts from it which I had seen in the newspapers had excited a wish to procure it, but the effecting this had been prevented by the difficulty of making small or fractional remittances to Philadelphia and especially since the bank bills of the different states have ceased to be recievable in all others. a cursory view over the work has confirmed the expectation excited by the extracts, that it will do great good. faults have doubtless been committed on both sides, and most, probably, by those who have the oftenest been obliged to decide which branch of a dilemma should be pursued. a more serious perusal of the book which I shall immediately undertake will, I doubt not, confirm the good opinion formed of it . . .

Numerous references are made throughout the work to Jefferson and his administration. A passage of 7 pages (31-38) is headed Of the errors of Mr. Jefferson's Administration.

On pages 172 and 173 are quoted extracts from letters from Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney, the minister plenipotentiary from the United States at London. These are dated respectively June 11, October 12, and November 6, 1792. Jefferson's autograph letterpress copies of the originals, in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, show the printed versions to have been edited and supplied with italics not used by Jefferson.

In October 1815 Carey sent Jefferson a copy of the sixth edition. In his letter of acknowledgment, dated October 13, Jefferson drew Carey's attention to

a circumstance in your Appendix which may be worthy of correction in the new edition proposed. in page 400. the introduction of the conscription into France is ascribed to Bonaparte. this however is not correct. it was instituted there by the republican government before Bonaparte's name was known . . .

Mathew Carey, 1760-1839, author, publisher, book dealer and economist, was born in Dublin. Before coming to America in 1784, for political reasons, Carey worked at Franklin's printing press at Passy. The Olive Branch, originally published in 1814 and frequently reprinted, was an effort to unite the Federalist and Republican parties." "35400","370","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 331, Blodget's Statistical Manual for the U. S. of America, 8vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 564. no. 361, Blodget, Samuel: Economica: a Statistical Manual for the United States, 8vo; City of Washington, 1806.","[Blodget, Samuel.]","Economica: A statistical manual for the United States of America . . . City of Washington: Printed for the Author, 1806.","E331 .B65","

First Edition. 8vo. 112 leaves, Appendix on 7 leaves with separate pagination; statistical tables printed on the verso of the leaves only, rectos blank; the postscript to the Note to the Subscribers (signed by Samuel Blodget, Junior) explains that the blanks are left to be filled with a pen with the result of future years.

Sabin 5956. Bryan, page 20.

Several references to Jefferson occur in the text, listed incompletely in the Index at the beginning.

For another work by Blodget and an account of him see no. 3254." "35410","J. 371","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 72, Do. [Constitution of the State] of Tennessee, 12mo.","[Smith, Daniel.]","A Short Description of the State of Tennessee, lately called the Territory of the United States, south of the River Ohio. To which is prefixed, the Constitution of that State. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, No. 118, Market-street, by Lang and Ustick, Sept. 20, 1796.","F436 .S64","

12mo. 22 leaves: A-C8, B4. Sig. A and B contain the Constitution of the State of Tennessee, and are followed by the Short Description.

Sabin 82422. Evans 31200.

Original boards, now enclosed in buckram covers; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Daniel Smith, 1748-1818, was a native of Stafford County, Virginia, and was at times in correspondence with Jefferson. He made the first map of Tennessee and in 1796 was a member of the convention which drew up the first constitution of that state." "35420","J. 372","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 13, Heston's Moral and Political Truth, 12mo.","Heston, Jacob Franklin.","Moral & Political Truth; or reflections suggested by reading history and biography. By Jacob Franklin Heston . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1811.","PS1924 .H35","

First Edition. 12mo. 202 leaves. In verse. The text ends on the verso of M5, page 130, the rest of the book being taken up with the Appendix in prose; list of the errata at the end.

Sabin 31618. Wegelin 987.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress in 1930. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Dedicated to Jefferson. Sent to him by the author, to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on January 29, 1812:

I recieved from you, not long since, a small volume on Moral & Political truth, for which be pleased to accept my thanks, but especially for the favorable opinions expressed towards myself in the dedication. so far as intentions faithfully directed to the public good may have merited approbation, I feel conscious that I have just claim to it. of all beyond that I have no right to judge. it were much to be wished that the objects of poetry had generally been as praiseworthy as yours. had the Muses, instead of singing battles & bloodshed, & thus nourishing in weak, but ardent minds a thirst for murderous fame, employed their fascinations in praise of probity, benevolence, moral virtues generally, & the freedom of man, millions of human lives would have been preserved, and an ambition kindled to excel in virtue, as now in arms." "35430","J. 373","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 371, Della Necessita di Reformare la Legislazione, dal Antonio, 4to.","Antonio, Laurenzi Luigi.","Della Necessita di Riformare la Legislazione. Prolusione Recitata in Lucca nella Gran Sala dell' Universita' il dì 28. Gennajo dell' anno 1804. Dal Citt. Avv. Laurenzi Luigi Antonio nuovo Professore di Diritto Civile e Municipale . . . Filadelfia: Dalla Tipografia Klert, 1804.","JC237 .L3","

4to. 10 leaves, the last a blank.

Original Italian marbled green calf, gilt, red label on the back lettered Antonio/Neces-/sita/di/Refor-/mare./ Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Dedicated all' Amico degli uomini Tommaso Jefferson Presidente degli Stati Uniti d' America.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, through Thomas Appleton, the consul at Leghorn, who wrote to Jefferson from that city on August 8, 1805:

. . . By the first vessel bound to Baltimore, or Philadelphia, I shall send a small box containing some pamphlets on legislation, by Sigr. Laurenzi Luigi Antonio of Lucca, who has requested my attention to it; as it seems, it is to you Sir, he has dedicated this little work . . ." "35440","J. 1","","","","Montefiore's Commercial dictionary. American edñ.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 335, Montefiore's Commercial Dictionary, 3 v 8vo.","Montefiore, Joshua.","A Commercial Dictionary: containing the present state of Mercantile Law, Practice and Custom. By Joshua Montefiore, Author of Commercial Precedents, &c. &c. &c. The First American Edition: with very considerable additions relative to the laws, usages, and practice of the United States. In three volumes. Volume I [-III]. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1804.","HF1001.M75","

[TBE]In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue in the Massachusetts Historical Society, used for this compilation, the following books were headed by Jefferson Chap. 25. Commerce. In the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue the books form part of chapter 24, which was probably the arrangement in Jefferson's later manuscript catalogue, now lost, from which the sale to Congress was based. This theory is supported by the fact that shelfmarks in Jefferson's handwriting in books from later chapters show the same arrangement as the Library of Congress catalogue, which from this point differs increasingly from the Massachusetts Historical Society manuscript.[/TBE]

8vo. 3 vol. 284, 242 and 240 leaves; publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume; list of subscribers in vol. I.

Sabin 50100. This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in vol. I. Initialled by Jefferson in the first sheet in each volume. The sheets are designated by numerals in vol. I and III, the first sheet is unnumbered, and in each case Jefferson has inserted the signature 1 with his initial T before it. In vol. II the sheet is numbered and Jefferson's initial T is on sig. 1." "33450","J. 2","","","","Anderson's history of commerce. with Coombe's continuañ.","","6 v. 8vo. Dublin.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 336, Anderson's history of Commerce, with Coombe's Continuation, 6 v 8vo.","Anderson, Adam.","Anderson's historical and chronological deduction of the origin of commerce, from the earliest accounts. Containing an history of the great commercial interests of the British Empire. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, exhibiting a view of the ancient and modern state of Europe; of the importance of our Colonies; and of the commerce, shipping, manufactures, fisheries, &c. of Great-Britain and Ireland; and their influence on the landed interest. With an Appendix, containing the modern politico-commercial geography of the several countries of Europe. Carefully revised, corrected, and continued to the Year 1789, By Mr. Coombe. In six volumes. Vol. I[-VI]. Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne, M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","HF3504 .A55","

6 vol. 8vo. According to Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue Jefferson's copy was complete in six volumes. Only the last volume is now in the Jefferson library.

This edition not in McCulloch and not in Palgrave.

Contemporary tree calf; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Adam Anderson, 1692-1765, a native of Scotland, was a clerk in the South Sea House for forty years. The first edition of this work was published in London, 1764, 2 vol. folio.

William Coombe, 1741-1823, is better known as the author of Doctor Syntax." "35460","J. 3","","","","Smith's enquiry into the causes of the wealth of nations.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 320, as above.","Smith, Adam.","An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: one of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. The third edition, with additions, in three volumes. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","HB161 .S6 1784","

8vo. 3 vol. 254, 265 and 261 leaves, advertisement on the last page.

Lowndes V, 2417. Sabin 82304. McCulloch, page 11 (not this edition). Seligmann, page 112.

Half red morocco; some leaves waterstained. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On May 30, 1790, in a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph recommending books for the study of law, Jefferson wrote:

. . . in political oeconomy I think Smith's wealth of nations the best book extant . . .

Seventeen years later, on June 11, 1807, in a letter recommending books to John Norvell, Jefferson wrote:

. . . if your views of political enquiry go further to the subjects of money & commerce, Smith's wealth of nations is the best book to be read, unless Say's Political economy can be had, which treats the same subjects on the same principles, but in a shorter compass & more lucid manner . . .

In Jefferson's Prospectus for Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, sent to Milligan for printing on April 6, 1816, one paragraph read:

Adam Smith, first in England, published a rational and systematic work on Political economy, adopting generally the ground of the Economists, but differing on the subjects before specified. the system being novel, much argument and detail seemed then necessary to establish principles which now are assented to as soon as proposed. hence his book, admitted to be able, and of the first degree of merit, has yet been considered as prolix & tedious.

Jefferson made considerable use of Smith's work, and frequently quoted from it, on the subject of banks and paper money. A long letter to John W. Eppes on this subject, written from Monticello on November 6, 1813, contains numerous quotations from this book and comments on them.

Adam Smith, 1723-1790, Scottish economist, was educated at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1763 he was appointed tutor to the Duke of Buccleugh whom he accompanied to France and made the friendship of Quesnay, Helvétius, Turgot, the Abbé Morellet and others. The first edition of the Wealth of Nations appeared in 1776." "35470","J. 4","","","","Traité d'economie politique par Say.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 322, as above.","Say, Jean-Baptiste.","Traité d'Economie Politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses. Par Jean-Batiste Say, Membre du Tribunat. Tome I [-II]. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville, An XI-1803.","HB163 .S24","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 289 and 288 leaves, the blank leaf c8 in volume I cut away.

Quérard VII, 502. McCulloch, page 21.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, leather labels on the backs, marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks, by March or Milligan. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent by the author to Jefferson from Paris immediately after publication. The covering letter is undated, but was received by Jefferson on November 3, 1803:

Daignez recevoir l'hommage que je vous fais de mon Traité d'Economie politique, comme une marque de la haute considération que j'ai pour vos qualités personnelles et pour les principes que vous professez. Puissiez-vous y reconnaître quelques traces de cet amour celairé de l'humanité et de la liberté qui vous rend si recommandable aux yeux des hommes qui pensent bien . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on February 1, 1804:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your obliging letter, and with it of two very interesting volumes on Political economy. these found me engaged in giving the leisure moments I rarely find to the perusal of Malthus's work on population, a work of sound logic, in which some of the opinions of Adam Smith, as well as of the economists, are ably examined. I was pleased, on turning to some chapters where you treat the same questions, to find his opinions corroborated by yours. I shall proceed to the reading of your work with great pleasure . . .

In his correspondence Jefferson referred to Say on more than one occasion as the author of the best work on political economy and the author of the ablest work which has ever been written on Political Economy.

On April 4, 1813, he wrote to William Duane:

. . . I have never seen the work on Political economy of which you speak. Say, and Tracy contain the sum of that science, as far as it has been soundly traced in my judgment. and it is a pity that Say's work should not, as well as Tracy's, be made known to our country men by a good translation. it would supplant Smith's book altogether, because shorter, clearer, and sounder . . .

Jefferson lent his copy to various people, and on January 31, 1814, wrote to Joseph C. Cabell:

Your favor of the 23d is recieved. Say had come to hand safely. but I regretted having asked the return of him, for I did not find in him one new idea on the subject I had been contemplating; nothing more than a succinct, judicious digest of the tedious pages of Smith . . .

It was Cabell who contemplated a translation of Say's work and Jefferson wrote to him on February 28, 1816:

You enquire whether Say has ever been translated into English? I am certain he never has in America, nor do I believe he has in England. I have never seen his work named in their catalogues or advertisements nor do I believe it has been noticed by the Edinburgh reviewers. nor have they noticed the Review of Montesquieu, altho Duane sent them a copy. you will render this country a great service in translating it; for there is no branch of science of which our countrymen seem so ignorant as Political economy, the bulk & prolixity of Smith forbid venturing on him. I salute you always with affection.

In 1814 Say sent Jefferson a copy of the second edition published under the sauve garde of the Emperor of Russia. This copy was sold at the auction of 1829 and is now in the University of Virginia.

Jean Baptiste Say, 1767-1832, French economist, was for a time secretary to Clavière, who first drew his attention to Smith's Wealth of Nations. He was one of the hundred members of the tribunate, but resigned in 1804, and established a cotton mill, which in 1814 he contemplated removing to Virginia. He corresponded with Jefferson as to this, who consulted Joseph Correa de Serra. In his letter written to the latter on December 27, 1814, Jefferson added:

Mr. Say will be surprised to find that 40. years after the developement of sound financial principles by Adam Smith and the Economists, and a dozen years after he has given them to us in a corrected, dense & lucid form, there should be so much ignorance of them in our country; that instead of funding issues of paper on the hypothecation of specific redeeming taxes, (the only method of anticipating, in a time of war, the resources of times of peace, tested by the experience of nations,) we are trusting to tricks of jugglers on the cards, to the illusions of banking schemes for the resources of the war, and for the cure of colic to inflations of more wind . . .

Say gave up this project and remained in France, where he held several positions including that of professor of political economy at the Collège de France." "35480","J. 5","","","","New & Old principles of trade compared.","","8vo. [supposd. by Vaughan.","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 321, New and old principles of trade compared, by Vaughan, 8vo.","[Vaughan, William.]","New and old principles of trade compared; or a treatise on the principles of commerce between nations; with an Appendix . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson, and J. Debrett, M DCC LXXXVIII. [1788.]","HF2044 .N5","

First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves including the half-title and a leaf of errata; folded table.

Not in Halkett and Laing.

Original sheep. Not initialled by Jefferson; by Wm. Vaughan written in ink on the title, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This is probably the ''little work'' referred to by Benjamin Vaughan in his letter to Jefferson written from London on June 6, 1788:

. . . I have the pleasure to send you Lavater's Aphorisms & a little work upon Commerce . . .

For a note on William Vaughan, the brother of Benjamin Vaughan, see no. 1231." "35490","J. 6","Tracts on commerce. viz. On Commerce & Luxury. Discours sur l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit et les moeurs. Dupont lettre Physiocratique. Principles of trade. the notes by Dr. Franklin.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 319, Tracts on Commerce, Dupont, &c. Notes, by Dr. Franklin, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo. half-binding, with labels on the back lettered: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 2./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF345 .C62 Vol. 2[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts, as below. The tracts are serially numbered in ink on the titles or first pages.

Two of the tracts were presented to Jefferson by Benjamin Franklin.","On commerce & Luxury.","i.","","","","Of Commerce and Luxury . . . Philadelphia: Printed, from the London edition, by T. Lang, M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

28 leaves; original fly-leaf at the beginning and the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Evans 23648.

Uncut; on the fly-leaf is written: Presented to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State by his obedient humble Servant The Printer.

Attributed to Noah U. Norton." "35500","J. 6","Tracts on commerce. viz. On Commerce & Luxury. Discours sur l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit et les moeurs. Dupont lettre Physiocratique. Principles of trade. the notes by Dr. Franklin.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 319, Tracts on Commerce, Dupont, &c. Notes, by Dr. Franklin, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo. half-binding, with labels on the back lettered: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 2./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF345 .C62 Vol. 2[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts, as below. The tracts are serially numbered in ink on the titles or first pages.

Two of the tracts were presented to Jefferson by Benjamin Franklin.","Discours sur l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit et les moeurs.","ii.","","","[Liquier, André.]","Discours qui a remporté le Prix de l'Académie de Marseille, en 1777, sur cette question: Quelle a été dans tous les temps l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit & les moeurs des peuples? . . . A Amsterdam: et se trouve à Paris, Chez Demonville. Et à Marseille, Chez Mossy, M. DCC. LXXVII. [1777.]","","

First Edition. 38 leaves, the last a blank.

Barbier I, 1030. Quérard V, 322.

Uncut.

André Liquier, a merchant of Marseilles, became a member of the ''Assemblée constituante''. A refutation of this discourse was published by Chrétien Le Roy in 1779." "35510","J. 6","Tracts on commerce. viz. On Commerce & Luxury. Discours sur l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit et les moeurs. Dupont lettre Physiocratique. Principles of trade. the notes by Dr. Franklin.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 319, Tracts on Commerce, Dupont, &c. Notes, by Dr. Franklin, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo. half-binding, with labels on the back lettered: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 2./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF345 .C62 Vol. 2[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts, as below. The tracts are serially numbered in ink on the titles or first pages.

Two of the tracts were presented to Jefferson by Benjamin Franklin.","lettre Physiocratique de Du Pont. (Title wanting.)","iii.","","","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","A Messieurs de la Societé d'Emulation de Londres. [Paris, 1767.]","","

22 leaves only; begins on sig. B with the caption title as above; signed and dated at the end: Du Pont. De Versailles, le 4 Fevrier, 1767; four lines of Errata at the end.

The gift of Benjamin Franklin to Jefferson, who has written on the first page: The gift of Doctr. B. [Franklin to Th: Jefferson.] The portion of the inscription shown in brackets has been torn away.

It seems probable that the piece had lost its title-page before Jefferson acquired it as his inscription is written on the first page, which also has the binder's number 3 in ink." "35520","J. 6","Tracts on commerce. viz. On Commerce & Luxury. Discours sur l'influence du commerce sur l'esprit et les moeurs. Dupont lettre Physiocratique. Principles of trade. the notes by Dr. Franklin.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 319, Tracts on Commerce, Dupont, &c. Notes, by Dr. Franklin, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo. half-binding, with labels on the back lettered: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 2./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF345 .C62 Vol. 2[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts, as below. The tracts are serially numbered in ink on the titles or first pages.

Two of the tracts were presented to Jefferson by Benjamin Franklin.","Principles of trade. the Notes by Dr. Franklin.","iv.","","","[Whately, George.]","Principles of Trade. Fredom and protection are its best suport; industry, the only means to render manufactures cheap. Of coins; exchange; and bountys; particularly the bounty on corn. By a Well-Wisher to his King and Country. With an Apendix. Containing reflections on gold, silver, and paper pasing as mony. The second edition corected and enlarg'd . . . London: Printed for Brotherton and Sewell, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

4to. 34 leaves only; 7 leaves at the end for the Appendix (title lacking), with separate signatures and pagination. The dedication dated March 1774.

Halkett and Laing IV, 431. Ford 320. Stevens 78.

The gift of Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jefferson who has written on the title-page: The gift of Doctr. B. Franklin to Th: Jeffers[on], and at the foot of page 2: notes marked B. F. are Doctr. Franklin's. Jefferson himself has marked the passages (printed in italics) by Franklin, and has written the initials B. F. beside them in the margins (some cut off by the binder).

George Whately, d. 1791, English economist, first published this work in 1765, with the title Laws and Policy of England, relating to Trade. Franklin and Whately entered into correspondence on the subject, and to this second edition, 1774, also published anonymously, Franklin's notes were printed with Whately's consent.

In this copy these notes are so marked by Jefferson; in another copy in the Library of Congress from the library of William Vaughan, the latter has written on the fly-leaf: The Notes by Franklin. The information given by Sewell [i. e. the publisher of the book] to W. V." "35530","J. 7","","","","Claims of literature by David Williams.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 108, Williams's Claims of Literature, 8vo.","[Williams, David.]","Claims of Literature: the origin, motives, objects, and transactions, of the Society for the Establishment of a Literary Fund. London: Printed for William Miller, Bookseller to the Society, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1802.","PN22 .R55","

First Edition. 8vo. 143 leaves, printed on thick paper, list of subscribers at the end.

Lowndes V, 2930. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Straight grain English red morocco, gilt ornaments on the back, silk bookmark, g. e., probably a presentation binding; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The author's name written in ink on the title-page, not by Jefferson; a word of text supplied in ink on page 88. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the fly-leaf is written: To Thomas Jefferson President of the States of America from the Founder, David Williams.

On November 14, 1803, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Williams:

I have duly recieved the volume on the Claims of literature which you did me the favor to send me through m[???] Monroe, & have read with satisfaction the many judicious reflections it contains on the condition of the respectable class of literary men. the efforts for their relief, made by a society of private citizens, are truly laudible; but they are, as you justly observe, but a palliation of an evil, the cure of which calls for all the wisdom & the means of the nation . . .

David Williams, 1738-1816, founder of the Royal Literary Fund, was born in Glamorganshire. He was a friend of Benjamin Franklin, who visited him at his home, and was a member of a club formed at Chelsea by Williams, Thomas Bentley and James Stuart. Franklin helped Williams in the compilation of his Liturgy on the Universal Principles of Religion and Morality. The Royal Literary Fund, formed to give aid to distressed men of talent, is still in existence." "35540","8","","","","Ld. Lauderdale on public wealth.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 324, Lauderdale on the nature and origin of public wealth, 8vo.","Maitland, James, Earl of Lauderdale.","An Inquiry into the nature and origin of public wealth, and into the means and causes of its increase. By the Earl of Lauderdale. Edinburgh: A. Constable & Co. London: T. N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 246 leaves, folded table. No copy was seen for collation.

Palgrave II, 574.

Purchased by Jefferson during the year 1804, included in a list in his handwriting of books bought in that year.

James Maitland, Eighth Earl of Lauderdale, 1759-1830, succeeded to his Scottish peerage in 1787, and was one of the managers of Warren Hastings' impeachment. This work was several times reprinted and was translated into French." "35550","9","","","","Steuart's political oeconomy.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 397, Stewart's Political Economy, 2 v 4to.","Denham, Sir James Steuart.","An Inquiry into the principles of Political Oeconomy: being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxes. By Sir James Steuart, Bart . . . In two volumes. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for A. Millar, and T. Cadell, MDCCLXVII. [1767.]","HB151 .S7","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 334 and 338 leaves, folded table in each volume, list of errata at the end.

Lowndes V, 2511. McCulloch, page 11.

Sir James Steuart, 1712-1780, Scottish political economist, took the surname Denham in 1773 on inheriting property. He had previously spent much time in exile as an adherent of the Stuarts. According to McCulloch this is the first English work on political economy which has ''any pretensions to be considered as a systematic or complete view of the subject.''" "35560","J. 10","","","","Meditazione sulla oeconomia politica dal Beccaria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 312, as above.","[Verri, Pietro.]","Meditazioni sulla Economia Politica. Genova: Presso Ivone Gravier, Nella Stamperia di Adamo Scionico, MDCCLXXI. Con licenza de' Sup. [1771.]","HB157 .V55","

First Edition. 8vo. 83 leaves, publisher's advertisements on the last leaf.

Seligman XV, 239. McCulloch, page 26.

Contemporary calf, gilt, label on the back lettered Becc/ Oeco/Poli. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the title is written in ink dal Beccaria, presumably before Jefferson acquired the book, and accounting for his entry as above, and for a number of ghosts in the early Library of Congress catalogues.

Conte Pietro Verri, 1728-1797, Italian economist. This work went through six or seven editions within two years of its publication." "35570","J. 11","","","","Foronda de la economia politica. Foronda Miscellanea.","","3. v. 8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 323, as above (Jefferson's first entry only).","Foronda, Valentin de.","Cartas sobre los asuntos mas exquisitos de la economía-política, y sobre las leyes criminales: escritas por Don Valentin de Foronda, de la Real Academia de Ciencias y bellas artes de Burdeos . . . Tomo primero [-segundo]. Madrid. MDCCLXXXIX. [-MDCCXCIV.] En la imprenta de Manuel Gonzales. Con las licencias necesarias. [1789, 1794.]","HB169 .F72","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 128 and 116 leaves: A-R8, S2; A-O8, P4, list of errata on the last leaf.

This edition not in Palgrave, not in Palau, and not in Colmeiro (1 vol., 1794 only).

Miscelanea, ó coleccion de varios discursos. Por D. Valentin de Foronda. Segunda edicion. Con licencia: Madrid: En la imprenta de Manuel Gonzalez, MDCCXCIII. [1793.] [TBE]HB169 .F75 1793[/TBE]

8vo. 114 leaves: []4, A-Z, AA-DD4, []2, the last leaf folded, with the Indice.

Palau III, 2364. This edition not in Colmeiro.

The three volumes bound in contemporary crushed red morocco, gilt borders on the sides, gilt backs, tooled to different designs on the three volumes, labels on the back lettered Foronda/Economia/Politica/, and the volume number, Tom: I, II, III; silk bookmarks, volume I with silk linings, volume II and III with marbled paper end leaves, g. e.; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Other works by Foronda appear in this catalogue." "35580","J. 12","","","","Provedimenti annonarj dal Fabbroni.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 325, as above.","[Fabbroni, Giovanni.]","Dei Provvedimenti Annonarj. In Firenze MDCCCIV. Nella Stamperìa Reale. Con Approvazione. [1804.]","HC307 .T9F2","

First Edition. 8vo. 242 leaves, folded table; the text ends on f.212 (page 323) and is followed by the Appendice. The dedication to Il signor Conte Odoardo Salvatico is signed Giovanni Fabbroni.

Calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, bound for Jefferson by March in August 1805 (price $1.00). Initialled by Jefferson at f.1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Palgrave II, page 3.

Fabbroni wrote to Jefferson from Florence on October 1, 1804, and sent him a copy of the book:

Mi serva di pretesto a richiamare alla vostra memoria il nome oscuro di un Uomo che vi venera, e ammira, La presentazione del Tributo ch'io vi offro nel quì annesso Libro. Troverete in questo mio patriottico lavoro che sono occorsi, sventuratamente, non pochi errori Tipografici; ma vi troverete anco non poche notizie statistiche della mia Patria, dalle quali chi tanto degnamente presiede alla più interessante tralle Nazioni può forse raccogliere qualche diletto . . .

This title is the first entered by Jefferson in his list of books acquired (from other sources than Reibelt) in 1804.

On March 15, 1805, Fabbroni again sent a copy:

. . . J'ose vous rappeller aujourdhui mes sentimens, qui sont ceux de la reconnaissance la plus vive, de la veneration la plus exaltée en prenant la liberté de vous faire hommage d'un livre qui peut en quelque sorte vous interesser, parce qu'il offre une partie de la Statistique de ce Païs. Son titre est Dei Provvedimenti Annonarj—Je le remet avec cette Lettre a Mr Appleton Consul des Etats Unis à Livourne, pour vous le faire passer.

In his letter to Jefferson of March 22 from Leghorn, Thomas Appleton wrote:

. . . I have this moment receiv'd from Mr. fabbroni the inclosed book and letter which he desires I would transmit to you . . .

Jefferson replied to Fabbroni on April 30, 1806:

It is now some time since I recieved through the channel of m[???] Appleton, our Consul at Leghorn, your letter of May [sic] 15. and your book Dei provvedimenti Annonarj for which I pray you to accept my thanks. the subject of the latter is among the most interesting to man; it is luminously treated, & cannot fail to have effect when the state of the world shall leave legislators the necessary leisure to attend to the amelioration of the condition of those committed to their charge. but during the heavy afflictions under which Europe has for some time suffered, it is not to be wondered at, if the correction of those antient errors & abuses, which philosophy has so clearly exposed, should give place to evils more pressing & which engross all the attention of governments. wars, volcanos, famine & disease, have in different portions of that country been committing their combined ravages on the race of man. we are happy in our distance from the scenes of so much trouble. war, volcanoes, famine, are unknown to us . . .

From the above it would seem that Jefferson must have had two copies. Only one is entered in his catalogue, and was sold to Congress in 1815.

Other works of Giovanni Fabbroni, 1752-1822, Italian savant, appear in this catalogue. Dei provvedimenti annonarj was written to advocate free trade in corn." "35590","J. 13","","","","Il Colbertismo dal Mengotti.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 311, as above.","Mengotti, Francesco.","Il Colbertismo Dissertazione coronata dalla reala società economica Fiorentina Li 13 Giugno 1792. Di Francesco Mengotti socio delle reali Accademie de'Georgofili de Firenze, e delle Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti di Padova. Edizione Seconda Riveduta dall'Autore. In Venezia: MDCCXCII. Presso Tommaso Bettinelli. Con Approvazione, e Privilegio. [1792.]","HB105 .C6 M5","

8vo. 68 leaves.

McCulloch, page 64 (not this edition).

Old half calf. Not marked by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This and the next following entry were sent to Jefferson by Reibelt who wrote from Baltimore on October 15, 1805:

. . . 4) Je vous prie de regarder les deux Mengotti, qui sortent de ma petite bibliotheque—comme faisant partie de votre Grande. (:Les Ouvrages de set auteur sont extrement rares:)—et 5) de me les preter (:a son tems :) . . . pour le Professeur Girardin . . .

Jefferson replied on October 19:

. . . Mengotti is accepted thankfully, and now returned for the purpose you desired . . .

Conte Francesco Mengotti, 1749-1830, Italian economist and lawyer. The first edition of this work was published in Firenze in the same year. ''By Colbertism Mengotti means the mercantile system of policy of which he is a strenuous opponent.''" "35600","","","","","","","","","","Statistica Economico-Normale. Illustrata con una Prefazione. Valenza 1805. Con Approvazione.","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

4to. 20 leaves, the last a blank. The Prefazione is signed G. P.

Not in Manzi. Not in McCulloch." "35610","J. 14","","","","Commercio de'Romani dal Mengotti.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 402, as above.","Mengotti, Francesco.","Del Commercio de' Romani Dalla prima Guerra Punica a Costantino Dissertazione coronata dall' Accademia Reale delle Iscrizioni e Belle Lettere di Parigi LI XIV. Novembre MDCCLXXXVI. Di Francesco Mengotti dell' Accademia delle Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti di Padova Traduzione dal Francese. Padova MDCCLXXXVII. Nella Stamperia del Seminario. Con Licenze de' Superiori. [1787.]","HF377 .M5","

4to. 60 leaves in fours, the last a blank; engraved numisatic vignette by Scattaglia on the title-page.

Old half calf, pink silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. McCulloch, page 64.

A gift from Reibelt—see the previous entry." "35620","","","","","","","","","Charpentier de Cossigny, Joseph François.","Observations sur le Manuel du Commerce des Indes Orientales, et de la Chine. Par J. F. Charpentier Cossigny, Ex-Ingénieur, Membre honoraire de la Société asiatique de Calcutta, Membre de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de la Seine, et de celle Académique des Sciences; Associé de la Société littéraire des Arts de Batavia; de celles d'Agriculture de Besançon et de Douay, et de celle d'Emulation de l'Ile de France; Correspondant de l'Institut National de France. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Gagnard, Juin 1808.","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 4to. 38 leaves including the half-title, list of errata, and printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard II, 140.

For other works by Charpentier de Cossigny see the Index.

Le Manuel du Commerce par P. Blancard was first published in Paris in 1803, in folio." "35630","15","","","","Discourse on trade & coins","","p. 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 78, as above.","Pollexfen, John.","A Discourse of Trade, Coyn, and Paper Credit: and of Ways and Means to gain, and retain Riches. To which is added the Argument of a Learned Counsel, upon an action of the Case brought by the East-India-Company against Mr Sands an Interloper. London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1697.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 88 and 40 leaves, with separate titles, signatures and pagination, the title for the Argument dated 1696. No copy was seen for collation.

Hazlitt III, 198. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 959. John Pollexfen, fl. 1697, English economic writer, was a member of the committee of trade and plantations in 1675 and of the board of trade from 1696-1705.

The author of the Argument of a Learned Counsel was John Pollexfen's brother, Sir Henry Pollexfen, who was counsel for Sandys when sued for infringing the monopoly of the East Indian Company." "35640","J. 16","","","","Pettus on trade.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 79, as above.","P[ollexfen], J[ohn].","Of Trade 1. In General. 2. In Particular. 3. Domestick. 4. Foreign. 5. The East-India. 6. The African. 7. The Turky. 8. The Spanish. 9. The Hamburgh. 10. The Portugal. 11. The Italian. 12. The Dutch. 13. The Russia. 14. The Greenland. 15. The Swedeland. 16. The Denmark. 17. The Irish. 18. The Scotland. 19. The Plantation. 20. The French, &c. Also, Of Coyn. Bullion. Of Improving our Woollen Manufacture. To prevent Exporting Wooll. Of Ways and Means to Increase our Riches, &c. By J. P. Esq; To which is annex'd, The Argument of the Late Lord Chief Justice Pollexphen, upon an Action of the Case, brought by the East-India Company against Mr. Sands an Interloper. London: Printed for John Baker, 1700.","HF3505 .4 .P51","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 88 and 40 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination, title for The Argument of a Learned Counsel, with Aylmer's 1696 imprint, and 3 pages of books printed for B. Aylmer at the end; list of errata to Of Trade on A4 verso. The running headlines for the first part read: A Discourse of/Trade and Coyn.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Not in McCulloch. Palgrave III, page 150.

Calf, a red leather label on the back lettered in gold: Pettus/on Trade./Pollefen's/Arguments/. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Beside the author's initials in the title is written in ink J. Pettus (not by Jefferson). The autograph signature of John Wayles in pencil at the head of the title.

The erroneous attribution to Sir John Pettus was made apparently before the book came into the hands of Jefferson." "35650","J. 17","","","","Gee on trade.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 80. as above.","Gee, Joshua.","The Trade and navigation of Great-Britain Considered . . . By Joshua Gee. A new edition, with many interesting notes, and additions. By a Merchant. Glasgow: Printed for Robert Urie, MDCCLXVII. [1767.]","HF3505 .6 .G3","

12mo. 137 leaves (this copy lacks A1, probably blank). Urie's advertisement on the last page.

Lowndes II, 871. This edition not in Sabin. McCulloch, page 45.

Old sheep, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Thomas M. Randolph, with his signature (under the bookplate) and the cost, 3/.

Joshua Gee, English trader, was one of the principal contributors to The British Merchant, q. v. The first edition was anonymously published in London in 1729." "35660","J. 18","","","","Tucker on trade.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 81, as above.","Tucker, Josiah.","An Essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great Britain, with regard to trade. With some proposals for removing the principal disadvantages of Great Britain. By Mr. Josiah Tucker, of Bristol. The fourth edition. Glasgow: Printed in the year MDCCLVI. [1756.]","HF3508 .F8T9","

12mo. 100 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. Sabin 97342. Palgrave III, 588.

Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Thomas M. Randolph, with his autograph signature on the inside cover, and the price 2/6.

Other works by Josiah Tucker, 1712-1799, Welsh economist and dean of Gloucester, have appeared in this catalogue.

The first edition of this Essay, with title A Brief Essay, etc., was printed in London in 1749. Several references to the American colonies occur. Among the principal advantages of Great Britain with respect to trade are:

Our vast colonies on the continent of America, a singular advantage. (No. 8.)

The advantages of the island of Jamaica, over any of the French islands, on account of its situation. (No. 9.)

Among the principal disadvantages are:

Our colonies not so much under the command of their mother country, nor so studious of her welfare, as the French are. (No. 11.)" "35670","J. 19","","","","Decker on trade.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 82, as above.","[Decker, Matthew.]","An Essay on the causes of the decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the value of the lands of Britain, and on the means to restore both . . . Edinburgh: M,DCC,LVI. [1756.]","HF3505 .6 .D29","

12mo. 124 leaves in sixes.

Halkett and Laing II, 196 (Richardson). Not in Lowndes. McCulloch, page 46.

Old sheep. Original label pasted down on fly-leaf.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

From the library of Thomas Mann Randolph, with his autograph signature and the cost, 3/-, on the inside cover, the signature concealed by the bookplate.

Sir Matthew Decker, 1679-1749, English merchant and writer on trade, was a member of Parliament and a director of the East India Company. He was born in Amsterdam and went to London in 1702. This treatise is ascribed also to William Richardson; for discussions on the authorship see McCulloch and Palgrave." "35680","J. 20","","","","Child on trade.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 83, as above, 12mo.","Child, Sir Josiah.","A New Discourse of trade, wherein is recommended several weighty points relating to companies of merchants. The Act of Navigation. Naturalization of strangers. And our woollen manufactures. The ballance of trade. And the nature of plantations, and their consequences in relation to the Kingdom, are seriously discussed . . . By Sir Josiah Child. The second edition. London Printed: and sold by Sam. Crouch, Tho. Horn, & Jos. Hindmarsh, 1694.","HC254 .5 .C54","

8vo. 144 leaves, the last a blank, the 11 preceding leaves for the Postscript and A Small Treatise Against Usury [by Sir Thomas Culpepper].

STC C3861. McCulloch, page 42.

Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the title-page is the signature of Thomas Corbin Junr. pt 38.

Sir Josiah Child, 1630-1699, was for a time governor of the East India Company, and held other important commercial positions. Chapter VII in this work is headed Concerning Naturalization, and deals with the naturalization of the Jews. The first edition appeared in 1690, and another in 1693." "35690","J. 21","","","","Condillac sur le commerce et gouvernement.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 84, as above.","Condillac, Etienne Bonnot De.","Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, considérés rélativement l'un à l'autre. Ouvrage élémentaire, Par M. l'Abbé de Condillac, de l'Académie Françoise, & Membre de la Société Royale d'Agriculture d'Orléans . . . Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris: Chez Jombert & Cellot, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776.]","HB153 .C74","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 140 and 92 leaves: []2, A-L12, M6, the last a blank; []2, A-G12, H6.

Quérard II, 266. Palgrave I, 385.

Contemporary calf, labels on the back with the title and author's name, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Etienne Bonnot De Condillac, 1714-1780, Abbé of Mureaux, was the younger brother of Mably, q. v. This work supports the doctrines of the physiocrats, except in regard to industry." "35700","J. 22","","","","Foronda de los reynos de Portugal y España por Bielfield.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 116, Bielfield, Instituciones, politicas de Portugal y Espana, par Foronda, p 4to.","von Bielfield, Jacob Friedrich, Freiherr.","Instituciones Politicas. Obra en que se trata de los Reynos de Portugal, y España . . . Escrita en Idioma Frances por el Varon de Bielfield. Y traducida al Castellano, aumentada de muchas notas por Don Valentin de Foronda. En Burdéos: En casa de Francisco Mor: Año de 1781.","JN8151 1781 .B5","

4to. 82 leaves in fours.

See McCulloch, page 358.

Rebound in buckram by the Library of Congress. The book is not signed by Jefferson, but a slip in the book states that before rebinding it had the 1815 bookplate.

Jacob Friedrich, Freiherr von Bielfield, 1717-1769, German author, was private counsellor to the King of Prussia, and an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres at Berlin. The complete Institutions Politiques, of which this is an extract, was published at Leyden in three volumes, 4to., 1759-62.

For other works by Foronda see the Index." "35710","J. 23","","","","The Universal merchant.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 404, as above.","[Magens, Nicolas.]","The Universal Merchant: containing the Rationale of Commerce, in theory and practice; an enquiry into the nature and genius of banks, their power, use, influence and efficacy; the establishment and operative transactions of the Banks of London and Amsterdam, their capacity and credit calculated and compared: an account of the Banks of Hamburgh, Nuremberg, Venice, and Genoa, their credit and course of business; the doctrine of bullion and coins amply discussed; and therefrom the course and par of exchange regularly deduced. Exemplified by remarks historical, critical, and political. Wherein the best writers, ancient and modern, foreign and domestic, are duly considered and referred to. Adapted equally to the use and information of gentlemen who propose to make a figure in public affairs, as to the merchant, factor, broker, and remitter. London: Printed by C. Say, for W. Owen, MDCCLIII. [1753.]","HG1567 .H8","

4to. 82 leaves; on T2 the half-title for A Further Illustration of the Business of Exchanges, from the Table, Representation, &c. of Sir Isaac Newton. With Suitable Remarks and Annotations; on Ff1 the half-title for A Brief Disquisition into the Nature of Gold and Silver, and into the Art of Assay and Refinery; with Other Matters requisite to the well Understanding the Qualities of those Metals, and the avoiding Frauds therein: Being a Proper Supplement to the Preceding Work; continuous signatures throughout; the dedication to the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, signed William Horsley.

Not in McCulloch. Palgrave II, 332.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1903. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. and T.

Nicolas Magens acknowledged the authorship of this book in his Further Explanations of Some Particular Subjects contained in The Universal Merchant, 1756: ''I will add . . . to those, which I ventured to assert in a book upon this and other subjects, published by Mr. Horsley under the too pompous title of the Universal Merchant . . .''" "35720","J. 24","","","","Alldridge's Universal merchant.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 343. The same by Alldridge 8vo.","Alldridge, W. J.","The Universal Merchant, in theory and practice: improved and enlarged. By W. J. Alldridge, Assayer of metals, and author of the Goldsmith's Repository. First American edition. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797.]","HF1005 .A4","

8vo. 233 leaves, including one blank, one folded table, continuous signatures, separate pagination for the Dedication (to the Citizens of the United States of America), the Introduction, the text, the notes, the Index and the Subscribers' Names; on Ii2 is the half-title for A Further Illustration of the Business of Exchanges, from the Table, Representation, &c. of Sir Isaac Newton. With Suitable Remarks and Annotations, and on Qq2 the half-title for A Disquisition into the Nature of Gold and Silver; and into the Art of Assaying, &c.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin. Not in McCulloch. Evans 31711.

Contemporary American calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Subscribers' names include John Adams, President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President.

This is the second issue, published the same year as the first." "35730","J. 25","","","","Every man his own Broker. by Mortimer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 86, as above.","Mortimer, Thomas.","Every Man his own broker: or, A Guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the Nature of the several Funds, vulgarly called the Stocks, is clearly explained. And the Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a new and impartial light. Also the Method of transferring Stock, and of buying and selling the several Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest capacity: and an account is given of the Laws in force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. With directions how to avoid the losses that are frequently sustained by the destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fires and other Accidents. Some account of Banking, and of the Sinking Fund. With a supplement, giving a concise, but clear account of the valuation of annuities upon lives: with accurate tables of interest (and many others equally useful); calculated to a Farthing, at 2½, 3, 3½, 4, and 5, per Cent. from 1l. to 500l. from one day to sixty, and from one month to twelve. With easy rules for casting up Stock . . . The sixth edition, improved. By Thomas Mortimer, Esq. London: Printed for S. Hooper, MDCCLXV. [1765]-1766.","HG5438 .M6","

12mo. 131 leaves (2 leaves have been cut away from sig. G and the text supplied from another edition on one leaf, so that this sheet has 10 plus 1 leaves), continuous signatures throughout, separate title and pagination for A New Book of Interest, Containing, Accurate Tables . . . with imprint dated 1766. List of Books Printed for S. Hooper on the last page in sig. A, list of A9 verso.

Not in Lowndes. Not in McCulloch.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Thomas Mortimer, 1730-1810, English vice-consul for the Austrian Netherlands, a voluminous writer on economic and other subjects, compiled this book, originally issued in 1761, from materials supplied by his own experience on the Stock Exchange." "35740","J. 26","","","","The British merchant.","","2d & 3d. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 85, as above.","","The British Merchant: A collection of papers relating to the trade and commerce of Great Britain and Ireland. First published by Mr. Charles King, from the originals of Sir Theodore Janssen, Bart. Sir Charles Cooke, Henry Martin, Esq; James Milner, Esq; Mr. Nathaniel Toriano, Mr. Joshua Gee, Mr. Christopher Haynes, Mr. David Martin, and others the most eminent Merchants of the City of London. Vol. II [-III.] The second edition. London: Printed for Charles Marsh, and Thomas Davies, MDCCXLIII. [1743.]","HF3505 .6 .B87","

12mo. Vol. II and III only, 194 and 184 leaves in twelves.

Lowndes III, 1272. Sabin 37783. McCulloch, page 142.

Contemporary calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each volume; 2 leaves in vol. II slightly defective. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Charles King, fl. 1721, a London merchant, edited this work which was published originally as a bi-weekly periodical during the summer of 1713 at the time of the proposed treaty of commerce with France. The intention was to refute the arguments of Defoe in his Mercator, in favor of the treaty. King's first edition appeared in 1721. Volume III is dedicated to Paul Methuen, son of the framer of the Methuen treaty." "35750","J. 27","","","","The American Negociator.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 346, as above.","Wright, John.","The American Negotiator, or the various currencies of the British Colonies in America; as well the Islands, as the Continent. The Currencies of Nova Scotia, Canada, New England, New York, East Jersey, Pensylvania, West Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, &c. And of the islands of Barbadoes, Jamaica, St. Christophers, Antigua, Nevis, Montserrat, &c. Reduced into English Money, by a Series of Tables suited to the several exchanges between the Colonies and Britain, adapted to all the variations that from time to time have, or may happen. With Tables reducing the current money of the Kingdom of Ireland into Sterling, and the contrary, at all the variations of exchange. Also, a chain of tables for the interchangeable reduction of the currencies of the Colonies into each other. And many other useful tables relating to the trade in America. By J. Wright, Accomptant. The third edition. London: Printed for the Proprietors, by J. Smith, and sold by Messieurs Hawes, Clarke and Collins, Booksellers in Paternoster-row; and by the Booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland. MDCCLXV. (Price bound Seven Shillings). [1765.]","HG3861 .W955","

8vo. 203 leaves. At the beginning is a list of the subscribers' names to the first edition, 1761, on 12 leaves; to the second edition, 1763, on 6 leaves; and to the third edition, 1765, on 8 leaves.

Sabin 105606.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the autograph signature of John Wayles on the title-page.

Dedicated, on October 8, 1761, to the Right Honourable Samuel Lord Sandys, first Commissioner for Trade and Plantations. The occupations added to the subscribers' names give a most interesting picture of the professions and trades of the period in England, and include original bug-doctor, wharfinger, china-man, sattin-dresser, throster, setter, slop-seller, fellmonger, indico-maker, collar-maker, button-man, lighterman, operator of teeth, worm-maker, whalebone-cutter, drum and colour man, musical clock maker, taby-waterer, stocking-trimmer, peruke-maker, bacon-cutter, buckram stiffener, chaser, original maker of red liquid ink and black and red british ink powder, orris weaver, throwster, anchorsmith, cork cutter, shalloon maker, threadman, and many others. The names include S. Engs. merch. of Rhode Island, and Thom. Fisher, merch. of Barbad." "35760","J. 28","","","","Biscoe's merchant's magazine.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 344, as above, 8vo.","Biscoe, Robert.","The Merchant's Magazine; or, Factor's Guide. Containing, great variety of plain and easy tables for the speedy casting up of all sorts of merchandize, sold either by number, weight, or measure; and for reducing sterling money into currency at sundry rates; with tables of interest and rebate, and of the value of gold and silver in Virginia: Also tables shewing the amount of any quantity of goods at almost any per cent. Advance on the prime cost, and for finding the nett duties on tobacco from one pound to fifty thousand pounds. To which is added, some tables of per cents. on transfer notes, the whole applied throughout to trade and merchandise. By Robert Biscoe, of Lancaster County. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, M.DCC.XLIII. [1743.]","HF5697 .B6","

4to. Measures 7⅝ by 3 inches; 138 leaves: A-Z4, Aa-Ll4, Mm2; contains six sections, each with a half-title.

Not in Sabin. Not in Evans. Not in Clayton-Torrence. Wroth 121. Not in Arents.

Sheepskin. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I2 and T.

The Preface is dated from Virginia, Lancaster County, July 8, 1742. Section I deals with Sundry Tables, Shewing the Price of Tobacco.

With the autograph signature of John Wayles on the title-page." "35770","J. 29","","","","Hoppus's measuring.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 345, as above, 8vo.","Hoppus, E.","Practical Measuring made easy to the meanest capacity, by a new set of tables . . . With a Preface; shewing the excellence of this new method of measuring, and demonstrating, that whoever ventures to rely upon those obsolete tables and directions published by Isaac Keay, is liable to be deceived (in common Cases) 10 s. in the pound. By E. Hoppus, Surveyor to the Corporation of the London Assurance. The sixth edition. Greatly improved, by the following Additions; I. New Tables shewing at sight the value of any piece or quantity of timber, stone, &c. at any price, per foot cube. II. Mr. Hoppus's table of solid measure applied to the freighting of ships. III. Some very curious observations concerning the measuring of timber by several dimensions, communicated By one of his Majesty's Purveyors. London: printed, by Assignment from the Trustees of E. Wicksteed, for Mess. Hitch and Hawes; J. Rivington; J. Hinton; S. Crowder, and Co. T. Caslon; and J. Coote. 1761.","HF5716 .L8 H76","

4to., measures 7½ by 2¾ in. 140 leaves, including the half-title, publishers' advertisements on i3 verso; authentication signed by J. Coote, on the back of the title-page.

Rebound in ruby buckram by the Library of Congress.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the half-title is the signature of John Hylton and the price 2/6.

The authentication states that Mr. Hoppus was dead at the time of the publication of this edition." "35780","J. 30","","","","Clarke on Saxon Roman & Eng. coins","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 398, Clarke on Saxon, Roman and English Coins 4to.","Clarke, William.","The Connexion of the Roman, Saxon, and English Coins; deducing the antiquities, customs, and manners of each people to modern times; particularly the origin of feudal tenures, and of Parliaments: illustrated throughout with critical and historical remarks on various authors, both sacred and profane. By William Clarke, A.M. Chancellor of the Church of Chichester, Residentiary of it, and Vicar of Amport, Hants . . . London: Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","HG936 .C63","

4to. 284 leaves, engraved head-pieces and numismatic engravings in the text, some signed by J. Lodge; lists of errata at the end, and the Preface dated from Chichester, March 25, 1767.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in McCulloch.

Original calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (evidently over a name).

William Clarke, 1696-1771, English antiquary and clergyman, was for a time domestic chaplain to Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle, to whom this work is dedicated. The first edition appeared in 1767." "35790","J. 31","","","","Tracts on weights & measures & coins. ","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 400, Mesures, monnoies, poids, extraits de l'Encyclopedie Methodique, 4to.","","[Encyclopédie Méthodique. Commerce. Tome III. Part I [-II]. Paris: Charles Pancoucke, 1784.]","QC88 .M6","

4to. A fragment only of 130 leaves, being portions of Parts I and II of Tome III. Commerce.

Old calf, labels on the back lettered: Mesure/Monno/Poids/, silk bookmark. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson mentioned this fragment of the Encyclopédie in a letter to John Quincy Adams, written in answer to one from Adams dated from Washington on October 4, 1817. Adams's letter referred to a report on weights and measures made by Jefferson to the Senate in 1790, and explained that in view of the Senate's present desire for uniformity he was proposing an implicit adoption of the new French Metrological System, as already established in France. He then wrote:

. . . I shall feel myself particularly obligated to you, if your leisure and convenience will permit, to be favoured with your ideas on the subject, and with the loan of any work or Treatise upon Metrology which you may possess. I have made some unsuccessful search for the Reports of the Committees of the House of Commons in 1758 and 1789. and for the Report of Machain and Delambre, on their measurement of the Arc of the Meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona. I have as yet been unable to procure them either in England or France. I have found in the Library which was yours, a valuable collection of Tracts on the general subject, which I have no doubt will prove useful to me . . .

Jefferson wrote a long letter in reply on November 1, and Stated:

. . . the volume of tracts which you have noted in the library of Congress contains every thing which I had then been able to collect on this subject. you will find some details which may be of use in two thin 4to. vols. Nos: 399. 400. of Chap. 24. the latter being a collection of sheets selected from the Encyclopedie Methodique on the weights, measures & coins of all nations, bound up together & alone, and the former a supplement by Beyerle. Cooper's Emporium too for May 1812. & Aug. 1813. may offer something. the reports of the Committees of parliament of 1758.9. I think you will find in Postlethwait's Dict[???] which is also in the library Chap. 20. No. 10. that of Mechain & Delambre I have not, nor do I know who has it . . .

For Beyerlé's work see the next number." "35800","J. 32","","","","Essai supplementaire à l'Encyclopedie sur les monnoies par Beyerlé","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 97, no. 399, as above.","Beyerlé, Jean Pierre Louis.","Essai preliminaire, ou observations historiques, politiques, théoriques et critiques. Sur les monnoies, pour servir de Supplément a la Premiere Partie du Tome V. de l'Encyclopédie Méthodique, . . . Dédié aux états Généraux de France . . . Par M. Beyerlé, Docteur en Droit, Conseiller au Parlement de Nancy . . . A Paris: Chez Nyon le jeune, M. DCC. LXXXIX. Avec approbation, et Privilege du Roi. [1789.]","HG221 .B57","

First Edition. 4to. 102 leaves.

Original half binding, uncut and partly unopened. Not initialled by Jefferson. A few manuscript corrections in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Tourneux III, 13212.

See the previous entry." "35810","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.","1.","","","Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Discours sur la rareté du numéraire, et sur les moyens d'y remédier, prononcé à l'Assemblée générale des Représentans de la Commune de Paris, le 10 Février 1790. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville, un des Représentans . . . A Paris: [De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille,] Au Bureau du Patriote François, Et chez Desenne, Bailly, 1790.","","

First Edition. 35 leaves; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard I, 519. Not in Tourneux.

Uncut and partly unopened. On the title-page Jefferson has written: half bound. lettered 'Tracts on money. French.'

Several works by Brissot de Warville appear in this catalogue." "35820","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.","2.","","","Rochon, Alexis Marie.","Aperçu présenté au Comité des Monnoies de l'Assemblée Nationale, Des avantages qui peuvent résulter de la conversion du métal de cloches en Monnoie moulée, pour faciliter l'échange des petits assignats. Par M. l'Abbé Rochon, de l'Académie des Sciences, Membre de la Commission des Monnoies. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M.DCC.XCI. [1791.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 18 leaves.

Quérard VIII, 100. Tourneux III, 13268.

On the title-page is written: For the Secretary of the Treasury [Alexander Hamilton].

Jefferson was intimate with the abbé Rochon in France, and several times mentioned him in his correspondence. In a letter to William Short dated from Monticello, April 26, 1812, he wrote:

. . . from the Abbé Rochon I never recieved either letter or book. indeed having never been able to hear of him, tho' I have often enquired, I had concluded he was no longer inter vivos. whatever he has written, whether on coins or anything else, must be sensible. I found him a very sound-headed man . . .

Abbé Alexis Marie Rochon, 1741-1817, French astronomer and scientist." "35830","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.","3.","","","","Rapport fait au nom du Comité des Contributions Publiques, sur la répartition de la contribution foncière & de la contribution mobiliaire entre les Départemens; imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791.","","

First Edition. 16 leaves and 2 folded leaves of tables and 2 leaves with the Projet de Décret. The 2 leaves preceding the Projet, with Notes a joindre au rapport, have separate pagination. The Rapport is signed by La Rochefoucauld, Defermon, Roederer, d'Allarde, Dauchy, Dupont, de Nemours [sic].

Not in Tourneux.

On the title-page is written in ink For the Secretary of the Treasury by the same hand as in the previous number." "35840","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.","4.","","","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","De la Constitution Monétaire. Précédé d'observations sur le Rapport du Comité des Monnoies, & suivi d'un Projet de Lois Monétaires. Présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale, par M. Mirabeau l'Ainé. N. B. On a placé en notes, à la suite de cet ouvrage, ce qui doit servir de preuve, donner plus de développement, ou exiger plus d'attention. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.","","

First Edition. 92 leaves, folded table. On sig. K, page [137], begins: Post-Scriptum, ou Observations sur une Brochure Apologétique de M. Solignac.

Tourneux III, 13228. McCulloch 188.

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791, French statesman. A number of his works appear in this catalogue." "35850","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.","5.","","","Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.","Observations sur le Second Rapport du Comité des Monnoies; par M. Mirabeau l'Ainé. [A Paris: chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale,] n.d. [1791.]","","

8 leaves, caption title, no title-page, printer's imprint at the end.

Tourneux 13230." "35860","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.","6.","","","Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent.","Opinion de M. l'Evêque d'Autun sur la Fabrication des Petites Monnoies, imprimée par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. ([Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale, n. d. [1790].)","","

8vo. 6 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, no title-page, printer's imprint at the end.

Not in Quérard. Not in McCulloch. Tourneux 13247.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, French diplomat, statesman and priest, became bishop of Autun in 1789.

In addition to this pamphlet on the Fabrication des Petites Monnoies the Bishop wrote one in the same year on weights and measures which was sent to Jefferson by William Short in July 1790. q. v." "35870","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","7.","","","","Mémoire Sur les effets qui doivent résulter de l'emission de la nouvelle Monnoie de cuivre, présenté au Comité des Finances de l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom des Commissaires de la Trésorerie. ([Paris:] De l'Imprimerie de du Pont, Député de Nemours, à L'Assemblée Nationale, hôtel de Bretonvilliers, Isle Saint Louis, 1791.)","","

8vo. 4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux." "35880","J. 33","Tracts on money. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106, no. 326, as above.","

Eight pamphlets, all, with one exception, in uncut condition, bound together for Jefferson in one volume 8vo., half calf, labels on the back now lettered: Polítical/Pamphlets./Vol.. 17/ originally lettered Tracts on money. French, according to instructions written by Jefferson on the title-page of the first tract, q. v. The tracts numbered in ink serially on the title-pages. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 17[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has written the list of the contents as follows:

1 Discours sur la rareté du numeraire par Brissot.

2 Aperçu sur la conversion du metal des cloches en Monnoie, par l'Abbé Rochon.

3 Rapport sur la repartition de la Contribution.

4 la Constitution Monetaire par Mirabeau.

5 Observñs sur le rapport du comité des Monnoies par Mirabeau.

6 l'Eveque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

7 Memoire sur la nouvelle monnoie de cuivre.","Unlisted by Jefferson.","","","","","Lettre de Monsieur B . . ., a M. le Comte de Mirabeau, Sur le Papier-monnoie. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1791.]","","

8vo. 16 leaves.

Not in Barbier. Not in Tourneux." "35890","J. 34","","","","British Tobacco & Corn laws.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 449, British Tobacco and Corn Laws, fol.","","Act for Repealing the Duties on Tobacco, and Snuff, and for Granting new Duties in Lieu thereof. London, 1789.","","Folio. No copy was seen for collation." "35900","","","","","","","","","","Act for Regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn. London, 1791.","","

[TBE]With this was bound:[/TBE]

Folio. No copy was seen for collation." "35910","J. 35","","","","Ld. Hawkesbury's Report on the Corn laws.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 450, as above.","[Jenkinson, Charles, afterwards Earl of Liverpool.]","Representation of the Lords of the Committee of Council, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, upon the present state of the laws for regulating the importation and exportation of corn: and submitting to His Majesty's consideration some further provisions, which are wanting to amend and improve the said Laws. London: Printed for John Stockdale, M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","HD9041 .6 .A4 1790","

4to. 27 leaves, several in single sheets, folded, the first page of text is numbered [3]; at the end are three additional leaves, with a letter from Sir John Sinclair, dated from Edinburgh, May 25, 1790, a list of Queries Drawn up for the purpose of elucidating the Natural History and Political State of Scotland, and other matter.

McCulloch, page 70.

Old calf. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. Not initialled by Jefferson who has written what appear to be binding instructions, now partly cut away, on the title-page. The word boards is still readable, and the preceding word may be full. On the title-page John B. Cutting has signed his name, and has written: By Lord Hawksbury. Inserted at the beginning is one leaf of an autograph letter relative to this book but not to this copy.

Other works by Charles Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury, afterwards Earl of Liverpool, appear in this catalogue.

At the time this was written he was President of the Board of Trade and as a result of this publication a change was made in the Corn laws in the ensuing year.

John B. Cutting spent some years in London and in Europe, and during 1790 was in constant correspondence with Jefferson from London. In a letter to him written on March 20 (the month, according to the anonymous inserted letter, that this report was made), Cutting described the author as that same Lord Hawkesbury who is the commercial minister and dictates all measures relevant to the United States." "35920","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.","1.","","","","Thoughts upon a Bill, lately offered to Parliament, for regulating the export and import of Corn: with observations upon Dean Tucker's Reflections, So far as they relate to this Subject. By a Country Gentleman . . . London: Printed for J. Pridden, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

20 leaves, including the half-title (with the price, one Shilling), and the last blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in McCulloch.

A number of the works of Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester and economist, appear in this catalogue. See the Index." "35930","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","Corrie's Considñs on the Corn laws. 1791.","2.","","","[Corrie, Edgar.]","Considerations on the Corn Laws, with Remarks on the Observations of Lord Sheffield on the Corn Bill, which was printed by Order of the House of Commons in December, 1790. London: Printed for John Stockdale, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]","","

36 leaves, plus 2 leaves of Appendix, one folded.

Halkett and Laing I, 414.

On the half-title Jefferson has written in ink the name of the author: by m[???] Corrie. (The author's name written on the title-page is not by Jefferson.)" "35940","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.","3.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","Address to the Landed Interest, on the Corn Bill now depending in Parliament. By Sir John Sinclair Baronet, M.P. London: Printed for T. Cadell, MDCCXCI. [1791.]","","

20 leaves.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Whitehall on May 14, 1791:

Sir John Sinclair's best Compliments to Mr. Jefferson. Has the honour of inclosing some papers of which he requests Mr. Jefferson's acceptance. In regard to the Corn Laws, they will not probably agree, but he sincerely wishes at the same time that some commercial arrangement could be entered into between the two countries.

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on August 24:

I am to acknolege the reciept of your two favors of Dec. 25. & May 14. with the pamphlets which accompanied them, & to return you my thanks for them. the Corn law, I percieve, has not passed in the form you expected. my wishes on that subject were nearer yours than you imagined. we both in fact desired the same thing for different reasons, respecting the interests of our respective countries, & therefore justifiable in both; you wished the bill so moulded as to encourage strongly your national agriculture. the clause for warehousing foreign corn tended to lessen the confidence of the farmer in the demand for his corn. I wished the clause omitted that our corn might pass directly to the country of the consumer, & save us the loss of an intermediate deposit, which it can illy bear . . .

Other works by Sir John Sinclair occur in this catalogue, see the Index." "35950","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","Not listed by Jefferson.","","","","","Considerations, on the expediency of admitting the importation of Irish Corn into Great Britain, when the prices are below the rates at which the importation of Corn from other foreign parts on the low duties is allowed. Without name of place or printer, March 1791.","","Folio. 2 leaves (folded to fit the 8vo. volume); caption title on the first leaf and the title as above printed on the verso of the second, otherwise blank. Paper watermarked GPatch on the first leaf and with Britannia on the second." "35960","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","-----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.","4.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","Specimen of the Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Edinburgh: M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

28 leaves. 2 folded plates by Fredk. Birnie. The Advertisement is dated Edin. Feb. 3. 1791, and states that The following Sheets are Part of a Volume, which will be ready for Publication by the meeting of the next General Assembly . . .

This and the next following tract were sent to Jefferson by Sir John Sinclair, who wrote from Whitehall on May 18, 1792:

I have the honour of sending you some papers, which, I hope will give you pleasure. I wish we had a statistical survey of America, similar to the one I am now carrying on in Scotland, were it even to begin with the ensuing Century. If you retranslate the Prospectus into English & print it, a spirit to that effect may be roused . . .

A presentation inscription on the title-page has been almost entirely cut away.

Sir John Sinclair was responsible for the introduction of the word statistical into the language, see no. 746." "35970","J. 36","Political tracts. English. on the corn laws. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 188, Political Tracts, 1786-92, 8vo.","

Six tracts bound together in one volume 8vo., old half binding, with later labels on the back lettered Political/ Pamphlets,/Vol. 30./ listed by Jefferson (with one omission) in ink on the fly-leaf (numbered in another hand): [TBE]JA36 .P8 Vol. 30[/TBE]

Political tracts. viz.

1. Thoughts on the corn bill. 1786.

2. Corrie's Considñs on the Corn Laws. 1791.

3. Sr. John Sinclair's Address on the Corn bill.

4. -----'s Statistical acct. of Scotland.

5. the same in French.

The tracts numbered serially on the title-pages in ink. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.","the same in French.","5.","","","Sinclair, Sir John.","Prospectus d'un ouvrage intitulé: Analyse de l'état Politique d'écosse, d'après les rapports des Ministres de chaque Paroisse; contenant la situation présente de ce Royaume, et les Moyens de le rendre plus florissant. Ouvrage entrepris pour expliquer les Principes de la Philosophie statistique; ou la manière d'assurer le bonheur de la Société, en opérant celui des Souverains & des Peuples. Par le Chevalier Sinclair, Bart. Membre du Parlement d'Angleterre . . . A Londres, M.DCC.XCII. [1792.]","","

80 leaves.

This pamphlet was sent to Jefferson by the author, see the note to the preceding entry." "35980","J. 37","Tarif des droits. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 340, Tariff des Droits, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in 1 volume 8vo., sheep, with a label on the back lettered Reports; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF2094 .G6[/TBE]

A copy of Tarif des droits de douane was bought by Jefferson in 1805, price 72 cents, from Reibelt of Baltimore. This probably refers to the first tract of the three only.","","1.","","","Goudard, Pierre Louis.","Rapport fait a l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité du Commerce et d'Agriculture, sur la suppression des droits de traite perçus dans l'intérieur du Royaume, le reculement des douanes aux frontières, & l'établissement d'un tarif uniforme, par M. Goudard, député de la ville de Lyon, membre du Comité de Commerce & d'Agriculture, Commissaire nommé dans cette partie conjointement avec M. de Fontenai, député de Rouen, & M. Roussillou, député de Toulouse. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.","","

26 leaves; imprint on the title-page and at the end; lower margins uncut.

This edition not in Tourneux (no. 13620: 1791, in 8o, 8 p.).

On the title Jefferson has written blue boards, and the title, Tariff des Droits, is written in another hand.

Pierre Louis Goudard, d. 1799, was député du tiers de Lyon in the états Généraux, and was concerned with questions of expenditure, customs, and finances. He drowned himself in the Seine in 1799." "35990","J. 37","Tarif des droits. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 340, Tariff des Droits, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in 1 volume 8vo., sheep, with a label on the back lettered Reports; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF2094 .G6[/TBE]

A copy of Tarif des droits de douane was bought by Jefferson in 1805, price 72 cents, from Reibelt of Baltimore. This probably refers to the first tract of the three only.","","2.","","","Goudard, Pierre Louis.","état et tarif des droits qui seront perçus a toutes les entrées et sorties du Royaume, sur les marchandises y dénommées, pour servir de remplacement aux tarifs actuellement existans . . . par M. Goudard, député de Lyon. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, del'Imprimerie Nationale, M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","","

18 leaves.

Not in Tourneux." "36000","J. 37","Tarif des droits. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 340, Tariff des Droits, 8vo.","

Three tracts bound together in 1 volume 8vo., sheep, with a label on the back lettered Reports; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]HF2094 .G6[/TBE]

A copy of Tarif des droits de douane was bought by Jefferson in 1805, price 72 cents, from Reibelt of Baltimore. This probably refers to the first tract of the three only.","","3.","","","","Tableau des droits d'entrées, qui se percevoient aux barrières de Paris, sur les principales denrées, boissons & marchandises, & qui ont été supprimés par les décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, sanctionnés par le Roi: avec l'état du produit annuel desdits droits. Imprimé par ordre de la municipalité de Paris. A Paris: chez Jean-Roch Lottin [de l'imprimerie de Lottin l'ainé, & J.-R. Lottin], 1791.","","

6 leaves.

Tourneux 13633." "36010","J. 38","","","","Tableau du commerce de la Russie par le Comte Romanzoff.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 447, as above.","Romanzoff, Comte Nicolas de.","Государственная Торговля 1802 года въ разнъІхъ ея видахъ. въ Санктпетербург[???] При Императорско[???] Типогра[???]іи (St. Petersburg: The Imperial Press,—the State College [1802-4]).","HF207 .A3","

First Edition. 3 vol. folio. 38 leaves (including 4 folded); 39, and 42 leaves; in Russian throughout.

Vol. I, green morocco, vol. II, red straight grain morocco, vol. III, sprinkled calf, all with narrow gilt ornamental borders, marbled endpapers, g. e., vol. III with the title lettered in gold on the front cover. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume. On the flyleaf of the third volume Jefferson has written Tableau du Commerce de la Russie en. 1802. 3.4. by Count Romanzoff.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who has written on the fly-leaf of vol. I the presentation inscription:

Monsieur Levet Haris m'ayant témoigné quil seroit agreable à Monsieur Le President des Etats Unis d'Amerique, d'avoir un tableau du co[???]erce de Russie, je saisis cette occasion avec empressement et je prie Monsieur Le President de vouloir bien accepter et conserver dans sa Bibliotheque les tableaux du comerce des années, 1802. 1803 et 1804. tels que je les ai fait publir en Russe; il voudras bien les agreer co[???]e un témoignage de la juste consideration que son merite m'inspire. Le Comte Nicolas de Romanzoff. Petersbourg le 6. Juillet 1806.

Levett Harris first mentioned these books in a letter to Jefferson written from St. Petersburg on August 10, 1806:

. . . The minister of commerce [Count Romanzoff] some time since published ''Un tableau du Commerce de La Russie de 1802-1803-1804, and having expressed a desire to convey a copy of it to the President of the United States, I had no hesitation to assure him that it would be very acceptable to your Excellency, and that I would transmit it with pleasure. I accordingly sent the same, with a work of the Count Potocky, namely, L'histoire ancienne des provinces de L'Empire de Russie with the cronologie de Manethon, which the author desired me to present to you in his name. These several books I gave in charge to a Mr. Allen Smith of South Carolina, who having taken passage via England, they may not possibly come so soon to hand . . .

The books had not been received when Jefferson wrote to Harris on March 28, 1807, to acknowledge the receipt of Pallas's Vocabulaires, obtained for him by Count Romanzoff, and added:

. . . to this I must add by anticipation my thanks for his work on the commerce of Russia . . .

Comte Nicolas de Romanzoff, 1750-1826, Russian statesman and minister of commerce, was one of the most outstanding diplomats of the day." "36020","J. 39","","","","Almanac de Commerce par Tinna.","","1808. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 93. no. 338, as above.","","Almanach du Commerce de Paris, des Départemens de l'Empire Français, et des Principales Villes du Monde; Par J. de la Tynna, Membre de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie nationale. Année 1808. Prix: 8 francs. A Paris: Chez J. De La Tynna, Propriétaire-Rédacteur; Chez Capelle et Renand [de l'Imprimerie de J. H. Stone] [1808].","H453 .B6","

8vo. 451 leaves; printer's imprint at the end.

Original tree calf (back gone), sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (probably bound for Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

In the account of the états-Unis d'Amérique (pages 795, 6) Thomas Jefferson is mentioned as Président, reélu pour quatre ans le 17 février 1805.

Jean de la Tynna, 1765-1818, a Swiss, issued this almanac regularly over a period of years. His autograph signature in ink is written below the imprint." "36030","J. 40","","","","Law on money & trade.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 77, as above.","Law, John.","Money and Trade Considered: with a proposal for supplying the nation with money. First published at Edinburgh MDCCV. By the celebrated John Law, Esq; afterward Comptroller-General of the Finances of France. Glasgow: Printed and sold by R. and A. Foulis, M.DCC.LX. [1760.]","HG937 .L38","

Sm. 8vo. 114 leaves, the last for list of books printed by R. and A. Foulis.

Lowndes III, 1322. Sabin 39313. McCulloch 161.

Rebound in green buckram by the Library of Congress in 1927. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

John Law of Lauriston, 1671-1729, Scots financier and controller-general of French finance, was the founder of the Mississippi scheme, of which this work contains the germ." "36040","J. 41","","","","Prospectus du Dictionnaire de commerce de l'Abbé Morellet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 334, as above.","Morellet, André.","Prospectus d'un Nouveau Dictionnaire de Commerce. Par M. l'Abbé Morellet. En cinq volumes in -Folio proposés par souscription . . . A Paris: Chez les Freres Estienne, M.DCC.LXIX. [1769.]","HF1001 .M8","

First Edition. 8vo. 214 leaves, the last a blank, the last 17 leaves for the Catalogue d'une Bibliotheque d'économie Politique, with separate signatures and pagination, the half-title in the previous sheet.

Quérard VI, 308. McCulloch, page 62.

Contemporary French calf, the back gone, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark, r.e. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For a biographical note on Morellet see no. 2446. The Commercial Dictionary, which was to extend to five or six volumes folio, was never finished. Morellet worked on it until the Revolution, when he was compelled to abandon the enterprise." "36050","J. 42","","","","L'Intelligence du commerce de Malisset.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 100. no. 337, as above.","Malisset d'Hertereau, Jean Baptiste Antoine.","La Parfaite Intelligence du commerce ou se trouvent les Connoissances & les renseignemens les plus utiles à diverses classes de citoyens, & particuliérement aux Armateurs, Négocians, Navigateurs, Commissionaires, Agens, Courtiers de Commerce, Fabricans, Artisans, Commis, Gens d'affaires, &c. Le tout distribué de maniere a faciliter les recherches des lecteurs. Par M. Malisset. Deux volumes in-8o. prix 9 liv. chacun. Tome Premier. [-Second.] Imprimé à Andenarde, & se vend à Paris; Chez Lamy, l'Auteur, Et chez les principaux Libraires des Villes les plus Commerçantes de l'Europe. M. DCC. LXXXV. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1785.]","HF1005. M2","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 372 leaves; vol. II, 410 leaves including 34 at the end for the Supplement, with separate alphabet and pagination, marked Tome III in the lower margin; text within line borders, some parts in double columns. The title of vol. II differs slightly from that of vol. I and the author's name is given as M. Mt. D'H.***.

Quérard V, 468. Not in Sabin. Not in McCulloch. Not in Faÿ.

French calf, gilt backs, r. e., marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson, who has indicated in ink in the margin where sheet Eee in vol. II has been misbound. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Parts of the book relate to America, and in volume I chapters VI and VII are concerned solely with North and South America. In volume II two double-page tables refer respectively to La Traité des Noirs, la Vente des Noirs." "36060","J. 43","","","","Recueil Alphabetique des droits des traites.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 339, as above.","[Magnien-Grandpré, N.]","Recueil Alphabétique des droits de traites uniformes, de ceux d'entrée et de sortie des cinq grosses fermes, de Douane de Lyon et de Valence, &c . . . Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. [Lyon: J. S. Grabit] 1786.","HJ6910. M2","

First Edition. 4 vol. 234, 280, 210 and 149 leaves, vol. I with the additional half sheet called for by an Avis au Relieur on the verso of the half-title leaf.

Barbier III, 49. Quérard V, 430.

Contemporary French calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress bookplate.

On May 21, 1787, Jefferson, on the Canal of Languedoc, approaching Toulouse, wrote to William Short:

. . . desire Frouillé to procure for me immediately le Recueil alphabetique des droits de traites uniformes. 4 v. 8vo. printed in 1786. &, as is said, at Lyons . . .

Magnien-Grandpré, 1745-1811, French scholar, was administrator of customs." "36070","44","","","","Commerce de l'Amerique par Marseille.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 406, as above.","[Chambon.]","Le Commerce de l'Amérique par Marseille, ou explication des Lettres-Patentes du Roi, portant reglement pour le commerce qui se fait de Marseillle [sic] aux Isles Françoises de l'Amérique, données au mois de Février 1719. Et des Lettres-Patentes du Roi, pour la liberté du commerce a la Côte de Guinée, données à Paris au mois de Janvier 1716. Avec les Reglemens que ledit commerce a occasionnés. Par un Citadin* Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Avignon, M.DCC.LXIV. [1764.]","HF3211.C5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 312 and 314 leaves, engraved frontispieces by Arrivet, 10 engraved maps (9 folded), xi numbered plates.

Barbier I, 649. Quérard II, 117. Sabin 11812 (wrong number of plates).

Nothing seems to be known about Chambon, except that he was receveur des fermes. The name Chambon was well known in Avignon." "36080","J. 45","","","","Swann sur la commerce entre la France et des Etats Unis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 353, as above with reading Swan.","Swan, James.","Causes qui se sont opposées aux progrès du commerce, entre la France, et les états-Unis de l'Amérique. Avec les moyens de l'accélérer, & la comparaison de la dette Nationale de l'Angleterre, de la France, & des Etats-Unis; en six Lettres addressées à Monsieur le Marquis de la Fayette. Traduit sur le manuscrit Anglais du Colonel Swan, ancien membre de la législation de la République de Massachusset . . . A Paris: A l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1790, Et chez les Marchands de Nouveautés.","HF3098 .S96","

First Edition. 8vo. 164 leaves, including the half-title and the last blank, one folded table.

Sabin 94005. Fa[???], page 27.

Original tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson saw this book in manuscript and wrote from Paris on March 23, 1789, a letter to Swan, at the time in Havre, commenting on and criticising certain passages. This letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, but is partly illegible.

James Swan, 1754-1830, a Scot by birth, emigrated to New England in 1765. He joined the Sons of Liberty and took part in the Boston Tea Party. In 1778 he became a member of the Massachusetts legislature. Swan was a financier, and left the United States for France in 1787 where in 1795 he gained control of the United States debt to France. In 1808 he was sent to a debtor's prison in Paris where he remained until his death in 1830. He had some correspondence with Jefferson who requested information from him on whale fishing, etc." "36090","J. 46","","","","Claviere et Warville de la France et des etats unis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 352, as above.","Claviere, étienne, et Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","De la France et des états-Unis, ou de l'Importance de la Révolution de l'Amérique pour le bonheur de la France, des Rapports de ce Royaume & des états-Unis, des avantages réciproques qu'ils peuvent retirer de leurs liaisons de Commerce, & enfin de la situation actuelle des états-Unis. Par étienne Claviere; et J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . Londres, 1797.","HF3098 .B82","

First Edition. 8vo. 208 leaves; the dedication au Congrès Américain, et aux Amis des Etats-Unis, dans les Deux Mondes, dated from Paris, 20 Mars 1787.

Quérard I, 520. Sabin 13516. Fa[???], page 23.

Contemporary calf, silk bookmark, not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Brissot de Warville, who sent him also the sheets before the book was published.

On August 16, 1786, Jefferson, then in Paris, wrote to Brissot de Warville in the same city:

I have read with very great satisfaction the sheets of your work on the commerce of France & the United States which you were so good as to put into my hands. I think you treat the subject, as far as these sheets go, in an excellent manner. were I to select any particular passages as giving me particular satisfaction, it would be those wherein you prove to the United States that they will be more virtuous, more free, & more happy, emploied in agriculture, than as carriers or manufacturers. it is a truth, and a precious one for them, if they could be persuaded of it. I am also particularly pleased with your introduction. you have properly observed that we can no longer be called Anglo-Americans. that appellation now describes only the inhabitants of Novas Scotia, Canada, &c. I had applied that of Federo-Americans to our citizens, as it would not be so decent for us to assume to ourselves the flattering appellation of Free-Americans. there are two passages in this work on which I am able to give you information. the first is on page 62. 'ils auront le coton quand ils voudront se livrer à ce genre de culture', and the note 'l'on voit dans la baie de Massachusets &c. the four Southernmost states make a great deal of cotton. their poor are almost entirely clothed in it in winter & summer. in winter they wear shirts of it, & outer clothing of cotton & wool mixed. in Summer their shirts are linnen but the outer clothing cotton. the dress of the women is almost entirely of cotton manufactured by themselves, except the richer class, and even many of these wear a good deal of homespun cotton. it is as well manufactured as the calicoes of Europe. those 4. states furnish a great deal of cotton to the states North of them, who cannot make it, as being too cold.—there is no neighborhood in any part of the United States without a water-grist-mill for grinding the corn of the neighborhood. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, abound with large manufacturing mills for the exportation of flour. there are abundance of saw-mills in all the states. furnaces and forges of iron, I believe in every state, I know they are in the nine Northernmost. there are many mills for plating & slitting iron. and I think there are many distilleries of rum from Norfolk in Virginia to Portsmouth in New Hampshire. I mention these circumstances because your note seems to imply that these things are only in the particular states you mention.

The second passage is page 101. & 102. where you speak of the 'ravages causés par l'abus des eaux de vie' which seems, by the note in page 101. to be taken on the authority of Smith. nothing can be less true than what that author says on this subject; and we may say in general that there are as many falshoods as facts in his work. I think drunkenness is much more common in all the America States than in France, but it is less common there than in England. you may form an idea from this of the state of it in America. Smith saw everything thro' the medium of strong prejudice. besides this he does not hesitate to write palpable lies, which he was conscious were such.—when you proceed to form your table of American exports, & imports, I make no doubt you will consult the American traveller, the estimates in which are nearer the truth than those of L. Sheffield & Deane, as far as my knowlege of the facts enables me to judge.—I must beg your pardon for having so long detained those sheets. I did not finish my American dispatches till the night before last, & was obliged yesterday to go to Versailles . . .

Almost a year later, on July 6, 1787, Jefferson mentioned in a letter to Claviere:

. . . Mr. Warville was so good as to give me a copy of the book written by himself & M. Claviere on France & the United states but I have not yet had time to read it. the talents & information of those gentlemen leave me without doubt that it is well written . . .

On May 1, 1788, Jefferson wrote letters of introduction for Brissot de Warville to Charles Thomson (the Secretary of Congress) and to James Madison, mentioning this book. To the former he wrote:

The bearer hereof is Mr. Warville who is already probably known to you by his writings, & particularly that on France and the United states. he is moreover a person of great worth, politically & morally speaking, and his acquaintance will give you great satisfaction. permit me therefore to introduce him to the honour of your acquaintance, & to ask for him those attentions & civilities which you are ever ready to shew to worth & talents . . .

To Madison he wrote:

The bearer hereof, Monsieur de Warville, is already known to you by his writings, some of which I have heretofore sent you, & particularly his work sur la France et les etats unis. I am happy to be able to present him to you in person, assured that you will find him in all his dispositions equally estimable as for his genius. I need only to ask your acquaintance for him. that will dispose you to shew him all the civilities & attentions which may render his time agreeable in America, & put him into the way of obtaining any information he may want . . .

Two days later, on May 3, in a letter to Madison, Jefferson enclosed a note:

Warville's business in America. I suspect him agent—company—speculation of lands. perhaps you might connect him usefully—yourself & Monro.

Other works by both Claviere and Brissot de Warville appear in this catalogue.

For the original edition of the letter to Jefferson from Alexandre Charles de Calonne, reprinted in this work as a ''Pièce relative'' see no. 2303." "36100","J. 47","","","","Tract on American commerce. viz. Memoire pour les negocians de l'Orient.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 407, Tract on American Commerce, to wit, Memoire pour les Negocians de l'Orient, 4to.","","Mémoire pour des Négocians de l'Orient, intéressés au commerce des Etats-Unis; contre la Ferme Générale. [Paris: De l'Imprimerie de L. F. Prault, Imprimeur de Roi, 1788.]","HF3025 .L6","

4to. 48 leaves: []1, A-G4, H3, A-D4, the last a blank, 8 folded tables, the second alphabet for the Pièces Justificatives with separate pagination, printer's imprint at the end of each part. Bound in this copy is a second copy of the Mémoire (without the Pièces Justificatives), and the Résumé De l'Avis du Marquis de la Fayette au Comité du Commerce avec les Etats-Unis, lorsque la question du Tabac nous a été présentée, the Réponse De MM. les Fermiers Généraux sous le titre suivant, and the Observations Du Marquis de la Fayette sur la réfutation de son Avis, in three parallel columns on six folio sheets folded.

Sabin 47524. Not in Arents.

Contemporary French calf, lettered on a label on the back: American/Commerce/, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Concerned with the tobacco trade." "36110","48","","","","The American Traveller.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 349, as above, 4to p.","[Clunie, Alexander.]","The American Traveller: or, observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British Colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each Colony respectively,—and of the numbers of British Ships and Seamen, Merchants, Traders and Manufacturers employed by all collectively: together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great-Britain therefrom. In a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ********* by an Old and Experienced Trader. London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly, and J. Almon, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","E162 .C64","

4to. 65 leaves, engraved frontispiece, folded map.

Halkett and Laing I, 66. Sabin 13796. Dibdin, Library Companion II, 65.

Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to Brissot de Warville, written from Paris on August 16, 1786:

. . . when you proceed to form your table of American exports, & imports, I make no doubt you will consult the American traveller, the estimates in which are nearer the truth than those of Ld. Sheffield & Deane, as far as my knowlege of the facts enables me to judge . . .

In a copy in the Library of Congress the author has signed his name Alexr Clunie." "36120","J. 49","","","","Reeves's history of the Law of shipping & navigñ.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 342, as above.","Reeves, John.","A History of the Law of Shipping and Navigation. By John Reeves, Esq. Author of ''The History of the English Law.'' Dublin: Printed by Thomas Burnside, for Messrs. E. Lynch, P. Wogan, P. Byrne [and others], 1792.","Law 320","

8vo. 236 leaves.

Sweet and Maxwell I, 329, 54. This edition not in McCulloch.

Calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.

John Reeves, 1752?-1829, King's printer, was a member of the bar, and held several offices, including that of chief justice of Newfoundland. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Society. The first edition of this book was published in London in 1792 and the second in 1807. The Dublin edition is pirated." "36130","J. 50","","","","Edgar's book of rates","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 348, as above.","Edgar, William.","Vectigalium Systema: or, a New Book of Rates. Containing, A complete View of the Revenue of Great Britain, called Customs. Wherein I. The several Branches of that Revenue are distinctly treated of, and explain'd by examples. II. The Manner and Method of computing both in the Custom-houses, and at the Waterside, are demonstrated; with rules, directions, and variety of tables, for the more certain and expeditious operations. III. The Rates of all Merchandizes inwards, and the Net Duties to be paid or secured at importation, or drawn back on exportation in time, on all goods whatsoever, both rated and unrated, are exactly and carefully calculated, with references respectively for working and proving them; and likewise the rates and duties payable outwards and coastwise. IV. The Laws relative to the customs, navigation, and trade, are abstracted under proper heads in alphabetical order; with lists of goods prohibited to be imported or exported, and of the legal ports, members, and Creeks in Great Britain, a table of fees, and several other useful tables. The whole digested in a plain and easie method for the benefit of the officers of the Customs, and of all concern'd in Trade. By William Edgar, Examinator of the Customs in Ireland. The second edition. London: Printed for the Author, by John Basket, and sold by Andrew Bell and by John Osborn, 1718. Price bound in calf 6 s.","HJ6192 .A5 1718i","

8vo. 168 leaves, folded table.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, original silk bookmark preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T." "36140","51","","","","British rates by Simms.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 347, British Rates, by Sims, 8vo.","Sims, William, and Frewin, Richard.","The Rates of Merchandize, as settled by the Acts of 12 Car. II. cap. 4. II. Geo. I. cap. 7. and Subsequent Acts of Parliament. With the Duties and drawbacks payable on all goods imported, exported, and carried coastwise. Together with the bounties, premiums, and allowances, on importation and exportation. And also a list of goods prohibited to be imported into, or exported from, Great Britain. Compiled, by Order of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, By William Sims and Richard Frewin, of the Long Room, Custom-House, London. London: Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782.]","HJ6192 .A5 1782a","

8vo. 205 leaves, 2 folded tables, printed across the page.

This book was purchased for Jefferson by Thomas Barclay in 1786, price 7.4." "36150","52","","","","Carkesse's book of rates","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 448, as above.","[Carkesse, Charles.]","The Act of Tonnage and Poundage, and Rates of Merchandize . . . To which is added by way of Appendix, the several Acts which passed the last Session relating to the Customs . . . The several Duties payable upon rated drugs imported after 24 June, 1725. And a list of several goods not inserted alphabetically in the said Books of Rates: with directions where to find them. As also a Catalogue of the several Acts, when granted, and how long to continue. Together with an alphabetical Index to the whole. London: Printed by John Baskett, And by the Assigns of Henry Hills deceas'd. MDCCXXVI. [1726.]","HJ6190 .A6 1726","

First Edition. Folio. 582 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in McCulloch.

Dedicated to Sir Robert Walpole by Cha. Carkesse, Custom-House, London, February 21, 1725." "36160","53","","","","Sheffeild on the American commerce.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 350, Ld. Sheffield on the American Commerce, 6th edition of 1784, 8vo.","Holroyd, John Baker, Earl of Sheffield.","Observations on the Commerce of the American States. By John Lord Sheffield. With an Appendix; containing tables of the imports and exports of Great Britain to and from all parts, from 1700 to 1783. Also, the exports of America, &c. With remarks on those tables, on the trade and navigation of Great Britain, and on the late proclamations, &c. The sixth edition, enlarged. With a complete Index to the whole. London: Printed for J. Debrett, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784.]","HF3025 .S58","

Lowndes IV, 2374. Sabin 32633. Palgrave III, 390.

John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield, 1741-1821, English statesman and authority on matters pertaining to commerce and agriculture. This work is largely statistical and was originally written in opposition to a bill introduced in 1783 by William Pitt proposing to relax the navigation laws in favor of the United States. For a copy of the first edition see no. 3618 below." "36170","J. 54","","","","Lettre sur le traité de Commerce entre la France & l'Angleterre par Dupont.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 97. no. 341, Dupont sur la Traité de Commerce entre la France et l'Angleterre, 8vo.","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Lettre a la Chambre du Commerce de Normandie; sur le Mémoire qu'elle a publié relativement au Traité de Commerce avec l'Angleterre . . . A Rouen, Et se trouve à Paris: Chez Moutard, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Reine; de Madame, & de Madame Comtesse d'Artois, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","HF1733 .F9 G6","

First Edition. 8vo. 143 leaves including the half-title, Fautes a corriger on 3 pages at the end.

Barbier II, 1088. Quérard II, 707.

Contemporary calf, pale blue endpapers; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 book-plate.

For a biographical note on Dupont de Nemours see no. 216." "36180","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Sheffeild on the American commerce 1st. edñ.","1.","","","[Holroyd, John Baker, Earl of Sheffield.]","Observations on the Commerce of the American States with Europe and the West Indies; including the several Articles of Import and Export; and on the Tendency of a Bill now depending in Parliament. London: Printed for J. Debrett (Successor to Mr. Almon, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783.]","","

First Edition. 40 leaves including the half-title, Debrett's advertisement on the last page.

Sabin 32631. McCulloch, page 54 (not this edition). Palgrave III, 890.

The top inner margins damaged and repaired throughout. The chapter no. 24, written by Jefferson on the half-title, and on the same page, in another hand, the price, 5/-. One or two corrections in the text have been made in ink. by Ld. Sheffeild is written by Jefferson on the title-page.

For a copy of the sixth edition, see no. 3616 above." "36190","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild.","2.","","","[Ruston, Thomas.]","Remarks on Lord Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the American States; by an American. London: Printed for John Stockdale, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves including the half-title, which has the price, One Shilling and Sixpence.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 32637. Not in McCulloch.

On the title-page Jefferson has written the name of the author, Mr. Ruston. Some corrections in the text in another hand.

Thomas Ruston, a Philadelphia physician." "36200","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Swan on the Finances of Massachusets.","3.","","","[Swan, James.]","National Arithmetick: or, Observations on the finances of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with some hints respecting financiering and future taxation in this State: tending to render the Publick Contributions more easy to the People. By a Late Member of the General Court . . . Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse [1786].","","

First Edition. 52 leaves in fours, including the last blank; the dedication to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives, dated from Dorchester, 2d October, 1786.

Halkett and Laing IV, 155. Sabin 94008. Evans 20016. Not in McCulloch.

This copy has on the title-page a presentation inscription from the author, most of which, including the name, is cut away by the binder The author's name, Mr. Swan, is written on the title-page; and there are numerous corrections in ink in the text; a leaf of table cut into at the head." "36210","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S.","4.","","","[Tucker, St. George.]","Reflections on the Policy and Necessity of encouraging the Commerce of the Citizens of the United States of America, and of granting them exclusive privileges in Trade. Richmond: Printed by Dixon & Holt [1785].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves. Signed at the end Columbus, and with a Postscript dated Virginia, July 16, 1785.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Sabin. Evans 19214.

On the title-page Jefferson has written in ink the chapter number, 24.

In his notice of the second edition, printed in New York in 1786, Evans ascribes the authorship to St. George Tucker." "36220","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Coxe's address to the friends of American manufactures.","5.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","An Address to an Assembly of the Friends of American Manufactures, convened for the Purpose of establishing a Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures and the useful Arts, read in the University of Pennsylvania, on Thursday the 9th of August 1787, by Tench Coxe, Esq. and published at their Request. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 16 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 17293. Evans 20305.

Sent to Jefferson by John Brown Cutting, with his autograph inscription on the first page of text (cut into at the fore-margin): His Excellency Thomas Jefferson Esquire from his respectful and most obed ser J. B. Cutt[ing]. The upper margin of the title-page is cut away.

Tench Coxe, 1755-1824, political economist, was a native of Philadelphia. Originally a Federalist, he joined the Republican party in 1797 and became a friend of Jefferson who in 1803 appointed him Purveyor of Public Supplies. In 1775 he was a member of the United Company of Philadelphia for promoting American manufactures, and in 1787 became the first President of the Society for whose establishment this Address was written." "36230","J. 55","Tracts on American Commerce. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheffeild on the American commerce. 1st. edñ. Ruston's remarks on Sheffeild. Swan's Observñs on the finances of Massachusets. Reflections on encouraging the commerce of the U. S. of Amer. Coxe's Address to the friends of American manufactures. Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U. S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 351, Tracts on American Commerce, 1783-7, to wit, Sheffield, 1st edition, Ruston, Swan, Coxe, 8vo.","

Six pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo., French calf, marbled endpapers; now labelled on the back: Commercial/Pamphlets./Vol. 3./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink on the title-page. [TBE]HF345 .C6 Vol. 3[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as follows:","Coxe's enquiry into the principles of a commercial system for the U.S. of America.","6.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","An Enquiry into the Principles on which a Commercial System for the United States of America should be founded; to which are added some political observations connected with the Subject. Read before the Society for Political Enquiries, convened at the house of his Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, in Philadelphia May 11th, 1787. [Philadelphia:] Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXVII.","","

First Edition. 26 leaves in fours; the dedication to the Members of the Convention, assembled at Philadelphia, dated May 12th, 1787.

Sabin 17295. Evans 20306.

This pamphlet was evidently sent by John B. Cutting, who has written on the title-page: by Tenche Coxe Esquire. Cutting wrote to Jefferson (in Paris) from London on July 11, 1788, and mentioned that if a good private opportunity occurs soon I will transmit to you a pamphlet or two lately written in various parts of the Union . . . This and the preceding entry may have been among those so submitted.

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is a slip of paper with notes in Jefferson's autograph, headed: Tench Cox's enquiry into the principles of American commerce. The notes have references to eight pages in this work. At the foot are three notes referring to the Federal Farmer.

See the note to the previous entry." "36240","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","1.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","Thoughts concerning the Bank of North America, with some facts relating to such establishments in other countries, respectfully submitted to the honorable The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, by one of their Constituents. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Philadelphia, 1787.]","","

9 leaves, with sig. B-C4, D1, pagination irregular; caption title, no imprint.

Contains:

i. Thoughts concerning the Bank of North America, as above; dated at the end December 6th, 1786.

ii. Further Thoughts concerning the Bank, dated December 13th, 1786.

iii. Maxims.

iv. A Plan for encouraging Agriculture, undated.

Sabin 17305. Evans 20307.

On the first leaf Jefferson has written the name of the author by Tenche Coxe [sic], and instructions to the binder: half bound & lettered. Tracts. American." "36250","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","2.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","An Enquiry into the Principles on which a Commercial System for the United States of America should be founded . . . [Philadelphia:] Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

With manuscript corrections by the author.

On the title-page Jefferson has written by Tench Coxe.

Another copy of no. 3623 above." "36260","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","3.","","","Coxe, Tench.","An Address to an Assembly of the Friends of American Manufactures . . . Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

On the title-page Jefferson has written: by Tench Coxe.

Another copy of no. 3622." "36270","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","4.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","Observations on the agriculture, manufactures and commerce of the United States. In a Letter to a Member of Congress. By a Citizen of the United States. New-York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789.]","","

51 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 217. Sabin 17301. Evans 21774.

by Tench Coxe was originally written on the title by Jefferson; only the word by remains, the rest having been forcibly removed and now represented only by a hole in the paper. This was probably done by Jefferson himself as he has given this tract anonymous listing on the fly-leaf. It is now always ascribed to Coxe." "36280","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","5.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","A Brief examination of Lord Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the United States of America. Philadelphia: Printed by Carey, Stewart, and Co., M,DCC,XCI. [1791.]","","

24 leaves; contains an examination of six numbers.

Sabin 17294. Evans 23294.

The author's name written by Jefferson on the title-page; a few manuscript corrections in the text by Coxe.

For Lord Sheffield's Observations see no. 3616 and 3618. Coxe's work was published originally in The American Museum." "36290","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","6.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","Reflexions on the State of the Union . . . Philadelphia: From the Press of Mathew Carey, May 9.—M,DCC,XCII. [1792.]","","

2 parts, 19 leaves.

Sabin 17302. Evans 24230.

The author's name written in ink on the title-page by Jefferson." "36300","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","7.","","","","The Constitution of the Germantown Society for Promoting Domestic Manufactures. Philadelphia: Printed by Eleazer Oswald, M,DCC,XC. [1790.]","","

4 leaves.

Sabin 27157. Evans 22534." "36310","J. 56","Tracts American, viz. sundry papers on commerce &c. of U.S. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 106. no. 354, Tracts, American, on the Commerce, &c. of the U.S. 8vo.","

Eight tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., in a half binding for Jefferson whose instructions to the binder are on the first page of the first tract. The back has the name Coxe lettered in ink and later labels lettered Miscellaneous/Pamphlets./1092./ With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates. [TBE]AC901 .M5 Vol. 1092[/TBE]

The pamphlets are all in uncut condition, six are numbered in ink on the first pages, the last two unnumbered.

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed them thus:

Tracts American. viz.

Sundry papers & pamphlets by Tenche Coxe.

Observñs on the agriculture, manufactures & commerce of the US.","","8.","","","[Coxe, Tench.]","A Plan For encouraging Agriculture, and increasing the value of farms in the Midland and more Western Counties of Pennsylvania, applicable to several other Parts of that State, and to many Parts of the United States. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

12mo. 6 leaves, caption title; the author's name written by Jefferson below the caption.

A reprint of part of the first number in this volume." "36320","J. 57","","","","Coxe's view of the United States.","","8vo. 2 copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 355, Coxe's View of the U.S. 8vo.","Coxe, Tench.","A View of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794, By Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia; interspersed with authentic documents: The whole tending to exhibit the progress and present state of civil and religious liberty, population, agriculture, exports, imports, fisheries, navigation, ship-building, manufactures, and general improvement. Philadelphia: Printed for William Hall, and Wrigley & Berriman, 1794.","HC103 .C87","

First Edition. 274 leaves, some being unopened folded sheets of tables.

Sabin 17307. Evans 26829.

Original calf, with red leather label on the back, lettered Coxe's/View. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on March 20, 1795:

I take the opportunity by Mr. Madison to transmit to you a copy of a collection of papers which one of our printers has lately published and of which I request you will do me the honor to accept. They may assist to shew foreigners, our young people, and those, who have been out of the way of seeing for themselves, some of the considerable facts which have affected the political and private affairs of this country since the year 1786—

You may add to the public Documents that the 4th year of exports, ending on the 30th September, 1794, have run up (by the returns now actually received) to a little more than thirty three millions of Dollars— If this be partly owing to the depreciation of money it is felt much in the prices of produce and of land, and will therefore tend to relieve the indebted parts of the United States if they shall be prudent . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on June 1:

I received a few days ago only your favor of Mar. 20. accompanied by the Collection of your papers lately printed, for which I cordially thank you. it will enable me to turn with more convenience to pieces which I consult with pleasure & instruction . . ." "36330","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","i.","","","","Instruction de l'Assemblée Nationale, sur la formation des assemblées représentatives & des corps administratifs. Du 8 janvier 1790.","","

A fragment of 8 leaves, sig. C, D, numbered (37) to (52); caption title as above.

The date 1790 written in ink on the first page, possibly by Jefferson." "36340","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","ii.","","","Supplement au No. XXIV.","Un mot sur l'affaire de la Chambre des Vacations du Parlement de Rouen. [De l'Imp. de Quillau, rue de Fouatte, No. 3].","","

A fragment of 4 leaves, sig. Dd, numbered (405) to (412); Tome V. in the lower margin of the first leaf, and Fin du cinquieme Volume at the foot of page (412).

The Chambre des Vacations functioned from September 7 to October 27, and was originally instituted in 1405." "36350","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","iii.","","","Federation Nationale.","Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale par M. de la Fayette, au nom & à la tête des Députés de toutes les gardes nationales de France, & la Réponse du Roi. [Paris:] chez Garnéry [1790].","","

4 leaves, sig. A, caption title, imprint at the end.

Tourneux 1778.

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, 1757-1834, became vice-president of the Assemblée Nationale in 1789." "36360","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","iv.","","","L'Observateur.","L'Observateur. (Tome deuxieme.) No. 2. La publicité est la sauve-garde du peuple. 15 juillet, l'an 2e. de la liberté. [No. 26. 9 septembre 1790.] [Paris:] chez Garnéry [1790].","","

2 numbers (separated by the Grand Details, see the next following tract), 4 leaves each, caption titles, imprints at the end.

Tourneux 10303a. Hatin, page 141.

L'Observateur, an anti-aristocratical journal, was founded by Feydel in August 1789. According to Tourneux the original edition was published by Volland and Garnéry, and the reprint by Garnéry alone. The last number appeared on October 12, 1790." "36370","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","v.","","","","Grands Détails par Pièces Authentiques, de l'affaire de Nancy. A Paris: chez Froullé [1790].","","

20 leaves, ends with catchword Extrait.

Not in Barbier. Not in Tourneux.

The ''affaire de Nancy'' was an insurrection of the garrison in August 1790." "36380","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","vi.","","","Le Lendemain.","Le Lendemain, ou l'Esprit des Feuilles de la Veille, Journal auquel on en a réuni deux autres, l'un connu sous le nom du Journal des Prêtres, l'autre, plus nouveau, connu sous celui de Courier des Fonctionnaires publics; Rédigé par une nouvelle Société de Gens de Lettres. [Paris]: De l'Imprimerie du Lendemain, chez Froullé [1791.]","","

16 numbers, 115-120, 129-131, 136, 150-155, 25 Avril to 4 Juin, 1791, 4 leaves each, caption titles (with the number above the title), imprints at the end; on the caption of no. 115 is added in ink et le Dejeuner patriotique du Peuple, see the next following entry.

Tourneux 10575. Hatin page 180.

The numbers 115 to 120 are inserted between the corresponding date numbers of the Dejeuner patriotique." "36390","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","vii.","","","Le Dejeuner Patriotique du Peuple.","Le Dejeuner Patriotique du Peuple. [Paris:] chez Froullé [1791.]","","

6 numbers, 92-97, April 25 to 30, 1791, caption title, with the number at the head of the caption, imprints at the end. The numbers of the Dejeuner Patriotique are bound next to the corresponding date numbers of Le Lendemain, q. v.

Tourneux 10622 (to April 24 only). Hatin 207 (to April 24 only)." "36400","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","viii.","","","L'Abeille Politique et Litteraire.","L'Abeille Politique et Litteraire, No. 54, 55, du 24-25 Mai 1791. Assemblée Nationale. A Rouen: de l'Imp. de Jacques Ferrand, 1791.","","

2 numbers, 4 leaves each.

Not in Tourneux. Hatin, page 293." "36410","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","ix.","","","","Convention Nationale. Arrêté et Pétition de la Section des Gravilliers, présentés a la Convention Nationale, le 7 octobre 17791 [sic], l'an premier de la République, avec la Réponse du citoyen Président; imprimés par ordre de la Convention Nationale. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie Nationale [1791.]","","

2 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end; signed Delacroix, président.

Not in Tourneux.

The section des Gravilliers was the section that ''provoqua la première la déclaration de la patrie en danger, réclama le décret d'accusation contre Louis XVI, protesta énergiquement contre l'agiotage et l'accaparement, offrit à la Convention les dépouilles de ses églises, demanda après le 9 thermidor l'élargissement des patriotes et le maintien des sociétés populaires, et proclama l'insurrection au 12 germinal. Cette section devint le quartier Saint-Martin-des-Champs, et fit partie du VI[???] arrondissement.''" "36420","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","x.","","","Jullien, Denis Michel.","Tableau Historique et Philosophique, des Discussions Importantes de la Première Assemblée Nationale de France, appuyé d'observations critiques, sur les événemens connus et les causes secrètes qui en ont préparé les résultats; et enrichi de pièces originales classées par ordre de matières, et des traits caractéristiques de tous ceux qui y ont figuré d'une manière distinguée. Dédié a la prochaine Législature, par M. Jullien, ci-devant avocat au parlement, aide-de-camp de M. de la Fayette, membre de quelques sociétés littéraires et politiques, et correspondant de plusieurs académies. Without name of place or printer, 1791. L'an 2me. de la Liberté.","","

Prospectus only, 4 leaves.

Tourneux 461.

The work was announced to be in 12 volumes of text and 1 volume of Tables; it was not published." "36430","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xi.","","","Leopold II.","Réponse de l'Empereur aux explications demandées par le Roi, au sujet de l'Office du 21 Décembre, & autres pièces relatives au même objet. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1792.","","

18 leaves, the last a blank, sig. A, in quarto format, the blank leaf cut, the others folded to fit into the volume, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux.

Leopold II, 1747-1792, Roman emperor and grandduke of Tuscany." "36440","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xii.","","","Dupont de Bigorre, Pierre Charles François.","Convention Nationale. Bases de la Constitution Française, par P. C. F. Dupont, Député des Hautes-Pyrénées. Imprimées par Ordre de la Convention Nationale. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, n. d.","","

14 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Tourneux 17019." "36450","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xiii.","","","","Que font ces Clubs? Ils affichent la Sotise et la Rébellion. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Tourneux 9815." "36460","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xiv.","","","","Oh! Elle est bien nommée Section du Théatre François, car elle nous donne la Comédie. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Tourneux 2181." "36470","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xv.","","","","Grand Trait de Prudence de M. Hyon, ex-pâtissier, & maintenant Lieutenant des Grenadiers soldés de l'Oratoire, place qu'il doit aux bontés de M. de la Fayette. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Not in Tourneux." "36480","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xvi.","","","","Jeannot et Diogene a Paris. La scène est au club des Jacobins. 7me Dialogue. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves.

Tourneux 11441.

One of a number of dialogues directed against the Club des Jacobins." "36490","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xvii.","","","","Cela est fort aisé a dire. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Tourneux 2173.

A reply to a placard exhibited at the street corners, which declared that ''Le Roi est un traitre; La Fayette est un contre-revolutionnaire; la Garde Nationale une poule mouillée; l'Assemblée Nationale est corrumpue; le Departement vendu; la Municipalité une despote. Nommons le Duc d'Orléans pour régent, Charles Lameth pour commandant-général, & f . . . nous serons libres.''" "36500","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xviii.","","","[Hébert, Jacques René]","Douzieme Entretien, entre Jean Bart et le Père Duchêne. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [Imprimerie du Père Duchêne, rue Vieux-Colombier.]","","

4 leaves, the last a blank, caption title.

Tourneux 11573.

Jacques René Hébert, b. circa 1755, was arrested and guillotined on March 24, 1794. An athiest, he was a member of the commune of August 10, and was the editor of the articles signed by the père Duchêne. The name Jean Bart is also a pseudonym." "36510","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xix.","","","","Cinquieme Conversation entre M. Richard et M. Courtois. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, the last a blank; caption title.

Not in Tourneux." "36520","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xx.","","","","Question a décider sur la nouvelle lègislature. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Not in Tourneux." "36530","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxi.","","","","Quand on est a moitié bien, il faut rerter [sic] comme l'on est. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title.

Tourneux 3117.

In favor of Louis XVI and of La Fayette." "36540","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxii.","","","","Ce peuple nous mène à la guerre civile, en croyant l'éviter. [Paris:] de l'Imprimerie de Jacob, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux." "36550","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxiii.","","","","Réponses au Prussien Clootz, par Roland, Kersaint, Guadet et Brissot. Paris: de l'Imprimerie du Patriote Français, n. d.","","

8 leaves, including the half title (no title leaf) and the last blank, imprint at the end.

Not in Tourneux.

For Jean Baptiste, Baron de Cloots (Anarcharsis Cloots) see no. 1294. This pamphlet was written in reply to his Ni Marat ni Roland.

For Roland, several of whose works appear in this Catalogue, see the Index.

Armand Guy, Comte de Kersaint, 1741-1793, naval captain, was député for Paris in the Legislative, and for Seine-et-Oise at the Convention. After the execution of the King he resigned to the President of the Convention, and was himself executed as a Girondin in 1793.

Marguerite Elie Guadet, 1758-1794, lawyer, was député for La Gironde at the Legislative and at the Convention. He voted for the death of the King. He was executed as a Girondin.

For Brissot (i. e. Brissot de Warville) see the Index." "36560","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxiv.","","","","Pour la Troisieme Fois, rendez-nous nos dix-huit francs, & foutez-nous le camp. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title. Woodcut at the head.

Tourneux 11388.

The first and second requests were issued also without imprint." "36570","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxv.","","","","Encore une fois, rendez-nous nos dix-huit francs, et allez-vous-en. Without name of place or printer, n. d.","","4 leaves, caption title. Tourneux 11398." "36580","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxvi.","","","","Dénonciation des libelles intitulés: L'Ami du peuple par Marat, & L'Orateur du peuple par Martel, & Réflexions sur la Liberté de la Presse.","","

A fragment of 2 leaves, caption title. Not in Tourneux.

Jean Paul Marat, 1743-1793, a Swiss by birth, used L'Ami du Peuple as a means of spreading his extreme ideas, and used the printing press as a hiding place when pursued. He was president of the Club des Jacobins. His assassination by Charlotte Corday took place in 1793.

Louis Stanislas Fréron, under the pseudonym of Martel, founded L'Orateur du Peuple in 1790. He was a friend of Danton and of Desmoulins, and was elected a député to the Convention. He died in Saint Domingue in 1802.

Michel Thomassin, director of registration in Bas-Rhin, was the author of Reflexions sur la Liberté de la Presse, issued in 1791." "36590","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxvii.","","","Hébert, Jacques René.","Je suis le véritable père Duchesne, foutre! La Grande Colere du Père Duchesne contre les scélérats qui excitent le roi contre le peuple. . . De l'Imprimerie de la rue des Filles-Dieu; no. 8, ci-devant chez Tremblay, n. d.","","

4 leaves, being no. 147 (this number printed at the foot of the first page) of a series of 355 numbers edited by Jacques René Hébert, whose signature is on the last page; caption title with woodcut at the head, woodcuts at the end.

See Tourneux 11506 for a full account of this series, with reproductions of the woodcuts." "36600","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxviii.","","","","L'Agonie de Louis XVI, et ses aveux a la Nation de tous ses crimes et de ses complices. [De l'Imprimerie de P. Provost, rue Mazarine] n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end. Above the caption, under a broken crown is the epigram:

Rois, tremblez, les peuples devenant souverains,

Briseront les sceptres qu'ils ont mis dans vos mains.

Fore margins cut into with damage to text.

Tourneux 3828." "36610","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxix.","","","","Donnez-nous du Pain, ou égorgez-nous! De l'Imprimerie de la Liberté et de la Sévérité, Fauxbourg Saint-Marceau, n. d.","","

4 leaves, caption title, imprint at end.

Not in Tourneux.

Directed chiefly against Roland and Brissot de Warville." "36620","J. 374.","do. [Pamphlets French. 1790] 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 102, no. 140, Pamflets, French, 1790, 8vo","

Note: These pamphlets should have been placed after no. 2587.

Twenty-nine tracts or fragments of tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate (damaged); the tracts numbered serially in ink on the first pages. [TBE]JA 36 .P8 vol. 13[/TBE]","","xxx.","","","","A fragment of 8 leaves, without title, in the form of a letter addressed to the Citoyens.","","Contains references to la Nouvelle-Angleterre, and to ''le sage Congrès des Etats-Unis.''" "36630","1","","","","Diophanti Arithmetica & numeri Multanguli. Gr. Lat. Bacheti.","","fol. Par. 1621.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 36, as above, but reading fo Paris.","Diophantus, of Alexandria.","Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorvm Libri Sex, et de nvmeris mvltangvlis liber vnvs. Nunc primùm Græcè & Latinè editi, atque absolutissimis Commentariis illustrati. Avctore Clavdio Gaspare Bacheto Meziriaco Sebvsiano, V. C. Lvtetiæ Parisiorvm, Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, via Iacobæa, sub Ciconiis. M. DC. XXI. Cvm Privilegio Regis. [1621.]","QA31 .D5","

First Edition of the Greek text. Folio. 278 leaves, title printed in red and black, with Cramoisy's engraved device, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, mathematical diagrams.

Brunet II, 99. Ebert 469. This edition not in Smith.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Diophantus of Alexandria is supposed to have flourished about the middle of the third century A. D. This work is considered the first systematic treatise of algebra ever written; it contains the first edition of the Greek text and the second of the Latin.

Claude Gaspar Bachet, sieur de Méziriac, 1581-1638, French Jesuit scholar and mathematician, was the editor of the Greek text.

Gulielmus Xylander [i. e. Wilhelm Holtzmann], 1532-1596, professor of Greek at Heidelberg, first published his Latin translation of the Arithmetica in 1575." "36640","2","","","","Hill's Arithmetic.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 2, as above.","[Hill, Thomas.]","The Arte of Vulgar Arithmeticke, both in Integers and Fractions, deuided into two Bookes; whereof the first is called Nomodidactus numerorum, and the second Portus proportionum . . . Whereunto is added a thirde Booke, entituled Musa Mercatorum, comprehending all the most necessarie and profitable Rules vsed in the Trade of Merchandise . . . Imprinted at London by Gabriel Simson, 1600.","","

First Edition. Sm. 4to.

This book is not checked as having been received in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. It is in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and was probably never delivered to Congress.

Thomas Hill, fl. 1590, English miscellaneous writer and astrologist." "36650","3","","","","Cocker's Arithmetic.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 3, as above.","Cocker, Edward.","Cockers Arithmetick, being a Plain and Familiar Method suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of that Incomparable Art, as it is now taught by the ablest School Masters in City and Countrey. Composed by Edward Cocker late Practitioner in the Arts of Writing, Arithmetick, and Engraving. Being that so long since promised to the World. Perused and published by John Hawkins VVriting-Master near St. Georges Church in Southwark by the Authors correct Copy, and commended to the World by many eminent Mathematicians and Writing-Masters in and near London. Licensed Sept. 3. 1677. Roger L'Esstrange. London Printed, for T. Passinger, and T. Lacy, and are to be sold by Robert Sollers, 1677.","","

12mo. No copy of the first issue with date 1677 has been seen for collation. The Library of Congress copy from which the above title was taken is of the second impression, so described on the title-page, and dated 1678. According to the Library of Congress catalogues printed after 1815, Jefferson's copy was of the first impression, with date 1677.

Arber, Term Catalogues, I, 290 (November 1677). This issue not in the STC. Not in Smith. De Morgan, page 56.

Edward Cocker, 1631-1675, English arithmetician. De Morgan states that he has seen one copy of the issue of 1677. There is no copy in the British Museum, nor in any of the libraries in the United States." "36660","4","","","","Pike's Arithmetic.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 4, as above.","Pike, Nicholas.","A New and Complete System of Arithmetic. Composed for the use of the Citizens of the United States. By Nicholas Pike, A. M. . . . Second Edition, enlarged. Revised and corrected, by Ebenezer Adams, A. M. Preceptor of Leicester Academy. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: at the press of Isaiah Thomas, by Leonard Worcester, for said Thomas. Sold by Thomas, Son & Thomas, in Worcester; by Thomas and Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, S. Hall, J. White, and J. West, in Boston, and by all the booksellers in the United States. 1797.","QA101 .P65","

8vo. 258 leaves, mathematical diagrams.

Sabin 62830. Evans 32692. Karpinski 90. Greenwood and Martin 806.

Nichols, Bibliography of Worcester, 342. Nichols, Isaiah Thomas, 366.

Jefferson bought a copy from Rapine, Conrad & Co. on January 1, 1803, price $2.25. He ordered a copy from Joseph Milligan on August 11, 1815, which may have been for his own library, or may have been intended as a replacement copy for the Library of Congress.

Jefferson mentioned this book in a letter to Melatiah Nash concerning his Ephemeris, dated from Monticello November 15, 1811:

To give novelty, and increase the appetite for continuing to buy your Ephemeris annually, you might every year select some one or two useful tables which many would wish to possess & preserve. These are to be found in the Requisite tables, the Connoissances des tems of different years, and many in Pike's arithmetic.

Nicholas Pike, 1743-1819, mathematician, was a native of New Hampshire. The first edition of this work was published in Newburyport in 1788.

Ebenezer Adams, 1765-1841, also a native of New Hampshire, became a preceptor in the academy at Leicester, Mass., in 1792, and eventually, in 1810, professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College." "36670","5","","","","Potter's Mathematics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 6, as above.","Potter, John.","A System of Practical Mathematics . . . with a plain Account of the Gregorian or New Style, settled by Act of Parliament; the method of finding the Epact, Moon's Age, Tides, &c. With necessary Tables: particularly the Table calculated by the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, for finding Easter. Tables of Logarithms, Sines, and Tangents; with their description and use . . . To which are added, by way of Appendix, Cycles of the primary Planets, never before published; with Mr. Whiston's Cycle for the calculation of Solar Eclipses without Parallaxes. By John Potter . . . London: Printed for the author; and sold by E. Comyns, and all booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, M DCC LIX. [1759]","","

8vo. No copy of this edition was seen for collation. The title leaf is preceded by a leaf with the title-page of Nathaniel Hammond's Elements of Algebra, and on the title of Potter's book is a recommendation signed Nath. Hammond, and dated from the Bank of England, Feb. 4, 1752.

In a letter to L. H. Girardin, dated from Monticello, March 18, 1814, concerning Lord Napier's theorem for the solution of right-angled spherical triangles, Jefferson wrote:

. . . with you I think it strange that the French mathematicians have not used, or noticed, this method more than they have done. Montucla, in his account of Lord Napier's inventions, expresses a like surprise at this fact, and does justice to the ingenuity, the elegance, and convenience of the theorem, which, by a single rule, easily preserved in the memory, supplies the whole Table of Cases, given in the books of Spherical trigonometry. yet he does not state the rule; but refers for it to Wolf: Cours de Mathematiques. I have not the larger work of Wolf; and in the French translation of his abridgment (by some Member of the congregation of St. Maur) the branch of Spherical trigonometry is entirely omitted. Potter, one of the English authors of Courses of mathematics, has given the Catholic proposition, as it is called, but in terms unintelligible, and leading to error, until, by repeated trials, we have ascertained the meaning of some of his equivocal expressions. in Robert Simson's Euclid we have the theorem, with it's demonstrations, but, less aptly for the memory, divided into two rules; and these are extended, as the original was, only to the cases of right angled triangles. . . .

John Potter, English mathematician, musician and clergyman, was vicar of Cloford, Somerset. The first edition of this work appeared in 1753." "36680","6","","","","Ward's Mathematics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 7, as above.","Ward, John.","The Young Mathematician's Guide. Being a Plain and Easie Introduction to the Mathematicks. In Five Parts. viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar, and Decimal . . . II. Algebra, or Arithmetick in Species . . . III. The Elements of Geometry . . . IV. Conick-Sections . . . V. The Arithmetick of Infinites Explain'd . . . With an Appendix of Practical Gauging. The Third Edition Corrected. By John Ward, Philomath. Heretofore Chief Surveyor and Gauger-General in the Excise; now Professor of the Mathematicks in the City of Chester. London: Printed for Tho. Horne, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayram, 1719.","QA35 .W3 1719","

8vo. 232 leaves in fours, at the end is a poem headed To the Ingenious Mr John Ward, upon his most useful Piece, the Young Mathematician's Guide, 2 pages, signed by Samuel Cunn, Teacher of the Mathematicks, and dated London, Feb. 18. 170 6/7. followed by lists of books printed for Tho. Horne, and for A. Bettesworth, 3 pages; at the beginning is reprinted the Preface to the first edition, dated from London, October 10, 1706.

This edition not in Lowndes. De Morgan, page 65.

John Ward, of Chester, English mathematician, died before 1730, in which year his posthumous works were published." "36690","7","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 5, Malcolm's System of Arithmetic, p 4to.","Malcolm, Alexander.","A New System of Arithmetick, Theorical and Practical. Wherein the Science of Numbers is demonstrated in a regular Course from its first Principles, thro' all the Parts and Branches thereof; either known to the Ancients, or owing to the Improvements of the Moderns. The Practice and Application to the Affairs of Life and Commerce being also fully explained: so as to make the whole a Complete System of Theory, for the Purposes of Men of Science; and of Practice, for Men of Business. By Alexander Malcolm, A. M. teacher of the mathematicks at Aberdeen. London: printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman; F. Fayram, and E. Symon, M.DCC.XXX. [1730.]","QA35 .M24","

First Edition. 4to. 338 leaves.

Not in Lowndes. De Morgan, page 66.

Alexander Malcolm, Scottish mathematician and musician." "36700","8","","","","Ward's Algebra.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 8, as above.","Ward, John.","A Compendium of Algebra: containing Plain, Easy, and Concise Rules in that Mysterious Science . . . To which is added, a Treatise of Interest and Annuities, taking of Leases, &c. With all their Various Cases, either at Simple or Compound Interest, perform'd by Theorems or Rules plainly demonstrated, and express'd in words at length. Also Rules to be observed in estimating the Value of Annuities, and Leases for Lives, &c. By John Ward, of Chester; formerly Chief Surveyor and Gauger-General in the Excise. The Second Edition, carefully corrected; and improved with large additions, throughout the whole, by the Author. London: printed for Dan. Browne Junr., M.DCC.XXIV. [1724.]","QA35 .W26","

8vo. 116 leaves, mathematical diagrams and tables.

This edition not in Lowndes.

The first edition was printed in London in 1695." "36710","9","","","","Saunderson's Algebra.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 31, as above.","Saunderson, Nicholas.","The Elements of Algebra, in Ten Books: By Nicholas Saunderson LL. D. late Lucasian Professor of the Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Volume the First, containing the Five First Books. To which are prefixed I. The Life and Character of the Author. II. His Palpable Arithmetic Decyphered. Cambridge: printed at the University-Press, MDCCXL. [1740.]","QA154 .S25","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 207 and 210 leaves with continuous signatures and pagination; engraved frontispiece portrait by Vander Gucht after Vanderbanck, 9 plates, some folded; the title of the second volume varies from that of the first. List of subscribers on four leaves in volume I, followed by a leaf with the errata list.

De Morgan, page 68. Bowes 458.

Nicholas Saunderson, 1682-1739, English mathematician, succeeded William Whiston as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University. Saunderson lost his sight and his eyes through smallpox before he was one year old. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was a friend of Newton, De Moivre, Keill and others whose works appear in this catalogue." "36720","10","","","","Emerson's Algebra.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 10, as above.","Emerson, William.","A Treatise of Algebra, in Two Books . . .","","

Jefferson's copy of this work lost its title-page before the printing of any catalogue which noted the edition. In the absence of his own copy therefore it is not possible to know which edition was sold by him to Congress.

William Emerson, 1701-1782, English mathematician and author, and a nephew by marriage of Dr. Johnson, published the first edition of this work in 1764. For other works by him see the Index." "36730","11","","","","Mc.laurin's Algebra.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 9, as above.","Maclaurin, Colin.","A Treatise of Algebra, in three parts. Containing I. The fundamental Rules and Operations. II. The Composition and Resolution of Equations of all Degrees; and the different affections of their roots. III. The Application of Algebra and Geometry to each other. To which is added an Appendix, concerning the general properties of geometrical lines. By Colin Maclaurin, M. A. late Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society. The Second Edition. London: printed for A. Millar and J. Nourse, MDCCLVI. [1756.]","QA35. M164","

8vo. 223 leaves, 12 folded engraved plates.

Lowndes III, 1144. Sotheran 11226.

Colin Maclaurin, 1698-1746, Scottish mathematician and natural philosopher, a member of the Royal Society, and a friend of Sir Isaac Newton. The first edition of this work was posthumously published in 1748." "36740","12","","","","Simpson's Algebra.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 11, as above.","Simpson, Thomas.","A Treatise of Algebra. Wherein the Principles are demonstrated, and applied in many useful and interesting Enquiries, and in the Resolution of a great Variety of Problems of different kinds. To which is added, the Geometrical Construction of a great number of Linear and Plane Problems, with the Method of resolving the same numerically. By Thomas Simpson, F. R. S. The Third Edition, Revised. London: printed for J. Nourse, 1767.","","

8vo. 206 leaves, diagrams.

Lowndes V, 2402. Sotheran 14882.

Thomas Simpson, 1710-1761, English mathematician, professor of mathematics at Woolwich, and a fellow of the Royal Society. The first edition of his Treatise of Algebra was published in 1745." "36750","13","","","","Newton's Universal Arithmetic.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 12, as above.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","Universal Arithmetick: or, a Treatise of Arithmetical Composition and Resolution. To which is added, Dr. Halley's Method of finding the Roots of Equations arithmetically. Written in Latin by Sir Isaac Newton, and translated by the late Mr. Ralphson, and revised and corrected by Mr. Cunn. The second edition, very much corrected. London: printed for J. Senex, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne and T. Longman, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728.]","QA35 .N562","

8vo. 140 leaves in fours, including the half-title, publishers' advertisement on the last page, printer's imprint at the end of the text, 8 folded engraved plates.

De Morgan, page 74 (octavo in twos). Gray 284. Sotheran 12561.

The original edition of the Arithmetica Universalis in Latin was published in 1707, and the first edition of this translation appeared in 1720, translated by Joseph Ralphson and edited by Samuel Cunn.

Dr. Halley's Method of finding the Roots of Equations was by Newton's friend Edmond Halley, 1656-1742, the astronomer royal." "36760","14","","","","Saunderson's Fluxions.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 13, as above.","Saunderson, Nicholas.","The Method of Fluxions applied to a select Number of useful Problems: together with the Demonstration of Mr. Cotes's forms of Fluents in the Second Part of his Logometria; the Analysis of the Problems in his Scholium Generale; and an Explanation of the Principal Propositions of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. By Nicholas Saunderson, LL. D. late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge. Illustrated with twelve copper plates. London: printed for A. Millar; J. Whiston and B. White; L. Davis and C. Reymers, MDCCLVI. [1756.]","QA302 .S25","

First Edition. 8vo. 168 leaves including the half-title and the last leaf with publisher's advertisements, 12 folded engraved plates.

Lowndes IV, 2193. Sotheran 14672.

See no. 3671 above." "36770","15","","","","Simpson's doctrine & application of fluxions.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 15, as above.","Simpson, Thomas.","The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions: containing (besides what is common on the subject) a number of New Improvements in the Theory, and the Solutions of a Variety of New and very Interesting Problems in different Branches of the Mathematics. By Thomas Simpson, F. R. S. To which is prefixed an Account of his Life. The whole revised and carefully corrected by William Davis, author of 'A complete treatise on land surveying,' &c. London: printed for H. D. Symonds, Knight and Compton, printers, n. d. [1805.]","QA302 .S5","

8vo. 233 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. Sotheran 4396.

Jefferson ordered a copy in 2 vol. 8vo. on October 27, 1812, from N. G. Dufief of Philadelphia. In his letter requesting Dufief to send this and other books, Jefferson suggests that he thinks it probable that Doctr. Patterson, professor of Mathematics, would be most likely to know where books of that department of science would be probably found, should M. Dufief be at a loss himself . . .

Dufief bought a copy from Kimber & Conrad on November 4, price $6.18, and sent it to Jefferson the following day, mentioning in his letter that he had not ''manqué de voir Mr Patterson à ce sujet.'' The receipt of the book was acknowledged by Jefferson in a letter to Dufief dated from Monticello on December 25, in which he mentioned:

. . . I did not expect to find Philadelphia so little furnished with Mathematical books. my own attachment to the exact sciences has made them the principal enjoiment of my leisure hours . . .

For Thomas Simpson, see no. 3674 above. The first edition of this work was published in 1750.

William Davis, 1771-1807, English mathematician and bookseller. For other works edited by him see the Index." "36780","16","","","","Emerson's Fluxions.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 14, as above.","Emerson, William.","The Doctrine of Fluxions: not only explaining the Elements thereof, but also its Application and use in the several parts of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The Second Edition, corrected and greatly enlarged . . . London: printed for J. Richardson, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","QA302 E.53","

8vo. 229 leaves, the last for the Errata and a list of books printed for J. Richardson, and wrote by W. Emerson, 12 engraved folded plates.

Lowndes II, 737.

Jefferson used this book in connection with his mould board of least resistance. In a letter to Robert Patterson, dated from Philadelphia, March 30, 1798, Jefferson wrote:

I am much obliged by your letter of yesterday. tho' I possess Emerson's fluxions at home, & it was the book I used at College, yet it had escaped me that he had treated the question of the best form of a body for removing an obstacle in a single direction. that of the wedge offered itself so readily as the best, that I did not think of questioning it. nor does it now occur to me on what principle it can be questioned. if you have Emerson and will be so good as to lend him to me a day or two, I will be obliged to you . . .

On the following day, March 31, he again wrote to Patterson:

I return you Emerson with thanks. it has suggested a qualification of the expression in my letter, which had supposed the wedge the form offering least resistance to the rising sod. I did at first, as you do now, consider this mould board as a twisted plane. but a little reflection convinced me, as it will you, that it is not, and that it would be impossible to twist a board into that form . . .

This letter has drawings in the margins.

See no. 3672 above." "36790","17","","","","Traité elementaire de Mathematiques. par Le Moine.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 17, as above.","Lemoine d'Essoies, Edme Marie Joseph.","Traité élémentaire de Mathématiques pures, ou Principes d'Arithmétique, de Géometrie, de Trigonométrie, & d'Algèbre, avec les Sections Coniques . . . Ouvrage mis à la portée de tout le monde, et dédié à S. A. S. monseigneur le duc de Chartres, Prince du Sang. Par m. E. M. J. Lemoine d'Essoies, professeur de mathématiques et de phisique . . . A Paris: chez l'auteur, Bolin, Nyon, Didot fils, M. DCC. LXXXIX. [1789.]","","

8vo. 311 leaves, 16 engraved folded plates. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Quérard.

Entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the next following chapter. Geometry. Edme Marie Joseph Lemoine D'Essoies, 1751-1816, took his name from Essoies, the place of his birth. After the Revolution he became a professor of mathematics and physics and a member of the jury of public instruction." "36800","18","","","","Cours de Mathematiques à l'usage de la marine. par Bezout.","","6 v. in 5. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 18, as above.","Bezout, étienne.","Cours de Mathématiques, à l'usage des Gardes du Pavillon et de la Marine. Par M. Bezout. Paris: P. D. Pierre, 1781.","","

6 vol. in 5. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation. The subjects treated are Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Mechanics, and Navigation.

Quérard I, 324.

In Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue this work is entered in the next following chapter, Geometry, with the price, 40.0.

See the next entry." "36810","19","","","","Cours de Mathematiques a l'usage de l'Artillerie. par Bezout.","","4. v. 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 19, as above.","Bezout, étienne.","Cours de Mathématiques, à l'usage du Corps Royal de l'Artillerie . . . par M. Bezout. Paris: P. D. Pierre, 1781-2.","","

4 vol. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Quérard.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue in the next chapter, Geometry, with the price, 33.0.

On October 10, 1815, after the delivery of his library to Congress, Jefferson wrote to George Watterston, the Librarian:

It was sometimes my practice, when reading on a subject to make notes on a separate paper, and to stick the paper loosely into the book to which it related, as the most convenient place for finding it again. in one of the volumes of Bezout's cours de Mathematiques, you will find such a note on the method of taking inaccessible heights and of reducing the planes of the triangles, when inclined, to the plane of the horison. I believe it is in Bezout's course for the artillery, tho possibly in that for the Marine, for they are distinct works. it is on one or two leaves of 8vo. size. preparing soon to undertake an operation of this kind on the ground, I should be very glad to recover that paper of notes, to refresh my memory on the subject. You would greatly oblige me by turning to the book and withdrawing the paper, which is loose, and inclosing it to me by return of the mail . . .

Watterston replied on October 13:

I had the honor to receive your letter of the 10th inst: yesterday evening, requesting the transmission of your MS notes, contained in Bezout. I am happy to have it in my power to comply with your request, by enclosing & forwarding them to you—In the book refered to I find three half sheets carefully fastened between the printed pages, one of which (the one I presume you require) I have taken out & enclose; the other two relate to plane & spherical trigonometry & the solution of oblique angled triangles & that of right angled spherical triangles. If you should desire either of these two, by making known to me that desire, I will cheerfully transmit them to you . . .

On October 20, Jefferson wrote to Watterston:

I thank you, Sir, for the paper you have been so kind as to return me from Bezout. it was nothing more than an exemplification of the process prescribed in his book. the other leaf or leaves inserted therein are not desired. they were inserted as a supplement to his spherical trigonometry, because he omits (as nearly all French Mathematicians do) Ld. Nepier's catholic canon, which is of great value, as supplying the many rules in that branch by a single one, easily retained in the memory. I inserted the same in Potter's mathematics, because he has given Ld. Nepier's canon unintelligibly & incorrectly . . .

In a letter dated from Monticello, June 6, 1807, concerning the mathematical studies of his grandson, Francis Eppes, Jefferson wrote to J. W. Eppes, the boy's father:

. . . but with Bezout (which you possess) I do not think he [i.e. Francis Eppes] will need the aid of an instructor. that author is so remarkably plain that anyone may teach himself by his aid . . .

étienne Bezout, 1730-1783, was a native of Nemours, where a statue of him was erected in 1885." "36820","20","","","","Cours de Mathematique de Wolf.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 16, as above.","Von Wolff, Christian, Freiherr.","Cours de Mathématique, contenant toutes les parties de cette Science, mises à la portée des Commençants. Par M. Chrétien Wolf . . . traduit en françois [par Antoine Joseph Pernetti et Dom Jean François de Brézillac]. Paris: Jombert, 1747.","","

3 vol. 8vo.; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard X, 531. Tassin, Histoire littéraire de la Congrégation de Saint-Maur, page 690.

Jefferson mentioned this work in his letter to Isaac McPherson of August 13, 1813, concerning patents and inventions:

. . . the Chapelets are the revolving band of buckets which Shaw calls the Persian wheel, the moderns a Chain-pump, and mr Evans Elevators. the next of my books in which I find these Elevators is Wolf's Cours de Mathematiques i. 370. & Pl. 1. Paris 1747. 8vo. here are two forms. in one of them the buckets are square, attached to two chains, passing over a cylinder or wallower at top, & under another at bottom, by which they are made to revolve. it is a nearly exact representation of Evan's elevators . . .

In his letter to L. H. Girardin, March 18, 1814, concerning Lord Napier's inventions, Jefferson mentioned this book:

. . . I have not the larger work of Wolf; and in the French translation of his abridgment (by some Member of the congregation of St. Maur) the branch of Spherical trigonometry is entirely omitted . . .

For the full quotation, see no. 3667 above.

Freiherr Christian Von Wolff, 1679-1754, German philosopher and mathematician. The two translators of this work were members of the Congregation of St. Maur." "36830","21","","","","Hutton's Course of Mathematics by Adrain.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 20, as above.","Hutton, Charles.","A Course of Mathematics. In Two Volumes. For the Use of Academies, as well as Private Tuition. By Charles Hutton, LL.D. F.R.S. late Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy. From the Fifth and Sixth London Editions. Revised and corrected by Robert Adrain, A.M. Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, and Professor of Mathematics in Queen's College, New-Jersey. Vol. I [-II]. New-York: published by Samuel Campbell, William Falconer, T. & J. Swords [and others]. George Long, Printer. 1812.","","

First American Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 330 and 282 leaves, 21 leaves of tables. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Karpinski, page 192.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this edition in a letter dated November 7, 1812, addressed to Samuel Pleasants of Richmond:

I see advertised in your paper of the 7th. Hutton's Mathematics 2. v. 8vo. 8. Dol. which I will pray you to send me . . .

Pleasants replied on November 13:

Your favor of the 7th inst. came to hand this morning . . . I regret extremely that all the copies of Hutton's Mathematics had been disposed of previously to the receipt of your letter—nor can I procure one from any of the stores in town. I will however endeavour to procure a copy from the north as soon as possible and send it to you without delay . . .

One month later, on December 16, Pleasants wrote:

I have lodged with Mr D Higginbotham of this place, a package containing a copy of Hutton's Mathematics, which he has promised to forwd. by the first opportunity . . .

In the previously quoted letter to Louis H. Girardin, written on March 18, 1814, Jefferson mentioned several of the works of Hutton. After the reference to Simpson's Euclid, q. v., he wrote:

. . . Hutton, in his Course of Mathematics, declines giving the rules as 'too artificial to be applied by young computists'. but I do not think this. it is true that, when we use them, their demonstration is not always present to the mind: but neither is this the case generally in using mathematical theorems, or in the various steps of an Algebraical process. we act on them however mechanically, & with confidence, as truths of which we have heretofore been satisfied by demonstration, altho we do not at the moment retrace the processes which establish them. Hutton however in his Mathematical Dictionary, under the terms 'Circular parts' & 'Extremes', has given us the rules, and in all their extensions to oblique spherical, & to plane triangles. I have endeavored to reduce them to a form best adapted to my own frail memory, by couching them in the fewest words possible, & such as cannot, I think, mislead, or be misunderstood . . .

Charles Hutton, 1737-1823, English mathematician, was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and a fellow of the Royal Society. The first edition of this work was published in 1798-1801, and was intended for the cadets at the Royal Military Academy.

Robert Adrain, 1775-1843, American mathematical professor of Irish birth, held several important posts including those of professor of mathematics at Rutgers College, Columbia College, and at the University of Pennsylvania where he became vice-provost." "36840","22","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 29, Hutton's Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, 2 v 4to.","Hutton, Charles.","A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the several Subjects, comprized under the heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy both Natural and Experimental: with an Historical Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of these Sciences: also Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the most Eminent Authors, both Ancient and Modern, who by their Discoveries or Improvements have contributed to the Advancement of them. In Two Volumes. With many Cuts and Copper-plates. By Charles Hutton, LL.D. F.R. SS. of London and Edinburgh, and of the Philosophical Societies of Haarlem and America; and Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Vol. I [-II]. London: printed by J. Davis, for J. Johnson; and G. G. and J. Robinson, M.DCC.XCVI, MDCCXCV. [1796, 5.]","Q121 .H9 1795","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 330 and 379 leaves, printed in double columns, numerous diagrams and illustrations, 37 engraved numbered plates, of which 12 are in the first volume; the first plate contains illustrations of air balloons, including those of Montgolfier, Charles & Robert, and Blanchard.

Lowndes II, 1152. Not in De Morgan. Sotheran 2045. See the note to the previous entry." "36850","23","","","","L'Analyse de la probabilité des decisions. par Condorcet.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 33, as above.","Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de.","Essai sur l'Application de l'Analyse à la Probabilité des Décisions rendues à la Pluralité des Voix. Par M. le Marquis de Condorcet, Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie des Sciences, de l'Académie Françoise, de l'Institut de Bologne, des Académies de Pétersbourg, de Turin, de Philadelphie & de Padoue . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXV. [1785.]","QA273 .C74","

First Edition. 4to. 249 leaves.

Quérard II, 269.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 12.0.

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, 1743-1794, French mathematician and philosopher. A number of his works appear in this catalogue. This essay on the doctrine of probability was reissued with a different title in 1804." "36860","24","","","","De Moivre's doctrine of Chances.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 32, as above.","Moivre, Abraham de.","The Doctrine of Chances: or, a Method of calculating the Probability of Events in Play. By A. De Moivre. F. R. S. London: printed by W. Pearson, for the Author, MDCCXVIII. [1718.]","QA273 .M65","

First Edition. 4to. 97 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved headpiece by B. Baron, engraved vignette at the end.

Lowndes II, 626 (with date 1717). Haag VII, 434, i (with date 1716).

Abraham de Moivre, 1667-1754, French mathematician, fled after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes to London, where he became known to Newton and other scientists, and in 1697 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The first edition of this work is dedicated to Sir Isaac Newton; subsequent enlarged editions were dedicated to Lord Carpenter." "36870","25","","","","Memoires Mathematiques de Diderot.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 21, as above.","Diderot, Denis.","Mémoires sur différens Sujets de Mathématiques. Par M. Diderot. Amsterdam, 1772.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

This edition not in Quérard and not in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Denis Diderot, 1713-1784, French philosopher, encyclopaedist and man of letters. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1748." "36880","26","","","","Price on Annuities.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 22, as above.","Price, Richard.","Observations on Reversionary Payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and for Persons in Old Age; on the Method of calculating the Values of Assurances on Lives; and on the National Debt . . . Essays on different Subjects in the Doctrine of Life-annuities and Political Arithmetick . . . Second Edition, with a Supplement . . . London, T. Cadell, 1772.","","

8vo. 211 leaves including leaves of tables; no copy was inspected for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes. McCulloch 251 (not this edition). Palgrave III, 189. Sotheran 13648.

For other works by Richard Price, 1723-1791, Welsh dissenting minister and writer, and friend of Jefferson, see the Index. This is the second edition of this work, first published in 1769. ''Containing information on the population of New England, and forecasting that 70 years hence it will be four millions, and in all North America above twice the number of inhabitants in Great Britain.''—pp. 104-5.—Sotheran." "36890","27","","","","Masere's principles of life annuities.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 34, as above.","Maseres, Francis.","The Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities; explained in a familiar Manner, so as to be intelligible to Persons not acquainted with the Doctrine of Chances; and accompanied with a variety of new Tables of the values of such Annuities at several different rates of Interest, both for single Lives and for two joint Lives, accurately computed from Observations. By Francis Maseres, Esq; F.R.S. Cursitor-Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer. London: Printed for B. White, M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783.]","HG8790 .M39","

First Edition. 4to. 382 leaves; on Ddd is the half-title for An Essay on the Publick Debts of this Kingdom . . . Reprinted from the second edition, which was published by J. Peele, in Pater-Noster-Row, in the year 1726. N. B. This pamphlet is supposed to have been written by Sir Nathaniel Gould, an eminent merchant and a director of the bank.

Lowndes III, 1505. McCulloch, page 243. Palgrave II, 706.

Francis Maseres, 1731-1824, English mathematician and social reformer, was for a number of years attorney general of Quebec. He was a bencher of the Inner Temple, and is mentioned by Elia in his Essay on the Old Benchers of the Inner Temple.

Sir Nathaniel Gould, d. 1728, a London merchant, was a director of the Bank of England, and a member of Parliament." "36900","28","","","","Sr. Isaac Newton's tables for the renewal of leases.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 23b, as above.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for Renewing and Purchasing the Leases of Cathedral-Churches and Colleges, according to the several Rates of Interest: with their Construction and Use explained. Also Tables for Renewing and Purchasing the Leases of Land or Houses; very necessary and useful for all Purchasers, but especially those who are any way concerned in Church or College Leases. To which is added, the Value of Church and College Leases consider'd, and the Advantage to the Lessees made very apparent. By a late Bishop of Chichester. The Sixth Edition. To which are also added, Tables of Simple Interest exactly computed at 3, 3½, 4, and 5 per cent. With other Useful Tables. London: printed only for Tho. Astley: and sold by R. Baldwin, 1742. [Price two shillings bound.]","","

12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

Gray 348: ''The work is not included in Horsley's edition of Newton's Works, and was not described as 'Newton's Tables' until the 3rd edition of 1729. Newton's commendatory note of Sept. 10, 1685, clearly shews that the work was not compiled by him.''

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6." "36910","29","","","","Rowlett's tables of discount.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 35, as above.","Rowlett, John.","Rowlett's Tables of Discount, or Interest, on every Dollar, from unit, or one, to two thousand; on every Ten Dollars, from two thousand to two thousand five hundred; on every Fifty, from two thousand five hundred to three thousand; and on every Five Hundred, from three thousand to five thousand; from one, to sixty-four Days, inclusive, also for every Month, from one to twelve, and for eighteen Months, and two Years; besides a complete Cent Table: the whole computed at six per cent, and comprising upwards of one hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred Calculations of interest; all performed according to the Equitable Principles of the Banks, and as practised between Individuals throughout the United States; together with Examples contained in the Introduction, shewing in what Manner (by means of the Tables) to ascertain the Interest, at five, seven, and at eight per cent. Likewise a Note under the first Page of the Work, explaining the usual Mode of computing Interest on cents, and the ready Way to use the Tables, for any number of Days exceeding sixty-four, &c. By John Rowlett, late Accountant, Bank of North America. Philadelphia: printed for the Proprietor, by Hugh Maxwell, Anno Domini 1802. And the twenty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States. Copy-right secured according to law.","HG1628 .R8 1802","

First Edition. 4to. 100 leaves collating in twos, parchment thumb pieces, list of subscribers on 8 leaves at the end.

Sabin 73597. Karpinski, page 147.

The first two subscribers on the list are John Adams, President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. A footnote draws attention to the fact that Jefferson was now President of the United States, and that since March 1800 much alteration in the list has taken place in consequence of new elections, resignations and deaths." "36920","30","Tracts in Arithmetic. viz. The Arenarius of Archimedes . . . . . . . . Clavius on the possibility of numbering the sands. Testament de Fortune Ricard . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 25, as above, reading Richard.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; there is no longer a copy of the second in the Library of Congress.","","1.","","","Archimedes.","The Arenarius of Archimedes, translated from the Greek, with Notes and Illustrations. To which is added, the Dissertation of Christopher Clavius on the same Subject, from the Latin . . . London: printed for J. Johnson, and Mess. Prince and Cooke, Oxford, M DCC LXXXIV. [1784.]","QA31 .A71","

First Edition. 8vo. 42 leaves including the half-title and the half-title for The Dissertation of Christopher Clavius, folded plate; the Preface signed G. Anderson and dated Wadham College, Oxford, 1784.

De Morgan, page 76.

Archimedes, c. 287-212 B. C., Greek mathematician and inventor.

George Anderson, 1760-1796, English mathematician, published this work the year of his graduation from Oxford. Later he became accountant-general to the Board of Control.

Christophorus Clavius [Clau], 1538-1612, German Jesuit, was born in Bamberg. He became known as the Euclid of the sixteenth century, and was employed by Gregory XIII to reform the calendar." "36930","30","Tracts in Arithmetic. viz. The Arenarius of Archimedes . . . . . . . . Clavius on the possibility of numbering the sands. Testament de Fortune Ricard . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 110, no. 25, as above, reading Richard.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo.; there is no longer a copy of the second in the Library of Congress.","","2.","","","Mathon de la Cour, Charles Joseph.","Testament de M. Fortuné Ricard, maitre d'Arithmétique á D***, lu et publié à l'Audience du Bailliage de cette Ville, le 19 aôut 1784. Without name of place or printer, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves.

Jefferson entered this book with a French title; it is therefore to be assumed that he had a copy of the French edition. In 1785 Richard Price sent to him a copy of the English translation published with the second edition of his own Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution; see no. 2993.

Charles Joseph Mathon de la Cour, 1738-1793, French scholar, philanthropist and artist.

The tracts are entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue." "36940","31","","","","Histoire des Mathematiques par Montucla.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 30, Histoire des Mathematiques de Montucla et de la Lande, 4 v 4to.","Montucla, Jean-étienne.","Histoire des Mathématiques . . . par J. F. Montucla, de l'Institut National de France. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: chez A. Joubert, 1758.—Histoire des Mathématiques . . . Nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, et prolongée jusque vers l'époque Actuelle; par J. F. Montucla, de l'Institut national de France. Tome Troisieme [-Quatrieme]. Achevé et publié par Jérôme de La Lande. A Paris: chez Henri Agasse, An X. (mai 1802).","QA21 .M8","

4to. Together 4 vol. First Edition of all volumes; no copy of vol. I and II was seen for collation; vol. III, 420 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of La Lande by A. de St. Aubin after J. Ely, 17 folded engraved plates by Bernard; on 4 leaves at the end is a bibliography: Des dépôts de Machines, et des livres qui en traitent; vol. IV, 346 leaves, 2 folded engraved plates by Bernard.

Quérard VI, 274.

Jefferson ordered a copy of Montucla's work from ''Frouillé'' [i. e. Froullé] in a letter dated from Philadelphia October 10, 1792. An undated letter (but written in 1792) to a European bookseller also requests a copy of Montucla, Histoire des Mathematiques.

In February 1805 Jefferson bought from J. P. Reibelt, Baltimore, a Histoire des Mathématiques, price $4.00.

On May 17, 1805, Jefferson wrote from Washington to P. and C. Roche, Philadelphia, to request a copy of the two volumes by Lalande:

By a catalogue of yours published in Philadelphia, I percieve that you have the following books which I will ask the favor of you to send me . . . I observe you have Montucla complete. should you have the additional part by de la Lande to dispose of separately, I shall be glad of it. I already possess the original work of Montucla in 2. vols 4to. & want only the Additions . . .

Roche replied on May 20, sending the books and the bill which included Les tomes 3 & 4 histoire des Mathématiques de Montucla revus par La Lande 2 vols. in 4o. réliés $12.00.

Roche's letter read:

. . . L'histoire des mathématiques de Montucla formant un corps complet en 4 volumes in 4o. ne se rend pas separément, cependant jalous de pouvoir faire quelque chose qui pousse vous être agréable nous nous sommes empressés de les joindre à L'envoy et avons écrit à paris pour demander ces deux derniers volumes . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the books on June 1:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to Messrs. Roche, freres, and acknoleges the reciept of the books they sent him with particular thanks for the continuation of Montucla's work . . .

A week before this date, on May 25, Jefferson mentioned the acquisition of these books in a letter, dated from Washington, to William Dunbar and concerning Captain Lewis's expedition and the means of obtaining longitudes:

. . . in conversation afterwards with Baron Humboldt, he observed that the idea was correct, but not new, that I would find it in the 3d vol. of Delalande. I recieved two days ago the 3d & 4th vols of Montucla's hist. of Mathematics, finished & edited by Delalande; and find in fact that Morin & Vanlangren in the 17th century proposed observations of the moon on the meridian, but it does not appear whether they meant to dispense with the time keeper . . .

Jefferson mentioned Montucla's work in his letter to L. H. Girardin quoted above; see no. 3667.

In his letter to Isaac McPherson concerning patents (see no. 3682), he mentioned Lalande's continuation:

. . . in a book which I do not possess, 'L'architecture Hidraulique de Belidor, the 11d. vol. of which is said [De la Lande's continuation of Montucla's Histoire des Mathematiques III. 711.] to contain a detail of all the pumps, antient and modern, hydraulic machines, fountains, wells etc. . . .

In a letter to Mr. Walsh dated from Monticello January 9, 1818, Jefferson wrote:

I returned a few days ago only from a long visit to my other home, the Poplar Forest. this must apologise for my long detention of your book. I have read it with great delight. Montucla is so voluminous that we can read him but once. but Playfair has brought into a small compass the leading facts in Mathematical history, and presented them so philosophically to our view, as that the memory can scarcely lose them a second time . . .

Jean étienne Montucla, 1725-1799, French professor of mathematics, died during the printing of the third volume of his work which was then finished and edited by his friend Jerome de Lalande [i. e. Joseph Jérome Le François de Lalande], 1732-1807, the famous French astronomer." "36950","32","","","","Histoire generale des Mathematiques par Bossut.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 1, as above.","Bossut, Charles, Abbé.","Essai sur l'Histoire Générale des Mathématiques, par Charles Bossut . . . Paris: chez Louis, 1802.","","

2 vol. 8vo., portrait frontispiece; Discours sur la vie et les oeuvres de Pascal at the end of vol. 2; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard I, 433.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March on March 7, 1805, at a cost of $2.00. It was bought from J. P. Reibelt, Baltimore, in February, 1805, price $4.00.

This work is one of those quoted by Jefferson in his letter on patents to Isaac McPherson dated from Monticello August 13, 1813:

. . . Bossut Histoire des Mathematiques i. 86. says 'the drum wheel, the wheel with buckets & the Chapelets, are hydraulic machines which come to us from the antients: but we are ignorant of the time when they began to be put into use' . . . [See no. 3682.]

Abbé Charles Bossut, 1730-1814, French mathematician and geometrician, was a member of the Académie des Sciences." "36960","33","","","","Callet's Tables of Logarithms Stereotype.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 28, as above.","Callet, Jean François.","Tables of Logarithms, containing the Logarithms of all Numbers, from 1 to 108000; the Logarithm Sines and Tangents, to every Second, for the five first Degrees, to every ten Seconds, for all the Degrees of a Quadrant of the Circle; and to every ten thousandth Part, according to the new centesimal Division. Also, three new tables of Logarithms to twenty, forty eight, and sixty one Places of Figures: and several other Tables, useful in ascertaining the Longitude at Sea, etc. With a prefatory Discourse on the nature of Logarithms and the Use of the Tables; translated from the French by D. B. Warden, Secretary to General Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, Paris. By Francis Callet. A stereotype Edition, engraved, cast and printed, by Firmin Didot. Paris: printed by Firmin Didot, for W. Swan & S. Allinson, New York; and sold by them, and by the principal booksellers in the United States. 1809.","","

8vo. Contains a prefatory discourse, tables of logarithms and 1 folded engraved plate. Dedicated by the publisher, Firmin Didot, to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. The dedication, dated from Paris, 25 October 1807, reads:

Permit me to recommend to your patronage, the following work, the utility of which, as applicable to the arts and to general science, you can so justly appreciate.

With that respect and esteem due to you as a profound Scholar and an enlightened Magistrate . . .

Sent to Jefferson by the translator, David Bailie Warden, the American consul in Paris, who wrote from that city on June 28, 1809:

I had the honor of writing to you, by Mr Coles, and of sending you several parts of Humboldts' work on South America. A volume, of the society of Arcueil, mentioned in his letter, was not then received. I now send it, accompanied with a copy of Callets' Logarithms, which Mr Didot bids me offer you. The tables are more correct than any others that have yet appeared. Indeed they are said to be free from error. The price is not yet fixed, but it will be less than that of any other Collection of a similar kind. It is a work which will be extremely useful to navigators, and those employed in Mathematical Calculations. Mr. Didot would wish that you would take the trouble of making it known in the United States. I was obliged, in the Introduction, for the sake of clearness, to confine myself to a very literal translation . . .

Four months later, on October 27, Warden wrote:

. . . I hope you received the copy of Callets' Logarithms, dedicated to you, and of which I prepared the Introduction. It will give me great pleasure to send you any Book or article you may wish to possess . . .

Jefferson referred to these tables in a letter to Dr. Robert Patterson dated from Monticello September 11, 1811:

. . . The French, I believe have given up their Decadary Calendar, but it does not appear that they retire from the centesimal division of the quadrant. on the contrary M. Borda has calculated, according to that division, new trigonometrical tables, not yet I believe printed. in the excellent tables of Callet, lately published by Didot in stereotype, he has given a table of Logarithmic Sines & Tangents for the hundred degrees of the quadrant, abridged from Borda's manuscript. but he has given others for the sexagesimal division, which being for every 10″ thro' the whole table, are more convenient than Hutton's, Scherwin's or any of their predecessors . . .

In Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue this book is placed in the next following chapter.

Jean François Callet, 1744-1798, French professor of mathematics and hydrography. The first edition of his work on logarithms was published in 1783.

For David Bailie Warden, 1772-1845, at times the American consul in Paris, and who had much correspondence with Jefferson, see the Index.

Robert Patterson, 1743-1824, to whom Jefferson's letter was addressed, was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in 1768. He became professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania University and was a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Firmin Didot, 1764-1836, in this book revived the process of stereotyping, for which he had coined this name." "36970","34","","","","Hutton's Mathematical tables.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 27, as above.","Hutton, Charles.","Mathematical Tables: containing Common, Hyperbolic, and Logistic Logarithms. Also Sines, Tangents, Secants . . . London: printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 172 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes II, 1152. Sotheran 2042.

Ordered by Jefferson from Stockdale of London, in a letter written to him from Paris on September 13, 1786, with a number of other books all to be delivered in boards.

For Hutton, see no. 3683, above.

In the Introduction Hutton deprecates the theory of Napier's originality as the inventor of logarithms.

In Jefferson's dated catalogue this book is placed in the next following chapter. Entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue." "36980","35","","","","Hewett's tables of interest [In Jefferson's chapter 25, Commerce].","","","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 24a, Hewitt's Tables of Interest, 16s.","Hewitt, John.","Interest Compleated, in three parts, viz. 1st. 48 Tables for Simple Interest . . . 2d. 4 Tables, of Brokerage, or Commission . . . 3d. a Table of Time . . . all calculated & examined by John Hewitt . . . London: printed for A. Bettesworth [etc., 173-?].","","

12mo. No copy was seen for collation.

John Hewitt, English accountant." "36990","36","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 24b, Castaing's Interest Book, 24s.","Castaing, John.","An Interest-Book at 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 per c. from 1000 l. to 1 l. For 1 Day to 92 Days, and for 3, 6, 9, 12 Months. Fifth Edition, with additions. London: printed for the author, 1725.","","

16mo. No copy of this edition was seen for collation. The title as given above was taken from the British Museum Catalogue, where it is not repeated after the third edition, 1710. It is possible that in the edition of 1725 the tables of interest are different, as in that of 1733 (a copy in the Library of Congress), they run from 3 to 8 per cent, and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 months.

Little is known concerning the author of this work; the first edition was published in 1710 and the book was frequently reprinted." "37000","37","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 109, no. 23a, Les changes faits de la Barthe, 24s.","La Barthe, Adrien.","Les Changes fait, ou Manuel du Banquier et du Négociant, contenant la réduction des Monnaies étrangères en Monnaies de France . . . par Adrien La Barthe. Paris: imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1784.","","

16mo. 112 leaves. No copy was seen for collation; the above title was taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the format, 24s, and the price 2.10." "37010","1","","","","Tacquet's Euclid","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 112, no. 1, as above.","Tacquet, André.","V. Cl. Andreae Tacquet . . . Elementa Geometriae Planae ac Solidae; et selecta ex Archimede Theoremata; summa cura emendata, et XL schematibus novis aeri incisis illustrata, à G. Whiston . . . Editio secunda, aliquanto auctior . . . Cantabrigiae: C. Crownfield, 1710.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Ebert, not in Bowes and not in Riccardi.

André Tacquet, 1611-1660, Dutch professor of mathematics; the first edition of this work was published in Antwerp in 1665.

William Whiston, 1667-1752, succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University. He was deprived in October 1710 of his professorship owing to his religious views." "37020","2","","","","Simpson's Euclid.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 112, no. 11, as above.","Euclides.","The Elements of Euclid, viz. The First Six Books, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. In this Edition, the Errors, by which Theon, or Others, have long ago vitiated these Books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's Demonstrations are restored. By Robert Simson, M.D. Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, M.DCC.LVI. [1756.]","QA451 .S61","

First Edition. 4to. 220 leaves, diagrams.

Lowndes III, 757. Riccardi 17562. Murray, pages 24 and 51.

For Jefferson's comment on Simson's Euclid, see no. 3667 above.

Robert Simson, 1687-1768, Scottish mathematician, was for a number of years professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. This edition of Euclid is the basis of most of the modern textbooks." "37030","3","","","","Archimedis opera. commentariis Eutocii Ascalonitae. Gr. Lat.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 12, as above.","Archimedes.","Aϱχιμηδoυς Toυ Συϱακoυσιoυ, τα Mεχϱι νυν σωζoμενα, απαντα. Archimedis Syracvsani Philosophi ac Geometræ excellentissimi Opera, quæ quidem extant, omnia, multis iam seculis desiderata, at[???] à quàm paucissimis hactenus uisa, nunc[???] primùm & Græcè & Latinè in lucem edita. Quorum Catalogum uersa pagina reperies. Adiecta quo[???] sunt Evtocii Ascalonitæ in eosdem Archimedis libros Commentaria, item Græcè & Latinè, nunquam antea excusa. Cum Cæs. Maiest. gratia & priuilegio ad quinquennium. Basileæ: Ioannes Heruagius excuidi fecit, An. MDXLIIII. [1544.]","QA31 .A681","

First Edition. Folio. 4 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, separate title for the Commentaria of Eutocius, Greek and Latin text, woodcut initials and mathematical diagrams.

Brunet I, 143. Smith 226.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 7.10.

Archimedes, c. 287-212 B.C., Greek mathematician and inventor." "37040","4","","","","Archimedis Arenarius et dimensio Circuli. Gr. Lat. Wallisii.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 2, as above.","Archimedes.","Aϱχιμηδoυς τoυ Συϱακoυσιoυ ψαμμ[???]της, κα[???] κ[???]κλoυ μ[???]τϱηις. Eυτoκιoυ Aσκαλωνιτoυ, ε[???]ς α[???]τ[???]ν [???]πoμνημα. Archimedis Syracusani Arenarius, et Dimensio Circuli. Eutocii Ascalonitæ, in hanc Commentarius. Cum versione & notis Joh. Wallis, SS. Th. D. Geometriæ Professoris Saviliani. Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1676.","QA31.A7","

Sm. 8vo. 108 leaves, Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves, 3 folded plates.

STC A3622. Madan 3095.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue in the previous chapter, Arithmetic, with the price, 2/6.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by John March on April 26, 1806, cost 0.75.

John Wallis, 1616-1703, English mathematician and clergyman, was one of the founders of the Royal Society. Dr. Fell was the author of the Preface of this publication." "37050","5","","","","Proclus's Philosophl. & Mathematical commentaries.","","2. v. 4to. London. 1792.","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 13, as above, reading Philosophical, Lond.","Proclus.","The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus, on the First Book of Euclid's Elements. To which are added, a History of the Restoration of Platonic theology, by the latter Platonists: and a Translation from the Greek of Proclus's Theological Elements. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: printed for the author: and sold by T. Payne and Son; B. White and Son; J. Robson; T. Cadell [and others]; 1792. [Price two guineas in boards.]","[QA31.P75]","

2 vol. 4to. 165 and 224 leaves, engraved vignettes on the titles, mathematical diagrams in the text.

Lowndes IV, 1978. Sotheran 13691.

Proclus, known as Proclus Diadochus, 410-485, a native of Constantinople, succeeded to the chair of philosophy at Athens about 450.

Thomas Taylor, 1758-1835, English Platonist. His first edition of Proclus appeared in 1788-9." "37060","6","","","","Love's surveying.","","8vo","","","","","The author of this book is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, with reference to this chapter, but there is no entry in the chapter itself. The book was probably not sold to Congress." "37070","7","","","","Gibson's surveying.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 8, as above.","Gibson, Robert.","A Treatise of Practical Surveying . . . The Sixth Edition. By Robert Gibson, Teacher of the Mathematics. With Alterations and Amendments, adapted to the use of American surveyors. Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1792.—Mathematical Tables: Difference of latitude and departure: Logarithms, from 1 to 10,000. Artificial sines, tangents, and secants, ib. 1794.—[Robertson, John.] Tables of Latitude and Departure: constructed to every quarter of a degree of the quadrant, and continued from one, to the distance of one hundred miles or chains. ib. MDCCXC. [1790.]","","

3 parts in 1, 8vo., text, plates and tables. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Evans 24357. Karpinski, page 83, for the first two books. This edition of Robertson not in Karpinski.

Robert Gibson, British mathematician. The first American edition (the fifth edition) was published by Crukshank in 1789. The work was frequently reprinted.

John Robertson, 1712-1776, was successively master of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, the first master of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth, and clerk and librarian to the Royal Society. His Tables of Latitude are found with several editions of Gibson's Treatise of Practical Surveying." "37080","8","","","","Gregory's practical geometry.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 7, as above.","Gregory, David.","A Treatise of Practical Geometry: in Three Parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory . . . Translated from the Latin. With additions . . . Edinburgh: for Hamilton, Balfour & Neill, 1756.","","

8vo. 61 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Watt.

David Gregory, 1661-1708, Scottish astronomer and mathematician. This is the third edition of the English translation by Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) of Gregory's mathematical lectures, first published in 1745. Gregory was the first professor to lecture publicly on the Newtonian philosophy." "37090","9","","","","Clendinin's practical surveyor's assistant.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 9, as above, reading p 4to.","Clendinin, John.","The Practical Surveyor's Assistant. In Two Parts. Part the I. being a Table of Difference of Latitude and Departure fitted to every Degree of the Quadrant, and continued from one tenth of a perch to a Mile. Part the II. a like Table fitted to every Quarter of a Degree of the Quadrant, and continued from one tenth of a Perch to four hundred and fifty Perches. Calculated by John Clendinin, land surveyor. Philadelphia: printed for the author, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793.]","","

4to. 47 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Evans 25305. Karpinski, page 102.

The name John Clendinin, surveyor, appears in the Philadelphia directory (47 Sugar alley) in the year 1793 only." "37100","10","","","","Geometrie de Le Clerc.","","8vo. Paris. 1774.","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 4, as above.","Le Clerc, Sebastien.","Traité de Géométrie theorique et pratique, a l'Usage des Artistes: par Sebastien Le Clerc, Chevalier Romain, dessinateur & graveur du cabinet du Roi, professeur de géométrie & de perspective dans l'Académie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture. Nouvelle édition. A Paris: chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, M. DCC. LXXIV. Avec approbation & privilege du Roi. [1774.]","QA464 .L46","

8vo. 124 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page and engraved head piece by Cochin fils, 54 folded engraved plates with vignettes by Cochin fils, Chedel, or Mlle. Taunay after Cochin fils and Chedel, below the geometrical diagrams.

Quérard V, 45. This edition not in De Ricci-Cohen which describes an edition of 1764 with the same plates. A copy was sent to Jefferson in Philadelphia from Paris by Froullé, announced in a letter from the latter dated 20 juillet 1791, price 8. 6.

Sebastien Le Clerc, 1637-1714, French mathematician and engraver. The first edition of his treatise on geometry was published in 1669. The first edition with engravings appeared in 1744. For books with engravings by Le Clerc, see the Index." "37110","11","","","","Playfair's Elements of geometry.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 3, as above.","Playfair, John.","Elements of Geometry, containing the first Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids. Philadelphia: printed for F. Nichols by Thomas and George Palmer, 1806.","","

First American Edition. 8vo. 161 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Karpinski, page 163.

John Playfair, 1748-1819, Scottish mathematician and geologist, was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1785 he became joint professor of mathematics with Dr. Adam Ferguson in the University of Edinburgh and later became professor of natural philosophy in the same university. The Elements of Geometry was first published in Edinburgh in 1795." "37120","12","","","","Treatise on guaging.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 112, no. 6, as above.","Moss, Thomas.","A Treatise of Gauging: or, The Modern Practical Gauger . . . London: printed for G. Robinson, 1768.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Watt.

This is the second edition of this work, originally printed in 1765." "37130","13","","","","De L'Hospital: Sections Coniques.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 15, as above.","L'Hospital, Guillaume François Antoine de, Marquis de Sainte-Mesme.","Traité Analytique des Sections Coniques et de leur Usage pour la Resolution des Equations dans les Problêmes tant Déterminez qu'Indéterminez. Ouvrage posthume de M. Le Marquis de l'Hospital, Academicien Honoraire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. A Paris: chez Montalant, M DCCXX. Avec privilege du Roy. [1720]","QA552 .L5 1720","

4to. 236 leaves, the first and last blanks, woodcut vignette on the title-page, engraved head-piece by Radigues, 34 folded plates of diagrams (numbered 33).

This edition not in Quérard and not in Ebert. Sotheran 2601.

Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Guillaume François Antoine de l'Hospital, Marquis de Sainte-Mesme, 1661-1704, French mathematician and cavalry officer. The first edition of this work was posthumously published in 1707." "37140","14","","","","Trevigar Sectionum Conicarum elementa.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 112, no. 14, as above.","Trevigar, Luke.","Sectionum Conicarum Elementa Methodo facillima demonstrata. In usum juventutis academicæ. Authore L. Trevigar, A. M. Aulæ Clarensis Socio. Cantabrigiæ. Typis Academicis. Prostant apud N. Prevost, & A. Vandenhoeck & apud J. Crownfield Bibliopolas Londinenses. MDCCXXXI. [1731.]","QA485 .T81","

First Edition. 4to. 94 leaves including the half-title, 4 for the list of subscribers, 12 engraved plates, one folded, corrigenda on the last page.

Watt II, 916. Not in Bowes.

Luke Trevigar, ?1705-1772, was admitted sizar to Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1723. Later he became canon of Chichester Cathedral and Chancellor of the Chichester Diocese." "","","","","","Bird's method of dividing instruments by Ludlam.","","","","","","","For this book, separately entered by Jefferson and the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue in Chapter XV, see no. 1213." "37150","15","","","","Histoire des recherches sur la quadrature du Cercle. par Montucla.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 5, as above.","[Montucla, Jean Etienne.]","Histoire des Recherches sur la Quadrature du Cercle . . . Avec une Addition concernant les Problêmes de la Duplication du Cube & de la Trisection de l'Angle. A Paris: chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, M. DCC. LIV. Avec approbation & privilege du Roi. [1754.]","YA2458","

First Edition. 12mo. 178 leaves including a leaf of errata and 2 leaves at the end for a list of Livres de mathematique qui se trouvent chez le même libraire, 8 folded engraved plates, numbered.

Barbier II, 764. Quérard VI, 274.

Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

For Montucla's Histoire des Mathématiques, with notes, see no. 3694 above." "37160","16","","","","De Brahm's Levelling balance & Zonical tables.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 16, as above.","De Brahm, William Gerard.","The Levelling Balance and Counter-Balance; or, the Method of Observing, by the Weight and Height of Mercury, on any Place of Terra-firma on the Terrestrial Globe, the exact Weight and Altitude of the Atmosphere below and above the Place of Observation; thereby to ascertain how much the Horizon of the Sea is lower than the Place whereon the Observation is made. London: printed for the author, by T. Spilsbury, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","QC895 .D28","

Folio, 19 leaves of text, engraved title-page by Ashby with a map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the continents of South America, part of North America, Africa and Europe, engraved plate with De Luc's scales for the

South and North barometers, 9 engraved plates of Tables for the barometer.

Not in Sabin. Not in the De Renne Catalogue." "37170","","","","","","","","","De Brahm, William Gerard.","De Brahm's Zonical Tables, for the twenty-five Northern and Southern Climates . . . London: Printed by T. Spilsbury, MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

Folio, 36 leaves, including the title, 1 preliminary leaf and 34 leaves of Tables, printed on both sides, numbered I-LXVII, Mr. Israel Lyons' advertisement on the last page.

Not in Sabin. Not in Lowndes.

The copy in the Library of Congress has been rebound in buckram and has the two books bound in one volume; it may have been Jefferson's though it has no marks of provenance. From the entry in Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, it is to be assumed that his copy was so bound.

William Gerard De Brahm, 1717-c. 1799, a Dutch Protestant, emigrated to Georgia in 1751. He returned to England in 1770 for a period of four years during which time this book was written and published. For another work by him, see no. 1605." "37180","17","","","","Adams's Geometrical & Graphical essays.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 111, no. 10, as above.","Adams, George.","Geometrical and Graphical Essays, containing, a General Description of the Mathematical Instruments used in Geometry, Civil and Military Surveying, Levelling and Perspective; with many New Practical Problems. Illustrated by thirty-four copper plates. By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, &c. The Third Edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jones, F. Am. P. S. London: printed by W. Glendinning; for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, opticians, 1803. [Price 14s. in boards.]","QA71 .A21","

8vo. 276 leaves, engraved frontispiece (The Great Theodolite, by Ramsden), and 34 folded engraved plates, with separate title, the greater number by Jno. Lodge after T. Milne; a list of the author's works, published by W. and S. Jones, on the penultimate preliminary leaf, on the last leaf of the text a list of the principal instruments described in this work and their prices, as made and sold by W. and S. Jones; following the plates a catalogue, on 7 leaves, of optical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments, made and sold by W. and S. Jones, and a list of books published by W. Jones, and on one leaf an announcement to the public by W. and S. Jones, dated from London, Jan. 1, 1804, concerning their purchase of the stock and copyright of the philosophical works of George Adams, deceased.

Not in Lowndes. Sotheran 5648.

In his dated catalogue Jefferson placed this book in the next following chapter. He ordered his copy from W. and S. Jones, through Mr. Tunnicliff, in London, who in a letter from Jefferson dated from Washington April 25, 1805, was requested to purchase a number of books from that firm.

The order was acknowledged by Jones in a letter dated August 3, 1805, and this book included on the bill, price 19 shillings.

On October 25, 1806, Jefferson wrote to William Jones, ordering several of the instruments described in this book and in other works by Adams. Those requested from this book include:

the 3. inch pocket box sextant to take angles to a minute, in Adams's geometrical & graphical essays. 264. pl. XIX. Fig. 11. with the table inscribed.

the artificial horizon for do. described pa. 266. pl. XIX. Fig. 12.

Keith's improved Parallel scales all-ivory: Adams' geom. & graph, essays. 470. Pl. XXXIII. Fig. 2. 3. 4. 5.

2 pair of hair compasses, one larger one small, ib. Pl. 1. fig. L. & H.

Beside each entry Jefferson has written the price according to Jones's catalogue contained in this work.

For other works by George Adams, and other purchases from W. and S. Jones, see the Index. The first edition of this book, published for the author, appeared in 1791, and the second edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jones, was published by W. and S. Jones in 1797. The plates for this edition of 1803 were issued with the second edition and are dated 1796, 7." "37190","1","","","","Descartes Principia philosophiae et Metaphysica.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 1, as above, reading Metaphysicæ.","Descartes, René.","Renati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiæ. Ultima editio cum optimis collata, diligenter recognita et mendis expurgata. Amstelodami: apud Danielem Elzevirium, Ao 1664. Cum privilegiis.","","

4to 129 leaves, Minerva device on the title-page; no copy was seen for collation.

Willems 1339. Rahir 1387. This edition not in Pieters, and not in Houzeau.

Jefferson referred to the theories of Descartes in his discussion on Church and State in the Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII:

. . . Government is just as infallible too when it fixes systems in physics. Galileo was sent to the inquisition for affirming that the earth was a sphere: the government had declared it to be as flat as a trencher, and Galileo was obliged to abjure his error. This error however at length prevailed, the earth became a globe, and Descartes declared it was whirled round its axis by a vortex. The government in which he lived was wise enough to see that this was no question of civil jurisdiction, or we should all have been involved by authority in vortices. In fact the vortices have been exploded, and the Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in and to make it an article of necessary faith . . .

René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher. The first edition of this work was printed by Elzevir in 1644. A number of books have been written not only in explanation of the Cartesian philosophy, but also in comparison of the philosophies of Descartes and of Sir Isaac Newton." "37200","2","","","","Newtoni Philosophiae naturalis Principia Mathematica commentariis Le Seur & Jacquier.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 23, as above, reading Comment. for commentariis.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica; auctore Isaaco Newtono, Eq. Aurato; perpetuis Commentariis illustrata, communi studio PP. Thomæ Le Seur & Francisci Jacquier, ex Gallicanâ Minimorum Familiâ, Matheseos Professorum. Editio altera longè accuratior & emendatior. Tomus primus. Coloniæ Allobrogum: sumptibus Cl. & Ant. Philibert bibliop., MDCCLX. [1760.]","QA803 .A2 1760","

3 vol. 4to., general title printed in red and black, numerous mathematical diagrams.

Lowndes III, 1672. Gray, page 11, no. 4. Houzeau, page 251, no. 1393.

Jefferson bought a copy of Newton's Principia from N. G. Dufief of Philadelphia, billed to him on April 14, 1814, price $18, the edition not specified. This may be the copy about which Jefferson had written to Dufief on April 3, stating that he had seen advertised in the Aurora of March 23 a copy of the Principia for sale by Mr. McClure, and may have been for his own library or as a replacement copy to be sent to the Library of Congress.

Jefferson mentioned Newton's philosophy in his discussion of Bécourt's La Création du Monde, in a letter to Dufief dated from Monticello April 19, 1814:

. . . I know little of it's [i. e. Bécourt's work's] contents, having barely glanced over here and there a passage, and over the table of contents. from this the Newtonian philosophy seemed the chief object of attack, the issue of which might be trusted to the strength of the two combatants; Newton certainly not needing the auxiliary arm of the government, and still less the holy author of our religion as to what in it concerns him . . .

Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727. The first edition of the Principia was printed in Cambridge in 1687. Jefferson considered Newton one of the three greatest men that ever lived, the other two being Sir Francis Bacon and John Locke.

Bacon, Locke and Newton he wrote to John Trumbull on February 15, 1789, I consider . . . as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception . . .

Thomas Le Seur, 1703-1770, and François Jacquier, 1711-1788, were both professors of mathematics and both entered the Minim order at an early age and became lifelong friends. Their first edition of Newton's Principia was published in 1739-42.

For Bécourt's work see no. 4930." "37210","3","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 2, Newton's Principia, translated by Motte, with notes by Emerson and Machin, 3 v 8vo.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, Newton's System of the World; a short comment on, and defence of, the Principia, by W. Emerson. With the laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity. By John Machin, Astron., prof. at Gresh., and Sec. to the Roy. Soc. A New Edition, (with the life of the author; and a portrait, taken from the bust in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich) carefully revised and corrected by W. Davis . . . In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III]. London: printed for H. D. Symonds, printed by Knight & Compton, 1803.","QA803 .A45 1803","

3 vol. 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I by E. Soriven after I. Allen, folded engraved plates of diagrams in all volumes.

Lowndes III, 1672. Gray, page 16, no. 24. Houzeau, page 251, no. 1393.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work (in the 1729 or later edition) from Lackington's catalogue for 1792, in a letter to A. Donald written on November 23, 1791. Lackington's bill for other books ordered at the same time, dated December 31, 1791, does not include a copy of any book by Sir Isaac Newton.

This is the first complete translation of the Principia into English, and the first translation of De Mundi Systemate.

Andrew Motte, d. 1730, English mathematician, was a lecturer in geometry at Gresham College. His first edition of this translation was published in 1729.

William Emerson, 1701-1782, first published his comment on Newton's Principia in 1770. See also no. 3672 and 3678.

John Machin, d. 1751, English astronomer, became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1710, and in 1713 was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College. His Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity (an attempt to rectify Newton's lunar theory), was appended to the first edition of Motte's translation in 1729.

William Davis, 1771-1807, English mathematician and bookseller. For other works edited by him, see the Index." "37220","4","","","","Pemberton's view of Newton's philosophy.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 24, as above.","[Pemberton, Henry.]","A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. London: printed by S. Palmer, 1728.","QA803 .P4","

First Edition. 4to. 229 leaves, folded plates, engraved vignette on the title, head and tail pieces and historiated and pictorial initials by J. Pine after J. Grison. On the 7th preliminary leaf, sig. [a]3, begins a Poem on Sir Isaac Newton on 15 pages, signed at the end R. Glover. On sig. [d]1 verso is the list of errata, followed by A List of such of the Subscribers Names as are come to the Hand of the Author, on 8 leaves, printed in triple columns.

Lowndes III, 1673. Gray, 132.

The subscribers' list is exceptionally interesting, and includes a number whose names appear in this catalogue, among which are Colin Maclaurin, Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh (see no. 3673, 3723), Abraham de Moivre (see no. 3686), John Pine, the engraver, and a number of others. Sir Isaac Newton himself subscribed for 12 copies. Among those with American addresses are Richard Ash, of Antigua, Robert Carter, jun. in Virginia, George Ellis of Barbadoes, Jonathan Gale of Jamaica, Joseph Gambol of Barbadoes, Benjamin King of Antigua, and John Willet of the Island of St. Christophers. William Stith is among the subscribers, with no mention of his Virginian address, due to the fact that he was at the time a student at the University of Oxford, and did not return to Williamsburg until 1731.

Henry Pemberton, 1694-1771, English physician and writer, studied medicine at Leyden under Boerhaave, q.v. On his return to England he became a friend of Newton and superintended the publication of the third edition of the Principia. A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy is dedicated by the author to Sir Robert Walpole.

Richard Glover, 1712-1785, English poet, politician and dramatist. The poem to Sir Isaac Newton at the beginning of this book was his earliest publication; for others, see no. 3080, 3096." "37230","5","","","","Mc.laurin's acct. of Newton's Philosophical discoveries.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 3, as above, account not abbreviated.","Maclaurin, Colin.","An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. By Colin Maclaurin, A. M. late Fellow of the Royal Society, professor of mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and secretary to the Philosophical Society there. Published from the author's manuscript papers, by Patrick Murdoch, M. A. and F. R. S. The Third Edition. London: printed for J. Nourse, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington [and others], MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","QA803 .M18 1775","

8vo. 224 leaves including the half-title, 6 folded engraved plates, numbered; at the beginning is an account of the life and writings of the author.

Lowndes III, 1444. Gray 112. This edition not in Lalande.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4/3.

Colin Maclaurin, 1698-1746, Scottish mathematician and natural philosopher. In 1719 he visited London, made the acquaintance of Sir Isaac Newton and was admitted a member of the Royal Society. Through Newton's influence he obtained an appointment at Edinburgh University where he remained until ''the Forty-Five,'' and withdrew to England after the capture of Edinburgh. The first edition of this work was posthumously published in 1748, and the second in 1750.

Patrick Murdoch, d. 1774, a pupil and friend of Maclaurin, was educated at Edinburgh University. He is famous for having been described in The Castle of Indolence by his friend James Thomson as ''a little, round, fat, oily man of God.''" "37240","6","","","","Keill. Introductio ad Physicam.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 4, as above.","Keill, John.","Introductiones ad Veram Physicam et Veram Astronomiam, quibus accedunt Trigonometria, de Viribus Centralibus, de Legibus Attractionis. Lugduni Batavorum, MDCCXXV [1725.]","","

4o. 47 plates; a copy was not available for collation.

Sotheran, Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica, no. 2330. Graesse IV, 8.

John Keill, 1671-1721, Scottish mathematician and astronomer, was for a time lecturer in experimental philosophy at Hart Hall, Oxford, where he was succeeded in 1710 by Desaguliers, q. v. His lectures were first printed in 1701. Keill was a fellow of the Royal Society." "37250","7","","","","Nicholson's introduction to Nat. Philosophy.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 9, as above, Natural not abbreviated.","Nicholson, William.","An Introduction to Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with copperplates. By William Nicholson . . . The Third Edition, with Improvements. Philadelphia: printed for Thomas Dobson, M DCC LXXXVIII. [1788.]","QC19 .N618","

First American Edition. 8vo. 290 leaves, the last a blank, 25 folded engraved plates, numbered. At the beginning is the dedication to Sir Joseph Banks, reprinted from the first edition, and dated from London, Feb. 28, 1782.

Evans 21333.

William Nicholson, 1753-1815, English scientist and inventor. His An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, 1781, was his first publication." "37260","8","","","","Martin's Philosophical grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 5, as above.","Martin, Benjamin.","The Philosophical Grammar; being a view of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, or Natural Philosophy, in Four Parts. The Sixth Edition, with alterations, corrections and very large additions by way of notes. London: J. Noon [and others], 1762.","","

8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. This edition not in Sotheran.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Stockdale, London, in a letter dated from Paris, October 10, 1787.

Benjamin Martin, 1704-1782, English mathematician and instrument maker. The first edition was published in 1735. The four parts were: I. Somatology, II. Cosmology, III. Aerology, IV. Geology. All the earlier editions were illustrated with twenty-six folded copperplates, and it seems probable that this edition was so illustrated." "37270","9","","","","Derham's Physico-and Astrotheology.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 7, as above.","Derham, William.","Derham's Physico and Astro theology: or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. A New Edition in Two Volumes . . . London: Printed at the Logographic press, by J. Walter, and sold by J. Rivington and sons . . . J. Robson . . . and J. Sewell . . . 1786.","","

2 vol. 8vo. 384 and 214 leaves, 4 engraved plates, separate title-pages for each part; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in Lalande.

Jefferson's copy was from the library of Benjamin Franklin, purchased by him from N. G. Dufief, Philadelphia, in a letter dated from Washington, February 4, 1803:

I recieved . . . last night your letter of Jan. 31. with Doctr. Franklin's catalogue, which I have this morning sent to the chairman of the library-committee of Congress. I observe in it the following books

Athenai Deipnosophistorium. fol.

Philostratus works from the Greek. fol.

Durham's Physico and Astrotheology 8vo. which I will ask the favor of you to send me with those you are about forwarding me . . .

Dufief replied on February 14:

. . . Aussitot la lecture de votre lettre j'ai fait mettre à part les trois ouvrages de votre choix—Je vous les adresserai à la première occasion favorable . . .

The books were shipped on February 26 from Philadelphia on the sloop Harmony, and billed on March 1, price $3.00.

Jefferson had the book bound by John March of Georgetown in calf, gilt, cost $2.00, billed on May 11, 1803.

William Derham, 1657-1735, English divine and natural philosopher. In 1711 and 1712 he delivered the Boyle lectures, which he published in 1713 with the title Physico-Theology . . . In 1715 appeared the first edition of Astro-Theology. Derham was a fellow of the Royal Society." "37280","10","","","","Martin's Philosophia Britannica.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 6, as above.","Martin, Benjamin.","Philosophia Britannica; or, A New and Comprehensive System of the Newtonian Philosophy, Astronomy and Geography, in a course of Twelve Lectures, with Notes; containing the Physical, Mechanical, Geometrical, and Experimental Proofs and Illustrations of all the Principal Propositions in every Branch of Natural Science: also a Particular Account of the Invention, Structure, Improvement and Uses of all the Considerable Instruments, Engines and Machines, with New Calculations relating to their Nature, Power and Operation; the whole collected and methodized from all the Principal Authors, and Public Memoirs to the Present Year; and embellished with eighty-one copper-plates. By Benjamin Martin . . . The Second Edition . . . London: printed for M. Cooper, 1759-87.","","

3 vol. 8vo. 82 plates, some folded, titles of vol. I and II printed in red and black; vol. III is the fourth edition, printed for John, Francis, Charles Rivington [and others]; volume I contains a catalogue of the principal books made use of in the compilation. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in Gray. Houzeau, page 21, no. 156 Sotheran 11495.

The first edition was published in 1747.

See also no. 3726" "37290","11","","","","Analysis of lectures on Natural philosophy by Atwood,","","8vo","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","

The author is listed in the Index of the 1815 Catalogue, with reference to this chapter, but the book is not listed and there is no entry in the later Library of Congress catalogues.

The book is in the undated list written by Jefferson which included Middleton's Life of Cicero, q. v., and others, to be sent from London." "37300","12","","","","Mussenbrock Cours de Physique experimentale & mathematique. par Sigaud.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 25, as above, reading et for &.","Musschenbroek, Pieter van.","Cours de Physique Experimentale et Mathematique, par Pierre van Mussenbroek, traduit par M. Sigaud de la Fond, démonstrateur de physique expérimentale, maître de mathématiques, de la Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier, des Académies Royale des Sciences & Belles-Lettres d'Angers, Electorale de Bavier, &c. Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez la veuve Savoye [de l'Imprimerie de Didot], M. DCC. LXIX. Avec approbation, & privilege du Roi. [1769.]","QC19 .M96 1769","

First Edition of this translation. 3 vol. 4to. 263, 257 and 254 leaves, 64 folded engraved plates, numbered, 25 in the first volume, 26 to 41 in the second, and 42 to 64 in the third; the last plate is a map of the world, showing North and South America; on the former is indicated only Terra de Laborador with Sinus Hudsoni and Terre neuf, Canada, Acadie, Nova Brittania, Virginia, Carolina, Florida, Louisiana with Sinus Mexicanus, Nova Mexico and California.

Quérard VI, 369. Not in Phillips.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 37-10.

Pieter van Musschenbroek, 1692-1761, Dutch natural philosopher, whose name is connected with the invention of the Leyden jar, was for many years professor of mathematics at Leyden University.

Jean René Sigaud de la Fond, 1740-1810, French physicist. For a work by him, see no. 845." "37310","13","","","","Lettres d'Euler de Physique et de Philosophie. par Condorcet.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 8, as above.","Euler, Leonhard.","Lettres de M. Euler à une Princesse d'Allemagne, sur différentes questions de Physique et de Philosophie. Nouvelle édition, avec des additions par MM. le Marquis de Condorcet et De La Croix. Paris: Royez, 1787-9.","","

3 vol. Sm. 8vo., plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard III, 43. This edition not in Graesse.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price: 2. v. 12mo.+2-10 11-10.

Leonhard Euler, 1707-1783, Swiss mathematician, on the invitation of the Empress Catherine I, spent a number of years in St. Petersburg, where the first edition of this book, written at the request of the Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, appeared in 1768-1772. The edition of 1787-89, according to Quérard, ''devait être accompagnée d'un quatrième volume de notes de Condorcet, et dont on fait peu de cas, parce qu'elle n'est point belle et que Condorcet y a supprimé plusieurs passages favorables à la religion chrétienne.'' Euler was a close friend of Daniel Bernoulli, q. v.

For the Marquis de Condorcet, see the Index.

Silvestre François Lacroix, 1763-1843, French mathematician." "37320","14","","","","Webster's Elements of Nat. philosophy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 10, as above, Natural not abbreviated.","Webster, John.","Elements of Natural Philosophy; explaining the Laws and Principles of Attraction, Gravitation, Mechanics, Pneumatics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Electricity, and Optics: with a general view of the Solar System. Adapted to public and private Instruction. By John Webster. With Notes and Corrections, by Robert Patterson, professor of mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: published by B. and T. Kite, Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808.","QC23 .W38","

First American Edition. Sm. 8vo. in fours, 116 leaves, woodcut illustrations.

Not in Lowndes. Allibone III, 2027. Not in Lalande.

John Webster, fl. 1804, English natural philosopher. The book is dedicated by him to Mr. John Bonnycastle, mathematical master at the Royal Academy, Woolwich, and the first edition was published in London in 1804.

Robert Patterson, 1743-1824, mathematician, was born in Ireland and emigrated to America in 1768. In 1779 he was appointed professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania University. Patterson was a member of the American Philosophical Society and was a friend of Jefferson, who in 1805 appointed him director of the mint." "37330","15","","","","Mansfield's essays Mathematical & Physical","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 12, as above.","Mansfield, Jared.","Essays, Mathematical and Physical: containing new Theories and Illustrations of some very Important and Difficult Subjects of the Sciences. Never before published . . . New-Haven: printed by William W. Morse, n.d. [1801.]","QA7 .M28","

First Edition. 8vo. 144 leaves, and 24 leaves of tables, errata list on the last page, 13 folded engraved plates.

Not in Sabin. Karpinski, page 132 (with date [1800]). Dexter III, 692.

On March 29, 1802, Abraham Baldwin, President pro tempore of the Senate, wrote to the President of the United States [i. e. Thomas Jefferson]:

Mr. Mansfield informed me several weeks ago that he should avail himself of your obliging offer by forwarding to your address a box containing fifteen copies of his mathematical work. The delay is so much longer than I expected, that there is reason to apprehend they will not reach us. I shall write him on the subject tomorrow . . .

The letter containing Jefferson's ''obliging offer'' has not been located.

Dexter, in his account of Mansfield, wrote: ''While teaching in New Haven he published, in September, 1801, a volume of Mathematical Essays; and it is said that this book was brought to the notice of President Jefferson by Abraham Baldwin (Yale 1772), then a member of the Senate, who had been a fellow-townsman of the author, and a Tutor while he was in College. The result was that Mr. Mansfield was, unexpectedly to himself, appointed a Captain of Engineers in the United States Army in May, 1802, with a view to his acting as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the West Point Military Academy. He accordingly removed to West Point, and became one of the earliest instructors in the new institution.''

Abraham Baldwin, 1754-1807, statesman, originally of Connecticut but later of Georgia, was a Jeffersonian in politics. He was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson at this time concerning books for the library of Congress. He was elected to the pro tempore post in the Senate in December 1801, and occupied it when Aaron Burr, the Vice President, was absent.

Jared Mansfield, 1759-1830, received his appointment to West Point from Jefferson in 1802 through Abraham Baldwin, at whose instigation he was in the following year appointed by Jefferson Surveyor General of the United States with the duty of conducting the surveys of Ohio and the Northwest Territory. His undated Essays, Mathematical and Physical was advertised as ''Just published'' in the Connecticut Journal, Wednesday, September 2, 1801, so that the date [1800] supplied by Mr. Karpinski seems to have been an error." "37340","16","","","","Adams's lectures on Natl. & Experiml. Philosophy","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 11, as above, not abbreviated.","Adams, George.","Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, considered in its Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and shewing that they all co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God. By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to his Majesty, &c. In Five Volumes, the Fifth Volume consisting of the Plates and Index. The Second Edition, with considerable corrections and additions, by William Jones, mathematical instrument maker. Vol. I. [-Vol. V.] London: printed by J. Dillon, and Co. for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, opticians, Holborn, 1799. Price 1 l. 12s. 6d. in boards.","Q157 .A2","

5 vol. 8vo., the fifth volume with the general index and folded plates.

Lowndes I, 9. Sotheran 32.

On October 25, 1806, Jefferson wrote from Washington to William Jones (the publisher) to order a number of things including

The Astronomical Quadrant described in 3d. Adams's Lectures on Philosophy p. 533. Plate XIV. Vol. IV. Fig. 1 . . .

Two years earlier, on February 28, 1804, W. W. Woodward, a publisher of Philadelphia, writing to Jefferson about his edition of Scott's Bible, [see no. 1471, and under that number in the Additions, Vol. V.] mentioned:

I have also in the press a new and improved edition of Adams' Lectures, a sheet of it as I am now printing it, is inclosed in the package, with a proposal.—If, dear Sir, you approve of, and wish to patronize the above, I shall feel a happiness in having your name among my numerous, and respectable patrons.

George Adams, 1750-1795, English mathematician, succeeded his father as mathematical instrument maker to King George III. The first edition of this work appeared in 1794. For other works by Adams in this catalogue, see the Index." "37350","17","","","","Ferguson's lectures in Mechanics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 16, as above.","Ferguson, James.","Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics; with the use of the Globes, the Art of Dialling, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. By James Ferguson. London: printed for A. Millar, 1760.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 209 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes. Lalande, page 470.

This was one of the books referred to by Jefferson in his letter to Isaac McPherson, quoted in connection with other entries, dated from Monticello, August 13, 1813, relative to Oliver Evans's invention of the elevator.

James Ferguson, 1710-1776, Scottish astronomer and natural philosopher." "37360","18","","","","Helsham's lectures in Mechanics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 17, as above.","Helsham, Richard.","A Course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy. By the late Richard Helsham, M. D. Professor of physick and natural philosophy in the University of Dublin. Published by Bryan Robinson, M. D. The Third Edition. London: printed for J. Nourse, M.DCC.LV. [1755.]","QC19 .H5","

8vo. 208 leaves, the last with Nourse's advertisement, plates.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Watt or Allibone and not in the catalogue of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

Richard Helsham, 1682?-1738, Irish physician and philosopher, was a friend of Jonathan Swift. The first edition of this work was published after his death by his friend Bryan Robinson, 1680-1754, also an Irish physician. Robinson was also a friend of Swift and of ''Vanessa,'' who left him £15 in her will with which to buy a ring." "","19","","","","Emerson's abstract of his Mechanics.","","8vo","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","","","","This author is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue with reference to this chapter. The book is not listed in the chapter and was probably not sold to Congress. For other works by Emerson, see the Index." "37370","20","","","","Mechanique Analytique par La Grange.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 29, as above.","Lagrange, Joseph Louis, Comte.","Méchanique Analitique, par M. de Lagrange . . . Paris: Vve. Desaint, 1788.","","

First Edition. 4to. 262 leaves; no copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Quérard IV, 430. Graesse IV, 78. Sotheran 10399.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé, while in Paris, on March 19, 1789, price 15 (francs).

Five days later, on March 24, in a letter to Dr. Joseph Willard, and mentioning the most remarkeable publications we have had in France for a year or two past, Jefferson wrote:

. . . a very remarkeable work is the 'Mechanique Analytique' of La Grange in 4to. he is allowed to be the greatest mathematician now living, & his personal worth is equal to his science. the object of his work is to reduce all the principles of Mechanics to the single one of the Equilibrium, and to give a simple formula applicable to them all. the subject is treated in this Algebraic method, without diagrams to assist the conception. my present occupations not permitting me to read any thing which requires a long & undisturbed attention, I am not able to give you the character of this work from my own examination. it has been recieved with great approbation in Europe . . .

This book is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

Comte Joseph Louis Lagrange, 1736-1813, French mathematician, was born in Turin, and soon became one of the greatest scientists of the day. He was a friend of Euler, Condorcet, Lacépède, Chaptal and many others whose works appear in this catalogue. His second wife was the daughter of the astronomer Lemonnier, q. v." "37380","21","","","","Desagulier's Experimental philosophy.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 32, as above.","Desaguliers, John Theophilus.","A Course of Experimental Philosophy. By J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F.R.S. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Chandos. Vol. I. Adorn'd with thirty-two copper-plates. The Second Edition Corrected. [-Vol. II. Adorn'd with forty-six copper-plates.] London: printed for W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, and C. Hitch, and M. Senex, M.DCC.XLV, M.DCC.XLIV. [1745, 1744.]","QC19 .D5 1745","

2 vol. 4to. 244 and 296 leaves, publishers' advertisements on the last page of both volumes, folded engraved plates; list of subscribers' names in the second volume. The titles of the two volumes vary; the second volume has an engraved vignette, the words ''The second edition corrected'' are omitted, and the dedication is to Frederick, Prince of Wales, &c. formerly of Hart-Hall (now Hertford-College) in Oxford.

Not in Lowndes. Lalande, page 424. See Sotheran, 1018.

Jefferson cited this volume in his letter to Isaac McPherson, previously quoted, dated from Monticello, August 13, 1813. In his discussion of the elevators invented by Oliver Evans, referring first to the plate in Wolf's Cours de Mathématiques (q. v.), he wrote:

. . . it is a nearly exact representation of Evans's elevators. but a more exact one is to be seen in Desagulier's Experiml. Philosophy II. Plate 34 . . .

John Theophilus Desaguliers, 1683-1744, natural philosopher, was born in France, but came to England at the age of two years with his father after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Desaguliers matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, and eventually succeeded John Keill, q. v., as lecturer in experimental philosophy at Hart Hall. He became a friend of Sir Isaac Newton and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, winning the Copley gold medal in 1742. The first volume of A Course of Experimental Philosophy was originally issued in 1734. This is the first edition of the second volume, which was not reissued in 1745 with Volume I. The list of subscribers has no names of peculiar American interest with the possible exception of Sir Fulwar Skipwith, the father of Jefferson's friend Fulwar Skipwith. The late Sir Isaac Newton, Kt. is in the list, as is Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society, and two dramatists, Sir John Vanbrugh (who was dead when the book was published) and Colley Cibber." "37390","22","","","","Bailey's Machines.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 30, as above.","Bailey, William.","The Advancement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; or, Descriptions of the useful Machines and Models contained in the Repository of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce: Illustrated by designs on fifty-five copper-plates; with an account of the several Discoveries and Improvements promoted by the Society, in agriculture, manufactures, mechanics, chemistry and the polite arts, and also in the British colonies in America. [-Vol. II. Carefully corrected and revised by Alexander Mabyn Bailey.] London: printed by W. Adlaw, and sold by the author, 1772.","","

First Edition. 4to and a Folio Atlas of Plates with 55 folded plates, numbered, mostly signed by A. M. Bailey.

No copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes II, 99. Graesse I, 276. Sotheran 226.

A second volume was issued in 1779. The machines described and illustrated include Hydraulic Machines by Wirtz and Merryman, a Machine for Ventilating Mines by Keane Fitzgerald, Pinchbeck's Crane, and others.

William Bailey was Register to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, founded in London in 1753 by William Shipley, the landscape painter. This Society paid attention to the application of science to practical purposes (in which Jefferson was deeply interested), a subject usually ignored by the Royal Society." "37400","23","","","","Clare on Fluids.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 19, as above.","Clare, Martin.","The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial; in particular that of the Air and Water: in a familiar manner proposed and proved by evident and conclusive Experiments, to which are added many useful Remarks. Done with such Plainness and Perspicuity, that they may be understood by the Unlearned. For whose sake is annexed, a short Explanation of such uncommon Terms, which in treating on this subject could not, without Affectation, be avoided. With plain draughts of such experiments and machines, which, by description only, might not readily be comprehended . . . By M. Clare, A. M. & F. R. S. The Third Edition, corrected and improved. London: printed for A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1747.","QC144 .C5 1747","

8vo. 208 leaves, 9 folded plates; the dedication to Lord Herbert of ''Chirbury'' dated from Soho-Square, Dec. 30 1746.

This edition not in Lowndes. Sotheran 6901.

Martin Clare, d. 1751, English mathematician. The first edition appeared in 1735." "37410","24","","","","Recueil de Mecanique par Person.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 31, as above.","Person de Berainville, René Claude.","Recueil de Mécanique relatif a l'Agriculture et aux Arts, et Description des Machines économiques du C.en Person. Ancien jurisconsulte, membre de l'Institution nationale du Lycée des Arts, et de plusieurs sociétés académiques. Paris: Bernard, de l'Imprimerie de Ch. Pougens, An. X. [1802.]","TJ233 .P46","

First Edition. 4to. 24 leaves of printed matter, 18 folded engraved plates after the author; list of errata at the end of the Table. The text consists of descriptions of the plates.

Quérard VII, 77.

René Claude Person de Berainville, known as the Chevalier de Berainville and later as the Citoyen Person. French poet, playwright and mathematician." "37420","25","","","","D. Bernoulli Hydrodynamica.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 35, as above.","Bernoulli, Daniel.","Danielis Bernoulli Joh. Fil. Med. Prof. Basil. Acad. Scient. Imper. Petropolitanæ, Prius Matheseos Sublimioris Prof. Ord. nunc membri et prof. honor. Hydrodynamica, sive de viribus et motibus fluidorum Commentarii. Opus academicum ab auctore, dum Petropoli ageret, congestum. Argentorati: sumptibus Johannis Reinholdi Dulseckeri, Anno M D CCXXXVIII. Typis Joh. Henr. Deckeri, typographi Basiliensis. [1738.]","QC144 .B6","

First Edition. 4to. 156 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page and 12 folded plates by I. M. Weis, title printed in red and black.

Graesse I, 346.

Entered in the undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Daniel Bernoulli, 1700-1782, was a member of the famous scientific family of that name, and lived the greater part of his life at Basel. In the Hydrodynamica the equilibrium, pressure reaction and varied velocities of fluids are considered." "37430","26","","","","Hydraulique de Du Buat.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 18, as above.","Du Buat, Pierre Louis Georges, Comte.","Principes d'Hydraulique, vérifiés par un grand nombre d'Expériences faites par ordre du Gouvernement. Ouvrage dans lequel on traite du Mouvement uniforme & varié de l'eau dans les Rivières, les Canaux, & les Tuyaux de conduite; de l'origine des Fleuves, & de l'établissement de leur lit; de l'effet des Ecluses, des Ponts & des Reversoirs; des Jets-d'eau; de la Navigation tant sur les Rivières que dans des Canaux étroits; de la résistance des Fluides en général; & de celle de l'Air & de l'Eau en particulier. Par M. le Chevalier Du Buat . . . Nouvelle Edition, revue, & considérablement augmentée. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur. M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786.]","QC144 .D8","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I. 248 leaves, 3 engraved folded plates, vol. II. 206 leaves, 1 folded engraved plate. On the back of the half title in each volume is: Les deux volumes se vendent 12 livres brochés, a Paris, chez Theophile Barrois le jeune, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, No. 18.

Not in Quérard.

Jefferson's copy was given to him by the author, mentioned by Jefferson in his letter to William Dunbar, dated from Washington, May 25, 1805:

. . . and tho' Buat had given me his book while at Paris, your letter was the first occasion of my turning to it, and getting my mind set to rights to a certain degree. there is a subsequent work by Bernard which is said to have furnished corrections and additions to Buat, but I have never seen it . . .

Pierre Louis Georges, Comte Du Buat, 1734-1809, French military engineer, states on the title of this work that he was ''ancien Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint Jean de Jérusalem, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de Saint Louis, Lieutenant-Colonel au Corps Royal du Génie.''" "37440","27","","","","Architecture hydraulique par Prony","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 34, as above.","Prony, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche, Baron de.","Nouvelle Architecture Hydraulique, contenant l'art d'élever l'Eau au moyen de Différentes Machines, de Construire dans ce Fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l'appliquer, de Diverses Manieres, aux Besoins de la Société. Par M. De Prony, ingénieur des ponts et chaussées. Premiere Partie, contenant un Traité de Mécanique a l'Usage de ceux qui se destinent aux Constructions de tous les genres, et des artistes en général. [-Seconde partie, contenant la Description Détaillée des Machines a Feu.] A Paris: chez Firmin Didot, de l'Imprimerie de Didot fils ainé, M. DCC. XC., l'An IV de la République, 1796.","TC144 .P8","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 354 leaves, 15 folded engraved plates, numbered, by Benard; list of errata on 2 pages at the end, followed by a Catalogue of books on hydraulic and civil architecture to be found chez Firmin Didot; vol. II, 122 leaves, folded engraved plates, some signed by Géoffroy, numbered 16 to 52; the title of the second volume gives a longer description of the author than that of the first volume: Par. R. Prony, de l'Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, ingénieur en chef des ponts et chaussées, chargé de la direction du cadastre.

Quérard VII, 353.

Jefferson bought this book and the Mécanique Philosophique by the same author in 1806. He ordered them originally from Reibelt of Baltimore on June 24, 1804:

. . . There are two works by Prony, viz Architecture Hydraulique, & Mechanique Philosophique which I should be glad to get if you have them . . .

On January 20, 1806, Jefferson sent to Reibelt a list of books to be brought from Bordeaux in which these two by Prony were included.

On June 16 of the same year a bill presented to T. H. Backer on Jefferson's behalf by Dufour of Amsterdam included Architecture hydraulique de Prony tomes 1 & 2 4o. fig. relié, price 42, and Mécanique philosophique du même 1 vol. 4o. relié, price 7.10.

Prony's Architecture Hydraulique was one of the books used by Jefferson in his arguments concerning Oliver Evans and his invention of the elevator, in his letter to Isaac McPherson, already quoted in regard to other entries, dated from Monticello August 13, 1813:

. . . the last book I have to quote for it is Prony's Architecture Hydraulique I. Avertissement vii. and § 648. 649. 650. in the latter of which passages he observes that the 1st. idea which occurs for raising water is to lift it in a bucket by hand. when the water lies too deep to be reached by hand, the bucket is suspended by a chain, and let down over a pulley or windlass. if it be desired to raise a continued stream of water, the simplest means which offers itself to the mind is to attach to an endless chain or cord a number of pots or buckets, so disposed that, the chain being suspended on a lanthorn or wallower above, and plunged in water below, the buckets may descend and ascend alternately, filling themselves at bottom, and emptying at a certain height above, so as to give a constant stream . . .

[For § 648, 649 and 650, see Volume I, pages 306-8.]

Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche, Baron de Prony, 1755-1839, French engineer, was educated at the école des Ponts et Chaussées, where he eventually became the director. He was in charge of several important engineering works including the draining of the Pontine Marshes and regulating the course of the Rhone. He undertook the direction of the Cadastre in 1792.

In the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, these volumes are not checked as present, and the entry has the word missing written beside it in ink." "37450","28","","","","Report on the Canal between Forth & Clyde. pamphl.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 36, as above, reading pamphlet, 4to.","Brindley, James.","Reports by James Brindley, Thomas Yeoman, and John Golborne . . . relative to a Navigable Communication betwixt the friths of Forth and Clyde, Edinburgh 13th, 23d, 30th September, 1768. With Observations. Edinburgh: printed by Balfour, Auld and Smellie, 1768.","","

4to. 24 leaves, engraved folded map as frontispiece; no copy was seen for collation.

James Brindley, 1716-1772, one of the earliest English engineers. Reports on the same subject by the same three engineers were prepared in 1767 and printed by John Smeaton in his report concerning the rivers Forth and Clyde, published in 1767." "37460","29","","","","Mechanique philosophique par Prony","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 33, as above.","Prony, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche, Baron de.","Mécanique Philosophique, ou analyse raisonnée des diverses parties de la science de l'équilibre et du Mouvement; par R. Prony, de l'Institut national des Sciences et des Arts. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République, An VIII. Et se trouve chez le Ccn. Bernard. [1800.]","QA804 .P96","

First Edition. 4to. 245 leaves.

Quérard VII, 354.

See no. 3744 above." "37470","30","","","","Newton's Optics.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 21, as above.","Newton, Sir Isaac.","Opticks: or, A treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. The Fourth Edition, corrected. By Sir Isaac Newton, Knt. London: printed for William Innys, MDCCXXX. [1730.]","QC353 .N56","

8vo. 196 leaves, 12 folded plates, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Gray 178.

Jefferson referred to this work in a letter to the Rev. James Madison, President of William and Mary College, dated from Paris, July 19, 1788:

. . . an Abbé here has shaken, if not destroyed, the theory of de Dominis, Descartes & Newton for explaining the phoenomenon of the rainbow. according to that theory, you know, a cone of rays issuing from the sun and falling on a cloud in the opposite part of the heavens, is reflected back in the form of a smaller cone, the apex of which is the eye of the observer: thus . . . so that . . . the eye of the observer must be in the axis of both cones, and equally distant from every part of the bow. but he observes that he has repeatedly seen bows the one end of which has been very near to him, & the other at a great distance. I have often seen the same thing myself. I recollect well to have seen the end of a rainbow between myself & a house, or between myself & a bank not twenty yards distant, & this repeatedly. but I never saw, what he sais he has seen, different rainbows at the same time intersecting each other. I never saw coexistent bows which were not concentric also.—again, according to the theory, if the sun is in the horizon, the horizon intercepts the lower half of the bow . . . if above the horizon, that intercepts more than the half, in proportion. so that generally the bow is less than a semicircle & never more. he says he has seen it more than a semicircle. I have often seen a leg of the bow below my level. my situation at Monticello admitted this, because there is a mountain there in the opposite direction of the afternoon's sun, the valley between which & Monticello is 500 feet deep. I have seen a leg of a rainbow plunge down on the river running through that valley. but I do not recollect to have remarked at any time that the bow was of more than half a circle. it appears to me that these facts demolish the Newtonian hypothesis but they do not support that erected in it's stead by the abbé . . .

For a note on Sir Isaac Newton and Jefferson's opinion of him, see no. 3720 above." "37480","31","","","","Adams's Essay on vision.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 22, as above.","Adams, George.","An Essay on Vision, briefly explaining the Fabric of the Eye, and the Nature of Vision: intended for the Service of those whose Eyes are weak or impaired: enabling them to form an accurate Idea of the true State of their Sight, the means of Preserving it, together with Proper Rules for ascertaining when Spectacles are Necessary, and how to choose them without injuring the Sight. By George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to his Majesty, and optician to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Second Edition. London: printed for the author, by R. Hindmarsh . . . and sold by the author, 1792.","RE41 .A21","

8vo. 91 leaves, folded engraved frontispiece by T. Milne after J. Lodge; the preliminary matter includes a list of authors consulted, a list of works lately published by the same author; and advertisement, the proposals for printing by subscription Lectures on Natural Philosophy; at the end is a catalogue on 7 leaves of mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments made and sold by George Adams.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Sotheran.

The first edition was published in 1789. For a note on George Adams, see no. 1040." "","","","","","Adams's Geometrical & Graphical essays.","","2. v. 8vo.","","","","","This book was reclassified in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue into chapter XXVI. See no. 3718." "37490","32","","","","Memoires Physiques de Dupont.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 13, as above.","[Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel.]","Quelques Mémoires sur Différens Sujets: la pluspart d'Histoire Naturelle, ou de Physique Générale et Particulière. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Delance, 1807.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 191 leaves, plates, folded map.

No copy was seen for collation.

Barbier III, 1136. Quérard II, 707.

Jefferson's copy, which was bound for him by John March in Georgetown on June 30, 1807, price $1.00, was sent to him by the author from Paris on May 6, 1807, with a letter beginning:

J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer un petit recueil de mémoires, ou deux exemplaires de ce Recueil l'un pour vous; l'autre pour la société philosophique . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on July 14:

I recieved last night your letter of May 6 . . . I thank your for the volume of memoires you have sent me & immediately deliver that for the Phil. society . . .

Several of the works of Dupont de Nemours, a close friend of Jefferson, appear in this catalogue, see the Index." "37500","33","","","","Boyle's works.","","5. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 37, as above.","Boyle, Robert.","The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle . . . To which is prefixed the Life of the Author . . . London: A. Millar, 1744.","","

First Edition. 5 vol. Folio. On 70 leaves at the beginning of the first volume is The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle. By Thomas Birch. No copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes I, 249. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 960. Fulton, no. 240.

The Hon. Robert Boyle, 1627-1691, natural philosopher and chemist, the son of the ''great'' Earl of Cork, was one of the founders of the Royal Society, and a friend of Sir Isaac Newton. For a time he was governor of the Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England.

Thomas Birch, D. D., 1705-1766, English historian and biographer. His Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle was his first published work." "37510","34","","","","Philosophical transactions abridged.","","11. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 26, as above.","Royal Society of London.","The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800; abridged, with notes and biographic illustrations, by Charles Hutton, LL.D. F. R. S. George Shaw, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. Richard Pearson, M.D. F.S.A. Vol. I. from 1665 to 1672. [-Vol. XI. from 1775 to 1763.] London: printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin, 1809.","Q41 .L833","

11 vol. (only) 4to. plates.

A number of the articles have American interest. Examples are:

Vol. I. 1665-1672.

American Whale Fishing about Bermudas

Swarms of mischievous Insects in New England

On propagating Mulberry Trees in Virginia

Mr. Norwood, jun. Observations in Jamaica

Vol. II. 1672-1683.

Virginia, useful for Ship-building

Poisonous Fish in the Bahamas; by J. L.

Account of Virginia; by Tho. Glover

Vol. III. 1683-1694

Rev. J. Clayton, Account of Virginia

Vol. IV. 1694-1702.

Mr. Scarburg, on a Storm in America

Wm. Byrd, on a Negro Boy, with white Spots

Ben. Builivant's Observ. in New England

Ja. Petiver, on some Maryland Animals, &c.

Dr. Sloane, on some Plants in Jamaica

Hugh Jones's Account of Maryland

J. Banister, on Insects in Virginia

Vol. V. 1703-1712.

Acct. of Dr. Sloane's Voyage to W. Indies

Vol. VI. 1713-1723.

Dr. Mather, Observations in New England

Dr. Halley, Longitude of Buenos Aires

Hen. Newman, Inoculation in America

P. Dudley, Falls of Niagara

Vol. VII. 1724-1734.

Paul Dudley, Plants in New England

Dr. Mortimer, Acc. of Catesby's Nat. Hist. of Carolina, &c.

Biographical Notice of Mr. Mark Catesby

Vol. VIII. 1735-1743

Paul Dudley, Earthquakes in New-England

J. Clayton, Manners and Customs in Virginia

Jos. Breintnall, Meteors at Philadelphia

J. Alexander, a Place near New York to measure a Degree of Latitude

Edw. Milward, Antidote to the West-Indian Poison

Mat. Plant, on Earthquakes in America

Vol. IX. 1744-1749.

Dr. J. Lining, Weather in Carolina, &c.

Wm. Watson, Black Vomit of S. America

Vol. X. 1750-1755.

J. Bartram, Dragon-fly of Pennsylvania and May-flies of Pennsylvania

Biographical Notice of Dr. Franklin

B. Franklin, Effects of Lightning and the Electrical Kite

Dr. Lining, the Rain at Charlestown

J. Hyde, Earthq. at Boston, Nov. 18, 1755

C. Colden, the same at New York

The same in Pennsylvania

Vol. XI. 1755-1763.

Dr. Rutty, the Copper-springs in Pennsylvania

Mr. Winthrop, Earthquake in New England

Dr. Franklin, Eff. of Electricity on Paralytics

Fra. Fauquier, Storm of Hail in Virginia

H. Ellis, Heat of the Weather in Georgia

Dr. Peyssonel, American Sea-Sun-Crown

Dr. Forbes, Limpet Fish of Bermuda

S. Pullein, Cocoon or Silk Pod from Amer.

Dr. Brookes, on the Weather in Maryland

Ja. Bate, Change of Colour of a Negro

Krashennicoff, North-West of America

B. Franklin, Electrical Experiments and the Aurora Boreali,

A. Mason, Agitation of the Sea, and Epidemic disorder at Barbadoes

The Royal Society, the oldest scientific society in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe, had existed in various forms before 1660 when it was finally established. The name the Royal Society was first given to it by John Evelyn after King Charles II had become a member. William Byrd of Westover (1674-1744) was the first member from America, and was elected in 1696. He contributed one article to the Transactions, as listed in volume IV above. William Penn and Benjamin Franklin were members, as were a number of the colonial governors. Jefferson was never a member of the Royal Society but was fully acquainted with its work. In his plan for establishing uniformity in the coinage, weights and measures of the United States communicated to the House of Representatives, July 13, 1790 (written July 4, 1790), he referred to the work of the Royal Society in connection with measures of length:

. . . on this branch of their subject the committee of 1757. 1758. says that the Standard measures of length at the Receipt of the Exchequer are a yard, supposed to be of the time of H. 7. and a yard & ell supposed to have been made about the year 1601. that they are brass rods, very coarsely made, their divisions not exact, & the rods bent: & that in the year 1742, some members of the Royal society had been at great pains in taking an exact measure of these standards by very curious instruments, prepared by the ingenious m[???] Graham; that the Royal society had had a brass rod made pursuant to their experiments, which was made so accurately, & by persons so skilful & exact, that it was thought not easy to obtain a more exact one; & the Committee in fact found it to agree with the standards at the Exchequer as near as it was possible . . .

On November 10, 1811, in a letter to Robert Patterson, the director of the mint, concerning the interest of the American Philosophical Society in a fixed standard of measures, Jefferson again mentioned the Royal Society:

. . . Peculiar circumstances however would require letters of a more special character to the Institute of France, and the Royal society of England . . .

With England, our explanations will be much more delicate. they are the older country, the mother country, more advanced in the arts and sciences* possessing more wealth and leisure for their improvement, and animated by a pride more than laudable*. it is their measures too which we undertake to ascertain and communicate to themselves. the subject should therefore be opened to them with infinite tenderness and respect, and in some way which might give them due place in it's agency . . .

As this is really a work of common & equal interest to England and the US. perhaps it would be still more respectful to make our proposition to her Royal society in the outset, and to agree with them on a partition of the work. in this case any commencement of actual experiments, on our part should be provisional only, and preparatory to the ultimate results . . .

*we are all occupied in industrious pursuits. they abound with persons living on the industry of their fathers, or on the earnings of their fellow citizens, given away by their rulers in sinecures and pensions. some of these, desirous of laudable distinction, devote their time and means to the pursuits of science, and become profitable members of society by an industry of a higher order.

The first Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was published in 1700, and was intended for the use of the public, in England and in the colonies, for whom it was a matter of considerable difficulty to acquire the regular Transactions.

The copy sold to Congress is marked missing in the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue." "37520","35","","","","Philosophical transactions.","","vol. 74th. part 2d. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 27, as above.","Royal Society of London.","Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London. Vol. LXXIV. For the year 1784. Part II. London: sold by Lockyer Davis, and Peter Emsly, printers to the Royal Society [from the press of J. Nichols], MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","Q41 .L8","

Vol. 74, part II only. 4to. 148 leaves, including one folded (sig. Hh-Xxx4), engraved vignette on the title and 16 folded plates by Basire (numbered VI-XXI), list of errata and the printer's imprint on the last leaf.

Lalande, page 590." "37530","36","","","","American Philosophical transactions.","","6. vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 28, as above, but reading 5 vols.","American Philosophical Society.","Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume I. The Second Edition corrected. [-Volume V.] Philadelphia: Vol. I-III printed by Robert Aitken, Vol. IV-V printed for Thomas Dobson by Budd & Bartram, M.DCC.LXXXIX, M.DCC.LXXXVI, M.DCC.XCIII, 1799, 1802.","Q11 .P6","

5 vol. 4to, all volumes the first edition except volume I, the second edition; folded and full-page plates in every volume; those in volume II engraved by James Poupard.

Sabin 1181. Evans 21651, 19465, 25103, 35106.

The American Philosophical Society was established in Philadelphia in January 1769, and was formed by the union of the earlier American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, and another organization known as The American Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Benjamin Franklin, though not in America at the time, was appointed the President of the new Society. The first volume of the Society's Transactions was published in 1771, at which time Jefferson was not a member and therefore received no copy.

The Pennsylvania Packet for January 27, 1780, contained a report of Jefferson's election to membership in the Society:

At a Meeting of the AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, the 21st inst. the following Gentlemen were chosen Members, viz. His Excellency George Washington, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of North America.

His Excellency the Chevalier De La Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary of France.

Monsieur Marbois, Secretary to the Embassy of France.

His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq; Governor of the State of Virginia.

The same list includes also John Jay, Henry Laurens, John Adams, Baron de Steuben and a number of others. On January 5 of the following year Jefferson was elected a Counsellor for two years, an honor acknowledged by him in a letter dated from Richmond April 18, 1781:

I beg leave through you to return my most grateful thanks to the American Philosophical society for the honour they have been pleased to confer on me by appointing me one of the Counsellors for that learned corporation. The busy scene in which I have the misfortune to be engaged has kept me too long from acknoleging the receipt of your polite letter notifying this honour to me; and I shall be very happy if the leisure to which I mean shortly to retire, shall enable me to contribute any thing worthy the acceptance of the society. but too long detached from those objects which come more immediately within their plan, it will scarcely be within my power to recover even the little familiarity I have had with them, and which would be far short of rendering the society any service. I can only assure them that I shall not be wanting in every respect and office which I may have an opportunity of rendering, & yourself that I am with very great respect & esteem . . .

On January 3, 1783, he was again elected a Counsellor, this time for three years, so that he was still a Counsellor when he departed for France in the summer of 1784. On March 10, 1786, Francis Hopkinson, the Treasurer of the Society, in a letter to Jefferson mentioned that a second volume of the Transactions was to be published. This was in answer to Jefferson's letter asking his views on the propriety of his sending a copy of the Notes on the State of Virginia to the Society [see no. 4167]:

. . I think it would be very proper for you to send a Copy of your Notes on Virginia to the Philosophical Society, & not amiss if you would present another Copy to our City Library. I have at last brought our Ph. Society to consent to the Publication of a Second Volume of Transactions. It is now in the Press & I have this Day corrected the 164th Page. as I have been so zealous & constant in urging this matter, the chief weight of the Business has of course fallen upon my Hands; so that what with selecting & arranging the manuscripts, superintending the Press, making the necessary Drawings & continually watching & urging the Engraver I have my Hands full of it. I hope the volume will be complete in about two months. I shall not fail sending you a copy as early as possible . . .

On March 28 Hopkinson sent to Jefferson the sheets of his article [No. XIX in the printed volume], An improved Method of Quilling a Harpsichord:

. . . Our Second Volume of Transactions is going on with Spirit. I send you a few Sheets, containing my Improvements in the Harp . . .

On May 1, Hopkinson wrote to Jefferson:

. . . You say you had written to me on the 3d. of Janury but that Letter has not got to hand. My last to you was dated the 28th. of March, by a vessel from hence to L'Orient. I enclosed, for your amusement, a few Pages of our Volume of Philosophical Transactions, now in the Press. That work is going on & will be published, I hope, in about Six or Eight Weeks—I shall take Care to forward a Copy to you as early as possible . . .

On June 28 Hopkinson wrote to announce that he was sending a copy:

I would fain deserve the good Character you were pleased to give me in one of your late Letters—that of a punctual Correspondent. Our Volume of Philosophical Transactions made it's first appearance in public yesterday & to Day I shall put one on the way at last to your Hand . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the copy in a letter dated from Paris on December 23:

. . . I thank you for the volume of the Phil. Trans. which came safely to hand, & is in my opinion a very valuable volume & contains many precious papers . . .

Both David Rittenhouse, a fellow Counsellor, and Benjamin Franklin, the President of the Society, also sent to Jefferson a copy of Volume II. Rittenhouse's letter is dated from Philadelphia on June 26, two days earlier than that of Hopkinson:

Your favour of Jan. 25th. I received sometime ago, and likewise all the Nautical Almanac's you mention, except that for 1790. As a small return for all your favours I beg you will accept a copy of the second Volume of the Transactions of our Philosophical Society, which I have sent to Mr. Adams at London requesting him to transmit it to you. Shou'd you be furnished with the publication before this arrives it will serve to oblige some friend . . .

On April 14 of the following year, 1787, in a letter to Jefferson, Rittenhouse mentioned:

About the latter end of June last I sent you the 2d. Vol. of our Transactions, directed to Mr. Adams at London. I afterwards found that Mr. Adams was at that time absent, it is therefore probable that you have not yet recived it, should it still come to hand it may give you an opportunity of gratifying some friend . . .

Jefferson's reply from Paris is dated September 18, 1787:

I am now to acknolege the receipt of your favour of April 14. & June 26 as also of the 2d. vol. of the Transactions you were so kind as to send me. it would have been a grateful present indeed could you have accompanied them with a copy of your observations on our Western country. besides the interest I feel in that country in common with others, I have a particular one as having ventured so many crudities on that subject. a copy of these with some late corrections I have put into a box of books sent to m[???] Madison, and another for m[???] Hopkinson I hope he will forward them to you from New York . . . I shall be happy to recieve an account of your improvement in time pieces, as well as the 3d. vol. of the Transactions when published. There are abundance of good things in the 2d. vol. but I must say there are several which had not merit enough to be placed in such company. I think we should be a little rigid in our admission of papers. it is the peculiar privilege derived from our not being obliged to publish a volume in any fixed period of time . . .

Benjamin Franklin sent a copy to Jefferson with a letter dated October 8, 1786:

I obey with Pleasure the Order of the Philosophical Society, in transmitting to you the enclos'd Proof of their Respect for you, and of the honour they have done themselves, in chusing you one of their Members.

With this you will receive several Diplomas for foreign Gentlemen in different Parts of Europe, which I imagine you may convey to them thro' the Ministers of different Courts residing at Paris; and hope you will excuse my giving you this Trouble . . . I send herewith the 2d. Vol of our Transactions, which please to accept.

Jefferson's answer is dated from Paris December 23:

I have recieved your favor of Oct. 8. but the volume of the transactions mentioned to come with it, did not; but I had received one from m[???] Hopkinson. you also mention the diplomas it covered for other persons, and some order of the society relative to myself, which I suppose were omitted by accident & will come by some other conveiance. so far as relates to myself, whatever the order were, I beg leave to express to you my sense of their favor & wish to merit it . . .

On February 4, 1787, Jefferson was distributing the diplomas to the European recipients, and on the copy of the letter (signed by him and in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress) sent to Christian Frederick Michaelis, M. D. of Gottenberg, he has listed the names of the twenty-five new European members.

On February 6, 1788, Jefferson wrote to James Madison for copies of the first two volumes, which he wished to present to the Apostolic Nuncio in Paris, Count Dugnani:

I will beg the favor of you to send me a copy of the American philosophical transactions, both the 1st. & 2d. volumes, by the first packet . . .

On July 11, Jefferson wrote to Count Dugnani:

I have the honor of sending your Excellency the second volume of the American Philosophical transactions which came to my hands yesterday—my correspondent writes me that the first volume cannot be bought at this moment, the depot in which they were kept having been destroyed during the war. but he adds that they propose to reprint the first volume and that he will take care to send me a copy for you as soon as it shall appear . . .

The receipt of the book, with a request for the second adition of the first volume, was acknowledged by Dugnani the next day.

In the interval between the publication of the second and third volumes, Benjamin Franklin had died and had been succeeded as President by David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Jefferson, now Secretary of State, was one of the three Vice-Presidents.

This volume (article no. XXXIX, page 328) contains A Description of a new Standard for Weights and Measures, in a letter from Mr. John Cooke, of Tipperary in Ireland, to Thomas Jefferson, Esq.

David Rittenhouse died on June 26, 1796, and on January 6, 1797, Jefferson became the President of the Society, and was annually re-elected to that office until his resignation in November 1814. Jefferson's letter accepting the Presidency, dated from Monticello January 28, 1797, and of which a defective letter-press copy is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, is printed at the beginning of the fourth volume.

The death of Rittenhouse had delayed the appearance of volume IV, and on August 1, 1796, Benjamin Smith Barton, one of the officers of the Society, wrote to Jefferson, and after informing him of the death of the President, continued:

The 4th vol. of the Transactions of our Philosophical Society is now in the press. About 150 pages are printed off. Your account of the bones lately discovered, will be very acceptable to us. It will be in time, if we receive it within the term of five or six weeks from this time . . .

This article is no. XXX in the volume, page 246: A Memoir on the Discovery of certain Bones of a Quadruped of the Clawed Kind in the Western Parts of Virginia. By Thomas Jefferson, Esq.

Article no. XXXVII in the same volume is: General Principles and Construction of a Sub-marine Vessel, communicated by D. Bushnell of Connecticut, the inventor, in a letter of October, 1787, to Thomas Jefferson then Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris.

Bushnell's original letter to Jefferson is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

Article no. XXXVIII is The description of a Mouldboard of the least resistance, and of the easiest and most certain construction, taken from a letter to Sir John Sinclair, President of the board of agriculture at London. This letter from Thomas Jefferson (the signature printed at the end) is dated from Philadelphia, March 23, 1798. A letter-press copy is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. For the mouldboard of least resistance see chapter VII, Agriculture.

The first three volumes of these Transactions were published by Robert Aitken, well known as the printer of the ''Aitken Bible.'' Volumes IV and V were printed by Thomas Dobson at the Stone House. On May 8, 1804, the Treasurer of the Society wrote to Jefferson:

. . . The 1t. pt. of 6th Vol will be out in a very few days Miss Aitken has undertaken it out of her great zeal to succeed her father as printer to the 3 first volumes—, but I fear from her want of knowledge in the business of Book Selling, she may find it heavy on her hands, altho' there is more popular matter in it than in any volume we have printed—As individuals therefore the members endeavor to take as many as they think they can probably place amongst their friends—I was in hopes she would have had it out before congress adjourned, but it was impossible—It will contain from 200 to 210 pages—after this vol. is completed in 4to the future publications will be in 8vo. & great exertions will be made to have it annual . . .

Jefferson replied on May 18:

On my arrival here I found your favor of the 8th. instant, and now return you the Diplomas signed. I will thank you to subscribe for three copies of the volume of transactions now coming out. I am glad to learn they will in future be in 8vo. it is certainly the most convenient form, and pedantry alone ever introduced the folio and quarto formats. Accept my friendly salutations & assurances of esteem.

The imprint to this volume reads: C. and A. Conrad and Co. Philadelphia. Conrad, Lucas and Co. Baltimore. Somervell and Conrad, Petersburg, and Bonsal, Conrad and Co. Norfolk. [Jane Aitken, printer.] 1809.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for 6 volumes; he seems to have sold only 5 to Congress. The entry on the undated manuscript catalogue reads simply American Philosophical transactions. 4to. and is without reference to the number of volumes.

The binding of a volume of American Philosophical Transactions appears on Joseph Milligan's bill, February 24, 1809, cost $2.00.

Jefferson resigned from the Presidency of the American Philosophical Society in November 1814. On November 23, he wrote to the officers of the Society giving the reasons for his resignation. To the Secretary, Robert M. Patterson, he wrote:

I sollicited on a former occasion permission from the American Philosophical society to retire from the honor of their chair, under a consciousness that distance as well as other circumstances denied me the power of executing the duties of the station, and that those on whom they devolved were best entitled to the honors they confer. it was the pleasure of the society at that time that I should remain in their service, and they have continued since to renew the same marks of their partiality. of these I have been ever duly sensible, and now beg leave to return my thanks for them with humble gratitude. still I have never ceased, nor can I cease to feel that I am holding honors without yielding requital, and justly belonging to others. as the period of election is now therefore approaching, I take the occasion of begging to be withdrawn from the attention of the society at their ensuing choice, and to be permitted now to resign the office of President into their hands, which I hereby do. I shall consider myself sufficiently honored in remaining a private member of their body, and shall ever avail myself with zeal of every occasion which may occur of being useful to them, retaining indelibly a profound sense of their past favors. I avail myself of the channel thro' which the last notification of the pleasure of the society was conveyed to me, to make this communication, and with the greater satisfaction, as it gratifies me with the occasion of assuring you personally of my high respect for yourself, and of the interest I shall ever take in learning that your worth and talents secure to you the successes they merit.

At the same time he wrote to the Secretary's father, his friend Robert Patterson, the director of the mint: I have heretofore confided to you my wishes to retire from the chair of the Philosophical society, which however under the influence of your recommendations I have hitherto deferred. I have never however ceased from the purpose; and from every thing I can observe or learn at this distance, I suppose that a new choice can now be made with as much harmony as may be expected at any future time. I send therefore by this mail my resignation, with such entreaties to be omitted at the ensuing election as I must hope will be yielded to: for in truth I cannot be easy in holding as a sinecere an honor so justly due to the talents and services of others. I pray your friendly assistance in assuring the society of the sentiments of affectionate respect & gratitude with which I retire from the high and honorable relation in which I have stood with them, & that you will believe me to be ever and affectionately your's

On the same day, in a letter to Caspar Wistar jun., one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . I forward, by this mail, my resignation of the chair of the A. P. Society. I have long been conscious it was the right of others, and been kept in it by a respect for the will of the society, and a desire to give time for their opinions to ripen & concur in the just choice of a successor. I hope that period is now at maturity, and that there will be little difficulty in concentrating their choice; and I ask your friendly aid in satisfying the society of the sentiments of affectionate respect & gratitude with which I resign the high & honorable relation with them in which it has been their pleasure so long to continue me . . .

The American Philosophical Society had been deeply disappointed on hearing that Jefferson's library was to be sold to Congress, and on October 21, 1814, the day following that on which the measure was passed empowering the Joint Library Committee to contract for the purpose, a letter was sent to Jefferson signed by Jonathan Williams:

After the Society was adjourned a number of members (all your particular Friends,) were conversing on various subjects, when the proposed Sale of your Library to Congress was mentioned. It can hardly be supposed that in this Room surrounded by a Library consisting of Donations, with your almost animated Bust looking full in our faces, we could avoid expressing our regret that the rich collection of so many years of scientific research should be devoted to a political Body where it cannot produce any benefit to them or to the World. Works of History, Law, Government, Finance, political Oeconomy and general Information may with propriety be so deposited. But such Books as would adorn our Library and aid this Society in the ''promotion of useful Knowledge'' must there become motheaten upon the shelves. I cannot resist an impulse which induces me to communicate this sentiment of regret to you, especially as your own recollection will assist me in the belief that, when you were a resident among us, you encouraged the expectation that your last Will would contain a handsome increase of our stock of Science.

If this Letter should offend you I shall be sorry, but I shall console myself in the reflection that it is the effect of an honest zeal which under opposite circumstances would not offend me.

For an account of Jefferson and the American Philosophical Society, see the article by Gilbert Chinard in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 87, Number 3, July 14, 1943." "37540","37","","","","Memoires de Physique de la Societé d'Arcueil de l'annee 1809.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 113, no. 14, as above.","Société d'Arcueil.","Mémoires de Physique et de Chimie, de la Société d'Arcueil. Tome Second. Paris: Mad. Ve. Bernard [imprimerie de H. L. Perronneau], M. DCCC. IX. [1809.]","QD1.S45","

8vo. Vol. II only. 250 leaves, folded plates of diagrams, printer's imprint on the back of the half-title.

The Société d'Arcueil was founded in his home in that town by Count Claude-Louis Berthollet, q.v., French chemist. Berthollet had in Arcueil a well equipped laboratory where were accustomed to meet the most distinguished scientists of the day. Their proceedings were published in three volumes in 1807, 1809 and 1817, of which Jefferson had the second volume only. The members for the year 1809 are listed on the leaf following the title: MM. Laplace, C.-L. Berthollet, Biot, Gay-Lussac, Humboldt, Thenard, Decandolle, Collet-Descostils, A.-B. Berthollet, Malus." "37550","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","1.","","","[Jefferson, Thomas.]","Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit, and of a Coinage for the United States. Without name of place or printer, n. d. [1785.]","F230.J40","

8vo. 8 leaves, the last a blank, caption title, no title-page; dated at the end, Annapolis, May 9, 1784.

Evans 18541. Johnston, page 11. Verner, page 6, note b.

The original holograph draft of these Notes is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, written on 12 pages, 4to. It was used by him as an appendix to his autobiography, written in 1821:

Congress . . . as early as Jan. 7, 1782. had turned their attention to the monies current in the several states, and had directed the Financier, Robert Morris, to report to them a table of rates at which the foreign coins should be received at the treasury, that officer, or rather his assistant, Gouverneur Morris, answered them on the 15th. in an able and elaborate statement of the denominations of money current in the several states, and of the comparative value of the foreign coins chiefly in circulation with us . . . the general views of the financier were sound, and the principle was ingenious on which he proposed to found his Unit. but it was too minute for ordinary use, too laborious for computation either by the head or in figures . . . I proposed therefore, instead of this, to adopt the Dollar as our Unit of account and payment, and that it's divisions and subdivisions should be in the decimal ratio. I wrote some Notes on the subject, which I submitted to the consideration of the financier. I recieved his answer and adherence to his general system, only agreeing to take for his Unit 100. of those he first proposed, so that a Dollar should be 14.40/100 and a crown 16. units. I replied to this and printed my notes and reply on a flying sheet which I put into the hands of the members of Congress for consideration, and the Committee agreed to report on my principle. this was adopted the ensuing year and is the system which now prevails. I insert here the Notes and Reply, as shewing the different views on which the adoption of our money system hung. the division into dismes, cents & mills is now so well understood, that it would be easy of introduction into the kindred branches of weights & measures. I use, when I travel, an Odometer of Clarke's invention which divides the mile into cents, and I find every one comprehend a distance readily when stated to them in miles & cents; so they would in feet and cents, pounds & cents &c . . .

The Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit was bound in with the first edition (privately printed in 1785) of the Notes on the State of Virginia." "37560","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","2.","","","Board of Treasury.","Board of Treasury, April 8, 1786. [Begins:] Sir We do ourselves the honor of enclosing the report of this board upon the several references of Congress relative to the establishment of a mint for the United States of America . . . Without name of place or printer [New-York, 1786].","Mss. Div.","

4to. 14 leaves, no title-page; addressed by Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingston to His Excellency the President of Congress.

Evans 20042.

Samuel Osgood, 1748-1813, soldier, legislator and politician, was first elected to the Continental Congress in 1781. In 1785 he was appointed one of the three commissioners of the Treasury. Osgood was one of the founders of the American Academy of Fine Arts. Walter Livingston was Osgood's colleague as a commissioner of the Treasury. The third commissioner was Arthur Lee." "37570","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","3.","","","Rotheram, John.","Observations on the proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; in a Letter to Sir John Sinclair, bart . . . Edinburgh: W. Creech [and others], 1791.","","

8vo. 20 leaves including the half-title; no copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Sir John Sinclair, in return for Jefferson's gift to him of his own report on the same subject [see no. 3760]. Sir John wrote from London on December 25, 1790:

Sir John Sinclair's best Compliments to Mr Jefferson, had the pleasure of receiving his report, upon the subject of establishing an uniformity in the weights, measures, and coins of the United States; the principles of which evidently proves, Mr Jeffersons thorough acquaintance with that important branch of police. He embraces the earliest opportunity of sending Mr Jefferson a very interesting letter upon the subject, by a very respectable mathematician, who has been amongst the first to prove, that the linear measure of England, the averdupois weight, and the Winchester measure of capacity, are very intimately connected together and maybe ascertained from the same standard. Dr Rotheram, in the postscript, has very properly remarked, that the English and Americans, as brethren should use the same weights and measures.—Sir John Sinclair finds with infinite regret an idea very prevalent in England, that if the late rupture with Spain, had ended with war, the Americans were rather inclined to consider the Spaniards as their Brethren, than the English. It would give him much satisfaction, had he it in his power to contradict, with some degree of authority, what he hopes is an ill-founded, and injurious aspersion: for surely the interests of America and of England, are, or ought to be, the same, and he wishes that societies were established on both sides of the water, for the purpose of promoting so desirable a connexion . . .

For Sir John Sinclair, see the Index." "37580","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","4.","","","Bordley, John Beale.","On Monies, coins, weights, and measures, proposed for the United States of America. Philadelphia: printed by Daniel Humphreys, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789.]","","

8vo. 14 leaves, signed at the end with the initial B; no copy was seen for collation.

Evans 21968.

John Beale Bordley, 1727-1804, was a native of Maryland and a lawyer by profession; several works by him are in this catalogue; see the Index." "37590","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","5.","","","Leslie, Robert.","Proposed standard of measures.","","

[TBE]A manuscript sent to Jefferson in 1790, but no longer in the Library of Congress.[/TBE]

Jefferson wrote to Leslie in connection with this manuscript in a letter dated from New York, June 27, 1790:

I find among the letters to m[???] Jay, one from m[???] Coxe on the subject of the vibrating rod thought of by you for a standard of measure: and I have received from m[???] Madison a manuscript pamphlet of yours on the same subject. Congress having referred to me to propose a plan of invariable measures, I have considered maturely your proposition, and am abundantly satisfied of it's utility; so that if I can have your leave, I mean to propose in my report to adopt the rod in preference to the pendulum, mentioning expressly that we are indebted to you for the idea. should they concur with me in opinion it is possible that in carrying it into execution we may have occasion to engage your assistance in the proper adjustment of it, as well on account of your abilities in that line generally, as for the peculiar interest you would feel in the success of the experiment. m[???] Coxe's letter to m[???] Jay seems to imply that you had communicated your idea that I might avail myself of it in the subject referred to me; but I think it justice to ask your express permission, and that you will be so good as to give me an answer by return of post . . .

This was acknowledged by Leslie in a letter dated from Philadelphia, July 1, 1790:

I was this day honourd with your favour of the 27th ult, in which you are pleased to express your satisfaction with respect to the vibrating rod which I proposed as a standard of measure—I shall think myself still further honourd, and you have my hearty consent, that you report the same to Congress as the standard of measure for the U. S. I would just further beg leave to observe that since writing the piece you refer to I have been informed by Mr Patterson Professor of Mathematics in the University here, to whome I mentioned the project, that in the vibrating rod, the center of oscillation is not strictly and Mathematically at 2/3 of the lenght [sic] of the rod from the end or point of suspension, that this is the case only on the supposition of the rod being a mere inflexible line. He however assures me, upon making the calculation that the error in any rod which would be used for this purpose would be totally insensible. A rod for instance of 40 inches long and 4 tenths of an inch in diameter would have the distance of its center of oscillation below 2/3 of the lenght [sic] of the rod only 1/2000 part of an inch or 1/8000. part of the whole length a fraction scarcely within the power of a Micrometer to measure, and may therefore be Safely neglected. Any assistance which it may be in my power to render respecting the above scheme or any other in which you may be pleased to employ me, you may be assured will be always at your service.

In his Report on the subject of establishing a uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States, July 4, 1790 [see no. 3760], Jefferson referred to Leslie's proposal:

. . . In order to avoid the uncertainties which respect the center of oscillation, it has been proposed by m[???] Leslie, an ingenious artist of Philadelphia, to substitute for the pendulum, a uniform cylindrical rod, without a bob . . ." "37600","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","6.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","Report of the Secretary of State, on the subject of Establishing a Uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States. Published by order of the House of Representatives. New-York: printed by F. Childs and J. Swaine, M,DCC,XC. [1790.]","AC901 .M5 vol. 1076","

8vo. 28 leaves, the last a blank. This is the fourth impression of the Report; the other three were printed in the same year, in folio.

Evans 22997. Johnston, page 12.

The Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress contain several drafts of this Report and other documents in connection with it. Of these the more important are:

1. A document in another hand but headed by Jefferson: first form of the Report on Measures, weights, & coins. 27 pages, undated.

2. Jefferson's holograph rough draft, 30 pages, written partly in double columns; this is followed by a page headed Notes from the Bishop of Autun's proposition sur les poids et mesures.

3. Jefferson's holograph fair copy, dated July 4, 1790, 21 pages.

4. Jefferson's covering letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated from New York, July 4, 1790.

5. January 17, 1791. Notes in Jefferson's hand headed The rival propositions, on units of measure, weight, and coins for report of this date to the U. S. Congress. 3 pages followed by a page headed Notes on the history of the Dollar. This is followed by the Report of the Committee, 5 pages, in another hand.

6. The Postscript, written by another hand, 3 pages, dated January 10, 1791.

7. Jefferson's letter to the President of the Senate concerning the Postscript, dated from Philadelphia, January 17, 1791:

I have the honour to inclose you a Postscript to the Report on Measures, Weights & coins now before your house. this has been rendered necessary by a small arithmetical error detected in the estimate of the cubic foot proposed in that report. the head of Superficial measures is also therein somewhat more developed.

Nothing is known, since the last session of Congress of any further proceedings in Europe on this subject . . .

8. Jefferson's letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, similarly worded, on the same day.

9. A printed copy of the Postscript, with the leaf of errata, with three pages of the text.

A month before the publication of the Report, on June 12, 1790, Jefferson wrote from New York to David Rittenhouse in Philadelphia:

I know not what apology to make for the trouble I am about to give you. I am sure I must call your publick spirit in aid of your private friendship to me.

You will see by the head of the inclosed report, that the house of representatives have instructed me to lay before them a plan for establishing uniform weights, measures & coins. five and twenty years ago I should have undertaken such a task with pleasure, because the sciences on which it rests were then familiar to my mind and the delight of it. but taken from them thro' so great a length of time, and forced by circumstances into contemplations of a very different nature & much less pleasing, I have grown rusty in my former studies. to render me more unequal to the task, it comes on me in the moment when I am separated from all my books & papers, which had been left in Paris & Virginia: and this place yeilds fewer resources in the way of books than could have been imagined. thus situated, I have done what I could towards fulfilling the object of the house of representatives, and I think myself happy in having such a resource as your friendship & your learning to correct what I have prepared for them. the necessity I am under must be my apology. it is desireable for the public that the plan should be free from errors: it is desireable for me that they should be corrected privately by a friend, rather than before the world at large, by the unfeeling hand of criticism. do then, my dear Sir, read it over with all that attention of which you are so much the master, and correct with severity every thing you find in it which is not mathematically just. and while I ask your attention to every part of it, I will make some notes on particular things.—it was not till after I had got through the work that I was able to get a sight of Whitehurst's on the same subject. m[???] Madison procured it for me from a library in Philadelphia. but on perusal of it, his plan of two pendulums appeared to me on the whole less eligible than Leslie's of the vibrating rod.—how has it been inferred that Sr. Isaac Newton's calculation of the length of the pendulum for the latitude of London is 39.2 Inches? from his general table in the Principia. B. 3. I deduce 39.1682. am I wrong? if so, I may be equally wrong in the calculation of 39.1285 I. for lat. 38°. in which an error would be fundamentally important, & therefore I ask your peculiar attention to that. what do you think of the vibrating rod? is it not clear of some objections which lie against the pendulum? and is it liable to any of which that is clear? and which is best on the whole?—I am too little familiar with the mechanism of the clock to know how the rod can be adapted to a machinery which shall maintain and count it's vibrations, without accelerating them by it's power, or retarding them by it's friction, in short which shall leave the rod free to make it's vibrations uninfluenced by any circumstance but it's own length. on this point no man in the world can judge or contrive better than yourself. on this then and all the other parts of the report pray give me the full benefit of your assistance. in the trouble I am giving you I feel it as a circumstance of additional misfortune that I am pressed in time. the session of Congress is drawing to a close. nothing will keep them together after the money bills are got through, & this will be pretty soon. I am obliged therefore to ask your immediate attention to this subject, as I must give in the report before they rise. I suppose they will have it printed for consideration, to be taken up at their next meeting.

I will not weary you with apologies, tho I feel powerfully the necessity of them . . .

On the same day he had written to Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury:

Mr. Jefferson presents his compliments to the Secretary of the Treasury, and asks his perusal of the inclosed rough draught of a report on the subject of measures, weights & coins, in hopes that the Secretary of the Treasury may be able to accomodate his plan of a mint to the very small alteration of the money unit proposed in this report. as soon as the Secretary of the Treasury shall have read it, m[???] Jefferson asks the favor of him to return it, as he wishes to submit it to the examination and correction of some mathematical friends.

Hamilton replied in a note dated only Wednesday:

Mr. Hamilton presents his Compliments to Mr. Jefferson. He has perused with much satisfaction the draft of his report on the subject of weights and measures. There is no view which Mr. H. has yet taken of the matter which stands opposed to the alteration of the money-unit as at present contemplated by the regulations of Congress either in the way suggested in the report or in that mentioned in the note of yesterday—And there are certainly strong reasons to render a correspondency desireable. The idea of a general standard among nations, as in the proposal of the Bishop d'Autun seems full of convenience & order.

On June 14 Jefferson received from William Short the Proposition of the Bishop of Autun [q. v. no. 3761], which necessitated changes in this Report. He wrote on the same day to David Rittenhouse:

I inclosed you, the day before yesterday a rough draught of the report I had prepared on the subject of weights & measures. I have this morning recieved from m[???] Short a proposition made by the Bishop of Autun to the National assembly of France on the same subject, which I inclose you, & will beg the favor of you to return it by post after you shall have perused it. he mentions that the lat. of 45°. as being a middle term between the Equator & pole had been proposed as the general standard for measures, and he makes the proposition anew, & desires it should be made to England. as this degree of Latitude is our Northern boundary, as it may form a link between us & Europe, and as the degree which shall give the standard is not otherwise very material, I have thought of proposing it in my report instead of the 38th. degree. I have in consequence gone over my calculations again upon the ground of a pendulum of pouces/36— lignes/8.428. (Sr. Isaac Newton's calculation for 45°.)=39.14912 inches giving a rod of 58.72368 inches, and reformed the tables (last page of the report) of which reformation I send you a copy. the alterations in the body of the work may be easily made from this. the bishop sais the pendulum has been calculated for 45°. to be pouces/36— lignes/8.52. this is 1/10 of a line less than Sr. I. Newton's, and the Bishop accordingly adds that there may be in this calculation an error of 1/10 of a line. I had taken no notice of the precaution of making the experiment of the pendulum on the sea-shore, because the highest mountain in the U. S. would not add 1/5000 part to the length of the earth's radius, nor 1/128 of an inch to the length of the pendulum; the highest part of the Andes indeed might add about 1/1000 to the Earth's radius, & 1/25 of an inch to the pendulum. as it has been thought worth mention, I will insert it also . . .

Jefferson sent his revised report to Rittenhouse on June 17th:

I now inclose you the alterations of my report which were rendered necessary by the bishop of Autun's plan. those in the first four pages being numerous, I wrote those pages anew, so that you will be so good as to substitute the new for the old. I have only noted the other smaller alterations by the page & line . . .

Three days later he again wrote to Rittenhouse:

I inclosed you on the 17th. the alterations I had made in my report in consequence of the Bp. of Autun's proposition which had come to my hands two days before. on the 18th. I received from m[???] Cutting in London a packet of newspapers, among which were the two inclosed, containing the speech in parliament of Sr John Riggs Miller on the subject of weights and measures. I observe he states the estimate of 39.2 I. for the length of the pendulum as confessedly erroneous. I had adopted it from memory only and before I had been able to get a single book of any kind in the 1st. part of the report, wherein I endeavor to ascertain and fix invariably the system of measures & weights now in use with us. but before I proceeded to the 2d part, proposing a thorough reform and the reducing the whole to the decimal ratio, I had been able to procure here a copy of the Principia, and so to recur to the fountain head for Sr. I. Newton's calculation: and then added the note, which you will find page 3. of the report . . . all which I submit to your judgment, and I will ask you particularly to examine the numbers .0112 and .019 as I have no help here to find them otherwise than by approximation. I have wished much, but in vain, to find Emerson's & Ferguson's books here. in short I never was cut off from the resources of my own books & papers at so unlucky a moment. there is a Count Andriani of Milan here, who sais there is a work on the subject of weights & measures published by Frisi of Milan. perhaps you may have it at Philadelphia, & be able to send it to me. were it not for my confidence in your assistance I should not have ventured to take up this business till I recieve my books . . .

On June 21 Rittenhouse wrote to Jefferson a long letter of critical comment on the report, beginning:

I received yours of the 12th. 14th. and 17th. together with the several papers mentioned, to which I shall give as much attention, and as soon as my health will permit. In the mean time I thought it not amiss to transmit to you such observations as occurred to me on first reading them. I am not quite satisfied with the reasons given (page 1.) for having recourse to motion for a Standard of measure. The true reason seems to be, not because all matter is variable in its dimensions, for that is a difficulty we have to contend with after recourse is had to the motion of pendulums, but because a Standard rod of any given length may be irrecoverably lost, and because no such rod has been preserved for us from ancient times, nor can we undertake to transmit them to posterity with sufficient authenticity, or to different Countries for general use . . .

To Rittenhouse's letter of the 21st, Jefferson replied from New York on June 26th:

Your favor of the 21st. came duly to hand, and I admit all your corrections with great thankfulness. the first was an inaccuracy of expression. I meant to say that there existed not in nature any one species of body or thing, such as a digit, palm, span, foot, cubit, barley corn &c. which furnished us with a constant uniform dimension. I have corrected it accordingly. the statement of the expansion of the rod was an error in having multiplied the number only once, instead of twice, by 12. I have stated in a note the reason for continuing the double expressions, and having now made the other corrections, all of which fell within the first sheet, I send you a third edition of that sheet, to be substituted in place of the former. I do this in order to save time, wishing to have your corrections of my corrections. I am in hopes this will not be the last trouble which this business is to give you, and that you will feel some interest in seeing that we set out right . . .

Meanwhile, on June 25, Rittenhouse had again written a long letter, illustrated with geometrical drawings, caused by the fact that ''Since my last letter (and not before) I have read Mr. Whitehursts Book on the Subject of Measures.''

To this Jefferson replied on the 30th:

Your favor of the 25th. came to hand last night, for which I give you many thanks. the conversion of 36.71428 pouces into 39.1923 inches was an error in division, and consequently the mean taken between that & Graham's computation is wrong. it has rendered it necessary for me to suppress the note on that subject, & to put it into the form now inclosed. in this I state the reason for adopting po/11— li/3. as the equivalent of the English foot. it is so stated by D'Alembert in the Encyclopedie, and retained in the new Encyclopedie. to have changed it for 11— 3.11, Maskelyne's measure, would have obliged me to reform all my calculations anew, which would have exposed me to new errors of calculation, & added to the trouble & delay it would have occasioned, did not seem worth while for so small a fraction as 11/100 of a line or the 1227th. of a foot. I suppose too that the operation concerting between the French & English will soon furnish us with a new & more perfect equation of their feet. I still like the rod rather than the pendulum because I do not know a single objection to it which does not lie against the pendulum, because it is clear of some objections to which that is liable, but most of all because ⅕ of the second rod is much nearer the present foot than ⅓ of the second pendulum. after all, should the French & English adopt the pendulum, we shall be free to do so also. I state on the inclosed paper the very loose answer to the 5th. objection, which is the only one I am enabled to give. can you suggest something more precise? as there is an idea that Congress will rise about the middle of July, I shall only await the answer you will be so good as to make to this, and then give in the report. this day, I fancy, will determine whether we are to be removed to Philadelphia or not. for tho' it will still be to be put to the question several times before it's ultimate passage, yet I think, if this day's vote of the Senate is favorable, it will pass safely thro' all the subsequent stages. it would have been a great comfort to me to have been near you during the preparation of this business of weights & measures. it is much easier to avoid errors by having good information at first, than to unravel & correct them after they are committed. I recommend to Congress the deferring to proceed on the report till the next session, & reserve to myself an opening to add any new matter which may occur in the mean time . . .

Before receiving Jefferson's reply Rittenhouse had written, on July 2nd, further criticisms and comments. This letter has a postscript:

Since writing the above I have received your favour of the 30th. but see no Occasion to add any thing, except that I am sincerely glad at the proofs of having you here the next Session of Congress.

On August 1, Jefferson sent to Rittenhouse a copy of the printed Report:

I do myself the honour of inclosing you a printed copy of the report on measures &c. you asked in your letter whether the papers I had sent you were to be kept or retained. they are now useless and therefore may be done what you please with. they were only copies of what I had retained . . .

Copies of the Report were distributed by Jefferson to a number of people. The first request for a copy came from Carey, Stewart & Co. of Philadelphia on August 10:

We request to be favoured with a correct copy of your valuable report on coins, weights, & measures, for insertion in the American Museum . . .

On August 22 General Philip Schuyler wrote to Jefferson from Albany a long letter, 12 pages folio, dealing with Jefferson's report and containing much information on the subject of weights, measures and coins, with a table at the end to compare standard with English long, square and cubic measure. The letter begins:

Being on the point of embarking for this place, when I was honored with your note, of the 14th: inst., and much engaged, I neglected to send you all the memorandums, I had made when perusing your report.

The novelty of the Subject, the ingenuity Evinced in its discussion, the pleasure it afforded, added to a sence of duty, induced me to examine the principles, and make the calculations, the former appeared to me demonstratively Just, the latter, thro error of the press, or mistake in Notation, I found somewhat incorrect, but in so triffling a degree, that I should neither have noticed, or mentioned them to you, If I had not been perswaded, that perfection is your aim, as far as it is attainable, in whatever you offer to the public . . .

On August 31 George Wythe wrote to Jefferson from Williamsburg:

The report which you, my much respected sir, sent to me, had been seen and read over and over again by me three weeks ago. thanks are due for it, and it is deposited among my treasures.

On October 1 a long letter from Robert Livingston to Jefferson written from Clermont, N. Y., closed with the paragraph:

I thank you for the copy of your report on measures weights & coins I had however recd. & read it before with great pleasure The standard is happily chosen, & more particularly so if it should be adopted as the common measure of Europe. I do not know what greater accuracy will be required than that you propose, if however it should, as heat is always in our power, might not the thermometer be called in to your aid? On the subject of coins you have everything that can be wished by those who are pleased with the example of Europe, or the resolutions of Congress on this head. But I who consider the whole system as radically defective while I admire your accuracy & ingenuity, wish to change it for my own. When I shall be fully satisfied under your hand that you have sufficient liesure to read my reveries on this subject I shall take pleasure in communicating them.

On December 2, 1790, Benjamin Vaughan sent to Jefferson from London an autograph manuscript on the subject of uniform weights and measures for all nations, 3 pages, folio, with a note stating ''The inclosed is submitted to you—A copy has been sent to the Bp. of Autun.'' [See no. 3761.] The document begins:

Two very able persons, the Bp. of Autun & Mr. Jefferson, have proposed for France & America respectively, that an universal standard of measures, & thence of weights, for all nations, should be derived from permanent data furnished by nature; & for this purpose, that recourse should be had to the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds in a given degree of latitude, & in a given temperature.

This respectable proposition has excited the following observations . . .

On June 30, 1792, Jefferson received a letter from James Anderson, of Edinburgh, editor of The Bee, q.v.:

I was honoured with your obliging letter of the fifteenth of Septr. last accompanied with your valuable paper on uniformity of weights and measures which I have perused with much pleasure and instruction—It is the more valuable to me at this time, as my son is just now composing a book on weights, measures, monies coins and exchanges, in every part of the world, and he wishes to have the most authentic information of all that can be procured . . .

On December 25, 1792, Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to John Rutherford a long letter with his theories on weights and measures. The letter begins:

I have considered, with all the attention which the shortness of the time would permit, the two motions, which you were pleased to put into my hands yesterday afternoon, on the subjects of weights and measures, now under reference to a committee of the Senate, and will take the liberty of making a few observations thereon . . .

Some years later, on October 16, 1808, Thomas Cooper wrote from Northumberland, Pennsylvania, to say that he intended calling the attention of the State Legislature to the subject of weights and measures, and mentioned:

I have been looking for this purpose among my papers for a copy of your report on the Subject, which I preserved for some years, but I cannot find it now. I write therefore to beg of you, at your leisure, to procure for me a copy, if you can . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on October 27:

When I recieved your letter of the 16th. I thought I had not a copy of my Report on Measures, weights & coins, except one bound up in a volume with other reports. but on carefully searching a bundle of duplicates, I found the one I now inclose you, being the only detached one I possess. it is defective in one article. the report was composed under a severe attack of periodical head ach which came on every day at Sunrise, & never left me till sunset. what had been ruminated in the day under a paroxysm of the most excruciating pain was committed to paper by candlelight, & then the calculations were made. after delivering in the report it was discovered that in calculating the money unit § 5. pa. 49. there was a small error in the 3d. or 4th. column of decimals, the correction of which however brought the proposed unit still nearer to the established one. I reported the correction in a single leaf to Congress. the copy I send you has not that leaf . . .

It was probably to this volume of tracts that John Quincy Adams had reference in writing to Jefferson that he was preparing a new Report on the subject of weights and measures [October 11, 1817]:

. . . I have found in the Library which was yours, a valuable collection of Tracts on the general subject, which I have no doubt will prove useful to me . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on November 1 with a long and informative article on the subject, and mentioned:

The volume of tracts which you have noted in the Library of Congress contains every thing which I had then been able to collect on this subject . . .

Although this volume of tracts is no longer in the Library of Congress, a copy which belonged to Jefferson, bound for him with other tracts, was acquired by the Library at a later date. This volume has an inscription on the fly-leaf: John Bailey From the Library of Th. Jefferson purchased at auction Washn. 3 March 1829 It includes a copy of Jefferson's Proceedings of the Government of the United States . . . against the intrusion of Edward Livingston [q.v. no. 3501] with manuscript notes by Jefferson.

In October 1800 M. L. and W. A. Davis wrote to Jefferson with regard to printing in New York an edition of the Notes on the State of Virginia. Jefferson replied from Washington on December 21:

. . . With respect to the Notes on Virginia which you propose to reprint it is not in my power to add to, or alter them at present. the subject would require more time & enquiry than are within my power. the most correct edition is the one originally published at Paris. Stockdale's London edition is tolerably correct. I know nothing of the American editions, not possessing any of them. I think it might be of some use to publish with them a Report of mine on Weights & Measures, made to Congress in 1790. it was printed in N. York by Childs & Swaine. I have no copy of [it] here or I would have inclosed it. by getting abroad it might prepare the public mind for adopting something more certain & convenient than the present system of weights & measures.

A copy was presumably not obtained, for the Report is not printed with Davis's edition. Jefferson's Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit, q.v. no. 3755, was printed with the first edition of the Notes on the State of Virginia.

Several years later, on November 10, 1811, Jefferson wrote concerning his ideas of a fixed standard of measures, weights and coins, to Dr. Robert Patterson. The letter contained ten closely written pages, and began:

Your favor of Sep. 23. came to hand in due time, and I thank you for the Nautical almanac it covered for the year 1813. I learn with pleasure that the Philosophical society has concluded to take into consideration the subject of a fixed standard of measures weights and coins; and you ask my ideas on it: insulated as my situation is, I am sure I can offer nothing but what will occur to the Committee engaged in it, with the advantage, on their part, of correction by an interchange of sentiments and observations among themselves. I will however hazard some general ideas, because you desire it, and if a single one be useful, the labor will not be lost . . ." "37610","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","7.","","","Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent.","Proposition faite á l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les poids et mesures, par M. l'évèque d'Autun. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790.","","

8vo. 10 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Tourneux 17510.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by William Short in June, 1790, to whom the former wrote from New York on July 26:

. . . I duly received the copy you were so kind as to send me of the Bishop of Autun's proposition, on the subject of weights and measures. it happened to arrive in the moment I was about giving in to Congress a report on the same subject, which they had referred to me. in consequence of the Bishop of Autun's proposition, I made an alteration in my report, substituting 45° instead of 38°, which I had at first proposed as a standard latitude. I* send you a copy of my report for the Bishop, and another for M. Condorcet, Secretary of the Academy of sciences. by taking the second pendulum or rod of the same latitude for the basis of our measures, it will at least furnish a common measure to which both our systems will refer, provided our experiments on the pendulum or rod of 45° should yield exactly the same result with theirs . . .

*sent by m[???] Barrett.

On June 14, 1790, Jefferson wrote to David Rittenhouse a letter stating that he had that morning ''recieved from m[???] Short a proposition made by the Bishop of Autun to the National assembly of France'', in which he analyzed Talleyrand-Périgord's work. See Jefferson's Report . . . on . . . Weights, Measures and Coins, no. 3760 above." "37620","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","8.","","","","Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le choix d'une Unité de Mesure. Paris, 19 mars, 1791.","","

No copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him with a letter from Condorcet, which was bound in with the pamphlet. A copy of this letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress; it may be a genuine copy, or may be a translation. It reads as follows:

Letter from M. de Condorcet perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Sciences at Paris to Mr. Jefferson, received July 19th. 1791.

I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of the Report made to the Academy of Sciences, relative to the determination of an unit of measure. You will therein perceive our reasons for renouncing the more simple idea of taking the length of the pendulum for the unit, and availing ourselves of the fortunate circumstance which placed within our reach the only meridian line of neither too great nor too small an extent, terminated by the sea at its two extremes which is cut by the forty fifth parallel of Latitude at about one third of its length.

In consequence of a Decree of the National Assembly adopting the principles of the Report, the academy has formed five committees: the business of the first (consisting of Messrs. Cassini, Mechain, and Le Gendre) is to make the astronomical observations and measure the triangles (particular circumstances having induced us to join these two Commissions) the second Commission entrusted (to Messrs. Monge & Meusnier) is for the measurement of angles: a third (to Messrs. de Provda & Coulomb) is to make observations on the pendulum: a fourth (to Messrs. Lavoisier & the abbé Haüy) is to determine the weight of a given quantity of distilled water: and the fifth (to Messrs. Tillet, Brisson, & Vandermonde) is to be employed in determining the relation of the ancient weights and measures with the toise and the pound. These Committees will begin their operations immediately, and I will take care to keep you informed of their proceedings herein.

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt in a letter to Condorcet dated from Philadelphia, August 30, 1791:

I am to acknolege the reciept of your favor on the subject of the element of measure adopted by France. candor obliges me to confess that it is not what I would have approved. it is liable to the inexactitude of mensuration as to that part of the quadrant of the earth which is to be measured, that is to say as to one tenth of the quadrant, and as to the remaining nine tenths they are to be calculated on conjectural data, presuming the figure of the earth which has not yet been proved. it is liable too to the objection that no nation but your own can come at it; because yours is the only nation within which a meridian can be found of such extent crossing the 45th. degree & terminating at both ends in a level. we may certainly say then that this measure is uncatholic, and I would rather have seen you depart from Catholicism in your religion than in your Philosophy . . .

The Académie des Sciences, of which Condorcet had become a member at the age of twenty-two, was suppressed by order of the Convention in 1793. Condorcet died in prison by taking poison in the following year." "37630","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","9.","","","Paine, Thomas.","Thoughts on the Establishment of a Mint in the United States.","","

This manuscript is not now in the Library of Congress. It was sent to Jefferson by Paine, with a covering letter dated from London, September 28, 1790, and reading:

I enclose you a few observations on the establishment of a Mint. I have not seen your report on that subject and therefore cannot tell how nearly our opinions run together, but as it is by thinking upon and talking subjects over that we approach towards truth there may probably be something in the enclosed that may be of use.

As the establishment of a Mint combines a portion of politics with a knowlege of the Arts and a variety of other matters it is a subject I shall very much like to talk with you upon. I intend at all events to be in America in the Spring and it will please me much to arrive before you have gone thro' the arrangement.

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on July 29, 1791:

Your favor of Sep. 28. 1790. did not come to my hands till Feb. 11. and I have not answered it sooner because it said you would be here in the Spring. that expectation being past, I now acknolege the reciept . . .

. . . Your observations on the subject of a copper coinage have satisfied my mind on that subject, which I confess had wavered before between difficulties. as a different plan is under consideration of Congress, & will be taken up at their meeting, I think to watch the proper moment, & publish your observations (except the Notes which contain facts relative to particular persons which I presume you would dislike to see published, & which are not necessary to establish the main object,) adding your name, because it will attract attention & give weight to the publication. as this cannot take place under four months, there is time for you to forbid me, if it should be disagreeable to you to have the observations published, which however I hope it will not be . . .

Jefferson gave Paine's manuscript to Philip Freneau, who published it in the National Gazette, November 17, 1791. The essay was reprinted for the first time in The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Philip Foner, 2 volumes, 1945." "37640","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","10.","","","Bonne, Rigobert.","Principes sur les Mesures en Longueur et en Capacité, sur les Poids et les Monnoies; dépendant du Mouvement des Astres Principaux et de la Grandeur de la Terre, Ouvrage . . . présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale, par M. Bonne . . . Paris: Laurens junior, 1790.","","

8vo. 44 leaves, plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard I, 405.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Paris on October 27, 1790 (received by Jefferson March 18, 1791):

Je prends la liberté de vous envoyer deux exemplaires, d'un petit ouvrage qui a pour titre, Principes sur les mesures; je vous prie d'en faire part à la societé philosophique de Philadelphie, ou toutes les sciences humaines se trouvent réunies; ainsi que de la lettre que j'ai l'honneur de vous ecrire . . .

Je souhaite que cet ouvrage soit acceuilli favorablement, par la Societé philosophique de Philadelphie, à laquelle aucun genre de connoissances, n'est étrange ni indifferent: et si le changement des poids et mesures, a lieu dans les Etats-unis, comme vous le laissez voir, Monsieur, je désirerois par le sincere attachement que m'a inspiré le grand exemple de conquérir la liberté, qu'a donné à l'univers, le sage et le courageux peuple de vos regions occidentales, je désirerois dis-je pouvoir y contribuer efficacement . . .

Rigobert Bonne, 1727-1794, French geographer." "37650","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","11.","","","Morris, Gouverneur.","Letter to Thomas Jefferson on weights, measures, etc. Paris, 1791.","","This manuscript is not in the Library of Congress and has not been found." "37660","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","12.","","","Keith, George Skene.","Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins. Viz. I. Synopsis of a system of equalization of weights and measures . . . II. A comparison of various pendulums . . . III. Observations on the equalization of coins . . . IV. A new method of finding pretty accurately the center of oscillation in a pendulum. V. Remarks on Mr. Whitehurst's method of obtaining invariable measures. VI. Remarks on Dr. Rotheram's Observations on the proposed plan for equalizing all our weights and measures. By George Skene Keith . . . London: printed for John Murray, 1791.","","

8vo. 10 leaves printed in double columns, tables; no copy was seen for collation.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him shortly after publication by James Somerville, to whom Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia on December 1, 1791:

I am to acknolege the receipt of your favour covering one of Keith's pamphlets on Weights & measures, which contains a great deal of information on the subject. with my thanks be pleased to accept assurances of the regard with which I have the honor to be . . .

On June 8 of the following year, 1792, Jefferson wrote to David Rittenhouse, at the time director of the mint, and president of the American Philosophical Society:

Th: Jefferson incloses to m[???] Rittenhouse the first criticism which has come to his hands on the rodpendulum as a standard of measure. it is from a clergyman of Scotland. the author's language is so lax, that it is difficult to know with precision what idea he means to express. it is particularly so in the following sentence at the bottom of the 1st. page. 'it is therefore impossible to fix an invariable, or nearly equal measure from the rod of such a cylindrical pendulum—for, measured from the extremities, a second's pendulum is of all possible lengths from 39 to 58½ inches.'—in a preceding passage where he says that 'the length of the pendulum has nothing to do with the whole length of the rod.' he cannot possibly mean what he says. that they are the same thing, nobody ever pretended; but that, in theory, they have a determinate relation of 2 to 3. to one another, nobody can deny.—he says again pa. 2. 'no philosopher who has studied the doctrine of the Pendulum ever measured it from it's extremities.' why this observation? Th: J. had made the difficulty, in a bob-pendulum of finding the center of oscillation, from which it was to be measured, one reason for rejecting the bob-pendulum, & adopting the rod & pendulum which admits of being measured from the extremities, because in this one extremity may be made the center of motion.—what does he mean by saying that the difference between the cubic foot proposed by Th: J. and the English cubic foot (which Th: J. had stated to be 1/14 as m[???] Skene does) 'is a monstrous error'?—if m[???] Rittenhouse can find out what m[???] Skene means to object and will favor Th: J. with his thoughts on it, he will thank him.

Rittenhouse replied on June 11:

I have read over Mr. Keiths paper carefully, and endeavoured to make out his meaning. He has indeed expressed himself so very loosely that it is not easy to say what he intended . . .

Rittenhouse's letter, 1 page folio, contains a detailed criticism of Keith's pamphlet, and states his opinion that ''Mr. Keith must certainly have wrote down his very first thoughts on the subject, which he never afterwards considered or corrected.''

Some ten years later, on June 22, 1801, the author sent Jefferson from Keith-hall by Aberdeen pamphlets on the British and on the French constitution, q. v., and wrote:

. . . I have been induced to give your Excellency the trouble of this Letter, and the papers which accompany it, from the following Causes—I was in early life resolved to settle in America, at the Request of an Uncle, the Revd. John Barclay of St. Peters Church—near Easton Maryland—About 12 years ago I published a pamphlet on the Equalization of Weights Measures and Coins, which, with a manuscript sent along with it, was very favourably accepted by your illustrious predecessor George Washington—And as I I [sic] read a pamphlet by your Excellency on the same subject, I have taken the Liberty of sending other two pamphlets . . .

George Skene Keith, 1752-1823, Scottish minister. For the two pamphlets mentioned in his letter above, see no. 2805 and 2806." "37670","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","13.","","","","Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, presenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.","","

This pamphlet has not been located.

The Académie des Sciences (styled Académie Royale des Sciences during the periods of the monarchy) was founded in 1666, suppressed in 1793, and reorganized in 1795 (5 fructidor, an III). Each volume of its Mémoires contained a number of articles by the leading scientists of the day. A volume of Mémoires was not issued in 1792, and it seems probable that Jefferson removed an article from some volume and had it bound in this set of tracts. See Lasteyrie, Bibliographie Génerale des Travaux Historiques et Árchéologiques Publiés par les Sociétés Savantes de la France, 1901." "37680","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","14.","","","","A Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, and an Improvement in the Second Pendulum described; which will fit it for making the experiment recommended by the Committee of Congress on Weights and Measures in their Report to that House in last session: with a plan for a reform of our measures, which shews that they may be extended by a complete decimal scale, formed on the said unit of measures . . . By a Citizen of America. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, 1796.","","

8vo., 12 leaves.

Sabin 20189. Evans 30353.

A copy of this pamphlet is credited by both Sabin and

Evans to the Library of Congress, where however there is no copy at the present time. There are no catalogue cards for this book in the Library of Congress, and there is no entry in the printed catalogue of 1864." "37690","38","Tracts on weights & measures. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 20, as above. 1849 Catalogue, page 683, no. 27, Pamphlets on Weights and Measures, viz:—Jefferson's (Thomas) Notes on the Establishment of a Money Unit; Annapolis, 1784.—Report of the Treasury Board on a Mint; Annapolis, 1786—Rotheram, (J.) on the Proposed Plan for an Universal Standard of Weights and Measures; Edinburgh, 1791.—Boardley on Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, Proposed for the United States; Philadelphia, 1789.—Leslie's Proposed Standard of Measures, &c.; Philadelphia, 1790, MS.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins; New-York, 1790.—Proposition faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur les Poids et Mesures, par M. l'Evéque d'Autun; Paris, 1790.—Rapport lu à l'Académie des Sciences sur le Choix d'une Unité de Mesure; Paris, 19 Mars, 1791; with a Letter from M. de Condorcet to T. Jefferson on the Subject, in MS.—Paine's (Thomas) Thoughts on Establishing a Mint; MS.—Principes sur les Mesures, par M. Bonne; Paris, 1790.—Morris, G.: Letter to T. Jefferson, on Weights, Measures, &c.; Paris, 1791, MS.—Keith's (G. S.) Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins; London, 1791.—Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences, présenté à la Convention Nationale, Paris, 1792.—Dimension Proper for an Unit of Measures Pointed Out, &c.; Philadelphia, 1796.—Fauchet (J.) Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, with Decrees of the National Assembly of France, Establishing a New System of Weights and Measures, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1795.","Fifteen tracts originally bound together for Jefferson in one volume, 8vo. The tracts are no longer in the Library of Congress; the titles are taken from the 1849 catalogue as above.","","15.","","","Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph, Baron.","Joseph Fauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic near the United States, to Mr. Randolph Secretary of State of the United States. Without name of place or printer [Philadelphia, 1795].","QC89 .F8A4","

8vo. 2 leaves without title-page; the above caption on the first page is headed: [Translation] Philadelphia, the 15th Thermidor, 2d year of the French Republic, one and indivisible (2d August. 1794, Old Style.)

Evans 28696.

The letter begins:

Sir, You have doubtless been informed of the tedious and constant efforts, which have been made in Europe and particularly in France for some years past in order to substitute for the uncertainty which reigns in the instruments employed in comparing or measuring physical quantities, a certain system taken from Nature, and of course as immutable as nature itself. The learned alone, were long occupied with it as mere matter of speculation. France was the first to place those researches among the cares of Government. America, if I mistake not, has since followed the example, for I think I have heard that the present Government were engaged in the same changes, and even waited the result of the operation made in France on this subject, for the purpose of commencing the reform . . .

It occupies 2 pages, the recto of the first and verso of the second leaf, and is signed at the end Jh. Fauchet. Faithfully translated from the original, by Geo. Taylor, junr. On the verso of the first leaf is the order to print three hundred copies, signed by Samuel A. Otis, Secretary to the Senate, and dated January 9th, 1795. The next leaf, headed [Translation.], contains the Decree of the Committee of Public Safety That the Board of weights and measures cause to be sent to Citizen Dombey, who departs for North America, a measure in copper, and a weight divided in the form decreed for the standards the expense of which shall be defrayed out of the funds allotted to this work, signed by Jh. Fauchet and Geo. Taylor, junr., as before.

Jean Antoine Joseph, Baron Fauchet, 1761-1834, French politician, succeeded Edmond Genêt [q. v.] as minister plenipotentiary from France to the United States in 1793. He was awarded the title of baron in 1810.

Edmund Randolph, 1753-1813, succeeded Jefferson as Secretary of State in January 1794, and retained the office until August 1795." "37700","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","1.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","Report of the Secretary of State, on the subject of Establishing a Uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States. Published by order of the House of Representatives. New-York: printed by F. Childs and J. Swaine, M,DCC,XC. [1790.]","","Another copy of no. 3760, q.v." "37710","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","2.","","","Priestley, Joseph.","The Doctrine of Phlogiston Established, and that of the Composition of Water refuted. By Joseph Priestley, L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. &c. . . . Northumberland: printed for the author by A. Kennedy, MDCCC. [1800.]","AC901 .D8 vol. 77, no. 2.","

First Edition. 8vo. 54 leaves, the last with a catalogue of books written by Priestley.

Not in Sabin. Fulton and Peters, page 8.

For a copy of the second edition, a gift to Jefferson from the author, see no. 836." "37720","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","3.","","","","On the application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c. Philadelphia, 1801.","","This pamphlet has not been identified." "37730","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","4.","","","Vaughan, John.","The Valedictory Lecture delivered before the Philosophical Society of Delaware. By Dr. John Vaughan, member of said Society, &c. . . . Wilmington: printed at the Franklin Press, by James Wilson, 1800.","Q171 .V3","

Sm. 8vo. 29 leaves, separate half title for the Chemical Syllabus. The dedication to the Female Enquirers of Wilmington dated August 20, 1800, the Advertisement June 28, 1800, and the dedication of the Chemical Syllabus to the Philosophical Society of Delaware November 20, 1799.

Sabin 98686.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, with a letter dated from Wilmington, December 3, 1800:

You will please to accept the enclosed pamphlet as a tribute of esteem from its author. The only apology, I have to plead in extenuation of the privilege assumed, is the liberality necessarily attached to your character as a philosopher.

With anxious solicitude for the (just) result of this auspicious day . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 10:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Vaughan, and his thanks for the pamphlet inclosed to him, which he is assured he shall peruse with pleasure at the first leisure moment. he prays him to accept the assurances of his respect.

John Vaughan, 1775-1806, physician in Wilmington, and friend of Jefferson, was treasurer of the American Philosophical Society for a number of years." "37740","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","5.","","","Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph, Baron.","Catalogue raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale . . . rédigé par A.-M.-F.-J. Beauvois. Philadelphie: imprimé de Pierre Parent, n. d. [1800]","","

8vo. 28 pages; no copy was seen for collation.

Peale's Museum was founded in 1802 by Charles Willson Peale. In his Introduction to a Course of Lectures (see the next following entry) he stated that ''Mr. Patterson (Professor of Mathematics in our University . . . presented me with the first article, a curious fish of our western waters, with which to begin my Museum.''

Ambroise Marie François Joseph, Baron Palisot de Beauvois, 1751-1820, French botanist and traveller, visited Philadelphia on various occasions. For an English edition of the Catalogue of Peale's Museum and a note on the author, see no. 683." "37750","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","6.","","","Peale, Charles Willson.","Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History. Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 1799. By Charles W. Peale . . . Philadelphia: printed by Francis and Robert Bailey, 1800.","QH81 .P35","

8vo. 14 leaves.

Sabin note following 59419.

Charles Willson Peale, 1741-1827, portrait painter, naturalist and patriot, was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson." "37760","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","7.","","","Henfrey, Benjamin.","A Plan with Proposals for forming a Company to work Mines in the United States; and to smelt and refine the Ores whether of Copper, Lead, Tin, Silver, or Gold. By Benjamin Henfrey. Is it not the interest of every citizen of America to promote the working of mines; since all that is obtained from the bowels of the earth becomes an addition to the public stock. Philadelphia: printed by Snowden & M'Corkle, 1797.","","

8vo. 17 leaves and one folded leaf at the end.

Sabin 31338. Evans 32245.

Benjamin Henfrey, a mining engineer, was in correspondence with Jefferson." "37770","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","8.","","","","M'Innes' Cotton Machine. Charleston, 1802.","","This pamphlet has not been identified; it was probably an article in a periodical, taken out and bound by Jefferson in this volume." "3777a","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","9.","","","Priestley, Joseph,","On Acids, Air, Water, &c. Philadelphia, 1799.","","A pamphlet with this title, copied from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1849 as above, was not published by Dr. Priestley. It is probable that Jefferson designated under this title, and had bound in this volume, one or both of the articles by Priestley on this subject published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia in 1799." "37780","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","10.","","","Garnett, John.","A plain and concise Projection for clearing the Lunar distances from the effects of Parallax and Refraction performed by two lines only, on the common navigation rules, sufficiently accurate for all the purposes of navigation. [New Brunswick, New Jersey; printed by Abraham Blauvelt, 1801.]","VK555 .C61","4to. This is a part, beginning on page 43, of Henry Clarke's Seaman's Desiderata . . . With additions and corrections by J. G[arnett]. For the whole work, and a note on John Garnett, the editor of the Nautical Almanack, see no. 3807." "37790","39","Pamphlets on subjects of Nat. Philos. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 15, as above, but Natural Philosophy not abbreviated. 1849 Catalogue, page 682, no. 18, Pamphlets on Natural Philosophy.—Jefferson's (Thomas) Report on Weights, Measures, and Coins, 8vo; New-York, 1790.—Priestley, (J.) Doctrine of Phlogiston, Established, &c.; Northumberland, 1800.—On the Application of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, to Arts, &c.; Philadelphia, 1801.—Vaughan's (J.) Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware; Wilmington, 1800.—Beauvois, (A. M. F. J.) Catalogue Raisonné du Museum de Mr. C. W. Peale; Philadelphia, 1800.—Peale, C. W.: Introduction to a Course of Lectures on Natural History; Philadelphia, 1800.—Henfrey's (B.) Plan for Working Mines in the United States; Philadelphia, 1797.—M'Innes' Cotton Machine; Charleston, 1802.—Priestley, (J.) on Acids, Air, Water, &c.; Philadelphia, 1799.—Garnett, (J.) On Parallax and Refraction; New-Brunswick, 1801.—Ellicott, (A.) on Meridional Lines, 8vo; Philadelphia, 1796.*","11 pamphlets originally bound together for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price 50 cents. The pamphlets are no longer in the Library of Congress, and the titles are taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849, as above.","","11.","","","Ellicott, Andrew.","Several Methods by which meridianal lines may be found with ease and accuracy: recommended to the attention of the surveyors in the United States. By Andrew Ellicott, A. M. Philadelphia: printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.","","

8vo. 16 leaves, 2 plates; no copy was seen for collation. Evans 30385.

Andrew Ellicott, 1754-1820, astronomer and scientist, was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a friend of Jefferson with whom he was in frequent correspondence on his astronomical researches and other matters." "37800","1","","","","Gadbury's doctrine of nativities.","","p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 35, as above.","Gadbury, John.","Γενε&thetas;λια Λoγια. Or, The Doctrine of Nativities, containing the whole Art of Directions, and Annual Revolutions: whereby, any Man (even of an ordinary capacity) may be enabled to discover the most Remarkable and Occult Accidents of his Life, as they shall occur unto him in the whole course thereof, either for Good or Evil. Also, Tables for Calculating the Planets Places for any Time, either Past, Present, or To come. Together with the Doctrine of Horarie Questions; which (in the absence of a Nativity) is sufficient to inform any one of all Manner of Contingencies Necessary to be known. By John Gadbury . . . London: printed by Ja: Cottrel, for Giles Calvert; William Larnar, and Daniel White, 1658.","QB26 .G13","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 302 leaves, continuous signatures, separate pagination, the title for the second part on Nn3, the general title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by T. Cross, engraved and woodcut diagrams in the text, numerous tables.

STC G84. Lowndes II, 853. Not in Lalande.

John Gadbury, 1627-1704, English astrologer." "37810","2","","","","Uranographie de Vaugondy, 4to. avec deux cartes celestes.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 30, as above, pamphlet.","Robert de Vaugondy, Didier.","Uranographie, ou Description du Ciel en deux Hémisphères calculés et construits pour l'année 1763, par M. Robert de Vaugondy . . . Paris: L'auteur, 1764.","","

First Edition. 4to, 29 leaves. No copy was seen for collation; the above title is from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard VIII, 77. Lalande, page 486.

Didier Robert de Vaugondy, 1723-1786, French astronomer, member of the Académie de Nanci, held several important positions including that of Géographe Ordinaire to the King of France." "37820","3","","","","id. [Fontenelle's plurality of worlds.]","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 2, La Pluralite des Mondes, par Fontenelle, 12mo.","Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de.","Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes, par M. de Fontenelle . . . Nouvelle Edition augmentée d'un Septième Entretien et de Diverses Pièces de M. de Fontenelle. Amsterdam: E. Roger, 1719.","","

12mo. 83 leaves, engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate. No copy was seen for collation.

Quérard III, 155. This edition not in Lalande, and not in Houzeau.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue called also for an octavo edition, not sold to Congress.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1657-1757, French author. This work first appeared in 1686, and was intended to popularize the astronomical theories of Descartes. Fontenelle was not the author of the seventh Entretien, added to this edition." "37830","4","","","","Derham's Astrotheology.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 3, Derham's Astro-Theology, 8vo.","Derham, William.","Astro-Theology, or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God from a Survey of the Heavens. By W. Derham, Canon of Windsor and F. R. S. London: Printed for W. Innys, [?] 1743.","","

8vo. The Library of Congress Catalogues after that of 1831 (which assigns no date) credit the Jefferson library with an edition of this work printed in London in 1743. This edition seems to be non-existent. The eighth edition was published in 1741, and the ninth in 1750.

For William Derham, see no. 3727. The first edition of Astro-Theology was published in 1715." "37840","5","","","","Tychonis Brahé opera","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 23, as above.","Brahe, Tycho.","Tychonis Brahe Mathim: Eminent: Dani Opera Omnia, sive Astronomiæ Instavratæ Progymnasmata in duas partes distributa, qvorvm prima de restitvtione motvvm Solis & Lunæ, Stellarum[???]; inerrantium tractat. Secvnda avtem de mvndi ætherei recentioribus phænomensis agit. Anno M.DC.XLVIII. Editio ultima nunc cum Indicibus & Figuris prodit. Francofvrti: impensis Ioannis Godofredi Schönvvetteri. [1648.]","QB3 .B828","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 242 and 109 leaves, separate titles, signatures and pagination, printer's woodcut device on both titles, diagrams and illustrations in the text, device and colophon on the last page.

Ebert 2910, note. Houzeau, page 111, no. 662. Lalande, pages 138, 225.

Entered by Jefferson on the undated manuscript catalogue with the price 1-16.

Tycho Brahe, 1546-1601, Danish astronomer." "37850","6","","","","Hugenii Cosmotheoros.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 1, as above.","Huygens, Christian.","Christiani Hugenii κoσμo&thetas;εωϱ[???]ς, sive de terris cœlestibus, earumque ornatu, conjecturæ . . . Editio altera. Hagæ-Comitum: Mœtjens, M. DC. XCIX. [1699.]","","

4to. 73 leaves, plates; no copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Lalande. Houzeau, page 368, no. 1916.

Christiaan Huygens, 1629-1695, Dutch astronomer, physicist, mathematician and mechanician, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and of other learned societies. Cosmotheoros was first published posthumously in 1698. His best known work is the Horologium, published in 1658, two years after his application of the pendulum to regulate the movement of clocks." "37860","7","","","","Opere del Galilei.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 24, as above.","Galileo Galilei.","Opere di Galileo Galilei, divise in quattro Tomi, in questa nuova Edizione accresciute di molte cose inedite. Tomo Primo [-Tomo Quarto Continente il Dialogo]. In Padova: MDCCXLIV. Nella Stamperia del Seminario. Appresso Gio: Manfrè. Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio. [1744.]","YA1103","

4 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 352 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by F. Zucchi, 1 engraved folded plate; vol. II, 285 leaves, vol. III, 245 leaves, vol. IV, 176 leaves; woodcut Phoenix device on all titles, woodcut ornaments, illustrations and diagrams in the text; volume I in this copy has the cancelled leaf Rrrr2 as well as the cancel Ssss1.

Lalande, page 422. Houzeau, page 131, no. 796.

Jefferson's manuscript and the early Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish his library, call for 3. vol. 4to. The four volumes of this edition were published at the same time, so that it seems possible that Jefferson had them bound for himself in three volumes. He does not specify that a volume was missing.

Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642, Italian astronomer. The Opere were originally published in Bologna in two volumes, quarto, in 1655, 6. This edition of 1744 is the first to include the Dialogo (Vol. IV), for the original publication of which, in 1632, Galileo suffered from the Inquisition. This is mentioned by Jefferson in the Notes on the State of Virginia:

Government is just as infallible too when it fixes systems in physics. Galileo was sent to the inquisition for affirming that the earth was a sphere: the government had declared it to be as flat as a trencher, and Galileo was obliged to abjure his error.

This edition was edited by Giuseppe Toaldo, 1719-1798, professor at the University of Padua." "37870","8","","","","Morden's introduction to astronomy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 11, as above.","Morden, Robert.","An Introduction to Astronomy, Geography, Navigation, and other mathematical Sciences, made easie by the Description and Uses of the Cœlestial and Terrestrial Globes. In Seven Parts . . . By Robert Morden. London: Printed for R. Morden, at the Atlas in Cornhil; and R. Smith, under the Piaza's of the Royal Exchange, 1702.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, 104 and 44 leaves, the second part with caption title only for Geography and Navigation made easie . . . engraved plates of maps, charts and globes, woodcut diagrams.

Not in Lowndes. Lalande, page 346. Not in Houzeau.

In the second part, Geography made easie, page 29 is headed Of America, and gives a list in parallel columns of the ''Parts or Countries, Cities or principal places, and Rivers'' of America. At the foot of the page is a list of the Islands, in which California, at that time thought to be an island, is included The double-page engraved map of the world by Morden at the beginning of the book shows California as an island.

Robert Morden, d. 1703, geographer, map and globe maker of London, was the author of a number of books on those subjects, and issued separately many engraved maps of various countries." "37880","9","","","","Wakeley's Mariner's compes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 13, but reading Compass.","Wakely, Andrew.","The Mariner's Compass Rectified; containing Tables, shewing the true Hour of the Day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass: With the true Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars, and the Points of the Compass upon which they rise and set: With Tables of Amplitudes and Declination. Which Tables of Sun-Dials, Semidiurnal Arches and Amplitudes are calculated from the Equator to 60 Degrees of Latitude, either North or South. With a Description of the most useful Instruments in Practice in the Art of Navigation. Also, a Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places. By Andrew Wakely, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful Additions, by J. Atkinson, the Whole revised, corrected, improved and enlarged, with new Tables and Examples, by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics, and Author of the Young Sea Officer's Assistant. London: Printed for Mount and Page, on Tower-hill; where may be had all Sorts of Sea-Books, Charts, &c., 1787.","","

12mo. 136 leaves, woodcut illustrations; a list of books of Navigation, Sea Charts, &c. printed for Mount and Page on the verso of the title-leaf, and an Advertisement at the end of ''To the Reader'', following which is John Adams's address ''To the Mariners of Great-Britain'' dated from Edmonton, August 24, 1787.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in Watt, and not in Sotheran.

Jefferson mentioned this book in his letter to Melatiah Nash concerning his forthcoming Ephemeris, dated from Monticello, November 15, 1811. Suggesting the addition of a table for the calculation of the sun's rise, Jefferson wrote:

. . . this table is to be found in many astronomical books, as, for instance, in Wakeley's Mariner's compass rectified, and more accurately in the Connoissance des tems for 1788. it would not occupy more than two pages at the end of the work & would render it an Almanac for every part of the US . . .

Andréw Wakely published the first edition of this work in 1665. At the end is a Table containing the Chief Harbours, Headlands and Islands of the World, and shewing their Latitude and Longitude, several pages of which refer to America; the last three pages are calculated from observations made by W. Wales and W. Bayly, astronomers accompanying Captain Cook on his voyages." "37890","10","","","","Sturmey's Mariner's magazine.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 34, as above, with fol, p.","Sturmy, Samuel.","The Mariners magazine, stor'd with these mathematical Arts; the rudiments of Navigation and Geometry. The making and use of divers mathematical instruments. The doctrine of Triangles . . . The art of Navigation . . . With tables of Logarithms, and . . . a Compendium of Fortification . . . The Third Edition . . . corrected by J. Colson. London, 1684.","","

2 parts in 1, folio. No copy of this edition was available for collation; the above title was taken from the British Museum Catalogue.

Lowndes V, 2542. Not in Hazlitt. Watt II, 887. Not in Lalande. Not in Houzeau. Not in Arber, Term Catalogues. STS S6098.

Captain Samuel Sturmy, b. circa 1633, published the first edition of this work in 1669. This edition was edited by John Colson, and the Compendium of Fortification contributed by P. Staynred. According to Granger (Biographical History, 1824, Vol. V, page 280) Goldsmith's History of the Earth contains an account of Sturmy's descent into a cavern at Pen-park, Gloucestershire, from which he caught a fever and died soon after." "37900","11","","","","Brent's compendious Astronomer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 12, as above.","Brent, Charles.","The Compendious Astronomer: containing New and Correct Tables, for Computing in a concise Manner, the Places of the Luminaries; digested from Numbers founded on the latest Observations; all the Tables hitherto published making the Apogé of the Sun about Seven Minutes too far. The Tables of the Moon are disposed according to Sir Isaac Newton's Theory . . . The Young Arithmetician's and Historian's Perpetual and Universal Pocket-Chronologer, curiously engraved on a Copper-Plate, by which and a very easy Arithmetical Calculus, may be determined . . . To render this Treatise independent of any other, there is likewise introduced, the Theory of Decimal Arithmetic, both Terminate and Circulate; together with their Demonstrations, which by the late ingenious Mr. Cunn, and other Authors, are omitted. By Charles Brent. London: Printed for J. Robinson; and W. and T. Payne, M. DCC. XLI. [1741.]","QB42 .B8","

First Edition. Second Issue. 8vo. 209 leaves, the last for the errata list, folded leaf with engraved diagrams headed Perpetual Chronologer by J. Bird, engraved astronomical diagram on the first page of text.

Watt I, 148. Lalande, page 415. Not in Houzeau.

The copy of this work in the Library of Congress is of the first issue, with date 1740, of which no other copy has been traced, and which appears to be unknown to bibliographers. There is no entry for this work, either issue, in the British Museum Catalogue." "37910","12","","","","Keill's Astronomy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 4, as above.","Keill, John.","An Introduction to the true Astronomy: or, Astronomical Lectures, Read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford. By John Keill, M.D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Astronomy in that University . . . The Sixth Edition, corrected. London: Printed for J. Buckland [and others], 1769.","","

8vo. 216 leaves, folded engraved maps and plates of diagrams. A copy of this edition was not seen; a copy of the fourth edition, 1748, is in the Library of Congress. This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Lalande and not in Houzeau. This edition not in Sotheran.

For a note on John Keill see no. 3724 above. This work which consists of Keill's Savilian lectures was originally issued in Latin, in Oxford, 1718. The first edition in English, with emendations, was printed in 1721." "37920","13","","","","Whiston's Astronomy.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 5, as above.","Whiston, William.","Astronomical Principles of Religion, Natural and Revealed. Together with a Preface of the Temper of Mind necessary for the Discovery of Divine Truth . . . London: Printed for J. Senex, 1717.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 175 leaves, plates. No copy was seen for collation.

Lowndes V, 2893. Lalande, page 366.

William Whiston, 1667-1752, English divine, was a well known astronomer, and gave lectures on that subject at Button's coffee-house, with the help of his friends Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele." "37930","14","","","","Ferguson's Astronomy.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 25, as above.","Ferguson, James.","Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics. London: for the author, 1757.","","

4to. No copy was seen for collation.

Gray 75. Lalande, page 462. Houzeau, page 10, no. 61.

James Ferguson, 1710-1776, Scottish astronomer; see no. 3735.

This is the second edition of this work, originally published in 1756." "37940","15","","","","Gregory's Astronomy.","","2. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 6, as above.","Gregory, David.","The Elements of Physical and Geometrical Astronomy. By David Gregory, M. D. late Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Done into English, with Additions and Corrections. The Second Edition. To which is annex'd, Dr. Halley's Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets. The whole newly Revised, and Compared with the Latin, and Corrected throughout, by Edmund Stone, F. R. S. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for D. Midwinter, at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's Church-Yard. M DCC XXVI. Price of the Two Vols. 12 s. Bound. [1726.]","QB42 .G8","

2 vol. 8vo., 264 and 224 leaves; the second volume is a reprint of that of the first edition, including the signatures and pagination, which were continuous. Halley's Synopsis (13 leaves) begins on page 881 of Vol. II; plates in both volumes.

Lowndes II, 940. Lalande, page 381. Houzeau, page 25, no. 187.

David Gregory, 1696-1767, Savilian professor of astronomy, was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. The first edition in Latin of this work was printed in 1702, and Stone's first edition in English in 1715.

Edmund Stone, d. 1768, Scottish mathematician, was a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Edmond Halley, 1656-1742, English astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-two, and later became its secretary." "37950","16","","","","Institutions Astronomique de Le Monnier.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 26, as above.","[Keill, John—Le Monnier, Pierre Charles.]","Institutions astronomiques, ou Leçons élémentaires d'astronomie, pour servir d'introduction à la physique céleste, & à la science des longitudes, avec de nouvelles tables d'équation corrigées; et particulierement les tables du soleil, de la lune & des satellites; précedées d'un essai sur l'histoire de l'astronomie moderne. A Paris: chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, & Jacques Guerin, M. DCC. XLVI. Avec approbation et privilege du Roi. [1746.]","QB42 .K3","

First Edition. 4to. 366 leaves, Fautes a corriger on the fourth preliminary leaf, avertissement on the last page, 14 folded engraved plates; some signed by Dheulland.

Barbier II, 928. Quérard IV, 285. Lalande, page 428. Houzeau, page 19, no. 139.

Jefferson bought his copy from Froullé on June 13, 1789, price 13.0.

For John Keill, see no. 3724 above.

Pierre Charles Le Monnier, 1715-1799, French astronomer. Concerning this work, Lalande's note reads: ''Ces Institutions astronomiques sont un de meilleurs ouvrages qu'on ait faits en français sur l'astronomie élémentaire. On y trouve des tables de la lune de Flamsteed, &c. C'est une traduction de Keill, mais très-améliorée, et qui a été très-utile à la France.''

Le Monnier was admitted to the Royal Society in 1739, and was a member of other learned societies. One of his daughters was the wife of J. L. Lagrange, q.v." "37960","17","","","","De la Lande Astronomie.","","4. vols. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 27, as above.","Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de.","Astronomie, par M. de La Lande, Lecteur Royal en Mathématiques; de l'Académie Royal des Sciences de Paris; de celles de Londres, de Pétersbourg, de Berlin, de Stockholm, de Bologne, &c. Censeur Royal. Seconde édition revue et augmentée. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme.] A Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, M. DCC. LXXI, LXXXI. Avec privilège du Roi. 1771, 81.","QB42 .L19","

4 vol. 4to, first edition of the fourth volume; vol. 1, 334 and 124 leaves; the second part with separate signatures and pagination collates in twos, and contains the Tables Astronomiques calculées pour le Meridien de Paris, with caption title; vol. II, 836 leaves; vol. III, 422 leaves, the last two for the Additions et Corrections to vol. I, II, and III, followed by Corrections & Additions à faire dans le Recueil de Tables de Halley pour les Planètes, &c. imprimé en 1759, qui se trouve à Paris chez Bailly; at the foot of the last leaf is the imprint De l'Imprimerie de L. F. Delatour, 8 Juillet 1771; vol. IV, 404 leaves, with the imprint of J. Ch. Desaint at the foot of the last page; folded plates in each volume.

Quérard IV, 455. Lalande, page 520.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 61.0.

In his letter to Dr. Joseph Willard, dated from Paris March 24, 1789, Jefferson mentioned that de la Lande has not yet published a 5th. volume.

Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, 1732-1807, French astronomer, succeeded Delisle in the chair of astronomy in the Collège de France. The first edition of his Astronomie appeared in 2 volumes in 1762, and is thus described by him in his Bibliographie (page 485): Cet ouvrage, fait pour suppléer à ceux de Cassini, Le Monnier et La Caille, contient toutes les parties de l'astronomie théorique et pratique, expliquées d'une manière élémentaire; et il a été utile en formant presque tous les astronomes qui existent actuellement.

The fourth volume, published in 1781 for the first time, contains a Traité du Flux et du Reflux de la Mer, and the Mémoire sur l'Origine des Constellations, et sur l'Explication de la Fable, par le Moyen de l'Astronomie. Par M. Dupuis, Avocat en Parlement, Professeur de Rhétorique au Collège de Lisieux, en l'Université de Paris, with separate half-title.

Charles François Dupuis, 1742-1809, published a separate edition of his Mémoire sur l'Origine des Constellations et sur l'Explication de la Fable, par le Moyen de l'Astronomie in 1781." "37970","18","","","","Adams's Practical astronomy","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 19, as above.","Adams, George.","Astronomical and Geographical Essays: containing . . . IV. An Introduction to Practical Astronomy. Third Edition. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty, and Optician to the Prince of Wales. London: Printed by R. Hindmarsh, and sold by the Author, 1795.","QB42 .A2","

8vo. Adams did not publish a book with the title Practical Astronomy as called for by Jefferson's manuscript and the early printed catalogues of the Library of Congress. In the catalogues subsequent to that of 1831 the entry is changed to Introduction to Practical Astronomy, 8vo. London, 1795, which is the title of the fourth Essay in the Astronomical and Geographical Essays.

Jefferson bought an Introduction to Practical Astronomy from W. & S. Jones of London, billed to him on August 3, 1805, price 2/6. This was bound for him in April 1806, by John March, in calf, gilt, cost one dollar.

Jefferson bought another copy of this work from Dufief in Philadelphia in August 1815, after the sale of his books to Congress. His letter to Dufief asked for a copy of 'Adams's Practical Astronomy, 8vo.' Dufief's bill, sent on August 15th, with a covering letter mentioning this book, included Adam's Geol and Astrol essays, 3.50.

For a note on Adams, and other works by him, see the Index." "37980","19","","","","Etat des etoiles fixes de Ptolomée par Montignot. Gr. Fr.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 28, as above.","Montignot, Henri, Abbé.","Etat des Etoiles fixes au second Siècle, par Claude Ptolemée, comparé á la position des memes étoiles en 1786, avec le texte Grec et la traduction françoise par M. l'abbé Montignot . . . Strasbourg: Libraire Académique, 1787.","","

4to. 100 leaves, plate; no copy was available for collation.

Quérard VI, 259. This edition not in Lalande. Houzeau page 72, no. 458.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on January 27, 1789, price 10.0. broché. Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

In a letter to Joseph Willard from Paris on March 24, 1789, and giving him a list of the most remarkable publications we have had in France for a year or two past, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Montignot has given us the original Greek, & a French translation of the 7th. book of Ptolemy's great work, under the title of 'Etat des etoiles fixes au second siecle.' in 4to. he has given the designation of the same stars by Flamstead & Beyer, and their position in the year 1786 . . .

Henri Montignot, Abbé, Canon of Toul, was a member of the Royal Society of Science and Belles Lettres at Nancy, his native city. The first edition of this work was published in Nancy in 1786." "37990","20","","","","Fixarum praecipuarum catalogus novus. auctore de Zach.","","4to. Gothae. 1792.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 29, as above, but omitting auctore.","Von Zach, Franz Xavier, Freiherr.","Fixarum Praecipuarum catalogus novus et observationibus astronomicis in specula astronomica Gothana annis 1787. 1788. 1789. 1790. habitis et ad initium anni M. DCCCC. constructus. Auctore Francisco de Zach. Gothae: in commissis apud C. G. Ettinger, 1792.","","

4to. 130 leaves, engraved frontispiece.

Not in Lalande. Not in Houzeau. Not in Sotheran.

Franz Xavier, Freiherr Von Zach, 1754-1832,

Austrian astronomer, Director of Gotha Observatory, published numerous papers on astronomical and geographical subjects, and edited scientific papers of importance." "38000","21","","","","Cometographie de Pingre.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 31, as above.","Pingré, Alexandre Gui.","Cométographie; ou, Traité historique et théorique des comètes. Par M. Pingré, Chanoine Régulier & Bibliothécaire de Sainte-Geneviève, Chancelier de l'Université de Paris, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Tome Premier [-Second.] A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXXIII, IV. [1783, 4.]","QB721 .P63","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. 4to. 322 and 263 leaves, engraved plates, Fautes à corriger at the end of the first volume.

Quérard, VII, 180. Not in Lalande. Houzeau, page 752, no. 2776.

Jefferson's copy was bound in one volume; his entry on the undated manuscript catalogue calls for 2. v. 4to. in 1 and includes the price, 24.0.

Alexandre Gui Pingré, 1711-1796, French astronomer." "38010","22","","","","Exposition du systeme du monde par la Place.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 7, as above.","La Place, Pierre Simon, Marquis de.","Exposition du Systeme du Monde; Par Pierre-Simon Laplace . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. Paris: Imprimerie du Cercle-social, l'an IV. [1796.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo., engraved portrait; no copy was available for collation.

Quérard IV, 546. Not in Lalande. Houzeau, page 19, no. 141.

Jefferson ordered a copy from N. G. Dufief in a letter dated from Washington, April 10, 1802, to which Dufief replied from Philadelphia on April 14, referring to the work as ''l'exposition du Systeme du monde par le profond Géomètre La Place.''

In 1809 James Monroe sent Jefferson a copy. In a letter dated from Albemarle, on July 18 of that year, Monroe wrote:

Jas Monroe's best respects to Mr. Jefferson. He has the pleasure to send him the Edinburg review which Mr Jefferson expressed a desire to peruse. JM. has also the pleasure to send to Mr Jefferson a copy of La Place's systeme du Monde, which he brought for him in 97. from France, it being a work then recently published which he presumed had not found a place in his library. J M begs Mr Jefferson's acceptance of this work. He would have sent it to him long since had it not been packed with other books which the want of room prevented his opening.

Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello on March 21, 1809:

I am indebted to you for mr Bowditch's very learned mathematical papers, the calculations of which are not for every reader, altho' their results are readily enough understood. one of these impairs the confidence I had reposed in La Place's demonstration that the excentricities of the planets of our system could oscillate only within narrow limits, and therefore could authorise no inference that the system must, by it's own laws, come one day to an end. this would have left the question of infinitude, at both ends of the line of time, clear of physical authority . . .

As early as July 1788, in a letter to the Rev. James Madison of William and Mary College, Jefferson had mentioned one of the theories of La Place:

. . . M. de la Place has discovered that the secular acceleration and retardation of the moon's motion is occasioned by the action of the sun, in proportion as his eccentricity changes, or, in other words, as the orbit of the earth increases or diminishes. so that this irregularity is now perfectly calculable . . .

Pierre Simon, Marquis de La Place, 1749-1827, French mathematician and astronomer, known as the ''Newton of France.''" "","23","","","","Chilmead on the globes.","","8vo","","","","","The author of this book is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, with reference to this chapter, but there is no entry in the chapter itself. The book was probably not sold to Congress." "38030","24","","","","Figura telluris de Maupertuis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 8, as above.","Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de.","Figvra tellvris determinata per observationes . . . de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Camus, Le Monnier . . . et domini abbatis Outhier . . . comitanta domino Celsio . . . factas . . . ad circvlvm polarem avtore DN. de Maupertuis e cvivs idomate gall. in latinvm trastvlit notisqve proœmialibvs avxit Alarcvs Zeller . . . Lipsiæ: literatis Breitkopfianis, 1742.","","

First Edition in Latin. 2 vol. 12mo. No copy was seen for collation. 102 leaves, engraved frontispiece and 9 folded plates.

This edition not in Lalande. Not in Houzeau. Sotheran 11635.

A copy was ordered by Jefferson, on June 29, 1789, when he was in Paris, from Armand Koenig, of Strasburg, one of a number of books selected by Jefferson from Koenig's catalogue.

The book was sent, and included in a bill from Koenig dated July 17, price œ2.0.0. It is entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson mentioned the theories of Maupertuis in a letter to Rev. J. Madison, dated from Paris, August 13, 1787:

. . . I think your conjecture that the periodical variation of light in certain fixed stars proceeds from Maculae is more probable than that of Maupertuis who supposes those bodies may be flat, & more probable also than that which supposes the star to have an orbit of revolution so large as to vary sensibly it's degree of light. the latter is rendered more difficult of belief from the shortness of the period of variation . . .

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, 1698-1759, French mathematician and astronomer, was a member of the Académie des Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society; he later became a member of almost all the scientific societies of Europe. In 1736 at the instigation of Louis XV he headed an expedition to Lapland to measure the length of a degree of the meridian. In 1746 he became President of the Académie royalé des Sciences et Belles-Lettres in Berlin. This book was first printed in French in 1738.

Under the year 1732 Lalande states: Cette année, qui est celle de ma naissance, est remarquable pour l'astronomie. Maupertuis commençait à établir le newtonianisme en France . . ." "38040","25","","","","la Figure de la terre par Bouguer.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 32, as above.","Bouguer, Pierre.","La Figure de la Terre, déterminée par les observations de Messieurs Bouguer, & de La Condamine, de l'Académie Royale des Sçiences, envoyés par ordre du Roy au Pérou, pour observer aux environs de l'Equateur. Avec une Relation abregée de ce Voyage, qui contient la description du Pays dans lequel les opérations ont été faites. Par M. Bouguer. A Paris, Quay des Augustins: chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, M. DCC. XLIX. [1749.]","QB291 .B7","

First Edition. 4to. 266 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title, engraved head pieces, folded engraved plates.

Quérard I, 448. Lalande, page 436.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 16-10.

Pierre Bouguer, 1698-1758, French mathematician and professor of hydrography, sailed with Charles Marie de la Condamine for Peru in 1735 in order to measure a degree of the meridian near the equator. Ten years were spent in this operation of which this work is a full account." "38050","26","","","","Voiage de l'Abbé Rochon aux Indes Orienteles et en Afrique pour l'Observñ des longitudes en mer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 9, Voyage de Rochon aux Indes Orient. et en Afrique pour l'observation des Longitudes, 8vo.","Rochon, Alexis Marie.","Voyages aux Indes orientales et en Afrique, pour l'Observation des Longitudes en Mer, avec une Dissertation intéressante sur les îles célèbres de Salomon, et sur les voyages de Marion, de Surville, de la Peyrouse et de d'Antrecastreau. Par Alexis Rochon, Membre de l'Institut de France, et de la Légion d'Honneur . . . Ouvrage réduit en un volume in-8o. Avec une carte génêrale de la mer des Indes et de la mer du Sud, et de plusiers tableaux pour servir á calculer les longitudes. Nouvelle édition. Prix broché, 6 francs. A Paris: Chez l'Huillier, 1807.","","

8vo. 271 leaves followed by 11 folded leaves of Tables, engraved folded map at the beginning, 2 engraved plates of Tables.

Quérard VIII, 101. Not in Lalande. Not in Houzeau.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Paris on August 7, 1812:

J'avois eu l'honneur de vous adresser un Exemplaire de mes voyages par le moyen de M. Short qui n'a cessé dans toutes les circonstances de me donner des marques d'une veritable affection . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on December 14, 1813:

I have had the pleasure, my dear Sir, of recieving your letter of Aug. 7. 1812. and with it a copy of your voyages for the observations of the longitudes at sea, which I have read with great satisfaction, and pray you to accept my thanks for them. I recieved at the same time your pamphlet on the Micrometer of rock-chrystal, the advantages of which you had shown to me in 1785. at Dr. Franklin's at Passy, on the telescope you gave him, which is now in my possession. the uses of this discovery at sea, as well as with land-armaments, are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30. years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance . . .

The book was sent to Jefferson by David Bailie Warden, the American consul in Paris (mentioned in a letter dated from Paris November 1, 1812), through the agency of John T. Barraud of Norfolk, Va., to whom Jefferson wrote from Monticello on December 25:

Th: Jefferson presents mr. Barraud his respectful salutations, and his thanks for the pamphlets from m[???] Warden which have come safely to hand. he has no reason to believe any letter accompanied them, as he had before recieved a letter on their subject from the Abbé Rochon, author of them. with his acknolegements for m[???] Barraud's kind care of them he prays him to recieve the assurance of his great respect.

The receipt of the book was acknowledged by Jefferson to Warden in a letter dated from Monticello, December 29, 1813.

There is not a copy of this edition in the Library of Congress; the copy used was most kindly lent by the American Philosophical Society, and has great interest for the student of Jefferson, as it was presented to the Society by William Short.

Alexis Marie Rochon, Abbé, 1741-1817, French astronomer and navigator. As astronomer of the navy he made several scientific voyages to Madagascar and the East Indies. His Voyages à Madagascar et aux Indes Orientales was originally published in 1791 and reprinted with the same title in 1793 and 1802. In this edition of 1807 the portion relating to Madagascar was omitted and the title changed accordingly.

Jefferson was acquainted with the Abbé Rochon, and frequently mentioned him and his discoveries in correspondence with his scientific friends. In a letter to David Rittenhouse dated from Paris, January 25, 1786, he wrote:

. . . in a letter to m[???] Hopkinson I mentioned to him that the Abbé Rochon, who discovered the double refracting power in some of the natural chrystals, had lately made a telescope with the metal called Platina, which while it is susceptible of as perfect a polish as the metal heretofore used for the specula of telescopes, is inattackable by rust as gold & silver are . . .

Writing to Benjamin Franklin two days later, on January 27, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . not a sheet I think has come out since your departure which is worth notice. I do not know whether before that the Abbé Rochon had thought of using the metal Platina for the specula of telescopes. indeed I believe the thought is not his originally, but has been carried into execution before by the Spaniards. it is thought to take as high a polish as the metallic composition generally used, and is not liable to rust . . .

Almost twenty-seven years later, on December 27, 1812, in a letter to Robert Patterson, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I recieved at the same time the Abbé Rochon's pamplets [sic] & book on his application of the double refraction of the Iceland Spath to the measure of small angles. I was intimate with him in France, and had recieved there, in many conversations, explanations of what is contained in these sheets. I possess too one of his lunettes, which he had given to Doctor Franklin and which came to me thro' m[???] Hopkinson. you are therefore probably acquainted with it . . .

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is a page in Jefferson's handwriting headed: For engraving in the Abbé Rochon's method." "38060","27","","","","Deux voiages faits en Allemagne par Cassini.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 33, as above, but spelling Voyages and 4to added.","Cassini de Thury, César François.","Relation des deux voyages faits en Allemagne par ordre du Roi par rapport à la figure de la terre, pour déterminer la grandeur des degrés de longitude; par rapport à la géographie, pour poser les fondemens d'une carte générale et particulière de l'Allemagne; par rapport à l'astronomie, pour connaître la position des principales villes où les astronomes allemands ont fait leurs observations . . . par M. de Cassini de Thury. Paris: Durand, 1763.","","

First Edition. 4to. 94 leaves, plates; no copy was seen for collation.

Quérard II, 71. Lalande, page 483.

Entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with price, 5.17.

César François Cassini de Thury, 1714-1784, French geographer and astronomer, was a member of the famous Italian family of astronomers. He was born at the Observatory in Paris, and in 1771 the post of director of that institution was created for him." "38070","28","","","","Clarke's Seaman's desiderata by Garnett.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 14, as above, 4to p.","Clarke, Henry.","Clarke's Seaman's Desiderata: or, concise, practical rules for computing the apparent time at sea, the latitude from double solar altitudes, and the longitude from the lunar observations. With a simple and expeditious method of clearing the lunar distances from the effects of parallax and refraction. With additions and corrections by J. G. New Brunswick, New Jersey: printed by Abraham Blauvelt, 1801. (Copy right secured.)","VK555 .C61","

4to. 24 leaves of text preceded by a folded leaf, signed by John Garnett, containing A Plain and concise projection for clearing the lunar distances from the effects of Parallax and Refraction . . . with an engraved diagram, and followed by 17 leaves of tables and problems, some folded, and a folded engraved plate of diagrams.

Not in Sabin. Not in Lalande.

Henry Clarke, 1743-1818, English mathematician and schoolmaster, was a friend of Joseph Priestley. The first edition of this book was printed in 1800.

John Garnett of New Brunswick was the editor of the Nautical Almanack, q. v., and in a letter to Jefferson concerning that publication, dated from New Brunswick, December 17, 1814, mentioned the kind attention he had received from Jefferson when introduced to him in Washington." "38080","29","","","","Connoissance de tems pour 1777.78.81.84.85.86.87.88.89.90. 91.92.93.94.1800.1801.1802.1803.1804.1805.1806.1807.1808.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 15, Connaissance des Temps pour 1777, 78, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23 v 8vo.","","Connoissance des Temps; ou, Des Mouvements celestes à l'usage des astronomes et des navigations . . . pour l'an 1777 [78, 81, 84-94, 1800-8.] Publiée par ordre de l'Académie. Paris: 1774-1805.","","

Together 23 vol. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Houzeau, p. 927, no. 3168. Lalande enters various numbers of the Connoissance des Temps in their chronological place, with a summary of the contents, and occasionally an account of the editor. Lalande's last entry, under date 1803, is the Connoissance des temps pour l'an XIII [1805], with the summary of the contents, and the note:

Je suis entré dans ce détail sur les derniers volumes de la Connaissance des temps, pour faire voir aux amateurs de la bibliographie combien j'ai laissé de choses en arrière en annonçant les autres volumes. Il en est de même des éphémérides de Berlin, de Vienne et de Milan, qui sont aussi d'excellens dépôts de la nouvelle astronomie.

The Connoissance des Temps from 1777 to 1790 is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 32.0.

Jefferson began acquiring the Connoissance des Temps after his arrival in Paris in 1784, and copies appear on his bills from Froullé throughout his residence in Paris. In 1792, three years after his return to the United States, he still ordered the separate numbers from Froullé. In 1805 he was buying the Connoissance des Temps from J. P. Reibelt of Baltimore, and in 1806 and 7 from Roche Frères of Philadelphia. In 1806 the volumes for 1801, 5, 6, and 7, bound, appear on the bill from Dufour of Amsterdam, for books bought for Jefferson by T. H. Backer. Volumes of the Connoissance des Temps were bound for Jefferson in various years by John March and Joseph Milligan.

Jefferson, while in France, sent copies of this work to his friends in the United States. In a letter to Ezra Stiles, dated from Paris, July 17, 1785, he wrote that he was sending a copy of the Bibliothèque Physico-œconomique, and

. . . I accompany it with the volumes of the Connoissance des tems for the years 1781.1784.1785.1786.1787. but why, you will ask, do I send you old almanacks, which are proverbially useless? because in these publications have appeared from time to time some of the most precious things in astronomy. I have searched out those particular volumes which might be valuable to you on this account. that of 1781. contains de la Caille's catalogue of fixed stars reduced to the commencement of that year, and a table of the Aberrations & Nutations of the principal stars. 1784 contains the same catalogue with the Nebuleuses of Messier. 1785 contains the famous catalogue of Flamsteed with the positions of the stars reduced to the beginning of the year 1784. and which supersedes the use of that immense book. 1786 gives you Euler's Lunar tables corrected; and 1787 the tables for the planet Herschel. the two last needed not an apology, as not being within the description of old almanacks. it is fixed on grounds which scarcely admit a doubt that the planet Herschel was seen by Mayer in the year 1756. and was considered by him as one of the Zodiacal stars, and as such arranged in his catalogue, being the 964th. which he describes. this 964th. of Mayer has been since missing, and the calculations for the planet Herschel shew that it should have been at the time of Mayer's observation where he places his 964th. star. the volume of 1787. gives you Mayer's Catalogue of the Zodiacal stars. the researches of the Natural philosophers of Europe seem mostly in the field of chemistry, & here principally on the subjects of air & fire. the analysis of these two subjects presents to us very new ideas . . .

On August 20 in the same year he wrote to John Page:

. . . I shall send you with this, if I can, & if not, then by the first good conveiance the Connoissance de tems for the years 1786. & 1787. being all as yet published. you will find in these the tables for the planet Herschel as far as the observations hitherto made admit them to be calculated. you will see also that Herschel was only the first astronomer who discovered it to be a planet, & not the first who saw it. Mayer saw it in the year 1756. and placed it in the catalogue of his Zodiacal stars, supposing it to be such. a Prussian astronomer in 1781. observed that the 964th. star of Mayer's catalogue was missing, and the calculations now prove that at the time Mayer saw his 964th. star, the planet Herschel should have been precisely in the place where he noted that star . . .

Similarly on October 2, he sent to Rev. J. Madison of William and Mary College a number of books including the Connoissance des Temps, and explained:

. . . In the last volume of the Conn. des tems you will find the tables for the planet Herschel. it is a curious circumstance that this planet was seen 30 years ago by Mayer, and supposed by him to be a fixed star. he accordingly determined a place for it in his catalogue of the Zodiacal stars, making it the 964th. of that catalogue. Bode of Berlin observed in 1781 that this star was missing. subsequent calculations of the motion of the planet Herschel shows that it must have been, at the time of Mayer's observation, where he had placed his 964th. star . . .

Jefferson at various times in his correspondence showed his familiarity with the Connoissance des Temps. In the letter to Melatiah Nash for instance with suggestions for his Ephemeris, dated from Monticello November 15, 1811, Jefferson wrote:

. . . this table [i.e. of the sun's declination] is to be found in many astronomical books, as, for instance, in Wakeley's Mariner's compass rectified, and more accurately in the Connoissance des tems for 1788. it would not occupy more than two pages at the end of the work & would render it an Almanac for every part of the US.

To give novelty, and increase the appetite for continuing to buy your Ephemeris annually, you might every year select some one or two useful tables which many would wish to possess & preserve. these are to be found in the Requisite tables, the Connoissance des tems of different years, and many in Pike's arithmetic . . .

The Connoissance des Temps, the French nautical almanac, was first issued in 1696. It had received letters patent from the king, Louis XIV, on March 24, 1679." "38090","30","","","","Garnet's Requisite tables.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 18, as above, but with reading Garnett's.","Garnett, John.","Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris, for finding the Latitude & Longitude at Sea. First published in London by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude. To which are now added, the most useful Astronomical Tables by Maskelyne, La Lande, Robertson, Vince, Mackay, Mendoza Rios, De Borda, &c. With many new problems explaining their use. By John Garnett, Editor of the American Nautical Almanac. New-Brunswick, New-Jersey: Printed for the Editor. Sold by T. and J. Swords, New-York; Samuel F. Bradford, Philadelphia; Thomas and Andrews, Boston; and all the principal booksellers in the United-States. 1806.","VK563 .G23","

Sm. folio and 8vo, collating in twos and fours, 128 leaves.

Not in Sabin. This edition not in Karpinski, who has only the edition of the same year without Garnett's name on the title-page.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by John March on June 30, 1807, cost $1.00.

On the back of a letter sent by N. G. Dufief to Jefferson on September 29, 1813, Jefferson wrote a list of books in which this is included.

John Garnett's Tables Requisite were founded on those of Nevil Maskelyne, published at the same time as the first Nautical Almanac, and twice reprinted. For an account of Garnett and the Nautical Almanac which these Tables accompanied, see the next entry." "38100","31","","","","Nautical almanacs for 1786.87.88.89.90.97.98.99.1800.1.2.3. 4.5.6.7.8.9.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 16, Nautical Almanacs for 1786, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19 v 8vo.","","The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for the Year 1786. [-1790; 1793-1808.] Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude. London: Printed by William Richardson, Printer; and sold by C. Nourse, in the Strand, and Mess. Mount and Page on Tower-Hill, Booksellers to the said Commissioners. M DCC LXXXI [-1804.] [Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.—Five Shillings]—The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1809. [-1814.] Published in London by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude. Seventh [-Twelfth] American Impression. To be continued annually. Carefully revised by John Garnett. New-Brunswick, New-Jersey: Printed by William Elliot. Sold in New-York by T. and J. Swords; In Philadelphia, by Samuel F. Bradford; in Boston, by Thomas and Andrews; and other booksellers in the United States. [Price, one Dollar twenty-five Cents.] [1806-1811.]—Blunt's Edition of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1811 [-1814], carefully examined, and many important errors in the English edition corrected . . . Published annually. New-York: Published by Edmund M. Blunt, 1809-1812.","QB8 .G6 .G7","

Together 19 volumes 8vo. issued annually in wrappers, advertisements in each part. No copy of Blunt's edition for the years named was seen for collation. The imprints for the English edition are not the same throughout. Not in the bibliographies of almanacs. Houzeau, p. 928, no. 3170. Sabin 52063 has Garnett's tenth American impression (for 1812) only. Lalande lists the Nautical Almanac under certain years, and summarizes the contents of the volumes.

The Nautical Almanacs for 1786.7.8.9.90. are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 24.10.

The Nautical Almanac was established in 1765 by Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer-royal, and was continued annually. Jefferson began buying this Almanac in 1786, when he was in Paris, and acquired copies not only for himself but also for his friends in the United States. On May 1, 1786, Francis Hopkinson, in a letter to Jefferson from Philadelphia, mentioned:

. . . The nautical Almanack for the year 1790. did not come among the Books you sent, as you mention to Mr. Rittenhouse—all the others have been delivered to him . . .

Again, on May 4 of the same year Jefferson wrote from Paris to John Page:

Your two favours of Mar 19. and Aug. 23. 1785. by Monsieur de la Croix came to hand on the 15th. of November. his return gives me an opportunity of sending you a copy of the Nautical almanacs for 1786.7.8.9. . . .

On his return to the United States in 1789, Jefferson continued to purchase the English Nautical Almanac until the issue for 1808, after which he preferred the reprint issued annually since 1803 by John Garnett of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Robert Patterson, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, supplied Jefferson with a number of issues.

On October 21, 1806, Patterson wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

According to your desire I have sent you by post, N. As. for 98.99.06.07. & 08. The two first have seen service and bear the usual marks. English Almanacs for .09 & 10 may be had, but our own will soon be published, and will be preferable in many respects. Of the above five, two only have been purchased $2.50—the others are duplicates which I can spare without the least inconvenience.

On November 5, Jefferson wrote his thanks to Patterson, sent money in payment, and ordered more almanacs:

I thank you for the Nautical almanacs, and for the two small tracts sent me since. it is only when science is contracted into the volume of a nutshell, as in these tracts, that I can indulge myself with a look into it. having no means of sending the fractional sum of 2.50D the cost of the Nautical almanacs, I inclose a 5.D bill which will pay for them & for those of the years 9. & 10. which you say can be had either of the English or American editions & which I will therefore pray you to forward to me at your convenience . . .

In 1811 Jefferson was still receiving his Nautical Almanacs through Robert Patterson. On March 21 he wrote to the latter:

Your favor of the 12th. is recieved and also the Nautical Almanacs for 1811.12. for which accept my thanks . . .

In 1811 Edmund M. Blunt, publisher of the American Coast Pilot, the New Practical Navigator and other works on Navigation, began the publication of a Nautical Almanac which would not be merely a reprint of the English editions. On June 28, 1811, Blunt wrote from New York to Jefferson:

Permit me to enclose for inspection a copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1812—I confess myself governed principally by interest in soliciting your opinion of a work which, if incorrect, is not only useless, but extremely dangerous. I was this day informed at the Navy Office the Officers were furnished by government, and they used that published by Mr John Garnett—His Almanac for 1811 contains Nine, and for 1812, Thirteen errors, one of which is an error of 90°—Should you consider my work entitled to the patronage of the country your approbation will sanction its sale; if, like the one to which I refer, you should discover the least deviation from what it should be, I will consign the whole edition to the flames, where every work should be that misleads the Mariner on the pathless ocean.

To this Jefferson replied from Monticello on July 25:

I have duly recieved your favor of June 28. accompanied by a copy of your edition of the Nautical Almanac for the next year. for this be pleased to recieve my thanks. the present is acceptable, the book being in the form to which I have been the most accustomed. I have, for 3. or 4. years, been in the habit of using Garnet's edition, without observing the errors you ascribe to it. the misfortunes to which such errors may expose the mariner are certainly serious, but their entire avoidance is all but impracticable. we are obliged to take those things on trust, and run the risks attending them. yet he undoubtedly who avoids most of them, deserves best of the public. the British Requisite tables have two pages of errata closely printed. their Ephemeris is probably nearer being correct. I think you have done wisely in adhering strictly to it's form. seamen are taught to use it mechanically, and what may be real improvements of form to men of science, are, with them, obstacles to it's use. as so much of the merit of your edition depends on the accuracy of the copy, you are sensible I can say nothing on that head. even an habitual use furnishes but accidental detections of figures. nothing less than the liberal examination which should be used by the corrector of the press, can authorise a recommendation on that head. I shall be glad to be an annual customer for your edition, & presume the deposit you propose to make at Norfolk will enable me to obtain a copy annually. wishing you an encoraging remuneration of your undertaking I tender you the assurance of my respect.

On October 21, 1811, Blunt again sent Jefferson a copy:

Permit me respectfully to beg your acceptance of Nautical Almanac for 1813—if consistent with rules of propriety may I beg your influence with Secretary of the Navy for his order for my Edition, to be used by the Officers—Mr Garnetts Edition for 1813, contains no less than 45 errors, all of may [sic] I have pointed out.

Meanwhile Robert Patterson continued to send Jefferson copies of Garnett's edition, while Blunt sent his own publication.

On March 12, 1811, Patterson sent Garnett's almanacs for the years 1811 and 1812. On November 10 of the same year Jefferson wrote to Patterson to request him to send the copy for 1813. On October 2, 1813 Blunt sent a copy of his edition for 1814, and in his letter of thanks, dated October 19, Jefferson wrote:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Blunt, and returns him many thanks for the copy of his edition of the Nautical Almanac for 1814. which he has been so kind as to send him. it is a very acceptable present as his inland situation renders it difficult to procure the English edition, to which m[???] Blount's is made entirely equivalent by it's exact conformity with the original. he salutes him with respect & with his best wishes for the continuance of success in this useful publication.

The following year, 1814, Jefferson was buying both almanacs. A note in his handwriting reads

1814. Dec. 1. wrote to m[???] Milligan to procure me Garnet's Naut. Almanac 15. to be forwarded by mail.

his do for subseqt years.

Blount's Naut. Alm. for 1815 & subsequent

Stewart's elements of the Philos. of the human mind. 8vo.

Two weeks later, on December 14, Milligan reported ordering the almanacs from Philadelphia and New York respectively.

On December 17, 1814, John Garnett wrote to Jefferson from New Brunswick:

I take the liberty to inclose a new method of reducing the ''Moon's distance'' which I flatter myself is more simple and uniform than any hitherto used.

Having conducted the American Edition of the Nautical Almanac from its beginning in 1803 at a considerable pecuniary loss, besides the great attention it necessarily takes, Mr. Patterson the Professor at Philadelphia has recommended it to published [sic] in future by subscription, from the present situation of commerce, and the Necessity of it's being continued for its great use in the Navy of the United States.

If at your suggestion the Secretary of the Navy would so far promote it by takeing a Certain number yearly, it would assist me essentially; a former secretary took 150 copies for the use of the Navy but it was not continued for more than that year. Your well known attachment to Science and the kind attention shewn me when I was introduced to you at Washington, and in your correspondence with the late General Gates which he shew'd me, has encouraged me to make this application.

Jefferson replied on January 4 of the following year:

Your favor of Dec. 17. was recieved on the 30th. with the copy of your new method of correcting the Moon's apparent distance which you were so kind as to inclose. everything which can facilitate to the mariner the ascertainment of his place at sea is a valuable present to him. I had written some days ago to m[???] Milligan, my corresponding bookseller at Georgetown, to procure me your Nautical Almanac for this year, & am in the daily expectation of recieving it. as you propose to publish it in future by subscription, I shall gladly become a subscriber, the copy to be always forwarded to m[???] Milligan whose correspondence in the book-line in Philadelphia will render the payment for it more easy.—I have no acquaintance with the new Secretary of the Treasury, having never either seen him or had any communication with him. I do not therefore feel myself free to undertake to recommend to him what his duty will of course suggest, to wit, to subscribe for as many of your almanacs as may be requisite annually for the navy. but I have no question he will do it and especially if you forward the subscription paper to him. it is possible that Blount's edition of N. York may enter into competition with yours, especially with those who, habituated to the English edition, shrink from every alteration altho' for the better . . .

Copies of the Nautical Almanac appear on Jefferson's binding bills from time to time. John March bound three volumes in a half binding on June 30, 1807, cost $2.00. On April 30, 1809, Joseph Milligan bound the Nautical Almanac for 1797, cost 50 cents. On July 5, 1809, Jefferson brought two Nautical Almanacs (dates and editions not specified) for $2.50.

Nevil Maskelyne, 1732-1811, succeeded Nathaniel Bliss as astronomer royal in 1765, and immediately established the Nautical Almanac, of which he superintended the publication for forty-five years. For his Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris, see no. 3811.

John Garnett, fl. 1811, published his editions of the Nautical Almanac and of the Tables Requisite from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Little seems to be known about him, but from a passage in a letter to Jefferson it is possible that he was born in England.

Edmund March Blunt, 1770-1862, hydrographer, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire." "38110","32","","","","Requisite tables for the Nautical Ephemeris.","","8vo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 17, as above.","[Maskelyne, Nevil.]","Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris for finding the Latitude and Longitude at Sea. Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude. The Second Edition, corrected and improved. London: Printed by William Richardson in the Strand; and sold by C. Nourse in the Strand, and Mess. Mount and Page, on Tower Hill, Booksellers to the said Commissioners. M DCC LXXXI. [1781.] [Price Five Shillings, stitched in blue Paper.]","VK563 .G75","

8vo. 126 leaves in fours, separate signatures and pagination for The Explanation and Use of the Tables, 32 leaves at the end. List of Errata on the fourth preliminary and on the last leaf. The Preface is signed by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, from Greenwich, Feb. 10, 1781; the Explanation at the end by G. Witchell.

Lalande, page 578. Houzeau, page 187, no. 1128.

Jefferson bought a copy from Duane on March 5, 1802, price $3.00.

The Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris was first published by Maskelyne in 1766, and reprinted in London in 1781 and 1802. See the Nautical Almanac, above." "38120","33","Tracts in Astronomy viz . . . Strong's Astronomical lectures Clap on Comets & meteors . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 22, Tracts in Astronomy, to wit, Strong's Astronomical Lectures, Clap on Comets and Meteors, 12mo.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson. Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.","","i.","","","Strong, Nehemiah.","Astronomy Improved: or, A new Theory of the harmonious Regularity observable in the Mechanism or Movements of the Planetary System. In Three Lectures, read in the Chapel of Yale-College, in New-Haven. Begun February 17, 1781. Exhibiting a New and Accurate Method, for investigating the Velocities, Distances and Periods of the Planets; founded on the Nature of Gravitation, and Mathematical Relations and Dependencies between their Distances, Velocities and Periods: As also for finding the Quantities of Matter in the Primary Planets; and the Figure of the Moon's Orbit in open Space. By Nehemiah Strong, M. A. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in that College. Published for the Use, and at the Desire of the Students . . . New-Haven: Printed by Thomas & Samuel Green, 1784.","QB42 .S9","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 27 leaves, the last for the Corrigenda, 2 folded engraved plates by A. Doolittle.

Sabin 93066. Evans 18797. Trumbull 1474. Dexter II, page 386.

Nehemiah Strong, 1729-1807, was educated at Yale, and was the first to occupy the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at that college. This work is dedicated to President Stiles from Yale-College, Nov. 1st, 1781." "38130","33","Tracts in Astronomy viz . . . Strong's Astronomical lectures Clap on Comets & meteors . 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 22, Tracts in Astronomy, to wit, Strong's Astronomical Lectures, Clap on Comets and Meteors, 12mo.","Two tracts originally bound together for Jefferson. Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.","","ii.","","","Clap, Thomas.","Conjectures upon the Nature and Motion of Meteors, which are above the Atmosphere. By Thomas Clap, A. M. Late President of Yale-College. Norwich: Printed by John Trumbull, for the Subscribers, M. DCC. LXXXI. [1781.]","QB741 .C6","

First Edition. 4to. 8 leaves, B, C4, half title on the first leaf, woodcut diagram on the last.

Not in Sabin. Evans 17113. Trumbull 479. Sprague I, 348.

Thomas Clap, 1703-1767, graduated from Harvard College at the age of nineteen, and was elected rector of Yale College in 1739." "38140","34","","","","Woodward on the Sun.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 21, as above.","Woodward, Augustus Brevoort.","Considerations on the Substance of the Sun. By Augustus B. Woodward. Washington, Metropolis of the United States of America: Printed by Way and Groff, September, 1801.","QB539 .W9","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours, 44 leaves; dated at the end September 3d., 1801; license to print on the last leaf dated September 7.

Not in Sabin. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Vol. IV, page 123.

Augustus Brevoort Woodward, 1774-1827. This was Woodward's first publication. For others, see the Index." "38150","35","","","","Mackay's Theory & Practice for finding the longitude at sea & land.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 116, no. 10, Mackay's Theory and Practice for finding Longitudes at Sea and Land, 2 v in 1, 8vo.","Mackay, Andrew.","The Theory and practice of finding the Longitude at Sea or Land: to which are added, various Methods of determining the Latitude of a Place, and Variation of the Compass, with new Tables. The Second Edition, enlarged . . . Aberdeen: 1801.","","

8vo. 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait

Lowndes III, 1439. Lalande, page 657.

This book is one on the list written by Jefferson on the back of a letter to him from N. G. Dufief, dated September 29, 1815, endorsed by Jefferson recd. Oct. 6.

Andrew Mackay, 1760-1809, Scottish methematician. The first edition of this work was published by subscription in London in 1793." "38160","36","","","","De Mendoza Rios's nautical & astronomical tables.","","4to","","","","","The author of this book is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, with reference to this chapter, but there is no entry in the chapter itself. The book was probably not sold to Congress." "38170","37","","","","Kunze's table of new construction for calculating [???] eclipse of the sun.","","06. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 115, no. 20, Kunze's table of new Construction for calculating the Eclipse of the Sun in 1806, 8vo.","Kunze, Johann Christoph.","A Table of a New Construction for calculating the great Eclipse expected to happen on the 16th of June 1806. By John C. Kunze . . . New York: Printed by T. & F. Swords, 1806.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.

Not in Sabin. Sprague IX, 55.

Johann Christoph Kunze, 1744-1807, Lutheran clergyman, was born in Saxony but was called to Philadelphia in 1770 as coadjutor to Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, whose second daughter he married. In 1784 he went to New York as pastor of Christ Church. Kunze was a master of various languages and literatures, including Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic and Italian, and a student of astronomy, medicine and numismatics." "38180","1","","","","Dionysii orbis descriptio. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 111, as above, Hill.","Dionysius Periegetes.","Διoνυσ[???]oυ O[???]κoυμηνης [sic] Πεϱι[???]γησις, μετ[???] T[???]ν Eυστα&thetas;ιoυ [???]πoμνηματων. Dionysii Orbis descriptio; commentario critico et Geographico (in quo Controversiæ pleræque quæ in veteri Geographia occurrunt, explicantur, et obscura plurima elucidantur) ac Tabulis illustrata. A Gulielmo Hill, A. M. Textui etiam subjungitur Figurarum quæ apud Dionysium occurrunt . . . systema, in usum Tyronum . . . [Grammaticarum in Dionysii Πεϱιηγησιν Annotationum Systema, in usum Tyronum concinnatum . . .] Londini: typis M. Clark, impensis J. Martyn, 1679, 1678.","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 240 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, engraved folded maps, illustrations; the title for the second part has the imprint of M. Clark with the date 1687; a copy of this edition was not available for collation. The above title was taken from the British Museum Catalogue, Arber, and other sources.

Lowndes II, 649. STC D1521. Arber I, 344.

Dionysius Periegetes, about whose life nothing positive is known, wrote this description of the Greek habitable world in Greek hexameter verse; it was translated into Latin, and frequently reprinted.

William Hill, 1619-1667, English classical scholar, published his first edition in 1658. This was a popular school book for a number of years and appeared in a number of editions." "38190","2","","","","Pomponius Mela de situ orbis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 1, as above.","Mela, Pomponius.","Pomponii Melae De Situ Orbis Libri III. Ad veterum exemplarium fidem castigati. Lugduni Batavorum: ex Officina Luchtmanniana [ex Typographia Dammeana] MDCCXLIII. [1743.]","","

12mo. 120 leaves, engraved frontispiece-title by and after J. v. d. Spyk, printed title in red and black, index on 40 leaves at the end. The dedication to John Ward by Abraham Gronovius is dated from Lugduni Batavorum, A. D. xv. Kal. Jul. A. MDCCXLIII.

This edition not in Brunet. Graesse V, 403. Ebert 13633.

Pomponius Mela, fl. c. A. D. 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. The first edition of his work was printed in Milan in 1471. This edition of 1743, by Abraham Gronovius (1695-1775), Dutch scholar, is without notes." "38200","3","","","","Strabo. Gr. Lat. Casauboni.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 260, as above.","Strabo.","Strabonis Rervm Geographicarvm Libri XVII. Isaacvs Casavbonvs recensuit, summoque studio & diligentia, ope etiam veterum codicum, emendauit, ac Commentariis illustrauit, & secundis curis cumulatè exornauit, quæ nunc primum prodeunt. Adiuncta est etiam Gvlielmi Xylandri Augustani Latina versio ab eodem Casaubono recognita. Accessere Fed. Morelli Professorum Reg. Decani, in eundem Geographum Obseruatiunculæ. Additus est rerum insigniorum & notatu digniorum locuples Index, accuratus & necessarius, tam Geographicus quàm Historicus: nec non alius ad Isaaci Casavboni commentarios. Lutetiæ Parisiorum, Typis Regiis. M. DCXX. Cvm Privilegio Regis Christianissimi. [1620.]","G87 .S87 1620","

Folio. 631 leaves, title-page printed in black and red, and an engraved device with the arms of Paris, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, separate half-title, signatures and pagination for the Commentarivs et Castigationes of Isaac Casaubon.

Brunet IV, 351. Graesse VI, 505.

Jefferson ordered a copy of an earlier edition from the catalogue of Van Damme of Amsterdam in March 1788 when he was in Paris.

Strabo, born c. 63 B. C., Greek geographer and historian. The first edition of his Geography, itself the first attempt to collect all obtainable knowledge of the known world, was published by Aldus in 1516.

Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614, Swiss (naturalized English) scholar. His edition of Strabo, first published in 1587, remained a standard work for a number of years." "38210","4","","","","Echard's classical geographical dictionary.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 9, as above.","","The Classical Geographical Dictionary. Containing I. The Antient and Modern Names of all the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Mountains, Capes, Islands, Peninsulas, Lakes, Seas, Gulphs, Streights and Rivers in Europe, Asia and Africa. II. An Historical and Geographical Account of the most Remarkable Places mention'd by the Classicks, Greek and Roman. Fitted for the Use of Schools, and very Necessary for a right Understanding of the best Antient Authors. Revised, with a Recommendatory Preface, by Laurence Echard, A. M. author of the Gazetteer. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1715.","G101 .E16 1715","

First Edition. 12mo. 102 leaves, the first with the publisher's advertisement on the verso, recto blank; printed in double columns; the preface dated from Louth in Lincolnshire, May 17, 1715.

Not in Lowndes. Watt I, 328.

Laurence Echard, 1670?-1730, English historian, a member of the Society of Antiquaries, was the author of a modern gazetteer. The Classical Geographical Dictionary was compiled under his direction by ''an able Hand, in whose Care and Experience I cou'd confide. Not that I did entirely depend upon it; but concerted with him the Method that was to be prosecuted, and from Time to Time perused his MS. and examin'd how he had pursu'd it . . .'' Echard in the Preface quotes the letter, signed N. N., S. J., which requests him to undertake the work." "38220","5","","","","Moll's geography.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 262, as above.","","The Compleat Geographer: or, The Chorography and Topography of all the known Parts of the Earth. To which is premis'd an Introduction to Geography, and a Natural History of the Earth and the Elements. Containing a True and Perfect Account of I. The Situation, Bounds and Extent, Climate, Soil, Productions, History, Trade, Manufactures: The Religion, Manners and Customs of the People; with the Revolutions, Conquests and other Changes of all the Countries on the Earth. II. The several Provinces that every Kingdom or State is divided into. III. The Principal Cities and most Considerable Towns in the World . . . The Whole Containing the Substance of at least an Hundred and Fifty Books of Modern Travels, faithfully Abstracted and Digested into Local Order; whereby the Present State of the most Remote Countries is truly shewn, and the Obsolete and Fabulous Accounts of Former Writers wholly Expung'd. To which are added Maps of every Country, fairly Engraven on Copper, according to the Latest Surveys, and Newest Discoveries, most Engrav'd by Herman Moll. The Third Edition. Wherein the Descriptions of Asia, Africa and America are Compos'd anew from the Relations of Travellers of the Best Repute, especially such as have appear'd within Thirty or Forty Years last past. [Thesaurus Geographicus: or, The Compleat Geographer. Part the Second. Being the Chorography, Topography, and History of Asia, Africa and America. Faithfully Extracted from the Best Modern Travellers and most Esteem'd Historians: and Illustrated with Maps, Fairly Engraven on Copper, according to the Modern Discoveries and Corrections by Herman Moll. The Third Edition very much Enlarg'd.] London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, and Timothy Childe, M.DCC.IX. [1709.]","","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, title printed in red and black, text in double columns, numerous engraved maps in the letter press (one folded map) by Herman Moll, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht. Included in the preliminary leaves at the beginning is an Advertisement concerning this new Edition, a leaf headed The Authors Abstracted in this Work. Of Europe, and A Catalogue of the Books of Travels and Authentick Histories, out of which the Descriptions of Asia, Africa, and America, are almost entirely Extracted; 7 leaves with An Alphabetical Index of all Countries, Cities, Towns, Rivers, Mountains and Remarkable Places in Europe, and Also in Asia, Africa, and America. The Compleat Geography is preceded by an Introduction to the Study of Geography. A General and Particular Description af America, with caption title above a map of the Western Hemisphere, occupies twenty chapters at the end.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Watt II, 675. Arber III, 617.

Herman Moll, d. 1732, Dutch geographer who lived and worked in England. This third edition is the first known to any bibliography consulted, and is listed by Arber under History, and not with his Reprinted Books." "38230","6","","","","Theatre de l'Univers de Chateaunieres.","","3d. vol. p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 4, as above.","[Grenaille, François de, Sieur de Chateaunières]","Le Théatre de l'Univers, ou l'Abrégé du Monde . . . Paris: A. Robinot, 1646.","","

8vo. Vol. III only. The edition of 1646 was published n 2 parts in 3 volumes.

Not in Quérard. Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse.

François de Grenaille, Sieur de Chateaunières, 1616-1680, French man of letters, published the first edition of this work in 1643." "38240","7","","","","Geographie de Robbe.","","2. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 5, as above.","Robbe, Jacques.","Methode pour apprendre facilement la Geographie, dediée a Monseigneur le Duc du Mayne. Cinquiéme edition. Reveuë & augmentée de plusieurs choses considerables, & d'une Table des Matieres. Par M. Robbe. A Paris: Chez Antoine Dezallier, M. DCCIII. Avec Privilege du Roi. [1703.]","G120 .R64","

2 vol. 12mo. 318 and 294 leaves, the last a blank, engraved title by N. Guérard in Vol. I, half title in each volume, at the end of the second volume is the Abregé de la Navigation with continuous signatures, separate pagination, and a half-title, engraved folded and full page maps and plates, a few woodcut illustrations; the chapters relating to l'Amérique are contained in Vol. II, Livre cinquiéme (page 282).

Quérard VIII, 67. Not in Sabin.

Jacques Robbe, 1643-1721, French geographer and man of letters was ''ingénieur et géographe du roi.'' The early Library of Congress catalogues credit Jefferson with a 1704 edition of this work, apparently in error. The fifth edition was published in 1703 as above, and the sixth in 1714. The first edition appeared in 1678." "38250","8","","","","Heylin's Cosmography.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 263, as above.","Heylyn, Peter.","Cosmography in four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the whole World: and All the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and the Isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn, D. D. Improv'd with an Historical Continuation to the present Times, by Edmund Bohun, Esq; with a large and more accurate Index, than was in any of the former editions, of all the Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Inhabitants, Peoples, Cities, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Islands, Forts, Bays, Capes, Forests, &c. of any Remarque in the whole World: revised and cleared from a multitude of Mistakes, which had crept into former Impressions. And five newengrav'd Maps, according to the best and most exact Projection . . . London: printed for Edw. Brewster, Ric. Chiswell, Benj. Tooke, Tho. Hodgkin, and Tho. Bennet, MDCCIII. [1703.]","G114 .H62 1703","

Folio. 496 leaves, engraved frontispiece-title in compartments, printed title in red and black, separate titles for each book, double-page engraved map of the world and of each of the four continents. The fourth book contains the Chorography and History of America, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas and Islands of it.

Lowndes II, 1059. Sabin 31655.

Peter Heylyn, 1600-1662, English theologian and historian, published the first edition of this work (with a different title) in Oxford, 1622.

Edmund Bohun was for a time a merchant in Carolina (where his father had been Chief Justice), and collected plants for Hans Sloane and others. He later returned to England." "38260","9","","","","Guthrie's geography.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 232, as above.","Guthrie, William.","A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and present State of the Several Nations of the World. Containing, I. The Figures, Motions, and Distances of the Planets . . . II. A general View of the Earth . . . III. The grand Divisions of the Globe . . . IV. The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, and Colonies. V. Their Climates, Air, Soil, Vegetables, Productions, Metals, Minerals, natural Curiosities, Seas, Rivers, Bays, Promontories, and Lakes. VI. The Birds and Beasts peculiar to each Country. VII. Observations on the Changes that have been any where observed upon the Face of Nature since the most early Periods of History. VIII. The History and Origin of Nations . . . IX. The Genius, Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. X. Their Language, Learning, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Commerce. XI. The chief Cities, Structures, Ruins, and artificial Curiosities. XII. The Longitude, Latitude, Bearings, and Distances of principal Places from Philadelphia. To which are added, I. A Geographical Index, with the names and places alphabetically arranged. II. A Table of the Coins of all Nations, and their Value in Dollars and Cents. III. A Chronological Table of remarkable Events, from the Creation to the Present Time. IV. The late Discoveries of Herschell, and other astronomers. By William Guthrie, Esq. The Astronomical Parts Corrected by Dr. Rittenhouse. In Two Volumes. Volume I [-II]. The First American Edition, corrected, improved, and greatly Enlarged. Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey, Feb. 1, M. DCC. XCIV; Vol. II printed [by R. Folwell] for Mathew Carey, April 27, M. DCC. XCV. [1794-95.]","G114 .G9 1794","

2 vol. 4to. 286 and 376 leaves, 2 engraved plates by Joseph T. Scott, folded tables, list of subscribers' names at the end, followed by directions to the binder; printer's imprint at the end of the Index. According to the directions to the binder there should be 47 maps; these were issued separately by Carey in 1795, and are seldom found bound with the work.

Sabin 29327. Evans 27077.

The original edition of this work was published in London in 1770. In this American edition the name of Guthrie is retained on the title-page, but the book was so entirely rewritten that little of Guthrie's original text remains. The rewriting is explained in the preface, probably written by Mathew Carey, dated from Philadelphia, February 5, 1794, and begins with the title-page. In the American edition the word Philadelphia in section XII, quoted above, is substituted for the original reading London, and in section II of the next paragraph, Dollars and cents are substituted for English Money. Many of the articles are almost completely rewritten, especially the chapter on Ireland. The American section in this edition is the work of Jedidiah Morse. In his account of Virginia, the editor states at the beginning: ''In the following description of this state, free use has been made of mr. Jefferson's celebrated 'Notes on Virginia.''' Jefferson's name is several times mentioned in the text as the source of information.

Jefferson's name is not in the list of subscribers, which includes those of George Washington, Mrs. Washington, Benjamin Rush, Caspar Wistar, Edmund Randolph, Tench Coxe, and many of the friends and the correspondents of Jefferson.

An edition of 1785 of Guthrie's geographical grammar, price 7/- is entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue.

William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish miscellaneous writer, settled in London in 1730 and was the author of a number of books, of which this was the most important and was reprinted in many editions." "38270","10","","","","Pinkerton's geography.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 113, as above.","Pinkerton, John.","Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in all Parts of the World: including the most recent Discoveries, and political Alterations. Digested on a new Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge. The Article America, corrected and considerably enlarged, by Dr. Barton, of Philadelphia. With numerous Maps, drawn under the Direction and with the latest Improvements, of Arrowsmith, and engraved by the first American Artists. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all Languages: and an ample Index. Vol. I [-II]. Published by John Conrad, & Co. Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad & Co. Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad & Co. Washington City [and others]. H. Maxwell, printer, 1804.","G115 .P65","

2 vol. 8vo. 344 and 347 leaves; atlas of plates, 1 vol. 4to. In volume II pages 394 to 554 relate to America. On page 611 begins a Note, concerning the Article America, signed by Benjamin Smith Barton, and dated from Philadelphia, April 7th, 1804. Pages 617 to 634 contain a Catalogue of Maps, and of Books of Voyages and Travels. In the Atlas of plates 27 maps relate to America, in addition to the 2 maps of the world at the beginning.

Sabin 62959.

Barton's note concerning the article America begins:

The article America, in Mr. Pinkerton's excellent system of Modern Geography, having been found, in many respects, extremely defective and erroneous, it was deemed proper by the editors of the Philadelphia edition, to endeavour to render that article more worthy of the public notice. I was induced to undertake the task, not sufficiently aware, at the time, of the difficulties with which it was attended . . .

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source-books used by him, and other references to Jefferson occur. On page 425 Barton has appended a footnote to the notice of him as the present President:

Mr. Jefferson is a native of Virginia, where he was born about the year 1741. Previously to his election to the important station which he now holds, he had filled several distinguished places, both in the individual government of his native state, and in that of the United States. He had been governor of Virginia, embassador from the United States to the court of France, and Secretary of State to the United States. His Notes on the state of Virginia exhibit Mr. Jefferson in a very favourable point of view as a man of various and correct knowledge. In science, his favourite pursuits are natural philosophy (including mathematics) and natural history. B.

Jefferson's manuscript and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogues call for the edition in 2 volumes 8vo, described here. In the 1831 Catalogue, the letter J designating Jefferson's copy was inadvertently placed beside the first edition, London, 1802, published in 2 volumes quarto, and the error repeated in the later catalogues.

John Pinkerton, 1758-1826, Scottish antiquary and historian.

Samuel Vince, 1749-1821, English mathematician and astronomer, was Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy in the University of Cambridge from 1796 to his death in 1821.

Several works by Benjamin Smith Barton are in this catalogue, for which see the Index.

Aaron Arrowsmith, 1750-1823, English cartographer and geographer." "38280","11","","","","Spafford's general geography.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 8, as above.","Spafford, Horatio Gates.","General Geography, and Rudiments of Useful Knowledge. In Nine Sections. Section I. Of the Solar System. Sec. II. Of the Earth, in particular. Sec. III. Of Maps and Globes.—Comprising the Astronomical part of Geography, Philosophically arranged, as a preliminary to the Study of Geography. Sec. IV. Takes a pretty comprehensive View of Natural Philosophy . . . Sec. V. Treats of General Geography. Embracing a brief Historical and Geographical Description of America . . . of North-America . . . a comprehensive and general, National View of the United States, collectively . . . and, a full and general, Geographical Description of the several States, individually . . . Sec. VI. Contains a brief View of the different Languages, Systems of Religion, and Governments of Nations. Sec. VII. Of Chronology. Sec. VIII. An extensive Geographical Table. Sec. IX. Contains, 1st. Decimal Arithmetic . . . 2d. An extensive Table of the Monies of Commercial Countries . . . 3d. A List of all the Post-Offices in the United States, where situated, and their distances from Washington. 4th. An improved and extensive Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Improvements, and Discoveries, from the Creation to the present time. Illustrated with an Elegant Improved Plate of the Solar System . . . A Map of the World . . . of the United States . . . and several Engravings on Wood. Digested on a new Plan, and designed for the Use of Schools. By H. G. Spafford. Hudson: Printed by Croswell & Frary, 1809.","G125 .S8","

First Edition. 12mo. 203 leaves, folded engraved map of the world as frontispiece; folded engraved map of the United States; or Fredon; both by G. Fairman after H. G. Spafford, full page plate of the Solar System; a few woodcut illustrations; directions to the binder at the foot of the verso of the title-leaf, followed by the Preface, signed H. G. S. and dated from Hudson, N. Y., 2 Mo. 18, 1809, with 7 lines of errata at the end.

Sabin 88847. Not in Smith.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author, who sent him a printed circular relative to it, dated from Hudson, N. Y., 3 Mo. 29 (March 29), 1809, and on April 3 (4 Mo. 3) wrote:

It is with sentiments of very great respect, but with extreme diffidence, that I offer to obtrude upon thy retirement, & invite again thy labors in the field of science. I ask thy aid. To a mind so constituted, & so long accustomed to exertion in every mean of usefulness to mankind;—I know that, having relinquished thy public employments, the more active exertions of private research will become pleasurable. And I am anxious early to solicit the assistance of such talents, in forwarding a design announced in the enclosed printed letters.

I enclose thee also, one of my Books; & must hope thou wilt give it publicity. If, after having had sufficient time to form thy judgement of its merits, thou wouldst write me thereon, the favor would be duly appreciated . . .

If I succeed in my intentions, I may personally obtrude upon thy retirement at Monticello, during the ensuing summer. And I need, hardly, to add that, an interview with Thomas Jefferson, at his own home, would be one of the most desirable objects that engage my fancy.

The World has much to expect yet, from thee—and that world is anxiously looking toward thy home, for a finish to a most interesting picture. May I expect that a little Philosopher, will be well received by the greatest our country has yet to boast?—

Forgive my freedom—I have only thy domestic virtues to awe me—& with them I love to fancy perfect freedom & universal good will. In short, if my mind does not adopt the more plausible style of official reverence, it is only because that neither myself or thee (as I imagine,) can choose it. I behold thee unburdened by the formality of official dignity, & regard thee as a friend to private worth. As such I again solicit thy aid with assurances that no one man wishes thee the blessings of a mind usefully at ease, than, he who now addresses thee . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on May 14:

I have duly recieved your favor of Apr. 3. with the copy of your General Geography, for which I pray you to accept my thanks. my occupations here have not permitted me to read it through; which alone could justify any judgment expressed on the work. indeed as it appears to be an abridgment of several branches of science, the scale of abridgment must enter into that judgment. different readers require different scales according to the time they can spare, & their views in reading, and no doubt that the view of the sciences which you have brought into the compass of a 12mo. volume will be accomodated to the time & object of many who may wish for but a very general view of them.

In passing my eye rapidly over parts of the book, I was struck with two passages, on which I will make observations, not doubting your wish, in any future edition, to render the work as correct as you can. in page 186. you say the potatoe is a native of the US. I presume you speak of the Irish potatoe. I have enquired much into this question, & think I can assure you that plant is not a native of N. America. Zimmerman, in his Geographical Zoology, says it is a native of Guiana; and Clavigero, that the Mexicans got it from S. America, its native country. the most probable account I have been able to collect is that a vessel of Sr. Walter Raleigh's, returning from Guiana, put into the West of Ireland in distress, having on board some potatoes which they called earth apples. that the season of the year, & circumstances of their being already sprouted induced them to give them all out there, and they were no more heard or thought of, till they had been spread considerably into that island, whence they were carried over into England, & therefore called the Irish potatoe. from England they came to the US. bringing their name with them.

The other passage respects the description of the passage of the Potomac through the Blue ridge in the Notes on Virginia. you quote from Volney's account of the US. what his words do not justify. his words are 'on coming from Frederick town one does not see the rich perspective mentioned in the notes of m[???] Jefferson. on observing this to him a few days after he informed me he had his information from a French engineer who, during the war of Independance ascended the height of the hills & I concieve that at that elevation the perspective must be as imposing as a wild country, whose horizon has no obstacles, may present.' that the scene described in the Notes is not visible from any part of the road from Frederick town to Harper's ferry is most certain. that road passes along the valley. nor can it be seen from the tavern after crossing the ferry, & we may fairly infer that m[???] Volney did not ascend the height back of the tavern from which alone it can be seen, but that he pursued his journey from the tavern along the high road. yet he admits that at the elevation of that height the perspective may be as rich as a wild country can present. but you make him 'surprised to find, by a view of the spot, that the description was amazingly exaggerated.' but it is evident that m[???] Volney did not ascend the hill to get a view of the spot, and that he supposed that that height may present as imposing a view as such a country admits. but m[???] Volney was mistaken in saying I told him I had recieved the description from a French engineer. by an error of memory he has misapplied to this scene what I mentioned to him as to the Natural bridge. I told him I recieved a drawing of that from a French engineer sent there by the Marquis de Chastellux, & who has published that drawing in his travels. I could not tell him I had the description of the passage of the Potomak from a French engineer, because I never heard any Frenchman say a word about it, much less did I ever recieve a description of it from any mortal whatever. I visited the place myself in Oct. 1783. wrote the description some time after, & printed the work in Paris in 1784. & 1785. I wrote the description from my own view of the spot, stated no fact but what I saw, & can now affirm that no fact is exaggerated. it is true that the same scene may excite very different sensations in different spectators according to their different sensibilities. the sensations of some may be much stronger than those of others. and with respect to the Natural bridge, it was not a description, but a drawing only which I recieved from the French engineer. the description was written before I ever saw him. it is not from any merit which I suppose in either of these descriptions, that I have gone into these observations, but to correct the imputation of having given to the world, as my own, ideas, & false ones too, which I had recieved from another. nor do I mention the subject to you with a desire that it should be any otherwise noticed before the public than by a more correct statement in any future edition of your work . . .

The passage on page 186 concerning the potato, to which Jefferson objected, reads as follows:

. . . The Potatoe, a most valuable esculent, is a native of the U. States. Its qualities are well known, and has proved a great acquisition on the eastern continent . . .

The reference to the Notes on Virginia and Volney's account of the U. S. occurs on page 140:

. . . The famous passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge in Virginia, has excited much interest for a long time, and has continued to occupy a conspicuous place in all geographical works, and school selections; and well it might; for the subject was grand, and the description from the animated pen of Mr. Jefferson.

But a late critical and inquiring traveller [i. e. C. F. Volney] was surprised to find, by a view of the spot, that the description was amazingly exaggerated. On remarking the circumstance to President Jefferson a few days afterwards, that gentleman acknowledged that he had his description from a French engineer, who had ascended the summit during the war. An European, unaccustomed to the wild romantic scenery of nature, he was delighted with the prospect, and naturally gave a description of it which was highly colored . . .

Several other references to Jefferson occur in the text as follows:

Page 157. He is mentioned as having succeeded Mr. Adams as President and as being now in his second term.

Page 269. Monticello, the celebrated seat of Mr. Jefferson is in Albemarle Co.

Pages 378 and 379. In the Chronological Table, Jefferson's election to the Presidency is listed under the dates 1801 and 1805.

The Chronological Table is at the end of the work, following the list of Post-Offices in the United States. The Table begins with the creation of the world, and Adam and Eve, 4004 before Christ, and ends with the Revolution in Spain, 1808, A. D. Entries for the Fifteenth Century include:

1404 Hats for men invented at Paris by a Swiss.

1430 The sea broke in at Dort, in Holland and drowned 100,000 people.

1460 Engravings and Etchings in copper invented.

1489 Maps and sea Charts first carried to England by Bartholomew Columbus.

1492 America discovered by Columbus.

1497 The Portuguese first sail to East Indies, by Cape o Good Hope,

S. America discovered by Americus Vespusius,

N. America discovered by Cabot.

In the succeeding centuries the important events throughout the Eastern and Western world are recorded.

Horatio Gates Spafford, 1778-1832, a Quaker of New York, was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson." "38290","12","","","","Harris's voiages.","","2. vols. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 264, as above, 2 v fol.","Harris, John.","Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, a complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most Authentic Writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchas, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynæus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the Voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other Histories, Voyages, Travels, or Discoveries, as are in General Esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European Language. Containing whatever has been observed Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America . . . Illustrated by Proper Charts, Maps, and Cuts. To which is prefixed a Copious Introduction, comprehending the Rise and Progress of the Art of Navigation, and its successive Improvements; together with the Invention and Use of the Loadstone, and its Variation. Originally published in Two Volumes in Folio, by John Harris, D. D. and F. R. S. Now carefully revised, with large Additions, and continued down to the present Time; including particular Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of each Country. London: printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman [and others], M.DCC.XLIV, M.DCC.XLVIII. [1744, 1748.]","G120 .H29","

2 vol. Folio. 508 and 543 leaves, titles printed in red and black (that to Vol. II so designated on the title), text printed in double columns, license to print dated February 23, 1743-4 facing the first title, engraved frontispieces by Van der Gucht with portraits of explorers in compartments, engraved double and full-page maps by Eman. Bowen, numerous full-page engraved plates of buildings, costumes, fauna, etc. Book I of the second volume relates to America, and begins with the voyages of Columbus.

Lowndes II, 1102. This edition not in Sabin (see Sabin 30483).

John Harris, 1666?-1719, English topographer, scientific writer and divine, was commissioned by the London booksellers to compile this work, and published the first edition in 1705.

John Campbell, 1708-1775, the author of the Lives of the Admirals, revised this edition of 1744-8." "38300","13","","","","Ld. Anson's voiage round the world.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 115, as above, but omitting Ld. and reading Voyage.","Walter, Richard.","A Voyage round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from Papers and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. The Seventh Edition. Illustrated with charts, views, &c. Dublin: printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1748.","","

8vo. 184 leaves, 8 plates; no copy of the Dublin edition was seen for collation.

Sabin 1628, 101175. Jones, page 74.

George Anson, Lord Anson, 1697-1762, English admiral of the fleet. ''The well-known 'Voyage round the World' bears on the title-page of the 1st edition (1748) compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Anson, and published under his direction by Richard Walter, M.A., chaplain of his Majesty's Ship Centurion in that expedition.' Many years afterwards a claim was made that the work was written, not by Mr. Walter, but by Mr. Benjamin Robins; this has never been substantiated except by mere assertion; and though Robins was certainly employed as a subeditor and assistant, there is no reason to doubt the plain statement on the title-page, which was always believed by Walter's children and grandchildren and was directly sanctioned by Anson. But in any case, whether edited by Walter or Robins, the book was virtually written by Anson himself, as stated on the title-page, and as affirmed by Anson's friends . . .'' (J. K. Laughton in the Dictionary of National Biography). This Dublin edition was probably pirated; the seventh London edition was printed in 1753.

Richard Walter, 1716?-1785, chaplain in the Navy, was appointed in 1740 chaplain of his Majesty's ship Centurion, then being fitted for her voyage round the world. For a full account of the dispute with regard to his authorship of the relation of this Voyage, see his life in the Dictionary of National Biography, by Laughton, and also the life of Benjamin Robins, 1707-1751, English mathematician and military engineer." "38310","14","","","","Dionysii geographia. Gr. Lat. Wells.","","8vo. Lond. 1718.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 112, as above, omitting Lond. 1718.","Dionysius Periegetes.","T[???]ς παλα[???] κα[???] τ[???]ς νυν o[???]κoυμ[???]νης πεϱι[???]γησις, sive Dionysii Geographia emendata & locupletata, additione scil. Geographiæ Hodiernæ Græco Carmine pariter donatæ: cum XVI tabulis geographicis. Ab Edv. Wells, A.M. AEdis Christi Alumn. Editio tertia. Londini: e typographæo Mariæ Matthews . . . M. D.CC.XVIII. [1718.]","","

8vo. 70 leaves, engraved maps; Greek text in verse followed by notes in Latin and the translation into Latin verse. No copy of this edition was seen for collation; in the fourth edition by Wells, London 1726, of which the Library of Congress has a copy, Chapter XXX treats of America, Sive India occidentali, and Chapter XXXV of the Insulis Americanis. The maps include America Septentrionalis and Australis.

Brunet II, 130. This edition not in Lowndes.

Edward Wells, 1667-1727, English geographer, mathematician and divine, published his first edition of this work in 1704 at Oxford, where the second edition was also printed; this is the first London edition." "38320","15","","","","Solinus Polyhistor.","","12mo. Lipsiae. 1777.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 2, as above.","Solinus, Caius Julius.","Caii Ivlii Solini Polyhistor. Ex Editione Clavdii Salmasii accvrante M. Andrea Goezio. Lipsiæ: Prostat in Libraria M. I. Baveri Taberna A.S.R. CI[???]I[???]CCLXXVII. [1777.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 216 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page.

Ebert 21410. Graesse VI, 432.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 3. plus 1.5, the latter sum probably for the binding.

Caius Julius Solinus, Latin grammarian and compiler, lived in the first half of the third century A. D., and was the author of Collectanea rerum memorabilium, which in the sixth century was revised with the title Polyhistor. It contains the history of the ancient world and is drawn from Pliny's Natural History and the work of Pomponius Mela.

Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumaise], 1588-1653, French classical scholar, first published his commentary on the Polyhistor in 1629." "38330","16","","","","Wells's Maps of antient & present geography.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. E, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Wells, Edward.","A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography . . . Together with a Geographical Treatise particularly adapted to the Use and Design of these Maps. By Edward Wells M. A. and Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. London: ?sold by A. and J. Churchill, 1706.","","

Folio. No copy of the edition of 1706 was available. The first edition, Oxford 1700, was examined and contains 2 printed leaves at the beginning for the title and Catalogue (printed on the verso of the first, and the recto of the second leaf) and 41 double-page engraved maps by various engravers, all dedicated to William Duke of Gloucester. The first two maps, both by M. Burghers, are of the Terraqueous Globe. In the first, the North American Continent has the engraved explanation: This Continent with the adjoining Islands is generally supposed to have been Anciently unknown, though there are not wanting some, who will have even the Continent its self to be no other, than the Insula Atlantis of the Ancients.

The ''NB'' on the South American Continent reads:

In this New Sett of Maps for the better Distinction sake, those Parts of the Earth which were Anciently known, have their Coasts engraven (as usually) with the shade falling outwards whereas the Parts Anciently unknown have their Coasts shaded inwards as is for instance the adjoining Coasts.

The last three maps are of the Americas. The first, of North America, shows the East Coast, Florida and the island of California, Mexico, the Northern part of South America and the Islands; the second is of South America, and the third of the most considerable Plantations of the English in America, with inset maps of New Scotland, the I. of Jamaica, Carolina, Bermudaz or Sommers Isles and the I. of Barbados.

Watt II, 957 has this edition, 1706. Arber, Term Catalogues, does not list an edition of 1706, but enters an edition sold by A. and J. Churchill, in the reprinted books of 1708. There is no entry for a 1706 edition in the British Museum or in the National Union Catalog.

For Edward Wells, see no. 3831 above." "38340","17","","","","Veteris orbis tabulae geographicae. Amstelodami. Covens & Mortier.","","g fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 261, as above, but omitting g.","Cóvens, Johannes and Mortier, Cornelis.","Veteris Orbis Tabulæ Geographicæ. Ex accuratissimis Auctoribus selectæ, secundum Pomponii Melæ Descriptionem Orbis potissimum digestæ, ad quotidianum & commodiorem Studiosorum usum in minorem formam redactæ, & magnâ curâ nunc primum emendatæ. Venduntur Amstelodami: apud I. Cóvens et C. Mortier, n.d. [?1714.]","G1033 .C6","

Oblong 4to. Engraved title within an ornamental border, with portraits of Strabo, Ptolomaeus, A. Ortelius, P. Cluverius, P. Bertius, and C. Cellarius, engraved address Lectori Benevolo within an ornamental border, printed Index on 1 leaf in 4 columns, 67 engraved maps, colored, including 1 folded.

Phillips 3275. This edition not in Van der Aa, Catalogue de livres, de cartes geographiques, des villes, chateaux &c. de l'Univers . . .

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Johannes Cóvens and Cornelis Mortier, map publishers in Amsterdam. Van der Aa, op. cit., lists an edition of this book in Leyden, 1714. Neither the Amsterdam nor the Leyden edition is in ''g. folio'' as called for by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue." "38350","18","","","","Cluverii geographia.","","24s. Elzevir. 1677.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 3, as above, but omitting Elzevir. 1677.","Clüver, Philip.","Philippi Cluverii Introdvctionis in Universam Geographiam, tam Veterem quam Novam Libri VI. Accessit P. Bertii Breviarium Orbis terrarum. Amstelodami: Apud Elzevirios. 1659.","","

24mo. 216 leaves, engraved title-page, separate pagination but continuous signatures for the Breviarium totius Orbis Terrarum . . . auctore Petr. Bertio, with half-title.

Pieters, page 283, no. 261. Willems 1242. Phillips 4261.

In his undated manuscript catalogue Jefferson calls for an Elzevir edition, 1677, in 24s.

Philip Clüver, 1580-1623, German geographer and historian, eventually settled in Leyden, where his works were published. The first edition of this book was posthumously published in 1624, and subsequently appeared in many editions.

Petrus Bertius, 1565-1629, went to Leyden at the age of twelve and was for a time Librarian of the University. Later he became the official historiographer to Louis XIII of France. His Breviarium Orbis Terrarum was separately published, but is usually found attached to Clüver's Introductionis." "38360","19","","","","Atlas by Arrowsmith & Lewis.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 231, as above.","Arrowsmith, Aaron and Lewis, Samuel.","A New and Elegant General Atlas, comprising all the new Discoveries, to the present Time; containing Sixty-Three Maps, drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis. Published by John Conrad & Co. Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad & Co. Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad & Co. Washington City; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; Bonsal, Conrad & Co. Norfolk, 1804.","G1019 .A77 1804.","

First American Edition. 4to. 2 leaves (title and list of maps), 63 engraved maps by various engravers, the first 2 folded. Twenty-seven maps (no. 33 to no. 59) relate to America, in addition to the two folded maps of the world at the beginning.

Phillips 702.

It is not absolutely certain that this was the edition owned by Jefferson.

The maps include two of the world, the Pacific Ocean, North America, the United States, 20 maps of the separate states, the British possessions in America, the Spanish dominions in North America, the West Indies, South America.

Arrowsmith's map of Mexico was mentioned in the correspondence between Von Humboldt and Jefferson concerning the works of the former, q.v. In a letter dated from Paris, December 20, 1811, Von Humboldt complained that Mr. Arrowsmith à Londres m'a volé ma grande Carte du México.

Jefferson mentioned this in his reply dated December 6, 1813. At the end of a passage on ''Anglo-mercantile cupidity'' he wrote:

. . . That their Arrowsmith should have stolen your map of Mexico, was in the pyratical spirit of his country . . .

Aaron Arrowsmith, 1750-1823, English geographer and cartographer.

Samuel Lewis, 1754?-1822, Philadelphia engraver." "38370","20","","","","Atlas portatif de Grenet et Bonne.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 230, as above.","Grenet, L'Abbé and Bonne, Rigobert.","Atlas portatif à l'usage des Colleges, pour servir à l'intelligence des auteurs classiques par M. l'Abbé Grenet professeur au College de Lisieux. Dédié à l'Université de Paris. Without name of place, n.d. [Paris, 1779-82.]","G1015 .G7","

4to. double-page engraved title by C. N. Warin, 44 double-page engraved maps by R. Bonne, each one dated with the month and the year from 1779 to 1782; the maps all signed André scrip. and Perrier sculp.

Phillips 288.

A copy of this work, with Grenet's Géographie ancienne et moderne (the next following number), is in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 31.0. for the two books. The copy of the Atlas purchased by Jefferson from Charles Pougens of Paris on June 8, 1803, at the reduced price of 27 francs (from 36), was probably intended for the Library of Congress.

The first three (2 Mappe-mondes, and a Carte de la direction des vents) and the last six maps, no. 39 to 44, relate to America, and include North and South America and the Islands.

The Abbé Grenet was born circa 1750. In 1789 he was a professor at the Collège de Lisieux, but his fate during the Revolution of that year is not known.

Rigobert Bonne, 1727-1794, French geographer." "38380","21","","","","Geographie ancienne et moderne de Grenet.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 6, as above.","Grenet, Abbé.","Abrégé de Géographie ancienne et moderne, par M. l'Abbé Grenet . . . pour servir à l'Atlas portatif du même auteur . . . Paris: L'Auteur, 1781.","","

12mo. 2 parts in 1; no copy was located for collation. The title was taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

For the Atlas portatif, see the preceding entry." "38390","22","","","","Principes de geographie par Le Moine.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 7, as above.","Lemoine d'Essoies, Edme Marie Joseph.","Principes de Géographie, suivis d'un Traité du Globe, et de l'Exposition du Système de Copernic; avec des Traits d'Histoire Naturelle et Politique, des Notes, des Tables et des Planches; ouvrage qui contient la description des Principales contrées de l'Univers . . . l'Histoire abrégée de la Révolution de l'Amérique Septentrionale . . . a l'usage des jeunes Gens . . . Par M. Lemoine . . . Paris: l'Auteur, Belin, Nyon, 1784.","","

12mo. 297 leaves, 1 plate; no copy was located for collation.

Quérard V, 145.

Edme Marie Joseph Lemoine d'Essoies, 1751-1816, French professor of mathematics and physics, and the founder of a polytechnic school, published the first edition of this work, dedicated to the duc d'Enghien, in 1780." "38400","23","","","","Scott's Universal gazetteer.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 114, as above.","Scott, Joseph.","The New and Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern Geographical Dictionary. Containing a full and authentic Description of the different Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, States, Provinces, Islands, Cities, Towns, Forts, Mountains, Caves, Capes, Canals, Rivers, Lakes, Oceans, Seas, Bays, Harbours, &c. in the Known World . . . Including the new political divisions of Europe, and several hundred places in the United States of America never before published. The whole containing many thousand places not found in any similar Geographical work; and wherein upwards of Five Hundred Errours are corrected in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and in Millar, Payne, Guthrie, Watson, Brooks, Walker, Morse, &c. To which is added, a new and easy Introduction to Geography and Astronomy; with a Nomenclature, explaining the essential Terms in each Science. Illustrated with twenty-five Maps, an Armillary Sphere, and several Diagrams. By Joseph Scott. In Four Volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. Philadelphia: [Vol. I and II] Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, 1799 [Vol. III and IV] by Patterson & Cochran, 1800.","G101 .S42","

First Edition. 4 vol. 8vo. 227, 235, 224 and 260 leaves, the last a blank, text printed in double columns, engraved folded maps, folded printed table of the amounts of imports and exports; page of errata and 11 pages of the names of the subscribers at the end of the last volume. The pages are unnumbered throughout except for the Introduction at the beginning of Volume I.

Sabin 78330.

Jefferson's name appears in the list of Subscribers: Thomas Jefferson, esq. President of the United States and of the Philosophical Society, at Philadelphia. Other names in the list of subscribers include: Doctor Benj. S. Barton, professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania; James Carey, Philadelphia; Mathew Carey, bookseller, do. 8 copies; Wm. C. C. Claiborne, esq. M. C. from Tennessee; Tench Coxe, esq. Secretary of the land office of Penns.; Jona. Dickenson, Philadelp.; Ths. Dobson, bookseller, Philadelphia; Win. Duane, editor of the Aurora, Philad.—6 copies; And. Ellicott, merch. Baltim.; Oliver Evans, Philad.; Mr. John Logan, Philadelphia; Wm. Pritchard, Bookseller, Rich. Virg.—7 copies; David Rittenhouse, Washington city; Gen. John Shee, Philadelphia; Samuel H. Smith, Washington City—2 copies; and many others whose names have appeared in this catalogue. The Library of Congress has Volume III of the copy subscribed for by Samuel Chase junior, with his name stamped on the title-page, and has also Volume I of the copy belonging to Robert Patterson, Baltimore, with his autograph signature and the date 1801 written on the title-page, but whose name is not in the list of subscribers.

A copy was sent to Jefferson by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia, June 13, 1801 (received by Jefferson on September 3):

I have, for some time past, been anxious to find an opportunity of presenting you with a copy of my geographical dictionary. The opportunity now offers, and I embrace it with pleasure. The copy will be delivered to you by Mr. Cummings, a respectable magistrate of this State. Your acceptance will be highly gratifying to my wishes. If, by the geographical dictionary, I have contributed to diffuse a more general and correct knowledge of the soil, productions, &c. of our country than has hitherto been done; or if my vindication of the character of the Citizens of the Southern States, will remove those ancient prejudices, lulled by the friendly intercourse of a glorious revolution, but lately awakened by the monkish bigotry of an Eastern geographer, I will consider myself as having fulfilled a share of that duty, which is incumbent on every Citizen who has the opportunity. No doubt you will find many errors in my dictionary; but then, Sir, I have this consolation that I am persuaded your candour will distinguish between those which properly belong to me, and those which are almost unavoidably connected with typography . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 11:

Your favor dated June 13. came to me at this place only one week ago. it is probable that m[???] Cummings has deposited for me at Washington the copy of your geographical dictionary which you have been so kind as to send me,for which I pray you to accept my thanks. I anticipate with pleasure the satisfaction I shall recieve from it, and am happy that we are to see at length contradicted the miserable libels which have been published on the Southern states. I pray you to accept assurances of my esteem & high consideration.

The Eastern geographer, whose ''monkish bigotry'' was referred to by Scott in his letter to Jefferson quoted above, was Jedidiah Morse, the author of the American Geography and the Universal Gazetteer [qqv.], first published in 1789 and 1797 respectively. In his Preface Scott writes of him:

Among the writers, whose errours I have noticed, there is one, of whom I have said some things, that the reader may probably think unconnected with the subject; but the strong prejudices, which he has, in his principal publications, manifested against the citizens of the middle and southern States, waving all consideration of his errours, led directly to every remark I made respecting him. But to him I owe no apology. To slander, or wantonly represent a fellow citizen as immoral and irreligious in his conduct; in fine, to rob him of his private character, and render him hated and despised by his neighbours, is unquestionably highly criminal; and as individuals bear the same relation to each other as nations, how much more criminal must he be, who, without cause, would represent a whole people as immoral and irreligious; as cockfighters, gamblers, and drunkards? impotently endeavouring to draw down the scorn and contempt of nations, on a people long distinguished for their liberality of sentiment, suavity of manners, and all the social virtues. Had a Hun, a Goth, or a Vandal, risen from the dead, and attempted to draw a national character of the citizens of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, he could not have misrepresented it more egregiously than Mr. Morse. No nation ever possessed a fairer fame, or stood higher, as a people, in the estimation of the world, than the citizens of the United States, at the close of their revolution, and for some years after; but, alas! Mr. Morse, like a noxious comet, that equally diffuses glare and pestilence, appeared with his Geography, and blasted that fine reputation, of a large portion of the States, which they had obtained after a long and bloody contest. His object was evidently to raise the character of the New England, on the ruin of that of the middle and southern States—a common enemy could not be more slanderous, and the reproaches of a common enemy would have been less injurious, because every one, who would read the productions of a person of that description, would naturally make allowances for the hatred and prejudices of the writer; but Mr. Morse being a native American his readers, whether here or in Europe, would readily infer that he, in his writings, instead of being governed by hatred and prejudice, would be partial to the virtues of his countrymen; and would, with a friendly hand draw a veil over those failings, which are the common lot of human nature; and from which no climate, nor soil, nor country, can exempt mankind.

Joseph Scott, geographer and author, a member of St. Patrick's Society, was appointed in 1802 Marshal of the Virginia District. He planned a life of Washington with material supplied in part by Jefferson. In 1795 he published the first gazetteer of the United States, q. v." "38410","24","","","","Tables geographiques de Sanson.","","g fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. F, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Sanson, Nicolas.","Tables Geographiques des Divisions du Globe Terrestre. A Paris: chez Hubert Iaillot, 1695.","G1015 .J2 1695","

Royal folio. 19 double-page engraved plates of Tables Geographiques, each one with the imprint. The fifth plate contains the Tables Geographiques des Divisions de l'Amerique Septentrionale and the sixth de l'Amerique Meridionale.

Phillips 520. Sabin 35538.

These tables are contained in the Atlas François of Alexis Hubert Jaillot, published in 1695. Sanson published volumes of Tables separately but with different titles, so that in view of Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue and the entry in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, it seems proper to assume that Jefferson had this edition without Jaillot's maps. The book was probably purchased in England; it is similarly entered in the undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1/3.

Nicolas Sanson, 1600-1667, French cartographer, gave lessons in geography to Louis XIII and to Louis XIV.

Alexis Hubert Jaillot, 1632-1712, French geographer and cartographer." "38420","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the World","","","","","","","

On 23 avril 1787 Jefferson bought from Froullé in Paris 2 Cartes de Danville price 4.5.

On 16 aout he bought 5 Cartes 6 feuilles de Danville orbis antiquis, Italie antique etc. price 9.0.

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, 1697-1782, French geographer, published collections of maps without title-pages." "38430","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of Europe, Asia and Africa","","","","","","","

A letter from Jefferson to Mr. Tunnicliff, dated from Washington, April 25, 1805, contained a list of Articles which I ask the favor of mr Tunnicliff to procure for me in London. This list included:

Arrowsmith's 4 sheet map of Europe

do of Asia

do of Africa

on linen, with rollers and varnished.

The maps were obtained from W. & S. Jones of London and included in their bill dated August 3, 1805:

Arrowsmith's Map of Europe 2. 5. 0.

do of Asia 2. 5. 0.

do of Africa 2. 5. 0.

For Aaron Arrowsmith, see No. 3836." "38440","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Charts of North America","","","","","","","

On July 12, 1805, J. Hamilton Moore wrote from London to Jefferson:

The last charts I did of North America I dedicated to the late General Washington who sent me polite answers, as you now preside at the head of the Congress, I have taken the liberty of this chart to you [sic], they are done with an intent to connect the Navigation of North America with the West Indies, and I trust they will be found useful.

Jefferson replied on May 4, 1806:

I have duly recieved the copy of your tables of navigation and Nautical astronomy which you have been so kind as to send me and I pray you to accept my thanks for them. their utility to the nautical world in general, the industry & accuracy with which they have been composed & the advantages they offer in ascertaining longitude by lunar distances are worthy of high estimation; but still more the disinterested benevolence with which they have been brought within the faculties of common mariners to obtain.

as a member of the human family I feel my portion of thankfulness, and anxious peculiarly for the public interests entrusted to me, I have recommended to the Secretary of the Navy of the US. to avail our public vessels of this publication by procuring such number of the copies as he shall think their wants and duties will justify." "38450","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of North America and the West Indies Map of South America","","","","","","","

On July 14, 1808, Jefferson wrote to Captain Haley to request that on his return voyage from France he would bring with him

carte des etats Unis par Tardieu. un

feuille, papier Colombier.

Carte des Indes Occidentales et du

Golfe de Mexique. 1. feuille

collées ensemble

Carte de l'Amerique meridionale par Tardieu. 2. feuilles papier Colombier. the above are not to be lined, framed, or on rollers, but simply of paper: they are to be had at Paris chez Dezauche, geographe, rue des Noyers, No. 40.

On May 30, 1809, Tardieu wrote from Paris to Jefferson:

Je vous remercie beaucoup de la carte du Haut Mississippi que vous m'avez fait remettre par Monsieur Coles, ainsi que de celle de la Louisiane du capitaine Louis dont vous voulez bien me promettre un exemplaire. Je ferai ce changement sur ma carte avant que d'en faire imprimer de nouveau et cela y ajoutera un interet de plus encore. Je joints a cette lettre une Carte Marine de la Mediterrannée en quatre feuilles, que je viens de graver d'après les dessins de Messieurs Rizzi-Zannoni et Lapie, elle est grande et fort exacte. Les planches de cette carte ne m'appartiennent point, mais comme il me revient toujours une douzaine d'épreuves de mes ouvrages par droit de graveur, je vous prie de vouloir bien accepter cet exemplaire comme un témoignage de la haute estime et considération avec lesquelles j'ai l'honneur d'être, Monsieur, votre dévoué serviteur.

Antoine François Tardieu, dit Tardieu de l'Estrapade, 1757-1822, noted French engraver of maps. Tardieu usually signed himself P. F. Tardieu; his letter to Jefferson quoted above is headed P. F. Tardieu graveur géographe, place de l'Estrapade No 1 à Paris, à monsieur T. Jefferson ex Président des Etats Unis. 30 mai 1809." "38460","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the United States","","","","Arrowsmith, Aaron.","A Map exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America. Inscribed by Permission to the Honorable Governor and Company of Adventurers of England and trading into Hudson's Bay . . . A. Arrowsmith. London. 1 January 1795. Additions to 1802. London [1802].","","

3 sheets. No copy was seen.

Not in Sabin. Not in Phillips.

This map has a separate entry by Jefferson in his dated manuscript catalogue: Arrowsmith's map of the US. It was probably bought by Jefferson from James Cheetham in New York, to whom Jefferson wrote from Washington on June 17, 1803:

. . . I think I have seen advertised in some paper that an edition of Arrowsmith's map of the US. has been published at New York. I shall be glad to recieve either that or the English [one?] if to be had there. the latter would be preferred because I know the engraving is superiorly well done . . .

The entry for Arrowsmith's Map of the United States, price $15.00, was included in Cheetham's next bill, under date June 21, 1803.

A bill for books sent to Jefferson by William Duane includes under date February 2, 1804, 1 four sheet map UStates. 8.00.

This may have been another map by Arrowsmith:

Map of America by A. Arrowsmith . . . 1804. W. & G. Cooke Sculpt. London, 1804.

4 sheets, separates. No copy was seen.

This map was sent by Jefferson to John March at Georgetown, a bill from whom includes the entry: Feb. 10, 1804. Pasting Map of the United States. .50.

For Aaron Arrowsmith, see No. 3836." "38470","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts","","","","","","","

On November 20, 1802, John Avery wrote from Boston, Massachusetts, to Jefferson:

Agreeable to the direction of the Legislature I have the honor to transmit your Excellency one set of the Maps of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for your own use. I have delivered them to the care of the honorable Mr. Varnum.

Jefferson replied on January 23, 1803:

General Varnum has delivered to me your letter of Nov. 20. together with the maps which the Legislature of Massachusetts has been pleased to destine for me. I pray you to deliver my respectful acknolegements to them for this mark of their attention, and to accept my thanks to yourself for the trouble you have been so good as to take, as well as assurances of my respect and consideration.

Not in Phillips." "38480","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of Maryland","","","","","","","

On April 23, 1802, William Duane, in Washington, D. C., at the time, wrote to Jefferson:

. . . No map of Maryland is to be had here. I have ordered two different copies from Philadelphia, which if they should not be acceptable or either of them, can be kept here for sale, they being in demand.

On January 1, 1803, Jefferson bought a map of Maryland from Rapine, Conrad & Co. in Washington, entered on their bill 1 Map of Maryland 5.00" "38490","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the British Colonies","","","","","","","Jefferson's bill from John March of Georgetown contained, under date May 16, 1805, the entry: To pasting a Map of the British Colonies in N. America 1.00" "38500","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of Middle Colonies","","","","Evans, Lewis.","A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America . . . wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nation.","","

The first edition was published in London by Lewis Evans on June 23, 1755, and sold by R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall.

It is not known which edition was in Jefferson's collection. A copy was ordered by him on July 24, 1786, in a letter dated from Paris to John Stockdale in London. The copy was no. 1789 in Lackington's catalogue for 1787, price 15/9.

Not in Phillips. See Stevens, H. N. Lewis Evans, his Map of the Middle British Colonies in America.

Lewis Evans, c. 1700-1796, geographer, was born in Pennsylvania. This map was published in connection with a pamphlet, Geographical, historical, political, philosophical, and mechanical essays. The first, containing An Analysis of a General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America; and of the country of the Confederate Indians: a description of the face of the country; the boundaries of the Confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein . . . Philadelphia: printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, MDCCLV. [1755.]

The map was used by Braddock in his campaign." "38510","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the State of New York","","","","","","","

This map was sent to Jefferson by Simeon De Witt from Albany on August 28, 1804:

The President of the United States is respectfully requested to accept of the enclosed Map of the State of New York from The Author. Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 7:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] De Witt and his thanks for his very useful & acceptable present of the map of New York.

According to Sabin this map was not published until 1829. Not in Phillips.

Simeon De Witt, 1756-1834, surveyor-general of New York, was a member of the American Philosophical Society and a charter member of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, founded in New York in 1793. De Witt's third wife was the daughter of the Rev. William Linn, q. v." "38520","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the Western Part of the State of New York","","","","","","","

On February 5, 1801, Andrew Ellicott wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

With this you will receive a Map of the western part of the State of New York which I am requested by my brothers who reside near Niagara to present to you.—it is all laid down from actual survey . . . Ever since I heard of the burning of the treasury department, I have been alarmed on account of the maps, charts, and plans annexed to the report respecting our southern boundary, as I had not the privilege of taking copies, and they could not be replaced but by sending to Madrid . . .

On October 10 of the same year Ellicott wrote from Lancaster, Pennsylvania:

. . . The map on which I informed you some time ago I was engaged is completed.—it comprehends the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio down to the Gulf of Mexico, the province of West Florida, and the whole southern boundary of the United States accompanied with thirty two pages, (in folio), of manuscript remarks on the navigation of the rivers, proper positions for military works &c—I have endeavoured to make it interesting both as a geographical, and national document:—it cost me more than forty days labour and I intended, to hand it to you myself, immediately on your return to Washington; but have been prevented by accepting an appointment under the state Government—I intend nevertheless to be at Washington before the commencement of the next year . . . From this I would not wish it to be inferred that I have any desire to retain the map and remarks till I go to Washington myself.—on the contrary I am anxious to have them forwarded as soon as possible;—but from the size of the map, being upwards of six feet north, and south, and the same east and west I fear it would be difficult to find a person willing to take charge it, unless it was made his perticular business.—If therefore any person in the employ of the United States, who might be going on to the seat Government [sic] thro' this place, and directed by either of the departments to receive the Chart, and remarks, they shall be delivered to him . . .

On November 2 of the following month, Ellicott sent the map.

Not in Phillips.

This map has not been traced. It is possible that it was in manuscript.

For other works by Andrew Ellicott, see the Index." "38530","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the Environs of New York","","","","","","","

On August 9, 1812, Jefferson wrote to General Theodorus Bailey:

I have duly recieved your favor of July 21. with the map of the environs of New York, for which as well as for the kind offer to send me Law's map of the Northern and Western frontier when done, be pleased to accept my grateful thanks. these proofs of friendly recollection give me great pleasure, as marks of an esteem which has grown out of our connection as fellow-laborers in the cause of republican government, and of an esteem which I highly value . . ." "38540","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the country near St. Louis","","","","","","","

On March 1, 1811, R. Wash sent from St. Louis a map of the surrounding country:

I have taken the liberty of enclosing you, a rude Map of the surrounding country. The number & relative positions of the principal Rivers, Villages &c. of the settled parts of this Territory, have been sketched I believe, with tolerable accuracy. This recommendation may possibly procure it an occasional reference, until the appearance of some well executed map. If this rude draught, should add in the slightest degree, to the pleasure you will derive from perusing the numbers in the Louisiana Gazette I shall be more than compensated for the little labour & pains I have bestowed on it . . . Jefferson replied on May 11:

I duly recieved your favor of Mar. 1. with the map it covered, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. every information of that country is acceptable as we know much less of it than either our duties or interests require . . . not being a subscriber for the Louisiana gazette, it is rarely seen in this quarter. indeed I am giving up the reading of newspapers in order to be able to indulge myself with reading which is more agreeable. Accept the assurances of my respect.

Not in Phillips." "38550","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of South Carolina","","","","","","","Jefferson's bill from John March of Georgetown contained under date May 16, 1805, the entry: To pasting a Map of South Carolina 1.00" "38560","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Chart of West Coast of Florida and of the Mouth of the Mississippi","","","","","","","

This chart was sent to Jefferson by N. Marshall of Christ Church Parish, So. Carolina, on October 29, 1803:

I do myself the honor of presenting you, with an accurate chart of the coast of West Florida and Louisiana, including a survey and soundings of the Mississippi river, extending considerably above New Orleans. It was sent to me a few days ago, by a gentleman who married the widow of Mr. Gauld, by whom the chart was made. I hasten to send it to you, as, if there be none such in possession of the administration it may be of some service, to the navigation of The New World, wh. you have lately obtained for us; and tend to appreciate, the advantages of an acquisition, in every View so immensely valuable to the United States.

Wishing, that it may prove in any respect, beneficial to the Governmt. and acceptable to you, I remain, with the highest rest Yr. most obdt. st.

Jefferson acknowledged its receipt on December 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his respectful salutations to mr Marshall and his thanks for the Chart of the coast of Florida, & mouth of the Missisipi which he has been so good as to send him. at a time when we are endeavoring to acquire exact knolege of that country, in order to make our first arrangements understandingly, so accurate a chart whose existence was not before known here, is doubly precious, and may render m[???] Marshall's kind attention really useful to the public.

Not in Phillips." "38570","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of South America","","","","Cruz Cano Y Olmedilla, Juan de la.","Mapa geografico de America Meridional, engraved by William Faden.","","

This map has a separate entry in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue: Olmedilla's map of S. America by Faden. 6. sheets.

It is possible that Jefferson owned the original Spanish edition of this map, published in Madrid in 1775. In December 1786 he wrote a short article headed Observations for the republication of the map of South America by Don Juan de la Crux Cano, 1 page in his handwriting, and with 3 small maps of South America drawn by him to scale.

A reproduction by William Faden was probably the subject of Jefferson's inquiry in a letter to James Madison at Montpelier, Virginia, dated from Philadelphia June 28, 1791:

. . . will you also be so good as to ask of him [i. e. Colonel Smith] whether he can give me any information of the progress of the map of S. America, which he, at my request, put into the hands of an engraver . . .

One year later, on June 24, 1792, Jefferson wrote to Thomas Pinckney in London:

Th: Jefferson begs leave to trouble following commissions.

Faden, map maker in London S. America from one which Th: J furnished return the original & half a dozen copies. Coll Smith employed him. will m[???] Pinckney be so good as to jog him from time to time? . . .

[MS. mutilated.]

In 1805, Jefferson bought a copy of Olmedilla's map by Faden. It was included in the list of articles which Jefferson asked the favor of Mr. Tunnicliff to procure for him in London in a letter dated from Washington April 25, 1805.

The map was bought from W. & S. Jones, and included in their bill to Jefferson dated August 3, 1805: Almadilla's Map of S. America by Faden. £2.12.6.

Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, d. 1790, Spanish cartographer and engraver.

William Faden, 1750-1836, English engraver of maps, and publisher, See the Notes on the State of Virginia, no. 4167." "38580","25","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. K, Collection of Maps, Geographical, gr. fol.","

This collection is no longer in the Library of Congress. Jefferson collected a large number of maps, and sometimes had them bound together. One of his bills from John March of Georgetown contains the following entry, under date June 16, 1805: To making an Atlas of Maps 16 by 22 Inches Ext. 1/2 bnd. Russia Gilt & lettered very thick Maps torn & difficult, 15.00.

Some of the maps acquired by Jefferson, as shown in his correspondence and his bills, were as follows:","Map of the Gulf of Mexico","","","","","","","

This map may not have been in Jefferson's collection. It was ordered by him from the catalogue of Reibelt of Baltimore on January 20, 1806, to be imported from Bordeaux:

La Carte du Golfe de Mexique gravé en Espagne in 1 feuille.

On June 16 Dufour of Amsterdam, apparently referring to the same map wrote:

Il a été empossible de ce procurer la Carte du Golfe du mexique gravée en Espagne." "38590","26","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. L, Collection of Plans of Towns, gr. fol.","","","","

This collection is unfortunately no longer in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson collected plans of cities visited by him. On April 10, 1791, he wrote from Philadelphia to Pierre Charles L'Enfant at Georgetown:

I am favored with your letter of the 4th. inst. & in compliance with your request I have examined my papers and found the plans of Frankfort on the Mayne, Carlsruhe, Amsterdam, Strasburg, Paris, Orleans, Bordeaux, Lyons, Montpelier, Marseilles, Turin & Milan, which I send in a roll by this post. they are on large & accurate scales, having been procured by me while in those respective cities myself. as they are connected with the notes I made in my travels, & often necessary to explain them to myself, I will beg your care of them & to return them when no longer useful to you, leaving you absolutely free to keep them as long as useful . . .

From time to time his collection was added to by his friends and others. On April 8, 1799, Sir John Sinclair wrote to Jefferson from London:

Sir John Sinclairs best compliments to Mr. Jefferson.—Requests his acceptance of the plan of a new town, which he is now building, in which he has endeavoured to combine as many advantages as possible more especially those of ornament convenience and health.—Regrets much that he cannot write Mr. Jefferson more fully at present, being on the eve of setting out for Scotland, but he could not think of leaving London without sending him some mark of remembrance.

After the Louisiana purchase Jefferson became interested in plans of New Orleans and the Orleans Territory. The bill of John March of Georgetown has an entry under date June 6, 1805:

To making an Atlas (16 by 22 Inches) of Towns

Very Difficult 1/2 bound Ext Russia gilt & Lettered 10.00

On November 24, 1806, John Poumairat wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

I do myself the honor to inclose to you a copy of proposals for publishing a map of the territory of Orleans drawn by Mr. Barthelemew Lafon surveyer in the City of New Orleans, and most respectfully solicit the honor of your patronage to so useful and valuable a publication . . .

This map was delivered to Jefferson by Poumairat on May 9, 1807:

Wishing to do miself the honour of calling on you in person to express my gratefull thanks for your kindness in patronising the Map of the Territory of Orleans by Mr. Bmi. Lafon, I yesterday called at the President's House with the map which I tooke the liberty of leaving when I was informed that you were gone to Monticello—J Milligan my agent in this place will take the liberty to hand you this letter, and will be happy to execute your orders if any more maps should be wanted.

On December 18, 1806, Daniel Clark of Washington wrote to Jefferson:

Mr. Clark has the Honor of sending to the President of the U.S. a few Maps and Plans of remarkable Places in the Orleans Territory and adjoining Countries—should any of them be thought sufficiently interesting by the War Department to be copied Mr. Clark will spare them at any time for that purpose. Mr. Clark likewise sends an Indian axe found on his Plantation in the County of Acadia which he takes the Liberty of offering to the President.

On December 21 Jefferson sent the list of what he had had copied as follows:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr Clark, & his thanks for the Indian axe he was so kind as to send him, which is the largest he has ever seen. he is also thankful for the permission to copy the maps he has communicated to him, for which purpose he retains the following at the War office, to wit

1. Mapa de las Cereanas de Mexico.

2. Plana de la Ciudad de Mexico. 1791.

3. Vera Cruz & Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa.

4. Plano del Puerto de Vera Cruz.

5. Provincias Internas del Reyno de Nueva España.

6. Parte del Reyno de Nueva España.

7. Fort of San Marco de Apalache.

8. Fort of St. Marks with the plan of attack when retaken from Bowles.

9. Sketch of W. Florida from Mobile to Misĩpi.

10. Plan of the attack of Baton rouge in 1779.

11. General chart of the Misĩpi from it's mouth to N. Orleans.

12. Plaquemines turn in the Misĩpi.

13. Chart of the entrance of the Misĩpi.

14. Carte du Missisipi et de ses branches.

15. Plan du lac Ponchartrin.

16. Coast of Louisiana from the S.W. pass of the Balise to Vermillion bay.

17. Comtés du Ouachita et des Natchitoches. these shall be returned as soon as copied. he now returns the residue.

On June 30, 1807, Jefferson bought from John March a map of the Territory of Orleans for $7.00.

On April 30, 1810, Thomas B. Robertson wrote to Jefferson from New Orleans:

An opportunity presenting itself I send to Mr. George Jefferson to be by him transmitted to you a plan of the City of New Orleans and other conspicuous places within the Island. Be pleased to accept it as a small testimonial of the sincere respect & high consideration with which I am Yo. ob. St.

It is not possible to ascertain exactly what was in the collection sold to Congress." "38600","1","","","","Busching's Geography.","","6. vols. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 233, as above.","Büsching, Anton Friedrich.","A New System of Geography: in which is given, A General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the several Kingdoms and States in the known World; and a very particular Description of their Subdivisions and Dependencies; their Cities and Towns, Forts, Sea-Ports, Produce, Manufactures and Commerce. By A. F. Busching, D. D. Professor of Philosophy in the University of Gottingen, and Member of the Learned Society at Duisburg. Carefully Translated from the last Edition of the German Original. To the Author's Introductory Discourse are added three Essays relative to the Subject. Illustrated with Thirty-six Maps, accurately projected on a new Plan. In Six Volumes. Volume the First [-Sixth] . . . London: Printed for A. Millar, M DCC LXII. [1762.]","G114 .B97","

First Edition of this translation. 6 vol. 4to. 358, 308, 308, 416, 300, 344 and 370 leaves, engraved folded maps by Tho. Kitchin, list of authorities used at the beginning of the first volume; each title contains a list of the countries described in the volume.

Lowndes I, 331.

Anton Friedrich Büsching, 1724-1793, German geographer and theologian, is regarded as the creator of modern statistical geography. His Erdbeschreibung was first printed in 1754-1761 and was translated into a number of languages.

Patrick Murdoch, d. 1774, Scottish author, was the translator into English of the part of the Erdbeschreibung which relates to the European states." "38610","2","","","","Marshall's travels.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 118, as above.","Marshall, Joseph.","Travels through Holland, Flanders, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, The Ukraine, and Poland, in the Years 1768, 1769, and 1770. In which is particularly minuted, the Present State of those Countries, respecting their Agriculture, Population, Manufactures, Commerce, the Arts, and Useful Undertakings. By Joseph Marshall, Esq. The Second Edition. Vol. I [-III] London: Printed for J. Almon, MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","D917 .M36","

3 vol. 8vo. 192, 193 and 181 leaves; half-title in Vol. I, the last leaf in Vol. III has on the recto a list of books printed for J. Almon, verso blank; the list is continued on the rectos or versos of the title and contents leaves in the first signature.

Lowndes III, 1218. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8/.

Joseph Marshall, fl. 1770, published the first edition of this work in 1768-1770." "38620","3","","","","Koop's 10. maps of the Rhine, the Maes, & the Scheldt. gr. format.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. G, as above, fol.","Koops, Matthias.","A Map of the River Rhine, with all the Cities, Towns, Villages &c. situated on its Borders . . . Which is with Permission dedicated to His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Field Marshall and Commander in Chief of the British Forces &c. &c. &c. by Matthias Koops Esqr., 1796, 7. London: Published June 1st, 1797, by Mr. Koops.","","

Atlas Folio. 10 numbered double-page engraved maps, with engraved titles, varying according to the part covered, engraved text on each map, with the Scale of the Map and the Length of the River; printed text to each map, which, in the copy examined was pasted down. The maps are as follows:

No. 1. The River Rhine from its Source to Basle.

No. 2. The River Rhine from Basle to Strasburgh and Fort-Lewis.

No. 3. The River Rhine from Fort-Lewis to Mentz.

No. 4. The River Rhine from Mentz to Dusseldorff.

No. 5. The River Rhine from Dusseldorff to Wyck.

No. 6. Map of the Maese from its Spring to Verdun.

No. 7. The River Maese from Verdun to Dinant.

No. 8. The Maese from Dinant to Venloo.

No. 9. The Maese from Venloo to the Sea.

No. 10. The River Scheldt from Bouchain to the Sea.

Lowndes III, 1290. Allibone I, 1045.

Matthias Koops, fl. 1800, English author and cartographer." "38630","4","","","","Keysler's travels.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 119, as above.","Keyssler, Johann Georg.","Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain. Giving a True and Just Description of the Present State of those Countries; their Natural, Literary, and Political History; Manners, Laws, Commerce, Manufactures, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Coins, Antiquities, Curiosities of Art and Nature, &c. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, engraved from Drawings taken on the Spot. By John George Keysler, Fellow of the Royal Society in London. Carefully translated from the Second Edition of the German. In Four Volumes. The Third Edition. Vol. I [-IV.] London: printed for G. Keith; A. Linde; S. Crowder and Co.; P. Davey and B. Law; T. Field; and E. Dilly, MDCCLX. [1760.]","D917 .K44","

4 vol. 8vo. 274, 256, 230 and 268 leaves, folded table in volume I with a Chronological and Historical List of the most celebrated Painters, since the revival of Painting in the thirteenth century, engraved plates by Hemerich in all volumes, portrait of the author by James Basire as frontispiece to the fourth volume.

Lowndes III, 1269. Graesse IV, 15. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Johann Georg Keyssler, 1693-1743, German traveller and author. The first edition in German of this work was published in 1740, and the second edition, from which this translation was made, in 1754, 5. The first English edition appeared in 1756, 7." "38640","5","","","","Antonini iter. by Gale.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 234, as above.","Antoninus, Augustus.","Antonini Iter Britanniarum Commentarijs Illustratum; Thomæ Gale, S.T.P. nuper Decani Ebor. Opus Posthumum Revisit, Auxit, Edidit, R. G. Accessit Anonymi Ravennatis Britanniæ Chorographia; cum Autographo Regis Galliæ MSo. et Codice Vaticano Collata. Adjiciuntur Conjecturæ plurimæ, cum nominibus locorum Anglicis, quotquot iis assignari potuerint. Londoni: impensis M. Atkins, MDCCIX. [1709.]","","

4to. 76 leaves, plates, folded map; special title-page for Anonymi Ravennatis Britanniæ Chorographia. No copy was available for collation; the above title was taken from the Term Catalogues, collated with the card for the copy in the University of Virginia Library.

Lowndes I, 54. Arber, Term Catalogues III, 646, 7. Gough, British Topography, page 4. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 207.

Little seems to be known about the author of the Itinerarium, which is a register of the stations and distances along the various roads of the Roman Empire. For an account of the various editions of the portion relating to Britain, see Gough, op. cit. This edition of 1709 is the first one by Thomas Gale, 1635?-1702, dean of York, scholar and theologian. After his death the work was edited by his son Roger, 1672-1744, antiquary, who, in the preface, distinguishes between his own and his father's contributions. Gale's edition is reprinted in Leland's Itinerary." "38650","6","","","","State [Geographical] of Gr. Britain.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 235, State [Geographical] of Great Britain 4to.","","","","

This book has not been satisfactorily identified. The 1831 Library of Congress catalogue has the same entry as the 1815 Catalogue, with the number 656a. In the later catalogues this number is given to the Atlas Geographus; or, A Complete System of Geography, Ancient and Modern, for Great Britain and Ireland, 4to; London, without date, and the entry is not ascribed to the Jefferson collection.

Jefferson's entry might refer to the first volume of a work by Thomas Cox (issued anonymously), Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua et nova; or a new Survey of Great Britain . . . originally issued as a supplement to Europe in the Atlas Geographus, and of which the running headline is The Introduction; being/The Ancient State of Britain. The evidence is not conclusive." "38660","7","","","","Letters on the North.","","8vo. 2d. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 120, as above.","[Burt, Edward.]","Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London; containing the Description of a Capital Town in that Northern Country; with an Account of some uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants: Likewise an Account of the Highlands, with the Customs and Manners of the Highlanders. To which is added, a Letter relating to the Military Ways among the Mountains, began in the Year 1726. The whole interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. London: Printed for S. Birt, MDCCLIV. [1754.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. Vol. II. only, 185 leaves, plates.

Halkett and Laing III, 320. Lowndes IV, 2215. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 157. This edition not in Gough.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue has another and fuller entry (unchecked) for what appears to be the same work, partially erased: Letters from a gentleman in the North of Scotld. 2.v. 8vo.

Edward Burt, d. 1755, wrote these letters in 1725 and 1726, though they were not published until 1754. They were used by both Sir Walter Scott and Lord Macaulay. For a discussion of the authorship and an account of the author see Gough, British Topography, II, 573, and Notes and Queries 1, xii. 496, and 2. vii. 128 and 174." "38670","8","","","","Voyage en Angleterre par Pictet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 122, as above.","Pictet, Marc Auguste.","Voyage de Trois Mois en Angleterre, en Ecosse, et en Irlande pendant l'Eté de l'an IX. (1801 v. st.) Par Marc-Auguste Pictet . . . A Genève: de l'Impr. de la Bibliothéque Britannique, et se trouve chez Manget; J. J. Paschoud; et à Paris [chez] Magimel, An XI. (1802. v. st.)","DA11 .P5","

First Edition. 8vo. 344 leaves including the half-title, list of errata on the verso of a1, engraved portrait of the Comte de Rumford as frontispiece.

Quérard VII, 149. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 225.

Jefferson purchased his copy from Reibelt, Baltimore, in January 1803, paid for in March 1805, price $1.60.

Marc Auguste Pictet (or Pictet-Turrettini), 1752-1825, Swiss meteorologist and scientist. This work, as explained in the Avertissement at the beginning, contains a reprint of letters written during the voyage and first published in the Bibliothèque Britannique (Vol. XVII to XXI), founded by Pictet after the fall of Robespierre. For the Comte de Rumford, whose portrait is at the beginning, and with whom the author stayed in London; see no. 1182. Reference is made also to Dr. Jenner, De Saussure, Kirwan, and other scientists whose works are in this collection." "38680","9","","","","Phipps's voyage (in 1773) towards the North pole.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 116, as above, but reading Voiage.","Phipps, Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave.","A Voyage towards the North Pole: undertaken by His Majesty's Command, 1773. By Constantine John Phipps. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Sleater, Williams, Wilson, Husband, Walker and Jenkin, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","","

8vo. 142 leaves, including a number of folded leaves of tables included in the signatures and pagination, folded engraved map as frontispiece, engraved plates.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Watt, not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. and not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Jones, page 82.

Constantine John Phipps, second Baron Mulgrave, 1744-1792. In 1773 he commanded the Racehorse, on which Nelson was a midshipman, and set out with the Carcass to discover the northern route to India. North of Spitzbergen the sea was blocked with ice and the vessels had to return, with valuable information concerning the natural products of Spitzbergen. This Voyage is reprinted in Hawkesworth and Pinkerton's Collections." "38690","10","","","","Itineraire de Dutens.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 13, as above.","Dutens, Louis.","Itinéraire des Routes les Plus Fréquentées, ou Journal de Plusieurs Voyages aux Villes Principales de l'Europe, depuis 1768 jusqu'en 1783; où l'on a marqué en heures & minutes le temps employé à aller d'une poste à l'autre; les distances en milles anglois, mesurées par un Odometre appliqué à la voiture; les productions des différentes contrées; les choses remarquables à voir dans les villes & sur les routes; les auberges, &c. On y a joint le rapport des monnoies & celui des mesures itinéraires, ainsi que le prix de chevaux de poste des différents pays. Quatrieme édition, augmentée d'un Voyage en Espagne & en Portugal, & d'une Carte géographique. Par M. L. Dutens. De l'Académie royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres de Paris, & de la Société royale de Londres. A Paris: Chez Théophile Barrois le jeune, M. DCC. LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 156 leaves, folded leaf inserted with Tables des Rapports de la dépense en Voyage en Angleterre, en France et en Italie, large folded engraved map at the end by le Sr. de la Rochette, 1783; on the back of the half-title a list of booksellers in various cities where the book may be bought; list of errata on the penultimate, and approbation on the last leaf.

This edition not in Quérard, and not in Haag. Boucher de la Richarderie I, 290.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 5.0.

Louis Dutens, 1730-1812, French writer, spent a great part of his life in England, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society. While in England he took orders, and in 1758 was appointed chaplain and secretary to the English minister at the court of Turin. He later returned to Turin as chargé d'affaires. He died in London." "38700","11","","","","Specimen Islandiae Historicum et chorographicum. per Arngrim Jonam,","","p 4to. Amstelodami. 1643.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 117, as above, but reading Amsterdam.","Jonsson, Arngrimur.","Specimen Islandiæ Historicvm, et Magna ex parte Chorographicvm; Anno Iesv Christi 874. primum habitari cæptæ: quo simul sententia contraria, D. Ioh. Isaci Pontani, Regis Daniæ Historiographi, in placidam considerationem venit; per Arngrimvm Ionam W. Islandvm . . . Amstelodami. Anno Christi cI[???] I[???]c xliii. [Jean Jannsen, 1643.]","DL336 .J8","

First Edition. 94 leaves, printer's device on the title-page.

Graesse III, page 474. Ebert 10872. Haeghen, Marques Typographiques, Vol. I.

Arngrimur Jonsson (or Jonas), 1568-1648, Icelandic scholar, was born on the island and educated at the University of Copenhagen; on his return to Iceland he was ordained a minister. The revival of literature in Iceland in the seventeenth century is largely due to his scholarship and erudition.

Johannes Isaacius Pontanus, 1571-1640, Danish scholar." "38710","12","","","","Description de l'Islande de Horrebow.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 10, as above.","Horrebow, Niels.","Nouvelle Description Physique-Historique, Civile et Politique de l'Islande, avec des Observations Critiques sur l'Histoire Naturelle de cette Isle, donnée par M. Anderson. Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand, de M. Horrebows, qui y a été envoyé par le Roi de Danemarck. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Charpentier, M. DCC. LXIV. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1764.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 201 and 189 leaves, engraved map.

Quérard IV, 139. Graesse III, 372. Barbier III, 546. Boucher de la Richarderie I, 393.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2.10.

Niels Horrebow, 1712-1760, Danish traveller and author, published the original edition of his Tilforladelige Efterretninger om Island in 1752.

Johann Anderson, 1674-1743, German traveller. His Nachrichten von Island was published in 1746, and it was to correct the errors of this book that Horrebow wrote his account of Iceland.

Jacques Philibert Rousselot de Surgy, 1737-1772, and Meslin translated Horrebow's book into French from a German version, not from the Danish original." "38720","13","","","","Watson's Tour in Holland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 124, as above.","[Watson, Elkanah.]","A Tour in Holland in MDCCLXXXIV. By an American. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas, sold at his bookstore in Worcester, and by him and company in Boston, MDCCXC [1790.]","DJ36 .W3","

First Edition. 8vo. 96 leaves including the first blank, the imprint of Isaiah Thomas on the last page.

Sabin 102136. Evans 23039. Nichols 179.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author from Albany, New York, on October 18, 1803, thirteen years after the publication of the book, with a letter explanatory of the delay (received by Jefferson on March 17, 1804):

As few Americans have tho't proper to submit their observations & travels in other Countries to the press; my Short Tour in Holland was on that account Considered Interesting, & I submitted to its publication Several years ago, without however being at that time known as the Author.

But Since the fact has become Notorious, will you Sir, do me the honor to accept, the Inclosed little essay as a Small token of my profound Respect & Veneration.

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 24, 1804:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m[???] Watson for the copy of his travels which he was so kind as to send him, and which he shall peruse with pleasure at his first moments of leisure, & he tenders him his salutations & respects.

The book is written in the form of letters to various correspondents, dated from May 24 to June 23, 1784. At the end is The Origin and Description of the United Provinces, followed by an Appendix on the Dutch East Indies. Letter VIII, dated from The Hague, June 3, contains an account of the alleged invention of printing with movable type by Koster of Haarlem rather than by Gutenberg of Mainz:

. . . It was in this forest [i. e. outside Haarlem], that the celebrated Laurensz Jansez Koster, alderman of Hærlem, first suggested the invention of printing with types, in 1440. He was rambling carelessly alone, and amusing himself in cutting out letters in pieces of wood; with which he made some impressions, which led to the types: And it is to this fortunate chance that mankind owe the facility of communicating their ideas. John Faust, a servant of the Alderman's, stole of the types to Mentz, where he pretended to conjuration, and assumed to himself the merit of the discovery. This is the same Doctor Faustus so much known among the vulgar in America for his league with the devil, &c . . .

Elkanah Watson, 1758-1842, agriculturist, merchant and canal promoter, corresponded with Jefferson in later years on agricultural matters. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., but in 1774 was bound to John Brown in Providence, Rhode Island. He travelled in Europe and England, and later, in 1789, settled in Albany, from where this book was sent to Jefferson. In addition to his agricultural interests, Watson was an energetic promoter of canals." "38730","14","","","","le Guide d'Amsterdam.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 125, as above.","","Guide, ou Nouvelle Description d'Amsterdam; enseignant aux Voyageurs, et aux Negocians, son Origine, ses Aggrandissemens, et son Etat actuel. Amsterdam, 1772.","","

8vo. 170 leaves; no copy was available for collation.

Not in Barbier. This edition not in the Algemeene Aardrijkskundige Bibliographie van Nederland.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

This Guide seems to have been originally published in 1701, and was frequently reprinted; the title varies in the different editions. There is a copy of the edition of 1722 in the Library of Congress, which has four leaves of engraved plates at the end, the engravings in compartments and on both sides of the leaf.

Jefferson visited Amsterdam in March, 1788, and wrote (with illustrative drawings) a commentary on whatever struck his fancy." "38740","15","","","","Voiage en Angleterre par Faujas.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 121, as above.","Faujas De Saint-Fond, Barthélémy.","Voyage en Angleterre, en écosse et aux Iles Hébrides; ayant pour objet les Sciences, les Arts, l'Histoire naturelle et les Mœurs; avec la Description minéralogique du pays de Newcastle, des montagnes du Derbyshire, des enviorns d'édinburgh, de Glasgow, de Perth, de S.-Andrews, du duché d'Inverary et de la grotte de Fingal. Avec Figures. Par B. Faujas-Saint-Fond. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez H. J. Jansen, 1797.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 216 and 218 leaves including the half-titles, list of errata at the end of both volumes, and at the end of volume II the Avis au relieur; 7 engraved plates, folded, by various engravers and after various artists, including the author.

Quérard III, 69. Not in De Ricci-Cohen. Brunet 20315. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 289.

Jefferson retained a copy of this book from a consignment sent by Reibelt of Baltimore to him and to the Secretary of State to make their selections. His letter to Reibelt is dated from Washington, December 24, 1804. The book (in two volumes) is included in the list made by Jefferson of books purchased from Reibelt during the year 1804, price $4.00.

Jefferson's copy, in two volumes, was bound for him by John March, on February 15, 1805, in calf, gilt, price $2.00. On March 7 in the same year he had another copy bound, in one volume, price $1.00.

For other works by Faujas de Saint-Fond, 1741-1819, French geologist and traveller, see the Index." "38750","16","","","","The Ambulator.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 11, as above.","","The Ambulator; or, The Stranger's Companion in a Tour round London; Within the Circuit of Twenty-five Miles: describing whatever is remarkable, either for Grandeur, Elegancy, Use, or Curiosity; and comprehending Catalogues of the Pictures by eminent Artists. To which is prefixed, A Concise Description of London, Southwark, and Westminster, shewing their Antiquity, Remarkable Buildings, Extent, &c. &c. &c. Not only of Use to Strangers, but the Inhabitants of this Capital. Collected by a Gentleman for his private Amusement. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. London: Printed for J. Bew, 1782.","","

12mo. 120 leaves. The information is arranged in alphabetical order, beginning with Abbot's Langley, and ending with Wrotham-Park. At the beginning is a Preface (1 leaf) and a Description of London (13 leaves). At the end is a List of Nobility and 5 pages of publisher's advertisement.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Lowndes. Watt IV (under London). Notes and Queries 11th Series, VIII, pages 16, 92, 315.

Jefferson may have bought this guidebook in London on visiting that city in the Spring of 1786. A copy is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the English price 3/6. Jefferson's opinion of London is expressed in a letter to John Page, written on May 4, 1786, shortly after his return to Paris:

. . . the city of London, tho' handsomer than Paris, is not so handsome as Philadelphia. their architecture is in the most wretched stile I ever saw, not meaning to except America where it is bad, nor even Virginia where it is worse than in any other part of America, which I have seen . . .

The Ambulator was first printed in 1774, and reprinted many times. After the second edition the title was changed to The Ambulator: or, a Pocket Companion . . . and other changes occur both in the titles and the text of the various editions. In this edition the preface is unsigned. In later editions it is signed by R. Lobb." "38760","17","","","","Trusler's London adviser.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 12, as above.","Trusler, John.","The London Adviser and Guide: containing every Instruction and Information useful and necessary to Persons living in London, and coming to reside there; in order to enable them to enjoy Security and Tranquillity, and conduct their Domestic Affairs with Prudence and Economy. Together with an Abstract of all those Laws which regard their Protection against the Frauds, Impositions, Insults and Accidents to which they are there liable. By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. Useful also to Foreigners. Note, This Work treats fully of every Thing on the above Subjects that can be thought of. London: Printed for the Author, No. 14, Red Lion-Street, Clerkenwell; and sold by all Booksellers. M,D,LXXXVI. [sic] [1786.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 106 leaves; the leaf before the title has on the recto the Platform of the Royal Exchange, with a woodcut diagram, and on the verso the Multiplication and the Pence and Shilling Table; on the verso of the last leaf is an advertisement of Trusler's Country Lawyer, just published; in the copy examined this was followed by two leaves of Alterations and Errors in the latter work.

Lowndes V, 2715. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 679. Watt II, 917.

This work is entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue. He ordered a copy, specifying the publisher, Baldwin, in a letter to John Stockdale, London, dated from Paris, July 1, 1787. John Trusler, 1735-1820, English divine and medical empiric." "38770","18","","","","Austin's lres from London in 1802.","","3. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 123, as above, but reading Letters.","Austin, William.","Letters from London: written during the Years 1802 & 1803. By William Austin . . . Boston: Printed for W. Pelham, [by S. Etheridge and C. Stebbins] 1804.","DA625 .A938","

First Edition. 8vo. 158 leaves (24 letter alphabet); printers' imprint on the back of the title.

Not in Sabin. Not in Lowndes. Not in Watt. Allibone I, page 83. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 142.

This work consists of a series of letters written by the author during a residence in London, and addressed to a friend in Massachusetts, his own native State. The letters are dated from June 19, 1802, to September 15, 1803. The first letter opens:

I have just arrived in the land of our ancestors, a land not much less strange to me, than were the shores of New England to Standish, Carver, Winslow, and the other adventurers. They were awfully impressed with the grandeur of nature, before she yielded to cultivation: I am apprehensive I shall not be less affected with the excesses to which pride, vanity, and ambition carry those, who, endeavouring to rise above, sink far below the standard of nature . . .

Jefferson, President at the time, is mentioned in two of the letters. In Letter V, August 20, 1802, occurs the passage:

. . . Who supports our constitution? Who supports the administration of our government? Mr. Jefferson? No, no: the strength of the government of the United States is founded only in legitimate strength, in popular sentiment, in popluar affection. We have no personal attachment to our presidents and governors, and ought not to have: we respect them only as constitutional statesmen. Such a government might be a laughing stock in Europe—more shame to Europeans . . .

Letter XV, January 17, 1803 closes with the paragraph: . . . Certainly, no man can contemplate with indifference the chief magistrate of six millions of people, dispari genere, alius, alio more viventes, mixing like a plebian with plebians, and feeling more secure in the midst of his fellow citizens, than if he were guarded with a legion of cavalry. Would not Mr. Jefferson be mortified if Congress should vote him a guard? Would he not say, ''I never feel more secure, than when surrounded with my fellow citizens: have I lost their confidence that personal protection is thought necessary?'' I should love to dwell on this subject, but it might appear invidious.

William Austin, 1778-1841, was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He went to England in 1802 to study law at Lincoln's Inn, and earned his passage by serving as schoolmaster and chaplain on the United States frigate Constitution, which is said to be the first appointment of a navy chaplain by government commission. Austin returned to the United States in 1803." "38780","19","","","","Coxe's Sketches of Switzerland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 126, as above.","Coxe, William.","Sketches of the Natural, Civil, and Political State of Swisserland; in a Series of Letters to William Melmoth, Esq; from William Coxe, M.A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; and Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough . . . The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, M,DCC,LXXX. [1780.]","DQ22 .C78 1780","

8vo. 242 leaves, followed by 8 leaves, numbered and with signature [A] containing a classified catalogue of books printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell.

Lowndes I, 543. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 415.

This book seems to have been purchased in England; it is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4/0.

William Coxe, 1747-1828, English historian and archdeacon of Wiltshire, travelled in Switzerland while acting as tutor to the son of the Earl of Pembroke, to whose mother this work was dedicated from Vienna, June 26, 1778. First printed in 1779, it is written in the form of letters to William Melmoth (1710-1799, English author, and was immediately translated into French. In 1789 the work was enlarged and republished in England with a different title." "38790","20","","","","Voiage en Suisse par Mayer.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 127, as above.","Mayer, Charles Joseph de.","Voyage de M. de Mayer en Suisse, en 1784. Ou Tableau Historique, Civil, Politique et Physique de la Suisse . . . Tome I. [-II.] A Amsterdam, et se trouve a Paris: Chez Leroy, Successeur du Sieur Lottin le jeune, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. each with 184 leaves, publishers' advertisements in Volume I on the verso of the half-title and on the last leaf; list of errata at the end of the second volume.

Quérard V, 656. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 424.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on June 19, 1787, price 7.4. It is entered by him, with this price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Charles Joseph de Mayer, 1751-1825?, French man of letters. The Lettre qui peut tenir lieu de Préface at the beginning of the first volume contains an account and a criticism of the work of William Coxe; see the previous number." "38800","21","","","","Voiage dans les Alpes de Saussure.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 129, as above, but reading Voyage.","Saussure, Horace Bénedict de.","Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve, par Horace-Bénedict De Saussure, Professeur de Philosophie dans l'Académie de Geneve. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. A Neuchatel: chez Samuel Fauche [et a Geneve: chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie] M. DCC. LXXX-MDCCLXXXVI. [1780-1786.]","DQ823 .S245","

4 vol. 8vo. These volumes are a reprint in octavo of the first two volumes of the first edition, printed in Neuchâtel and Geneva in quarto. The third and fourth volumes of the first edition were published in Geneva in 1796.

This edition not in Quérard. Lonchamp, page 302. A copy is in the Bibliothèque Nationale. This edition not in Brunet, and not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Jefferson bought his copy from Froullé in Paris on June 27, 1787, price 18. broché. The book is entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Horace Bénedict de Saussure, 1740-1799, Swiss naturalist, was one of the most eminent scholars of his day. He was professor of philosophy at Geneva, and of natural history for the central schools of France. De Saussure was a member of a number of learned societies in various cities in Europe." "38810","22","","","","Voiage dans le Jura par Lequinio.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 128, as above, but reading Voyage.","Lequinio, José-Marie.","Voyage pittoresque et physico-économique, dans le Jura, par J.-M. Lequinio, Agent Forestier. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Caillot; Desenne; Debray; Henrichs; Fuschs; 15 Frimaire, An IX. [December 6, 1800.]","DC611 .J83L6","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 500 and 254 leaves, engraved map of the Jura by Tardieu in both volumes.

Quérard V, 201. Brunet 20120. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 169.

José-Marie Lequinio, d. 1813, was a member of several legislative assemblies during the French Revolution and was député from Morbihan in the Legislative and at the Convention. He voted for the death of the King, but was an adversary of Robespierre, and, although implacable in bringing his enemies to the scaffold was himself only saved by the amnesty of August 1796. He was eventually appointed Sous-Commissaire des Relations Commerciales at Newport, Rhode Island, where he resided for some years." "38820","23","","","","Description universel de la France par De Hesseln.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 14, as above.","Hesseln, Matthieu Robert de.","Dictionnaire Universel de la France, contenant la Description Géographique & Historique des Provinces, Villes, Bourgs & Lieux remarquables du Royaume; l'Etat de sa Population actuelle, de son Clergé, de ses Troupes, de sa Marine, de ses Finances, de ses Tribunaux, & des autres parties du Gouvernement: Ensemble l'Abrégé de l'Histoire de France, divisée sous les trois races de nos Rois; des Détails circonstanciés sur les Productions du sol, l'Industrie & le Commerce des Habitans; sur les Dignités & les grandes Charges de l'Etat; sur les Offices de Judicature & Emplois Militaires; ainsi que sur ceux de toutes les autres branches de l'Administration. Avec un grand nombre de Tables qui rassemblent, sous un même coup d'œil, les divers districts ou arrondissemens du Gouvernement Ecclésiastique, Civil & Militaire. Par M. Robert de Hesseln, ci-devant Professeur en Langue Allemande & Inspecteur de MM. les Elèves de l'Ecole Royal Militaire. Tome Premier. [-Sixieme.] A Paris, chez Desaint, M. DCC. LXXI. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1771.]","","

First Edition. 6 vol. 8vo. 340, 342, 340, 360, 332 and 326 leaves, each volume with a half-title; the Approbation dated January 16, and the Privilège du Roi March 2, 1771.

Quérard IV, 103.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue, and with the correct title Dictionnaire Universel de la France.

Matthieu Robert de Hesseln, b. 1733, French schoolmaster and author." "38830","24","","","","Description historique de Paris par Piganiol de la Force.","","10. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 16, as above.","Piganiol De La Force, Jean Aimar.","Description historique de la Ville de Paris et de ses Environs. Par feu M. Piganiol de la Force. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée . . . Paris: chez les Librairies Associées [ou chez G. Desprez], 1765.","","

10 vol. 12mo. illustrated with plates; no copy was available for collation. Two issues were published in 1765, one chez les Librairies Associées, the other chez G. Desprez; it is not known which of these was in Jefferson's library.

Quérard VII, 160. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 21.0.

Jean Aimar Piganiol de la Force, 1673-1753, travelled and studied, and wrote his historical and geographical books in the course of his professional duties as tutor to the pages of the Comte de Toulouse. The first edition of this work was published in 1742. In 1765 it was revised and republished with the addition of the Description des Chateaux de Versailles et de Marly, by the Abbé Gabriel Louis Calabre Perau, 1700-1767, or by De Lafont de Saint-Yenne, French author of several books on architecture, painting and other subjects." "38840","25","","","","Almanac du Voiageur a Paris. de 1785.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 23, as above.","Thiéry, Luc Vincent.","Almanach du Voyageur a Paris, contenant une Description Sommaire, mais Exacte de tous les Monuments, Chefs-d'œuvre des Arts, & Objets de curiosité que renferme cette Capitale; Ouvrage utile aux Citoyens, & indispensable pour l'Etranger. Par M. Thiéry. Année 1785 . . . A Paris: chez Hardouin, Gattey, Avec Approbation, & Privilége du Roi. [1785.]","DC729 .T43","

12mo. 240 leaves, a Calendar at the beginning; no copy for the year 1785 was available for collation. Barbier I, III. Quérard IX, 431, and Supercheries III, 754. Tourneux 12028b.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the notation (2. cop.) and the price 2.8.

Luc Vincent Thiéry, b. 1734, French advocate, was a member of several learned societies in Paris, and editor of the Comptes rendus de l'administration des finances over a period of years. The Almanach du Voyageur a Paris appeared annually from 1783 to 1787. It was originally issued anonymously, but with the author's name from 1784 to 1787. The arrangement of the book is alphabetical." "38850","26","","","","Curiosités de Paris par Dulaure.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 24, as above.","Dulaure, Jacques Antoine.","Nouvelle Description des Curiosités de Paris. Contenant les détails Historiques de tous les Establissemens, Monumens, Edifices anciens & nouveaux, les Anecdotes auxquelles ils ont donné lieu, & toutes les productions des Arts, dont Paris est orné; enfin tous les objets d'utilité & d'agrémens qui peuvent intéresser les Etrangers & les Habitans de cette ville. Par J. A. Dulaure. Tome Premier. Premiere Partie. A Paris: chez Lejay, [De l'Imprimerie de Clousier] M. DCC. LXXXV. Avec Approbation et Privilége du Roi. [1785.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 292 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the back of the half-title, Approbation and Privilége du Roi on 2 leaves at the end, printer's imprint at the end. In spite of the Tome Premier. Premiere Partie on the title-page, this book is complete and perfect in one volume, although several of the bibliographies state that it is in 2 volumes. The second edition, 1787, was published in 2 parts, with the words Premiere and Seconde Partie on the titles, but Tome Premier is omitted.

Quérard II, 661. Tourneux 12032.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0.

Jacques Antoine Dulaure, 1755-1835, French archæologist and historian. This book, dedicated by the author to the King of Sweden, at that time in Paris, was attacked by the editors of the Année littéraire, and the publication of the first edition stopped by order of the Keeper of the Seals. The scandal made the success of the book, which subsequently appeared in several editions." "38860","27","","","","Ville de Nismes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 133, as above.","[Maucomble, Jean François Dieudonné de.]","Histoire abrégée de la Ville de Nîmes, avec la Description de ses Antiquités. Premiere Partie [-Seconde Partie, contenant la Description des Antiquités] . . . A Amsterdam, M. DCC. LXVII. [1767.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 2 parts in 1, 85 and 16 leaves including 2 half-titles, 1 full page and 8 folded engraved plates, numbered, before letters, the last signed by Cl. Verdier, delineavit et sculpsit; plate 5 is of the Maison Carrée.

Barbier II, 632. Quérard V, 629.

Entered by Jefferson without price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson visited Nîmes in 1787, but was familiar with the Maison Carrée before that. In a letter to James Madison dated from Paris September 20, 1785, he wrote:

. . . I received this summer a letter from Messrs. Buchanan & Hay as directors of the public buildings desiring I would have drawn for them plans of sundry buildings, & in the first place of a Capitol . . . we took for our model what is called the Maison-quarrée of Nismes, one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful & precious morsel of architecture left us by antiquity. it was built by Caius & Lucius Cæsar & repaired by Louis XIV. and has the suffrage of all the judges of architecture who have seen it, as yeilding to no one of the beautiful monuments of Greece, Rome, Palmyra & Balbec which late travellers have communicated to us. it is very simple, but it is noble beyond expression, and would have done honour to our country as presenting to travellers a morsel of taste in our infancy promising much for our maturer age. I have been much mortified with information which I received two days ago from Virginia that the first brick of the Capitol would be laid within a few days. but surely the delay of this peice of a summer would have been repaid by the savings in the plan preparing here, were we to value it's other superiorities as nothing. but how is a taste in this beautiful art to be formed in our countrymen, unless we avail ourselves of every occasion when public buildings are to be erected, of presenting to them models for their study & imitation? pray try if you can effect the stopping of this work. I have written also to E. R. on the subject . . .

The letter to Edmund Randolph was written on the same day:

. . . I recieved some time ago a letter from Messrs Hay & Buchanan as directors of the publick buildings desiring I would have plans drawn for our public buildings & in the first place for the Capitol. I did not recieve their letter till within a month of the time they had fixed on for receiving the drawings. nevertheless I engaged an excellent architect to comply with their desire. it has taken much time to accomodate the External adopted, to the internal arrangement necessary for the three branches of government. however it is effected, on a plan which with a great deal of beauty & convenience within, unites an external form on the most perfect model of antiquity now existing. this is the Maison quarrée of Nismes built by Caius & Lucius Cæsar & repaired by Louis XIV. which in the opinion of all who have seen it yeilds in beauty to no peice of architecture on earth. the gentlemen inclosed me a plan of which they had thought. the one preparing here will be more convenient, give more room, & cost but two thirds of that: and as a peice of architecture, doing honour to our country, will leave nothing to be desired. the plans will be ready soon. but two days ago I received a letter from Virginia informing me the first brick of the Capitol would be laid within a few days. this mortifies me extremely. the delay of this summer would have been amply repaid by the superiority & æconomy of the plan preparing here. is it impossible to stop the work where it is? you will gain money by losing what is done, and general approbation indeed of occasioning a regret which will endure as long as your building does. how is a taste for a chaste & good style of building to be formed in our countrymen unless we seize all occasions which the erection of public buildings offers, of presenting to them models for their imitation? do, my dear Sir, exert your influence to stay the further progress of the work till you can recieve these plans. you will only lose the price of laying what bricks are already laid, & of taking part of them asunder. they will do again for the inner walls . . .

In his journey from Paris into the southern parts of Franceand of northern Italy in 1787, Jefferson visited Nîmes between the 19th and the 23rd of March, on which day he left for Arles.

On March 20, Jefferson wrote from Nîmes to the Comtesse de Tessé:

Here I am, Madam, gazing whole hours at the Maison quarrée, like a lover at his mistress. the stocking weavers & silk-spinners around it consider me as a hypocondriac Englishman, about to write, with a pistol, the last chapter of his history. this is the second time I have been in love since I left Paris. the first was with a Diana at the Chateau de Laye-Epinaye in Beaujolois. a delicious morsel of sculpture, by M. A. Slodtz. this you will say was in rule, to fall in love with a female beauty, but, with a house! it is out of all precedent. no, madam, it is not without a precedent, in my own history. while in Paris, I was violently smitten with the Hotel de Salm, and used to go to the Thuileries almost daily to look at it . . .

. . . loving, as you do Madam, the precious remains of antiquity, loving architecture, gardening, a warm sun & a clear sky I wonder you have never thought of moving Chaville to Nismes. this, as you know, has not always been deemed impracticable; and therefore the next time a Surintendant des batiments du roi, after the example of M. Colbert, sends persons to Nismes to move the Maison Carrée to Paris, that they may not return empty handed, desire them to bring Chaville with them to replace it . . . [See illustration]

In a letter to Thomas Lee Shippen, at the time touring in Switzerland, dated from Paris, September 29, 1788, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I am sorry you are obliged to abridge your tour. with respect to your route from Milan to London, on which you are pleased to consult me, I would certainly prefer Genoa, thence along the coast to Nice (absolutely by land in defiance of all the persuasions you will be exposed to to go by water) thence to Toulon & Marseilles. there it will depend on your time, whether you will go by Nismes, the Canal of Languedoc (in the post boat) Bordeaux, Paris & Calais, or whether you must come on directly from Marseilles to Paris & Calais. but even in the latter case, make the small deviation to Nismes, to see the most perfect remains of antiquity which exist on earth . . .

In his Memorandums taken on a journey from Paris into the Southern parts of France, and Northern of Italy, in the year 1787, Jefferson recorded his visit to Nîmes under dates March 19 to 23, but made no mention of the Maison Carrée. The entry reads in part:

. . . at Nismes, the earth is full of limestone. they use square yokes as in Dauphiné. the horses are shorn. they are now pruning the olive. a very good tree produces 60. lb of olives, which yield 15. lb of oil: the best quality selling at 12s the lb retail, & 10s. wholesale. the high hills of Languedoc still covered with snow. the horse-chestnut & mulberry are leafing; apple trees & peas blossoming. the first butterfly I have seen. after the vernal equinox they are often 6. or 8. months without any rain. many separate farmhouses, numbers of people in rags, & abundance of beggars. the Miné of wheat, weighing 30. lb costs 4-10s. wheat bread 3s the pound. vin ordinaire, good & of a strong body 2s. or 3s. the bottle. oranges 1s. apeice. they are nearly finishing at Nismes a grist mill worked by a steam engine . . .

Jean François Dieudonné de Maucomble, 1735-1768. The criticism aroused by this book caused the author to abandon his project of writing similarly the histories of other cities of France. The second edition, 1806, was published with the author's name on the title-page." "38870","28","","","","Caractere et moeurs des Anglois et François.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 17, as above.","[Rutledge, James.]","Essai sur le Caractere et les Mœurs des François comparées a celles des Anglois. A Londres, M. DCC. LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 148 leaves including the half-title.

Barbier II, 248. Quérard VIII, 286.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0.

James [or John James] Rutledge, 1743-1794, a publicist of Irish descent, resident in Paris. For another work by him and a note, see no. 2685." "38880","29","","","","L'Espion Chinois.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 19, as above.","[Goudar, Ange.]","L'Espion Chinois: ou, L'Envoye Secret de la Cour de Pekin, pour examiner l'Etat présent de l'Europe. Traduit du Chinois. Tome Premier [-Sixieme]. A Cologne. MDCCLXIV. [?London, 1764.]","CB411 .G6","

First Edition. 6 vol. 8vo., 156, 157, 155, 167, 143 and 143 leaves, engraved portrait frontispieces in Vol. I, II, and III.

Barbier II, 176. Quérard III, 418. Monthly Review, Vol. 31, pages 534-538. Weller II, page 167. Hatin, page 61.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 18.0.

Ange Goudar, 1720-1791, French economist and author. The imprint in this book is fictitious; the Monthly Review states that the book was printed in London, but Weller, in his Die falschen und fingirten Druckorte, gives Holland as the place of printing. The work is in the form of letters between mandarins in Europe and in Pekin." "38890","30","","","","Vie privée des François par Le Grand d'Aussy.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 130, as above.","Legrand d'Aussy, Pierre Jean Baptiste.","Histoire de la Vie privée des Français, depuis l'origine de la Nation jusqu'à nos jours. Par M. Le Grand d'Aussy. Premiere partie . . . Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, &c. rue S. Jacques, M. DCC. LXXXII. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1782.]","DC33 .L51","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 195, 186 and 184 leaves, half-title in each volume, with advertisements of Eugene Onfroy of Paris and Dufour of Maestricht on the back, list of errata in all volumes.

Quérard V, 109 (with date 1783).

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand D'Aussy, 1737-1800, was curator of manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale." "38900","31","","","","Tableau de Paris de Mercier.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 18, as above.","[Mercier, Louis Sebastien.]","Tableau de Paris. Nouvelle édition corrigée & augmentée . . . Tome I. [-VI.] A Amsterdam, 1782-3.","","

6 vol. 8vo., a different motto and woodcut vignette on each title.

Barbier IV, 636. Quérard VI, 58. Tourneux 20036a. Lacombe 304.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue (again as 6 vol. 12mo.) with the price, 18-0.

In a letter to James Madison, dated from Paris, August 2, 1787, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I put among the books sent you, two somewhat voluminous, & the object of which will need explanation; these are the Tableau de Paris & L'espion Anglois. the former is truly a picture of private manners in Paris, but presented on the dark side & a little darkened moreover. but there is so much truth in it's ground work that it will be well worth your reading. you will then know Paris (& probably the other large cities of Europe) as well as if you had been here years . . .

Louis Sebastien Mercier, 1740-1814, French man of letters. The first edition of the Tableau de Paris was published in 1781 in two volumes. The second edition was in twelve volumes, of which Jefferson had only volumes one to six. After he had declared himself to be the author of the work Mercier was compelled to take refuge in Switzerland. For other works by him in this collection, see the Index." "38910","32","","","","L'espion Anglois.","","10. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 20, as above.","[Pidansat de Mairobert, Matthieu François.]","L'Espion Anglois, ou Correspondance Secrete entre Milord All'eye et Milord All'ear . . . Tome Premier [-Dixieme]. A Londres: Chez John Adamson, M. DCC. LXXVII-M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1777-1786.]","D289 .M2","

10 vol. 12mo. I, 237 leaves including the last blank; II 200 leaves; III, 244 leaves; IV, 230 leaves, V, 197 leaves, folded table; VI, 204 leaves, VII, 144 leaves; VIII, 252 leaves; IX, 246 leaves; X, 209 leaves; the last three volumes have on the title-page: Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée & considerablement augmentée.

Barbier II, 175. Quérard VII, 151. Hatin, page 66.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on June 27, 1787, 10 volumes, price 10. broché.

The book is entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Jefferson sent a copy of this work to James Madison at the same time he sent the Tableau de Paris above. With regard to the Espion Anglois, in the letter of August 2, 1787, quoted above, he wrote:

. . . L'Espion Anglois is no Caricature. it will give you a just idea of the wheels by which the machine of government is worked here. there are in it also many interesting details of the last war, which in general may be relied on. it may be considered as the small history of great events. I am in hopes when you shall have read them you will not think I have mis-spent your money for them. my method for making out this assortment was to revise the list of my own purchases since the invoice of 1785. and to select such as I had found worth your having. besides this I have casually met with & purchased, some few curious & cheap things . . .

Matthieu François Pidansat de Mairobert, 1727-1779, was the author of the first four volumes only of this work, originally published with the title L'Observateur Anglois, in 1777 and 1778. In the following year, 1779, Pidansat de Mairobert committed suicide, after his supposed complicity in the affairs of the Marquis de Brunoy. Pidansat de Mairobert was secretary to the King, and censeur royal. Hatin's note reads: Les 6 derniers volumes, auxquels Mairobert est étranger, ne contiennent que des extraits des Mémoires secrets. [q.v. no. 3894]." "38920","33","","","","Les entretiens de l'autre monde.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 21, as above.","","Les Entretiens de l'Autre Monde sur ce qui se passe dans celui-ci; ou Dialogues Grotesques et Pittoresques entre Feu Louis XV, Feu le Prince de Conti, Feu M. Turgot, Feu l'Abbé Terray, Feu M. de Clugny, Feu le Comte de Muy, Feu le Comte de St. Germain, Feu le Duc de la Vrilliere, Feu le Comte de Maurepas, et autres Personnages. Londres [i.e. Hollande], M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 206 leaves including the half-title (on which the word Autre is written Aurte.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Weller II, page 223.

Jefferson's copy was bound in 2 volumes, and it is so entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.0.

For an account of this work see the Mémoires secrets pour servir a l'Histoire de la République des Lettres en France [no. 3894] Vol. 25, page 285. One of the sourcebooks used by the anonymous compiler was L'Espion Anglois [q.v. no. 3891]." "38930","34","","","","L'espion du boulevard du temple.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 131, as above.","[Mayeur de Saint-Paul, François Marie.]","Le Chroniqueur Désœuvré, ou L'Espion du Boulevard du Temple, contenant les annales scandaleuses & véridiques des Directeurs, Acteurs & Saltinbanques du Boulevard, avec un résumé de leur vie & moeurs par ordre chronologique . . . Deuxieme édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur d'un ouvrage qui paraîtra incessamment sur les grands spectacles. Londres: 1782.","PN2636 .P3M4","

8vo. 88 leaves; in prose, interspersed with verse.

Quérard V, 659.

Entered by Jefferson, with the same title, L'espion du boulevard du temple. 8vo. in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.0.

François Marie Mayeur de Saint-Paul, 1758-1818, French actor, author and theater director. He came to the United States in 1789 to play in comedy but returned to France very shortly." "38940","35","","","","Memoires secrets d'un Observateur en France.","","tome 22 to 30. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 22, as above, but reading tome 22me. au 30me. 12mo 9 v.","[Moufle D'Angerville.]","Mémoires Secrets pour servir a l'Histoire de la République des Lettres en France, depuis MDCCLXII jusqu'a nos jours; ou Journal d'un Observateur, contenant les Analyses des Pieces de Théâtre qui ont paru durant cet Intervalle; les Relations des Assemblées Littéraires; les Notices des Livres nouveaux, clandestins, prohibés; les Pieces fugitives, rares ou manuscrites, en prose ou en vers; les Vaude-villes sur la Cour; les Anecdotes & Bon Mots; les Eloges des Savans, des Artistes, des Hommes de Lettres morts, &c. &c. &c. Tome Vingt-Deuxieme [-Trentieme] . . . A Londres: chez John Adamson, MDCCLXXXIII-MDCCLXXXVI. [1783-86.]","PQ273 .B3","

First Edition. 9 vol. 12mo, the number of leaves varying from 148 to 192.

Barbier III, 253. Hatin, page 66.

The complete set of the Mémoires Secrets contains 36 volumes in duodecimo, embracing the years 1762 to 1787, but published from 1777 to 1789. It was started by L. Petit de Bachaumont, and after his death in 1771 continued until 1779 by Pidansat de Mairobert [q. v.]. The nine volumes in Jefferson's library were all edited by Moufle d'Angerville.

There are numerous references to the United States and its affairs throughout these volumes. Jefferson, who arrived in Paris in August 1784, is not mentioned, though there are a number of references to Benjamin Franklin, and a few to George Washington.

In volume 29, pages 86 and 87, is the epitaph in Latin to the Abbé de Mably written by Jefferson in his copy of the Principes de Morale [no. 2401].

An account of a large number of the books purchased by Jefferson at this period is to be found in these volumes. For a full description of the work, see Hatin as above.

For another work by Moufle D'Angerville (d. 1794), see no. 207." "38950","36","","","","Fragmens sur Paris par Meyer.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 132, as above.","Meyer, Friedrich Johann Lorenz.","Fragments sur Paris, par Frederic Jean Laurent Meyer, Docteur en Droit à Hambourg. Traduits de l'Allemand, par le Général Dumouriez. Tome Premier. [-Second.] Hambourg, 1798.","DC731 .M62","

First Edition of this Translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 150 and 154 leaves including first and last blanks. The Preface du Traducteur, signed by Dumouriez, is dated 26 Décembre, 1797.

Quérard VI, 102.

This may be the book by Meyer referred to by Jefferson in his letter to N. G. Dufief, dated from Washington January 9, 1800, particularly as he mentions a work by Dumouriez in the same letter:

I am much obliged to you for thinking of me when you got the copies of Rabault & Meyer, and I now inclose you John Barne's check on the bank of the US. for four dollars, the sum noted. should you possess Dumourier's account of his campaigns, Carnot's or Madame Roland's books, I will thank you for them . . .

Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer, 1760-1844, German man of letters, travelled in France (and in Switzerland and Italy) in 1782. The original German edition of this work was published in Hamburg earlier in the same year. For General Dumouriez, and Jefferson's opinion of him see no. 233." "38960","37","","","","Introduccion a la historia natural, y a la geographia fisica de España. por Guillermo Bowles.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 134, as above, but omitting Guillermo.","Bowles, William.","Introduccion a la Historia Natural, y á la Geografía Física de España, por D. Guillermo Bowles. Segunda edicion, corregida. Con Superior Permiso. En Madrid: En la Imprenta Real. Ano de 1782.","","

4to. 322 leaves.

Palau 34228. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 294.

Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 10.5.

William Bowles, 1705-1780, was Irish by birth, but spent the greater part of bis life in Spain, where he held the appointment of superintendant of the state mines, and was requested to form a natural history collection and to fit up a chemical laboratory. This work was first published in 1775.

José Nicolas de Azara Y Perera, Marqués de Nibbiano, 1730-1804, was the editor of the second edition." "38970","38","","","","Dalrymple's travels thro Spain & Portugal.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 236, as above.","Dalrymple, William.","Travels through Spain and Portugal, in 1774; with a short Account of the Spanish Expedition against Algiers, in 1775: By Major William Dalrymple . . . London: Printed for J. Almon, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777.]","DP34 .D15","

First Edition. 4to. 96 leaves, engraved folded map as frontispiece, list of errata at the end of the Preface; A Short Account of the Spanish Expedition against Algiers, in 1775 occupies 6 leaves at the end, with caption title. Lowndes II, 583. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 746.

Foulché-Delbosc 170 B. Brunet 20141. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 381.

Jefferson's copy was purchased for him by Thomas Barclay in 1786, price 12 (livres).

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

William Dalrymple, fl. 1777. This book is in the form of letters dated from various cities in Spain and Portugal, the first from Cordova, June 29th, 1774, and the last (the account of the Spanish expedition against Algiers) from Gibraltar, Oct. 1, 1775. According to Foulché-Delbosc, this is not the first edition, but was preceded by a Dublin edition in the same year, 12mo." "38980","39","","","","Voiage de Figaro en Espagne.","","18s","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 25, as above, but reading 16s.","Fleuriot, Jean Marie Jérôme, dit Marquis de Langle.","Voyage de Figaro, en Espagne. Saint-Malo, 1784.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 151 leaves; no copy was available for collation.

Quérard III, 133. Foulché-Delbosc, no. 188 A. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 468.

The first two editions only of this work have the title Voyage de Figaro en Espagne, as called for by Jefferson, the first printed in Saint-Malo in 1784 in duodecimo, and the second in Seville in 1785 in octavo. Subsequent editions were printed in two volumes and with the author's name on the title-page: Voyage en Espagne, par M. le Marquis de Langle. The title quoted by Jefferson (and entered similarly in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the non-existent format 18s, and with the price 2.8) makes it clear that he must have had the smaller of the two editions so titled, that is to say the first edition, in 12mo.

Jefferson's entry is repeated in the Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831. The later catalogues which distinguish Jefferson copies assign an edition to him of Paris, 1785 (Premiere Partie, 16s.) with the Marquis de Langle's name on the title-page, not that of Figaro. According to Foulché-Delbosc, op. cit., the first edition with a Paris imprint appeared in 1796.

There is the possibility that Jefferson had changed the entry in the manuscript catalogue used for the sale of the books to Congress, but this seems unlikely as the Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 repeat the title as entered by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogues.

The author of this work, whose name is variously given as Jean Marie Jérôme Fleuriot or Jérôme Charlemagne Fleuriau, in both cases dit le Marquis de Langle, was born in 1749 and died in 1807. The first edition was ordered to be burned by an arrêt of the parlement of February 26, 1788. According to the bibliographers the sixth edition, published in Paris by Perlet, Lebour in 1803, with the title Voyage en Espagne, par L. M. de Langle, was the only one acknowledged by the author. The book was reprinted many times and translated into several languages." "38990","40","","","","Voiage en Espagne de Bourgoyne","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 135, as above.","[Bourgoing, Jean François, Baron de.]","Nouveau Voyage en Espagne, ou Tableau de l'état Actuel de cette Monarchie . . . Avec une Carte enluminée, des Plans & des Figures en taille-douce. Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez Regnault [de l'Imprimerie de Cl. Simon] M. DCC. LXXXIX. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1789.]","DP34 .B77","

First Edition, second issue. 3 vol. 8vo. 188, 194 and 206 leaves, the last a blank, folded engraved plates in vol. I and III. On the back of the title of vol. I is the Avis au Relieur, pour placer les Planches, 3 lists of Fautes à corriger, printer's imprint at the end of the last volume.

Barbier III, 525. Quérard I, 472. Foulché-Delbosc, page 137, no. 189 B. Boucher de la Richarderie III, 416.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on June 13, 1789, price 12.0.

Before acquiring his copy Jefferson had mentioned his interest in it in an undated letter to William Short:

Th: Jefferson in writing to m[???] Short forgot to mention that the present occasion by m[???] Blake will be a happy one to receive from him the Letters of Fernand Cortez published by the Archbishop of Mexico (afterwards Toledo) as mentioned in 3d Borgoyne's travels 303. which he so much wishes to get. if m[???] Short will send it by m[???] Blake & note the price it shall be added to the first investment to be made by his broker here. better to send it unbound.

The copy in the Library of Congress has the number 135 written on the half-title of the first volume, which number corresponds with Jefferson's shelf list and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue. Other marks of provenance make it seem unlikely that this was Jefferson's copy, though it is interesting that the leaf to which he referred in his letter to William Short has been torn and mended.

Baron Jean François de Bourgoing, 1748-1811, French author and diplomat, spent some years in Madrid as chargé d'affaires and as minister plenipotentiary from France. In the first issue of the first edition of the Nouveau Voyage en Espagne the date in the imprint is 1788.

Jefferson was acquainted with Bourgoing. In a letter to Peter S. DuPonceau, dated from Monticello, November 6, 1817, he wrote:

. . . While I resided in Paris I learnd. that a company of capitalists was formed there, to associate with others in Spain to undertake a navigable passage thro' the Isthmus of Darien, and that for this purpose they had presented a memorial to the Spanish government. the subject being interesting, I availed myself of my acquaintance with the Chevalier Bourgoyne, (author of the Travels in Spain) then resident at Madrid as Chargé des affaires for France, to endeavor to get a copy of the Memorial. he procured and sent me that which I now inclose . . . should any early use be made of it, I beg that the Chevalier Bourgoyne's name may be suppressed, if he be still living. of that fact I am uninformed . . ." "39000","41","","","","Voiage en Portugal par Link.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 136, as above.","Link, Heinrich Friedrich.","Voyage en Portugal, depuis 1797 jusqu'en 1799. Par M. Link, Membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. Suivi d'un Essai sur le Commerce du Portugal, Traduit de l'Allemand. Tome Premier [-Second.] A Paris: chez Levrault, Schoell et Cgnie, An XII.-1803.","DP524 .L75 1803","

First Edition of this Translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 224 and 202 leaves, publishers' announcement on the back of both half-titles; on 08 in the second volume is the half-title for Essai Politique sur le Commerce du Portugal et celui de ses Colonies, par Joze Joaquim da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho, Evêque de Fernambouc, et membre de l'Académié royale des Sciences de Lisbonne. Traduit du Portugais, in three parts, each with a half-title.

Quérard V, 319. Graesse IV, 215. Foulché-Delbosc 215 C. Not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Jefferson's copy was one of a number of books purchased by him from Reibelt of Baltimore in December, 1804, retained for his own use from a quantity sent on approval to the Secretary of State, as explained by Jefferson in a letter to Reibelt dated from Washington on December 24th. The price was $2.25. The title later appears on the list made by Jefferson of books purchased during the year 1804. Jefferson had the copy bound by John March of Georgetown on February 15, 1805, in calf, gilt, price $2.00.

Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851, German botanist, was for a time professor of botany at Breslau, and later succeeded Willdenow at Berlin. In 1797 he accompanied Count Hoffmansegg to Portugal and wrote an account of his travels, published in Kiel, the first volume in 1799, and the third and last in 1804. A translation into English appeared in 1801.

José Joaquim da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho, 1742-1821. For an account of him and his work on the commerce of Portugal and of her colonies, see Silva, Diccionario Bibliográfico Portuguez, IV, 384, and the Monthly Review for August, 1803, page 425." "39010","42","","","","Voiage d'Italie de Misson.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 28, as above.","Misson, François Maximilien.","Voyage d'Italie.","","

From the information given by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue (repeated in the catalogue of 1831), it is not possible to determine which edition of this work was sold to Congress by Jefferson. The entry is omitted from the later Library of Congress catalogues. Neither Jefferson nor the 1815 Catalogue calls for an edition in more than one volume, though no edition in one volume seems to have been published.

The first edition was published in two volumes at La Haye in 1691. In this edition, and all editions before that of 1722 (as well as in some editions after that date), the title began with the word ''Nouveau'' (Nouveau Voyage d'Italie . . .) and the name of the author is not on the title-page, but is to be found at the end of the dedicatory epistle. The editions after the first were in four volumes.

The first edition with the title Voyage d'Italie, and with the author's name on the title-page, as called for by Jefferson (and which is considered the best edition), was published in Utrecht in 1722, 4 vol. 12mo:

Voyage d'Italie de Monsieur Misson, avec un Mémoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le même voyage. Cinquieme Edition, plus ample & plus correcte que les précédentes, enrichie de nouvelles Figures et Augmentée d'un quatrieme volume traduit de l'Anglois, & contenant les Remarques que Monsieur Addisson a faites dans son Voyage d'Italie. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme.] A Utrecht: chez Guillaume vande Water et Jaques van Poolsum. MDCCXXII.

These volumes have numerous engraved plates, and the engraved frontispiece (made for this edition) has the title Nouveau Voyage d'Italie.

Barbier III, 524. Quérard VI, 164. Haag VII, 427. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 480.

Jefferson's copy of this work (apparently one volume only) was bound by John March in calf, gilt, price $1.00, in October 1804.

In the preface to his Remarks on Several Parts of Italy [q.v. no. 3907] Joseph Addison gives an account of the various writers on Italy including Misson: ''Monsieur Misson has wrote a more correct Account of Italy in general than any before him, as he particularly excells in the Plan of the Country, which he has given us in true and lively Colours . . .''

François Maximilien Misson, 1650?-1722, was born in France, but had to leave after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and settled in England. He travelled in Holland, Germany and Italy (the Grand Tour) in 1687 and 1688, as tutor to Charles Butler, the grandson of the Duke of Ormonde (afterwards the Earl of Arran), and dedicated this book to him. The first edition in English appeared in London in 1695." "39020","43","","","","Burnet's travels.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 30, as above.","Burnet, Gilbert.","Bishop Burnet's Travels through France, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland: Describing their Religion, Learning, Government, Customs, Natural History, Trade, &c. And illustrated with curious observations on the Buildings, Paintings, Antiquities, and other curiosities in Art and Nature. With a detection of the frauds and folly of Popery and Superstition in some flagrant instances, also characters of several eminent persons, and many other memorable things worthy the attention of the curious. Written by the Bishop to the Hon. Robert Boyle. To which is added, an Appendix, containing remarks on Switzerland and Italy, by a person of Quality, and communicated to the Author. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran, for Thomas Glas Bookseller in Dundee, MDCCLII. [1752.]","","

18mo. 142 leaves, including the last blank; the last letter to the Hon. Robert Boyle, dated from Nimeguen May 20, 1686, ends on X2 recto (page 243) and is followed by the Appendix, beginning on the verso of the same leaf.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, Bishop of Salisbury, was born in Edinburgh. His travels abroad were undertaken after the accession of King James II, in 1685, and he was a witness of the outburst of cruelty which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His account of his travels was first published in 1687, and was primarily directed to the exposure of popery and tyranny. For other works by Burnet, see the Index." "39030","44","","","","Randolph's account of the Morea & Archipelago.","","4to. in 1687.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 239, as above, but reading in 1687, 4to.","Randolph, Bernard.","The Present State of the Morea, called Anciently Peloponnesus: Together with a Description of the City of Athens, Islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo. With the Maps of Morea and Greece, and several Cities. Also a true Prospect of the Grand Serraglio, or Imperial Palace of Constantinople, as it appears from Galata: Curiously Engraved on Copper Plates. By Bernard Randolph. The Third Edition. London: Printed, sold by Will. Notts; Tho. Basset; and Thomas Bennet, M DC LXXX IX. [1689.]","DF721 .R18","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 14 and 60 leaves, engraved folded plates. The second part has separate signatures and pagination, and was not reprinted for this edition. The title reads: The Present State of the Islands in the Archipelago, (or Arches) Sea of Constantinople, and Gulph of Smyrna; With the Islands of Candia, and Rhodes. Faithfully Describ'd by Ber. Randolph. To which is Annexed an Index, Shewing the Longitude and Latitude of all the Places in the New Map of Greece Lately Published by the same Author. Printed at the Theater in Oxford, 1687. On page 98 in the second part begins: A Relation of a Storm and great Deliverance at Sea, in a Voyage from New England.

Lowndes IV, 2045. Hazlitt IV, 324 (the first part only). Arber, Term Catalogues, II, 274, no. 13. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. STC R228.

Bernard Randolph, 1643-1690?, English writer on Greece, was for a number of years engaged in commerce in the places about which he wrote. In 1683 he accompanied his brother Edward, a colonial official, to Massachusetts, but returned to England, and subsequently published his books. The first edition of The Present State of the Morea appeared in 1686." "39040","45","","","","Voiages de Spon et Wheeler.","","2. vol[???]. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 35, as above.","Spon, Jacques.","Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant, fait aux années 1675. & 1676. Par Jacob Spon Docteur Medecin Aggregé à Lyon, et George Wheler Gentilhomme Anglois. Tome I. [-II] A Amsterdam: chez Henry & Theodore Boom, cI[???]I[???]cLxxix. [1679.]","D972 .S77 1679","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 240 leaves, Vol. II, 252 leaves, engraved title in Vol. I, engraved portrait of Jacob Spon, numerous engravings in both volumes, folded, full and double page, with plates of maps, architecture, numismatics, etc., 1 full page woodcut.

This edition not in Quérard. Ebert 21629. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 191.Jef

ferson referred to this work in his notes on the decoration of Monticello, made in 1779: The manner of shingling from the Lanthern of Demosthenes 2 Spon's voiages, pa. 132. See Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect, page 133.

Jacques Spon, 1647-1685, French doctor, archaeologist and antiquary, is famous as a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of antiquity. His first edition of his account of his archaeological travels with Sir George Wheler was published in 1677.

Sir George Wheler, 1650-1723, English antiquary and traveller, published his account of the same expedition in 1682." "39050","46","","","","Sandy's travels into Italy, Greece, Turkey, the holy land & Egypt","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 266, as above.","Sandys, George.","Sandys Travels, containing an History of the Original and present State of the Turkish Empire: Their Laws, Government, Policy, Military Force, Courts of Justice, and Commerce. The Mahometan Religion and Ceremonies: A Description of Constantinople, the Grand Signior's Seraglio, and his manner of living: also, of Greece, With the Religion and Customs of the Grecians. Of ægypt; the Antiquity, Hieroglyphicks, Rites, Customs, Discipline, and Religion of the ægyptians. A Voyage on the River Nylus: Of Armenia, Grand Cairo, Rhodes, the Pyramides, Colossus; The former flourishing and present State of Alexandria. A Description of the Holy-Land; of the Jews, and several Sects of Christians living there; of Jerusalem, Sepulchre of Christ, Temple of Solomon; and what else either of Antiquity, or worth observation. Lastly, Italy described, and the Islands adjoining; as Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicilia, the æolian Islands; Of Rome, Venice, Naples, Syracusa, Mesena, ætna, Scylla, and Charybdis; and other places of Note. Illustrated with Fifty Graven Maps and Figures. The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for John Williams Junior, at the Crown in Little-Britain, 1673.","","

Folio. 122 leaves, 1 folded engraved map of part of Africa, numerous engravings in the letterpress.

Lowndes IV, 2189. Hazlitt IV, 340. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 53. STC S680.

George Sandys, 1578-1644, English poet, left England in 1610 for a foreign tour, and published the account of his travels in 1615, dedicated to Prince Charles. The work was reprinted a number of times, and portions included by Purchas in his Pilgrims, and by John Harris in his Navigantium et Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Sandys was one of the undertakers named in the third Virginia charter of 1611, and in 1621 was appointed treasurer of the Virginia Company. He owned a plantation in Virginia, but eventually returned to England." "39060","47","","","","Voiage d'un Amateur des arts.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 26, as above, but reading Ametuer.","La R[oque], de.","Voyage d'un Amateur des Arts, en Flandre, dans les Pays-Bas, en Hollande, en France, en Savoye, en Italic, en Suisse, fait dans les Années 1775-76-77-78 . . . Par M. de la R***, écuy., ancien Capit. d'Infe. au Service de France, &c. Tome Premier [-Quatrième.] A Amsterdam, M. DCC. LXXXIII. [1783.]","D917 .L4","

4 vol. 12mo. 202, 232, 172 and 120 leaves, half-title and errata list in each volume, in the last volume a folded leaf inserted, with a Table of distances.

Barbier IV, 1065. Not in Quérard.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 15. + rel.

In the Introduction the author gives an account of various books of travel in Italy, including those of Misson, Addison and Lalande, q.v. Barbier has a note: Ce Voyage a été revu et corrigé par Fabri, bourgmestre de Liége. Nothing seems to be known about the author except his own statement on the title-page: écuy., ancien Capit. d'Infe. au Service de France, &c." "39070","48","","","","Guide pour le voyage d'Italie en poste.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 27, as above, but reading Voiage.","","Guide pour le Voyage d'Italie en Poste. Nouvelle Edition, avec les changemens dans les Postes, et augmentée des Routes des etats de Terre Ferme de S. M. le Roy de Sardaigne. Et les regles à observer pour le passage du Montcenis. Turin, 1786.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition was available for collation; no copy is listed in the National Union Catalog; the above title was taken from later editions printed in Genoa. All these had an additional title in Italian: Guida per il Viaggia d'Italia in posta . . . the French and Italian texts in parallel columns or on opposite pages, and illustrated with maps.

Not in Barbier. Not in Melzi. Not in Passano. Not in Quérard. Not in Brunet.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Jefferson visited Italy in 1787 and wrote his impressions of the country in his Memorandums taken on a journey from Paris into the Southern parts of France, and Northern of Italy, in the year 1787, upwards of 40 pages in his handwriting, of which one is devoted to a recipe for making the best Italian ''maccaroni,'' with a pen and ink illustration, drawn to scale, of the box in which it is made.

Jefferson's impressions of Turin, where this guide was published, are dated April 17 and 18:

. . . the first nightingale I have heard this year is to day, (18th.) there is a red wine of Nebiule made in this neighborhood which is very singular. it is about as sweet as the silky Madeira, as astringent on the palate as Bordeaux, & as brisk as Champagne. it is a pleasing wine. at Moncaglieri, about 6 miles from Turin, on the right side the Po begins a ridge of mountains, which following the Po by Turin, after some distance, spreads wide & forms the dutchy of Montferrat. the soil is mostly red & in vines, affording a wine called Montferrat, which is thick & strong . . .

After his return to Paris in July, Jefferson's letters to various correspondents contain accounts of northern Italy and his impressions of the country and the people." "39080","49","","","","Addison's remarks on several parts of Italy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 29, as above.","Addison, Joseph.","Remarks on several Parts of Italy, &c. In the Years, 1701, 1702, 1703. By the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; . . . London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, M DCC XLV. [1745.]","","

12mo. 156 leaves, publishers' advertisement on the back of the title; woodcut illustrations.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Watt, and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Jefferson appears to have obtained his copy from Lackington in London, but the entry in his undated manuscript catalogue has a price in French money, 2f8. In a letter to John Trumbull, at the time in London, written from Paris on May 18, 1788, Jefferson requested him to perform a number of commissions, including the purchase of books from Lackington's last catalogue; in this list Addison's travels in Italy was no. 1487, price two shillings.

Trumbull acknowledged the receipt of the letter on May 23, and promised to send the books.

In September of the same year Jefferson purchased a copy of Addison's Travels for William Short. The last paragraph of a letter to Jefferson written by John Trumbull on September 2nd, reads:

. . . By Mr Barlow who goes tomorrow or next day to Paris, I shall send Lackington's newest Catalogue. & two tours thro' Italy. (Addison's & a late one)—they cost 4/ & 4/6.—I thought the new one usefull. from its giving some Idea of the money. distances. expences &c. &c.—if Mr Short thinks otherwise. He will keep Addison & return me the other by Barlow or Parker. I wish him a pleasant Tour.

Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist, poet and statesman, travelled in Italy and other parts of Europe in order to fit himself for diplomatic employments. The Remarks on several parts of Italy is dedicated to Lord Somers, and was first published in 1705." "39090","50","","","","Voiage en Italie de M. de la Lande.","","10 v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 31, Voiage en Italie de M. de la Lande, 9 v 12mo.","Lalande, Joseph Jerome Le Français de.","Voyage en Italie, contenant l'Histoire & les Anecdotes les plus singulieres de l'Italie, & sa description; les Usages, le Gouvernement, le Commerce, la Littérature, les Arts, l'Histoire Naturelle, & les Antiquités; avec des jugemens sur les Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture & Architecture, & les Plans de toutes les grandes villes d'Italie. Par M. de La Lande. Seconde Edition corrigée & augmentée. Tome Premier [-Neuvieme]. A Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint [J. Ch. Desaint, imprimeur] M. DCC. LXXXVI. Avec Approbation, & Privilège du Roi. [1786.]","DG424 .L19","

9 vol. 12mo. 312, 324, 304, 314, 310, 308, 304, 304 and 312 leaves, including half-titles and blanks, the imprint of J. Ch. Desaint at the end of several volumes, in the last volume with the date, 25 Fevrier 1786. Jefferson seems not to have had the Atlas of plates which was issued with this edition; his manuscript catalogue calls for 10 volumes 12mo; the work is complete in 9 volumes 12mo, and an atlas of plates in quarto.

Quérard IV, 457. Brunet 20172. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Jefferson bought a copy of this edition (without the Atlas of plates) from Froullé on June 13, 1789, price 36.0.

For a note on Lalande, see no. 3796 above. This work, originally published in 1769, is a valuable record of the author's travels in 1765 and 1766." "39100","51","","","","Description de Genes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 33, as above.","[Brusco, Giacomo.]","Description des Beautés de Genes et de ses Environs, Ornée de differentes Vues, de tailles douce, et de la Carte Topographique de la Ville. A Genes MDCCLXXXI chez Yves Gravier Libraire sous la Loge des Banqui. [1781.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 73 leaves, including the engraved title-page with the arms of the city by Guidotti, large folded engraved plan as frontispiece, from the Italian edition, Misurata a passi Geometrici da Giacomo Brusco Ingegnere Auct. 1766, full-page and folded engraved plates, some signed by Guidotti, folded printed leaf headed Genuæ. in Area Tabula, super Controversiis Agrariis Genuensium, et Veituriorum.

Not in Barbier. Not in Quérard. Manno 23830 (anon.)

Entered by Jefferson, without price, on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson visited Genoa on April 26, 1787, and wrote of it in his memoranda of his journey at that time into the Southern parts of France and Northern Italy:

. . . strawberries at Genoa. scaffold poles for the upper parts of a wall, as for the 3d story, rest on the window sills of the story below. slate is used here for paving, for steps, for stairs (the rise as well as tread) & for fixed Venetian blinds. at the Palazzo Marcello Durazzo benches with strait legs, & bottoms of cane. at the Palazzo del prencipe Lomellino at Sestri a phaeton with a conopy. at the former, tables folding into one plane. at Nervi they have peas, strawberries, &c. all the year round. the gardens of the Count Durazzo at Nervi exhibit as rich a mixture of the Utile dulci as I ever saw. all the environs of Genoa are in olives, figs, oranges, mulberries, corn & garden stuff. aloes in many places, but they never flower . . .

Little seems to be known concerning the author, Giacomo Brusco, whose name was obtained from the legend in the frontispiece as quoted above, beyond the information there given that he was an engineer. The first edition was printed in 1773." "39110","52","","","","Nuova guida di Milano.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 32, as above.","[Bianconi, Carlo.]","Nuova Guida di Milano per gli Amanti delle Belle Artie delle Sacre, e Profane Antichita' Milanesi . . . In Milano, MDCCLXXXVII. Nella Stamperia Sirtori. Con Privilegio. [1787.]","","

12mo. 230 leaves, folded engraved plate. List of errors and corrections at the end.

Melzi II, 256. This edition not in Predari.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson visited Milan on April 21 and 22, 1787, and thus described it in his memoranda of that journey through the south of France and the north of Italy:

Figs & pomegranates grow here unsheltered, as I am told. I saw none, & therefore suppose them rare. they had formerly olives, but a great cold in 1709. killed them, & they have not been replanted.—among a great many houses painted al fresco, the Casa Roma & Casa Candiani by Appiani, & casa Belgioiosa by Martin are superior. in the second is a small cabinet, the cieling of which is in small hexagons, within which are Cameos & heads painted alternately, no two the same. the salon of the casa Belgioiosa is superior to any thing I have seen. the mixture called Scaiola, of which they make their walls & floors, is so like the finest marble as to be scarcely distinguishable from it.—the nights of the 20. & 21st. inst. the rice ponds freezed half an inch thick. drowths of 2. or 3. months are not uncommon here in summer. about 5. years ago there was such a hail as to kill cats.—the Count del Verme tells me of a pendulum Odometer for the wheel of a carriage.—leases here are mostly for 9. years. wheat costs a Louis d'or the 140. lb. a labouring man receives 60. & is fed & lodged. the trade of this country is principally rice, raw silk, & cheese . . .

Carlo Bianconi, fl. 1784, secretary of the Accademia delle Belle Arti, published the first edition of this work in 1784." "39120","53","","","","Voyage de Terracine a Naples par Bayard.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 34, as above.","Bayard, Ferdinand Marie.","Voyage de Terracine a Naples, par Ferdinand Bayard, Ancien Capitaine d'Artillerie, Membre de la Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, et de l'Athénée des Arts de Paris, Auteur du Voyage dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis, &c. A Paris: chez Prault, et Levrault, frères. An XI de la République. [1803].","DG843 .B35","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 87 leaves. Pages 136 to 143 contain a description of the Volcans d'Amérique qui sont encore allumés.

Quérard I, 229. Not in Boucher de la Richarderie. This book was one selected by Jefferson from a consignment sent by Reibelt from Baltimore in January 1805, and included in the list of his selections sent to Reibelt on January 23. The price was 48 cents, and the book is included in the list of books with their prices made by Jefferson and included with his draft on the U. S. Bank, sent to Reibelt on March 7. The entry appears on various lists made by Jefferson of his purchases from Reibelt. The copy was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt by John March in March 1805, price 75 cents.

Ferdinand Marie Bayard, born in Normandy in 1763, was a member of the Society of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Paris. He was the author also of a Voyage dans l'interieur des Etats-Unis." "39130","54","","","","Viaggio in Dalmazia dell' Abate Fortis","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 238, as above.","Fortis, Alberto, Abate.","Viaggio in Dalmazia dell'Abate Alberto Fortis . . . Volume Primo. [-Iter Buda Hadrianopolim Anno MDLIII Exaratum ab Antonio Verantio . . . -Volume Secondo.] In Venezia: Presso Alvise Milocco, all'Apolline. MDCCLXXIV. [1774.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 2 vol. in 1, in 3 parts, 94, 24, and 105 leaves, half-title to volume I. Colophon on the verso of the last leaf of Iter Buda Hadrianopolim, 13 numbered folded engraved plates by Jac. Leonardis, 2 folded engraved maps.

Brunet II, 313. Graesse II, 618. Ebert 7814. Tipaldo II, 237. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 268.

Jefferson bought his copy from Lackington, London, number 8368 in his catalogue, price 10/6 (entered at that price by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue), ordered on October 2, 1788, from Paris, in a letter to John Trumbull, at that time in London. Jefferson invariably described the book as in three volumes, quarto, and it is so entered in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue (with the annotation in ink, bound in 1 vol.). The catalogue of 1831 credits the Jefferson library with a copy in 1 volume 4to. The entry for this book is omitted from the later editions of the Library of Congress catalogues, in which the Jefferson collection is erroneously credited with the Saggio d'Osservazioni sopra l'Isola di Cherso ed Osero, p. 4to. Venezia, 1771 by the same author.

Abate Alberto Fortis, 1741-1803, has been described as il primo Naturalista d'Italia, ed uno dei primi d'Europa. He travelled a great deal for scientific purposes, and visited Dalmatia in 1771 and 1774.

Antonio Verantio (or Veranxscis), 1504-1573, was born in Dalmatia. He became archbishop of Gran, and primate and viceroy of Hungary. He was the author of a number of books, which were preserved in manuscript, and not published until some centuries after his death. This is the first edition of his Iter Buda Hadrianopolim, included by the abate Fortis in his Viaggio in Dalmazia, and is included also in the translations of that work." "39140","55","","","","Voiage literaire de la Grece, par Guys.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 138, as above.","Guys, Pierre Augustin.","Voyage littéraire de la Grèce, ou Lettres sur les Grecs, Anciens et Modernes, avec un Parallele de leurs Moeurs. Par M. Guys, Sécrétaire du Roi, de l'Académie des Scienees [sic] & Belles-Lettres de Marseille. Troisieme Edition revue, corrlgée [sic], considérablement augmentée, & ornée de dix belles Planches. On y a joint divers Voyages & quelques Opuscules du même. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. A Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne, M DCC LXXXIII. [1783.]","DF721.G98","

4 vol. 8vo. 269, 193, 188 and 121 leaves, frontispiece in volume I, full page and folded plates.

Quérard III, 560. Brunet 20438. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 217.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris, on August 16, 1787, price 21.0. A copy is entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 16.

Pierre Augustin Guys, 1720-1799, merchant and traveller, lived in Constantinople and in Smyrna for some time before settling in Marseilles. This work was first published in 1771. In addition to the Voyage littéraire de la Grèce (written in the form of letters) this third edition contains the Journal d'un Voyage d'Italie; Le Bon Vieux Temps; the Eloge de René Duguay-Trouin; and the Essai sur les Elégies de Tibulle and other poems." "39150","56","","","","Voiage en Grece et en Turquie par Sonnini.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 139, as above.","Sonnini De Manoncour, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert.","Voyage en Grèce et en Turquie, fait par ordre de Louis XVI, et avec l'autorisation de la Cour ottomane. Par C. S. Sonnini . . . Paris: F. Buisson, an IX. [1801.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. No copy was available for collation. The Atlas of plates in 4to which accompanied this work was not sold to Congress by Jefferson, and is not called for in his manuscript catalogues.

Quérard IX, 212. Brunet 20441. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 235.

Charles Nicolas Sigisbert Sonnini de Manoncour, 1751-1812, French naturalist, agriculturist and traveller." "39160","57","","","","Lady Mountague's letters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 36, as above, but reading Montague.","Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley.","Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W-----y M------e: Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in different Parts of Europe. Which contain, among other Curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks. Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers. Complete in one Volume. London: Printed for M. Cooper, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

12mo. 2 parts in 1, 144 leaves; pages 267, 268 contain Verses to the Lady Mary Wortley Montague. By Mr. Pope.

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie, who in Vol. II devotes pages 69 to 79 to an account of Lady Mary and her Letters.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue (the name again written Mountague), with the price, 2/—.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 1689-1762, famous for her Letters and for having introduced inoculation for smallpox into England. At the end of his account of her Boucher de la Richarderie states that ''Le baron de Tott, si connu par ses Mémoires, [q.v.] dont je donnerai dans la suite la notice, a vivement attaqué, dans un journal, la véracité de milady Montaguë; mais M. Guys l'a vigoureusement défendue dans son Voyage littéraire de la Gréce [q.v.], dont je rendrai compte aussi: cette défense se trouve aussi à la suite de la traduction des Lettres de milady Montaguë, édition de Paris . . .''" "39170","58","","","","Memoires du Baron de Tott sur les Turcs et les Tartares.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 140, as above.","Tott, François, Baron de.","Mémoires du Baron de Tott, sur les Turcs et les Tartares. Premiere [-Quatrieme] Partie. A Amsterdam: M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","DR425 .T68","

First Edition. 4 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. Part 1, 166 leaves; part 2, 152 leaves; part 3, 126 leaves; part 4, 104 leaves, all inclusive of first and last blanks.

Quérard IX, 506. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 174.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 7.10.

François, Baron de Tott, 1733-1793, a Hungarian, was born in France and went at an early age to Constantinople, where his father was sent on missions to the Khan of the Tartars. François remained in Constantinople after the death of his father in 1757, and in 1783 returned to France. In a letter to Madame de Tessé, dated from Paris April 25, 1785, Jefferson sent his respects to Madame de Tott, who may have been the wife of Baron François de Tott." "39180","59","","","","Essai sur la Turquie.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 118, no. 141, as above.","[Verdy du Vernois, Adrien Marie François, Chevalier de.]","Essais de Géographie, de Politique, et d'Histoire, sur les Possessions de l'Empereur des Turcs en Europe. Divisés en trois parties, par M.L.C.D.M.D.L. d. G.D.C. d. M.L.C.D'A. Pour servir de suite aux Mémoires du Baron de Tott. A Londres, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 164 leaves, folded Table Généalogique des Empereurs Turcs.

Barbier II, 267. Quérard X, 106.

There is not a copy of this book in the Library of Congress. It is a matter of some interest that the copy kindly lent by Harvard University was the gift of Joseph Randolph Coolidge, the great-grandson of Jefferson.

Adrien Marie François, Chevalier de Verdy du Vernois, d. 1814, was in the employ of the Comte d'Artois before the Revolution, and afterwards became Chamberlain to the King of Prussia. He settled in Germany and became a member of the Academy of Berlin.

For the work of Baron de Tott, see the previous entry." "39190","60","","","","Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio. Gr. Lat. Xylandri.","","fol. Francof. 1583.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 265, as above.","Pausanias.","Παυσανιoυ της Eλλαδoς Πεϱιηγησις. Hoc est, Pavsaniæ Accvrata Graeciæ Descriptio, qva Lector cev Manv per eam Regionem circvmdvcitvr: A Gvilielmo Xylandro Avgvstano diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata. Accesserunt Annotations, quæ a G. Xylandro paulo ante obitum inchoatæ, nunc vero a Frid. Sylb. continuatæ, magna[???] accessione locupletatæ, non exiguum ad genuinam Pausaniæ lectionem momentum afferunt. Addita etiam doctissima Romvli Amasæi versio, a plurimis & ipsa mendis vindicata, breuibusque notatiunculis illustrata. Appendice quo[???] aucta est hæc Pausaniæ Πεϱι[???]γησις, & aliis, quæ vndecima ab hinc pagina prolixius recensentur. Cum tribus rerum & verborum Indicibvs amplissimis. Francofvrti: Apud hæredes Andreæ Wecheli, Anno M D LXXXIII. [1583.]","","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1, the Greek text in the first volume, and the Latin in the second, Wechel's woodcut device on both titles, and on the verso of the last leaf.

Brunet III, 661. Graesse V, 177.

Pausanias, 2nd century A. D., Greek traveller and geographer. The first edition of this work, which takes the form of a tour into the Peloponnesus and part of northern Greece, was printed in Venice in 1516. This edition of 1583 is the second, and was edited by Frideric Sylburg (q. v.) with the notes of Gulielmus Xylander (q. v.) and Joachimus Camerarius." "39200","61","","","","The Description of Greece by Pausanias. Eng. by Taylor.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 137, as above.","Pausanias—[Taylor, Thomas].","The Description of Greece, by Pausanias. Translated from the Greek. With Notes, in which much of the Mythology of the Greeks is unfolded from a Theory which has been for many Ages unknown. And Illustrated with Maps and Views Elegantly Engraved. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [-III.] . . . London: Printed for R. Faulder, MDCCXCIV. [1794.]","DE27 .P4 1794","

First Edition of this translation. 3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 230 leaves, vol. III, 214 leaves; the only available copy of the second volume was imperfect at the end.

Halkett and Laing II, page 41. Lowndes IV, 1807.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 762.

For Pausanias see the preceding number.

Thomas Taylor, 1758-1835, English Platonist." "39210","62","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 119, no. 237, Memoire Idraulo-Storiche sopra la Val. di Chiana, dal Fossombroni 4to.","Fossombroni, Vittorio, Conde.","Memorie Idraulico-Storiche sopra la Val-di-Chiana compilate dal Cavaliere Vittorio Fossombroni Uno dei Quaranta della Società Italiana. Firenze MDCCLXXXIX. Per Gaetano Cambiagi Stampatore Granducale. Con Approvazione. [1789.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 172 leaves, 5 engraved plates, folded, by A. Gio. Canocchi.

Graesse II, 620.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Joseph Correa de Serra, with a letter dated from Philadelphia September 6, 1813:

Together with this Letter i forward to you by the post office the book of Senator Fossombroni. The 1st. part of the book is wholly antiquarian, and though highly curious to Italian readers, is of Little interest to any other; the second part will give you an idea of that ingenious and experimented practice. If it was judged proper to familiarize the Americans with it then it would be necessary to extract and translate what relates to it, in Fossombroni's memoir on this matter (which is printed in the 3d. vol. of the transactions of the Italian society) and in the tracts of the Florentine collection of hydraulic books . . .

Conde Vittorio Fossombroni, 1754-1844, Tuscan statesman and mathematician. Five years after the publication of this book he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Tuscany with the direction of the works for the drainage of the Val di Chiana." "39220","1","","","","Voiage de la Troade par Le Chevalier avec Atlas.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 142, as above.","Lechevalier, Jean Baptiste.","Voyage de la Troade, fait dans les années 1785 et 1786; par J. B. Lechevalier, Membre de la Société des sciences et arts de Paris; du Lycée de Caen, des Académies d'Edimbourg, de Gottingue, de Cassel et de Madrid. Troisième édition, Revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée . . . Tome Premier. [-Troisième.] Paris: Dentu, An X. — 1802.","DF221 .T8L4","

3 vol. 8vo. 161, 168, and 160 leaves, errata list at the end of the third volume; Recueil des cartes, plans, vues et médailles (of which no copy was available for examination) large 4to, 8 leaves, XXXVII numbered plates, some folded.

Quérard V, 44. Brunet 20501. Boucher de la Richarderie II, 168.

Jefferson bought a copy from Reibelt of Baltimore, price $8.00. This was one of the books kept by Jefferson for his own use, from a consignment sent by Reibelt to the Secretary of State, explained in a letter to Reibelt dated from Washington, December 24, 1804. The title appears on several lists made by Jefferson at that time of books bought during the year 1804. His copy was bound by John March of Georgetown, on Feb. 15, 1805, in calf, gilt, price $3.00 for the three volumes and $2.00 for the Atlas of maps and plates ''(very difficult).''

Jean Baptiste Lechevalier, 1752-1836, French classical archaeologist. From 1784 to 1786 he was secretary to the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier, whom he assisted in archaeological researches in the plains of Troy. Lechevalier believed the site of Troy to be on the hills above Bunarbashi, and that the Iliad and the Odyssey were written by Ulysses. His Voyage de la Troade was first published in 1800 (second edition 1801) and at the end of the third volume is a list of Auteurs qui croient à la réalité de la ville de Troye en Phrygie, and another of écrivains qui ont refusé de croire entièrement à l'histoire de Troye.

The Voyage de la Troade is an enlargement by the author of his Memoir read on February 21 and 28, and March 21, to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and printed in English with the title Description of the plain of Troy translated from the original, and accompanied with notes and illustrations by And. Dalzel, London, 1791." "39230","2","","","","Tableau topographique et politique de la Siberie, de la Chine, de l'Asie et de l'Amerique, par Cordier de Launay","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 241, as above.","Cordier de Launay de Valeri, Louis Guillaume René.","Tableau Topographique et Politique de la Sibérie, de la Chine, de la Zone Moyenne d'Asie et du Nord de l'Amérique. Par M. Cordier de Launay, Intendant de Justice, Police et Finances de sa Majesté Très-Chrétienne en la Province de Normandie. A Présent Conseiller d'état de sa Majesté Impériale, Empereur et Autocrateur de Toutes les Russies . . . A Berlin: [Imprimé chez Louis Quien, aux frais de l'auteur]. 1806.","DS5 .C6","

First Edition. 4to. 67 leaves, printer's imprint on the verso of the last leaf, otherwise blank; the imprint states that 400 copies were printed.

Not in Quérard. Mezhov 12503. Sabin 39246.

With regard to Siberia, Jefferson's manuscript catalogue lists the Voiage a Siberie de l'Abbé Chappe [i. e. Chappe d'Auteroche, q. v.] not sold to Congress. It was from this book that Jefferson obtained his information on the temperature at Jenniseitz, quoted by him in the Notes on the State of Virginia (in Query VII).

Louis Guillaume René Cordier de Launay de Valeri, d. 1826, French savant, lived in St. Petersburg during the latter part of his life, and was for a time secretary to the Emperor Paul I." "39240","3","","","","Voiages de Hasselquist dans le Levant.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 37, as above, but omitting le.","Hasselquist, Fredrik.","Voyages dans le Levant, dans les années 1749, 50, 51 & 52. Contenant des observations sur l'Histoire Naturelle, la Médecine, l'Agriculture & le Commerce, & particulierement sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Terre Sainte. Par Frédéric Hasselquist, Docteur en Médecine, Membre des Sociétés Royales d'Upsal & de Stockholm. Publiés par ordre du Roi de Suéde, par Charles Linnæus, premier Médecin de S. M. Suédoise, Professeur de Botanique à Upsal, & Membre de toutes les Sociétés sçavantes de l'Europe. Traduits de l'Allemand par M.***. A Paris: Chez Saugrain le jeune, M. DCC. LXIX. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1769.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 132 and 104 leaves. Quérard IV, 35. Boucher de la Richarderie I, 247.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 2.10.

Fredrik Hasselquist, 1722-1752, Swedish traveller and naturalist, was a pupil at Upsala of Linnaeus, through whose influence he undertook the journey to Palestine to study the natural history of that country. He visited Asia Minor, Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine, and died at Smyrna in 1752 on his way home. His notes were subsequently published by Linnaeus, with the title Resa till Heliga Landet förättad frän är 1749 till 1752, and translated into German, French and English.

For Charles [Carolus] Linnaeus, see the Index.

Marc Antoine Eiodus, ''un traducteur infatigable'', made this translation into French from the German version." "39250","4","","","","Descouvertes des divers savans voyageurs en Russie et en Perse.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 143, as above, but reading voiageurs.","","Histoire des Decouvertes faites par divers savans Voyageurs dans plusieurs contrées de la Russie & de la Perse, relativement à l'Histoire civile & naturelle, à l'Économie rurale, au Commerce, &c. Tome Premier. [-Quatrieme.] A Berne et Lausanne, M DCC LXXXI-M DCC LXXXIV. [1781-84.]","","

4 vol. 8vo. No copy of this edition was available for collation; the title as above was taken from the edition of Berne and La Haye, 1779-1787, in the Library of Congress. This edition is illustrated with numerous engraved plates.

Barbier II, 744. This edition not in Quérard, not in Graesse and not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Wilson, page 96.

An account of each of the ''savans voyageurs,'' Pierre Simon Pallas, Samuel George Gmelin, J. I. Lepekhin and others, is given in the Introduction. This French edition was translated and abridged by Jean Rodolphe Frey des Landres (1741-1811), a Swiss, from the Allgemeine Geschichte der neuesten Entdeckungen edited by Jacob Samuel Wyttenbach (1748-1830)." "39260","5","","","","Voiages et descouvertes des Russes par Muller.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 38, as above.","Müller, Gerhard Friedrich.","Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique. On y a joint l'Histoire du Fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens, depuis la conquête des Russes; avec la Nouvelle Carte qui présente ces Découvertes & le cours de l'Amur, dressée sur des mémoires authentiques, publiée par l'Académie des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, & corrigée en dernier lieu. Ouvrages traduits de l'Allemand de Mr. G. P. Muller, par C. G. F. Dumas. Tome I. [-II.] A Amsterdam: chez Marc Michel Rey, M D C C LXVI. [1766.]","G680 .M94","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. 200 and 118 leaves, large folded engraved map by L. Schenk, 1765.

Quérard VI, 356. Sabin 51285.

Jefferson's copy was bound in 1 volume; it is so entered by him in his dated and his undated manuscript catalogues, in the latter with the price, 4.4.

Gerhard Friedrich Müller, 1705-1783, German traveller and historian, was appointed secretary to the newly founded academy at St. Petersburg soon after leaving college. He accompanied Gmelin and Delisle de la Croyère in their travels in Siberia, became historiographer to the Russian empire, was secretary to the Academy of Sciences, and held other important positions. He was a member of the Royal Society of London.

Charles Guillaume Frédéric Dumas, 1725-1780, born in Holland of French parents, made this translation while editor of the Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Arts." "39270","6","","","","Voiages d'Olearius et de Mandelslo. trad. par Wicquefort.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 240, as above.","Oelschläger, Adam.","Relation dv Voyage d'Adam Olearivs en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse, avgmentée en cette Novvelle Edition de plus d'vn tiers, & particulierement d'vne seconde Partie Contenant le Voyage de Iean Albert de Mandelslo avx Indes Orientales. Traduit de l'Allemand par A. de Wicqvefort, Resident de Brandebourg. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Iean dv Pvis, M. DC. LXVI. Avec Privilege dv Roy. [1666.]","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 4to. 361 and 345 leaves, woodcut device of Du Puis on both titles; the second title differs from the first and begins Svite de la Relation dv Voyage en Moscovie . . .

Quérard VI, 478. Graesse V, 18. This edition not in Wilson.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4.

Adam Oelschläger [Olearius], 1600-1671, German orientalist and traveller, was sent by the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp as secretary to his embassy to the Czar of Russia, and to the Shah of Persia, to open up trading relations. His Beschreibung der muscowitischen und persischen Reise was first published in Schleswig in 1747, and was translated into French and other languages.

Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo, 1616-1644, German traveller, was page to the Duke, and was authorized to leave the embassy in Persia, and to travel in the Far East. His return to Europe was made via the Cape of Good Hope.

Abraham de Wicquefort, 1606-1682, Dutch diplomat, was imprisoned in the Bastille by Cardinal Mazarin in 1659, and was freed by the Elector of Brandenburg, hence his statement on the title of this book. For another work by him, see no. 1428." "39280","7","","","","Voiages de Chardin en Perse et aux Indes orientales.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 267, as above.","Chardin, Sir John.","Journal du Voyage du Chevalier Chardin en Perse & aux Indes Orientales, par la Mer Noire & par la Colchide. Premiere Partie, qui contient Le Voyage de Paris à Ispahan. A Londres: chez Moses Pitt, M DC LXXXVI. [1686.]","","

First Edition. Folio. The copy examined was perfect with 170 leaves in twos, though the signatures jumped from Qq1 to Aaa1 and the pagination from 150 to 181; engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Loggan, engraved title, engraved head and tail pieces and historiated and pictorial initials, folded engraved map and other folded plates.

This edition not in Lowndes. STC C2041. This edition not in Quérard. Brunet I, 636. Haag IV, 44. This edition not in Wilson. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 450.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.0.

Sir John Chardin, 1643-1712, a Frenchman by birth, settled in England in 1681 on account of the persecution of the Protestants in France, and was knighted by Charles II. He travelled extensively in the East, and planned an account of his experiences to be published in four volumes. The first part was published in 1686 as above (and concurrently in English), and reissued in 1711 with the first edition of the second and third volumes. Volume IV was never printed." "39290","8","","","","Lecompte Memoires sur la Chine.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 39, as above, but reading Le Compte.","Le Comte, Louis Daniel.","Noveaux Memoires sur l'Etat present de la Chine. Par le P. Louis Le Comte de la Compagnie de Jesus, Mathématicien du Roy. Troisieme Edition revüe et corrigée sur la dernière de Paris. A Amsterdam: chez Henri Desbordes et Antoine Schelte, M. DC. XCVIII. [1698.]","","

2 vol. in 1. 12mo. 171 and 178 leaves, plates; no copy of this edition was seen for collation.

This edition not in Quérard. Backer II, 1356, no. 1.

Louis Daniel Le Comte, 1655-1728, French Jesuit, was sent to China as a mathematician in 1685. He returned to Europe to inform the Pope as to the state of the missions, and died in Bordeaux. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1696." "39300","9","","","","Description de la Chine par Grosier.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 242, as above.","Grosier, Abbé Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre.","Description générale de la Chine, ou Tableau de l'état Actuel de cet Empire; Contenant, 1o. la Description topographique des quinze Provinces qui le composent, celle de la Tartarie, des Isles, & autres pays tributaires qui en dépendent; le nombre & la situation de ses Villes, l'état de sa Population, les productiones variées de son Sol, & les principaux détails de son Histoire Naturelle; 2o. un précis des connoissances le plus récemment parvenues en Europe sur le Gouvernement, la Religion, les Mœurs & les Usages, les Arts & les Sciences des Chinois. Rédigé par M. l'Abbé Grosier, Chanoine de S. Louis du Louvre. A Paris: chez Moutard, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Reine, de Madame, & de Madame Comtesse d'Artois, rue des Mathurins, Hôtel de Cluni. M. DCC. LXXXV. Avec Approbation, & Privilége du Roi. [1785.]","DS708 .G86 1785","

First Edition. 4to. 401 leaves, including the half-title.

Quérard III, 487 (with date 1786). Backer, col. 1858, no. 4.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 14f10.

Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre Grosier, 1743-1823, French Jesuit abbé.

This volume forms Volume XIII of L'Histoire generale de la Chine du Père J. A. M. de Moyriac de Mailla, published in Paris, 1777-1783, 12 vol. 4to., for an account of which see Backer, as above. Grosier's work was quickly translated into English, Italian and German." "39310","10","","","","Poyvre sur les moeurs et les arts de l'Afrique, l'Asie et l'Amerique.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 41, as above.","Poivre, Pierre.","Voyages d'un Philosophe, ou Observations sur les Moeurs & les Arts des Peuples de l'Afrique, de l'Asie & de l'Amérique. Par M. Poyvre, ancien Intendant de l'Isle de France. A Maestricht: chez Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, M. DCC. LXXIX. [1779.]","S403 .P745","

12mo. 80 leaves including the last blank, engraved frontispiece in sepia by Willmin, engraved folded maps of Asia and Africa; half title for Suite des Recherches sur l'état de l'Agriculture chez différentes Nations de l'Afrique & de l'Asie on Cxi, continuous signatures and pagination.

Quérard VII, 248. Sabin 63717. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Gay 4.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1 f 10 + rel.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought his copy after May 17, 1789, on which day he wrote in a letter to Benjamin Vaughan in London:

. . . the collection of the works of M. de Poivre has not, as I believe, been ever published. it could hardly have escaped my knowledge if they had been ever announced . . .

This was in answer to Benjamin Vaughan's letter, sent from London on March 26, to Jefferson in Paris:

. . . If I mistake not, Mr Laurens when in England last, told me, that they had formerly tried dry rice in South Carolina without success.—I did not then enter into particulars, having only put the question to him as consequence of what I read in M. le Poivre's book; but the case certainly required explanation. The sort might not be the best, among other things; & no point of such moment ought to be given up under many experiments.

Having mentioned M. le Poivre's name, it occurs to me to mention also that in the Notice sur la vie de M. le Poivre, published in France 2 or 3 years ago, it was stated that Commodore Barnet had taken the papers, when he took the person, of M. le Poivre. As the papers were stated as very interesting, I applied to the son of Com. Barnet who is the banker of my house; but could learn no traces of such papers, or of such a prisoner, though he had applied to a relation who had been his father's secretary at the time. I find the old papers at our Admiralty are in such disorder, that it is vain to hope they will be found among them.—Has the collection of M. le Poivre's works, intimated in the Notice, ever appeared, or is it likely to appear? . . .

The edition of Poivre's works referred to by Vaughan, augmentée d'une Notice sur la vie de l'auteur (par Dupont de Nemours) had been published in Paris in 1786.

Pierre Poivre, 1719-1786, originally intended to be a missionary, and first set sail for China and Cochinchina in 1720. He had a life full of travel and adventure and was taken as a prisoner of war more than once. He became governor of the isles of France and Bourbon, and transplanted seeds and plants from the East to the West. The first edition of this book was printed in Yverdon in 1768." "39320","11","","","","Compendio de las historias de la India oriental por de la Puente.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 144, as above.","Martinez de la Puente, José.","Compendio de las Historias de los Descvbrimientos, Conqvistas, y Gverras de la India Oriental, y sus Islas, desde los Tiempos del Infante Don Enrique de Portugal su inventor, hermano del Rey D. Duarte; hasta los del Rey D. Felipe II. de Portugal, y III. de Castilla. Y la Introdvccion del Comercio Portugues en las Malucas, y sus operaciones Politicas, y Militares en ellas. Hecho, y añadida vna Descripcion de la India, y sus Islas y de las Costas de Africa, por donde se començò la Nauegacion del mar del Sur; sus riquezas, costumbres de sus gentes, y otras cosas notables. Y dedicado al Grande, al Portentoso Portvgves San Antonio de Padva. Por D. Ioseph Martinez de la Pvente. Con Privilegio. En Madrid: En la Imprenta Imperial: Por la Viuda de Ioseph Fernandez de Buendia, Año de 1681.","DS411 .7 .M5","

First Edition. 4to. 216 leaves, title printed in red and black.

Palau V, 87. Sabin 44953. Boucher de la Richarderie V, 19.

A copy of this book, described as being in 8vo (probably intended for this edition which is a small quarto) is on a receipted bill for Spanish books bought for Jefferson by Thomas Barclay, at the time in Madrid, through William Carmichael, the American consul in that city, in May, 1786, price 30., the receipt signed by Peter Lyonnet. In his undated manuscript catalogue Jefferson has translated this into American money: 30. reals= 1 1/2 Doll.

José Martinez de la Puente, Spanish historian of the seventeenth century, concerning whose life little seems to be known. This work relates to Portuguese enterprise in the East, and chapter six of the first book contains an account of the discovery of the Molucca Islands, the Philippines and New Guinea." "39330","12","","","","Capper on the passage to India thro' Egypt.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 153, as above.","Capper, James.","Observations on the Passage to India, through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates. By James Capper, Esq; . . . The Third Edition, with Alterations and Additions. London: Printed for W. Faden, Geographer to the King; J. Robson; and R. Sewell, M DCC LXXXV. [1785.]","","

8vo. 166 leaves, 3 folded engraved maps and 1 folded engraved illustration; 8 leaves at the end, with separate alphabet, unpaged, for the Supplement, followed by a leaf with Errata. The dedication to Edward Cotsford dated from New Bond Street [London], March 1st, 1785; the first Letter signed by James Capper, and dated from Fort St. George, Nov. 29, 1780, ends on P1 recto (page 65) verso blank; on P2, with caption title, begins A Journey from Constantinople to Vienna, by George Baldwin, Esq; &c; on T1 begins A Journey from Constantinople to Aleppo, by George Baldwin, Esq; and on Cc4 A Journal across the Great Desert, from Bassora to Aleppo.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., and not in Boucher de la Richarderie.

Jefferson ordered a copy from John Stockdale, London, in a letter dated from Paris, July 24, 1786: Mc.intosh & Capper's voiages. the smallest edition.

Stockdale's bill, dated August 18, called for two copies:

2, Capper's Travels, boards, 12/-

1 McIntosh's Travels bd. 18/-

The book is entered on Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue with a price in French money, 7-4+rel.

The second copy was doubtless for the Marquis de Lafayette, to whom Jefferson wrote from Paris on August 24:

. . . I have received for you from London Andrew's history of the war & Capper's travels. Mc.Intosh's is not to be bought, the whole edition being exhausted.

James Capper, 1743-1825, was a colonel in the service of the East India Company, and for some time held the post of comptroller-general of the army and fortification accounts on the coast of Coromandel. The first edition of this work was published in 1783 in quarto.

George Baldwin, 1743-1826, English traveller and mystical writer, travelled all over the East, and was for a time consul-general in Egypt. He was the author of a number of books." "39340","13","","","","Macintosh's travels.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 146, as above.","[MacIntosh, William.]","Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa; describing Characters, Customs, Manners, Laws, and Productions of Nature and Art: containing various Remarks on the Political and Commercial Interests of Great Britain: and delineating, in particular, a New System for the Government and Improvement of the British Settlements in the East Indies: Begun in the Year 1777, and finished in 1781. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for J. Murray, M DCC LX XXII. [1782.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 253 and 258 leaves, list of errata in each volume.

Halkett and Laing VI, 80 (by William Thomson). Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 742. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Watt, 631 (by Sir James Mackintosh).

Jefferson included a copy of Mc.intosh & Capper's voiages. the smallest edition, in a list sent by him to Stockdale, written from Paris, July 24, 1786. McIntosh's Travels, in boards, price 18/- is included in Stockdale's bill, dated August 8, 1786. It is entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 21.12 (French money).

Jefferson tried to get a copy for the Marquis de Lafayette, to whom he wrote from Paris on August 24, 1786:

. . . I have received for you from London Andrew's history of the war & Capper's travels. Mc.Intosh's is not to be bought, the whole edition being exhausted.

This information he had received from Stockdale, who in the letter accompanying his bill had informed Jefferson that MacIntosh's Travels was entirely out of print.

William MacIntosh was the son of a Scots planter in the West Indies, and in 1774 was acting as Commissary General to the army of the East India Company in Bengal. These Travels are written in the form of letters to various correspondents (indicated by initials only) and have been erroneously attributed to Sir James MacKintosh, the famous philosopher, and to William Thomson, a Scots miscellaneous writer. For a full account and analysis of this work, and of its author, see Some Observations and Remarks on a Late Publication, entitled Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in which the real Author of that new and curious Asiatic Atalantis, his Character and Abilities, are fully made known to the Public, by Captain Joseph Price, published in 1782. Jefferson owned a copy of Price's book; it is the next entry to MacIntosh's Travels in both his dated and his undated manuscript catalogues. In the undated manuscript catalogue the prices for both books are entered, 21.12 and 30 respectively." "39350","14","","","","Voyage de le Gentil dans les mers de l'Inde.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 145, as above.","Le Gentil de la Galaisière, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste.","Voyage dans les Mers de l'Inde, fait par Ordre du Roi, a l'occasion du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil le 6 juin 1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769. Par M. Le Gentil, de l'Académie royale des Sciences. Tome Premier. [-Second.] En Suisse: Chez les Libraires Associés. M. DCC. LXXX. [1780.]","Q115 .L53","

5 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 173 leaves, Vol. II, 183 leaves, engraved frontispieces and plates, some folded. Volumes III, IV, and V were unavailable for examination, having disappeared from the shelves of the Library of Congress.

Quérard V, 95. This edition not in Pardo de Tavera.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 18.0.

Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière, 1725-1792, French astronomer, was chosen by the Academy to observe the transit of Venus in 1761 at Pondicherry. He found the town in the hands of the British, and had to return to Mauritius, the transit taking place during the voyage when it was impossible for him to make the necessary instrumental observations. Le Gentil de la Galaisière decided to wait in the East until the next transit of Venus in 1769, and spent much time in the Philippines and the Marianas. He was in Pondicherry for the transit, but the weather prevented his making observations, whereas the weather in the Philippines, in the site chosen by him, was perfect, and observations were made there under his instructions. This book is of great value for its observations on the Philippines and on India." "39360","15","","","","Voyage de Schouten aux Indes orientales.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 40, as above, but reading Voiage.","Schouten, Wouter.","Voyage de Gautier Schouten aux Indes Orientales, commencé l'an 1658. & fini l'an 1665. Traduit du Hollandois. Ou l'on void plusieurs Descriptions de Païs, Roïaumes, Isles & Villes, Siéges, Combats sur terre & sur mer, Coútumes, Maniéres, Religions de divers Peuples, Animaux, Plantes, Fruits, & autres Curiositez naturelles. Tome I [-II] Nouvelle Edition, revûë par l'Auteur & considerablement augmentée. Enrichie d'un grand nombre de Figures en Taille-douce. A Rouen: chez Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune, M. DCC. XXV. Avec Aprobation & Privilege du Roy. [1725.]","DS411 .1 .S4","

2 vol. 12mo. 302 and 292 leaves, engraved title in both volumes, printed titles in red and black, engraved plates, some folded.

Quérard VIII, 545. Ebert 20646. Not in Van der Aa.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5.10.

Wouter Schouten, 1638-1704, Dutch surgeon on a vessel belonging to the East India Company. He visited many countries, and published the account of his experiences in Dutch in Amsterdam, 1676. The first translation into French appeared in 1708." "39370","16","","","","Hawkesworth's acct. of Byron's, Wallace's, Carteret's, & Cooke's [2d.] voiages.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 149, as above.","Hawkesworth, John.","An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of his Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. By John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In Four Volumes. Illustrated with Cuts and Charts, relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. The Third Edition. Vol. I. [-IV.] London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, M DCC LXXXV. [1785.]","G420 .C65H3 1785","

4 vol. 8vo. 216, 228, 212 and 220 leaves, including first or last blanks, folded engraved map and plates, some unsigned, others signed by J. Hall, Bannerman, and Will. Bryan; the preliminary matter in Vol. I contains An Explanation of the Nautical Terms not generally understood which occur in this Work (8 leaves), followed by a leaf with Directions for Placing the Cuts on the recto and an advertisement on the verso, 3 pages of publishers' advertisements at the end of Vol. IV.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., not in Holmes and not in New South Wales Public Library, Bibliography of Captain James Cook. Sabin 30939.

Similarly entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 24/-.

John Hawkesworth, 1715?-1773, English miscellaneous writer, was appointed in 1777 by Lord Sandwich, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to revise and publish the accounts of the voyages to the South Seas of the commanders named on the title-page. The book was originally published in 1773, and contained the first printing of these accounts. The Introduction by Hawkesworth met with such severe criticism that its author was deeply affected and died in the same year, either from a low fever, or, as has been suggested, by a deliberately taken overdose of opium.

Vice-Admiral John Byron, Fourth Lord Byron, and great-grandfather of the poet, 1723-1786, was appointed to the Dolphin in 1764. The voyage to the South Seas started from Plymouth on July 2, and returned to England on May 9, 1766.

Samuel Wallis, 1728-1795, captain in the Royal Navy, succeeded Byron as commander of the Dolphin in June 1766, and sailed from Plymouth on August 22, accompanied by the Swallow, commanded by Philip Carteret. The two ships separated in the Pacific in April 1767. Wallis opened out a part of the ocean hitherto unknown, and discovered the islands of the Low Archipelago and the Society Islands. He returned by the Cape of Good Hope and arrived in the Downs on May 18, 1768.

Rear-Admiral Philip Carteret, d. 1796, was lieutenant of the Dolphin under John Byron, and later became commander of the Swallow on its voyage with Samuel Wallis in the Dolphin. He separated from the Dolphin in the Straits of Magellan, and on July 2, 1767, discovered Pitcairn's Island, which in 1790 was occupied by the mutineers of H. M. S. Bounty. He discovered and named a number of islands and eventually arrived back in England on March 20, 1769.

James Cook, 1728-1779, was commissioned on May 25, 1768, and appointed to command the Endeavour on an expedition to the Pacific to observe the transit of Venus, requested of the Admiralty by the Royal Society. The Endeavour sailed from Plymouth on August 25, 1768, and carried also (by permission of Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty), Joseph (afterwards Sir Joseph) Banks, who was later to become the President of the Royal Society, Dr. Solander [q. v.] and others. The voyage lasted almost three years, and the Endeavour landed at Deal on May 6, 1771.

For Sir Joseph Banks, see the Index." "39380","17","","","","Cooke's last voiage [the 3d 1776-79] Anonymous.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 150, Cook's last [3d] Voyage, 1776-9, anonymous, 8vo.","Cook, James.","Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, illustrated with Cuts and Charts . . . A New Edition, compared with, and corrected from the Voyage published by Authority. London: E. Newbery, 1785.","","

8vo. 217 leaves, engraved maps and plates. No copy of this edition was available for collation.

Lowndes I, 515. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. British Museum Catalogue, 42, col. 356, 1045.e.6. Not in Sabin. Not in Holmes. Not in New South Wales Public Library, Bibliography of Captain James Cook. Not in Welsh.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 6/-.

This edition, called for by the early Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish the Jefferson collection, is recorded by Lowndes; and there is a copy in the British Museum. The title printed above was taken from these sources, and may not be accurate. The edition seems to be unknown to other bibliographers. According to the British Museum catalogue, this edition is a ''new edition'' of the Journal of Lieut. John Rickman, published by E. Newbery in 1781, and was by David Henry (1710-1792), the compiler of the Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World, 1774.

John Rickman was a Lieutenant on the Resolution, and was one of the officers transferred to the Discovery on the death of Captain Clerke on August 23, 1779. The Journal is the printed version of the actual manuscript journal kept by him during the voyage. Captain Cook himself had been massacred by the natives at Karakakoa Bay (Sandwich Islands) in February 1779, and upon the return of the ships to England in 1780 an official order called for the surrender of all the journals of the expedition.

Jefferson mentioned the discoveries of Captain Cook in his Notes on the State of Virginia:

. . . Again, the late discoveries of Captain Cook, coasting from Kamschatka to California, have proved that, if the two continents of Asia and America be separated at all, it is only by a narrow streight. So that from this side also, inhabitants may have passed into America: and the resemblance between the Indians of America and the Eastern inhabitants of Asia, would induce us to conjecture, that the former are the descendants of the latter, or the latter of the former . . . (page 180.)" "39390","18","","","","Ellis's Narrative of Cooke's [3d.] voiage.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 151, Ellis's Narrative of Cook's [3d] Voyage, 2 v 8vo.","Ellis, William.","An authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's ships Resolution and Discovery During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in search of a North-West Passage Between the Continents of Asia and America. Including A faithful Account of all their Discoveries, and the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook. Illustrated with a Chart and a Variety of Cuts. By W. Ellis, assistant surgeon to both vessels. London: Printed for G. Robinson, J. Sewell, and J. Debrett, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","","

Third Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. No copy was available for examination. The title quoted above is that of the first edition of 1782, and may have inaccuracies for the third edition.

This edition not in Lowndes. Sabin 22333. This edition not in Holmes. New South Wales Public Library, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, page 67. See also Wroth, Notes for Bibliophiles in the New York Herald Tribune, Book Section, February 12, 1939.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 12/-.

William Ellis described himself as ''assistant surgeon to the Resolution and the Discovery.'' The note of Sir Maurice Holmes to his account of the first edition of this book reads:

The rank of ''Assistant Surgeon'' assumed by Ellis was unknown in the Navy of his time. He was actually Surgeon's Mate, first in the Discovery and later in the Resolution. Clerke in his famous dying letter to Banks commended Ellis to his notice, but Ellis forfeited Banks' regard by publishing this account of the voyage in contravention of the instruction to surrender all journals and logs. In a letter dated January 23rd 1782, Banks wrote to Ellis regretting that he had ''engaged in so imprudent a business'' and stating ''I fear that it will not in future be in my power to do what it might have been, had you asked and followed my advice.''" "39400","19","","","","Ledyard's journal of Cooke's last voiage [3d.]","","12mo. Hartford 1783.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 42, as above, but reading last [3d] Voyage.","Ledyard, John.","A Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. Illustrated with a Chart, shewing the Tracts of the Ships employed in this Expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS. of Mr. John Ledyard. Hartford: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, M.D.CC.LXXXIII. [1783.]","G420 .C72L3","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 104 leaves in fours (24 letter alphabet), folded engraved map.

Sabin 39691. Evans 17998. Trumbull 968. Holmes 18. New South Wales Public Library, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, page 68.

John Ledyard, 1751-1789, was born in Connecticut In 1776 he was in London and enlisted in the marines, and eventually embarked on board the Resolution, which sailed from Plymouth under Captain Cook for his third voyage in July 1776. Ledyard kept a journal during the voyage, which, with all the other journals of the voyage, was confiscated by the Admiralty, to prevent the official history of the voyage being forestalled. In 1782 the ship on which Ledyard was serving was sent to North America, whereupon Ledyard deserted and returned to his family at Hartford. His journal was still with the British Admiralty, but Ledyard wrote his account of the voyage from memory and had it published by Nathaniel Patten. The book was originally issued in parts to subscribers, the first part appearing in June and the second in July, 1783. It was the first book to be issued under the Connecticut state copyright law of 1783, itself the first of its kind to be passed in this country. Other states followed suit until 1790 when the national copyright law was passed.

Much has been written concerning Ledyard's Journal. See Sir Maurice Holmes, op. cit. See also, the Notes for Bibliophiles by Lawrence C. Wroth in the Book Section of the New York Herald Tribune, February 12, 1939.

Jefferson was acquainted with John Ledyard; he knew him in Paris, and had some correspondence with him. A rumor of Ledyard's death was circulated in 1788. On May 21, 1789, in a letter to Thomas Paine, Jefferson wrote from Paris:

. . . I this moment receive a letter from Ledyard dated Cairo Nov. 15. he therein sais 'I am doing up my baggage & most curious baggage it is, & I leave Cairo in two or three days. I travel from hence SW about 300. leagues to a Black king. there my present conductors leave me to my fate. beyond I suppose I go alone. I expect to hit the continent across between the parallels of 12o. & 20o N. Lat. I shall, if possible write you from the kingdom of this black gentleman.' this seems to contradict the story of his having died at Cairo in January, as he was then probably in the interior parts of Africa. if Sr. Joseph Banks has no news from him later than the letter of Septemb. it may do him pleasure if you will communicate the above. if he or any other person knows whether there is any foundation for the story of his death, I will thank you to be informed of it . . .

Paine replied from London on June 17, and quoted to him a letter he had received from Sir Joseph Banks. Paine wrote:

. . . In the Close of his [i.e. Sir Joseph's] letter he says ''We have lost poor Ledyard—he had agreed with certain Moors to conduct him to Sennar—The time for their departure was arrived when he found himself Ill and took a large dose of emetic Tartar, burst a blood vessel in the operation which carried him off in three days . . .''" "39410","20","","","","Cooke's last [3d.] voiage. [publd. by Government]","","4.v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 152, Cooke's last [3d] Voyage, 4 v 8vo [published by Government].","Cook, James.","A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere; performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive and satisfactory abridgement of the Voyage written by Captain James Cook . . . and Captain James King . . . Illustrated with cuts. London: John Stockdale; Scatcherd and Whitaker; John Fielding and John Hardy, 1784.","","

4 vol. 8vo. 196, 186, 206 and 192 leaves, 2 engraved maps and 49 plates. No copy was available for examination.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 27/6.

It is not absolutely certain that this was the edition in Jefferson's library and sold by him to Congress. The entries in Jefferson's manuscript catalogues and in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, omitted from the later catalogues, are the only information available. Two authentic editions in four volumes, octavo, were published, with the permission of the Admiralty, the one by Stockdale as above in 1784, and an edition with the same collation in the following year by John Fielding, also in London.

Jefferson bought maps from the Atlas of Plates from Stockdale, to whom he wrote from Paris on September 26, 1785:

Th: Jefferson will be obliged to m[???] Stockdale to send him by the bearer, Colo. Franks, the following plates of Cook's last voiage.

Plate. 1. The general map.

36. Map of the N. W. coast of America & of the coast of Asia.

53. Map of the entry of Norton & the streight of Bhering.

he means to put these maps into his American Atlas . . .

It seems more logical to suppose that Jefferson, who started buying from Stockdale as soon as he arrived in Paris, would have the edition of the latter, rather than that of Fielding, though this cannot be stated with absolute certainty.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng Lit. Sabin 16251. British Museum Catalogue 42, col. 344. 10025. bbb. 22. Not in Holmes. New South Wales. Public Library, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, page 65.

Charles Clerke, 1741-1779, captain in the Royal Navy, sailed as a midshipman on the Dolphin with Commodore the Hon. John Byron in his voyage round the world, 1764-1766 (see Hawkesworth, no. 3936). He accompanied Captain Cook on each of his three voyages, on the first as master's mate to the Endeavour, on the second as lieutenant of the Resolution, and on the third as commander of the Discovery. On the death of Captain Cook on February 14, 1779, Clerke succeeded to the command of the expedition, but died of consumption at Avatcha Bay on August 22, 1779.

John Gore, d. 1790, sailed on the Resolution as first lieutenant, took command of the Discovery after the death of Cook and Clerke's transfer to the Endeavour, and later returned to the Resolution when Captain King took command of the Discovery.

James King, 1750-1784, was appointed to the Resolution as second lieutenant in 1776 in command of the astronomical observations to be made on the voyage. At the time of Cook's death King was on shore, taking sights, but was later rescued. On the death of Captain Charles Clerke, King took command of the Discovery. King assisted in preparing Cook's journal of the third voyage for the press, and himself wrote the third volume." "39420","21","","","","Wilson's acct of the Pelew islands. by Keate.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no 244, as above, but reading account.","Keate, George.","An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers, who, in August 1783, were there Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet belonging to the Honourable East India Company, by George Keate, Esq. F.R.S. and S.A. London: Printed for Captain Wilson; and sold by G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall. M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 204 leaves, a Vocabulary of the Pelew language on 7 leaves at the end, engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain Wilson by I. Heath after I. Russell, 16 engraved plates by various engravers. Jefferson's copy was of the first edition; the copy in the Library of Congress from which the above collation was taken, is of the second edition, printed the same year as the first, of which it is an exact reprint except for the words The Second Edition on the title-page, the omission of the list of errata (corrected in the text), with an explanation of this in a note of five lines at the end of the Introduction.

Lowndes III, 1255. Pardo de Tavera, Biblioteca Filipina, 1445. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 352.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

George Keate, 1729-1797, English poet, naturalist, antiquary and artist, wrote for pleasure rather than profit, and was the author of a number of books on various subjects. The Account of the Pelew Islands was frequently reprinted and was translated into French and into German.

Little seems to be known concerning Henry Wilson, Captain of the East India Company's ship Antelope, beyond the account given of him by George Keate in this book, which was dedicated to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Directors of the Honourable East India Company, from London, on June 12, 1788." "39430","22","","","","Mortimer's voyage to the Asiatic islds. & Canton.","","g 4to. Lond. 1790.","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 243, as above, but reading Islands.","Mortimer, George.","Observations and Remarks made during a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands near Van Diemen's Land; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from thence to Canton, in the Brig Mercury, commanded by John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with a Sketch of the Island of Amsterdam, a Plan of Oyster Harbour at the Maria Islands, with some Views of the Land; a Curious Medal; and a Club accurately Engraved. By Lieut. George Mortimer, of the Marines. London: Printed for the Author: and sold by T. Cadell; J. Robson; and J. Sewell, M DCC XCI. [1791.]","G460 .M88","

First Edition. 4to. 40 leaves, engraved plates, 2 engraved maps by J. Walker after W. Harrison, dated 1790 and 1791. The copy collated was without the list of subscribers, issued with some copies.

Lowndes III, 1619. Sabin 50985. Ferguson 110.

George Mortimer, fl. 1790. Little seems to be known about either Mortimer or Captain John Henry Cox, Captain of the brig Mercury, except from this book, which is dedicated by the author to the latter. The work contains information with reference to the mutineers of the Bounty which was gathered at Otaheite, and communicated to the Admiralty in the hope that it might be of aid to Captain Edwards of the Pandora. The book contains also valuable information as to Captain James Cook, q.v. Translations were quickly made into Dutch, German and Swedish. For an account of this work, see The Monthly Review, Vol. V, 1791, page 422." "39440","23","","","","Eden's New Holland & Botany bay.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 148, as above.","","The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time. With a particular Account of its Produce and Inhabitants; and a Description of Botany Bay: Also, a List of the Naval, Marine, Military, and Civil Establishment. To which is prefixed, an Introductory Discourse on Banishment, by the Right Honourable William Eden. Illustrated with a Map of New Holland, a Chart of Botany Bay, and a General Chart from England to Botany Bay. London: Printed for John Stockdale, M,DCC,LXXXVII. Entered at Stationer's Ball. [1787.]","DU98. 1 .A9","

First Edition. 8vo. 140 leaves, the last with Stockdale's advertisements, folded engraved map of Australia, with inset of Botany Bay, folded engraved General Chart of the passage from England to Botany Bay, both by John Andrews.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, no. 24.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

''. . . the anonymous History of New Holland, written probably between October 1786 and January 1787, and published before the New South Wales Judicature Bill was presented to Parliament. The attempts to plumb the anonymity of its authorship have led to the most incompatible results. Until recently, the British Museum, and many other library catalogues, have attributed it to George Barrington, the notorious pickpocket, who at this time was earning a dubious living on the turf, and who seems to be the last resort of bibliographers seeking the authorship of anonymous Australian works.

''In the 1935 edition of the British Museum catalogue the description has been altered to anonymous. Many historians, however, go to the other extreme, and by misreading the title, attribute the book to Eden himself. the fact is, that far from writing the whole book, Eden did not even, as has often been supposed, write the introductory Discourse on Banishment specially to commend the scheme sponsored by the Government of his friend Pitt. The celebrated Discourse is, in fact, nothing but the fourth chapter of the Principles of Penal Law, first published fifteen years previously, and now reproduced, possibly with the author's permission, but with the object of adding the lustre of a famous statesman's name to an anonymous publication . . .'' Eris O'Brien, The Foundation of Australia, pp. 183, 4.

William Eden, first Baron Auckland, 1744-1814, English statesman." "39450","24","","","","Woodard's narrative of the Malays.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 120, no. 147, as above.","Woodard, David.","The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and four Seamen, who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes; containing an Interesting Account of their Sufferings from Hunger and various Hardships, and their Escape from the Malays, after a Captivity of Two Years and a Half: Also an account of the Manners and Customs of the Country, and a Description of the Harbours and Coast, &c. Together with an Introduction, and an Appendix, containing Narratives of various Escapes from Shipwrecks, under great Hardships and Abstinence; holding out a Valuable Seaman's Guide, and the Importance of Union, Confidence, and Perseverance, in the Midst of Distress . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson by S. Hamilton, 1804.","DS646 .4.W88","

First Edition. 8vo. 143 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved full-page plates by T. Conder, folded engraved maps; the Introduction, dated from London, July 1804, and the Dedication to Benjamin Hallowell, dated August 1, both by William Vaughan; Appendix on 49 leaves at the end; list of Books Useful to Seamen on the verso of the last leaf (4 books: Robinson Crusoe; Robertson's Navigation; Hutchinson's Marine Architecture and Seamanship; Lind on Warm Climates, and Diseases of Seamen).

Lowndes V, 2987. Ferguson 399. Boucher de la Richarderie V, 173.

This book was acquired by Jefferson during the year 1804, and appears on the second half of the list of that year's acquisitions in his autograph. The first half contained the list of books purchased from Reibelt, and the second half of those obtained ''from others''. His copy was bound by John March in calf, gilt, on February 15, 1805, cost $1.00.

David Woodard, b. circa 1749, captain of the United States ship America, visited William Vaughan in London in 1796, and it was during this visit that Vaughan started the compilation of this book, which contains much original matter by him. The Appendix contains Bligh's account of the Bounty, accounts of the wrecks of the Antelope and the Pandora, J. Z. Holwell's account of the Black Hole of Calcutta, Sir William Hamilton's account of the Earth-quake at Calabria, and other interesting matter, including a list of a number of Accidents, Shipwrecks and Escapes, with the Accidents and Remarks in parallel columns.

William Vaughan, 1752-1850, English merchant and author, for a note on whom, see no. 1231." "39460","1","","","","Shaw's travels.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 268, as above.","Shaw, Thomas.","Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant. By Thomas Shaw, D. D. Fellow of Queen's-College in Oxford, and F. R. S. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738.]","DT188 .S5","

First Edition. Folio. 268 leaves, including 34 at the end for A Collection of such Papers as serve to Illustrate the Foregoing Observations, with separate signatures and pagination; title printed in red and black, list of errata on the verso of the last preliminary leaf, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, engraved head-pieces by Gravelot, J. Rocque, and others, engraved historiated and pictorial initials, engraved maps, full-page or folded, full-page plates, woodcut illustrations in the text.

Lowndes IV, 2372. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., II, 749.

This book is listed by Jefferson with the books on Asia; in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue it is transferred to the section headed Africa.

In his letter to Isaac McPherson dated from Monticello, August 13, 1813, concerning the patents requested by Oliver Evans for his inventions, Jefferson referred to this book, with specific mention of this edition, page 341:

. . . the question then whether such a string of buckets was invented first by Oliver Evans is a meer question of fact in Mathematical history. now turning to such books only as I happen to possess, I find abundant proof that this simple machinery has been in use from time immemorial. Doctr. Shaw, who visited Egypt & the Barbary coast in the years 1727.8.9. in the margin of his map of Egypt, gives us the figure of what he calls a Persian wheel, which is a string of round cups or buckets, hanging on a pully, over which they revolve, bringing up water from a well, and delivering it into a trough above. he found this used at Cairo, in a well 264. f. deep, which the inhabitants believe to have been a work of the patriarch Joseph. Shaw's travels. 341. Oxford edition of 1738. in folio. and the Universal history I. 416. speaking of the manner of watering the higher lands in Egypt, says 'formerly they made use of Archimedes's screw, thence named the Egyptian pump; but they now generally use wheels (wallowers) which carry a rope or chain of earthern pots, holding about 7. or 8. quarts apiece, and draw the water from the canals. there are besides a vast number of wells in Egypt, from which the water is drawn in the same manner to water the gardens & fruit trees; so that it is no exaggeration to say, that there are in Egypt above 200,000 oxen daily employed in this labour.' Shaw's name of Persian wheel has been since given more particularly to a wheel with buckets, either fixed, or suspended on pins, at it's periphery . . .

For Jefferson's copy of the Universal History, see no. 128.

Thomas Shaw, 1694-1751, English traveller, originally went to Africa in 1720 as chaplain to the English factory at Algiers. He returned to England in 1733, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1740 Shaw became principal of Edmund Hall, Oxford. His Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant appeared in 1738 and is ''a noble example of typography, illustrated by maps and plates, catalogues of animals, plants, fossils, coins and inscriptions, and a copious index. It was dedicated to George II, with a reference to the generous patronage of Queen Caroline . . .'' (Dictionary of National Biography, v. XVII, p. 1384). Shaw issued a Supplement in 1746 to refute the criticisms expressed by Richard Pococke in his Description of the East. Shaw's work was translated into German, Dutch and French." "39470","2","","","","Voyage de Denon dans la basse et la haute Egypte.","","2. v. 4to. Lond. 1802.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 245, as above.","Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron.","Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute égypte, pendant les campagnes de General Bonaparte. Par Vivant Denon . . . Londres: Longmans, 1802.","","

2 vol. 4to. plates; no copy of the London edition was available for collation.

Brunet II, 599. Quérard II, 480. This edition not in Ibrahim-Hilmy, and not in Gay. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 361.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March on May 10, 1804, in calf, gilt, maps & plates, difficult, $7.00.

Jefferson bought his copy on the recommendation of the comte de Volney, to whom he had written, in a letter dated from Washington April 20, 1802:

. . . whenever any good work comes out, giving a general view of Egypt, it's inhabitants and antiquities, not too long for one in my situation to have leisure to read, I will thank you to indicate it to me. probably you will know beforehand whether such an one is to be expected . . .

Volney replied from Paris on May 10, 1803:

. . . Vous me demandez quelque livre sur l'Egypte; celui de Mr Denon a paru avec beaucoup de succès: mais il a trois volumes in 12 de texte—et dans l'in folio qui coute 15 guinées, et dont on ne trouve plus copies. Le volume de planches joint à celui du texte est un atlas immaniable. Mr Mounroe m'a annoncé une Explication de vos intentions à cet egard . . .

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, 1747-1825, French artist, playwright, traveller and author, wrote this work on Egypt after having accompanied Napoleon to that country. Three editions were published in Paris in 1802." "39480","3","","","","Description de l'Egypte par Maillet.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 43, as above.","Maillet, Benoît de.","Description de l'Egypte, contenant Plusieurs Remarques Curieuses sur la Geographie ancienne et moderne de ce Païs, sur ses Monumens anciens, sur les Mœurs, les Coûtumes & la Religion des Habitans, sur le Gouvernement & le Commerce, sur les Animaux, les Arbes, les Plantes, &c. Composée sur les Mémoires de Monsieur de Maillet, Ancien Consul de France au Caire, par M. l'Abbé Le Mascrier. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes & de Figures. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A La Haye: chez Isaac Beauregard, MDCCXL. [1740.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. 177 and 206 leaves, titles printed in red and black, engraved folded frontispiece, folded engraved plates in both volumes.

Quérard V, 441. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Gay 2105 (under Lemascrier). This edition not in Ibrahim-Hilmy.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on September 24, 1788, price 12. It is entered by him at this price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Benoît de Maillet, 1656-1738, was at different times consul general of France in Egypt, ambassador in Abyssinia, and inspector of French affairs in the Levant and on the coasts of Barbary. On his return to Marseilles he prepared this description of Egypt, and sent it to the abbé Jean Baptiste Lemascrier, 1697-1760, for revision and publication." "39490","4","","","","Lettres sur l'Egypte par Savary.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 155, as above.","Savary, Claude Etienne.","Lettres sur l'égypte, où l'on offre le parallèle des mœurs anciennes & modernes de ses habitans, où l'on décrit l'état, le commerce, l'agriculture, le gouvernement du pays, & la descente de S. Louis à Damiette, tirée de Joinville & des Auteurs Arabes, avec des Cartes Géographiques. Par M. Savary. A Paris: [J. Ch. Desaint] Chez Onfroi, M. DCC. LXXXV. [-M. DCC. LXXXVI.] Avec Approbation, & Privilége du Roi. [1785-86.]","","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 205, 158 and 158 leaves, folded engraved maps and plates by E. Giraud; the second and third volumes have the volume number in the title.

Quérard VIII, 492. This edition not in Brunet and not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 214. Gay 1622.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on June 27, 1787, price 15. and another on August 16 in the same year, price 18. The price entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue is 17.5.

Claude Etienne Savary, 1750-1788, French traveller, went to Egypt in 1776, where he remained for three years, and returned to France in 1781 having spent the intervening time in Greece and the Archipelago. These letters, which were soon translated into English, German, Dutch and Swedish, were dedicated to Monsieur, the brother of the King, and addressed to his friend Lemmonier." "39500","5","","","","Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte par Volney.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 154, as above.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Voyage en Syrie et en égypte, pendant les Années 1783, 1784 et 1785, avec deux Cartes géographiques et deux Planches gravées, représentant les Ruines du Temple du Soleil à Balbek, et celles de la ville de Palmyre, dans le Désert de Syrie. Par M. C-F. Volney. Seconde édition revue et corrigée . . . Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Desenne; Volland, M. DCC. LXXXVII. Avec Approbation, et Privilége du Roi. [1787.]","DS47 .V78","

2 vol. 8vo. 200 and 240 leaves, half-title in each volume, Avis au Relieur concerning the position of the plates on the back of the half-title in Volume I, folded engraved maps, engraved plates.

Quérard X, 275. This edition not in Brunet and not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 186. Gay 2275.

Jefferson bought three copies of this book in Paris from Froullé shortly after its publication. Two copies appear on Froullé's bill under date June 27, 1787, and the third on August 16. Each copy was broché and cost 10.4. One of the copies is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with that price, and the indication that he had it bound, '' + rel.''

Volney referred to his travels in Syria and Egypt in a letter addressed to Jefferson from Georgetown, May 22, 1796, at the time he was in the United States collecting material for his Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis, and in which he mentioned his forthcoming visit to Monticello:

. . . on pretend que j'aurai à essuyer de grandes chaleurs; mais c'est precisement une comparaison a faire avec La Syrie et l'Egypte; et je n'en goûterai que Mieux le plaisir de me reposer a Monticello . . .

In 1801, back in Paris, Volney sent to Jefferson a model of an Egyptian pyramid, through A. H. Homberg of Havre, who wrote to Jefferson on July 7:

By the order of Cen. Volney at Paris we have shipped on board the U.S. sloop of war Maryland, J. Rodgers commander bound to Baltimore One Box containing a model of an Egyptian pyramid to your address. Capt. Rogers [sic] will take good care that it receives no injury during the passage & will expect your orders for its ultimate destination . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the gift in a letter dated from Washington, April 20, 1802:

Your friendly letters of 5. & 6. Messidor came both to hand in due time, and soon after them I received the model of the pyramid, in good order, which you were so kind as to send me, and for which I pray you to accept my grateful thanks. it has corrected the idea I had preconcieved of the form of those masses, which I had not supposed to appear so flat . . .

In a letter to Stockdale dated from Paris, January 16, 1788, Jefferson ordered a copy of the English translation of this work, ''printed by Robinson.'' This was not sold to Congress.

Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney, 1757-1820, visited Egypt and Syria in 1754 and remained for a period of almost three years. On his return to France he published this account of his voyage, of which the first edition, also printed in 1787, was in 2 volumes quarto. Volney later visited the United States and became a friend of Jefferson, with whom he stayed at Monticello. For other works by him in this catalogue, see the Index." "39510","6","","","","Relation de l'Afrique par de la Croix.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 46, as above.","La Croix, A. Phérotée de.","Relation Universelle de l'Afrique Ancienne et Moderne, où l'on voit ce qu'il y a de remarquable, tant dans la Terre ferme que dans les Isles, avec ce que le Roy a fait de memorable contre les Corsaires de Barbarie, &c. En Quatre Parties. Par le Sieur de la Croix. Tome Premier. [-Quatrieme.] Imprimé à Lyon [chez Thomas Amaulry] & se vend a Paris: chez Michel Guerout, Courtneuve du Palais, au Dauphin, M. DC. LXXXVIII. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1688.]","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 12 mo. 292, 299, 299, and 368 leaves, engraved frontispiece (with the printer's imprint) in Volume I, engraved folded plates and maps in all volumes.

Quérard IV, 276. Brunet 28342. Gay 251.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 12.

A. Phérotée de La Croix, ca. 1640-1715, was a professor of geography, languages and mathematics in Lyons." "39520","7","","","","Histoire de l'Afrique Francoise par l'Abbé Demanet.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 47, as above.","Demanet, Abbé.","Nouvelle Histoire de l'Afrique Françoise, enrichie de Cartes & d'Observations Astronomiques & Géographiques, de Remarques sur les Usages locaux, les Mœurs, la Religion & la nature du Commerce général de cette Partie du Monde; avec la Description des productions, & la position des Fleuves & Rivieres qui servent à la Navigation & au Commerce de l'Afrique; leurs sondes, leurs distances respectives & les routes qu'il faut tenir pour y naviguer; les chemins nouveaux & directs pour les Mines d'or & pour l'intérieur de l'Afrique; la Description des Forêts qui produisent la Gomme; les moyens de rendre l'Afrique une portion précieuse à l'Etat & à la Religion; enfin une Dissertatiom [sic] Physique & Historique sur l'origine des Négres, & la cause de leur couleur, avec l'exposition & la réfutation des systêmes anciens & modernes sur cette matiere. Par M. l'Abbé Demanet, Ci-devant Curé & Aumônier pour le Roi en Afrique. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne; Lacombe, M. DCC. LXVII. [1767.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. 156 and 182 leaves, folded engraved plates by Beaublé, lists of errata in the first volume; Privilege du Roi at the end of Volume II.

Quérard II, 268. Gay 221.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 5.

Beyond the fact that the abbé Demanet went to Africa as a missionary, little seems to be known concerning him." "39530","8","","","","Voiage de Guinée par Bosman.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 44, as above.","Bosman, Willem.","Voyage de Guinée, contenant une Description nouvelle & très-exacte de cette Côte où l'on trouve & où l'on trafique l'or, les dents d'Elephant, & les Esclaves: de ses Pays, Royaumes, & Républiques, des Mœurs des habitans, de leur Religion, Gouvernement, administration de la Justice, de leurs Guerres, Mariages, Sepultures, &c. Comme aussi de la nature & qualité du terroir, des arbres fruitiers & sauvages, de divers animaux, tant domestiques que sauvages, des bêtes à quatre pieds, des reptiles, des oiseaux, des poissons, & de plusieurs autres choses rares, inconnuës jusques à présent aux Européens. Par Guillaume Bosman, depuis peu Conseiller & premier Marchand dans le château de St. George d'Elmina, & Sous-Commandeur de la Côte. Enrichie d'un grand nombre de figures. A Utrecht: chès Antoine Schouten, 1705.","","

First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 268 leaves, 2 engraved frontispieces, the first a portrait, engraved plates, folded.

Not in Quérard. Van der Aa III, 1034. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 132. Gay 2808.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5.

Willem Bosman, born in Utrecht in 1612, was inspired with the desire to travel by his choice of reading matter when young. Service with the Dutch East India Company gave him the opportunity he needed, and he lived on the West Coast of Africa for fourteen years. The first edition of his work was published (in Dutch) in Utrecht in 1704. This is the first edition of the translation into French, and the book was translated also into English, German and Italian. The illustrative plates are of exceptional interest." "39540","9","","","","Description du Cap de Bonne Esperance par Kolbe.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 45, as above.","Kolb, Peter.","Description du Cap de Bonne-Esperance; où l'on trouve tout ce qui concerne l'Histoire-Naturelle du Pays; la Religion, les Mœurs & les Usages des Hottentots; et l'Etablissement des Hollandois. Tirée des Memoires de Mr. Pierre Kolbe, Maitre ès Arts, Dressés pendant un séjour de dix Années dans cette Colonie, où il avoit été envoyé pour faire des Observations Astronomiques & Physiques. Tome Premier. [-Troisieme.] A Amsterdam: chez Jean Catuffe, M. DCC. XLIII. [1743.]","","

3 v. 12mo. 228, 139 and 170 leaves, titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, numerous plates and folded maps.

Barbier I, 902. This edition not in Quérard, Brunet, Graesse, Ebert. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 228. Gay 3142.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4.10.

Peter Kolb, 1675-1726, German traveller and scientist.

In 1704 he was sent to the Cape of Good Hope to make astronomical observations. In 1712 his eyesight failed, and becoming almost blind he returned to Germany, and wrote this book, originally issued in Nuremberg in folio, 1719.

Jean Catuffe's first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1741. Jean Bertrand, 1708-1777, a native of Switzerland, where his French ancestors had taken refuge after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, was the translator of this work." "39550","10","","","","Voiage de Dubois aux isles Dauphine, de Bourbon etc.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 48, as above.","[Dubois.]","Les Voyages faits par le Sievr D. B. aux Isles Dauphine ou Madagascar, & Bourbon, ou Mascarenne, és années 1669.70.71. & 72. Dans laquelle il est curieusement traité du Cap Vert de la Ville de Surate des Isles de Sainte Helene, ou de l'Ascention. Ensemble les mœurs, Religions, Forces, Gouvernemens & Coûtumes des Habitans desdites Isles, avec l'Histoire naturelle du Païs. A Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, M. DC. LXXIV. Avec Permission. [1674.]","DT7 .D8","

First Edition. 12mo. 130 leaves, errata list at the end; the dedication to Monsieur Loyseau is signed Dubois.

Barbier IV, 1104. Not in Quérard. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 271. Sibree, page 5. Grandidier I, no. 1518.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

The given name of the Sieur Dubois is not found in any bibliography or biography consulted. He was born in France, and set sail on April 13, 1669, for Madagascar, where he arrived on October 2. Dubois was offered positions in both Madagascar and Bourbon, but his health failed and he was obliged to return to France. He set sail on September 4, 1672, and debarked at La Rochelle on January 20, 1673." "39560","11","","","","Voiage de Madagascar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 49, as above.","Carpeau Du Saussay.","Voyage de Madagascar, connu aussi sous le nom de l'Isle de St Laurent. Par M. de V. . . . Commissaire Provincial de l'Artillerie de France. Dedié à S. A. S. M. le Prince de Conty. A Paris: Chez Jean-Luc Nyon, M. DCC XXII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1722.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 162 leaves, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and folded map. The dedication to the Prince de Conty signed by Carpeau du Saussay.

Barbier IV, 1076. Quérard II, 59. Brunet 20934. Boucher de la Richarderie IV, 271. Gay 3210.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Carpeau du Saussay, born c. 1647 in France, sailed in 1663 for Madagascar, of which island he became governor after it had been ceded to the East India Company by the duc de Mazarin. The wars in which the island was involved eventually compelled Carpeau du Saussay to return to France." "39570","12","","","","Sparman's voyage to the cape of good hope from 1772-1776.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 156, Sparmann's Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, from 1772, to 1776, 2 v 8vo.","Sparrman, Anders.","A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World: but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the Year 1772, to 1776. By Andrew Sparrman, M.D. Professor of Physic at Stockholm, fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, and Inspector of its Cabinet of Natural History. Translated from the Swedish Original. With Plates. In Two Volumes., Vol. I. [-II.] Perth: Printed by R. Morison junior, for R. Morison and Son, Perth; G. Mudie, Edinburgh; and J. Lackington, London. M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789.]","DT826 .S73","

2 vol. 12mo. 142 and 134 leaves, folded engraved frontispiece in Volume I, engraved plates in both volumes, including several of natural history by D. Lizars.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Boucher de la Richarderie, and not in Gay.

Jefferson's copy was purchased by him in December 1791 from Lackington's catalogue for 1792, no. 4795, price 6/6. The purchase was made through A. Donald, and this information is obtained from more than one list made by Jefferson at that time. In the lists made by Jefferson, and on Lackington's bill, which contains only the catalogue number, the author's name and the price, Jefferson has added the detail that the volumes were bound in new calf, elegantly gilt.

Anders Sparrman, 1747-1820, Swedish naturalist, went to China in 1765 and acquired a curiosity concerning the natural history of other countries. In 1772 therefore he went to the Cape of Good Hope as tutor in a family, and was there when Captain Cook arrived on his second voyage round the world. Forster, the naturalist on this voyage, offered Sparrman a free passage in return for his assistance in his work. This was accepted, and an account of Cook's second voyage is to be found in the first volume of this work. The first edition, in Swedish, was published in Stockholm in 1783, and the first translation into English in London, 1785." "39580","13","","","","Bruce's travels","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 157, as above.","Bruce, James.","Travels to discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In Five Volumes. [—Select Specimens of Natural History. Collected in Travels to discover the Source of the Nile.] By James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. Dublin: Printed for P. Wogan [and others] M,DCC,XC-M,DCC,XCI. [1790-91.]","","

Together 6 vol. 8vo., plates. No copy of this edition was available for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., not in Boucher de la Richarderie, and not in Gay. Jones, page 75.

James Bruce, 1730-1794, African traveller, was born in Kinnaird, Stirlingshire. The first edition of this book was published in Edinburgh in the same year, 1790, and is one of the greatest and most important works on travel. The Dublin edition was pirated, but preferred by Jefferson as being cheaper." "39590","J. 1","","","","Oldmixon's British empire in America.","","2. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 226, Oldmixon's history of the British Islands in America, 8vo.","","","","

This book was entered by Jefferson in chap. 4, Modern History—American, where it has been described, no. 470.

Jefferson's entry in chapter 29 is the same as that in chapter 4, and calls for the complete work.

In the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue the entry has been changed and actually calls for the second volume only, which treats of the Islands, though there is no suggestion of this in the entry, which reads as though it were the title of a separate book.

The 1831 Library of Congress Catalogue, page 218, no. 299, repeats the entry of the 1815 Catalogue, but does not ascribe the book to the Jefferson Collection.

In the later catalogues, the book is ascribed to the Jefferson collection, and the entry reads as follows: The British Empire in America, 2d v. (being the Islands,) 8vo; London, 1708." "39600","2","","","","Ortelii Theatrum orbis","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. ii, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Ortelius, Abraham.","Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm. Opus nunc denuo ab ipso Auctore recognitum, multisquè socis castigatum, & quamplurimis nouis Tabulis atquè Commentarijs auctum. [-Parergon, sive Veteris Geographiæ Aliqvot Tabvlæ . . . Historiæ Ocvlvs Geographia—Nomenclator Ptolemaicvs; Omnia Locorvm Vocabvla qvæ in tota Ptolemæi Geographia occurrunt, continens: ad fidem Græci codicis purgatus; & in ordinem non minus vtilem quám elegantem digestus. Antverpiæ: ex officina Plantiniana, M. D. XCV. Abrah. Ortelij ære & cura.] [1595.]","G1015 .O2 1595","

Folio. 3 parts in 1. Engraved title within an engraved architectural and symbolic border, engraved portrait within an ornamental border, 12 leaves, 115 double-page maps, numbered with signatures 1-1152, with text printed on the recto of the first leaf; title for Parergon, as above, within an ornamental border, 4 leaves of text, 32 double-page maps, with text on the recto of the first leaf, with signatures A-Z, a-i2; title for Nomenclator Ptolemaicus, with imprint, and Plantin's compass device, 18 leaves with signatures A-C6. The preliminary matter includes a number of poems and a Catalogvs Avctorvm Tabvlarvm Geographicarvm on 5 pages.

Brunet III, 580. This edition only mentioned by Sabin in the note to the English edition of 1606, no. 57708. Van der Aa, XIV, p. 209. Tiele, page 185.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Abraham Ortelius, 1527-1598, a native of Antwerp, is considered, next to Mercator, the greatest geographer of his age. He travelled extensively, and was at one time a map engraver, before becoming a scientific geographer. In 1570 he published the first edition of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum with 53 maps, and in 1573 published 17 supplementary. Numerous editions were published, in Latin, French, German, English and other languages. The map Maris Pacifici, dated 1589, and first published in the edition of 1592, is the earliest in which the two American Continents are named: Americae septentrionalior pars, and Americae meridionalior pars. In this edition of 1595, eleven maps relate to America. The engraver was F. Hogenberg." "39610","3","","","","Jeffery's American Atlas","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. I, as above, but reading fol gr.","Jefferys, Thomas.","The American Atlas: or, A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America: wherein are delineated at large, its several Regions, Countries, States, and Islands; and chiefly the British Colonies, composed from numerous Surveys, several of which were made by Order of Government. By Major Holland, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. Engraved on Forty-nine Copper Plates, by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and Others. London: printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","Map Div.","

Folio, 2 preliminary leaves, 30 engraved maps of which 29 are double-page.

Sabin 35953 (in the note). This edition not in Phillips. Not in the John Carter Brown Catalogue.

Jefferson bought a copy from Stockdale, who in a letter dated August 3, 1787, reported that he had sent it to Jefferson in Paris the previous day, price £2. 12.6. It is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, price 63.

Thomas Jefferys, d. 1711, English map engraver, was geographer to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George III. For another work by him, see no. 4000. See also the next following entry." "39620","4","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. J, Atlas Ameriquain de Rouge, gr. fol.","Le Rouge, Georges Louis.","Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional contenant les details des differentes provinces, de ce vaste Continent. Traduit des Cartes levées par ordre du Gouverneur Britannique. Par le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock &c. &c. A Paris: chez le Rouge Ingenieur Geographe du Roi, Rue des grands Augustins, 1778. Avec Privilége du Roi.","Map Div.","

Atlas Folio. Engraved title-page, the upper half with the title as above, the lower with the Table, 14 lines double columns, the title leaf preceded by the frontispiece Guillaume Penne traite avec les Indiens, Benj. West pinxit, D* sculp, 26 engraved maps, in 2, 3, and 4 leaves, dated by Le Rouge 1777 or 1778. No. 18 is Virginie, Maryland, en 2 feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, traduit, corrigé, augmenté a Paris chez Le Rouge, 1777. No. 16 is the map of Pennsylvania chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770. The text on many of the maps is in English and French. The copy in the Library of Congress has three maps not listed in the Index, namely, no. 3. Amérique par C. F. Delamarche. This map is dated 1792 and was probably inserted; no. [4a] Theatre de la Guerre en Amerique. Par sr. le Rouge, 1777; no. [23a] Nouvelle Carte des Côtes des Carolines Septentrionales et Meridionales . . . Traduites de l'Anglois, 1777.

Not in Brunet. Not in Quérard. Phillips 1212.

Georges Louis Le Rouge, fl. 1777, French author, engineer and geographer.

For the English edition from which this was taken, see the previous entry." "39630","5","","","","Morse's American geography","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 158, as above.","Morse, Jedidiah.","The American universal geography, or a view of the present state of all the empires, kingdoms, states, and republics in the known world, and of the United States of America in particular. In two parts. The first part treats of astronomical geography, in an enlarged and improved introduction—of the Western, or American Continent—of its discovery—its aboriginal inhabitants, and whence they came—its divisions—but more particularly of the United States of America, generally and individually—of their situation, extent, civil divisions, rivers, lakes, climate, mountains, soil, produce, natural history, commerce, manufactures, population, character, curiosities, springs, mines and minerals, military strength, government, islands, history of the war, and the succeeding events—and closes with a view of the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and other dominions, on the Continent, and in the West Indies. The second part describes at large, and from the latest and best authorities, the present state, in respect to the above mentioned particulars, of the Eastern Continent—and its islands—as divided into Europe, Asia, and Africa—and subdivided into empires, kingdoms, and republics. To which are added, an improved catalogue of names of places, and their geographical situation, alphabetically arranged—an enlarged chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time—a list of ancient and modern learned and eminent men—and a table of all the monies of the world, reduced to the federal currency. The whole comprehending a complete and improved system of modern geography. Calculated for Americans. Illustrated with ten maps. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. minister of the congregation in Charlestown. Published according to act of Congress. Part II. Containing an improved geographical description of the Eastern Continent and islands. Second edition of this volume. Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Sold at their Bookstore, Faust's Statue, No. 45, Newbury-Street; by said Thomas, in Worcester; by S. Campbell, in New York; by M. Carey, in Philadelphia; by Thomas, Andrews and Butler, in Baltimore; and by other Booksellers in different parts of the United States. June, 1796.","","

8vo. 348 leaves, 10 folded engraved maps. No copy was seen for examination; the copy in the Library of Congress has disappeared from the shelves.

Sabin 50926. Evans 30823.

Jedidiah Morse, 1761-1826, Congregational minister, the ''father of American Geography.'' The first edition of The American Geography (the word Universal was added to the later editions), was published in Elizabeth Town by Shepard Kollock. The work was published in a number of editions, and abridgments and translations appeared in many European languages." "39640","6","","","","Morse's American gazetteer","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 159, as above.","Morse, Jedidiah.","The American Gazetteer, exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a much more full and accurate Account, than has been given, of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Gulfs, Sounds, Capes, Mountains, Forts, Indian Tribes, & New Discoveries, on the American Continent, also of the West-India Islands, and other Islands appendant to the Continent, and those newly discovered in the Pacific Ocean . . . with a particular Description of the Georgia Western Territory. The whole comprising upwards of seven thousand distinct Articles. Collected and compiled from the best Authorities, and arranged with great Care, by, and under the Direction of, Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Author of the American Universal Geography—Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences—and Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Illustrated with seven new and neat Maps. Published according to Act of Congress. Printed in Boston, at the Presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews, and sold by E. Larkin, and the other Booksellers in Boston; by Gaine & Ten Eyck, and S. Campbell, New-York; M. Carey, and W. Young, Philadelphia; by Messrs. Websters, and Thomas, Andrews & Pennyman, Albany; and Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, 1797.","E14 .M84","

First Edition. 8vo. 314 leaves with signatures [ ]4, A-L, [M]-[Y]4, [Z]2, [Aa]4, M-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Qqq4, in 24 letter alphabets, 7 folded engraved maps, namely, A New Map of North America shewing all the New Discoveries 1797 (frontispiece), A Map of South America and the Adjacent Islands, 1797, a correct Map of the Georgia Western Territory, a Map of the Northern Part of the United States of America by Abraham Bradley Junr. (including Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky), Map of the Southern Parts of the United States of America, also by Abraham Bradley (including Part of Kentucky, Part of Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Georgia Western Territory, West and East Florida), Chart of the New Discoveries East of New Holland and New Guinea 1797, West Indies from the best Authorities, by Callender and by Hill.

Sabin 50923. Evans 32509. John Carter Brown 3902. Dexter IV, 299, 7.

This work passed through several editions and was also printed in London in 1798. In 1802 the author, with Elijah Paris, issued a second volume entitled A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Counties. In 1810 the two volumes were combined with the title Universal Gazetteer of the Eastern and Western Continents.

See also no. 3840." "39650","7","","","","Tableau des E. U. par Pictet.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 160, as above, Etats Unis not abbreviated.","Pictet, Charles.","Tableau de la Situation Actuelle des états-Unis d'Amérique, d'après Jedidiah Morse et les meilleurs Auteurs Américains, par C. Pictet, de Genève. Tome Premier. [-II.] A Paris: Chez Du Pont, l'An III de la République, 1795.","E164 .P61","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1, 8vo. 181 and 171 leaves, large folded engraved map in each volume, the first by G. Allen, Sadlers Wells Row, Islington, the second by W. Harrison Senr and Junr, and both engraved for Morse's Geography published by J. Stockdale Jany 25, 1792, leaves of printed tables inserted, list of errata at the end of each volume.

Sabin 62679. Quérard VII, 150. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 66.

In his Advertisement at the beginning the author states that ''Le Géographe Américain Jedidiah Moise, qui a fourni à cet ouvrage les faits géographiques, et un grand nombre d'autres, n'avait rien négligé pour rendre complette la dernière édition de son American Geography, imprimée à Londres, en 1794; et il était devenu, sous le rapport de ce travail qui l'occupait depuis plusieurs années, le centre des informations des Savans des états-Unis . . .'' In a footnote he mentions that ''Les excellens Ouvrages de Tench Coxe et de Thomas Cooper, imprimés à Londres en 1795, me sont parvenus à tems pour en tirer des faits intéressans.''

Jefferson is not named in this Avertissement, but the Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source books used, and frequent references to it occur.

Charles Pictet, known also as Pictet de Rochemont, 1755-1824, Swiss agriculturalist and writer, served as an officer in the French army from 1775 to 1785. This work gives a general history of the United States beginning with the War of Independence, and an account of each State. At the end is an Exposé sommaire des principaux faits qui caractérisent les Américains et leur pays, and footnote states: ''Le morceau suivant est tiré de l'ouvrage de Tench Coxe, de Philadelphie, imprimé à Londres, 1795. Il a été écrit à la fin de l'année 1793, et se trouve aussi dans l'ouvrage de Thomas Cooper. (Londres 1795.)''" "39660","8","","","","The English Pilot.","","4th. Book g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. N, as above, but reading gr. fol.","","The English pilot. The fourth book. Describing the West-India navigation from Hudson's-bay to the river Amazones. Particularly delineating the sea-coasts, capes, head-lands, rivers, bays, roads, havens, harbours, streights, rocks, sands, shoals, banks, depths of water, and anchorage. With all the islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Bermudoes, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Carribe and Bahama islands. Also a new description of Newfoundland, New-England, New-York, east and west New-Jerzey, Dellewar-bay, Virginia, Maryland, and Carrolina, &c. Shewing the courses and distances from one place to another, the ebbing and flowing of the sea, the setting of the tides and currents, &c. With many other things necessary to be known in navigation. The whole being very much enlarged and corrected, with the additions of several new charts and descriptions, not before publish'd. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations. London: for W. Fisher and J. Thornton, 1689?","","

Folio. No copy of an edition of 1689 has been traced. This edition is called for by the Library of Congress Catalogues of 1831 and later, and by Sabin 22616. There is no edition of 1689 entered in the Term Catalogues and the earliest edition in the STC [E3108] is that of 1698 published for John Thornton and Richard Mount. The first edition described by Phillips [no. 1155] and from which the above title-page was taken, is that of 1706, to which Phillips appends a note: The first edition of ''The english pilot'' was printed in London, for W. Fisher and J. Thornton, 1689.

The edition of 1706 has 36 leaves and 24 maps engraved by John Thornton or by John Thornton and Will: Fisher." "39670","9","","","","Description des cotes de l'Amerique. par Dassié.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 50, as above.","Dassié, F.","Description generale des Costes de l'Amerique, Havres, Isles, Caps, Golfes, Bancs, Ecueils, Basses, profondeurs, vents & courans d'eau. Des Peuples qui les Habitent, du temperamment de l'air, de la qualité des Terres & du Commerce. Utile à tous Navigateurs, Hydrographes & Geographes, le tout recueilly des Autheurs les plus modernes, & des Memoires des Pilotes, François, Espagnols & Portugais. Par le Sieur Dassié Prètre, Chanoine de S. Ruf. A Rouen: chez Bonaventure Le Brun, M. DC. LXXVII. Avec Permission. [1677.]","E143 .D23","

12mo. 218 leaves.

Sabin 18654. John Carter Brown 1162. Not in Quérard. This edition not in Graesse.

F. Dassié, French hydrographer and a canon of St. Ruf, dedicated this book to Humbert de Valernod, abbé and Chef Général of the Ordre des Chanoines Reguliers de S. Ruf. The first edition was printed in Rouen in 1676. Dassié, who was a builder of vessels for the King of France at Havre, spent some time in America." "39680","10","","","","Recherches sur les Americains. par de Paw.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 51, as above.","Pauw, Cornelis de.","Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espece Humaine. Par M. de P***. Avec une Dissertation sur l'Amérique & les Américains, par Dom Pernety . . . Tome Premier. [-Second.—Dissertation sur l'Amérique et les Américains, contre les Recherches Philosophiques, de M. de P***. Par Dom Pernety, Abbé de l'Abbaye de Burgel, des Académies Royales de Prusse & de Florence, & Bibliothécaire de Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse. A Berlin, M. DCC. LXX.—Défense des Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains, par M. de P***. Tome Troisième. A Berlin, M. DCC. LXXI.] A Londres [Berlin] M. D. CC. LXXI. [1771.]","E58 .P315","

3 vol. 12mo. I, 162 leaves, the last a blank; II, 234 leaves (sig. Ff and Gg repeated); the text of the Recherches Philosophiques ends on Ddi verso, page 304, and is followed by the Table des Matieres, 16 leaves, unnumbered; on the next leaf, Ff6 is the title for the Dissertation sur l'Amérique, 60 leaves, the last a blank, continuous signatures, separate pagination; III, 118 leaves. The imprint in the first title reads Londres; in the other titles Londres is replaced by Berlin.

Quérard VI, 643. Sabin 59243. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Lama, no. 683. This edition not in Van der Aa. John Carter Brown 1798. Boimare 169.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on November 6, 1788, described as 3 vol. mi-rel., price 9. The book is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Jefferson's opinion of this work and its author is given in a letter addressed to the Marquis de Chastellux from Paris on June 7, 1785, concerning the general question of the degeneracy of animals in America, with reference to the works of Buffon and the Abbé Raynal. After mention of Don Ulloa and Robertson [qqv.] Jefferson wrote:

. . . Paw, the beginner of this charge was a compiler from the works of others; and of the most unlucky description; for he seems to have read the writings of travellers only to collect and republish their lies. it is really remarkeable that in three volumes 12mo. of small print it is scarcely possible to find one truth, and yet that the author should be able to produce authority for every fact he states, as he says he can . . .

Cornelis de Pauw, 1739-1799, Dutch scholar and canon of Xanten, first published his Recherches Philosophiques in Berlin, 1768.

Dom Antoine Joseph Pernetti, 1716-1801, French Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur, took exception to a part of de Pauw's work, and in 1770 published his Dissertation sur l'Amerique et les Americains, contre les Recherches philosophiques de Pauw. This was answered by de Pauw, in his Défense des Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains. All three works are included in this edition." "39690","11","","","","Le Lettere Americane del Conte Carli.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 52, as above.","[Carli, Giovanni Rinaldo, Conte.]","Le Lettere Americane. Nuova Edizione corretta ed ampliata colla Aggiunta della Parte III. ora per la prima volta impressa. Parte Prima. [—Terza. In cui si esamina l'Ipotesi di Mr. Bailly intorno l'Atlantide di Platone, e quella del Sig. Conte di Buffon per rispetto al successivo raffreddamento del Globo.] Cremona: per Lorenzo Manini Regio Stampatore, M. DCC. LXXXI. [-M. DCC. LXXXIII.] Con licenza de' Superiori. [1781-3.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 3 vol. 135, 140 and 108 leaves, folded engraved map; the dedication to Benjamin Franklin at the beginning and the preface signed by Isidoro Bianchi.

Melzi II, 111. Sabin 10911. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie, not in Field and not in the John Carter Brown Catalogue.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Giovanni Rinaldo, Conte Carli, 1720-1795, Italian scholar, addressed this series of letters to his cousin Girolamo Gravisi between May 1777 and September 1779. The author's intention was to refute the assertions of De Pauw in his Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains [q.v.], and he describes the manners, customs, religion, etc., of the native Americans, before the European conquests. The first edition was published in 1780, and the book was translated into English, German and French." "39700","12","","","","Vita e lettere di Americo Vespucci.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 246, Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci, 4to dal Bandini.","Bandini, Angelo Maria.","Vita e Lettere di Amerigo Vespvcci Gentilvomo Fiorentino raccolte e illvstrate dall'Abate Angelo Maria Bandini. Firenze MDCCXLV. Nella Stamperia all'Insegna di Apollo con Licenza de' Superiori. [1745.]","E125 .V5V49","

First Edition. 4to. 103 leaves, engraved frontispiece with full length portrait of Vespuccio and a bust portrait of Dante inset, by I. Menabuoni after I. Sveicarte, engraved vignette representing Apollo on the title-page, Ex. Gem. Mus. Med., folded printed genealogical table of the Vespucci family.

Sabin 3149. Vignaud, Améric Vespuce, page 199.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 9-0.

On August 28, 1814, Jefferson sent a portrait of Vespucci to Joseph Delaplaine, and mentioned this work in the accompanying letter:

. . . The book from which I cut the print of Vespucius which I sent you has the following title and date. 'Elogio d'Amerigo Vespucci che ha riportato il premio dalla nobile accademia Etrusca di Cortona nel dì 15. d'Ottobre dell'anno 1788. del P. Stanislao Canovai delle scuole pie publico professore di fisica Matematica, in Firenze 1788. nella stamp. di Pietro Allegrini.' this print is unquestionably from the same original in the gallery of Florence from which my copy was also taken. the portrait is named in the catalogue of Vasari, and mentioned also by Bandini in his life of Americus Vespucius, but neither gives it's history—both tell us there was a portrait of Vespucius taken by Domenico, and a fine head of him by Da Vinci, which however are lost, so that it would seem that this of Florence is the only one existing . . .

Angelo Maria Bandini, 1726-1803, Italian author." "39710","13","","","","Purchas's Pilgrimage","","p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 247, as above.","Purchas, Samuel.","Pvrchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages and Places discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. In Fovre Parts. This First containeth a Theologicall and Geographical Historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Ilands Adiacent. Declaring the Ancient Religions before the Flovd, the Heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all Ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall Opinions, Idols, Oracles, Temples, Priests, Fasts, Feasts, Sacrifices, and Rites Religious. Their beginnings, Proceedings, Alterations, Sects, Orders and Successions. With briefe Descriptions of the Countries, Nations, States, Discoueries; Priuate and Publike Customes, and the most Remarkable Rarities of Nature, or humane Industrie, in the same. The second Edition, much enlarged with Additions through the whole Worke; by Samvel Pvrchas, Minister at Estwood in Essex . . . London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Rose, 1614.","G159 .P976 1614","

Folio. 482 leaves, woodcut initials and ornaments, complimentary verses and a catalogue of authors at the beginning. The part relating to America, which extends through the eighth and ninth books, begins on Ppp6, page 717, with caption title: Relations of the Discoveries, Regions, and Religions, of the New World. Of New France, Virginia, Florida; New Spaine, with other Regions of America, Mexicana, and of their Religions.

Sabin 66680. STC 20506. John Carter Brown 101.

This work is entered by Jefferson and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue in the Americana section of the chapter on Geography. In the later Library of Congress catalogues it is reclassified into Geography—General. It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, under America—North, with the price 4/-.

Samuel Purchas, 1575?-1626, English divine, first published his Pilgrimage in 1613. Jefferson's copy of this second edition would seem to have been bought in England, the price being four shillings, and his classification tends to prove that he was interested only in the American sections." "39720","14","","","","Delle navigazione e viaggi raccolte dal Ramusio.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 271, as above.","Ramusio, Giovanni Battista.","Delle Navigationi et Viaggi raccolte da M. Gio. Battista Ramvsio, in tre volvmi divise . . . In Venetia: appresso i Givnti, M DC XIII.—Delle Navigationi et Viaggi Raccolte da M. Gio. Battista Ramvsio, et illustrate con molti vaghi Discorsi da lui dichiarati: Volvme Secondo . . . In Venetia, M DCVI. Appresso i Givnti. Delle Navigationi et Viaggi Raccolte da M. Gio. Battista Ramvsio, Volvme Terzo . . . In Venetia, M DCVI. Appresso i Givnti. [1613, 1606, 1606.]","","

3 vol. Folio. Volume I, sixth edition, 432 leaves, 3 double-page engraved maps, woodcut map of the Nile, plans; Volume II, fourth edition, 370 leaves; Volume III, third edition, 461 leaves, engraved and woodcut maps and plans. No copy of these editions was available for collation.

Sabin 67735, 67739, 67742. John Carter Brown II, page 42 (vol. II and III). See the note to Church 99.

Jefferson bought the three volumes from Froullé in Paris on March 5, 1788, price 72. His chief interest was evidently Volume III, which contains the voyages relative to America, as the volumes are classified by him in the American section of the Geography chapter. The 1815 Library of Congress catalogue follows Jefferson. In later Library of Congress catalogues the volumes are reclassified into Geography—General.

Giovanni Battista Ramusio, 1485-1557, Italian scholar. ''This is one of the earliest and the most important collection of Voyages and Travels of the sixteenth century; the third volume being entirely devoted to America. It contains translations of works that had previously appeared in Spanish, French, and Latin, and some from manuscripts which had never before been published. This work was compiled during the latter part of Ramusio's life and is carefully and intelligently done, as he had devoted his mature years to historical and geographical study, in which he had given instruction in a school carried on at his own house. He left material for a fourth volume, but the MS. was destroyed in a fire which burned the printing-house of the publishers, not long after his death, in 1557.''—Church. An excellent account of Ramusio and his work by Sir Henry Yule is in the Encyclopædia Britannica." "39730","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part I","","","","","Admiranda Narratio fida Tamen, de Commodis et Incolarvm Ritibvs Virginiæ, nvper Admodvm ab Anglis, qvi à Dn. Richardo Greinvile Eqvestris Ordinis Viro eò in Coloniam Anno. M.D.LXXXV. Dedvcti svnt Inventæ, Svmtvs Faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh Eqvestris Ordinis Viro Fodinar[???] Stanni Præfecto ex Avctoritate Serenissimæ Reginæ Angliæ. Anglico scripta Sermone à Thoma Hariot, eivsdem Walteri Domestico, in eam Coloniam Misso vt Regionis sitvm diligenter observaret Nvnc avtem primvm Latio donata à C. C. A. Cvm Gratia et Privilegio Caes. Matis Specli ad Qvadriennivm. Francoforti ad Moenvm: Typis Ioannis Wecheli, svmtibvs vero Theodori de Bry Anno CI[???] I[???] XC. Venales Reperivntvr in Officina Sigismvndi Feirabendii. [1590.]","","

64 leaves, italic letter, engraved title within historiated pictorial border, engraved arms of Maximilian, King of Poland, on the leaf of dedication, full-page plate representing Adam and Eve as frontispiece to the plates, doublepage engraved map of Virginia and 27 engraved plates.

John Carter Brown 396. Church 140.

Contains Thomas Hariot's report of the new found land of Virginia. This is the part that Jefferson had been anxious to obtain." "39740","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part II","","","","","Brevis Narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ Prov[???]cia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam Nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere classis Præfecto: Anno M D LXIIII. Qvæ est secvnda pars Americæ. Additæ figuræ & Incolarum eicones ibidem ad vivi[???] expressæ: brevis item Declaratio Religionis, rituum, vivendi[???]ue ratione ipsorum Auctore Iacobo le Moÿne, cui cognomen de Morgues, Laudōnierum in ea Navigatione sequnto. Nunc primùm Gallico sermone à Theodoro de Bry Leodiense in lucem edita: latio verò donata a C. C. A. Cum gratia & priuil. Caes. Maiest. ad quadriennium. Francoforti ad Moenvm: Tÿpis Ioānis Wecheli, Sumtibus vero Theodori de Brÿ Anno M D XCI. Venales reperiūtur in officina Sigismundi Feirabēdii. [1591.]","","

78 leaves, engraved title within an historiated and pictorial border, engraved arms of the Duke of Saxony on the leaf of dedication, followed by a leaf Benevolo Lectori with a half-page plate representing Noah sacrificing, engraved folded map of Florida, 42 plates, with text in italic letter, versos blank.

John Carter Brown 399. Church 145.

Contains an account of the French Huguenot expeditions to Florida under Jean Ribaut, René de Laudonnière, and Dominique de Gourgues, in 1562, 1564, and 1567, respectively. The account of the expedition under Laudonnière was written by Jacques de Moyne, an artist who accompanied the expedition, and whose manuscripts, after his death in England, were sold by his widow to De Bry, who published them for the first time." "39750","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part III","","","","","Americae Tertia Pars Memorabilē provinciæ Brasiliæ Historiam continēs, germanico primùm sermone scriptam à Ioāne Stadio Homburgensi Hesso, nunc autem latinitate donatam à Teucrio Annaeo Priuato Colchanthe Po: & Med: Addita est Narratio profectionis Ioannis Lerij in eamdem Provinciam, quā ille initio gallicè conscripsit, postea verò Latinam fecit. His accessit Descriptio Morum & Ferocitatis incolarum illius Regionis atque Colloquium ipsorum idiomate conscriptum. Omnia recens evulgata, & eiconibus in æs incisis ac ad vivum expressis illustrata, ad normam exemplaris prædictorum Autorum: studio & diligentia Theodori de Brÿ Leodiensis, atque civis Francofurtensis anno M D XCII. Venales reperiūtur in officina Theodori de Bry. [1592.]","","

164 leaves, engraved title within an historated architectural border, engraved arms of the Count Palatine on the leaf of dedication, engraved full-page plate with seven coats of arms and six female figures representing the Virtues, folded engraved map of South America, Central America and Florida, 34 half-page engraved plates; engraved title for Navigatio in Brasiliam Americae, within the same architectural border, the full-page plate of Adam and Eve, 10 half-page engraved plates; the text includes vocabularies, and lines of musical notation.

John Carter Brown 400. Church 148.

Contains 1. The account of two voyages made to Brazil, 1546-1548 and 1549-1555, by Johann von Staden. This was originally written in German and translated into Latin by Adam Lonicer. 2. An account of the voyage to Brazil in 1556-1558 by Jean de Léry. Originally written in French and translated into Latin by the author." "39760","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part IV","","","","","Americae Pars Qvarta. Sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo Anno M. CCCCXCII. Scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono Mediolanense, qui istic ānis XIIII. Versatus, diligēter omnia observavit. Addita ad singula ferè capita, non contemnenda scholia, in quibus agitur de earum etiam gentium idololatria. Accessit præterea illarum Regionum Tabula chorographica. Omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leodiense, cive Francofurtensi Anno cI[???] I[???] xciiii. Ad Invistis. Rudolphus II. Rom. Imperator. Cum privilegio S. C. Maiestat. [1594.]","","

104 leaves, title within an engraved historiated pictorial border, followed by a leaf with the seven coats of arms as in Part III, the next 2 leaves (Ad Lectorem and Epigramma Iani Iacobi Boissardi Vesvntini) with half page plates, Columbus being led by marine deities and Americae Retectio, engraved folded map of the West Indies, the engraved title repeated before the plates, 24 numbered plates with text in italic letter.

John Carter Brown 401. Church 153.

''This Part contains the beginning of Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuouo. The remainder was published in the Parts V. and VI. Benzoni's work was first published in Italian at Venice in 1565. It was translated into Latin by Urbain Chauveton, who also gave an account of the French expedition to Florida. He also translated the work into French. De Bry has followed Chauveton's translation which was published at Geneva in 1578, and has added to it Latin translations of some of the notes which appeared in the French edition.''—Church Catalogue." "39770","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part V","","","","","Americæ Pars Qvinta. Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis, secundæ sectionis Hia: Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorum[???] piratarū de Hispanis toties reportata spolia; Aduentū item Hispanorū in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorum[???] contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans. Addita ad singula fere Capita scholia, in quibus res Indiæ luculenter exponuntur. Accessit præterea Tabula Chorographica Nouæ Hispaniæ in India Occidentali. Ad Invictis Rvdolph. II. Rom. Imp. Avg. Omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leod. cive Franc. Ao. cI[???] I[???] xcv. Cum privilegio S. C. Maiestatis. [1595.]","","

68 leaves, engraved title within an engraved historiated pictorial border, engraved portrait of Columbus, engraved double page map of Mexico, engraved title before the plates, 22 numbered plates.

John Carter Brown 402. Church 156.

This part contains a continuation of Chauveton's translation of Benzoni's Historia, begun in Part IV.

Relative to the engraved portrait of Columbus found in this part, Jefferson wrote on August 9, 1814, to Joseph Delaplaine, at work on his Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters:

Your favor of July 28 is just recieved, and I now inclose you the print of Vespucius, which I have cut out of the book, & which is taken from the same original in the gallery of Florence from which my painting was taken . . . Between the 4th. & 5th. parts of the great work of De Bry. is a print of Columbus, and an account of it which should give it some authority. it is very small, and not very much resembling my copy of his portrait from the Florentine gallery. De Bry's book is very rare and very expensive. yet probably it may be in some of the libraries of Philadelphia, perhaps the Loganian. if not, m[???] Wood, if he comes on to copy my Columbus, may copy this print also from my Debry. both may be worth inserting in your work. DeBry says his was given to him by the painter who drew the portrait of Columbus . . .

Delaplaine replied from Philadelphia on August 17:

. . . At your suggestion I enquired at the Loganian & other libraries for the work of De Bry, but in vain. In speaking to my worthy friend Dr. Barton on the subject, he informed me that he believed the work was not in America except in your possession. He spoke of its great value, and I at the same time mentioned that it contained an engraved portrait of Columbus, and that De Bry says it was given to him by the painter who drew the portrait of Columbus. That I derived this information from you & added further, that an account of the print accompanied it which should give it some authority . . .

To this Jefferson replied on August 28:

. . . I have taken from the 2d. vol. of De Bry a rough model of the leaf on which is the print he has given of Columbus, and his preface. it gives the exact size and outline of the print, which, with a part of the preface, is on the 1st. page of the leaf, and the rest on the 2d. I have extracted from it what related to the print, which you will percieve could not be cut out without a great mutilation of the book. this would not be regarded as to it's cost, which was 12. guineas for the 3. vols in Amsterdam, but that it seems to be the only copy of the work in the US. and I know from experience the difficulty if not impossibility of getting another. I had orders lodged with several eminent booksellers, in the principal book-marts of Europe, to wit, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfort, Madrid, several years before this copy was obtained at the accidental sale of an old library in Amsterdam, on the death of it's proprietor . . .

Jefferson then compared the three likenesses of Columbus from which Delaplaine was to make his choice, namely:

1. the print in Muñoz' work, from a copy of Rincon's original, taken in the 17th. century by an indifferent hand, with conjectural alterations suggested by the verbal description of the younger Columbus of the countenance of his father.

[The work of Muñoz was described to Jefferson, from the copy in Barton's library, by Delaplaine in his letter of August 17.]

2. the Miniature of De Bry, from a copy taken in the 16th. century from the portrait maid by order of the K. & Queen, probably that of Rincon.

3. the copy in my possession, of the size of the life, taken for me from the original which is in the gallery of Florence. I say, from an original, because it is well known that in collections of any note, & that of Florence is the first in the world, no copy is ever admitted; and an original existing in Genoa would readily be obtained for a royal collection in Florence. Vasari, in his lives of the painters, names this portrait in his catalogue of the paintings in that gallery, but does not say by whom it was made. it has the aspect of a man of 35. still smooth-faced, & in the vigor of life, which would place it's date about 1477. 15 years earlier than that of Rincon. accordingly in the miniature of De Bry, the face appears more furrowed by time. on the whole I should have no hesitation at giving this the preference over the conjectural one of Muñoz and the miniature of De Bry . . ." "39780","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part VI","","","","","Americae Pars Sexta. Sive Historiæ ab Hieronymo Bēzono Mediolanēse scriptæ, sectio tertia, res nō minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm præcedentes duæ. In hac enim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opulētissimas illas Peruäni regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba: deīde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella. Additus est brevis de Fortunatis insulis Comentariolus in duo capita distinctus. Item additiones ad singula Capita Historiam illustrantes. Accessit Perväni regni chorographica Tabula. Ad Invictis: Rvdolph: [???]: Rom: Im: Avg: Omnia elegantibus figuris in æs incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leod: cive autem Frācofurtēse. Ao M D XCVI. Cum privilegio s. c. Matis. [1596.]","","

84 leaves, engraved title within an historiated pictorial border, repeated before the plates with engraved text on a slip pasted over the text of the first title, engraved doublepage plan of Cusco, double-page map of the Western Hemisphere with portraits of Columbus, Vespuccius, Magellan, and Pizarro, 28 numbered plates, with text in italic or roman letter.

John Carter Brown 403. Church 158.

Contains the final portion of Benzoni's Historia, a history of the Canary Islands, a History of the Expedition of the French into Florida, and the petition of the widows, orphans, and friends of the French who had been massacred by the Spanish in 1565." "39790","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part VII","","","","","Americæ Pars VII. Verissima et Ivcvndissima Descriptio Praecipvarvm Qvarvndam Indiæ regionum & Insularum, quæ quidem nullis ante hæc tempora visæ cognitæque, iam primum ab Vlrico Fabro Straubingensi, multo cum periculo inuentæ & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatæ fuerunt, ex germanico in latinum sermonem conuersa autore M. Gotardo Artvs Dantiscano. Illustrata verò pulcherrimis imaginibus, & in lucem emissa, studio & opera Theodorici de Bry piæ memoriæ, relictæ viduæ & filiorum. Anno Christi, M. D. XCIX. Venales reperiūtur in officina Theodori de Bry. [1599.]","","

32 leaves, engraved title within an historiated and architectural border as in Part III, 1 unnumbered plate in the text.

John Carter Brown 404. Church 161.

Contains the account of the voyages of Ulrich Schmide [Ulricus Faber] to Brazil and Paraguay in 1535-1553, originally published in 1597 in the German edition of the Great Voyages, Part VII." "39800","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part VIII","","","","","Americæ Pars VIII. Continens Primo, Descriptionem Trivm Itinervm Nobilissimi et Fortissimi Eqvitis Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm Vniverso Terrarvm Orbe, postea cum nobilissimo Equite Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit, vbi vitam suam ambo finierunt. Secvndo, iter nobilissimi Equitis Thomæ Candisch, qui duorum ferè annorum spacio, 13000. Anglicana miliaria in mari confecit, vbi describuntur quoque omnia quæ in hoc itinere ipsi acciderunt & visa sunt. Tertio, duo itinera, nobilissimi & fortissimi Domini Gvaltheri Ralegh Equitis & designati gubernatoris Regii in Anglia præsidii, nec non fortissimi Capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs Itineribvs Describitvr Avrifervm et Potentissimum Regnum Gviana, ad Septentrionem fluminis Orenoqve, aliàs Oregliana dicti, situm, cum metropoli eius Manoa & Macviegvarai, aliis[???]; finitimis regionibus & fluuiis, mercibus item præstantissimis, & mercatura, quæ in regno hoc exercetur. Primo Qvidem Anglicana Lingva Partim ab Eqvitibvs Ipsis, partim ab aliis, qui hisce itineribus interfuerunt, sparsim consignata: Iam verò in vnum Corpus redacta, & in Latinum Sermonem conuersa, auctore M. Gotardo Artvs Dantiscano. Figuris & imaginibus artificiosè illustrata & in lucem emissa, opera & sumptibus Theodorici de Bry P. M. relictæ Viduæ & filiorum. Anno M. D. XCIX. [1599.]","","

110 leaves, printed title, with an engraved map of the two hemispheres with a portrait of Sir Francis Drake, engraved double-page map of Guiana and the Amazon, with illustrations of animals and natives, text in German with some Latin, small engraved map of the world on page 78, at the end of Cavendish's expedition, small engraved map at the end of Sir Walter Raleigh's preface, representing the North Atlantic Ocean, with the adjacent coasts, showing Virginia, Mexico, Central America, Panama, the Amazon, and the coasts of France, Spain and North Africa, printed title for the plates, 18 numbered plates with the text in italic letter.

John Carter Brown 405. Church 163.

Contains accounts of six voyages as follows:

1. Sir Francis Drake's first voyage, 1577-80, written by Niño de Sylva, a Portuguese, and here published for the first time. For an English version, see Hakluyt's Voyages, no. 4007.

2. Drake's second voyage, finished in 1585, from the account of Thomas Cates.

3. Drake's third voyage, 1595-1596, with Sir John Hawkyns. This expedition was directed against the Spaniards at Panama, and the account is taken from Drake's log book.

4. The voyage of Thomas Cavendish round the world, 1586-1588. An account was written by Francis Brettie (or Prettie), who accompanied the expedition.

5. Sir Walter Raleigh's first voyage, undertaken in 1595, to Peru, Guiana and other places. Raleigh published an account of this voyage in London 1596.

6. The second voyage to Guiana, in 1596, here attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh, but actually undertaken at his behest by his friend Lawrence Keyms." "39810","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part IX","","","","","Americæ Nona & postrema Pars. Qva de Ratione Elementorvm: De Novi Orbis Natvra: de hvivs incolarvm svperstitiosis cultibus: de[???]; forma Politiæ ac Reipubl. ipsorum copiosè pertractatur: Catalogo Regum Mexicanorum omnium, à primo vsq; ad vltimum Moteçumam II. addito: cui etiam ritus eorum coronationis, ac sepulturæ annectitur, cum enumeratione bellorum, quæ mutuò Indigesserunt. His Accessit Designatio illivs Navigationis, qvam 5. naues Hollandicæ Anno 1598. per fretum Magellanum in Moluccanas insulas tentarunt: quomodo nimirum oborta tempestate Capitaneus Sebalt de Weert à cæteris nauibus dispulsus, postquam plurimis mensibus in freto infinitis ærumnis miserè iactatus fuisset, tandem infectare post biennium An. 1600. domum reuersus sit. Addita est tertio Navigatio recens, qvam 4. Navivm Praefectus Olevier à Noort proximè suscepit: qui freto Magellanico classe transmisso, triennij spatio vniuersum terræ orbem seu globum mira nauigationis sorte obiuit: annexis illis, quæ in itinere isto singularia ac memorabiliora notata sunt. Omnia è Germanico Latinitate donata, & insuper elegantissimis figuris æneis coornata edita[???]; sumptibus Theodori de Bry p.m. Viduæ & binorum filiorum.—Relatio Historica, siue Vera, et Genvina Consignatio ac Descriptio Illivs Navigationis, qvam V. naves, mense Ivnio Anno 1598. Amstelredamo solventes, fretum Magellanicum in Moluccanas insulas transmittendi instituto susceperunt: quid nimirum ipsis vsque ad 7. Septembr. Ann. 1599. acciderit, quo tempore frementium tempestatum ac procellarum vi dissipatis his nauibus, duo Capitanei Sebalt de Weert, & Balthasar de Cordes, cum binis tantum nauibus, soli iuncti manserunt: qui & ipsi tandem Mensibus quatuor integris in freto dicto infandis laboribus ac periculis infinitis iactati sunt tamdiu, donec Capitaneus de Weert, dispulsa sibi socia naue iam solus vna saltem anchora, paucoque commeatu instructus, relinqueretur: qui post biennium illi itineri impensum, tandem infecta re in Hollandiam An. 1600. reuersus est. Omnia per Mr. Bernhardvm Jansz Cirurgni, qui nauigationis huius pars fuit, congesta sunt & descripta: ac Elegantibvs Figvris Tabvlisqve in æs incisis expressa, & edita à Theod. de Bry p.m. vidua, & binis filiis.—Additamentvm Nonae Partis Americae Hoc est, Vera et Accvrata Descriptio Longinqvæ, Divtvrnæ ac Pericvlosissimæ Nauigationis, qvam Olevier à Noort, classis quatuor nauium & 248. hominum Generalis præfectus constitutus, ac rebus necessariis aliis vberrimè instructus per æstuosum fretum Magellanicum confecit: qui triennij spatio velis vniuersum terræ globum intrepidus obiuit, eoque in cursu varia, ac scitu necessaria admodum incunda[???]; notauit. E Germanico Latinitate donata, & figuris seu iconibus aneis pulcherrimis ornata, editaque opera ac sumptibus Theodoride Bry p.m. Vidvæ ac filiorum binorum Ioan. Theodori & Ioan. Israelis ciuium Francofurtensium.—Francof.: apud Matth. Beckervm, 1602.","","

3 parts in 1, together 306 leaves, printed title within an engraved historiated border, engraved arms of Christian II Duke of Saxony, printed title to the plates, 25 numbered plates, with text in italic letter; title to the Relatio Historica with an engraving showing 5 ships of the expedition, map of Fretvm Magellannicvm, with text in German and Latin, title to the Additamentvm with an engraving containing a portrait of Olivier van Noort and a map of the two hemispheres, printed title to the plates, 14 numbered plates with text in italic letter.

John Carter Brown 406. Church 168.

Contains:

1. De Novi Orbis Natura of Acosta. The first two books of this work were originally written in Latin and published in Seville in 1589, and the complete work in Spanish in the following year, q. v. no. 4096.

2. The voyage of Sebald de Weert to the Moluccas by way of the Straits of Magellan in 1598, written by Zacharias Heyne.

3. The Additamentum, which contains an account of the voyage of Olivier van Noort also to the Moluccas by way of the Straits of Magellan. De Bry's version is a translation into Latin from the German translation of the Beschryvinghe vande voyagie om den geheelen werelt cloot, ghedaen door Olivier van Noort van Utrecht, generael over vier schepen . . . by Jan van Waesberghen and Cornelis Claessz, published in 1601." "39820","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part X","","","","","Americæ Pars Decima: qua continentur, I. Duæ Navigationes Dn. Americi Vesputii, sub auspiciis Castellani Regis, Ferdinandi susceptæ. II. Solida narratio de moderno provinciæ Virginiæ statu, qua ratione tandem pax cum Indianis coaluerit, ac castella aliquot ad regionis præsidium ab Anglis extructa fuerint: additâ historiâ lectu jucundissimâ, quomodo Pokahuntas, Regis Virginiæ Powhatani filia, primori cuidam Anglo nupserit; Authore Raphe Hamor Virginiæ Secretario. III. Vera descriptio Novæ Angliæ, quæ Americæ pars ad Septentrionalem Indiam spectat, à Capitaneo Johanne Schmidt, Equite atque Admirali delineata: cui accessit discursus, quomodo in secunda navigatione à Gallis captus, Anno 1616. demum liberatus fuerit. Omnia nunc primùm in lucem edita, atque eleganter in æs incisis iconibus illustrata, Sumptibus ac studio Johann-Theodori de Bry. Oppenheimii: Typis Hieronymi Galleri, Anno M DC XIX. [1619.]","","

50 leaves, printed title with an engraving in compartments, showing Indians and 3 ships, engraved doublepage map of the Philippines and the Mar di India (belonging to Part XI), printed title to the plates, 12 numbered plates, with text in italic letter.

John Carter Brown 407. Church 170.

Contains:

1. The two letters of Americus Vespuccius, giving an account of his voyages to America in 1497 and 1499.

2. A translation of Ralphe Hamor's A True Discourse of the present Estate of Virginia, London, 1615.

3. A Latin version of John Smith's A Description of New England, London, 1616." "39830","15","Collection des grands voiages aux Indes Occidentales par De Bry. XI. parts in 3. vols. fol. Frankfort.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 270, as above, but omitting grands and reading 3 v fol.","

[TBE]Bry, Theodor de. The Great or American Voyages, Parts I to XI, in Latin. Frankfort and Oppenheim, 1590-1619. G159.B7[/TBE]

Folio. 11 parts in 3 volumes.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him at auction by Van Damme of Amsterdam (Jefferson himself being in Amsterdam at the time), in 1789, price 12 guineas. Jefferson originally ordered the first part only (with a number of other books) from a catalogue which had been sent him by Van Damme in a letter dated March 23, 1788: Vol. 1. pa. 7. Admiranda narratio etc. Virginiae. a Thomâ Harriot. fol.

In the same letter he ordered a copy of the catalogue for himself.

On October 27, 1788, Van Damme wrote to Jefferson:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús expediée, úne Catalogue de úne Petite Vente, des Livres de la Rareté Extraordinaire. Entre icelle je Troúvée N:228. Dans cette Collection entre aútre. Toút les Pieces de Virgine. Par Harriot. Voÿci Vostre Commissions, a la Vente a noús Addressé, et qúi est actúellement non fixé. Volume 1. Page 7.

Cette Petite Vente est fixé dans cette Hÿver Prochain. Je vous Prie Vostre commissions, avec úne Prix. Je expedier a Vostre Addresse dans qúelque Semaines, úne Catalogue des Livres Cúrieúx. Vente 17. Novembre . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on January 25, 1789, and noted that the sale was to take place in March:

Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, votre lettre du 19me courant dans laquelle vous m'annoncer que la vente des livres, dont vous m'aviez fourni une catalogue, est décidée pour le mois de Mars. j'ai examiné de neuf les deux feuilles ou je vous avois noté les livres dont je souhaitois de faire l'acquisition, il y en a plusieurs que vous m'avez fourni depuis, il y a d'autres que j'ai trouvé et acheté ailleurs. pour eviter toute erreur de double achat, je vous envoye le catalogue de ce qui me manque encore de mes anciennes feuilles. j'y ai omis tout ce que j'ai procuré depuis. ainsi je vous prie de vous regler sur cette nouvelle catalogue seulement. je vais faire une absence de Paris du 15me Avril prochain, iusqu'au mois de Decembre. je vous prie donc, Monsieur, de tacher que les livres que vous acheterez pour moi soient arrivées à Paris avant mon depart . . .

On January 29 Van Damme wrote to inform Jefferson that the sale would take place on February 16:

J'ai le Honneúr de a Voús faire Part, en Regarde la Vente dú Libraire qúi est Mort de L'An Passè; cette Vente est fixèe 16 Fevrier. Je Voús Prie Monsieúr de me faire advis avant ce Tems, en Regarde Vostre commission de cette Catalogúe, qúi est dans vostre Possession. En 2 Vol . . .

On March 26, Van Damme wrote:

La Vente est finie. J'ai le Honneúr de a Vostre Addresse expedier, úne Caisse, Marqúé M. I. Libri. Contenant les Livres, selon le Note Inclúse. En Toút/170-15-: Coúrant d'Hollande.

Les Oúvrages, de Admiranda Narratio de Virginiae. XI. Tom: 3 Vol: Est ún chef de oeúvre, Contenant toút les faits en Ameriqúe, et ornée des plús belle Planches. Oúvrage de úne derniere Raretée. Et Original.

Je Voús Prie un Lettre de Eschange, poúr Payée de Vente . . .

Jefferson replied on May 3:

Les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier me sont parvenus avanthier en assez bon etat. j'ai l'honeur de vous envoyer actuellement un ordre à Messieurs Van Staphorst de vous en payer le montant, c'est à dire la somme de cent soixante et dix florins quinze sols. [Illegible] partir tout-de-suite pour l'Amerique je vous prie de considerer comme non-avenues les parties des commissions que je vous ai donné de tems à autre et que vous n'avez pu encore remplir . . .

In his letter to Delaplaine of August 28, 1814, quoted below, Jefferson implies that the sale took place in Amsterdam, but as the price paid was twelve guineas, it seems more likely that the sale may have been in London. The Pinelli copy had parts I to XI, but was sold at auction in May 1789.

Jefferson's entry on his undated manuscript catalogue is precisely the same as that on the dated manuscript, as quoted above.

It seems impossible to ascertain what editions and issues were comprised in the copy purchased by Jefferson. A brief description of Parts I to XI, first editions, is as follows:","Part XI","","","","","Americæ Pars Undecima: seu Descriptio Admirandi Itineris a Guillielmo Schouten Hollando Peracti: qua ratione in Meridionali plaga freti Magellanici novum hactenus[???]ue incognitum in mare Australe transitum patefecerit: quas item terras, insulas, gentes, res[???]ue mirabiles in dicto Australi Oceano obvias habuerit. Omnia elegantibus mappis, atque iconibus in aes incisis jam primùm illustrata, Operâ & Sumptibus Johann-Theodori de Bry Argentinensis. Oppenheimii: Typis Hieronymi Galleri, Anno M. DC. XIX. [1619]—Americæ Tomi Vndecimi Appendix. Sev Admirandæ Navigationis a Georgio a Spilbergen, Classis Belgicæ cvm potestate Præfecti, per fretum Magellanicum & Mare meridionale, ab Anno 1614. vsq; ad Annum 1618. inclusiuè peractæ, descriptio. Qva novi per Fretvm Magellanicvm et Mare Meridionale in Indiam Orientalem transitvs, incognitarvm que hactenus terrarum & gentium ut & omnium quæ terra mari[???] acciderunt & visa sunt memorabilium, explicatio continetur, additis pulcherrimis & nunquam antea visis figuris in æs incisis, Auctore M. Gothardo Arthvsio Dantiscano. Francofvrti: Typis Ioannis Hoferi, Sumptibus Ioannis-Theodori de Bry, Anno M. DC. XX. [1620.]","","

2 parts in 1, 76 leaves, printed title with a half-page engraving with a map of the two hemispheres, portraits of Magellan and Schouten, and smaller portraits of Drake, van Noort, Cavendish and Speilbergen, engraved double page map of the South Sea, showing Schouten's route, with text in German, Latin and French, engraved map of New Guinea, with text in German, Latin and French, printed title to the plates, 9 numbered plates, of which the first is the same as the engraving on the title-page, text in italic letter; printed title to the Appendix, with an engraving showing Neptune in the foreground and ships in full sail, printed title to the plates, 17 numbered plates with text in roman letter, plate 2 being double-page.

John Carter Brown, 408 and 409. Church 172.

Contains an account of the voyage around the world of Willem Cornelisz Schouten under the direction of Le Maire in 1615, and of the voyage around the world of Joris van Spilbergen, 1614-1618.

Jefferson mentioned De Bry's collection of voyages in his letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello June 11, 1812, in answer to his enquiry for books on the Indians, quoted also in connection with Lafitau and James Adair, qq.v.:

. . . The scope of your enquiry would scarcely, I suppose, take in the three folio volumes of Latin of De Bry. in these fact and fable are mingled together, without regard to any favorite system, they are less suspicious therefore in their complexion, more original and authentic, than those of Lafitau and Adair. this is a work of great curiosity, extremely rare, so as never to be bought in Europe, but on the breaking up, & selling some antient library. on one of these occasions a bookseller procured me a copy, which, unless you have one, is probably the only one in America . . .

Theodor de Bry, 1528-1598, German engraver and publisher. After establishing his engraving and publishing business in Frankfort-on-Main he visited England and met Richard Hakluyt, q.v., who collaborated with him in collecting the materials for his Collectiones Peregrinationum in Indiam Orientalem et Indiam Occidentalem. A complete set of the Indiam Occidentalem, that is the Great Voyages, was comprised of thirteen parts. The copy purchased by Jefferson had parts I to XI only. The Great and Small Voyages were published from 1590 to 1634 and had twenty-five parts in all. After the death of Theodor de Bry in 1598 the work was continued by his son Johann." "39840","16","","","","Histoire universelle des Indes occidentales par Corneille Wytflict et des Indes Orientales par Anthoine Magin.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 272, as above, with abbreviations Hist., Occid., and Orient.","Wytfliet, Cornelius.","Histoire Vniverselle des Indes Occidentales et Orientales, et de la Conversion des Indiens. Diuisee en trois Parties, par Cornille VVytfliet, & Anthoine Magin, & autres Historiens. Premiere Partie. [-Histoire Vniverselle des Indes Orientales. Diuisée en deux liures, faicte en Latin par Antoine Magin. Nouuellement traduicte. Contenant la descouuerte, nauigation, situation & conqueste, faicte tant par les Portugais que par les Castillans. Ensemble leurs mœurs & Religion. Seconde Partie.—La Svite de l'Histoire des Indes Orientales. De la Conversion des Indiens. La Troisiesme Partie.] A Dovay: chez François Fabri, l'An 1611. [Thacher Coll.]","","

Folio. 3 parts in 2, 62, 38, and 29 leaves, general title within an engraved border, repeated on the second and third titles, with the coat of arms of Philip III at the head, and full-length figures at the sides, printer's woodcut device on the verso of Aiv repeated on the verso of the last leaf (both pages otherwise blank), 19 double-page engraved maps in the first part, 4 small engraved maps in the second part, woodcut head and tail-pieces, woodcut initials.

Sabin 105701. Palau VII, 232. John Carter Brown II, page 80. Not in Field.

Cornelius Wytfliet, 16th century historian and geographer, was born in Louvain. In 1597 he published his Descriptione Ptolemaicae avgmentvm, to which he wished to add a description of such parts of the world unknown in Ptolemy's time. In 1605 therefore he published the present work containing also a translation into French of the work of Magini and others.

Giovanni Antonio Magini, 1557-1617, Italian astronomer and historian.

In Jefferson's copy of this book, the works of Wytfliet and of Magini were separately bound, making two volumes. In the Library of Congress catalogues subsequent to that of 1831, the two volumes are separated and the work of Magini classified under Geography—Asia." "39850","17","","","","Le Voiageur François par de la Porte.","","vol. 6-14. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 53, as above, 9 v.","Laporte, Joseph de.","Le Voyageur François, ou la Connoissance de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Monde, mis au jour par M. l'Abbé Delaporte. Tome VI [-XIV]. Prix 3 liv. relié. A Paris: chez L. Cellot, M. DCC. LXVIII [-M. DCC. LXXI]. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1768-1771.]","G160 .L31","

First Edition. Vol. 6 to 14 only, 12mo., half-titles in each volume, publisher's advertisements at the end of some volumes.

Quérard IV, 551. Sabin 19359. Boucher de la Richarderie I, 95.

The contents of the volumes are as follows:

Vol. VI. 1768. Le Japon; La Corée; La Tartarie Orientale; La Tartarie Occidentale.

Vol. VII. 1768. La Siberie; La Russie.

Vol. VIII. 1768. La Laponie; La Norvége; L'Islande; Le Groenland; La Baye d'Hudson; L'Isle de Terre-Neuve, et ses Environs; L'Acadie.

Vol. IX. 1769. Le Canada; Colonies Angloises; La Floride; La Jamaīque.

Vol. X. 1769. La Louisiane; Le Mexique; La Californie.

Vol. XI. 1770. L'Isle de Saint-Domingue; Les Antilles; La Guiane.

Vol. XII. 1770. Terre-Ferme; Le Perou; Le Chili; Terres Magellaniques.

Vol. XIII. 1771. Le Paraguai; Le Bresil; Isles d'Afrique; L'Abissinie; La Nigritie; Le Monomotapa.

Vol. XIV. 1771. Le Cap de Bonne-Esperance; Royaume d'Angola; Le Royaume de Congo; Le Royaume de Loango; Le Royaume de Benin; Le Royaume d'Ardra; Le Royaume de Juida; La Côte d'Or.

Jefferson's entry of this work in his undated manuscript catalogue calls for volumes 6 to 14, with the price, 27.

Joseph de Laporte, 1713-1779, French author and compiler, was at one time a Jesuit. This work consisted of forty-two volumes, of which Laporte was the author of the first twenty-six. The material is presented in the form of letters." "39860","18","","","","Nouvelle relation de la Gaspesie par Chrestien Le Clerc.","","12mo. 1675-81.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 56, as above.","Le Clercq, Chrétien.","Nouvelle Relation de la Gaspesie, qui contient les Mœurs & la Religion des Sauvages Gaspesiens Porte-Croix, adorateurs du Soleil, & d'autres Peuples de l'Amerique Septentrionale, dite le Canada. Dediée a Madame la Princesse d'Epinoy, par le Pere Chrestien le Clercq, Missionnaire Recollet de la Province de Saint Antoine de Pade en Artois, & Gardien du Convent de Lens. A Paris: chez Amable Auroy, M. DC. XCI. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1691.]","F1054 .G2L4","

First Edition. 12mo. 300 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 39649. Church 717. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 21. Winsor IV, 292. Faribault 387. Staton and Tremaine 110. Harrisse 170. Pilling, page 305. Field 902. Charlevoix VI, 407.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1-16.

Chrétien Le Clercq, c. 1630-c. 1695, Recollect missionary among the Indians of the Gaspé peninsula and New Brunswick from 1675 to 1680, in which year he went back to France. He returned in 1681, and continued his missionary work until 1686. This book is dedicated by him to the Princesse D'épinoy." "39870","19","","","","Histoire des Flibustiers. par Oexmelin.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 57, as above.","Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier.","Histoire des Aventuriers Flibustiers qui se sont signalés dans les Indes . . . Par Alexandre-Olivier Oexmelin. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée de l'Histoire des Pirates Anglois, depuis leur éstablissement dans l'Isle de la Providence jusqu'à présent. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. A Lyon: chez Benoit et Joseph Duplain, M DCC LXXIV. [1774.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. A copy of the Lyons edition was not found, but a copy of the Trévoux edition of 1744 was available for examination. The title of the third volume reads: Histoire des Aventuriers Flibustiers qui se sont signalés dans les Indes; contenant le Journal du Voyage fait à la Mer du Sud. Le tout enrichi de Cartes Géographiques & de Figures en taille-douce. Par le Sieur Raveneau de Lussan; and of the fourth: Histoire des Pirates Anglois depuis leur Etablissement dans l'Isle de la Providence jusqu' à présent. Contenant toutes leurs Aventures, Pirateries, Meurtres, Cruautés, Excès, &c. Avec la Vie et les Aventures de deux Femmes Pirates, Marie Read et Anne Bonny, et un Extrait des Loix & des ordonnances concernant la Piraterie. Le tout enrichi de Cartes Géographiques & de Figures en taille-douce. Traduite de l'Anglois, du Capitaine Charles Johnson; engraved folded maps and plates in volumes I and II.

Quérard VI, 474 ''5 vol. in-12.'' Sabin 23478 ''4 vols. 12mo.'' This edition not in Field.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.

Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, a native of Flanders first came to America in 1666 as an employé of the West India Company. He was sold for thirty crowns to a pirate, and lived as a pirate for eight years, until 1674, when he escaped to Europe on a Dutch vessel. He made three other voyages to America, and was present at the capture of Carthagena in 1697.

The first three parts of Exquemelin's work were written by him in the Dutch language and published in Amsterdam in 1678. They were translated into Spanish by Alonso de Buena Maison and published in Cologne in 1681. A French translation was made by de Frontignières from the Spanish version and published in Paris in 1686. The fourth part (in volume II in this edition) was originally written by an English buccaneer, Basil Ringrose.

Raveneau de Lussan, b. 1663, French buccaneer, decided on piracy as a career in 1684, and joined the troop of Laurent de Graff. The first edition of his Journal was published in Paris in 1688, and was attached for the first time to Exquemelin's work in 1705.

Charles Johnson, fl. 1724-1736, first published A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates in 1724. Its first appearance in France was as an appendix to Exquemelin's Histoire des Aventuriers in 1726." "39880","20","","","","Relation de divers voiages en Afrique et Amerique par de Grand-pierre.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 54, as above.","Dralsé de Grand-Pierre.","Relation de divers Voyages faits dans l'Afrique, dans l'Amerique, & aux Indes Occidentales. La Description du Royaume de Juda, & quelques particularitez touchant la vie du Roy regnant. La Relation d'une Isle nouvellement habitée dans le détroit de Malaea en Asie, & l'Histoire de deux Princes de Golconde. Par le Sieur Dralsé de Grand-Pierre, ci-devant Officier de Marine. A Paris: chez Claude Jombert, M. DCCXVIII. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1718.]","G460 .D76","

First Edition. 12mo. 184 leaves including the first blank; the dedication to le Comte de Toulouse, Grand Admiral de France signed De Grand Pierre.

Boucher de la Richarderie I, 273. Sabin 28273. Not in Quérard. John Carter Brown 231.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3.

Le Sieur Dralsé de Grand-Pierre, fl. 1716, French marine officer and traveller. This work contains an account of four voyages, of which the first was to Buenos Aires, and the third included parts of America and Mexico." "39890","21","","","","Voiages de Bossu aux Indes occidentales.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 55, as above.","Bossu, Jean Bernard.","Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales; contenant une Relation des differens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi; leur Religion; leur gouvernement; leursmœurs [sic]; leurs guerres & leur commerce. Par M. Bossu, Capitaine dans les Troupes de la Marine. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Paris: Chez Le Jay, M. DCC. LXVIII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1768.]","F372 .B72","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 132 and 134 leaves, separate titles, signatures and pagination, each part with a half-title, 2 frontispieces and 1 plate after G. de St. Aubin, the first by C. Beurlier.

This edition not in Sabin and not in Boucher de la Richarderie, who have the second edition of the same date. Boimare 57. Field 156. This edition not in De Ricci-Cohen. Winsor V, 67.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.

Jean Bernard Bossu, 1720-1792, was born in Baigneuxles-Juifs, and first went to Louisiana in 1750 as Captain of Marines. He travelled in the interior and associated with the Illinois and Arkansas Indians. He returned to France for a short time in 1757. This work consists of a series of letters addressed to the Marquis de Lestrade." "39900","22","","","","Voiages de Paget autour du monde et vers les deux poles.","","3. v. in 2. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 162, as above, but reading Voyages and Pages.","Pagès, Pierre François Marie, Vicomte de.","Voyages autour du Monde, et vers les Deux Poles, par Terre et par Mer, pendant les Années 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774 & 1776. Par M. de Pagès, Capitaine des Vaisseaux du Roi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de Saint-Louis, Correspondant de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Moutard, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Reine, de Madame, & de Madame la Comtesse d'Artois, M. DCC. LXXXII. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1782.]","G420 .P14","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 vol., plates. This is the edition ascribed to the Jefferson collection by all the Library of Congress catalogues, subsequent to that of 1815, which distinguish the books from Jefferson's library. In these catalogues the entry is placed in Geography—General, and not in Geography—America, as in the Jefferson manuscripts, and the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815. Jefferson's entry as above is exactly the same in his undated manuscript catalogue, where it is similarly classified under America with the addition of the price, 12.0. The second edition printed in Berne in 1783, was issued in 3 volumes, and, in view of Jefferson's entries, followed by the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, it seems probable that the second edition rather than the first was in his library.

Boucher de la Richarderie I, 130. Quérard V, 547, Sabin 58168. John Carter Brown 2797, 2nd ed. 2887. Boimare 74.

Pierre François Marie, Vicomte de Pagès, 1748-1793, entered the Royal Marines at the age of nineteen, and immediately resolved on a voyage of discovery round the world. His service taking him to St. Domingo in 1767, he there made the necessary preparations for his voyage, and on June 30 set sail from Cap-Francais for Louisiana, arriving in New Orleans on July 28. He travelled for four years, and landed in Marseilles in 1771. His account of his travels is considered one of the more authentic, and he is credited with describing only such things as he actually saw himself." "39910","23","","","","Voiage au pays des Hurons par Sagard.","","2. v. in 1. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 58, as above.","Sagard-Théodat, Gabriel.","Le Grand Voyage dv Pays des Hvrons, situé en l'Amerique vers la Mer douce, és derniers confins de la nouuelle France, dite Canada. Où il est amplement traité de tout ce qui est du pays, des mœurs & du naturel des Sauuages, de leur gouuernement & façons de faire, tant dedans leurs pays, qu'allans en voyages: de leur foy & croyance; de leurs conseils & guerres, & de quel genre de tourmens ils font mourir leurs prisonniers. Comme ils se marient, & esleuent leurs enfans: de leurs Medecins, & des remedes dont ils vsent à leurs maladies: de leurs dances & chansons: de la chasse, de la pesche, & des oyseaux & animaux terrestres & aquatiques qu'ils ont. Des richesses du pays: comme ils cultiuent les terres, & accommodent leur Menestre. De leur deüil, pleurs & lamentations, & comme ils enseuelissent & enterrent leurs morts. Auec un Dictionaire de la langue Huronne, pour la commodité de ceux qui ont à voyager dans le pays, & n'ont l'intelligence d'icelle langue. Par F. Gabriel Sagard Theodat, Recollet de S. François, de la Prouince de S. Denys en France. A Paris: chez Denys Moreav, M. DC. XXXII. Auec Priuilege du Roy. [1632.]","F1030 .S12","

First Edition. 2 parts in 1, 204 leaves (the last 2 blank) and 80 leaves, the last a blank and missing in the copy collated, separate title-pages, signatures and pagination (the leaves of the Dictionnaire unnumbered), engraved general title in compartments, woodcut vignette on the title of the Dictionnaire. At the end of the Privilege du Roi: Acheué d'imprimer pour la premiere fois le 10. iour d'Aoust 1632.

Sabin 74883. Winsor IV, 290. Harrisse 52, 53. Pilling, Iroquoian Languages, page 147. Staton and Tremaine 32. Field 1341, 2. Thwaites IV, 271. This edition not in Charlevoix. Church 421.

Jefferson entered this book twice in his manuscript catalogue. The second entry reads: Voiage au pays des Hurons par Gabriel Sagard Theodat. Paris. 1632.

Gabriel Sagard-Théodat, d. 1650, French Mineur Recollect, left Paris for Canada in March 1623, as a missionary to the Hurons. He is the principal authority on the first Recollect mission, 1615 to 1629, and the Dictionnaire in this book is the first printed Huron vocabulary." "39920","24","","","","Voiages to N. America by Lahontan.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 163, as above, but reading Voyages and North.","Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de.","New Voyages to North-America. Containing an Account of the several Nations of that vast Continent; their Customs, Commerce, and Way of Navigation upon the Lakes and Rivers; the several Attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the Reasons of the Miscarriage of the former; and the various Adventures between the French, and the Iroquese Confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A Geographical Description of Canada, and a Natural History of the Country, with Remarks upon their Government, and the Interest of the English and French in their Commerce. Also a Dialogue between the Author and a General of the Savages, giving a full View of the Religion and strange Opinions of those People: With an Account of the Author's Retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his Remarks on those Courts. To which is added, a Dictionary of the Algonkine Language, which is generally spoke in North-America. Illustrated with Twenty-Three Maps and Cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, at that Time in England. Done into English. The Second Edition. In Two Volumes. A great Part of which never Printed in the Original. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for John Brindley; and Charles Corbett, 1735.","F1030 .L18","

2 vol. 8vo. each with 152 leaves, full page and folded maps and plates. On page (187) in Volume II, with caption title, is An Appendix, Containing some New Voyages to Portugal and Denmark, and at the end of the volume is A short Dictionary of the most Universal Language of the Savages, with caption title; the running headlines read A Dictionary of the Algonkin Language.

Sabin 38645. John Carter Brown 537. Pilling, page 293. This edition not in Field. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine. Gagnon 1922. Paltsits, page lxxxv (in Thwaites' edition, 1905). Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 21.

Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan, 1666-c. 1713, French traveller, entered the French army, and in 1683 embarked with his regiment for New France. In 1692 he was made royal lieutenant for Newfoundland, but in 1693 deserted from the service, and became an exile from the French domains. He wandered about Europe and in 1703 the first edition of his Voyages was published, both in French and in an English translation. Part of the book is written in the form of letters. Three issues of the translation appeared in 1735; it is not known which was in the Jefferson library." "39930","25","","","","Voiages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale par de Lahontan.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 59, as above.","Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de.","Voyages du Baron de La Hontan dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui contiennent une Rélation des différens Peuples qui y habitent; la nature de leur Gouvernement; leur Commerce, leurs Coûtumes, leur Religion, & leur maniére de faire la Guerre: l'Intérêt des François & des Anglois dans le Commerce qu'ils font avec ces Nations; l'avantage que l'Angleterre peut retirer de ce Païs, étant en Guerre avec la France. Le tout enrichi de Cartes & de Figures. Tome Premier. Seconde Edition, revuë, corrigée, & augmentée. [—Memoires de l'Amerique Septentrionale, ou la Suite des Voyages de Mr. le Baron de La Hontan: qui contiennent la Description d'une grande étenduë de Païs de ce Continent, l'intéret des François & des Anglois, leurs Commerces, leurs Navigations, les Mœurs & les Coutumes des Sauvages, &c. Avec un petit Dictionaire de la Langue du Païs. Le tout enrichi de Cartes & de Figures. Tome Second. Second Edition, augmentée des Conversations de l'Auteur avec un Sauvage distingué.] A Amsterdam: Chez François l'Honoré, M DCC V. [1705.]","F1030 .L158","

2 vol. 12mo, 197 and 170 leaves, the last a blank, titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispieces, folded engraved maps and plates. Volume II, page 197, begins the Conversations de l'Auteur de ces Voyages avec Adario Sauvage Distingué; où l'on voit une Description exacte des Coûtumes, des Inclinations & des Mœurs de ces Peuples with caption title, and on page [311] with half-title, Dictionaire de la Langue des Sauvages.

Sabin 38641. John Carter Brown 68. Paltsits, page lxvii-lxix. Staton and Tremaine 106. Gagnon 1922. Pilling, page 291. This edition not in Field.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3-4.

The first edition (in more than one issue) was published in 1703. Several issues appeared in 1705; it is not known which was in Jefferson's library. The later Library of Congress catalogues attribute to the Jefferson collection the edition of La Haye, 1703-4, with title Nouveaux Voyages . . . In view of his own entry in both his dated and undated manuscript catalogues, it seems much more probable that he had an edition beginning with the title Voyages." "39940","26","","","","Carver's travels.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 65, as above.","Carver, Jonathan.","Three Years Travels throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for more then Five Thousand Miles, containing an Account of the Great Lakes, and all the Lakes, Islands, and Rivers, Cataracts, Mountains, Minerals, Soil and Vegetable Productions of the North-West Regions of that vast Continent; with a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects, and Fishes peculiar to the Country. Together with a concise History of the Genius, Manners, and Customs of the Indians inhabiting the Lands that lie adjacent to the Heads and to the Westward of the Great River Mississippi; and an Appendix, Describing the uncultivated Parts of America, that are the most proper for forming Settlements. By Captain Jonathan Carver, of the Provincial Troops in America. Boston: Printed by John Russell, for David West, 1797.","F597 .C382","

12mo. 162 leaves, vocabularies of the Chipeway and Naudowessie languages on pages 214 to 253.

Sabin 11185. Evans 31920. Pilling, page 70. This edition not in Field. Lee, page 172 [in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1909].

Jonathan Carver, 1732-1780, was born in Stillwater, Connecticut. After serving in the army against the French in Canada, where he had a narrow escape in the massacre at Fort William Henry, he determined to explore the territory beyond the Mississippi, and to find a northwest land passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He started from Boston in June 1766 and returned in October 1768, having travelled seven thousand miles and visited twelve Indian nations. He dedicated this account of his travels to Joseph Banks, Esq. President of the Royal Society [afterwards Sir Joseph Banks, q.v.] The first edition was printed in London in 1778. A deed of a grant of land made to him by Indian chiefs, in which he was referred to as ''our good brother Jonathan'' was for a time supposed to have been the origin of the name Brother Jonathan as the symbol of the American people." "39950","27","","","","Lafitau. Moeurs des Sauvages Americains.","","2. v. 4to. Par. 1724.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 248, as above, Paris written out.","Lafitau, Joseph François.","Mœurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, comparées aux Mœurs des Premiers Temps. Par le P. Lafitau, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Ouvrage enrichi de Figures en tailledouce. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Saugrain l'aîné; Charles Estienne Hochereau, MDCCXXIV. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. [1724.]","E58 .L16","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 317 and 271 leaves, engraved frontispiece and headpiece by I. B. Scotin, numerous engraved plates.

Quérard IV, 394 (with date 1723). Sabin 38596. Field 850. Pilling, Bibliography of Iroquoian Languages, page 96. Staton and Tremaine, 158. Not in Gagnon. Backer, col. 1362, no. 3.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 30. This edition is entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Jefferson wrote an account of this book in a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello June 11, 1812:

. . . You ask if there is any book that pretends to give any account of the traditions of the Indians, or how one can acquire an idea of them? some scanty accounts of their traditions but fuller of their customs & characters are given us by most of the early travellers among them. these you know were chiefly French. Lafitau, among them, and Adair an Englishman, have written on this subject; the former two volumes, the latter one, all in 4to. but unluckily Lafitau had in his head a preconcieved theory on the mythology, manners, institutions & government of the antient nations of Europe, Asia, & Africa, and seems to have entered on those of America only to fit them into the same frame, and to draw from them a confirmation of his general theory. he keeps up a perpetual parallel, in all those articles, between the Indians of America, & the antients of the other quarters of the globe. he selects therefore all the facts and adopts all the falsehoods which favor his theory, and very gravely retails such absurdities as zeal for a theory could alone swallow. he was a man of much classical & scriptural reading, and has rendered his book not unentertaining. he resided five years among the Northern Indians, as a Missionary, but collects his matter much more from the writings of others, than from his own observation . . .

Joseph François Lafitau, 1681-1746, French professor of belles-lettres, was in Canada between 1712 and 1718, stationed for the most part among the Iroquoians. He was chiefly interested in trying to prove the American aborigines to be descended of Tartar stock." "39960","28","","","","Voiage parmi les sauvages de l'Amerique Septentr. par Le Beau.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 62, as above, Septentrionale not abbreviated, and reading 3 v.","Le Beau, Claude.","Avantures du Sr. C. Le Beau, Avocat en Parlement, ou Voyage Curieux et Nouveau, parmi les Sauvages de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Dans le quel on trouvera une Description du Canada, avec une Relation très particulière des anciennes Coutumes, Mœurs & Façons de vivre des Barbares qui l'habitent & de la manière dont ils se comportent aujourd'hui. Ouvrage enrichi d'une Carte & des figures necessaires. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Amsterdam: Chez Herman Uytwerf, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738.]","E78 .C2L4","

First Edition. 2 vol. sm. 8vo. 195 and 219 leaves, titles printed in red and black, folded engraved map of Canada, and 6 folded engraved plates. The 3 v in the 1815 Catalogue is assumedly a misprint. The working copy of that catalogue has the notation 3d. vol. missing written beside the entry, and the later Library of Congress catalogues correctly call for 2 volumes.

Sabin 39582. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 23. Staton and Tremaine 168. Faribault 384. Field 901.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 12-0.

Claude Le Beau was a Swiss by birth. In the first chapter of this work he gives an account of his early life, and states that he embarked for Canada from La Rochelle in the spring of 1729. In Canada he lived with the Iroquois, the Hurons and the Algonquins. His first name is given in full in the Frankfort editions: ''Des Herrn. Claudii Le Beau . . .''" "39970","29","","","","Adair's history of the American Indians.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 249, as above.","Adair, James.","The History of the American Indians; particularly those Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an Account of their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and Civil Customs, Laws, Form of Government, Punishments, Conduct in War and Domestic Life, their Habits, Diet, Agriculture, Manufactures, Diseases and Method of Cure, and other Particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian System. With Observations on former Historians, the Conduct of our Colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, &c. Also an Appendix, containing a Description of the Floridas, and the Mississippi Lands, with their Productions—the Benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians—and the way to make all the Colonies more valuable to the Mother Country. With a new Map of the Country referred to in the History. By James Adair, Esquire, a Trader with the Indians, and Resident in their Country for Forty Years. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","E77 .A21","

First Edition. 4to. 238 leaves including the half-title engraved folded map by Jno. Lodge as frontispiece.

Lowndes I, 8. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 7. Sabin 155. Field 11.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 6/6.

Jefferson commented on this work in a letter to John Adams dated from Monticello June 11, 1812:

. . . You ask if there is any book that pretends to give any account of the traditions of the Indians, or how one can acquire an idea of them? some scanty accounts of their traditions, but fuller of their customs & characters are given us by most of the early travellers among them. these you know were chiefly French. Lafitau, among them, and Adair an Englishman, have written on this subject; the former two volumes, the latter one, all in 4to. . . .

After a criticism of Lafitau's work, the letter continued:

. . . Adair too had his kink. he believed all the Indians of America to be descended from the Jews: the same laws, usages, rites & ceremonies, the same sacrifices, priests, prophets, fasts and festivals, almost the same religion, and that they all spoke Hebrew. for altho he writes particularly of the Southern Indians only, the Catawbas, Creeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Choctaws, with whom alone he was personally acquainted, yet he generalises whatever he found among them, & brings himself to believe that the hundred languages of America, differing fundamentally every one from every other, as much as Greek from Gothic, have yet all one common prototype. he was a trader, a man of learning, a self taught Hebraist, a strong religionist, and of as sound a mind as Don Quixot in whatever did not touch his religious chivalry. his book contains a great deal of real instruction on it's subject, only requiring the reader to be constantly on his guard against the wonderful obliquities of his theory . . .

Other references to Adair's work occur in the same letter

James Adair, c. 1709-c. 1783, was born in Ireland. He had come to America before 1735 in which year he was trading with the Catawbas and Cherokees. In 1744 he established himself among the Chickasaws. His History of the American Indians is chiefly known for his arguments that the Indians are descendants of the ancient Jews. This argument is discussed by Volney in his Tableau du Climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, q.v. no. 4032." "39980","30","","","","Barton's new views of the origin of the tribes of America.","","g. 8vo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 165, as above, but reading 8vo and omitting 2. copies.","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. Correspondent-Member of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland; Member of the American Philosophical Society; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston; Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany, in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed, for the Author, by John Bioren, 1797.","E61 .B28","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, 61 and 42 leaves; the first part for the introductory matter and the Preliminary Discourse, the second for the comparative vocabularies of fifty-four words in a number of Indian languages. Dedicated by the author to Thomas Jefferson, L.L.D. Vice-President of the United-States of America; President of the Senate; and President of the American Philosophical Society, the dedication dated from Philadelphia, June 21st, 1797. The Library of Congress copy from which this collation was made is uncut, and printed in part on blue paper.

Sabin 3819. Evans 31777. Field 89. Pilling, page 36.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two copies of this book, of which only one was sold to Congress. Barton mentioned his work on the Indian languages in a letter to Jefferson dated from Philadelphia, October 26, 1796:

. . . Dr. Priestley has kindly lent to me the great work of Pallas, on the languages of all nations. This will enable me to discover what resemblances actually do subsist between the American languages and those of Northern Asia. Of this great work, I have the first and second parts (two large quartos). As the empress has sent Mr. Pallas still farther north than Petersburgh, I fear the work will never be finished. He has not given any specimens of the languages of the American nations . . .

There is no further correspondence concerning this work in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress until September 14, 1809, when Barton wrote to say that a new edition was in the press:

I have, at this time, in the press a new edition of my work on the Dialects of the American Indians, This edition will be, in many respects, much more correct and satisfactory, as well as more ample, than the former, which you have seen. I am extremely anxious to possess specimens,—no matter how small,—of the languages which Mr. Lewis met with beyond the Missisippi. I will think myself much gratified, and honored, if you will transmit to me, as early as your convenience may suit, such specimens. I do not ask, or wish for, copies of the entire vocabularies: but only a good selection of about ten or twelve words, from each of them. I need not tell you what words those should be—I am less anxious about the language of the Osages, as I have a tolerable specimen of this. Of the Mandan, I have only 4 or 5 words. of the Pawnees, not one, upon which I would wish to depend.—I shall not fail to make a public acknowledgement of the source from which I receive the words . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 21:

I recieved last night your favor of the 14th. and would with all possible pleasure have communicated to you any part or the whole of the Indian vocabularies which I had collected, but an irreparable misfortune has deprived me of them. I have now been thirty years availing myself of every possible opportunity of procuring Indian vocabularies to the same set of words: my opportunities were probably better than will ever occur again to any person having the same desire. I had collected about 50. and had digested most of them in collateral columns and meant to have printed them the last year of my stay in Washington. but not having yet digested Capt. Lewis's collection, nor having leisure then to do it, I put it off till I should return home. the whole, as well digest as originals were packed in a trunk of stationary & sent round by water with about 30. other packages of my effects from Washington, and while ascending James river, this package, on account of it's weight & presumed precious contents, was singled out & stolen. the thief being disappointed on opening it, threw into the river all it's contents of which he thought he could make no use. among these were the whole of the vocabularies. some leaves floated ashore & were found in the mud; but these were very few, & so defaced by the mud & water that no general use can ever be made of them. on the reciept of your letter I turned to them, & was very happy to find that the only morsel of an original vocabulary among them was Capt. Lewis's of the Pani language of which you say you have not one word. I therefore inclose it to you, as it is, & a little fragment of some other which I see is in his handwriting, but no indication remains on it of what language it is. it is a specimen of the condition of the little which was recovered. I am the more concerned at this accident as of the 250 words of my vocabularies and the 130. words of the great Russian vocabularies of the languages of the other quarters of the globe, 73. were common to both, and would have furnished materials for a comparison from which something might have resulted. altho I believe no general use can ever be made of the wrecks of my loss, yet I will ask the return of the Pani vocabulary when you are done with it. perhaps I may make another attempt to collect, altho' I am too old to expect to make much progress in it . . .

Jefferson was in correspondence concerning this work with Samuel Miller [q.v.], who in a letter dated from New York, March 4, 1800, mentioned:

. . . I hope you will excuse the liberty I take in asking your opinion of Dr. Bartons ''New Views,'' etc. You have doubtless observed, that his information does not, in all respects, agree with that delivered by Mr. Thompson, in his remarks subjoined to your ''Notes.'' . . .

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source books used by Barton. On page xvii of the Preliminary Discourse, a paragraph begins: ''I now proceed to state the opinions of two late writers concerning the origin of the Americans. These writers are our learned and excellent countryman Mr. Jefferson, and the Abbé Clavigero. I think proper to exhibit their opinions in this place, because both of them have introduced some observations on the subject of the American languages . . .'' This is followed by a long passage (two and one-half pages) quoted from the Notes on the State of Virginia At the conclusion of his own remarks on the language of the American Indians, Barton noted (page lxxii):

''. . . The preceding remarks, and the annexed vocabularies, do not favour the opinion of Mr. Jefferson, that the number of radical languages in America is so great. It is true that hitherto we have discovered but very little resemblance between several of these languages. But then it should be remembered, that our collections of words are very small and imperfect, and of course, that as yet we have not had opportunities of pointing out all the resemblances which may exist. Much may be done by the labour of future inquirers . . .''

On page lxxxix an opinion of Jefferson's is discussed by Barton:

''. . . It was the opinion of Mr. Jefferson, that the nations of America are 'of greater antiquity than those of Asia.' Our illustrious countryman was induced to adopt this opinion, from having, as he supposed, discovered that there is a much greater number of radical languages in America than in Asia. If the position were established, the inference might, perhaps, be maintained. But I think I have shown, that we are not in possession of facts to prove that there are in America many radical languages, whatever may be done, at some future period, by a more complete investigation of the subject. On the contrary, my inquiries seem to render it probable, that all the languages of the countries of America may, in America, be traced to one or two great stocks. In Asia, I think, they may confidently be traced to one . . .''

Other references to the Notes on the State of Virginia occur.

For other works by Benjamin Smith Barton, and notes on him, see the Index. For the great work of Pallas, referred to by him above, see No. 4736." "39990","31","","","","Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale par de la Potherie.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 63, as above.","Bacqueville De La Potherie, Claude Charles Le Roy de.","Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale. Divisée en quatre Tomes. Tome Premier. Contenant le Voyage du Fort de Nelson, dans la Baye d'Hudson, à l'extrémité de l'Amerique . . . [—Contenant l'Histoire des peuples Alliez de la Nouvelle France . . . Tome II.] [—Qui contient l'Histoire des Iroquois, leurs Moeurs, leurs Maximes . . . Tome III.] [-Contenant l'Histoire des Abenaguis, la Paix generale . . . Tome IV.] Par Mr. de Bacqueville de la Potherie, né à la Guadaloupe, dans l'Amerique Meridionale, Aide Major de ladite Isle. Enrichie de Figures. A Paris: Chez Jean-Luc Nion; et François Didot, M. DCC. XXII. Avec Aprobation & Privilege du Roi. [1722.]","F1030 .B11","

First Edition. 4 vol. 12mo. 188, 181, 165, and 139 leaves, engraved title-frontispiece by I. Scotin in vol. I, engraved plates, folded and full-page, with maps and other illustrations, titles printed in red and black, each one varying according to the contents of the volume.

Quérard I, 150. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 22. Sabin 2692. Staton and Tremaine 131 and Gagnon 1962, both refer to this edition in the note. Field 66 (not this edition).

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8-10.

Claude Charles Le Roy de Bacqueville de la Potherie, b. circa 1668, was a French naval officer. At intervals between 1697 and 1714 he was on duty in Hudson's Bay and New France, and, in the form of letters, wrote this account of matters which came under his own observation. The work contains an account of the Hudson's Bay Expedition, the French establishment on the St. Lawrence, the activities of Frontenac, a description of Indian life and customs, and much other matter. The manuscript was sent to Paris in 1702. The illustrations are reputed to be the earliest views taken in Canada." "40000","32","","","","Jeffery's Natural & civil hist. of the French domñs in America.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 273, as above, History and Dominions not abbreviated.","Jefferys, Thomas.","The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America. With an Historical Detail of the Acquisitions and Conquests made by the British Arms in those Parts. Giving a particular Account of the Climate, Soil, Minerals, Animals, Vegetables, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce, and Languages. Together with the Religion, Government, Genius, Character, Manners and Customs of the Indians and other Inhabitants. Illustrated by Maps and Plans of the principal Places, collected from the best Authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, Geographer to his Majesty. Part I. Containing a Description of Canada and Louisiana. [-Part II. Containing Part of the Islands of St. Domingo and St. Martin, the Islands of St. Bartholomew, Guadaloupe, Martinico, La Grenade, and the Island and Colony of Cayenne.] London: Printed for T. Jefferys, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, and B. Law, MDCCLXI. [1761.]","F1030 .J46","

Folio. 2 parts in 1. 95 and 125 leaves, 18 engraved folded maps and plans.

This edition not in Sabin, not in Winsor, not in Staton and Tremaine, not in Boimare, not in Hazard, not in Faribault, not in Field and not in other bibliographies, who all have the first edition of 1760.

Thomas Jefferys, d. 1771, English map engraver, became geographer to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George III. According to M. de Fontette, quoted by Faribault, ''Ce n'est guère qu'une compilation faite presque sans choix des ouvrages de Charlevoix, Labat, Du Tertre, &c. On y trouve ce qui regarde le Canada, la Louisiane, une partie des Isles Saint-Domingue, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemi, la Guadeloupe, la Martinique, la Grenade et Cayenne.'' For an account of the maps in this work, see Winsor, Vol. V." "40010","33","","","","Relation eccesiastique de la Nouvelle France.","","1643. 1644. par Vimont. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 64, as above.","Vimont, Barthélemy.","Relation de ce qvi s'est passé en la Novvelle France és Années 1643. & 1644. Enuoyée au R. P. Iean Filleav, Prouincial de la Compagnie de Iesvs, en la Prouince de France. Par le R. P. Barthelemy Vimont, de la mesme Compagnie, Superieur de toute la Mission. A Paris: Chez Sebastien Cramoisy et Gabriel Cramoisy, M. DC. XLV. Auec Priuilege du Roy. [1645.]","F1030 .7 .Z632 no. 13","

Original Edition. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination, 132 and 76 leaves, together 208 leaves; half title for the second part, Relation de ce qvi s'est passé dans le Pays des Hvrons, Pays de la Novvelle France; Cramoisy's woodcut device on the title-page.

Sabin 99752. Winsor IV, 305. Church 472. Harrisse 83. Carayon 1273. Thwaites, XXV, page 283, no. LIII. Backer VIII, 819, no. 5. McCoy 53. Bell 25.

Barthélemy Vimont, 1594-1667, French Jesuit, was sent from France on the missions to Canada, where he became the Superior in 1639. He was responsible for the Relations until 1645, when he was succeeded as Superior by Jérôme Lalemant (1593-1673). The state of his health compelled his return to France in 1659. At the end of the second part of Vimont's Relation is a Lettre de M. DC. XLIV. dated Des Hurons, ce dernier de Mars, 1644 and signed by Hierosme Lalemant. Vimont's Relation has been reprinted by Thwaites (with a translation into English) in his The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, and in the Quebec series of Jesuit Relations." "40020","34","","","","Histoire de la Nouvelle France par Lescarbot.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 60, as above.","Lescarbot, Marc.","Histoire de la Novvelle-France. Contenant les navigations, découvertes, & habitations faites par les François és Indes Occidentales & Nouvelle-France, par commission de noz Roys Tres-Chrétiens, & les diverses fortunes d'iceux en l'execution de ces choses, depuis cent ans jusques à hui. En quoy est comprise l'histoire Morale, Naturele, & Geographique des provinces cy décrites: avec les Tables & Figures necessaires. Par Marc Lescarbot Advocat en Parlement Témoin oculaire d'vne partie des choses ici recitées. Troisiesme Edition enrichie de plusieurs singulieres, outre la suite de l'Histoire. A Paris: Chez Adrian Perier, M. DC. XVIII. [1618.]","F1030 .L64","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, separate title-pages, signatures and pagination, 492 and 38 leaves, 4 folded engraved maps by I. Millot after Jan Swelinck, Favtes svrvenves en l'Impressio at the end of the first part, a different woodcut printer's device on each title page (Plantin compasses), vocabularies on pages 735 and 736, and on pages 739 to 742 (numbered 782). The title of the second part, which appears always to be bound with the Histoire, reads as follows: Les Mvses de la Novvelle France. A Monseignevr le Chancellier . . . A Paris: Chez Adrian Perier, M. DC. XVII. The text of the Mvses is in italic letter, with side-notes in roman.

Sabin 40173. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 18 (with date 1617). Church 371. Winsor IV, 149. Pilling, page 311. Field 915. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine. Harrisse 31. Charlevoix VI, 391.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4.0.

See the note to the next following entry.

Marc Lescarbot sailed from La Rochelle with Poutraincourt in May 1606, and arrived in Nova Scotia in July. He returned to France the following year. The work contains accounts of the various voyages into Canada of earlier explorers, and an account of the manners and customs of the native Indians. The first edition appeared in 1609. Les Muses de la Nouvelle France was dedicated by him to Nicolas Brulart, Seigneur de Sillery, and is usually attached to editions of the Histoire de la Nouvelle France." "40030","35","","","","Voyage de la Nouvelle France par le Sieur de Champlain.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 164, as above.","Champlain, Samuel de.","Les Voyages de la Novvelle France Occidentale, dicte Canada, faits par le Sr de Champlain Xainctongeois, Capitaine pour le Roy en la Marine du Ponant, & toutes les Descouuertes qu'il a faites en ce païs depuis l'an 1603. iusques en l'an 1629. Où se voit comme ce pays a esté premierement descouuert par les François, sous l'authorité de nos Roys tres-Chrestiens, iusques au regne de sa Majesté à present regnante Lovis XIII. Roy de France & de Nauarre. Auec vn traitté des qualitez & conditions requises à vn bon & parfaict Nauigateur pour cognoistre la diuersité des Estimes qui se font en la Nauigation, les Marques & enseignements que la prouidence de Dieu à mises dans les Mers pour redresser les Mariniers en leur routte, sans lesquelles ils tomberoient en de grands dangers, et la maniere de bien dresser Cartes marines auec leurs Ports, Rades, Isles, Sondes, & autre chose necessaire à la Nauigation. Ensemble une Carte generalle de la description dudit pays faicte en son Meridien selon la declinaison de la guide Aymant, & un Catechisme ou Instruction traduicte du François au langage des peuples Sauuages de quelque contrée, auec ce qui s'est passé en ladite Nouuelle France en l'année 1631. A Monseignevr le Cardinal Dvc de Richeliev. A Paris: chez Pierre Le-Mvr, M. DC. XXXII. Auec Priuilege du Roy. [1632.]","F1030 .1 .C47","

4to. 4 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination, 358 leaves in all, large folded engraved map, six engraved plates in the text, 2 wood engravings. The first part ends on sig. QQii, page 308, the second part ends on sig. Qqiii, page 310, after which leaf the map is inserted, followed by a Table povr cognoistre les lievx remarqvables en ceste carte (4 leaves with sig. A). This is followed by the Traitté de la Marine et dv devoir d'vn bon Marinier. Par le Sievr de Champlain, 27 leaves, sig. A-G, with half-title, 54 pages. Following the Traitté are 10 leaves, sig. A-B4, C2, with the Doctrine Chrestienne and the Lord's Prayer in Indian and French in parallel columns. The caption title of the first reads: Doctrine Chrestienne, dv R. P. Ledesme de la Compagnie de Iesvs. Traduicte en Langage Canadois, autre que celuy des Montagnars, pour la Conuersion des habitans dudit pays. Par le R. P. Brebœuf de la mesme Compagnie; and to the Lord's Prayer: L'Oraison Dominicale, tradvite en langage des Montagnars de Canada, par le R. P. Massé de la Compagnie de Iesvs. Variants of the imprint occur; of the three copies in the Library of Congress, one has the imprint of Pierre Le Mvr, another of Louis Sevestre, and the third of Claude Collet. All three copies have the cancels in sig. D. It is not known which imprint was in Jefferson's copy.

Sabin 11839. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 16. Winsor IV, 132 (with particular mention of the Library of Congress Sevestre issue). Church 420. Gagnon 766. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine. Harrisse 51. Field 268. Pilling, page 79.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 5.19. A year previously, on March 23, 1788, he had ordered the same book from a catalogue sent by Van Damme of Amsterdam, but Van Damme wrote on June 25, to explain that the catalogue was of books to be sold by public auction in September.

A long letter from Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, dated from Philadelphia, April 19, 1798, has the following postscript:

. . . since writing the above, the Secretary of state has applied to me for the loan of Escarbot's and Champlain's travels in N. America. Escarbot I know I have, & I believe Champlain also, but of this last I am not certain. will you be so good as to search for & forward one or both from my library? you will see by the Catalogue whether I have Champlain or not. I have an idea it is a 4to. volume. the government want them for the settlement of their dispute with England as to the St. Croix river. let them be very well wrapped up, first in paper, then coarse linen, and directed 'on public service' to myself, or in my absence to the Secretary of state, and sent by the Fredericksburg post under a particular charge to take care of them. from Fredericksburg they will come in the stage & safe. if they come by the first return of post they will find me here. they are rendered the more precious because the government has endeavored to have them procured in Europe & are assured on trial that they are not to be had.

Samuel de Champlain, 1565-1635, French explorer, was the first governor of French Canada, and the founder of Quebec, organizing the first white settlement there in 1608. This is the first complete edition of his voyages, and the first part contains reprints and abridgments of his earlier printed voyages.

Diego de Ledesma, 1519-1575, Italian Jesuit, the author of the Doctrine Chrestienne, was professor of theology in Rome.

Jean de Breboeuf, 1593-1649, French Jesuit, the translator, went to Canada in 1625, and was murdered by the Iroquois in 1649.

énemond Massé, 1575-1646, French Jesuit, who translated the Lord's Prayer into Montagnais, first visited Canada in 1611. He returned to France several times, but eventually died in Canada in 1646." "40040","36","","","","Histoire de la Nouvelle France par de Charlevoix.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 61, as above.","Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de.","Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amérique Septentrionnale. Par le P. De Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Tome Premier. [-Sixiéme] A Paris: chez la Veuve Ganeau, M DCC XLIV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1744.]","F1030 .C465","

6 vol. 12mo. 234, 252, 234, 195, 243 and 220 leaves, titles printed in red and black, folded engraved maps by Dheulland after N. Bellin [i.e. Jacques Nicolas Bellin]; the titles of Volumes V and VI read: Journal d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale; adressé à madame la Duchesse de Lesdiguiêres . . . with imprint; these volumes contain an account of Charlevoix' travels arranged in 36 letters addressed to the Duchesse, preceded by Remarques de M. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine, sur les Cartes & les Plans, and with a Liste et Examen des Auteurs que j'ai consultés pour composer cet Ouvrage at the end.

Sabin 12136. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 24. Winsor IV, 358. Not in Church. Field 282 (this edition mentioned in the note). Backer II, col. 1078. Carayon 1353. Staton and Tremaine 188, and Faribault 132 cite different issues of the same year.

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, 1682-1761, French Jesuit historian and explorer, was sent to Canada in 1705 as a professor at Quebec, but later returned to France. In 1720 he visited America under orders from the regent, and travelled along the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi. His Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France was originally published in Paris, 1744, in three volumes quarto. A copy of this edition is entered in Jefferson's dated manuscript catalogue, in addition to the duodecimo edition here described.

In his undated manuscript catalogue the entry was originally for the quarto edition, changed with the pen by Jefferson to the duodecimo edition, and the price changed from 24. to 18.0.

It is in this work that Charlevoix states that Tonti was not the author of the book ascribed to him [no. 4072]. The passage occurs, in this edition, in Volume III, page 384, 385: Ce Fort étoit placé presqu' à l'embouchure du Fleuve du côté de l'Est; mais il n'a pas subsisté lontems. Pendant qu'on y travailloit, le Chevalier de Tonti arriva avec environ vint Canadiens établis chez les Illinois, & M. d'Iberville lui ayant parlé de la Relation, qui couroit sous son nom, il protesta qu'elle n'étoit point de lui, mais d'un Aventurier Parisien, qui l'avoit composée sur de mauvais Mémoires, & la lui avoit attribuée, pour lui donner cours, & gagner de l'argent . . ." "40050","37","","","","Jones's journal to the Indian nations.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 166, as above, 8vo.","Jones, David.","A Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio, in the Years 1772 and 1773. By the Rev. David Jones, Minister of the Gospel at Freehold, in New-Jersey. Burlington: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1744.]","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 47 leaves; no copy of this edition was available for collation.

Sabin 36487. Evans 13356. Thomson 657. This edition not in Field.

Jefferson had another copy of this tract (of which only a very few copies are now known), bound with other pamphlets, see no. 4048.

David Jones, 1736-1820, clergyman and army chaplain, visited the Shawnees and the Delawares in 1772-1773. The original manuscript of this Journal is still in existence, and was reprinted in 1865 by the author's grandson, Horatio Gates Jones, of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania." "40060","38","","","","The New-York guide.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 71, as above.","[Mitchill, Samuel Latham.]","The Picture of New-York; or the Traveller's Guide, through the Commercial Metropolis of the United States. By a Gentleman residing in this City. New-York: Published by I. Riley and Co.; Sold by Brisban and Brannan, 1807.","F128 .44 .M68","

First Edition. 12mo. 116 leaves, large folded map of New York engraved by Peter Maverick, drawn from actual survey by William Bridges, City Surveyor, 1807.

Sabin 49746. Church 1300.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author who wrote from New York on June 12, 1807:

Sam L Mitchill begs leave to offer to Mr. Jefferson, a little statistical Manual, the first he beleives of the kind, published in the United States. As it represents the City of which it treats in several interesting points of view, he has ventured to send it, as a token of his high consideration and respect.

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 24:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Doctr. Mitchell for the statistical manual of New York, and is pleased with every evidence of the growth & prosperity of so important a city. The Secretary at war would have set out this day, but for the rain now falling to meet the Vice-president & Colo. Williams there to consider what works can be of any avail towards protecting that city from naval enterprizes. Th: J. salutes Dr. Mitchell with friendship & respect.

Samuel Latham Mitchill, 1764-1831, New York physician and United States senator, was a prolific writer, and was characterized as ''a living encyclopedia'' and ''a chaos of knowledge.'' This account of New York is reputed to have inspired Washington Irving to write his Knickerbocker's History of New York in burlesque of Mitchill's work. For other references to Mitchill in this Catalogue, see the Index." "40070","39","","","","Hakluyt's voiages.","","fol. 1st. edition.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 269, as above.","Hakluyt, Richard.","The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation, made by Sea or ouer Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres: Deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the Regions wherunto they were directed. The first, conteining the personall trauels of the English vnto Iudæa, Syria, Arabia, the riuer Euphrates, Babylon, Balsara, the Persian Gulfe, Ormuz, Chaul, Goa, India, and many Islands adioyning to the South parts of Asia: together with the like vnto Egypt, the chiefest ports and places of Africa within and without the Streight of Gibraltar, and about the famous Promontorie of Buona Esperanza. The second, comprehending the worthy discoueries of the English towards the North and Northeast by Sea, as of Lapland, Scriksinia, Corelia, the Baie of S. Nicholas, the isles of Colgoieue, Vaigats, and Noua Zembla toward the great riuer Ob, with the mightie Empire of Russia, the Caspian Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Media, Persia, Boghar in Bactria, & diuers kingdoms of Tartaria. The third and last, including the English valiant attempts in searching almost all the corners of the vaste and new world of America, from 73. degrees of Northerly latitude Southward, to Meta Incognita, Newfoundland, the maine of Virginia, the point of Florida, the baie of Mexico, all the inland of Noua Hispania, the coast of Terra firma, Brasill, the riuer of Plate, to the Streight of Magellan: and through it, and from it in the South Sea to Chili, Peru, Xalisco, the Gulfe of California, Noua Albion vpon the backside of Canada, further than euer any Christian hitherto hath pierced. Whereunto is added the last most renowmed [sic] English Nauigation, round about the whole Globe of the Earth. By Richard Hakluyt Master of Artes, and Student sometime of Christ-church in Oxford. Imprinted at London by George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1589.","G240 .H142","

First Edition. Folio. 434 leaves, including the 6 unnumbered leaves of Drake's Voyage between pages 643 and 644, printed in black and roman letter, sidenotes in black letter, woodcut historiated and other initials, woodcut head and tail pieces, colophon and ornament on the last page, otherwise blank; the copy examined in the Library of Congress was without the map.

Lowndes II, 971. STC 12625. Sabin 29594. Winsor III, 205. Field 631. Church 139. John Carter Brown 384.

Jefferson's copy was obtained with his purchase of the library of Richard Bland.

Richard Hakluyt, 1552?-1616, English geographer. This work, written while Hakluyt was in France as chaplain to Sir Edward Stafford, the English ambassador, is dedicated to Sir Francis Walsingham. Of the three books into which it is divided, the first relates to the Near East, Africa and Asia, the second to Scandinavia, Russia and Tartary and the third to North and South America. This book was classified by Jefferson, followed by the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, in the Americana section of the Geography chapter. In the 1831 and subsequent catalogues it is reclassified into Geography—General." "40080","40","","","","Virginia by E. W. p.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 189.","[Williams, Edward.]","Virginia: More especially the South part thereof, Richly and truly valued: viz. the fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent Isle of Roanoak, of Latitude from 31. to 37. Degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the Adventurers and Planters. The second Edition, with Addition of the Discovery of Silkworms, with their benefits. And Implanting of Mulberry Trees. Also the Dressing of Vines, for the rich Trade of making Wines in Virginia. Together with the making of the Saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia, for cutting of Timber and Clapboard to build withall, and its Conversion to many as profitable Uses. By E. W. Gent. London: Printed by T. H. for John Stephenson, 1650.","F272 .W73","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 34 and 43 leaves, the first leaf of the second part a blank, separate title-pages, signatures and pagination, woodcut on the second title-page, and 4 fullpage woodcut illustrations. The first edition was published earlier in the same year, with a different title and a different arrangement of the preliminary leaves, 2 of which were cancelled, and replaced in this edition with 1 leaf [B5], headed To the worthy Gentlemen, Adventurers and Planters in Virginia.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 104190. Church 509 (in the description of the first edition). Clayton-Torrence 61. Swem 6495. STC W2658.

Edward Williams, fl. 1650, published the first edition of this work with his name on the title-page, which differs from the title-page of this second edition. In his address to the reader (omitted from the second edition) he writes: . . . Neither doe I appropriate the honour (if any due) of being the sole author of this Tractate, the whole substance of it full of good wishes and generall intentions, was communicated to me by a Gentleman of merit and quality, upon perusall of which, I found an obligation upon me not to bury those advantages Which may arise to our Country by keeping it lockt up in silence: the Gentlemans name whose permission I obtayned to make it publicke, is Mr. John Farrer of Geding in Huntingdonshire, a persõ of quality & fortunes, who has made good his affections to that incomparable Country, by hazarding a considerable summe towards the advancing of the first Plantation, and is yet so good a Patriot to be ready in promoving any good designe in the Southerne parts of the (there) unequald Countrey . . .

The tract is reprinted in the Force Tracts, Vol. II." "40090","41","","","","History of the British domñs in North America.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 250, as above, dominions not abbreviated.","","The History of the British Dominions in North America: from the First Discovery of that vast Continent by Sebastian Cabot in 1497, to its present glorious Establishment as confirmed by the late Treaty of Peace in 1763. In Fourteen Books. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Becket and Co., M DCC LXXIII. [1773.]","E188 .H67","

First Edition. 4to. 2 vol. in 1, together 293 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, but without separate title page for Volume II, folded engraved map as frontispiece, of the British Dominions in North America according to the Treaty in 1763, by Peter Bell, Geographer, 1772.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 32161. Historical Magazine I, 189. Not in Field.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6/6." "40100","42","","","","Rogers's account of North America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 172, as above.","Rogers, Robert.","A Concise Account of North America: containing a Description of the several British Colonies on that Continent, including the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. As to their Situation, Extent, Climate, Soil, Produce, Rise, Government, Religion, Present Boundaries, and the Number of Inhabitants supposed to be in each. Also of the Interior, or Westerly Parts of the Country, upon the Rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes. To which is subjoined, an Account of the several Nations and Tribes of Indians residing in those Parts, as to their Customs, Manners, Government, Numbers, &c. Containing many useful and entertaining Facts, never before treated of. By Major Robert Rogers. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Millan, M DCC LXV. [1765.]","E162 .R69","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves; on the verso of the last preliminary leaf the author's advertisement for the proposed second volume of the work, to be published by subscription at one English guinea.

Sabin 72723. John Carter Brown 1473. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 6. Field 1316. Staton and Tremaine 392. Gagnon 3053 (with date 1764).

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Robert Rogers, 1731-1795, New England colonial ranger, sailed for England in 1765, and there published this work and his journals. According to the various accounts of him he was in constant trouble with the English and the American governments for dishonest practices, which prevented his preferment, and he was in jail more than once. He is reputed to be the first person to use, in writing or in print, the name Ouregon [Oregon]. He died in England." "40110","43","","","","Loskiel's mission among the Indians of America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 167, as above, but reading Loskeil's.","Loskiel, George Henry.","History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In Three Parts. By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe. London: Printed for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel: Sold at No. 10, Nevil's Court, Fetter Lane; and by John Stockdale, 1794.","E99 .M9L82","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 3 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, together 332 leaves, large folded engraved map.

Sabin 42110. Pilling, page 318. Field, no. 952. Thomson 733.

Jefferson several times expressed his opinion of religious missions to the Indians. On April 7, 1809, in a letter to James Jay, he wrote:

. . . the plan of civilizing the Indians is undoubtedly a great improvement on the antient & totally ineffectual one of beginning with religious missionaries. our experience has shewn that this must be the last step of the process. the following is what has been successful, 1. to raise cattle & thereby acquire a knolege of the value of property 2. arithmetic to calculate that value—3. writing, to keep accounts and here they begin to inclose farms, & the men to labor, the women to spin & weave. 4: to read. Aesop's fables & Robinson Crusoe are their first delight, the Creeks & Cherokees are advanced thus far, & the Cherokees are now instituting a regular government . . .

A letter from Jefferson to Peter Wilson of Columbia College, New York, dated from Monticello, January 20, 1816, concerning Indian languages, referred to the difficulties of missionaries:

. . . I think therefore the pious missionaries, who shall go to the several tribes to instruct them in the Christian religion, will have to learn a language for every tribe they go to; nay more, that they will have to create a new language for every one, that is to say, to add to theirs new words for the new ideas they will have to communicate. law, medecine, chemistry, mathematics, every science has a language of it's own, and Divinity not less than others. their barren vocabularies cannot be vehicles for ideas of the fall of man, his redemption, the triune composition of the godhead, and other mystical doctrines, considered by most Christians of the present date as essential elements of faith. the enterprize is therefore arduous, but the more inviting perhaps to missionary zeal, in proportion as the merit of surmounting it will be greater . . .

George Henry Loskiel, 1740-1814, was born in Russia, and joined the Moravian church while still a student. In May 1802 he was consecrated a bishop and sailed immediately for the Moravian headquarters in the United States at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The original edition of this work in German was published in 1789, and in the Preface (repeated in the English translation) dated from Strickenhof in Livonia, May 2nd, 1788, the author expresses his obligations to Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg, to David Zeisberger, and to several books including Robertson's History of America, Carver's Travels through the interior parts of America, and Mr. Leiste's Description of the British Dominions in North America. [The last reference is to Christian Leiste's Beschreibung des Brittischen Amerika, 1778, and not to the anonymous History of the British Dominions in North America, 1773, see no. 4008.]

Christian Ignatius Latrobe, 1758-1836, English Moravian minister, was the son of Benjamin Latrobe. In 1785 he became secretary to the Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, and in 1795 secretary of the Unity of the Brethren in England. In his account of this book, Field, op. cit., page 248, states:

. . . Among the subjects, is the narrative of that saddest of stories, the massacre of Gnadunhutten and Salem,—saddest, most atrocious, most damnable record of human infamy and bloody shame.

A remarkable omission occurs in La Trobe's translation. A copy of the first edition had been presented to Zeisberger, who expressed the greatest regrets that the names of Eliot McKee, and other former enemies of the mission had been recorded, as they had since repented. At his request the names of many who had brought terrible misfortunes upon the missionaries and their converts, were omitted in this translation.

In addition to this translation Latrobe was the author of other books and of a number of musical compositions." "40120","44","","","","Ogden's excursion to Bethlehem.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 73, as above.","Ogden, John Cosens.","An Excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799; with a succinct History of the Society of United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. By John C. Ogden, Presbyter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, M,DCCC. [Copy-Right secured.] [1800.]","F159 .B503","

First Edition. 12mo. 86 leaves, including the first blank, 3 lines of errata on the last page.

Sabin 56815. Field 1152.

John Cosens [or Cozzens] Ogden, 1751-1800, a graduate of Princeton, was ordained to the ministry in 1786. He became an active and zealous missionary, founded a number of churches, and died at Chestertown, Indiana, in 1800. This book includes an account of the massacre of Christian Indians at Salem and Gnadenhutten. John C. Ogden was in correspondence with Jefferson from Litchfield [Connecticut] gaol in 1799. See no. 3209 and 3219." "40130","45","","","","Histoire geographique de la Nouvelle Ecosse.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 66, as above.","[Lafargue, Etienne de, translator.]","Histoire géographique de la Nouvelle Ecosse, contenant le détail de sa situation, de son étendue & de ses limites; ainsi que des différens démêlés entre l'Angleterre & la France, au sujet de la possession de cette Province: où l'on en démontre l'importance, tant par rapport à notre Commerce, que pour la sûreté de nos autres Etablissemens dans l'Amerique Septentrionale: avec une exacte Description des Bayes, Ports, Lacs & Rivieres; de la Nature & des Productions du Pays, & des Mœurs & Usages des Indiens. A Londres: M. DCC. XLIX. [1749.]","F1037 .G35","

First Edition of this translation. Sm. 8vo, 85 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Barbier II, 812. Quérard IV, 389. Sabin 56137. Staton and Tremaine 211. This edition not in Gagnon.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.0.

Etienne de Lafargue, 1728-1795, French writer. The authorship of the English work of which this is a translation, one of the earliest statements of French and English rival claims in Nova Scotia, is not known. In his French translation, which may have been printed in Paris, Lafargue has added notes setting forth the French point of view on boundaries, treaty rights, and other matters." "40140","46","","","","Present state of Nova Scotia.","","8vo. 1786.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 169, as above.","[Hollingsworth, S.]","An Account of the Present State of Nova Scotia . . . Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech and T. Longman London, M,DCC,LXXVI. [1786.]","F1037 .H73","

First Edition. 8vo. 83 leaves; the flyleaves in the copy in the Library of Congress are watermarked with the date, 1798.

Halkett and Laing I, 19. Sabin 32543. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine. Not in Field. Morgan, p. 193.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this book in a letter dated from Paris, September 13, 1786, to John Stockdale of London, specifying Longman as the publisher.

The dedication to the Right Honourable John Lord Sheffield is signed The Author. The second edition, published in the following year has a map, S. Hollingsworth Fecit. The chapter headings include Fisheries, Indians, Beasts, Fur Trade, and others." "40150","47","","","","Ogden's tour through Canada.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 67, as above, thro' for through.","[Ogden, John Cosens.]","A Tour, through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing, a View of the present State of Religion, Learning, Commerce, Agriculture, Colonization, Customs and Manners, among the English, French, and Indian Settlements. [—A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend, Descriptive of the Different Settlements, in the Province of Upper Canada.] Printed at Litchfield, (according to Act of Congress) 1799.","F1013 .033","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1 with continuous signatures and pagination, together 60 leaves; A Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend begins with a half title on H4 recto, H3 is a blank.

Sabin 56818. Trumbull 1208. Staton and Tremaine 729. This edition not in Morgan, Bibliotheca Canadensis. John Cosens [or Cozzens] Ogden, was living in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1799, as is shown by his correspondence with Jefferson in that year. Ogden mentioned his tour to Canada in his Excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth [no. 4011], page 85: This effect upon the natives, I have seen in my tour through Canada, while they attended mass and other devotions, in the chapels, at Point-au-Tremble near Quebec and the Algonquin village near Montreal. When they were asked, do you worship these? they invariably answered no, with marks of abhorrence . . ." "40160","48","","","","Voiages de Liancourt dans les Etats Unis.","","8. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 177, as above, but reading Voyage de Liancour.","La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de.","Voyage dans les états-Unis d'Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797. Par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. Tome Premier. [-Huitième] A Paris: chez Du Pont, Imprimeur-Libraire; Buisson, Libraire; Charles Pougens, Libraire, l'An VII de la République. [1799.]","E164 .L3","

First Edition. 8 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, Voyage au Nord-Ouest et au Nord en 1795, 196 leaves, folded engraved Carte des Etats-Unis Provinces Septentrionales; Vol. II, Suite du Voyage au Nord-Ouest et au Nord en 1795, 180 leaves; Vol. III, Suite de Voyage au Nord-Ouest et au Nord en 1795, 196 leaves, list of Errata on S1, page [273], followed by the Table des Matières de la première partie, pages [275]-384; Vol. IV, Seconde Partie, Voyage au Sud en 1796, 180 leaves; Vol. V, Suite du Voyage au Sud en 1796, 204 leaves, folded engraved Carte des Etats-Unis Provinces Méridionales, on page [303] begins the Table des Matières de la Seconde Partie, comprenant les Tomes IV et V; Vol. VI, Voyage a Fédéral-City en 1797, 172 leaves; Vol. VII, 2 parts in 1, continuous signatures, Voyage a Bethlehem et dans le Jersey en Juin 1797, Observations générales sur les Etats-Unis, together 188 leaves, folded engraved Carte Générale des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Vol. VIII, 126 leaves, 2 folded printed tables inserted, VI numbered and folded Tables at the end, Tables des Matières and Errata lists.

Sabin 39056. Quérard IV, 568. Faribault 371. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 67.

In the second part of this work beginning with Volume IV, the Voyage au Sud, there are a number of references to Jefferson, and in the fifth volume is a long account of him and of Monticello. Some of the more interesting passages are as follows:

Volume IV, page 298, after giving a detailed description of the Capitol at Richmond, copied from the Maison Carrée at Nismes, mais sur une beaucoup plus grande échelle, the author explains: C'est M. Jefferson qui, pendant son ambassade en France, en a envoyé le modéle . . .

Volume V, pages 13 to 38 contain the chapter headed: Monticello. M. Jefferson; sa culture comparée à celle du pays.

A great deal of this chapter is occupied with Jefferson as a farmer, and includes descriptions of the various farm equipment and machinery used by him, with particular reference to the local inventions of Oliver Evans and others. Jefferson's political career is then described, Il faut être entièrement ignorant de l'histoire de l'Amérique, pour ne pas savoir que M. Jefferson a partagé avec Georges Washington, Franklin, John Adams, M. Jay, et un petit nombre d'autres, les travaux et les périls de la révolution dans toutes ses époques; qu'il a porté dans le fameux congrès qui l'a décidée et conduite, une hardiesse et une fermeté de caractère, une réunion de talens et de connaissances, une stabilité de principes qui feront passer á la postérité son nom avec éclat, et qui lui assurent à jamais le respect et la reconnaissance de tous les amis de la liberté . . . followed by an account of his retirement from office in 1794, and the reasons which caused him to take this step.

Finally the author gives an account of Jefferson as a person and of his family: M. Jefferson est dans la société doux, facile, obligeant, quoique froid. Sa conversation est une des plus agréables et des mieux nourries que l'on puisse trouver dans quelque partie du monde que ce soit. Il tiendrait en Europe un rang distingué parmi les savans, et c'est ainsi qu'il y a été vu . . . Il est aidé dans le soin de son ménage par ses deux filles, Madame Randolph et Miss Maria, l'une et l'autre belles, jolies, modestes et aimables. Elles ont été élevées en France. Leur père les a souvent menées chez Madame d'Enville, ma chere et respectable tante; elles y ont connu ma famille . . .

More than one reference is made in this volume to the possibility of Jefferson becoming the President of the United States.

Vol. VII, on page 242 in the second part, Observations Générales sur les états-Unis, begins an account of the state of affairs which led Jefferson to resign as Secretary of State: . . . Il [le parti anti-fédéraliste] savait que M. Jefferson combattait dans le conseil la disposition de se rapprocher trop fortement de l'Angleterre, qu'il taxait de faiblesse et de duperie; qu'il combattait surtout l'idée de s'éloigner de la France, ou le désordre et les crimes ne pouvaient pas être de longue durée, et qui avait toujours manifesté attachement aux états-Unis, même au milieu de ces crimes et de ce désordre, partie à jamais honteuse de sa révolution.

Le parti anti-fédéraliste savait que c'était la fermeté de M. Jefferson qui avait arrêté et rendu nulles le entreprises et les prétentions dangereuses de M. Genet, et que c'était à cette même ermeté qu'était dû le rappel de ce ministre français, où ce parti voyait avec raison un nouveau témoignage de bienveillance et d'amitié de la France pour les états-Unis . . .

Pages 251-282 contain an account of the election in which John Adams became President and Thomas Jefferson Vice-President.

Volume VIII, page 144, has a mention of the Notes on Virginia; after giving a list of ouvrages de mérite in the United States, the author explains: . . . Si je ne comprends pas dans cette liste la défense des constitutions américaines par John-Adams, les notes sur la Virginie par M. Jefferson, les lettres du général Washington pendant la guerre, c'est que je ne parle que de l'emploi des presses américaines, et que ces ouvrages célèbres ont été originairement imprimés en Angleterre . . .

[For John Adams's work, see no. 3004, for the Notes on Virginia, see no. 4167 and for Washington's Official Letters, see no. 492.]

François Alexandre Frédéric, Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 1747-1827, French man of letters and savant, and an ardent supporter of the Revolution, whose activities in this regard were described by Jefferson in his correspondence at the time, and in his autobiography. La Rouchefoucauld-Liancourt eventually fled to England, and from there to the United States. In 1798 he returned to France and was created a peer of France by Louis XVIII, but later fell into disgrace. Jefferson was well acquainted with him and his family during his stay in France, and on his coming to the United States, not only entertained him, but gave him letters of introduction. Jefferson's letter to Colonel Hite of Winchester, Va. dated from Monticello June 29, 1796, thus describes the Duc:

The bearer hereof is the Duke de Liancourt one of the principel noblemen of France and one of the richest. all this he has lost in the revolutions of his country, retaining only his virtue and good sense which he possesses in a high degree. he was president of the National assembly of France in it's earliest stage and forced to fly from the proscriptions of Marat. being a stranger and desirous of acquiring some knolege of the country he passes thro', he has asked from me to introduce him to some person in or near Winchester. but I too am a stranger after so long an absence from my country. some apology then is necessary for my undertaking to present this gentlemen to you. none is better than that it is the general interest of our country that strangers of distinction passing thro' it should be made acquainted with it's best citizens and those most qualified to give favorable impressions of it. he well deserves any attentions you will be pleased to shew him. he would have had a letter from m[???] Madison to you, as he was to have visited m[???] Madison at his own house, being well acquainted with him. but the uncertainty whether he has returned home, and a desire to see Staunton turns him off the road at this place. I beg leave to add my acknolegements to his for any civilities you will be pleased to shew him and to assure you of the sentiments of esteem with which I am Sir your most obedt & most humble servt." "40170","49","","","","Burnaby's travels thro' the middle settlements of N America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 180, Burnaby's Travels thro' the Middle Settlements of North America, 8vo, in 1759, 60.","Burnaby, Andrew.","Travels through the Middle Settlements in North-America. In the Years 1759 and 1760. With Observations upon the State of the Colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, A.M. Vicar of Greenwich. The Second Edition. London: Printed for T. Payne, MDCCLXXV. [1775.]","E162 .B962","

8vo. 108 leaves, including the half-title and the last leaf with an Erratum and an advertisement of a book lately published by the same author.

Lowndes I, 318. Sabin 9359. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 8. Swem 675. Arents 879.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 1/6.

Andrew Burnaby, 1734?-1812, English divine and traveller. The first edition of this account of his travels in North America was issued earlier in the same year in quarto. The Introduction (repeated in this edition) is dated from Greenwich, January 23, 1775. The colonies visited were Virginia (where he stayed with ''colonel'' Washington at Mount Vernon), Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts-Bay, and New Hampshire. The General Observations begin on page 155, and are followed by a Calendar of the weather for the years 1760 to 1762. The book was translated into French, and was reprinted in Pinkerton's Voyages, Volume XIII." "40180","50","","","","American Farmer. by St. John de Crevecoeur.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 181, as above, 8vo.","Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de.","Letters from an American Farmer: describing certain provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, not generally known; and conveying some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America. Written, for the information of a friend in England, by J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania. A New Edition, with an accurate Index. London: Printed for Thomas Davies, and Lockyer Davis, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783.]","","

8vo. 172 leaves, 2 folded engraved maps, the last leaf for Davies's advertisements, Advertisement to the Second Edition on A4 verso, the Dedication to the Abbé Raynal signed from Carlisle, in Pennsylvania; 2 lines of errata on the last page of text.

Halkett and Laing III, 321 [By Hector St. John Crevecoeur]. Sabin 17496. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Winsor VIII, 489.

Entered similarly by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson's copy was a gift from the author, who wrote from Paris on April 16, 1787 (signing himself St. John Crevecoeur), to Jefferson, at that time in Nice:

As a feeble tho' sincere acknowledgement for your excellent notes on Virginia, as well as for your kindness, & Permit me to offer you the Second Edition of the Amer. Far's Letters. Spite of all my Care, a great number of Faults are to be found in it, for never before had I seen such Profligate careless Men as the Journeymen Printers I have had to do with . . .

On May 18, 1785, Crèvecoeur (signing his letter St. John) had written from New York to Jefferson in Paris:

. . . I am much obliged to you for your Care in Correcting errors in the Cultivator's Letters—I left so Many Manuscripts whilst I was confined, that 'tis no wonder Errors in Fact shou'd have made their way in my Poor composition—for I am no author. I lost my Sketches of Maryland & so on Southerly & perhaps it is for the best—cou'd not you help me to them in case of a Second Edition—Pardon the Thought—It is not Vanity that Inspires it, but a desire that this Second Edition might be more usefull & more correct than the first.—As I was Saying I am no author mais Seulement un Ecriveur, which my Singular destiny has led from the actual Cultivation of my Fields to be a Consul, & from Sketching what I saw & Felt, for a Friend, to be an author—I am but a Scribbler after all, but if the Europeans can form a better Idea of the united States than before I am Satisfyed; for altho' a French Consul I am a Citisen of one of these states & a Considerable Freeholder—if you had Some Anecdotes to Communicate me I'd willingly Inrich with them the Second reappearance of these 2 Vol: & shou'd Put your name to them—I have collected Materials enough for a 3d. Vol: which wd be really Instructif if it wd thought Proper by the connoisseurs . . .

Michel Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, 1735-1813, who usually wrote as Hector St. John, was born in Normandy. He travelled in various parts of North America before settling on a farm near New York. The war compelled his return to France, but on its conclusion he returned to the United States. His last voyage was to France, where he died in 1813. This book, addressed to the author's friend William Seton, was first published in London in 1782, and was reprinted in London and in the United States. The author himself translated his work into French; see the next following entry." "40190","51","","","","Cultivateur Americain. par St. Jean de Crevecoeur.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 182, as above.","[Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de.]","Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, écrites a W. S. Ecuyer, depuis l'Année 1770, jusqu'à 1781. Traduites de l'Anglois par * * *. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Cuchet, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784.]","E163 .C84","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 226 and 205 leaves, lists of errata in both volumes.

Barbier II, 1237 [J.-H. Saint John de Crevecoeur]. Quérard II, 338. Sabin 17494.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

This translation was made by de Crèvecoeur himself, and, his original manuscript being lost, he rewrote the whole book, with much additional matter. He sent the manuscript for publication to Pierre Louis Lacretelle, the elder, who prefixed to the first volume two Lettres servant d'Introduction addressed au Rédacteur du Mercure de France, the first dated 4 Janvier 1783, the second 24 Janvier 1784. Crèvecoeur's dedication to the Marquis de la Fayette is dated from New-York, 24 Septembre 1781. This appears to be the first edition of the French version, though Boucher de la Richarderie, in his description of the edition of 1787 (see the next entry) states that there were two previous editions, the first in one volume, and the second in two volumes." "40200","52","","","","Cultivateur Americain. par St. Jean de Crevecoeur.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 183, as above.","Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de.","Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain addressées à Wm. S . . . on Esqr. depuis l'Année 1770 jusqu'en 1786. Par M. St. John de Creve Cœur, Traduites de l'Anglois . . . Tome I. [-III.] A Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1787.","E163 .C843","

3 vol. 8vo. 256, 223 and 298 leaves, engraved title in each volume, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates by P. Martini after Cl. Bornot in volume I; engraved folded maps by Tardieu in volumes II and III, lists of errata in all volumes. In the copy collated in the Library of Congress, the Table for Volume I is bound at the beginning of Volume III.

Quérard III, 338. Sabin 17495. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 62. Not in De Ricci-Cohen.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue. A copy of an edition in 6 vol. 8vo. broché, price 15.0. was on Jefferson's bill from Froullé in Paris, purchased on August 20, 1787. The reference may possibly be to this edition, broché in six parts; no edition in 6 volumes was published.

This edition is the first to have the name of the author on the title-page, and is considerably enlarged, the whole of the third volume containing new material.

Boucher de la Richarderie describes it as the 3e édition, and states that it is the ''seule qu'il faut s'attacher: il y en a eu deux autres plus ou moins incomplêtes. La premèire n'est qu'en un seul volume, la seconde n'en a que deux . . .'' Only one earlier edition is known, that printed in 1784 described above.

The additional matter which forms the third volume includes (page 381): Extrait d'une Lettre adresée à MM. les Prévôt des Marchands & Echevins de la Ville de Paris, par son Excellence M. Jefferson, Ministre Plénipotentiaire des Etats-Unis, dated Le 27 Septembre 1786; a footnote on page 403 reads: Lisez avec attention les notes sur la Virginie de M. Jefferson (pour me servir du titre modeste qu'il a donné à cet ouvrage intéressant), vous aurez alors l'idée la plus précise de l'importance de cette communication future: il a été Membre du premier Congrès qui traça, déclara & accomplit la révolution; Gouverncur de l'état de Virginie, dans lequel il est né, & aujourd'hui Ministre Plénipotentiaire des états-Unis à la Cour de France.—Il est auteur de l'histoire dont je viens de vous parler: sa qualité d'excellent Citoyen & d'homme d'Etat, ainsi que l'étendue & la variété de ses connoissances, le rendent également utile à sa Patrie, & recommandable aux autres Nations.

The forthcoming publication of this third volume had been mentioned by Jefferson in a letter to Louis Guillaume Otto, in New York, dated from Paris, January 14, 1787:

. . . we shall very soon receive another volume of mineralogy from M. de Buffon; & a 3d. vol. of the Cultivateur Americain is in the press . . ." "40210","53","","","","Voyages de Chastellux en Amerique.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 173, as above.","Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis de.","Voyages de M. le Marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amérique Septentrionale dans les années 1780, 1781 & 1782 . . . Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1786.","E163 .C50","

First Authorized Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 199 and 184 leaves, 2 folded engraved maps by Aldring, 2 folded engraved plates of the Natural Bridge.

Sabin 12227. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 61. Winsor VIII, 490.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0.

The Marquis de Chastellux visited America in 1782, and travelled in Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. He kept a journal of his wanderings, of which a part was privately printed in an edition of twenty-four copies on board the squadron of Count d'Estaing at Newport, Rhode Island, without date, but probably in 1782. Detached portions of his journals were sent by the Marquis to a periodical printed at Gotha, and were collected and printed without authorization by a printer at Cassel. This pirated publication led to the printing of this first authorised edition, printed by Prault, who has explained the circumstances in his Avertissement de l'Imprimeur at the beginning of the first volume.

Jefferson had seen a copy of this privately printed edition in 1784, and had made copies for himself of extracts from it. In the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society there are four closely written pages, in Jefferson's hand, headed Extract from Chastellux's Travels, containing three passages, the first from page 91 of the Voyage de Newport à Philadelphie, Albany &c, the others from pages 76 and 109 respectively.

A letter to Jefferson from Chastellux dated December 27 [1784] is concerned in part with this privately printed edition, and then continues:

. . . Lorsque j'aurai l'honneur de vous voir, je vous parlerai d'un Voyage de Virginie, qui n'a pas eté imprime et que j'ai preté seulement a quelques personnes. J'avoue que j'ai craint que celui cy ne vous deplût davantage, et cela pour deux raisons: l'une que je me suis livré au plaisir de faire votre éloge, l'autre que je me suis permis quelques observations peu favorables aux virginiens, dont le caractere et le patriotisme ne m'ont pas satisfait absolument. Vous jugerés si j'ai eu tors dans ce dernier article; mais je vous récuserai pour le premier. Dittes moi du bien de vos compatriotes, je le croirai. Mais ne me dittes pas de mal de vous, car je ne le croirai pas . . .

Jefferson sent his remarks on September 2, 1785:

You were so kind as to allow me a fortnight to read your journey through Virginia. but you should have thought of this indulgence while you were writing it, and have rendered it less interesting if you meant that your readers should have been longer engaged with it. in fact I devoured it at a single meal, and a second reading scarce allowed me sang froid enough to mark a few errors in the names of persons and places which I note on a paper herein inclosed, with an inconsiderable error or two in facts which I have also noted because I supposed you wished to state them correctly. from this general approbation however you must allow me to except about a dozen pages in the earlier part of the book which I read with a continued blush from beginning to end, as it presented me a lively picture of what I wish to be, but am not. no, my dear Sir, the thousand millionth part of what you there say, is more than I deserve. it might perhaps have passed in Europe at the time you wrote it, and the exaggeration might not have been detected. but consider that the animal is now brought there, & that every one will take his dimensions for himself. the friendly complexion of your mind has betrayed you into a partiality of which the European spectator will be divested. respect to yourself therefore will require indispensably that you expunge the whole of those pages except your own judicious observations interspersed among them on Animal & physical subjects. with respect to my countrymen there is surely nothing which can render them uneasy, in the observations made on them. they know that they are not perfect, and will be sensible that you have viewed them with a philanthropic eye. you say much good of them, and less ill than they are conscious may be said with truth. I have studied their character with attention. I have thought them, as you found them, aristocratical, pompous, clannish, indolent, hospitable, & I should have added, disinterested, but you say attached to their interest. this is the only trait in their character wherein our observations differ. I have always thought them so careless of their interests, so thoughtless in their expences and in all their transactions of business that I had placed it among the vices of their character, as indeed most virtues when carried beyond certain bounds degenerate into vices. I had even ascribed this to it's cause, to that warmth of their climate which unnerves and unmans both body & mind. while on this subject I will give you my idea of the characters of the several states.

In the North they are In the South they are

cool fiery

sober voluptuary

laborious indolent

persevering unsteady

independent independent

jealous of their own liberties, & just to those of others zealous for their own liberties, but trampling on those of others.

interested generous

chicaning candid

superstitious & hypocritical in their religion without attachment or pretensions to any religion but that of the heart.

these characteristics grow weaker and weaker by gradation from North to South & South to North, insomuch that an observing traveller, without the aid of the quadrant may always know his latitude by the character of the people among whom he finds himself. it is in Pennsylvania that the two characters seem to meet & blend, & to form a people free from the extremes both of vice & virtue. peculiar circumstances have given to New York the character which climate would have given had she been placed on the South instead of the North side of Pennsylvania. perhaps too other circumstances may have occasioned in Virginia a transplantation of a particular vice foreign to it's climate. you could judge of this with more impartiality than I could, and the probability is that your estimate of them is the most just. I think it for their good that the vices of their character should be pointed out to them that they may amend them; for a malady of either body or mind once known is half cured. I wish you would add to this peice your letter to m[???] Madison on the expediency of introducing the arts into America. I found in that a great deal of matter, very many observations, which would be useful to the legislators of America, & to the general mass of citizens. I read it with great pleasure and analysed it's contents that I might fix them in my own mind.

The Inclosure contains 2 pages in Jefferson's handwriting of corrections and emendations. These corrections (with minor variations) have been made in the printed edition.

The passages referred to by Jefferson occur, in this authorized edition, in Volume II, pages 32 to 37:

. . . M. Jefferson est le premier Américain qui ait consulté les Beaux-Arts pour savoir comment il se mettroit a couvert: mais c'est de lui dont je devrois seulement m'occuper; je devrois peindre un homme, qui n'a pas encore quarante ans, dont la taille est élevée & la figure douce & agréable, mais dont l'esprit & les connoissances pourroient tenir lieu de tous les agrémens extérieurs; un Américain qui, sans être jamais sorti de son pays, est Musicien, Dessinateur, Géomêtre, Astronome, Phisicien, Jurisconsulte & Homme-d'état; un Sénateur de l'Amérique, qui a siégé deux ans dans ce fameux Congrès, auteur de la révolution, dont on ne parle jamais ici sans un respect, malheureusement mêlé de trop de regrets; un Gouverneur de la Virginie, qui a rempli ce pénible emploi pendant les invasions d' Arnold, de Philips & de Cornwalis; enfin un Philosophe retiré du monde & des affaires, parce qu'il n'aime le monde qu'autant qu'il peut se flatter d'être utile, & que l'esprit de ses concitoyens n'est encore en état, ni de supporter la lumiere, ni de souffrir la contradiction . . .

A few paragraphs later, the account continues:

. . . Je me rappelle avec plaisir, qu'un soir, comme nous étions causer autour d'un bowl de punch, après que Madame Jefferson s'étoit retirée, nous vînmes à parler des poésies d' Oscian. Ce fut une étincelle d'électricité qui passa rapidement de l'un à l'autre: nous nous rappellions les passages de ces sublimes poésies qui nous avoient le plus frappés, & nous en entretenions mes compagnons de voyage, qui heureusement savoient très bien l'anglois & étoient en état de les apprécier; mais qui ne les avoient jamais lues. Bientôt on voulut que le livre eut part à la toast: on alla le chercher, il fut placé près du bowl du punch, & l'un & l'autre nous avoient déja conduits assez loin dans la nuit avant que nous nous en fussions apperçus. D'autres fois la Physique, d'autres fois la Politique ou les Arts faisoient le sujet de nos entretiens; car il n'est pas d'objets qui aient échappés à M. Jefferson, & il semble que dès sa jeunesse il ait placé son esprit, comme sa maison, sur un lieu élevé, d'où il pût contempler tout l'universe . . .

A year later, in a letter to Colonel Humphreys, dated from Paris, August 14, 1786, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . a violent criticism of Chastellux's voiages is just appearing. it is not yet to be bought . . .

The reference was probably to Brissot de Warville's Examen critique des Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale de Chastellux, published in that year, 1786, see No. 4039.

François Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, 1734-1788, French author and soldier, served with the French army in America under Rochambeau. He visited Jefferson at Monticello, and the second volume of this work contains a long account of Jefferson and of Monticello [Volume II, pages 32-46]." "40220","54","","","","Scott's United States Gazetteer.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 69, as above.","Scott, Joseph.","The United States Gazetteer: containing an authentic description of the Several States, their Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Soil, Produce, Climate, Population, Trade and Manufactures. Together with the Extent, Boundaries and Population of their Respective Counties. Also, an Exact account of the Cities, Towns, Harbours, Rivers, Bays, Lakes, Mountains, &c. Illustrated with Nineteen Maps. By Joseph Scott. Philadelphia: Printed by F. and R. Bailey, 1795. (Published according to Act of Congress.)","E154 .S42","

First Edition. 12mo. 150 leaves including one blank, engraved title, engraved folded map of the United States, and engraved folded maps of the separate states, text printed in double columns, errata list on the third preliminary leaf.

Sabin 78331. Evans 29476.

In his Preface, dated from Philadelphia, Dec. 1st, 1795, Scott writes:

. . . And while I am paying thus my tribute of gratitude, it would be injustice to forbear mentioning, that my account of the caves and minerals in Virginia, I have taken from Mr. Jefferson's notes on that state, and a few particulars relating to the rivers; I have also taken the liberty of making use of Mr. Bartram's and the Marquis de Chastellux's travels; and in my account of Pennsylvania, I have made use of Marshal's Arbustrum Americanum, in the description of a few trees and shrubs . . .

This is the first Gazetteer of the United States, compiled by Joseph Scott, the compiler also of the Universal Gazetteer, q. v. In his preface he states that ''. . . when we reflect that no gazetteer has ever been published of the United States, I may with some degree of justice say, I have 'trodden an unbeaten path;' and to possess a presence and comprehension of mind, capable of embracing such a variety of objects, and all the particulars relating to each, is perhaps the lot of few . . . The maps I have drawn and engraved myself, and I trust they will be found, on examination, as accurate as circumstances would admit, and probably more so than any collection of maps that has hitherto been published of the United States . . .''

For a note on Joseph Scott, see no. 3840." "40230","55","","","","Chastellux' Voiages in America.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 174, as above, but reading Voyages.","Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis de.","Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, serving under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, who resided in America at that Period. With Notes by the Translator . . . Volume I. [-II.] London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","E163 .C54","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 240 and 222 leaves, the last leaf in Vol. I a blank, maps and plates taken from the original French edition.

Halkett and Laing VI, 81 [translated by John Kent, with Sabin as the authority]. Sabin 12229 [the translator was J. Kent].

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4.0.

For a note on Chastellux, see no. 4020.

This translation has been ascribed to John Kent, and to George Greive [or Grieve]. It is attributed to Kent, one of the claimants to the authorship of the Letters of Junius, in the British Museum Catalogue, by Watt, Sabin and other bibliographers. George Greive, to whom the translation is ascribed by John Goldworth Alger in the Dictionary of National Biography, is said to be that George Greive chiefly known as the persecutor of Madame Du Barry. He seems to have been in America during the years 1780 to 1782, but the account in the Dictionary of National Biography contains the passage: ''On Robespierre's fall [in 1794] Grieve was arrested at Amiens, and was taken to Versailles, where twenty-two depositions were taken against him, but the prosecution was dropped. Returning to America, he resided at Alexandria, Virginia, and published in 1796 a translation of Chastellux's 'Travels.' ''

The translation was published in London in 1787 and not in America in 1796. The chief source of information for those who subscribe to the theory that Greive was the author, is a letter from J. Hammond Trumbull of Hartford, Conn., addressed on March 29, 1869, to the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, in whose Proceedings it is published, vol. XI, page 5, 1871. This letter does not connect Greive with the Madame Du Barry persecution.

In 1786, David Humphreys was contemplating the translation into English of Chastellux's book. On March 17, on the eve of his departure from Paris to the United States, he wrote to Jefferson, and mentioned:

. . . I have begun to translate the Travels of the Marquis de Chattelux in America, & expect to make some progress during my voyage to that Continent . . .

It was this letter which occasioned Jefferson's remark on the criticism of Chastellux's work quoted above." "40240","56","","","","Voiage de Brissot de Warville dans les etats unis.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 175, as above, but reading Voyage.","Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Nouveau Voyage dans les états-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, fait en 1788; par J. P. Brissot (Warville), Citoyen François . . . Tome Premier. [-Troisième.] A Paris: chez Buisson, Avril 1791.","E164 .B89","

First Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 226, 244, and 226 leaves. This is the first edition of volumes I and II, but a reprint of volume III, which had previously appeared in 1787 [see no. 3609] and has the added title: De la France et des états-Unis, ou de l'Importance de la Révolution de l'Amérique pour le Bonheur de la France. List of errata on d2 verso in the first volume; a Table comparée des probabilités de la vie dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre et en Europe, printed on blue paper and folded, inserted in Volume II.

Sabin 8035. Quérard I, 521. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 65. John Carter Brown 3441.

Jefferson is mentioned several times in this work and his Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source books used by the author.

Volume I.

Preface, page xxxv, to the passage Il faut que l'ambassadeur échappe à sa dignité, monte au galetas, parcoure seul les campagnes, entre dans I'étable, pour voir les chevaux, dans la grange, pour voir les grains et leur qualité, the author has added a footnote: C'est ainsi que M. Jefferson a voyagé en France, en Italie. Il avoit un seul domestique avec lui. Il a tout vu par ses yeux. Je suis convaincu que peu de voyages seroient aussi judicieux, aussi utiles que ceux de ce philosophe; mais sa modestie ensevelit tout dans son porte-feuille.

Page 241, in the account of ''M. Maddison'': Le nom de M. Maddison, célèbre en Amérique, est très-connu en Europe, par les éloges mérités qu'en a faits son compatriote et son ami M. Jefferson.

Volume II.

Page 71, in Lettre XXVI, Sur un projet de rémigration ou de retransportation des Noirs des Etats-Unis, dans l'Afrique, the author wrote: Ses raisonnemens [i.e. of Dr. Thornton] commencent à convaincre les bons esprits, et son plan donne la solution du problême cherché par M. Jefferson. (Voyez ses Observations sur la Virginie.)

Page 294, Lettre XL, a footnote reads: M. Jefferson l'appelle Shenadoah. Voyez la description qu'il en fait: Notes on Virginia, pag. 29.

Page 327, Lettre XLII, Sur la Dette des Etats-Unis, a paragraph reads: Vous avez vu, dans l'encyclopédie, un tableau de la dette américaine. Il finit à l'année 1784. Il y a quelques erreurs dans cet article, qui fut fourni, je crois, au rédacteur de l'encyclopédie, par le savant M. Jefferson, (1) ambassadeur des Etats-Unis. Malgré ces erreurs, vous pourrez y puiser des notions certaines sur l'origine et le progrès de la dette continentale des Etats-Unis.

Volume III.

Page 252, Chapitre VI, Des objets que l'Amérique libre peut fournir en retour des importations de la France. The first paragraph reads:

Arrivés à cette partie de notre ouvrage, nous ne pouvons pas mieux la commencer, qu'en y consignant un extrait de la lettre adressée, par M. de Calonne, à M. Jefferson, ministre plénipotentiaire des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, puisqu'elle annonce l'intention du gouvernement, de favoriser un commerce dont nous nous attachons à montrer l'importance.

For this letter to Jefferson by Calonne, see no. 2303.

Page 440, a footnote reads: On a suivi, pour ce réglement, [i. e. A ''reglement du congrés, qui simplifie les monnoies''] le plan proposé par le judicieux et savant M. Jefferson Une des parties les plus frappantes de ce plan, est de réduire tous les calculs sur les monnoies à la raison décimale.

For this plan of M. Jefferson, see no. 3755.

Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, French journalist, social reformer and revolutionary, was a friend and correspondent of Jefferson. He came to the United States before the French Revolution at the instance of a number of French financiers who, dissatisfied with the French government, wished him to investigate the possibility of their founding a colony in America. The results of his investigations are to be found in this book. On his return to France he became the leader of a party of Girondists, was denounced by Robespierre as the agent of England, and after a mock trial was guillotined on November 30, 1793." "40250","57","","","","Histoire de la Pennsylvanie prise sur Kalm & Mittelberger.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 72, as above.","[Rousselot De Surgy, Jacques Philibert.]","Histoire Naturelle et Politique de la Pensylvanie, et de l'établissement des Quakers dans cette Contrée. Traduite de l'Allemand. P. M. D. S. Censeur Royal. Précédée d'une Carte Géographique. A Paris: Chez Ganeau [de l'Imprimerie de d'Houry] M. DCC. LXVIII. Avec Approbation & Privilège du Roi. [1768.]","F152 .R86","

First Edition. 12mo. 198 leaves including the half-title, folded engraved map of Pennsylvania, printer's imprint at the end.

Barbier II, 820. Sabin 73490. Quérard VIII, 242ter. Not in Smith.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.0.

Jacques Philibert Rousselot de Surgy, b. 1737, French author, held the positions of censeur royal, and chief accountant of the treasury. In his preface to this book he states that ''quoique cet Ouvrage ne soit annoncé que comme une simple Traduction de l'Allemand, on en chercheroit envain l'Original dans aucune Langue . . . une grande partie du fonds étoit empruntée de deux écrivains étrangers, dont je ne fais souvent que rendre les expressions. Le premier est M. Kalms, Suédois . . . Le second Voyageur qui m'a fourni quelques détails, est le sieur Gottlieb Mittelberger, Organiste & Maître d'Ecole Allemand, que a exercé ces deux professions en Pennsylvanie pendant plusieurs années . . .

Ces deux Voyageurs étrangers ne sont pas les seuls qui nous ont fourni des secours. Nous en avons encore trouvé dans différens Ouvrages François & Anglois, anciens & modernes, où il est parlé de la Pensylvanie. Tels sont: un Recueil de Pièces concernant la Pensylvanie; une Lettre de Williams Penn à ses Frères les Quakers d'Angleterre, dans laquelle il donne la description de cette Contrée en 1682 (a); la Relation du Voyage de Richard Castelman dans cette Colonie en 1710 (b); l'Amérique Angloise, par Richard Blome; l'Histoire Universelle, par une Société de Gens de Lettres d'Angleterre (c); enfin, une petite Brochure, traduite de l'Anglois en François, en 1756,& publiée sous ce titre: Etat actuel de la Pensylvanie.''

Pehr Kalm, 1716-1779, first published his Resa in Norra Amerika in Stockholm in 1753, and the first German edition, from which this translation was made, in Göttingen, 1754-64. For an English translation and note on the work, see no. 4026.

Gottlieb Mittelberger first published his Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750 in Stuttgard, 1756." "40260","58","","","","Kalm's travels into N. America. by Forster.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 187, as above, North not abbreviated.","Kalm, Pehr.","Travels into North America; containing its Natural History, and a circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, the Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and important Remarks on various subjects. By Peter Kalm, Professor of Oeconomy in the University of Aobo in Swedish Finland, and Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. Enriched with a Map, several Cuts for the Illustration of Natural History, and some additional Notes. The Second Edition. In Two Volumes, Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for T. Lowndes, 1772.","E162 .K17","

2 vol. 8vo. 214 and 218 leaves, engraved map (wanting in the copy collated), plate of the Cohoes Fall, and 5 natural history plates.

Sabin 36989. John Carter Brown 1828. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 5. Gagnon 1849. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine. Morgan, page 209.

Pehr Kalm, 1716-1779, Swedish botanist, travelled in America between 1748 and 1751 at the instance of Linnaeus, and under the auspices of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. The first entry in this journal of his travels is dated August the 5th, 1748 and the last October 5th, 1749. The journal was written in Swedish and first published in Stockholm in 1753. The first English translation by Johann Reinhold Forster was published by Lowndes in London in 1770-1771. The translation is dedicated by Forster to Daines Barrington, for whom see the Index of this Catalogue.

Johann Reinhold Forster, 1727-1798, German mineralogist, spent much of his life in England and visited Canada for the purpose of studying the mines, in 1732." "40270","59","","","","Maese's Picture of Philadã.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 74, as above, Philadelphia not abbreviated.","Mease, James.","The Picture of Philadelphia, giving an Account of its Origin, Increase and Improvements in Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Commerce and Revenue. With a compendious View of its Societies, Literary, Benevolent, Patriotic, & Religious, its Police-the Public Buildings-the Prison and Penetentiary System-Institutions, Monied and Civil-Museum. By James Mease, M.D. Philadelphia: Published by B. & T. Kite, for sale by them and Joseph Delaplaine, 1811.","F158 .44 .M4","

First Edition. 12mo. 194 leaves, folded engraved plate as frontispiece by S. Seymour, representing Philadelphia taken from Kensington, list of errata at the end, and of Subscribers' names on 18 pages, printer's imprint at the foot of the last page.

Sabin 47268.

The subscribers' names include Thomas Jefferson, late P.U.S. (the only name from Virginia), and many other names to be found in this Catalogue, namely Anthony Benezet, William Currie, William Duane, Oliver Evans, Elbridge Gerry, Benjamin Rush, Albert Gallatin, and a number of others. The author cites the names of books he has used as source material, including many in this Catalogue. Benjamin Franklin is mentioned a number of times, Jefferson only once, as President of the American Philosophical Society.

James Mease, 1771-1846, was a native of Philadelphia. For other books by him in this Catalogue, see the Index." "40280","60","","","","Coxe's account of Carolina.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 191, as above.","Coxe, Daniel.","A Description of the English Province of Carolana. By the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane. Viz. I. A Description of the great and famous River Meschacebe, or Missisipi. II. A Description of the Countries, People, Rivers, Bays, Harbours and Islands, to the East of Meschacebe. III. A Description of the Sea Coast, the large Rivers; their Heads and Courses, to the West of Meschacebe. IV. A Description of the Five great Seas or Lakes of fresh Water. V. A new and curious Discovery of an easy Communication between the River Meschacebe and the South-Sea, which separates America from China, by means of several large Rivers and Lakes; with a Description of the said Sea, to the Streights of Uries; as also of a rich and considerable Trade to be carry'd on from thence to Japan, China and Tartary. VI. An Account of the useful Animals, Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, and other rich and valuable Commodities, which this Province naturally produces. VII. An Appendix, containing the original Charter, &c. With a large and curious Preface, demonstrating the Right of the English to that Country, and the unjust Manner of the French usurping of it; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable Danger our other Colonies on the Continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented; interspersed with many useful Hints, in Regard to our Plantations in General. To which is added, a large and accurate Map of Carolana, and of the River Meschacebe. By Daniel Coxe, Esq; [London:] Printed for and sold by Olive Payne, 1741.","F352.C87","

8 vo. 88 leaves, large folded engraved map.

Sabin 17281. Church 886 (in description of the first edition). Winsor V, 69. See Boimare 35.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6.

Daniel Coxe, 1673-1739, was the eldest son of Dr. Daniel Coxe of London, the claimant of the Carolana grant. He visited the American colonies in 1702 and remained until 1716. He returned to New Jersey in 1725, and held various offices. He was the first appointed Grand Master of Masons in America, and at the time of his death was a judge of the Supreme Court.

The first edition of this book was published in 1722 when Coxe was in London, and was reprinted in 1726, 27, and in 1741. ''The body of the text is devoted to a description of the attractions of the province to the emigrant. The preface contains an account of the entrance of the Mississippi by the vessel which was turned back by Bienville. The appendix is an argument in favor of the claimant's title to the grant, and of England's title to the Mississippi Valley. It contains a curious story of a Massachusetts expedition to New Mexico in 1678, and a claim that La Salle's guides were Indians who accompanied that expedition.'' Winsor, V, 69.

In the Preface Coxe sets forth what is supposed to have been, in 1722, the date of the first edition, the first printed plan for a confederation of the colonies. Sig c1 recto (unpaged) contains the passage: ''The only Expedient I can at present think of, or shall presume to mention (with the utmost Deference to His Majesty and His Ministers) to help and obviate these Absurdities and Inconveniences, and apply a Remedy to them, is, That All the Colonies appertaining to the Crown of Great Britain on the Northern Continent of America, be United under a Legal, Regular, and firm Establishment; Over which, it's propos'd, a Lieutenant, or Supreme Governour, may be constituted, and appointed to Preside on the Spot, to whom the Governours of each Colony shall be Subordinate . . .''

This edition of 1741 was reprinted in the Collection of Voyages and Travels edited by Coxe, and in other collections." "40290","61","","","","Bartram's travels thro' the Carolinas, Georgia & Florida","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 192, as above.","Bartram, William","Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of those Regions, together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with Copper-Plates. By William Bartram. Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson, M, DCC, XCI. [1791.]","F213 .B28","

First Edition. 8vo. 280 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Mico Chlucco by J. Trenchard after W. Bartram, folded engraved map, 7 engraved plates; separate title page on [3Q?1??] for An Account of the Persons, Manners, Customs and Government of the Muscogulges or Creeks, Cherokees, Chactaws, &c. Aborigines of the Continent of North America. By William Bartram. Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson, M. DCC, XCI.

Sabin 3870. Evans 23159. Pilling, Iroquoian Languages, page 10, and Muskhogean Languages, page 6. Field 94. De Renne I, page 230. Boimare 82.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from William Duane, Philadelphia, on December 14, 1805, price $2.00. A copy of the printed Proposals for Printing by Subscription Bartram's Travels is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The author's name on the title-page in this Prospectus reads: By William Bartram, Botanist, of Philadelphia, who was employed from 1773 to 1777, by the celebrated Dr. Fothergill, of London, to explore the extensive Countries above-mentioned. The title is followed by the Conditions, and 2 pages of the work, as a specimen of the paper and type. At the end is a list of respectable characters, with a number of other Gentlemen, who have already become Subscribers to this Work. The respectable characters number thirteen headed by Thomas Mifflin, Esq., President of the State of Pennsylvania (to whom the book is dedicated). There is no list of subscribers in the book.

William Bartram, 1739-1823, naturalist and traveller. As stated on his Prospectus, these travels were made at the expense of Dr. John Fothergill. After the publication of his work in 1791 it was reprinted in London and in Dublin, and was translated into German, Dutch and French. The book had considerable influence on the literature of the period, and was described by Coleridge in his Table Talk as ''a work of high merit every way.''" "40300","62","","","","Histoire de Kentucky de Filson.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 193, as above.","Filson, John.","Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'Ouest de la Virginie: contenant, 1o. La Découverte, l'Acquisition, l'Etablissement, la Description topographique, l'Histoire Naturelle, &c. du Territoire: 2o. la Relation historique du Colonel Boon, un des premiers Colons, sur les guerres contre les Naturels: 3o. l'Assemblée des Piankashaws au Poste Saint Vincent: 4o. un exposé succinct des Nations Indiennes qui habitent dans les limites des Treize états-Unis, de leurs Mœurs & Coutumes, & des Réflexions sur leur Origine; & autres Pièces: Avec une Carte. Ouvrage pour servir de suite aux Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain. Traduit de l'Anglois, de M. John Filson; par M. Parraud, de l'Académie des Arcades de Rome. A Paris: chez Buisson, M. DCC. LXXXV. Avec Approbation et Permission. [1785.]","F454.F49","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 127 leaves, folded engraved map of Kentucky by André, the last leaf for the Approbation and the penultimate for the Certificat donné a l'Auteur, signed by Daniel Boon, Levi Todd and James Harrod, dated 12 Mai, 1784; the Aventures du Colonel Daniel Boon, contenant la relation des Guerres de Kentcuke [sic] begins on page 57, with caption title.

Sabin 24338. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 91. Coleman 3239. Church 1212. Field 537. Boimare 76.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 1.0.

One of the sources for this work was ''l'Auteur des Notes on the state of Virginia, qui ne veut pas être connu du Public''. The explanatory footnote reads: Notes sur l'Etat de Virginie. In-8o. Paris, 1785. ''Cet Ouvrage, dont l'Auteur n'a fait tirer que quelques exemplaires, pour distribuer à ses amis, contient des détails intéressans sur l'histoire naturelle, le climat, la population, les loix, les constitutions, &c. de la Virginie.''

Pages 221 to 224 contain an account of the murder of the Logan family, supposedly by Colonel Cresap, with the speech of Logan, sent to Lord Dunmore. The translation of this speech differs considerably from that in Le Pour et le Contre of Bridel, q.v. no. 4033. The last sentence reads: ''qui reste-t-il pour pleurer ta mort? Personne''.

John Filson, c. 1747-1788, the historian of Kentucky. The original English edition of this book was printed in Wilmington, Delaware (there being no printing press in Kentucky) in 1784. This is a translation into French, with some additions, of that work. Filson was killed by an Indian in October 1788.

J. P. Perraud, the translator, was a member of the Académie de Villefranche and of the Arcades de Rome. He was the translator of a considerable number of books from various languages into French." "40310","63","","","","Voyage à l'Ouest des monts Alleghanys. par F. A. Michaux.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 194, as above, reading Alleghaneys.","Michaux, François André.","Voyage a l'Ouest des Monts Alléghanys, dans les états de l'Ohio, du Kentucky et du Tennessée, et Retour a Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines; contenant des détails sur l'état actuel de l'agriculture et les productions naturelles de ces contrées, ainsi que des renseignemens sur les rapports commerciaux qui existent entre ces Etats et ceux situés à l'est des montagnes et la Basse-Louisiane; entrepris pendant l'an X-1802, sous les auspices de Son Excellence M. Chaptal, Ministre de l'Intérieur. Avec une Carte très-soignée des états du Centre, de l'Ouest et du Sud des états-Unis. Par F. A. Michaux, M.D. membre de la Société d'Histoire naturelle de Paris; correspondant de la Société d'Agriculture du département de Seine et Oise. De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet. A Paris: Chez Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie, An XII-1804.","E164 .M62","

8vo. 161 leaves including the half-title, list of errata at the end. Jefferson's copy may have been of the edition published earlier in the same year by Crapelet, with a map not in this edition.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Sabin. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 93. Coleman 3417. Thomson 821 (in the note). Boimare 103. This edition not in De Renne.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author who wrote from Philadelphia on July 6, 1806:

Je profite de l'offre obligeante de Mr. Jh. Vaughan, pour vous adresser un exemple. de mon Voÿage à l'Ouest des Monts-Alleghanys: trop heureux, Monsieur le Président, a mon arrivée dans les Etats-Unis de pouvoir vous en faire hommage, surtout S'il se trouve digne de votre approbation. Se jointe a cet ouvrage un petit mèmoire sur les Arbres forestiers des Etats-Unis; quelques remarques comparatives (page 29) pourront peut-etre mériter votre attention . . .

Two days later, on July 8, John Vaughan wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

. . . I forward by this days mail from F. A. Michaux his Voyage & a pamphlet relative to American Trees. I have been much gratified by his Statement & the official report to the French Governmt—Abbe Raynal would have (if alive) to reverse his stigma of Degeneracy . . .

Jefferson wrote his acknowledgments to Michaux from Washington on July 12:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Mr Michaux for the book of his travels & the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him. he possesses the Flora Americana of his father & has seen his work on the American oaks, both of which are valuable additions to our Botanical libraries. he has no doubt that m[???] Michaux will increase the debt of science to his family by his further researches in the United States, in which he wishes him all success, and prays him to accept his salutations & respects.

The letter was sent on the same day through John Vaughan:

Th: Jefferson has received safely the letter of m[???] Vaughan & the packets from m[???] Michaux which he was so kind as to forward, and he now takes the liberty of putting a letter to m[???] Michaux under m[???] Vaughan's cover, and with his thanks presents him his salutations & best wishes.

François André Michaux, 1770-1855, French doctor and naturalist, travelled in the United States, and was a member of the American Philosophical Society. For the other works mentioned in the above correspondence, see the Index." "40320","64","","","","Volney. Tableau du climat & du sol des E. U. d'Am.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 128, no. 176, Volney, Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats Unis d'Amerique, 2 v in 1, 8vo.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie Française au Scioto, sur quelques colonies Canadiennes et sur les Sauvages. Enrichi de quatre Planches gravées, dont deux Cartes Géographiques et une coupe figurée de la chûte de Niagara. Par C.-F. Volney, Membre due Sénat conservateur, de l'Institut national de France, Membre honoraire de la Société philosophique Américaine de Philadelphie; de la Société Anglaise-Asiatique de Calcutta: des Athenées d'Avignon, d'Alençon, etc. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Courcier; Dentu, An XII.—1803.","E164. V91","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1, together 276 leaves (162 and 114), separate titles, continuous signatures and pagination, each volume with a half-title; 2 folded engraved plates in vol. I, and 2 folded engraved maps in Vol. II. The volume separation occurs at sig. 196, page 300, which is followed by the half-title for Vol. II, with 3 lines of errata on the back, and the title (verso blank), after which are the last 2 leaves in sig. 19, beginning with page 301. In vol. I the verso of the half-title has a list of Volney's works; following the title is the Table des Matières, 1 leaf, the Avis au Relieur, 1 leaf, with a list of errata and the Avis au Lecteur on the verso, and the Preface, 8 leaves; at the end of Vol. II is a Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis, 4 leaves.

Quérard X, 274. Sabin 100692. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 69. Staton and Tremaine 723. Gagnon 3676. Pilling 518. This edition not in Field. Thomson 1170 [in the note to the English translation]. Boimare 97.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in calf, gilt, cost $1.00, by John March of Georgetown, in October, 1804.

Two issues of the first edition of this book appeared in 1803, one with continuous, the other with separate pagination for the Vocabulaire de la langue des Miamis. It is not known which issue was in Jefferson's library. One of the copies in the Library of Congress is specifically mentioned by Pilling: ''In the copy belonging to the Library of Congress there is a manuscript vocabulary of the Osage language corresponding to the printed Miami.'' This manuscript vocabulary is written on inserted blank leaves, each word is numbered, and the corresponding words in the printed Miami vocabulary have been similarly numbered in ink. It is interesting, but of no apparent significance, that in this copy the initials T. J. have been written in pencil below the date on both title-pages.

Jefferson's name occurs several times in the work. Volney was in the United States between 1795 and 1798, and corresponded with Jefferson during that time on subjects connected with his book, and visited him at Monticello.

In the Preface, relative to a passage on the liberté de la presse (page xi) a footnote states: Depuis l'avènement de M. Jefferson à la présidence, les fédéralistes n'ont cessé de l'assaillir d'invectives dans les papiers publics . . .

Page 4. As a footnote to the statement concerning Hutchins [i. e. Thomas Hutchins, q. v.] Volney has written: J'ai vu dans les mains de M. Jefferson une lettre à lui écrite par Hutchins, en data du 11 février 1784, dans laquelle il reconnaît avoir commis de très-fortes erreurs dans le calcul du Nord-ouest-territory.

Page 32. A footnote informs the reader that the statement as to the height of the Pic Otter, was taken from les notes M. Jefferson, page 49, édition de Paris, 1786 . . .

On page 40 is a reference to the Fry and Jefferson map. [Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, Map of Virginia and Maryland.]

Page 51. To a reference to Monticello the footnote explains that it is the Habitation de M. Jefferson en Virginie, sur le chaînon appelé South-ouest-mountain, que l'on devrait plutôt appeler le Sillon rouge, à cause de sa terre argilleuse de cette couleur, absolument semblable au sol d'Alep en Syrie.

Pages 62, 84, 147, 154, 176, 258, 290, and 295 all contain references, some with quotations, to the Notes on the State of Virginia.

Page 142. A discussion of the snowfall in Virginia is amplified by a footnote: Cette circonstance empêche d'y élever l'oranger en pleine terre; mais elle n'empêchera pas d'y cultiver l'olivier, dont M. Jefferson a fait le présent précieux à ce pays . . . [For Jefferson and the olive, see no. 789.]

Page 447, L'on sait les ravages qu'exerce la petite vérole; sans doute par l'obstacle qu'oppose à l'éruption une peau endurcie. M. Jefferson leur procurera un bienfait immense en leur faisant enseigner l'art de la vaccine, ainsi que l'ont publié les journaux . . . [For Jefferson and vaccination, see no. 945, 946, 949, and 954.]

On page 321 begins the article De la fièvre jaune, discussed by Jefferson in his letter to Volney of February 8, 1805, quoted below. This article contains many references to Jean Devèze [see no. 684], concerning whom it is stated (page 329) that Il obtint des succès qui attirèrent l'attention du gouvernement, et qui le firent placer à la tête de l'hôpital de Bushhill: le compte qu'il rendit l'hiver suivant de sa méthode curative; ne fait pas moins d'honneur à son coeur qu'à son esprit, puisque ce compte répandit des idées neuves et salutaires dans tout le pays . . .

In writing this book Volney made use, frequently with quotations, of a number of books of which Jefferson had copies and which appear in this Catalogue. These authors include Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Rush, Samuel Williams, Jeremy Belknap, S. L. Mitchill, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Peter Kalm, Von Humboldt, John Ledyard, Lord Anson, David Ramsay, Lahontan, Sir John Sinclair, W. S. Barton, and many others, including articles from the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, the Medical Repository and other learned publications.

Volney mentioned this work in a letter to Jefferson dated from Paris, May 10, 1803:

. . . Le mien Sur le climat et le Sol des Etats unis s'imprime, est est [sic] la 5—feuille: ce sera un Volume de 450 à 500 pages; il contiendra bien peu de chose sur la situation politique et morale, Si meme il en contient aucune; il faudrait dire trop ou trop peu—j'y joindrai un Curieux vocabulaire du langage Miâmis que j'adressai en 1797 à philadelphie pendant 8 mois sous la dictée de votre interprete Wells, et de Petite tortue. à cette occasion je forme le voeu que vous donniez des ordres pour que l'on recueille un échantillon de chacune des langues des diverses tribus sauvages de Votre continent: il serait digne du congrés detablir pour cet object trois ou quatre places d'interpretes afin d'empêcher la perte absolue de cette espece de monument historique, le plus certain et le plus instructif de tous sur l'origine et l'affinité des diverses nations. en 100 ans peut-etre, plusieurs tribus actuelles auront totalement disparu et emportant avec elles des chainons essentiels de la filiation générale. j'adresse aussi dans mon livre au gouvernement americain l'invitation de faire dresser un procès verbal exact du Statu quo de la chute de Niagara, afin de servir par la suite de forme de Comparaison à ses progrès ulterieurs . . .

He sent the book on November 26, in the same year, with a letter (received by Jefferson in Washington on May 14, 1804):

j'eus l'honneur au mois d'avril dernier de Vous adresser un exemplaire de la nouvelle traduction des Ruines, dont je vous dois à tant de titres l'hommage: le paquet fut confié aux soins de Mr. Curwen de philadelphie, et la résponse que j'ai dejà obtenue de diverses personnes ne me laisser pas douter que la Votre ne Vous air été rendu: aujourdhui je Vous envoye par Mr. Lee, Voye de Bordeaux, mon Ouvrage intitulé Tableau du climat et du Sol des Etats-unis. Le jugement que Vous me porterez sera pour moi le type de l'opinion qu'en prendra le public éclairé: j'ai eu pour but, non de flatter et de plaire, mais de dire la Verité: et il est possible que cette methode ne soit pas plus agréable au delà qu'elle n'est au deça de l'atlantique; j'attache un grand prix à connaitre Votre opinion dont je connais l'impartialité . . .

Volney wrote again on April 28, 1804, and on May 7, sending other copies of his work.

Jefferson replied in a long letter dated from Washington, February 8, 1805:

Your letter of Nov. 26. came to hand May 14. the books some time after; which were all distributed according to direction. the copy for the E. Indies went immediately by a safe conveyance. the letter of Apr. 28 & the copy of your work accompanying that did not come to hand till August. that copy was deposited in the Congressional library. it was not till my return here from my autumnal visit to Monticello that I had an opportunity of reading your work. I have read it, and with great satisfaction. of the first part I am less a judge than most people, having never travelled Westward of Stanton, so as to know any thing of the face of the country; nor much indulged myself in geological enquiries, from a belief that the skin-deep scratches which we can make or find on the surface of the earth do not repay our time with as certain & useful deductions as our pursuits in some other branches. the subject of our winds is more familiar to me. on that the views you have taken are always great, supported in their outlines by your facts, and though more extensive observations, and longer continued may produce some anomalies, yet they will probably take their place in this first great canvas which you have sketched . . .

Jefferson then wrote a long comparison of the climate of the United States with that of Canada, and with that of Europe, with its effect on the inhabitants.

Following this dissertation on climate, the letter continued:

. . . The account you give of the yellow fever, is entirely agreeable to what we then knew of it. further experience has developed more & more it's peculiar character . . .

The latest developments in knowledge of the causes, treatments, and means of prevention of yellow and other fevers follow, after which this paragraph:

. . . The genus irritabile vatum could not let the author of the Ruins publish a new work, without seeking in it the means of discrediting that puzzling composition. some one of these holy calumniators has selected from your new work every scrap of a sentence, which, detached from it's context, could displease an American reader. a Cento has been made of these which has run thro' a particular description of newspapers, and excited a disapprobation even in friendly minds, which nothing but the reading of the book will cure. but time and truth will at length correct error . . .

The next paragraph has nothing to do with Volney's works but is of the greatest interest to the Jefferson scholar, as it introduces for the first time the invention of, and Jefferson's use of, the polygraph.

. . . Our countrymen are so much occupied in the busy scenes of life that they have little time to write or invent. a good invention here therefore is such a rarity as is lawful to offer to the acceptance of a friend. a m[???] Hawkins of Frankford near Philadelphia has invented a machine which he calls a Polygraph, and which carries 2. 3. or 4. pens. that of 2. pens, with which I am now writing, is best, and is so perfect that I have laid aside the copying-press for a twelve-month past, & write always with the Polygraph. I have directed one to be made of which I ask your acceptance. by what conveyance I shall send it while Havre is blockaded, I do not yet know.

I think you will be pleased with it, & will use it habitually as I do; because it requires only that degree of mechanical attention which I know you to posses . . .

A postscript to this letter reads:

the sheets which you recieve are those of the copying pen of the Polygraph, not of the one with which I have written.

Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney 1757-1820, came to the United States in 1795, to obtain material for this book. In 1797 he was accused of being a French spy sent to obtain information preparatory to the reoccupation of Louisiana by France, and in the following year was compelled to return to France. He became a friend of Jefferson, who acquired, by gift or purchase, a number of his writings, including a copy of the Ruines, mentioned in the above quoted letter. Volney's Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis was mentioned to Jefferson by Johann Severin Vater, in sending him his Untersuchungen über Amerika's Bevölkerung [see no. 443]:

. . . I need not tell You, Sir, how important are extensive collections of the words of the American languages, but how little sufficient a collection of words, however extensive, can be for the purpose of obtaining an intimate knowledge of the structure and affinities of any language, how seldom it can be expected to gather information about the grammatical points, the terminations of nouns and of persons and tenses of the verbs; from such persons as may have an opportunity of collecting words, such as Mr. Volney has given about the language of the Miamis, and that such specimens, as I desire to obtain, are the principal means of obtaining that knowledge what it is my wish to have . . .

For other works by Volney in this Catalogue, see the Index." "40330","65","","","","Le Pour et le contre les E. Unis par Bridel.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 68, as above, but reading Etats.","Bridel, Jean Louis.","Le Pour et le Contre on Avis à ceux qui se proposent de passer dans les états-Unis d'Amérique. Suivi d'une description du Kentucky et du Genesy, deux des nouveaux établissemens les plus considérables de cette partie du nouveau monde. Avec une carte typométrique. Par Louis Bridel, Pasteur de l'église française à Basle . . . À Paris: chez Levrault, Schoell & Comp.; Imprimé à Basle chez Guillaume Haas. An XII. 1803.","E164 .B85","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 83 leaves, folded Carte représentant la partie du Genesy Country que la Compagnie hollandoise, ainsi que Mrs. William et John Willink et autres, ont acquise sur les derrieres de l'état de New-York . . . This map is not engraved but is composée avec des caractères mobiles par G. Haas à Basle.

Sabin 7802. Quérard I, 511. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, page 92, with date AN XII-1804. Coleman no. 3321.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Reibelt of Baltimore, ordered in a letter dated from Washington January 23, 1805, paid for, price 72 cents, with a bill dated March 7. The title appears on several of the book lists made by Jefferson at this time, of books purchased from Reibelt. The copy was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March of Georgetown, cost 75 cents, the bill dated the same day, March 7, 1805.

This work, written for the benefit of families who have gone to America, or who intend to go, and who manquent des directions nécessaires, contains a number of references to Jefferson and to his Notes on the State of Virginia.

On page 57 is quoted from the Notes Jefferson's answer to the Abbé Raynal's remarks on America's lack of poets, mathematicians and other scientists, from the edition of his Histoire Philosophique, Maestricht, 1774, Vol. VI, page 92. At the end of the quotation from Jefferson's Notes the author added: Monsieur Jefferson auroit pu se citer lui-même comme un grand philosophe, et un excellent historien. Sa modestie l' a êmpeché de le faire . . .

On pages 77-80 the author discusses the population of America with a quotation from the Notes:

En Amérique on agite souvent la question suivante: Cette augmentation rapide de population, est-elle avantageuse ou non à la République? La plûpart des politiques sont pour l'affirmative; l'illustre historien de Virginia Monsieur Thomas Jefferson est d'une opinion différente. Voici comme il raisonne à ce sujet . . .

The quotation from the Notes follows, beginning with the table of the number of the inhabitants of Virginia.

At the end the author wrote:

Voilà quelques-unes des idées de Mr. Jefferson, et elles me paroissent fondées. Ceux qui voudront les lire plus en détail et les méditer peuvent consulter son excellent ouvrage intitulé: History of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson Esq. to which is prefixed a large whole scheet map of Virginia . . .

Pages 111 to 114 contain an account of the murder of the Logan family allegedly by Colonel Cresap, apparently taken from the Notes on the State of Virginia, but without any acknowledgment of the source of the story. Logan's speech, written for delivery to Lord Dunmore, is quoted in full, ending: ''Qu'y a-t-il sur cette terre à regretter pour Logan? RIEN DU TOUT.''

On page 132 is an account of the Mammoth, and a reference to Jefferson's opinions:

Les naturalistes européens ont prétendu, que ces os prodigieux appartenoient a des éléphans, ou à des hippopotames; mais Mr. Jefferson a prouvé jusqu' à l'évidence, que cela n'étoit pas, et qu'ils appartenoient à une espece particuliere de carnivore, dont le volume cubique étoit 4 ou 5 fois plus considérable, que celui de l'éléphant . . .

Jean Louis Bridel, 1759-1821, Swiss educator, clergyman and man of letters, is not known to have visited the United States. For a full account of this book, with a facsimile of the title-page and a translation, see the Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Volume Eighteen, where it is described as ''one of the rarest of books relating to New York.'' The translation was made by Mr. H. F. DePuy, who states in his Introductory Note: ''The copy from which this translation was made was purchased in 1913 from one of the Amsterdam dealers in rare books. The title is given in Sabin's 'Dictionary of Books relating to America,' but he does not state the location of any copy. The only copy of which I can find any sale-record is in the catalogue of S.L.M. Barlow. That was sold in 1889 for $4.50. The location is not now known. The New York Historical Society has a copy. There is no copy in the New York Public Library, nor did the New York State Library possess a copy before the fire . . .''

With regard to the map, the editor notes that it is a ''great curiosity, especially to printers. It was not engraved, but 'set' or composed with movable type, printer's rule and furniture. It is a close copy of the original Holland Land Co.'s map of 1800. This very rare book is of decided interest in its bearing on the early operations of the Holland Land Company . . .''" "40340","66","","","","Mellish's travels in the US. of America.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 178, as above, United States not abbreviated.","Melish, John.","Travels in the United States of America, in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811; including an Account of Passages betwixt America and Britain, and Travels through various Parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and Upper Canada. Illustrated by eight Maps. By John Melish. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, and for sale by the different Booksellers in the United States, and by Thomas & George Palmer, Agents for the Author, 1812. T. & G. Palmer, printers.","E164 .M52","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 234 and 251 leaves, 2 folded leaves with tables, 8 engraved maps (folded or full-page) by J. Vallance after J. Melish.

Sabin 47436. Swem 3640. Coleman 3409. Not in Thomson. Staton and Tremaine 878. Morgan, page 276.

Jefferson is mentioned several times in the book, for which the Notes on the State of Virginia was part of the source material. Chapter XXXIII in Volume I gives an account of an Interview with Mr. Jefferson, on October 5, 1806. Melish had presented himself unannounced at the President's house at 8:00 a. m. without letters of introduction, which his friends had assured him would be unnecessary, as Mr. Jefferson was a man of no ceremony. He was treated with great courtesy, and eventually took his leave, ''highly pleased with the affability, intelligence, and good sense, of the President of America''.

Chapter XXXVI in the same volume is taken almost entirely from Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia. The chapter opens:

''Before I proceed to give a general account of this state, I may notice, that a most important service has been rendered to its geography, by the publication of the Notes of Mr. Jefferson; a work replete with valuable information, and exhibiting in every page the marks of a vigorous intellect and a philosophic mind. This work may be justly considered as the basis of the geography of the state of Virginia; and though, from the progressive nature of the subject, it does not now contain the necessary information, on some points; yet the traveller, in this state, will find it a most valuable companion; and by giving it a careful perusal will be amply rewarded for his trouble.

''The Notes were written in the year 1781, and somewhat corrected and enlarged in 1782, in answer to queries proposed to the author, by a foreigner of distinction (M. de Marbois, secretary of the French legation), then residing in America . . . ''

The Notes are also used, with acknowledgments, for information given in other chapters.

John Melish entered into correspondence with Jefferson on February 16, 1811, when in a long letter so dated from New York, he reminded Jefferson that in October 1806, he had had the pleasure of a short conversation with him. This letter was acknowledged by Jefferson from Monticello on March 10. On January 18, 1812, Melish sent to Jefferson the Outlines of Travels in the United States. Plan of the Work, 8 printed pages, and the Proposal to Publish by Subscription, in Two Volumes octavo, price Five Dollars, in Boards, Travel in the United States of America. His letter reads in part:

I duly received your esteemed letter of the 10th. March; and I now write you with pleasure, from an opinion that the subject is congenial to your present pursuits.—

I have lately returned from a very extended Tour to the Western Country, and now intend to prepare my whole Travels for the Press, as you will see by the enclosed Prospectus, and Plan.—I have commenced procuring Subscribers here with considerable success, and intend soon to visit the Seat of Government in prosecution of that object, when I will, perhaps, also go into Virginia. In the meantime it will of [sic] considerable importance if you will permit me to add your name to the List of Subscribers, for one or more Copies; and it would be esteemed a very particular favour if you would condescend to give me any information regarding the chance of procuring Subscribers in your State. The design of the Work I submit to your judgement without Comment. I intend to have it also published in Britain, provided I can make arrangements to that effect; and my object is to render a service to the Inhabitants of both Countries.— . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on February 14:

Your favor of Jan. 18. came duly to hand. I very willingly become a subscriber to your intended publication, judging from the table of contents, and your familiarity with the subjects treated of, that the work cannot fail to be useful to ourselves by pointing out advantageous pursuits not yet attended to, and to Great Britain by shewing what their ignorance and injustice have lost to them here, and laying open to their wiser successors the interests they yet may cherish by peace & justice, advantageously for both nations. with respect to the probability of your obtaining subscriptions in this state I am less able to inform you than any other person, being chiefly confined at home by the natural effects of age. at Richmond I should expect many might be obtained, so also in the country, but so sparse as to render difficult the collection either of the signatures or the sums. a good agent in Richmond, with which the whole state communicates, might do a good deal without going from home. with my wishes for your success accept the assurances of my respect.

On December 15, 1812, Melish sent Jefferson a copy of the book:

I duly received your esteemed favour of February last, and thank you for the information it contained, which I availed myself of in appointing an agent at Richmond.

The ''Travels in the United States'' is now compleated and will be published tomorrow. By this Post I have sent you a Copy, with a map of the Seat of War, and explanatory Pamphlet:—all of which I beg you will accept; and I shall be happy should they meet your approbation . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book (and of the map sent at the same time) from Monticello, on January 13, 1813:

I recieved duly your favor of Dec. 15. and with it the copies of your map and travels, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. the book I have read with extreme satisfaction and information. as to the Western States particularly, it has greatly edified me; for of the actual condition of that interesting portion of our country I had not an adequate idea. I feel myself now as familiar with it as with the condition of the maritime states. I had no conception that manufactures had made such progress there, and particularly of the number of carding and spinning machines dispersed thro' the whole country . . .

. . . the candour with which you have viewed the manners & condition of our citizens, is so unlike the narrow prejudices of the French & English travellers preceding you, who, considering each the manners and habits of their own people as the only orthodox, have viewed every thing differing from that test as boorish and barbarous, that your work will be read here extensively, and operate great good. amidst this mass of approbation which is given to every other part of the work, there is a single sentiment which I cannot help wishing to bring to what I think the correct one; and, on a point so interesting, I value your opinion too highly not to ambition it's concurrence with my own. stating in Vol. 1, pa 63: the principle of difference between the two great political parties here, you conclude it to be 'whether the controuling power shall be vested in this or that set of men.' that each party endeavors to get into the administration of the government, & to exclude the other from power, is true, and may be stated as a motive of action; but this is only secondary; the primary motive being a real and radical difference of political principle. I sincerely wish our differences were but personally who should govern, and that the principles of our constitution were those of both parties. unfortunately it is otherwise; and the question of preference between monarchy and republicanism, which has so long divided mankind elsewhere, threatens a permanent division here . . .

. . . to return to the merits of your work, I consider it as so lively a picture of the real state of our country, that if I can possibly obtain opportunities of conveyance, I propose to send a copy to a friend in France, and another to one in Italy, who I know will translate & circulate it as an antidote to the misrepresentations of former travellers. but whatever effect my profession of political faith may have on your general opinion, a part of my object will be obtained, if it satisfies you as to the principles of my own action, and of the high respect & consideration with which I tender you my salutations.

John Melish, 1771-1822, traveller, merchant and geographer, was born in Perthshire, Scotland. In his first letter to Jefferson, February 16, 1811, he gave a number of autobiographical details. The travels covered by this book began in 1806 when he sailed for Savannah, Georgia. In 1807 he returned to Scotland, but in 1809 returned to the United States with his family, and eventually settled in Philadelphia. He wrote this account of his travels with the intention of encouraging British emigration to the United States, and became famous as a map maker." "40350","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","1.","","","Palairet, John.","A Concise Description of the English and French Possessions in North-America, for the better explaining of the Map published with that Title. By J. Palairet, Agent of their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces, &c. London: Printed by J. Haberkorn: and sold by Mess. Nourse, Vaillant, Millar, Roque; Owen; Sayer; Ward; Dunoyer; Jackson and Jolliffe; Davis; Chastell; and Mr. Roque, in Dublin. M DCC LV. [Price One Shilling.] [1755.]","E162 .P15","

First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves, including the half-title.

Sabin 58308. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 5. Faribault 497 (with date 1753). Not in Staton and Tremaine.

John Palairet, 1697-1774, was born in Montauban in the south of France, but spent much of his life in England, where he was for a time agent of the States-General in London, and French teacher to three of the children of George II. This work was originally written in English, and later translated into French. The map which it was written to explain seems not to have been in Jefferson's library." "40360","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","2.","","","","State of the British and French Colonies in North America, with Respect to Number of People, Forces, Forts, Indians, Trade and other Advantages. In which are considered, I. The defenceless Condition of our Plantations, and to what Causes owing. II. Pernicious Tendency of the French Encroachments, and the fittest Methods of frustrating them. III. What it was occasioned their present Invasion, and the Claims on which they ground their Proceedings. With a Proper Expedient proposed for preventing future Disputes. In Two Letters to a Friend. London: Printed for A. Millar, MDCCLV. (Price 2 s. 6 d.) [1755.]","E199 .S79","

First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves, 2 lines of errata at the end; the two letters are dated respectively the 10th December 1754 and the 14th March 1755.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 90601. Faribault 828. Staton and Tremaine 241. Thomson 1099. Not in Field.

This anonymous work was written during the contest between the English and the French for possession of the country west of the Ohio river. Among the subjects discussed are the importance of the Ohio country, the state of the French and English colonies compared, means of frustrating the French designs, without going to war, the defenceless condition of the colonies, the necessity of using Indians in war, some remarks on Nova Scotia and the Ohio affair, the exorbitant claims of the French examined, a general view of the British colonies, and other matters." "40370","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","3.","","","Stork, William.","An Extract from the Account of East Florida, published by Dr. Stork, who resided a considerable Time in Augustine, the Metropolis of that Province. With the Observations of Denys Rolle, who formed a Settlement on St. John's river, in the same Province. With his Proposals to Such Persons as may be inclined to settle thereon. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXVI. [1766.]","F314 .S882","

First Edition. 8vo. 21 leaves. The Extract ends on page 12; on page 13 begins, with caption title: Abstract of a letter from an eminent Planter in South Carolina, to a noble Lord in England. Dated Charles-Town, South Carolina, August 27, 1765; on page 18 begins the Observations of Denys Rolle, who formed a settlement on St. John's river, in the province of East Florida, with his proposals to such persons as may be inclined to settle thereon, signed by Denys Rolle and dated from Tuderly, Sept. 1, 1766.

Sabin 92223.

A promotion tract for Rolle's Florida colonization scheme. For Stork's Description of East Florida, see no. 4085.

Denys Rolle, d. 1797, established his colony on St. John's river, East Florida, in 1764. He returned to England in 1766, but sailed for Florida late in the same year. The last paragraph of his Observations, dated September 1, reads:

''I have chartered a ship, and am now going over with about fifty more settlers to visit my plantation, to give the necessary directions for its progress. And any persons who may be hereafter inclined to settle upon this promising land, may hear of frequent opportunities of going thither at the great sea ports nearest to their abode, such as London, Bristol, Liverpool, &c. where ships will be freighted to St. John's River, on which my plantation is situated, or to St. Augustine, which is about thirty-five miles from it.''" "40380","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","4.","","","Barton, Benjamin Smith.","Observations on some Parts of Natural History: to which is prefixed an Account of several remarkable Vestiges of an ancient Date, which have been discovered in different Parts of North America. Part I. By Benjamin Smith Barton, Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c. . . . London: Printed for the Author, and sold by C. Dilly. [1787.]","E73 .B29","

First Edition. 40 leaves, folded engraved plan by W. Darton.

Sabin 3820. Field 91.

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was one of the source books used by Barton. On page 22, Jefferson's opinion is anonymously quoted on a tumulus or barrow in which were buried the bones of a human being by the Indians, and a footnote explains his identity:

Mr. Jefferson. See a valuable work, entitled, Notes on the State of Virginia, written in the Year 1781, &c. a new edition of which is now in the press, and will probably be shortly published. It contains a fund of curious and important information concerning the natural, civil, and political state, &c. of Virginia, and of other parts of North America.

Other references to Jefferson and quotations from the Notes on the State of Virginia occur. Reference is made also to a number of the books on travel in the United States to be found in this Catalogue. These include the works of Pehr Kalm, Jonathan Carver, Louis Hennepin, William Robertson and others.

Benjamin Smith Barton, 1766-1815, physician and naturalist, wrote these Observations when a student of medicine in Great Britain, where he studied in Edinburgh and in London. In his Advertisement at the beginning he states that it is ''the production of a very young man, and were written chiefly as a recreation from the laborious studies of medicine, during a bad state of health . . .'' His original intention was to publish a work in four parts, of which this was the first. No more was ever published. For other works by Barton, a friend of Jefferson and a nephew of David Rittenhouse, see the Index." "40390","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","5.","","","Brissot De Warville, Jacques Pierre.","Examen Critique des Voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, de M. le Marquis de Chatellux; ou Lettre a M. le Marquis de Chatellux, dans laquelle on réfute principalement ses opinions sur les Quakers, sur les Negres, sur le Peuple, & sur l'Homme. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville . . . A Londres [Paris]: 1786.","E164 .B87","

First Edition. 8vo. 74 leaves, list of errata on the second leaf.

Quérard I, 520. Sabin 8019.

For the work by the Marquis de Chastellux see no. 4021.

Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, 1754-1793, French social reformer, was a friend of Jefferson, who was living in Paris at the time this book was published. It seems probable though it cannot be proved that Brissot de Warville gave Jefferson a copy. For other works by him see the Index." "40400","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","6.","","","[Simcoe, John Graves.]","Remarks on the Travels of the Marquis de Chastellux, in North America. London: Printed for G. and T. Wilkie, MDCCLXXXVII. [Price Two Shillings.] [1787.]","E265 .C48","

First Edition. 8vo. 42 leaves.

Halkett and Laing V, 79 [By the Rev. Jonathan Boucher?

Attributed also to Benedict Arnold]. Sabin 69508 [attributed to Benedict Arnold]. Staton and Tremaine 563 [under Simcoe].

A copy was ordered by Jefferson in a letter dated from Paris July 1, 1787 to John Stockdale of London. The order included the names of the publishers, G. & T. Wilkie.

The last part of this work, from page 58 to the end, is addressed to Jefferson. On page 58 the author writes:

. . . But I must confess I am inclined to believe the Marquis de Chastellux's character of Mr. Jefferson. The very inclination is respect. There is an uniformity throughout, that appears to me to be natural; and the Author in this delineation has at least the merit of consistency. I have no positive testimony to contradict what is asserted of his talents and virtues, and I respect mankind too much to be sollicitous in my search of a negative; to him therefore, and to men of similar description, these concluding animadversions are addressed . . .

The following pages deal to a great extent with ''Mr. Jefferson's real reasons for wishing to prevent emigrations to America''.

John Graves Simcoe, 1752-1806, was born in Northamptonshire, England, but fought in Canada, and became the first governor of Upper Canada. ''Simcoe's authorship of this pamphlet is revealed in one of his letters to D. W. Smith in the Smith ms. papers in the [Toronto] Library.''

For the work by the Marquis de Chastellux see no. 4021.

Jonathan Boucher, 1738-1804, the English divine to whom this pamphlet was formerly attributed, spent a number of years in America, but, an uncompromising Royalist, returned to England in 1775." "40410","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","7.","","","[Cutler, Manasseh.]","An Explanation of the Map which delineates that part of the Federal Lands, comprehended between Pennsylvania West Line, the Rivers Ohio and Sioto, and Lake Erie; confirmed to the United States by sundry Tribes of Indians, in the Treaties of 1784 and 1786, and now ready for Settlement. Salem: Printed by Dabney and Cushing, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787.]","AC901 .W3","

First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves, the last for Extracts from the Letters of M. St. John de Crevecœur, Consul of France for the Middle States in America—lately published in Europe.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 18174. Evans 20312. Thomson 299. Sprague II, 17. Dexter III, 115.

Manasseh Cutler, 1742-1823, Congregational clergyman, was educated at Yale College. In March 1786 he joined with other Massachusetts citizens to form the Ohio Company to promote a settlement in the Western territory, and in 1787 was appointed one of the three Directors who were instructed to apply to Congress for the purchase of the lands. He was successful in persuading Congress to pass the Ordinance under which the Northwest Territory was settled, and which he had helped to draft. Thomson's note regarding this pamphlet reads:

''Excessively rare. This pamphlet was reprinted in Nahum Ward's 'Brief Sketch of the State of Ohio,' Glasgow, 1822, and London, 1823; and a French translation was issued in Paris in 1789. It is mentioned in Caleb Emerson's article on Ohio in the 53rd volume of the N. A. Rev. p. 358, in Morse's Geography, and by Wm. F. Poole in the N. A. Rev. vol. 122, page 261. It has the prediction that the western rivers will be navigable chiefly by steamboats.

''Doubts have been expressed as to Dr. Manasseh Cutler being the author of this rare tract. In this connection I will say that among the papers of Dr. Cutler may be seen the original receipt of Dabney and Cushing of Salem, for money paid them for printing in 1787 a pamphlet on the Western Territory. Ludewig says 'with map,' but I have never seen a copy with the map, and could never ascertain what map it explained.''

A second edition was published in the following year." "40420","67","Tracts. America. viz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palairet's description of the Eng. & Fr. possessñs in America. State of the Brit. & French colonies in N. America. Extract from Stork's acct of E. Florida with Rolle's observñs 1766. Barton's observations on Natural history. Examen des voiages de Chastellux par Warville. Remarks on the travels of Chastellux. Explanation of the map of the federal lands. Articles of association of the Ohio company . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 179, Tracts on America, to wit, Palairet's Eng. and Fr. possessions—Br. and French Colonies—Stork's E. Florida—Barton Nat. Hist.—Examen de Chastellux—Remarks on Chastellux—Federal Lands, Ohio Company 8vo.","

Eight pamphlets bound together for Jefferson in 1 volume, 8vo. The contents of the volume were separated in part between 1831 and 1839. In the Library of Congress catalogue issued in 1831, the entry is similar to that in the Catalogue of 1815; in the Catalogue of 1839 and in the later catalogues all but two of the tracts have separate entries in their alphabetical place under the authors. The two tracts still bound together under the heading Pamphlets are the second and third in the above list, and are followed by &c. &c.

These tracts are entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue in the same order as above.","","8.","","","Ohio Company.","Articles of an Association by the Name of the Ohio Company. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786.]","F483 .O37","

First Edition. 12mo. 6 leaves, the last three blank but for the pagination numeral, and the heading Subscriber's Names on each page.

Sabin 56976. Evans 19877. This edition not in Thomson, who has the New York edition of the following year. Nichols 88.

The Directors of this Company were the Rev. Manasseh Cutler (see the preceding entry), Rufus Putnam, Samuel H. Parsons and James M. Varnum. A second edition, enlarged, was printed in 1787 in New York; it is not known which edition was in Jefferson's library." "40430","68","Tracts Geographical. Ellicot. Tatham. Sharp. Constable 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 195, as above, but reading Elliot. 1839 Catalogue, page 549, no. J.260, Pamphlets.—Observations on the River Potomack, and the Country adjacent, by A. Ellicott, 12mo; New-York, 1793.—Address to the Shareholders and others interested in the Canals of Virginia, by Wm. Tatham, 8vo; Richmond, 1794.—General Plan for Laying Out Towns and Townships, on the new-acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, &c., by Granville Sharp; London, 1794.—Description Topographique de Six Cents Mille Acres de Terres dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, mises en vente par Actions suivant le Plan d'Association ci-joint; Paris, 1792.","Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue include in this bound volume of pamphlets (now missing) a tract by one Constable, without further information. In the later catalogues the name Constable is omitted, and the Description topographique, not specifically mentioned by Jefferson, is inserted.","","1.","","","[Lear, Tobias.]","Observations on the River Potomack, the Country Adjacent, and the City of Washington. New-York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and Son, 1793.","F187 .P8L3","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 32 leaves including the last blank; the two copies in the Library of Congress are without the frontispiece ''Plan of the City of Washington.''

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Sabin (who has 2 entries for the edition of 1794, under Ellicott and under Lear). Evans 25711.

There are two quotations from the Notes on the State of Virginia, one on the first page of text, the other on page 24.

Tobias Lear, 1762-1816, was private secretary to George Washington at the time of the publication of this pamphlet. The publication was anonymous, but the correspondence between Lear and Washington (November 3 and 8, 1793, both letters in the Library of Congress), afford conclusive proof of the authorship.

The pamphlet has been frequently ascribed to Andrew Ellicott [q. v.], and was so ascribed by Jefferson." "40440","68","Tracts Geographical. Ellicot. Tatham. Sharp. Constable 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 195, as above, but reading Elliot. 1839 Catalogue, page 549, no. J.260, Pamphlets.—Observations on the River Potomack, and the Country adjacent, by A. Ellicott, 12mo; New-York, 1793.—Address to the Shareholders and others interested in the Canals of Virginia, by Wm. Tatham, 8vo; Richmond, 1794.—General Plan for Laying Out Towns and Townships, on the new-acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, &c., by Granville Sharp; London, 1794.—Description Topographique de Six Cents Mille Acres de Terres dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, mises en vente par Actions suivant le Plan d'Association ci-joint; Paris, 1792.","Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue include in this bound volume of pamphlets (now missing) a tract by one Constable, without further information. In the later catalogues the name Constable is omitted, and the Description topographique, not specifically mentioned by Jefferson, is inserted.","","2.","","","Tatham, William.","Address to the Shareholders and others interested in the Canals of Virginia, by Wm. Tatham. Richmond, 1794.","","

First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.

Sabin 94406 ''title from a clipping from an unidentified catalogue.'' Not in Evans. Not in Swem. No copy listed in the National Union Catalog. Not in the list of Tatham's works in the Annual Biography and Obituary, 1820.

William Tatham, 1752-1819, was born in England and sent to Virginia in 1796 to seek his fortune. He was interested in canalization and wrote several pamphlets on the subject. Tatham was a friend and correspondent, of Jefferson. Other works by him appear in this catalogue." "40450","68","Tracts Geographical. Ellicot. Tatham. Sharp. Constable 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 195, as above, but reading Elliot. 1839 Catalogue, page 549, no. J.260, Pamphlets.—Observations on the River Potomack, and the Country adjacent, by A. Ellicott, 12mo; New-York, 1793.—Address to the Shareholders and others interested in the Canals of Virginia, by Wm. Tatham, 8vo; Richmond, 1794.—General Plan for Laying Out Towns and Townships, on the new-acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, &c., by Granville Sharp; London, 1794.—Description Topographique de Six Cents Mille Acres de Terres dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, mises en vente par Actions suivant le Plan d'Association ci-joint; Paris, 1792.","Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue include in this bound volume of pamphlets (now missing) a tract by one Constable, without further information. In the later catalogues the name Constable is omitted, and the Description topographique, not specifically mentioned by Jefferson, is inserted.","","3.","","","Sharp, Granville.","A General Plan for laying out Towns and Townships, on the new-acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, or elsewhere; in order to promote Cultivation, and raise the Value of all the adjoining Land, at the Price of giving gratis the Town-Lots, and, in some Cases (as in new Colonies), also the small Out-Lots, to the first Settlers and their Heirs, so long as they possess no other Land; and on other equitable Conditions. 1794. Without name of place or printer. [London] 1794.","TD163 .G4","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 12 leaves, caption title, engraved folded plan as frontispiece. The first part contains the Explanation of the Annexed Plan, and is signed Granville Sharp; on page 17 begins Extract of a letter from the author to a gentleman in the East Indies, and is signed G. S.

Sabin 79821.

Granville Sharp, 1735-1813, English philanthropist and pamphleteer, is chiefly known for his work in the cause of the abolition of slavery. For another pamphlet by him and a note, see no. 3069." "40460","68","Tracts Geographical. Ellicot. Tatham. Sharp. Constable 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 195, as above, but reading Elliot. 1839 Catalogue, page 549, no. J.260, Pamphlets.—Observations on the River Potomack, and the Country adjacent, by A. Ellicott, 12mo; New-York, 1793.—Address to the Shareholders and others interested in the Canals of Virginia, by Wm. Tatham, 8vo; Richmond, 1794.—General Plan for Laying Out Towns and Townships, on the new-acquired Lands in the East Indies, America, &c., by Granville Sharp; London, 1794.—Description Topographique de Six Cents Mille Acres de Terres dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, mises en vente par Actions suivant le Plan d'Association ci-joint; Paris, 1792.","Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue include in this bound volume of pamphlets (now missing) a tract by one Constable, without further information. In the later catalogues the name Constable is omitted, and the Description topographique, not specifically mentioned by Jefferson, is inserted.","","4.","","","","Description Topographique de six cents mille acres des terres dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, mises en vente par Actions, suivant le Plan d'Association ci-joint. Le Bureau de la Compagnie est á Paris, 1792.","","

4to. 12 leaves; the last 4 leaves contain the articles of the association, a French company organized for the colonization of western New York State. No copy was seen.

Not in Barbier. Sabin 19728. John Carter Brown 3520." "40470","69","Pamphlets on Indians, topographical &c.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 168, as above, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 295, Pamphlets.—Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall, 12mo; Salisbury, 1801.—Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773, by Rev. David Jones, 8vo; Burlington, 1774.—Typographical [sic] Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins, 8vo; London, 1778.—Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards; New-Haven, 1788.—Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson; Philadelphia, 1800.","Jefferson's copies of the five tracts in this group bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","1.","","","Hall, James.","A Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, to which is prefixed, A Summary view of the Country between the settlements on Cumberland-River, & the Territory. By James Hall, A. M. Salisbury [N. C.]: Printed by Francis Coupée, 1801. ''Copy-Right secured according to Law.''","F341 .H17","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 36 leaves, Author's Preface on the verso of the title-leaf dated from Iredell County,- N. C. August 25, 1801, list of Contents and of Errata on the last page.

Sabin 29783. Owen, page 961. Sprague III, 381.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Iredell County, N. Carolina, on December 5, 1801:

Permit me the honour of presenting to your Excellency a copy of a brief history of the Mississippi Territory, which I have lately published. The appendix will apologize for the brevity of the work.

It is not sent for any supposed degree of merit which it displays; but as my worthy friend, the Comptroller of the United States, informed me, that the history of the territory is but little known, even at the seat of government, I flatter myself that the transient view given in the work may afford to your Excellency some gratification.

Should the business of your very important Nation admit, your observations, as a naturalist, on my theory of hail would be highly desirable . . .

James Hall, 1744-1826, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, but went to live in Iredell County, North Carolina, at the age of eight. In the preface to this book he states: ''In May 1800 a commission was transmitted to me by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, convened in Philadelphia, directing me on a mission to the Mississippi Territory. The Synod of the Carolinas commissioned two other missionaries to accompany me on the tour . . .'' This was the first of a series of Protestant missionary efforts into this part of the Mississippi Territory. Dr. Hall's account was originally published in the newspapers. Sabin and Owen cite only the Library of Congress copy of this pamphlet. Three other copies are known to exist, two in North Carolina (North Western University of N. Carolina, and the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, Montreat), and an additional copy in the Library of Congress (Hazard Pamphlets)." "40480","69","Pamphlets on Indians, topographical &c.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 168, as above, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 295, Pamphlets.—Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall, 12mo; Salisbury, 1801.—Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773, by Rev. David Jones, 8vo; Burlington, 1774.—Typographical [sic] Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins, 8vo; London, 1778.—Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards; New-Haven, 1788.—Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson; Philadelphia, 1800.","Jefferson's copies of the five tracts in this group bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","2.","","","Jones, David.","A Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the River Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773 . . . Burlington, 1774.","","This is another copy of no. 4005 [q.v.] where it is fully described." "40490","69","Pamphlets on Indians, topographical &c.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 168, as above, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 295, Pamphlets.—Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall, 12mo; Salisbury, 1801.—Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773, by Rev. David Jones, 8vo; Burlington, 1774.—Typographical [sic] Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins, 8vo; London, 1778.—Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards; New-Haven, 1788.—Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson; Philadelphia, 1800.","Jefferson's copies of the five tracts in this group bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","3.","","","Hutchins, Thomas.","A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the Rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Missisippi, &c. The Climate, Soil and Produce, whether Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral; the Mountains, Creeks, Roads, Distances, Latitudes, &c. and of every Part, laid down in the annexed Map. Published by Thomas Hutchins, Captain in the 60th Regiment of Foot. With a Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio, a Plan of the several Villages in the Illinois Country, a Table of the Distances between Fort Pitt and the Mouth of the Ohio, all Engraved upon Copper. And an Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois River, and a correct List of the different Nations and Tribes of Indians, with the Number of Fighting Men, &c. London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Almon, M DCC LXXVIII. [1778.]","E163 .H97","Jefferson had another copy of this tract. See no. 525, where it is fully described." "40500","69","Pamphlets on Indians, topographical &c.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 168, as above, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 295, Pamphlets.—Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall, 12mo; Salisbury, 1801.—Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773, by Rev. David Jones, 8vo; Burlington, 1774.—Typographical [sic] Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins, 8vo; London, 1778.—Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards; New-Haven, 1788.—Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson; Philadelphia, 1800.","Jefferson's copies of the five tracts in this group bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","4.","","","Edwards, Jonathan.","Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians; in which the Extent of that Language in North-America is shewn; its Genius is grammatically traced: some of its peculiarities, and some instances of Analogy between that and the Hebrew are pointed out. Communicated to the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, and published at the Request of the Society. By Jonathan Edwards, D. D. Pastor of a Church in New-Haven, and Member of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences. New-Haven: Printed by Josiah Meigs, M, DCC, LXXXVIII. [1788.]","PM1885 .E2","

First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves. The first leaf recto blank, on the verso a statement that this dissertation was read by Dr. Edwards at a meeting of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, 23 October, 1787, and that he was desired to lodge the same with the Secretary to be published, signed by Chauncey Goodrich Rec. Sec'y. Sabin 21971. Evans 21078. Trumbull 650. Field 487. Pilling, page 124.

Jonathan Edwards, 1745-1801, went at the age of six to Stockbridge and there lived with the Mohican Indians, to whom his father was a missionary. This treatise contains comparative vocabularies of the Mohegan and Shawanee, the Mohegan and Chippewau languages, with the numerals and Pater Noster in Mohegan and Mohawk." "40510","69","Pamphlets on Indians, topographical &c.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 168, as above, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 295, Pamphlets.—Brief History of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall, 12mo; Salisbury, 1801.—Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the river Ohio, in the years 1772 and 1773, by Rev. David Jones, 8vo; Burlington, 1774.—Typographical [sic] Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins, 8vo; London, 1778.—Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards; New-Haven, 1788.—Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson; Philadelphia, 1800.","Jefferson's copies of the five tracts in this group bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","5.","","","Jefferson, Thomas.","Appendix to the Notes on Virginia. Philadelphia, 1800.","","

One of Jefferson's copies of this Appendix was placed by him in Chapter XXIV, Politics, where it is described. See no. 3225. The following information and correspondence should be added:

On May 31, 1797, seven months after Luther Martin's letter of December 11, quoted in no. 3225, Jefferson had written from Philadelphia to General John Gibson, at Pittsburgh:

In my Notes on the state of Virginia I have given a translation of the celebrated speech of Logan to Ld. Dunmore with a statement of facts necessary to make it better understood, a m[???] Luther Martin of Maryland has lately come forward, denies the facts and also the authenticity of the speech as far as my memory serves me, we received the speech as a translation of yours and tho' I do not recollect that I have heard the facts from yourself, yet I think I understood that you stated them substantially in the same way. I have to ask the favor of you to give me what information you can on this subject, as well respecting the speech as the facts stated by me. I do not mean to enter the newspapers with m[???]. Martin. but if any mistake has been committed to the prejudice of Col. Cresap, it shall be set to rights in a new edition of the book now about to be printed. the book is too large to send you by post, but I imagine you may find a copy of it in Pittsburgh so as to see in what manner the facts are stated. I should express my regrets at the trouble I have proposed to give you, but that I am persuaded you will with willingness give your help to place this transaction on solid ground. it affords me at the same time the satisfaction of recalling myself to your recollection & of renewing to you assurances of the esteem with which I am Dear Sir your most obedt & most humble servt.

General Gibson replied from Pittsburgh on June 17:

I have Been honoured with your letter of the 31st ulto, which I should have answered by the return of the same post, But could not procure a Copy of Logan's Speech, Before the post set out. I have since seen one in the American Encyclopædia, the Extract of which is said to be taken from your notes, and is, to the best of my recollection, nearly the Substance of Logans Speech as delivered by him to me, and which I afterwards communicated to Lord Dunmore.

In the year 1774, I accompanied Lord Dunmore on his Expedition against the Shawnese towns. on our arrival within 15 miles of them, we were met by a flag, and a white Man of the name of Elliot. The Chiefs of the Shawnese sent a message to his Lordship, and requested that he would halt the army, and send some person on who understood their Language. I accordingly at the request of Lord Dunmore, and the whole of officers with him went in, on my arrival in the town, Logan came into the house where I was sitting, and asked me to walk out with him. we went into a Copse of Woods, when after Shedding abundance of tears he delivered the Speech nearly as you have related in your notes. Genl Morgan who is now in the City, will recollect my delivering it to Lord Dunmore on my return to the Camp. Capt. Cressap was not present when Logans relations were killed. But he certainly was present, when the Shawnese Chief whose name was Ben, was wantonly murdered and with whom some more fell; and he Capt. Cressap may be ultimately considered as the Cause of the War of 1774.

Should you wish to have any further communication on the Subject please to inform me.

I am sorry to find that to little attention has Been paid to the Indians in General by Government as they will be a powerful Enemy against us should a War with France, which God Forbid, take place.

Should anything offer in the Indian or any other Department in which I can serve my Country, I shall Esteem it as a favour of you to mention my Name . . .

On February 13, 1798, Jefferson again wrote to General Gibson:

Your favor of the 2d inst. is received. should our session be continued to a greater length than I expect, it would be a circumstance of great pleasure to me to see you here. but I do not think we can continue here much longer than the present month as there is really nothing to do but to secure information from our envoys at Paris. if that wear a peaceable aspect, as I hope it will, we ought not to remain here a week longer for any thing we have to do. I must therefore trouble you to give me by way of letter the information respecting Cresap & his party and the murder of Logan's family. it seems Logan has mistaken the title of Cresap if not the person. I wish to get a minute history of the whole transaction in order to correct or confirm that which has been before given . . .

A deposition on Colonel Gibson was written by Thomas Merriwether at Richmond on April 4, 1798:

Colo. John Gibson who commanded the 6th Virginia Regimt. in the late revolutionary war, was for several years previous to that war a trader in the Delaware nation; He has informed the writer hereof in the course of their acquaintance that he had had a wife of that nation, who with a child, were both killed by the white people about the mouth of Wheeling—the writer thinks he mentioned the white people as being under the influence of the late Colo. Cresap—The writer thinks Colo. Gibson understood the Indian language (perhaps the Delawarre) well, as he has heard him sing it and speak it fluently—Colo. Gibson was living a few months past, and resided at or near Pittsburg—

The deposition is signed T. M., and is attested by Thomas Lomax, and witnessed by Mann Page.

On March 13, 1798, Governor John Henry of Maryland, in a letter to Henry Tazewell of Philadelphia (the letter now in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, and endorsed by Jefferson with the names of the writer and the recipient) wrote:

I beg you to excuse me the inattention which I have hitherto shown to your several favors.—The last of the 7 July I did not receive till a few days ago, owing to my absence on the Eastern Shore for five months past: The former of the 2 Jany. inclosing one from Mr. Jefferson of the 31 Decr came safe to hand.

I regret as sincerely as you possibly can do, the spirit which now prevails in the United States. In what it will terminate I am as unwilling as I am unable to conjecture.

That the life of Mr. Jefferson has been carefully reviewed by his Enemies & all the incidents of it, which the malignity of their malice could permit have been used to his prejudice, I well know. For one of my years I have mingled a good deal with public & private men, and have often seen with sorrow the lengths to which ambition & interest will sometimes carry them. But I really did not know, nor could I have been made to believe, had I not been an eye witness, that the Spirit of party & misrepresentation in our Country could have created such a deformity of opinions passions & resentments as I now perceive they have done.

I came to the Government of Maryland without solicitation unexpectedly & indeed against my own judgment; but yielding to the wishes of others I accepted the appointment after an unanimous vote—I mention the latter circumstance for a reason which will hereafter appear.

I had not entered many days on the duties of my office, when an incident occured which almost induced me to ask myself whether I was in the capitol of my own state, for I really was as much at a loss for the state of the public mind as if I had resided the preceding part of my life in Turkey.

The letter of Mr. Martin addressed to Mr. Jefferson became the subject of conversation in which I took a part & expressed the Sentiments which I entertained of his public & private vertue, and at the same time lamented the disgraceful calumnies which had been circulated to his injury; observing at the same time that there might be a crisis in our public affairs in which the Talents & character of this gentleman might be of importance to his Country; that Men of Sense & moderation ought not to suffer their minds to be led away by the wicked & malicious reports which unprincipled men were daily circulating &c.

Innocent & natural as this conversation appears, it nevertheless instantaneously kindled a flame which flew through all the boarding Houses & so violently agitated the minds of the majority of the legislature, that I verily believe if they had had the power they would have displaced the man whom a few Days before they had elected to the chief office in the State without a dissenting voice.

The bare acknowledgment of a personal amity with such a man as Mr. Jefferson, producing such violent effects does most certainly demonstrate a degree of distortion and malignity in a certain portion of our Country men, which can not easily be accounted for—Ignorance & passions may be an apology for some, but men of a different class have no such excuse. In a crisis like the present, it is a most deplorable misfortune & may be a lasting one to our Country; that the minds of the people should be so wrought upon, as really to be incapable of hearing with patience the Sentiments of their opponents or of judging of the purity of their Intentions or Measures.

With the Name of Jefferson & those also who even acknowledge him as a friend, it is the wicked Business of his & their Enemies to connect similar atrocities to those which have tarnished the glory of the French revolution. The dread of the introduction of these evils may possible operate upon the minds of some good but weak and misguided men; but others who direct this flood of calumny feel the spirit of party & act under it, and do no doubt expect in due time to turn it to their emolument.

To the incident which I have just related is owing the appointment of the character who fills my place in the Senate—

I beg you to make my respects to Mr. Jefferson. As occasions offer I make use of his letter & shall continue to do so. He may rest assured that it shall not go out of my hands . . .

In the following month, on April 11, Jefferson wrote to the Reverend John Heckwelder of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:

About the year 1787. I published a book entitled 'Notes on Virginia' in which was an account of the murder of the family of Logan an Indian chief in the year 1774. by some whites, at the head of whom was said to be one of the Cressaps. this was the general report & belief of that day. lately a m[???] Martin of Maryland, who married a Cressap, has undertaken to contradict the fact, to deny that either of the Cresaps was concerned in the murder, to deny the genuineness of the speech sent by Logan to Ld Dunmore & to represent Logan as a worthless, drunken, & unprincipled Indian, of no account in his tribe & of no abilities. I am told that your situation about that time was such as to enable you to give some information as to these facts, either from your own knowlege, or what you may have heard from others. my object is to learn the truth, and when I shall have got at an exact knolege of the transaction, to publish a correct statement of it, doing justice to Cressap if he has been injured or to Logan if m[???] Martin's imputations on him be found to be mere calumnies. I have no attachment which would induce me to conceal or discolour the truth. your character in the world gives me confidence that if you can contribute any thing towards fixing this transaction on it's true bottom, you will have no hesitation to bear testimony to the truth. may I take the liberty of asking you to give me any information you can on this subject, which if addressed to me in a letter to this place will readily find me . . .

Mr. Heckwelder replied on April 28,

In compliance to Your request, I have communicated what came to my knowledge respecting the Murder of Logans family in the Year 1774. I have shewn by what Opportunity's reports were brought in the Indian Country—how they circulated—& what effect it had from time to time on the minds of the Indians—But Sir! altho I have no hesitation to bear testimony to the truth, I wish to inform You, that my situation is such, that would not admit of publishing the whole of my relation, & therefore beg You to consider the enclosed communication as Confidential. I am engaged in commencing a Settlement in the Western Country, & my business will render it necessary for me to be at times in the very Country, (& by the by) among the very People to whom I have in my report alluded, as perpetrators of Murderous acts, especially such as were engaged in Murdering the Moravian Indians on Muskingum, & who, unprincipled as many of them may be to this day, might unite against me &[???] Yet, whatever in Your Judgement, shall seem necessary to prove, that the account You gave in Your Notes on Virginia, of the Murder of Logans' family, was the prevailing report of that day, I cannot object to Your publishing. And as to the Account I have given of Logans Character I have no reason to object to Your publishing the whole as I have given it; if You chuse.

In my Opinion there must be yet People living in or about Pittsburg who have some knowledge of the subject in question. I should think Genl Gibson one.

I have only to add: that Your complying with my request will put me under great Obligation to You . . .

The enclosed confidential communication occupies eight pages in his hand and confirms the fact that Cresap was the murderer.

On May 2, 1798, St. George Tucker, a judge of the General Court of Virginia, wrote from Fredericksburg to Jefferson:

Mr. Lewis of this town this morning mentioned to me, that it might be an acceptable information to you to know of any person who recollected the publication of Logan's speech at the time when it first appeared in the Virginia papers.

A few years ago, not more than three or four, being engaged in some enquiries relative to the adoption of our State Constitution I had recourse to the papers of those times. In the research I met with the account of Logan's Speech, & the speech itself at full length, verbatim. I think, as given in your notes on Virginia, in a Virginia paper printed just after Lord Dunmore's return from the Western Country, by Purdie & Dixon, or by Mr. Rind, but I am rather inclined to believe in the former. I strongly incline to believe I have the paper still in my possession—but it is possible that it might have been among some that I borrowed of Mr. John Byrd deceaced. If it would be of any service to you to find the paper, I will on my return (which will not be till the beginning of next month) endeavour to find it.—But should I fail to do so, if this Letter can be of service to you, you may freely make such use of it as you think proper.—In addition to what I have said on this subject, I will add, that my recollection of the publication, before the publication of your notes, appears to be perfectly familiar. Our mutual friend John Page of Rosewell I am inclined to think will be able to add more satisfactory Information on this subject . . .

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on May 9, the same day that he wrote to James Lewis of Fredericksburg quoted in no. 3225 (Volume III, page 311):

I am much obliged by your friendly letter of the 2d. inst. and your attention to M[???] Martin's libels on the subject of Logan, the first only of which I have ever read: for when I found by his stile that truth was not his object, but to gratify party passions, I determined to read no more, but to make proper enquiries into the fact he questioned, & in due time published it. I turned to the papers of the day (in my own possession) & found Logan's speech, as interpreted by the common Indian interpreter. I used Genl. Gibson's version, but in the paper I have there is no statement of facts. if there be one in the paper you have seen, you would infinitely oblige me by procuring the paper itself, or a copy of the statement.

As stated in no. 3225, a number of the original autograph depositions are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress." "40520","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","1.","","","[Johnson, Robert.]","Nova Britannia: Offering most excellent fruites by Planting in Virginia. Exciting all such as be well affected to further the same. London: Printed for Samvel Macham, and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1609.","F229 .J671","

First Edition. 4to. 20 leaves, including the first, blank but for the signature A, and the last blank (the first present and the last absent from the copy collated), printed in black letter, woodcut of a ship on the title-page. The dedication to Sir Thomas Smith, one of his Maiesties Councell for Virginia, and Treasurer for the Colonie, and Gouernour of the Companies of the Moscovia and East India Merchants, signed R. I.

Halkett and Laing IV, 206. Sabin 36284. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 789. STC 14669. Arber III, 402 (18 Feb.). Church 338. John Carter Brown II, 89. Pforzheimer, no. 538. H. V. Jones, page 59. Clayton-Torrence 4.

Robert Johnson, fl. 1586-1626, was a member of the Virginia Company. This is one of the earliest printed books relative to the settlement of Virginia. In the Church Catalogue six variants of the first edition are listed and described. The two copies in the Library of Congress have variants not mentioned in the Church Catalogue list. It cannot be ascertained which variant was in the Jefferson collection. The tract has been reprinted for Joseph Sabin in 1867, with a prefatory note by F. L. Hawks, and is also to be found reprinted in the first volume of Force's Tracts." "40530","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","2.","","","Bullock, William.","Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view, to be considered by all Iudicious and honest men. Under which Title, is comprehended the Degrees from 34 to 39, wherein lyes the rich and healthful Countries of Roanock, the now Plantations of Virginia and Mary-land. Looke not upon this Booke, as those that are set out by private men, for private ends; for being read, you'l find, the publick good is the Authors onely aime. For this Piece is no other than the Adventurers or Planters faithfull Steward, disposing the Adventure for the best advantage, advising people of all degrees, from the highest Master, to the meanest Servant, how suddenly to raise their fortunes. Peruse the Table, and you shall finde the way plainely layd downe. By William Bvllock, Gent. 19 April, 1649. Imprimatur, Hen: Whaley. London: Printed by John Hammond, and are to be sold at his house over-against S. Andrews Church in Holborne, 1649.","F229 .B93","

First Edition. 4to. 40 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 9145. STC B5428. Church 490. John Carter Brown II, 665. Swem 662. Clayton-Torrence 571. Baer 29. Arents 235.

William Bullock, fl. 1649, prefaced this work, a guide for prospective settlers in Virginia, by several introductory letters, of which the first was addressed ''To the Right Honourable, the Earle of Arundel and Surrey, and the Lord Baltamore.''

The letter ''To his much honored Friends, the Knights and Gentlemen that importuned this Worke'' begins: ''Had you given me more time, I should have been larger in your satisfaction, but this is what six nights could produce, which time you know is all I had . . .''

William Bullock seems never to have visited Virginia, though he owned property in the colony. He was ''among the first to emphasize in a published work the economic disadvantages which affected Virginia as a result of the colonists' concentration upon tobacco.'' The tract is reprinted in the third volume of the Force Tracts." "40540","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","3.","","","","Orders and Constitvtions, partly collected out of his Maiesties Letters Patents; and partly by authority, and in vertue of the said Letters Patents: Ordained upon mature deliberation, by the Gouernour and Company of the City of London, for the Plantation of the Svmmer-Ilands: for the better gouerning of the actions and affaires of the said Company and Plantation. 6. Febr. 1621. At London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1622.","F1636 .B51","

First Edition. 4to. 44 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title, and a coat of arms on the verso of the leaf.

STC 1905. Sabin 57499. H. V. Jones, page 85. Not in Church.

The last paragraph is headed Land in Virginia and begins: Whereas the Company for Virginia, in consideration of the great defect of the quantity of Land in the Summer-Ilands, conceiued to haue been at the time of the sale thereof to this Company, and to make recompence for the same, haue ordered in one of their great and generall Courts, that there shall bee granted by them, and vnder their Legall Scale, a large proportion of Land in Virginia, to be and continue to the Company of the said Summer-Ilands, and the members thereof for euer, for the better support of the said Company, and of the Inhabitants of the said Ilands . . ." "40550","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","4.","","","[White, John.]","The Planters Plea. Or the Grovnds of Plantations examined, and vsuall Objections answered. Together with a manifestation of the causes mooving such as have lately undertaken a Plantation in Nevv-England: For the satisfaction of those that question the lawfulnesse of the Action . . . London: Printed by William Iones, 1630.","F67 .W57","

First Edition. Sm 4to. 44 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 359. Sabin 103396. Church 418. STC 25399.

John White, 1575-1648, called the Patriarch of Dorchester (England), interested himself about 1624 in sending out a colony of Dorset men to settle in Massachusetts, and undertook to procure them a charter and to raise money. It was through his efforts that the Massachusetts Company, with Sir Richard Saltonstall as the chief shareholder, was formed. His Planters Plea, anonymously issued in 1630, contains the earliest trustworthy information on the founding of the colony. It was formerly erroneously attributed to the Rev. John Cotton. It was originally ascribed to White on the authority of Increase Mather. This tract has been several times reprinted, and is in the second volume of the Force Tracts." "40560","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","5.","","","[Morton, Thomas.]","New English Canaan or New Canaan. Containing an Abstract of New England, Composed in three Bookes. The first Booke setting forth the originall of the Natives, their Manners and Customes, together with their tractable Nature and Love towards the English. The second Booke setting forth the naturall Indowments of the Country, and what staple Commodities it yealdeth. The third Book setting forth, what people are planted there, their prosperity, what remarkable accidents have happened since the first planting of it, together with their Tenents and practise of their Church. Written by Thomas Morton of Cliffords Inne gent, upon tenne yeares knowledge and experiment of the Country. Printed at Amsterdam: by Jacob Frederick Stam, in the Yeare 1637.","F67 .M88","

First Edition. 4to. 96 leaves, complimentary verses at the beginning; at page 145 begins Chap. XVII. Of the Baccanall Triumphe of the nine vvorthies of Nevv Canaan, with a poem of 91 lines by Master Ben:Iohnson. This poem does not appear in Jonson's collected works.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 795. STC 18202. Sabin 51028. John Carter Brown II, 443. Church 437. Winsor III, 348.

Jefferson and John Adams had an interesting correspondence concerning this book, begun by Adams in a letter to Jefferson dated from Quincy October 12, 1812:

I have a Curiosity to learn something of the Character Life and death of a gentleman, whose name was Wollaston, who came from England with a Company of a few dozens of Persons in the Year 1622, took possession of an height on Massachusetts Bay built houses there for his People, and after looking about him and not finding the face of Nature smiling enough for him, went to Virginia to seek a better situation, leaving the Government of his little band, in the hands of Thomas Morton. As I have not found any Account of him after his departure from his little flock, in any History or record of New England, I should be very much obliged to you, for any information you can give me, of any notice that remains of him in Virginia.

My curiosity has been stimulated by an event of singular Oddity. John Quincy Adams, at Berlin, purchased at an Auction a Volume, containing three Pamphlets bound together; Woods Prospect, Wonder working Providence of Zions Saviour in New England, and The New English Canaan, or New Canaan, containing an Abstract of New England, composed in three Books; the first Book setting forth the Original of the natives, their manners and customs, together with their tractable nature and love towards the English. The second Book setting forth the natural Endowments of the Country, and what staple Commodities it yeildeth. The third Book setting forth, what people are planted there, their prosperity, what remarkable accidents have happened since the first planting of it, together with their tenents and practice of their Church.

Written by Thomas Morton of Cliffords Inne gentleman, upon ten years knowledge and experiment of the Country. Printed at Amsterdam by Jacob Frederick Stam, in the year 1637. The Book is dedicated to The Commissioners of the privy Councell, for the Government of all his Majesties foreign Provinces.

To add a trifle to the whimsical Circumstances attending the Aventures of this Volume, there are a few Words in manuscript on a blank leaf, which had I seen them in any other place, I should have sworn were in the hand Writing of my Father.

The design of the Writer appears to have been to promote two Objects 1. to spread the fame and exaggerate the Advantages of New England 2. to destroy the Characters of the English Inhabitants, and excite the Government to suppress the Puritans, and send over settlers in thier stead, from among the Royalists and the disciples of Archbishop Laud.

That such a Work had been written, has been known by tradition and I have enquired for it, more than half a Century: but have never been able to learn that any Copy of it ever was seen in this Country. The Berlin Adventurer is I believe the only one in America. It is possible however that some straggling Copy of it may be in Virginia, and if you have ever seen or heard of it, I shall be obliged to you for the information.

I know not whether you have in your library, extensive and well chosen as it is, any of our New England Histories. If you have and feel any inclination to know any Thing of this Cliffords Inn man, this incendiary instrument of spiritual and temporal domination; you may find it in 1. Neals Hist. New England 111- 1. Hutchinson 8. 31, Winthrops Journal 20. 27. 321. 352. 2. Belknaps Biography 332 . . .

Adams then wrote a full analysis of the work, and quoted in full the complimentary verses at the beginning, and the Author's Prologue (also in verse). The letter then continued:

. . . In no part of the Work has he said any thing of Mr. Wollaston his Commander in Chief, to whom he was only second, in command of the Party.

But it was of Wollaston, I was most interested to enquire. I knew enough of Morton, and was therefore much disappointed in perusing the Book.

The Original Indian Name of the spot possest by the Party was Passonagisset, but the People of the Company changed it to Mount Wollaston by which Name it has been called to this day. Morton, however, after the departure of his Leader for Virginia, chose to alter the Name, and call it Mare Mount from it's Possition near the Sea and commanding the prospect of Boston Harbour and Massachusetts Bay. In his 132 page He gives us a History of the Ceremonies instituted by him in honor of this important Nomination. Several songs were composed to be sung. A Pine Tree, Eighty feet long, was erected with a pair of Bucks Horns nailed on the Top. On May Day this mighty May Pole was drawn to its appointed Plan on the summit of the Hill by the help of savages males and females, with sound of guns, Drums, Pistols and other Instruments of Musick. A Barrel of excellent Beer was brewed, and a Case of Bottles, (of Brandy I suppose) with other good Chear, and English Men and Indians sannups and squaws, danced and sang and revelled round the Maypole till Bacchus and Venus, I suppose, were satiated. The Separatists called it an Idol, the Calf of Horeb, Mount Dagon, threatening to make it a woeful mount and not a merry Mount. It is whimsical that this Book, so long lost, should be brought to me, for this Hill is in my Farm . . .

Jefferson replied to this in a long letter dated from Monticello December 28:

. . . recollecting that Nathaniel Morton in his New England's Memorial, gives with minuteness the early annals of the colony of New Plymouth, & occasionally interweaves the occurrences of that on Massachusetts bay, I recurred to him, and, under the year 1620. I find he notices both Wollaston and Thomas Morton, and gives with respect to both, some details which are not in Hutchinson or Winthrop. as you do not refer to him, and so possibly may not have his book, I will transcribe from it the entire passage, which will prove at least my desire to gratify your curiosity as far as the materials within my power will enable me . . .

Jefferson then copied a passage from Nathaniel Morton's New England's Memorial, pages 93 to 99, on five closely written pages in his handwriting. At the end of his quotation Jefferson wrote So far Nathaniel Morton, and continued:

. . . the copy you have of Thomas Morton's New English Canaan, printed in 1687 by Stam at Amsterdam, was a second edition of that 'infamous and scurrilous book against the godly.' the 1st. had been printed in 1632. by Charles Green in a 4to. of 188. pages, and is the one alluded to by N. Morton. both of them made a part of the American library given by White Kennett in 1713. to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. this society, being a chartered one, still, as I believe, existing, and probably their library also, I suppose that these and the other books of that immense collection, the catalogue of which occupies 275. pages 4to. are still to be found with them . . .

Jefferson's copy of White Kennett's Bibliothecae Americanae Primordia is in the Library of Congress. The entry referred to by him is on page 77, under date 1632.

The origin of this mistake in the date is given by Justin Winsor, History of America III, 348:

''The New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton, Amsterdam, 1637, ''written upon ten years' knowledge and experiment of the country,'' is a sort of satire upon the Plymouth and Massachusetts people, who looked upon the author as a reprobate and an outlaw. He came over, probably, with Weston's company in 1622, and on the breaking up of that settlement may have gone back to England. In 1625 he is found here again with Captain Wollaston's company on a plantation at ''Mount Wollaston,'' where he had his revels. He was twice banished the country, and before his final return hither wrote this book. His description of the natural features of the country, and his account of the native inhabitants are of considerable interest and value, and the side-light which he throws upon the Pilgrim and Puritan colonies will serve at least to amuse the reader. Morton's book, though printed in Holland ''in the yeare 1637,'' was entered in the Stationers' Register in London ''Nov. 18, 1633,'' in the name of Charles Greene as publisher; and a copy of the book is now (1882) in the library of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 19 Delahay Street, Westminster, London, bearing, this imprint: ''Printed for Charles Greene, and are sold in Paul's Church-Yard;'' no date, but ''1632'' written in with a pen. See White Kennett's Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia, p. 77, where this copy is entered, and where the manuscript date is printed in the margin. This date is, of course, an error. Morton's book was not written till after the publication of Wood's New England's Prospect to which reference is frequently made in the New English Canaan. The New England's Prospect was entered at the Stationers', ''7 Julii, 1634,'' and was published the same year. Morton's book is dedicated to the Commissioners for Foreign Plantations.—a body not created till April 28, 1634. The book must have been entered at the Stationers' some time in anticipation of its printing; and when printed, some copies were struck off bearing the imprint of Charles Greene, though only one copy is now known with his name on the titlepage . . . ''

For Nathaniel Morton's New England's Memorial, of which Jefferson's copy is unfortunately no longer in the Library of Congress, see no. 453, and for Jefferson's copy of White Kennett's catalogue, see no. 472.

Thomas Morton, d. 1646, an attorney of Clifford's Inn, first landed in New England in 1622, and remained for only three months. In 1625, having bought a partnership in Captain Wollaston's venture he sailed for Massachusetts Bay. For an account of him and his adventures, see his life by George Goodwin in the Dictionary of National Biography. The New English Canaan was reprinted in the Force Tracts, Volume II." "40570","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","6.","","","[Higginson, Francis.]","Nevv-Englands Plantation. Or, A Short and Trve Description of the Commodities and Discommodities of that Countrey. Written by a reuerend Diuine now there resident. London: Printed by T. C[otes] and R. C[otes] for Michael Sparke, dwelling at the Signe of the Blew Bible in Greene Arbor in the little Old Bailey, 1630.","F7 .H63","

First Edition. 4to. 12 leaves including the last blank.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 792. STC 13449. Sabin 31739. John Carter Brown II, 362. Church 416.

Francis Higginson, 1587-1630, English Puritan divine, emigrated to Massachusetts, on account of his nonconformist principles, in 1629, but died of a fever in the following year. Three editions of this tract were published in 1630, of which the second and third have the author's name on the title page. It is reprinted in Young's Chronicles of the First Planters, and in the first volume of Force's Tracts." "40580","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","7.","","","[Castell, William.]","A Petition of W. C. exhibited to the High Covrt of Parliament now assembled, for the propagating of the Gospel in America, and the West Indies; and for the setling of our Plantations there; which Petition is approved by 70 able English Divines. Also by Master Alexander Henderson, and some other worthy Ministers of Scotland. [London:] Printed in the yeare, 1641.","E143 .C33","

First Edition. 4to. 9 leaves, the first (probably blank) lacking in the two copies examined.

STC C1230. Sabin 11397. John Carter Brown II, 485. Church 449.

William Castell, the author of this petition, became rector of Courtenhall in Northamptonshire in 1627. He died on July 4, 1645. The petition is underwritten by thirty Ministers of London, fifteen ministers of ''severall other Counties'', twenty-five ''other worthy Ministers of the Diocesse of Peterburrough, where the Petitioner liveth,'' and by six Ministers of Scotland. The tract is reprinted in the first volume of the Force Tracts." "40590","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","8.","","","","The Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France & Spain. Concluded and Signed by his Eminency Cardinal Mazarin and Dom Lewis Mendez de Haro, Plenipotentiaries of their most Christian and Catholick Majesties, the Seventh of November, 1659. Printed in Paris by His Majesties Command, and now faithfully rendred into English. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, and are to be sold by G. Bedell and T. Collins, at their Shop at the Middle Temple-Gate, 1660.","JX191.1659","

First Edition in English. 4to. 22 leaves. STC F2053.

This treaty, known as the Treaty of the Pyrenees, brought to an end the unsatisfactory war between France and Spain, and was forced on Spain by the consequences of the loss of her alliance with Oliver Cromwell in 1657. One of the conditions of the Peace was the marriage of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa." "40600","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","9.","","","[Petty, Sir William.]","A Treatise of Taxes & Contributions. Shewing the Nature and Measures of Crown-Lands. Assessements. Customs. Poll-Moneys. Lotteries. Benevolence. Penalties. Monopolies. Offices. Tythes. Raising of Coins. Harth-Money. Excize, &c. With several intersperst Discourses and Digressions concerning Warres. The Church. Universities. Rents & Purchases. Usury & Exchange. Banks & Lombards. Registries for Conveyances. Beggars. Ensurance. Exportation of Money/Wool. Free-Ports. Coins. Housing. Liberty of Conscience, &c. The same being frequently applied to the present State and affairs of Ireland. London: Printed for N. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1662.","HJ1012 .P4","

First Edition. 4to. 47 leaves, the last for the list of Errata.

Halkett and Laing, VI, 87. Not in Lowndes. Palgrave III, 99. McCulloch 318 (not this edition). STC P1938.

Sir William Petty, 1623-1687, English political economist. McCulloch describes this work as ''one of the most remarkable of the early tracts in any branch of political economy.'' For other works by Petty, see no. 2937 and 3042." "40610","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","10.","","","Roberts, Lewes.","The Treasure of Traffike. Or A Discourse of Forraigne Trade. Wherein is shewed the benefit and commoditie arising to a Common-Wealth or Kingdome, by the skilfull Merchant, and by a well ordered Commerce and regular Traffike. Dedicated to the High Court of Parlament now assembled. By Lewes Roberts, Merchant, and Captaine of the City of London. London: Printed by E. P. for Nicholas Bourne, and are to be sold at his Shop at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1641.","HF3505 .4 .R67","

First Edition. 4to. 64 leaves.

Lowndes IV, 2104. Sabin 71910. Palgrave III, 315. McCulloch, page 38. STC R1602.

Lewes Roberts, 1596-1640, merchant and captain of the City of London, and a member of the East India Company and of the Levant Company of Merchants, wrote this book for the encouragement and state control of commerce, and it is one of the earliest to notice the cotton manufacture of Manchester. References to the West Indies occur, and on pages 82 and 83 is an account of the inception of the voyages of Columbus and of Sebastian Cabot." "40620","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","11.","","","[Bethel, Slingsby.]","The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; or, A short Political Discourse, shewing, that Cromwell's Mal-administration, (during his Four Years, and Nine Moneths pretended Protectorship,) layed the Foundation of our present Condition, in the Decay of Trade. London: Printed in the Year MDCLXVIII. [1668.]","DA427 .B56","

First Edition. 4to. 12 leaves.

Halkett and Laing, VI, 260. Lowndes I, 560. STC B2079. Not in the Term Catalogues.

Slingsby Bethel, 1617-1697, English republican, was opposed to the cavaliers, but disapproving of the conduct of the Protector. On page 8 is mentioned Cromwell's mistakes with regard to the West Indies." "40630","70","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 188, Tracts on Virginia and New England, by Bullock Thomas Morton, Roberts, Coke and others, p 4 to 1609-71. 1839 Catalogue, page 548, no. J. 259, Pamphlets.—Nova Britannia, 8vo; London, 1609.—Virginia Impartially Examined, by Wm. Bullock; London, 1609. [sic]—Orders and Constitutions, ordained for the Government of the Summer Islands; London, 1622.—The Planter's Plea; London, 1630.—New English Canaan, by Thomas Morton; London, 1637.—New England's Plantation, written by a reverend Divine, now there resident; London, 1630.—Petition of Wm. Castell and others, for the Propagating of the Gospel in America; London, 1641.—Treaty of Peace between the Crowns of France and Spain concluded and signed the 7th of November, 1659; London, 1660.—A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions; London, 1662.—The Treasure of Traffike, by Lewes Roberts; London, 1641.—The World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell; London, 1668.—Treatises, where is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in equal Danger with the Trade of it—and from what Causes the Dutch Govern and manage Trade better than the English, by Roger Coke; London, 1671.","Jefferson's copies of the twelve tracts originally bound together for him are no longer in the Library of Congress, or cannot be identified as having been in his library. The titles have been taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.","","12.","","","Coke, Roger.","A Treatise Wherein is demonstrated, that the Church and State of England, are in Equal Danger with the Trade of it . . . By Roger Coke. London: Printed by J. C. for Henry Brome, and Robert Horn, 1671.","DA432 1671 .C7","

First Edition. 4to. 2 treatises in 1 volume, together 90 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, separate titles.

Not in Lowndes. STC C4984. See Sabin 14241. McCulloch, page 40.

Roger Coke, fl. 1696, English political writer, was the grandson of Sir Edward Coke. The first treatise in this book is dedicated to his most honoured kinsman John Coke Esq. and the dedication is followed by a Preface to the Reader, and an Admonition to the Reader. The second treatise, entitled Reasons of the Increase of the Dutch Trade, is dedicated to The Great example of Vertue, Sir Charles Harbord. In the first treatise references occur to Greenland, Newfoundland, and the West Indies. Two more treatises in the same series were published by the author in 1675." "40640","71","","","","Almanac Americain de 1784.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 70, as above.","[Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac, Jean Charles.]","Almanach Américain, ou État Physique, Politique, Ecclésiastique et Militaire de l'Amérique. Ouvrage qui comprend les forces, la population, les Loix le Commerce & l'Administration de chaque Province de cette partie du monde; le Tableau de ceux qui y figurent par leurs charges & par leurs Dignités; celui de la Marine des Peuples Européans qui y ont des possessions, & le nom des Officiers qui sont employés dans cette partie de l'Administration publique . . . Prix 3 liv. broché. A Paris: Chez l'Auteur; Lamy. A Versailles: Chez Blaizot; Gogery, [de l'Imprimerie de Gueffier] M. DCC. LXXXIV. Avec Approbation, & Privilége du Roi. [1784.]","E143 .P79","

12mo. 258 leaves, printer's imprint at the end; a notice on the back of the title requests writers of observations on this Almanach, or on Etat des Cours de l'Europe, to sign their letters and to send them to the author, M. de la Roche Tilhac, before the first of September, at which time the Almanach goes to press.

Barbier I, 99. Quérard VII, 263 and Supercheries III, 60. Sabin 941.

Jean Charles Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac, 1747-1827. This almanac was published annually from 1783 to 1791. It contains information, including lists of the civil and military administrative personnel, as to the various States in the United States, and to the Islands adjacent, including French, Spanish and English possessions. It contains also information relative to French and Spanish possessions in Africa, Asia and elsewhere.

On page 443 begins the Tableau des XIII états-Unis. Traité qui assure définitivement leur indépendance, signé a Paris, le 3 Septembre 1783, with the printed signatures of John Adams, David Hartley, B. Franklin and John Jay. Jefferson's name does not occur in the work. For the Etat des Cours de l'Europe by the same author, see no. 2409. According to Quérard ''Poncelin dans cet Almanach, a copié Raynal presque littérairement.''" "40650","72","","","","Description de la Louisiane par Hennepin.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 79, as above.","Hennepin, Louis.","Description de la Louisiane, Nouvellement Decouverte au Sud'Oüest de la Nouvelle France, par Ordre du Roy. Avec la Carte du Pays: Les Mœurs & la Maniere de vivre des Sauvages. Dediée a sa Majesté par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionnaire Recollet & Notaire Apostolique. A Paris: chez la Veuve Sebastien Huré, M. DC. LXXXIII. Avec privilege du Roy. [1683.]","F352 .H5","

First Edition. 12mo. 216 leaves in all, separate signatures and pagination, with caption title for Les Moeurs des Sauvages, the engraved map by Guerard lacking in the copy collated.

Sabin 31347. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 124. Winsor IV, 248. John Carter Brown 1266. Boimare 16. Field 685 (in the note). Shea 1 (in his own edition). Paltsits, page xlix (in the Thwaites edition), Staton and Tremaine, 81, describe the second edition, but mention this in the note. Winsor IV, 248.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.

Louis Hennepin, c. 1640-c. 1706, Franciscan (Recollect) missionary and explorer, was born in Belgium and died in Holland. He went to Canada as a missionary in 1675. He accompanied La Salle to the Illinois in 1679-80, and was detached to ascend the Mississippi from Fort Crevecœur, during which expedition he was captured by the Sioux and rescued after some months by Du Lhut. He returned to France in 1681. This work contains an account of his trip to the Sioux, with a section on Indian customs, and is one of the earliest printed accounts of Louisiana." "40660","73","","","","Nouvelle decouverte d'un trés grand pais dans l'Amerique par Hennepin.","","1st. & 3d. vol. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 80, as above, reading Henepin.","Hennepin, Louis.","Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand Pays situé dans l'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la Mer Glaciale, avec les Cartes, & les Figures necessaires, & de plus l'Histoire Naturalle & Morale, & les avantages, qu'on en peut tirer par l'établissement des Colonies. Le Tout dedie à Sa Majesté Britannique. Guillaume III. Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionaire Recollect & Notaire Apostolique. A Utrecht: Chez Guillaume Broedelet, MDCXCVII. [1697.]","F352 .H6","

First Edition. 12mo. 294 leaves, engraved title, 2 folded engraved maps, 2 folded engraved plates, one of Niagara Falls, the other of a Bison.

Sabin 31349. Winsor IV, 250. John Carter Brown 1513. Field 685 (in the note). Staton and Tremaine 83. Gagnon 1650 Paltsits, page lii. Shea, page 384, no. 1. Boimare 17.

The Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish the Jefferson collection assign to it the first edition as above. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, followed by the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, and his undated manuscript catalogue (where it has the price, 2.10) call for the ''1st & 3rd vol.'' In the working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, ''3d vol. missing'' has been written in ink beside the entry. As no second volume was listed by Jefferson, the absence of the third leaves the one volume in which the book was issued. The bibliographies do not list an edition in three volumes, so it is not possible to determine Jefferson's meaning.

Winsor's description of this work begins:

''According to Hennepin's own story, some time after his first book was published, he incurred the displeasure of the Provincial of his Order by refusing to return to America, and was in more ways than one so pursued by his superior that in the end he threw himself on the favor of William III. of England, whom he had met at the Hague. Hennepin searched Amsterdam for a publisher of his new venture, but had to take it to Utrecht, where it came out, in 1697, with a fulsome dedication to the English king . . .''

The engraving of the Niagara Falls is said to be the earliest depiction of the scene." "40670","74","","","","Nouveau voyage d'un pays plus grande que l'Europe. par Hennepin.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 81, as above, reading Voiage and grand.","Hennepin, Louis.","Nouveau Voyage d'un Pais plus grand que l'Europe avec les reflections des entreprises du Sieur de la Salle, sur les Mines de St. Barbe, &c. Enrichi de la Carte, de figures expressives, des mœurs & manieres de vivre des Sauvages du Nord, & du Sud, de la prise de Quebec Ville Capitalle de la Nouvelle France, par les Anglois, & des avantages qu'on peut retirer du chemin recourci de la Chine & du Japon, par le moien de tant de Vastes Contrées, & de Nouvelles Colonies. Avec approbation & dedié à sa Majesté Guillaume III. Roy de la grande Bretagne par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionaire Recollect & Notaire Apostolique. A Utrecht: chez Antoine Schouten, 1698.","F352 .H7","

First Edition. 12mo. 230 leaves, 1 folded engraved map. 4 folded engraved plates.

Sabin 31351. John Carter Brown 1537. Winsor IV, 255. Church 774. Staton and Tremaine 84. Gagnon 1651. Field 685 (in the note). Paltsits, page lvii. Shea, page 389, no. 1. Boimare 18.

There were two issues of this book, one with imprint as above, the other, much rarer, with the imprint of Ernestus Voskuyl. Copies of both are in the Library of Congress, but neither shows any marks of Jefferson's provenance, and it is not known which issue was in his library. It is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.10.

This work is a continuation of the author's Nouvelle Decouverte, no. 4066 above." "40680","75","","","","Le Page du Pratz history of Louisiana.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 83, as above.","Le Page du Pratz.","The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: containing a Description of the Countries that lye on both Sides of the River Missisippi: with an Account of the Settlements, Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, and Products. Translated from the French, (lately published,) by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some Notes and Observations relating to our Colonies. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, MDCCLXIII. [1763.]","F372 .L55","

First Edition in English. 2 vol. 12mo. 215 and 140 leaves, folded engraved map at the beginning of each volume, the first, of Louisiana ''by the author of ye history of that Colony 1757,'' 1 line of Erratum on the verso of the last preliminary leaf in the second volume, publishers' advertisement on a4 verso in volume I.

Sabin 40123. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. This edition not in Boimare. Not in Church. Field 911. Arents III, 839. Winsor V, 65.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775, French architect and naturalist, lived and travelled in Louisiana from 1718 to 1734, and published the first edition of his History of Louisiana in Paris in 1758. The work is divided into four books, two in each volume. Book I describes the transactions of the French in Louisiana, Book II describes the country and its products, Book III treats of the natural history of Louisiana and Book IV of the natives of Louisiana." "40690","76","","","","Memoires sur la Louisiane par Dumont.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 78, as above.","Dumont de Montigny, Louis François Benjamin.","Mémoires Historiques sur la Louisiane, contenant ce qui y est arrivé de plus mémorable depuis l'année 1687. jusqu'à présent; avec l'établissement de la Colonie Françoise dans cette Province de l'Amérique Septentrionale sous la direction de la Compagnie des Indes; le climat, la nature & les productions de ce pays; l'origine & la Religion des Sauvages qui l'habitent; leurs mœurs & leurs coutumes, &c. Composés sur les Mémoires de M. Dumont, par M. L. L. M. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes & de Figures. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: Chez Cl. J. B. Bauche, M. DCC. LIII. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [De l'imprimerie de D'Houry Fils, 1753.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. 137 and 170 leaves, map of Louisiana by Chambon, engraved folded plan of New Orleans, engraved folded and full-page plans and plates of trees, plants, etc., list of Fautes à corriger dans les deux Volumes, printers imprint at the end of the second volume followed by 7 leaves with publishers' advertisements, in a catalogue arranged in alphabetical order.

Barbier III, 229, by Butel-Dumont. Sabin 9605, under Butel-Dumont. Winsor V, 65. Boimare 46. Field 463.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.10.

Louis François Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was in the military service of the colony. In the second volume of this work, page 69, he writes:

En 1721. quelques Visionnaires ayant assûré à la Compagnie que dans cette riviere des Arcanças il y avoit un rocher d'Emeraudes, le sieur de la Harpe Capitaine commandant y fut envoyé pour en faire la recherche. Il avoit avec luī un détachement de vingt-deux hommes, avec le sieur de Franchomme pour Lieutenant, & pour Sergent un nommé Bessan; & comme je servois alors à la Concession des Yazoux en qualité de Lieutenant & d'Ingénieur, il me prit pour son Géometre. Nous remontames cette riviere l'espace de plus de deux cens cinquante lieues, sans pouvoir découvrir ce trésor prétendu, qui sans doute n'existoit qu'en idée; nous avançames même encore par terre près de cinquante lieues plus haut dans le pays, jusqu'à ce que le murmure s'étant mis dans la troupe, le sieur de la Harpe qui appréhendoit le même sort qui avoit fait périr le sieur de la Salle, prit le parti de retourner sur ses pas, & de regagner la Capitale. Si dans cette course nous n'eumes pas le bonheur de découvrir le rocher d'émeraudes qui nous l'avoit fait faire, nous eumes du moins la satisfaction de parcourir un très-beau pays, des plaines fertiles, de vastes prairies couvertes de bœufs, de cerfs, de biches, de chevreuils, de tortues, &c. nous y vîmes des rochers, les uns de très-beau marbre jaspé, au pied desquels il y avoit des tables entieres taillées par la nature même, d'autres remplis d'ardoise, & de talc propre à faire de très-bon plâtre . . .

The date 1721 at the beginning of this passage rules out the possibility of the authorship of Boutel-Dumont, who was born in 1725, and to whom the book is ascribed by a large number of bibliographers, and whose name is on the spine of the first volume of the Library of Congress copy. The work is dedicated by Dumont to Monsieur de Silhouette, q. v. no. 1452.

Abbé Jean Baptiste Le Mascrier, 1697-1760, the editor of this book, explains at the beginning of his preface: On peut regarder ces Mémoires Historiques, comme servant de continuation au Journal publié par le sieur Joutel en 1713 . . . [q. v. no. 4073]." "40700","77","","","","Journal d'un voiage a la Louisiane en 1720.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 82, as above.","[Vallette Laudun, de.]","Journal d'un Voyage a la Louisiane, fait en 1720. Par M***, Capitaine de Vaisseau du Roi. A La Haye: et se trouve a Paris: Chez Musier, Fils, & Fournier, M. DCC. LXVIII. [1768.]","F372.V18","

First Edition. 12mo. 164 leaves including the half-title.

Barbier II, 1007. Sabin 98393. Not in Boimare. Winsor V, 35.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2.10.

De Vallette Laudun (or Laudreau, and sometimes referred to as the Chevalier de Bonrepos), was commander of Toulouse, the ship on which Laval made his voyage [see no. 4071]. This Journal describes the same voyage described by Laval, the opening paragraph of whose book reads as follows:

Au mois d'Août de l'an 1719. le Conseil de Marine ordonna à Toulon l'armement des deux vaisseaux du Roy, le Henry & le Toulouse percez pour soixante-six pieces de cannon. Monsieur Caffaro qui devoit commander l'Escadre, fut nommé pour monter le Henry, & M. de Vallette Laudun le Toulouse. Le Conseil qui les avoit choisis pouvoit sûrement se reposer sur la capacité de deux si habiles Capitaines. On leur donna des Officiers très-experimentez; & ils choisirent des Pilotes & des Nauchers des meilleurs qu'on cut dans le Port. Je fus destiné par le Conseil de Marine pour m'embarquer en qualité de Mathématicien sur l'un des deux Vaisseaux. De concert avec nos deux Capitaines je choisis le Toulouse.

De Vallette Laudun's account is in the form of CXXXII numbered letters, the first dated 9 Mars 1720, the penultimate 29 Septembre, the last undated." "40710","78","","","","Voiage de la Louisiane en 1720. par le Pere Laval.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 251, as above.","Laval, Antoine François.","Voyage de la Louisiane, fait par Ordre du Roy en l'année mil sept cent vingt: dans laquel sont traitées diverses matieres de Physique, Astronomie, Géographie & Marine. L'on y a joint les Observations sur la Refraction, faites à Marseille, avec des Reflexions sur ces Observations; Divers Voyages faits pour la correction de la Carte de la Côte de Provence; et des Reflexions sur quelques points du Sisteme de M. Newton. Par le P. Laval de la Compagnie de Jesus, Professeur Royal de Mathématiques, & Maître d'Hydrographie des Officiers & Gardes de la Marine du Port de Toulon. A Paris: Chez Jean Mariette, M. DCC. XXVIII. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1728.]","Q115 .L7L2","

First Edition. 4to. 3 parts in 1, together 312 leaves, separate signatures and pagination; Observations sur la Refraction (52 leaves including 4 leaves of Tables), with caption title; Recueil de Divers Voyages (100 leaves) with half-title, and the date M.DCC.XXVII, engraved maps and plates, leaves of tables (1 folded) inserted.

Quérard IV, 629. Sabin 39276. Boimare, 39. Backer IV, col. 1575, no. 5.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work when in Amsterdam in March 1788, selected from a catalogue sent to him by Van Damme of Amsterdam. On June 25 Van Damme wrote to Jefferson, now in Paris, that the catalogue was an auction catalogue of books for sale the following September.

Antoine François Laval, 1664-1728, French Jesuit priest. ''En même temps que le Régent envoyait Charlevoix au Canada, il chargeait le père Laval d'une mission scientifique dans le golphe du Mexique pour reconnaître le littoral de la Louisiane et de la Floride et fixer la position exacte de ses principaux points. Il s'embarqua sur une petite division navale qui portait des vivres et des colons à l'Ile Dauphine, mais une maladie épidémique qui sévit sur les équipages força le commandant à retourner en France et à ne sejourner que fort peu de temps à la Louisiane. Ce commandant a donné le journal de son voyage. Quant au père Laval son ouvrage est purement scientifique et dépourvu d'intérêt sous le rapport historique.''—Boimare." "40720","79","","","","Decouvertes de M. de la Sale par Tonti.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 76, as above.","Tonti, Henri, Chevalier de.","Dernieres Decouvertes dans l'Amerique Septentrionale de M. de la Sale; Mises au jour par M. le Chevalier Tonti, Gouverneur du Fort Saint Loüis, aux Islinois. A Paris au Palais: Chez Jean Guignard, M. DC. LXXXXVII. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1697.]","F1030 .5 .D436","

First Edition. 12mo. 179 leaves, the last three for a list of Livres Nouveaux Imprimez, & qui se vendent chez le même Libraire.

Not in Barbier. Sabin 96172. Winsor IV, 240. Boimare 20. Harrisse 174.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3f.

Le Chevalier Henri de Tonti, d. 1704, accompanied La Salle on his return from France to America in 1697. ''Ce livre n'est pas l'oeuvre du Chevalier de Tonty qui ne parlait qu'un français rempli d'italianismes.'' For a discussion of the authorship of this work, disowned by Tonti himself [see Charlevoix, no. 4004], see Winsor and Harrisse as referred to above.

In his preface to the Journal Historique of Joutel [no. 4073 below], Michel, the editor, states: ''M. Tonty dit dans son Livre, fol. 192, qu'il estoit present lorsque M. de la Sale prit la hauteur de l'embouchure du Missicipi, dans son premier Voyage, & il marque que ce fut entre le 22 & 23 degré de latitude Nord: mais c'est une erreur qu'il faut attribuer à l'Imprimeur ou au Copiste, puisque dans la Carte que le même Sieur Tonty a inserée dans son Livre, il place cette embouchure par la 26e degré & demi Nord, & il y a lieu de croire qu'il se trompe encore . . .'' According to the bibliographies, no copy with a map has been traced.

René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, 1643-1687, French explorer, settled in Canada in 1666. He discovered the Ohio and the Illinois, and was the first to follow the Mississippi from its upper course to its mouth. He was assassinated in 1687 by several of his followers." "40730","80","","","","Journal du dernier voiage de M. de la Sale. par Joutel.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 77, as above, but reading voyage.","Joutel, Henri.","Journal Historique du dernier Voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure, & le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi [sic], nomée à present la Riviere de Saint Loüis, qui traverse la Louisiane. Où l'on voit l'Histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde. Par Monsieur Joutel, l'un des Compagnons de ce Voyage, redigé & mis en ordre par Monsieur De Michel. A Paris: Chez Estienne Robinot, MDCCXIII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1713.]","F1030 .5 .J86","

First Edition. 12mo. 210 leaves, folded engraved map of Louisiana after Joutel with a view of Niagara Falls (lacking in the copy collated).

Sabin 36760. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 125. Church 855. Winsor IV, 240. Field 809 (in the note). Boimare 24. Harrisse 750. Staton and Tremaine 96 (mentioned in the note).

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.10.

Henri Joutel, 1640?-1735, accompanied La Salle as intendant on his expedition from France in 1684 to explore the Mississippi from its mouth. After the assassination of La Salle in 1687, he escaped to Canada and from Quebec he returned to France. The note of Harrisse reads: ''Ouvrage écrit sur des notes prises de 1684 à 1687, mais publié à la requête du géographe Delisle, pour réfuter le livre attribué à Henry de Tonty.''

Jean Michel, who prepared the Journal for the press, had also recently returned from Canada to France." "40740","81","","","","la Sale's last voiage to the gulph of Mexico. by Joutel.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 196, as above, but reading voyage and gulf.","Joutel, Henri.","A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the Mouth of the Missisipi River; Containing, an Account of the Settlements he endeavour'd to make on the Coast of the aforesaid Bay, his unfortunate Death, and the Travels of his Companions for the Space of Eight Hundred Leagues across that Inland Country of America. now call'd Louisiana, (and given by the King of France to M. Crozat,) till they came into Canada. Written in French by Monsieur Joutel, a Commander in that Expedition; and Translated from the Edition just publish'd at Paris. With an exact Map of that vast Country, and a Copy of the Letters Patents granted by the K. of France to M. Crozat. London: Printed for A. Bell, B. Lintott, and J. Baker, 1714.","F1030 .5 .J87","

First Edition in English. 8vo. 120 leaves, folded map of Louisiana, with a view of Niagara Falls in the corner, after Joutel (lacking in the copy collated). On the verso of the last preliminary leaf is an Advertisement to the British Gentry.

Sabin 36762. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 125. Winsor IV, 240. Field 808. Boimare 25. Staton and Tremaine 96. Harrisse 751.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1/6.

A translation into English of the previous entry.

Antoine Crozat, 1655-1738, held Louisiana, as a private grant from King Louis XIV of France, from 1712 to 1717." "40750","82","","","","Vue de la Louisiane et Floride occidentale par Duvallon.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 128, no. 198, as above.","Berquin-Duvallon, F.","Vue de la Colonie Espagnole du Mississipi, ou des Provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale, en l'Année 1802, par un Observateur Résident sur les Lieux: Ouvrage accompagné de deux cartes dressées avec soin, et artistement gravées et enluminées . . . B . . . . . .—Duvallon, éditeur. Paris: A l'Imprimerie Expéditive, L'An XI de la République, et IV du Gouvernement Consulaire, 1803.","F373. B53","

First Edition. 8vo. 174 leaves, including the half-title, and 2 leaves of errata at the end, 2 colored maps, 1 folded, the other double-page, both gravé par Blondeau, sur les Dessins à lui fournis par l'Editeur de l'Ouvrage.

Barbier IV, 1115. Quérard I, 297. Sabin 4962. Palau VII, 222. Tinker, page 185. Boimare 96.

Jefferson bought a copy from Reibelt of Baltimore in December 1804. It was one of those selected by him for his own use from the consignment sent to the Secretary of State for the Library of Congress, and of which Jefferson sent a list to Reibelt on December 24. The price was $2.00. The title is included in the various lists of books bought from Reibelt, made by Jefferson at that time, and is entered without price on the undated manuscript catalogue.

F. Berquin-Duvallon was born in St. Domingue, and before the insurrection of the negroes was public prosecutor for the King. After the insurrection he fled to the United States, but owing to the effects of the negro insurrection was compelled to take refuge in France." "40760","83","","","","Second voiage a la Louisiane par Baudry.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 197, as above.","Baudry Des Lozières, Louis Narcisse.","Second Voyage a la Louisiane, faisant suite au Premier de l'Auteur de 1794 a 1798. Contenant la vie militaire du général Grondel, doyen des armées de France, qui commanda long-temps à la Louisiane, et honoré de Cent Dix Ans de service: un Détail sur les productions les plus avantageuses, les plus extraordinaires de cette belle Colonie, et sur ses quartiers les plus fertiles et les plus lucratifs: de nouvelles Réflexions sur les Colonies en général, et le Régime nécessaire aux personnes des Colonies pendant la première année de leur arrivée. [-Contenant un Mémoire sur la découverte du Coton Animal: un Manuel Botanique à l'usage des jeunes Colons: un dictionnaire ou Vocabulaire Congo, précédé d'une Statistique des Comptoirs de la côte d'Angole . . . différens Projets d'armemens, et Tableaux de Cargaisons . . . le Coffre de Chirurgie . . . Observations sur la Botanique Médicinale . . . reflexions sur les Chambres d'Agriculture . . . ] Par Baudry des Lozières . . . Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Charles, An. XI. — 1803. (Mars.)","F373 .B35","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 217 and 208 leaves, folded printed Table inserted in Vol. I, verso of the first half-title with list of publishers, signed certification by the printer on the verso of the title, list of errata at the end of both volumes. Vol. II, pages 108 to 146 contain a Vocabulaire Congo. Par Ordre Alphabetique. There was no map in the copy collated.

Sabin 3980. Quérard I, 223. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 138. Boimare 99. Not in Field (who has only the Voyage a Louisiane, 82). Not in Tinker. Bissainthe 4628.

Jefferson bought a copy from Reibelt of Baltimore on December 24, 1804, retained by him from a parcel sent on approval to the Secretary of State. The bill for this and other purchases was paid on March 7, 1805.

Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières, 1761-1841, French colonial, lived in St. Domingue until the revolution. His original Voyage à Louisiane had been published in Paris in 1802. This second Voyage includes an account of the life of Jean-Philippe Goujon de Grondel, commander of the French forces in Louisiana, a Manuel Botanique par Ordre Alphabetique, Observations sur la Botanique médicinale des Colonies, and much other matter in addition to the important Vocabulaire Congo, already mentioned." "40770","84","","","","Stoddart's Sketches of Louisiana.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 200, as above.","Stoddard, Amos.","Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of Louisiana. By Major Amos Stoddard, Member of the U. S. M. P. S. and of the New York Historical Society . . . Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey; A. Small, Printer, 1812.","F369 .S86","

First Edition. 8vo. 244 leaves including the last blank.

Sabin 91928. Boimare 111. Field 1505.

Jefferson is mentioned in the Historical Sketches of Louisiana in Chapter I: ''Mr. Jefferson, on his accession to the presidency in 1801, reiterated to Spain the infractions of the treaty, and demanded redress. She restored to us the right of deposit, but no longer claimed Louisiana as her own . . .''

Amos Stoddard, 1762-1813, lawyer and soldier, was commissioned, after the Louisiana purchase, the first civil and military commandant of Upper Louisiana, to serve until Congress enacted laws for its government.

This work includes an account of Hennepin's Voyages and of other works on the discovery of Louisiana to be found in this Catalogue. With regard to maps, he states in the Preface: ''. . . All the old maps are extremely defective. The one prefixed to the work of Du Pratz, is unquestionably the best . . .'' [See no. 4067.]

The last two chapters treat of the Aborigines, and of A Welsh Nation in America. Stoddard, describing himself as Capt. Corps of artillerists, had been in correspondence with Jefferson in 1804 and 1805, and had sent him, on behalf of Captain Lewis, vocabularies of the Ayogas and the Sioux." "40780","85","","","","Gass's Journal of Lewis & Clarke's journey of discovery to the Pacific.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 84, as above, but reading Journals.","Gass, Patrick.","Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the army of the United States, from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. Containing an authentic relation of the most interesting transactions during the expedition; a description of the country; and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities, and vegetable and animal productions. By Patrick Gass, one of the persons employed in the expedition. With geographical and explanatory Notes. Fourth Edition—with six Engravings. [Copy-right secured according to Law.] Printed for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1812.","F592 .5 .G2 1812","

12mo. 132 leaves, the last a blank, full-page engraved plates; the copy in the Library of Congress has the leaf with Review of this work, described by Wagner-Camp, but is without the map of Louisiana.

Sabin 26741. Wagner-Camp 6 (in the note). Field 597. Morgan, page 136.

Jefferson ordered a copy (not specifying the edition) from Samuel Pleasants of Richmond, in a letter dated May 21, 1813.

Patrick Gass, 1771-1870, joined the Lewis and Clark expedition as a private, but on the death of Sergeant Charles Floy in 1804, was made a sergeant by suffrage of his mates. In the camp orders issued by Lewis and Clark on May 26, 1804, they directed that ''the sergts. in addition to those duties are directed to keep a separate journal from day to day of all passing occurrences, and such other observations on the country &c. as shall appear to them worthy of notice.'' Gass's journal was the first to be published. His notes were revised by David McKeehan, a schoolmaster of Wellsburg, and were first published by him in Pittsburgh in 1807. The copyright was then purchased by Mathew Carey, who published the Journal in Philadelphia in 1810, 1811 and 1812.

For the Lewis and Clark expedition, see no. 4168." "40790","86","","","","Romans's history of Florida.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 85, as above.","Romans, Bernard.","A Concise Natural History of East and West-Florida. Containing, an Account of the Natural Produce of all the Southern Part of British America, in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, particularly the Animal and Vegetable. Likewise, the Artificial Produce now raised, or possible to be raised, and Manufactured there, with some Commercial and Political Observations in that Part of the World; and a Chorographical Account of the same. By Captain Bernard Romans. New-York Printed: sold by R. Aitkin, M.DCC.LXXVI. (Price, Bound, One Dollar.) [1776.]","","

12mo., no copy of this edition was seen for collation. 172 leaves, 7 copperplate engravings and 1 folded table. This edition consists of the sheets of the First Edition, 1775, with a reprinted title and introduction; the frontispiece, lists of subscribers, appendix, errata list and final advertisement are omitted.

Sabin 72993. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 123. Boimare 68. John Carter Brown 2323. Church 1139.

Bernard Romans, 1720?-1784?, engineer and author, was born in Holland. He was educated in England, and was sent by the British government to North America in his capacity of civil engineer. Between 1760 and 1771 he lived in East Florida in the employment of the government. On the outbreak of the Revolution he was engaged to construct the fortifications at Fort Constitution opposite West Point, and in 1776 became captain of the Pennsylvania artillery. In 1779 he was captured by the British and sent to England, and eventually disappeared in 1784, when on his way to New York. The first edition of this book appeared in 1775. Volney, in his Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Volume II, page 365, has written éclaircissemens sur divers articles indiqués dans cet ouvrage, of which Article Premier is Sur la Floride, et sur le livre de Bernard Romans, intitulé a Concise natural and moral history of East and ouest Florida. New-Yorck 1776, sold by Aitken, in-12. Courte histoire, naturelle et morale de la Floride orientale et occidentale. Other eclaircissemens concern l'Histoire de Newhampchire, par Jérémie Belknap, Membre de la Société philosophique de Philadelphie. Et sur l'histoire du Vermont, par Samuel Williams, Membre de la Société météorologique d'Allemagne, et de la Société philosophique de Philadelphie [qqv.]." "40800","87","","","","Histoire de la conquete de Mexique par Fernand Cortez. d'Antoine de Solis,","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 94, Conquete de la mexique, par de Solis, 2 v 12mo.","Solis, Antonio de.","Histoire de la Conqueste du Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez, Traduite de l'Espagnol de Dom Antoine de Solis, par l'Auteur du Triumvirat. Tome I. [-II.] A Paris: chez Jean & Michel Guignard, M. DCC. IV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1704.]","F1230 .S723","

2 vol. 12mo. 224 and 206 leaves including blanks, folded engraved plates and maps.

Sabin 86476 (3), Palau VI, 530. This issue not in Medina; see Medina III, 1773.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 60. This may be the book referred to by Madame Carmichael, the widow of William Carmichael, Jefferson's agent for the purchase of Spanish Americana, in her letter to Jefferson dated from Chestertown, Maryland, on October 14, 1795:

Etant arrivèe depuis quelques semaines dans ce pais et ne sachant par quel moyen vous faire passer un livre intitulè la Conquête du Mexique que feu mon mari vous avoit destiné ainsi que quelques papiers a votre adresse si les lettres d'Hernand Cortes a Charles Quint ainsi que les gravures vous font plaisir je crois pouvoir vous les procurer.

Antonio de Solis, 1610-1686, Spanish dramatist and historian. The Historia de la Conquista de Mejico, first published in 1684, covers the history of the period between the appointment of Cortes to the command of the Spanish invading force, and the fall of the city of Mexico. The first translation into French was published in 1691.

S. de Broë, seigneur de Citri et de La Guette, was the translator into French." "40810","88","","","","Houston's memoirs.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 217, as above.","Houstoun, James.","The Works of James Houstoun, M. D. Containing Memoirs of his Life and Travels in Asia, Africa, America, and most Parts of Europe. From the Year 1690, to the present Time. Giving a particular Account of the Scotch Expedition to Darien in America, the great Advantages accruing to Great Britain from the Union; the Rise, Progress, and Fall of the two great Trading African and South-Sea Companies; the late Expedition to the Spanish West-Indies; the Taking and Restitution of Cape-Breton. Some Curious Anecdotes of the Spanish Court; a short Hint for expunging the Errors and superfluous Jargon, and hyperbolical Mysteries in the three great Professions of Divinity, Physic and Law, and reducing them into concise, regular, rational and intelligible Systems, &c. **** &c. **** &c. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by S. Bladon, 1753. N. B. This Book is entered according to Act of Parliament, and subscribed by the Author in his Hand-writing.","D285 .8 .H75A3","

8vo. 252 leaves, the last 10 for the Appendix.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Sabin 33199.

There is no indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's library. His entry in his manuscript catalogue is copied in the Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1830, but the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. The title of the second edition, published in 1747, begins: Memoirs of the Life and Travels of James Houstoun, M. D. The running headlines of this third edition: Dr Houstoun's Memoirs of his own Life-Time, would be equally applicable to Jefferson's entry. No copy of the second edition is listed in the files of the National Union Catalog.

James Houstoun, Scots physician and surgeon, was born ''in, or about, the Year 1690'' according to his own statement on the first page of this work. He became the surgeon to the factories in America of the Assiento Company, and was engaged for a number of years in trading in Central America and the Spanish Main. He was also concerned in the Darien Scheme. The first edition of this work, with a somewhat different title, was published in London, also in 1747, and both the first and second edition are described on the title-page as being published by Jacob Bickerstaff." "40820","89","","","","Histoire de l'Orenoque par Gumilla. traduite par Eidous.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 95, as above, but reading Oronoque.","Gumilla, José.","Histoire Naturelle, Civile et Geographique de l'Orenoque, et des principales Riviéres qui s'y jettent. Dans laquelle on traite du Gouvernmente, des Usages & des Coûtumes des Indiens qui l'habitent, des Animaux, des Arbres, des Fruits, des Résines, des Herbes & des Racines Médicinales qui naissent dans le Païs. Par le P. Joseph Gumilla, de la Compagnie de Jesus, Supérieur des Missions de l'Orenoque. Traduite de l'Espagnol sur la seconde Edition, par M. Eidous, ci-devant Ingenieur des Armées de S.M.C. Tome Premier. [-Troisiéme] A Avignon: et se vend à Paris et à Marseille, chez Jean Mossy, M. DCC. LVIII. [1758.]","F2311 .G98","

First Edition of this translation. 3 vol. 12mo. 209, 170 and 169 leaves, folded engraved map in volume I, Carte de la Province et des Missions de la Compe. de Jesus du Nouveau Roye. de Grenade, copié sur l'Original Espagnol [q. v. no. 4127].

Sabin 29277. Quérard III, 551. Medina 3376. Palau III,433. Field 617. Backer III, 1905,3. Carayon 1361.

José Gumilla, 1690-1758, Spanish Jesuit missionary, went to South America in 1714 and became superior of the missions on the Orinoco, where he remained for twenty years. He eventually returned to Spain and was appointed head of the College of Cartagena and later of the University of Madrid.

Marc-Antoine Eidous, French translator, was born in Marseilles. He served as an engineer in Spain for a time, but returned to France and devoted himself to literature, and in particular to translations into French from various languages." "40830","90","","","","Hakluyt's history of the West Indies.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 225, as above.","[Anghiera, Pietro Martire D'.]","The Historie of the West-Indies, containing the Acts and Adventures of the Spaniards, which have conquered and peopled those Countries, inriched with varietie of pleasant relation of the Manners, Ceremonies, Lawes, Governments, and Warres of the Indians. Published in Latin by Mr. Hakluyt, and translated into English by M. Lok. Gent . . . London: Printed for Andrew Hebb, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bell in Pauls Church-yard. n. d. [1625?]","E141.A60","

Sm. 4to. 321 leaves, []1, B-Z, Aa-Ss8, marginal notes; To the Reader signed by M. Lok.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Hazlitt II, 385. Sabin 45011. John Carter Brown Catalogue II, 196. STC 651. This edition not in Palau. This edition not in Field.

Michael Lok, fl. 1615, English traveller, undertook the translation into English of the Decades of Peter Martyr at the instance of Richard Hakluyt, who published the first edition of this translation in 1612. For a note on the date of this edition, a reissue of that of 1612 with a new title-page, see Church 358. The epistle to the Reader contains the passage relative to Virginia.

For notes on Hakluyt and Pietro Martire d'Anghiera see no. 4007 and no. 4099." "40840","91","","","","Garcilasso de la Vega's history of Florida. La Florida por el Inca Garcilasso de la Vega. Historia general de la Florida. por de Cardenas y Caro.","","fol., Madrid. 1723., fol. Madr. 1723. these two works bound up as one. in 2. vols. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 275, also page 125, no. 274, La Florida por de la Vega, et por de Cardenas y Caro, 2 v fol [duplicate of the preceding].","Garcilaso De La Vega, El Inca.","La Florida del Inca. Historia del Adelantado, Hernando de Soto, Governador, y Capitan General del Reino de la Florida. Y de otros heroicos Caballeros, Españoles, e Indios. Escrita por el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Capitan de su Magestad, Natural de la Gran Ciudad del Cozco, Cabeça de los Reinos, y Provincias del Peru. Dirigida a la Reina Nuestra Señora. Van enmendadas en esta Impresion, muchas erratas de la Primera: y añadida Copiosa Tabla de las Cosas Notables. Y el Ensaio Cronologico, que contiene, las Sucedidas, hasta en el Año de 1722. Con Privilegio: En Madrid: En la Oficina Real, y à Costa de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Impresor de Libros. Año CI[???] I[???]CCXXIII. Se hallaràn en su Casa. [1723.]","E125.S7G21","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, with separate titles, signatures and pagination, 158 and 142 leaves, folded table with genealogical chart, both titles printed in red and black, text printed in double columns; in both parts the last preliminary leaf has on the verso the Fee de Erratas. The second title reads in full:

Ensayo Cronologico, para la Historia General de la Florida. Contiene los Descubrimientos, y principales sucesos, acaecidos en este Gran Reino, à los Españoles, Franceses, Suecos, Dinamarqueses, Ingleses, y otras Naciones, entre sì, y con los Indios: cuias Costumbres, Genios, Idolatria, Govierno, Batallas, y Astucias, se refieren: y los Viages de algunos Capitanes, y Pilotos, por el Mar de el Norte, à buscar Paso à Oriente, ò union de aquella Tierra, con Asia. Desde el Año de 1512. Que Descubriò la Florida, Juan Ponce de Leon, hasta el de 1722. Escrito por Don Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano, Dedicado al Principe Nuestro Señor. Con Privilegio: En Madrid: En la Oficina Real, y à Costa de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Impresor de Libros. Año de CI[???] I[???]CCXXIIJ. Se hallaràn en su Casa, en la Calle de el Poço, y en Palacio. [1723.]

Sabin 98745 and 3349. Palau V, 126. Field, 588, 80. Boimare, 37. Valcarcel, Garcilaso el Inca, page 56. Winsor II, 290.

This book, with separate entries for the two parts under the heading South America, is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue. The price of each part was 100., and Jefferson has added in both cases, =5D. It appears, again with separate entries, on the list of Spanish books on the subject of America, already possessed by Th. J. sent by Jefferson to Don Miguel de Lardizabel y Uribe, with a letter, dated from Paris, July 6, 1787, concerning the purchase of Spanish American books.

In a letter to James Madison, dated from Paris, August 2, 1787, Jefferson wrote:

. . . by the Mary capt Howland lately sailed from Havre to N. York I shipped three boxes of books one marked I.M. for yourself, one marked B.F. for Doctr. Franklin, & one marked W.H. for William Hay in Richmond. I have taken the liberty of addressing them all to you as you will see by the inclosed bill of lading, in hopes you would be so good as to forward the other two. you will have opportunities of calling on the gentlemen for the freight &c. in yours you will find the books noted in the account inclosed herewith . . .

At the end of the account is a postscript:

NB. having been very desirous of collecting the original Spanish writers on American history, I commissioned m[???] Carmichael to purchase some for me. they came very dear, & moreover he was obliged to take duplicates in two instances. I have packed one copy of these in m[???] Madison's box, & will beg the favor of him to sell them for me if he can. I state below the exact prices they cost me in Spain, adding nothing for transportation to France, which was high.

La Florida de Garcilasso de la Vega. fol. . . . . . . . . . . .

Historia General de la Florida. por De Cadenas z Caro. fol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200. reals=10. Dollars

Herrera Historia General 4. v. fol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500. reals=25. Dollars

El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, c. 1535-1616, owed his title to his mother's royal blood. He was born in Peru but went to Spain about 1560. The original edition of this work, a contemporary narrative of the conquest of Florida by Hernando de Soto, was published in Lisbon in 1605.

Andrés Gonzáles de Barcia Carballido y Zuñiga, 1673-1743, edited this second edition of Garcilaso de la Vega's La Florida, and attached to it as a second part his own Ensayo Cronologica under the name Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano, bringing the work down to 1722. Though this book is called for in the title of the first part, it is frequently given completely separate listing in bibliographies." "40850","92","","","","Stork's description of East Florida, and Bartram's Journal.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 252, as above.","[Stork, William.]","A Description of East-Florida, with a Journal, kept by John Bartram of Philadelphia, Botanist to His Majesty for the Floridas; upon a Journey from St. Augustine up the River St. John's as far as the Lakes. With Explanatory Botanical Notes. Illustrated with an accurate Map of East-Florida, and two Plans; one of St. Augustine, and the other of the Bay of Espiritu Santo. The Third Edition, much enlarged and improved . . . London: Sold by W. Nicoll; and T. Jefferies, at Charing-Cross, Geographer to his Majesty, M DCC LXIX. [1769.]","F314 .S89","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 26 and 25 leaves, continuous signatures, separate pagination, 3 folded engraved maps by Thomas Jefferys, half-title for the Journal kept by John Bartram on sig. G1 which sheet has 2 inserted leaves marked *G and *G2, evidently a cancel as the signature without them has only 3 leaves; the dedication of the Description of East-Florida to Charles Marquis of Rockingham signed William Stork, and the Introduction to the Journal signed William Stork, M.D.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Sabin 92222. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 123. Boimare 59bis.

William Stork, English doctor, states in his dedication to Lord Rockingham that he had been in residence in East-Florida, and that he flatters himself ''that an account of a new colony, whereof none hath as yet been published, will have the honour of meeting with your Lordship's approbation.'' In his Introduction to Bartram's Journal he gives his reason for appending this work: ''. . . In order to gratify the curiosity of the speculative, and to give all possible satisfaction to the enquiries of those who are desirous to judge of the nature of the soil and climate of East-Florida, and to compare the advantages and disadvantages of settling there, I here publish the following Journal . . . Mr. John Bartram, a native of Pennsylvania, the author of this Journal, is well known, and well respected in the learned world, as an able Naturalist; his knowledge in Botany recommended him to the esteem and patronage of the Great, and procured him the honour of being Botanist to his Majesty for both the Floridas. The usefulness of his Journal, in making early known to the world what are the natural productions of the country to which it relates, is a sufficient proof of the usefulness of his appointment . . .''

John Bartram, 1699-1777, known as the first native American botanist, was born near Philadelphia, and was a member of the Society of Friends. This is the first edition of his Journal. Bartram is reputed to have been the first to propose the great western trip which eventually resulted in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

For Thomas Jefferys [or Jefferies], see no. 4000." "40860","93","","","","Ellicot's journal of the boundary of Florida.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 253, as above.","Ellicott, Andrew.","The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States during part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, and part of the Year 1800: for determining the Boundary between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America, containing occasional Remarks on the Situation, Soil, Rivers, Natural Productions, and Diseases of the different Countries on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Gulf of Mexico, with six Maps, comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. To which is added an Appendix, containing all the Astronomical Observations made use of for determining the boundary, with many others, made in different parts of the country for settling the geographical positions of some important points, with maps of the boundary on a large scale; likewise a great number of Thermometrical Observations made at different times, and places. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd & Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1803.","F213 .E46","

First Edition. 4to. 231 leaves, including 77 at the end, with separate signatures and pagination, for the Appendix, containing Astronomical and Thermometrical Observations, 14 folded engraved maps, by Lawson or Jones, after Ellicott and others, the maps in the first part lettered A to F, those in the Appendix numbered.

Sabin 22216. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. This edition not in Boimare. Coleman 3345.

Ellicott's Preface is dated from Lancaster, July 22, 1803. On April 18 he had written from the same address to Jefferson:

. . . I expect shortly to have a work out of the press on which I have been engaged for some time, and which has been much longer delayed than I intended, owing to the little time I have to spare from manual labour, and the duties of my office— As soon as this work is handed to the Publick, I intend publishing a small treatise on practical astronomy as connected with geography, for the use of such persons as may be exploring our extensive western regions, and capable of making the necessary observations.—

In a few weeks I shall have another communication ready for the National Institute, a body of men, from whom I have received much more attention than from any in my own country.—The celebrated la Lande is dead, he has not perhaps left an equal behind:—he sent me his works shortly after I came to this place.—Delambre has likewise promised me a large work on which he has been long employed, it will be published this summer.—

My new pendulum, which was the work of five sundays, exceeds my warmest expectations.

On December 19 [the copyright of the Journal is dated August 15] Ellicott wrote to Jefferson from Lancaster:

. . . In my journal which is published, I have given a new theory of the gulf stream, the principles of which I should be glad to see discussed.—This part of the work cannot be considered as political, the public has nevertheless been informed by the republican printer of this borough, that the whole is an attack upon you! if this is the case, it certainly was not intended.—Truth has ever been my object, and I trust no circumstance will ever make me change it for a less valuable one.

The republican printer was William Duane, concerning whom Ellicott had written a long letter to Jefferson on December 1, 1803.

In his reply, dated from Washington on December 23, Jefferson discussed various of the phenomena mentioned in Ellicott's letters, and mentioned that he expected

to be authorised by Congress to explore and ascertain accurately the geography of the great rivers running into the Missisipi & Missouri, in order to fix their course & their sources, because their sources are the points which give the contour of what will now be the US. and having these & the whole course of the great rivers taken astronomically we have an accurate outline & skeleton which can be filled up with details hereafter . . .

Jefferson purchased his copy from William Duane on November 1, 1803, price $6.50.

Andrew Ellicott, 1754-1820, astronomer and scientist. For another work by him and a note, see no. 657." "40870","94","","","","Mackenzie's voyages across N. America to the Pacific ocean.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no 170, as above, N. reading North.","Mackenzie, Sir Alexander.","Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary account of the Rise, Progress, and present State of the Fur Trade of that Country. With original notes by Bougainville, and Volney, Members of the French Senate. Illustrated with Maps. By Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; Cobbett and Morgan; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh. By R. Noble, M.DCCC.II. [1802.]","F1060 .7 .M162","

2 vol. 8vo. 151 and 166 leaves, half-title in both volumes, engraved portrait and maps (missing in the copy collated); vocabularies of native languages in both volumes.

Sabin 43415. Smith-Mayhew 6382. Pilling, page 327. This edition not in Field. This edition not in Staton and Tremaine and not in Gagnon. See Wagner-Camp 1 (1801 edition). Morgan, page 240.

Jefferson bought his copy from James Cheetham, New York, in 1803. The first edition had been printed in London for T. Cadell in 1801, 4to. On June 17, 1803, Jefferson wrote to Cheetham and enquired about another edition of this work:

. . . I have understood there is to be had in New York an 8vo. edition of McKenzie's travels with the same maps which are now in the 4to. edition. I will thank you to procure it for me. the American 8vo. edition is defective in it's maps, and the English 4to. edition is too large & cumbersome . . .

Cheetham sent the book on June 21, and the copy is included in his next bill: 1 copy McKenzie's Travels 3.50.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 1755?-1820, Scots explorer of North America. In 1779 he went to Toronto in the employment of the North-west Fur Company, founded in 1783 to oppose the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly. This account of his travels consists of the Journals of two expeditions, one from June to September 1789, and the other from July 1792 to August 1793. Mackenzie made the first trip by a white man to the Arctic from the Canadian prairie, and he was the first to cross the Rockies to the Pacific, or to reach the Pacific north of Mexico. Mackenzie was knighted on February 10, 1802. He died in Scotland in 1820.

In the Dictionary of National Biography's life of William Combe [1741-1823, author of Dr. Syntax] this work is included in the list of Combe's writings with the comment ''(compiled from Sir Alex. Mackenzie's notes.).''

Comte Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 1729-1811, French navigator, first visited Canada in 1756 as captain of dragoons, and aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Montcalm. In 1766 he set sail on a voyage of discovery round the world. He was made a senator by Napoleon, a count of the empire, and a member of the Legion of Honour. He was also a member of the Royal Society of London. His name is given to the largest of the Solomon Isles, to a number of straits, and to the climbing plant Bougainvillea.

Comte Constantin François Chasseboeuf de Volney, 1757-1820, was a friend of Jefferson and the author of several works which appear in this Catalogue [see the Index]. He was made a count and a senator by Napoleon.

Jefferson owned the complete work in two volumes; it is doubtful whether the second volume was delivered to Congress. In the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue there is an annotation in ink: 2d vol. missing, and the later Catalogues call for the first volume only." "40880","95","","","","Notitia de la California por Miguel Venegas.","","3. v. p 4to. (a copy presented to Father Charlevoix).","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 213, as above.","Venegas, Miguel.","Noticia de la California, y de su Conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el Tiempo presente. Sacada de la Historia Manuscrita, formada en Mexico año de 1739. por el Padre Miguel Venegas, de la Compañia de Jesus; y de otras Noticias, y Relaciones antiguas, y modernas. Añadida de algunos Mapas particulares, y uno general de la America Septentrional, Assia Oriental, y Mar del Sur intermedio, formados sobre las Memorias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publican juntamente. Dedicada al Rey N.tro Señor por la Provincia de Nueva-España, de la Compañia de Jesus. Tomo Primero. [-Tercero.] Con Licencia. En Madrid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y del Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion. Año de M. D. CCLVII. [1757.]","F864. V3","

First Edition. 3 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 132 leaves, folded engraved plate by I[???] Peña, showing a map of California within a border of illustrations of natural history and historical events in compartments; Vol. II, 286 leaves; Vol. III, 222 leaves, 3 folded engraved maps, errata lists in each volume.

Sabin 98848. Palau VII, 146. Wagner 132. Cowan II, 659. Carayon 1360. Backer VIII, 558, 3.

This book was the first on the list of Spanish books on the subject of America already owned by Th. J. sent by him to Miguel de Lardizabal y Uribe on July 6, 1787. His copy was the one presented by Burriel, the editor, to Charlevoix [q. v.] and is so described on every entry of the book, both manuscript and printed. Jefferson bought his copy, and the entry in the undated manuscript catalogue includes the price: Notitia de la California por Miguel Vanegas. 3. v. 4to. (a copy presented to Father Charlevoix) 23.5.

Miguel Venegas, 1684?-1764, was born in Puebla, and entered the Jesuit order in 1700. The work was edited by Andres Marcos Burriel, who in his Prologo gives a list of the Jesuit Relations used by Venegas as his source material. This work was translated into English and other languages.

Andrés Marcos Burriel, 1719-1762, Spanish Jesuit." "40890","96","","","","Chappe d'Auteroche's voiage to California, Mexico, & N. F. Land.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 214, Chappe d'Auteroche's voyage to California, Mexico, and Newfoundland, 8vo.","Chappe d'Auteroche, Jean.","A Voyage to California, to observe the Transit of Venus. By Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche. With an Historical Description of the Author's Route through Mexico, and the natural History of that Province. Also, a Voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make Experiments on Mr. Le Roy's Time Keepers. By Monsieur de Cassini. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, M DCC LXXVIII. [1778.]","F1211 .C46","

First Edition in English. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 112 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, half-title to Voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee on H6, folded engraved Plan of the City of Mexico as frontispiece.

Sabin 12004. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Cowan I, 114. Wagner 158a. Not in Staton and Tremaine. Not in Gagnon. Winsor VIII, 200.

Jean Chappe d'Auteroche, 1722-1769, French abbé and astronomer, was sent by the French government to observe the transit of Venus from the coast of California. The mission was successful but Chappe d'Auteroche died at the mission of San Joseph.

Comte Jean Dominique Cassini, 1748-1845, director general of the Observatoire, edited Chappe d'Auteroche's journal and published the Voyage en Californie pour l'Observation du Passage de Venus . . . Par feu M. Chappe d'Auteroche, in Paris in 1772. Cassini's edition was translated into English and published with the addition of the account of the editor's voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, also translated from the French, and made by order of the King of France with a view of making trial of Leroy's time-keepers. The work contains other interesting matter including an account of cod-fishing off the banks of California.

Julien Leroy, French astronomer, 1686-1759.

For other expeditions to observe the transit of Venus, see Le Gentil de la Galaisière, no. 3935 and Hawkesworth (Cook's Voyage) no. 3937." "40900","97","","","","Le Nouveau monde de Du Laët","","fol. 1640.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 279, as above.","Laet, Johannes de.","L'Histoire dv Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes Occidentales, contenant dix-huict Liures, Par le Sieur Iean de Laet, d'Anuers; Enrichi de Nouuelles Tables Geographiques & Figures des Animaux, Plantes & Fruicts. A Leyde: chez Bonauenture & Abraham Elseuiers, Imprimeurs ordinaires de l'Vniuersité, cI[???] I[???]c xl. [1640]","E143 .L17","

Folio. First Edition of this translation. 336 leaves, title printed in red and black, 14 folded engraved maps, numerous woodcuts in the text, chiefly of objects of natural history, woodcut solitaire device on the title page; Indian vocabularies in the text, list of errata at the end.

Boucher de la Richarderie V, 496. Sabin 38558. Faribault 348 (with date 1641). This edition not in Staton and Tremaine who quote the title page. Van der Aa, XI, 27. Willems 497. Phillips 1150. Pilling page 286. Charlevoix, in his Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, VI, 394, gives an analysis of the Latin edition of 1633. Field 849.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 5.

Johannes de Laet, 1593 (or 1582)-1649, Flemish geographer. This work was first published in the Dutch language in Leyden, 1625. It was translated into Flemish, Latin and French. At the beginning is a poem by Daniel Heinsius." "40910","98","","","","Meridien de Demarcation entre l'Espagne et le Portugal en Amerique. par Ulloa.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 99, as above.","Juan Y Santacilia, Jorge and Ulloa, Antonio de.","Dissertation Historique et Géographique sur le Méridien de Demarcation entre les Domaines d'Espagne et de Portugal. Par Don Georges Juan . . . et Don Antoine de Ulloa. Traduit de l'Espagnol. Paris: chez Ant. Boudet, M. DCC. LXXVI. [1776.]","","

First Edition of this translation. Sm. 8vo. 108 pages, folded engraved map. No copy was available for collation.

Sabin 36803. Quérard IV, 261. Palau IV, 141. This edition not in Medina and only mentioned in the John Carter Brown Catalogue.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jorge Juan y Santacilia, 1713-1773, and Antonio de Ulloa, 1716-1795, Spanish scientists. The boundary line between the Spanish and Portuguese possessions in America was a constant subject of discussion until they became independent states. This work by two of the most learned authorities on the subject was first published in Madrid in 1749.

For other works by these authors, see the Index." "40920","99","","","","Joannes de Salorzano Pereira de Indiarum jure","","p. fol. Madrid. 1629.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 277, as above, but reading fol for p fol.","Solorzano Pereira, Juan de.","Ioannes De Solorzano Pereira I.V.D. Ex Primarijs olim Academiæ Salmanticensis Antecessoribus. Posteà Limensis Prætorij in Peruano Regno Novi Orbis Senator: nunc verò in Supremo Indiarum Consilio Regij Fisci Patronus, Dispvtationem De Indiarvm Ivre, sive De iusta Indiarum Occidentalium inquisitione, acquisitione, et retentione Tribvs Libris Comprehensam, D. E. C. Cvm Privilegio. Matriti: ex Typographia Francisci Martinez, Anno i629 [sic].","F1411 .S68","

First Edition. Folio. 440 leaves, printed in double columns, engraved title within an architectural and allegorical border, with the arms of Spain, the figure of King Philip IV with his foot on the globe, the full length figures of Fides and Religio, etc. by Roberto Cordier; complimentary verses at the beginning, colophon on the last page, otherwise blank.

Sabin 86525. Palau VI, 531. Medina II, 863. Antonio I, page 781. John Carter Brown 352.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 12.

Juan de Solorzano Pereira, 1575-1655, Spanish jurisconsult and author, was born in Madrid. This treatise relative to the laws and government of the New World under Spanish domination was written while the author was auditor of the Audiencia of Lima in 1609. A second volume appeared in 1639. The first edition in Spanish was published in Madrid in 1647." "40930","100","","","","De Veitia Linage. Norte de la Contratacion de las Indias occidentales.","","fol. Seville. 1672.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 280, as above.","Veitia Linage, José de.","Norte de la Contratacion de las Indias Occidentales. Dirigido al Excmo. Señor D. Gaspar de Bracamonte y Gvzman, Conde de Peñaranda, Gentilhombre de la Camara del Rey Nuestro Señor, de sus Consejos de Estado, y Guerra, y de la Iunta del Govierno Vniversal destos Reynos. Y Presidente Antes del Consejo Svpremo de las Indias, ya del de Italia. Por D. Ioseph de Veitia Linage, Cavallero de la Orden de Santiago, Señor de la Casa de Veitia, del Consejo de su Magestad, su Tesorero, Juez Oficial de la Real Audiencia de la Casa de la Contratacion de las Indias. Con Privilegio. En Sevilla: Por Iuan Francisco de Blas, Año 1672.","HF3688 .W5V35","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 328 leaves printed in double columns, Indice on 36 leaves at the end, the last leaf with colophon and ornaments on the recto, verso blank; the copy collated was without the engraved title, with date 1671.

Sabin 98780. Palau VI, 137. Winsor VIII, 250.

Jefferson bought his copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1787, price, with Officios y Casas para las Indias, 1630, 4to, 20. (livres). De Veitia Linage's book is entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

José de Veitia Linage, 1620-1688, Spanish jurisconsult and magistrate, was an authority on the laws and customs regulating the trade of Spain with her colonies in Spanish America. An English translation of this work by John Stevens was published in 1702." "40940","101","","","","Milicia y descripcion de las Indias por Bernardo de Vargas Machuca","","p 4to. Madrid. 1599.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 207, as above.","Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de.","Milicia y Descripcion de las Indias, por el Capitan don Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, Cauallero Castellano, natural de la villa de Simancas. Dirigido al Licenciado Pavlo de Laguna Presidente del Consejo Real de las Indias. En Madrid: en casa de Pedro Madrigal, Año M.D.XCIX. [1599.]","E141 .V29","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 224 leaves including the last blank but for a typographical ornament on the recto, and the penultimate leaf with the colophon only, engraved coat of arms on the title-page, full-page engraving facing the first page of text with a coat of arms, the number 43, the author in armour, with compasses in his hand resting on a globe showing America, and at the foot the legend A la Espada y el compas Mas y mas y mas y mas; facing the Compendio de la Sphera, a wood engraving of a sphere; a number of sonnets to the author at the beginning.

Sabin 98604. Palau VII, 116. Antonio I, 228. Medina 402. Salvá II, 3825. John Carter Brown 546.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé on April 17, 1789, price 5. It is entered by him without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, 1557-1622, Spanish soldier and author. This work is divided into three parts, La Milicia Indiana, Descripcion de las Indias and the Compendio de la Sphera. It has been reprinted in Madrid, and in 1892 in the Coleccion de libros raros ó curiosos que tratan de America, vol. VIII and IX." "40950","102","","","","Antonio de Leon. Tratado de encomiendas, oficios, y casos para las Indias. y Biblioteca Oriental y Occidental.","","p 4to. Madrid. 1629. 1630.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 208, Antonio de Leon, Tratado de Encomiendas, &c. para las Indias y Biblioteca Orient. y Occid. p 4to Madrid, 1629, 30.","León Pinelo, Antonio Rodríguez de.","Tratado de Confirmaciones Reales de Encomiendas, Oficios i casos, en que se requieren para las Indias Occidentales. A Don Lorenço Ramirez de Prado del Consejo del Rey N. S. en el Supremo de las Indias i Iunta de Guerra dellas; i en el de Cruzada i Iunta de Competencias. Por el Lic. Antonio de Leon Relator del mismo: Consejo de las Indias. Con Priuilegio . . . En Madrid: por Iuan Gonzalez, 1630.—Epitome de la Biblioteca Oriental i Occidental, Nautica i Geografica . . . Con Priuilegio. En Madrid: por Iuan Gonzales, Año de M.DCXXIX. [1629.]","F1411.L56 Z1601.L55","

First Editions. 2 vol. in 1. 4to. 206 and 144 leaves, colophon on the last leaf of the Epitome, engraved title in each volume within a different emblematic border in compartments by I. de Courbes.

Sabin 40057, 40052. Palau IV, 215. Medina VII, page xii. John Carter Brown 256, 248.

Jefferson's copies of these two books were evidently bound together, the 1630 volume before that of 1629. In his undated manuscript catalogue the books are entered in this order, with the dates correctly written, 1630, 1629, and not reversed as above.

Antonio Rodríguez de León Pinelo, c. 1587-1660, was born in Peru, and was educated at the University of San Marcos in Lima. Later he went to Spain and was appointed relator to the Council of the Indies; and became known as the best chronicler of the affairs of the New World up to that time. The Tratado deals chiefly with the new laws of the Indies. The Epitome is the first American bibliography printed. The greater number of the books in Jefferson's collection of Spanish Americana are to be found in the Epitome, and it seems probable that Jefferson used this work as the basis for his collection." "40960","103","","","","Historia natural y moral de las Indias por Joseph de Acosta.","","4to. Sevilla. 1590.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 205, as above.","Acosta, José de.","Historia Natvral y Moral de las Indias, en qve se tratan las Cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios. Compuesta por el Padre Ioseph de Acosta Religioso de la Compañia de Iesus. Dirigida a la Serenissima Infanta Doña Isabella Clara Eugenia de Austria. Con Privilegio. Impresso en Seuilla en casa de Iuan de Leon. Año de 1590.","E141 .A283","

First Edition in Spanish. 4to. 286 leaves, woodcut device of the Jesuit order on the title-page, printer's woodcut device and colophon at the end of the text and on the recto of the last page, the second colophon in Latin.

Sabin 121. Palau I, 11. Medina 324. Salvá II, 3261. John Carter Brown 387. Backer I, 34, no. 6. Carayon 666. O'Gorman 2. See Field 8 and 9.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 15. It is entered by him without price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

José de Acosta, 1540-1600, Spanish Jesuit, became in 1571 the deputy provincial of Peru. He spent the greater part of his life in America, but returned to Spain and died in Salamanca.

This work consists of seven books, and is the first edition of books three to seven. Books one and two were originally written in Latin and published in 1588-9 with the title De Natura Orbis libri duo. The work has been translated into several European languages." "40970","104","","","","Historia natural y moral de las Indias por Acosta.","","4to. Madrid. 1608.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 206, as above, reading Joseph de Acosta.","Acosta, José de.","Historia natvral y moral de las Indias, en qve se tratan las Cosas notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas, y animales dellas: y los ritos, y ceremonias, leyes, y gouierno, y guerras de los Indios. Compuesta por el Padre Ioseph de Acosta Religioso de la Compañia de Iesus. Dirigida a la serenissima Infanta Doña Isabela Clara Eugenia de Austria. Año 1608. Con Licencia. Impresso en Madrid en casa de Alonso Martin.","","

4to. No copy of this edition was seen for collation. The collation as given in the John Carter Brown Catalogue reads as follows: ''2 unnumbered leaves, 531 (5-535) pages, 20 unnumbered leaves, and 1 blank leaf. 197 x 135 mm. Follows closely in format the issue by Juan de Leon, Seville, 1590,'' [see the previous number] ''but differs from that in the preliminary matter.''

Sabin 122. Palau I, 11. Medina 529. John Carter Brown II, page 50. Carayon 666. Charlevoix VI, page 390. O'Gorman 2.

This may be the edition which appears on the bill of Peter Lyonnet (where it is entered as an 8vo.) for books bought for Jefferson. through William Carmichael, and paid by Thomas Barclay. An unspecified edition is on the list of Spanish books already possessed by him made by Jefferson for Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787." "40980","105","","","","Fernando Pizarro y Orellana. Varones illustres del Nuevo Mundo.","","p fol. Madrid. 1639.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 278, as above, but reading fol.","Pizarro Y Orellana, Fernando.","Varones Ilvstres del Nvevo Mvndo. Descvbridores, Conqvistadores, y Pacificadores del Opvlento, Dilatado, y Poderoso Imperio de las Indias Occidentales: svs Vidas, Virtvd, Valor, Hazañas, y Claros Blasones. Ilvstrados en los Svcessos destas Vidas con Singvlares Observaciones Politicas, Morales, Iuridicas, Miscelaneas, y Razon de Estado; para mayor autoridad de la Historia, y demonstracion della, y su utilissima Leccion. Con vn Discvrso Legal de la Obligacion qve tienen los Reyes a Premiar los Servicios de svs Vassallos; ò en ellos, ò en sus Descendientes. Dedicado al Avgvstissimo Monarca Felipe IV. el Grande, N. S. Rey de las Españas, y entrambas Indias. En Mano del Excelentissimo Señor Conde Duque de Sanlucar, Gran Canciller de las Indias, &c. Escrive Don Fernando Pizarro y Orellana, Cavallero de la Orden de Calatrava, Comendador de Vetera, del Consejo de Ordenes, y aora del Real Supremo de Castilla. Lleva seis Indices, ò Sumarios: Vno de Autores: Otro de Leyes: Otro de Capitulos: Otro de Observaciones: Otro de Lugares de Escritura: y otro de Cosas memorables; para mas facil comprehension de toda la Obra. Con Privilegio. En Madrid: por Diego Diaz de la Carrera, Año M. DC. XXXIX. A costa de Pedro Coello Mercader de libros. [1639.]","E123 .P69","

First Edition. Folio. 284 leaves including the half title, separate signatures and pagination (36 leaves) for the Discurso Legal y Politico, and separate signatures (no pagination) for the Indice. Complimentary verses to the author at the beginning.

Sabin 63189. Palau VI, 124. Medina 999. Antonio I, 387. Salvá II, 3381. Rezabal y Ugarte, page 278. John Carter Brown 334.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 13.4. It is entered without price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Fernando Pizarro y Orellana, Spanish historian and professor at the University of Salamanca, was reputed to be a great-grandson of Francisco Pizarro. This work contains the lives of Columbus, Cortes, the four Pizarros, and others. According to Rezabal y Ugarte Pizarro y Orellana died in Madrid in 1643 or 1644." "40990","106","","","","Petrus Martyr Anglerius de orbe novo. edente Rich. Hakluyt.","","p 8vo. Parisiis 1587.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 89, as above, Richard not abbreviated, Paris for Parisiis.","Anghiera, Pietro Martire d'.","De Orbe Novo Petri Martyris Anglerii Mediolanensis, Protonotarij, & Caroli quinti Senatoris Decades octo, diligenti temporum obseruatione, & vtilissimis annotationibus illustratæ, suóque nitori restitutæ, labore & industria Richardi Haklvyti Oxoniensis Angli. Additus est in vsum lectoris accuratus totius operis index. Parisiis: Apud Gvillelmvm Avvray, M. D. LXXXVII. Cum priuilegio Regis. [1587.]","E141 .A56","

Sm 8vo. 328 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, text printed in italic letter, Epistola, Index and side notes in roman. The copy in the Library of Congress is without the map of the world (the earliest map in which the name of Virginia appears).

Sabin 1552. John Carter Brown 370. Church 133.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 25, 1789, price 6.

Pietro Martire d'Anghiera [Peter Martyr], 1455-1526, an Italian by birth, became tutor in 1494 to the children of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. He was a friend and contemporary of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Cortés, Magellan, Cabot and Vespuccius, and was the first writer to notice in his works the discovery of the New World by Columbus. For an account of him, see the Church Catalogue, I, page 1511.

For Richard Hakluyt, see no. 4007." "41000","107","","","","Bartholomeo de las Casas del imperio soberano que los reyes de Castilla tienen sobre las Indias.","","p 4to. 1552.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 202, Bartolomeo de las Casas del imperio soberano sobre las Indias, p 4to, 1552.","Casas, Bartolomé de las.","Tratado cõprobatorio del Imperio soberano y principado vniuersal que los Reyes de Castilla y Leon tienen sobre las indias: compuesto por el Obispo don fray Bartholome de las Casas/o Casaus de la orden de Sancto Domingo. Año 1552. [Colophon:] . . . Fue impressa la presente obra en la muy noble et muy leal ciudad de Seuilla en casa de Sebastiã Trugillo impressor de libros. Acabosse a ocho dias del mes de Enero. Año. 1553.","F1411 .C36","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. Tract no. 9. 80 leaves, title in red and black, with the Royal Arms lettered P V, within a woodcut border in compartments, text printed in gothic letter.

Sabin 11231. Palau II, 82. Winsor II, 335. Medina 156. Antonio I, page 192. Salvá II, 3283. Harrisse, Notes on Columbus, page 23, no. 8. Field 869. John Carter Brown 172. Church 96.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 18. It is entered without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Bartolomé de las Casas, 1474-1566, ''The Apostle of the Indies'' and the first priest ordained in the American colonies, was born in Seville. He first visited America in 1498 in an expedition under Columbus. In 1511 he went to Cuba, and spent a large part of his life in trying to improve the condition of the Indians under the Spaniards. In Seville in 1552 and 1553 Las Casas printed the series of nine tracts which is our principal source of information in regard to his allegations against the Spanish oppressors of the Indians. For an account of Las Casas and these tracts, see the Church Catalogue I, page 198." "41010","108","","","","Bartolomeo de las Casas. Istoria della destruzione dell' Indie Occidentali. Span. Ital.","","p 4to. Venezia. 1626.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 203, as above, but reading destruzzionne.","Casas, Bartolomé de las.","Istoria ò breuissima relatione della Distrvttione dell' Indie Occidentali di Monsig. Reverendiss. Don Bartolomeo dalle Case, ò Casaus, Siuigliano Vescouo di Chiapa Città Regale nell' Indie. Conforme al svo Vero Originale Spagnuolo, giâ stampato in Siuiglia. Con la traduttione in Italiano di Francesco Bersabita. Dedicata all' Amicitia. In Venetia: presso Marco Ginammi. M DC XXVI. Con licenza de' Superiori, & Priuilegio. [1626.]","F1411 .C451","

4to. Tract no. 1. 86 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, Spanish and Italian text in parallel columns, the latter in italic letter.

Sabin 11242. Palau II, 82. Medina II, page 473. Salvá II, 3285. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 222.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris in April 1789, price 12. It is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue.

This is the first translation into Italian of the first tract of Bartolomé de las Casas.

Francesco Bersabita was the pseudonym used by Giacomo Castellani, the real name of the translator." "41020","109","","","","La decouverte des Indes Occidentales par Balthasar de las Casas.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 86, as above.","Casas, Bartolomé de las.","La Decouverte des Indes Occidentales, par les Espagnols. Ecrite par Dom Balthazar de Las-Casas, Evêque de Chiapa. Dedié à Monseigneur le Comte de Toulouse. A Paris: chez André Pralard, M. DC. XCVII. Avec Privilege du Roi. [1697.]","F1411 .C4376","

12mo. 197 leaves, engraved frontispiece and engraved arms at the head of the dedication, both by P. Giffart.

Sabin 11273. Palau II, 83. Medina II, page 472. Field 878. John Carter Brown 1080.

A translation into French by the abbé Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde, 1641-1734, of four tracts by Bartolomé de las Casas." "41030","110","","","","Historia del mondo nuovo del Benzoni. Ven. 1572. . . Barthelemy de las Casas. Tyrannies et cruautez des Espagnols és Indes occidentales. Anvers. 1579.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 88, as above, but second entry abbreviated to Bart. de las Casas, tyran. des Espagnols es Ind. Occid. Anv. 1579.","Benzoni, Girolamo.","La Historia del Mondo Nvovo di M. Girolamo Benzoni Milanese. Laqval tratta delle Isole, & mari nuouamente ritrouati, et delle nuoue Città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, & per terra in quattordeci anni. Nuouamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria. Con Privilegio. In Venetia: Ad instantia di Pietro, & Francesco Tini, fratelli. [Appresso gli Heredi Giovan Maria Bonelli.] M. D. LXXII. [1572.]","E141 .B42 1572","

Sm. 8vo. 184 leaves, printed in italic letter throughout, woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut portrait of Benzoni, 19 woodcut illustrations in the text.

Sabin 4791. Palau I, 202. Boucher de la Richarderie V, 489. Winsor II, 346, 7. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 289. Not in Church.

Girolamo Benzoni, 1519-1570, was born in Milan. He set forth at the age of twenty-two to travel in America, and is reputed to be one of the first to travel for the sole purpose of gratifying his curiosity. On his return to Italy he wrote this account of his adventures, and published the first edition in Venice in 1565. The work was translated into a number of languages, and reprinted in various collections of voyages. The Latin and German translations are included in the Grands Voyages of De Bry.

Jefferson's copy of this work seems to have been bound with the Tyrannies et cruautez des Espagnols of Las Casas, published in Antwerp in 1579. The two books are bracketed together by Jefferson in his dated and his undated manuscript catalogues, and in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815. See the next entry.

For the Latin translation see no. 4105." "41040","","","","","","","","","Casas, Bartolomé de las.","Tyrannies et Crvavtez des Espagnols, perpetrees és Indes Occidentales, qu'on dit Le Nouueau monde; Brieuement descrites en langue Castillane par l'Euesque Don Frere Bartelemy de las Casas ou Casavs, Espagnol, de l'ordre de S. Dominique; fidelement traduictes par Iaqves de Miggrode: pour seruir d'exemple & aduertissement aux XVII Prouinces du païs bas . . . A Anvers: Chez François de Ravelenghien, M. D. LXXIX. [1579.]","F1411 .C432","

First Edition of this translation. Sm. 8vo. 100 leaves, a Sonnet on the verso of the last preliminary leaf.

Sabin 11267. Palau II, 83. Winsor II, 341. Field 873. John Carter Brown 329. Not in Church.

Jefferson's copy of this book was evidently bound with the Historia del mondo nuovo of Benzoni, see the preceding entry.

For a note on Bartolomé de las Casas, see no. 4100.

This work is a translation into French of his first, second and sixth tracts printed in 1552.

Jacques de Miggrode, Flemish writer, the translator from the original Spanish into French, softened the cruelties as recorded by the author, in order to spare the feelings of the Spaniards." "41050","111","","","","Novae novi orbis historiae, ex Italicis Benzoni latiné reddita Urbani Calvetonis industria, cui ab eodem adjuncta est Gallorum in Floridam expeditio","","p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 90, as above.","Benzoni, Girolamo.","Novae Novi Orbis Historiæ, Jd est, Rerum ab Hispanis in India Occidentali hactenus gestarum, & acerbo illorum in eas gentes dominatu, Libri tres, Vrbani Calvetonis opera industriáque ex Italicis Hieronymi Benzonis Mediolanensis, qui eas terras XIIII. annorum peregrinatione obijt, commentarijs descripti, Latini facti, ac perpetuis notis, argumentis & locupleti memorabilium rerum accessione, illustrati. His ab eodem adiuncta est, De Gallorum in Floridam expeditione, & insigni Hispanorum in eos sæuitiæ exemplo, Breuis Historis. [Genevae:] apvd Evstathivm Vignon, M. D. LXXVIII. [1578.]","E141 .B47","

Sm. 8vo. 263 leaves, printer's woodcut device, the Anchora Sacra, on the title-page, errata list on the last leaf, otherwise blank.

Sabin 4792. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Palau I, 202. John Carter Brown 318.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

For an Italian edition of this work, see no. 4103.

This is the first edition of the Latin translation and is without illustrations. Following the description of the Brevis Insvlarvm qvae Canariae appellantur (pages 416 to 426), the translator and editor, Urbain Chauveton, has added De Gallorvm Expeditione in Floridam, eiúsque miserabili exitu, Breuis Historia . . . with half title; a translation into Latin by L. Apollonius of the French account of the disastrous French expedition into Florida, written by Nicolas Le Challeux and first printed in Dieppe in 1566." "41060","112","","","","The Spanish empire in America.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 210, as above.","[Campbell, John.]","The Spanish Empire in America. Containing, a succinct Relation of the Discovery and Settlement of its several Colonies; a View of their respective Situations, Extent, Commodities, Trade, &c. And a full and clear Account of the Commerce with Old Spain by the Galleons, Flota, &c. Also of the Contraband Trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. With an exact Description of Paraguay. By an English Merchant. London: Printed for M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1747.","F1408 .C20","

8vo. 172 leaves, the last with a numbered list of 8 books printed for J. Stagg and Daniel Browne.

Halkett and Laing V, 337. Sabin 10240. This edition not in Cowan. Winsor VIII, 258.

Purchased by Jefferson in England and entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1/6.

John Campbell, 1708-1775, Scots writer, printed the first edition of this work, with title A Concise History of Spanish America, in 1741. He was the author of the Lives of the Admirals, q. v. no. 393." "41070","113","","","","Historia general de las islas i tierra firma del mar Oceáno, di Herrera.","","5. v. p fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 281, as above, reading y for i, Herrara, and fol for p fol.","Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de.","Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas i Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano. Escrita por Antonio de Herrera Coronista Mayor de Sv Md. de las Indias y Sv Coronista de Castilla En quatro Decadas desde el Año de 1492 hasta el de 531. Decada primera [-octava] al Rey Nuro. Señor. En Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco; [Colophon:] En Madrid: en la Imprenta de Francisco Martinez Abad. Año de M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728.]","E141 .H58","

Folio. 8 Decades in 5 vol. Volume I contains the Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales and the Decada Primera; volume II the Decadas Segunda and Terzera; volume III the Decadas Quarta and Quinta; volume IV the Decadas Sesta and Setima; volume V the Decada Octava and the Tabla General de las Cosas Notables. The title to the Descripcion and to each Decada is engraved with the Royal arms of Spain within pictorial borders in compartments and with portraits of the discoverers and conquistadores and these and the maps and vignettes are reproductions of those used in the first edition. The text is in double columns, except for the Tabla in triple columns.

Sabin 31546. Palau IV, 27. Antonio I, 128. Wagner 12 l.

Jefferson bought a copy through William Carmichael in 1786, price 500., included in the bill paid by Thomas Barclay and receipted by Peter Lyonnet on May 26, in that year. This title is also in the list of books in Spanish American history already owned by him, sent by Jefferson to Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787.

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, 1549-1625, Spanish historian, was appointed by Philip II historiographer of the Indies, and one of the historiographers of Castile. This work, which relates the history of the Spanish colonies from 1492 to 1554, was first published in Madrid in 1601 to 1615. The second edition was published from 1725 to 1728, although some copies have the date 1730 on the engraved titles. For a full account of this work, see Wagner, The Spanish Southwest, as above, and for a translation into English, see the next entry." "41080","114","","","","General history of the Continent & islands of America by Herrera.","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 209, as above.","Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de.","The General History of the Vast Continent and Islands of America, commonly call'd, The West-Indies, from the First Discovery thereof: with the Best Accounts the People could give of their Antiquities, collected from the Original Relations sent to the Kings of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera, Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Illustrated with Cutts and Maps. Vol. I. [-VI.] London: Printed for Jer. Batley, M. DCC. XXV.-M. DCC. XXVI. [1725-6.]","E141.H59","

First Edition of this translation. 6 vol. 8vo. I, 194 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Christopher Columbus, folded engraved map, 2 folded engraved plates, publisher's advertisement on the last page; II, 219 leaves, folded engraved map by Eman. Bowen, 4 folded engraved plates; III, 207 leaves, 3 folded engraved plates, including ''A Hidrographical draught of Mexico as it lies in its lakes''; IV, 213 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Ferdinand Cortes, 2 folded engraved plates, 1 of ''The Thirteen Yngas or Sovereigns that Reign'd Successively in Peru before the Arrival of the Spaniards'', publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; V, 217 leaves, engraved frontispiece with portraits of ''The five most famous men in Peru and Chile'' in circular compartments; VI, 221 leaves, folded engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; all titles printed in red and black.

Sabin 31557. Winsor II, 68. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 355.

These volumes were in Jefferson's possession before May 8, 1791, on which date he wrote from Philadelphia to his daughter Martha at Monticello, to inform her he was sending it with other books of South American history, to be placed in his library.

For a note on the author, see the previous entry.

John Stevens, d. 1726, scholar and antiquarian, was probably of Irish birth; he settled in London before 1695, and devoted himself to literature, and to the translation of Spanish and Portuguese histories and literary masterpieces into English. This work is an abridgment of the first three decades of Herrera's Historia general de los Hechos de los Castellanos, and was reprinted in 1740." "41090","115","","","","Description des Indes occidentales par Herrera. avec la navigation de le Maire.","","p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 282, as above, but reading fol.","Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de.","Description des Indes Occidentales, qu'on appelle aujourdhuy le Novveav Monde: par Antoine de Herrera, Grand Chroniqueur des Indes, & Chroniqueur de Castille: Translatee d'Espagnol en François. A la quelle sont adjoustees quelques autres Descriptions des mesmes pays, avec la Navigation du vaillant Capitaine de Mer Jaques le Maire, & de plusieurs autres. Le contenu de cest œuvre se veoit en la page suyvante. A Amsterdam: chez Michel Colin, Anno M. D. C. XXII. Avec Privilege. [1622.]","E141 .H551","

Folio. First Edition in French, 5 parts in 1, with separate half-titles, 132 leaves including the last blank, printed title followed by an engraved half-title with the arms of Castile at the head, within a border in compartments, with the map of the Americas, and representations of Mexican deities, 14 numbered engraved double-page maps in the first part, engraved portrait of Le Maire, 1 folded and 2 double-page maps and 5 full-page plates in his Navigation Australe; Dictionaire du langage des Isles de Salomon on 4 pages, Bb2 verso to Bb4 recto.

Sabin 31543. Palau IV, 27. Winsor I, 67. John Carter Brown 182. This edition not in Field.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7.4.

For a note on the author, see no. 4107. This work was printed also in Spanish and in Latin, and in the latter language was reprinted by DeBry in his Grands Voyages, part XII. The verso of the title-page gives a list of the contents of the volume:

I. Description des Indes Occidentales par Antoine de Herrera.

II. Navigation Australe de Iaques le Maire, translatee de Flamend en François.

III. Recueil de tous ceux qui ont passé l'Etroit de Magellan.

IV. Description de l'Inde Occidentale de Pedro Ordonnez de Cevallos.

V. Description d'Amerique, ou du Nouveau Monde, tirée des Tableaux Geographiques de Petrus Bertius.

The second part, containing the Navigation Australe of Le Maire is of importance as being the first edition (with the Latin and Dutch versions of the same year) of the genuine voyage of Le Maire, as distinguished from the account of it published by Blaeu under the name of Cornelius Schouten, the commander of one of the vessels of Le Maire." "41100","116","","","","La Monarquia Indiana por de Torquemada.","","3. v. p fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 283, as above, but reading fol.","Torquemada, Juan de.","Primera [-Tercera] Parte de los Veinte ivn Libros Rituales i Monarchia Indiana, con elorigen y guerras, delos Indios Ocidentales. de sus Poblaciones, Descubrimiento, Conquista, Conuersion y otras cosas marauillosas de la mesma tierra distribuydos en tres tomos. Compuesto por F. Juan de Torquemada Ministro Prouincial de la Orden de Nuestro Serafico Padre San Francisco en la Prouincia del Santo Evangelio de Mexico en la Nueba Espana . . . Con Privilegio. En Madrid: en la Oficina y acosta de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Año de 1723.","F1219 .T68 1725","

3 vol. Folio. 441, 346 and 343 leaves, text printed in double columns, engraved title repeated in each volume with a representation of a preacher and congregation within architectural borders by and after Yrala, engraved folded map.

Sabin 6212. Palau VII, 46. Salvá II, 3412. Medina 2491. Field 1557. John Carter Brown 339.

Jefferson purchased a copy through William Carmichael in 1786; it is on the bill of Peter Lyonnet for books supplied to Carmichael, paid by Thomas Barclay on May 26, 1786. It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price translated into dollars:

220=11D. In a letter to Miguel de Lardizabel y Uribe dated from Paris July 6, 1786, requesting him to buy books on Spanish America, this title is included in the enclosed list of books on that subject already in Jefferson's possession.

Juan de Torquemada, fl. 1600, a provincial of the Franciscan order in Spain, visited the New World before writing his history, of which the first edition was published in Seville in 1615.

A. Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido y Zuñiga, 1673-1743, Spanish scholar, was the editor of this edition of 1723." "41110","117","","","","Pedro Simon de Cuença. Noticias historiales de las conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias occidentales","","p fol. Cuença. 1626.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 276, Pedro Simon de Cuença Noticias de las Conquistas en las Ind. Occid. fol Cuença, 1626.","Simon, Pedro.","Primera Parte de las Noticias historiales de las Conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias Occidentales. Compvesto por el Padre Fray Pedro Simon Prouincial de la Serafico Orden de San Francisco, del Nueuo Reyno de Granada en las Indias, Lector Jubilado en Sacra Theologia, y qualificador del Santo Officio, hijo de la Prouincia de Carthagena en Castilla, Natural de la Parrilla Obispado de Cuenca. Dirigido a Nvestro Invictissimo y maior Monarca del Antiguo y neubo Mundo Philippo quarto en su Real y supremo Consejo de las Indias. Con preuilegio Real en Cuenca en casa de Domingo de la yglesia. [Colophon] Con Privilegio, Del Rey nuestro Señor, en Cuenca por Domingo de la Iglesia, Año. de 1627.","E123 .S59","

First Edition. Folio. 364 leaves, text printed in double columns, engraved title, pictorial and architectural by Alardo de Popma, 1626.

Sabin 81286. Palau VI, 519. Medina II, 818. Antonio II, 238. Salvá II, 3404. John Carter Brown 227.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on October 17, 1789, price 15.9.

Pedro Simon, b. 1574, Spanish Franciscan, began to write his Noticias Historiales in 1623, and in 1627 published the Primera Parte, all ever published by him, the rest being left in manuscript. This part is divided into ''setima noticias historiales'' and relates to Venezuela and the El Dorado expeditions of Ursua and Aguirre." "41120","118","","","","Historia de Mexico con el discubrimiento de la Nueva España. por Francisco Lopez de Gomara.","","12mo. steelsio. Anvers. 1554.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 93, Historia de Mexico, con el Discubrimiento de la Nueva Espana, por Lopez di Gomara, 12mo Anvers, 1554.","López de Gómara, Francisco.","Historia de Mexico, con el Descvbrimiento dela nueua España, conquistada por el muy illustre y valeroso Principe don Fernando Cortes, Marques del Valle, Escrita por Francisco Lopez de Gomara, clerigo. Añadiose de la nueuo descripcion y traça de todas las Indias, con vna Tabla Alphabetica de las materias, y hazañas memorables enella contenidas. En Anvers: en casa de Iuan Steelsio [Impresso por Iuan Lacio], 1554. Con priuilegio.","F1230 .G6162","

Sm. 8vo. 360 leaves, woodcut coat of arms device on the title page, printer's imprint at the end.

Sabin 27731. Palau IV, 264. Medina I, 168. John Carter Brown 189. Wagner 2i.

The copy of Historia de Mexico 1554, 8vo. bought from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 6.1. was either another edition, or was purchased for someone else. The work is included in the list of Spanish America books already owned by him, sent by Jefferson to Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787.

Francisco López de Gómara, 1510?-1555?, Spanish historian, in 1540 became chaplain and secretary to Hernando Cortés, who supplied him with the material for his Historia de las Indias, and the Cronica de la conquista de Nueva España. The Historia de Mexico is the second part of the Historia de las Indias, and was first printed in Anvers in 1553." "41130","119","Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone. Ven. 1560. Historia dell India. Ven. 1565. Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara. Ven. 1566. La Conquista de Mexico y de la nueva España. por Fr. Lopez de Gomara. Nucio. Anvers. 1554. 5. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 101, Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone, Ven. 1560 Historia del India, Ven. 1566 Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara, Ven. 1565 La Conquista de Messico y de la Nueva Espana, por Lopez di Gomara, Anvers, 1554 5 v 12mo.","A set of five volumes consisting of the Italian versions of the Historia de Peru, first and second part, of Cieza de León and López de Gómara and the latter's Conquista di Messico (La Terza parte), all published in Venice by Ziletti, and the Spanish edition of López de Gómara's Conquista de Mexico (la Segunda parte), published in Anvers by Martin Nucio.","","1.","","","Cieza de León, Pedro de.","La Prima Parte dell'Historie del Perv. Dove si tratta l'Ordine delle Prouincie, delle Città nuoue in quel Paese edificate, i riti, & costumi di gli Indiani, con molte cose notabili, et degne di consideratione. Composta da Pietro Cieza di Leone Cittadino di Siuiglia. Con la Tavola delle Cose piu notabili. Con Priuilegio per Anni XX. In Venetia: Appresso Giordano Ziletti, M D L X. [1560.]","F3442 .C62","

Sm. 8vo. 224 leaves, printed in Italic letter, printer's woodcut device on the title, and on the verso of the last leaf, which has on the recto the register and colophon.

Sabin 13051. Palau II, 199. Medina I, page 257. This edition not in Salvá. John Carter Brown 231.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price, together with the Seconda Part (see the next entry) 11.

Pedro de Cieza de León, 1518-1560, Spanish adventurer, was born in Seville, and at the age of thirteen embarked for the New World, where he met Pizarro in Peru. The first edition of the Parte Primera de la chronica del Peru was published in Seville in 1553, and the first Italian translation in Rome in 1555. Cieza de León planned a second and third part of this work, but died before its completion, and his work was continued by López de Gómara. See the next entry.

In the absence of Jefferson's copies of these books it is difficult to know exactly which editions were in his library. From the evidence it would seem that he owned the second part written by López de Gómara from the manuscript left by Cieza de León, who had planned a work in three parts, but who had died after the publication of the first. The entry on Froullé's bill implies that two parts were by Cieza de León, but in his entry to the French translation of López de Gómara's work (following this collection, no. 4117 below) Jefferson has written [from the same original as the Historia del India in the preceding collection]. The books are similarly entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue. The first edition of López de Gómara's La Historia de las Indias. Y Conquista de Mexico was published in Çaragoça in 1552. Two translations into Italian were made, one by Augustino de Cravaliz, the other by Lucio Mauro. It seems probable that Jefferson's copy was of Mauro's version." "41140","119","Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone. Ven. 1560. Historia dell India. Ven. 1565. Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara. Ven. 1566. La Conquista de Mexico y de la nueva España. por Fr. Lopez de Gomara. Nucio. Anvers. 1554. 5. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 101, Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone, Ven. 1560 Historia del India, Ven. 1566 Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara, Ven. 1565 La Conquista de Messico y de la Nueva Espana, por Lopez di Gomara, Anvers, 1554 5 v 12mo.","A set of five volumes consisting of the Italian versions of the Historia de Peru, first and second part, of Cieza de León and López de Gómara and the latter's Conquista di Messico (La Terza parte), all published in Venice by Ziletti, and the Spanish edition of López de Gómara's Conquista de Mexico (la Segunda parte), published in Anvers by Martin Nucio.","","2.","","","[López de Gómara, Francisco.]","La Seconda Part delle historie dell' India. Con tutte le cose notabili accadute in esse dal principio sin' a questo giorno, & nuouamente tradotte di Spagnuolo in Italiano. Nellequali, oltre all' imprese del Colombo & di Magalanes, si tratta particolarmente della presa del Re Atabalippa, delle perle, dell' oro, delle spetierie, retrouate alle Malucche, & delle guerre ciuili tra gli Spagnuoli. Con privilegio. In Venetia: apresso Giordan Ziletti, MDLXV. [1565.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 340 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page. No copy was seen for collation; the only copy recorded seems to be that in the John Carter Brown Library.

Sabin 27737 (under Gómara). Palau IV, 265 (under López de Gómara). Wagner no. 2x (under López de Gómara). John Carter Brown 254 (under Cieza de León). See Medina I, page 258.

Jefferson bought his copy from Froullé in Paris. See the preceding entry." "41150","119","Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone. Ven. 1560. Historia dell India. Ven. 1565. Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara. Ven. 1566. La Conquista de Mexico y de la nueva España. por Fr. Lopez de Gomara. Nucio. Anvers. 1554. 5. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 101, Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone, Ven. 1560 Historia del India, Ven. 1566 Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara, Ven. 1565 La Conquista de Messico y de la Nueva Espana, por Lopez di Gomara, Anvers, 1554 5 v 12mo.","A set of five volumes consisting of the Italian versions of the Historia de Peru, first and second part, of Cieza de León and López de Gómara and the latter's Conquista di Messico (La Terza parte), all published in Venice by Ziletti, and the Spanish edition of López de Gómara's Conquista de Mexico (la Segunda parte), published in Anvers by Martin Nucio.","","3.","","","López de Gómara, Francisco.","La Terza Parte delle Historie dell' Indie. Nellaqvale particolarmente si tratta dello scoprimento della Prouincia di Incatan detta Nuoua Spagna, & delle cose degne di memoria, fatte da Spagnuoli nella conquista della grande, p marauigliosa Citta di Messico, & delle altre Prouincie ad essa sottoposte. Nuouamente Tradotta di Lingua Spagnuola, da Lucio Mauro. Con la Tauola delle cose piu notabili, che nella presente opera si contengono. Con Privilegio. In Venetia: appresso Giordano Ziletti, M D LXVI. [1566.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 436 leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page; the running title reads: La conquista di Mesico. No copy was seen for collation.

This edition not in Sabin. Palau IV, 265. Wagner 2y. John Carter Brown, 180 (listed in the note).

This appears to be the edition sold by Jefferson to Congress, and is listed as being in 1 volume in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1831. The later catalogues call for an edition in Spanish and Italian in 3 volumes: La Conquista de Mexico, y de la Nueva España; (Sp et Ital.) nuovamente tradotta di Lingua Spagnuola, da Lucio Mauro, 3 v. 18mo; Venetia, 1566." "41160","119","Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone. Ven. 1560. Historia dell India. Ven. 1565. Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara. Ven. 1566. La Conquista de Mexico y de la nueva España. por Fr. Lopez de Gomara. Nucio. Anvers. 1554. 5. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 101, Historia del Peru da Pietro Cieza di Leone, Ven. 1560 Historia del India, Ven. 1566 Conquista di Messico da Lopez di Gomara, Ven. 1565 La Conquista de Messico y de la Nueva Espana, por Lopez di Gomara, Anvers, 1554 5 v 12mo.","A set of five volumes consisting of the Italian versions of the Historia de Peru, first and second part, of Cieza de León and López de Gómara and the latter's Conquista di Messico (La Terza parte), all published in Venice by Ziletti, and the Spanish edition of López de Gómara's Conquista de Mexico (la Segunda parte), published in Anvers by Martin Nucio.","","4.","","","López de Gómara, Francisco.","La segunda parte dela Historia general de las Indias. que contiene la conquista de Mexico, y dela nueua España. En Anuers: por Martin Nucio. Con priuilegio Imperial. M. D. LIIII. [1554.]","F1230 .G616","

Sm. 8vo. bound in 2 vol. 340 leaves, pritner's woodcut device on the title-page repeated on the verso of the last leaf, running headlines La Conqvista de Mexico.

Sabin 27732. Palau IV, 264. Medina I, 165. John Carter Brown 192. Wagner 2j.

Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue has the entry Historia de las Indias. por Frances. Lopez de Gomara. 12mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0.

The first edition was published in Madrid in 1553. According to the Library of Congress catalogue of 1831, Jefferson's copy was bound in two volumes." "41170","120","","","","Histoire general des Indes Occidentales traduites par Fumée","","p 8vo. Paris 1584. [From the same original as the Historia dell' India of the preceding collection.]","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 87, Histoire General des Indes Occidentales, traduite par Fumée, p 8vo Paris, 1565, 1584.","López de Gómara, Francisco.","Histoire Generalle des Indes Occidentales, et Terres neuues, qui iusques à present ont esté descouuertes, augmentée en ceste cinquiesme edition de la description de la nouuelle Espagne, & de la grande ville de Mexicque, autrement nommee Tenuctilan, Composee en Espagnol par François Lopez de Gomara, & traduite en François par le S. de Genillé Mart. Funée. A Paris: chez Michel Sonnius, M. D. LXXXIIII. Avec Privilege dv Roy. [1584.]","","

8vo. 508 leaves. No copy of this edition was seen for collation.

Sabin 27748. Palau IV, 265. Medina I, page 272. John Carter Brown 357. Wagner 2jj.

A copy is similarly entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue.

''This edition contains an abstract of the Conquista de Mexico of López de Gómara, beginning with chapter 15. Chapter 101, the last of this extract, contains a résumé of the character of Cortés taken from the original Spanish edition, without abridgment, except that the last sentence is omitted. This translation differs from that of Breton in 1588. The first part is very complete, being without abridgment; in fact, some phrases of explanation are added. It is the same as that published in the original Sonnius edition of 1568.''—Wagner.

Martin Fumée, Sieur de Genillé, French author. In the first edition of the translation into French, printed in Paris in 1568, and in all the subsequent editions until this one of 1584, the name of the translator reads correctly ''M. Fumée Sieur de Marly le Chastel,'' who was the nephew of the Sieur Genillé. The edition of 1587 follows that of 1584.

The date 1565 in the entry in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815 refers to the ''Historia dell' India of the preceding collection'' in Jefferson's manuscript, see no. 4114." "41180","121","","","","Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva España por Bernal Diaz del Castillo.","","p. fol. Madrid. 1632.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 284, as above, but omitting p.","Diaz del Castillo, Bernal.","Historia verdadera de la Conqvista de la Nueva-España. Escrita por el Capitan Bernal Diaz del Castillo, uno de sus Conquistadores. Sacada a Lvz por el P. M. Fr. Alonso Remon, Predicador, y Coronista General del Orden de Nuestra Señora de la Merced Redempcion de Cautivos. A la Catholica Magestad del Mayor Monarca Don Felipe Qvarto, Rey de las Españas, y Nuevo Mundo, N. Señor. Con Privilegio. En Madrid: en la Imprenta del Reyno, Año de 1632.","F1230 .D529","

First Edition, First Issue. Folio. 266 leaves, printed in double columns.

Sabin 19978. Palau III, 49. Medina 898.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris, on April 17, 1789, price 24. It is entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo, c1492-c1584, was a soldier in the army of Cortés, and in his old age wrote what is now considered the classic account of the conquest of Mexico.

Friar Alonso Rémon, fl. 1616-1632, is said to have edited the text and published the work to gain glory for the Order of Mercy, to which he belonged, by magnifying the missionary efforts in Mexico of Bartolomé de Olmedo, of the same Order, who accompanied Cortés in the conquest. A second issue of this work was published in the same year, with an additional chapter; it is not known which of these issues was in the Jefferson collection. The work has been translated into English at various times. The last edition in English, by the Limited Editions Club, has a historical preface." "41190","122","","","","Historia de la Conquista de Mexico por de Solis.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 254, as above.","Solis, Antonio de.","Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion y progresos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España. Escribiala Don Antonio de Solis, Secretario de Su Magestad, y su Cronista Mayor de las Indias. Tomo I. [-II.] En Madrid: en la Imprenta de D. Antonio de Sancha, Año de M.DCC.LXXXIII. [-M.DCC.LXXXIV.] Se hallará en su Librería en la Aduana vieja. [1783-84.]","","

2 vol. 4to. Illustrated with maps and plates; no copy of this edition was available for collation.

Sabin 86465. Palau VI, 530. John Carter Brown 2912.

Jefferson owned a copy of this edition before July 6, 1787, on which day he sent to Miguel de Lardizabel y Uribe a list of books on the subject of Spanish Americana already in his possession.

For a note on Antonio de Solis, see no. 4080." "41200","123","","","","Historia de Nueva España por Hernan Cortes.","","p fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 285, as above, fol.","Cortés, Hernando—Lorenzana y Butron, Francisco Antonio.","Historia de Nueva-España, escrita por su Esclarecido Conquistador Hernan Cortes, aumentada con otros Documentos, y Notas, por el Ilustrissimo Señor Don Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de Mexico. Con las Licencias Necesarias. En México: en la Imprenta del Superior Gobierno, del Br. D. Joseph Antonio de Hogal, Año de 1770.","F1230 .C82","

Folio. 228 leaves, engraved emblematic device by Emmanuel Villavicencio on the title-page, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Navarro, engraved emblematic initial, engraved folded map, Plano de la Nueva España, by Dn. Jph. Anto. de Alzate y Ramirez, ano de 1769, including Mexico, Florida and California, engraved folded map of California, Domingo del Castillo Piloto me Fecit en Mexico año . . . M.D.XLI, folded engraved plate by Navarro of El Grande Templo de Mexico, 31 full-page copperplates of a Mexico codex, the first 13 unnumbered, the remainder numbered 15 to 32, preceded by a half-title Cordillera de los Pueblos, que antes de la Conquista pagaban Tributo á el Emperador Muctezuma, y en que especie, y Cantidad.

Sabin 16938. Palau II, 313. Not in Salvá. Wagner 152. Not in Field. John Carter Brown 1750.

Jefferson tried over a period of years, from 1791 to 1796, to obtain a copy of this book. He first mentioned his desire for a copy, in a letter dated from Philadelphia, April 11, 1791, to Colonel David Humphreys, at the time acting as secret agent for the American government in Lisbon:

There has been published at Madrid, by some bishop who had been to Mexico, & found there an original collection of the letters of Cortez, a book containing those letters. I do not know how it happened that I did not ask the favor of you to procure this book for me. I now supply the omission, and add a request to procure also la historia del Amirante D. Christoval Colomb by Fernando Colomb, his son, in Spanish, or Ulloa's translation of it into Italian, or Cotolendi's translation into French, or all three of them. I am in hopes there are such communications between Madrid & Lisbon as to enable you to get them for me . . .

Humphreys replied from Mafra on June 7:

Knowing, as I do, the extreme jealously of the Spanish Government & the rigid regulations of this, in respect to Books of all descriptions; I almost despair of being able to comply with your desires in obtaining those specified in your private letter. Had I been charged with your memorandum when at Madrid, I could not have ventured to execute your Commission by bringing the Books with me.—I will, however, revolve the matter in different views; & consult with some of my acquaintances on the practicability of effecting it.

In this, and all other commands; be assured nothing could give me more pleasure, than to demonstrate by the most prompt compliance, with how great esteem of sincere friendship . . .

On March 18, 1792, Jefferson wrote from Philadelphia to William Short, at the time in Madrid:

. . . Some bishop of Spain, who was for some time in Mexico, found there copies of Cortez's correspondence, and on his return to Spain published them. I have made many efforts to get this book, but in vain. I must beg of you to procure it for me while there. it is not many years since it was published . . .

At a later date, in writing his ''Extracts from the private letters of Th: J. to William Short'', Jefferson was more specific about the bishop. The entry under March 18 reads:

. . . the Bishop of Toledo, while in Mexico, discovered a collection of Ferdinand Cortez's letters, and published them after his return to Europe. [See 3. Borgoyne's travels 303.] I have made many efforts to get this book, but in vain. I must beg of you to procure it for me while there. it is not many years since it was published . . .

More than a year later, on December 23, 1793, the postscript of a letter to Short dated from Philadelphia reads:

do not fail if possible to get me Cortez's letters.

An undated letter written by Jefferson to William Short, probably during the year 1794, is concerned only with this book:

Th: Jefferson in writing to m[???] Short forgot to mention that the present occasion by m[???] Blake will be a happy one to receive from him the Letters of Fernand Cortez published by the Archbishop of Mexico (afterwards Toledo) as mentioned in 3d. Borgoyne's travels 303. which he so much wishes to get. if m[???] Short will send it by m[???] Blake & note the price it shall be added to the first investment to be made by his brother here. better to send it unbound.

On November 4, 1794, in a letter to Jefferson, William Short announced:

. . . Mr Carmichael has been fortunate enough to procure you the letters of Cortez & will send them to you . . .

Two days later, on November 6, in a letter to Edmund Randolph, the Secretary of State, Jefferson made enquiry as to the arrival of Mr. Blake with the expected books:

. . . Mr. Short was to send me by Blake, Cortez's letters in Spanish. is Blake returned & has he brought them? . . .

On January 29, 1795, in a long letter to Jefferson, William Short reported:

. . . Mr Carmichael who is still here [i. e. in Madrid], sent to Cadiz the edition of Cortez letters which he luckily obtained for you, & has told me that he had authorized mr Blake to open the package to take this book out in order that it might sooner get to your hands . . .

On June 1, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to the Secretary of State in Philadelphia:

. . . m[???] Short . . . mentions to me that m[???] Blake would bring for me a copy of Don Quixote, & the Cortez's letters I had been so anxious to get. the former I have received but the latter were not with it. I imagine m[???] Blake has come without them . . .

On June 6, James Blake himself wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

I do myself the honor to inclose you a letter I received from Mr. Short the 6th of January last—and a copy of an introduction Mr. Carmichael gave me to Richard Harrison Esquire of this city—Tho' I am no longer accountable to you for the discharge of the commission you were pleased to give me, still I should be happy my conduct would meet with your approbation.—Cortes's letters/which you mention in your letter to Mr. George Meade/ I am extremely sorry I had not the good fortune to bring with me, owing to the following circumstance—About the middle of last August Mr. Carmichael received permission to return to America, and expecting to leave Madrid in a few weeks after, sent his baggage to Cadiz—and with it C. letters packt up among his other books—but the winter season arrived, before he had made the arrangements necessary for his intended voyage—and I came away without him—For some days previous to my departure from Madrid, the copy of an Order to the Custom-house Officer at Cadiz, authorizing me to open a trunk and to take C. letters out—was prepared, but such was the state of Mr. Carmichael's nerves, that he was unable to write his name.—This occasioned a disappointment, which indeed made me very unhappy—as it deprived me of the only occasion, that perhaps, may ever present itself of rendering you any kind of service—I hope, however, on the arrival of Mrs. Carmichael here, which I expect will be in a few days, to have the pleasure of sending you those letters, together with a manuscript respecting the Istmus of Darien, which Mr. Carmichael also intended for you—Cortes's letters are become so rare in Spain, that it cost even the Archbishop of Toledo /at whose expence they were published/ a great deal of trouble to procure the copy of them which you are to have . . .

On February 9, 1795, William Carmichael died in Madrid, and his Spanish widow came to the United States. On October 14 she wrote to Jefferson from Chester town, Maryland:

Etant arrivée depuis quelques semaines dans ce pais et ne sachant par quel moyen vous faire passer un livre intitulé la Conquête du Mexique que feu mon mari vous avvit destiné ainsi que quelques papiers a votre adresse si les lettres d'Hernand Cortes a Charles Quint ainsi que les gravures vous font plaisir je crois pouvoir vous les procurer.

A few days later, on October 20, James Blake wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

The widow of Mr. Carmichael is arrived in the United States—and resides near Chester-Town in Maryland. I made her acquainted with the disappointment I had respecting a Copy of Cortes's letters, which her husband intended for you—and she informed me, she would send it to Baltimore, to any acquaintance of yours you would please to mention—Pray, Sir, will you be so good as to write her a line on the subject and address it as below—

On December 8, Blake sent to Jefferson the volume of Cortés's letters:

I beg leave to inform you that I have this morning put Cortes's letters into Mr. Crosby's hands to be forwarded to you as soon as possible—Mrs Carmichael brought them with her here from Maryland—but forgot the manuscript—she assured me, however—she would not fail to send it by the first opportunity.

The receipt of the volume was acknowledged by Jefferson on February 29, 1796:

I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Dec. 8. as also of Cortez's letters which came safe to hand, and return you my thanks for the great attention you have been so kind as to pay to this matter. will you add to the favor by presenting to m[???]s Carmichael the homage of my thanks for this volume, which I value the more as a mark of the friendly attentions of m[???] Carmichael. in the course of my correspondence with him I had asked him to turn his enquiries to the isthmus of Darien, and I presume the manuscript you mention must contain information on this subject. my object was in some new edition of my Notes on Virginia to have said something on the subject of that Isthmus. I shall receive it with great thankfulness if the possession of it be not interesting to mrs Carmichael: to whom with a great deal of respect as well as to yourself I am Dear Sir your most obedt. humble servt.

Hernando Cortés, 1485-1547, the Spanish conquerer of Mexico, wrote five letters on the subject of his conquests, addressed to Charles V. This edition by Lorenzana consists of a reprint of the second, third and fourth of the letters addressed by Cortés to Charles V, with additional matter and notes by Lorenzana.

Francisco Antonio Lorenzana y Butron, 1722-1804, Cardinal, Bishop of Toledo and Archbishop of Mexico.

For ''3. Borgoyne's travels'', mentioned by Jefferson as the source of his knowledge of this book in his letter to William Short, quoted above, see no. 3899." "41210","124","","","","Storia del Messico dell'Abate Clavigero.","","4. vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 255, as above.","Clavijero, Francisco Javier.","Storia Antica del Messico cavata da' Migliori Storici Spagnuoli, e da' Manoscritti, e dalle Pitture Antiche degl' Indiani: divisa in dieci Libri, e corredata di Carte Geografiche, e di varie Figure: e Dissertazioni sulla Terra, sugli Animali, e sugli abitatori del Messico. Opera dell'Abate D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. Tomo I. [-IV. contenente le Dissertazioni]. In Cesena MDCCLXXX-MDCCLXXXI. Per Gregorio Biasini. Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1780-1781.]","F1219 .C61","

First Edition. 4 vol. 4to. I. 157 leaves, 1 folded engraved map, 2 full page plates, one of plants, the other of animals in compartments, at the end a folded leaf with the Genealogia dei re Messicani; II, 138 leaves, 17 engraved plates, some folded; III, 130 leaves, folded engraved map, folded engraved plate; IV, 166 leaves; lists of errata in each volume.

Sabin 13518. Palau II, 209. Backer II, 1210, 6. John Carter Brown 2629.

Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to Dr. Joseph Willard, dated from Paris, March 24, 1789:

. . . Clavigero, an Italian also, who has resided thirty five years in Mexico, has given us a history of that country, which certainly merits more respect than any other work on the same subject. he corrects many errors of Dr. Robertson, and the sound philosophy will disapprove many of his ideas. we must still consider it as an useful work, and assuredly the best we possess on the same subject. it is in 4. thin volumes small 4to. . . .

A copy is entered by him on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 44.

Francisco Javier Clavijero, 1731-1787, was born in Vera Cruz, and remained in Mexico until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767, when he went to Italy and settled in Bologna, where he wrote this book. Translations into English and into German appeared in 1787 and 1789, and an edition was published in Philadelphia in 1817." "41220","125","","","","Voiages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 92, as above, but reading Voyages.","Gage, Thomas.","Nouvelle Relation, contenant les Voyages de Thomas Gage dans le nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures, & son retour dans la Province de Nicaragua jusqu'à la Havane. Avec la Description de la Ville de Mexique, telle qu'elle étoit autrefois, & comme elle est à present. Ensemble vne Description exacte des Terres & Provinces que possedent les Espagnols en toute l'Amérique, de la forme de leur Gouvernement Ecclesiastique & Politique, de leur Commerce, de leurs Moeurs, & de celles des Creoles, des Metifs, des Mulâtres, des Indiens, & des Négres . . . A Amsterdam, chez Paul Marret, Marchand Libraire, M. DCC. XXI. [1721.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. 201 and 164 leaves, 16 engraved folded maps and plates; a copy of this edition was not seen for collation.

Sabin 26307. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Quérard III, 232. This edition not in Field.

Thomas Gage, d. 1656, intended by his father to be a Jesuit, eventually joined the Dominican order, and determined to go to the Philippine Islands as a missionary. He left Cadiz on July 2, 1625, and was smuggled on board in an empty biscuit barrel owing to an order of the King of Spain forbidding any Englishman to go to the Indies. Gage did not go to the Philippines but remained in Central America. In 1637 he returned to England, became a Protestant and joined the Parliamentary side. He eventually died in Jamaica.

The first edition of this work was published in English in 1648, and was written to give the world a description of Spanish America, from which countries all foreigners had been excluded by the Spanish authorities. The first edition of a French translation appeared in 1676.

Adrien Baillet, 1649-1706, French author, is supposed to have been the translator." "41230","126","","","","Noticias Americanas de Don Antonio de Ulloa.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 215, as above.","Ulloa, Antonio de.","Noticias Americanas: Entretenimientos Phisicos-Historicos, sobre la América Meridional, y la Septentrianal Oriental. Comparacion general de los Territorios, Climas, y Produciones en las tres especies, Vegetales, Animales, y Minerales: con Relacion particular de las Petrificaciones de Cuerpos Marinos de los Indios naturales de aquellos Paises, sus costumbres, y usos: de las Antiguedades: Discurso sobre la Lengua, y sobre el modo en que pasaron los primeros Pobladores. Su Autor Don Antonio de Ulloa, Comendador de Ocaña, en el Orden de Santiago, Gefe de Esquadra de la Real Armada, de la Real Sociedad de Londres, y de las Reales Academias de las Ciencias de Stockolmo, Berlín, &c. En Madrid: en la Imprenta de Don Francisco Manuel de Mena, M.DCC.LXXII. Con las Licencias necesarias. [1772.]","E143 .U42","

First Edition. 4to. 222 leaves, the last with the Erratas Esenciales de este Libro.

Sabin 97687. Palau VII, 83. Medina 4600. Winsor VIII, 344 (not this edition). Field 1584. John Carter Brown 1844.

This book is entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue, and is in the list of books relative to Spanish America already in his possession sent to Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787. Jefferson was conversant with the works of Ulloa before June 7, 1785, on which day he wrote to the Marquis de Chastellux:

. . . as to the Aboriginal man of America, I know of no respectable evidence on which the opinion of his inferiority of genius has been founded but that of Don Ulloa . . . Don Ulloa's testimony is of the most respectable. he wrote of what he saw. but he saw the Indian of South America only, and that after he had passed through ten generations of slavery. it is very unfair, from this sample, to judge of the natural genius of this race of men: and after supposing that Don Ulloa had not sufficiently calculated the allowance which should be made for this circumstance, we do him no injury in considering the picture he draws of the present Indians of S. America as no picture of what their ancestors were 300 years ago . . .

Antonio de Ulloa, 1716-1795, Spanish scientist, naval officer and author, was appointed in 1735 by the King of Spain a member with Jorge Juan of the French scientific expedition to Peru, where he lived for nine years. He remained in Spain for some years after his return, but in 1766 was appointed governor of Louisiana, a position he held until 1768." "41240","127","","","","Memoires sur l'Amerique par Don Ulloa. traduites par de Villebrun.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 216, as above, but omitting de.","Ulloa, Antonio de.","Mémoires Philosophiques, Historiques, Physiques, concernant la découverte de l'Amérique, ses anciens Habitans, leurs mœurs, leurs usages, leur connexion avec les nouveaux Habitans, leur religion ancienne & moderne, les produits des trois règnes de la Nature, & en particulier les mines, leur exploitation, leur immense produit ignoré jusqu'ici; par Don Ulloa, Lieutenant-Général des Armées navales de l'Espagne, Commandant au Pérou, de l'Académie Royale de Madrid, de Stockolm, de Berlin, de la Société Royale de Londres, &c. Avec des Observations & Additions sur toutes les matières dont il est parlé dans l'Ouvrage. Traduit par M.*** Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez Buisson, 1787.","E143. U45","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 200 and 265 leaves; the work of Ulloa ends in Vol. II, sig. I3 verso, page 134, which is followed by the half-title for the Observations et Additions [de M.J.G. Schneider] signed at the end by Lefebvre de Villebrune.

Sabin 36805 [under Juan y Santacilia, with a note in its proper place under Ulloa: ''Incorrectly entered under Juan y Santacilia who had no part in the work'']. Quérard IX, 590. Field 1586. John Carter Brown 3166.

Jean Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune, 1732-1809, French Hellenist and Orientalist, held several important positions in France, and was the author of several books, but is chiefly known for his translations. This translation of the Noticias Americanas [q.v. no. 4123] was taken by him largely from the German version by Johann Andreas Dieze, 1729-1785, printed in Gottingen in 1781.

Johann Gottlob Schneider, 1750-1822, was the author of the Observations et Additions, also translated by Lefebvre de Villebrune." "41250","128","","","","Viage a la America Meridional por Juan y de Ulloa.","","4. v. p fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 287, as above, but reading Jorge Juan, Antonio de Ulloa, and fol.","Juan y Santacilia, Jorge—Ulloa, Antonio de.","Relacion Historica del Viage a la America Meridional hecho de Orden de S. Mag. para medir algunos Grados de Meridiano Terrestre, y venir por ellos en conocimiento de la verdadera Figura, y Magnitud de la Tierra, con otras varias Observaciones Astronomicas, y Phisicas: por Don Jorge Juan, Comendador de Aliaga, en el Orden de San Juan, Socio correspondiente de la Real Academia de las Ciencias de Paris, y Don Antonio de Ulloa, de la Real Sociedad de Londres: ambos Capitanes de Fragata de la Real Armada. Primera Parte, Tomo Primero. [-Segunda Parte, Tomo Quarto.] Impressa de Orden del Rey Nuestro Señor. En Madrid: por Antonio Marin, Año de M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748.]","F2221 .U421","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 4 volumes, the signatures and pagination are continuous throughout the 2 volumes of each part; I i, 214 leaves, I ii, 142 leaves, the last a blank, II i, 392 leaves, II ii, 212 leaves, separate pagination but continuous signatures for the Resumen Historico del Origen, y Succession de los Incas, y demas Soberanos del Perù, con noticias de los Sucessos mas notables en el Reynado de cada uno at the end; half titles in each volume, titles printed in red and black and an engraved vignette with the Royal Arms of Spain on each title-page, errata lists for the two parts, an engraved frontispiece by Ie. à Palomo. in Volume I, at the head of each book (6 in Part I and 3 in Part II), an engraving by Moreno, folded engraved plates and maps in each volume by Moreno, Vicente de la Fuente, Ie. à Palomo. and others, woodcut tail-pieces throughout.

Sabin 36811. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 330. Palau IV, 141. Medina 3464. Salvá II, 3780. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 879.

Jorge Juan y Santacilla, 1713-1773, and Antonio de Ulloa, 1716-1795, Spanish scientists, were appointed by Philip of Spain to accompany the expedition of the French Académic des Sciences to measure a degree in the equinoctial countries of Peru. Some of their results were published in this work which was reprinted many times, and translated into English, French and Dutch. For Jefferson and Ulloa, see no. 4123 and for other works relating to the same expedition, see no. 4126 by the same authors, and La Condamine, no. 4146." "41260","129","","","","Observaciones Astronomicas y Physicas por Juan y de Ulloa.","","p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 288, as above. fol.","Juan y Santacilia, Jorge—Ulloa, Antonio de.","Observaciones astronomicas y phisicas, hechas de orden de S. M. en los Reynos del Peru, por D. Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Comendador (que fue) de Aliaga, en el Orden de S. Juan, Capitan de la Compañia de Cavalleros Guardias Marinas, Director del Real Seminario de Nobles, del Consejo de S. M. en su Real Junta de Comercio y Moneda, de la Real Sociedad de Londres, de la Real Academia de las Ciencias de Berlin, Correspondiente de la de Paris, Consiliario de la de S. Fernando, y Embaxador extraordinario á la Corte de Marruecos: y D. Antonio de Ulloa, Comendador de Ocaña en la de Santiago, de la Real Sociedad de Londres, y de las Reales Academias de las Ciencias de Stockolmo y Berlin: ambos Gefes de Esquadra de la Real Armada. De las quales se deduce la figura y magnitud de la Tierra, y se aplica á la Navegation. Corregidas y enmendadas por el Autor. Com Permiso Superior. En Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta. Año de MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","","

Folio. 234 leaves including the half-title, engraved frontispiece by Palomino, engraved vignette on the title, engraved head-piece, and engraved plates by Vincente de la Fuente, printed tables, title printed in red and black. Only a microfilm copy was available for examination.

Sabin 36809. Palau IV, 141. Medina 4610. John Carter Brown 1885.

This work was included in the list of books relative to Spanish Americana already in his possession sent by Jefferson to Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787.

Ulloa was the author of the historical relation; the astronomical part was by Juan y Santacilia. The work relates to La Condamine's expedition, and was first printed in 1748. For other works relative to the same expedition, see the Index." "41270","130","","","","El Orinoco illustrado por Gumilla.","","2. v. p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 219, as above.","Gumilla, José.","El Orinoco Ilustrado, y Defendido, Historia Natural, Civil, y Geographica de este Gran Rio, y de sus Caudalosas Vertientes: Govierno, Usos, y Costumbres de los Indios sus habitadores, con nuevas, y utiles noticias de Animales, Arboles, Frutos, Aceytes, Resinas, Yervas, y Raìces medicinales; y sobre todo, se hallaràn convetsiones muy singulares à N. Santa Fé, y casos de mucha edificacion. Escrita por el Padre Joseph Gumilla, de la Compañia de Jesus, Missionero, y Superior de las Missiones del Orinoco, Meta, y Casanare, Calificador, y Consultor del Santo Tribunal de la Inquisicion de Cartagena de Indias, y Examinador Synodal del mismo Obispado, Provincial que fuè de su Provincia del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, y actual Procurador à entrambas curias por sus dichas Missiones, y Provincia. Segunda Impression, Revista, y Aumentada por su mismo Autor, y dividida en dos Partes. Tomo Primero. [-Segundo.] En Madrid: por Manuel Fernandez, Impressor de el Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion, y de la Reverenda Camara Apostolica, Año M.DCC.XLV. [1745.]","F2311 .G95 1745","

2 vol. 4to. 228 and 216 leaves, folded engraved map by Paul Minguet after Gumilla, 2 engraved plates.

Sabin 29275. Palau III, 433. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 208. Backer III, 1949, 3. Carayon 1354. Medina 3376. This edition not in Field.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work through William Carmichael. A copy is on the bill for Spanish books bought by Carmichael from Peter Lyonnet, and paid by Thomas Barclay, May 26, 1786, price 300.

It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 300 reale=15. Dollars. The title is included in the list of books relative to Spanish America already in his possession, sent by Jefferson to Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787.

For a note on José Gumilla, see no. 4082." "41280","131","","","","Histoire naturel de Surinam par Fermin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 221, as above.","Fermin, Philippe.","Histoire Naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale: ou Déscription des Animaux, Plantes, Fruits, et autres Curiosités Naturelles, qui se trouvent dans la Colonie de Surinam; avec leurs Noms différents, tant François, que Latins, Hollandois, Indiens & Négre-Anglois. Par Philippe Fermin, Docteur en Medecine. A Amsterdam: chez M. Magérus, MDCCLXV. [1765.]","QH125 .F3","

First Edition. 8vo. 127 leaves, the last for the errata, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and vignette on the title-page both by O. de Vries.

Sabin 24114. Quérard III, 108. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 256. Not in Field. John Carter Brown 1450. Tiele, page 83.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4.10.

Philippe Fermin, 1720-1790, Dutch doctor and naturalist, was born in Maestricht. In 1754 he went to Surinam where he remained for ten years. On his return to Holland he published this book, which was criticised as being too sketchy. He therefore enlarged it and republished it with a different title in 1769. See the next entry." "41290","132","","","","Description de Surinam par Philippe Fermin.","","2. v. in 1. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 220, as above, omitting Philippe.","Fermin, Philippe.","Description Générale, Historique, Géographique et Physique de la Colonie de Surinam, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus Curieux & de plus Remarquable, touchant sa Situation, ses Rivieres, ses Forteresses; son Gouvernement & sa Police; avec les mœurs & les usages des Habitants Naturels du Païs, & des Européens qui y sont établis; ainsi que des Eclaircissements sur l'œconomie générale des Esclaves Negres, sur les Plantations & leurs Produits, les Arbres Fruitiers, les Plantes Médécinales, & toutes les diverses Especes d'animaux qu'on y trouve, &c. Enrichie de Figures, & d'une Carte Topographique du Païs. Par Philippe Fermin, Docteur en Médecine. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Amsterdam: chez E. van Harrevelt, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","F2410 .F35","

2 vol. in 1, 8vo. 138 and 177 leaves, folded engraved map and 3 folded engraved plates.

Sabin 24112. Quérard III, 108. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 256. Winsor VII, 365. John Carter Brown 674. Tiele, page 83.

In Jefferson's copy the 2 volumes were bound together. The title is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, also 2. v. in 1, with the price, 7.4.

This is an enlarged edition of the Histoire Naturelle described above." "41300","133","","","","Voiages de Des Marchais en Guinée et Cayenne. par Labat.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 97, as above.","Labat, Jean Baptiste.","Voyage du Chevalier Des Marchais en Guinée, Isles Voisines, et a Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726 & 1727. Contenant une Description très exacte & très étenduë de ces Païs, & du Commerce qui s'y fait. Enrichi d'un grand nombre de Cartes & de Figures en Tailles douces. Par le R. Pere Labat. De l'Ordre des Freres Prêcheurs. Tome Premier. [-Quatrieme.] Paris: G. Saugrain, M. DCC. XXX. [1730.]","","

First Edition. 4 vol. 12mo., maps and plates. The copy in the Library of Congress is the Amsterdam reprint of the following year, and a copy of the original Paris edition was not seen for examination.

Quérard II, 519. Sabin 38414. This edition not in John Carter Brown.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 10.

Le Chevalier Desmarchais, French traveller of the eighteenth century, originally left Le Havre on the Expédition on August 6, 1724, and before returning to France in 1726 had visited Lorient, various parts of Africa, Guinea, and other places. On his return he gave his papers to the abbé Jean Baptiste Labat [q. v. no. 4150], who published this history. The notes of Desmarchais were not complete on Guinea, and Labat added material by Milhaut, the governor of the colony, and other travellers." "41310","134","","","","Commentarios reales de los Incas del Peru. por el Inca Garcilasso de la Vega.","","2. v. p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 290, as above, but omitting p.","Garcilaso De La Vega, El Inca.","Primera Parte de los Commentarios Reales, que tratan, de el Origen d sloe Incas, Reies, qve fveron del Perù, de sv Idolatria, Leies, y Govierno, en Paz, y en Guerra: de svs Vidas, y Conquistas; y de Todo lo que fue aquel Imperio, y su Republica, antes que los Españoles pasaran, à èl. Escritos por el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Natural del Cozco, y Capitan de su Magestad. Dirigidos a el Rei Nuestro Señor. Segvnda Impresion, enmendida: y añadida la Vida de Inti Cusi Titu Iupanqui, penultimo Inca; con dos Tablas; una, de los Capitulos; y otra, de las Cosas Notables. [-Historia General del Peru, trata, el Descubrimiento, de el, y como lo ganaron, los Españoles: las Guerras Civiles, que Huvo entre Pizarros, y Almagros, sobre la Partija de la Tierra. Castigo, y Levantamiento de Tyranos; y otros sucesos particulares, que en la Historia se contienen. Escrita por el Ynca Garcilaso de la Vega; Capitan de su Magestad, &c. Dirigida a la Limpisima Virgen Maria, Madre de Dios, y Señora Nuestra. Segunda Impresion, enmendada, y añadida, con dos Tablas, una de los Capitulos, y otra de las Materias.] Con Privilegio: En Madrid: en la Oficina Real, y à Costa de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Impresor de Libros, Año CI[???] I[???]CCXXIII. Se hallaràn en su Casa, en la Calle de el Poço, y en Palacio. [1723.] [-Año 1722. Con Privilegio. En Madrid: en la Oficina Real, y à Costa de Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, Impresor de Libros, se hallaràn en su Casa.]","F3442. G234","

2 vol. Folio. 209 and 294 leaves; the copy collated had 2 leaves inserted between Rrr1 and Rrr2 (the last sheet of text), the first marked Rrr2, with proper numbering but unconnected catch-words; titles printed in red and black, text in double columns, woodcut device of the Virgin and Child on the title-page of the second part, the same design repeated as an engraving by Irala on the next page at the head of the Dedicacion de el Libro, y Dedicatoria del Autor a la Gloriosissima Virgen Maria, Nuestra Señora.

Sabin 98757, 98755. Palau VII, 126. Field 589, 590. Valcarcel, Garcilaso el Inca, page 55.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price ''300. =15D.''

A copy of this book was bought for Jefferson by William Carmichael through Thomas Barclay on May 26, 1786, billed under its second title, Historia de los Incas del Peru, 2 v. 4to. at the price, 300., noted by Jefferson on his manuscript catalogue as above. The receipt was signed by Peter Lyonnet. The book, under its first title, Comentarios reales de los Incas del Peru por Garcilasso de la Vega, is on the list of Spanish American books already owned by him, sent to Miguel Lardizabel y Uribe on July 6, 1787.

The first part was originally printed in 1608 and the second in 1617. This edition of 1723, 1722, was edited by Andres Gonzales de Barcia Carbillido y Zuñiga, who wrote the Prologo a esta Segunda Edicion under his anagrammatic pseudonym Don Gabriel de Cardenas. For Garcilaso de la Vega, and Barcia, see no. 4084, above." "41320","135","Diego Fernandez. Historia del Peru. Seville. 1571. Augustin de Carate. Historia del discubrimiento y conquista del Peru. Seville 1577. . . . . . p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 291, as above, but reading Descubrimiento, dating Çarate 1571, and reading fol for p. fol.","","","i.","","","Fernández, Diego.","Primera, y Segvnda Parte, de la Historia del Perv, qve se mando escreuir, à Diego Fernandez, vezino de la ciudad de Palencia. Cõtiene la primera, lo succedido en la Nueua España y en el Perù, sobre la execucion de las nueuas leyes: y el allanamiento, y castigo, que hizo el Presidente Gasca, de Gonçalo Piçarro y sus sequaces. La Segvnda, contiene, la Tyrannia y alçamiento delos Contreras, y don Sebastiã de Castilla, y de Francisco Hernãdez Giron: con otros muchos acaescimientos y successos. Dirigido à la C. R. M. del Rey Don Philippe nuestro Señor. Con Preuilegio Real de Castilla, y Aragon, y delas Indias. Fue impresso en Seuilla en Casa de Hernando diaz, Año de 1571.","F3442 .F35","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 143 and 130 leaves, text printed in double columns, woodcut royal arms on the general title and on the title for each part, colophon at the end of each part.

Sabin 24133. Palau III, 197. Medina I, 214. Antonio I, 283. Salvá II, 3317. John Carter Brown 282.

A copy was purchased by Jefferson from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 24. The date 1771 on Froullé's bill was an error.

Diego Fernández, Spanish historian and adventurer of the 16th century, was born in Spain but embarked for Peru about 1545. This narrative was written in his capacity of chronicler of Peru, an office bestowed upon him by Andres Hurtado de Mendoza, the viceroy of Peru. The work was dedicated to the King, Philip II, and was published in Spain, but was ordered by the Royal Council of the Indies to be destroyed immediately after publication. The order was revoked in 1729, but reissued in 1731. For an account of the author, see Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru." "41330","135","Diego Fernandez. Historia del Peru. Seville. 1571. Augustin de Carate. Historia del discubrimiento y conquista del Peru. Seville 1577. . . . . . p. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 291, as above, but reading Descubrimiento, dating Çarate 1571, and reading fol for p. fol.","","","ii.","","","Zárate, Augustin de.","Historia del Descvbrimiento y Conqvista de las Provincias del Peru, y delos successos que enella ha auido, desde que se conquistò, hasta que el Licenciado de la Gasca Obispo de Siguença boluio a estos rey nos: y delas cosas naturales que en la dicha prouincia se hallan dignas de memoria. La qual escreuia Augustin de Çarate, Contador de mercedes de su Magestad, siendo Contador general de cuentas en aquella prouincia, y enla de Tierrafirme. Imprimiose el año de cincuenta y cinco enla villa de Anuers por mandado dela Magestad del Rey nuestro señor, y con licencia dela Magestad Cæsarea, y agora se torna a imprimir con licencia dela Magestad Real, auiendose visto y examinado por los señores del suppremo Consejo de Castilla, como parece por la real cedula que esta enla segunda hoja deste libro. En Sevilla: en casa de Alonso Escriuano. Año de M. D. LXXVII. Con Privilegio. [1577.]","F3442 .Z31","

Folio. 120 leaves, text printed in double columns, woodcut royal arms of Spain on the title.

Sabin 106270. Palau VII, 250. Medina I, 412. Antonio I, 179. Winsor II, 567. Salvá II, 3425. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 316.

Augustin de Zárate, c. 1492-c. 1560, Spanish historian, held for fifteen years the office of Comptroller of Accounts for Castile. He was then sent to Peru as treasurer-general, with Blasco Nuñez de Vela, the first viceroy. While residing in Lima, Zarate collected notes and materials for his history, which he wrote on his return to Spain after the fall of Pizarro, and which covers the period from the discovery of Pizarro to the departure of Gasca. The first edition was published in Antwerp in 1555, after which many other editions appeared, and the work was translated into French, English, German, Portuguese and Italian.

The entries for this book and the work of Fernandez were bracketed together by Jefferson in both his dated and undated manuscript catalogue and in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, and it is possible that Jefferson's copies were bound together." "41340","136","","","","Zarate. Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete de Perou.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 128, no. 103, as above.","Zarate, Augustin de.","Histoire de la Decouverte et de la Conquete de Perou. Traduite de l'Espagnol d'Augustin de Zarate, par S. D. C. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Amsterdam: chez J. Louis de Lorme, M. DCC. [1700.]","F3442 .Z36","

First Edition in French. 2 vol. 12mo. 173 and 207 leaves, titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispieces, engraved folded map, numerous engraved plates, full-page and folded.

Sabin 106259. Quérard X, 563. Palau VII, 250. Medina I, page 413. This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 1150.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris, price 13.4, on April 17, 1789.

S. de Broë, Seigneur de Citry de la Guette, translated Zarate's work from Spanish into French." "41350","137","","","","Levini Apollonii Gandobrugani de Peruviae inventione et rebus gestis.","","Antwerp. 1567. p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 102, as above.","Apollonius, Levinus.","Levini Apollonii, Gandobrvgani, Mittelbvrgensis, de Peruuiæ, Regionis, inter Noui Orbis prouincias celeberrimæ, inuentione: & rebus in eadem gestis, Libri V. Ad Iacobvm Clarovtivm Maldeghemmae ac Pittemiae Dominvm. Breuis, exactáque Noui Orbis, & Peruuiæ regionis chorographia. Antverpiae: apud Ioannem Bellerum, [Typis Amati Tavernerii] M. D. LXVII. [1567.]","F3442 .A65","

Sm. 8vo. 244 leaves, printed in italic letter, woodcut device on the title-page, Bellero's woodcut map of America, folded, colophon on the last leaf, otherwise blank, list of errata on the penultimate leaf, verso.

Sabin 1761. Palau I, 91. Medina 200. Antonio II, 383. John Carter Brown 268.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Levinus Apollonius, Belgian traveller of the 16th century, died in the Canary Isles on his way to Peru. The first edition of this work was published in 1566. This is the same edition with a new title-page." "41360","138","","","","Voiage de Marseille a Lima. par Durret.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 104, as above.","[Durret.]","Voyage de Marseille a Lima, et dans les autres Lieux des Indes Occidentales. Avec une exacte Description de ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable tant pour la Geographie, que pour les Mœurs, les Coûtumes, le Commerce, le Gouvernement & la Religion des Peuples; avec des notes & des figures en taille-douce. Par le Sieur D *** A Paris: chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, M. DCCXX. Avec Privilege de sa Majesté. [1720.]","F2221 .D96","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 159 and 123 leaves, engraved plates, full-page and folded; printer's device on the title-page; the dedication to Monsieur de Bertier signed Durret.

Barbier IV, 1076. Quérard II, 732. Sabin 21437. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 328. Winsor VIII, 310, 313. John Carter Brown 262. Not in Faribault. Not in Church.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1.10.

This work is analysed and criticised, with long quotations, by Jean Baptiste Labat, in the Preface to his Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique, q.v. no. 4150. From Labat's analysis commentators have drawn the conclusion that Durret never visited the countries he describes, and that he compiled his work from the relations of Feuillé and others." "41370","139","","","","Restauracion de la ciudad del Salvador en Brazil, por Thomas Tamaio de Vargas.","","p 4to. Madrid. 1628.","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 222, as above, but omitting Thomas.","Tamayo De Vargas, Tomas.","Restavracion de la Civdad del Salvador, i Baìa de Todos-Sanctos, en la Provincia del Brasil. Por las Armas de Don Philippe IV. el Grande, Rei Catholico de las Españas i Indias, &c. a Sv Magestad Don Thomas Tamaio de Vargas su Chronista. Año 1628. Con Privilegio. En Madrid: por la Vivda de Alonso Martin.","F2532 .T15","

First Edition. 190 leaves including 1 blank, woodcut Royal arms of Spain on the title-page.

Sabin 94280. Palau VII, 9. Medina II, 850. Salvá II, 3409. Antonio II, page 314, lists the first edition as being ''apud Petrum Tassum'' 1626. John Carter Brown 239. Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price 7.19. The work is entered without price on his undated manuscript catalogue.

Tomas Tamayo de Vargas, 1588-1641, Spanish historian, succeeded Antonio de Herrera as chronicler of Castile, and later succeeded Luis Tribaldo de Toledo as chronicler of the Indies. The date 1626 ascribed by Antonio to the first edition has been followed by other writers, but the approbation and license of the book were dated January 20, 1628, so that it seems probable that this is the first edition." "41380","140","","","","Gio. Gioseppe di S. Teresa. Istoria delle guerre del Brazile tra il Portogallo [???] la Olanda.","","p. fol. Roma. 1698.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 289, as above, but reading fol for p fol.","João José de Santa Thereza.","Istoria delle Gverre del Regno del Brasile accadvte tra la Corona di Portogallo, e la Repvblica di Olanda composta, ed offerta alla Sagra Reale Maesda' di Pietro Secondo Re di Portogallo &c. dal P. F. Gio. Gioseppe di S. Teresa Carmelitano Scalzo. Parte Prima. [-Seconda.] Anno MDCXCVIII. In Roma: nella Stamperia degl' Eredi del Corbelletti. Con Licenza de' Svperiori. [1698.]","F2532 .J62","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, with separate titles, signatures and pagination, 130 and 116 leaves, engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved portraits by Benedictus Fariat after Andreas Antonius Horatij, 23 large folded engraved maps and plans by Hubertus Vincent.

Sabin 76793. Barbosa Machado, Bibliotheca Lusitana II, 622. John Carter Brown 1084.

Jefferson purchased a copy from Froullé in Paris on April 17, 1789, price, 24.

João José de Santa Thereza [João de Noronha], b. 1658, Portuguese Carmelite and historian." "41390","141","","","","Histoire d'un voyage faite en Brasil par Jean de Lery.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 98, as above.","Léry, Jean de.","Histoire d'vn Voyage faict en la Terre dv Bresil, avtrement dite Amerique. Contenant la Navigation, & choses remarquables, veuës sur mer par l'aucteur. Le comportement de Villegagnon en ce pays-la. Les mœurs & façons de viure estranges des Sauuages Ameriquains: auec vn colloque de leur langage. Ensemble la description de plusieurs Animaux, Arbres, Herbes, & autres choses singulieres, & du tout incōnues pardeçà: dont on verra les sommaires des chapitres au commencement du liure. Reveve, corrigee, et bien augmentee en ceste seconde Edition, tant de figures, qu'autres choses notables sur le suiet de l'auteur. Le tout recueilli sur les lieux par Iean de Lery, natif de la Margelle, terre de sainct Sene, au Duché de Bourgongne . . . A Geneve: pour Antoine Chuppin, M. D. LXXX. [1580.]","F2511 .L605","

Sm. 8vo. 219 leaves, full page and folded plates; dedication to the Comte de Colligny repeated from the first edition, complimentary sonnets at the beginning.

Sabin 40149. Rodrigues 1393. John Carter Brown 335. This edition not in Boucher de la Richarderie. Haag VI, p. 566. This edition not in Field.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé of Paris on April 17, 1789, price 12.1. The price entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue is 4.19.

Jean de Léry, 1534-1611, French Protestant minister, went to Brazil in 1557 under Villegagnon with the Huguenot expedition ordered by Coligny to found a colony at Rio de Janeiro. The enterprize was a failure, and on his return to France after almost eighteen years, Léry wrote this account which contains much interesting matter concerning the aborigines. The first edition was published in 1578, and was frequently reprinted. A translation into Latin was used by De Bry in the thirteenth part of the Grands Voyages." "41400","142","","","","Naufragios y comentarios de Alvar Nuñez en dos jornadas à las Indias","","p 4to. Valladol. 1555.","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 204, as above.","Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar.","La relacion y comentariõs del gouernador Aluar nuñez cabeca de vaca, de lo acaescido en las dos jornadas que hizo a las Indias. Con Priuilegio. Esta tassado por las seĩores del consejo en Och[???]ta y cinco m[???]s. [Colophon: Impresso en Valladolid, por Francisco fernandez de Cordoua. Año de mil y quiniennientos y cinquenta y cinco años.] [1555.]","E125 .N9N8","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 146 leaves (numbered clxiiii, the first 2 leaves of the second part unnumbered), title printed in red and black below a large woodcut of the arms of Spain with the double-headed eagle, text in gothic letter, woodcut initials, woodcut on the recto of the last leaf of the relacion, verso blank, title of the Commentarios on the recto of the next leaf: Commentarios de Alvar Nvnez Cabeça de vaca, adelantado y gouernador de la prouincia del Rio de la Plata, with woodcut arms, colophon on the verso of the last page; the running titles are Naufragios de and Comentarios de Aluar nuñez cabeça de vaca.

Sabin 9768. Palau V, 329. Medina 172. Antonio I, 61. Salvá II, 3369. Wagner 1a. John Carter Brown 197. See Field 230 and Harrisse 381-384.

This is the second edition of the first part, and the first edition of the Commentariõs. The first edition of La relacion was printed in Zamora in 1542, and is known in one or two copies only. A translation into English is in Purchas, his Pilgrim, and into Italian in the third volume of Ramusio's Navigationi et Viaggi, for which see the Index.

Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer of the 16th century, has given in this Relacion a record of the first journey made by Europeans through North America in the expedition which set out from Spain in 1527 for the conquest of Florida. Nuñez was one of the survivors seized by the Indians on the Mississippi coast and kept in slavery for four years. After his return to Spain he was made governor of the province of Rio de la Plata.

For accounts of this book and the author, see Harrisse, Wagner, Field, and the John Carter Brown Catalogue." "41410","143","","","","Histoire de Paraguay de Charlevoix.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 123, no. 100, as above.","Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de.","Histoire du Paraguay. Par le P. Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Tome Premier [-Sixieme]. A Paris: chez Desaint, David, Durand, M. DCC. LVII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1757]","F2684 .C472","

6 vol. 12mo. I. 198 leaves, folded engraved map of South America by M. Bellin, Ingr. de la Marine, Didot's imprint at the end; II. 240 leaves, folded engraved plan of Buenos-Ayres; III. 206 leaves, the last a blank, folded engraved map of Paraguay by Bellin; IV, 210 leaves, folded engraved map of the River Plate by Bellin; V, 234 leaves; VI. 232 leaves, engraved folded map of the discoveries of the Spaniards between the river Plate and the Magellan Strait, engraved folded plan of the Port St. Julien, and of the Port Desiré, all by Bellin; half title and list of Pieces justificatives in each volume.

Quérard II, 137. Sabin 12130. John Carter Brown 1150. Boucher de la Richarderie VI. 315 (not this edition). Carayon 1359. Faribault 136. Backer II, 1079, 7. This edition not in Field.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 12.0.

For another work by Charlevoix and a note, see no. 4004.

The first edition of this work appeared in 1756. It was translated into English, German and Latin." "41420","144","","","","Alonzo d'Ovaglie. Historica relacione del regno di Cile.","","4to. Roma. 1646.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 257, as above.","Ovalle, Alonzo de.","Historica Relatione del Regno di Cile, e delle missioni, e ministerij che esercita in quelle la Compagnia di Giesv. A Nostro Signor Giesv Christo Dio Hvomo, & alla Santissima Vergine, e Madre Maria Signora del Cielo, e della Terra, & alli Santi Gioseffo, Gioachino, Anna suoi Parenti, & aui. Alonso d'Ovaglie dela Compagnia di Giesv Natiuo di S. Giacomo di Cile, e suo Procuratore à Roma. In Roma: Appresso Francesco Caualli, M. DC. XLVI. Con licenza de' Superiori. [1646.]","F3091 .079","

Sm. folio. 194 leaves, text printed in double columns, 14 unnumbered engraved plates, and at the end 6 full-page woodcut maps and 12 woodcut illustrations of buildings.

Sabin 57971. Palau V, 398. Antonio I, 39. Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Chilena, I, 118. John Carter Brown 437. Backer VI, 40, 3. Carayon 1313.

Alonzo de Ovalle, 1601-1651, was born in Santiago, the capital of Chile, and entered the Jesuit Order at the age of seventeen. The illustrations in this work are of exceptional interest, particularly those relative to games, which include one played with sticks and a ball and seeming to be a cross between hockey and lacrosse." "41430","145","","","","Description des terres Magellaniques.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 105, as above.","[Falkner, Thomas.]","Description des Terres Magellaniques et des Pays adjacens. Traduit de l'Anglois par M. B**. Partie I. [-II.] A Genève: chez François Dufart; et à Paris, Hotel Landier, M. DCC. LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 parts in 1, 82 and 36 leaves, separate title-pages, signatures and pagination, half-title at the beginning; the last chapter is an essay on the language, with vocabularies.

Barbier I, 901. Quérard III, 62. Sabin 23737. This edition not in Field. Backer III, 535, 1. Gillow II, p. 225 (in the note). John Carter Brown 3125.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on October 27, 1787, price 3. The copy entered in the undated manuscript catalogue is priced 3.15.

Father Thomas Falkner, 1707-1784, English Jesuit missionary, was originally a doctor and sailed in the slave ship Assiento as a ship's surgeon. At Buenos Aires he was taken ill, and was nursed back to health by the Jesuits. He then entered the Society and spent thirty-five years as a Jesuit missionary in South America, at first in Paraguay, and later in Patagonia. On the expulsion of the Jesuits from South America in 1768 he returned to England. The original English version of this work, A Description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America, was compiled from Falkner's papers by William Combe.

Marc-Théodore Bourrit, 1739-1819, Swiss naturalist and traveller, and the author of a number of books, was the translator of this work." "41440","146","","","","Histoire des navigations aux terres australes.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 258, as above.","[Brosses, Charles de.]","Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes. Contenant ce que l'on sçait des moeurs & des productions des Contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour; & où il est traité de l'utilité d'y faire de plus amples découvertes, & des moyens d'y former un établissement. Tome Premier. [-Second.] . . . A Paris: Chez Durand [de l'Imprimerie de J. Chardon], M. DCC. LVI. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1756.]","G160 .B87","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 247 and 257 leaves; the Approbation and Privilege on the last leaf, with the printer's imprint at the foot of the verso. The copy in the Library of Congress has in Volume I the inserted sheet Iii §, pages 437* to 450* between Iii2 and Iii3, pages 436 and 437. It is without the maps of Robert de Vaugondy.

Barbier II, 759. Quérard I, 526. Sabin 8388.

Charles de Brosses, 1709-1777, was the first President of the Parliament of Bourgogne, and later the President of the Supreme Court. This Histoire was written at the instance of Buffon, q. v. and of Delisle, the astronomer. It contains accounts of the voyages of Amerigo Vespucci, Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins, Olivier de Nort, William Dampier, George Anson, and many others." "41450","147","","","","Voiage autour du monde et aux terres australes de Dampier, et le voiage de Wafer.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 106, as above, but reading Voyage. 1839 Catalogue, page 530, no. J. 120, Dampier, William: Nouveau Voyage autour du Monde, où l'on Décrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amérique, plusieurs Côtes et Isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le Passage par la Terre del Fuego, Mexique, &c. &c.; avec le Voyage de Mr. Wafer, où l'on trouve la Description de l'Isthme de l'Amérique, 4 v. 12mo; Paris, 1701-'5.","Dampier, William.","Nouveau Voyage autour du Monde où l'on décrit en particulier l'Istme de l'Amerique, plusieurs Côtes & Isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le passage par la Terre del Fuego, les Côtes Meridionales de Chili, du Perou, & du Mexique . . . Par Guillaume Dampier. Enrichi de Cartes & Figures. Tome Premier. [-Voyage aux Terres Australes, a la Nouvelle Hollande, &c. fait en M. DC. XCIX. Où l'on trouve la Description des Isles Canaries, des Isles de Mayo & de saint Jago, de la Baye de Tous les Saints, des Forts & de la Ville de Bahia dans le Bresil, &c. Par Guillaume Dampier. Avec le Voyage de Lionel VVafer. Où l'on trouve la Description de l'Isthme de Darien dans l'Amerique, &c. Enrichi de Cartes & Figures. Tome Quatrième]. Paris, 1701-1705.","","

4 vol. 12mo. No copy was available for collation; the two titles as given above are taken from the Rouen edition of 1723. The Paris edition of 1701-1705 is not listed in the files of the National Union Catalog, there is no copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale nor in the British Museum Catalogue. Sabin 18382 begins with the Paris edition, 1701-'5 without locating a copy, which is the only reference to this edition in any bibliography consulted. Quérard has an edition of these dates but printed in Amsterdam, which edition is also in Boucher de la Richarderie.

The first three volumes contain the voyage of Dampier, and the fourth that of Lionel Wafer; all volumes are illustrated with numerous plates and maps. Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 8. His copy was bound by John March in calf, gilt, cost $3.00, on June 30, 1807.

William Dampier, 1652-1715, English buccaneer, circumnavigator and hydrographer, made his first voyage, to Newfoundland, at the age of sixteen. He led a life full of adventure, travel, piracy and buccaneering; in 1703 he commanded the St. George on its expedition to the south seas, accompanied by Alexander Selkirk in command of the Cinque Ports and marooned at Juan Fernandez. In 1697 he published the first part of his Voyage Round the World. Eventually the work was enlarged into three volumes, the travels of Lionel Wafer made a fourth volume, and later Dampier added the accounts of the voyages of other navigators. Dampier's works were translated into French and other languages.

Lionel Wafer, 1660?-1705?, English surgeon, buccaneer and traveller, first went to sea as the servant of the surgeon on a ship bound for the East Indies. He met with Dampier at the Bastimentos on the Spanish Main, and in the course of his life met with him again from time to time. In 1699 he published A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, giving an account of the Author's abode there. His work was published in other editions and was translated into the French and Dutch languages." "41460","148","","","","Voiage de la Condamine dans l'Amerique meridionale.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 211, as above.","La Condamine, Charles Marie de.","Relation abrégée d'un Voyage fait dans l'Interieur de l'Amérique Méridionale. Depuis la Côte de la Mer du Sud, jusqu'aux Côtes du Brésil & de la Guiane, en descendant la Riviere des Amazones; lûe à l'Assemblée publique de l'Académie des Sciences, le 28. Avril 1745. Par M. de la Condamine, de la même Académie. Avec une Carte du Maragnon, ou de la Riviere des Amazones; levée par le même . . . A Paris: chez la Veuve Pissot, M. DCC. XLV. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi.—Lettre a Madame * * * sur l'Emeute Populaire excitée en la Ville de Cuenca au Perou, le 29. d'Août 1739. Contre les Académiciens des Sciences, envoyés pour la mesure de la Terre . . . M. DCC. XLVI. [1745, 1746.]","F2546 .L148","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 vol. 120 and 55 leaves; on sig. D1 in the second part is the title for the Pieces justificatives, with date M. D.C.C. XLV; and the following text in double columns; list of Fautes a Corriger at the end of Vol. I, folded engraved map of the Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou Amazones by G. N. Delahaye, folded engraved Vuë d'une Place preparée pour une Course de Taureaux, en la Ville de Cuenca au Perou at the beginning of the second volume.

Sabin 38484. Quérard 368. Palau IV, 166. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 310. Medina 3371. This edition not in Field. Winsor VIII, 310. John Carter Brown 797.

Charles Marie de La Condamine, 1701-1774, French geographer and mathematician, took part in the expedition sent to Peru in 1735 to determine the length of a degree of the meridian in the neighbourhood of the equator. He had difficulty with his associates, Louis Godin and Pierre Bouguer, from whom he eventually separated and made his way from Quito down the Amazon, thus accomplishing the first scientific exploration of that river. He returned to Paris in 1744, and originally published his results in the Mémoire de l'Académie des Sciences. This is the first published edition of this work and a Spanish edition appeared in the same year. The Lettre a Madame *** forms part of this work and should accompany it, though it is sometimes separately treated by bibliographers.

For other works relative to the same expedition, see no. 4125 and 4126 by the Spaniards Juan y Santacilia and Ulloa, who accompanied the expedition." "41470","149","","","","Collection of voiages to the Southern Hemisphere.","","2. v. 8vo. Lond. 1788.","1815 Catalogue, page 121, no. 224, A Collection of Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanica, Polynesia, Australasia, &c. 2 v 8vo London, 1788.","","A Collection of Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere. London: printed for the Editor and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. This collection consists of Volumes II and III of Terra Australis Cognita, with new title-pages, the last page of both volumes reprinted, and a list of the several voyages added.

A copy of this edition was not seen. Terra Australis Cognita was a translation into English by John Callender, published in Edinburgh in 1766-68, of the Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes by Charles de Brosses, q. v. See the note to Sabin 10053. This 1788 edition contains the voyages of Sir Richard Hawkins, Fernand de Quiros William Schouten, Henry Brewer, William Dampier, Frézier, Ulloa and others." "41480","150","","","","Relation des voiages de la mer du Sud en 1712-14.","","par Frezier. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 256, Voiage aux Cotes du Chily et du Perou en 1712, 3, 4, par Frezier, 2 v 4to.","Frézier, Amédée François.","Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux Côtes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les Années 1712, 1713 & 1714. Dediée à S. A. R. Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans, Regent du Royaume. Avec une Réponse a la Preface Critique du Livre intitulé, Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques & Botaniques du R. P. Feuillée, contre la Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud, & une Chronologie des Vicerois du Perou, depuis son établissement jusqu'au tems de la Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud. Par M. Frezier, Ingenieur Ordinaire du Roy. Ouvrage enrichi de quantité de Planches en Taille-douce. A Paris: chez Nyon, Didot, Quillau, M. DCC. XXXII. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. [1732.]","YA11982","

4to. 190 leaves including the half title, 35 engraved maps by Frézier and plates by various engravers, an engraved head piece and initial by I. Scotin; the last 32 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination, are for the Réponse a la Preface Critique du Livre intitulé: Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques & Botaniques du R. P. Feuillée, contre la Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud de M. Frézier.

Quérard III, 216. Sabin 25925. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 325. Palau III, 275. Winsor VIII, 367. John Carter Brown 486.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6. The error in the entry in the 1815 Catalogue is corrected in ink in the contemporary working copy of that catalogue; 2 v 4to is circled in ink, and only 1 vol. written beside it.

Amédée François Frézier, 1682-1775, a Frenchman of Scottish ancestry, was sent by France in 1711 to investigate the Spanish colonies in South America. He returned to France in 1715, and in the following year published the first edition of this book. In 1719 he was appointed engineer in chief at St. Domingue, but returned to France in 1719 for reasons of health. This second edition is enlarged and has at the end Frézier's reply to the criticisms of Pére Feuillé, contained in the third volume of his Journal, published in 1725." "41490","151","","","","Voiages de Coreal aux Indes Occidentales.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 91, Voiages de Correal, viz. la Floride, Antilles, Mexique, N. Grenade, Guyane, Brezil, Peru, Philippines, Terres Australes, 1666-1697, 2 v 12mo.","Coreal, Francesco.","Voyages de François Coreal aux Indes Occidentales, contenant ce qu'il y a vû de plus remarquable pendant son séjour depuis 1666. jusqu'en 1697. Traduits de l'Espagnol. Avec une Relation de la Guiane de Walter Raleigh, & le Voyage de Narbrough à la Mer du Sud par le Détroit de Magellan, &c. Nouvelle Edition, revûë, corrigée, & augmentée d'une nouvelle Découverte des Indes Meridionales & des Terres Australes, enrichie de figures. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Paris: chez André Cailieau, M DCC XXII. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1722.]","F2221 .C80","

2 vol. 12mo. 223 and 206 leaves, folded engraved maps and plans, folded and full-page plates of natural history etc., titles printed in red and black.

Sabin 16781. Boucher de la Richarderie V, 547. Palau II, 295. Faribault 170. Rich I, 31. Winsor VIII, 265. John Carter Brown 314. Not in Church.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 7.10.

Francesco Coreal, 1648-1708, Spanish traveller, was born in Carthagena. In 1666 he embarked for America and travelled until 1684, when he returned to Spain, but again set off for Brazil. The first edition of his Voyages was published in Amsterdam in the same year as this edition, 1722.

The fact that no Spanish edition is known has led certain authors to doubt the existence of Coreal and to consider this name a pseudonym. For this see Sabin and Rich. The first volume deals with the travels of Coreal, the second contains accounts of the travels of others as follows:

Relation de la Guiane . . . par le Chevalier Walter Raleigh.

Relation en forme de Journal, de la découverte des Isles de Palaos, ou nouvelles Philippines.

Journal du Voyage du Capitaine Narbrough a la Mer du Sud, par ordre de Charles II. Roi de la Grand Bretagne.

Relation d'un Voyage aux Terres Australes inconnues tirée du Journal du Capitaine Abel Jansen Tasman.

Relation Espagnole, de la Mission des Moxes dans le Pérou. Imprimée à Lima, par Ordre de Monseigneur Urbain de Matha Evéque de la Ville de la Paix.

Decouverte des Indes Meridionales faisant partie des Terres Australes.

Premier Voyage d'Alvaro de Mendagna raporté par le Docteur Christoval de Figueroa dans l'histoire du Marquis de Canete Viceroi du Perou.

Second Voyage d'Alvaro de Mendagna.

Decouverte des Terres Australes par Quiros en 1605." "41500","152","","","","Voiage de Labat aux isles de l'Amerique.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 128, no. 107, as above, but reading Voyage.","[Labat, Jean Baptiste.]","Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique. Contenant, l'Histoire Naturelle de ces Pays, l'Origine, les Mœurs, la Religion & le Gouvernement des Habitans anciens & modernes: les Guerres & les Evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le long séjour que l'Auteur y a fait. Le Commerce et les Manufactures qui y sont établies, & les moyens de les augmenter. Avec une Description exacte & curieuse de toutes ces Isles. Ouvrage enrichi d'un grand nombre de Cartes, Plans, & Figures en Taille-douce. Tome Premier. [-Sixième.] A La Haye: chez P. Husson, T. Johnson, P. Gosse, J. Van Duren, R. Alberts, & C. Levier, M. DCC. XXIV. [1724.]","F2151 .L12","

6 vol. 12mo. 260, 302, 266, 274, 256 and 268 leaves including first and last blanks where present; titles printed in red and black, numerous plates, folded and full-page, including maps, plans, plates of natural history and other matters. In the Library of Congress copy Volumes I and II have at the end the Table des Matieres, included in the signatures and in the pagination; volumes III, IV, and V are without this Table; Volume VI is missing, and a copy of the first edition, Paris, 1722, of which this edition is a reprint, was used in its place; this volume has the Table at the end.

Barbier III, 524. Quérard IV, 325. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 194. Sabin 38410. Faribault 346. Winsor VIII, 272. John Carter Brown 343.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 21.-.

Jean Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, French Dominican, had been interested in missionary work since first joining the order. His opportunity came in 1693, when, contagious disease having depleted the monasteries in the Antilles, the Dominican superiors of the Islands appealed to European members of the order for help. Labat spent a large part of his time in Martinique, and returned to France in 1705. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1722, and was several times reprinted. The preface contains a critical analysis of the work of Durret, q.v." "41510","153","","","","Histoire des Antilles Angloises.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 109, as above.","[Butel-Dumont, Georges Marie.]","Histoire et Commerce des Antilles Angloises. Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population & quelques détails sur le Commerce de contrebande des Anglois avec les Espagnols dans le Nouveau Monde. On y a joint l'Histoire des Loix principales qui concernent les Colonies Angloises établies tant dans les isles, que sur le continent de l'Amérique. [Paris?] M. DCC. LVIII. [1758.]","F2131 .B98","

12mo. 158 leaves including the first blank, 2 leaves of Errata and the additional leaves in sig. B and C, folded engraved map of Les Isles Antilles par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy.

Quérard I, 576. Sabin 9601. Winsor VIII, 272.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 2.8.

Georges Marie Butel-Dumont, 1725-1788, French jurisconsult and historian, published the first edition of this work without name of place or printer in 1757, though this edition of 1758 is usually considered the first by bibliographers. The work deals with the French and English interests in the West Indies, about which Jefferson had written in the previous year, on February 1, 1787, to John Jay:

. . . It had been suspected that France & England might adopt those concerted regulations of commerce for their West Indies, of which your letter expresses some apprehensions, but the expressions in the 4. 5. 7. 11. 18. & other articles of their treaty, which communicate to the English the privileges of the most favored European nation only, has lessened if not removed those fears. they have clearly reserved a right of favoring specially any nation not European, and there is no nation out of Europe who could so probably have been in their eye at that time as ours. they are wise. they must see it probable at least that any concert with England will be but of short duration: & they could hardly propose to sacrifice for that a connection with us which may be perpetual . . ." "41520","154","","","","Histoire naturel des Antilles. par de Rochefort.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 108, as above.","[Rochefort, César de.]","Histoire Natvrelle des Iles Antilles de l'Ameriqve: par Mr. de Rochefort. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Lyon: chez Christofle Fovrmy, M.DC.LXVII. [1667.]","F2001.R64","

2 vol. 12 mo. 316 and 344 leaves, including half-titles, the first title printed in red and black, the same engraving on both titles representing the interior of a library in a frame, numerous plates, folded, and in the text (in the copy in the Library of Congress the plate on page 139, Volume I, is printed upside down); 28 pages at the end of Volume II contain a Vocabvlaire Caraibe. The second title page, printed in black only, reads Histoire Morale des Iles Antilles de l'Amerique, and omits the name of the author.

Barbier II, 819. Sabin 72317. Palau VI, 305. John Carter Brown 728. Field 1313 (not this edition). Bissainthe 7812.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.

César de Rochefort [sometimes known as Charles], 1605-c. 1690, French jurisconsult, controversial writer and lexicographer, published the first edition of this work in 1658. He is said to have stolen his material from Jean Baptiste Du Tertre, who published the first edition of his own history of the Antilles in 1654. For an account of the two works and their connection with each other, see Field as above.

According to Barbier the Carib vocabulary was by Raymond Breton, 1609-1679, French abbé." "41530","155","","","","Edward's history of the British West Indies.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 229, as above, 5 vols.","Edwards, Bryan.","The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. F.R.S. S.A. Illustrated by an Atlas, and embellished with a Portrait of the Author. To which is added a general Description of the Bahama Islands, by Daniel M'Kinnen, Esq. In Four Volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.] Philadelphia: Printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1806.","F2131 .E27","

4 vol. 8vo. No copy of the fifth volume, the Atlas of plates, was available for examination. Vol. I, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author for J. Humphreys by D. Edwin; the preliminary matter contains the dedication to His Most Excellent Majesty, the Prefatory Advertisement by Sir William Young, Bart., the Sketch of the Life of the Author, written by himself, the Preface to the First Edition, dated London, 1793, the Preface to the Second Edition, dated London, 1794, and the Contents of the First Volume; Vol. II, 204 leaves, 3 folded leaves of Tables, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf; pages 227 to 233 contain The Sable Venus; An Ode. (Written in Jamaica.); Vol. III, 176 leaves, VII numbered Tables on 6 folded leaves at the end; Vol. IV, 216 leaves, 1 folded leaf with a table, the list of Subscribers' Names on 4 pages at the end, headed by His Excellency T. Jefferson, Esq. L.L.D. President of the United States of America. Volume IV contains An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo; Postscript to the Historical Survey of St. Domingo; A Tour through the several Islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, in the Years 1791 & 1792: By Sir William Young, Bart. M.P.F.R.S. &c.; History of the War in the West Indies from its commencement in February 1793; Hortus Eastensis. Or a Catalogue of Exotic Plants, in the Garden of Hinton East, Esq; in the Mountains of Liguanea, in the Island of Jamaica, at the time of his Decease. By Arthur Broughton, M.D.; A General Description of the Bahama Islands. By Daniel M'Kinnen, Esq.

Sabin 21901. Ragatz 165. Cundall, 2095. McCulloch, page 92 (not this edition). Winsor VIII, 272. Bissainthe 5654 (with date 1805).

James Humphreys, the publisher of this edition, wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia concerning his subscription, in a letter received by the latter on February 18, 1805:

The liberty I have taken of addressing to your Excellency the within proposals for Edwards's W. Indies and for Johnson's Dictionary, I trust will not be considered as too intrusive. On a former occasion, proposing to publish Edwards's West Indies, I was honoured with your Excellency's Signature to my subscription list— The third Volume being then not published I declined pursuing it. Being now in possession of the whole Work, I have again issued proposals for it, and shall think myself flattered by your Excellency's patronage and approbation of it as well as that of the Dictionary.

Jefferson sent his subscription from Washington on June 9, 1806:

Th: Jefferson with his compliments to m[???] Humphreys incloses him an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for 12.D. for Edwards's history of the W. Indies, according to the note recieved from him.

The copy was bound for Jefferson by John March, Georgetown, on October 7, 1806, 5 volumes, calf, gilt, price $5.00.

Bryan Edwards, 1743-1800, was born in England, and later became associated with his uncle Zachary Bayly of Jamaica, a wealthy planter, whose estate he eventually inherited. Edwards became a leading figure in the Colonial Assembly, but returned to England in 1792, where he became a Caribbean merchant, a member of Parliament, and the founder of a bank. The first edition of this book, published in London in 1793 in two volumes quarto, was without the additional matter found in this edition, and without the atlas of plates, which was first issued with the second edition in 1794. The first edition to contain the Sketch of the author's life, and the Tour through the several Islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, etc., begun by Edwards, and finished after his death by Sir William Young, was published in 1801. Ragatz describes Edwards' work as ''a classic in British Caribbean literature, and probably the most famous work in the field.''

Sir William Young, 1749-1815, second baronet, was born and educated in England. His father, the first baronet, was governor of Dominica, and Sir William became the proprietor of large estates in the West Indies which he visited in 1791, and wrote the account of his travels, first published in 1801 as an appendix to the second edition of Edwards' An Historical Survey of the Island of Saint Domingo, edited after the author's death by Young.

Arthur Broughton, d. 1796, English botanist, graduated M.D. at Edinburgh in 1779, and in 1780 was elected physician to the infirmary at Bristol. He went to Jamaica in 1783 on leave of absence but never returned, and died at Kingston in 1796. The first edition of Hortus Eastensis was published in Kingston in 1792 in quarto.

Daniel M'Kinnen (properly John Daniel Mackinnon), 1767-1830, was a member of the Clan Fingon, of which Daniel Mackinnon, the 30th Chief, had emigrated to Antigua. He was a barrister at law in Binfield, Berks, but visited the West Indies and the Bahamas, and published the first edition of his Description of the Bahama Islands in London in 1804.

In 1823 John Pickering of Salem, Mass. (1777-1846, the eldest son of Timothy Pickering, q. v.), sent to Jefferson a copy of the new edition of Edwards' work, recently published by the Massachusetts Historical Society. On February 4, 1823, he wrote to Jefferson:

Knowing the interest you take in the inquiries which are now going on respecting the Indian Languages, I beg leave to offer you a copy of the new edition of Dr. Edwards' Observations on the Mohegan Language, which is just published by our Historical Society, and constitutes a part of the present volume of their ''Collections.'' With the hope of stimulating our students of Indian, I have added a few Notes to this edition, and also a Comparative Vocabulary of various dialects. The words are given just as I found them in the various authors; which I mention lest I should be thought answerable for blunders which are none of my own. In all our Indian vocabularies there is a shocking want of accuracy and system, as you well know." "41540","156","","","","Histoire de la Jamaique. trad. de l'Anglois.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 110, as above, but reading trad. de Anglois.","[Leslie, Charles.]","Histoire de la Jamaïque, Traduite de l'Anglois. Par M.***, ancien Officier de Dragons. Premiere [-Second] Partie. A Londres: chez Nourse, M. DCC. LI. [1751.]","F1884 .L645","

First Edition of this translation. 2 parts in 1, 12mo. 146 and 124 leaves, separate title, signatures and pagination for the second part, though the title falls on the last leaf (M12) of the first part, 6 numbered folded engraved plates (5 on subjects of natural history) by N. B. de Poilly.

Barbier II, 700 (by Sir Hans Sloane). Quérard IX, 191 (under Sir Hans Sloane). Sabin 82167 and 35585, one entry anonymous, the other under Sir Hans Sloane. Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 186 (anon.). Cundall, Bibliotheca Jamaicensis 3.

Entered by Jefferson on his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 3.0.

Charles Leslie, fl. 1740, Scots writer. This work is a translation into French of the New and Exact Account of Jamaica, first published anonymously in Edinburgh, 1739, and ascribed to Leslie as the signer of the dedication to the Earl of Eglington. With regard to the French translation, Frank Cundall, op. cit. writes:

''The translator suppressed both his own name and that of Leslie, but he was probably not acquainted with the latter as it nowhere appears in the London editions of 1740. Indeed Bridges considers it as a piracy; and it is not mentioned by either Lowndes or Allibone. If it is a piracy, it is a most impudent one. The alterations from the Edinburgh edition are very slight; in the ''New History'' a new Letter X is inserted, which is a copy of the appendix of the third Edinburgh edition; and the old Letter X becomes XI and so on till the end: and the size of the book is larger . . .''

Joseph Raulin, 1708-1784, French doctor, and the author of a number of books on medicine, is usually supposed to be the translator of this edition." "41550","157","","","","Description de St. Domingue par Moreau de St. Mery.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 259, as above.","Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis élie.","Description Topographique, Physique, Civile, Politique et Historique de la Partie Française de l'Isle Saint-Domingue. Avec des Observations générales sur sa Population, sur le Caractère & les Mœurs de ses divers Habitans; sur son Climat, sa Culture, ses Productions, son Administration, &c. &c. Accompagnées des détails les plus propres à faire connaître l'état de cette Colonie à l'époque du 18 Octobre 1789; et d'une nouvelle Carte de la totalité de l'Isle. Par M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Méry. Tome Premier. [-Second.] Comprenant, outre les objets généraux, la Description des vingt & une Paroisses de la Partie du Nord & de l'Isle la Tortue . . . A Philadelphie: et s'y trouve chez l'Auteur; A Paris: chez Dupont; A Hambourg: chez les principaux Libraires, 1797 [-98.]","F1901 .M84","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 404 and 432 leaves; folded engraved Carte de St. Domingue by Bowen & Co., Philadelphia, dressee pour l'ouvrage de M. L. E. Moreau de St. Mery, dessinée par I. Sonis, 1796, large folded engraved Carte de l'Isle St. Domingue similarly dressée, by Wallace after I. Sonis, 1796, both in Vol. I, folded leaf inserted in Vol. II with a printed Itinéraire de la Colonie Française de Saint-Domingue, par Ordre Alphabétique. The preliminary matter in Vol. I includes the Explication de quelques termes employés à Saint-Domingue & dans ce Premier Volume, in Vol. II, the Errata list for both volumes, the Liste des Souscripteurs, a Liste Chronologique des Administrateurs de la Colonie Française de Saint-Domingue, où se trouve marquée l'époque où chacun d'eux est entré en fonctions, and other matter.

Quérard VI, 299. Sabin 50571. Hazard, page xxvi. Winsor VIII, 282. Bissainthe 7025.

The list of subscribers includes S. E. Thomas Jefferson, Vice Président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Other subscribers, whose names are found elsewhere in this Catalogue include Adet, Ministre de la République Française près des Etats-Unis d'Amérique; Baudry Deslozières, Colon de Saint-Domingue, à Philadelphie; Burr, Colonel, à New-York; Deveze, Médecin de la République Française, à Philadelphie; Duponceau, Avocat & Notaire, à Philadelphie; Gouin Dufief, à Philadelphie; Koskiusko (Général), à Philadelphie; La Rochefoucaud-Liancourt, à Philadelphie; Talleyrand-Périgord, Ministre des Relations extérieures de la République Française; Vaughan, Négociant, à Philadelphie; Volney Membre de l'Institut National de France, à Philadelphie. Deux Exemplaires; Yrujo (le Chevalier d'), Ministre d'Espagne, près des états-Unis d'Amérique, and others.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by John March, on September 29, 1801, cost $3.00. The entry is marked ''Missing'' in ink in the working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and the book is not attributed to the Jefferson collection by any of the later Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish his books.

Médéric Louis élie Moreau de St. Méry, 1750-1819, French avocat, was born in Martinique. He spent part of his life in the West Indies, and after the insurrection of the negroes in 1791 moved to Paris and later to America. In 1794 he came to Philadelphia, where he opened a book shop and printing press. This book is reputed to give more than any other a correct idea of the state of St. Domingo before the insurrection. For other, books by him in this Catalogue see the Index." "41560","158","","","","Voyage d'un Suisse dans differentes colonies de l'Amerique.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 128, no. 227, as above.","[Girod-Chantrans, Justin.]","Voyage d'un Suisse dans différentes Colonies d'Amérique pendant la Derniere Guerre, avec une Table d'Observations météorologiques faites à Saint-Domingue . . . A Neuchatel: de l'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","F1921 .G5","

First Edition. 8vo. 212 leaves, including the halftitle, a folded leaf with printed tables inserted at page 335.

Barbier 1067. Quérard III, 378. Sabin 27510. Bissainthe 5955.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.

Justin Girod-Chantrans, 1750-1841, French naturalist, was born in Besançon. He spent some time in St. Domingue while in the French army, but in due course returned to Europe. This Voyage is written chiefly in the form of letters, all written in 1782, the first from Bordeaux, on January 26. This is followed by the journal of the voyage, and Observations générales sur l'isle de la Martinique. The second letter is dated from Cap François on May 25, and the remaining letters (thirty-two in all) from S. Domingue. The last letter, numbered XXXII, is headed Réponse à une question proposée par M. l'abbé Raynal. The question is ''La découverte de l'Amérique a-t-elle été utile ou nuisible au genre humain? Si elle a produit des biens, quels sont les moyens de les conserver & de les accroître? Si elle a produit des maux, quels sont les moyens d'y remédier?''" "41570","159","","","","Voyage de Humboldt","","3me. partie. Essai sur la Nouvelle Espagne. 2d. livraison. pa. 53-172 3d. 173-348 4th. XLIX-XCII 349-428. 5th. 429-662 4me. partie. Astronomie et Magnetisme. 2d. livraison. 157-280 3d. 281-376 4th. 1-110.","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 286, Voiage de Humboldt, 3me partie Essai sur la Nouvelle Espagne, et 4me partie, Astronomie et Magnetisme, gr. fol.","Von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander, Baron.","Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. Troisième Partie. Essai sur la Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne.—Quatrième Partie. Astronomie. Paris: chez F. Schoell, de l'Imprimerie de J. H. Stone, 1808-1813.","","

First Edition. Folio. 8 livraisons bound together in 2 volumes. Jefferson's copy was incomplete as he had only the livraisons sent to him by Von Humboldt. This copy was either not delivered to Congress or disappeared at an early date. The entry in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue is not checked and the word missing is written in ink beside it. The title is included in the manuscript list of books missing from the Congressional Library, made at a later date, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. No copy of the livraisons has been seen for examination.

Quérard IV, 162, See Sabin 33752, 33757, etc. Palau IV, 73.

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are 22 pages containing material in the autograph of Von Humboldt and endorsements and headings by Jefferson. The subjects include Tableau statistique du Royaume de la Nouv. Espagne; Luisiana; Extrait des Tables statistices par F. A. Humboldt; Tableau geologique du pays; Population; and others. One of the pages is dated by Jefferson April 7, 1804.

It was probably to this material that Jefferson had reference in the postscript of his letter to Caspar Wistar, dated from Washington, June 7, 1804:

I have omitted to state above, the extreme satisfaction I have recieved from Baron Humboldt's communications. the treasures of information which he possesses are inestimable and fill us with impatience for their appearance in print.

On May 24 in the same year, Von Humboldt, returned from his voyage, wrote to Jefferson a long letter giving an account of his journey, and with mention also of the Notes on Virginia:

. . . Le désir de me rendre utile aux sciences physiques et d'etudier l'homme dans ses differens états de barbarie et de culture m'a fait entreprendre, à mes propres fraix, en 1799: une Expédition aux Tropiques, Par une réunion de circonstances heureuses et de confiance personelle le Gouvernement Espagnol m'a donné des permissions plus amples que celles dont la Condamine et l'Abbé Chappe ont joui. J'ai trouvé dans un ami le Citoyen Bonpland, éléve du Musée de Paris, des connaissances distinguées, du courage et cet enthousiasme qui doit animer tous ceux, qui par de grands sacrifices tendent a des vues morales . . . J'aimerai Vous parler encore d'un objet que Vous avez si ingenieusement traité dans Votre ouvrage sur la Virginie, des dents de Marmot que nous avons découvert dans les Andes de l'Hemisphere austral à 1700. toises de hauteur sur l'Ocean Pacifique. Mon ami le C. Cuvier en donera la description anatomique. Ce serait abuser de Vos bontés que de Vous entretenir plus long tems et je me borne à Vous repeter les assurances de la profonde vénération avec laquelle je serai toute ma vie, Mr. le Président.

Jefferson replied on May 28:

I recieved last night your favor of the 24th. and offer you my congratulations on your arrival here in good health after a tour in the course of which you have been exposed to so many hardships and hazards. the countries you have visited are of those least known, and most interesting, and a lively desire will be felt generally to recieve the information you will be able to give. no one will feel it more strongly than myself, because no one, perhaps views this new world with more partial hopes of it's exhibiting an ameliorated state of the human condition . . .

The livraisons were sent to Jefferson from Paris as they appeared, through David Bailie Warden, the acting consul, at the request of Von Humboldt.

On April 8, 1808, Warden wrote to announce the impending publication:

. . . Mr Humboldt mentioned, to me the other day, that he proposes to offer you a copy of the statistical part of his work on South America, which will appear in the course of a week or two . . .

Letters to Jefferson from Warden dated May 25, June 12, July 24, September 2 and November 24, 1808, all mention that parts of Von Humboldt's work had been transmitted. The letter of July 24 requested corrections for a second edition:

I have the honor of informing you that I lately transmitted for you, by Mr. Barney of Baltimore, certain parts of Mr. Humbolts' work, accompanied with a letter from him on this subject.

The other day he expressed to me a strong desire to know from you whether he has committed an error in supposing that the importation of slaves into the united states is not totally interdicted, and also whether there be any facts or observations, concerning the united states, in the Statistical part of his work, which ought to be corrected in a second edition . . .

On February 25, 1809, Jefferson wrote to Warden:

. . . Mr. Humboldt's work is also received & in answer to his question stated in yours of July 24. I will observe that the importation of Slaves into the United States is totally & rigorously prohibited . . .

On March 8 Jefferson sent to Joseph Milligan for binding, such parts as he had received. The parts were bound in boards at a cost of 50 cents.

On March 6, 1809, Jefferson wrote from Washington to Von Humboldt:

I recieved safely your letter of May 30. & with it your astronomical work & Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain, for which I return you my sincere thanks. I had before heard that this work had begun to appear, & the specimen I have recieved proves that it will not disappoint the expectations of the learned. besides making knon to us one of the most singular & interesting countries on the globe, one almost locked up from the knolege of man hitherto, precious addition will be made to our stock of physical science, in many of it's parts. we shall bear to you therefore the honorable testimony that you have deserved well of the republic of letters . . .

On June 12, Von Humboldt wrote from Paris to Jefferson:

. . . J'ai l'honneur de vous presenter la seconde et la troisieme. partie de mon ouvrage sur le Mexique. Le 2d. 3me et 4me cahier de mon Recueil astronomique y compris le Nivellement des etudes. J'ajoute la traduction que l'en a faite de mes Tableaux de la Nature, traduction qui seroit bien mieux reussi en anglais . . .

[For the Tableaux de la Nature, see no. 646.]

More than a year later, on September 23, 1810, Von Humboldt wrote from Paris to Jefferson:

J'ai l'honneur de vous offrir la quatrieme et la cinquieme partie de mon ouvrage sur le Mexique comme une faible marque de ma vénération profonde et respectuese. Quoique ces ouvrages aient été ecrites sous des circonstances peu favorables à la tranquillité de mon esprit, je me flatte que vous y trouverez l'expression de ces sentimens d'independance que j'ai professés toute ma vie et que je regarde comme un patrimoine qu'on ne puisse pas m'enlever . . .

This was acknowledged by Jefferson on April 14, 1811:

The interruption of our intercourse with France, for some time past has prevented my writing to you. a conveyance now occurs, by m[???] Barlow or m[???] Warden, both of them going in a public capacity. it is the first safe opportunity offered of acknoleging your favor of Sep. 23. and the reciept at different times of the IIId. part of your valuable work, 2d. 3d. 4th. & 5th. livraisons, and the IVth. part, 2d. 3d. & 4th. livraisons, with the Tableaux de la nature, and an interesting map of New Spain. for these magnificent & much esteemed favors accept my sincere thanks. they give us a knolege of that country more accurate than I believe we possess of Europe, the seat of the science of a thousand years . . .

On December 20, 1811 (received by Jefferson on July 31, 1813) Von Humboldt sent more parts:

. . . J'ose vous offrir la fin de mon Recueil d'Observations astronomiques et la 6me et 7me livraison de l'Essai sur la Nouvelle Espagne . . .

Jefferson wrote to Von Humboldt from Monticello on December 6, 1813:

I have to acknolege your two letters of Dec. 20. & 26. 1811. by m[???] Correa . . . the livraison of your Astronomical observations and the 6th. and 7th. on the subject of New Spain, with the corresponding Atlases are duly recieved, as had been the preceding cahiers. for these treasures of a learning so interesting to us accept my sincere thanks. I think it most fortunate that your travels in those countries were so timed as to make them known to the world in the moment they were about to become actors on it's stage . . .

Several references to Jefferson occur in Von Humboldt's work. In the Introduction, in the part headed Ancienne et Nouvelle Californie (page xxxvii in the quarto edition of 1811) is a mention of the Notes on the State of Virginia: ''M. Jefferson, dans son ouvrage classique sur la Virginie, a discuté la position du Presidio de S. Fe au Nouveau-Mexique''; at the end of Chapter I in the same volume, in a discussion on the treatment of slaves, occurs the passage:

''Enfin, par un acte national, également motivé par la justice et la prudence, la traite des nègres a été abolie: elle l'auroit été long-temps avant, si la loi avoit permis au président des états-Unis (magistrat dont le nom est cher aux vrais amis de l'humanité) de s'opposer à l'introduction des esclaves, et d'épargner par là de grands malheurs aux races futures.''

A footnote explains the identity of the magistrat: M. Thomas Jefferson, auteur de l'excellent Essai sur la Virginie.

On page 317 in this edition, a footnote explains Jefferson's part in the Lewis and Clark expedition: ''Ce voyage admirable du capitaine Lewis a été entrepris sous les auspices de M. Jefferson, qui, par ce service important rendu aux sciences, a ajouté de nouveaux motifs á la reconnoissance que lui doivent les savans de toutes les nations.''

Other references to Jefferson occur.

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt, 1769-1859, German naturalist and traveller, left Corunna on June 5, 1799 for a five year expedition to Mexico and Spanish South America. On his return in 1804 he visited the United States, and was introduced to Jefferson by Caspar Wistar of Philadelphia.

Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland [Goujand], 1773-1858, French traveller and botanist, accompanied Von Humboldt on his epxedition, and collected and classified upwards of 6000 plants, mostly unknown in Europe." "41580","160","","","","Humboldt's political essay on New Spain.","","Eng. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 124, no. 212, as above.","Von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander, Baron.","Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain. Containing Researches relative to the Geography of Mexico, the Extent of its Surface and its political Division into Intendancies, the physical Aspect of the Country, the Population, the State of Agriculture and Manufacturing and Commercial Industry, the Canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, the Crown Revenues, the Quantity of the precious Metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the Discovery of the New Continent, and the Military Defence of New Spain. By Alexander de Humboldt. With Physical Sections and Maps, founded on Astronomical Observations, and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements. Translated from the original French, by John Black. Vol. I. [-II.] New-York: printed and published by I. Riley, 1811.","F1211 .H921","

2 vol. 8vo. 175 and 189 leaves.

Sabin 33715. Cowan I, page 296.

Jefferson's copy was bound by Milligan on May 14, 1811, cost $2.00.

This is a translation into English of the third part, Essai Politique [see the previous entry], of the Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland.

The references to Jefferson, quoted above, occur in Volume I on pages xlviii and 13, in Volume II on page 231.

For Von Humboldt, see the previous entry.

John Black, 1783-1855, Scottish journalist, first published his translation of Von Humboldt's work in London in four volumes, octavo, with an atlas of plates. The New York edition is not complete but no more was published." "41590","161","","","","Compendio della Storia del Chile. Bologna.","","1776. p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 223, as above, 8vo [dal Moline?].","[Molina, Juan Ignacio.]","Compendio della Storia Geografica, Naturale, e Civile del Regno del Chile. Bologna MDCCLXXVI. Nella Stamperîa di S. Tommaso d'Aquino con licenza de' Superiori. [1776.]","F3058 .M72","

First Edition. 8vo. 127 leaves, engraved folded map of Chile, 10 engraved plates of natural history, costume, etc., some folded, by Gio. Fabbri; imprimatur at the end dated Die 5. Februarij 1776.

Not in Melzi. This edition not in Sabin. Palau V, 207. Winsor VIII, 347. Silva 115. Backer V, 1165, 3. Barros Arana 106. See Medina, Bibliotheca Hispano-Chilena III, 597.

In a letter to William Short dated from New York April 27, 1790, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . Molini was commissioned by me to procure from Italy the Abbé Molina's book on Chili . . .

Sixteen years later, on January 22, 1806, a copy was sent to Jefferson by Francisco de Miranda, who wrote from New York:

J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer ci-jointe la Storia Naturale e Civile del Chile, dont nous avons parlé à Washington:—Vous-y trouverez peut être plus des faites interessants, et plus de Science dans ce petit volume, que dans tous ceux qui ont êté ecrits auparavant sur la propre matiere, concernant ce beau pays . . .

On January 15, 1809, in a letter dated from Washington to Charles Willson Peale, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have lately seen Molina's account of Chili in which, correcting Buffon's classification of the wooly animals, he speaks of one, the Chilihueco, or Chili sheep, which may possibly be the same with the fleecy goat of Govr. Lewis . . .

An edition in English of Molina's work had been published in the previous year in Middletown, Connecticut, and it is possible that Jefferson's reference was to that publication.

Juan Ignacio Molina, 1740-1829, was born in Chile, where he entered the Jesuit order in 1755. On the expulsion of the Jesuits from the country he was sent to Italy, and immediately began to write the history of his country. The first edition was published in Italian in 1776, the first edition in Spanish in 1788. This work was formerly ascribed to Molina's companion in exile, Gomez de Vidaurre, and is so ascribed in a contemporary hand in one of the copies in the Library of Congress." "41600","162","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 96, The history of Miranda's attempt to effect a in South America, by an Officer, 12mo.","[Biggs, James.]","The History of Don Francisco de Miranda's attempt to effect a Revolution in South America, in a series of letters, by a Gentleman who was an Officer under that General, to his friend in the United States. To which are annexed, Sketches of the life of Miranda, and geographical notices of Caraccas . . . Boston: published by Edward Oliver, 1808.","F2323 .M657","

First Edition. 171 leaves (24 letter alphabet). The copy of this edition in the Library of Congress is imperfect, and the title-leaf defective, with damage to the imprint, the name of the publisher and the date being missing.

Halkett and Laing III, 66 [by Henry Adams Bullard, authority Sabin]. Sabin 5333 [under Biggs] and 9117 [under Bullard]. Palau I, 228.

Reference is made to Jefferson as President on page 6:

''We are encouraged in the belief that our government has given its implied sanction to this expedition, and this circumstance, taken in connexion with the official language of the President, and the known sentiments of some of the political party that now prevails, leads us to suppose that our government expects or intends, very soon explicitly to authorise the use of force against Spain. Under such impressions, we think we shall not be called to account as violating the pacifick relations of the United States . . .''

On page 273 is quoted a translation into English of the letter from Miranda to Jefferson in sending him a copy of Molina's work on Chile, q. v.

Jefferson mentioned Miranda's expedition several times in his correspondence. In a letter to William Duane, dated from Washington, March 22, 1806, he wrote:

. . . that the expedition of Miranda was countenanced by me, is an absolute falsehood, let it have gone from whom it might; & I am satisfied it is equally so as to m[???] Madison. to know as much of it as we could was our duty, but not to encourage it . . .

On October 4, 1809, in a letter to Valentin de Foronda, the Spanish consul in Philadelphia, Jefferson wrote:

. . . and here give me leave to make an avowal for which, in my present retirement, there can be no motive but a regard for truth. your predecessor, soured on a question of etiquette against the administration of this country, wished to impute wrong to them in all their actions, even where he did not believe it himself. in this spirit he wished it to be believed that we were in unjustifiable cooperation in Miranda's expedition. I solemnly, & on my personal truth and honor declare to you that this was entirely without foundation, & that there was neither cooperation nor connivance on our part. he informed us he was about to attempt the liberation of his native country from bondage, & intimated a hope of our aid or connivance at least. he was at once informed that altho' we had great cause of complaint against Spain, & even of war, yet whenever we should think proper to act as her enemy, it should be openly & above board, & that our hostility should never be exercised by such petty means. we had no suspicion that he expected to engage men here, but merely to purchase military stores. against this there was no law, nor consequently any authority for us to interpose obstacles. on the other hand we deemed it improper to betray his voluntary communication to the agents of Spain.

altho' his measures were many days in preparation at New York, we never had the least intimation or suspicion of his engaging men in his enterprize until he was gone: and I presume the secrecy of his proceedings kept them equally unknown to the Marquis Yrujo at Philadelphia, & the Spanish Consul at New York, since neither of them gave us any information of the enlistment of men until it was too late for any measures taken at Washington to prevent their departure. the officer in the customs who participated in this transaction with Miranda, we immediately removed, and should have had him and others further punished had it not been for the protection given them by private citizens at N. York in opposition to the government who by their impudent falsehoods & calumnies were able to overbear the minds of the jurors. be assured, Sir, that no motive could induce me at this time to make this declaration so gratuitously, were it not founded in sacred truth, and I will add further that I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith, having never believed, there was one code of morality for a public, & another for a private man . . .

In the so-called ''Anas'', under date May 1, 1806, Jefferson mentions the trial of Colonel William S. Smith and Samuel Gouverneur Ogden, accused of complicity in outfitting Miranda's expedition:

. . . on the prosecution of Ogden & Smith for participñ in Miranda's expeditñ the defs & their friends having contrived to make it a government question, in which they mean to have the admñ & the judge tried as culprits instead of themselves, Swartwout, the marshal, to whom, in his duel with Clinton, Smith was second. & is bosom friend, summoned a pannel of jurors, the greater part of which were of the bitterest federalists. his letter too covering to a friend a copy of Aristides & affirming that every fact in it was true as holy writ. determined unanimously that he be removed.

[For an account of this trial, see the Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden . . . in July, 1806 . . . By Thomas Lloyd, stenographer. New York, 1807.]

Francisco de Miranda, 1756-1816, a native of Caracas, first took refuge in the United States in 1783. He intrigued more than once to separate the Spanish colonies from the mother country. The insurrection described in this book was promoted by Miranda after returning to the United States from Europe in 1805. He met Jefferson, Aaron Burr and James Madison, and renewed his acquaintance with William Stephens Smith, Richard Rush, Rufus King and others. The expedition sailed from New York for South America in February 1806. William Stephens Smith is said to have confided the secrets of the expedition to Aaron Burr, who informed the Spanish minister in Washington. The expedition failed, the men were imprisoned and many of them hung, and Miranda himself was captured and died in prison at Cadiz.

William Stephens Smith, 1755-1816, was the son-in-law of John Adams. He first met Miranda when secretary to the legation in London, and travelled on the Continent with him. In 1806 he was prosecuted for his part in outfitting Miranda's expedition, and was acquitted.

Samuel Gouverneur Ogden, 1779-1860, a ship owner, in said to have fitted the Leander with 18 guns and other necessary military equipment at his own expense and dispatched her, accompanied by the Bee and the Bacchus, and a force of two hundred men. Ogden suffered a financial loss, but is said to have rejoiced that he struck the first blow for freedom for South America. Bolivar recognized this and expressed a willingness to compensate Ogden for his losses. Ogden was tried with Smith for his part in outfitting the expedition, and was also acquitted.

James Biggs accompanied the expedition as a second lieutenant on the Leander. His story is written in the form of letters to a friend, the first dated from the Ship Leander, at Sea, Feb. 5th, 1806, the last Letter XXVIII, from the United States, August 21st, 1808 and is followed by an Appendix. The list of officers (page 17) includes that of Colonel William Steuben Smith, Aid de Camp to the Commander in Chief, who in 1824 published in Washington Facts in refutation of the aspersions against the character and memory of Colonel W. Stephens Smith . . .

The first edition of Biggs' work was published anonymously. An edition published in London in the following year, 1809, has his name on the title-page." "41610","163","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. M, Birch's Views of Philadelphia, gr. fol.","Birch, William.","The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates drawn and engraved by W. Birch & Son. Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road; Pennsylvania. Decr. 31st. 1800.","F158.44.B61","

First Edition. obl. folio. Engraved title with emblematic device, engraved colored frontispiece, showing the City and Port of Philadelphia, published as the Act directs by W. Birch, 1800, 1 printed leaf of text, 1 leaf with an engraved Plan of the City of Philadelphia by W. Barker, 26 engraved colored plates, drawn engraved & published by W. Birch & Son, sold by R. Campbell & Co., 1 printed leaf with the list of Subscribers.

Sabin 5530.

Jefferson was one of the subscribers to this work, and his name appears on the list on the last leaf, with Vice-President of the U. States. Other subscribers whose names appear in this Catalogue are Mathew Carey, William Cobbett, Ralph Eddowes, Ebenezer Hazard, B. Henry Latrobe, T. Mifflin, late Governor of Pennsylvania, Dr. William Shippen, The Chevalier d'Yrujo, and others.

William Birch, 1755-1834, enamel painter and engraver, was born in Warwick, England, and in 1794 came to the United States and settled in Philadelphia." "41620","164","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 201, Brackenridge's Views of Louisiana, 8vo.","Brackenridge, Henry Marie.","Views of Louisiana; together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811. By H. M. Brackenridge, Esq. Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814.","F353 .B77","

First Edition. 8vo. 152 leaves.

Sabin 7176. Wagner-Camp 12. This edition not in Field. Boimare 116 (followed by the edition of 1815, and the note ''L'un et l'autre de cet ouvrage me sont inconnu'').

A copy was sent by the author to Jefferson, who wrote from Monticello on March 16, 1814:

Th: Jefferson presents his thanks to m[???] Brackenridge for the copy of his much esteemed 'Views of Louisiana' which he has been so kind as to send him. in doing this he does but render his portion of the general gratitude due for this valuable contribution towards the knolege of a great country which nature has destined to become the most interesting portion of the Western world. he salutes m[???] Brackenridge with great respect and esteem.

On May 30, Brackenridge wrote from Baton Rouge to Jefferson:

I take the liberty of expressing the sum of gratitude which I feel, at the flattering notice you have been pleased to take, of the volume lately published by me, on the subject of Louisiana. I am truly sensible, that it is exceedingly imperfect; and further opportunities, of information, have disclosed many errors. This, induces me, to think of a second edition, should the first, meet with as ready a sale. I regard the work, merely as a contribution towards something of a higher kind, which, I hope, may be undertaken by some one, possessed of the necessary qualifications: should this be the case, instead of attempting a second edition, I will be content, to become a correspondent, and a contributor, in this way, as far as my information will enable me.

I might make appologies for the defects which occur in the volume, but I know that according to correct principles these are inadmissible, for no man ought to appear before the publick with his work until completely satisfied that it has received all the finish which it may be in his power to bestow. Indeed, I have done wrong in publishing so soon, but I was actuated [by] a belief that a regular work on such a subject could not be expected from one whose pursuits were of a different nature, and in some degree incompatible with this undertaking. My essays were hastily written, and in irregular desultory manner, often in the bar room of a country tavern, or in a boat as I passed along, and not composed in privacy and retirement. They were printed at the distance of two thousand miles from me, the manuscript forwarded by mail generally as it was written . . .

Henry Marie Brackenridge, 1786-1871, lawyer and author, chiefly noted for his interest in and work on South America, practised law in Missouri and Louisiana from 1810 to 1814." "41630","165","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 161, Elogio d'Amerigo Vespucci, dal Canovai, 8vo.","Canovai, Stanislao.","Elogio d'Amerigo Vespucci che ha riportato il Premio dalla Nobile Accademia Etrusca di Cortona nel dì 15 d'Ottobre dell'Anno 1788 con una Dissertazione giustificativa di questo Celebre Navigatore del P. Stanislao Canovai delle Scuole Pie pubblico Professore di Fisica-Matematica. In Firenze 1788. Nella Stamp. di Pietro Allegrini Con Approvazione.","E125 .V5C18","

First Edition. 4to. 44 leaves, engraved portrait of Vespuccius by Carol. Faucci after Thom. Gentili. Publisher's advertisement on the last preliminary leaf.

Sabin 10704. John Carter Brown 3177. Tiraboschi VI, page 336 (in the note). Faribault 105.

Jefferson bought his copy from John March, Georgetown, on August 6, 1805, price $1.00.

In 1814 he sent the portrait of Vespuccius from his copy to Joseph Delaplaine for use in his Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters.

On April 16, 1814, Delaplaine wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

I once more take the freedom of encroaching on your kindness with a request that you would allow me the privilege of having engravings made from two original pictures which I am informed by Doctor Barton are in your possession: One of them the portrait of Columbus, the other that of Americus Vespusius. Intending to render the work I have already had the honor to announce to you, a complete American Biographical work, it has occurred to me that the first discoverers ought to be allowed a nitche in it as well as the founders and perfecters of our republic; and my idea has been approved by several persons of distinction in this quarter. To me your approbation will be much more gratifying and to the work itself of infinite importance, since whatever its intrinsic merit may be, its success will greatly depend upon the first impression the expectation of it will make upon the people. Should the plan I mention, the proposals for which I take the liberty of enclosing (a rough proof just from the hands of the printer) have the good fortune to obtain your approbation, no more efficacious testimony of it can be given to the public than your condesending to supply the pictures. In which case you will add to the great weight of obligations I have to acknowledge, by giving your compliance to me as soon as possible, as the address to the public on the subject is to be with-held 'till I have the honor of receiving your reply.

And may I, Sir, without being charged with presumption, intreat you to trust the pictures to my custody, in order to their being put into the hands of Mr. Edwin whose great professional talents will do the utmost justice to those august subjects. I pledge my honor that the pictures shall be restored to you in perfect safety, as soon as the engraver is done with them . . .

Less than a week later, on April 19, Delaplaine again wrote:

I took the liberty a few days ago of writing to you on the subject of two pictures which Doctor Barton informed me are in your possession, and at the same time requested the favour of you to forward them to me for the purpose of having engravings taken from them for my national biographical work; I mean the portraits of Columbus & Americus Vespusius . . .

On April 30 he wrote:

Since I took the liberty of writing to you respecting the portraits of Columbus & Americus Vespusius, I am enabled to send you a perfect proposal of my Biographical work, in the first volume of which your portrait & a Biographical sketch of your life will be given. I shall be happy if you will authorize me to put name [sic] with others on my list as a subscriber.

On May 3 Jefferson replied to the first two letters:

Your favors of Apr. 16. and 19. on the subject of the portraits of Columbus and Americus Vespucius were recieved on the 30th. while I resided at Paris knowing that these portraits, & those of some other of the early American worthies were in the gallery of Medicis at Florence, I took measures for engaging a good artist to take and send me copies of them. I considered it as even of some public concern that our country should not be without the portraits of it's first discoverers. these copies have already run the risks of transportations from Florence to Paris, to Philadelphia, to Washington, & lastly to this place, where they are at length safely deposited. you request me 'to forward them to you at Philadelphia for the purpose of having engravings taken from them for a work you propose to publish, and you pledge your honor that they shall be restored to me in perfect safety.'

I have no doubt of the sincerity of your intentions in this pledge; and that it would be complied with as far as it would be in your power. but the injuries and accidents of their transportation to Philadelphia and back again are not within your controul. besides the rubbing thro' a land carriage of 600. miles, a carriage may overset in a river or creek, or be crushed with every thing in it. the frequency of such accidents to the stages renders all insurance against them impossible. and were they to escape the perils of this journey, I should be liable to the same calls, and they to the same or greater hasards from all those in other parts of the Continent who should propose to publish any work in which they might wish to employ engravings of the same characters. from public therefore as well as private considerations, I think that these portraits ought not to be hazarded from their present deposit. like public records, I make them free to be copied, but, being as originals in this country, they should not be exposed to the accidents & injuries of travelling post. while I regret therefore the necessity of declining to comply with your request, I freely and with pleasure offer to recieve as a guest any artist whom you shall think proper to engage, and will make them welcome to take copies at their leisure for your use. I wish them to be multiplied for safe preservation, and consider them as worthy a place in every collection. indeed I do not know how it happened that mr. Peale did not think of copying them while they were in Philadelphia, and I think it not impossible that either the father or the son might now undertake the journey for the use of their Museum. on the ground of our personal esteem for them, they would be at home in my family.

When I recieved these portraits at Paris, m[???] Daniel Parker of Massachusetts happened to be there, and determined to procure for himself copies from the same originals at Florence; and I think he did obtain them, and that I have heard of their being in the hands of some one in Boston.

if so, it might perhaps be easier to get some artist there and to take and send you copies. but be this as it may, you are perfectly welcome to the benefit of mine in the way I have mentioned . . .

On June 19 Delaplaine wrote:

I have been favoured with your very obliging and satisfactory letter respecting the portraits of Columbus & Americus Vespusius, and shall avail myself of your kind offer whenever an opportunity offers . . .

Jefferson replied on June 29:

Th: Jefferson presents his respects to Mr. Delaplaine & willingly becomes a subscriber to the publication stated in the Prospectus sent him. he presumes there will be some agent within this state who can recieve the subscription money, the difficulty of making remittances of small & fractional sums to a distance & in a paper recievable there being a principal obstruction to these subscriptions. since the date of his letter he has found in his library a very fine print of Vespucius done in Florence from the same original from which his portrait is taken. it is the frontispiece of an Eulogium on Vespucius, 6. I. by 4 1/4 I. should m[???] Delaplaine find it more convenient to copy this, whenever his engraver proceeds to that part of his work, Th: J. will cut it out of the book and forward it to him, to be returned when done with.

On July 28, at the end of a long letter discussing Jefferson's own portrait and its place in the volume, Delaplaine wrote:

. . . I am now prepared to put the portrait of Americus Vespusius in the hands of the engraver, & therefore request the favour of you sir to transmit it to me in the manner you propose. The print will be better for my purpose to have an engraving from, than to engrave from a drawing of the picture. I sincerely wish there was also an equally good print of Columbus.—Mr. Wood a very distinguished likeness painter, proposes to go to Washington when Congress sits, if he does, he purposes having the honor of waiting on you to paint Columbus for me.— . . .

A postscript to this letter reads:

The print of Vespusius shall be taken special care of & returned to you when done with.

On August 9 Jefferson sent to Delaplaine the engraved portrait from Canovai's work:

Your favor of July 28 is just recieved, and I now inclose you the print of Vespucius, which I have cut out of the book, & which is taken from the same original in the gallery of Florence from which my painting was taken . . .

This letter contains the passage relative to the portrait of Columbus ''between the 4th. & 5th. parts of the great work of De Bry'' quoted under De Bry's Collection of Voyages, no. 3977.

Delaplaine acknowledged the receipt of the portrait on August 17:

I have been favoured with your obliging letter of the 9th. instant, accompanied by another to Mr. Gabriel Stuart, and at the same time received your engraved portrait of Americus Vespusius in perfect safety. For these marks of your kindness be pleased to accept my sincere thanks.

The print of Vespucius is much admired by our artists, and is to be engraved in the line by one of our best engravers.

Have the goodness to inform me what date the eulogium, from which the print is taken, bears. This will be mentioned with my engraving, & at the same time I shall also state that it was furnished by yourself, an attention which I conceive to be justly due to you . . .

On August 28 Jefferson wrote to Delaplaine a long letter concerning the portraits of Columbus and Vespucci. With regard to the latter he wrote:

. . . The book from which I cut the print of Vespucius which I sent you has the following title and date. 'Elogio d'Amerigo Vespucciche ha riportato il premio dalla nobile accademia Etrusca de Cortona nel dì 15. d'Ottobre dell'anno 1788. del P. Stanislao Canovaidelle scuole pie publico professore di fisica-Mathematica, in Firenze 1788. nella stamp. di Pietro Allegrini.' this print is unquestionably from the same original in the gallery of Florence from which my copy was also taken. the portrait is named in the catalogue of Vasari, and mentioned also by Bandini in his life of Americus Vespucius, but neither gives it's history—both tell us there was a portrait of Vespucius taken by Domenico, and a fine head of him by Da Vinci, which however are lost, so that it would seem that this of Florence is the only one existing . . .

Stanislao Canovai, 1740-1811, Italian scholar and monk, won with this work the annual prize founded by the Count de Dufort, ambassador from France in Tuscany. Canovai sustains the opinion that the discovery of America was due to Amerigo Vespucci and not to Christopher Columbus." "41640","166","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 122, no. 185, Colles's roads of the United States, p 4to.","Colles, Christopher.","A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America by Christopher Colles. 1789 . . . C. Tiebout, sculpt. [New York, 1789.]","Map Div.","

First Edition. 4to. Engraved title, and 86 maps engraved on copper. On the title between the date and the name of the engraver is a list headed References, with the signs for certain landmarks, including Episcopal Church, Presbyterian, Town House, Mill, Taverns, Blacksmith Shop, Bridges, Road cutting to River.

Sabin 14411. Evans 21741.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in paper by John March in August, 1805, cost 50 cents.

Christopher Colles, 1738-1816, engineer and inventor, was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1765. He was one of the first persons in America to design and build a steam engine. He was deeply interested in roads and road building, and made personal surveys of the roads treated in this book. In 1808 he proposed construction of a canal between New York and Philadelphia which would be built entirely of wood and would be above ground. On this subject he wrote a pamphlet and sent a copy to Jefferson, who wrote to thank him on June 19, 1808, and stated that it was not in his power to give any definite opinion of it's national importance." "41650","167","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 127, no. 218, Voyage aux isles de Trinidad, de Tabago, de la Marguerite, et dans la Venezuela, par la Vaysse, 2 v 8vo 1813.","Dauxion-Lavaysse, Jean François.","Voyage aux Iles de Trinidad, de Tabago, de la Marguerite, et dans diverses parties de Vénézuéla, dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Par J. J. [sic] Dauxion Lavaysse, Associé correspondant de la Société des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux . . . Tome Premier [-Deuxieme]. Pāris: F. Schoëll, Libraire [de l'Imprimerie de J. G. Dentu] 1813.","F2308 .D25","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 208 and 244 leaves, 6 folded printed leaves with XI numbered tables, 2 folded engraved maps, one of the Ile de Tabago, the other of the Ile de la Marguerite et du Golfe de Cariaco, both dressée pour le Voyage de Dauxion Lavaysse d'après les Observations astronomiques de mr. De Humboldt et le Déposito Hidrografico par J. B. Poirson; the copy in the Library of Congress has in volume I 2 cancel leaves in addition to the cancelled; at the end of the second volume is a Notice Historique sur Barthelemy de Las-Casas.

Quérard II, 405. Sabin 18673. Cundall 1308. Bissainthe 5341.

Jean François Dauxion-Lavaysse, c. 1770-1826, was born in Gascony. He went to the colonies at an early age and was in St. Domingo at the rising of the negroes. He escaped with difficulty and after travelling further in America returned to France where he wrote this book. Later he revisited the colonies as a commissioner to the negroes but met with no success and all his propositions were rejected. Dauxion-Lavaysse was the author of a number of articles in the Biographie Universelle." "41660","168","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 184, Roll of Officers in 1802, 8vo.","Jefferson, Thomas.","Message from the President of United States, transmitting a Roll of the Persons having Office or Employment under the United States. Published by Order of the Senate. February 16, 1802. Washington City: Printed by William Duane, 1802.","JK7 1802","

First Edition. 8vo. 88 leaves in fours, continuous signatures, separate pagination for each section.

Sabin 68819. Bryan, page 20.

Begins with the letter addressed by Jefferson to the Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, dated February 16, 1802. Jefferson's original holograph copy of this letter, very slightly edited in the printed version, is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On sig. L1 begins the report of Gideon Granger, the Postmaster General, dated from the General Post-Office Jan. 5, 1802. The original manuscripts of Granger's report and of his covering letter are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, 20 pages. In the printed version the post offices are in a straight alphabetical order. In the original manuscript the post offices are entered in alphabetical order under States." "41670","169","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 125, no. 190, Notes on Virginia, Original Edition, 8vo.","[Jefferson, Thomas.]","Notes on the state of Virginia; written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a Foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him . . . MDCCLXXXII. Without name of place or printer [Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785.]","F230 .J40","

First Edition. 8vo. 198 leaves including the first blank. The two copies in the Library of Congress are of the later issue with additions at the end, Draught of a Fundamental Constitution for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Notes on the Establisment [sic] of a Money Unit; and An Act for establishing Religious Freedom, Passed in the assembly of Virginia in the beginning of the year 1786; together 16 leaves.

Sabin 35894. Johnston, page 8 (under date 1782). This edition not in Field. John Carter Brown 2783. Church 1189. Verner, A Further Checklist of the Separate Editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, page 5.

It cannot be stated with certainty which issue of the first edition was sold by Jefferson to Congress. The earlier copies were printed without the appended material. The Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 specifies only ''Original edition'', the later catalogues call for the ''First edition.''

The Notes on the State of Virginia owed their origin to a set of questions formulated by Marbois (later De Barbé Marbois), the Secretary of the French Embassy at Philadelphia, and distributed through Joseph Jones to the governors or other dignitaries of the various States. The questions delivered to Jefferson, in the handwriting of Jones, are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, and consist of 22 numbered queries written on 2 pages quarto, headed Articles of which you are requested to give some details.

Jefferson had received the questions before November 30, 1780, on which day he wrote from Richmond (being Governor of Virginia at the time) to the Chevalier D'Anmours:

. . . I am at present busily employed for moñsr. Marbois without his knowing it, and have to acknolege to him the mysterious obligation for making me much better acquainted with my own country than I ever was before. his queries as to this country put into my hands by m[???] Jones I take every occasion which presents itself of procuring answers to. some of them however can never be answered till I shall [have] leisure to go to Monticello where alone the materials exist which can enable any one to answer them . . .

On March 4 of the following year, 1781, Jefferson wrote to Marbois:

I have been honoured with your letter of Feb. 5. m[???] Jones did put into my hands a paper containing sundrieg [sic] enquiries into the present state of Virginia which he informed me was from yourself, some of which I meant to do myself the honour of answering. hitherto it has been in my power to collect a few materials only, which my present occupations disable me from compleating. I mean however shortly to be in a condition which will leave me quite at leisure to take them up when it shall certainly be one of my first undertakings to give you as full information as I shall be able to do on such of the subjects as are within the sphere of my acquaintance. on some of them however I trust m[???] Jones will engage abler hands. those in particular which relate to the Commerce of the state, a subject with which I am wholly unacquainted, and which is probably the most important in your plan . . .

On December 20 he again wrote to Marbois:

I now do myself the honour of inclosing you answers to the quaeries which Mr. Jones put into my hands. I fear your patience has been exhausted in attending them, but I beg you to be assured there has been no avoidable delay on my part. I retired from the public service in June only, and after that the general confusion of our state put it out of my power to procure the informations necessary till lately. Even now you will find them very imperfect and not worth offering but as a proof of my respect for your wishes. I have taken the liberty of referring to you my friend Mr. Charles Thompson for a perusal of them when convenient to you. Particular reasons subsisting between him and myself induced me to give you this trouble . . .

On the same day Jefferson wrote to Charles Thomson:

I received notice from the secretary of the American Philosophical society some time ago that they had done me the honour of appointing me a counsellor of that body . . . in framing answers to some queries which Monsr. de Marbois sent me, it occurred to me that some of the subjects which I had then occasion to take up, might, if more fully handled, be a proper tribute to the Philosophical society, and the aversion I have to being counted as a drone in any society induced me to determine to recur to you as my antient friend, to ask the favor of you to peruse those answers, and to take the trouble of communicating to me your opinion whether any and which of the subjects there treated would come within the scope of that learned institution, and to what degree of minuteness one should descend in treating it: perhaps also you would be so friendly as to give me some idea of the subjects which would at any time be admissible into their transactions.

had I known nothing but the load of business under which you labour I should not have ventured on this application, but knowing your friendly disposition also, I thought you would take some spare half hour to satisfy a friend . . .

P.S. I have mentioned to Monsr. de Marbois my request to you to ask of him the perusal of the papers I sent him without however communicating the purpose of that request.

Thomson replied to this from Philadelphia on March 9, 1782:

I received the letter which you did me the honor to write on the 20 of December last, and immediately waited on Mr Marbois who informs me that he has not received the answers you refer to . . . With regard to the institution of the society I can inform you that it has for its object the improvement of useful knowledge more particularly what relates to this new world. It comprehends the whole circle of arts, science and discoveries especially in the natural world & therefore I am persuaded your answers to Mr. Marbois queries will be an acceptable present . . . The human mind seems just awakening from a long stupor of many ages to the discovery of useful arts and inventions. Our governments are yet unformed and capable of great improvements in police, finance and commerce. The history, manners and customs of the Aborigines are but little known. These and a thousand other subjects which will readily suggest themselves open an inexhaustible mine to men of a contemplative and philosophical turn. And therefore though I regret your retiring from the busy anxious scenes of politics, yet I congratulate posterity on the advantages they may derive from your philosophical researches.

Meanwhile, on January 29, Marbois had written to Jefferson:

Il y a quelques jours que M. Charles Thompson me parla d'un ecrit contenant des reponses à des questions que j'ay pris la liberté de vous adresser l'année derniere, et me dit que vous desiriés que je lui en donnasse communication: Je l'aurois fait avec beaucoup d'empressement, Monsieur; mais elles ne me sont point parvenues quoiqu'il y ait deja quelque tems que M. Thompson m'en a parlé et que M. le Chevalier d'Annemours m'en a ecrit. Je ne puis vous exprimer combien je suis sensible à cette perte. Je desire que vous ayiés gardé une copie de ces reponses, et je l'espere: dans ce cas, je vous supplie d'avoir la bonté de me l'adresser par une voye sûre et d'être bien persuadé de toute ma reconnoissance: Elle est d'autant plus grande que je sais combien vos momens ont été et sont precieux et nous avons vu avec la plus grande satisfaction que vos compatriotes se sont empressés à le reconnoitre et à vous marquer la gratitude qu'ils ont des services que vous leur avés rendus pendant la durée de votre gouvernement . . .

The delay was explained in a letter to Jefferson from Jacquelin Ambler, dated from Richmond March 16, 1782:

When you left the letters with me you seemed desirous that more attention should be paid to safety than dispatch in the conveyance of the two larger ones: I was not so particular therefore in forwarding the smaller letters, but reserved those for the President of Congress and Monsr. Marbois to be sent by some hand that would not fail to deliver them safely. Several Weeks elapsing and none such casting up, I was exceedingly uneasy, and asked the favor of Mr. Jameson, who is personally known to Count Rochambeau, to inclose and recommend them to him to be forwarded: not doubting but they would go with much greater certainty by one of the Counts Couriers than by any of the express riders from hence. The Count politely wrote in answer that he had sent them by a trusty Messenger—I assure you I was very unhappy for their long detention, and lament that I did not think of the Count sooner.—Mr. Short left Richmond a few hours before your favor reached me, or I should certainly have written by him. Being obliged to attend the Board, I had not the pleasure of seeing him when he called at our House, but had desired Mrs. Ambler to inform him how I had sent the letters—she forgot to do so it seems . . .

On receipt of this Jefferson wrote on March 24 to Marbois:

I am very sorry that the papers I had taken the liberty to trouble you with have been so unfortunately delayed. I retired from office in the month of June last, and was obliged by the movements of the enemy to retire from my house at the same time, to which I did not return till the month of Aug. I immediately engaged in the work of digesting the materials I had collected in answer to your quaeries and supplying their defects. this I completed in a short time except as to some few articles which requiring information from very distant parts of the country I referred forwarding the whole to you till our assembly should meet in October when I hoped to get the informñ I wanted. that meeting was unexpectedly protracted so that I did not go to Richmond till December. on leaving that place without having had a good opport[???] of sending my lr[???] to you, I put that & some others in to the hands of the hoñble m[???] Ambler a member of the council desiring he would forward them by some of those safe conveyances which I supposed govern[???]t would have. on rect of your favor of January—I became uneasy lest they should have miscarried, and wrote to m[???] Ambler to be informed of the channel of conveyance. I take the liberty of subjoining his answer as it will explain to you the cause of the one letter being delayed while it's companion went on safely. the trifle which has exposed you to this detail was not worth a thought on your part, and I trouble you with it merely to satisfy you of the attention I payd to your wishes. I hope before this you will have recd it safely and that it will have effected the sole purpose I could expect which was that of shewing you with how much respect I have the honour of considering what ever comes from you . . .

This was acknowledged by Marbois on April 22:

J'ai reçu les lettres que vous m'avés fait l'honneur de m'ecrire le 20. decembre et le 24. mars dernier. J'ai mis sur le navire marchand le Philadelphie les paquets pour l'Europe joints à la premiere et je crois que ce vaisseau a heureusement decapé malgré la vigilance des corsaires anglois.

Je ne puis vous exprimer à quel point je suis reconnoissant de la peine que vous avés prise pour rediger des responses detaillées aux questions que j'avois pris la liberté de vous adresser. La Philosophie que les a Dictées, les lumieres que cet ecrit me donne sur un des plus importans etats de l'union et les circonstances dans lesquelles vous avés pris la peine de les ecrire en font l'ouvrage le plus precieux que je pusse emporter de ce pays-ci.

J'ai vu surtout, Monsieur, avec un plaisir inexprimable la candeur et la franchise avec laquelle vous vous expliqués sur les objets que des Politiques à vue courte apelleroient secrets d'Etat. Vous avés jugé en veritable homme d'Etat que s'il y a des secrets dans les societés qui sont en decadence et tendent à leur ruine ou leur dissolution, il ne doit point y en avoir dans une republique qui se fortiffie et s'aggrandit tous les jours, et qui ne pourroit decroître quand même l'administration seroit momentanement vitieuse. Je vous prie d'etre bien persuadé, Monsieur, qu'on ne peut être plus touché que je le suis de vos bontés en cette occasion, et que j'en sens toute l'etendue, quelque peu de prix que vous vouliés y mettre vous même.

Je viens de communiquer cet ouvrage interessant à M. Thompson qui est trop bon juge pour n'en pas connoitre tout le merite . . .

Jefferson not only sent to Marbois the answers to his questions, but he himself also made copies for some of his friends. After his appointment as a Peace Commissioner to Europe on November 12, 1782, he wrote from Ampthill on November 26 to the Marquis de Chastellux:

. . . it is not certain that by any exertions I can be in Philadelphia by the middle of December. the contrary is most probable. but hoping it will not be much later and counting on those procrastinations which usually attend the departure of vessels of size I have hopes of being with you in time. this will give me full leisure to learn the result of your observations on the Natural bridge, to communicate to you my answers to the queries of Monsr de Marbois to receive edification from you on these and on other subjects of science, considering chess too as a matter of science . . .

On September 25, 1783, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Thomas Walker:

The inclosed are part of some papers I wrote in answer to certain queries sent me by Monsr. de Marbois in 1781. another foreigner of my acquaintance, now beyond the water, having asked a copy of them, I undertook to revise and correct them in some degree. there are still a great number of facts defective and some probably not to be depended on. knowing nobody so able as yourself to set me right in them I take the liberty of sending you that part of the answers which I am most anxious to have as accurate as possible, and of asking the favour of you to peruse them with a pen in your hand, noting on a peice of paper as you proceed what facts and observations you think may be corrected, or added to, or should be withdrawn altogether. that part particularly which relates to the positions of Monsr. de Buffon I would wish to have very correct in matters of fact. you will observe in the table of animals that the American columns are almost entirely blank. I think you can better furnish me than any body else with the heaviest weights of our animals which I would ask the favour of you to do from the mouse to the mammoth as far as you have known them actually weighed, and where not weighed, you can probably conjecture pretty nearly. it is of no consequence how loose and rough your notes are, as I shall be able to them into the work and would wish to give you as little trouble as possible. if you could be as pointed as possible as to those circumstances relating to the Indians I should be much obliged to you: as I think it may happen that this may be the subject of further discussions. I fear you will think me too free in giving you trouble and more especially when I further ask the favour of you to get through them by the 4th. of the next month when I shall be returned from a journey I am now setting out on, and shall be preparing for my departure to Philadelphia. I know not what apology to make you unless my necessity be one, and my knowing no body else who can give me equal information on all the points . . .

On January 16, 1784, in a letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, to whom he had sent his answers to Marbois in manuscript in 1782 [see above], Jefferson first mentioned printing his Notes:

. . . I must caution you to distrust information from my answers to Monsr. de Marbois' queries. I have lately had a little leisure to revise them. I found some things should be omitted many corrected, and more supplied & enlarged. they are swelled nearly to treble bulk. being now too much for M.S. copies I think the ensuing spring to print a dozen or 20 copies to be given to my friends, not suffering another to go out. as I have presumed to place you in that number I shall take the liberty of sending you a copy as a testimony of the sincere esteem and affection with which I have the honour to be Dr Sir Your mo. ob. & mo. hbl servt

On May 7, 1784, Jefferson was elected Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and before leaving the country made efforts to get the Notes printed.

On May 16, Charles Thomson, in a letter dated from Annapolis, asked:

. . . How does your Work go on? If you get any copies struck off I shall rely on your leaving one for me at my house . . .

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on May 21:

. . . my matter in the printing way is dropped. Aitken had formerly told me he would print it for £4 a sheet. he now asked œ5-10 which raised the price from œ48 to œ66. but what was a more effectual and insuperable bar was that he could not complete it under three weeks, a time I could not wait for it. Dunlap happened to be out of town; so I relinquished the plan. perhaps I may have a few copies struck off in Paris if there be an English Printer there. if I do you shall assuredly have one. I shall take the liberty of adding some of your notes. those which were amendatory merely will have their effect on the body of the work . . .

In a letter to Madison written four days later, on May 25, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . I could not get my notes printed here and therefore refer it till I shall cross the water where I will have a few copies struck off and send you one . . .

Jefferson arrived in Paris in August, 1784. A letter written to him by Francis Hopkinson, dated from Philadelphia, November 18, suggested the possibility of printing the Notes:

. . . If you should have any Copies of your Account of Virginia struck off, I shall be much mortified if you do not consider me as one of those friends whom you would wish to gratify . . .

Before December of that year Jefferson was himself considering the printing of the Notes. On December 10 he wrote to James Monroe:

. . . I could not get my answer to the queries on Virginia printed in Philadelphia; but I am printing it here, & will certainly ask your acceptance of a copy . . .

On March 6, 1785, Charles Thomson, in a letter to Jefferson from New York, suggested the advisability of committing the Notes to the press:

. . . I long to see your answer to Mr M's queries. I hope by this time you have found liesure to revise and compleat that work and have committed it to the press or at least struck off some copies for the satisfaction of your friends, among whom I hope to be ranked. I submit it to your consideration whether you do not owe it to your reputation to publish your work under a more dignified title. In the state in which I saw it I consider it a most excellent Natural history not merely of Virginia but of No America and possibly equal if not superior to that of any country yet published . . .

The work was already in hand, and Philippe Denis Pierres finished printing an edition of two hundred copies on May 10, 1785. The following day, May 11, Jefferson wrote of this to James Madison:

. . . they yesterday finished printing my notes. I had 200 copies printed, but do not put them out of my own hands, except two or three copies here, & two which I shall send to America, to yourself & Colo. Monroe, if they can be ready this evening as promised. in this case you will receive one by Monsr. Doradour. I beg you to peruse it carefully because I ask your advice on it & ask nobody's else. I wish to put it into the hands of the young men at the college, as well on account of the political as physical parts. but there are sentiments on some subjects which I apprehend might be displeasing to the country perhaps to the assembly or to some who lead it. I do not wish to be exposed to their censure, nor do I know how far their influence, if exerted, might effect a misapplication of law to such a publication were it made. communicate it then in confidence to those whose judgments & information you would pay respect to: & if you think it will give no offence I will send a copy to each of the students of W.M.C. and some others to my friends & to your disposal. otherwise I shall only send over a very few copies to particular friends in confidence & burn the rest.—answer me soon & without reserve. do not view me as an author, & attached to what he has written. I am neither. they were at first intended only for Marbois. when I had enlarged them, I thought first of giving copies to three or four friends. I have since supposed they might set our young students into a useful train of thought. and in no event do I propose to admit them to go to the public at large. a variety of accidents have postponed my writing to you till I have no further time to continue my letter. the next packet will sail from Havre. I will then send your books & write more fully. but answer me immediately on the preceding subject . . .

Jefferson immediately began distributing a portion of the 200 copies to friends in the United States and in Europe. In most if not all of these copies he wrote similarly worded gift inscriptions, explaining that the desire of a friend to possess some of the details contained in the Notes had occasioned him to revise them in the winter of 1782, the year after the original had been sent to Marbois, and stating that he was unwilling to expose them to the public eye, and requesting the recipient therefore ''to put them into the hands of no person on whose care and fidelity he cannot rely to guard them against publication.''

James Madison answered Jefferson's letter of May 11 on October 3:

. . . Your favour of the 11 May by Monsr. Doradour inclosing your cypher arrived in Virga. after I left it, and was sent after me to this place. Your Notes which accompanied it, remained behind, and consequently I can only now say on that subject, that I shall obey your request on my return, which my call to Richmond will give me an early opportunity of doing . . .

On November 15, having received his copy of the Notes he wrote from Richmond:

I acknowledged from Philada. your favor of the 11 of May. On my return to Orange I found the copy of your Notes brought along with it by Mr. Doradour. I have looked them over carefully myself & consulted several judicious friends in confidence. We are all sensible that the freedom of your strictures on some particular measures and opinions will displease their respective abettors. But we equally concur in thinking that this consideration ought not to be weighed against the utility of your plan. We think both the facts and remarks which you have assembled too valuable not to be made known, at least to those for whom you destine them, and speak of them to one another in terms which I must not repeat to you.

Mr Wythe suggested that it might be better to put the number you may allot to the University into the library, rather than to distribute them among the students. In the latter case the Stock will be immediately exhausted. In the former the discretion of the professors will make it serve the Students as they successively come in. Perhaps too an indiscriminate gift might offend some narrow minded parents . . .

[The phrases printed in italics were in code in the original letter.]

Two months later, on January 22, 1786, Madison wrote once more concerning the copies Jefferson thought of sending to the students at William and Mary:

My last dated Novr 15 from this place answered yours of May 11th. on the subject of your printed notes. I have since had opportunities of consulting other friends on the plan you propose, who concur in the result of the consultations which I transmitted you. Mr. Wythe's idea seems to be generally approved, that the copies destined for the University should be dealt out by the discretion of the Professors, rather than indiscriminately and at once put into the hands of the students, which, other objections apart, would at once exhaust the stock . . .

John Adams acknowledged the receipt of his copy in a letter dated from Montreuil sur Mer, May 22, 1785:

. . . I thank you kindly for your Book, it is our Meditation all the Day long.—I cannot now say much about it, but I think it will do its Author and his Country great Honour. The Passages upon slavery, are worth Diamonds. They will have more effect than Volumes written by mere Philosophers. The Ladies say you should have mentioned West and Copeley at least among your American genius's, because they think them the greatest Painters of the Age. Madam [illegible] I have not expressed her sentiment politely enough, it should run thus The Ladies desire that in the next Edition you would insert West and Copeley &c . . .

On July 5, 1785, Giovanni Fabbroni wrote from Florence to acknowledge a letter written to him by Jefferson from Paris on May 23, accompanying a copy of the Notes on Virginia:

Non fù minore della sorpresa il piacere ch'io provai al ricevimento della vostra cortesissa: lettera scrittamida Parigi . . . La Vostra nuova Repubblìca non poteva trovar miglior soggetto di voi per trattare i suoi affari con una delle più illuminate corti dell' Europa: Posso dir questo senza timore di esser sospettato di adulazione, perche da troppe bande sentii quali fossero i vostri talenti, e quale il vostro cuore. Così sono anticipatamente persuaso che l'America non poteva aver un Istorico migliore di quello che ha ritrovato in voi. La modesta apologìa che fate al vostro lavoro non fa che accrescere il merito del medesimo; ed io ne desidero ardentemente l'arrivo per gustarne la lettura, e presentarlo in seguito al mio sovrano. Voi sapete che quel raro ingegno di Francesco Bacone distinse i libri in tre diverse classi, e disse nei suoi saggi: Some Bookes are to bee tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: son certo che in questa terza classe deve aver luogo l'Opera vostra, perchè dettata dall'esperienza, dalla perfetta cognozione del luogo, e delle cagioni, non meno che dalla filosofia ed umanità. Prevedo di dover molto imparare da essa, e dopo averla letta, come dice il sullodato Bacone with diligence and attention, di dovervi ripetere con maggiore entusiasmo ciò che quì poco sopra ho detto . . . Vorrei pur corrispondere in gratitudine al gentile, e pregiato dono che or mi fate col vostro libro ma come? Occupato dall'incàrico di ajuto del direttore di questo Regio Museo, ed essendo Segretario di questa Reale accademia di Agricoltura non potei ancor maturare alcun lavoro degno di esser dato alla luce. Alcune cose precoci già pubblicai essendo a Londra, ed a Parigi, l'una delle quali si è un libercolo comprendente alcune reflections sur l'Agriculture, l'altra, una dissertaze sull'arsenico, ed alcuni comenti sulla mineralogia di Cronstedt. Queste sono cose ormai antiche, di niun valore, e delle quali non ho più copia. Se vi alletta la letteratura relativa allo schiarimento di alcune cose antiche potrò aver l'onore di mandarvi due opuscoli di mio fratello, se vi degnerete avvertirmi come dirigerveli. Favorite altressì di farmi sapere & qual via mi avete spedito il vostro libro acciò possa farne ricerca, e permettetemi l'onore di dichiararmi con tutta la maggiore stima ed ossequio dell'Ecellenza Vostra devotiss, umilisso obbligat servo ed amico.

On May 28, 1785, Louis Guillaume Otto wrote to Jefferson from Versailles to say that he had received his copy:

I received only this moment the Notes on the State of Virginia, together with the congratulation and invitation Your Excellency have honoured me with the 23d. of this Month. This delay will I hope sufficiently apologise for my having not sooner acknowledged the favor you have done me.

According to your desire I shall be very careful not to trust your work to any person, who might make an improper use of it and tho' I conceive that the public would be very much gratified with the interesting particulars contained in it, Your Excellency's determination on this point is a Law, which I shall never attempt to infringe. A part of these learned Notes I had already perused in America; but I see that they have been considerably enlarged and I expect a great deal of instruction from them. I wish most sincerely that the present situation of every State in the Union would be illustrated in the same manner and I am confident that our notions about America would be highly improved by it . . .

On June 2, the Marquis de Chastellux acknowledged the receipt of his copy:

j'ai reçu, monsieur, avec la plus vive reconnoisance le precieux present que vous m'avés envoyé et malgré la cruelle situation ou je me suis trouvé alors, gardant une de mes amies les plus intimes qui etoit attaquée d'une fievre continue avec redoublemen j'ai eu la satisfaction de lire la plus grande partie de votre ouvrage. tous les motifs se trouvent reunis pour rendre cette lecture bien interressante pour moi. mon attachement pour l'auteur, celui que je conserverai toujours pour le pais qu'il a decrit et la quantité de connoissances piquantes et utiles qui résultent de ses observations, j'ajouterai encore le plaisir que j'ai eu a me rappeller nos entretiens de Monticello. tout concourt, Monsieur, a donner le plus grand prix à mes yeux a un ouvrage qui en aura pour tous ceux qui le liront.

je regrette seulement que vous en ayés limité le nombre en ne voulant pas rendre vos observations publiques. j'espere du moins que vous ne trouverés pas mauvais que j'en donne quelques extraits au journal de physique. je me propose pendant que je ferai mes inspections d'employer mes heures de loisir a faire ces extraits et je vous prie instament, monsieur, de me donner votre agrément pour cela.

Deux jours après avoir reçu l'exemplaire, que vous avez eu la bonté de m'adresser on m'a aporté de Paris un paquet à l'adresse de M. de Buffon qui avoit été remis chez moi. commej'ai cru reconnoitre le forme du paquet et l'ecriture de l'adresse, j'ai imaginé, monsieur, que c'etoit un exemplaire de votre ouvrage que, vous me chargiez de lui faire passer . . .

To this Jefferson, who had interlineally transcribed the letter in an effort to read it, replied on June 7:

I have been honoured with the receipt of your letter of the 2d. instant, and am to thank you, as I do sincerely, for the partiality with which you receive the copy of the Notes on my country. as I can answer for the facts therein reported on my own observation, and have admitted none on the report of others which were not supported by evidence sufficient to command my own assent, I am not afraid that you should make any extracts you please for the Journal de physique which come within their plan of publication. the strictures on slavery and on the constitution of Virginia are not of that kind, and they are the parts which I do not wish to have made public, at least till I know whether their publication would do most harm or good. it is possible that in my own country these strictures might produce an irritation which would indispose the people towards the two great objects I have in view, that is the emancipation of their slaves & the settlement of their constitution on a firmer & more permanent basis. if I learn from thence, that they will not produce that effect, I have printed & reserved just copies enough to be able to give one to every young man at the College. it is to them I look, to the rising generation, and not to the one now in power, for these great reformations.—the other copy delivered at your hotel was for Monsr. de Buffon. I meant to ask the favour of you to have it sent to him, as I was ignorant how to do it. I have one also for Monsr. Daubenton, but being utterly unknown to him I cannot take the liberty of presenting it till I can do it through some common acquaintance . . .

On June 17, in a letter dated from Paris to James Monroe, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I send you by m[???] Otto a copy of my book. be so good as to apologize to m[???] Thomson for my not sending him one by this conveiance. I could not burthen m[???] Otto with more on so long a road as that from here to l'Orient. I will send him one by a m[???] Williamos who will go ere long. I have taken measures to prevent it's publication. my reason is that I fear the terms in which I speak of slavery and of our constitution may produce an irritation which will revolt the minds of our countrymen against reformation in these two articles, and thus do more harm than good. I have asked of m[???] Madison to sound this matter as far as he can, and if he thinks it will not produce that effect, I have then copies enough printed to give one to each of the young men at the college, and to my friends in the country . . .

Three days later, on June 21, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Charles Thomson in New York:

. . . In literature nothing new: for I do not consider as having added any thing to that feild my own Notes of which I have had a few copies printed. I will send you a copy by the first safe conveyance. having troubled m[???] Otto with one for Colo. Monro, I could not charge him with one for you. pray ask the favor of Colo. Monroe in page 5. line 17. to strike out the words 'above the mouth of Appamattox,' which makes nonsense of the passage, and I forgot to correct it before I had enclosed & sent off the copy to him.

I am desirous of preventing the reprinting this, should any book merchant think it worth it, till I hear from my friends whether the terms in which I have spoken of slavery and of the constitution of our state will not, by producing an irritation, retard that reformation which I wish instead of promoting it . . .

On July 2, Richard Price acknowledged from Newington Green the receipt of his copy:

. . . Accept my best thanks for the account of Virginia which you were so good as to send me by Mr Adams. This has been, indeed, a most acceptable present to me, and you may depend on my performing the condition upon which you have honoured me with it. I have read it with singular pleasure and a warm admiration of your sentiments and character. How happy would the united states be were all of them under the direction of such wisdom and liberality as yours? . . .

Four days later, on July 6, Jefferson wrote to Francis Hopkinson in Philadelphia:

. . . Having slipped the opportunity of sending copies of my Notes for yourself, & m[???] Rittenhouse when Dr. Franklin's baggage went, I am doubtful whether he can take them with him. if he can you shall receive them by him; if not, then by the first good opportunity. I am obliged to pray that they may not be permitted to get into the hands of the public till I know whether they will promote or retard certain reformations in my own country. I have written to m[???] Madison to inform me on that head . . .

On September 1, in a long letter to the Rev. J. Madison of Williamsburg, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . I am anxious to hear from you on the subject of my notes on Virginia. I have been obliged to give so many of them here that I fear their getting published . . .

On September 25, at the end of a letter to Francis Hopkinson in Philadelphia, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have sometimes thought of sending a copy of my Notes to the Philosophical society as a tribute due to them: but this would seem as if I considered them as worth something, which I am conscious they are not. I will not ask you for your advice on this occasion because it is one of those on which no man is authorized to ask a sincere opinion. I shall therefore refer it to further thoughts.

Hopkinson replied to this in a letter dated March 8, 1786:

. . . I think it would be very proper for you to send a copy of your Notes on Virginia to the Philosophical Society, & not amiss if you would present another copy to our City Library . . .

Jefferson replied from Paris on August 14:

. . . I will send, as you propose, copies of my Notes to the Philosophical society and the City library as soon as I shall have received a map which I have constructed for them, & which is now engraving. this will be a map of the country from Albemarle sound to Lake Erie, as exact as the materials hitherto published would enable me to make it, & brought into a single sheet . . .

In spite of this it would seem that Jefferson did not send a copy to the American Philosophical Society until May 2, 1805, on which day he wrote to John Vaughan, the Treasurer:

In your letter of Nov. 16. you express a desire to obtain for the Philosophical society an early edition of my Notes on Virginia. I found, when lately at Monticello, a single copy remaining of the original edition printed at Paris, the only one almost perfectly correct, & which never was sold, a few copies only having been printed & given to my friends. I have put this into a box addressed to m[???] Peale, and gone round by sea, by Capt Hand, for the use of the society . . .

This letter is endorsed by Vaughan: Jefferson. Washn. May 2, 1805. Donation of his Notes on Virginia.

On September 8, 1785, Gysbert Karel Van Hogendorp wrote from Breda to Jefferson:

. . . The Notes on Virginia, with a few lines on the first leave of the volume, I received three weeks ago, and intended to express my gratitude to You, and at the same time to communicate you some reflexions, as soon as I would have read them. This I have not done yet entirely, and therefore I beg leave to entertain you another time more extensively on that subject. Now I'll restrain myself to the article of natural history only, which from its accuracy, and good reasoning, will please every reader. You perhaps recollect, dear Sir, that I told you once in Annapolis, I never read Paaw philosophical researches respecting the Americans. I have got that book soon after my returning home, but impossible it was to me to peruse more than one third of it; so absurd did it appear to me. I conceive that on the borders of the Ocean, perhaps recently freed from the overflowing sea, the low lands of North America, on their first detection by european navigators, may have been more favorable to the breeding of Insects and serpents than of Quadrupeds, as all swampy lands are; but why is nature smaller, or rather less great, in the forming of one animal than of another? And now, after the metamorphosis of your country, which settlements, as they always do, have rendered wholesome to men, and even dangerous to wild and offensive beasts, now, I say, is there any vestige remaining of Nature's unkindness towards man? Did not I see as great and good cattle in New-England, though less fatt, than in Holland? Don't you have among your nation as strong, as hearty men, as they are in Europe? Do not your horses grow better, when taken care of, and is not every natural production, in similar circumstances, generally speaking, the same with you as with us?—Systems of that kind, however, though you oppose it with irresistible arms, are sometimes not to be eradicated by arguments, and time only is able to perform a change. Did you, Sir, ever talk on that subject with Count Buffon, or any one of his Disciples? I should be very happy if you would inform me of the success of your reasonings, and whether you expect a palinodia in a future edition of the great natural Historians immortal works . . .

Jefferson replied to this from Paris on October 13:

Having been much engaged lately, I have been unable sooner to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Sep. 8. what you are pleased to say on the subject of my Notes is more than they deserve. the condition in which you first saw them would prove to you how hastily they had been originally written; as you may remember the numerous insertions I had made in them from time to time, when I could find a moment for turning to them from other occupations. I have never yet seen Monsr. de Buffon. he has been in the country all the summer. I sent him a copy of the book, & I have only heard his sentiments on one particular of it, that of the identity of the Mammoth & Elephant. as to this he retains his opinion that they are the same . . .

On September 28, 1785, Francis Hopkinson had acknowledged from Philadelphia the receipt of his copy:

Your Favour of the 6th. July was handed to me by our mutual friend Dr. Franklin, as also were four Vols. of the Bibliotheque Oeconomique, & your Notes on Virginia for which I heartily thank you. I shall be careful to observe your Instructions in the blank Leaf of your Notes . . .

Charles Thomson in New York had received his copy before November 2, 1785, on which day he wrote to Jefferson:

I have received your several favours of Feby 8 June 21 and July 14 and also a copy of your Notes by Mr Houdon, for which I am much obliged. It grieves me to the soul that there should be such just grounds for your apprehensions respecting the irritation that will be produced in the southern states by what you have said of slavery. However I would not have you discouraged. This is a cancer that we must get rid of. It is a blot in our character that must be wiped out. If it cannot be done by religion reason & philosophy, confident I am that it will one day be by blood. I confess I am more afraid of this than of the Algerine piracies or the jealousy entertained of us by European powers of which we hear so much of late. However I have the satisfaction to find that philosophy is gaining ground of selfishness in this respect: If this can be rooted out, & our land filled with freemen, union preserved & the spirit of liberty maintained and cherished I think in 25 or 30 years we shall have nothing to fear from the rest of the world . . .

On April 6 of the following year, 1786, Thomson wrote to say that he had read the Notes:

. . . I read your Notes with much pleasure and intended to have troubled you with some observations on them; but they have been so much out of my hands, though entrusted to such as you would approve, that I have not had an opportunity to revise them with that attention I wished and commit my thoughts to paper . . .

On January 10, 1786, George Wythe wrote to Jefferson from Williamsburg, expressing a hope that a parcel of books just received by him would contain a copy of the Notes:

My neighbour, Madison, just now, sent to me a pacquet, which i perceived, by the superscription, to have come from you; a favour little deserved by one who had not writen to you since you crossed the atlantic. I will not say what was the cause of this silence; but can swear, that the cause was not forgetfullness of you, nor want of good will for you. Before i opened the pacquet, observing it to contain books, i hoped to see the copy of one, with a cursory reading of which i had then lately been delighted. You will know what book i mean, when i tell you, that he, who indulged me with the reading of it informed me, that the author had not yet resolved to publish it. I shall re-rejoice to find myself judged worthy one of those copies already printed, if there will be no more . . .

In this he was disappointed, and on August 13 Jefferson wrote:

Your favors of Jan. 10. & Feb. 10. came to hand on the 20th. & 23d of May. I availed myself of the first opportunity which occurred, by a gentleman going to England, of sending to m[???] Joddrel a copy of the Notes on our country, with a line informing him that it was you who had emboldened me to take that liberty. Madison, no doubt, informed you of the reason why I had sent only a single copy to Virginia. being assured by him that they will not do the harm I had apprehended, but on the contrary may do some good, I propose to send thither the copies remaining on hand, which are fewer than I had intended, but of the numerous corrections they need, there are one or two so essential that I must have them made, by printing a few new leaves & substituting them for the old. this will be done while they are engraving a map which I have constructed of the country from Albemarle sound to Lake Erie, & which will be inserted in the book. a bad French translation which is getting out here, will probably oblige me to publish the original more freely, which it neither deserved nor was ever intended, your wishes, which are laws to me, will justify my destining a copy for you. otherwise I should as soon have thought of sending you a horn-book; for there is no truth there that is not familiar to you, and it's errors I should hardly have proposed to treat you with . . .

Jefferson apparently did not send a copy to Wythe for another year. On September 16, 1787, he wrote to him a long letter from Paris, and sent him at the same time a box of books:

. . . I send you herewith a state of the contents of the box, and for whom each article is. among these are some as you will perceive, of which I ask your acceptance. it is a great comfort to me that while here I am able to furnish some amusement to my friends by sending them such productions of genius, antient & modern, as might otherwise escape them: and I hope they will permit me to avail myself of the occasion, while it lasts . . .

With this he enclosed a list of the contents of the box, which included

10. copies of the Notes on Virginia for Mr. Wythe, P. Carr, m[???] Madison, m[???] Page, m[???] Bellini, Genl. Nelson, m[???] D. Jamieson, Colo. Innes, Colo. Richd. Cary of Warwick, & Colo. Wilson Miles Cary.

37. copies for such young gentlemen of the college as m[???] Wythe from time to time shall think proper, taking one or more for the college library.

Wythe acknowledged the receipt of this box on the day it arrived, July 10, 1788.

In a letter written to the Rev. James Madison at Williamsburg a month earlier, on August 13, Jefferson had explained that he was sending books to him in the box addressed to Mr. Wythe:

. . . in the same box I will put for you . . . a number of my Notes on Virginia, of a copy of which you will be pleased to accept, it is a poor crayon, which yourself & the gentlemen who issue from your school must fill up . . .

A letter from Jefferson to William Carmichael, at the time in Madrid, dated from Paris December 26, 1786, mentioned the necessity of reprinting a few leaves:

. . . my Notes on Virginia, having been hastily written, need abundance of corrections. two or three of these are so material that I am reprinting a few leaves to substitute for the old. as soon as these shall be ready, I will beg your acceptance of a copy. I shall be proud to be permitted to send a copy also to the Count de Campomanes as a tribute to his science & his virtues. you will find in them that the Natural bridge had found an admirer in me also. I should be [ ] to make with you the tour of the curiosities you will find therein [ ] that kind of pleasure surpasses much in my estimation whatever I [ ] this side the Atlantic. I sometimes think of building a little hermitage at the Natural bridge (for it is my property) and of passing there a [ ] of the year at least . . .

[This letter was damaged. Blank spaces denote missing words.]

The death in Paris late in 1785 or early in 1786, of Charles Williamos [the translator of Lavoisier, q.v. no. 1222] and the consequent acquisition by a bookseller of the copy of the Notes given to him by Jefferson, caused the latter to consent to a translation into French, to forestall the ''surreptitious'' translation intended by the dealer. Jefferson mentioned this in a letter dated from Paris February 2, 1786, addressed to Charles W. F. Dumas, the American consul at the Hague:

. . . I thank you for what you say of the Notes on Virginia. it is much more than they deserve: tho the various matters they touch on would have been beyond the information of any one person whatever to have treated fully, and infinitely beyond mine, yet had I, at the time of writing them, had any thing more in view than the satisfying a single individual, they should have been more attended to both in form & matter. poor as they are, they have been thought worthy of a surreptitious translation here, with the appearance of which very soon I have been threatened. this has induced me to yeild to a friendly proposition from the Abbé Morellet to translate & publish them himself, submitting the sheets previously to my inspection. as a translation by so able a hand will lessen the faults of the original instead of their being multiplied by a hireling translator, I shall add to it a map, and such other advantages as may prevent the mortification of my seeing it appear in the injurious form threatened. I shall with great pleasure send a copy of the original to you by the first opportunity, praying your acceptance of it.

Dumas replied to this on February 12:

. . . Pourquoi me remercieriez-vous, Monsieur, de n'avoir fait que rendre justice à votre Ouvrage? Plût-à Dieu que nous eussions des Descriptions pareilles, je n'ose dire de toutes les parties du monde, mais seulement de notre Europe. J'accepte avec beaucoup de reconnoissance l'exemplaire original que votre bonté me destine.—Cela ne m'empêchera pas d'acquérir la Traduction de Mr. l'Abbe Morellet quand je la saurai publiée . . .

Two months later, on April 11, 1786, Dumas acknowledged the receipt of his copy:

. . . J'ai reçu les précieuses Notes sur la Virginie, & les relis avec tout l'intérêt que je prends à la matiere, & la reconnoissance due au généreux Auteur. Les Additions & la Carte annoncées pour la Traduction, nous font espérer impatie[???]ent que Mr. Morelet se hâte de la faire paroître . . .

Meanwhile, on February 8, Jefferson had written to James Madison:

. . . I thank you for your information as to my Notes. the copies I have remaining shall be sent over to be given to some of my friends and to select subjects in the college. I have been unfortunate here with this trifle. I gave out a few copies only, & to confidential persons writing in every copy a restraint against it's publication. among others I gave a copy to a m[???] Williamos. he died. I immediately took every precaution I could to recover this copy. but by some means or other a bookseller had got hold of it. he had employed a hireling translator and was about publishing it in the most injurious form possible. an Abbé Morellet, a man of letters here to whom I had given a copy, got notice of this. he had translated some passages for a particular purpose: and he compounded with the book seller to translate & give him the whole, on his declining the first publication. I found it necessary to confirm this, and it will be published in French, still mutilated however in it's freest parts. I am now at a loss what to do as to England. every thing, good or bad, is thought worth publishing there; and I apprehend a translation back from the French and publication there. I rather believe it will be most eligible to let the original come out in that country: but am not yet decided . . .

Madison answered this from Orange on May 12:

. . . Your Notes having got into print in France will inevitably be translated back & published in that form, not only in England but in America, unless you give out the original. I think therefore you owe it not only to yourself, but to the place you occupy & the subjects you have handled, to take this precaution. To say nothing of the injury which will certainly result to the diction from a translation first into French & then back into English, the ideas themselves may possibly be so perverted as to lose their propriety . . .

On May 4, Jefferson sent a copy to John Page of Rosewell:

. . . with these almanacs I pack a copy of some notes I wrote for Monsr. de Marbois in the year 1781. of which I had a few printed here. they were written in haste & for his private inspection. a few friends having asked copies I found it cheaper to print than to write them. one of these got into the hands of a bookseller who getting a bad translation of them made, obliged me to consent that they should appear on condition of their being translated by a better hand. I apprehend therefore they will get further than I intended: tho' as yet they are in few hands. they will offer nothing new to you, not even as an oblation of my friendship for you which is as old almost as we are ourselves . . .

Page did not answer this until March 7, 1788, when he wrote from Rosewell to Jefferson:

You will pardon my long Silence my dear Jefferson when I tell you that in Addition to the many Reasons which I have given in my former Letters & which might be repeated here, I have to add that of the long Indisposition, & at length the Death, of my beloved Wife—It is true, she has been dead almost fourteen Months—but many of these Months have passed off like a Dream & the others have been insufficient for my Attention to my distressed Family & Mr. Burwell's & my own perplexed Affairs.

Were not this my unhappy Case, I should long since have thanked you for your many valuable Presents, & particularly for your Notes on Virga. I sincerely thank you, & the more so, as you have continued your Proofs of Friendship to me (as I find by your Letter to Mr. Wythe in which you mention sending me more Books & amongst them your new Edition of the Notes on Virginia) when I must have appeared to have forfeited all Pretensions to a Continuance of your Attention. . .

On February 26, 1786, Jefferson had written a long explanatory letter to Edward Bancroft in London, and described his intended map:

. . . By the death of m[???] Williamos a copy of my Notes on Virginia got into the hands of a bookseller, who was about publishing a very abominable translation of them when the Abbé Morallet heard of it, & diverted him from it by undertaking to translate it for him. they will thus appear in French in spite of my precautions. the Abbé engaged me to make a map, which I wish to have engraved in London. it is on a single sheet 23. inches square, and very closely written, it comprehends from Albemarle sound to L. Erie, and from Philadelphia to the mouth of the great Kanhaway, containing Virginia & Pennsylvania, a great part of Maryland & a part of North-Carolina. it is taken from Scull, Hutchins & Fry & Jefferson. I wish the favor of you to make two propositions for me & to inform me of the result. 1. to know from one of the best engravers how much he will ask for the plate & engraving, and in how short a time after he receives the original can he furnish the plate done in the best manner, for the time is material as the work is in the press. 2. to know of Faden or any other map merchant for how much he will undertake to furnish me 1800 copies, on my sending the map to him, & in what time can he furnish them. on this alternative I am to have nothing to do with the engraver or any person but the undertaker. I am of opinion he may furnish them to me for nothing; and fully indemnify himself by the sale of the maps. tho' it is on the scale of only an inch to 20 miles it is as particular as the four short maps from which it is taken, and I answer for the exactness of the reduction. I have supplied some new places. tho' the first object which induced me to undertake it was to make a map for my book, I soon extended my view to the making as good a map of those countries as my materials would admit; and I have no doubt but that in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland & Virginia 800 copies can be sold for a dollar a piece. I shall finish it in about a fortnight, except the division of the counties of Virginia, which I cannot do at all till I can get Henry's map of Virginia. this I must trouble you to procure for me & send immediately by the Diligence, and also give me information on the premises as soon as possible. you will perceive that time will press. I hope the circumstances of this affair will plead my pardon for the trouble I am giving you. the expence of procuring & sending the map shall be replaced, and an infinitude of thanks attend you from Sir Your most obedt. humble servt.

P. S. I do not propose that my name shall appear on the map, because it will belong to it's original authors, & because I do not wish to place myself at the bar of the public.

Concerning this map Jefferson wrote from London on March 28, to William Short, acting at the time as his secretary in Paris:

. . . I wish you could have an opportunity of informing m[???] Creve-coeur or the Abbé Morellet that I despair almost of having a map ready in time, as the engraving cannot be completed before the last of May. I do not know whether it will not be better for me on my return to sketch a slight one which may be engraved at Paris in a very little time . . .

On August 9, Jefferson sent to Colonel William Stephen Smith, at the time in London, instructions as to the engraving of the map:

. . . I send herewith a map, to be engraved by Samuel Neele engraver No. 352. near Exeter change, strand, with whom I spoke on the subject when in London. I shewed him the map, not then quite finished. he told me he would engrave it, in the best manner possible for from 20. to 25. pounds sterling. I must beg the favour of you to engage him to do it. should he ask a few guineas more I shall not stand about it. but nothing must be wanting in the execution, as to precision, distinctness, exactness, the form of his letters, and whatever else constitutes the perfection of a map. he told me it would take him six weeks, infact the plate must be here by the middle of October, at which time the work will appear for which it has been constructed . . .

P.S. the engraver must absolutely have always before his eyes Hutchin's map of the Western country, Schull's map of Pennsylvania, Fry and Jefferson's map of Virginia, and Mouzon's map of N. Carolina. the two former I send herewith for him. the two latter I will be obliged to you to desire Faden to furnish him, which he will place against some of the new maps to be furnished him. the reason why there is an absolute necessity for the engraver to have these maps before him is that in many instances he will not be able to make out the letters of the manuscript map: he must in those cases have recourse to the maps abovementioned which are the basis of the M.S. map . . .

On September 10, Colonel Smith wrote from London to Jefferson:

. . . the maps, occasioned by Mr. B[ullfinch]'s excurtion in the country after his arrival did not reach me untill the 6th inst. Mr. Neele took them in hand on the 7th and will finish the plate within the period mentioned and for the sum agreed upon with you . . . If you will send the other map of 12 sheets which you speak of, I can get them done as you wish . . .

On September 22 he again wrote, and mentioned:

. . . The engraver shall be hurried three times a week, and nothing left undone, that is in my power to forward your wishes—apropos—I have spoke to Faden about the 12 sheet map, and made arrangements for its being engraved, reserving the number of copies for which you requested, the sooner you forward it the better. . .

Jefferson wrote to Smith from Paris on October 22, and mentioned:

. . . the twelve sheet map I shall send by the first good opportunity: & hope ere long to receive the plate of mine from m[???] Neele . . .

Colonel Smith replied from London on November 11:

. . . I should have waited on Mr. Neele this morning to have seen whether your plate is finished, that I might have embraced this opportunity by Mr. Derby to have sent it—but I have been tormented with politicians and their long winded story's & they have scarcely left me time to ansr. yours of the 22d ulto . . . as I go to leave this letter I will call at Mr. Neel's, & if the plate is finished endeavour to forward it . . .

The plate was one of the items on W. S. Smith's bill to Jefferson, His Excellency Thos. Jefferson in account current with W. S. Smith, 1786. & 1787. dated from London-Decr. 3d. 1787: to Neale for engraving plates for map £28.16.9 On December 21, Samuel J. Neele sent the plate to Jefferson:

Aggreable to Col. Smith's Order I now send you the Plate of the Map of Virginia &c. with the original maps Drawing & a proof.

As there is in it a very great Number of Words, you will I naturally suppose upon inspecting it critically find some Corrections necessary; I could have wished to have inserted them myself, but as your Receipt of the Plate renders that impracticable, they must consequently be done by one of the Map Engravers at Paris;

The Drawing was unfortunately made on a paper much too soft, so that, (after it was rubbed down on the Wax prepared on the plate to receive its Impression previous to traceing), in taking it off, some Parts of its surface tore away, & remained on the Wax, & of course obliterated the Drawing in those Parts.

In consequence of this accident, you will find in the body of the Map tw. Names unfinished & a few on the Coast to the Eastward of Delaware Bay, all of which, as well as every other necessary Correction may be made in a few Hours—Col. Smith has expressed his approbation of the Engraving, I therefore flatter myself it will likewise meet with yours & be a means of securing your future Favors, which will add to the Obligation already confered on, Sir, Yours (with much respect), S. J. Neele.

This map, with the text in English, was first issued with the Abbé Morellet's French translation of the Notes, published in Paris by Barrois in this same year, 1786. In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are seven pages written by Jefferson with English and French text in parallel columns, headed Errors in the Abbé Morellet's translation of the Notes on Virginia the correction of which is indispensable.

The Abbé Morellet commented on these corrections in an undated letter from Paris to Jefferson, also in that city:

Mr. de Crevecoeur m'a dit hier que dans la lecture plus suivie que vous aves faite de notre traduction vous aves eté mécontent de quelques articles où je vous ai mal entendue et de l'insertion que j'ai faite dans votre texte des notes de mr. Thomson et peut etre de quelques autres points.

je vous prie de m'envoyer les corrections que vous croires necessaires. je ferai faire des cartons. quant aux notes si j'ai mal fait de les placer dans le texte c'est un mal aujourd'hui irremediable mais je vous en avois demandé la permission et vous me l'avies accordée. S'il y a quelque autre faute de ma part a laquelle ou puisse apporter remede vous n'aves qu'á ordonner. j'oubliois de vous dire que les notes de mr. Thomson etant toujours distinguées de votre texte par des crochets qui les enferment il me semble que le lieu qu'elles occuppent dans l'ouvrage est bien indifferent. faites moi savoir vos intentions je me conformerais avec le zele que j'aurai toujours à vous montrer mon respectueux devouement.

After examining the plate sent by Neele, Jefferson wrote on January 15, 1787, to Colonel Smith:

Col.o Franks's delay here, occasioned by that of his baggage, gives me an opportunity of acknowleging the receipt of the map. I am now occupied in correcting it. I have got thro about two thirds of the map & have a list of 172 errors, so that we may expect in the whole about 250, & I reckon only those which are material. small & immaterial changes of orthography I do not correct. except as to the errors, the work is fairly & neatly done. I shall try to have the corrections made by a French workman. if he cannot do it, I must send it again to m[???] Neele to be done . . .

This was answered by Colonel Smith on January 29:

. . . forget & forgive my errors and accept of my thanks for the map, I will guard it with great attention, and give particular directions on the subject of its publication, it is very valuable & shall be done in the best manner possible. I am very sorry that there are so many errors in Neles map, if you think best to send it back, it shall be immediately Attended to . . .

Meanwhile, Stockdale had been suggesting to Jefferson the possibility of having an edition printed by him in London. On August 8, 1786, he wrote:

. . . I have had some thoughts of printing your Work in England, which is highly spoke of except those parts that relate to our Country, but I had some doubts wether it would sell sufficient to defray the expences, at a convenient opportunity shall be glad to have your opinion on it . . .

Again, in a letter dated November 28, he wrote:

. . . some time past two French Gentn. call'd upon me, with a Copy of your Minutes of Virginia, with a View to have it printed, but I inform'd them, that I had some reason to believe that a New Edition was coming out with corrections by the Author, & Coll. Smith Inform'd me that a large Map, was engraving for the Work, I have some doubts wether it would pay the expences, at same time have a Wish to publish it, with your Name, as I am convinced it is a Work of great Merit, I have spoke to Mr. Adams & Coll. Smith on the Subject who wish much to see the Work published in England . . .

On February 1, 1787, Jefferson wrote to John Stockdale concerning the publication of an English edition:

You have two or three times proposed to me the printing my Notes on Virginia. I never did intend to have made them public, because they are little interesting to the rest of the world. but as a translation of them is coming out, I have consented to let the original appear also. I have therefore corrected a copy & made some additions. I have moreover had a map engraved, which is worth more than the book. if you chuse to print the work I will send you the corrected copy, and when it shall be nearly printed I will send the plate of the map. I would not chuse that it should be put under a patent, nor that there should be a tittle altered, added, nor omitted, it would be necessary to have a small half sheet map engraved of the country of Virginia as when first discovered, this map is only to be found in Smith's history of Virginia, a thin folio, now very rare. I was not able to find that work here, but surely it can be found in London. an exact copy of the map is all that would be wanting. I leave this place about the 11th. or 12th. be so good as to let me know whether you chuse to print this work under the conditions before named. if I receive your answer in the affirmative before I set out, I will send you immediately the copy. it is an octavo of 391. pages . . .

P.S. it is not necessary to observe that as I have been at the expence of engraving the large map, I should expect to be paid for those you should have occasion for. a shilling a peice.

To this Stockdale replied on February 13:

. . . I shall be happy to receive your corrected Copy, which shall be neatly & correctly printed & published, according to your desire, without one title of Alteration, tho' I know there is some bitter pills relative to our Country, as I shall not be above three Weeks in printing the Work, it may not be amiss to send the plate at the same time, as they will take some time to Work; I think a shilling for the use of the plate, for working each Copy, a very great price, & I am afraid much higher than the Work will bear, but this I leave entirely to your consideration. I intend to print 500 Copies, which from the Merit of the Work & the advantage of your Name, I hope will be sold, but all things are uncertain, in short, all that I wish is to be the publisher of your work & to be indemnified, without paying any regard to the profit.

On February 27, Jefferson wrote to Stockdale:

By the Diligence of tomorrow I will send you a corrected copy of my Notes, which I will pray you to print precisely as they are, without additions, alterations, preface, or any thing else but what is there, they will require a very accurate corrector of the press, because they are filled with tables, which will become absolutely useless if they are not printed with a perfect accuracy. I beg you therefore to have the most particular attention paid to the correcting of the press. with respect to the plate of the map, it is impossible to send it at the same time. it was engraved in London, and on examination I found a prodigious number of orthographical errors. being determined that it shall not go out with a single error, an engraver is now closely employed in correcting them. he promises to have it finished the next week, say by the 10th. of March: but I suppose you must expect he will not be punctual to a day. the map will br worth more than the book, because it is very particular, made on the best materials which exist, and is of a very convenient size, bringing the states of Virginia, Maryland Delaware & Pennsylvania into a single sheet. it will make the book sell. I think it would be worth your while to print 400 copies of the book for America, sending 200. to Richmond in Virginia, & 200 to Philadelphia. if you have no correspondents there, you might send those for Richmond to mr James Buchanan merchant there, & those for Philadelphia to Aitken bookseller there, these are men on whose punctuality you may depend. but they should be restrained from selling but for ready money: so that you may always find in their hands either the money or the books. I set out on my journey tomorrow: but m[???] Short, my secretary, remains here, and will hasten, & forward the plate to you by the Diligence . . .

Travelling through France in 1787, Jefferson wrote on March 27 from Aix en Provence to William Short:

. . . in the hurry of my departure from Paris I omitted to explain myself to you on the subject of the map. the kind of paper on which they are struck is not very material. I had intended 50 on such paper as the proof was, and 200 on a thinner paper, more proper to fold into a book. if the plate is not gone, I would still wish to have the latter parcel struck to give to those who have my book. the 250 which you may have had struck on thick paper will in that case be proper for sale. I would also be glad to have a dozen on bank paper, on account of it's thinness and not breaking on the folds. these may be put conveniently into a traveller's pocket book. but if the plate be gone, no matter, I can have all this done in England. as to the price of the corrections it was impossible for me to settle that, as it would depend on the time employed. a workman of that kind works in England I believe for about two guineas a week, & I conjectured he would be employed two or three weeks: but the real time he was employed, & the value of his time in France, I know not. I will be obliged to you if you will arrange it with him as well as you can, and draw the money on my account from m[???] Grand . . .

Two days later, on March 29, still in Aix, Jefferson wrote to Short:

. . . be so good as to give M. de Crevecoeur two maps & a copy of my book which I promised him. I am not certain whether I left the new leaves [i. e. the additional matter at the end of the later issue of the first edition] so that you can find them. if I did, I wish them to accompany the book. I think the engraver's charges reasonable . . .

On May 5, Jefferson wrote from Marseilles to Short:

. . . with respect to the maps to be struck on bank paper, if there be any difficulty they may be omitted, because I can have them done at London where that operation is familiar . . .

On July 1, back in Paris, Jefferson resumed his correspondence with Stockdale concerning the English edition:

Finding on my return to this place that the bookseller to whom I had committed the plate of my map, instead of keeping it only a fortnight, had not yet delivered it to be forwarded to you, I demanded an instantaneous delivery of it. a thousand evasions have led me through three weeks, so that it was not till yesterday that I could obtain it, threatening on the return of my messenger without it, that I would apply to the police. he thereon sent it, having yet 350. less than his number struck off. I now forward it to you in the care of a servant whom I send to London on other business, & I will pray you, as soon as you can possibly have your number struck off, to give me notice that I may take measures either for striking off in London the number still wanted here or for having the plate brought back, which will probably be the measure . . .

A Postscript reads:

I sent a map coloured, as a model for the colouring.

The following day, July 2, he wrote to the Abbé Morellet:

I am sorry, my dear Sir, that your interest should be affected by the ill behavior of Barrois. but when you consider the facts you will be sensible that I could not have indulged his indolence further without increasing the injury to a more punctual workman. Stockdale of London had asked leave to print my Notes. I agreed to it, & promised he should have the plate of the map as soon as it should be corrected, and the copies struck off for you & myself. he thereupon printed his edition completely in three weeks, the printer, who was to strike off 250 maps for me, kept the plate but 5. days. it was then delivered to Barrois with notice that it could not be left longer with him than should suffice to strike off his number. repeated applications for it by m[???] Short & my servant were only answered by repeated promises, and times of delivery fixed, no one of which was performed. when I returned he had been possessed of the plate upwards of two months. I was astonished & confounded to be told that it had not been sent to Stockdale & that his edition had been lying dead on his hands three months. I sent to Barrois the very day of my return to let him know that justice to Stockdale did not permit me to defer sending him the plate any longer: yet I would wait 5. days, at the end of which he must deliver me the plate whether his maps were done or not. I received no answer, but waited 10. days. I then sent for the plate. the answer was he was not at home. I sent again the next day. answer he was not at home. I sent the third day. not at home. I then ordered the messenger to go back & wait till he should come home. this produced an answer of two lines 'qu'il alloit soigner son ouvrier.' I wrote him word in return to deliver the plate instantly. this I think was on a Saturday or Sunday. he told the messenger he would let me have it the thursday following. I took patience, & sent on the Friday, but telling the messenger if he refused to deliver it, to inform him I would be plagued no more with sending messages, but would apply to the police. he then delivered it & I sent it off immediately to London. he had kept it three months, of which three weeks was after my return. I think Sir you will be satisfied that justice to Stockdale, justice to myself who had passed my word for sending on the plate, and sensibility to the shuffling conduct of Barrois, permitted me to act no otherwise.—but no matter. let his ill behavior make no odds between you me. [sic] it will affect your interest, & that suffices to determine me to order back the plate as soon as Stockdale has done with it. he will not require more days than Barrois months. so that it will be here before you can want it. but it must never go into Barrois' hands again nor of any person depending on him or under his orders. the workman who struck off the 250 for me seems to have been diligent enough. either he or any other workman you please of that description shall have it to strike what number you wish. I forgot to observe in it's proper place, that when I was in the midst of my difficulties I did myself the honor of calling on you, as well to have that of asking after your health on my return, as of asking your assistance to obtain the plate—unluckily you were gone to Versailles, so I was obliged to proceed as well as I could. it is no excuse for Barrois to say he could not get his Imprimeur to proceed. he should have applied to another. but as to you it shall be set to rights in the manner I have before stated. accept my regret that you were in the hands of so undeserving a workman, & one who placed me under the necessity of interrupting a work which interested you. be assured at the same time of the sincerity of those sentiments of esteem & respect with which I have the honor to be Dear Sir your most obedient & most humble servant.

A number of letters, dated and undated, from the Abbé Morellet to Jefferson on the subject of his translation of the Notes are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. Jefferson's letter of July 2 was probably in answer to a letter from Morellet dated only Mardi:

le detail dans lequel vous aves l'extrème complaisance d'entrer me demontre avec la derniere evidence que vous aves poussé la patience et la bonté jusqu'où elles pouvoient aller et que Barrois est coupable non seulement d'une negligence et d'une paresse impardonnable mais d'une injustice dont je suis fort blessé en se plaignant lorsqu'il n'a que des excuses à faire lui même et des torts les plus graves du monde je suis moi même bien honteux d'avoir pensé un moment d'après lui que votre domestique l'avoit traité durement et de vous avoir presenté cette espece de plainte si injuste et si mal placée. je vous prie d'oublier la faiblesse que j'ai eüe de croire aux propos du libraire qui est d'ailleurs un honnête homme mais qui est aussi l'homme le plus negligent si j'avois eu le moindre notion de ce qui se passoit et des delais qu'on mettoit à vous satisfaire soyes sur que la planche vous eut ete rendue et envoyée à Londres il y a six semaines. mais un billet de Barrois a été pour moi la premiere nouvelle de tout cela. Si vous aves la bonté de nous faire ravoir la planche après que Mr. Stockdale en auroit fait usage je la remettrai moi même à un imprimeur et elle ne rentrera jamais dans les mains d'un homme si horriblement negligent. je suis vraiment au desespoir du desagrement et de l'embarras que je vous ai causé bien malgré moi . . .

Stockdale replied to Jefferson's letter of July 1 on July 10: I received your favor of July the 1st together with the Plate, safe, by your Messenger; it has been a great disappointment to me, not receiving it, at the time promised,—and I am afraid a detriment to the sale of the Book, London now being nearly empty of Book buyers, & I am sorry to inform you that the Plate is so much wore, that the Impressions which I want will not be quite leidgerble, by the appearance of the Plate there must have been about 1,500 taken off, so that I may truly say that it has lessened the Value of it to me & the purchasers, for which reason you will probably have no objections to make me a less charge than you alluded to in a former Letter. I have sent one Copy of the Book & Map, for your Inspection, & should you wish to have 50 or 100, more in bds. they are at your service, without being charg'd to Account, but as I hinted before in a former Letter, I beg not to be misunderstood,—as I will pay freely what ever you may think just, after you have weighed it in your mind. By the advice of a friend I have put at the corner ''Published as the Act directs'' & enter'd the Book at Stationers hall, for no other reason but to prevent any other spurious Editions, at the same time I hereby acknowledge, that I have no right, or title, in the work, except what I print at my own expence, I have printed 1,000—& shall print the same number of the Maps, which I suppose will be nearly completed by the time that I can receive a Letter from you; The Book I believe you will find, very correct & neatly printed, I have added ''Illustrated with a Map &c.'' in the Title Page, which was absolutely necessary otherways the Book-sellers would frequently sell the Book without the Map, the necessity of which, I hope will be a sufficient apology for the liberty I have taken.—I have taken great pains to procure Smith's Map of Virginia, but without Success, therefore was absolutely obliged to give up the Idea, I met with three different Copies of the Work, but without the map; nor does any of our Gentlemen even remember to have seen a Map to the book.—

I have Inclosed a copy of your Advertisement, that I shall this week send to every Paper in England & Scotland, to be inserted, which I believe are between 70 & 80 in No. which will cost me, upwards of £ 30—but I hope the Book will repay me . . .

The opening paragraph of a letter written to Jefferson by Richard Claiborne, at the time in London, on June 13, 1787, read:

I went this morning to a Book-binder to purchase the notes of your Excellency on the state of Virginia—but was informed by the Gentleman, that the Book was not published, as it was waiting for a map which was to be prefixed to it—and I am to call in the course of a fortnight or 3 weeks . . .

Stockdale's edition, the only one printed in England, was published in the following month.

On July 17, in a letter to Stockdale from Paris, Jefferson wrote:

. . . with respect to my map as I never desired any thing more than to make it pay for engraving, transporting backwards & forwards, duties etc pay what you think it's worth. the translater here gives a livre a copy. I had thought a shilling in England proportioned to this, as books are dearer there. pay therefore 10d. a piece or whatever sum you please. I thank you for your offer of 100. copies, but I would not desire them. a dozen may enable me to oblige some friends as they are probably better printed than those done here. desire your correspondent at Edinburgh, if you please, to deliver two of the dozen copies to m[???] Thos. Mann Randolph student at the college of Edinburgh, & to seek him out for that purpose. I think 20. or 30. copies might be sold here. if you have no correspondent, my Bookseller Frouillé, Quai des Augustins, an extreme honest man, will dispose of them for you.

On August 3 Stockdale wrote to inform Jefferson of the pirated American edition:

. . . Just as I was going to ship 400, of your work, for Richmond & Philadelphia, I had the disagreeable intelligence to learn that your Book was already printed in Philadelphia, & a skeliton of a Map added to it, which, tho' not equal to mine, I am inform'd, as it comes much cheaper, it will answer their purpose—

Aitken of Philadelphia, is unfortunately fail'd—

I sent of in a box by the Dilligence Yesterday the following Books, American Atlas, £2:12:6. Adams on the Constitutions, [???]/: 10 Notes on Virginia for yourself (not charged) & 34 at 5s/4 each for the booksr. you was so good as to recommend, they sell in London Retail at 7s/. in bds. when they are sold he will be so good as to pay the Money into your hands, I hope he will soon want more, it is well spoke off in London—but they much lament that you have not gone more at large into the work & brought it lower down;—

I have order'd two Copies to be deliver'd in your Name to Mr Thos. Mann Randolph (gratis) . . .

Jefferson replied from Paris on August 14:

. . . I thank you for the dozen copies of the Notes on Virginia. the remaining 34 shall be sold so as to pay the 8d. sterl. a vol. their transportation costs, the commission for selling & your 5/4. upon the whole they must be sold at about 7-[???]5. unless you are very sure of your information of the printing the Notes on Virginia in America, I doubt it. I never sent but six copies to America, and they were in such hands as I am sure would not permit them to be published. I have letters from Philadelphia as late as the 6th. of June, & certainly no such publication was then suspected by my friends. on the contrary m[???] Hopkinson, one of those to whom I had given a copy, & who is concerned in compiling the Columbian magazine, tells me he hopes I will not object to his publishing a few extracts from it, particularly the passages in which M. de Buffon's work is controverted. so that unless you are very certain on the point, I shall disbelieve it.

Just over a week later, on June 15, a letter was written to Jefferson giving him this bad news. In sending him a copy of his Vision of Columbus, Joel Barlow wrote to Jefferson from Hartford, Connecticut, on that date:

. . . Your Notes on Virginia are getting into the Gazetts in different States, notwithstanding your request that they should not be published here. We are are [sic] flattered with the idea of seeing ourselves vindicated from those despicable aspersions which have long been thrown upon us & echoed from one ignorant scribbler to another in all the languages in Europe.

This letter is endorsed by Jefferson: Barlow Joel (author of the Vision of Columbus) but without the date of its receipt.

On August 31 Stockdale answered Jefferson's letter of August 14:

I duly re[???]ed yours of the 14th. Instant, & am exceedingly obliged to you for the trouble you have taken with the Bookseller for the Sale of the Notes on Virginia.

I have seen Mr. Dilly bookseller in the Poultry, who positively assures me that your Book is printed at Philadelphia, & that his authority, is, Mr. Bury, Bookseller at New York. Mr. Dilly believes what he has asserted; tho' I must confess I agree with you, & doubt it. I have sent a small number to Dr. Ramsay & Mr. Laurens, at Charleston. Mr. Dilly has sent a few copies to New York . . .

Stockdale's information concerning the pirated American edition was partially correct. The edition was not yet published but appeared in Philadelphia with Prichard & Hall's imprint in the following year, 1788. It was advertised before December 15, 1787, on which day a letter to Jefferson from Alexander Donald, from Richmond, Virginia, enclosing a clipping from a Richmond newspaper, announcing this forthcoming publication, price to subscribers one dollar, to non-subscribers seven shillings and sixpence, Virginia currency, subscriptions taken at Mr. Davis's Printing-office in Richmond. As early as April 1787 extracts had been printed in the Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia; see no. 4901.

Concerning this matter, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Stockdale on September 10, 1787:

. . . on your informing me you should decline sending any copies of the 'Notes on Virginia' to America I sent 40. which remained of the original edition, to Richmond. I am morally sure it had not been printed in America so late as July & equally so that some copies would sell in Boston, N. York, Philadelphia & Baltimore.

A week later, on September 17, Jefferson sent more copies under cover to James Madison, to whom he wrote:

My last to you were of Aug. 2. & 15. since that I have sent to Havre to be forwarded to you by the present packet 3. boxes marked I.M. G.W. and A.D. the two last are for m[???] Wythe in Williamsburgh, and m[???] Alex[???] Donald merchant in Richmond. the first contains the books for yourself which shall be noted at the close of my letter, together with the following for m[???] Rittenhouse; viz. la Chymie de Fourcroi 4. vols 8vo. Connoissance des tems 1788. 1789. and Dissertation de la Sauvagere. I have put into the same box 9. copies of the Notes on Virginia. that of the English edition, and one of the others are for yourself. the 7. remaining are for m[???] Jay, m[???] Thomson, m[???] Hopkinson, m[???] Mercer (late of Congress) m[???] Rittenhouse, m[???] Izard & m[???] Ed. Rutledge, which I will pray of you to have delivered in my name to those gentlemen. I have also put into the box 100 copies of the map of Virginia, Pennsylvania &c which be so good as to put into the hands of any booksellers you please in New York & Philadelphia to be sold at such price as you think proper, ready money only. I have sent some to Virginia to be sold at 5/6 of a dollar. if it should appear that a greater number might be sold, I would have the plate re-touched, and any number struck off which might be desired. it may serve to refund a part of the expences of printing the book & engraving the map . . .

On the same day, September 17, he wrote to Alexander Donald at Richmond, Virginia:

. . . You made me a very unlucky offer of services in Richmond. probably you did not know how troublesome I should be to you. and if you had known, I still doubt whether it would deterred you from the offer, for I well remember that it was a part of your character to serve others tho' you suffered yourself by it. I have taken the liberty to send to the care of m[???] Madison at New York a box addressed to you which contains 100 maps of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania & Delaware, and 57 copies of a bad book called Notes on Virginia, the author of which has no other merit than that of thinking as little of it as any man in the world can. 17. of these copies are destined for yourself, Govr. Randolph, Genl. Washington, Colo. Monroe, Doctr. Mc.lurg, Doctr. Turpin, Richard Henry Lee, Colo. Mason, m[???] Jo. Jones of King George, m[???] Smith president of the P. Edwd. College, F. Eppes, H. Skipwith, C. H. Harrison, John Bolling junr. m[???] Zane, m[???] Stuard of Rockbridge, and m[???] Brown nephew to Colo. Preston. as you will probably see all these gentlemen, sooner or later in Richmond, you will have no other trouble than the delivery of the books with my request to accept of them. the remaining 40 copies, if any body will buy, at 10/ Virginia money apiece and the maps at half that, it may refund to me a part of the expences of impression. to save both to you & myself the trouble of accounts, part with them only for the cash in hand. the sums would not be worth the trouble of collecting . . .

Jefferson did not write to the people mentioned in these two letters to whom he destined copies of the Notes, but merely mentioned the matter if he had other reasons for writing. He had occasion to write to David Rittenhouse on the next following day, September 18, and mentioned that he was sending him a copy:

I am now to acknolege the receipt of your favour of April 14. & June 26 as also of the 2d. vol. of the Transactions you were so kind as to send me. It would have been a grateful present indeed could you have accompanied them with a copy of your observations on our Western country, besides the interest I feel in that country in common with others, I have a particular one as having ventured so many crudities on that subject. A copy of these with some late corrections I have put into a box of books sent to Mr Madison, another for m[???] Hopkinson. I hope he will forward them to you from New York . . .

Edward Rutledge, also mentioned in the letter to Madison, had already been promised a copy by Jefferson. On October 14 of the previous year, 1786, Rutledge had written a long letter to Jefferson, of which the closing paragraph read:

. . . Before I conclude I must acknowledge the Pleasure which I have received in reading your Notes on Virginia. They do credit to your understanding & your Heart. They have not found their way as far South as Carolina; & from the injunction which you impose on those, whom you have favored with a Copy, there is no probability of their getting there. But there are some things which to know, would provoke a Voyage to New York . . .

Jefferson replied to this from Paris in a letter dated July 14, 1787, and promised Rutledge a copy of the original edition:

. . . I thank you for your obliging mention of my worthless Notes on Virginia. worthless & bad as they are they have been rendered more so, as I am told, by a translation into French. that I may have neither merit nor demerit not my own, I have consented to their publication in England. I advised the bookseller to send 200 copies to Philadelphia & 200 to Richmond, supposing that number might be sold in the United States: but I do not know whether he will do it. if you give me leave I will send you a copy of the original impression . . .

Rutledge replied on October 23 of the same year:

. . . I thank you my good Friend for an offer of a copy of the original impression of your Notes on Virginia—I beg you will send them, I shall accept them with a great deal of Pleasure—You seem to consider the quarter of the Globe from whence America was peopled, & the Manner, as now reduced to a certainty. But it is not so absolutely determined, as to preclude conjecture. A Gentleman with a great deal more learning, & a great deal more sense than I have, is convinced that America was peopled from Carthage—He maintains that when Hanno their famous Admiral was sent out to settle colonies, some of their Vessels mist their port of Destination, & were never able afterwards to regain it; that the Trade-Winds blew them to the coast of America, thro' the Gulph of Mexico—In this opinion he is confirmed from the exact resemblance which he observed between the People who inhabit that country & the Creek Indians—the first time he saw an Indian—& from words of both, sounding alike, & conveying the same meaning—Diodorus Seculus is the Author who particularly mentions Hanno's Voyage. You have him at Hand, we have him not, & you can refer to him—Think of it; & when I next write you, I will give you at Large the conjectures of my Philosopher . . .

Stockdale replied to Jefferson's letter of September 10 on the 21st of the same month:

I this morning called upon Mr. Faden map engraver, &c. at Charing Cross, he his [sic] a tradesman of the strictest honor & intergrity in his line of business.

I put the question candidly to him ''what would be a fair Price for me to pay for the use of the Plate of Virginia'' when he gave it as his opinion that ''thirty Guineas was betwixt man & man a fair price for working 1,000.'' Mr. Cox Printer in Quality Court Chancery Lane is the person that I employed to work your Plate, he has worked exactly 1,000 & 25, to supply any accidents that might happen by tearing, &c, notwithstanding Mr. Faden's opinion I now leave it to you to deduct whatever you think proper from your Bill . . . I will endeavour to find out some method to send your Books to different parts of America, as speedily as possible . . .

To this Jefferson replied on October 10:

Your favor of Sep. 21. inclosing your account came safely to hand . . . also the 34. copies of the Notes on Virginia £9-1-4. for which I have no objections to be answerable when the bookseller shall have sold them, but not before, with respect to the use of the plate for the map, I am allowed 10d sterling·a peice here for those annexed to the French edition, & no objection to it from the bookseller, and those things are dearer in England than here. I could not abate to you, without, in honor, doing the same to him, and then I should not be reimbursed the money I paid for engraving the plate in London, and correcting it in Paris, with charges of transportation &c so that I could not without loss let them go at less than 10d. a peice, making on the 1025 struck for you £42-14-2 . . . be so good as to send me also the copperplate of my map.

On December 31, the Abbé Morellet wrote to Jefferson, both being in Paris at the time:

Monsieur jefferson a eu la bonté de me promettre de faire revenir de Londres la planche jointe aux observations sur la virginie lorsque le libraire anglois en auroit fait usage pour son edition. je le prie de vouloir bien me procurer le retour de cette planche qui manque encore à 250 exemp. de l'edition françoise & lesquels demeureroient invendus sans cela. je lui serai bien obligé de donner ses ordres en consequence, je prens la liberté de lui envoyer en même tems la machine a tirer des copies dont je lui ai parlé et dont je me deferai volontiers si j'en trouve dix louis ou même moins si l'on juge qu'elle vaille moins. elle peut faire plaisir à quelqu'un . . .

On January 1, 1788, Jefferson wrote from Paris to Stockdale:

. . . I must press the immediate sending the plate of my map, as the bookseller here had not struck off his whole quantity, and apprehends he shall suffer if he is not supplied soon. as a matter of curiosity I am desirous of hearing how the Notes of Virginia have sold with you. having not received any Reviews from you since those of August, I am uninformed how they have treated it . . .

Stockdale replied on the 22nd of February:

I duly re[???]ed your three Letters, but owing to the alterations I have been making in my house, by enlarging my Shop &c, has prevented me for this two Months past of paying that respect to you, & attention to my business that it required. but I have now got the Shop in excellent order & my business in a proper train, tho' I am a little discomposed by having been complained of by the House of Commons for having published what they deem a Lible, they have order'd me to be prosecuted. I have sent your Copper Plate this day & next week I hope to send you all the Books order'd, I am with great respect Sir your much obliged & very humble Servt.

Four months later, at the end of a letter to John Trumbull, dated from Paris, June 29, 1788, Jefferson announced:

. . . no news from Stockdale. I am done with him irrevocably. Adieu.

On March 3, the Abbé Morellet wrote to Jefferson:

le commissionnaire qui m'apporte la planche s'en va sur le champ sans queje lui parle at sans queje puisse vous addresser ma reponse et mes remercimens. je vous en dois beaucoup pour les soins et les peines que vous aves prises, sans la complaisance que vous aves je me serois trouvé avec 300 exemplaires de votre ouvrage sans cartes et par consequent non vendables. avec la planche revenüe je les completerai et je viendrai à bout de retirer mes frais car avec la juiverie de nos libraires c'est tout ce que je pourrai faire quoique l'ouvrage se soit bien vendu. vous venes de faire encore une depense pour le retour de cette planche que je dois vous rembourser si vous aves la complaisance de me donner la note des frais. je suis toujours si sendentaire et si occuppé que je suis forcément privé du plaisir que j'aurois à aller m'entretenir avec vous. quand le terns sera devenu un peu plus supportable je me dedommagerai . . .

On July 16, in a letter to Stockdale, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have lately received from you two packages of books, & will now beg the favor of you to send me an exact state of my account, charging me with the copies of the Notes on Virginia you sent to be sold here, & for which I will account to you immediately tho but a small part of them are sold. In fact they are prohibited . . .

On the following day, July 17, Jefferson again wrote to Stockdale:

I had written the preceding letter yesterday, but it had yet gone out of my hands when I received yours of the 11th. inst . . . all I wished as to the maps was to avoid loss, which I shall not do, charging you 10d. a piece instead of 1/a peice which had been at first understood to be the price. I wish you had sent your whole impression to Charlestown, Richmond, Philadelphia & Boston, as I believe it would have been sold immediately. as the work could not be bought there, the periodical papers retailed it out to the public by piecemeal, till at length (as I am informed) a bad edition is printed, either without a map or with a slight sketch of one . . .

Stockdale replied on the 15th of August, 1788:

I have this Instant re[???]ed your two Letters by the hands of my good friend Mr. Trumbold & the ballence of your Acct up to the present time, as Pr. acct. annexed Viz £13.13.6. for which I return you my sincere thanks as well as for your kind remittance of the French Books. From Letters which I have re[???]ed from different Gentn. in America I am convinced that the whole of the Impression of your Book would have been sold immediately had they been sent them, but I have my doubts wether I should have been able to have got remittances for them, having not yet re[???]ed any, or even answers to my Letters, for several Years past.—excepting Dr. Ramsay. but I sincerely hope that the new Constitution will have the desired effect & put them upon a better footing—I am just inform'd by a friend from Philadelphia that the report of the failure of Mr. Aicken Bookseller was groundless.

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was much read, and was used as a source book by many of the writers of the period, both American and European, as a study of this catalogue, and particularly of this chapter, will show.

Others wrote comment and criticism to Jefferson, and he was frequently approached as to the publication of a new and enlarged edition.

On March 28, 1793, Benjamin Rush introduced to Jefferson Parry Hall, a Philadelphia printer, with a view to the republication of the Notes:

The bearer Mr Parry Hall wishes to reprint your notes on the state of Virginia. He is One of our most correct printers, and a worthy man. Should you incline to add any thing to the work, or to make any alterations in it, he will gladly obey your instructions.

Parry Hall seems not to have published an edition at this time, though on July 25, 1793, he wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

Parry Hall incloses a Proof Sheet of the Notes on Virginia; which, with the gratest Respect, and a high sense of Obligation, he lays before the Honble Mr. Jefferson.

Three years later, on May 28, 1796, Jefferson's friend William Strickland, of York, England [q.v.], writing from London, mentioned the desirability of a new edition:

. . . In your Notes on Virginia, of which the world looks and wishes for a new and enlarged edition, because no one is so well qualified as yourself to afford an history of your country in all its branches, political, Philosophical, and Natural, notice is taken of several caverns in the mountains from which issue strong currents of air; this is said to be very cold, tho the temperature probably does not fall much below 60 degrees of Farenheit's thermometer, the usual temperature of the water and consequently of the earth in the climate of Virginia, but which affords a sensation of greater cold, in consequence of the violence with which the current impinges upon the surface of the body . . .

On October 14, 1800, M.L. & W.A. Davis of New York approached Jefferson with regard to a new edition of the Notes:

We contemplate putting to press an Edition of your Notes on Virginia, and printing at the end of the volume the Appendix recently published by you on the subject of Logans speech—

If there are any alterations, corrections or additions that you are desirous of making, we shall be highly gratified in communicating with you on the subject. If, however, the copies at present extant, meet your approbation, then Sir, you will pardon our soliciting a line from you, stating whether the Notes on Virginia, or the Appendix have been presented by you to any Printer or Bookseller exclusively.

Should you consider it of consequence to suggest any amendments or additions, you may rely on a punctual and respectful attention to your suggestions.

We were the publishers of Mr. Gallatins Sketch of the Finances of the United States, and also his late pamphlet entitled, Views of the Debt &c, both of which publications were entrusted to us by him, without his examining the proof sheets, and printed, amidst a pressure of business in very great haste. We mention this circumstance, that you may not be deceived in us, as it respects our Mechanical talents. With Mr Gallatin we have the honor of a personal acquaintance.

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 21: Your favor of Oct. 14 did not get to my hands till the 3d. of Nov. when the arrangements for my departure to this place engrossed my whole time, nor have I been master of the earliest part of it here.

With respect to the Notes on Virginia which you propose to reprint, it is not in my power to add to, or alter them at present. the subject would require more time & enquiry than are within my power. the most correct edition is the one originally published at Paris. Stockdale's London edition is tolerably correct. I know nothing of the American editions, not possessing any of them. I think it might be of some use to publish with them a Report of mine on Weights & Measures, made to Congress in 1790. It was printed in N. York by Childs & Swaine. I have no copy of [it] here or I would have inclosed it. by getting abroad it might prepare the public mind for adopting something more certain & convenient than the present system of weights & measures.

The edition of M.L. & W.A. Davis was published in New York in 1801, with the Appendix at the end.

On December 24, 1804, J. Lithgow wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

I have been informed by Mr. Duane that there is about to be published a new Edition of Notes on Virginia; and having made some strictures on the 19th. Chapter, if the work is to be printed under your own inspection, I should be glad to lay them before you. If not they shall be buried in Oblivion because out of respect for the General principles of your administration, and differing only in the degree of encouragement due to the arts, I should be sorry to see myself arrayed in opposition to a man, to whom the world is so much indebted . . .

Lithgow's letter of comment extended to three closely written pages and was signed:

JLithgow author of the Essay on the manufacturing interest—of Equality a political Romance— of the collected Wisdom of Ages or English Constitution &c.

Jefferson replied on January 4, 1805:

Your favor of Dec. 4. has been duly recieved. m[???] Duane informed me that he meant to publish a new edition of the Notes on Virginia, and I had in contemplation some particular alterations which would require little time to make. my occupations by no means permit me at this time to revise the text, and make those changes in it which I should now do. I should in that case certainly qualify several expressions in the 19th. chapter which have been construed differently from what they were intended . . . had I time to revise that chapter this question should be discussed and other views of the subject taken which are presented by the wonderful changes which have taken place here since 1781, when the Notes on Virginia were written. perhaps, when I retire, I may amuse myself with a serious review of this work. at present it is out of the question.

On July 29, 1809, John W. Campbell of Petersburg, Va., wrote to Jefferson concerning the publication of a complete edition of his writings. Jefferson replied from Monticello September 3:

. . . In answer to your proposition for publishing a compleat edition of my different writings, I must observe that no writings of mine, other than those merely official have been published, except the Notes on Virginia, & a small pamphlet under the title of a Summary view of the rights of British America. the Notes on Virginia I have always intended to revise & enlarge, & have from time to time laid by materials for that purpose. it will be long yet before other occupations will permit me to digest them; & observations & enquiries are still to be made which will be more correct in proportion to the length of time they are continued. it is not unlikely that this may be through my life. I could not therefore at present offer any thing new for that work . . .

In the same month, on September 29, J. Riley wrote to Jefferson from New York on the same subject:

Experiencing daily, in the course of my business, the constant and increasing demand there is in the Country for your Work, the Notes on Virginia, and of which the copies are becoming exceeding scarce, I am statisfied that a new Edition is wanting.

Deeming it very probable that in the period which has elapsed since the Original publication of the work, you have collected some manuscript additions, with which you would not be unwilling to favour the public, and presuming upon ths supposition that you have no other arrangement in view, I take the liberty of submitting, that should you condescend to instrust me with said additions, it would be a subject of pride with me, to print an enlarged Edition of the Notes, with an accuracy and elegance creditable to the American Press—

In this application I have proceeded upon the belief that there is no copy right already possessed by any other Bookseller, and if I am in error on this head, I trust to your excuse—

I have also to depend much upon your goodness in pardoning the freedom which I have used in addressing you on this occasion—

Jefferson replied on October 7:

I have duly recieved your favor of Sep. 29. proposing to publish a new edition of the Notes on Virginia, and asking for such additions as I might wish to make. I have long intended to prepare an enlarged edition of that work, with such additions & corrections as information & experience might enable me to make: and I have been laying by materials from time to time, as they occurred, for that purpose. but it will be long yet before other occupations will permit me to digest them; & observations & enquiries are still to be made, which will be more correct in proportion to the length of time they are continued; and this may probably be through my life. It is most likely therefore that it may be left to be posthumously published. in the mean time I should not be willing to propose any partial execution of the design.

Such of the American editions as I have seen have been very incorrect, & some of them so much so as to be really libels on the understanding of the author. the private edition printed at Paris under my own inspection is the most correct. there were I think but one or two typographical errors in it. but this edition was never sold. there were but 200. copies printed, which I gave as presents to my friends. the London edition printed by Stockdale in 1787. is tolerably correct. should you execute your purpose of reprinting the work I have two copies of the Paris edition remaining of which I will send you one, supposing you might not be able otherwise to procure either a copy of that or of the London edition, which is also correct enough . . .

To this, Riley replied on October 16:

I was duly honoured with your polite favour of the 7th. Instant respecting the Notes on Virginia—

It is a source of regret that a work so much sought for as the Notes on Virginia, and so much valued for its accurate and various information, should have been so often given to the public in an imperfect state of typographical execution.—

It is my wish to have it published in a superior style, and with the most perfect correctness. But I fear that without any thing of new matter introduced, it would not command an immediate sale, so as to reimburse me shortly for its expences. As it is one of the standing Stock Books among Booksellers, it would not fail to meet orders, but the mere copy of the Volume as it now stands, would not sell in Quantities so as to make its republication an object with any one printer—

A few pages of illustrative, additional and corrective matter, would secure the run of an edition, and would by no means interfere with the larger and more perfect Edition contemplated to be published hereafter.—

If therefore it can be at all consistent with your studies and affairs to give me these little additions, noted on blank leaves in the Paris copy, I trust the work would then, more than vindicate all that the reputation of the author has suffered from the garbled copies already extant.—Excuse sir my importunity, the public I concieve would be benefitted by such an Edition of the Notes on Virginia, and it would be my pride to publish the first correct and perfect Copy of the work in the United States.

On January 22, 1810, Samuel Knox wrote to Jefferson from Baltimore a long letter concerning certain anti-Jefferson pamphlets, and mentioned:

. . . After your Election, a Mr. Pechin, Editor of the Baltimore American, whether with or without your Approbation I know not, published an Edition of your Notes on Virginia, and annexed to it, entirely without my knowledge or concurrence, the pamphlet alluded to—Indeed it was impossible He could consult me, as I have every reason to Beleive he knew not the writer at yt. time.

But as the Author was known to Mr. Mason and a few friends where I resided,—And, consequently, might possibly have been mentioned to you, I felt much concern lest you should have thought me accessory to its' being published, along with your Notes on Virginia.

Of any thing so vain and indelicate, I could not be capable—I felt much mortified on the Occasion—and was almost tempted to a public remonstrance against its' being Done—and more especially on observing that the style or structure of some sentences differed from the Manuscript—and that it was, otherwise, inaccurately printed.

It is probable that nothing respecting it ever came to your knowledge—But lest it should, I have often longed for an Occasion, when without any impertinent Intrusion, the circumstance might be submitted as it really happened. With Mr. Pechin's publication of it I had no acquaintance nor concern whatever . . .

Jefferson replied on February 12:

. . . amidst the immense mass of detraction which was published against me when my fellow citizens proposed to entrust me with their concerns, & the efforts of more candid minds to expose their falsehood, I retain a remembrance of the pamphlet you mention. but I never before learned who was it's author; nor was it known to me that m[???] Pechin had ever published a copy of the Notes on Virginia. but had all this been known, I should have seen myself with pride by your side. where-ever you lead, we may all safely follow, assured that it is in the path of truth & liberty. m[???] Pechin knew well that your introduction would plead for his author, and only erred in not asking your leave . . .

Pechin's edition had been published in Baltimore in 1800, with title: Jefferson's Notes, on the State of Virginia; with the Appendixes Complete. To Which is Subjoined, a Sublime and Argumentative Disertation, on Mr. Jefferson's Religious Principles.

Another letter concerning the Appendix was written by William O. Allens to Jefferson from St. Louis on February 9, 1810:

On the 28-9 p. of the enclosed Book you will find ''the Speech of Logan''—it bears date in London, 1780.

Your first addition, of the ''Notes on Virginia'' was, I believe, printed in Paris, 1783. A long time posterior to their appearance, the Authenticity of that much admired speech, was questioned, by the calumny, of L. Martin Esq.r.

In a subsequent addition of the Notes, I have, with great pleasure, read, proof positive, as to the certainty of, and the transactions, attendant on, Logans speech. But Sir, I have thought, that the Vagrant production, now sent, had not found its way to your library, at the date of the last addition. For that reason, I now intrude it, on your attention.—It recently fell into my hands.

An American, a Virginian, feels proud at the recollection, of his State and Country. And, that pride, is much elevated, by the honor of calling Author, of the ''Notes on Virginia'' his fellow-statesman . . .

[For the Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, and the controversy caused by this publication, see nos. 3225 and 4050.]

Jefferson eventually gave up the idea of himself bringing out a new edition of his Notes. In a letter from William Duane, dated from Philadelphia, August 17, 1810, Duane had mentioned:

. . . You may remember that I once proposed printing your Notes—I hold myself bound by that promise, and am now ready for it . . .

To this, Jefferson replied in a long letter dated September 16:

. . . with respect to the Notes on Virginia, I do contemplate some day the making additions & Corrections to them; but I am inclined to take the benefit to my whole life to make collections & observations, and let the editing them be posthumous . . .

On November 12, 1814, John Melish of Philadelphia, planning a series of geographical books and of maps, wrote to Jefferson on the same subject:

. . . In turning this subject in my mind it has occurred to me that a new Edition of your Notes on Virginia accompanied by a map of the kind alluded to would be an excellent subject to begin with. The estimation in which I hold this work is well known, and it would give me real pleasure to contribute my aid in bringing forward a New Edition of it embracing a view of the present State of Virginia. I hope I will not be deemed presumtuous-in suggesting this subject for consideration. In doing so I am solely actuated by a desire to see a work reissued in a new dress, which I think would be honourable to the State of Virginia, and valuable to the American Community. In case you should think favourably of the suggestion my own services are offered because I think that my arrangements are such that I can do more justice in the editorial department of a Geographical & Statistical work than any other publisher in this Country.

To this Jefferson replied on December 10:

. . . You propose to me the preparation of a new edition of the Notes on Virginia. I formerly entertained the idea, and from time to time noted some new matter, which I thought I would arrange at leisure for a posthumous edition. but I begin to see that it is impracticable for me. nearly forty years of additional experience in the affairs of mankind would lead me into dilatations ending I know not where. that experience indeed has not altered a single principle. but it has furnished matter of abundant developement. every moment too, which I have to spare from my daily exercise and affairs is engrossed by a correspondence, the result of the extensive relations which my course of life has necessarily occasioned. and now the act of writing itself is becoming slow, laborious and irksome. I consider therefore the idea of preparing a new copy of that work as no more to be entertained. the work itself indeed is nothing more than the measure of a shadow, never stationary, but lengthening as the sun advances, and to be taken anew from hour to hour. it must remain therefore for some other hand to sketch it's appearance at another epoch . . .

In 1823 Hugh Paul Taylor of Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia, was considering writing a book on Virginia, and on September 23 wrote to Jefferson for permission to use his material:

When I was at Monticello, in August last, I took up an impression from what you said, that you were in possession of a collection of documents relative to the history, antiquities, and first settlements of Virginia and the N. Western states, in manuscript, which had never been published: and that you had declined the intention of publishing them, either as an addition to the ''Notes on Virginia'' or otherwise: and that you would have no objections to their being published by any other person who would wish to use them for that purpose.

If this be the case, perhaps you will allow me the pleasure and the honour of using them for publication: for which I would feel myself extremely obliged and honoured by you. I would embody them with the collection of information to be appended to the New Map of Virginia: agreeable to the enclosed interrogatories, as Mr. H: Boye and myself are now collecting documents for that purpose . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on October 4:

You must, I think, have somewhat misunderstood what I may have said to you as to manuscripts in my possession, relating to the antiquities, and particularly the Indian antiquities of our country. the only manuscripts I now possess are some folio volumes. two of these are the proceedings of the Virginia company in England; the remaining 4. are of the Records of the Council of Virginia from 1622. to 1700. the account of the two first volumes you will see in the preface to Stith's history of Virginia . . . I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country. that I have not been remiss in this, while I had youth, health and opportunity, is proved otherwise, as well as by the materials I furnished towards m[???] Hening's invaluable collection of the laws of our country. but there is a time, and that time is come with me, when these duties are no more, when age, and the wane of mind & memory, and the feebleness of the powers of life pass them over, as a legacy, to younger hands. I write now slowly, laboriously, painfully. I am obliged therefore to decline all correspondence which some moral duty does not urgently call on me to answer. I always trust that those who write them will read their answer in my age and silence, and see in these a manifestation that I am done with writing letters. I am sorry therefore that I am not able to give any aid to the work you contemplate, other than my best wishes for it's success . . .

For Stith's History of Virginia, annotated with a quotation from this letter, see no. 463.

Taylor is reputed to be the author of a work entitled Historical Sketches of the internal improvements of Virginia, but it is not listed in any bibliography consulted, and no copy has been traced.

In the following year, in reply to Lewis Caleb Beck, who had sent him a pamphlet with an account of the climate of the Mississippi Valley (probably the General Geographical and Statistical View of the State of Missouri, published in A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri), Jefferson wrote on July 16, 1824:

I thank you, Sir, for your pamphlet on the climate of the West, and have read it with great satisfñ. altho' it does not yet establish a satisfactory theory, it is an addñal step towds it. mine was perhaps the 1st. attempt, not to form a theory, but to bring together the few facts then known and suggest them to publick attention. they were written between 40. & 50 y ago, before the close of the revolutionary war, when the Western country was a wilderness untrodden but by the foot of the savage or the hunter. it is now flourishing in population and science, and after a few years more of observation & collection of facts they will doubtless furnish a theory of solid foundñ. years are requisite for this, steady attention to the thermometer, to the plants grown there, the times of their leafing and flowering, it's animal inhabitants, beasts birds, reptiles & inspects, it's prevalent winds, quantities of rain and snow temperature of fountains and other indexes of climate. we want this indeed for all the states, and the work should be repeated once or twice in a century to shew the effect of clearing and culture towds change of climate. my Notes give a very imperfect idea of what our climate was, half a century ago, at this place, which being nearly central to the state may be taken for it's medium. latterly after 7. y. of close & exact observñ, I have prepared an estimate of what it is now, which may some day be added to the former work; and I hope something like this is doing in the other states, which, when all shall be brought together, may produce theories meriting confidence.

I trust that yourself will not be inattentive to this service, and that to that of the present epoch you may be able to add a 2d at the distance of another half-century. with this wish accept the assurances of my respectful considñ.

Jefferson's own account of the history of the Notes on the State of Virginia as described by him in his autobiography reads:

. . . Before I had left America, that is to say in the year 1781 I had recieved a letter from M. de Marbois, of the French legation in Phidelphia [sic], informing me he had been instructed by his government to obtain such statistical accounts of the different states of our Union, as might be useful for their information; and addressing to me a number of queries relative to the state of Virginia. I had always made it a practice whenever an opportunity occurred of obtaining any information of our country, which might be of use to me in any station public or private, to commit it to writing. these memoranda were on loose papers, bundled up without order, and difficult of recurrence when I had occasion for a particular one. I thought this a good occasion to embody their substance, which I did in the order of m[???] Marbois' queries, so as to answer his wish and to arrange them for my own use. some friends to whom they were occasionally communicated wished for copies; but their volume rendering this too laborious by hand, I proposed to get a few printed for their gratification. I was asked such a price however as exceeded the importance of the object. on my arrival at Paris I found it could be done for a fourth of what I had been asked here. I therefore corrected and enlarged them, and had 200. copies printed, under the title of Notes on Virginia. I gave a very few copies to some particular persons in Europe, and sent the rest to my friends in America. an European copy, by the death of the owner, got into the hands of a bookseller, who engaged it's translation, & when ready for the press, communicated his intentions & Manuscript to me, without any other permission than that of suggesting corrections. I never had seen so wretched an attempt at translation. interverted, abridged, mutilated, and often reversing the sense of the original, I found it a blotch of errors from beginning to end. I corrected some of the most material, and in that form it was printed in French. a London bookseller, on seeing the translation, requested me to permit him to print the English original. I thought it best to do so to let the world see that it was not really so bad as the French translation had made it appear. and this is the true history of that publication . . .

For an account of the editions of the Notes on Virginia, and an annotated census of the copies distributed by Jefferson, see Coolie Verner, op. cit. and Mr. Jefferson Distributes his Notes. There is a holograph draft of the Notes by Jefferson in the Coolidge Papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

There are two copies of the first edition in the Library of Congress, both with the appended material. Of these one has no inscription, the other is inscribed for John Mercer esq. from Th: Jefferson. This copy must have been presented after the publication of an edition, as it has not the request for privacy written in the copies sent by Jefferson to his friends immediately after the first printing." "41680","170","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815. Catalogue, page 125, no. 171, Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the Pacific Ocean, 2 v 8vo.","Lewis, Meriwether, and Clark, William.","History of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6. By order of the Government of the United States. Prepared for the Press by Paul Allen, Esquire. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Innskeep; and Abm. H. Inskeep, New York. J. Maxwell, Printer, 1814.","F592 .4 1814","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 250 and 268 leaves, engraved folded map as frontispiece, engraved maps. At the beginning of Volume I is the Life of Captain Lewis by Jefferson, pages vii to xxiii, dated from Monticello August 18, 1813.

Sabin 855. Wagner-Camp 13. Field 928. See Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

On March 4, 1801, Jefferson was inaugurated President of the United States, and immediately started his plans for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Less than two weeks before his inauguration, on February 23, he had written to Meriwether Lewis to offer him the position of his secretary, and in listing his qualifications mentioned:

. . . your knolege of the Western country, of the army and of all it's interests & relations has rendered it desireable for public as well as private purposes that you should be engaged in that office . . .

Lewis's letter accepting the secretaryship is dated from Pittsburgh, March 10, 1801.

On January 18, 1803, Jefferson addressed a special message to Congress, concerning the lands adjacent to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and the Indians occupying them:

. . . we possess what is below the Yazoo, & can probably acquire a certain breadth from the Illinois & Wabash to the Ohio. but between the Ohio and Yazoo, the country all belongs to the Chickasaws, the most friendly tribe within our limits, but the most decided against the alienation of lands. the portion of their country most important for us is exactly that which they do not inhabit. their settlements are not on the Missisipi, but in the interior country. they have lately shewn a desire to become agricultural, and this leads to the desire of buying implements & comforts. in this strengthening and gratifying of these wants, I see the only prospect of planting on the Missisipi itself the means of its own safety. Duty has required me to submit these views to the judgment of the legislature. but as their disclosure might embarras & defeat their effect, they are committed to the special confidence of the two houses . . . an intelligent officer with ten or twelve chosen men, fit for the enterprize and willing to undertake it, taken from our posts, where they may be spared without inconvenience, might explore the whole line, even to the Western ocean, have conferences with the natives on the subject of commercial intercourse, get admission among them for our traders as others are admitted, agree on convenient deposits for an interchange of articles, and return with the information acquired in the course of two summers.

their arms and accoutrements, some instruments of observation, & light & cheap presents for the Indians would be all the apparatus they could carry, and with an expectation of a soldier's portion of land on their return, would constitute the whole expence. their pay would be going on, whether here or there. while other civilised nations have encountered great expence to enlarge the boundaries of knowledge, by undertaking voiages of discovery, & for other literary purposes, in various parts and directions, our nation seems to owe to the same object, as well as to its own interests, to explore this, the only line of easy communication, across the continent, and so directly traversing our own part of it. the interests of commerce place the principal object within the constitutional powers and care of Congress and that it should incidentally advance the geographical knowledge of our own continent, cannot but be an additional gratification. the nation claiming the territory, regarding this as a literary pursuit which it is in the habit of permitting within it's dominions, would not be disposed to view it with jealousy, even if the expiring state of its interests there did not render it a matter of indifference. The appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars 'for the purpose of extending the external commerce of the US,' while understood and considered by the Executive as giving the legislative sanction, would cover the undertaking from notice, and prevent the obstructions which interested individuals might otherwise previously prepare in it's way.

Before February 25 he was looking for a secretary to replace Meriwether Lewis; this office was declined by William Brent in a letter to Lewis of that date.

On February 28, Jefferson wrote to Benjamin Rush:

I wish to mention to you in confidence that I have obtained authority from Congress to undertake the long desired object of exploring the Missouri & whatever river, heading with that, leads into the Western ocean. about 10. chosen woodsmen headed by Capt. Lewis my secretary, will set out on it immediately & probably accomplish it in two seasons. Capt. Lewis is brave, prudent, habituated to the woods, & familiar with Indian manners & character. he is not regularly educated, but he possesses a great mass of accurate observation on all the subjects of nature which permit themselves here, & will therefore readily select those only in his new route which shall be new. he has qualified himself for those observations of longitude & latitude necessary to fix the points of the line he will go over. it would be very useful to state for him those objects on which it is most desireable he should bring us information. for this purpose I ask the favor of you to prepare some notes of such particulars as may occur in his journey & which you think should draw his attention & enquiry. he will be in Philadelphia about 2. or 3. weeks hence & will wait on you . . .

Benjamin Rush sent Jefferson the rules, which Jefferson copied out in his own hand and sent to Lewis, as follows:

Dr. Rush to Capt. Lewis. for preserving his health. June 11. 1803.

1. when you feel the least indisposition, do not attempt to overcome it by labour or marching. rest in a horizontal posture.—also fasting and diluting drinks for a day or two will generally prevent an attack of fever. to these preventatives of disease may be added a gentle sweat obtained by warm drinks, or gently opening the bowels by means of one, two, or more of the purging pills.

2. unusual costiveness is often a sign of approaching disease. when you feel it take one or more of the purging pills.

3. want of appetite is likewise a sign of approaching indisposition. it should be obviated by the same remedy.

4. in difficult & laborious enterprizes & marches, eating sparingly will enable you to bear them with less fatigue & less danger to your health.

5. flannel should be worn constantly next to the skin, especially in wet weather.

6. the less spirit you use the better, after being wetted or much fatigue, or long exposed to the night air, it should be taken in an undiluted state. 3 tablespoonfuls taken in this way will be more useful in preventing sickness, than half a pint mixed with water.

7. molasses or sugar & water with a few drops of the acid of vitriol will make a pleasant & wholesome drink with your meals.

8. after having had your feet much chilled, it will be useful to wash them with a little spirit.

9. washing the feet every morning in cold water, will conduce very much to fortify them against the action of cold.

10. after long marches, or much fatigue from any cause, you will be more refreshed by lying down in a horizontal posture for two hours, than by resting a much longer time in any other position of the body.

11. shoes made without heels, by affording equal action to all the muscles of the legs, will enable you to march with less fatigue, than shoes made in the ordinary way.

On the same day, February 28, that he had written to Rush, Jefferson wrote to Caspar Wistar:

. . . What follows is to be perfectly confidential. I have at length succeeded in procuring an essay to be made of exploring the Missouri & whatever river, heading with that, runs into the Western ocean. Congress by a secret authority enables me to do it. a party of about 10. chosen men headed by an officer will immediately set out. we cannot in the U. S. find a person who to courage, prudence, habits & health adapted to the woods, & some familiarity with the Indian character, joins a perfect knolege of botany natural history, mineralogy & astronomy, all of which would be desireable.

to the first qualifications Capt. Lewis my secretary adds a great mass of accurate observation made on the different subjects of the three kingdoms as existing in these states, not under their scientific forms, but so as that he will readily sieze whatever is new in the country he passes thro, and give us accounts of new things only: and he has qualified himself for fixing the longitude & latitude of the different points in the line he will go over. I have thought it would be useful to confine his attention to those objects only on which information is most deficient & most desireable: & therefore would thank you to make a note on paper of those which occur to you as most desireable for him to attend to. he will be in Philadelphia within two or three weeks & will call on you. any advice or hints you can give him will be thankfully recieved & usefully applied. I presume he will compleat his tour there & back in two seasons . . .

On April 20 Meriwether Lewis addressed to Jefferson from Lancaster a long letter of 5 pages, explaining all the arrangements he had made for the expedition. The letter opens:

With a view to forward as much as possible the preparations which must necessarily be made in the Western country previous to my final departure, as also to prevent the delay, which would attatch to their being made after my arrival in that quarter, I have taken the following measures, which I hope will meet your approbation; they appear to me to be as complete as my present view of the subject will admit my making them, and I trust the result will prove as favorable as wished for . . .

The last paragraphs read:

I arrived at this place yesterday, called on Mr. Ellicot, and have this day commenced, under his direction, my observations &c, to perfect myself in the use and application of the instruments.

Mr. Ellicot is extreemely friendly and attentive and I am confident is disposed to render me every aid in his power: he thinks it will be necessary I should remain here ten or twelve days.—

Being fully impressed with the necessity of seting out as early as possible, you may rest assured that not a moment shall be lost in making the necessary preperations. I still think it practicable to reach the mouth of the Missourie by the 1st. of August.—

In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is an undated document in the handwriting of Lewis headed:

Recapitulation of an estimate of the sum necessary to carry into effect the Missie expedicion.

This reads as follows:

Mathematical Instruments . . . . . $217. -

Arms & Accoutrements extraordinary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81. -

Camp Ecquipage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255. -

Medecine & packing . . . . . . . . . . 55. -

Means of transportation . . . . . . . . 430. -

Indian presents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696. -

Provisions extraordinary . . . . . . . 224.-

Materials for making up the various articles into portable packs. 55. -

For the pay of hunters guides & Interpreters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300. -

In silver coin to defray the expences of the party from Nashville to the last white settlement on the Missesourie. . . . . . . . . . .$100. -

Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87. -

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500. -

The Jefferson Papers also contain, in Jefferson's handwriting, the Cypher establd. with Captain Lewis. key. Artichokes.

[See Illustration.]

Meanwhile, on April 23, before he had received Lewis's letter, Jefferson had written to him:

I have not been able to hear any thing of you since Mar. 7. till two or three days ago. Lieutt. Wilson told me you would leave Frederic the 18th. inst. & that you had been detained till then at Harper's ferry, where Capt Murray also told me he had seen you. I have no doubt you have used every possible caution to get off, and therefore we have only to lament what cannot be helped, as the delay of a month more may lose a year in the end.—will you be so good as to call on Doctr. Bollman with my compliments & pay him for some wine sent me? I suppose it will be about 12. Doll. but it must be whatever he says. I will also thank you to purchase for me a Leopard or tyger's skin, such as the covers of our saddles were cut out of. in North 3d. street & North 4th. street a few doors only from Market street there used to be a considerable furrier's store in each. at one of these it was that I saw a robe of what they called the Peruvian sheep, and I took to be of the Lama or Vigogna. it was made up of several skins, & was of the price of 12.D. if ther be such a thing there now, you can either observe & report it to me, or if you think it good (for I have almost forgot it) I would take it at once. let me hear from you on your reciept of this, and inform me of your prospect of getting off. I have letters here for you from your friends in Albemarle. Accept my affectionate salutations.

After receiving Lewis's letter, Jefferson wrote, on April 27:

Your's of the 20th. from Lancaster was recieved the night before last. not having heard from you since the time of my leaving Washington, I had written to you on the 23d. and lodged it in Philadelphia.

you will therefore probably recieve that & this together. I inclose you a copy of the rough draught of instructions I have prepared for you, that you may have time to consider them, & to propose any modifications which may occur to yourself as useful. your destination being known to m[???] Patterson, Doctrs. Wistar, Rush & Barton, these instructions may be submitted to their perusal. a considerable portion of them being within the field of the Philosophical society, which once undertook the same mission, I think it my duty to consult some of it's members, limiting the communication by the necessity of secrecy in a good degree. these gentlemen will suggest any additions they will think useful, as has been before asked of them.—we have recieved information that Connor cultivates in the first degree the patronage of the British government; to which he values ours as only secondary. as it is possible however that his passion for this expedition may overrule that for the British, and as I do not see that the British agents will necessarily be disposed to counterwork us, I think Connor's qualifications make it desireable to engage him, and that the communication to him will be as useful, as it was certainly proper under our former impression of him. the idea that you are going to explore the Missisipi has been generally given out: it satisfies public curosity, and masks sufficiently the real destination. I shall be glad to hear from you, as soon after your arrival at Philadelphia as you can form an idea when you will leave, & when be here. accept assurances of my constant & sincere affection.

Three days later, on April 30, Jefferson sent further instructions to Lewis:

I think we spoke together of your carrying some cast iron corn mills to give to the Indians or to trade with them, as well as for your own use. lest however I should be mistaken, I mention them now. I make no doubt you have consulted with m[???] Ellicot as to the best instruments to carry. I would wish that nothing which passed between us here should prevent your following his advice, which is certainly the best. should a timepiece be requisite, it is probable m[???] Garnet can furnish you one. neither Ellicot nor Garnet have given me their opinion on the substituting a meridian at land, instead of observations of time, for ascertaining longitude by the lunar motions. I presume therefore it will not answer. accept my affectionate salutations.

On May 14 Lewis wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

In your instructions to me you mention that the instruments for ascertaining by celestial observations the geography of the country through which I shall pass, have been already provided: I shall not therefore purchase any articles of that discription untill I hear further from you on this subject. Will you be so good as to inform me what instruments have been provided? and where they are?—it may be possible that some instrument has been omitted, which Mr. Patterson, Mr. Ellicott and those gentlemen to whom you have referred me in this place, may deem necessary for me, and if so the deficiency can be supplyed in time.—

Mr. Patterson and Mr. Ellicott both disapprove of the Theodolite as applicable to my purposes; they think it a delicate instrument, difficult of transportation, and one that would be very liable to get out of order; they also state that in it's application to any observations for obtaining the Longitude, it would be liable to many objections and to much more inacuracy than the Sextant— The instruments these gentlemen recommend, and which indeed they think indispensibly necessary, are, two Sextants, (one of which, must be constructed for the back observation), an artificial Horizon or two; a good Arnald's watch or Chronometer, a Surveyor's Compass with a ball and socket and two pole chain, and a set of plotting instruments.—By means of the Sextant fixed for the back observation and an artificial Horizon also constructed for the purpose; the meridian altitude of the Sun may always be taken, altho it should even exceed eighty degrees: for this valuable problem I am indebted to Mr. Patterson.—

As a perfect knolege of the time will be of the first importance in all my Astronomical observations, it is necessary that the time-keeper intended for this expedition should be put in the best possible order, if therefore Sir, one has been procured for me, and you are not perfectly assured of her being in good order, it would be best perhaps to send her to me by some safe hand, (should any such conveyance offer in time); Mr. Voit could then clean her, and Mr. Ellicott has promised to regulate her, which, I believe he has the means of doing just now, more perfectly than it can be done any where else in the UStates.—

I cannot yet say what day it will be in my power to leave this place.—Your different orders have been attended to, and the result you shall have in a day or two.

Jefferson answered this from Washington on May 16:

yours of the 14th. is this moment recieved, & I hasten to answer it by return of post, that no time may be lost. the copy of instructions sent you are only a rough draught for consideration. they will not be signed or dated till your departure. presuming you would procure all the necessary instruments at Philadelphia, which is a principal object of your journey there, the instructions say that the necessary instruments 'have been provided', which will be true when they recieve their ultimate form, date & signature, tho' nothing was provided at the time of writing the rough draught. this will serve to correct the impression which has been misunderstood, and to let you know you are relied on to provide every thing for yourself.—with respect to the Theodolite, I wish you to be governed entirely by the advice of m[???] Patterson & m[???] Ellicott. as also as to the time piece & whatever else they think best. m[???] Garnett told us he had some good ones still on hand; which I remind you of, lest you should not be able to get one in Philadelphia. accept my affectionate salutations.

On May 29, Lewis wrote to say that he would be ready to leave Washington on June 6 or 7 and that he had done Jefferson's shopping as requested in his letter of April 23:

I have at length so far succeeded in making the necessary preparations for my intended journey as to be enabled to fix on the sixth or seventh of June as the probable time of my departure for Washington. All the article have been either procured, or are in such state of forwardness in the hands of the workmen as to induce me to hope that my stay here after that period will be unnecessary; indeed it is probable that I might set out by the middle of this week; was it not for a wish to attend Mr. Patterson a few days longer; this, Mr. Patteson recommends: he has been extreemly obliging to me since my arrival here, but his avocations for the last ten days have been such, as rendered it impossible for him to afford me the benefit of his instructions; in the mean time I have employed myself in attending more immediately to the objects of my equipment, and am now more at leasure to pursue with effect the subjects to which, he may think proper to direct my attention.

Agreeably to your instructions the draught of your orders prepared for my government, has been submitted to Mr. Patterson, and to Drs. Rush Barton & Wister; they approve of them very highly: Dr. Rush has favored me with some abstract queries under the several heads of Physical History, medicine, Morals and Religion of the Indians, which I have no doubt will be servicable in directing my inquiries among that people: Drs. Barton and Wister have each promised to contribute in like manner any thing, which may suggest itself to them as being of any importance in furthering the objects of this expedition. Dr. Barton has sometimes flattered me with the pleasure of his company as far as the Illinois; this event would be extreemly pleasing to me for many reasons; I fear the Dr. will not carry his design into effect; he tells me that his health has been pretty good latterly, and that he is determined to travel in some direction two or three months during the ensuing summer and autumn.—

I paid Mr. Dufief 74$. and Dr. Bolman 18$. I have also purchased a Vigogna Blanket, of which I hope you will approve; it is about the size of a common three point Blanket, the skins appear to be too thin for rough service, tho' it is a very pretty thing; it is the best I could find, the price was 10$.—The Tiger's skin you requested I have not been able to procure, those I have seen appear to be too small for your purpose, perhaps they may be had in Baltimore if so, I will get one at that place—The 2 pole chain & 2 pair of fleecy socks have also been procured. I recieved your watch this morning from Mr. Voigt, who tells me shee is well regulated and in perfect order. Mr. Whitney has not yet repared your sextant tho' it was put into his hands immediately on my arrival; he has promised however, after repeated applications, that it shall be ready tomorrow evening: he seemed unwilling to undertake the alteration you wished in the brass Sextant stand, I therefore declined having the alteration made; I was further induced to this resolution from the opinion of Mr. Ellicott, who thought that the ball and socket would be rather a disadvantage than otherwise; and that in every event he concieved the advantages of the ball & socket would not be equivalent to the expence attending the alteration.—

I have writen again to Dr. Dickson at Nashville, (from whom I have not yet heard) on the subject of my boat and canoe. I have recieved an answer from Majr. Mac Rea, Comdr. at S.W. Point: his report is reather unfavorable to my wishes: he tells me that out of twenty men who have volunteered their services to accompany me, not more than three or four do by any means possess the necessary qualifications for this expedition, or who answer the discription which I had given him; this however I must endeavour to remedy by taking with me from that place a sufficient number of the best of them to man my boat, and if possible scelect others of a better description as I pass the Garrisons of Massac, Kaskaskais & Illinois.—

You will recieve herewith inclosed some sketches taken from Vancouver's survey of the Western Coast of North America; they were taken in a haisty manner, but I believe they will be found sufficiently accurate to be of service in compozing the map, which Mr. Gallatin was so good as to promise he would have projected and compleated for me—will you be so obliging Sir, as to mention to Mr. Gallatin, that I have not been able to procure Danvill's map—The maps attatched to Vancouver's voyage cannot be procured seperately from that work, which is both too costly, and too weighty, for me either to purchase or carry.—

On June 20, Jefferson wrote his official instructions to Lewis. In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is a letterpress copy of this document, consisting of four closely written pages, headed:

To Meriwether Lewis esquire, Captain of the 1st. regiment of infantry of the United States of America.

This document gives full and complete instructions as to the carrying out of the enterprise in every detail. It closes:

Given under my hand at the city of Washington this 20th. day of June 1803

Th: Jefferson Pr. US. of America

On July 3, Jefferson wrote concerning Lewis's expedition to Henri Peyroux de la Coudrenière, the Spanish commandant at St. Genevieve:

Since I had the pleasure of your acquaintance in Philadelphia in 1791. I had suppozed you were returned to Europe. I have lately however been told that you preside at present at Ste Genevieve & St. Louis. I cannot therefore omit the satisfaction of writing to you by Capt. Lewis, an officer in our army, & for some time past my Secretary. as our former acquaintance was a mixt one of science and business, so is the occasion of renewing it. you know that the geography of the Missouri and the most convenient water communication from the head of that to the Pacific ocean is a desideratum not yet satisfied. since coming to the administration of the US. I have taken the earliest opportunity in my power to have that communication explored, and Capt Lewis with a party of twelve or fifteen men is authorised to do it. his journey being merely literary, to inform us of the geography & natural history of the country, I have procured a passport for him & his party, from the Minister of France here, it being agreed between him & the Spanish minister, that the country having been ceded to France, her minister may most properly give the authority for the journey. this was the state of things when the passport was given, which was some time since. but before Capt Lewis's actual departure we learn through a channel of unquestionable information that France has ceded the whole country of Louisiana to the US. by a treaty concluded in the first days of May. but for an object as innocent & useful as this I am sure you will not be scrupulous as to the authorities on which this journey is undertaken; & that you will give all the protection you can to Capt Lewis & his party in going & returning. I have no doubt you can be particularly useful to him, and it is to sollicit your patronage that I trouble you with the present letter, praying you at the same time to accept my friendly salutations and assurances of my high respect & consideration.

On July 4, Jefferson wrote to Lewis, now at Harper's Ferry:

In the journey which you are about to undertake for the discovery of the course and source of the Missouri, and of the most convenient water communication from thence to the Pacific ocean, your party being small, it is to be expected that you will encounter considerable dangers from the Indian inhabitants.

should you escape those dangers and reach the Pacific ocean, you may find it imprudent to hazard a return the same way, and be forced to seek a passage round by sea, in such vessels as you may find on the Western coast. but you will be without money, without clothes, & other necessaries; as a sufficient supply cannot be carried with you from hence. your resource in that case can only be in the credit of the US. for which purpose I hereby authorise you to draw on the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War & of the Navy of the US. according as you may find your draughts will be most negociable, for the purpose of obtaining money of necessaries for yourself & your men: and I solemnly pledge the faith of the United States that these draughts shall be paid punctually at the date they are made payable. I also ask of the Consuls, agents, merchants & citizens of any nation with which we have intercourse or amity to furnish you with those supplies which your necessities may call for, assuring them of honorable and prompt retribution, and our own Consuls in foreign parts where you may happen to be, are hereby instructed & required to be aiding & assisting to you in whatsoever may be necessary for procuring your return back to the United States. And to give more entire satisfaction & confidence to those who may be disposed to aid you, I Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, have written this letter of general credit for you with my own hand, and signed it with my name.

Lewis reported from Harper's Ferry on July 8:

The waggon which was employed by Mr. Linnard the Military Agent at Philadelphia, to transport the articles forming my outfit, passed this place on the 28th. Ultmo.—the waggoner determined that his team was not sufficiently strong to take the whole of the articles that had been prepared for me at this place and therefore took none of them; of course it became necessary to provide some other means of geting them forward; for this purpose on the evening of the 5th. at Fredercktown I engaged a person with a light two horse-wagon who promised to set out with them this morning, in this however he has disappointed me and I have been obliged to engage a second person who will be here this evening in time to load and will go on early in the morning: I shall set out myself in the course of an hour, taking the rout of Charlestown, Frankfort, Uniontown and Redstone old fort to Pittsburgh, at which place I shall most probably arrive on the 15th.

Yesterday I shot my guns and examined the several articles which had been manufactured for me at this place; they appear to be well executed . . .

Three days later, on July 11, Jefferson wrote to Lewis: I inclose you your pocket book left here. if the dirk will appear passable by post, that shall also be sent when recieved. your bridle, left by the inattention of Joseph in packing your saddle, is too bulky to go in that way. we have not recieved a word from Europe since you left us. be so good as to keep me always advised how to direct to you. accept my affectionate salutations & assurances of constant esteem.

On July 15 Jefferson wrote to Lewis announcing that he had received the treaty for the Louisiana Purchase:

I dropped you a line on the 11th. inst. and last night recieved yours of the 8th. last night also we recieved the treaty from Paris ceding Louisiana according to the bounds to which France had a right. price 11¼ millions of Dollars besides paying certain debts of France to our citizens which will be from 1. to 4. millions. I recieved also from Mr. La Cepede at Paris, to whom I had mentioned your intended expedition, a letter of which the following is an extract. 'Mr. Broughton, one of the companions of Captain Vancouver went up Columbia River 100. miles, in December 1792. he stopped at a point which he named Vancouver lat. 45°.27′ longitude 237°.50′ E. here the river Columbia is still a quarter of a mile wide & from 12. to 36. feet deep. it is far then to it's head. from this point Mount Hood is seen 20. leagues distant, which is probably a dependence of the Stony mountains, of which m[???] Fiedler saw the beginning about lat. 400. and the source of the Missouri is probably in the Stony mountains. if your nation can establish an easy communication by rivers, canals, & short portages between N. York for example & the city [they were building] or [to be built] [for the badness of the writing makes it uncertain which is meant, but probably the last] at the mouth of the Columbia, what a route for the commerce of Europe, Asia, & America.'

Meanwhile on June 19 Lewis had written to William Clark, who replied from Clarksville on July 18: I received by yesterday's Mail, your letter of the 19th. ulto. The Contents of which I recieved with much pleasure—The enterprise &c. is such as I have long anticipated and am much pleased with—and as my situation in life will admit of my absence the length of time necessary to accomplish such an undertaking I will chearfully join you in an ''official Charrector'' as mentioned in your letter, and partake of the dangers, difficulties, and fatigues, and I anticipate the honors & rewards of the result of such an enterprise, should we be successful in accomplishing it. This is an undertaking fraited with many difficulties, but my friend I do assure you that no man lives whith whome I would prefur to undertake such a Trip &c. as your self, and I shall arrange my matters as well as I can against your arrival here. It may be necessary that you inform the President of my acceding to the proposals, so that I may be furnishd with such credentials as the nature of the Toure may require, which I suppose had best be fowarded to Louisville.

The objects of this Plan of Governments are great and worthy of that great Charecctor the Main-spring of its action—the means with which we are furnished to carry it into effect, I think may be sufficiently liberal—the plan of operation, as laid down by you (with a small addition as to the out fee) I highly approve of—

I shall indeaver to engage (temporally) a feew men, such as will best answer our purpose, holding out the Idea as stated in your letter—the subject of which has been mentioned in Louisville several weeks ago.

Pray write to me by every post after recving this letter, I shall be exceedingly anxious to here from you.

This letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress and is probably therefore the one referred to in Clark's letter to Jefferson, dated from Clarksville July 24:

I had the honor of receiving thro Captain M. Lewis an assureunce of your Approbation & wish that I would join him in a North Western enterprise. I will chearfully, and with great pleasure join my friend Capt Lewis in this Vast enterprise, and shall arrange my business so as to be in readiness to leave this soon after his arrival. May I request the favour of you to forward the inclosed letter to Capt Lewis, should he not be with you . . .

Lewis had not received Clark's acceptance on July 26, on which day he wrote to Jefferson from Pittsburgh:

I have recieved as yet no answer from Mr. Clark; in the event of Mr. Clark's declining to accompany me Lieut Hooke of this place has engaged to do so, if permitted; and I think from his disposition and qualifications that I might safely calculate on being as ably assisted by him in the execution of the objects of my mission, as I could wish, or would be, by any other officer in the Army . . .

Lewis had previously written to Jefferson from Pittsburgh on July 2, and had given him a report on the delay in building his boat, on the arrival of the waggons from Harper's Ferry, the arrival of the party of recruits to accompany the expedition, and closed:

. . . The current of the Ohio is extreemly low and continues to decline, this may impede my progress but shall not prevent my proceeding, being determined to get forward though I should not be able to make greater distance than a mile pr. day.

On September 8 Lewis reported to Jefferson from Wheeling:

It was not untill 7 O'Clock on the morning of the 31st. Ultmo. that my boat was completed, she was instantly loaded, and at 10. A. M. on the same day I left Pittsburgh, where I had been moste shamefully detained by the unpardonable negligence of my boatbuilder. On my arrival at Pittsburgh, my calculation was that the boat would be in readiness by the 5th. of August; this term however elapsed and the boat so far from being finished was only partially planked on one side; in this situation I had determined to abandon the boat, and to purchase two or three perogues and descend the river in them, and depend on purchasing a boat as I descended, there being none to be had at Pittsburgh; from this resolution I was dissuaded first by the representations of the best informed merchants at that place who assured me that the chances were much against my being able to procure a boat below; and secondly by the positive assureances given me by the boat-builder that she should be ready on the last of the then ensuing week (the 13th.): however a few days after, according to his usual custom he got drunk, quarrelled with his workmen, and several of them left him, nor could they be prevailed on to return: I threatened him with the penalty of his contract, and exacted a promise of greater sobriety, in future which, he took care to perform with as little good faith, as he had his previous promises with regard to the boat, continuing to be constantly either drunk or sick.

I spent most of my time with the workmen, alternating presuading and threatening, but neither threats, presuasion or any other means which I could devise were sufficient to procure the completion of the work sooner than the 31st. of August; by which time the water was so low that those who pretended to be acquainted with the navigation of the river declared it impracticable to descend it; however in comformity to my previous determineation I set out, having taken the precaution to send a part of my baggage by a waggon to this place, and also to procure a good pilot. my days journey have averaged about 12 miles, but in some instances, with every exertion I could make was unable to exceed 4 1/2 & 5 miles pr. day. This place is one hundred miles distant from Pittsburgh by way of the river and about sixty five by land—

When the Ohio is in it's present state there are many obstructions to it's navigation, formed by bars of small stones, which in some instances are intermixed with, and partially cover large quntities of drift-wood; these bars frequently extend themselves entirely across the bed of the river, over many of them I found it impossible to pass even with my emty boat, without geting into the water and lifting her over by hand; over others my force was even inadequate to enable me to pass in this manner, and I found myself compelled to hire horses or oxen from the neighbouring farmers and drag her over them; in this way I have passed as many as five of those bars, (or as they are here called riffles) in a day, and to unload as many or more times. The river is lower than it has ever been known by the oldest settler in this country. I shall leave this place tomorrow morning and loose no time in geting on.

I have been compelled to purchase a perogue at this place in order to transport the baggage which was sent by land from Pittsburgh, and also to lighten the boat as much as possible. On many bars the water in the deepest part dose not exceed six inches.

On September 13 he reported from aboard his boat opposite Marietta:

I arrived here at 7.P.M. and shall pursue my journey early tomorrow. This place is one hundred miles distant from Wheeling, from whence in descending the water is reather more abundant than it is between that place and Pittsburgh, insomuch that I have been enabled to get on without the necessity of employing oxen or horses to drag my boat over the ripples except in two instances; tho' I was obliged to cut a passage through four or five bars, and by that means past them: this last operation is much more readily performed than you would imagin; the gravel of which many of these bars are formed, being small and lying in a loose state is readily removed with a spade, or even with a wooden shovel and when set in motion the current drives it a considerable distance before it subsides or again settles at the bottom; in this manner I have cut a passage for my boat of 50 yards in length in the course of an hour; this method however is impracticable when driftwood or clay in any quantity is intermixed with the gravel; in such cases Horses or oxen are the last resort: I find them the most efficient sailors in the present state of the navigation of this river, altho' they may be considered somewhat clumesy.

On October 3 Lewis sent a long report from Cincinnati, consisting of nine closely written pages, and containing much information on subjects of natural history. Towards the close of the letter Lewis wrote:

. . . So soon Sir, as you deem it expedient to promulge the late treaty, between the United States and France I would be much obliged by your directing an official copy of it to be furnished me, as I think it probable that the present inhabitants of Louisiana, from such an evidence of their having become the Citizens of the United States, would feel it their interest and would more readily yeald any information of which, they may be possessed relative to the country than they would be disposed to do, while there is any doubt remaining on that subject . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 16:

I have not written to you since the 11th. & 15th. of July, since which yours of July 18. 22. 25. Sep. 8. 13. & Oct. 3. have been recieved. the present has been long delayed by an expectation daily of getting the inclosed 'account of Louisiana' through the press. the materials are recieved from different persons, of good authority. I inclose you also copies of the Treaties for Louisiana, the act for taking possession, a letter from Dr. Wistar, & some information collected by myself from Truteau's journal in MS. all of which may be useful to you. the act for taking possession passed with only some small verbal variations from that inclosed, of no consiquence. orders went from hence, signed by the king of Spain & the first Consul of France, so as to arrive at Natchez yesterday evening, and we expect the delivery of the province at New Orleans will take place about the close of the ensuing week, say about the 26th. inst. Govr. Claiborne is appointed to execute the powers of Commandant & Intendant, until a regular government shall be organized here. at the moment of delivering over the posts in the vicinity of N. Orleans, orders will be dispatched from thence to those in Upper Louisiana to evacuate & deliver them immediately. you can judge better than I can when they may be expected to arrive at these posts. considering how much you have been detained by the low waters, how late it will be before you can leave Cahokia, how little progress up the Missouri you can make before the freezing of the river; that your winter might be passed in gaining much information by making Cahokia or Kaskaskia your head quarters, & going to St. Louis & the other Spanish forts, that your stores &c. would thereby be spared for the winter, as your men would draw their military rations, all danger of Spanish opposition avoided. we are strongly of opinion here that you had better not enter the Missouri till the spring. but as you have a view of all circumstances on the spot, we do not pretend to enjoin it, but leave it to your own judgment in which we have entire confidence. one thing however we are decided in: that you must not undertake the winter excursion which you propose in yours of Oct. 3. such an excursion will be more dangerous than the main expedition up the Missouri, & would, by an accident to you, hazard our main object, which, since the acquisition of Louisiana, interests every body in the highest degree. the object of your mission is single, the direct water communication from sea to sea formed by the bed of the Missouri & perhaps the Oregon. by having m[???] Clarke with you, we consider the expedition as double manned, & therefore the less liable to failure: for which reason neither of you should be exposed to risques by going off of your line. I have proposed in conversation, & it seems generally to be assented to, that Congress shall appropriate 10. or 12,000 D. for exploring the principal waters of the Mi[???]sipi & Missouri. in that case I should send a party up the Red river to it's head, then to cross over to the head of the Arcansã, & come down that. a 2d party for the Pani & Padouca rivers, & a 3d perhaps for the Moingona & St Peters. as the boundaries of exterior Louisiana are the high lands inclosing all the waters which run into the Mis[???]ipi or Missouri directly or indirectly, with a greater breadth on the gulph of Mexico, it becomes interesting to fix with precision by celestial observations the longitude & latitude of the sources of these rivers, as finishing points in the contours of our new limits. this will be attempted distinctly from your mission, which we consider as of major importance, & therefore not to be delayed or hazarded by any episodes whatever . . .

A letterpress copy of Jefferson's extracts from Truteau's journal mentioned in this letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, headed:

Extracts from the Journal of M. Truteau, Agent for the Illinois trading company, residing at the village of Ricara, up the Missouri.

On January 13, 1804, Jefferson wrote to Lewis:

I wrote you last on the 16th. of Nov. since which I have recieved no letter from you. the newspapers inform us you left Kaskaskia about the 8th. of December. I hope you will have recieved my letter by that day or very soon after; written in a belief it would be better that you should not enter the Missouri till the spring; yet not absolutely controuling your own judgment formed on the spot. we have not heard of the delivery of Louisiana to us as yet, tho' we have no doubt it took place about the 20th. of December, and that orders were at the same time expedited to evacuate the upper posts, troops of ours being in readiness & under orders to take possession. this change will probably have taken place before you recieve this letter, and facilitate your proceeding. I now inclose you a map of the Missouri as far as the Mandans, 12. or 1500. miles I presume above it's mouth. it is said to be very accurate, having been done by a m[???] Evans by order of the Spanish government, but whether he corrected by astronomical observation or not we are not informed. I hope this will reach you before your final departure. the acquisition of the country through which you are to pass has inspired the public generally with a great deal of interest in your enterprize. the enquiries are perpetual as to your progress. the Feds. alone still treat it as philosophism, and would rejoice in it's failure. their bitterness increases with the diminution of their numbers and despair of a resurrection. I hope you will take care of yourself, and be the living witness of their malice and folly. present my salutations to m[???] Clarke. assure all your party that we have our eyes turned on them with anxiety for their safety & the success of their enterprize. accept yourself assurances of sincere esteem & attachment.

On January 22 Jefferson wrote again:

My letters since your departure have been of July 11. & 15. Nov. 16. and Jan. 13. yours recieved are of July 8. 15. 22. 25. Sep. 25. 30. & Oct. 3. since the date of the last we have no certain information of your movements.

with mine of Nov. 16. I sent you some extracts made by myself from the journal of an agent of the trading company of St. Louis up the Missouri. I now inclose a translation of that journal in full for your information. in that of the 13th. inst. I inclosed you the map of a m[???] Evans, a Welshman, employed by the Spanish government for that purpose, but whose original object I believe had been to go in search of the Welsh Indians, said to be up the Missouri. on this subject a m[???] Rees of the same nation, established in the Western parts of Pensylvania, will write to you. N. Orleans was delivered to us on the 20th. of Dec, and our garrisons & government established there, the order for the delivery of the Upper posts were to leave N. Orleans on the 28th. and we presume all those posts will be occupied by our troops by the last day of the present month. when your instructions were penned, this new position was not so authentically known as to effect the complection of your instructions, being now become sovereigns of the country, without however any diminution of the Indian rights of occupancy, we are authorized to propose to them in direct terms the institution of commerce with them. it will now be proper you should inform those through whose country you will pass, or whom you may meet, that their late fathers the Spaniards have agreed to withdraw all their troops from all the waters & country of the Missisipi & Missouri, that they have surrendered to us all their subjects Spanish & French settled there, and all their posts & lands. that henceforward we become their fathers and friends, and that we shall endeavor that they shall have no cause to lament the change: that we have sent you to enquire into the nature of the country & the nations inhabiting it, to know at what places and times we must establish stores of goods among them, to exchange for their peltries; that as soon as you return with the necessary information, we shall propose supplies of goods and persons to carry them and make the proper establishments; that in the mean time, the same traders who reside among or visit them, and who now are a part of us, will continue to supply them as usual, that we shall endeavor to become acquainted with them as soon as possible; and that they will find in us faithful friends & protectors. although you will pass through no settlements of the Sioux (except seceders) yet you will probably meet with parties of them. on that nation we wish most particularly to make a friendly impression, because of their immense power, and because we learn that they are very desirous of being on the most friendly terms with us. I incloze you a letter which I believe is from some one on the part of the Philosophical society. they have made you a member, and your diploma is lodged with me; but I suppose it safest to keep it here, & not to send it after you . . .

On March 26, Lewis wrote to Jefferson from St. Louis and sent specimens:

I send you herewith inclosed, some slips of the Osages Plum and Apple. I fear the season is too far advanced for their success. had I earlyer learnt that these fruits were in the neighbourhood, they would have been forwarded at a more proper time . . . I obtained the cuttings, now sent you, from the garden of Mr. Peter Choteau, who resided the greater portion of his time for many years with the Osage nation. it is from this gentleman, that I obtained the information I possess with respect to these fruits . . .

The letter, three quarto pages in all, contains long descriptions of the trees concerned.

Two months later, on the 18th of May, Lewis sent to Jefferson from St. Louis a number of specimens, with a list, headed:

The following is a list of Articles forwarded you by Mr. Peter Chouteau.

These articles include Mineral, Miscellaneous Articles, and Maps &c.

On November 6, Jefferson sent a report to Reuben Lewis, the brother of Meriwether:

I inclose you a letter directed to your brother which came to me under cover a few days ago. I have the pleasure also to inform you that we have lately received thro a channel meriting entire confidence, advice that on the 4th. of Aug. he was at the mouth of the River Plate, 600 miles up the Missouri, where he had met a great council of the Missouri's, Pani's and Ottos, at their invitation, and had also on their request appointed among them three grand chiefs. two of his men had deserted from him. he had with him 2 boats and about 48 men. he was then setting out up the river. one of his boats and half the men would return from his winter quarters. in the spring he would leave about a fourth where he winters to make corn for his return, and would proceed with the other fourth. all accounts concur in the entire friendly dispositions of the Indians, and that he will be through his whole course as safe as at home. believing that this information would be acceptable to your self, his mother and friends, I communicate in with pleasure and with it tender my salutations and best wishes.

Almost a year later, on April 3, 1805, Clark wrote to Jefferson from Fort Mandan, and sent him his notes on the expedition:

It being the wish of Captain Lewis, I take the liberty to send you for your own perusal the notes which I have taken in the form of a journal in their original state. you will readily perceive in reading over those notes, that many parts are incorrect, owing to the variety of information received at different times, I most sincerely wish that leasure had permited me to offer them in a more correct form.

Receive I pray you my unfained acknowledgements for your friendly recollection of me in your letters to my friend and companion Captn. Lewis. and be assured of the sincere regard with which I have the honor to be your most obedient and humble servent.

Four days later, on April 7, Lewis sent to Jefferson a report of four and a half pages, and enclosed with it an Invoice of articles forwarded from Fort Mandan to the President of the United States through Captn. Stoddard at St. Louis and Mr. H. B. Trist the Collector of the Port of New Orleans.

The letter reads in part:

Herewith inclosed you will receive an invoice of certain articles, which I have forwarded to you from this place. among other articles, you will observe by reference to the invoice, 67. specimens of earths, salts and minerals; and 60 specimens of plants . . . You will also receive herewith inclosed a part of Capt. Clark's private journal, the other part you will find inclosed in a separate tin box. this journal is in it's original state, and of course incorrect, but it will serve to give you the daily detales of our progress, and transactions . . . I have transmitted to the Secretary at War, every information relative to the geography of the country which we possess, together with a view of the Indian nations, containing information relative to them, on those points with which, I conceive it important that the government should be informed . . . Our baggage is all embarked on board six small canoes and two perogues; we shall set out at the same moment that we dispatch the barge. one or perhaps both of these perogues we shall leave at the falls of the Missouri, from whence we intend continuing our voyage in the canoes and a perogue of skins . . . We do not calculate on completeing our voyage within the present year, but expect to reach the Pacific Ocean, and return, as far as the head of the Missouri, or perhaps to this place before winter. you may therefore expect me to meet you at Montachello in September 1806 . . .

The list is as described by Lewis and Jefferson has written beside the separate items, the word came, against those that arrived, and in many cases their place of destination—A. Ph. Society or P (for Peale's Museum).

Jefferson's letter to the American Philosophical Society announcing the dispatch of the box containing the minerals from Capt. Lewis ''by the first vessel'', was dated from Washington, May 4, 1806.

At the end are listed the living creatures sent, as follows:

Cage containing four liveing Magpies. 1. came P.

do. containing a liveing burrowing Squirel of the Praries. came. P.

do. containing one liveing hen of the Prarie.

On February 11, 1806, Jefferson wrote to the Comte de Volney in Paris an account of Lewis's discoveries:

. . . Our last news of Captn. Lewis was that he had reached the upper part of the Missouri and had taken horses to cross the highlands to the Columbia river. he passed the last winter among the Mandans 1610 miles above the mouth of the river. so far he had delineated it with as great accuracy as will probably be ever applied to it, as his courses & distances by mensuration were corrected by almost daily observations of Latitude & Longitude. with his map he sent us specimens or information of the following animals not before known to the Northern continent of America. 1. the horns of what is perhaps a species of the Ovis Ammon. 2. a new variety of the deer having a black tail. 3. an Antelope. 4. the badger, not before known out of Europe. 5. a new species of Marmotte. 6. a white weasel. 7. the magpie. 8. the Prairie hen, said to resemble the Guinea-hen (Peintade). 9. a prickly Lizard. to these are added a considerable collection of minerals, not yet analysed. he wintered in Lat. 47° 20′ and found the Maximum of cold 43° below the zero of Farenheit. we expect he has reached the Pacific, & is now wintering on the head of the Missouri, & will be here next autumn . . .

On the 19th of the same month Jefferson addressed a report on the Lewis and Clark expedition, beginning:

To the Senate & House of Representatives of the US. In pursuance of a measure proposed to Congress by a message of Jan. 18. 1803. and sanctioned by their appropriation for carrying it into execution, Capt Meriwether Lewis, of the 1st. regiment of infantry was appointed, with a party of men, to explore the river Missouri from it's mouth to it's source; and, crossing the highlands by the shortest portage, to seek the best water communication thence to the Pacific ocean; and Lieutt Clarke was appointed second in command. they were to enter into conference with the Indian nations on their route, with a view to the establishment of commerce with them . . . [See no. 3512.]

Lewis's next report was dated from St. Louis, September 23, 1806. This report contained 6 pages, and opened: It is with pleasure that I anounce to you the safe arrival of myself and party at 12 00m. today at this place with our papers and baggage. In obedience to your orders we have penitrated the Continent of North America to the Pacific Ocean, and sufficiently explored the interior of the country to affirm with confidence that we have discovered the most practicable rout which dose exist across the continent by means of the navigable branches of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers . . .

The postscript read:

NB. the whole of the party who accompanyed me from the Mandans have returned in good health, which is not, I assure you, to me one of the least pleasing considerations of the Voyage.

Jefferson wrote to Lewis in answer to this on October 20:

I recieved, my dear Sir, with unspeakable joy your letter of Sep. 23 announcing the return of yourself, Capt Clarke & your party in good health to St. Louis. the unknown scenes in which you were engaged, & the length of time without hearing of you had begun to be felt awfully. your letter having been 31. days coming, this cannot find you at Louisville, & I therefore think it safest to lodge it at Charlottesville. it's only object is to assure you of what you already know, my constant affection for you & the joy with which all your friends here will recieve you. tell my friend of Mandane also that I have already opened my arms to recieve him. perhaps while in our neighborhood, it may be gratifying to him, & not otherwise to yourself to take a ride to Monticello and see in what manner I have arranged the tokens of friendship I have recieved from his country particularly as well as from other Indian friends: that I am in fact preparing a kind of Indian hall. m[???] Dinsmore, my principal workman will shew you every thing there. had you not better bring him by Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Alexandria? he will thus see what none of the others have visited & the convenience of the public stages will facilitate your taking that route. I salute you with sincere affection.

The expedition returned in 1806, and in November of that year Lewis and Clark started for Washington, where they arrived in February 1807. Jefferson's message to Congress, dated December 2, 1806, contained a statement on the expedition:

. . . The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected. they have traced the Missouri nearly to it's source, descended the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, ascertained with accuracy the geography of that interesting communication across our continent, learnt the character of the country, of it's commerce & inhabitants, and it is but justice to say that Messrs. Lewis & Clarke, & their brave companions have, by this arduous service, deserved well of their country.

Before his death Meriwether Lewis had contracted with C. & A. Conrad & Co. for the publication of his journals. Jefferson mentioned his interest in this publication in a letter addressed to Lewis from Monticello on August 16, 1809:

This will be handed you by m[???] Bradbury, an English botanist, who proposes to take St. Louis in his botanising tour. he came recommended to me by m[???] Roscoe of Liverpool, so well known by his histories of Lorenzo of Medicis & Leo. X. & who is president of the Botanical society of Liverpool. m[???] Bradbury comes out in their employ, & having kept him here about ten days, I have had an opportunity of knowing that besides being a botanist of the first order, he is a man of entire worth & correct conduct. as such I recommend him to your notice, advice & patronage, while within your government or it's confines. perhaps you can consult no abler hand on your Western botanical observations. I am very often applied to to know when your work will begin to appear; and I have so long promised copies to my literary correspondents in France, that I am almost bankrupt in their eyes. I shall be very happy to recieve from yourself information of your expectations on this subject. every body is impatient for it . . .

Lewis died on October 11 of the same year, 1809. On November 13, C. & A. Conrad & Co., the publishers wrote to Jefferson:

When Captn Lewis was last in Philadelphia we contracted with him to publish his travels & then since incurred considerable expences in preparing for the publication. The accounts recieved here yesterday by the Nashville newspapers of his decease induce us to use the freedom to advise you of the contract. That such a contract was made should be known to whoever has controul over his M.S. and not knowing who to apply to we have after some hesitation presumed to address ourselves to you, as most likely & most willing to point out to us what we ought to do—

It is with much regret & some apprehension of incurring your Displeasure that we address you on this painfull subject so soon after the unfortunate circumstance that gives occasion for it. But the consideration that it is not alone our individual interests, but those of our country and of science, that are promoted by forwarding the publication, (already much too long delayed) we hope will be deemed some excuse for troubling you, and perhaps may induce you to take the further trouble to inform us where and to whom we are now to look for the copy. Govr. Lewis never furnished us with a line of the M. S. nor indeed could we ever hear any thing from him respecting it tho frequent applications to that effect were made to him.

Jefferson replied on November 23:

On my return after an absence of a fortnight, I yesterday recieved your letter of the 13th. Govr. Lewis had in his lifetime apprised me that he had contracted with you for the publication of his account of his expedition. I had written to him some time ago to know when he would have it ready & was expecting an answer when I received the news of his unfortunate end. James Neelly, the US. agent to the Chickasaws, writes me that 'he has his two trunks of papers (at Nashville, I suppose, from whence his letter is dated) amongst which is said to be his travels to the Pacific ocean; that some days previous to his death he requested of him (Neely) in case any accident happened to him, to send his trunk, with the papers therein to the President, but he thinks it very probable he meant, to me, and wishes to be informed what arrangements may be considered best in sending on his trunks etc.' I am waiting the arrival of Genl. Clarke, expected here in a few days, to consult with him on the subject. his aid & his interest in the publication of the work may render him the proper depository to have it prepared & delivered over to you. but my present idea is (if he concurs) to order it on to the President, according to his literal desire, and the rather because it is said that there are in his trunks vouchers for his public accounts. be assured I shall spare no pains to secure the publication of his work, and when it may be within my sphere to take any definitive step respecting it, you shall be informed of it by, Gentlemen, your most obedt. servt.

On December 11, Jefferson wrote:

I wrote you on the 23d. of Nov. in answer to yours of the 13th. of that month. I soon after concluded to write to the President suggesting to him the expediency of his ordering Govr. Lewis's two trunks from Nashville by the stage to Washington, there to have the papers assorted & deliver those respecting his expedition to Genl. Clarke soon expected. Genl. Clarke called on me a few days ago. he is named one of his executors by the Governor; & informed me that he had desired the trunks to be sent on to Washington under the care of m[???] Whiteside, the newly elected Senator from Tennessee. he is himself now gone on to Washington, where the papers may be immediately expected, & he will proceed thence to Philadelphia to do whatever is necessary to the publication. I salute you with respect.

On April 24, 1811, Jefferson wrote to C. & A. Conrad & Co. concerning an account about which there was some doubt as to whether it had been paid or not. Jefferson wrote:

. . . if m[???] Rapine was right in saying the paiment I made him was for this object, & not for other books as it is possible, be so good as to place it to my credit as a subscriber for Govr. Lewis's book, of which I shall want 10. or 12. copies, unbound, as soon as it comes out. when will that be? I had hoped, from Dr Barton's information of last summer, it would have been before now . . .

On June 11, Cornelius & Andrew Conrad wrote to Jefferson:

. . . There has been so many difficulties to retard the publication of Lewis & Clarkes book that it is impossible yet for us to say positively when it will be done—we hope the time will not exceed another Six Months and think it cannot be much less. the narrative part is written and Dr. Barton has made considerable progress in his part of the work.

We have put your name down for 12 copies.

The difficulties concerned both the editing and the financing of the work. Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia, who had been engaged by Clark to edit the journals of Lewis, completed the task in July 1811. By this time Conrad & Co. were in financial straits, leading eventually to their bankruptcy, and were unable to undertake the printing. After some delay the publication was undertaken by Bradford and Inskeep, financially sound at the time, but who themselves were in the bankruptcy court when the book was published in 1814.

In 1813 Biddle was elected to the legislature, and appointed Paul Allen to succeed him in seeing the work through the press.

During the year 1813, Jefferson was in correspondence with various people concerning the publication of the volumes. On April 3, 1813, in a letter to Benjamin Smith Barton, he asked:

. . . When shall we have your book on American botany, and when the 1st. volume of Lewis & Clarke's travels? both of these works are of general expectation, and great interest, and to no one of more than to myself . . .

On August 5, Jefferson wrote to Paul Allen, the new editor:

Not being able to go myself in quest of the information respecting Govr. Lewis which was desired in your letter of May 25. I have been obliged to wait the leisure of those who could do it for me. I could forward you within a few days a statement of what I have collected, but more time would improve it, if the impression of the work will not be delayed. I will ask the favor of you therefore to name the latest time which the progress of the other part will admit, by which time you shall not fail to recieve it. my matter may fill perhaps 20. 8vo. pages, and as these may be paged independantly of the body of the work, I suppose it may be the last sheet printed.

Of General Clarke I shall be able to give you nothing. he was indeed born within 2. miles of Charlottesvill, & 4. of the place of my birth in the county of Albemarle, but he was so much my junior, that before I could know him, his father removed to another part of the country. Accept the assurance of my great respect.

On August 18, Allen wrote to Jefferson:

I have in consequence of the reception of your letter & the prospect which it gives me of rendering the work more compleat by the addition of Gov. Lewis biography prevailed upon the Booksellers to delay the publication of the first volume as it was not originally contemplated to have done. This plan was to publish the first volume as soon as it was struck off & to have the second published with all possible expectation afterward. But Sir I apprehend your delay has done me a benefit, as a publication in the manner contemplated would unquestionably have done an essential injury to the work. I am now authorized by the Booksellers to say that they will wait four weeks for the communication which you have obligingly condescended to promise. The work will now all be published at once, & your communication will be placed in the front of the Narrative.

If Sir it would not suit amidst the multiplicity of your other engagements to finish the biography at the time which the Booksellers have stipulated I think that I might venture to add a procrastination of three or four weeks on my own responsibility. You would confer an essential obligation by informing me at an early period whether either & which of these portions of time would best enable you to fulfill your benevolent engagement. I am not apprehensive that the fulness of your Biography will be an obstacle to its publication now that I have prevailed upon the Booksellers to procrastinate the volumes. I wish very much to enliven the dulness of the Narrative by something more popular splendid & attractive. The publick taste has from a variety of adventious causes been gorged to repletion on fanciful viands & the most nutritive & invigorating aliments will not be relished unless seasoned with something of that character. Biography partakes to a certain extent of this quality, & is essentially connected with subjects dear to every heart.

On the same day, Jefferson sent to Allen his life of Meriwether Lewis, printed at the beginning of the first volume. An original holograph draft is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, 12 pages in Jefferson's hand. His covering letter to Allen reads:

In compliance with the request conveyed in your letter of May 25. I have endeavored to obtain, from the relations & friends of the late Governor Lewis, information of such incidents of his life as might be not unacceptable to those who may read the Narrative of his Western discoveries. the ordinary occurrences of a private life, & those also while acting in a subordinate sphere in the army, in a time of peace, are not deemed sufficiently interesting to occupy the public attention; but a general account of his parentage, with such smaller incidents as marked early character, are briefly noted, and to these are added, as being peculiarly within my own knolege, whatever related to the public mission, of which an account is now to be published. the result of my enquiries & recollections, shall now be offered, to be enlarged or abridged as you may think best, or otherwise to be used with the materials you may have collected from other sources.

On August 20, Jefferson again wrote to Allen:

In my letter of the 5th. inst. I requested what time you could give me for further enquiry on the subject of the life of Govr. Lewis. I have since satisfied myself that there is no more matter within my reach, and being about to set out on a journey, on which I shall be absent three weeks, I have concluded it best to forward you without delay the sketch I have been able to prepare. Accept with it the assurance of my great respect.

P.S. not knowing who is to print the work, I will ask the favor of you to desire the printer, when the work is compleat, to send me thirteen copies, 3 of them neatly bound, the rest in boards (for transmission to Europe) the best conveyance is by the stage, addressed to Gibson & Jefferson, merchants of that place, who will pay the transportation and forward them to me. they would be still safer, if any passenger to Richmond would take them under his care. the amount shall be remitted on reciept of the printer's bill.

On the same day he wrote to Nicholas Biddle:

In a letter from m[???] Paul Allen of Philadelphia, I was informed that other business had obliged you to turn over to him the publication of Govr. Lewis's journal of his Western expedition: and he requested me to furnish him with any materials I could for writing a sketch of his life. I now inclose him such as I have been able to procure, to be used with any other information he may have recieved, or alone, if he has no other, or in any way you & he shall think proper. the part you have been so good as to take in digesting the work entitles you to decide on whatever may be proposed to go out under it's auspices; and on this ground I take the liberty of putting under cover to you, and for your perusal, my letter to m[???] Allen, which I will request you to seal & hand on to him. I am happy in this occasion of expressing my portion of the thanks all will owe you for the trouble you have taken with this interesting narrative, and the assurance of my sentiments of high esteem and respect.

Biddle replied to this from Andalusia on the Delaware on September 28:

My residence in the country during the summer has prevented me from answering sooner your very polite note of the 20th of August covering a communication to Mr Allen which was immediately transmitted to him. It is now a long time since I was tempted by the request of Genl Clark & other friends as well as by the natural interest of the subject to undertake the composition of the narrative part of the travels of Messrs Lewis & Clark, whilst Dr Barton took charge of the objects of natural history connected with the work. I had written off roughly nearly the whole when other occupations interposed, and on Genl Clark's visit here last spring I gave up the manuscripts to Mr Allen, who was to take the rude outline as I had left it, add from the original journals whatever had been omitted in the first rapid sketch, mould the whole as he thought best and superintend the publication. He informs me that about one half of the second & last volume of the narrative is printed & that the whole will appear shortly. The introductory notice of Govr Lewis is very interesting and the account of the previous projects for exploring the country west of the Mississipi contains new & curious information. You mention the assistance of the Baron de Grimm—you may not perhaps have seen the correspondence of that gentleman which was published last year at Paris . . .

On December 6, in a letter to Von Humboldt in Paris, Jefferson wrote:

. . . You will find it inconceivable that Lewis's journey to the Pacific should not yet have appeared, nor is it in my power to tell you the reason. the measures taken by his surviving companion Clarke, for the publication, have not answered our wishes in point of dispatch. I think however, from what I have heard, that the mere journal will be out within a few weeks in 2. vols. 8vo. these I will take care to send you with the tobacco seed you desired, if it be possible for them to escape the thousand ships of our enemies spread over the ocean. the botanical & zoological discoveries of Lewis will probably experience greater delay, and become known to the world thro other channels before that volume will be ready. the Atlas, I believe, waits on the leisure of the engraver . . .

On December 18, Paul Allen wrote to Jefferson:

I trust that Your Excellency will do me the justice to believe that your request with regard to the volumes of Lewis & Clarke would have been complied with long since & the books transmitted if the work had not been unexpectedly detained in the hands of the Printer. They have now arrived at the conclusion of the work excepting the diary of the weather &c which comes in at the appendix. The delay has been occasioned by the press of other avocations which the printers have been obliged to turn their more immediate attention to & particularly periodical works. My reason for troubling your Excellency is an apprehension that you would deem me neglectful of your request of which believe me Sir I am utterly incapable. With regard to the biographick [sketch] which you so condescendingly furnished me with, I have to offer my sincerest thanks accompanied I must confess with some little chagrin that it was out of my power to requite the obligation. My mind was for sometime wavering on the propriety of annexing to your biographick sketch a particular account of the melancholy death of Capt. Lewis. That account has already been published by the late Alexander Wilson Esqr the celebrated ornithologist. But as this might notwithstanding in all human probability wound the sensibility of surviving relatives & friends, I deemed it the most expedient to err on the side of humanity & rather to veil the severity of biographick fact than to have my motives misunderstood by the recital.—I should have been much gratified by annexing a sketch of the life of Gov. Clarke but that has been long time abandoned as unobtainable . . .

The volumes were published in February of the following year. Jefferson had not received his copy when he addressed a letter to Henry Muhlenberg on March 16, 1814, thanking him for his Catalogus Plantarum [see no. 1088]:

I thank you for your catalogue of North American plants. it is indeed very copious, and at the same time compendious in its form. I hardly know what you have left for your ''Descriptio uberior.'' the discoveries of Govr. Lewis may perhaps furnish matter of value, if ever they can be brought forward. the mere journal of the voyage may be soon expected; but in what forwardness are the volumes of the botany, natural history, geography and meteorology of the journey I am uninformed . . .

On April 12, Bradford & Inskeep, the publishers, wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

At the request of Mr Paul Allen we have packed & sent to the care of Gibson & Jefferson as directed thirteen copies, one of which we beg you will accept, they were forwarded by mail stage & we think will go safe.

The bill, dated April 7, reads:

Thomas Jefferson Esqr

To Bradford & Inskeep dr.

For 10 Lewis & Clarkes travles bds @ 6.00 . . . 60.00

2 ditto do '' cf g 10.00 . . 20.00

80.00

15% off . . 12.00

68.00

Box &c 75

$68.75

It was not until August 15 that Jefferson received the books. On August 17 he wrote to the publishers from Monticello:

Your favor of Apr. 7. was recieved Apr. 22. the books never got to hand, or were heard of by me till the day before yesterday. I deferred remitting the amount in the hope of acknoleging their reciept at the same time. having to make a remittance to m[???] Dufief, bookseller in D C Philadelphia, I have included in it 68.75 for you, for which I must ask the favor of you to call on him within a few days after your reciept of this, by which time it will have got to hand from messrs. Gibson and Jefferson of Richmond my correspondents. accept my thanks for the extra copy sent me and assurances of my respect.

In a letter to John Vaughan, Treasurer of the American Philosophical Society, dated from Monticello, June 28, 1817, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you enquire for the Indian vocabularies of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke. all their papers are at present under a kind of embargo. they consist of 1. Lewis's MS. pocket journals of the journey. 2. his Indian Vocabularies. 3. his astronomical observations, particularly for the longitudes. 4. his map, and drawings. a part of these papers were deposited with Dr. Barton; some with m[???] Biddle, others I know not where. of the pocket journals Mr. Correa got 4. out of 11. or 12. from m[???]s Barton & sent them to me. he informed me that m[???] Biddle would not think himself authorised to deliver the portion of the papers he recieved from Genl. Clarke without his order; whereon I wrote to Genl. Clarke, & recieved his order for the whole some time ago. but I have held it up until a Secretary at War was [sic] is appointed, that office having some rights to these papers. as soon as that appointment is made, I shall endeavor to collect the whole, to deposite the MS. journals & Vocabularies with the Philosophical society, adding a collection of some vocabularies made by myself, and to get the Secv. at War to employ some person to whom I may deliver the astronomical papers for calculation, and the geographical ones for the correct execution of a map; for in that published with his journal, altho' the latitudes may be correct, the longitudes cannot be. I wait therefore only for this appointment to begin my endeavors for a compleat collection and distribution of these papers . . .

On November 7 of the same year, he wrote to Peter Stephen Duponceau:

a part of the information of which the expedition of Lewis and Clarke was the object has been communicated to the world by the publication of their journal; but much & valuable matter remains yet uncommunicated. the correction of the longitudes of their map is essential to it's value; to which purpose their observations of the lunar distances are to be calculated & applied. the new subjects they discovered in the vegetable, animal & mineral departments are to be digested and made known. the numerous vocabularies they obtained of the Indian languages are to be collated and published. altho' the whole expence of the expedition was furnished by the public, and the information to be derived from it was theirs also, yet on the return of messrs. Lewis & Clarke the government thought it just to leave to them any pecuniary benefit which might result from a publication of the papers, and supposed indeed that this would secure the best form of publication. but the property in these papers still remained in the government for the benefit of their constituents. with the measures taken by Govr. Lewis for their publication, I was never acquainted. after his death Govr. Clarke put them, in the first instance, into the hands of the late Dr. Barton, from whom some of them passed to m[???] Biddle, and some again, I believe, from him to m[???] Allen. while the MS. books of journals were in the hands of Dr. Barton, I wrote to him on behalf of Govr. Lewis's family requesting earnestly, that, as soon as these should be published, the originals might be returned, as the family wished to have them preserved. he promised in his answer that it should be faithfully done.

after his death, I obtained, thro' the kind agency of m[???] Correa, from m[???]s Barton, three of those books, of which I know there had been 10. or 12. having myself read them. these were all she could find. the rest therefore, I presume are in the hands of the other gentlemen. after the agency I had had in affecting this expedition, I thought myself authorised, and indeed that it would be expected of me that I should follow up the subject, and endeavor to obtain it's fruits for the public. I wrote to Genl. Clarke therefore for authority to recieve the original papers. he gave it in the letters to m[???] Biddle and to myself, which I now inclose, as the custody of these papers belonged properly to the War-office, and that was vacant at the time. I have waited several months for it's being filled. but the office still remaining vacant, and my distance rendering any effectual measures, by myself, impracticable, I ask the agency of your committee, within whose province I propose to place the matter, by making it the depository of the papers generally. I therefore now forward to them the 3. volumes of MS. journals in my possession, and authorise them, under Genl. Clarke's letters, to enquire for and to recieve the rest. so also the astronomical and geographical papers, those relating to zoological, botanical, and mineral subjects, with the Indian vocabularies, and statistical tables relative to the Indians. of the astronomical and geographical papers, if the Comm[???]e will be so good as to give me a statement, I will, as soon as a Secretary at war is appointed, propose to him to have made, at the public expence, the requisite calculations, to have the map corrected in it's longitudes and latitudes, engraved and published on a proper scale: and I will ask from Genl. Clarke the one he offers, with his corrections. with respect to the zoological, vegetable & mineralogical papers & subjects, it would perhaps be aggreable to the Philosophical society to have a digest of them made, and published in their transactions or otherwise. and if it should be within the views of the historical committee to have the Indian vocabularies digested and published, I would add to them the remains of my collection. I had thro' the course of my life availed myself of every opportunity of procuring vocabularies of the languages of every tribe which either myself or my friends could have access to. they amounted to about 40. more or less perfect. but in their passage from Washington to this place, the trunk in which they were was stolen and plundered, and some fragments only of the vocabularies were recovered. still however they were such as would be worth incorporation with a larger work, and shall be at the service of the historical comm[???]e, if they can make any use of them. permit me to request the return of Genl. Clarke's letter and to add assurances of my high respect & esteem.

P. S. with the volumes of MS. journal, m[???]s Barton delivered one by mistake I suppose, which seems to have been the journal of some botanist. I presume it was the property of Dr. Barton, & therefore forward it to you to be returned to m[???]s Barton.

On April 16 of the following year, 1818, Nicholas Biddle sent all the Lewis manuscripts to William Tilghman, the Secretary of the Historical Committee of the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. His accompanying letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress:

I have the pleasure of depositing with the Historical committee, the papers & books which accompany this letter, in compliance with the request of Governor Clark in his letter to me of the 10th of Oct 1816, transmitted by Mr Jefferson . . .

Meriwether Lewis, 1774-1809, was a native of Albemarle County, Virginia. In 1795 he enlisted in the regular army, and in 1796 was commissioned a lieutenant.

In his Life of Captain Lewis, prefixed to Volume I, Jefferson relates how the idea of this expedition grew, beginning with the frustrated attempt of Ledyard in 1788, Jefferson's own proposal to the American Philosophical Society in 1792 leading to the employment of André Michaux, with its abortive outcome, and finally to this expedition of 1803, led by Meriwether Lewis. Lewis is then described by Jefferson as being of courage undaunted; possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction; careful as a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance of order and discipline; intimate with the Indian character, customs, and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed; honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves. Jefferson adds with all these qualifications, as if selected and implanted by nature in one body for this express purpose, I could have no hesitation in confiding the enterprise to him.

On the return of the expedition, Lewis and Clark set out for Washington which they reached in February 1807, when Congress was in session. That body granted to the two chiefs and their followers the donation of lands which they had been encouraged to expect in reward of their toil and dangers. Captain Lewis was soon after appointed governor of Louisiana, and captain Clarke a general of its militia, and agent of the United States for Indian affairs in that department.

At the end of his account, Jefferson describes Lewis's death as suicide. He mentions James Neelly, the United States agent to the Chickasaw nation, who was with Lewis at the time, and whose letter to Jefferson on this occasion is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The acknowledgment of Paul Allen to Jefferson at the end of his Preface reads:

To give still further interest to the work, the editor addressed a letter to Mr. Jefferson, requesting some authentic memoirs of captain Lewis. For the very curious and valuable information contained in his answer, the public, as well as the editor himself, owe great obligations to the politeness and knowledge of that distinguished gentleman.

William Clark, 1770-1838, was born in Caroline County, Virginia. For four years Clark was an army officer under General Wayne, and his military experience made him acquainted with the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. Clark's qualities and frontier experiences were an invaluable asset to this expedition, and in addition he was the map maker and the artist, being responsible for the drawings of the birds, fish and animals encountered in their journeys. After the return of the expedition, and the death of Lewis, Clark was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson on subjects of natural history, specimens he had obtained, and similar subjects.

Paul Allen, 1775-1826, author, poet and editor, was born in Providence, Rhode Island. For a time he lived in Philadelphia, and contributed to the Port Folio, conducted by Joseph Dennie and Nicholas Biddle." "41690","171","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 199, Pike's Expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and thro' the western parts of Louisiana, 8vo.","Pike, Zebulon Montgomery.","An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers; performed by order of the Government of the United States during the Years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a Tour through the Interior Parts of New Spain, when conducted through these Provinces, by order of the Captain-General, in the Year 1807. By Major Z. M. Pike. Illustrated by Maps and Charts. Philadelphia: Published by C. & A. Conrad; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburgh; Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. Norfolk, and Fielding Lucas, Jr. Baltimore. John Binns, Printer, 1810.","F592 .P63","

First Edition. 8vo. 228 leaves including 1 blank, 7 full page and 3 folded leaves of tables inserted, engraved portrait frontispiece by Edwin, 1 full-page and 5 folded engraved maps.

Sabin 62836. Winsor VII, 553. Wagner-Camp 9. Field 1217. Coues I, xxxv.

On August 11, 1813, Jefferson ordered from Samuel Pleasants of Richmond Pike's journey thro' Mexico & Techas, which forms Part III of the Expeditions. Pleasants sent ''Pike's Expedition'' on August 17, price $3.50

Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1779-1813, after the occupation of Louisiana was sent by Jefferson, at the time the President of the United States, and the United States government, to explore the territory now known as the states of Arkansas, Texas and New Mexico, and to discover the springs of the Mississippi. He started in 1806, and during the course of his explorations was arrested by a detachment of Spanish cavalry for trespassing on Spanish territory. His papers were seized, but in June 1807 he himself was escorted home, but without the rest of his party. There is an interesting reference to him made by Jefferson in his ''anas'' under date October 22, 1808:

. . . Unanimously agreed in the sentiments which should be unauthoritatively expressed by our agents to influential persons in Cuba & Mexico. to wit, 'if you remain under the dominion of the kingdom and family of Spain, we are contented; but we should be extremely unwilling to see you pass under the dominion or ascendancy of France or England. in the latter cases should you chuse to declare independance, we cannot now commit ourselves by saying we would make common cause with you, but must reserve ourselves to act accd[???] to the then existing circumstances, but in our proceedings we shall be influenced by friendship to you, by a firm belief that our interests are intimately connected, and by the strongest repugnance to see you under subordination to either France or England, either politically or commercially' Anderson, our Consul going to Havanna is to be instructed accordingly; so is Hughes who is going to Mexico in quest of Pike's men, & Burling is to be sent to the city of Mexico under pretext of searching for Pike's men also, but in truth to communicate these sentiments to proper characters. Claiborne is to be entrusted with them also, to communicate ac[???]ding to the ocasions he may find . . .

In a letter to Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, dated June 22, 1807, Jefferson wrote suggesting some of the ideas which might be expressed by Genl. Wilkinson in answering Govr. Saludo's letter. These ''ideas'' included the following passages:

. . . but that the Red river and all it's waters belonged to France, that she made several settlements on that river, and held them as a part of Louisiana until she delivered that country to Spain, & that Spain on the contrary had never made a single settlement on the river, are circumstances so well known, & so susceptible of proof, that it was not supposed that Spain would seriously contest the facts, or the right established by them. hence our government took measures for exploring that river as it did that of the Missouri, by sending m[???] Freeman to proceed from the mouth upwards, & Lieutenant Pike from the source downwards, merely to acquire it's geography, and so far enlarge the boundaries of science. for the day must be very distant when it will be either the interest or the wish of the US. to extend settlements into the interior of that country. Lt. Pike's orders were accordingly strictly confined to the waters of the Red river, & from his known observance of orders, I am persuaded that it must have been, as he himself declares, by missing his way that he got on the waters of the Rio Norte, instead of those of the Red river. that Your Excellency should excuse this involuntary error & indeed misfortune, was expected from the liberality of your character, & the.kindnesses you have shewn him are an honorable example of those offices of good neighborhood on your part, which it will be so agreeable to us to cultivate. accept my thanks for them, & be assured they shall on all occasions meet a like return, to the same liberal sentiments Lt. Pike must appeal for the restoration of his papers. you must have seen in them no trace of unfriendly views towards your nation, no symptoms of any other design than of extending geographical knolege: and it is not in the 19th. century, nor through the agency of Your Excellency that science expects to encounter obstacles. the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind, and any discoveries we can make in it, will be for the benefit of yours and of every other nation as well as our own.

On August 30 in the same year, 1807, Jefferson wrote from Monticello to James Madison, the Secretary of State:

There can be no doubt that Foronda's claim for the money advanced to Lt. Pike should be repaid, & while his application to yourself is the proper one, we must attend to the money, being drawn from the proper fund which is that of the war department. I presume therefore it will be necessary for you to apply to Genl. Dearborne to furnish the money. will it not be proper to rebut Foronda's charge of this government sending a spy to Santa fé by saying that this government has never employed a spy in any case & that Pike's mission was to ascend the Arkansa & descend the Red river for the purpose of ascertaining their geography; that as far as we are yet informed he entered the waters of the North river, believing them to be those of the Red river: and that, however certain we are of a right extending to the North river, and participating of it's navigation with Spain, yet Pike's voyage was not intended as an exercise of that right, which we notice here merely because he has chosen to deny it, a question to be settled in another way . . .

And on the following day he wrote on the same subject to Henry Dearborn:

Mr. Madison will have written to you on the subject of a demand of 1000.D. furnished to Lieutt Pike to be repaid to Foronda, which of course must come out of the military fund . . .

In a letter to Madison dated from Monticello on May 24, in the following year, 1808, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . I think too that the truth as to Pike's mission might be so simply stated as to need no argument to shew that (even during the suspension of our claims to the Eastern border of the rio Norte) his getting on it was mere error, which ought to have called for the setting him right, instead of forcing him through the interior country . . .

In a letter to Jefferson dated from Paris December 20 1811, Baron Von Humboldt mentioned:

. . . Mr. Arrowsmith à Londres m'a volé ma grande Carte du Mexique: Mr. Pike a profité d'une maniere peu genereuse de la communication que lui à eté faite sans doute à Washington de la copie de ma Carte: d'ailleurs il a extriqué tous les noms. Je suis affligé d'avoir a me plaindre d'un citoyen des Etats Unis qui d'ailleurs a deployé un si beau courage. Mon nom ne se trouve pas dans son livre et un leger coup d'oeil sur la Carte de Mr Pike . . .

Jefferson referred to this in a letter to Von Humboldt dated from Monticello, December 6, 1813;

. . . That their Arrowsmith should have stolen your map of Mexico, was in the pyratical spirit of his country. but I should be sincerely sorry if our Pike has made an ungenerous use of your candid communications here; and the more so as he died in the arms of victory gained over the enemies of his country. whatever he did was on a principle of enlarging knolege and not for filthy shillings and pence of which he made none from that book. if what he has borrowed has any effect, it will be to excite an appeal in his readers from his defective information to the copious volumes of it with which you have enriched the world. I am sorry he omitted even to acknolege the source of his information. it has been an oversight, and not at all in the spirit of his generous nature. let me sollicit your forgiveness then of a deceased hero, of an honest and zealous patriot, who lived and died for his country . . ." "41700","172","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page, 126, no. 228, The Navigation of St. Domingo, Puysegur, 8vo.","Puységur, Antoine Hyacinthe Anne de Chastenet, Comte de.","A Treatise upon the Navigation of St. Domingo: with Sailing Directions, for the whole extent of its Coasts, Channels, Bays and Harbours. (Undertaken by Order of the King.) By M. De Chastenet Puysegur. Translated from the French by Charles de Monmonier. Baltimore: printed for the Translator, by W. Pechin, 1802.","VK973 .H2P9","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 60 leaves, the last 2 blank. The work ends on the recto of 02, page 103, verso blank; on 03 is the half-title for Particular Directions for the Drawing of a Chart of Gonaives; added to the Work, entitled, Le Pilote of St. Domingo; by Mr. de Lieude de Sepmanville, Elve [sic] of the Marine of the First Class; list of subscribers on the last preliminary leaf.

Sabin 66858. Bissainthe 7516.

Antoine Hyacinthe Anne de Chastenet, comte de Puységur, 1752-1809, joined the marines at an early age. Some years later he was ordered by the Maréchal de Castres, to map the seas and channels of St. Domingo. This work was first published in French in 1787.

Lieude François Cyprien Antoine, Baron de Sepmanville, 1762-1817, French scholar and marine. After having been appointed in 1784 to continue the astronomical work of Captain Cook in Terre-Haut, he was made lieutenant of the ship and in 1787 made a survey of La Gonaive, fixing its position relative to St. Domingo. His pamphlet on this subject was attached to the first edition of Puységur's work, published in Paris in 1787.

William Pechin, the printer of this Baltimore edition and the editor of the Baltimore American, is of peculiar Jefferson interest. He printed a pirated edition of Jefferson's Notes on Virginia in 1800, and he was the printer of the copy of Jefferson's inaugural address, March 4, 1801, printed on silk and now in the Library of Congress." "41710","173","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 75, Scott's Geography of Maryland and Virginia, 12mo.","Scott, Joseph.","A Geographical Description of the States of Maryland and Delaware; also of the Counties, Towns, Rivers, Bays and Islands. With a List of the Hundreds, in each County. By Joseph Scott, Author of the United States Gazetteer, the Modern Geographical Dictionary, a Geographical Description of Pennsylvania, The Elements of Geography for the Use of Schools, &c. &c. Philadelphia: printed by Kimber, Conrad, and Co., 1807.","F185 .S42","

First Edition. 12mo. 97 leaves, 2 folded engraved maps, title for A Geographical Description of Delaware on sig. P1.

Sabin 78328.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on November 30, 1807:

I send you the inclosed geographical description of the States of Maryland and Delaware, yet I do not know that it is worthy of your acceptance. I pray you receive it from me as a mark of my high respect. I intend to go through the whole of the States and Territories in like manner. They will make about twenty vol[umes], such as the present. Pennsylvania I have published, but whether I forwarded you one, I do not really recollect. I am about publishing a second edition which will be much improved and enlarged . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 3:

I received last night your favor of Nov. 30. and the volume containing the geographical description of Maryland and Delaware. I pray you to accept my thanks for it, and at the same time to permit me to become a subscriber for the whole work . . .

For other works by Joseph Scott, see the Index." "41720","174","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 126, no. 186, Spafford's Gazetteer of the State of New York 8vo 1815.","Spafford, Horatio Gates.","A Gazetteer of the State of New-York; carefully written from original and authentic materials, arranged on a new plan, in three parts: comprising, First—a comprehensive geographical and statistical view of the whole state, conveniently disposed under separate heads: Second—an ample general view of each county, in alphabetical order, with topographical and statistical tables, showing the civil and political divisions, population, post-offices, &c.: Third—a very full and minute topographical description of each town or township, city, borough, village, &c. &c., in the whole state, alphabetically arranged; as also its lakes, rivers, creeks, with every other subject of topographical detail: forming a complete gazetteer or geographical dictionary of the state of New-York. With an accurate map of the state. By Horatio Gates Spafford, A.M. Author of a Geography of the United States, a Member of the New-York Historical Society, and a Corresponding Secretary of the Society of Arts. Albany: printed and published by H. C. Southwick, 1813.","F117 .S73","

First Edition. 8vo. 168 leaves, the General View of New York at the beginning in long lines, the Gazetteer proper in double columns; folded engraved map by P. Maverick after Mrs. B. C. Spafford; list of Errata at the end.

Sabin 88844. Not in Smith.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who had previously sent a printed circular letter, dated from Albany, the 4th Mo. 13, 1813, in which he hastened to give the information that the printing of the Gazetteer was at length nearly completed; that the delay had been due to various causes; that the result was a larger and more expensive volume, which had resulted in the price being raised to Two dollars and fifty cents, and that the printing was expected to be completed by July 1 next.

On August 2, Spafford wrote from Albany to Jefferson:

My Gazetteer of the State of New York being nearly out of press, I seize an occasion which my ardent wishes afford, to present my respects, & inquire how I can forward thee a copy, without too great expense.

Pardon me, my venerable friend, should the truth seem like folly; for, on this occasion, I can hardly refrain from tears.

Addressing one of the venerable Fathers of our Republic, & one whom I had ardently hoped to see; that Father far advanced in the vale of years, & my prospect reduced to a faintest hope—my hand trembles as if extended for a parting blessing:—& I can only say how sincerely I desire that boon. I am a boy of the Revolution—& still more & more is my wonder & admiration excited, when I survey the difficulties & atchievements of that period, with the aids that my pursuits procure: for I am now writing a History of this State, which embraces that period. If I revere the memory of these worthies, generally, who conducted the Bark of State in such times, why may I not indulge the desire of my heart to see as many as may be, of the few who still survive? I pray thee to let me receive from thee an occasional remembrance, & none of the Sons of our glorious Republic shall retain more lasting & grateful affection. Devoted to the records of remembrance in the past & present history of our Country, I should feel all the value & importance of thy good-will.

Of thy former Letter, I have made a due use in preparing for a second edition of my Geography. Jefferson replied on August 15:

Your favor of the 2d. inst. is duly recieved and I thank you for the mark of attention it expresses in proposing to send me a copy of your new Gazetteer. it will come safely to me under cover by the ordinary mail. but I owe abundant additional thanks for the kind expressions of respect which the letter conveys to me. at the end of a career thro' a long course of public troubles, if my countrymen are satisfied that my endeavors to serve them have been zealous & pure, I stand fully rewarded . . .

On August 27, Spafford sent the book:

Thy favor of the 15. inst., is duly received, & I hasten to send the book, by the Mail. I hope it will arrive safe, & find thee enjoying good health, & all the consolations that belong to a liberal benefactor to his country, in the evening of a well spent life. After thou shalt have examined the Gazetteer, I should be glad to hear thy opinion of its merits. The preface tells of the expense & magnitude of the labor; & as the plan of the work is new, I want thy opinion of its comparative merit. My intention is to pursue the plan of writing, & form Gazetteers of the several States; then separate the parts, & form a Geography, & Gazetteer, of the United States, in separate volumes. An arduous & expensive undertaking; but I am young, ambitious, & formed to habits of industry, adapted to such a Work. The writings of Dr. Morse, are not of the right character for this Nation; & when the Government shall have duly examined & contrasted mine with his, I hope for some patronage from the National Administration . . .

For Spafford's General Geography, see no. 3828.

Spafford wrote again on January 28, 1814:

I am so frequently asked 'how does President Jefferson like the Gazetteer', or 'what does he say of it', that I hope thou wilt excuse my anxiety to learn. Possibly it may not have reached thee. I sent one in the Mail, a long time since. If that miscarried, I would send another . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book in a letter dated from Monticello March 17:

I am an unpunctual correspondent at best. while my affairs permit me to be within doors, I am too apt to take up a book and to forget the calls of the writing table. besides this I pass a considerable portion of my time at a possession so distant and uncertain as to it's mails that my letters always await my return here. this must apologize for my being so late in acknoleging your two favors of Dec. 17. and Jan. 28. as also that of the gazetteer which came safely to hand. I have read it with pleasure and derived from it much information which I did not possess before. I wish we had as full a statement as to all our states. we should know ourselves better our circumstances and resources, and the advantageous ground we stand on as a whole, we are certainly much indebted to you for this fund of valuable information . . .

Before receiving this, Spafford had written on March 22: Highly as I appreciate the favor of thy friendly regards, I can but feel mortified at the length of time that has elapsed since my last, & often admire at the cause. Sometimes I fear that the latitude allowed to my remarks, has given displeasure; then that, possibly, I asked too much, & I know that it is painful to deny some gratification. If, in any case, I have offended, pray have the goodness to excuse it. I often regret the warmth of my feelings, or rather the want of prudence. But—I never was formed for any policy of design; & at least can never be more than a zealous drudge. It appears, too, that I had formed too high an estimate of my own merits & talents, & I acquiesce in the wisdom of official rigth. I hope my Gazetteer has duly reached thee, & that it affords thee some information of this section of the Union, which must be a pleasure. I hope, too, that it merits, in some degree, thy approbation. Most devoutly do I wish thee a long continuance of life, health, & happiness in time of eternity.

Horatio Gates Spafford, 1778-1832, Quaker of New York, the author of several books, was in frequent correspondence with Jefferson." "41730","1","","","","L'Architecture de Vitruve de Perrault.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 24, as above.","Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus.","Les Dix Livres d'Architecture de Vitruve corrigez et tradvits nouvellement en François, avec des Notes & des Figures. Seconde Edition reveue, corrigée, & augmentée. Par M. Perrault de l'Academie Royalle des Sciences, Docteur en Medecine de la Faculté de Paris. A Paris: chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, M. DC. LXXXIV. Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté. [1684.]","NA2517 .V85 1684 fol","

Folio. 196 leaves (the last a blank), including the engraved frontispiece by G. Scotin after S. le Clerc, and LXV numbered engraved plates, part page, full page or folded, by various engravers including le Clerc, G. Edelinck, Tournier, P. Vandrebanc, E. Gantrel and others, all included in the signatures and with printed text, engraved head and tail pieces and initials, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text.

Graesse VI, 378. Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect, page 100.

According to Dr. Kimball, Jefferson had made use of this book before 1775. See Kimball, op. cit., page 137. Jefferson cited it in his letter to Isaac McPherson, dated from Monticello August 13, 1813, in reference to Oliver Evans' patent for his elevators, conveyors and hopperboys. On the subject of wheels with buckets for drawing water from a well Jefferson wrote:

. . . but it is the principle, to wit a string of buckets, which constitutes the invention, not the form of the buckets, round, square, or hexagon; nor the manner of attaching them, nor the material of the connecting band, whether chain, rope, or leather. Vitruvius L.X. c. 9. describes this machinery as a Windlas, on which is a chain descending to the water, with vessels of copper attached to it. the windlas being turned, the chain moving on it will raise the vessels which, in passing over the windlas, will empty the water they have brought up into a reservoir, and Perrault, in his edition of Vitruvius, Paris 1684. fol. Plates 61.62. gives us three forms of these water elevators, in one of which the buckets are square, as m[???] Evans's are . . .

In a letter to George Wythe dated from Paris September 16, 1787, Jefferson mentioned:

. . . the best edition of Vitruvius, which is with the commentaries of Ficinus, is not to be got here. I have sent to Holland for it . . .

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Roman architect, lived at the time of Augustus, to whom this work is dedicated. The first edition was printed in Rome, circa 1486.

Claude Perrault, 1613-1688, was at one time a physician, but became the architect of the Louvre. The first edition of his translation of Vitruvius was anonymously published in 1673. Claude was a brother of Charles Perrault, the author of fairy tales." "41740","2","","","","Palladio by Leoni with Inigo Jones's notes.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 26, as above.","Palladio, Andrea.","The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four Books. Containing a short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the most necessary Observations concerning all sorts of Building: as also the different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, Highways, Bridges, Market-places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections, and Uprights. Revis'd, Design'd, and Publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian, Architect to His Most Serene Highness, the Late Elector Palatine. Translated from the Italian Original. The Third Edition, corrected. With Notes and Remarks of Inigo Jones: now first taken from his Original Manuscript in Worcester College Library, Oxford. And also, an Appendix, containing the Antiquities of Rome. Written by A. Palladio. And a Discourse of the Fires of the Ancients. Never before Translated. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for A. Ward; S. Birt; D. Browne; C. Davis; T. Osborne; and A. Millar, M. DCC. XLII. [1742.]","NA2517 .P3","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1, separate title-page for each part, followed by descriptive text and plates; engraved portrait and frontispiece by B. Picart, architectural plates by Picart, Vander Gucht, Cole, Harris and others.

This edition not in Graesse. Kimball, page 97.

This work, a large folio, was issued in two volumes. Jefferson's copy appears to have been bound in 1 volume.

Neither his manuscript entry nor the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue calls for more than one volume, and the later catalogues definitely state 2 vol. in 1.

According to Dr. Kimball, Jefferson had access to a copy of this work at a very early date, before the Shadwell fire in 1770. See his work, page 119. For the first edition of this book and the notes, see the next entry." "41750","3","","","","Palladio by Leoni. Ital. Fr. and Eng.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 27, as above.","Palladio, Andrea.","The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books. Containing, a short Treatise of the Five Orders, and the most necessary Observations concerning all Sorts of Buildings, as also the different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, Highways, Bridges, Market-places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections, and Uprights. To which are added several Notes and Observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before. Revis'd, Design'd, and Publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to his most Serene Highness, the Elector Palatine. Translated from the Italian Original. London: Printed by John Watts, for the Author, MDCCXV.—L'Architecture de A. Palladio, divisée en quatre livres . . .—L'Architettura di A. Palladio, divisa in quattro libri . . . [1715.]","","

Folio. 4 parts bound in 2 vol., English, French and Italian text in each volume, with title-pages; the title of each volume differs according to the Contents of the volume. Book I, 33 leaves (English), 20 leaves (French) 17 leaves (Italian), engraved portrait frontispiece by B. Picart after Paulus Caliary, engraved frontispiece by B. Picart after Sebastianus Rivius, XLIII engraved numbered plates by Van der Gucht, of which plates I to VII are in the text, plates VIII to XLIII full page at the end of the book, the plates in the text in the English text only, omitted from the French and Italian texts; the list of Subscribers at the beginning of the English text is omitted from the French and Italian texts; Book II, 22, 13, 12 leaves, LXI engraved plates numbered, by V. der Gucht after I. Leoni, John Harris, B. Picart, J. Cole and others; in the copy collated the preliminary matter in the English version was in Italian, and was omitted from the Italian text; Book III, 21, 13, 14 leaves, XXII engraved plates, numbered, sig. A2 of the Italian text contains in English A List of those who have Subscribed to this Work, after the Publication of the First and Second Books, beginning with His Czarian Majesty, Emperor of Great Russia, &c. &c. &c.; Book IV, Part I, 19, 11, 12 leaves, LIV engraved numbered plates by B. Picart, Van der Gucht, J. Cole and others, additional list of subscribers at the beginning; Book IV, Part II, 13, 7, 7 leaves, CIV numbered engraved plates by B. Picart, Van der Gucht, J. Cole and others.

Jefferson's copy was bound in 2 volumes; there is no information as to how the parts were arranged.

Lowndes IV, 1766. Brunet IV, 321. Graesse V, 108. Kimball, page 97.

For an account of the use Jefferson made of Palladio's work, see Fiske Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect.

Jefferson sold four editions of Palladio's works to Congress in 1815, and also owned other editions not sold with the others. Both his dated and his undated manuscript catalogues contain the entry Palladio's first book of architecture with Le Muet on doors and windows, 8vo. This is the copy he lent to James Oldham, a Virginia builder, who had written to Jefferson on December 17, 1804, concerning the acquisition of a copy, and to whom Jefferson wrote on December 24:

In answer to your's of the 17th. desiring me to procure a Palladio for you either here or at Philadelphia, there never was a Palladio here even in private hands till I brought one: and I scarcely expect it is to be had in Philadelphia; but I will try both there and at Baltimore. the late m[???] Ryland Randolph of Turkey island had one, which is probably in the hands of whoever has his books, and as probably out of use. m[???] David Randolph could probably give you information respecting it, & whether it can be bought. the chance of getting one in America is slender. in the mean time, as you may be distressed for present use, I send you my portable edition, which I value because it is portable: you will return it at your own convenience. it contains only the 1st. book on the orders, which is the essential part. the remaining books contain only plans of great buildings, temples, &c. Accept my salutations.

Oldham replied on January 11:

Your faver of the 24th. Ultimo accompaned with your portabel addition of Palladio came safe to hand for which sir, I return to you my graitest thanks. and shal take perticular care of it: on applying to mr. Dvd. M. Randolph he was extremly kind and gave me an introductory letter to mr. Edmond Randolph, who perchased the Liberary of the late mr. Riland Randolph. mr Edmond Randolph has lent me palladio for a few days after which I must return it. I think I shall not be able to perchce it as he towld me that he considered it a most valuabel worc: and from the infermation you have pleased to give me in your last letter I am afraid shal not be abel to get one in america . . .

Meanwhile, throughout the month of January, 1805, Jefferson tried to buy for Oldham an edition of Palladio in English from Reibelt of Baltimore, who however was unable to supply a copy.

Earlier in the year 1804, when in correspondence with Benjamin H. Latrobe concerning the designs for the Capitol, Jefferson made reference to Palladio, and to the notes of the Earl of Burlington. In a letter to Latrobe, dated from Washington, February 28, 1804, Jefferson wrote:

. . . would it not be best to make the internal columns of well burnt bricks moulded in portions of circles adapted to the diminution of the columns. Ld. Burlington in his notes on Palladio tells us that he found most of the buildings erected under Palladio's direction & described in his architecture to have their columns made of brick in this way and covered over with stucco. I know an instance of a range of 6. or 8. columns in Virginia, 20.0. high well proportioned and properly diminished, executed by a common bricklayer . . .

Andrea Palladio, 1518-1580, Italian architect. The first edition of his I Quattri Libri del'Architettura was published in Venice in 1570.

Inigo Jones, English architect, theatrical and masque producer and designer, was much influenced by Palladio and Italian architecture. For a note on him, see no. 4217. Giacomo Leoni, 1686-1746, Venetian architect, settled in England at the beginning of the eighteenth century, supposedly at the suggestion of the Earl of Burlington, for the purpose of assisting with the publication of this work. The plates for the work were all redrawn by Leoni, and the first edition, here described, published in 1715. The second edition was published in 1721 and the third in 1742, see the previous entry. He remained in England the rest of his life, and designed many of the stately homes.

Nicolas Du Bois was responsible for the translation from the original Italian into both the English and French languages." "41760","4","","","","Il Settimo libre d'Architettura del Serglio. Ital. Lat. Regola delle cinque ordine d'Architettura del Vignola. Les cinq Ordres d'Architecture de Scamozzi par Daviler.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 25, as above.","Serlio, Sebastiano.","Sebastiani Serlii Bononiensis Architectvrae Liber Septimvs. In qvo mvlta explicantvr, qvæ Architecto Variis locis possunt occurrere, tum ob inusitatam situs rationem, tum si quando instaurare, siue restituere ædes, aut aliquid pridem factum in opus adhibere, aut cætera huiusmodi facere necesse fuerit: prout proxima pagina indicatur. Ad finem adiuncta sunt sex palatia, ichnographia & orthographia variis rationibus descripta, quæ ruri à magno quopiā Principe extrui possint. Eodem autore. Italicè & Latinè. Il settimo libro d'Achitettura di Sebastiano Serglio Bolognese . . . Ex Mvsæo Iac. de Strada S.C.M. Antiqvarii, Civis Romani. Cum S.C.M. Priuilegio: & Regis Galliarum. Francovfrti ad Moenvm: Ex officina typographica Andreæ Wecheli, M. D. LXXV. [1575.]","","

Folio. 128 leaves, Wechel's woodcut device on the titlepage, woodcut arms of D. Gvlielmo Vrsino a Rosenberg on the first leaf of the dedication, full-page woodcut illustrations, Wechel's large device on the verso of the last leaf, otherwise blank, Latin and Italian text printed in parallel columns.

This edition not in Brunet. Graesse VI, 370. Ebert 21015. Kimball, page 100.

Sebastiano Serlio, 1475-1552, a native of Bologna, was employed by Francis I of France at Fontainebleau, and was the first to publish books on the ancient edifices of Italy. His first book on architecture was published in 1545." "41770","","","","","","","","","Vignola, Giacomo Barozzio, called.","Regola deli Cinque Ordini d'Architettvra di J. Barozzi. Con la nuova Aggionta di M. A. Buonaroti . . . t'Amstelredam, 1619.","","

Folio. Text in Italian and German, 42 plates. No copy of this edition was available for examination.

Graesse VI, 314. Kimball, page 100.

Giacomo Barozzio, 1507-1573, was born in Vignola, Italy, and took his name from his birthplace. He became the architect of St. Peter's, Rome, after the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1564, and was responsible for the designs of many buildings in various cities in Italy, and was consulted on the designs for the Escorial in Spain. The first edition of his Regola delli Cinqve Ordini d'Architettvra was published in 1563 and has frequently been reprinted and translated into other languages." "41780","","","","","","","","","Scamozzi, Vicenzo.","Les Cinq Ordres d'Architecture de Vincent Scamozzi, Vicentin, Architecte de la Repuplique [sic] de Venise: Tirez du sixiéme Livre de son Idée generale d'Architecture: avec les Planches Originales. Par Augustin Charles D'Aviler, Architecte. A Paris: chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, Imprimeur du Roy, M. DC. LXXXV. Avec Privilege de Sa Maiesté. [1685.]","NA2812 .S2 fol","

First Edition of this translation. Folio. Engraved title within an architectural border with a portrait in an oval compartment, followed by the printed title and 74 leaves including 37 full-page engravings in the text, 2 full-page engravings at the end. The imprint on the engraved title reads: A Paris: chez Nicolas Belley, rue St. Iacques entre les Colleges de Louis le Grand et du Plessis Sorbonne à lImage Saint Athanase, MDCLXXXV.

Brunet IV, 180. Graesse VI, 290. Kimball, page 99.

Purchased from Froullé, reported by him in a letter dated from Paris, 20 Juillet, 1791.

Vicenzo Scamozzi, 1552-1616, famous Italian architect. His Idea dell'Architettura Universale was first published in Venice in 1615. The sixth book, which treats of the different orders, was the only one translated by D'Aviler.

Augustin Charles D'Aviler, 1655-1700, French architect, studied in Rome. He translated and published commentaries on the works of Vignola as well as of Scamozzi, and himself wrote a Cours d'Architecture.

These three books were probably bought separately by Jefferson and bound together for him. In his undated catalogue he has bracketed them as above, with the one price, 15.0. The first and last entry, Serlio and Scamozzi, were originally entered by him with their own prices, 3.0. each, which have been partly deleted." "41790","5","","","","Scamozzi's architecture by Leyburn","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 4, as above.","Scamozzi, Vicenzo.","The Mirror of Architecture: or the Ground-Rules of the Art of Building. Exactly laid down by Vincent Scamozzi, Master-Builder of Venice. Whereby the principal Points of Architecture are easily and plainly demonstrated for the Benefit of all Lovers and Ingenious Practitioners in the said Art. With the Description and Use of a Joint-Rule, fitted with Lines for the ready finding the Lengths and Angles of Rafters, and Hips, and Collar-Beams, in any Square or Bevelling Roofs at any pitch; and the ready drawing the Architrave, Frize, and Cornice in any Order. With other useful Conclusions by the said Rule. By John Brown. The Seventh Edition. Whereunto is Added, A Compendium of the Art of Building. Giving a Brief Account of the Names, Natures, and Rates of all the Materials, belonging to the Erection, of an Edifice: And what Quantity of each sort will be needful for the Building of any House. Whereby Estimates, Valuations and Contracts may be made between Builder and Workman, without Damage to either. And how to measure the Works of the several Artificers belonging to Building; and what Method and Customs are observ'd therein. By William Leybubn [sic]. London: printed for B. Sprint, 1734.","NA2515 .S3 1734","

4to. 60 leaves, including an engraved frontispiece with title and portrait, 2 plates in the text, 5 folded plates, 40 numbered and 7 unnumbered full-page plates; on sig. D begins John Brown's Description and Use of an Ordinary Joynt-Rule, with caption title and a folded illustration; on sig. G, after the numbered plates, begins The Ground-Rules of Architecture, Collected from the best Authors and Examples, by that Learned and Ingenious, Gentleman Sir Henry Wotton, in his Elements of Architecture. Now Corrected for Publick Benefit, with caption title; on Sig. I is the title for Architectionice: or, A Compendium of the Art of Building . . . By William Leyburn, with imprint. The engraved title reads: The Booke of Architecture by Vincent Scamozzi Mr. Builder of Venice. With Very large Additions by other hands. Printed for J and B. Sprint.

Not in Graesse. This edition not in R.I.B.A. Catalogue. This edition not in the Avery Memorial Library Catalogue. Kimball, page 99.

Dr. Kimball suggests that Jefferson may have bought his copy at the sale of the library of William Byrd of Westover in 1778.

For a note on Scamozzi, see no. 4178.

Sir Henry Wotton, 1568-1639, English diplomat and poet, first published his Elements of Architecture in 1624. This edition of his work was attached to the English editions from 1676.

William Leybourn, 1626-1700?, English mathematician. His name as editor was first attached to the fourth edition in English of Scamozzi's work, published in 1700." "41800","6","","","","Architecture de Le Clerc.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 15, as above.","Le Clerc, Sebastien.","Traité d'Architecture avec des Remarques et des Observations tres-utiles pour les Jeunes Gens, qui veulent s'appliquer à ce bel Art. Par Seb. le Clerc, Chevalier Romain, D. & G. O. du C. du Roy. [-Traité d'Architecture Second Volume contenant les Figures.] A Paris: chez Pierre Giffart, Libraire & Graveur du Roy, MDCCXIV. Avec Approbation et Privilege de Sa Majesté. [1714.]","NA2515 .L46","

First Edition. 4to. 102 leaves of text, engraved title and half-title for the plates, 181 engraved numbered fullpage plates.

Brunet III, 915. Graesse IV, 137. Kimball, page 96.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 21.0.

Sebastien Le Clerc, 1657-1714, French designer and engraver, held important positions, including that of professor of perspective at the Académie Royale de Peinture. He engraved the plates for a number of books, and was himself the author of works on design, architecture and geometry. See the Index." "41810","7","Palladio. les 4. livres d'architecture par De Chambray. Perrault's five orders of Architecture by James. De Lorme. Invention pour batir les couvertures courbes. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 28, as above.","Jefferson either bought these books at the same time when in France, or had them bound together himself. They are listed bracketed together by him and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue. In his undated manu. script catalogue, they are bracketed under the one price, 60.","","i.","","","Palladio, Andrea.","Les Qvatre Livres de l'Architectvre d'André Palladio. Mis en François. Dans lesqvels, aprés vn petit Traitté des cinq Ordres, auec quelquesvnes des plus necessaires Obseruations pour vien bastir, il parle de la Construction des Maisons Particulières, des Grands Chemins, des Ponts, des Places Publiques, des Xystes, des Basiliques, & des Temples. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Edme Martin, 1650.","","

First Edition of this translation. Folio. 4 vol. in 1, with engraved titles; engraved illustrations. No copy was available for collation.

This edition not in Brunet and not in Graesse. Kimball, page 98.

For a note on Palladio, see no. 4175 above.

Roland Frerard, Sieur de Chambrai, d. 1676, French architect, was the translator into French of this book. He translated other books on architecture, and was himself the author of a Parallèle de l'Architecture antique et moderne, published in 1650." "41820","7","Palladio. les 4. livres d'architecture par De Chambray. Perrault's five orders of Architecture by James. De Lorme. Invention pour batir les couvertures courbes. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 28, as above.","Jefferson either bought these books at the same time when in France, or had them bound together himself. They are listed bracketed together by him and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue. In his undated manu. script catalogue, they are bracketed under the one price, 60.","","ii.","","","Perrault, Claude.","A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, viz. Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. Wherein the Proportions and Characters of the Members of their several Pedestals, Columns and Entablatures, are distinctly consider'd, with respect to the Practice of the Antients and Moderns. Also a most Natural, Easie and Practicable Method laid down, for determining the most minute Part in all the Orders, without a Fraction. To which is Annex'd, A Discourse concerning Pilasters: and of several Abuses introduc'd into Architecture. Engraven on Six Folio Plates of the several Orders, adorn'd with Twenty-Four Borders, as many Initial Letters, and a like number of Tail-Pieces, by John Sturt. Written in French by Claude Perrault, of the Royal Academy of Paris, Author of ye Celebrated Comment on Vitruvius. Made English by John James of Greenwich. Second Edition. To which is added, an Alphabetical Explanation of all the Terms in Architecture, which occur in this Work. London: printed for John Senex, Willm. Taylor, Willm. and John Innys and John Osborne, MDCCXXII. [1722.]","","

Folio. 83 leaves, full page plates and engravings in the text. No copy was available for collation.

This edition not in Graesse. Kimball, page 98 (the date 1708 is a misprinting for 1722). For a note on Perrault, see no. 4173 above. John Sturt, 1658-1730, English engraver, made the illustrations for a large number of the religious and artistic publications of the time.

John James, d. 1746, architect, of Greenwich, England. In 1705 he was appointed clerk of the works at Greenwich Hospital, and worked under Wren, Vanbrugh and others. He was master-carpenter at St. Paul's Cathedral and later surveyor of Westminster Abbey. He designed many churches and wrote a number of books. The first edition of this translation of Perrault was published in 1708." "41830","7","Palladio. les 4. livres d'architecture par De Chambray. Perrault's five orders of Architecture by James. De Lorme. Invention pour batir les couvertures courbes. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 28, as above.","Jefferson either bought these books at the same time when in France, or had them bound together himself. They are listed bracketed together by him and in the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue. In his undated manu. script catalogue, they are bracketed under the one price, 60.","","iii.","","","Delorme, Philibert.","Novvelles Inventions povr bien bastir et a petits Fraiz, trovvees n'Agveres par Philibert De L'orme Lyonnois, Architecte, Conseiller & Aumosnier ordinaire du feu Roy Henry, & Abbé de S. Eloy lez Noyon. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Hierosme de Marnef, & Guillaume Cauellat, au mont S. Hilaire à l'enseigne du Pelican, 1576.","","

Folio. Plates and illustrations; no copy was available for collation.

Brunet II, 578. Graesse II, 355. Kimball, page 93.

Philibert Delorme, 1515?-1570, French architect, studied in Italy, where he was employed by Pope Paul III. On his return to France he was first employed by Cardinal Du Bellay, and later by Henri II and Charles IX. Delorme built a number of chateaux in France, including those of St. Maur and Anet, and the Tuileries were built from his designs. Delorme is considered one of the great masters of the Renaissance." "41840","8","","","","Gibbs's rules for drawing in Architecture.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 29, as above, but reading Gibb's.","Gibbs, James.","Rules for Drawing the several Parts of Architecture, in a more exact and easy manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal Members and their Parts, are avoided. By James Gibbs. The Second Edition. London: Printed for W. Innys; R. Manby; J. and P. Knapton; and C. Hitch, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738.]","","

Folio. 24 leaves of text, LXIV numbered engraved plates.

Lowndes II, 887. Kimball, page 94.

Dr. Kimball (who erroneously ascribes to the Jefferson library the third edition of 1753) suggests that Jefferson may have acquired his copy about 1769. He certainly had it before December 20, 1798, on which day he addressed a memorandum to his son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph:

Mr. Dinsmore asked me to lend him Gibb's Rules for drawing, and I forgot to lay it out for him. it is a large thin folio, lying uppermost of a parcel of books laid horizontally on the shelf close to my turning chair. be so good as to give it to him. it is bound in rough calf, and one lid off . . .

For Jefferson's use of this work, see Kimball, pages 122, 127.

James Gibbs, 1682-1754, Scots architect, studied in Rome and in Holland and returned to England in 1710. He built the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and other churches and buildings in London, including St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He built the Radcliffe Library and the Gothic quadrangle at All Souls in Oxford, and in Cambridge the King's College Library and the Senate House. He built also many private homes in England and in Scotland. The first edition of his Rules for Drawing was published in 1732." "41850","9","","","","Langley's practical geometry.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 30, as above.","Langley, Batty.","Practical Geometry applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration; calculated for the Service of Gentlemen as well as Artisans, and set to View in Four Parts. Containing, I. Preliminaries or the Foundations of the several Arts above-mentioned. II. The various Orders of Architecture, laid down and improved from the best Masters; with the Ways of making Draughts of Buildings, Gardens, Groves, Fountains, &c. the laying down of Maps, Cities, Lordships, Farms, &c. III. The Doctrine and Rules of Mensuration of all Kinds, illustrated by select Examples in Building, Gardening, Timber, &c. IV. Exact Tables of Mensuration, shewing, by inspection, the superficial and solid Contents of all Kinds of Bodies, without the Fatigue of Arithmetical Computation: To which is annexed, An Account of the Clandestine Practice now generally obtaining in Mensuration, and particularly the Damage sustained in selling Timber by Measure. The Whole exemplifi'd with above 60 Folio Copper Plates, by the best Hands. By Batty Langley. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Aaron Ward, 1729.","","

Folio. 78 leaves, 41 numbered and folded engraved plates of illustrations, 1 folded engraved plate of Tables; a copy of this edition was not seen for collation. Kimball, page 96.

Batty Langley, 1696-1751, English architectural writer and landscape gardener. The first edition of this work was printed in 1726." "41860","10","","","","Halfpenny's practical architecture.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 3, as above.","Halfpenny, William.","Practical Architecture, or a sure Guide to the true Working according to the Rules of that Science, representing the Five Orders, with their Several Doors and Windows, taken from Inigo Jones and other Celebrated Architects . . . [London] Printed and sold for T. Bowles, 1724.","","

It is not certain which edition of this work was in Jefferson's library. The book is marked missing in the working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from subsequent editions. It is on the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815. Dr. Kimball, page 94, credits Jefferson with the edition of 1724, and suggests that he may have acquired the book with his purchases from the library of William Byrd of Westover. The book is entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

William Halfpenny, alias Michael Hoare, fl. 1752, English architect and carpenter. He practised architecture in London in the first half of the eighteenth century and was the author of a number of books on the subject." "41870","J. 11","","","","The Builder's dictionary.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 7, as above.","","The Builder's Dictionary: or, Gentleman and Architect's Companion. Explaining not only the Terms of Art in all the several Parts of Architecture, but also containing the Theory and Practice of the Various Branches thereof, requisite to be known by Masons, Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Painters, Glaziers, Smiths, Turners, Carvers, Statuaries, Plumbers, &c. Also Necessary Problems in Arithmetic, Geometry, Mechanics, Perspective, Hydraulics, and other Mathematical Sciences. Together with the Quantities, Proportions, and Prices of all Kinds of Materials used in Building; with Directions for Chusing, Preparing, and Using them: the several Proportions of the Five Orders of Architecture, and all their Members, according to Vitruvius, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, M. Le Clerc, &c. With Rules for the Valuation of Houses, and the Expence calculated of Erecting any Fabrick, Great or Small. The Whole Illustrated with more than Two Hundred Figures, many of them curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates: Being a Work of great Use, not only to Artificers, but likewise to Gentlemen, and others, concerned in Building, &c. Faithfully Digested from the most Approved Writers on these Subjects. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch; and S. Austen, M. DCC. XXXIV. [1734.]","NA31. B82","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 247 and 255 leaves printed in double columns, the pages not numbered, engraved frontispiece by Toms after I. Devoto, 33 engraved plates, numbered, some folded, numerous illustrations in the text; publishers' advertisements at the end of volume I, errata list at the end of volume II, Directions to the Binder on the verso of the last preliminary leaf.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Kimball, page 92.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress in 1912. Initialled at sig. I and T. by Jefferson in both volumes.

Dr. Kimball proves that Jefferson used this book before 1779. See his Thomas Jefferson, Architect, page 134.

The License to print on the first leaf of each volume, dated January 11, 173¾ and signed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, John James and James Gibbs, reads: We have perused these Two Volumes of the Builder's Dictionary, and do think they contain a great deal of useful Knowledge in the Building Business." "41880","12","","","","Ruins of Balbec. by Wood & Dawkins.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. P, as above, but reading gr. fol.","[Wood, Robert.]","The Ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Cœlosyria. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLVII. [1757.]","NA335 .P2W8 fol","

First Edition. Atlas folio. 16 leaves of text, 46 numbered engraved plates, some folded, after Borra, mostly engraved by Foudrinier, a few by T. Major. The text ends on page 16, sig. h, and is signed: Robert Wood.

Halkett and Laing V, 149. De Ricci-Cohen 916 (French edition). Kimball, page 101.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 29/-.

Robert Wood, 1717?-1771, Irish traveller and politician. This work is referred to by Wood as his second volume, the first being the Ruins of Palmyra published in 1753. James Dawkins was Wood's travelling companion; they were at Palmyra from March 14 to March 27, 1751, and arrived at Balbec on April 1. In 1756, before this book was published, Wood had become Under Secretary of State under Pitt, and the book was seen through the press by Dawkins. This is explained by Wood on page 16:

When called from my country by other duties, my necessary absence retarded, in some measure, it's progress. Mr. Dawkins, with the same generous spirit, which had so indefatigably surmounted the various obstacles of our voyage, continued carefully to protect the fruits of those labours which he had so chearfully shared: he not only attended to the accuracy of the work, by having finished drawings made under his own eye by our draughtsman, from the sketches and measures he had taken on the spot, but had the engravings so far advanced as to be now ready for the public under our joint inspection.

Both volumes are highly praised by Horace Walpole in the preface of the Anecdotes of Painting." "41890","13","","","","Ruins of Athens. by LeRoy.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. Q, as above.","Le Roy, Julien David.","Ruins of Athens; with Remains and other Valuable Antiquities in Greece. London, 1759.","","

Folio. No English edition has been found. No English edition was listed in any of the bibliographies consulted. Kimball, page 96, quotes the title from the 1849 Library of Congress catalogue as above.

Julien David Le Roy, 1724-1803, French architect, was in Rome in 1748 when the proposals of Stuart and Revett [see the next following entry] for studying and describing the antiquities of Athens were first published. Le Roy visited Athens in 1754, after the work of Stuart and Revett was completed, but succeeded in publishing his book, Les Ruines des plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce, in 1758, four years before the publication of the work of Stuart and Revett. Le Roy's work was considered inferior to that of Stuart and Revett, and was severely criticised. In 1770 he issued a corrected edition, preceded in 1767 by a pamphlet in octavo: Observations sur les édifices des anciens peuples, précédés de réflexions sur la critique des Ruines de la Grèce, publiée dans un ouvrage anglais." "41900","14","","","","Ruins of Athens. by Stuart & Revett.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. R, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Stuart, James, and Revett, Nicholas.","The Antiqvities of Athens measvred and delineated by James Stvart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett, Painters and Architects. Volvme the First. London: Printed by John Haberkorn, MDCCLXII. [1762.]","NA280 .S9 fol","

First Edition. Vol. I only. Atlas folio. 38 leaves of printed matter, including 3 for the list of subscribers, and 1 for the errata; engraved portrait frontispiece of James Stuart by C. Knight, engraved vignette on the title-page by J. Basire, engraved head-pieces and culs-de-lampe by J. Basire and J. Couse, full page and folded engraved plates by J. Basire, E. Rooker, A. Walker and C. Grignon.

Lowndes V, 2536. Kimball, page 100.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 120.

The subscribers' list is long and interesting and contains names well known in many fields. These include Lord Anson, Robert Adam, Lord Baltimore, Thomas Brand, Edmund Burke, Earl Cornwallis, Lord Clive, Earl of Delawar, Right Hon. Sir Francis Dashwood, James Dawkins (20 setts), Society of Dilettanti, David Garrick, Thomas Gray, Right Hon. George Grenville, T. Hollis, Hon. William Lyttleton, Gov. of Jamaica, James Mytton, Right Hon. William Pitt, Joshua Reynolds, Painter, F. R. S., Rev. Lawrence Sterne, Hon. Horace Walpole, Mrs. Margaret Woffington, General Wolfe, Library at Philadelph. Ben. Franklin, Esq; Mons. l'Abbé Barthelmi, F.R.S., Mons. Peysonnel, Consul of France, at Smyrna, and a number of others.

James Stuart, 1713-1788, known as Athenian Stuart, was born in London. He studied art in Rome where he became associated with Nicholas Revett, and with whom, in 1748, he issued Proposals for Publishing an Accurate Description of the Antiquities of Rome. Their scheme was supported by a number of the members of the Society of Dilettanti resident in Rome, and by others including Robert Wood and James Dawkins, the explorers of Palmyra and Balbec, q.v. They arrived in Athens on March 18, 1751, where they remained until March 5, 1753. The first volume of their work was published in 1762, and the authors are credited with being the pioneers of classical archaeology in Europe. Julien David Le Roy had published his Ruines des plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce in 1758, four years before this volume. In the Preface to The Antiquities of Athens, signed by James Stuart, occurs the passage [page vii] ''The Architectural Prints compose, I imagine, the most useful and interesting part of this Work; and at the same time, that, which I apprehend is least liable to censure: for our joint endeavours were here diligently employed, and my Friend Mr. Revett wholly confined his attention to this part. If nevertheless any one should doubt of the accuracy of the Measures, because they differ so greatly from those which Mons. Le Roy has given, I can only assure him, that in a considerable number of them, at the taking of which I assisted with Mr. Revett, and in many others, which occasionally I have measured after him, I have always found reason to praise his exactness.'' The later volumes of this work are not in the Jefferson collection. They were published respectively in 1789, 1795, 1814 and 1830.

Nicholas Revett, 1720-1804, English architect and draughtsman, became acquainted with Stuart in Rome, and later was, with Stuart, elected a member of the Society of Dilettanti. After the publication of the first volume of their work on the Antiquities of Athens, he resented the fact that Stuart was given most of the credit, and sold him all his rights." "41910","15","","","","Castell's Villas of the Antients","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. T, as above, gr. fol.","Castell, Robert.","The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated. By Robert Castell . . . London: Printed for the Author, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728.]","NA324 .C3 fol","

First Edition. Atlas folio. 69 leaves of text, 3 folded and 6 full page engraved plates by P. Fourdrinier, 6 double page engraved plates of plans, unsigned, 9 engraved head pieces, culs-de-lampe and illustrations in the text, several signed by G. King and dated 1726 or 1727; list of subscribers on b2; quotations from Pliny have the Latin text and the English translation in parallel columns.

Lowndes I, 386. Kimball, page 92.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 9/-, and therefore probably bought in England.

Robert Castell, fl. 1728, English architect, dedicated this work to the Earl of Burlington." "41920","J. 16","","","","Ritratto de Roma Antiqua.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 1, as above.","Rossi, Filippo de.","Ritratto di Roma Antica, nel qvale sono figvrati i principali Tempij, Theatri, Anfiteatri, Cerchi, Naumachie, Archi Trionfali, Curie, Basiliche, Colonne, Ordine del Trionfo, Dignità Militari, e Ciuili, Riti, Cerimonie, & altre cose notabili. Aggiuntoui di nuouo le Vite, & Effigie de' primi Re di essa, ele Grandezze dell' Imperio Romano; con l'Esplicationi Istoriche de' più celebri Antiquarij. In Roma: Appresso Filippo de' Rossi. M. DC. LIV. Con licenza de' Superiori. [1654.]","DG62 .5 .R6 1654","

8vo. 216 leaves, engraved title-page dated 1655, numerous engravings and woodcut illustrations in the text, colophon on the last page, poems by Girolamo Preti and Ottavio Tronsarelli at the end. Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse. Kimball, page 99: ''(. . . Roma. 1645.). The Library of Congress catalogue of 1840 gives 1654 for Jefferson's copy, but this seems to be a misprint.''

Old calf, not initialled by Jefferson, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.0.

Filippo de Rossi, f. 1654, Italian architect." "41930","J. 17","","","","Ritratto di Roma moderna.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 2, as above.","Rossi, Filippo de.","Ritratto di Roma Moderna, nel qvale sono effigiati Chiese, Corpi Santi, Reliquie, Indulgenze, Monasterij, Hospedali, Oratorij, Compagnie de' Secolari, Collegij, Seminarij, Palazzi, Fabbriche, Architetture, Pitture, Scolture, Librarie, Musei, Giardini, Fontane, e Ville sì dentro la Città, come fuori. Pontefici, Cardinali, e Principi, che l'hanno illustrata, & altre cose notabili. Distinto in sei giornate da diuersi Autori, con le Dichiarationi Historiche di quanto in' esso si contiene in questa nuoua Editione accresciuto, e migliorato in molti luoghi. In Roma: appreso Filippo de'Rossi, MDCLII. Con licenza de' Superiori. [1652.]","DG62 .5 .R65","

8vo. 296 leaves, numerous engravings and woodcut illustrations in the text, engraved title-page.

Not in Brunet. Not in Graesse. Kimball, page 99.

Old calf, r.e., not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2.0." "41940","18","","","","Scamozzi. Antichita di Roma.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 18, Antichita di Roma del Scamozzi, fol.","Scamozzi, Vicenzo.","Discorsi sopra l'Antichità di Roma, di Vicenzo Scamozzi, architetto vincentino; con XL tauole in rame. Venitia: appresso F. Ziletti, 1582.","","

First Edition. Folio. No copy was available for collation. The work contains 40 double-page plates after B. Pittoni, with a printed description on the recto of each plate.

Brunet V, 180. Graesse VI, 290. Kimball, page 99.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6.

For a note on Scamozzi, see no. 4178. This work was edited by Girolamo Porro, 1520-1604, Italian architect." "41950","J. 19","","","","Roma illustrata Donati.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 8, as above.","Donati, Alessandro.","Alexandri Donati e Societate Jesu Roma vetus ac recens utriusque ædificiis illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice locupletissimo, & Figuris æneis illustrata. Editio ultima. Amstelædami: prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters, 1695. Cum privilegio. [Colophon] Campis, Typis Caspari Cotii, Typographi & Bibliopolæ. 1694.","DG63 .D67 1695","

4to. 196 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, numerous full page and folded engraved plates, engravings in the text.

Backer III, col. 133. Kimball, page 93.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in August 1909, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. From the library of William Byrd of Westover, with his armorial bookplate preserved.

Alessandro Donati, 1584-1640, Italian professor and antiquary. The first edition of this work appeared in 1633." "41960","20","","","","Ficoroni. Vestigia e rarita di Roma.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 9, Vestigia é rarita di Roma del Ficorone, 4to.","Ficoroni, Francesco de'.","Le Vestigia, e Raritá di Roma Antica ricercate, e spiegate da Francesco de' Ficoroni Aggregato alla Reale Accademia di Francia. Libro Primo dedicato alla Santita' di Nostro Signore Benedetto XIV. In Roma MDCCXLIV. Nella Stamperia di Girolamo Mainardi. Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1744.]","DG62 .5 .F5","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 104 and 43 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination, title printed in red and black, half title only for the second part, engraved symbolic frontispiece with portrait, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved pictorial initials, one with a portrait, 38 full-page and 4 folded engraved plates, numerous plates in the text; the greater number of the plates are unsigned, a folded plate is by Max: I: Pragensis after Franciscus Viera, and another by Io. de Franceschi after Saluator de Franceschi.

Brunet II, 1246. Kimball, page 94.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 15.0.

Francesco de' Ficoroni, 1664-1747, Italian antiquary and collector, was a member of a number of learned societies including the Royal Societies of London and Paris, and was himself the founder of the Colonia Esquilina degli Inculti at Rome." "41970","21","","","","Piranesi. Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130 no. 10 Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna del Piranesi, fol.","Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.","Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna, del Piranesi. Roma, 1748.","","

Folio. The above was the binder's title to a miscellaneous selection of plates. Jefferson's Piranesi plates were bound for him in calf, gilt, by John March on March 7, 1805, with the notation on the bill very difficult. This title may have been the one lettered by March on the back. The cost of the binding was $2.50.

Kimball, page 98.

Jefferson first tried to get a set of Piranesi in 1791 to use in the buildings of Georgetown. On January 24, 1791, he wrote from Philadelphia to William Short in Amsterdam:

. . . pray get me by some means or other a compleat set of Piranesi's drawings of the Pantheon, & especially the correct design for it's restoration as proposed by I forget whom, which was not executed, & of which I have heard you speak. I wish to render them useful in the public buildings now to be begun at Georgetown . . .

Again, in a letter to William Short dated March 16 in the same year, Jefferson wrote:

. . . pray get me by some means or other a compleat set of Piranesi's drawings of the Pantheon, & especially the correct design for it's restoration as proposed by I forget whom, which was not executed, & of which I have heard you speak. I wish to render them useful in the public buildings now to be begun at Georgetown . . .

Jefferson seems not to have obtained a copy until 1805, when he bought one from Reibelt of Baltimore. Piranesi, Varie vedute di Roma, fol. $13.80 is included in an undated list of books with Reibelt's prices written by Jefferson, and on January 10, 1805, Reibelt wrote that he had sent the Piranesi, Jefferson acknowledging its receipt in a letter dated January 23. The entry appears on the various lists of books and bills made by Jefferson at that time.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-1778, Italian engraver, studied art in Rome, and spent the rest of his life making engravings of the ancient architectural monuments. The whole collection amounted to about 2000 engravings and was published in 29 volumes in Paris, 1835-1837. Piranesi was aided by his son, Francesco, who later was in correspondence with Jefferson." "41980","22","","","","Edifices anciennes de Rome par Desgodetz.","","fol. Paris. 1779.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 19, as above.","Desgodets, Antoine Babuty.","Les édifices Antiques de Rome, mesurés et dessinés tres-exactement sur les lieux par feu M. Desgodetz, Architecte du Roi. Nouvelle édition. A Paris: chez Claude-Antoine Jombert, Fils aîné, De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur. M. DCC. LXXIX. Avec Approbation, et Privilège du Roi. [1779.]","","

Royal folio. 77 leaves of text including the engraved title, by and after Desgodets, 137 numbered engraved plates, full and double-page, by De Chastillon, Le Clerc, P. and J. le Pautre, N. Guérard, Brebes, Bonnart, Tournier and Marotte, all after Desgodets, colophon on the last page of text.

Quérard II, 513. Kimball, page 93.

Jefferson's copy was bought from Froullé in Paris on July 20, 1791, through the agency of William Short, at the time in Amsterdam. The price was 72.

Jefferson's letter to William Short of January 24, 1791, quoted in the preceding entry, after the request for a set of Piranesi's drawings, continues:

. . . to this I wish Frouillé would add Desgodetz's antient buildings of Rome. I must on another occasion open a correspondence with him to send me the books I may want, & have their amount remitted to him once year. I mention this book now as immediately wanting & as a good opportunity may occur for sending it . . .

Again, in the letter of March 16, the similar request for Piranesi's drawings is followed by a similar request for the work of Desgodets:

. . . to this I wish Frouillé would add Desgodetz's antient buildings of Rome. I must on another occasion open a correspondence with him to send me the books I may want, & have their amount remitted to him once a year. I mention this book now as immediately wanting & as a good opportunity may occur for sending it . . .

Antoine Babuty Desgodets, 1653-1728, French architect, was born in Paris. This work was published at the expense of the King and by order of Colbert after the return of Desgodets from Rome where he had spent sixteen months in study. The first edition appeared in 1682." "41990","J. 23","","","","Architettura del Alberti.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 5, as above.","Alberti, Leonbatista.","L'Architettvra di Leonbatista Alberti tradotta in Lingva Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli, Gentilhuomo, & Academico Fiorentino. Con la aggiunta de' Disegni. In Venètia: Appresso Francesco Franceschi, Sanese, 1565.","NA2515 .A33","

4to. 276 leaves in eights, including 2 leaves (1 double leaf) inserted after sig. V, included in the numbering, the second leaf marked X on the recto, with a double page woodcut illustration on the verso of the first, and the recto of the second leaf, the other sides blank, title within a woodcut symbolic border, woodcut portrait within an oval frame on the verso, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text including 2 with pieces attached and folded, register and colophon at the end. Dedicated by Cosimo Bartoli, the translator, to Cosimo de' Medici, Dvca di Firenze, et di Siena.

Ebert 340. Kimball, page 92.

Eighteenth century French calf, gilt back, gilt line borders on sides, mottled edges (back repaired), probably bound for Jefferson in France, not initialled by him; marbled endpapers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.

Leonbatista (also written Leone Battista) Alberti, 1404-1472, Italian architect, painter, poet and musician. This work was originally written in Latin, De Re Aedificatoria, and printed by Alemannus in Florence in 1485.

Casimir Bartoli, c. 1503-c. 1572, Italian architect and scholar, published the first edition of his translation of Alberti's work in 1550." "42000","J. 24","Elementi di Architettura del Padre Sanvitali . . . . Elementi di Architettura del Preti. . . . . . . . . Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio delle volte del Abate Mascheroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Etienne d'un Ciment impenetrable à l'eau . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 16, as above, but reading richerche.","

Four books (actually five) bound together in 1 volume, French calf, back in compartments, with red morocco labels, lettered in gilt: Architec/; Sanvital/ Preti/; Maschero/ Etienne/; marbled end-papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought these books separately, and had them bound. They are entered bracketed together in his dated and in his undated manuscript catalogues, and one of them, Etienne, has its own price added. A pamphlet is included in the binding, not mentioned by Jefferson in his catalogues, and not listed in any of the Library of Congress catalogues. It is inserted between Preti and Mascheroni, as follows:","","","","","Migneron De Brocqueville.","Description du pont de Brienne, construit à Bordeaux en bois amélioré et ceintré, par Monsieur Migneron de Brocqueville, auteur de la découverte pour l'amélioration et le ceintrage des bois. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [Bordeaux, 1788?]","","4to. 11 leaves, printed on blue paper, with the original front paper wrapper, folded engraved plate at the end of the Pont de Brienne 1787 Gravé à Bordeaux par de Villeneuve, 1788; no title page, the caption title, caption title for the Seconde Feuille, No. 2, and paragraph headings in civilité type, various dates within the year 1787 occur in the text." "42010","J. 24","Elementi di Architettura del Padre Sanvitali . . . . Elementi di Architettura del Preti. . . . . . . . . Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio delle volte del Abate Mascheroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Etienne d'un Ciment impenetrable à l'eau . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 16, as above, but reading richerche.","

Four books (actually five) bound together in 1 volume, French calf, back in compartments, with red morocco labels, lettered in gilt: Architec/; Sanvital/ Preti/; Maschero/ Etienne/; marbled end-papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought these books separately, and had them bound. They are entered bracketed together in his dated and in his undated manuscript catalogues, and one of them, Etienne, has its own price added. A pamphlet is included in the binding, not mentioned by Jefferson in his catalogues, and not listed in any of the Library of Congress catalogues. It is inserted between Preti and Mascheroni, as follows:","","1.","","","Sanvitale, Federigo.","Elementi di Architettura Civile del Padre Federico Sanvitali della Compagnia di Gesu. Opera Postuma. In Brescia: dalle Stampe di Giammaria Rizzardi, MDCCLXV. Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1765.]","NA2515 .S2","

4to. 58 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Cagnoni, woodcut coat of arms on the last leaf, otherwise blank, engraved head-piece, IV numbered folded engraved plates at the end.

Not in Brunet, Graesse or Ebert. Backer VII, 602, 18. Kimball, page 99.

Federigo Sanvitale, 1704-1761, Italian architect and mathematician, began his career as a teacher of eloquence, literature and philosophy, but eventually devoted himself to mathematics and architecture. He was sent by his superiors to Brescia, where he remained for the rest of his life." "42020","J. 24","Elementi di Architettura del Padre Sanvitali . . . . Elementi di Architettura del Preti. . . . . . . . . Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio delle volte del Abate Mascheroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Etienne d'un Ciment impenetrable à l'eau . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 16, as above, but reading richerche.","

Four books (actually five) bound together in 1 volume, French calf, back in compartments, with red morocco labels, lettered in gilt: Architec/; Sanvital/ Preti/; Maschero/ Etienne/; marbled end-papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought these books separately, and had them bound. They are entered bracketed together in his dated and in his undated manuscript catalogues, and one of them, Etienne, has its own price added. A pamphlet is included in the binding, not mentioned by Jefferson in his catalogues, and not listed in any of the Library of Congress catalogues. It is inserted between Preti and Mascheroni, as follows:","","2.","","","Preti, Francesco Maria.","Elementi di Architettura del Signor Francesco Maria Preti. In Venezia, MDCCLXXX. Appresso Giovanni Gatti, Con Pubblica Permissione. [1780.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 35 leaves, the last for the errori and correzioni, 4 folded engraved plates, 2 signed by G. Testolin.

Kimball, page 99.

Francesco Maria Preti, 1701-1774, Italian architect and mathematician. This work was published post-humously by his pupil, Giordano Riccati." "42030","J. 24","Elementi di Architettura del Padre Sanvitali . . . . Elementi di Architettura del Preti. . . . . . . . . Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio delle volte del Abate Mascheroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Etienne d'un Ciment impenetrable à l'eau . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 16, as above, but reading richerche.","

Four books (actually five) bound together in 1 volume, French calf, back in compartments, with red morocco labels, lettered in gilt: Architec/; Sanvital/ Preti/; Maschero/ Etienne/; marbled end-papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought these books separately, and had them bound. They are entered bracketed together in his dated and in his undated manuscript catalogues, and one of them, Etienne, has its own price added. A pamphlet is included in the binding, not mentioned by Jefferson in his catalogues, and not listed in any of the Library of Congress catalogues. It is inserted between Preti and Mascheroni, as follows:","","3.","","","Mascheroni, Lorenzo.","Nuove Ricerche sull' Equilibrio delle Volte dell' Abate Lorenzo Mascheroni Professore di Filosofia nel Collegio Mariano Acc. Ecc., e corrispondente dell' Accademia di Padova . . . Bergamo: per Francesco Locatelli, 1785.","","

First Edition. 4to. 78 leaves including the first blank, XIII numbered engraved plates of diagrams.

Not in Brunet or Graesse. Ebert 13337. Kimball, page 96.

In a letter dated from Paris on December 23, 1788, to Thomas Paine in London largely concerned with his bridge, Jefferson mentioned this work:

. . . you hesitate between the catenary, and portion of a circle. I have lately received from Italy a treatise on the equilibrium of arches by the Abbé Mascheroni. it appears to be a very scientifical work. I have not yet had time to engage in it. but I find that the conclusions of his demonstrations are that 'every part of the Catenary is in perfect equilibrium. it is a great point then, in a new experiment, to adopt the sole arch where the pressure will be equally borne by every point of it. if any one point is pushed with accumulated pressure, it will introduce a danger foreign to the essential part of the plan . . .

Lorenzo Mascheroni, 1750-1800, Italian mathematician and professor of philosophy." "42040","J. 24","Elementi di Architettura del Padre Sanvitali . . . . Elementi di Architettura del Preti. . . . . . . . . Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio delle volte del Abate Mascheroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Etienne d'un Ciment impenetrable à l'eau . . . . 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 16, as above, but reading richerche.","

Four books (actually five) bound together in 1 volume, French calf, back in compartments, with red morocco labels, lettered in gilt: Architec/; Sanvital/ Preti/; Maschero/ Etienne/; marbled end-papers, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It seems probable that Jefferson bought these books separately, and had them bound. They are entered bracketed together in his dated and in his undated manuscript catalogues, and one of them, Etienne, has its own price added. A pamphlet is included in the binding, not mentioned by Jefferson in his catalogues, and not listed in any of the Library of Congress catalogues. It is inserted between Preti and Mascheroni, as follows:","","4.","","","Etienne, Jean d'.","Mémoire sur la Découverte d'un Ciment impénétrable a l'Eau; et sur l'Application de ce même Ciment a une Terrasse de la Maison de l'Auteur. Par M. d'Etienne, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de S. Louis, &c. &c. Prix, Trois Livres. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi. Et se vend chez l'Auteur, M. DCC. LXXXII. [1782.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 14 leaves, the last 2 for the Supplément, with separate pagination.

Quérard III, 39. Kimball, page 93.

This book is the only one of these four, bracketed together, to which Jefferson has added the price, 3., in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jean D'Etienne, 1725-1798, French engineer and mathematician, dedicated this work to Cassini de Thury, the Director of the Observatoire Royal, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris.

Ph.-D. Pierres was the printer of the original edition of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia; see no. 4167. For other works printed by him, see the Index." "42050","25","","","","De la Faye sur la chaux des Romains.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 129, [De la Faye sur la chaux des Romains, 8vo] ante C. 15, 69.","La Faye, Polycarpe de.","Recherches sur la Préparation que les Romains donnoient a la Chaux dont ils se servoient pour leurs constructions, & sur la composition & l'emploi de leurs Mortiers. Par M. de La Faye, Trésorier général des Gratifications des Troupes. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, M. DCCLXXVII. [1777.]","TP880 .R7L2","

First Edition. 8vo. 51 leaves.

Quérard IV, 390. Kimball, page 95.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0.

This work was originally entered by Jefferson in Chapter XV, Technical Arts—Building; this entry was deleted by him, and the book re-entered in this chapter. In the Library of Congress catalogues the book was retained in Chapter XV; see no. 1176." "42060","26","","","","Dictionnaire d'Architecture, civile, militaire et navale. par Roland de Virloys.","","3. v. in 2. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 17, as above, but reading par De Virloys.","Roland Le Virloys, Charles François.","Dictionnaire d'Architecture, Civile, Militaire et Navale, Antique, Ancienne et Moderne, et de tous les Arts et Métiers qui en dépendent; dont tous les Termes sont exprimés, en François, Latin, Italien, Espagnol, Anglois et Allemand; enrichi de cent une Planches de Figures en Taille-douce, pour en faciliter l'intelligence; auquel on a joint une Notice des Architectes, Ingénieurs, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, & autres Artistes les plus célèbres, dont on rapporte les principaux Ouvrages. Par M. C. F. Roland Le Virloys, ci-devant Architecte du Roi de Prusse, & depuis de l'Impératrice-Reine. Trois Volumes in-quarto. Tome Premier [-Troisieme]. A Paris: chez les Libraires Associés, M. DCC. LXX. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1770-71]","NA31 .R6","

First Edition. 3 vol. in 2, 4to. Vol. I, 325 leaves, vol. II, 337 leaves; vol. III, 78 leaves of text, followed by 158 leaves of Vocabulaires Latin, Italien, Espagnol, Anglois, et Allemand, with separate signatures and pagination and 99 numbered engraved plates, folded and full-page, including 7 folded plates containing the Monogrammes, Chiffres, Lettres Initiales, &c. des Peintres et Graveurs. At the foot of the last leaf before the plates is the printer's imprint: De l'imprimerie de Quillau, rue du Fouare, 1771.

Quérard VIII, 123. Kimball, page 99.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 60.0. Jefferson evidently had his copy bound in 2 volumes. The Library of Congress copy is bound in the usual way in three volumes.

Charles François Roland Le Virloys, 1716-1772, French architect, was for a time architect to the King of Prussia." "42070","27","","","","Kirby's perspective of architecture on Brook Taylor's principles.","","2. v. g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. BB, as above.","Kirby, John Joshua.","The Perspective of Architecture. A Work entirely new; deduced from the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor; and performed by Two Rules only of Universal Application. Begun by Command of His present Majesty, when Prince of Wales. By Joshua Kirby, Designer in Perspective to His Majesty. [-Part the Second.] London: Published by Jos. Kirby, Feb. 21st 1761.","NA2710 .K6 fol","

2 vol. Imperial folio. 76 leaves of text, engraved frontispiece by L. Ryland after Kirby, engraved head-piece by C. Grignon after S. Wale, engraved cul-de-lampe by T. Chambars after J. Wale, LXXIII numbered engraved plates, by A. Walker, F. Patton, J. Fougeron, P. Mazell and others, some with the imprint Published by Jos. Kirby, Feb. 21st. 1761. This work was published in 2 volumes; the Library of Congress copy is bound in 1 volume, without a title-leaf, and with the title for the second part in its place at the beginning.

Lowndes III, 1278. Kimball, page 95.

Entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

''The method was that of parallel perspective with the vanishing point far to one side, as used in Jefferson's bird's eye view of the University of Virginia described later among the drawings in possession of the University.''— Kimball.

John Joshua Kirby, 1716-1774, English painter, landscape gardener and architect, was clerk of the works at Kew Palace. He was secretary, and for a short time president of the Incorporated Society of Artists.

Brook Taylor, 1685-1731, English mathematician, the inventor of ''Taylor's theorum'', published his Linear Perspective in 1715, and his New Principles of Linear Perspective in 1719. These principles are presented in Kirby's work in a simplified form." "42080","28","","","","Mitchell's Perspectives of buildings in Engld & Scotld.","","gr. fol. Fr. Eng.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. V, Mitchell's Perspectives of Buildings in England and Scotland, and his Gothic Architecture, Fr. Eng. gr. fol.","Mitchell, Robert.","Plans, and Views in Perspective, with Descriptions, of Buildings erected in England and Scotland: and also an Essay, to elucidate the Grecian, Roman and Gothic Architecture, accompanied with Designs. By Robert Mitchell, Architect. Plans, Descriptions, et Vues en Perspective, des Edifices erigés en Angleterre et en Ecosse: suivis d'un Essai sur l'Architecture Greque, Romaine et Gothique, avec des Desseins illustratifs. Par Robert Mitchell, Architecte. London: printed, at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co. for the Author: and sold by J. Taylor; R. Faulder; J. and T. Carpenter; T. Evans; and J. White, 1801.","NA2620 .M5","

First Edition. Atlas folio. 18 leaves of text, printed in English and French, French imprint at the end of the text, 18 plates after R. Mitchell, one printed in colors, all with the legend in English and French.

Lowndes III, 1579. Redgrave, page 204. Kimball, page 96.

Dr. Kimball notes that Jefferson acquired this book between 1801 and 1805: ''The date of publication fixes the earlier limit, the date of binding, August, 1805 (bill of J. March, Jefferson Papers, Mass. Hist. Soc.), the later limit.'' The binding bill of John March for this date available to us does not list this work.

Robert Mitchell, fl. 1800, English architect, designed a number of residences in England and in Scotland, including Selwood Park, Berkshire, Moor-Place, Hertfordshire, Preston Hall, Edinburgh, and in 1801 published this book of plans and views of his designs for these buildings." "42090","29","","","","Monumens de Nismes de Clerissault.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. S, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Clérisseau, Charles Louis.","Antiquités de la France, par M. Clérisseau, Architecte, de l'Académie Royale de Peinture & Sculpture de Paris, Membre de la Société Royale de Peinture, Sculpture & Architecture de Londres. Premiere Partie. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres; et se vend chez l'Auteur, Le Sieur Poulleau, Graveur, Le Sieur Joullain, Md d'Estampes, M. DCC. LXXVIII. [1778.]","NA335 .N5C6 fol","

First Edition. Atlas folio. Part I. [all published] 12 leaves of text, including the half-title reading: Monumens de Nismes and 1 leaf with the list of Subscribers' names. Engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved head-pieces, engraved cul-de-lampe by C. Poulleau after Clérisseau, engraved frontispiece of the Temple de Diane à Nimes by Poulleau, 41 engraved plates of the Maison quarrée and other antiquities of Nîmes, numbered, fullpage or double-page, some unsigned, others signed C.R.G. Poulleau. The subscribers' names include M. le Due de Rochefoucaud, Pair de France; M. le Comte de Tessé, Grand d'Espagne; M. Silvestre, Chevalier de Saint-Michel; M. l'Abbé Arnaud, de l'Académie Francaise, M. Molinos, Architecte and a number of others from France, four from Italy and nineteen from England including Milord Dunmore and Milady Dunmore.

Quérard II, 227. Not in De Ricci-Cohen. Kimball, page 93.

Jefferson bought this book from Clérisseau himself. An entry in his notebook, under date June 2, 1786, reads: pd. Clerissault for a book 72 f. The book is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue with that price. This purchase was made the year before Jefferson visited Nîmes. For Jefferson's accounts of Nîmes, see no. 3886. Charles Louis Clérisseau, 1722-1820, French painter and architect, studied the models of antiquity in Rome. In addition to being a member of the Academies at Paris and London as stated on the title-page, he was also a member of the academy at St. Petersburg, and took the title of painter to the Empress, Catherine II. Clérisseau achieved a great reputation in France, and survived the Revolution." "42100","30","","","","Lubersac sur les monumens publiques.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 20, as above.","Lubersac De Livron, Abbé Charles François de.","Discours sur les monumens publics de tous les âges et des tous les peuples connus, suivi d'une description de monument projeté à la gloire de Louis XVI et de la France, terminé par quelques observations sur les principaux monumens modernes de la ville de Paris, et plusieurs projets de décoration et d'utilité publique pour cette capitale. Dédié au roi. Par m. l'Abbe de Lubersac . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1775.","","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 167 leaves, engraved frontispiece portrait of the King by Masquelier after Monnet, plates by Masquelier after Touzé; no copy was available for collation.

Quérard V, 381. De Ricci-Cohen 661. Kimball, page 96.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 10.

Charles François de Lubersac de Livron, 1730-1784, French abbé and author." "42110","31","","","","Monumens de Louis XV. par Patte.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. U, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Patte, Pierre.","Monumens érigés en France a la Gloire de Louis XV, précédés d'un Tableau du progrès des Arts & des Sciences sous ce règne, ainsi que d'une Description des Honneurs & des Monumens de gloire accordés aux grands Hommes, tant chez les Anciens que chez les Modernes; et suivis d'un choix des principaux Projets qui ont été proposés, pour placer la Statue du Roi dans les différens quartiers de Paris: par M. Patte, Architecte de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince Palatin, Duc-régnant de Deux-Ponts. Ouvrage enrichi des Places du Roi, gravées en taille-douce . . . A Paris: chez l'Auteur; Desaint; Saillant, M. DCC. LXV. Avec Approbation et Privilége du Roi. [1765.]","NA1046 .P3 1765a fol","

First Edition. Imperial folio. 121 leaves of text, the last for the Privilege, errata, and Avis au Relieur, engraved vignette on the title, engraved head-pieces by Cochin after Boucher (with a portrait of the King by Le Mire), by Marvye and by Patte, LVII numbered plates, many folded, by Loyer, Le Mire, Marvie, Baquoi, and others, after Patte, Marvie, Contant, Le Carpentier, Slotz and others.

Brunet IV, 443. Graesse V, 170. Quérard VI, 634. De Ricci-Cohen, col. 786. Kimball, page 98.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 24.

Pierre Patte, 1723-1814, French architect." "42120","32","","","","Discours sur les monumens publics. par Kersaint.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 11, as above.","Kersaint, Armand Gui Simon Coetnempren, Comte de.","Discours sur les Monuments Publics, prononcé au Conseil du Département de Paris, le 15 décembre 1791, par Armand-Guy Kersaint, Administrateur et Député Suppléant au Département de Paris . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Ainé, M. DCC. XCII. [1792.]","NA4298 .P2C6","

First Edition. 4to. 47 leaves of text, 12 engraved plates, numbered, full-page and folded, by Poulleau after Molinos, Le Grand, dated 1791.

Quérard IV, 298. Not in Brunet. Not in De Ricci-Cohen. Kimball, page 95.

Armand Gui Simon Coetnempren, Comte de Kersaint, 1741-1793, French naval captain, was for a time administrator of the Département of Paris. He was Député for the Département of Paris in the Legislative, and for Seine-et-Oise in the Convention. He voted against the death of the King, and resigned to the President of the Convention on the day of the King's death. He was himself executed in 1793." "42130","33","","","","Smeaton's Narrative of Eddystone lighthouse.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. Y, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Smeaton, John.","A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: to which is subjoined, an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a Sand. By John Smeaton, Civil Engineer, F.R.S. London: Printed for the Author, by H. Hughs: sold by G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1791.","TC375 .S63","

First Edition. Atlas folio. 106 leaves of text, 23 fullpage engravings by Wm. Faden, 1784, 5, 1789, 90; Henry Roberts, 1761, 2; J. Record, 1784, 5, 6, 1788, 90 and Ed. Rooker 1663, engraving on the title-page by A. Birrel, 1789, after M. Dixon; Advertisement to the Reader tipped in on the leaf of Preface.

Lowndes V, 2415. Kimball, page 100.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him from London by Benjamin Vaughan. In a letter to him dated from Philadelphia May 11, 1791, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I thank you, my dear Sir, for the Sacontalá, and for Smeaton's book: but the latter is of a value which obliges me to request you to put more reasonable bounds to your liberalities, neither the state of the sciences nor of the arts here putting it in my power to fulfill that reciprosity which my wishes would lead me to . . .

James Smeaton, 1724-1792, English engineer, was appointed to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone reef immediately after the destruction by fire of the existing lighthouse in 1755. Smeaton's book contains an account of the two lighthouses which had been erected on this reef previous to his own. The first, designed by Henry Winstanley, was begun in 1696 and destroyed by a gale in November 1703. The second, designed by Rudyerd, was built in 1706, and lasted until 1755.

The building of Smeaton's lighthouse was begun on August 3, 1756, and completed in 1759. The plates also contain illustrations of Winstanley's and of Rudyerd's designs, as well as of those of Smeaton." "42140","34","","","","Plans des maisons de Paris par Krafft et Ransonnette","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 21, as above.","Krafft, Johann Karl, and Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas.","Plans, Coupes, élévations des plus belles Maisons et des Hotels construits a Paris et dans les Environs. Publiés par J.-Ch. Krafft, Architecte, et N. Ransonnette, Graveur. A Paris: chez Les deux Associés, Krafft, Architecte, et Ransonnette, Graveur; Ch. Pougens, Imprimeur-Libraire; Fuchs, Libraire; Calixte Volland, Libraire; Levrault, Libraire . . . Grundrisse, Durchschnitte und Aufrisse der Schoensten in Paris und der umliegenden gegend befindlichen Haeuser und Pallaeste. Herausgegeben von J. Ch. Krafft, Baumeister, und N. Ransonnette, Kupfestecher. Paris: bey Im Verlage bey den Herausgebern, dem Baumeister Krafft, und dem Kupferstecher Ransonnette; Carl Pougens, Buchdrucker und Buchhaendler; Fuchs, Buchhaendler; Calixte Volland, Buchhaendler; Levrault, Buchhaendler . . . Plans, Forms, Elevations of the most remarkable Houses and Hotels erected in Paris and its Environs published by J. Ch. Krafft, Architect, and Ransonnette, Engraver. Paris: by Sold by the Editors, Krafft, Architect, and Ransonnette, Engraver; Ch. Pougens, Bookseller; Fuchs, Bookseller; Calixte Volland, Bookseller; Levrault, Bookseller; De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, n.d. [1801, 2.]","NA7348 .P2K8 fol.","

First Edition. Imperial folio. Engraved frontispiece Inventé et Gravé par N. Ransonnette, printed title as above, 1 leaf of Advertissement, followed by the Explication des Planches on 21 leaves, the text throughout in French, German and English in parallel columns, 120 numbered engraved plates by Ransonnette after Krafft.

Brunet III, 694. Quérard IV, 315. Graesse IV, 46. De Ricci-Cohen, col. 530. Kimball, page 95.

The copy in the Library of Congress is without date. In all the bibliographies consulted with the exception of De Ricci-Cohen the work is dated an IX and X (1801, 2). De Ricci-Cohen dates the work (vers 1800).

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt of Baltimore on December 24, 1804, price $40.00. It was offered to him by Reibelt in a letter dated from Baltimore, December 13, 1804:

Le dernier Exemplaire, qui me restoit, des Plans des Maisons de Paris—n'a certainement pü être mieux place que dans votre bibliothèque.

Je n'en ai plus, mais j'en attends et j'aurois l'honneur de vous en envoyer 2 Exempl. aussitot que je les aurois reçus . . .

On December 15, Reibelt wrote to say that Jefferson would find it in the first case of a number with books sent on approval for selection by the Secretary of State. On December 24, Jefferson sent Reibelt a list of those he had selected for his personal library, of which the first was this work. The book appears on several lists of books bought during the year 1804 made by Jefferson including a statement in his own hand of his account with Reibelt, with the date of purchase, December 24, and the price 40D.

The binding bill of John March, Georgetown, includes under the date March 7, 1805, the entry: 1 vol. folio. Maisons de Paris plates reduced difficult Ext. Calf gilt 5.00. The work was issued in 20 livraisons, each containing 6 plates and the accompanying text. On January 20, 1806, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt at Baltimore:

. . . I have at length found a moment to revise the Catalogue you were so kind as to send me in your's of the 11th. and I reduce my wants at present to those above stated, & shall avail myself of the kind offer of m[???] Guestier to have them brought from Bordeaux . . .

The first of those ''above stated'' was

Des plans et coupes des Maisons de Paris par Krafft et Ransonet in fol. la livraison et suiv en feuilles. Immediately after this Reibelt announced his departure for New Orleans, and arrangements were made for the importation of Jefferson's books from Europe.

On June 16, Dufour of Amsterdam sent to T. H. Backer a bill for books for Monsieur le President Jefferson, and in a footnote explained: La 20me livraison des Plans, coupes &c. des maisons & Hotels de Paris par Krafft est la derniere de l'ouvrage.

Johann Karl Krafft, 1764-1833, was born in Austria, but spent the greater part of his life in Paris. He published a number of books on architecture.

Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette, 1745-1810, French engraver, engraved the plates for a number of the French illustrated books issued in the eighteenth century." "42150","J. 35","Bibliotheque d'Architecture de Jombert. partie 4me. viz. Parallele de l'architecture antique et Moderne par Errard et Chambray. 8vo. do. 2de. partie. Architecture de Palladio. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 6, Bibliotheque d'Architecture de Jombert, partie 4me. Parallele de l'Architecture antique et moderne, par Errard et Chambray, et 2de partie Architecture de Palladio, 2 v 8vo.","

[TBE]Bibliotheque Portative d'Architecture élémentaire, à l'usage des Artistes. Divisée en six Parties. Seconde Partie. Contenant l'Architecture de Palladio. [-Quatrieme Partie. Contenant le Parallele de l'Architecture Antique avec la Moderne.] NA2515 .P254 1764 NA2810 .F8[/TBE]

Together 2 vol. 8vo. uniformly bound in mottled calf, gilt, r.e., marbled endpapers, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.","Seconde Partie.","i.","","","Palladio, Andrea.","Architecture de Palladio, contenant les cinq Ordres d'Architecture, suivant cet Auteur, ses observations sur la maniere de bien bâtir, & son Traité des grands Chemins & des Ponts, tant de charpente que de maçonnerie. Nouvelle édition. A Paris: chez Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, M. DCC. LXIV. [1764.]","","

86 leaves, engraved symbolic frontispiece with title, 75 numbered engraved plates, full-page and folded.

Quérard VI, 568. Kimball, page 98.

Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the titlepage is the autograph signature of Jno. W. Eppes, and on the fly-leaf Jefferson has written in pencil:

D

prime cost supposed 15=2.75

worth in the US 4.81

This work forms the second of the four volumes of the Bibliothèque Portative d'Architecture élémentaire, published by Charles Antoine Jombert, 1712-1784, French printer and publisher." "42160","J. 35","Bibliotheque d'Architecture de Jombert. partie 4me. viz. Parallele de l'architecture antique et Moderne par Errard et Chambray. 8vo. do. 2de. partie. Architecture de Palladio. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 6, Bibliotheque d'Architecture de Jombert, partie 4me. Parallele de l'Architecture antique et moderne, par Errard et Chambray, et 2de partie Architecture de Palladio, 2 v 8vo.","

[TBE]Bibliotheque Portative d'Architecture élémentaire, à l'usage des Artistes. Divisée en six Parties. Seconde Partie. Contenant l'Architecture de Palladio. [-Quatrieme Partie. Contenant le Parallele de l'Architecture Antique avec la Moderne.] NA2515 .P254 1764 NA2810 .F8[/TBE]

Together 2 vol. 8vo. uniformly bound in mottled calf, gilt, r.e., marbled endpapers, the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.","Quatrième Partie.","ii","","","Errard, Charles, and Fréart De Chambray, Roland.","Parallele de l'Architecture Antique avec la Moderne, suivant les dix principaux Auteurs qui ont écrit sur les cinq Ordres. Par MM. Errard & de Chambray. Nouvelle Edition augmentée des Piedestaux pour les cinq Ordres, suivant les mêmes Auteurs, & du Parallele de M. Errard avec M. Perrault, &c. Par Charles-Antoine Jombert. A Paris: chez l'Auteur, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, M. DCC. LXVI. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1766.]","","

80 leaves, engraved frontispiece and 63 numbered engraved plates.

Quérard III, 30 and 201. Kimball, page 94.

Not initialled by Jefferson, with a note by him in the margin of page 27, and on the plate no. 15, with a reference to Palladio and Desgodetz.

In a letter to N. G. Dufief (Philadelphia) ordering a number of books from France, and dated from Washington March 23, 1802, Jefferson wrote:

. . . In the Parallele de l'Architecture antique et Moderne par Errard et Chambray edited by Jombert, which I possess in 8vo. he speaks of this as only the 4th. volume of his Bibliotheque portative d'architecture, and promises a 5th. volume containing les elemens d'Architecture, peinture & sculpture, and a 6th. under the title of le Manuel des artistes. I should be glad to possess the whole work compleat . . .

It is probably to this work that Jefferson referred in his letter to Dufief dated more than a year later, on May 5, 1803, concerning a number of books, and in which he wrote:

. . . I suppose Jombert's works in architecture . . . were not to be had . . .

Charles Errard, 1606-1689, French architect, was the director of the Académie de France at Rome. He obtained in Italy materials for a continuation of the Parallele de l'Architecture, but died before he was able to complete his project.

Roland Fréart, Sieur de Chambray, d. ?1676, worked with Errard.

This work forms the fourth and last volume in 8vo of Jombert's Bibliothèque Portative d'Architecture. Six 8vo volumes were planned, but only four were published, as follows:

i. Vignola. Règles des cinq ordres d'architecture, 1764.

ii. Palladio, as described above.

iii. Scamozzi, Oeuvres d'architecture, 1764.

iv. Errard et Chambray, as above." "42170","36","","","","Inigo Jones's & Ld. Burlington's designs by Kent.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. X, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Jones, Inigo.","The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Publish'd by William Kent, with some Additional Designs The First [-Second] Volume. M.DCC.XXVII. Without name of place or printer. [1727.]","NA997 .J7K4 fol.","

First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. Imperial Folio. Vol. I. engraved frontispiece by B. Barton after W. Kent with a portrait of Jones, engraved vignette with a portrait of Jones on the title-page, followed by 6 leaves of text, the last for the list of subscribers, engraved vignettes and initials by Fourdrinier after Kent, 52 plates (numbered 73, the double and triple plates being so numbered), the architectural designs of the greater number by Inigo Jones, 7 by William Kent, 4 by the Earl of Burlington, engraved by H. Hulsbergh, P. Fourdrinier, I. Cole and Herrisset after drawings by H. Flitcroft or William Kent. Vol. II, four leaves of printed matter, including the titlepage with the portrait vignette on the first title repeated, 45 engraved plates, (numbered 63, each page being separately numbered), the greater number from architectural designs by Inigo Jones, 5 after designs by the Earl of Burlington, and 4 after Palladio, the drawings by H. Flitcroft, 2 engraved by I. Cole, the rest by H. Hulsbergh.

Lowndes III, 1226. Kimball, page 95.

In his notes on the decorative structures for Monticello, made in 1779, Jefferson several times refers to the designs of Inigo Jones, thus establishing the fact that he either owned a copy of this work before that year, or at least had access to one. See Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect, pages 133, 134.

This work was issued in two volumes. Jefferson's copy was bound in 1 volume. The copy in the Library of Congress is bound in 1 volume but has no other signs of having come from Jefferson's library.

Inigo Jones, 1573-1652, English architect and designer of masques, studied in Italy. During his lifetime he designed many important buildings in England, including the Banqueting House in Whitehall, Lincoln's Inn Chapel, the piazza at Covent Garden, the grand portico at St. Paul's Cathedral and many other buildings. A considerable number of Jones' drawings eventually came into the hands of the Earl of Burlington, and were published by William Kent in 1727.

Richard Boyle, 1695-1753, third Earl of Burlington, spent several years in Italy and became an admirer of Palladio. In Italy he made the acquaintance of William Kent, who resided at Burlington House until his death, and it was through Burlington that Kent published the designs of Inigo Jones.

William Kent, 1684-1748, English painter, sculptor, architect and landscape gardener. He studied in Rome, where in 1716 he made the acquaintance of the Earl of Burlington, in whose house in London he lived for the rest of his life." "42180","37","","","","Gibbs's designs for buildings.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. W, Gibb's Designs in Architecture, gr. fol.","Gibbs, James.","A Book of Architecture, containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments. By James Gibbs. London: Printed MDCCXXVIII. [1728.]","NA2620 .G5 fol","

First Edition. Imperial folio. 32 leaves of text, 150 numbered engraved plates, full or double-page, after architectural designs by J. Gibbs, by H. Hulsbergh, J. Harris, and E. Kirkall. The printed matter consists of the title, leaf of dedication to John Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, Introduction, 2 leaves, the description of the plates, and the list of subscribers (3 pages).

Lowndes II, 887. Kimball, page 94.

Jefferson was using this book in 1770 and 1771. See Kimball, page 129.

For a note on Gibbs, see no. 4184.," "42190","38","","","","Morris's select architecture.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page, 130, no. 14, Morris's Select Architecture and Designs, 4to.","Morris, Robert.","Select Architecture: being regular Designs of Plans and Elevations well suited to both Town and Country; in which the Magnificence and Beauty, the Purity and Simplicity of Designing for every Species of that Noble Art, is accurately treated, and with great Variety exemplified, from the Plain Town-House to the Stately Hotel, and in the Country from the genteel and convenient Farm-House to the Parochial Church. With Suitable Embellishments. Also Bridges, Baths, Summer-Houses, &c. to all which such Remarks, Explanations and Scales are annexed, that the Comprehension is rendered easy, and Subject most agreeable. Illustrated with Fifty Copper Plates, Quarto. By Robert Morris, Surveyor. London: sold by Robert Sayer, MDCCLV. Price 10s. 6d. [1755.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 10 leaves of text, title printed in red and black, engraved architectural vignette on the titlepage, 50 numbered engraved plates by Parr after Robt. Morris, 2 blank leaves at the beginning and at the end. Redgrave, page 298. Kimball, page 96.

Robert Morris, fl. 1754, English architect. He built several mansions in England including Wimbledon House, and was the author of a number of books. On the title of his Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture he is described as ''of Twickenham.''" "42200","39","","","","Chambers's Chinese designs","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. Z, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Chambers, Sir William.","Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils. Engraved by the Best Hands, from the Originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, Architect, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence. To which is annexed, A Description of their Temples, Houses, Gardens, &c. London: published for the Author, and sold by him next Door to Tom's Coffee-house, Russelstreet, Covent-Garden: also by Mess. Dodsley; Mess. Wilson and Durham; Mr. A. Millar; and Mr. R. Willock, MDCCLVII.—Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines, et Ustenciles des Chinois. Gravés sur les Originaux dessinés à la Chine par Mr. Chambers, Architecte, Membre de l'Académie Impériale des Arts à Florence. Auxquels est ajoutée une Description de leurs Temples, de leurs Maisons, de leurs Jardins, &c. A Londres: de l'Imprimerie de J. Haberkorn; se vend chez l'Auteur, à coté du Caffé de Tom en Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; & chez A. Millar & J. Nourse, MDCCLVII. [1757.]","DS708 .C4","

First Edition. Royal Folio. 2 parts in 1, 15 and 14 leaves, 21 numbered engraved plates by P. Fourdrinier, Rooker, P. Sandby, and C. Grignon; the French title and text follows the English text, with the omission of the leaf with subscribers' names; the plates are at the end.

Lowndes I, 407. Kimball, page 92.

According to Dr. Kimball, Jefferson was acquainted with this book in 1771 and had already copied designs from it. See Kimball, Thomas Jefferson, Architect, page 126.

Sir William Chambers, 1726-1796, architect, was born in Stockholm. He was educated in England and after serving for a short time as supercargo to the Swedish East India Company he devoted himself to the study of art and architecture. He visited China and published books on Chinese architecture and Oriental gardening. He was the architect for a number of mansions in England, and for other notable buildings, including Somerset House in the Strand and the Chinese Pagoda at Kew Gardens." "42210","40","","","","Chippendale's Cabinet maker's Designs.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, p. 129, no. 23, as above.","Chippendale, Thomas.","The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a large collection of the most Elegant and Useful Designs of Houshold Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste: Including a great Variety of Book-Cases for Libraries or Private Rooms. Commodes, Library and Writing-Tables, Buroes, Breakfast-Tables, Dressing and China-Tables, China-Cases, Hanging-Shelves, Tea-Chests, Trays, Fire-Screens, Chairs, Settees, Sopha's, Beds, Presses and Cloaths-Chests, Pier-Glass Sconces, Slab Frames, Brackets, Candle-Stands, Clock-Cases, Frets, and other Ornaments. To which is prefixed, A Short Explanation of the Five Orders of Architecture, and Rules of Perspective; With Proper Directions for executing the most difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimensions of each Design specified: The Whole Comprehended in One Hundred and Sixty Copper-Plates, neatly Engraved, Calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life . . . By Thomas Chippendale, of St. Martin's-Lane, Cabinet-Maker. The Second Edition. London: Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Gerrard-Street, for the Author, and sold at his House in St. Martin's-Lane. Also by T. Osborne, Bookseller, in Gray's-Inn; H. Piers, Bookseller, in Holborn; R. Sayer, Printseller, in Fleetstreet; J. Swan, near Northumberland House, in the Strand. At Edinburgh, by Messrs. Hamilton and Balfour: And at Dublin, by Mr. John Smith, on the Blind Quay. M DCC LV. [1755.]","","

Folio. 19 leaves of text including the title in red and black, the Preface, Names of the Subscribers and the descriptions of the plates; engraved leaf of dedication to Hugh Earl of Northumberland, Baron Warkworth of Warkworth Castle, CLX numbered plates by T. Miller, M. Darly and others after T. Chippendale.

This edition not in Lowndes and not mentioned by Redgrave. Kimball, page 93.

Thomas Chippendale, d. 1779, cabinet maker, published the first edition of this work in 1754. A third edition appeared in 1762." "42220","41","","","","Portefeuille des artistes","","4. cahiers.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 13, Portefeuille de Artistes, ou Desseins et Plans de Chateaux, Maisons, &c. 4to Leipsic, 1800.","","Porte-Feuille des Artistes; ou Collection de Desseins et de Plans, pour servir à l'Ornament des Chateaux, Maisons, &c., le v. 4to; Leipsic, 1800.","","

4to. 1st volume only. This work has not been identified. Being printed in Leipsig it is possible that there may have been also a German title, though the title is always given in French by Jefferson and the dealer from whom he purchased his copy.

Not found in any bibliography. Kimball, page 98.

Purchased by Jefferson from Reibelt of Baltimore on June 21, 1805.

In a letter to Reibelt dated from Washington, May 29 1805, Jefferson wrote:

. . . In the catalogue of titles & prices you inclosed, I need some explanations. 'Portefeuille des Artistes 4.v. D c/14.40' European price. the work recieved announces itself to be 1. Vol. in 4. Cahiers. are there 3. other volumes of 4. Cahiers each? or by the expression '4.V.' do you mean 4.Cahiers? the same questions as to 'Plans d'Architecture par Beker 4. Vol. D/17.00' and 'Idem par Meinert 4.V. D/16.80'. 4. Cahiers of each of these are recieved. do these constitute but one of four volumes? or are they the whole work? if the latter, they would seem to be very dear. Beker for instance, at D c/27.02 would be 61. cents for every plate, many of which are mere ichnographies . . .

In his reply dated May 31, Reibelt explained:

. . . que du portefeuille des Artistes, et des Plans d'Architect. de Becker et de Meinert—Çe que vous avez en çe moment chez vous—coute en Europe respectivè 1440, 1700, et 1680 Cents. et que çes Ouvrages sont—par des egards particuliers—a votre disposition pour l'addition des fraix d'importation seulement, c'est a dire—40. pc. . . .

On June 21, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt and gave him a list of the books he was retaining from the box sent to him, which included in the list Portefeuille des artistes 4. cahiers 14.40 and also the works of Becker and Meinert. All three books are included in Reibelt's bill dated June 25 and are in Jefferson's own written statement of his account with Reibelt under date June 21.

The Portefeuille, for which Jefferson paid Reibelt $14.40, was bound for him by John March on September 30, 1805, in calf, gilt, price $2.50.

No copy has been seen of any of the three books mentioned in this correspondence. See the next two entries." "42230","42","","","","Plans d'Architecture par Becker.","","4. cahiers.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 22, as above, but omitting 4. cahiers and reading fol.","Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb.","Neue Garten und Landschafts-Gabaüde, herausgegeben von Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker. Erste [-Vierte] Lieferung. Leipzig: Voss, 1798, 9.","","

First Edition. Folio. 4 parts, 34 plates with descriptive text. No copy was seen for examination.

Not in the bibliographies consulted. Deutsche Gesamtkatalog XIV, 600. Kimball, page 92.

Jefferson bought his copy on June 21, 1805, from Reibelt of Baltimore, price $17.00 [see the correspondence in the previous entry]. It was bound for him on June 30, 1807, by John March in a half binding, gilt, cost $2.00.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker, German landscape artist and antiquarian, was the author of several books on gardening and antiquities." "42240","43","","","","Landbaukunst von Meinert.","","4. cahiers.","1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 12, Meinert's Schone land baukunst, or Ideas of Buildings, 4 to, Leipzig 1798","Meinert, Friedrich.","Schöne Landbaukunst. Leipzig, 1798.","","

4to. No copy was available for collation. Text and plates.

Not in the bibliographies consulted. Not in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Kimball, page 96.

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt on June 21, 1805, at the same time that he bought the Porte-Feuille des Artistes and Becker's Neue Garten und Landschafts-Gebaüde.

The price of Meinert's work was $16.80. It was bound by John March (whose entry on the bill specifies plates) on September 30, on the same day that he bound the Portefeuille des Artistes, in calf, gilt, cost $2.50.

Nothing has been discovered concerning Friedrich Meinert, except that he was the author of another work on a similar subject, Die Landwirtschaftliche Bauwissenschaft, printed in Halle in 1796." "42250","1","","","","Chambers's view of Kew gardens.","","g. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. AA, as above, but reading gr. fol.","Chambers, Sir William.","Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surry, the Seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. By William Chambers, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris. Architect to the King, and to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. London: printed by J. Haberkorn; published for the Author, and to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, T. Osborne, T. Jefferys, D. Wilson, and T. Becket; of R. and J. Dodsley; R. Sayer, A. Webley, J. Walter, and Dorothy Mercier, MDCCLXIII. [1763.]","NA7746 .K4C4","

First Edition. Atlas folio. 6 leaves of text including the title and the dedication. 35 full or double-page plates after W. Chambers, Smeaton, and J. H. Muntz, by F. Patton, T. Muller, E. Rooker, C. Grignon, J. Basire, T. Miller, J. Noual and others, 8 full page engraved views by W. Woollett, T. Major, P. Sandby and C. Grignon after Jos. Kirby, T. Marlow, Wm. Marlow, and P. Sandby.

Lowndes I, 407. Redgrave 79 (with date 1765). Kimball, page 93.

In his memorandums made on a tour of some of the gardens of England described by Whately, Jefferson's comments on Kew, with illustrations drawn by himself, were purely technical, and are concerned with Archimedes' screw for raising water. a horizontal shaft made to turn the oblique one of the screw by a patent machinery of this form.

For a note on Sir William Chambers, see no. 4220. This work is dedicated by him to Her Royal Highness Augusta, Princess Dowager of Wales." "42260","2","","","","James on gardening.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 17, as above.","[Dezallier d'Argentville, Antoine Joseph.]","The Theory and Practice of Gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to Fine Gardens, commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, consisting of Parrterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens, &c. containing several Plans, and general Dispositions of Gardens, New Designs of Parterres, Groves, Grass-plots, Mazes, Banqueting-Rooms, Galleries, Portico's, and Summer-houses of Arbour-work, Terrasses, Stairs, Fountains, Cascades, and other Ornaments of use in the Decoration and Embelishment of Gardens. With the Manner of making the Ground, forming Designs suitable to the Place, and putting them in Execution, according to the Principles of Geometry. The Method of Setting and Raising in little time, all the Plants requisite in fine Gardens: also the Way to find Water, to convey it into Gardens, and to make Basons and Fountains for the same. Together with Remarks and General Rules in all that concerns the Art of Gardening. By Le Sieur Alexander Le Blond. Done from the late Edition printed at Paris, by John James of Greenwich. The Second Edition. With very large Additions, and a new Treatise of Flowers and Orange-Trees. London: printed for Bernard Lintot, 1728.","SB461 .D42 1728","

4to. 162 leaves, numerous engraved folded plates chiefly by Van der Gucht, a few by K. Fletcher, woodcut illustrations in the text, title printed in red and black, followed by a leaf with the dedication to Arthur Onslow, signed by John James, on the recto, Advertisement on this New Edition, 4 lines of Errata on the verso of the last preliminary leaf, list of Books Printed for Bernard Lintot on the last three pages.

Barbier IV, 706. This translation not in Quérard. Amherst, page 351. This edition not in Felton.

Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argentville, 1680-1765, French artist, studied drawing under Bernard Picard and landscape architecture under Alexandre Le Blond whose name appears on the title-page of this book. The original French edition was published in 1709 and the second and third in 1713 and 1732, in all of which the initials of the author appeared in the title: Par L.S.A.I.D.A. [Le Sieur Antoine-Joseph Dezallier D'Argentville]. In 1722 the retail booksellers decided the book would sell better with the name of an established authority on the titlepage, and therefore published an edition with the name Alexandre Le Blond substituted for the initials of the real author. This error was repeated in subsequent editions until 1747, when Dezallier d'Argentville himself published an edition with an explanation of the circumstances. The error was also repeated in the various translations which were issued.

Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, 1679-1719, French architect, was particularly interested in architecture and landscaping as applied to gardens. He was responsible for the designs of a number of the plates in this volume, and his name was introduced on the title-page as the author by the French booksellers, in the hope of improving the sales.

John James, d. 1746, English architect, was clerk of the works of Greenwich Hospital, master-carpenter at St. Paul's Cathedral, surveyor of Westminster Abbey, and the holder of other important positions. The first edition of his translation of this work was published in 1703." "42270","3","","","","Whateley's Observations on modern gardening.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 9, as above.","Whately, Thomas.","Observations on Modern Gardening, illustrated by Descriptions . . . The Second Edition. London: printed for T. Payne, MDCCLXX. [1770.]","","

8vo. 268 leaves, the last a blank.

Halkett and Laing IV, 216. Lowndes V, 2887. Amherst, page 359. Kimball, page 100.

This was one of the books bought by Jefferson in 1785, when in Paris, from the Reverend Samuel Henley, formerly professor of moral philosophy at William and Mary College, but who settled in England at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. [For other books bought by Jefferson from this library, see the Index.] In the two lists of his purchases from Henley, Jefferson describes this book as being in a ''patent binding''. It is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 3/6.

Jefferson took this book with him on his visit to England in 1786, and made use of it in his tour of the English gardens. At a later date he wrote:

Memorandums made on a tour to some of the gardens in England described by Whateley in his book on gardening. while his descriptions in point of style are models of perfect elegance and classical correctness, they are as remarkeable for their exactness. I always walked over the gardens with his book in my hand, examined with attention the particular spots he described, found them so justly characterised by him as to be easily recognised, and saw with wonder, that his fine imagination had never been able to seduce him from the truth. My enquiries were directed chiefly to such practical things as might enable me to estimate the expence of making and maintaining a garden in that style. My journey was in the months of March and April 1786.

Jefferson recommended the use of this book to his friends. In a letter to Madame Broutin at Cernay, dated from Paris le 13 Juillet, 1789, he wrote:

Madame Broutin s'occupant d'un jardin Anglois, Monsieur Jefferson a pensé qu'elle pourroit avoir plaisir à voir un livre traduit de l'Anglois ou ce sujet est superieurement traité. à des principes très fondés, l'Auteur (M. Whateley) ajoute des descriptions exactes et pittoresques des jardins les plus celebres de l'Angleterre. Monsieur Jefferson prie donc Madame Broutin de lui accorder la grace de l'accepter. si elle y trouve de quoi se servir dans l'embellissement de sa belle campagne, il sera enchante d'y avoir contribué quelque peu que ce soit. si par hazard Madame Broutin possede deja le livre, Monsieur Jefferson n'aura alors que la consolation d'avoir prouvé son empressement de lui faire quelque chose d'agreable. il la prie, en tout cas, d'agreer l'hommage de ses respects, et de son attachement très sincere.

To this, Madame Broutin replied on July 17:

J'ai recu Monsieur avec autant de surprise que de reconnoissance le present utile et agréable que vous aves la bonté de me faire. je suis tres flattee que l'heureux hazard qui m'a procuré le plaisir de vous voir vous ait interessé a Cernay. vous me rappellés votre sensible compatriote Sterne qui devine dans les yeux d'une femme le desir quelle avois quil preferât une voiture a deux places. aussi habile et aussi delicât vous aves saisi mon foible pour mon jardin et m'avés sans perdre de tems procuré les moyens de l'embellir. Si cette lecture me donne quelques idées je serois heureuse de vous en faire l'hommage serois-ce trop esperer que de penser que ces embellissemens vous attireront a Cernay j'aurois un tres grand regrêt si le plaisir de vous voir ne devoit pas se renouveller j'ai l'honneur d'etre Monsieur votre tres humble et tres obeissante servante.

Thomas Whately, d. 1770, English politician and member of Parliament, first published this book, anonymously, in 1770, and the second edition appeared in the same year. Several editions appeared in England and the book was translated into French and other Continental languages." "42280","4","","","","Heely on the gardens of Hagley etc.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 1, as above.","Heely, Joseph.","Letters on the beauties of Hagley, Envil, and the Leasowes. With critical Remarks: and Observations on the Modern Taste in Gardening. By Joseph Heely, Esq . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II] London: printed for R. Baldwin, MDCCLXXVII. [1777.]","DA660 .H45","

First Edition. 2 vol. sm. 8vo. 120 and 122 leaves.

Lowndes II, 1032. Allibone I, 817. Amherst, page 368. Felton, page 79. Kimball, page 95.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jefferson visited Hagley and Leasowes in his tour of the English gardens in 1786. His description written in his ''memorandums'' reads:

Hagley. now Ld. Wescot. 1000. as. no distinction between park & garden. both blended, but more of the character of garden. 8. or 9. labourers keep it in order. between 2. & 300. deer in it, some few of them red deer. they breed sometimes with the fallow. this garden occupying a descending hollow between the Clent & Witchbury hills, with the spurs from those hills, there is no level in it for a spacious water. there are therefore only some small ponds. from one of these there is a fine cascade; but it can only be occasionally, by opening the sluice. this is in a small, dark, deep hollow, with recesses of stone in the banks on every side. in one of these is a Venus pudique, turned half round as if inviting you with her into the recess. there is another cascade seen from the Portico on the bridge. the castle is triangular, with a round tower, at each angle, one only entire; it seems to be between 40. & 50. f. high. the ponds yield a great deal of trout. the walks are scarcely gravelled.

Leasowes. in Shropshire. now the property of m[???]. Horne by purchase. 150. as. within the walk. the waters small. this is not even an ornamented farm. it is only a grazing farm with a path round it. here and there a seat of board, rarely any thing better. architecture has contributed nothing. the obelisk is of brick. shenstone had but 300£ a year, & ruined himself by what he did to this farm. it is said that he died of the heartaches which his debts occasioned him. the part next the road is of red earth, that on the further part grey. the 1st. & 2d. cascades are beautiful. the landscape at No. 18. and prospect at 32. are fine. the Walk through the wood is um. brageous and pleasing. the whole arch of prospect may be of 90o. many of the inscriptions are lost.

Joseph Heely, fl. 1777, English writer, published separate descriptions of these gardens in the same year. Hagley Park, in Worcestershire, was laid out by Lord Lyttleton, who rebuilt Hagley in 1759-60. Envil and Leasowes, the latter the property of William Shenstone, were both situated only a few miles from Hagley. These gardens have been described in verse by Shenstone, by Thomson in The Seasons, and by other poets." "42290","5","","","","Description of Stowe.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 10, as above.","[Seeley, B.]","Stowe: a Description of the Magnificent House and Gardens of the Right Honourable George Grenville Nugent Temple, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham, one of the four Tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer. Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Buckingham, Colonel of the Militia for the said County; and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. Embellished with a General Plan of the Gardens. And also a separate Plan of the House, and of each Building, with Perspective Views of the same. A New Edition, with all the Alterations and Improvements that have been made therein, to the present Time. With the Description of the Inside of the House . . . Buckingham: printed and sold by B. Seeley, Sold also by J. Fielding; and T. Hodgkinson. M DCC LXXXIII. [1783.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 20 leaves, engraved folded frontispiece, 38 engraved illustrations in compartments on XI numbered plates by G. L. Smith after B. Seeley, large folded plate of A Plan of the House, folded plate of the South East Prospect and the North West Prospect in 2 compartments, by G. L. Smith after B. Seeley, 21 figures on 7 plates at the end after W. Fairchild; a List of the Prints, drawn in Perspective by B. Seeley on the back of the title, and a list headed Explanation of the Plans before the plates by Fairchild.

Halkett and Laing II, 42 (under Description . . ).

This edition not in Lowndes. This edition not in Amherst. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. Allibone II, 1900, names the author, J. Stowe Seeley. Kimball, page 100. Entered without price in the undated manuscript catalogue.

Stowe was one of the gardens visited by Jefferson in his tour of the gardens described by Whately. His description reads:

Stowe. Belongs to the M. of Buckingham, son of G. Grenville, & who takes it from Ld. Temple. 15. men and 18. boys employed in keeping pleasure grounds. within the walk are considerable portions separated by inclosures & used for pasture. the Egyptian pyramid is almost taken down by the late Ld. Temple to erect a building there, in commemoration of m[???] Pitt, but he died before beginning it, & nothing is done to it yet. the grotto, and two rotundas are taken away. there are 4. levels of water, recieving it one from the other. the bason contains 7. as the lake below that 10. as. Kent's building is called the temple of Venus. the inclosure is entirely by ha! ha! at each end of the front line there is a recess like the bastion of a fort. in one of these is the temple of Friendship, in the other the temple of Venus. they are seen the one from the other, the line of sight passing, not thro' the garden, but through the country parallel to the line of the garden. this has a good effect. in the approach to Stowe, you are brought a mile through a straight avenue, pointing to the Corinthian arch & to the house, till you get to the Arch. then you turn short to the right. the straight approach is very ill. the Corinthian arch has a very useless appearance, inasmuch as it has no pretension to any destination. instead of being an object from the house, it is an obstacle to a very pleasing distant prospect. the Graecian valley being clear of trees, while the hill on each side is covered with them, is much deepened to appearance.

According to some authorities the first edition of this work was printed in Northampton in 1745. The first edition cited by Alicia Amherst is that of Northampton, 1747, and her account of Stowe reads in part as follows:

Sir Richard Temple, who died in 1697, commenced rebuilding the house at Stow, and his son, Lord Cobham, continued it, and began the gardens, which were constantly being added to until 1755. By that time they covered a space of five hundred acres. Bridgeman was the first designer, and after him, Kent, while Sir John Vanbrugh constructed several of the temples and monuments . . . As this was the ideal garden of the period, there are several contemporary guides and descriptions to it published . . .

Seeley's work is dedicated to the Right Honourable The Earl Temple." "42300","6","","","","Spence's Polymetis.","","fol.","1815 Catalgoue, page 132, no. 23, as above.","Spence, Joseph.","Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. Being an Attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In Ten Books. By the Revd. Mr. Spence . . . London: printed for R. Dodsley, M. DCC. XLVII. [1747.]","N5613 .S7","

First Edition. Large folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vertue after Isaac Whood, 188 leaves of text including 2 with the list of subscribers, XLI numbered plates and engravings in the text by L. P. Boitard, errata list at the end.

Lowndes V, 2474. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 896.

Joseph Spence, 1699-1768, English scholar, wrote this treatise on classical mythology as illustrated by ancient works of art and Latin writers, in the form of Dialogues. It is lavishly illustrated by Boitard. The engraving in the letter-press on page 291, a satirical vignette of the Provost of Eton and his pupils, was suppressed from the later editions." "42310","7","","","","Signa et Statua antiqua Perrier.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 24, as above.","Perrier, François.","Illmo. D. D. Rogerio dv Plesseis Dño. de Liancovrt Marchioni de Montfort, Comiti de la Rochegvion &a. Vtrlvs, qve Ordinis Christianissimæ Maiestatis Eqviti regiis a Cvbicvlis Primario. Heroi Virtutum et magnarum artium eximio cultori, Auorum pace belloque præstantium et æui melioris decora referenti; Segmenta nobilium signorum e statuarū, quæ temporis dentem inuidium euasere vrbis æternæ ruinis erepta typis æneis ab ce [sic] commissa perpetuæ uenerationis monumentum, Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D. M.D.C.XXXVIII [-M.D.C.LIII.] [Romæ, 1638-53.]","NB86 .P46","

First Edition. Folio. Engraved pictorial emblematic title-page, with dedication as above, 100 engraved plates, numbered, the first with the imprint: Franciscus Perrier Burgund. delin. et sculp. Romæ Superior. licentia. 1638, 2 engraved leaves of Index at the end dated Romæ Superiorum Licentia An M.D.C.LIII.

Brunet IV, 512 and Graesse V, 207 both describe the engraved dedication as being sans date.

François Perrier, c. 1590-1650, surnamed the Bourguignon, French painter and engraver. He spent a number of years in Rome, and the plates in this work are of the remains of ancient sculpture then existent in Rome." "42320","8","","","","Le Gemme antiche figurate di Michel Angelo Causeo de la Chaussée","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 21, as above.","La Chausse, Michel Ange de.","Le Gemme Antiche figurate di Michel Angelo Causeo de La Chausse Parigino Consagrate all'Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees. In Roma MDCC. Per Gio: Giacomo Komarek Boemo alla Fontana di Trevi. Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1700.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 50 leaves of text, engraved titlepage by and after Petrus Sanctes Bartolus, 200 engraved plates of gems, engraved vignette on the printed title, engraved head and tail pieces and initials in the text.

Graesse II, 90.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 12.0.

Michel Ange de La Chausse, fl. 1700, was born in Paris. His interest in antiquity led him to go to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life." "42330","9","","","","Antiques du Musée.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 8, as above.","","Notice des Statues, Bustes et Bas-Reliefs, de la Galerie des Antiques du Musée Napoléon, ouverte pour la première fois le 18 Brumaire an 9. Prix 1 franc 25 cent. A Paris: de l'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, An XI. [1802-3.]","NB87 .P25 1801","

12mo. 94 leaves including the half-title and the last blank.

Not in Barbier.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March on October 7, 1806, in calf, gilt, cost 87½ cents. This entry was marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. The book is ascribed to the Jefferson collection in the catalogues of 1831 and later.

The Avis at the beginning states:

''La majeure partie des Statues exposées dans la Galerie des Antiques, est le fruit des conquêtes de l'armée d'Italie. Conformément au traité de Tolentino, elles ont été choisies au Capitole et au Vatican, par les citoyens Berthélemy, Bertholet, Moitte, Monge, Thouin et Tinet, nommés par le Gouvernement commissaires à la recherche des objets de Sciences et d'Arts . . . Tous les travaux qui ont été faits dans les Salles qui composent la Galerie des Antiques du Musée central des Arts, soit pour leur donner une nouvelle disposition, soit pour leur décoration et leur embellissement, ont été excéutés sur les dessins et sous la conduite du C. Raymond, membre de l'Institut national, et Architecte du Palais national des Sciences et des Arts.''" "42340","10","","","","Webb's essay on painting.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 3, as above.","Webb, Daniel.","An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting; and into the Merits of the most celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern. By Daniel Webb, Esq; The Third Edition . . . London: printed for J. Dodsley, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","","

8vo. 108 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2861.

Daniel Webb, 1719?-1798, born in County Limerick, spent most of his life in England. An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting was his first work and was originally published in 1760. It was frequently reprinted and was translated into Italian. The book, written in the form of dialogues, is dedicated to the Reverend Mr. Spence." "42350","11","","","","Gilpin's essay on prints.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 4, as above.","[Gilpin, William.]","An Essay upon Prints; containing Remarks upon the Principles of picturesque Beauty, the Different Kinds of Prints, and the Characters of the most noted Masters; illustrated by Criticisms upon particular Pieces; to which are added, Some Cautions that may be useful in collecting Prints . . . London: printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, M DCC LXVIII. [1768.]","NE840 .G48 1768","

First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 206. Lowndes II, 895. Redgrave, page 176.

William Gilpin, 1724-1804, English clergyman and schoolmaster, an amateur artist, was the author of a number of books on art and other subjects." "42360","12","","","","Richardson's theory of painting & essay on a connoisseur.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 12, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 575, no. J. 16, Richardson, Jonathan: Essay on the Theory of Painting, 8vo; London, 1715.","Richardson, Jonathan.","An Essay on the Theory of Painting. By Mr. Richardson . . . London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for John Churchill, 1715.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves; on 8 pages at the end is a list of painters, with information in 5 columns headed respectively: Disciple of; Born; Excell'd in; Lived at; Died.

Lowndes IV, 2088. Not in Redgrave.

This edition of 1715 is described here as being the one credited to the Jefferson collection in the 1839 and later Library of Congress catalogues, from which all reference to the Essay on a Connoisseur is omitted. The Catalogue of 1831 merely repeats the entry in the 1815 Catalogue, and does not give the place of printing and the date. In 1719 Richardson published a work in two parts, with a general title: Two Discourses. I. An Essay on the whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting . . . II. An Argument in behalf of the Science of a Connoisseur . . . The separate title for the first part reads: The Connoisseur: an Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting . . . and the second A Discourse on the Dignity, Certainty, Pleasure and Advantage, of the Science of a Connoisseur. It seems possible that Jefferson may have had this work bound with the Theory of Painting, and that it was ignored by the early cataloguers.

In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue the entry was originally marked missing, but this was later crossed out, and the entry checked implying that the book had been received.

Jonathan Richardson, 1665-1745, portrait painter and author. Collected editions of his works, one of which might have been in Jefferson's library rather than the separate editions, were published in 1725, 1773 and finally in quarto in 1792 at the Strawberry Hill Press as asupplement to Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting." "42370","13","","","","Da Vinci on painting.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 11, as above.","Leonardo Da Vinci.","A Treatise of Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci. Translated from the Original Italian, and adorn'd with a great Number of Cuts. To which is prefix'd, The Author's Life; done from the Last Edition of the French. London: printed for J. Senex; and W. Taylor, MDCCXXI. [1721.]","ND1130 .L6 1721","

First Edition of this Translation. 8vo. 112 leaves, engraved frontispiece with portrait, numerous plates, some folded, title printed in red and black, list of errata (8 lines) at the foot of the last page of text, publishers' advertisement on 3 pages at the end.

Halkett and Laing VI, 87. Lowndes V, 2774.

Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, inventor, engineer and philosopher. The Trattato della pittura was first published from his manuscripts in 1651. The translation into French by Roland Fréard sieur de Chambrai was originally published in the same year, 1651, and reprinted in 1716, the edition from which this translation into English was made.

John Senex, d. 1740, was chiefly known as a cartographer and engraver, and for a time had a bookseller's shop at the Globe in Salisbury Court, London, his address at the time of the publication of this book. The dedication to Sir Thomas Hanmer was signed by him and he was probably responsible for the engravings with which the book is illustrated." "42380","14","","","","Aedes Walpoliana.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 20, as above.","Walpole, Horatio, Earl of Orford.","Aedes Walpolianæ: or, A Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. The Second Edition . . . London: printed in the Year MDCCLII. [Printed by John Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. 1752.]","","

4to. 72 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Sir Robert Walpole, engraved portrait of Catherine, Lady Walpole, both by Vertue after Zincke, 2 folded engraved plans, 2 folded engraved plates of the East and West Frontes by Vertue after Ripley Arch; half-title for A Sermon on Painting on sig. N1, and on P2 the half-title for A Journey to Houghton, the Seat of the Right Honourable Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, in the County of Norfolk. A Poem. By the Reverend Mr. Whaley. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Lowndes V, 2818. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 838. Hazen, A Bibliography of Horace Walpole, page 30.

This was one of the books bought by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley in 1785, and appears on both the lists he made of the books acquired in this purchase.

Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797, English author. The first edition of the Aedes Walpolianae was published in 1747, and contains an account of the pictures in the gallery at Houghton Hall.

This collection of pictures eventually became part of the collection of Catherine II of Russia. Walpole was the author of the Sermon on Painting which forms part of the book.

John Whaley, 1710-1745, English clergyman and friend of Walpole, was the author of A Journey to Houghton, published in this work for the first time." "42390","15","","","","The perfect painter.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 5, as above.","","The Perfect Painter; or, A Complete History of the Original, Progress, and Improvement of Painting. London, 1730.","","

12mo. No copy of this work has been traced.

Not in Halkett and Laing, Cushing, Stonehill and Block or Barbier; not in Lowndes or the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.; not in Watt or Peddie; not in the British Museum Catalogue or in the National Union Catalog. Not in the English Catalogue of Books. Paillot de Montabert I, page 403, no. 41.

Dr. Eleanor Berman, in her Thomas Jefferson among the Arts, refers to ''Perrier's The Perfect Painter,'' and in the Index lists the author as François Perrier. We have not succeeded in establishing this attribution. In Paillot de Montabert the book is listed under the Anonymes." "42400","16","","","","Le vite de' Pittori scultori e Architetti di Georgio Vasari.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 19, as above.","Vasari, Giorgio.","Delle Vite de' più Eccellenti Pittori, Scvltori, et Architetti. Di Giorgio Vasari Pittore, & Architetto, Aretino. Parte Prima, e Seconda [-Parte Terza, Secondo Volume]. In questa nuoua edizione diligentemente reuiste, ricorette, accresciute d'alcuni Ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine. Al Serenissimo Ferdinando II. Gran Dvca di Toscana. In Bologna, MDCXLVIII. [-M.DC.LXIII.] Per gli Eredi di Euangelista Dozza. Con licenza de' Superiori. [1648-1663.]","","

3 vol. 4to. Vol. I, Parte Prima, e Seconda with continuous signatures and paginations, 262 leave, Vol. II, Parte Terza, Primo Volume, 274 leaves, Vol III, Parte Terza, Secondo Volume, 292 leaves, half title in each volume, woodcut device on the titles of Volumes II and III, woodcut device and imprint at the end of the text in Volume III, numerous woodcut portraits, each within a border. The titles in the three volumes differ.

Graesse VI, 264. Ebert 23406.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 9.0.

Jefferson referred to the work of Vasari in his letter to Joseph Delaplaine dated from Monticello August 28, 1814, relative to engraved portraits of Columbus and Americus Vespuccius [see De Bry, Americæ Pars Qvinta, no. 3977]:

. . . the copy in my possession, of the size of the life. taken for me from the original which is in the gallery of Florence. I say, from an original, because it is well known that in collections of any note, & that of Florence is the first in the world, no copy is ever admitted; and an original existing in Genoa would readily be obtained for a royal collection in Florence. Vasari, in his lives of the painters, names this portrait in his catalogue of the paintings in that gallery, but does not say by whom it was made . . .

In the same letter Jefferson mentioned to Delaplaine:

. . . the portrait is named in the catalogue of Vasari, and mentioned also by Bandini in his life of Americus Vespucius, but neither gives it's history—both tell us there was a portrait of Vespucius taken by Domenico, and a fine head of him by Da Vinci, which however are lost, so that it would seem that this of Florence is the only one existing . . .

Giorgio Vasari, 1511-1571, Italian painter and artist, studied under Michel Angelo and Andrea del Sarto. His Vite was first published in 1550, and revised and enlarged in 1558. It is dedicated to his patron Cosimo de' Medici. The Vite has been translated into French, German and English." "42410","17","","","","Dictionnaire des Monogrammes de M. Christ.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 16, as above.","Christ, Johann Friedrich.","Dictionnaire des Monogrammes, Chiffres, Lettres Initiales, Logogryphes, Rébus, &c. Sous lesquels les plus célébres Peintres, Graveurs & Dessinateurs ont dessiné leurs Noms. Traduit de l'Allemand. De M. Christ, Professeur dans l'Université de Leipsick, & augmenté de plusieurs Supplémens. Par M**. de l'Acad. Imp. & de la Société Royale de Londres. A Paris: chez Guillyn, M. DCC. LXII. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1762.]","","

8vo. 248 leaves, 6 folded plates of marks by Lattré, woodcut marks in the margins, printer's imprint at the end.

Barbier I, 969. Quérard II, 200.

This was one of the books bought by Jefferson from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley; the title is included in the list appended by Jefferson to his letter dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, and also in the later list of the same purchase made by Jefferson.

Johann Friedrich Christ, 1700-1756, German historian and antiquarian, published his first book at the age of thirteen. He was professor of history at Leipsic, left that position in order to travel, and eventually returned to the same institution as professor of poetry. The information in this Dictionnaire, first published in German in 1747, is founded on his own collection of works of art.

Godfried Sellius, d. 1767, historian, was born in Danzig. He was the author of a number of histories, and published the first edition of his translation of Christ's Dictionnaire in 1750. He was a member of a number of learned societies in France and in England." "42420","18","","","","Galerie de Paris.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 6, as above.","","Notice des Statues, Bustes et Bas-Reliefs, de la Galerie des Antiques du Musée Central des Arts. Paris, 1803.","","

12mo. A copy of this catalogue was not available for examination.

The Galerie des Antiques du Musée Central des Arts was situated in the Louvre." "42430","19","","","","Galerie des antiques a Paris par Le grand","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 13, as above.","Legrand, Augustin.","Galeries des Antiques, ou Esquisses des Statues, Bustes et Bas-reliefs, fruit des conquêtes de l'Armée d'Italie. Par Aug. Legrand. A Paris: chez Ant. Aug. Renouard xi.—1803.","N2030 .L5","

First Edition. 8vo. 30 leaves of text (14, 24, 32, 44, 54, 68, 74), 92 numbered engraved plates, unsigned, 1 unnumbered plate by Aug. St. Aubin after J. G. Salvage.

Quérard V, 107.

Jefferson bought a copy from Reibelt of Baltimore on December 24, 1804, price $3.50. It was one of the books retained for his own use from those sent by Reibelt on approval for the Secretary of State, and is included in all lists of his purchases made during that year.

Galeries des Antiquités, probably meant for this book, was bound for Jefferson by John March, on February 15, 1805, in calf, gilt, plates difficult, $1.25.

On May 17, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???] Reibelt and his thanks for the communication of the Catalogues, which he now returns except the Notice de la galerie des antiques, & the Catalogues des estampes. the 1st. of these appearing to be a complete catalogue of the new acquisitions of the museum, and the other comprehending matter new to him altogether, he begs leave to detain them a little longer for further examination . . .

Augustin Legrand, fl. 1803-1830, French engraver." "42440","20","","","","Annales du Musee et des beaux Arts. par Landon","","10. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 14, as above, but omitting et.","Landon, Charles Paul.","Annales du Musée et de l'école Moderne des Beaux-Arts. Recueil de Gravures au trait, d'après les principaux ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture ou projets d'Architecture, qui, chaque année, ont remporté le prix, soit aux écoles spéciales, soit aux concours nationaux; les productions des Artistes en tous genres, qui, aux différentes expositions, ont été citées avec éloges; les morceaux les plus estimés de la galerie de Peinture; la suite compléte de celle des Antiques; Edifices publics, etc. Rédigé par C. P. Landon, peintre, ancien pensionnaire de la République à l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, à Rome; membre de l'Athénée des Arts, de la société Philotechnique, de celle libre des Sciences, Lettres, et Arts de Paris; et associé-correspondant de l'Athénée d'Alençon. Tome Premier [-Dixieme]. Prix 12 francs. A Paris: chez C. P. Landon, peintre, de l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, An IX.—1800 [-An XIV—1805.]","N7510 .L3","

First Edition. 10 vol. 8vo. The titles and imprints vary, numerous engravings in outline by C. Normand and other engravers after various artists.

Quérard IV, 519. Brunet III, 813. Graesse IV, 95. De Ricci-Cohen 397.

Jefferson made his original purchase of such parts of this work as had been published to date from Reibelt of Baltimore on December 24, 1804. Ten volumes were retained by Jefferson from a consignment of books which had been sent by Reibelt for his inspection and that of the Secretary of State.

The price of these volumes was 10 dollars. These books, and the continuations as purchased, with the prices, are entered in the various lists of his purchases from Reibelt made by Jefferson at that period.

Jefferson's letter of December 24 to Reibelt listed the books he intended to retain and was answered by Reibelt on December 26:

. . . J'ai en meme tems l'honneur de vous en presenter mes remerciemens, et de vous avertir, que je ferai mettre demain a la poste

a) La Continuation des Annales du Museum des Arts anneè 4me et 5me—pour laquelle je vous ai debitè

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the further volumes on January 18, 1805:

La continuation de Landon vol[???] 4. & 5. except some livraisons of the 5th . . . came to hand, and I shall keep them . . .

On February 15, 1805, the first four volumes were bound for Jefferson by John March: 4 vols. 8vo. binding Annales des Beaux Arts plates difficult, calf, Gilt at 1.25 5.00

On January 20, 1806, an order for books to Reibelt from Jefferson included:

Des Annales du Museum des Arts par Landon. No 14 et suivants du 5me vol. et le suite

and on June 16 of the same year (after Reibelt had given up his business) a bill from Dufour of Amsterdam for books bought for Jefferson included:

Annales du Museum par Landon, 5e volume, no8 14 à 18, f. 3.10 idem volumes 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 cartonnes 42.10-

An undated bill from Reibelt, presumably sent at an earlier date than this, has for the firts entry: Tous les 5 Vol. Annales de Mus. des Arts p. Landon 25.00

A volume was bound by John March on October 7, 1806. To Binding 1 Annals D Musee. 0.37½

Charles Paul Landon, 1760-1826, French artist, studied in Rome where he lived for a number of years. After his return to Paris he was appointed curator of the pictures in the Musée. Jefferson appears to have ceased to buy his Annales in 1806, though the work continued to appear until 1810, and was then followed by a second collection. Each volume contains 72 plates and accompanying text. Jefferson's correspondence with his dealers would tend to prove that the work was issued in livraisons, though there is no intimation of this in the bibliographies, nor, as far as the Library of Congress copy is concerned, in the work itself. The Library of Congress copy, in 10 volumes as called for by Jefferson, was issued as follows:

Tome Premier, An IX, 1800; Tome Second et Tome Troisieme, An X and An XI, 1802; Tomes Quatrieme, Cinquieme et Septieme, An XI-XII, 1803; Tome Sixieme, An XII, 1804; Tomes Huitieme, Neuvieme et Dixieme, An XIII-XIV, 1805." "42450","21","","","","Le Manuel du Museum Français.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 15, as above, 3v.","[Toulongeon, François Emmanuel, Vicomte de.]","Manuel du Muséum Français, avec une description analytique et raisonnée de chaque tableau, indiqué au trait par une gravure à l'eau forte, tous classés par écoles, et par Œuvre des grands artistes. Par F. E. T. M. D. L. I. N. A Paris: chez Treuttel et Würtz; et à Strasbourg, An X.—1802-1808.","N2030 .T7","

8vo. 9 livraisons and the Galerie de Saint-Bruno, unnumbered, bound in 3 volumes, separate title and halftitle to each livraison, numerous engraved plates, fullpage and folded; at the end of each livraison a Table within ornamental borders on tinted paper.

Barbier III, 49. Quérard IX, 513.

According to the correspondence quoted below, Jefferson's copy seems to have been purchased by him in four volumes. It was bound for him in three volumes by John March in August 1805, cost 1 dollar each volume, 3 dollars in all.

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt of Baltimore in May, 1805. His attention was first drawn to it in a letter from Reibelt dated from Baltimore, January 4, 1805:

Il vous plû, de recevoir a votre Bibliotheque les Annales du Museè des arts [???]. Landon—probablement vous aimerez aussi d'examiner, et de garder peut etre, le Manuel du Museum français. C'est dans cette supposition, que j'ose vous presenter cijoint les 4 premier Nros qui ont parus jusqu'ici (dont le prix est 8 gourdes:)—avec mes tres profonds respets.

Jefferson wrote refusing the work on January 9:

The Manuel of the Museum & Aldini with the engraving of the K. of Prussia & the map of the US. came safe to hand. as the Annals of the Museum & the Gallery will probably cover most of the same subjects, I decline taking the Manuel, as also Aldini. the engraving is not in a line in which I meddle. the Secretary of state keeps the map and will direct paiment. the other subjects are delivered to the stage office as a properer conveyance than the mail for which they are too bulky, altho' privileged in the mail myself, it is at the expence of the public which pays the postage and which therefore it is my duty to restrain to it's proper object of correspondence.

Reibelt replied on the following day, January 10:

J'ai l'honneur de repondre a votre billet du 9, qui m'a ete remis avanthier soir—

1.) Je n'ai pas trouvè au stage les objets, que vous me renvoyez, savoir: . . . le Manuel du Museum, et Aldini—mais ils arriveront certainement . . .

On April 30, Jefferson wrote to Reibelt for the book:

On my return here I found the Plutarque de la jeunesse 4. vols. and the 5th vol. of the Plutarque d'Amyot, of which I keep the former & return the latter. when I came to examine more at leisure the Annales des Beaux arts, I found it did not give a compleat idea of the gallery of Paris, & that I had been too hasty in returning the Manuel du Museum. if therefore this last remains still on hand I shall be glad to recieve it by the stage . . .

This was answered by Reibelt in a postscript to a letter dated from Baltimore on May 1:

je viens de recevoir votre lettre du 30—par la quelle je vois—que le Plutarque de la jeunesse vous convient.

J'ai vendu—il y a quelques jours les derniers Exempl. du Manuel du Museum,—mais j'en attend, et je vous en enverrois par consequent l'exemplaire, que vous desirez, aussitot, que j'en aurois reçu . . .

Four days later, on May 6, Reibelt again wrote, and added a postscript:

Ayant pû disposer un des Messieurs d'ici qui avoit achetè le Manuel du Mus. fr. de me retroçeder son exemplaire et venant de le recevoir—Il partira avec cette lettre çi a votre adresse.

The book is entered under this date in the list made by Jefferson of books bought by him from Reibelt between December 24, 1804, and June 25, 1805. It is there described as 4. v. 8vo. and is unpriced.

It is entered in a bill sent by Reibelt, and possibly enclosed in a letter dated from him June 25, 1805. The entry reads: Man. du Mus. français 4 Vol. 8.00

The Manuel du Muséum Français is profusely illustrated and contains

1. L'Ecole Française, Oeuvre de Poussin; 19 plates.

2. Ecole Italienne. Oeuvre du Dominiquin et de Spada; 20 plates.

3. Ecole Flamande. Oeuvre de Rubens; 48 plates.

4. Ecole Italienne. Oeuvre de Raphael; 39 plates. The Table preceded by a leaf with a list of Errata pour l'Oeuvre de Raphael.

5. Ecole Française. Oeuvre de Lebrun; 34 plates (some folded).

6. Ecole Flamande. Oeuvre de Van Ostade, de Gerard Dow, de Van Dyk; 49 plates.

7. Ecole Française. Oeuvre de Vernet; 29 plates.

8. Ecole Vénitienne. Oeuvre du Titien; 24 plates.

9. Ecole Italienne. Oeuvre de Paul Véronese; 17 plates.

Unnumbered. Ecole Française. Oeuvre de Lesueur. Galerie de Saint-Bruno. 25 plates.

[For the Annales du Musée referred to in the correspondence, see the previous entry.]

François Emmanue l, Vicomte de Toulongeon, 1748-1812, French historian. For another work by him, with comments by Jefferson, see no. 240." "42460","22","","","","A picturesque representation of the Russians. by Atkinson & Walker.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 22, as above, but omitting the article A.","Atkinson, John Augustus and Walker, James.","A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, in one hundred coloured plates; with an accurate Explanation of each Plate in English and French. In Three Volumes. By John Augustus Atkinson, and James Walker. Vol. I [-Vol. III]. London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the Proprietors; and sold by them, at No. 8, Conway-Street; Messrs. Boydell; Mr. Alici, St. Petersburg; and Messrs. Riss and Saucet, Moscow MDCCCIII. [1803.]","DK32 .A8","

First Edition. 3 vol. folio. Vol. I, engraved portrait frontispiece of Alexander I by E. Scriven after G. Kugelgen, 6 preliminary leaves including the title (in English only), Dedication to Alexander I and Preface (in English and in French) and the list of plates in English and French in parallel columns, 33 colored plates, each accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text in English and in French; Vol. II, title and list of plates, 2 leaves, 34 colored plates, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text in English and in French; Vol. III, title and list of plates, 2 leaves, 33 colored plates, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text in English and in French; the plates throughout the three volumes drawn and etched by John Augustus Atkinson.

Lowndes I, 84. Redgrave, page 15.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Levett Harris, the United States Consul in St. Petersburg, who wrote from there on August 6, 1805:

I take the liberty herewith of presenting to your Excellency, a work on the fine Arts, which, I hope, will be found worthy your acceptance. It is a picturesque description of the manners, customs, and amusements of the Russians, executed by an artist of merit, under the protection of the present monarch: and, who the better to do justice to his design, has been permitted to finish it in London.

The ample field presented by this country for an undertaking of this description, I am disposed to think, your Excellency will consider has, on this occasion, been judiciously scanned, as far as my observation extends, in point of correctness, the author's pencil is entitled to eulogy . . .

Jefferson received this letter on November 10, and on April 18 of the following year, 1806, he wrote from Washington to Levett Harris:

It is now some time since I recieved from you through the house of Smith & Buchanan at Baltimore, a bust of the Emperor Alexander for which I have to return you my thanks. these are the more cordial, because of the value the bust derives from the great estimation in which it's original is held by the world, & by none more than by myself. it will constitute one of the most valued ornaments of the Retreat I am preparing for myself at my native home. Accept at the same time my acknowledgements for the elegant work of Atkinson & Walker on the customs of the Russians. I had laid it down as law for my conduct while in office, & hitherto scrupulously observed, to accept of no present beyond a book, a pamphlet, or other curiosity of minor value; as well to avoid imputations on my motives of action, as to shut out a practice susceptible of such abuse. but my particular esteem for the character of the Emperor places his image in my mind above the scope of law. I recieve it therefore & shall cherish it with affection. it nourishes the contemplation of all the good placed in his power, & of his disposition to do it . . .

John Augustus Atkinson, b. 1775, English painter and draftsman, was taken at the age of nine to Russia, where he remained until 1801. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy until 1829 after which nothing more is known of him, and the date of his death is not known.

James Walker, 1748-1808?, English mezzotint engraver, went to St. Petersburg in 1784 as engraver to the Empress Catherine II. He returned to England in 1802 and meanwhile had engraved numerous portraits of the Russian imperial family and of the aristocracy." "42470","23","","","","Storia delle arti del disegno del Winkelmann. tradotto dal Tedesco.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 18, as above.","Winckelmann, Johann Joachim.","Storia delle Arti del Disegno presso gli Antichi di Giovanni Winkelmann Tradotta dal tedesco con Note Originali degli Editori. Tomo Primo [-Secondo]. In Milano. MDCCLXXIX. Nell'Imperial Monistero di S. Ambrogio Maggiore. Con Approvazione. [1779.]","","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 4to. 206 and 180 leaves, engraved vignettes on the title-pages, engraved head and tail pieces.

Brunet V, 1463. Graesse VI, 461. Ebert IV, 2001.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 27.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 1717-1768, German archaeologist, published his Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums in 1764.

Carlo Amoretti, 1741-1816, Italian litterateur and scientist, translated Winckelmann's work from German into Italian. Amoretti held important positions and in 1797 became, the Director of the Ambrosian Library at Milan." "42480","24","","","","Felibien sur les vies des peintres et des architectes.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 2, as above.","Félibien, André.","Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des plus excellens Peintres anciens et modernes, par M. Félibien . . . Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée et augmentée des Conférences de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, de l'Idée du Peintre parfait, et des Traitez des Desseins, des Estampes, et de la Connaissance des Tableaux et du Goût des Nations. Amsterdam: E. Roger, 1706.","","

5 vol. 12mo. Engraved title-page; no copy of this edition was available for examination.

Quérard III, 85. Graesse II, 561.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.0.

André Félibien, sieur des Avaux and de Javercy, 1619-1695, was born in Chartres and studied in Paris, where he became the friend and pupil of Nicolas Poussin. In 1647 he went to Rome as secretary to the embassy of the Marquis de Fontenay-Mareuil, and while there studied painting and architecture. On his return to France he received a number of appointments, including that of historiographer to the King, and secretary of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, established in 1671. The first edition of this work, without the additional matter, was published in Paris in 1666." "42490","25","","","","Description de l'Academie de peinture et de Sculpture par Guerin","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 7, as above, but reading Guerini.","Guerin, Nicolas.","Description de l'Academie Royale des Arts de Peinture et de Sculpture. Par feu M. Guerin, Secretaire perpetuel de ladite Academie. A Paris: chez Jacques Collombat, imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, & de l'Academie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture, M. DCC. XV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [1715.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 138 leaves, 7 folded plates of plans, engraved headpiece by B. Audran after A. Coypel, engraved arms of the Due D'Antin at the head of the dedication.

Quérard III, 507.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 3.0.

The dedication to the Duc D'Antin is signed Guerin and begins: ''En donnant cette Description au Public, elle ne luy faisoit connoître que c'est par votre bonté & votre mediation qu'elle a obtenu du Roy l'Appartement dans son Louvre, où sont placez les Ouvrages de Peinture & de Sculpture qui en font le sujet . . .''" "42500","J.1","","","","Holden's essay towards a rational system of music.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 7, as above, but adding 8vo.","Holden, John.","An Essay towards a Rational System of Music. By John Holden . . . Entered in Stationers-Hall. Glasgow: printed for the Author. London: Sold by R. Baldwin, MDCCLXX. [Price 7s 6d. half bound.] [1770.]","MT50 .A2H726","

First Edition. Sm. oblong 4to. 78 leaves of text, 12 plates with musical notation engraved on 1 side only, text printed in double columns.

Grove IV, 381. Fétis V, 188. Allibone I, 863.

Rebound in half morocco by the Library of Congress. This book has no mark of Jefferson provenance, but he marked his music books very little if at all, and in view of the fact that all he sold to Congress in 1815 are still extant, and that only this one and the Chart of William Jackson described below cannot be proved to be his, it seems very probable that both these books are from his library.

John Holden, fl. 1770, Scots musician, was professor of music at the University of Glasgow. This work, of which the first part deals with the Rudiments of Practical Music, and the second with the Theory of Music, was dedicated by the author to William Duke of Montrose, the Chancellor of the University of Glasgow and other members of the Faculty, and was reprinted in Edinburgh in 1807 in octavo." "42510","J.2","","","","Jackson's scheme of sounds with the preliminary discourse.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 1, Jackson's Scheme of Sounds, with a preliminary Discourse, a sheet.","Jackson, William.","A Scheme demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds Wherein isdiscover'd the true Coincidence of Tones into Diapasons and where all Musical Intervals unite and Incorporate to the minutest part & their exact Proportions agreeable to the Proportions of Numbers Likewise the Exact Difference betwixt greater and lesser Intervals and how they are Compounded together in Musical Concordance. As also Where greater and lesser Tones and Semi-Tones take place in the Diatonick Scale and how greater & lesser Semi-Tones arise in the Chromatick Scale. To Edward Barker of [???] Inner Temple London Esqr. This Scheme is Humbly Inscribed by the Author William Jackson. Without name of place or engraver [?London, 1726].","MT15 .A2J14","

Engraved folio chart, measures 29¼ by 21½ inches; title as above within a border with supporting figures, below the title the engraved preliminary text consisting of 44 lines and a headline and footnote; the title and text within the ruled ''scheme,'' and the whole enclosed within an ornamental border.

Not in Grove. Fétis V, 238, cites the edition of 1741, and wrongly attributes it to William Jackson of Exeter. Allibone I, 947.

Mounted on linen and folded to 4to format and bound by the Library of Congress in half morocco. This work has no mark of Jefferson provenance, and the bookplate has been lost in the rebinding. Jefferson marked little of his music, and this may have been the copy from his library.

William Jackson, fl. 1726, was a music master in London and must not be confused with William Jackson of Exeter, who was born in 1730, four years after the first edition of this work was published. In 1726, J. Cluer printed in Westminster Jackson's A Preliminary Discourse to a Scheme demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds, in 8vo. Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue would seem to indicate that he owned also the separate Preliminary Discourse, but which seems not to have been sold to Congress. The entry in the 1815 Catalogue calls only for ''a sheet'' and the preliminary discourse would then refer to the engraved text below the title. This text is headed: The Following Scheme is Divided into 18 Columns Each Column known by the Numbers Viz. [???]; 1.2.3. &c.a placed over their Respective heads. The footnote explains the existence of the Preliminary Discourse: Note A Treatise Containing a Further Explanation and Use; with several usefull Schemes in it will be Sold with this Scheme." "42520","J. 3","","","","Bremner's rudiments of music.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 2, as above.","Bremner, Robert.","The Rudiments of Music: or, A Short and Easy Treatise on that Subject. The Third Edition. With considerable Additions; particularly, Instructions for Song; and, A Plan for teaching a Number of Persons collectively the four Parts of psalmody. By Robert Bremner. To which is annexed, A Collection of the best Church-tunes, Canons, and Anthems. London: Printed for the Author, and sold at his Music-shops at the Harp and Hautboy in London, and in Edinburgh. MDCCLXIII. Where may be had, the Church-Tunes separate, in four Parts. Price 1s, in two Parts. Price 6d. [1763.]","MT7 .A2B83","

Sm. 8vo. 40 leaves of text followed by 39 engraved plates of musical notation, as follows: 2 folded plates of instruction, the first printed on one side only, the second on both sides, 1 folded engraved plate, on one side only, of The Scale, 20 plates engraved on both sides with airs, chiefly religious, in 4 parts, 16 leaves with engraved music and words, on both sides, with anthems and canons in unison and for 2, 3 or 4 voices. The leaf following the title leaf has Stanzas of Eights and Sixes, to sing the Psalm-tunes by.

Grove I, 924. This edition not in Fétis.

Contemporary calf, gilt back, line borders on the sides; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Robert Bremner, 1720-1789, was born in Edinburgh and died in London. The first edition of this work was published in 1756. The second folded engraved leaf of musical notation, in illustrating the Shake, has an interesting arrangement of God Save the King, both words and music:

It was to Robert Bremner that Francis Hopkinson wrote from Philadelphia on November 28, 1783:

My friend Mr. Jefferson of Virginia have consulted me respecting the Importation of a Harpsichord for his Daughter . . ." "42530","J. 4","","","","Burney's present state of music in Italy etc.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 4, as above.","Burney, Charles.","The Present State of Music in France and Italy: or, the Journal of a Tour through those Countries, undertaken to collect Materials for a General History of Music. By Charles Burney, Mus. D. . . . London: Printed for T. Becket and Co., MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","ML 195 .B96","

First Edition. 8vo. 209 leaves, the last for the list of Errata; at the beginning is an Explication of Some Musical Terms and Foreign Words, which occur in the following Journal.

Lowndes I, 325. Grove I, 1031.

Rebound in half red morocco. This volume has lost all marks of Jefferson's ownership, but seems to have been from his library. The number 12 is written in ink on the title-page, and there are a few marginal corrections which may be by the author. With a late Library of Congress bookplate." "42540","J. 5","","","","Burney's present state of music in Germany etc.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 4, as above.","Burney, Charles.","The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces. Or, The Journal of a Tour through those Countries, undertaken to collect Materials for a General History of Music. By Charles Burney, Mus. D. In Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II] . . . London: Printed for T. Becket and Co. Strand; J. Robson, New Bond Street; and G. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1773.","ML195 .B962","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 192 and 172 leaves, musical notation printed in the text; in vol. II the first sheet has 2 leaves, but is numbered to vi, which is probably a printer's error as the book appears to be perfect.

Lowndes I, 325. Grove I, 1031.

Uniformly rebound with the previous entry in half red morocco, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes and with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.

Charles Burney, 1726-1814, English musical historian and composer, was for a time a pupil of Dr. Arne. He composed a great deal of music, including anthems, music for the drama and concertos for the harpsichord. In 1770 he left London for his tour of France and Italy to obtain the necessary background for his History of Music. In 1772, after publishing The Present State of Music in France and Italy, Burney again went to the Continent for his tour of Germany and the Netherlands, and published the account in two volumes in 1773.

Jefferson had made Burney's acquaintance when in London, and desired to consult him on the purchase of a harpsichord and of an organ. On May 25, 1786, therefore, he wrote from Paris to John Paradise:

. . . I have yet another favour to ask which is to get Kirkman to make for me one of his best harpischords with a double set of keys, and the machine on the top resembling a Venetian blind for giving a swell. the case to be of mahogany, solid not vineered, without any inlaid work but deriving all its beauty from the elegance of the wood. I would wish entirely to avoid a complication of stops, wishing to have such only as are most simple & least liable to be put out of order as the instrument is to go to a country and to a situation where there will be no workman but myself to put it in order. when done I shall be glad to have a celestini apparatus put to it by m[???] Walker. I hope by that time he will have brought to perfection some method of giving it movement by a spring or a weight, or by some other mover than the foot or hand. I confide so much in Dr. Burney's judgment & knowlege of musical instruments, and his interest too with Kirkman, that tho' I have no right to ask either myself, from the momentary, yet pleasing, acquaintance I contracted with him, I will however resort to your better acquaintance to interest him in advising or directing for the best. on receiving advice of the time when the instrument will be ready, I will take care to place the money in time in London & to direct it's package & conveiance . . .

On June 19, Burney wrote to Paradise:

I beg you will acquaint Mr. Jefferson that he flatters me very much by his remembrance, & that I shall have great pleasure in executing the commission with Kirkman. I went to him immediately on receiving your note, and have bespoke a double Harpischord of him, which is to fulfill, as nearly as possible, every Idea & wish contained in Mr. Jefferson's letter. The Machine for the swell, resembling a Venetianblind, will be applied; the stops & machinery for moving them & the Swell will be perfectly simple & unembarrassing to the Tuner, the Lid of the Case will be of solid Mahogany; but the sides cannot, if the wood is beautiful: as the knots & irregularities in the grain, by expanding & contracting different ways, will prevent the Instrumt from ever remaining long in tune; but Kirkman will answer for securing the sides from all effects of weather & climate, by making them of well-seasoned Oak, & veneering them with thick, fine, long Mahogany, in one Pannel. By this means he has sent Harpds. to every part of the Globe where the English have any commerce, & never has heard of the woodwork giving way. The Front will be solid, & of the most beautiful wood in his possession. The Instrument will be ready to deliver in abt. 6 weeks; & the price, without Walker's machine, and exclusive of packing-case & Leather-cover, will be 66 Guineas. The cover & packing-case will amount to abt. 2 G[???]. & ½. A Disk to shut up in the Harpd. will not be charged separately, but be reckoned a part of the Instrumt.

With respect to Walker's Celestine stop, I find that Kirkman is a great enemy to it. He says that the Resin used on the silk thread that produces the tone, not only clogs the wheels & occasions it to be frequently out of order; but, in a short time, adheres so much to the strings as to destroy the tone of the instrument. This may be partly true, & partly rival prejudice. I am not sufficiently acquainted with this stop to determine these points; but I will talk with Walker on the subject, & try to discover whether he admits the difficulties, or can explain them off; & whether he has found out any such method of giving motion to his Bow-string as those suggested by Mr. Jefferson.

Ma Lettre tire en longeur; but being unfortunately out of the reach of a conversation with your very intelligent correspondent, viva voce, I was ambitious to let him know that I entered heartily into the business in question, & to give him all the information in my power on each particular article of his commission.

On July 10, Jefferson wrote directly to Burney, and mentioned having read the books described above:

I took the liberty, through m[???] Paradise, of asking your advice in the purchase of a harpsichord. he has transmitted me a letter you were pleased to write him on that subject. the readiness with which you have been so good as to act in this matter excites my warmest gratitude, & I beg you to accept of my thanks for it. the objection made by Kirkman to the resin of Walker's bowstring has some weight. but I think by wiping the strings from time to time with a spunge moistened in water or in some other fluid which will dissolve the resin without attacking the metal of the string, the evil may be relieved. it would remain to use Walker's stop sparingly: but in the movements to which it is adapted I think it's effect too great not to overweigh every objection. that it should be worked however either by a weight or a spring is very desireable, as one constant motion of the foot on a treadle diverts the attention & dissipates the delirium both of the player & hearer. whenever either yourself of m[???] Paradise will be so good as to notify me that the instrument is ready, with information of the cost of that, it's appendages, packages & delivery at the water side, I will send by return of the post, a banker's bill for the money with directions to whom to deliver it. are organs better made here or in London? I find that tho' it is admitted the London workmen make the best harpsichords & piano-fortes, it is said the best organs are made here. I omitted in London to visit the shop of any organ-maker, but you are so much the better judge, that your decision would be more satisfactory. indeed if it would not be too great a liberty I would ask the favor of your description of a proper organ for a chamber 24 feet square & 18. feet high, with the name of the best workman in that way in London. I feel all the impropriety of the freedom I am taking, & I throw myself on your goodness to pardon it. the reading your account of the state of music in Europe had prepared me to expect a great deal of pleasure from your acquaintance; and the few moments I was so happy as to pass with you were a proof that my expectations would have been fully gratified, had not the shortness of time which obliged me to hurry from object to object, deprived me of opportunities of cultivating your acquaintance. I must be contented therefore with offering you my hommage by letter, & assuring you of the esteem & respect with which I have the honour to be Sir your most obedient & most humble servant.

On November 10, John Paradise wrote to Jefferson:

Doctor Burney has just this moment been with me to acquaint me, that the harpsicord that was bespoken for you, has been finished by Kirkman a considerable time, and is now in the hands of Mr. Walker, who is affixing to it his Celestini stop, upon a new construction, according to your Excellency's wish and idea. The Doctor has been in daily expectation ever since his arrival in town, of hearing from Mr. Walker that the instrument was ready for trial, with his new machine for the celestini stop. He has postponed writing to you till he could speak to all the particulars belonging to this harpsicord, which he is ambitious should be as complete as possible. He intends calling again to-morrow upon Mr. Walker in order to see what forwardness it is in, and if finished, will give you an account of it by the next post . . .

On January 20, 1787, Burney answered Jefferson in a long letter beginning:

Few things have given me more concern than the not being able sooner to give you a satisfactory acct. of the Harpd. & its Machinery, wch. I had the honour to bespeak for you, last summer. I visited Kirkman from time to time whenever I came to town, & saw the Instrumt. in every stage of its construction. The wood was chosen with great care; the Lid is solid as you desired, & no part has been veneered or inlaid that cd. possibly be avoided, or wch. cd. receive the least injury from vicisside [sic] of climate. I got the Instrumt. out of Kirkman's hands being completely finished, as far as concerned his part of the business, in Autumn; & by a little management prevailed on him to send it to Walker, with tolerable good-humour . . .

The account presented by W. S. Smith to Jefferson for purchases made for him during the years 1786 and 1787 included the entry to Kirkman for Harpsicord £71. 18. 6.

Jefferson replied to Burney's letter on February 12:

I have been honoured with your favor of the 20th. of January, and am now to return you my sincere thanks for your very kind attention to the instrument I had desired. your goodness has induced you to give yourself a great deal more trouble about it than I would have presumed to propose to you. I only meant to intrude on your time so far as to give a general instruction to the workmen. besides the value of the thing therefore, it will have an additional one with me, of the nature of that which a good catholic affixes to the relick of a saint. as I shall set out within three or four days on a journey of two or three months I shall propose to Colo. Smith, if the instrument is not already embarked, not to send it till about the 1st. of April when it will be less liable to be injured by bad weather. a friend of mine in America (the same who improved the quilling of the harpsichord) writes me word he is succeeding in some improvements he had proposed for the Harmonica. however imperfect this instrument is for the general mass of musical compositions, yet for those of a certain character it is delicious . . . For Jefferson and the harpsichord, see no. 4257." "42550","J. 6","","","","Geminiani's art of playing the violin. ----- rules for playing in taste","","in 1. vol. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 8, as above, but reading fol.","Geminiani, Francesco.","Rules for playing in a true Taste on the Violin German Flute Violoncello and Harpsicord particularly the Thorough Bass exemplify'd in a variety of Compositions on the Subjcts of English, Scotch and Irish Tunes by F. Geminiani Opera VIII Printed with His Majesty's Royal Licence. [without name of place, printer or date, ?1739]—The Art of playing on the Violin containing all the Rules necessary to attain to a Perfection on that Instrument, with great variety of Compositions, which will also be very useful to those who study the Violoncello, Harpsichord, &c. Composed by F. Geminiani. Opera. IX. London, MDCCLI. Printed for the Author by J: Johnson. [1751.]","MT170 .G45","

Folio. 2 books bound together in 1 volume: 1. First Edition. Engraved title, 1 leaf of printed text, 10 leaves (18 pages) of engraved music; 2. First Edition. Engraved title, 5 leaves of printed text, 26 leaves of engraved music on both sides by Philips (signed on the last page).

Calf, rebacked, Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved in new endpapers.

Grove III, 592. Fétis IV, 294.

On page 8 of the text, in the second work, in reference to the Close Shake, Jefferson has written in the lower margin a quotation from Charles Burney:

the Beat upon the unison, octave, or any consonant sound to a note on the violin, which so well supplies the place of the old Close-shake, if not wholly unknown, is at least neglected by all the violin performers I heard on the continent, tho' so commonly and succesfully practised in England by those of the Giardini school. Burney's journ. Nov. 16. 1770.

Francesco Geminiani, c. 1680-1762, Italian violinist, was a pupil of Scarlatti and afterwards of Corelli. He spent much time in London and played his violin concertos at the English court. The Art of Playing on the Violin, Op. IX, was the first violin method ever published in any country." "42560","J. 7","","","","Rivoluzioni del teatro musicale Italiano. dal Arteaga.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 3, as above.","Arteaga, Esteban.","Le Rivoluzioni del Teatro Musicale Italiano dalla sua Origine fino al Presente Opera di Stefano Arteaga Socio dell'Accademia delle Scienze, Arti, e belle Lettere di Padova. Seconda Edizione accresciuta, variata, e corretta dall'Autore Tomo Primo [-Terzo]. In Venezia MDCCLXXXV. Nella Stamperia di Carlo Palese con Pubblica Approvazione. [1785.]","ML 1733.3 .A71","

3 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 200 leaves, on sig. Ni, page 151, woodcut musical notation on a 4-line stave; vol. II, 167 leaves, 3 folded engraved plates of music at the end, in 5 line staves, with accompanying words, Dalla Calceografia Zatta; Vol. III, 198 leaves, the last a blank; on page 243 begins Lettera sopra la Musica indirizzata al Sig. Co. di Caylus e stampata l'anno 1754, and on page 285, Osservazioni intorno ad un Estratto del Tomo 2o. della presente Opera inserito nel Giornale Enciclopedico di Bologna N. XIII. del Mese d'Aprile del corrente Anno.

Contemporary calf, gilt, marbled edges, original silk bookmarks; not initialled by Jefferson; the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

Grove I, 235. Fétis I, 118. Backer I, 589.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Esteban Arteaga, 1747-1799, Spanish Jesuit, was born in Madrid. He went to Italy on the suppression of his order and became a member of the Academy of Padua. This work on the Italian stage was written at the instance of Padre Martini, whom Arteaga met in Bologna. The first edition was published in 2 volumes in 1783 and extended later. The book has been translated into English and into German.

François Arnaud, 1721-1784, abbé de Grandchamp, was the author of the Lettre sur la Musique à M. le comte de Caylus, originally printed in Paris in 1754.

Vicenzo Manfredini, 1737-1799, Italian musician, was the author of the Osservazioni, following Arnaud's Lettera at the end of Volume III." "42570","J. 8","","","","Compleat tutor for the harpsichord.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 6, as above, but adding 4to.","[Prelleur, Peter.]","The Compleat Tutor for the Harpsichord or Spinnet wherein is Shewn the Italian manner of Fingering with Suits of Lessons for Beginners & those who are already Proficients on that Instrument & the Organ: with Rules for tuneing the Harpsichord or Spinnet. Printed for & sold by Peter Thompson Musical Instrument Maker at ye Violin, Houtboy, & German Flute, ye West end of St. Pauls Church Yd. London. Where Books of Instructions for any Single Instrument may be had. Price 1s & 6d. n.d.","MT252 .A2C76","

8vo. Text and music engraved throughout, 18 leaves only (should be 19, lacks the last leaf), frontispiece of a performer at the harpsichord by A. Roberts, engraved title as above, verso blank, folded leaf, showing The Harpsichord Illustrated and Improved, 3 leaves of text illustrated with musical notation, 14 leaves with musical notation on both sides of the leaf.

This edition not in Grove, and not in Fétis.

Half roan, not initialled by Jefferson but with his original shelfmark on a slip pasted down on the recto of the frontispiece. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

Jefferson's interest in the harpsichord, shown in his letters to Charles Burney, q.v., and to Francis Hopkinson, the inventor of a method of quilling, was technical only or on behalf of his wife, or of his daughter, for he himself did not play the instrument. This he explained in a letter to Hopkinson dated from Paris, July 6, 1785:

My last to you was of the 13. of January. about ten days after that date I received yours of Nov. 18. and about three weeks ago that of Mar. 20. came to hand. soon after the receipt of the first I published your proposition for improving the quilling of the harpischord. I inclose you a copy of the advertisement. one application only was made, and that was unsuccesful. I do not despair yet of availing you of it as soon as I can get acquainted with some of the principal musicians. but that probably will not be till the beginning of winter as all the beau monde leave Paris in the summer, during which the musical entertainments of a private nature are suspended. I communicated to Doctr Franklin your idea of Mesmerising the harpischord. he has not tried it, probably because his affairs have been long packed & packing. as I do not play on that instrument I cannot try it myself . . .

Peter Prelleur, fl. 1728-1750, a musician of French descent but resident in England, played the harpsichord at Goodman's Fields Theatre, for which he composed the music and dances. In 1730 he published The Modern Musick Master, or the Universal Musician, divided into separate parts of which the sixth was The Harpsichord illustrated and improv'd . . . in which is included a large collection of airs and lessons . . . Several of the parts were issued separately, and part 6, with the title changed to The Compleat Tutor for the Harpsichord was reprinted for Peter Thompson in more than one edition, all without date. In the separate editions the musical examples are changed from those in The Modern Musick Master. In this first separate edition the examples include The Charms of Lovely Peggy, Wouldst thou all the Joys receive, The Highland Laddie, Jockey and Jenny, a number of Minuets including the Minuet in Samson, March in Judas Macchabaeus, Tom loves Mary, Jigg by Corelli, Handell's Water Piece, and many others.

The Compleat tutor to the German Flute, another part of Prelleur's Modern Musick Master is entered by Jefferson in his dated manuscript catalogue, but was not included in the sale to Congress." "42580","J. 9","","","","Pasquali's art of fingering the harpsichord. Pasquali's Thorough bass made easy Zuccari's method of playing Adagios","","in 1. vol. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 9, as above, but reading fol.","Pasquali, Nicolo.","The Art of Fingering the Harpsichord. Illustrated with Examples in Notes. To Which is Added, an approved Method of Tuning that Instrument. by Nicolo Pasquali. London: Price 3sh. Printed and Sold by R: Bremner opposite Somerset House in the Strand. Where may be had, Thorough Bass made Easy by the same Author, 7sh. 6d. n.d.","MT252 .P3 1760a","

Small and oblong folio; 16 leaves of text in small folio, engraved title and 8 leaves of plates with musical notation engraved on both sides in oblong folio.

With this is bound:

Grove VI, 575. Fétis VII, 167.

Rebound by the Library of Congress in half morocco, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved." "42590","","","","","","","","","Pasquali, Nicolo.","Thorough-Bass made Easy: or, Practical Rules for finding & applying its Various Chords with little Trouble; Together with Variety of Examples in Notes, shewing the manner of accompanying Concertos, Solos, Songs, and Recitatives: by Nicolo Pasquali. Price 7sh. 6d. London: printed and sold by R. Bremner, the Assigney of Sig: Pasquali, at his Music-Shop in the Strand. Where may be had, composed by the same Author, sh—d Art of Fingering the Harpsichord, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - VI Solos for the Violin and Thorough-Bass, [Opera prima] . . . . . . . . . . 5 - XII English Songs in Score, collected from his Masques and other Entertainments, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 XII Overtures and Symphonies, in parts, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 -","","

Small and oblong folio. 24 leaves of text in small folio, engraved title and 15 leaves in oblong folio with musical notation engraved on both sides.

Grove VI, 575. Fétis VII, 167.

Not initialled by Jefferson, small manuscript corrections on page 42 of the text not by him. Over Bremner's name in the imprint is pasted down a label with the imprint of

With this is bound:

Longman & Co.: Sold at Longman & Cos. Music Shop No 26 Cheapside.

Nicolo Pasquali, d. 1757, Italian violinist and composer, settled in Edinburgh in 1740. Thorough-Bass made easy was originally published in Edinburgh in the year of his death; The Art of Fingering the Harpsichord first appeared in the same city about three years later." "42600","","","","","","","","","Zuccari, Carlo.","The true Method of Playing an Adagio Made Easy by twelve Examples First. in a plain Manner with a Bass Then with all their Graces Adapted for those who Study the Violin composed by Carlo Zuccari of Milan. London: Printed by R: Bremner, at the Harp and Hautboy, opposite Somerset House in the Strand, n.d.","","

First Edition. Oblong folio. Engraved title and 6 leaves with musical notation engraved on both sides.

Fétis VIII, 623. Not in Grove.

Carlo Zuccari, Italian violinist and composer, was attached to the Italian Opera in London in the middle of the eighteenth century.

For Robert Bremner, the publisher of this work and of the two books by Pasquali, see no. 4252." "42610","J. 10","","","","Hoegi's tabular system of minuets.","","","Not in the 1815 Catalogue.","Hoegi, Piere.","A Tabular System whereby the Art of Composing Minuets is made so Easy that any Person, without the least knowledge of Musick, may compose ten thousand, all different, and in the most Pleasing and Correct Manner. Invented by Sigr. Piere Hoegi. London: Printed at Welcker's Musick Shop in Gerrard Street St. Anns Soho, Where may be had Just Publish'd, for the Violin with a thorough Bass for the Harpsichord, Six Solos by Sigr. Tartini, Six Solos by Sigr. Chabran, Six Solos by Sigr. Mazzinghi, Six Trios by Sigr. Galleotti. For the Flute, Six Sonatas by Androux, Six Duetts by Sigr. Noferi, Six Duets by Sigr. Asuni. For the Harpsichord, Six Concertos by Sigr. Wagenseil, Four Grand Concertos by Sigr. Pelligrini, Eight easy Lessons by Mr. Bates. n.d.","","

First Edition. Oblong folio, engraved throughout, title, leaf of Explanation and 5 leaves of musical notation, engraved on both sides.

Not in Fétis. Not in Grove.

Now bound with Pasquali and Zuccari.

Piere Hoegi, fl. 1750, Italian musician resident in London. This work is entered by Jefferson in his catalogue as above Its omission from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 may possibly signify that it was bound by Jefferson with Pasquali and Zuccari before its delivery to Congress. This theory is supported by the fact that before the recent re-binding in half-morocco the four books were bound together in rough calf, which may have been the binding made for Jefferson." "42620","1","","","","Homeri Ilias. Gr.","","2. v. in 1. fol. Foulis.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 34, as above, but reading Foul.","Homer","T[???]ς τoυ [???]μ[???]ϱoν [???]λι[???]δoς [???] τ[???]μoς πϱ[???]τεϱoς [Eδε[???]τεϱoς] . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typographi, M DCC LVI. [1756.]","PA4018 .A2 1756","

2 vol. folio, 162 and 170 leaves, engraved frontispiece in vol. I, dedication and introduction in roman letter, text in Greek letter throughout, half-title in both volumes.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse or Ebert. Dibdin II, page 58. Murray, page 26.

The two works are the first entries in Stockdale's bill to Jefferson, dated August 18th, 1786, the price (bound) £2.4.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work, and of the Odyssey in the same edition, q.v., from Stockdale in a letter dated from Paris, July 24, 1786, the volumes to be sent unbound. In his Thoughts on English prosody, originally composed for the Marquis de Chastellux (written with his left hand, probably after breaking his wrist in September 1786), Jefferson quoted a long passage from the Iliad. Jefferson's original autograph draft of this article is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress, and occupies 28 pages in his hand. The passage quoted occurs under the heading Of the length of verse: for what is a Verse? this question naturally occurs, and it is not sufficiently answered by saying it is a whole line. should the printer think proper to print the following passage in this manner [???]ς ε[???]πων, o[???]παιδoς [???]ϱεξατo &phis;α[???]διμoς [???]κτωϱ, [???]ψ [???] [???] πα[???]ς πϱoς κoλπoν ε[???]ζωνoιo τε&thetas;ηνης εκλιν&thetas;η ιαχων, πατϱoς &phis;ιλoυ αψιν ατυχ&thetas;εις, ταϱβησας χαλκoν τε, ιδε λo&phis;oν [???]ππιτoχαιτην, δεινoν α[???] ακϱoτατης κoϱυ&thetas;oς νευoντα νoησας εκ [???] εγελασσε πατηϱ τε &phis;ιλoς και πoτνια μητηϱ. αυτι[???] απo κϱατoς κoϱυ[???] ε[???]λετo &phis;αιδιμoς Eκτωϱ, και την μεν κατε&thetas;ηκεν επι χ&thetas;oνι παμ&phis;ανoωσαν αυταϱ [???] [???] [???]ν &phis;ιλoν υ[???]oν επει κυσε, πηλε τε χεϱσιν, ειπεν επευξαμενoς Δι[???] [???] αλλoισιν τε [???]εoισι. Zευ, αλλoι τε &thetas;εoι, δoτε δη και τoνδε γενεσ&thetas;αι παι[???] [???]μoν, [???]ςκαι εγωπεϱ αϱιπϱεπεα Tϱωεσσιν, [???]δεβιην [???] αγα&thetas;oν, και Iλιoυ ι&phis;ι ανασσειν. και πoτε τις ειπησι πατϱoς [???] [???]γε πoλλoν αμεινων, εκ πoλεμoυ ανιoντ[???] &phis;εϱoι [???] εναϱα βϱoτoεντα, κτεινας δη[???]oν ανδϱα, χαϱειη δε &phis;ϱενα ματηϱ. [???]ς ειπων, αλoχoιo &phis;ιλης εν χεϱσιν ε&thetas;ηκε παι[???] εo[???] η [???] αϱα μιν κηωδε[???] δεξατo κoλπ[???] δακϱυoεν γελασας πoσις [???] ελεησε νoησας, χειϱι τε μιν κατεϱεξεν it would still be verse; it would still immortalise it's author were every other syllable of his compositions lost . . .

In this Foulis edition of the Iliad, the quoted passage occurs in Book VI, lines 466-485 (pages 158, 159).

There are other references to Homer in the Thoughts on English prosody, and his immortality is summed up by Jefferson in a passage near the end:

when young, any composition pleases which unites a little sense, some imagination, and some rhythm, in doses however small. but as we advance in life, these things fall off one by one, and I suspect we are left at last with only Homer and Virgil perhaps with Homer alone. He like 'Hope travels on nor quits us when we die' . . .

Jefferson expressed his opinion of Homer in various letters. Writing to Michael Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, from Paris, on January 15, 1787, he quoted a passage from the Iliad:

I see by the Journal of this morning that they are robbing us of another of our inventions to give it to the English. the writer indeed only admits them to have revived what he thinks was known to the Greeks, that is, the making the circumference of a wheel of one single peice. the farmers in New Jersey were the first who practised it, & they practised it commonly. Dr. Franklin, in one of his trips to London, mentioned this practice to the man, now in London, who has the patent for making those wheels. (I forget his name) the idea struck him. the Doctor promised to go to his shop & assist him in trying to make the wheel of one peice. the Jersey farmers did it by cutting a young sapling, and bending it, while green & juicy, into a circle; and leaving it so till it became perfectly seasoned. but in London there are no saplings. the difficulty was then to give to old wood the pliancy of young. the Doctor & the workmen laboured together some weeks & succeeded, & the man obtained a patent for it which has made his fortune. I was in his shop in London, he told me the whole story himself, and acknowleged, not only the origin of the idea, but how much the assistance of Dr. Franklin had contributed to perform the operation on dry wood. he spoke of him with love & gratitude. I think I have had a similar account from Dr. Franklin, but cannot be certain quite. I know that being in Philadelphia when the first set of patent wheels arrived from London, and were spoken of by the gentleman (an Englishman) who brought them as a wonderful discovery, the idea of it's being a new discovery was laughed at by the Philadelphians, who in their Sunday parties across the Delaware had seen every farmer's cart mounted on such wheels. the writer in the paper supposes the English workman got his idea from Homer. but it is more likely that the Jersey farmer got the idea from thence, because ours are the only farmers who can read Homer: because too the Jersey practice is precisely that stated by Homer; the English practice very different. Homer's words are (comparing a young hero killed by Ajax to a poplar felled by a workman)-

[???] [???]εν κoνιησι χαμαι πεσεν, αιγειϱoς [???]ς, [???] ϱα [???] εν ειαμενη ελεoς μεγαλoιo πε&phis;υκει, Λει[???] αταϱ τε o[???] oζoι ε[???] ακϱoτατ[???] πεϕυασ[???] Tην μεν [???][???]ϱματoπηγoς ανηϱ αι&thetas;ωνι σιδηϱ[???], Eξετα[???], o&phis;ϱα ιτυν καμψη πεϱικαλλει δι&phis;ϱ[???], [???] μεν [???] αζoμενη κειται πoταμoιo παϱ oχ&thetas;ας

literally thus 'he fell on the ground, like a poplar, which has grown, smooth, in the wet part of a great meadow; with it's branches shooting from it's summit. but the Chariot maker, with his sharp axe, has felled it, that he may bend a wheel for a beautiful chariot. it lies drying on the banks of the river.' observe the circumstances which coincide with the Jersey practice. 1. it is a tree growing in a moist place, full of juices, & easily bent. 2. it is cut while green. 3. it is bent into the circumference of a wheel. 4. it is left to dry in that form. you, who write French well & readily, should write a line for the Journal, to reclaim the houour of our farmers.

The quoted passage is from Book IV (page 100 in this edition).

In a letter to Joseph Priestley, dated from Philadelphia, January 27, 1800, Jefferson expressed his opinion on reading Greek authors in the original, with a specific reference to Homer:

. . . to all this I add that to read the Latin & Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury; and I deem luxury in science to be at least as justifiable as in architecture, painting, gardening or the other arts. I enjoy Homer in his own language infinitely beyond Pope's translation of him, & both beyond the dull narrative of the same events by Dares Phrygius, & it is an innocent enjoyment. I thank on my knees him who directed my early education for having put into my possession this rich source of delight: and I would not exchange it for any thing which I could then have acquired & have not since acquired . . .

On August 16, 1813, in writing from Monticello to John Waldo to thank him for his Rudiments of English Grammar, Jefferson discussed the advantages to a language of dialects, and wrote:

. . . did the Athenians consider the Doric, the Ionian, the Aeolic & other dialects, as disfiguring or as beautifying their language? did they fastidiously disavow Herodotus, Pindar, Theocritus, Sappho, Alcaeus as Grecian writers? on the contrary they were sensible that the variety of dialects, still infinitely varied by poetical license, constituted the riches of their language, and made the Grecian Homer the first of poets, as he must ever remain, until a language equally ductile & copious shall again be spoken . . .

Two years after acquiring these volumes, Jefferson set out to make a collection of the classics. In a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph, dated from Paris, February 28, 1788, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I must take the liberty of troubling you with the execution of a commission for me. I am making a collection of all the Greek authors, and of those editions of them which do not exceed the octavo size. I know that many of them have been printed at the Oxford press, and by the Foulis' in Glasgow, and probably at other presses also of Great Britain. I wish to have a catalogue of all the 8vo and smaller editions of them which have been printed in Great Britain, specifying whether they have translations or not, what is their price, and what works of the author they contain if they contain not the whole. I presume that any well informed bookseller can readily make out a catalogue of these editions. Will you be so good as to get some one to do this, and to undertake yourself the trouble of forwarding it to me? . . ." "42630","2","","","","id. [i. e. Homeri Ilias] Gr. Lat.","","2. vol. 4to. Clarke.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 26, Homeri Ilias, Gr. Lat. Clarke, 2 v 4to.","Homer.","Homeri Ilias Græce et Latine. Annotationes in Usum Serenissimi Principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, &c. Regio Jussu scripsit atque edidit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P. Vol. I. [—Homeri Ilias Græce et Latine. Cum Annotationibus Samuelis Clarke, S.T.P. nuper defuncti. Vol. II. Edidit, atque imperfecta supplevit Samuel Clarke Filius, S.R.S.] Editio Secunda . . . Londini: Impensis Johannis & Pauli Knapton, MDCCLIV. [1754.]","PA4019 .A2 1754","

2 vols. 4to. 176 and 182 leaves, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, with annotations in the lower margins, list of errata at the end of Vol. II, folded engraved map of Graeciae Antiqvae et Insvlarvm by R. W. Seale as frontispiece to Vol. I and of Asia Minor by W. H. Toms to Vol. II.

Dibdin II, page 55.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 30.10.

Samuel Clarke, 1675-1729, English divine. The first volume of this work was originally published in 1729, and dedicated to the Duke of Cumberland. The first edition of the second volume was published by Clarke's son in 1732, the first three books having been prepared by his father. For other works by Samuel Clarke, see the Index." "42640","3","","","","id. [i.e. Homeri Ilias] Eng.","","6. vols. 12mo. by Pope.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 2, Homer's Iliad, by Pope, 6 v 12mo.","Homer.","The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope Esq. London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1750.","","

6 vol. 12mo. plates. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Lowndes II, 1100.

Jefferson was buying an edition of Pope's Homer from Stockdale through William Stephens Smith, in 1786. In a letter to Jefferson in Paris dated from London October 1, 1786, Smith wrote:

. . . I suppose Mr. Stockdale has forwarded your Books—Homers Odesey and Iliad not being ready at the time, I have got them bound, and shall forward them, with your waist coats and breeches, by the diligence, if you think best . . .

On November 11, Smith wrote:

. . . I have given to Mr. Stockdale 4 Vols. of Pope's Iliad and Odesey, which were not ready in time for the last parcel, they will accompany those last ordered from Stocke. . . .

Alexander Pope, 1688-1714, English poet. The first edition of his translation of the Iliad was published by subscription in six volumes, 1715-1720. In his Preface, Pope states that it was by the advice of Joseph Addison that he undertook the translation." "42650","4","","","","Homeri Ilias secundum codicem Veneti. scholiis ineditis. Villeoison. Gr.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 36, as above.","Homer.","Oμηϱoυ Iλιας συν τoις Σχoλιoις. Homeri Ilias ad Veteris Codicis Veneti Fidem recensita. Scholia in eam antiquissima ex eodem Codice aliisque nunc primum edidit cum Asteriscis, Obeliscis, aliisque Signis criticis, Joh. Baptista Caspar d'Ansse de Villoison Upsaliensis Academiæ, Societ. Latinæ Jenensis &c. Sodalis. Anno MDCCLXXXVIII. Venetiis: Typis et Sumptibus Fratrum Coleti Superiorum Venia. [1788.]","","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, Prolegomena and text 184 leaves, Scholia 266 leaves, Greek text and Scholia in double columns.

Brunet III, 279. Graesse III, 330. Dibdin II, 66.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Jean Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villeoison, 1753-1805, French scholar, was sent to Venice in 1781 at the public expense, to collate a Homer manuscript of the 10th century in the Library of St. Mark's, and to transcribe its Scholia. The result was this edition of 1788, which includes the Ms. text, the Scholia, and Prolegomena by Villeoison." "42660","5","","","","Homeri Ilias Gr. Lat. cum scholiis Didymi.","","4to. Cantabrigiae. 1689.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 25, as above, but omitting Cantabrigiae. 1689.","Homer.","Oμηϱoυ Iλιας κα[???] ε[???]ς [???]υτην Σχoλια των [???]αλαιων. Homeri Ilias, et Veterum in eam Scholia, quæ vulgò appellantur Didymi: Totum Opus cum Plurimis, Vetustiss. & Optimis Edit. collatum; et Luculenter ex Earum fide Restitutum. Continentur insuper in hoc Volumine, I. Præfatio de Hâc Editione. II. Libelli Herodoti & Plutarchi de Homero, cum Stephani Notis, &c. III. Iliadis Nova Interpretatio Latina. IV. Iliadis [???]πιγϱαϕαι. V. Variæ Lectiones è Marginibus Edit. Stephani. VI. Ejusdem Annotationes. VII. Var. Lect. & Emendationes Scholiorum, unà cum Additamentis ex Excerptis Mss. & Scholiorum Supposititiorum Elencho . . . Cantabrigiæ: Ex Officina Joann. Hayes, Celeberrimæ Academiæ Typographi, 1689. Vendit Ed. Brewster, in Cœmeterio D. Pauli sub Insigni Gruis. Londini.","","

4to. 416 leaves, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, annotations in double columns in the lower margins; at the end Variæ Lectiones omnes, quas Henricus Stephanus apposuit Marginibus Homeri à se editi An. 1566, and Ujusden Henrici Stephani Annotationes in suam Homeri Editionem.

STC 2545. Graesse III, 330. Dibdin II, 65. Bowes 187.

Didymus Chalcenterus, c. 65 B.C.-A.D. 10, Greek scholar and grammarian, lived and taught in Alexandria and in Rome.

For Henricus Stephanus (Henri Estienne), see the Index." "42670","6","","","","Homeri Ilias. Gr. Lat. Foul. cum scholiis. Didymi","","5 vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 1. Homeri Ilias, Gr. Lat. Foulis, cum Scholiis Didymi, 5 v 12mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 580, no. 3. Ilias; Gr. et Lat., cum Scholiis Didymi, 4 v. 12mo; Argent. 1539, et Glasguae, 1778.","Homer","H τoυ [???]μ[???]ϱoυ [???]λι[???]ς. Homeri Ilias. Vol. I. [-IV.] . . . Glasguae: Excudebat Andreas Foulis, M DCC LXXVIII.—[Didymus Chalcenterus] Oμ[???]ϱoυ Eξηγητης Homeri Interpres. Cvm Indice locupletissimo. Argentorati per Vuendelinum Rihelium. Mense Septembri. Anno. M. D. XXXIX. [1778, 1539.]","","

Together 5 vol. sm. 8vo. From Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress printed catalogues, it would seem that these books, containing the text of the Iliad in Greek and in Latin, and the Scholia, were classed together by Jefferson himself. The Glasgow edition is in 4 vol., Greek text followed by the Latin translation, with separate signatures and pagination. The first volume is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and is omitted from the later catalogues. The Scholia is in 1 vol., 3 parts, with separate titles, signatures and pagination, text printed in italic letter, woodcut device on the first two titles and at the end. A copy was not available for examination. It is possible that Jefferson separated the first part containing the Scholia on the Iliad from the rest of the work. See no. 4268.

The Glasgow edition not in Graesse, Ebert, Dibdin. For Didymus, see Graesse II, 390.

Jefferson mentioned the Glasgow edition in a letter to N. G. Dufief dated from Washington, February 19, 1802:

. . . I have an edition of Homer's Iliad, Gr. & Lat. 12mo. printed by the Foulis in Glasgow and should be very glad to get their corresponding edition of the Odyssy. if you have it, or can procure it in Philadelphia, I shall be obliged to you for it: . . .

Dufief replied from Philadelphia on March 4:

. . . Je me suis ensuite occupé à chercher l'edition de l'Odyssée que vous souhaitez. Il paroit que c'est un ouvrage rare du moins à Philada puisque plusieurs jours d'une recherche active se sont écoulés sans pouvoir en découvrir un seul exemplaire—Si, une tres belle Edon du même ouvrage par les Foulis, en 2Vs in folio, pouvoit vous convenir an defaut de l'autre faites le moi Savoir. Le prix en sera de huit dollars-cet ouvrage feroit partie de la auction des classiques du Dr Franklin . . .

This edition was printed by Andrew Foulis, the son of Robert Foulis, whose partnership with his brother Andrew had been terminated by the death of the latter in 1775. Robert himself lived only one year, and the business was carried on by his son Andrew.

For Didymus Chalcenterus, author of the Scholia printed in Strassburg, see no. 4266.

Jacob Bedrott, d. 1541, was the editor of these Scholia." "42680","7","","","","Scholia in Homerum.","","3. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 4. Scholia in Homeri Odysseam, 12mo.","Didymus Chalcenterus.","[???]μ[???]ϱoυ Eξηγ[???]της. Homeri Interpres. Cvm Indice locupletissimo. [Πoϱ&phis;υϱ[???]oυ &phis;ιλoσ[???]&phis;oυ [???]μηϱικ[???] ζητ[???]ματα. To[???] α[???]τo[???] IIoϱ&phis;υϱ[???]oυ Πεϱ[???] τo[???], εν [???]δυσσε[???]α τϖν νυμ&phis;ϖν [???]ντϱoυ.] Porphyrij philosophi Homericarium quaestionum Liber. Eiusdem De Nympharum antro in Odyssea, opusculum.] Argentorati per Vuendelinum Rihelium, Mense Septembri. Anno. M. D XXXIX. [1539.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 3 parts in 1, with separate pagination and signatures, separate title for the second part, 290, 120 and 68 leaves, printer's device on each title and at the end of each part, text printed in italic letter. A copy of this book was not available for examination. The above information was obtained from a photostat of the first title, and from the description on the card of the copy in the University of Illinois in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse II, 390.

It seems probable that Jefferson separated the three parts of this book to make two volumes. The first part, which contains the Scholia on the Iliad was included by him with the Foulis edition of the Iliad (no. 4267 above). The second part, containing the Scholia on the Odyssey, has a separate title-page, as has been noted, and is the only part called for in the Library of Congress catalogues of 1831 and later: Scholia in Homeri Odysseam. The entry in the contemporary working copy of the catalogue of 1815, quoted above, has the manuscript annotation 3d. vol.

For Didymus Chalcenterus, see no. 4266.

Jacob Bedrott, d. 1541, was the editor of the Scholia, see no. 4267." "42690","8","","","","Homeri Ilias et Odyssea. Barnes.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 27, Homeri Ilias et Odyssea, cum Scholiis et notis, Barnes, 2 v 4to.","Homer.","Oμηϱoυ Iλιας και Oδυσσεια κα[???] ε[???]ς αυτ[???]ς Σχoλια, [???] [???]ξηλησις, τ[???]ν Παλαιϖν. Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, et in easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum. Item Notæ perpetuæ, in Textum & Scholia, Variæ Lectiones, &c. cum Versione Latina emendatissimâ. Accedunt Batrachomyomachia, Hymni & Epigrammata, unà cum Fragmentis, & Gemini Indices. Totum Opus cum Plurimis MSS. Vetustissimis, & Optimis Editionibus Collatum, Auctum, Emendatum, & Priscæ Integritati Restitutum . . . Operâ, Studio, & Impensis, Josuæ Barnes, S.T.B. In Academiâ Cantabrigia Regii Græcæ Linguæ Professoris. Cantabrigiæ: apud Cornelium Crownfield, Celeberrimæ Academiæ Typographum, apud quem etiam, Editoris Nomine, prostant Venales, MDCCXI. [1711.]","PA4018 .A2 1711","

2 vol. 4to. 594 and 426 leaves, Greek and Latin in parallel columns, with the annotations in the lower margins, engraved frontispiece to Volume I by B. Bernaerts after J. Goeree; separate title-page for the Odyssey at the beginning of Volume II.

Brunet III, 273. Graesse III, 328. Ebert II, 769. Dibdin II, 54. Not in Bowes.

Joshua Barnes, 1654-1712, Greek scholar and antiquary, became professor of Greek at Cambridge University in 1695.

For a note on Jefferson and the Iliad, see no. 4262 above, and on Jefferson and the Odyssey, see the next entry." "42700","9","","","","Homeri Odysseus. Gr.","","2. v. in 1. fol. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 35, as above, but omitting fol.","Homer.","T[???]ς τo[???] [???]μ[???]ϱoυ [???]δ[???]σσειας [???] τ[???]μoς πϱ[???]τεϱoς [-δευτεϱoς] . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Escudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, MDCCLVIII. [1758.]","PA4018 .A2 1756","

Folio. 2 vol. in 1, 153 and 168 leaves, half-titles to both volumes, Greek letter throughout, Index on the last leaf in roman letter, separate half-titles for the [???]μνoι, [???]πιγϱ[???]μματα and miscellaneous poems, continuous signatures and pagination, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue.

Dibdin II, page 58. Murray, page 26.

N. G. Dufief offered to Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin's copy of this edition, but proof that he bought it has not been found, see no. 4267 above.

Jefferson quoted from the Odyssey in his Notes on the State of Virginia. His remarks on slavery occur in the answer to Query XIV, The administration of justice and description of the laws? and contain the passage:

. . . That a change in the relations in which a man is placed should change his ideas of moral right and wrong, is neither new, nor peculiar to the colour of the blacks. Homer tells us it was so 2600 years ago.

[???]μισυ, γ[???]ϱ [???] [???]ϱετ[???]ς [???]πoα[???]νυται ε[???]ϱ[???]oπα Zε[???]ς [???]υεϱoς, ε[???][???] [???]ν μιν κατ[???] δo[???]λιoν ημαϱ [???]λησιν/

Od. 17. 323.

Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day

Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.

But the slaves of which Homer speaks were whites . . .

For further notes on Jefferson and Homer, see no. 4262, above." "42710","10","","","","id. [i. e. Homeri Odysseus] Gr. Lat.","","2. v. 4to. a Clarke.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 28, Homeri Odysseus, Gr. Lat. Clarke, 2 v 4to.","Homer.","Homeri Odyssea Græce et Latine, item Batrachomyomachia, Hymni, et Epigrammata, Homero vulgò ascripta. Edidit, Annotationesque, ex Notis nonnullis MStis a Samuele Clarke S.T.P. defuncto relictis partim collectas, adjecit Samuel Clarke, S.R.S. Vol. I. [-II] . . . Londini: impensis Johannis et Pauli Knapton, M DCC XL. [1740.]","PA4021 .A2 1740","

2 vol. 4to. 190 and 224 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, engraved folded frontispiece in each volume, Africa Propria by W. H. Toms in Vol. I, Graecia Magna sive pars vltima Italiæ by R.W. Seale in Vol. II; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, annotations in the lower margins. The title of the second volume omits the passage relative to the editor and the quotation from Aristotle.

Dibdin II, page 55.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 31.10.

This is Samuel Clarke's first edition of the Odyssey, and was published by his son. See no. 4263." "42720","11","","","","id. [i.e. Homeri Odysseus] Eng.","","5. v. 12mo. by Pope.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 5, Homer's Odyssey, by Pope, 5 v 12mo.","Homer.","The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq; London: Printed for Henry Lintot, 1752.","","

5 vol. 12mo. Frontispiece, plates; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

At the end of volume V is Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice. By Mr. Archdeacon Parnel. Corrected by Mr. Pope. 22 pages.

Lowndes II, 1100.

See no. 4264, above.

Thomas Parnell, 1679-1718, English-Irish poet, was appointed Archdeacon of Clogher in 1706. Parnell was a friend of Pope, and his Essay on the Life, Writings, and Learning of Homer was printed in the first volume of Pope's Illiad in 1715. His Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice was first published separately in 1717." "42730","12","","","","Homer's Iliad & Odyssey. by Chapman p.","","Fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 29, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 581, no. J, 37, Homer: Iliad and Odyssey; translated from the Greek, by George Chapman, folio; London. [No title page.]","Homer.","The whole Workes of Homer, Prince of Poetts, in his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greek, by Geo. Chapman. At London: printed for Nathaniell Butter [by Richard Field], n.d. [c. 1616.]","","

Sm. folio. 2 parts in 1. This is the first complete edition of Chapman's Homer; the Iliad and the Odyssey had previously been printed separately. It seems probable, as it is a small folio and contains both poems in one volume, that it was the edition in Jefferson's library and sold by him to Congress. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue and the early printed catalogues of the Library of Congress do not note the lack of title-page, the note of which first appears in the catalogue of 1839 as above. The early catalogues do not specify the edition. The title page of this edition was engraved by W. Hole and was without date. The Odyssey had been separately printed in 1614 and in some copies the engraved title to that poem is preserved, though it is wanting in most copies, having been suppressed when the general title was given to the whole book.

STC 13624. Hazlitt, Handbook, page 282, no. 6. Clawson 407.

George Chapman, 1559?-1634, English poet and dramatist, printed his first installment towards the complete translation of Homer in 1598, and the separate works were published at different times, before this complete edition. Chapman's Homer is considered one of the great achievements of the Elizabethan age." "42740","13","","","","Index Homericus Wolfgangi.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 30, as above.","Seber, Wolfgang.","Argus Homericus, sive Index Vocabulorum in omnia Homeri poemata, cum . . . Catalogo item græco-latino Vocabulorum, quibus apud Homerum, et ex eo in indice adjecta sunt epitheta, omnia accurante M. Wolfgango Sebero . . . Amterodami: apud J. Janssonium, 1649.","","

4to. 280 leaves; there is not a card for this book in the National Union Catalog, and a copy was not available for collation. The above title was taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Graesse VI, 337. Ebert 20776.

This work is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5.

Wolfgang Seber, 1573-1634, German classical scholar, was a native of Thuringia. The first edition of his Index to Homer was published in 1604." "42750","14","","","","Fabulae Homericae de Ulisse ethicé explicatae. Gr. Lat. Columbi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 15, as above, but reading Ulysse ethié","Columbus, Johan.","Incerti Scriptoris Græci Fabulæ aliquot Homericæ de Ulixis Erroribus ethice explicatæ vertit, notasque necessarias adjecit Johannes Columbus, P. P. Ups. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Philippum Bonk [Typis Johannis Wilhelmi de Groot] MDCCXLV. [1745.]","","

8vo. 88 leaves in fours, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, half title on I2 for Johannis Columbi in Anonymum hunc quarundam Homeri Fabularum Interpretem Notæ, printer's imprint on the last page, complimentary verses at the beginning.

Ebert 10079.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on August 16, 1785, price 5. The work is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4.

Johan Columbus, 1640-1684, Swedish humanist, professor of Latin poetry at Upsala, first published in 1678, this translation with annotations of an anonymous Greek writer's allegories on the wanderings of Ulysses. The Narratio errorum Ulyssis was originally written by Nicephorus Gregoras, and was printed by Conrad Gessner in 1542." "42760","15","","","","Lydgate's history of Troy.","","fol. 1555.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 31, as above, but reading Ludgate's.","Colonne, Guido della.","The Avncient Historie and onely trewe and syncere Cronicle of the warres betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans, and subsequently of the fyrst euercyon on the auncient and famouse Cytye of Troye under Lamedon the king, and of the laste and fynall destruction of the same under Pryam, wrytten by Daretus a Troyan and Dictus a Grecian both souldiours and present in all the sayde warres and digested in Latyn by the lerned Guydo de Columpnis and sythes translated in to englyshe verse by John Lydgate Moncke of Burye. And newly imprinted. An. M. D. L, V. [Imprinted at London, in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Princes armes, by Thomas Marshe. Anno. do. M. D. L. V.] [1555.]","PR2034 .A8 1555","

Folio. 160 leaves, title within a woodcut border, showing the descent of Henry VIII from John of Gaunt and Edmund of York, text in black letter, printed in double columns, colophon at the end of the last column, the Epistle to the Reader signed by Robert Braham.

STC 5580. Hazlitt, Handbook, 116. McKerrow and Ferguson, no. 75 [printed by J. Kingston and H. Sutton for Thomas Marshe]. Dibdin-Ames IV, 494, no. 2748. Duff, Thomas Marshe, page [2].

Guido Della Colonne, 13th-century Sicilian, accompanied Edward I to England, where he wrote this poem in Latin prose.

John Lydgate, 1370?-1451?, English poet, translated the work of Guido della Colonne, and used it as the foundation of this epic poem in heroic couplets, begun by him in 1412 and completed about 1420. The first edition was published by Pynson in 1513. This second edition has the Epistle to the Reader by Braham and the prologue of the Translator at the beginning, and at the end, ''Of the most noble excellent Prynce kynge Henry the fyfthe'' in 13 stanzas, the first in 9 lines, the rest in 12 lines.

Robert Braham, fl. 1555, the editor of this edition, prefixed a preface in which after referring to ''Wyllyam Caxton in his leawde recueil of Troye'' and others, he continues: ''Yet hath there not wanted the faythful & trew reporters of [???] historye, as Daretus the Phrigyan, and Dytus the Grecyan, who both curyouse of the worthy dedes of theyr countreithes, & both lykewyse presēt in al the sayd warres haue dyligently regestred the same whole bokes although by iniurye of the tyme, were not of long extant, yet at the last beyng founde at Athenes, haue sins by dewe conference ben founde hooly to agre, in all the dyscourse of [???] sayd warres, which the labores aswel of Darete as Dyte, at the laste came to the syght & handes of the lerned and dylygent Guydo of Columpna, who hath syncerelye and pythely digested the same in one latyne volume. And so by these degrees, hath bene at the laste by [???] diligence of John Lydgate a moncke of Burye, brought into our englyshe tonge: and dygested as maye appere, in verse who estranayle as well in other his doynges as in this hathe wythout doubte so muche preuayled in this our vulgare language, that hauynge his prayse dewe to his deseruynges, may worthyly be numbred amongest those that haue chefelye deserued of our tunge. As the verye perfect disciple and imitator of the great Chaucer, [???] onely glorye and beauty of the same . . .''" "42770","16","","","","Omero del Salvini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 14, as above, but adding 2 v.","Homer.","Iliade [-l'Odissea, Batracomiomachi e gli' Inni] d'Omero, tradotta dall' Original Greco in versi sciolti [da Ant. Mar. Salvini]. Edizione Seconda. In cui si è aggiunta una nuova Traduzione de la Batracomiomachia. Padova: Giovanni Manfré, 1742.","","

2 vol. 8vo. No copy was available for examination.

Brunet III, 291. Graesse III, 338.

Anton Maria Salvini, 1653-1729, Italian scholar, was a professor of Greek at the age of twenty-three. The first edition of his translation of Homer was published in Firenze in 1723.

Angiol Maria Ricci, fl. 1740, Italian scholar, was the author of the nuova Traduzione de la Batracomiomachia in this edition, first published in 1741." "42780","17","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 3, Homer's Iliad, by Mc.Pherson, 3 v 12mo.","Homer.","The Iliad of Homer. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. Dublin, 1773.","","

3 vol. 12mo; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes; not in Graesse; not in Foster. Jones, page 93.

James Macpherson, 1736-1796, Scottish poet, and the alleged translator of the Ossianic poems, first printed his translation of the Iliad in London in 1773, in two volumes, quarto. A second edition appeared in London in the same year. The bibliographers do not record the Dublin edition of 1773 in 3 volumes, duodecimo, which was probably a pirated edition, and which does appear in John Jones's list of books printed in Dublin in 1791, under the heading School Books, Prose Translations, etc. The authorized third edition was printed in Dublin in this format in 1818. The 1839 and later editions of the Library of Congress Catalogue describe the book as 2d edition." "42790","18","","","","Virgil. Foulis.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 37, Virgil, fol. Foulis.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex Editione Petri Burmanni. Tomus Primus [-Secundus]. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebat Andreas Foulis, Academiae Typographus, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]","PA6801 .A2 1778","

2 vol. in 1, Folio. 144 and 155 leaves, the last leaf with the list of those whose encouragement has made the work possible.

Graesse VI, page 343. Dibdin II, page 558.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 72.0.

Jefferson occasionally made use of Virgil to illustrate his Thoughts on English prosody [see no. 4262]. In his remarks on the length of syllables at the beginning he wrote:

. . . thus, if I meet with the word praeteritos in Latin prose, & want to know how the Romans pronounced it, I search for it in some poet, & find it in this line of Virgil 'O mihi prāetěr[???]tos referat si Iuppiter annos!' where it is evident that prae is long & te short in direct opposition to the pronuntiation which we often hear. the length allowed to a syllable is called it's quantity; and hence we say that the Greek & Latin languages are to be pronounced according to quantity . . .

Later in the same essay, in a discussion of anapaestic and dactylian verse, Jefferson evidently intended to quote from Virgil, but omitted the quotation. He wrote:

. . . is this an attempt at Dactylic verse? or shall we consider it still as Anapaestic, wherein either the 2 unaccented syllables which shd begin the verse are omitted; or else the two which end it are, in reciting, transferred to the next verse to compleat the 1st. Anapæst of that. as in Virgil in the following instance the last syllable of the line belongs to the next, being amalgamated with that into one.

I am not able to recollect another instance of this kind of verse: and a single example cannot form a class. it is not worth while therefore to puzzle a foreigner with a critical investigation of it's character . . .

In the remarks on blank verse, Virgil is mentioned with Homer:

. . . but as we advance in life these things fall off one by one, and I suspect we are left at last with only Homer and Virgil, perhaps with Homer alone . . .

Pieter Burman, 1668-1741, Dutch scholar, was a pupil of Grævius at Utrecht and of Jacob Gronovius at Leyden. Before his death in 1741 he had collected the material for an edition of Virgil, which was posthumously published by his nephew, Pieter Burman II, 1714-1778, in Amsterdam 1746.

The first edition of Virgil's Opera was published in Rome by Sweynheym and Pannartz, circa 1469." "42800","19","","","","id. [i. e. Virgil] Servii.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 38, Virgil, Servii, fol.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","Pvb. Virgilii Maronis Bvcolicorvm, Eclogæ X. Georgicorvm, Libri IIII. æneidos, Libri XII. Et in ea, Mavri Servii Honorati grammatici commentarii, ex antiqviss. exemplaribvs longè meliores et avctiores. Ex Bibliotheca Petri Danielis I.C. Accessit Fabij Planciadis Fulgentij liber de Continentia Virgiliana, auctior è Mss. Codd. Item Iunij Philargyrij commentariolus in Bucolica & Georgica Virgilii. Cvm certissimo et copiosissimo Indice. Parisiis: apud Sebastianvm Nivellivm, M. D. C. Cum Priuilegiis Cæsareæ & Regiæ Maiestatis. [1600.]","PA6801 .A2","

Folio. 426 leaves including 58 at the end, with separate signatures and pagination for the Commentary of Philargyrius, with the Index, errata list and other matter, title printed in red and black, large printer's woodcut device, the commentary of Servius interspersed with the text.

Brunet V, 1288. Graesse VI, 340. Dibdin II, 547. Silvestre 639.

Maurus Servius Honoratus, born c. 355 A.D., famous for his commentary on Virgil, first published in 1479.

Pierre Daniel, 1530-1603, classical scholar of Orléans, France, in editing this work, produced the first edition of the fuller form of the commentary of Servius, hitherto known only in manuscript, and the first edition of the expositions of Junius Philargyrius, Latin grammarian." "42810","20","","","","id. [i. e. Virgil] Lat. Eng. by Pitt & Wharton.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 18, as above, but omitting id. and reading Virgil.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","The Works of Virgil, in Latin and English. The original Text correctly printed from the most authentic Editions, collated for this Purpose. The Aeneid Translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, the Eclogues and Georgics, with Notes on the Whole, by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton. With several New Observations by Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Spence, and Others. Also, a Dissertation on the Sixth Book of the æneid, by Mr. Warburton. On the Shield of æneas, by Mr. W. Whitehead. On the Character of Japis, by the late Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. And, Three Essays on Pastoral, Didactic, and Epic Poetry, by the Editor. In Four Volumes. Vol. I.[-IV].London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753.","PA6801 .A2 1753","

4 vol. 8vo. 236, 189, 249 and 249 leaves, 2 leaves of Dodsley's advertisement at the end of Vol. III and 8 leaves at the end of Vol. IV, Latin and English text on opposite pages, engraved portrait frontispieces by L. P. Boitard in each volume, engraved plates by L. P. Boitard and P. Fourdrinier, engraved folded map by T. Jefferys.

Lowndes V, 2781. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 768. Dibdin II, 553.

Christopher Pitt, 1699-1748, English poet and translator, published his translation of the æneid into heroic couplets in two volumes, quarto, in 1740.

Joseph Warton, 1722-1800, English poet and critic, in issuing a new edition of Virgil's works in Latin and English in 1753, reprinted Christopher Pitt's translation of the æneid and himself translated the Eclogues and Georgics.

Edward Holdsworth, 1684-1746, English classical scholar and Latin poet, was the author of a number of dissertations on Virgil's Georgics and other poems. These were published in 1768 by Joseph Spence, q.v., a friend of Christopher Pitt.

William Warburton, 1698-1779, Bishop of Gloucester. His Dissertation on the Sixth Book of the æneid was included in several of the editions of the Works of Virgil, but no separate edition seems to have been issued.

William Whitehead, 1715-1785, poet-laureate of England. His disquisition on the Shield of æneas was one of his few prose writings.

Francis Atterbury, 1662-1732, Bishop of Rochester." "42820","21","","","","id. [i. e. Virgil] Eng. by Dryden.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 7, Virgil by Dryden, 3 v 12mo.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","The Works of Virgil: containing his Pastorals, Georgics and æneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. In Three Volumes . . . The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, M DCCXL VIII. [1748.]","PA6807 .A1D7 1748","

3 vol. 12mo. 168, 186 and 168 leaves, separate signatures, continuous pagination, titles printed in red and black, those for the second and third volumes differ from the first and have the volume number, engraved frontispiece and plates by Fourdrinier. Volume I contains at the beginning the Life of Virgil, and at the end of Volume III is a Postscript to the Reader followed by Notes and Observations on Virgil's Works in English.

Lowndes V, 2780. This edition not in Macdonald.

At page 60 in the Life of Virgil in volume I is a reference to Virgil's Tomb, with an engraved illustration by Fourdrinier, showing the laurel branches. In this connection, Jefferson in a letter to William Short dated from Paris, September 20, 1788, wrote:

. . . The dispute about Virgil's tomb & the laurel seems to be at length settled by the testimony of two travellers, given separately & without a communication with each other. these both say, that attempting to pluck off a branch of the Laurel, it followed their hand, being in fact nothing more than a plant or bough recently cut & stuck in the ground for the occasion.

the Cicerone acknowledged the roguery, & said they practiced it with almost every traveller, to get money. you will of course tug well at the laurel which shall be shewn you, to see if this be the true solution . . .

John Dryden, English poet and dramatist, began his translation of Virgil towards the end of 1693 and finished it in 1697. The first edition was published in July of that year." "42830","22","","","","Virgil. by Stirling.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 16, as above.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","P. Virgilii Maronis Opera; or, The Works of Virgil: with the following improvements, viz. I. The Words of the Author are placed in their natural and grammatical Order, in the lower Part of the Page; and such Words are supplied as by an Ellipsis are omitted, and yet are necessary to make the Connection and Sense complete. II. The more remarkable Rhetorical Figures are pointed out, and placed at the Bottom of the Page as they occur. III. A Scanning Table, by which every Verse of the Author may be scanned, the marginal Letter opposite to each Verse referring to the same Letter in the Table. IV. An Historical and Geographical Index, giving an Account of the Persons and Places mentioned in the Author. V. The most remarkable Phrases, Periphrases and Proverbial Sayings, are rendered into proper English. For the Use of Schools. By John Stirling, D. D. Late Vicar of Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Gordon. A new edition. London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons; S. Crowder; B. Law; T. Caslon; G. Robinson; and R. Baldwin. M DCC LXXIX. [1779.]","PA6801 .A3S7 1779.","

8vo. 340 leaves, Latin text followed by the Ordo on each page; on 64 leaves at the end, with separate signatures, the Index of the Names and Places and Phrases, Periphrases, and Proverbial Sayings collected out of Virgil.

John Stirling, d. 1777, English clergyman, was the editor of several classics for the use of schools. His design was stated in his Preface to his edition of Phaedras [q.v.]: ''throughout all my attempts of this kind, is to abridge the method of teaching and learning the classicks, to retrench the usual expence of time, which was before wasted by boys, in the course of their classical studies, and to make their learning easy and familiar to them; and also to free the master from the drudgery and slavish part of his office, namely, being perpetually wearied with the repeated questions of every boy under his care, reserving to him only to explain the difficult passages or beauties of the author to them; and in this particular book, to instruct them in the historical or moral sense of the fables.''" "42840","23","","","","Maphaeus's 13th. æneid with a burlesque translation.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 6, as above.","Vegio, Maffeo.","The Canto added by Maphæus to Virgil's Twelve Books of æneas, from the original Bombastic, done into English Hudibrastic; with notes beneath, and Latin Text in ev'ry other page annext . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, M.DCC.LVIII. [1758.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 72 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Major after Cipriani.

Lowndes III, 1469. Halkett and Laing I, 277.

Maffeo Vegio, 1406-1458, Italian poet. His Libri XII Aeneido Supplementum was first printed in the Venice edition of Virgil's Opera, 1471, and was frequently reprinted.

John Ellis, 1698-1790, English politcal writer and scrivener, was the author of this poem, based on the work of Vegio. In his preface, which is anonymous, he states: ''The courteous Reader is to be informed that the following Trifle, which I will not have the assurance to stile a Work, is a Travesty of Maphaeus's thirteenth Book, or Supplement, to Virgil's æneis.'' The preface gives an account of the life of Maffeo Vegio." "42850","24","","","","Virgilio del Caro.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 17, as above, 2 v.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","L'Eneide di Virgilio del Commendatore Annibal Caro. Tomo Primo[-Secondo]. In Parigi: presso la Vedova Quillau, M.DCC.LX. [1760.]","PA6813 .A5C3 1760","2 vol. 8vo. 161 and 173 leaves, engraved portrait of Virgil in Vol. I by Ficquet and in Vol. II of Caro by Defehrt, both after Zocchi, engraved title in each volume by Chenu after Zocchi, 12 plates, 12 vignettes, 6 culsde-lampe after Zocchi (one after Prévost), by Chenu, Defehrt, Lempereur, Leveau, Pasquier, Prévost and Tardieu; list of errata in Vol. I. Brunet V, 1308. Graesse VI, 363. De Ricci-Cohen, 1021. Annibale Caro, 1507-1566, Italian poet, first published his translation of the æneid in Venice, 1581." "42860","25","","","","Milton's Paradise lost. Foulis.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 39, as above, but reading fol. Foulis.","Milton, John.","Paradise lost, a Poem. The author John Milton. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1770.","","

Folio. 244 leaves, engraved vignette with portrait on the title-page. A copy of this edition was not seen for collation.

Lowndes III, 1559.

This edition is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 14/6. The edition which he ordered Reibelt to import for him in 1805 may have been for someone else.

Jefferson quoted from Paradise Lost to illustrate his remarks on blank verse in his Thoughts on English prosody [see no. 4262 above] and at one point compared Milton's lines with the corresponding passage in the Book of Genesis:

. . . the Poet unfettered by rhyme, is at liberty to prune his diction of those tautologies, those feeble things necessary to introduce the rhyming word. with no other trammel but that of measure, he is able to condense his thoughts & images and to leave nothing but what is truly poetical. when enveloped in all the pomp and majesty of his subject he sometimes even throws off the restraint of the regular pause: 'Of man's first disobedience And the fruit of that forbidden tree Whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe With loss of Eden, till one greater man restore us, And regain the blissful seat, Sing heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top of Oreb, or of Sinai didst inspire that Shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heav'ns & earth rose out of Chaos. Then stay'd the fervid wheels, and in his hand he took the golden compasses, Prepar'd in god's eternal store, To circumscribe this universe, and all created things: One foot he center'd & the other turn'd round through the vast profundity obscure & said, Thus far extend. there are but two regular pauses in this whole passage of seven verses. they are constantly drowned by the majesty of the rythm & sense. but nothing less than this can authorize such a license. take the following proof from the same author.

Again, god said, Let there be firmament amid the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters; and god made the firmament.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. and god made the firmament.

I have here placed Moses & Milton side by side, that he who can may distinguish which version belongs to the poet. to do this he will not have the aid either of the sentiment, diction or measure of poetry. the original is so servilely copied that tho it be cut indeed into peices of ten syllables, no pause is marked between these portions . . .

Milton. 7. 261.

Genesis. 1. 6.

This passage is quoted as Jefferson apparently originally wrote it. The numerous emendations and crossings out make his final intentions difficult of appraisal.

John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet. For the first edition of Paradise Lost, see no. 4289, below.

Thomas Newton, 1704-1782, Bishop of Bristol, first published an edition of Paradise Lost, with a life and notes, in 1749, and his text was used by the brothers Foulis in this edition of 1770." "42870","26","","","","Milton's Paradise regained. & other poems. Baskerville","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 32, as above.","Milton, John.","Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. The author John Milton, from the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson in London, M DCC LIX. [1759.]","PR3560 1759","

4to. 196 leaves, half-titles for the separate parts, continuous signatures and pagination.

Baskerville Club Handlist, no. 19. H. R. Tedder (in the D.N.B. I, 1286), no. 6.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6/6.

John Baskerville, 1706-1775, printer of Birmingham, England. This is his second edition of Paradise Regain'd, and is not a reissue of the first, printed in 1758, but a completely new setting of type.

Bishop Newton's first edition of Paradise Regain'd was issued in 1752." "42880","27","","","","Milton's Paradise lost & regained. Baskerville.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 20, as above.","Milton, John.","Paradise lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. The author John Milton. [—Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. The author John Milton] From the text of Thomas Newton D.D. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, MDCCLVIII. [1758.]","PR3560 1758","

2 vol. 8vo. 260 and 194 leaves, list of subscribers on 9 leaves at the beginning of Paradise lost, followed by complimentary poems by Samuel Barrow and Andrew Marvel and Newton's Life of Milton.

Baskerville Club Handlist, no. 14 and 15. Only the quarto edition of this year cited by Tedder, op. cit.

Earlier in the same year Baskerville had published the same works in quarto with plates.

The subscribers whose names are of interest in this Catalogue include Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., Benjamin Franklin Esq. Philadelphia, Thomas Hollis Esq. F.R.S., Hon. Horatio Walpole, M.P. and others." "42890","28","","","","Milton's Paradise lost.","","1st. edition in 10. books p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 19, as above.","Milton, John.","Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books. The Author John Milton. London: Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain, 1669.","PR3560 .1669","

First Edition. 4to. 178 leaves.

Lowndes III, 1558. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 465. STC 2140-2143. See the Catalogue of the Milton Tercentenary Celebration, Stoke Newington, 1908.

Jefferson bought his copy from Samuel Henley in 1786. In his list to Henley, dated Mar. 3, 1785, he described it as Milton's paradise lost, edn in 10. books. small 4to.; in a later list of the same books, he added that it was the 1st. edn. The date is not given by him in his manuscript catalogue, nor is it in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815. In the early Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish Jefferson's collection the date is given as 1669, which seems to prove that Jefferson's copy was one of the later issues of the first edition, with any one of the titlepages from the fifth to the eighth, all of which are dated 1669." "42900","29","","","","La Gierusalemme liberata del Tasso.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 40, as above, but reading dal for del.","Tasso, Torquato.","La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso con le Figure di Giambatista Piazzetta alla sacra real Maestà di Maria Teresa d'Austria Regina d'Ungheria, e di Boemia, ec. In Venezia, MDCCXLV. Stampata da Giambatista Albrizzi q. Girol. Con Privilegio dell'Eccellentissimo Senato. [1745.]","PQ4638 .C45","

Large folio. 12 preliminary leaves (unnumbered), including a list of subscribers, 256 leaves, numbered in the lower margins (4 errors in the numbering), no signatures, title printed in red and black, with an engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece with a medallion portrait of Tasso, full-page engraved portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria, full-page engraving before each of the 20 Cantos, headpieces, initials and culs-de-lampe, all after Piazzetta by Giovanni Marco Pitteri, with the exception of the portrait, which was engraved by Felix Polanzani.

Brunet V, 666. Graesse VI, 33.

Torquato Tasso, 1544-1595, Italian poet. The first edition of his Gerusalemme Liberata was printed in 1580.

Giambatista Piazzetta, 1682-1754, Italian artist, was a pupil of Molinari. In 1750 he became the first Director of the Academy of Venice, and paintings by him are in Dresden, Cassel, Brunswick and other European towns.

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1703-1786, Italian engraver." "42910","30","","","","The same [i. e. La Gierusalemme liberata del Tasso] Foulis. with Le Clerc's plates.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 8, La Gierusalemme Liberata, Foul. with Le Clerc's Plates, 2 v 12mo.","Tasso, Torquato.","La Gierusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso: con le Figure di Sebastiano Clerc. In Due Volumi. Vol. I [-II]. In Glasgua: della Stampa di Roberto ed Andrea Foulis, e si vendono Appresso Loro, e Giovanni Balfour in Edinburgo, M.DCC.LXIII. [1763.]","","

2 vol. sm. 8vo. 171 and 187 leaves, 22 engraved plates by Sébastien Le Clerc, including a bust portrait of Tasso and a half-title at the beginning of Volume I.

Brunet V, 667. Graesse VI, 33. Not in De Ricci-Cohen. Jombert, no. 140 (not this edition). Meaume, page 111. Murray, Robert and Andrew Foulis, page 81.

This entry is not checked as having been received in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and is omitted from the later Library of Congress catalogues.

Sébastien Le Clerc, 1637-1714, French engraver and geometrician, first published these illustrations for La Gierusalemme Liberata in the Elzevir edition, for Thomas Jolly of Paris in 1678. According to Murray, op. cit. Foulis printed the illustrations for his editions from the plates of Le Clerc, which he had bought." "42920","31","","","","The same [i.e. La Gierusalemme liberata del Tasso] Eng. by Hoole.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 9, Tasso's Jerusalem, Eng. by Hoole, 12mo.","Tasso, Torquato.","Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. Vol. I. [-II.] The Second Edition. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, P. Vaillant, T. Davies, J. Newbery and Z. Stuart, MDCCLXIV. [1764.]","","

2 vol. in 1, 12mo. 156 and 146 leaves, with half-titles, engraved vignette on both title-pages by A. Walker; dedication to the Queen, Preface, and the Life of Tasso at the beginning of Volume I.

Lowndes V, 2575.

Hoole's Tasso was one of the books bought by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley. It was included in the list sent to Henley appended by Jefferson to his letter dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is included in his own list of his purchase. The volumes were issued separately. Jefferson's copy seems to have been bound in one volume.

John Hoole, 1727-1803, English author and translator, published the first edition of his translation of Tasso's work in 1762. The dedication to the Queen, reprinted in this second edition, and signed John Hoole, was written by Samuel Johnson. Boswell, in his Life of Johnson, wrote: He [i. e. Johnson] also favoured Mr. Hoole with the Dedication of his translation of Tasso to the Queen, which is so happily conceived and elegantly expressed, that I cannot but point it out to the peculiar notice of my readers. [1791, vol. I, page 207.]" "42930","32","","","","Lucanus. Variorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 21, Lucani Pharsalia Notis Variorum, 8vo.","Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus.","M. Annaeus Lucanus De Bello civili, cum Hug: Grotij Farnabij notis integris & variorum selectiss. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Lugd. Batavorum: apud F. Hackium, 1658.","","

8vo. 392 leaves including the engraved title, printed in italic letter; engraved folded map. A copy of this edition was not available for examination; from the information available it seems to be identical with that printed in Amsterdam in the same year by Hackius, ex officina Elzeviriana.

Graesse IV, 273. Dibdin II, 185. See Willems, 1234. Rahir 1266.

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, A.D. 39-65, born in Cordoba, was the nephew of the philosopher Seneca. His early death was due to his forced suicide on the discovery of the conspiracy of Piso, which he had joined. The Bellum Civile, in ten books, of which the last is unfinished, is the only one of his works which has come down to us apart from the titles and a few lines of others.

The work received the title Pharsalia from a mistaken interpretation of the passage Pharsalia nostra vivet, et a nullo tenebris damnabitur aevo. (ix. 985.)

Cornelius Schrevelius [Kornelis Schrevel], c. 1615-c. 1667, Dutch scholar at Leyden University, where he had succeeded his father as dean of the schools of the humanities. This is his first variorum edition of the work of Lucanus.

Thomas Farnaby, 1575?-1647, English schoolmaster and classical scholar. His first edition of the Pharsalia was published in London in 1618.

Hugo Grotius, 1583-1645. His first edition of the Pharsalia was published without date; a second edition appeared in Amsterdam in 1626. For other works by him, see the Index." "42940","33","","","","id. [i.e. Lucanus. Variorum] Farnabii","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 10a, Lucani Pharsalia, Farnabii, 12mo.","Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus.","M. Annaei Lvcani Pharsalia, sive, De Bello Civili Cæsaris et Pompeji Lib. Z. Additiæ sunt in fine Hvgonis Grotii notæ ex binis antehac editis junctæ, auctæ, correctæ. Et Thomas Farnabii in margine etc. Amsterodami: apud Ionnem Blaewu, 1643.","","

12mo. 174 leaves, engraved title-page, sphere device; no copy was available for collation.

Graesse IV, 273. Not in Dibdin.

See the previous entry." "42950","34","","","","Rowe's Lucan. Lat. Eng.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 41, as above.","Lucanus, Marcus Annæus.","Lucan's Pharsalia. Translated into English Verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq; Servant to his Majesty . . . London: printed for Jacob Tonson, MDCCXVIII. [1718.]","PA6479 .E5R6","

First Edition of this translation. Folio. 248 leaves, separate alphabet and pagination for the Notes at the end, engraved frontispiece by B. Baron after L. Cheron, engraved vignette on the title-page, folded engraved map as frontispiece to the text, engraved head pieces, culs-delampe and initials after Cheron by Van der Gucht, and by Kirkall; list of subscribers on 5 pages; dedication to the King signed by Anne Rowe.

Lowndes III, 1408. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 766.

Nicholas Rowe, 1674-1718, English dramatist and poet laureate, died on December 6 of the year this volume was published. It is dedicated to King George I by his widow, and prefixed by an Account of Lucan and his Works, and of Mr. Rowe by James Welwood, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

James Wellwood (usually so written), 1652-1727, studied in Glasgow University and went to Holland in 1679, returning with King William and Queen Mary in 1690." "42960","35","","","","May's Lucan. Eng.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 10b, Lucan's Pharsalia, by May, 16s.","Lucanus.","Lvcan's Pharsalia: or, The Civill Warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the Great, and Ivlivs Caesar. The whole tenne bookes Englished by Thomas May . . . The Second Edition, corrected, and the annotations enlarged by the Author. London: Printed by A. Mathewes, for T. Iones, 1631.","","

Sm. 8vo. Second Edition. 155 leaves, engraved title by F. Hulsius; a copy of this edition was not available for examination.

Lowndes III, 1408. STC 16888. Hazlitt Handbook, page 356 (b), I, 267.

Thomas May, 1595-1650, English poet, made many translations of the classics. His translation of Lucan's Pharsalia was first published in 1627, and passed through three editions in eight years. May himself composed a continuation of Lucan both in Latin and in English, and carried the story to the death of Caesar." "42970","36","","","","[La Henriade de Voltaire. tome 1re. de ses Oeuvres.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 136, unnumbered. [La Henriade de Voltaire, Operum Tomo, 12mo.]","","","","This entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815. For the Oeuvres de Voltaire, see chapter XLIV." "42980","37","","","","Quintus Calaber. Gr. Lat. not. var. de Pauw.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 22, as above.","Quintus Smyrnæus.","Quinti Calabri Prætermissorum ab Homero Libri XIV. Græce, cum versione Latina et integris emendationibus Laurentii Rhodomanni; et adnotamentis selectis Claudii Dausqueji; curante Joanne Cornelio de Pauw, qui suas etiam emendationes addidit. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Joannem van Abcoude, MDCCXXXIV. [Trajecti ad Rhenum. Typis Petri Muntendam.] [1734.]","PA4407 .Q4 1734","

8vo. 452 leaves, title printed in red and black, with engraved device, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, notes in the lower margins; colophon on the recto of the last leaf.

Graesse V, 532. Ebert 18494.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 10.

Quintus Smyrnaeus, Greek epic poet, probably flourished towards the end of the fourth century, A.D. The manuscript of this poem, which bridges the gap between the story of the Iliad and that of the Odyssey, was found in Calabria, and the author is sometimes known as Quintus Calaber. The first edition was printed by Aldus in 1504.

Johannes Cornelis de Pauw, fl. 1735, Dutch scholar and classicist, was born in Utrecht. He edited a large number of the classical authors." "42990","38","","","","Statius variorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 23, Statius, Notis Variorum, 8vo.","Statius, Publius Papinius.","Publii Papinii Statii Sylvarum Lib. V. Thebaidos Lib. XII. Achilleidos Lib. II. Notis selectissimis in Sylvarum libros Domitii, Morelli, Bernartii, Gevartii, Crucei, Barthii, Joh. Frid. Gronovii Diatribe. In Thebaidos præterea placidi Lactantii, Bernartii, &c. Quibus in Achilleidos accedunt Maturantii, Britannici; accuratissime illustrati a Johanne Veenhusen. Lugd. Batav.: ex Officina Hackiana, Ao 1671.","","

8vo. 472 leaves, text in italic letter, long lines, notes in double columns in the lower margins, in roman letter, engraved frontispiece by P. Appelmans, a few small engravings in the text, woodcut device on the title-page.

Graesse VI, 481. Ebert 21685.

Publius Papinius Statius, c. A. D. 45-96, a Neapolitan by birth, settled in Rome and was admitted to the court of Domitian. Of his works contained in this variorum edition, the Silvae, in five books, consist of occasional poems addressed to the poet's friends; Thebais took twelve years to write and is in twelve books; it contains the story of the quarrel between Eteocles and Polynices; the Achilleis was brought to an end in the second book by the death of the poet." "43000","39","","","","Glover's Leonidas.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 11, as above.","Glover, Richard.","Leonidas: a Poem. By Richard Glover. Adorned with plates . . . The Seventh Edition, London: Printed by C. Whittingham, for Cadell and Davies [and others], 1804.","","

2 vol. 12mo. 12 books, each with a half-title, plates; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Richard Glover, 1712-1785, English poet, first published Leonidas in 1737. The first edition had nine books only, and passed through four editions in the first year of its publication. The first edition with twelve books appeared in 1770.

Leonidas, King of Sparta, succeeded to the throne circa 489 B.C. His heroism in the war against Xerxes was the source of many epic poems." "43010","40","","","","Barlow's Columbiad.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 33, as above.","Barlow, Joel.","The Columbiad a Poem. By Joel Barlow . . . Printed by Fry and Kammerer for C. and A. Conrad and Co. Philadelphia; Conrad, Lucas and Co. Baltimore. Philadelphia: 1807.","E120 .B255","

First Edition. xvi and 454 pages (no signatures), engraved portrait frontispiece by A. Smith after R. Fulton, engraved plates by various engravers after R. Smirke.

Sabin 3416. Wegelin, no. 854. Dexter IV, 14, no. 8. Howard, page 422.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author who wrote from Georgetown on January 23, 1808:

I beg your acceptance of a specimen of the typographical art which I think equal to any that Europe has produced. The paper type & ink are made in Philadelphia, and I regret that the engravings had not likewise been committed to American artists.

I cannot hope that you will soon find leisure to read the poem with that attention which would be requisite to obtain from you your opinion of its merits, I mean in a moral & political view. As a poem of the Epic character it can never rank high. As a patrotic [sic] legacy to my country I hope it may prove acceptable.

A note in another hand explains that the specimen of typographical art is the Columbiad.

Jefferson replied from Washington on the following day, January 24:

Th:Jefferson returns thanks to m[???] Barlow for the copy of the Columbiad he has been so kind as to send him. the eye discovers at once the excellence of the Mechanical execution of the work, and he is persuaded that the Mental part will be found to have merited it. he will not do it the injustice of giving it such a reading as his situation here would admit of a few minutes at a time & at intervals of many days. he will reserve it for that retirement after which he is panting, & not now very distant, where he may enjoy it in full concert with it's kindred scenes, amidst those rural delights which join in chorus with the poet, and give to his song all it's magic effect. he salutes m[???] Barlow with friendship and respect.

Jefferson had the copy bound by Milligan on April 30, 1808, in calf, gilt, cost 4.00.

Jefferson is mentioned in Book V, with others of the Revolutionary patriots:

Each generous Adams, freedom's favorite pair,

And Hancock rose the tyrant's rage to dare,

Groupt with firm Jefferson, her steadiest hope,

Of modest mien but vast unclouded scope.

Like four strong pillars of her state they stand,

They clear from doubt her brave but wavering band . . .

For other works by Joel Barlow, 1754-1812, see the Index. This first edition of this work, an amplification of the Vision of Columbus, q.v., was printed at the expense of Robert Fulton to whom it is dedicated. Some years earlier Barlow had been instrumental in introducing Fulton to Jefferson, see no. 1162." "43020","41","","","","Barlow's Vision of Columbus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 24, as above.","Barlow, Joel.","The Vision of Columbus; a Poem in Nine Books. By Joel Barlow, Esquire. Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for the Author, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","E120 .B25","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours, 136 leaves, list of subscribers at the end.

Sabin 3434. Wegelin 10. Dexter IV, page 9, no. 6. Howard, page 421.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Joel Barlow, who wrote from Hartford on June 15, 1787:

Your character in the literary, as well as political world has induced me to request your acceptance of the Poem herewith forwarded to the care of the Marquis de la Fayette. What is said in it of the french king & nation may perhaps occasion it to be translated into that language. Should this ever be done, I could wish it might be in a manner that the work may not appear to disgrace that illustrious personage who condescended to recieve the dedication . . .

This letter, which refers also to the publication of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia in the United States [q.v. no. 4167] is endorsed by Jefferson: Barlow Joel, (author of the Vision of Columbus).

On July 11 of the following year, 1788, Jefferson used this work to introduce the author to Richard Price. In a letter to the latter dated from Paris, Jefferson wrote:

It is rendering mutual service to men of virtue & understanding to make them acquainted with one another. I need no other apology for presenting to your notice the bearer hereof m[???] Barlow. I know you were among the first who read the Visions of Columbus, while yet in manuscript: and think the sentiments I heard you express of that poem, will induce you to be pleased with the acquaintance of their author. he comes to pass a few days only at London, merely to know something of it. as I have little acquaintance there, I cannot do better for him than to ask you to be so good as to make him known to such persons as his turn & his time might render desirable to him . . .

This work, as mentioned by Barlow in his letter to Jefferson, is dedicated to Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, who subscribed for twenty-five copies. The penultimate paragraph of the dedication reads:

The following work, which may be considered in part, as the offspring of those reflections which your Majesty's conduct has taught me to make, possesses one advantage scarcely to be expected in a Poem written in a foreign language. Your Majesty's permission, that the unfortunate Columbus may once more enjoy the protection of a royal benefactor, has added a new obligation to those I before felt—in common with a grateful country. It is the policy of wise Princes to encourage the liberal arts among their subjects; and, as the human race are the objects of your extended administration, they may all in some measure claim the privilege of subjects, in seeking your literary as well as political protection.

The dedication to the King was omitted from the second edition, published in 1787, and the work was not issued in a French translation. It was later expanded by the author into the Columbiad, q.v. no. 4301.

The lines in praise of the patriots of the Revolution are less impressive than in the Columbiad, and Jefferson does not have a paragraph to himself:

Nash, Rutledge, Jefferson, in council great,

And Jay and Laurens oped the rolls of fate;

The Livingstons, fair Freedom's generous band,

The Lees, the Houstons, fathers of the land . . ." "43030","42","","","","Northmore's Washington.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 136, no. 13, as above.","Northmore, Thomas.","Washington, or Liberty Restored: a Poem, in Ten Books, by Thomas Northmore, Esq . . . London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [by Richard Taylor and Co.], 1809.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 132 leaves including 2 blanks at the beginning, printer's imprint on the verso of the title leaf and at the end; list of books by the same author on the last page.

Lowndes III, 4704. Sabin 55838.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author and his aunt by marriage, Mrs. De Butts, through Benjamin Galloway of Washington, D. C. The circumstances were explained to Jefferson in a letter from Galloway, dated from Washington, January 1, 1812:

The enclosed poetical production was placed in my hands a few days ago by an English Lady, Mrs. Mary De Butts accompanied with an earnest request that I would cause it to be forwarded to you. The above mentioned Lady is the Wife of Doctor Richard De Butts whose residence is in the state of Maryland immediately opposite the Town of Alexandria. The enclosed extract is a verbatim et literatim copy of an original Letter from the Author of the Poem (Mr Northmore) to Mrs De Butts. The circumstance alluded to, which will probably prevent Mr Northmore from ever carrying into effect the design he had once contemplated of visiting the United States, is, that he has lately entered into the Holy Estate of Matrimony with a Miss Welby, the neice of Mrs Mary De Butts.

In conformity to the anxious wish and sollicitation, that a sure conveyance should be afforded of forwarding said work to you, I have delivered it to Mr Secretary Munroe: who has promised to carry Mrs De Butt's wishes (quo ad hoc) into execution. The Author is an intimate acquaintance of said Lady; is an independant country Gentleman, of eight thousand pounds per year; a real Whigg; Mrs De Butts at the time of placing the volume in my hands with the accompanying extract intimated to me that an acknowledgment by you of the having received said Poem, would be infinitely gratifying to the Author, as well as proof positive, that she had faithfully executed the commission with which her Friend had honoured her.

The ''enclosed extract'' reads as follows:

''I beg your acceptance of my Poem of Washington & will trouble you to send the other copy to your like upright & enlightened President Mr Jefferson a man whose name I have introduced with merit & approbation into my work, and whose political career will I am certain be mentioned by Posterity with applause. It would have been my pride to have seen him & conversed with him, and I once indulged the hope, but now it will probably never be in my power.''

The footnote in the same hand reads:

Extract of a Letter from Thomas Northmore Esqr No 16 Orchard Street, Portman Square London.

Jefferson replied to Galloway from Monticello on February 2:

I duly recieved your favor of the 1st. inst. together with the volume accompanying it, for which I pray you to accept my thanks, and to be so kind as to convey them to m[???]s Debutts also, to whose obliging care I am indebted for it's transmission. but especially my thanks are due to the Author himself for the honorable mention he has made of me. with the exception of two or three characters of greater eminence in the revolution we formed a group of fellow laborers in the common cause, animated by a common zeal and claiming no distinction of one over another.

The spirit of freedom breathed thro' the whole of m[???] Northmore's composition is really worthy of the purest times of Greece and Rome. It would have been recieved in England in the days of Hampden & Sydney with more favor than at this time. It marks a high and independant mind in the author, one capable of rising above the partialities of country, to have seen in the adversary cause that of justice and freedom, and to have estimated fairly the motives and actions of those engaged in it's support . . . as you have been the channel of my recieving this mark of attention from m[???] Northmore, I must pray you to be that of conveying to him my thanks, and an assurance of the high sense I have of the merit of his work and of it's tendency to cherish the noblest virtues of the human character . . .

The various mentions with merit and approbation are as follows:

Line 208 (page 13):

Nor let from your harpyian fangs escape

The prudent Laurens, (who hath won the heart

Of sage De Castries,) nor that Jefferson,

In whom I see a more than common foe;

Line 309 (page 24):

. . . e'en Washington calls out

For aid on Jefferson . . .

The footnote to this passage is a quotation from Marshall's Life of Washington:

310. For aid on Jefferson:—Washington in one of his letters writes thus; ''Where are our men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their country? Let this voice, my dear sir, call upon you, Jefferson, and others.'' Life of W., iv. 58. See 324.

Line 286 (page 135):

Here stop, my Muse! to observe yon generous youth,

Whose downy cheeks the bloom of health adorns;

Whose virtuous mind, with genuine glory fir'd,

Streams from his swollen eyes. See where he stands

Close by his country's guardian. Noble youth!

Thou too shalt be Columbia's future joy;

Her glory, and her pride; Yes! Jefferson!

The cause of freedom, and the cause of man,

Shall not to thy protection trust in vain;

Thou too shalt be another Washington.

The note to line 292, Yes! Jefferson! is also taken from the Life of Washington:

292. Jefferson!—The high respect in which Washington held this enlightened friend of the human race, may be gathered from his having placed him at the head of the department of foreign affairs. And when we add that his country has thought him qualified to fill that chair, which was once occupied by Washington himself, all further commendation would be useless. See Life of W., v. 244. 417-8.

Thomas Northmore, 1766-1851, English miscellaneous writer. A second edition of this poem was published in Baltimore in the same year." "43040","43","","","","Dwight's Conquest of Canaan.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 135, no. 12, as above.","Dwight, Timothy.","The Conquest of Canäan; a Poem, in Eleven Books. By Timothy Dwight . . . Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785.]","PS739 .C7 1785","

First Edition. 12mo. 156 leaves.

Sabin 21548. Evans 18996. Dexter III, page 326, no. 6. Wegelin 128. Howard, page 416. Trumbull 631.

Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817, Congregational divine, was President of Yale College from 1795 to 1817. The Conquest of Canaan is dedicated to George Washington from Greenfield, in Connecticut, March 1, 1785. The poem is preceded by an explanatory preface beginning:

As this poem is the first of the kind, which has been published in this country, the writer begs leave to introduce it with several observations, which that circumstance alone may perhaps render necessary . . ." "43050","1","","","","Les Avantures de Telemaque. avec des remarques.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 9, as above, but omitting avec des remarques.","Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Motte.","Les Avantures de Té1émaque, fils d'Ulysses . . . Nouvelle édition. Londres, 1795.","","

12mo. No copy of this edition available for examination was found. There is no card in the National Union Catalog. A copy is in the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum, but not in that of the Bibliothèque Nationale. This edition was not listed in any bibliography consulted.

François de Salignac de la Motte Fénélon, 1651-1715, Archbishop of Cambrai and author, first published Les Avantures de Télémaque, in which the adventures of the son of Ulysses in search of a father are made into a political novel, in 1700. The book was published in numerous editions and translated into several languages." "43060","2","","","","Les avantures de Telemaque.","","12mo. Fr. Espagnol. 2. v.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 10, as above, but reading aventures and Talemaque.","Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Motte.","Les Avantures de Télémaque (François et Espagnol). La Haye, 1712.","","

2 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition has been traced for collation. It is not in the National Union Catalog, and not in any of the bibliographies consulted.

Jefferson bought 2 editions of Télémaque from Froullé in Paris in 1789, one in 2 volumes, 12mo, bound, on March 26, price 5, which may have been this copy, the other on June 13, price 3." "43070","J. 3","","","","The adventures of Telemachus by Littlebury & Boyer.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 11, as above, but adding Eng. after Telemachus.","Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Motte.","The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses. In XXIV Books. Written by the Archbishop of Cambray. To which is added The Adventures of Aristonous. Done into English by Mr. Littlebury and Mr. Boyer. Adorn'd with Twenty-four Plates, and a Map of Telemachus's Travels, all curiously Engraved by very good Hands. The Sixteenth Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Vol. I. [—The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses. The Seventeenth Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Vol. II. To which are added The Adventures of Aristonous.] London: Printed for W. Meadows [and others], M.DCC.LIX. [1759.]","Class 35","

2 vol. 12mo. 298 and 156 leaves, engraved portrait of Fénélon as frontispiece to Vol. I, 24 engraved plates (a plate for each book), engraved map; The Adventures of Aristonous at the end of the second volume is preceded by a leaf headed The Bookseller to the Reader. The Advertisement at the beginning of Vol. I is signed by A. Boyer, and dated from Covent Garden, London, Oct. 14, 1718; Boyer's advertisement is followed by a poem with caption title An Allusion to the Archbp. of Cambray's Telemachus, in Imitation of Homer. Written in the Year 1707. by the late Duke of Devonshire; this is followed by A Discourse upon Epick Poetry, and the Excellence of the Poem of Telemachus [by A. M. Ramsay].

This edition not in Quérard. This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, and with the 1822 bookplate, with chapter and number in each volume; some leaves stained. With the autograph signature of Martha Skelton on each title page; not initialled by Jefferson.

This book came into Jefferson's library on his marriage, on January 1, 1772, to Martha [Wayles] Skelton, the widow of Bathurst Skelton.

Isaac Littlebury, fl. 1699-1709, English clergyman. In his Advertisement concerning this English version, Abel Boyer explains that the first English version was the ''Performance of the late ingenious Mr. Littlebury, Mr. Alexander Oldes, and myself. As the first French Edition of Telemachus was divided into Five Books, which came out at different Times, Mr. Littlebury translated only the first Part; and did it so well, that it was a Misfortune for the Publick, that his ill State of Health did not permit him to go on with the rest. Upon his declining it, and at the Bookseller's earnest Desire, I undertook the Task: But not having then sufficient Time to spare from other Business, I divided it with Mr. Oldes, who translated the fourth and fifth Parts; as I did the second, and most Part of the third. These Particulars I think fit to mention, both that my fellow-Translators may have the Praise due to their Performances, and, at the same time, that I bear no more Blame, than in justice lies at my own Door . . .''

Abel Boyer, 1667-1729, A French Huguenot by birth, went to England to live in 1689. His first edition of the translation of Fénélon's work was printed in 1728. For other works by him, see the Index.

Alexander Oldes was probably Alexander Oldys, author of an Ode on the death of Dryden, 1700, and a few novels.

For other works by Andrew Michael Ramsay, the author of A Discourse on Epick Poetry in the first volume, see the Index.

Martha Skelton Jefferson, 1749-1782, the eldest daughter of John Wayles, had married Bathurst Skelton at the age of eighteen, and was widowed within three years. This is the only book in the Library of Congress with her autograph signature on the title-pages." "43080","4","","","","Les voiages de Cyrus. par Ramsay.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 71, as above.","Ramsay, Andrew Michael.","Les Voyages de Cyrus. Nouvelle Edition. A Londres: Chez Jaques Bettenham Imprimeur, M. DCC. XXX. [1730.]","","

4to. 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination, 188 and 52 leaves, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved head and tail-pieces and initials by Van der Gucht. The second part, without separate title, is for the Discours sur la Theologie et la Mythologie des Payens, followed by a Lettre de M. Freret a l'Auteur sur la Chronologie de son Ouvrage.

Quérard VII, 449. Graesse VI, 21. This edition not in Wolfsteig, Bibliographie der Freimauerischen.

In his undated manuscript catalogue, Jefferson entered an edition in 12mo, with the price, 1/3.

For other works by Andrew Michael Ramsay, the ''Chevalier de Ramsay,'' see the Index.

Les Voyage de Cyrus, a ''roman franc-maçonnique'' was first published in Paris in 1728.

Nicolas Freret, 1688-1749, French scholar, was an authority on the studies of history, chronology and mythology. He became an associate, and later perpetual secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions." "43090","5","","","","Coluthi raptus Helenae. Gr. Lat. alennep.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 40, as above, but reading a Lenep.","Colluthus.","Koλoυ&thetas;oυ αϱπαγη Eλενης. Coluthi Raptus Helenae. Recensuit ad fidem Codicum Mss. ac Variantes Lectiones et Notas adiecit Joannes Daniel a Lennep. Accedunt Eiusdem Animadversionum Libri Tres tum in Coluthum, tum in nonnullos alios Auctores. Leovardiae: Ex Officina Gulielmi Coulon [Typis Jacobi Brouwer, Franequerae, D. 16. Julii. 1747] cI[???]I[???]ccxlvii.","","

8vo. 184 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, in long lines, notes in double columns below; the text with Index ends on sig. H8 recto, page 127, and is followed by Joann. Daniel a Lennep Animadversionum ad Coluthum, with caption titles, separate signatures and pagination; general title in red and black.

Graesse II, 231. Ebert 5018.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.

Colluthus, fl. 491-518, Greek epic poet.

Jan Daniel van Lennep, 1724-1771, Dutch scholar." "43100","6","","","","Il Dante del Venture.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 5, as above.","Dante Alighieri.","La Divina Commedia. Con una breve e sufficiente dichiarazione del senso letterale diversa in più luoghi da quella degli antichi commentatori. Venezia: Giamb. Pasquali, 1751.","","

3 vol. sm. 8vo. A copy of this edition was not available for examination.

Graesse II, 330. Ebert 5715.

This book was one of those bought by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785. It is included in the list appended by Jefferson to Henley dated from Paris March 3, of that year, and is also in the list made by Jefferson for himself of that purchase. Jefferson refers to the volumes as being in 12mo; actually they were a small octavo.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Italian poet. The action of the Commedia opens at Eastertide, 1300. The first edition was printed in 1472, and the first with the title Divina Commedia in 1555.

Pompeo Venturi, 1693-1753, Italian scholar, published his first edition of Dante with commentaries in 1732." "43110","7","","","","Opere d'Ariosto.","","4. vols. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 6, as above, but reading 4 v.","Ariosto, Lodovico.","Opere in versi, e in prosa, Italiane, e Latine, di Lodovico Ariosto nobile ferranese. Con dichiarazioni. Divise in quattro Tomi. In Venezia, MDCCXLI. Appresso Francesco Pitteri. Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio. [1741.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. 2 frontispieces in vol. I, which contains at the beginning the life of Ariosto. A copy was not available for collation.

Brunet I, 437. Graesse I, 199. Agnelli-Ravegnani I, 5.

Lodovico Ariosto, 1474-1533, Italian poet. His complete works were first published in Venice in 1730. Giovanni Andrea Barotti, 1701-1772, Italian scholar and author, was the editor of this edition." "43120","8","","","","Harrington's Orlando furioso.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 69, Orlando Furioso, by Harrington, fol.","Ariosto, Lodovico.","Orlando Fvrioso in English Heroical Verse. By Sr Iohn Harington of Bathe Knight Now thirdly revised and amended with the Addition of the Authors Epigrams . . . [—The Most Elegant and Wittie Epigrams of Sir Iohn Harington, Knight, Digested into foure Bookes . . . London: Printed by George Miller, MDCXXXIII.] London: Printed by G. Miller for T. Parker, 1634.","PQ4582 .E5A35 1634","

Folio. 250 leaves in sixes, engraved title within an architectural border with a portrait of Ariosto within a medallion at the head, and of Harington, primo Augusti anno Domini 1590 ætatis sua 30, at the foot, unsigned, 46 unsigned full-page plates, as frontispieces to the 46 books, and each one printed on the recto or verso of the last printed leaf of the previous book; separate title for The Most Elegant and Wittie Epigrams as above, with continuous signatures, the leaves unnumbered.

STC 748. Lowndes I, 64. Hazlitt I, 11 and Handbook, 11. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Graesse I, 201. Agnelli-Ravegnani II, 310. See Johnson, A catalogue of engraved and etched English title-pages, Thomas Cookson, 1.

Sir John Harington, 1561-1612, English poet. This is the third edition of his translation of Orlando Furioso, which was originally made by command of Queen Elizabeth, and first published in 1591; the second edition appeared in 1607. The work is preceded by A Preface, or rather a Briefe Apologie of Poetrie, and of the Author and Translator of this Poeme. The engraved title in this edition is the same in reverse as that of the first edition, which was signed by Thomas Cookson." "43130","9","","","","Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica. Gr. Lat. Shaw.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, p. 137, no. 41, as above.","Apollonius Rhodius.","Apollonii Rhodii Argonauticorum Libri Quatuor. Priorum Editorum et Interpretum Notis Selectis accedunt Ruhnkenii, Piersoni, Georgii D'Arnaud, necnon Joannis Toupii animadversiones. Edidit, nova fere interpretatione suisque nonnullis annotationibus illustravit, indices tres addidit, Joannes Shaw, S.T.B. Coll. Beatæ Mariæ Magdalenæ apud Oxonienses Socius. Editio Secunda [-Tomus Secundus]. Oxonii: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, M DCC LXX IX. [1779.]","","

8vo. 2 vol. in 1. 260 leaves, Greek text in the upper half of the page, Latin translation in the lower, both in long lines, notes in double columns below, Index Verborum and Index Auctorum qui citantur in Scholiis and in Notis at the end, each with a half title.

Graesse I, 164. Ebert 827. Dibdin I, 276.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.0.

Apollonius Rhodius, 3d century B.C., was for a time librarian of the Alexandrian library, after which he retired to Rhodes, and thus acquired his name. The Argonautica narrates the voyage of the Argo to Colchis by the Propontis and Black Sea, the winning of the Golden Fleece and the return by the Danube, the Po, the Rhone, the Mediterranean and Northern Africa.

John Shaw, of Magdalen College, Oxford, dedicated this second edition to Thomas [Thurlow], Bishop of Lincoln. The first edition was printed in 1777." "43140","10","","","","id. [i.e. Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica] Eng.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 42, Apollonius Rhodius in Eng. verse, 2 v 8vo.","Apollonius Rhodius.","The Argonautic Expedition. Translated from the Greek of Apollonius Rhodius, into English verse, with critical, historical, and explanatory Remarks, and Prefatory Essays, with a large Appendix. Inscribed to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough . . . Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for Thomas Payne and Son; and Robert Faulder, 1780.","PA3872 .E5 1780a","

First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. small 4to collating in eights. Vol. I, 312 leaves (with 2 additional leaves in sig. E), Vol. II, 148 leaves, the last 2 for Faulder's advertisement, the errata list and the directions to the binder; at the beginning of Vol. I a complimentary sonnet addressed to the Duke of Marlborough by Edward Burnaby Greene, dated from Blenheim, Sep. 10, 1779.

Lowndes I, 56. Graesse I, 165.

This book was assumedly bought by Jefferson when in Paris; it is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price written 6f12.

Edward Burnaby Greene, d. 1788, English poet and translator." "43150","11","","","","Silius Italicus.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 4, as above.","Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius.","De Bello Punico, Libri XVII., cum Notis. Antverpiae, 1601.","","

This title, with the additional information that the book is in 24s.(an error for 12mo), is taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 (repeated in later catalogues).

It is to be assumed that this is the edition in 12mo, printed in Antwerp apud Gislenium Jansenium, 1601, founded on that of Heinsius, printed in Leyden, 1600. A copy was not available for examination. See Graesse VI, 404.

Jefferson entered his copy in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1-4.

Silius Italicus, c. 26-101 A.D. This work is an historical epic in 12,200 verses on the Second Punic War. The first edition was printed in Rome by Sweynheim and Pannartz in 1471.

Daniel Heinsius, 1580-1655, Dutch classical scholar, was the author of the critical notes, first printed in 1600 as above." "43160","12","","","","Spencer by Hughes.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 15, as above.","Spenser, Edmund.","The Works of Spenser. In Six Volumes. With a Glossary explaining the Old and Obscure Words. To which is prefix'd the Life of the Author, and an Essay on Allegorical Poetry, by Mr. Hughes. Volume the First [-Sixth]. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCL. [1750.]","","

6 vol. 12mo, 150, 180, 156, 156, 144 and 156 leaves, engraved portrait of Spenser as frontispiece to Vol. I, and engraved plate of his tombstone at the end of his Life in that volume. The title of Volume I reads as above, the titles of the remaining volumes read merely The Works of Spenser, with the volume number and imprint. Lowndes V, 2477.

Edmund Spenser, 1552?-1599, English poet. The first collected edition of his poems was published for Matthew Lownes in 1611.

John Hughes, 1677-1720, English poet and dramatist, was the first to publish an annotated edition of the works of Spenser. His first edition appeared in 1715." "43170","13","","","","Chaucer.","","fol. in a black letter.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 72, as above, but omitting a.","Chaucer, Geoffrey.","The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chavcer, newly Printed. In this Impression you shall find these Additions. 1 His Portraiture and Progenie shewed. 2 His Life collected. 3 Arguments to euery Booke gathered. 4 Old and obscure words explaned. 5 Authors by him cited, declared. 6 Difficulties opened. 7 Two Bookes of his, neuer before Printed. London: Printed by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, Anno 1598.","PR1850 1598","

Folio. 430 leaves, printed in black letter, text in double columns; title within a woodcut border, 2 cherubs holding cornucopias at the top and a quotation from Chaucer in 4 lines in a oval compartment, termini at the sides, at the bottom David and Samson and a line from Ovid in an oblong compartment (McKerrow and Ferguson 132); Dedication by Tho. Speght to Sir Robert Cecil, 1 page, printed in roman letter with a woodcut initial; To the Readers, 2 pages in italic letter, F.B. to his very louing friend T.S. [Francis Beaumont to Thomas Speght], 3 pages; The Reader to Geffrey Chaucer, signed H.B., 1 page; full-page 'engraving showing The Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer, with a full-length portrait (the first engraved portrait of Chaucer) by Thomas Occleue; the Life of Chaucer and other preliminary matter, 16 leaves, followed by the title for The Canterbvry Tales within the woodcut border showing the descent of Henry VIII (see no. 4276; McKerrow and Ferguson 75) repeated for the title of The Story of Thebes: compiled by Iohn Lidgate, Monke of Bvry on sig. Tttv, (Fol. 369), continuous signatures and foliation; full-page woodcut arms on the verso of the last leaf of the Prologues, and of a Knight at the head of the Knightes tale.

Lowndes I, 425. STC 5078. Hazlitt I, 82, and Handbook 97. Grolier Club, Catalogue of Original and Early Editions, 1893, no. 43, Pforzheinmer Catalogue no. 177. Hammond, page 122.

Geoffrey Chaucer, 1340?-1400, English poet. The date of his birth is usually given as 1340? though in this edition Thomas Speght, the editor, states in Chaucers Life at the beginning (ci verso): ''Geffrey Chaucer departed out of this world the 25. day of October, in the yeere of our Lord 1400. after he had liued about 72. yeeres.'' The first complete edition of his works was published in 1532. Of this edition of 1598 there were 5 issues with varying imprints. The one described here is the copy in the Library of Congress; it is not certain which issue was in Jefferson's library.

John Lydgate, 1370?-1451?, English poet, wrote the Story of Thebes as an additional Canterbury Tale. It was first published separately by Wynkyn de Worde, and was appended to the 1561 and later editions of Chaucer's works.

Thomas Speght, fl. 1600, English schoolmaster, now chiefly known for his editions of Chaucer's works, of which this of 1598 was his first." "43180","14","","","","Chaucer. by Urry.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 73, as above, but reading Urrie.","Chaucer, Geoffrey.","The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the Former Editions, and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; by John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: Together with a Glossary, by a Student of the same College. To the Whole is prefixed the Author's Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this Edition. London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, MDCCXXI. [1721.]","PR1850 1721","

Folio. 366 leaves, including 41 at the end with continuous signatures but separate foliation for A Glossary explaining the Obsolete and difficult words in Chaucer, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Urry by N. Pigné, engraved vignette of Chaucer's tomb on the title-page, full-page engraved portrait of Chaucer facing his Life, by G. Vertue, 1717, after Tho: Occleve, engraved head-piece at the head of the Prologues, showing the pilgrims setting forth and of each pilgrim at the head of his tale, text printed in roman letter, double columns.

Lowndes, I, 426. Hammond, page 128.

John Urry, 1666-1715, was born in Dublin, but graduated B.A. from Christ Church, Oxford in 1686. When a new edition of Chaucer was projected in 1711, Urry was selected to undertake the work, and on July 1714 he obtained a patent for the exclusive right of printing Chaucer's works for fourteen years. Urry died in 1715 and the work was carried on by Thomas Ainsworth, who died in 1719; the final revision and publication was then undertaken by Timothy Thomas. This is the first edition of Chaucer's works printed in roman letter." "43190","15","","","","the same [i.e. Chaucer] by Ogle.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 56, Chaucer by Ogle, 3 v 8vo.","Chaucer, Geoffrey.","The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle. Vol. I [-III]. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand, M DCC XLI. [1741.]","PR1870 .A103","

3 vol. 8vo. 156, 164, and 152 leaves.

Lowndes I. Hammond, page 224.

George Ogle, 1704-1746, English author, was the editor of this edition, which contains versions of Chaucer's Tales by Dryden, Pope, Betterton, Markland, Grosvenor, Ogle himself and others." "43200","16","","","","Du Bartas's poems.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 57, as above.","Du Bartas, Guillaume de Saluste, Seigneur.","Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes Translated: and Dedicated to the Kings most excellent Maiestie by Josuah Syluester. Now thirdly corrected & augm. Printed at London by Humfrey Lownes. [—The Histoire of Ivdith, in forme of a Poeme. Penned in French, by the Noble Poet, G. Salvst. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson . . . 1611] [At London Imprinted by H.L. and are to be sould by Arthur Iohnson at the signe of the white horse, neere the great North doore of Paules Church.] 1611.","PQ1616 .E2S8","

Third Collected Edition. 4to. 500 leaves in eights, separate title as above for The Historie of Ivdith, and separate pagination but with continuous signatures. Engraved title within a border composed of two pair of pillars supporting respectively the celestial and terrestial globes, biblical subjects and device in compartments, imprint engraved on the foot of the pedestals, by W. Hole, woodcut portrait of Du Bartas on the verso of B1, complimentary verses and sonnets at the beginning, woodcut of the Garden of Eden on the verso of the title to Adam (the first day of the second week), preceded by sonnets and dedicatory verses; half-title for Tetrasticha. Or The Quadrains of Guy de Faur, Lord Of Pibrac on Zz6, and for Sonnets upon the (late) miraculous Peace in Fraunce on Ccc3, colophon with date and printer's device on the last leaf, recto.

Lowndes II, 679. STC 21651. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 815. Grolier Club Catalogue of Original and Early Editions, 217.

Guillaume de Saluste, Seigneur Du Bartas, 1544-1590, French poet, published the first part of his La Semaine ou Creation du Monde in Paris in 1568, followed by La seconde Semaine in 1584. The first edition of Judith was printed in 1573.

Joshua Sylvester, 1563-1618, English poet, translated the work of Du Bartas into rhymed decasyllabic couplet, and published his first complete edition of the Deuine Weekes and Workes in 1605." "43210","17","","","","Il Decamerone del Boccacio.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 59, as above.","Boccaccio, Giovanni.","Il Decamerone. Amsterdamo, 1751.","","

2 vol. 8vo. This title is taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839; that of 1831 does not give the imprint and date of publication.

An edition of Amsterdam 1751 has not been found in any bibliography or catalogue consulted. A number of editions were issued with Amsterdam in the imprint, though actually printed in Italy. Such an edition was printed in 1761 in 2 vol. 8vo.

Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375, Italian author." "43220","18","","","","Contes moraux de Marmontel.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 27, as above.","Marmontel, Jean François.","Contes Moraux. Par M. Marmontel, de l'Académie François. A Paris [Leipzig], 1766.","","

3 vol. 12mo. It is not absolutely certain that the Leipzig contrefaçon of the Paris edition of 1765 of the Contes Moraux was the one sold by Jefferson to Congress, and no copy of the contrefaçon was available for examination. Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress printed catalogue of 1815 do not indicate the edition. The Library of Congress catalogue of 1831 repeats the 1815 entry; the catalogue of 1839 supplies the date, 1766, but without the name of the printer or place of printing, the catalogue of 1849 reads Paris 1766, which probably indicates the Leipzig contrefaçon. The Paris edition of 1765 was illustrated with a portrait by Saint-Aubin after Cochin, an engraved title in each volume by Duclos after Gravelot and plates after Gravelot by several engravers.

These plates were copied in the Leipzig edition of 1766. See De Ricci-Cohen, 687.

Jefferson bought a copy of the Contes Moraux, anciens et nouveaux par Marmontel, 10 vol. in 18mo, half bound, from Roche frères of Philadelphia, price $8.00, on March 6, 1806. This is entered by Jefferson in his dated manuscript catalogue, but was not sold to Congress.

Jean François Marmontel, 1723-1799, French author and dramatist, began the publication of his Contes Moraux in 1756 in the Mercure de France, of which journal he became the manager in 1758 through the patronage of Madame de Pompadour. Marmontel was elected to the French Academy in 1763, and in 1783 was appointed its secretary." "43230","19","","","","Marmontel's Belisarius.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 28, Belisarius by Marmontel, 12mo.","Marmontel, Jean François.","Belisarius. New Edition. London: Printed for and sold by P. Vaillant [and others] MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","","

Sm. 8vo. No perfect copy of this edition has been located for examination, though several imperfect copies are available; no perfect title-page has been located.

This edition not in Lowndes, not in Graesse, not in Ebert, and not in Brunet

Bélisaire, a romance, was first published in 1767, and contains a chapter on religious toleration which incurred the censure of the Sorbonne and of the Archbishop of Paris." "43240","20","","","","Achillis Tatii amores Clitophontis et Leucippis. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 1, as above.","Achilles Tatius.","[???]ϱωτικ[???]ν Aχιλλεως Tατ[???]oυ Sive de Clitophontis & Levcippes amoribvs Libri VIII ex Editione Cl. Salmasii. Lvgd. Batavor.: Apud Franciscum Hegerum, Anno 1640.","","

12mo. 386 leaves including the engraved title, the last blank, and the leaf of errata, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Graesse I, 13. Ebert 55.

Jefferson purchased another edition of Achilles Tatius when in Paris, entered in his undated manuscript catalogue: Achillis Tatii Clitophon et Leucippe. Gr. Lat. 8vo. et Parthenici Erotica. price 2.8. This edition is entered also in the dated manuscript catalogue, but was not sold to Congress.

Achilles Tatius, Greek novelist of Alexandria, wrote not later than circa 300 A.D.

Luigi Annibale della Croce, 1509-1577, Italian scholar, translated this work into Latin from a manuscript while ignorant of the author, and published it at Lyons in 1544 with the title Narrationis amatoriæ fragmentum è graeco in latinum conversum.

For other works edited by Salmasius, see the Index." "43250","21","","","","Il Senofonte Efesio del Salvini.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 2, as above.","Xenophon, of Ephesus.","Gli Efesiaci di Senofonte Efesio volgarizzati da Anton Maria Salvini.","","

It is not certain whether this work was delivered to Congress; it is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. This book is included in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. It is impossible therefore to know which edition was in Jefferson's library. The first edition was published in London in 1723, in duodecimo. Editions in duodecimo were published also in Florence, 1792, and Paris, 1800.

For other works translated by Anton Maria Salvini, see the Index." "43260","22","","","","Caritone Afrodisieo.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 68, as above.","Chariton.","Di Caritone Afrodisieo de' Racconti Amorosi di Cherea e di Callirroe Libri Otto Tradotti dal Greco. In Roma MDCCLII, Nella Stamperia di Pallade Apresso Niccolò, e Marco Pagliarini Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1752.]","PA3948 .C318 1752","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 112 leaves, list of errori at the end.

Graesse II, 122. Ebert 4012.

Chariton, 2d century A.D. Greek novelist, known as Chariton of Aphrodisia on account of the opening sentence of this work, the translation of which reads: I am Chariton of Aphrodisia, secretary to the advocate Athenagoras, and I going to tell you about a love affair that took place in Syracuse. This novel, first printed in 1750 (see the next following entry) is one of the earliest Greek novels extant.

Michel Angelo Giacomelli, 1695-1774, Italian Scholar, made the translation into Italian." "43270","23","","","","Charitonis Aphrodisiensis de Chaerea et Callirhoe amoribus. Gr. Lat. Reiskii.","","3. v. 4to. Amst. 1750.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 67, as above.","Chariton.","Xαϱιτωνoς A&phis;ϱoδισιεως των πεϱ[???] Xαιϱεαν και Kαλλιϱϱoην εϱωτικων διηγηματων λoγoι [???]. Jacobus Philippus D'Orville Publicavit, Animadversionesque Adjecit. Amstelodami: Apud Petrum Mortier, MDCCL. [1750.]","PA3948 .C3 1750","

First Edition. 3 parts in 1 vol., 4to., 84, 89 and 309 leaves, general title with engraved vignette by B. Picart, fecit 1728, separate titles, with imprints, for the translation into Latin by Joannes Jacobus Reiskius, and for Jacobi Philippi D'Orville Animadversiones, 2 half-titles lettered Tomus I and Tomus II respectively, list of errata at the end.

Graesse II, 122. Ebert 4009.

Entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

From his manuscript catalogue and the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, Jefferson's copy of this work would seem to have been bound in 3 volumes. On March 19, 1789, he bought from Froullé in Paris a copy ''2 vol. 4to rel. en un,'' price 30. The book is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, described as ''3. v. 4to.'' and is listed without any price.

Jacques Philippe D'Orville, 1696-1751, French scholar, came under the notice of Hemsterhuys at Amsterdam in 1704, and took up the study of law at Leyden. His edition of Chariton is the first edition of this Greek novel, and is unfortunately founded on a bad copy of the manuscript.

Johann Jacob Reiske, 1716-1774, German scholar, left for Leyden in 1738, and supported himself by helping D'Orville in his edition of Chariton, for which he made the translation into Latin." "43280","24","","","","Longi Pastorales de Daphnide et Chloe. Gr. Lat.","","8vo. Lipsiae. 1777.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 43, as above.","Longus.","Λoγγoυ Σo&phis;ιστoυ Πoιμενικων των κατα Δα&phis;νιν και Xλoην βιβλια Δ Longi Pastoralivm de Daphnide et Chloe Libri IV cvravit Varietatem Lectionis ac Notas R. Colvmbanii G. Ivngermani P. Molli et svas cvm Lavrentii Gambarae Expositis addidit M. Beni. Gottlib Lavr. Boden Prof. Poes. Ord. apvd Vitebergenses. Lipsiae: Svmtibvs Io. Friderici Ivnii, [Vitembergae Litteris C. C. Dürrii Acad. A Typis] [???] I[???]CCLXXVII. [1777.]","","

8vo. 316 leaves, Greek and Latin text in long lines on opposite pages, notes in double columns below; at the end: Lavrentii Gambaræ Expositi ad illvstriss. Antonivm Perenottvm Cardinalem Granvelam et in Regno Neapolitano Pro Rege, with caption title.

Graesse IV, 254. Ebert 12229.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without the price of the volume, but with a space and the notation+2, probably indicating the price of the binding.

Longus, who probably lived in the third century A.D., was a native of Lesbos. His IIoιμενικ[???] τ[???] κατ[???] Δα&phis;νιν και Xλ[???]ην was first published in Florence in 1598.

Lorenzo Gambara, 1506-1596, Italian poet and scholar." "43290","25","","","","Amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe del Longo. volgarizzati dal Gozzi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 44, as above.","Longus.","Gli Amori Pastorali di Dafni e Cloe libri quattro descritti da Longo Greco. Ora per la prima volta volgarizzati da Gasparo Gozzi. Venezia, 1766.","","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. A copy was not available for examination.

Graesse IV, 256. Ebert 12239.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Conte Gasparo Gozzi, 1713-1786, Italian author. According to Graesse, in this translation ''tous les passages libres ont été omis.''" "43300","26","","","","Hau Kiou Choaan. or the Pleasing history.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 26, as above, but reading Choan.","","Hau Kiou Choaan or The Pleasing History. A Translation from the Chinese Language. To which are added, I. The Argument or Story of a Chinese Play, II. A Collection of Chinese Proverbs, and III. Fragments of Chinese Poetry. In Four Volumes. With Notes . . . Vol. I [-IV]. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, MDCCLXI. [1761.]","PL2997 .H3E5 1761","

First Edition of this translation. 4 vol. sm. 8vo. 134, 148, 138 and 138 leaves, folded engraved frontispiece in each volume, and a leaf with errata list and several pages of Additions and Corrections at the end of each volume; Volume I contains, at the end of the Preface, A List of books from whence the following Notes are extracted: and of the several editions there referred to, 3 pages; at the end of Volume III is A Collection of Chinese Proverbs and Apothegms, with half-title; in Volume IV Hau Kiou Choaan ends on page 168, sig. M4 verso, and is followed by The Argument or Story of a Chinese Play acted at Canton, in the Year M.DCC.XIX, and Fragments of Chinese Poetry: with a Dissertation, each with a half-title.

Lowndes I, 438. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 552 (under Children's Books). Not in Block.

Jefferson ordered his copy, no. 12662 in Lackington's last catalogue, in a letter to Lackington, dated from Paris September 9, 1789; the price was five shillings and six-pence. It is entered without price by him in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Thomas Percy, 1729-1811, the editor of Percy's Reliques, made the translation of this Chinese novel from a Portuguese manuscript. The work is an abridgment of one of the Ten Masterpieces of Chinese Fiction." "43310","27","","","","Voiages d'Antenor en Grece et en Asie par Lantier.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 53, as above.","Lantier, Etienne François de.","Voyages d'Antenor en Grèce et en Asie, avec des Notions sur l'égypte: manuscrit Grec trouvé a Herculanum, traduit par E. F. Lantier. Cinquième édition, revue et corrigée par l'Auteur. Avec cinq planches. Tome Premier [-Troisième]. A Paris: chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, An X (1802).","PQ1993 .L6V7","

3 vol. 8 vo. 188, 198 and 183 leaves, the last for Buisson's advertisement, a half-title in each volume, plates after Bornet by Delignon, Tardieu l'Ainé direxit.

Quérard IV, 451. This edition not in Graesse.

Etienne François de Lantier, 1734-1826, French man of letters, began the writing of this work in 1788, during the French revolution. He was imprisoned in Lyons but escaped, and finished the Voyages d'Antenor, which was first published in 1798." "43320","28","","","","Le Nouvel Antenor par Lantier","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 54, as above.","","Le Nouvel Anténor, au Voyages et Aventures de Thrasybule en Grèce, ouvrage pouvant faire suite aux Voyages d'Anténor, par Lantier. Paris, 1803.","","

8vo. A copy of this work was not available for examination and collation.

Barbier III, 539. Not in Quérard.

Jefferson bought his copy from Roche frères in Philadelphia, ordered in a letter to that firm dated from Washington June 1, 1805. The book was sent three days later, price 3 dollars.

Barbier's note to this work reads: ''Ce n'est qu'une réimpression de la traduction d'Achilles Tatius, par L.-A. du Perron de Castera, seulement on a changé le nom des personnages du roman: Clitophon est devenu Thrasybule, et Leucippe, Naïs.''

For Achilles Tatius, see no. 4324.

Louis Adrien Duperron de Castera, 1705-1752, resident in literature of the King of France in Warsaw, was the author of a number of original works and made many translations from the Greek." "43330","29","","","","Rabelais by Ozell.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 14, as above.","Rabelais, François.","The Works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. The First [-Fifth] Book. Formerly translated by Sir Thomas Urquart, M.D. and explained by Mr. Motteux. Since carefully revised, and compared throughout with M. le du Chat's edition, by Mr. Ozell. Who has likewise added, at the bottom of the pages, a translation of the notes, historical, critical and explanatory, of the said M. le du Chat, and others: in which notes, the text is not only explained, but, in multitudes of places, amended, and made conformable to the first and best editions of this learned and facetious Author. A New Edition, with improvements, and an intire new set of cuts. London: Printed by John Hart, for J. Brindley, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; and C. Corbett, MDCCL. [1750.]","","

5 vol. 16mo., title pages in red and black, numerous, full-page and folded.

Lowndes IV, 2033. Graesse VI, 8.

François Rabelais, c. 1490-1553, French author. His earlier works were printed repeatedly during his lifetime; the first complete edition was published in Lyons in 1567.

Sir Thomas Urquhart, 1611-1660, Irish author and translator, published his translation of the first and second books of Rabelais in 1653; his translation of the third book was posthumously published in 1693.

Peter Anthony Motteux, 1660-1718, translator and dramatist, was born in Rouen, but went to England in 1685 at the revocation of the edict of Nantes. The translation of Rabelais by Urquhart and Motteux first appeared in 1693-4, with a long introduction by Motteux.

Jacob Le Duchat, 1658-1735, French philologue, published his edition of Rabelais, with critical and historical remarks, in 1725.

John Ozell, d. 1743, English author and translator, first published his edition of the Works of Rabelais in 1737." "43340","30","","","","History of the devil.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 22, as above, but beginning The.","Defoe, Daniel.","The Political History of the Devil, As well Ancient as Modern. In Two Parts. I. Containing a State of the Devil's Circumstances, and the Various Turns in his affairs, from his Expulsion out of Heaven, to the Creation of Man. With remarks on the Several Mistakes concerning the Reason and Manner of his Fall. Also his Proceedings with Mankind, ever since Adam, to the first planting of the Christian Religion in the World. Part II. Containing his more Private Conduct down to the present Times; His Government, his Appearances, his Manner of Working, and the Tools he works with. London, 1770.","","

12mo. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Lowndes II, 620. Stace, page 10.

Daniel Defoe, 1661?-1731, English journalist and novelist, first published this work in May, 1726. This edition of 1770 is the sixth." "43350","31","","","","Sterne's sentimental journey.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 21, as above.","Sterne, Laurence.","A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick . . . A New Edition. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, MDCCLXX. [1770.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. A copy of this edition was not available.

Lowndes V, 2509. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit., not in Block, and not in Cross.

In the absence of Jefferson's own copies, it is not absolutely clear from the catalogues which volumes of Sterne's Sentimental Journey and other works he owned or sold to Congress. His dated manuscript catalogue lists in this chapter Sterne's sentimental journey. 2. v. 12mo. and Sterne's Tristram Shandy. 4. v. 12mo. and in the chapter headed Polygraphical (see chapter 44 below), he lists Sterne's works. 5. v. 12mo. In his undated manuscript catalogue Jefferson lists in this chapter (his 39, our 34) the works in 5. v. 12mo, price 12/-. This is probably the set bought through Trumbull, see the correspondence below, for 8/6, the additional sum being for the binding.

The Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue lists in chapter 34:

no. 20 [Sterne's Tristram Shandy, in his works, 4 v 12mo]

no. 21 Sterne's Sentimental Journey 2 v 12mo and in Chapter 44, unnumbered

[Sterne's works, 5 v 12mo] see C 34, No. 20

Sterne's works do not appear in Chapter 44 in any of the later catalogues.

In Chapter 34, the Catalogue of 1831 lists

J.23 Sterne's Sentimental Journey, 2 v. 12mo

J.22 ----- Tristram Shandy, 1st, 2d, and 4th v. 12mo

In the later catalogues the entry for the Sentimental Journey is the same with the addition of the date and place of printing, London, 1770, and is the only entry ascribed to the Jefferson collection. The later catalogues call for Sterne's Works; with the Life of the Author. v. 1, 2, and 4, 12mo. London, 1780.

Although this edition is not attributed to the Jefferson collection in any catalogue after that of 1815, the lack of volume 3 almost proves it to be Jefferson's. In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, the entry for Tristram Shandy, in Sterne's works, has the annotation missing written beside it in ink, and that volume is included in the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress made at a later date.

The first edition in octavo of the Sentimental Journey was published in London in 1782, the earlier ones being in duodecimo. Although the editions credited to the Jefferson collection in his own and the Library of Congress catalogues are all in duodecimo, he must have had one in larger format, for in 1787, 1789, and 1804, he was making efforts to purchase copies in smaller formats.

On January 28, 1787, Jefferson wrote from Paris to John Stockdale in London:

I will thank you to send me by the Diligence Sterne's works complete, 5. vols 12mo. published by Cadell 1780. I name this edition because it brings all works into the smallest compass of any one I have seen. if you know of any edition still smaller I would prefer it. elegantly bound.

On June 1, 1789, Jefferson wrote from Paris to John Trumbull in London:

Your favor of May 26. came to hand yesterday. the balance shall be immediately remitted. perhaps it may be disagreeable to m[???] Grand to give a bill of exchange for so small a sum, in which case I will send the cash itself by m[???] Paradise, adding to it the price of Sterne's sentimental journey, printed in London by Winman No. 134. Fleetstreet in 16s. or in 24s., which I will beg the favor of you to send me, with such other of his works as are printed in the same size. it is on account of the size that I want them & shall be glad to have all his works in that size, tho' I have them already in a larger form. if sent by the first Diligence after you receive this, they will probably find me here. write me the price by the first post that I may add it to the last balance. they come best unbound . . .

Trumbull wrote from London on June 11:

. . . You will receive by the Diligence of tomorrow Sterne's Journey, Shandy & Sermons, unbound:—these are all of his works which have been published by Winman in his very small size, & cost 8/6 . . .

Several years later, on November 15, 1804, Jefferson ordered from Reibelt of Baltimore on account of its small size, an edition of the Sentimental Journey:

I recieved last night yours of the 13th. inst. as I had before done that of the 5th. I am sorry you have taken the trouble of sending here the books stated in your written catalogues, because my collection being already very great comprehends many of them, and my time for reading too small to make it worth while to procure more. it is possible that some of those in the written catalogues may be useful for the department of state. I shall accordingly put the catalogue into their hands, and will attend to the return of the boxes. I observe in your printed catalogue a copy of Sterne's sentimental journey printed at Paris, papier velin in 18s. it is at page 66. of the catalogue. I shall be [ ] to take this merely because of it's small size. for the same reason it may come by post if well wrapped up. Accept my salutations & respects.

This was the edition printed by Crapelet for Ant. Aug. Renouard, Paris, 1802, 12mo. Reibelt replied the next day, November 16:

J'ai l'honneur de repondre à votre lettre du 15, que les exemplaires de l'edition de: Sentimental Journey—pap. vel. 1802, qui se trouve sur la page 66 du Catalogue—sont tous vendus, et qu'il n'y en a encore, qu'un seul exemplaire sur petit pap. velin, 1800 . . .

The Paris edition of 1800, printed by Didot, was in 18mo.

Jefferson wrote to Reibelt on November 19:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???] Reibelt. he understands from m[???] Reibelt's letter of the 16th. inst. that he still has two copies of the Sentimental journey sur petit papier Velin. it is the Petit format size which Th: Jefferson regards rather than the quality of the paper, because he happens to have all the works of Sterne in petit format, except his sentimental journey. if therefore the copies which m[???] Reibelt has on petit papier Velin are in Petit format Th: Jefferson will thank him to forward him one copy by post.

On December 7, Reibelt sent Jefferson a copy of the Sentimental Journey:

N'ayant pas appris si les 3 caisses de Livres, que j'ai pris la libertè de vous envoyer par un Paquet de Georgetown le 13 du Mois passè, et les Sentim. Journey, que j'ai conformement a vos ordres fait remettre a la poste le 22—Vous sont parvenus ou non—Je Vous prie, de vouloir bien me le faire savoir.

The receipt of the book was acknowledged by Jefferson in a letter to Reibelt dated December 9:

I recieved last night your favor of the 7th. the Sentimental journey had come to hand in due time. the 3. boxes of books were recieved about 10. days ago. I have selected what I wished to take: the Secretary of state has examined them also. between us we shall probably keep about 200.D. worth. as soon as he has concluded his part, you shall recieve a list of those we take with the money, and the residue shall be repacked, and sent by the first vessel. within a few days this will be made up. Accept my salutations.

The book is included in the various bills and lists of books he bought from Reibelt and others at this time, and the price was $1.10.

Jefferson's binding bill from John March for August, 1805, included 6 volumes of Sterne in 18s, at 62½, total $3.75.

Jefferson had read the Sentimental Journey before 1771, and must necessarily have read it in duodecimo. In his letter to Robert Skipwith, dated from Monticello, August 3, 1771, relative to the catalogue of books he had made at Skipwith's request, he wrote:

. . . we neither know nor care whether Lawrence Sterne really went to France, whether he was there accosted by the poor Franciscan, at first rebuked him unkindly, and then gave him a peace offering: or whether the whole be not a fiction. in either case we equally are sorrowful at the rebuke, and secretly resolve we will never do so: we are pleased with the subsequent atonement, and view with emulation a soul candidly acknowleging it's fault and making a just reparation . . .

In his letter of advice on reading sent to Peter Carr from Paris on August 10, 1787, Jefferson mentioned that

. . . the writings of Sterne particularly form the best course of morality that ever was written . . .

Laurence Sterne, 1713-1768, began in 1765 a seven months tour in France and Italy, of which the French part is described in the Sentimental Journey, which was originally intended to be in four volumes duodecimo, but of which only two were finished and published less than a month before the death of the author." "43360","32","","","","Sterne's Tristram Shandy.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 20 [Sterne's Tristram Shandy, in his works, 4 v 12mo]. 1839 Catalogue, page 598, no. 22 [Sterne, Lawrence] Works; with the Life of the Author, vols. 1, 2, and 4, 12mo; London, 1780.","Sterne, Laurence.","The Works of Laurence Sterne. In Ten Volumes Complete. Containing, I: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent . . . London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Murray, T. Becket, R. Baldwin, and T. Evans, M DCC LXXX. [1780.]","","

This edition contains 10 volumes in all, 12mo., of which volumes I, II, III, and IV contain The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, with illustrations in each volume. It is not clear whether Jefferson had the complete Works in 10 volumes but his copy of the first four, containing Tristram Shandy, was apparently perfect. In the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, the entry has the annotation in ink 3d vol missing, and the volume is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. The entry is not credited to the Jefferson collection in the catalogue of 1839 and later issues, but the recorded absence of volume III points to the fact that it was his copy. The catalogue of 1830 assigns the book to the Jefferson collection.

For Jefferson's correspondence on his editions of Sterne, see the previous entry." "43370","33","","","","Brackenridge's Modern chivalry.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 23, as above.","Brackenridge, Hugh Henry.","Modern Chivalry: containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague Oregan, his Servant. Volume I. [-IV.] By H. H. Brackenridge . . . Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John M'Culloch [Volume III, Pittsburgh: Printed and Sold by John Scull, M.DCC.XIII. (sic)] M.DCC.XCII.—M.DCC.XCVII. [Entered according to Act of Congress.] [1792, 3, 7.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. 4 vol. in 1. 74, 78, 84, 80 leaves, half-title to each volume, the last 2 leaves of Vol. IV for the advertisement lists of W. M'Culloch.

Not in Sabin. Evans 24142, -3, 25224, 31862.

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 1748-1816, jurist and author. Modern Chivalry is a satirical novel. In the Introduction to the third volume is a poem entitled Cincinnatus, satirizing the Society of the Cincinnati. Brackenridge was a friend of Jefferson; for other works by him in this Catalogue, see the Index." "43380","34","","","","Love & madness.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 24, as above.","[Croft, Sir Herbert.]","Third Edition. Love and Madness. A Story too True. In a Series of Letters between Parties, whose Names would perhaps be mentioned, were they less known, or less lamented . . . London: Printed for G. Kearsly, and R. Faulder, 1780.","PR3388 .C165L6 1780a","

12mo. 156 leaves, engraved title-page.

Halkett and Laing III, 400. This edition not in Lowndes and not specifically mentioned in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. This edition not in Block (first edition only).

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by William O. Allens, who wrote from St. Louis on February 9, 1810:

On the 28-9 p. of the enclosed Book you will find ''the Speech of Logan''. It bears date in London, 1780.

Your first addition, of the ''Notes on Virginia'' was, I believe, printed in Paris, 1783. A long time posterior to their appearance, the Authenticity of that much admired speech, was questioned, by the calumny, of L. Martin Esqr.

In a subsequent addition of the Notes, I have, with great pleasure, read, proof positive, as to the certainty of, and the transactions, attendant on, Logans Speech. But Sir, I have thought, that the Vagrant production, now sent, had not found its way to your library, at the date of the last addition. For that reason, I now intrude it, on your attention—It recently fell into my hands. An American, a Virginian, feels proud at the recollection, of his State and Country. And, that pride, is much elevated, by the honor of calling Author, of the ''Notes on Virginia'' his fellow-statesman . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on April 20:

I have duly recieved your favor of Feb. 9. with the copy of the publication called Love & Madness which it inclosed, & beg leave to return you my thanks, for this mark of your attention. when I collected the proofs of the genuineness of Logan's speech I did not know of this publication containing it. I afterwards recieved it from a friend. but that which you send me is of an edition older by several years than the one I had before recieved, & proving so much more strongly it's earlier publication than in the Notes on Virginia. with my acknowlegements for this kindness be pleased to accept the assurance of my respects.

For the Notes on Virginia and the Appendix to the Notes, see nos. 4167, 3225, and 4051.

Sir Herbert Croft, Bt., 1751-1816, English author. This anonymously published work is ascribed to him in his life in the D. N. B. (by W. P. Courtney), and in all the bibliographies consulted except the British Muesum Catalogue, where it appears under the title, and under H., Mr. The first edition was printed in 1780 in octavo, and the Logan speech occurs on the same pages as in the duodecimo edition, pages 28 and 29. A copy of the second edition has not been traced, but the third edition, 1780, answers to the description given by Allens and Jefferson. The book went through at least seven editions, all printed by Kearsley, of which copies of the first and third, 1780, and of ''A New Edition, corrected'', 1786, are in the Library of Congress.

The story is based on the romance between James Hackman (the Mr. H. of the British Museum Catalogue) and Martha Ray, whom Hackman shot on April 7, 1799, and who was therefore hanged at Tyburn. The book is in the form of letters supposed to have passed between them, and letter 13, from Hackman to Miss Ray, dated from Huntington, 16th Feb. 1776, contains Logan's speech, introduced by the paragraph:

''The remainder of this (my second sheet of paper, observe) shall be filled with what I think a valuable curiosity. The officer, whom you saw with me on Sunday, is lately come from America. He gave it me, and assures me it is original. It will explain itself. Would I might be in your dear, little, enchanted dressing-room, while you read it!''" "43390","35","","","","Ovidii Metamorphoseon. Delph.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 46, as above.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","Metamorphoseon Libri XV; Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit D. Crispinus ad Usum Delphini. Londini, 1751.","","

8vo. Title from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839; no copy of this edition was available.

Graesse V, 76. Ebert 15446.

Daniel Crispin, Swiss scholar, was employed by Huet to edit and revise the original Delphin editions of the classics, published in quarto from 1674 to 1730. The first English reprint of the Delphin Metamorphoseon was printed in London in 1708, and the edition was frequently reprinted.

For a note on the Delphin classics, see no. 52." "43400","36","","","","Ovid. not. var.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 47, Ovidii opera, notis variorum, 3 v 8vo.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia, in tres Tomos divisa, cum integris Nicolai Heinsii, D.F. Lectissimisque Variorum Notis: quibus non pauca, ad suos quæque antiquitatis fontes diligenti comparatione reducta, accesserunt, Studio Borchardi Cnippingii. Lugduni Batavorum: ex Officina Hackiana, Ao 1670.","PA6519 .A2 1670","

3 vol. 8vo. 430, 408 and 410 leaves, woodcut printer's device on the printed title, 3 engraved titles by P. Philippe (that in Vol. II after S. Vouct), engraved portrait, full page engraved plates by P. Philippe, text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Graesse V, 70. Dibdin II, 276.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Borchardi Cnippingu, Dutch scholar, the editor of this edition, was a schoolmaster at Leyden." "43410","37","","","","Ovid's Metamorphoses. old Eng.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 3, as above.","","","","Jefferson's copy as stated in the Library of Congress catalogues of 1839 and later, was imperfect, lacking the title-page. The edition cannot therefore be identified. Early editions in duodecimo were printed in London in 1628 and in 1638." "43420","38","","","","La Araucana de De Ercilla y Zuniga.","","2. v. p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 8, as above, but reading Zunigo.","Ercilla y Zuniga, Alonso de.","La Araucana. Parte I [-II]. Dirigida al Rey Don Felipe nuestro Señor su autor Don Alonso de Ercilla y Zuñiga, Caballero del Orden de Santiago, Gentilhombre de la Cámara de la Magestad del Emperador. Con las Licencias Necesarias. En Madrid: por D. Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXVI. Se hallará en su casa, en la Aduana vieja. [1776.]","PQ6389 .A2 1776","

3 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. 180 and 208 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I by Juan Moxeno Fejada, folded engraved map of a part of Chile by Don Tomas Lopez, 1777, engraved plates in volume II by and after Antonio Carnicero. Volume I contains the first part, Volume II the second and third, with separate titles, continuous signatures and pagination.

Sabin 22725 calls for a map in the second volume.

Palau III, 126 (with date MDCCLXXV). Medina, no. 534.

Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga, 1533-1595, Spanish soldier and poet, joined the expedition to subdue the Araucanians of Chile, and the first part of this poem, composed in Chile and originally published in 1569, is a versified narrative of the events of the wars in which he had taken part." "43430","39","","","","Lycophronis Cassandra. Gr. Lat. Reichardi.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 45, as above.","Lycophron.","Λυκo&phis;ϱoνoς τoυ Xαλκιδεως Aλεξανδϱα. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, sive Cassandra, cvm Versione et Commentario Gvilielmi Canteri, Paraphrasin, Notas, Indicem Graecvm, e Scholiis Avctvm, Adiecit, ac Praefatvs est Henricvs Godofredvs Reichardvs A.M. Schol. Prov. Grimmensis Collega III. Lipsiae: apvd Sigfrid Lebrecht Crvsivm, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788.]","PA4240 .L4 1788","

8vo. 174 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, with notes in the lower margins. The work is preceded by a Praefatio, and followed by an Index, after which is an imitation in German, with half-title: Nachahmung von Lycophrons Cassandra zu mehrerer Empfehlung des griechischen Originals.

Graesse IV, 309. Ebert 12547.

Ordered by Jefferson from the catalogue of Armand Koenig of Strassburg, in a letter dated from Paris 29 Juin, 1789. The book was included in Koenig's bill, dated July 8, price six shillings. It is entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Lycophron of Calchis in Euboea, born c. 330 B.C. Lycophron was summoned to Alexandria, by Ptolemy Philadelphus, to arrange the comic poets in the Alexandrian Library. His Alexandra is a dramatic monologue in 1474 iambics, in which Cassandra, the slave set to watch Alexandra, reports her prophecies to Priam.

Willem Canter, 1542-1575, classical scholar of Utrecht, was the author of the translation into Latin.

Heinrich Godfried Reichard, 1742-1801, German classical scholar, was the editor of this edition, and the author of the German imitation at the end." "43440","40","","","","Xenophontis Ephesii Amores Anthiae et Abrocomae. Gr. Lat. Ital. Gall.","","4to. Lucca. 1781.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 66, as above.","Xenophon of Ephesus.","Ξενo&phis;ωντoς E&phis;εσιoυ των κατα Aν&thetas;ιαν και Aβϱoκoμην E&phis;εσιακων λoγoι π. Xenophontis Ephesii Ephesiacorum Libri V. De Amoribus Anthiæ et Abrocomæ accedit versio Latina Antonii Cocchi, Italica Antonii Salvini, et Gallica D.J. Lucæ MDCCLXXXI. Ex Typographia Francisci Bonsignori. Cum Ap. [1781.]","PA4500 .X3 1781","

4to. Engraved title with vignette and border by Bart Nerici Luc. 110 leaves, the last for the errata lists, text in Greek, Latin, Italian and French in parallel columns across the verso and the recto of the leaves, French text in italic letter.

Graesse VI, 493. Ebert 24164.

Jefferson's copy was bought for him in London by Mrs. Paradise at auction for twelve shillings. On May 15, 1789, Mrs. Paradise wrote to Jefferson (in Paris) from London:

. . . I have sent the Names of the two Books that Mr. Robson has bought for you, is Xenophontis Ephesien Anthias et Abrocoma Gr. which you Marked for s/15/ he has bought it for you for s/12/ . . .

Xenophon, known as Xenophon of Ephesus, possibly because of the title of his novel, lived in the third century A.D. According to Suidas the Ephesiaca was comprised of ten books, of which only five are extant.

Antonio Cocchi, 1695-1758, Italian scientist and scholar, was professor of medicine at Pisa, later of philosophy and anatomy at Florence, and was chosen by Francis I, the Roman emperor, as his antiquary. He edited this work, and translated it into Latin.

Anton Maria Salvini, 1653-1729, Italian scholar and abbot, a professor of Greek, first transcribed the manuscript of this romance, preserved in the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino at Florence, and in 1723 translated it into Italian. For other translations by him, see the Index.

Jean Baptiste Jourdan, 1711-1793, French scholar and dramatist, was the translator of the work into French." "43450","41","","","","Xenophontis Ephesii Amores Anthiae et Abrocomae. Gr. Lat. Cocchii","","4to. Long. 1726.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 65, as above.","Xenophon of Ephesus.","Ξενo&phis;ϖντoς [???]&phis;εσιo[???] Tϖν κατα Aν&thetas;ιαν κα[???] Aβϱoκ[???]μην [???]&phis;εσιακϖν λ[???]γoι Π[???]ντε. Xenophontis Ephesii Ephesiacorum Libri V. De Amoribus Anthiae et Abrocromae. Nunc primum prodeunt e vetusto codice Bibliothecae Monachorum Cassinensium Florentiae, cum Latina interpretatione Antonii Cocchii Florentini. Londini: typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1726.","","

First Edition. 4to. Greek and Latin texts, engraved frontispiece. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Graesse VI, 493. Ebert 24163. Lowndes V, 3014.

According to Nichols, Literary Anecdotes (I, 347) this edition was prepared by Cocchi from the transcript made by Salvini of the original manuscript, which was lent to him by Henry Davenant." "43460","42","","","","Gil Blas.","","4. v. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 12, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 595, no. J. 10, Sage, Alain René le: Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, 4 v. 16s; Londres, 1769.","Le Sage, Alain René.","Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Londres, 1769.","","

The date as given in the 1839 and later catalogues is probably a misprint, as no copy of an edition printed in London has been traced. Editions were published in London by J. Nourse in 1749 and 1760 (or 1761), in 4 vol. 12mo, and it is probably one of these that was in Jefferson's library and sold to Congress.

See Cordier, Essai Bibliographique sur les Oeuvres d'Alain-René Lesage, no. 237 and 242. Cordier had not seen these editions, and quotes from the British Museum Catalogue where the copy of the later edition is dated 1760. The copy in the New York Public Library is dated 1761.

Alain René Le Sage, 1668-1747, French novelist and dramatist. The first two parts of Gil Blas de Santillane were originally published in 1715, the third and fourth in 1724 and 1735, respectively." "43470","43","","","","id. [i.e. Don Quixota. edicion de la Academia] with a French translation.","","vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 7, Don Quixota de la Academia, avec la Traduction François, 14 v 12mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 586, no. J. 7, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de: Don Quixote de la Mancha (Spanish and French,) 14 v. 12mo; Madrid, y Rouen, 1781-'87.","Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.","El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Tercera Edicion corregida por la Real Academia Española. Parte Primera. Tomo I [-Tomo III. Parte Segunda. Tomo IV-Tomo VI.] Con Superior Permiso. En la Imprenta de la Academia por la Viuda de Ibarra, Hijos y Compañia. Madrid MDCCLXXXVII.—Histoire de l'Admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche, en VI Volumes. Nouvelle Edition, Revue, corrigée & augmentée. Tome I [-VI]. A Rouen: chez Pierre Machuel, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1787, 1781.]","","

Together 12 vol., 8vo and 12mo. The Library of Congress early catalogues call for a total of 14 volumes; the 1849 catalogue lists these two editions separately, the Spanish edition with 8 volumes 12mo and the French edition correctly described as 6 volumes 12mo. The separate descriptions are as follows:

i. The Real Academia edition, Madrid, 1787.

6 vol. small 8vo., 234, 168, 236, 163, 170, and 158 leaves, mark of the Academia on each title-page; engraved portrait of Cervantes by Fernando Selma and engraved folded map in vol. I, engraved plates by various engravers and artists in each volume.

At the beginning of Volume I is the Análisis del Quixote, pages lxvii to ccxlii, mentioned by William Short in his letter of November 4, quoted below, preceded by the Vida de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Palau II, 146. Ford-Lansing, page 7. Bonsoms 344. Martin del Rio y Rico 84. Rius 57. Biblioteca del Palacio de Perelada 45.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by William Short, who wrote from Madrid on November 4, 1794:

. . . I shall send by him [James Blake] an edition of Don Quixote which I ask you to accept as a small token of my remembrance—it is the 8vo. edition of the academy & equally complete & correct with the 4to. edition, & more transportable, for which purpose I have chosen it, & send it unbound—If you have not previously had this edition, though I have some idea you have, I recommend particularly to you the Analysis at the beginning by Dr Vincente de los Rios . . .

On January 29, 1795, in a long letter to Jefferson, Short reported that he had sent the book:

. . . I sent you by Mr. Blake who did not sail from Cadiz until the 21st. inst. the 8vo. Academy edition of Dn Quixote . . .

In a letter to Edmund Randolph, dated from Monticello June 1, 1795, Jefferson mentioned having received the book:

. . . m[???] Short . . . mentions to me that m[???] Blake would bring for me a copy of Don Quixote, & the Cortez's letters I had been so anxious to get. the former I have received. . . .

The edition in quarto referred to by William Short in his letter above, was published by the Real Academia and printed by Joaquin Ibarra in Madrid in 1780.

ii. The translation into French published in Rouen, 1781.

6 vol. 12mo., engraved frontispiece and plates; a copy was not available for examination. The Privilege for this edition of 1200 copies was granted on condition de hacerla absolutamente conforme a la de Lieja 1773.

Palau II, 164. Ford-Lansing, page 62. Bonsoms 315. This edition not in Martin del Rio y Rico who has only the Lyons edition of the same year. Rius 505.

Jefferson's copy of this edition in French is no longer in the Library of Congress, which has however the copy of the second volume of a French edition which belonged to Jefferson in his youth. This volume, printed in Paris in 1754, has Jefferson's signature in an early hand on the title-page: Ex Libris Thomæ Jefferson, and much scribbling, probably done by one of his grandchildren. On the flyleaf is the signature of Mary J. Randolph [Mary Jefferson Randolph, the daughter of Thomas Mann and Martha Jefferson Randolph], and of Virginia Lucy Randolph Brown. The volume is initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Jefferson purchased also another edition published by the Academia, bound in 4 volumes. An entry in his undated manuscript catalogue reads: Don Quixote, edicion de la Academia. 4. v. 12mo. 30/-.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547-1616, Spanish novelist, playwright and poet. The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha was printed in Madrid in 1605.

Vincente de Los Rios, 1732-1779, Spanish scholar, was the author of the Analysis at the beginning of Volume I of the Madrid edition, 1787.

The translation into French in the Rouen edition of 1781 was made partly by Filleau de St. Martin, and the last volume by Grégoire de Chasles [or Challes]. The plates are after Coypel." "43480","44","","","","Gayton's notes on Don Quixot.","","p fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 70, as above.","Gayton, Edmund.","Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot. By Edmund Gayton, Esq; . . . London: Printed by William Hunt, MDCLIV. [1654.]","PQ6352 .G2 1654","

First Edition. Sm. folio. 145 leaves, the last three pages with verses.

Lowndes II, 870. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 718. STC G415.

Edmund Gayton, 1608-1666, English author, became one of the adopted sons of Ben Jonson. This work, written in prose and verse, contains references to Shakespeare, Spenser, Beaumont and Fletcher, Ben Jonson, and many other writers and dramatists of the period. This is the only edition in ''p. fol.'' and with Don Quixot so written. A second and abridged edition was published in 12mo in 1768." "43490","45","Galatea de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Persiles y Sigismunda de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Novelas exemplares de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Viage al Parnaso. de Cervantes. 8vo. Madrid. 1784.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 48, page 139, no. 49, page 138, no. 50, and page 139, no. 51, as above.","

These books were bought by Jefferson in one set, and are so listed by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, bracketed together with the price, 80. In this listing only the Galatea and the Viage al Parnaso have the date, 1784. This is correct, and the dated manuscript wrong; Trabajos de Persiles was published in 1781 and Novelas Exemplares in 1783, and are so dated in the later Library of Congress catalogues. These books are the first entry in Chapter III, Collected Works, in the Cervantes bibliography prepared by Ford and Lansing (page 98): Obras de Cervantes, 1781-84. 7 vol.

Persiles, 1781. 2 vol. Novelas exemplares, 1783. 2 vol. Galatea, 1784. 2 vol. Viage al Parnaso, La Numancia, El Trato de Argel, 1784. 1 vol.

Each work has also a separate listing in this bibliography.

The descriptions are as follows:","","","","","Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.","Los Seis Libros de Galatea. Escrita por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Dividida en dos Tomos. Corregida e ilustrada con laminas finas. Tomo I [-II.] En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha. Año de M. DCC. LXXXIV. Se hallará en su Librería, en la Aduana Vieja. Con las Licencias necesarias. [1784.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. 160 and 134 leaves, plates after Josef Ximeno by Simón Brieva, Bart. Vásquez, J. J. Fabregat and others.

Palau II, 141. Rius I, 208. Bonsoms 331. Martin del Rio y Rico 8. Ford-Lansing, page [3].

Galatea, a pastoral novel, was first printed in the spring of 1585, and was only twice reprinted during the author's lifetime." "43500","45","Galatea de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Persiles y Sigismunda de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Novelas exemplares de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Viage al Parnaso. de Cervantes. 8vo. Madrid. 1784.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 48, page 139, no. 49, page 138, no. 50, and page 139, no. 51, as above.","

These books were bought by Jefferson in one set, and are so listed by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, bracketed together with the price, 80. In this listing only the Galatea and the Viage al Parnaso have the date, 1784. This is correct, and the dated manuscript wrong; Trabajos de Persiles was published in 1781 and Novelas Exemplares in 1783, and are so dated in the later Library of Congress catalogues. These books are the first entry in Chapter III, Collected Works, in the Cervantes bibliography prepared by Ford and Lansing (page 98): Obras de Cervantes, 1781-84. 7 vol.

Persiles, 1781. 2 vol. Novelas exemplares, 1783. 2 vol. Galatea, 1784. 2 vol. Viage al Parnaso, La Numancia, El Trato de Argel, 1784. 1 vol.

Each work has also a separate listing in this bibliography.

The descriptions are as follows:","","","","","Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.","Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. Historia Setentrional por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra a Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro, Conde de Lemos. Tomo I [-II]. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXXI. Se hallará en su Libreria, en la Aduana Vieja. Con las Licencias necesarias. [1781.]","PQ6327 .P4 1781","

2 vol. 8vo. 210 and 180 leaves, engraved head-pieces, 8 engraved plates after Iosef Ximeno by Moreno Tejada, I. Ioaquim Fabregat, Diego Diaz, Fr. Selma and Simn Brieva, the last dated Matriti, 1782.

Palau II, 185. Bonsoms 317. Martín del Rio y Rico 858. This issue not in Rius, who has Sancha's issue of that year, Se hallará en su Libreria del Lobo. Ford-Lansing, page 34.

The first edition of this work was printed early in 1617. Cervantes had been taken ill during its composition. On April 18, 1616, he received the sacrament of extreme unction, and on the following day wrote the dedication to Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro, Conde de Lemos, reprinted at the beginning of this volume. The work passed through eight editions in two years." "43510","45","Galatea de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Persiles y Sigismunda de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Novelas exemplares de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Viage al Parnaso. de Cervantes. 8vo. Madrid. 1784.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 48, page 139, no. 49, page 138, no. 50, and page 139, no. 51, as above.","

These books were bought by Jefferson in one set, and are so listed by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, bracketed together with the price, 80. In this listing only the Galatea and the Viage al Parnaso have the date, 1784. This is correct, and the dated manuscript wrong; Trabajos de Persiles was published in 1781 and Novelas Exemplares in 1783, and are so dated in the later Library of Congress catalogues. These books are the first entry in Chapter III, Collected Works, in the Cervantes bibliography prepared by Ford and Lansing (page 98): Obras de Cervantes, 1781-84. 7 vol.

Persiles, 1781. 2 vol. Novelas exemplares, 1783. 2 vol. Galatea, 1784. 2 vol. Viage al Parnaso, La Numancia, El Trato de Argel, 1784. 1 vol.

Each work has also a separate listing in this bibliography.

The descriptions are as follows:","","","","","Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.","Novelas Exemplares de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Dirigidas a Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro Conde de Lemos. Nueva Impresion corregida y adornada con laminas. Tomo I [-II]. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXXIII. Se hallará en su Libreria en la Aduana Vieja con las licencias necesarias. [1783.]","PQ6324 .A1 1783","

2 vol. 8vo. 234 and 248 leaves, plates after Josef Ximeno and Bernardo Barranco by S. Brieva, Joaquin Prolog, and B. Vasquez y Moreno Tejada, complimentary verses at the beginning of Volume I.

Palau II, 177. Rius I, 251. Bonsoms 327. Martín del Río y Rico 693. Ford-Lansing, page 24.

The Novelas Exemplares was first published in Madrid in 1613. The novels are La Gitanilla; El Amante Liberal; Rinconete y Cortadillo; La Española Inglesa; El Licenciado Vidriera; La Fuerza de la Sangre; El Zeloso Estremeño; La Ilustre Fregona; Las dos Doncellas; La Señora Cornelia; El Casamiento Engañoso; Coloquio de los perros Cipion y Berganza." "43520","45","Galatea de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Persiles y Sigismunda de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Novelas exemplares de Cervantes. 2. v. 8vo. Madrid. 1784. Viage al Parnaso. de Cervantes. 8vo. Madrid. 1784.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 48, page 139, no. 49, page 138, no. 50, and page 139, no. 51, as above.","

These books were bought by Jefferson in one set, and are so listed by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, bracketed together with the price, 80. In this listing only the Galatea and the Viage al Parnaso have the date, 1784. This is correct, and the dated manuscript wrong; Trabajos de Persiles was published in 1781 and Novelas Exemplares in 1783, and are so dated in the later Library of Congress catalogues. These books are the first entry in Chapter III, Collected Works, in the Cervantes bibliography prepared by Ford and Lansing (page 98): Obras de Cervantes, 1781-84. 7 vol.

Persiles, 1781. 2 vol. Novelas exemplares, 1783. 2 vol. Galatea, 1784. 2 vol. Viage al Parnaso, La Numancia, El Trato de Argel, 1784. 1 vol.

Each work has also a separate listing in this bibliography.

The descriptions are as follows:","","","","","Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.","Viage al Parnaso, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Dirigido a D. Rodrigo de Tapia, Caballero del Habito de Santiago, &c. Publicanse ahora de nuevo una Tragedia y una Comedia ineditas del mismo Cervantes: aquella intitulada La Numancia: esta El Trato de Argel. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXXIV. Se hallará en su Librería en la Aduana Vieja. Con las Licencias necesarias. [1784.]","PQ6327 .V4 1784","

8vo. 200 leaves; the Viage al Parnaso ends on K4 recto, page 151; on the recto of the following leaf is the half-title for La Numancia. Tragedia; on sig. S2, page (275), is the half-title for El Trato de Argel. Comedia; plates by Vasquez and Fabregat after Ximeno and de la Cruz.

Palau II, 184. Bonsoms 332. Martín del Rio y Rico 803. Rius 313. Ford-Lansing, page 22.

The first edition was published in 1614." "43530","46","","","","Corinne, ou l'Italie. par Made de Stael Holstein.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 52, as above.","Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de.","Corinne ou l'Italie. Par Mad. de Staël Holstein . . . Tome Premier [-Second]. Paris: A la librairie Stereotipe, chez H. Nicolle [De l'Imprimerie des Annales des Arts et Manufactures] 1807.","","

2 vol. 8vo.

Quérard IX, 251. See Lonchamp, pages 42-45.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom Jefferson wrote on July 16, 1807:

I have recieved, Madam, the letter which you have done me the favor to write from Paris on the 24th. of April, and M. le Ray de Chaumont informs me that the book you were so kind as to confide to him, not having reached Nantes when he sailed, will come by the first vessel from that port to this country. I shall read with great pleasure whatever comes from your pen, having known it's powers when I was in a situation to judge, nearer at hand, the talents which directed it . . .

Neither the letter of Madame de Staël of April 24, nor the letter of Ray de Chaumont has been found to date and without them it is impossible to know which of the various editions published in 1807 was sent by the author to Jefferson. The first edition (Lonchamp no 58) was without the name of the printer; the next issue, Lonchamp no. 59, had the name of H. Nicolle as above in the imprint, and the name of the printer on the back of the half-title. Two more editions in octavo were published in the same year.

In 1807 also were printed three editions in 3 volumes duodecimo of which Jefferson owned one, as can be seen from his binding bill from Joseph Milligan of Georgetown, which, under date April 30, 1808, has the entries:

Corinne 3 vols 12 mo 1.50

Ditto 2 vols 8vo 2.00

Previous to this date, Jefferson had been appealed to for the loan of a copy by Mrs. Thornton, who wrote to him on January 15, 1808:

Mrs Thornton's compliments to the President of the U.S. and having heard that he possesses a copy of Made. Staël's celebrated novel ''Corinne'' & not being able to procure it elsewhere at present, hopes he will excuse the liberty she takes in requesting the favor of a perusal of it, if disengaged. Mrs T. will take particular [sic] of the work should the President oblige her with it.

Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Staël-Holstein, 1766-1817, French novelist, was the daughter of the famous financier Jacques Necker, and became the wife of Eric Magnus, Baron of Staël-Holstein. Necker died in April 1804, and Madame de Staël spent the autumn of that year travelling in Italy, where she collected the material for this novel, the story of ''a picturesque tour couched in the form of a novel.''" "43540","47","","","","Zayde par Madame de la Fayette.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 13, as above, but reading Made. for Madame.","[La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de.]","Zayde, Histoire Espagnole. Par M. Desegrais. Avec un Traité de l'Origine des Romans. Par M. Huet. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: par la Compagnie des Libraires associez, M. DCC. XXV. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1725.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. 204 and 164 leaves, on the back of the title in Vol. I, the list of publishers in Paris forming the Compagnie des Libraires associez, this is followed by a Lettre de Monsieur Huet a Monsieur de Segrais on l'Origine des Romans, 49 leaves, and 1 leaf for the Privilege du Roi.

Not in Barbier. This edition not in Quérard and not in Graesse.

Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de la Fayette, 1634-1692, first published Zayde in 1670-71, under the name of Desegrais, who was for some time supposed to be the author.

Jean Regnauld Sieur de Segrais, 1624-1701, French poet. For an account of his part in this novel, see Rea, Marie Madeleine Countess de La Fayette.

Pierre Daniel Huet, 1630-1721, Archbishop of Avranches, first published his treatise De l'Origine des Romans in the first edition of the Comtesse de la Fayette's novel in 1670. It was afterwards printed separately in several editions." "43550","48","","","","Roderic Random. by Smollet.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 16, as above.","[Smollett, Tobias George.]","The Adventures of Roderick Random . . . In Two Volumes . . . The Sixth Edition. London: Printed for A. Millar [and others] 1763.","","

2 vol. 12mo; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Halkett and Laing I, 42. This edition not in Lowndes or in Block. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 524.

In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, this entry has the manuscript annotation 2d vol. missing. The Catalogue of 1831 describes the book as 2 vol. 12mo without annotation, the later editions of the catalogue state the 1st volume to be missing. The second volume is in the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815.

Tobias George Smollett, 1721-1771, Scots novelist. Roderick Random, first published anonymously in 1748, was frequently at first ascribed to Fielding, in whose name a translation into French actually appeared." "43560","49","","","","Di Lucca's adventures.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 17, as above.","[Berington, Simon.]","The Adventures of Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca. Being the Substance of his Examination before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy; giving an account of an Unknown Country in the Midst of the Deserts of Africa, the Origin and Antiquity of the People, their Religion, Customs, and Laws. Copied from the Original manuscript in St. Mark's Library at Venice; with Critical Notes of the learned Signor Rhedi. To which is prefixed, a Letter of the Secretary of the Inquisition, shewing the Reasons of Signor Gaudentio's being apprehended, and the Manner of it. Translated from the Italian. Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alex. Donaldson, 1761.","","

12mo. 165 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available; other editions are in the Library of Congress.

Halkett and Laing I, 42. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 540. Not in Block. Not in Gillow.

Simon Berington, 1680-1755, English Catholic priest. This work, originally published in London in 1737 with a slightly different title, is not a translation, but a book of imaginary travels. This prose work is not mentioned by Gillow, whose first entry in the list of Berington's works is a poem of 153 lines, printed at Douay where Berington was for a time a teacher of poetry and philosophy, entitled The Memoirs of Signor Gaudenzio de Lucca. Berington's work was formerly wrongly attributed to George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne." "43570","50","","","","Vicar of Wakefeild.","","2. v. 12mo. by Dr. Goldsmith.","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 18, Vicar of Wakefield, by Goldsmith, 12mo.","[Goldsmith, Oliver.]","The Vicar of Wakefield: a Tale. Supposed to be written by Himself . . . The Second Edition. Vol. I [-II]. London: Printed for F. Newbery, MDCCLXVI. [1766.]","PR3490 .A1 1766b","

2 v. 12mo. 112 and 116 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. Scott, page 175. This edition not in Welsh.

Jefferson owned both volumes of this work, but only the first volume seems to have been received by Congress. The contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue has, beside the entry, the written annotation vol. 1 only (incomplete) and the second volume is listed as missing in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774. The first edition of the Vicar of Wakefield was published in Salisbury on March 27, 1766." "43580","51","","","","Adventures of a guinea. by Smollett.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 19, as above, but reading Smollet.","[Johnston, Charles.]","Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea. Wherein are exhibited Views of several striking Scenes, with curious and interesting Anecdotes, of the most noted Persons in every Rank of Life, whose Hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal . . . By an Adept. The Third Edition, greatly enlarged and corrected. In Four Volumes. Vol. I [-IV]. London: Printed for John Hill, M,DCC,LXVII. [1767.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. 120, 126, 98, and 95 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 348. Lowndes I, 447. This edition not in Block.

Charles Johnston, 1719?-1800? Irish novelist, first published this novel in 1760-1765. It was published anonymously, but no explanation of Jefferson's attribution of the authorship to Smollett has been found. The work was considered one of the best scandalous novels of the day, and ran into several editions. ''A Key to 'Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea' 4 vol. 1768'' is in An Olio of Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and Memoranda by William Davis, 1817, pages 13-20." "43590","52","","","","Manly's novels.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 60, as above.","Manley, Mary de la Riviere.","The Power of Love: in seven Novels viz. I. The Fair Hypocrite. II. The Physician's Stratagem. III. The Wife's Resentment. IV. V. The Husband's Resentment. In Two Examples. VI. The Happy Fugitives. VII. The Perjur'd Beauty. Never before Published. By Mrs. Manley. London: Printed for John Barber and John Morphew, 1720.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 192 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the second leaf, recto blank.

Lowndes III, 1464.

Mary de la Riviere Manley, 1663-1724, author of a number of plays and novels, and for a time editor of the Examiner, having succeeded Swift in 1711. Her novels dealt with politics and personal scandal in the form of romance. The Power of Love is dedicated to the Lady Lansdowne, and the dedication closes: ''These novels, Madam, have truth for their foundation; several of the facts are to be found in ancient history: to which, adding divers new incidents, I have attempted, in modern English, to draw them out of obscurity, with the same design as Mr. Dryden had in his Tales from Boccace and Chaucer. Though with a far, far unequal performance! As much as poetry is more eloquent than prose; or an extraordinary genius, preferable to None.''" "43600","53","","","","Constantia Philips.","","2d. & 3d. vol[???] 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 25, as above.","Phillips, Teresia Constantia.","An Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. T. C. Phillips. Vol. II. [-III.] London: Printed for the Author; and Sold at her House in Craig's-Court, Charing-Cross, MDCCXLVIII. [1748.]","CT788 .P55A3","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. Vol. II and III only, 184 and 172 leaves. The title of the first volume, which seems not to have been in Jefferson's library, reads as follows:

An Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips, more particularly that Part of it which relates to her Marriage with an eminent Dutch Merchant: the Whole authenticated by faithful Copies of his Letters, and of the Settlement which he made upon her to induce her to suffer (without any real Opposition on her Part) a Sentence to be pronounced against their Marriage; Together with such other Original Papers, filed in the Cause, as are necessary to illustrate that remarkable Story.

This is followed by a quotation from Rowe's Fair Penitent, and, in place of the imprint and date, the statement: ''N.B. Such extraordinary Care has been taken to intimidate the Booksellers, in order to stifle this Work, that Mrs. Phillips is obliged to publish it herself, and only at her House in Craig's Court, Charing Cross; and to prevent Imposition, each Book will be signed with her own Hand.''

In the copy in the Library of Congress each volume is signed in several places by Teresia Constantia Phillips.

Lowndes IV, 1856.

It is not certain that Jefferson's copy was ever received by Congress. The entry in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue has the written annotation missing and the volumes are entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date; the entry is omitted from the later catalogues.

Teresia Constantia Phillips, 1709-1765, English courtesan and author. This work was written with the idea of blackmailing her friends, and owing to the difficulty of finding a bookseller, it was printed for the author in parts, and subsequently bound in three volumes. A second edition was printed in the same year, 1748, a third in 1750 and a fourth in 1761." "43610","54","","","","Haywood's novels.","","4th. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 31, as above.","Haywood, Eliza.","Secret Histories, Novels, and Poems. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Vol. IV. Containing, I. The Rash Resolve: or, The Untimely Discovery. A Novel. II. The Masqueraders: or, Fatal Curiosity; being the Secret History of a late Amour. III. Lasselia: or, The Self-Abandon'd. A Novel. IV. The Force of Nature: or, The Lucky Disappointment. A Novel. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for R. Ware; S. Birt; D. Browne; C. Hitch; and S. Austen, 1742.","","

Volume IV only, 12mo. 142 leaves. There is no indication in any catalogue as to which edition of Eliza Haywood's novels was in Jefferson's library and sold to Congress. The first collected edition of her novels appeared in 1725 and another edition was published in 1732. The copy now in the Library of Congress is of the 1742 edition as above, but is not Jefferson's copy.

Eliza Haywood, 1693?-1756, English dramatist and novelist. Her novels resembled those of Mrs. Manley, q.v., in that she introduced scandals concerned with the leaders of contemporary society, whose names were very thinly veiled." "43620","55","","","","The modern story teller.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 32, as above, but reading 42mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 592, no. J. 66, Modern Story Teller, 12mo. [No title page.]","","The Modern Story Teller.","","

12mo. Owing to the lack of title-page, it is not possible to identify this book. The lack of the title-page is not recorded in the catalogues until that of 1839, but the earlier catalogues give no detail as to date or place of printing. Several collections with the title The Modern Story Teller were printed, both in the United States and in England, but usually in 2 volumes.

The Library of Congress has an edition in 12mo, printed in Philadelphia in 1796 as follows:

The Modern Story Teller. Contents. The History of the Three Brothers. The History of the Three Sisters. The Contrast. Fatal Effects of Delay. The Nosegay. Courage Inspired by Friendship. And, the Diverting History of John Gilpin. Embellished with Engravings. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by H. and P. Rice; sold also by J. Rice and Co., Market Street, Baltimore, 1796.

It seems scarcely probable, however, that this was the book referred to by Jefferson in this chapter. Jefferson's entry is placed between Vita di S. Giosafat (not sold to Congress) and Brantome Dames galantes, a position in which it seems doubtful that he would have placed a juvenile book. Moreover, this book could never have been described as a 42mo, though this may be a misprint in the 1815 Catalogue for 12mo." "43630","56","","","","Brantome Dames galantes.","","2d vol. 32s","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 30, Dames Galantes de Brantome, 2d vol 12mo.","Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de.","Vie des Dames Galantes [?Leyde: chez Jean Sambix, 1766].","","

Vol. II only. 12mo.

It is doubtful whether this volume was delivered to Congress; it is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. There is no indication as to which edition was in Jefferson's library; the first edition in 2 vol. 12mo. was published in 1766 as above.

For another work by Brantôme, see no. 205." "43640","57","","","","La Paysanne pervertie ou les dangers de la ville.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 29, as above.","[Restif De La Bretonne, Nicolas Edme.]","La Paysane Pervertie, ou les Dangers de la Ville . . . Par l'Auteur du Paysan perverti. Imprimé à la Haie, et se trouve à Paris, chés la dme veuve Duchesne, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. Jefferson, in both his dated and undated manuscript catalogues, and all the early Library of Congress printed catalogues call for 5 vol. 12mo. A copy was not available, but every bibliography describes this edition as being in 4 vol. 12mo.

Barbier III, 310. Lacroix XXVIII, no. 3 (page 232). This edition not in De Ricci-Cohen.

According to Lacroix, this edition is a contrefaçon, made in France, of the edition with the same imprint printed in the previous year, 1784. For a full account of this work, see Lacroix' bibliography: Bibliographie et Iconographie de tous les Ouvrages de Restif de La Bretonne . . . Par P. L. Jacob, bibliophile [i. e. Paul Lacroix].

Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne, 1734-1806, French novelist." "43650","58","","","","Aesop. Gr. Lat. ad usum Scholae Etonensis.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 34, as above.","Aesop.","Mυ&thetas;oι Aισωπoυ. Æsopi Fabulæ Græco-Latinæ. Cum novis Notis, necnon Versione emendatâ. Editio, prioribus antehac editis correctior; et ad usum Juventutis Regiæ Scholæ Etonensis accommodata. Etonæ: apud J. & T. Pote, 1755.","","

12mo. 2 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, 67 and 47 leaves, the first part for the Greek text, the second for the Latin translation. This edition is not in the Library of Congress, which has an undated edition and the edition of 1807. The undated edition has between the Greek and Latin texts, a leaf headed Libri Græci, excusi a J. Pote, Etonens.

This edition not in Lowndes, Ebert, Graesse, Dibdin.

Aesop, the place of whose birth is uncertain, is said by Herodotus to have been a slave of Iadmon of Samos in the sixth century B.C. By the end of the fifth century B.C. the body of Greek fable was usually ascribed to him, but it is supposed that he did not commit his fables to writing. The account of him from R. Steph. Thesaur· Ling. Lat. Edit. Lond. 1734 is printed at the beginning of the Eton editions. The most famous of the Latins adapters was Phaedrus, q.v.

Joseph Pote, 1703?-1787, English bookseller, publisher, author and editor of classical books, carried on business at Eton, where he kept a boarding house for Eton boys. His commercial pursuits were not appreciated by the Eton boys, who celebrated him in rhyme:

Jos Pote of Eton, a man of great renown

Buys a book for sixpence, and sells it for a crown.

Thomas Pote, the younger son of Joseph, went into partnership with his father, and eventually succeeded him in the printing and publishing business. Thomas Pote was master of the Stationers' Company." "43660","59","","","","Aesopicarum fabularum quotquot Graece reperiuntur.","","8vo. Lipsiae. 1741.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 61, as above.","Aesop.","Mυ&thetas;ων Aισωπειων Συναγωγη. Fabularum Æsopicarum collectio. Quotquot Græce reperiuntur. Accedit interpretatio Latina. Exemplar Oxoniense de Anno cI[???] I[???] cc XVIII. Emendavit: Vitam Æsopi Latinitate donatam adiecit: ac Præfatus est Jo. Gottfr. Hauptmann, A.M. et Ill. Ruth. ConR. Lipsiæ M DCC XLI. Impensis Joannis Christiani Martini. [1741.]","","

8vo. 392 leaves; title printed in red and black, with an engraved vignette, Greek and Latin text to each fable, the Greek text in long lines, the Latin in double columns, engraved frontispiece by Bernigeroth, 1740.

Graesse I, 32. Ebert 223. Dibdin I, 251.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book, during his residence in Paris, from Koenig of Strassburg, and had it bound. It is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 4 plus 2. On June 29, 1788, Jefferson sent an order to Koenig for more books from his catalogue, including Aesopi fabulae Gr. Lat. Haupmanni. 8vo. of which, with other books, he requested les memes editions que j'ai acheté chez vous. Koenig replied on July 24, that he had no copy of Aesop and had not been able to obtain one

Johann Gottfried Hauptmann, 1712-1782, German scholar, founded this edition on. Hudson's Oxford edition of 1718. The Latin translation of the life of Aesop is by Bachet de Meziriac." "43670","60","","","","Dodsley's Aesop.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 36, as above.","Dodsley, Robert.","Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists. In Three Books. By R. Dodsley . . . A New Edition. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Benjamin Johnson, M,DCC,XCII. [1792.]","","

12mo. 108 leaves; a copy of this edition was not examined for collation; the above title was taken from Evans.

Evans 24027.

Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English author and book-seller, began the preparation of his Select Fables in 1759 after he had retired from the publishing firm of Robert and James Dodsley, and the first edition was printed by Baskerville in 1761. The three books consist of Fables from the Ancients, Fables from the Modern, and Original Fables newly invented, with a Preface, a life of Aesop from the French of M. de Mézirac, and an Essay on the Fable by William Shenstone, who also supplied the Index, with the morals.

For William Shenstone, see. no. 4430." "43680","61","","","","Burton's Aesop's fables.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 62, Aesop's Fables, by Burton, 8vo.","Aesop.","The Fables of æsop, with his life, to which are added Morals and Remarks, accommodated to the youngest Capacities. By Robert Burton. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, 1777.","","

8vo. 72 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Evans 15231. This edition not in Lowndes.

A copy of Aesop's Fables in 12mo was bound for Jefferson by John March on April 26, 1806, cost 75 cents, which was probably this book. A book listed only as Fables was bound by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 50 cents.

Robert Burton was the pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch, 1632?-1725?, English miscellaneous writer. His edition of Aesop's Fables in Prose and Verse was first printed in London in 1712, and is no. 41 in the numbered account of his works listed in the Dictionary of National Biography. The Library of Congress has a copy of his edition printed in Alexandria, 1802, in which each Fable is followed by the Moral and the Remark, with the life of Aesop and a Preface at the beginning." "43690","62","","","","Aesopi, Gabriae, Homeri, et Avieni fabulae. Batracomuomachia, Musoeus, Agapetus et Gayleomuomachia. Gr. Lat.","","16. Haultini. id. same edñ.","1815 Catalogue, page 137, no. 33, Aesopus, Gabrias, Homeri Batrachomuomachia, Aristobulus Galeomuomachia, Avienus, Lug. 1607, 16s.","Aesop.","æsopi Phrygis fabulæ, elegantissimis iconibus, veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus. Gabriæ græci fabellæ XLIII. Bατϱαχoμυoμαχια Homeri, hoc est, Ranarum & murium pugna. Γαλεωμυoμαχια, hoc est Felium & murium pugna. Tragœdia græca. Hæc omnia cum latina interpretatione. Accesserunt Auieni antiqui auctoris fabulæ. Editio pistrena, cæteris omnibus castigatior. Lvgdvni: apud P. Frellon [or P. Rigaud] 1607.","","This work is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, price 1.10, and another copy price 2.8. It is doubtful whether either copy was received by Congress; the entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and the book not checked as having been received; it is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry is omitted from all subsequent catalogues." "43700","63","","","","Nouveau choix des fables d'Esope. Gr. Lat. avec des notes par Le Roi.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 35, as above.","Aesop.","Nouveaux Choix des Fables d'Esope, avec la version latine et l'Explication des Mots en français divisé en trois parties, pour les classes de Sixième, Cinquième et Quatrième. Troisième Edition . . . Par M. Le Roi. Paris: J. Barbou, 1778.","","

8vo. 84 leaves; a copy was not located for collation, the above title is taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard V, 212. Not in Graesse.

Chrétien Le Roy (or Le Roi), 1711-1780, French classical scholar, was professor of rhetoric at the college of Cardinal Lemoine. His first edition of the Nouveau Choix des Fables d'Esope was published in 1770." "43710","64","","","","Phaedrus by Stirling.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 63, as above.","Phaedrus.","Phædri Fabulæ: or, Phædrus's Fables, with the following Improvements; in a Method entirely new. Viz. The Words of the Author are placed according to their Grammatical Construction beneath every Fable: the Rhetorical Figures also as they occur: And to make the Pronunciation easy, all Words of above two Syllables are marked with the proper Accents. A Collection also of Idioms and Phrases in Phædrus, and all the Proverbial Mottos to the Fables, with the English Phrases and Proverbs answerable, are set over against them. And lastly, an Alphabetical Vocabulary of all the Words in the Author, shewing their Parts of Speech and Signification; to which are added, the Themes of the Verbs, with their Government. For the Use of Schools. By John Stirling, D.D. Late Vicar of Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, and Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Gordon . . . London, 1738.","","

8vo. According to the catalogues, Jefferson's copy was of the edition of 1738, a copy of which has not been found for collation. The above title is taken from the edition of 1793 in the Library of Congress.

The edition of 1738 not in Lowndes. No Stirling edition in Graesse, Ebert or Dibdin. The first Stirling edition in the British Museum Catalogue is that of 1800.

Jefferson bought his copy from the second part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787, ordered by him in a letter to Stockdale dated from Paris July 1, 1787; the price was 1/6.

For a note on John Stirling, see no. 4283." "43720","65","","","","id. [i.e. Phaedrus] by Bailey.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 64, Phaedrus, by Bailey, 8vo.","Phaedrus.","Fabularum æsopiarum Libri Quinque; cum Notis P. Daneti, in Usum Delphini Anglicè redditis; editio tertis; Opera et Studio N. Bailey. Londini, 1725.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition has not been located for collation.

The original Delphin edition was published in Paris in 1675, 4to. and reprinted in that city in the same format in 1726. The first London Delphin edition was printed in 1688, 8vo, and reprinted in 1703, -07, -17, -22, -27, -35, -45 and 1814.

Graesse V, 252. Ebert 16585.

Petrus Danetys [Pierre Danet], d. 1709, French classical scholar.

Nathan (or Nathaniel) Bailey, d. 1742, English lexicographer, and classical scholar." "43730","66","","","","id. [i.e. Phaedrus] by Mattaire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 37, Phaedrus, by Mattaire, 12mo.","Phaedrus.","Phædri Aug. Liberti Fabularum æsopiarum Libri quinque; item Fabulæ quædam ex MS. veteri à Marquardo Gudio descriptæ; cum Indice Vocum & Locutionum. Appendicis loco adjiciuntur Fabulæ Græcæ quædam & Latinæ ex variis Authoribus collectæ; quas claudit Avieni æsopicarum Fabularum Liber Unicus. Londini: ex Officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, M DCC XIII. Cum Privilegio. [1713.]","PA6563 .A2 1713","

12mo. 96 leaves (21 at the end for the Appendix), engraved frontispiece by and after Lud. Du Guernier, title printed in red and black, part of the Appendix in Greek letter.

Lowndes IV, 1846. Graesse V, 253. Ebert 16594.

Phaedrus, Roman fabulist, lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius. The first edition of the five books of Phaedrus was published in Troyes in 1596.

Michel Maittaire, 1688-1747, the editor of this edition, was a native of France and educated at Westminster and Oxford. This edition is one of a series of Greek and Latin authors edited by him, and published in twelves. This is his first edition of Phaedrus, and was several times reprinted." "43740","67","","","","Quatrains de Pibrac, fables de la Fontaine & de Boursault.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 39, as above, but reading Fontanie. 1839 Catalogue, page 592, no. J .56, Morale des Anciens et des Modernes; ou les plus beaux Quatrains de Pibrac, et Fables de la Fontaine et de Boursault, 12mo; Amsterdam, 1717.","","","","

This book has not been identified.

Gui du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac, 1529-1584, French jurist and poet, held a number of high offices in France, including that of general advocate to the Parliament of Paris, and later chancellor of Marguerite of France, Queen of Navarre. His Cinquante Quatrains were first published in Paris in 1574, and were translated into various European languages, and also into Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and into Latin and Greek.

Jean de la Fontaine, 1621-1695, French poet. Jefferson purchased separate editions of his Fables and of his Contes from Froullé in Paris, and from Reibelt in Baltimore. These are entered in his manuscript catalogue, but were not sold to Congress.

Edme Boursault, 1658-1701, French dramatist and author." "43750","68","","","","Favole e Novelle del Pignotti.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 38, as above.","Pignotti, Lorenzo.","Favole e Novelle del Dot. Pignotti.","","

There is no indication as to which edition of this work was in Jefferson's library, or whether the copy was ever delivered to Congress. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue, and has not the check mark showing that the book had been received. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made later, and the entry is omitted from all subsequent catalogues. The first edition in duodecimo was published in Londra in 1784, and several editions in that format were issued from different presses in Italy.

Lorenzo Pignotti, 1739-1812, Italian author, published the first edition of his Favole e Novelle in Pisa in 1782." "43760","69","","","","the Lawyer or Man as he ought not to be.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 58, as above, but reading 12mo.","[Watterston, George.]","The Lawyer, or Man as he ought not to be. A Tale. Pittsburgh: Printed for and published by Zadok Cramer, and sold at his Bookstore (Franklin's Head) Market street, 1808.","PS3157 .W5L3","

First Edition. 12mo. 118 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Kneass.

Sabin 102163. Wright 2683.

This work was placed by Jefferson in Chapter 24, Politics, but was reclassified in the 1815 and later Library of Congress catalogues into this chapter.

George Watterston, 1783-1854, Librarian of Congress from 1815 to 1829, was the compiler of the Catalogue of the Library of the United States, 1815, which, with Jefferson's manuscript catalogues, is the chief work on which this Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson is founded. The Lawyer, or man as he ought not to be was his first publication, and was reprinted in a second edition in 1829." "43770","70","","","","Ossian by Blair","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 138, no. 55, as above.","Macpherson, James.","The Poems of Ossian. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq; in Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. A New Edition. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, M DCC LXXXIV [-M DCC LXXXV]. [1784-5.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. 210 and 222 leaves; the Poems of Ossian finish on page 209 in Volume II, and are followed by three dissertations, each with a half-title: A Dissertation concerning the æra of Ossian, A Dissertation concerning the Poems of Ossian, and A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal. By Hugh Blair, D.D. . . .

Lowndes III, 1736. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Black, page 11.

This edition of 1784-5 is the one credited to the Jefferson collection in the later Library of Congress catalogues. Jefferson bought a copy of Ossian's Poems in 2 vol. on May 10, 1802, from William Duane, price $2.50. This may have been the copy, described as being in 18mo, bound for him in calf, gilt, cost $1.25, by John March on June 7, 1803. A copy in 2 volumes 8vo was bound for him in calf, gilt, cost 2 dollars, by John March on June 30, 1807.

Jefferson's interest in the poems of Ossian began at an early age. On February 25, 1773, he wrote to Charles McPherson of Edinburgh:

Encouraged by the small acquaintance which I had the pleasure of having contracted with you during your residence in this country I take the liberty of making the present application to you. I understood you were related to the gentleman of your name Mr James Macpherson to whom the world is so much indebted for the collection, arrangemnt and elegant translation of Ossian's poems.

these peices have been, and will I think during my life continue to be to me, the source of daily and exalted pleasures. the tender, and the sublime emotions of the mind were never before so finely wrought up by human hand. I am not ashamed to own that I think this rude bard of the North the greatest Poet that has ever existed. merely for the pleasure of reading his works I am become desirous of learning the language in which he sung and of possessing his songs in their original form. m[???] Macpherson I think informs us he is possessed of the originals. indeed a gentleman has lately told me he had seen them in print; but I am afraid he has mistaken the specimen from Temora annexed to some of the editions of the translation, for the whole works. if they are printed, it will abridge my request and your trouble to the sending me a printed copy. but if there be none such, my petition is that you would be so good as to use your interest with m[???] Mc.pherson to obtain leave to take a manuscript copy of them; and procure it to be done. I would chuse it in a fair, round, hand, on fine paper, with a good margin, bound in parchment as elegantly as possible, lettered on the back and marbled or gilt on the edges of the leaves. I should not regard expence in doing this. I would further beg the favor of you to give me a catalogue of books written in that language, and to send me such of them as may be necessary for learning it. these will of course include a grammar and dictionary. the cost of these as well as of the copy of Ossian will be answered for me on demand by m[???] Alex[???] McCaul sometime of Virgã mercht but now of Glasgow, or by your friend m[???] Ninian Minzies of Richmond in Virgã to whose care the books may be sent. you can perhaps tell me whether we may ever hope to see any more of those Celtic peices published. manuscript copies of any which are not in print would at any time give me the greatest happiness to receive. the glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. I hear with pleasure from your friends that your path through life is likely to be smoothed by success. I wish the business and the pleasures of your situation could admit leisure now and then to scribble a line to one who wishes you every felicity and would willingly merit the appellation of Dr Sir your friend and humble servt

McPherson replied from Edinburgh on August 12:

I regret, exceedingly, that I have at this distance of time to answer your very polite letter of the 20th. February. I only received it about the end of last month. It came under cover of a letter from Mr. Ninian Minzies, dated the 20th. May. I recollect, with pleasure, the acquaintance which I had with you in Virginia. I enjoy the thoughts of renewing that acquaintance; and I am much indebted to you, Sir, for favouring me with the opportunity.

Excepting the specimen of Temora, Ossians poems, in the original, never were in print. Sorry I am that a copy of the Gaelic manuscript, of these poems, cannot be procured. I take the liberty of transmitting you Mr. Macphersons letter to me upon the subject. Every thing, allow me to assure you, that depended upon me, was, with alacrity, done towards the indulging of your request. This much was due, setting my acquaintance with Mr. Jefferson aside, to the elegant, the feeling admirer of the Voice of Cona. Ossian himself, from his cloud, might bend, and listen, with pleasure, to such praise. And the praise is due. For, if to melt, to transport the soul be an excellence, as sure it is, our venerable Bard possesses it in an eminent, a superlative degree. Elegant, however, and pleasant as these poems, in their present form, may appear; they, in common with other translations, have lost, considerably, of their native beauty and fire. This naturally creates a desire of becoming acquainted with the original.

I do not at all wonder that you should be ''desirous of learning the language, in which Ossian thought, in which he sung.'' But, alas, I am afraid that this will be attended with insuperable difficultys. A few religious Books excepted, we have no publication in the Gaelic Language; no dictionary, no grammar. I have sent you, to the care of Mr Minzies, to whom this letter goes enclosed, a Gaelic New Testament, which has a few rules, affixed, for learng. the language. This, with a vocabulary, which is also sent, is all the assistance that, at this distance, I can give you to learn my mother tongue. Had this been thought of when I had the pleasure of being with you, at your sweet retreat, at the mountains, I would have, cheerfully, become your instructor. Should any Celtic pieces, hereafter, be ushered into light, I shall do myself the pleasure of sending them to you. I hear of no intended publication—few, or none indeed, are equal to the task. In the remote Highlands there are still to be found a number of Ossians poems, abounding equally in the tender and sublime with those with which Mr. Macpherson has favoured the public, and these are chanted away, with a wildness, a sweetness of enthusiasim [sic], in the true spirit of Song. I rejoice to hear of your success in life. If I can render you any acceptable service here, I beg you may command me, with a friendly freedom. For, I can, with truth, assure you, that, I am, with the utmost sincerity and regard, Dear Sir, your most obedient most humble Servant.

The enclosure, dated from London, August 7, 1773, reads:

I received your letter. I should be glad to accommodate any friend of yours, especially one of Mr. Jefferson's taste and character. But I cannot, having refused them to so many, give a copy of the Gaelic poems, with any decency, out of my hands. The labour, besides, would be great. I know of none, that could copy them. My manner and my spelling differ from others: and I have the vanity to think that I am in the right. Make my humble respects to your American friend. Excuse me as you can to him: and pray excuse me yourself . . .

Jefferson retained his interest in Ossian over a period of years. In his Travels in North America published in French in 1786 and in English in 1787 (qqv. no. 4020 and 4022), Chastellux thus describes an evening at Monticello:

. . . I recollect with pleasure that as we were conversing one evening over a bowl of punch, after Mrs. Jefferson had retired, our conversation turned on the poems of Ossian. It was a spark of electricity which passed rapidly from one to the other; we recollected the passages in those sublime poems, which particularly struck us, and entertained my fellow travellers, who fortunately knew English well, and were qualified to judge of their merit, though they had never read the poems. In our enthusiasm the book was sent for, and placed near the bowl, where, by their mutual aid, the night far advanced imperceptibly upon us . . . [English edition, Vol. II, page 45.]

Jefferson's copy of Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (a mixed edition partly published in Paris in 1789) was entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, and was therefore probably acquired in that year before he left the Continent in October, 1789. In the last volume of his copy, Jefferson has written a passage from Ossian's Carthon [q.v. no. 101]. Jefferson never apparently referred to the Ossianic controversy. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Highlands of Scotland, the first book to cast doubts upon the honesty of Macpherson, was published in 1775, and W. Shaw's An Enquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems attributed to Ossian in 1782.

Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue omits the name of Macpherson, and reads Ossian by Blair. For a further note, see Jefferson and Ossian, by Gilbert Chinard in Modern Language Notes, Vol. XXXVIII, no. 4, April, 1923.

Hugh Blair, 1718-1800, Scots divine, had encouraged Macpherson to publish the Fragments of Ancient Poetry in 1760, and published his Critical Dissertation in the first edition of the Poems of Ossian, Edinburgh, 1762. The Critical Dissertation was included in a large number of the subsequent editions of the poems.

James Macpherson, 1736-1796, Scots poet and writer, and the alleged translator of the Ossianic poems. Jefferson owned several books by Macpherson, for which see the Index." "43780","1","","","","Theocritus. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 1, as above.","Theocritus.","Tα τoυ &thetas;εoκϱιτoυ Σωζoμενα. Theocriti quae extant. Ex Editione Danielis Heinsii expressa . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, M.DCC.XLVI. [1746.]","PA4442 .A2 1746","

12mo. Robert and Andrew Foulis issued this book in duodecimo and in quarto format in the same year. Jefferson had the duodecimo issue; the only copy in the Library of Congress is of the quarto issue. In this issue, of which the text is the same as in the issue in 12mo, the text is in Greek letter and the Argumenta in roman, there is a half-title at the beginning, and one on R1 for the Table.

Graesse VI, 115. Ebert 22770 cites the quarto edition and states ''at the same place and in the same year there also appeared a Greek and Latin edition in 8o.''

Theocritus, 3rd century B.C., a Syracusan, is considered the creator of pastoral poetry.

For other classical works edited by Heinsius, see the Index. His first edition of Theocritus appeared in 1601." "43790","2","","","","Theocritus. Gr. Lat. cum Scholiis","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 41, as above.","Theocritus.","&thetas;εoκϱιτoυ τα Eυϱισκoμενα. Theocriti quæ extant; cum Græcis Scholiis. Londini: Typis T. W. Impensis Guilielmi Innys, in Area Occidentali D. Pauli, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729.]","","

8vo. 168 leaves, title printed in red and black, with woodcut device, Greek text in long lines, Latin text and Scholii in double columns below.

Graesse VI, 115 [Giul. Innys et R. Manby]. Ebert 22769 [Innys et Manby]. Dibdin II, 487.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

This edition is founded on that printed in Oxford, 1699, edited by Richard West, with the notes of Scaliger, Casaubon and Heinsius." "43800","3","","","","Teocrito del Salvini.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 2, as above.","Theocritus.","Teocrito Volgarizzato da Anton Maria Salvini Gentiluomo Fiorentino Edizione Seconda accresciuta colle Annotazioni del celebre Signor Abate Regnier-Desmarais date ora per la prima volta in Luce. In Arezzo MDCCLIV. Per Michele Bellotti. Con Licenza de' Superiori. [1754.]","PA4443 .18S3 1754","

Sm. 8vo. 110 leaves, engraved vignette with καλετα and τακαλα on the title-page, text printed in italic letter, long lines, a few notes in the lower margins.

Graesse VI, 117. Ebert 22790.

This was the fourth edition of this translation, not the second as stated on the title-page. Previous editions had appeared in 1717, 1726, and 1744.

For other translations by Salvini, see the Index." "43810","4","","","","Fawkes's Theocritus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 42, as above.","Theocritus.","The Idylliums of Theocritus. Translated from the Greek, with notes critical and explanatory by Francis Fawkes, M.A. . . . London: Printed for the Author, by Dryden Leach: and sold by J. and R. Tonson, J. Dodsley, R. Baldwin [and others] M DCC LXVII. [1767.]","PA4443 .E5F3","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 178 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Grignon, list of subscribers on 10 pages at the end of the preliminary matter, followed by a leaf with the errata list on the recto and a publishers' announcement on the verso.

Graesse VI, 117. Ebert 22793. Lowndes V, 2662.

Francis Fawkes, English divine, poet and translator. The dedication of this translation to Charles Yorke is dated from Orpington, where Fawkes was the vicar, January 10, 1767. In the Preface, Fawkes gives an account of the editions of Theocritus, and acknowledges the help of a number of friends, among whom ''the celebrated Mr. Samuel Johnson has corrected part of this work, and furnished me with some judicious remarks. In a short conversation with the ingenious Mr. Joseph Warton, I gathered several observations, particularly in regard to the superiority of Theocritus to Virgil in Pastoral, which are interspersed amongst the notes . . .''" "43820","5","","","","Poetae minores Graece.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 44, Poetae Minores Graecé, 8vo sc. Hesiod, Theocrituse, Moschus, Bion, Musaeus, Theognis, Phocylides, Pythagoras.","[Winterton, Ralph.]","Poetæ Minores Græci, Selecti & Emendati: scilicet, Hesiodus, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Smyrn. Musæus, Theognis, Phocylides, Pythagoras. Omnibus fere paginis subjicitur vocum difficiliorum Explicatio Grammatica. In Hesiodo inseruntur Tabulæ ære incisæ instrumenta veterum agris colendis inservientia describentes. In Usum Scholarum. Londini: Typis T. Wood, Impensis G. Innys, sub Insignibus Principis in Area Occidentali D. Pauli: & B. Motte, M. DCC. XXVIII. [1728.]","PA260 .A2W5 1728","

8vo. 228 leaves, 2 engraved plates, and a leaf inserted, printed on one side, with Figurarum Explicatio, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, G. Innys and B. Motte's Catalogue on the last page.

Not in Lowndes. Graesse V, 377. This edition not in Ebert.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/3.

Ralph Winterton, 1600-1636, English physician and scholar. The first edition of this work was published in Cambridge in 1635 and was frequently-reprinted. The early editions have the author's name on the title-page." "43830","6","","","","Virgil's eclogues. old English translation.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 10, as above, but reading translations. 1839 Catalogue, page 607, no. J. 9, Virgilius, Publius Maro; Eclogues, old English translations, 12mo. [No title page.]","","","","There is no indication that this book was imperfect in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, or in the Library of Congress printed catalogues of 1815 and 1831. None of these supplies the imprint and date, so that, without the title-page it is impossible to know which translation was in Jefferson's library." "43840","7","","","","Poemata Italorum.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 17, Poemata Italorum, 2 v 12mo sc. Sannazarius, Amaltheus, Vida, Fracastorius, Palearius, Etruscus, Stroza, Molsa, Naugerius, Pontanus, Politianus, Ariosto, Flaminius, Augurellus, Crinitus, Cotta, Archius, Buchananus, Vaxis, Fascitellus Parlistaneus.","Pope, Alexander, Editor.","Selecta Poemata Italorum qui Latine scripserunt. Curâ cujusdam Anonymi Anno 1684 congesta, iterum in lucem data, unà cum aliorum Italorum operibus, Accurante A. Pope. Vol. I [-II]. Londini: Impensis J. & P. Knapton, M DCC XL. [1740.]","PA8125 .I6P6","

First Edition. 2 vol. sm. 8vo. 138 and 130 leaves, titles printed in red and black.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 300. Griffith II, no. 517.

Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, was the editor of this collection.

The Anonymus, Anno 1684 was Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester (1662-1732), who in 1684 published his anthology in one volume containing 81 poems. Pope's two volumes contain 119 poems; among his additions are the poems of Vida, see no. 4402." "43850","8","","","","L'Aminta del Tasso. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 19, as above.","Tasso, Torquato.","Aminta; Favola Boscareccia di Torquato Tasso. In Glasgua: Della Stampa di Roberta ed Andrea Foulis, M. DCC. LIII. [1753.]","","

Sm. 8vo. A copy was not available for examination; the book has an engraved title and 6 plates by Sébastien Le Clerc.

Graesse VI, 37. Murray, page 81. See Jombert, page 241, no. 143. Meaume, page 113.

This book is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. It is to be noted that other books in this catalogue, printed by Foulis, with the Le Clerc plates, are marked missing, and it is possible that these books were not delivered to Congress.

Torquato Tasso, 1544-1595, Italian poet, first published Aminta in 1581. This edition by Foulis is reprinted from the edition with the plates of Sébastien Le Clerc printed by the Elzevirs for Thomas Jolly in Paris in 1678." "43860","9","","","","Il Pastor fido del Guarini. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 20, as above.","Guarini, Giovanni Battista.","Il Pastor Fido tragicommedia pastorale del Cavalier Guarini. In Glasgua: Della Stampa di Roberto ed Andrea Foulis, e si Vendono Appresso Loro, e Giovanni Balfour in Edinburgo, M.DCC.LXIII. [1763.]","PQ4626 .P3 1763","

Sm. 8vo. 132 leaves, 7 plates by Sébastien Le Clerc, including the frontispeice.

Graesse III, 167. Ebert 9022. Murray, page 81. See Jombert, page 240, no. 142. Meaume, page 113.

This book is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues.

Giovanni Battista Guarini, 1537-1612. Il Pastor Fido, a pastoral drama, was first published in Venice in 1590. This edition is reprinted from the edition with Le Clerc's plates printed by the Elzevirs for Thomas Jolly in Paris, 1678." "43870","10","","","","Ovidii epistolae. Lat. Eng. by Davidson.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 48, as above.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","The Epistles of Ovid translated into English Prose, as near the Original as the different Idioms of the Latin and English Languages will allow. With the Latin Text and Order of Construction in the opposite Page; and Critical, Historical, Geographical, and Classical Notes, in English, from the best Commentators both Ancient and Modern, beside a very great Number of Notes entirely New. For the Use of Schools as well as of Private Gentlemen. London: Printed for Joseph Davidson, MDCCXLVI. [1746.]","PA6519 .H4 1746","

First Edition of this translation, 8vo. 154 leaves, title printed in red and black, the Latin and English texts on opposite pages, the Latin text and Ordo in parallel columns on the verso of each leaf, notes in double columns at the the foot of the page; advertisement on the recto of the first leaf, Privilege on the verso.

Lowndes III, 1744. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. ü, 767.

Joseph Davidson, fl. 1746, English translator and publisher. The first page of this work advertises his translations of the works of Horace, Virgil and Phaedrus." "43880","11","","","","Ovidii tristia. by Sterling.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 49, as above.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Tristia: with the Following Improvements, in a Method entirely New. Viz. I. The Words of the Author are placed in their natural and grammatical Order, in the lower part of the Page; and such Words supplied as by an Ellipsis are omitted, and yet necessary to make the Connection and Sense complete. II. In the Grammatical Order all Words of more than two Syllables are marked with an Accent, directing the Pronunciation. III. The more remarkable Rhetorical Figures pointed out, and placed at the the [sic] bottom of the page as they occur. IV. A Scanning Table, by which every line of the Author may be scanned, the marginal Letter opposite to each line referring to the same letter in the Table. V. The most remarkable Phrases translated. VI. An Historical and Geographical Index, giving an account of the Persons and Places mentioned in the Author. VII. An Alphabetical Vocabulary of the Words in the Author, shewing their Parts of Speech and Signification. VIII. The Themes of Verbs with their Government. IX. An Introduction to the four Parts of Latin Grammar, containing the Doctrine of the Parts of Speech; the Variations of those that are declinable; the Rules of Concord and Government; also concerning the Quantity of Letters and Syllables; and lastly the Rhetorical Figures most necessary and ornamental in Speech. For the Use of Schools. By John Stirling, M.A. and Master of St. Andrew's School in Holborn. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by T. Astley, M DCC XXXVI. [1736.]","","

8vo. 141 leaves, the last preliminary leaf with a list of Books printed for T. Astley, Ordo below the text on each page, separate pagination for the second part, beginning with An Historical, Geographical, and Poetical Index of the Persons and Places Mention'd in this Book, with caption title.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 766.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

John Stirling, d. 1777, was the author of several editions of the classics for the use of schools. The first edition of his Tristia was published in 1728. For other classical editions by him, see the Index." "43890","12","","","","Ovidii epistolae. commentantibus Volsco, Cresentinate, Parrhesio et Ascensio.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 61, as above.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","Epistole Ouidij cum cōmento. Epistole Heroides Publij Ouidij Nasonis diligenti castigatione exculte aptissimis[???] figuris ornate: cōmentantibus Antonio Uolsco Ubertino Cresentinate et A. Jano Parrhasio necnon Jodoco Badio Ascensio. Liber seu epła Sapphs cū enarrationibs Domitij Calderini Ueronēsis primarij iter[???]tis Georgij Merule Alexādrini ipsis Jodoci Badij Ascēsij. Liber in Jbin cū diligētissimis inter[???]tationibs Domitij Calderini Christophori zaroti cū[???] p[???] familiari Jodoci Badij Ascēsij expositione: adiunctis [???]plurimis carminibus in nōnullarū epłarū principijs nu[???] inuētis nū[???] hactenus impressis: adiectis insuper grecis que vbi[???] deerāt: necnō in margine [???]multis adnotationibs [???]bus (vt facilis cognosci possint) hoc signū * prepositū videbis. Ad lectorem. Si bene hāc videas impressionem lector: ceteris (adsit venia dicto) reperies veriorē. Plura ēm cōprobauimus exēplaria vt inde textū non (vt erat) mutilatū inuersum: sed probū ac sincerū (quasi eum ex [???]prio authoris archetypo nos sumpsisse dixeris) redderemus. Apposuimus preterea in textu alia aliqua: vt ex eodē versu plures elicere valeas sensus. Adnotationes pleras[???] ex Angelo Politiano Ioāne Baptista Pio Jacobo Crucio Baptista Egnatio Jo. Francisco Quintiano et pleris[???] alijs cōmētarijs interposuimus. Jndicē habes duplicem rerū verborū in cōmentarijs contentorū: primū Epistolarū: quo folio vna[???][???] dictio sita sit alterū. Deni[???] in operis calce su[???] Phaone fabula quedā haud sane hactens cognita: necnō carmina [???]ter multorū snīam enodata: cū ipsius Ouidij vita a Petro Crinito in de poetis latinis descripta. 1529. [Lugduni: Jean David alias La Mouche pour Etienne Maillet, 13 mars, 1529].","","

4to. 140 leaves, gothic letter, title printed in red and black within a woodcut border, woodcuts, colophon on the last leaf recto, device of Etienne Maillet.

Graesse V, 73. Renouard, Bibliographie des Impressions et des Œuvres de Josse Badius Ascensius, III, page 108, no. 15.

This work consists of fictitious letters addressed by noble ladies of the legendary past to absent husbands or lovers." "43900","13","","","","Ovid's Art of love. Hopkins's history of love","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 11, as above.","Ovidius Naso, Publius.","Ovid's Art of Love. In three Books. Together with his Remedy of Love. Translated into English by several eminent Hands. To which are added The Court of Love, A Tale, and The History of Love by Charles Hopkins.","","

This entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all later catalogues. It is in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. There is therefore no means of knowing which edition was in Jefferson's library. The first edition was published in London by J. Tonson in 1709; the first duo-decimo edition was printed in 1719 and was followed by a number of others in that format.

The several eminent hands were John Dryden, William Congreve and Nahum Tate. The Court of Love was by Arthur Maynwaring (1668-1712), auditor of the imprests.

Charles Hopkins, 1664?-1700?, first published his History of Love, dedicated to the Duchess of Grafton, in 1695." "43910","14","","","","Orpheus. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. Trajecti ad Rhenum. 1689.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 3, as above.","Orpheus.","Oϱ&phis;εως Aϱγoναυτικα [???]μνoι και πεϱι Λι&thetas;ων. Orphei Argonautica Hymni et de Lapidibus curante Andrea Christiano Eschenbachio Noribergense cum ejusdem ad Argonautica Notis & Emendationibus. Accedunt Henrici Stephani in omnia & Josephi Scaligeri in Hymnos Notæ. Trajecti ad Rhenum: apud Guilielmum vande Water, CI[???] I[???] CLXXXIX. [1689.]","PA4258 .A2 1689","

12mo. 180 leaves, Greek and Latin texts on opposite pages, the latter in italic letter; half-title for the Notae et Emendationes of Eschenbach, Stephanus and Scaliger.

Graesse V, 53. Ebert 15266.

Orpheus, according to tradition, joined the expedition of the Argonauts in order to lead them safely past the Sirens. His services during the journey are described in the Argonautica. The first edition was printed in Florence in 1500.

Henri Estienne [Henricus Stephanus], 1531-1598, French classical scholar. His edition of the text of the Argonautica is used in this edition of 1689. [For other editions by him, see the Index.]

Andreas Christian Eschenback, 1655-1722, German scholar, the editor of this edition.

Joseph Justis Scaliger 1540-1609, French scholar." "43920","15","","","","Thompson's seasons.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 29, Thomson's Seasons, 12mo. 1831 Catalogue, page 235, no. J. 34, as in the 1815 Catalogue. 1839 Catalogue, page 607, no. J. 34, Thomson, James: Seasons, 12mo. [No title page.]","Thomson, James.","The Seasons. [?]Glasgow: R. and A. Foulis, 1769. 12mo.","","

In the absence of a title-page (which is first noted in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839), it is not possible to know which edition was in Jefferson's library. The Glasgow edition by Foulis is suggested here because it was the first edition in duodecimo of this work. On the other hand, Jefferson usually added the name Foul. to his editions by those printers. The book is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the description p.f. and the price, 3.

James Thomson, 1700-1748, Scots poet. The four Seasons were originally published separately. The first edition of the four poems, with the title The Seasons was published in 1728 in octavo." "43930","16","","","","Musaeus. Gr. Lat. [in Aesop. Haultini.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 142. [Musaeus, Gr. Lat. in Aesop, Haultini.] See no. 4369.","","","","" "43940","17","","","","Bion et Moschus. Gr. Lat. notis Heskin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 43, as above.","Bion and Moschus.","Bιωνως τoυ Σμυϱναιoυ, και Moσχoυ τoυ Συϱακoυσιoυ, τα Σωζoμενα. Bionis Smyrnæi, et Moschi Syracusani, quæ supersunt. Notis Johannis Heskin, ex æde Christi . . . Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, Prostant venales apud Johan. Barrett, Bibliop. MDCCXLVIII. [1748.]","PA3944 .B4 1748","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 102 leaves, continuous signatures but separate pagination for the Notæ in Bionis et Moschi Idyllia, with half-title on M2 recto; Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

Graesse I, 428. Ebert 2421. Dibdin I, 348.

The works of Bion and Moschus, Greek bucolic poets who flourished circa 100 and 150 B.C. are usually published together, and frequently joined with those of Theocritus. This Oxford edition, edited by John Heskin, is described by Dibdin as ''A very elegant edition, and much more critical and correct than that of Schwebelius. Almost all the French notes of Longepierre are translated into Latin, and his inaccuracies and imperfections are diligently corrected.''" "43950","18","","","","Pindar. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 4, as above.","Pindar.","Παντα τα Πινδαϱoυ Σωζoμενα. Oλυμπια, Πυ&thetas;ια, Nεμεα, Iσ&thetas;μια. Omnia Pindari quae extant. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Cum interpretatione Latina. Tomus I. [-II] Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis excudebat Robertus Foulis, Academiae Typographus, MDCCXLIV. [1744.]","PA4274 .A2 1744","

2 vol. 12mo. 123 and 81 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pindar by R. Strange, Greek text in long lines, Latin interpretation in double columns below, publisher's advertisement on the last leaf.

Graesse V, 295. Ebert 16866.

The two parts of this edition are usually found bound together in one volume, and are generally described by bibliographers as being 2 parts in 1 vol. It would seem that Jefferson's copy must have been bound in two volumes.

Jefferson owned also the Foulis edition of Pindar in the 3 volume edition known with other classics as the Editiones minimae. In the Foulis' lists these are described as 32s pure Greek. In Jefferson's dated catalogue he has entered them as 48s. He had two copies, one printed on paper, the other on satin, or as he describes it, on silk. The paper copy seems to have been purchased while he was in France; it is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue, Pindar. Gr. 3. v. p. p. f. Foul 5/6. Pindar, c. 518-438 B.C., Greek lyric poet." "43960","19","","","","Callimachus. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 65, Callimachus, gr. Foulis, fol.","Callimachus.","Oι τoυ Kαλλιμαχoυ Kυϱηναιoυ [???]μνoι τε, και Eπιγϱαμματα . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi M DCC LV. [1755.]","","

Folio. 35 leaves, text in Greek letter throughout preceded by 1 leaf in roman letter Lectori Typographus Salutem and 1 leaf with the dedication to the Hon. Charles Yorke; 3 plates (lacking in the copy examined).

Graesse II, 17. Ebert 3346. Dibdin I, 369. Murray, page 29 and 81.

Callimachus, c. 305-c. 240, B.C., was a cataloguer in the library of Ptolemy Philadelphus. This edition of his poems by Foulis was awarded the silver medal by the Edinburgh Society for encouraging arts, sciences, manufactures and agriculture in Scotland." "43970","20","","","","Tyrtaeus. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 45, as above.","Tyrtaeus.","Spartan Lessons; or, The Praise of Valour; in the verses of Tyrtaeus; an ancient Athenian Poet, adopted by the Republic of Lacedaemon, and employed to inspire their Youth with Warlike Sentiments . . . Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, M DCC LIX. [1759.]","PA4490 .A2 1759","

4to., in twos, 32 leaves including the half-title, engraved portrait lettered Hercules Victor on the following leaf, engraved portrait, unlettered, at the end of the Greek text. The Greek text is preceded by Some Account of Tyrtaeus, and followed by Observations on the Greek text, in double columns, and the translation into Latin, in long lines.

Graesse VI, 220. Ebert 23182. Lowndes V, 2734. Murray, page 28.

Tyrtaeus, 7th century B.C., Greek elegaic poet who lived at Sparta, and whose verses were written in part to stimulate the Spartans to deeds of heroism in the field.

James Moor, 1712-1779, professor of Greek at Glasgow University, the editor and translator of this edition, prefaced it with the dedication: ''These Remains of ancient panegyric on martial spirit and personal valour; of old, the daily lessons of the Spartan youth; are, with propriety, inscribed, to the Young Gentlemen; lately, bred at the University of Glasgow; at present, serving their country, as officers of the Highland Battalions now in America''; that is in the Seven Years War, which, in America, resulted in the capture of Quebec in 1759 and the conquest of Canada." "43980","21","","","","Psalmi Davidici Johnstoni.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 6, as above, but adding 12mo.","Psalms of David.","Psalmorum Davidis Paraphrasis Poetica et Canticorum Evangelicorum . . . Londini, 1741.","","

12mo. A copy of this edition was not available for examination; it was edited by William Benson with Latin notes on the plan of the Delphin classics.

Lowndes IV, 1991.

Arthur Johnston, 1587-1641, Scots physician and writer of Latin verse. His version of the Psalms was first printed in Aberdeen in 1637.

William Benson, 1682-1754, English critic and politician. Of Benson's editions of Johnston's Psalmorum, W. P. Courtney writes in the Dictionary of National Biography: In the fourth book of the 'Dunciad' (110-112), Pope alluded to Benson as propped on two unequal crutches: 'Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name.' This referred to his sumptuous editions of Arthur Johnston's Latin versions of the Psalms of David (1740 and 1741), which he preceded by a prefatory discourse (1740), with a conclusion and a supplement (both issued in 1741), comparing Johnston and Buchanan to the disadvantage of the latter, a proceeding for which he was sharply attacked by Thomas Ruddiman in 1745 . . ." "43990","22","","","","Psalmi Davidici Duporti et Buchanani. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 46, as above, but reading Dividici.","Psalms Of David.","Psalmorum Davidicorum Metaphrasis Graecis versibus contexta per Jacobum Duportum Cantabrigiensem. Cui in oppositis paginis respondens accessit Paraphrasis Poetica Latina, auctore Georgio Buchanano Scoto. Utraeque summâ curâ recognitae & castigatae. Londini: Prostant venales apud B. Barker; R. Manby; & P. Vaillant, M. DCC. XLII. [1742.]","BS1441 .D8 1742","

8vo. 264 leaves, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages; the Preface dated from Westminster, viii. Cal. Aprilis, 1742, and signed R.R.

This edition not in Lowndes.

In a letter to John Adams dated from Monticello, October 12, 1813, Jefferson quoted a few lines from this book:

. . . even Sternhold, the leaden Sternhold, kindles, in a single instance, with the sublimity of his original, and expresses the majesty of God descending on the earth, in terms not unworthy of the subject.

The Lord descended from above

And underneath his feet he cast

On Cherubim and Seraphim

And on the wings of mighty winds

And bowed the heav'ns most high;

The darkness of the sky.

Full royally he rode;

Came flying all abroad.

Psalm xviii. 9.10.

The Latin versions of this passage by Buchanan & by Johnston are but mediocres. but the Greek of Duport is worthy of quotation

Oυϱανoν αγκλινας κατεβ[???] [???]πo πoσσι δ[???]oιςιν Aχλυς αμ&phis;ι μελαινα χυ&thetas;η και νυξ εϱεβεννη. [???]ιμ&phis;α πoτατo χεϱoυβω oχευμενoς [???]σπεϱ ε[???] ιππω [???]πτατo δε πτεϱυγεσσι πoλυπλαγητoυ ανεμoιo. . . .

James Duport, 1606-1679, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, first published his Greek version of the Psalms in Cambridge 1666. For his translations of the Book of Job, see no. 1475.

George Buchanan, 1506-1582, Scots scholar and historian. His paraphrase of the Psalms in Latin was first published in France by Henri Estienne. The first edition in England appeared in 1580. For other works by Buchanan, see the Index." "44000","23","","","","Psalterion. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 5, as above, but reading Psalterior.","Psalterium.","Ψαλτηϱιoν. Psalterium. Juxta Exemplar Alexandrinum Editio Nova, Græcè & Latinè. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano. A.D. 1678.","BS1425 .G7 1678","

Sm. 8vo. 226 leaves in fours: [ ]2, B-Z, Aaa-Lll4, no pagination, engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Arber, Term Catalogues, I, 335. STC B2725. Madan 3201.

Thomas Gale, 1635?-1702, Dean of York, was the editor of this edition; his preface Ad lectorem is unsigned. The Greek Psalter is from the Codex Alexandrinus, and the Latin from the Vulgate." "44010","24","","","","Tibullus et Propertius.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 12, as above, but reading Foul. 12mo.","Tibullus, Albius, and Propertius, Sextus.","Tibulli et Propertii Opera. Ex Editione J. Broukhusii Fideliter Expressa. Glasguae: Excudebant Robertus & Andreas Foulis M DCC LIII. [1753.]","PA6787 .A2 1753","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 120 leaves, the last with a list of Books printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis, continuous signatures throughout the 2 parts, separate pagination, half-title on F2 for Sexti Aurelii Propertii Elegiarum Libri Quatuor. Ex Recensione Jani Broukhusii.

Graesse VI, 157. Ebert 22970.

Albius Tibullus, 48?-19 B. C., Roman elegiac poet.

Sextus Propertius (wrongly styled Sextus Aurelius), last half-century B. C., was also an elegiac poet.

Jan van Broekhuyzen, 1649-1707, Dutch scholar. His first edition of Tibullus was printed in 1708 and of Propertius in 1702." "44020","25","","","","Vida.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 16, as above.","Vida, Marco Girolamo.","Marci Hieronymi Vidæ, Cremonensis, Albæ Episcopi, de Arte Poetica Libri Tres. Autoris Vitam præmisit, & Annotationes adjecit Tho. Tristram, A. M. Coll. Pemb. Oxon. Socius. Editio Secunda. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, MDCCXXIII. Prostant venales apud Gul. & Joan. Innys Bibliopol. Londinensem, Ant. Peisley & Steph. Kiblewhite Bibliopol. Oxonienses. [1723.]","PN1040 .V5 1723","

12mo. 71 leaves, title printed in red and black, on the back of the half-title verses headed Out of Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism, 12 lines; half-title for the Annotationes.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert. Lowndes V, 2770.

Marco Girolamo Vida, c. 1489-1566, Italian scholar and Latin poet, became Bishop of Alba in 1532. De Arte Poetica was first published in Rome in 1527 with De Bombyce and other works.

Thomas Tristram, published his first edition in 1701. This edition of 1723 is Tristram's first of De Arte Poetica alone." "44030","26","","","","Claudian.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 50, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 233, no. J. 52, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 601, no. J. 52, Claudianus, Claudius: Opera; cum Notis, N. Hensius 8vo. [No title page.]","Claudianus, Claudius.","Cl. Claudiani quæ exstant. Nic. Heinsius Dan. Fil. Recensuit ac notas addidit, post primam editionem altera fere parte nunc auctiores. Accedunt selecta Variorum Commentaria, accurante C.S.M.D. Amstelodami: Ex Officina Elzeviriana [by Daniel Elzevir] Ano. 1665.","PA6372 .Z2 1665","

8vo. 480 leaves, engraved pictorial title-page, text in long lines on the upper part of the page, notes in double columns below.

Graesse II, 194. Willems 1350. Pieters, page 294, no. 356. Rahir 1400.

This edition is described here as being probably the one, lacking a title-page, attributed to the Jefferson Library in the 1839 (and later) Library of Congress catalogues. The earlier Heinsius editions were in duodecimo. The Elzevir edition, Amsterdam, 1677, 24s is entered in both the dated and undated manuscript Catalogues, but was not sold to Congress. The latter catalogue has also an entry for the 1650 edition, 24s, by the same press. It cannot be considered certain that this was actually the volume from Jefferson's library. Jefferson was extremely accurate and meticulous in his entries and it seems unlikely that he would use the English form Claudian to indicate a Latin author. The catalogue of 1839 is the first one to use the Latin name, and the first one to note the loss of the title-page.

Claudius Claudianus, Latin poet, was born probably in Alexandria, but lived in Rome and in Milan 395-404. He became poet-laureate of Stilicho and the Emperor Honorius.

For a note on Heinsius, see no. 4409." "44040","27","","","","Anacreonte Gr. Lat. Ital. dal Corsini, Regnier, Marchetti. Salvini e altri.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 60, as above, but reading del Corsini.","Anacreon.","Anacreonte tradotto in Versi Italiani da Varj. con la giunta del Testo Greco, e della Versione Latina di Giosuè Barnes. In Venezia: Appresso Francesco Piacentini, MDCCXXXVI. Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio. [1736.]","PA3865 .A1 1736","

4to. 110 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, a half-title for each of the several translations, text printed in double columns.

Graesse I, 110. Ebert 574.

This book was ordered by Jefferson, in a letter dated from Amsterdam, March 23, 1788, to Van Damme, bookseller in that city, from his catalogue (Vol. I, page 18). It is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Joshua Barnes, 1654-1712, first published his translation into Latin of Anacreon in 1705; his Latin translation and the original Greek text are printed in parallel columns at the beginning of this work. The poets whose translations are in this volume are:

Bartolomeo Corsini, 1606-1673, first printed in 1672.

Abbé François Séraphim Regnier des Marais, 1632-1713, originally printed with the Greek text in 1693.

Alessandro Marchetti, 1632-1714, first printed in Lucca in 1707.

Anton Maria Salvini, 1653-1729, first published in Florence, 1695.

There are also versions by varj illustri poeti anonimi, and at the end Composizioni Anacreontiche di varj, namely Claudio Tolomei, Benedetto Guidi, Flaminii Raii Pratensis and Giuliano Goselini." "44050","28","","","","Anacreon. Gr. Forster.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 7, as above.","Anacreon.","Anacreontis Oraria, ad Textus Barnesiani Fidem Emendata. Accedunt Variæ Lectiones curâ Edvardi Forster, A. M. Reg. Societ. et Antiq. Societ. Lond. Soc. Londini: sumptibus editoris excudebant Gul. Bulmer et Soc. et prostant apud J. White et G. Miller. MDCCCII. [1802]","","

Sm. 8vo. 68 leaves including the half-title and the last blank, Greek letter, engraved head pieces and culs de lampe, half-title for the Variae Lectiones on P3 recto; Bulmer's imprint at the end.

Graesse I. Ebert 569.

Edward Forster, 1769-1828, English author, translator and editor. The vignettes for this edition were drawn by Forster's wife, Elizabeth, formerly Elizabeth Bedingfeld." "44060","29","","","","Moore's Anacreon.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 47, as above, but reading Moor's.","Anacreon.","Odes of Anacreon, translated into English Verse, with Notes. By Thomas Moore, Esq. of the Middle Temple. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Hugh Maxwell, 1804.","PA3865 .E5 1804b","

8vo. 156 leaves, engraved portrait of Thomas Moore and of Anacreon, both by D. Edwin.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Thomas Moore, 1779-1852, Irish poet. This metrical translation of Anacreon was made while Moore was still a student at Trinity College, Dublin, and was first printed in London in 1800. It is dedicated to the Prince of Wales." "44070","30","","","","id. [i.e. Anacreon] Gr. Lat. Barnes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 8, Anacreon, Gr. Lat. notis Barnes, 12mo.","Anacreon.","Anacreon Teius, Poeta Lyricus, Summa Cura & Diligentia, ad fidem etiam Vet. MS. Vatican. Emendatus, Pristino Nitori, Numerisque suis Restitutus, Dimidia fere parte Auctus, Aliquot nempe justis Poematiis, & Fragmentis plurimis, ab undiquaque conquisitis. Item Anacreontis Vita &c. Aliaque, quorum seriem sequens Pagina notat. Accessere Ornamenti loco Tres Eleganter-Sculptæ Effigies Auctoris, Anacreontis, Patroni, D. Ducis de Marlborough, Editoris, Josuæ Barnesii. Opera & studio Josuæ Barnes, S.T.B. Græc. Ling. Cantabr. Professor. Regii . . . Editio Altera. Auctior & Emendatior. Cantabrigiæ: Recentioribus Typis Academicis, Impensis Jac. Knapton, Bibliopolæ. Lond. MDCCXXI. [1721.]","","

12mo, 268 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, Anacreontis Vita at the beginning, engraved portrait frontispiece of Joshua Barnes, with the arms of the Regius Professor of Greek, engraved portrait of the Duke of Marlborough, to whom the book is dedicated, and engraved portrait of Anacreon.

Graesse I, 110. Ebert 553. Bowes 411.

Joshua Barnes published his first edition of Anacreon in 1705. For other editions of the classics edited by Barnes, see the Index." "44080","31","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 9, Anacreon and Sappho, by several hands, 12mo. [TBE]It is possible that this work was not delivered to Congress; it is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, but is marked missing and is omitted from all subsequent catalogues. The work is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. The book referred to was probably the following:[/TBE]","","The Works of Anacreon and Sappho, done from the Greek by several hands. Also Bion's Idyllium upon the Death of Adonis, by the Earl of Winchelsea. London: Printed for E. Cadell at the Dial and Bible in Fleet-street; and A. Bettesworth at the Red Lion on London-Bridge, 1713. Price 2s.","","" "44090","32","","","","Aurelius Prudentius. Elzevir.","","24s","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 13, Prudentii quae extant Heinsii, 16s.","Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius.","Aurelii Prudentii Clementis quæ exstant. Nicolaus Heinsius Dan. Fil. Ex vetustissimis exemplaribus recensuit, & Animadversiones adecit. [-Nicolaii Heinsii Dan. F. in Prudentium adnotata.] Amstelodami: Apud Danielem Elzevirium, cI[???] I[???]clxvii. [1667.]","PA6648 .P6A8","

12mo, 2 parts in 1, 176 and 92 leaves, with separate titles, signatures and pagination, general title in red and black, Elzevir Minerva device on both titles.

Graesse V, 467. Ebert 18067. Willems 1386. Pieters, page 299, no. 369. Rahir 1450.

Jefferson bought a copy from Van Damme of Amsterdam, price 7-10, included in a long list of his purchases sent to Jefferson at Paris by Van Damme in a letter dated June 25, 1778. An edition Aurelius Prudentius. Amst. Janssonii, 1625, 24s. is entered in both the dated and undated manuscript catalogues, but was not sold to Congress.

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, c. 348-c. 410, was a native of Spain, and is considered one of the greatest of the Christian Latin poets.

Niklaas Heinsius, 1620-1681, Dutch scholar, was the only son of Daniel Heinsius. This is his first edition of the works of Prudentius." "44100","33","","","","Ausonius. Amst. Janssonii.","","1621. 24s.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 14, Ausonius, 12mo.","Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.","Decimus Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis Opera. Amstelaedami: apud Guiljel. Iannson, 1621.","","

12mo. Engraved title, 120 leaves; a copy was not available for examination.

This edition not in Graesse, not in Ebert, not in Brunet and not in Dibdin.

Jefferson had two other editions of Ausonius entered in his dated catalogue, Amst. Blaeu. 1669. 24s., and Wetsten 1750. 24[???] All these editions are entered also in the undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Decimus Magnus Ausonius, c. 310-c. 395, Latin poet. and rhetorician, was born in Bordeaux. The first edition of his works was printed in Venice in 1472." "44110","34","","","","Poetae Latini minores.","","12mo. Foul. 1752.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 15, Poetae Latini Minores, Foul. 12mo 1752, sc. Faliscus, Nemesianus, Serenus, Calpurnius, Rutilius, Marcellus, Fannius, Sulpicia.","","Poetae Latini Minores, ex editione Petri Burmanni Fideliter Expressi. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M. DCC. LII. [1752.]","PA6121 .A4 1752","

Sm. 8vo. 78 leaves, half-title on F7 recto for Q. Serenus Samonicus De Medicina. Vindicianus, sive Marcelluss de Medicina. Q. Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon, sive Priscianus. De ponderibus et mensuris. Et Sulpitiae Satyra.

Graesse V, 378. Ebert 17546.

Pieter Burmann, 1668-1741, Dutch classical scholar.

His first edition of the Poetae Latini Minores was printed in Leyden in 1731. The copy of this work in the Library of Congress has on the back of the title, engraved on India paper and pasted down, the bookplate of William Roscoe of Liverpool, author and friend by correspondence of Jefferson, for whom, see the Index." "44120","35","","","","Musae Anglicanae.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 18, as above.","","Musæ Anglicanæ: sive Poemata quædam melioris notæ, seu hactenus Inedita, seu sparsim Edita, in duo Volumina congesta. Volumen Primum, Editio Quinta. Londini: Ex Officinâ J. & R. Tonson, & J. Watts, M DCC XLI. [1741]—Volumen Secundum. Editio Quarta, Prioribus auctior. Londini: Ex Officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, M DCC XXI. [1721]—Vol. III. Oxon: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, Impensis Ant. Peisley Bipliopol. MDCCXVII. [1717.]","PA8125 .G7M8","

3 vol. 12mo, a mixed edition. Vol. I, 150 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre [by M. Burghers], 2 pages of advertisement at the beginning; Vol. II, 144 leaves, woodcut vignette on the title, the dedication to Sir Charles Montague signed by Joseph Addison; Vol. III, 163 leaves, title differs slightly.

Lowndes III, 1639.

The first edition of this work was published in 1692. The second volume (first published in Oxford, 1699) contains the Latin poems of Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist, poet and statesman." "44130","36","","","","Five pieces of Runic poetry. from the Islandic.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 28, as above.","[Percy, Thomas, Translator.]","Five Pieces of Runic Poetry translated from the Islandic Language . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, MD CC LXIII. [1763.]","PT7245 .E5P4","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 58 leaves, 2 lines of errata at the end of the preface; five numbered pieces each with a half-title, the Islandic Originals of the preceding Poems at the end.

Halkett and Laing II, 300. Lowndes IV, 1830.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5.8.

Thomas Percy, 1729-1811, Bishop of Dromore, was the author of these translations, concerning which he writes in the Preface: ''It would be as vain to deny, as it is perhaps impolitic to mention, that this attempt is owing to the success of the Erse fragments. It is by no means for the interest of this little work, to have it brought into a comparison with those beautiful pieces, after which it must appear to the greatest disadvantage.'' On the back of the title-leaf is the statement: ''N.B. This little tract was drawn up for the press in the year 1761: but the publication has been delayed by an accident.''

For other references to Bishop Percy in this catalogue, see the Index." "44140","37","","","","Pouesies Prouvençalos de Gros.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 51, as above.","Gros, François Toussaint.","Recuil de Pouesiés Prouvençalos de M. F. T. Gros de Marsillo. Nouvello Edicien, courrigeado et augmentado per l'Autour, eme uno Explicacien dei mots lei plus difficiles. A Marseille: Chez Sibié, Imprimeur du Roi, de la Ville, & Libraire sur le Port, M. DCC. LXIII. Avec Approbation et Permission. [1763.]","PC3402 .G6 1763","

First Edition. 8vo. 114 leaves, title and text within borders, footnotes on some pages.

Quérard III, 486. Haskell, page 123.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

François Toussaint Gros, 1698-1748, Provençal poet. The first edition was published in 1734." "44150","38","","","","Recueil des Noels Provençaux par Saboly.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 26, as above.","Saboly, Nicolas.","Recueil des Noëls Provenceaux. Composé par le sr Nicolas Saboly . . . Nouvelle édition augmentée du Noël fait à la mémoire de M. Saboly, et de celui des Rois, fait par J.-F. D***. Avignon: imprimé de F.-J. Domergue, 1763.","","

12mo. No copy was available; the above title is copied from that in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, according to which the book has 120 pages and a Table.

Quérard VIII, 299. Graesse VI, 203. This edition not in Haskell.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.

L'Abbé Nicolas Saboly, 1614-1675, Provençal poet, was born of Protestant parents but educated by the Jesuits. He became master of music and organist at the church of St. Pierre d'Avignon, of which he was the incumbent. The Recueil des Noëls Provenceaux was first printed in 1699 and he has frequently been reprinted, the last time in 1897. Saboly's dates were formerly given as 1660 to 1724, but the earlier dates as above are now considered correct.

Joseph François Domergue [J.-F. D***] was Dean of Arençon." "44160","39","","","","Parnaso Españolo.","","9. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 21, as above.","","Parnaso Español. Coleccion de Poesías Escogidas de los mas célebres poetas Castellanos. Tomo I. [-Por D. Juan Joseph Lopez de Sedano, Caballero Pensionado de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos Tercero, y Academico de la Real Academia de La Historia. Tomo IX.] Con Licencia. Madrid: Por Joachin Ibarra, 1768. Tomo II, M.DCC.LXX. [Tomo III-IX, Por D. Antonio de Sancha, M.DCC.LXXI.-M.DCC.LXXVIII.] [1768-1778.]","PQ6184 .A2S4","

9 vol. 8vo., engraved portraits and plates, errata lists in some volumes. The name of the editor appears on the titles of Volumes VII, VIII and IX, the publisher's address below the imprint in each volume.

Palau VI, 38. Graesse V, 138.

This book is entered in Jefferson's dated and in his undated catalogue as being in 9 volumes, 8vo, and was therefore perfect when in his library. The contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue has the manuscript annotation, 1st and 2d vols missing, and these two volumes are entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date. The entries in the later catalogues call for volumes 3 to 9 only.

Juan Jose Lopez de Sedano, 1729-1801, Spanish scholar and author, was the editor of this work, which contains selections from the writings of a large number of poets, with portraits and biographical and literary notices." "44170","40","","","","Ocios del Conde de Rebolleda.","","4. v. p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 22, as above, but omitting p.","Rebolledo, Bernardino de.","Ocios del Conde Don Bernardino de Rebolledo, Señor de Irian. Tomo Primero. Parte Primera [-Parte Segunda] de sus Obras Poeticas. [-Selva Militar y Politica . . . Tomo Segundo. Tercera Edicion.—Selva Sagrada, o Rimas Sacras . . Tomo Tercero. Dedicado a la Magestad de Felipe Quarto. Tercera Edicion.] Con Licencia. En Madrid: En la Imprenta de D. Antonio de Sancha, Año de 1778. Se hallará en su casa, en la Aduana vieja.","PQ6425 .R3 1778","

3 vol. in 4, 8vo. Vol. I, part I, 224 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Moreno Fejada; part II, 196 leaves, with separate title, continuous signatures and pagination; Vol. II, 209 leaves; Vol. III, 241 leaves, the last for the erratas in all the volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece of Philip IV, by Tejada after Ant. Carnicero, engraved portrait of Christina of Sweden by F. S. after Carnicero before the half-title: La Constancia Victoriosa, y los Trenos, Egloga y Elegias Sacras del Conde Don Bernardino de Rebolledo, a la Serenisima Reyna Cristina de Suecia.

Palau VI, 220. Graesse VI, 43. Ebert 18702.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Conde Bernardino de Rebolledo, 1597-1676, Spanish soldier and poet, took part in a large number of military campaigns. In 1649 he was appointed ambassador to Denmark by the King of Spain, and in 1661 he became President of the Council of War in Castille. The Ocios were first published in Antwerp by the Plantin press in 1650. La Constancia Victoriosa is a paraphrasc in verse of the Book of Job and of the Lamentations of Jeremiah." "44180","41","","","","Obras poeticas de De la Huerta.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 23, as above.","Garcia de la Huerta, Vincente.","Obras Poeticas de Don Vicente Garcia de la Huerta. Oficial Primero de la Real Bibliotheca, &c. &c. Publicalas Don Antonio de Sancha. Tomo I. [-II]. Con Licencia. En Madrid: Año M. DCC. LXXVIII. [-IX]. Se hallará en su Libreria en la Aduana vieja. [1778, 1779.]","PQ6523 .G27A17","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 166 and 171 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Fs Sa after Isids Carnizero ad Vivum, engraved frontispiece to the text.

Palau III, 312. Graesse III, 383.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Vincente Garcia de la Huerta, 1734-1787, Spanish dramatist and poet, was for a time chief of the National Library at Madrid." "44190","42","","","","Romances de Germania. de Quevedo.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 24, as above, but omitting p.","Hidalgo, Juan, Editor.","Romances de Germania de Varios Autores, con el Vocabulario por la Orden del a.b.c. para declaracion de sus términos y lengua. Compuesto por Juan Hidalgo: El Discurso de la Expulsion de los Gitanos, que escribió el Doctor Don Sancho de Moncada, Catedratico de Sagrada Escritura en la Universidad de Toledo, y los Romances de la Germania que escribió Don Francisco de Quevedo. Con Licencia. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXIX. Se hallará en su Libreria en la Aduana vieja. [1779.]","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 152 leaves, the last a blank, continuous signatures and pagination; pages 151 to 200 contain the Vocabulario de Germania; half-title on N5 for Espulsion de los Gitanos. Discurso del Dr. Sancho de Moncada, Catedratico de sagrada Escritura en la Universidad de Toledo . . .

Palau IV, 36. Graesse VI, 153. Ebert 19344.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

This work, edited by Juan Hidalgo, contains a collection of gypsy romances, written in the gypsy language with a vocabulary.

Sancho de Moncada of the University of Toledo was chiefly famous for a work on political economy published in 1619.

Francisco Gomez de Quevedo y Villegas, 1580-1645, Spanish satirist and poet." "44200","43","","","","Las Eroticas, y Boecio de De Villegas.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 25, as above, but omitting De.","Villegas, Estevan Manuel de.","Las Eroticas, y Traduccion de Boecio de Don Estevan Manuel de Villegas. Tomo I [-II]. Con Licencia de los Superiores. En Madrid: Por Don Antonio de Sancha, Año de M. DCC. LXXIV. Se hallará en su Libreria en la Aduana vieja. [1774.]","PQ6498 .V5 1774","

3 parts in 2 vol. 8vo. 224 and 124 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Moles, engraved half-title by M. S. Carmona before the first and the second part of Vol. I, printed half-title before each part; Volume II contains Los Cinco Libros de la Consolacion de Severino Boecio, traducidos por Don Estevan Manuel de Villegas.

Palau VII, 203. Graesse VI, 321.

Entered by Jefferson, without price, in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Estevan Manuel de Villegas, 1589-1669, Spanish poet. Las Eroticas is a collection of translations from Horace and Anacreon, and a number of original poems, first published in 1618. This is the first edition to which the translation of Boethius, originally printed in 1665, was attached." "44210","44","","","","Cowley's works.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 66, as above.","Cowley, Abraham.","The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed: and Those which he Design'd for the Press, Now Published out of the Authors Original Copies. The Fifth Edition. London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman, 1678.","","

Folio. 6 parts in 1 vol. 290 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Faithorne; at the beginning An Account of the Life and Writings of Mr Abraham Cowley; Written to Mr M. Clifford, signed at the end by T. Sprat; the separate titles for The Mistress, the Pindarique Odes, and Davideis are dated 1677.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 458. Hazlitt II, 147. STC C6653.

Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667, English poet. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1656.

Thomas Sprat, 1635-1713, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, the friend of Cowley, wrote this life of Cowley to Martin Clifford, immediately after Cowley's death in 1667. It was originally prefixed to Cowley's De Plantis, lib. 6, later amplified and printed in the 1668 edition of the English works, and frequently reprinted.

Martin Clifford, d. 1677, Master of the Charterhouse, was associated with the Duke of Buckingham, Thomas Sprat, and Samuel Butler, in the production of The Rehearsal." "44220","45","","","","Cowley by Hurd.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 30, as above.","Cowley, Abraham.","Select Works of Mr A. Cowley. In Two Volumes. With a Preface and Notes of the Editor . . . London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772.","","

2 vol. Sm. 8vo. 128 and 144 leaves, advertisement on the verso of the last leaf, engraved portrait vignette on the title-page by Hall after S. Cooper. Text preceded by the Preface of the editor, Richard Hurd, and the Life of Cowley by Thomas Sprat.

This title and collation taken from a card only; the book itself was not available.

Lowndes I, 539.

This is one of the books bought by Jefferson from Samuel Henley, and is included in the list appended to his letter to Henley, dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and in the additional list made by Jefferson of the books included in that purchase.

Richard Hurd, 1720-1808, Bishop of Worcester. This is his first edition of the works of Cowley." "44230","46","","","","State poems.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 54, as above.","","A New Collection of Poems relating to State Affairs, from Oliver Cromwel to this present Time: by the Greatest Wits of the Age: Wherein, not only those that are Contain'd in the Three Volumes already Published are incerted, but also large Additions of chiefest Note, never before Published. The whole from their respective Originals, without Castration. London, Printed in the Year, M DCC V. [1705.]","PR1195 .H5 P6 1705","

8vo. 304 leaves.

Case, no. 237.

Contains poems by Waller, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Abraham Cowley, John Dryden and many others. According to Case, in his Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, cited above, ''This is a piracy from the first three genuine volumes of Poems on Affairs of State, 1697 . . . It omits much of their contents and adds little that is new.''" "44240","47","","","","Oldham's works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 55, as above.","Oldham's, John.","The Works of Mr. John Oldham, together with his Remains. London: Printed for M. Hindmarsh, MDCXCVIII. [1698.]","PR3605 .04 1698","

8vo. 4 parts in 1 with general title, and separate title, signatures and pagination for each part: title and contents list, 2 leaves; Satyrs upon the Jesuits, 72 leaves; Poems and Translations, 72 leaves; Poems, and Translations, 104 leaves; Remains of Mr. John Oldham in Verse and Prose, 74 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 283. STC. O231.

John Oldham, 1653-1683, English poet. Several editions of his collected works were printed between 1685 and 1722, made up by the booksellers." "44250","48","","","","Oevres de Saint-Evremond.","","7. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 27, as above, but reading Oeuvres.","Saint-Evremond, Charles de Margotelle de St. Denys, Seigneur de.","Oeuvres meslées de M. de St. Evremont publiées sur les Manuscrits de l'Auteur. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigée et augmentée de nouvelles Remarques. Londres: chez Vaillant, 1708.","","

7 vol. 12mo. A copy of Vaillant's edition was not located for collation. It was based on the edition of P. Mortier, Amsterdam, published in 7 volumes, the last two with the title: Mélange curieux des meilleures pièces attribuées à M. de Saint-évremond, et de plusieurs autres ouvrages rares ou nouveaux, avec la Vie de Mr St. Evremond par M. Des Maizeaux.

Graesse VI, page 221. This edition not in Quérard.

Charles de Margotelle de Saint-Denys, Seigneur de Saint-Evremond, 1610-1703, never authorized the printing of his works during his lifetime; the first printing was an unauthorized edition published by Barbin in 1668. Saint-Evremond had authorized Des Maizeaux to publish his works after his death and the first authorized edition was printed by Tonson in London in 1705.

Pierre Des Maizeaux, 1672-1745, published the works of St. Evremond, and added a life of the author, which he also published separately." "44260","49","","","","Buckingham.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 34, as above.","Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham.","The Genuine Works of His Grace George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Glasgow: Printed by Robert Urie, MDCCLII. [1752.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 143 leaves; Books printed and sold by Robert Urie in a numbered list of 24 books, on 3 pages at the end.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, 1628-1687. His Miscellaneous Works were first printed in 1704-5. This Glasgow edition contains The Rehearsal (with which were associated Buckingham's friends Abraham Cowley and Martin Clifford), Poems on Several Occasions, Letters, and The Chances and The Militant Couple." "44270","50","","","","The Muse in good humour.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 35, as above.","","The Muse in Good Humour; or, A Collection of Comic Tales. By the Most Eminent Poets. In Two Parts. London: Printed for J. Noble.","","

2 vol. 12mo. This was published in a number of editions, and it is not known which one was in Jefferson's library. The entry is marked missing in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from the later catalogues.

The book contained poems from the works of Chaucer, Prior, Swift, LaFontaine, Dr. King, Dryden, Congreve, Gray, Sedley, Cobb and others." "44280","51","","","","Gilbert's poems.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 53, as above.","Gilbert, Thomas.","Poems on several Occasions. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq; late fellow of Peter-House in Cambridge . . . London: for Charles Bathurst, 1747.","","

First Edition. 8vo. in fours, 137 leaves. A copy was not available for examination.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 317 Thomas Gilbert, d. 1747, English poet." "44290","52","","","","Ogilvie's poems.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 52, as above.","Ogilvie, John.","Poems on Several Subjects. In Two Volumes. By John Ogilvie, D.D. Vol. I [-II] . . . London: Printed for George Pearch, M.DCC.LXIX. [1769.]","PR3605 .O15","

2 vol. 8vo. 142 leaves and 146 leaves, engraved vignettes on the titles, plates and headpieces by and after A. Walker. Volume I contains an Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients, in two letters inscribed to Lord Deskfoord.

Lowndes III, 1720. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 375.

John Ogilvie, 1733-1813, Scots Presbyterian divine and author. The first edition of these Poems appeared in 1762." "44300","53","","","","Shenstone's works.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 31, as above.","Shenstone, William.","The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; in two Volumes. With Decorations . . . The Fourth Edition. Vol. I. [—II.] [The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Vol. III. Containing Letters to particular Friends, from the Year 1739 to 1763. The Third Edition.] London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773.]","","

3 vol. sm. 8vo. 168, 176 and 184 leaves; engraved frontspieces in vol. I and II, engraved vignette on the two titles, engraved head-pieces and culs-de-lampe; at the end of Vol. II, with half-title: A Description of the Leasowes, the Seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq; by R. Dodsley, with a folded engraved plan; H. S. Woodfall's name is omitted from the imprint in Vol. III.

Lowndes IV, 2376.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Shenstone's poems were used by Jefferson to illustrate his points in the Thoughts on English Prosody. The subdivision Observations on the three measures begins with three illustrations concerning the accented and the unaccented syllables, two of which are from Shenstone's poems, the first from the ballad to Princess Elizabeth (Vol. I, page 124) and the second the first four lines from the poem Disappointment (I, 190). Other illustrations from Shenstone in the same subdivision are three of the four stanzas from The Progress of Advice (I, 207), six of the twelve stanzas of the poem written to be affixed to the back of a seat at Leasowes (II, 298) and a stanza from the poem Hope (I, 185).

The subdivision of rules for the accent has two illustrations from Shenstone, the last stanza of Song XVIII. Imitated from the French (I, 166) and the whole of the poem written on a tablet on a small root-house in A Description of The Leasowes (II, 289). Shenstone's verses are also used at the end of Jefferson's essay, to illustrate the fact that the poet may intermingle the different lengths of line in the same verse according to his fancy. These illustrations include two stanzas from The Dying Kid (I, 147) two stanzas from Verses written towards the close of the Year 1748, to William Lyttelton, Esq; (I, 179) and single verses from the Ode to Health, 1730 (I, 132), Slender's Ghost. vid. Shakespear (I, 209) An Irregular Ode after Sickness, 1749 (I, 138) and The Rape of the Trap. A Ballad, 1737 (I, 200).

William Shenstone, 1714-1763, English poet and essayist, also holds an important place in the history of landscape gardening. He was the owner of the Leasowes, which, under his care, became, according to Dr. Johnson, a place to be visited by travellers and copied by designers. For Jefferson's description of the Leasowes, see no. 4228." "44310","54","","","","Bourne Poemata.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue [in Index only].","","","","

Bourne's name is listed in the Index of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, with reference to this chapter; there is however no entry in the chapter itself.

Jefferson bought a copy of Bourne's Poemata from the Rev. Samuel Henley and it is in the list appended to Jefferson's letter to Henley dated from Paris on March 3, 1783. It is also in the additional list made by Jefferson of his purchases from Henley.

Vincent Bourne, 1695-1747, English poet. His Poemata were first published in 1734." "44320","55","","","","Campbell's Hope.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 32, as above.","Campbell, Thomas.","The Pleasures of Hope.","","

12mo.

In the absence of Jefferson's copy and further information, it is impossible to determine which edition was in Jefferson's library. The 1831 Library of Congress catalogue repeats the entry of the 1815 Catalogue, and ascribes the copy to the Jefferson collection. The later catalogues omit this work altogether.

The first edition was in duodecimo, printed in Edinburgh, 1799, and numerous editions in the same format were published both in Great Britain and in the United States.

Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844, Scots poet." "44330","56","Beattie's Minstrel. Hermit of Warkworth.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 63, Beattie's Minstrel The Hermit of Warkworth Sacontala 4to","

In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue used for this work, the entries for Beattie's Minstrel and the Hermit of Warkworth, without format or date, are separated by the entries for Freneau's poems, 8vo and 12mo; Mrs. Warren's poems, 12mo, and Phyllis Whately's poems 12mo. It seems more than probable that Beattie's Minstrel, The Hermit of Warkworth and Sacontala were later bound together in a quarto volume, and were so entered by Jefferson in the catalogue from which the sale to Congress was made, and in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue as above. The three books are similarly entered in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1831, page 283, no. J. 67. In the later catalogues the entries for no. 67, still attributed to the Jefferson collection, are separated and inserted each in its alphabetical place. In these catalogues, Beattie's Minstrel is omitted, and no. 67 includes Modern Honour, a Poem, 4to. London, 1760.

Beattie's Minstrel is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but it can only be supposed that Jefferson sold a bound volume containing four books, one of which he did not enter in his catalogue, and one of which disappeared when the volume was separated.","Beattie's Minstrel.","","","","Beattie, James.","The Minstrel; or The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the First. [—The Second Book.] London . . .","","James Beattie, 1735-1803, Scots poet and essayist, published the first book of The Minstrel anonymously in 1771. This poem passed through four editions before the publication of the second book in 1774." "44340","56","Beattie's Minstrel. Hermit of Warkworth.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 63, Beattie's Minstrel The Hermit of Warkworth Sacontala 4to","

In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue used for this work, the entries for Beattie's Minstrel and the Hermit of Warkworth, without format or date, are separated by the entries for Freneau's poems, 8vo and 12mo; Mrs. Warren's poems, 12mo, and Phyllis Whately's poems 12mo. It seems more than probable that Beattie's Minstrel, The Hermit of Warkworth and Sacontala were later bound together in a quarto volume, and were so entered by Jefferson in the catalogue from which the sale to Congress was made, and in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue as above. The three books are similarly entered in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1831, page 283, no. J. 67. In the later catalogues the entries for no. 67, still attributed to the Jefferson collection, are separated and inserted each in its alphabetical place. In these catalogues, Beattie's Minstrel is omitted, and no. 67 includes Modern Honour, a Poem, 4to. London, 1760.

Beattie's Minstrel is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but it can only be supposed that Jefferson sold a bound volume containing four books, one of which he did not enter in his catalogue, and one of which disappeared when the volume was separated.","The Hermit of Warkworth.","","","","[Percy, Thomas.]","The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad. In Three Fits or Cantos. London: Printed for T. Davies, and S. Leacroft Successor to C. Marsh, MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","PR1171 .Z5 Vol. 4","

First Edition. 4to, 30 leaves including the half-title. engraved picture on the title-page by Isaac Taylor after S. Wale, lettered on the plate Ex dono Ducis Northumb. Dedicated to her Grace Elizabeth, Duchess and Countess of Northumberland, in her own right Baroness Percy, &c. &c. &c., in a sonnet, dated at the foot MDCCLXX. Lowndes IV, 1830. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 78. This was one of the books purchased by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley, and is in the list appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, and is also in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase. In both lists, Jefferson describes the book as a pamphlet, which would suggest that the copy was unbound at the time of purchase.

For other works by Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, see the Index." "44350","56","Beattie's Minstrel. Hermit of Warkworth.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 63, Beattie's Minstrel The Hermit of Warkworth Sacontala 4to","

In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue used for this work, the entries for Beattie's Minstrel and the Hermit of Warkworth, without format or date, are separated by the entries for Freneau's poems, 8vo and 12mo; Mrs. Warren's poems, 12mo, and Phyllis Whately's poems 12mo. It seems more than probable that Beattie's Minstrel, The Hermit of Warkworth and Sacontala were later bound together in a quarto volume, and were so entered by Jefferson in the catalogue from which the sale to Congress was made, and in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue as above. The three books are similarly entered in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1831, page 283, no. J. 67. In the later catalogues the entries for no. 67, still attributed to the Jefferson collection, are separated and inserted each in its alphabetical place. In these catalogues, Beattie's Minstrel is omitted, and no. 67 includes Modern Honour, a Poem, 4to. London, 1760.

Beattie's Minstrel is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but it can only be supposed that Jefferson sold a bound volume containing four books, one of which he did not enter in his catalogue, and one of which disappeared when the volume was separated.","","","","","Calidas.","Sacontalá; or, The Fatal Ring: an Indian Drama. By Cálidás. Translated from the original Sanscrit and Prácrit. London: Printed for Edwards, Pall Mall; By J. Cooper, No. 31, Bow Street, Covent Garden, with his new-invented ink. M.DCC.XC. [1790.]","PK3796 .S4J6 1790","

4to. 56 leaves; on the last leaf: ''The Printer has to lament that the second, third, and fourth sheets of this publication are exceedingly injured by the Hotpresser.''

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 368.

Sent from London to Jefferson by Benjamin Vaughan, to whom Jefferson wrote on May 11, 1791:

. . . I thank you, my dear Sir, for the Sacontalá, and for Smeaton's book . . .

Calidas (or more usually Kălidāsa), was one of the greatest writers of the second epoch of Sanskrit literature. This is his best known work, and in addition to being translated into English was translated also into German and French.

Sir William Jones, 1746-1794, English orientalist and jurist, was the translator of this drama into English. His translation was first printed in Calcutta in 1789 where he held the appointment of Judge of the High Court. Other works by Sir William Jones appear in this catalogue." "44360","56","Beattie's Minstrel. Hermit of Warkworth.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 63, Beattie's Minstrel The Hermit of Warkworth Sacontala 4to","

In Jefferson's manuscript catalogue used for this work, the entries for Beattie's Minstrel and the Hermit of Warkworth, without format or date, are separated by the entries for Freneau's poems, 8vo and 12mo; Mrs. Warren's poems, 12mo, and Phyllis Whately's poems 12mo. It seems more than probable that Beattie's Minstrel, The Hermit of Warkworth and Sacontala were later bound together in a quarto volume, and were so entered by Jefferson in the catalogue from which the sale to Congress was made, and in the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue as above. The three books are similarly entered in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1831, page 283, no. J. 67. In the later catalogues the entries for no. 67, still attributed to the Jefferson collection, are separated and inserted each in its alphabetical place. In these catalogues, Beattie's Minstrel is omitted, and no. 67 includes Modern Honour, a Poem, 4to. London, 1760.

Beattie's Minstrel is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but it can only be supposed that Jefferson sold a bound volume containing four books, one of which he did not enter in his catalogue, and one of which disappeared when the volume was separated.","","","","","","Modern Honour, a Poem in Two Cantos; supposed to be written by Dean Swift in 1740 and addressed to Mr P*** [Pope]. London: Printed for J. Sibbald at Liverpool, and sold by R. Baldwin, London, 1760.","","

4to. See Teerink, Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, no. 993, where it is included under the works of doubtful ascription.

This work is not in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, nor in the Library of Congress catalogue of his books made in 1815. It is included here for reasons stated in the note above." "44370","57","","","","Freneau's poems.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 56, as above.","Freneau, Philip.","Poems written between the Years 1768 & 1794, by Philip Freneau, of New Jersey: a New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author; including a considerable number of Pieces never before published . . . Monmouth [N.J.]: Printed at the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point; M DCC,XCV: and, of American Independence XIX. [1795.]","PS755 .A1 1795","

8vo. 230 leaves including the half-title, collates in eights in a 24 letter alphabet, the Pyramid in stars of the fifteen American States on the title-page.

Sabin 25898. Evans 28712. Wegelin 173. Paltsits, page 68.

Philip Freneau [correctly Philip Morin Freneau], 1752-1832, poet, journalist and mariner. This is the second collected edition of his poems; the first was printed in Philadelphia in 1786. For more on Freneau, see no. 543 and the next following entry." "44380","58","","","","do. [i.e. Freneau's poems]","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 36, Freneau's Poems, 2 v 12mo.","Freneau, Philip.","Poems written and published during the American Revolutionary War, and now republished from the original Manuscripts; interspersed with Translations from the Ancients, and other pieces not heretofore in print. By Philip Freneau . . . The Third Edition, in Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. Philadelphia: from the Press of Lydia R. Bailey, 1809.","PS755 .A2 1809","

2 vol. 12mo; 148 and 164 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Joh. Eckstein in each volume (Prophecy of King Tammany and Paul Jones's Victory), list of subscribers on 6 pages at the end.

Sabin 25899. Wegelin 969 (frontispiece to Vol. II described as Perry's Victory). Paltsits, page 78.

Jefferson is mentioned in the last poem in Volume I, the Address to the Republicans of America. The last five lines read:

When Washington and Gates are laid in dust—

When Jefferson, with Greene, in long repose

Shall sleep, unconscious of your bliss or woes,

Seeming to say, Be wise, be free, my sons,

Nor let one tyrant trample on our bones.

Freneau first mentioned to Jefferson the forthcoming publication of this edition in a letter dated from Philadelphia, April 8, 1809:

I do myself the pleasure to enclose to you a copy of Proposals for the publication of a couple of volumes of Poems shortly to be put to press in this city. Perhaps some of your particular friends in Virginia may be induced from a view of the proposals in your hands to subscribe their names. If so, please to have them forwarded to this place by Post, addressed to the Publisher at No. 10. North Alley, Philadelphia. Accept my congratulations on your retirement from public cares, and that you may long enjoy every happiness a private situation can afford.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on May 22:

I subscribe with pleasure to the publication of your volumes of poems. I anticipate the same pleasure from them which the perusal of those heretofore published has given me. I have not been able to circulate the paper because I have not been from home above once or twice since my return, and because in a country situation like mine, little can be done in that way. the inhabitants of the country are mostly industrious farmers employed in active life & reading little. they rarely buy a book of whose merit they can not judge by having it in their hand, & are less disposed to engage for those yet unknown to them. I am becoming like them myself in a preference of the healthy & chearful community without doors, to the being immured within four brick walls. but under the shade of a tree one of your volumes will be a pleasant pocket companion. wishing you all possible success & happiness, I salute you with constant esteem & respect.

On May 27 Freneau wrote to Jefferson:

Yesterday your letter, dated May 22d. came to hand.—Perhaps you a little misunderstood me, when I wrote to you from this place in April last, inclosing the proposal paper, respecting the poems.—I only wished your name to be placed at the head of the list, and did not wish you to be at the pains of collecting subscriptions, further than as any of your neighbours might choose to put down their names.—Indeed, the whole subscription plan was set a going without my knowledge or approbation, last winter. But, as I found the matter had gone too far to be recalled, I thought it best to submit, in the present Edition, to the course and order of things as they are and must be—Sir, if there be any thing like happiness in this our state of existence, it will be such to me, when these two little Volumes reach you in August ensuing, if the sentiments in them, under the poetical Veil, amuse you but for a single hour.—This is the first Edition that I have in reality attended to, the other two having been published, in a strange way, from manuscripts left to the destiny of the winds, while I was wandering over gloomy seas, until embargoed by the necessity of the times, and now again, I fear, I am reverting to the folly of scribbling verses . . .

On March 22 of the following year, 1810, Lydia Bailey, the printer, sent to Jefferson eleven copies of the book, with the bill for ten copies, one being sent as a gift:

by this days mail stage I forward to you a box containing elevan copies Freneaus Poems directed to the care of James Madison President. you will please accept the copy bound in calf. also the pocket Almanac. I thank you for your very liberal subscription to the Poems.

To Lydia R. Bailey

To—10 copies Freneaus Poems at 2. Dollars pr $20.00

Jefferson replied to this on April 18:

I have recieved the favor of your letter of Mar. 22. in which I think there must be some mistake in ascribing to me a subscription for ten copies of m[???] Freneau's poems. certainly if I ever had subscribed for that number from any one, from principles of great esteem, it was as likely to be him as any one, for whom I have a very high esteem, of which I hope he can never entertain a doubt. but as I never did, to my recollection subscribe for more than two copies of any work, I conclude there must be an error in this instance. I must pray you therefore to re-examine your subscription papers and if you find I have annexed that number to my subscription, be so good as to favor me with another line of information & I shall fulfill the engagement. in the mean time accept the assurances of my respect.

On May 8, Lydia Bailey wrote:

I have received the favour of your letter of April 18 in which I regret the mistake relative to your subscription to Freneaus Poems. I have examined agreeable to your request the subscription papers and find your name for 10 Copies, but when compared with your letter the hand does not by any means corespond with that of yours. some person wanting principle must have taken the unwarentable liberty, and what object they could have in view I know not—If you think proper you will please returne the Poems to me, in the mean time accept the assurance of my highest respect.

Jefferson's next letter to Mrs. Bailey was dated from Monticello, December 6:

The 10. copies of Freneau's poems which were forwarded to me thro' the President of the US. were a considerable time getting to me, and owing to my other occupations they have remained longer unattended to than ought to have been. your letter of May 8. desired me to return them to you. as this must be thro' Richmond, where there would be a probability of disposing of them, I have forwarded the box to m[???] Pritchard bookseller there, formerly of Philadelphia & probably known to you, with a request that he would hold them subject to your order, either for sale there, or to be forwarded to you in Philadelphia, & in the mean time not to omit any opportunity of selling them for your benefit. you will be so good therefore as to give him your instructions on this subject. the two copies I subscribed for shall be paid thro' him, it being difficult to remit small fractional sums from this place to Philadelphia. Accept the assurances of my respect.

His letter to Mr. Pritchard, the bookseller in Richmond was dated the same day, December 6:

A circumstance which shall be explained induces me to recall to your recollection an old acquaintance and customer while you lived in Philadelphia. I subscribed to m[???]s Lydia R. Baily of Philadelphia for 2. copies of Freneau's poems which she was about to print. by some mistake, 10. copies were sent. they were addressed thro' the President of the US. whose business probably prevented their being immediately forwarded, and mine has for some time prevented my attending to them. on apprising m[???]s Bailey of the mistake she desired I would return them to Philadelphia. desirous of having them sold for her if I can, I have thought it better to forward them to you with a request that you will hold either them or their proceeds, if you can sell them, subject to her order. if you can be so good as to drop her a line, asking her instructions you will oblige me . . .

This correspondence took place after the publication of the book, in which Jefferson, whose name is placed immediately below that of the President, James Madison, at the head of the subscription list, is credited with ten copies. Jefferson's name is followed by the Library of Congress committee, which subscribed for two copies." "44390","59","","","","Mrs. Warren's poems.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 37, as above.","Warren, Mercy Otis.","Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren . . . Printed at Boston: by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, MDCCXC. [1790.]","PS858 .W8 1790","

First Edition. 12mo, 126 leaves.

Sabin 101486. Wegelin 417.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom he wrote from Philadelphia on November 25, 1790:

On my return to this place I receive the honour of your letter of Sep. 23. together with the volume which accompanied it; for which be pleased to accept my grateful thanks. a multiplicity of business has as yet permitted me to dip but a little into it; but yet sufficiently to foresee that it will soothe some of my moments of rest from drudgery, & will add another illustrious name to the roll of female worthies, made for the ornament as well as vindication of their sex. I see in it too, and with peculiar pleasure, a demonstration the more (and that in behalf of the most amiable moiety of society) of the illiberality of that hypothesis which has supposed a degeneracy even of the human race on this side the Atlantic. I beg you to accept the homage of those sentiments of respect & esteem with which I have the honor to be Madam your most obedient & most humble servt.

Mercy Otis Warren, 1728-1814, historian, poet and dramatist, dedicated this book to George Washington, President of the United States of America from Plymouth, Massachusetts, on March 20, 1790. For another work by Mrs. Warren, see no. 508." "44400","60","","","","Phyllis Whateley's poems.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 39, as above.","Wheatley, Phillis.","Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England. London: Printed for A. Bell, Bookseller; and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston, M DCC LXXIII. [1773.]","PS866 .W5 1773","

First Edition. Sm. 4to. 64 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, publisher's advertisement on the last page.

Sabin 103136. Wegelin 432.

Jefferson referred to Phillis Wheatley in the Notes on Virginia (reference from the first edtion) page 257:

. . . Misery is often the parent of the most affecting touches in poetry.—Among the blacks is misery enough, God knows, but no poetry. Love is the peculiar oestrum of the poet. Their love is ardent, but it kindles the senses only, not the imagination. Religion indeed has produced a Phyllis Whately; but it could not produce a poet. The compositions published under her name are below the dignity of criticism. The heroes of the Dunciad are to her, as Hercules to the author of that poem . . .

Phillis Wheatley, c. 1753-1784, ''was brought from Africa to America in the Year 1761, between Seven and Eight Years of Age,'' according to a Letter sent by the Author's master to the Publisher, printed at the beginning of this volume.

The letter continues: ''Without any Assistance from School Education, and by only what she was taught in the Family, she, in sixteen Months Time from her Arrival, attained the English Language, to which she was an utter Stranger before, to such a Degree, as to read any, the most difficult Parts of the Sacred Writings, to the great Astonishment of all who heard her . . . ''

This book is dedicated to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon by the author, from Boston June 12, 1773." "44410","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","Coluthus's rape of Helen.","1.","","","Colluthus.","The Rape of Helen, from the Greek of Coluthus, with Miscellaneous Notes . . London: Printed for T. and J. Egerton, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786.]","","

4to. 34 leaves, text in the upper, annotations in the lower part of the pages.

Halkett and Laing V, 18. Lowndes I, 503. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. III, 1022.

William Beloe, 1756-1817, English divine and miscellaneous writer, was the translator into English of this poem. His work is considered valuable chiefly for the annotations.

For an edition of Colluthus in Greek and Latin, see no. 4309." "44420","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","Joddrel's Persian heroine.","2.","","","Jodrell, Richard Paul.","The Persian Heroine. A Tragedy. By Richard Paul Jodrell, Esq. F.R.S. & A.S.S. . . . London: Printed by J. Nichols for R. Faulder, New Bond-Street. [And entered at Stationers-Hall.] M DCC LXXXVI. [1786.]","PR1241 .L6","

4to. Second published edition. The copy in the Library of Congress is the first published edition, issued in 8vo earlier in the same year. In it the text of the play is followed by The Notes on the Persian Heroine; Contents of the Notes on the Persian Heroine, and the Errata.

Lowndes III, 1212. Baker I, 400.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him at Paris by the author, with a letter dated from Berners Street, London, February 28, 1787:

The Author of The Persian Heroine, having received from Mr. Jefferson Mr. Wythe's book of Virginia, intreats his acceptance of the inclosed Tragedy.

Jefferson replied from Paris on July 2:

Mr. Jefferson's compliments to m[???] Joddrell and thanks him for the copy of the Persian Heroine which he was so good as to send him, and which he finds here on his return from a journey of 3. or 4 months. not having yet had a moment to look into a book of any kind he has still to come the pleasure of reading this, which he is persuaded from it's reputation, and that of it's author, will be great.

Richard Paul Jodrell, 1745-1831, English classical scholar and dramatist. This play, founded on Herodotus, was rejected by the managers of the Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. The circumstances are thus explained by the author in the Preface: ''This Tragedy was composed in 1784, and printed in the octavo form under which it now appears, that I might submit it with more facility to the reader than a Manuscript allows. When it was finished, I desired my Printer, Mr. Nichols, to carry it to Drury Lane, and solicit attention to it as a new Play: He discharged my commission with diligence in the last week of September 1784, and disclosed the Author's name with my consent for that purpose. Though application was made at reasonable intervals, near three weeks elapsed without any intelligence. At last, on the 15th October, 1784, The Persian Heroine was returned to Mr. Nicols by an Attendant on that Theatre with this verbal decision, 'that they could not, at any rate, act it in that season;' and an intimation was added, that 'probably it would not be acted in any other.' On receiving back the copy, the first 17 pages, and no more, were cut open. The whole Play consisted of 64 printed pages, since I had not then annexed the appendage of the Notes. This 17th page extends to the fifth Scene of the second Act, and includes a fourth part of the Drama only. No Reader can prophesy the plot or pronounce on the merit in this stage of it. That this curious anecdote might be attested Mr. Nichols endorsed on the copy, at my request, a memorandum of the day of return. Since I was not conscious that I could have merited so flagrant a violation of private justice and publick duty, I acquiesced till my return to London from the Country in silence. In the month of December, 1784, I waited on Dr. Ford, whom the publick Voice proclaimed a considerable Proprietor at Drury Lane Theatre: To him I represented the fact, and was inclined to put the most candid construction on it, imputing it to negligence and not design. But I confess my astonishment to have been great, when the Doctor, instead of making an apology, pronounced my complaint founded on presumption . . .''" "44430","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","Humphrey's poems.","3. a)","","","Humphreys, David","A Poem, Addressed to the Armies of the United States of America. By David Humphreys Esquire Colonel in the service of the United States: and Aid de Camp to His Excellency the Commander in Chief . . . New-Haven: Printed by T. and S. Green. Paris, Reprinted 1785. N.P.","PS778 .H5P7","

4to, 14 leaves.

Sabin 33811. Wegelin 220. Dexter III, page 417.

The first edition of this poem was published anonymously in New-Haven, 1780, in 8vo. The author's preface opens: ''Perhaps the following little Poem may be considered with the more indulgence by the Public, after it is known, that it was actually written, at a period when the Army was in the field, and the Author so far engaged in the duties of his profession, as to have but little leisure for subjects of literature or amusement. And it will not be necessary to demonstrate to those who have the least knowledge of a military life, how unfavourable such a state is to poetical contemplation. This, it is presumed, may pertinently be urged in excuse for the slighter errors, and inaccuracies of the performance; and the Design must in some measure atone for any of a different complexion.''

It is probably to this poem that Jefferson referred in a letter to Humphreys, who had recently returned to the United States from Paris, dated from that city August 14, 1786:

. . . the public papers continue to say favourable & just things of your poems . . .

The poem was translated into French by the Marquis de Chastellux, whose Travels in North-America, Humphreys was at that time considering translating into English; see no. 4023." "44440","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","","b)","","","","A Poem, on the Happiness of America; addressed to the Citizens of the United States. By D. Humphreys. London Printed 1786. Hartford: Re-Printed by Hudson and Goodwin [1786].","AC901 .W7","

4to. 26 leaves.

Sabin 33812. Evans 19723. Wegelin 221. Dexter III, 418, 3.

Jefferson is mentioned in the poem, in the ''list of rev'rend fathers, props of freedom's cause, who rear'd an empire by their sapient laws'':

And Jefferson, whose mind with space extends,

Each science woos, all knowledge comprehends,

Whose patriot deeds and elevated views

Demand the tribute of a loftier muse:—

David Humphreys, 1752-1818, soldier, statesman and poet, a native of Derby, Connecticut, was a friend of Jefferson. His career as a diplomat started in 1784, when he was appointed Secretary to the Commission for Negotiating Treaties of Commerce with Foreign Powers, which obliged him to go to Paris, whence he returned to the United States in 1786. It was during this period that these poems were published in London, Paris and in Connecticut." "44450","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock.","4.","","","Von Birkenstock, Johann Melchior, Edler.","D. M. Friderici II. S. Dem abgeschiedenen Geiste Friedrichs des Zweiten geheiligit. Berlin, 1787.","","

8vo. Latin and German texts. This title is from the Catalogue of the British Museum, the only catalogue in which it has been found. The British Museum Catalogue adds the words [A Panegyric].

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Johann Melchior, Edler Von Birkenstock, 1738-1809, German statesman." "44460","61","Poems. viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coluthus's rape of Helen. Joddrel's Persian heroine. Humphrey's Poems. Lapidary panegyric on Fred. II. by Birckenstock. Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 62, as above.","

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1831 follow Jefferson's entry as above. In the later editions of the catalogues the entries are separated, and placed alphabetically under the authors, with places and dates of printing. From these entries it is clear that two poems by Humphreys were included, and it is possible that Jefferson had all the listed works bound in one volume, later separated by the Library of Congress. The books are similarly entered by him, without price, in the undated manuscript catalogue.

The works included are as follows:","Luzac. Oratio de eruditione altrice virtutis civilis.","5.","","","Luzac, Jan.","Oratio de Eruditione altrice Virtutis Civilis, praesertim in civitate libera. Lugduni Batavorum, 1785.","","

4to. A copy was not traced for examination.

Van der Aa XI, page 758.

Jan Luzac, 1746-1807, Dutch scholar and lawyer, practised law at the Hague, but eventually settled in Leyden, where he was associated with his brother Etienne in the publication of the Gazette de Leyde [q. v. no. 164]. In 1785 he was appointed to the chair of Greek at Leyden and took possession with this discourse on Erudition as the nursing mother of the civil virtues in a Free State. Luzac was killed in 1807 by an explosion in Leyden." "44470","62","","","","Discours en vers par Humphreys. Eng. Fr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 141, no. 58, as above.","Humphreys, David.","Discours en Vers, adressé aux Officiers et aux Soldats des différentes Armées Américaines. Par M. David Humphreys, Colonel au service des états-Unis, & Aide-de-Camp de son Excellence le Général Washington. Imprimé pour la premiere fois, à New-Haven, dans le Connecticut. A Paris: Chez Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, 1786.","PS778 .H5P71","

Sm. 8vo. 34 leaves, English and French text on opposite pages.

Sabin 33803. Dexter III, page 418, no. 1.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

This is another edition of Humphreys' Poem addressed to the Armies of the United States of America [q. v.], with a translation into French prose, by the Marquis de Chastellux. At the beginning is a Lettre du Traducteur, au Colonel Humphreys, signed Le Marquis de Ch.

For the Marquis de Chastellux, see the Index." "44480","63","","","","Poems.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 64, Poems Asiatic, 4to. 1831 Catalogue, page 234, no. J. 69, Poems, Asiatic 4to.","","","","

These poems have not been identified, and it is possible that Jefferson's entry in his manuscript catalogue does not apply to the Asiatic poems in the Library of Congress catalogues. It is used here merely because it is a collection in quarto. The catalogue of 1839 repeats the entry of the earlier catalogues as above. That of 1849 has two entries under no. 69, both ascribed to the Jefferson collection. These are: page 900, no. 69. Asiatic Poems. 4to, page 908, no. 69. Ramsay, Allan: Select Songs of the Gentle Shepherd, 8vo; London, 1784.

The second entry is obviously ascribed to the Jefferson Collection in error. It is not an Asiatic poem, it is not in quarto, and this is the first entry for this book in any Library of Congress Catalogue.

Sir William Jones, the English Oriental scholar, published a book, in 8vo, entitled Poeseos Asiaticae Commentarium, for which see Chapter XLII." "44490","64","","","","Humphreys' works","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 57, as above.","Humphreys, David.","The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys, Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1804.","PS778 .H5 1804","

8vo. 212 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate showing the obverse and the reverse of the medal Presented by the Massa. Society for Promoting Agriculture to the Honle David Humphreys Esqr. late Minister to the Court of Madrid, as a Testimony of Respect for his Patriotic Exertions in Importing into New England 100 of the Marino Breed of Sheep from Spain to Improve the Breed of that Useful Animal in his own Country. 1802; list of subscribers' names on 13 pages at the end, followed by the Directions to the Binder and the Errata.

Sabin 33809. Dexter III, page 419, no. 6.

David Humphreys first published a collection of his works in 1790. In 1804 the book was reissued, and brought up to date. The collection includes all the author's publications with the addition of matter not previously published. The latest date in the book is November 2, 1803. The copyright notice on the second leaf is dated April 21, 1804. The book is dedicated to the Duc de Rochefoucault. Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States at the time, and his name, with that title, appears in the list of subscribers." "44500","65","","","","Rickman's poetical scraps.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 38, as above.","Rickman, Thomas Clio.","Poetical Scraps. By Thomas Clio Rickman. Author of The Evening Walk; Letter to Mr. Pitt; to the Bishop of Landaff, &c. &c. Vol. I [-II] . . . London: Printed for the Author, and Sold, also, By Mr. Symonds, Pater Noster Row; Mr. Fisher, at his Library, on the Steyne, Brighton . . . Mr. Rackham, Bury St. Edmunds, and all Booksellers [Printed by George Hayden, London] 1803.","PR5227 .R3 1803","

2 vol. sm. 8vo., 116 and 120 leaves including the half-titles, engraved frontispiece in Vol. I by T. Greig after T. Rickman, in Vol. II by B. Reading after James Lambert, Jun.

It is not certain that this book was delivered to Congress. It is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, but is marked missing, and the entry does not appear in any other catalogue. It is in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him by John March in August 1805, price $1.50 for the two volumes.

The name of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America, is in the list of subscribers to this book. Other names of interest to this catalogue include Mr. Joel Barlow, Washington, America; Lewis Goldsmith, Esq.; General Kosciusko; Thomas Paine, William Roscoe, John Horne Tooke and others.

Jefferson himself is referred to, and a letter from him quoted in the footnote, in the poem entitled Stanzas· Written on the Beach, at Havre de Grace. and addressed to the Sea. On Parting with Thomas Paine. On his embarkation for America. August, 1802. Two of the stanzas read:

One champion* of all that is glorious and good,

Will greet thee sincerely I know;

No supporter of craft, of oppression, and blood,

The defender of liberty long he has stood; . . .

Of tyranny only the foe.

Yes! Jefferson, well in thy principles school'd,

Will embrace thee with gladness of heart,

Thy value he knows, and is not to be fool'd,

Nor his wisdom and knowledge one moment o'errul'd

By falshood, corruption, and art.

The footnote to the word champion is an Extract of a letter from Mr. Jefferson, president of the United States, to Thomas Paine, copied from the original, 13 lines, dated from Washington, July, 1802.

Thomas Clio Rickman, 1761-1834, English bookseller, originally a Quaker, acquired the name Clio when he and his friend Thomas Paine were both members of the Headstrong Club. Paine lodged in Rickman's house in 1791 and 1792, and it was there that he wrote the second part of The Rights of Man. Rickman afterwards wrote the Life of Paine." "44510","66","","","","Story's Power of Solitude.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 143, no. 33, as above.","Story, Joseph.","The Power of Solitude. A Poem. In Two Parts. By Joseph Story . . . A New and Improved Edition. Salem: Published by Barnard B. Macanulty [C. Stebbins, printer, Charlestown], 1804.","PS 2944. S7P6 1804a","

12mo. 132 leaves, engraved frontispiece by J. Akin after Corne, printer's imprint on the back of the title. The Power of Solitude is followed by Notes and Fugitive Poems, the latter with a half-title.

Sabin 92316. This edition not in Wegelin.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Salem, Massachusetts, on January 14, 1806:

I have the honor to send herewith by the mail for your acceptance, two volumes, entitled the ''Power of Solitude'', and a ''Selection of Pleadings''; the former the amusement of my juvenile years, the latter the occasional effort of my professional leisure. In asking your acceptance of them I confess myself duly admonished of their errors and imbecillities, and deeply impressed with a sense that they require all the indulgence of critisism, and all the candor of experience. Whatever may be their merit, my motive in the present offer is to express a feeble testimony of the high respect which I entertain for those talents which from the dawn of the revolution to the present moment have been vigorously employed in creating and preserving an independent nation. That you may long live and enjoy the reward of your labors in the grateful remembrance of your contemporaries, and in possessing the blessings, which you have communicated to others is the sincere wish of Sir, your most respectful & very obedt. servant.

Jefferson replied from Washington on January 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m[???] Story & his thanks for the books sent him. one of them will be kept as a mark of his esteem, that kind of reading being out of the line of his present occupations: the other will be read with pleasure in moments of leisure. he prays him to accept the assurances of his esteem & respect.

There is no indication in this correspondence which edition was sent to Jefferson. The first edition was published without date, but probably soon after October 18, 1802, the date of the Proem. Sending a copy to Jefferson in January 1804, it seems probable that the author would send the later edition, to which the Fugitive Pieces had been added. This book is properly checked as having been received in the working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, but the entry is omitted from all subsequent catalogues, nor does it appear in the manuscript list of missing books.

For the Selection of Pleading mentioned in the correspondence, see no. 2156.

Joseph Story, 1779-1845, was by profession a lawyer, and the author of a number of law books. This is his only volume of poems to be published and was written in 1799." "44520","67","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 40, Miss Lomax's Notes of an American Lyre, 12mo.","Lomax, Judith.","The Notes of an American Lyre. By Judith Lomax, a Native of the State of Virginia. ''Vive la Bagatelle.'' Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, near the Market Bridge, 1813.","PS2249 .L65","

First Edition. 12mo. 36 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 41836. Wegelin 1044.

Jefferson was a subscriber to this book to whom it is dedicated. The dedication reads: To Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Late President of the United States of America. This volume is inscribed as a little mark of the high Respect entertained for his Character by the Authoress.

On March 20, 1814, Jefferson wrote to Samuel Pleasants at Richmond:

. . . I subscribed for a doz. copies of miss Lomax's poems. be so good as to send me a single copy; and to keep the rest for sale for her benefit, drawing at the same time the price of the 12. for her use from m[???] Gibson . . .

Pleasants sent his bill on March 26: 12 copies Miss Lomax's poems @ 50 cts. 6.00

Judith Lomax, 1774-1828, was the eldest daughter of Jefferson's friend Thomas Lomax of Port Tobago, Virginia; she herself corresponded with Jefferson on the subject of sending him seeds and plants.

One of the poems (page 49) is headed: ''Written at Monticello, Albemarle county, and composed while viewing the Clouds gathering and rolling about the Mountain.'' It describes how Monticello is reminiscent of the poems of Ossian:

These forms fantastic, bring along,

To Fancy's mental eye,

Those times when Ossian, ''Son of Song,''

Awaked the tender sigh.

The last verse reads:

Here Virtue, Taste and Science dwell—

This is their fav'rite seat;

They mark the spot they love so well,

And guard their sweet retreat.

The following two poems are addressed to Jefferson's granddaughter Ellen Randolph, the former while still at Monticello, the second after the author's return home. Other poems are addressed to members of the Page family with whom the Lomax family was connected." "44530","68","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 142, no. 59, Poems, [Labelled Fine Arts,] 8vo. 1831 Catalogue, page 234, no. J. 63, Poems (labelled Fine Arts,) 8vo.","[Law, Thomas.]","Ballston Springs . . . [Additions to Ballston Springs.] New-York: Printed by S. Gould, 1806.","PS2232 .L75","

[TBE]In the later Library of Congress catalogues, no. J. 63 is broken down as follows:[/TBE] First Edition. 12mo, 2 parts in 1, 24 and 30 leaves including the half-title and the last blank; one line of Erratta [sic] at the end of the first part.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin. Wegelin 1031.

Thomas Law, 1756-1834, was in correspondence with Jefferson, and sometimes sent him copies of his works. For another work by him, see no. 3250." "44540","","","","","","","","","[Morell, Thomas.]","Judas Maccabæus, a Sacred Drama . . . Set to Musick by Mr. Handel. London, 1755.","","

8vo. This edition has the words only; a copy was not available for collation.

Halkett and Laing III, 203. This edition not in Lowndes.

Thomas Morell, 1703-1784, English classical scholar, supplied the libretti for a number of the oratorios of Handel. His Judas Maccabæus was first printed in 1746." "44550","","","","","","","","","Tasso, Torquato.","Aminta Fabula Pastoril de Torquato Taso traducida por Don Juan de Jáuregui. Madrid: Edicion Estereotípica, 1804.","PQ4642 .S22J3 1804","

Sm. 8vo. 46 leaves including 2 blanks.

Palau VII, 14. Graesse VI, 38.

For an Italian edition of Aminta, see no. 4385.

Juan Martinez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, 1583-1641, Spanish poet, first published his translation of Aminta in Rome in 1607. For other works by Tasso, see the Index." "44560","1","","","","Lucretius. Fayi in usum Delph.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 63, Lucretius, Delphini, 4to.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","Titi Lucretii Cari De Rerum Natura Libros sex, interpretatione et notis illustravit Michael Fayus . . . jussu christianissimi regis in usum serenissimi Delphini. Paris: apud Federicum Leonard, M. DC. LXXX. [1680.]","","

First Delphin Edition. 4to. 372 leaves, Index at the end; a copy was not available for examination, The above title is from the card of the University of Michigan Library.

Graesse IV, 288. Ebert 12446.

Titus Lucretius Carus, Latin didactic poet, lived during the first century before Christ.

Michael Du Fay, French classical scholar, was the editor of one or two of the Delphin editions. For a note on these editions, see no. 52." "44570","2","","","","Lucretius. Lond. Tonson","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 64, Lucretius, Tonson, Lond. 4to.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","Titi Lucretii Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Ad optimorum Exemplarium fidem recensiti. Accesserunt Variæ Lectiones, quæ in Libris MSS. & Eruditorum Commentariis notatu digniores occurrunt. Londini: Sumptibus & Typis Jacobi Tonson, MDCC XII. [1712.]","PA6482 .A2 1712","

4to. 209 leaves, frontispiece and plates by L. Du Guernier, engraved initials, head-pieces and culs-de-lampe. At the end, in triple columns, a list of Variæ Lectiones in Lucretii.

Graesse IV, 280. Ebert 12450. Dibdin II, 202.

Jacob Tonson, 1656?-1736, English publisher, was also the editor of this edition, founded chiefly on the text of Thomas Creech (published in 1695), as explained at the end by Tonson in his address: ''Lectori Candido: . . . Textum ideo Creechii utpote Lambino & Fabro quammaximè consentientem, Tibi fideliter, duobus, tribusve ad plurimum, locis exceptis, præbeo . . .''" "44580","3","","","","Lucretius. Foul.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 56, as above.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","Titi Lucretii Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Ex Editione Thomae Creech . . . Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi MDCCLIX. [1759.]","","

4to. 144 leaves including the half-title.

Graesse IV, 280. Ebert 12456.

Thomas Creech, 1659-1700, English classical scholar, first published his edition of Lucretius in 1682. The first edition published by Robert and Andrew Foulis was in 1749, 12mo." "44590","4","","","","Lucretius Tanaquil Fabri.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 31, as above.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Quibus additae sunt conjecturae et emendationes Tan. Fabri cum notulis perpetuis. Et Praeterea Oberti Gifanii Vita Lucretii et De Gente Memmis ejusdem Prolegomena. Item D. Lambrini Index perquam necessarius. Cantabrigiae: Ex officina Joann. Hayes [Impensis W. Morden], 1675.","","

Sm. 8vo. 250 leaves, title printed in red and black.

Graesse IV, 280. This edition not in Ebert. STC L3442. Not in Bowes.

This may be the edition that Jefferson ordered in a letter dated from Paris, July 1, 1787, from the 2d. Part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787, no.6532, Lucretius, 4/6.

Tanaquil Faber, 1615-1672, French classical scholar, was famous for his editions of Greek and Latin texts. He was the father of Madame Dacier.

Hubert Van Giffen, c. 1533-1604, Dutch scholar.

Denys Lambin, c. 1520-1572, French scholar." "44600","5","","","","Creech's Lucretius.","","2. v. 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 57, as above.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","T. Lucretius Carus, Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated into English Verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. late Fellow of Wadham College in Oxford. In Two Volumes. Explain'd and Illustrated with Notes and Animadversions; being a compleat System of the Epicurean Philosophy. [-Volume II. Containing the Fifth and Sixth Books. Explain'd and Illustrated with Notes and Animadversions.] London: Printed by J. Matthews for G. Sawbridge, and sold by J. Churchill and W. Taylor; J. Wyat, and R. Knaplock [and others] MDCCXIV. [1714.]","PA6483 .E5C7 1714","

2 vol. 8vo. 248 and 222 leaves, separate titles, continuous signatures and pagination, engraved frontispiece after M. Burghers, woodcut Minerva device on the general title; text in long lines, notes in double columns below. The preliminary matter includes the Preface, the Life of Lucretius, Commendatory Poems to Mr. Creech, and other matter.

Lowndes III, 1411.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3f12.

For Thomas Creech, see no. 4459 above. The commendatory poems prefixed to this edition of 1714 are by Nahum Tate, Thomas Otway, Aphra Behn, John Evelyn and others." "44610","6","","","","Lucretius Lat. Fr. par la Grange","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 33, as above.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","Lucrèce, De la Nature des Choses. Avec des Notes. Par M. Lagrange. Paris: Potey, An VII [1799].","","

2 vol. 12mo. A copy was not located for collation. Latin and French texts, and notes at the end.

Graesse IV, 290. Quérard V, 390.

Jefferson mentioned La Grange's translation in a letter to N. G. Dufief, dated from Washington April 10, 1802:

I recieved yesterday your favor of the 6th. and the books forward by m[???] Duane. La Grange's translations are new to me. and I am so much pleased with that of his Seneca, that I will thank you to forward me also his Lucretius with the Latin text . . .

Dufief replied from Philadelphia on April 14:

Vous recevrez sous peu de jours un second exemplaire de l'élégante traduction des Oeuvres de Senèque, (prix 9 dollars les 6 volumes brochés) & le Lucrèce Latin Français . . .

Four years later, on January 20, 1806, Jefferson ordered a number of books from Reibelt of Baltimore, including Lucrece de la Grange (and Seneque du meme). These two books are also in an undated list written by Jefferson, headed books to be imported for me by M. Reibelt.

The books appear in the bill presented by Dufour of Amsterdam to T. H. Backer, pour Monsieur le President Jefferson, under the date 16 Juin, 1806:

Lucréce traduction de La Grange 2 vol. 8o reliés 7 10

Seneque traductio du meme 7 vol. 12o reliés 14

For La Grange's edition of Seneca, mentioned in the above corespondence, see no. 1324.

N. La Grange, 1738-1775, was associated with the Encyclopédistes." "","7","","","","Lucreziodel Caro.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 32, as above.","","","","This entry is repeated in the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815 as above, and, in the contemporary working copy, is marked missing. The title is included in the manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress made at a later date, and is omitted from the subsequent printed catalogues. The book was probably not delivered to Congress." "44620","8","","","","Lucretius.","","12mo. Baskerville","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 30.","Lucretius Carus, Titus.","Titi Lucretii Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville. MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","","

12mo. 110 leaves including 2 blanks; roman letter with passages in Greek on 2 leaves.

Graesse IV, 280. Ebert 12459. Dibdin II, 203. Baskerville Club Handlist, no. 74.

This is the second edition printed by John Baskerville, who had printed an edition in quarto in the previous year, 1772.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3/-." "44630","9","","","","Esiode, Orfeo, Proclo. Gr. Lat. Ital. dal Salvini","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 446, no. 53, Hesiodus, Orpheus, Proclus, Gr. Lat. Ital. Salvini, 8vo.","Hesiod.","[???]σι[???]δoυ [???]σκϱιoυ τα ε[???]ϱισκ[???]μενα, [???]ϱ&phis;εως κα[???] Πϱ[???]κλoυ Φιλoσ[???]&phis;oυ [???]μνoι. Hesiodi Ascræi quæ extant, Orphei, & Procli philosophi Hymni. Omnia ab Antonio Maria Salvini in Italam linguam translata, cum brevissimis annotationibus ex probatissimis auctoribus excerptis. Accedit Pasoris Index Vocabula singula Hesiodi complectens. Accurante Antonio Zanolini, J. U. D. & in Seminario Patavino linguarum Orientalium professore, ad usum Seminarii. Patavii: Typis Seminarii, 1747.","","

8vo. 431 leaves, text in Greek, Latin and Italian. A copy was not obtainable for collation. The title is quoted from the card of the New York Public Library in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse III, 263. Ebert 9607.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript with the price, 9.

Hesiod, Greek didactic poet of uncertain date. Modern opinion places him later than Homer, but there is no agreement as to his date.

For Orpheus, see no. 4391.

Proclus, 410-435; for another work by him, see no. 3705.

For other translations by Salvini, see the Index.

Anton Zanolini, 1693-1762, Italian classicist and orientalist." "44640","10","","","","Virgilii Bucolica. Rami","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 27, as above.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, P. Rami, professoris regii, prælectionibus exposita: quibus poetæ vita præposita est. Editio qvinta. Francofvrdi: apud heredes Andræ Wecheli, Claudium Marnium & Ioann. Aubrium, 1590.","","

12mo. 88 leaves, the last a blank, printer's device on the title page. A copy of this edition was not available for examination; the above title was copied from the card of the University of Illinois in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse VI, 348. See Haag, VI, 329.

Pierre de la Ramée, 1515-1572, French classical scholar, was for a quarter of a century the most prominent teacher in Paris, and in 1551 a special chair of eloquence and philosophy was instituted on his behalf. His first edition of the Bucolica was published in Paris in 1555. La Ramée was a Protestant, and was one of the victims of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572." "44650","11","","","","Bucoliques de Virgile Lat. Fr. par Didot.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 54, Virgilii Bucolica, Lat. Fr. par Didot, 8vo.","Virgilius Maro, Publius.","Les Bucoliques de Virgile, précédées de plusieurs Idylles de Théocrite, de Bion et de Moschus; suivies de tous les passages de Théocrite que Virgile a imités; traduites en Vers Français par Firmin Didot. Gravé, fondu et imprimé par le Traducteur. A Paris: a la Libraire de Firmin Didot, 1806.","PA6809 .B7D5","

First Edition of this Translation. 8vo. 140 leaves including the first blank, engraved Estienne device on the last leaf, recto. At the end a Note Bibliographique et Typographique, au sujet de quelques vers de la Xe Idylle de Théocrite, imités par Henri Etienne.

Graesse VI, 358. Ebert 23778. Quérard X, 236.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in calf, gilt, by John March, on June 30, 1807, cost one dollar.

Firmin Didot, 1764-1836, a member of the famous French family of scholars, printers and publishers, was the author of this translation, and printed it by the beautiful stereotype process which he himself had revived." "44660","12","","","","Gnomici poetae Graeci.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 146, no. 36. Gnomici Poetae Graeci, 12mo. a Brunck. Gr. Lat.—sc. Callimachus, Callenius, Cleanthes, Eratosthenes, Evenus, Hesiod, Linus, Menecrates, Metrodorus, Mimnermus, Naumachus, Panyacides, Phocylides, Pseudo-Phocylides, Posidippus, Pythagoras, Rhianus, Simonides, Solon, Theognis, Tyrtaeus, Comicorum Sententiae—sc. Alexis, Amphis, Anaxandrides, Antiphanes, Apollodorus, Clearchus, Cratetes, Diodorus, Diphilus, Eriphus, Eubulus, Hipparchus, Menander, Nicostratus, Pherecrates, Philemon, Philippides, Philippus, Posidippus, Sotades, Timocles, et Monostichi ex diversis Poetis.","Brunck, Richard François Philippe, Editor.","H&thetas;ικη πoιησις sive Gnomici Poetæ Græci. Ad optimorum exemplarium fidem emendavit Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck. Argentorati in Bibliopolio Academico. MDCCLXXXIV. [Argentorati typis Joannis Henrici Heitz Academiæ Typographi. Die XXIX. Martii MDCCLXXXIV.] [1784.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 179 leaves, Greek letter, Latin and French translations in roman, and Italian in italic letter; half-title for the Variae Lectiones, Notâe et Emendationes. Colophon on the last page.

Graesse III, 97. Ebert 8629.

The collection contains Theognis, Callinus of Ephesus, Tyrtæus, Mimnermus, Solonos, Phocylides of Miletus, Simonides, Pythagoras, Hesiod, and others, with translations into Latin by Hugo Grotius; Cleanthis Hymnus ad Jovem, with a Latin translation by James Duport, French by De Bougainville, and Italian by Girolamo Pompei.

Jefferson mentioned the Hymn to Jupiter of Cleanthes of which the translation into French was made by James Duport in the same letter to John Adams (October 12, 1813) in which he quoted from Duport's Greek translation of the 18th Psalm (see no. 4399):

. . . I acknolege all the merit of the hymn of Cleanthes to Jupiter which you ascribe to it. it is as highly sublime as a chaste & correct imagination can permit itself to go. yet in the contemplation of a being so superlative, the hyperbolic flights of the Psalmist may often be followed with approbation, even with rapture, and I have no hesitation in giving him the palm over all the Hymnists of every language and of every time . . .

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5. 15.

For other works by Hugh Grotius, James Duport and Jean Pierre Bougainville, see the Index." "","13","","","","Catonis Disticha by Stirling.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, unnumbered [Catonis Disticha, by Sterling, 12mo] C. 16, § 1. No. 9.","","","","

For this book, see no. 1330.

It is entered in this chapter by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9d." "44670","14","","","","Carmina Quadragesimalia.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 37, as above.","Oxford University. Christ Church.","Carmina Quadragesimalia ab ædis Christi Oxon. Alumnis Composita et ab ejusdem ædis Baccalaureis Determinantibus in Schola Naturalis Philosophiæ Publice Recitata. Editio Altera. Londini: Impensis C. Bathurst, ex adversum S. Dunstani, in Vico vulgo dicto Fleetstreet, MDCCXLI. [1741.]","","

12mo. in sixes, 96 leaves.

Case 325 (I) (b).

Charles Este, 1696-1745, English scholar, the editor of this work, published the first edition in octavo in 1723, while still at Oxford; some of his own verses are included in the volume. Este took holy orders, and eventually became Bishop of Waterford." "44680","15","","","","Drayton's Polyolbion","","p fol.","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 65, as above.","Drayton, Michael.","Poly-Olbion By Michaell Drayton Esq: London: printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie [1612].","","

First Edition. Folio. 162 leaves, engraved emblematic title, showing Great Britain [Britannia) in a triumphal arch, with full length figures of Brute, Caesar, Hengist and William the Conqueror, Ingraued by W. Hole, preceded by a printed leaf of explanation, entitled Vpon the Frontispice; full-length engraved portrait of the Prince of Wales holding a lance, by W. Hole, 18 double-page engraved maps, one before each of the eighteen songs.

Lowndes II, 671. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit II, 424. STC 7226. Grolier Club, Langland to Wither, no. 82. Johnson, Hole, no. 10 (reproduced).

The Library of Congress catalogues of 1839 and 1849 credit the Jefferson collection with the edition of 1612, in which there was no printed title and of which the engraved title is quoted above. It seems strange that in assigning the date, 1612, these two catalogues should quote at length the printed title which appeared first in the issue of 1613:

Poly-Olbion. Or a Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and other Parts of this renowned Isle of Great Britaine, With intermixture of the most Remarquable Stories, Antiquities, Wonders, Rarityes, Pleasures, and Commodities of the same: Digested in a Poem By Michael Drayton, Esq. With a Table added, for direction to those occurrences of Story and Antiquitie, whereunto the Course of the Volume easily leades not. London: Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helmes, and I. Busbie. 1613.

It is probable that there is an error in the date, and that Jefferson had a later edition. An edition was printed in 1622 which included this first part, and the first edition of the second part. It is possible therefore that the date 1612 in the Library of Congress catalogues was a misprint for 1622, but this cannot be proven. For a full account of these early editions, see the Pforzheimer Catalogue II, 307.

Michael Drayton, 1563-1631, poet-laureate of England.

John Selden, 1584-1654, English jurist, wrote the notes on the first eighteen songs of Poly-Olbion at the request of Drayton. For other works by Selden in this catalogue, see the Index." "44690","16","","","","Linn's Powers of genius.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 40, as above.","Linn, John Blair.","The Powers of Genius, a Poem, in Three Parts. By John Blair Linn, A.M. Co-Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged . . . Published by John Conrad & Co., no. 30, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia; and sold by M. and J. Conrad & Co., no. 140 Market-Street, Baltimore; and Rapin, Conrad, & Co. Washington City. H. Maxwell, Printer, 1802.","PS2246 .L7P6","

12mo. 96 leaves in sixes, 3 engraved plates by Alex. Lawson after Barralet.

Sabin 41337. Wegelin 1037.

John Blair Linn, 1777-1804, clergyman and poet, first published The Powers of Genius in 1801." "44700","17","","","","Armstrong's health.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 35, as above.","Armstrong, John.","The Art of Preserving Health: a Poem. By John Armstrong, M.D. London: Printed for T. Cadell (Successor to Mr. Millar), MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","PR3316 .A6A8 1765","

Sm. 8vo. 51 leaves, engraved vignette on the title, separate half-titles for Book II, Diet, Book III, Exercise, and Book IV, The Passions.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Jefferson quoted a passage from this poem, lines 288-292, in his Thoughts on English prosody.

John Armstrong, 1709-1779, Scots poet, physician and essayist, first published The Art of Preserving Health in 1744. The book, a didactic poem written in blank verse, passed through many editions." "44710","18","","","","Armstrong's Oeconomy of love.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 60, as above.","[Armstrong, John.]","The Oeconomy of Love. A Poetical Essay . . . A New Edition, Revised and corrected by the Author. London: S. Bladen, MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","","

12mo. 23 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available in the Library of Congress.

Halkett and Laing IV, 237. Lowndes I, 71. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 309.

For a note on Armstrong, see no. 4470. This is the first expurgated edition of this poem, the deletions being made by Armstrong himself." "44720","19","","","","Garth's Dispensatory.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 34, as above.","[Garth, Sir Samuel.]","The Dispensary. A Poem. In Six Canto's . . . The Ninth Edition. With several Descriptions and Episodes never before Printed. London: Printed for J.T. and Sold by Tho. Astley, M DCC XXVI. [1726.]","PR3471 .G3A65 1726","

12mo. 2 parts in 1, 54 leaves including a frontispiece and a plate before each of the six cantos by and after Lud. Du Guernier included in the collation; 18 leaves with separate signatures and pagination, with the title: A Compleat Key to the Dispensary. London: Printed for T. Wotton; J. Lacy; J. Shuckburgh; and C. Motte, M. DCC. XXVI. price 6 d.; complimentary verses at the beginning.

This edition not in Lowndes. Halkett and Laing II, 86. Garth's Dispensary was one of the books purchased by Jefferson from the Rev. Samuel Henley, and is on the list appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, and is also on the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.

Sir Samuel Garth, 1661-1719, English physician and poet, first published this poem in 1699. It represents the first attempt to establish rooms in hospitals for out-patients, where they could be supplied with medicines and attention at low cost. Two more editions were printed in the same year and a fourth in 1700, the ninth edition in 1726 as above, and the tenth in 1741. The work is dedicated to Anthony Henley." "","20","","","","Darwin's Botanic garden. Irish edñ","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 145 [Darwin's Botanic Garden, 2 v 8vo] C. 13, No. 13.","","","","The Irish edition of The Botanic Garden (published in Dublin, 1790, 1793) was apparently not sold to Congress in 1815. An edition printed by T. and J. Swords, New York, in 1798, was listed by Jefferson, and in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, in Chapter XIII, qv. no. 1072." "44730","21","","","","Darwin's Temple of Nature.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 55, as above.","Darwin, Erasmus.","The Temple of Nature; or, The Origin of Society. A Poem, with philosophical Notes. By Erasmus Darwin, M.D.F.R.S. Author of the Botanic Garden, of Zoonomia, and of Phytologia . . . Baltimore: Printed by John W. Butler, and Bonsal & Niles, for Bonsal & Niles, Samuel Butler, and M. and J. Conrad & Co., 1804.","PR3396 .A77 1804","

8vo. in fours, 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination, 200 leaves (in a 24 letter alphabet) including the half-title and 74 leaves; the second part, without title-page, for the Contents of the Notes (2 leaves), Additional Notes and Contents of the Additional Notes; engraved plates.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Erasmus Darwin, 1731-1802, English physician and poet. This work was first published posthumously in London, 1803. Another edition was printed in the United States in 1804, by T. and J. Swords in New York." "44740","22","","","","Horace. Foul.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 45, Horace, Foulis, 4to p.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","Quintus Horatius Flaccus; ad Lectiones Probatiores Diligenter Emendatus, et Interpunctione Nova Saepius Illustratus. Editio Quarta. Glasguae: in Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, M.DCC.LX. [1760.]","","

4to. 164 leaves.

Graesse III, 353. This edition not in Ebert and not in Dibdin.

In a letter to David Howell, dated from Monticello, December 15, 1810, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I read one or two newspapers a week, but with reluctance give even that time from Tacitus & Horace, & so much other more agreeable reading. indeed I give more time to exercise of the body than of the mind, believing it wholesome to both . . .

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 B. C., Roman poet. The Foulis edition of Horace was first printed in 1744. The book is dedicated to John Stevenson, M. D., Edinburgh." "44750","23","","","","Horace de Dacier. Lat. Fr.","","10. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 2, as above.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","Œuvres d'Horace en Latin et en François, avec des Remarques Critiques et Historiques. Par Monsieur Dacier, Garde des Livres du Cabinet du Roy. Troidiéme Edition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée considerablement par l'Auteur. Tome Premier [-Dixiéme]. A Paris: chez J-B-Christophe Ballard, Imprimeur-Libraire, reçu en survivance à la Charge de seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, près du Puits-Certain, MDCCIX. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1709.]","PA6393 .A2 1709","

10 vol. 12mo. printer's woodcut device on the title-pages, engraved frontispiece by and after B. Picart, with a medallion portrait of Horace; the Latin text of each work, with the French prose translation on the opposite pages, followed in each case by the Remarques on the work concerned.

Graesse III, 366. Ebert 10191. Quérard IV, 136.

André Dacier, 1651-1722, French scholar, Keeper of the books in the King's library, perpetual secretary and treasurer in the French Academy and member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, published his first edition of Horace from 1681 to 1700." "44760","24","","","","Horace Eng. by Francis.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 3, as above.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: with the Original Text, and Critical Notes collected from his best Latin and French Commentators. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis, Rector of Skeyton in Norfolk. In Four Volumes [Vol. II, III, The Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Vol. IV. The Third Edition] London: Printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head, opposite to Katharine-Street, in the Strand. M. DCC. L. [1750.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. 136, 156, 140 and 138 leaves; general title in Vol. I only. Vol. II has the title for the Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare, Vol. III for the Satires, Vol. IV, with imprint dated M. DCC. XLIX, for the Epistles and Art of Poetry, publisher's advertisements at the end of Vol. I, II, IV, English and Latin text on opposite pages, engraved plate by Grignon in Vol. III.

This edition not in Lowndes and in Graesse. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 317.

Philip Francis, 1708?-1773, Irish miscellaneous writer. The first edition of this translation was published in Durham in 1742. For a play by him, see no. 4551." "44770","25","","","","The same Eng. by The most Eminent hands.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 146, no. 4. Horace, Eng. by the most eminent hands, 12mo.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","The Odes and Satires of Horace, That have been done into English by the most Eminent Hands, viz. Lord Rochester, Lord Roscommon, Mr. Cowley, Mr. Otway, Mr. Congreve, Mr. Prior, Mr. Maynwaring, And several others. With his Art of Poetry, By My Lord Roscommon. London: Printed for A. Bell in Cornhill, T. Varnam and F. Osborn in Lombard Street, F. Brown, without Temple-bar, and F. Baker in Pater-noster-row. MDCCXV. [1715.]","PA6395 .A2 1715","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 100 leaves.

Lowndes II, 1116. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, 765. Graesse III, 363 (with date 1712). United States Check List no. 444.

John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680, English poet.

Wentworth Dillon, Fourth Earl of Roscommon, 1633?-1685, Irish poet, first printed his translation of Horace's Ars Poetica in 1680.

Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667, English poet.

Thomas Otway, 1652-1685, English dramatist and poet.

Matthew Prior, 1664-1721, English poet and diplomat.

Arthur Maynwaring, 1668-1712, English poet and auditor of the imprests.

Translators whose names do not appear on the title-page include Mr. Horneck, Mr. Congreve, Mr. Glanvill, Thomas Yalden, W. Duncomb, Mr. Duke, Mr. Norris, J. Hughs, William Walsh, Mr. Stepney, Dr. Pope, the late Duke of Buckingham, Sir William Temple, Mr. Manning, Mr. Stafford and others.

An edition of this book was published by Tonson in the same year (Census 445), which may have been the one in Jefferson's library; the date and place of printing is all the information available." "44780","26","","","","Hurd's Horace.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 5, as above.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum: with an English Commentary and Notes: to which are added Critical Dissertations. By the Reverend Mr. Hurd. In Two Volumes. The Fifth Edition, corrected and enlarged. Vol. I [-II] Dublin: Printed by Sarah Stringer, under Dick's Coffee-House in Skinner-Row. M,DCC,LXVIII. [1768.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I, 167 leaves, 6 leaves with signature a, and separate pagination inserted between I11 and I12 for the letter of dedication to the Reverend Mr. Warburton of the Epistola ad Augustum; vol. II, 129 leaves.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert. This edition not in Lowndes.

This is probably the ''Horace 1/-'' ordered by Jefferson on July 1, 1787 from the 2d part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787.

Richard Hurd, 1720-1808, English divine, who eventually became Bishop of Worcester, first published his Horace in 1749. The Dublin edition is not listed in the bibliographies. It was this work which gained for Hurd the patronage of William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester." "44790","27","","","","Horace notis Bond.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 1, as above.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","Poemata, scholiis sive annotationibus, quæ brevis Commentarii vice esse possint, à Joanne Bond illustrata. Septima Editione, recognita & a multis mendis repurgata. Londini: typis J. Macock pro Abel Roper [or R. Tomlins] 1660.","","

Sm. 8vo. 163 leaves; a copy was not seen for collation; the above title is taken from various sources in the Library of Congress.

This edition not in Graesse, and not in Lowndes. STC H2777 [pro Abel Roper]. The catalogue card of the copy in the Harvard University Library, in the National Union Catalog, reads pro R. Tomlins.

Jefferson bought a copy while in Paris, from Froullé on June 1, 1788, price 6. It is entered without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

John Bond, 1550-1612, English physician and classical scholar, published his first edition of Horace in 1606. The book was reprinted many times, both in England and abroad." "44800","28","","","","id. Delphini. [defective]","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 46, Horace, Delphini, 8vo.","Horatius Flaccus, Quintus.","Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione et Notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez, Cardinalitius Socius ac Rhetor Emeritus, jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Ac serenissimorum Principum Burgundiae, Andium et Biturgum. Huic Editioni accesserunt Vita Horatii cum Dacerii Notis, ejusdem Chronologia Horatiana, Index accuratissimus et Praefatio de Satira Romana. Londini: Impensis H. G. Mortlock, J. Nicholson [and others], M. DCC. XI. [1711.]","","

8vo. 383 leaves; a copy was not seen, the above title was taken from a card in the National Union Catalog and a later edition in the Library of Congress.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert. This edition not in Lowndes.

This is the edition assigned to the Jefferson collection in the early Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish the books from Jefferson's library, but there is no suggestion of a defective copy. Horace Delphini 8vo 1/- is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with no mention of any defect. Jefferson's dated catalogue, as above, is the only one that calls for a defective copy.

The first Delphin edition by Louis Desprez was published in Paris in 1691 and the first London Delphin edition in 1699. For a note on the Delphin editions, see no. 52.

For André Dacier, see no. 4475." "44810","29","","","","Juvenal et Persius. Delph.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, p. 146, no. 47, Delphini, 8vo.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae, Interpretatione ac Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Prateus, Rhetoricae Professor emeritus. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Londini: Impensis R. Clavel, ad Pavonem in Coemeterio D. Pauli; F. Spring, ad Campanam; & J. Nicholson, ad Insignia Regis, in Little-Britain. M DC XC IX. [1699.]","","

8vo. 272 leaves, title printed in red and black, text in long lines, notes in double columns in the usual Delphin arrangement, Index on 58 leaves at the end.

Graesse III, 520. STC J1286.

Decimus Junius Juvenalis, c. 60-140 A. D., Roman poet and satirist.

Aulus Persius Flaccus, 34-62 A. D., Roman poet and satirist.

The first Delphin edition of the satires of Juvenal and Persius was published in Paris, 1684, 4to. The first London edition was printed in 1691." "44820","30","","","","iid. [sic] [i.e. Juvenal et Persius] Variorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 48. Juvenal et Persius, Notis Variorum, 8 vo. 1849 Catalogue, page 916, no. 47. [Juvenalis, D. J., et A. Persius:] Satyræ; cum Noti Variorum, 8vo. [No Title Page.]","","","","In the absence of further information it is not possible to know which edition was in Jefferson's library. The title-page must have been lost after the book was delivered to Congress." "44830","31","","","","iid. [i.e. Juvenal et Persius] Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 146, no. 6. Juvenal et Persius, Foulis, 12mo.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyrae, ex editionibus emendatissimis Henninii et Casauboni. Ad finem adjiciuntur lectiones variantes in Juvenale, ex codicibus MSS. et excusis. Glasguae: sumptibus Roberti Foulis, MDCCXLII. [1742.]","","

Graesse III, 521.

It is not certain that this book was delivered to Congress in 1815. It is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, and is omitted from all subsequent catalogues. The book is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

For other works edited by Isaac Casaubon, see the Index.

Heinrich Christian Von Hennin, c. 1655-1703, German scholar." "44840","32","","","","iid [Juvenal and Persius] Stephani.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 7 as above.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","Ivn. Ivvenalis Satyrae XVI. A. Persii Satyrae VI. Ad Vetustiss. scripta ex[???]plaria emendatæ: quorum varias lectiones ad calcem reiecimus. Lvtetiæ: Ex officina Rob. Stephani typographi Regii. M. D. XLIIII. [1544.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 76 leaves, Estienne's woodcut device on the title-page [Silvestre 163], text printed in italic letter, the colophon dated 1545: Excvdebat Rob. Stephanvs Typographvs Regivs Lvtetiae, Ann. M.D. XLV. III. Non. Ian.

Graesse III, 519. Ebert 11226. This edition not in Dibdin.

This was Robert Estienne's first edition; another edition appeared in 1549, and again in 1616." "44850","33","","","","iid [i.e. Juvenal and Persius] notis Farnabii. Amst. Ianssonii.","","1648. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 8. Juvenal Farnabii, 16s.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","D. Ivnii Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyrae Cum annotationibus Thomae Farnabii. Amsterodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium Anno. CI[???] I[???] CXXXXVIII. [1648.]","","

12mo., parts in 1, continuous signatures and pagination, separate title on G4 for Aul Persii Flacci Satyrae Sex . . . with imprint, engraved general title within an historiated symbolic border, and a sphere device, woodcut sphere device on the second title, text printed in italic letter, notes in roman.

Graesse III, 520. Ebert 11237.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without price.

Thomas Farnaby, 1575?-1647, English schoolmaster and classical scholar. His first edition of Juvenal and Persius was printed in London, 1612, and was frequently reprinted." "44860","34","","","","iid. [i.e. Juvenal et Persius] et Sulpitia. Lat. Fr. de Marolles.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 10. Juvenal, Persius et Sulpicia, Lat. Fr. De Marolles, 12mo.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","D. Ivnii Ivvenalis. Et Avli Persii Flacci Satiræ, cum notis Francisci Guieti Andini, Joannis Peyraredi Aquitani, et al. Accurante Michaele de Marolles, abbate Villelupensi, cum eiusdem versione et interpretatione Gallica.—Les Satires de Jvvenal et de Perse, avec des Remarques en Latin et en François. Lutetiae Parisorum: apud Gvillielmvm de Luyne, 1671.","","

12mo. 113 leaves, Latin and French on opposite pages. Contains also the satires of Sulpicia. A copy of this edition was not obtainable for examination. The above title is taken from the card for an earlier edition in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse III, 520. Ebert 11241.

This edition is not entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, which has the edition of Juvenalis, Persius et Sulpiciae, Wetstenii, 1735, 24s. not sold to Congress.

Sulpicia, Roman poet, lived during the reign of Domitian. Her poems are frequently found in editions of Juvenal and Persius.

François Guyet, 1575-1655, French classical scholar and Latin poet.

Jean de Peyrarède, d. 1660, Latin poet, was a native of Gascony.

Michel de Marolles, 1600-1681, abbé de Villeloin. His first edition of Juvenal and Persius was published in 1653." "44870","35","","","","Dryden's Juvenal.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 9. Juvenal. Eng. by Dryden, 12mo.","Juvenalis, Decimus Junius.","The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: and of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and several other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix'd a Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr . . . The sixth edition, adorn'd with scupltures. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1735.","","

12mo. 204 leaves, engraved portrait, plates; separate title with imprint for The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus Made English by Mr. Dryden, continuous signatures and pagination.

Lowndes III, 1250. Macdonald, John Dryden, a Bibliography, 30c.

The first edition of ''Dryden's Juvenal'' was published in 1693, and was frequently reprinted. The dedication, signed John Dryden, is to Charles Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, and is followed by A Table to Juvenal and a Table to Persius, giving the author of the translation of each Satyr. The first, third, sixth, tenth and sixteenth satires were by Dryden; the second and fifteenth by Nahum Tate; the fourth by Richard Duke; the fifth by William Bowles; the seventh by Charles Dryden; the eighth by G. Stepney; the ninth by Stephen Hervey; the eleventh by William Congreve; the twelfth by Thomas Power; the thirteenth by Thomas Creech and the fourteenth by John Dryden, Jun. The Satires of Persiu were all translated by Dryden and are preceded by a poem To Mr. Dryden on his Translation by William Congreve." "44880","36","","","","Persius cum notis Bond.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 11, as above.","Persius Flaccus, Aulus.","Satyrae VI, cum posthumis Commentariis Joannis Bond. Amstelodami: apud J. Janssonium, 1659.","","

12mo. 84 leaves including 2 of Index. A copy was not available for collation; the above title is taken from a card in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse V, 213.

For other works edited by Bond, see the Index." "44890","J. 37","","","","Petronii Arbitri Satiricon.","","p8vo.","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 12, as above.","Petronius Arbiter, Titus.","Titi Petroni Arbitri Equitis Romani Satyricon; Et diversorum Poëtarum Lusus in Priapum, Cum selectis variorum Commentariis. Accedunt Pervigilium Veneris, Ausonii Cento Nuptialis, Cupido Cruci-Affixus, Atque alia nonnulla, Notis doctorum Virorum inlustrata, Accurante Simone Abbes Gabbema. Trajecti ad Rhenum, Typis Gisb. à Zyll, & Theod. ab Ackersdyck, Anno M. DC. LIV. [1654.]","Unclassified","

8vo, 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination. 152 and 68 leaves: (a)-(e)8, (f)4, A-Q8, R4, a-h8, i4, engraved emblematic frontispiece with title (mounted) half-title on a1 for Priapeia, sive Diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus, Illustrati Commentariis variorum.

Ex Musæo Simonis Abbes Gabbema; woodcut Minerva device on the general title, a few woodcut illustrations. In this copy signature (f) has been misbound after sig. R, and signatures O and P have been transposed.

Graesse V, 238. Ebert 16501. Dibdin II, page 276. Gaselee, The Bibliography of Petronius, no. 40.

Bound in eighteenth century red morocco, gilt back, gilt ornamental and line borders, g.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I, and with the remains of the original Library of Congress label on the back. The name Tho. Jefferson written on the title, not by Jefferson; other names written on the title are W. Webb and E. W. B. Dakin.

This is the only book in this chapter from Jefferson's library. It disappeared with the rest of the books in the chapter and was missing until May 22, 1940, when it was presented to the Library by the late Max Harzof. The 1815 bookplate has been removed.

Titus [or Gaius] Petronius Arbiter, Roman writer of the Neronian age. His praenomen is given as Titus by the elder Pliny and Plutarch, and as Gaius by Tacitus. The Satyricon attributed to him is a fictitious narrative based on the ordinary experiences of contemporary life, was the precursor of such novels as Roderick Random, Gil Blas and others.

Simon Abbes Gabbema, 1628-1688, Dutch scholar, was born in Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland, and educated at the University of Leyden. He was appointed the keeper of the archives of Friesland, and the historiographer of that province. This edition of Petronius Arbiter was one of his earliest publications." "44900","38","","","","Petronius notis. varior.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 49, as above.","Petronius Arbiter, Titus.","Titi Petronii Arbitri Eqvitis Romani Satyricon, cum Fragmento nuper Tragurii reperto. Accedunt diversorum Poëtarum Lusus in Priapum, Pervigilium Veneris, Ausonii cento nuptialis, Cupido crucifixus, Epistolae de Cleopatra, & alia nonnulla. Omnia Commentariis, & Notis Doctorum Virorum illustrata. Concinnante Michaele Hadrianide. Amstelodami, Typis Ioannis Blaev. M DC LXIX. [1669.]","","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, 318, 88 and 56 leaves, separate pagination, continuous signatures for the first two parts; engraved title-frontispiece by Romyn de Hooghe, half-title for Priapeia, sive Diversorvm Poetarvm in Priapvm Lvsvs . . ., full title with imprint, dated M DC LXXI, for Integrvm Titi Petronii Arbitri Fragmentvm, ex antiquo codice Tragvriensi Romae exscriptum; cum Apologia Marini Statilii I. V. D. Editio Secvnda, quod ad Apologiam auctior & curatior, Blaeu's sphere device on both titles, engraved illustrations in the text.

Graesse V, 239. Ebert 16508. Gaselee, no. 49, 51, and pages 172, 3.

Blaeu originally issued the Fragmentum in 1670, and, with the date 1670 or 1671 it is usually found bound with Blaeu's Satyricon of 1669.

Concerning Michael Hadrianides nothing is known. Stephen Gaselee writes: ''As Peter Burmann, himself a Dutchman, writing less than forty years later, knew nothing of Hadrianides, we are not likely to be able to discover more; possibly the name was assumed, because of some rather disreputable additions at the end of the Satirae: such as the Lusus in Priapum, Pervigilium Veneris, Ausonii cento nuptialis, Cupido crucifixus, Epistolae de Cleopatrae libidine, & alia nonnulla . . .''" "44910","39","","","","Boileau.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 13, as above.","Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas.","Les Oeuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux, avec des Eclaircissemens Historiques. Nouvelle Edition revue & corrigée. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: Chez Barthelemy Alix, Libraire, rue S. Jacques, au Griffon. M. DCC. XXXV. Avec Privilege du Roy. [1735.]","","

2 vol. 12mo. 226 and 252 leaves, titles printed in red and black, half-titles for the separate works, text printed in long lines, notes in double columns.

Quérard I, 575. Barbier III, 664.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 1636-1711, French poet. and member of the Académie Française. Barbier stated that this collected edition of his works was ''revue et corrigée par l'abbé J. B. Souchay, ou par l'abbé G. L. Pérau, avec un Abrégé de la vie de Boileau, par l'abbé C. P. Goujet.''

Claude Pierre Goujet, 1697-1767, French abbé and canon of Saint Jacques de l'Hopital, was a member of the Académies of Marseilles, Rouen, Angers and Auxerre.

Jean-Baptiste Souchay, 1687-1746, French abbé, was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres.

Gabriel-Louis Calabre Pérau, 1700-1767, French abbé, was prior of the Maison de la Sorbonne." "44920","40","","","","Manilii Astronomicon. Scaligeri.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 58, as above.","Manilius, Marcus.","M. Manili Astronomicon a Iosepho Scaligero ex vetusto codice Gemblacensi infinitis mendis repurgatum. Eivsdem Iosephi Scaligeri Notæ, quibus auctoris prisca astrologia explicatur, castigationum caussæ redduntur, portentosæ transpositiones in eo auctore antiquitus commissæ indicantur. Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apvd Christophorvm Raphelengivm, Academiæ Lugduno-Batauae Typographum [Expensis Ioannis Commelini] cI[???]. I[???]. iC. Cum Priuilegiu [1599.]","PA6500 .M4 1600","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 84 and 266 leaves; the second part has the title: Iosephi Scalligeri Ivl. Cæs. F. castigationes et Notæ in M. Manili Astronomicon, with imprint; Plantin compass device on both titles, second title and the colophon dated 1600; the text of Manilius printed in italic letter, woodcut diagrams.

Graesse IV, 364. Ebert 12943. Lalande, page 135.

Marcus Manilius lived in Rome during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius. The Astronomicon is a didactic poem on astrology in five books.

Joseph Justus Scaliger, 1540-1609, classical scholar, was of Italian descent; he spent the greater part of his life in France, and the last fifteen years in Leyden. His Manilius was first published in 1579, and in this work ''his interest in textual criticism is thrown into the shade by his study of the astronomy of the ancients.''" "44930","41","","","","Virgilius evangelisans. Rossaei.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 43, as above.","Ross, Alexander.","Virgilius Evangelisans, sive Historia Domini et Salvatoris Nostri Jesu Christi. Virgilianis Verbis et Versibus descripta. Opera Alexandri Rossaei. London, 1769.","","

12mo. A copy of this edition was not available for examination.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Jefferson bought his copy from Lackington, no. 17512 in his catalogue for 1792. In Lackington's bill, presented December 31, 1791, paid January 2, 1792, the number, key word and price are written by Lackington, the rest supplied by Jefferson thus: 17512 Virgilius evangelisans 12mo. 1769. 6[d]

Alexander Ross, 1591-1654, Scots miscellaneous writer, first published this history of Christ in the words of Virgil in 1634." "44940","42","","","","Pia Hilaria Angelini Gazaei.","","12mo. Lond. 1657.","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 44, as above.","Gazet, Angelin.","Pia Hilaria Angelini Gazaei. Accessit Tomus alter cum Indice Philologico. Londini: Impensis Guil: Morden, Bibliopolae Cantabrigia, 1657.","","

12mo. 2 vol. in 1, 268 leaves, continuous pagination and signatures; the title for Tomus Secundus falls on M3; general title printed in black and red.

Hazlitt, Handbook, page 224. STC H425, Backer III, 1297, no. 1.

Angelin Gazet, 1568-1653, French Jesuit, rector of Arras, Valenciennes and Cambrai, first published this work in 1617. The first volume of this edition is dedicated by R. Pepper, E museo meo Christi Collegii decimo Kal. Januar. 1656, to Baron Thomas Hussey; the second volume is dedicated to Thomas Widdrington, the dedication signed R. P., the same date as in the first volume." "44950","43","","","","L'astronomie. poeme par Gudin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 59, as above.","Gudin de la Brenellerie, Paul Philippe.","L'Astronomie, Poëme en Quatre Chants, par P. -Ph. Gudin . . . Nouvelle Edition. Paris: F. Didot. 1810.","","

8vo. 112 leaves, plates; a copy was not obtainable for collation; the above title is from the Catalogue of the the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard III, 496 (with date 1811).

Jefferson's copy was a gift to him, as President of the American Philosophical Society. On September 11, 1811, he wrote from Monticello to Robert Patterson at Philadelphia:

The inclosed work came to me without a scrip of a pen other than what you see in the title page. 'A monsr. le president de la societé.' from this I conclude it intended for the Philosophical society, & for them I now inclose it to you. you will find the notes really of value. they embody and ascertain to us all the scraps of new discoveries which we have learnt in detached articles from less authentic publications. M. Gudin has generally expressed his measures according to the old, as well as the new standard which is a convenience to me, as I do not make a point of retaining the last in my memory. I confess indeed, I do not like the new system of French measures, because not the best, and adopted to a standard accessible to themselves exclusively, and to be obtained by other nations only from them . . .

Patterson replied on September 23:

Some days ago I received your favour of the 11. with French poem on Astronomy. The Society had recd. a copy of the same work from the author, & therefore they wish me to return your copy . . .

Paul Philippe Gudin de la Brenellerie, French playwright and poet, was a Protestant, and his works were burned in Rome by order of the Inquisition. The first edition of L'Astronomie was published in Auxerre in 1801, and of this edition Lalande (whose bibliography ends in 1802) wrote: ''Ce poème, d'environ 600 vers, contient l'histoire de l'astronomie et son état actuel. Il est aussi remarquable par la versification que par l'exactitude; l'auteur y a joint des notes fort étendues et fort bien faites. Ce poème est propre à faire une instruction agréable pour la jeunesse.''" "44960","44","","","","Martial. Delph.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 51, Martial, Delphini, 8vo.","Martialis, Marcus Valerius.","M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata, paraphrasi et notis variorum selectissimis, ad usum Serenissimi Delphini, interpretatus est Vincentius Collesso, J. C. Numismatibus, Historias atque Ritus Illustrantibus, exornavit Lud. Smids, M. D. Amstelædami: Apud G. Gallet, Præfectum Typographiæ Huguetanorum, M. DCCI. [1701.]","PA6501 .A2 1701.","

8vo. 419 leaves, the last a blank, separate signatures and pagination for the Epigrammata Obscœna, and for the Index Vocabulorum, engraved numismatic plates; the text and notes arranged as in all the Delphin editions.

Graesse IV, 425. Ebert 13259. This edition not in Dibdin.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2f14.

Marcus Valerius Martialis, c. 40-c. 104, Latin epigrammatist, was born in Spain. The first Delphin edition was printed in Paris in 1680.

Vincentius Collesso edited the original Delphin edition in 1680. His preface, reprinted in this edition, is dated Lut. Paris. Calendiis Maiis M. DC. LXXX.

Ludolf Smids, 1649-1720, Dutch physician, poet and artist." "44970","45","","","","Martialis Farnabii.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 23, as above.","Martialis, Marcus Valerius.","M. Val. Martialis Epigrammaton Libri. Animadversi, Emendati, et Commentariolis luculenter explicati. Operá & studio Thomae Farnabii. Secunda cura longè emendatior & auctior. Londini: Excudebat Robertus Junius impensis Philemonis Stephani & Christophori Meredith. M. DC. XXX. III. [1633.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 204 leaves, roman and italic letter, side-notes, woodcut ornamental headpieces.

Lowndes III, 1648. STC 17493. Graesse IV, 425.

Thomas Farnaby, 1575?-1647, English classical scholar and schoolmaster, first printed his edition of Martial's Epigrams in 1615. The work is dedicated by Farnaby to Sir Robert Killigrew. For other editions of the classics edited by Farnaby, see the Index." "44980","46","","","","Graecorum epigrammatum delectus Johnsoni.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 24, as above.","Johnson, Thomas.","Novus Græcorum Epigrammatum et Poematωn Delectus, cum Nova Versione et Notis. Opera Thomæ Johnson, A. M. In Usum Scholæ Etonensis. Editio Octava emendatior . . . Londini: Typis T. Wood; Impensis Gulielmi Innys, M DCCXL [1740.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 86 leaves, Greek text followed by the Latin.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Thomas Johnson, fl. 1718, English classical scholar, was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and for a time was an assistant master at Eton. This work, first published in 1694, according to the account of Johnson in the D. N. B. is still in use at Eton." "44990","47","","","","Graecorum epigrammatum florilegium novum.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 25, as above.","Anthologia Graeca.","[???]ν&thetas;oλoγια δευτεϱα, sive Graecorum Epigrammatum Florilegium novum cum alii veterum Graecorum poemata in Latinè versa, in usum Scholarum. Londini, 1702.","","

12mo. A copy of this edition was not located. The above title was copied from another edition.

This edition was not found in any bibliography consulted. There is no card in the National Union Catalog, and it is not listed in the British Museum Catalogue.

Editions of the Anthologia Græca were prepared for both Westminster School and Eton College. The Eton selection was much larger than the Westminster. It contained a great part of what was in the Westminster selection, and a great many additional verses and epigrams." "45000","48","","","","Anthologia Westmonasteriensis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 52, as above.","Anthologia Graeca.","[???]ν&thetas;oλoγ[???]α; sive, Epigrammatum Graecorum ex [???]ν&thetas;oλoγ[???]α edita, MS. Bodleiana, aliisque autoribus delectus. In usum Scholae Westmonasteriensis. Londini: sumptibus B. Barker, 1748.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not found for collation.

This edition not in any of the bibliographies consulted.

The Anthologia Graeca edited for the use of Westminster School was divided into three books, each containing one hundred poems or epigrams. The authors included Plato the Younger, Nicharchus, Pollianus, Lucillius, Palladas, Lucian, Julian, Menecrates, Simonides, Zelotes, Apollinarius, Dioscorides, and many others. The first edition edited for the use of Westminster School seems to have been printed in Oxford in 1724." "45010","49","","","","Epigrammatum delectus et elegantis sententiae. Etonenses.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 26, as above.","[Nicole, Pierre.]","Epigrammatum Delectus, ex omnibus, tum Veteribus tum Recentioribus, Poetis accurate decerptus: cum Dissertatione De Vera Pulchritudine et adumbrata, in qua, ex certis Principiis Rejectionis et Selectionis Epigrammatam causae redduntur. Adjectae sunt elegantes Sententiae, ex antiquis Poetis parcè, sed serviore judicio, selectæ. Cum brevioribus Sententiis ac Proverbiis, ex Auctoribus Graecis et Latinis. Quibus hac Quinta Editione subjungitur. Alterius Delectus Specimen, ex nuperis maxime Poetis ab Electoribus praetermissis; in usum Scholae Etonensis. Londini: Sumptibus S. Smith et B. Walford, 1699.","","

12mo. A copy was not available for examination. The above title is taken from the Term Catalogues, and the Short Title Catalogue.

See Barbier IV, 1248. Arber, III, 142, no. 6. STC N1135.

An account of this book is given by H. C. Maxwell Lyte, in his A History of Eton College 1440-1875, page 230:

. . . A small book entitled ''Epigrammatus Delectus'' printed for the fourth time in 1689, is expressly stated to have been In usum Scholae Etonensis. Martial predominates in it, but the compiler was not exclusive in his views, and found room for several productions of modern Latinists, as Sannazaro, Strozzi, Strada, Beza, Grotius, John Owen, Buchanan, and others. Another portion of the book consists of choice quotations from classical poets, and it ends with a collection of short Greek sentences accompanied by Latin translations . . .

Pierre Nicole, 1625-1695, French moralist, one of the writers of Port-Royal. The first edition of this book printed in England was printed in London, 1683. The book was many times reprinted. The Library of Congress has an edition printed in London, 1752." "45020","50","","","","Pierce Plowman's visions.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 62, as above.","[Langland, William.]","The Vision of Pierce Plowman, now fyrste imprynted by Roberte Crowley, dwellyng in Ely rentes in Holburne. Anno Domini 1505 [partly obliterated and 1550 inserted]. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendũ solum. [Colophon:] Imprinted at London by Roberte Crowley, dwellyng in Elye rentes in Holburne. The yere of our Lord. M.D.L. [1550.]","PR2010 .A1 1550","

First Edition. 4to. 120 leaves, the last a blank, printed in black letter, title within an ornamental border, with the sun at the top, and the cipher of Edward Whitchurch at the foot.

STC 19906. Dibdin-Ames II, 2414.

Jefferson bought his copy from Samuel Henley; it is one of the books in the list appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the list made by Jefferson of the books obtained from this purchase.

Three editions of the Vision of Pierce Plowman, all in quarto, were published in the year 1550, and there is no indication as to which of the three was in Jefferson's library. The first edition has been described here from the copy in the Library of Congress. Actually it seems somewhat doubtful that any one of these early, and quite rare, editions was in Jefferson's library. The first Library of Congress catalogue to assign the place and date of printing to all the entries is that of 1839, made almost thirty years after the catalogue of 1815, and the assignment of editions to Jefferson's library has been proved at times to be inaccurate.

Jefferson's entry for this book, followed by that of the 1815 Catalogue, raises the question of the edition. Jefferson's entries are made always with the greatest care and accuracy, and it seems improbable that he would have written Pierce Plowman's Visions, 8vo, as quoted above, had he meant The Vision of Pierce Plowman, 4to. Occasionally he mistook a small octavo for a duodecimo, but never an octavo for a quarto.

The Vision of Pierce Plowman was not printed in octavo. The only work in octavo format which includes in the title, the phrase Pierce Plowman's Visions (in the plural, as written by Jefferson), is the following:

[TBE][Percy, Thomas.] Four Essays, as Improved and Enlarged in the Second Edition of the Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Viz. I. On the Ancient English Minstrels. II. On the Ancient Metrical Romances. III. On the Origin of the English Stage. IV. On the Metre of Pierce Plowman's Visions. M DCC LXVII. [1767.] PR1181 .P52 First Edition. 8vo. 30, 16, 10 and 16 leaves, separate titles, signatures and pagination for each essay. The title for the fourth Essay reads: Essay the Fourth. On the Metre in the Visions of Pierce Plowman, 1350. Other works by Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, appear in this Catalogue, q.v.[/TBE]" "45030","51","","","","Pope's works by Warburton.","","10. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 61. 9 v 12mo.","","","","

These volumes may not have been delivered to Congress. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and does not appear in the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

Jefferson's manuscript entry called for ten volumes, and the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 for nine volumes, which makes it difficult to determine which edition was in Jefferson's library. Warburton's first edition, in nine volumes 8vo., was published in 1751, and was followed by nine-volume editions in 1752, 1753, 1754 and 1756, In 1757 Warburton published an edition in ten volumes, and later editions in both nine and ten volumes were published. See the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature II, 194.

Jefferson made some use of Pope's verses in his Thoughts on English Prosody. His quotations include the whole of the Epitaph beginning Under this marble, or under this sill, and lines from other poems.

William Warburton, 1698-1779, Bishop of Gloucester, was an intimate friend of Pope, who, on his death in 1744, left to Warburton the properties of all the printed works upon which he had already, or should in the future write commentaries." "45040","52","","","","Cutt's poetical exercises.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 15, as above.","Cutts, John, Baron Cutts.","Poetical Exercises Written Upon Several Occasions. Presented, and Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, Mary Princess of Orange. Licensed, March 23. 1686/7. Roger L'Estrange. London: Printed for R. Bentley, and S. Magnes, 1687.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves.

Lowndes I, 574. STC C7709. Hazlitt I, 113. Grolier Club, Wither to Prior I, 241.

John Cutts, Baron Cutts of Gowrie, 1661-1707, a Lieutenant General in the English army, fought in a number of campaigns, including the Battle of Blenheim. Some of his poems were published in the Tatler by Richard Steele, who was at one-time Cutts's private secretary." "45050","53","","","","Hudibrass.","","16s. 2. cop.","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 20, omitting 2 cop.","Butler, Samuel.","Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written in the time of the Late Wars.","","

It is not known which edition was in Jefferson's library. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue, is entered in the manuscript of missing books made at a later date, and no edition is credited to the Jefferson collection in the later catalogues, in none of which is there an edition in small format.

Samuel Butler, 1612-1680, English poet." "45060","54","","","","Cotton's Virgil travestie.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 18, as above.","[Cotton, Charles.]","Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem. Being the First Book of Virgils Æneis in English, Burlésque . . . Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. London: Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1664.","PR3369 .C3A68 1664","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 58 leaves, the first blank on the recto, Brome's woodcut device (a crowned gun with his initials) on the verso; the references to Virgil are given in foot-notes.

Halkett and Laing V, 175 (by John Smyth of Magdalen College). STC C6391. Lowndes I, 533. Hazlitt I, 102. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Grolier Club, Wither to Prior, I, 187. Pforzheimer Catalogue I, 222.

Charles Cotton, 1630-1687, English poet, the friend of Izaak Walton, printed this poem anonymously in 1664. A second edition followed in 1670, and altogether six editions appeared during the lifetime of the author. The ascription to John Smyth of Magdalen College (by á Wood and others) is erroneous. On March 2, 1663, the work was entered to Andrew Clarke, with Cotton's name as the author: ''Entred . . . under the hands of Master Roger L'Estrange and Master Luke Fawne warden a booke or coppy intituled Scarronides or Le Virgile Travesty, a mock poem, being the first booke of Virgill's Eneis in English, Burlesque, by Charles Cotton, Esqr.'' (See Eyre, Transcripts of the Stationers' Register, II, 339.)" "45070","55","","","","Cotton's Poetical works.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 19, as above.","Cotton, Charles.","The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq; containing, I. Scarronides: or, Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqu'd: or, The Scoffer Scoff'd. III. The Wonders of the Peake. Illustrated with many Curious Cuts, all New-Design'd, and Engraved by the best Artists. The Fifth Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, B. Law, S. Bladon, G. Knap, and M. Richardson, M DCC LXV. [1765.]","PR3369 .C3 1765","

12mo. 174 leaves, full-page plates (1 folded) by Van der Gucht after T. Goupy, separate titles, with dates, for the several works.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 261. Westwood, List of Charles Cotton's Works, in N. & Q. III, vol. 9, page 16.

The first collected edition of Charles Cotton's Works was published in 1715, and included The Planter's Manual, omitted from the editions of the Genuine Poetical Works, first printed with that title in 1725." "45080","56","","","","New Bath guide","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 16, as above.","[Anstey, Christopher.]","The New Bath Guide: or, Memoirs of the B-R-D Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles . . . The Sixth Edition. Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; and Fletcher & Hodson in Cambridge. MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 89 leaves including 2 half-titles, frontispiece by C. Grignon after S. Wale. A copy of this sixth edition was not available for examination.

Halkett and Laing IV, 167. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 351. Bowes, no. 587.

Christopher Anstey, 1724-1805, English poet, first published the New Bath Guide in 1766 in Cambridge, when he was living in Trumpington. The work consists of a series of letters in verse, describing the life in Bath. After the appearance of Fletcher and Hodson's second edition in the same year, the copyright was purchased by Dodsley of London." "45090","57","","","","Trumbul's Mc.Fingal.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 21, as above.","[Trumbull, John.]","M'Fingal: a Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos . . . Hartford: Printed and sold by Bvail [sic] Webster, a few Rods South-East of the Court-House, 1782.","PS852 .M3 1782","

Sm. 8vo. 48 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 2. Sabin 97214. Evans 17752. Church Catalogue 1192. This edition not in Wegelin. Dexter III, page 255 (not this edition). Howard, page 413.

Three editions were published in Hartford in 1782, by Hudson and Goodwin (the first complete edition), by Nathaniel Patten and this edition by Bavil Webster, which is used here merely because there is a copy in the Library of Congress. Beyond the fact that his copy was printed in Hartford in 1782, there is no information as to which of these editions was in Jefferson's library.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Hartford on June 21, 1784:

I have presumed to desire my Friend, Col. Humphrys, to present to your Excellency a copy of Mc.Fingal. Poets in all ages have aspired to the patronage & esteem of the most illustrious characters of their times. But while I wish for the honour of being approved by a gentleman, who joins to his public virtues, so great a share of literary merit, I must own that I depend more on the partiality of patriotism to the productions of our native country, than on any merit my own vanity can ascribe to the poem or its author—I have the honor to be with the greatest respect, Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant.

It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

A copy was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March on June 30, 1807, cost fifty cents.

John Trumbull, 1750-1831, poet and jurist, a native of Connecticut, and educated at Yale. The first canto of M'Fingal was published in 1775. At the conclusion of the war, Trumbull rearranged his poem, and added two cantos. It was then published by Hudson and Goodwin in Hartford in 1782, and by many other printers. More than thirty pirated editions are said to have been printed. It was the publication of this poem that gave Trumbull the leadership of the Hartford Wits. David Humphreys was doubtless used as the messenger as he and Jefferson were on the verge of sailing for Paris." "45100","58","","","","Eloge de la folie d'Erasme. par Gueudeville.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 14, as above.","Erasmus, Desiderius.","L'Eloge de la Folie, composé en forme de Déclamation, par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Gueudeville. Avec les Notes de Gerard Listre, et les belles Figures de Holbein: Le tout sur l'Original de l'Académie de Basle. Nouvelle edition, Revue avec soin, & mise dans un meilleur ordre. A Amsterdam, chez François L'Honore. M. DCC. XXVIII. Avec Privilege. [1728].","","

8vo. 135 leaves, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with fleuron by B. Picart, 76 vignettes engraved in the text after the designs of Holbein, 6 folded engraved plates, not signed.

Quérard III, 27. Graesse II, 495. Vander Haeghen, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, page 153. Lewine, page 170.

This work was placed by Jefferson in Chapter XVI as well as in the present chapter. In the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue there is a note to that effect and the reader referred to Chapter 36, no. 14. Jefferson's entry in his undated manuscript catalogue includes the description figures de Holbein and the price, 4. 10.

Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536, Dutch scholar and theologian. Moriae Encomium was written by him in the house of Sir Thomas More in London, and first printed in Paris in 1511.

Nicolas Gueudeville, c. 1650-c. 1700, French journalist and translator, published the first edition of his translation of the Moriae Encomium of Erasmus in 1713.

Hans Holbein, 1497-1543, German artist. Erasmus was one of his earliest patrons, and the original pen and ink drawings for Moriae Encomium are now in the Basle Museum." "45110","59","","","","Jonathan Pindar's Probationary odes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 22, as above.","[Tucker, St. George.]","The Probationary Odes of Jonathan Pindar, Esq. A Cousin of Peter's, and Candidate for the Post of Poet Laureate to the C.U.S. In Two Parts . . . Philadelphia: Printed for Benj. Franklin Bache, M.DCC.XCVI. [Copy-right secured.] [1796.]","PS855 .T2P7","

First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1 with continuous signatures and pagination, together 52 leaves; half-title for Part Second on sig. E?2?? recto, page [47], followed by The Editor to the Reader, signed C. C. and a letter to C-----C-----Esq. signed Timothy Touch-penny. The general title is followed by the half-title for Part First, and a leaf of Advertisement.

Halkett and Laing IV, 436. Assigned to Philip Freneau, with Sabin's Dictionary as the authority. Sabin 62911: ''Originally published in Freneau's Gazette and attributed to him.'' Evans 31320. Wegelin 407.

A copy of Jonathan Pindar was bound for Jefferson in a half-binding on June 30, 1807, by John March, cost 50 cents.

For other works by St. George Tucker, see the Index. Jefferson himself, in a letter to James Madison, dated June 29, 1793, referred to Freneau's supposed authorship of these odes:

. . . the Probationary odes [written by S.G.T. in Virgã] are saddled on poor Freneau, who is bloodily attacked about them." "45120","60","","","","The Press. by Mc.Creery.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 66, as above.","McCreery, John.","The Press, a Poem. Published as a Specimen of Typography. By John McCreery. Liverpool: Printed by J. McCreery, Houghton-Street. And sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand, London, 1803.","Z116 .M14","

First Edition. 4to. 33 leaves, 2 parts, the Poem and Notes, woodcut vignette on the title-page, woodcut engraved illustrations by Henry Hole; the last leaf with Descriptive References to the Engravings, an engraving of a printing-press (A perspective View of the Press at which this work was printed) and the imprint.

Lowndes III, 1184. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. III, 75.

John McCreery, 1768-1832, English printer and poet. This work, printed from Baskerville press type, is dedicated to William Roscoe, for whom he had printed The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, of which Roscoe sent a copy to Jefferson, see no. 170." "45130","61","","","","The Pursuits of Literature.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 147, no. 50, as above.","[Mathias, Thomas James.]","The Pursuits of Literature. A Satirical Poem, in Four Dialogues. With Notes . . . The Eighth Edition. Dublin: Printed for J. Milliken, 1798.","PR4987 .M2P8 1798a","

8vo. 212 leaves, including the half-title (with the information Price in Boards, Six British Shillings).

Halkett and Laing IV, 462. This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Thomas James Mathias, 1754?-1845, English satirist and Italian scholar, was for a time the librarian at Buckingham Palace. The Pursuits of Literature was an anonymous publication of which the first dialogue came out in 1794, the second and third in June 1796, and the fourth in July 1797. The fifth, sixth, and seventh editions were published in London in 1798. The sixteenth edition appeared in 1812." "","62","","","","Moral& Political truth by Heston.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 146 [Heston's Moral and Political Truth, 12mo] C. 24, No. 14.","","","","This book, which was dedicated to Jefferson, to whom the author sent a copy, is entered by Jefferson in this chapter of Didactic literature. In the 1815 Catalogue it was placed in Chapter 24, and was therefore described in that chapter in this catalogue. The change was probably due to a later arrangement by Jefferson. For the description of the work, see no. 3542." "","63","","","","Swift's works.","","","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 38. Swift's Works, 12 v 12mo.","","","","There is no further information as to which edition of the works of Jonathan Swift was in Jefferson's library. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from the later catalogues. The book is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date-There is no edition of Swift's collected works in 12 volumes 12mo in Teerink's Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift." "45140","64","","","","The World.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 39, as above.","","The World. By Adam Fitz-Adam. Volume the First [-Fourth] . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, M DCC LXI. [1761.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. A copy of this edition [the third] was not located for collation.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 664. Cushing, Initials and Pseudonyms, page 6.

Edward Moore, 1712-1757, English fabulist and dramatist, was appointed editor of The World on its inception in 1753, through the influence of Lord Lyttleton. The World was published weekly from 1753 to 1757, and later was reprinted in several editions. Moore, under the pseudonym of Adam Fitz-Adam, wrote sixty-one of the two hundred and ten numbers. Other contributors included Lord Lyttleton, the Earl of Chesterfield, Horace Walpole, Soame Jenyns, Richard Owen Cambridge and others." "45150","65","","","","Avenia by Thomas Branagan.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 145, no. 41, as above.","Branagan, Thomas.","Avenia: or, A Tragical poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and Infringement on the Rights of Man. In Six Books, with Notes explanatory and miscellaneous. Written in Imitation of Homer's Iliad. By Thomas Branagan, author of A Preliminary Essay on Slavery . . . Philadelphia: Printed for Silas Engles, no. 248, South Third-Street; and Samuel Wood, no. 362, Pearl-Street, New York. S. Engles, Printer. 1805.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 178 leaves, the last for the errata, preceded by 29 for the notes.

Sabin 7375. Wegelin, page 158, no. 878.

Jefferson was a subscriber to this book. In the letter written to Jefferson from Philadelphia on May 7, 1805, which accompanied his presentation copy of his preliminary Essay [see no. 1394] Branagan wrote concerning this book, and requested Jefferson's signature:

It is with great diffidence as it respects myselfe, and with distinguished deference to you, that I take the liberty to send you a copy of my ''preliminary Essay on Slavery,'' being well convinced that, the subject matter of it, will attract your attention, and perhaps; prove a stimulus to your encouraging the ''Tragical Poem'' which the enclosed Essay is merely intended as an introduction too. However be that as it may, it is with enthusiastic veneration; disinterested admiration; and sincere respect for your exalted character, that I present you the Essay and will forwarde the Poem when Published, whether you patronize me by your respectiable signature or not—Of all the publications which may be productive of public utility, there is none more deserving of general attention; none more intrinsically momentary to the citizens of america! than the subject matter of my Tragical Poem.

To every nation, savage, or civilized, it must be deemed important, but to the Body Politic whose Very existence exclusively depends upon the purity of theyse political principles, it must be doubly important.

In short the lassitude of the citizens of both modern, as well as antient republics in not guarding with indefatiguable assiduity, the palladiums of thir respective governments, was the radical cause of their premature anihilation.

Though a poor man in a pecuniary point of view, I do not by any means solicit the least assistance in that respect. If you will be so kinde as to give your signature, in order to facilitate the publication; it will be considered as a special favour & will be received With unfeigned gratitude. I simply particularize my sentiments in this letter without using that formality & fulsome adulation necessary in addressing an imperial despot. May heaven bless & prosper you and as you have been may you ever Continue to be a patern to a World of despots and the means of not only keeping the glowing taper of republicanism from being extinguished but fanning it to a flame which will illuminate the benighted minds of the enslaved the wretched the degraded Sons of europe Asia and Africa. While I feel an implacible disgust & sovreign contempt for the villians who rob thir fellow Creatures of all that is Sacred to them I feel an ardent affection for such Characters as Who by actions as well as words prove friends to the liberties of the people and the greatest favour I can wish you is that you may have an equal share in the affections of every individual in america & the World as you have in mine & that the Supreme being may crown you with never fading laurels in paradise where I hope to have the inefible pleasure of congratulating you after we drop the Curtain of mortality thus prays with sentiments of respect & veneration your most ob: hu: st

PS if you will be so kind as to favour me with your signature you will please to forward it here—as soon as Convenient direct for me No 163 south Water st. Philad[???] If you should feel disinclined to give your signature your order for few Copies will be thankfully received & punctually attended too

Jefferson did not reply directly to Branagan, but wrote on May 11 to Dr. George Logan at Stenton, Pennsylvania:

I received last night a letter from m[???] Thomas Brannagan 163 S. Water street Philadelphia, asking my subscription to the work announced in the inclosed paper. The cause in which he embarks is so holy, the sentiments he expresses in his letter so friendly that it is highly painful to me to hesitate on a compliance which appears so small, but that is not it's time character, and it would be injurious, even to his views, for me to commit myself on paper by answering his letter. I have most carefully avoided every public act or manifestation on that subject, should an occasion ever occur in which I can interpose with decisive effect, I shall certainly know & do my duty with promptitude and zeal. but in the mean time it would only be disarming myself of influence to be taking small means. The subscription to a book on this subject is one of those little irritating measures which, without advancing it's end at all, would, by lessening the confidence & good will of a description of friends composing a large body, only lessen my powers of doing them good in the other great relations in which I stand to the publick. yet I cannot be easy in not answering m[???] Brannagan's letter unless he can be made sensible that it is better I should not answer it; & I do not know how to effect this, unless you would have the goodness, the first time you go to Philadelphia, to see him and to enter into an explanation with him . . .

Dr. Logan replied on June 10;

. . . Agreeably to your desire I waited on Mr. Brannagan & delivered your message to him. he is perfectly satisfied with your reasons for not answering his Letter: he appears to be a modest inoffensive poor Man . . .

On November 17, Branagan sent Jefferson a copy of the book:

I take the liberty to send you a Copy of Avenia, and I am truly sorry, for your sake, that it is so inaccurate: but such as it is I send to you, well convinced that you will be naturally inclined to make allowances for local imperfection. I was was [sic] really astonished at your condescention in answering my letter to you, Per Dr Logan my gratitude for the same I can scarce find words sufficiently sonerous to express any. They like adulation I despise. Yet I would refer You to my ''notes Explanatory & missaleneous'' page 331 for my statement respecting yourselfe all I can at present say is to ardently wish and pray for your real happiness Spiritual & Temporall & refer you to a sentiment of Christ full of matter to Wit What doth it profit a man to gain The Whole World and loose his own Soul. I never expect to see you in this world but will undoubtedly See you in the resurrection & I hope to see you there happy etternally happy Adieu my dear Sir and that you may act officially and spiritually as you would wish you had done when you come to die is The sincere wish & prayr of your humbel ob Servant with veneration admiration esteem & Respect

The reference to Jefferson on page 331, mentioned by Branagan in his letter reads as follows:

There is no ruler, no matter what his title is, for they are nothing but nick names at the best, earns more than 25,000 dollars annually, which is the salary of our president, who I conceive to be a more useful, ingenuous, disinterested and better informed ruler than any other in the world.*

The asterisked footnote reads:

While I feel the most implacable indignation and disgust at the despot, who robs his country and fellow men of their dearest rights and natural privileges, I can scarcely avoid almost idolizing the patriot, who, regardless of the solicitations of ambition, who, deaf to the calls in interested motives, who, dead to the fascinating love of popularity, and the excitements of power and opportunity to aggrandize himself, walks in the paths of political rectitude and republican consistency, and who, with a philosophical patience, scarcely to be equalled and never exceeded, in ancient or modern times, treats with silent contempt the accumulated calumnies of the votaries of aristocracy and despotism; indeed, I do not know which to admire most, the political or the philosophical rectitude of Mr. Jefferson; with respect to the first, I would compare him to a Cincinnatus, and to the second, to the lion, looking back with sovereign contempt on the baying of the stupid ass mentioned in the fable.

Thomas Branagan was born in 1774, according to his Compendious Memoirs prefixed to The Penitential Tyrant, q.v. no 4517, in Dublin, Ireland. In order to see the world, he went to sea and his adventures in various countries are described in these Memoirs. He returned to Dublin in 1798, and in the following year shipped for Philadelphia. In his travels he had seen a great deal of the evils of slavery, and wrote a number of articles and poems as a contribution towards its extinction. Avenia is concerned with slavery in the West Indies." "45160","66","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, p. 145, no. 42. Branagan's Penitentiary Tyrant, 12mo.","Branagan, Thomas.","The Penitential Tyrant; A Juvenile Poem, in two Cantos. To which is prefixed, Compendious Memoirs of the Author. By Thomas Branagan, author of ''Preliminary Essay on Slavery,'' ''Avenia,'' &c. Late Slave-holder from Africa, and Planter from Antigua; who, from conscientious motives, relinquished a lucrative situation he held in that island; and now publishes to the world the tragical scenes he daily witnessed, and the infinite goodness of the Almighty in giving him fortitude to forsake an iniquitious employ . . . Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1805.","PS1121 B4P4 1805","

First Edition. 12mo. 61 leaves. According to Wegelin there should be an engraved plate, absent in the Library of Congress copy.

Sabin 7382. Wegelin 879.

For a note on Thomas Branagan, see no. 4515. This work is preceded by an Introduction, dated from Philadelphia, 1805, and an account of the author headed Compendious Memoirs, &c." "45170","67","","","","Praedium rusticum.","","","1815 Catalogue, p. 147, no. 28, as above, 12mo.","Vanière, Jacques.","Jacobi Vanierii è Societate Jesu Prædium Rusticum. Editio nova longè auctior & emendatior. Tolosæ; Apud Petrum Robert, Collegii Tolosani Societatis Jesu Typographum & Bibliopolam, sub Signo Nominis Jesu. MDCCXLII. Cum Privilegio Regis. [1742.]","","

12mo. 168 leaves, side-notes.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Graesse. Backer VIII, 444, no. 8.

Jacques Vanière, 1664-1739, French Jesuit poet who wrote in Latin. The first edition of this poem, his most amous work, was published in Paris in 1707." "45180","68","","","","Philips.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, p. 157, no. 29. Philips's Poems, 12mo.","Philips, John.","Poems attempted in the style of Milton. By Mr. John Philips. With a new account of his Life and Writings. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and T. Lownds in Fleet-Street. MDCCLXII. [1762.]","PR3619 .P3 1762","

Sm. 8vo. 88 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates by A. Walker, separate half-titles for the various poems. The preliminary matter includes The Life of Mr. John Philips, his epitaph, and a Poem to the Memory of Mr. John Philips. Inscribed to the Hon. Mr. Trevor. By Mr. Edmund Smith.

Lowndes IV, 1855. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 325.

Jefferson bought his copy from the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is included in the list of books appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, and is also in the list made by Jefferson for himself of the books in this purchase.

John Philips, 1676-1708/9, English poet. The first collected edition of his poems was printed in 1612, and was frequently reprinted, with different titles.

George Sewell, d. 1726, English writer, was the author of the Life of John Philips prefixed to these poems. The epitaph at the end of the life has been attributed to several authors, including Robert Freind (1667-1751, headmaster of Westminster School), Francis Atterbury (1662-1732, Bishop of Rochester), and George Smalridge 1663-1719, Bishop of Bristol).

Edmund Smith, 1672-1710, English poet, first published his Poem to the Memory of Mr. John Philips in 1710." "45190","69","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 146, no. 17, Intercepted Letters, 12mo.","[Moore, Thomas.]","Intercepted Letters; or The Twopenny Post Bag. To which are added, Trifles Reprinted. By Thomas Brown, the Younger . . . Philadelphia: Published by Moses Thomas, J. Maxwell, printer, 1813.","PR5054 .I6 1813a","

12mo. 65 leaves including the half-title and 2 leaves of Index at the end. The dedication is dated from 245 Piccadilly, March 4, 1813.

Halkett and Laing III, 163. This edition not in Lowndes.

This work is mentioned by Jefferson in his letter to Madame de Tessé, dated from Monticello December 8, 1813, concerning the Memoirs of the Margrave of Bareuth, the Memoirs of mrs Clarke and of her Darling Prince, and the Book, quoted in the description of the Memoirs of the Margrave of Bayreuth, see no. 271. After suggesting that the whole might be published as a Supplement to M. de Buffon under the title of the 'Natural history of kings & Princes' or as a separate work & called 'Medecine for Monarchists', Jefferson continued:

the 'Intercepted letters' a later English publication of great wit and humor, has put them to their proper use by holding them up as butts; for the ridicule and contempt of mankind, yet by such worthless beings is a great nation to be governed, & even made to deify their old king because he is only a fool and a maniac, and to forgive and forget his having lost to them a great & flourishing empire, added 900 millions sterling to their debt, for which the fee simple of the whole island would not sell, if offered farm by farm at public auction, and increased their annual taxes from 8. to 70 millions sterling, more than the whole rentroll of the island. what must be the dreary prospect from the son when such a father is deplored as a national loss. but let us drop these odious beings and pass to those of an higher order, the plants of the field . . .

The Index, on the last two leaves of this edition, is headed by an Advertisement: ''The American publisher of the 'Intercepted Letters,' conjecturing that they might not, in their original shape, be fully intelligible in this country, has obtained from an adequate source, the following Index to such of the allusions and abbreviated names, as it were deemed material to explain.''

This Index includes a few entries of special interest to this catalogue, among which are:

Page xiii. 'St--ph--ns,' Stephens, author of 'War in disguise' and a very ardent speaker.

Page 5 'Qu--ns best repeater,' see 'The Book.' There is an allusion here to the part which the Queen is said to have taken against the Princess of Wales.

Page 31 'L--ac--gt--n and Co.' Lackington and Co. celebrated booksellers.

Thomas Moore, 1779-1852, Irish poet. Intercepted Letters, or the Twopenny Postbag consists of a number of metrical lampoons on the Prince Regent and his favourites, which had circulated for some time before being collected and printed in 1812. The work soon ran into seventeen editions in England." "45200","1","","","","Sophocles Gr. Lat. Johnson.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 18, as above.","Sophocles.","Sophoclis Tragoediæ Septem Scholiis Veteribus Illustratæ: Cum Versione et Notis Thomæ Johnsoni. Accedunt Variæ Le[???]tiones, et Emendationes Virorum Do[???]torum undecunque collatæ. Duobus Voluminibus. Vol. I. in quo continentur Ajax, Electra, Antigone. [Vol. II. in quo continentur Oedipus Tyrannus, Philoctetes, Oedipus Coloneus, Trachiniæ.] Londini: Impensis Jos. Pote, R. Manby, E. Wicksted, J. Barker, H. S. Cox, Joan. Rivington, J. Richardson, P. Davey & Law. MDCCLVIII. [1758.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. 235 and 283 leaves, 16 leaves at the end of Vol. I and 21 at the end of Vol. II, with separate signatures and pagination for the Notae; text in Greek letter, with Latin translation below in long lines, above the notes in double columns on each page of text.

Lowndes V, 2451. Graesse VI, 441. Dibdin II, 412.

Sophocles, Greek tragic poet of the fifth century B. C.

Thomas Johnson, fl. 1718, English classical scholar, was educated at Eton and Cambridge. His editions of the various tragedies of Sophocles were originally published separately; the first collected edition appeared in 1745." "45210","2","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 1. Sophoclis Tragoediæ, Gr. Lat. Foulis, 2 v 12mo.","Sophocles.","[???]ι τoυ Σo&phis;oκλεoυς Tϱαγωδιαι σωζoμεναι [???]πτα. Sophoclis Tragoediae quae extant septem; cum Versione Latine. Additae sunt Lectiones Variantes; et notae viri doctissimi T. Johnson in quatuor Tragoedias Tom. I. [-II.] Glasguae: in aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus MDCCXLV. [1745.]","","

2 vol. sm. 8vo. 181 and 227 leaves, Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves.

Graesse VI, 441. Ebert 21468. Dibdin II, 412.

Jefferson's first entry in the chapter headed Tragedy (his chapter 40) was originally the Foulis edition issued in the same year, in quarto. This entry was erased by Jefferson (though still partly decipherable), and there seems to be no entry for the two-volume edition in small octavo, which is entered in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue as above.

Both the 8vo and the quarto editions published by Foulis were based on the text of Henri Estienne, and the quarto edition was without the Latin text.

For another edition by Thomas Johnson, see no. 4520, above." "45220","3","","","","Sophoclis tragoediae. Gr. Lat. cum Scholiis. Scholia in Sophoclis trageodiis.","","3. v. 12mo. Cantabr. 1665., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 2. Scholia in Sophoclis Tragœdias, 12mo. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 4. Scholia in Sophoclis Tragœdiæ, 12mo. 1849 Catalogue, page 928, no. 4. Sophocles: Tragœdiæ Septem; unà cum omnibu græcis Scholiis ad calcem adnexis, 12mo; Cantabrigia. [No date.]","Sophocles.","Σo&phis;oκλεoυς τϱαγωδιαι ζ. Cantabrigiae, Excudebat Joannes Field Celeberrimae Academiae Typographus. 1665.—Σχoλια παλαια των πανυ δoκιμων, μετ[???] κα[???] τ[???]ν τo[???] τϱικαινιoυ εις Σo&phis;oκλεoυς [???]πτα τϱαγωδι[???]ς. &thetas; [???]ν τ[???] Kανταβϱιγ[???][???] [???]ξετυπω&thetas;η παϱ' Iωαννoυ Φιελδoυ, τo[???] τ[???]ς [???]καδημ[???]ας τυπoγϱ[???]&phis;oυ. [???]τει [???]π[???] τ[???]ς &thetas;εoγoν[???]ας. αχξη.","","

1 vol. [? in 3] sm. 8vo. It is difficult to determine exactly from the catalogues whether Jefferson sold to Congress both the text and the scholia, or merely the volume containing the scholia. It is possible that Jefferson had ''conflated'' the two books which were issued in one volume as he did the copy (with the 1668 edition of the scholia) sold with his library at auction in 1829, and now in the Library of Princeton University. The note to this copy in the Princeton catalogue reads in part: ''Wrongly bound. Apparently the text (545 P.) was intended to form one part and the scholia (236 p.) another. This copy has been bound to make volumes of uniform thickness, with part of scholia in each.'' It seems clear that the Library of Congress catalogues quote from the title-page of the second part, the scholia, in which the date is in Greek, as not one of the catalogues cites the date, and that of 1849 states no date, as shown above. The entry in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue is similar to the entry quoted above, with the addition of the price, 2/9, so that the book was probably bought from an English dealer.

Bowes, 127 and 127b. STC S4691. Graesse VI, 440 Ebert 21466.

This edition was founded on that of Henri Estienne." "45230","4","","","","Francklin's Sophocles.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 29, as above.","Sophocles.","The Tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek; by Thomas Francklin, M.A. Fellow of Trinity-College, and Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge. Vol. I. [II] . . . London: Printed for R. Francklin, in Covent-Garden, 1758, 9.","PA4414 .A1F6 1759","

First Edition of This Translation. 4to. 2 vol. in 1, Vol. I, 158 leaves, including 6 for the list of subscribers, and the last for Francklin's advertisement, engraved frontispiece by C. Grignon after F. Hayman; vol. II, 200 leaves, engraved vignette on both titles, with portrait of Sophocles E. Gemma in Museo Florentino. On the last page of the subscribers' list, b5 recto, is a notice ''To the Subscribers. On, or before the first of November next, will be publish'd, A Dissertation on the Antient Tragedy''; the errata for both volumes on the verso of the same leaf.

Lowndes V, 2454. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 768.

This may be the edition that Jefferson bought from the 2d part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787, price 2/9.

The volumes were issued separately; it is possible that Jefferson had them bound together.

Thomas Francklin, 1721-1784, the son of Richard Francklin, the printer of these volumes, was for a time professor of Greek at Cambridge University. For another work by him, see no. 4705." "45240","5","","","","Aeschylus Gr. Lat.","","2. v. p. 4to. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 16, as above.","Aeschylus.","[???]ι τoυ Aισχυλoυ τϱαγωδιαι σωξoμεναι επτα. Aeschyli Tragoediae Quae Extant Septem. Cum Versione Latina, et Lectionibus Variantibus. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus, apud quem prostant. MDCCXLVI. [1746.]","PA3825 .A2 1746","

1 vol. in 2, sm. 4to in twos, 316 leaves, the last a blank, Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves, half-titles for the several plays, list of books printed by R. and A. Foulis at the end.

Graesse I, 29. Ebert 187. Dibdin I, 240.

This work was issued in one volume. Jefferson's manuscript and the early Library of Congress printed catalogues call for two volumes, so it is to be assumed that his copy was so bound.

The text is founded on the edition of Thomas Stanley, first printed in London in 1663. [For other editions of the classics by Stanley, see the Index.]" "45250","6","","","","Aeschyli quae supersunt, commentario, scholiis et lexico Schutz. Gr. Aeschylus. Eng. by Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .","","8. vols. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 17. Aeschylus, Commentario, Scholiis et Lexico Schutz Gr. & Eng. by Potter, 8 v. 8vo.","Aeschylus.","Aeschyli Tragoediae qvae svpersvnt ac deperditarvm Fragmenta. Recensvit Christian. Godofr. Schütz. Vol. I [-III] Halae: Ioannes Iacobvs Gebaver itervm typis excvdit MDCCLXXXII-MDCCLXXXIII.—The Tragedies of Aeschylus translated. By R. Potter. The second edition, corrected, with notes. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II] London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXIX. [1782, 1783, 1779.]","PA3827 .A1 1779","

8vo. In the absence of Jefferson's copy it is difficult to know exactly how his volumes were arranged. His correspondence makes it clear that he bought the first edition of Schütz, three volumes in octavo, 1782, 3, and the last volume, published in 1799 from Reibelt in 1806. Potter's translation was issued in 2 volumes. Jefferson's dated manuscript and all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1849, combine the Schütz edition and Potter's translation into one entry, 8 volumes, 8vo. The catalogue of 1839 is the first to supply any dates; this entry omits any dates for Potter's translation, but calls for the first edition of Schütz: Halae, 1782, 3. In the Catalogue of 1849 the two books are separated, though given the same number, and the asterisk denoting that they were from Jefferson's library. The two entries read:

Aeschylus: Tragœdiae, quae Supersunt, ac deperditarum Fragmenta; recensuit C. G. Schütz, 4 v. 8vo; Halae, 1782-'83.*

19 ----- Tragedies; translated by R. Potter, 2d edition, with Notes, 2 v. 8vo; London, 1779.*

These two entries together call for 6 volumes, and not for 8 as in the earlier catalogues.

The information obtained from Jefferson's correspondence and bills concerning the Aeschylus of Schütz is as follows:

The first two volumes were purchased from Armand Koenig of Strassburg, ordered from his catalogue in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1789:

Aeschyli tragoediae. Schutz. 2. v. 8vo. maj. Halae. 1782.3.4. 30 [pounds].

The volumes were included at that price in Koenig's bill of the 7 Juillet. 1 Aeschylus. Schutzii. 8vo. 4parts in 2 vol. bl.

It was probably at the time that he had these two volumes only, that Jefferson entered them in his undated manuscript catalogue:

Aeschyli quae supersunt commentaris scholiis et lexico. Schutz. Gr. 2. v. 8vo.

This entry occurs immediately below that of Potter's Aeschylus, also entered as 2 volumes.

Three years later Jefferson ordered the third volume from Froullé of Paris in a letter dated from Philadelphia on October 10, 1792:

Aeschyli tragoediae. Gr. Schutz. Halae Grebaveri. 1782. 8vo. I bought at Strasburg the four first plays, which were all then printed. it is the remaining three which I want to compleat my vols. not to be bound.

On January 20, 1806, Jefferson ordered the last volume from Reibelt of Baltimore, selected with other books from his catalogue, to be brought by Mr. Guestier from Bordeaux:

Aschyli tragoediae quae supersunt recensuit Christ. Godfr. Schuz. Halae. 1784. Supplicantes, Choephorae et Furiae seulement en feuilles.

Regarding this volume, Jefferson wrote to Mayer & Brantz, the importers, from Washington on April 4 of the following year, 1807:

In the list of books furnished by me to m[???] Reibelt and which you were so kind as to undertake to import was an edition of Aeschyli tragediae Gr. & Lat. Schutz. 2 vols 8vo. stitched. this was by mistake sent to m[???] Reibelt at New Orleans, from whom I recieved it last night, with a request to account to you for it's value. the object of the present letter is to ask the favor of your information of the price which shall be remiteed to you . . .

Mayer & Brantz replied from Baltimore on April 6:

The Book mentioned in Your respected Letter of 4th. inst. was imported by us from Hamburg by Mr. Reibelt's desire; not knowing it was for Your use we sent it to him. The Cost, Sir, is 8 Marks, which, with all the Charges, are equivalent, @ 39c. Pr. Mk. to $3.12 . . .

An edition of Aeschylus in 4 volumes was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, on June 30, 1807, by John March, cost 4 dollars.

Were it not for this binding bill and the entries in the 1849 catalogue, it would be possible to assume that Jefferson had conflated the Greek and English texts and bound them in eight volumes. [For Jefferson's conflated texts see a number of entries in Chapter I, Antient History.]

Ebert 189, 210. Dibdin I, 240 (Schütz). Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 758 (Potter).

Christian Gottfried Schütz, 1747-1832, German classical scholar. Three editions of his Aeschylus were printed at Halae.

Robert Potter, 1721-1804, English poet and politician. The first edition of his translation of Aeschylus was published in Norwich in 1777. This second edition contains at the beginning Potter's notes on the tragedies of Aeschylus, written at the request of, and addressed to, Mrs. Montagu, and dated from Scarning, where Potter was the incumbent, 11 July 1778. The Preface, also written from Scarning, is dated September 8, 1777. The list of subscribers occupies twenty-two pages." "45260","7","","","","Euripides Medea et Phoenissae. Gr. Lat. Piers. cum scholiis","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 19, as above.","Euripides.","Euripides Tragœdiæ Medea et Phœnissæ, Græco-Latinæ cum scholiis græcis integris; nonnullis nunc primum editis. Quarum prior ex collatione H. Stephani, posterior Hug. Grotij & M. S. C. C. C. Cantabrigij. Cum Commentario, varijs Lectionibus, atque Indice locupletissimo. Accessit ejusdem Vita jam denuo conscripta. Studio et operâ Wilhel. Piers, Coll. Emman. Soc. Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis, impensis S. Smith et B. Walford, Londini, 1703.","","

8vo. 206 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages engraved frontispiece. A copy of this edition was not seen; the above title is taken from the card of the Harvard University library in the National Union Catalog, and from Arber's Term Catalogues.

Arber, Term Catalogues III, 337, 3. Not in Bowes.

Euripides, 480-406 B.C., Greek dramatic poet.

William Piers [or Peirs], 1661-1750, English clergyman and scholar, was a Fellow of Emmanual College, Cambridge, from 1690 to 1712. He was rector of North Cadbury, Somerset, from 1711 until his death in 1750." "45270","8","","","","Euripides. Gr. Lat. Barnesii.","","3 v. 4to. Lipsiae. 1778.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 30. Euripides, cum Scholiis, Gr. Lat. Barnesii, 3 v 4to, Lipsiæ, 1778.","Euripides.","Evripidis Tragoediae Fragmenta Epistolae ex Editione Iosvae Barnesii Nvnc Recvsa et Avcta Appendice Observationvm E Variis Doctorvm Virorvm Libris Collecta Tomvs I. [-III.] Lipsiae Svntv E. B. Svikerti CI[???] I[???] CCLXXVIII-CI[???] I[???] CCLXXXVIII. [1778-1788.]","PA3973 .A2 1778","

3 vol. 4to. 384, 284 and 550 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Euripides by J. S. Walwert, Greek and Latin texts in parallel columns. The title of the second volume reads: Evripidis Tragoediae et Epistolae ex editione Iosvae Barnesii nvnc recvsa Accedvnt Fragmenta ex recensione Samvelis Mvsgrave, M. D. Tomvs II. with imprint dated 1779, and of the third volume: Evripidis . . . Tomvs III continens Samvelis Mvsgravii Notas Integras in Evripidem Accedvnt Praeter Lectionis Varietatem Scholia Avctiora Commentationes et Animadversiones Virorvm Doctorvm Excerptae et Index Verborvm Copiosvs. Cvravit Christinavs Daniel Beckivs, with imprint dated 1788 as above.

Graesse II, 520. Ebert, 7084. Dibdin I, 534.

Jefferson ordered the third volume of this work broché from Armand Koenig of Strassburg, in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1788. The three volumes, 4to are entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6 plus 1 (the latter probably for the binding).

Joshua Barnes, 1654-1712, Professor of Greek at Cambridge University, published his edition of Euripides in 1694, the year before he received his professorship. In his edition he accepted the Epistles of Euripides as the genuine writings of the poet.

Samuel Musgrave, 17932-1780, English physician and classical scholar, published his edition of Euripides in 1756.

Christian Daniel Beck, 1757-1832, German classical scholar at Leipzig, was the editor of this edition, and the compiler of the Index Verborum in the third volume." "45280","9","","","","Euripidis tragoediae. Gr. Lat. Canteri.","","2. tom. in 4. vol. 12mo. Heidelb. 1597.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 3, as above.","Euripides.","Eυϱιπιδης. Evripidis Tragœdiæ XIX. Accedit nunc recens vigesimæ, cui Danae nomen, initium, e vetustis Bibliothecæ Palatinæ membranis, Graece iunctim & Latine. Latinam interpretationem M. æmilivs Portvs, F. P. C. F. passim ita correxit & expeliuit, vt noua facie, nitido[???], cultu nunc primum in lucem prodeat. Carminum ratio ex Gvl. Cantero diligenter obseruata, additis eiusdem in totum Euripidem Notis. Heidelbergæ: typis Hieronymi Commelini, Anno cI[???] I[???], XCVII. [1597.]","PA3973 .A2 1597","

Sm. 8vo. 2 vol. 406 and 390 leaves, the last 60 leaves in the second volume for M. Aemilii Porti Francisci Porti Cretensis F. In Euripidem notae. with separate signatures and pagination. Greek and Latin text on alternate half-leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title page, title only, in Greek and Latin for the Pars altera.

Graesse II, 519. Ebert 7079. Dibdin I, 529.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Froullé in Paris on December 13, 1788, price 12.0. It is entered at that price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Aemilius Portus, 1550-1614, the son of a Cretan Greek, was born in Ferrara. For a time he was Professor of Greek at Heidelberg University. The fragment ascribed to the Danae first printed in this edition has since been proved to be spurious.

Willem Canter, 1542-1575, Dutch scholar. His edition of Euripides, orginally published in 1571 was the first in which the metrical responsions between the strophe and antistrophe were marked by Arabic numerals in the margin." "45290","10","","","","Euripidis Iphigenia in Aulide et in Tauris. Gr. Lat. Markland.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 20, as above.","Euripides.","Eυϱιπιδoυ [???]&phis;ιγενεια [???] [???]ν Aυλιδι και [???]&phis;ιγενεια [???] [???]ν Tαυϱoις. Euripidis Dramata Iphigenia in Aulide: et, Iphigenia in Tauris. Ad Codd. MSS. recensuit et notulas adjecit Jer. Markland . . . Londini: excudebant G. Bowyer & J. Nichols, 1783.","","

8vo. No copy of an edition of 1783 was obtainable. The above title is copied from the card of the edition of 1771 in the National Union Catalog; Bowyer and Nichols were the printers of the edition of 1783.

Ebert 7115.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 4/6.

Jeremiah Markland, 1693-1776, English classical scholar, first published his edition of Iphigenia in Aulide et Iphigenia in Tauris in 1771." "45300","11","","","","Potter's Euripides","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 31, Euripides, Eng. by Potter, 2 v 4to.","Euripides.","The Tragedies of Euripides Translated. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall. M. DCC. LXXXI. [-M.DCC.LXXXIII.] [1781-1783.]","PA3975 .A1 1781","

First Edition of this Translation. 2 vol. 4to. 356 and 344 leaves, engraved vignette portrait of Euripides by I. K. Sherwin on the title of Vol. I, engraved frontispiece in Vol. II. List of subscribers in Volume I, with additional names in the second volume.

Lowndes II, 761. Graesse II, 524.

Robert Potter, 1721-1804, English poet and politician, dedicated the first volume of this translation to the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort." "45310","12","","","","Joddrell's Illustrations of Euripides.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 21, as above.","Jodrell, Richard Paul.","Illustrations of Euripides, on the Ion and the Bacchæ. By Richard Paul Jodrell, Esq. F.R.S. . . . London: Printed by J. Nichols: Sold by J. Dodsley. R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby. MDCCLXXXI. [1781.]","PA3973 .16J6","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, 321 leaves, engraved vignette portrait of Euripides by I. K. Sherwin on the title-page.

Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress catalogues call for one volume only. The work was issued in 2 volumes, with continuous signatures and pagination, the title and half-title repeated in the second volume. The division occurs at sig. S4.

Lowndes III, 1212.

Jefferson's copy was bound for him in calf, gilt (cost $1.00) by John March on June 30, 1807, and it is to be assumed that he had the two parts bound in 1 volume, with the second title and half-title suppressed.

Jodrell published an additional volume in 1789 on Alcestis. For his play The Persian Heroine, a copy of which he sent to Jefferson, see no. 4442." "45320","13","","","","Senecae tragoediae. not. var.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 22. Senecæ Tragœdiæ, Notis Variorum, 8vo.","Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.","L. Annæi Senecæ Tragoediæ Cum exquisitis Variorum Observationibs Et Nova Recensione Antonii Thysii . . . Lvgdvni Batavorvm: Ex officina Francisci Moyardi Ao. 1651.","PA6664 .A2 1651","

8vo. 768 leaves including 3 blanks, engraved pictorial title, text in italic letter, long lines, notes in double columns below.

Graesse VI, 359. Ebert 20937. Dibdin II, 398.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 2f11.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 3 B.C.-A.D. 65, was born in Corduba in Spain. These tragedies are his most important poetical works.

Antonius Thysius, 1603-1665, Dutch scholar, was for a time Professor of Poetry at the University of Leyden, where he later held the chair of eloquence and law, and, after the death of Heinsius, became the librarian of the University. This is his first edition of the Tragedies of Seneca." "45330","14","","","","Heywood's Seneca. Eng.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 4. Heywood's Seneca in English Metre, 12mo Oxford, 1560, black letter.","Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.","Lucii Annei Senecæ Tragedia prima quæ inscribitur Hercules furens nuper recognita, & ab omnibus mendis, quibus antea scatebat sedulo purgata, & in studiosæ iuuentutis vtilitat[???], in Anglicum metrum tanta fide conuersa, vt carmen pro carmine quoad Anglica lingua patiatur pene redditum videas. Per Iasperum Heyvvodum Oxoniensem. The first Tragedie of Lucius Anneus Seneca, intituled Hercules furens, newly perused and of all faultes whereof it did before abound diligently corrected, and for the profit of young schollers so faithfully translated into English metre, that ye may se verse for verse tourned as farre as the phrase of the english permitteth By Jasper Heywood studient in Oxford. [Colophon.] Imprinted at London by Henrye Sutton dvvelling in pater noster rovve at the signe of the blacke Boy. Anno Domini, M.D.LXI. [1561.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 92 leaves unnumbered, woodcut device on the title-page (McKerrow 141), Latin and English texts on opposite pages, the latter in black letter. STC 22223. Greg 34a. Pforzheimer 860. Backer II, 180, 1. Gillow III, 298.

Dedicated to Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke." "45340","","","","","","","","","","The Seconde Tragedie of Seneca entituled Thyestes faithfully Englished by Jasper Heywood fellowe of Alsolne College in Oxforde. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the hous late Thomas Berthelettes. Anno. 1560. 26. die Martij. [Colophon.] Jmprinted at London in Fletestrete, in the house late Thomas Berthelettes. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. Anno. M.D.LX. [1560.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

First Edition. 8vo. 56 leaves including 2 blanks, title within a woodcut border (McKerrow and Ferguson 30a), text printed in black letter.

STC 22226. Greg 29a. Pforzheimer 865. Backer III, 180, 1. Gillow III, 298.

Dedicated to Sir John Mason." "45350","","","","","","","","","","The Sixt Tragedie of the most graue and prudent author Lucius Anneus, Seneca, entituled Troas, with diuers & sundrie addicions to the same Newly set foorth in Englishe by Jasper Heywood, studient in Oxenforde. Imprinted at London by Thomas Powell, for George Bucke, n.d. [?1560.]","","

[TBE]With this is bound:[/TBE]

Third Edition. 8vo. 44 leaves, printed in black letter, title within a woodcut border (McKerrow and Ferguson 34). The work is not dated, the Short Title Catalogue suggests the date 1560 with a query. Pforzheimer dates the edition c. 1562.

STC 22228. Greg 28c. Pforzheimer 866. Backer III, 180, 1. Gillow, III, 298.

Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth (printed in italic letter). The first and second editions were printed in 1559.

These three tragedies were probably bound in one volume at the time Jefferson acquired them.

Jasper Heywood, 1535-1598, English Jesuit and poet. These translations from Seneca were his first works, and were written by him before he entered the novitiate. He became a priest in the Society of Jesus in 1562. An edition of these translations was not printed in Oxford in 1560, and the error in the 1815 catalogue may have arisen from the printed description of the author on each title-page." "45360","15","","","","Idea de la tragedia antiqua. por De Salas.","","2. v. p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 14, as above.","Gonzalez de Salas, Jusepe Antonio.","Nveva Idea de la Tragedia Antigva, o Ilvstracion Vltima al libro singvlar De Poetica De Aristoteles Stagirita, por Don Ivsepe Antonio Gonzalez de Salas. Parte Primera [-Segvnda]. Con las Licencias Necesarias. En Madrid: Por D. Antonio de Sancha. Año de 1778. Se hallará en su Librería, en la Aduana Vieja.","PN1048 .G6","

2 vol. sm. 8vo. 168 and 143 leaves. The title to the Segunda Parte reads: Tragedia Practica, I Observaciones, Qve deben preceder A La Tragedia Española Intitvlada: Las Troianas, por Don Ivsepe Antonio Gonzalez de Salas. Parte Segvnda, with the license notice and the imprint.

Palau, III, 380. Salvá I, 1273.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Jusepe Antonio Gonzales de Salas, 1588-1657, Spanish man of letters. The first edition of this work was published in 1633." "45370","16","","","","Mason's Poetical works.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 14, as above.","Mason, William.","Poems by William Mason, M. A. A New Edition. York: Printed by A. Ward, and sold by Robert Horsfield, no. XXII. in Ludgate-Street; J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; C. Marsh, at Charing-Cross, London; and W. Tesseyman, in the Minster-Yard, York. M.DCC.LXXI. [1771.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 150 leaves.

Lowndes III, 1507. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 371.

William Mason, 1724-1797, English clergyman and poet, was a native of Hull in Yorkshire. The first collected edition of his poems was printed in London in 1764. This edition is the first of several printed in York, where Mason was a canon residentiary in the Cathedral." "45380","17","","","","Shakespeare's XX. plays. by Steevens.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 23, as above.","Shakespeare, William.","Twenty of the Plays of Shakespeare, being the whole Number printed in Quarto During his Life-Time, or before the Restoration, Collated where there were different Copies, and Publish'd from the Originals, by George Steevens, Esq; in Four Volumes . . . Vol. I. [-IV.] London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand; T. Payne, at the Mews-gate, Castle-street; and W. Richardson, in Fleetstreet. M.DCC.LXVI. [1766.]","PR2752 .S8 1766","

4 vol. 8vo. 244, 288, 254 and 246 leaves; A List of the Old Editions of Shakespeare's Plays in Volume I; at the beginning of each volume a list of plays contained in the volume with the date of the original edition, and each play preceded by the title-page as in the original edition. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 548. Jaggard, page 501.

Jefferson did not make very frequent reference to Shakespeare in his correspondence. In his letter to Robert Skipwith concerning a catalogue of books for his library, dated from Monticello, August 3, 1771, he wrote:

. . . we never reflect whether the story we read be truth or fiction. if the painting be lively, and a tolerable picture of nature, we are thrown into a reverie, from which if we awaken it is the fault of the writer. I appeal to every reader of feeling and sentiment whether the fictitious murther of Duncan by Macbeth in Shakespeare does not excite in him as great horror of villainy, as the real one of Henry IV by Ravaillac as related by Davila? and whether the fidelity of Nelson, and generosity of Blanford in Marmontel do not dilate his breast and elevate his sentiments as much as any similar incident which real history can furnish? . . .

In a letter to John Evelyn Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons, dated from Monticello November 9, 1825, Jefferson referred to the language of Shakespeare:

. . . It is much to be wished that the publication of the present county dialects of England should go on. it will restore to us our language in all its shades of variation. it will incorporate into the present one all the riches of our antient dialects; and what a store this will be, may be seen by running the eye over the county glossaries, and observing the words we have lost by abandonment and disuse, which in sound and sense are inferior to nothing we have retained. when these local vocabularies are published and digested together into a single one it is probable we shall find that there is not a word in Shakespear which is not now in use in some of the counties of England, from whence we may obtain it's true sense. and what an exchange will their recovery be for the volumes of idle commentaries and conjectures with which that divine poet has been masked and metamorphosed. we shall find in him new sublimities which we had never tasted before, and find beauties in our antient poets which are lost to us now . . .

In a letter to John Trumbull, dated from Monticello, January 18, 1789, Jefferson enquired if pictures of Newton, Locke, Bacon, Sydney, Hampden, Shakespear existed, and commented ''Bell's Shakespeare tells us that the only genuine picture of Shakespeare is in the possession of the earl of Chandos.''

Bell's Shakespeare, which Jefferson bought from Stockdale in parts and on fine paper during the years 1786 and 1787, is entered by him in his manuscript catalogue (38 v. p.f.) but was not sold to Congress. Other editions of Shakespeare's works were purchased by Jefferson from time to time, but were not sold with his library in 1815.

George Steevens, 1736-1800, English author, spent a great part of his life in the systematic study of the works of Shakespeare, and began with this reprint of twenty quarto editions, which included also the Sonnets. It was through this publication that Steevens met Samuel Johnson, whose edition of Shakespeare's works had appeared in the previous year, 1765, and which meeting resulted in the edition by Johnson and Steevens, first published in 1773. See the next following entry." "45390","18","","","","Shakespear by Johnson & Steevens with the supplement.","","12. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 24, as above.","Shakespeare, William.","The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Ten Volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various Commentators; to which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Second Edition Revised and Augmented . . . London: Printed for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan [and others] MDCCLXXVIII.—Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare's Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. In Two Volumes. Containing Additional Observations by Several of the Former Commentators: to which are subjoined the Genuine Poems of the Same Author, and Seven Plays that have been ascribed to him; With Notes by the Editor and Others . . . ib., MDCCLXXX. [1778-1780.]","PR2752 .J5 1778","

Together 12 vols. 8vo. Portraits, plates. The full title occurs in Volume I only of both the Plays and the Supplement; the titles in the other volumes indicate the contents of the volume.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 548 Jaggard 504.

George Steevens, first published this edition of Shakespeare's works in 1773. The edition was a revision of that of Samuel Johnson, which had appeared in 1765. The edition of 1778 was ''revised and augmented'' by Isaac Reed, 1742-1807, who undertook the work at the request of Steevens and which was his first edition.

Edmund Malone, 1741-1812, Irish critic and author, left Ireland in 1777 and settled in London. The edition of Shakespeare's plays by Steevens, 1778, contains Malone's Attempt to ascertain the Order in which the Plays of Shakespeare were written. His Supplement of 1780 contains Supplemental Observations on the history of the Elizabethan stage, Shakespeare's poems, the spurious and doubtful plays and other matters." "45400","19","","","","Dodd's Beauties of Shakespear.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 7, as above.","Dodd, William.","The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly selected from each Play. With a General Index, Digesting them under Proper Heads. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and Similar Passages from Ancient and Modern Authors. By William Dodd, B.A. Late of Clare-Hall, Cambridge . . . In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II] London: Printed for T. Waller, at the Mitre and Crown, opposite Fetter-Lane, Fleet-street. M.DCC.LII. [1752.]","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 12mo. 144 and 132 leaves, the last for the Proposals for Printing by Subscription, in one volume, Quarto, The Hymn of Callimachus, translated from the Greek into English Verse, dated March 17, 1752. The title in the second volume shows slight variations from that of the first volume.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibliography of Engl. Lit. II, 359. Jaggard II, 561.

Jefferson, in Paris at the time, bought a copy from Stockdale of London in December 1786. A letter from Stockdale, dated from London, 19 December 1786, reads in part:

. . . I reced your former Letter with an Order for the Beauties of Shakespeare after the Boxe was packt up & was of course stopt untill I got them bound which owing to a combination among the Journeymen Bookbinders I could not get done so soon as I could wish, but it was Yesterday sent by the Dilligence which I hope you'll receive, before you go on your long Journey . . .

William Dodd, 1729-1777, English clergyman, was one of the first to discover that a book of quotations ''digested under proper heads'' would have a ready sale. He first published this work in 1752, and it was frequently reprinted. It was through this collection that Goethe first became acquainted with the works of Shakespeare. Dodd was executed for forgery in 1777." "45410","20","","","","Capell's notes & various readings to Shakspeare.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 32, as above.","[Capell, Edward.]","Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare, Part the first; containing, All's well that ends well, Antony and Cleopatra, As you like it, Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, with a General Glossary. London: Printed for Edw. and Cha. Dilly, in the Poultry. n.d. [1775.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 164 leaves, the first a blank, text printed in double columns. The address to the Reader. signed E. C., is dated December 20, 1774.

Halkett and Laing IV, 198. This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 289. Jaggard, page 41.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 4/0.

Edward Capell, 1713-1781, English Shakespearean commentator, was appointed deputy-inspector of plays in 1737 by the Duke of Grafton. This work was intended as a commentary on his edition of the works of Shakespeare, published in 1778. The first part only was printed without date, but probably early in 1775 as the address to the reader is dated December 20, 1774, and was recalled soon after publication. The complete work in three parts was posthumously published in 1783." "45420","21","","","","Concordance to Shakespeare.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 25, as above.","[Becket, Andrew.]","A Concordance to Shakespeare: Suited to all the Editions, in which the Distinguished and Parallel Passages in the Plays of that Justly Admired Writer are Methodically Arranged. To which are added, Three Hundred Notes and Illustrations, Entirely new. London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row. M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","PR2892 .B4","

Original Edition. 8vo. 240 leaves including the last blank.

Halkett and Laing I, 401. Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 916. Jaggard, page 562.

This work is omitted from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1830. It is entered in the later catalogues, but not attributed to the Jefferson collection.

The book is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Andrew Becket, 1749-1843, English scholar. This is the earliest concordance to Shakespeare published." "45430","22","","","","Dryden's plays.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 8.","Dryden, John.","The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq, In Six Volumes. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. MDCCLXII. [1762.]","","

6 vol. 12mo. portrait, plates by G. Van der Gucht after Gravelot; general title in Vol. I only, separate half-title to each play. A copy was not seen for collation; the information was obtained from Macdonald.

Macdonald 109d.

John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet and dramatist. A collected edition of his works appeared during his lifetime, in 1688. After his death his works were edited by William Congreve, whose first edition was printed in 1717." "45440","J. 23","","","","Otway's plays.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 10, as above.","Otway, Thomas.","The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway; in three volumes. Consisting of his plays, poems, and letters. London: printed for C. Bathurst, T. Waller, J. Rivington, L. Hawes [and others], M DCC LXVIII. [1768.]","PR3610 .A1 1768","

Vol. 1 only. 12mo. 162 leaves, the last a blank, engraved portrait frontispiece by I. Miller after M. Beal.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 413.

Old calf, gilt back, red and green labels lettered respectively Otways / Works / Vol / I /, marbled edges, silk bookmark; a corner of I12 torn away, with damage to the text. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Three volumes are called for in all the Library of Congress printed catalogues which distinguish the books from the Jefferson collection. There is no entry for this edition in the later catalogues.

Thomas Otway, 1652-1685, English dramatist. The first collected edition of his works appeared in 1713. This is the only volume from Jefferson's library in this chapter." "45450","24","","","","Rowe's works.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 11, as above.","Rowe, Nicholas.","The Works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; In Two Volumes. Consisting of his Plays and Poems, London, 1747.—The Miscellaneous Works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; The Third Edition. London: Printed and Sold by W. Feales, at Rowe's Head the Corner of Essex-street in the Strand, 1733. Price 3s. [1747, 1733.]","","

3 vol. 12mo. A copy of the 1747 edition was not available. In addition to the Plays and Poems this edition contains the life of Rowe, and a dedication to the Prince of Wales signed by Anne Deanes Devenish. Volume III has 170 leaves. The Prefatory matter includes the Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; in a Letter to a Friend; A Character of Mr. Rowe. By James Welwood, M. D.; Poems on Several Occasions; An Essay on the Manner of Living with Great Men. An Imitation of M. Bruyere; Some Account of Boileau's Writings, and the Translation of the Lutrin; Musarum Lacrymæ. Or Poems to the Memory of Mr. Rowe. By Several Hands.

Lowndes IV, 2136. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 431.

Nicholas Rowe, 1674-1718, English poet laureate and dramatist.

Anne Deanes Devenish, c. 1682-1747, the daughter of Joseph Devenish, was the second wife of Nicholas Rowe, who died only a year or so after their marriage. In 1723 she married Alexander Deanes.

James Wellwood [or Welwood], 1652-1727, Scots physician.

See also no. 4295." "45460","25","","","","Addison's works.","","3. v. 12mo. 2d wanting.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 9, as above.","Addison, Joseph.","Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In Three Volumes. Consisting of such as were never before Printed in Twelves. With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By Mr. Tickell. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand. M DCC XLVI. [1746.]","","

Vol. I and III only, 12mo. Vol. I 156 leaves, Vol. III 168 leaves, the last 4 with the advertisement of J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 31 leaves have woodcut illustrations of medals, printed on one side only 2 to a page; general title in volume I only, separate title with the volume number in all volumes, separate title in volume III for the Dialogues upon the usefulness of Ancient Metals.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 601.

The Advertisement at the beginning of each volume reads: These Three Volumes, with the Tatlers, Spectators, Guardians, Free-holder, and Remarks on several Parts of Italy, compleat Mr. Addison's Works in Twelves. For Jefferson's copy of the Remarks on several Parts of Italy in this series, see no. 3907.

Thomas Tickell, 1678-1740, English poet, was a friend of Addison, who, a few days before his death instructed Tickell to collect and publish his works. The first edition was printed in 1721 in 4 volumes, quarto. The first volume contains Tickell's poem on the death of Addison addressed to the Earl of Warwick." "45470","26","","","","Thompson's works.","","4. v. 12mo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 12, as above, omitting 2. copies.","Thomson, James.","The Works of James Thomson. With his last Corrections and Improvements. In Four Volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.] London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand. MDCCLXVI. [1766.]","","

4 vol. 12mo. The general title as above occurs only in the first volume. The volume number in roman numerals in the remaining volumes is found on the half-titles; the titles to these volumes have the volume number in full [Volume the Second, Third and Fourth] with the contents of the volume. Vol. I, 122 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. V. Neist, plates; Vol. II, 154 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. V. Neist, plates; Vol. III, 134 leaves including 4 blanks, engraved frontispiece and plates; Vol. IV, 146 leaves, engraved frontispiece and plates. The engraved plates throughout are by G. V. Neist.

Lowndes V, 2670. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Volumes III and IV of this edition contain Thomson's Tragedies. Volume I contains The Seasons, of which Jefferson had another copy, see no. 4392.

This edition was edited by Patrick Murdoch (d. 1774), Scots author, who dedicated it to the King's Most Excellent Majesty and prefaced Volume I with a Life of Thomson. Volume II contains The Castle of Indolence in stanza LXIX of which the line A little fat oily man of God is supposed to refer to Murdoch." "45480","27","","","","Young's works.","","4. v. 12no.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 13, as above.","[Young, Edward.]","The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. In Four Volumes. Revised and Corrected by Himself. A New Edition. Vol. I. [-IV.] London: Printed for D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, S. Crowder and Co. C. Corbett, J. Jackson, R. and J. Dodsley, and J. Richardson. MDCCLXII. [1762.]","","

12mo. 4 vol. 130, 150, 140, and 146 leaves, including blanks, engraved frontispieces, that in the first volume with a portrait by L. Beitard.

Lowndes V, 3020. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 290.

Jefferson quoted passages from Young's works in his Thoughts on English Prosody, see no. 4262. The undated manuscript catalogue has a separate entry for the Night Thoughts in 2 vol. 24s, which was not sold to Congress.

Edward Young, 1683-1765, English poet. The first edition of his collected works was published by Curll in 1741, and the first edition revised by the author in 1757." "45490","28","","","","Mallet's works.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 26, as above.","Mallet, David.","The Works of Mr. Mallet: Consisting of Plays and Poems. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street, in the Strand. M.DCC.XLIII. [1743.]","PR3545 .M4 1743","

First collected edition. 8vo. 5 parts in 1, together 264 leaves, separate signatures and the title for the first edition to each part: Eurydice, 1731; Mustapha, 1739, separate signatures but continuous pagination, Books printed for A. Millar on A4; Poems on Several Occasions, 1743, continuous pagination, Advertisement on the last page; Alfred: A Masque, 1740, separate pagination; The Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, 1740, original title in red and black, engraved vignette with portrait by J. Mynde, separate pagination. The Life of Francis Bacon collates in eights, the plays and poems in fours.

This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 321.

David Mallet, 1705?-1765, Scots author." "45500","29","Tragedies by several hands. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742. Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.—Herminius and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.—Agis; London, 1758.—Philoclea, by M'N. Morgan, London, 1754.","These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above. In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.","","","","","[Morris, Robert.]","Fatal Necessity: or, Liberty Regain'd. A Tragedy: As it was Once acted in Rome for the Sake of Freedom and Virtue. Collected from Vertot's History of the Revolutions in the Roman Republick . . . London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, T. Amey in the Court of Requests, and J. Brindley in New Bondstreet; and Sold by T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row. M.DCC.XLII. [1742.]","PR 1241 .L6, v. 120","

First Edition. 48 leaves, including the half-title; 2 lines of Erratum at the foot of the last page.

Halkett and Laing II, 272. Baker I, 230. Clarence, page 116.

Robert Morris, fl. 1754, was by profession an architect, and this was his only play. It was never acted. The plot is founded on the story of Appius and Virginia, and was written after a general election in England. The play is dedicated to Charles Edwin, a recently elected M. P. for Westminster.

For an architectural work by Morris, see no. 4219 and for Vertot's History of the Revolutions in the Roman Republick, see no. 66." "45510","29","Tragedies by several hands. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742. Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.—Herminius and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.—Agis; London, 1758.—Philoclea, by M'N. Morgan, London, 1754.","These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above. In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.","","","","","[Francis, Philip.]","Eugenia: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants. London: Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catharine-street, in the Strand. M DCC LII. (Price is. 6d.) [1752.]","PR1241 .L6 v. 44","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves. The Dedication to the Right Honourable The Countess of Lincoln is signed by Philip Francis.

Baker I, 253. Clarence, page 136.

Philip Francis, 1708?-1773, Irish author, wrote only two plays of which neither was successful. Eugenia was an adaptation of a French comedy, ''Cenie'' and was acted at Drury Lane on February 17, 1752. The prologue was written and spoken by Mr. Garrick, and the epilogue written by Colley Cibber and spoken by Mrs. Pritchard. The Dramatis Personae consisted of Messrs. Havard, Berry, Garrick, and Dexter, and Mesdames Bellamy, Ward, and Pritchard. Francis was better known as a translator than an original writer. For his translation of Horace, see no. 4476." "45520","29","Tragedies by several hands. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742. Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.—Herminius and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.—Agis; London, 1758.—Philoclea, by M'N. Morgan, London, 1754.","These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above. In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.","","","","","[Hart, Charles.]","Herminius and Espasia: A Tragedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; and sold by G. Hamilton & T. Balfour. M,DCC,LIV. [1754.]","PR1241 .L6 v.43","

First Edition. 8vo. 44 leaves; list of Errata at the foot of the second leaf, under the list of Persons Represented. Halkett and Laing III, 31. Baker II, 298. Clarence, page 197.

Charles Hart, fl. 1754, a Scot, was the author of this one play only, originally produced in Edinburgh in 1754." "45530","29","Tragedies by several hands. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742. Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.—Herminius and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.—Agis; London, 1758.—Philoclea, by M'N. Morgan, London, 1754.","These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above. In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.","","","","","[Home, John.]","Agis: A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand. MDCCLVIII. [Price One Shilling & Sixpence.] [1758.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 38 leaves.

Halkett and Laing I, 49. Baker II, 80. Clarence, page 13.

John Home, 1722-1808, Scots dramatist. Agis, a tragedy founded on the life of Agis in Plutarch, was originally written in 1747, in which year Home took it to London and offered it to Garrick, who rejected it. In 1758, after the successful production of Douglas, and after Home had been appointed private secretary to Lord Bute, and tutor to the Prince of Wales (afterwards George III) Garrick reversed his former rejection, and produced Agis in Drury Lane. Garrick himself played one of the principal parts, the other parts being taken by Messrs. Mossop, Havard, Holland, and Davies, and Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Cibber." "45540","29","Tragedies by several hands. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742. Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.—Herminius and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.—Agis; London, 1758.—Philoclea, by M'N. Morgan, London, 1754.","These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above. In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.","","","","","Morgan, McNamara.","Philoclea. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by McNamara Morgan, a Student of the Middle Temple . . . London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall, And Sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row. 1754. Price One Shilling and Six Pence.","PR 1241 .L6, v. 18","

First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves.

Baker III, 444. Clarence, page 354.

McNamara Morgan, d. 1762, was born in Dublin. This tragedy, founded on a part of Sidney's Arcadia, was produced in Covent Garden in January 1754, and ran for nine nights. It is dedicated to George Dodington. In the Preface the author pays his acknowledgments to ''the excellent Performance of Mr. Barry and Miss Nossiter.''" "45550","30","Tragedies by several hands. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 8, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 619, no. J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.—Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.—Fall of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.—Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.—Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London, 1745.","As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson's entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.","","","","","Racine, Jean—Philips, Ambrose.","The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. Glasgow, 1746.","","

12mo. A copy of an edition printed in Glasgow was not located, and the above title, taken from the 1849 Library of Congress Catalogue, may not be accurate. The titles of many editions, particularly the earlier ones, ascribe the play to Philips alone. The title of the first edition, printed in 1712, reads: The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royale in Drury-Lane. By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mr. Philips. The title of Bell's edition, 1791, reads: The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. Translated by Ambrose Philips, from the Andromaque of Racine. Adapted for Theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, and Covent Garden . . .

This edition not in any bibliography consulted.

Ambrose Philips, 1675?-1749, English poet, translated and adapted Racine's Andromaque. It was first acted in 1711 and first printed in 1712. The original cast at Drury Lane consisted of Messrs. Palmer, Packer, Kemble and Barrymore, and Mesdames Kemble, Tidswell, Siddons and Collins." "45560","30","Tragedies by several hands. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 8, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 619, no. J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.—Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.—Fall of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.—Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.—Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London, 1745.","As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson's entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.","","","","","Southerne, Thomas.","Oroonoko. A Tragedy. By Thomas Southern . . . Dublin: Printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-street, MDCCL. [1750.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves, the last 3 for the Catalogue of Books printed for Peter Wilson.

This edition not in the English bibliographies. Jones, page 103.

Thomas Southerne, 1660-1746, Irish dramatist. Oroonoko was first acted at Drury Lane in 1696. The scene is laid in ''Surinam, a Colony in the West-Indies; at the Time of the Action of the Tragedy, in the Possession of the English.'' The play is founded on Mrs. Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave, published with her collected Histories and Novels in 1698." "45570","30","Tragedies by several hands. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 8, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 619, no. J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.—Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.—Fall of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.—Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.—Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London, 1745.","As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson's entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.","","","","","Frowde, Philip.","The Fall of Saguntum. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Phil. Frowde, Esq; The Third Edition . . . London: Printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's Head. the Corner of Essex-street in the Strand. MDCCXXXV. [1735.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves. Title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece.

This edition not in Baker and not in Clarence.

Philip Frowde, d. 1738, English poet. The Fall of Saguntum was first acted in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1727, and the first edition was published in that year. The tragedy is dedicated to Sir Robert Walpole. The Prologue was written by Theobald and spoken by Quin, who took the part of Eurydamas in the play." "45580","30","Tragedies by several hands. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 8, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 619, no. J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.—Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.—Fall of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.—Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.—Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London, 1745.","As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson's entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.","","","","","Hughes, John.","The Siege of Damascus. A Tragedy. By John Hughes, Esq; London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, and J. Watts. MDCCXLIV. [1744.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves. Title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by G. Vander Gucht.

This edition not in Baker and not in Clarence.

John Hughes, 1677-1720, English poet and dramatist. The Siege of Damascus was his last work, and was first acted at Drury Lane in 1720. The dedication to Earl

Cowper is dated Feb. 6, 17 19/20. The play was printed in that year and was several times reprinted, both separately and in collections of plays. The plot is based on Sir William D'Avenant's The Siege. This reprint of 1744 contains the list of the original cast, which included Mr. Mills, who spoke the Prologue. The Prologue was spoken by Mr. Milward in the Revival in March 1734-5. At the beginning are poems to the Memory of Mr. Hughes by Wm. Cowper, March 28, 1720 and by Wm. Duncombe, April 20, 1720." "45590","30","Tragedies by several hands. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 8, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 619, no. J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.—Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.—Fall of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.—Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.—Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London, 1745.","As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson's entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.","","","","","Fenton, Elijah.","Mariamne. A Tragedy. Written by Mr. Fenton . . . London: Printed for H. Lintor, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper. M DCC XLV [1745.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black.

Baker III, page 20 (not this edition). This edition not in Clarence.

Elijah Fenton, 1683-1730, English poet and dramatist.

This tragedy, founded on the story of Mariamne, the second wife of Herod the Great, was rejected by Cibber but acted in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1723. Fenton, who had the technical help of Thomas Southerne in writing his tragedy, dedicated the work to John, Lord Gower, Baron of Stittenham." "45600","31","","","","Opere del Metastasio.","","12. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 5, as above.","Metastasio, Pietro.","Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio . . . In Parigi: Presso la Vedova Quillau, MDCCLV—MDCCLXXXIII. [1755-1783.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 12 vols, engraved titles and plates; a copy of this edition was not available for examination. The above title was based on that in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Graesse IV, 505. This edition not in Brunet.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Pietro Metastasio [Pietro Trapassi], 1698-1792, Italian poet." "45610","32","","","","Operas. 4to. viz. Penelope de Marmontel. Iphigenie en Aulide. Panurge.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 33. Operas. 4to.","Marmontel, Jean François.","Pénélope. Tragédie-Lyrique, en Trois Actes. Paris: P. Delormel, 1785.","","

First Edition. 4to. A copy of this edition was not seen, and the only copy of this date listed in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale was printed by Ballard in octavo format, with iv-56 pages. The title in the Collection des Théatres Français, Suite du Répertoire, 16, reads: Pénélope, Tragédie-Lyrique en Trois Actes, par Marmontel; Musique de Piccini Père; Représentée, pour la première fois, à Fontainebleau, le 2 novembre 1785, et à Paris, le 6 décembre même année.

Not in Barbier. Quérard V, 551 (from which the above imprint was taken). Lajarte I, 348.

Jean François Marmontel, 1723-1799, French writer. For other works by him see the Index.

Niccola Piccinni, 1728-1800, Italian composer. In 1785, when this Opera was produced, Piccinni was professor at the Royal School of Music, one of the institutions from which the Conservatoire was formed in 1794." "45620","","","","","","","","","[Du Rollet, François-Louis Gand Le Bland Bailli.]","Iphigénie en Aulide, Tragédie-Opéra en Trois Actes, représentée pour la première fois par l'Académie Royale de musique, le . . . 12 avril, 1774. Paris: impr. de Delormel, 1774.","","

4to. 32 leaves; a copy of this edition was not seen, the above title is taken from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale. The copy in the Library of Congress, printed Chez M. Le Marchand, in 8vo. without date, has Gluck's name on the title-page, and a different date for the first performance: Iphigénie en Aulide, Tragédie, Opéra en Trois Actes, Dédiée au Roi, Par M. le Chevalier Gluck. Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique, le mardi 19 Avril 1774. Prix 12 sous. A Paris, Chez M. Le Marchand, Marchand de Musique, rue Fromenteau, & à l'Opera. On the leaf following the title in this edition is a letter addressed to the King signed Le Chevalier Gluck.

Barbier II, 967. Quérard II, 730. Grove IV, 528. Lajarte I, 275.

Bailli François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet, 1716-1798, a commander of the Order of Malta. The Notice sur Du Rollet in the Collection des Théâtres Français contains the misstatement: ''son opéra de l'Iphigénie est le premier ouvrage que Gluck ait mis en musique.''

Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1714-1787, German operatic composer. This was not the first opera that Gluck had set to music, but it is one that helped establish his reputation. In the account of Gluck in the Encyclopaedia Britannica the date of the first performance is given as April 19, 1774, as in the title of the octavo edition in the Library of Congress." "45630","","","","","","","","","Morel de Chédeville, étienne.","Panurge dans l'Isle des Lanternes, Comédie-lyrique en trois actes. Representée pour la première fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique, le mardi 25 Janvier, 1785. Paris: impr. de P. de Lormel, 1785.","","

First Edition. 4to. A copy was not seen; the above title was taken from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale. The title in the Collection des Théâtres Français, Suite du Répertoire, tome 17, reads: Panurge Dans l'Ile des Lanternes, Comédie-Lyrique en trois actes, par Morel, Musique de Grétry. Représentée, pour la première fois, à l'Académie-Royale de Musique, le 25 janvier 1785.

Barbier III, 770. Quérard VI, 302. Lajarte I, 346. Grove III, 796.

étienne Morel de Chédeville (originally étienne Morel), 1747-1814, was for a time in the service of Monsieur, to whom this opera was at one time ascribed.

André Ernest Modeste Grétry, 1741-1813, French composer, was for many years the leading composer of comic opera in France." "45640","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Bassi, Anton Benedetto.","Lettre adressée a la Société Olympique de Paris, a l'occasion de l'Opéra Bouffon Italien de Versailles. Par M. Bassi . . . Without name of place or printer [?Paris:] Novembre. 1787.","ML1727.3 .A2B18","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves including the half-title.

Not in Quérard.

This work deals with the controversy caused by the rivalry between Gluck and Piccini." "45650","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","[Parisau, Pierre Germain.]","Mercure et les Ombres, Pièce-Episodique, en Vers. Paris, 1784.","","

8vo. A copy of this work was not located.

Barbier III, 270. Quérard VI, 600.

Pierre Germain Parisau, 1753-1794, was for a time the director of the Elèves pour la danse à l'Opera, and later wrote for the Comédie Française. He established, with Ségur, Dillon, Chas and others, a newspaper, La Feuille du Jour, which resulted in his imprisonment and execution. Mercure et les Ombres was originally printed in 1783" "45660","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Marmontel, Jean François.","La Fausse Magie, Comédie en vers, et en un Acte, mêlée de Chant, Represéntée pour la premiere fois sur le Théâtre de la Comédie Italienne, le Mercredi premier Février 1775. Par M. Marmontel, Historiographe de France, l'un des Quarante de l'Académie Française. Nouvelle édition. Le prix est de 24 sols. A Paris, chez la Veuve Duchesne, [de l'Imprimerie de C. Simon, Imprimeur de LL. AA. SS. Messeigneurs le Prince de Condé, le Duc de Bourbon, rue des Mathurins, 1775.] M. DCC. LXXV. Avec Approbation & Privilége du Roi. [1775.]","PQ1213 .P55, v. 89","

8vo. 32 leaves, printer's imprint at the end; on the last page 6 lines of musical notation headed: Couplet, Madame Saint-Clair.

This edition not in Quérard.

The first edition, printed earlier in the same year for the Veuve Duchesne, was in two acts, and the price 36 sols." "45670","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Morel de Chédeville, étienne.","La Caravane du Caire, opéra en trois actes, representé devant Leurs Majestés à Fontainebleau. [Paris:] imprimerie de P.R.C. Ballard MDCCLXXXIII [1783].","","

First Edition. 8vo. 23 leaves. A copy was not seen. The above title was copied from the entry in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard VI, 303. Lajarte I, 338. Grove III, 796. Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, 17 (title reads: La Caravane du Caire, drame lyrique en trois actes, par Morel, Musique de Grétry, Représenté, pour la première fois, devant leurs Majestés, à Fontainebleau, en 1784, et à Paris, en 1785).

For another opera by Grétry, with words by Morel de Chédeville, see no. 4566. The words of this opera were written in part by the Comte de Provence, afterwards Louis XVIII, in collaboration with Morel de Chédeville." "45680","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Favart, Charles Simon.","La Belle Arsène, Comédie-Féerie en Quatre Actes, melée d'Ariettes, Paris, 1780.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition of 1780 was not located. The title as above was taken from the Library of Congress Catalogue, 1849.

This edition not in Quérard. Grove V, 836 (not this edition). Not in Lajarte.

Charles Simon Favart, 1710-1792, French dramatists This play was first acted at the Théâtre-Italien on August 14, 1773, and first printed in the same year.

Pierre Alexandre Monsigny, 1729-1817, French composer, wrote the music for La Belle Arsène." "45690","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Marmontel, Jean François.","Zemire et Azor, Comédie-Ballet, en Quatre Actes et en vers. Mêlée de Chants & de Danses, représentée devant Sa Majesté, à Fontainebleau, le 9 Novembre 1771. Et à Paris, par les Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi, le 16 Decembre suivant. Les paroles de M. Marmontel. La musique de M. Grétry. Paris: [chez Ruault.] 1783.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not located; the above title is taken from the card of an edition printed by Ruault in 1784.

This edition not in Quérard and not in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Not in Lajarte. Grove III, 796.

This opera was first produced on December 16, 1771 and ''at once placed Grétry in the rank of creative artists.''—Grove." "45700","33","Operas. 8vo. viz.","1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 28, as above. [omitting viz]. 1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 28. Operas 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page. 617, no. J. 28. Operas, 8vo, viz: Lettre de M. Bassi sur l'Opera Bouffon Italien, 1787.—Mercure et les Ombres; Paris, 1784.—La Fausse Magie, par Marmontel; Paris, 1775.—La Caravane du Caire; Paris, 1783.—La Belle Arsene; Paris, 1780.—Zémire et Azor, par Marmontel; Paris, 1783.—Alexis et Justine, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","In all the Library of Congress catalogues down to that of 1839 inclusive, Jefferson's manuscript has been followed and this set of operas, bound in one volume, placed in the chapter headed Tragedy. In the catalogue printed in 1849, this arrangement was discarded, the operas given a different number and placed in the next chapter Comedy. In that chapter, although each of the operas concerned has the same number, each is placed in its correct alphabetical place.","","","","","Boutet de Monvel, Jacques Marie.","Alexis et Justine, comédie lyrique, en deux actes et en prose, mêlée d'Ariettes, représentée pour la premiére fois à Versailles devant Leurs Majestés, le Vendredi 14 Janvier 1785, & à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Comédie italienne le lundi 17. Paroles de M. de Monvel. Musique de M. Desaides. A Paris: Brunet, MDCCLXXXV [1785.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 67 pages; a copy was not seen, the above title was copied from the card of the University of Pennsylvania Library in the National Union Catalog.

Quérard VI, 277. Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, 61.

Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel, 1744-1811, French dramatist and actor in the Comédie Française, was a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique, and held other positions in connection with the drama and the opera.

N. Dezède (Dezaides), 1744-c. 1792, is said by Reichard to have been born in Turin, but nothing is known of his origin, and even his nationality is uncertain. He was the composer of a number of operas." "45710","1","","","","Plautus. notis Variorum.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 18, as above.","Plautus, Titus Maccius.","M. Acci Plavti Comœdiæ. Accedit Commentarivs ex Variorum Notis & Observationibus, Quarum plurimæ nunc primum eduntur. Ex recensione Ioh. Frederici Gronovii. Lugd. Batav. et Roterod.: Ex Officina Hackiana 1669.","","

8vo. 2 vol. 648 leaves including the engraved title-page by P. Phil. continuous signatures and pagination, woodcut device on the title of the second volume, text in italic letter, long lines, notes in double columns below.

Graesse V, 329. Ebert 17202.

Titus Maccius Plautus, c. 254-184 B.C. the great comic dramatist of ancient Rome.

Johann Friedrich Gronov, 1611-1671, German classical scholar. His first edition of Plautus was published in 1664 at Leyden." "45720","2","","","","Plauti comoediae.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 26, as above.","Plautus, Titus Maccius.","M. Accivs Plavtvs Ex Fide, atqve Avctoritate Complvrium librorum manuscriptorum opera Dionys. Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus; ab eodémque commentariis explicatus. Nunc denuò plurimis, quae in praecedentibus editionibus irrepserant, mendis, repurgatus: multísque in locis in gratiam antiquariorum illustratus. Additi quoque sunt duo Indices copiosissimi. Prior, verborum, locutionum & sententiarum: Posterior, eorum quae commentariis D. Lambini continentur. Genevae: Typis Iacobi Sroër M.DCXXII. [1622.]","PA6568 .A2 1622","

4to in eights, 490 leaves, title within a woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, text in italic letter, long lines, notes in roman letter, double columns.

Graesse V, 328. This edition not in Ebert. Dibdin II, 310.

Dionysius Lambinus [Denys Lambin], 1520-1572, a native of Picardy, was educated at Amiens. In 1561 he was appointed one of the Royal Readers in Latin, and later transferred to a readership in Greek. He had finished only twelve of the comedies of Plautus at the time of his death, and the work was completed by his friend and colleague Helius." "45730","3","","","","Plauti selectae comoediae. Delph.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 19, Delphini.","Plautus, Titus Maccius.","M. Accii Plauti Comoediæ Quatuor Selectæ, Amphitruo, Captivi, Epidicus, Rudens, cum interpretatione et notis in usum Delphini edidit Jacobus Operarius: selegit, recensuit, indiceque adjecto scholis aptavit Samuel Patrick. Londini: Sumptibus J. & B. Sprint, W. Taylor, W. Innys, J. Osborn, S. Ballard, J. Batley, A. Ward, & S. Palmer. M. DCC. XXIV. [1724.]","PA6568 .A4 1724","

8vo. 190 leaves, text in roman letter surrounded by the Interpretationes in italic, Annotationes in double columns.

Graesse V, 330. Ebert 17223a.

A copy was ordered by Jefferson, number 9279 in Lackington's last catalogue, in a letter dated from Paris September 9, 1789. It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Samuel Patrick, 1684-1748, English scholar, was for a time an usher at the Charterhouse. He edited a large number of Greek and Latin classics.

For a note on the Delphin editions, see no. 52." "45740","4","","","","Aristophanes Kusteri. Gr. Lat. cum scholiis","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 28, as above.","Aristophanes.","Aristophanis Comoediæ Undecim, Græce et Latine, ex Codd. Mss. Emendatæ: cum Scholiis Antiquis, inter quæ Scholia in Lysistratam ex Cod. Vossiano nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Accedunt notæ Virorum Doctorum in Omnes Comoedias: Inter Quas Nunc Primum Eduntur Isaaci Casauboni in Equites; illustriss. Ezech. Spanhemii in tres priores; et Richardi Bentleji in duas priores comoedias observationes. Omnia collegit et recensuit, notasque in novem comoedias, et quatuor indices in fine adjecit Ludolphus Kusterus J. U. D. Excusum Amstelodami sumptibus Thomæ Fritsch, Bibliop. Lipsiensis, A. MDCCX. [1710.]","PA2875 .A2 1710","

Folio. 502 leaves, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, with Scholia in double columns below.

Graesse I, 207. Ebert 1092. Dibdin I, 300.

Aristophanes, c. 448-385 B.C., Greek comic dramatist.

Ludolf Küster, 1670-1716, Westphalian classical scholar. This is a ''comprehensive folio edition of Aristophanes, including the whole of the Greek Scholia, with a metrical version in a column parallel to the text, and a collection of all the modern comments at the end of the volume, including many original notes contributed by Bentley,'' whom Küster had met at Cambridge." "45750","5","","","","Aristophanes. Gr. Lat. Brunck.","","6. v. 8vo. Argentorati. 1783.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 16, as above.","Aristophanes.","Aristophanis Comœdiæ Ex Optimis Exemplaribus Emendatæ Studio Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck Argentoratensis. Tomus I. [-III] Argentorati, Sumtibus Joh. Georgii Treuttel, Bibliopolæ. M DCC LXXXIII. [Typis Joannis Henrici Heitz Academiæ Typographi. MDCCLXXXII.]—Aristophanis Comœdiæ in Latinum Sermonem Conversæ. Tomus I. [-III] ib. apud Socios Bibliopolas Bauer & Treuttel. MDCCLXXXI. [1783, 1781, 1782.]","PA3875 .A2 1783","

Together 6 vol. 8vo. Each of the 3 volumes of Comœdiæ in 2 parts, for text and notes, with separate signatures and pagination: I, 156 and 148 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Chris Guerin after N. Guibal, II, 158 and 130 leaves, III, 148, 116 and 84 leaves, the last for the Index, woodcut ornaments. The printer's imprint on the last page of each volume, dated respectively, D.III. Junii A. MDCCLXXXII, D. I. Octobr. A. MDCCLXXXII, D. XVIII. Febr. A. MDCCLXXXIII.

The Latin translation I, 92 leaves, II, 68 leaves, III, 64 leaves, woodcut ornaments.

Graesse I, 207. Ebert 1094. Dibdin II, 301.

Jefferson ordered a copy (broché) from Armand Koenig of Strassburg in a letter dated from Paris, June 29, 1788. Koenig sent the books (described as being in 9 volumes 8vo) on July 24.

The entry in the undated manuscript catalogue reads the same as that in the dated, quoted above, with the price, 36 plus 12.

François Philippe Brunck, 1729-1803, was born in Strassburg and educated by the Jesuits in Paris. After the conclusion of the Seven Years' War he returned to Germany, and devoted himself to classical studies in Strassburg. This edition of 1783 is his first of Aristophanes. The Latin translation is usually considered to form volumes IV, V and VI of Brunck's edition. Some few copies were issued with the date 1783, and it is possible that Jefferson had one of these as he refers to that date only in his catalogues." "45760","6","","","","Terentius Bentleii.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 27, as above.","Terentius Afer, Publius.","Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae, Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et Aliorum Veterum Sententiae, ex Recensione et cum Notis Richardi Bentleii. Cantabrigiae: apud Cornelius Crownfield. MDCCXXVI. Veneunt & Londini apud Jacobum Knapton, Robertum Knaplock, Paulum Vaillant Bibliopolas. [1726.]","PA6755 .A2 1726","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 238 and 48 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of the Prince of Wales by Geo. Vertue, 1725, after Ca. Boit, engraved frontispiece by B. Bavon facing the title for Phaedri August Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque. Publii Syri et aliorum veterum Snetentiae . . ., text throughout in long lines, italic letter, notes in double columns, roman letter below.

Lowndes V, 2605. Dibdin II, 474. Bowes 426.

Publius Terentius Aeer, ?195-159 B.C., Latin playwright, is said by Suetonius to have been born in Carthage and brought to Rome as a slave, where he was educated in the house of Terentius Lucanus and soon emancipated. The first edition of his comedies was printed in Strassburg in 1470.

Richard Bentley, 1662-1742, English scholar and critic. This is his first edition of Terence. For other works edited by him, see the Index." "45770","7","","","","id. [i.e. Terentius] Delphini.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 20, as above.","Terentius Afer, Publius.","P. Terentii Carthaginensis Afri Comoediæ Sex. Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J. U. D. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Editio Prioribus Longe Emaculatior . . . Londini: Typis T. Wood, Impensis W. Innys [and others] M. DCC. XLIX. [1749.]","","

8vo. A copy of the edition of 1749 was not seen; the information is taken from the cards in the National Union Catalog, and from the edition of 1740, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. This edition has 256 leaves, the title printed in red and black, the text in roman letter, with the Interpretationes in italic, and the Annotationes in double columns on the same page.

Graesse VI, 59. Ebert 22513.

Nicolas Camus, 1610-1677, French scholar, edited the first Delphin edition printed in Paris in 1675. The first London Delphin edition appeared in 1688" "45780","8","","","","Menandri et Philemonis reliquiae. notis Grotii et Clerici.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 17, as above.","Menander and Philemon.","Menandri et Philemonis Reliquiæ, Quotquot reperiri potuerunt; Græce et Latine, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Joannis Clerici, Qui etiam novam omnium versionem adornavit, Indicésque adjecit. Amstelodami: apud Thomam Lombrail. CI[???] I[???] CC IX. [1709].","PA4245 .A2 1709","

8vo. 208 leaves, title printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Graesse IV, 484. Dibdin II, 234.

Jefferson bought a copy from Armand Koenig of Strassburg. In a letter dated from Paris, April 22, 1788, he wrote:

Je viens de recevoir de Monsieur Prevost le Platon, l'Aristophane, et le Menandre que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier, mais point de note de ce que je dois payer pour ça à Monsieur Prevost . . .

On June 29, Jefferson wrote again to Koenig:

J'ai reçu en bon ordre les livres que vous avez eu la bonté de m'expedier, et aussi la lettre du 5. courant que vous m'avez fait l'honneur de m'ecrire avec la catalogue. je ne trouve sur cette catalogue que deux articles que je vous demande c'est á dire

Demetrius Phalereus de elocutione. Gr. Lat. Foulis. 1743. 3th.

Menandri et Philemonis reliquiae. Gr. Lat. Amstel. 1704 7[???]10

A note from Koenig dated July 24, 1788, lists these three books without any price, and they are thus entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Menander, c. 342-291 B.C., Greek dramatist, was the author of more than a hundred comedies. He was an imitator of Euripides even in the writing of a number of maxims which have now become proverbial. These include Whom the gods love dies young, Evil communications corrupt good manners, and others.

Philemon, c. 361-263 B.C., Greek poet, was a contemporary and rival of Menander.

Hugo Grotius, 1583-1645, Dutch scholar, published his first edition of Menander and Philemon in 1616. For other works by him or edited by him see the Index.

This is the first edition edited by Jean Le Clerc (Joannes Clericus), 1657-1736, Swiss philosopher, and was the cause of Richard Bentley writing his Emendationes in Menandri et Philemonis reliquas ex nupera editione Joannis Clerici, ubi multa Grotii et aliorum, plurima vero Clerici, errata castigantur, auctore Phileleuthero, Lipsiensis, printed in Utrecht in 1710.

For Le Clerc and Bentley, see the Index." "45790","9","","","","Poetiche del Machiavelli.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 1, as above.","Machiavelli, Niccolo.","Poetiche del Machiavelli.","","

12mo. It is doubtful if this book were ever delivered to Congress, and there is no information as to the edition. It is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing bokks made after 1815.

The book was apparently purchased by Jefferson while in Paris; it is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.o." "45800","10","","","","Theatre Italien.","","9. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 2, as above.","","Le Nouveau Théatre Italien, ou Recueil General des Comédies Representées par les Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roi. Augmenté des Piéces nouvellés, des Argumens de plusieurs autres qui n'ont point été imprimées, & d'un Catalogue de toutes les Comédies representées depuis le rétablissement des Comediens Italiens. Nouvelle édition, Corrigée & tres-augmentée, & à laquelle on a joint les Airs des Vaudevilles gravez à la fin de chaque Volume. Tome Premier [Neuviéme]. A Paris, Chez Briasson, ruë Saint Jacques, à la Science. M. DCC. XXXIII. [-M. DCC. XXXVI.] Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1733-1736.]","PQ1231 .I5N6 1733","

9 vol. 12mo, each volume with the general title and a half-title. Volume I has an engraved title by J. B. Scotin after Coypel, the Disposition de ce Recueil on the back of the half-title, and contains the Avertissement du Libraire, a Catalogue alphabetique des Comédies representées par les Comédiens Italiens, jusqu'a l'année 1732, the Extraits ou Argumens de plusieurs Pieces, soit Italiennes, soit Françoises, qui n'ont pas été imprimées; ausquelles on a joint les Vaudevilles de toutes les Pieces qui ne sont pas imprimées dans ce Recuëil, and at the end the Vaudevilles du Nouveau Theatre Italien, 50 leaves with musical notation engraved on both sides by Denise Vincent; Vol. II-VIII contain the plays with the list contained in each volume on the back of the half-titles, each play with a separate title-page with the imprint of Briasson and many with his woodcut device, separate signatures and pagination, each volume with engraved music at the end by Denise Vincent (7, 3, 3, 2, 6, 2, 2 and 1 leaf respectively), publisher's advertisements on various leaves. The general titles are dated 1733 in all volumes except the last which is dated 1736. The dates in the imprints of the several plays vary from 1729 to 1737.

Not in Barbier. Not in Graesse. Not in Brunet.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 18.o.

The history of the Comédie Italienne is given at the beginning of the first volume, from its first invitation to Paris from the Duc d'Orleans in 1716, when the company numbered eleven actors and actresses, beginning with Luigi Riccoboni, the famous actor and himself the author of the history of the Italian theatre in his own country." "45810","11","","","","The same [i.e. Moliére] Fr.","","8. v. 12mo. [4th. wanting.]","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 3, as above.","Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de.","Les Oeuvres de M. de Molière, nouvelle édition, reveuë, corigée et augmentée . . . Paris: par la Compagnie des libraires associés (impr. de M. David), 1710.","","

7 vol. only [wanting the 4th], 12mo, engraved portrait by Audran after Mignard, plates ''imitées de Brissart.'' A copy of this edition was not obtainable for examination. The information is obtained from the description in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Volume I contains the Préface of La Grange; la Vie de M. de Molière by Jean-Léonor Le Gallois, sieur de Grimarest; La Critique de la Vie de M. de Molière; Addition à la Vie de M. de Molière, ou Réponse à la Critique, by Grimarest; and two plays, L'Etourdi and Le Depit Amoureux. Volumes II to VIII contain the plays, and the last volume has in addition L'Ombre de Molière by G. Marcoureau de Brécourt; Extraits de divers auteurs, contenans plusieurs particularités de la vie de M. de Molière et des jugemens sur quelquesuns de ses ouvrages; Recueil des épigrammes, épitaphes et autres pièces en vers, faites par divers auteurs, sur M. de Molière et sur sa mort. The contents of Volume IV, lacking in Jefferson's copy were Le Sicilien, Amphitryon, L'Avare, George Dandin, La Gloire du dôme du Valde-Grâce.

Quérard VI, 178. Lacroix, Bibliographie Molièresque, 299. Catalogue of the Molière Collection in Harvard College Library, 15. Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des Ouvrages de Molière, 25.

A set of Molière in 8 volumes was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by John March of Georgetown on March 7, 1805, at a cost of 5 dollars. If this were the set so bound, it was perfect at that date.

Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière, 1622-1673 (originally Jean Baptiste Poquelin), French dramatist." "45820","12","","","","the same [i.e. Moliere] Fr.","","6. v. 16s.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 4, as above.","Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de.","Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Molière. Paris et Amsterdam, 1783, 4.","","6 vol. 16s. A copy of this edition has not been located; it is not listed in the general bibliographies, nor in the bibliographies of the works of Molière." "45830","13","","","","Oeuvres de theatre de Diderot.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 5, as above.","Diderot, Denys.","Oeuvres de Theatre de M. Diderot . . . A Amsterdam. M. DCC. LXVIII. [1768.]","","

2 vol. in 1, 12mo. A copy of this edition was not obtainable. An edition printed in Amsterdam in 1772 was by Marc-Michel Rey, and included: De la Poésie Dramatique. A mon Ami M. Grimm.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Dieckmann.

Jefferson bought his copy from Samuel Henley; it is included in the list of the books from Henley's library purchased by him appended to his letter of March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.

For the Oeuvres Philosophiques de Diderot, published by Rey in 1772, see no. 1262." "45840","14","","","","Lilly's plays.","","16s","","","","","

There is no entry for Lilly's plays in any Library of Congress catalogue after that of 1815, though the entry is not marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Catalogue of 1815, and is checked as though the book had been received.

There is no means of knowing exactly what Jefferson intended by Lilly's plays, 16s. The only English dramatist of that name was John Lilly [now usually written Lyly], 1554?-1606. He was the author of eight plays, six of which were collected in 1632 by Edward Blount, and printed for him by W. Stansby in one volume duodecimo, with the title Six Courte Comedies . . . Written by the onely Rare Poet of that Time, the Wittie, Comicall, Facetiously-Quicke, and unparalleled John Lilly, Master of Arts . . .

It seems probable that this was the Lilly's plays, 16s in Jefferson's library." "45850","15","","","","Beaumont & Fletcher.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 29, as above.","Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John.","Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beavmont and Iohn Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies . . . London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard. 1647.","PR2420 1647","

First Edition. Folio. 441 leaves, engraved frontispiece with portrait of Fletcher by W. Marshall and Latin verses by J. Berkenhead.

STC B51581. Pforzheimer Catalogue, no. 53.

Francis Beaumont, 1584-1616, and John Fletcher, 1579-1625, English dramatists. This was the first collected edition of their plays, and included all but the Wild Goose Chase, first published in 1652. The editor of this edition was James Shirley, 1596-1666, himself the author of a number of plays. For a full account of this edition see the Pforzheimer catalogue as above." "45860","16","","","","Capell's Prolusions.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 6, as above.","[Capell, Edward.]","Prolusions; or, sele[???] Pieces of antient Poetry,—compil'd with great Care from their several Originals, and offer'd to the Publick as Specimens of the Integrity that should be found in the Editions of worthy Authors,—in three Parts; containing, I. The notbrowne Mayde; Master Sackvile's Indu[???]ion; and, Overbury's Wife: II. Edward the third, a Play, thought to be writ by Shakespeare: III. Those excellent didactic Poems, intitl'd—Nosce teipsum, written by Sir John Davis: with a Preface . . . London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. [From the Press of Dryden Leach, in Crane-court, Fleet-street. Oct. 6th. 1759.] 1760.","PR1204 .C3","

First Edition. 8vo. 140 leaves including four blanks; continuous signatures but separate pagination for the three parts, printer's imprint at the end.

Halkett and Laing IV, 441. Lowndes I, 368. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 898.

This work is dedicated to the right honourable the Lord Willoughby of Parham, a Trustee of the British Museum, Vice-president of the Royal Society, and President of the Society of Antiquaries. The preface, unsigned, is dated Jul. 20th, 1759. For another work by Capell, see no. 4541, above." "45870","17","","","","Farquhar's plays.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 8, as above.","Farquhar, George.","The Works of the late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish'd in his Life-time. In Two Volumes. The Ninth Edition. Corre[???]ed from the Errors of former Impressions. To which are added some Memoirs of the Author, never before Publish'd. London: Printed for J. Clarke, John Rivington, James Rivington and James Fletcher, S. Crowder and Co. T. Caslon, T. Lownds, H. Woodgate and S. Brookes. MDCCLX. [1760.]","PR3435 .A1 1760","

2 vol. 12mo. 186 and 186 leaves; general title as above, special title for each volume with a list of the works contained in the volume, separate title and pagination to each play. Volume I contains at the beginning Some Memoirs of Mr. George Farquhar, Poems and Letters, and a Discourse upon Comedy.

Lowndes II, 781. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 416.

George Farquhar, 1678-1707, Irish dramatist. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1714." "45880","18","","","","Vanbrugh's plays.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 9, as above.","Vanbrugh, Sir John.","Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh. In Two Volumes. Volume the First. Containing, The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. The Provok'd Wife, with a new Scene. Aesop, in Two Parts. The False Friend. [-Volume the Second. Containing, The Confederacy. The Mistake. The Country House. A Journey to London. The Provok'd Husband.] London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, T. Waller, S. Crowder and Co. T. Longman, J. Robinson, A. and C. Corbet, and T. Lownds. M DCC LIX. [1759.]","PR3737 .A1 1759","

2 vol. 12mo. 192 and 172 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Vanbrugh by J. Miller. The list of printers in the imprint of Volume II differs slightly from that in Volume I.

Lowndes V, 2752. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 414.

Sir John Vanbrugh, 1664-1726, English dramatist. The first collected edition of his plays was published in 1730." "45890","19","","","","Wycherley's plays.","","1st. vol. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 11, as above.","Wycherley, William.","Plays written by Mr. William Wycherley. In Two Volumes. Containing The Plain Dealer, The Country Wife, Gentleman Dancing-Master, Love in a Wood. Vol. I . . . London: Printed for B. Tooke and M. Wellington; and Sold by A. Bettesworth and F. Clay, M. DCC. XX. [1720.]","","

Vol. I only, 12mo, 164 leaves, engraved frontispiece by J. Pine and to The Country Wife by J. Pine after J. Symonds, continuous signatures, separate pagination to each play and separate titles, all with the imprint of M. Wellington; actors' names at the beginning of each play.

Lowndes V, 3005. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 410

William Wycherley, 1640?-1716, English dramatist. This is the second collected edition of his plays; the first was published in 1713." "45900","20","","","","Sedley's works.","","2d. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 12, as above.","Sedley, Sir Charles.","The Second Volume of the Works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley Bart. Consisting of Poems on several Occasions. The Mulberry Garden, a Comedy. Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy. The Grumbler, a Comedy, Venus and Adonis, The Tyrant, King of Crete, a Tragedy. London: Printed for S. Briscoe at the Bell Savage on Ludgate Hill, 1722.","PR3671 .S4 1722","

Vol. II only, 12mo, 178 leaves, the Preface to the Reader signed by W. Ayloffe, separate titles for the plays with the dates 1716 and 1719.

Lowndes IV, 2235. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II 275.

Sir Charles Sedley, 1693?-1701. This edition of his Works was published in two volumes, of which only the second was sold by Jefferson to Congress." "45910","21","","","","Congreve's plays.","","2 v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 10, as above.","Congreve, William.","Dramatic Works. Glasgow: R. Urie, 1761.","","

1st volume only, issued in 2 vol. 12mo. A copy of this edition was not seen.

Lowndes I, 510. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

The contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue has the manuscript annotation, 2d. vol. missing. All the later catalogues call for the first volume only. The first volume is erroneously entered in the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815.

William Congreve, 1670-1729, English dramatist. He published the first collected edition of his works in 1710, in three volumes octavo. The best edition is usually considered to be that of Baskerville, published in Birmingham in 1761, the same year as the Glasgow edition." "45920","22","","","","Oeuvres complettes de Beaumarchais. sc. Memoires et pieces de theatre.","","3 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 21. Oeuvres Complettes de Beaumerchais, 3 v. 8vo.","Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.","Oeuvres Complettes de M. de Beaumarchais. Amsterdam: Merkus, 1775.","","

3 vol. 8vo. A copy was not seen; the information is obtained from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale and from Cordier. Vol. I and II contain the Mémoires and are so entitled: Mémoires de M. de Beaumarchais. Tome I. [-II] with an engraved frontispiece and portrait. The title of Vol. III reads: Oeuvres complettes de M. de Beaumarchais. Tome Troisième contenant ses Pièces de Théâtre et sa lettre modérée sur la chute et la critique du Barbier de Seville.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Brunet. Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale IX, 442. Cordier, Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, no. 466.

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 1732-1799, French dramatist, merchant and politician. For his political activities (with which the Mémoires are concerned). see also no. 3286." "45930","23","","","","Oeuvres dramatiques de Mercier.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 22, as above.","Mercier, Louis Sebastien.","Oeuvres dramatiques de M. Mercier. Tome Premier. [-Second] A Amsterdam: chez Changuion & E. Van Harrevelt Libraires. A Paris: chez Le Jay, Libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au Grand Corneille. M. DCC. LXXVI. [1776.]","","

2 vol. 8vo. 198 and 170 leaves, both volumes with half-titles, engraved frontispieces and plates after Marillier by various engravers.

Quérard VI, 61. This edition not in De Ricci-Cohen.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 9.o.

For other works by Mercier, see the Index." "","24","","","","Jones's Sacontala.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 151. [Jones's Sacontala 4to.] In C. 35, No. 63.","","","","For this, see no. 4435." "45940","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de.","La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, comédie en cinq actes et en prose. Par M. Caron de Beaumarchais. Représentée pour la première fois à Paris, par les Comédiens ordinaires du Roi, le 27 avril 1784. Amsterdam, M. DCC. LXXXV. [1785.]","","

8vo. 72 leaves. A copy was not available for examination.

Cordier, no. 131.

The first edition was published in Paris earlier in the same year. This edition of Amsterdam ''ne contient pas la préface, les approbations, etc., mais renferme les airs notés. C'est sans aucun doute la contrefaçon dont se plaint l'avis de l'éditeur dans l'édition originale.''" "45950","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Rochon de Chabannes, Marc Antoine Jacques.","Le Jaloux, Comédie en cinq Actes et en Vers libres, par M. Rochon de Chabannes. Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1785.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 64 leaves. A copy was not available; the above title is taken from the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard VIII, 102. Répertoire Général du Théâtre Français, vol. 45.

Marc Antoine Jacques Rochon de Chabannes, 1730-1800, French dramatist. The play was produced for the first time at the Théâtre de la Nation in Paris on March 11, 1784." "45960","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Desforges, Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard.","La Femme Jalouse, Comédie en cinq actes et en vers. Par M. Desforges. Représentée pour la premiere fois par les Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi, le Mardi 15 Février 1785; & à Versailles, le 11 Mars suivant, devant Leurs Majestés. Le Prix est de trente sols. A Paris, Chez Prault, Imprimeur du Roi, quai des Augustins, à l'Immortalité. 1785.","PQ1977 .D5AG4 1785","

First Edition. 8vo. 84 leaves, including the half-title and 2 leaves of advertisement at the end.

Quérard II, 510.

Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges, 1746-1806, French scholar, dramatist and actor." "45970","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Florian, Jean Pierre Claris de.","Les Deux Billets. Comédie en un Acte et en Prose, Par Florian, représentée pour la première Fois, sur le Théâtre-Italien le 9 Février 1779. A Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1780.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available for examination.

Quérard III, 139. Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, Tome 43.

Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, 1755-1794, French poet, romance writer and dramatist, became a member of the French Academy in 1788. He was imprisoned during the Revolution, and died shortly after his release." "45980","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Beaunoir [Alexandre Louis Bertrand Robineau, dit Madame de].","Fanfan et Colas; ou, Les Frères de Lait, Comédie en 1 Acte et en Prose, par Madame de Beaunoir . . . Paris: Cailleau, 1784.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 32 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Quérard I, 242. Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, Tome 46.

Alexandre Louis Bertrand Robineau, dit Madame de Beaunoir, 1746-1823, French dramatist, took Holy Orders, but, on writing for the stage, withdrew from the Church and used an anagram of his name. A number of his pieces were written in his wife's name. Fanfan et Colas was first played by the Comédiens Italiens on September 7, 1784." "45990","25","Comedies. French. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151 no. 23, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 620, no. J. 22. Comedies, in French, 8vo, viz: La Folle Journée ou le Mariage de Figaro, par Beaumarchais; Amsterdam, 1785.—Le Jaloux, par Rochon de Chabannes; Paris, 1785.—La Femme Jalouse, par Desforges; Paris, 1785.—Les Deux Billets, par Florian; Paris, 1780.—Fanfan et Colas, par Madame de Beaunoir; Paris, 1784.—Blaise et Babet, par Monvel; Paris, 1785.","Six French comedies bound together in one volume as follows:","","","","","Boutet de Monvel, Jacques Marie.","Blaise et Babet; ou, la Suite des Trois Fermiers. Comédie en deux Actes, mêlée d'Ariettes, par M. Monvel, réprésentée pour la première fois par les Comédiens italiens ordinaire du Roi, devant leurs Majestés, à Versailles, le 4 Avril, et à Paris le 30 Juin 1783. Paris, 1785.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not available; the above title is taken from the first edition, 1783, in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard VI, 277. Collection des Théâtres Français.

Suite du Répertoire, Tome 61.

Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel, 1745-1811, French actor and dramatist. The music of the ariettes was by N. Dczède." "46000","26","","","","Puglia's Double disappointment","","4to. MS","1815 Catalogue, page 152, no. 25, as above. 1831 Catalogue, page 239, no. J. 27, Puglia's Double Disappointment, MS., 4to. No. J. 28, Puglia's Embargo, MS., 4to.","Puglia, James Philip.","These two manuscripts are no longer in the Library of Congress.","","

The manuscript of The Embargo was sent to Jefferson by the author, with a letter dated from Philadelphia, June 21, 1808:

If you recollect my occasional services in your Office, as Interpreter, during the years 1792 & 93, my name will be remembered by you—I arrived at New York in April last from a circumnavigating voyage of Thirty one Months in the American Ship Maryland, when unexpectedly an Embargo had taken place—As the valuable information acquired on the Coast of Chili, Peru, Mexico, California and many Islands in the Pacific Ocean promised me, upon a second expedition, the full recovery of the loss lately sustained, it may be easily conjectured what effect the said Embargo had on my circumstances: However, I cordially acknowledge, without selfish views, to have immediately perceived the real necessity as well as the beneficial object of the measure; hence I cheerfully acquiesed in it—In May last I returned from New York to this City, and, devoting in some leisure moments a few thoughts to the political circumstances of our Country, I was chagrined at illiberal remarks on the subject of the Embargo by certain Editors of public Papers, deficient in patriotism and good sense to cavil at such a wise Expedient—As from such efforts from the opposition party vulgar prejudices may be raised & encouraged, I thought something could be done to prevent, at least to weaken that mischievous tendency—A serious mode of reasoning on the subject would, I conceived, have little effect while, perhaps, gay humor might excite the laughs of ridicule on the occasion—This idea induced me to pref [hole in paper] the Comic Muse; the inclosed is, therefor, intended for the Stage: and, though its success may be uncertain, yet, if once received by a generous Public, I hope it may tend to some good purpose—The plot is taken from the view of the present Time which involves the Embargo; and I present it in the shape in which I would wish to see it performed & published—Please to over look its imperfections, and if it should meet with your approbation, my object is obtained— . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on June 24:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. Puglia, and his thanks for the MS of his comedy on the embargo, which he has read with pleasure. the weapon of ridicule can never be more lawfully employed than in support of truth & reason. yet he supposes the party of anti-embargoists, too numerous in the commercial cities to suffer their incivism to be blazoned on the stage. he wishes them however the boon of reformation & to M. Puglia the honor of administering it.

On December 19 Puglia wrote to explain why his comedies had been neither acted nor printed:

William Warren, Manager of this Theatre, had on his return to Town the perusal of the two Comedies, entitled the Embargo & the Double Disappointment with my solicitation for their early performance; but, I am concerned to announce, that the republican spirit of the former, being in a direct opposition to his political disposition and views, was the unexpected cause of both being indiscriminately rejected, thereby condemning the innocence of the one for the supposed sin of the other.

Thus situated, I looked upon the supercilious conduct of the british comedian as highly deserving to be exposed—John Binns, Editor of the Democratic Press in this City, being informed of the fact, approved of the measure; and on the 10th November last he received of ME an essay to that effect, which in his next daily paper as you will observe, promised to publish: he, however, has not thought proper to insert it since that period, notwithstanding my repeated exhortations—Whatever be the cause of this remarkable neglect on the part of said Editor, it certainly proves that all my best exertions are to remain fruitless, and that the Author of the Disappointment must undergo the fate of being himself completely disappointed—

A friend advised me to put both productions in press without delay, but he, like the rest, is unacquainted with my actual circumstances which will not permit me (with sorrow I express it) to venture on an expence unavoidable on such an occasion: leaving, therefore, their publication till better times begin to smile, I feel only the consolation that they are not unknown to the person whose approbation was originally solicited.— . . .

James Philip Puglia, fl. 1800, lived at various times in Philadelphia. His name is not consistently in the Philadelphia Directory year by year. It appears for the first time in 1799 ''sworn interpreter of foreign languages and broker, 57 Walnut Street.'' In 1810 he was still a sworn interpreter, but had become a health officer in Carter's Alley. These two comedies were never printed." "46010","27","","","","Plays by several hands.","","1. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 24, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 622, no. J. 21. Plays, 8vo, viz: Madrigal and Trulletta.—Platonic Wife; London, 1765.—Stratford Jubilee; London, 1769.","Reed, Joseph.","Madrigal and Trulletta. A Mock-Tragedy. Acted (under the Direction of Mr. Cibber) at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. With Notes by the Author, and Dr. Humbug, Critick and Censor-General. By J. Reed . . . London: Printed for W. Reeve, at Shakespear's Head, Fleet-Street. 1758. [Price One Shilling and Sixpence.]","PR1241 .L6 vol. 56.","

First Edition. 36 leaves.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 481. Backer III, 21. Clarence 271.

Joseph Reed, 1723-1787, English dramatist. This play was performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden, under the direction of Theophilus Cibber, for one night only. At the beginning of the printed play is a list of the Dramatis Personae (fourteen men and three women) with the names of two actors only, Mr. Davis and Mr. Blakey, and a footnote: As these TWO were the only persons, who receiv'd the applause of the publick, it is unnecessary to add the names of the other performers." "46020","","","","","","","","","[Griffith, Elizabeth.]","The Platonic Wife, a Comedy, as it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady. London: Printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-street; J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; and T. Davies in Russel-street. MDCCLXV. [1765.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 54 leaves.

Halkett and Laing IV, 360. Baker II, 213. Clarence 357.

Elizabeth Griffith, 1720?-1793, Welsh playright and novelist. This comedy was first acted at Drury Lane on January 24, 1765, and ran for a few nights only. The names of the original cast are printed in the list of Dramatis Personae. It is anonymously dedicated to the Duchess of Bedford, and in the Advertisement at the beginning the author states ''The hint of this Piece was taken from one of the Contes Moraux of Marmontel, stiled L'Hereux Divorce.''" "46030","","","","","","","","","[Gentleman, Francis.]","The Stratford Jubilee. A New Comedy of Two Acts, as it has been lately exhibited at Stratford upon Avon, with great applause. To which is prefixed Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee. London. Printed for T. Lowndes, no. 77. in Fleet-Street, and J. Bell, Successor to Mr. Bathoe, near Exeter Exchange in the Strand. M.DCC.LXIX. [Price One Shilling.] [1769.]","PR1241 .L6 vol. 24.","

First Edition. 8vo. 24 leaves; the four preliminary leaves contain the title; a poem addressed by the author to Samuel Foote, Esq.; Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee. Spoken by Mr. Weston (in verse); and a leaf with To the Public on the recto and the Dramatis Personae on the verso.

Halkett and Laing V, 375. Baker III, 303. Clarence 429.

Francis Gentleman, 1728-1784, Irish actor and dramatist. This play was printed but never acted. The preface as originally written contained an attack on Garrick which was omitted by the printer." "46040","28","","","","dō. [i.e. Plays by several hands.]","","1. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 13, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 621, no. J. 10. Plays, 12mo, viz: Funeral, or Grief a-la-Mode by R. Steele; London, 1758.—Epicœne, or the Silent Woman, by Ben Jonson; London, 1739.—Alchymist, by Ben Jonson.—Double Gallant, by C. Cibber; London, 1761.—Rehearsal; London, 1761.—Beaux Stratagem, by G. Farquhar; London, 1760.","Steele, Sir Richard.","The Funeral: or, Grief A-la-Mode. A Comedy. Written by Sir Richard Steele . . . London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, M DCC LVIII. [1758.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by G. Vander Gucht.

See Baker II, 254 and Clarence 166. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Sir Richard Steele, 1672-1729, Irish essayist, dramatist and politician. This was his first play, and was acted at Drury-Lane in 1702. The play was dedicated to the Countess of Albemarle, and the cast included Cibber, Wilks and Mrs. Verbruggen." "46050","","","","","","","","","Jonson, Ben.","Epicoene: or, The Silent Woman. A Comedy, First Acted in the Year 1609. By the King's Majesty's Servants. With the Allowance of the Master of Revels. The Author Ben. Johnson . . . London: Printed for D. Midwinter, J. and P. Knapton [and others] M DCC XXXIX. [1739.]","","

12mo. 54 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Lud. Du Guernier. The Prologue is followed by The Persons of the Play and a list of the Principal Comedians.

See Baker II, 200.

Ben [for Benjamin] Jonson, 1573?-1637, English dramatist." "46060","","","","","","","","","Jonson, Ben.","The Alchemist. A Comedy, First Acted in the Year 1610. By the King's Majesty's Servants. With the Allowance of the Master of Revels. The Author Ben. Johnson . . . London: Printed for D. Midwinter, J. and P. Knapton, H. Knaplock, A. Ward, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, W. Innys, T. Longman, R. Robinson, T. Wotton, S. Birt, B. Motte, C. Corbet and G. Conyers. M DCC XXXIX. [1739.]","","

12mo. 54 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by and after Lud. Du Guernier.

This edition is not listed in the bibliographies.

The Alchymist was first acted in 1610 by His Majesty's Servants. This edition of 1739 has at the beginning a list of the ''Principal Comedians'', beginning with Ric. Burbadge." "46070","","","","","","","","","Cibber, Colley.","The Double Gallant: or, The Sick Lady's Cure. A Comedy. Written by Colley Cibber, Esq. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, S. Crowder and Co. H. Woodgate and S. Brookes, T. Caslon, G. Kearsley, and T. Lownds. M DCC LXI. [1761.]","","

12mo. 54 leaves including the half-title, printed title in red and black, engraved title-frontispiece by G. Vander Gucht.

This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. See Baker II, 213 and Croissant, Studies in the Work of Colley Cibber, page 21.

This comedy was first acted at the Haymarket, November 7, 1707, and printed in the same year. ''The title would lead one to suppose that it is taken directly from Corneille's Le Galant Double, but it is a weaving together of Mrs. Centlivre's Love at a Venture, which is an adaptation of Corneille, Burnaby's Ladies Visiting Day, and the Lady Dainty action from Burnaby's Reformed Wife.''—Croissant. The names of the cast are given at the beginning of this edition." "46080","","","","","","","","","Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham.","The Rehearsal: with a Key, or Critical View of the Authors, and their Writings, exposed in this Play. By George, late Duke of Buckingham. The Sixteenth Edition. As it was Acted on Monday, September 14, 1761, By Command, and before Their Majesties, the King and Queen, and Most of the Royal Family. London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, T. Osborne, T. Waller, S. Crowder, T. Longman, A. and C. Corbett, and T. Lownds. M.DCC.LXI. [1761.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves, on C6 with caption title, begins A Key to the Rehearsal. Or, a Critical View of the Authors, and their writings that are exposed in this Celebrated Play. The last leaf has an Advertisement For the Benefit of every Person that has Occasion to Pawn any Thing. This Day is published, Price only 2s. bound. The Pawnbrokers and Usurers Law.

See Baker III, 199.

George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, 1628-1687. The Rehearsal was first acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in 1671 and printed in 1672. The Key was first printed in 1705, in the second volume of Buckingham's Miscellaneous Works. Authors of plays named in the Key include Sir William D'Avenant, Dryden, Mrs. Aphra Behn and Sir William Killigrew. The actors' names at the beginning of this edition include Mr. Garrick." "46090","","","","","","","","","Farquhar, George.","The Beaux Stratagem: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. London: Printed for J. Rivington, James Rivington and James Fletcher, S. Crowder and Co., T. Caslon, T. Lowndes, H. Woodgate and S. Brookes, M DCC LX. [1760.]","","

12mo. 48 leaves, the advertisements of the various publishers on 5 pages at the end (S. Crowder, Thomas Caslon, T. Lownds, Henry Woodgate and Samuel Brookes).

See Baker II, 53.

This play was first produced in 1707, and was written during the last illness of the author who died during the run of the piece. His Advertisement at the beginning reads: ''The Reader may find some Faults in the Play which my Illness prevented the amending of; but there is great Amends made in the Representation, which cannot be match'd, no more than the friendly and indefatigable Care of Mr. Wilks, to whom I chiefly owe the Success of the Play.'' The Dramatis Personæ at the beginning include both Wilks and Cibber." "46100","29","","","","dō. [i.e. Plays by several hands.]","","1. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 14, 2 v 12mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 622, no. J. 11. Plays, 12mo, viz: Provoked Husband, by J. Vanbrugh and C. Cibber; London, 1760.—Relapse, by J. Vanbrugh; London, 1761.—Mar-Plot, by Susanna Centlivre; London, 1737.—Busie-Body, by S. Centlivre; London, 1759.—Careless Husband, by C. Cibber.","Vanbrugh, Sir John and Cibber, Colley.","The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By His Majesty's Servants. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber . . . London: Printed for T. Lownds at his Circulating Library, M DCC LX. [1760.]","","

12mo. 60 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Vander-Gucht after I. Vanderbank. The List of Dramatic Personae 1759 includes Mr. Garrick.

See Baker III, 184.

This play was first acted at Drury-Lane in 1728. It was ''begun by Sir John Vanbrugh, but left by him imperfect at his death; when Mr. Cibber took it in hand and finished it . . .''—Baker. It is dedicated to the Queen by Colley Cibber, and the preliminary address to the Reader is dated from the Theatre-Royal, January 27, 1727/8." "46110","","","","","","","","","Vanbrugh, Sir John.","The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. A Comedy. As it is acted at both Theatres. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, G. Kearsly; and the rest of the Proprietors, 1761.","","

12mo. 42 leaves; a copy of this edition was not seen.

See Baker III, page 200, no. 65 and Clarence, page 379.

This play is a continuation of Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift; or, The fool in fashion. It was first acted at Drury Lane in 1697, and printed in quarto in that year, a second quarto was printed in the following year, and many times reprinted in duodecimo and in octavo." "46120","","","","","","","","","Centlivre, Susanna.","The Busie Body, A Comedy. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre . . . London: Printed for J. Robinson, T. Caslon, S. Crowder and Co., H. Woodgate and S. Brookes, and T. Lownds. MDCCLIX. [1759.]","","

12mo. 36 leaves, including 1 for the publishers' advertisement.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 432. See Baker II, 73.

Susanna Centlivre, 1667?-1723, English actress and dramatist. This play, first acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1709, and printed in that year, is the first of its author's plays to have her name on the title-page. The Busie Body is dedicated to John Lord Sommers, and a list of the original cast is given with the characters." "46130","","","","","","","","","Centlivre, Sussana.","Mar-Plot: Or, The Second Part of the Busie-Body. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson: And Sold by W. Feales at Rowe's Head the Corner of Essex-Street in the Strand. MDCCXXXVII. [1737.]","PR3339 .C6A71 1737.","

12 mo. 42 leaves, title printed in red and black.

Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 432.

This play was first acted at Drury-Lane on December 30, 1710 and first printed in 1711. See Baker III, 131 and Clarence, page 281. It is dedicated to Henry Bentinck, Earl of Portland, and the names of the cast are given with the characters." "46140","","","","","","","","","Cibber, Colley.","The Careless Husband. A Comedy. Written by C. Cibber . . . The Eighth Edition. Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for Philip Crampton M. DCC. XXXIII. [1733.]","","

12mo. 42 leaves, the last with Books and Plays Printed for and sold by Philip Crampton. List of Dramatis Personae at the beginning

See Baker II, 71.

Colley Cibber, 1671-1757, English actor and dramatist. This play was first performed at Drury-Lane on December 7, 1704, and printed in 1705." "46150","30","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 15, Comedies, Steele, &c. 12mo.","","","","

This entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress catalogue. It appears to have been entered in the 1815 Catalogue in error; in the catalogue of 1831 it is entered as Plays by Steele, Jonson Cibber, &c. &c., 12mo (page 239, no. 10) and obviously refers to the collection headed Plays by several hands, 2 v. 12mo. No. 4604-4609.

Jefferson's manuscript catalogue has two entries reading Plays by several hands, 1. v. 12mo, which are assumedly described in the two collections in 12mo, described above. In the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815 they are entered as 2. v. 12mo, with the annotation 1st vol. missing in the contemporary working copy, which seems to be an error. Jefferson's manuscript has an additional entry for Plays by several hands 2. v. 12mo, which was not sold to Congress." "46160","J. 1","","","","Luciani opera. Gr. Lat. Cognati et Sambuci annotationibus. Basil.","","4. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 1, as above, but reading 3 v 12mo.","Lucianus.","Λoυκιανoυ απαντα. Lvciani Samosatensis Opera, quæ quidem extant, omnia, Græcè & Latinè, in quatuor Tomos diuisa: vnà cvm Gilberti Cognati, et Ioannis Sambvci annotationibus vtilissimis: narratione item de vite & scriptis authoris Iacobi Zvingeri: adiectis suo loco tractatuum elenchis, & rerum ac verborum indicibus. Editio nitidissima. Cum Cæsareæ Maj. gratia & priuilegio. Basileæ: per Sebastianvm Henricpetri. n.d. [1563.]","PA4230 .A2 1563","

8vo. 3 vol. only, should be 4. Vol. I lacks 8 leaves, sig. m, replaced by an additional copy of sig. d. The præfatio and the epist. dedicatoria dated 1563.

Ebert 12381. Graesse IV, 278.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. i and I, t and T and their multiples whenever when occur. On page 11, vol. II, the name E. Randolph stamped in red. Manuscript marginal notes in Greek and English occur (including one calling attention to the missing signature) some of which may be by Jefferson. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate is not present in any volume.

Jefferson had this imperfect set of three volumes in his library before October 10, 1792, on which date he wrote from Philadelphia to Froullé in Paris giving an order for books to be sent, including: Lucian. Gr. Lat. Basileae. Sebastien Henri Petri. 4 vol[???] small 8vo. I want the 4th. only to complete my set: but if it cannot be had separately, send the whole.

Lucianus, c. A. D. 120-180, Greek satirist of Samosata. The first edition of his works (of which his True History suggested the Gulliver's Travels of Swift, the Voyage of Pantagruel of Rabelais, and the Journey to the Moon of Cyrano de Bergerac) was printed in Florence in 1496. In this edition of 1563 the editors made use of the translations of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Jacob Molsheym and Vincent Opsopaeus." "46170","J. 2","","","","Luciani opera. Gr. Lat. Gesneri. scholiis et notis.","","3. v. 4to. Amstel. 1743.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 27, as above.","Lucianus.","Λoυκιανoυ Σαμoσατεως Aπαντα. Luciani Samosatensis Opera. Cum nova versione Tiber. Hemsterhusii, & Io. Matthiae Gesneri, Graecis Scholiis, ac notis omnium proximae editionis Commentatorum, additis Io. Brodaei, Io. Iensii, Lud. Kusteri, Lamb. Bosii, Hor. Vitringae, Ioan. de la Faye, Ed. Leedes, aliisque ineditis, ac praecipue Mosis Solani & I. M. Gesneri. Tomus I. [-III.] Cujus priorem partem summo studio curavit & illustravit Tiberius Hemsterhusius. Ceteras inde partes ordinavit, notasque suas adjecit Ioannes Fredericus Reitzius. Amstelodami: sumptibus Jacobi Wetstenii. CI[???] I[???] CC XLIII. [1743.]","PA4230 .A2 1743","

3 vol. 4to. 484, 480 and 864 leaves, each volume with a half-title, engraved frontispiece by P. Tanjé, engraved armorial bearings of Maria Theresa by Tanjé after I. F. D. B. at the head of the dedication, and one engraved plate with coins; titles printed in red and black, with the engraved device of Wetstenius on each title; a few woodcut diagrams; Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, with notes in double columns below; at the end of Vol. II is Appendix ad Tom. II. Declamatio D. Erasmi Roterodami, Luciani Tyrannicidae Respondens. In the titles of Vol. II and III the name of Tiberius Hemsterhusius is omitted.

Graesse IV, 278. Ebert 12385. Dibdin II, 193.

Original calf, not initialled by Jefferson. Small marginal notes in Vol. I and II, pages 31 and 802 respectively, could be by George Wythe, who bequeathed his library to Jefferson.

Tiberius Hemsterhuys, 1685-1766, undertook an edition of the works of Lucian in 1720. ''Ten years later the printing began; in the next six years, the editor had only translated and expounded a sixth part of the text, and had thus filled 525 quarto pages. As the publisher desired to see the work finished within the limits of his own life-time, he entrusted its completion to J. F. Reitz, a schoolmaster at Utrecht, who in five years completed the remaining five-sixths of the work.''—Sandys. Dibdin describes this edition as being not only the most beautiful but the most accurate and complete that has ever been printed." "46180","J. 3","","","","Lucien. de la traduction de D'Ablancourt.","","2. vols. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 2, as above.","Lucianus.","Lucien de la Traduction de N. Perrot, Sr. d'Ablancourt. Divisé en deux parties. Quatriéme edition, nouvélement reveüe & corrigée. A Amsterdam: chez Jean de Ravestein, cI[???] I[???] c lxiv. [1664.]","PA4232 .F8P4 1664","

2 vol. Sm. 8vo. 224 and 236 leaves, engraved title-frontispiece in the first part; the seconde partie is so indicated on the title-page; printer's woodcut device on both printed titles.

This edition not in Quérard. See Quérard VII, 73. Graesse IV, 282.

Bound (for Jefferson?) in calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, initialled by him at sig. I and T in the first part (only), pencil notes by him throughout. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.

Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, 1606-1664, French author and translator. The first edition of his translation of the works of Lucien appeared in 1654, and was frequently reprinted. The translation was so free, that it was described by his contemporaries as being strictly only ''une imitation libre, et un nouvel ouvrage de sa façon.''" "46190","J. 4","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 28, Mythologie Dramatique de Lucien, Gr. Fr. par Gail, 4to.","Lucianus.","Mythologie Dramatique de Lucien, traduite en Français, et accompagnée du texte Grec et d'une version Latine; par le C. Gail, professeur de littérature Grecque au Collège de France. A Paris: chez l'auteur au Collège de France. L'an VI. (1798.) [De l'Imprimerie de Baudelot et Eberhart, à Paris.]","PA4232 .F84 1798","

First Edition of this Translation. 4to. 138 leaves, printer's imprint on the verso of the half-title. Greek and French text on opposite pages in long lines, Latin text in double columns below.

Graesse IV, 283. Quérard V, 388.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, by John March on June 30, 1807, price $2.00.

Not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jean Baptiste Gail, 1755-1829, French professor and translator, was a member of the Institut de France, Director of the Bibliothèque Royale, professor of Greek literature at the Collège de France, and a member of a number of learned societies." "46200","J. 5","","","","Dialogues des morts de Fontenelle.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 3, as above.","Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de.","Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts. Par M. de Fontenelle de l'Academie Françoise. Nouvelle édition augmentée. A Amsterdam: chez Pierre Mortier, n.d.","PQ1797 .F7D7 1710","

Sm. 8vo. 179 leaves, printer's device on the title, title printed in red and black, publisher's advertisement on the last preliminary leaf.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Backer.

Old calf, front cover gone, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 16s. 9d.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1657-1757, French author. The Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts was first published in 1683." "","6","","","","Dialogues des morts de Fenelon.","","","","","","","This book was apparently not sold to Congress. Fenelon is entered in the Index of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, with reference to this chapter, but there is no entry in the chapter itself." "46210","J. 7","","","","Ld. Lyttleton's Dialogues of the dead.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 20, as above.","Lyttelton, George, Baron Lyttelton.","Dialogues of the Dead. The Third Edition. London: printed for W. Sandby, M.DCC.LX. [1760.]","PR3542 .L8D5 1760a","

8vo. 166 leaves.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with a later bookplate. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. by Lord George Lyttelton written on title-page, not by Jefferson.

Jefferson bought a copy from Rapine, Conrad & Co., Washington, on May 4, 1802, cost 87½ cents.

George Lyttelton, First Baron Lyttelton, 1709-1773, English scholar, author and politician." "46220","J. 8","","","","Erasmi colloquia. Variorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 19, as above.","Erasmus, Desiderius.","Des. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia, cum notis selectis variorum, addito indice novo. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Amstelodami: ex typographia Blaviana, MDC XCIII. Sumptibus Societatis. [1693.]","Jefferson unclassified","

8vo. 408 leaves, engraved title by P. P.

Ebert 6871. Bibliotheca Erasmiana, 1903, page 445.

Old calf, gilt back, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536, Dutch scholar and theologian. This edition is a reimpression of that of Hackius, 1664." "46230","J. 9","","","","Conversations des gens du monde.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 21, as above.","[Carmontelle, i.e. Louis Carrogis, known as]","Conversations des Gens du Monde. Dans Tous les Tems de L'Annee. L'Hiver. Tome Premier. A Paris: a l'Imprimerie Polytype, Rue Favart, et chez les Marchands de Nouveautés. 1786.","PQ1959 C4C4 1786.","

First Edition. 8vo. All published. 229 leaves, including the half-title and the half-title for each separate journée; continuous signatures and pagination throughout.

Barbier I, 757. Quérard II, 53.

Original French calf, gilt back, labels in 2 compartments lettered respectively Conver—sations and Hiver. r.c. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This book is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, 1717-1806, French author, stated his object in writing this in the Avertissement at the beginning: ''L'on se croit obligé de prévenir ceux qui liront cet Ouvrage, qu'ils n'y trouveront rien de neuf, & qu'on n'y a recueilli que ce qu'on entend dire tous les jours: le but de l'Auteur n'est donc pas d'instruire; mais, au contraire, d'apprendre aux Etrangers à parler sans rien dire.'' The author's intention was to write 4 volumes, one for each season of the year, but l'Hiver is all that was published, and is divided into six days, headed respectively Les Visites du Jour de l'An; La Promotion; Le Dégel; Le Bal; Le Caresme; and La Partie de Longchamps (the last erroneously stated by Quérard to form the first part of the second volume)." "46240","J. 10","","","","Phalaridis Epistolae. Gr. Lat.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 22, as above.","Phalaris.","Φαλαϱιδoς Aκϱαγαντινων Tυϱαννoυ Eπιςτoλαι. Phalaridis Agrigentinorum Tyranni. Epistolæ. Ex MSS Recensuit, versione, annotationibus, & vita insuper authoris donavit Car. Boyle ex æde Christi. Oxonii: e typographeo Clarendoniano An. Dom. MDCCXVIII. Impensis Stephani Fletcher Bibliopolæ. [1718.]","PA4267 .P2 1718","

Sm. 8vo. 87 leaves, Greek text in long lines, notes in double columns, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre by MB[urg] on the title.

Old panelled calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, a manuscript note on page 8, and on the last fly-leaf, are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate and with the bookplate of William Stith A M.

This book was probably acquired by Jefferson with his purchase of books from the library of Peyton Randolph, the cousin of William Stith.

Phalaris, c. 570-554 B. C., tyrant of Acragas.

Sir Charles Boyle (1676-1731) originally published his edition of Phalaris in 1695 at the request of the scholars of Christ Church, Oxford, as part of the controversy with Dr. Bentley which led to Swift's Battle of the Books." "46250","J. 11","","","","Aeschinis epistolae. Gr. Sammet.","","p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 6, as above.","Aeschines.","Aeschinis Rhetoris Epistolae vt circvmfervntvr dvodecim Qvas e recensione Io Taylori Angli, cvm eivsdem et Wolfii, Marklandi, Gvillonii, Tovpii, Io. Iac. Reiskii, et svis qvalibvscvnqve notvlis, e prima Aldi Manvtii Venetiis 1499 impressa editione continva tamen varia lectione codicvm inprimis Helmstadiensis, adiecta edidit Iohann Samvel Sammet accessit appendicis instar vna qvae svperest Aeschinis Socratici epistola. Lipsiae: svmtv E. B. Svicqverti, M DCC LXXI. [1771.]","PA3823 .A29 1771","

Sm. 8vo. 80 leaves, Greek text above the notes on each page.

Ebert 167.

Bound, probably for Jefferson, calf, gilt vase tool on the back. Not initialled. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Bought by Jefferson from Koenig of Strassburg. Ordered by him in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1789, with a number of books from Koenig's catalogue; billed to Jefferson by Koenig in July 8, price £1. 10.

Aeschines, 5th century B. C. Athenian philosopher and orator, was the friend of Socrates.

John Taylor, 1704-1766, English classical scholar, was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Antiquarian Society." "46260","J. 12","","","","Epistolae Apollonii Tyanei, Anacharsidis, Euripidis, Theani, Hippocratis, Democriti, Heracliti, Diogenis et Cratetis. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. 1606.","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 4, as above.","","Epistolae Apollonii Tyanei, Anacharsidis, Evripidis, Theanvs, Aliorúmque ad eosdem. Nunc primùm editæ Græcè simul ac Latinè per Eilhardvm Lvbinvm. Ex Officina Commeliniana. M D C I. [1601.]","PA3487 .E4 1601","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, each with a title within a woodcut border, 74 and 92 leaves, separate signatures and pagination, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages.

Ebert 6822. Graesse II, 488.

Old vellum, red label on the back lettered in gilt: Epist./Veter./ Græ Cor./ Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Eilhard Lubin, 1565-1621, German scholar." "46270","J. 13","","","","Aristenaeti epistolae. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. Par. 1610.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 5, as above.","Aristaenetus.","Aϱισταινετoυ Eπιστoλαι. Aristaeneti Epistolæ Graecae. Cum Latina interpretatione & Notis. Tertia editio emendatior & auctior. Parisiis: Apud Marcvm Orry, via Iacobæa, sub insigni Leonis salientis. M. DC. X. Cum priuilegio Regis. [1610.]","PA3874 .A2 1610.","

8vo. 152 leaves. Greek and Latin text on alternate leaves, printer's woodcut device on the title-page.

Ebert 1064. This edition not in Dibdin.

Old calf, blue endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. Lettres galantes written in ink on the title-page, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This was one of the list of books sent to Van Damme of Amsterdam, in a letter dated from Paris March 18, 1788, with the request that they should be bought at a forthcoming auction if they could be secured at des prix assez raisonables. On July 25 Jefferson wrote to Van Damme sending a list including this book, that he had trouvé l'occasion d'acheter ailleurs.

The first edition of the letters of Aristaenetus was edited by Sambucus, and published by Plantin at Antwerp in 1566. This edition of 1610 was edited by Josias Mercier, c. 1566-1626, French classical scholar." "46280","J. 14","","","","Alciphronis epistolae. Gr. Lat. Bergler.","","8vo. ap. Fritsch.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 7, as above.","Alciphron.","[???]λκι&phis;ϱoνoς [???]ητoϱoς [???]πιστoλα[???]. Alciphronis Rhetoris Epistolae Qvarum Major Pars Nunc Primum Editur. Recensuit, Emendavit, Versione ac Notis Illustravit Stephanus Bergler. Lipsiae: apud Thomam Fritsch 1715.","PA3862 .A3 1715.","

8vo. 232 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages, with notes on the same pages, woodcut Pegasus device on the title, list of errata at the end.

Ebert 377. Dibdin I, 253.

Original vellum; not initialled by Jefferson; on 2 blank leaves at the end Jefferson has written an index in 3 columns, 38, 41, and 30 lines. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Jefferson bought his copy at auction through Van Damme of Amsterdam, to whom on March 18, 1788, he wrote sending the list of books he wished from the sale, if they could be obtained at prix assez raisonables. Van Damme sent the books on June 25, with the bill, including this Alciphron, Price 5. 10.

Alciphron, Greek rhetorician, 2nd century A.D., was the author of a collection of fictitious letters, of which fourteen were published in 1499 by Aldus. The letters were inspired largely by the comedies of Philemon and Menander.

Stephan Bergler, c. 1680-c. 1746, German classical scholar. This is the first edition of Alciphron to contain 124 letters." "46290","J. 15","","","","Lettres Grecques d'Alciphron. trad. en François.","","3. v. 12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 8, as above.","Alciphron.","Lettres Grecques, par le Rhéteur Alciphron; ou anecdotes sur les mœurs et les usages de la Grèce, traduites pour la premiere fois en françois, avec des notes historiques & critiques. Tome premier, Les Courtisannes. [Tome second, Les Parasites. Tome troisiéme, Sur les Moeurs des peuples de la Grèce.] A Amsterdam; et se trouve à Paris: chez Nyon l'aîné, M. DCC. LXXXV.-M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1785, 4.]","PA3862 .A3F8 1785","

3 vol. 12mo. 198, 148 and 154 leaves; vol. I dated 1785, the other two 1784.

Quérard I, 24.

French calf, gilt backs, marbled endpapers, r.e. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I only; marginal references by him in ink throughout the three volumes; in vol. I, on the white verso of the endpaper, and on the upper part of the recto of the half title opposite, is an index in ink by Jefferson closely written in double columns, for the three volumes, 109 names in all. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

The contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue has a manuscript note beside this entry: 2d vol. missing ret. by Mr. Watterston July 30th. The manuscript list of books missing from the Library of Congress has the same information.

Jérome Richard, Abbé, canon of Vezeley and a famous zoologist, was the translator into French." "46300","J. 16","","","","Plinii epistolae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 11, as above.","Plinius Secundus, Caius Caecilius.","C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus. Editio nova. Marcvs Zverivs Boxhornivs recensuit, & passim emendavit. Lvgd. Batav. apud Joan. & Danielem Elsevier, cI[???] I[???]c liii. [1653.]","PA6638 .A2 1653","

12mo. 228 leaves, title printed in red and black, with the Elzevir solitaire device.

Willems 732. Pieters, page 165, no. 17.

Old calf, not initialled by Jefferson. The armorial bookplate of Samuel Berkley pasted on back of title, W. Stephens sculp. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

This edition is a line for line reimpression of the Elzevir edition of 1640, which was ordered (but apparently not obtained) by Jefferson from Van Damme (Amsterdam), no. 4118 in an auction catalogue, on March 18, 1788.

Caius Caecilius Plinius Secundus, c. 61-c. 113, Latin writer, was a contemporary of Juvenal and of Martial. The first edition of his Epistolae was printed in Venice in 1471.

Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn, 1612-1653, Dutch scholar." "46310","J. 17","","","","Plinii epistolae. Lat. Fr. par m[???] de Sacy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 12, as above, omitting m[???].","Plinius Secundus, Caius Caecilius.","C. Plinii Caecilii Secvndi Epistolae et Panegyricvs nervae Traiano dictvs cvrante Ioanne Petro Millero Berolini, 1750. Svmtibvs A. Havde et I. C. Speneri . . . —Lettres et Panegyrique de Trajan par Pline le jeune traduits par Mr. de Sacy de l'Academie Françoise . . . 1750.","PA6639 .F5S3","

8vo. 2 vol. in 1 with continuous signatures and pagination, 276 leaves only, should be 278, engraved vignettes on the titles, French and Latin text in parallel columns, the French text in italic letter.

Quérard VII, 214.

Old vellum. Epistolæ/Plinii/lettered in ink on the back; lacks the half title and the Latin title-page in vol. I. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Louis de Sacy, 1654-1727, French scholar, lawyer and author. The first edition of his translation of Pliny's Epistolae appeared in 1689 and of the Panegyric to Trajan in 1709.

Johann Peter Miller, 1705-1781, German philologue." "46320","J. 18","","","","Pliny's epistles by Orrery.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 24, Pliny's Epistles, Eng. by Orrery, 2 v 8vo.","Plinius Secundus, Caius Caecilius.","The Letters of Pliny the Younger, with Observations on each letter; and an Essay on Pliny's life, addressed to Charles Lord Boyle. By John Earl of Orrery. Volume I. [-Volume II. The Third Edition.] London: printed by James Bettenham, for Paul Vaillant, MDCCLII. [1752.]","PA6639 .E507","

2 vol. 8vo. 256 and 254 leaves, engraved device on the titles by Vander Gucht, engraved head and tail pieces, the first with an orrery, by Bonneau after Wale and other artists.

Lowndes IV, 1885.

Half calf, initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Boyle, Fifth Earl of Orrery and Second Baron Marston, 1707-1762, was the only son of Charles, Earl of Orrery. The first edition was published in 1751.

The astronomical instrument known as the orrery was named after John Boyle's father, Charles Boyle, fourth Earl of Orrery and first Baron Marston." "46330","J. 19","","","","Ciceronis epistolae ad Atticum. Lat. Fr. Mongault.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 9, as above.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","Lettres de Ciceron à Atticus. Avec des remarques, et le texte Latin de l'Edition de Grævius. Par M. L. Mongault, précepteur de Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres. Tome premier [-sixieme]. A Paris: chez Florentin Delaulne, M. DCCXIV. Avec privilege du Roy, & approbation. [1714.]","PA6310 .E6M6","

6 vol. 12mo. 272, 202, 280, 276, 350, and 294 leaves including one or two first and last blanks; Latin (in italic) and French texts on opposite pages, printer's device or monogram on the titles.

Quérard II, 203.

Old calf, gilt backs, r.e., initialled by Jefferson throughout at sig. I and T. Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

Jefferson ordered a copy of this work from his Paris bookseller, Froullé, in a letter dated from Philadelphia October 10, 1792.

On December 10, 1819, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have been amusing myself latterly with reading the voluminous letters of Cicero. they certainly breathe the proud effusions of an exalted patriot, while the parricide Caesar is left in odious contrast. when the enthusiasm however kindled by Cicero's pen & principles subsides into cool reflection, I ask myself What was that government, which the virtues of Cicero were so zealous to restore, & the ambition of Caesar to subvert? . . .

Nicolas Hubert Mongault, 1694-1796, abbé de Chartreneuve and de Villeneuve, member of the Académie Française, numbered among his pupils the eldest son of the Duc d'Orléans and the Duc de Chartres." "46340","J. 20","","","","Ciceronis epistolae ad familiares. Prevost.","","6. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 10, as above.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","Lettres de Ciceron, Qu'on nomme vulgairement Familieres; Traduites en François sur les Editions de Grævius & de M. l'Abbé D'Olivet. Avec des Notes Continuelles. Par M. l'Abbé Prevost, Aumônier de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Prince de Conty. Tome Premier. [-Cinquieme] [-Lettres de Ciceron a M. Brutus et de M. Brutus a Ciceron, avec une preface critique, des notes, et diverses pieces choisies. Pour Servir de Supplement à l'Histoire & au Caractere de Ciceron.] Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or. M. DCC. XLV.-M. DCC. XLVII; M. DCC XLIV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roy. [de l'Imprimerie de Cl. Simon, Pere.] [1745-1747; 1744.]","PA6310 .E505.","

Together 6 vol. 12mo. 274, 248, 258, 276, 288 (the last a blank) and 285 leaves; half-titles in Vol. I-V, absent in Vol. VI; titles printed in red and black, French and Latin texts on opposite pages, at the beginning of Vol. I an Ordre Chronologique des Lettres de Ciceron, with a few manuscript corrections in ink by Jefferson, and at the end of Vol. V a Table Alphabetique des Lettres de Ciceron, Contenues dan les cinq Volumes. Printer's imprint in Vol. III and Vol. VI.

Graesse II, 183. Ebert 4653, 4654. Harrisse, L'Abbé Prévost, pages 366 and 344.

Contemporary French marbled calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, r. e. Vol. VI in plain calf, and different tooling in the compartments of the back. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in each volume.

In Volume VI, which does not bear Prévost's name, Jefferson has written par l'Abbé Prevost and on a blank leaf at the beginning of this volume he has written:

The Abbé Prevost published a translation into French of Middleton's life of Cicero in 4. vols. 12mo. after which he translated also the letters between Cicero & Brutus and Middleton's Preface to his English translation of the same letters, in the same format with the translation of Middleton's life of Cicero and made it a Vth. volume to that work. this is that 5th. vol. detached from the others. and to be considered in fact at the VIth. vol. of the Lettres familieres de Ciceron par Prevost.

Antoine François Prévost, 1697-1763, French author, was educated at the Jesuit school of Hesdin, but left the Jesuits in 1716. He later became a Benedictine and in 1735 was dispensed from residence in a monastery by becoming almoner to the Prince de Conti. He is chiefly known for his novel Manon Lescaut." "","21","","","","Ciceronis epistolae ad Atticum. Varior. Ciceronis epistolae ad familiares. Varior.","","2. v. 8vo., 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, unnumbered. [Ciceronis Epistolæ ad Fimiliares (sic)] in Op. [Ciceronis Epistolæ ad Atticum] in Operibus.","","","","For Cicero's Opera, see Chapter 44." "46350","J. 22","","","","Cicero's epistles by Guthrie.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 23, as above, reading Eng. by Guthrie.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","Cicero's Epistles to Atticus. With notes historical, explanatory, and critical. Translated into English, by William Guthrie, Esq; in Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] . . . London: printed for T. Waller, M DCCLII. [1752.]","PA6308 .E6G8","

2 vol. 8vo. 220 and 269 leaves.

Lowndes I, 463.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes.

William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish miscellaneous writer and translator." "46360","J. 23","","","","Le Blanc's letters.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 25, as above.","Le Blanc, Jean Bernard.","Letters on the English and French Nations; containing curious and useful Observations on their Constitutions Natural and Political; nervous and humorous descriptions of the Virtues, Vices, Ridicules and Foibles of the Inhabitants: Critical Remarks on their Writers; together with Moral Reflections interspersed throughout the work. In Two Volumes. By Mons. L'Abbé le Blanc . . . Vol. I [-II]. Translated from the original French. London: printed for J. Brindley; R. Francklin; C. Davis; and J. Hodges, MDCCXLVII. [1747.]","DA620 .L5","

2 vol. 8vo. 200 and 219 leaves; list of errata at the end of both volumes.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, the original bookmarks preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. The armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton in both volumes, and the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate tipped in on to Skelton's plate in the second volume, absent in the first.

Jean Bernard Le Blanc, 1707-1781, French abbé and author, published these letters in French in 1745 after a visit to England; they were several times reprinted." "46370","J. 24","","","","Lettres de Mde. de Sevigné.","","8. v. 8vo. Paris. 1806.","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 26, as above, reading Mad. de Sevigny.","Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Marquise de.","Lettres de Madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis; nouvelle édition, mise dans un meilleur ordre, enrichie d'éclaircissemens et de notes historiques . . . par Ph. A. Grouvelle . . . Tome Premier [-Huitieme]. A Paris: chez Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1806.","PQ1925 .A1 1806","

8 vol. 8vo. According to Quérard there should be 2 portraits, absent in this copy.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress; initialled by Jefferson at sig. i, I and T; a leaf in vol. III misbound; an autograph letter, mounted, inserted at the beginning of vol. I.

Purchased from Roche frères, Philadelphia, in October 1807.

On October 14, 1807, Jefferson wrote to that firm:

Th: Jefferson salutes Messt La Roche and if they have a copy of the Lettres de Made. de Sevigny he would be glad to recieve them, and that they should comprehend her whole letters. the petit format would be preferred. there was an edition in 10. vols petit format published in Paris in 1803.

Roche frères replied on October 17:

Nous avons l'honneur de vous prévenir, que conformément à votre lettre qui nous est parvenue hier, nous venons de remettre au stage un paquet de livres à votre adresse qui contient les lettres de Mde Sévigné dernière édition de Paris, la plus complete qui ait encore paru. huit vols. 8vo. reliés fil. d'or prix 22$

N'ayant pas en magasin l'édition en 10 vols. petit format, que vous paroissez désirez de préference, nous nous sommes décidés à vous envoyer la seule que nous ayions, Paris 1806 qui est sans contredit la plus estimée & la plus complète . . .

Jefferson had bought an earlier edition in 9 volumes from Froullé in Paris on March 26, 1789, price 18 (francs).

Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, 1626-1696.

This edition by Philippe Antoine Grouvelle, 1758-1806, is the first in which the letters were arranged in alphabetical order." "46380","J. 25","","","","Oeuvres de Voiture.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 16, as above.","Voiture, Vincent.","Recueil des Œuvres de Monsieur de Voiture Premiere [-II.] Partie. A Brusselles: chez Lambert Marchant, M. DC. XCV. [1695.]","PQ1935 .V6 1695","

12mo. 2 parts in 1, 242 and 187 leaves, engraved frontispiece and portrait by H. Causé.

This edition not in Quérard.

Old calf, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved, engraved frontispiece and printed title backed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On an original fly-leaf at the beginning, in a 17th century hand: Mr John Murray second son to ye Earle of Dunmore, ppad 5/8, and the armorial bookplate of Murray Earl of Dunmore cut round and pasted down. At the foot of the first title the signature C Dunmore.

Vincent Voiture, 1598-1648, French poet and letter writer, was one of the earliest académiciens." "46390","J. 26","","","","Aschami epistolae.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 153, no. 13, as above.","Ascham, Roger.","Rogeri Aschami Angli, regiæ olim Maiestati à Latinis epistolis, familiarivm epistolarvm libri III . . . Accesservnt hac postrema editione Ioannis Stvrmii, Hieronymi Osorii, aliorumque epistolæ ad R. Aschamum aliosque Nobiles Anglos missæ. Addita svnt pavca qvaedam Rogeri Aschami poëmata. Omnia in stvdiosorvm gratiam colle[???]a operâ & studio E. G. & nunc primùm in Germania edita. Adiecta est in fine eivsdem E. G. Oratio, de vita & obitu Rogeri Aschami, & eius di[???]ionis elegantiâ. Coloniæ Allobrogvm: apud Petrum Rouerianum, M. DCXI. [1611.]","Jefferson unclassified","

12mo. 360 leaves including the last two blanks.

This edition not in the STC, and not in Lowndes.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1822 bookplate.

Roger Ascham, 1515-1568, English scholar and author, for a time tutor to the Princess Elizabeth. The first edition of his Familiarum Epistolarum was printed in England in 1576." "46400","J. 27","","","","Ignatius Sancho's letters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 18, as above.","Sancho, Ignatius.","Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African. In Two Volumes. To which is prefixed, Memoirs of His Life. The Third Edition. The First Volume. Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, For Richard Moncrieffe, No. 16, Capel-Street. MDCCLXXXIV. [1784.]","CT2750 .S3A3","

2 vol. in 1, 12mo. 162 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination, caption title for Vol. II on G9, page [147], engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Wright [after Gainsborough].

Sabin 76310. This edition not in Lowndes.

Contemporary calf; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Ignatius Sancho, 1729-1780, was born on a slaveship, and at the age of two was brought to England. In 1782 his letters were collected by Miss Crewe, one of his correspondents, who stated her motives in an Advertisement at the beginning, reprinted in this edition. The portrait frontispiece in the first edition was by Bartolozzi after Gainsborough.

Joseph Jekyll, d. 1837, was the author of the anonymous Life of Ignatius Sancho prefixed to the letters." "46410","28","","","","Les Lettres d'Abeillard et d'Heloise par Dom Gervaise. Lat. Fr. La vie d'Abeillard et d'Heloise. par Dom Gervaise.","","2. v. 12mo., 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 14 and 15, as above.","Abailard, Pierre.","Les Veritables Lettres d'Abeillard et d'Heloise, tirés d'un Ancien Manuscrit Latin . . . Traduit par l'Auteur de Leur Vie, avec des Notes Historiques & Critiques très-curieuses . . . Paris: 1723.","","

2 vol. 12mo.

La Vie de Pierre Abeillard, abbé de Saint-Gildas de Ruis . . . et celle d'Hélöise son épouse [par Dom. F. A. Gervaise]. Paris: J. Musier, 1720.

2 vol. 12mo.

These two books are no longer in the Library of Congress. In the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue they are duly checked as having been received. They are entered in the catalogue of 1831, but the entries are omitted from all subsequent catalogues. They are not entered in the manuscript list of missing books, but there is no trace of them after 1831. The above titles were taken from a card in the National Union Catalog and the catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

François Armand Gervaise, 1660-1751, French abbé." "","29","","","","Nouvel manuel epistolaire.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 17, as above.","","","","This book, of which no copy has been found, was probably never received by Congress. It is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815, and the entry is omitted from all subsequent catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date." "","1","","","","Aristotelis Logica. Gr. Lat.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, unnumbered. [Aristotelis Logica, Gr. Lat. Pacii,] in operibus.","","","","See No. 4911." "46420","J. 2","","","","Wallis Institutio Logicae.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 13, as above.","Wallis, John.","Institutio Logicæ, ad communes usus accommodata. Per Johannem Wallis, S.T.D. Geometriæ Professorem Savilianum, Oxoniæ; & Socictatis Regalis Londini Sodalem. Editio tertia, auctior & emendatior. Oxonii: typis Leon. Lichfield: impensis Geo. West, Joh. Crosley, Hen. Clements, & Ant. Peisley, M DCC II. [1702.]","BC60 .W2","

8vo. 160 leaves. On the verso of the title leaf Imprimatur. Joh. Venn, Vice-Can. Oxon. Decemb. 18. 1686. 4 lines of Errata at the end.

Not in Lowndes. Not in Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Panelled calf, repaired with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

John Wallis, 1616-1703, English mathematician. The first edition of this work was published in 1687 and frequently reprinted." "46430","J. 3","","","","Crakanthorpii logica.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 14, as above.","Crakanthorpe, Richard.","Logicæ Libri Qvinque, De Prædicabilibus. Prædicamentis. Syllogismo, cjus[???], speciebus, Demonstrativo. Probabili. Una cum Appendice de Syllogismo Sophistico. Huc accessit Introductio in Metaphysicam, et Tractatus De Providentia Dei. Authore Ri. Crackanthorpo, SS. Theologiæ Doctore, et Collegii Reginæ Oxon. Socio. Editio Quarta Priori Auctior & emendatior. Oxoniæ: Typis L. Lichfield, & H. Hall, Acad. Typog. Impensis Johannis Williams, sub signo Coronæ in Cœmeterio Divi Pauli, 1677.","BC60 .C8","

4to. 226 leaves. The dedication of the first edition to Richard Leveson: Ex tuâ inter Trinobantes Notléâ nigrâ. Kalend. Augusti. 1622. reprinted in this edition.

STC C6741. Madan 3139.

Old calf, rebacked. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Autograph signature of Ja Bengough on the title-page and his armorial bookplate on the verso of that leaf. Some leaves foxed.

Richard Crakanthorpe, 1567-1624, English divine and controversialist." "46440","4","","","","Artis Logicae. Aldrich.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 1, as above.","Aldrich, Henry.","Artis Logicae Compendium. Oxoniae: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1723.","","

12mo. engraved frontispiece and illustration; a copy was not seen, the title was taken from the card of the Harvard University Library in the National Union Catalog. This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Henry Aldrich, 1647-1710, Dean of Christ Church. The first edition of this work was printed in Oxford in 1691, and was originally written for the son of Lord Carlisle. It has been reprinted numerous times, and is still used as a text-book." "46450","J. 5","","","","Watt's Logic.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 15, as above.","Watts, Isaac.","Logick: or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth. With a variety of rules to guard against error, in the affairs of religion and human life, as well as in the sciences. By Isaac Watts, D.D. The eighth edition, corrected. London: Printed for T. Longman, and T. Shewell; and J. Brackstone, M,DCC,XLV. [1745.]","BC61 .W28","

8vo. 188 leaves, publisher's advertisement on the last page; dedication to Sir John Hartopp, Bart., dated from London, Aug. 24. 1724.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Rebound in half blue morocco in 1950 by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, known chiefly for his Hymns, wrote also a number of philosophical and educational works. His Logick was first printed in 1725." "46460","J. 6","","","","Logica de Condillac por Foronda.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 16, as above.","Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de—Foronda, Valentin de.","Logica de Condillac, puesta en diálogo por D. Valentin de Foronda, y adicionada con un pequeño tratado sobre toda clase de argumentos, y de sofismas . . . Con licencia. Madrid: en la imprenta de Gonzalez, MDCCXCIV. [1794.]","B1987 .F6","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, with separate signatures and pagination, 44, 51 and 25 leaves, a leaf of erratas inserted between the first and second parts.

Palau II, 263.

Spanish calf, gilt, marbled endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, 1714-1780, French abbé and member of the French Academy. He was the brother of the abbé Mably, q.v.

Valentin de Foronda, Spanish scholar, was a friend of Jefferson. Other works by him are in this catalogue." "46470","J. 7","","","","The Logic of Condillac by Neef.","","12mo. p.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 2, as above, but p 8vo.","Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de.","The Logic of Condillac. Translated by Joseph Neef, as an illustration of the plan of education established at his school near Philadelphia. Philadelphia printed 1809.","B1983 .L63E56","

12mo. 71 leaves.

Not in Sabin.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, probably by John March. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the title-page is pasted a slip with C.40/2/ in Jefferson's handwriting.

For Joseph Neef, see no. 1112." "46480","J. 8","","","","Fraunces Lawyer's logic.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 17, as above.","Fraunce, Abraham.","The Lawiers Logike, exemplifying the præcepts of Logike by the practise of the common Lawe, by Abraham Fraunce. At London: Imprinted by William How, for Thomas Gubbin, and T. Newman. 1588.","BC151 .F8","

First Edition. Second issue. 4to. 154 leaves: [ ]2,B-Y, Aa-Rr4 (Aa11 a blank), A generall Table of the whole Booke (folded) inserted between Ii2 and Ii3; printed partly in black letter.

Lowndes II, 836. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 436. STC 11344.

Bound in old calf, many leaves wormed; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, a few manuscript notes in an early hand. The Library of Congress 1815 bookplate concealed under new endpapers, the bookplate of 1864 on the endpaper.

Abraham Fraunce, fl. 1587-1633, English poet and lawyer, was a friend of Sir Philip Sidney and his family. This work is dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke in rhymed hexameters." "","9","","","","Aristotelis Rhetorica. Gr. Lat.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, unnumbered. [Aristotelis Rhetorica, Gr. Lat. Riccoboni,] in operibus.","","","","See no. 4911." "46490","J. 10","","","","Vossii Rhetorica.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 3, as above.","Vossius, Gerhard Johann.","Ger. Jo. Vossii Elementa Rhetorica, oratoriis ejusdem partitionibus accommodata. Inque usum Scholarum Hollandiæ, & West-Frisiæ emendatius edita. Nunc vero aucta interpretatione Græcarum vocum, quæ in iisdem occurrunt. Hagæ-Comitis: ex officina Joannis W. van Bulderen, Anno cI[???] Ic[???]lxvi. [1666.]","Jefferson unclassified","

Sm. 8vo. 24 leaves of text, A-C8, with 8 blank leaves in each sheet.

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Original vellum, not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

On the fly-leaf are autograph signatures as follows: Sum ex libris Cardi Havell Die 2do Octobris 1685 (the word Sum crossed out and Fui inserted above).

Sum ex Libris Jacobi Reynardson 1758 (Sum similarly crossed out and Fui inserted).

Both these alterations by Rogers Parker, who has signed his name: Sum ex libris Rogers Parker 1760.

This is followed by Francis Willis October, 13, 1760.

Notes in these hands on the interleaves and a manuscript index on 4 pages at the end.

Gerhard Johann Vossius, 1577-1649, Dutch-German scholar and theologian, was in 1622 appointed professor of rhetoric and chronology at the University of Leyden." "46500","?J. 11","","","","Dugard Rhetorices elementa.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 4, as above.","Dugard, William.","Rhetorices Elementa, Quæstionibus et Responsionibus Explicata: Quæ ità formantur, ut Quæstionibus prorsus omissis, vel neglectis, Responsiones solummodò integram Rhetorices Institutionem Tyronibus exhibeant. Per Guil. Dugard. In Usum Scholæ Mercatorum-Scissorum. Editio Quarto-decima . . . Londini: Excudebat J. W. pro J. Philips, H. Rhodes, and J. Taylor, 1712.","PN4103 .D8","

Sm. 8vo. 20? leaves. This copy, the only one available, is imperfect, collates A-B8 C2 and ends with the catchword Imper—. The text finishes on B8 recto, and is followed by the Appendix.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

This copy has been rebound by the Library of Congress in half red morocco, and all marks of provenance lost. It seems very possible that it is the copy from the Jefferson collection, as the majority of his books in this chapter are still extant.

William Dugard, 1606-1662, English schoolmaster, became the headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, to the masters of which this book is dedicated, in 1644. The first edition was printed in 1648, the year before Dugard was committed to Newgate for printing on his private press the Defensio regis pro Carolo primo of Salmasius, and was dismissed by the Merchant Taylors' Company. Dugard's release was effected by John Milton, whose answer to Salmasius was printed on Dugard's press." "46510","J. 12","","","","Quincteliani institutiones Oratoriae.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 18, as above.","Quintillanus, Marcus Fabius.","M. Fabii Quinctiliani de Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim. Juxta Editionem, quæ, ad fidem trium Codicum MSS, & octo Impressorum, prodiit è Theatro Sheldoniano, Oxonii, An. 1693. Huic Editioni accedunt Notæ maximè Utiles & Necessariæ, è Turnebo, & aliis. Londini: Excudebat E. P. Impensis J. Nicholson, in Little-Britain; R. Knaplock & W. Innys in Areâ Boreali D. Pauli. CI[???] I[???] CCXIV. [1714.]","PA6649 .A2 1714","

8vo. 400 leaves.

Graesse V, 529 Ebert 18465. Dibdin II, 368.

Old calf. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

It cannot be certain that this volume was from Jefferson's library and sold by him to Congress. It is described here on account of the presence of the 1815 bookplate, on which the number has been partly defaced, but definitely appears to be Chap. 40. No. 18, that is the number of the book in the 1815 catalogue. The doubt is caused by the fact that Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress catalogues of 1815 and 1830 definitely call for an edition in quarto, without identification of edition.

There is no entry for an edition in quarto in any later catalogue and no edition in any format is assigned to the Jefferson collection in the later catalogues. The evidence of the 1815 bookplate with the correct number is fairly conclusive. Another bookplate has been removed.

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, c. A.D. 35-c. 95, was born in Spain and educated in Rome. He was appointed Professor of Rhetoric by Vespasian, and Pliny the Younger was one of his pupils. The Oxford edition printed in 1693 of the Institutione Oratoria was edited by Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748 (afterwards Bishop of London). To this reprint of 1714 were added the notes of Adrian Turnèbe, 1512-1565, French scholar, and one of the Royal Readers in Greek." "46520","J. 13","","","","Ward's Oratory.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 19, as above.","Ward, John.","A System of Oratory, delivered in a course of lectures publicly read at Gresham College, London: to which is prefixed an inaugural oration, spoken in Latin, before the commencement of the lectures, according to the usual custom. By John Ward, D.LL. P.R.G.C. F.R. and A.SS. and T.B.M. Vol. I [-II.] London: printed for John Ward, M.DCC.LIX. [1759.]","PN4105 .W35","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 224 and 222 leaves, list of errata at the end.

Lowndes V, 2838.

Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in both volumes, the name Geo Watterston written on the back cover of Volume I twice.

John Ward, 1679?-1755, was professor of rhetoric at Gresham College. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a trustee of the British Museum." "","14","","","","Cicero de arte Oratoriâ. Proust. Cicero de Oratore. Pearce.","","2. v. 8vo., 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, unnumbered. [Cicero de Arte Oratoriâ] in op. [Cicero de Oratore] in op.","","","","For the Opera of Cicero, see in Chapter XLIV." "46530","J. 15","","","","Cicero's Orator. by Guthrie.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 22, as above.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. T. Cicero de Oratore. Or, his three Dialogues upon the Character and qualifications of an orator translated into English. With notes historical and explanatory, and an introductory preface. To which is added, an explanation of the terms and phrases used by the author, alphabetically digested. By William Guthrie, translator of the Orations, and carefully revis'd. London: printed for T. Waller, M DCC XLII. [1742.]","PA6308 .D6G8 1742","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 235 leaves only, should be 237, 2 leaves, sig. Bb1 and Bb2, cut away, the first and last leaves with the publisher's advertisement.

Lowndes I, 458.

Rebound by the Library of Congress in half red morocco with the 1815 book plate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

For other works by William Guthrie, see the Index." "46540","?J. 16","","","","Demetrius Phalereus de Elocutione. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 23, as above.","Demetrius of Phalerum.","Δημητϱιoυ Φαληϱεως πεϱ[???] Eϱμηνειας. Demetrii Phalerei De Elocutione, sive, Dictione Rhetorica. In hac editione, contextus Graecus ex optimis Exemplaribus emendatur, Versio Latina passim ab erroribus repurgatur; & loca à Demetrio laudata, quae ha[???]enus Graecè tantum extabant, nunc primum Latinitate donatur . . . Glasguae: Ex Officina Roberti Foulis. MDCCXLIII. [1743.]","PA3948 .D5 1743","

8vo. 100 leaves, Greek and Latin texts on opposite pages.

Graesse II, 356. Ebert 5924.

A copy in the Library of Congress has been rebound and has lost all marks of provenance. The marginal annotations in Greek bear a strong resemblance to the Greek characters of Jefferson and could be by him.

Jefferson ordered a copy (with a copy of Menander and Philemon, q. v. no. 4578, and other works) from Armand Koenig of Strassburg in a letter dated June 29, 1788. Koenig sent some of the books, but in a letter dated July 24 explained that Demetrius Phalereus and an edition of Aesop needed by Jefferson ''me manquent''.

Demetrius of Phalerum, b. c. 360 B. C. was made absolute governor of Athens by Cassander. In 307, after Poliorcetes had taken Athens Demetrius fled to Boeotia, and in 297 became librarian at Alexandria. He died in disgrace under Philadelphus." "46550","17","","","","Sheridan on Elocution.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 24, as above.","Sheridan, Thomas.","A Course of Lectures on Elocution: Together with two Dissertations on Language; and some other Tracts Relative to those Subjects. A New Edition. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. London: Printed by Assignment from the Executors of James Dodsley, for C. Dilly . . . 1787.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not available; the above title was taken from the edition of 1798 a copy of which is in the Library of Congress.

This edition not in Lowndes, and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Thomas Sheridan, 1719-1788, Irish actor, was the father of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The first edition of this work was published in 1763, and was frequently reprinted." "46560","J. 18","","","","Mason on Poetical & Prosaic numbers & Elocution.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 25, as above.","Mason, John.","Essays on Poetical and Prosaic Numbers, and Elocution. The Second Edition. By John Mason, A.M. London: printed for J. Buckland; and J. Waugh, M.DCC.LXI. [1761.]","PE1504 .M32 1761","

8vo. 3 parts in 1, with general title and each part with a separate title, separate signatures and pagination; 40, 44 and 18 leaves, the last leaf of the second part with a list of four books by the same author, repeated at the end of the last part.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 23.

Old calf, gilt back, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and *I (there is no sig. T). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

John Mason, 1706-1763, English nonconformist divine and author. The first edition of this work appeared in 1749." "46570","?J. 19","","","","Cambray on eloquence.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 5, as above.","Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Motte.","Dialogues concerning Eloquence: with a Letter to the French Academy, Concerning Rhetoric, and Poetry. By M. de Fenelon Archbishop of Cambray. To which is added, A Discourse Pronounced by the Author at his Admission into the Academy; with a new Translation of his Dialogues between Demosthenes and Cicero, Virgil and Horace. [Glasgow: Printed and Sold by R. and A. Foulis M. DCC. LX.] [1760.]","PN4105 .F45 1760","

Sm. 8vo. 180 leaves, separate titles for the several parts, continuous signatures and pagination; the imprint appears only on the title for Dialogues concerning Eloquence in General . . . Translated from the French, and Illustrated with Notes and Quotations; by William Stevenson M. A. Rector of Morningthorp in Norfolk. [Sig. a2.]

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 28.

This volume has been rebound by the Library of Congress with a modern bookplate. It is not initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, and there is no way therefore of proving that it was his copy. The books in this chapter from his library are almost all extant, it seems reasonable to conclude therefore that this was his copy.

François de Salignac de la Motte [or Mothe] Fénélon, 1651-1715, Archbishop of Cambray. The first edition of his Dialogues sur l'eloquence was published in 1718.

William Stevenson, fl. 1722-1760, clergyman. This is the third edition of his translation of the Dialogues on Eloquence. The first edition was published in 1722." "46580","J. 20","","","","Blair's lectures on Rhetoric.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 20, as above.","Blair, Hugh.","Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. By Hugh Blair, D. D. one of the Ministers of the High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III]. Basil: printed by J. J. Tourneisen. Paris: sold by Pissot, M DCC LXXXVIII. [1788.]","PE1402 .B6 1788","

3 vol. 8vo. 210, 208 and 204 leaves; on the verso of the first leaf of vol. I (recto blank) is a list of books printed for J. J. Tourneisen.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Contemporary French calf, gilt vase ornaments on the back, pale blue endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

For Jefferson's interest in the production of pirated editions by Pissot and Tourneisen, see Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, no. 101.

Hugh Blair, 1718-1800, Scottish divine, was professor of rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh. The first edition of his Lectures was published in 1783." "46590","J. 21","","","","Adams's lectures on Rhetoric & Oratory.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 155, no. 21, as above.","Adams, John Quincy.","Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University. By John Quincy Adams, LL.D. Late Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.] Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. 1810.","PN175 .44","

Not in Sabin. Cronin and Wise 59.

Original calf. The collation is in numerals and Jefferson has written T.i. on a preliminary leaf in each volume. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

These volumes were a gift to Jefferson from John Adams after his reconciliation with Jefferson had been brought about by Benjamin Rush. Adams wrote on the title-pages:

John Adams to Thomas Jefferson Jan. 1. 1812. The inscription in the first volume has been torn away.

On the same day, January 1, 1812, Adams wrote to Jefferson from Quincy regarding his gift of his son's book:

As you are a Friend to American Manufactures under proper restrictions, especially Manufactures of the domestic kind, I take the Liberty of sending you by the Post a Packett containing two Pieces of Homespun lately produced in this quarter by one who was honoured in his youth with some of your Attention and much of your kindness.

All of my Family whom you formerly knew are well. My Daughter Smith is here and has successfully gone through a perilous and painful Operation, which detains her here this Winter, from her Husband and her Family at Chenango: where one of the most gallant and Skilful officers of our Revolution is probably destined to spend the rest of his days, not in the Field of Glory, but in the hard Labours of Husbandry.

I wish you Sir many happy New Years and that you may enter the next and many succeeding years with as animating Prospects for the Public as those at present before us. I am Sir with a long and sincere Esteem your Friend and servant.

Before receiving the package Jefferson replied on January 21:

I thank you before hand (for they are not yet arrived) for the specimens of homespun you have been so kind as to forward me by post. I doubt not their excellence, knowing how far you are advanced in these things in your quarter. here we do little in the fine way, but in coarse & midling goods a great deal. every family in the country is a manufactory within itself, & is very generally able to make within itself all the stouter & midling stuffs for it's own cloathing & houshold use. we consider a sheep for every person in our family as sufficient to clothe it in addition to the cotton, hemp & flax which we raise for ourselves. for fine stuff we shall depend on your Northern manufactures. of these, that is to say, of company establishments, we have none. we use little machinery. the spinning Jenny and loom with the flying shuttle can be managed in a family, but nothing more complicated. the economy & thriftiness resulting from our houshold manufactures are such that they will never again be laid aside, & nothing more salutory for us has ever happened than the British obstructions to our demands for their manufactures. restore free intercourse when they will, their commerce with us will have totally changed it's form, and the articles we shall in future want from them will not exceed their own consumption of our produce . . .

Jefferson immediately sent copies of these letters to Rush, to whom he wrote on the same day, January 21:

as it is thro' your kind interposition that two old friends are brought together, you have a right to know how the first approaches are made. I send you therefore a copy of m[???] Adams's letter to me & of my answer. to avoid the subject of his family, on which I could say nothing, I have written him a rambling, gossiping epistle which gave openings for the expression of sincere feelings & may furnish him ground of reciprocation, if he merely waited for the first declaration; for so I would construe the reserve of his letter. in the course of the spring I can have a good occasion of writing to him again, on sending him a law case of Livingston against myself, which having been dismissed out of court, for want of jurisdiction, remains unexplained to the world. this explanation I shall print for my own justification; and a copy may not be unamusing to one who is himself a profound lawyer . . .

Jefferson's copies of his own and Adams's letter are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. For Livingston's ''law case'', see no. 3501.

On February 3, Adams wrote to Jefferson:

. . . The Material of the Samples of American Manufacture which I sent you, was not Wool nor Cotton nor Silk nor Flax nor Hemp nor Iron nor Wood. They were spun from the Brain of John Quincy Adams and consist in two Volumes of his Lectures on Rhetorick and oratory, delivered when he was Professor of that Science in our University of Cambridge. A Relation of mine, a first Cousin of my ever honoured, beloved and revered Mother Nicholas Boylston, a rich Merchant of Boston, bequeathed by his Will a Donation for establishing a Professorship, and John Quincy Adams having in his Veins so much of the Blood of the Founder, was most earnestly solicited to become the first Professor. The volumes I sent you are the Fruit of his Labour during the short time he held that office. But it ought to be remembered that he attended his Duty as a Senator of the United States during the same Period. It is, with some Anxiety submitted to your Judgment.

Your account of the flourishing state of Manufactures in Families in your Part of the Country is highly delightful to me. I wish the Spirit may Spread and prevail through the Union. Within my Memory We were much in the same Way in New England: but in later Times we have run a gadding abroad too much to seek for Eatables, Drinkables and wearables . . .

Meanwhile Jefferson had received the books and wrote immediately to Adams on January 23:

The messenger who carried my letter of yesterday to the Post office brought me thence, on his return, the two pieces of homespun which had been separated by the way from your letter of Jan. 1. a little more sagacity of conjecture in me, as to their appellation, would have saved you the trouble of reading a long dissertation on the state of real homespun in our quarter. the fact stated however will not be unacceptable to you: and the less when it is considered as a specimen only of the general state of our whole country and of it's advance towards an independance of foreign supplies for the necessary manufactures.

Some extracts from these volumes which I had seen in the public papers had prepared me to recieve them with favorable expectations. these have not been disappointed; for I have already penetrated so far into them as to see that they are a mine of learning & taste, and a proof that the author of the inimitable reviews of Ames & Pickering excels in more than one character of writing. the thanks therefore which I had rendered by anticipation only in my letter, I reiterate in this Postscript on a knolege of their high merit, & avail myself of the occasion it furnishes of repeating the assurances of my sincere friendship & respect.

To this Adams replied on February 10:

I have received with great pleasure your favour of the 23 of January. I suspected that the Sample was left at the Post office and that you would soon have it. I regret the shabby Condition in which you found it: but it was the only Copy I had and I thought it scarcely worth while to wait till I could get a Sett properly bound . . .

John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, the eldest son of John and Abigail Adams, became the sixth President of the United States." "46600","J. 22","","","","Lycurgi oratio. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 8, as above.","Lycurgus.","Oratio Lycvrgi contra Leocratem, Desertorem Patriæ, Dulcissimè de officiis Patriæ Debitis Disserens. Cum Præfatione Phil. Melant. Eadem oratio conuersa in latinum sermonem à Phil. Melanth. [Colophon] Francofvrti ex officina Petri Brubachij, Anno M.D.XLVIII. Mense Septembri. [1548.]","PA4240 .L6 1548","

Sm. 8vo. 84 leaves, Greek and Latin text, 2 titles within woodcut architectural borders, with the printer's monogram at the foot, woodcut Janus device on the last page, woodcut initials and ornaments.

This edition not in Graesse, Ebert or Brunet.

Bound for Jefferson in calf; blue silk bookmark. The Latin text has signatures in lower case alphabet and the Greek text in upper; the leaves have been rearranged so that the two texts are now on alternate leaves; the leaves have been numbered by Jefferson on the rectos, in the corners of the upper margins (a number cut off in the binding). Not initialled by Jefferson. Manuscript notes in an early hand on the first title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Lycurgus, d. 324 B.C., was a political ally of Demosthenes. He caused to be made an official copy of the works of the great tragedians. This was borrowed for the library at Alexandria by Ptolemy Philadelphus and never returned. Of his speeches, this is the only one extant. Leocrates fled after the battle of Chaeronea and on returning to Athens was prosecuted as a traitor.

Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560, German theologian and reformer was the author of the translation into Latin, which was first published in 1545." "46610","J. 23","","","","Demosthenis orationes selectae. Mounteney","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 27, as above.","Demosthenes.","Δημoσ&thetas;ενoυς Λoγoι Eκλεκτoι. Demosthenis Selectæ Orationes. Ad Codices MSS. Recensuit, Textum, Scholiasten, & Versionem plurimis in locis castigavit, Notis insuper illustravit Ricardus Mounteney, Coll. Regal. apud Cantabrigienses haud ita pridem Socius. Præfiguntur Observationes in Commentarios vulgò Ulpianeos, et Tabula Antiquæ Graeciæ Demostheni accommodata. Editio Tertia, emendatior. Etonæ: apud Joseph. & Thomas Pote, Bibliopolas. M.DCC.LV. [1755.]","PA3949.A3 1755","

8vo. 215 leaves, Greek text and notes, folded engraved map, printers' advertisement on the verso of the half-title leaf.

Ebert 5947. This edition not in Dibdin.

Old calf, a small portion of the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson.

Demosthenes, c. 384-322 B.C. Attic orator and statesman. The first edition of his Orationes was printed in Venice by Aldus in 1504.

Richard Mounteney, 1707-1768, Irish judge and classical scholar. This is the third edition of his Demosthenes, which was first published in 1731. The work is dedicated to Sir Robert Walpole.

For a note on Joseph and Thomas Pote, the Eton printers, see no. 4365." "46620","J. 24","","","","Demosthenis Philippica. Gr. Foul. Eng. by several.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 6, as above.","Demosthenes.","O[???] τoυ Δημoσ&thetas;ενoυς λoγoι Φιλιππικoι Δωδεκα. Demosthenis Orationes Philippicae duodecim; eo, jam, ordine editae, quo sunt ab oratore dictae . . . Glasguae: in aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, M DCC LXII. [1762]—Several Orations of Demosthenes, exciting the Athenians to oppose the exorbitant power of Philip King of Macedon. Translated, in the years 1702 and 1744, from the original Greek, by the Earl of Peterborough, Lord Lansdowne, Dr. Garth, Colonel Stanhope, Mr. Topham, and other hands. To which is prefix'd a Preface, taken from the French of Monsieur Tourreil, containing a short view of the History of Greece, and the Life of Demosthenes. The whole carefully revised and corre[???]ed, with Libanius's Arguments, and some notes from Ulpian, now first added. London: printed for R. and J. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCXLIV. [1744.]","PA3951 .E5P5","

A conflated book, 12mo. and 8vo., bound in 2 vol., the Greek text interleaved with the English translation, the title for the Foulis edition at the beginning of vol. I and that for the English translation at the beginning of vol. II.

Old calf, gilt, original bookmarks. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in vol. I and at sig. T in vol. II. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates." "46630","J. 25","","","","Demosthenes, Aeschines, Deinarchus, Lycurgus, Demades Gr. Androcides, Lysias, Isaeus, Antiphon Gr. Lat. Lesbonactes, Herodes, Antisthenes, Alcidamas, et Gorgias Gr. notis Wolfii, Taylori, Marklandi, et Jacobi Reiske.","","22. v. 8vo. Lipsiae 1770-1775. cui additur Oratio inedita Isaei rhetoris.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 26, as above, but reading Andocides, Markland, and Jacobii.","Demosthenes.","Oratorvm Graecorvm, qvorvm princeps est Demosthenes, qvae svpersvnt, monvmenta ingenii, e bonis libris a se emendata, materia critica, commentariis integris Hieron. Wolfii, Io. Taylori, Ierem. Marklandi, aliorvm, et svis, indicibvs deniqve instrvcta edidit Ioannes Iacobvs Reiske. Volvmen primvn [-octavvm] . . .—Indices Operum Demosthenis. Confecit D. I. I. Reiske.—Apparatvs Critici ad Demosthenem volumen primum [-tertium] . . . Lipsiae: typis W. G. Sommeri, MDCCLXX-MDCCLXXV. [1770-1775.]","PA3479 .A1 1770","

22 vol. 8vo.

Ebert 15176. Graesse V, 34.

Calf, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in all forms (Ii and Tt etc.); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in every volume. For other classics by the same editors, see the Index." "46640","J. 26","","","","Oeuvres de Demosthene et d'Eschine. par Auger. Fr.","","5. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 28, as above.","Demosthenes.","Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d'Eschine, traduites en François, avec des remarques sur les harangues & plaidoyers de ces deux orateurs, & des notes critiques & grammaticales en latin, sur le texte grec: accompagnées d'un discours préliminaire . . . Par M. l'Abbé Auger . . . Tome premier [-second]. A Paris: chez Lacombe, M. DCC. LXXVII. Avec approbation, & privilege du Roi. [1777.]","PA3951 .F8 1777","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. An imperfect copy, with vol. I, II, and IV in 4 parts, vol. III lacking; engraved folded map, folded tables.

Quérard II, 472. This edition not in Ebert.

Rebound in half red morocco, original silk bookmarks preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume (not in the second part of vol. II). On the fly-leaf of vol. I Jefferson has written in ink a tabulated collation of the Philippics with the editions of Reiske, Foulis and Mounteney.

This book was in Jefferson's library before March 20, 1814, on which day he wrote to N. G. Dufief of Philadelphia:

I possess the abbé Auger's translations of Demosthenes, Aeschines, Isocrates, and the minor orators in 9. v. 8vo. but he published also a translation of Lysias in a single vol. which I have not. can you help me to it?

In a letter dated from Philadelphia April 6, Dufief mentioned:

. . . Je n'ai point la traduction de Lysias par Auger—Je tâcherai de vous la procurer . . .

Athanese Auger, 1734-1792, abbé, French hellenist. This is the first edition of the complete works of Demosthenes and Aeschines in French. For the rivalry between Demosthenes and Aeschines, see no. 4671. For Auger's translations of Lycurgus and Isocrates, see nos. 4665 and 4668." "46650","J. 27","","","","Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide Etc. par Auger. Fr.","","7vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 29, as above.","","Discours de Lycurgue, d'Andocide, d'Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade, Traduits en François par M. l'Abbé Auger, Vicaire Général du Diocese de Lescar, de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres de Paris, & de celle de Rouen. A Paris: chez De Bure, fils aîné, Théophile Barrois, quai des Augustins. Alexandre Jombert jeune, rue Dauphine. M. DCC. LXXXIII. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1783.]","PA3645 .Z548","

First Edition. 8vo. 315 leaves; a folded Tableau Généalogique pour le Plaidoyer sur la Succession D'Agnias inserted at page 421, at the beginning a Dictionnaire Géographique des royaumes, provinces, villes, places, ports & autres lieux dont il est parlé dans ce volume.

Quérard I, 126.

Old calf, rebacked. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

See the previous entry." "46660","J. 28","","","","Isocratis Orationes. Gr. Lat.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 30, as above, omitting Lat.","Isocrates.","Iσoκϱατoυς Aπαντα. Isocratis Opera quæ quidem nunc extant omnia. Varias lectiones, versionem novam, ac notas adjunxit Gulielmus Battie M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. et Soc. Reg. Socius. Vol. I [-II]. Londoni: impensis C. Davis, J. Whiston, et B. Dod, M DCC XLIX. [1749]","PA4216 .A2 1749","

2 vol. 8vo. 250 and 286 leaves, Greek text in long lines above the Latin in double columns; the Præfatio dated from London, Dec. 5, 1748.

Graesse III, 434. Ebert 10599.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes, and with his autograph signature in an early hand Ex Libris Thomæ Jefferson on the title-page of both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Isocrates, 436-338 B.C., Attic orator. The first edition of his Orations was printed in Milan in 1493.

William Battie, 1704-1776, English physician. The first edition of his edition of the Opera of Isocrates was published in 1749, and gave rise to considerable ridicule." "46670","J. 29","","","","the same [Isocratis Orationes.] Eng. by Dinsdale.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 32, Isocrates Orations Eng. by Dinsdale, 8vo.","Isocrates.","The Orations and Epistles of Isocrates. Translated from the Greek by Mr. Joshua Dinsdale. And revised by the Rev. Mr. Young . . . London: printed for T. Waller, MDCCLII. [1752.]","PA4217 .E5 1752","

8vo. 224 leaves, the last with publisher's advertisement.

Lowndes III, 1173.

Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1905. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, an index in his hand in ink, in 30 lines, bound between pages 136 and 137 (with binding instructions in pencil in a modern hand), a page numeral corrected by Jefferson in ink." "46680","J. 30","","","","Isocrate d'Auger.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 31, as above.","Isocrates.","Oeuvres Complettes d'Isocrate, Auxquelles on a joint quelques Discours analogues à ceux de cet Orateur, tirés de Platon, de Lysias, de Thucydide, de Xénophon, de Démosthene, d'Antiphon, de Gorgias, d'Antisthene & d'Alcidamas; Traduites en François, Par M. l'Abbé Auger, Vicaire Général du Diocese de Lescar, de l'académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres & Arts de la ville de Rouen, ancien Professeur d'Eloquence dans la même ville. Tome Premier. [-Troisieme] A Paris, Chez De Bure, Fils aîné, Théoph. Barrois jeune, quai des Augustins. M. DCC. LXXXI. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1781]","PA4217 .F8 1781","

3 vol. 8vo. 224, 231 and 216 leaves; at the beginning of Volume I is a Dictionnaire Géographique.

Graesse III, 437. Ebert 10620.

Contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate in all volumes.

This is the first edition of the translation into French by the Abbé Auger. See also no. 4664 above." "","31","","","","Ciceronis Orationes. notês Graevii.","","6. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, unnumbered. [Ciceronis Orationes] in Op.","","","","For the Opera of Cicero; see Chapter XLIV." "46690","J. 32","","","","Cicero's orations. Eng. by Guthrie.","","3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 33, as above.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated into English, with notes historical and critical, and arguments to each; by William Guthrie, Esq; in Three Volumes. The Second Edition. In which the text has been carefully revised and corrected; with additional notes . . . London: printed for T. Waller, 1745.","PA6307 .A3G8 1745","

3 vol. 8vo. 180, 181 and 232 leaves; general title in vol. 1 as above, separate title to each volume.

Lowndes I, 462.

Old calf repaired, vol. I and III rebacked, later bookplates. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

In a letter to John Wayles Eppes dated from Monticello January 17, 1810, Jefferson wrote:

. . . the models for that oratory which is to produce the greatest effect by securing the attention of hearers & readers, are to be found in Livy, Tacitus, Sallust, & most assuredly not in Cicero. I doubt if there is a man in the world who can now read one of his orations through but as a piece of task-work . . .

William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish writer. His first edition of the Orations was published in 1741." "46700","J. 33","","","","Orationes ex historicis excerptae.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 10, as above.","","Conciones et Orationes ex Historicis Latinis. Excerptæ. Argumenta singulis præfixa sunt, quæ causam cujusque & summam ex rei gestæ occasione explicant. Opus recognitum recensitum[???] in usum Scholarum Hollandiæ & West-Frisiæ. Ex decreto illustriss. D. D. Ordinum ejusdem Provinciæ. Oxonii: typis W. Hall, venales prostant, apud Fran. Oxlad, sen. & Fran. Oxlad jun. 1667.","PA2095 .A2P4","

12mo. 192 leaves.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, Ebert. Madan 2767. STC P1356.

Original calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; autograph signatures of early owners on the fly-leaves: Owen Watkins 1670/1; Ludovici Thomas; Robert Bell, and others. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

The Ad lectorum at the beginning states that this Chrestomathie was edited by Joachim Périon and Henri Estienne.

This edition is a reprint of the earlier Oxford edition of 1660 with the misplaced period (after Latinis) on the title-page uncorrected. The first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1641.

Joachim Périon, c. 1449-c. 1559, French savant and Benedictine monk. This is the third Oxford edition of this work. The first was printed in 1660.

Henri Estienne, 1528-1598, French scholar and printer, the second of that name, was the son of Robert Estienne." "46710","J. 34","","","","Aeschynis in Ctesiphontem oratio. Gr. Lat. Foul.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 7, as above.","Aeschines.","Aισχινoυ [???] Kατα Kτησιϕωντoς Λoγoς. Aeschinis in Ctesiphontem Oratio. Glasguae: in aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, academiae typographus. M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779.]","PA3823 .A23 1779.","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, the Greek text followed by the Latin, 50 leaves including the half-title and 56 leaves, separate signatures and pagination.

This edition not in Graesse. Ebert 112.

Contemporary calf, gilt back, gilt borders on the sides, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in each alphabet; a few manuscript marginal notes in Greek are probably by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Aeschines, c. 389-314 B.C., Greek statesman and orator. Ctesiphon had proposed that Demosthenes should be rewarded with a golden crown for his distinguished services and was immediately accused by Aeschines of having violated the law in introducing such a motion. Aeschines and Demosthenes each delivered a speech resulting in a victory for the latter." "46720","J. 35","","","","Histoire des discours de Ciceron.","","12mo. Paris. 1765.","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 9, as above.","[Fréval, Claude François Guillaume de.]","Histoire Raisonnée des Discours de M. T. Cicéron, avec des Notes Critiques, Historiques, &c. A Paris: Chez Babuty, Fils, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, entre les rues Gît-le-cœur & Pavée. Humblot, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques, entre la rue du Plâtre & celle des Noyers. [De l'Imprimerie de Quillau.] M. DCC. LXV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1765.]","PA6285 .A2F7.","

First Edition. 12mo. 132 leaves, printer's imprint at the end.

Barbier II, 828. Quérard III, 213.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate preserved. Not initialled by Jefferson. The name of the author and publisher written on the title-page not by Jefferson.

Claude François Guillaume de Fréval, 1745-1770, a member of the Academies of Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Villefranche and Lyons, died at the age of twenty-five, In his preface to this work he mentions the work of the Abbé Prévost, q.v. no. 4634, and his translation of Middleton's Life of Cicero, to which Jefferson's note in that book has reference: La vie de Cicéron, traduite de l'anglois, de M. Middleton, par le célebre auteur des Mémoires d'un homme de qualité, m'a été fort utile; j'en ai tiré plusieurs notes intéressantes, & des remarques aussi sçavantes que lumineuses. J'ai eu soin de citer quand cela m'est arrivé. Peu de livres sont mieux faits que le sien, & je reconnois, avec plaisir, que c'est en le lisant que j'ai, conçu la premiere idée de ce petit ouvrage.

Jean Goulin, 1728-1799, professor of history and of medicine at Paris, had studied under the Abbé Batteux when professor of eloquence at the College of Navarre. He corrected the proofs of this work and supplied the Table des Articles at the beginning." "","36","","","","[Senecae Rhetoris opera. in 30. op] [The same cum oper. Senecae Philos.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 157, unnumbered. [Senecæ Rhetoris opera, in operibus Senecæ Philos.]","","","","See Chapter XLIV." "46730","J. 37","","","","Quinctiliani declamationes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 34, as above.","Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius.","M. Fab. Quintiliani Declamationum liber. Cum ejusdem (Ut nonnullis visum) Dialogo de causis corruptæ eloquentiæ. Quæ omnia notis illustrantur. Oxonii: E. Theatro Sheldoniano, cI[???] I[???] c lxxv. [1675.]","PA6649 .D5 1675","

Sm. 8vo. 123 leaves, engraving of the Sheldonian on the title-page by Burghers.

Madan 3073. STC Q222.

Rebound in half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

In a letter to John Garland Jefferson, dated from Philadelphia, April 14, 1793, and containing advice on his studies, Jefferson wrote:

. . . in the mean while study well Blair, Mason, Quinctilian, and endeavor to catch the oratorical stile of Bolingbroke . . .

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, c. A.D. 35-95, Roman rhetorician.

This is the first English edition of any part of the Declamations, and was edited by Roger Altham of Christ Church. The Dialogus is usually ascribed to Tacitus." "","","","","","Speeches of the Lords in Hamilton v. Douglass.","","8vo","","","","","For Jefferson's copy of this work see no. 218." "46740","J. 38","Orations, viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles. Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. a Coste. Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. à Lyons. Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the moral faculty. by Rush . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 36, Orations—to wit, Inauguralis of Ezra Stiles, de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia à Coste, Inauguralis de Cholera a Lyons, on the influence of Physical Causes, &c. by Rush, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (possibly the volume of Orations originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P3 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above.","Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles.","i.","","","Stiles, Ezra.","Oratio Inauguralis habita in Sacello Collegii Yalensis, quod est Novo-Portu Connecticuttensium, in Nov' Anglia, VIII. Id. Quintil. M.DCC.LXXVIII. Quum, autoritate Senatus Academici, Ezra Stiles, S. S. T. D. præses adacemiæ ejusdem, et in eadem historiæ ecclesiasticæ professor, præpositus et constitutus fuit. Oratore præside. Hartfordiæ: typis Watsoni et Goodwini. M.DCC.LXXVIII. Annoque Independentiæ Americanæ Tertio. [1778.]","","

20 leaves.

Sabin 91744. Evans 16083. Dexter II, 95, 4.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the author, who has written on the title-page: Excellentissimo viro Thomæ Jefferson Am[ ] Congressu Ame[???] ad Aulais Gentium Europarum Legatu tum politicis tum Comerciat D. D. Q. Ezra Stiles. [Cut into in the margin.] Mentions Franklin on page 11.

Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795, succeeded Professor Dagget as President of Yale College. He was the father-in-law of Abiel Homes, q. v., and a friend of Jefferson." "46750","J. 38","Orations, viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles. Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. a Coste. Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. à Lyons. Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the moral faculty. by Rush . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 36, Orations—to wit, Inauguralis of Ezra Stiles, de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia à Coste, Inauguralis de Cholera a Lyons, on the influence of Physical Causes, &c. by Rush, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (possibly the volume of Orations originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P3 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above.","Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. Coste.","ii.","","","Coste, Jean François.","Oratio habita in capitolio Gulielmopolitano in comitiis Universitatis Virginiæ, die xii Junii M. DCC. LXXXII. Dùm favente Gallorum Ducum & Militum frequentiâ, Medicæ Cooptationis Laureâ donabatur Christianissimi Regis exercitûs Archiater, Joannes-Franciscus Coste . . . Lugduni Batavorum, 1783.","","

8vo. 56 leaves including the first blank and the half title.

Quérard II, 299. Sabin 17021.

Dedicated to George Washington.

Jean François Coste, 1741-1819, a French surgeon who came to the United States in 1780 as Surgeon in Chief to the French forces stationed here. He returned to France and was Surgeon in Chief to the armies under Napoleon." "46760","J. 38","Orations, viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles. Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. a Coste. Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. à Lyons. Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the moral faculty. by Rush . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 36, Orations—to wit, Inauguralis of Ezra Stiles, de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia à Coste, Inauguralis de Cholera a Lyons, on the influence of Physical Causes, &c. by Rush, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (possibly the volume of Orations originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P3 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above.","Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. Lyons.","iii.","","","Lyons, James.","Dissertatio Medica, inauguralis, de Cholera. Quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate Reverendi admodum viri, D. Gulielmi Robertson, S.S. T.P. Academiæ Edinburgenæ Praefe[???]i . . . Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Lyons, Virginiensis, M. B. Philadelph. Societ. Reg. Med. Edin. Soc. Nec non Soc. Nat. Stud. Sodalis. Ad diem 12. Septembris, hora locoque solitis. Edinburgi: apud Balfour et Smellie, Academiae Typographos. M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785.]","","

8vo. 20 leaves including the half title and the last blank.

Surgeon General's Library Cat. I, viii, 464.

On the verso of the 4th (and last) preliminary leaf is written His Excellency Thomas Jefferson Esqr. with best respects from his most obdt & very humble servt the Author." "46770","J. 38","Orations, viz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oratio inauguralis Ezra Stiles. Oratio de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia. a Coste. Dissertatio inauguralis de Cholerâ. à Lyons. Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the moral faculty. by Rush . . . . . . . . . . . 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 36, Orations—to wit, Inauguralis of Ezra Stiles, de Antiqua Medico-Philosophia à Coste, Inauguralis de Cholera a Lyons, on the influence of Physical Causes, &c. by Rush, 8vo.","

Four tracts bound together in one volume, 8vo., marbled calf, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark (possibly the volume of Orations originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan in February 1809). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. [TBE]JA36 .P3 Vol. 4[/TBE]

On the fly-leaf Jefferson has listed the tracts as above.","Oration on the influence of Physical causes on the Moral faculty by Rush.","iv.","","","Rush, Benjamin.","An Oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786; containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. By Benjamin Rush, M. D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania . . . The Second edition. Philadelphia, printed: London, reprinted; for C. Dilly, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786.]","","

8vo. 40 leaves.

Sabin 74236. Surgeon General's Library Cat. I, xii, 398. Good, page 271. Goodman, page 387.

Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin.

The first edition was printed in Philadelphia by Cist in the same year.

For other works by Rush in this catalogue, see the Index," "","39","","","","Eulogiums on Washington","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 37, as above.","","","","This book has not been traced. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, the Library of Congress printed catalogues of 1815 and 1831 all have the entry Eulogiums on Washington, 8vo. There is no entry in any later Library of Congress catalogue for the Eulogiums on Washington either in a volume or under separate authors. On October 11, 1802, a set of Eulogiums on Washington &c. in 5 volumes was bound for Jefferson by John March of Georgetown, price $2.50." "46780","J. 40","","","","Curran's Forensic eloquence.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 156. no. 35, as above.","Curran, John Philpot.","Forensic Eloquence. Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, etc. including the Speeches of Mr. Curran at length: accompanied by certain papers illustrating the history and present state of that country . . . Baltimore: published by G. Douglas, 1804.","DA948 .3 .C9A3 1804","

8vo. 200 leaves, erratum at the foot of recto of last leaf, advertisement on verso.

Bound for Jefferson in tree calf by John March, marbled endpapers. Initialled at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Curran's Forensic eloquence. 8vo. is on Jefferson's list of books bought in 1804, from dealers other than Reibelt. It was bound for him by March on February 15, 1805, cost $1.00.

John Philpot Curran, 1750-1817, was called to the Irish bar in 1775." "46790","J. 41","","","","Orations on the Massacre at Boston of Mar. 5. 1770.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 11, as above, reaching March.","","Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770; when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace. Second edition. Boston: Published by Wm. T. Clap, Greenough, Stebbins and Hunt, Printers, 1807.","E215 .4 .063","

12mo. 100 leaves, W. T. Clap's advertisement on the last page.

Bound in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers (repaired) probably for Jefferson, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Presentation copy to Jefferson from the publisher, with his autograph inscription on the fly-leaf: Presented by the Publisher to his Excellu Thomas Jefferson.

The orations were by James Lovell, 1771; Dr. Joseph Warren, 1772; Dr. Benjamin Church, 1773; the Hon. John Hancock, 1774; Dr. Joseph Warren, 1775; Peter Thacher, 1776; Benjamin Hichborn, 1777; Jonathan W. Austin, 1778; William Tudor, 1779; Jonathan Mason, Jun., 1780; Thomas Dawes, Jun., 1781; George Richards Minot, 1782; Dr. Thomas Welsh, 1783; and Perez Morton, 1776. These are followed by a Poem, 6 pages, by James Allen of Boston." "46800","J. 42","","","","Birch's Virginian Orator.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 12, as above.","Birch, Thomas Erskine, Compiler.","The Virginian Orator: being a variety of Original and Selected Poems, Orations and Dramatic Scenes; to improve the American youth in the ornamental and useful art of eloquence & gesture. By Thomas E. Birch . . . Richmond: printed by Samuel Pleasants, jun. 1808.","PN4200 .B6","

First Edition. 12mo. 176 leaves, list of subscribers' names on 5 pages at the end.

Sabin 5528. Not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the few manuscript corrections are in the handwriting of the author.

This copy is the second of two sent to Jefferson by the compiler. The first was sent in November 1811, with an enclosed letter (undated but received by Jefferson on December 22), and went astray. Birch's letter reads:

The inclosed volume was committed to the press near the close of your Excellency's administration. The author saw with superlative pleasure the efforts that you were making to preserve that precious boon, for which, he when but a youth of 19 years of age was contending for with a naval lieutenant's commission. From 15 to 20 years of age, he was incessantly traversing the seas in search of the enemy, and was assisting at the capture of no less than 47 of their vessels.

The Ode which is dedicated to your Excellency is the only laurel that the author can offer, to your administration

Such as it is—ah might it worthier be,

Its scanty foilage all is due to thee.

With sentiments of high regard and all due consideration, I beg leave to style myself, Sir, Your most obedient and very humble Servant

Thos Erskine Birch

Preceptor of ''Anchor & Hope''

Acady, Wythe County, Virga

Jefferson received the letter, but not the book, and on January 1 Birch wrote again, sending another copy:

Some time in Novr last I transmitted by the mail to your address a copy of the Virginian Orator, in which was inclosed a letter. Separate from the packet there was delivered to the stage-driver, at the same time, a letter to G & R Waile of Baltimore in which was inclosed 3 tickets in the ''Susquehanna Canal lottery'' all of which had drawn prizes, but by a reference to the post Office register in which they were all to be deposited, it appears that the temptation was too strong for the stage-driver to withstand, for they were never deposited & it appears that neither of them have reached the place of their destination. The Author of the Virginian Orator thought he could not pay a greater tribute of respect to the man who had rendered the unremitted service of 40 years to his country than by teaching the American youth to lisp the fame of the Man of Monticello as Pope did the ''Man of Ross.''

The Ode which is particularly addressed to yourself, and other parts alluding to your administration and retirement, were the only wreath that an obscure friend could offer;

Such as it is—ah might it worthier be,

Its scanty foliage all is due to thee.

From some of your literary friends, I have had the satisfaction to hear, that the parts concerning yourself were more acceptable to them, than all the lapidary adulation of modern epitaphs. And when your body shall be consigned to the tomb I said with Ovid

''Carminibus vives in omne tempus mais.''

With sentiments of high regard & all due consideration, the Author takes the liberty of transmitting another copy with this letter, requesting you to accept of this small tribute of respect.

Jefferson replied to this on January 3, 1812:

I duly recieved the favor of your letter wherein mention was made of a volume inclosed in it which had been committed to the press by yourself about the close of my administration, but which did not accompany the letter. whether omitted inadvertently, or more bulky than is admitted into the mail, or separated by the way and still to come on I do not know. whatever it's contents may have been, I should have perused them with all the satisfaction I derive from whatever flows from the pen of pure republican patriotism. that such sentiments must be yours, your course thro' the war is a sufficient pledge. for the song of the poet I have no pretensions of having furnished the brilliant materials. my humble object has been to endeavor honestly to deserve the approbation of my fellow citizens. in this consciousness I tender you thanks for whatever indulgencies you may have expressed towards me, and with these the assurances of my great respect.

On February 24, Birch wrote:

A few days previous to recieving your letter of the 3d Ult, I was aware that the Virginian Orator, which I sent, had not been recieved by you, as no register had been entered in any post office. Your letter confirmed it, & I found that the book was taken, & the letter that was inclosed in the book sent on, & recd by you; I accordingly sent another book, & letter, but am doubtful whether you have recd either. If you have recd the last letter & the book again miscarried, be so kind as to inform me, & I will send another book by a gentleman who will do himself the honor of putting it into your hands, who will in about 4 weeks start for Charlottesville . . . PS. If you have recd both my letters and neither of the books, I consider myself in rather an awkward situation, until I am assured that you have recd one.

On March 21 Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of the book:

Your favor of 24th. Feb was recieved a few days ago. soon after the date of mine to you of Jan. 3. your's of the 1st. of that month came to hand, as also the volume forwarded with it: for which be pleased to accept the renewal of my thanks, and the confirmation of the favorable expectations I had formed of it's contents. Every appearance warrants the expectation that the scenes in which you bore a part in the revolutionary war are to be shortly renewed, but under circumstances much more favorable to us. the Actors on the former occasion will from their years be entitled to be spectators only on this. the appropriate function of age on such an occasion is to address it's prayers to heaven that it's favors to both parties may be proportioned to the justice of their respective causes. more I am sure we need not desire . . .

The Virginian Orator contains numerous references to Jefferson. Pages 15 to 19 contain an address headed President Jefferson's Retirement. This begins:

To the man who has rendered the unremitting service of forty years to his country, the patriot, the philanthropist, the legislator, the governor, the statesman, the minister at a foreign court, and to the true republican, I offer this wreath. Yes, Jefferson,

''Let wreaths of triumph round thy temples twine,

Thou hast run well, the glorious prize is thine.''

Jefferson's own statement in answer to the citizens of Maryland who petitioned him to return to office is quoted in full. The manuscript original of this petition is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.

On page 19 begins an ''Oration on the same subject continued'', ending on page 22 with the lines:

Yes, illustrious man,

''Let wreaths of triumph round thy temples twine,''

Thy country's love is now forever thine.

Both these orations are anonymous.

Pages 51 to 55 contain an ''Extract from Mr. Hay's opening speech versus Aaron Burr'', in which Jefferson is mentioned.

Pages 64 to 66 contain the poem addressed to ''His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq.'' by Thomas Erskine Birch and referred to in his letters quoted above. The first and last verses read:

Hail virtuous man whom Heaven has plac'd,

Upon a seat yet undisgrac'd

By party spirit's heat;

'Twas written in the book of fate,

For thee to guide the wheel of state,

And opposition meet.

* * *

From sixteen years to fifty odd,

We'll all be ready at thy nod,

To vindicate the land

Where freedom blows ambrosial gales,

And Jefferson trims all the sails,

With helm in his hand.

On page 97 begins an address by Abraham Bishop entitled ''Political Delusion''. This is the election oration for Jefferson already described in this catalogue, see no. 3235.

This is followed on page 100 by an extract from Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia headed ''Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion.''

Thomas Erskine Birch, 1760-1820. This work was several times reprinted." "","43","","","","The Boylston prize dissertations. by Shattuck.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 157, unnumbered. [The Boylstor [sic] Prize Dissertations, by Shattuck, 8vo] ante C. 10, No. 87.","","","","See no. 986." "46810","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Miller, Samuel.","A Sermon, Preached in New York, July 4th, 1793. Being the Anniversary of the Independence of America: at the Request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the City of New-York. New-York: Printed by Thomas Green-leaf. n.d. [1793.]","E286 .N6 1793","Jefferson had another copy of this pamphlet, in a volume of political pamphlets, see no. 2815." "46820","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Charlton, Thomas Usher Pulaski.","Oration, in Commemoration, of American Independence; Delivered at the Exchange, in the City of Savannah, July 3d, 1802. By Thomas U. P. Charlton, Esq. Savannah, Georgia: Printed by Seymour, Woolhopter & Stebbins. 1802.","E286 .S27 1802","

8vo. 8 leaves.

Sabin 12152 (in the note). Not in De Renne.

This oration was sent to Jefferson from Savannah by Samuel Morse, August 9, 1802:

I have the pleasure to inclose you a copy of an oration delivered on the 3d of July, the day chosen by the citizens of this place for the commemoration of our independence. This oration is the very hasty production of a young friend of mine, who is now aid to gen. Jackson.

I persuade myself that you will receive some pleasure in the evidence he gives of the firmness of his republicanism, though, taking the expressions in a different sense, he disagrees with you on the subject of the unanimity of national sentiment . . .

Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton, 1779-1835, jurist and author, was attorney-general for the State of Georgia." "46830","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Thacher, Stephen.","An Oration, Pronounced at Kennebunk, District of Maine, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1803. By Stephen Thacher . . . Boston: Printed by David Carlisle, 1803.","","A copy of this oration was bound by Jefferson in a volume of political pamphlets. See no. 3298." "46840","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Porter, John Ewing.","Oration in Commemoration of American Independence; delivered . . . to . . . the Lysian Society on Wednesday, July the Fourth, 1804. Philadelphia: Printed for the Lysian Society by John Bioren, 1804.","","

8vo. 8 leaves; a copy was not seen; the above title is taken from the card of the American Philosophical Society in the National Union Catalog and from Sabin.

Sabin 64279 (with the reading Lycian in the imprint).

Sent to Jefferson by the author, with a letter dated from Philadelphia August 2, 1804:

Herewith you will receive a copy of an oration, which was pronounced by me on the 4th. Ultimo. In forwarding to you this my first publication, I have no Motive but the offer of a small testimony of that respect & esteem, which I have uniformly professed for your conduct as a Statesman and your character as a man. Considering the production, as coming from a youth of twenty years of age—composed at a very short notice, under the pressure of professional business—your candour will doubtless afford some apology for its numerous defects. In reliance upon this hope I have presumed to submit it to your inspection . . ." "46850","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Story, Joseph.","An Oration, pronounced at Salem, on the Fourth Day of July, 1804, in Commemoration of our National Independence. By Joseph Story, Esq . . . Salem: Printed by William Carlton. 1804.","E286 .S16 1804","

8vo. 18 leaves, the last with a Song, composed by Mr. Story, and sung at the close of the performances in the Meeting House.

Sabin 92315.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Jacob Crowninshield, one of the Committee of Arrangements, mentioned in the postscript to a long letter written on July 14, 1804:

. . . I take the liberty of transmitting to you, accompanying this communication, an Oration pronounced here on the 4th. inst by Joseph Story Esqr which I think you will consider as the work of a master, and you will oblige me by shewing it to my friends Mr. Randolph and Mr. Eppes to whom I beg my best respects may be presented.

Jefferson replied to Crowninshield's letter on July 21:

I received last night your favor of the 14th. and have to thank you for the Halibut and tongues & sounds . . .

Jacob Crowninshield, 1770-1808, was a friend of Jefferson, who in 1805 invited him to succeed Robert Smith as Secretary of the Navy.

For another work by Joseph Story, 1779-1845, jurist, see no. 2156." "46860","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Barlow, Joel.","Oration delivered at Washington, July Fourth, 1809; at the Request of the Democratic Citizens of the District of Columbia. By Joel Barlow. Washington City: Printed and published by R. C. Weightman. 1809.","E286 .W22 1809","

8vo. 7 leaves.

Sabin 3425. Howard 422. Dexter page 15, no. 19.

Concerning this Oration, Jefferson wrote to Barlow on October 8, 1809:

It is long since I ought to have acknoleged the reciept of your most excellent oration on the 4th. of July. I was doubting what you could say, equal to your own reputation, on so hackneyed a subject. but you have really risen out of it with lustre, and pointed to others a field of great expansion . . .

For Joel Barlow, see the Index. Barlow's first Fourth of July Oration was delivered at the North Church in Hartford at the Meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati in 1787." "46870","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Cheves, Langdon.","An Oration, Delivered in St. Philip's Church, before an Assemblage of the Inhabitants of Charleston, on the Fourth of July, 1810, in Commemoration of American Independence; by appointment of the Seventy-Six Association, and Published at the Request of that Society. By Langdon Cheves, a Member of the '76 Association. Charleston: Printed by E. S. Thomas, No. 115, East-Bay. n.d. [1810.]","AC901 .M5 v. 805","

8vo. 10 leaves, the last a blank.

Sabin 12602.

Sent to Jefferson by John S. Cogdell on September 4, 1810:

Obtruding on you a letter, no matter what the subject, would seem to require an apology—I am unable to offer any other than the motive which actuates me to send you the enclosed oration.—if it finds you in a moment of leisure—it will I hope furnish for me an efficient Excuse.

'Tis from the pen of a Gentleman not only very prominent in the Institution by which he was nominated, but at this moment very popular in our state; he fills the dignified station of Attorney General—he is a candidate for that place in the 12th. Congress, which—Mr. Marion—holds in the Eleventh;—had his sphere been located to the narrow confines of Charleston, or even our state, I should not have presumed thus, but while the National Councils of our common Country seem to be his destined orbit, I would fain do my endeavours to make him known as far as I could to men who are capable of estimating his merits and his political sentiments at their real Value . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 29:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Cogdell, and his thanks for the copy of m[???] Cheves's oration which he was so kind as to send him, and which he has read with pleasure. it is a very satisfactory specimen of sentiments & of talents worthy of being employed on the national theatre, and promising there a more general usefulness. he prays m[???] Cogdell's acceptance of his acknolegements for the friendly expressions of his letter & the assurances of his great respect.

Langdon Cheves, 1776-1857. In December 1810 Robert Marion resigned from the Eleventh Congress and Cheves was elected to fill the vacancy. He was reelected to the Twelfth Congress in 1811." "46880","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Lincoln, Daniel Waldo.","An Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1810, before the ''Bunker-Hill Association,'' and in Presence of the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth. By Daniel Waldo Lincoln, Counsellor at Law. Second Edition. With Notes, furnished by the Author. Boston: Printed for Isaac Munroe. 1810.","E286 .B74 1810L","

8vo. 10 leaves.

Sabin 41246.

Sent to Jefferson by the Bunker Hill Association, with a letter dated from Boston July 12, 1810, and signed by three members of the Committee, Benjamin Homans, J. E. Smith and William Blagrove:

We have the honour to address you in conformity to a vote of the general committee of the ''Bunker Hill Association,'' and request you to accept a copy of the Oration delivered on the 4th of July last.

In commemorating the feelings and principles which led to the glorious event of our revolution, it is peculiarly congenial to our grateful sensibility on this occasion, to render homage to the virtues of those Patriots who contributed thereto, and to express individually our personal respect for your character and our thanks for your continued support of the republican institutions of our Country.

May the evening of your valuable life be attended with that calm serenity and sublime enjoyment which the good man only knows, and which approximates this state of existence to immortal felicity.

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 4:

I have safely recieved the eloquent oration of m[???] Lincoln delivered before the Bunker's hill association, which you have been so kind as to forward me; and, if I mistake not the author, I may congratulate an excellent and much esteemed friend, the father, on the satisfaction he must have recieved from a specimen of talent so interesting to him, and yourselves and our common country on the future benefits it promises us. while sentiments like these are felt and approved by americans the ark of our freedom rests in safety. may countless anniversaries continue to witness their prevalence. accept my thanks for this mark of kind attention . . ." "46890","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Wheaton, Henry.","An Oration, Delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, and the Republican Citizens of Providence and its Vicinity, at the Town-House on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, 1810. By Henry Wheaton, Esq. Providence: From the Phenix Press [Jones & Wheeler, Printers, 1810].","AC901 .M5 v. 805","

8vo. 10 leaves, the first either a blank or a half-title missing in the copy examined; printers' imprint at the end.

Sabin 103159.

Henry Wheaton sent this pamphlet to Jefferson, with a letter dated from Providence August 20, 1810:

I take the liberty of enclosing to you an Essay on the history & means of preserving that independence you so greatly contributed to acquire; and humbly hope that however great may be the imperfections your eye will discern in the composition, that you will pardon them for the sake of the sincere attachment to those principles which made us free, the merit of which I may justly claim. It is your glory, Sir, to have adhered to those principles in a degenerate age; & I may therefore presume upon your approbation of every effort, however feeble, to recall back our countrymen to their first faith. That you may long enjoy the blessings you have procured for all your fellow citizens is the sincere prayer of Sir, Your obedient, humble servant.

Jefferson replied from Monticello in September 29:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments and his thanks to m[???] Wheaton for the pamphlet he was so kind as to send him, and which he has read with pleasure. he rejoices over every publication wherein such sentiments are expressed. while these prevail, all is safe, and he believes they will prevail through many and many ages. he is particularly thankful for the obliging expressions in m[???] Wheaton's letter, and prays him to accept the assurances of his great respect.

Henry Wheaton, 1785-1848, jurist and diplomat, was a native of Providence. On June 23, 1812, he wrote to Jefferson that

Having been informed by Judge Story of the Supreme Court, that you had caused to be printed for circulation among your friends the Breif which you had prepared for the use of your counsel in the case of Edward Livingston concerning the Batture at New Orleans, I am induced to request a copy for my own private use. Although I have not the honour to rank among your friends yet the sincere respect and veneration which I bear for your talents and services, and my enthusiasm in the science of jurisprudence, must form my apology for making this request should you deem it improper to grant it . . .

Jefferson replied on July 25:

Of the pamphlets on the claim of Edward Livingston to the Batture at New Orleans I have but a single copy left. I had printed on my own account a copy for every member of Congress which was accordingly laid on the desk of each, and about 70. others which I distributed among my friends and others to whom I thought they might be acceptable: so that I have but the single one left which I reserved for myself. the printer, m[???] Sargeant of N. York was not restrained from printing any Extra number he might chuse. possibly therefore a copy might be got from him. as it was meant as a public justification of the conduct of the Executive in that case, no copy right was given to any body. with my regret at my inability to fulfil your request the assurance of my respect." "46900","44","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 38. Orations of the 4th of July, 8vo.","

This volume of orations is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

From Jefferson's correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the volume as follows:","","","","","Smith, Samuel Harrison.","Oration pronounced by Samuel H. Smith, Esquire, in the City of Washington, on Monday, the Fifth of July, 1813, by Request of a General Meeting of the Citizens, and Published at the Desire of the Committee of Arrangement. Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1813.","E286 .W22 1813","

8vo. 12 leaves.

Sabin 84078.

Sent to Jefferson by Samuel Harrison Smith, with a letter dated from Washington, August 18, 1813:

I take the liberty of enclosing the following trifle delivered here on the late anniversary of our Independence which I ask you to receive entirely as a tribute of respect. I hope your contemplated improvements have kept pace with your wishes, and that the calm delights of retirement are enhanced by the finish which art, under the direction of taste, knows how to bestow on the finest natural scenery . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 23:

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m[???] Saml. H. Smith, & his thanks for the oration he has been so kind as to send him. he has read it with great pleasure and sympathises with all it's sentiments sincerely, one excepted, respecting the exhausting our resources on a navy. our strength is on the land, & weakness on the water. our enemies' strength is on the water, at land nothing. and however capriciously fortune has hitherto disposed of events, he apprehends that to transfer the war to the scene where we are nothing and they omnipotent, is exactly what they must wish. considering however the votes of Congress as indicating the will of the majority to be in favor of the experiment, he substitutes acquiescence for conviction, and will go chearfully with the nation. if they are wrong, events will soon correct them: if right no man on earth will rejoice more sincerely than himself at being corrected in an error, and on seeing a re-establishment of that right which nature has given in common to all nations over an element purposely interposed to bring the most distant of them together . . .

For Samuel Harrison Smith, 1772-1845 (who in the previous month, July 1813, had been appointed commissioner of revenue, and had received the congratulations of Jefferson), and his association with Jefferson, see the Index." "46910","45","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 39. Oration, by Fairfax, 8vo.","Fairfax, Ferdinando.","Oration Delivered in Charlestown, in Virginia, on the Fourth of July, 1805; by Ferdinando Fairfax. With a few alterations and additions, made soon after. Washington: Printed by R. C. Weightman. 1808.","E286 .C487 1808","

8vo. 37 leaves, unpaged, printer's imprint on the last leaf.

Sabin 23687. Not in Bryan.

Jefferson is mentioned (with other ''worthies'') on sig. 53 recto:

. . . Then it was—''in times which tried men's souls''—that a Jefferson, a Nelson, a Lee, a Franklin, an Adams, a Livingston, a Rutledge, and numerous other worthies (whose names alone, would swell beyond proportion, this little address) exhibited themselves to the admiring eyes of their countrymen, in their true colours . . .

Ferdinando Fairfax, 1766-1820, a Virginian, was in correspondence with Jefferson over a period of years." "46920","J. 1","","","","Aristotle Πεϱι Πoιητικης. Gr. Lat.","","12mo. Foul.","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 1. Aristotle de arte Poetica. Gr. Lat. 12mo Foul.","Aristotle.","Aϱιςτoτελoυς Πεϱι Πoιητικης. Aristotelis De Poetica. Accedunt Versio Latina Theodori Goulstoni et insigniores Lectiones variantes. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus. MDCCXLV. [1745]","[PA 3893 .P5 1745.]","

Sm. 8vo. 68 leaves, first leaf lacking, probably a half-title, Greek text followed by the Latin.

Graesse I, 214.

Contemporary calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Theodore Goulston, 1573-1632, English physician. His first edition of De Poetica, founded on the text of Sylburg, was published in 1623 with a Latin dedication to Prince Charles." "46930","J. 2","","","","La Poetica de Aristoteles por das Saijas. Gr. Span. Lat.","","p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 2, as above.","Aristotle.","La Poetica de Aristoteles dada a nuestra lengua Castellana por Don Alonso Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar, señor de San Payo. Añadese nuevamente el texto Griego, la version Latina y notas de Daniel Heinsio, y las del Abad Batteux traducidas del Francés; y se ha suplido y corregido la traduccion Castellana por el Licdo. Don Casimiro Florez Canseco, Catedratico de Lengua Griega en los Reales Estudios de esta Corte. Con las licencias necesarias. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha. Año de 1778. Se hallará en su Librería, en la Aduana Vieja. 1745","PN1040 .A65 O7 1778","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 184 leaves, the last a blank, engraved portrait frontispiece of Aristoteles Stagirita in marmore by Moreno Fejada.

Ebert 1200. Palau I, 114.

Old Spanish calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Alonso Ordoñez Das Seijas y Tobar published the first edition of his translation in 1628. This is the first edition with the translations of Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), the Abbé Charles Batteux (1713-1780) and Casimiro Florez Canseco." "46940","J. 3","","","","Rapin's critical works. Eng.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 7, as above.","Rapin, René.","The Whole Critical Works of Monsieur Rapin, in Two Volumes. Vol. I. Containing, I. A Comparison between Demosthenes and Cicero for Eloquence. II.—Homer and Virgil for Poetry. III.—Thucydides and Livy for History. IV.—Plato and Aristotle for Philosophy; with the Opinions of the Wise Men of all Ages upon their Doctrine, and the different Adventures of their Sects. Newly translated into English by several hands. London: printed for H. Bonwicke, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, S. Manship, 1706.","AC21 .R3","

2 vol. 8vo. 275 and 268 leaves, publishers' advertisements on 2 pages at the end of vol. II.

Backer VI, 1455, 40.

Rebound in half blue morocco by the Library of Congress in 1950. Initialled in both volumes at I and T by Jefferson. The autograph signature of J. Wayles. Cost 7/6 on the fly-leaf of vol. II.

René Rapin, 1621-1687, French Jesuit, was the author of a number of works in verse and in prose, in Latin and in French. Basil Kennett, q.v., was largely responsible for this translation." "46950","4","","","","Trapp's praelectiones poeticae.","","2d. vol.","1815 Catalogue, page 160, no. 5, as above.","Trapp, Joseph.","Prælectiones Poeticæ: In Schola Naturalis Philosophiæ Oxon. Habitæ. Auctore Josepho Trapp, A.M. Coll. Wadh. Socio, & Præle[???]ore Publico Le[???]uræ Poeticæ; a Viro Insignissimo D. Henrico Birkhead, L.L. D. Coll. Omnium Animarum olim Socio, in celeberrima Universitate Oxoniensi nuper fundatæ. Editio Tertia; recognita ab Au[???]ore, et Indice Alphabetico aucta. Vol. II. Londini: Impensis Henrici Lintot, MDCCXXXVI. [1736.]","PN1040 .T6","

Vol. II only, 12mo. 170 leaves, chiefly roman letter with passages in Greek and italic, Lintot's advertisement on the verso of the last leaf of text before the Index, list of errata for vol. I and II at the end.

Lowndes V, 2706.

Joseph Trapp, 1679-1747, English poet and pamphleteer. The first edition of this work was published in 1711-19, and the second in 1722. Jefferson sold only the second volume to Congress." "","5","","","","[Horace de arte poeticâ. in op.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 159, as above.","","","","For the works of Horace, see in Chapter XLIV." "","6","","","","[Vida de arte poetica in Poem. Italorum.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page. 160, unnumbered. [Vide de Arte poetica, in Poematis Italorum.","","","","For this work, see in Chapter XLIV." "","7","","","","[l'Art poetique de Boileau. in op.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 159, unnumbered, as above.","","","","See in Chapter XLIV." "46960","J. 8","","","","Du Bos sur la poesie et la peinture.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 4, as above.","Dubos, Jean Baptiste.","Réflexions Critiques sur la Poësie et sur la Peinture. Par M. l'Abbé Du Bos, l'un des Quarante, & Secrétaire perpétuel de l'Académie Françoise, Sixiéme édition. Premiere [-Troisième] Partie . . . A Paris: chez Pissot, Quai de Conti, à la Sagesse. [de l'Imprimerie de Moreau] M. DCC. LV. Avec approbation et privilege du roi. [1755.]","N63.83","

3 vol. 12mo. 270, 304 and 146 leaves, including half-titles; printer's imprint at the end.

Quérard II, 609.

Old calf, gilt backs, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in each volume.

With the Library of Congress bookplate in all volumes.

Jean Baptiste Dubos, 1670-1742, French historian and man of letters published the first edition of this work in 1719." "46970","9","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 12. Harris's Philological Enquiries, 8vo.","Harris, James.","Philological Inquiries in Three Parts by Iames Harris Esq. Part I. and II. [-III.] London: Printed for C. Nourse, in the Strand. MDCCLXXXI. [1781.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 3 parts in 2 with continuous signatures and pagination, 318 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi in Vol. I, engraved frontispiece by William Sharp after James Stuart in Vol. II.

Lowndes II, 1002.

James Harris, 1709-1780, English author and politician." "46980","10","","","","Webb on poetry & music. Moor's essay on tragedy. Essay on design in gardening. Jennings on medals.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 160, unnumbered. Webb on Poetry and Music, Moor's Essay on Tragedy, Essay on design in Gardening—Jennings on Medals. 12mo C. 31, No. 3.","","","","

These books were not in chapter XXXI, which has only Daniel Webb's An Enquiry into the Beauties of Painting. They were all purchased from Samuel Henley, and were included in Jefferson's list appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris, March 3, 1785:

Webb on poetry & music . . . . . . . . . .

Moor's essay on tragedy . . . . . . . . . .

an essay on design in gardeng. . . . .

Jennings on medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

in i. vol. 12mo.

They are also included in the separate list of this purchase made by Jefferson." "46990","J. 11","","","","Kaim's elements of criticism.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 8, as above.","Home, Henry, Lord Kames.","Elements of Criticism. Volume I [-II]. The Third Edition, with additions and Improvements. Edinburgh: printed for A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, M D C C L X V. [1765.]","PN81 .K3 1765","

2 vol. 8vo. 258 and 280 leaves.

This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Old sprinkled calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes. The author's name written on the title-page, and pen and ink notes, are not by Jefferson.

For other works by Henry Home, Lord Kames, see the Index. The first edition of this book was published in Edinburgh in 1762." "47000","J. 12","","","","Longinus. Gr. Lat. Tolii.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 13, Longinus de Sublimitate, Gr. Lat. Tollii, 4to.","Longinus.","Διoνυσιoυ Λoγγινoυ Πεϱι υψoυς, Kα[???] T[???]λλα Eυϱισκoμενα. Dionysii Longini de Sublimitate Commentarius, ceteraque, quæ reperiri potuere. In usum serenissimi principis electoralis Brandenburgici Jacobus Tollius e quinque codicibus MSS. emendavit, & Fr. Robortelli, Fr. Porti, Gabrielis de Petra, Ger. Langbænii, & Tanaquilli Fabri, notis integris suas subjecit, novamque versionem suam Latinam, & Gallicam Boilavii, cum ejusdem, ac Dacierii, suisque notis Gallicis addidit. Trajecti ad Rhenum: ex officina Francisci Halma, Academiæ Typographi, cI[???] I[???]c xciv. [1694]","Jefferson unclassified","

4to. 224 leaves, Greek and Latin text on opposite pages in long lines, notes in double columns below, half title for the French text on [Kk]1 verso and for Jacobi Tollii Animadversionum Criticarum on [Xx]1 recto; engraved frontispiece by J. Baptist after J. Goeree.

Brunet III, 165. Graesse IV, 252.

Old calf with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. This book has the bookplate of George Wythe, by whom it was given to Jefferson, who has written on the fly-leaf: The gift of a friend a few days before he died and 4 lines of Greek.

The author of this treatise is unknown. It was ascribed to ''Dionysius Longinus'' by editors from 1554 to 1808, when it was discovered that in a manuscript in the Vatican it was attributed to Dionysius or Longinus. It has also been ascribed to Cassius Longinus (d. 273)." "47010","J. 13","","","","Longinus de sublimitate. Gr. Lat.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 3, as above.","Longinus.","Διoνυσιoυ Λoγγινoυ Πεϱι υψoγς Bιβλιoν. Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Libellus, Ad præstantissimam Joannis Hudsoni Editionem secundam, quæ Oxoniæ prodiit anno 1718, recognitus & emendatus. Edinburgi: apud Tho. & Wal. Ruddimannos. Sumptibus Joan. Patoni Edinburgi, & And. Stalkerii Glasguæ, Bibliopolarum. MDCCXXXIII. [1733.]","PA4229 .L4 1733.","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, Greek text followed by the Latin, 54 and 56 leaves, the last a blank, separate signatures and pagination.

Graesse IV, 252. This edition not in Ebert.

Old marbled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r.e. Not initialled, by Jefferson. With the Library of Con. gress 1815 bookplate.

For other authors edited by John Hudson, see the Index." "47020","J. 14","","","","Theorie circonspherique de deux genres de Beau. par Cordier de Launay.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 14, as above, du Beau.","Cordier de Launay de Valeri, Louis Guillaume René.","Théorie Circonsphérique des Deux Genres de Beau avec application a toutes les mythologies et aux cinq beaux-arts. Par M. Cordier de Launay . . . A Berlin: [chez Louis Quien] 1806.","N63 .C7","

4to. 146 leaves, folded engraved map of Les Trois Zones des Arts, dated 1804. This copy is no. 20 of 500 copies printed, with the autograph signature of the author.

Quérard II, 287.

Old calf; signed with numbers, and initialled by Jefferson at sig. 1. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

Louis Guillaume René Cordier de Launay de Valeri, d. 1826, held various offices under Charles X, and died in St. Petersburg." "47030","J. 15","","","","Fitzosborne's letters.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 9, as above, reading Fitzozborne's.","[Melmoth, William.]","The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on several subjects . . . The Seventh Edition. London: printed for J. Dodsley, MDCCLXIX. [1769.]","PR3548 .M7L4 1769","

8vo. 232 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved monogrammic device on the title.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Old calf, gilt back, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. By William Melmoth written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.

William Melmoth, 1710-1799, English author, wrote these letters under the pseudonym Sir Thomas Fitzosborne. The two volumes of the first edition were published separately, in 1742 and 1749 respectively." "47040","J. 16","","","","Geddes on the composition of the antients.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 10, as above.","Geddes, James.","An Essay on the Composition and Manner of Writing of the Antients, particularly Plato. By the late James Geddes, Esq; advocate. Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert Foulis, M DCC XLVIII. [1748.]","PA3046 .G4","

First Edition. 8vo. 190 leaves, engraved portrait vignettes.

Lowndes II, 870.

Old calf, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; autograph signature of Alexr Elmsly on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.

James Geddes, d. 1748, Scottish author, died of consumption the year of the publication of this book." "47050","17","","","","Frankly on antient tragedy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 6. Franklyn on Antient Tragedy, 12mo","[Francklin, Thomas.]","A Dissertation on Antient Tragedy. London, 1768.","","

12mo. A copy of this work in duodecimo has not been located; the information was obtained from the British Museum Catalogue.

Halkett and Laing II, 91. Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Thomas Francklin, 1721-1784, English miscellaneous writer. The first edition of this work was published without date in 1760 in quarto. A copy of this edition is in the Library of Congress and has an engraved plate, Plan of a Greek Theatre. For another work by him, see no. 4523." "47060","J. 18","","","","Riccoboni's account of the theatres in Europe.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 159, no. 11, as above.","Riccoboni, Luigi.","An Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe. Viz. The Italian-Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. In which is contain'd a Review of the Manner, Persons and Character of the Actors; intermix'd with many Curious Dissertations upon the Drama. Together with Two Celebrated Essays: viz. An Essay on Action, or, The Art of Speaking in Public: And, A Comparison of the Ancient and Modern Drama. By the famous Lewis Riccoboni of the Italian Theatre at Paris. The Whole illustrated with Notes by the Author and Translator. London: Printed for T. Waller, in the Temple; and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1741.","PN2100 .R6","

First Edition of this Translation. 8vo. 184 leaves including the half-title.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes IV, 2082. Courville, Bibliographie de Luigi Riccoboni dit Lélio, no. 84.

Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate pasted on the same fly-leaf as the armorial bookplate of Reuben Skelton.

Jefferson probably acquired this book on his marriage to Martha Skelton, the sister-in-law of Reuben.

Luigi Riccoboni, 1674-1738, Italian actor and author. The original French edition of this work was published in Paris in 1738. The translator into English, whose identity is not known, dedicated his work to Charles Fleetwood." "47090","1","","","","Jones Poese s Asiaticae commentaria.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 7, Jones Poeseos Asiaticœ Commentaria, 8vo.","Jones, Sir William.","Poeseos Asiaticæ Commentariorum Libri Sex, cum Appendice; Subjicitur Limon, seu Miscellaneorum Liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones, A. M. Collegii Universitatis in Academiâ Oxoniensi, & Societatum Regiarum Londinensis atque Hasniensis, Socio. Londini: E Typographeo Richardsoniano, Veneunt apud T. Cadell, in vico qui dicitur The Strand, M DCC LXXIV. [1774]","PJ827 .J6","

First Edition. 8vo. 290 leaves, the last with the list of errata; 3 engraved plates, the first by Bayly with an Ode Sinica Antiquissima, the second unsigned showing Versus Arabici, the third by Bayly headed Carmen Persicum; Arabic, Persian, Greek, Hebrew and other letters in the text.

Lowndes III, 1229.

A copy, unbound, was acquired by Jefferson with his purchase of the books from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is in the list appended by Jefferson to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list of the books in this purchase made by Jefferson.

This copy is described as unbound in both lists. More than twenty years later, on June 30, 1807, the binding bill of John March includes an entry Posis Asiatica, 1 vol. 8vo., bound in calf, gilt, price 1 dollar.

Sir William Jones, 1746-1794, English Oriental scholar, published this work in the year that he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. It was suggested by Lowth's Praelections on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews [see no. 4710], and established Jones's reputation as an Oriental scholar. For other works by him see the Index." "47100","2","","","","Lowth de Poesi Hebraeorum.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 8, as above.","Lowth, Robert.","De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Praelectiones Academicæ Oxonii habitæ a Roberto Lowth . . . Subjicitur metricae Harianæ brevis confutatio et oratio Crewiana. Editio Altera emendatior. Oxonii: e typographeo Clarendiano, 1763.","","

8vo. 264 pages; a copy of this edition was not available for examination.

Lowndes III, 1406.

Robert Lowth, 1710-1787, English divine. In 1741 he was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford and deivered a course of lectures on Hebrew poetry. The first edition of his work was published in 1753. Later he became Bishop of Oxford and in 1777 was translated to the See of London.

Francis Hare, 1671-1740, Bishop of Chichester, had published in 1736 an edition of the Psalms in Hebrew, and his theory of Hebrew versification was confuted by Lowth." "47110","3","","","","Essay on Shakespeare by m[???]s Montague.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 13, as above.","[Montagu, Elizabeth.]","An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets. With some remarks upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The Second Edition. London: Printed by J. and H. Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: And sold by J. Dodsley, Pall-mall; Mess. Baker and Leigh, York-street, Covent-garden; T. Becket, and T. Cadell, in the Strand; J. Walter, Charing-cross; H. Denoyer, Lisle-street; and J. Wilkie, No 71. St. Paul's Church-yard. M.DCC.LXX. [1770]","AC901 .M5 no. 630","

8vo. 146 leaves.

Halkett and Laing II, 202. Lowndes III, 1587.

This book was one of Jefferson's purchases from the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is included in the list appended by Jefferson to his letter of March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.

Elizabeth Montagu, 1720-1800, English author, whose maiden name was Robinson, was the sister of Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron Rokeby, q. v. Mrs. Montagu was one of the leaders of literary society in London, and her friends included Horace Walpole, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Johnson, Edmund Burke, David Garrick, and many others. The first edition of this work was printed in 1769." "47120","4","","","","Richardson's analysis of Shakespeare's characters.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 5, as above.","[Richardson, William.]","A Philosophical Analysis and Illustration of some of Shakespeare's Remarkable Characters. Edinburgh: Printed for W. Creech; and J. Murray, No 32, Fleetstreet, London, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]","","

8vo. 114 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. This edition not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

William Richardson, 1743-1814, professor of humanity at Glasgow University, where the first edition of this work was published in 1774. The dedication to Robert Buntine of Ardoch is dated from Glasgow College, March 7, 1774. The characters analyzed are Macbeth, Hamlet, the Melancholy Jaques and Imogen. Other editions of this book have the author's name on the title-page." "47130","5","","","","Warton's observations on Spencer.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 14, as above.","Warton, Thomas.","Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser. By Thomas Warton, M. A. Fellow of Trinity-College, and Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. The Second Edition, Corre[???]ted and Enlarged. Vol. I. [-II.] London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; And J. Fletcher, in the Turl, Oxford, MDCCLXII. [1762]","PR2358 .W3 1762.","

2 vol. sm. 4to. 124 and 272 leaves.

Lowndes V, 2848. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 384.

Jefferson's copy was purchased by him from Samuel Henley. It is included by Jefferson in his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is also in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.

The copy in the Library of Congress has been rebound and has lost all marks of provenance except that after sig. I in both volumes has been written the letter W, after Jefferson's style of marking his volumes. It is possible that the initials I [for J] W thus formed may have belonged to John Wayles, members of whose family marked their books in this manner.

Thomas Warton, 1728-1790, the historian of English poetry. The first edition of this work was published in 1752." "47140","6","","","","Blackwell on the classics.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 2, as above.","Blackwall, Antony.","An Introduction to the Classics: Containing, A Short Discourse on their Excellencies; and Directions how to Study them to Advantage. With an Essay on the Nature and Use of those Emphatical and Beautiful Figures which give Strength and Ornament to Writing. By Antony Blackwall, M. A. The Sixth Edition,with Additions, and an Index. London: Printed for John and James Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard. M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]","PA3002 .B5","

12mo. 144 leaves, the first and last for the publishers' advertisements; title printed in red and black.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Antony Blackwall, 1674-1730, English classical scholar. The first edition of this work was published in 1718." "47150","7","","","","Blackwell on the sacred classics.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 1, as above.","Blackwall, Antony.","The Sacred Classics Defended and Illustrated: or, An Essay Humbly offer'd towards proving the Purity, Propriety, and True Eloquence of the Writers of the New Testament. In Two Parts. [-The Second and Last Volume. In Three Parts.] . . With a Preface. Wherein is shewn the Necessity and Usefulness of a New Version of the Sacred Books. By the late Reverend and Learned A. Blackwall, A. M. Author of the First Volume. To which is annex'd, A very Copious Index London: Printed for Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCXXXVII. [1737]","BS2360 .B6 1725","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I has unfortunately vanished from the Library's shelves; vol. II has 168 leaves, titles printed in red and black; engraved portrait frontispiece by G. Vertue in Vol. I. The titles differ and each contains a short summary of the two and three parts contained in the volume.

Lowndes I, 213. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 25.

This is the third edition of this work. The first was published in 1725 and the second in 1727." "47160","8","","","","Aristarchus Anti-Bentleianus. by Johnston.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 15, as above.","Johnson, Richard.","Aristarchus Anti-Bentleianus Quadraginta sex Bentleii Errores super Q. Horatii Flacci Odarum libro primo spissos nonnullos, et erubescendos: item per Notas Universas in Latinitate lapsus fœdissimos nonaginta ostendens. Autore Richardo Johnson . . . Nottinghamiæ: impensis autoris apud S. Keble [Typis Gulielmi Ayscough], 1717.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, with separate pagination; the title to the second part reads: Aristarchi Anti-Bentleiani Pars Secunda; nonaginta Bentleii per Notas Universas in Latinitate lapsus fœdissimos ostendens . . . A copy of this edition was not available for examination. The above information was obtained from the National Union Catalog.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Richard Johnson, d. 1771, English grammarian, was at St. John's College, Cambridge, at the same time as Richard Bentley, and they graduated B.A. together in 1679. Johnson was headmaster of the Free School at Nottingham, where this attack on Bentley's Horace was printed, from 1707-1718.

For Richard Bentley see the Index." "47170","9","","","","Vossius de Historicis Graecis.","","p4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 9, as above.","Vossius, Gerhard Johann.","Gerardi Ioannis Vossii De Historicis Græcis Libri IV. Editio altera, priori emendatior, & multis partibus auctior. Lugduni Batavorum: ex officina I. Maire, 1651.","","

4to. 306 leaves, title printed in red and black. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Gerhard Johann Vossius, 1577-1649, German classical scholar and theologian, was educated at the University of Leyden, where he met his lifelong friend Hugo Grotius. The first edition of this work was published in 1624." "47180","10","","","","id. [i. e. Vossius] de Historicis Latinis.","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 10, as above.","Vossius, Gerhard Johann.","Gerardi Ioannis Vossii De Historicis Latinis Libri Tres. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Ioannem Maire, anno. 1627.","","

4to. 461 leaves; a copy was not available for examination.

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

The first edition was published in 1627." "47190","11","","","","Fabricii bibliotheca Latina.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 11, as above.","Fabricius, Johann Albert.","Jo. Alberti Fabricii SS. Theol. D. & Prof. Publ. Gymnasiiqve h. a. Rectoris Bibliotheca Latina sive Notitia Auctorum Veterum Latinorum, qvorumcunqve scripta ad nos pervenerunt, distributa in libros IV. Et Nova hac Editione sic recognita ab auctore: ac locupletata, ut novum opus videri possit. Obiter p. 595. seq. suppleta ingens lacuna aliqvot paginarum in scholiis Eustathii ad Dionysium Periegetem. Hamburgi: Sumtu Benjamini Schilleri. Leoburgi, Typis Christ. Albr. Pfeifferi. A. C. MDCCVIII. [1708.]","Z7026 .F121 1708","

8vo. 470 leaves, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut device.

According to the catalogues Jefferson's copy was of the edition of 1712, also printed in Hamburg; a copy of this edition was not available and the copy of the edition of 1708 of which it was a reprint, with the addition of a supplement, has been used in its place.

This edition not in Graesse, not in Ebert, and not in Brunet.

Johann Albert Fabricius, 1668-1736, German scholar and bibliographer. The first edition of this work was published in 1697. The dedication to Johann Friedrich Mayer, repeated in the editions of 1708 and 1712, is dated from Hamburg prid. Cal. Octobris Anni Christiani M DC LXXXXVI. The edition of 1708 was the first to be divided into books and chapters. The edition of 1697 was followed by an edition printed in London in 1703, which is the subject of Article VII, in volume 3 of Jean Le Clerc's Bibliotheque Choisie; the volume missing from Jefferson's library. See the next entry." "47200","12","","","","Bibliotheque choisie.","","28. v. 12mo. [3d. wanting]","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 3a, as above.","Le Clerc, Jean.","Bibliotheque Choisie, Pour Servir de Suite A La Bibliotheque Universelle. Par Jean Le Clerc Année M D CC III. Tome I. [-Tome XXVIII, Dans lequel sont contenues Les Tables des Auteurs et des Matieres. Dont il est parlé dans les XXVII Volumes précedens.] A Amsterdam, chez Henry Schelte, [the last volume chez les frères Wetstein] M D CC III-M D CCXIII [Vol. XXVIII, 1718.] [1703-1718.]","AP25 .B28","

27 volumes only [vol. III missing], 12mo. titles printed in red and black, Schelte's woodcut device on all volumes except vol. XXVIII which has Wetstein's device. In Volume I Wetstein has added an engraved frontispiece by J. Wandelaar and a general title, in red and black with his device and imprint dated 1718. The title reads: Bibliotheque Choisie, En XXVIII. Voll. Avec les Tables Génerales des Auteurs & des Matieres, Dont il est parlé dans tout l'ouvrage. Par Jean le Clerc.

Quérard V, 46.

Jean Le Clerc, Swiss scholar and philosopher, 1657-1736. ''On trouve, outre les analyses de Le Clerc, beaucoup de dissertations originales du même . . .''-Quérard. For other works by Le Clerc see the Index." "47210","13","","","","Monthly Review.","","31. vols. 8vo. to 1764. & 1786. 7. 8. 4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 16, as above.","","The Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving An Account, with proper Abstracts of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. as they come out, By Several Hands. Vol. I. [-XXXI, Vol. LXXV-LXXIX.] London: Printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad in St. Paul's Church-Yard. And sold by T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, [1749] to MDCCLXXXVIII [1788.]","AP4 .M88","

Together 35 volumes 8vo according to Jefferson's and the Library of Congress catalogues; the numbers for the years 1786, 1787 and 1788 are bound in 2 volumes for each year, so that if Jefferson's set were complete he would have 37 volumes, not 35. The titles vary; Becket and De Hondt's names are not in the imprint of Volume I.

Jefferson bought the later numbers from Stockdale of London. On July 24, 1786, in a letter written from Paris, he requested Stockdale to send the Monthly and Critical Reviews, since those I have received.

On May 18, 1788, he ordered from Stockdale the Monthly and Critical Reviews after August 1787. On July 16, 1788, he cancelled the order after the end of that year:

charge me also to the end of my year's subscription for the Monthly & Critical reviews, and the Repository & so long be so good as to continue to send them to me, & no longer.

These instructions were confirmed in another letter, dated the following day, July 17.

Stockdale's bill, dated August 15, 1788, included the Monthly and Critical Reviews from July to December 1788, twelve shillings.

Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was reviewed in two parts, in the numbers for May and June 1788 [Volume 78, pages 377 and 459]. The review occupies ten pages in all, and contains a number of quotations.

Other reviews of American interest are:

Vol. 75, page 69. A poem on the Happiness of America, by David Humphreys.

page 282. An Account of the present State of Nova Scotia.

page 309. A Treaty of Amity and of Commerce between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Prussia.

page 310. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. [See no. 3753.] (continued in later volumes).

page 310. Laws of the Legislature of New York.

page 466. The History of the War with America, France, Spain and Holland, by John Andrews. [See no. 486.]

page 473. Letters written in London by an American Spy.

Vol. 76, page 253. Preface to Poor Richard's Almanac for the Year 1787.

page 523. Observations on the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys, by Benjamin Franklin.

page 633. The History of Mexico, by Abbé D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero.

Vol. 77, page 38. Travels in North America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782, by the Marquis de Chastellux.

page 43. Remarks on the Travels of the Marquis de Chastellux, in North America.

page 75. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, by Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton. [See no. 491.]

page 153. An Inquiry into the Effects of Public Punishments upon Criminals, by Benjamin Rush.

page 288. Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers by B. Franklin.

page 329. Observations on some Parts of Natural History by Benj. Smith Barton.

page 489. Plan of the new Constitution for the United States of America.

Vol. 78, page 248. The Vision of Columbus, by Joel Barlow.

page 285. A Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America. By John Adams. [See no. 3004] [continued in later numbers.]

page 289. The History of the Revolution of South Carolina, by David Ramsay.

page 347. The Claim of the American Loyalists reviewed and maintained.

page 637. Récherches Historiques et Politiques sur les Etats Unis d'Amerique Septentrionale. [See no. 3005.]

page 665. Remarks on the proposed Plan of a federal Government, addressed to the Citizens of the United States of America, and particularly to the People of Maryland.

Vol. 79, page 67. A Review of the Government and Grievances of the Province of Quebec.

page 74. Arbustrum Americanum. By Humphry Marshal.

page 385. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A large number of the reviews throughout the work refer to books in this Catalogue.

Ralph Griffiths, 1720-1803, was the founder, proprietor and publisher of the Monthly Review. The first number was issued on May 1, 1749, from Griffith's shop in St. Paul's Churchyard, at the sign of the Dunciad. In 1757 Oliver Goldsmith was employed by Griffiths and contributed articles from April to September of that year, and again in December 1758. For The Critical Review, started by Archibald Hamilton in opposition to Griffith's Monthly Review, see the next entry." "47220","14","","","","Critical Reviews for 1786.","","7. 8. 3. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 18, as above.","","The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature. By A Society of Gentlemen. Volume the Sixty-First [-Sixty-Sixth] . . . London: Printed for A. Hamilton, in Falcon-Court, Fleet-street. MDCCLXXXVI. [-MDCCLXXXVIII.] [1786-1788]","AP4 .C9","

8vo. 6 vol. in 3.

Lowndes I, 355.

These volumes contain reviews of a large number of the books contained in this Catalogue, both scientific and literary. The volume for 1787 (vol. 64) contains a review of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, pages 367 to 376.

Jefferson is occasionally mentioned in reviews of books by other authors. The review of Travels in North America. By the Marquis de Chatellux [sic] [Vol. 63, page 257] contains the passage: Mr. Jefferson's observations on a navy, proper for the protection of the trade of the United States, or for offensive war, are plausible, and in a great degree just. In his present station, however, as ambassador to France, he must have learned that it is the policy of this court to prevent every rising naval establishment; and that it is only in a connection with England that they can attain respectability as maritime powers.

Again on page 260 in the same review is a reference to the Natural Bridge with the comment that Mr. Jefferson's descriptions and remarks deserve great commendation. This is followed by ''Mr. Jefferson's account,'' a long passage quoted from Jefferson, and concluding with the statement: The rest of Mr. Jefferson's remarks shew him to be an intelligent and enlightened philosopher. From every part of his description, we could collect evidence of what we have remarked concerning America being, in reality, a new world; and many of his opinions, as well as those of the marquis, we have more than once endeavoured to inculcate. Notwithstanding the efforts of Mr. Jefferson, Dr. Franklin, Mr. Rittenhouse, and perhaps a few others, we have reason to think, that philosophy has not made an extensive progress in America. The Americans are still more accurate observers than acute reasoners . . .

In the next volume, 64, is a review of Remarks on the Travels of the Marquis de Chastellux, in North America. 8vo. 2s. Wilkie (page 57) of which the closing paragraph reads: The political address to Mr. Jefferson, at the conclusion, deserves his attention; it contains many marks of knowledge and information, though delivered in a style somewhat too desultory. On the whole, we have been highly pleased with this pamphlet, and would recommend it to be bound with the marquis's Travels. Its size and margin are, we perceive, adapted to it; and its contents contain an excellent antidote to the poisons diffused through that performance.

Among the other books of United States interest reviewed are:

Vol. 63, 1787, page 248, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. By John Adams, LL.D. 8vo. 5s in Boards. Dilly.

Vol. 65, 1788, page 522, Vol. II of the same work.

Vol. 65, 1788, page 31, The Vision of Columbus: a Poem, in nine Books, by Joel Barlow, Esq. 12mo. 2s. in Boards. Dilly.

Vol. 65, page 532, The History of the Revolution of South Carolina, from a British Province to an independent State. By David Ramsay, M. D. 2 Vols. 8vo. 14s. in Boards. Robinsons.

Vol. 66, 1788, page 178, Observations on the Diseases of the Army in Jamaica. By John Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. 8vo. 5s. in Boards. Nicol.

Vol. 66, page 477, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America: including an Account of the late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies. By William Gordon, D. D. 4 Vols. 8vo. lt. 4s. in Boards. Dilly.

Vol. 66, page 505, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: to the End of 1783. 4to. Vol. I. lt. 1s. in Boards, Boston, Dilly.

The Critical Review was organized by Archibald Hamilton, a Scots printer who had been compelled to leave Edinburgh on account of his participation in the Porteous riot. He went to London and determined to start a literary review in opposition to the Monthly Review of Ralph Griffiths. He therefore formed a ''Society of Gentlemen,'' with Tobias Smollett at the head. The first number appeared in February 1756.

For Jefferson's purchase of the Critical Review see the note to the previous entry." "47230","15","","","","Ayscough's Index to the Monthly reviews.","","from 1749-1784. 2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 17, as above.","[Ayscough, Samuel.]","A compleat Catalogue of all Books and Pamphlets Published for Ten Years past; with their Prices, and References to their Characters in the Monthly Review. The Whole forming a General Index to all the Articles in the first Twenty Volumes of the said Review, viz. from its Commencement in May 1749, to June 1759, both inclusive. [-A General Index to the Monthly Review, From its Commencement, to the end of the Seventieth Volume. By the Rev. S. Ayscough, Compiler of the Catalogue of undescribed Manuscripts in the British Museum. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. containing An Alphabetical Index to all the memorable Passages, many of which relate to Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and Arts for nearly Forty Years past; with Literary Anecdotes, Critical Remarks, &c. &c. contained in the Monthly Review during that Period . . .] London: Printed for R. Griffiths in the Strand, and may be had of any Bookseller in Great Britain and Ireland. [Vol. II sold by T. Becket, Pall Mall; and T. Longman, in Pater-noster-row.] MDCCLX, MDCCLXXXVI. [1760, 1786]","AP4 .M88","

2 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 60 leaves, including the half-title, which reads: A General Index to the First Twenty Volumes of the Monthly Review; advertisements of R. Griffiths on 4 pages; Vol. II, 290 leaves including the half-title, list of errata for both volumes at the end.

Samuel Ayscough, 1745-1804, English librarian, index-maker and divine, is known chiefly for his catalogue of the manuscripts in the British Museum, his index to Shakespeare (the first concordance to Shakespeare printed), and his indexes to various reviews and magazines, including the Monthly Review, the Gentleman's Magazine, the British Critic, and others. Ayscough was also the author of an anonymous work published in 1783 and entitled Remarks on the Letters from an American Farmer; or a Detection of the Errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John, Pointing out the Pernicious Tendency of Those Letters to Great Britain. Ayscough pointed out that the writer was neither a farmer nor a native of America. See no. 4018." "47240","16","","","","Nicholson's historical library.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 12, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 642, no. J. 12, Nicolson, William: English Historical Library, 8vo; London. [No date.]","Nicolson, William.","The English Historical Library: or, A Short View and Character of most of the Writers now Extant, either in Print or Manuscript; Which may be Serviceable to the Undertakers of a General History of this Kingdom. By William Nicolson, A. M. Arch-Deacon of Carlisle . . . London: Printed for Abel Swall and T. Child, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M DC XCVI [1696]","Z2016 .N63 1696","

First Edition. 8vo. 150 leaves. Advertisement of the Universal English Dictionary on the last leaf. The title-page on Jefferson's copy seems to have been imperfect, without date. It is to be assumed that he had the first edition as it was the only one issued in octavo format.

Lowndes III, 1691. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 848. STC N1146. Arber II, 588 (advertised in the Easter Term, 1696, II, 583).

William Nicolson, 1655-1727, English divine and antiquary. Jefferson's catalogue calls for only one volume of this work. It was issued in three separate parts in 1696, 1697 and 1699. The English Historical Library was followed by a Scottish part in 1702, and an Irish in 1724. The second edition of the English Historical Library in three parts was published in 1714 in folio." "47250","17","","","","Whear de methodo legendi historias.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 4, as above.","Whear, Degory.","Relectiones Hyemales, de Ratione & Methodo legendi ultrasq; Historias, Civiles et Ecclesiasticas. Quibus Historici probatissimi, non solùm ordine quo sunt legendi catenatim recensentur, sed doctorum etiam virorum de singulis judicia subnectuntur. Nec non Vndè sig ulorum in Historia vel brevitas dilatari, vel defectus suppleri, vel perplexitas expediri; vel mutilationes deniq; temporum injuriâ factæ resarciri possint, indicatur à D. W. prælect. Camdeniano. Oxoniae: Excudebat L. Lichfield, impensis H. Curteyne, 1637.","","

16mo, 161 leaves; a copy was not seen for collation.

STC 25328. Madan page 202, no. 24.

Degory Whear (or Wheare), 1573-1647, was professor of history at Oxford University. His dissertation De Ratione et Methodo Legendi Historias was originally delivered at Oxford on July 12, 1623, and printed in the same year. The second edition was printed in 1625, and the third in 1637 as above. It was later translated into English by Edmund Bohun and passed through several editions." "47260","18","","","","Bibliographie instructive de De Bure.","","9. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 20, as above.","De Bure, Guillaume François.","Bibliographie Instructive: ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres rares et singuliers . . . Par Guillaume-François De Bure, le Jeune, Libraire de Paris. Volume de Théologie [-De la Jurisprudence et des Sciences et Arts; Belles-Lettres; Histoire—Supplement a la Bibliographie Instructive, ou Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de feu M. Louis Jean Gaignat.] A Paris: chez Guillaume-François De Bure le Jeune, Libraire, Quai des Augustins. M. DCC. LXIII—M. DCC. LXIX. Avec Approbation, & Privilége du Roi. [1763-1769]","Z1012 .D29","

Together 9 volumes, 8vo. Vol. I, 1763, Théologie; Vol. II, 1764, Jurisprudence et Sciences et Arts; Vol. III-IV, Belles-Lettres; Vol. V-VII, 1768, Histoire; Vol. VIII-IX, 1769; Supplement—Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de feu M. Louis Jean Gaignat.

Quérard II, 413.

Guillaume François De Bure, 1731-1782, French bibliographer and bookseller. Jefferson made a number of purchases from De Bure's catalogues. See the Index. Louis Jean Gaignat, 1697-1768, French bibliophile, is described on the title as Ecuyer, Conseiller-Sécretaire du Roi Honoraire, & Receveur Général des Consignations des Requêtes du Palais." "47270","19","","","","Miller's Retrospect of the 18th. century.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 23, as above.","Miller, Samuel.","A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century. Part First; In Two Volumes: Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, During that Period. By Samuel Miller, A. M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches in the City of New-York, Member of the American Philosophical Society, and Corresponding Member of the Historical Society of Massachusetts. Vol. I. [-II.] Published according to Act of Congress. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, No. 160 Pearl-Street. 1803.","AZ351 .M5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 280 and 260 leaves, list of errata for the 2 volumes on the last leaf.

Sabin 49048.

On June 22, 1801, two years before the publication of this work, Samuel Miller wrote to Jefferson, who had lent him some material:

I do myself the honor to return herewith the chronological & Historical Table, which you were so good as to send me last Autumn. It contains a large portion of important matter; & I beg you to accept of my grateful acknowledgments for the communication of it.—

You suggest the idea of sending this collection of facts, after it shall have been returned to you, to the Historical Society of Massachusetts. I am persuaded that Society would receive it with pleasure & gratitude. There was, not long since, a time, when their feelings, on receiving such a communication, might not have been the most pleasurable:—but New England people are the Scotchmen of America. They will, probably, hereafter, be polite enough.—

In attempting to exhibit something of the progress of Science, Arts & Literature during the-Eighteenth century, it is my wish to publish a brief, but distinct view of the gradual advancement of learning in the United States.—It is also my wish in this view to give the names of those individuals in our country, who have distinguished themselves as promoters of useful knowledge; or to whom any considerable portion of our progress in any particular department of science or literature, may with justice, be attributed. With respect to these objects of inquiry, so far as they concern the middle states, I have some knowledge; and with reference to the northern states, I have a prospect of obtaining information. Concerning the southern part of our country, I am altogether at a loss, being wholly unacquainted with the names of those persons who at the beginning, & during the first 70 years of the century, were conspicuous for their acquirements, or for the promotion of knowledge, in the state of Virginia, particularly, & in general, in the states south of the Potowmac.—

If I do not mistake, during the former half of the eighteenth century, it was customary, through a great part of our Southern country, to send young gentlemen to Europe for education. How far this circumstance might have a tendency to keep up a taste for classic literature, in the southern states, which began very early to decline in New England, & which is now very low there, I am ignorant. It is my particular wish to be able to form some comparative estimates of this kind; & with facts to give, as far as possible, their causes.—

In the state of Pennsylvania, that degree of acquaintaince with the ancient Latin & Greek authors, which, some years ago, distinguished her literati, may be ascribed, I believe, to two or three men; & to none more than to the Revd. Dr. Francis Allison,—an instructor in the College of Philada. for a number of years.—Probably a similar remark might be made on many of the other states.—

I am sensible, Sir, that asking information from you, on the topics of enquiry hinted at above, would be a presumptuous, & very improper intrusion on your numerous & much more important official engagements. But if you could take the trouble to favor me with any intimation to whom my enquiries might be, with propriety, & probable success, directed, I should consider myself highly obliged and honored.— . . .

In due course Miller sent to Jefferson a copy of the book, and on February 29, 1804, Jefferson wrote to him from Washington:

Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to the revd m[???] Miller for the copy of his Retrospect of the 18th. century which he has been so kind as to send him and shall with pleasure avail himself of his first leisure to read it . . .

Several references to Jefferson occur in the book:

Volume I, in Chapter V, Geography, page 350: . . . The geography of Virginia has been well illustrated by Mr. Jefferson . . .

Volume I, chapter VI, Mathematics, page 366: . . . A further improvement in the mode of employing this instrument as a standard of measure is, to make use of a pendulum without a bob, or a uniform cylindrical rod, which, in a given latitude, at a certain height above the surface of the ocean, and at a certain temperature, shall vibrate in a given time. The use of a pendulum of this kind, it is believed, was first proposed by Mr. Jefferson, now President of the United States, in his report to Congress, on the subject of weights and measures, while Secretary of State, soon after the establishment of the federal government. It is supposed that this last mentioned standard is preferable both in simplicity and accuracy, to all others . . .

A Footnote reads: Mr. Jefferson does not claim the merit of this invention; it was communicated to him by Mr. Robert Leslie, an ingenious watch-maker of Philadelphia.

Volume II, Chapter XV, Modern Languages, page 120: . . . Mr. Jefferson, the President of the United States, has also made much inquiry into the languages of the American Indians, and devoted considerable attention to the collection of specimens . . .

Volume II, Chapter XXIII, page 259, in the account of the American Philosophical Society: . . . Over this institution have successively presided, Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Jefferson . . .

For other works by Samuel Miller, 1769-1850, Presbyterian minister, see the Index. This work covers all branches of learning, and contains accounts of a large number of the books and their authors contained in this Catalogue." "47280","20","","","","Albers' American annals in Physics, chemistry &c.","","12mo. 1803.","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 22, as above.","Albers, Johann Abraham.","Americanische Annalen der Arzneykunde, Naturgeschichte, Chemie und Physik von Dr. I. A. Albers, korrespondentem mitgliede der K. K. Josephs-Akademie zu Wien, der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, und der Sydenhamschen zu Halle. Drittes Heft. Bremen: 1803.","Bey Carl Seyffert.","

Sm. 8vo. Vol. III only, 60 leaves.

Surgeon General's Library Catalogue I, 1, 232. This volume not in Sabin, who has the second volume only 1802. (no. 656)

This volume is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson: Seiner Excellenz dem Herrn Thomas Jefferson, Prasidenten der vereinigten Staaten von Amerika voll der tiefsten Hochachtung gewidmet von J. A. Albers, Dr.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Bremen on November 16, 1803:

By this I have the Honour to send Your Excellency the third volume of my American Annals, and as a proof of my profound respect, have taken the liberty of dedicating it to you. At same time allow me to assure you of the sincere esteem, which the German Nation feels for the United States of America, and that the publication of my Annals, whose principal aim is the extension of one part of their Literature, has been received here in the most flattering manner . . .

This letter was received by Jefferson on July 19, 1804.

Johann Abraham Albers, 1772-1821, German doctor. This work, of which the first volume was printed in 1802, and the second in 1803, contains abstracts of a number of writings by American scientists." "47290","J 21","","","","Milton vindicated agt Lauder.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 161, unnumbered, [Milton vindicated against Lauder, by Douglas, bound up with Washington's Journal] C. 4, No. 22.","Douglas, John.","Milton vindicated From the Charge of Plagiarism, Brought against him by Mr. Lauder, and Lauder himself convicted of several Forgeries and gross Impositions on the Public. In a Letter humbly addressed to the Right Honorable the Earl of Bath. By John Douglas, M. A. Rector of Eaton Constantine, Salop . . . London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite Catharine-Street, in the Strand. MDCCLI. [1751]","AC901 .M5","

First Edition. 8vo. 41 leaves, the last a blank.

Lowndes II, 664. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 469.

Originally bound for Jefferson with 2 other pamphlets in a half binding, rebound by the Library of Congress in 1953 in half morocco with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.

From the library of Benjamin Franklin with an autograph note by him on the title-page. In the foremargin Franklin has written: This Lauder published a Book in 8vo. fill'd with Quotations from Milton compar'd with Latin pretended Quotations from foreign Writers. In the lower margin he has written: After this Detection came out, the Price of Lauder's Book immediately fell from 3/6 to 1/6. In the upper margin are written two numbers, probably by another hand: No. 16 in the inner and 9 in the outer margin. On the last leaf are written in pencil notes as to the time of Sunset in May in various places, with a measurement from Turtle Gut partly inked in.

For the other two pamphlets see no. 473 and 908. Neither of these has any marks to show that it was from Franklin's library.

John Douglas, 1721-1807, Scots clergyman, was appointed Bishop of Salisbury in 1791. As a result of this pamphlet denouncing Lauder, the latter was compelled to write to Douglas a letter dictated by Samuel Johnson, who had written the preface to his work, with a confession of his imposture; this was printed in the same year 1751.

William Lauder, d. 1771, Scots literary forger. His articles allegedly proving Milton to be a plagiarist were published originally in the Gentleman's Magazine, and were answered by a number of writers who detected Lauder's fraudulencies. For an account of the whole affair see the life of Lauder by the late Sir Sidney Lee in the Dictionary of National Biography." "47300","22","","","","Annuaire de la librarie par Fleischer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 21, as above.","Fleischer, Wilhelm.","Annuaire de la Librairie, ou Répertoire systématique de la Littérature de France de l'an IX de la République Française. Première Année. Par Guillaume Fleischer. Paris: Levrault frères, an X. [1802.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. All published. A copy was not available for collation; the above title was taken from Quérard and the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale. ''L'an IX'' covered the period from September 23, 1800 to September 22, 1801. The work contains a dissertation Sur les services rendus par les Allemands à la Bibliographie.

Quérard III, 132.

Wilhelm Fleischer, 1767-1820, bibliographer, was born in Germany, but spent much of his life in Paris in the employ of Levrault Frères, the publishers of this book." "47310","23","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 3b, Bibliotheque des Sciences et des Arts, 63 v 12mo.","","Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Beaux Arts. Pour les Mois de Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, MDCCLIV. Tome Premier. [-Juillet, Août, Septembre, MDCCLXIX. Tome Trente et Deuxieme. Premiere Partie.] A La Haye: chez Pierre Gosse Junior Libraire de S. A. R. [after Tome XVII (1762) Chez Pierre Gosse Junior, et Daniel Pinet], 1754-M. DCC. LXIX. [1769.]","AP25 .B44","

Bound in 63 parts, small 8vo. These volumes were originally issued bound with 2 parts in 1 volume; Jefferson's copy consisted of Volume I-Volume XXXII, part 1. Title-pages to each volume printed in red and black; engraved vignette on each title, plates, publisher's advertisements.

Graesse I, 417.

This set of books was ordered by Jefferson, through Alexander Donald, from Lackington's catalogue for 1792, and included in a list made by Jefferson: 12987.

Bibliothèque des sciences et des beaux art from the begg Jan. 1754. to Sep. 1769. 63. v. 12mo.

It was included in Lackington's bill, dated December 31st, 1791, price £1. 11. 6. The bill shows the catalogue number, the key word Bibliothèque, and the price. The entry has been annotated by Jefferson with the same information as to dates and volume number as above. The bill was receipted on January 2, 1792.

The Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Beaux Arts contains book reviews both scientific and literary. It was established in 1754 and ran until 1780; a complete set contained 50 (or in Jefferson's binding arrangment 100) volumes." "47320","24","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 6, Worral's Catalogue of Law Books, 12mo.","Worrall, John.","Bibliotheca Legum: or, a Compleat list of all the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm, and some others relating thereunto, from their first Publication to Easter Term 1765, giving an Account of their several Editions, antient Printers, Dates, and Price, and wherein they differ. A New Edition, with Improvements: To which is added, A List of the Principal Scotch Law Books, and some relating to Ireland. Compiled by John Worrall. London: Printed for J. Worrall, at the Dove, in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn. MDCCLXV. [1765.]","Z6458 .G7W9 1765","

12mo. 78 leaves, publisher's list of law books, lately published in Folio, on the verso of the first leaf, recto blank, and list of law books, lately published, sold by J. Worrall on the last 5 leaves; an advertisement at the end of the preface.

This edition not in Lowndes or in Sweet & Maxwell.

The first edition was printed in 1731. The preface to this edition is dated Easter Term, 1765. The prices are affixed to the titles." "47330","25","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 19, The Edinburgh Reviews, 7 vols, 8vo.","","The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal . . . Edinburgh Printed. New York reprinted by Ezra Sargeant [later numbers by Eastburn, Kirk & Co.] 1802-1814.","","

8vo. A copy of the New York edition was not available, and this title may be inaccurate.

It is not certain which volumes, if any, Jefferson sold to Congress in 1815. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, and is not repeated in the subsequent issues of the catalogue. Jefferson did not close his contribution until 1816.

Jefferson originally subscribed to the Edinburgh Review through Fitzwhylson & Potter, of Richmond, Virginia. Letters from this firm acknowledging his orders, and sending numbers of the Review, occur in his correspondence.

On May 17, 1814, Jefferson wrote to John Fanning Watson of Philadelphia, in answer to a letter of his concerning his subscribing to the Edinburgh Review and Quarterly Review:

I have long been a subscriber to the edition of the Edinburgh review first published by m[???] Sargeant, and latterly by Eastburn Kirk and co. and already possess from No 30. to 42. inclusive; except that Nos. 31. & 37 never came to hand. these two and No. 29. I should be glad to recieve with all subsequently published thro the channel of messrs. Fitzwhylson & Potter of Richmond with whom I originally subscribed, and to whom it is more convenient to make paiment by a standing order on my correspondent at Richmond. I willingly also subscribe for the republication of the first 28. Nos. to be furnished me thro the same channel for the convenience of paiment. this work is certainly unrivalled in merit, and if continued by the same talents, information and principles which distinguish it in every department of science which it reviews, it will become a real Encyclopaedia, justly taking it's station in our libraries with the most valuable depositories of human knolege. of the Quarterly Review I have not seen many numbers. as the Antagonist of the other it appeared to me a pigmy against a giant . . .

Watson answered from Philadelphia on June 2:

I acknowledge myself much obliged by your polite attention to the letter, I had the honour to send you respectg the Edinburgh & Quarterly Revwn. The Edinburgh, has indeed a decided preferance, even among those who are its political opponents. This is sufficiently manifested, by my Subon List. Lawyers & Federalists are the principal Subers. As a profound mataphisical work it is certainly unequalled. I could however, point to several very able articles in the Quarterly Review.

In consequence of your letter I have sent on to N York & have now recd for you the 29, 31 & 37th Nos which you needed to complete your sets. These, with the early Vols (to wit: the 1, 2 & 3d) you may expect to be delivered in packages to your address, to your Agents Mess Fitzwhylson & Potter at Richmond in 2 weekly services—The Subsequent Vols to 14 inclusive will be sent on to you in intervals of 2 Mos until the whole is complete. It occurs to me however to suggest, whether it might not be more acceptable to you to receive the future Vols by mail? It would much facilitate their receipt with you. I perceive for instance, that you have not yet recd the 43d No altho' the 44th is now in press & will be out in 8 or 10 days—I speak however exclusively in relation to the early Vols., as I should not wish to supply future Nos, for this would be an interferance with Mess Fitzwhylson & P—You could however (I should suppose) receive them from N York by having them charged there to their Account—

As respects the early Vols & deficient Nos. which you request of me, a remittance per mail once in a year will be satisfactory to me. Any fraction of a dollar which may occur, will be freely given in, by me—for instance: 11 Ds only is enough for the present bill . . .

Watson's bill for 11.25 included the 1, 2 and 3d vols of the Edinbg Reviews and Subent continuation, sent forward this day in a package to his address, to care of Mess Fitzwhylson & l'.—sent via Saml Pleasants—7.50. sent on May 23, and on June 2, for the 29. 31 & 37 Nos of the Edinburgh Reviews, sent this day in the above manner 3.75.

This letter was answered by Jefferson on August 17:

Your favor of June 2. has been recieved, as also Nos. 29. 31. & 37. and vols. 1. 2. 3. of the Edinburgh review. the 4th. and subsequent volumes had better come on by mail, singly as they are published. I have directed a remittance to be made by my correspondents in Richmond, Gibson & Jefferson, to m[???] Dufief bookseller in Philadelphia, out of which I have desired him to pay you D11.25 for which be so good as to call on him within a few days after you recieve this . . .

Jefferson continued to subscribe to the Edinburgh Review for more than a year after the sale of his library to Congress. He closed his subscription through John F. Watson on October 4, 1816.

His admiration of the typography of the New York edition caused him to desire his account of the proceedings in the Batture case to be printed by the same printer and in the same type. On February 3, 1812, Jefferson wrote to Ezra Sargeant, the printer:

Observing that you edit the Edinburgh Review, reprinted in N. York, and presuming that your occupations in that line are not confined to that single work, I take the liberty of addressing the present letter to you . . . the correctness with which your edition of the Edinburgh Review is printed, and of the passages quoted in those languages [i. e. French, Spanish, Latin and Greek] induces me to propose to you the publication of the case I speak of . . . [for this letter in full, see no. 3501]

Jefferson's interest in Destutt de Tracy's Commentary on Montesquieu [see no. 2327] caused him to try, without success, to have this book reviewed in the Edinburgh Review. In a letter to the Marquis de Lafayette concerning this work, dated from Monticello, May 17, 1816, he wrote:

. . . with respect to the Commentary of Montesquieu there is a fact of some note. you are aware that the Edinburg review is considered as the ablest work of that kind which has ever been published. means were taken to place this work in the in the hand of the Editor. but while the work itself, & the principles of his Review permitted him to say nothing against it, it's being an American publication was ground enough to avoid saying any thing in it's favor. they have therefore not even mentioned it in their Monthly catalogue of new publication. such are the feelings of that country towards this . . .

The Edinburgh Review was a quarterly periodical established in Edinburgh in October 1802 by Francis Jeffrey, Henry Brougham and Sydney Smith. It was reprinted in Boston and in New York." "47340","1","","","","Thornton's Cadmus.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, unnumbered, [Cadmus, by Thornton, 8vo] see C. 15, No. 39.","","","","For the description of this book see no. 1126." "47350","2","","","","Harris's Hermes.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 51, as above.","Harris, James.","Hermes or A Philosophical Inqviry Concerning Vniversal Grammar by Iames Harris Esq. . . . The Second Edition Revised and Corrected. London: Printed for Iohn Novrse and Pavl Vaillan M DCC LXV. [1765.]","","

8vo. 295 leaves, engraved frontispiece. A copy of this edition was not available; the title is taken from the reprint (third edition) in 1771.

Lowndes II, 1002. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 16.

Jefferson bought a copy of this book from the Rev. Samuel Henley in 1785. The title is included in the list of books in this purchase appended by Jefferson to his letter to Henley, dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson.

James Harris, 1700-1780, English scholar. The first edition of Hermes was published in 1751. A French translation was printed in 1796." "47360","3","","","","Linguarum totius orbis Vocabularia. a Pallas.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 101, as above","[Pallas, Peter Simon.]","Linguarum totius Orbis Vocabularia comparativa; Augustissimae cura collecta. Sectionis primae, Linguas Europae et Asiae complexae. Pars Prima. [-Pars Secunda]. Petropoli: Typis Iohannis Caroli Schnoor, MDCCLXXXVI, MDCCLXXXIX. [1786, 1789.]","P341 .P2","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 210 and 248 leaves, on 11 leaves at the end, with half-title, are the numerals of 222 languages, text in the Cyrillic alphabet, preface in long lines signed II. C. Палласъ, The Latin title as above is on the recto of the second leaf; facing this, on the verso of the first leaf, is the Russian title: СравнительньІе Словари вс[???]хъ ЯзьІковъ и Нар[???]чі[???] собранньІе деснидею ВсевьІсоча[???][???]е[???] ОсобьІ Отд[???]леніе перьвое, содержащее въ себ[???] Европе[???]скіе и Азіатскіе ЯзьІки Час[???] ь Перьвая [-Часть Вторая]. Въ Санктпетербург[???] Печатано въ Типографіи у Шнора 1787 года, 1789 года.

The copy in the Library of Congress has the Russian title to both volumes, but is without the Latin title to Vol. I. According to the New York Public Library card for this book Vol. I should have the preface in Latin as well as in Russian, and should have, preceding the title-page, 9 leaves with Rapport fait à l'Académie celtique, sur l'ouvrage russe de M. le professeur Pallas, intitulé Vocabulaires comparés des langues de toute la terre; par M. le sénateur Volney.

Graesse IV, 214.

Jefferson's interest in this work was in connection with his Indian vocabularies. In sending these to Peter Stephen Duponceau, with a letter dated from Monticello December 30, 1817, he wrote:

. . . what Professor Adelung mentions of the Empress Catherine's having procured many vocabularies of our Indians, is correct. she applied to M. de la Fayette, who, thro' the aid of Genl. Washington, obtained several: but I never learnt of what particular tribes. the great works of Pallas being rare I will mention that there are two editions of it the one in 2. vols, the other in 4. vols 4to. in the library I ceded to Congress, which may be consulted . . .

This book was sent to Jefferson by Levett Harris, the United States Consul at St. Petersburg. For the correspondence between Harris and Jefferson concerning the work, see the next entry.

Peter Simon Pallas, 1741-1811, German naturalist and traveller, was elected a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-three. In 1768 the Empress Catherine II of Russia appointed him to the professorship of natural history in the Imperial Academy of Science at St. Petersburg and in the same year he was appointed naturalist to a scientific expedition through Russia and Siberia to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This resulted in a number of books by him of which the most famous was his Reisen durch verschiedene Provinzen des rüssischen Reichs.

The Linguarum Totius Orbis Vocabularia Comparativa was compiled at the request of the Empress Catherine II, and each volume contains 130 words in 200 languages, all printed in the Cyrillic alphabet. For the second edition, which contains words in the American Indian languages, see the next entry." "47370","4","","","","Vocabulaires comparés des langues de toute la terre par Pallas.","","4. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 102, as above.","[Pallas, Peter Simon.]","СравнительньІ[???] Словарь вс[???]хь ЯзьІковъ и Нар[???]чі[???], по азбучному порядку расположенньІ[???] Часть первая А-Д. [-Часть четвертая С-Ф.] Въ Санктпетербург[???], 1790, 1791.","P361 .I2","

Second Edition. 4 vol. 4to. 230, 254, 264 and 310 leaves including first blanks, printed throughout in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Graesse IV, 214. Brokgaus-Efron, Entsiklopediia Slovar', XLI, page 673. Pilling, Bibliography of the Algonquinian Languages, page 541.

In a letter to Levett Harris, dated from Washington April 18, 1806, Jefferson requested him to send a copy of this work:

. . . At a very early period of my life, contemplating the history of the aboriginal inhabitants of America, I was led to believe that if there had ever been a relation between them & the men of colour in Asia, traces of it would be found in their several languages. I have therefore availed myself of every opportunity which has offered to obtain vocabularies of such tribes as have been within my reach, corresponding to a list then formed of about 250. words. in this I have made such progress, that within a year or two more I think to give to the public what I shall then have acquired. I have lately seen a report of m[???] Volney's to the Celtic academy on a work of m[???] Pallas entitled 'Vocabulaires comparés des langues de toute la terre.' with a list of 130. words to which the Vocabulary is limited. I find that 73. of these words are common to that & to my vocabulary, and therefore will enable us, by a comparison of language, to make the enquiry so long desired, as to the probability of a common origin between the people of colour of the two continents. I have to ask the favor of you to procure me a copy of the above work of Pallas; to inform me of the cost, & permit me to pay it here to your use: for I presume you have some mercantile correspondent here to whom a paiment can be made for you. A want of knowledge what the book may cost, as well as of the means of making so small a remittance, oblige me to make this proposition, and to restrain it to the sole condition that I be permitted to reimburse it here . . .

Harris replied from St. Petersburg on August 10:

. . . The Work of Pallas, a copy of which your Excellency has requested, I have made very general inquiries for; but it has never been publickly exposed to sale here. The Empress Catherine II, with whom the subject of that production originated, in submitting it to the examination of those Savans, who distinguished her institutions the latter part of her reign, distributed the result of their labours and researches among the different philosophical establishments most celebrated in Europe, and but very few copies remained here. Some of the Academicians, whom I have spoken to on the subject, have promised their endeavours to procure me a copy; but last evening being in the company of the Minister of Commerce, to whom I happened to mention my desire, assured me he would charge himself with obtaining the needful. Your Excellency therefore will be indebted to the politeness of Count Romanzoff for this interesting book, and thus prevent the fulfillment of the conditions, which your Excellencys circumspection had otherwise made the price of its possession . . .

Levett Harris sent two copies of this letter to Jefferson by different routes. The first was received by Jefferson on November 19, and is the one quoted here. The second, which has very slight variations in the text, was not received until March 7, 1807.

The book was sent on September 15, on which day Harris wrote to Jefferson:

Having received the copy of the work of Mr. Pallas, from Count Romanzoff, as mentioned in the letter I had the honor to address your Excellency the 10. August, I hasten to transmit it by this conveyance, to the care of my correspondents, Mess: J. & J. Dorr at Boston, whom I have directed to forward the same, on its receipt, to Washington.

On looking into this work, I perceive it to be written in Russian characters, and the different indications throughout, given in this language, which, I fear, will render it much less an object of interest to your Excellency than had been expected; and on further inquiry, I have been informed that no translation of it into another language had been made here.

By Mr. Volney's report of this Work to the Celtic Academy, as mentioned in your Excellency's letter, I conclude it to have appeared in another language, in such case, a copy will be ordered for you Sir, from Paris, where, I judge, it may be found, and whither I shall write by the next post. In the mean time, I am, thus far, enabled to acquit myself of your Excellency's commission, through the polite attention, as advised, of the Minister of Commerce . . .

On March 28 of the following year, 1807, Jefferson wrote to acknowledge the receipt of the books:

Yours letters of Aug. 10. & Sep. 15. have been duly recieved, and I have to thank you for the safe transmission of the 4. vols of the Vocabulaires comparés de Pallas, for which I am indebted through you to the minister of commerce Count Romanzoff. I must pray you in a particular manner, to express to his Excellency my sensibility for this mark of his obliging attention, rendered the more impressive from a high esteem for his personal character, and from the hope that an interchange of personal esteem may contribute to strengthen the friendship of the two nations bound together by many similar interests. to this I must add by anticipation my thanks for his work on the commerce of Russia, as well as to Count Potoski for the two works from him, which you mention to have been sent by m[???] A. Smith, and which, I doubt not will come safely to hand. Accept for yourself my salutations and assurances of esteem & respect.

On ''July 12/24'' of the same year, 1807, Harris wrote to Jefferson an explanation of the authorship of the work:

I had this honor on the 15 September last, and transmitted at the same time four volumes of a work described to be that of Mr. Pallas. I received them as such from Count Romanzoff, and the title page indicated a correspondence with what your Excellency had named in the report made thereof by Mr. Volney. I have since however perceived them to be a digest of that work with additions from the African & American languages, into which the Empress Catherine II directed many researches to be made in order to give as much useful effect as possible to the great design She had embraced in this laborious compilation.

The subject, on receipt of your Excellency's letter, I confess interested me very particularly, and engaged as much of my attention as my avocations allowed me to bestow upon it. My situation here, having procured me the acquaintance of many of the most distinguished men of letters in the Empire, I took occasion in the course of the last Winter to consult those in whom it appeared to have excited the most interest. I found two gentlemen, namely count John Potocky, chief of the department of the College of foreign Affairs for oriental concerns, & already known to your Excellency as an author, and a Mr. Adelung, professor of Belles lettres, and attached in that capacity to the education of the young grand Dukes: The former gentleman, I have thought to possess more imagination than solid knowledge, though admitted to be a man of learning & science, he has promised to furnish me with some observations, the result of his researches which will be made acceptable to you in as far as they shall give evidence of the latter character: on their receipt, I shall immediately forward them. In the mean time I send you with the two volumes of Mr. Pallas, which I received some little time since from Count Romanzoff, some remarks of Professor Adelung relative to those works, which may be found not unworthy the notice of your Excellency.

My health has suffered so much from the rigour of the Winter here, that I shall be obliged, I find, to make a temporary change of situation in the hope of its recovery. with this view, I contemplate the next year, either to make a tour to the Crimea, or to cross the Atlantic on a visit to my native country, of which I shall give the Secretary of State timely & necessary advice. In the former case, I shall probably see that celebrated Philosopher and naturalist Pallas, who I learn is almost wholly occupied in the culture of the vine on the estate given to him by the Empress Catherine, and that with all the treasures he has given to the world of Science few other comforts & enjoyments attend his present retreat than those which immediately arise from his rural labors.

In closing this letter, I cannot omit making known to your Excellency the great regret which has been manifested by the Ministers in the Different departments of this Government, on hearing you had declined being a candidate at the next Election for the high office you at present hold. The Cheif of the Empire, has been most conspicuous on this occasion, & the terms in which his Majesty lately expressed himself, as reported to me by one of the Ministry, forbid my admitting a scruple in repeating them here.

''J'apprends avec beaucoup de peine la resolution manifestée par le President des Etats Unis d'Amérique de se retirer. L'Estime qu'il a acquise généralement dans tous les cabinets de l'Europe me fait particulièrement desirer que son administration soit prolongée, et celle que je lui porte personnellement me fait souhaiter qu'elle dure autant que la mienne.''

Fedor Ivanovich de Mirievo, 1741-1814, was the editor of this second edition, made by order of the Empress.

It contains words from African and American Indian languages not found in the first edition. This edition did not receive the approval of the Empress and was not sold commercially.

For a full account of this work, see Pilling, op. cit." "47380","5","","","","Calepinus septem linguarum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 128, Calepini Dictionarium VII Lingue, sc. Lat. Hebr. Gr. Gall. Ital. Germ. Hisp. fol","Calepino, Ambrogio.","Septem Linguarum Calepinus. Hoc est Lexicon Latinum, Variarum linguarum interpretatione adjecta in usum Seminarii Patavini. Editio postrema. Patavii: Typis Seminarii. MDCCXVIII. Apud Joannem Manfrè. Superiorum Permissu, et Privilegio. [1718]","","

Folio. 654 leaves; A copy of this edition was not seen; the title was taken from the Editio octava retractatior printed by Manfrè in 1758. In that edition the title is in red and black with a Phoenix device, the text in double columns.

Ebert 3333.

Ambrogio Calepino, 1435-1511, Italian lexicographer published the first edition of his Lexicon in 1502, and it was frequently reprinted and enlarged. The edition of Patavia, 1718, was the first edited by Jacopo Facciolati, 1682-1769, Italian scholar." "47390","6","","","","Calepini dictionarium XI. linguarum. sc. Lat. Hebr. Gr. Gall. Ital. Germ. Belg. Hisp. Pol. Ungar. Angl.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 129, Calepini Dictionarium XI Lingaurum—sc. Lat. &c. et Angl. Belg. Pol. Ungar. fol.","Calepino, Ambrogio.","Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarivm Vndecim Lingvarvm . . . Respondent autem Latinis vocabulis, Hebraica, Græca, Gallica, Italica, Germanica, Belgica, Hispanica, Polonica, Vngarica, Anglica . . . Basileæ: Cvm Gratia et Privilegio Imperatorio. [Colophon] Basileæ, Per Sebastianvm Henricpetri: Anno Salvtis Nostræ recuperatæ CL[???] L[???] XCIIX. Mense Septembri. [1598]","P361 .C2 1598","

Folio. 794 (including the last blank) and 152 leaves, the second part for Onomasticon Propriorvm Nominvm, Primvm A D. Conrado Gesnero, ex variis Dictionariis collectum . . . the last leaf with colophon on the recto and printer's device on the verso, printer's device on the title-page, text in double columns.

This copy is described here as being the only one available. Jefferson's copy was actually of the later Basel edition of 1616, ordered by him from Armand Koenig of Strassburg in a letter dated June 29, 1789: Calepini dict. XI. linguarum. fol. maj. Basil. 1616. with the price, 12. It was billed by Koenig on July 8. The copy supplied by Pougens on June 8, 1803, at specially reduced price of 36 (francs) from 60, was for the Library of Congress." "47400","7","","","","Gurtleri Lexicon 4. linguarum sc. Lat. Gr. Gal. Germ.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 52, Gurtleri Lexicon IV Linguarum—sc. Lat. Gr. Gal. Germ. 8vo.","Gürtler, Nicolaus.","Novum Lexicon Universale Quatuor Linguarum, Latinae, Germanicae, Graecae, et Gallicae, à J. G. Schlossero et Z. Hemmingero . . . Basileae, 1715.","","

8vo. 4 parts in 1. A copy was not available for examination.

Not in Brunet, Graesse or Ebert.

Jefferson purchased his copy from N. G. Dufief, ordered from his catalogue in a letter dated from Monticello, May 3, 1812. Dufief replied on May 13 that he was sending the book, price 2.50.

Nicolaus Gürtler, 1654-1711, Swiss theologian and lexicographer, published the first edition of this Lexicon in Basel in 1682." "47410","8","","","","Minshieu's Guide into the tongues.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 130, Minshieu's guide into the Tongues, IX—sc. Ang. Belg. Germ. Gal. Ital. Hisp. Lat. Gr. Hebr. fol.","Minsheu, John.","Minshæi Emendatio, vel à mendis Expurgatio, seu Augmentatio sui Du[???]toris in Linguas, The Gvide Into Tongves. Cum illarum Harmonia, & Etymologijs, Originationibus, Rationibus, & Deriuationibus in omnibus his nouem Linguis, viz. 1. Anglica. 2. Belgica. 3. Germanica. 4. Gallica. 5. Italica. 6. Hispanica. 7. Latina. 8. Græca. 9. Hebræa, &c. . . . The Guide into the Tongues. With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their Etymologies, that is, the Reasons and Deriuations of all or the most part of words, in these nine Languages, viz. 1. English. 2. Low Dutch. 3. High Dutch. 4. French. 5. Italian. 6. Spanish. 7. Latine. 8. Gréeke. 9. Hebrew, &c. . . . By the Industrie, Studie, Labour, and at the Charges of Iohn Minsheu Published and Printed. 22o. Iuly, Anno 1625. The second Edition. London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, and are by him to be sold at his House in the little Old-Baily in Eliots Court. M. DC. XXVI. [1627]","PE1620 .M72","

Folio. 192 leaves, numbered in columns, title in 2 compartments (Latin and English), within an ornamental border.

Lowndes III, 1570. STC 17947. Hazlitt II, 397. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 377.

John Minsheu, fl. 1617, English lexicographer. The first edition of this work was published in 1617, and is cited as being the first English book printed by subscription, or at least the first which contained a list of subscribers. The first edition contained eleven languages; in the second edition (first published in 1626), the Welsh and Portuguese languages were omitted, leaving only nine." "47420","9","","","","Oratio Domenica in diversas linguas versa. à Chamberlayne","","p 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 53, Oratio Dominica in diversas Linguas versa, a Chamberlayne, p 4to.","","Oratio Dominica in diversas omnium fere gentium Linguas versa et propriis cujusque Linguae characteribus expressa, Una cum Dissertationibus nonnullis de Linguarum Origine, variisque ipsarum permutationibus. Editore Joanne Chamberlaynio Anglo-Britanno, Regiae Societatis Londinensis & Berolinensis Socio. [-Dissertationes ex Occasione Sylloges Orationum Dominicarum Scriptae Ad Joannem Chamberlaynium . . .] Amstelædami: Typis Guilielmi & Davidis Goerei. MDCCXV. [1725.]","P351.C4","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 74 and 79 leaves, first title in red and black, inserted in the first part are 2 folded engraved plates, one showing the Lord's Prayer in Chinese, the other in Javanese characters, numerous engraved plates in the text with different characters. The last leaf of the first part contains the words Pater, Coelum, Terra and Panis in twelve American languages, arranged in parallel columns.

Lowndes III, 1727. Pilling, Algonquinian Languages, page 79.

John Chamberlayne, 1666-1723, English miscellaneous writer, dedicated this polyglot edition of the Lord's Prayer to George, Prince of Wales. The Preface, dated from Amsterdam January 20, 1715, is addressed to the reader by David Wilkins, 1685-1743, who in 1715 became the librarian at Lambeth Palace." "47430","10","","","","Specimina Arabica et Persica. à Vieyra.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 103, as above","Vieyra, Antonio.","Brevis, clara, facilis ac jocunda non solum Arabicam Linguam, sed etiam hodiernam Persicam, cui tota pere Arabica intermixta est, addiscendi Methodus . . . Dublinii: apud L. White, sumptibus Universitatis, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 322 leaves; a copy was not available for examination. The above information is taken from the early Library of Congress catalogues and the bibliographies consulted.

Brunet V, 1214. Not in Graesse. Ebert 23587. Silva I, 294.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author. A letter to Jefferson from Anthony Gerna, dated from Paris only Vendredi soir, opens:

I am arrived from Dublin. I was charged by Mr. Vieyra to deliver his Book to yr. Excellency . . .

A copy was bound for Jefferson on June 30, 1807, in calf, gilt, by John March of Georgetown, price $2.00.

Antonio Vieyra (Transtagano), 1712-1797, Portuguese scholar, was Regius Professor of Spanish at Dublin University. He had some correspondence with Jefferson from Trinity College, Dublin. This work contains glossaries and etymologies in Latin, Italian, Spanish, English and French, to show their affinity with Arabic or Persian." "47440","11","","","","Euclidis elementorum libri XXII. Arbicé. Romae 1594.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 131, as above","Euclid.","[???] [???] [???] [???] [???] [???] [???]. Evclidis Elementorvm Geometricorvm Libri Tredecim. Ex Traditione Doctissimi Nasiridini Tvsini Nunc primum Arabicè impressi. Romae: In Typographia Medicea. M.D.XCIV. Cum licentia Superiorum. [1594]","","

Folio. 228 leaves, the last a blank, printed in arabic letter, part of the title as above in roman; the book titles printed from blocks; diagrams in the text. A copy was not seen; the copy belonging to the Library of Congress disappeared a number of years ago. The information was obtained from Thomas-Stanford.

Graesse II, 515. Thomas-Stanford no. 46. Riccardi 1594.1

Purchased from Lackington of London. The book was no. 6762 in Lackington's catalogue for 1792, from which Jefferson sent a list of his requirements, with the prices, to A. Donald on November 23, 1791. The book was included in Lackington's bill dated December 31, 1791, the price £1. 6. 0. In the bill Lackington entered merely the number, the key word Euclid and the price. The entry is completed by Jefferson: Euclid's elem. in Arabic. fol. Rom. 1594. fair.

Euclid, Greek mathematician of the third century. This is the only printed version of his works in the Arabic language. The translation into that language was made in the thirteenth century by Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi.

A note to this work in the catalogue of 1815 reads: ''Books in rare languages are classed here, not according to their subject matter, but philologically, as specimens of the language in which they are written.''" "47450","12","","","","Evangelium infantiae servatoris. Arabicé et Latinè Sykes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 2, Evangelium Infantiae Servatorio, Arabicé et Latine Sykes, 12mo.","Evangelium Infantiae.","[???] [???] Evangelium Infantiæ vel Liber Apocryphus de Infantia Servatoris. Ex Manuscripto edidit, ac Latina versione & notis illustravit Henricus Sike. Trajecti ad Rhenum: Apud Franciscum Halmam, Guiljelmum vande Water, M.D.C.XCVII. [1697]","BS2860. A7A7 [1697]","

First Edition. 144 leaves including 2 blanks, title printed in red and black, engraved device, Arabic and Latin text on opposite pages.

Ebert 21212. Van der Aa XVII, page 675.

Heinrich Sike, d. 1712, Dutch Oriental scholar, was for a time professor of the Arabic and Hebrew languages in Cambridge University." "47460","13","","","","Erpenii Rudimenta linguae Arabicae. Lug. Bat.","","1628. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 1, as above.","Erpenius, Thomas.","Thomae Erpenii Rvdimenta Lingvae Arabicae. Accedunt, ejusdem praxis grammatica; et Consilium de Studio Arabico feliciter instituendo. Editio altera, priore emendatior . . . Lvgdvni Batavorvm: ex Officina Bonaventvrae et Abrahami Elsevir, Acad. Typogr. cI[???] I[???] CXXVIII. [1628.]","","

8vo. 160 leaves, title printed in red and black, Solitaire device.

Willems 295. Pieters 46. Rahir 263.

Thomas Erpenius (originally Van Erpe), 1584-1624, Dutch Orientalist, was professor of Arabic and other Oriental languages (Hebrew excepted) at the University of Leyden. The first edition of this work was printed in 1620." "47470","14","","","","Simplification des langues Arabes, Persanne et Turc. par Volney.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 55, as above.","Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de.","Simplification des Langues Orientales, ou Méthode Nouvelle et Facile D'apprendre les langues Arabe, Persane et Turque, avec des caractères Européens; Par C.—F. Volney . . . A Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République. An III. [1795.]","PJ735 .V6","

First Edition. 8vo. 72 leaves including the half-title, 4 leaves of Tables inserted, 2 folded; Proverbes Arabes at the end, with the Arabic on the verso of each leaf, and the transliteration into roman letters and the French translation on the opposite pages.

Quérard X, 274.

Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney, 1757-1820, a friend of Jefferson. For other works by him in this Catalogue, see the Index." "47480","15","","","","Sennarti Chaldaismus et Syriasmus","","p4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 54, as above.","Sennert, Andreas.","Chaldaismus & Syriasmus: hoc est, Præcepta Utriusqve Lingvæ, In harmoniâ ad Ebræa, eadem[???]; Universalia, (ipsa antehac edita illa ab autore seorsum & vice tertiâ) conscripta, exemplis item[???]; sufficientibus è Daniele, Esrâ & N. Testamento Syro confirmata illustrata[???]; Accessit in fine Lexici UtriusqveLingvæ Compendium, Radicum & Vocum qvarumcunqve notabiliorum ex iisdem Daniele, Esrâ novo[???]; Testamento Syro, &c. Autore Andrea Sennerto, P. P. in Academ. Witteberg. Wittebergæ: typis & sumptibus J. W. Fincelianus, anno 1651.","","

First Edition. 4to. 82 leaves; a copy of this edition was not available; the above title is taken from the edition of 1666, a reprint of that of 1651, with the addition of the words Editio altera on the title-page.

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Andreas Sennert, 1606-1689, German Oriental scholar, was born in Wittenberg, at which Academy he eventually held the chair of Oriental languages." "47490","16","","","","[Spinosae Grammatica Hebraica in oper. posthumis.]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 167, unnumbered, [Spinosæ Grammatica Hebraica, in Operibus Posthumis].","","","","For Jefferson's copy of this work, see no. 1267." "47500","17","","","","Portroyal Greek grammar. Fr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 56, as above.","[Lancelot, Claude, and others.]","Novvelle Methode povr Apprendre Facilement la Langve Greqve: Contenant les Regles des Declinaisons, des Conjugaisons, de l'Investigation du Theme, de la Syntaxe, de la Quantité, des Accens, des Diale[???]tes, & des Licences poëtiques. Mises en François, dans vn ordre tres-clair & tres-abregé. Avec vn grand nombre de Remarques tres-solides & tres-necessaires pour la parfaite connoissance de cette langue, & pour l'intelligence de ses Auteurs. Nouvelle Edition de beaucoup augmentée. A Paris: D. Thierry, 1682.","","

8vo. 322 leaves. A copy of the edition of 1682 was not available. The above title was taken from the edition of 1673 in the Library of Congress, of which the 1682 edition is a reprint. The 1673 edition was printed by Pierre le Petit, has the date in roman numerals, followed by Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté. The 1682 edition was printed by D. Thierry, and it is possible that the imprint follows otherwise the edition of 1673.

Barbier III, 557 [Par Cl. Lancelot, Ant. Arnauld et Pierre Nicole]. This edition not in Quérard.

Jefferson bought a Portroyal Greek grammar, 8vo, from Samuel Henley. This title is in the list appended by Jefferson to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is on the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase. This may apply to this book, or equally to an English edition by Thomas Nugent, which is listed in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, but which was not sold to Congress in 1815.

The authors of this work were Claude Lancelot, 1615-1695, Antoine Arnauld, 1612-1694, and Pierre Nicole, 1625-1695, all followers of the Jansenist movement, and among the most illustrious of the writers of Port Royal. The first edition was published in Paris in 1655." "47510","18","","","","Gramm. Graeca. Eton.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 58, Grammatica Græca, Eton, 8vo.","","Graecae Grammatices Rudimenta. In Usum Regiae Scholae Etonesis. Editio nova recognita et aucta. Etonae: Excudebat J. Pote, 1783.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not available for collation. The earliest edition in the Library of Congress is that of 1811, published at Eton by M. Pote and E. Williams.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3/-.

For a note on Joseph Pote see no. 4365, and for an account of him see Joseph Pote of Eton and Bartlet's Farriery by R. A. Austen-Leigh. The Eton Greek Grammar was published anonymously. In the London Catalogue of Books from 1700 to 1779 it is entered in the list of schoolbooks in usum Etonensis, price 2/6. The first edition in the catalogue of the Library of the British Museum is that of 1788." "47520","19","","","","Holmes's Gr. grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 61, Holmes's Greek Grammar, 8vo.","Holmes, John.","The Greek Grammar; or, A Short, Plain, Critical, and Comprehensive Method of Teaching and Learning the Greek Tongue . . . The Seventh Edition, Revised and Corrected. London: Printed for L. Hawes, 1771.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not available. The copy in the Library of Congress is of the edition of 1759, of which this is a reprint. 74 leaves; the title of the edition of 1759 is in red and black.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 1/6.

John Holmes, 1704-1760, headmaster of the Holt Grammar School, inscribed the 1759 edition to the Worshipful the present worthy Members of the Court of Assistants of the Right Worshipful Company of Fishmongers (listed), dated from Holt, May 1, 1759. The work is dedicated to Doctors Nicholl, Crump, George, Burton, Criche, Hotchkish, headmasters of Westminster, St. Paul's, Eton, Winchester, Merchant-Taylor's and the Charterhouse respectively, and to Dr. Philips, tutor to the Duke of Cumberland, dated from Holt, September 1753. The first edition was printed in 1745." "47530","20","","","","Devarii de particulis Graecis.","","16s","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 8, as above.","Devarius, Matthaeus.","Matth. Devarii de Particularis Graece Linguae Liber particularis . . . [a Petro Devario editus.] Amstelaedami: apud J. Wolters, 1700.","","

12mo. 259 leaves of text, exclusive of the preliminary matter and table. There is not a copy in the Library of Congress, nor is there one listed in the National Union Catalog. There is a copy in the catalogue of the Library of the British Museum, and in that of the Bibliothèque Nationale, from which the above information was taken.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse or Ebert.

Matthaeus Devarius, c. 1500-c. 1570, Greek classical scholar, was for a time librarian to Cardinal Ridolfo, and later in charge of the Greek manuscripts in the Vatican Library. The first edition of this book was printed in Rome in 1588, in quarto, edited by Petro Devarius, the nephew of Matthaeus." "47540","21","","","","Grammatica Busbeiana. Gr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 59, Grammatica Busbeiana Graeca, 8vo.","Busby, Richard.","Grammatica Busbeiana auctior & emendatior, i. e. Rudimentum Grammaticæ Græco-Latinæ metricum. In usum Scholæ Regiæ Westmonasteriensis. Londini: apud B. Barker ad insignia Collegii Westmonasteriensis, 1732.","","

8vo. A copy of this edition was not available for examination.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in à Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, who lists the editions of 1689 and 1722.

Richard Busby, 1606-1695, headmaster of Westminster School, where he numbered among his pupils John Dryden, John Locke, Francis Atterbury and many other distinguished men. He wrote a number of elementary books for the use of his pupils. The first edition of the Rudimentum Grammaticæ Graeco-Latinæ metricum was published in London in 1689." "47550","22","","","","Westminster Gr. grammar.","","12mo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 4, Westminster Greek Grammar, 12mo. 1849 Catalogue, page 975, no. 11, Græcæ Grammatices, 12mo. [No title page.]","[Busby, Richard.]","Graecae Grammatices Rudimenta in Usum Scholae Westmonasteriensis.","","

The catalogue of 1849 is the first one to report the loss of the title-page of Jefferson's copy. None of the previous catalogues adds to the entry either the imprint or the date so that there is no means of knowing which edition was in his library. Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two copies, both in duodecimo. The Short-Title Catalogue lists 5 editions before 1700, all in octavo format. The copy in the Library of Congress is of the edition of 1683, printed in London by Eliz. Redmayne, with the woodcut arms of Westminster School on the title-page, a small octavo.

The first edition was printed in 1647. For a note on Dr. Busby, see the previous entry." "47560","23","","","","Elementa linguae graecae. Moor.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 60, as above.","Moor, James.","Elementa Linguæ Græcæ; Novis, plerumque, Regulis tradita; brevitate sua memoriæ facilibus. Pars Prima, complectens Partes Orationis Declinabiles; et Analogiam duas in unam syllabas Contrahendi, ex ipsa Vocalium natura deductam, et Regulis Universalibus traditam. In usum tyronum juniorum Classis Græcæ in Academia Glasguensi. Editio Nova Prioribus Auctior et Emendatior. Studio Jacobi Moor, LL.D. in eadem Academia Litt. Grace. Prof. Glasguae: Excudebat A. Foulis, M. DCC. XCV. [1795.]","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, separate title, signatures and pagination for the Fragmenta Grammatices Græcæ at the end. A copy of this edition was not seen; the above title was taken from another edition with an only slightly varying title.

This edition not in Lowndes.

James Moor, 1712-1779, professor of Greek at Glasgow University, was a brother-in-law of Andrew Foulis, and one of those who superintended the publication of the edition of Homer from the Foulis press. The first edition of his Elementa Linguæ Græcæ was published in Glasgow in 1766.

A copy of Moor's Greek Grammar translated by Ewen was one of the first books ordered by Jefferson after the sale of his library to Congress." "47570","24","","","","Greek grammar of Gloucester.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 62, as above.","","A Grammar of the Greek Language: originally composed for the College-School, at Gloucester: in which it has been the Editor's design to Reject what, in the Most Improved Editions of Cambden, is Redundant: to supply what is Deficient: to reduce to Order what is Intricate and Confused: and to Consign to an Appendix what is not Requisite to be got by Heart. First American from the Third London Edition. Recommended by the University at Cambridge (Mass.) to be used by those who are intended for that Seminary. Printed at Boston, By I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. Sold by them in Boston; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore; by I. Thomas, Worcester; and by most of the Booksellers in America. April, 1800.","","

12mo. 114 leaves.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Sabin. Not in Lowndes.

This is the first American edition of this work, originally compiled for the use of the pupils at the College School at Gloucester, England. The third London edition, on which this edition is based, was printed in 1794. This American edition is anonymous; it contains at the beginning a letter from Joseph Willard, the President of Cambridge University, Massachusetts, dated April 22, 1800, and addressed to the printers, and an advertisement of Cambridge University dated from Cambridge July 7, 1799. A second edition was printed in Boston in 1805, and in 1815 and 1820 editions appeared in New York, revised by George Ironside. In 1828 the book was revised by John Snelling Popkin, and reprinted as the first Cambridge edition." "47580","25","","","","Suidae Lexicon. Gr. Lat. Kusteri.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 136, as above.","Suidas.","Σoυιδας. Suidæ Lexicon, Græce & Latine. Textum Græcum cum Manuscriptis Codicibus collatum a quamplurimis mendis purgavit, Notisque perpetuis illustravit: Versionem Latinam æmilii Porti innumeris in locis correxit; Indicesque Auctorum & Rerum adjecit Ludolphus Kusterus, Professor humaniorum literarum in Gymnasio Regio Berolinensi. Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis. MDCCV. [1705.]","PA5365 .A7 1705","

3 vol. Folio. 954, 780, and 380 leaves, title printed in red and black, half-title in each volume, title in Vol. I only; engraved arms of the University of Cambridge on the title-page, engraved head-pieces and initials, all by S. Gribelin, Greek and Latin text in double columns, notes in double columns below. At the end of the third volume is a Catalogus Auctorum veterum, quibus in Notis ad Suidam usi sumus: additis eorum Editionibus.

Graesse VI, 526. Ebert 21979. Sandys II, 446. Bowes 368. Oxford Classical Dictionary, page 866.

Jefferson bought a copy with other books from the library of the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is included (described as 3. v. fol. injured) in the list appended to his letter to Henley dated from Paris, March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.

Suidas is the name of the lexicon, not of the author, and was compiled at the end of the tenth century.

Aemilius Portus, 1550-1614, a Greek born in Ferrara, was for a time professor of Greek at Heidelberg. He was the compiler of a number of lexicons.

Ludolf Küster, 1670-1716, German scholar, was educated at Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris and Cambridge and became a friend of Dr. Bentley. ''In 1705 he produced an edition of Suidas in three folio volumes, published by the Cambridge Press. This was founded on the editor's collation of three Paris MSS, together with corrections by Bishop Pearson and other aid supplied by Bentley, and was completed in the short space of three years.''—Sandys." "47590","26","","","","Etymologicum magnum Graecum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 134, Etymologium Magnum Græcum, fol.","Etymologicum Magnum.","M[???]γα Eτυμoλoγικoν. Magnvm Etymologicvm Græcæ Linguæ, nunc recens summa adhibita diligentia excusum, et innumerabilibus penè dictionibus locupletatum. Qvas vt facilivs cognoscere lector possit, singulis manus Index est apposita. Adeo vt ferè nihil in hoc libro desiderari iam possit ab ijs, qui græcis literis nauant operam. Venetijs: [Paulus Manutius] apud Federicum Turrisanum, M. D. XLIX. [1549.]","","

Folio. 178 leaves, Aldine anchor device on the title and on the verso of the last leaf, ornamental initials and head-pieces; Greek text in double columns, Latin preface. A copy was not available for examination; the above information was obtained from the card of the University of Illinois in the National Union Catalog, and from other sources.

Graesse II, 510. Brunet II, 1086. See Sandys I, 415.

This is the second edition of the Etymologicum Magnum, which was first printed by Callierges in Venice in 1499. The work was compiled between 1100 and 1250 and was founded on the Etymologicum Genuinum with additions from the Etymologicum Gudianum and other compilations An edition was printed in 1594, edited by Sylburg." "47600","27","","","","Stephani thesaurus linguae Graecae.","","4. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 132, as above.","Estienne, Henry.","&thetas;ησαυϱoς της Eλληνικης Γλωσσης. Thesavrvs Graecae Lingvae, Ab Henrico Stephano constructus. In qvo præter alia plvrima quæ primus præstitit, (paternæ in Thesauro Latino diligentiæ æmulus) vocabula in certas classes distribuit, multiplici deriuatorum serie ad primigenia, tanquam ad radices vnde pullulant, reuocata. Thesavrvs Lectori, Nunc alii intrepidè vestigia nostra sequantur: Me duce plana via est quæ salebrosa fuit. [Genevae] Anno M. D. LXXII, excudebat Henr. Stephanus. Cvm Privilegio Cæs. Maiestatis, et Christianiss. Galliarvm Regis. [1572]","PA442 .E75","

First Edition. 4 vol. Folio. 523, 441 (including 1 blank), 460 (including the last blank) and 208 leaves, complete title in Vol. I only, with Estienne's device (Sylvestre 508), the Thesaurus in double columns, columns numbered.

Brunet II, 1078. Graesse II, 506. Renouard page 135, no. 3.

Henri Estienne [Henri II], 1531-1598. An appendix to the Thesaurus was published, forming the fifth volume, a copy of which was not in Jefferson's library." "47610","28","","","","Scapulae lexicon.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 133, as above.","Scapula, Johann.","Lexicon Graeco-Latinvm novvm: in qvo ex primitivorum & simplicivm Fontibus derivata atque composita . . . Breviter & dilucidè deducuntur . . . Cvm Avctario Dealectorum Omnium à Iac. Zvingero . . . Basileae, 1628.","","

Folio. A copy was not available for collation. The above title was taken from the Bowdoin College Library card in the National Union Catalog.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert.

Johann Scapula, German printer, worked in the printing office of Henri Estienne, whose Thesaurus he abridged and plagiaristically published as an original work. The first edition was published in Bâle in 1579, only seven years after the work of Estienne, q. v. no. 4760. Smaller in size than the Thesaurus of Estienne, Scapula's Lexicon became very popular, and was frequently reprinted. Jefferson had three editions in his own library, according to his manuscript catalogue, and in 1803 he tried to buy from Charles Pougens a copy for the Library of Congress." "47620","29","","","","Hederici lexicon.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 105, as above.","Hederich, Benjamin.","Graecum Lexicon Manuale, primum a Beniamine Hederico institutum, post repetitas Sam. Patricii curas, auctum myriade amplius verborum, innumeris vitiis repurgatum, plurimisque novis significatibus verborum locupletatum cura Io. Augusti Ernesti, nunc denuo recensitum, et quamplurimum in utraque parte auctum a T. Morell, S. T. P. Thesauri Graecae Poeseωs, nuper editi, autore. Londini: Excudit H. Woodfall, Impensis H. Woodfall, J. Beecroft, C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, J. Pote [and others]. M. DCC. LXVI. [1766]","PA442 .H4 1766","

4to. 435 leaves, printed in triple columns, title printed in red and black.

This edition not in Graesse. Ebert 9353.

Benjamin Hederich, 1675-1748, Saxon schoolmaster. The first edition of his Greek and Latin lexicon was printed in 1722.

Samuel Patrick, 1684-1748, an usher at the Charterhouse, published his first edition of Hederich's Lexicon in 1727.

Johann August Ernesti, 1707-1781, German scholar. For editions of other works by him and by Thomas Morell, 1703-1784, English classical scholar, see the Index. This edition of 1766 is the first one revised by Morell." "47630","30","","","","Dugard lexicon Graeci testamenti.","","p 8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 6, as above.","Dugard, William.","Lex[icon] Græci Testamenti Alphabeticum. Unà cum Explicatione Grammaticâ Vocum Singularum, In Usum Tironum. Nec-non Concordiantiâ Singulis Di[???]tionibus Apposita: In Usum Theologiae—Candidatorum . . . Per Guil. DuGard Scholae Mer[ca]torum Scissorum Moderatorem. Londini: Typis Henrici Lloyd [ ] Londinensibus. Anno D[omini 1660.]","PA881 .D8","

First Edition. 8vo. 380 leaves, title printed in red and black, text in double columns. The imprint in the copy in the Library of Congress is imperfect, as indicated above.

Not in Lowndes or Hazlitt. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng.

Lit. II, 127. STC D2467 (this copy and one in the Cambridge University Library, England, only).

For another work by Dugard and a note on him, see no. 4650." "47640","31","","","","Pasoris manuale Graeci testamenti.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 7, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 657, no. J 1, Pasor, G.: Lexicon Manuale Novi Testamenti, 12mo. [No title page.]","Pasor, Georg.","Manuale Graecarum Vocum Novi Testamenti cui accessit tractatus de Graecis Novi Testamenti accentibus.","","

In the absence of the title-page it is not possible to ascertain which edition of this work was sold to Congress by Jefferson. The Library of Congress catalogue of 1839 is the first one to report the absence of the title-page. A number of editions in duodecimo were printed by the Elzevirs, the first in 1628 (Willems 300.).

Georg Pasor, 1570-1637, German scholar, was born in Herborn, Nassau, and at an early age occupied there the chair of theology and Hebrew. Later he became professor of Greek at Franeker in the Netherlands. The greater number of his books were written for the benefit of his pupils." "47650","32","","","","Basilii Fabri Thesaurus eruditionis Scholasticae.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 137, as above.","Faber, Basil.","Basilii Fabri Sorani Thesavrvs Ervditionis Scholasticæ Omnivm Vsvi et Disciplinis Omnibvs Accommodatissimvs, Post Celeberrmorvm Virorvm, in Primis Bvchneri, Cellarii, Graevii, Operas et Adnotationes Qvavis Lavde Maiores. Nvnc Itervm Emendationvm, Additionvm Exemplorvmqve Vberrimis Svpplementis, Indiceqve Germanico-Latino Insigniter Avcto, Qvin et per Indicvlvm Connotata Avtorvm Aetate, Mvlto Cvmvlatior Mvltoqve Consvmmatior et Qvodammodo Novvs, Assidvitate Laborvm Andreae St[???]belii. Cvm Privilegio Caesareo et Saxonico. Lipsiae: Apvd Thomam Fritsch. Anno MDCCX. [1710.]","","

Folio. A copy of the edition of 1710 was not available; the above title is taken from the edition of 1717 in the Library of Congress, by the same printer.

This edition not in Graesse or Ebert.

Basil Faber, 1520-C. 1576, German Lutheran school-master and theologian, studied at the University of Wittenberg under Melanchthon as pauper gratis. He became rector successively of a number of schools until 1571 when he was appointed director of the Raths-Gymnasium at Erfurt. The first edition of his Thesaurus was published in 1571. The work was reprinted several times until 1749 when the last edition appeared." "47660","33","","","","Clavis Homerica.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 63, as above.","Patrick, Samuel, editor.","Clavis Homerica: sive Lexicon Vocabulorum Omnium, Quæ continentur in Homeri Iliade Et potissimâ parte Odyssææ. Cum Brevi de Dialectis Appendice. Nec non Mich. Apostolii Proverbiis Græco-Latinis. Accessêre etiam huic postremæ Editioni Varia Elogia seu Testimonia de Homero, Ex diversis Auctoribus, tum antiquis, tum Neotericis collecta. Hanc præterea editionem pluribus in locis auxit, non pauca emendavit, atque Scholis utiliorem reddidit Samuel Patrick, LL. D. et Scholæ Carthusianæ Subpræceptor. Londini: ex officina J. Nichols, impensis J. F. and C. Rivington [and others]. M. DC. CLXXXIV. [1784.]","","

8vo. 226 leaves; a copy of the edition of 1784 was not available; the above title is taken from the edition of 1758 collated with printed catalogue sources.

Ebert 4780. This edition not in Lowndes.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.10f+1f10 rel.

Samuel Patrick, 1684-1748, a master at the Charter-house. For other works by him, see the Index." "47670","34","","","","[Simon Portii Γϱαμματικ[???] τ[???]ς [???]Pωμα[???]κ[???]ς γλ[???]σσα&sigmav. in Dufresne seigneur Ducange glos]","","","1815 Catalogue, page 167, unnumbered, [Simon Portii Grammatica Tes. Romaikes glisoses, in Dufresne's Glossarium].","","","","

For this see no. 4775.

Simonis Portii Romani, Doctoris Theologi Grammatica Linguae Graecae Vulgaris, occurs in Vol. I, page xix, with caption title. Dedicated to Armando Cardinali Duci de Richelieu, et Galliæ Pari, with Greek and Latin text in parallel columns.

Simone Porzio [Portius], 1497-1554, Italian philosopher." "47680","35","","","","Kusterus de Verbo Medio.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 9, as above.","Küster, Ludolph.","Lud. Kusterus de vero usu Verborum Mediorum Eorumque Differentia A Verbis A[???]tivis & Passivis. Item Veteres Poetae Citati ad P. Labbei de Ancipitum Græcarum Vocalium in prioribus Syllabis Mensura confirmandum Sententiam. Sive Index Vocabulorum in quibus Anceps Vocalis pro longa habenda est. Opera & Cura Edwardi Leedes, In Schola Buriensi Ad acuendos Adolescentium Animos, erga Poeseωs Studium (cum ipse Poeta non sit) Cotis Vice fungentis. Londini: Prostant apud J. & J. Rivington in Cœmeterio Paulino. MDCCL. [1750.]","PA341 .K7","

12mo. 78 leaves; half title on G6 for Veteres Poetae Citati ad Petri Labbei De Ancipitum Graecarum Vocalium in prioribus Syllabis Mensura (ubi confirmanda esset) Confirmandum Sententiam: Necnon ad indicandum Quibus Vocibus licet corripere Vocalem longam ante alteram in eadem dictione: Opera & Cura Edwardi Leedes, In Schola Buriensi Ad acuendos Adolescentium Animos, erga Poeseωs Studium (cum ipse Poeta non sit) Cotis Vice fungentis. Editio Secunda, Auctior.

This edition not in Lowndes (first edition 1755). Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

In October 1794 Jefferson lent his copy to George Wythe with an undated letter (October 23, 1794 in Jefferson's own index):

I received a few days ago your friendly enquiries after my health. I have had a painful & tedious rheumatic complaint. it has now nearly left me.

I enclose for your perusal a little treatise by Kuster on the use of the middle voice in Greek. I never saw a copy of it till I met with this, nor had ever heard of it. I presume therefore it may be new to you; & if it gives you half the pleasure it did me, mine will be doubled still. his position is that the middle voice is always intransitive, and is never confounded with either the active or passive in it's signification. according to my own observation, since his work suggested the idea, I have found it almost always true, but I think not absolutely always . . .

Ludolph Kuster, 1670-1716, German scholar, was educated at Berlin and Frankfurt on the Oder. He afterwards studied at Utrecht, Paris and Cambridge. He was a librarian and professor at Berlin for a short time, but spent most of his life in Rotterdam. This treatise on the Greek middle voice was first printed in 1710.

Edward Leedes, 1626-1707, English schoolmaster, became a master at Bury St. Edmunds in 1663, and remained there until his death." "47690","36","","","","Wetstenii orationes de linguae Grecae pronuntiatione. &c.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 64, Wetstenii Orationes de Linguae Graecae Pronunciatione, &c. 8vo.","Wetstein, Johann Rudolf.","Joh. Rodolfi Wetstenii . . . Pro Græca et genuina Lingvæ Græcæ pronunciatione contra novam atque à viris doctis passim propugnatam pronunciandi rationem Orationes apologeticæ. Quibus adjectæ sunt Orationes quædam miscellæ. Secunda hac editione accedunt I. Apologia pro fide Helvetica opposita Libello famosa La Suisse Démasquée. II. Dissertatio Epistolica de Accentuum Græcorum antiquitate & usu, ad ampliss. D. Anton. Magliabechium. III. Dissertatio Inauguralis de Fato Scriptorum Homeri per omnia secula. Cum indicibus necessariis. Basileæ: Typis Jacobi Bertschi, prostat Amsterodami apud Henricum Wetstenium, CI[???] I[???] CLXXXVI. [1686.]","","

8vo. 2 parts in 1, 256 leaves, title in red and black; a copy was not available for examination; the information as to title and collation obtained from the National Union Catalog.

Not in Graesse, Ebert, Brunet. This edition not in the Zürich Kantonsbibliothek Catalog.

Jefferson bought a copy from Armand Koenig of Strassburg, ordered in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1789, price 2.10. This and the other books in the same order were sent by Koenig on July 7.

Johann Rudolf Wetstein, 1647-1711, Swiss educator, was Professor of Greek at Zurich. The treatises in this book were originally published separately. His literary work was stopped by the loss of his sight.

Antonio da Marco Magliabechi, 1633-1714, Italian bibliophile, was librarian to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to whom he bequeathed his large private library." "47700","37","","","","Viger Rotomagensis de Graecae dictionis idiotismis. Par.","","1627. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 10, as above.","Viger, François.","De Praecipuis Graecae Dictionis Idiotismis. Ab uno ex Patribus Societatis Jesu. Parisiis: apud Sebastianum Cramoisy, MDC. XXVII. Cum Privilegio Regis. [1627.]","","

First Edition. 12mo. A copy was not located for collation. This title was taken from Backer.

Backer VII, 742, no. 1. This edition not in any other bibliography or catalogue consulted. The edition of 1632 is usually cited as the first edition, though some bibliographies cite that of 1647.

François Viger, 1590-1647, French Jesuit, a native of Rouen, was professor of the humanities and of rhetoric at Bourges and at Paris. This book was frequently reprinted and is still in use in some European schools. The form of the title as cited by Jefferson and the Library of Congress catalogue of 1815 would denote that Viger's name appeared in that form on the title-page, but this could not be ascertained." "47710","38","","","","Le jardin des racines Grecques de Claude Lancelot de Portroyal.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 5, Le Jardin des racines Grecque de Claude Lancelot de Portroyal, 12mo.","[Lancelot, Claude.]","Le Jardin des Racines Grecques, Mises En vers François, Avec un Traité des Prépositions, & autres Particules indéclinables; un Recueil Alphabétique des mots François, tirez de la Langue Grecque, soit par allusion, soit par étymologie. Enrichie d'une Table des Liaisons ou Ligatures Grecques, très-utile pour la Lecture des Auteurs Grecs. Nouvelle Edition, revue et corrigée par M * * *, Professeur en l'Universíté de Paris. Paris: Chez Colas, 1774.","","

12mo. A copy of this edition was not available. The above title is taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale, collated with the edition by Thiboust, 1740, in the Library of Congress.

Barbier II, 980. Quérard IV, 516.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price, 1.10.

The first edition was published in 1652. The French verses are by Isaac Louis Lemaistre De Sacy, 1613-1684. This edition of 1774 was the first edited by the Abbé de Lestré, the anonymous M * * * in the title, professor at the College of Cardinal Lemoine.

For other grammars by Lancelot and the Port Royalists, see no. 4750, 4780." "47720","39","","","","Scapulae lexicon. Scapulae lexicon.","","4to Ebroduni. 1623., 4to. Laemarium. 1598.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 104, Scapulæ Lexicon, 4to Læmarii, 1598. 1830 Catalogue, page 250, no. J. 117, Scapulæ Lexicon, 4to; Læmarii, 1598. 1839 Catalogue, page 659, no. J. 117, Scapula, J.: Idem [i.e. Lexicon Græco-Latinum], 4to; Ebroduni, 1623. 1849 Catalogue, page 986, no. 117, Scapula, J.: Idem [i.e. Lexicon Græco-Latinum] 4to; Ebroduni, 1623.*","","","","

Jefferson apparently owned a copy of both the 1598 and the 1623 editions of Scapula's Lexicon, which are entered by him in his manuscript catalogue, as above. The 1623 Ebrodunum edition is entered also in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.0. Only one of these was sold to Congress, and the evidence in the early Library of Congress catalogues, as quoted above, is conflicting and inconclusive.

There is not an entry for either of these editions in any catalogues issued after the fire of 1851, and there is not a copy of either in the Library of Congress at the present time.

The 1815 Library of Congress catalogue gives evidence of having been dictated from the manuscript, and if this be the case, the wrong edition could easily have been listed. It seems strange however that such an error should be repeated in the catalogue of 1830.

For a note on Scapula see no. 4761." "47730","40","","","","Parkhurst's Gr. & Eng. Lexicon.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 106, Parkhurst's Greek and English Lexicon, 4to.","Parkhurst, John.","A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament: in which The Words and Phrases occurring in those Sacred Books are distinctly explained, And the Meanings assigned to each authorized by References to Passages of Scripture, And frequently illustrated and confirmed by Citations from the Old Testament, and from The Greek Writers. To this work is prefixed, A Plain and Easy Greek Grammar, Adapted to the Use of Learners, and of those who understand no other Language than English. By John Parkhurst, M. A. Formerly Fellow of Clare-Hall, Cambridge. London: Printed for W. Faden [and others] M.DCC.LXIX. [1769.]","","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 56 and 314 leaves; a copy of the first edition was not available. The title above was copied from the third edition (1798) in the Library of Congress, collated with a printed title-card of the first edition. The first part is for the Greek Grammar, the second for the Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament.

Lowndes IV, 1779.

Jefferson's copy was on large paper, bought for him from Leigh & Sotheby, on February 25, 1786, through Dr. James Lyons, of Orange Street, Leicester Square, London, price £1. 11. 6.

John Parkhurst, 1728-1797, English clergyman and Biblical lexicographer. In this lexicon he discarded accents and smooth breathings." "47740","41","","","","Julii Pollucis Onomasticon.","","2. v. in 1. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 135, as above.","Pollux, Julius.","Ioυλιoυ Πoλυδευκoυς Oνoμαστικoν εν Bιβλιoισ Δεκα. Julii Pollucis Onomasticum Graece & Latine. Post egregiam illam Wolfgangi Seberi editionem denuo immane quantum emendatum, suppletum, & illustratum, ut docebunt Præfationes. Praeter W. Seberi notas olim editas; accedit Commentarius do[???]tissimus Gothofredi Jungermanni, nunc tandem a tenebris vindicatus. Itemque alius Joachimi Kühnii, Subsidio Codicis MS. Antwerpiensis; variantium le[???]tionum Isaaci Vossii; Annotatorum Cl. Salmasii & H. Valesii, &c. concinnatus. Omnia contulerunt ac in ordinem redegerunt, Varias praeterea Le[???]tiones easque insignes Codicis Falckenburgiani, tum & suas Notas adjecerunt, editionemque curaverunt, Septem quidem prioribus libris Joh. Henricus Lederlinus, Linguar. Orient. in Acad. Argentoratensi Prof. P. Et post eum reliquis Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Philos. & Mathes. in Ill. Amstelaed. Athenaeo Prof. P. Cum Indicibus novis, iisque locupletissimis. Amstelædami: Ex Officina Wetsteniana. CI[???] I[???] CCVI. [1706.]","PA4390 .P3 1706","

Folio. 2 parts in 1, with continuous signatures and pagination, 370 and 454 leaves, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, notes in double columns below, engraved frontispiece and title dated 1706, double page engraved plate of coins.

Brunet IV, 785. Graesse V, 392. Ebert 17655.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 30.0.

Julius Pollux, Greek grammarian and sophist of the second century A. D. The first edition of this work, a Greek lexicon in ten books, was printed by Aldus in 1502. The Indices to the edition of 1706 were begun by Johann Heinrich Lederlin, continued by Tiberius Hemsterhuys and finished by Stephen Bergler." "47750","42","","","","Glossarium mediae et infimae graecitatis. Du Fresne dominus du Cange.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 138, as above.","Du Fresne, Charles, Sieur Du Cange.","Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediæ & Infimæ Græcitatis, In quo Græca Vocabula Novatæ Significationis, aut usus rarioris, Barbara, Exotica, Ecclesiastica, Liturgica, Ta[???]tica, Nomica, Jatrica, Botanica, Chymica explicantur, eorum Notiones & Originationes reteguntur: Complures ævi medii Ritus & Mores; Dignitates Ecclesiasticæ, Monasticæ, Palatinæ, Politicæ, & quamplurima alia observatione digna, & ad Historiam Byzantinam præsertim spe[???]tantia, recensentur ac enucleantur. E libris editis, ineditis, veteribusque monumentis. Accedit Appendix ad Glossarium mediæ & infimæ Latinitatis, unà cùm brevi Etymologico Linguæ Gallicæ ex utroque Glossario. Auctore Carolo Du Fresne, Domino Du Cange, Regi à Consiliis, & Franciæ apud Ambianos Quæstore. Tomus Primus. [-Secundus]. Lugduni: Apud Anissonios, Joan. Posuel, & Claud. Rigaud. M. DC. LXXXVIII. Cum Privilegio Regis Christianissimi. [1688.]","PA1125 .D8","

First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 346 and 292 leaves with continuous signatures, half-title in Vol. I, followed by a frontispiece engraved by P. Giffart, engraved device by Papillon on the title of Vol. I, woodcut device on that of Vol. II; text of the Glossarium printed in double columns, columns numbered continuously through the two volumes.

This edition not in Quérard. Graesse II, 439.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 36.0.

Charles Du Fresne, Sieur Du Cange, 1610-1688, French scholar and historian. This is the first edition of this work, of which numerous editions have since been printed. The first edition of the corresponding work, the Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae & Infimae Latinitatis was published in Paris ten years earlier, in 1678." "47760","43","","","","Meursii Glossarium Graeco-barbarum.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 107, as above.","Meurs, Jan van.","Ioannis Mevrsi Glossarivm Graeco-Barbarvm. In quo Præter Vocabvla quinque millia quadringenta, Officia atque Dignitates Imperij Constantinop. tam in Palatio, quàm Ecclesia aut Militia, explicantur, & illustrantur. Editio Altera Emendata, & circiter cI[???] I[???] ccc. Vocabulis aucta. Lvgdvni Batavorvm: Apud Lvdovicvm Elzevirivm. Anno CI[???]. I[???]. C. XIV. [1614.]","PA1125 .M5","

4to. 344 leaves, title printed in red and black, eagle device on the title-page, with the date 1595, text printed in double columns.

Graesse IV, 510. Willems 91. Pieters 97. Rahir 72. Goldsmid, page 134.

Jan van Meurs [Johannes Meursius], 1579-1639, Dutch classical scholar, was professor of history and of Greek at Leyden, and historiographer to the States General. In 1625 he accepted the invitation of the King of Denmark to become professor of history and politics at Sorö in Zealand, where he died in 1639. The first edition of this Glossarium was printed by Elzevir in 1610." "47770","44","","","","Tesoro della lingua Greca-Volgare ed Italiano dal Somavera posto al luce dal Padre de Parigi. Parigi. Guignard. 1709.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 108, Dizzionario Greco-volgare et Italiano, dal Somavera, 2 v 4 to Parigi 1709.","Alexis de Sommevoire.","Tesoro della Lingua Greca-Volgare ed Italiana, cioe Ricchissimo Dizzionario Greco-Volgare et Italiano . . . Opera postuma dal Padre Alessio da Somavera, Capucino Francese, Missionario Apostolico, e Custode di tutte le nostre Missioni di Grecia. E posta in luce dal Padre Tomaso da Parigi, Missionario Apostolico, del medesimo Ordine. Dedicato all' Illustrissimo Abbáte Bignon. Parigi: Appresso Michele Guignard, nella strada di San Giacomo, all' insegna di San Giouanni. E si vende ancora in Marsiglia, appresso Pietro Cari, nel Porto. M. DCC. IX. Con Privilegio Regio. [1709.]","PA1127 .A5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 247 leaves, the first with the half-title in Greek and Italian on the recto, Greek title on the verso; the preliminary matter includes the dedication to Jean-Paul Bignon, Abbé de St. Quentin, in French and in Greek, with his arms at the head repeated, the Royal arms of France at the beginning of the text; the Privilege on the last page dated April 13, 1707. Vol. II has the Italian before the Greek: Tesoro della Lingua Italiana e Greca-Volgare . . . the title followed by the dedication to the Abbate Bignon in Italian, with his arms repeated at the head, text of the Dictionary in triple columns.

Not in Quérard. Graesse I, 68. Ebert 402.

Alexis de Sommevoire, French Capuchin and lexicographer, died before the publication of this work, which was edited by Thomas of Paris (b. circa 1670)." "47780","45","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 57, Grecae Grammaticae Institutiones, Edinb. [Ruddiman] 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 659, no. J. 60, Ruddiman, T.: Græcæ Grammaticæ institutiones, 8vo; Edinburgi, 1782.","","Linguæ Græcæ Institutiones Grammaticæ. In Usum studiosæ Juventutis. Editio Quinta. Edinburgi: Prostant venales apud J. Bell et C. Elliot: et E. Wilson, Dumfries. M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 74 leaves, folded engraved plate.

Not in Lowndes. Catalogue of the Library of Edinburgh University II, 146. Not in the Advocates' Library Catalogue.

This work is wrongly attributed to Thomas Ruddiman in all the early Library of Congress Catalogues. The earliest edition listed in the British Museum Catalogue and in that of Edinburgh University is the second edition, Edinburgh 1731." "47790","46","","","","Sanctius de causis linguae Latinae.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 65, Sanctius de causis lingae Latinae, 8vo.","Sánchez, Francisco.","Franc. Sanctii. Brocensis, In Inclyta Salmanticensi Academia Primarii Rhetorices & Graecae Linguae Doctoris, Minerva, seu De Causis Linguae Latinae Commentarius, Cui inserta sunt, uncis inclusa, quae addidit Gasp. Scioppius: Et subjectae suis paginis Notae Jac. Perizonii. Quae Quarta hac Editione quam plurimum sunt auctae. Amstelaedami: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, MDCCXIV. 1714.","","

8vo. 496 leaves, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black; separate pagination but continuous signatures for 16 leaves at the end, with Francisci Sanctii Brocensis Grammatica Latina, with caption title.

Graesse VI, 260.

Francisco Sánchez, 1523-1601, Spanish scholar and grammarian, published the first edition of this work in 1587. It was frequently reprinted.

Caspar Schoppe, 1576-1649, a native of the Palatinate, was the editor of this edition.

Jacobus Perizonius, 1651-1715, occupied the chair of eloquence at Leyden University. For other works by him in this Catalogue, see the Index." "47800","47","","","","Portroyal Lat. grammar. Fr.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 66, The Portroyal Latin Grammar, Fr. 8vo.","[Lancelot, Claude and others.]","Nouvelle Methode de Messieurs de Port Royal pour apprendre facilement la Langue Latine: Contenant les Regles, des Genres, des Declinaisons, des Preterits, de la Syntaxe, de la Quantité, et des Accens Latins. Mises en François, avec un Ordre très-clair et très-abregé . . . Avec un Traité de la Poësie Latine, et une Breve Instruction sur les Regles de la Poësie Françoise. Huitiéme Edition. Reveuë, corrigée, et augmentée de nouveau. A Paris: Chez la veuve Mabre Cramoisy, 1696.","","

8vo. 372 leaves, frontispiece, title printed in red and black. A copy was not available for examination; the information was obtained from the National Union Catalog.

Barbier III, 557 (Par Cl. Lancelot, Ant. Arnauld, et Pierre Nicole.). This edition not in Quérard.

By the same authors as the Portroyal Greek Grammar, see no. 4750.

The first edition was printed in 1664. The Breve Instruction sur les Règles de la Poësie Françoise first appeared in the seventh edition, 1667.

The ''Portroyal Lat. gram. 2. v. 8vo.'', which Jefferson bought from the Rev. Samuel Henley in March 1785, was probably the English translation by Thomas Nugent, which is entered in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue but which was not sold to Congress in 1815." "47810","48","","","","the same abridged. Fr.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 11, Abregé de la Nouvelle Methode Latine [de Portroyal] 8vo.","[Lancelot, Claude]","Abrégé de la Nouvelle Methode presentée au Roy pour apprendre facilement la langue Latine, contenant, les Rudiments, reduites en un Nouvel Ordre, et les Règles des genres, des Déclinaisons, des Prétérits, de la Syntax, de la Quantité et des Accens Latins, mise en François, dans un ordre très clair, et très abregé. Nouvelle Edition. Paris: Pierre le Petit? 1677.","","

12mo. All the Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish the Jefferson collection call for an edition printed in Paris, 1677, a copy of which has not been located in any bibliography or catalogue consulted. Pierre le Petit printed an edition as above in 1676, and an edition was printed in Brussels in 1677.

Barbier I, 30.

For the Nouvelle Methode, see no. 4780. The first edition of the Abrégé was published in 1655." "47820","49","","","","Ruddimanni institutiones Grammaticae Latinae.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 67, as above.","Ruddiman, Thomas.","Grammaticæ Latinæ Institutiones, facili, et ad Puerorum Captum accommodata, Methodo perscriptæ. Thoma Ruddimanno, A. M. Auctore . . . Editio Nova. Edinburgi: apud Wal. Ruddiman, J. Richardson, et socios, MDCCLXVIII. [1768.]","","

Sm. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 with separate signatures and pagination. The first part contains Etymologiæ, the second part is subdivided into 3 parts: pars secunda, De Syntaxi, pars tertia, De Orthographia, pars quarta, De Prosodia. There is not a copy of the ninth edition in the Library of Congress. The information is taken from the tenth edition of which there is a copy, collated with a card in the National Union Catalog.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Catalogue of the Advocates' Library. Catalogue of the Edinburgh University Library III, 411.

Thomas Ruddiman, 1674-1757, Scots philologist, in 1702 was appointed assistant librarian of the Advocates' Library, and eventually became the keeper. Ruddiman was one of the compilers of the Advocates' Library catalogue, and also assisted his friend Ames with the Typographical Antiquities. He had a printing business, one of his partners being his brother Walter. On his retirement from the Advocates' Library he was succeeded by David Hume. The first editions of the two parts of the Grammaticæ Latinæ Institutiones were published separately, in 1725 and 1731, respectively. They were frequently reprinted." "47830","50","","","","Ruddiman's Lat. Rudiments.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 12, Ruddiman's Rudiments of the Latin, 12mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 659, no. J. 4, Ruddiman, T.: Rudiments of the Latin Tongue, 12mo; Philadelphia, 1809.","Ruddiman, Thomas.","The Rudiments of the Latin Tongue; or, a plain and easy Introduction to Latin Grammar: wherein the Principles of the Language are methodically Digested both in English and Latin. With Useful Notes and Observations, explaining the Terms of Grammar, and further Improving its Rules. By Thomas Ruddiman, M. A. The [Twenty-Fifth?] Genuine Edition. Carefully Corrected and Improved. Philadelphia, 1809.","","

12mo. A copy of a Philadelphia edition of 1809 was not located, nor found in any bibliography consulted. The Twenty-Second Genuine Edition was printed in Philadelphia by John Bioren for Robert Campbell and Company in 1798; the Twenty-Fourth in Philadelphia by Johnson in 1806 (and also in New York in 1805); the Twenty-Fifth in Raleigh in 1809; and the Twenty-Sixth in Richmond in 1816.

The arrangement is in the form of questions and answers between the master and the scholar. The first edition was printed in Edinburgh in 1715, the first American edition in Philadelphia in 1776. The work was reprinted numerous times both in Britain and in the United States.

For a note on Thomas Ruddiman, see the preceding number." "47840","51","","","","Lilly's Latin grammar.","","2 copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 13, Lilly's Latin Grammar, 12mo.","Lily, William.","A Short Introduction to Grammar, Latin and English. London, 1695.","","

12mo. Such is the title credited to the Jefferson collection in the Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish Jefferson's library. This edition has not been traced. The only edition printed in that year, with that title, as recorded in the STC and other bibliographies was printed in Cambridge by John Hayes, and the STC records one copy only, that in the Cambridge University Library. This edition is in 8vo, not in 12mo format.

An edition in 8vo of Lily's Royal Grammar was published in London in 1695:

The Royal Grammar reformed into a more easie method, for the better understanding of the English; and more speedy attainment of the Latin tongue . . . London: Printed by J. Hepstinstall for A. and J. Churchill, 1695.

This edition is not listed in the STC and only two copies have been located, one in the British Museum, the other in the library of Columbia University in New York.

In view of the extreme rarity of both these editions printed in 1695 it seems strange that Jefferson should have had two copies of one of them.

For a note on William Lily, see no. 4787 below." "47850","52","","","","Clarke's Lat. gramm.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 14, Clarke's Latin Grammar, 12mo.","Clarke, John.","A New Grammar of the Latin Tongue, Comprising All in the Art necessary for Grammar-Schools. To which is annexed, A Dissertation upon Language. By John Clarke, Author of the Two Essays upon Education and Study, Introduction to the Making of Latin, &c. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for W. Clarke, at Shakespear's Head, in Threadneedle-Street, behind the Royal-Exchange; And Sold by J. Mace, and G. Ferraby, in Hull; Mess. Stabler, Bell, and Barstow, in York; and P. Hodges, in Hereford. MDCCLIV. [1754.]","PA2084.C6 1754","

12mo. 96 leaves; on B2 verso and B3 recto a list of books, all by Mr. Clarke and sold by W. Clarke, his son.

Not in Lowndes.

John Clarke, 1687-1734, English classical scholar, was master of the Grammar School at Hull, and later at Gloucester. His New Grammar of the Latin Tongue was first published in 1733, and was written in part to replace that of Lily, whose language, he states in the Preface, is utterly useless, and stands for nothing but to perplex and confound the poor Children." "47860","53","","","","Ross's Latin grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 15, as above.","Ross, James.","A Short, Plain, Comprehensive, Practical Latin Grammar, Comprising All the Rules and Observations Necessary to an Accurate Knowledge of the Latin Classics, Having the Signs of Quantity Affixed to Certain Syllables, to Shew Their Right Pronunciation. With an Alphabetical Vocabulary. By James Ross, A. M. Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages in Franklin College in the Borough of Lancaster . . . Lancaster: Printed for the Author, by Henry and Benjamin Grimler. 1802.","PA2087.R82 1802","

12mo. 88 leaves.

This edition not in Sabin.

James Ross, 1744-1827, taught Latin and Greek at Chambersburg, Pa., where the first edition of this work was printed in 1798. In 1801, he moved to Franklin College, Lancaster. Later he moved to Philadelphia and finally became Professor of Languages in Dickinson College.

The copy of this edition in the Library of Congress was an autograph presentation copy from the author to Charles Thomson, who had been the Secretary of the Continental Congress." "47870","54","","","","Lat. Gramm.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 68, Latin Grammar, 8vo.","[Lily, William.]","A Short Introduction of Grammar Generally to be Used; Compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the Knowledge of the Latin Tongue. To which are added usefull Observations by way of Comment out of ancient and late Grammarians. Oxford: At the Theater. 1709.","PA2084.L6 1709","

8vo. 40 leaves, the last a blank, engraved frontispiece of the tree of knowledge, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, both by M. Burghers; text printed partly in black letter.

Halkett and Laing V, 264 [by William Lilly & John Colet]. This edition not in Lowndes and not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Hazlitt II, 351. Notes and Queries 6, II, 462.

William Lily, 1468?-1522, English grammarian, was born in Hampshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1512 he was appointed high master at the new school founded by John Colet, Dean of St. Pauls, in St. Pauls Churchyard. J. H. Lupton, in his article in Notes and Queries, states that in St. Paul's School there is a copy of Lily's first grammar, the ''Absolutissimus,'' without name of place or printer, dated 1515. The first edition listed in the STC was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1533, and the copy in the British Museum is the only one located. The first edition listed in the STC with the title A Shorte Introduction of Grammar was printed in 1549, with one copy located, in the Bodleian. This is followed by a list of twenty-two editions printed between that date and 1640, of which the majority are known in one copy only. There is an even greater number of editions between 1641 and 1700 listed in Wing's Short-Title Catalogue.

For an account of this work and its use by Shakespeare and others, see Notes and Queries as above, and the life of Lily in the Dictionary of National Biography." "47880","55","","","","Smith's New Hampshire Latin Grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 16, as above.","Smith, John.","The Newhampshire Latin Grammar: Comprehending All the Necessary Rules in Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody; with Explanatory and Critical Notes, and an Appendix. By John Smith, S. T. D. Professor of the Learned Languages, at Dartmouth College. The Second Edition, with Improvements . . . Boston: Printed for John West, No. 75, Cornhill; And for Sale by the Principal Booksellers in the United States. 1806. David Calisle, Printer, No. 5, Court Street.","PA2087 .S652 1806","

12mo. 102 leaves.

Sabin 82880 n.

The Library of Congress catalogues which distinguish the books from Jefferson's library credit him with the second edition of 1806 as above. The author himself sent Jefferson a copy of the first edition printed in Boston in 1802, for which Jefferson wrote to thank him from Washington on May 5, 1802:

I have to acknolege the reciept of your Latin grammar, by post, for which I pray you to accept my thanks. my occupations will probably not permit me immediately to have the satisfaction which I have no doubt I shall derive from the perusal of it. but I am pleased with every effort to facilitate the acquisition of the Greek & Latin languages. I do not give into the modern doctrine that the time spent on those languages is time lost. they usually occupy a portion of life when the mind is not strong enough but for matters of memory. They have furnished us with the only models of rational, correct, and chaste composition: no other antient nation having left, nor any modern one (not conversant with these models) having produced, any works of that character. the luxury too of reading them in their original language is one for which I feel more thankful to those to whom I owe it than for any of the things which the world usually calls luxuries. under these impressions I see with pleasure the taste for these languages cultivated, and ascribe to you the merit you may justly claim to this work. permit me to join here my thanks for the other volume also, and to tender you my best wishes and respects.

John Smith, 1752-1809, professor at Dartmouth College." "47890","56","","","","Hoole's Accidence.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 18, as above.","Hoole, Charles.","The Common Accidence Examined and Explained, By Short Questions and Answers According to the very Words of the Book. Conducing very much to the Ease of the Teacher, and the Benefit of the Learner. Being helpful to the better understanding of the Rudiments and Grounds of Grammar, Delivered in that and the like Introductions to the Latine Tongue. Written heretofore, and made use of in Rotheram School, and now published for the Profit of young Beginners in that and other Schools. By Charles Hoole Mr. of Arts, Lately Teacher of a private Grammar-School near the Token-house Garden in Lothbury, London. The seventh Edition, Corrected and Revised. London: Printed by E. Cotes for John Clark, and are to be sold at the Bible in Bethlehem, and at the White Swan in New Cheapside Moorefields, 1688.","","

Sm. 8vo. 88 leaves, the recto of the last with Hools Accidence and Terminations printed vertically down the page. A copy was not available for collation; the above information was kindly provided by the Curator of Rare Books in the Library of the University of Pennsylvania from the copy in that collection.

Not in Lowndes. This edition not in the STC. This edition not in Hazlitt. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Charles Hoole, 1610-1667, English educational writer. Copies of any edition of this work are extremely rare. This one is omitted from the STC which lists six editions in all, with no edition between the first and the eighth, and all but one in one copy only, the exception having two copies located. From the evidence obtainable there appear to be two editions in the United States in single copies each, the present one in the University of Pennsylvania and a copy of the edition of 1690 in the University of Illinois." "47900","57","","","","Sententiae pueriles.","","3vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 73, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 654, no. J. 75, Lowe, Solomon: Sententiæ Pueriles; or, the Fundamental Rules of Syntax, illustrated by Latin Examples and English Exercises, 8vo; London, 1722.","Lowe, Solomon.","Sententiae Pueriles: or, the Fundamental Rules of Syntax, Illustrated by Latin Examples and English Exercises. London, 1722.","","

8vo. A copy was not located.

Not in any bibliography consulted with the exception of the London Catalogue of English books from 1700 to 1747, where it is listed with the price, 6d, but without the name of the author. Not in the bibliographies of anonymous books; not listed in the British Museum Catalogue; and no card in the National Union Catalog.

Solomon Lowe, f. 1750, was the author of several books on syntax, English, Latin and French, and of a work on mnemonics." "47910","58","","","","Corderii colloquia. Lat. Fr.","","2 cop. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 19, Corderii Colloquia, Lat. Fr. 12mo.","Cordier, Mathurin.","Corderii Colloquia.","","

Though Jefferson's manuscript catalogue calls for two copies it is possible that this book was not delivered to Congress. The entry in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogue is marked missing in ink, and is omitted from all the later catalogues. It is entered in the list of books missing from the Congressional Library made at a later date.

Mathurin Cordier, 1478-1564, French scholar, was a great friend of Robert Estienne. The first edition of his Colloquia was printed in Geneva in 1563. A number of editions in petit format were issued with a French translation. It is not possible to ascertain which edition was in Jefferson's library." "47920","59","","","","Vossii etymologicon Romanum.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 140, as above.","Vossius, Gerhard Johann.","Gerardi Joannis Vossii Etymologicum Linguae Latinae. Praefigitur ejusdem de Literarum Permutatione Tractatus. Amstelodami: apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1662. Cum S. C. Majestatis, Ordinumque Hollandiae et West-Frisiae, priveligiis.","","

First Edition. Folio. 338 leaves, title printed in red and black, Minerva device on the title-page. This edition was not examined; the title was copied from Willems.

Graesse VI. Willems 1295. Rahir 1333. Pieters 308. Goldsmid page 71.

For other works by Vossius, see the Index." "47930","60","","","","Stephani thesaurus linguae latinae.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 139, as above.","[Estienne, Robert.]","Dictionarivm, sev, Latinae Linguae Thesaurus, non singulas modo dictiones cótines, sed integras quoque Latinè et loquendi, & scribendi formulas ex optimis quibusque authoribus. Ea quidem nunc accessione, vt nihil propemodum obseruatu dignum sit apud Oratores, Historicos, Poetas, omnis denique generis scriptores, quod hic non promptum paratumque habeat. Editio Secunda. Lutetiae: apud Robertum Stephanum M. D. XLIII. XII. Cal. Junii. [1543.]","","

2 vol. Folio. This work was issued in 3 volumes folio. Jefferson's copy was either bound in 2 volumes, or lacked the third volume. A copy was not available for examination.

Brunet II, 1070. Renouard, page 55, no. 7. Maittaire, page 17.

Robert Estienne, 1503-1559, the second son of Henri Estienne, the founder of the family. This edition of 1543 is actually the third edition. The first was published in 1531 and the second in 1536. Estienne described this as the Editio Secunda ''sans doute pour faire entendre que la première n'etoit à ses yeux qu'une ébauche, et devoit désormais être considerée comme non avenue.''—Renouard." "47940","61","","","","Thesaurus linguae Latinae Cooper.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 141, as above.","Cooper, Thomas.","Thesavrvs Lingvæ Romanæ & Britannicæ, tam accurate congestus, vt nihil penè in eo desyderari possit, quod vel Latinè comple[???]tatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglicè, toties au[???]ta Eliotæ Bibliotheca: opera & industria Thomæ Cooperi Magdalenensis. Quid fructus ex hoc Thesauro studiosi possint excerpere, & quam rationem secutus author sit in Vocabulorum interpretatione & dispositione, post epistolam demonstratur. Accessit Dictionarivm Historicum & poëticum propria vocabula Virorum, Mulierum, Sectarum, Populorum, Vrbium, Montium, & cæterorum locorum comple[???]tens, & in his iucundissimas & omnium cognitione dignissimas historias. In Thesaurum Thome Cooperi Magdalenensis, hexastichon Richardi Stephani . . . Impressum Londini. [By Henry Denham.] 1573.","","

Folio. 845 leaves, unnumbered. A copy of the edition of 1573 was not available; the above title was copied from the same printer's edition of 1578, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. The English text printed in in black letter, the Latin in roman, double columns. On the title-page is a woodcut device, a bear muzzled and chained, grimpant on a staff, as used as a crest by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, within a garter with the motto Honi Soit Qvi Mal Y Pense.

STC 5687. Hazlitt II, 141. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Thomas Cooper, 1517?-1594, succcssively Bishop of Lincoln and Worcester, and remembered for his part in the Martin Marprelate controversy, produced the first edition of his Thesaurus in 1565. The edition of 1573 was the second.

Sir Thomas Elyot, 1490?-1546, first published his Dictionary of Syr T. Elyot, knyght, in 1538. The first edition revised by Thomas Cooper, with the title Bibliotheca Eliotae, was printed in 1548, and reprinted in 1552 and 1559.

For the ''Stephani Thesaurus,'' see no. 4793." "47950","62","","","","Holyoke's dict. Lat. Eng.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 142, Holyoke's Dictionary, Lat. Eng. fol.","Holyoake, Thomas.","A Large Dictionary In Three Parts: I. The English before the Latin, containing about Ten Thousand words more than any Dictionary yet extant. II. The Latin before the English, with correct and plentiful Etymological Derivations . . . III. The Proper Names of Persons, Places, and other things necessary to the understanding of Historians and Poets . . . Performed by the great Pains and many years Study of Thomas Holyoke, D. D. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for G. Sawbridge, W. Place, T. Basset, T. Dring, J. Leigh, and J. Place, M.DC.LXXVII. [1677.]","PE1620 .H7","

First Edition. Folio, 687 leaves, triple columns, separate titles for the 3 parts, the second in Latin Summo Studio & Labore Thomæ de Sacra-Quercu, the third, also in Latin, with the imprint dated 1676.

Lowndes II, 1095. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 128. STC H2535.

Thomas Holyoake, 1616?-1675, based this work on the Dictionarie Etymologicall of his father Francis Holyoake, first printed in 1617, and several times reprinted. Thomas died before the publication of his Dictionary, which was published by his son Charles (Carolus de Sacra Quercu) and so dedicated by him to Fulke, Lord Brooke, Baron of Beauchamp, X. Kal. Aug. M.DC.LXXVII. The Imprimatur is dated July 15, 1671. At the beginning are complimentary verses to Thomas Holyoake by Thomas DuGard." "47960","63","","","","Littleton's dictionary Lat. Eng.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 110, Littleton's English-Latin, Poetical, Historical, Geographical and Latino-barbarous Dict. 4to.","Littleton, Adam.","Linguæ Latinae Liber Dictionaribus Quadripartitus. A Latine Dictionary, in Four Parts. I. An English-Latine. II. A Latine-Classical. III. A Latine-Proper. IV. A Latine-Barbarous. Wherein The Latine and English are adjusted, with what care might be, both as to Stock of Words and Proprieties of Speech. Particularly, 1. In the English-latine, more Words and Proprieties of our Language, as now spoken, are set down, by several Thousands, than in any other Di[???]tionary yet extant. 2. In the Latine-classik, the Etymologies, Significances, and Phrases are fully and plainly, yet briefly discoursed; together with the several Kinds and Constru[???]tions of the Verbs; a thing hitherto not much regarded. 3. In the Latine-proper, the expressions of Story, which were taken mostly out of Cooper, are much amended; and many useful things are now added, which were frequently omitted; with two Mapps, one of Italy, another of old Rome. 4. In the Latine-barbarous, those words which through Mistake of writing have been corrupted from the Latine, or by Ignorance or Boldness of later Authors have crept into the Latine, are exposed and expounded. And, in all Four Parts, many things that were utterly impertinent and cumbersom to School-Institution and to the true uses of Learning, are laid aside. Of all which several performances, together with considerable Additions of new matter by way of Appendage to the main Work, a fuller Account is given in the Prefaces. Operâ & Studio Adami Littleton, S. T. D. Capellani Palatini . . . London: Printed, for T. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street, J. Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill, and R. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1678.","","

First Edition. 4to. General title as above, titles also for Pars II, and for the Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum, the last with printer's woodcut device, engraved frontispiece by R. White of the Bibliotheca Palatina, repeated before the title of Pars II, (in the copy examined the general title and the margins of the frontispiece were ruled in red), 2 engraved maps, as described in the title, text printed in 3 columns, with passages in black letter and Hebrew; a Kalendarium Romanum at the end.

Lowndes III, 1370. Hazlitt II, 353. STC L2563. Arber I, 301 (February 1678). à Wood IV, 404.

Adam Littleton, 1627-1694, English lexicographer, was educated at Westminster School, where he eventually became a master, and at Christ Church, Oxford. The Dictionary of National Biography in its life of Littleton states that the first edition of this work was published at London in 1673, and describes the edition of 1678 as being much enlarged. All other bibliographies consulted cite this edition of 1678 as the first edition. The footnote to Anthony à Wood's entry to the edition of 1678 reads: ''This is the first edition, of which the well-known anecdote of the word concurro, to condog, is related . . .''

For Cooper's Thesaurus, mentioned in the title, see no. 4794." "47970","64","","","","Robertson's Latin Phrases.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 72, as above.","Robertson, William.","Phraseologia generalis, Continens, quæcunque sunt scitu necessaria, & Praxi, usuique studiosorum Philologicorum, maxime utilia, in cun[???]tis operibus Phraseologicis, Anglico-Latinis, seu Latino-Anglicanis, hucúsque, hîc, in lucem editis; eaque succin[???]tè, & methodicè, disposita; in gratiam studiosæ juventutis, & ad faciliorem, ac fœliciorem, in studiis suis Philologicis, progressum. A Full, Large, and General Phrase Book; Comprehending, Whatsoever is Necessary and most Usefull, in all other Phraseological Books, (hitherto, here, Published;) and Methodically Digested; for the more speedy, and Prosperous Progress of Students, in their Humanity Studies. By William Robertson, A. M. Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes, Printer to the University. 1681. And are to be sold by George Sawbridge, at the Bible, on Ludgate Hill, London.","PA2319 .R68","

First Edition. 8vo. 688 leaves, the first blank on the recto, An Advertisement on the verso, the last with Cambridge Phrases printed lengthwise on the recto, verso blank, text printed in double columns.

Lowndes IV, 2106. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. STC R1616. Hazlitt II, 520. Bowes 166.

William Robertson, d. 1686?, Scots lexicographer, was a graduate of Edinburgh. He was the author of a number of dictionaries and similar works, in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and English. This is the first edition of this work, which was several times reprinted. An edition was re-edited in the nineteenth century." "47980","65","","","","Gradus ad Parnassum.","","g. 12mo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 17, Gradus ad Parnassum, Gr. 12mo. 1831 Catalogue, page 248, no. J. 19, Gradus ad Parnassum, Gr. 12mo. 1839 Catalogue, page 651, no. J. 19, Gradus ad Parnassum, 12mo. [No Title Page.]","","","","

In the absence of a title-page it is not possible to identify the edition in Jefferson's library. It will be noted that the Library of Congress catalogues from 1815 to 1831 inclusive, call for a non-existent edition in Greek, but do not report the loss of the title-page, which must have ocurred between 1815 and 1831. The error with regard to the Greek is probably due to the g. (for grand) in Jefferson's entry, which is placed with the Latin dictionaries and textbooks.

Gradus ad Parnassum was originally the second title of an elementary work on Latin poetry ascribed to a Jesuit priest named Châtillon, entitled Epithetorum et Synonymorum Thesaurus, and first published in 1652. It was later revised and published anonymously by Paul Aler with Châtillon's second title, Gradus ad Parnassum. The first edition by Aler, 1656-1727, a German Jesuit and professor at Cologne, was published in that city in 1687. The book was frequently reprinted, in Germany, England. and elsewhere.

See Backer I, 166." "47990","66","","","","Anchorani porta linguarum trilinguis.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 71, Anchorani porta Linguarum Trilinguis, 8vo.","Comenius, Johann Amos.","The Gate of Tongues unlocked and opened. Or Else, A Seminary or Seed-plot of all Tongues and Sciences. That is, A short way of teaching and thorowly learning within a yeare and a halfe, at the farthest, the Latine, English, French, and any other tongue with the ground and foundation of Arts and Sciences, comprized under an hundred Titles, and 1058 Periods. In Latine first, And now as a token of thankfulnesse brought to light, in Latine, English, and French, in the behalfe of the most illustrious Prince Charles, and of British, French, and Irish Youth. The Fourth Edition much Enlarged. By the labour and industry of John Anchoran, Licentiate in Divinity. London: Printed by Edward Griffin for Michael Sparke, dwelling at the Blew Bible in Green Arbor, 1639.","PA2107 .C6 1639","

Sm. 8vo. The copy in the Library of Congress has 155 leaves only instead of 156, lacks A1 with the Latin title-page; separate title on Q4 for Clavis ad Portam: or, A key fitted to open the Gate of Tongues. Wherein you may readily find the Latine and French for any English word, necessary for all young scholars. Printed for Michael Sparks [by Wye Saltonstall]; text in Latin, English and French in parallel columns, in roman, black and italic letter respectively; woodcut royal arms on the back of the dedication by Joannes Anchoranus to Prince Charles, numerous complimentary verses at the beginning.

STC 15081 (British Museum, Bodleian and Cambridge University Library only, the first lacking the Latin title). Hazlitt IV, 81. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 226.

Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue and the Library of Congress printed catalogues of 1815 and 1831 quote the title in Latin, but without note of edition. The later catalogues assign to the Jefferson library this edition of 1639 with the title quoted in English only.

Johann Amos Comenius [Komensky], 1592-1671, was born in Moravia. His Janua linguarum reserata was printed in Leuconium in 1631. The first English edition, Porta linguarum trilinguis reserata was printed in London in 1631. The edition of 1639 was the fourth London edition and was translated and edited by John Anchoran, Licentiate in Divinity.

Wye Saltonstall, fl. 1630-1640. His Clavis ad Portam, an Index to Anchoran's translation, was first printed in Oxford in 1634." "48000","67","","","","Clavis Virgiliana.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 70, as above.","Clavis Virgiliana.","Clavis Virgiliana: Or, A Vocabulary Of all the Words in Virgil's Bucolics, Georgics, and æneid: In Which I. Each Word is marked with an Accent, to dire[???]t the Pronunciation; and its Part of Speech, Declension, Conjugation, &c. are distinguish'd according to Grammar. II. The several Significations of each Word are ascertain'd, as near as the Nature of the English Language will admit. III. These various Significations are reduced into proper Classes; in a different and better Manner than in any Di[???]tionary extant: In the first Class, the original or primary Meaning (if it be so used by this Author) is set down. In the following, the secondary, more distant and figurative Senses are ranged according to their different Removes from the Original. And under each Class, every Passage, where the Word bears the same Sense, is exa[???]tly referred to. Compiled Out of the best Authors on Virgil, By Several Hands: In a Method entirely New. For the Use of Schools, And the Improvement of those who have made but a small Progress in the Knowledge of the Latin Tongue. London: Printed for T. Astley, at the Rose, over-against the North-Door of St. Paul's. M.DCC.XLII. Price 2 s. 6 d. Sew'd. N. B. This Vocabulary will bind with Mr. Stirling's, the Dauphin, or any other Octavo Edition of Virgil, and the References are adapted to all the Editions which begin the æneid with Arma virumque cano. [1742]","PA6953 .C5 1742","

First Edition. 8vo. 98 leaves, the last with a list of School-Books lately published, all by John Stirling.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Lowndes.

John Stirling was one of the editors of the Clavis Virgiliana For his editions of the classics in this Catalogue, see the Index." "48010","68","","","","Stirling's Exercises","","p 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 20, Stirling's Exercises, 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 660, no. J. 20, Stirling, John: Abridgment of Pomey's Pantheon. by way of Latin Exercise, 8vo; London, 1740.","Stirling, John.","Abridgment of Pomey's Pantheon, by Way of Latin Exercises. London, 1740","","

8vo. No copy of this work has been located. It is not listed in the British Museum Catalogue, nor in any bibliography consulted.

François Antoine Pomey, 1618-1670, French Jesuit grammarian. His Pantheum Mysticum, a treatise on classical mythology, was first published in Lyons in 1659, and frequently reprinted.

For other works edited by John Stirling, see the Index." "48020","69","","","","Ainsworth's dict.","","3. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 109, Ainsworth's Dictionary, Lat. Eng. 3 v 4to.","Ainsworth, Robert.","Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendarius, or A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue designed for the use of the British Nation. First published by Mr. Robert Ainsworth. A New Edition, with great additions and amendments, particularly a large and copious Index of such words as occur in Stephen and Ainsworth, of an obsolete . . . or modern character . . . also another Index of the same kind from Vossius, Calepin, Cooper, Littleton and others, to which are subjoined, a third of the more common Latin words in our ancient laws . . . and a general Chronology of eminent persons and memorable things, by Thomas Morell . . . London: Printed by Charles Rivington and William Woodfall for J. Pote, C. Bathurst [and others] 1783.","","

3 vol. 4to. A copy was not available for examination. The above title was copied from a card in the National Union Catalog.

Lowndes I, 23. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

The copy entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue was bought in England, priced at 24/-plus rel. An edition in 2 volumes was bound for Jefferson in calf, gilt, by Joseph Milligan on April 30, 1808, cost 2 dollars, and therefore probably in 8vo.

Robert Ainsworth, 1660-1743, English lexicographer. The first edition of his Thesaurus was published in 1736. It is inscribed to Dr. Richard Mead in a Latin dedication. Editions were printed in 1746, 1751, 1752, etc.

Thomas Morell, 1708-1784, English classical scholar, was born at Eton. His first edition of Ainsworth's Thesaurus was published in 1773. Morell wrote and edited works for use at Eton, which accounts for Pote's name in the imprint of this book." "48030","70","","","","Ainsworth's dict. Lat. Eng. abridged.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 69, Ainsworth's Lat. and Eng. Dictionary abridged, 2 v 8vo.","","","","

This entry is checked in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, denoting that the copy had been received. There is no entry for the book in any later catalogue; the book must have disappeared sometime between 1815 and 1830, the date of the next catalogue. It is not entered in the manuscript list of missing books made some time between those dates. This may have been the copy bound for Jefferson by Milligan in 1808, see the previous entry.

The copy ordered by Jefferson from Joseph Milligan, in a letter dated from Monticello, August 11, 1815, shortly after the arrival of his library in Washington, was for his own use:

. . . I must ask you to send me . . . the 8vo. abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary. this last to be bound in two separate volumes, to wit, the Latin & English part in 1. vol. & the English & Latin & other parts in a 2d. vol . . ." "48040","71","","","","Della lingua Toscana del Buommatei.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 74, as above.","Buommattei, Benedetto.","Della Lingua Toscana di Benedetto Buommattei Pubblico Lettore d'Essa Nello Studio Pisano, e Fiorentino Libri Due. Aggiuntevi in fine molte Regole, ed Osservazioni d'alcuni Celebri Autori. Ultima Impressione Veneta più accurata, e con particolar diligenza ricorretta. In Venezia, MDCCXXXV. Per Gasparo Girardi. Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio. [1735.]","","

4to. 2 parts in 1, 128 and 46 leaves; half-title on Q7 for Aggiunta di Regole, e Osservazioni di Varj Autori Intorno Alla Lingua Toscana, Tavola on Q8, text begins on the next leaf, A1 with separate signatures and pagination; text in double columns throughout; at the beginning the Vita di Benedetto Buommattei Scritta da Dalisto Narceate Pastore Arcade [G. B. Casotti].

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse, Ebert.

Benedetto Buommattei, 1581-1647, Italian grammarian. The first edition of this work was published in 1643. Giovanni Battista Casotti, 1669-1737, Italian scholar." "48050","72","","","","Grammaire Italienne d'Antonini.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 21, as above.","Antonini, Annibale.","Grammaire Italienne pratique et raisonnée, par M. l'abbé Antonini. Nouvelle Edition, revue et corrigée par M. Conti. Lyon: P. Duplain, 1763.","","

12mo. A copy was not available for examination; the above title is taken from that in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Annibale Antonini, 1702-1755, Italian scholar and abbé, lived in France during a period of years, teaching the Italian language. He compiled an Italian-French dictionary, and was the author of several other books as well as the editor of a number of the classics." "48060","73","","","","Vocabolario della Crusca.","","5. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 143, as above.","Reale Accademia della Crusca.","Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca. Impressione Napoletana secondo l'ultima di Firenze, con la Giunta di molte Voci. Raccolte dagli Autori approvati della stessa Accademia. Napoli: a spese di Giuseppe Ponzelli, nella Stamperia di Giovanni di Simone, 1746-1748.","","

Folio. 6 vol. in 5; engraved vignettes on the titles, initials, and head and tail pieces; text printed in double columns. A copy was not available for examination. The title and information were obtained from the card of the Hamilton College Library in the National Union Catalog.

Jefferson's copy of this book or of the next following entry was sent to him by Molini. In a letter dated from Paris November 21, 1788, addressed to William Short, poste restante at Milan, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I am in hopes you will find the rest of your journey still more agreeable than the beginning. I shall lighten it of one load, that of getting me the Vocabolario della Crusca which Moline has furnished me . . .

The Reale Accademia della Crusca was founded in 1582 with the object of purifying the language. Its device was a sieve, and its motto Il più bel fior ne coglie. Its greatest work was the Vocabulario della Crusca, first printed in Venice in 1612. This work was composed on Tuscan principles, and regarded the fourteenth century as the Augustan period of the language." "48070","74","","","","Vocabolario della Crusca.","","Ven. 1741. 5. to. in 2. vol. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 111, Vocabolario della Crusca, Ven. 1741, 5 tom. in 2 vol. 4to.","Reale Accademia della Crusca.","Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca compendiato secondo la quarta ed ultima Impressione di Firenze covietta ed accresciuta, cominciata l'anno 1729 e terminata nel MDCCXXXVIII. Venezia: Baseggio, 1741.","","

4to. 5 vol. in 2. A copy was not available for examination.

A copy described as 5. to. in 1. vol. 4to. is entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

See the note to the previous entry." "48080","75","","","","Dictionnaire Ital. et Franc. d'Alberti.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 112, as above.","Alberti de Villaneuve, François d'.","Nuovo Dizionario Italiano-Francese, composto su i Dizionarj dell' Accademia Francese, e della Crusca, ed arricchito di tutti i Termini proprj delle Scienze, e delle Arti; opere utile, anzi necessaria a tutti coloro che vogliono tradurre, o leggere con profitto, i Libri scritti nell' una, e nell' altra Lingua. Del Signor abate Francesco de Alberti di Villanuova. Terza edizione, corretta, ed accresciuta di molti articoli, e della geografi. Nizza e Marseille: Piestre e Delamolliere, 1788.","","

2 vol. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 516 leaves. A copy was not obtainable for collation; the title was copied from the card of the Johns Hopkins University Library in the National Union Catalog.

Brunet I, 134. Graesse I, 53. Ebert 334.

Jefferson bought a copy from Froullé in Paris on August 26, 1789, price 30.0.0. Several years later, in June 1803, he bought a copy for the Library of Congress, from Charles Pougens, the price specially reduced from 42 to 36.

François d'Alberti de Villaneuve, 1737-1800, French lexicographer, was born in Nice. This is the second edition of his dictionary, which was originally published in Marseilles in 1771-72." "48090","76","","","","Bottarelli's Ital. Fr. & Eng. dict.","","3. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 22, Bottarelli's Dictionary, Ital. Fr. Eng. 3v 12mo.","Bottarelli, F.","The New Italian, English, and French Pocket-Dictionary. Vol. I. Containing the Italian before the English and the French. [Vol. II. Containing the English before the Italian and French. Vol. III. Containing the French before the Italian and English.] Carefully compiled from the Dictionaries of La Crusca, Dr. S. Johnson, The French Academy, And from other Dictionaries of the Best Authorities. In which the Parts of Speech are properly distinguished, and each Word accented according to its true and natural Pronunciation. To which is prefixed A New Compendious Italian Grammar. By F. Bottarelli, A. M. London: Printed for J. Nourse, in the Strand, Bookseller to His Majesty. M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777.]","PC1635.A2B6","

3 vol. 12mo. Jefferson seems to have sold all three volumes to Congress in 1815; the entry is checked in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue. This entry has however a manuscript notation 1st and 2nd volumes missing. The third volume is the only one called for in the later catalogues, and the first and second volumes are entered in the manuscript list of books missing from the Congressional Library. The only volume now in the Library of Congress is a copy of Volume I. A complete copy has not been found.

The New York Public Library has a copy of Volume III (only) with the autograph signature of John Adams.

Lowndes I, 242.

The three volumes entered in Jefferson's undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

F. Bottarelli, fl. 1777. No further information has been found concerning the author. From the evidence it would seem that he may have been an Italian living in England." "48100","77","","","","Tresor des trois langues Espagn. Franç. Ital.","","3 v. p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 76, as above.","Oudin, César, and others.","Le Thresor des trois Langves, Espagnole, Françoise, et Italienne, auquel est contenüe l'Explication de toutes les trois, respectivement l'une par l'autre: distingvé en trois partes: I. Tesoro de la Lengua Espanola, Francesa y Italiana . . . II. Thresor de la Langue Françoise, Italienne, et Espagnole . . . III. Tesoro delle tre Lingue, Italiana, Francese, e Espagnuola . . . Le tout recueilli des plus celebres autheurs . . . Par Caesar Ovdin, Nicot, La Crvsca, et autres. Dernière édition reueue et augmentée en plusieurs endroits. Genève: J. Crespin, 1627.","","

8vo. 3 vol.; a copy was not available for examination; the title is taken from the printed card of the copy in the University of Chicago. Jefferson describes the book as a small quarto; in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale it is entered as an octavo.

Not in Graesse. This edition not in Palau.

César Oudin, d. 1625, Spanish scholar and diplomat, was brought up at the Court of the King of Navarre, and eventually became ''Sécretaire Interprete du Roy és langues Germanique, Italienne, Espagonolle, et Sécretaire ordinaire de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé.'' He was the author of a number of books, and of a translation into French of Don Quixote.

Jean Nicot, Sieur de Villemain, 1530-1600, French author and diplomat, served the King as Ambassador to Portugal. His name has given the word Nicotine to the language." "48110","78","","","","Baretti's dict. Ital. Eng.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 113, Baretti's Dictionary, Ital. Eng. 2 v 4to.","Baretti, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio.","A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages. By Joseph Baretti. Improved and augmented with above Ten Thousand Words omitted in the last Edition of Altieri. To which is added an Italian and English Grammar. A New Edition. London: Printed for W. Strahan [and others], 1771.","","

2 vol. 4to. A copy of this edition was not available for collation.

This edition not in Lowndes.

This may be the book to which Jefferson referred in his letter to John Trumbull in London, dated from Paris March 15, 1789:

. . . I expect Lackington will call on you as soon as you receive this for a sum of about £5. be so good as to tell him to add to my catalogue No. 5894. Baretti 3/ (he will understand this) . . .

Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, 1719-1789, Italian author and lexicographer, was born in Turin. In January 1751 he obtained an engagement in the Italian Opera House at London, where, soon after his arrival he opened a school for teaching Italian, and taught that language to Mrs. Lennox, the author of The Female Quixote. Baretti became acquainted with Dr. Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith and many others. He returned to Italy and to London a number of times, and died in London. The first edition of his Italian dictionary, to which Dr. Johnson wrote the dedication, was printed in London in 1770. A number of later editions appeared.

Ferdinando Altieri published the first edition of his English and Italian dictionary in London in 1726." "48120","79","","","","Dictionnaire portatif et de prononciation. Sp. Fr. & Fr. Sp. par Cormon","","2 v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 77, Dictionnaire portatif et de prononciation Spanish et French, par Cormon. 2 v 8vo.","Cormon, J. L. Barthélemi.","Dictionnaire portatif et de prononciation, Espagnol-Français et Francais-Espagnol, a l'Usage des deux Nations. Composé et rédigé fidellement, d'après la dernière édition du Dictionnaire de l'Académie Royale Espagnole, et les meilleurs Dictionnaires Français . . . on y a Joint Le Vocabulaire géographique de la France et de l'Espagne, et les noms des autres Pays, Fleuves, Rivières, etc. dont l'orthographe diffère dans les deux langues. Par J. L. Barthelemi Cormon. A Lyon: Chez B. Cormon et Blanc, Libraires, rue St-Dominique; et chez Reymann et Comp.e, Libraires, rue St-Dominique. An VIII.—1800.","PC4645 .F2C3","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 394 and 352 leaves, both volumes with half-titles. The title of the first volume is as above. That of the second is in Spanish: Diccionario Portátil y de Pronunciacion, Español-Frances y Frances-Español . . . 1800.

Quérard II, 289. Not in Palau.

Jefferson ordered his copy from Roche frères of Philadelphia in a letter dated from Washington June 1, 1805. The volumes were sent on June 4, price $7.00.

J. L. Barthélemi Cormon, French scholar, a native of Lyons, was a member of the famous publishing house in that city." "48130","80","","","","Diccionario portatil. Span. Eng. & Eng. Span.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 24, Diccionario partatil Span. & Eng. 2 v. 12mo.","Gattel, Claude Marie.","Nuevo Diccionario Portatil, Español é Ingles, Compuesto segun los Mejores Diccionarios que hasta ahora han salido a luz en ambas Naciones. Por C. M. Gattel, Professor de Gramatica General. Expañol é Ingles. Paris: Por Bossange, Masson y Besson. XI.—MDCCCIII. [1803.]","PC4640 .G3 PC4640 .A2G33","

2 vol. 16mo. 240 and 224 leaves, both volumes with half-titles. The title of the second volume is in English: The New Pocket Dictionary, of the English and Spanish Languages, Carefully Compiled from the most approved English and Spanish Dictionaries. By .C. M. Gattel, Professor of General Grammar. English and Spanish. Paris: Printed for Bossange, Masson and Besson. XI.—MDCCCIII. [1803.]

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert. This edition not in Palau. Quérard II, 275.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Roche frères of Philadelphia in a letter dated from Washington, May 17, 1805. Three days later, on May 20, the copy was sent, 2 vols in 16s. reliés en basane filetre, price $4.00.

Jefferson sold both volumes to Congress, but the English-Spanish volume disappeared sometime after 1830. It is called for in the catalogue of 1830 but the later catalogues call for only one volume. Only one volume is written in ink beside the entry in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and the title is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

Claude Marie Gattel, 1743-1812, French scholar was born in Lyons, where he eventually became professor of philosophy. Later he was a professor at Grenoble, and finally at the école Centrale of the Département of Isère. The first edition of this pocket dictionary was published in Lyons in 1798." "48140","81","","","","Grammatica Castellana. por l'Academia.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 23, as above.","Real Academia Española.","Gramatica de la Lengua Castellana, compuesta por la Real Academia Española.","","

This entry has the annotation missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue, and is omitted from the later catalogues. It is entered in the manuscript list of missing books made after 1815. The book, without further information as to place and date of printing, is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue without any price.

The first edition was printed in 1771 in Madrid by D. Joachin de Ibarra, Impressor de Cámara de S. M., and the second edition by the same printer appeared in the following year. Both these editions (copies of which are in the Library of Congress) are in small octavo, and could easily have been described by Jefferson as 12mo." "48150","82","","","","Grammaire Espagnole. de Pellizer.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 75, as above.","Pellizer García, Joseph Emmanuel de.","Grammaire Espagnole composée sur celle de l'Académie espagnole, par M. l'Abbé J. E. de Pellizer. A Paris: Chez Théophile Barrois le jeune, libraire, 1786.","","

First Edition. 52 leaves including the half-title, folded table. A copy was not seen; the information was obtained from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Quérard VII, 36. Not in Graesse, Ebert or Palau." "48160","83","","","","Diccionario del Academia Espanola.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 144, Diccionario de Academia Espanolo, fol.","Real Academia Española.","Diccionario de la Lengua Castellana, compuesto por la Real Academia Española, reducido á un Tomo para su mas fácil uso. Segunda Edicion, en la qual se han colocado en los lugares correspondientes todas las voces del Suplemento, que se puso al fin de la Edicion del año de 1780, y se han anadido otra nuevo Suplemento de Artículos pertencientes á las Letras A. B. y C. Madrid: por Joaquin Ibarra, Impresora de la Real Academia, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783.]","","

Folio. 491 leaves, text in triple columns. A copy of the edition of 1783 was not available. The title was taken from the card of the University of Cincinnati Library in the National Union Catalog, collated with the edition of 1791, printed por la Viuda de Don Joaquin Ibarra, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress.

Palau I, 8.

Jefferson bought a copy of a Dictionnaire Espagnole in fol. from Froullé in Paris on August 28, 1787, price 34.0. The Diccionario del Academia Española. fol. is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 35.0. In 1803 Jefferson bought a copy (the edition unspecified) from Charles Pougens, for the Library of Congress.

The Real Academia Española was founded in Madrid in 1713. The first edition of this Diccionario was published in 1780. At the beginning is a list headed Académicos de Número, Supernumerarios y Honorarios que actualmente componen la Academia por el órden de su antigüedad.

The title of the dictionary was later changed to Diccionario de la Lengua Española." "48170","84","","","","Dictionnaire Espan. Franc. Lat. de Sejournant.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 114, Dictionnaire Espagn. Franc. Latin de Sejournant. 2 v 4to.","Séjournant, Nicolas de.","Nouveau Dictionnaire Espagnol-François et Latin, Composé Sur les Dictionnaires des Académies Royales de Madrid et de Paris. Par M. De Sejournant, écuyer, Interprete du Roi, pour la Langue Espagnole. Nouvelle édition Corrigée et Augmentée. Tome Premier. [-Second]. A Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, pere, Libraire du Roi pous l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine, à l'Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC. LXXV. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1775.]","PC4635 .S5","

2 vol. 4to. 548 and 256 leaves, text in triple columns. The title of Vol. II varies; at the end is a Dictionnaire Géographique, François-Espagnol.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Brunet, Graesse, or Ebert.

Jefferson bought a copy while in Paris from Froullé on April 17, 1789, price 30. It is entered without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

In June 1803, Jefferson bought a copy of the same work from Pougens in Paris, at the price of 12 francs, reduced from 42, the book being intended for the Library of Congress.

Nicolas de Séjournant, interpreter to the King for the Spanish language, published the first edition of this work in 1759. It was several times reprinted." "48180","85","","","","Baretti's Span. & Eng. dict.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 145, Baretti's Span. and Eng. Dictionary, 2 v fol.","Baretti, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio.","A Dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish: Containing The Signification of Words, and their different Uses; Together with The Terms of Arts, Sciences, and Trades; and The Spanish Words accented and spelled according to the Regulation of the Royal Spanish Academy of Madrid. The Second Edition, Corrected and Improved by Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. London: Printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty. MDCCLXXVIII. [1778.]","PC4640 .A2B3 1778","

2 vol. Folio. 180 and 140 leaves, the last with a list of books printed for J. Nourse; the Dictionary printed in triple columns, the leaves unnumbered.

Lowndes I, 113. Watt I, 71.

Jefferson ordered a copy from Stockdale of London, in a letter dated from Paris, September 26, 1785. It is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 8.5.

For a note on Baretti, see no. 4811 above. No edition earlier than 1778 was recorded in any bibliography or catalogue consulted. The first edition may have appeared earlier in the same year. The Advertisement at the beginning of this work gives an account of the previous English-Spanish dictionaries, and the reason for the necessity of a new one, which has been compiled ''chiefly by the help of Johnson's Dictionary with regard to the English part, and of the Spanish Academicians with regard to the Spanish.''" "48190","86","","","","Dufief's Nature displayed.","","2. v. 8vo. 2. copies.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 79, Dufief's Nature displayed, adapted to the French Language, 2 v 8vo.","Dufief, Nicolas Gouin.","Nature Displayed, in her Mode of Teaching Language to Man; or, A New and Infallible Method of Acquiring a Language in the Shortest Time Possible, Deduced from the Analysis of the Human Mind, and, Consequently Suited to Every Capacity. Adapted to the French. By N. G. Dufief, of Philadelphia . . . Vol. I. Containing the Conversation Phrases. [-Vol. II. Containing the Philosophy of Language, and Syntax made Easy.]. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas L. Plowman, [Vol. II. by Thomas S. Manning] for the Author, No. 47, North Third Street. 1804.","","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 261 and 230 leaves, the last for the errata in both volumes. Subscribers' names, headed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America—6 copies, on 9 leaves at the end of the second volume.

Not in Sabin.

Dufief had mentioned this work to Jefferson before January 1, 1800, on which day, in a letter to the former, dated from Washington, Jefferson wrote:

. . . you will render a good service if you can abridge the acquisition of a new language. it would greatly facilitate our progress in science, if we could shorten the time necessary for learning the language in which it is described . . .

Almost three years later, on November 9, 1802, Dufief wrote to Jefferson a long letter concerning the work, and sent for his inspection the preliminary discourse:

Il y a près de deux ans que j'eus l'honneur de vous entretenir de mon travail sur la vraie & unique methode d'enseigner les langues, que je crois avoir decouverte—Je vous priais de vouloir bien être mon juge, touchant la maniere dont j'ai traité un sujet, toujours digne de l'attention du Philosophe, par l'influence qu'ont les Langues sur notre faculté de Penser, laquelle pour parler le langage de Condillac & d'Euler, n'existe que par elles.

Encouragé par l'idée que vous ne me refusiez pas cette faveur inestimable, j'ai redoublé d'attention & d'efforts & j'ai amené mon ouvrage au point d'être entierement terminé, à l'exception, cependant, de quelques pages qui me restent encore á ecrire pour la seconde Section, la plus importante dans l'ordre des choses, mais heureusement la moins difficile à manier.

Afin de vous mettre en état de prononcer sur le plan de l'ouvrage, j'ai pensé que je devais vous envoyer mon Discours Préliminaire, ou il est developpé & analysé dans le plus grand détail. Vous connaîtrez ma manière d'écrire par le premier Chapitre que j'y ai joint—Il est intitulé Conversation, ainsi que les suivans, pour de petites raisons de Nouveauté & d'intérêt. Vous vous formerez aussi une idée des Vocabulaires de la seconde Section, par celui que je vous envoye; c'est un des plus Important, puisqu'il a rapport aux mots servant de Lieu & de complément de sens entre les autres parties du Discours—

J'aurais bien désiré vous envoyer plusieurs autres de mes conversations, mais il aurait fallu pour cela vous faire passer tout l'ouvrage, qui sera encore entre les mains du Copiste, pendant un mois—

Je m'abstiendrai, comme il convient, de faire aucune reflexion sur ma méthode; je me bornerai à observer qu'elle ne saurait être adopté sans faire une revolution complète dans l'Education qui ne consiste presque uniquement qu'a aprendre des Langues mortes ou Vivantes. Il me faudrait avant qu'elle ait le moindre succès, soutenir une longue lutte avec tous les Pédans des Collèges & des Ecoles, qui par leurs clameurs pourraient réussir a prévenir le Public contre l'ouvrage & peut être contre l'auteur lui même en l'accusant, par exemple, de matérialisme, à cause du titre qu'il a choisi—

Cette Reflexion m'a suggeré l'idée de faire Imprimer ma methode, par souscription. J'ai adopté, sauf un meilleur, le plan suivant que je prends la liberté de vous Communiquer.

Afin de mettre les Souscripteurs en état de la juger par eux-mêmes, je me propose de publier conjointement avec le Prospectus, Le Dis. Prel & d'y joindre un échantillon de ma maniere de traiter ce qu'il y a de plus abstrait en Grammaire, comme l'origine des Genres des adjectives des Noms Abstraits; le tout formera une brochure d'environ 45—Pages, 8vo. Je la ferai porter chez les Citoyens de Philadelphie & des autres villes des Etats-Unis, qui sont le plus en possession de l'estime publique. Quelques jours après on les priera de la remettre (conformement à l'avis qui sera en tête,) à celui qui sera chargé de recueillir la Souscription de ceux que l'ouvrage aura interessé; elle sera de deux dollars & demie par Exemplaire, d'environ 5 à 600—Pages in 8vo. imprimé correctement sur Beau papier.

Rien ne serait plus propre à me concilier les suffrages du Public que votre approbation, en cas que vous en jugiez l'ouvrage digne. Si j'avais l'avantage de l'obtenir je ne ferais rien Imprimer de la Brochure (excepté ce que vous en auriez lu) sans vous le Communiquer auparavant.

Le moment que je regarde comme le plus proprice pour ouvrir la Souscription, est le Commencement de decembre, époque ou se rendront à Philadelphie les Libraires des Etats-Unis, mes Confrères pour assister à la Foire littéraire. Je vous serais donc bien obligé de me renvoyer le Dis. Pre. &c. dès que vous aurez eu la bontè de le parcourir . . .

Jefferson replied from Washington on November 15, and promised to subscribe for half a dozen copies:

I have duly recieved two rolls of the work on language you propose to publish, and it is with regret, but with truth, I am obliged to assure you that so unremitting are the duties of my office, the things which I am bound to do, that I scarcely ever can command one moment to read any thing but official papers. piles of these are always lying till I can read and dispatch them. not therefore to retard your publication, which you expressed a desire to commence, I was about returning the rolls unread with my apology, when last night I accidently got an half hour which I could dispose of. I gave a cursory perusal to your preliminary discourse, and ran over some of the phrases, yet not so as to be able to form a judgment of the merit of the work. the proposition to teach a language by phrases is new as a method; altho, besides infants learning their native tongue, we have seen persons learn a foreign language in that way: and I have observed they are less apt to run into barbarisms, as Je suis froid, for I am cold &c. than those who learn single words, & put them together of themselves. I have observed that to understand modern Latin, you must understand the native language of the writer & to find the meaning of a phrase must retranslate it into his language. that the genders in French must be learnt by memory I am convinced, since there are few rules where the exceptions are not as numerous as the words it embraces. the position of the adjective before or after the substantive, when to use the active & when the reflective verb, which of the auxiliaries etre, & avoir, is proper to each verb, are difficulties which your method may conquer: I am sure the common one has not done it. your pupils will doubtless understand their subject the better for learning also the common principles of grammar. for the higher, they must ascend into the highest regions of metaphysics. I can see by what you have done that your work will be eminently useful, and ask permission to subscribe for half a dozen copies for the different members of my family . . .

Dufief wrote his thanks three days later, on November 18:

J'ai été infiniment touché de votre lettre obligeante en me renvoyant mes papiers. Le vif désir de savoir votre opinion de mon travail, m'a empêché de considérer que le Philosophe de Monticello était changé en homme d'etat à Washington, & que les soins importans dont vous êtes chargé pouvaient enlever tous vos momens.

Recevez donc Mes excuses pour vous avoir importuné.—Vos observations judicieuses au sujet du langage, prouvent combien cette matiere abstraite vous est familière, & les remarques que vous faites sur quelquesunes des difficultés les plus délicates de la langue Française, font voir aussi que vous avez honoré cette langue d'une attention profonde.

Je vais passer l'hiver entier à m'efforcer de rendre tout mon ouvrage digne de l'approbation que vous avez accordée à la partie qui vous en a été soumise . . .

Ten months later, on September 12, 1803, Dufief sent the Prospectus:

Ci-joint est le Prospectus de l'ouvrage que vous avez si puissament encouragé par vos lettres flatteuses du 9 Janvier 1800 & 15 November 1803. J'ai taché, du mieux qu'il m'a été possible, de reconnaitre devant le Public, des obligationes que je vous ai—J'eusse certainement soumis mon Prospectus a votre Jugement éclairé, avant de le livrer à l'impression, sans l'idée que je devais respecter des soins importans dont vous êtes chargé, & que l'année passée j'avais peut-être abusé de votre bonté pour moi, en vous dérobant quelquesuns des momens que vous consacriez à l'administration Publique, ou à vos Méditations particulieres. Quoique je h'eusse sans doute pas besoin d'appuyer mon Prospectus d'aucune autre recommendation, après ce que vous avez eu la bonté de dire de l'ouvrage, j'ai cru cependant qu'il me serait permis de publier aussi l'opinion Du Dr Smith dont les talens & la libéralité en matière de science sont généralement reconnus. Mr. Girardin dont les connaissances sur la science Grammaticale sont fort etendus, & qui est auteur d'un ouvrage sur l'histoire, qui lui fera beaucoup d'honneur, ayant fort approuvé les principes d'après lesquels l'ouvrage a été composé, il m'est venu à l'idée que sa recommandation pourrait etre de quelque utilité au succés de la souscription. Il est absolument indispensable d'opposer l'opinion decisive des gens éclairés aux prejugés des personnes qui voyent toujours d'un oeil jaloux & inquiet, les efforts que l'on fait pour perfectionner les sciences morales, & surtout l'éducation.

Vous verrez par le prospectus que mon ouvrage est plus etendu que je n'avais d'abord imaginé. Vous n'en serez point surpris, car lorsqu'un sujet est profond, une meditation continue y fait découvir des choses nouvelles & nécessaire qui avaient d'abord échappé . . .

A year later, on September 27, 1804, Dufief wrote to announce that he was sending the six copies:

J'aurais bien désiré envoyer à Monticello vos exemplaires de mon ouvrage, le jour même qu'il a paru; mais comme le paquet était un peu gros & qu'il ne s'est point offert d'occasions particulières je me suis vu forcé d'attendre, pour cet effet, le départ d'un bâtiment pour Georgetown & j'ai chargé Mr John March de vous les faire tenir par l'entremise de Mr Barnes.

Mon ouvrage étant publié, je ne dois plus en parler, d'ailleurs à quoi cela me servirait il surtout avec vous, puisque l'habitude que vous avez de vous occuper de matières abstraites (sans parler de votre pénétration) vous fera bientôt juger des défauts et des avantages de la nouvelle méthode que je propose.

Je me suis appuyé à la page xxxviii de votre opinion, car j'ai cru que des idées justes & qui seront certainement utiles ne devaient pas être conservées oisivement dans le portefeuille d'un Amateur des lettres, Publicum bonum sit suprema lex—cette considération me fait esperer que je trouverai plusque Gràce, auprès de vous pour cette liberté là . . .

The passage referred to on page xxxviii is in the form of a footnote:

*Mr. Jefferson, President of the United States, and a gentleman so highly and justly celebrated for genius and philosophical knowledge, has, in a letter to the author concerning this work, observed, that ''The proposition to teach a language by phrases is new as a method; although, besides infants learning their native tongue, we have seen persons learn a foreign language that way; and I have observed they are less apt to run into barbarisms, as je suis froid, for I am cold, &c. than those who learn single words and put them together of themselves. I have observed that to understand modern Latin, you must understand the native language of the writer, and to find the meaning of a phrase, retranslate it into his language,'' &c.

The title appears on Jefferson's list of books acquired during the year 1804.

On February 3, 1805, Dufief sent the bill for six copies at $5.00 a copy, total $30.00. On a second bill, receipted by Dufief, the price of the copies is entered as 5 gourdes chaque.

On March 18, 1806, eighteen months after sending to Jefferson the six copies of the first edition, Dufief wrote to announce the forthcoming publication of a second edition:

Vous verrez par le pamflet que je vous adresse qu'il m'est impossible de publier le moindre ouvrage sans vous avoir la plus grande obligation—Je vous prie, donc, de l'accepter comme une bien faible marque de ma reconnaissance.

Je vais publier une Seconde édition de ''Nature Displayed''—Il parait assuré que la nouvelle méthode triomphera—Les Collèges ces institutions déformatrices de l'entendement se trouvent par là menacés d'une réforme Salutaire—Plût à Dieu qu'elle s'opère promptement, ce Serait pour moi la plus flatteuse des recompenses . . .

A copy of this edition was sent by Dufief on February 27 of the following year, 1807:

Je profite avec le plus vif empressement de l'occasion que m'offre Mr De Boucherie pour vous prier de me faire l'honneur d'accepter un exemplaire de la seconde edition de mon ouvrage—Je me flatte que vous approuverez les nouveaux apperçus que j'ai donnés dans le discours Préliminaire au sujet de la marche de l'esprit humain en apprenant la langue maternelle . . .

Jefferson wrote his thanks on March 13:

Th Jefferson returns to m[???] Dufief his thanks for the copy of the new edition of his work which he has been so kind as to send him, and which he shall look into with pleasure in the first leisure moment he prays him to accept his salutations & respects.

This second edition was probably the second copy entered in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue. It was not sold to Congress.

Nicolas Gouin Dufief, d. 1834, was born in France, but emigrated to the United States at an early age, though he never seemed to accustom himself to the English language. In 1801 he opened a book store in South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, originally for the purpose of selling Benjamin Franklin's library.

Nature Displayed was his first publication. It contains another reference to Jefferson in addition to the one mentioned. In Volume II, on page 45, Jefferson, Washington and Franklin are used as examples to make a point:

Finally. Though proper names are in themselves sufficiently definite, and of course need no Article, yet they will sometimes admit the Article before them; as, les Franklins, les Washingtons & les Jeffersons, font un honneur immortel a l'Amerique; The Franklins, Washingtons and Jeffersons reflect eternal honour on America.

By thus placing the Articles before their proper names, we form a distinct class, a separate species of them, the better to convey to the mind the exalted opinion we entertain of such great men. Then, their names becoming appellative or common, are liable to the accidents thereof.

For other works by Dufief, and references to him, see the Index." "48200","87","","","","Dictionaire du vieux language de La Combe.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 81, Dictionnaire du Vieux Language, de la Combe, 2v 8vo.","Lacombe, François.","Dictionnaire du Vieux Langage François, Enrichi de Passages tirés des Manuscrits en Vers & en Prose, des A[???]tes Publics, des Ordonnances de nos Rois, &c. Ouvrage Utile aux Legistes, Notaires, Archivistes, Généalogistes, &c. Propre à donner une idée du Génie, des Mœurs de chaque siecle, & de la tournure d'esprit des Auteurs; & nécessaire pour l'intelligence des Loix d'Angleterre, publiées en François depuis Guillaume le Conquérant, jusqu'à Edouard III. Dédié à Mgr le Duc d'Aiguillon. Par M. Lacombe. Prix, cinq livres broché A Paris: Chez Panckoucke, Libraire, rue & à côté de la Comédie Françoise, au Parnasse. M. DCC. LXVI; M. DCC. LXVII. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi. [1766; 1767]","PC2889.L3","

First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 254 and 318 leaves. The title of Vol. II differs from that of Vol. I, and reads in part: Dictionnaire du Vieux Langage François . . . Avec Un Coup d'œil sur l'Origine, sur les Progrès de la Langue & de la Poésie Françoise, des Fragmens des Troubadours & des autres Poëtes, depuis Charlemagne jusques à François I. Dédié a la Ville d'Avignon. Par M. Lacombe. Supplement, 6 liv. broché. A Paris: Chez Nicolas Augustin Delalain . . . with date M. DCC. LXVII. The first volume collates with a 25 letter alphabet, including both I and J, U and V, the letter W being the only one omitted.

Quérard IV, 365.

Jefferson bought his copy from the Rev. Samuel Henley. The title is included in the list appended by him to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list of the books in this purchase made by Jefferson.

François Lacombe, 1733-1795, was a native of Avignon. At the time of his death he held the post of Commissioner of Police at Montpellier." "48210","88","","","","Dictionaire de Miege. Fr. Eng.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 149, Dictionnaire Fr. Eng. de Miege, fol.","Miege, Guy.","The Great French Dictionary. In Two Parts. The First, French and English; The Second, English and French; According to the Ancient and Modern Orthography. Wherein Each Language is Set forth in its Greatest Latitude: The Various Senses of Words, both Proper and Figurative, Are Orderly Digested; And Illustrated with Apposite Phrases, and Proverbs: The Hard Words Explained; And the Proprieties Adjusted. To Which are Prefixed The Grounds of Both Languages, in Two Grammatical Discourses; The One English, and the Other French. By Guy Miege, Gent. London: Printed by J. Redmayne, for Tho. Basset, at the George near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street. MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]","PC2640.A2M5","

First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 310 and 320 leaves unnumbered; general title as above, followed by The Grounds of the French Tongue (a2, a-e4, f2), title for the First Part on f1, with imprint dated MDCLXXXVII, the text of the first part, the French before the English, begins on the following leaf, A1, ends on Cccc1; Ccc2 contains the title for the Second Part, the English before the French, the imprint also dated MDCLXXXVII, the Methode Abbregee pour Apprendre l'Anglois at the beginning of the second part; text of the Dictionary in triple columns.

Lowndes III, 1548. Hazlitt III, 160. STC M2012.

Guy Miege, 1644-1718?, a native of Lausanne, left Switzerland for London in 1660. For another work by him, and a note on him, see no. 1449." "48220","89","","","","Dufief's Dictionary Fr. Eng.","","3. v. p. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 82, Dictionary Fr. Eng. by Dufief, 3 v 8vo.","Dufief, Nicolas Gouin.","A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Languages: Containing above Fifty Thousand terms and names not to be found in the Dictionaries of Boyer, Perry, Nugent, Tocquot, or any other Lexicographer. To which is added, A Vast Fund of Other Information, equally beneficial and instructive, never before published in any work of this kind. For the use of The French and English Student, the Divine, Civilian, Lawyer, Justice of the Peace, Physician, Surgeon, Mineralogist, Chemist, Botanist, Agriculturalist, Apothecary, Mariner, Soldier, Merchant, Banker, Mathematician, Natural Philosopher, Astronomer, Geographer, Historian, Antiquary, Biographer, Architect, Printer, Painter, Manufacturer, Mechanic; and, in fine, For the Benefit of all who may consider a knowledge of either Language an acquisition in their respective situations in life. By N. G. Dufief, Author of ''Nature Displayed in her Mode of teaching Language to Man, applied to the French Language.'' In Three Volumes. Vol. I [-III]. Philadelphia: Printed by T. & G. Palmer, and for sale by the Principal Booksellers. 1810.","PC2640 .A2D8","

First Edition. 3 vol. Large 12mo. Vol. I, 44 leaves, French-English, at the end a Vocabulary of Words introduced into the French Language, since the Commencement of the Revolution, and Nomenclature of the Various Sects and Factions that arose in France in consequence of the Revolution; vol. II, 362 leaves, English, French, advertisement of Nature Displayed on the last leaf; vol. III, 324 leaves; French title on the verso of the first leaf in each volume, facing the English title on the recto of the second.

Not in Sabin. Not in Quérard.

The Table of Contents in Vol. III begins with a Dictionary of Sea Terms and Phrases, French and English, and ends with the French Republican Calendar, which is preceded by a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Discoveries, and Inventions, from the Creation to the year 1810. The first entry in this Table is B. C. 4004 Creation of the world, at the autumnal equinox, on Sunday, October 23, according to archbishop Usher and the Hebrew text, followed by the Creation of Adam and Eve, on Friday, Oct. 28. The inauguration of Thomas Jefferson is noted under the year 1801, and again in 1805.

On September 18, 1810, Dufief wrote to Jefferson concerning this dictionary, sent him a prospectus, and promised him a copy of the book as soon as it should be published:

Comme je sais par expérience que toute entreprise qui a pour but l'utilité générale est assurée d'etre accueillie de vous, il m'est venu naturellement à l'idée de vous adresser le pamflet ci-Inclus.

Si vos occupations ou plutôt les travaux dont vous vous occupez pour le bien de la société vous permettent de lire the Analysis, Je serai charmé de savoir ce que vous pensez de mon plan de dictionnaire. Je vous avoue que je ne suis pas sans inquiétude car je crains qu'on ne le trouve trop vaste & que cette opinion me nuise au succés de l'ouvrage, ce qui serait dommage, vu l'utilité dont il sera, certainement, pour beaucoup de gens qui sont bien éloignés de se douter d'une pareille chose.

Aussitôt que le dictionnaire aura paru, ce qui sera, J'espêre, vers le milieu du mois prochain, je m'empresserai de vous en envoyer un exemplaire à l'adresse que vous aurez la bonté de m'indiquer . . .

To this, Jefferson replied on September 29:

I have duly recieved your favor with the prospectus of your dictionary, and shall gladly become a subscriber to it. altho the number only but not the size of the volumes is stated, I presume from the price they must be 8vo. altho' from the matter one might have expected Grand formats, the 3d. vol. expecially will be valuable to have always at one's elbow, and your former work is a pledge of the execution of the present. I shall be glad to receive it ready bound & neatly. it may come by post, provided one volume a week only be sent at a time so as not too much to encumber any one mail. I have lately seen announced in a Paris paper 'Lettres sur la vieillesse par Meister. 12mo. and some extracts which shew that Cicero has not exhausted the subject. should a copy have come to your bookshops I should be thankful to you for it. the amount of this & of the Dictionary shall be promptly remitted when known. I salute you with esteem & respect.

The books were sent by Dufief on February 24, 1811:

Je vous adresse par la poste & de la manière que vous m'avez indiquées les livres au Sujet desquels j'ai eu l'honneur de vous écrire, & dont l'envoi a été retardé par des circonstances imprévues. Je regrette infiniment que le format du dictionnaire et le caractère sur lequel il a été imprimé soient si peu d'accord avec vos intentions, mais, Monsieur, la crainte que le prix qu'il eût fallu demander pour des in 4to ne nuisît au succès général de l'ouvrage m'a forcé de préférer un format in 12o & un très petit caractère. Je me flatte, cependant qu'un défaut aussi grand ne vous empêchera pas de parcourir un livre qui n'a été composé que pour l'utilité publique & pour répondre aux vues des personnes qui, comme vous, accordent une protection éclaireé aux Arts & aux Sciences.

Il m'a été impossible, jusqu'à présent, de trouver le livre que vous m'avez demandé & celui que Mr Warden désirait vous faire passer. Je continuerai mes recherches . . .

Almost six months later, on August 4, Jefferson wrote to Dufief his opinion of the dictionary:

I recieved some time ago your valuable dictionary, and have now had time & trial enough to pronounce it the very best French & English dictionary which has ever been published, it's handy size too increases it's convenience. the 3d. volume is a treasure. I only wish it's numerous alphabets had been digested into a single one to save the double research first for the proper alphabet, & then for the article wanted from it. will you be so good as to note to me the price which I will take care to remit you as soon as known . . .

Jefferson recommended the Dictionary also to other correspondents. In answer to a letter from Samuel R. Demaree, Jefferson wrote from Monticello on January 12, 1813:

Your favor of Dec. 3. is just now recieved, in which you ask my recommendation of a French grammar, dictionary and books for learning the language, which you express a desire to attain. you will find this language a great acquisition, as all science is couched in it. while the other nations appear stationary, the literati of France are advancing in science to a wonderful extent. it is chiefly however in the physical and mathematical departments. with politics their tyrant permits them not to meddle. Boyer's or Perrin's grammars are chiefly used by learners: but any other will do, as you want nothing from a grammar but the nouns and verbs. the best dictionary, French & English which has ever been published in any country is by Dufief, a French bookseller in Philadelphia. he has also published a work for learners entitled Nature displayed, which contains all the phrases of the language on every subject. a person who will make himself master of these, will never meet with another difficulty in the French language. this work is in 2 large 8vos. the Dictionary in 3. small 8vos. Dufief is the best person you can apply to for any French books you may want . . .

From time to time Jefferson ordered other copies of Dufief's Dictionary. Copies were ordered by him on June 24, 1813, August 16, 1814, and on other dates, and were billed by Dufief in due course. One copy sent in 1813 was imperfect, and in a letter dated September 6, Dufief promised the missing leaf:

. . . Dans deux ou trois jours, je vous adresserai la feuille qui manque au ler vol. de mon dictionnaire qui par la faute du relieur se trouve incomplet . . .

A copy was bound in calf for Jefferson by Milligan on July 13, 1815, cost $12.50.

See also Dufief's Nature Displayed, no. 4819 above." "48230","90","","","","Dictionnaire de l'Academie Française.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 115, Dictionnaire de l'Academi Francoise, 2 v in 1, 4to.","","Dictionnaire de l'Académie Françoise. Nouvelle édition . . . A Nismes: chez Pierre Beaume, Imprimeur du Roi, et Libraire, près l'Hotel-de-Ville, M. DCC. LXXVIII. [1778.]","","

4to. 2 vol. in 1. A copy of this edition was not available for examination.

This edition not in Graesse.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 35.0.

The Académie Française was originally established in 1635, with the object of purifying the French language, specifically to give it rules and to render it pure and eloquent and capable of treating the arts and sciences. The first edition of the Dictionnaire was published in 1694 with Claude Fabre de Vaugelas as editor in chief. The Académie Française was suppressed in 1793." "48240","91","","","","Dictionnaire de Trevoux.","","8. v. fol. Par. 1771.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 146, as above.","Dictionnaire de Trévoux.","Dictionnaire Universel François et Latin, vulgairement appelé Dictionnaire de Trévoux, contenant la Signification & la Définition des Mots de l'une & de l'autre Langue; avec leurs Différens Usages; les Termes Propres de chaque Etat & de chaque Profession: la Description de toutes les Choses Naturelles & Artificielles; leurs Figures, leurs Espèces, leurs Propriétés: l'Explication de tout ce que Renferment les Sciences & les Arts, soit Libéraux, soit Méchaniques, &c., avec des Remarques d'érudition et de Critique; le tout tiré des plus excellens Auteurs, des Meilleurs Lexicographes, Etymologistes & Glossaires, qui ont paru jusqu'ici en differentes Langues. Nouvelle édition, Corrigée et Considerablement Augmentée . . . Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associés, 1771.","","

8 vol. Folio. A copy of this edition was not available. for collation; the above title is taken from the card of the University of Michigan in the National Union Catalog. Barbier I, 986-8.

The first Dictionnaire de Trévoux, printed at Trévoux in 1704, was based upon the work of Antoine Furetière, 1619?-1688. This edition of 1771 was edited by the Abbé Brilliant." "48250","92","","","","Dictionnaire de Richelet.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 147, as above.","Richelet, Pierre.","Dictionnaire de la Langue Françoise, Ancienne et Moderne, de Pierre Richelet, Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'un Très-Grand Nombre d'Articles. Tome Premier. A-D [-Tome Second. E-O. Tome Troisieme. P-Z.] A Lyon: Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset, Imprimeur-Libraire, grande rue Merciere, au Soleil d'or. [De l'Imprimerie d'Aimé Delaroche, ruë Merciere. 1758]. M. DC.C. LIX. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi. [1759.]","PC 2620 .R5 1759","

3 vol. Fol. 404, 396, and 456 leaves, each volume with a half-title, titles printed in red and black, text in double columns, printer's imprint on the last leaf of Vol. I at the foot of the Approbation and Privilege.

Quérard VIII, 32 [Lyon: Duplai frères]. Graesse VI, 115. Ebert 19102.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price 37.10.

Pierre Richelet, 1631-1698, French scholar, published the first edition of his Dictionnaire in 1680. This edition was ordered to be burned, but was rescued by Richelet, and reissued in 1681. An edition edited by the Abbé Fabre in 1709 served as the basis for all future editions until 1728, when it was superseded by the edition of Pierre Aubert (1642-1733, French lawyer). Aubert's edition was edited in 1759 by Claude Pierre Goujet (1697-1767) who also published an abridged edition in 8vo, which became more popular than the folio edition." "48260","93","","","","Dictionnaire Etymologique par Morin.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 80, as above.","Morin, Jean-Baptiste.","Dictionnaire étymologique des Mots François dérivés du Grec, et usités principalement dans les Sciences, les Lettres, et les Arts, par J. B. Morin. Ouvrage utile aux jeunes Gens, et aux Personnes qui ne sont point versées dans les Langues Anciennes. On y a joint les Nommes des Nouvelles Mesures, et les autres Mots Nouveaux tirés du Grec. Enrichi de Notes par M. d'Annse de Villoison, et revu, en l'Absence de l'Auteur, par M. de Wailly, chef de l'Enseignement au Prytanée de Paris. Paris: B. Warée, de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, An XI-1803.","","

8vo. 276 leaves; a copy was not available for collation; the above title is taken from collated sources, including Quérard.

Quérard VI, 318.

Jefferson's copy was bought by him from Reibelt of Baltimore on February 9, 1805, the bill receipted on March 7. The title appears on the various lists of his purchases from Reibelt made at that time.

Jean-Baptiste Morin, fl. 1803-1834, French school-master, was at different times Director of the secondary school at Clermont-Ferrand, and Inspector of the Academy of Grenoble." "48270","94","","","","Dictionnaire Etymologique de la langue Française de Menage.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 148, as above.","Ménage, Gilles.","Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Langue Françoise, Par M. Ménage, Avec les Origines Françoises de M. de Caseneuve, les Additions du R. P. Jacob, & de M. Simon de Valhebert, le Discours du R. P. Besnier sur la Science des Etymologies, & le Vocabulaire Hagiologique de M. l'Abbé Chastelain. Nouvelle édition, dans laquelle, outre les Origines & les Additions ci-dessus, qu'on a insérées à leur place, on trouvera encore les Etymologies de Messieurs Huet, le Duchat, de Vergy, & plusieurs autres. Le tout mis en ordre, corrigé, & augmenté, par A. F. Jault, Docteur en Médecine, & Professeur en Langue Syriaque au Collége Royal. Auquel on a ajouté le Dictionnaire des Termes du vieux François, ou Trésor des Recherches & Antiquités Gauloises & Françoises de Borel, augmenté des mots qui y étoient oubliés, extraits des Dictionnaires de Monet & Nicot, & des Auteurs anciens de la Langue Françoise. Tome Premier [-Second]. A Paris: Chez Briasson, rue Saint Jacques, à la Science & à l'Ange Gardien [De l'Imprimerie de Gissey]. M. D C C. L. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy. [1750.]","PC2580.A2M5 1750","

2 vol. Folio. Vol. I, 430 leaves; vol. II in 2 parts, 288 and 134 leaves, the second part with separate title, signatures and pagination for the Dictionnaire des Termes du vieux François by Borel; prefaces and preliminary matter in long lines, text of the Dictionnaire in double columns.

Quérard VI, 31. Graesse IV, 483.

Jefferson bought his copy from Froullé in Paris on December 13, 1788, price 42.0.0.

Gilles Ménage, 1613-1692, French savant, published the first edition of this work in 1650 in one volume, quarto. The second edition, printed in 1694 after the death of Ménage, was edited by Simon De Valhebert from the material left by Ménage. This contained the greater part of the contents of the edition of 1750 with the exception of the addition by Pierre Borel (1620?-1689)." "48280","95","","","","Dictionnaire Neologique Français par Snetlage.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 25, as above.","Snetlage, Leonhard Wilhelm.","Nouveau Dictionnaire Français, contenant les Expressions de Nouvelle Création du Peuple Français. Ouvrage additionel au Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française . . . Par Léonard Snetlage . . . Gottingue: J. C. Dietrich, 1795.","","

8vo. 133 leaves, and a Table. No copy of this work was located; the above title was taken from the only entry for this book in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Quérard IX 199 cites the 1795 ed. only. The catalogues of the Library of Congress which distinguish the Jefferson collection call for an edition printed in 1759, which has not been located; the date may be a misprint for 1795.

In Jefferson's long letter to John Waldo concerning language, dated from Monticello August 16, 1813, [see no. 4848], he wrote:

If we wish to be assured from experiment of the effect of a judicious spirit of Neology, look at the French language. even before the revolution, it was deemed much more copious than the English; at a time too when they had an Academy which endeavored to arrest the progress of their language, by fixing it to a Dictionary, out of which no word was ever to be sought, used, or tolerated. the institution of parliamentary assemblies in 1789. for which their language had no apposite terms or phrases, as having never before needed them. first obliged them to adopt the Parliamentary vocabulary of England; and other new circumstances called for corresponding new words; until by the number of these adopted, & by the analogies for adoption which they have legitimated, I think we may say with truth that a Dictionnaire Neologique of these would be half as large as the dictionary of the Academy; & that at this time it is the language in which every shade of idea, distinctly percieved by the mind, may be more exactly expressed, than in any language at this day spoken by man. yet I have no hesitation in saying that the English language is founded on a broader base, native & adopted, and capable, with the like freedom of employing it's materials, of becoming superior to that in copiousness & euphony. not indeed by holding fast to Johnson's Dictionary: not by raising a hue and cry against every word he has not licensed: but by encouraging & welcoming new compositions of it's elements . . .

For the Dictionary of the Academy, see no. 4823 and for Johnson's Dictionary, see no. 4874." "48290","96","","","","Dictionnaire Fr. et Angl. de Chambaud et Robinet.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 116, Dictionnaire Fr. Eng. de Chambaud et Robinet, 2 v 4to.","Chambaud, Louis.","Nouveau Dictionnaire François-Anglois, et Anglois-François. Contenant la Signification et les Differens Usages des Mots . . . Tome Premier. Contenant le François devant l'Anglois. [Vol. II. Containing the English before the French.] De Mr. Louis Chambaud; Corrigé & considérablement augmenté par lui & Par Mr. J. B. Robinet. À Paris: chez C. Panckoucke, Amsterdam et Leipzig chez Arkstée et Merkus, et à Rotterdam chez H. Beman. Libraires. MDCCLXXVI. Avec double Privilége. [1776.]","PC2640 .A2C5","

First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 376 and 310 leaves (including 1 blank); the title for Volume II is entirely in English; the text in each volume in triple columns, preceded by a preface in long lines, in French and English respectively.

Quérard II, 116.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 27.0.

Louis Chambaud, d. 1776, French lexicographer.

Jean Baptiste René Robinet, 1735-1820, French scholar, held the position of censeur royal." "48300","97","","","","Dictionnaire de poche par Catineau.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 27, as above.","Catineau-Laroche, Pierre Marie Sébastien.","Nouveau Dictionnaire de Poche de la Langue Française, avec la Prononciation, composé sur le Système Orthographique de Voltaire, Par P. Catineau . . . A Paris: chez Catineau, An X. (1802.).","","

First Edition. 12mo. 286 leaves. A copy of the first edition was not available. A copy of the reprint of 1807 (the third edition, with the same collation) is in the Library of Congress.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Graesse.

Jefferson bought his copy from Reibelt of Baltimore on February 9, 1805, price $1.90. It is included in the various lists of books bought from Reibelt made by Jefferson at that time, including the list of March 7, with a letter to Reibelt and the money for his purchases.

Pierre Marie Sébastien Catineau-Laroche, 1772-1828, French author and lexicographer, left Paris for St. Domingue in 1799 and set up a printing press which he lost by fire in 1804." "48310","J. 98","","","","Pronouncing dict. Tardy.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 28, Pronouncing Dictionary, by Tardy, 12mo.","Tardy, Abbé.","An Explanatory Pronouncing Dictionary of the French Language, (in French and English); wherein the exact Sound and Articulation of every Syllable are distinctly marked (according to the Method adopted by Mr. Walker, in his Pronouncing Dictionary). To which are prefixed, the Principles of the French Pronunciation; Prefatory Directions for using the Spelling Representative of every Sound; and the Conjugation of the Verbs, Regular, Irregular, and Defective, with their true Pronunciation. By l'Abbe Tardy, late Master of Arts in the University of Paris. London: printed for the Author; and W. Clarke, sold by L'Homme, Deboffe, Dulau and Co. [and others], 1799.","PC2640 .T3","

Sm. 8vo. 182 leaves, the last with W. Clarke's advertisement. The dedication to the Honourable and Right Reverend Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham, dated from London, Feb. 15, 1799, and signed L'Abbé Tardy.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Lowndes.

Rebound in brown morocco by the Library of Congress in 1953; title defective. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.

Purchased by Jefferson from J. P. Reibelt, Baltimore, on February 18, 1805, price $1.95.

This appears to be the first edition though Quérard dates the book 1790, with the explanation that the abbé Tardy was in London at the time.

This is the only book from Jefferson's library in this chapter which has survived." "48320","99","","","","Synonimes Francois de Girard.","","2. v. 12mo. 1781.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 31, Synonimes Francois de Girard, 2 v 12.","Girard, Gabriel.","Synonymes François, leurs Différentes Significations, et le Choix qu'il en faut faire pour parler avec justesse; Par M. l'Abbé Girard, de l'Académie Françoise, Secrétaire-Interprète du Roi. Nouvelle édition. Considérablement augmentée, mise dans un nouvel ordre, & enrichie de notes; Par M. Beauzée, de l'Académie della Crusca, des Académies royales de Rouen & de Metz; des Sociétés littéraires d'Arras & d'Auxerre, Professeur de Grammaire à l'Ecole Royale Militaire; Suivie de la Prosodie Françoise, Edition de 1767, & des Essais de Grammaire, par M. l'Abbé d'Olivet. Tome Premier. [-Second]. A Rouen: Chez la Veuve de Pierre Dumesnil, rue Poterne. Labbey, près le Collége. M. DCC. LXXXI. [1781.]","PC2591 .A2G5","

2 vol. 12mo. Vol. I. 188 leaves, Vol. II. 322 leaves, title on Q10 for Remarques sur la Langue Françoise Par M. l'Abbé d'Olivet, with the same imprint, continuous signatures and pagination, half-title in both volumes. The last sheet contains Réponse de M. de Voltaire à M. l'Abbé d'Olivet, sur la nouvelle édition de la Prosodie.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Ebert.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue (with the edition of 1781 specified as above), with the price, 5.10.

Gabriel Girard, 1677-1748, French abbé, grammarian and scholar, member of the Académie Française, published the first edition of this work in 1736.

Nicolas Beauzée, 1717-1789, French grammarian and member of the Académie Française, edited the abbé Girard's work, and added most of the material in the second volume.

Pierre Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, 1682-1768, French abbé and grammarian, a member of the Académie Française and of the Académie de Besançon, the author of the Remarques sur la Langue Françoise included in this work. This is in three parts: Prosodie Françoise, Essais de Grammaire, and Remarques sur Racine, first published in 1738." "48330","100","","","","Synonimes de Diderot Dalembert et Jaucourt.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 30, as above.","Diderot, Denis [and others].","Synonymes Français, par Diderot, d'Alembert, et de Jaucourt, suivis d'une Table Alphabétique, dans laquelle on trouve les Renvois des Différentes Significations qui conviennent à chaque Synonyme. Paris: Favre, an IX [1801].","","

First Edition. 12mo. 222 leaves. A copy was not available for examination. The above title is taken from the card of the New York Public Library in the National Union Catalog.

Quérard II, 144.

This work was edited by Jean Chas, who sent a copy to Jefferson at the same time that he sent his Histoire Politique et Philosophique de la Revolution de l'Amérique Septentrionale [no. 485]. At the end of the letter concerning that work, dated from Paris March 1, 1801 (received by Jefferson in Washington on August 6), Chas wrote:

je vous prie, monsieur, le président d'accepter un exemplaire des synonimes de d'alembert, de diderot, et de jaucort dont je suis l'editeur, et de mon ouvrage sur bonaparte.

On September 3 Jefferson wrote from Monticello to Chas in Paris:

I have safely recieved the copy of your history of the American revolution, of your smaller work on the Premier Consul of France, & of the Synonimes of Dalembert, Diderot & Jaucourt which you have been pleased to send me, and for which accept my respectful thanks, & the assurances of my sensibility at this mark of attention . . .

For the smaller work on the Premier Consul of France, see no. 2860.

Denis Diderot, 1713-1748. For other works by him in this Catalogue, see the Index.

Jean Le Rond D'Alembert, 1717-1783, French mathematician and philosopher, was associated with Diderot in the preparation of the Dictionnaire Encyclopédique, q.v.

Le Chevalier Louis Jaucourt, 1704-1779, French scholar, philosopher and scientist, was also one of the editors of the Dictionnaire Encyclopédique." "48340","101","","","","Nugent's pocket dict. Fr. & Eng. and Eng. Fr. 16. London.","","[TBE]Ed. & C. Dilly 1774.[/TBE]","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 26, Nugent's Pocket Dict. Fr. Eng. 16s.","Nugent, Thomas.","New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. Second edition with Additions by J. S. Charrier. London: E. and C. Dilly, 1774.","","

2 parts in 1. 12mo. A copy of this edition was not located. The imprint and date are supplied by Jefferson only in his manuscript catalogue. The Library of Congress catalogues of 1839 and later call for the second part only.

Watt II, 713.

Thomas Nugent, 1700?-1772, Irish miscellaneous writer. The first edition of his French and English dictionary was published in 1767 in quarto.

J. Samuel Charrier, educationalist, teacher of Geography and the French language." "48350","102","","","","Dictionnaire Languedocien-François.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 78, Dictionnaire Languedocien-François, par L. D. S. 8vo.","[Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix, Pierre Augustin.]","Dictionnaire Languedocien-François, Contenant un Recueil des principales fautes que commettent, dans la diction & dans la prononciation françoises, les Habitans des Provinces Méridionales, connues autrefois sous le dénomination générale de la Langue-d'Oc . . . Nouvelle édition, Corrigée d'un grand nombre de fautes, augmentée d'environ dix mille articles, & en particulier d'une nombreuse Collection de Proverbes Languedociens & Provençaux. Par Mr. L. D. S. Tome Premier. [-Second.] A Nismes: Gaude, Pere, Fils & Compagnie, Libraires. M. DCC.LXXXV. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. [1785.]","PC3446 .S3 1785","

8vo. 2 vol. in 1, 214 and 202 leaves, half-title in both volumes, text in double columns.

Barbier I, 979. Quérard VIII, 485.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue, which indicates that it was acquired at the time he was in Europe. It may be that he bought it when in Nîmes, the place of publication, which he visited in 1787.

Pierre Augustin Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix, 1710-1795, French abbé and scholar, was a member of the Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier, and of other scientific societies. The first edition of this work was published in Nîmes in 1753." "48360","103","","","","Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica & Moeso-gothica Hickesii, et Islandica Jonae.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 122, Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica et Moeso-Gothica, Heckesii, et Islandica Jonae, 4to.","Hickes, George.","Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ, et Mœso-Gothicæ. Auctore Georgio Hickesio Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ Presbytero. Grammatica Islandica Runolphi Jonæ, Catalogus Librorum Septentrionalium. Accedit Edvardi Bernardi Etymologicon Britannicum. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1689. Typis Junianis.","PE135 .H55","

First Edition. 4to. 3 parts in 1, continuous signatures, separate pagination, together 184 leaves; the first leaf blank on the recto, Imprimatur dated Aug. 9, 1688 on the verso, general title as above on the second leaf, the title for Institutiones Grammaticæ on the third leaf, with an engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, the last leaf of the first signature has the dedication to William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; on P2 is the title for the Grammaticae Islandicae by R. Jonas, with a small woodcut of the Sheldonian and the imprint dated 1688; the Catalogus Veterum Librorum Septentrionalium begins on Ii3 with caption title, and the Etymologicon of Edward Bernard on Qq1 with a half-title.

Lowndes II, 1065. STC H1851. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 918. Not in Hazlitt.

Jefferson frequently referred to the work of Hickes in his Essay on Anglo-Saxon, entitled by himself An Essay (or Introductory Lecture) towards facilitating instruction in the Anglo-Saxon and Modern dialects of the English Language. for the use of the University of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson. The work of Hickes is used by Jefferson as the background of a part of this Essay, and with regard to his Institutions Grammaticae Anglo-Saxonicae, he wrote:

Some observations on A-S. grammar may show how much easier that also may be rendered to the English student. Dr. Hickes may certainly be considered as the father of this branch of modern learning. he has been the great Restorer of the A-S. dialect from the oblivion into which it was fast falling. his labors in it were great, and his learning not less than his labors. his Grammar may be said to be the only one we yet possess: for that edited at Oxford in 1711 is but an extract from Hickes, and the principal merit of Mrs Elstob's is that it is written in English, without any thing original in it. some others have been written, taken also and almost entirely from Hickes. in his time there was too exclusive a prejudice in favor of the Greek and Latin languages. they were considered as the standards of perfection, and the endeavor generally was to force other languages to a conformity with these models. but nothing can be more radically unlike than the frames of the antient languages, Southern and Northern, of the Greek and Latin languages from those of the Gothic family. of this last are the A-S. and English; and had Dr. Hickes, instead of keeping his eye fixed on the Gr. & Lat. languages, as his standard, viewed the A-S. in it's conformity with the English only, he would greatly have enlarged the advantages for which we are already so much indebted to him. his labors however have advanced us so far on the right road, and a correct pursuit of it will be a just homage to him.

This part of the Essay contains an analysis with some criticism of the work of Hickes.

George Hickes, 1642-1715, English non-juror, was suspended for refusing the oath of allegiance in 1689, the year of the publication of this work. He was one of the greatest scholars of the day, the author of a number of books, and the editor of many others. For the Typis Junianis in which this book is printed, see no. 4864.

Runólfur Jónsson [Runolph Jonas], d. 1654, first published his Grammatica Islandica in 1651. An edition was published in Oxford in 1688, the year before the publication of Hickes's work.

Edward Bernard, 1638-1697, Savilian professor of Astronomy at Oxford. This is the first appearance in print of his Etymologicon Britannicum. For a further note on him, see no. 6." "48370","104","","","","Gibson's Saxon Chronicale.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 124, as above.","Chronicum Saxonicum.","Chronicon Saxonicum. Ex MSS Codicibus Nunc Primum integrum Edidit, ac Latinum fecit Edmundus Gibson. A. B. è Collegio Reginæ . . . Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano A. D. MDCXCII. [1692]","DA150.A588","

First Edition. 4to. 178 leaves, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, Saxon and Latin text in parallel columns, with notes below, engraved folded map of England. The title as above (with Imprimatur on the back dated Aug. 15, 1692) is followed by a leaf with title reading: Chronicon Saxonicum, seu Annales Rerum in Anglia Præcipue Gestarum, A Christo nato ad Annum usque MCLIV. deducti, ac jam demum Latinitate donati. Cum Indice Rerum Chronologico. Accedunt Regulæ ad Investigandas Nominum Locorum Origines. Et Nominum Locorum ac Virorum In Chronico Memoratorum Explicatio. Operâ & Studio Edmundi Gibson. A. B. è Collegio Reginæ, with imprint as before. On sig. Nn1 is the half-title for Regulæ ad Investigandas Nominum Locorum Origines. Nominum Locorum & Virorum In Hoc Chronico Memoratorum, Explicatio, with continuous signatures but separate pagination.

Lowndes IV, 2196. STC A3185. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 880.

Jefferson bought his copy from the Rev. Samuel Henley; the title is included in the list of the books appended by Jefferson to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in that purchase.

Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, published this work while still at Oxford, having been attracted towards Anglo-Saxon studies through the influence of George Hickes, q. v. Among other appointments held by Gibson before he became Bishop of London in 1720 was that of Librarian of Lambeth Palace, during which time he began a catalogue of the library.

This being the first of the Anglo-Saxon texts in this part of Jefferson's catalogue, his remarks on this subject, from his Essay on Anglo-Saxon, are quoted here:

As we are possessed in America of the printed editions of A-S. writings, they furnish a fit occasion for this country to make some return to the older nations for the science for which we are indebted to them. and in this task I hope an honorable part will in time be borne by our University, for which, at an hour of life too late for anything elaborate, I hazard these imperfect hints, for consideration chiefly on a subject on which I pretend not to be profound." "48380","105","","","","Bachmair's German grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 97, as above.","Bachmair, John James.","A Complete German Grammar, in Two Parts. The First Part Containing The Theory of the Language through all the Parts of Speech; The Second Part is The Practice in as ample a Manner as can be desired. The Third Edition, Greatly Altered and Improved. By John James Bachmair, M. A. To which is added An Appendix . . . London, Printed: Philadelphia, Reprinted, and Sold by Henry Miller, in Race-Street. MDCCLXXII. [1772.]","PF3109 .B2","

8vo. 160 leaves, Gothic and roman letter, preface signed by Henry Miller and dated from Philadelphia, March 21, 1772.

Not in Lowndes, Graesse or Ebert. Evans 12315. Hildeburn 2745.

John James Bachmair died in England on March 17, 1778. The first edition of this work was published in London in 1751, and was followed by a second edition in the following year. The author's preface to the third edition is dated from Sion College, May 1, 1771." "48390","106","","","","Grammatica Todesca del Chirchmair.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 43, Grammatica Todesca de Chirchmair, 12mo.","Chirchmair, Mathias.","Grammatica della Lingua Tedesca . . . In questa seconda Edizione aumentata, oltre l'Aggiunzioni d'un Vocabulario de Nomi più necessarj . . . Con Diversi Dialoghi Tedeschi ed Italiani. Milano, 1706.","","

12mo. 2 parts in 1. A copy of this work was not located for collation. The book is listed in the British Museum Catalogue, in 3 parts, the additional part printed in Firenze in 1707.

Not in Graesse. Not in Ebert.

Mathias Chirchmair [or Kirchmair], fl. 1706. No information concerning him has been found except that, in addition to the above work, he was the author of a Teutsche Grammatic, the third edition printed in Florence in 1714." "48400","107","","","","Croft on the English and German languages.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 126, as above.","Croft, Sir Herbert.","A Letter from Germany, to the Princess Royal of England; on the English and German languages. With a table of the different Northern languages, and of different periods of the German; and with an Index . . . By Herbert Croft. LL. B. Printed and published by Fauche, Hamburgh: sold by Rabenhorst, Leipzig; and Edwards Pallmall, London. 1797.","PE1073 .C8","

First Edition. 4to. 54 leaves, folded printed Table of the different periods of the German language inserted. On the back of the half-title are extracts (from Young and Ebert) concerning the fact that the letter is addressed to a woman.

Not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. D.N.B. Vol. V, 110, 13.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, to whom he wrote from Monticello on October 30, 1798.

The copy of your printed letter on the English and German languages, which you have been so kind as to send me, has come to hand; and I pray you to accept my thanks for this mark of your attention. I have perused it with singular pleasure, and, having long been sensible of the importance of a knolege of the Northern languages to the true understanding of English, I see it, in this letter, proved and specifically exemplified by your collations of the English and German. I shall look with impatience for the publication of your 'English and American dictionary.' . . .

Your idea is an excellent one, pa. 30.37. in producing authorities for the meanings of words, 'to select the prominent passages in our best writers, to make your dictionary a general index to English literature and thus intersperse with verdure and flowers the barren deserts of Philology.' and I believe with you that 'wisdom, morality, religion, thus thrown down, as if without intention, before the reader, in quotations, may often produce more effect than the very passages in the books themselves'—'that the cowardly suicide, in search of a strong word for his dying letter, might light on a passage which would excite him to blush at his want of fortitude, & to force his purpose'—'and that a dictionary with examples at the words may, in regard to every branch of knolege, produce more real effect than the whole collection of books which it quotes.' I have sometimes myself used Johnson as a Repertory, to find favorite passages which I wished to recollect, but too rarely with success.

I was led to set a due value on the study of the Northern languages, & especially of our Anglo-Saxon while I was a student of the law, by being obliged to recur to that source for explanation of a multitude of Law-terms. a preface to Fortescue on Monarchies, written by Fortescue Aland, and afterwards premised to his volume of Reports, developes the advantages to be derived, to the English student generally, and particularly the student of law, from an acquaintance with the Anglo-Saxon; and mentions the books to which the learner may have recourse for acquiring the language. I accordingly devoted some time to it's study. but my busy life has not permitted me to indulge in a pursuit to which I felt great attraction. while engaged in it however some ideas occurred for facilitating the study by simplifying it's grammar, by reducing the infinite diversities of it's unfixed orthography to single and settled forms, indicating at the same time the pronunciation of the word by it's correspondence with the characters & powers of the English alphabet. some of these ideas I noted at the time on the blank leaves of my Elstob's Anglo-Saxon grammar: but there I have left them, and must leave them, unpursued, altho I still think them sound & useful. among the works which I propose for the use of the A. S. student, you will find such literal & verbal translations of the A. S. writers recommended, as you have given us of the German in your printed letter. thinking that I cannot submit those ideas to a better judge than yourself, and that if you find them of any value you may put them to some use, either as hints in your dictionary, or in some other way, I will copy them as a sequel to this letter, & commit them without reserve to your better knolege of the subject. adding my sincere wishes for the speedy publication of your valuable dictionary, I tender you the assurance of my high respect and consideration.

[The copy of this letter in Jefferson's hand is headed: Copied by hand; the press copy being illegible.] The sequel referred to by Jefferson was his Essay on Anglo-Saxon, see no. 4836.

There are several references to America in this work and one to Jefferson. The third entry in the Index reads: Adams, President, style of his publications, 2. n. (Mr. Jefferson should have been mentioned)

The note on page 2 reads:

The future history of the other three quarters of the world will, probably, be much affected by America's speaking the language of England. Its natives write the language particularly well; considering they have no dictionary yet, and how insufficient Johnson's is. Washington's speeches seldom exhibited more than a word or two, liable to the least objection; and, from the style of his publications, as much, or more accuracy, may be expected from his successor Adams. Perhaps we are, just now, not very far distant from the precise moment, for making some grand attempt, with regard to fixing the standard of our language (no language can be fixed) in America. Such an attempt would, I think, succeed in America, for the same reasons that would make it fail in England; whither, however, it would communicate its good effects. Deservedly immortal would be that patriot, on either side of the Atlantick, who should succeed in such an attempt.

In the copy in the Library of Congress a red arrow has been placed in the margin, pointing to the spot where Mr. Jefferson should have been mentioned. Whether this was Mr. Jefferson's copy, and the arrow placed there by himself, cannot now be ascertained.

Sir Herbert Croft, 1751-1816, was forced by the state of his finances to go to Hamburg in 1797, and did not return to his own country until the end of 1800. For another work by him see no. 4338." "48410","108","","","","Wallisii grammatica linguae Anglicanae.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 90, as above.","Wallis, John.","Ioannis Wallisii Grammatica Lingvae Anglicanae. Cvi Praefigitvr, de Loqvela; sive de Sonorvm omnivm Loqvelarivm Formatione: Tractatvs Grammatico-Physicvs. Editio sexta. Accessit Epistola ad Thomam Beverley; de mvtis svrdisqve Informandis. Londini: Excvdebat Gvil. Bowyer. Prostant apvd A. Millar. MDCCLXV. [1765.]","PE1103.W35 1765.","

8vo. 160 leaves, the last with a Catalogus Librorum apud A. Millar, engraved portrait-frontispiece of John Wallis by G. B. Cipriani. At the end, with separate title, is Epistola D. Wallisii ad D. Thomam Beverley, Sept. XXX, MDCXCVIII: Ex Transactionibus Philosophicis Londinensibus, pro Mense Octobris MDCXCVIII, huc Translata, et Latine Reddita, de mutis surdisque Informandis.

Lowndes V, 2817.

In his essay on Anglo-Saxon, Jefferson describes Wallis as the best of our English grammarians, and quotes a passage from the preface to this work to illustrate a point:

From these aberrations, into which our great Anglo-Saxon leader Dr. Hickes has been seduced by too much regard to the structure of the Greek & Latin languages and too little to their radical difference from that of the Gothic family, we have to recall our footsteps into the right way, and we shall find our path rendered smoother, plainer, and more direct to the object of profiting of the light which each dialect throws on the other. and this even as to the English language, appears to have been the opinion of Wallis the best of our English Grammarians who, in the preface to his English grammar says 'omnes ad Latinæ linguæ normam hanc nostram Anglicanam nimium exigentes multa inutilia præcepta de nominum casibus, generibus et declinationibus, atque verborum temporibus, modis et conjugationibus, de nominum item et verborum regimine, aliisque similibus tradiderunt, quæ a lingua nostra sunt prorsus aliena, adeoque confusionem potius et obscuritatem pariunt, quam explicationi inserviunt.'

The passage occurs on pages xxv and xxvi of the Preface to this work, and has been slightly edited by Jefferson, and a passage in parentheses omitted.

John Wallis, 1616-1703, English scholar, scientist and mathematician, published the first edition of this work in Oxford, 1652. The study necessary for the composition of the first section, De Loquela, led Wallis to the invention of a method for teaching the art of speech to deaf mutes. The epistle to Thomas Beverley is dated from Oxford, Sept. 30, 1698. For an account of this book, see the description of the first edition in Madan's Oxford Books, 2238." "48420","109","","","","Lowthe's English grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 33, as above.","Lowth, Robert.","A Short Introduction to English Grammar. With Critical Notes. By The Right Reverend Robert Lowth, D. D. Lord Bishop of Oxford . . . Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken Bookseller, opposite the London Coffee-House, Front-Street. M.DCC.LXXV. Price 2 s. and 6 d. [1775.]","PE1109.L85 1775","

12mo. 72 leaves.

Evans 14169. Hildeburn 3235.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 3.3.

Jefferson made the following comment on this work in his essay on Anglo-Saxon, in section IV, Grammar:

it will be said e. g. that a priest is of one gender, and a priestess of another, a poet of one, a poetess of another &c and that therefore the words designating them must be of different genders. I say; not at all. because altho' the thing designated may have sex, the word designating it like other inanimate things has no sex, no gender. in Latin we well know that the thing may be of one gender and the word designating it of another. see Martial 7. Epig 17 the ascription of gender to it is artificial and arbitrary, and, in English & A-S. absolutely useless. Low the therefore among the most correct of our English grammarians, has justly said that in the Nouns of the English language; there is no other distinction of gender but that of Nature, it's adjectives admitting no change but of the degrees of comparison.

Robert Lowth, 1710-1787, Bishop of London, first published his Short Introduction to English Grammar in 1762. This edition of 1775 is the first American edition." "48430","110","","","","The British grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 34, as above.","[Buchanan, James.]","The British Grammar: or, An Essay in Four Parts, towards Speaking and Writing the English Language Grammatically, and Inditing Elegantly. For the Use of the Schools of Great Britain and Ireland, and of Private Young Gentlemen and Ladies. The Second Edition . . . London: Printed for A. Millar, and Sold by T. Cadell in the Strand. M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768.]","PE1109 .B89 1768","

12mo. 150 leaves, the verso of the last with a list of books printed for A. Millar.

Not in Halkett and Laing, Cushing or Stonehill. Not in Lowndes. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Not in Watt.

James Buchanan, fl. 1760-1780, Scots grammarian, was the author of a number of books on syntax. In the London Catalogue of Books, 1700-1779, this work is listed as Buchanan's British Grammar (price 3.0.). The first edition was printed in 1762." "48440","111","","","","Mattaire's English grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 91, Maittaire's English Grammar, 8vo.","Maittaire, Michael.","The English Grammar; or, An Essay in the Art of Grammar applied to and exemplified in the English Tongue. By Michael Maittaire. London: printed by W. B. for H. Clements, 1712.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 144 leaves; a copy was not available for examination.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. Watt II, 636.

Michael Maittaire, 1668-1747, classical scholar and typographer, was born in France of Protestant parents who fled to England at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He was educated at Westminster School under Dr. Busby, q. v. and for a time was its second master. He was the author of a number of learned works, of which the most famous is the Annales Typographici, and of a number of school books." "48450","112","","","","English grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 36, as above.","[Brightland, John.]","A Grammar of the English Tongue, With Notes, Giving the Grounds and Reason of Grammar in General. To which are now added, The Arts of Poetry, Rhetoric, Logic, &c. Making a Compleat System of an English Education. For the Use of the Schools of Great Britain and Ireland. The Second Edition, with Improvements. London: Printed by R. Brugis, for John Brightland. Sold by Mr. Brown and Mr. Tooke at Temple-bar . . . Mr. Freebairn, in Edinburgh; Mr. Dobson, in Dublin; and other Booksellers. MDCCXII. [1712.]","","

12mo. 140 leaves, text in long lines, notes in double columns. The preliminary matter contains the dedication to the Queen; the Approbation of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; signed Isaac Bickerstaff, Censor, with Omissions, Errata and an Advertisement on the verso of the same leaf; the Preface; and an ode Upon this Noble Design of an English Education, &c. By Mr. Tate, Poet-Laureat to Her Majesty.

Halkett and Laing II, 399 [By Sir Richard Steele, authority Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica]. This edition not in Lowndes [1720 edition listed under Steele]. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. [other editions listed under Brightland]. Arber III, 675, 2 [By John Brightland].

John Brightland, fl. 1711, English grammarian. The first edition of this work was published in 1711, and was without The Arts of Poetry, Rhetoric, Logic, &c. added to this, the second edition. The attribution to Sir Richard Steele was due to his approbation, as censor, at the beginning." "48460","113","","","","Burn's grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 37, as above.","[Burn, John.]","A Practical Grammar of the English language: in which, the several Parts of Speech are clearly and methodically explained; their Concord and Government reduced to Grammatical Rules, and illustrated by a Variety of Examples: together with Rules of Composition, or the proper Arrangement of Words in Sentences, also illustrated by Various Examples. For the Use of Schools. Glasgow: Printed by Archibald M'Lean, Junior; And sold by the Booksellers in Great Britain. 1766.","","

First Edition. 12mo. 110 leaves; errata list. A copy was not available for examination. The title is taken from the card of the University of Texas Library in the National Union Catalog.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Not in Cushing. Not in Lowndes. Watt I, 172. Allibone I, 296.

John Burn, d. 1793, schoolmaster of Glasgow. This work was published anonymously; the dedication is signed John Burn." "48470","114","","","","Sheridan's English grammar.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 38, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 660, no. J. 38, Sheridan, Thomas: Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language, 12mo; Dublin, 1781.","Sheridan, Thomas.","A Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language, Calculated solely for the Purposes of Teaching Propriety of Pronunciation, and Justness of Delivery, in that Tongue, by the Organs of Speech. By Thomas Sheridan, A. M. Author of the Lectures on Elocution.","","

12mo. This title is taken from the edition printed in Philadelphia by Robert Bell and Francis Bailey in 1783. The title-page contains the statement that ''This American Edition is published under the Inspection of Archibald Gamble, A. M. Professor of English and Oratory, in the University of Pennsylvania.''

The edition printed in Dublin, 1781, in duodecimo, called for by the Library of Congress Catalogues of 1839 and later has not been located. It is not listed in any bibliography or catalogue consulted, including the Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum, and the National Union Catalog.

In 1780 was published in London in two volumes quarto A General Dictionary of the English Language . . . To which is Prefixed a Rhetorical Grammar. By Thomas Sheridan.

This was reprinted in Dublin in 1784 in one volume octavo, by P. Wogan and P. Byrne. The half-title reads: A Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language. Calculated solely for the Purposes of teaching Propriety of Pronunciation, and Justness of Delivery, in that Tongue, by the Organs of Speech.

As far as has been ascertained, an edition of the complete work was not printed in Dublin in 1781, nor was there a separate edition of the Rhetorical Grammar. The Philadelphia edition (Evans 18184) is the only separate edition in 12mo located.

Thomas Sheridan, 1719-1788, Irish actor and teacher was the father of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. For another work by him see no. 4655." "48480","115","","","","Waldo's Rudiments of English grammar.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 92, as above.","Waldo, John.","Rudiments of English Grammar, designed for the Instruction of Youth of different Ages or Capacities. By John Waldo. Georgetown, (S. C.) Printed by Francis M. Baxter. 1811.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves, the last a blank.

Not in Sabin.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Georgetown, S. C., on March 27, 1813:

Having with much care and under peculiar difficulties written a grammar of the English language, my object is now to make the public acquainted with its real merits. But the present wage for publishing works of this kind has rendered them so numerous as to destroy all curiosity to examine them, and the high repute in which Lindly Murray's is held, has also removed all expectation of material improvement in them. Whatever merit therefore a new work of this kind may possess it must, without the aid of the few who are free from prejudices, remain in obscurity. I have, therefore, knowing your laudable zeal for the promotion of literature and your ability to judge of the merits of literary productions, and convinced also of the great influence your name would give its circulation taken the liberty of presenting you with a copy of my grammar and of requesting the favor of you to give it a thorough examination, if your other numerous and more important avocations, would not put it out of your power. I would not make this intrusion on your time, were I not convinced that the work possesses merit worthy the patronage of the public. In this opinion I am supported by some of the first literary characters in this state who have favoured me with their recommendations, with permission to publish them in the next edition. They all unite in its being highly philosophical, while it possesses a simplicity that is well adapted to the capacity of children. I have also found from experience that upon the plan I have there adapted that very young children acquire the first principles of grammar with remarkable facility.

If such are its merits it is a duty I owe not only to myself, but the rising generation and posterity to use every proper exertion to make the public acquainted with it. The present edition consisting of only 500 copies, and being very incorrect, I shall, as early as possible, have a new and correct one. I will therefore, should you find the work worthy of your patronage, one to which you would feel willing to lend the influence of your name, thank you to send me your opinion as early as you can make it convenient.

Jefferson's reply, dated from Monticello, August 16, 1813, occupies six closely written pages of his handwriting, and contains his opinions on the development and history of language. It reads in part:

Your favor of Mar. 27. came during my absence on a journey of some length. it covered your 'Rudiments of English grammar,' for which I pray you to accept my thanks. this acknolegement of it has been delayed until I could have time to give the work such a perusal as the avocations to which I am subject would permit. in the rare & short intervals which these have allowed me I have gone over with pleasure a considerable part, altho' not yet the whole of it. but I am entirely unqualified to give that critical opinion of it which you do me the favor to ask. mine has been a life of business, of that kind which appeals to a man's conscience, as well as his industry, not to let it suffer; & the few moments allowed me from labour have been devoted to more attractive studies, that of Grammar having never been a favorite with me. the scanty foundation laid in it at school has carried me thro' a life of much hasty writing, more indebted for style to reading & memory, than to rules of grammar. I have been pleased to see that in all cases you appeal to Usage as the arbiter of language; & justly consider that as giving law to Grammar & not Grammar to Usage. I concur entirely with you in oppositon to the Purists, who would destroy all strength & beauty of style by subjecting it to a rigorous compliance with their rules. fill up all the Ellipses & Syllepses of Tacitus, Sallust, Livy &c. & the elegance & force of their sententious brevity are extinguished. 'auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus, imperium appellant.' 'deorum injurias, diis curae.—'alieni appetens, sui profusus; ardens in cupiditatibus; satis loquentiae, sapientiae parum'.—'Annibal peto pacem'. —'per diem Sol non uret te, neque Luna per noctem'. wire-draw these expressions by filling up the whole syntax, & sense, and they become dull paraphrases on rich sentiments. we may say then truly with Quinctilian 'aliud est Grammaticé, aliud 'Latiné loqui.' I am no friend therefore to what is called Purism, but a zealous one to the Neology which has introduced these two words without the authority of any dictionary. I consider the one as destroying the nerve & beauty of language, while the other improves both, and adds to it's copiousness. I have been not a little disappointed, & made suspicious of my own judgment on seeing the Edinburgh Reviewers, the ablest Critics of the age, set their faces against the introduction of new words into the English language. they are particularly apprehensive that the writers of the United States will adulterate it. certainly so great & growing a population, spread over such an extent of country, with such a variety of climates, of productions, of arts, must enlarge their language, to make it answer it's purpose of expressing all ideas, the new as well as the old. the new circumstances under which we are placed, call for new words, new phrases, and for the transfer of old words to new objects. an American dialect will therefore be formed; so will a West-Indian and Asiatic, as a Scotch & an Irish are already formed. but whether will these adulterate, or enrich the English language? has the beautiful poetry of Burns, or his Scottish dialect disfigured it? did the Athenians consider the Doric, the Ionian, the Aeolic & other dialects, as disfiguring or as beautifying their language? did they fastidiously disavow Herodotus, Pindar, Theocritus, Sappho, Alcaeus as Grecian writers? on the contrary they were sensible that the variety of dialects, still infinitely varied by poetical license, constituted the riches of their language, and made the Grecian Homer the first of poets, as he must ever remain, until a language equally ductile & copious shall again be spoken.

Every language has a set of terminations, which make a part of it's peculiar idiom. every root among the Greeks was permitted to vary it's termination, so as to express it's radical idea in the form of any one of the parts of speech; to wit, as a noun, an adjective, a verb, participle, or adverb: and each of these parts of speech again, by still varying the termination, could vary the shade of idea existing in the mind . . .

These are my visions on the improvement of the English language by a free use of it's faculties. to realize them would require a course of time, the example of good writers, the approbation of men of letters, the judgment of sound critics, & of none more than of the Edinburgh Reviewers, would give it a beginning, &, once begun, it's progress might be as rapid as it has been in France, where we see what a period of only 20 years has effected. under the auspices of British science and example it might commence with hope. but the dread of innovation there, and especially of any example set by France, has, I fear, palsied the spirit of improvement. here, where all is new, no innovation is feared which offers good. but we have no distinct class of literati, in our country. every man is engaged in some industrious pursuit, and science is but a secondary occupation, always subordinate to the main business of his life. few therefore, of those who are qualified, have leisure to write. in time it will be otherwise. in the mean while necessity obliges us to neologise. and, should the language of England continue stationary, we shall probably enlarge our employment of it, until it's new character may separate it in name as well as in power, from the mother-tongue.

Altho' the copiousness of a language may not in strictness make a part of it's grammar, yet it cannot be deemed foreign to a general course of lectures on it's structure & character; and the subject having been presented to my mind by the occasion of your letter, I have indulged myself in it's speculation, and hazarded to you what has occurred, with the assurance of my great respect.

Waldo answered this from Georgetown on April 25, 1814:

For your obliging and highly esteemed favour of August 16th, plase [sic] to accept my warmest thanks. My apology for not presenting them at a much earlier period, is this; My business of teaching leaves but a little of my time unoccupied, & the preservation of my health requires a great proportion of that little to be devoted to relaxation & exercise. Had I contemplated writing only the few lines to which I am even now, confined, I should certainly have sent you my immediate acknowledgment. But the subject on which you have honoured me with your very ingenious and learned remarks, is truly interesting to me & in a great measure novel. It therefore excited my curiosity, and induced me to think of bestowing some attention upon it; & of making you the poor return of some additional remarks of my own. I have however the mortification of finding myself after this long interval, no nearer obtaining the object of my wish than I was at first. When I received the letter I was suffering from more than usually bad health, which for months put it out of my power to do more than to attend to the duties of my school. Since, I have received my usual, but infirm health, I have been engaged, the few leisure moments I could catch, in abridging my grammar, and in preparing my spelling books for the press. As the worm [sic] weather returns, my health becomes more feeble; and some additional private business also requires my attention for some time. I have therefore, altho' the above works are off my hands, not a moment that has not its regular business. That my situation thus limits my pursuits, and almost wholly denies me the satisfaction of attending to literary subjects, except the first elements, to which the business of teaching confines me, and which lose their relish by their daily recurrence, would be to me the subject of sever[e] regret, were I not satisfied that the duties Providence has imposed upon me, tho' humble and laborious, are most important to society, and that it is the part of wisdom, as well as of our duty to acquiesce with cheerfulness, in that disposition of ourselves & of our time, which we find not left to our own choice to alter.

I had an opportunity of shewing your letter to many of your, as well as my own friends, who think with me, that it is ably written, and that you ought to consent to its publication. Tho' I was satisfied that you could have no objection to its being presented to the public, I did not think it correct to do it without your express approbation. I will therefore thank you to write me on the subject.

To this, Jefferson replied from Monticello on July 1:

A long absence from home has prevented an earlier acknolegement of your favor of Apr. 25. and I learn from it with regret the circumstances of your habitual ill health. I did not mean by my answer to trouble you with any particular attention to it's subject. it conveyed thoughts which had occurred to me sometimes in the course of a busy life, which had never allowed me time to examine them: and being called up by the occasion of your letter, I hazarded them for consideration, conscious that, the subject being so much more familiar to you, they would recieve from you their just estimate. of committing them to the public I had not the smallest idea. neither their merit nor my inclinations looked towards that tribunal. my present object is tranquility, & retirement from public notice, relieving sometimes, by literary speculations, the ordinary cares of a farming life; but never hazarding my quiet by provoking public controversy. I feel much indebted therefore to your justice & discretion in considering what I wrote as not meant for the public eye, but a mere indulgence of a course of thought produced by the occasion of your letter, and of the book you had been so kind as to send me. permit me to repeat to you the assurances of my esteem and respect." "48490","116","","","","Johnson's spelling dict.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 41, Johnson's Spelling Dictionary, 12mo.","Johnston, William.","A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary: Wherein, by a new and sufficient Method, The Proper Sounds of English Words are exactly ascertained; And by which, Both His Majesty's Subjects, and Foreigners, may correct an Improper, or acquire a Right Pronunciation of the English Language. Together with An Introduction, and an Appendix . . . To which is added, by Way of Praxis, A Discourse on an Important Subject: Wherein The Right Sounds of the Words are so intimated by the Notation, that a Stranger to the English Accent, after carefully perusing the Introduction, may be able to pronounce them properly. By William Johnston, M. A. London: Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street. M.DCC.LXIV [1764.]","PE1620. J7","

First Edition? 12mo. 132 leaves.

Not in Lowndes.

Dedicated by the author to Queen Charlotte, in a humble Hope, and dutiful Desire, that it may be assisting to her Majesty, in cultivating a right Pronunciation of the English Language. This work provides interesting information as to the correct pronunciation of English at that time." "48500","117","","","","Webster's dictionary.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 96, as above.","Webster, Noah.","A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. In which Five Thousand Words are added to the number found in the Best English Compends. The Orthography is, in some instances, corrected; The Pronunciation marked by an Accent or other suitable Direction; And the Definitions of many Words amended and improved. To which are added for the benefit of the Merchant, the Student and the Traveller, I.—Tables of the Moneys of most of the commercial Nations in the world . . . II.—Tables of Weights and Measures, ancient and modern . . . III.—The Divisions of Time among the Jews, Greeks and Romans . . . IV.—An official List of the Post-Offices in the United States . . . V.—The Number of Inhabitants in the United States, with the amount of Exports. IV[sic].—New and interesting Chronological Tables of remarkable Events and Discoveries. By Noah Webster, Esq. From Sidney's Press. For Hudson & Goodwin, Book Sellers, Hartford, and Increase Cooke & Co. Book-Sellers, New-Haven. 1806.","PE.1628W3 1806","

First Edition. 12mo. 214 leaves. The Dictionary is preceded by a Preface dated from New-Haven, Jan. 1806.

Sabin 102347. Ford II, 537.

Noah Webster, 1758-1843, lexicographer. A Compendious Dictionary was Webster's first dictionary, compiled as a preparation for his larger work. Jefferson's opinion of Webster was written in a letter to James Madison, the Secretary of State, dated from Monticello August 12, 1801:

. . . tho' I view Webster as a mere pedagogue, of very limited understanding and very strong prejudices & party passions . . .

For correspondence between Jefferson and Webster, see no. 4928." "48510","118","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 35, Lindley Murray's English Grammar, 12mo.","Murray, Lindley.","English Grammar, adapted to the different Classes of Learners, with an Appendix, containing Rules and Observations, for assisting the more advanced students to write with Perspicuity and Accuracy . . . By Lindley Murray. From the Eighteenth English Edition, enlarged and improved by the Author. Philadelphia: published by Johnson and Warner, and sold at their Stores in Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky, 1811.","","

12mo. 153 leaves; a copy of this edition was not seen, the title was taken from the card for this edition in the National Union Catalog, and is identical with other editions save for the number of the source edition and the imprint.

Not in Sabin. Listed without detail in Smith, Catalogue of Friends' Books.

Lindley Murray, 1745-1826, Quaker grammarian, was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In 1784 he went to England, settled just outside York, and lived there until his death. The first edition of this work was printed in London in 1795, and the book was frequently reprinted in England and in the United States. For a full list of the editions, see Smith's Catalogue of Friends' books and for an account of the book, see R. L. Lyman, English Grammar in American Schools before 1850." "48520","119","","","","Pointer's Academical miscellany.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 93, as above.","Pointer, John.","Miscellanea in Usum Juventutis Academicæ: Containing 1. Characters of the Classick Authors . . . 2. Instructions for Reading the Classick Authors . . . 3. A Chronology of the Classick Authors . . . 4. A Catalogue of the Best Classick Authors . . . 5. Pagan Mythology . . . 6. Latin Exercises . . . 7. A Correction of several palpable Mistakes made by some of our English Historians and other Authors . . . By John Pointer, M. A. Chaplain of Merton College in Oxford, and Rector of Slapton in Northampton-shire. Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Ant. Peisley, and are to be Sold by Ja. Knapton, Hen. Clements, Will. Taylor, and Will. Meadows Booksellers in London. 1718.","PA3002 .P6","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 118 leaves.

Lowndes V, 1903. Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

John Pointer, 1668-1754, English antiquary and clergyman. This work is dedicated by him to John Holland, D. D., Warden of Merton College, Oxford. The Imprimatur is dated Apr. 30, 1718." "48530","120","","","","Linguar. veter. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Hickesii.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 150, Linguarum veterum Septentrionalium Thesaurus Hickesii, 2 v fol.","Hickes, George.","Antiquæ Literaturæ Septentrionalis Libri Duo. Quorum primus Georgii Hickesii . . . Linguarum vett. septentrionalium Thesaurum Grammatico-criticum & Archæologicum, ejusdem De Antiquæ Literaturæ Septentrionalis utilitate dissertationem epistolarem et Andreæ Fountaine . . . Numismata Saxonica & DanoSaxonica complectitur. Alter continet Humfredi Wanleii Librorum vett. septentrionalium . . . Catalogum historico-criticum . . . Oxoniæ: e theatro Sheldoniano, 1705.","","

Folio. 6 parts in 2 vol., each part with separate titlepage and pagination, portrait frontispiece, plates, facsimiles, some folded. A copy was not available for examination, the above information was obtained from the card in the National Union Catalog.

Lowndes II, 1065. Not in Hazlitt. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 918.

This work is comprised of a second edition of the Institutiones Grammaticae above, no. 4836, including the Grammatica Islandica of Jonas, with additions by Hickes, and a catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by Humfrey Wanley. The work is dedicated to Prince George of Denmark, and in his preface, according to information obtained from the Dictionary of National Biography, Hickes assigns the authorship of The Whole Duty of Man to Lady Pakington, under whose roof he was living.

Humfrey Wanley, 1672-1726, English antiquary, was employed by George Hickes during 1699 and 1700 to search through England for Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The results were published in 1705 as the second volume of Hickes's work with a dedication to Robert Harley, who had introduced Wanley to Hickes. The dedication was translated into Latin by Edward Thwaites (1667-1711) the Anglo-Saxon scholar.

Sir Andrew Fountaine, 1676-1753, studied Anglo-Saxon under Hickes, and published in this Thesaurus his Numismata Anglo-Saxonica et Anglo-Danica Illustrata." "48540","121","","","","Wotton's view of Hickes's thesaurus.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 117, Wotlon's [sic] view of Hickes's Thesaurus, 4to.","Wotton, William.","Wotton's Short View of George Hickes's Grammatico-Critical and Archeological Treasure Of the Ancient Northern-Languages, With some Notes, by a Lover of the ancient Northern-Literature, and an Appendix to the Notes, Faithfully and Intirely translated into English from the Latin Original, by Maurice Shelton, Of Barningham-Hall in the County of Suffolk, Esquire, One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, &c. To which are added by the same Translator, Other Curious and Proper Notes for a further Illustration of the Text, A Short Appendix of Notes of Correction, &c. And a Dedication to the Right Honourable James Reynolds, Esq; Lord Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, at Westminster . . . London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by D. Browne, Bookseller, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXXV. Price sowed, five Shillings; Price bound, seven. [1735.]","PD99 .H62W63 1735","

First Edition of this translation. 4to. 84 leaves, engraved armorial headpiece at the head of the dedication by Shelton to James Reynolds, engraved headpiece, initial, and engravings in the text, title in English for A Short View of George Hickes's Grammatico-Critical and Archeological Treasure of the Ancient Northern Languages . . . with imprint dated 1708, list of errata on the verso of the last leaf.

Lowndes V, 2998. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 920. The book is placed in Chapter II by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue. He bought his copy from the Rev. Samuel Henley. The title is included in the list appended by him to his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by him of the books in the same purchase.

William Wotton, 1666-1727, English scholar and clergyman. His Short View was originally written in Latin and published in 1708. The Contents list includes æthelflede's Testament in Saxon and in English, ælflede's Testament in Saxon and in English, King Edgar's Charter in English, topographical descriptions of places mentioned in æthelflede's and ælflede's Testaments, Athanasius' Creed in Saxon and in English, and notes upon the Anglo-Saxon coins.

Maurice Shelton, 1683-1749, English scholar, dedicated his translation to James Reynolds, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, from Barningham-Hall, Feb. 1, 1734/5. See no. 4853." "48550","122","","","","Grammatica Lapponica Ganandri.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 32, as above.","Ganander, Hendrik.","Grammatica Lapponica, linguae Europearum propre antiquissimae . . . viam genium Linguae Lapponicae addiscere desideranti monstrans . . . Opera ac studio Henrici Ganandri . . . Holmiae: typis L. Salvii, 1743.","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 96 leaves. A copy was not available for collation. The title was taken from the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale and other sources.

Graesse II, 23. Ebert 8144. Qvigstad und Wiklund, page 17.

Jefferson ordered a copy from a catalogue sent to him by Armand Koenig of Strassburg, in a letter dated from Paris, June 29, 1789. The books and the bill (price 2.0) were sent on July 7.

Hendrik Ganander, d. 1752, Finnish minister." "48560","123","","","","Lexicon Lapponicum Joh. Ihre. cum grammatica Lapponica Lindahl.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 118, as above.","Lindahl, Erik.","Lexicon Lapponicum, cum Interpretatione Vocabulorum Sveco-Latina et Indice Svecano Lapponico; in usum tam illorum, quibus Cura Ecclesiarum in Lapponia committenda, aut jam commissa est, quam aliorum curiosorum et linguarum studiosorum, indigenarum et exterorum: Illustratum Præfatione Latino-Svecana . . . Johannis Ihre; nec non auctum Grammatica Lapponica. A Dom. Erico Lindahl, Præpos. et Past. Ecclesiæ Lyckselensis et Johanne e/Ohrling, Past. Eccles. Jockmockensis Confectum. In lucem editum cura et impensis illustriss. R:æ in Ecclesias Lapponicas Directionis, Anno MDCCLXXX. Holmiæ: typis Joh. Georg. Lange. [1780.]","PH725 .L5","

First Edition. 4to. 800 leaves, printed in double columns; Latin and Lapp versions of the Præfatio [Fe/oretal] on opposite pages, signed by Joh. Ihre, Upsala d. 6 Decemb. 1779; of the Epitome Grammaticœ Lapponicœ in parallel columns, signed by Joh. J. e/Ohrling.

Graesse IV, 213. Ebert 11994. Qvigstad und Wiklund, page 155.

A copy of this book was ordered by Jefferson from Armand Koenig of Strassburg; included in a list of required books from his catalogues in a letter dated from Paris June 29, 1789. The books were sent on July 8. It is entered without price by him in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Erik Lindahl, Swedish scholar.

Johan e/Ohrling, b. 1718. Swedish scholar, and co-author of this book.

Johann Ihre, 1707-1730, Swedish scholar, was educated at Upsala University. He became under-librarian to the Academy of Sciences, and professor of belles-lettres and political economy." "48570","124","","","","Sacrorum evangeliorum versio gothica ab Edw. Lye.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 119, as above.","New Testament. Gothic.","Sacrorum Evangeliorum Versio Gothica ex Codice Argenteo Emendata atque Suppleta, cum Interpretatione Latina & Annotationibus Erici Benzelii non ita pridem Archiepiscopi Upsalensis. Edidit, Observationes suas Adjecit, Et Grammaticam Gothicam Præmisit Edwardus Lye A.M. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, MDCCL. [1750]","Bible Collection","

4to. 226 leaves collating in twos, the first 34 leaves for the Dedication, Præfatio, Grammatica Gothica, and Editoris Observationes, with a list of errata, text of the Gospels in Gothic, with a Latin translation and footnotes, Imprimatur dated Feb. 19, 1749, on the verso of the title-leaf.

Darlow and Moule 4560.

Entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Eric Benzel, 1642-1709, Archbishop of Upsala, was the editor of the Swedish version of the Bible begun under Gustave III, and was the author of the Latin translation and notes in this volume.

Edward Lye, 1694-1767, English Anglo-Saxon and Gothic scholar, edited this edition and added the Gothic Grammar at the beginning. The Gothic characters are printed from the fount presented to the Clarendon Press by F. Junius; see no. 4864." "48580","125","","","","Ulphilae versio Gothica epist. Pauli ad Roman. à Francisco Knitel.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 120, Ulphilae versio Gothica epist. Pauli ad Romanos, à Francisco Knitel, 4to.","New Testament. Gothic.","Ulphilae Versionem Gothicam nonnvllorvm capitvm Epistolae Pavli ad Romanos Venerandvm Antiqvitatis Monvmentvm pro amisso omnio atqve adeo deperdito per mvlta saecvla ad hvnc vsqve diem habitvm. E Litvra Codicis cvivsdam Manvscripti rescripti qvi in Avgvsta apvd Gvelpherbytanos Bibliotheca adservatvr vna cvm variis variae Litteratvrae Monimentis hvc vsqve ineditis ervit Commentatvs est datqve foras Franciscvs Antonivs Knittel, Metropolitanae Ecclesiae apvd Gvelpherbytanos Archidiaconvs. L. H. E. C. Principale apvd Brvnovicenses Orphanotrophevm. [Colophon:] Excvdebat totvm hoc opvs litterarvm formis omnino novis Gvelpherbyti Iohannes Wilhelmvs Bindseil, Dvcis Typographvs. [1762.]","BS105 .K6 1762","

First Edition. 4to. Engraved frontispiece by Beck after v. Pfeiff, 288 leaves, 12 folded and numbered tables at the end, engraved by Ant. Aug. Beck after Brand. Heinr. Meier, woodcut ornaments and initials, some side notes and capitals printed in red, text in Gothic, Greek, Latin and English, half-title on Ai for Codex Carolinvs. Sive Versio Gothica Epistolae Pavli ad Romanos regnante serenissimo Brvnovicens. Ac Lvnebvrgens. Dvce Carolo inventa in Bibliotheca Gvelphorvm Avgvsta svmmiqve hvivs Principis ivssv et avspiciis e litvra palimpsesti primvm foras data. Clavdianvs. Emeritos artus fecunda morte reformat.

This edition not in Darlow and Moule; mentioned in the note to 4562.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

Ulphilas, usually Ulfilas, c. 310-c. 381, the Apostle of the Goths, according to tradition was the originator of the Gothic alphabet which supplanted the use of runes. He succeeded Theophilus as Bishop of the Goths, eventually was forced to leave Dacia, and settled in Moesia, where he translated the whole of the Bible with the exception of the Book of Kings, which he omitted in fear of the effect of the narration of the military exploits on the Gothic tribes.

Franz Anton Knittel, 1721-1792, German scholar, edited these fragments of the Epistle to the Romans from the Codex Carolinus, a palimpsest of the fifth century, in Latin and Gothic, discovered by him in 1756 in the Library of Wolfenbüttel.

In the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress is a sheet of paper with two lists in Jefferson's autograph. The one is headed Runic alphabet, and contains 16 letters in three columns, the symbols, their names, and the English equivalents. The second list is headed Gothic alph. of Ulphilas, and is in two columns, 25 Gothic letters and the English equivalents." "48590","126","","","","Johannis ab Ihre Scripta versionem Ulphilanam illustrantia. à Busching.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 121, as above.","Ihre, Johann.","Johannis ab Ihre . . . Scripta versionem Ulphilanam et Linguam Mœse-Gothicam illustrantia, ab ipso doctissimo auctore emendata, novisque accessionibus aucta, iam vero ob præstantiam ac raritatem collecta, et una cum aliis scriptis similis argumenti edita, ab Antonio Friderico Büsching . . . Berolini: Ex officina Typographica Bossiana, 1773.","","

4to. 191 leaves, facsimiles; a copy was not available for examination; the title was copied from the Johns Hopkins University catalogue card in the National Union Catalog.

Graesse III, 410. See the note to Darlow and Moule, 4562.

Anton Friderich Büsching, 1724-1793, German scholar, collected Johann Ihre's treatises on the Gothic version of the fragments of the New Testament, and published them with specimens of the text. The volume includes also pieces by other authors.

For a note on Ihre see no. 4856." "48600","127","","","","Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica ex Hickesiano thesauro excerpta.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 83, as above.","Hickes, George.","Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica ex Hickesiano Linguarum Septentrionalium Thesauro Excerpta. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, A. D. MDCCXI. [1711.]","PE135 .H5","

8vo. 26 leaves, engraved frontispiece showing scholars in a library, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian on the title-page, title printed in red and black, text in Latin, Anglo-Saxon and Gothic, errata slip inserted before the first page of text.

Lowndes II, 1065.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

In section IV, Grammar, of his Essay on Anglo-Saxon, Jefferson mentions this book and describes it as but an extract from Hickes.

Edward Thwaites, 1667-1711, was the editor of this book, which he dedicated to Christopher Rawlinson, the editor of Boethius, q.v.

For George Hickes, see no. 4836, above." "48610","128","","","","Elstob's Saxon grammar,","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 84, as above.","Elstob, Elizabeth.","The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue, First given in English: with an Apology For the Study of Northern Antiquities. Being very useful towards the understanding our ancient English Poets, and other Writers. By Elizabeth Elstob . . . London: Printed by W. Bowyer: And Sold by J. Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-street, and C. King in Westminster-hall, 1715.","PE135 .E4","

First Edition. 4to. 58 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved emblematic head-piece with portrait at the head of the dedication to the Princess of Wales, and engraved pictorial initial on the same page; engraved head-piece and initial with portrait of the author on the first page of text, following the Preface to the Reverend Dr. Hickes on xxxv numbered pages.

Lowndes II, 735. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 77, 919.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 2/6, and therefore probably bought from an English bookseller.

This book is referred to in Jefferson's letter to Sir Herbert Croft, q. v. no. 4840.

. . . some of these ideas I noted at the time on the blank leaves of my Elstob's Anglo-Saxon grammar: but there I have left them, and must leave them, unpursued, altho I still think them sound & useful . . .

In his essay on Anglo-Saxon, under the heading Grammar, Jefferson remarks that:

the principal merit of m[???]s Elstob's is that it is written in English, without any thing original in it.

Elizabeth Elstob, 1683-1756, English Anglo-Saxon scholar. She was a relative of the scholar George Hickes, q. v., to whom the preface of this book is addressed." "48620","129","","","","Benson's Saxon vocabulary.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 85, as above.","Somner, William—Benson, Thomas.","Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum, Lexico Gul. Somneri magna parte au[???]tius. Operâ Thomæ Benson, Art. Bac. è Collegio Reginæ. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano, An. Dom. M. DCC. I. Impensis Sam. Smith, & Benj. Walford ad insigne Principis, in cœmeterio D. Pauli. [1701.]","PE281 .L5B4","

8vo. 96 leaves, unnumbered, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on the title-page, engraved frontispiece showing a library with scholars as in no. 4860 above, text in double-columns; the last leaf has Voces Poeticæ cum interpretamentis, è Grammaticia D. Georgii Hickesii, S. T. P.

Lowndes I, 155. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 928.

Jefferson probably bought this copy while in Paris; it is entered in his undated manuscript catalogue with the English price 5/6.

Somner and Benson are among those listed by Jefferson in his essay on Anglo-Saxon who deserve to be ever remembered with gratitude. He quotes from this work to illustrate a point in the third part, Numbers, under section IV, Grammar:

Dr. Hickes supposes the A-S. to have a dual number also, not going thro' the whole vocabulary of nouns and verbs, as in Greek, but confined to two particular pronouns, i. e. wit, and yit, which he translates we two, and ye two. but Benson renders wit by nos, and does not give yit at all. and is it worth while to embarras grammar with an extra distinction for two or three, or half a dozen words? and why may not wit we two, and yit, ye two, be considered plural, as well as we three, or we four? as duo, ambo, with the Latins? we may surely say then that neither the A-S. nor English have a dual number.

[Benson's wit is on Z2 recto of this work.]

William Somner, 1598-1669, Anglo-Saxon scholar, first published his Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum in 1659. This is the first edition edited by Thomas Benson B. A. of Queen's College. The imprimatur and the epistle to the reader are dated July 15, 1701." "48630","130","","","","Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-et Gothico-Latinum. ab Owen Manning.","","2. to. in 1. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 151, as above.","Lye, Edward.","Dictionarium Saxonico et Gothico-Latinum. Auctore Edvardo Lye, A. M. Rectore de Yardley-Hastings in Agro Northantoniensi. Accedunt Fragmenta Versionis Ulphilanæ, necnon Opuscula quædam Anglo-Saxonica. Edidit, Nonnullis Vocabulis auxit, plurimis Exemplis illustravit, et Grammaticam utriusque Linguæ præmisit, Owen Manning, S. T. B. Canon. Loncoln. Vicarius de Godelming, et Rector de Peperharow in Agro Surreiensi; necnon Reg. Societ. et Reg. Societ. Antiqu. Lond. Socius. Tom. I. [-Tom. II.] Londini: Excudebat Edm. Allen: Prostat autem venale apud Benj. White, in Vico vulgo dicto Fleet-Street; apud J. Woodyer, et T. et J. Merril, Bibliopolas Cantabrigienses; et J. et J.Fletcher, et D. Prince, Bibliopolas Oxonienses. M.DCC. LXXII. [1772.]","PE275.L85","

First Edition. Folio. 2 vol. in 1, 236 leaves, the last a blank, and 368 leaves, unnumbered, half-title to each volume. List of subscribers on one leaf at the beginning.

Lowndes III, 1420. Graesse IV, 311.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Edward Lye, 1694-1767, began work on this dictionary about 1637, but died before more than thirty sheets had been printed. The work was posthumously published.

Owen Manning, 1721-1801, chiefly known for his History of Surrey, completed and published Lye's dictionary.

The list of subscribers contains many names of interest to this catalogue. These include Daines Barrington, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Hollis, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Percy, Jacob Tonson and a number of others." "48640","131","","","","Evangeliorum versiones Gothica et Anglo Saxonica à Junio et Mareschello. et Gothicum Glossarium Junii.","","4to. 2. v. in. 1.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 123, Evageliorum Versiones Gothica et Anglo-Saxonica à Junio et Mareschello, et Gothicum Glossarium Junii, 2 v in 1, 4to.","New Testament. Gospels. Gothic and Anglo-Saxon.","Quatuor D. N. Jesu Christi Euangeliorum Versiones perantiqæ duæ, Gothica scil. et Anglo-Saxonica: Quarum illam ex celeberrimo Codice Argenteo nunc primùm depromsit Franciscus Junius F. F. Hanc autem ex Codicibus MSS. collatis emendatiùs recudi curavit Thomas Mareschallus, Anglus: Cujus etiam Observationes in utramque Versionem subnectuntur. Accessit & Glossarium Gothicum: cui præmittitur Alphabetum Gothicum, Runicum, &c. operâ ejusdem Francisci Junii. Dordrechti: Typis & Sumptibus Junianis. Excudebant Henricus & Joannes Essæi, Urbis Typographi Ordinarii. CI[???] I[???] C LXV.—Gothicum Glossarium, Quo pleraque Argentei Codicis Vocabula explicantur, atque ex Linguis cognatis illustrantur. Præmittuntur ei Gothicum, Runicum, Anglo-Saxonicum, aliáque Alphabeta. Operâ Francisci Junii F. F. Dordrechti: Typis & sumptibus Junianis. CI[???] I[???] C LXV. [1665.]","BS105.J8 1665; PD1193.J8","

First Edition. 4to. 2 parts in 1, 292 and 228 leaves, engraved title-frontispiece to the first part by A. Santocort, Gothic and Anglo-Saxon texts of the Gospels, followed by Observationes, Corrigenda on the last leaf; dedicated by Junius to Gabriel de la Gardie to whom a Latin poem at the beginning of the second part is signed Janvs Vlitivs.

Darlow and Moule, 1604 and 4557.

The editio princeps of the Gospels in Gothic, edited by Thomas Marshall and Francis Junius. The Gothic version is ascribed to Ulfilas, the Apostle of the Goths [see no. 4858].

Thomas Marshall, 1621-1685, English scholar and clergyman, was living in Rotterdam as preacher to the merchant adventurers in that city and on their removal to Dort in 1656, accompanied them and remained there for sixteen years, thus accounting for the place of printing of this work.

In his Observationes in Versionem Anglo-Saxonicum at the end of the Gospels Marshall explains upon what printed works and manuscripts the Anglo-Saxon test is based. The excellence of this work led to his being given a fellowship at Lincoln College, Oxford, and in 1681 he became Dean of Gloucester.

Francis Junius, 1589-1677, Anglo-Saxon scholar, was born in Heidelberg. In 1621 he went to England and lived there intermittently over a period of years. In 1676 he retired to Oxford and settled opposite Lincoln College in order to be near Marshall. He made a deed of gift to the Bodleian Library of all his Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and philological collections, and at his death bequeathed to the University his Gothic and Saxon types." "48650","132","","","","An English-Saxon Homily on the birthday of S. Gregory. Anglo-Sax. & Eng. by m[???]s Elstob.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 86, as above.","ælfric.","An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-day of St. Gregory: Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. Translated into Modern English, with Notes, &c. By Eliz. Elstob. London: Printed by W. Bowyer. MDCCIX. [1709.]","PR1526 .G8A2 1709","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 96 leaves, continuous signatures, separate pagination for the Preface, the English-Saxon Homily, the Latin version and the Appendix; list of subscribers on 6 pages at the end, engraved frontispiece by S. Gribelin, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved head-pieces, engraved historiated initials, two with portraits, one of St. Gregory, the other of Elizabeth Elstob, some signed by S. Gribelin, Saxon and English texts in parallel columns, Latin version in long lines.

Not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 77.

Entered by Jefferson without price in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Aelfric, fl. 1006, English abbot, known as Grammaticus, was the author of two books of homilies, each containing forty sermons, compiled and translated into English from the sermons of various Latin writers.

Elizabeth Elstob published this work by subscription and dedicated it to Queen Anne." "48660","133","","","","Bedae historia ecclesiastica, paraphrasi Saxonicâ Alfredi. Chronologia Anglo-Saxonica à Wheeloc. Archaionomia Lambardi. à Wheeloc.","","fol., fol., fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 152, Bedae historia ecclesiastica paraphrasi Saxonica Alfredi, fol. 1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 153, Chronologia Anglo-Saxonica a Wheeloc, fol. 1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 154, Archaionomia Lambardi a Wheeloc, fol.","Bede, The Venerable.","Historiae Ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum Libri V, a Venerabili Beda presbytero scripti: Tribus praecipue MSS. Latinis, à mendis haud paucis repurgati: Ab Augustissimo Veterum Anglo-Saxonum rege Aluredo (sive Alfredo) examinati; ejusque Paraphrasi Saxonicâ eleganter explicati; Tribus nunc etiam MSS. Saxonicis collati: Unà cum Annotationibus, & Analectis è Publicis veteris Ecclesiae Anglicanae homiliis aliisque MSS. Saxonicis, huic indè excerptis, nec anteà Latinè datis: quibus in calce operis Saxonicam Chronologiam seriem hujus imprimis historiae complectentem, nunquam antea in lucem editam, nunc quo[???] primò latine versam contexuimus: Opera haec ferè omnia Saxonica hactenus in archivis recondita, nunc demum in Republicae Literariae usum de prompta e Bibliotheca publica Cantabrigiensi. Quibus accesserunt Anglo-Saxonicae Leges: et ultimò Leges Henrici I. Nunc primum editae. Cantabrigiae: Ex officiana Rogeri Daniel; celeberrimae Academiae typographi; prostant Londini apud Cornelium Bee, MDCXLIIII. [1644.]","","

Folio. 3 parts in 1, with separate title-pages for Chronologia Anglo-Saxonica elegans et perantique ex duobus manuscriptis feliciter eruta . . . Cui Latina versio apposite respondet, opera & studio Abrahami Wheloci, with the imprint of Roger Daniel and Cornelius Bee and [???]Aϱχιoνoμι&alpha, sive De Priscis Anglorum legibus . . . Gulielmo Lambardo interprete, with the same imprint; title-pages in red and black, Anglo-Saxon and Latin texts in parallel columns; doublepage map of the Heptarchy engraved by W. Hole in the last part.

A copy was not available for collation. The title was taken from the cards for this work in the National Union Catalog.

This edition not in Lowndes and not in Hazlitt. STC B1662. Not in Bowes. Barnes, page 19.

Each part separately entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without prices.

Jefferson's copy of this work is no longer in the Library of Congress. The entries in his manuscript catalogue and in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 make it clear that he divided the book into its component parts, and treated them as separate books. The numbers in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue show the position of the books on Jefferson's shelves, and they follow in sequence, no. 152, 153 and 154. Jefferson owned the separate issue of Lambarde's Aϱχιoνoμια see no. 1767.

The Venerable Bede, 673-735, English historian and scholar, completed his Historia Ecclesiastica in 731. It was first printed in Strassburg circa 1473. This edition of 1644 is Daniel's edition of 1643 with a new title. Jefferson's copy of Stapleton's translation into English of this work was placed by him in Chapter V, Ecclesiastical History; see no. 623. The Anglo-Saxon version is placed in the present chapter on account of its language not the subject matter.

Abraham Whelock, 1593-1653, the translator of the Chronologia Saxonica. For a note on him, see no. 1767.

William Lambarde, 1536-1601, the author of 'Aϱχιoνoμια, was the first of the host of learned men, listed by Jefferson at the beginning of his essay on Anglo-Saxon, who deserve to be ever remembered with gratitude. The list is comprised of Lambard, Parker, Spelman, Wheeloc, Wilkins, Gibson, Hickes, Thwaites, Somner, Benson, Mareschal, Elstob." "48670","134","","","","Boethius Anglo-Saxonicé ab Alfredo rege.","","8vo. Oxon.","1815 Catalogue, page 163, no. 87, as above.","Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus.","An. Manl. Sever. Bœthi Consolationis Philosophiæ Libri V. Anglo-Saxonice Redditi ab Alfredo, Inclyto Anglo-Saxonum Rege. Ad apographum Junianum expressos edidit Christophorus Rawlinson, è Collegio Reginæ. Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano MDCXCVIII. Sumtibus Editoris, Typis Junianis. [1698.]","PR1549 .A2 1698","

8vo. 106 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of Junius by Burghers after Vandyke, engraved vignette with arms on the title-page, engraved head-piece, and initial with a portrait of King Alfred, all by Burghers. The text in prose in long lines, is followed by Versiones Poeticæ è Codice Cottoniano desumptæ in double columns, list of errata on the last leaf.

Lowndes I, 229. Hazlitt II, 54. STC B3429. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 87.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5/-.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, c. 480-524, Roman philosopher and statesman, wrote De Consolatione Philosophiae while undergoing imprisonment though innocent of crime.

Alfred the Great, 849-901, began his translation of Boethius, in which he was helped by Asser, in 887.

Christopher Rawlinson, 1677-1733, English antiquary and Anglo-Saxon scholar, published Alfred's Saxon version of Boethius from a transcript at Oxford made by Francis Junius, and had it printed with the Junian types. For a note on Francis Junius, see no. 4864." "48680","135","","","","Orosius. Saxon by K. Alfred & Eng. by Barrington.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 88, as above.","Orosius, Paulus.","The Anglo-Saxon Version, From the Historian Orosius. By ælfred the Great. Together with an English Translation from the Anglo-Saxon. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: And sold by S. Baker and G. Leigh, York-street Covent-Garden; T. Payne, at the Meuse-Gate, Castle-street; and B. White, at Horace's-Head, Fleet-street. MDCCLXXIII. [1773.]","PR1555 .A1 1773","

First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 2 parts in 1, the Anglo-Saxon text followed by the English translation, with separate signatures and pagination, 142 leaves, the last a blank, and 136 leaves, folded engraved map of Europe by J. Bayly. The Preface is signed by Daines Barrington and dated February 22, 1733. On 10 leaves at the end are Notes on The first Chapter of the first Book of ælfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Orosius. By Mr. J. R. Forster, F. R. S.

Lowndes III, 1733. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 87

Jefferson's copy was bought from Lackington of London. In a letter to Jefferson dated from London July 11, 1788, John Trumbull wrote:

. . . Lackington had only Alfred's Orosius. that I have bought & will send you by an early conveyance . . .

It is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5/9.

This was the edition used by Jefferson in his essay on Anglo-Saxon, written in 1788. In the section headed Observations on Anglo-Saxon grammar, Jefferson wrote:

those, I think, who have leisure and knolege of the subject, could not render it a greater service than by new editions of the Saxon writings still extant digested under four columns, whereof the 1st. should present the text in the Saxon character and original loose orthography; the 2d. the same text on Saxon characters reformed to Modern English orthography as nearly as allowable; the 3d. the same text in the English character and orthography; the 4th. an English version, as literally expressed, both as to words and their arrangement as any indulgences of grammar, or of obsolete, or provincial terms, would tolerate. I will exhibit the following passage from Alfred's Orosius. L. 1. pa. 23. as a specimen.

The specimen consists of 4 columns headed respectively:

1. Saxon orthography; 2. Saxon Orthogr. reformed; 3 Eng. charact. & orthography; 4 Eng. literal version.

Paulus Orosius, fl. 415, Spanish historian and theologian. His Historiae Adversum Paganos was written at the suggestion of St. Augustine, and was the first attempt to write the history of the world as a history of God guiding humanity.

Alfred the Great, 848-901, King of England. This work is not an exact translation of Orosius. The opening paragraph of Forster's Notes reads: The Geography of king ælfred, is not to be considered as a mere translation of Orosius, for he brings in the testimony of Onthere and Wulfstan, who came to the king and gave him a most minute and accurate account of their own navigations; and therefore it is a most precious fragment of the real situation of several nations in the ninth century . . . Daines Barrington, 1727-1800, English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist, printed Alfred's version of Orosius from a transcript made by William Elstob, but not printed by him. For other references to Barrington in this Catalogue, see the Index." "48690","136","","","","Sewel's Dutch & Eng. Dict.","","2. v. in 1. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 127, Sewel's Dutch and Eng. Dictionary, 2 v in 1 4to.","Sewel, Willem.","A Large Dictionary English and Dutch, in Two Parts: Wherein each Language is set forth in its proper form; the various significations of the Words being exactly noted, and abundance of choice Phrases and Proverbs intermixt. To which is added a Grammer, for both Languages. The First Part. The fifth Edition corrected and enlarged. Groot Woordenboek der Engelsche en Nederduytsche Taalen; Nevens eene Spraakkonst derzelver. Door Willem Sewel. Eerste Deel. [—Het Tweede Deel.]. De Vyfde Druk verbetert en vermeerdert. T'Amsterdam: By Jacob ter Beek, Boekverkooper bezyden de Beurs, 1754. Met Privilegie.","PF640 .S5 1754","

4to. 2 vol. in 1, 280 and 309 leaves, engraved frontispiece by J. Goeree showing a library with the imprint of Jacob Ter Beek dated MDCCXLIX, both titles printed in red and black, the first as above, the second in Dutch only, the Dutch Grammar in the second volume only, text of the Dictionary in double columns.

Not in Graesse or Ebert. Van der Aa XVII, page 635. Smith, Catalogue of Friends' Books II, 560.

Jefferson's copy was bought from Van Damme of Amsterdam, ordered in a letter dated from Amsterdam, March 18, 1788. The book was sent on June 25, price 14.10. It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with that price.

Willem Sewel, 1654-1720, a Dutch Quaker of English descent, published the first edition of this work in 1691. It was reissued in 1708, 1719, 1721 and 1735 before this edition of 1754. The early Library of Congress catalogues credit the Jefferson collection with a non-existent edition of 1749, assumedly taken from the engraved frontispiece of this edition, which bears that date." "48700","137","","","","Horne Tooke's Epea pteroenta, or Diversions of Purley.","","8vo. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 89, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 660, no. J. 94, Tooke, J. Horne: Diversions of Purley, 2 v. 8vo; London, 1786, and Philadelphia, 1807.","Tooke, John Horne.","Eπεα Πτεϱoεντα Or, The Diversions of Purley. Part I. By John Horne Tooke, A. M. Late of St. John's College, Cambridge. London: Printed for J. Johnson 1786. [-Part II. The First American Edition. From the Second London Edition. Philadelphia: Printed by Wm. Duane, 1807.]","","

2 vol. Vol. I the first edition, of which only the first part was printed, engraved folded frontispiece by W. Kneass; vol. II, 480 leaves. A copy of the London edition was not available.

Lowndes V, 2696 (first edition). The Philadelphia edition not in Lowndes or Sabin.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price 7 f. (probably referring to Vol. I only).

John Horne Tooke, 1736-1812, English politician. His name was originally John Horne; he added the name Tooke at the request of his friend William Tooke, who owned an estate at Purley. The first edition of the second part was published in 1798, with a new edition of Part I." "48710","138","","","","Grose's Provincial Glossary.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 94, as above.","Grose, Francis.","A Provincial Glossary; with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and popular Superstitions. By Francis Grose, Esq. F. A. S. London: Printed for S. Hooper, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. 185 leaves; the pages of the Preface and Popular Superstitions are numbered, those of the Glossary are not numbered. A copy of the first edition was not seen; the copy used is one of the second edition (1790 by the same printer) in the Library of Congress collated with available information concerning the first edition.

Lowndes II, 949.

Grose's provincial glossary. Hooper. was one of the books ordered by Jefferson in a letter to Payne of London in a letter dated from Paris January 28, 1789. It is entered in the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 5/-. A copy was bound for Jefferson on January 25. 1804, in calf, gilt, by John March, cost $1.50.

Francis Grose, 1731?-1791, English antiquary and artist, was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries." "48720","139","","","","The Mariner's dictionary. Duane.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 42, as above.","Moore, J. J.","The Mariner's Dictionary, or American Seaman's Vocabulary of Technical Terms, and Sea Phrases, used in the Construction, Equipment, Management, and Military Operations, of Ships and Vessels of all Descriptions. Improved from an English work. Illustrated with Copperplates, Descriptive of all objects appertaining to Seamanship. Washington City: Printed and Published by William Duane, and Sold by him, at his Book-Stores, at Washington City and Philadelphia. 1805.","V23 .M83","

First American Edition. Sm. 8vo. 132 leaves including 1 blank, 8 engraved plates.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Cushing, Anonyms, page 83. Sabin 50410.

Jefferson bought his copy from William Duane; it appears on his bill to Jefferson, under date December 14, 1805, price $1.50. The entry is marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 and is omitted from the subsequent catalogues. The title is entered in the list of books missing from the Library of Congress made at a later date.

J. J. Moore, of the Royal Navy, published this work in 1801, with the title The British Mariner's Vocabulary. William Duane dedicated his revision of the English work to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy of the United States." "48730","140","","","","Etymologicon linguae Anglicanae Skinner.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 155, Etymoligicon linguae Anglicanae Skinneri, fol.","Skinner, Stephen.","Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ, Seu Explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex Linguis duodecim; Anglo-Saxonica seu Anglica prisca, notata AS. Runica, Gothica, Cimbrica, seu Danica antiqua, notata Run. Dan. Franco-Theotisca, seu Teutonica vetere, notata Fr. Th. Danica recentiori, notata Dan. rec. Belgica, notata Belg. Teutonica recentiori, notata Teut. Cambro-Britanica, notata C. Br. Franco-Gallica, notata Fr. Italica, notata It. Hispanica, notata Hisp. Latina, notata Lat. Græca, notata Gr. . . . Authore Stephano Skinner, M. D. Londini: Typis T. Roycroft, & prostant venales apud H. Brome sub signo Bombarde ad occidentale Sancti Pauli latus, R. Clavel, B. Tooke sub signo Navis Cœmeterio Divi Pauli, & T. Sawbridge sub signo trium Iridum in Parva Britannia. M DC LXXI. [1671.]","PE1580 .S6","

First Edition. Folio. 400 leaves, the first blank on the recto, License to print, dated Sept. 7, 1668, on the verso, text in double columns, leaves unnumbered.

Lowndes V, 2411. This edition not in Hazlitt. STC S3946a.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 21.0.

Stephen Skinner, 1623-1667, English physician and philologist, died of a malignant fever, leaving his works in manuscript.

Thomas Henshaw, 1618-1700, English barrister, published this work from Skinner's manuscripts." "48740","141","","","","Johnson's English dict.","","2. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 125, Johnson's English Dictionary, 2 v 4to.","Johnson, Samuel.","A Dictionary of the English Language: In which The Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson . . . The Fourth Edition, revised by the Author. Dublin: Printed for Thomas Ewing, in Capel-Street, M.DCCLXXV. [1775.]","","

2 vol. 4to. The first volume contains the Advertisement, the list of Subscribers' names, the Preface, the History of the English Language, the Grammar of the English Tongue, and the Dictionary, A-K. Vol. II contains the rest of the Dictionary. A copy of this edition was not seen for collation.

Lowndes III, 1217. Courtney and Smith, page 56.

Jefferson wrote his opinion of Johnson's Dictionary in his letter to Sir Herbert Croft, dated from Monticello October 30, 1798:

Johnson, besides the want of precision in his definitions, and of accurate distinction in passing from one shade of meaning to another of the same word, is most objectionable in his derivations. from a want probably of intimacy with our own language while in the Anglo-Saxon form and type, and of it's kindred languages of the North, he has a constant leaning towards Greek and Latin for English etymon. even Skinner has a little of this, when he has given the true Northern parentage of a word, often tells you from what Greek or Latin source it might be derived by those who have that kind of partiality. he is however, on the whole, our best etymologist, unless we ascend a step higher to the Anglo-Saxon vocabulary; and he has set the good example of collating the English word with it's kindred word in the several Northern dialects, which often assist in ascertaining it's true meaning . . .

For the rest of this letter, see no. 4840. This paragraph concerning Johnson is the omitted passage from that letter.

Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English lexicographer, published the first edition of his dictionary in London, in 1755." "48750","142","","","","Lexiphanes.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 40, as above.","[Campbell, Archibald.]","Lexiphanes, a Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the Present Times. Being an attempt to restore the English Tongue to its Antient Purity. And to correct as well as expose the affected style, hard words, and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler . . . The Third Edition Corrected. London: Printed for R. Faulder, New-Bond-Street; and J. Fielding, Paternoster-Row. MDCCLXXXIII. [1783.]","PR3538 .C3 1783","

12mo. 114 leaves, the last a blank.

Halkett and Laing III, 344. This edition not in Lowndes. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 626.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.4.

Archibald Campbell, 1726?-1780, Scottish scholar, author and sailor, became purser in a man-of-war, and wrote this book, directed against Samuel Johnson, at Pensacola, after reading the Rambler. It remained in manuscript until his return to England, and was first issued anonymously in 1767." "48760","143","","","","Walker's dict.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 95, Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English 8vo.","Walker, John.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: in which, Not only the Meaning of every Word is clearly explained, and the Sound of every Syllable distinctly shown, but, where Words are subject to different Pronunciations, the Authorities of our best Pronouncing Dictionaries are fully exhibited, the reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable Pronunciation is pointed out. To which are prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation: in which The Sounds of Letters, Syllables, and Words, are critically investigated, and systematically arranged; the Influence of the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity, on the Accent and Quantity of the English, is thoroughly examined, and clearly defined; and the Analogies of the Language are so fully shown, as to lay the Foundation of a consistent and rational Pronunciation. Likewise, Rules to be observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for avoiding their respective Peculiarities; and Directions to Foreigners, for acquiring a Knowledge of the Use of this Dictionary. The whole interspersed with Observations, Etymological, Critical, and Grammatical. By John Walker, Author of Elements of Elocution, Rhyming Dictionary, &c. &c. . . . First American Edition. Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, For H. & P. Rice, M. Carey, J. Conrad & Co. S. F. Bradford, Thos. & Wm. Bradford, B. Johnson, J. Johnson, J. & J. Crukshank, J. M'Culloch, H. Sweitzer, W. Woodhouse, D. Hogan, J. Thackara, J. Groff, J. Morgan, J. Humphreys, and J. Ormrod. 1803.","PE1620.W3 1803","

8vo. in fours, 590 leaves, text of the Dictionary in double columns.

This edition not in Lowndes. Not in Sabin.

Jefferson bought a copy of this work from Joseph Milligan, price $3.50, on July 31, 1815, before the delivery of his books to Congress after the sale. Milligan had procured the book in May from W. F. Gray of Fredericksburg. This may have been for Jefferson's own use, or it may have been a replacement copy for a missing book, of which quite a number were procured by Milligan.

On July 20, 1806, J. Osborne of New York sent to Jefferson a printed Prospectus dated May 1806, of a new edition to be printed by Samuel Stansbury, J. and T. Ronalds, J. Osborn and George P. Hopkins, and requesting Jefferson's name as a subscriber. Jefferson seems not to have subscribed.

John Walker, 1732-1807, English actor and lexicographer, first published his dictionary in 1791; it was frequently reprinted." "48770","144","","","","Bible in Irish.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 47, The Bible, in Irish, 12mo.","Bible. Irish.","An Biobla Naomhtha, iona bhfuil Leabhair na Seintiomna ar na ttarruing as an Eabhra go Goidheilg tré chúram éagus dhúthrachd an Doctuir, Villiam Bedel, Roimhe so Easbug Chille móire a Néirinn: agus Na Tiomna Nuaidhe, ar na ttabhairt go fírinneach as Greigis go Goidheilg, re Villiam O Domhnuill. Noch atá anois chum maitheas coitcheann na nGaóidheail Albanach, áthruighte go haireach as an litir Eíreandha chum na mion-litre shoi-léighidh Romhanta; Maille re Suim agus brígh na Ccaibidleach ós a ccionn, a nTiodaluibh aithghearr; Re claraibh fós, ag míniughadh na mFocal budh deacraigh ré na ttuigsin, le R. K. M. A. Lunnduin: R. Ebheringtham, 1690.","","

12mo. 538 leaves including 2 blanks, text in double columns, list of books on the back of the title and of the New Testament title. In the New Testament title the name R. Kirke is given in full. A copy was not seen; the information is obtained from the British Museum Catalogue and from Darlow and Moule.

STC B2712. Darlow and Moule, no. 5535.

Jefferson bought his copy from Lackington in London, included in a bill dated December 31, 1791 (receipted Jan. 2, 1792). Lackington entered the number, key word and price; the details are in Jefferson's hand:

17432 Bible [in Irish. 12mo Lond. 1690.] 10.6. . .

These books were ordered through A. Donald, to whom Jefferson sent on November 23, 1791, the list of his requirements from Lackington's catalogue for 1792.

William Bedell, 1571-1642, English clergyman, became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. It was under his supervision that the Old Testament was translated into the Irish language. In this edition of 1690 the version of 1685 is used.

William O'Donnell [or Daniell or Daniel], d. 1628, Archbishop of Tuam, saw the version of the New Testament through the press in 1602. The version of 1681 is used in this edition of 1690.

Robert Kirk [or Kirke], d. 1629, minister of Aberfoyle, was responsible for the transliteration from the Irish character.

This is the first edition of the Irish Bible in one volume. It was printed at the expense of Robert Boyle and others in roman letter, for the Gaelic-speaking Highlanders in Scotland. The printing was undertaken at the solicitation of James Kirkwood, 1650-c. 1709, a native of Dunbar. Due to the ignorance of the Highlanders of the roman letter the book never found favor in Scotland.

For a full account, see Darlow and Moule." "48780","145","","","","Jones's Welsh & Eng. dict.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 46, Jones's Welsh and Eng. Dictionary, 12mo.","Jones, Thomas.","'Y Gymraeg yn ei Disgleirdeb, neu Helaeth Eirlyfr Cymraeg a Saesnaeg, yn Cynwŷs llawer mwŷ o Eiriau Cymraeg nag sŷdd yng Eirlyfr y disgawdr Sion Dafis o gymraeg a Lading. Yn gyntaf, yn hysbysu Meddwl y gymraeg ddieithr, Dryŷ Gymraeg Mwŷ cynnefinol: Yr hŷn sŷ Gyfleus, a Deunyddiol iawn i bawb a Ewŷllysiont ddeall a ddarllennont yn gymraeg. Yn Ail, yn Dangos y gwir Saesnaeg i Bob gaîr Cymraeg. Ac yn ddilynol, y modd i Gysylltu, sef i (ysbelio) pôb gair yn gywir yn y gymraeg a'r Saesnaeg. Ag a helaethwyd ag argraphyddol henwau gwledŷdd, Gosgorddau, a Dinasoedd, Trefŷdd, a mannau (ym Mrydain fawr, a rhai Dros y Môr:) Yn yr Hên Gymraeg, a'r Bresennol saesnaeg. At yr hyn a chwanegwyd, Eglŷr, a hylaw Athrawiaeth, (i'r Cymry) am gywir Adroddiad y Saesnaeg; Drwy fŷrr hyfforddiad yn yr iaith gymraeg. Gyda phriodolder ddeunydd neu Arwŷddoccaed yr hôll orddiganau, a'r Attalion; sy'r Awron yn Arferedig yn y gymraeg a'r saesnaeg: Ag yn Angenrheidiol eu Deall gan Bôb Darllennŷdd. A Gasglwyd ar y Cyntaf, Drwŷ ddirfawr boen, a Diwydrwydd Thomas Jones, ac yn awr a ddibennwyd, gan Richard Morris, o Lanmihangel, tre'r Beirdd yn Sîr Fôn. Argraphwyd yn y Mwythig, gan Stafford Prys, tros Llywelyn ab Joan, o blwŷ Llan-ddona yn Ynys Fôn, 1760.' [The British Language in its Lustre, or a Copious Dictionary of Welsh and English . . . At first compiled by Thomas Jones, and now finished by Robert Morris. Shrewsbury: Printed by Stafford Prys for L. Jones, 1760.]","","

12mo. The above title was taken from Rowlands.

Rowlands, Cambrian Bibliography, page 456, no. 1.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 2/-.

Thomas Jones, 1647-1713, popularly known as Thomas Jones of Shrewsbury, was originally a tailor by trade. In 1685 he opened a bookseller's shop in Shrewsbury, and in 1688 published the first edition of his Welsh-English Dictionary. (Rowlands 241.)" "48790","146","","","","New testamen Gaidhlig. Edinb. 1767.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 44, The New Testament, Gaidhlig, with rules for reading it, 12mo Edinburg, 1767.","New Testament. Gaelic.","Tiomnadh Nuadh ar Tighearna agus ar Slanuigh-Fhir Iosa Criosd. Eidirtheangaicht' O'n Ghreugais chum Gaidhlig Albannaich. Maille re eòlannaibh aith-ghearra chum a' chàn'ain sin a leughadh. Air iarrtas agus costus na Cuideachd urramaich, a'ta chum eòlas Criosduidh a sgaoileadh feadh Gaidhealtachd agus eileana na h Alba. Clòdh-bhuailt' ann Dun-Eudain, Le Balfour, Auld, agus Smellie. M.DCC.LXVII. [1767.]","BS2132.G3 1767","

First Edition of the New Testament in Gaelic. 12mo. 412 leaves; the Rules for Reading the Gaelic Language on 10 pages at the beginning; Entered in Stationers Hall, according to Act of Parliament on the back of the title-page; text printed in double columns.

Darlow and Moule 4080. Maclean, page 14.

This Testament was sent to Jefferson by Charles McPherson in answer to Jefferson's appeal to him for assistance in learning the language of the poems of Ossian. See no. 4377. On August 12, 1773, McPherson wrote from Edinburgh:

A few religious Books excepted, we have no publication in the Gaelic Language, no dictionary, no grammar. I have sent you, to the care of Mr Minzies, to whom this letter goes inclosed, a Gaelic New Testament, which has a few rules, affixed, for learning the language. This, with a vocabulary, which is also sent, is all the assistance that, at this distance, I can give you to learn my mother tongue . . .

James Stewart, 1701-1789, Scots minister, was the author of this translation of the New Testament from the Greek to the Gaelic language, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel." "48800","147","","","","New testament in Gailck [said to be in the Manks language]","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 99, The New Testament Gailick [Manks] 8vo Whitehaven, 1775.","New Testament. Manx.","Conaant Noa nyn Jiarn as Saualtagh Yeesey Creest; veih ny Chied Ghlaraghyn; dy kiaralagh chyndaït ayns Gailck: ta shen dy ghra, Chengey ny Mayrey Ellan Vannin. Pointit . . . Kialteenyn. J. Ware as e Vac: Whitehaven. 1775.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 210 leaves, engraved episcopal arms on the title-page; a copy was not available, the information was obtained from Darlow and Moule.

Darlow and Moule 6638.

The Old Testament in Manx was published in Whitehaven in 2 volumes, 1771-1773. These two volumes, with this edition of the New Testament, form the first complete Bible in the Manx language, and fixed the standard of modern Manx spelling. The New Testament volume was prepared by M. Curghey and J. Wilks. Jefferson owned also a Book of Common Prayer in the Manx language, which was not sold to Congress in 1815, It was ordered from Lackington's catalogue for 1792. through A. Donald, in a letter to him by Jefferson dated November 23, 1791: 4.0. 16143 Common prayer in Manks language. 8vo. 1775.

The book is included in Lackington's bill, dated December 31, 1791 (receipted January 2, 1792), the number, key word and price by Lackington, the rest of the description filled in by Jefferson:

16143 Common prayer in Manks language. 8vo. 1775. 4.0." "48810","148","","","","Galick & Eng. Vocabulary.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 98, Galick and English Vocabulary, 8vo.","M'Donald, Alexander.","A Galick and English Vocabulary, with An Appendix of the Terms of Divinity in the said Language. Written For the Use of the Charity-Schools, founded and endued in the Highlands of Scotland. By The Honourable, the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge. By Mr. Alexander M'Donald Schoolmaster at Ardnamurchan in Argyleshire. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Fleming, and sold by Mris. Brown in the Parliament-Closs. MDCCXLI. [1741.]","PB1591.M35","

First Edition. sm. 8vo. 104 leaves, title in English on the recto of the 2nd leaf, preceded by the title in Gaelic on the verso of the first, in which By Alexander M'Donald reads Le Alistair MacDomhnuill; woodcut device on the Gaelic title, fleuron on the English.

Lowndes III, 1436. Maclean, page 188.

Owing to his interest in the poems of Ossian, Jefferson had been anxious, as early as 1773, to obtain a grammar of the Gaelic language. On February 25, 1773, Jefferson wrote from Albemarle in Virgã to Charles McPherson in Edinburgh:

. . . merely for the pleasure of reading his [Ossian's] works I am become desirous of learning the language in which he sung and of possessing his songs in their original form. . . I would further beg the favor of you to give me a catalogue of books written in that language, and to send me such of them as may be necessary for learning it. these will of course include a grammar and dictionary . . .

In his reply dated from Edinburgh, August 12, McPherson wrote:

. . . I do not at all wonder that you should be ''desirous of learning the language in which Ossian thought, in which he sung.'' But, alas, I am afraid that this will be attended with insuperable difficultys. A few religious Books excepted, we have no publication in the Gaelic Language, no dictionary, no grammar. I have sent you, to the care of Mr Minzies, to whom this letter goes inclosed, a Gaelic New Testament, which has a few rules, affixed, for learning the language. This, with a vocabulary, which is also sent, is all the assistance that, at this distance, I can give you to learn my mother tongue . . .

[For these letters in full, see The Poems of Ossian, no. 4377.]

On June 30, 1807, 1 Galic Vocabulary, 8vo. was bound for Jefferson by John March, in calf gilt, cost $1.00.

Alexander M'Donald [or MacDonald], 1700?-1780?, Gaelic poet. His Gaelic and English vocabulary published on behalf of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, was the earliest book of its kind." "48820","149","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 45, Mac Donald's Gaelic songs and poems, with a glossary 12mo.","M'Donald, Alexander.","Ais-Eiridh na Sean-Chanoin Albannaich; no an nuadh Oranaiche Gaidhealach. Le Alastair Mac Dhonuill, Bailli Chana. Ris am beil coimh-cheangailte eidertheangair am mineachadh ann am Beurla gach cruaigh fhacall a tharlas anns an leabhar so. Clobhuailt' ann Duneiduinn gu feim an Ughdair. MDCCLI. 1751.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 109 leaves. A copy was not seen; the title was copied from Maclean.

Maclean Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, page 189.

Maclean's note to this work reads: This Edition is now very rare; on a copy before us it is written in old handwriting, that many copies of the work were burned by the common hangman in Edinburgh in 1751 . . . We know of about a dozen copies. It is not improbable that the book was printed in Glasgow. The type is identical with what was used in printing Macfarlane's version of the Psalms in 1752.

Maclean describes eight editions of the work." "48830","150","","","","Indian or Bengal Vocabulary.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 3, as above. 1839 Catalogue, page 652, no. J. 10, Indian, or Bengal Vocabulary; to which is prefixed, the Forms of Impeachment, 12mo; London, 1788.","[Butler, Weeden.]","The Indian Vocabulary. To which is prefixed the forms of Impeachments. London: Printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. M. DCC. LXXXVIII. [1788.]","PK1689 .B8","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 84 leaves, the last sheet for Stockdale's advertisements, with separate pagination.

Not in Halkett and Laing. Lowndes III, 1160 (anonymous).

The book is entered without price by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue.

Weeden Butler, 1742-1823, English miscellaneous writer. The authorship of this work is ascribed to him on the strength of an interleaved copy in the British Museum, with copious manuscript notes by him." "48840","151","","","","Grammaire Caraibe de Raymond.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 165, no. 48, as above.","Breton, Raymond.","Grammaire Caraibe Composée par le R. P. Raymond Breton, Religieux de l'Ordre des Freres Prescheurs, & l'un des quatre premiers Missionnaires Apostoliques en l'Isle de la Gardeloupe, & autres circonuoisines de l'Amerique. A Auxerre: Par Gilles Bovqvet, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy. M. D. C. LXVII. [1667.]","","

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 68 leaves; privilege of the order of Frères Preacheurs on the recto of the last leaf is dated August 23, 1667. A copy of this edition has not been seen; the information is obtained from the reprint, including the title-page, published by L. Adam and Ch. Leclerc in 1877.

Sabin 7741. John Carter Brown Catalogue III, page 151. This edition not in Bissainthe (1671 only, no. 4880).

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 4.—.

Raymond Breton, 1609-1679, Frère Prêcheur. His name was originally Guillaume Breton; the name Raymond was taken on his admission to the Order in 1627. In 1641 he was sent to St. Domingue, where he remained until 1653. In 1654 he returned to France, and wrote this work, his Dictionnaire Caraibe-François, [q. v.] and a Petit Catechisme, Traduit du François en la Langue des Caraibes.

This Grammaire is dedicated to Claude André Lecler, and was written pour faciliter l'vsage du Dictionnaire, & amplifier les proposition du Catechisme. For the Dictionnaire, see the next following number." "48850","152","","","","Dictionnaire Caraibe de Raymond.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 49, as above.","Breton, Raymond.","Dictionaire Caraibe-Francois, Meslé de quantité de Remarques historiques pour l'esclaircissement de la Langue. [-Dictionaire Francois-Caraibe]. Composé par le R. P. Raymond Breton, Religieux de l'ordre des Freres Prescheurs, & l'vn des premiers Missionnaires Apostoliques en l'Isle de la Gardelope & autres circonuoisines de l'Amerique. A Avxerre: Par Gilles Bovqvet, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy. M.D.C.LXV; M.D.C.LXVI. [1665; 1666.]","PM5758 .B6","

First Edition. 2 vol. Sm. 8vo. 248 and 208 leaves, text in double columns.

Sabin 7739, 7740. John Carter Brown Catalogue III, pages 123, 140. Bissainthe 4879.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 6.—.

Dedicated to Claude André Lecler. At the beginning is a letter addressed Avx Reverends Peres Missionaires. The privileges are dated September 16, 1664 and July 15, 1666. See the note to the previous entry." "48860","153","","","","Delaware Indian Spelling book by Zeisberger.","","12mo","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 50, as above.","Zeisberger, David.","Delaware Indian and English Spelling Book, for the Schools of the Mission of the United Brethren; with some Short Historical Accounts from the Old and New Testament, and other Useful Instruction for Children. By David Zeisberger. Philadelphia: From the Press of Mary Cist, No. 104, North Second Street, Near Race Street. 1806.","PM1033 .Z4","

12mo. 90 leaves.

Sabin 106299. Pilling, Algonquinian Languages, page 544. Thomson, Bibliography of Ohio, 1273 (in the note). Church 1299.

David Zeisberger, 1721-1808, Moravian missionary, lived for a time in Georgia, then moved to Pennsylvania. The first edition of this work was printed in Philadelphia in 1776. This second edition contains matter not in the first edition (all from page 118 to the end), and also omits many passages, including the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments, which were printed in the first edition, but which were not in Zeisberger's original manuscript, which is now in the archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania." "48870","154","","","","Claesse's Mohawk Liturgy.","","p. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 164, no. 100, as above.","Claesse, Lawrence.","The Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism, Family Prayers, and Several Chapters of the Old and New-Testament, Translated into the Mahaque Indian Language, By Lawrence Claesse, Interpreter to William Andrews, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable and Reverend the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts . . . Printed by William Bradford in New-York, 1715.","","

Sm. 4to. First Edition. 72 leaves in twos. The English title is followed by the Indian title: Ne Orhoengene neoni Yogaraskhagh Yondereanayendaghkwa, ne Ene Niyoh Raodeweyena, Onoghsadogeaghtige Yondadderighwanondoentha, Siyagonnoghsode Enyondereanayendaghkwagge, Yotkade Kapitelhogough ne Karighwadaghkweagh Agayea neoni Ase Testament, neoni Niyadegariwagge, ne Kanninggahaga Siniyewenoteagh. Tehoenwenadenyough Lawrance Claesse . . .

Sabin 13180, 13181. Evans 1740. Pilling, Iroquoian Languages, page 44 (with facsimiles of the two title-pages). Church IV, 861.

This is the first Mohawk Prayer Book, and the earliest known book printed in New York in an Indian dialect. The translation of the Book of Common Prayer into the Mohawk language was made originally by the Rev. Bernardus Freeman, who presented a copy to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In 1712 the Society sent the Rev. William Andrews as a missionary to the Mohawk Indians, and sent with him a copy, with instructions that it should be printed and distributed among the Indians. This was done by Lawrence Claesse, Andrews' interpreter, who revised the original translation." "48880","155","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 168, no. 39, Wilson's Philological Entertainments, 16s.","Wilson, John.","A Volume for all Libraries, peculiarly Adapted to the Votaries of Correct Literature, and Beneficial to Every Class of Learners; Being a system of philological entertainments, comprising altogether an extensive ground work for immense improvements in the English language. By John Wilson. Washington City: Westcott & Lindsley—Printers. 1814.","PE1103 .W65","

First Edition. 12mo. 70 leaves, 1 engraved plate.

Not in Sabin.

On August 3, 1813, the author addressed a letter to Jefferson concerning this book and sent him a copy of his manuscript:

We learn that in Europe, however obscure an author may be, he freely addresses the highest literary adepts; and altho' he may not possess any previous knowledge of the gentlemen, he runs no risk of incurring the imputation of obtruding. That an indulgence so cheerfully granted in Europe could meet in our Country with the slightest damp, is what my pen would blush to intimate.

Various considerations have urged me to try my hand at M.S.S., in hopes to acquire that countenance which (often) cannot be sustained without an unwilling dependence on old friends. Friends whose efforts, after all, I have persuaded myself, are not like anything from self which may chance to meet the public approbation; that chance I venture to commit myself to. Vain adventure, Mr. Morse, methinks I hear you exclaim of a Virginian—an obscure man beset with a thousand cares. Well, well, I shall not quarrel with him about that. Mr. Eppes has afforded me the opportunity of what I have so ardently desired, and I am very happy of having one of my M.S.S. submitted to you.

Your opinion will be esteemed a favor as a recommendation, in which I hope you will unite with me to establish a correct rule for certain plurals; and until that is done to batter down the prejudices of education, if the rule shall have been learnt which is undoubtedly not correct . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on August 17:

Your letter of the 3d. has been duly recieved. that of m[???] Eppes had before come to hand, covering your MS. on the reformation of the orthography of the plurals of nouns ending in y, and ey, and on orthoepy. a change has been long desired in English orthography, such as might render it an easy and true index of the pronuntiation of words. the want of conformity between the combinations of letters, and the sounds they should represent increases to foreigners the difficulty of acquiring the language, occasions great loss of time to children in learning to read, and renders correct spelling rare but in those who read much. in England a variety of plans & propositions have been made for the reformation of their orthography. passing over these two of our countrymen, Dr. Franklin and Doctr. Thornton have also engaged in the enterprize; the former proposing an addition of two or three new characters only, the latter a reformation of the whole alphabet nearly. but these attempts in England, as well as here, have been without effect. about the middle of the last century an attempt was made to banish the letter d, from the words bridge, judge, hedge, knowledge, & others of that termination, & to write them as we write age, cage, sacrilege privilege; but with little success. the attempt also was made, which you mention in your 2d part to drop the letter u in words of Latin derivation ending in our, and to write honor, candor, rigor, &c, instead of honour, candour, rigour. but the u having been picked up in the passage of these words from the Latin, thro the French, to us, is still preserved by those who consider it as a memorial of our title to the words. other partial attempts have been made by individual writers but with as little success. pluralising nouns in y, & ey by adding s only, as you propose would certainly simplify the spelling, and be analogous to the general idiom of the language, it would be a step gained in the progress of general reformation if it could prevail. but my opinion being requested, I must give it candidly, that, judging of the future by the past, I expect no better fortune to this than similar preceding propositions have experienced. it is very difficult to persuade the great body of mankind to give up what they have once learned, & are now masters of, for something to be learnt anew. time alone insensibly wears down old habits, and produces small changes at long intervals, and to this process we must all accomodate ourselves, and be content to follow those who will not follow us. our Anglo-Saxon ancestors had 20. ways of spelling the word 'many'. ten centuries have dropped all of them and substituted that which we now use. I now return your MS. without being able with the gentlemen whose letters are cited to encourage hope as to it's effect. I am bound however to acknolege that this is a subject to which I have not paid much attention; and that my doubts therefore should weigh nothing against their more favorable expectations. that these may be fulfilled, and mine prove unfounded, I sincerely wish, because I am a friend to the reformation generally of whatever can be made better, and because it could not fail of gratifying you to be instrumental in this work. Accept the assurance of my respects.

A passage from this letter is quoted as a recommendation at the beginning of this book.

In a letter to Jefferson written in November 1814, John Wilson mentioned that he had been a clerk in the Accountants Office, War Department, for nearly ten years. It seems probable that he sent to Jefferson a copy of this book. There were three copies in the Library of Congress, of which one has disappeared, and one is a signed presentation copy from the author to James Monroe, President of the United States." "48890","1","","","","L'Encyclopedie Methodique.","","vols. 4to. Paris.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 30, Encyclopedie Methodique de Pancoucke, 136½ vols, 4to Paris.","","Encyclopédie Méthodique . . . Tome Premier. [-Tome CXXXVI]. A Paris: [Veuve Hérissant, Imprimeur du Roi, & des Bâtiments de sa Majesté] Chez Panckoucke, Libraire, hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. A Liège: Chez Plomteux, Imprimeur des Etats. M. DCC. LXXXII. [-M. DCCC. XV.] Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1782-1815.]","AE25 .E5","

4to. 136½ vol. including a number of volumes of plates. The half-title reads: Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par Ordre de Matières; par une Société de Gens de Lettres, de Savans et d'Artistes; Précédée d'un Vocabulaire universel, servant de Table pour tout l'Ouvrage, ornée des Portraits de MM. Diderot & d'Alembert, premiers éditeurs del'Encyclopédie.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without price.

The Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815 contains at the end a complete analysis of Jefferson's copy of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. It is headed:

Encyclopedie Methodique.—Text.

108 whole volumes—13 demi-volumes.

Planches, Atlas, 1 vol. +8 whole volumes, 26 demi-volumes.

The analysis is in alphabetical order, and in four columns, headed respectively Dictionaries, Volumes, Last Article, Pages. The Dictionaries include Agriculture, Amusemens des Sciences, Anatomie comparee, Antiquites, Architecture, Art Aratoire et Jardinage, Art Militaire et Supplement, Arts et Metiers, Assemblee Nationale, Beaux Arts, Botanique, Chasse, Chirurgie, Chymie, Commerce, Economie Politique, Supplement, Encyclopediana, Equitation, Escrime, Danse, Nager, Finances, Forets et Bois, Geographie Ancienne, Geographie, Geographie Physique, Grammaire, Histoire et Supplement, Histoire Naturelle, Poissons, Insectes, Histoire Naturelle, Vers., Hist. Nat. Quadrup. Oiseaux, Serpens, Jeux Mathematiques, Jeux Mathematiques et Familiers, Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence, Police, Logique, Morale, Manufactures, Marine, Mathematiques, Medicine, Musique, Peche, Philosophie et Supplement, Physique, Theologie.

The Encyclopédie Méthodique was a new and enlarged edition of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, undertaken by Charles Joseph Panckoucke, and continued after his death in 1798 by his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and from 1813 by the latter's widow Mme. Agasse. The work was finally finished in 1832. The first part appeared in 1782 as above, and Jefferson became a subscriber after his arrival in Paris.

The volume of great personal interest to Jefferson was that entitled:

Encyclopédie Méthodique. économie Politique et Diplomatique, partie dédiée et présentée A Monseigneur le Baron de Breteuil . . . Par M. Démeunier, Secrétaire ordinaire de Monsieur, Frere du Roi, & Censeur royal. 2 volumes, published in 1784 and 1786 respectively.

Démeunier had applied to Jefferson for material concerned with the United States and he and Jefferson were in frequent correspondence.

Démeunier was introduced to Jefferson by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld, who in a letter dated Paris. 4 Janvier, 1786 wrote:

D'après la permission que vous m'en aves donnée, Monsieur, M. Demeunier s'empresse d'avoir l'honneur de vous voir. Il est Auteur des deux Articles Caroline dans la Nouvelle Encyclopédie, et Se propose de publier successivement les autres Articles des Etats Unis; personne ne peut lui donner de meilleurs conseils que vous, et personne n'en fera un meilleur usage que M. Demeunier, Auteur de plusieurs Traductions et de plusieurs Ouvrages estimés. . .

Two days after the date of this letter, on January 6, Démeunier sent to Jefferson a copy of Volume I of économie Politique et Diplomatique, with a letter:

Je désirois avoir L'honneur de vous consulter sur L'article général etats-unis et sur quelques articles particuliers de vos différentes provinces, que j'insérerai dans L'Economie politique et La diplomatique, partie de L'Encyclopedie Methodique dont je suis chargé: vous êtes prêté, à cette grace que vous a demandé pour moi, M. Le Duc de La Rochefoucauld, et je vous prie, Monsieur, de m'indiquer Les momens que vous aurés La bonté de me donner. Je voudrois que vos affaires vous permissent de m'accorder un entretien un peu Long: J'ai beaucoup de choses à soumettre à votre examen; et vous êtes si éclairé, Monsieur, que je profiterai de vos Lumières avec beaucoup d'empressement.

J'ai L'honneur de vous envoyer, Monsieur, Le premier volume de L'ouvrage qui doit contenir L'article etats unis. Il sera peutêtre utile au Congrès et je suis bien aise de Le déposer dans Sa bibliothéque ou dans La vôtre. Je vous demande La permission, Monsieur, de vous adresser Les volumes qui suivront. Les articles Caroline Septentrionale, Caroline Meridionale et Connecticut se trouvent dans ce premier volume; il a fallu Les composer sans autres mémoires que Les Constitutions de ces 3 provinces; et emprunter quelques details déjà connus: aussi sont ils bien foibles: Je ne craindrai pas de vous avertir, Monsieur, que vous serés plus content des autres. Mon zèle pour La gloire et La prospérité de vos nouvelles républiques est très vif, et si Je ne puis y Contribuer qu'en Les faisant bien Connoître, Je Leur donnerai du moins preuve d'attachement . . .

This volume was not sold to Congress with Jefferson's library, which does contain a separate reprint of the Essai sur les Etats Unis by Démeunier, see no. 2590.

Jefferson replied in a long document of 73 pages, of which his letterpress copy is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress. It is dated at the head Jan. 24, 1786, and was started therefore soon after he had had a second interview with Démeunier, who wrote to him on January 21:

M. Démeunier profite de La permission que Monsieur Jefferson a bien voulu Lui donner. Il prend La Liberté de Lui demander un Second entretien Sur Les etats unis, et il Le prie de choisir Le Jour et Le Moment qui Le dérangeront Le moins.

M. Démeunier mêt un prix extreme Aux Conseils et aux renseignemens de Monsieur Jefferson. Il a beaucoup d'éclaircissemens nouveaux à Lui demander; mais il sent que si Le Ministre des etats unis daigne prendre de L'intérêt à L'ouvrage où on Les employera, ce ministre est occupé d'affaires bien plus importantes, et qu'il y auroit de L'indiscrétion a désirer des résponses par écrit sur ces divers objets . . .

Jefferson's document is written in English, and is divided into five parts. The first, headed by him only with the date, Jan. 24, 1786, contains 22 unnumbered answers to Démeunier's questions, 14 pages; the next part is headed Additional questions of M. de Meusnier, & answers, 14 pages containing 9 answers; the third part, Observations on the article Etats-unis prepared for the Encyclopedie, 37 pages. At the end of this part Jefferson has written: finished June 22. 1786. Jefferson added 8 more pages, of which the last four contain a letter from him to Démeunier, beginning:

Mr Jefferson presents his compliments to M. de Meusnier & sends him copies of the 12th. 23d. & 24th. articles of the treaty between the K. of Prussia & the United States. in the negociation with the minister of Portugal at London, the latter objected to the 13th. article. the observations which were made in answer to his objections, m[???] Jefferson incloses. they are a commentary on the 13th. article. mr de Meusnier will be so good as to return the sheet on which these observations are, as m[???] Jefferson does not retain a copy of it . . .

The last paragraph reads:

M. de Meusnier, where he mentions that the slave-law has been passed in Virginia, without the clause of emancipation, is pleased to mention that neither m[???] Wythe nor m[???] Jefferson were present to make the proposition they had meditated; from which people, who do not give themselves the trouble to reflect or enquire, might conclude hastily that their absence was the cause why the proposition was not made; & of course that there were not in the assembly persons of virtue & firmness enough to propose the clause for emancipation. this supposition would not be true. there were persons there who wanted neither the virtue to propose nor talents to enforce the proposition had they seen that the disposition of the legislature was ripe for it. these worthy characters would feel themselves wounded, degraded, & discouraged by this idea. m[???] Jefferson would therefore be obliged to M. de Meusnier to mention it in some such manner as this. 'of the two commissioners who had concerted the amendatory clause for the gradual emancipation of slaves, m[???] Wythe could not be present as being a member of the judiciary department, and m[???] Jefferson was absent on the legation to France. but there wanted not in that assembly men of virtue enough to propose, & talents to vindicate this clause. but they saw that the moment of doing it with success was not yet arrived and that an unsuccesful effort, as too often happens, would only rivet still closer the chains of bondage, and retard the moment of delivery to this oppressed description of men. What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man.! who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment be deaf to all those motives whose power supported him thro' his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose. but we must wait with patience the workings of an over-ruling providence, & hope that that is preparing the deliverance of these our suffering brethren. when the measure of their tears shall be full, when their groans shall have involved heaven itself in darkness, doubtless a god of justice will awaken to their distress, and by diffusing light & liberality among their oppressors, or at length by his exterminating thunder, manifest his attention to the things of this world, and that they are not left to the guidance of a blind fatality.

The ''additional questions'' answered by Jefferson were probably those that arose when Démeunier sent Jefferson his manuscript, with his letter dated April 9, 1786:

Après avoir eu L'extrême complaisance de m'instruire de vive voix et par ecrit de ce qui a rapport aux nouvelles republiques d'Amerique, vous avés bien voulu me proposer de revoir en detail, Le Morceau, ou J'ai profité des instructions que vous avés eu La bonté de ne donner. J'ai L'honneur de vous envoyer ce Morceau, Monsieur, et Je vous supplie d'y faire ou d'y indiquer Les Corrections que vous Jugerés necessaires.

Je suis Confus, Monsieur, de La peine que cette revision va vous causer. Je desire que La Maniere dont J'ai traité Le Sujet, puisse vous desennuyer un peu, dans ce Facheux travail, et que vous y retrouviés Le Zele dont Je suis animé pour La gloire et La prospérité des etats unis. Vous pouvés, Monsieur, omettre Les trois premieres Sections: il a Fallu mettre dans l'Encyclopedie, Les details qu'elles renferment; et elles offrent bien peu de chose de moi.

J'ai Marqué d'une croix à la Marge (+) tout ce qui peut être inexact, où avoir besoin d'eclaircissemens, et J'ai pris La Liberté, de vous faire, Monsieur, aussi à La Marge, de petites questions, Auxquelles Je vous prie de ne pas me repondre par ecrit. II suffira que nous Les revoyions ensemble, et Je vous demande pour cela, Monsieur, Le Moment qui vous derangera Le Moins.

Il y a des erreurs dans Les etats de Finances, que m'ont Fourni Le Journal du Congrès, et vos notes, Monsieur. J'ai Mis dans ces endroits Les Feuilles de votre Main que vous avés eu La bonté de m'envoyer.

M. Le Mis de La Fayette que J'ai eu L'honneur de rencontrer, chez Mr. Le Colonel Humphryes, m'a demandé comment Je traitois L'Article des Cincinnati. Je Lui ai expliqué Les Faits que vous avés eu La bonté de m'apprendre, Monsieur; Il y en a quelques uns, qu'il ne trouve pas exacts, et J'aurai L'honneur de vous soumettre ses remarques. C'est à La page 240 du Manuscrit que Je parle de L'ordre des Cincinnati. Je n'y ai encore rien changé depuis Les remarques de Mr. de La Fayette, et Je n'y Changerai rien que de Concert avec vous.

Je vous supplie, Monsieur, de me pardonner toutes mes importunités. Rien n'egale, Le vif interet que je prens à vos nouvelles republiques: cet interet aura du moins L'Avantage d'en donner des idées Justes, et quand il seroit inutile d'ailleurs, vous vous plairés surement, Monsieur, à Continuer d'instruire un homme, qui se Livre avec tant d'ardeur, à un travail honorable pour Les etats unis . . .

Again, in a letter dated only Vendredi, Démeunier wrote to Jefferson:

M. Démeunier est penetré de reconnaissance de tout ce que Monsieur Jefferson a La bonté de faire pour Lui: Il est si agreable et si heureux, d'avoir L'honneur de causer avec un homme si parfaitement instruit, si zelé pour Les choses interessantes, et si interessante Lui-même entous égards, que M. Démeunier prendra peutêtre La Liberté de Lui demander encore quelques momens.

Il va corriger et etendre Le Morceau sur Les etats unis d'après Les renseignemens de Monsieur Jefferson; il le fera transcrire ensuite, et il aura L'honneur de Le Lui envoyer, il ose esperer que cette Lecture ne deplaira pas au Ministre des etats unis . . .

The Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress contain also a fragment of 12 pages, in Jefferson's autograph, undated, with notes in English and French, used in the article on the Etats Unis in the Encyclopédie. A part of this material is to be found in Section X, De la Population des Etats-Unis.

Jefferson made use of the notes prepared for Démeunier to answer the questions of others.

To some questions put to him by Van Hogendorp, in a letter dated from Leyden, August 2, 1786, Jefferson answered almost entirely from his notes for the Encyclopédie. Van Hogendorp wrote:

. . . I am writing a Dissertation De ratione Subsidii foederatis debiti, and take the freedom to desire your answering without any delay the following Queries. Which are at present the general interests of the United states? What is the extent of the Congress's power in managing them? Which are the expences of Congress? Which the revenues. In which way do the particular states contribute to the general expences? Are general duties, to be levied by Congress, still expected to be acquiesced to by the States? . . . A short but authentic account of the present state of the Bank of North America would be very acceptable to me.

Jefferson replied from Paris on August 25 in a letter of four closely written pages, reading in part:

Your favour of the 2d. instant has been duly recieved, and I employ the first moment which has been at my disposal to answer it. The author of the part of the new Encyclopedia which relates to Political economy having asked of me materials for the article Etats-Unis, stating a number of questions relative to them, I answered them as minutely & exactly as was in my power. he has from these compiled the greater part that article. I take the liberty of inclosing you one of them which will give you all the details to which your letter refers, as it is in my power to furnish them. I can even refer you to the passages which answer your several questions . . .

Jefferson then pointed out the pages where the questions were answered. Later in the letter Jefferson gave an account of the Banks, and of his own part in the Encyclopédie:

. . . The Philadelphia bank was incorporated by Congress. this is perhaps the only instance of their having done that, which they had no power to do. necessity obliged them to give this institution the appearance of their countenance, because in that moment they were without any other resource for money. the legislature of Pennsylvania however passed an act of incorporation for the bank, & declared that the holders of stock should be responsible only to the amount of their stock. lately that legislature has repealed their act. the consequence is that the bank is now altogether a private institution and every holder is liable for it's engagements in his whole property. this has had a curious effect. it has given those who deposit money in the bank a greater faith in it, while it has rendered the holders very discontented, as being more exposed to risk, and has induced many to sell out, so that I have heard (I know not how truly) that bank stock sells somewhat below par. it has been said 7½ per cent; but as the publication was from the enemies of the bank, I do not give implicit faith to it. —with respect to the article 'Etats unis' of the Encyclopedie now inclosed I am far from making myself responsible for the whole of the article. the two first sections are taken chiefly from the Abbe Raynal & they are therefore wrong exactly in the same proportion the other sections are generally right. even in them however there is here & there an error. but on the whole it is good; and the only thing as yet printed which gives a just idea of the American constitutions. there will be another good work, a very good one, published here soon by a m[???] Mazzei who has been many years a resident of Virginia, is well informed, and possesses a masculine understanding. I should rather have said it will be published in Holland, for I believe it cannot be printed here.—I should be happy indeed in an opportunity of visiting Holland; but I know not when it will occur. in the mean time it would give me great pleasure to see you here. I think you would find both pleasure & use in such a trip. I feel a sincere interest in the fate of your country, and am disposed to wish well to either party only as I can see in their measures a tendency to bring on an amelioration of the condition of the people, an increase in the mass of happiness. but this is a subject for conversation . . .

With regard to the work of Mazzei, mentioned in this letter, Jefferson used his own notes and Démeunier's work. In a letter to the latter dated from Paris February 15, 1788, Jefferson wrote:

Mr. Mazzei having asked of me information on the subject of the United States, I lent him the notes I had written for you. I saw in his manuscript afterwards things respecting you which I could not approve, and expressed to him strongly my desire that he should change them. I thought he would do it: but have not had time to look into his work since it's publication. I beg you to be assured that I participate in no sentiments of his or of any other person relative to you which are not full of respect & esteem. I shall be sorry to see either him or any other writer indulge themselves in expressions which your candour & talents should sheild you from. I shall have the pleasure of seeing you at your own house one of these days, and of giving you further assurances of the esteem & attachment with which I have the honour to be Sir . . .

For Mazzei's Recherches Historiques et Politiques sur les Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, see no. 3005.

In January 1786 Jefferson began taking subscriptions for the Encyclopédie for his friends in the United States. Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, Dr. James Currie, James Monroe, Charles Thomson and many others received copies through Jefferson, whose book bills from Froullé during this period all contain a number of livraisons of the Encyclopédie; and Jefferson's letters contain constant reports as to the number of livraisons issued.

The copy sent to Dr. Currie was the cause of some trouble. On October 17, 1785, Currie had written to Jefferson from Richmond, Virginia:

. . . I desired, as my particular friend you Would send me the Encyclopedia, if you thought proper, tho Came in the F Language it might divert my mind from play which has hitherto been my Bane & which I have altogether left Off except Chess. wishing to acquire some knowledge in that in Expectation of having the pleasure of one day or other seeing you here & being further instructed by you in it . . .

Jefferson replied to this from Paris on January 28, 1786:

. . . your desire of possessing the new Encyclopedie was expressed so problematically in a former letter, that I doubted whether you did not merely render yourself thro' complaisance to my proposition. your last letter however is more explicit, wherefore I have immediately subscribed for you, and have obtained an abatement of two guineas in the price. it will be brought to me to day, and as there are now 29. vols complete, and binding is done so much better & cheaper here (about 2 livres a volume) I will have them bound and send them by the first conveiance. the medical part has not yet begun to appear, that author having chosen to publish the whole at once. I do not expect it will be the most valuable part of the work, for that science was demolished here by the blows of Moliere, and in a nation so addicted to ridicule, I question if ever it rises under the weight while his comedies continue to be acted. it furnishes the most striking proof I have ever seen in my life of the injury which ridicule is capable of doing . . .

On April 26 of the following year, 1787, William Hay wrote to Jefferson from Richmond, Virginia:

Doctr. Currie our Mutual Friend, has been so obliging as to give up to me the new Edition of the Encyclopédie Méthodique of Paris, for which I am to furnish him such standard Books in the English Language, to its Value, as he shall approve of, I have therefore to request you to forward to me the remaining Part of that excellent Work, so soon as the Editors complete it.—The very small Portion of Time, which a Man of Business in this Country, can devote to Literary Pursuits, has only enabled me to satisfy my Curiosity, but from what I have read, & from the pleasing Prospect I have of soon being free from the Bustle of active Business, I promise myself much Happiness & Improvement in the perusual of so various & complete a System of the Arts & Sciences. I am also indebted to Doctr. Currie for several Valuable Essays on Air, which you was so obliging as to forward to him, I have read that of M. Sigaud de la Fond on fixed Air, & am extreemly pleased with his accurate Experiments & useful Reflections thereon . . .

Jefferson acknowledged the receipt of this letter on August 4, and announced the dispatch of the livraisons:

I am now to acknowledge the receipt of your two favors of Apr. 26. and May 3. I have forwarded, by a vessel lately sailed from Havre to New York a box marked WH. containing the livraisons of the Encyclopedie subsequent to those Dr. Currie has delivered you, to the 22d. inclusive. they are sent to the care of m[???] Madison at Congress who will forward the box to you. there is in it also the same livraisons for Colo. Monroe. I will continue to forward them once or twice a year as they come out. I have stated in a letter to Doctor Currie the cost & expences of the first 22 livraisons to enable yourself & him to settle. the future shall be charged either to you or him as your agreement shall be. it is really a most valuable work, & almost supplies the place of a library . . .

On December 2, 1790, after Jefferson's return to the United States and his appointment as Secretary of State, William Hay wrote to him from Richmond:

A Difference of Opinion having arisen between Doctr. Currie & me respecting the Encyclopédie methodique, we are desirous you should decide it, as you are possessed of our Letters to you concerning it. I alledge on my part, that I am not obliged to take the Work, but on the Terms of the original Subscription, that is to say, at 751 Livres, on these Terms I received of Doctr. Currie the Livraisons which you had forwarded to him, & those afterwards sent in by you. I agreed to furnish to Doctr. Currie such standard Books in the English Language as he should desire to that Amount, & had they been commissioned then from England, I should certainly have confined myself to 751li. Altho' I do not consider Doctr. Currie in any Respect culpable for the improper Conduct of the Editors, yet I conceive I am under no Obligation to pay him or them one hundred Guineas instead of less than one third of the Sum, or to enter into a Litigation with the Editors to force a Complyance with their original Contract. If from the fault of the Editors Doctr. Currie cannot put me in possession of the Work, my Contract with him is disolved & he must look to them for Redress. I cannot afford the price they ask, if they are intitled to it. Doctr. Currie if he is obliged to pay, will never feel it. However if you could relieve the Doctr. & me, by getting any other person to take the Work, you would greatly oblige us. The half V. I mentioned to you, was missing in the second Part of Tome III of Arts & Trades, perhaps it is not yet published, if it is, it never came to Hand, this half Volume must be procured thro' your Aid, whoever of us is considered the proprietor . . .

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on February 7, 1791:

I have been obliged by other business to suspend for some time past all private correspondencies. your favor of Dec. 2. is among the first I am able to take up. my friend Mr. Madison happening to be with me just as I was proceeding to consider the question you propose whether Dr. Currie stands bound to see that the printer of the Encyclopedie makes good his engagements as to that work? I was glad to associate Mr. Madison in considering the question, & we both conclude that Dr. Currie having sold out his subscription is clear of it, & that the purchaser buys his right with all it's chances. we suppose it to resemble other cases of joint enterprise, where partners sell out, others buy in, and the purchaser, through ever so many degrees, stands in the shoes of the original partner whom he represents. the printing of a book is a joint enterprise of the subscribers, & the printer is their agent. this is so well understood in Paris, and these transfers of subscriptions with all their rights so well ascertained, that Dr. Currie could not there maintain an action against the printer when it should be once understood that he had sold out. I recurred to your letter to me of Apr. 26. 1787. wherein you mention your acquisition of the right (Dr. Currie never mentioned it in any of his letters) the words of your letter are 'Dr. Currie our mutual friend has been so obliging as to give up to me the new edn of the Encyclopedie for which I am to furnish him &c.' I am not without hopes I may be able to relieve you from it, as I think it probable I may meet with a purchaser here. it will give me great pleasure to serve you in this or any other way. but I believe you must inform me how many livraisons you have, for on searching, I do not find my acct. of them against Dr. Currie, from whence I presume I gave it in to him. In the mean time I will put into the fast order I give for books from Paris the 2d. part of your Tome 3d. of Arts & Mistiers. I would observe also that you are now free to continue to take any of the particular dictionaries you chuse, without taking the others . . .

[The copy of this letter in the Library of Congress is not in Jefferson's hand.]

Hay replied to this from Richmond on February 18, 1791:

Your Determination respecting the Encyclopédie in Which Mr. Madison concurs with you, is perfectly satisfactory to me, & the more so, as you so obligingly offer your Services to dispose of it in Philadelphia. As I now consider myself bound to pay Doctr. Currie the Value of the original Subscription in standard English Books, perhaps you will be able to swap the Encyclopédie with some of the Booksellers, for such Books as the Doctr. may chuse. In this View, I shall call on the Doctr. for a List of the Books he wants & enclose it to you. As I know well you have very little Time to devote to private Correspondence, I must beg pardon for troubling you with this Business. Permit me, Sir to inform you, that I would be happy to have it my Power to serve you, & to assure you that I am with great Esteem & Respect . . . P. S. The Account of the Livraisons & Doctr. Currie's List are enclosed.

On May 16 Jefferson wrote to Hay from Philadelphia:

I have this morning had a conversation with Mr. Dobson a bookseller on the subject of your Encyclopedie. I told him if he would dispose of it at such an advance as he sells his own books at, so that you might get something like first cost for first cost you would take it in books. he thinks it possible and will endeavor to dispose of it. he thinks the chance would be better if the books were here. yet I doubt whether it is certain enough to go to the expence of sending them before a purchaser offers.—I cannot help supposing you might find a purchaser in Virginia, on your assuring them that I will have the remainder imported for them (they advancing the money) which I will cheerfully do. I will also be still on the look out for a purchaser myself. I am this moment setting out on a long journey, & can therefore only add assurances of the sincere esteem with which I am Dear Sir . . .

Jefferson continued to subscribe to the Encyclopédie after his return to the United States, and ordered copies from Froullé, Pougens and other dealers.

In 1805 he requested Reibelt of Baltimore to import the work for him. In a letter dated June 24 of that year he wrote to Reibelt from Washington:

. . . I am one of the original subscribers to the Encyclopedie Methodique par Pancoucke, & have recieved as far as the 67th. livraison inclusive and compleat. but the trouble of remitting small sums of money to Paris has been the reason of my recieving the Livraisons at very long intervals. would it be convenient for you to import the 68th. & subsequent livraisons for me as they come out, or rather once a year, or so often as you have importations for your book-store. I shall be glad to allow your common advance to be relieved from the trouble of importing them for myself . . .

On January 20, 1806, in ordering books from Reibelt's catalogue, he included:

De l'Encyclopedie Methodique par Pancoucke la 68me Livraison et suivans

In the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress is a classified list (in manuscript) of the various parts of the Encyclopédie, with the prices. This seems to be a dealer's list, and may have been sent by Reibelt, though it is not in his handwriting. The list is annotated by Jefferson, regarding parts that he had before, and parts which were charged to him without being sent. One annotation reads: I have now 67. livraisons complete, and, Medicine. Tome III. 2mo partie duplicate to be returned.

On June 30, 1807, Jefferson had 3 volumes of the Encyclopédie Méthodique bound by John March, at $2.25 per volume, $6.75 in all.

There are numerous references to the Encyclopédie in Jefferson's correspondence. His own Act for Establishing Religious Freedom was inserted at full length in the Encyclopédie. [See no. 2566, where letters from Jefferson mentioning this are quoted.]

Charles Joseph Panckoucke, 1736-1798, Paris publisher. His privilege for this work was dated June 20, 1780.

Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 1751-1814, French man of letters and politician. He held the positions of Censeur Royal, and of Secretary Extraordinary to Monsieur, as stated on the title of the volumes of this work for which he was responsible, quoted above. He held other political positions, and was a member of the Assemblée Nationale." "48900","2","","","","Encyclopedie Ancienne.","","39. v. 8vo. Lausanne.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 5, Encyclopedie de Diderot et D'Alembert, 39 v 8vo Lausanne.","","Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, par une Société de Gens de Lettres. Mis en ordre & publié par M. Diderot; & quant à la Partie Mathematique, par M. D'Alembert . . . Edition exactment conforme à celle de Pellet in-Quarto. [-Recueil de Planches, pour la Nouvelle Edition du Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers, avec leur Explication.] A Lausanne et à Berne: Chez les Sociétés Typographiques, 1781, 1782.","","

Together 39 vol. 8vo. Illustrated with portraits and numerous engraved plates; a copy of the octavo edition was not seen, only of ''celle de Pellet in-Quarto.''

This work originated in a French translation by John Mills of the Cyclopædia of Ephraim Chambers. Mills, in Paris at the time, applied to Lebreton, the king's printer, to publish the book. Lebreton cheated Mills out of all his rights; he was compelled to return to England, and the editorship was undertaken by Jean Paul de Gua. De Gua resigned after a short time, and his papers were given to Diderot, who soon persuaded the publishers to undertake a far larger and more original work. D'Alembert undertook to edit the mathematics, and other subjects were given to twenty-one other contributors, each of whom received the relative articles in Mills's translation. The first volume of the first edition was published in July 1751.

For a full account of this Encyclopédie, and the difficulties under which it was compiled and published, see the article Encyclopaedia in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

For other works by Diderot and D'Alembert in this Catalogue, see the Index." "48910","3","","","","American Encyclopedia.","","18. v. 4to.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 31, as above.","","Encyclopaedia; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; Constructed on a Plan, by which The Different Sciences and Arts Are digested into the Form of Distinct Treatises or Systems, comprehending The History, Theory, and Practice, of each, According to the Latest Discoveries and Improvements; And Full Explanations given of the various detached Parts of Knowledge, whether relating to Natural and Artificial Objects, or to Matters Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, Commercial, &c. Including Elucidations of the most important Topics relative to Religion, Morals, Manners, and the Oeconomy of Life: Together with A Description of all the Countries, Cities, principal Mountains, Seas, Rivers, &c. throughout the World; A General History, Ancient and Modern, of the different Empires, Kingdoms, and States; and An Account of the Lives of the most Eminent Persons in every Nation, from the earliest ages down to the present times. Compiled from the writings of the best Authors, in several languages; the most approved Dictionaries, as well of general science as of its particular branches; the Transactions, Journals, and Memoirs, of various Learned Societies, the MS. Lectures of Eminent Professors on different sciences; and a variety of Original Materials, furnished by an Extensive Correspondence. The First American Edition, in Eighteen Volumes, Greatly Improved. Illustrated with Five Hundred and Forty-two Copperplates. Vol. I. A—ANG [-XVIII. STR—ZYM] . . . Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, No 41, South Second Street. M.DCC.XCVIII. [Copy-Right secured according to law.] [1798]","AE5.E46","

18 vol. 4to. Text printed in double columns, engraved plates, including maps, throughout, 542 in all, frontispiece in Vol. I by J. Vallance, representing Knowledge, Science, etc., with a balloon in the sky.

Sabin 22555. Evans 33676-33693

The article America occupies pages 538 to 618, and contains references to a number of the works to be found in Chapter XXIX of this Catalogue (Pauw, Dumont, and others). It also contains references to and extracts from the Notes on the State of Virginia:

Page 553: ''Every nation has its customs. 'I have seen an Indian beau, with a looking-glass in his hand (says Mr Jefferson), examining his face, for hours together, and plucking out, by the roots, every hair he could discover, with a kind of tweezer made of a piece of fine brass wire, that had been twisted round a stick, and which he used with great dexterity.'''

Page 557: ''As ranging on the same side with the Abbé Clavigero, our countryman Mr Jefferson deserves particular attention. This gentleman, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, &c. has taken occasion to combat the opinions of Buffon; and seems, in many instances, to have fully refuted them, both by argument and by facts . . .'' The next few columns, as far as page 563, contain a discussion of Jefferson's statements in his Notes, with a reprint of his table of a Comparative View of the Quadrupeds of Europe and of America.

The article Mammoth (Vol. X. Les—Mec, page 506) contains a number of quotations from the Notes on the State of Virginia.

Jefferson mentioned this work in a letter to Samuel R. Demaree, written on October 4, 1809; see no. 4892 below.

This encyclopedia is founded on the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, begun in 1788 under the editorship of Colin Macfarquhar, and continued after his death by George Gleig of Stirling. The American edition is dedicated by Thomas Dobson ''to the Patrons of the Arts and Sciences; the promoters of useful and ornamental Literature in the United States of America, whose communications have enriched this extensive and important work; and by whose generous encouragement this arduous enterprise has been brought to its completion''; dated from Philadelphia, 1798." "48920","4","","","","Chambers's dict. of arts & sciences.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 36, as above.","Chambers, Ephraim.","Cyclopaedia, or An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences . . . The Seventh Edition, corrected and amended. London: Printed for W. Innys [and others], 1751-2.","","

2 vol. Folio. Frontispiece, plates, diagrams. A copy of this edition was not seen.

This edition not in Lowndes.

Ephraim Chambers, c. 1680-1740, English encyclopedist, issued the first edition of his Encyclopaedia by subscription in 1728. This work procured for the compiler his election as a member of the Royal Society, and was several times reprinted. A French translation of this work gave rise to the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert, q. v. no. 4890." "48930","5","","","","Dictionary of arts & sciences.","","4. v. 8vo. Owen.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 6, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Oven. 4 v 8vo.","","A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All The Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions as well of the various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes necessary for illustrating them, as of The Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, or Fluids; Together with The Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and other remarkable Places throughout the World. Illustrated with above Three Hundred Copper-Plates, engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty. The Whole extracted from the Best Authors in all Languages. By a Society of Gentlemen. The Second Edition, With many Additions, and other Improvements . . . Vol I. [-IV.] London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, in Fleet-street. M DCC LXIII. [-M DCC LXIV.] [1763-1764.]","AE5 .N43 1764","

4 vol. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece in Vol. I by C. Grignion after S. Wale, full-page and folded plates throughout by T. Jefferys, folded printed table in Vol. I, signatures and pagination continuous throughout the 4 volumes.

Not in Lowndes.

This work is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price, 50., and was therefore probably acquired when he was in Paris.

It was in use by him before October 2, 1785, on which day he wrote from Paris to the Rev. James Madison at William & Mary College:

I have duly received your favor of April 10. by m[???] Mazzei. you therein speak of a new method of raising water by steam which you suppose will come into general use. I know of no new method of that kind and suppose, (as you say that the account you have received of it as very imperfect) that some person has represented to you as new a fire engine erected at Paris & which supplies the greater part of the town with water. but this is nothing more than the fire engine you have seen described in the books of Hydraulics & particularly in the dict. of arts and sciences published in 8vo. by Owen, the idea of which was first taken from Papin's digester. it would have been better called the Steam engine. the force of the steam of water you know is immense. in this engine it is made to exert itself towards the working of pumps. that of Paris is I believe the largest known, raising 400,000 cubic feet (French) of water in 24 hours: or rather, I should have said, those of Paris, for there are two under one roof, each raising that quantity . . .

On January 2, 1788, William Jones, the mathematical instrument maker of London, in sending Jefferson a Thermometer and other things [see no. 678] added a postscript to his letter, concerning a new edition of this work:

P.S. I have enlosed [sic] the particulars of A New Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. It is a Work that I have engagement in to make out and supply explanations &c of all the new Philosophical Instruments, should it merit the favor of your purchase, I shall be happy in supplying you with the work having a concern in it. Under the Word ''America''—They have made some extracts from your late publication. [i. e. the Notes on the State of Virginia]

Many years later, in a letter of advice on the best books on certain subjects to Samuel R. Demaree, dated from Monticello October 4, 1809, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I am not acquainted with Rees's Encyclopedia; but I suppose it inferior to the British published by Dobson. but Owen's is a very good supplement to any collection of particular treatises, & costs in England but 8. Dollars . . .

For ''the British published by Dobson'', see no. 4891." "48940","6","","","","Les ecoles Normales. [some vols]","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 17, Les Ecoles Normales, 3 v 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 684, no. J. 57, Séances des Ecoles Normales, 1, 2, et 6, 8vo; Paris.","","Séances des Ecoles Normales, recueillies par des Stenographes et revues par les Professeurs. Paris, 1796.","","

Vol. I, II and VI only. A copy was not available for examination. The only set traceable in a catalogue had seven volumes.

Volume VI was bound for Jefferson by Joseph Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 50 cents." "48950","7","","","","Gentleman's magazine 1756-67-68.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 20, The Gentleman's Magazine, for 1756, 67, 68, 8vo 3 vols.","","The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XXVI. For the year M.DCC.LVI. [-Volume XXXVII. For the Year M.DCC.LXVII. -Volume XXXVIII. For the Year M.DCC.LXVIII.] . . . By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. London: Printed for D. Henry, and R. Cave, at St. John's Gate [1756]; at St. John's Gate, for D. Henry; and sold by F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church [1767, 1768].","AP4.G3","

3 vol. 8vo. Text printed in double columns, numerous plates, full-page and folded, diagrams.

Lowndes II, 876. Welsh, pages 84, 224.

It is doubtful if these three volumes were delivered to Congress; they are marked missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress 1815 Catalogue, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues. The volumes are entered in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.

The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in 1731 by Edward Cave, 1691-1754, under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and was intended originally for reprinting from the journals news and other articles of interest. Samuel Johnson became one of the principal contributors. The Gentleman's Magazine had many imitators, of which the first was The London Magazine, q. v." "48960","8","","","","London magazine. 1759. to 1769.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 21, The London Magazine rom 1759 to 1769, 8vo. 11 vols.","","The London Magazine or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer Vol. XXVIII. For the Year 1759. [-Vol. XXXVIII, 1769]. By His Majesty's Authority. [London:] Printed for R. Baldwin at the Rose in Pater Noster Row. 1759-1769.","AP3 .L7","

11 vol. 8vo. Illustrated with plates, many folded, including portraits, maps, plans, and a number of woodcut illustrations; text printed in double columns, some musical notation.

The London Magazine was founded in 1732 as a rival and close imitator of The Gentleman's Magazine, which had been founded in the previous year, q. v. The London Magazine was issued monthly until 1785, and contained a large number of articles devoted to America and American affairs, with accounts of the various wars and much other interesting matter." "48970","9","","","","American Monthly Magazine.","","8vo. 2. vols.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 22, The American Monthly Magazine, 2 v 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 677, no. J. 104, Monthly Magazine and American Review, for 1799 and 1800, 2 v. 8vo; New York, 1800.","","The Monthly Magazine, and American Review, for the Year 1799: from April to December inclusive . . . Vol. I. [-for the Year 1800: from July to December inclusive . . . Vol. III.] New-York: Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, No. 99 Pearl-street. 1800.","AP2 .A2A824","

2 vol. 8vo. Evans 35831. Sabin 50182.

Jefferson's manuscript and the Library of Congress printed catalogues call for two volumes only. Three volumes of the magazine were issued, the first for the second half of 1799, the second and third for the year 1800 in two parts. It is possible that Jefferson had the complete work bound in 2 volumes, or that he had volumes I and II only.

Jefferson's binding bill from John March includes, under date October 11, 1802: ½ Binding 2 vols. 8vo. Monthly Magazine $1.25.

Jefferson subscribed to this work, and also received a copy from the Rev. Samuel Miller of New York. In a letter dated from New York August 11, 1800, after thanking Jefferson for the copy sent to him of the Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, Miller continued:

. . . I am not certain whether you have had an opportunity to see any copies of a periodical work, published in this city, under the title of the ''Monthly Magazine & American Review.'' The principal conductor is a friend of mine, a young Gentleman of considerable talents & learning, some of whose productions, of the novel kind, I believe you have seen. How far you may consider this work as worthy of your attention & countenance, I am unable to decide. To me it seems the most respectable thing of the kind, which, within the compass of my memory, has been set on foot in this country. It is to be lamented that the small degree of taste for literature existing in this new World, and the scattered state of our population, render the supply of American periodical works, so difficult, & for the most part so short-lived . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 16:

I have to acknoledge the reciept of your favor of Aug. 11. with a number of the Monthly magazine I was before a subscriber to that work, and had read it's different numbers with much approbation . . .

Jefferson is mentioned at least twice in the volumes:

Volume II, page 68: Description of a Quadruped of the Clawed kind, bones of which have been discovered in the western parts of Virginia. By Thomas Jefferson.

Volume III, page 51, is a review of: An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia, relative to the Murder of Logan's Family. By Thomas Jefferson. 8vo. pp. 52. Philadelphia. Smith. 1800. The review is followed by Jefferson's letter to Governor Henry of Maryland, Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1797, and the deposition of General John Gibson quoted from the Appendix. See no. 3225.

The Monthly Magazine, and American Review was founded by the Friendly Society in New York, and edited by Charles Brockden Brown, the young Gentleman of considerable talents & learning referred to above. It began in April 1799 and expired in December 1800.

Charles Brockden Brown, 1771-1810. See also no. 4898, and for other references to him, see the Index." "48980","10","","","","Weekly magazine, 1798.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 23, The Weekly Magazine, 2 v 8vo 1798.","","The Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence. Vol. I. February 3 . . . . . . . . . . April 28. [-Vol. II. May 5 . . . . . . . . . . July 28.] With an Appendix of State Papers. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by James Watters & Co. and sold at the Printing Office, Laetitia Court; at James Watters's, Willing's Alley; by Mr. Alexander Somerville, New York; Mr. George Hill, Baltimore; and the Principal Booksellers in this City. 1798.","AP2 .A2W4","

2 vol. 8vo. Plates; at the end of each volume, with halftitle is Appendix to Volume I. [-II.] of the Weekly Magazine. Containing the Message of the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress. Delivered April Third [-May 4th], 1798 . . .

Not in Sabin. Evans 34991, 34992.

Jefferson's copy was bound by John March on October 11, 1802, price $1.25.

The Weekly Magazine was suspended in July 1798 owing to the death from yellow fever of James Watters, the proprietor and editor. It resumed publication the following February under the editorship of Ezekiel Forman. One of the principal contributors to Volumes I and II was Charles Brockden Brown, whose The Man at Home and Arthur Mervyn are here printed. At the beginning of Volume I is a list of patrons (6 pages, double columns) which includes Thomas Jefferson, Esq., the Esq. being an honor he shares only with John Baker, Alexander I. Dallas, Mahlon Dickerson, James M'Henry, James Milnor and Oliver Wolcott.

Jefferson's name occurs in the Appendix to Volume II." "48990","11","","","","National Magae.","","8vo. 1800.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 24, The National Magazine, 8vo 1800. 1839 Catalogue, page 677, no. J. 103, National Magazine, for 1799—1800, 8vo; Richmond, 1799—1800.","","National Magazine; or, A Political, Historical, Biographical, and Literary Repository, for June 1, 1799. Twenty Third Year of American Independence. Number I. Volume I. [-Volume II, No. VIII] Four Dollars per Annum. By James Lyon . . . Richmond, Virginia: Printed by and for the Editor, 1799. [-District of Columbia, 1800]","E321.N27","

8vo. all published. Jefferson's manuscript and the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue list the volume for 1800 only. The later Library of Congress catalogues credit the Jefferson collection with one volume, 1799-1800. As Jefferson was in correspondence with James Lyon it seems probable that he would have the complete work, though bound in one volume.

Sabin 52002.

The National Magazine was concerned primarily with the affairs of the United States, and contains references to Jefferson. Some of the more important of these are:

Vol. I, No. I, page 68; the contrasted opinions of Jefferson and John Adams, the former extracted from the Notes on Virginia, the latter from an Answer of President Adams, to an Address from the Marine Society of Boston.

Vol. II, No. VI, page 180; extract from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia: The Different Religions Received into the State of Virginia.

Vol. II, No. VII, page 209; Agricola; to the People of Maryland. In defence of Mr. Jefferson; page 226, Mr. Jefferson (a character of Jefferson, signed Amfricanus [sic] and dated from Pennsylvania, July, 1800.); page 232, a contrast between the qualifications of Adams and Jefferson for the Presidency, under the heading Serious Considerations, Why John Adams should not be Elected President.

Vol. II, No. VIII, page 321; Jefferson's claims to the Presidency considered in an article headed Presidential Election, addressed to the Republican Citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, dated from Lancaster, September 17, 1800.

The volumes contain numerous articles of interest to this catalogue, including: extracts from Callender's Prospect Before Us, from Arthur Young's Travels, from Thomas Cooper's Political Arithmetic, George Hay's Essay on the Liberty of the Press, and others.

James Lyon was at one time in fairly frequent correspondence with Jefferson, and, on October 26, 1801, wrote that he was almost in despair of being able to continue his business. He tried to raise a loan of 500 dollars to go in with Dr. Dinmore, who on May 28 sent a printed circular letter to the postmasters announcing the merging of the National Magazine and the Cabinet under his management.

For Jefferson's copy of the Cabinet, and his opinion of Lyon, see no. 553." "49000","12","","","","Cary's Museum for 98.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 26, Carey's Museum, for 1796, 8vo.","","The American Museum: or, Annual Register of Fugitive Pieces, Ancient and Modern. For the Year 1798 . . . Printed for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, By W. & R. Dickson, Lancaster. June 20, M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]","AP2 .A2A82","

First Edition. 8vo. 122 leaves, folded table inserted at the beginning exhibiting a View of the Number of Persons convicted of all capital and certain other Crimes.

Sabin 1162a. Evans 35105.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by Tench Coxe, to whom he wrote from Washington on February 11, 1801:

Your favor of Jan. 25. came to hand some days ago, and yesterday a gentleman put into my hand, at the door of the Senate chamber, the vol. of the Amer. Museum for 1798. as no letter accompanied it I took it for granted it was to bring under my eye some of it's contents. I have gone over it with satisfaction . . .

This was the only volume published. In his preface, dated from Philadelphia June 20, 1799, Mathew Carey states:

This work, like that which I published some years since, under the same title, is intended to serve as a repository for valuable newspaper essays, and pamphlets, which, from the perishable form wherein they appear, would otherwise probably sink into oblivion.

The selection of political essays, was attended with some difficulty. I saw I was in danger of being too much influenced by the natural and unavoidable bias in favour of those opinions and principles which I held myself. I used every effort to avoid this error . . .

If this coup d'essai be favourably received, I shall publish a continuation of it yearly." "49010","13","","","","Repository.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 29, The Repository, 2 v 8vo 1788.","","The Repository; containing various Political, Philosophical, Literary, and Miscellaneous Articles. Published in Numbers, which will appear successively on the first and sixteenth of every month . . . London: Printed by W. Justins, No. 35, Shoemaker-Row, Blackfriars; and sold by C. Dilly, in the Poultry; W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; T. Hookham, in New Bond-Street; and J. and T. Egerton, Whitehall. M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [-Volume the Second. Part the Second . . . London: Printed by John Rider, No. 36, Little-Britain; and sold by Richardson, Royal-Exchange; Hookham. New Bond-Street; Egertons, Whitehall; and Stalker, Stationers-Court, Ludgate-Street. MDCCLXXXIX. [1788, 1789.]","AP3 .R37","

2 vol. 8vo. An Appendix containing State and other Public Papers at the end of each volume.

Lowndes IV, 2073.

Jefferson was introduced to this work by Benjamin Vaughan, who in a letter dated from London April 5 1788, wrote:

. . . With the above hygrometers, I take the liberty to send Dr. Crawford's book on Animal Heat & Combustion & seven numbers of a new work to which you are, unknown to yourself, a contributor . . .

On the 18th of the following month, in ordering a number of books from Stockdale, Jefferson included:

The Repository. printed by Justins. after No. 7. & continue to send me this as it appears.

On July 16, Jefferson wrote to Stockdale:

. . . charge me also to the end of my year's subscription for the Monthly & Critical reviews, and the Repository, & so long be so good as to continue to send them to me, & no longer . . .

A letter written to Stockdale the following day, July 17, repeated the request:

. . . my letter of yesterday will also explain to you my desire as to the Reviews & Repository. I put this letter under cover to m[???] Trumbull who will be so good as to pay you the balance of £13-12. should I have mistaken the price of the Reviews & Repository yet to come, or that of the octavo edition of Phil. III. which was the one you sent me, he will be so good as to accede to your correction of those articles . . .

Stockdale sent the bill on August 15: Repository July to Decr. 88. 6 [shillings].

Meanwhile on July 23, Jefferson had written to Benjamin Vaughan:

. . . accept my thanks . . . for the 7. Nos. of the Repository, which I like so well that I am become a subscriber for it . . .

Jefferson's ''contribution'' referred to by Benjamin Vaughan, occurs in Volume I, page 336:

Extract of a Letter from his Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, to the Reverend President Stiles, of Yale-college, dated Paris, September 1, 1786.

An autograph letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress. It relates to progress in several fields, exploration of the western country, scientific discoveries and so forth.

The Repository was issued bi-monthly from January 1 to April 16, 1788, and monthly from May 1788 to January 1789. Publication was suspended from September to December 1788 The publication contains a number of articles of United States interest, including numerous extracts from the works of Benjamin Franklin.

It is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue." "49020","14","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 27, The Columbian Magazine, 7 v 8vo.","","The Columbian Magazine or Monthly Miscellany Containing a View of the History, Literature, Manners & Characters of the Year 1787 [-1792] E Mollit Mores. Philadelphia: Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist, & J. Trenchard. [1787-1792]","AP2 .A2U6","

7 vol. in 6. 8vo. Text in double columns, numerous engraved plates, full and double page, maps, music, etc., many engraved by J. Trenchard. The imprint is changed from time to time. For a history of the printing, see Evans 21745 and 22415.

Sabin 14869, 97999. Evans, 20280, 21007, 21745, 22415, 23930, 24949.

In 1787 Jefferson was subscribing to this work from Paris through Francis Hopkinson of Philadelphia. At least one of the earlier numbers was sent to him by David Rittenhouse, who on November 8, 1787, wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia:

. . . I think I promised to send you my Observations on the Western Country. Not being able to extend my enquiries near so far as I wished I did not think them worth a place in the Volume of Transactions; but that they might not be intirely lost I permitted them to be printed in the Columbian Magazine which I have enclosed for you. The two American poems, by Mr. Barlow & Mr. Dwight You have certainly seen. These with the poem by Trumbull, all of New England, seem to shew that the Northern people have taken the lead in this very entertaining path of polite Literature . . .

Rittenhouse's article (unsigned) occurs in the second number of the magazine, that for October 1786. Other articles by Rittenhouse occur in the magazine.

Jefferson did not become a subscriber immediately, for the numbers for April, May and August, 1787, contain extracts from his Notes on Virginia, printed without his knowledge. On August 14, in his letter to John Stockdale, who had informed Jefferson that the Notes had been printed in the United States [see page 320, Volume IV], Jefferson wrote (from Paris):

. . . unless you are very sure of your information of the printing the Notes on Virginia in America, I doubt it. I never sent but six copies to America, and they were in such hands as I am sure would not permit them to be published. I have letters from Philadelphia as late as the 6th. of June, & certainly no such publication was then suspected by my friends. on the contrary mr Hopkinson, one of those to whom I had given a copy, & who is concerned in compiling the Columbian magazine, tells me he hopes I will not object to his publishing a few extracts from it. particularly the passages in which M. de Buffon's work is controverted. so that unless you are very certain on the point, I shall disbelieve it . . .

The printed extracts, all from Volume I, are as follows:

Page 366, Comparative view of the Animals of America and those of Europe,—being a Refutation of Mr. Buffon's Assertion, ''That the Animals, common to both the old and new World, are smaller in the latter.'' Extracted from Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia.

Page 407, the continuation of the extract, including Jefferson's tables.

Page 573, an article headed Extract from Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. This article contains an appendix by Charles Thomson, introduced by the paragraph:

Mr. Charles Thompson, secretary to Congress, in an appendix to Mr. Jefferson's work, adds the following remarks on the same subject. The reader will pardon, I am confident, the length of these extracts from a work so highly interesting, and which is not yet given to the public.

Two weeks before his letter to Stockdale, on August 1, Jefferson had written to Francis Hopkinson in Philadelphia:

. . . I am obliged to you for subscribing for the Columbian magazine for me. I find it a good thing; and am sure it will be better from the time you have undertaken it. I wish you had commenced before the month of December; for then the abominable forgery inserted in my name in the last page would never have appeared. this I suppose the compilers took from English papers, those infamous fountains of falshood. is it not surprising that our news writers continue to copy from those papers tho' every one, who knows any thing of them, knows they are written by persons who never go out of their garret, nor read a paper? the real letter alluded to was never meant to have been publick, and therefore hastily & carelessly dictated while I was obliged to use the pen of another. it became public however. I send you a genuine copy to justify myself in your eyes against the absurd thing they have fathered upon me in the magazine . . .

The ''abominable forgery'' is on page 204, at the end of the December number, 1786, and is headed Extract of a letter from Mr. Jefferson, plenipotentiary of the United States of America, to the Prevôt des Marchands and Sheriffs of Paris.

The number for July 1787, page 555, contains a Character of Mr. Jefferson.

Extracts from the Notes on Virginia in later issues are as follows: February, 1788, Vol. II, page 86, The State of Religion in Virginia. [From Mr. Jefferson's Notes.] March, 1788, page 141, A Comparative View of the Faculties of Memory, Reason, and Imagination of Negroes. [From Jefferson's Notes on Virginia.] The same number, on page 135, has An investigation of the justice of Mons. Buffon's opinion respecting the Man of America. By Charles Thompson, Esq.

The Columbian Magazine ran from September 1786 to December 1792. With the number for March 1790 the title was changed to The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine.

The original proprietors of The Columbian Magazine were John Trenchard, Thomas Seddon, Charles Cist, C. Talbot, W. Spotswood and Mathew Carey. Carey withdrew in 1787 and founded The American Museum [q. v. no. 4903]. These two publications vied with each other in publishing every new writing by Francis Hopkinson, and in republishing his earlier works.

The Columbian Magazine contains original articles, extracts from books (including a number which are in this catalogue), reviews of books, political intelligence, poetry and other matter. References to Jefferson occur in addition to the extracts from the Notes on Virginia already quoted. In the number for March, 1792 (page 166) is An Account of the Sugar Maple-Tree of the United States . . . In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State of the United States, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the American Philosophical Society, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the Institutes, and of Clinical Medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania. [For this account in this catalogue, see no. 677.]

In October 1792, page 222, is a letter addressed to Jefferson headed Letter from the famous self-taught astronomer, Benjamin Banneker, a black man, to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. secretary of state. Maryland, Baltimore county, near Ellicott's Lower Mills, Aug. 19, 1791.

On page 224 is printed Jefferson's reply, dated from Philadelphia August 30, 1791. The original letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The printed version has been edited for punctuation, capitalization, etc. and one interesting change of text. Jefferson's last paragraph reads:

I have taken the liberty of sending your almanac to Monsieur de Condorcet. Secretary of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, and member of the Philanthropic society because I considered it as a document to which your whole colour had a right for their justification against the doubts which have been entertained of them . . .

In the printed version the word sentiments is substituted for doubts, so that the sentence reads: because I considered it as a document to which your whole colour had a right, for their justification against the sentiments which have been entertained of them.

In the same number, page 241, is an article headed Remarks on the Constitution of the United States, extracted from a series of Letters, written by Mr. Jefferson.

This consists of an introduction headed Some strictures on the political character and conduct of the secretary of state, which lately appeared in one of the Philadelphia newspapers, occasioned the publication of these extracts, together with an introduction, of which the following is a part.

The introduction is followed by extracts from four letters from Jefferson, dated respectively from Paris, December 20, 1787, July 31, 1788, November 18, 1788, and March 15, 1789. The name of the recipient is not given, but they were all addressed to James Madison, and letterpress copies of the letters from which these extracts were made are in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress." "49030","15","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 25, Carey's American Museum, 12 v 8vo.","","The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, Prose and Poetical . . . Volume I. [-XII.] Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey. M.DCC.LXXXVII. [-M.DCC.XCII.] [1787-1792]","AP2.A2A8","

First Edition. 12 vol. 8vo. With volume VII the title was changed, and read: The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine: containing Essays on Agriculture—Commerce—Manufactures—Politics—Morals and Manners. Sketches of National Characters—Natural and Civil History—and Biography. Law Information—Public Papers—Proceedings of Congress—Intelligence; Moral Tales—Ancient and Modern Poetry, &c. &c. . . . In Volumes XI and XII, the volume number is omitted, and replaced by For the year 1792. Part I. From January to June, and Part II. From July to December. Lists of subscribers in the earlier volumes; Jefferson's name appears in every list except that in Volume IV.

Sabin 1162. Evans 20193,4; 20927,8; 21649,50; 22309, 10; 23116,7; 24045,6.

References to Jefferson occur in some of the volumes:

Volume I. No. III (March, 1787), page 221: Letter from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles from the United States, to the Hon. John Jay, Esquire, Minister of foreign Affairs at New-York, dated May 27, 1786.

Jefferson's autograph letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

Page 224 (the next following article): Letter from Mons. de Calonne, Comptroller-General of the Finances of France, to Mr. Jefferson, Minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America. Fontainebleau, Oct. 22, 1786.

Two manuscript letterpress copies of Calonne's original letter to Jefferson, in the French language, are in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, one signed De Calonne, the other (a draft) unsigned. There is also an article headed Observations on the letter of M. de Calonne to M. Jefferson dated Fontainebleau Oct. 22, 1786, 3 pages in the handwriting of William Short, signed Copy. W. Short, Secry. The Jefferson papers contain also a printed version of the letter, 5 pages, 8vo. with signature A. See no. 2303.

The version here printed in The American Museum is a translation into English.

Volume II. No. I (July, 1787), page 83: Letter from Mr. Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary from the united states at the court of Versailles, to Dr. David Ramsay. Paris, October 27, 1786.

A letterpress copy of this letter (written by Jefferson when his wrist was broken) is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

No. V (November), page 492: Extract of a letter from his excellency Thomas Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary at Paris, to the reverend president Stiles, of Yale college, dated Paris, September 1, 1786.

An autograph letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

Volume III. No. I (January, 1788), page 92: In the section devoted to Poetry, the first poem is addressed to ''the People of Virginia, on New-Year's day, 1788,'' and contains the lines:

Him, in vain, we call from far,

Second splendor, other star,

Light and glory of the age,

Jefferson, the learned sage!

Yet a name adorns our state,

Great as modest, good as great,

Though unnam'd, illustrious far,

Pride of peace and strength of war!

No. IV (April, 1788), page 368: Letter from mr. Lambert counsellor of state and of the council royal of finance and commerce, comptroller general of the finances of France, to mr. Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary for the united states of America, at the court of Versailles. Versailles, Dec. 29, 1787.

The first paragraph reads: ''I have the honour, sir, to send you a copy of an arret passed in council, for encouraging the commerce of the united states of America in France. I shall furnish you with a number of others as soon as they shall be printed.''

This letter is followed by the arrêt, headed: An act of the king's council of state, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the united states of America. December 29, 1787.

The original manuscript of Lambert's letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, together with the enclosure, the printed arrêt. The arrêt has the French and English texts in parallel columns, with imprint, A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1787, and occupies 8 pages, with a woodcut headpiece.

Volume V. (May 1789), page 493: Extracts from ''an enquiry into the causes of the present grievances of America.'' Published in Wilmington, Delaware.—P. 257.

The opening paragraph reads: ''The only American author who has written against manufactures, is mr Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia. I shall quote his observations, upon which I shall make some remarks . . .''

The article occupies four and a quarter columns, is signed Brutus, and dated from Newcastle, May 15, 1788. (To be continued.)

Mathew Carey, 1760-1839, was one of the founders of The Columbian Magazine in 1786, but left it in 1787 to begin The American Museum, which he continued until 1792. It contained original articles and extracts from the works of the outstanding authors of the day, including Thomas Paine, John Trumbull, Philip Freneau, Francis Hopkinson and a number of others.

This work is not entered by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue, which lists only the volume for 1798, q.v. The entry in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue has the annotation 3d vol. missing., which is printed in the entries in the later catalogues. This third volume is also reported missing in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date." "49040","16","","","","Select papers of the Belfast Literary society.","","4to. pamph.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 35, Select papers of the Belfast Literary Society, 4to pamphlet.","Belfast Literary Society.","Select Papers of the Literary Society of Belfast. Belfast: Smyth, 1808.","","

First Edition. 4to. A copy could not be obtained for examination.

Lowndes I, 147.

Jefferson's copy was sent to him by David Bailie Warden, who wrote from New York on January 2, 1811:

I beg leave to inform you that I wrote to you from Washington and Baltimore, and sent, by the Post, from the latter place, several packets which I hope you have received. I now send three brochures—''Select papers of the Belfast Literary Society''—

Jefferson replied from Monticello on January 12:

When I wrote my letter of the day before yesterday, I had not yet had time to look into the pamphlets you had been so kind as to send me. I have now entered on them; and find in the very entrance an article so interesting as to induce me to trouble you with a second letter. it is the first paper of the 1st. fasciculus published by the Belfast society in which m[???] Richardson gives an account of a grass which he calls Fiorin, or agrostis Stolonifera, which from his character of it would be inestimable here to cover what we call our galled lands. these are lands which have been barbarously managed till they have had all their vegetable mould washed off, after which we have no permanent grass which can be made to take on them. from the length of time which the fiorin is said to retain it's vegetative power after being severed from the earth, I am persuaded that if done up in moss under proper envelopes, it would come here with life still in it. perhaps your connections in Ireland might enable you to procure a little of it to be sent to me. if done up in a packet not exceeding the size of a 12mo. or 8vo. volume and addressed to me, it would come from any port of this country where it should be landed, by post, with safety & what is equally important, with speed. you would render in this a great service to our agriculturalists, for none can be greater than the communication of the useful plants of one country to another. trusting that I shall find a pardon, for this trouble in the motives leading to it, I tender you my salutations & assurances of great esteem & respect.

William Richardson, 1740-1820, Irish writer on geology and agriculture. His account of fiorin grass published in these papers was separately published in 1809 as a Letter to the Hon. Isaac Corry on Irish Fiorin or Fyoreen Grass, with Proofs." "49050","17","","","","Aulus Gellius. Gronovii.","","4to","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 33, as above.","Gellius, Aulus.","Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum Libri XX Prout Supersunt Quos ad Libros MMStos Novo & multo labore exegerunt, Perpetuis notis & emendationibus illustraverunt Johannes Fredericus et Jacobus Gronovii. Accedunt Gasp. Scioppii integra MSStorum duorum codicum Collatio, Petri Lambecii Lucubrationes Gellianæ, & ex Lud. Carrionis Castigationibus utilia Excerpta, ut & selecta variaque Commentaria ab Ant. Thysio & Jac. Oiselio congesta. Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Cornelium Boutesteyn, & Johannem du Vivie, Ao. 1706.","PA6390.A2","

4to. 502 leaves, engraved frontispiece by P. Sluyter after J. Goeree, engraved vignette on the title-page, title printed in red and black, text in long lines, notes in double columns.

Graesse III, 46. Ebert 8291.

Jefferson owned also a copy of a duodecimo edition published by the Elzevirs, purchased from a catalogue sent by Van Damme of Amsterdam in 1788, billed by him on June 25 of that year, price 4.26. This copy is entered by him in his undated manuscript catalogue (as 24s), with the price.

Aulus Gellius, c. 123-c. 165, Roman scholar. The Noctes Atticæ is in twenty books, compiled by him from material collected during the winter nights in Attica. The first edition was printed in Rome in 1469, and the work was frequently reprinted.

Jakob Gronovius, 1645-1716. This edition is a reediting of the variorum edition published by his father, Johann Friedrich, in Leyden, 1666 and 1687." "49060","18","","","","Alexandri ab Alexandro geniales dies.","","2. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 8, as above.","Alessandri, Alessandro.","Alexandri ab Alexandro, Jurisperiti Neapolitani, Genialium Dierum Libri Sex, Cum integri Commentariis Andreæ Tiraquelli, Dionysii Gothofredi, J. C. Christophori Coleri & Nic. Merceri. Accessere Indices Capitum, Rerum & Verborum locupletissimi. Tomus Primus. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officinâ Hackiana, cI[???] I[???] c lxxiii. [1673]","","

2 vol. 8vo. 604 and 440 leaves, engraved title-frontispieces [the second with Tom. II.] by G. Appelmans after Z. Webber, woodcut eagle device on the printed title, text in long lines, notes in double columns below.

Graesse I, 68. Ebert 420.

Alessandro Alessandri, 1461-1523, Italian jurist. This is the first variorum edition of Dies Geniales. The work is constructed after the model of the Noctes Atticæ of Aulus Gellius and the Saturnalia of Macrobius and was first printed in Rome in 1522." "49070","19","","","","Macrobii Saturnalia.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 9, as above.","Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.","Aur. Theodosii Macrobii V. Cl. & Inlustris Opera. Accedunt Integræ Isacii Pontani, Joh. Meursii, Jacobi Gronovii Notæ & Animadversiones. Editio Novissima, cum Indice Rerum & Vocum Locupletissimo. Londini: Typis M. C. & B. M. Impensis T. Dring & C. Harper, in Vico Fleet Street dicto. MDCXCIV. [1694.]","PA6498 .A2 1694","

8vo. 288 leaves, the first blank on the recto, the verso with the Imprimatur dated Feb. 25, 169½, the second with an engraved frontispiece, diagrams in the text, title printed in red and black, text chiefly in roman letter, passages in italic and greek; advertisement of Littleton's Dictionary at the end.

Lowndes III, 1447. Not in Hazlitt. STC M229. Graesse IV, 330.

Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius, fl. 395-423 A. D., Roman grammarian and philosopher. His most important work was the Saturnalia, which contains an account of the discussions held during the holiday of the Saturnalia at the house of Vettius Prætextatus.

This edition is a reprint of the Leyden Variorum edition, 1670. For a note on the editor, Jakob Gronovius, see no. 4905." "49080","20","","","","Collectanea Graeca. Dalzell.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 11, as above.","Dalzel, Andrew.","Aναλεκτα [???]Eλληνικα Mειζoνα, Sive Collectanea Græca: ad usum Academicæ juventutis accomodata . . . Complectens excerpta ex variis Orationis solutæ scriptoribus. Cum Notis Philologicis; quas partim collegit, partim scripsit Andreas Dalzel . . . Editio secunda emendatior. Edinburgi: A. Neill cum Sociis . . . MDCCLXXXIX. [1789.]","","

8vo. A copy was not available for collation. The work contains Excerpta Historica, Rhetorica, Philosophica, Critica and Miscellanea, in Greek letter, followed by Notæ Philologicæ.

This edition not in Lowndes. Edinburgh University Library Catalogue I, 947. Advocates' Library Catalogue II, 500.

This and the next following work were evidently sent to Jefferson by the author. They were both originally entered by him among the Greek textbooks of the previous chapter, and afterwards erased, but with the phrase [from the author] clearly written beside each entry.

For a note on Dalzel, see the next number. A second part of the Collectanea Græca was issued in 1802." "49090","21","","","","Collectanea Graeca minora. Dalzell.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 12, Collectanea Græca Minora, Dalzell, 8vo.","Dalzel, Andrew.","Aναλεκτα [???]Eλληνικα [???]Hσσoνα Sive Collectanea Græca Minora: cum Notis Philologicis, atque Parvo Lexico: ad usum Tironum accommodata. Edinburgi: Excudebant Adamus Neill cum Sociis. Veneunt ibidem, Apud Bell et Bradfute, et Jacobum Dickson, M DCC LXXXVII. [1787.]","","

First Edition. 8vo. A copy was not located for collation. The title as above is taken from the second edition, 1791, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress, and in which the Edinburgh imprint is followed by Londini: Apud Joannem Murray, in Fleetstreet. The second edition is in 3 parts, with separate signatures and pagination, 56, 44 and 48 leaves. The first part contains the Excerpta ex Prosæ Scriptoribus followed by the Excerpta ex Pœtis; the excerpts are entirely in Greek letter. The remaining parts contain the Notæ and the Parvum Lexicon Vocabula exhibens quæ in Miscellaneis Græcis Minoribus occurrunt (in double columns, unnumbered).

This edition not in Lowndes. Edinburgh University Library Catalogue I, 947. Advocates' Library Catalogue II, 500.

Andrew Dalzel, 1742-1806, Scots classical scholar, was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was associated with Edinburgh University for a number of years, holding the office of librarian and professor of Greek. This work and the Collectanea Græca Majora were compiled for the benefit of his own pupils, but were frequently reprinted both in the British Isles and in the United States and used in schools in both countries." "49100","22","","","","Cassiodori opera.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 10, as above.","Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius.","M. Avrelii Cassiodori Senatoris V. C. Opera omnia qvæ exstant ex fide manuscriptorum auctiora & locupletiora. Collatis etiam exemplaribus tam veteribus, quàm recèns editis. Cvm indice rervm et sententiarum scitu notatúmque digniorum . . . Avreliæ Allobrogvm: sumptibus P. et J. Chouet, 1609.","","

8vo. 763 leaves, plus preliminary matter and an Index. A copy was not available for examination. The information was obtained from the card in the National Union catalog, and the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.

This edition not in Brunet, Graesse or Ebert.

Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus, c. 490-585, Italian (Bruttian) historian, statesman and monk.

Pierre La Brosse [Petrus Brosseus], fl. 1590, was the editor of this edition." "49110","23","","","","Aristotelis Opera. Gr. Lat.","","8. v. 8vo. Laemarius. 1597.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 7, Aristotelis opera, Gr. Lat. 8 v 8vo Læmarii 1597. 1839 Catalogue, page 664, J. 36, [Aristoteles] Idem, [i. e. Opera] (Gr. et Lat.) 2 v. in 8, 8vo; Genevæ, 1597.","Aristoteles.","[???]Aϱιστoτ[???]λoυς τo[???] Σταγειϱ[???]τoυ τ[???] σωζ[???]μενα. Opervm Aristotelis Stagiritæ Philosophorum omnium longè Principis noua Editio, Græce et Latiné . . . Latinæ Interpretationes Græco contextui conuenientiores, et emendatiores quam antehac, editæ sunt. Accesserunt ex libris Aristotelis, qui hodie desiderantur, Fragmenta quædam. Adjecti sunt indices tres. I. Auctorum, qui in Aristotelem scripserunt. II. Eorum quæ scripserunt. III. Rerum omnium locupletissimus. [Lugduni:] excudebat Guillelmus Læmarius, M. D. XCVII. [1597]","","

2 vol. 8vo. Text in Greek and Latin, title within an ornamental border, ornamental head and tail pieces and initials; a copy was not available for examination.

Graesse I, 211. Ebert 1116. Dibdin I, 315. Baudrier I, 240.

Some bibliographers, including Dibdin, state that this work was printed in Geneva. Dibdin describes it as the first Geneva edition. Others, including Baudrier, ascribe it to Lyons. Baudrier had seen copies with the place of printing in the imprint. His note reads: ''Sur l'exemplaire de la librairie Scheuring, Lugduni était grossierement imprimé en rouge; sur un autre exemplaire de la librairie Brun, il était au contraire fort bien imprimé en noir. La plus grande partie des exemplaires ne porte pas d'indication de lieu.'' Whether printed in Geneva or Lyons, this edition never had more than 2 volumes. The later Library of Congress catalogues describe Jefferson's copy as 2 volumes in 8, as shown above. It seems probable that Jefferson had ''conflated'' his copy with editions in other languages, after his manner with the classics. [See Chapter I.]

The Greek text was translated into Latin, and the whole work edited by Julius Pacius de Beriga, 1550-1635, Italian scholar.

For separate works by Aristotle, see the Index." "49120","24","","","","Ciceronis opera. Foul.","","20. vols in 24s.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 1, Ciceronis opera, Foulis, 20 v 16s.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera quae supersunt Omnia. Ad Fidem Optimarum Editionum Diligenter Expressa. Voluminibus XX. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Rob. et And. Foulis Academiae Typographi M DCC XLIX. [1749]","PA6278 .A2 1749","

20 vol. 12mo. Separate titles for each work, some dated 1748. The copy in the Library of Congress, which was a prize presented by Trinity College, Dublin, to Henry Flood in 1790, and has the prize bookplate in each volume, is now without volumes 18 to 20, which have not therefore been examined. The set is bound in green morocco with the arms of Trinity College in gilt.

Graesse II, 158. Ebert 4273. Dibdin I, 406. Murray, page 23.

Jefferson frequently mentioned Cicero in his writings. In a letter to John Adams, dated from Monticello, July 5, 1814, after the rhetorical question how could Cicero bestow such eulogies on Plato, Jefferson wrote:

. . . altho' Cicero did not wield the dense logic of Demosthenes. yet he was able, learned, laborious, practised in the business of the world, & honest . . .

Again in a letter to William Short, written at Monticello on October 31, 1819, Jefferson described Cicero as:

. . . diffuse, vapid, rhetorical, but enchanting . . .

On December 10 of the same year, in a letter to John Adams, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I have been amusing myself latterly with reading the voluminous letters of Cicero. they certainly breathe the purest effusions of an exalted patriot, while the parricide Caesar is left in odious contrast. when the enthusiasm however kindled by Cicero's pen & principles subsides into cool reflection, I ask myself what was that government which the virtues of Cicero were so zealous to restore, & the ambition of Caesar to subvert? . . . but steeped in corruption, vice and venality as the whole nation was, (and nobody had done more than Caesar to corrupt it) what could even Cicero, Cato, Brutus have done, had it been referred to them to establish a good government for their country? they had no ideas of government themselves but of their degenerate Senate, nor the people of liberty, but of the factious opposition of their tribunes . . . I confess then I can neither see what Cicero, Cato & Brutus, united and uncontrouled, could have devised to lead their people into good government, nor how this aenigma can be solved . . .

This edition by Robert Foulis of the Opera Omnia of Cicero was based on the edition of Olivetus, q.v. no. 4913.

Jefferson owned a number of the separate works of Cicero, for which, see the Index." "49130","25","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 32, Ciceronis opera, Oliveti, 9 v 4to.","Cicero, Marcus Tullius.","M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera, cum delectu Commentariorum. Edebat Josephus Olivetus . . . Editio Tertia, emendatissima. Genevae: apud Fratres Cramer, 1758.","","

9 vol. 4to. Titles printed in red and black, notes below the text, ornamental head and tail pieces and initials. A copy was not available for examination.

This edition not in Graesse and not in Ebert. Dibdin I, 404.

Pierre Joseph de Thoulié, 1682-1768, was born in the

Jura Mountains. He entered the Jesuit novitiate on December 2, 1698, but left the order in 1716 before he had taken his final vows, and took the name of the Abbé d'Olivet. The first edition of his Cicero was printed in 1742, and was undertaken by him without compensation out of admiration for Cicero. The Clavis Ernestina accompanies the editions of this work." "49140","26","","","","Gassendi opera.","","6. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 42, as above.","Gassendi, Pierre.","Petri Gassendi Diniensis Ecclesiæ Præpositi, et in Academia Parisiensi Matheseos Regii Professoris Opera Omnia in Sex Tomos Divisa, Quorum seriem pagina Præfationes proximè sequens continet. Hactenus edita Auctor ante obitum recensuit, auxit, illustrauit. Posthuma verò totius Naturæ explicationem complectentia, in lucem nunc primùm prodeunt, ex Bibliotheca illustris Viri Henrici Lvdovici Haberti Mon-Morii Libellorvm Svpplicvm Magistri . . . Lvgdvni: Sumptibus Lavrentii Anisson, & Ioan. Bapt. Devenet. M. DC. LVIII. Cvm Privilegio Regis. [1658.]","B1882 .A2 1658","

First Edition. 6 vol. folio. Titles printed in red and black, with printer's woodcut device, general title in Vol. I only; contents of the volumes on the separate titles, viz. Vol. I and II, Syntagmatis Philosophici; Vol. III, Opuscula Philosophica; Vol. IV, Astronomica; Vol. V and VI, Animadversiones in Decimvm Librvm Diogenis Laertii, qvi est De Vita, Moribus, Placitisque Epicvri; engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I, by Nanteuil; text in double columns throughout. In the copy in the Library of Congress Vol. V and VI (the latter with halftitle only) were printed in Lvgdvni: Sumptibus Francisci Barbier, M. DC. LXXV.

Graesse III, 33. Ebert 8179.

Jefferson mentioned Gassendi in a letter on Epicureanism, addressed to William Short from Monticello on October 31, 1819:

. . . I have sometimes thought of translating Epictetus (for he has never been tolerably translated into English) of adding the genuine doctrines of Epicurus from the Syntagma of Gassendi, and an Abstract from the Evangelists of whatever has the stamp of the eloquence and fine imagination of Jesus . . .

Pierre Gassendi, 1592-1655, French philosopher and mathematician. In this collected edition of his works, the Appendix Altera, qvæ est Philosophiæ Epicvri Syntagma is in Volume VI.

Henri Louis Hubert de Montmor, d. 1679, was the editor of this edition." "49150","27","","","","L. Bacon's works.","","4. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 37, Bacon's works, 4 v fol.","Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans.","The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England. In Four Volumes. With several Additional Pieces, Never before printed in any Edition of his Works. To which is prefixed, A New Life of the Author, By Mr. Mallet. London: Printed for A. Millar, against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand. M.DCC.XL. [1740]","B1153 1740","

4 vol. Folio. 323, 308 (including 2 folded sheets), 318 and 386 leaves, engraved frontispiece in each volume, in the first a portrait by George Vertue, in the third and fourth, Bacon in his tomb, the former by W. Hollar, 1670, the latter by Vertue, titles printed in black and red, with an engraved vignette on each one; list of subscribers at the beginning of Volume I.

Lowndes I, 93. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 868. Gibson no. 256.

Jefferson expressed his opinion of Sir Francis Bacon in a letter addressed to John Trumbull, and dated from Paris February 15, 1789:

I have duly received your favor of the 5th. inst. with respect to the busts and pictures. I will put off till my return from America all of them except Bacon, Locke and Newton, whose pictures I will trouble you to have copied for me: and as I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the Physical & Moral sciences, I would wish to form them into a knot on the same canvas . . .

His practical use of Bacon's works is shown in his reports and letters. In his report as Secretary of State to the House of Representatives, dated November 21, 1791, on Jacob Isaack's method of converting salt water to fresh, Jefferson wrote:

. . . Lord Bacon, to whom the world is indebted for the first germs of so many branches of science, had observed, that with a heat sufficient for distillation, salt will not rise in vapour, and that salt water distilled is fresh . . .

In a letter to Thomas Cooper dated from Monticello August 25, 1814, concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, Jefferson wrote:

In my letter of Jan. 16. I mentioned to you that it had long been in contemplation to get an University established in this state, in which all the branches of science useful to us, and at this day, should be taught in their highest degree; and that this institution should be incorporated with the college and funds of Wm. & Mary. but what are the sciences useful to us, and at this day thought useful to any body? a glance over Bacon's arbor scientiae will shew the foundation for this question, & how many of his ramifications of science are now lopt off as nugatory . . .

For Jefferson on the Advancement of Learning see the next entry.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626, Lord Chancellor of England. The first edition of his Opera Omnia was published in 1665.

David Mallet, 1705?-1765, Scots poet and miscellaneous writer, was the editor of this edition of 1740. The life of Bacon by him at the beginning of the first volume was separately published in the same year.

The subscribers whose names are of interest to this country or this catalogue include: James Abercromby Esq; Attorney-General of South-Carolina; Robert Dinwiddie Esq; Surveyor-General of his Majesty's Customs in North-America; Mr. Robert Foulis; The Honourable James Gordon Esq; Chief Judge of St. Christopher's; James Glen Esq; Governour of South Carolina; The Reverend Mr. Samuel Hunter, of South-Carolina; James Logan of Pennsylvania Esq; Richard Mead, M. D.; Mr. Samuel Richardson, Printer; George Sinclair of Ulbster Esq; The Right Honourable the Earl of Wilmington, and many others." "49160","28","","","","Bacon's advancement of learning.","","p. fol. Eng.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 38, Bacon's Advancement of Learning, Eng. fol.","Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans.","Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning: or the Partitions of Sciences Nine Books. Written in Latin by the most Eminent, Illustrious and Famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Counsellour of Estate and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Wats. London: Printed for Thomas Williams at the Golden Ball in Osier-Lane, 1674.","B1173 .E5W3 1674","

Sm. Folio. 214 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece; on sig. [I]4 is the half-title for Francisci de Verulamio Architectura Scientiarum. The General Idea and Project of the Lord Verulam's Instauratio Magna. Represented in the Platform of the Design Of the First Part thereof, As it was conceiv'd in the Mind of the Author and is expressed in the Model of the Work . . . followed by the table showing The Emanation of Sciences from the Intellectual Faculties of Memory, Imagination, Reason, on which Jefferson's classification scheme was founded. [See the illustration and the illustration of Jefferson's scheme at the beginning of Volume I.]

Lowndes I, 95. Hazlitt II, 23. STC B312. Gibson, no. 142.

In a letter to George Watterston, the newly appointed Librarian of Congress, dated from Monticello May 7, 1815, in which he explained his preference for a library arrangement under subject rather than alphabet, Jefferson wrote:

. . . on this principle the arrangement of my library was formed, and I took the basis of it's distribution from Ld. Bacon's table of science, modifying it to the changes in scientific pursuits which have taken place since his time, and to the greater or less extent of reading in the several sciences which I proposed to myself. thus the law having been my profession, and politics the occupation to which the circumstances of the times in which I have lived called my particular attention, my provision of books in these lines, and in those most nearly connected with them was more copious, and required in particular instances subdivisions into sections and paragraphs, while other subjects, of which general views only were contemplated, are thrown into masses. a physician or theologist would have modified differently the chapters sections and paragraphs of a library adapted to their particular pursuits. . . .

Jefferson expressed his later views on Bacon's work in a letter to Augustus B. Woodward, dated from Monticello March 24, 1824 in thanking him for a copy of his System of Universal Science:

. . . these Analytical views indeed must always be ramified according to their object. yours is on the great scale of a Methodical Encyclopedia of all human sciences, taking, for the basis of their distribution, Matter, Mind, and the union of both. Ld. Bacon founded his 1st. great division on the faculties of the mind which have cognisance of these sciences. it does not seem to have been observed by any one that the origination of this division was not with him. it had been proposed by Charron, more than 20. years before in his book de la Sagesse. B. 1. c.14. and an imperfect ascription of the sciences to these respective faculties was there attempted. this excellent moral work was published in 1600. Ld. Bacon is said not to have entered on his great works until his retirement from public office in 1621. Where sciences are to be arranged in accomodation to the schools of an University, they will be grouped to coincide with the kindred qualifications of Professors in ordinary. for a library again, which was my object, their divisions and subdivisions will be made such as to throw convenient masses of books under each separate head . . .

The first edition of Charron's De la Sagesse was published in Bordeaux in 1601, and of the Two Bookes . . . of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning in London in 1605. The edition of 1674 is the second by Gilbert Watts, whose first edition was printed in 1640. The Library of Congress catalogues ascribe to the Jefferson collection the nonexistent edition of 1670 (listed by Watt, I, 60), and included by Gibson, page 325, in his Editions Not Found, or, which are Quoted, or Referred to, in Error. In his Remarks, Gibson states it to be an error for 1674.

Gilbert Watts, d. 1657, English clergyman.

For a translation into English of Charron's work, see no. 1616." "49170","29","","","","Milton's Prose works.","","2. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 34, Milton's Prose works, 2 v 4to.","Milton, John.","The Works of John Milton, Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous. Now more correctly printed from the Originals than in any former Edition, and many Passages restored, which have been hitherto omitted. To which is prefixed, An Account of His Life and Writings. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1753.","","

2 vol. 4to. 383 and 355 leaves, portrait frontispiece by George Vertue.

Lowndes III, 1564. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 466. Lenox Library, Catalogue of the Works of Milton, no. 147.

Thomas Birch, 1705-1766, English clergyman, biographer and historian, was the author of the life of Milton at the beginning of this work.

For other works by Milton, see Chapter 33." "49180","30","","","","Locke's works.","","3. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 39, as above.","Locke, John.","The Works of John Locke Esq. In Three Volumes . . . Vol. I. [-III] The Fifth Edition. To which is now first added, the Life of the Author, and a Collection of several of his Pieces published by Mr Desmaizeaux . . . London: Printed for S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longmas [and others], 1751.","","

3 vol. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece. A copy of this edition was not available for examination.

This edition not in Lowndes.

In addition to this collected edition of Locke's works, Jefferson listed in his manuscript catalogue:

a collection of peices of John. Locke. 8vo. Lond. 1720.

Locke's posthumous works. 8vo. Lond. 1706.

Locke's familiar letters. 8vo. Lond. 1737.

Locke's letter concerns toleration. 12mo. Paisley, 1790.

Of these the third entry, the Familiar Letters, is separately listed in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and described in the next following entry. The first and second entries, both in 8vo and dated 1720 and 1706 respectively in Jefferson's list, are included in the 1815 Catalogue but are unnumbered and form part of the folio volumes:

[Locke, a collection of his pieces] in Op.

[Locke's Posthumous works] in Op.

These octavo editions were bought by Jefferson from Lackington of London, from his catalogue of 1792, through A. Donald, in December 1791. Lackington's bill, presented on December 31st, 1791 (and receipted January 2, 1792), contains the following items, the catalogue number, key word and price supplied by Lackington, the additional details written in by Jefferson:

2147 Locke's collection of peices (good copy) 8vo. 2. 0

- Do familiar letters. (h. b. uncut.) 1737. 8vo. 2. 6

—50 Do posthumous works. 8vo. (neat) 2. 3

3944 Do on toleration 12mo. 1790. 6

The first edition of Locke's collected works was published in 1714. For other works by Locke in this Catalogue see the Index, and for Jefferson's opinion of him, see no. 1362.

Pierre Desmaiseaux, 1666-1745, French author." "49190","31","","","","Locke's familiar letters.","","8vo. Lond. 1737.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 13, as above.","Locke, John.","Some Familiar Letters between Mr. Locke, and Several of his Friends. The Third Edition. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Pemberton, at the Golden Buck in Fleetstreet; and E. Symon, over against the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill. M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]","B1296.A3 1737]","

8vo. 212 leaves.

Lowndes III, 1380. This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.

Jefferson's copy was purchased from Lackington in December 1791. The title is included by him in his list of books from Lackington's catalogue for 1792, ordered through A. Donald on November 23, 1791. Lackington's bill is dated December 31, 1791, and the bill receipted on January 2, 1792. In the bill the number, key word and price only are entered by Lackington, the other particulars supplied by Jefferson: —9 Do [i. e. Locke's] familiar letters, (h. b. uncut.) 1737. 8vo. 2. 6

The first edition of the Familiar Letters was published in 1708. They cover the period from July 16, 1692 to August 4, 1704, and a large number are letters which passed between Locke and William Molyneux, the Irish philosopher, who died on October 11, 1698, shortly after his return to Dublin after visiting Locke in England. A number of the later letters are addressed to Philip à Limborch, the Dutch philosopher." "","32","","","","Sterne's works.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, unnumbered, [Sterne's works, 5 v 12mo], see C. 34, No. 20.","","","","For Jefferson's editions of the works of Laurence Sterne, see no. 4336." "49200","33","","","","Selden's works.","","6. v. fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 41, as above.","Selden, John.","Joannis Seldeni Jurisconsulti Opera Omnia, Tam Edita quam Inedita. In Tribus Voluminibus. Collegit ac Recensuit; Vitam Auctoris, Praefationes, & Indices adjecit, David Wilkins, S. T. P. Archdiaconus Suffolciensis, Canonicus Cantuariensis, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino Domino Guilielmo, Divina Providentia Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, &c. &c. a Sacris Domesticis. Vol. I [-III] . . . Londini: Typis Guil. Bowyer, impensis J. Walthoe, G. Conyers [and others]. M DCC XXVI. [1726.]","AC6 .S4","

First Collected Edition. 3 vol. in 6. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I by Geo. Vertue, 1725, after P. Lely, text in double columns, chiefly in roman letter with passages in italic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and other languages, the contents of the volumes listed on the titles, in all except Volume I immediately after Tam Edita quam Inedita, signatures and pagination continuous throughout the two parts of each volume, engraved and woodcut illustrations in the text.

Lowndes IV, 2237. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. I, 851, 874.

John Selden, 1584-1654, English jurist. For separate works by him, see the Index.

David Wilkins, 1685-1745, was the editor of these volumes. For a separate work by him and a note, see no. 1768." "49210","34","","","","Dodsley's fugitive peices.","","2. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 4, Dodsley's Fugitive Pieces, 2 v 12mo.","Dodsley, Robert, editor.","Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects. By several Authors. Vol. I. [-II.] . . . The Third Edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall: MDCCLXXI. [1771.]","","

2 vol. Sm. 8vo. 178 and 186 leaves, half-title in each volume, and half-titles to the separate pieces, advertisements on the last leaf; the contents of the volumes listed on the title-pages. There is not a copy of the third edition in the Library of Congress; the information is taken from the second edition, of which the third is a reprint.

Halkett and Laing II, 343. Lowndes II, 657. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 437.

Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, without the price.

Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764, English poet, dramatist and bookseller, was the editor of this collection, first published in 1761. The contributors included Joseph Spence (under the pseudonym Sir Harry Beaumont), James Macpherson, Edmund Burke, Nathaniel Lancaster, Charles Lord Whitworth and others." "49220","35","","","","Oeuvres de St. Real.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 2, as above.","Saint-Réal, César Vichard, Abbé de.","Oeuvres de Mr. L'Abbé de Saint-Real: Nouvelle Edition. Tome Premier. [-Cinquième]. A La Haye: Chez les Freres Vaillant & Nicolas Prevost, M DCC XXII. [1722]","AC23.S27","

5 vol. 12mo. Titles printed in red and black, engraved vignette on the first title, woodcut vignettes on the others, engraved frontispieces by D. Coster, publishers' advertisement on the last 2 leaves of Vol. V.

Quérard VIII, 372. Graesse VI, 226.

César Vichard de Saint-Réal, 1639-1692, French historian, usually known as the Abbé de Saint-Réal, was born in Savoy and educated in Paris by the Jesuits. He became a pupil of Varillas [q. v.] whose works served as his model. His Oeuvres Posthumes were published in 1693." "49230","36","","","","Oeuvres de Voltaire.","","40. vol. 8vo. 1775.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 15, Oeuvres de Voltaire, 58 v 8vo 1775 and 1785.","Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.","Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire [Genève?] 1775 and [Kehl?] 1785.","","

Together 58 volumes. 8vo. It is clear from the different entries in Jefferson's manuscript catalogue, and in the Library of Congress printed catalogue of 1815, that Jefferson had two sets of Voltaire's works. An edition in 40 volumes was printed in Geneva in 1775. The 70-volume edition printed in Kehl by the Société Typographique was printed from 1785 to 1789. It seems probable therefore that Jefferson had the whole of the Geneva edition, and 18 volumes of the edition printed at Kehl at the press established there by Beaumarchais, edited by Decrois, and with notes by Condorcet, and illustrated with plates.

Quérard X, 373, 376. De Ricci-Cohen 1042.

Jefferson's main references to Voltaire in his writings seem to be in relation to his article in the Encyclopédie on Coquilles. In the Notes on the State of Virginia, page 52, in the answer to Query VI, relative to the formation of shells, Jefferson wrote:

M. de Voltaire, has suggested a third solution of this difficulty. (Quest encycl. Coquilles) he cites an instance in Touraine, where, in the space of 80 years, a particular spot of earth had been twice metamorphosed in to soft stone, which had become hard when employed in building: in this stone, shells of various kinds were produced, discoverable at first only with the microscope, but afterwards growing with the stone. From this fact, I suppose, he would have us infer that besides the usual process for generating shells by the elaboration of earth and water in animal vessels, nature may have provided an equivalent operation, by passing the same materials through the pores of calcareous earths and stones: as we see calcareous drop stones generating every day by the percolation of water through limestone, and new marble forming in the quarries from which the old has been taken out . . . The establishment of the instance, cited by M. de Voltaire, of the growth of shells unattached to animal bodies, would have been that of his theory. But he has not established it. He has not even left it on ground so respectable as to have rendered it an object of enquiry to the literati of his own country . . .

See also no. 647 in this catalogue, where Voltaire and his article on Coquilles are discussed.

For separate works by Voltaire, see the Index." "49240","37","","","","Oeuvres de Maupertius.","","4. v. 8vo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 16, as above.","Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de.","Œuvres de Mr. de Maupertuis. Nouvelle Edition corrigée & augmentée. Tome Premier [-Quatrieme]. A Lyon: [de l'Imprimerie de Louis Buisson] Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset, Libraire, grande rue Merciere, au Soleil. M. DCC. LVI. Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi. [1756.]","Q113 .M45 1756","

4 vol. 8vo. 352, 208, 242 and 186 leaves, half-titles, title-pages in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Daullé, 1755, after Tournière, engraved map by Vallet in Vol. III (Carte de l'Arc du Méridien mesuré au Cercle Polaire), mathematical diagrams in the last volume, printer's imprint on the verso of the last leaf.

This edition not in Quérard and not in Brunet. Not in Lalande.

Jefferson bought his copy from Lackington of London, selected from his catalogue for 1792, no. 12859, price 10.0. The book was ordered through A. Donald in a letter dated Nov. 23, 1791, and billed on December 31 (receipted Jan. 2, 1792).

Jefferson commented on a theory of Maupertuis in a letter to the Rev. James Madison, dated from Paris August 13, 1787:

. . . I think your conjecture that the periodical variation of light in certain fixed stars proceeds from Maculae is more probable than that of Maupertuis who supposes those bodies may be flat, & more probable also than that which supposes the star to have an orbit of revolution so large as to vary sensibly it's degree of light . . .

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, 1698-1759, French mathematician and astronomer, was a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris, of the Royal Society in London, and of a number of other learned and scientific societies. In 1736 he was chief of an expedition sent by Louis XV into Lapland, his account of which will be found in the third volume of this edition of his Oeuvres. See also no. 3803" "49250","38","","","","Melanges de literature.","","5. v. 12mo.","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 3, as above.","Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'.","Mélange de Littérature, d'Historie, et de Philosophie. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de Notes sur la Traduction de quelques Morceaux de Tacite. Amsterdam: L. Chatelain et fils, 1764.","","

5 vol. 12mo. A copy was not available for examination. This edition not in Quérard, who (I, 26) gives a full account of the contents of the editions in 5 volumes. The first volume contains the Discours préliminaire de l'Encyclopédie, suivie de l'Explication detaillée du système des connaissances humaines, par Diderot; la Préface du troisième volume de l'Encyclopédie, and other matter.

For a note on d'Alembert see no. 4833. The first edition of the Mélange was published in 1753." "49260","39","","","","King James's works.","","fol.","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 40, as above.","James I.","The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince, Iames by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Pvblished by Iames, Bishop of Winton, and Deane of his Maiesties Chappel Royall . . . London: Printed by Robert Barker and Iohn Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie. Anno 1616. Cum Priuilegio.","DA391 .A13 1616","

First Collected Edition. Folio. 304 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by Simon van de Passe, engraved title by Renold Elstrack, engraved vignette portrait of Prince Charles by van de Passe, printer's woodcut device on the printed title-page, full-page woodcut Royal arms, woodcut initials, colophon on the verso of the last leaf.

Lowndes III, 1180. Hazlitt II, 306. STC 14344. Pforzheimer Catalogue 531.

James I, King of England, 1566-1625, succeeded to the English throne on the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 A number of the works contained in this collected edition had been written during the time that he was on the throne of Scotland, as James V.

James Montagu, 1568?-1618, Bishop of Winchester, was the editor of this edition, and in 1619 published the Opera of James I in Latin." "49270","40","","","","The Bee by James Anderson.","","","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 28, The Bee, by James Anderson, 17 v 8vo. 1839 Catalogue, page 665, no. J. 97, Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, edited by James Anderson, vols. 1 to 11, and 14 to 18, 8vo; Edinburgh, 1491-'3. [sic. i. e. 1791-3] [2 copies of v. 7.]","","The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work calculated to disseminate useful Knowledge among all ranks of people at a small expence. By James Anderson, LLD, FRS. FAS. S. &c. Volume First. [-Eleventh; Fourteenth-Eighteenth] . . . Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, [Vol. IV-VI for James Anderson, Vol. VII to the end For the Editor] Parliament Stairs. MDCCXCI-MDCCXCIII. [1791-1793]","AP3.B5","

It seems probable that Jefferson's copy lacked volumes 12 and 13 from the beginning, as the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue calls for seventeen volumes only (which includes the 2 copies of the seventh volume, for the explanation of which see the correspondence below). The entry in the contemporary working copy of that catalogue is marked imperfect in ink, and the manuscript list of missing books, made at a later date but before 1820, has the doubtful entry The Bee (to be examined). The correspondence quoted below might explain the gap.

Lowndes I, 41. Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 999.

The first eleven volumes were sent to Jefferson by the editor, James Anderson, who approached Jefferson on the subject in a letter dated from Edinburgh, 29 April 1790, accompanied by the Prospectus:

Tho I have not the honour of being acquainted with yourself, I am acquainted with your writings; and the pleasure these afforded, gave a desire of a more intimate correspondence. In this undertaking in which I am about to engage, I am not a little ambitious of its attracting the notice of worthy men; and I should think myself fortunate, if the plan so far met with your approbation, as to induce you to think it might not be impossible for you sometimes to communicate a few observations to the world through that channel---However that may be, should you ever wish for any information from this country, or any thing else that I can procure for you I shall take pleasure in forwarding your views to the utmost of my power

The inclosed queries are intended for the continent of Europe rather than for America—As they are addressed only to a particular class of correspondents, they are necessarily of a local nature—which may serve to convey a wrong idea of the intended work—Towards the beginning hints will be given to serve the purpose of queries respecting science and nature in general, that will apply equally to men of all nations—These will give a more perfect idea of the real tendency of the work than the others.

I should be very happy if you will honour this work with your acceptance when it is published, and will be much obliged to you for a particular address by which route it may be sent.

The printed Prospectus is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress. It is dated at the head Edinburgh, March 1790, and consists of 7 pages, 6 of which are in double columns. The General Queries to Foreign Correspondents contains 30 numbered questions, followed by a page of explanation (in italic letter, long lines).

Jefferson replied in a letter dated from Philadelphia, December 2, 1790, and sent with his reply a copy of his Report as Secretary of State on Weights, Measures and Monies (q.v. no. 3760):

The letter of April 29. with which you were pleased to honour me, did not come to my hands till the 25th. of October. the plan of the publication it proposes appears to me judicious, and that such a depository well filled will be very useful. I sincerely wish it all the success which it's great merit deserves. I am far from presuming that I could in any situation contribute towards it any thing worthy the notice of the public. but my present situation is peculiarly unfriendly to literary pursuits, as it occupies my whole time and would still do the same could I double the hours of the day. should it however permit me to be useful to you in any way, or should any circumstances restore to me that leisure which alone could enable me to indulge my preference for these pursuits, I shall avail myself with pleasure of the permission of your correspondence. the peice now inclosed is not offered for your collection; having been printed in the journals of Congress, it has not the novelty which would be required to place it in that. it is merely a homage of which I ask your personal acceptance. I shall be happy if you will permit me to become a subscriber to the Bee, and as probably other subscriptions might be obtained here which may render it necessary for you have a correspondent in this city, I shall punctually pay into his hands the price of subscription. your correspondents at Glasgow will seldom fail a week of occasions of sending me your papers by vessels from that port to this directly. the address by which they will find me is 'Thomas Jefferson Secretary of state. Philadelphia'. should they go to any other port of America, it will involve delay, expence of postage and hazard.

In 1792, Anderson sent to Jefferson the first six volumes. His letter is undated but was received by Jefferson on June 30:

I was honoured with your obliging letter of the fifteenth of Septr last accompanied with your valuable paper on uniformity of weights and measures which I have perused with much pleasure and instruction—It is more valuable to me at this time, as my son is just now composing a book on weights, measures, monies coins and exchanges, in every part of the world, and he wishes to have the most authentic information of all that can be procured.

I beg you will do me the honour to accept a copy of the first Six volumes of the Bee, which will accompany this—It is merely as a testimony of respect I offer it—for altho' I have the best intention possible to make it work not undeserving the attention of every patriotic minister, yet I have not had it in my power to come near to that point I aim at—The 7th Volume is just printed. and I regret I could not get one copy done up in time to go by this opportunity—but should the vessel be detained a day or two it shall be sent—I am just beginning only to tread that ground I wish more fully to occupy

Should your other avocations permit you to favour me with an occasional communication as circumstances occur, I shall deem my self highly honoured by it---No man wishes more sincerely to promote the welfare and prosperity of your country than I do---You are not to be told that the destruction of every country originates in abuses of government—Europe affords at present a striking proof of the evil tendency of these abuses—Long may it be before America begins to feel them . . .

On November 3 of the same year he sent volumes 7 to 11:

I did myself the honour of writing to you a great many months ago, in answer to your very obliging letter accompanying the treatise on weights and measures which you was so obliging as send me—which I read with great pleasure and improvement—and for which I did return my best thanks, and now repeat them lest that letter should have been lost

Along with this I send the 7 8th. 9th. 10th & 11th Volumes of the Bee—hoping the former volumes which were sent by the way of New York, to the care of M Saml Campbell bookseller there, have come safe to hand, If you should honour these papers with a perusal I hope you will discover that at least a desire to promote the welfare of mankind in general, without any limitation is conspicuous through the whole—I am ambitious of no other fame but that of being a friend to man---not according to the new fangled meaning of that word but to its obvious and most unlimited signification . . .

Jefferson now had volumes 1 to 11. An additional copy of volume 7 was sent to him by Samuel Campbell of New York, to whom Jefferson wrote on November 12. 1792:

I am to acknolege the reciept of your favor accompanied by the 7th. vol. of Dr. Anderson's Bee. much pleased with this work, & desirous of continuing to recieve it, I should be obliged to you to be informed if Dr. Anderson has any correspondent at Richmond in Virginia through whom I could receive the work in future and pay the subscription, as I could not consent to permit Dr. Anderson to go on with the furnishing it but on the footing of other subscribers. I am Sir your most obedt. servt

James Anderson, 1739-1808, Scots economist. The Bee contains a large variety of articles on economic, literary, artistic and other subjects. There are a number of articles on the United States, including quotations from Benjamin Franklin. The volumes are illustrated with plates." "49280","41","","","","Websters essays.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 19a, Webster's Essays, 8vo.","Webster, Noah.","A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings. On Moral, Historical, Political and Literary Subjects. By Noah Webster, Jun. Attorney at Law . . . Printed at Boston, for the Author, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue, No. 45, Newbury Street. MDCCXC. [1790]","AC8.W37","

First Collected Edition. 8vo. 216 leaves, including 2 leaves with subscribers' names and a leaf of dedication, with list of errata on the verso.

Sabin 102344. Evans 23053. Ford II, page 525. Dexter IV, page 71, no. 3.

Jefferson's name is not in the list of subscribers; his copy was sent to him by the author; see the correspondence below. The dedication, dated from Hartford, June 1790, is addressed to The President, The Vice President, The Senators, and The Representativs of the United States of America.

The title of Essays IV, V and VI is On Government; in the table of Contents at the beginning of Essay V is entered The Subject [i. e. Government] continued, with a Consideration of Mr. Jefferson's Arguments in Favor of an unalterable Constitution. The whole essay is a discussion of Jefferson's views, with quotations, and quotations from the Notes on Virginia.

Essay XVI, Remarks on the Method of Burying the Dead among the Nativs of this Country, also contains quotations from the Notes on Virginia.

In sending him a copy of the book with a letter dated from Hartford, October 14, 1790, Webster mentioned to Jefferson that he had entered into a discussion of his arguments:

The act of Congress, which secures to authors an exclusive right to their publications, requires that a copy of the work to be secured should be lodged in your office, within six months from the time of recording the same. On the 22d of June last, I recorded the title of my ''grammatical' Institute'' & ''Essays,'' with the Clerk of Connecticut District. Enclosed are two orders on my booksellers for a copy of my Essays to be appropriated as the act acquires, and another copy, which please to accept for your private use. The reason of my enclosing two orders is, that I am not informed whether your office is now in N York or Philadelphia. If in N York, Mr Allen will deliver the books to your servant; if in Philada, Mr Dobson will do it.

A copy of the Institute will be forwarded as soon as an improved edition, now in the press, shall be finished; and if the six months should expire before that time, I flatter myself no advantage will be taken of a delay, occassioned merely by my wish to deposit, in your office, none but well printed copies.

You will observe Sir, I have, in two places in the Essays, mentioned your name; and in one of them, with a view to confute your opinions on a political question. I hope however that your name & opinions are mentioned with that respect which is due to your superior rank & abilities, & which I certainly feel for both.

Jefferson replied from Philadelphia on December 4:

Your favor of Oct. 4. came to my hands on the 20th. of November. application was made a day or two after to m[???] Dobson for the copies of your essays, which were recieved, and one of them lodged in the office. for that intended for myself be pleased to accept my thanks. I return you the order on m[???] Allen, that on Dobson having been made use of instead of it. I submit to your consideration whether it might not be adviseable to record a second time your right to the Grammatical institutes in order to bring the lodging of the copy in my office within the 6. months made a condition by the law? I have not at this moment an opportunity of turning to the law to see if that may be done: but I suppose it possible that the failure to fulfill the legal condition on the first record might excite objections against the validity of that.

In mentioning me in your essays, and canvassing my opinions, you have done what every man has a right to do, and it is for the good of society that that right should be freely exercised. no republic is more real than that of letters, and I am the last in principles, as I am the least in pretensions to any dictatorship in it. had I other dispositions, the philosophical & dispassionate spirit with which you have expressed your own opinions in opposition to mine, would still have commanded by approbation. a desire of being set right in your opinion, which I respect too much not to entertain that desire, induces me to hazard to you the following observations. it had become an universal & almost uncontroverted position in the several states, that the purposes of society do not require a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors: that there are certain portions of right not necessary to enable them to carry on an effective government, & which experience has nevertheless proved they will be constantly incroaching on, if submitted to them. that there are also certain fences which experience has proved peculiarly efficacious against wrong, and rarely obstructive of right, which yet the governing powers have ever shown a disposition to weaken & remove. of the first kind for instance is freedom of religion: of the second, trial by jury, Habeas corpus laws, free presses. these were the settled opinions of all the states, of that of Virginia, of which I was writing, as well as of the others. the others had in consequence delineated these unceded portions of right, and these fences against wrong, which they meant to exempt from the power of their governors, in instruments called declarations of rights & constitutions: and as they did this by Conventions which they appointed for the express purpose of reserving these rights, and of delegating others to their ordinary legislative, executive & judiciary bodies, none of the reserved rights can be touched without resorting to the people to appoint another convention for the express purpose of permitting it. where the constitutions then have been so formed by Conventions. named for this express purpose they are fixed & unalterable but by a convention or other body to be specially authorised. and they have been so formed by I believe all the states except Virginia. that state concurs in all these opinions, but has run into the wonderful error that her constitution, tho made by the ordinary legislature, cannot yet be altered by the ordinary legislature. I had therefore no occasion to prove to them the expediency of a constitution alterable only by a special convention. accordingly I have not in my notes advocated that opinion, tho it was & is mine, as it was & is theirs. I take that position as admitted by them: and only proceed to adduce arguments to prove that they were mistaken in supposing their constitution could not be altered by the common legislature. among other arguments I urge that the Convention which formed the constitution had been chosen merely for ordinary legislation, that they had no higher power than every subsequent legislature was to have, that all their acts are consequently repealable by subsequent legislatures, that their own practice at a subsequent session proved they were of this opinion themselves, that the opinion & practice of several subsequent legislatures had been the same, and so conclude 'that their constitution is alterable by the common legislature' yet these arguments urged to prove that their constitution is alterable, you cite as if urged to prove that it ought not to be alterable, and you combat them on that ground. an argument which is good to prove one thing may become ridiculous when exhibited as intended to prove another thing. I will beg the favor of you to look over again the passage in my Notes, and am persuaded you will be sensible that you have misapprehended the object of my arguments, and therefore have combated them on a ground for which they were not intended. my only object in this is the rectification of your own opinion of me, which I repeat that I respect too much to neglect. I have certainly no view of entering into the contest whether it be expedient to delegate unlimited powers to our ordinary governors? my opinion is against that expediency. but my occupations do not permit me to undertake to vindicate all my opinions, nor have they importance enough to merit it. it cannot however but weaken my confidence in them when I find them opposed to yours, there being no one who respects the latter more than Sir your most obedt. & most humble servt Th: Jefferson

To this Webster replied in a long letter dated from Hartford December 12, and beginning:

By the last mail I had the honor of receeving yours of the 4th current. I am much obliged by the polite manner in which you express your sentiments of my opinions, & by your frendly suggestion respecting a second recording of my Institute. On examining the date of my first record, I find the six months not yet elapsed—the date is June 22—so that by forwarding a copy with this, it will reach you before the expiration of 6 months, viz the 22d Instant. As soon as you receeve it, Sir, I will thank you for a certificate dated prior to the 22d. A more correct copy may afterwards be lodged in your office in exchange for this.

There seems, Sir, to be some misapprehension between us respecting the opinions advanced in your Notes & my Essays. You suppose I have mistaken your arguments respecting the Constitution of Virginia or at least the design of them—On reviewing your arguments & my answer, I do not find the ground of the supposition. I must have understood your design as now explained, for I begin my remarks on your argument, with a passage of yours in which your [sic] express the same opinion as is contained in your letter. You repeat in your letter the opinion advanced in the Notes, that ''there are some fundamental rights which a state ought not to place in the power of an ordinary legislature''. It is this opinion which I have combated in my Essays. However it is not material—if I have mistaken your design, I hope I have not given any false coloring to your arguments . . .

Noah Webster, 1758-1843, lexicographer. The final paragraphs at the end of the Preface to this work (dated from Hartford, June 1790), explain the orthography:

The reeder wil obzerv that the orthography of the volum iz not uniform. The reezon iz, that many of the essays hav been published before, in the common orthography, and it would hav been a laborious task to copy the whole, for the sake of changing the spelling.

In the essays, ritten within the last yeer, a considerable change of spelling iz introduced by way of experiment. This liberty waz taken by the writers before the age of queen Elizabeth, and to this we are indeted for the preference of modern spelling over that of Gower and Chaucer. The man who admits that the change of housbonde, mynde, ygone, moneth into husband, mind, gone, month, iz an improovment, must acknowledge also the riting of helth, breth, rong, tung, munth, to be an improovment. There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force; and if a gradual reform should not be made in our language, it wil proov that we are less under the influence of reezon than our ancestors.

For other works by Noah Webster in this Catalogue, see the Index." "49290","42","","","","The Rainbow.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 19b, as above","","The Rainbow; First Series. Originally published in the Richmond Enquirer. Richmond: Published by Ritchie & Worsley. 1804.","PS687 .R3","

8vo. 38 leaves.

Sabin 67527. Swem 4454.

The Advertisement is dated from Richmond, Dec. 6th, 1804, and reads:

An association was formed during the last summer, by a few gentlemen, of whom some are now, and others have been, inhabitants of this city, for the purpose of composing a series of Miscellaneous Essays for the Richmond Enquirer. These Essays were regularly published every Saturday, during the months of August, September, and October. The first number appeared on the 11th of August, and the last on the 20th of October. These numbers, taken together in the order in which they were published, will constitute the first series of the Rainbow: and it is this first series which is now presented by the proprietors of the Enquirer to the amateurs of Literature, and to its patrons in Virginia. The second series will probably be communicated to the public in the present form, as soon as it shall be completed by the members of the association.

The Rainbow contains ten numbers. No more was published." "49300","43","","","","La creation du Monde ou Systeme d'organisation primitive. par Becourt.","","8vo","1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 18, La Creation du Monde ou Systeme d'Organisation primitive, par Becourtz, 8vo.","Bécourt, Regnault de.","La Création du Monde, ou Système d'Organisation Primitive suivi De l'explication des principaux Phénomènes qui se sont opérés dans la Nature, depuis l'Origine de l'Univers jusqu'à nos jours, &c. &c. &c. Dédié A S. M. l'Empereur Alexandre, Autocrate de Toutes les Russies. Par R. de Bécourt, M. Vérité, Simplicité, Franchise et Liberté: telles sont les dispositions qni [sic] m'animent et sur lesquelles reposeront tous mes dires et mes écrits. Philadelphie: Chez A. J. Blocquerst, imprimeur 6me. rue Sud, No 150. 1813.","","

First Edition. 8vo. 208 leaves; dedication à S. M. l'Empereur Alexandre dated from Philadelphia, 1 January, 1813.

This edition not in Quérard. Not in Sabin.

Jefferson was a subscriber to this work. The author wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on November 25, 1812, and sent with the letter a printed Prospectus in English and in French. The letter reads:

Je suis pres-qu' à la veille de mettre sous presse l'ouvrage dont il est question dans Le Prospectus, ci-joint. Que V. E. daigne prendre ou non la peine de se faire incrire sur la liste des Souscripteurs; comme ami des sciences je n'en prendrai pas moins la liberté de lui en faire tenir un exemplaire.

Je supplie V. E. d'avoir la bonté d'excuser l'espèce d'indiscretion que je comets en l'obligeant à payer le port de cette Lettre-ci. Ma situation est si triste et si malheureuse en ce moment; que je defie qu'on puisse trouver dans toute l'Amerique, un homme que me soit comparable.

Pris par les Anglais, il y a près de 4 ans, en naviguant sur un batiment Autrichien, je fus conduit en Angleterre où je restai, en qualité de prisonnier de guerre l'espace de 42 mois. Je dûs y épuiser toutes mes ressources quand bien même l'événement qui vient de m'amener sur ces côtes-ci n'aurait point suffi pour cela. Je ne rougirais donc point que V. E. daignat me faire tenir le plus mince, le plus faible secours pécuniaire, à la charge de lui en faire la remise dans 6 semaines ou dans deux mois d'ici. Je préférerais recevoir ce bienfait des mains d'une Personne si estimée dans mon pays, plutôt que de le devoir à mes compatriotes établis, ici, qu'on dit d'ailleurs être très endurcis bien pourtant qu'ils doivent tout ce qu'ils possèdent à la générosité si hospitaliere des américains. Quoi qu'il en soit, monseigneur je n'en serai pas moins toute la vie de votre Excellence, Monseigneur, Le plus humble et le plus respectueux de vos serviteurs.

The Prospectus states that A list of Subscribers wille be given at the head of the Work. There is no list of subscribers in the copy examined. The Prospectus also informs the public that The Author regrets very much not to be able to publish his Work in English, but in a Country where the liberal arts are in such forwardness, and where the knowledge of the French language is quite general, he is confident that this will be no obstacle to the success

On January 12, 1813, Bécourt wrote from Philadelphia.

Depuis 10 années que je m'occupe de recherches sur la Nature, je suis parvenu à faire une ample moisson de matériaux, en tous genres, lesquels semblent promettre une révolution heureuse dans toutes les branches constituant la philosophie, toute fois qu'ils seront mis au jour par la voie de l'impression.

Vous devez sentir, Monsieur, que tant que ces matériaux restent inconnus ils sont absolument nuls pour la société; et, cependant, suis-je, en ce moment-ci, dans l'impossibilité de les faire mettre sous presse, quoi que j'en aie le plus grand désir. Ne vous serait-il pas agréable, Monsieur, de me seconder à cet égard? Dans ce cas, je me ferais une loi de ne rien livrer à la presse que préalablement vous ne l'eussiez honoré de votre approbation; à cet effet je prendrais la liberté de sousmettre tous mes manuscrits à gout, à cette sagacité que chacun est forcé de reconnaître en vos écrits.

Je désirerais que mes besoins mais surtout, la pureté, la simplicité de mes moeurs, de mes usages, de mes habitudes, fut connus de vous, Monsieur; ce serait une sorte de titre pour oser vous supplier de m'accorder un asyle dans le coin d'une des chaumières dépendantes de vos. Domaines, lieu d'où j'aurais l'honneur de vous transmettre mes écrits.

Si dans ce siècle-ci, on doit espérer rencontrer quelqu'un qui, comme par le-passé, veuille aider, soulager et protéger ceux qui, de l'étude; font leur seule et unique occupation, il est à croire que ce n'est que près de vous, Monsieur, qu'on doit prétendre trouver cette faveur, laquelle est bannie de partout ailleurs . . .

On February 6, Jefferson wrote to Bécourt from Monticello and expressed his willingness to become a subscriber:

Your letter of Jan. 12. has been received, & I owe you many thanks for the indulgence with which you consider my judgment in your appeal to it on the subject of your writings. at an earlier time of life I should have been much flattered by your permission to review them and to offer the suggestions which might occur. but the lethargy of a Septuagenary renders me now equally unable to serve you or gratify myself by such an undertaking. rest and quiet constitute the summum bonum of that age; and I engage reluctantly in whatever would encroach on these. I lament also that it is not in my power to propose to you the retreat which you seem to desire in this part of the country. I know of no situation in our canton which could offer to you accomodation & a society analogous to what probably your habits would relish. in the country our houses are generally filled with children, a manufacture which neither war nor peace interrupts, and the basis of our country's future happiness & power. I have living with me, for example, eight grand children, their parents & other connections making up a dozen at our daily table, and that number generally enlarged by the successive visits of other friends & relations. quarters so crowded are illy calculated for the quiet or comfort of the aged or the studious. under these circumstances it is my misfortune to have no means within my power of being useful to you, further than by asking permission to become a subscriber to your book. with my regrets on this subject I pray you to accept the assurance of my great respect & consideration.

On May 26, Bécourt sent a copy of the book:

Conformement à la lettre que Votre Seigneurie prit la peine de m'écrire en date du 6 fevrier, de cette année-ci, je prends la liberté de lui adresser, ci-joint, un exemplaire de mon ouvrage intitulé: La Création du Monde, &c, le quel vient de paraître. Si Votre Seigneurie souhaitait se procurer quelques autres exemplaires du méme ouvrage, en m'honorant d'un mot à cet égard, adressé, soit à Mr. Dufief Libraire ou soit à la suscription mise au bas de cette lettre, Elle recevrait, peu de tems àprès ce qu' Elle aurait daigné commander.

Ainsi que Votre Seigneurie aura Occasion de le remarquer, au commencement du livre, ciinclus, je suis à la veille de publier un autre volume ayant traît à celui susdit. Je ne saurais donc trop engager votre très honorable Seigneurie, à faire ce qui dépendra d'Elle pour faciliter la mise sous presse de ce nouvel ouvrage et par ce moyen la publication de mes productions . . .

The receipt was acknowledged by Jefferson on June 20:

I thank you for the work you have sent me, & which I have no doubt I shall peruse with equal pleasure & instruction. I percieve by a glance of the eye over it that it brings into question both moral & physical doctrines of long & general standing. but we ought never to fear truth, nor hesitate to follow wherever she leads. I shall be glad to be a subscriber for a couple of copies of the volume you are about to publish, when printed. I shall have occasion ere long to make a remittance to M. Dufief for some other books I propose to ask of him and will include in that the price of the volume sent & of the two now subscribed for . . .

On August 9, Bécourt wrote to Jefferson:

Une maladie très grâve dont j'etais accablé depuis six mois, et la quelle vient de me quitter presque subitement, est cause que la lettre que Votre Excellence eût la bonté de m'écrire à la date, du 20 Juin dernier, est, jusqu'à ce jour, restée sans réponse.

A vue de la dite lettre Mr. Dufief a payé à mon Imprimeur, deux gourdes pour prix de l'exemplaire du livre intitulé: la Création du Monde &c, que Votre Excellence eût la complaisance de recevoir. Quant à l'impression du livre supplémentaire que je me proposals de mettre sous presse pour étendre tout ce qui a rapport à la partie physique, astronomique, &c, &c, si faiblement esquissée dans ma création du monde &c, il paraît qu'elle n'aura point lieu: car tous mes efforts pour réunir assez de Souscripteurs pour assurer une somme de 2, ou 300 gourdes pour les frais d'impression, ont été infructueux. Cependant la multitude de choses singulières, neuves, piquantes, extraordinaires; la foule de découvertes, que je me disposais à y traiter, pourraient jeter un grand Jour sur l'obscurité plus que ténébreuses à travers laquelle se manipulent présque toutes les sciences ou opérations réputées telles. Mais il est à croire, Monseigneur, d'après la nullité des encouragemens, pour ces sortes d'objets, en Amérique, que la publication de mes matières n'aura point lieu, dans ces contrées-ci. Dans tous les cas, Monseigneur, quel que soit le pays où je les mette sous presse, Votre Excellence peut Compter que les premiers exemplaires lui seront adresses avec autant d'exactitude que si je résidais dans cette partie du globe qu'on appelle, le nouveau Monde . . .

Jefferson's subscription was paid through Nicolas Gouin Dufief, who frequently acted as his book agent in Philadelphia, and whose name was the first on the list of ''Souscripteurs'' supplied by Bécourt.

On April 6, 1814, Dufief wrote from Philadelphia to Jefferson:

Il vient de m'arriver une affaire désagréable dont vous pouvez, par votre déclaration, me tirer le plus complètement du monde. Voici ce dont il s'agit. Un nommé Bécourt publia, l'été dernier, un livre intitulé la Creation. On l'a poursuivi pour cet ouvrage & je me trouve trèsinnocemment compris dans la poursuite pour vous en avoir vendu un exemplaire. Comme cela est absolument faux, vous m'obligerez infiniment.de me mettre, le plutôt possible, à même de faire tomber l'accusation que mes ennemis personnels ont fait intenter contre moi & dont ils tirent le plus grand parti pour me nuire. Ce qui a pu, cependant, donner naissance à un prétexte qu'ils ont saisi avec avidité c'est que Bécourt me fit voir une lettre où vous lui mandiez que la première fois que vous me feriez une remise, vous y comprendriez two dollars pour lui. En qualité de votre correspondant & pour obliger cet homme Je crus pouvoir prendre sur moi de payer votre petite dette Sans y être autorisé . . .

To this Jefferson replied on April 19:

Your favor of the 6th. inst. is just recieved, and I shall with equal willingness and truth state the degree of agency you had respecting the copy of M. de Becourt's book which came to my hands. that gentleman informed me by letter that he was about to publish a volume in French 'sur la Creation du monde, ou Systeme d'organisation primitive', which, it's title promised to be either a geological, or astronomical work. I subscribed; and, when published, he sent me a copy; and as you were my correspondent in the book-line in Philadelphia, I took the liberty of desiring him to call on you for the price, which he afterwards informed me you were so kind as to pay him for me, being, I believe, 2. Dollars. but the sole copy which came to me was from himself directly, and, as far as I know, was never seen by you.

I am really mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, a fact like this can become a subject of enquiry, and of criminal enquiry too, as an offence against religion: that a question about the sale of a book can be carried before the civil magistrate. is this then our freedom of religion? and are we to have a Censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? and who is thus to dogmatise religious opinions for our citizens? whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched? is a Priest to be our Inquisitor, or shall a layman, simple as ourselves, set up his reason as the rule for what we are to read, & what we must believe? it is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not; and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason. if M. de Becourt's book be false in it's facts, disprove them; if false in it's reasoning, refute it. but, for god's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we chuse. I know little of it's contents, having barely glanced over here and there a passage, and over the table of contents. from this the Newtonian philosophy seemed the chief object of attack, the issue of which might be trusted to the strength of the two combatants; Newton certainly not needing the auxiliary arm of the government, and still less the holy author of our religion as to what in it concerns him. I thought the work would be very innocent and one which might be confided to the reason of any man; not likely to be much read, if let alone, but if persecuted, it will be generally read. every man in the US. will think it a duty to buy a copy, in vindication of his right to buy, and to read what he pleases. I have been just reading the new constitution of Spain. one of it's fundamental bases is expressed in these words. 'the Roman Catholic. religion, the only true one, is, & always shall be that of the Spanish nation. the government protects it by wise & just laws, and prohibits the exercise of any other whatever.' now I wish this presented to those who question what you may sell, or we may buy, with a request to strike out the words. 'Roman catholic' and to insert the denomination of their own religion. this would ascertain the code of dogmas which each wishes should domineer over the opinions of all others, & be taken like the Spanish religion, under the 'protection of wise and just laws.' it would shew to what they wish to reduce the liberty for which one generation has sacrificed life and happiness. it would present our boasted freedom of religion as a thing of theory only, & not of practice, as that would be a poor exchange for the theoretic thraldom, but practical freedom of Europe. but it is impossible that the laws of Pensylvania, which set us the first example of the wholsome & happy effects of religious freedom, can permit these inquisitorial functions to be proposed to their courts. under them you are surely safe . . .

On April 27 Dufief wrote again to Jefferson:

J'ai reçu, avec bien de la reconnaissance, la déclaration que vous vous êtes donné la peine de m'envoyer. Elle est amplement suffisante pour lever tous les doutes qu'on aurait pu avoir au sujet de l'affaire désagréable que des ennemis m'ont suscité. Mais comme il pourrait peutêtre arriver qu'il me fût utile de produire une pareille pièce en Justice Je vous prie de m'en envoyer une autre où vous déclariez simplement le seul fait que je ne vous ai ni vendu, ni envoyé l'ouvrage intitulé: la création par R. De Bécout. Je suis assuré d'avance que vous approuverez mes motifs. J'aimerais mieux perdre ma cause que de la gagner en manquant aux règles de la Bienséance, & en causant le moindre déplaisir aux personnes qui comme vous ont des bontés pour moi . . .

P. S. Connaissant votre extrême obligeance, Il est de mon devoir vous prémunir contre les pièges que pourrait tendre à votre générosité Bécourt de l'Immoralité & de l'ingratitude duquel j'ai été la victime

This edition owes its rarity to the fact that only fifty copies were printed. A P. S. appended to the address ''Au Lecteur'' at the beginning reads:

Comme il n'a été tiré que cinquante exemplaires de l'Ouvrage de La Création du Monde, en sus de ce qui advient à MM. les Souscripteurs, on engage les personnes qui désireront s'en munir, de se hâter de se présenter à l'une des suscriptions indiquées ci-dessus.

In 1816 a second edition was printed without the author's name on the title-page, where it is replaced by ''Par un Austrasien.''" "49310","44","","","","Not in the Manuscript Catalogue","","","1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 14, Franklin's works, 4 v 8vo Duane 1809 [1st vol. wanting].","Franklin, Benjamin.","The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals: containing, beside all the writings published in former collections, his Diplomatic Correspondence, as Minister of the United States, at the Court of Versailles; A Variety of Literary Articles, and Epistolary Correspondence, never before published: with Memoirs and Anecdotes of his Life. Vol. II. [-V.] Philadelphia: Printed and Published by William Duane. 1809.","E302.F82 1808","

Vol. II-V only. 236, 244, 208 and 226 leaves, engraved title with vignette in each volume, one signed by Thackara & Son, engraved plates in Volume III, engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Akin in Volume IV, the printed title in Volume III is dated 1808.

Sabin 25605. Stevens 160. Ford 568.

Jefferson ordered this edition from Samuel Pleasants of Richmond in a letter dated from Monticello August 11, 1813. The books were sent on August 17, price $10.00.

In 1817 Duane added a sixth volume. The title reads the same as far as containing, and then continues: his Diplomatic Correspondence, as Minister of the United States, at the Court of Versailles; his Private Epistolary Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Literary, and Philosophical Subjects, between the Years 1753 and 1790, developing the Secret History of his Political Transactions and Negotiations. Published from the Originals by his Grandson, Wm. Temple Franklin.

Concerning the publication of this volume Duane wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on August 17, 1810:

. . . There is another circumstance upon which I meant to write you on some day—It was mentioned to me, that on your passage thro' this city several years ago, Dr Franklin put into your hands a manuscript, entreating you to keep it, and as the fittest person to trust it to; that you returned it, and it was put into your hands again; but that on the death of that great man, you conceived yourself bound to put the Manuscript in the hands of Mr Temple Franklin as his grandfathers legatee; and thus it is lost to the world, unless a copy of it was preserved by you for posterity; it was suggested to me that this was the case; from what I learn of Mr T. F.'s course in Paris, there appears to me no hope of the most valuable part of the Doctor's writings ever appearing; and it would be at least useful, if no copy exists, to be certain that this anecdote is truly stated. I have obtained from the venerable Chas Thomson the Journals of Dr F. Mr Adams, and Mr Jay; but Mr Adams's late publications shew how scanty his officially registered journal was. I was promised some more but although I have kept the Edition back now 18 months, with 4 volumes already printed ready fr [sic] delivery under expectation of gaining more materials for the biography, I have been disappointed. perhaps you may possess fragments concerning him epistolary or otherwise that at a favorable moment you might oblige me with. I should have paid you my respects personally long since had I not determined to consider your resolutions in preference to my own wishes . . .

Jefferson replied from Monticello on September 16:

. . . the anecdote respecting the paper put into my hands by Dr. Franklin has not been handed to you with entire correctness. I returned from France in Dec. 1789. and in March following I went on to N. York to take the post assigned me in the new government. on my way through Philadelphia I called on Dr. Franklin who was then confined to his bed. as the revolution had then begun, indeed was supposed to be closed by the completion of a constitution, and he was anxious to know the part all his acquaintances had taken, he plied me with questions for an hour or two with a vivacity, & correctness which astonished me. when I had satisfied his enquiries I observed to him that I had heard, & with great pleasure that he had begun the history of his own life and had brought it down to the revolution. (for so I had heard while in Europe.) 'not exactly so, said he, but I will let you see the manner in which I do these things.' he then desired one of his small grandchildren who happened to be in the room, to bring him such a paper from a table. it was brought, and he put it into my hands and said 'there, put that into your pocket & you will see the manner of my writing.' I thanked him and said 'I should read it with great pleasure, & return it to him safely.' 'no, said he, keep it.' not satisfied of his meaning, after looking over it a little, I repeated that 'I would carefully return it,' 'No, no, said he, keep it.' I took it with me to New York. it was, as well as I recollect, about a quire of paper, in which he had given, with great minuteness, all the details of his negotiations (informal) in England to prevent their pushing us to Extremities. these were chiefly through Ld. Howe, and a lady, I think the sister of Ld. Howe, but of this I am not certain: but I remember noting the perticulars of her conversation as marking her as a woman of very superior understanding. he gave all the conversations with her & Ld. Howe, and all the propositions he passed through them to the minister, the answers & conversations with the minister reported through them, his endeavors used with other characters, whether with the ministers directly I do not recollect: but I remember well that it appeared distinctly from what was brought to him from the ministers, that the real obstacle to their meeting the various overtures he made, was the prospect of great confiscations to provide for their friends, and that this was the real cause of the various shiftings & shufflings they used to evade his propositions. learning on his death, which happened soon after, that he had bequeathed all his unpublished writings to his grandson W. T. Franklin with a view to the emolument he might derive from their publication. I thought this writing was fairly his property and notified to him my possession of it, & that I would deliver it to his order. he soon afterwards called on me at N. York, & I delivered it to him. he accepted it; & while putting it into his pocket, observed that his grandfather had retained another copy which he had found among his papers. I did not reflect on this till suspicions were circulated that W. T. F. had sold these writings to the British minister. I then formed the belief that Dr. Franklin had meant to deposit this spare copy with me in confidence that it would be properly taken care of, & sincerely repented the having given it up; & I have little doubt that this identical paper was the principal object of the purchase by the British government, & the unfortunate cause of the suppression of all the rest.—I do not think I have any interesting papers or facts from Dr Franklin, should any occur at any time, I will communicate them freely, no body wishing more ardently that the public could be possessed of every thing that was his or respected him, believing that a greater or better character has rarely existed. I am happy to learn that his blood shews itself in the veins of the two of his great grandchildren whom you mention. but I should think medicine the best profession for a genius resembling his, as that of the elder is supposed to do . . .

On March 15, 1811, Duane wrote to Jefferson:

. . . I was looking forward to an active Spring and Summer—to the completion of the life of Franklin which I flattered myself would do me no discredit, and be not unworthy of the Subject. But I had offended by the sincerity and the Severity of my animadversions upon the conduct of Mr. John Randolph, and I am brought to the verge of a precipice, from which it is not possible to Say whether I shall escape being dashed to pieces . . . The four volumes of Franklins works with plates are all printed and at two and a half dollar a volume, these alone are worth 20,000 dollars—I have even offered these at a reduced price engaging or forfeit the whole to have the Memoirs written & printed by the 4th of July next . . .

In a letter to Duane written on July 25, 1811, concerning the shipment by water, as vessels depart almost daily from Philadelphia for Richmond, of a copy of the translation of Destutt de Tracy's Commentary of Montesquieu [no. 2327], Jefferson wrote:

. . . add to it if you please a copy of Franklin's works, bound, and send me by post a note of the amount of the whole . . .

As early as 1790 Jefferson had been in communication with William Temple Franklin concerning the publication of his grandfather's works. In a letter dated from Philadelphia November 27, 1790, Jefferson wrote:

. . . I am in hopes you will continue in the mind of publishing Dr. Franklin's works in 8vo. otherwise I think you will find fewer purchasers, till the Irish printers by a cheaper edition intercept the wishes of those who like books of a handy size. I am sure your delicacy needs no hint from me against the publication of such letters or papers from Dr. Franklin as Min. Plen. of the U. S. as might not yet be proper to put into the possession of every body . . . P. S. I inclose herewith and deliver to m[???] Bache the M. S. of negotiations put into my hands by Dr. Franklin.

For the separate works by Benjamin Franklin in this catalogue, and for other references to him, see the Index.

The first volume of this edition, which contains the Autobiography of Franklin, was not published until 1818. In sending his bill on August 17, 1813, Pleasants added: ''the 1st. vol. contg. his Life, not yet published.''"